Evgeny Postny
| Evgeny Postny | |
|---|---|
 Evgeny Postny, 2008 | |
| Full name | Evgeny Postny |
| Country |
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| Born | July 3, 1981 |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating |
2612 (October 2018) (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
Postny was taught chess by his father at age 5. Entering tournaments from age 8, he immediately saw success.[1] 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.[2]
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).[3]
- Nancy 2010[4]
He was at the second place in the International chess tournament Open Teplice 2015 in Czech republic.[5]
References
- Polish Wikipedia entry
- ↑ "Emil Sutovsky vs. Evgeny Postny (and interview) - How To Be A GM". Chess Videos, Chess DVDs, Chess Software and more. 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
- ↑ 2001 New York Times article (Robert Byrne)
- ↑ Crowther, Mark (2008-01-21). "TWIC 689: Maalot-Tarshiha". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ↑ Crowther, Mark (2010-02-28). "TWIC: 8th Nancy Festival 2010". London Chess Centre. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ↑ "The Week in Chess 1076". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.