[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Dimitar Marholev"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 Nxe4 6.d4 exd4
7.cxd4 Bb6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Qe2 f5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Bg5
Bc5 13.Rad1 h6 14.d6 hxg5 15.Nxg5 g6 16.Qe5 c6 17.dxe7 Qxe7
18.Bc4+ d5 19.Rxd5 Qxe5 20.Rxe5+ Kg7 21.Rxc5 1-0

[Event "10s, Forli op"]
[Site "10s, Forli op Hiarcs 7.32"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Fernando Braga"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. f3 Qa5 11. Na2 c5
12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Nxb4 Qxb4 14. b3 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Forli op 88\10"]
[Site "Forli op 88\10"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Na6 11.f4 Rb8 12.Bf3 Nb4 13.Be2
c4 14.Bxc4 Ng4 15.Qa4 Bd4+ 16.Kh1 Nxh2 17.g3 Nxf1 18.Bxf1 Bc5
19.a3 Na6 20.Qc4 Qf6 21.e5 Qg7 22.Nf3 Bg4 23.Nh2 Bf5 24.g4 Bd7
25.Ne4 dxe5 26.Nxc5 Nxc5 27.Qxc5 exf4 28.Bxf4 Qxb2 29.Qc1 Qxc1
30.Rxc1 Rbc8 31.Rb1 b6 32.d6 f6 33.Bb5 Bxb5 34.Rxb5 g5 35.Bg3
Re3 36.Kg2 Rc2+ 37.Kh3 Rxa3 38.Rf5 Rcc3 39.Nf1 Kf7 40.Rf2 Rf3
41.Kg2 Rxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Ke6 43.Ne3 Rd3 44.Nf5 a5 45.Ke2 Rd5
46.Ng7+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Forli"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefano De Eccher"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.e4 d6 7.Nge2
Nd7 8.O-O Nc5 9.Rb1 a5 10.f4 Nd4 11.b3 exf4 12.gxf4 f5 13.Be3
Nxe2+ 14.Nxe2 fxe4 15.dxe4 O-O 16.Qd2 Qe7 17.Rbd1 Kh8 18.Nc3
Bg4 19.Rde1 Rae8 20.Kh1 Qh4 21.e5 Rd8 22.Bf2 Qh5 23.Qe3 Ne6
24.Nd5 g5 25.Bg3 gxf4 26.Nxf4 Nxf4 27.Bxf4 dxe5 28.Bxe5 Rxf1+
29.Bxf1 Bf3+ 30.Kg1 Qg4+ 31.Kf2 Rf8 32.Bxg7+ Qxg7 33.Qxf3 Qb2+
34.Re2 Rxf3+ 35.Kxf3 Qf6+ 36.Kg2 a4 37.bxa4 Kg7 38.Kg1 Qb6+
39.Rf2 Qb4 40.Kg2 Qxa4 41.Kg1 Qa3 42.Bg2 Qc1+ 43.Bf1 h5 44.Kg2
h4 45.Rf3 Qb2+ 46.Rf2 Qa3 47.Kg1 Kg6 48.Be2 Kg5 49.Bf1 b6
50.Bg2 Qc1+ 51.Bf1 Qe3 52.Kg2 c6 53.Be2 h3 54.Kg1 Kh4 55.Bf1
b5 56.cxb5 cxb5 57.Be2 Qg5+ 58.Kh1 b4 59.Bf1 Qc1 60.Kg1 Qe3
61.Ba6 Qg5+ 62.Kh1 Qd5+ 63.Kg1 Qg8+ 64.Kf1 Qg6 65.Bb7 Qb1+
66.Ke2 Qxa2+ 67.Ke3 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "Forli"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carlos Garcia Palermo"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Ngf3 c5 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 Na5 11.Bf1 Be6 12.b4 cxb4
13.cxb4 Nc6 14.b5 Ne5 15.Rc1 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Qa5 17.Nb3 Qxa2
18.Nc5 Rac8 19.Re2 Qa5 20.Nxe6 Rxc1 21.Bxc1 fxe6 22.Qb3 Kf7
23.g3 Rc8 24.Bb2 Qb6 25.e5 Nd5 26.Re4 Bh6 27.Bc4 a6 28.Bxd5
exd5 29.Rh4 Rc5 30.Qf3+ Kg8 31.Rxh6 Rxb5 32.e6 Qxe6 33.Qc3 d4
34.Qxd4 Qe1+ 35.Kg2 e5 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qe7+ Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Forli"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evzen Gonsior"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.e3 c6 7.Rc1
Nbd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N7b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Forli"]
[Site "Forli ITA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Renzo Mantovani"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2
Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O c5 12.Qe2 Qc8 13.Bb2
Nc6 14.Rad1 Re8 15.c4 cxd4 16.exd4 Bf6 17.Qe4 g6 18.Qe3 Bg7
19.h4 Ne7 20.h5 Nf5 21.Qe2 g5 22.Ne5 Qc7 23.Qg4 Nh4 24.f4 f5
25.Qg3 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Qe7 27.Rf2 Rad8 28.Bc3 Rd7 29.Bb4 Qd8
30.Bd6 Rg7 31.Bf1 gxf4 32.Qxf4 Qg5 33.Rd4 Be4 34.Rxe4 fxe4
35.Qxe4 Kh8 36.Qc6 Reg8 37.Bf8 Rh7 38.Qxe6 Rc7 39.Bxh6 Qxh5
40.Qf6+ Kh7 41.Bd2+ Rd7 42.e6 Nxg2 43.Bxg2 Rdg7 44.Qf4 Qd1+
45.Kh2 Rxg2+ 46.Rxg2 Qh5+ 47.Kg1 Qd1+ 48.Kf2 Rxg2+ 49.Kxg2
Qe2+ 50.Kg3 Qxe6 51.Qh4+ Kg6 52.Qg4+ Kf7 53.Qxe6+ Kxe6 54.Kf4
Kd6 55.Be3 Kc6 56.Ke5 b5 57.c5 a6 58.Kd4 a5 59.Bd2 1-0

[Event "Forli"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Eduard Meduna"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4 9.Nh4 O-O 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.f3 Qe7 12.Qc2 g6
13.a5 Rad8 14.Kh1 Nh5 15.Qf2 Ndf6 16.e4 f4 17.g4 fxg3 18.hxg3
Qd7 19.Ne2 Rfe8 20.Qg2 Ng7 21.g4 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Forli"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Votruba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.c4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.d5 Bxf3 7.Bxf3
Nd4 8.Nc3 c5 9.O-O Nf6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.Be2 O-O 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Rb1
Qa5 14.f4 a6 15.Bd2 Qc7 16.a4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nxb5 Nxb5
19.cxb5 c4 20.Be2 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Ra2 22.Bc3 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Rfa8
24.Bg4 Nf6 25.Bf3 Rb8 26.e5 Nd7 27.Qe1 Nf8 28.Qh4 Ra7 29.exd6
Qxd6 30.f5 Rc7 31.Be4 Rb6 32.Rf3 Qf6 33.Qg3 Qd6 34.Qh4 Qf6
35.Qg4 g5 36.h4 h6 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rh3 Qg7 39.f6 exf6 40.Bf5
Rc5 41.Qd4 Rbxb5 42.Rxb5 Rxb5 43.Qxc4 Ra5 44.Qd4 g4 45.Bxg4 f5
46.Qxg7+ Kxg7 47.Bxf5 Rxd5 48.Rf3 Ng6 49.Bxg6 Kxg6 50.Kh2 Rd2
51.Kg3 f5 52.Re3 Kf6 53.Kf3 Kf7 54.Kf4 Rxg2 55.Kxf5 Rf2+
56.Ke5+ Ke7 57.Kd5 Kd7 58.Kc5 Rf6 59.Re5 Rg6 60.c4 Rh6 61.Rg5
Rf6 62.Rg7+ Kc8 63.Kb5 Rh6 64.c5 Rf6 65.Rh7 Rg6 66.c6 Rg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Forli op"]
[Site "Forli op"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksa Strikovic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 b6 6.Nxd4 e6 7.c4
Nc7 8.Qf3 Bc5 9.Be3 O-O 10.Bd3 d5 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Nb5 Nxb5
13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Qxa8 Nc6 15.Be4 Nbd4 16.Bxc6 Nxc6 17.O-O Ba6
18.b4 Qxc4 19.Na3 Rxa8 20.Nxc4 Bxc4 21.Rfc1 Bd5 22.a3 Kf8
23.f3 Ke8 24.Kf2 Kd7 25.Ke3 a5 26.b5 Ne7 27.Rc2 Rc8 28.Rac1
Rxc2 29.Rxc2 Nf5+ 30.Kd3 Nd6 31.a4 Nb7 0-1

[Event "Moskau"]
[Site "Moskau"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lizbov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.Qe1 Rc8 13.Qg3
Rxc3 14.bxc3 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4 16.Qf2 Qc7 17.Re1 f5 18.Bb2 d5
19.Rad1 exf4 20.Nd4 Rf6 21.Kh1 Rg6 22.Nf3 Nf6 23.h3 Rg3 24.Kh2
Qd6 25.c4 Ng4+ 26.Kh1 Nxf2+ 27.Kh2 Qg6 28.Rg1 Bxf3 29.gxf3
Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Valentin Lukov"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Qe7 11. f4 Nc7 12. Re1
Re8 13. Kh1 b5 14. Nxb5 Ncxd5 15. Nf3 a6 16. exd5 Ne4 17. Kg1
axb5 18. Bxb5 Bd7 19. Rxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxd7 Reb8 21. Qd2 Ra3
22. Kf2 c4 23. Qe2 Qxd5 24. Nd2 Bxb2 25. Nxc4 Bd4+ 26. Be3 Rc3
27. Bc6 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Grigor Minchev"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O e6 9. Rb1 d5 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Re1 Kf8 14. Na4 Qa5 15. c3 h5 16. exd5 cxd5
17. c4 Ba6 18. b3 Bb4 19. Re3 d4 20. Re4 Rd8 21. Bc2 d3
22. Bxd3 Rg8 23. Re3 Bd2 24. Rh3 Bb7 25. Bf1 Qf5 26. Rg3 Ke7
27. Bd3 Rxg3 28. Bxf5 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1 Rxh2 30. Nc5 Bg2+ 31. Ke2
Bg5 32. Nd3 exf5 33. Qg1 Be4 34. Qxh2 Bxd3+ 35. Ke1 Bxb1
36. Qc7+ Ke8 37. Qxa7 Be4 38. Qa4+ Kf8 39. b4 Rd3 40. c5 Rc3
41. f4 Bxf4 42. Qa6 Kg7 43. Qe2 h4 44. Qh5 Bg3+ 45. Kd2 Rc2+
46. Kd1 Rf2 47. Kc1 Bd3 48. Kd1 Bc2+ 49. Ke1 Rh2+ 50. Kf1 Bd3+
51. Kg1 Be4 52. Kf1 Rxa2 53. b5 Bg2+ 54. Kg1 h3 0-1

[Event "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bd2 Nxe5 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nc3
d6 8.Nf3 h6 9.Be2 Nbc6 10.h4 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Be6 12.hxg5 hxg5
13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.Nd5 Ne5 15.Be2 c6 16.Ne3 Qb6 17.Qb3 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Arnhem"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hannes Stefansson"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Bd2 b6 6.Bb5 c6 7.Ba4 a5
8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Ba6 10.Qg4 f5 11.Qg3 Qf7 12.Bd2 Ne7 13.Nh3 h6
14.c3 Bc4 15.Bd1 a4 16.Nf4 g6 17.h4 Nd7 18.Nd3 Kd8 19.Bc2 Kc7
20.O-O-O Bb3 21.Bxb3 axb3 22.Kb1 c5 23.dxc5 bxc5 24.c4 dxc4
25.Nf4 Rhd8 26.Bc3 Nc6 27.Rd6 Nf8 28.Qe3 Rxd6 29.exd6+ Kb6
30.Re1 e5 31.Bxe5 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Nh3 Qg6 34.f4 g4 35.Nf2
Re8 36.Qc3 Qf7 37.Nd1 Nd7 38.Ne3 Ncxe5 39.fxe5 Rxe5 40.Rd1 Re4
41.Nd5+ Ka6 42.Nc7+ Kb6 43.Qh8 Qf8 44.Nd5+ Kc6 45.Ne7+ Kb5
46.Qh7 c3 47.bxc3 Re2 48.Nxf5 Nb6 49.Nd4+ cxd4 50.Qd3+ Nc4
51.a4 Ka5 52.Qxe2 Qf5+ 53.Ka1 b2 54.Ka2 Qc5 55.d7 Qa3+ 56.Kb1
Qa1+ 57.Kc2 Qxa4+ 58.Kd3 Qxd7 59.cxd4 Qb5 60.Qe1+ Ka4 61.Ke4
Nd6+ 62.Ke3 Qg5+ 63.Kf2 g3 64.Kf3 Qf5+ 65.Kxg3 Ne4+ 66.Kh2
Qh5+ 67.Kg1 Nc3 68.Ra1+ bxa1=Q 69.Qxa1+ Kb3 70.Qe1 Kc2 71.Qf2+
Kd1 72.Qf3+ Ne2+ 73.Kf2 Qh4+ 74.g3 Qxd4+ 75.Qe3 Qc4 76.Qe5 Nd4
77.Qe1+ Kc2 78.Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Thomas Luther"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Be2 g5 12.fxg5 Ne5
13.Qe3 Nh7 14.Nf3 hxg5 15.Bg3 Bd7 16.Qd4 f6 17.Nxe5 fxe5
18.Bh5+ Kd8 19.Qd3 Qc6 20.Rhf1 Nf6 21.Be2 b5 22.a3 Rb8 23.Qe3
a5 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Rc8 26.Rd3 Qa6 27.Kb2 Ra8 28.Nb1 Qc6
29.Nd2 Ra4 30.Rb3 Rg8 31.Nb1 d5 32.exd5 Nxd5 33.Qxe5 Ra8
34.Nc3 Nb6 35.Bxb5 Nc4+ 36.Bxc4 Qxc4 37.Rd1 Bxb4 38.Qc7+ Qxc7
39.Bxc7+ Kxc7 40.Rxb4 Bc6 41.Nb5+ Kc8 42.Rd2 Rb8 43.Na7+ Kc7
44.Nxc6 Kxc6 45.Rxb8 Rxb8+ 46.Kc3 e5 47.Kd3 Kd5 48.c4 Ke6
49.Ra2 Rb1 50.Rc2 Rb3+ 51.Ke4 Rb4 52.Kf3 Kf5 53.c5 Rf4+ 54.Ke2
Rd4 55.Kf1 Ke6 56.c6 Rf4+ 57.Ke2 Rf8 58.Ke3 Kd6 59.c7 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miroslav Markovic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e5 f6 5.f4 fxe5 6.dxe5 Nh6 7.Qh5+
g6 8.Qh3 Nb4 9.Bd3 c5 10.Bb5+ Kf7 11.Kd1 Kg7 12.a3 Nc6 13.Nf3
Nf5 14.g4 Nfd4 15.Be2 Nxe2 16.Nxe2 d4 17.Ng3 Qd5 18.Rf1 d3
19.f5 exf5 20.Bh6+ Kg8 21.Bxf8 Bd7 22.Bd6 fxg4 23.Qh6 dxc2
24.Kc1 gxf3 25.Nh5 Qd1+ 26.Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ 27.Kxd1 gxh5 28.Qg5+
Kf7 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.e6 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alan J Norris"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e5
8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Qd2 Bg4 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bd8
13.Ra3 Nc6 14.Bc4 Kg7 15.Rd3 h6 16.c3 Na5 17.Ba2 b5 18.Qe3 Rb8
19.axb5 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 axb5 21.Rfd1 Nc4 22.Qe2 c6 23.Nb4 Ba5
24.Rd7 Bxb4 25.cxb4 Qe6 26.Bb3 Rfc8 27.h3 c5 28.bxc5 Rxc5
29.Ra7 Rc6 30.Rdd7 Rf8 31.Rd5 Rb8 32.Kh2 Ra6 33.Rxb5 Rxb5
34.Rxa6 Qxa6 35.Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Dominik Pedzich"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 c5
8.d5 e6 9.Qd2 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.f3 Nbd7 12.Nh3 Ne5 13.Nf2
Kh7 14.O-O a6 15.a4 Rb8 16.Rfb1 Qa5 17.Qd1 g5 18.Qc2 Nfd7
19.Nfd1 Ng6 20.Bf2 Bd4 21.g3 Nde5 22.Ne3 Qd8 23.Nf5 Bxf2+
24.Kxf2 Qf6 25.b4 Ne7 26.Nxe7 Rxe7 27.Kg2 cxb4 28.Rxb4 Rc7
29.Rc1 Bd7 30.Qb2 Ng6 31.a5 Be8 32.Qd2 Rbc8 33.Na2 Rxc1
34.Nxc1 Rc7 35.Nb3 Ne5 36.Nd4 Bd7 37.Rb3 Bc8 38.Rc3 Qd8 39.Qc1
Rxc3 40.Qxc3 Bd7 41.Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch BLG"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dimitar I Donchev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Bb5 a6 7.Ba4
b5 8.Bb3 f6 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Nf1 Bd6 11.Ne3 O-O 12.c3 Ne7 13.O-O
Bb7 14.Re1 Nf5 15.Ng4 Qg6 16.h3 Rae8 17.Bc2 Qh5 18.Nfe5 Bxe5
19.Nh6+ Nxh6 1-0

[Event "Ch BLG"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Kiril Ninov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 e6 7.Bxc4 Nf6
8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Bd2 a5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nc1 Be7 12.Nb3 O-O 13.Qe2 c5
14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nd7 17.f4 Bc6 18.Be1 Qb7
19.Nd2 Nb6 20.Bb5 c4 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.Rdc1 Nxa4 23.Qxc4 Qd7
24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 Bd8 26.Rc2 Nb6 27.e4 Nd7 28.Nc4 Rc8
29.Rac1 f6 30.h4 fxe5 31.fxe5 Rc5 32.Bf2 Rb5 33.Bg3 Bb6+
34.Kh2 b3 35.Rd2 Nc5 36.Nxb6 Nxe4 37.Rd7 Nxg3 38.Kxg3 Rxb6
39.Rcc7 Kh8 40.h5 h6 41.Rxg7 Rg8 42.Rxg8+ Kxg8 43.Rc5 a4
44.Ra5 Rb4 45.Kf3 Kf7 46.g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia ch-BG"]
[Site "Sofia ch-BG"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Silvio Danailov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.O-O Be7 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.c4
a6 8.b3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Qc7 10.Bb2 d6 11.Rc1 Ne5 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.f4
Ng6 14.f5 Ne5 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.e4 h6 17.Bh3 Nfg4 18.Nce2 Qb6
19.Nf4 g5 20.Ne2 Rf3 21.Bxg4 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Nxg4 23.h3 Ne5
24.Kg2 Rf8 25.Rxf8+ Bxf8 26.Bc3 Qc7 27.Qe3 Qc5 28.Qd2 b5
29.cxb5 axb5 30.Bb4 Qb6 31.Nc3 Bg7 32.Nde2 Nf7 33.Qd3 Bc6
34.Qd2 d5 35.exd5 exd5 36.Nd1 d4 37.Kh2 Ne5 38.Ng1 Ba8 0-1

[Event "Sofia"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigor Minchev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Qc1
Nc6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 d5 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bd6
12. Rc1 h6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Kf1 Rfc8 15. Kg1 a6 16. Na4 Qa5
17. Nc3 b5 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. g4 f6 21. Qe2 a5
22. Rb1 Ne7 23. g5 fxg5 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Qf3 Nf5 26. Bxf5
exf5 27. Qxd5+ Kf8 28. e4 Re8 29. exf5 Rac8 30. Rh8+ Ke7
31. Re1+ Kd8 32. Rexe8+ Bxe8 33. Qe6 Bf8 34. f6 g6 35. Qd5+
Kc7 36. Qe5+ Kd8 37. Ne4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Re1 39. f7 Bd7 40. Qxg5+
Kc7 41. Rxf8 Qxf8 42. Qxa5+ Kb8 43. Qb6+ Ka8 44. Qa6+ Kb8
45. Qd6+ Qxd6+ 46. Nxd6 Kc7 47. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.d5
exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Ne4 O-O 11.O-O-O Na6 12.h4 f6
13.Bd2 Nac7 14.e3 Ne6 15.Bc3 f5 16.Neg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Nxg5
18.Bc4 Ne4 19.Bxd5+ Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Qe7 21.Be5 Rad8 22.Bf4 d6
23.f3 Nf6 24.Rxf5 h6 25.h5 d5 26.Rd1 d4 27.exd4 cxd4 28.Kb1
Qe6 29.Re5 Qf7 30.Rf5 Rd5 31.Rxd5 Nxd5 32.Bc1 Ne3 33.Bxe3 dxe3
34.Qe2 Re8 35.g4 Kh8 36.Rg1 Qf4 37.Rd1 Qe5 38.Re1 a5 39.Rd1 b5
40.f4 Qxf4 41.Qxb5 Qe4+ 42.Ka1 e2 43.Re1 Re5 44.Qb8+ Kh7
45.Qd6 Re6 46.Qc5 Qxg4 47.Qc2+ Re4 48.Qd3 a4 49.Kb1 Kh8
50.Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.12.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pieter Claesen"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.g3 Ne7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Qd2 Be6 11.b3 Qd7 12.Bb2 f5
13.f4 Kh8 14.Rad1 Ng8 15.e4 Rad8 16.Qf2 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Bg4
18.Rde1 c5 19.h3 Bf5 20.g4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Rde8 22.Rfe1 Rxe4
23.Rxe4 Bf6 24.Qe2 Qg7 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 26.Bf3 c6 27.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Tolga Demirel"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3
Be7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O-O h6 11.Bf4 Nf8 12.f3 Bd6
13.Qd2 Bxf4 14.Nxf4 Qa5 15.Kb1 b6 16.g4 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6
18.Rdg1 Re7 19.Qg2 Ne8 20.g5 h5 21.g6 f5 22.Qg5 Nf6 23.Qh4 Qb4
24.Rg5 Qd6 25.Ne2 Kf8 26.Ng3 Ke8 27.Bxf5 Kd7 28.Rd1 Kc7 29.Bc2
Rd8 30.Qf4 Qxf4 31.exf4 h4 32.Nh5 Rf8 33.f5 Bc8 34.Kc1 Nxh5
35.Rxh5 h3 36.Kd2 Rfe8 37.Bd3 Re3 38.f6 gxf6 39.g7 Rxf3 40.Rh8
1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.12.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Markus Stangl"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 c6
8.d5 Bd7 9.Rb1 Na6 10.b4 Qe8 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.b5 cxb5 13.cxb5
Nc5 14.Nd4 Nfe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qb3+ Qf7 17.Be3 Qxb3 18.Rxb3
Rfc8 19.Rb4 d5 20.Rd1 e5 21.Nb3 d4 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Nc1 dxe3
0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.12.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Dimitrios Anagnostopoulos"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 c5 12.Rb1 Nf6 13.f3 f4
14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.Qa4 g5 17.Nd1 a5 18.Qb3 Ng6 19.Nc3
Qe7 20.Na4 Bd7 21.Nb6 Rab8 22.Qc2 Rxb6 23.Rxb6 g4 24.Rb7 g3
25.h3 Qd8 26.Rfb1 Nh4 27.Ne1 Bc8 28.Rb8 Qd7 29.Bf1 h5 30.Bxa5
Nh7 31.Bc3 Ng5 32.a4 Bf6 33.a5 Kf7 34.R1b6 Rg8 35.a6 Be7
36.Rxc8 Qxc8 37.Qa2 Nxh3+ 38.gxh3 g2 39.Bxg2 Qxh3 40.a7 Rxg2+
41.Qxg2 Nxg2 42.Nxg2 Qxf3 43.a8=Q Qxc3 44.Qh8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.12.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Grigory Serper"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 c6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qc2 a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Rac1 h6 12.Bh4 Nf8 13.c5
exd4 14.cxd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd4 Ng4 16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Qa5 18.Qd1
Qh5 19.Nh4 g5 20.Nd5 cxd5 21.Rxc8 gxh4 22.Bxg4 Qe5 23.Rxd5
Qxe4 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.gxh4 Re8 26.g3 Qb4 27.Rd2 Ng6 28.a3 Qc5
29.Bf3 Re7 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Rd5 Qb6 32.Qd2 Re6 33.Qc3+ Kg8 34.h5
Nf8 35.Rd4 Re5 36.Qd2 Qf6 37.Rf4 Qe7 38.Rb4 b5 39.Qxh6 Ne6
40.Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.12.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zbynek Hracek"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2
Bg4 8.h3 Be6 9.b3 Qc8 10.Kh2 Nfd7 11.d4 f6 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Rad1
Re8 14.Nh4 Qa5 15.Bb2 exd4 16.Rxd4 f5 17.Rfd1 Na6 18.a3 g6
19.Qd2 Qc7 20.b4 Ne5 21.f4 Nf7 22.e4 Bf6 23.Re1 Rad8 24.Qf2
Nh6 25.Rd2 Qg7 26.Nd1 Bxc4 27.Qxa7 fxe4 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Qxb7
d5 30.Qb6 Rb8 31.Qe3 Nc7 32.Nb2 Bb5 33.Rc1 Nf7 34.a4 Bd3
35.Nxd3 exd3 36.Qxd3 Rxb4 37.a5 Ra4 38.Rdc2 Nd8 39.Nf3 Rxa5
40.Ne5 Re6 41.Qd4 Rb5 42.Qa7 Rb7 43.Qa5 Rd6 44.Qa4 Rb5 45.Bf1
Rb6 46.Qd4 Rb3 47.Qa4 Rb6 48.Qa5 Rb7 49.Re1 Re6 50.Rce2 Nf7
51.h4 Nxe5 52.fxe5 Qf3 53.Bg2 Qd3 54.Rf2 Re8 55.Qc5 Rb3 56.Rf3
Qb5 57.Qd6 Rxf3 58.Bxf3 Ne6 59.Qd7 Ng7 60.e6 Qc5 61.Qf7+ Kh8
62.e7 Qf2+ 63.Kh3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "A.Kotov memorial"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonas Barkhagen"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bh3 O-O 7.Kf1 Ne8
8.Bxc8 Qxc8 9.Kg2 f5 10.e4 Nf6 11.f3 fxe4 12.fxe4 Bd8 13.h3
Ba5 14.Qd3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nbd7 16.Nf3 Qe8 17.Bd2 Nb6 18.Rhb1 Qa4
19.Bg5 Qxc4 20.Qxc4 Nxc4 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Rxb7 Ne3+ 23.Kf2 Raf8
24.Kxe3 Rxf3+ 25.Ke2 c4 26.Rab1 Rxg3 27.Rxa7 Rxh3 28.Rbb7 Rg3
29.Rd7 h5 30.Rxd6 h4 31.Re6 Rb8 32.Rxe5 Rb2+ 33.Kf1 Rxc3
34.Ra8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "A.Kotov memorial"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jan Votava"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Qa5+ 6.c3 b4 7.Qc2
bxc3 8.Nxc3 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 10.bxc3 Ba6 11.e4 d6 12.Kd2 e5
13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.Rab1 c4 15.Kc2 Nc5 16.Nd2 Be7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7
18.Rb4 g6 19.Rxc4 f5 20.Rb1 Rac8 21.f3 h5 22.Rbb4 a5 23.Rb1 a4
24.Re1 f4 25.Rb4 g5 26.Nc4 g4 27.Nb2 Rhg8 28.Re2 gxf3 29.gxf3
Rg1 30.Nxa4 Ra8 31.Nxc5 Rxa2+ 32.Kd3 Rd1+ 33.Kc4 Rxe2 34.Rb7+
Ke8 35.Rb8+ Kf7 36.Rb7+ Ke8 37.Rb8+ Kf7 38.Rb7+ Kg6 39.Rb6 Re3
40.Rxd6+ Kg5 41.Re6 Rxf3 42.d6 Re3 43.Rxe5+ Kg4 44.d7 f3
45.h3+ Kg3 46.Rd5 Rxd5 47.Kxd5 Re1 48.Ne6 f2 49.d8=Q Rd1+
50.Nd4 f1=Q 51.Qg5+ Kh2 52.h4 Qb5+ 53.Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "A.Kotov memorial"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "J Parker"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4
7.Qd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Na6 11.Nb5 Nc5 12.Qd4
d6 13.Rd1 e5 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Ba3 Be6 16.Bb4 Qb6 17.Qe3 Rac8
18.Bd5 Rfd8 19.Rab1 Qa6 20.Rb2 h6 21.Rbd2 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Qxa2
23.Nxd6 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Bxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxc4 26.Qxe5 Ne6 27.Rd7 Qc6
28.Rd6 Qe8 29.h4 b6 30.c4 Nf8 31.Qd4 f6 32.e3 Ng6 33.f4 Nf8
34.Bc3 Qf7 35.Rd5 Qg6 36.Kh2 Qc2+ 37.Kh3 Ne6 38.Qd2 Qe4 39.f5
Rxc4 40.Rd6 Qe5 41.Kh2 Nc5 42.Rd8+ Kh7 43.Rd4 Ne4 44.Qc2 Rxc3
45.Qxe4 Qxe4 46.Rxe4 a5 0-1

