[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2
Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6 9.g3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Be2 O-O 12.Nxg6 hxg6
13.e4 e5 14.f4 exd4 15.Qxd4 Qe7 16.Kg2 Bc5 17.Qd3 Rad8 18.Qc2
Bd4 19.e5 Nfd5 20.Rf3 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Bc5 22.Bd2 Rd7 23.Re1 Rfd8
24.Bd3 Qe6 25.Bc1 f5 26.Qe2 Kf8 27.Rd1 Qe7 28.h4 Rd5 29.Qc2
Nc4 30.Rh1 Na3 31.Qe2 Qd7 32.Rd1 b5 33.g4 fxg4 34.Rg3 Ke7
35.f5 gxf5 36.Bg5+ Ke8 37.e6 Qd6 38.Bxf5 Rxd1 39.Bg6+ Kf8
40.e7+ Qxe7 41.Bxe7+ Bxe7 42.Bd3 Ra1 43.Qb2 Rd1 44.Qe2 Ra1
45.Qxg4 Rxa2+ 46.Kh3 Bf6 47.Qe6 Rd2 48.Bg6 R2d7 49.Rf3 b4
50.h5 1-0
[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Rc1 c6 9.e4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 c5 13.dxc5
bxc5 14.h4 h6 15.Bb1 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qc2 d4 18.Ng5 hxg5
19.hxg5 dxc3 20.Bf4 Kf7 21.Qg6+ Ke7 22.gxf6+ Rxf6 23.Qxg7+ Rf7
24.Bg5+ Kd6 25.Qxf7 Qxg5 26.Rh7 Qe5+ 27.Kf1 Kc6 28.Qe8+ Kb6
29.Qd8+ Kc6 30.Be4+ 1-0
[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1.d4 {Notes by GM Ray Keene} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5
5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.a3 Nbd7 9.g3 Be7 10.f4 dxc4
11.Bxc4 O-O 12.e4 b5 13.Be2 b4 14.axb4 Bxb4 15.Bf3 Qb6 16.O-O
e5 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Na4 Qb8 19.Qc2 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qb7 21.Rad1 Rfe8
22.Bg5 Be7 23.Kh1 Nh7 24.Be3 Bg5 25.Bg1 Nhf8 26.h4 Be7 27.e5
Nb8 28.Nc3 Bb4 29.Qg2 Qc8 30.Rc1 Bxc3 {This amounts to
strategic capitulation. Now White's bishops and central pawns
quickly become overwhelming.} 31.bxc3 Ne6 32.Bg4 Qc7 33.Rcd1
Nd7 34.Qa2 Nb6 35.Rf3 Nf8 36.Rdf1 Re7 37.Be3 Nh7 38.Rxf7 Nd5
{If 38 ... Rxf7 then 39.Rxf7 Qxf7 40.Be6 wins.} 39.R7f3 1-0
[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. exf6 Qxg5 11. fxg7
Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 a6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qf4 b5 16. Qc7
Qf8 17. Bd3 Rd7 18. Qf4 Bb7 19. Rae1 Qg7 20. Be4 Kh8 21. Re3
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Rd7 25. Rg3 Qf8
26. Re1 Raa7 27. Qf6+ 1-0
[Event "Junior DM"]
[Site "Junior DM"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Robert Ciemniak"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.Bg5 d6
7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Bc4 Be7 9.Qh5 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.exf5 d5 12.Rd1
Qa5 13.Rxd5 Qe1+ 14.Bf1 Qe4 15.Nc7 Rb8 16.g4 Nd4 17.Nd2 Qxc2
18.Rxd4 exd4 19.Nd5 Bd8 20.Nf3 f6 21.Re1 Qc5 22.Nd2 b5 23.Bg2
Qd6 24.Ne4 Qd7 25.Nexf6+ Bxf6 26.Nxf6+ Rxf6 27.Bd5+ Qxd5
28.Re8+ Kg7 29.Qg5+ Rg6 30.f6 Kf7 31.Re7+ Kf8 32.Qxd5 Rxg4+
33.Kf1 1-0
[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bd3 d4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Nc4 Qh5 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bg3 dxe3
17. Rae1 Be6 18. fxe3 Nde7 19. Nd6 b6 20. Rb1 f6 21. Rb5 Ne5
22. Rf4 N7g6 23. Rd4 Bd7 24. Rbd5 Be6 25. Be2 Qh6 26. Bf4 Nxf4
27. exf4 g6 28. Qe4 Bxd5 29.[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6
7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Bf4 O-O-O 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 Qb6 11. b3 cxb3
12. Bxb3 g5 13. Be3 g4 14. Ne1 Na5 15. Bc2 f5 16. Nd3 Kb8
17. a4 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. Qe1 b6 20. Na3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Ne7
22. Nb4 Qb7 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. a5 b5 26. a6 Qa8
