Andrey Vovk () (born November 22, 1991) is a Ukrainian

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Grandmaster (2009). In 2008 he tied for 3rd–5th with Oganes Danielian and

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in the Transkarpathian Cup in

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. In 2009 he was second in the Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament in

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. In 2010 he came first at

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Andrey and Yuri Vovk at 2015 Andorra open

Vovk is the 19th best player in

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. He is the younger brother of

Yuri Vovk Yuri Vovk (; born 11 November 1988) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster from Lviv. He was trained by Vladimir Grabinsky, coach of the Ukrainian youth team. Career In 2007 he was joint winner with Li Chao and G. N. Gopal at the category 12 Lak ...

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Andrey Vovk
at Grandcoach.com 1991 births Living people Chess players from Lviv Chess Grandmasters Ukrainian chess players {{Ukraine-chess-bio-stub