Ivan Sokolov
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 Ivan Sokolov during the 2004 Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen, The Netherlands |
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| Full name | Ivan Sokolov |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Born | June 13, 1968 Jajce, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2641 (January 2012) (No. 83 on the May 2010 FIDE ratings list) |
| Peak rating | 2706 (January 2004) |
Ivan Sokolov (born 13 June 1968 to a Bulgarian father and Bosnian mother) is a chess grandmaster born in Jajce, SFR Yugoslavia,[1] who currently resides in the Netherlands. Sokolov won the 1988 Yugoslav 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 1999 Wijk aan Zee where Sokolov outprepared Kasparov's legendary opening preparation.[3]
[edit] Bibliography
- Sokolov, Ivan (2009). Winning Chess Middlegames. New In Chess. ISBN 978-90-5691-264-2.
- Sokolov, Ivan (2009). The Ruy Lopez Revisited. New In Chess. ISBN 978-90-5691-297-0.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987). Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography. McFarland. p. 398. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ "Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial Tournaments". sah-zveza.si. http://www.sah-zveza.si/mv12/mvarc.html. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011516
[edit] External links
- Ivan Sokolov player profile at ChessGames.com
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