Evgeny Tomashevsky

Evgeny Tomashevsky, born 1 July 1987 in Saratov, is a Russian chess grandmaster. In 2001 he won the U18 Russian championship in Rybinsk with 9/10 and in 2004 he became second in the U18 World Youth Chess Championship. In 2007 he became second in the Aeroflot Open.

In 2009 Tomashevsky won the 10th European Individual Chess Championship after tie-breaks. The decisive match against Vladimir Malakhov went into armageddon,a version of blitz chess where Malakhov blundered a rook in a winning position. 

He was a member of the gold-medal-winning Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship 2009 in Bursa. In 2011, he tied for 1st-3rd with Nikita Vitiugov and Le Quang Liem in the Aeroflot Open.

Tomashevsky's style of play is described as being mostly positional.

References

 Other websites 
 Final standings of the WYCC2004
 Interview with the European Champion Evgeny Tomashevsky ChessBase.com
 Interview with the European Chess Champion Evgeny Tomashevsky  Chessdom

Category:1987 births
Category:Living people
Category:Russian chess players
Category:Chess grandmasters