27. Qe2 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. f4 h5 30. Rb1 h4 31. Kf1 Bc6
32. Bg1 Ka8 33. Rb4 Rb8 34. Ra2 Rb6 35. Ke1 h3 36. g3 Rc8
37. Be3 Bd7 38. Ra5 Qh1+ 39. Kd2 Bc6 40. Qf2 Bd5 41. Qg1 Qe4
42. Kc1 Rcc6 43. Qf2 Rxa6 44. Raxb5 Ra1+ 45. Rb1 Rxb1+
46. Rxb1 Ra6 47. Qd2 Qh1+ 0-1 48. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Re4 Nd7 31. Nf7+
Rxf7 32. Qxf7 1-0
[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "J Gonzalez"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.g4 Nd7 11.h4 Nc5 12.h5 c6 13.Nb3 Nxb3
14.axb3 b5 15.dxc6 bxc4 16.Bxc4 Nxc6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Qf3 Nd4
19.Qh3 Re8 20.Nd5 Nc2+ 21.Kd2 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Ba6 23.Raf1 Bxc4
24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.bxc4 Ra7 26.Qxg6 Re6 27.Qxe6 1-0
[Event "Olympiad 1994"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4
h6 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be2 e5 10.Nf5 g6 11.Ng3 exf4 12.Bxf4 Be6 13.Rf1
Rc8 14.h3 Qb6 15.Qd2 Bg7 16.Bxd6 Nxg4 17.Bxg4 Qxb2 18.e5 Nxe5
19.Rb1 Qxc3 20.Qxc3 Rxc3 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Rxb7 Nc4 23.Bb4 Re3+
24.Ne2 Be5 25.Rff7 Rxh3 26.Nd4 Re3+ 27.Kf1 Re4 28.Rfe7+ 1-0
[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "107"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2
Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. f3 O-O-O 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Qa4
Qg5 12. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 13. Be2 Rhe8 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Rd1 Rxd1+
16. Qxd1 Rxe5 17. Bd4 Qf4 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. O-O Qxb2 20. Bc4
Be6 21. Qd3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe6 24. Qb4 Qd6
25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Kg1 Kd7 27. Kf2 Nd5 28. Ke2 Nf4+ 29. Kf2 b5
30. g3 Nd5 31. Ke2 a5 32. Kd2 a4 33. a3 Nb6 34. Kc3 Kc6
35. Kb4 Nd5+ 36. Ka5 Ne3 37. Rc1+ Nc4+ 38. Kb4 d5 39. Rd1 Ne3
40. Rc1+ Nc4 41. f4 d4 42. Rxc4+ bxc4 43. Kxc4 d3 44. Kxd3 Kd5
45. Kc3 Kc5 46. g4 f6 47. f5 h5 48. gxh5 Kd5 49. Kb4 Ke5
50. Kxa4 Kxf5 51. Kb4 Kg4 52. Kc3 f5 53. Kd2 f4 54. Ke2 1-0
[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. Nc3 c5 6. Bc4+
Be6 7. Bxe6+ Kxe6 8. d4 Kf7 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Be3
dxc5 12. f4 Re8 13. e5 Ng4 14. Rd1 Qf5 15. O-O h5 16. Bc1 Nd4
17. Qc4+ Kg6 18. h3 Nh6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8
22. Qb6+ Kh7 23. Qxb7 Rxc2 24. Be3 Qg6 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Nf5 27. Bf2 h4 28. Rc7 Ng3 29. Kh2 Nf1+ 30. Kg1 Qb1 31. Bxh4
Bc5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Be7
12. Qf2 d6 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Bd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. g4 O-O
17. g5 b4 18. Na4 Nce5 19. Rg1 Bb7 20. Na5 Rc8 21. b3 Bc6
22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. f4 Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. f5 Ne5 26. Bh3 exf5
27. exf5 Re8 28. Bf4 Bd6 29. g6 hxg6 30. fxg6 Ra7 31. Qg2 Nc4
32. Rxd6 Nxd6 33. Qd5 Rd8 34. gxf7+ Rxf7 35. Be6 Qb7 36. Qg5
1-0
[Event "Madrid (Spain)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Be3
Nc6 8.f3 a6 9.Bc4 Na5 10.Bd3 b5 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.O-O-O Rb8 13.Kb1
g6 14.h4 Nd7 15.f4 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Rxh1
19.Rxh1 Bb7 20.b3 Qc7 21.Rh8 e5 22.Ndxb5 axb5 23.Nxb5 Qc6
24.Nxd6+ Ke7 25.fxe5 Ke6 26.Nb5+ Qxb5 27.Rxf8 Qc6 28.Rxb8 Nxb8
