Career
In 2003 he tied for 1st–3rd with Evgenij Miroshnichenko and Alexander Potapov in the Fakel Jamala tournament in Noyabrsk. In 2007, he tied for 1st–6th with Vitali Golod, Mateusz Bartel, Mikhail Kobalia, Michael Roiz and Zahar Efimenko in the 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Manitoba International tournament. Yakovich is the author of the books Play the 4 f3 Nimzo-Indian, published by Gambit Publications in 2004 and Sicilian Attacks, published by New In Chess in 2010.
Yuri Yakovich vs Vladimir Kramnik, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1988, Sicilian Defense: Four Knights.
Exchange Variation (B40), 1-0
Yuri Yakovich vs David Bronstein, lieutenant (open) 1994, Queen"s Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense (D26), 1-0
Yuri Yakovich vs Magnus Carlsen, Bergen 2002, Queen"s Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation (E12), 1-0.