[Event "A.Kotov memorial"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Igor Miladinovic"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Bd7 12.Nf3 b5 13.e5
Ne8 14.Rad1 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Ng5 d5 17.Qh3 h6 18.Nxe6 Qc8
19.f5 Bxe6 20.fxe6 d4 21.Bxh6 dxc3 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rf5 Nh7
24.Rh5 Ng5 25.Qxc3+ Kg6 26.Rd7 Rf5 27.g4 Nd4 28.Qxd4 1-0

[Event "A.Kotov memorial"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Konstantin Sakaev"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6 9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nh3 c5 12.cxd5 Nxd5
13.Bxd8 Nxc3 14.Be7 Rfe8 15.Bd6 Nd5 16.Kd2 cxd4 17.exd4 Red8
18.Bc4 Nb8 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxb8 Raxb8 21.Ke3 Rd7 22.Rac1 Rbd8
23.Nf2 f6 24.Rc3 Bb7 25.Rc4 Re8 26.Nd3 e5 27.dxe5 Ba6 28.Rc3
Bxd3 29.Rxd3 Rxe5+ 30.Kd2 Rde7 31.Kc3 Re2 32.Rd2 Rc7+ 33.Kd3
Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "A.Kotov memorial"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Eran Liss"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nb3 a5 7.a4
Be7 8.Bb5 Ncb8 9.h4 f6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.f4 h6
13.Qh5+ Kf8 14.Bd3 b6 15.Bg6 Nc6 16.c3 e5 17.O-O exd4 18.Nh7+
Rxh7 19.Bxh7 Qd6 20.Re1 Ba6 21.Bf5 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Qxc5 23.Bd7 Ne7
24.Be6 g6 25.Qxh6+ Bg7 26.Qh7 dxc3 27.Be3 d4 28.f5 Nxf5
29.Qg8+ Ke7 30.Qf7+ Kd6 31.Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1990.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Tibor Fogarasi"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 gxf6 12.Rc1
Qa5 13.h4 Ke7 14.Rh3 Nc6 15.Nxc6+ bxc6 16.Rd3 Rb8 17.Kg1 Rb4
18.Qd2 Ra4 19.Qe3 Rd8 20.Bb3 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 Qa6 22.Qe3 Ra5
23.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.06.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zsofia Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e5 f6 5.exf6 Nxf6 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Bxd6
cxd6 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bg2 d4 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Ne2 Bf5
13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.O-O Nb4 15.Rc1 Rad8 16.Qd2 Nc6 17.f3 Bg6
18.Rcd1 Qe6 19.Nc1 Ne7 20.c3 Nf5 21.cxd4 exd4 22.Bh3 Qd5
23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Ne2 Rxf3 25.Rxf3 Qxf3 26.Nxd4 Qe4 27.Qc3 Bf7
28.Rd3 Bd5 29.Nf3 Rf8 30.Qd4 Bc6 31.Re3 Qb1+ 32.Ne1 Qf5
33.Qc4+ Kh8 34.Qf4 Qxf4 35.gxf4 Rxf4 36.Nd3 Rg4+ 37.Kf1 g6
38.Ne5 Rf4+ 39.Kg1 Be4 40.Rc3 Kg7 41.h3 Kf6 42.Ng4+ Kg5 43.Nf2
Bc6 44.a3 h5 45.Re3 Kh4 46.Nd3 Rf5 47.Ne5 Rg5+ 48.Kf1 Rg3
49.Re1 Kxh3 50.Nxc6 bxc6 51.Re6 g5 52.Rxc6 g4 53.a4 h4 54.b4
Rb3 55.b5 g3 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.06.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Samy Desbonnes"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Qc8 11.Bf3 a5 12.Nd5 Bxd5
13.exd5 Nb4 14.c3 Na6 15.a4 Nc5 16.Re1 Re8 17.Kh1 h6 18.Bh4
Kh7 19.Nd4 Na6 20.Qb3 Nc5 21.Qc2 e5 22.dxe6 Nxe6 23.Nb5 Nxf4
24.Nxd6 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qd7 26.Rd1 Qe6 27.Nxb7 N4d5 28.Qd2 Ne3
29.Re1 Nc4 30.Qf4 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.06.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dan Zoler"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.g3 e5 5.e3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Nge2
O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.b3 c6 10.Qc2 Qa5 11.Bb2 Nf8 12.a3 h5 13.b4 Qc7
14.Rfe1 N8h7 15.Rad1 Ng5 16.f3 Nh3+ 17.Kf1 h4 18.dxe5 dxe5
19.Ng1 Nxg1 20.Kxg1 Bf5 21.e4 Be6 22.c5 Nh5 23.Qf2 hxg3
24.hxg3 Bb3 25.Rd3 Rad8 26.Nb5 cxb5 27.Rxb3 Bh6 28.Bc3 Qd7
29.Bf1 a6 30.Rbb1 Bd2 31.Red1 Bxc3 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.Qc2 Bd4+
34.Kg2 Be3 35.Rd1 Red8 36.Rxd7 Rxd7 37.Qc3 Bd4 38.c6 Rd8
39.Qc2 bxc6 40.Qxc6 Be3 41.Qc3 Bd4 42.Qc7 Re8 43.Bd3 Ra8
44.Bb1 Ra7 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.f4 Nf6 47.Kf3 Nd7 48.Ba2 Bb2 49.Qe7
1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.06.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Andrew Paduch"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f4 c5
8.d5 Qa5 9.Qd2 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Nf3 Nb4 12.O-O Nc6 13.e5
dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nd4 15.Rad1 a6 16.Bd3 Nd7 17.Be7 Re8 18.Bd6 Nf6
19.Ne4 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Bf8 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.b4 Nf5
24.bxc5 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.06.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Horia Nutiu"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
a6 8.f4 Nc6 9.Kh1 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Ne8 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Qe1
c5 14.f5 exf5 15.Nd5 Qb7 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Ne3 g6 18.Nc4 Be7
19.Bh6 Ng7 20.Qc3 f6 21.Rae1 Ra7 22.Re2 Qc7 23.Bf4 Qd8 24.Na5
Qd7 25.Bc4+ Kh8 26.Rd2 Qa4 27.b3 Qe8 28.Re1 g5 29.Bb8 Rd7
30.Rde2 f4 31.Nc6 Bb7 32.Nxe7 Qxb8 33.Ng6+ hxg6 34.Qh3+ Nh5
35.Qxd7 f3 36.Re8 f2 37.Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Christian Gabriel"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bb4 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.h3 e5 11.Bb3 Bc7 12.Bd2 exd4
13.exd4 Nb6 14.Rfe1 Qd6 15.Rac1 Nfd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Re5 Ne7
18.Ng5 Ng6 19.Rce1 Bd7 20.h4 Qxd4 21.h5 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Philipp Schlosser"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.Bxd4 Nb4 12.Rc1 c5
13.Be3 Nd7 14.Be2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Be5 16.Be2 Nc6 17.Rc2 Nf6
18.Bf1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Thomas Paehtz Sr"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 c4 6.b3 cxb3
7.axb3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O Nge7 10.Ra4 a5 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.c3 Bd6
13.Re1 O-O 14.Nf1 Qb8 15.Ne3 b5 16.Ra2 Be4 17.g3 f5 18.Ng5 f4
19.Ng2 fxg3 20.fxg3 Bf5 21.Bf3 Rf6 22.Bg4 Bxg3 23.hxg3 Qxg3
24.Bxf5 Rxf5 25.Bc1 Raf8 26.Qd2 h6 27.Ne6 R8f6 28.Qe2 Ng6
29.Qxb5 Nh4 30.Re3 Nf3+ 31.Rxf3 Qxf3 32.Ngf4 Rxe6 33.Nxe6 Qg3+
0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Heinz Wirthensohn"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d4 c6
8.Nbd2 Qe8 9.c4 Na6 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.a3 b5 12.b4 Nc7 13.Rac1 bxc4
14.Nxc4 Bh6 15.e3 Ncd5 16.Nfd2 Bd7 17.Rce1 g5 18.e4 fxe4
19.Nxe4 Qg6 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Qxg6+ hxg6 22.Na5 Kf8 23.Bc1 Rf7
24.Bd2 Bg7 25.Rc1 Rb6 26.Nxc6 Bxc6 27.Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Thomas Luther"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nh3 h6 9.Bh4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e3 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4
13.Qc2 Qa5+ 14.Ke2 f5 15.f3 Nxg3+ 16.hxg3 Nc6 17.Nf2 Ne5
18.Nd3 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Smejkal"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d4
Qe8 8.c4 Na6 9.Nbd2 c6 10.Qc2 h6 11.a3 g5 12.e3 Qh5 13.Rfe1
Rf7 14.Nf1 Bd7 15.Re2 Raf8 16.Rae1 Ne4 17.N3d2 Nxd2 18.Nxd2 e5
19.dxe5 dxe5 20.b4 b6 21.Nf3 Re8 22.Rd2 Nb8 23.Red1 e4 24.Ne1
Bxb2 25.Qxb2 Be6 26.Rd8 Rff8 27.Rxe8 Qxe8 28.Rd6 Qf7 29.c5
bxc5 30.bxc5 Nd7 31.Bf1 Bd5 32.Rxh6 Qg7 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Rd6
Nxc5 35.Nc2 Rf7 36.Rd8 Ne6 37.Rc8 c5 38.Bb5 Rb7 39.a4 a6
40.Bxa6 Rb1+ 41.Kg2 Bb3 42.Na3 Ra1 43.Nc4 Bd1 44.Nd2 g4 45.h4
gxh3 46.Kxh3 Bg4+ 47.Kg2 Rd1 48.Nf1 Ng5 49.Rxc5 Rd6 50.Rc7+
Kf8 51.Bb5 Rh6 52.Nh2 Nf3 53.Nxg4 fxg4 54.Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Dusan Rajkovic"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Rf2
Bb7 14.a3 g6 15.f5 e5 16.Be3 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5
19.f6 Bd6 20.Rd1 Be6 21.Bg4 Rfe8 22.Rfd2 Bc5 23.h3 Rab8 24.b4
Bf8 25.Qh4 e4 26.Kh1 Qc3 27.Bd4 Qxa3 28.Bc5 Bxc5 29.bxc5 Qxc5
30.Rd6 Qe5 31.Bxe6 Rxe6 32.Rd8+ Re8 33.R8d5 Qc3 34.Rd6 h5
35.Qf4 Kh7 36.Rd7 Rf8 37.Rc7 Qb2 38.Rdd7 Qa2 39.c4 Kg8 40.Qg5
Rfd8 41.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joerg Hickl"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne8
8.Nge2 Bd7 9.O-O Nc7 10.a4 Nba6 11.h3 Nb4 12.Kh2 Rb8 13.f4 Bf6
14.Ng1 a6 15.a5 b5 16.axb6 Na8 17.Nf3 Nxb6 18.Qe2 Qe8 19.f5
Bd8 20.g4 f6 21.h4 a5 22.Rg1 a4 23.Bf1 Bc8 24.Qd1 Ra8 25.Be3
Kh8 26.Be2 g6 27.Nb5 Qd7 28.Qd2 Ba6 29.Na3 Be7 30.Rg3 gxf5
31.gxf5 Rg8 32.Rag1 Rxg3 33.Rxg3 Rg8 34.Rxg8+ Kxg8 35.Ng1 Bf8
36.Nh3 Qg7 37.Nf2 Kf7 38.Nd1 Ke8 39.Nc3 Kd8 40.Qd1 Qd7 41.h5
Kc8 42.h6 Kb7 43.Kh3 Kc8 44.Kh4 Kd8 45.Qg1 Qf7 46.Bd2 Kc8
47.Qg2 Kb7 48.Ncb5 Bxb5 49.cxb5 Ka7 50.Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Markus Stangl"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.d4 Nbd7 4.Bg2 e5 5.c4 c6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3
e4 8.Nh4 Nb6 9.b3 O-O 10.Qc2 Re8 11.f3 exf3 12.exf3 g6 13.Bg5
d5 14.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Stefan Mohr"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 b6
13.f4 Bg7 14.c4 e5 15.O-O exf4 16.Bb2 g5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.a4
Qd6 19.a5 f6 20.Rb3 Rb8 21.Rfb1 Re8 22.Bd3 Re7 23.axb6 axb6
24.Qb2 Reb7 25.h3 Bd7 26.Qf2 Qe5 27.Kh1 Ba4 28.R3b2 Be8 29.Rb3
Bg6 30.Qe2 Qd4 31.Bc2 Be8 32.Bd3 Bd7 33.Qh5 Be8 34.Qe2 Bd7
35.Qh5 Qe5 36.Bc2 Ba4 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig FRG"]
[Date "1990.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Chernin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 b6 4.Qb3 c5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.a3 Ba5 7.dxc5
bxc5 8.g3 Nc6 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Rb8 11.Qc2 d6 12.e3 Ne8 13.Nb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Nfd7 7.Nc3
e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Re1 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Hebden"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qc7 9. Nc4 Bd7 10. d3 Bc6 11. Bf4 Qd8
12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qh5 Nd7 15. Na5 N7f6 16. Qe2 Bd7
17. c4 Nb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Nb3 Rad8 20. d4 b5 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6
22. c5 a5 23. c6 Bxc6 24. Rfc1 Rd6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Qxb5 Rc2
27. Qd3 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qb6 29. Rc5 a4 30. Na5 Rd8 31. Qb5 Qxb5
32. Rxb5 Rxd4 33. Rb8+ Rd8 34. Rxb4 h5 35. Nc4 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 a3
37. Nxa3 Ra1 38. Nc4 Rxa2 39. f4 Ra1 40. h4 Rc1 41. Kf3 Kh7
42. Nd6 Kg6 43. Rb7 Rf1+ 44. Kg2 Rd1 45. Nxf7 Rd2+ 46. Kf3
Rxb2 47. Rxb2 Bxb2 48. Nd6 Bd4 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Ba1
51. Ne4 Bb2 52. Nd6 Ba1 53. h5+ Kf6 54. Ne4+ Kf7 55. Kf3 Bb2
56. Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O a6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qc7 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 Nc6 11. Qb6 Qh5
12. h3 Ne4 13. Qe3 f5 14. Nd2 d5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Rb1 b5
17. g4 Qf7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Bb2 Bd6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bb7
22. Rbd1 Rbd8 23. Qxe4 Nb4 24. Nf6+ Qxf6 25. Bxf6 Bxe4
26. Bxd8 Bxg2 27. Rxd6 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Nxa2 29. Ba5 Nc1 30. b4
Ra8 31. h4 Re8 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Nb3 34. e3 Nd2+ 35. Ke2
Nc4 36. Bc7 Kf7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Kd4 g6 39. Bg3 h5 40. gxh5
gxh5 41. e4 a5 42. bxa5 Nxa5 43. f4 Nb3+ 1-0

[Event "It Las Palmas (ESP)"]
[Site "op"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d3 Nc6 5.f4 e6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 Nge7
8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 b6 10.d4 Ba6 11.Rf2 Na5 12.Bf1 Bxf1 13.Qxf1
Qc7 14.Rd1 a6 15.g4 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Nc4 17.Bc1 e5 18.Nde2 exf4
19.Nxf4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Ne5 21.Qh3 Rac8 22.Qh4 Qd7 23.h3 f6
24.Qg3 Rc4 25.Nd3 Rxe4 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Bh6 Rf7 28.Qf3 Nc6
29.Qd3 d5 30.c4 Re8 31.cxd5 Ne5 32.Qd4 Rc8 33.d6 Rc4 34.Qd5
Rc5 35.Qa8+ Rc8 36.Qd5 Rc5 37.Qa8+ Rc8 38.Qe4 Re8 39.Qd5 Qe6
40.Qxe6 Rxe6 41.Be3 Rb7 42.Rd5 Nd7 43.Rf3 Rb8 44.Bf2 Rc8
45.Rd2 Rc6 46.Bg3 Kf7 47.g5 f5 48.Rf4 Rc3 49.Rh4 Kg8 50.Kg2
Re8 51.Rf4 Rec8 52.Rff2 Re3 53.Rfe2 Rce8 54.Rxe3 Rxe3 55.Bf2
Re4 56.Bxb6 Nxb6 57.d7 Nxd7 58.Rxd7 Re2+ 59.Kf3 Rxc2 60.Rd8+
Kf7 61.Rd7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BLG-ch"]
[Site "BLG-ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Pantev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qc2 c6 10.b3 e4 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.a4 Re8 13.Ba3
Nc5 14.b4 h6 15.Nh3 Na6 16.c5 Bf5 17.e3 g5 18.Kh1 Nc7 19.Rac1
Nfd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Ng1 h5 22.Qb3 h4 23.Rfe1 hxg3 24.fxg3 Kh7
25.Bb2 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 Qe5 27.Qe2 Kg7 28.Rc4 Rh8 29.Qf2 Nf6 30.h4
Ng4 0-1

[Event "BLG-ch"]
[Site "BLG-ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Atanas Kurtenkov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.a3
Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Qd6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be2
Bg4 13.O-O a5 14.Rac1 Ne7 15.Rc3 c6 16.Rfc1 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 f5
18.Rc5 b6 19.R5c3 Kh8 20.Qc2 Rf6 21.Be2 a4 22.Bd3 b5 23.f4 g6
24.h3 Re6 25.Qf2 Qd8 26.Qf3 Qf8 27.R3c2 Re8 28.Bf1 Qf6 29.Rc3
Rb8 30.R1c2 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BLG-ch"]
[Site "BLG-ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jordan N Grigorov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g3 Bg4 7.f3
Bd7 8.Be3 a6 9.g4 e6 10.g5 Nh5 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 h6 13.h4 Ng3
14.Rg1 Nxf1 15.Rxf1 hxg5 16.hxg5 Qa5 17.O-O-O Rh4 18.Rh1 Rxh1
19.Rxh1 O-O-O 20.a4 Qc7 21.Rh8 Qc5 22.Rh7 Re8 23.e5 Bc6
24.exd6 Qxd4 25.Bxd4 Bxd6 26.Be5 Bxe5 27.fxe5 Rg8 28.b4 Kd8
29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 Bd7 31.Kb2 Ke7 32.Kb3 Rc8 33.Kb4 b6 34.Rxg7
Rc5 35.g6 Be8 36.gxf7 Bxf7 37.Na4 Rxc2 38.Nxb6 Ke8 39.Nc4 Bh5
40.b6 Be2 1-0

[Event "BLG-ch"]
[Site "BLG-ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Petko Atanasov"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BLG-ch"]
[Site "BLG-ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander Delchev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2
e5 8.Rd1 exd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.e4 Re8 11.h3 Nc5 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.Rb1
Qc8 14.b4 Ne6 15.Nde2 h6 16.f4 c5 17.Be3 Nd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4
19.Bxd4 Qxc4 20.Qb2 Bc6 21.Rbc1 Qe6 22.a4 Kh7 23.b5 axb5
24.axb5 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Nxe4 26.Bxg7 Nxc3 27.Qxc3 Ra2 28.Ra1 Re2
29.Bd4 Qxh3 30.Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BLG-ch"]
[Site "BLG-ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Chatalbashev"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Rxb1 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Nd7
7.a3 Ngf6 8.e3 e6 9.Qc2 Bd6 10.Bd3 Qh5 11.O-O g5 12.Ne5 Nxe5
13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 gxf4 15.exf4 Ng4 16.h3 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 Qh4
18.Be2 Nf2+ 19.Kh2 Rg8 20.Qb3 O-O-O 21.Qf3 e5 22.Be3 Ng4+
23.Qxg4+ Rxg4 24.Bxg4+ Kb8 25.Rbe1 e4 26.Bxd4 Rxd4 27.Re2 Qf6
28.g3 Qg6 29.f5 Qd6 30.Rf4 Qe5 31.Kg2 c5 32.Bh5 f6 33.Bf7 e3
34.Kf3 Rd1 35.Rxe3 Rf1+ 36.Ke2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "BLG-ch"]
[Site "BLG-ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marijan Petrov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 c4 7.Be2 Na5
8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.O-O O-O-O 10.Rb1 f6 11.Re1 Ne7 12.g3 h6 13.Qc2 f5
14.h4 Rg8 15.Bd1 g5 16.hxg5 hxg5 17.Nf1 f4 18.Qh7 Rg7 19.Qh5
Be8 20.Qg4 Bg6 21.Qxe6+ Kb8 22.Ra1 Bf5 23.Qh6 Rg6 24.Qh5 Bg7
25.Nxg5 Rh8 26.Qf3 Rxg5 27.Bxf4 Bg4 28.Qg2 Bh3 29.Qf3 Rf5
30.Ne3 Qb6 31.Nxf5 Bxf5 32.Qe2 Qg6 33.Qf1 Bh3 34.Qe2 Qh7 35.f3
Bf1 36.Rxf1 Qh1+ 37.Kf2 Rh2+ 38.Ke1 Rxe2+ 39.Bxe2 Qh7 40.Rf2
Ng6 41.Be3 Nb3 42.Rd1 Qh3 43.g4 Kc7 44.Rb1 Bh6 45.g5 Bxg5
46.Bxg5 Qf5 47.Rd1 Qxg5 48.Bf1 Nf4 49.Rh2 Qg3+ 50.Rf2 Qg1 0-1

[Event "BLG-ch"]
[Site "BLG-ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Petar Genov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bg2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6
13.e4 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Rfe1 Qf5 17.Rad1 Bc6
18.Qd4 Na6 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Qxd5 21.Rxd5 Rad8 22.Re7 Nb4
23.Rdd7 Nxa2 24.Rxf7 Rxd7 25.Rxd7 Nb4 26.Rxa7 Nd3 27.Bd5+ Kh8
28.b3 Nxf2 29.Rb7 Ng4 30.Rxb6 Ne5 31.Bc4 Nxc4 32.bxc4 Rf3
33.Re6 Rc3 34.Re4 Rc2 35.h4 g6 36.Kf1 Kg7 37.Ke1 Kf6 38.Kd1
Rg2 39.Re3 Ra2 40.c5 Ra6 41.Rb3 Ra5 42.Rc3 Ke7 43.Ke2 Ra4
44.Kf3 h5 45.Re3+ Kf6 46.Rc3 Ke7 47.Rd3 Rc4 48.Rd5 Rc3+ 49.Kf2
Rc2+ 50.Ke1 Ke6 51.Rg5 Kf6 52.Kd1 Ra2 53.c6 Ra8 54.Kd2 Rc8
55.Rc5 Ke7 56.Ke3 Kd6 57.Rc3 Kc7 58.Kf4 Re8 59.Re3 Rd8 60.Kg5
Rd6 61.Rc3 Re6 62.Kh6 Rf6 63.Rc5 1-0

