 Currently (October 2017)) she ranks first among Women World Grand Masters both by world masterpoints (MP) that decay annually and by placing points (PP) that do not.Nicola Gardener was a member of the 1981 Great Britain team that won the world teams championship for women, the Venice Cup; and (now as Nicola Smith) the team that defended its title in 1985, when it was established as a regular odd-years world championship.She was also on the 2nd-place England team in 2013 and in 2017.