29.Qd8 Na6 30.Qf6+ Kd7 31.Qxf7+ Kc8 32.Qf8+ Kc7 33.Qf7+ Kb8
34.e6 Qxe4 35.e7 Bc6 36.e8=Q+ 1-0
[Event "Corus Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3
b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 b4 10.Na4 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Qxb4 Bd7
13.Nb3 Rb8 14.Qa3 Nxf3 15.h3 Nxe4 16.Be2 Ne5 17.Rhe1 Qc7
18.Bd4 Nc6 19.Bc3 d5 20.Nbc5 Qa7 0-1
[Event "Corus Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lazaro Bruzon"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "66"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. Na3 d6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. Bg2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Rad8 17. Re2
Qe6 18. Qc2 Qg6 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Qa4 d5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4
Qf6 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. d4 N5g6 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Rf1 f4
27. gxf4 Nf5 28. Qxa7 Qh4 29. Qxc5 Nxf4 30. Rd2 Nxh3 31. Qc7
Rd6 32. Nc2 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Rh6 0-1
[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Razuvaev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3
Qe8 8.b3 Na6 9.Ba3 c6 10.Qd3 h6 11.Rae1 g5 12.Nd2 Qg6 13.e3
Bd7 14.f4 Kh8 15.b4 Nc7 16.b5 cxb5 17.cxb5 Rab8 18.Rb1 gxf4
19.exf4 Qf7 20.d5 a6 21.bxa6 bxa6 22.Nc4 Nb5 23.Bb2 Rfc8
24.Na4 Rc7 25.Nab6 Be8 26.a4 Ne4 27.Rfe1 Nbc3 28.Bxc3 Nxc3
29.Rb3 Bxa4 30.Rxc3 Rxb6 31.Ne5 dxe5 32.Rxc7 e4 33.Qa3 Bb3
34.Rxe7 Qxd5 35.Re8+ Kh7 36.R8xe4 Bd4+ 37.Kh1 fxe4 38.Bxe4+
Kg7 39.Qe7+ Qf7 40.Qd8 Bc5 41.Qc8 Bf8 42.Rb1 Bd5 43.Rxb6 Bxe4+
44.Kg1 Qd5 45.Qc3+ Kh7 46.Qc7+ Kh8 47.Rb8 Qd1+ 0-1
[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Kharlov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "106"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O
7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Nc5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 a5 11. Bf4 Ng4
12. Be2 Nf6 13. Bf3 Re8 14. Qd2 g6 15. h3 Nfd7 16. Rad1 Bf8
17. g4 Qb6 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. b3 Qb4 20. Nde2 f6 21. Be3 h5
22. f4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Qc1 f5 25. Rd4 Qb6 26. Qd2 Qc7
27. Bf2 Re6 28. Rc4 Rae8 29. Nd4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4
fxe4 32. Rc3 d5 33. Rg3 Bd6 34. Be3 Qd7 35. c3 Rf8 36. Rf1 b6
37. Rf2 c5 38. Nb5 Bb8 39. Rfg2 g5 40. Rf2 Kg7 41. Qc1 Kg6
42. Qf1 Rf5 43. Rgg2 Qf7 44. fxg5 Bf3 45. Rh2 Bxh2+ 46. Rxh2
Rf4 47. Bxf4 Qxf4 48. Rg2 h4 49. Qe1 e3 50. Rh2 Qxg5+ 51. Kf1
h3 52. Qb1+ Be4 53. Qb2 Bd3+ 0-1
[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Bh3 12.Rc1 Nc6
13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.f3 Qc4 15.Kf2 Be6 16.Qxc4 dxc4 17.Rhd1 Bxc3
18.bxc3 b6 19.Rd4 Rfd8 20.g4 Rd5 21.g5 Rad8 22.h4 Kf8 23.Rb1
Ke7 24.Rb2 R8d6 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.Bd4 f6 27.e4 Ra5 28.f4 Bd7
29.Ke3 Rb5 30.Rg2 Kf7 31.h5 fxg5 32.fxg5 g6 33.Rf2+ Ke8
34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Bf6 Rb1 36.Kd4 Rd1+ 37.Kxc4 Be6+ 38.Kb5 Ra1
39.Rh2 Rxa2 40.Rh7 Bd7+ 41.Kc4 Rd2 42.Bd4 Be6+ 43.Kb5 Bd7+
44.Ka6 Bc6 45.Kxa7 Bxe4 46.Kxb6 Rb2+ 47.Kc5 Rb7 48.Rh4 Rc7+
49.Kb4 Rb7+ 50.Kc4 Bf5 51.Kc5 Rc7+ 52.Kd6 Rd7+ 53.Kc6 Re7
54.Bf6 Re4 55.Rh8+ Kf7 56.Rh7+ Kg8 57.Rg7+ Kf8 58.Kb5 Re8
59.c4 Rb8+ 60.Ka5 Ra8+ 61.Kb4 Rb8+ 62.Kc3 Rc8 63.Ra7 Be6
64.Be7+ Kg8 65.c5 Bd5 66.Kd4 Bg2 67.Ke5 Ra8 68.Rc7 Ra1 69.Kf6
Be4 70.Rc8+ Kh7 71.Rd8 Ra6+ 72.Kf7 Bf5 73.Rd4 Be6+ 74.Kf8 Ra8+
75.Bd8 Bg4 76.c6 1-0
