Russell Dive
{{Short description|New Zealand chess player (born 1966)}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox chess player
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|name=Russell Dive
|caption=Russell Dive at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany 2008
|country=New Zealand
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1966|5|21|df=yes}}
|birth_place=Wellington, New Zealand
|title=International Master (1995)
|rating=
|peakrating= 2448 (July 1999)[http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Dive,%20Russell%20John.html Russell Dive] FIDE rating history, 1987-2001 at OlimpBase.org
|FideID=4300106
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Russell John Dive (born 21 May 1966 in Wellington) is a New Zealand chess International Master (IM).
Chess career
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.[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/phrfrtdi.html Chess Olympiads: Russell Dive]. Olimpbase.
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.[http://www.poisonpawn.co.nz/chess/a-history-of-new-zealand-chess-championships/ The New Zealand Championships: A Brief History] by Peter Stuart Dive has also won the New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship 11 times in 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2015, 2022, 2024 and 2025, the New Zealand Correspondence Chess Championship twice in 1991 and 1993.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He won the London SCCU Open in 1995, scoring 7/9, and defeating GM Eduard Gufeld along the way.[http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/London_SCCU_op_1995/14694 1995 London SCCU Open] at 365Chess.com{{better source needed|date=February 2016}}
Dive finished 2nd=, with 6/9, in the 1999 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship, behind Vladimir Feldman.[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic233.html#12 The Week in Chess 233, 26 April 1999] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902084122/https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic233.html |date=2 September 2012 }} Mark Crowther He also competed in the 2000 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship.[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic290.html#7 The Week in Chess 290, 29 May 2000] Mark Crowther
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.Bill Forster, [https://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/bulletins-december-2021-the-big-rivalry.html The Big Rivalry], CHESS monthly (UK), April 2021
Notable games
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1578553 Ashot Anastasian vs Russell John Dive, 31st Chess Olympiad, Moscow 1994, Queen's Indian Defense, (E12), 0-1]
- [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1585737 Russell John Dive vs Darryl K Johansen, Oceania Zonal Championship 1999, Benoni Defense, (A43), 1-0]
References
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External links
- {{Fide}}
- [http://www.365chess.com/players/Russell_John_Dive Russell John Dive] chess games at 365Chess.com
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Category:Chess International Masters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors