The spurious games of Prince Andrey Davidovich Dadian of Mingrelia

These games were compiled by Dr. Ewart Shaw, a lecturer in statistics at Warwick University who graciously allowed me to use his home-made pgns.

The first 10 games  were originally published in Chess Sparks  by  J.H.Ellis (1895),  London: Longmans, Green & Co. and the rest from various sources.

[Event "?"]
[Site "Homberg"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Kolisch, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6
7. e5 Qxe5  8. b3 Bh6 9. Bb2 Qxb2 10. Nc3 Qxc2 11. Rae1+ Ne7
12. Qh5 Qg6 13. Rxe7+ Kd8 (13...Kxe7!? 14. Qe5+ Kf8 ) 14. Qe2 d6?
(14...c6!) 15. Re1? (15. Bxf7!) 15...Bd7? (15...c6!)
16. Rxd7+! Kxd7 17. Bb5+? (17. Qe7+!) 17...c6? (17...Nc6!)
18. Qe7+ Kc8 19. Nd5! cxd5 20. Rc1+ Nc6 21. Rxc6+! bxc6
22. Ba6+ Kb8 23. Qb7#

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Homburg"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Kolisch, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 f6
6. Nh4 g6 7. O-O d6 8. f4 Qe7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Nc6
11. Qe2 Bd7 12. b4 O-O-O 13. a4 Bg7 14. b5 Nb8? (14...Na5)
15. b6? (15. Bxa7! f5! (15...b6? 16. a5)) 15...axb6
16. a5 bxa5 17. Rfb1 17...Nc6?? 18. Rxb7?! (18. Ba6!)
18...Kxb7?? 19. Ba6+ Ka8 20. Bb7+! Kxb7 21. Qb5+ Kc8
22. Qa6+ Kb8 23. Rxa5 Nxa5 24. Qa7+ Kc8 25.Qa8+ 

1-0

[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Pushkin, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. f5 f6 11. Bc4+ Kh8
12. O-O-O d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15. Bb3 c6 16. Qf4
(16. g4!) 16...a5 17. a4 b5 18. Rd3 Ba6 19. Qh4 bxa4
20. Ng5! fxg5?? (20...h6! 21. Ne6 Bxd3 22. Nxd8 Raxd8 )
21. Qxh7+! Kxh7 22. Rh3#

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1882.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Boulitchoff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4
7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxf7+! Kxf7
12. Ng5+? (12. Nxe5+!) 12...Ke8 13. Nce4 Qxd4 14. Qh5+ g6
15. Qf3 Nh6? (15...Bf5!) 16. Ba3 Nc4 17. Qf7+! Nxf7 18. Nf6+ Kd8
19. Nxf7#

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Boutourlin, Colonel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 gxf3 6. O-O Bc5+
7. d4 Bb6 8. Bxf4 fxg2? 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. Rf2 Nf6 11. Qh5??!!
(11. Bh5!) 11...Nxh5 12. Bh6+ Ke7 (12...Ng7!) 13. Nd5+ Kd6
14. e5+ Kc6 15. Nb4+ Kb5 16. a4+ Ka5 17. Nd3! Bxd4 18. b4+ Kb6
(18...Ka6 19. b5+) 19. a5+ Ka6 20. b5+ Kxb5 21. c4+ Ka6
22. Nb4#

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Boulitchoff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxd5
6. exd5 Qxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. Nc3 Qd7? (8...Qh5!?) 9. d4 c6?
(9...Bd6!) 10. Bxf4 Bd6? 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ne5 O-O
14. Qh5 f6? 15. Ng5! fxg5 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Rf1+ Ke7
18. Rf7+ Bxf7 19. Qxf7+ Kd6 20. Nc4#

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Fadeeff, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 gxf3
6. Qxf3 Bh6 7. d4 Nc6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qh5+ Kg7
11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Rxf4 Nh6 13. Qe5+ Kg6 14. h4 Nf7
(14...Ndf5 15. exf5+ Kf7 16. f6 Rg8 17. Ne4)
15. Rxf7 Kxf7 16. Rf1+ Kg6 17. h5+ Kh6 18. Rf6+

