Andrei Yuryevich Sokolov (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Соколов, lv, Andrejs Sokolovs; born 23 February 1972) is a Soviet/

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

n chess player. He was awarded the

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title in 1992.

Biography

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Andrei Sokolov was one of the best chess players in Latvia. He regularly participated in the Latvian Chess Championship. Best results - 2nd place in 1990 (won

Edvīns Ķeņģis Edvīns Ķeņģis (born 12 April 1959, in Cēsis) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster. Ķeņģis is an eight-time Latvian Champion, winning the national contest in 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2004 and 2005. He won the Baltic Chess Champion ...

) and in 1994 (won

Valerij Zhuravliov Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov (russian: Валерий Иванович Журавлёв, lv, Valērijs Žuravļovs; December 11, 1938 – July 18, 2021) was a Soviet/ Latvian chess master who has won the Latvian Chess Championship three times. H ...

). Andrei Sokolov played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads: * In 1994, at reserve board in the

31st Chess Olympiad The 31st Chess Olympiad (russian: 31-я Шахматная олимпиада, ''31-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male an ...

in Moscow (+1 −1 =6); * In 1996, at fourth board in the

32nd Chess Olympiad The 32nd Chess Olympiad ( hy, 32-րդ Շախմատային օլիմպիադա, ''32-rd Shakhmatayin olimpiadan''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male ...

in Yerevan (+1 −1 =6). Andrei Sokolov played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship: * In 1992, at fourth board in Debrecen (+0 −1 =6); Since 2002 Sokolov rarely participated in serious chess tournaments, but keep place in the top ten players in Latvia according to the

FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...

rating. He currently live in Veliky Novgorod and playing in

fast chess Fast chess, also known as Speed chess, is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Fast chess is subdivided, by decreasing time controls, into rapid chess, blitz ...

tournaments. In 2013 Sokolov won the Open Championship of Novgorod Oblast in rapid and blitz chess.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sokolov, Andrei 1972 births Living people Latvian people of Russian descent Latvian chess players Soviet chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors