Evgeny Postny
| Evgeny Postny | |
|---|---|
 Evgeny Postny, 2008 | |
| Full name | Evgeny Postny |
| Country |
 Israel |
| Born | July 3, 1981 |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating |
2630 (May 2015) (No. 101 in the January 2012 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2674 (October 2008) |
Evgeny Postny (born July 3, 1981) is an Israeli chess grandmaster.
Junior success
As a junior player, he scored very well in international competitions such as the World and European Championships, taking three major medals;
- Litochoro 1999, European Youth Chess Championship (under 18) - Silver
- Oropesa del Mar 1999, World Youth Chess Championship (under 18) - Bronze
- Rion 2001, European Junior Chess Championship (under 20) - Bronze
In the space of two weeks, the 18-year-old Postny won the 2001 Junior (under 20) Championship of Israel, won the National Open Championship, got his first grandmaster norm and received prize money totalling $3,500.[1]
International tournaments
At a senior level, he has continued to enjoy success in international tournaments, with outright or shared wins occurring at;
- Tel Aviv 1998
- Budapest 2002 (First Saturday Tournament, shared with Levente Vajda)
- Budapest 2002 (Elekes, shared with Humpy Koneru)
- Balatonlelle 2003 (jointly with Mark Bluvshtein)
- Budapest 2003 (FST)
- Bad Wiessee 2005 (shared with David Baramidze, Aleksander Delchev, Leonid Kritz and others)
- Stockholm, Rilton Cup 2005/6 (with Normunds Miezis, Sergey Ivanov, Eduardas Rozentalis and Tomi Nyback)
- Metz 2006
- Dresden 2006 (jointly with Alexander Graf and Igor Khenkin)
- Maalot-Tarshiha 2008 (jointly with Ilya Smirin).[2]
- Nancy 2010[3]
In the Israeli national championship, he was a winner in 2008, sharing victory with Ilya Smirin.
References
- Polish Wikipedia entry
- ↑ 2001 New York Times article (Robert Byrne)
- ↑ Crowther, Mark (2008-01-21). "TWIC 689: Maalot-Tarshiha". London Chess Center. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ↑ Crowther, Mark (2010-02-28). "TWIC: 8th Nancy Festival 2010". London Chess Centre. Retrieved 1 June 2010.