Ivan Sokolov (chess player)

Ivan Sokolov

Ivan Sokolov at the 2004 Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Netherlands
Born (1968-06-13) June 13, 1968
Jajce, SFR Yugoslavia
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2623 (February 2016)
Peak rating 2706 (January 2004)

Ivan Sokolov, (born 13 June 1968) is a Bosnian-born chess grandmaster[1] who resides in the Netherlands since 1992 and since 2002 has the Dutch nationality. Sokolov won the 1988 Yugoslav Championship and in 1995 and 1998 the Dutch Championship.

Before earning the GM title, he became a FIDE Master in 1985 and an International Master in 1986.[1] In 1987 and 1993 he won the Vidmar Memorial.[2]

Sokolov's most famous win in chess was against Garry Kasparov in the 1999 Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan Zee where Sokolov outprepared Kasparov's legendary opening preparation.[3]

In 2000 he won the 1st European Rapid Chess Championship in Neum edging out on tiebreak Alexey Dreev and Zurab Azmaiparashvili.[4]

Results Timeline for Chess World Cup

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Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography. McFarland. p. 398. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.
  2. "Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial Tournaments". sah-zveza.si. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  3. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011516
  4. Crowther, Mark (2000-10-09). "TWIC 309: 1st European Rapid Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

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