Was born on 11 November 1988 in Lviv.
Started to play chess in 1998. Became IM in 2004. FIDE awarded GM title to Yuri Vovk in 2008.
Yuri Vovk was a medalist of youth ukrainian championships a lot of times.
Ukrainian champion under- 20 in 2007.
Winner and medalist of following international tournaments:
- joint winner (1-3 place) on “Lake Sevan Martuni” (12 FIDE category, Martuni, Armenia, 2007)
- joint winner (1-2 place) on Vasylyshyn Memorial (10th FIDE category, Lviv, Ukraine, 2007)
- 1st place on “Savaria GM” (9th FIDE category, Szombathely, Hungary, 2008)
- joint winner (1-3 place) on “80th Viktor Kart Jubilee” (8th FIDE category, Lviv, Ukraine, 2009)
- 1st place on prestigious tournament “Cappelle-la-Grande open” France, 2009 (610 participants, 106 GMs, 76 IMs)
- joint winner (1-4 place) on “Le Touquet open” (Le Touquet, France, 2009)
- shared 2-4 place on 27e Open International de Cappelle-la-Grande (France, 2011)
- shared 1-3 place on Open NK 2011 (Dieren NED)
- winner on Vasylyshyn Memorial (10th FIDE category, Lviv, Ukraine, 2011)
- winner on Festival "Dnipropetrovsk Autumn" in Memory of Alexander Moroz (2012)
- shared 1-8 place on 29e Open International de Cappelle-la-Grande (France, 2013)
- Winner on 17° FESTIVAL "CITTÀ DI PADOVA" (Italy, 2014)
Since 2000 Yuri studies in Vladimir Grabinsky group.
Brother of GM Andrey Vovk
