Polonovsky, Evgeny

Evgeny Polonovsky, a 32-year-old Russian player, is rated 2152 — just 29 short of his peak of 2181 (Jan 2001, age 7) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He plays around 6 rated games per year and had 4 career breaks: 89 months (2001–2008), 13 months (2013–2014), 27 months (2014–2017) and 27 months (2017–2019). Also played 2 blitz events (including M.Chigorin Memorial 2025 Blitz) recently.

Previously known as Vanik Vardanjan (until Oct 2008). At junior level, he reached World #36 in U8 and #66, #58, #40 and #43 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.