{{Short description|Russian chess grandmaster (1968–2007)}} {{Infobox chess player | country = Russia<br>Argentina (1998–2002) | birth_date = {{birth date|1968|1|22}} | birth_place = Izhevsk, Soviet Union | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|6|30|1968|1|22}} | death_place = Elista, Russia | title = Grandmaster (1992) | peakrating = 2599 (April 2005) }} '''Maxim Sorokin''' (22 January 1968 – 30 June 2007) was a Russian chess Grandmaster (GM) since 1992. In 1998–2002 he played for Argentina.
== Individual results == His first big results Sorokin accomplished end of the 1980s. In 1989 he took shared 2nd place in Sotchi, in 1990 he earned the bronze medal in Minsk, at the USSR championship for players under 26 years of age, the ''Tournament of young Sovjet masters''. In 1991 he became 3rd at the RSFSR championship. In 1991 he became shared first in Belgorod at the qualification tournament for the last USSR championship in Moscow. In 1992, the year in which the FIDE gave him the title grandmaster (GM), he became shared 2nd, together with among others Sergei Rublevsky, in Ostrava. In 1993 he won the tournament in San Fernando, Buenos Aires (together with among others Óscar Panno) and won the tournament in San Martín, Argentina,<ref>[https://www.365chess.com/tournaments.php?tname=San+Martin&year=1993&country=&avgelo= Chess Tournaments], 365chess.com, access-date 14.12.2025</ref> (above among others Vasili Smyslov).<ref>[https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/San_Martin_1993/16922 San Martin 1993], 365chess.com, access-date 14.12.2025</ref> In 1996 in Villa Ballester he became second, behind Andrés Rodríguez Vila. Also in 1996 in Elista he became shared fourth (with Evgeny Bareev and Vadim Zvjaginsev) at the Russian chess championship. In 1997 Sorokin became first in Villa Martelli and second (behind Pablo Ricardi) at the Clarín tournament in Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires. The result in Villa Gesell was one year later repeated by Sorokin. In 1998 he made his debut at the Argentina championship and achieved finishing at third place. Also in 1998, he won in Buenos Aires the Boca Juniors Open. In 1999 there were more successes: shared second (with Alexei Dreev and Viktor Bologan) at the Anibal Open in Linares, and in Calcutta (with Sergey Dolmatov and Jaan Ehlvest) and also in Krasnodar (with Pavel Tregubov).
In 2000 he became shared first at the Chigorin-Memorial in Saint Petersburg and at the Commonwealth Chess Championship, held in Sangli. In the years after, his international successes became less, although in many tournaments he still ended up in the higher part of the endresult list; for example: Calcutta (2001, 7½ / 11), Dubai (2002, 6 / 9), Sankt Petersburg (2002, 6 / 9), Linares (2002, 6½ / 10), Bombay (2003, 7 / 10), Uralsk (2003, 7 / 10), Cappelle-la-Grande (2004, 6 / 9), Salekhard (2004, 7 / 9), Moscow (2005, Aeroflot Open, 6 / 9), Linares (2005, 6½ / 9), Cappelle-la-Grande (2006, 6 / 9), Tomsk (2006, 6 / 9), Tsjeljabinsk (2006, 6 / 9) and Nizhny Tagil (2007, 6 / 9).
In 2004 he tied for first with Saidali Iuldachev in the Murzagaliev Memorial in Uralsk, Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=36359|title=Murzagaliev 1st Mem. – Kazakhstan|publisher=World Chess Federation|accessdate=8 June 2010}}</ref>
In April 2005 his Elo-rating was 2599.
In 2007 he coached Sergei Rublevsky in the 2007 Candidates matches in Elista.
== Chess teams == In 1991 he won gold with the national Sovjet student team at the world championship for students in Maringá, Brazil, where he also received an individual gold medal for the best result at board 5. <!-- Voor Argentinië nam Sorokin deel aan de Chess Olympiad 1998 in Elista. Hij scoorde 6½ pt. uit 13 aan het eerste bord. Ook bij de daaropvolgende Olympiade was hij aangemeld voor bord 1 van het Argentijnse team, maar speelde geen enkele partij.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/tt7jlbne.html results of Maxim Sorokin at Chess Olympiads], olimpbase.org</ref> Bij de Russische kampioenschappen voor schaakteams werd hij in 1992 tweede met het team van ''Chorda Tscheljabinsk'', waarmee hij in 1993 ook deelnam aan de European Club Cup.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/playersc/tt7jlbne.html results of Maxim Sorokin at the European Club Cup], olimpbase.org</ref> Aan de Russische kampioenschappen voor schaakteams nam hij ook tweemaal deel met ''Politechnik Nischni Tagil'' (2002 en 2007) en met ''Yunilain Samara'' (2005, 2006).<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/playersru/tt7jlbne.html results of Maxim Sorokin at the Russian team championships], olimpbase.org</ref> -->
== Death == Sorokin died at June 30th, 2007 in a hospital in Elista, after he got on the way from Elista to Volgograd involved in a car accident, where became heavily wounded.<ref>[https://chessdailynews.com/gm-maxim-sorokin-just-passed-away/ GM Maxim Sorokin just passed away]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/news/maxim-sorokin|title=GM Maxim Sorokin died|date=July 2007 |publisher=Chessdom}}, accessdate May 5th 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3970 GM Maxim Sorokin dies after traffic accident], www.chessbase.com</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{chessgames player|id=16628}} * {{365Chess.com player}} * [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3970 ChessBase.com – Chess News – GM Maxim Sorokin dies after traffic accident]
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