already captured, e.g. the rules published in 1749 by François-André Danican Philidor. In the 19th century, this restriction was lifted, which allowed for a...

Gioachino Greco (c. 1625), Joseph Bertin (1735), and François-André Danican Philidor (1749). The first author to attempt a comprehensive survey of the openings...

ending in perpetual check, played in 1788 between Bowdler and Philidor, with Philidor giving odds of pawn and move. A draw by perpetual check used to...

endgames goes back centuries by players such as François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795) and Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani (1719–1796). On the other hand...

David McKay, 1934, p. 41. "After Philidor chess supremacy remained in the hands of the French for a long time. Philidor was succeeded by Deschapelles ....

Bohn, 1847, p. 1. Henry A. Davidson, A Short History of Chess, David McKay, 1981, p. 144. ISBN 0-679-14550-8. François-André Danican Philidor, Analysis...

of Philidor and all frequented the Café de la Régence in Paris. Of these, the strongest players were Bernard, Carlier, Leger and Verdoni. Philidor, who...

(c. 1726 – after 1755) Karl Kohaut (1726–1784) François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795) Joseph Starzer (c. 1726–1787) Joseph Anton Steffan, or Josef...

was a great-nephew of Philidor and learned the game of chess at the Café de la Régence by Bernard and Carlier, students of Philidor. He was a pupil of Alexandre...

University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. He then published a "Life of Philidor," the chess-player (Philadelphia, 1863). Allen was elected to the American...