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Andrei Sokolov

1963 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Andrei Sokolov is the 254th most popular chess player (down from 232nd in 2024), the 2,608th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,597th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Andrei Sokolov ranks 254 out of 461. Before him are Alexander Grischuk, Antoaneta Stefanova, Valery Salov, Lev Psakhis, Aloyzas Kveinys, and Emil Sutovsky. After him are Peter Svidler, Harry Golombek, Vladimir Akopian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Aaron Alexandre, and Manuel Aaron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Andrei Sokolov ranks 641. Before him are Lydia Cacho, Uwe-Jens Mey, Steven Michael Quezada, Nina Stemme, Vincent Collet, and Caren Metschuck. After him are Giuseppe Galderisi, Éric Poulat, Mahiro Maeda, Merethe Lindstrøm, Faran Tahir, and Erling Kagge.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrei Sokolov ranks 2,608 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksey Dyumin (1972), Evgeni Malkin (1986), Maxim Fadeev (1968), Hüseyin Özkan (1972), Mikhail Burtsev (1956), and Alexei Urmanov (1973). After him are Nikolay Merkushkin (1951), Igor Kolyvanov (1968), Peter Svidler (1976), Alsou (1983), Tatyana Providokhina (1953), and Olga Nazarova (1965).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Andrei Sokolov ranks 39. Before him are Larissa Volpert (1926), Yuri Balashov (1949), Alexander Morozevich (1977), Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya (1957), Alexander Grischuk (1983), and Lev Psakhis (1958). After him are Peter Svidler (1976), Leonid Yudasin (1959), Yury Dokhoian (1964), Alisa Galliamova (1972), Sergei Tiviakov (1973), and Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (1974).

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