[Event "BLG-ch"]
[Site "BLG-ch"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Janev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O Qc7 9.Be3 O-O 10.g4 Nc6 11.g5 Nd7 12.f4 Re8 13.Qe2
Bf8 14.Rad1 Rb8 15.a4 Nb4 16.Rf3 g6 17.Qf2 Bg7 18.f5 Ne5
19.Rh3 Qd8 20.f6 Bf8 21.Qh4 h6 22.gxh6 Kh7 23.Bf4 Qb6 24.Kh1
Nbc6 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.b3 Qc5 27.Nce2 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Ng1 Rb7
30.Rg3 d5 31.Nh3 dxe4 32.Ng5+ Kh8 33.Nxe4 Qc7 34.Qg5 Rd8 35.h4
b4 36.h5 Rd5 37.c4 bxc3 38.Nxc3 Ra5 39.Ne4 Rb4 40.Rc1 Qd8
41.Nc6 Nxc6 42.hxg6 Rxg5 43.g7 Bxg7 44.fxg7 Rxg7 45.hxg7 Kg8
46.Kg1 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesus Maria Iruzubieta Villaluenga"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Bd2 b6 6.Bb5 c6 7.Ba4 a5
8.a3 Bf8 9.Nce2 Ba6 10.c3 Bb5 11.Bc2 a4 12.Nf3 c5 13.O-O Nc6
14.Re1 Na5 15.Nf4 O-O-O 16.Be3 Nc4 17.Nd2 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 g6
19.Qf3 Kb8 20.Ree1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Ne7 22.Nb1 Bc4 23.Nc3 b5
24.Qd1 Nc6 25.b3 axb3 26.Bxb3 Na5 27.Bc2 Ka8 28.Nd3 Rc8 29.Qd2
Qc7 30.Reb1 Bh6 31.Qxh6 Bxd3 32.Bxd3 Qxc3 33.Bxb5 Qxd4 34.Qg5
Rc2 35.Rf1 Rb8 36.Rab1 Ka7 37.Qf6 Rb7 38.a4 Qc5 39.Rbd1 Nb3
40.Qf4 Rc7 41.g3 Nc1 42.Rd2 Rxd2 43.Qxd2 Nb3 44.Qf4 Qd4 45.Qf6
Nd2 46.Rd1 Qxe5 47.Qd8 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Zenon Franco Ocampos"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bf4
Qe7 14.Rfe1 Rae8 15.Bf1 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Alvarez Ibarra"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.Bg5 a6 7.Nbd2
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.a4 Nbd7 10.e3 c5 11.Ne1 Qb6 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Bxf6
Nxf6 14.Nef3 d5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Qc2 c4 17.b3 Bd6 18.bxc4 bxc4
19.Rfb1 Qc6 20.Kg2 h6 21.Ng1 g6 22.Ne2 e5 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Rb2
e4 25.Ra2 Rb8 26.Rb2 Rd8 27.Qb1 h5 28.Rb7 Qc8 29.Ng1 h4 30.Nh3
Ne8 31.Qb5 hxg3 32.hxg3 Bxg3 33.fxg3 Nd6 34.Qxd5 Qxb7 35.Qxb7
Nxb7 36.Nxe4 f5 37.Neg5 Nd6 38.Nf4 Ra8 39.Kf3 Ra3 40.Nxg6 Rxc3
41.Kf4 Rc1 42.e4 c3 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Juan Mario Gomez Esteban"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3
Qe8 8.d5 Bd7 9.Ng5 Na6 10.e4 fxe4 11.Ngxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 c5
13.Rb1 b5 14.b3 h6 15.Bb2 Qf7 16.Bxg7 Qxg7 17.Qd2 Rab8 18.a3
Nc7 19.Qa5 Rfc8 20.h4 Bf5 21.b4 Qd4 22.Rfd1 Qe5 23.f4 Qg7
24.bxc5 dxc5 25.cxb5 c4 26.a4 Ne8 27.Rbc1 Nd6 28.Nxd6 exd6
29.Qc3 a6 30.bxa6 Qa7+ 31.Kh2 Qxa6 32.Re1 Rb3 33.Qf6 Rf8
34.Qd4 Rd3 35.Qxc4 Qa7 36.Re2 Rf7 37.Re8+ Kh7 38.Rce1 Qf2
39.R8e7 Kg8 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.R8e3 Kh7 42.Rxd3 Qxe1 43.Qc3 Qe8
44.Rd4 Re7 45.Rc4 Bd7 46.Rc7 Bxa4 47.Rc8 Re3 48.Qc4 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Felix Izeta Txabarri"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O e5 6.Qa4 Bd6 7.Ng5
Be7 8.Nc3 d4 9.Nd5 Bd7 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.d3 O-O 12.e3 a6 13.Qd1
Rad8 14.e4 h6 15.Nf3 Ne8 16.Nh4 Nd6 17.Qh5 g5 18.Nf5 Nxf5
19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Qxh6 Rd6 21.Qh5 Bxd3 22.Bxg5 Qe6 23.Rfe1 Qg6
24.Qxg6+ Rxg6 25.Bd2 Re8 26.Bd5 e4 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.Rad1 f5 29.f3
Bc2 30.Rc1 Bd3 31.Rcd1 Bc2 32.Rc1 Bd3 33.Rcd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Hoffman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c4 cxd4 6.exd4 d6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Ng5 Bb7 10.d5 e5 11.f4 Nbd7 12.fxe5 dxe5
13.Kh1 h6 14.Nh3 Nc5 15.Bc2 Bc8 16.b4 Na6 17.a3 Ng4 18.Nb5 Bd6
19.Bf5 h5 20.Bxc8 Rxc8 21.Qd3 Qd7 22.Ng5 f5 23.Bb2 e4 24.Qh3
g6 25.Nxd6 Qxd6 26.Ne6 Rxc4 27.Nxf8 Kxf8 28.Rac1 b5 29.Qh4 Nc7
30.g3 e3 31.Rxc4 bxc4 32.h3 Qxd5+ 33.Kg1 e2 34.Re1 Qd2 35.Kg2
Qxe1 36.Qd8+ Ne8 37.Bg7+ Kxg7 38.Qe7+ Kh6 39.Qf8+ 0-1

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Carlos Cruz-Lopez"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 e4 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.cxd5
Qxb3 8.axb3 cxd5 9.Nb5 Na6 10.f3 Be7 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Nec3 exf3
13.gxf3 Bf5 14.Na2 Nh5 15.Rc1 Rfc8 16.Rc3 Bc2 17.Nc1 Bh4+
18.Ke2 Rc6 19.Na3 Bg6 20.Rxc6 bxc6 21.Kd1 Nc7 22.Nc2 Ne6 23.b4
Nf6 24.Nd3 Nd7 25.Be2 Bd8 26.Nc5 Nf6 27.Nb7 Bc7 28.Bc3 Re8
29.Na5 Nf4 30.exf4 Bxa5 31.bxa5 Bxc2+ 32.Kd2 Bf5 33.Ba6 Nh5
34.Bb7 Bd7 35.f5 Nf4 36.Re1 Rxe1 37.Kxe1 Bxf5 38.Bxc6 Bd3
39.Bd2 Ne6 40.Bxd5 Nxd4 41.Be3 Nc2+ 42.Kd2 Nxe3 43.Kxe3 Bf1
44.Kd4 Kf8 45.Kc5 Ke7 46.Kc6 f5 47.b4 g5 48.b5 Kf6 49.a6 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carlos Garcia Palermo"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 h6 11.Nh4 Nf6 12.Be3 Nh7 13.Qd2 g5
14.Ng2 f5 15.f4 exf4 16.gxf4 Ng6 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.fxg5 Nxg5
19.Rac1 Ne5 20.Kh1 Qe7 21.c5 Bh3 22.Bxg5 hxg5 23.Qe3 Bf5
24.Nb5 a6 25.cxd6 cxd6 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.Rc7 Ng4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Elizbar Ubilava"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "II"]
[Site "II"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miodrag Todorcevic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Bg5
Qc7 8.a4 Nbd7 9.Qd2 e5 10.Rfe1 a5 11.Rad1 Re8 12.d5 cxd5
13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 h6 15.Be3 Nf6 16.Qc4 Qe7 17.Nd2 Bd7
18.Qb3 Bc6 19.Bf3 Qd7 20.Nc4 Bxa4 21.Qa2 Bxc2 22.Rxd6 Qb5
23.Rb6 Qa4 24.Qxa4 Bxa4 25.Rxb7 Ra6 26.Bd2 Nd7 27.Nxa5 Nc5
28.Rc7 Bf8 29.Be2 Rf6 30.Be3 Ne6 31.Rc4 Bb5 32.Rcc1 Bxe2
33.Rxe2 Nd4 34.Bxd4 exd4 35.Rd1 Bc5 36.Nb3 Bb6 37.Rd3 Rfe6
38.f3 f5 39.Nd2 Rc6 40.Kf2 Rc2 41.e5 Rec8 42.Nb3 R2c4 43.f4
Kf7 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.g4 Rb4 46.gxf5+ gxf5 47.Rg2 Kd5 48.Na1 Rbc4
49.Rb3 R8c6 50.Nc2 Rxc2 51.Rxc2 Rxc2 52.Rxb6 Rxh2 53.Rd6+ Kc4
54.e6 Rxb2 55.Ra6 Rb3+ 56.Ke2 Re3+ 57.Kd2 Kd5 58.e7 Rxe7
59.Rxh6 Ke4 1-0

[Event "Junior DM"]
[Site "Junior DM"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Christian Jepson"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.Bd2
Nxd2 8.Qxd2 f6 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bb5 Ne7 12.Ne5 c5
13.f4 a6 14.Bd7 Rd8 15.Bxc8 Raxc8 16.a3 Ba5 17.b4 cxd4 18.Na4
Bc7 19.Nc5 Nf5 20.Rae1 b6 21.Nb3 Bxe5 22.fxe5 Qg6 23.Rf4 Rc4
24.g4 Rdc8 25.Rc1 h5 26.h3 Rc3 27.Nxd4 Nxd4 28.Qxd4 Rxh3 29.c4
Rg3+ 30.Kh1 hxg4 0-1

[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 "Junior DM"]
[Site "Junior DM"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Aleksander Delchev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2
e5 8.Rd1 Re8 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e4 c6 11.h3 Qc7 12.c5 Bf8 13.Be3
b6 14.b4 bxc5 15.bxc5 Qa5 16.Rc1 Ba6 17.Nbd2 Rab8 18.Nb3 Qc7
19.Nfd2 Rb4 20.Bf1 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Reb8 22.Kg2 Ne8 23.Nc4 R4b5
24.Rab1 Ng7 25.Nb2 Ne6 26.Nd3 Be7 27.Rf1 Qd8 28.Rfd1 Qf8 29.a4
R5b7 30.Na5 Rxb1 31.Rxb1 Rxb1 32.Qxb1 Bxc5 33.Nxc5 Nexc5
34.Qb4 Ne6 35.Qb7 Ndc5 36.Qxc6 Nd3 37.Nb3 Qb4 38.Bh6 Qb8
39.Nd2 Nd4 40.Qa6 Nc5 41.Qf6 Nde6 42.Nf3 Nxe4 43.Qe7 N4c5
44.Nxe5 Qb7+ 45.Qxb7 Nxb7 46.Nc6 f5 47.Kf3 a5 48.Be3 Kf7 49.g4
Kf6 50.Bb6 Nbc5 51.Bxa5 Nxa4 52.Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Junior DM"]
[Site "Junior DM"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Daniel Fridman"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2
O-O 8.O-O-O Re8 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 e5 12.Bg5 Nf6
13.Qh4 e4 14.Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Junior DM"]
[Site "Junior DM"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Zjukin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.exf6
Qxf6 8.Nf1 Bd6 9.Ne3 O-O 10.O-O Qg6 11.c4 Nf6 12.g3 b6 13.cxd5
Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Bh3 17.Re1 Qf7 18.f4
Nxe5 19.Bb5 Ng6 20.g4 Rae8 21.Bd2 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Qf6 23.f5 Ne5
24.Qg3 Nxg4 25.Bc3 Qg5 26.Re1 c5 27.f6 Qh5 28.fxg7 Rc8 29.Re7
Nh6 0-1

[Event "Junior DM"]
[Site "Junior DM"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Stan van Gisbergen"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 Bd6 10.Nc3 Qe7 11.Rd1 c5 12.Nd5 Qe6
13.Ne3 b5 14.d3 Bb7 15.g3 a5 16.Ng5 Qg6 17.h4 a4 18.f4 exf4
19.gxf4 h6 20.f5 Qh5 21.Nh3 axb3 22.axb3 Ra2 23.Rb1 c4 24.Nf4
Bxf4 25.Rxf4 cxd3 26.cxd3 Kh7 27.Qg3 f6 28.Rg4 Rf7 29.Kh1 Rxb2
30.Rg1 Kg8 31.Qxc7 Re2 32.Qd8+ Nf8 33.Qxf6 Qxg4 34.Nxg4 Rxf6
35.Nxf6+ Kf7 36.Nh5 Bc6 37.Rxg7+ Ke8 38.f6 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Junior DM"]
[Site "Junior DM"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Allan Holst"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.g3 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O
exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Bxb4 axb4 10.Qxd4 Nf6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Rfe1
Qe7 13.Nf1 c5 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Ne3 Ra6 16.a4 bxa3 17.Rxa3 Rb6
18.Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Junior DM"]
[Site "Junior DM"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Mikkel Antonsen"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.c3
b6 8.Nf1 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Ng3 Qc7 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 cxd4
13.cxd4 Qc4 14.a3 Rc8 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qf3 O-O 17.Ne2 h6 18.Nh3
Qc2 19.b3 Nab8 20.Qe3 Kg7 21.O-O Nc6 22.Rfc1 Qe4 23.Qxe4 dxe4
24.Nhf4 Na5 25.Rab1 Rfd8 26.Nc3 g5 27.Nh5+ Kg6 28.g4 Nb8
29.Nb5 Rxc1+ 30.Rxc1 Nxb3 31.Rc4 Nd2 32.Rc7 Nf3+ 33.Kg2 Nxd4
34.Nxd4 Rxd4 35.Rc8 Nd7 36.Rg8+ Kh7 37.Rd8 e3 38.fxe3 Rxg4+
39.Kf1 Kg6 40.Rxd7 Kxh5 41.Rxf7 Ra4 42.Rf6 Rxa3 43.Ke2 Ra2+
44.Kd3 Rxh2 45.Rxe6 Rf2 46.Re8 Rf7 47.Rg8 a5 48.Ke4 Ra7 49.e6
a4 50.Rd8 Kg6 51.Rd7 Ra8 52.Kd5 Re8 53.Kd6 g4 54.Re7 Ra8
55.Rd7 a3 56.e7 Re8 57.Ke6 b5 58.Rd8 Rxe7+ 59.Kxe7 b4 60.Ke6
a2 61.Rg8+ Kh5 62.Ra8 b3 63.Kf5 0-1

[Event "Junior DM"]
[Site "Junior DM"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tobias Christensen"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7
7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Bf5 9.Nh4 Be6 10.Bf4 a6 11.Be2 f6 12.O-O-O Na7
13.Rhe1 Bb4 14.a3 Ba5 15.Qe3 Bf7 16.Qg3 Ng6 17.Bd2 Nxh4
18.Qxh4 Bg6 19.Bh5 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 Qd7 21.Bg4 Qc6 22.f4 Rfe8
23.Qh3 Qa4 24.Be6+ Rxe6 25.Qxe6+ Bf7 26.Qh3 Nc6 27.f5 a5
28.Qg3 Rc8 29.Rd3 b5 30.Qg4 h5 31.Qf3 b4 32.axb4 Nxb4 33.Bxb4
axb4 34.Re7 Qa1+ 35.Kd2 Qxb2 36.Qe3 Rf8 37.Rb3 Qa1 38.Rxb4 Qf1
39.Qf3 Qg1 40.Rxf7 Re8 41.Re7 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Garcia Padron"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 c6 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.O-O-O Na6 12.Nf3 h6
13.Bf4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Rd8+ Kh7 16.Be3 Bf6 17.Rd2 Bg4
18.b3 Bc3 19.Rd3 Bb4 20.h3 Ba3+ 21.Kd1 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Re7 23.Re1
Rae8 24.Re2 Nc5 25.Rd4 Ne6 26.Rd3 Bc5 27.Bxc5 Nxc5 28.Rxe7
Rxe7 29.Rd4 Ne6 30.Rd3 a5 31.h4 Kg7 32.Kd2 h5 33.g3 c5 34.Rd5
Nd4 35.Bd1 b6 36.a3 Nc6+ 37.Rd6 Re6 38.Rxe6 fxe6 39.Ke3 Kf6
40.Ke4 Ne7 41.Kf4 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.c3 Nbd7 6.b4 a5 7.b5
Ne4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 f5 12.e3 e5 13.Bc4
Qe7 14.Qh5+ Kf8 15.O-O f4 16.f3 fxg3 17.fxe4 Bf6 18.h4 Kg7
19.Rf5 Qe8 20.Qf3 gxh4 21.Rf1 Rf8 22.Bd5 c6 23.bxc6 bxc6
24.Bxc6 Ra6 25.d5 Qe7 26.Qg4+ Kh7 27.Nc4 Qg7 28.Qf3 Kg8 29.Nd6
Nc5 30.Nxc8 Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "M Gomez"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O Re8 13.Bb5
Re7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Na4 Na6 16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Rxc5 Bxb2 18.Qc2
Bf6 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Nf5 Re4 21.Rb1 a6 22.Ng3 Rc4 23.Rxc4 dxc4
24.Bxc4 Qc6 25.Bxf7+ Kf8 26.Qxc6 Bxc6 27.Bc4 a5 28.f3 Rc8
29.Ba6 Rd8 30.Nf1 Bd5 31.a4 Bc6 32.Bb5 Rb8 33.Nd2 Bxb5 34.axb5
a4 35.Nc4 Ke7 36.Rb4 Ke6 37.b6 Kd5 38.Rxa4 Kc5 39.Nd2 Rxb6
40.Ne4+ Kb5 41.Ra2 Be7 42.Rc2 g6 43.Kf2 Ra6 44.f4 h5 45.Rc7
Bd8 46.Nc3+ Ka5 47.Rd7+ Bb6 48.Kf3 Bc5 49.Rb7 Rc6 50.Ne4 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd2 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.f5
Qc7 8.Qf3 b5 9.g4 Nfd7 10.a4 b4 11.Nd1 Ba6 12.Ne2 Nc5 13.b3
Nbd7 14.Ng3 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 Nb7 16.Kg2 Bc5 17.Rc1 Qd6 18.Qe2 Bd4
19.Ne3 a5 20.g5 h6 21.Nc4 Qf8 22.g6 Qe7 23.Rhf1 f6 24.Nh5 Ndc5
25.Rf3 Qc7 26.Qe1 O-O-O 27.Nxa5 Nxa5 28.Bxb4 Nab7 29.c3 Nxb3
30.Rb1 N3c5 31.cxd4 Rxd4 32.Bxc5 Nxc5 33.Nxg7 Rxe4 34.Qc1 Qd6
35.Rb2 Qd5 36.Nh5 Nd3 37.Qf1 Rxa4 38.Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Marc Santo-Roman"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qe2 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6 9.e4 Qc7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Bf4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4
13.Rc1 O-O 14.Bd3 Qb6 15.Nd2 Nc5 16.Nc4 Qa7 17.Bc2 f6 18.exf6
Rxf6 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 b6 21.b4 Nd7 22.Nd6 Bb7 23.Nxb7 Qxb7
1-0

[Event "Pazardzik"]
[Site "Pazardzik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Dimitar Dochev"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 a6
8.a4 e6 9.Bd3 exd5 10.cxd5 Nh5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Be3
Re8 14.a5 Rb8 15.Qc2 Ne5 16.Be2 Ng7 17.Nd2 g5 18.Na4 g4
19.hxg4 Bxg4 20.Qd1 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Qd7 22.Bf4 Rbd8 23.Nb6 Qe7
24.Rab1 Ng6 25.Be3 Be5 26.f4 Bd4 27.Bxd4 cxd4 28.f5 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Thomas Luther"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3
Nxe4 8.d4 Na5 9.Bc2 exd4 10.b4 Nc4 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Re1 d5
13.Nxd4 c5 14.bxc5 Bxc5 15.f3 O-O 16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Rxe4 Qd5
18.Qf3 b4 19.Nd2 Ne5 20.Qf5 Rae8 21.Bb2 g6 22.Qf2 f5 23.Rxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lars A Meyer"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.b3 a6 9.Qc2 b5 10.d5 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Bb7 13.Rd1
Rc8 14.Qb1 Qe8 15.a4 Nc5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Be3 Bd8 18.Ra7 Qd7
19.Ne1 g6 20.Rc1 Bb6 21.Rxb7 Qxb7 22.Bxb5 f5 23.Bc6 Qa7
24.exf5 Rxf5 25.g4 Rf7 26.Rc2 Na6 27.Ng2 Rcf8 28.b4 Bxe3
29.Nxe3 Rxf2 30.Rxf2 Qxe3 31.Qb2 Nxb4 32.Qd2 Qxf2+ 33.Qxf2
Rxf2 34.Kxf2 Kf7 35.Bb7 Ke7 36.Ke3 Kd7 37.Kd2 Kc7 38.Ba8 Kb8
39.Kc3 Na2+ 40.Kb2 Kxa8 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jacob Bjerre Jensen"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5
7.Bc4 e6 8.Qf3 Rg8 9.Bf4 Nd7 10.h3 Nb6 11.Bb3 Nd5 12.Bg3 a5
13.Ne2 a4 14.Bc4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Ng3 Bg6 17.O-O Nf4
18.Rfe1 Ra5 19.Bf1 Kf8 20.Rad1 Bh5 21.Nxh5 Rxh5 22.Kh1 Rhg5
23.g3 Nh5 24.g4 f5 25.Re5 fxg4 26.hxg4 Rxg4 27.Bh3 R4g5
28.Bxe6 Qe7 29.Bh3 Rxe5 30.dxe5 Qxe5 31.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
Bb7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O Na6 10.Bg5 d5 11.Ne5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e3
c6 14.Qh5 Nc7 15.Rac1 Ne8 16.Bh3 Qe7 17.Ne2 Nd6 18.Bg2 Rac8
19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Nf4 dxc4 21.bxc4 c5 22.Bxb7 Nxb7 23.d5 Bxe5
24.Qxe5 Qg5 25.Qb2 e5 26.Ne2 Nd6 27.Kg2 e4 28.a4 Rb8 29.Nf4
Qg4 30.Qe2 Qf5 31.Ra1 g5 32.Nh5 Kh7 33.g4 Qe5 34.Ng3 Rf8
35.Qc2 Kg7 36.a5 b5 37.cxb5 Rxb5 38.Ra3 Rfb8 39.a6 R8b6 40.h3
Kf6 41.Ra4 Kg7 42.Nxe4 Rb2 43.Qc3 Rxf2+ 44.Kg1 Qxc3 45.Nxc3
Rf3 46.Ne4 Rxe3 47.Nxd6 Rxd6 48.Rc4 Rxh3 49.Rxc5 Rg3+ 50.Kh1
Rxg4 51.Rc7 Ra4 52.Rf1 Raxa6 53.Rfxf7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Per Naesby Andreasen"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Rf8 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Bc4 cxd5
13.Bxd5 Nc6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Kb1 h6 16.Be3 Rfd8 17.Rd2 Bf8
18.Rhd1 Be8 19.Bb3 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 Kg7 21.Ng1 Be7 22.Ne2 Bg5
23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.h3 Kf8 25.Ba4 a6 26.Bxc6 Bxc6 27.Nc3 Rc8 28.f3
Ke7 29.Kc2 f5 30.Kd3 Ke6 31.Ke3 a5 32.a3 Bd7 33.Rd5 b5 34.Rd2
Rc4 35.g4 Bc6 36.gxf5+ gxf5 37.exf5+ Kxf5 38.Rd6 e4 39.fxe4
Ke5 40.Rg6 Bxe4 41.Rxg5+ Bf5 42.Nxb5 Rh4 43.Nd6 Rxh3+ 44.Ke2
Rh2+ 45.Kd1 Kxd6 46.Rxf5 Rxb2 47.Rxa5 Kc6 48.Kc1 Kb6 49.Kxb2
Kxa5 50.Kb3 Ka6 51.Kb4 Ka7 52.Kb5 Kb8 53.Kb6 Ka8 54.a4 Kb8
55.a5 Ka8 56.a6 Kb8 57.a7 Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Tobias Christensen"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7
7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.h3 Bf5 10.a3 Ne4 11.Nd5 Bd6 12.Re1 Re8
13.b4 Qd7 14.Ne3 Bg6 15.Bb2 Bf4 16.Qb3 Bh5 17.Ng4 Nd2 18.Nxd2
Bxd2 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.d5 Ne7 21.Bxg7 Bxg4 22.hxg4 Qxg4 23.Bb2+
Nf5 24.Bf1 Bf4 25.Qc3 Be5 26.Qd2 Bxb2 27.Qxb2 Nd4 28.Qc3 Qg7
29.Rc1 Re1 30.Rxe1 Ne2+ 31.Rxe2 Qxc3 32.Re3 Qd2 33.Rd3 Qc1
34.g3 Kf8 35.Re3 Qd2 36.Bg2 Qd1+ 37.Kh2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Poley"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.b4 d6 3.Bb2 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.c4 Nc6 6.b5 Ne7 7.Be2 g6
8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Qb3 h6 10.c5 Ne4 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.d4 Nxc3 13.Bxc3
e4 14.Nd2 d5 15.f3 exf3 16.Bxf3 O-O 17.O-O Kh7 18.g3 Be6
19.Rac1 Ng8 20.Rc2 Nf6 21.Rfc1 Rf7 22.Bb4 Qe8 23.a4 Rd8 24.Qa3
g5 25.Bd6 Rfd7 26.Bc7 Rc8 27.a5 Ne4 28.Nxe4 fxe4 29.Be2 Bh3
30.Qb3 Qe6 31.b6 Rf8 32.Qb4 a6 33.Qe1 Rdf7 34.g4 Bxg4 35.Bxa6
bxa6 36.h3 Bxh3 37.Kh2 Bf1 38.Qg3 Rf3 39.Rxf1 Rxg3 40.Bxg3
Rxf1 41.b7 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jens Ove Fries Nielsen"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7
7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3 Nce4 11.Nfd4 Qd7
12.Qf3 g6 13.Bh6 Ng4 14.Bf4 O-O 15.h3 Ngf6 16.c3 Rfe8 17.Rfc1
Bd8 18.Nc2 Bb6 19.Nbd4 Re7 20.Ne3 Rae8 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Qc8
23.g3 a6 24.Kg2 Qc5 25.Be3 Qc7 26.Rh1 f6 27.Rad1 Rd7 28.Rhe1
Qd8 29.Nc2 Bc7 30.Rd3 Qe7 31.Red1 Red8 32.Nb4 Qe6 33.c4 d4
34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.Rxd4 Rxd4 36.Bxd4 Bd8 37.Nd5 Kf7 38.b3 Ng5
39.Qf4 Qe4+ 40.Qxe4 Nxe4 41.f3 Ng5 42.a4 Ne6 43.Be3 Ke8 44.b4
Kd7 45.f4 Kd6 46.Nc3 Kd7 47.Kf3 f5 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Ke2 a5
50.b5 Kd6 51.Kd3 h5 52.Bc1 Bb6 53.Ba3+ Bc5 54.Bxc5+ Nxc5+
55.Kc2 Ke6 56.Kd2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jorgen Juul Kristensen"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
e5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Be6 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.a5 Nb4 13.Rfc1
d5 14.exd5 Nfxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Rd1 Qe8 17.Ba7 f5 18.Bf3 Nb4
19.Nc5 Rxc5 20.Qxb4 Rxc2 21.Qxb7 e4 22.Be2 Bf6 23.Qxa6 f4
24.Bb5 Qf7 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Ra8 27.Qd6 Be7 28.Qd4 Bf6
29.Qd6 Bxb2 30.Rc7 Qf5 31.Bd4 Bxd4 32.Qxd4 Qg6 33.Bc4 Re8
34.a6 e3 35.Bxe6+ Rxe6 36.Rc8+ Kf7 37.Qxf4+ Qf6 38.Rc7+ Kg6
39.Qg4+ Kh6 40.Qh3+ Kg6 41.Qg3+ Kh6 42.Qh3+ Kg6 43.Qg3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Stary"]
[Site "Stary"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Blagoja Gicev"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.Bh6 Bxh6
7.Qxh6 c5 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Qd2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.e3 O-O 12.Be2
Bd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Nb3 Qb4 15.Rc1 Be6 16.Nb5 Qxd2+ 17.Nxd2 Rac8
18.Kf2 a6 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.exd4 Rc7 21.a4 a5 22.b4 axb4 23.Rb1
Ra8 24.Rxb4 Bd7 25.Ra1 Bc6 26.Bf3 Ra7 27.Nb1 Bxf3 28.Kxf3 Ra6
29.Ra2 b6 30.Nc3 Kf8 31.Rab2 Nd7 32.g4 Rc8 33.Nb5 Ke8 34.h4
Kd8 35.f5 Rca8 36.Ra2 Nb8 37.fxg6 fxg6 38.c5 bxc5 39.dxc5 dxc5
40.Re4 Nc6 41.Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stary"]
[Site "Stary"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Toni Kiroski"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.Nc3
e6 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.O-O b5 13.cxb5
Nxd4 14.Qxd4 axb5 15.b4 Qb6 16.Qxb6 Rxb6 17.a4 bxa4 18.b5 d5
19.Rfd1 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Bxb5 21.Bxb5 Rxb5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Nc3 Rb3
24.Nxa4 Ra8 25.Ra2 f5 26.Kf1 Kf6 27.Ke2 h5 28.Rd3 Rxd3 29.Kxd3
e5 30.Nc3 Rxa2 31.Nxa2 Bc5 32.f3 e4 33.Kc3 Ke5 34.Nc1 Be3
35.Ne2 d4 36.Kc4 d3 37.Nc3 Bg1 38.h3 h4 39.fxe4 fxe4 40.Nd1
Bd4 0-1

