Tabanus: GM Andrey Vovk, Ukraine, born 22 November 1991. Now rated 2512, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...IM in 2006. GM in 2009. ICC (vendor): Saw
Younger brother of GM Yuri Vovk. Co-author of http://www.chesselo.com and http://www.chesscalculatorprogram.com.
Placed 1st in Lviv hopes 2005, 2nd in Olomouc IM A (CZE) 2005, 5th in Lion Cup (Ukraine) 2006, 3rd in Ukrainian U20 Ch 2007, 3rd in Rochefort Open (France) 2007, 43rd in Pardubice Open A (CZE) 2007, 3rd in Transkarpathian Cup 2008, 5th in Vasylyshyn Memorial (Ukraine) 2008,
12th in Leiden Open A (Netherlands) July 2009:
http://www.leidenchess.nl/SwissMast...,
11th in Dutch Open July 2009,
http://www.chessvibes.com/tabellen/...,
2nd in Zeeland Open (Netherlands) August 2009:
http://www.chessvibes.com/tabellen/....
Pictures:
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http://www.schaakbond.nl/onk/nieuws...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/depion... (video)
Young ultra aggression:
[Event "Chigorin Memorial 12th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vovk, Andrey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxa8
Qb6 15. Qe4 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ba2 Kh8 20. f3 h6 21. Kb1
Nc7 22. Rd2 a4 23. c3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Rhd1 Qc7 27. Ng3 Bxd5
28. Rxd5 Qc4 29. Qd3 Qh4 30. Nf5 Qe1+ 31. Ka2 Bf6 32. Rd7 Qf2 33. Ne3 e4 34.
Qxe4 Bg5 35. Ng4 Qxg2 36. Ne5 Rc8 37. Rxg7 1-0
Final round in Zeeland Open:
[Event "13th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vovk, Andrey"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 Be6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nd5 b5 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nd5 f5 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. Bd3 e4 16. Be2 Rg8 17. O-O Qd7 18. Bf4 Be6 19. f3 Bh3 20. Rf2 exf3 21.
Bxf3 Ne5 22. Kh1 Be6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rd2 Qc8 25. Qe2 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 f6 27. Rf1
Qc4 28. Rd3 Rg5 29. b3 Qc7 30. Be4 Rd8 31. Bxh7 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 Qc6 33. a4 bxa4
34. Bxa6 e4 35. bxa4 Kf8 36. Bb5 Qd5 37. h4 Rh5 38. Rf4 Re5 39. Bc4 Qd4 40. Bb3
Bc5 41. Rxf6+ Ke7 42. Rf7+ Kd8 43. Rf1 Kc7 44. Rf7+ Kd8 45. Qe1 Bb6 46. Qf1 Bc5
47. Qe1 Ke8 48. c3 Qd3 49. Rf4 e3 50. Bc4 Qd2 51. Qb1 Qd6 52. Be2 Kd8 53. Rf1
Kc7 54. Rf7+ Re7 55. Qh7 Qe5 56. Rxe7+ Bxe7 57. g3 Kb6 58. Qg6+ Bd6 59. Kh2 Ka5
60. Qg5 Qxg5 61. hxg5 Kxa4 62. Kg2 Kb3 63. c4 Kb4 64. Kf3 Kc5 65. Ke4 Bf8 66.
Ke5 Bg7+ 67. Ke6 Kd4 68. Kf7 Be5 69. g6 1-0