Andrei Sokolov

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Andrei Sokolov
Andrei Sokolov, 2008
Full name	Andrei Yurievich Sokolov
Country	Soviet Union (until 1992) Russia (1992–2000) France (since 2000)[1]
Born	(1963-03-20) 20 March 1963 (age 61) Vorkuta, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1984)
FIDE rating	2454 (October 2024)
Peak rating	2645 (January 1987)
Peak ranking	No. 4 (January 1987)

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.