 In 2007, Soćko won an international women's tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan ahead of former Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova.In 2008, she was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE, becoming the first and, to date, only Polish female player to achieve this.The following year, she won the Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromsø, Norway in spite of being only ranked as number 16 before the tournament, while her top-ranked husband, Bartosz Soćko, finished in 13th place.