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Country
  
FIDE rating
  
2572

Role
  
Chess Player


Name
  
Daniele Vocaturo

Title
  
Peak rating
  
2581

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Born
  
December 16, 1989 (age 34) Rome, Italy (
1989-12-16
)

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Daniele Vocaturo (born 16 December 1989) is an Italian chess grandmaster. In May 2009, he became the third chess player born in Italy to be awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE, after Sergio Mariotti in 1974 and Michele Godena in 1996.

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After his first steps in the chess club of Vitinia, where he was born, he was trained by the Cuban-Italian GM Lexy Ortega, who followed his career until the age of 16, when he became an International Master. In 2006, Vocaturo played with team Italy B at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin. His team won a gold medal in their rating category. In 2008, after completing his school studies, he decided to follow in the footsteps of Michele Godena, becoming a professional player. GM Mihail Marin became his new trainer, helping him on the road to achieving his Grandmaster title.

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In October 2008, Vocaturo won the Open Rohde in Sautron, France, achieving his first norm required for the GM title. His second norm came at the Reykjavík Open in March 2009. In May, he secured his final norm at the international tournament "Capo d'Orso" in Palau, Sardinia.

Daniele Vocaturo January 2011 Chessdom

In January 2010, Vocaturo participated in the Group C of the Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, finishing third. In May, he played on board 3 with the Italian team at the Mitropa Cup in Chur, Switzerland. Italy won this competition for the first time. Vocaturo achieved a rating performance above 2700.

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In January 2011 Vocaturo won the Group C event of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament scoring 9/13 points, ahead of Ukrainian rising star Illya Nyzhnyk. In the last round game, Nyzhnyk arrived at a potential winning position, but overlooked a combination by Vocaturo that allowed a perpetual check, the draw being sufficient for Vocaturo to maintain his half point lead.

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Italian gm daniele vocaturo about the chess festival groningen 2014


References

Daniele Vocaturo Wikipedia


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