[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Alicante (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Mario Leopoldo Leskovar"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]
1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 c6 5.f3 Nbd7 6.g4 d5 7.g5 Nh5
8.exd5 Be7 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Ne4 f5 11.gxf6 Ndxf6 12.N4g3 O-O
13.dxe5 Qb6 14.exf6 Bc5 15.Ne4 Rd8 16.Bd2 Be3 17.Bxe3 Rxd1+
18.Rxd1 Qxe3 19.Rd8+ Kf7 20.Nd6+ Kxf6 21.Rf8+ Kg5 22.Rg1+ Kh4
23.Rxc8 1-0
[Event "Corus Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Nf6
13.e4 b5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Re1 Rb8 16.c5 Bc8 17.Nf3 Ne4 18.Rxe4
dxe4 19.Ne5 Qd5 20.Qe1 Bf5 21.g4 Bg6 22.f3 b4 23.fxe4 Qe6
24.Bb2 Bf6 25.Nxc6 Qxc6 26.e5 Qa6 27.exf6 Rfe8 28.Qf1 Qe2
29.Qf2 Qxg4 30.h3 Qg5 31.Bc1 Qh5 32.Bf4 Rbd8 33.c6 Be4 34.c7
Rc8 35.Re1 Qg6 36.Rxe4 Rxe4 37.d5 Rce8 38.d6 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Qf5
40.Qg3 g6 41.Qg5 Qxg5 42.Bxg5 Rd1 43.Bc6 Re2+ 44.Kg3 1-0
[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo-Pons"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. fxe6 axb3
17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Nb6 20. Nc1 d5 21. exd5
Nd6 22. Kb1 Rf3 23. h4 Na4 24. Qe2 Rg3 25. Bf2 Rc3 26. Qxe5
Nxb2 27. Bd4 Bf8 28. Kxb2 Rf3 29. Bd3 Kh8 30. Qe2 Rf4 31. Qh5
Nf5 32. g6 1-0
[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 c5 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. d4 Be6 11. Re1 h6
12. Be3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. dxc5 Nxe3 16. Rxe3
dxc5 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Neg5 Rd6 20. Ne4 Rdd8
21. Nfg5 Bd5 22. Qh5 Re5 23. f4 Rf5 24. g3 g6 25. Qh4 c4
26. Kh2 Kg7 27. Qg4 hxg5 28. Nxg5 Rxg5 29. Qxg5 Qb6 30. f5 Be7
31. Qf4 Qxb2 32. Rxe7 Qxc2+ 33. R1e2 Qxf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5
35. Re8 Rd7 36. Rd2 Kf6 37. Kg1 Ne5 38. Kf2 Nd3+ 39. Ke3 Bc6
40. Rb8 Re7+ 0-1
[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "89"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4
13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. c4 g6 17. Nc3 Nh5 18. Ne2
Re8 19. Ra2 Bf8 20. g4 Ng7 21. Ng3 f6 22. Nh2 Re7 23. h4 Rf7
24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Qd8 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. h5 Ne8 28. Bd3 Bg7
29. Kg2 Qf8 30. Qc1 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rb8 32. Raf2 Rb3 33. Rf3 Ne7
34. Bd2 Bc8 35. Qc2 Rb8 36. Kh1 gxh5 37. Nxh5 Ng6 38. e5 dxe5
39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Qxg6 e4 41. Rh3 Rfb7 42. Nf4 Rb1 43. Qh7+
Kf7 44. Qh5+ Kg8 45. Ng6 1-0
[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "211"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. a3 Be6 15. Ncb4 Nxb4 16. axb4 Ra8
17. g3 Qd7 18. Bg2 Bd8 19. O-O Qc6 20. Ne3 a5 21. bxa5 Bxa5
22. Nf5 Qd7 23. Qd2 Bc7 24. Ne3 Qc6 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Qg5 f6
27. Qd2 d5 28. Ne3 d4 29. cxd4 Qxd4 30. Qc2 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bb6
32. Rd1 Qc5 33. Qe2 Bb3 34. Rd3 Bc4 35. Nxc4 Qxc4 36. b3 Qb4
37. Bh3 Bd4 38. Kg2 g6 39. Be6+ Kh8 40. h5 Qe7 41. Qg4 Re8
42. Bd5 f5 43. Qh3 fxe4 44. Bxe4 gxh5 45. Qxh5 Rf8 46. Rd2 Qf7
47. Qh6 Qg7 48. Qc6 b4 49. Qd6 Bc3 50. Ra2 Qf6 51. Qc5 Kg7
52. Ra7+ Rf7 53. Bd5 Rxa7 54. Qxa7+ Kf8 55. Qxh7 Bd4 56. Qc2
Bc3 57. Qa2 Qd8 58. Bc4 Ke7 59. Qa7+ Qd7 60. Qa8 Kd6 61. Bd5
Kc5 62. Bf3 Kd6 63. Qb8+ Ke7 64. Qa8 Qd8 65. Qe4 Qd7 66. Qh4+
Kd6 67. Qf6+ Qe6 68. Qd8+ Kc5 69. Qa5+ Kd4 70. Qa7+ Kd3
