Andrei Sokolov
Andrei Sokolov, 2008 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Andrei Yurievich Sokolov 20 March 1963 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Soviet Union (until 1992) Russia (1992–2000) France (since 2000) |
| Title | Grandmaster (1984) |
| FIDE rating | 2454 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2645 (January 1987) |
| Peak ranking | No. 4 (January 1987) |
Andrei Yurievich Sokolov (Russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Соколо́в; romanized: Andrey Yur'yevich Sokolov; born 20 March 1963, in Vorkuta, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian chess Grandmaster living in and playing for France. He was one of the leading players in the world in the late 1980s.