- Andria Dadiani
Andria Dadiani ( _ka. ანდრია დადიანი), (1850–1910), also known as Andrey Danilovich Dadian-Mingrelsky ( _ru. Андрей Данилович Дадиани) in the Russian manner, was a nobleman and chess player from Georgia (then part of the
Russian Empire ).Member of a
Mingrelia n (Western Georgia) princely family of Svan descent, he was born inZugdidi , W. Georgia. He graduated fromHeidelberg University Faculty of Law in 1873. Later, he served as alieutenant-general of theRussian army .He had played at
Paris ,Rome ,Kiev andTbilisi tournaments before he won theSaint Petersburg amateur chess tournament in 1881-1882.He was the president of the 1903-1904
Monte Carlo international tournaments and according to the common, though unreliable beliefs, invited the Russian chess masterMikhail Chigorin to play but later paid him 1,500 francs (greater than 3rd prize money) not to play because Chigorin had published analysis of one of the Prince's games, pointing out he had made gross errors. A valuable art object was to go to the winner of a short match between the 1st and 2nd place finishers (Tarrasch and Maroczy). The players wanted a play for money also. This annoyed the Prince who gave the art object to the 3rd place finisher (Pillsbury). According to more accurate accounts, Dadiani refused to remain part of the tournament, physically and financially, if Chigorin had been allowed to participate. Chigorin, who had traveled to Monte Carlo in good faith, was expediently removed from the list. Dadiani paid him the $1500 in compensation.External links
* [http://chessbg.nm.ru/Dadian.zip: Prince Dadian's games]
* [http://sbchess.sinfree.net/dadiani.html Prince Andre Dadian of Mingrelia Website]
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