Bartosz Soćko Explained
| Bartosz Soćko |
| Country: | Poland |
| Birth Date: | 10 November 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Piaseczno, Poland |
| Grandmaster (1999) |
| Peakrating: | 2663 (February 2014) |
| Peakranking: | No. 49 (July 2007) |
| Fideid: | 1107038 |
Bartosz Soćko (born 10 November 1978) is a Polish chess 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 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010)[1] and at six European Team Chess Championships (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.[2]
In 2013 he won the Riga Technical University Open.[3]
In 2021 he won against the world champion Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE world blitz championships.[4] [5]
In 2023, he won Polish Chess Championship.[6] In May 2024, in Rzeszów he ranked in 5th place in Polish Chess Championship.[7]
His wife is GM Monika Soćko.[8]
Notes and References
- http://www.olimpbase.org/players/wme4eace.html OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Bartosz Soćko
- Web site: The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 . Crowther . Mark . 21 September 2011 . London Chess Center . 14 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111020150713/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011 . 20 October 2011.
- Web site: Riga Technical University Open 2013 . Crowther . Mark . 12 August 2013 . The Week in Chess . 1 October 2013.
- Web site: World Chess Blitz Championship 2021.
- Web site: Bartosz Soćko checkmates the World Champion. YouTube.
- http://www.szachypolskie.pl/mistrzostwa-polski-mezczyzn-w-szachach-2023/ Mistrzostwa Polski Mężczyzn w Szachach 2023
- http://www.szachypolskie.pl/mistrzostwa-polski-mezczyzn-w-szachach-2024/ 81. Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski Mężczyzn w Szachach
- Web site: ChessBase.com – Chess News – Kateryna and Robert – pour la vie à jamais unis... . 2 March 2009 . 20 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121120231533/http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5244 . dead.
