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Due to his position, Dadiani participated in very few tournaments. Besides winning amateur tournament
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Dadiani was a chess player, sponsor and organizer. He sponsored and played in the first Kiev chess tournament of 1900, attaining second place behind Nikolaev and sponsored the 2nd (1902) and 3rd(1903) all-Russian tournaments in Kiev. He helped sponsor or organize the Belle Epoch chess
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was invited to the Monte Carlo tournament. Dadiani, operating under the idea that
Chigorin had insulted him on an earlier occasion, refused to sponsor the tournament if Chigorin remained. The committee honored Dadiani's wishes and excluded Chigorin. Dadiani did indemnify Chigorin for the
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known that he remunerated
Steinitz and Preti for publishing his games and was later accused by Fedor Duz-Chotimirski of sending in his own wins while covering up his opponents wins.. Thus, it is hard to establish how good a chess-player he really was.
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Schiffers published a book of Prince Dadiani's end-games,
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