Tags: Chess Player.
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.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.