[Event "Stary"]
[Site "Stary"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Kocovski"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6
7.Bd3 a6 8.O-O Be7 9.a4 Qc7 10.f4 d6 11.a5 b5 12.axb6 Qxb6+
13.Kh1 O-O 14.Qe2 Nb4 15.Na5 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Rb8 17.Be3 Qxb2
18.Nc6 Qxc3 19.Nxb8 Qc7 20.Nxa6 Qd7 21.Nb8 Qe8 22.Ra7 e5
23.Nc6 Qxc6 24.Rxe7 exf4 25.Rxf4 Be6 26.h3 Nd7 27.d4 d5 28.e5
Qc3 29.Rh4 Rb8 30.Qf2 Qa3 31.Bg5 h6 32.Rf4 Rf8 33.Bf6 gxf6
34.exf6 Nxf6 35.Rxf6 Qxe7 36.Qg3+ Kh7 37.Qh4 Qxf6 38.Qxf6 Ra8
39.Qf2 Rg8 40.g4 Rg6 41.Qf4 Kg7 42.Kh2 Kh7 43.Qc7 Kg7 44.Qe7
Kh7 45.Kg3 Kg7 46.Kf4 Rg5 47.Ke3 Rg6 48.Qc7 Kh7 49.Qf4 Kg7
50.Kd2 Kh7 51.Kc3 Kg7 52.Kb4 Kh7 53.Kc5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stary"]
[Site "Stary"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dusan Rajkovic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nc3 f5 5.e4 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 fxe4
7.Qg4 Nf6 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qh6 d5 10.f3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Rg6 12.Qe3
Nb4 13.Kb1 Qd7 14.b3 dxc4 15.fxe4 cxb3 16.axb3 Rg4 17.Qf3 Nxe4
18.Bxb4 axb4 19.Qxg4 Nc3+ 20.Kc2 Ra2+ 21.Kd3 Qb5+ 22.Ke3 Nxd1+
23.Qxd1 Qg5+ 24.Kd3 Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stary"]
[Site "Stary"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Yury Piskov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2
Qe8 8.Nbd2 h6 9.c4 g5 10.Qc2 Na6 11.d5 Qh5 12.e3 Bd7 13.Rae1
c6 14.e4 Nb4 15.Qb1 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.a3 cxd5
19.Nxf6+ Rxf6 20.Qd1 Nd3 21.Rxe7 dxc4 22.bxc4 Raf8 23.h3 g4
24.Nh2 Qg6 25.Bd5+ Kh8 26.hxg4 Be6 27.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Stary"]
[Site "Stary"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vlatko Bogdanovski"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.d5
Nd8 8.Bg2 Be7 9.e4 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.Qe3 b6 12.Ne1 Qa6 13.Nd3
c6 14.b3 Bd7 15.Ba3 Ng4 16.Qe2 cxd5 17.cxd5 Re8 18.Rfc1 Nb7
19.Bf1 Nf6 20.Qe3 b5 21.b4 Bd8 22.Bb2 Bb6 23.Qe1 Qa7 24.h3
axb4 25.Nxb4 Bd4 26.Rab1 Nc5 27.Rc2 Qa4 28.a3 Rac8 29.Kg2 Bxb2
30.Rcxb2 Qxa3 31.Nc6 Nh5 32.Bxb5 Nf4+ 33.gxf4 Qxh3+ 34.Kg1
Qg4+ 35.Kf1 exf4 36.f3 Qh3+ 37.Ke2 Qh5 38.Kd1 Nxe4 39.Nxe4
Qxf3+ 40.Qe2 Qxe4 41.Qxe4 Rxe4 42.Bd3 Re3 43.Kd2 g5 44.Rh1
Rce8 45.Rb7 Bc8 46.Rc7 Bh3 47.Ne7+ R8xe7 48.Rxe7 Bg2 49.Rh5
Rxe7 50.Rxg5+ Kf8 51.Rxg2 Re5 52.Bc4 f5 53.Rf2 Re4 54.Kc3 Kg7
55.Bd3 Re5 56.Kd4 h5 57.Rg2+ Kf6 58.Rg8 f3 59.Rd8 Re1 60.Rf8+
Kg5 61.Bxf5 Rd1+ 62.Bd3 Kg4 63.Ke3 Re1+ 64.Kf2 Re5 65.Bc4 Re4
66.Ba6 Rf4 67.Bc8+ Kg5 68.Rg8+ Kf6 69.Rg3 Ke5 70.Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Stary"]
[Site "Stary"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nukhim N Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+
7.Nbxd2 a5 8.O-O d6 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Ne1 h5 12.Nef3 Bg4
13.Qb3 b6 14.Qe3 Na6 15.Nh4 Nc5 16.Rae1 g5 17.Nhf3 Bxf3
18.Bxf3 h4 19.b3 Qd7 20.Qxg5 Ke7 21.Qf5 Qxf5 22.exf5 Rag8
23.Bd1 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stary"]
[Site "Stary"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jacek Bielczyk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Be2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qe1 e5 13.fxe5
dxe5 14.Qg3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bd8 16.Be3 Be6 17.Bh6 g6 18.Rad1 Rc8
19.Bg5 Nd7 20.Bxd8 Rcxd8 21.Bg4 Bc4 22.Rf2 Nc5 23.Rfd2 Rxd2
24.Rxd2 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Qe3 b4 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Ne6
29.Bxe6 Rxe6 30.Qc5 Rc6 31.Qxb4 Rc4 32.Qa3 Rxc2 33.h3 Re2
34.Qf3 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qf4+ 36.Qxf4 exf4 37.Rd3 Rxb2 38.Rf3 g5
39.h4 f6 40.Kh3 h5 41.g4 fxg3 42.hxg5 fxg5 43.Rf5 g4 44.Kxg3
Rb3+ 45.Kg2 Rh3 46.e5 Kg7 47.e6 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stary"]
[Site "Stary"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Trajce Nedev"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 Na6 13.Re1
Rb8 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Be3 Nc5 16.e5 Bf8 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Qd2 b4
19.Ne4 c3 20.bxc3 b3 21.Bd1 Bf5 22.Rb1 Bxe4 23.Rxe4 Nf6 24.Re1
Qxd5 25.Bxb3 c4 26.Bxc4 Qxc4 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.exf6 Bxa3 29.Ne5
Qc7 30.Nd7 Bf8 31.Nxf8 Qd8 32.Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Stary"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bojan Kurajica"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3
Kh8 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.b4 a6 10.Re1 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.e4 f4 13.a4
Nh5 14.Ba3 b5 15.c4 fxg3 16.hxg3 Qf6 17.Bb2 bxa4 18.Qxa4 Rb8
19.b5 axb5 20.cxb5 Bg4 21.Rac1 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.e5 Qb6
24.Nxd4 Rbd8 25.N2b3 Be6 26.Nc5 Bd5 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Nde6 Re8
29.g4 Bh6 30.Qc4 Rxc5 31.Nxc5 Bxc1 32.Rxc1 Ng7 33.Nd7 Qe6
34.Nf6 Re7 35.b6 cxb6 36.Qc8+ Ne8 37.Qxe6 Rxe6 38.Rc8 Rxe5
39.Nxe8 h5 40.gxh5 Rg5+ 41.Kf1 gxh5 42.Rc6 b5 43.Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Srdjan Cvetkovic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 h5 7.d4 h4
8.d5 Nb8 9.e4 Bg4 10.Qa4+ Kf8 11.Ng1 Na6 12.f3 Bd7 13.Qd1 Bh6
14.Bxh6+ Nxh6 15.Qd2 Kg7 16.O-O-O Nc5 17.Bh3 f5 18.exf5 Nxf5
19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.Nge2 hxg3 21.hxg3 Qf6 22.Qe3 a5 23.Kb1 a4
24.Nc1 a3 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 axb2 27.Kxb2 Qg6 28.f4 e4
29.Qd4+ Qf6 30.Qxf6+ Kxf6 31.Kb3 Rag8 32.Ne2 Be8 33.Rde1 Bh5
34.Kb4 c5 35.dxc6 bxc6 36.a4 Ke7 37.a5 Kd7 38.Rh4 c5 39.Ka4
Rb8 40.Nc1 Bf7 41.Rxh8 Rxh8 42.g4 Bxc4 43.gxf5 d5 44.Nb3 Kc6
45.Rg1 Bxb3+ 46.Kxb3 Kb5 47.f6 d4 48.Rg5 e3 49.Re5 Rf8 50.Re6
c4 51.Kb2 Kxa5 52.Re4 d3 53.Rxe3 Kb4 54.Re6 c3 55.Kb1 Kc5
56.Re5+ Kd4 57.Re6 Rb8+ 58.Ka2 c2 0-1

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Maksimenko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Be3 a6 9.d5 g6 10.Bh6 Re8 11.Nd2 cxd5 12.cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kaspi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Ba6 7.Qc2
O-O 8.O-O c6 9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nbd2 d5 11.b3 Nbd7 12.e4 Rc8 13.e5
Nh5 14.Be3 g6 15.Rfd1 Ng7 16.g4 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Rac1 Be7
19.Qb2 Bd6 20.Ne5 Qe7 21.Rc2 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Bc5 23.Nf1 Bxe3
24.Nxe3 Bb7 25.a3 Rf4 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 h5 28.h3 hxg4 29.hxg4
Kh7 30.b5 c5 31.cxd5 exd5 32.Bxd5 Rd8 33.f3 Ne6 34.Rcc1 Ng5
35.Kg2 Nxf3 36.Rh1+ Kg7 37.Kg3 Rb4 38.Qc3 Nd4 39.Kg2 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Milan Drasko"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Bb5 a5 7.O-O
Na7 8.Bd3 c5 9.c4 cxd4 10.cxd5 Nc5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Nb3 Bxb3
13.axb3 Be7 14.Bc4 b5 15.Bd3 Rb8 16.Bf4 Rb7 17.Rc1 Qd5 18.Qe2
O-O 19.Rfd1 Nxb3 20.Rc3 Rd7 21.Bc2 Na1 22.Rxd4 Qe6 23.Bxh7+
Kxh7 24.Qd3+ Kg8 25.Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Huzman"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 f6 6.d4 exd4
7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nde2 Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 Be6 10.Bf4 O-O-O 11.Ne3 Ne7
12.Rd1 Rxd1+ 13.Kxd1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Slavisa Marinkovic"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 e6 7.Be2
Nc6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.O-O Ne7 10.Bd2 Nf5 11.Qc2 Nd6 12.b4 Bf5
13.Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Milan Matulovic"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6
13.dxc5 Qa5 14.Be3 Qxc3 15.Qa4 Nc6 16.Rac1 Qa5 17.Qxa5 Nxa5
18.Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Radoslav Simic"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.d5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2
Bxc3 13.Rd1 Bg7 14.e5 Qc8 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bh4 Na6 17.Qc4 Kh8
18.d6 exd6 19.Rxd6 Qf5 20.Re1 Nc7 21.Rc6 Rac8 22.Bg3 fxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Dragoljub Velimirovic"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nfd7 7.a4
Na6 8.O-O Nc7 9.Bc4 O-O 10.Re1 a6 11.Bf4 Rb8 12.Qd3 b5 13.axb5
Nb6 14.bxa6 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Rxb2 16.a7 Ba6 17.Rxa6 Nxa6 18.Na4
Rb4 19.Qxa6 Qc8 20.Nxc5 Bc3 21.Rd1 dxc5 22.Qc6 Kg7 23.h3 Qxc6
24.dxc6 Rc8 25.c7 e5 26.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miroslav Tosic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Nb3
b6 14.Qe2 Na5 15.Rad1 Nc4 16.Bc1 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nd4 b4
19.Ncb5 Qc5 20.b3 Ne5 21.c4 bxc3 22.Ba3 Qb6 23.Bxd6 Bxd6
24.Nxd6 Ba6 25.Qa2 Nxf3 26.Nxf3 Bxf1 27.Nxe8 Bxg2+ 28.Qxg2
Rxe8 29.e5 Nd5 30.Rg1 g6 31.Ng5 Nxf4 32.Qf3 Qd4 33.Rf1 c2
34.Nxf7 c1=Q 35.Rxc1 Kxf7 36.Rf1 g5 37.Qh5+ Kg7 38.Qxg5+ Ng6
39.Qf6+ Kh6 40.Rf3 Qh4 41.b4 Rc8 42.Qxe6 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milos Pavlovic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 Bd7 10.Nge2 b5 11.Ng3 a6 12.Be2 b4 13.Nd1
Bb5 14.O-O Nbd7 15.Bh6 Nb6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ne3 Nfd7 18.f4 Kh8
19.Rae1 Qh4 20.b3 Rfe8 21.Rf3 Qh6 22.Ng4 Qg7 23.Re3 Qd4 24.Rd1
h5 25.Qe1 Qg7 26.Nf2 Qh6 27.Nh3 Nf6 28.Bf3 Ng4 29.Bxg4 hxg4
30.Ng5 Kg8 31.Nh1 Bd7 32.Qg3 c4 33.bxc4 Nxc4 34.Ree1 Rac8
35.Nf2 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nikola Mitkov"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6
13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4
Qh5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nigel Rodney Davies"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 b5 7.e5 Ng4
8.Bf4 b4 9.Ne4 d6 10.exd6 exd6 11.O-O Nf6 12.Nfd2 Nxd5 13.Bxd6
Re8 14.Nc4 Nb6 15.Nxc5 Nc6 16.Bf3 Nd4 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Bxa8
bxc5 19.Bxc5 Ne2+ 20.Kh1 Qa5 21.Bc6 Re6 22.Bd5 Re8 23.Re1 Ba6
24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir P Malaniuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 d5 7.b3 O-O
8.Bb2 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Ne2 Bd6 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.Ng3 f5 13.Qe2
Rad8 14.Rfd1 c6 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Ba3 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Nxf5
Rxf5 19.Bxe4 Bxb2 20.Bxf5 Bxc1 21.Rxc1 g6 22.Bg4 Qxe5 23.Bf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.a4 Ng4 10.Qxg4 Nxd4 11.Qh4 Nxb3 12.cxb3
Ra6 13.O-O Re6 14.Rfe1 b6 15.Bh6 Bb7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Re3 f5
18.Rae1 fxe4 19.Nxe4 h6 20.Nd2 Rxe3 21.Qd4+ e5 22.Qxe3 d6
23.Nc4 Rf4 24.Rd1 Re4 25.Qc3 Qg5 26.g3 Rd4 27.Rxd4 exd4
28.Qxd4+ Kh7 29.Ne3 Qe7 30.f4 h5 31.Kf2 Qe6 32.Qc4 Qd7 33.Ke1
Bc6 34.Kd2 b5 35.axb5 Bxb5 36.Qd5 a4 37.bxa4 Bc4 38.Nxc4 Qh3
39.Qh1 Qe6 40.Qb7+ Kg8 41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nf3 g6 7.c4
N5f6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.d5 Ne8 12.Re1 Nd6 13.Bg5
Bf6 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Qf4 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 f6 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.Rxe6 Nd7
19.Rae1 Ne5 20.Qg3 Rf7 21.b3 b5 22.Nxb5 Nxb5 23.cxb5 g5
24.R1xe5 fxe5 25.Qxg5+ Rg7 26.Bxh7+ Kh8 27.Qxe5 Qb8 28.Qxb8+
Rxb8 29.Bd3 Rg4 30.g3 Rd4 31.Bc4 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 Rd2 33.Rxe7 Rxa2
34.Rf7 Rd8 35.h4 Rd6 36.g4 Kg8 37.Rf5 Kg7 38.g5 Kg6 39.Rf8 Rd2
40.Kg3 1-0

[Event "It op"]
[Site "It op"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4
Qc7 8.Nf3 Bd7 9.a4 Nbc6 10.Ba3 b6 11.h5 h6 12.Qd2 Na5 13.Bd3
O-O 14.Rh4 f5 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Ne5 Nf5 17.Rf4 cxd4 18.Nxd7 Qxd7
19.g4 dxc3 20.Qxc3 Rc8 21.Qd2 Nh4 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.Qxh6 Qg7
24.Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.Ke2 Nc4 26.Bb4 a5 27.Bc3 e5 28.Rh1 Ng2 29.h6+
Kh8 30.Kf3 Nf4 31.g5 fxg5 32.Bxc4 Rxc4 33.Bxe5+ Kh7 34.Rb1
Kxh6 35.Rxb6+ Kh5 36.Bxf4 Rxf4+ 37.Kg3 Rxa4 38.Rb5 d4 39.f4
Ra3+ 40.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo 45'"]
[Site "Oviedo 45'"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. e3 Bg7
7. Nge2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O-O c6 10. g4 fxg4 11. Ng3 Qa5
12. h4 e4 13. Ngxe4 O-O 14. Nd6 Ne5 15. Be2 Nh5 16. Qb3 Qc7
17. c5+ Kh8 18. Rd4 b6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Rhd1 h6 21. Bf4 Nxf4
22. Rxf4 Bf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Qc2 Qc8 25. e4 fxe4 26. Qxe4
Rxf4 27. Qxf4 Qe6 28. Qe4 Rf8 29. Kb1 Qf6 30. Bxg4 Qxh4 31. f3
b5 32. a3 Qf6 33. Bd7 Nxd7 34. Rxd7 Qxf3 35. Rd6 Qf1+ 36. Ka2
Qh3 37. Qe6 Qxe6+ 38. Rxe6 0-1

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.h4 b5
13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 e5 15.Kb1 Be7 16.Bc1 O-O 17.g4 Nxg4 18.Rg1
h5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Bd3 Kh8 21.Rxg7 Kxg7 22.Qg3+ Ng4 23.fxg4 Rg8
24.Rf1 Kf8 25.g5 Ke8 26.Qf3 Rf8 27.Qxh5 Qc5 28.g6 Qxd5 29.g7
Rg8 30.Qh7 Kd7 31.Qf5+ Kc7 32.Be4 1-0

[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Stohl"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3
Qe8 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Qb5 10.Ng5 h6 11.a4 Qc4 12.Ne6 Bxe6
13.dxe6 d5 14.Be3 c6 15.Qd2 Na6 16.Bxh6 Qb4 17.Qf4 Bxh6
18.Qxh6 Rf6 19.Qf4 Rc8 20.Rfc1 Nc7 21.Rc2 Kg7 22.e3 Nxe6
23.Qf3 Rh8 24.h4 g5 25.hxg5 Nxg5 26.Qf4 Rh5 27.Kf1 Qb3 28.Re2
Qd3 29.Re1 Rfh6 30.g4 fxg4 31.Qxg4 Kf7 32.f3 Nh7 33.Qf4+ Nf6
34.Kg1 Rg6 35.Rf2 Rg7 36.b4 Qh7 37.Kf1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Alicante"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "A Pomata"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3
Nc6 8.a4 Nge7 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ba3 cxd4 12.Bd6 Qd8
13.cxd4 Re8 14.Bd3 Nc8 15.Bc5 b6 16.Ba3 h6 17.c3 N8e7 18.Bc2
Na5 19.Qd3 Ng6 20.h4 Nc4 21.Bc1 Nf8 22.g3 f5 23.exf6 Qxf6
24.Bf4 Qf5 25.Qxf5 exf5 26.h5 Re7 27.Rfe1 Rae8 28.Rxe7 Rxe7
29.Ne5 Nxe5 30.Bxe5 Nh7 31.Bb3 Be6 32.f3 Ng5 33.Kf2 Nf7 34.f4
Kh7 35.Bc2 Bd7 36.g4 g6 37.hxg6 Kxg6 38.gxf5 1-0

[Event "Alicante"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Stephen Boyd"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6
8.Qd2 exd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.f4 Nc6 13.Bb5
Nxd4 14.Bxd4 a6 15.Be2 Nb6 16.b3 Be6 17.O-O Rc8 18.Bf3 Rc6
19.Kh1 Nc8 20.Rad1 Ne7 21.b4 Rc4 22.Bc5 d4 23.Ne4 b6 24.Bxe7
Qxe7 25.Nd6 Rc7 26.Qxd4 f6 27.exf6 Qxf6 28.Qxb6 Rc2 29.Ne4 Qe7
30.Rfe1 Bxa2 31.Nc3 Qxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Bxc3 33.Rf1 Bc4 34.Be4 Re2
35.Bb7 Rb2 36.Qc5 Rxb4 37.Rd1 Rxf4 38.g3 Rf7 39.Bxa6 Bxa6
40.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Alicante"]
[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 "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Milko Popchev"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bf5 7.Ne5 e6
8.g4 Bg6 9.h4 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.f3 f6 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.fxe4
dxe4 14.Qc2 f5 15.gxf5 exf5 16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Bc3 Bb4 18.O-O-O Qa5
19.Ba1 Ba3+ 20.Kb1 Nb4 21.Qc3 O-O 22.d5 Rf7 23.Rg1 Qc7 24.Bh3
bxc4 25.d6 Nxa2 26.Kxa2 Bxd6 27.Rxd6 cxb3 28.Qxb3 1-0

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Petkov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O
7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Nb3 Nb6 12.Na5
Qc7 13.O-O Na6 14.c4 Rd8 15.Qc2 Rb8 16.Rfc1 Nc5 17.Rab1 Bf5
18.Qxf5 Rxd2 19.Rb5 Rxe2 20.Nc6 bxc6 21.Rxc5 Qd6 22.Rxc6 Qd2
23.Rf1 g6 24.Qf6 e4 25.Rd6 Qb2 26.Qxb2 Rxb2 27.c5 Nc4 28.Rd7
e3 29.c6 Ne5 30.Rb7 R8xb7 31.cxb7 Nc4 32.Bd5 e2 33.Re1 Nd6
34.Rxe2 Rb5 35.Re7 1-0

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Semko Semkov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.e5 Nh5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Be7 12.a4 a6 13.Ne4 Nd7
14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.exd6 Ng7 16.Ne5 h5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa8 Bxa8
19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.h4 gxh4 21.Bxh4 Qxd6 22.Bf6 Rg8 23.Qa1 Qb8
24.Bf3 Kd7 25.Qa3 Nf5 26.Ra1 Bb7 27.Qb4 Qd6 28.Qc3 Ra8 29.Rxa8
Bxa8 30.Be5 Qf8 31.Qa5 Qc8 32.Bxh5 Ke7 33.Qa3+ c5 34.Qa7+ Bb7
35.Bf3 f6 36.Bxb7 Qd7 37.Qxc5+ Kf7 38.Bc6 Qe7 39.Bb8 Qxc5
40.dxc5 Nd4 41.Bf4 b4 1-0

