Bartosz Soćko (born 10 November 1978) is a Polish

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player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). In 2008, 2013 and 2023 he became the Polish national champion.

Chess career

He played for Poland at six

Chess Olympiads The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

(2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010) and at six

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s (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009). He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by

Victor Bologan Victor (Viorel) Bologan (born 14 December 1971) is a List of Moldovans, Moldovan chess player and author. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster by FIDE in 1991. Career Bologan won the first two editions of the Poikovsky A ...

. In 2013 he won the

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. In 2021 he won against the world champion Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE world blitz championships. In 2023, he won Polish Chess Championship. In May 2024, in

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...

he ranked in 5th place in Polish Chess Championship. His wife is GM

Monika Soćko Monika Soćko (née Bobrowska; born 24 March 1978) is a Polish chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Grandmaster (GM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the Polish women's chess championship eight times (in 1995, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013 ...

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* * * * 1978 births Living people Polish chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors People from Piaseczno Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship {{poland-chess-bio-stub