GM Daniel Fridman, one of the top 3 GMs in Germany, defeated his own wife U.S. Women’s Champion IM Anna Zatonskih in round 2. Today, he handily beat GM Kosteniuk. That’s 2 for 2 for Daniel.
[Event “8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010”]
[Site “Gibraltar”]
[Date “2010.01.28”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Fridman, Daniel”]
[Black “Kosteniuk, Alexandra”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteELO “2654”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackELO “2523”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[Source “MonRoi”]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.e3 b6 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.d4 Qd7 12.Ne5 Qe6 13.Nb5 Rfc8 14.f4 Bf8 15.g4 a6 16.g5 axb5 17.gxf6 Qxf6 18.Bxd5 Nd8 19.Bxb7 Nxb7 20.Qf3 Rc7 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Rf2 Qf5 23.e4 Qc8 24.Ng4 Ra6 25.Rg2 Rcc6 26.Kh1 c4 27.bxc4 bxc4 28.Qc3 Qe6 29.f5 Qd6 30.e5 Qd3 31.e6 Qxc3 32.Nh6 Kh8 33.Nxf7 Kg8 34.Nh6 Kh8 35.Bxc3 Rc7 36.Re1 Ra3 37.f6 1-0
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Did he sleep on the couch that night?
He should be jailed for wife-beating.