# Russell Dive

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{{Short description|New Zealand chess player (born 1966)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox chess player
|image=Dive russell john 20081120 olympiade dresden.jpg|
|name=Russell Dive
|caption=Russell Dive at the [38th Chess Olympiad](/source/38th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Dresden](/source/Dresden), Germany 2008
|country=[New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1966|5|21|df=yes}}
|birth_place=[Wellington](/source/Wellington), New Zealand
|title=[International Master](/source/International_Master) (1995)
|rating=
|peakrating= 2448 (July 1999)<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Dive,%20Russell%20John.html Russell Dive] FIDE rating history, 1987-2001 at OlimpBase.org</ref>
|FideID=4300106
}}

'''Russell John Dive''' is a New Zealand chess player and International Master.

==Chess career==
Dive represented New Zealand in twelve [Chess Olympiad](/source/Chess_Olympiad)s between 1988 and 2018. His best result was in 1994 when he scored 7½/11 and finished in 10th place for his individual board result.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/phrfrtdi.html Chess Olympiads: Russell Dive]. Olimpbase.</ref>

Dive has won or jointly won the [New Zealand Chess Championship](/source/New_Zealand_Chess_Championship) seven times in 1986/87, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020.<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> Dive has also won the [New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship](/source/New_Zealand_Chess_Championship) 11 times in 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2015, 2022, 2024 and 2025, the [New Zealand Correspondence Chess Championship](/source/New_Zealand_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](/source/Eduard_Gufeld) along the way.<ref>[http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/London_SCCU_op_1995/14694 1995 London SCCU Open] at 365Chess.com</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2016}}

Dive finished 2nd equal, with 6/9, in the 1999 [Oceania Zonal Chess Championship](/source/Oceania_Chess_Championship), behind [Vladimir Feldman](/source/Vladimir_Feldman).<ref>[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</ref> He also competed in the 2000 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship.<ref>[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic290.html#7 The Week in Chess 290, 29 May 2000] Mark Crowther</ref>

Dive has had a decades-long friendly rivalry with fellow IM and NZ Champion [Anthony Ker](/source/Anthony_Ker), with an almost level score and high number of decisive games.<ref>Bill Forster, [https://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/bulletins-december-2021-the-big-rivalry.html The Big Rivalry], ''CHESS monthly'' (UK), April 2021</ref>

==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:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:Chess International Masters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:New Zealand chess players
Category:Sportspeople from Wellington City

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