CHESS PLAYER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-André Danican Philidor has received more than 293,503 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). François-André Danican Philidor is the 14th most popular chess player, the 749th most popular biography from France (down from 688th 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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    Languages Editions (L)

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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 Adolf Anderssen, Nona Gaprindashvili, Paul Morphy, Paul Keres, Ruy López de Segura, and Viktor Korchnoi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 1. After him are Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, James Hutton, Jacob Frank, Gerard Majella, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Henry of Prussia, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Princess Louise of Denmark, Alexander Ypsilantis, and Daniel Chodowiecki. Among people deceased in 1795, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 5. Before him are Louis XVII of France, Alessandro Cagliostro, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Sayat-Nova. After him are Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Georg Benda, Carl Michael Bellman, Ahilyabai Holkar, Josiah Wedgwood, Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken, and Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 749 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Eugène Edine Pottier (1816), Clotilde (475), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Charles Hermite (1822), and Simon Vouet (1590). After him are François Mansart (1598), Theobald I of Navarre (1201), Robert Doisneau (1912), Joan II of Navarre (1311), Marie Laforêt (1939), and Girard Desargues (1591).

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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), Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), André Chéron (1895), Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (1990), Étienne Bacrot (1983), Laurent Fressinet (1981), and Marie Sebag (1986).

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