Sabino Brunello
Number of games in database: 312
Years covered: 2003 to 2014
Last FIDE rating: 2593
Highest rating achieved in database: 2617
Overall record: +139 -80 =84 (59.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      9 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (26)      B30 B90 B43 B48 B36  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      E00 A45 A41 A40 A50  Slav (13)      D11 D15 D12 D10 D17  King's Indian (12)      E60 E61 E83 E64 E81  Grunfeld (10)      D85 D71 D96 D79 D76  English (9)      A13 A15 A14 A11	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (24)      C84 C89 C69 C77 C91  Caro-Kann (18)      B18 B10 B12 B13 B11  Slav (17)      D10 D16 D12 D18 D14  Sicilian (16)      B40 B48 B44 B20 B43  Ruy Lopez, Closed (15)      C84 C89 C91 C96 C90  Queen's Indian (9)      E15 E12 E18 E17

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   F Guido vs S Brunello, 2007 0-1
   S Brunello vs S Malikentzos, 2012 1-0
   S Brunello vs D Klein, 2013 1-0
   A Kovchan vs S Brunello, 2013 0-1
   S Brunello vs F Peralta, 2013 1/2-1/2
   P Makoli vs S Brunello, 2013 0-1
   M Lapiccirella vs S Brunello, 2012 0-1
   A Z Aranha Filho vs S Brunello, 2012 0-1
   A Demuth vs S Brunello, 2012 0-1
   G Knol vs S Brunello, 2012 0-1

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

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SABINO BRUNELLO (born Jul-26-1989) 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. He is the author of the book "Attacking the Spanish" (2009).

page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 312  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. M Huerga Leache vs S Brunello   1-0 64 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 4. S Brunello vs T Kett   1-0 35 2005 21st European Club Cup B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 5. S Brunello vs R Rehberg   1-0 17 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 6. A Kveinys vs S Brunello   1-0 45 2005 19th Pula Open E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 7. T H Toufighi vs S Brunello   ½-½ 62 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 C47 Four Knights 8. P Makoli vs S Brunello   1-0 31 2005 21st European Club Cup A46 Queen's Pawn Game 9. S Brunello vs R Edouard   ½-½ 42 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 10. J Jansson vs S Brunello   1-0 30 2005 21st European Club Cup A02 Bird's Opening 11. S Brunello vs I Brener   ½-½ 42 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B30 Sicilian 12. S Brunello vs T Luukkonen   1-0 40 2005 21st European Club Cup B30 Sicilian 13. S Brunello vs J Cronan   1-0 36 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 B01 Scandinavian 14. V Novikov vs S Brunello   1-0 56 2005 21st European Club Cup C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 15. S Brunello vs Vallejo-Pons   0-1 29 2005 21st European Club Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. V Krishnamoorthy vs S Brunello   ½-½ 50 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 C47 Four Knights 17. S Brunello vs A Gunnarsson   0-1 81 2005 21st European Club Cup C45 Scotch Game 18. N Yap vs S Brunello   0-1 30 2005 BELFORT YWCC Boys Under 16 C77 Ruy Lopez 19. S Brunello vs Mikhalchishin   0-1 47 2005 Mitropa Cup C45 Scotch Game 20. F Bellini vs S Brunello   1-0 52 2006 37th Chess Olympiad C53 Giuoco Piano 21. S Brunello vs M Cornette   1-0 54 2006 Montecatini Terme B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 22. Li Chao vs S Brunello 0-1 23 2006 World Junior Championship C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. S Brunello vs C Pace   1-0 28 2006 37th Chess Olympiad B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. G Borgo vs S Brunello   ½-½ 34 2006 Reggio Emilia A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 25. S Brunello vs I Naumkin   ½-½ 17 2006 Montecatini Terme C45 Scotch Game  page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 312

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.

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