Maxim Dlugy

Maxim Dlugy
Dlugy at the press room of the World Chess Championship 2012, Moscow
Full nameMaxim Alexandrovich Dlugy
CountryUnited States
Born (1966-01-29) January 29, 1966 (age 58)
Moscow, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1986)
FIDE rating2514 (November 2024)
Peak rating2570 (January 1989)

Maxim Alexandrovich Dlugy[1][2] (born January 29, 1966) is an American chess player with the FIDE title of Grandmaster.[3]

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.[3] He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1985.[4] 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.[3][5] Always a strong speed chess player, Dlugy was formerly ranked number one in the world by the World Blitz Chess Association.[6]

  1. ^ "Персона Дня - МАКСИМ ДЛУГИ" [Person of the Day - Maxim Dlugy]. ruchess.ru (in Russian). Russian Chess Federation. January 29, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Article on Dlugy's arrest in Russia". nevod.ru. Retrieved November 6, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c "Dlugy, Maxim". FIDE.com.
  4. ^ "Former Champions". 2008 World Junior Chess Championship.
  5. ^ "27th Chess Olympiad: Dubai 1986". OlimpBase.org.
  6. ^ "W B C A Members". Blitz Chess. Vol. 5, no. 1. March 1993. pp. 24–28.