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His best result was in 1994 when he scored 7.5/11 and finished in 10th place for his individual board result.
His best result was in 1994 when he scored 7.5/11 and finished in 10th place for his individual board result.
Dive represented New Zealand in ten Chess Olympiads between 1998 and 2014. 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.
Ashot Anastasian vs Russell John Dive, 31st Chess Olympiad, Moscow 1994, Queen"s Indian Defense, (E12), 0-1
Russell John Dive vs Darryl K Johansen, Oceania Zonal Championship 1999, Benoni Defense, (A43), 1-0.
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 General Motors Eduard Gufeld along the way.
