The Philidor Defence is named after François-André Danican Philidor, the leading chess master of the second half of the 18th century and a pioneer of modern chess strategy.

With their new recording of quartets by François-André Danican Philidor, the ensemble Ars Antiqua transports listeners back in time to the gilded 18 th century Rococo music rooms of Paris.

It's a sentiment that has anchored European society for the last millennium or so -- farmers belong on their farms, nobles in their castles -- and it's the motto of "Sancho Pança," an opera from ...

This article was originally published with the title “François Andre Danican Philidor” in SA Supplements Vol. 5 No. 117supp (March 1878), p. 1868 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican03301878-1868bsupp ...