Andras Adorjan: Black is still OK!

Batsford, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 0-7134-8870-0, 224 Seiten, 2004.
 

When Andras Adorjan's first book "Black is OK!" was published in 1988 it became an immediate bestseller and a cult classic, reaching out to the hearts and minds of club chessplayers. In this new book his message remains just as emphatic: too many chessplayers adopt an unnecessarily defensive approach with the Black pieces, when they should be more ambitious and strive immediately for double-edged positions with winning chances. Moreover, not only does Adorján offer concrete opening variations and illustrative games to support his claim but also a philosophy to generate a positive state of mind when entering a battle. The new examples given in this book effectively continue Adorján's crusade, started in the revolutionary 1960s, and encourage players not only to win more games with Black but to enjoy themselves in the process!

Andras Adorjan (1950) is an International Grandmaster, a former World Championship Candidate  and a former Hungarian champion. He was part of the Hungarian team that won the Gold Medal at the 1978 Chess Olympiad and worked as a second of World Champion Garry Kasparov. His 'Black is OK' books brought him international fame as an author.