Was a French composer and chess player. He is 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.
Philidor's name is used for three well-known chess topics:
1. The Philidor Defense, an opening he advocated; 2. Philidor's Legacy, a type of smothered mate (in fact invented centuries before Philidor); 3. Philidor's position, several endgame positions.