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julian Radulski"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nc6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7
8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 b6 10.d4 Ba6 11.Rf2 Na5 12.Bf1 Bxf1 13.Qxf1 d5
14.Rd1 Rc8 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.exd5 exd5 17.Na4 d4 18.Bd2 Nb7
19.c3 Nd6 20.cxd4 cxd4 21.Qd3 Qd7 22.b3 Qb5 23.Qxb5 Nxb5
24.Bb4 Rfe8 25.Bxe7 Rxe7 26.Kf1 Bf6 27.Nb2 Nc3 28.Rc1 Rd8
29.Nc4 Re6 30.Nce5 Ra6 31.Nxd4 Nxa2 32.Rc6 Nb4 33.Rxa6 Nxa6
34.Ndc6 Rd1+ 35.Kg2 Bxe5 36.Nxe5 Nb4 37.Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Atanas Kolev"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 b5
13.Re1 bxc4 14.bxc4 Nb6 15.c5 Nc4 16.Bf1 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 e5
18.dxe5 Bxc5 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Rad1 Rac8 21.Bh3 Rc7 22.Bf5 h6
23.Qa4 Bc8 24.e4 Be6 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Qg4 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 Qe6
28.Qd3 Bb6 29.Be3 d4 30.Bxd4 Rd8 31.Qe3 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Rc4
33.Rd6 Bxe3 34.Rxe6 Bxf2+ 35.Kxf2 fxe6 36.Re2 Ra4 37.Ke3 Kf7
38.Rc2 Kg6 39.Rc7 Rxa2 40.Kf4 Ra4+ 41.Kf3 a5 42.g4 Ra3+ 43.Kf4
Ra4+ 44.Kf3 h5 45.gxh5+ Kf5 46.Rf7+ Kxe5+ 47.Rxg7 Rh4 48.Rg5+
Kf6 49.Rxa5 e5 50.h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Petar Genov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 Qe8 7.b3
d6 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.Re1 e5 10.e4 Nxe4 11.dxe5 d5 12.c4 Be6 13.cxd5
Bxd5 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Ng5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 f4 17.Re4 Rd8 18.Qc2
fxg3 19.hxg3 h6 20.Qc4+ Kh8 21.Nf3 g5 22.Rh1 Qg6 23.g4 Rxf3
24.Kxf3 Rd2 25.Bc3 b5 26.Qc5 Rc2 27.Qe3 Ne7 28.Be1 Nd5 29.Qd3
Qc6 30.Kg3 Nf4 31.Qf3 Qd5 32.Re3 Qg8 33.e6 Nxe6 34.Bc3 Rxc3
35.Rxc3 Be5+ 36.Kg2 Nf4+ 37.Kf1 Qg6 38.Rc1 Kh7 39.Re1 Bd4
40.Re7+ Bg7 41.Qe4 Qxe4 42.Rxe4 Nd5 43.Kg2 Bf8 44.Rd1 c6
45.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Petko Genov"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.h4 e5 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Qe7 12.Bd3
Nxd4 13.Rc1 c5 14.h5 b6 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Nf4 Bb7 17.f3 Ne6
18.Nxe6 Qxe6 19.Bc4 Qe5 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.Qf2 Rfe8 22.Qh4 Kf8
23.Bb5 Qb2 24.Bxe8 Ba6 25.Bb5+ Bf6 26.Qh6+ Bg7 27.Bxa6 Bxh6
28.Bxh6+ Kg8 29.O-O Qd4+ 30.Rf2 Qa4 31.Bf1 Rd1 32.Rxd1 Qxd1
33.Rd2 Qa1 34.Kf2 Kh7 35.Be3 Qc3 36.Be2 Qb4 37.Rd7 Kg7 38.Rxa7
Qb2 39.Rb7 Qxa2 40.Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valentin Panbukchian"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3
Nxe4 8.d4 Na5 9.Nxe5 Nxb3 10.Qxb3 Qf6 11.f3 Nc5 12.Ng4 Nxb3
13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.axb3 d6 15.Nd2 Kd7 16.Ne4 Be7 17.b4 Rhe8
18.Bh6 Bd8 19.Bg7 Re6 20.Ng3 f5 21.Nxf5 Bg5 22.h4 Bf4 23.Rfe1
Rg8 24.Kf2 h5 25.g3 Bxg3+ 26.Nxg3 Rxg7 27.Nxh5 Rh7 28.Rxe6
Kxe6 29.Nf4+ Kf5 30.Ng2 Kf6 31.Rh1 Rh5 32.Nf4 Rh8 33.h5 Kg5
34.Kg3 Rg8 35.Nd3 Kh6 36.Kf2 Rg5 37.Nf4 Rf5 38.Ke3 Rg5 39.Rd1
Rg3 40.d5 Rg5 41.b3 Re5+ 42.Kf2 Bc8 43.c4 Bf5 44.Rd2 Kg5
45.Ne2 Kxh5 46.Nd4 Bc8 47.Nc6 Rg5 48.Ra2 Kh6 49.Re2 Bh3 50.Ke3
Kg7 51.Rh2 Bc8 52.Ra2 Rg1 53.cxb5 axb5 54.Ra7 Bf5 55.Nd4 Bg6
56.Nxb5 Rb1 57.Rxc7 Rxb3+ 58.Rc3 Rxb4 59.Nxd6 Kf6 60.Nc4 Rb1
61.Kd4 Bh5 62.Kc5 Rf1 63.Nd2 Rd1 64.Rd3 Ke7 65.Re3+ Kd7 66.Ne4
Rc1+ 67.Kd4 Bg6 68.Ra3 Bxe4 69.fxe4 f6 70.Ra7+ Kd6 71.Ra6+ Ke7
72.Re6+ Kf7 73.Rc6 Ra1 74.Rc7+ Ke8 75.d6 Ra5 76.Rc5 Ra7 77.Kd5
Ra4 1-0

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgenij Ermenkov"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.Ne1 Bf5 14.Nd3 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Re8 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rc1 Qb6
18.Re1 Re6 19.Qa4 Rae8 20.Rc2 g6 21.Nf4 Rd6 22.Rec1 Rc8 23.Qa3
Be7 24.Rc4 Rd7 25.Qf3 Qxb2 26.Nd3 Qb5 27.a4 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Rxd5
29.Rxc6 Rxc6 30.Rxc6 Rd7 31.Kf1 Kg7 32.Ke1 h5 33.Kd2 Rb7
34.Rc4 Bf6 35.Kc2 g5 36.Nc5 Rb6 37.Nb3 d3 38.exd3 g4 39.a5 Re6
40.Kd2 Bg5+ 41.Kd1 Kg6 42.Nc5 Re5 43.d4 Rd5 44.Ke2 Bf6 45.Nb3
Rb5 46.Rc3 Bd8 47.a6 Rb6 48.Nc5 Rb2+ 49.Ke3 Bg5+ 50.f4 gxf3
51.Kxf3 Rxh2 52.Ne4 Ra2 53.Rc6+ f6 54.d5 Ra3+ 55.Kg2 Rd3 56.d6
Kf5 57.Nc5 Rd2+ 58.Kf3 Bh6 59.Rc7 Rxd6 60.Rxa7 Rc6 61.Ne4 Rb6
62.Nc5 Rc6 63.Nd3 Rc3 64.Ke2 Rc2+ 65.Kf3 Rc3 66.Ke2 Rc2+
67.Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jordan N Grigorov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nh3 Bg7 5.Nf4 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.h4 O-O
8.h5 Qe8 9.hxg6 hxg6 10.Nd3 Nbd7 11.Bh6 e5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7
13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qd2 Nxd3+ 15.cxd3 Be6 16.d4 Rh8 17.O-O-O Qe7
18.Qg5 Kf7 19.Qf4 Nh5 20.Qe3 Qd6 21.Rh4 Nf6 22.Rdh1 Rxh4
23.Rxh4 Rg8 24.Nb1 g5 25.Rh1 Ng4 26.Qf3 Kg6 27.e3 Qf8 28.Qe2
Rh8 29.Rg1 Qb4 30.f3 Nf6 31.Nc3 Rh2 32.a3 Qd6 33.Qe1 Kf7
34.Bf1 b5 35.Na2 Bd7 36.Nb4 c5 37.Nd3 c4 38.Ne5+ Ke6 39.g4
fxg4 40.fxg4 Ne4 41.Bg2 c3 42.b4 Qa6 0-1

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Krum Georgiev"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Bc4 cxd5
13.Bxd5 Na6 14.O-O-O Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bankia"]
[Site "Bankia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dimitar Lalev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Bxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3
Bb7 8.Ne2 Bxd5 9.O-O Bc6 10.a4 e6 11.e4 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 Nxe4
13.Bf4 Na6 14.Nec3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 d5 16.Re1 Be7 17.Qh5 Kf8
18.Re3 Qd8 19.Rf3 Kg8 20.Be5 f6 21.Qg4 Kf7 22.Qh5+ g6 23.Qh6
c4 24.g4 Kg8 25.Nd4 Nc5 26.Nc6 Bf8 27.Qf4 Nd3 28.Qxf6 Qxf6
29.Bxf6 Bg7 30.Rb1 Nc5 31.Ne7+ Kf7 32.Bd4 Kxe7 33.Bxc5+ Ke8
34.Rb7 Bf8 35.Bd4 Rg8 36.Rf6 Kd8 37.Rxe6 Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Bankia ch-BG (10)"]
[Site "Bankia ch-BG (10)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dimitar I Donchev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.g3 Bd6
13.Re1 Qd7 14.d4 Qh3 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Qf3 Bf5 17.Qg2 Qh5
18.Qxd5 Rfe8 19.Bd2 Rxe1+ 20.Bxe1 Qd1 21.Qxa8+ Bf8 22.Qg2 Bd3
23.h3 Qxe1+ 24.Kh2 h5 25.h4 Qc1 26.Qf3 Qxb2 27.Qxd3 Qxf2+
28.Kh1 Qb2 29.a4 Qxa1 30.axb5 axb5 31.Qxb5 Qa8+ 32.d5 Qa2
33.Qd3 Qf2 34.d6 Bxd6 35.Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm"]
[Site "Benidorm (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Torbjorn Glimbrant"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Nf3
c6 8.O-O-O a6 9.Kb1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Ne5 h6
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Rhg1 Qc7 17.g4 c5
18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Rac8 20.g5 h5 21.g6 Qxh2 22.gxf7 Rxf7
23.Bh7+ Kf8 24.Bg6 Rf6 25.Be4 Rxf2 26.Rgf1 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Re8
28.Qc2 1-0

[Event "Benidorm"]
[Site "Benidorm (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Javier Sanchez Guirado"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bd3 c6 9.Ne2 Re8 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Nf8 12.Rhg1 Qd6
13.h3 b5 14.g4 Bxc3 15.Nxc3 b4 16.Bg3 Qd8 17.Na4 Ne4 18.Kb1
Qa5 19.Rc1 Be6 20.Nc5 Rac8 21.Nb7 Qb6 22.Nd6 Qa5 23.Bxe4 dxe4
24.b3 Bd5 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.Bd6 Ne6 27.Qd2 Qb5 28.Qxb4 Qd3+
29.Kb2 a5 30.Qxa5 c5 31.Rgd1 Qe2+ 32.Rd2 1-0

[Event "Benidorm"]
[Site "Benidorm (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ariel Sorin"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2
h6 8.Bh4 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nhf6 11.Rg1 a6 12.g4 e4
13.Nd2 d5 14.Qb3 Qd6 15.g5 hxg5 16.Rxg5 Rxh2 17.cxd5 cxd5
18.Nxd5 b5 19.Nc3 Kf8 20.Ndxe4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Qc6+ 22.Nc3 Rxf2
23.Qb4+ Kg8 24.Bd3 Nf6 25.Rdg1 Bg4 26.e4 Rd8 27.Kb1 a5 28.Qxa5
Rxd4 29.Nd5 Qe8 30.Qc3 Rxd5 31.exd5 Rf4 32.R1xg4 1-0

[Event "Benidorm"]
[Site "Benidorm (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Branko Damljanovic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.e3 dxc4 9.bxc4 Qb6 10.Qb3 Na5 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.Rc1 Rd8
13.Na3 Bd7 14.d3 Bc6 15.Ne1 Ne8 16.Bc3 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6
18.Rcb1 Nd7 19.Bf1 Kf8 20.Rb2 Ba4 21.Nb1 Bd1 22.Nc3 Bh5 23.f4
Nc6 24.Bg2 Bg6 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.a4 Ra5 27.e4 Ke7 28.Kf2 Bh5
29.h3 f6 30.g4 Bf7 31.Nf3 h6 32.h4 Rg8 33.Rh1 Raa8 34.Ke3 Kd6
35.Rg2 Kc7 36.h5 Rae8 37.e5 fxe5 38.Nxe5 Nxe5 39.fxe5 Rgf8
40.Ne4 Bg8 41.g5 Rf5 42.gxh6 gxh6 43.Nf6 Rxe5+ 44.Kd2 Bf7
45.Nxe8+ Bxe8 46.Rg7+ Kd6 47.Rb1 Bxh5 48.Rxb6 Re2+ 49.Kc3 Ra2
50.Rb1 Ra3+ 51.Kd2 Ra2+ 52.Kc3 Ra3+ 53.Kb2 Rxa4 54.Rh1 Be2
55.Rh2 Rb4+ 56.Kc3 Bd1 57.Rxh6 Ba4 58.Rgg6 Rb3+ 59.Kd2 Rb2+
60.Ke3 Rb1 61.Rxe6+ Kd7 62.Reg6 Re1+ 63.Kd2 Rd1+ 64.Ke2 1-0

[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri S 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 "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Gyula Sax"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
d6 8.e3 e5 9.Bd3 e4 10.Bc2 Nbd7 11.Qb1 Qe7 12.Ne2 g5 13.Bg3
Nf8 14.h4 Rg8 15.hxg5 hxg5 16.Qb5+ Kd8 17.Nc1 Ng4 18.Rb1 f5
19.Qa5+ Qc7 20.Qxc7+ Kxc7 21.Kd2 Bd7 22.f3 Nxe3 23.Kxe3 f4
24.Kd2 exf3 25.gxf3 fxg3 26.Rh6 Rg7 27.Ne2 Rf7 28.Be4 g2
29.Rg1 Re8 30.Rxg2 g4 31.Rg3 Re5 32.Nc1 gxf3 33.Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 Qxb6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 d6 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.O-O Rb8 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Bf4
Nb6 14.e5 Ne8 15.exd6 exd6 16.Qd2 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Nf6 18.Rfe1 Ng4
19.Rad1 Bd4 20.Bg3 f5 21.Re2 Rb4 22.b3 Qg7 23.Bxd6 Bxc3 24.Qf4
Rd8 25.Re7 Qf6 26.Bxc5 Rb7 27.Rxb7 Be5 28.d6+ Kh8 29.Qf3 Bxh2+
30.Kf1 Be5 31.Qd5 Bxb7 32.Qxb7 Qh4 33.d7 Bf6 34.a4 Qh5 35.Rd6
Ne5 36.Qd5 Nxc4 37.bxc4 Bg7 38.Re6 g5 39.Bb6 1-0

[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd1 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bg5
Nge7 8.Nd5 f5 9.e3 h6 10.Bf6 Bxf6 11.Nxf6+ Kf7 12.Nd5 Ne5
13.Nd4 c6 14.Nc3 a6 15.Be2 c5 16.Nf3 Be6 17.b3 Qa5 18.Qd2 Rad8
19.Rd1 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.O-O d5 23.b4 Qxb4
24.Rb1 Qa5 25.Rxb5 Qa7 26.Ne2 Rb8 27.Ra5 Qb6 28.Nf4 Ra8
29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Rd1 Qb4 31.Qc2 Ra3 32.h4 Qc3 33.Qe2 Qe5 34.Qd2
c4 35.Rb1 c3 36.Qc2 d4 37.Nxe6 Qxe6 38.exd4 Qc4 39.Be2 Qxd4
40.h5 Kf6 41.Qc1 Rxa2 42.Qxh6 Qc5 43.Re1 Rd2 44.Kh1 Qb4 45.f4
Rd8 46.Bc4 c2 47.Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vasil Spasov"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 c6 7.Be2
a6 8.Bg5 b5 9.cxb5 axb5 10.a3 Bb7 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.b4
Qd8 14.f4 h6 15.Bh4 Nb6 16.Kh1 Bc8 17.Bd3 e5 18.Qc2 exd4
19.Nce2 Nc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Nxd4 Qb6 22.Nge2 Ng4 23.Qd2 c3
24.Qxc3 c5 25.bxc5 dxc5 26.Qb3 Qxb3 27.Nxb3 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 Ba6
29.Nc3 c4 30.Nd4 Kg7 31.h3 Nf6 32.e5 Nh5 33.Rf1 Kh7 34.Kh2 Bb7
35.g4 Nxf4 36.Rxf4 g5 37.Bxg5 hxg5 38.Rf5 Rxa3 39.Ne6 fxe6
40.Rxf8 Kg7 41.Rd8 Rxc3 42.Rd7+ Kf8 43.Rxb7 Re3 44.Rc7 c3
45.Kg2 Ke8 46.Rc6 Kd7 47.Rc5 Rd3 48.Rc4 Rd2+ 49.Kg3 Rd3+
50.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Iossif Davidovich Dorfman"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2
Nc6 8.O-O d6 9.Be3 Nf6 10.c4 O-O 11.Rd1 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 e5 13.Nc3
Be6 14.Nd5 Nd7 15.Be2 a5 16.Nc3 a4 17.Nd2 Nd4 18.Rac1 Nc5
19.Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Qb6 21.Nb5 Rfd8 22.Qe3 Qc6 23.f3 b6
24.Rd2 Rd7 25.b4 axb3 26.axb3 Nb7 27.b4 h6 28.Rdd1 Ra4 29.Qc3
Ra2 30.Bf1 Rd8 31.Ra1 Rda8 32.Rxa2 Rxa2 33.Kh1 Kf8 34.Qb3 Ra8
35.Nc3 Nd8 36.h3 f6 37.Kh2 Bf7 38.Rd2 Ne6 39.Nb5 Rd8 40.Qa3
Ke7 41.Qa7+ Kf8 42.Ra2 Rd7 43.Qa8+ Nd8 44.Ra7 Qxa8 45.Rxa8 Ke7
46.Na7 Rb7 47.Nc8+ Kd7 48.Nxd6 Kxd6 49.Rxd8+ Ke7 50.Ra8 Kd6
51.Kg3 Rd7 52.Ra6 Kc7 53.c5 bxc5 54.Bb5 Re7 55.bxc5 Kb8 56.Bc6
Be6 57.Kh4 Bf7 58.Bd5 Be8 59.c6 Kc7 60.Ra7+ Kd6 61.Rxe7 Kxe7
62.c7 1-0

[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Manolov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne8
8.Nge2 g6 9.Bh6 Ng7 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.O-O Nf6 12.h3 Kh8 13.Be3 Nd7
14.Rad1 f5 15.Bh6 Nf6 16.f4 exf4 17.Nxf4 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4
19.Bxe4 Bf6 20.g4 Bd7 21.Bb1 Kg8 22.Ne2 Qe7 23.Kg2 b5 24.Nc3
bxc4 25.Ne4 Bh4 26.Qc3 Ba4 27.Rc1 Rxf1 28.Rxf1 Rb8 29.Nxd6 Rf8
30.Rxf8+ Qxf8 31.Ne4 Bd1 32.Qxg7+ Qxg7 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.Nc3
Bxg4 35.hxg4 Kf6 36.Kf3 Ke5 37.Be4 Bg5 38.Nb5 a6 39.Nc7 Bc1
40.Nxa6 Bxb2 41.Nxc5 h5 42.gxh5 gxh5 43.Nd7+ Kd4 44.a4 c3
45.Nf6 c2 46.Bxc2 Ke5 47.Nxh5 Kxd5 48.a5 Kc5 49.Bd3 Bc3 50.a6
Kb6 51.Nf4 Bd4 52.Ke4 Bg1 53.Kd5 Bf2 54.Ne6 Bg1 55.Kd6 Bf2
56.Nd8 Bg3+ 57.Kd7 Ka7 58.Nc6+ Ka8 59.Ke8 1-0

[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bojan Kurajica"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 d6 6.d4 O-O 7.O-O c6
8.c4 Na6 9.Qb3 Nc7 10.a4 h6 11.Nc3 Qe8 12.d5 cxd5 13.cxd5 Bd7
14.b5 Qf7 15.Nd4 Ng4 16.Nd1 f4 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.h3 Ne5 19.a5 g5
20.b6 axb6 21.axb6 Na6 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Nc3 Nc5 24.Qd1 Ned3
25.exd3 Bxd4 26.gxf4 gxf4 27.Na4 Bxb2 28.Nxb2 Qg7 29.d4 Bxh3
30.Qf3 Bxg2 31.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Nd7 33.Nd3 Rc4 34.Nxf4 Rxd4
35.Kf3 Nxb6 36.Ke3 Rb4 37.Rh1 Kg7 38.Ne6+ Kf7 39.Nf4 Rb5
40.Kd4 Kf6 41.Ke4 Kg7 42.f3 Nd7 43.Kf5 Kf7 44.Ke4 Nf6+ 45.Kd4
Rb4+ 46.Ke3 Rb3+ 47.Kf2 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Spyridon Skembris"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 h6 12.Bh4 Re8
13.c4 Be6 14.Rc1 Rb8 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Bc4 Re6 17.b3 Qa5 18.Bxf6
Rxf6 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Qd4 Re8 21.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candas"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dragan Barlov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qc2 g6 6.e4 fxe4 7.Nxe4
Bg7 8.Nf3 c5 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.d5 Ng4 13.O-O
Nde5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.Bh6 Rf7 17.b3 Bf5 18.Qd2 Qb4
19.Rac1 a6 20.Rfe1 b5 21.Rxe5 dxe5 22.d6 Be6 23.dxe7 Re8
24.Qd6 Rfxe7 25.Ne4 Rf7 26.Qc6 Rfe7 27.Nf6+ Kf7 28.Nxe8 Rxe8
29.Qf3+ Bf5 30.g4 e4 31.Qf4 e3 32.gxf5 e2 33.fxg6+ Kxg6
34.Qg5+ Kf7 35.Qh5+ Ke7 36.Qxe2+ Kd7 37.Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "Candas"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alejandro Hoffman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.b3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Nd2 O-O 7.Nh3
Qe8 8.d5 c6 9.c4 Na6 10.O-O h6 11.Nf4 g5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nd3
e5 14.e4 Qg6 15.f3 c5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Nf2 Rad8 18.g4 Bc8
19.Re1 Nb4 20.Bf1 h5 21.a3 Nc6 22.h3 Qh6 23.Bg2 Nd4 24.Bxd4
exd4 25.Re7 Nd7 26.Nde4 Ne5 27.Rxa7 Rf4 28.Ng3 hxg4 29.fxg4
Qh4 30.Bd5+ Kh8 31.Kg2 Rdf8 32.Ra2 Bxg4 33.Nxg4 Nxg4 34.hxg4
Rxg4 35.Qxg4 Qxg4 36.Ra1 Bh6 37.Rh1 Rf6 38.Ra8+ Kg7 39.Re1 Rf7
40.Bxf7 Kxf7 41.Ra7+ Kg6 42.Rae7 Kf6 43.R7e4 Qd7 44.a4 g4
45.Rf1+ Kg6 46.Rf5 d3 47.Rxg4+ Kh7 48.Rh4 d2 49.Rd5 Kg6 50.Re4
Kf7 51.Nf5 Kg6 52.Nxd6 Bf8 53.Rxd2 Bxd6 54.Rd5 Kf6 55.Re3 Qg4+
56.Kf2 Bh2 57.Rf3+ Kg6 58.Ke2 Qg2+ 59.Ke3 Qc2 60.Rd3 Qb2
61.Rf1 Qg2 62.Rf3 Qg5+ 63.Ke2 Bf4 64.Rf2 Qe5+ 65.Kf1 Be3
66.Rf3 Bd4 67.Rd2 Kh5 68.Rg2 Qe6 69.a5 Bf6 70.Re2 Qd6 71.Ree3
Qd1+ 72.Kg2 Qd2+ 73.Kh3 Qd1 74.Kg2 Qd2+ 75.Kh3 Qd4 76.Rf5+ Kg6
77.Ref3 Be5 78.a6 Qa1 79.a7 Bd4 80.Kg4 Qg1+ 81.Rg3 Qa1 82.Rgf3
Qg1+ 83.Rg3 Qa1 84.Kf4 Kh6 85.Rfg5 Qc1+ 86.Kf5 Qf1+ 87.Ke4
Qe1+ 88.Kd5 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candas"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Davorin Komljenovic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 c6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.d5
Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.f4 Nb6 11.f5 Rc8 12.fxg6 hxg6
13.Bg5 Re8 14.Qb3 Nfd7 15.Bf1 Nc5 16.Qa3 cxd5 17.cxd5 a6
18.Rad1 Qd7 19.Qb4 Nba4 20.Nxa4 Nxa4 21.Rd3 Nxb2 22.Rh3 Nc4
23.Bxc4 Qg4 24.f4 f6 25.Rg3 Qf5 26.Bd3 Qxd5 27.Bxg6 Rc4 28.Qb3
Rec8 29.Bd3 fxg5 30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Rxg5 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Qxf4 33.Rf5
Qh4 34.Ref1 e6 35.R5f3 b5 36.Qd3 Qe7 37.Qg6 Rc7 38.Rh3 Qf6
39.Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Candas"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Nedobora"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.c4 g6 5.Nh3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+
Kxd8 8.Nc3 h6 9.b3 c6 10.Bb2 Be6 11.f3 Nbd7 12.Nf2 Kc7 13.Nd3
Re8 14.O-O-O Kc8 15.Rhe1 h5 16.e4 h4 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.g4 Bxd3
19.Rxd3 h3 20.Bf1 Nc5 21.Rdd1 Bh6+ 22.Kb1 Bf4 23.Bd3 Nxd3
24.Rxd3 Bxh2 25.Ne2 e4 26.Re3 exf3 27.Rxf3 Ne4 28.Kc2 Ng5
29.Rf2 Be5 30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Rh1 Re4 32.Rg1 Nf3 33.Rh1 Ne5
34.Kd2 0-1

[Event "Candas"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Antonio Antunes"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 a6 11.f3 Be6 12.Rc1 b5
13.cxb5 axb5 14.a3 Nd7 15.b4 Rxa3 16.Nxb5 Ra2 17.Qe3 h6 18.Bh4
g5 19.Bf2 Qb8 20.O-O Rc8 21.h4 Bf6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rxc8+ Qxc8
24.Bd3 Ne5 25.Bb1 Rb2 26.Rc1 Qb8 27.Nd4 Qxb4 28.Nxe6 Rxb1
29.Nc7 Nc4 30.Qe1 Qxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32.Bxe1 Bd4+ 33.Bf2
Bxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Kg7 35.g3 e6 36.f4 Kg6 37.Kf3 Nd2+ 38.Ke3 Nf1+
39.Kf2 Nd2 40.Ke3 Nc4+ 41.Kd4 Nb6 42.Nb5 Nc8 43.Ke3 g4 44.Kd3
f5 45.exf5 Kxf5 46.Nd4+ Kf6 47.Nc2 Ne7 48.Ne3 Nf5 49.Nxg4+ Ke7
50.Nh2 Nxg3 51.Nf3 Kf6 52.Nd4 Nf5 53.Nf3 Ng7 54.Nd4 d5 55.Ke2
Ke7 56.Kd3 Kd6 57.Nb5+ Kc6 58.Nd4+ Kc5 59.Nb3+ Kd6 60.Nd4 Nf5
61.Nxf5+ exf5 62.Kd4 Kc6 63.Ke5 Kc5 64.Kxf5 d4 65.Kg6 d3 66.f5
d2 67.f6 d1=Q 68.f7 Qd8 69.Kg7 Qg5+ 70.Kh8 Qf6+ 71.Kg8 Qg6+
72.Kh8 Qxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candas"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Silvio Danailov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.Ng3 e6
8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 Ne8 10.h4 f5 11.h5 Nd7 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Bh6
Bxh6 14.Rxh6 Qg5 15.Qd2 Qxd2+ 16.Kxd2 Kg7 17.Rah1 Ndf6 18.R6h2
Bd7 19.a3 Nc7 20.b4 Rh8 21.Rxh8 Rxh8 22.Rb1 b6 23.f4 Re8
24.Bf3 Kf7 25.Nge2 Kg7 26.bxc5 dxc5 27.Nc1 Rd8 28.Nd3 Nfe8
29.Ne5 Nd6 30.a4 Be8 31.Be2 Rb8 32.g4 Rd8 33.Bd3 fxg4 34.Rg1
Kf6 35.Nxg4+ Kg7 36.Ne5 Kh7 37.Ne4 Nxe4+ 38.Bxe4 Rd6 39.Ke3
Rf6 40.Rg5 Kh6 41.Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Candas"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Oscar Bruno de Prado Rodriguez"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.d4 O-O 7.b3 Nc6
8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qd5+ Kh8
13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Ng5 Rf8 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Rad1 Bf6 17.Nf3 Re8
18.Ba5 c5 19.Bc3 a5 20.Rd5 a4 21.Rxc5 axb3 22.axb3 Rb8 23.Rb1
Be6 24.Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Candas"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeni Maljutin"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.a4
a5 8.O-O Be7 9.e4 Nb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qe2 Ng4 12.Bd2 c5 13.dxc5
Bxc5 14.e5 Qd3 15.Qxd3 cxd3 16.h3 Nh6 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Rfd1 Bd7
19.b3 Nd5 20.Be1 Nb4 21.Bxb4 Bxb4 22.Rxd3 Bc6 23.Nd4 Rfd8
24.Rad1 Nf5 25.Nxf5 Rxd3 26.Nh6+ Kf8 27.Rxd3 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 gxh6
29.Bxb7 Rb8 30.Rd7 Re8 31.Bf3 Re7 32.Rd3 Rc7 33.Bh5 Bc3 34.Re3
Rc5 35.Rf3 Bxe5 36.Rxf7+ Kg8 37.Rb7 Rc7 38.Rb6 Bd4 39.Rxe6 Rc2
40.Be2 Rc3 41.Re4 Bc5 42.Kg2 Kg7 43.Bc4 Rc2 44.Rf4 Bb4 45.h4
1-0

