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).

She is only the second American woman to achieve the National Master title (Gisela Kahn Gresser being the first).

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.

From 1989 Diane Savereide gave up chess and worked as a computer programmer with NASA and then as a software developer in Los Angeles.