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IM Russell John Dive

Full name

Russell John Dive

Born

1/1/1966 (age 59)‎

Place of birth

Federation

New Zealand

Rating

Bio

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 (2227) Romie Lord GUERRA (2056)	½-½	75	2025
Russell John Dive (2283) Noel Pinic (2054)	1-0	65	2020
Russell John Dive (2283) Daniel Hanwen Gong (2276)	1-0	31	2020
Russell John Dive (2283) Kirill Polishchuk (2151)	0-1	51	2020
Russell John Dive (2283) Vasily Papin (2481)	0-1	51	2020
Russell John Dive (2283) Brandon G I Clarke (2438)	½-½	28	2020

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