Ivan Sokolov
Number of games in database: 1,550
Years covered: 1986 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2642
Highest rating achieved in database: 2706
Overall record: +544 -283 =638 (58.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      85 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (145)      E32 E48 E39 E41 E34  Queen's Gambit Declined (85)      D37 D31 D35 D38 D30  King's Indian (74)      E70 E94 E77 E97 E92  Slav (70)      D15 D10 D16 D19 D18  Semi-Slav (64)      D47 D43 D45 D44 D48  Grunfeld (63)      D85 D92 D80 D90 D91	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (213)      C80 C77 C84 C89 C69  Slav (123)      D15 D11 D10 D17 D19  Ruy Lopez, Closed (91)      C84 C89 C87 C93 C95  English, 1 c4 e5 (42)      A20 A21 A28 A29 A22  Grunfeld (42)      D85 D97 D91 D78 D87  Queen's Gambit Declined (37)      D37 D30 D31 D35 D36

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Janssen vs I Sokolov, 2002 0-1
   Z Almasi vs I Sokolov, 1995 0-1
   I Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1999 1-0
   T Hillarp Persson vs I Sokolov, 2009 0-1
   I Sokolov vs Timman, 1997 1-0
   I Sokolov vs Caruana, 2010 1-0
   I Sokolov vs D Howell, 2006 1-0
   I Sokolov vs Van Wely, 1996 1-0
   I Sokolov vs Shirov, 2005 1-0
   I Sokolov vs Topalov, 1996 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Dutch Championships (2004)
   Dutch Championship (2006)
   Howard Staunton Memorial (2006)
   10th European Individual Championship (2009)
   Gibtelecom (2009)
   Reykjavik Open (2010)
   Reykjavik Open (2011)
   Politiken Cup (2012)
   2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship (2012)
   13th European Individual Championship (2012)
   Reykjavik Open (2013)
   French Team Championship (2013)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Ivan Sokolov's Best Games by Resignation Trap
   Biel 1989 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1999 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1996 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1997 by suenteus po 147
   Hoogovens Blitz 1999 by KingG
   Winning Chess Middlegames by jakaiden
   New York 1996 (Chess-in-the-Schools Festival) by Phony Benoni
   Madrid 1994 by suenteus po 147

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IVAN SOKOLOV (born Jun-13-1968) Bosnia and Herzegovina (citizen of Netherlands) [what is this?] Ivan Sokolov was born on the 13th of June 1968 in Bosnia (formerly Yugoslavia). Awarded the GM title in 1987 and Yugoslav Champion in 1988 he was 1st= at Portoroz 1987, 1st= in Belgrade and 1st= in Saltsjöbaden. He also played on the Yugoslav Olympiad team in 1988. He now represents the Netherlands in Olympiads and various other team championships. Wikipedia article: Ivan Sokolov

