Russell Dive
Russell John Dive is a New Zealand chess International Master.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.
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. Dive has also won the New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship eight times in 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2015 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.
