User:Garybekker/Marany Meyer

Marany Flack (born Marany Meyer, April 5 1984) is a New Zealand chess Woman International Master (WIM) of South African origin.

Chess career
In 2000, Meyer participated with the South African junior team at the Under-20 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. She represented South Africa on board 2 of their women's team in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul 2000.

She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship 2000 in New Delhi, winning her first round match against Nino Gurieli, but was eliminated in the second round by Almira Skripchenko. In the Under-18 Girl's World Youth Chess Championship in Oropesa del Mar 2001, she finished equal fifth, the best result of a South African player since the competition began. In 2005 she competed in the African Chess Championship in Lusaka, Zambia. She was the highest FIDE rated female player in South Africa for over ten years.

In August 2009, she moved from South Africa to New Zealand, and occasionally plays at the Wellington Chess Club. Meyer represented New Zealand at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul 2012, where she scored 5/8 on the reserve board.