[Event "Candas"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Andrew David Martin"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7
13.Rad1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 15.a4 Rc8 16.Nc2 b5 17.Nxb4 bxa4 18.Nxa4
Rb8 19.Nb6 Rxb6 20.Bxb6 Qxb6 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Bh3 23.Qa4
Rc8 24.Nd3 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Bb4 26.Qd7 Rb8 27.h4 Qb7 28.h5 a4
29.Qxb7 Rxb7 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Ra8 Rb5 32.Rxa4 Be7 33.Ra7 Bf6
34.Rxf7 Bxb2 35.Nxb2 Rxb2 36.f4 Rb5 37.g4 Kg8 38.Rf5 Rb2
39.Kf2 g6 40.hxg6 Kg7 41.g5 Rb6 42.Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Palma de Majorca"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Bxc5
7.Nb3 Bb6 8.Bg5 Ne7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbc6 11.h3 Re8 12.Be3
Bf5 13.Nfd4 Bg6 14.h4 Rc8 15.h5 Be4 16.f3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4
18.fxe4 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Qc7 20.Bd3 Nf5 21.Qg5 Ng3 22.h6 Qe5
23.Qxe5 Rxe5 24.Rh3 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.hxg7 Rg5 27.Rd2 Kxg7
28.Re3 Re8 29.g3 Re7 30.c4 h5 31.b4 f5 32.Rd4 Kf6 33.a4 Reg7
34.Rd6+ Ke5 35.Rd5+ Ke6 36.Rdd3 h4 37.gxh4 Rg1+ 38.Kb2 R7g2+
39.Kc3 Ke5 40.Rd5+ Kf4 41.Rh3 Rc1+ 42.Kb3 Rb1+ 43.Kc3 Rgb2
44.Kd4 Rxb4 45.h5 Rc1 46.Rc5 b5 47.axb5 axb5 48.Rxb5 Rbxc4+
49.Kd5 R4c3 50.Rh2 R3c2 51.Rh3 Rd2+ 52.Ke6 Rc6+ 53.Ke7 Ra2
54.Rb7 Rh6 55.Rh1 Rh7+ 0-1

[Event "Palma de Majorca"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Pedro Jose Barcelo Pujadas"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Na3
cxd4 8.cxd4 Bxa3 9.bxa3 Nf5 10.Be3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Qa5+ 12.Qd2
Bd7 13.O-O Qxd2 14.Nxd2 Rc8 15.Nb3 b6 16.Ba6 Rc7 17.Rac1 Ke7
18.Rc2 Bc8 19.Bd3 Bb7 20.e4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Rhc8 22.Rfc1 Kd8
23.Bxh7 g6 24.Rf2 Ke7 25.Rcf1 Nd8 26.h4 Ba6 27.Rd1 Rc2 28.h5
Rxf2 29.Kxf2 Rc2+ 30.Nd2 Bd3 31.h6 Kf8 32.g4 Nc6 33.Kg3 Rc3
34.Kf2 Rc2 35.Kg3 Rc3 36.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Majorca"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Cockcroft"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2
e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Rd1+ Kc8 12.e3 f6
13.h4 Nh6 14.Bh3 Bxh3 15.Rxh3 a4 16.Ke2 Re8 17.Rhh1 e4 18.Nd2
f5 19.Nd5 Ne5 20.Nf4 Ra6 21.Rc1 Nhg4 22.c5 Ra5 23.Rc3 Rd8
24.Nc4 Rxc5 25.Nxe5 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.O-O e5 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Qb3+
Kf6 13.f4 Bh6 14.fxe5 Kg7 15.Rf6 Bg4 16.Rf7+ Kh8 17.Qxb7 Nxe5
18.Rxc7 Nd7 19.Bd6 Rc8 20.Ng3 Rxc7 21.Bxc7 Qg5 22.h3 Qe3+
23.Kh2 Qxc3 24.Rf1 Be6 25.d5+ Bg8 26.Bf4 Bxf4 27.Rxf4 Nf6
28.Qa6 Kg7 29.Qxa7+ Bf7 30.Ne2 Qe5 31.Kg1 Re7 32.Qd4 Qxd4+
33.Nxd4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Palma de Majorca"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jorge Sanchez Almeyra"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5+ 12.Kf1
Bg4 13.f3 Bd7 14.h4 Rfd8 15.h5 Be8 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Kf2 Rac8
18.Bb3 e6 19.Qg1 Nxd4 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Bxd4 Qd2+
23.Kg3 Qg5+ 24.Kf2 Qd2+ 25.Kg3 Qg5+ 26.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Majorca"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Juan Reyes"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Qa5 11.Ra3 Re8 12.Nge2 Nbd7 13.Ng3
Rb8 14.Be2 Qc7 15.O-O c4 16.Be3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.b4 Ne5
19.Ra7 Qd8 20.Ra5 Bd7 21.f4 Neg4 22.Bd4 h5 23.Bf3 h4 24.Nge2
h3 25.gxh3 Nh6 26.Bg2 Kh7 27.Ng3 Nfg8 28.Ra7 Ne7 29.Bxg7 Kxg7
30.f5 Nc8 31.f6 Kh7 32.Ra6 Re5 33.Nce2 Nb6 34.Nd4 Qc8 35.Ra3
Na4 36.Nge2 Rh5 37.Nf3 Qc7 38.Kh1 Rc8 39.Ng5+ Kg8 40.Bf3 c3
41.Nxc3 Bxh3 42.Nxb5 Qb6 43.Nxh3 Rxh3 44.Be2 Nc3 45.Rxc3 Rcxc3
46.Nxc3 Qxb4 47.Rf3 1-0

[Event "Palma de Majorca"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Felix Campos"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Qd2 h6 9.Be3 exd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.a4 h5 12.Be2 Re8 13.Bd1 Nbd7
14.Nge2 Ne5 15.b3 Qa5 16.Ra2 c4 17.O-O cxb3 18.Bxb3 Nfd7
19.Nb1 b6 20.Qxa5 bxa5 21.Nd2 Rb8 22.Bc2 Rb4 23.Nb3 Nc4 24.Bf2
Ndb6 25.Be1 Nxd5 26.exd5 Rxe2 27.Nc1 Re3 28.Bxb4 axb4 29.Nb3
Rc3 30.Re1 Ne3 31.Na1 Nxd5 32.Bb3 Bd4+ 33.Kh1 Ne3 34.Rd2 Be5
35.Bc2 Be6 36.Bd3 a5 37.g3 b3 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vereslav Eingorn"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.e3 c6 9.Bd3 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qc2 Ndf6 12.O-O Bf5
13.Ne5 O-O 14.Rab1 Rfe8 15.b4 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Bxd3 17.Nxd3 Ne4
18.Qc2 Nd6 19.a4 a6 20.Nc5 Rad8 21.Rfe1 Qg5 22.Re2 Re7 23.Rbe1
Rde8 24.Qd3 Qh4 25.Nb3 Re6 26.Nc5 R6e7 27.Nb3 Qh5 28.Nd2 Re6
29.f3 f5 30.f4 g5 31.Nf3 Re4 32.Ne5 gxf4 33.exf4 Re7 34.Qg3+
Rg7 35.Qf2 Kh7 36.g3 Qe8 37.Rxe4 Nxe4 38.Qg2 Qd8 39.Qh3 Qf8
40.Re3 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Cugat"]
[Site "St. Cugat (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Antonio Lacasa Diaz"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O Qb6
8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b4 Be7 10.Bf4 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Nf6
13.Nd2 O-O 14.a4 a5 15.b5 Rac8 16.c4 Be8 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Nc4
Qd8 19.Qd2 Bb4 20.Qb2 Qe7 21.Qb3 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Rxf4 23.Rac1 Rc5
24.Ne3 Bf7 25.g3 Rd4 26.Rxc5 Bxc5 27.Bc4 Re4 28.Rd1 Bh5 29.Rc1
b6 30.Ng2 Qd6 31.Qc2 Rd4 32.Re1 Bf7 33.Ne3 Rd2 34.Qe4 g6
35.Ng4 Kg7 36.Bxe6 Bxe6 37.Qxe6 Qxe6 38.Rxe6 Rd4 39.Ne5 Rxa4
40.Nd7 Bd4 41.Nxb6 Rb4 42.Rd6 Kf7 43.Nc8 a4 44.b6 a3 45.Rd7+
Ke6 46.Ra7 Bc5 47.Kg2 Rb2 48.Ra5 Kd5 49.Na7 Rxb6 50.Nb5 Bb4
0-1

[Event "St Cugat"]
[Site "St. Cugat (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Silvio Danailov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3
Bd6 8.a4 Na5 9.Ba2 O-O 10.Nc3 b4 11.Ne2 h6 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Bd2
Bf8 14.Re1 c5 15.h3 Rb8 16.Bc4 Qc7 17.Nh2 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5
19.b3 Nxc4 20.bxc4 Nf4 21.Nf3 g6 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.Ne4 Bg7
24.Rb1 Bc6 25.Nfd2 Bxa4 26.Nb3 Bxb3 27.cxb3 Re6 28.Nd2 Rbe8
29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Nf3 Bc3 31.Qc2 Qe7 32.Kf1 g5 33.Rd1 Kg7 34.Qc1
Re2 35.d4 Ra2 36.Kg1 Qe2 37.Rf1 cxd4 38.Qd1 d3 39.Nh2 Ra1
40.Qxa1 Bxa1 41.Rxa1 d2 0-1

[Event "St Cugat"]
[Site "St. Cugat (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arturo Vidarte Morales"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Cugat"]
[Site "St. Cugat (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Arturo Pomar Salamanca"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2
c6 8.O-O-O a6 9.Kb1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Ne4 b5
13.Be2 Bb7 14.Nc5 Nxc5 15.Qxc5 Qxc5 16.dxc5 Rfd8 17.Rd4 Kf8
18.Rhd1 Ke7 19.Ng5 f5 20.e4 Nf4 21.Bf3 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Rf8
23.Nxh7 Rh8 24.Ng5 Rxh2 25.exf5 Nxg2 26.Nxe6 Nh4 27.Bg4 Rxf2
28.Nxg7 Nf3 29.Re4+ Kf7 30.Bxf3 Rxf3 31.Ne8 Bc8 32.Nd6+ Kf6
33.Nxc8 Rxf5 34.Nb6 Rf1+ 35.Kc2 Rf2+ 36.Kc3 Rf3+ 37.Kb4 Rf2
38.Ka5 Rxb2 39.Kxa6 Kf5 40.Re3 Rc2 41.Nd7 1-0

[Event "St Cugat"]
[Site "St. Cugat ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Pablo Glavina Rossi"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3
Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Ng3 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 h5 12.O-O Re8 13.Qd2
h4 14.Nh1 Nh7 15.Nf2 f5 16.Rae1 a6 17.a3 Qf6 18.Nh3 Nf7 19.Nf4
b5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Bd3 Ne5 22.Ne4 Qd8 23.Be2 Nf7 24.h3 Nf6
25.Bd3 Ne5 26.Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.Bxf5 Nc4 28.Qf2 Qxf5 29.Ne6 Bxb2
30.Qxh4 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 Qxd5 32.Rfe1 Be5 33.Nc7+ Qd4 34.Qg5 Kg7
35.Nxa8 Bf6 36.Kh1 Bxg5 37.Rxe8 Kf7 38.Nc7 Qc3 39.f4 Bd8
40.Kh2 Qd2 41.R1e4 Bf6 42.R8e6 c4 43.Kg3 g5 44.Kf3 d5 45.Re3
Qd1+ 46.Kg3 gxf4 47.Kxf4 Qh5 48.g4 Qg5+ 49.Kf3 c3 50.Ne8 c2
51.Nxf6 c1=Q 52.Re7+ Kg6 53.Nh5 Qxe7 54.Rxe7 Qxa3+ 55.Re3 Qa1
56.Nf4+ Kg5 57.Kg3 Qg1+ 58.Ng2 a5 59.Re6 1-0

[Event "St Cugat"]
[Site "St. Cugat (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Atanas Kolev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 e6 4.c4 Ne7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.d5 d6 7.dxe6
Bxe6 8.Be2 Nbc6 9.O-O f5 10.Ng5 Bd7 11.c5 dxc5 12.Qb3+ Kh8
13.Nf7+ Rxf7 14.Qxf7 Ne5 15.Qb3 N7c6 16.Be3 Nd4 17.Qd1 fxe4
18.Nxe4 b6 19.f3 Bc6 20.Kh1 Qe8 21.Re1 Rd8 22.Bg5 Bxe4 23.fxe4
Rd6 24.Qc1 Bf6 25.Bf4 Bh4 26.g3 Bf6 27.Bxe5 Qxe5 28.Bf1 Kg7
29.Rb1 Nf3 30.Re2 Rd2 31.Qc3 Qh5 32.Qxd2 Nxd2 33.Rxd2 Bd4
34.Bg2 Qe5 35.b3 b5 36.Rbd1 a5 37.Rc2 h5 38.Bf3 Kh6 39.Kg2 g5
40.Kh1 g4 41.Bg2 h4 42.gxh4 Qf6 43.e5 Bxe5 44.Rxc5 Qf4 45.Rc6+
Kh5 46.Kg1 Qxh2+ 47.Kf1 Qf4+ 48.Ke2 Bd4 49.Rf1 Qe3+ 50.Kd1
Qd3+ 51.Ke1 a4 0-1

[Event "Zaragoza"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Sanchez Herrera"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.Nf3 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nxd5 Bxb2
13.Rb1 Bb7 14.Be4 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Qa5+ 16.Ke2 Rd8 17.Qc4 Nd7
18.Rxb2 Nb6 19.Qb5 Qa3 20.Bxa8 Nc4 21.Rd1 1-0

[Event "Zaragoza"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ariel Sorin"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Be3 a5 9.Qc2 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 Nh6 12.Rad1 Nf7 13.Be3
c6 14.c5 dxc5 15.dxe5 Qe7 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Na4 Re8 18.Bc4 Kh8
19.Nxc5 Nxc5 20.Bxc5 Bg4 21.Bd4 Qf4 22.Qc3 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Ne5
24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.f4 Qg7 26.f5 Qe5 27.h3 c5 28.Rd5 Qxc3 29.bxc3
Rxe4 30.Bd3 Bxf5 31.Bxe4 Bxe4 32.Rxc5 a4 33.Rc7 a3 34.Rff7 g5
35.Rfe7 Bb1 36.Rxb7 Bxa2 37.Rxh7+ Kg8 38.Rbg7+ 1-0

[Event "Zaragoza"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mario Leopoldo Leskovar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.dxe5 Nd7 6.Nf3 dxe5 7.Nbd2
Ne7 8.Nc4 f6 9.h4 b6 10.h5 Bb7 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Rxh8+ Bxh8
13.Nh4 Nc5 14.Qg4 Qc8 15.Qxc8+ Rxc8 16.Ba3 g5 17.Bxc5 gxh4
18.Ba3 Bg7 19.Rd1 Be4 20.Rd2 Bc6 21.Be2 b5 22.Bh5+ Kf8 23.Na5
Bxg2 24.f3 h3 25.Kf2 c5 26.Bxc5 Bh6 27.b4 Rc7 28.Nb3 Kg7
29.Bxe7 Rxe7 30.Nc5 f5 31.Nd7 Bxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Kh6 33.Nf6 Re6
34.Bg4 h2 35.Rxg2 h1=Q 36.Ng8+ Kg7 37.Bxf5 Qxg2 38.Bxe6 Qxc2
39.Bb3 Qc3+ 40.Kf2 Qxb4 41.Kg3 a5 0-1

[Event "Zaragoza"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Santiago Tejero Lamana"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 e6 2.c3 Nf6 3.Nd2 d5 4.Ngf3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.e4
dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nbd7 9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc5 bxc5
13.Bg5 Qc7 14.h3 Rad8 15.Rad1 Nd5 16.Qe4 g6 17.Qh4 f6 18.Bc1
Nb6 19.Qh6 Rf7 20.Qe3 Qc6 21.Rfe1 e5 22.Bf1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Qa4
24.Qe2 Qxa2 25.Qb5 Kg7 26.Be3 Bd5 27.Nd2 Qa4 28.Qxa4 Nxa4
29.Ra1 Nxb2 30.Bb5 f5 31.f3 Bf8 32.Rb1 Rb7 33.Rxb2 a6 34.c4
Be6 35.Rb1 axb5 36.Rxb5 Rd7 37.f4 g5 38.g3 gxf4 39.gxf4 e4
40.Rb6 Bf7 41.Rc6 Be7 42.Nb3 Rd3 43.Bxc5 Bf6 44.Na5 e3 45.Rd6
e2+ 46.Kf2 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "Zaragoza"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Mikhail Ulibin"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nh3 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 O-O
8.Bb2 Qc7 9.Nd2 e5 10.Qc2 Ng4 11.e4 f4 12.c5 fxg3 13.hxg3 dxc5
14.dxc5 Be6 15.Qc3 Bf6 16.Nc4 Nd7 17.b4 b6 18.Nd6 a5 19.a3
bxc5 20.bxc5 Rab8 21.Rab1 Qa7 22.Rfc1 Rb3 23.Qc2 Rfb8 24.Bf1
Kh8 25.Kg2 Qxc5 26.Qxc5 Nxc5 27.Rxc5 Rxb2 28.Rxb2 Rxb2 29.Rxa5
h5 30.Kg1 Nh6 31.Ng5 Bxg5 32.Rxe5 Bf6 33.Rxe6 Bd4 34.Re8+ Kh7
35.e5 Rxf2 36.Bd3+ g6 37.Kh1 Ng4 38.Re7+ Kh8 39.Re8+ Kg7
40.Re7+ Kh8 41.Re8+ Kh7 42.Re7+ Kh6 43.Nf7+ Kg7 44.Nd6 Kh6
45.Nf7+ Rxf7 46.Rxf7 Nxe5 47.Rf4 Bb2 48.Be4 Bxa3 49.Rf6 c5
50.Kg2 Bb2 51.Ra6 Bd4 52.Rb6 Kg7 53.Rb7+ Kf6 54.Rb6+ Kg5
55.Rd6 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zaragoza"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesus Dominguez Velazquez"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Na3 f6 7.Nc2 fxe5
8.dxe5 Qc7 9.Bf4 O-O-O 10.Be2 Nh6 11.Qd2 Nf7 12.Qe3 Be7 13.Bb5
h6 14.h4 g6 15.b4 cxb4 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nxb4 Qc4 18.Nd2 Qc5
19.Qf3 Rhf8 20.Nb3 Qb6 21.Qe3 Qxe3+ 22.Bxe3 Nxe5 23.Bxa7 Nc4
24.Bc5 Bf6 25.Rc1 Rf7 26.Nd2 Bb5 27.Nf3 b6 28.Be3 Bg7 29.Nd4
Bd7 30.O-O e5 31.Ne2 Bg4 32.Ng3 Kb7 33.Rfe1 Bf6 34.h5 gxh5
35.Nf1 Bh4 36.g3 Bg5 37.Bxg5 hxg5 38.Ne3 Nxe3 39.Rxe3 e4
40.Nc2 Rdf8 41.Nb4 Rxf2 42.Nxd5 Rd2 43.c4 Rff2 44.Rb1 Rg2+
45.Kf1 Rdf2+ 46.Ke1 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Zaragoza"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lembit Oll"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.e5 Bd7 5.Ne2 c5 6.Nf3 Bb5 7.c3 Nc6
8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nexd4 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 Nge7 11.g3 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6
13.Kg2 Be7 14.Re1 Qb6 15.Re2 Rc8 16.Rc1 O-O 17.h4 h6 18.h5 Qb5
19.Rec2 Na7 20.Nh2 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Nxc8 23.b3 Na7
24.Ng4 Nc6 25.Qd2 Qb4 26.Qc1 Qa3 27.Qc2 Qb4 28.Qc1 Qa3 29.Qc2
Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mesa-A"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.h3 b6 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4
13.Qxe4 Bb7 14.Bf4 Bxf4 15.Qxf4 c5 16.Ne5 Nf6 17.Bf3 Bxf3
18.Qxf3 Qc7 19.Qe3 Rad8 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Nd3 Rd4 22.Nxc5 Rxc4
23.b4 Qc6 24.Qb3 Qb5 25.Nd3 Rec8 26.a4 Qb8 27.Rac1 Rxc1
28.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29.Nxc1 Nd5 30.Nd3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca "]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Elizbar Ubilava"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5
7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 Nb6 11. b3 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nbd7 13. h4 Ne5 14. g4 Qb6 15. h5 a5 16. Qh2 Nfd7
17. Na4 Qa7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g5 1-0

[Event "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. e3
Qe7 7. Be2 Nxe5 8. O-O Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Nd4 Bc5 11. Qc2
c6 12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rfe8 15. f3 Nf6 16. Rae1 dxc4
17. bxc4 Rad8 18. Bf5 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Nd7 21. Qa5
c5 22. Ba1 Nb6 23. e4 Rd3 24. Rc1 Nc8 25. Bc3 Qd6 26. Be1 b6
27. Qa6 Qd7 28. a4 Ra3 29. Qb5 Qxb5 30. axb5 Rd8 31. Bh4 f6
32. e5 Kf7 33. Rfe1 Rd2 34. Rcd1 Raa2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. exf6
gxf6 37. Re4 Nd6 38. Rf4 f5 39. Bg3 Kg6 40. Rh4 Rd1+ 41. Kf2
Nf7 42. Bb8 Ra1 43. g4 fxg4 44. Rxg4+ Kf6 45. Rf4+ Kg6 46. Re4
Kf6 47. Re8 Ra4 48. Rc8 Ne5 49. Rh8 Nxc4 50. Rxh7 a6 51. bxa6
Rxa6 52. h4 Kg6 53. Rb7 Na5 54. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mesa-A"]
[Site "Mesa, Spain"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Eduardo Morovic-Fernandez"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 Bg4 6.c3 c6 7.Bd3
Nf6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Nf1 O-O 10.Ng3 Re8 11.O-O Bf8 12.h3 Bc8
13.Qc2 h6 14.Bd2 b6 15.Rae1 Rxe1 16.Rxe1 Bb7 17.Nf5 c5 18.Bf4
Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nc6 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Rd1 d5 22.Be4 Qd7 23.Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa, Spain"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Eduardo Morovic-Fernandez"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Be7 7.g4
d5 8.Bb5+ Kf8 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qf3 Qxf3 12.Nxf3 Bd7
13.Be2 Bc6 14.O-O-O Nd7 15.Rhe1 e5 16.Bc4 f6 17.Nh4 Bb4 18.c3
Bc5 19.g5 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 fxg5 21.Nf3 h6 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Rxe5 g6
24.Rd6 Be8 25.Rf6+ Kg7 26.Rfe6 Rf8 27.Re7+ Kf6 28.Bd5 Bf7
29.Bxb7 Rab8 30.Re3 Bxa2 31.Rc7 g4 32.Be4 Kg5 33.Rc5+ Kf4
34.Bxg6 Bb3 35.c4 Rb4 36.Bd3 Ra4 37.Kd2 Ra1 38.Rb5 Ba4 39.Ra5
Rf7 40.Bc2 Rd7+ 41.Kc3 Bxc2 42.Rxa1 1-0

[Event "Ponferrada op1"]
[Site "Ponferrada, Spain"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d6 2.Bg5 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 f6 5.Bh4 e5 6.e3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Nh6
8.Nge2 O-O 9.f3 c6 10.O-O Qe8 11.b4 f5 12.Qd2 Nf7 13.b5 Bh6
14.f4 Nb6 15.c5 dxc5 16.dxe5 c4 17.Bc2 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Qxe5
19.Rf3 cxb5 20.Bg3 Qf6 21.Rd1 Be6 22.Nxb5 Rad8 23.Ned4 Nd5
24.Qe1 a6 25.Bh4 g5 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.Nd4 Qb6 28.Nxf5 gxh4
29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Ne7+ Kg7 31.Nxd5 Qb2 32.Rxf8 Kxf8 33.Qf1+ Ke8
34.Qxc4 Kd7 35.Qc7+ Ke6 36.Nf4+ Bxf4 37.Bb3+ 1-0

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa, Spain"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Ng8
14.Nb5 axb4 15.axb4 Ndf6 16.f3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M Gomez"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Na6
8.g4 Nc5 9.f3 a5 10.Qd2 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.O-O-O Nb7 13.c5 d5
14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bc4 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Qe7 17.Na4 Be6 18.Bxe6 Qxe6
19.Kb1 Rad8 20.Ne2 Qc4 21.Qe4 Qb4 22.a3 Qb3 23.Nec3 Rd4
24.Qxc6 Rfd8 25.Rxd4 Rxd4 26.Rc1 Bf8 27.Qe8 Rc4 28.Nb6 Nxc5
29.Nxc4 Qxc4 30.Rd1 Qf4 31.Qc6 Kg7 32.Rd8 Be7 33.Re8 Qd2
34.Rxe7 Qd3+ 35.Ka2 Qc4+ 36.Kb1 Qf1+ 37.Kc2 0-1

