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Russell Dive at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany 2008
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| Country | New Zealand |
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| Born | May 21, 1966 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Title | International Master (1995) |
| Peak rating | 2448 (July 1999) |
Russell John Dive (born 21 May 1966 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a chess International Master (IM).
Dive represented New Zealand in ten Chess Olympiads between 1998 and 2014. His best result was in 1994 when he scored 7.5/11 and finished in 10th place for his individual board result.
Dive has won or jointly won the New Zealand Chess Championship four times in 1986/87, 1995/96, 1998/99 and 2014/15. Dive has also won the New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship eight times and the New Zealand Correspondence Chess Championship twice.
He won the London SCCU Open in 1995, scoring 7/9, and defeating GM Eduard Gufeld along the way.
Dive finished =2nd, with 6/9, in the 1999 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship, behind Vladimir Feldman. He also competed in the 2000 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship.