Andrs Adorjn

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Adorjn redirects here. For the Romanian village that

bears this name in Hungarian, see Livada, Satu Mare.

In recent years he has played less and concentrated more

on writing, becoming renowned for his series of books
championing the cause of the player of the black pieces
Black is OK, Black is Still OK and Black is OK Forever.
The books challenge the popular perceptions of Blacks
chances and diagrammed positions are even presented
with the black pieces playing up the board. For their creativity with the black pieces, Adorjn cites the games of
Tony Miles and Alexander Morozevich as a source of inspiration.

Andrs Adorjn (born Andrs Jocha, March 31, 1950

in Budapest) is a Hungarian author and Grandmaster of
chess (1973), born in Budapest. He adopted his mothers
surname Adorjn in 1968.[1]

Chess career

In 196970, Adorjn secured the title of European Junior

Champion and in 1969 at Stockholm, nished runnerup in the World Junior Chess Championship to Anatoly
Karpov. Qualication as an International Master came in
1970 and as a Grandmaster in 1973. The latter was also
the year that he won (jointly) his rst Hungarian Championship, going on to a further (this time outright) victory
in 1984.

His writing is always imaginative, quirky and anecdotal.

In one review, it was suggested that Adorjns books could
have been co-authored by Botvinnik and Monty Python.
In the eld of chess opening theory, Adorjns passions
have in many ways mirrored the theme of his books. Typical is his handling of the 'Hedgehog System' versus the
English Opening. The system seeks to neutralise whites
rst move advantage by engineering rapid piece development on the queenside, behind exible, low-key pawn
moves (such as d6, a6 and b6). The formation is said
to resemble the prickly spines of the hedgehog, repelling
premature attacks and oering no soft targets.

Other tournament successes (nishing either rst or joint

rst) included Varna 1972, Osijek 1978, Budapest 1982,
Gjovik 1983, Esbjerg 1985 and New York Open 1987.
In an interview, he recounts the story of his telephoned
invitation to Luhacovice in 1973; he enquired"Is there
a GM norm on oer?", to which came the answer Yes. Adorjns other passion is music. He has composed many
His next question"When does it start?" was met with songs and also translated Godspell into Hungarian.
the reply Half an hour ago. He also went on to win that
tournament.

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At the Riga Interzonal of 1979, he nished joint third and

qualied for the World Championship Candidates Tournament via tiebreaks, after drawing a match (+1 1 =2)
with fellow Hungarian Zoltn Ribli. At the Candidates
he lost his quarter-nal match to Robert Hbner.

Adorjn, Andrs; Dory, Jeno (1987). Winning With

the Grunfeld. Macmillan. ISBN 0-02-016080-1.
Adorjn, Andrs (1989). Black is OK!. Batsford.
ISBN 978-0-7134-5790-2.

In team chess, Adorjn has an excellent record. Competing at the Chess Olympiad of 1978, he helped Hungary to capture the gold medal from the Soviet team who
had convincingly won the event twelve consecutive times
from 1952 through 1974. His further participation in
1984, 1986 and 1988 contributed to a top ve nish on
each occasion. Compatriots Lajos Portisch, Ribli and
Gyula Sax were also at the peak of their playing strength
during this period.

Adorjn, Andrs (1998). Black is O.K. in Rare

Openings. Caissa Books.
Adorjn, Andrs (2004). Black is Still OK!. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-8870-8.
Adorjn, Andrs (2005). Black is OK Forever!.
Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-8942-2.

Adorjn has also worked over the years, sometimes secretly, as a second to Garry Kasparov and to Peter Leko,
helping them to prepare for important World Championship matches. He is known as a leading expert on the
Grnfeld Defence, which has been favored by both Kasparov and Leko.

4 Notes
[1] Adorjn, Andrs (1989). Black is OK!. Batsford. p. 128.
ISBN 978-0-7134-5790-2.

References
Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1984). The Oxford Companion to Chess. Oxford University. ISBN
0-19-217540-8.

External links
Andras Adorjan player prole and games at
Chessgames.com
Andrs Adorjn at 365Chess.com
Chessville Interview with Andrs Adorjn
Magister Musicae; Andrs Adorjn Video Master
Classes.

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