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Jose Jimenez Villena"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e4 e5 7.Bd3 O-O
8.h3 Ne8 9.g4 g6 10.Bh6 Ng7 11.Qd2 a6 12.a4 Qa5 13.Ke2 Nd7
14.Qc2 f6 15.Bd2 Qc7 16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Nxb6 18.Rhg1 Bd7 19.Nd1
Rfb8 20.Ne3 Qc8 21.h4 Kh8 22.h5 g5 23.h6 Ne8 24.Nf5 Qd8 25.Ra2
Nc7 26.Ba5 Ra7 27.Nd2 Rab7 28.Rb1 Nba8 29.b4 cxb4 30.Rab2 Qf8
31.Nxe7 Bxg4+ 32.f3 Bxf3+ 33.Nxf3 Qxe7 34.Rxb4 Rxb4 35.Bxb4
Rg8 36.c5 g4 37.Nh4 g3 38.cxd6 Qd7 39.dxc7 Qh3 40.Bf8 Rxf8
41.Rb8 Qh2+ 1-0

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Antonio Antunes"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.c4
Bg7 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Rac1 Ng4 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4
g5 14.Bg3 Qa5 15.h4 gxh4 16.Bxh4 Rae8 17.c5 Qxc5 18.Nd5 Qa7
19.Nxe7+ Nxe7 20.Qxd6 Ng6 21.Qxd7 Rxe4 22.Bg3 Rxe2 23.Qxg4
Rxb2 24.Rfd1 Qb6 25.Rd6 Qb5 26.a4 Qa5 27.Rc4 Rb6 28.Rd7 h5
29.Qe4 Re6 30.Qxb7 Qf5 31.Rd5 Qf6 32.Rxh5 Rb6 33.Qe4 Qa1+
34.Kh2 Rb1 35.Kh3 Rh1+ 36.Nh2 Qa3 37.Rc6 Rd8 38.Rxa6 Qc3
39.Ra8 Nf4+ 40.Kg4 1-0

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alvarez de Tole"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Be2 d5 7.exd6
Bxd6 8.O-O Nc6 9.Ne4 Be7 10.c3 f5 11.Ng3 O-O 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Re1
Qc8 14.d3 Nd5 15.Qe2 Nc7 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Bf4 Nd5 18.Bd2 f4
19.Ne4 Rf5 20.c4 Nc7 21.d4 Qf8 22.Bc3 Re8 23.Rad1 h6 24.Ne5
cxd4 25.Bxd4 Bb4 26.Rf1 a6 27.f3 Bxe4 28.fxe4 Rg5 29.Kh1 Be7
30.Nd3 Rd8 31.Bb6 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Na8 33.Bg1 e5 34.Rd7 Bd8
35.Rxb7 Nc7 36.c5 Ne6 37.Qc4 Rg6 38.c6 Kh7 39.c7 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 e4 6.Nh4 d6 7.Bg2
g5 8.Qa4 Bd7 9.Nxb4 Nd4 10.Qd1 gxh4 11.Nc2 h3 12.Bxe4 Nxe4
13.Nxd4 Qf6 14.Nf3 Bc6 15.O-O h6 16.d4 d5 17.c5 O-O-O 18.Ne5
Rhg8 19.a4 h5 20.Ra3 Qe6 21.b4 f6 22.Nd3 h4 23.Nf4 Qf5 24.b5
Be8 25.Qd3 Rd7 26.Qb3 Rg5 27.c6 Rdg7 28.cxb7 Kxb7 29.Qf3 Qd7
30.Nd3 Bh5 31.Nc5+ Nxc5 32.dxc5 Kb8 33.Qxf6 Rf5 34.Qd4 Bxe2
35.Re1 hxg3 36.Rxg3 Rxg3+ 37.fxg3 Qe8 38.Rxe2 1-0

[Event "Madrid USPAO"]
[Site "Madrid <SPA>"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 h5 13.c5 g5
14.a4 Kh8 15.a5 dxc5 16.Bxc5 Nd6 17.Nd3 Ng8 18.b4 Nh6 19.Nf2
Rg8 20.Ra3 Bf8 21.h3 b6 22.axb6 cxb6 23.Bxd6 Bxd6 24.Nb5 Bxb4
25.Rxa7 Rxa7 26.Nxa7 Bc5 27.Nc6 Qf6 28.Qa1 Nf7 29.Rc1 g4
30.hxg4 hxg4 31.fxg4 Bxg4 32.Bxg4 Bxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Rxg4 34.Rh1+
Kg7 35.Qa3 Qg6 36.Qh3 Rg3 37.Qf5 Rxg2+ 38.Kf1 Qxf5 39.exf5 Rd2
40.Rg1+ Kf6 41.Rg6+ Kxf5 42.Ne7+ Ke4 43.Rxb6 Ng5 44.Rb3 f3
45.Rb4+ Kd3 46.d6 Kc3 47.Ra4 Rxd6 48.Nf5 Rd2 49.Ng3 Kd3 50.Ra5
Ne4 51.Ra3+ Nc3 52.Ra8 Ke3 53.Nf5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Leon 57/574 (Karpov,An"]
[Site "Leon 57/574 Karpov,An"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nh3 c6 9. Nf2 b5 10. b3 e5 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5
Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rb8 16. Rd1 bxc4
17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Rc1 d5 20. Ke2 a5 21. Bb5 Rfd8
22. h3 Bf8 23. Nd3 f6 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 dxe4 26. fxe4 Nd7
27. Rc6 Rxb5 28. Rxe6 Nc5 29. Re7 Nxe4 30. Rc1 Ng3+ 31. Kf2
Nf5 32. Ra7 h5 33. Rc6 Rf8 34. Bc5 Nd4 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Rcc7
Rf5+ 37. Kg1 Rd8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rag7+ Kf8
41. Rxg6 Rd6 42. Rgg7 Rfd5 43. Rc7 Kg8 44. Rhg7+ Kh8 45. Rge7
Rd8 46. Re2 d3 47. Rd2 Rf5 48. Rc3 Rfd5 49. Kf2 Kh7 50. Ke1
Re8+ 51. Kd1 Re3 52. Rf2 Rg3 53. Rc6 Rdg5 54. Rcxf6 Rxg2
55. Kd2 R5g3 56. h4 Rg4 57. Kxd3 Rxf2 58. Rxf2 Rxh4 59. Rf7+
Kg6 60. Ra7 Rh1 61. Rxa5 h4 62. Ke2 h3 63. Kf2 Rc1 64. Kg3
Rc3+ 65. Kh2 Kf6 66. b4 Ke6 67. a4 Kd6 68. b5 Kc7 69. Ra7+ Kb6
70. Rh7 Ra3 71. Rh6+ Kb7 72. Rh4 Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Ne2 Ne4 9.c4 Kh8 10.Be5 e6 11.b4 Nd6 12.Bxg7+ Kxg7
13.Qb3 Nd7 14.a4 Qf6 15.cxd5 exd5 16.b5 Ne4 17.Rac1 Qd6 18.Qc2
Rf6 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Nf4 h6 21.Qb2 Kh7 22.Ne5 Ndc5 23.Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Mark Christiansen"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 b6 7.O-O
Bb7 8.Qc2 c5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qa4 a6 11.Ne4 b5 12.Qd1 Be7 13.Bg5
f6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Bd2 O-O 18.Qb3 f5
19.Ne5 Qe7 20.Nd3 Bd6 21.e4 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Nc3 23.Bxh7+ Kxh7
24.Rxc3 e5 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rc1 Rf8 27.Be3 Ba8 28.Ne1 Kh8
29.Qd3 Bb4 30.Ng2 Qb7 31.Qf1 Rd8 32.Bg5 Bd2 33.Bxd8 Bxc1 34.h4
Qd7 35.Bg5 Bxg5 36.hxg5 Qh3 37.f4 Qxg3 38.fxe5 Be4 39.Qe2 Qxe5
40.Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
O-O 8.Nc3 Ng4 9.e3 d6 10.Nce2 Bd7 11.b3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Rb8
13.Bb2 Qa5 14.h3 Ne5 15.Qe2 Rfc8 16.Rfd1 Nc6 17.Nb5 Bxb2
18.Qxb2 a6 19.Nc3 Qe5 20.Rac1 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Qd2 Kf8 23.f4
Qg7 24.Ne4 Rd8 25.Nxd6 Bxh3 26.Rxc6 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Qf6 28.Kf3
Ra8 29.Qd4 Qxd4 30.Rxd4 Rxd6 31.Rdxd6 exd6 32.Rxd6 Rxa2 33.Rb6
h5 34.Rxb5 Rb2 35.b4 f5 36.Rb7 Kg8 37.b5 Kf8 38.b6 Kg8 39.g4
hxg4 40.Kg3 Kf8 41.Kh4 Rb3 42.Kg5 g3 43.Kxg6 Rxe3 44.Kf6 Kg8
45.Rg7+ Kh8 46.Rg5 Kh7 47.Rg7+ Kh8 48.Kf7 Rd3 49.b7 Rd8
50.Rxg3 Rd7+ 51.Kf8 Rxb7 52.Rh3+ Rh7 53.Rxh7+ Kxh7 54.Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP"]
[Site "It Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4
7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bg4 10.f3 Be6 11.Be3 b6 12.a4 a5
13.Nc3 c6 14.Nc1 g6 15.N1e2 Nh6 16.Bxh6 Bxh6 17.Rd6 Bd7
18.Rad1 Rd8 19.Rxf6 Ke7 20.Rfd6 Be3+ 21.Kf1 Bd4 22.R6xd4 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Be8 24.Ke2 Rf8 25.Ke3 c5 26.Ndb5 Rxd1 27.Nxd1 Bf7
28.Ndc3 Kd7 29.f4 Be6 30.g3 h5 31.h4 Rd8 32.e5 Kc6 33.Nd6 Rxd6
34.exd6 Kxd6 35.Ne4+ Kd5 36.Nd2 Bf5 37.c4+ Kc6 38.Ne4 Be6
39.Nd2 Kd6 40.Ne4+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon (Spain)"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Marcelino Sion Castro"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4
7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2
Bg4 13.Bg5 Qd6 14.f3 Bh5 15.Qe1 Bg6 16.Rd1 Nd5 17.Qf2 Nb6
18.Bc1 Rac8 19.b3 Rfd8 20.Bb2 Nd5 21.Nxd4 Bxd3 22.Rxd3 Nf4
23.Rd2 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Qg6 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Kh1 Rc8 27.Rd1 h5
28.Rd2 Re8 29.h3 Qg5 30.h4 Qg6 31.Kh2 Qf5 32.Qxa7 Nxg2 33.Qd4
1-0

[Event "Leon (Spain)"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5
13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rhe1 Qc5
18.Qxc5 Nxc5 19.Be3 Nd7 20.Bf1 Rfc8 21.Bf2 h6 22.b3 b6 23.Rd4
Kf8 24.Kb2 Nc5 25.Red1 Ke8 26.Rg4 Kf8 27.Rc4 Bd5 28.Rcd4 Ke8
29.Bh4 Bc6 30.Rd6 Nb7 31.R6d4 Nc5 32.a3 Nd7 33.Ba6 Rc7 34.Bf1
Rb8 35.Rd6 Rcc8 36.a4 Rc7 37.R1d4 g5 38.Bg3 Ke7 39.Rc4 Rbc8
40.h4 Bb7 41.Rxc7 Rxc7 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Rd4 Nc5 44.Be1 Rd7
45.Rxd7+ Kxd7 46.Kc3 Be4 47.Bb5+ Kc7 48.Be8 Bg6 49.b4 Nd7
50.Kd4 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon (Spain)"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3
Qe8 8.d5 Na6 9.Rb1 Bd7 10.b4 c6 11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.Qb3 Ne4 13.Bb2
Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Rc8 16.Rbc1 Rf6 17.a3 Kg7 18.Rfe1
Nb8 19.c5 Be4 20.Qe3 dxc5 21.Rxc5 Rxc5 22.Qxc5 a6 23.Ne5 Bxg2
24.Kxg2 Nd7 25.Qc3 Nxe5 26.Qxe5 Qc6+ 27.Kg1 Qd6 28.Qxd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon (Spain)"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "David Garcia Ilundain"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bd6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
e4 8.Ne1 Re8 9.d3 Nxd5 10.cxd5 exd3 11.Nxd3 Ne5 12.e4 Nxd3
13.Qxd3 Bc5 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 d6 16.Rac1 Bd7 17.Qf4 Re5
18.Rfd1 c5 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Rd4 Qe7 21.Rcd1 Re8 22.Rxd6 Bxe4
23.Rd7 Qe6 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Qf3 h6 26.Rxb7 Qc4 27.h4 Re1+
28.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29.Kh2 Qe6 30.Rxa7 Re5 31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Qd3+ f5
33.Qf3 Re4 34.Ra5 f4 35.g4 Rd4 36.b3 Qe1 37.Rf5 Qd2 38.a4 Qc2
39.h5 Rd3 40.Qxf4 Rxb3 41.Re5+ Rb4 42.Qf7 Rxg4 43.Re8 Rg2+
44.Kxg2 Qc6+ 45.Qf3 Qxe8 46.Qf5+ Kh8 47.a5 Qc6+ 48.f3 Qd6
49.Qc8+ Kh7 50.Qc2+ Kh8 51.Qe2 Qd8 52.Qe5 Qd2+ 53.Kg3 Qc1
54.f4 Qg1+ 55.Kf3 Qf1+ 56.Ke4 Qc4+ 57.Kf3 Qd3+ 58.Kg4 Qd1+
59.Kh4 Qd8+ 60.Kg3 Qd3+ 61.Kg4 Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon (Spain)"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Antonio Romero"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Rc8
13.Bg5 Rc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.f4 Nc4 16.Qe2 b5 17.f5 Qb6 18.h5 Nxh5
19.Qxg4 Nxb2 20.Kxb2 Rxc3 21.Kxc3 Qc5+ 22.Kb2 Bxd4+ 23.Kb1 Bg7
24.Bh6 Qc3 25.Bxg7 Qxg7 26.Rdg1 1-0

[Event "Leon (Spain)"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Vyzmanavin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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 Rc8
13.Re1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.e4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf6
18.Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8
17. Nd2 f5 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f4 Kh8 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qg2 Re4
22. h4 h6 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Rf1 Rf6 25. a4 Rg6 26. axb5 axb5
27. f5 Bxf5 28. Bf4 Be7 29. Be5 Bxh4 30. Ra7 Bxg3 31. Bxg3 e3
32. Re7 Be4 33. Re8 Kh7 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Qxe4 Qh3 36. Rf3 e2
37. Qb1 h5 38. Kf2 h4 39. Be5 Qg2 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.O-O
Qb6 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Ng5 Bd7 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.c3 h6 12.Nf3 b6 13.Bd3
Qb7 14.Re1 Bc6 15.Ncd2 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Qe2 Nd7 18.Ba6 Qc7
19.Nd2 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.e4 cxd4 22.cxd4 Rac8 23.Nf3 Rc7
24.Qe3 Kh7 25.Qb3 Nf6 26.e5 dxe5 27.Nxe5 Rcc8 28.a4 Nd5 29.Bd2
e6 30.h4 h5 31.a5 Rc7 32.a6 Qc8 33.Qd3 Rd8 34.Bg5 Rd6 35.Qa3
Bxe5 36.dxe5 Rdc6 37.Qb3 Rc2 38.Ra4 R7c4 39.Re4 Rxa4 40.Rxa4
Re2 41.Qf3 Re1+ 42.Kh2 Kg8 43.Bf6 Qc7 44.g3 Qc2 45.b3 Re3
46.Qg2 Rxb3 47.Rd4 Rd3 48.Re4 Rd2 49.Rf4 Kh7 50.Rf3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Nde2 e6 8.O-O a6 9.Bb3 Be7 10.Ng3 h5 11.h3 h4 12.Nge2 Na5
13.Kh1 Qc7 14.a4 b6 15.Be3 Bb7 16.Qd4 d5 17.exd5 Bc5 18.Qf4
Bd6 19.Qd4 Bc5 20.Qd3 Nxb3 21.cxb3 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Bxc5
Qxc5 24.Rac1 Qe7 25.Nc3 Nxc3 26.bxc3 O-O 27.Rfd1 Rfd8 28.Qe3
Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rd8 30.Rd4 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Qe5 Rxd4 33.Qxd4
e5 34.Qd5 Qg5 35.Qa8+ Kh7 36.Qe4+ g6 37.c4 bxc4 38.bxc4 f5
39.f4 exf4 40.Qf3 Qe7 41.Qxf4 Kg7 42.Qf2 Qe4 43.Qb2+ Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 e4 5.d4 Be7 6.Nd2 c6 7.Nxe7
Qxe7 8.e3 f5 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O d6 11.Nb1 O-O 12.Nc3 Be6 13.f4
exf3 14.Rxf3 d5 15.b3 Re8 16.Bd2 Nbd7 17.Qf1 Rf8 18.Rc1 Ne4
19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.Rf2 Qg5 21.a4 h5 22.Rc3 Rxf2 23.Qxf2 Rf8
24.Qg3 Qxg3 25.hxg3 g6 26.Bc1 Rf6 27.Ba3 Kf7 28.Bb4 Ke8 29.Ba5
Rf5 30.Bc7 Nf6 31.c5 Kd7 32.Bf4 g5 33.Bb8 a6 34.b4 Kc8 35.Bd6
Bd7 36.Be7 Ng8 37.Bd6 Nh6 38.Ra3 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid, Spain"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.d4 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O b6
8.b3 Ba6 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Rc8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Ndxe4 b5 13.cxb5
cxb5 14.Re1 b4 15.Na4 Bb5 16.Nec5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Bc6 18.a3 Bxg2
19.Kxg2 a5 20.axb4 axb4 21.Ra7 Ra8 22.Qa1 Bxc5 23.dxc5 Qd5+
24.Kg1 Ne4 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Qd1 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Nxc5 28.Be5 f6
29.Bc7 Nxb3 30.Kf1 e5 31.f4 Ra2 32.Rd8+ Kf7 33.fxe5 fxe5
34.Rb8 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Eduardo Morovic-Fernandez"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Bc4 Nb6
7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.d4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.h3 O-O 12.a3 Bf6
13.Be3 Rc8 14.Qe2 Rc7 15.Rfd1 Rd7 16.Qd2 Qb8 17.Na4 Nxa4
18.Bxa4 Be4 19.Bf4 Qd8 20.Bxc6 Bxc6 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 f6
23.Bg3 e5 24.Qc3 exd4 25.Qc4+ Kh8 26.Rd2 Qb6 27.f3 Rfd8 28.Bf2
Bb5 29.Qb4 a5 30.Qb3 Qc6 31.Qd1 d3 32.Rc1 Qe6 33.a4 Bc4 34.Rc3
h6 35.Qe1 Qxe1+ 36.Bxe1 Ba6 37.Bg3 Re8 38.Rc7 Rd5 39.Rc3 Re6
40.Bf2 Rde5 41.Rc1 Kh7 42.Bd4 Re2 43.Bc3 Rxd2 44.Bxd2 Re2
45.Bc3 Bc4 46.Re1 Rc2 47.Rd1 b6 48.Kh2 Kg6 49.Bd4 Kf5 50.Bxb6
Rxb2 51.Bxa5 Kf4 52.Kg1 Ke3 53.Re1+ Kd4 54.Rd1 Ra2 55.Bd2 Rxd2
0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rfd1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Bd7 8.Bd3 c4 9.Be2 Ba4 10.h4 h6 11.h5 Kd7 12.Nh4 g5 13.hxg6
fxg6 14.g4 g5 15.Ng2 Nbc6 16.Be3 Qg8 17.Rh3 Qg6 18.Rc1 a5
19.Qd2 b5 20.Kf1 Rab8 21.Ne1 Rhf8 22.Kg1 Rf7 23.Ng2 b4 24.axb4
axb4 25.cxb4 Rxb4 26.c3 Rb1 27.Kh2 Ng8 28.Bd3 Qxd3 29.Qxd3
cxd3 30.Rxb1 d2 31.Bxd2 Rxf2 32.Bc1 Ra2 33.Rf3 Bd1 34.Rf8 Nce7
35.Rb2 Rxb2 36.Bxb2 Bxg4 37.Ba3 Be2 38.Ne3 h5 39.Rf7 Ke8
40.Rg7 g4 41.Kg3 Bd3 42.Kh4 Bg6 43.Kg5 Bf7 44.Rh7 Nc8 45.Nf1
Nb6 46.Ng3 1-0

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3
O-O 8.Be2 Re8 9.O-O Qe7 10.Bb2 b6 11.Rfe1 Bb7 12.Nd2 Rac8
13.e4 e5 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Bf3 Qd6 17.h3 Qb8
18.cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Stohl"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O
Qe8 8.c4 h6 9.Nc3 g5 10.Qc2 Qh5 11.e3 Na6 12.a3 c6 13.Rae1 Rb8
14.d5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.cxd5 Qg6 18.Nd4 Bd7
19.f4 Rbc8 20.Qb2 Qf6 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.Bh3 Qe5 23.e4 Nc7
24.Bxf5 Nb5 25.Rd1 Nxd4 26.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 27.Rxd4 Bxf5 28.exf5 Rc3
29.Rb4 b6 30.g4 Kf7 31.Re1 Rfc8 32.a4 Rd3 33.a5 Rxd5 34.axb6
axb6 35.Rxb6 Rd4 36.h3 Rc7 37.Re2 Rd3 38.Kg2 Rcc3 39.Rb7 Rg3+
40.Kf2 Rcf3+ 41.Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Igor Gazik"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 Nd7 5.h4 Ngf6 6.f3 e5 7.Qd2
O-O 8.O-O-O h5 9.Nge2 c6 10.Bh6 b5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Ng3 Rb8
13.Be2 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.b3 Nb6 17.Qg5 Rh8 18.Nb2
Qxa2 19.Rd6 Be6 20.Nf5+ Bxf5 21.Qxf6+ Kg8 22.exf5 Qa1+ 23.Kd2
Qxb2 24.Bd3 Nd5 25.Rxd5 cxd5 26.fxg6 Qc3+ 27.Ke2 Qc7 28.Rh3
fxg6 29.Rg3 Rh7 30.Qxg6+ Rg7 31.Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander Sznapik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1
Bb7 14.b3 Ncb6 15.Nbd2 Re8 16.a4 b4 17.a5 bxc3 18.Nb1 exd4
19.axb6 c5 20.Na3 Nxb6 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.bxc4 Ra7 23.Qd3 g6
24.Bf4 Be5 25.Bg5 Bf6 26.h4 Bc6 27.Ba4 Bxa4 28.Rxa4 a5 29.g3
Bxg5 30.hxg5 Re6 31.Kg2 Rae7 32.Ra2 Re8 33.Rea1 Qa8 34.Re2 a4
35.Rae1 a3 36.Ra1 Rb8 37.Nh2 h5 38.gxh6 f5 39.h7+ Kh8 40.f3
Rb2 41.Kh3 a2 42.g4 fxe4 43.Rxe4 Rxe4 44.fxe4 Qf8 45.Nf3 Qf4
46.e5 dxe5 47.Re1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vasil Spasov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7
Qxe7 13.c3 f5 14.Nc2 Bb7 15.exf5 Qg5 16.Ne3 d5 17.O-O O-O
18.f4 exf4 19.Qg4 Qxg4 20.Nxg4 f6 21.Rxf4 Rfe8 22.a4 Bc6
23.axb5 axb5 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Kf2 h5 26.Ne3 Bf8 27.Nd1 Ra4
28.Rxa4 bxa4 29.Be2 Bc5+ 30.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Chernin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Nd4 Nc5
14.Bg5 O-O-O 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.b4 cxb3 17.Bxb3 Kb8 18.Rc1 Bd6
19.Qh5 Bf4 20.Ncxb5 Qb6 21.Nc6+ Bxc6 22.dxc6 Nxb3 23.Rb1 axb5
24.Rxb3 Be5 25.Rfb1 Qxc6 26.Rxb5+ Kc8 27.Rb6 Qc2 28.g3 Rd7
29.Qg4 Rhd8 30.Kg2 Rd2 31.Rf1 Bd4 32.Rbb1 Rxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Qxb1
34.Rf1 Qxa2+ 35.Kh3 Kd7 36.Rc1 Ke7 37.Qg7 Be5 0-1

