Scouting report: Ivan Sokolov (GM, NED)

2,694 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (2,599 classical, 72 rapid, 23 blitz): 42% wins, 41% draws, 17% losses. FIDE rating 2559 standard, 2588 rapid, 2583 blitz. 156 games analyzed with Stockfish: 92% accuracy, 0.1 blunders per game.

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Ivan Sokolov

GM

Netherlandsborn 1968FIDE ID 14400030

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2540
2580
2620
2591 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2588
2583
2559
2706peak, Jan 2004
2,694games
1,130wins, 42%
1,106draws, 41%
458losses, 17%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.2% average
Low resilience (31%): Doesn't save lost positions
Very consistent (81%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (68% in 1299 games)

Play against Sokolov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 2,694 games

Openings

2,694 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
King's Indian: Classical1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♞f3 O-O 6.♝e2 e531 games, last played 14 years ago67.7%wins
King's Indian: Main Line1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 g6 3.♞c3 ♝g7 4.e4 d6 5.♞f3 O-O37 games, last played 14 years ago64.9%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 156 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
93.6%
Endgame
94.4%
Clutch factor
+5%
Winning (+2)
93%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
88%
Problematic pieces
22%
42 err
20%
38 err
16%
31 err
16%
31 err
15%
29 err
9%
17 err
Critical moment
Move 39 avg
0%
1-15
40%
16-25
30%
26-35
10%
36-45
20%
46+
40% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
11
Few
Many
e4
11
h5
9
d3
7
e3
7
g6
7
e4/h5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#23
♛xf4?? vs Tiviakov
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#38
♜c7?? vs Beerdsen
Endgame · OTB · 2024
#33
♞xc5?? vs Werle
Endgame · OTB · 2019
#31
♜xe5?? vs Van Foreest
Middlegame · OTB · 2019
#23
♞xf7?? vs Caruana
Middlegame · Online · 2010
#24
♜e2?? vs Topalov
Middlegame · OTB · 2006

Recent games

Tiviakov, Sergei(2519)

Dutch Championship 2024 |... · 11 Jul 2024

0–1
Reinderman, Dimitri(2577)

Dutch Championship 2024 |... · 9 Jul 2024

1–0
Tiviakov, Sergei(2519)

Dutch Championship 2024 |... · 3 Jul 2024

0–1
Beerdsen, Thomas(2510)

Dutch Championship 2024 |... · 3 Jul 2024

1–0
Tarciuc, Ianis-Mihai(1813)

Grand Prix Romania 2024 |... · 14 Jun 2024

1–0
Tarciuc, Ianis-Mihai(1810)

Round 7: Sokolov, Ivan - ... · 1 Jun 2024

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
2,694 games in scope
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1,390 games48%W41%D11%L
Move
1. d4
12992y
48%41%
68%
1. c4
3815y
45%39%16
65%
1. e4
284y
68%25%
80%
1. ♞f3
2516y
52%40%
72%

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