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Fadeeff, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7
7. Nb5 Nf8 8. c3 Ng6 9. Nf3 a6 10. Na3 c5 11. Nc2 O-O?
12. h4 c4 13. Ne3 f5 14. h5 Nh8 15. g4 fxg4 16. Nxg4 Qf7?
17. Rg1! Qxh5 18. Ng5? (18. Nf6+!) 18...Qe8? (18...Qxg5!)
19. Nf6+ Rxf6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Ne4+

1-0

[Event "Odds game (W gives QR)"]
[Site "Caucasus"]
[Date "1890.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Anon."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qh5 h6 11. d4 Nxf4
12. Bxf4 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Ne7?? 14. Rf6?? (14. Rxf7!) 14...Bf5??
(14...Qe8!) 15. Rh6?? (15. Bxf7+!) 15...gxh6 16. Qxh6 Bh7??
(16...Bxc3!) 17. Bf6 Nf5 18. Qg5+ Bg6 19. Qxg6+ Ng7
20. Qxg7#

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Caucasus"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Bitcham, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5
7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qc4 9. Rxe4+ Be6 10. Bg5 Bc5 11. Nd2 Qa6
12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nd5 h6? (13...O-O!) 14. Nc5 Qb5 15. Rxe6+ Kf8
16. Nd7+ Kg8 17. Qg4 h5 18. N5f6+ gxf6 19. Bh6+ Qg5 20. Nxf6#

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[White "Von Marlozan"]
[Black "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Nxg6 Nf6 6. Qh3 Bc5
7. Nxh8 Nd4 8. Bc4 d5 9. Bxd5 fxe4 10. Bf7+ Kf8 11. Qh6+ Ke7
12. Qg7?? (12. Bb3!) 12...Nxc2+ 13. Kd1? Bg4+ 14. f3 Ne3+
15. Ke1 Nxg2+ 16. Kf1 Qd3+ 17. Kxg2 Qxf3#

0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[White "Steinitz, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. f5 h6 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. d3 c6 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. g4 g5 11. a3 a4 12. Ba2 Bb7
13. h4 Nd7 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Qxh8 16. Bxg5 Qh1+ 17. Qf1 Qxf1+
18. Kxf1 f6 19. Bh4 O-O-O 20. g5 fxg5 21. Bxg5 Rh8 22. Kg2 d5
23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. exd5 Rf8 25. Rh1 Rxf5 26. Rh7 Kd8 27. d6 Rg5+
28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Rh8+

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Steinitz, Wilhelm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6
7. d3 Bg4 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. Nh4 g5? 11. Bxg5 Nh5
12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxb6 Bxe4 15. Be3 Bd5 16. c4 Be6
17. f4? (17. Nd4!) 17...f6 18. Nd4?? exd4 19. Qxh5+ Bf7
20. Qf3 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3+ dxe3 22. Rae1 Kd7 23. Rxe3 Rae8
24. Ref3 Re2 25. Rb1 Rg8 26. g3 Bh5 27. Rff1 Rge8 28. h3 R8e3
29. g4 Rg3+ 30. Kh1 Rxh3+ 31. Kg1 Rhh2

0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "St. Petersburg"]
[Date "1881.??.??"]
[White "Krudner, Baron"]
[Black "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nc6 4. d5 Ne7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. Bg5 Bc5
7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. gxh5 Qd7 13. hxg6 Qxh3 14. Ne2?? (14. Nh2!) 14...Rg8
15. Ng3 Rxg6

0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1882.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Liselle, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Nxg6 Nf6 6. Qh4 Rg8
7. Nxf8 Qe7 8. Nc3 Rg4 9. Qh3 Nxe4 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Re4
12. O-O Rxe2 13. Nxh7 Ne5 14. Qh5+ Nf7 15. Bg5 Qe5 16. Qxe2 Qxe2
17. Rae1 Qxe1 18. Rxe1+

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1891.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Kreutzahler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6
7. e5 Qxe5 8. b3 Bh6 9. Bb2 Qxb2 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qh5 Qxc2
12. Rae1+ Kd8 13. Rxf4 Bxf4 14. Re8+!

