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Sabino Brunello
Number of games in database: 344
Years covered: 2003 to 2014
Last FIDE rating: 2568 (2638 rapid, 2649 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2617
Overall record: +153 -88 =103 (59.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (26)      B30 B90 B43 B48 B36  King's Indian (16)      E60 E81 E73 E61 E83  Slav (14)      D11 D15 D12 D10 D17  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      E00 A45 A41 A40 A50  Grunfeld (13)      D85 D71 D96 D79 D76  English (10)      A13 A15 A14 A11 A16	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (27)      C78 C89 C84 C69 C77  Caro-Kann (21)      B18 B12 B10 B13 B11  Slav (20)      D10 D16 D18 D12 D13  Sicilian (18)      B48 B40 B43 B44 B20  Ruy Lopez, Closed (13)      C89 C84 C91 C96 C90  Queen's Indian (9)      E15 E12 E18 E17

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   F Guido vs S Brunello, 2007 0-1
   A Kovchan vs S Brunello, 2013 0-1
   S Brunello vs S Malikentzos, 2012 1-0
   P Mazzilli vs S Brunello, 2014 0-1
   K Vijay vs S Brunello, 2005 1/2-1/2
   Y Yu vs S Brunello, 2014 0-1
   S Brunello vs D Reinderman, 2014 1-0
   M Illingworth vs S Brunello, 2014 0-1
   S Brunello vs Sutovsky, 2014 1-0
   B Adhiban vs S Brunello, 2014 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Tata Steel (Group C) (2013)
   Politiken Cup (2013)
   Tata Steel (Group B) (2014)
   48th World Junior Championship (2009)
   European Individual Championships (2013)
   World Junior Championship (2006)
   Groningen Open (2012)
   European Individual Championships (2010)
   European Team Championship (2011)
   37th Chess Olympiad (2006)
   Tradewise Gibraltar (2012)
   13th European Individual Championship (2012)
   Chess Olympiad (2010)
   European Individual Championships (2014)
   Chess Olympiad (2014)

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SABINO BRUNELLO (born Jun-27-1989, 25 years old) Italy [what is this?] FIDE awarded Brunello the Grandmaster title in 2010. He won the Tata Steel (Group C) (2013) with an 11/13 score, one of the best performances in the 75-year history of the Wijk aan Zee tournament. An excellent 7.5/11 result in the European Individual Championships (2013) qualified him to play in the World Cup (2013), but he lost to Pavel Eljanov in the first round and was eliminated from the contest. Brother of Marina Brunello and Roberta Brunello. He is the author of the book "Attacking the Spanish" (2009).

page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 344  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Brunello vs B Belotti   ½-½ 30 2003 Intel Pentium4 B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 2. S Brunello vs L Lenic   0-1 52 2004 Wch U16 B30 Sicilian 3. S Brunello vs I Brener   ½-½ 42 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B30 Sicilian 4. P Makoli vs S Brunello   1-0 31 2005 21st European Club Cup A46 Queen's Pawn Game 5. M Huerga Leache vs S Brunello   1-0 64 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 6. J Aulin-Jansson vs S Brunello   1-0 30 2005 21st European Club Cup A02 Bird's Opening 7. S Brunello vs J Cronan   1-0 36 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B01 Scandinavian 8. S Brunello vs T Luukkonen   1-0 40 2005 21st European Club Cup B30 Sicilian 9. S Brunello vs R Rehberg   1-0 17 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 10. V Novikov vs S Brunello   1-0 56 2005 21st European Club Cup C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 11. S Brunello vs F Vallejo Pons   0-1 29 2005 21st European Club Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. T H Toufighi vs S Brunello   ½-½ 62 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 C47 Four Knights 13. S Brunello vs A Gunnarsson   0-1 81 2005 21st European Club Cup C45 Scotch Game 14. N Yap vs S Brunello   0-1 30 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 C77 Ruy Lopez 15. S Brunello vs Mikhalchishin   0-1 47 2005 Mitropa Cup C45 Scotch Game 16. S Brunello vs R Edouard   ½-½ 42 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 17. S Brunello vs T Kett   1-0 35 2005 21st European Club Cup B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 18. K Vijay vs S Brunello   ½-½ 50 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 C47 Four Knights 19. A Kveinys vs S Brunello   1-0 45 2005 19th Pula Open E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 20. M Bakalarz vs S Brunello   0-1 59 2006 37th Chess Olympiad A46 Queen's Pawn Game 21. L Guidarelli vs S Brunello   1-0 40 2006 Montecatini Terme E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 22. S Brunello vs R Hungaski   1-0 32 2006 World Junior Championship C45 Scotch Game 23. Hracek vs S Brunello   1-0 40 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C78 Ruy Lopez 24. N Sulava vs S Brunello ½-½ 47 2006 Montecatini Terme D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical 25. S Brunello vs S Gregoire   ½-½ 33 2006 World Junior Championship B30 Sicilian  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 344

Feb-13-07    Octavia: Sabino is coming to Scotland - how old is he? Jun-21-07    BIDMONFA: Sabino Brunello BRUNELLO, Sabino http://www.bidmonfa.com/brunello_sa... _ May-08-10    notyetagm: A *beautiful* combination: http://www.chessbase.com/cbm/reeh20... <(1) Bellini,Fabio - Brunello,Sabino [B51] 42. CIS Master Arvier (Ao), 30.04.2010 [Reeh,Oliver]> Nov-11-10    GrahamClayton: Finally a GM and author of "Attacking the Spanish": http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant... Jan-27-13    Karposian: Winner of Tata Steel C-group 2013. Bravo Sabino!! E forza Italia!! Jan-27-13    Karpova: Impressive win with 11/13 (+9 =4 -0): Tata Steel (Group C) (2013) Performance of 2764 (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...) Jul-28-13    SimonWebbsTiger: Sabino must have had some birthday luck his way. In round 1 of the Politiken Cup (28 July) 2013, he won an endgame despite the material being rook and four pawns versus his rook and bishop! Aug-06-13    Karpova: In Fabiano's shadow, he has established himself as Italy's 2nd best player and with another strong showing at Politiken Cup (2013) with a 7th place (places 2-8 shared 8.0/10 points - http://www.ksu.dk/politiken_cup/tur... -) with a score of +8 =0 -2 and a performance of 2627 - http://chess-results.com/tnr81987.a... His new rating will be 2602 according to the official site http://www.ksu.dk/politiken_cup/tur... Jan-19-14    john barleycorn: I know a Brunello di Montalcino, 1995. Any relation? Jan-19-14    whiteshark: Good vintage! Jan-19-14    john barleycorn: <whiteshark: Good vintage!> Definitely! Had it in Como, sitting outside with a great view, back in 2003. Jul-26-14    Stonehenge: Was he born on 07-26 or 06-27? http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabino... Sep-29-14    Penguincw: Congratz to Sabino Brunello for winning the Durban Open 2014 (and also 18.4 rating points)! He finished with 9/11, edging out Sahaj Grover on the 2nd tiebreaks 65.5-62.5 (whatever it was). Brunello would've never won if it weren't for the black draw against Grover in Round 4 or the white win against Gupta in Round 7. Gupta finished half a point behind. The only other Italian at the event was Axel Rombladoni, who finished with 7/11.

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