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M Socko 
Photo © Farid Khayrulin; courtesy of Zahir Ahmadov.  
Monika Socko
Number of games in database: 299
Years covered: 1992 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2476
Highest rating achieved in database: 2505
Overall record: +120 -80 =99 (56.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (24) 
    B40 B30 B51 B52 B58
 Nimzo Indian (18) 
    E32 E39 E46 E42 E48
 King's Indian (13) 
    E92 E70 E76 E91 E98
 Slav (12) 
    D10 D11 D18 D15
 Ruy Lopez (9) 
    C69 C68 C65 C64
 Queen's Gambit Declined (8) 
    D31 D37 D30 D35
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (45) 
    C05 C06 C18 C01 C07
 French Tarrasch (24) 
    C05 C06 C07
 Queen's Pawn Game (16) 
    A45 E00 A40 A41 A46
 King's Indian (13) 
    E63 E92 E98 E76 E90
 Nimzo Indian (12) 
    E32 E30 E39 E46 E20
 Petrov (11) 
    C43 C42
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MONIKA SOCKO
(born Mar-24-1978) Poland

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Grandmaster. Monika Socko is married to Bartosz Socko. She won the Polish Women's Championship in 2008.

 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 299  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. M Brodsky vs M Socko  1-034 1992 Karvina opC06 French, Tarrasch
2. Kholmov vs M Socko  1-022 1992 Wisla BES opC05 French, Tarrasch
3. M Fierro-Baquero vs M Socko  1-075 1993 Wch U16 GirlsC01 French, Exchange
4. M Socko vs Kholmov  ½-½53 1993 Warsaw opA46 Queen's Pawn Game
5. Oral vs M Socko  1-036 1994 Cappelle op 10thC06 French, Tarrasch
6. M Litinskaya-Shul vs M Socko  ½-½21 1996 Warsaw op (Women)E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
7. M Litinskaya-Shul vs M Socko  ½-½48 1997 POL-chTE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
8. Movsesian vs M Socko  1-035 1998 MK Cafe Cup-AC02 French, Advance
9. M Socko vs Chiburdanidze 0-122 1998 Elista ol (Women)E15 Queen's Indian
10. Xie Jun vs M Socko  1-035 1998 Elista ol (Women)C06 French, Tarrasch
11. Zhaoqin Peng vs M Socko  1-032 1998 EUCup 3rd (Women)A52 Budapest Gambit
12. M Socko vs J Stocek  ½-½31 1999 Passau op 7thA47 Queen's Indian
13. M Socko vs A Galliamova-Ivanchuk  0-161 2000 Women's OlympiadD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
14. Groszpeter vs M Socko  1-056 2001 Czech OpenC18 French, Winawer
15. M Socko vs B Grabarska  ½-½52 2001 ch-POL wD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
16. A Benderac vs M Socko  0-127 2001 2nd ch-EUR WomenA48 King's Indian
17. M Krupa vs M Socko  ½-½58 2001 TCh-POLC05 French, Tarrasch
18. M Socko vs N Bojkovic  0-139 2001 EuTChwA13 English
19. K Toma vs M Socko  0-147 2001 ch-POL wC15 French, Winawer
20. M Socko vs E Kovalevskaya  0-160 2001 2nd ch-EUR WomenA53 Old Indian
21. I Rogers vs M Socko  1-068 2001 9th Aosta ValleyE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
22. E Paehtz vs M Socko  0-145 2001 EuTChwC01 French, Exchange
23. J Dworakowska vs M Socko  1-052 2001 ch-POL wC18 French, Winawer
24. M Socko vs Khurtsidze  0-137 2001 2nd ch-EUR WomenE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
25. M Socko vs M Szymanska  1-046 2001 TCh-POLE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 299  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Apr-14-04   HailM0rphy: Oops srry :)
But tomar still might get in trouble..<Monika's chess is not as pugnacious as her husband's-- Bartocz Socko> Her name is spelled with a C :)
Apr-14-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: <HailM0rphy> You say Monica, I say Monika, You say Bartocz, I say Bartosz. Monica, Monika, Bartocz, Bartosz, let's call the whole thing off.
Apr-19-04   HailM0rphy: Since were on the subject now, I made a new collection. Game Collection: People with funny names I only have 4 so far so suggestions would help :)
Apr-19-04   Calchexas: HailM0rphy: One player's named Barasz...
Apr-20-04   HailM0rphy: Whooops sorry forgot about vischer ;)
Dont get much better then this
Game Collection: Players With Funny Names
Jun-15-05   WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Monika's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/sock.html
Dec-24-06   BIDMONFA: Monika Socko

SOCKO, Monika
http://www.bidmonfa.com/socko_monik...
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Sep-18-07   Maroczy: Congratulations to Monika for winning the women's tournament in Baku.
Sep-18-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  ahmadov: Congratulations! She really did a good job in Baku...

Sep-18-07   alexapple: Socko got a GM norm!! congratulations!
Sep-18-07   Mameluk: Congratulations to Ahmadov for his photo report at chessbase!

Very fine that Socko won. She looks so much suffering at every photo. Probably naughty children.

Sep-19-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  ahmadov: <Mameluk: Congratulations to Ahmadov for his photo report at chessbase!> Thanks a lot <Mameluk>!
Feb-22-08   wolfmaster: She socked everybody at Baku.
Feb-24-08   Bratek: Congratulations on winning Polish womens championship 2008. <Mameluk:She looks so much suffering at every photo.Probably naughty children.>Monika has 3 children.Its certainly difficult for her especially as her husband is also a professional chessplayer!
Feb-24-08   slomarko: and she went undefeated too +7 -0 =4
Feb-26-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Mistrzyni Polski Kobiet w szachach 2008!

Congratulations on winning Polish womens championship 2008! (+7 =4)

http://www.mp-kobiet.net/grafika/wi...
Tournament page: http://www.mp-kobiet.net/index.php

May-18-08   kwi: She got another GM norm at Kaupthing Open.

http://www.lecavalier.lu/K8-A-S9_el...

Nov-17-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Monika Socko @ Dresden 2008:
http://chessbase.de/2008/dresdenoly...
Dec-05-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Grandmaster title (men) approved to her at the 79th FIDE Congress which was held 16-26 November 2008 in Dresden, Germany.

Congratulations!

Jul-23-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  BoardLord: GM Monika Socko will participate in Arctic Chess Challenge 2009 in Tromsų, Norway which starts 1st of August. In connection with this I have written a profile of her that you can read at my blog Sjakkfantomet. It's in English:

http://sjakkfantomet.blogg.no/12483...

Aug-10-09   slomarko: congratulations to Monika for winning the Arctic Chess Challenge!
Aug-15-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Congratulations on winning the <Arctic Chess Challenge 2009> :D *

http://arcticchess.org/2009/

* (a tournament missed here)

Aug-16-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: I see she likes to play the French Defence
Aug-21-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Monika, the exclusive interview: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...
Nov-03-09   Raisin Death Ray: Socko it to me!
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