GMSabino Brunello

Sabino Brunello was born in Brescia in 1989 and began playing chess at eight. His younger sister Marina also became an international player. He won silver at the 2007 Italian championship and the 2010 European Union championship. An international master from 2007, he became a grandmaster in 2010. Brunello played for Italy at six consecutive Olympiads from 2006 to 2016. He competed in the 2013 World Cup and shared first place with Sahaj Grover at Durban’s 2014 grandmaster tournament. His books include Attacking the Spanish and a coauthored account of Fabiano Caruana’s victory at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup.