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François-André Danican Philidor

1726 - 1795

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François-André Danican Philidor (7 September 1726 – 31 August 1795), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opéra comique. He is widely regarded as the best chess player of his age; his book Analyse du jeu des Échecs was considered a standard chess manual for at least a century. A chess opening, an endgame position, and a checkmate method are all named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François-André Danican Philidor is the 14th most popular chess player, the 667th most popular biography from France (up from 749th in 2019) and the most popular French Chess Player.

François-André Danican Philidor was a chess player and composer of chess problems. He is most famous for the chess opening named after him, the Philidor Defense.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 14 out of 461. Before him are Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, Garry Kasparov, and Vasily Smyslov. After him are Howard Staunton, Frank Marshall, Paul Morphy, Adolf Anderssen, Paul Keres, and Nona Gaprindashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 2. Before him is Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain. After him are Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, James Hutton, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Jacob Frank, Gerard Majella, Prince Henry of Prussia, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Daniel Chodowiecki, and Alexander Ypsilantis. Among people deceased in 1795, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 3. Before him are Louis XVII of France, and Alessandro Cagliostro. After him are Sayat-Nova, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Henry Clinton, Ahilyabai Holkar, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, Georg Benda, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Carl Michael Bellman, and Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 667 out of 6,770. Before him are Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1092), Jean-Marie Lehn (1939), Johnny Hallyday (1943), Paul Dukas (1865), Alain Resnais (1922), and Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712). After him are Anne of Foix-Candale (1484), André the Giant (1946), Maurice Utrillo (1883), Auguste de Marmont (1774), William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071), and Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In France

Among chess players born in France, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 1. After him are Legall de Kermeur (1702), Pal Benko (1928), André Chéron (1895), Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (1990), Étienne Bacrot (1983), Laurent Fressinet (1981), and Marie Sebag (1986).

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