Ivan Sokolov
Number of games in database: 1,442
Years covered: 1986 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2680
Highest rating achieved in database: 2706
Overall record: +499 -263 =601 (58.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      79 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (132)      E32 E39 E48 E41 E34  Queen's Gambit Declined (76)      D37 D35 D31 D38 D30  King's Indian (71)      E70 E94 E77 E97 E92  Slav (65)      D15 D10 D16 D19 D18  Semi-Slav (61)      D47 D43 D45 D44 D48  Queen's Indian (60)      E12 E17 E13 E16	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (195)      C80 C77 C89 C84 C87  Slav (122)      D15 D11 D10 D17 D19  Ruy Lopez, Closed (87)      C89 C84 C87 C93 C91  Grunfeld (41)      D85 D97 D91 D78 D87  English, 1 c4 e5 (40)      A20 A21 A28 A29 A22  Ruy Lopez, Open (33)      C80 C81 C82

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 D Howell, 2006 1-0
   I Sokolov vs F Caruana, 2010 1-0
   I Sokolov vs Timman, 1997 1-0
   Jonkman vs I Sokolov, 2002 0-1
   I Sokolov vs T Middelburg, 2009 1-0
   E L'Ami vs I Sokolov, 2008 1/2-1/2

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

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Ivan Sokolov's Best Games by Resignation Trap
   Biel 1989 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1996 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1999 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
   Amsterdam 1994 A 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. FIDE player card: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_S...

page 1 of 58; games 1-25 of 1,442  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Dedes vs I Sokolov   0-1 32 1986 EU-ch U20 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Tringov vs I Sokolov   0-1 30 1986 Novi Sad B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 3. M Burgess vs I Sokolov   0-1 37 1986 EU-ch U20 A15 English 4. I Sokolov vs B Spycher   1-0 25 1986 EU-ch U20 D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 5. I Sokolov vs Blatny   1-0 52 1986 Groningen A52 Budapest Gambit 6. J Howell vs I Sokolov   1-0 61 1986 EU-ch U20 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 7. I Sokolov vs J Polko   1-0 31 1986 Prague op C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 8. I Sokolov vs K Ninov   1-0 22 1986 EU-ch U20 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 9. Piket vs I Sokolov   0-1 51 1986 EU-ch U20 D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 10. S Smagin vs I Sokolov   1-0 49 1986 Novi Sad B22 Sicilian, Alapin 11. I Sokolov vs J Van Mil   1-0 33 1986 Budapest Spring op D85 Grunfeld 12. J Trmal vs I Sokolov   0-1 30 1986 Prague op A46 Queen's Pawn Game 13. I Cervenka vs I Sokolov   0-1 31 1986 Prague op B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 14. I Sokolov vs I Manor   0-1 23 1986 EU-ch U20 A57 Benko Gambit 15. J Gdanski vs I Sokolov   1-0 71 1986 EU-ch U20 B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 16. I Sokolov vs H U Gruenberg   1-0 54 1986 Budapest Spring op E46 Nimzo-Indian 17. I Sokolov vs F Nepustil   1-0 37 1986 Prague op B12 Caro-Kann Defense 18. I Sokolov vs Vaganian   0-1 54 1987 Sarajevo D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Blatny vs I Sokolov   0-1 46 1987 Baguio City B22 Sicilian, Alapin 20. Polugaevsky vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 45 1987 Sarajevo D87 Grunfeld, Exchange 21. Xu Jun vs I Sokolov   0-1 37 1987 Portoroz/Ljubljana Vidmar mem D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 22. Wolff vs I Sokolov 1-0 32 1987 Wch U20 B89 Sicilian 23. Seirawan vs I Sokolov 1-0 27 1987 Sarajevo A16 English 24. G N Todorovic vs I Sokolov   1-0 59 1987 Pancevo B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 25. Psakhis vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 19 1987 Portoroz/Ljubljana A48 King's Indian  page 1 of 58; games 1-25 of 1,442    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Sokolov wins | Sokolov loses

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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? Jun-13-10    wordfunph: last round today in 11th Karpov Poikovsky, last seed Ivan Sokolov (2654) with +2 -4 =4 or 4/10. Interestingly, he won his game against second seed GM Jakovenko (2725).. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessne... happy 42nd birthday Ivan! Jun-28-10    The Rocket: There are some less flattering storys I have been told about this man from a friend of mine, who is a friend of Ivan Sokolov, I can say it involves drinking:) But anyway a great player nonetheless:= Sep-14-10    technical draw: < Is Sokolov crunk in that photo?> Yes, he may have had a few crinks. Sep-14-10    tamar: Next question, is that the ceiling, or is lying on a tile floor? Mar-19-11    Amulet: Another observation about the ceiling - it's so low that his head almost touches it, interesting. Mar-09-12    Penguincw: Sokolov off to a perfect start at the Reykjavik Open (2012), going 4/4. In Round 5, he has black against David Navara, who also has a perfect start. Mar-09-12    efvaatn: He has a wonderful start in the Reykjavik Open, scoring a perfect score Mar-09-12    brankat: Hopefully my c$40 on I.Sokolov will bear fruit :-) Mar-10-12    Penguincw: Sokolov downed co-leader David Navara with black (Navara vs I Sokolov, 2012) in only 37 moves today! He is a perfect 5/5 at the Reykjavik Open (2012). Normally, this would give him solo lead, however Ivan Cheparinov also won his game today to stay perfect. The two <Ivan>'s will battle it out for first tomorrow. Only one (or none) can be perfect! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 4) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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