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{{Short description|American chess grandmaster (born 1966)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Family name hatnote|Alexandrovich|Dlugy|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| name        = Maxim Dlugy
| image       = Dlugy, Maxim.JPG
| caption     = Dlugy at the press room of the World Chess Championship 2012, Moscow
| full_name   = Maxim Alexandrovich Dlugy
| country     = United States
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1966|1|29}}
| birth_place = [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
| title       = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (1986)
| rating      = <!-- automatically displayed via FideID parameter for ratings of 2400+ -->
| peakrating  = 2570 (January 1989)
| peakranking  = No. 42 (January 1986)
| FideID      = 2000075
}}

'''Maxim Alexandrovich Dlugy'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ruchess.ru/persons_of_day/dlugi_pd/ |title=Персона Дня - МАКСИМ ДЛУГИ |trans-title=Person of the Day - Maxim Dlugy |website=ruchess.ru |language=ru |publisher=Russian Chess Federation |date=January 29, 2021 |access-date=2020-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nevod.ru/local/zvezda/page.php/zvezda/2006-07-04/5 |title=Article on Dlugy's arrest in Russia |website=nevod.ru |access-date=2020-11-06 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (born January 29, 1966) is an American [[chess]] player with the [[FIDE title]] of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]].<ref name=fide>{{cite web |url=http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2000075 |title=Dlugy, Maxim |website=[[FIDE.com]] |access-date=}}</ref>

He was born in [[Moscow]], USSR, and arrived with his family in the United States in 1977. He was awarded the [[International Master]] title in 1982.<ref name="fide" /> He won the [[World Junior Chess Championship]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wjcc2008.tsf.org.tr/content/view/55/26/lang,en/ |title=Former Champions |website=2008 World Junior Chess Championship |access-date=}}</ref> He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1986 for his result at the World [[Chess Olympiad]] 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.<ref name="fide" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/1986/1986in.html |title=27th Chess Olympiad: Dubai 1986 |website=OlimpBase.org |access-date=}}</ref> Always a strong [[Fast chess|speed chess]] player, Dlugy was formerly ranked number one in the world by the World Blitz Chess Association.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Blitz Chess |date=March 1993 |volume=5 |number=1 |pages=24–28 |title=W B C A Members }}</ref>

== 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]] in New York City in 1984.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2005 |title=GM Max Dlugy {{sic|aqu|itted|nolink=y}} in $9 million embezzlement charge |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gm-max-dlugy-aquitted-in-9-million-embezzlement-charge |access-date=August 22, 2020 |website=Chess News}}</ref>

He was elected president of the [[United States Chess Federation]] in 1990.

Dlugy was the first chess grandmaster hired by [[IBM]] to work on the [[Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue chess computer]] project, in 1990.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hsu |first=Feng-hsiung |title=Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion |pages=128–129 |year=2004 |orig-year=2002 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-11818-5 |edition=revised }}</ref>

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]], California. He achieved a plus score.

Dlugy was one of the campaign managers along with [[Garry Kasparov]] for [[Anatoly Karpov]] when he ran for [[FIDE]] President in [[Khanty-Mansiysk]], [[Siberia]], in 2010.

Dlugy operates Chess Max Academy, a chess school with locations in New York City and Connecticut.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov unable to get U.S. visa, friend says |author=Dan Whitcomb |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-karpov-idINKCN1VC033 |website=Reuters |date=August 21, 2019 |access-date=October 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chessmaxacademy.com/ |title=Chess Max Academy |access-date=October 17, 2022}}</ref>

===Cheating allegations===

In 2013, Dlugy helped investigate a [[Borislav Ivanov#Retirement from competitive chess and brief return|cheating scandal]] involving Bulgarian [[FIDE Master|FM]] [[Borislav Ivanov]], who according to Dlugy was using a device in his shoe that signaled him what moves to make.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-03 |title=The shoe assistant – Ivanov forfeits at Blagoevgrad |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-shoe-aistant--ivanov-forfeits-at-blagoevgrad-051013 |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Chess News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-05 |title=Ivanov ends his chess career |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/ivanov-ends-his-che-career-051013 |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Chess News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Das Schachorakel von Oslo |url=https://www.zeit.de/sport/2022-09/magnus-carlsen-schach-betrug-hans-niemann-analkugeln |access-date=2022-09-27 |newspaper=Die Zeit |date=September 22, 2022 |language=de |last1=Stock |first1=Ulrich }}</ref> Ivanov was subsequently banned by the Bulgarian Chess Federation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Дневник |date=2013-12-24 |title="Серийният измамник" Борислав Иванов е изключен от българския шахмат |url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/sport/2013/12/24/2209570_seriiniiat_izmamnik_borislav_ivanov_e_izkljuchen_ot/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Dnevnik |language=bg}}</ref>

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]]. The incident received renewed attention after [[Magnus Carlsen]] referenced it during the [[Carlsen–Niemann controversy]], claiming that Dlugy had previously served as a coach of [[Hans Niemann]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-23 |title=The people who police chess cheats: 'We built a crime scene analysis for every player in the world' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/23/the-people-who-police-chess-cheats-we-built-a-scene-analysis-for-every-player-in-the-world |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=nikita |title=Niemann's mentor whom Carlsen mentions in the interview was banned from chess.com for cheating?! – Chessdom |url=https://www.chessdom.com/niemanns-mentor-whom-carlsen-mentions-in-the-interview-was-banned-from-chess-com-for-cheating/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=www.chessdom.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Magnus scores record win, breaks silence on Hans |url=https://new.chess24.com/en/wall/news/magnus-carlsen-record-win-breaks-silence-hans-niemann?mc_cid=65ef3b09c1 |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=chess24 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess Grandmaster Maxim Dlugy Admitted to Cheating on Chess.com, Emails Show |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/chess-grandmaster-maxim-dlugy-admitted-to-cheating-on-chesscom-emails-show/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Vice.com |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GM Maxim Dlugy |url=https://sites.google.com/view/gmdlugystatement/home |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sergio |title=Maxim Dlugy publishes a statement on the Hans Niemann cheating affair – Chessdom |url=https://www.chessdom.com/maxim-dlugy-publishes-a-statement-on-the-hans-niemann-cheating-affair/ |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=www.chessdom.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Dlugy worked on [[Wall Street]]. He became a principal of the Russian Growth Fund, a hedge fund. Former world chess champion [[Garry Kasparov]] was formerly associated with Dlugy's Russian Growth Fund.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Russian Chess Champs Test Skill At Capitalists' Game -- Investing |magazine=Barron's |date=April 27, 1998 |author=Gene Epstein |access-date=October 20, 2022 |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/SB893460997181227500}}</ref>

Dlugy was imprisoned in Russia in April 2005 on charges of [[embezzlement]], but he was acquitted and freed later that year.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 21, 2005 |title=GM Max Dlugy aquitted in $9 million embezzlement charge |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gm-max-dlugy-aquitted-in-9-million-embezzlement-charge/12 |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=ChessBase}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.dlugy.com}}
* {{FIDE}}
* {{USCF|11435629}}
* {{OlimpBase FIDE ratings|Dlugy,%20Maxim}}
* {{OlimpBase player|ll7j73tc}}
* {{Chessgames player|15486}}

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