| LC control no. | n 80020480 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Philidor, F. D. (François Danican), 1726-1795 |
| Variant(s) | Philidor, François André Danican, known as, 1726-1795 Phillidor, A. D. (André Danican), 1726-1795 Philidor, Mr. (André Danican), 1726-1795 Danican, André, 1726-1795 Danican, François André, 1726-1795 Philidor, André Danican, 1726-1795 Philidor, A. D. (André Danican), 1726-1795 Danican Philidor, François-André, 1726-1795 Philidor, François-André Danican, 1726-1795 Filidor, Igor, 1726-1795 Danikan-Filidor, Fransua-Andre, 1726-1795 Filidor, Fransua-Andre Danikan-, 1726-1795 Philidor, 1726-1795 |
| Birth date | 1726-09-07 |
| Death date | 1795-08-31 |
| Place of birth | Dreux (France) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Chess |
| Profession or occupation | Chess players Composers |
| Special note | Refs. provided by the ESTC/BL |
| Found in | His Le jeu des échecs. His L'analyze des echecs, 1749: t.p. (A. D. Philidor) New Grove: under Philidor (François-André Danican Philidor; b. Dreux, 9/7/1726; d. London, 8/31/1795; family name orig. Danican; from ca. 1659 all family members bore both surnames; composer; "best known to his contemporaries as a chess player") Fasquelle (Philidor, François-André, 9/7/1726-8/31/1795) Petrov, A. Shakhmatnai︠a︡ igra, privedennai︠a︡ v ... 1977: t.p. (Igor Filidora) pamphlet p. 7 (Fransua-Andre Danikana-Filidora) A selection of games at chess, actually played by Philidor and his contemporaries, 1990? Philidor, F. D. Analysis of the game of chess [ER], 2024? : title frame (by A. D. Philidor) frame facing title frame ("Advertisement of the editor and translator" ; This book is "universally acknowledged to be one of the best and most precious writings on the science of the Game of Chess . . .Philidor published his Analysis of Chess in 1749; he was then but twenty-three years of age, and was already considered as the greatest player of his time. The first edition only contained nine games . . . Twenty-eight years afterwards, namely in 1777, he published a second edition, with a Supplement and Ends of Parties, which rendered this work more finished, and at the same time more elementary . . . ") Wikipedia dated Jan. 8, 2024 (François André Danican. Born September 7, 1726 in Dreux, France ; died on August 31, 1795 in London. "In 1749, Philidor published his famous book Analyse du jeu des Échecs. He printed a second edition in 1777 and a third in 1790.[15] The book was such an advance in chess knowledge that, by 1871, it had gone through about 70 editions and had been translated into English, Spanish, German, Russian and Italian. In it, Philidor analyzed nine different types of game openings. Most of the openings of Philidor are designed to strengthen and establish a strong defensive center using pawns . . . " |
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