FIDE - International Chess Federation - Today is the birthday of François-André Danican Philidor - a French composer and chess master who was born on 7 September 1726. His contribution to chess
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The Chess Player: by George Walker; to Which Are Added the Three Games Played at One and the Same Time by Philidor; Sixty Openings, Mates and ... and an Explanation of the
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