Mixing Wives or Girlfriends with Chess?

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Aren't there more chess playing couples now?

GM Sergey Karjakin is married to WGM Kateryna Dolzhikova and Vasik Rajlich, developer of the Rybka chess engine, is married to WGM Iweta.

There is also an on-going list of the strongest chess couples compiled on WGM Pogonina's site called the "5000+ Club". Some of the entries include:

GMIvanchuk (2787) – GMGalliamova(2554) = 5341
GM Shirov (2755) – IM Cmilyte (2512) = 5267