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IM Russell John Dive

Russell John Dive
Full name
Russell John Dive
Born
1966 (age 60)‎
Place of birth
Federation
New Zealand
Profiles
#5586
World Ranking
2124
Classical
2212
Rapid
2061
Blitz

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Most Played Openings

White Pieces
King's Indian Defense: Kramer Variation (14 games)
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (10 games)
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (7 games)
English Opening: King's English Variation (7 games)
Indian Game: Knights Variation, East Indian Defense (7 games)
Black Pieces
Alekhine's Defense: Exchange Variation (25 games)
Alekhine's Defense: Scandinavian Variation (13 games)
Alekhine's Defense: Modern, Larsen Variation (11 games)
Petrov's Defense: Classical, Nimzowitsch Attack (9 games)
Alekhine's Defense: Modern, Larsen-Haakert Variation (9 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Russell John Dive (2227)
Wei(william) Jiang (1742)
1-0 46 2025
Russell John Dive (2227)
Michael D Sole (1871)
1-0 65 2025
Russell John Dive (2227)
Anya Thurner (1766)
1-0 60 2025
Russell John Dive (2197)
Anthony F Ker (2228)
0-1 82 2025
Russell John Dive (2172)
Felix Xie (2345)
0-1 52 2025
Russell John Dive (2227)
Romie Lord GUERRA (2056)
½-½ 75 2025
Yining Chen (2240)
Russell John Dive (2197)
1-0 26 2025
Ilias Angelo Baker (1798)
Russell John Dive (2227)
1-0 70 2025
Kayden Loke (1919)
Russell John Dive (2227)
1-0 42 2025
Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang (2377)
Russell John Dive (2172)
1-0 43 2025
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