Daniele Vocaturo

Daniele Vocaturo
Daniele Vocaturo (2010)
Country	Italy
Born	September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22) (age 22) Rome, Italy
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2570 (January 2011)
Peak rating	2581 (September 2010)

Daniele Vocaturo is an Italian chess player.

Born December 16, 1989, in Vitinia, a suburb of Rome, in May 2009 he became the third chess player born in Italy to be awarded the Grandmaster title, after Sergio Mariotti in 1974 and Michele Godena in 1996.^[1]

After his first steps in the chess club of Vitinia 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 Italy-B at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin, with the team winning a gold medal in their Elo category.

In 2008, after completing his 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 the Grandmaster title.

In October 2008 he clearly won the Open Rhode of Sautron in France, achieving his first GM-norm. His second norm came at Reykjavik in March 2009, where he played a number of beautiful games. In May he secured his final GM-norm at the International tournament "Capo d'Orso" of Palau in Sardinia.^[2]

In January 2010 he was invited to the Corus C of the prestigious Wijk aan Zee tournament, finishing with a very good third place. In May he played on third board with the Italian team at the Mitropa Cup in Chur, Switzerland, with Italy winning for the first time this Trophy, and Vocaturo making an Elo performance of over 2700 points.

In January 2011 comes his greatest success so far. Playing in Group C of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, he won the tournament with 9/13, ahead of Ukrainian rising star Illya Nyzhnyk. The last round was a dramatic one: Nizhnyk got a 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 and win the tournament.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ This excluding Mario Monticelli and Enrico Paoli, who were made Grandmasters Honoris Causa, and Fabiano Caruana, who was born in the United States.
2. ^ (Italian) Report of Giorgio Gozzi
3. ^ Chessbase News: Report from GM Elshan Moradiabadi

External links

• FIDE rating card for Daniele Vocaturo
• Games of Daniele Vocaturo on Chessgames.com

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Name	Vocaturo, Daniele
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Date of birth	1989-09-22
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
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