| Russell Dive | |
|---|---|
 Russell Dive at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany 2008 | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Born | 21 May 1966 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Title | International Master (1995) |
| Peak rating | 2448 (July 1999) [1] |
Russell John Dive (born 21 May 1966 in Wellington) is a New Zealand chess International Master (IM).
Dive represented New Zealand in twelve Chess Olympiads between 1988 and 2018. His best result was in 1994 when he scored 7.5/11 and finished in 10th place for his individual board result. [2]
Dive has won or jointly won the New Zealand Chess Championship seven times in 1986/87, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020. [3] Dive has also won the New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship 10 times in 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2015, 2022 and 2024, the New Zealand Correspondence Chess Championship twice in 1991 and 1993.[ citation needed ]
He won the London SCCU Open in 1995, scoring 7/9, and defeating GM Eduard Gufeld along the way. [4] [ better source needed ]
Dive finished 2nd=, with 6/9, in the 1999 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship, behind Vladimir Feldman. [5] He also competed in the 2000 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship. [6]
Dive has had a decades-long friendly rivalry with fellow IM and NZ Champion Anthony Ker, with an almost level score and high number of decisive games. [7]
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