François-André Danican Philidor

Philidor’s Legacy ?

By Bart7 May 29, 2013 May 29, 2013 Chess Game Analysis, François-André Danican Philidor, Joseph Blackburne, Paul Morphy

A Smothered Mate is a checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because he is surrounded (or smothered) by his own pieces.For a smothered mate to occur in a game, it is usually necessary to sacrifice material to compel pieces to smother the king… Continue reading

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François-André Danican Philidor

By Bart7 January 31, 2010 March 10, 2015 Chess Game Analysis, Famous Chess Players, François-André Danican Philidor

Portrait from L’analyze des échecs. London, second edition, 1777. Full name François-André Danican Philidor Country France Born September 7, 1726 Dreux, France Died August 31, 1795 London, England World Champion ~1747–1795 (unofficial) Philidor started playing regularly around 1740 at the chess Mecca of France, the Café de la Régence.… Continue reading