Maxim Dlugy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Maxim Dlugy

Russian chess player

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1966

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Profession: chess player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Maxim Dlugy

  • Maxim Dlugy (born January 29, 1966) is an American chess Grandmaster.
  • 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.
  • He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1985.
  • He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1986 for his result at the World Chess Olympiad in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he played on the U.S.
  • team that was in first place going into the last round.
  • Always a strong speed chess player, Dlugy was formerly ranked number one in the world by the World Blitz Chess Association.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, which he attended on a math and chess scholarship.He was elected president of the United States Chess Federation in 1990. 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. In April 2005, Dlugy was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and charged with embezzlement.
  • He was held in prison for eight months while his case was investigated but then acquitted of all charges.In March 2006, after returning to the US, 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.

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