71. Qa2 Kd4 72. Kf1 e4 73. Qa7+ Ke5 74. Qc7+ Kd4 75. Qa7+ Ke5
76. Qe3 Qxb3 77. Qxe4+ Kf6 78. Kg2 Qe6 79. Qd3 Qe5 80. Bd5 Qf5
81. Be4 Qc5 82. Bd5 Ke5 83. Qe4+ Kd6 84. Qe6+ Kc7 85. f4 Qd6
86. Qe4 Qd7 87. Kf3 Kd6 88. g4 Qb5 89. Qe6+ Kc5 90. Ke4 Qe2+
91. Kf5 Qd3+ 92. Be4 Qd8 93. g5 Qf8+ 94. Kg4 Qd6 95. Qxd6+
Kxd6 96. Bc2 Ke7 97. Kh5 Kf7 98. Kh6 Kg8 99. f5 Kh8 100. Kg6
Bd4 101. f6 Be3 102. Kf5 Kg8 103. Bb3+ Kh8 104. g6 Bh6
105. Ke6 Bg7 106. fxg7+ 1-0
[Event "Man vs Machine 120'/40+60'"]
[Site "Bilbao Esp"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Hydra (Computer)"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "164"]
1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nd2 b6
7. Ngf3 c5 8. Ne5 a5 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bd3 Nfd7 11. Bg3 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Ba6 13. Bc2 Ra7 14. Qg4 d4 15. h4 d3 16. Bb3 Qc7
17. a4 Qc8 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. Qc4 Qc8 21. O-O-O Qc6
22. f3 Qa8 23. Nb1 Rad7 24. Rd2 Nc6 25. Na3 Rd5 26. f4 R5d7
27. Kb1 Na7 28. Rhd1 Qc6 29. Nb5 Nxb5 30. axb5 Qc8 31. e4 h6
32. Bf2 h5 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Kc2
Kf8 37. Qe2 g6 38. c4 Qd8 39. g3 Ke8 40. Qf3 Bf8 41. Qe3 Qc7
42. Be1 Qd7 43. Bd2 Bh6 44. Kd1 Kf8 45. Ke2 Qd8 46. Bc3 Qd7
47. Qf3 Ke8 48. g4 hxg4 49. Qxg4 Qe7 50. Kf3 Qd8 51. Ke3 Qe7
52. h5 gxh5 53. Qxh5 Qf8 54. Kf3 Qg7 55. Qg4 Qh7 56. f5 Kd7
57. Qh5 Qg7 58. b3 Bc1 59. Be1 Bb2 60. Bg3 Bc3 61. Bf4 Bd4
62. Bh2 Qg8 63. Qh6 Bc3 64. Bg3 Kc7 65. Qf6 Kd7 66. Bf4 Qh7
67. Kg4 Qg8+ 68. Bg5 Bd2 69. Qh6 Bc3 70. Qf6 Bd2 71. Kh5 Bxg5
72. fxe6+ fxe6 73. Qxg5 Qh8+ 74. Kg4 Qh7 75. Qf4 Ke8 76. Kg5
Qg7+ 77. Kh5 Qh8+ 78. Kg4 Qh7 79. Qf6 Qxe4+ 80. Kg5 Qg2+
81. Kh6 Qh1+ 82. Kg7 Qb7+ {83. Kg8 Qg2+ 84. Qg7 Qf3 85. Qg6+
Ke7 86. Qg5+ Ke8 87. Qg6+ Ke7 88. Qg7+ Ke8} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6
7. Ne2 Bg4 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Be7
12. Be3 Nb4 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 N4d5 15. Ne4 Kb8 16. Rad1 h5
17. a3 Qe8 18. Bd2 a6 19. Rc1 Qg8 20. f4 f5 21. exf6 gxf6
22. f5 Rh7 23. Nc5 Bd6 24. Nxe6 Qg3 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Re8
27. Re1 h4 28. Re4 Bg3 29. Kf1 c6 30. Rg4 Kc8 31. a4 Nc7
32. Nxc7 Bxc7 33. Be1 Nd5 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Bxh4 Rhe7 36. Rc3
Kb8 37. Bxf6 Rf7 38. Rg6 Ref8 39. Rxc7 Kxc7 40. Be5+ Kd7
41. g4 Rc8 42. Rb6 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Ke8 44. h4 Rc6 45. Rxc6 bxc6
46. h5 Rb7 47. h6 Rxb2+ 48. Kg3 1-0
[Event "Corus Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 dxc4
8.e3 b5 9.axb5 cxb5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bb4+
13.Ke2 Bb7 14.Ra1 f5 15.Ne5 Rg8 16.f4 Nc6 17.Nf3 Na5 18.Kf2
Nb3 19.Ra7 Be4 20.Ra2 e5 21.fxe5 f4 22.Be2 fxe3+ 23.Kxe3 Qd5
24.g3 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Bxh1 26.Bf3 Qxe5+ 27.Kf2 Bc5 28.Bxh1 Bxd4+
29.Kf1 Rg5 30.Bf3 Kf8 31.Kg2 Qe3 32.Kh3 Kg7 33.b3 cxb3 34.Ra3
b4 35.Rxb3 Bc3 36.Qe2 Qc5 37.Qd3 Qc8+ 38.Kg2 Ra5 39.Qc2 Qe6
40.Qb1 Ra1 41.Qc2 Bd4 42.Bd1 Qe1 43.Bf3 Qf1# 0-1
[Event "Linares "]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e3 Re8
13.Be2 Rc8 14.O-O Qe7 15.Bb5 c6 16.Ba4 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rfe1
b5 19.Bc2 c5 20.Bf5 Rc7 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Qd4 a6 23.a4 bxa4
24.Rxa4 Rc6 25.b4 Qe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Bd3 Rb6 28.Kf2 Bc8
29.Rb1 Bf5 30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.Ra5 g6 32.Ke2 h5 33.g3 Kg7 34.h3
