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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-André Danican Philidor has received more than 267,381 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. François-André Danican Philidor is the 14th most popular chess player (down from 13th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from France (down from 674th 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 374Before him are Mikhail Botvinnik, Nona Gaprindashvili, Max Euwe, Tigran Petrosian, Garry Kasparov, and Anatoly Karpov. After him are Paul Morphy, Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Adolf Anderssen, Paul Keres, and Viktor Korchnoi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 1After him are James Hutton, Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, Gerard Majella, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jacob Frank, Prince Henry of Prussia, Princess Louise of Denmark, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Daniel Chodowiecki, and Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este. Among people deceased in 1795, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 4Before him are Louis XVII of France, Alessandro Cagliostro, and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach. After him are Sayat-Nova, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Georg Benda, Carl Michael Bellman, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, Samuel Wallis, Ahilyabai Holkar, and Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, François-André Danican Philidor ranks 689 out of 6,011Before him are Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), Nicole Oresme (1323), Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), and Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963). After him are Mary of Guise (1515), André the Giant (1946), Bernard Gui (1261), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), and Roger Garaudy (1913).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In France

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