Monika Soćko

Who is Monika Soćko?

Monika Soćko is a Polish chess player. She won the Polish women's chess championship four times. She is married to Polish GM Bartosz Soćko. She achieved the title of Grandmaster in 2008.

In 2007, Soćko won an international women's tournament in Baku, ahead of women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova. She won the 2009 Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromsø, in spite of being only ranked as number 16 before the tournament, while her top-ranked husband finished in 13th place. In March 2010 she won the bronze medal at the European Chess Championship for Woman after defeating Yelena Dembo and Marie Sebag in the tie-breaks.

In 2011 she was part of the Polish women team at the European Team Chess Championship; they won the silver medal.