Andrei Sokolov
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| Full name | Andrei Yurievich Sokolov |
| Country | Soviet Union (until 1992) Russia (1992–2000) France (since 2000) |
| Born | 20 March 1963 Vorkuta, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1984) |
| FIDE rating | 2458 (June 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2645 (January 1987) |
| Peak ranking | No. 4 (January 1987) |
Andrei Yurievich Sokolov (Russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Соколо́в; born 20 March 1963, in Vorkuta, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a chess Grandmaster of Russian origin, now living in France. He was one of the leading players in the world in the late 1980s.