Yuri Vovk
Chess Player
1988 –
Who is Yuri Vovk?
Yuri Vovk is a Ukrainian chess player. He was trained by Vladimir Grabinsky, coach of the Ukrainian youth team. He became a Grandmaster in 2008, at age 20.
His major success has been the victory In February 2009 of the colossal 610-player Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France, above 106 Grandmasters and 76 International Masters, with 7.5 points out of 9.
Other tournament results:
2003: 1st at Ternopol
2004: 2nd at the Ukrainian under-16 championship
2007: wins the under-20 Ukrainian championships; = 1st at Liverpool; 2nd at Rochefort
2008: 1st at Szombathely; 2nd at Lviv
2011: 1st–3rd with Maxim Turov and Vladimir Georgiev in the Dutch Open in Dieren.
2011: 1st in the Vasylyshyn Memorial.
Yuri achieved his maximum Elo rating in April 2013, with 2608 points.
He is the older brother of Andrey Vovk.
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