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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.〔This excluding Mario Monticelli and Enrico Paoli, who were made Grandmasters ''Honoris Causa'', and Fabiano Caruana, who was born in the United States.〕 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 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. In October 2008, he clearly won the ''Open Rhode'' of Sautron in France, achieving his first GM-norm. His second norm came at Reykjavík 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.〔 (Report of Giorgio Gozzi )〕 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 this trophy for the first time, with Vocaturo achieving an Elo performance of over 2700 points. In January 2011 came 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 arrived to 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 and win the tournament.〔(Chessbase News: Report from GM Elshan Moradiabadi )〕 ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniele Vocaturo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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