Ivan Sokolov (chess player), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ivan Sokolov (chess player)

Dutch chess grandmaster

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1968

Place of Birth: Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Ivan Sokolov (Bosnian and Bulgarian: ???? ???????) (born 13 June 1968) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.
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.In 2000 he won the 1st European Rapid Chess Championship in Neum edging out on tiebreak Alexey Dreev and Zurab Azmaiparashvili.