Diane Savereide (born November 25, 1954) is an American chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1978 and is a five-time winner of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship (1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984).

Diane Savereide
Savereide in 1982
Country United States
Born (1954-11-25) November 25, 1954 (age 69)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
TitleWoman International Master (1978)
Peak rating2280 (January 1987)

Biography

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From the 1970s to the 1980s, Diane Savereide was one of the leading chess players in the United States. She is only the second American woman to achieve the National Master title (Gisela Kahn Gresser being the first). Diane Savereide won the Marshall Chess Club Women's Invitational in 1976 and 1977. She won the United States Women's Chess Championships five times, in 1975, 1976, 1978 (with Rachel Crotto), 1981 and 1984. In 1978, Diane Savereide was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Diane Savereide played for United States in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[1] six times:

Diane Savereide participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments four times:

She married New Zealand chess player Philip Alan Clemance, but they later divorced. From 1989 Diane Savereide gave up chess and worked as a computer programmer with NASA and then as a software developer in Los Angeles. Diane Savereide was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2010.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Diane Savereide". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "1976 Tbilisi Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  3. ^ "1979 Alicante Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  4. ^ "1982 Tbilisi Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  5. ^ "1985 Havana Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  6. ^ "Diane Savereide". March 23, 2017.
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