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Vivian Smith was born on 15 September, 1951 in Auckland, New Zealand. Discover Vivian Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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Vivian Smith Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Vivian Smith worth at the age of 73 years old? Vivian Smith’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from New Zealand. We have estimated
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Timeline
Smith tied for first in the NZ Seniors Championship in 2007, and won the Oceania Senior Women's Chess Championship in 2010 and 2011.
Smith was awarded the title of FIDE Instructor in 2005. In the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours, Smith was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to chess.
Smith played in the Oceania Women's Chess Championships in Gold Coast 2001, Coral Coast 2002, Auckland 2005, Denarau 2007, Gold Coast 2009, Rotorua 2011, Queenstown, New Zealand 2012, and Nadi 2013.
Smith is a Life Member of the New Zealand Chess Federation and served on NZ Chess Federation Council 2001–2007 as Convenor of the Committee for Female Chess as well as the Committee for Junior Chess. During that time she established NZ's annual "Girls Chess Week" to encourage more girls to play chess, and established the NZCF Junior Badge Scheme.
Vivian Smith - Teresa Sheehan, NZ Women's Chess Championship Auckland 1998, Queen's Pawn Game (D02), 1-0
She married FIDE Master Robert Smith in 1984 and they have three children. Smith has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History, and worked as a secondary school teacher, a Human Resources Officer for Air New Zealand, and a chess coach in schools, before retiring to Mount Maunganui in 2010.
Smith has won, or jointly won, the New Zealand Women's Chess Championship a record ten times between 1982 and 2004.
Smith represented New Zealand in fifteen Chess Olympiads between 1978 and 2010. Her best result was at the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1984, when she scored 7/9 and won the bronze medal on board 3. Smith gained the WCM title for scoring 5.5/11 at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia, Spain in 2004, and gained the WFM title for scoring 6.5/9 at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany in 2008.
Smith learned to play chess at the age of ten but did not join a chess club or play in national tournaments until she was 26 years old. She joined the Waitakere Chess Club in 1977, and played in her first New Zealand Women's Chess Championship later that year, finishing 4th, beating the joint winner Fenella Foster in the last round.
Vivian Joyce Smith MNZM (née Barrowman, born 15 September 1951) is a New Zealand chess player. She has represented New Zealand in fifteen Chess Olympiads, and won the New Zealand Women's Chess Championship a record ten times. She is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to chess, and holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM).