{{Short description|New Zealand chess player (born 1966)}} {{For|the South African rugby union player|Martin Dreyer (rugby union)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox chess player |image=Martin Dreyer 2013.jpg| |name=Martin Dreyer |caption=Martin Dreyer |country={{NZL}} |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1966|7|1|df=yes}} |birth_place=New Zealand |title=FIDE Master (1993) |peakrating= 2345 (January 1993)<ref name="ratinghist">[http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Dreyer,%20Martin.html Martin Dreyer] FIDE rating history, [http://www.olimpbase.org www.olimpbase.org]</ref> |worldchampion = |womensworldchampion = |FideID=4300157 }}
'''Martin Paul Dreyer''' is a New Zealand chess player and FIDE Master.<ref name="fide">[http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=4300157 Martin Dreyer] FIDE player profile, [http://www.fide.com www.fide.com]</ref><ref name="chessgames">[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=40965 Martin Dreyer] player profile, [http://www.chessgames.com www.chessgames.com]</ref>
==Chess career== By winning the 1990 North Island Championship, Dreyer was selected to represent NZ at the 1990 Chess Olympics.
Dreyer has represented New Zealand in three Chess Olympiads in Novi Sad 1990, Manila 1992, and Yerevan 1996.<ref name="olimpbase">[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/imukiqye.html Martin Dreyer] Chess Olympiad statistics, [http://www.olimpbase.org www.olimpbase.org]</ref> His best result was in 1992 when he scored 6½/9, finishing in 9th place on the reserve board.<ref name="olimpbase" />
Dreyer won the New Zealand Chess Championship in Dunedin 1991/92, and jointly with Russell Dive and Robert Smith in Wellington 1995/96.<ref>[http://www.poisonpawn.co.nz/chess/a-history-of-new-zealand-chess-championships/ The New Zealand Championships: A Brief History] by Peter Stuart</ref> He also jointly won the New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship in 1994/95.
Dreyer was awarded the FIDE Master (FM) title in 1992.<ref name="ratinghist" /> Dreyer is a former Councillor of the New Zealand Chess Federation and a member of the Howick Pakuranga Chess Club.
==Personal life== Martin Dreyer has been married since 2003 to Gemma Dreyer. They have two children.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
Away from the Chess Board, Dreyer is the managing director of D&D Financial Consultants, an accounting firm specializing in property tax.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
In July 2017, Dreyer published his first book, titled "The 100 Greatest Sportspeople of All Time".{{fact|date=January 2024}}
==Notable games== * [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1098225 Martin Dreyer vs Anthony Miles, Auckland Netway Masters (1992), Owen Defense: Classical Variation, (B00), 1/2-1/2]
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