It is Valentine’s Day. Therefore, I think it is appropriate to revisit the topic of strongest chess couples in the world. Which are the top 20 strongest chess couples today? Here are some more well known couples:
GM Alexander Grischuk and IM Natalia Zhukova
GM Mohammad Al-Moldiakhi and GM Zhu Chen
GM Bartosz Socko and IM Monica Socko
GM Laurent Fressinet and IM Almira Skripchenko
GM Wu Shaobin and GM Xie Jun
GM Daniel Fridman and IM Anna Zatonskih
GM Yona Kosashvili and IM Sofia Polgar
GM Juan Bellon and GM Pia Cramling
GM Sergei Movsessian and WGM Petra Krupkova
GM Boris Gulko and WGM Anna Akhsrumova
GM Pascal Charbonneau and IM Irina Krush
GM Dibyendu Barua and WGM Saheli Dhar Barua
GM Suat Atalik and WGM Ekaterina Atalik
GM Alex Yermolinsky and WGM Camilla Baginskaite
GM Pravin Thipsay and WGM Bhagyasree Thipsay
Can you add more couples to this list? (The couple must still be together to be on this list)
Please forgive me if I’m not up on the latest social news — isn’t Irina Krush’s b/f a good player?
GM Pascal Charbonneau and IM Irina Krush…
GM Suat and WGM Ekaterina Atalik
GM Alex Yermolinsky and WGM Camilla Baginskaite
GM Malakhatjo and IM Zozulia are married and belong on the list
GM Susan Polgar and FM Paul Truong!
The first couple of Chess!
Isn’t Shirov’s wife an IM? Or are they not together any more?
Are all the couples on the list married or are some of them just an “item”?
I think they’re all married.
Perhaps, I am from the old school, or is it just a European custom to not take the husband’s last hame. Someone have an answer
GM Mohammad Al-Moldiakhi and GM Zhu Chen
Lev Aronian (super GM) and his girl friend Arianne Caoli (FM or IM?)
Susan, give us the average Elo of each couple
What about Aronian and Arianne?
Sriram Jha and Vijayalakshmi [Vijayalakshmi has more Elo points than Sriram Jha]
Surprized Julio Begerra and Martha Fierro haven’t been mentioned by anyone who can spell their names…
GM R B ramesh – WGM Arathi Ramaswamy
IM Roberto Mogranzini and IM Martha (Martica) Fierro (not married – yet – but living together for 3 years)
I wonder what the strongest same sex couple in chess is? Or are too many chess players unwilling to consider such possibilities?