Nd7 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Re5 37.Kf2 Rc6 38.Rb3 Rb6 39.f4 Ree6
40.g5 Red6 41.e4 Rb5 42.Rxb5 axb5 43.Rd3 Nb6 44.Nb1 Rc6
45.exd5 Rc4 46.Kf3 Rxb4 47.Nd2 f6 48.Ne4 fxg5 49.Nxg5 Kf6
50.Kg4 Nc4 51.Ne4+ Ke7 52.d6+ Kd8 53.Kg5 Nb2 54.Re3 Rd4 55.Nf6
Rxd6 56.Re8+ Kc7 57.Re2 Rd1 58.Rxb2 Rg1+ 59.Kh6 Kc6 60.Ne4 Kd5
61.Rb4 Kc6 62.Rd4 Rg4 63.Nf2 Kc5 64.Rd1 Rg2 65.Nd3+ Kc4
66. Ne5 Kc3 67.Rc1+ Kb2 68.Rc6 Kb3 69.Rxg6 Rf2 70.Rg3+ Kc2
71.Nd3 1-0
[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3
Nbd7 8.Bg2 b5 9.O-O Be7 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 a5 12.c3 bxc3 13.Nxc3
Nb6 14.Nb5 O-O 15.Bd2 Nc4 16.Bc3 Be6 17.Re1 Qb8 18.Nd2 Rc8
19.b3 Nxd2 20.Qxd2 Nd7 21.Reb1 Nc5 22.Qd1 Ra6 23.b4 axb4
24.Bxb4 Qa8 25.Nc3 Bd8 26.Bf1 Ra7 27.Nb5 Rd7 28.Nxd6 Rc6
29.Bxc5 Rxc5 30.Bb5 Rdc7 31.a5 g6 32.a6 Bg5 33.h4 Be7 34.Ne8
Ra7 35.Qd2 Rxb5 36.Rxb5 Qxe8 37.Rb7 Bc5 38.Ra5 Qc8 39.Rxa7
Bxa7 40.Kh2 Qc7 41.Kg2 h5 42.Ra1 Qc4 43.Qe1 Qd3 44.Ra5 Bg4
45.Kh2 Kh7 46.Ra2 Bf3 47.Ra5 Qc2 48.Kg1 Kg7 49.Rd5 Bxe4 50.Rd2
Qc4 51.Kh2 Qc3 52.Qe2 Bd4 53.Ra2 Ba8 54.Qd1 Qc4 0-1
[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Bc4 N7f6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Rhe1 Bb7 16. Qe2
Qd6 17. Kb1 h6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Nf5 g5 21. Bg3 Rc8
22. Qd4 Rg8 23. c3 Rd8 24. Qxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Ne3
Bc6 27. Nb6 bxc3 28. bxc3 Bg7 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Nd1 Bb5 31. a4
Bd3+ 32. Kc1 Kc7 33. a5 Bh8 34. Kd2 Bb5 35. Rg1 Bc6 36. Ke2
Be5 37. c4 Bd4 38. Nf2 Bc3 39. Ne4 Bxa5 40. c5 f5 0-1
[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[EventDate "2005.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.e5 dxe5
7.Nxe5 Qc8 8.Qf3 e6 9.d3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bf4 Nfd7 12.Nc4 Nc6
13.Rae1 Nd4 14.Qd1 Qc6 15.a4 b6 16.Re3 f6 17.Rh3 Rf7 18.Be3
Rd8 19.Re1 Nf8 20.b3 a6 21.Ne2 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Nd2 Qc7
24.c4 Nc6 25.cxb5 Nb4 26.Qb1 Nxd3 27.Rd1 Nb4 28.Nc4 Nd5 29.Bd2
Qb8 30.Ba5 Rd7 31.b6 Bd8 32.Rhd3 Nxb6 33.Bxb6 Rxd3 34.Qxd3
Bxb6 35.Qe3 Bc7 36.g3 Qb5 37.h4 Qc6 38.f4 Rd7 39.Re1 Bd8
40.Nc3 Be7 41.Ne4 Rd4 42.Nf2 Qd5 43.Nb6 Qb7 44.Nc4 f5 45.Kf1
Bf6 46.Ke2 Rd7 47.Qf3 Qb4 48.Rd1 Bd4 49.g4 h6 50.h5 Qb8 51.Rd2
Rf7 52.g5 hxg5 53.fxg5 Qh2 54.Kd3 Qh4 55.g6 Ra7 56.Nd1 Qg5
57.Nc3 Qg1 58.Rd1 Qh2 59.Nb5 Rd7 60.Nxd4 Qa2 61.Nd2 Qb2 62.Ke2
Qxd4 63.Qe3 Qd6 64.Qf3 Qh2+ 65.Ke1 Rd4 66.Qb7 Rd7 67.Qf3 Rd5
68.Nf1 Re5+ 69.Ne3 f4 70.Rd3 Qg1+ 71.Kd2 fxe3+ 72. Rxe3 Qxe3+
73. Qxe3 Rxe3 74. Kxe3 Nd7 0-1
[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1
Ne4 8.d4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be4 10.Bf1 d6 11.h4 Nd7 12.d5 O-O 13.a4
h6 14.Bh3 exd5 15.cxd5 Bf6 16.Ra3 b5 17.axb5 Nb6 18.c4 Bxf3
19.Rxf3 Nxc4 20.Qa4 Ne5 21.Ra3 Re8 22.h5 Re7 23.Bf4 Rb8 24.Bf5
Qe8 25.Bc2 Qd7 26.Qe4 Ng6 27.Qd3 c4 28.Qxc4 Nxf4 29.Qxf4 Re5
30.Qf3 Qh3 31.Rxa7 Rxh5 32.e3 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Qh3+ 34.Ke2 Re5
35.Rc7 Rc8 36.Bf5 Rxf5 37.Rxc8+ Kh7 38.Rh1 1-0
[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Zhong Zhang"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O Qc7 14. c4 b6 15. f4 g6 16. Rad1 a5
17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxf5 gxf5 19. Nd4 Ng4 20. Nc6 Rg8 21. Rf1
Ne5 22. Rxf5 Nxc6 23. dxc6 O-O-O 24. Qd5 Rde8 25. Rxf7 Kb8
26. Bf4 Ka7 27. c5 bxc5 28. Bxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. Qb3
1-0
