Maxim Sorokin

Maxim Sorokin
CountryRussia
Argentina (1998–2002)
Born(1968-01-22)January 22, 1968
Izhevsk, Soviet Union
DiedJune 30, 2007(2007-06-30) (aged 39)
Elista, Russia
TitleGrandmaster (1992)
Peak rating2599 (April 2005)

Maxim Sorokin (22 January 1968 – 30 June 2007) was a Russian chess Grandmaster (1992). In 1998–2002 he played for Argentina.

In 2004 he tied for first with Saidali Iuldachev in the Murzagaliev Memorial in Uralsk, Kazakhstan.[1] In 2007 he coached Sergei Rublevsky in the 2007 Candidates matches in Elista. Sorokin died on 30 June 2007 due to complications from a recent automobile accident.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Murzagaliev 1st Mem. - Kazakhstan". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. ^ "GM Maxim Sorokin died". Chessdom. July 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2011.


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