IM (1995); GM (1999).
Bartosz Socko was born in Piaseczno and is married to Monika (Bobrowska) Socko. He won the Polish U-16 championship in 1994, then won the U-18 category in 1995. He qualified for the World Cup (2011) through his results in the European Individual Championships (2010), but lost in the first round to Viktor Bologan. He was Polish champion in 2008 and 2013; in both of these years his wife Monika won the women's national championship for the couple to share a unique pair of "doubles".
Socko has represented Poland at every Olympiad and European Team Championship (ETC) since 2000 and 1999 respectively, his best personal results being a bronze medal for board four in the 2000 Olympiad, and a silver medal for the reserve board in the ETC in 2004. In 1998, he played board 2 for Poland in the World Junior Team Championship, scoring team and individual silver.
He played for the Polonia PKO BP Warsaw club in the European Club Cup from 1997 to 2005 inclusive, except for 1999 and helped his team to silver medals in 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2005. He won team and individual bronze medal in 2002. He played for SK Advisory Invest Baden in 2008, but has not appeared in the event since.
Socko has been a dedicated player in the Polish League participating in every season from 1994 until the present. During that time he has won 11 team golds, 8 individual golds, 7 team silvers and 5 individual silvers, and 2 team bronzes and 3 individual bronzes. (1) In the Polish Super Cup, he won 3 team golds between 2001 and 2004. He won the 105 Jahre FC St. Pauli Open 2015 in July 2015. (2)
He has also played in the Czech Extraliga on various occasions between 2002 and 2015.
(1) http://www.olimpbase.org/playerspl/...; (2) http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/...
Wikipedia article: Bartosz Soćko
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