Ivan Sokolov (chess player)

{{short description|Dutch-Bosnian chess grandmaster and writer (born 1968)}}

{{Infobox chess player

|name = Ivan Sokolov

|image = Ivan Sokolov.jpg

|caption = Ivan Sokolov at the 2004 Essent Tournament in Hoogeveen

|country = {{ubl||Yugoslavia (until 1992)|Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993–2002; 2009–2010)|Netherlands (2002–2009; since 2010)}}

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|6|13}}

|birth_place = Jajce, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia

|death_date =

|death_place =

|title = Grandmaster (1987)

|peakrating = 2706 (January 2004)

|peakranking = No. 13 (July 1996)

|FideID = 14400030

}}

Ivan Sokolov ({{Cyrl|Иван Соколов}}; born 13 June 1968) is a Dutch-Bosnian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 1987.{{Cite book

| last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige

| year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography

| publisher=McFarland

| isbn=0-7864-2353-6

| page=398

}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sah-zveza.si/mv12/mvarc.html|title=Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial Tournaments|publisher=sah-zveza.si|access-date=6 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208055909/http://www.sah-zveza.si/mv12/mvarc.html|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=dead}}

In 2000, he won the 1st European Rapid Chess Championship in Neum edging out on tiebreak Alexey Dreev and Zurab Azmaiparashvili.{{cite web|last1=Crowther|first1=Mark|title=TWIC 309: 1st European Rapid Championships|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic309.html#5|publisher=The Week in Chess|access-date=9 January 2016|date=2000-10-09}}

Following his playing career, Sokolov has become a successful chess trainer. From 2013 - 2016, he worked as a coach and second for Salem Saleh and served as the trainer of the United Arab Emirates 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.{{Cite web |last=Doggers (PeterDoggers) |first=Peter |title=Interview: Captain Ivan Sokolov On Coaching Gold-Winning Uzbek Chess Squad |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/captain-ivan-sokolov-coach-uzbekistan-olympiad |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Chess.com |date=15 August 2022 |language=en-US}}