Socko Monika (24.03.1978)

Polish Grandmaster (2008) and Woman Grandmaster (1995). European U18 Girls Champion and World U10 and U12 Girls vice champion in 1988 and 1990. Bronze medalist at the 2010 European Women’s Championship. Polish Women’s Champion in 1995, 2004, 2008 and 2010. Best results: Acropolis 2004 and 2005, 1st; Biel 2006, 2nd; Baku 2007, 1st; Tromsø Open 2009, 1-4th. A member of the Polish team which won the gold at the European Women’s Team Championship in 2005, the silver the European Women’s Team Championship in 2007 and the bronze at the Women’s Olympiad in 2002. Also a member of the team of Monte Carlo which won the European Women’s Club Cup in 2007 and 2008. She is married to Polish GM Bartosz Soćko. Best ELO: 2505 in 2006.