Career
He was trained by Vladimir Grabinsky, coach of the Ukrainian youth team He was awarded the grandmaster title in 2008. In 2013 he finished equal first, placing eighth on tiebreak.
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. Vovk finished fifth at the 2015 European Individual Chess Championship in Jerusalem, scoring 7.5/11.
This result enabled him to qualify for the Chess World Cup 2015, where he knocked out Ray Robson in the first round.
In round two he was eliminated by Wei Yi in the blitz tiebreak games. He is the older brother of Andrey Vovk.