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Tiflis"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[White "Smitten"]
[Black "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C37"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nc6
7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. d4 g3 9. Kg1 Bg4 10. Qf1 f3 11. hxg3 Qxg3
12. Rh2 Bg7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Na3 Be5! 15. Rh1 Rxd4!
16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Re1 Nxe4 18. Be3 Rd1 19. Rxd1 fxg2
20. Qxg2 Qxe3+ 21. Kf1 Ng3+

0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[White "Smitten"]
[Black "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C37"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 d5
7. Bxd5 Nf6 8. Bxf7+ Kd8 9. d4 Nc6 10. Nxc6+ bxc6 11. Nc3 f3
12. g3? Qh3+ 13. Kf2 Qg2+ 14. Ke3 Ba6 15. Kf4 Bh6+ 16. Kf5 Qh3
17. Kxf6 Rf8 18. e5 Rxf7+ 19. Kxf7 Qh5+ 20. Kf6 Bg7+ (20...Qg6#)
21. Kxg7 Qg6+ 22. Kf8 Kd7#

0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Doubrava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Bc4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7  6. Ng5+

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Doubrava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nd7 3. Nf3 g6 4. Ng5 Nh6 5. Bxf7+ Nxf7  6. Ne6

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Tirnacherono"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 b6? 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 Qe7+
7. Be2 Nd8 8. O-O Qd6 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. d6 Ne6 11. Bc4 a6
12. Bxe6 axb5 13. Bxf7+! Kxf7 14. Qd5+ Ke8 15. Re1+ Kd8
16. Bg5+ Nf6 17. Bxf6+ gxf6 18. Ng5 fxg5 19. Qxg5+

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Anon."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C38"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O Qe7
6. Nc3?? Qc5+ 7. d4 Qxc4 8. e5 g4 9. Bxf4 gxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6
11. Nd5 Kd8?? (11...Nxd4!) 12. Bg5+ Nge7 13. Qxf7 Bf6
(13...Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Qxe5 15. Rf5) 14. Rxf6 Re8
15. Nxe7 Qxf7 16. Nxc6+ dxc6 17. Rd6#

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Dus-Chotimirsky, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. O-O gxf3
7. Qxf3 Qf6 8. Nd5 Qd4+ 9. Kh1 Qxc4 10. d3 Qc5 11. Bxf4 Nd4
12. Qh5 Ne6 13. Be5 c6? (13... Nh6) 14. b4

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Kogan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4
7. O-O dxc3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nge7
12. Re1 b6 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. e6 O-O 15. Bb2 f6 16. Be4 Qe8?
(16...d5!) 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qh3 fxg5 19. Qh6 (19. Qc3!) 19...Rf7
20. exf7+ Qxf7 21. Bd5! Nxd5 22. Re8+! Qxe8 23. Qg7#

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Brjecky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. Nb5 Bd7 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. Qe2 Rac8
12. c4 e5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nbxd5 16. Bc4 Kh8
17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rad1 Ne4 19. d3?? Nc5?? (19...Nec3)
20. Ba3?? Rfd8?? (20...Nc3) 21. Rf3?? Nb6?? (21...Nc3)
22. Rh3 Nxc4 23. bxc4 Rc7? (23...Nxd3) 24. Qh5 h6 25. Bb2 Kh7
26. Rg3 Qe6 27. Bd4 b6 28. Rf1 Nxd3 29. Rxf5 g6?
(29...Rxd4! 30. exd4 g6) 30. Qxh6+! Kxh6 31. Rh3#

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Brjecky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 Nc6
7. f4 Bxe3 8. Qxe3 Nd4 9. O-O-O c5 10. f5 Bd7 11. Be2 b5
12. h4 Qa5 13. g4 b4 14. Nb1 Qxa2 15. g5 Ne8 16. Nf3 Qa4
17. b3 Qa1 18. f6 g6 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qf2 a5 21. h5 Rc8
22. Bf3 Be6 23. Qh2 Bxb3 24. Rd2 Ba2 25. Kd1 Bxb1? (25...Rc7!)
26. hxg6 Bxc2+ 27. Ke2 Bxd3+ 28. Kf2 Qxh1 29. gxh7+ Kh8
30. Qxh1 Bb5 31. Qh6

1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[White "Dadian of Mingrelia, Prince"]
[Black "Anon."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 f6 6. O-O d6
7. Nh4 g6 8. f4 f5 9. Nf3 Qf6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Qb6+
12. Kh1 Qd6 13. Nxe5 Qxd1 14. Bf7#

1-0