Andrei Sokolov

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Full Name	Andrei Sokolov
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 20, 1963(1963-03-20)
Age	61
Birthplace	Russia
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Pisces

Andrei Sokolov Biography

Andrei Sokolov is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on March 20, 1963 in Russia, Russia. Russian born chess Grandmaster who won the Championship of the Soviet Union in 1984 and now resides in France.

He was one of the premier Russian players in the 1980s alongside Garry Kasparov.

He learned the game from his father Yuri, a Soviet Army officer and Candidate Master. At just 6 years of age, inspiration arrived in the form of a book of Alekhine’s games. At age 12, he attended one of the many chess schools that existed in and around Moscow and he occasionally frequented the legendary Pioneer Palace. Some major preparation followed in the years 1975–1982, mainly under the tutelage of renowned coach, Vladimir Yurkov.

Alexei Suetin attended the same sports club (Trud) and as senior Moscow coach, observed the youngster’s progress closely. Sokolov won the minor championship of Moscow in 1981, but fared less well in the major Open Championship a short while later. He had yet to learn the subtleties of positional play, but already there was much to admire. Suetin described him as “a practical-minded chess player … most concentrated, deprived of any impulsiveness and very persistent in attaining his aims.”

He learned to play chess from his father Yuri.

Andrei Sokolov Net Worth

Andrei Sokolov is one of the richest Chess Player from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrei Sokolov 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was coached by renowned chess master Alexei Suetin and he won the Junior World Chess Championship, held in Copenhagen, in 1982.

A series of unexpected losses in the late 1980s led to lesser chess activity.

Andrei Yurievich Sokolov (Russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Соколо́в ; born 20 March 1963, in Vorkuta, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a chess Grandmaster of Russian origin, now living in France. He was one of the leading players in the world in the late 1980s.

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As a participant of the 1988–89 World Cup series, he competed at Brussels, Belfort, Reykjavík and Rotterdam, finishing an overall 11th from a field of 25 and winning a combined prize fund of $36,584. In the following game, played during the Brussels leg in 1989, Sokolov sacrifices a piece and then the exchange in order to create a powerful double threat of two passed pawns on one wing and a kingside attack on the other.

Facts & Trivia

Andrei Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Andrei Sokolov celebrates birthday on March 20 of every year.

Exceptionally, in 1990, he scored a resurgent win at the Moscow Open (finishing ahead of Mikhail Tal, Rafael Vaganian, Alexey Vyzmanavin and Mikhail Krasenkov, among others). This preceded a period of lesser chess activity.

Top Facts about Andrei Sokolov

1. Andrei Yurievich Sokolov was born on 20 March 1963 in Vorkuta, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
2. He began playing chess at the age of 6, learning from his father Yuri, a Soviet Army Officer and Candidate Master.
3. He won the Junior World Chess Championship in 1982.
4. He was awarded International Master title at the same time as he won the Junior Championship.
5. His Grandmaster title was achieved in 1984.
6. He won the Championship of the Soviet Union in 1984.
7. In 1987 he reached the final of the World Championship Candidates Tournament, losing to Anatoly Karpov 3½–7½.
8. At one point his Elo rating was 2645, which made him the third strongest player in the world behind Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov.
9. He won a combined prize fund of $36,584 from the 1988-89 World Cup series.
10. He moved to France in 2000 and acquired French nationality.
11. He tied for first (but lost the playoff) in the French Championship in

2003. 12. He won a silver medal in the French Championship in 205.
      13. He has represented France in the Chess Olympiad in 2002 and 2006.
      14. He also represented France at the European Team Chess Championship of

2004. 15. He sacrificed a piece and then an exchange to create a powerful double threat of two passed pawns and a kingside attack in the game he played during the Brussels leg in 1989.