Ivan Sokolov ( Cyrillic: Иван Соколов; born 13 June 1968) is a Dutch-

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player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by

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in 1987. 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

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in 1986. In 1987 and 1993, he won the Vidmar Memorial. In 2000, he won the 1st European Rapid Chess Championship in

Neum Neum ( cyrl, Неум, ) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the only town to be situated along the Bosnia and Herzegovina's coastline, ...

edging out on tiebreak Alexey Dreev and

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. Following his playing career, Sokolov has become a successful chess trainer. From 2013 - 2016, he worked as a coach and second for

Salem Saleh Salem Saleh Mussallam Salem Al-Rejaibi (سالم صالح; born 14 May 1991) is an Emirati international footballer who plays for Al-Sharjah as a forward and midfielder. He played United Arab Emirates national football team The United Arab ...

and served as the trainer of the

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national team. In 2016, he left his job in the UAE to coach Iran's national team, a position that included extensive work with Alireza Firouzja. Sokolov became the coach of the Uzbek national team in May 2022, leading them to victory in the Chennai Olympiad later that year.

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Ivan Sokolov
chess games at 365Chess.com * * * 1968 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Dutch chess players Bosnia and Herzegovina chess players Yugoslav chess players Dutch chess writers Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to the Netherlands People from Jajce {{BosniaHerzegovina-chess-bio-stub