Ivan Sokolov (chess player)
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Ivan Sokolov at the 2004 Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen
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| Country |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Netherlands |
| Born |
June 13, 1968 Jajce, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2632 (March 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2706 (January 2004) |
Ivan Sokolov (born 13 June 1968) is a Dutch chess grandmaster 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. In 1987 and 1993 he won the Vidmar Memorial.
In 2000 he won the 1st European Rapid Chess Championship in Neum edging out on tiebreak Alexey Dreev and Zurab Azmaiparashvili.
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