Yuri Vovk facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Yuri Vovk |
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| Full name | Юрій Вовк |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Born | 11 November 1988 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
| FIDE rating | 2571 (July 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2632 (July 2015) |
Yuri Vovk (Ukrainian: Юрій Вовк) was born on November 11, 1988. He is a Ukrainian chess player from Lviv. Yuri holds the highest title in chess, which is Grandmaster. He learned to play chess from Vladimir Grabinsky, who is a well-known coach for young chess players in Ukraine.
Yuri's Chess Journey
In 2007, Yuri was a joint winner at the Lake Sevan tournament in Armenia. He shared first place with two other strong players, Li Chao and G. N. Gopal.
He earned the important Grandmaster title in 2008. This is a very high honor in the world of chess!
In February 2009, Yuri shared first place at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France. This was a big tournament with many Grandmasters and International Masters. He scored 7.5 points out of 9, which is a great result! He also did very well in the same tournament in 2013, finishing among the top players.
Yuri has achieved many other good results in chess tournaments:
- 2003: He won first place in Ternopil.
- 2004: He came in second at the Ukrainian under-16 championship.
- 2007: He won the under-20 Ukrainian championships. He also tied for first place in Liverpool and came in second in Rochefort.
- 2008: He won first place in Szombathely and second place in Lviv.
- 2011: He tied for first place with Maxim Turov and Vladimir Georgiev at the Dutch Open in Dieren.
- 2011: He won the Vasylyshyn Memorial tournament.
In 2015, Yuri finished fifth at the European Individual Chess Championship in Jerusalem. He scored 7.5 points out of 11 games. This strong performance helped him qualify for the Chess World Cup 2015. In the first round of the World Cup, he won against Ray Robson. However, in the second round, he was knocked out by Wei Yi after some fast-paced tiebreak games.
Yuri has a younger brother, Andrey Vovk, who is also a chess player.
