Maxim Dlugy

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.{{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}}

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 project, in 1990.{{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 }}

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.{{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}}{{cite web |url=https://www.chessmaxacademy.com/ |title=Chess Max Academy |access-date=October 17, 2022}}

In 2013, Dlugy helped investigate a cheating scandal involving Bulgarian FM Borislav Ivanov, who according to Dlugy was using a device in his shoe that signaled him what moves to make.{{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}}{{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}}{{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 }} Ivanov was subsequently banned by the Bulgarian Chess Federation.{{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}}

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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{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}}

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.{{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}}

Dlugy was imprisoned in Russia in April 2005 on charges of embezzlement, but he was acquitted and freed later that year.{{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}}

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