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François-André Danican Philidor (September 7, 1726 - August 31, 1795) was a French chess player and composer. He was regarded as the best single chess player of his age, and the book he wrote on the subject was viewed as a standard manual for at least a century. He was commonly known as André Danican Philidor (minus the François) and is here referred to as André Danican Philidor.

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• Jean Danican Philidor (ca.1620-1679), André Danican Philidor's grandfather, was a musician at the Grande Écurie (literally, the Great Stable; figuratively, the Military Band) in Paris. The original name of his family was Danican (D'Anican) and was of Scottish origin (Duncan). Philidor was a later addition to the family name. Jean Danican Philidor was given ''the name of Philidor by Louis XIII because his oboe playing reminded the king of an Italian virtuoso oboist named Filidori.

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