Maxim Alexandrovich Dlugy (born January 29, 1966) is an American
chess
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player with the
FIDE title
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of
Grandmaster.
He was born in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
, USSR, and arrived with his family in the United States in 1977. He was awarded the
International Master
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title in 1982.
He won the
World Junior Chess Championship
The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).
The idea was the brainchild of William Ritso ...
in 1985. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1986 for his result at the World
Chess Olympiad
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in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At this event, he played on the U.S. team, which was in first place going into the last round.
Always a strong
speed chess
Fast chess, also known as Speed chess, is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Fast chess is subdivided, by decreasing time controls, into rapid chess, blitz ...
player, Dlugy was formerly ranked number one in the world by the World Blitz Chess Association.
Chess career
In 1984, he finished 3rd in the
U.S. Chess Championship. He was 2nd in New York 1985, 2nd in Clichy 1986–87 and 3rd in the 1987 U.S. Chess Championship. He graduated from the
Dalton School
The Dalton School, originally the Children's University School, is a private, coeducational college preparatory school in New York City and a member of both the Ivy Preparatory School League and the New York Interschool. The school is located in ...
in New York City in 1984.
He was elected president of the
United States Chess Federation
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in 1990.
Dlugy was the first chess grandmaster hired by
IBM to work on the
Deep Blue chess computer project, in 1990.
In March 2006, after returning to the U.S., Dlugy received a special invitation to play in the
U.S. Chess Championship in
San Diego
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, California. He achieved a plus score.
Dlugy was one of the campaign managers along with
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by ...
for
Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov ( rus, links=no, Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, p=ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Ches ...
when he ran for
FIDE
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President in
Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk ( rus, Ха́нты-Манси́йск, Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. ''Khanty-Mansi Town''; Khanty language, Khanty: , ''Jomvoćś''; Mansi language, Mansi: , ''Abga'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the admini ...
,
Siberia
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, in 2010.
Dlugy operates Chess Max Academy, a chess school with locations in New York City and Connecticut.
In 2013, Dlugy helped investigate a
cheating scandal involving Bulgarian
FM Borislav Ivanov
Borislav Krastev Ivanov ( bg, Борислав Кръстев Иванов; born 21 December 1987) is a Bulgarian chess player. During 2012 and 2013 his results improved significantly, and he beat several grandmasters. This led to cheating accu ...
, who according to Dlugy was a using a device in his shoe that signaled him what moves to make. Ivanov was subsequently banned by the Bulgarian Chess Federation.
On two separate occasions in 2017 and 2020, Dlugy was suspected of, and later admitted to, having cheated himself in a Titled Tuesday online tournament run by
Chess.com
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. The incident received renewed attention after
Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion. He is also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion. Carlsen has h ...
referenced it during the
Carlsen–Niemann controversy
During the Sinquefield Cup in September 2022, a controversy arose involving chess grandmasters Magnus Carlsen, then world champion, and Hans Niemann. Carlsen, after surprisingly losing in their third-round matchup, dropped out of the tournament. ...
, claiming that Dlugy had previously served as a coach of
Hans Niemann
Hans Moke Niemann (born June 20, 2003) is an American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE on January 22, 2021. In July 2021, he won the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia. Niemann first ...
. Later, Vice published an article where chess.com released e-mails showing that Dlugy had confessed to cheating multiple times on chess.com and had to be banned entirely from all events with cash prizes. On October 10, 2022, Dlugy made a lengthy statement denying that he had done any actual cheating, defending Niemann, and denying any involvement with Niemann's game. Niemann has denied that Dlugy was ever his mentor.
Personal life
Dlugy worked on
Wall Street
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. He became a principal of the Russian Growth Fund, a hedge fund. Former world chess champion
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by ...
was formerly associated with Dlugy's Russian Growth Fund.
Dlugy was imprisoned in Russia in April 2005 on charges of embezzlement, but he was acquitted and freed later that year.
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1966 births
Living people
American chess players
Russian chess players
Jewish chess players
Chess grandmasters
Chess officials
World Junior Chess Champions
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Soviet emigrants to the United States
Russian Jews
Dalton School alumni