GMSabino Brunello

ITA Born 1989 Male
FIDE ID
813613

About Sabino 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. Show more

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.

FIDE ratings

2524

Classical

Published FIDE

2599

Rapid

Published FIDE

2535

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#420
National rank · ITA
#4

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2617 Sep 2013
Recorded years
2002–2026
Archived games
1430

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

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FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-03SMM NLB 2026 round 8-9Classical2

All tournament results

Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-10 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
901 2017-10-13 33rd ECC Open 2017 Antalya TUR 6.5 Dennis Wagner Sabino Brunello 0-1 62 Open
902 2017-10-12 33rd ECC Open 2017 Antalya TUR 5.3 Sabino Brunello Dmitry Andreikin 0-1 31 Open
903 2017-10-11 33rd ECC Open 2017 Antalya TUR 4.6 Sabino Brunello Kubra Ozturk Orenli 1/2-1/2 31 Open
904 2017-10-10 33rd ECC Open 2017 Antalya TUR 3.2 Gadir Guseinov Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 52 Open
905 2017-10-09 33rd ECC Open 2017 Antalya TUR 2.4 Albert Bokros Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 31 Open
906 2017-10-08 33rd ECC Open 2017 Antalya TUR 1.1 Sabino Brunello Ugur Doga Yazici 1/2-1/2 46 Open
907 2017-10-01 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 9.38 Sabino Brunello Keith C Arkell 1-0 32 Open
908 2017-09-30 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 8.49 David J Eggleston Sabino Brunello 0-1 55 Open
909 2017-09-29 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 7.36 Sabino Brunello Deimante Daulyte-Cornette 0-1 43 Open
910 2017-09-28 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 6.35 Kidambi Sundararajan Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 35 Open
911 2017-09-27 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 5.38 Sabino Brunello James Tarjan 1/2-1/2 50 Open
912 2017-09-26 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 4.17 Maxim Rodshtein Sabino Brunello 1-0 45 Open
913 2017-09-25 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 3.17 Sabino Brunello David W L Howell 1/2-1/2 48 Open
914 2017-09-24 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2.46 Leon Piasetski Sabino Brunello 0-1 37 Open
915 2017-09-23 chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 1.1 Sabino Brunello Arkadij Naiditsch 1/2-1/2 68 Open
916 2017-08-13 Riga Tech Open A 2017 Riga LAT 9.28 Martin Percivaldi Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 37 Open
917 2017-08-12 Riga Tech Open A 2017 Riga LAT 8.15 Sabino Brunello Andrew Tang 0-1 55 Open
918 2017-08-11 Riga Tech Open A 2017 Riga LAT 7.27 Nikoloz Kumsiashvili Sabino Brunello 0-1 55 Open
919 2017-08-10 Riga Tech Open A 2017 Riga LAT 6.24 Sabino Brunello Tomas Laurusas 1/2-1/2 13 Open
920 2017-08-10 Riga Tech Open A 2017 Riga LAT 5.21 Aryan Gholami Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 36 Open
921 2017-08-09 Riga Tech Open A 2017 Riga LAT 4.29 Sabino Brunello Mihail Nikitenko 1-0 31 Open
922 2017-08-08 Riga Tech Open A 2017 Riga LAT 3.31 Oleg Krivonosov Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 15 Open
923 2017-08-08 Riga Tech Open A 2017 Riga LAT 2.15 Sabino Brunello Gary Quillan 1/2-1/2 27 Open
924 2017-08-07 Riga Tech Open A 2017 Riga LAT 1.19 Dmitri Petrov Sabino Brunello 0-1 59 Open
925 2017-08-06 CellaVision Cup 2017 Lund SWE 8.11 Sabino Brunello Philip Lindgren 1-0 54 Open
926 2017-08-06 CellaVision Cup 2017 Lund SWE 7.5 Daniil Yuffa Sabino Brunello 1-0 32 Open
927 2017-08-05 CellaVision Cup 2017 Lund SWE 6.9 Sabino Brunello Sayantan Das 1-0 44 Open
928 2017-08-05 CellaVision Cup 2017 Lund SWE 5.8 Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 15 Open
929 2017-08-04 CellaVision Cup 2017 Lund SWE 4.13 Sabino Brunello Pia Cramling 1-0 31 Open
930 2017-08-04 CellaVision Cup 2017 Lund SWE 1.1 Julia Almer Sabino Brunello 0-1 35 Open
931 2017-07-16 16th Bergamo Open 2017 Bergamo ITA 6.3 Sabino Brunello Ivan Salgado Lopez 0-1 30 Open
932 2017-07-16 16th Bergamo Open 2017 Bergamo ITA 5.4 Jurij Zamar Kodelja Sabino Brunello 0-1 32 Open
933 2017-07-15 16th Bergamo Open 2017 Bergamo ITA 4.4 Francesco Sonis Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 56 Open
934 2017-07-15 16th Bergamo Open 2017 Bergamo ITA 3.6 Sabino Brunello Paolo Vezzosi 1-0 35 Open
935 2017-07-14 16th Bergamo Open 2017 Bergamo ITA 2.4 Folco Ferretti Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 40 Open
936 2017-07-14 16th Bergamo Open 2017 Bergamo ITA 1.4 Sabino Brunello Edoardo Piccirillo 1-0 37 Open
937 2017-06-10 9th Capo d'Orso Open 2017 Porto Mannu Palau ITA 9.4 Renzo Mantovani Sabino Brunello 0-1 33 Open
938 2017-06-09 9th Capo d'Orso Open 2017 Porto Mannu Palau ITA 8.6 Sabino Brunello Eugene Rebers 1-0 24 Open
939 2017-06-08 9th Capo d'Orso Open 2017 Porto Mannu Palau ITA 7.1 Francesco Rambaldi Sabino Brunello 1-0 30 Open
940 2017-06-07 9th Capo d'Orso Open 2017 Porto Mannu Palau ITA 6.5 Sabino Brunello Bernhard Bayer 1-0 46 Open
941 2017-06-06 9th Capo d'Orso Open 2017 Porto Mannu Palau ITA 5.9 Gerald Loew Sabino Brunello 0-1 74 Open
942 2017-06-06 9th Capo d'Orso Open 2017 Porto Mannu Palau ITA 4.4 Sabino Brunello Francesco Sonis 1/2-1/2 44 Open
943 2017-06-05 9th Capo d'Orso Open 2017 Porto Mannu Palau ITA 3.3 Wolfram, Dr. Heinig Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 21 Open
944 2017-06-04 9th Capo d'Orso Open 2017 Porto Mannu Palau ITA 2.8 Sabino Brunello Giulio Calavalle 1-0 51 Open
945 2017-06-03 9th Capo d'Orso Open 2017 Porto Mannu Palau ITA 1.2 Giulio Lagumina Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 19 Open
946 2017-05-21 6th Llucmajor Open 2017 Llucmajor ESP 9.2 Stephen J Gordon Sabino Brunello 1/2-1/2 4 Open
947 2017-05-20 6th Llucmajor Open 2017 Llucmajor ESP 8.1 Sabino Brunello Sergey A. Fedorchuk 1/2-1/2 11 Open
948 2017-05-19 6th Llucmajor Open 2017 Llucmajor ESP 7.5 Arkadij Rotstein Sabino Brunello 0-1 24 Open
949 2017-05-18 6th Llucmajor Open 2017 Llucmajor ESP 6.2 Sabino Brunello Daniel Fridman 1/2-1/2 13 Open
950 2017-05-17 6th Llucmajor Open 2017 Llucmajor ESP 5.6 Darius Zagorskis Sabino Brunello 0-1 37 Open