Evgeny Postny is an Israeli chess grandmaster and was the European U16 Champion in 1997. He was born on August 8, 1981, in Russia. He achieved his grandmaster status in 2003. He has competed in several chess tournaments around the world, including the World Youth Chess Championships. He has represented Israel in various international competitions including the Chess Olympiads and European Team Chess Championships.
Postny earned the silver medal in the 2005 and 2015 European Team Chess Championships. His performance in the latter helped Israel take the silver medal in the team event as well. He took the silver medal in the 2008 Individual European Chess Championship.
Postny has also been part of successful club teams in the European Chess Club Cup. He played a key role in Hercules Chess Club's win in 2007, and in Beer Sheva Chess Club's wins in 2005 and 2006.
His highest ranking peak was in January 2008, wherein he ranked 49 worldwide, scoring 2665 Elo, the highest of his career yet. Postny won the 2013 Politiken Cup which took place in Helsingør, Denmark in a three-way tie for the first place alongside Boris Avrukh and Jonny Hector.