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Vivian Joyce Smith (born Vivian Barrowman on 15 September 1951, Auckland, New Zealand), is a chess Woman FIDE Master (WFM).〔(Vivian Smith ) player profile at (www.fide.com )〕 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. ==Career== 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. Smith has won, or jointly won, the New Zealand Women's Chess Championship a record ten times between 1982 and 2004.〔(Vivian Smith ) player profile at (www.chessgames.com )〕 Smith represented New Zealand in fifteen Chess Olympiads between 1978 and 2010.〔(Vivian Smith ) Chess Olympiad record from OlimpBase〕 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.〔(26th Chess Olympiad (women): Thessaloniki 1984 ), OlimpBase〕 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 tied for first in the NZ Seniors Championship in 2007, and won the Oceania Senior Women's Chess Championship in 2010 and 2011.〔(Senior Champions ) History of (Oceania Chess Confederation )〕 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.〔〔Big Database 2013 by ChessBase GmbH〕 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.〔(New Zealand Chess Federation ) official web page〕 Smith was awarded the title of FIDE Instructor in 2005.〔 In June 2013 she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to chess.〔(NZ Chess Master Vivian Joyce Smith Receives Order of Merit ), (www.chessblog.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vivian Smith (chess player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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