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Brunello, Sabino
GM🇮🇹FIDE 813613· Male· Italy· Born in 1989
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Sabino Brunello, a 37-year-old Italian Grandmaster, is rated 2525 and ranked 5th among Italian players, and 433rd worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +26 Elo over the past 12 months. 61 rated games in the past year (≈92/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, HUN Team 1st Div. Maroczy Geza Memorial Group 2025-26 R 9, and SMM NLB 2026 round 1. Also played 1 rapid and 2 blitz events (including Drzavno ekipno prvenstvo v hitropoteznem sahu 2026 - clani) recently. His peak of 2617 was reached at age 24 (Sep 2013, World #172 at the time); he spent 13 months as Italian #1.
Awarded GM in 2010 (age 21), IM in 2007 (age 18), and FM in 2005 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #27 in U20, World #22 in U18, World #38 in U16 and World #53 in U14.
Current rating
2525
Standard
Rpd2600·Blz2535
All-time high
2617
−92 pts below
Sep 2013 · age 24
Sep 2013 · age 24
Activity
93
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
61 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#5
#5 · Italian players · of 7,191
13 months in #1 nationally (2012–2014)
13 months in #1 nationally (2012–2014)
Career timeline
25 entries2026
Re-crossed 2500
at age 37
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2500
at age 36
Jan 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 34
Dec 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2500
at age 33
Jan 2022
2014
13 months in National #1
since Oct 2012
Jun 2014
1,000 career games
at age 25
Feb 2014
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+41
2484 → 2525
Tournaments
12
59 games
Score
35/ 5959.3%
29W25D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/11 | #60 | 2577 | +10.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #60 | 2409 | -1.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #20 | 2967 | +1.1 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #33 | 3096 | +2.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #32 | 2508 | +0.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 4.5/5 | #2 | 2781 | +14.3 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 7/10 | #2 | 2552 | +8.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #59 | 2494 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/5 | #162 | 2441 | -3.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/2 | #23 | 2613 | +3.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMichele GodenaGM
🇮🇹ITA·2444
+6 −2 =24
32 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsLuca Jr MoroniGM
🇮🇹ITA·2541
+4 −7 =10
21 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsPier Luigi BassoGM
🇮🇹ITA·2500
+6 −3 =11
20 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsDanyyil DvirnyyGM
🇮🇹ITA·2479
+6 −3 =11
20 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsDaniele GenocchioIM
🇮🇹ITA·2374
+14 −1 =5
20 games·last met Jun 2023
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Rankings
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Italy
#5
out of 9,033 players
Europe
#245
in continent
World
#433
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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