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Maxim Sorokin | |
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| Country | Russia Argentina (1998–2002) |
| Born | January 22, 1968 Izhevsk, Soviet Union |
| Died | June 30, 2007 (aged 39) Elista, Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster (1992) |
| Peak rating | 2599 (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]