Now that Monika Socko became a GM, she and her husband have entered into a very exclusive club of all-GM couples (I am not counting WGMs, IMs, or almost GMs, only GMs).
Here are the famous pairs:
GM Pia Cramling (Sweden) and GM Juan Bellon (Spain)
GM Zhu Chen (China) and GM Mohammad Al-Moldiakhi (Qatar)
GM Xie Jun (China) and GM Wu Shaobin (China)
GM Monica Socko (Poland) and GM Bartosz Socko (Poland)
I can only think of 4 all-GM couples. Can you think of more?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
It’s interesting that of the 4 pair listed, two of them have higher rated wives while the other two have higher rated husbands.
Are you not counting the “WGM” title?
Didn’t Natalia Zhukova make her GM norms but is a few rating points shy of 2500? Otherwise, Grischuk/Zhukova would qualify as a GM/GM couple.
Which couple has the highest average rating?
We had that wild Menchik/Nimzovich coupling….
Skripchenko-Fressinet?
Zhukova is 2497 now! 3 more points for her!
Skripchenko is an IM, not GM
You and Judith could have created two more couples!
I heard once that anand had a lil thing for judith…
Who doesn’t? (=