You can only play once

Chess is full of stories where club mates have travelled halfway across the continent to play in a tournament, only to be paired together in round 1. Versions of this story have involved siblings, parents and children, and in one memorable instance, ex-husband and wife (although this wasn't in the first round).
So when the top seed of the 2018 Faroes Island Open, GM Gawain Jones, checked his paring, he saw the very familiar name of his wife, WIM Sue Maroroa. I have no idea how many times they have met in tournaments, although a search of my database did not find a single instance.
In the end the game went according to rating, with Jones taking advantage of an unsound attempt to give up the queen for assorted material. The good news for both is that won't be paired together again, leaving them free to deal with the rest of the field.


Jones,Gawain - Maroroa,Sue [C97]
Faroes Open, 07.07.2018

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rfc8 14. b3 b4 15. c4 Nb7 16. Bb2 a5 17. a4 g6 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Kh2 Qd8 21. Ng1 Qf8 22. g3 Nh5 23. Nf5 Bf6 24. Bc1 Ng7 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Ng4 Be7 27. f4 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. fxe5 fxg4 30. Rf1 dxe5 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. hxg4 Rf2+ 33. Kh1 Ra6 34. Be3 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Bxg4 36. Rf1 Nd6 37. Bxc5 Ndf5 38. Bxe7 Rh6+ 39. Bh4 Nxg3+ 40. Kg2 Nxf1 41. Bf2 Nh2 42. Qc1 1-0