He also chose a different first name John, but I dunno if that is private or not. Anyway, I suppose a measure of his work is that he was Kasparovs second for a world championship series, and Kasparov is [Carlson better?] best scoring GM with black ever.
But for those unfamiliar with this series, Adorjan asks, "why do we adopt the 'win with white, draw with black' orientation as a 'success strategy? Isn't that a self defeating, or limiting attitude? But we all have been programmed into accepting it
rather than look at the double-edged factor of having the initiative. The suggestion is that the initiative can rebound as it were unless you maintain it, which means pushing too hard in positions where you 'ought' to have an advantage, but understand
not how to continue it. The sub-title of his last book in the series is "what is white's advantage anyway?"
Phil Innes
I looked that up. Yes, he was born Andras Jocha, and for some reason
he changed his name to adopt his mother's maiden name as his surname.
I would not say that this means that this is not his "real" name; it's not an alias or a pen name where he writes books under one name, and
plays chess under another.
John Savard
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