[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "08"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.d4
Nbd7 8.e4 a6 9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Re1 Rb8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3
Ne5 14.b3 c5 15.Nf3 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 b5 17.Rad1 bxc4 18.Bf4 Re6
19.bxc4 Rb4 20.e5 Qe8 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.cxd5 Rxe5 23.Bxe5 Bxe5
24.Qf6 Bd7 25.Qf3 h5 26.Qa3 Bb5 27.Kh1 Qd7 28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Qe3
Qd6 30.Re1 Rb2 31.Qxe5 Qxe5 32.Rxe5 Rxa2 33.d6 Rd2 34.Rxc5
Rxd6 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Rd4 37.g5 Rc4 38.Re5 Rf4 39.Kg1 Kf8
40.Be4 Bd7 41.f3 Bf5 42.Bb7 Ra4 43.Kf2 Be6 44.Ke3 Ra1 45.Kf4
a5 46.Bc6 Ke7 47.Rb5 Kd6 48.Be8 a4 49.Ra5 a3 50.Ra6+ Ke7 0-1
[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7
12. Be2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O Qb8 16. Nf5 Qe5
17. Ng3 Bb4 18. Qxb4 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Rb8 20. Qd6 Rb6 21. Qc7 Rc6
22. Qb7 Rc2 23. Qxa6 O-O 24. b3 Ne5 25. Rae1 Qd2 26. Rd1 Qf4
27. Bb5 h5 28. Ne2 Qe3 29. a4 Rb2 30. Qd6 Rc8 31. Rde1 Nxf3
32. gxf3 Bxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qf3+
36. Kg1 Qxb3 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. Nxc3 h4 40. Re4 Rb3
41. Ne2 g5 42. Re5 Rd5 43. Rxd5 exd5 44. Bc6 Ra3 45. Nd4 Kg7
46. Bxd5 Rd3 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Be4 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Rd2+ 50. Kf3
Rxh2 51. Ne3 Ra2 52. Bc6 Ra3 53. Kf2 Ra1 54. Bd7 Ke5 55. Kf3
Ra3 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Bc6+ Kf4 58. Ng2+ Ke5 59. Ne3 Ra2+ 60. Kf3
f5 61. Bd7 h3 0-1
[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "83"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1 g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Bg2
Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nhf6 17. Nc3
Re8 18. O-O Nf8 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. Be3 Nc7 21. Ne5 Nfd5 22. Nxd5
Nxd5 23. Bd2 Bxe5 24. dxe5 h5 25. Rfe1 Qc7 26. e6 Bxe6
27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Qd3 Kh7 30. Re5 Nf6 31. Qe3 Kg7
32. Be4 Kf7 33. Bc2 Rad8 34. Qh6 Rg8 35. Ba5 Qd4 36. Bc3 Qc4
37. Bb3 Qd3 38. Bxe6+ Ke8 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. Qg7 Rd5 41. Bf5 Rf7
42. Rxe7+ 1-0
[Event "Corus Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Nc4
12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 Qb7 14. N1e2 O-O 15. Qd4 Rb8 16. Bc1 d6
17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Qd3 a5 20. a3 Bc5 21. a4 Be8
22. Bb2 Bb4 23. Na2 Bc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nec3 Bc6 26. Rhe1
Qb6 27. f4 Kh8 28. Re2 Rg8 29. g3 Rbd8 30. Qc4 Rd7 31. Red2
Bb7 32. Qe2 Qc6 33. Qh5 Qb6 34. Qh4 Qd8 35. f5 exf5 36. exf5
Rg5 37. Qf4 Re7 38. Nd5 Re5 39. g4 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxd5
Qe7 42. Qf3 Qe1+ 43. Rd1 Qh4 44. h3 h5 45. Nc3 hxg4 46. hxg4
Rxg4 47. Nd5 Kg7 48. Rh1 Rg3 49. Qd1 Qd4 50. Qxd4 Bxd4 51. Kc1
Rg5 52. Rf1 Rg2 53. c3 Be5 54. Rd1 Kf8 55. Rd2 Rg1+ 56. Kc2
Ke8 57. b4 Kd7 58. bxa5 Kc8 59. Nb4 Rg5 60. Rd5 Rxf5 61. Rb5
Rf2+ 62. Kb3 Rf3 63. Nd5 Rd3 64. Kc4 1-0
[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bb5+ Nfd7
7. a4 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. Re1 Nxb5 10. axb5 O-O 11. Bf4 Nb6
12. e5 Bf5 13. h3 h6 14. Qe2 g5 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. h4 f6 17. e6
Qe8 18. Nh2 Bg6 19. f4 Bh5 20. Qd3 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Qg6 22. Nf1
