The grandmaster with Bosnian and Bulgarian origin is born on 13 June 1968.
Winner in the Yugoslav Championship (1988), the Dutch Championship (1995 and 1998); Vidmar Memorial (1987, 1993) etc.
His Elo rating reached 2565 and he is 434 all over the world.
![Ivan Sokolov Caruana wins Reykjavik Open full report with video](https://alchetron.com/cdn/ivan-sokolov-32ad202b-7f81-44ec-9af1-a5a97412776-resize-750.jpeg)
Author of many chess books as: Nimzo-Indian Defence, Sokolov’s Best Games, Winning Chess Middlegames,Ruy Lopez Revisitedand Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess, Typical Positions in the Middlegame.
We wish him a long chess career and many more successes in the future!
Winner in the Yugoslav Championship (1988), the Dutch Championship (1995 and 1998); Vidmar Memorial (1987, 1993) etc.
His Elo rating reached 2565 and he is 434 all over the world.
![Ivan Sokolov Caruana wins Reykjavik Open full report with video](https://alchetron.com/cdn/ivan-sokolov-32ad202b-7f81-44ec-9af1-a5a97412776-resize-750.jpeg)
Author of many chess books as: Nimzo-Indian Defence, Sokolov’s Best Games, Winning Chess Middlegames,Ruy Lopez Revisitedand Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess, Typical Positions in the Middlegame.
We wish him a long chess career and many more successes in the future!
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