The renowned French opera composer François-André Danican Philidor produced over 20 operas in the mid to late 18th century.

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A Black pawn falls on 47…Kxg7 48. Kxg2 Kh6 (Kf7 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Be3 Nf8 51. Ke2 Kd7 52. Kd3 Kc6 53. Kc4 Nd7 54. h5 is just one line showing Kuster’s difficulty covering all sides of the board) 49.

Initial Pawn move: When a pawn is still in its initial position, i.e. on the 2nd rank as white and the 7th rank as black, we have the option of moving the pawn ahead by two squares instead of one.