f5 23. Kh2 Qg4 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. Nxg3 Be8 26. Nge2 Kh7 27. Bg3
Nc4 28. b3 Ne3 29. Rac1 Rg8 30. Nd1 Nxd5 31. c4 Nb4 32. Ne3 a6
33. bxa6 Rxa6 34. Nxf5 Bf6 35. Nf4 Ra2 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. cxd5
Bh5 38. Rf1 Rd2 39. Ne3 Bd4 40. Nc4 Rd3 41. Bf4 Rxb3 42. Nd2
Rb2 43. Rb1 Bg6 44. Rxb2 Bxb2 45. Rf3 Rf8 46. Nc4 Be4 47. Bxd6
Bxf3 0-1
[Event "Linares-Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6
8.Ne2 Qb6 9.Qc1 g5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Kf2 f6 13.g3 Rf8
14.Kg2 g4 15.Nh4 Rg8 16.h3 h5 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nc3 fxe5 19.fxe5
Ncxe5 20.dxe5 d4 21.Na4 Qa5 22.Qc4 Nxe5 23.Qxd4 Nf3 24.Nxf3
gxf3+ 25.Kf2 Qxa4 26.Bd3 Qd7 27.Qe4 Bd6 28.Rag1 Qg7 29.Rh6
Qxb2+ 30.Kxf3 Rf8+ 31.Bf4 Qe5 32.Qg6+ Kd8 33.Kg2 Qb2+ 34.Kh1
Bxf4 35.gxf4 Bd7 36.Be4 Kc7 37.Rb1 Qf2 38.Rxb7+ Kc8 39.Rb1 Ra7
40.f5 Rc7 41.fxe6 Be8 42.Qg5 Qd4 43.Bg2 Rf4 44.e7 Rc5 45.Qg3
Rc3 46.Qe1 Re3 47.Qa5 Bb5 48.Rc1+ 1-0
[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. a4 Nd5 15. cxd5 Bxf1 16. d6 Bxg2
17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Kxg2 f5 19. b4 Qd7 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. f3 exf3+
22. Nxf3 h6 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Qc2 Rad8 25. Bd2 Qd7 26. Kf2 Rc8
27. Bf4 Qd5 28. Re5 Qd7 29. h4 Ra8 30. Bd2 Rac8 31. Qc4 Kh7
32. Bc3 Qd6 33. Ne1 b5 34. Qc5 Qd8 35. Nd3 1-0
[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.O-O h6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.a4
Nxd3 14.Qxd3 b6 15.Ng3 Nh7 16.f4 h5 17.f5 h4 18.fxg6 fxg6
19.Nge2 g5 20.Rf2 a6 21.Raf1 Ra7 22.Nb1 g4 23.hxg4 Bxg4 24.Nd2
Bxb2 25.Nc3 Rg7 26.Nc4 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Bh5 28.Bf4 Rxe4 29.Ne3 Qf6
30.Qc2 Bg6 31.Ng4 Qd4 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.Bc1 Re1 34.Qd2 Rxf1+
35.Kxf1 Bd3+ 36.Kg1 Ng5 37.Kh2 Ne4 38.Rf8+ Kh7 39.Qf4 Nc3
40.Qxd4 cxd4 41.Nf7 Ne4 42.Bb2 Bf1 43.Rh8+ Kg6 44.Rxh4 Kxf7
45.Rf4+ Kg8 46.Rxf1 Rh7+ 47.Kg1 d3 48.Rd1 Rh1+ 49.Kxh1 Nf2+
50.Kg1 Nxd1 51.Bc1 Nb2 52.Kf2 Nxa4 53.Bf4 Nc3 54.Kf3 a5 55.Bd2
Nb1 56.Bf4 a4 57.Bxd6 d2 58.Ke2 Nc3+ 0-1
[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5
12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 Bf7
17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb5 e5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qb6+
22. Kh1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxb5 24. Qxf6 Qe8 25. Qd4 Rd8 26. h3 Rf7
27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qc3 b6 29. Ng3 Nb7 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Nf6+ Kf7
32. Nxh7 Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Ng4 Kg8 35. Qd2 Re8 36. Qf4 Qd6
37. Qf2 Qc5 38. Qg3 Qd4 39. Kh2 Nd8 40. Qd6 Ne6 41. Be3 1-0
[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Qc7 13. g4 Rc8 14. Kb1 b4 15. g5 Nfd7 16. h4 a5
17. Bh3 a4 18. Nc1 Na6 19. h5 Rcb8 20. g6 Bf6 21. gxf7+ Kxf7
22. Be6+ Kf8 23. b3 Ndc5 24. Rhg1 Qe7 25. Bf5 Kg8 26. Bxc5
Nxc5 27. Qh6 Kf8 28. Qxh7 Qf7 29. Nd3 axb3 30. cxb3 Nxd3
31. Rxd3 e4 32. Be6 exd3 33. Bxf7 Rxa2 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Kxa2
1-0
[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3
c5 8.dxc5 Nbd7 9.Rc1 Qa5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 Ne4 12.b4 Nxc3
13.Qa1 Qa4 14.Qxc3 a5 15.b5 Nxc5 16.Qxc5 Be6 17.Qc1 Rfc8
18.Qa1 Qc2 19.Be2 Qc1+ 20.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 21.Bd1 Ra1 22.a4 Rc8
23.Nd4 Rc4 24.O-O f6 25.Bf4 Bf7 26.h4 1-0