page 1 of 62; games 1-25 of 1,550  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Howell vs I Sokolov   1-0 61 1986 EU-ch U20 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 2. I Sokolov vs Blatny   1-0 52 1986 Groningen A52 Budapest Gambit 3. I Sokolov vs J Polko   1-0 31 1986 Prague op C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 4. I Sokolov vs K Ninov   1-0 22 1986 EU-ch U20 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 5. Piket vs I Sokolov   0-1 51 1986 EU-ch U20 D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 6. I Sokolov vs J Van Mil   1-0 33 1986 Budapest Spring op D85 Grunfeld 7. J Trmal vs I Sokolov   0-1 30 1986 Prague op A46 Queen's Pawn Game 8. I Cervenka vs I Sokolov   0-1 31 1986 Prague op B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 9. Tringov vs I Sokolov   0-1 30 1986 Novi Sad B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 10. I Sokolov vs I Manor   0-1 23 1986 EU-ch U20 A57 Benko Gambit 11. J Gdanski vs I Sokolov   1-0 71 1986 EU-ch U20 B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 12. I Sokolov vs H U Gruenberg   1-0 54 1986 Budapest Spring op E46 Nimzo-Indian 13. I Sokolov vs F Nepustil   1-0 37 1986 Prague op B12 Caro-Kann Defense 14. N Dedes vs I Sokolov   0-1 32 1986 EU-ch U20 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. M Burgess vs I Sokolov   0-1 37 1986 EU-ch U20 A15 English 16. S Smagin vs I Sokolov   1-0 49 1986 Novi Sad B22 Sicilian, Alapin 17. I Sokolov vs B Spycher   1-0 25 1986 EU-ch U20 D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 18. I Sokolov vs Vaganian   0-1 54 1987 Sarajevo D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Xu Jun vs I Sokolov   0-1 37 1987 Portoroz/Ljubljana Vidmar mem D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 20. Tringov vs I Sokolov   0-1 29 1987 Pancevo B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Bronstein vs I Sokolov 1-0 33 1987 Pancevo D97 Grunfeld, Russian 22. Geller vs I Sokolov   1-0 60 1987 Pancevo B44 Sicilian 23. Psakhis vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 19 1987 Portoroz/Ljubljana A48 King's Indian 24. I Sokolov vs Karpov ½-½ 14 1987 Bilbao C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. I Sokolov vs Marjanovic   ½-½ 15 1987 Pancevo (Yugoslavia) D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 62; games 1-25 of 1,550    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Sokolov wins | Sokolov loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-28-06    Bufon: <suentespo147> so, do you consider 5 loses and one draw what??? A miserable performance... Oct-28-06    suenteus po 147: <Bufon> It depends on your point of view, I guess. To me, Topalov had a much more miserable performance than Sokolov did. After all, Sokolov is the lowest rated guy there. How well do you expect him to do? Topalov, on the other hand, is the highest rated player there! Yet he came in third, with three losses and a draw to the lowest rated player. That's pretty miserable. Oct-28-06    chancho: <suenteus po 147> Exactly right. Oct-28-06    sitzkrieg: Probably clear enough, but Essent and Corus are companies that sponsor chess tournaments in Hoogeveen and Wijk aan zee, respectiveley. Jan-08-07    Dr.Lecter: I can't believe that Sokolov placed last in two consecutive Corus tournaments. What is it between him and Corus? Jun-13-07    Stonehenge: Happy birthday, sretan vam rodjendan! Jul-06-07    arunjangity: gadzeeks what a horrible picture. he looks like he's saying f.u. to the whole world. Aug-06-07    pawnofdoom: His mouth's not even open. Looks more like he's sleeping. Chessgames should replace that pic Oct-06-07    whiteshark: Compare: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_S... http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_S... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_S... Oct-06-07    Red October: it seems suicidal playing the Nimzo Indian Defence against him Jun-20-08    MichAdams: When he became a GM at the age of 19 in 1987, he was, at the time, the 4th youngest to attain the title, behind Fischer, Kasparov and Short. Oct-09-08    percyblakeney: Essent starts next week but seems weaker than usual. Polgar and Mamedyarov have played the last years and also Topalov in 2006. Then Sokolov ended up with 0.5/6 but this year he is huge rating favourite as the only 2600+ participant. Apart from Sokolov it is Adly, Smeets and Sebag that are playing this year: http://www.essentchess.nl/info_eng.... Oct-28-08    Karpova: Ivan Sokolov completely dominated Essent 2008 and won: 1. I.Sokolov 5.0/6 (+4 -0 =2) 2. Smeets 2.5/6 (+2 -3 =1) 3. Adly 2.5/6 (+1 -2 =3) 4. Sebag 2.0/6 (+1 -3 =2) Source: http://www.essentchess.nl/index.html Oct-29-08    Open Defence: good to hear he is winning again Mar-18-09    blacksburg: has anyone had a chance to read Sokolov's new book? good/bad? http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess... Mar-26-09    Phoenix: <has anyone had a chance to read Sokolov's new book? good/bad?> It is DYNAMITE. I am devouring it currently, and recommend it heartily. Jun-04-09    Troller: Sokolov beat Hillarp-Persson with black in the first round of Sigeman 2009. It had some nice fireworks at the end: http://www.sigeman-chess.com/live/i... Hillarp-Persson has risen 120 elo or so during the last year or maybe even six months, but he is very unstable. Jun-13-09    wordfunph: Happy 41st Birthday GM Ivan Sokolov... we were born on the same year 1968.. Jun-13-09    WhiteRook48: Happy birthday Mr. Sokolov!! Jul-27-09    Johnny O: In January 2004 he was #16 in the world with a 2706 FIDE rating. How much respect do I have for GM Ivan Sokolov's contributions to opening theory? His black games against 1. d4 are the only ones I even look at. I'm not kidding. Sep-02-09    Johnny O: "Red October: it seems suicidal playing the Nimzo Indian Defence against him" Agreed. In his last 23 games he has only 4 losses against Ponomariov, Aronian, Judit Polgar, and Naiditsch. Sep-04-09    Open Defence: a very creative player, we need such players even though they may not reach the pinnacle... Nov-03-09    Tabanus: That nobody here noticed (or cared) he recently won the Corsica Masters is almost interesting. http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Resultat2... Mar-03-10    Tabanus: Reykjavik Open 2010 ended today with Sokolov as the winner: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr293... Jun-05-10    wolfmaster: Is Sokolov crunk in that photo? Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 4) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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