Sue Maroroa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sue Maroroa
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 4, 1991(1991-03-04)
Age	33
Birthplace	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Auckland Region
Horoscope	Pisces

Sue Maroroa Biography

Sue Maroroa is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on March 4, 1991 in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand. Sue Yuchan Maroroa (born 4 March 1991) is a chess player that has the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM). She played for New Zealand in five Chess Olympiads and England at the 2014 Chess Olympiad.

Maroroa began playing chess at the age of aged 11. She played for the Auckland Chess Club and was trained from local coach Ian McNally. Later, she played at The Papatoetoe and Howick-Pakuranga clubs and also. She played for New Zealand at the World Youth Chess Championship Girls aged under 14 section in Belfort, France in 2005 and under-18 girls’ section at Vung Tau, Vietnam in 2008.

Maroroa was born in Auckland, New Zealand to a Cook Islander father and a Chinese-Malaysian mother. Since 2010, Maroroa has been living in England. In June 2012, she married leading English Grandmaster Gawain Jones. She lives in Sheffield and plays rugby for Sheffield Ladies RUFC.

In October 2012 transferred chess federations to represent England. In 2014, she achieved an International Master norm in the Four Nations Chess League. Her performance included a win against Grandmaster Mark Hebden.

Maroroa was given the title of Women Candidate Masters (WCM) at the end of 2005 due to her 5/9 score at the 34th Chess Olympiad in Calvia, Spain in 2004. She received her title Woman FIDE Master (WFM) due to her score of 6/9 in the 2007 Oceania Women’s Zonal Chess Championship in Fiji. The third place finish, also scoring 6/9, at 2009 Oceania Women’s Zonal Chess Championship in the Gold Coast, Queensland earned her the Woman International Master (WIM) title. At the time, Maroroa was playing chess in a club in London and was for a period of years the most powerful player at the Hammersmith Chess Club in West London.

Sue Maroroa Net Worth

Sue Maroroa is one of the richest Chess Player from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sue Maroroa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Maroroa has represented New Zealand in the five Chess Olympiads from 2002 to 2012. Her greatest result came in 2010, when she scored 6/9 without losing, at the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

Maroroa was a competitor during Maroroa’s participation in the Oceania Women’s Championships in Auckland 2005, Denarau 2007, Gold Coast 2009 as well as Queenstown 2012.

In 2006, she won the New Zealand Women’s Chess Championship. In 2008, she became the first female player to win the New Zealand Junior Chess Championship, coming equal first to share the title with Mario Krstev and Andy Chen.

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Facts & Trivia

Sue Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Sue Maroroa celebrates birthday on March 4 of every year.