Evgeny Postny
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Evgeny Postny is an Israel
i chess player with the title of Grandmaster.
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.
In the Israeli national championship
, he was a winner in 2008, sharing victory with Ilya Smirin
.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i chess player with the title of 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;- LitochoroLitochoroLitochoro is a town and a former municipality in the southern part of the Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dio-Olympos, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is located at the base of Mount Olympus, on the western shore...
1999, European Youth Chess ChampionshipEuropean Youth Chess ChampionshipSince 1991, the European chess union organises the European Youth Chess Championship in the groups under 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 year. Until 2002, there was also a tournament for the under 20, see European Junior Chess Championship.-Boys winners:...
(under 18) - Silver - Oropesa del MarOropesa del MarOropesa del Mar is a municipality in the comarca of Plana Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain....
1999, World Youth Chess ChampionshipWorld Youth Chess ChampionshipThe World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...
(under 18) - Bronze - Rion 2001, European Junior Chess ChampionshipEuropean Junior Chess ChampionshipThe first chess youth championship in Europe was the yearly European Junior Championship for under age 20. It was played from 1971–2002. FIDE officially introduced the European Junior Championship in 1970 at their Annual Congress and so the 1971/72 edition was the first official European...
(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.
International tournaments
At a senior level, he has continued to enjoy success in international tournaments, with outright or shared wins occurring at;- Tel AvivTel AvivTel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
1998 - BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
2002 (First Saturday Tournament, shared with Levente Vajda) - Budapest 2002 (Elekes, shared with Humpy Koneru)
- BalatonlelleBalatonlelleBalatonlelle is a popular tourist town located on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, about 35 km west of Siófok. Attractions include a beach over 3 km long, an aqua-park, go-cart course, and annual wine festival. It is easily reached from Budapest by direct train . It is a family...
2003 (jointly with Mark BluvshteinMark BluvshteinMark Bluvshtein is a Russian-born Canadian chess player, a Grandmaster, who resides in Canada. He became the youngest Canadian International Grandmaster ever in 2004, at the age of 16, having become an International Master at the age of 13...
) - Budapest 2003 (FST)
- Bad WiesseeBad WiesseeBad Wiessee is a spa town on Lake Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany. The name "Bad" means for "spa" or "baths", while "Wiessee" derives from "West See", meaning "western part of the lake"....
2005 (shared with David BaramidzeDavid BaramidzeDavid Baramidze is a German chess Grandmaster.He obtained the title in 2004, which made him the youngest German Grandmaster ever. In this year, he also finished 2nd in the World Youth Championships. He is currently ranked 29th in Germany...
, Aleksander DelchevAleksander DelchevAleksander Delchev is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He won the Bulgarian Chess Championship in 1994, 1996 and 2001. He participated in five Chess Olympiads with a performance of 60.4% ....
, Leonid Kritz and others) - StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Rilton Cup 2005/6 (with Normunds MiezisNormunds MiezisNormunds Miezis is a Latvian chess Grandmaster .-Chess career:He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 1991 and 2006. Played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads of 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008...
, Sergey Ivanov, Eduardas RozentalisEduardas RozentalisEduardas Rozentalis is a Lithuanian chess grandmaster.He played for the Lithuanian team at first board in seven Chess Olympiads in 1992–98, and 2002–06....
and Tomi Nyback) - MetzMetzMetz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...
2006 - DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
2006 (jointly with Alexander GrafAlexander GrafAlexander Graf is an Uzbekistani-German chess grandmaster. In 2000 he moved to Germany and took his father's name. He took bronze in the 2003 European Individual Chess Championship. In 2004 he won the German Chess Championship.-External links:*...
and Igor KhenkinIgor Khenkin__FORCETOC__Igor Khenkin is a German chess player. He achieved the FIDE rank of Grandmaster in 1992, and had a peak rating of 2655. Igor Khenkin has been one of the top 100 FIDE players for 8 out of the past 9 years...
) - Maalot-Tarshiha 2008 (jointly with Ilya SmirinIlya SmirinIlya Yulievich Smirin is a Soviet-Israeli chess Grandmaster., his Elo rating was 2650, making him the 59th-highest rated player in the world...
). - Nancy 2010
In the Israeli national championship
Israeli Chess Championship
The Israeli Chess Championship is a chess event held every year in Israel.-History:From 1951-1971, the men's and women's championships were held every two years, eventually becoming an annual event...
, he was a winner in 2008, sharing victory with Ilya Smirin
Ilya Smirin
Ilya Yulievich Smirin is a Soviet-Israeli chess Grandmaster., his Elo rating was 2650, making him the 59th-highest rated player in the world...
.