Maxim doing battle in the 1983 World Junior in Belford, France

Dreev plays his king out of check against Max Dlugy while Alexandra Kosteniuk looks on, at the Tal Memorial Blitz Chess Championship

Maxim with former US Secretary of State, Colin Powell

Maxim in bullet (one-minute chess) battle with Nakamura

Maxim giving a simultaneous display in December 2006