Scouting report: Ivan Sokolov (GM, NED)

637 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (510 classical, 74 rapid, 53 blitz): 46% wins, 35% draws, 19% losses. FIDE rating 2559 standard, 2588 rapid, 2583 blitz. 130 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.04 blunders per game.

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Ivan Sokolov

TitleGrandmasterFederationNetherlandsBorn1968FIDE ID14400030

Classical2559
Rapid2588
Blitz2583
Games637
W · D · L46 / 35 / 19
Peak2706

Rating history

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Classical2559Rapid2588Blitz2583no games played
Accuracy by phase
96.6%Opening93.6%Middlegame94.2%Endgame
Clutch factor
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Play style

Elite accuracy: 93.0% average
High resilience (61%): Dangerous even when losing
Solid conversion: 86%
Very consistent (91%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (65% in 291 games)

Recent games

Piceu, Tom(2273)

41st ECC Open 2026 · 18 Oct 2026

1–0
Palsson, Bogi(2094)

41st ECC Open 2026 · 17 Oct 2026

½–½
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian(2517)

Romanian Team Championship Super... · 11 Oct 2026

1–0
Anton, Teodor(2425)

Romanian Team Championship Super... · 7 Oct 2026

1–0
Levin, Guy(2467)

Romanian Team Championship Super... · 4 Oct 2026

½–½

Play against Sokolov's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 637 games

Openings

320 games as White · scores 66.4%

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Benoni1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 c513 games, last played 3 years ago76.9%wins
Queen's Indian1.d4 ♞f6 2.c4 e6 3.♞f3 b610 games, last played 3 years ago70.0%wins

By family

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PRO
637 games in scope
LineGamesScorevs 66.4%
6361.1%−5.3 pts
4257.1%−9.3 pts
3675.0%+8.6 pts
3368.2%—
3260.9%−5.5 pts
2268.2%—
2057.5%−8.9 pts
1380.8%—

Mistakes

Problematic pieces
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Critical moment
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Error heatmap · Critical squares
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Critical blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

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Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
637 games in scope
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320 games49%W34%D17%L
Move
1. d4
2911w
47%36%17
66%
1. e4
153y
73%1314
80%
1. c4
119y
64%1818
73%
1. ♞f3
312y
67%33%
67%

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