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Mihail Marin"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 O-O
13.Nf1 Re8 14.h3 Bh5 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Petr Haba"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3
Nf6 8.O-O Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rae1
O-O 14.Bg1 Rad8 15.e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Istratescu"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3
Qb6 8.h4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Kf2 f6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Qd2 Qa5
13.Bd3 Nb6 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.b3 Bd7 16.h5 Nc6 17.h6 g6 18.exf6
Bxf6 19.Ne5 Nb4 20.Be2 Nc8 21.Ngf3 Nd6 22.Rhc1 Nc6 23.g4 Rc8
24.Kg2 Nf7 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Ne5+ Ke8 27.Rf1 Rf8 28.Rac1 Bd8
29.Bd3 Bb6 30.Nxc6 Rxc6 31.Rxc6 bxc6 32.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Zonal Group-B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Robert Kuczynski"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3
a5 8.g3 Qd8 9.Bg2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rfd1 Nd7 12.e4 dxe4
13.Nxe4 a4 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Nc3 a3 16.b3 Rd8 17.Rac1 Nf6 18.Ne5
Bd7 19.c5 Be8 20.Nc4 Nd7 21.Na4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.06.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 h5 12.Bh6 Rc8 13.Bxg7
Kxg7 14.O-O-O Nc4 15.Qd3 Na5 16.Nde2 Nxb3+ 17.cxb3 b5 18.Kb1
Qb6 19.Nf4 Bc6 20.Qe2 Qb7 21.Rhe1 e5 22.Nfd5 b4 23.Nxf6 bxc3
24.Rxd6 Qb4 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Nd5 c2 27.Kc1 Qa5 28.a3 Rb8 29.b4
Qa4 30.Qd3 Rd8 31.Re2 a5 32.b5 Rc4 33.Rd2 Rd4 34.Qc3 Qxb5
35.Rxd4 exd4 36.Qxd4+ Kh6 37.Qd2+ Kg7 38.Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.06.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Na4 Nbd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.06.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3
Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.h3 Bf4 10.Bxf4 Qxf4 11.Nxc6 dxc6 12.a4 Qc7
13.a5 e5 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Na4 Rd8 16.Qc3 O-O 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Rad1
Nh5 19.Bc4 Nf4 20.b4 Qe7 21.Qf3 h5 22.c3 g5 23.Nd3 Nxd3
24.Bxd3 h4 25.Bc4 Kg7 26.Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.06.??"]
[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 "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Rb1 f5 7.d3 Nf6
8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O Ne7 10.f4 c6 11.b3 Be6 12.h3 Qc7 13.e4 h5
14.Be3 h4 15.c5 Nh5 16.cxd6 Qxd6 17.d4 exd4 18.e5 Qd7 19.Bxd4
Nxg3 20.Nxg3 hxg3 21.Bc5 Qxd1 22.Rbxd1 Kf7 23.Rd3 Rfd8 24.Rxg3
Bf8 25.Ne2 Rd2 26.Nd4 Bd5 27.e6+ Bxe6 28.Nf3 Rad8 29.Ng5+ Kf6
30.Bb4 Rc2 31.Bc3+ Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Bg8 33.Rc2 Nd5 34.Bxd5 Rxd5
35.Re2 Bc5+ 36.Kh2 Rd4 37.Kg3 Bd5 38.Nh7+ Kg7 39.Ng5 Kf6
40.Nh7+ Kg7 41.Ng5 Rd3+ 42.Kh4 Kh6 43.b4 Be3 44.a4 a6 45.Rb2
Bd4 46.Re2 Bf6 47.Rfe1 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dibyendu Barua"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O e6 6.b3 Nf6
7.Re1 Nc6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.c4 Rfd8 12.Nc3
Rac8 13.Qd2 b6 14.Rad1 a6 15.a4 Na5 16.Qe3 Ne8 17.f4 Qb7
18.Kh1 Bf8 19.Qh3 Nc7 20.Rd3 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.Qh4 Ne8
23.Rh3 h6 24.Rg3 Kh7 25.f5 exf5 26.Nd5 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qf4
bxc4 29.Qxf5+ Kg8 30.Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.18"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Amanmurad Kakageldyev"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.a3 Nc6
8.d5 Ne5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.c4 e6 11.Nc3 exd5 12.cxd5 Ne8 13.Be3
b6 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 f5 16.f3 Nd6 17.Qe2 f4 18.Bf2 Rf7 19.Nb5
Bf8 20.Ra4 a5 21.Rfa1 Bd7 22.bxa5 bxa5 23.Kf1 Be8 24.Be1 Nb7
25.R4a2 Bc5 26.Qb2 Qb6 27.Bc3 Bg1 28.Bxe5 Bxh2 29.Qd4 Qd8
30.d6 Rc8 31.Nc7 Bg3 32.Rb1 Nc5 33.Bc4 Nd7 34.Bh8 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.19"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pablo Zarnicki"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.c4
d6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Ne5 10.Nf3 Ng6 11.h3 Be7 12.Be3 O-O
13.Rac1 Bd7 14.b4 Rac8 15.Rfd1 Qb8 16.a4 Rfe8 17.a5 d5 18.c5
dxe4 19.Bxe4 Red8 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Bd4 Bc6 22.Ne5 Bd5 23.Rd3
Bf8 24.Rcd1 Re8 25.Qe3 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.a4 h6
14.Ng3 Bf8 15.d4 Qc7 16.d5 Nc4 17.b3 Nb6 18.Be3 bxa4 19.bxa4
Nc4 20.Bc1 Bc8 21.Qd3 Na5 22.c4 Bd7 23.Bd2 Rab8 24.Rab1 Be7
25.Bc3 Bd8 26.Bxa5 Rxb1 27.Bxc7 Rxe1+ 28.Nxe1 Bxc7 29.Qc3 g6
30.Nd3 h5 31.f3 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.22"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hichem Hamdouchi"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.Bg5 Qd7 7.Bb5
Nc6 8.Nf3 a6 9.Ba4 Bb7 10.O-O h6 11.Qh3 Nge7 12.Ne2 Rg8 13.Bd2
O-O-O 14.Rae1 Kb8 15.c3 Nc8 16.Bc1 a5 17.Bb5 N8a7 18.Bd3 Qc8
19.Nd2 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Kh1 Rd7 22.f4 g6 23.g4 Ne7 24.Ng3
c5 25.f5 cxd4 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.cxd4 Nac6 28.Ne2 Bg7 29.a3 g5
30.Rf7 Nd8 31.Rf2 Ng6 32.Nb1 Rf8 33.Rxf8 Bxf8 34.b3 Rf7
35.Nbc3 Nc6 36.Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.Qxf1 Nxd4 38.Qf6 Nxe2 39.Qd8+ Ka7
40.Qd7+ Qb7 41.Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Nalbandian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.e4 fxe4 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc5 b6 7.Nb3
Nh6 8.h4 Nf7 9.Nh3 Qd6 10.Qd2 e5 11.O-O-O Nxg5 12.hxg5 e4
13.Qf4 Bf8 14.g3 c6 15.f3 Bxh3 16.Bxh3 Qxf4+ 17.gxf4 Bd6 18.f5
Bf4+ 19.Kb1 gxf5 20.Bxf5 e3 21.Rdg1 Kf8 22.g6 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.24"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Nikolaos Kalesis"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3
Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.Kh1 Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.Qf3 Bd7 12.a4 Rfe8 13.Qg3
Nb4 14.a5 Bc6 15.f5 e5 16.Nf3 Rac8 17.Bb6 Qb8 18.Rad1 Bd8
19.Be3 Be7 20.Rd2 Bf8 21.Bg5 Be7 22.Bc4 Qc7 23.Bb3 Red8 24.Ra1
b5 25.axb6 Qxb6 26.Rad1 Qc7 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.Ng5 Be8 29.Nh3 Qe7
30.Nf2 Bg5 31.Re2 a5 32.Ra1 Ra8 33.Nd3 Bc6 34.Rd1 Bf6 35.Nxb4
axb4 36.Nd5 Bxd5 37.Bxd5 Ra6 38.Qb3 Rb8 39.Bc4 Rc6 40.Ra1 Qc7
41.Bd5 Rc5 42.Ra4 h6 43.g3 Bg5 44.h4 Bf6 45.Kg2 Bd8 46.Kh3
Rcb5 47.Re1 Rc5 48.Rea1 Rxc2 49.Ra7 Qc5 50.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.25"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.O-O d6 7.d4
Nxb3 8.axb3 f6 9.c4 b4 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.dxc5 dxc5
13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Ne1 Ne7 15.Nd3 Qb6 16.Qg4 f5 17.exf5 O-O 18.f6
Rxf6 19.f3 Rg6 20.Qh5 Rf8 21.Ne4 Nf5 22.Rae1 Bc8 23.Kh1 Qd8
24.Bg5 Be7 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Rf2 Bd7 27.Nexc5 Rh6 28.Qg4 Rh4
29.Rxe5 Qd8 30.Rd5 Rxg4 31.fxg4 Nh4 32.Nxd7 Rxf2 33.Nxf2 Ng6
34.Nd3 Qc7 35.N7e5 Nf8 36.Nxb4 Qb6 37.Nbc6 Qf2 38.Rd1 h6 39.h3
Qxb2 40.Rf1 Ne6 41.b4 Nf4 42.Rg1 Qe2 43.b5 axb5 44.cxb5 Qxb5
45.Kh2 Kh7 46.Kh1 Qd5 47.Kh2 Qe4 48.h4 h5 49.gxh5 Nd3 50.g4
Nxe5 51.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 52.Kh3 Qe2 53.Rg2 Qf3+ 54.Kh2 Kg8 55.Rg3
Qe2+ 56.Kh3 Kf7 57.h6 Qf1+ 58.Kh2 Qf2+ 59.Kh3 Qf1+ 60.Kh2 Qf2+
61.Kh3 gxh6 62.g5 h5 63.g6+ Kg7 64.Rg5 Qf3+ 65.Kh2 Qf4+ 66.Kh3
Qf2 67.Rg2 Qf1 68.Kh2 Qe1 69.Rg3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Konstantinos Moutousis"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O e6 7.d3
Ne7 8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Ne2 O-O 10.Ba4 d6 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.Bb3 Rc8
13.Qe1 Kh8 14.Kh1 f5 15.Ng3 Nc6 16.Qf2 Na5 17.Bxa5 Qxa5
18.exf5 exf5 19.Ne2 Qc5 20.Ng1 Bf6 21.Nf3 Rfe8 22.h4 Re3
23.Qg3 Kg7 24.h5 Rce8 25.Rf2 Be6 26.Rd1 a5 27.Bxe6 R3xe6 28.a4
b5 29.axb5 a4 30.Ra1 Qxb5 31.Ra2 R6e7 32.Rf1 Qc6 33.Rf2 Qb5
34.Rf1 Qb4 35.Kg1 Re2 36.Rf2 R8e3 37.b3 a3 38.Rxe2 Rxe2 39.c3
Rxa2 40.cxb4 Re2 41.Qe1 Rxe1+ 42.Nxe1 a2 43.Nc2 Kf7 44.Kf2 d5
45.b5 Ke8 46.h6 Kd7 47.b6 Be7 48.g4 Kc8 0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.28"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Artur Frolov"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1
Nc4 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.b3 Nb6 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.c4 Nh5 18.Bd2 Rab8
19.a4 bxc4 20.bxc4 Bd6 21.a5 Nc8 22.Ba4 Bxa4 23.Rxa4 Na7 24.g3
Nf6 25.Ra2 Nc6 26.Bg5 Nd7 27.Nh4 Nd4 28.Qg4 Qc6 29.Ne3 h5
30.Qxh5 f6 31.Bh6 Bf8 32.Nef5 Nxf5 33.Nxf5 gxh6 34.Qg6+ Kh8
35.Rd2 Qe6 36.Red1 Rbd8 37.h4 Re7 38.Nxe7 Bxe7 39.Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.29"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lembit Oll"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5
Nxf6 14.Bg2 Be7 15.O-O Nxd5 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Nxb5 Qb6 18.Na3
Rh4 19.Qd2 Nf4 20.Nxc4 Qc7 21.f3 Nxg2 22.Qg5+ Kf8 23.gxh4 Nf4
24.Kh1 Rd8 25.Ne5 Rd5 26.Rae1 Nd3 27.Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.07.31"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Darcy Gustavo Machado Vieira Lima"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6
7.d4 c6 8.Bc4 d6 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Nf6 12.Nd2 O-O
13.Qc2 Bd7 14.b3 Rfe8 15.Be2 Be6 16.a4 Rad8 17.Nc4 Bxc4
18.Bxc4 Nh5 19.Kh2 Rd6 20.g3 Red8 21.Qe2 Nf6 22.Ra2 h6 23.Kg2
R6d7 24.Qf3 Ne8 25.Re1 a5 26.Ba3 Nf6 27.Rc2 Qb8 28.Bc1 Ne8
29.h4 Qc7 30.Ree2 Nd6 31.Bd3 Bc5 32.Rcd2 Nc8 33.Bc2 Rxd2
34.Rxd2 Rxd2 35.Bxd2 Qd7 36.Bc1 Nd6 37.Qh5 Qe6 38.Qe2 Nc8
39.Qd3 Qd6 40.Qxd6 Nxd6 41.f4 f6 42.h5 Kf7 43.Kf3 Ke6 44.Bd2
Ba7 45.Bd3 Bb6 46.Bf1 Bc5 47.Be1 Bg1 48.Bh3+ Ke7 49.fxe5 fxe5
50.Bf5 Bc5 51.g4 Nf7 52.Bc8 b6 53.Bf5 Ng5+ 54.Ke2 Bg1 55.b4
axb4 56.cxb4 b5 57.axb5 cxb5 58.Bc3 Kd6 59.Bg6 Bd4 60.Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.f3 b5 7.h4 b4
8.Nd1 Qa5 9.Nf2 Rb8 10.h5 gxh5 11.Ne2 Ngf6 12.Ng3 Rg8 13.Nd3
Ba6 14.Kf2 Bxd3 15.Bxd3 c5 16.Nf5 Qc7 17.c3 bxc3 18.Nxg7+ Rxg7
19.bxc3 e5 20.Rab1 Ke7 21.Rxb8 Qxb8 22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Bxc5 dxc5
24.Rb1 Qd6 25.Rb7+ Nd7 26.Qe3 a6 27.Ra7 Qb6 28.Rxa6 Qb2+
29.Be2 Rg6 30.Ra7 Qb6 31.Ra8 Qf6 32.Ra7 Qb6 33.Ra6 Qb2 34.Ra8
h6 35.Ra7 Rc6 36.a4 c4 37.a5 Qb5 38.Kg3 Ra6 39.Kh2 Qxa5 40.Rb7
Rc6 41.Bxc4 Rc7 42.Rxc7 Qxc7 43.Bd5 Qd6 44.Qf2 Qf6 45.c4 Qf4+
46.Qg3 Qg5 47.Kh3 f5 48.Qxg5+ hxg5 49.exf5 Nf6 50.Be6 Kd6
51.Bf7 Kc5 52.Kg3 Kd4 53.Kf2 h4 54.Be6 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7
7. Nb3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Re1 b5 11. Bd3 Rb8
12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Re8 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Bf1 b4
17. Nb3 a5 18. Rac1 a4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. b3 Qa5 21. Ne2 axb3
22. axb3 Bc8 23. Red1 Bb7 24. h3 Rbc8 25. Bh6 Rc5 26. Bxg7
Kxg7 27. Nf4 Kg8 28. Ra1 Qc7 29. Qxb4 Rxc2 30. Ra7 Rb8
31. Rda1 Qc3 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. b4 Rb3 34. b5 Nd7 35. h4 h6
36. g3 Kg7 37. Rd1 Nc5 38. Re1 Kf6 39. Bc4 Rb4 40. Rc1 Ra8
41. Rxa8 Bxa8 42. Rc2 Na4 43. Bd3 Nc5 44. Bc4 Bb7 45. f3 Nd7
46. Bf1 Nb6 47. Rd2 Bc8 48. Ra2 Rb1 49. Kf2 Bb7 50. Rd2 Rb3
51. g4 e6 52. g5+ hxg5 53. hxg5+ Ke7 54. Ra2 Bxd5 55. Nxd5+
exd5 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. Ra6 Nc4 58. Bxc4 dxc4 59. Rxd6 Rxb5
60. Rc6 Rb2+ 61. Ke3 Rc2 62. Kd4 Ke7 63. f4 Rc1 64. Rxc4 Rxc4+
65. Kxc4 Ke6 66. Kd4 Kf5 67. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bg5 Qd7
7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 h5 9. Qh3 Ba6 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. O-O-O Bxf1
12. Rhxf1 Nc6 13. Ng1 Nf5 14. Bf2 g6 15. Qf3 Na5 16. g3 c5
17. h3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Bf2 b5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Ne7
22. Qd3 Rc4 23. b3 Rxf4 24. Nxb5 Nec6 25. Qg3 Rb4 26. Nd4 Nxd4
27. Bxd4 Nc6 28. Bb2 Re4 29. Kb1 Bh6 30. Rde1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1
d4 32. Nf3 d3 33. Qg2 Nb4 34. Nd4 dxc2+ 35. Nxc2 Nd5 36. Na3
Bf4 37. Rh1 Rxh1+ 38. Qxh1 Qc6 39. Qh8+ Kd7 40. Qf8 Ne7
41. Ka1 Qc5 42. Qxf7 Bxe5 43. Qf1 Bxb2+ 44. Kxb2 Qd4+ 45. Kb1
Qe4+ 46. Kb2 Qd4+ 47. Kb1 e5 48. Qf6 Qe4+ 49. Kb2 Qf4 50. Qa6
Qd4+ 51. Kb1 e4 52. Nc2 Qd1+ 53. Kb2 Nc6 54. Qb7+ Kd6 55. Qc8
Qf3 56. b4 Qf6+ 57. Kb3 Qf3+ 58. Kb2 e3 59. Qe8 Qxg4 60. Qxe3
Qf5 61. a4 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zoltan Ribli"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O
7. O-O Ne4 8. c4 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O
12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Ne5 a6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. d5 exd5
17. Bf5 Qd6 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3
Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 d4 24. Bf4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Vyzmanavin"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7
12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 exd5
17. Re2 f6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rae1 Nc6 20. g3 Rf7 21. Na4 b6
22. Nc3 Rd8 23. Kg2 Qf5 24. Rd2 Qd7 25. h3 Re7 26. Rxe7+ Nxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3
Nc6 7. Qf3 Qd7 8. a3 O-O-O 9. Nge2 g6 10. h3 h5 11. O-O-O Ne7
12. Kb1 Kb8 13. Nc1 Nc8 14. Nb3 b6 15. Rhe1 Re8 16. Ba6 h4
17. Qe2 Rh7 18. Qd3 Rhe7 19. Na2 Nd6 20. Nb4 c6 21. f3 Bf7
22. Qc3 Kc7 23. a4 Bh6 24. e4 fxe4 25. Bb5 Nxb5 26. axb5 exf3
27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Qxf3 Qd6 29. Nxc6 Re3 30. Qf2 Bg5 31. Ne5
Be8 32. Nf3 Qf4 33. Qf1 Bd7 34. Nc1 Bf5 35. Nd3 Qe4 36. Re1
Rxe1+ 37. Ndxe1 Be3 38. Qe2 Bg5 39. Qd1 Bh6 40. Nd3 Bd7
41. Nf2 Qf4 42. Nd3 Qg3 43. Qe2 Bf8 44. Nc1 g5 45. Na2 Qf4
46. Nc3 Qf5 47. Nh2 Qe6 48. Qf3 Kd6 49. Ng4 Qf5 50. Qxf5 Bxf5
51. Nxf6 Be6 52. Kc1 Be7 53. Ng4 Bf8 54. b3 Bg7 55. Ne2 Bd7
56. c4 Be6 57. Ne3 g4 58. hxg4 Bh6 59. Kd2 dxc4 60. bxc4 Bxc4
61. Kc3 Bxe2 62. Nf5+ Ke6 63. Nxh6 Kf6 64. d5 Bxb5 65. Nf5 Kg5
66. Nd6 Ba6 67. Kd4 Kxg4 68. Ke5 b5 69. Nf5 b4 70. d6 Bc8
71. Ne7 Bd7 72. Kd4 Kg3 73. Ng6 a5 74. Ne5 Be6 75. Ke3 Bc8 0-1

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Dolmatov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7
12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c3 f5 14. Nc2 Qb7 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Ne3 f4
17. Nd5 Be6 18. g4 b4 19. c4 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bf6 21. g5 Bd8
22. Bf1 Kh8 23. h4 Rc8 24. Bh3 Rc2 25. Bf5 Bb6 26. Rh2 f6
27. Kf1 Bd8 28. Kg1 Rg8 29. Kh1 Qc7 30. Rg1 Rc1 31. Rhg2 Rxg1+
32. Kxg1 fxg5 33. Qh5 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Bd3
b5 8.O-O Bb7 9.Kh1 Nf6 10.Qe2 Bb4 11.a4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxd4
13.cxd4 Nxe4 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8+ Bxa8 16.Bxb5 O-O 17.Bd3 Nc3
18.Qd2 Be4 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Qd3 d5 21.Rc1 Qb7 22.c4 dxc4
23.Qxc4 Ra8 24.h3 h6 25.Qc6 Qxc6 26.Rxc6 Ra1+ 27.Kh2 Rd1 28.g4
Kh7 29.Rc7 Kg6 30.h4 Nf6 31.h5+ Kh7 32.Kh3 Kg8 33.Rc8+ Kh7
34.Rc7 Rg1 35.f3 Rd1 36.Bf2 Kg8 37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.Rf8 Rd2 39.Kg3
Rd3 40.Kg2 Nd5 41.Rxf7 Kg8 42.Ra7 Nf4+ 43.Kg3 Ne2+ 44.Kg2 Nf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lembit Oll"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6
7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 a5 9. Ne1 Na6 10. Nd3 Bd7 11. Re1 Qf7 12. Nf4
Rab8 13. Be3 h6 14. Ba7 Rbd8 15. Bd4 b6 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4
g5 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qg6 20. Nc3 c5 21. Be3 Nc7 22. Rb1
Kh8 23. Nd5 Nfxd5 24. cxd5 Nb5 25. Qg4 Nd4 26. Be4 Qf6 27. Kh1
b5 28. f4 Nf5 29. Bd2 gxf4 30. gxf4 h5 31. Qxh5+ Qh6 32. Qg4
Nh4 33. Re2 Rg8 34. f5 Qh7 35. Qh3 Bf6 36. Bxa5 Ra8 37. Bc3
Qh6 38. Bd2 Qh5 39. Rf2 Qg4 40. Qxg4 Rxg4 41. Bd3 Rxa2
42. Bxb5 c4 43. Rf4 Rxf4 44. Bxf4 Bxb2 45. Bxc4 Ra4 46. Bxd6
Rxc4 47. Bxe7 Nxf5 48. d6 Nxe7 49. d7 Rd4 50. Rxb2 Kg8
51. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "PCA Qualifiers"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.12.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. O-O Qd5 15. c4 Qf5 16. Bxd7+
Kxd7 17. Qb2 b6 18. Rd1+ Ke7 19. Be3 f6 20. c5 Rhd8 21. h3 Kf7
22. Qb5 a6 23. Qa4 Bc3 24. Rac1 Bb2 25. cxb6 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Kg6
27. Qh4 Rd7 28. Rc7 Rad8 29. b7 e5 30. g4 Qb1+ 31. Rc1 Qxc1+
32. Bxc1 Kf7 33. Be3 h6 34. g5 Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Varna (Bulgaria)"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "172"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.O-O
Nbc6 8.c3 O-O 9.Qc2 h6 10.Re1 Ba7 11.Nb3 e5 12.exd5 Qxd5
13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Rxe3 Qd6 15.Rae1 f6 16.h3 Qc7 17.Bh7+ Kh8
18.Be4 Nd8 19.Qd2 Nf7 20.Bb1 Bf5 21.Qc1 Bxb1 22.Qxb1 Nd6
23.Rd1 Rad8 24.Ree1 g5 25.Nbd2 Qc6 26.Nf1 Ndf5 27.Ne3 Nxe3
28.Rxe3 b5 29.Red3 Rxd3 30.Rxd3 e4 31.Nd4 Qd6 32.Rd1 Qe5 33.a4
f5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Qa2 g4 36.Qe6 Qxe6 37.Nxe6 Rf6 38.Rd8+ Kh7
39.Nf4 Ng6 40.Rd7+ Kg8 41.Nh5 Ra6 42.hxg4 f4 43.Rd4 Ra1+
44.Kh2 e3 45.fxe3 fxe3 46.Re4 Ra2 47.Rxe3 Rxb2 48.Re6 Kh7
49.Rb6 Ne5 50.Rb7+ Kg8 51.Nf6+ Kf8 52.Kg3 Nd3 53.Nd5 Nc5
54.Rc7 Ne6 55.Rc6 Rd2 56.Ne3 Ke7 57.Rb6 Rd3 58.Kf2 Nc7 59.Nf5+
Kd7 60.Nxh6 Rxc3 61.Rb8 Rc5 62.Nf5 Ke6 63.Kg3 Ke5 64.Nh4 Kd4
65.Nf3+ Kc3 66.g5 b4 67.g6 Ne6 68.Re8 Rc6 69.Ne5 Rb6 70.Rc8+
Kd4 71.Rc6 Rxc6 72.Nxc6+ Ke4 73.Nxb4 Kf5 74.Nd3 Kg5 75.Kf3 Kf5
76.Nf4 Ng7 77.g3 Kf6 78.Kg4 Nf5 79.Kh5 Nxg3+ 80.Kh6 Nf5+
81.Kh7 Ke7 82.Nd5+ Kf8 83.Kh8 Ng7 84.Nf6 Ne6 85.Nd7+ Ke7
86.Ne5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York PCA-op"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alex Sherzer"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5
Qa5 8.Bd3 Qxc5 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Be3 Qa5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rac1 Rac8
13.Rfd1 Nh5 14.Bb1 Bh6 15.h3 Be6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Qa6
18.Rxh5 gxh5 19.Nh4 e6 20.Qxh5 Bg7 21.e5 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6
23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.f5 exf5 25.Nxf5 Rc7 26.Nxg7 Rxg7 27.Bh6 Rxh6
28.Rf1+ Ke8 29.Qxg7 Qb6+ 30.Kh1 1-0

[Event "PCA Qualifier (active)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1
Nf6 8.Be2 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.a4 O-O 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Nb3 Be6 13.Kh1
Na5 14.Nd4 Bc4 15.Bxc4 Nxc4 16.b3 Na5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Rc8
19.Rb1 Qd7 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.c4 b6 22.Qd3 Nb7 23.Nc6 e6 24.b4 a5
25.Be3 axb4 26.Rxb4 exd5 27.cxd5 Nc5 28.Qc2 Ra8 29.Rd1 Ra6
30.Qc4 Rea8 31.a5 bxa5 32.Rb8+ Rxb8 33.Nxb8 Qc8 34.Bxc5 dxc5
35.Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Varna (Bulgaria)"]
[Site "Varna (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Aldo Zadrima"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4
7.e3 Be6 8.Qb1 Qc8 9.Nf3 h6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.O-O Bg7 12.Nd2 Nb6
13.a4 a5 14.Ne4 Bf5 15.Qb5+ Qd7 16.Nc5 Qxb5 17.axb5 a4 18.Bf3
Ra5 19.Nxb7 Ra7 20.Nc5 g5 21.Bc6+ Kd8 22.Bg3 Bc2 23.f4 gxf4
24.Rxf4 Bf6 25.e4 a3 26.e5 Bg5 27.Rxf7 a2 28.Ne6+ Kc8 29.Nxg5
hxg5 30.Rxe7 Bb1 31.e6 Na4 32.Be5 Rg8 33.d5 1-0

[Event "Varna (Bulgaria)"]
[Site "Varna (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milan Drasko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Na6 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.Nc4 Nh5 12.a4 b6 13.Qc2
Ba6 14.b3 f5 15.Bb2 Qd7 16.Rfe1 Rae8 17.e3 g5 18.Rad1 Re7
19.Bh3 Ref7 20.Rd2 Qd8 21.Qd1 g4 22.Bg2 Re7 23.e4 Bxc4 24.bxc4
Rfe8 25.f4 gxf3 26.Qxf3 Nf6 27.Qxf5 Rf8 28.Qg5 Re5 29.Qe3 Ng4
30.Qd3 Rh5 31.Qe2 Qg5 32.h4 Qg6 33.Nd1 Bxb2 34.Rxb2 Ne8 35.Rb3
Ne5 36.Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.Qxf1 Qg7 38.a5 Rh6 39.axb6 axb6 40.Ne3
Qxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna (Bulgaria)"]
[Site "Varna (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Constantin Ionescu"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.e3 a6 7.a4 b4
8.Nb3 d6 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.c3 bxc3 11.bxc3 Ra7 12.O-O Qa8 13.Re1
h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nh4 Bxg2 16.Nxg2 O-O 17.Qd3 c5 18.dxc5 dxc5
19.Nd2 Rd8 20.Qc2 Qd5 21.Ra2 Rad7 22.Re2 Ng4 23.h3 Ne5 24.Ne1
c4 25.a5 Nd3 26.Nef3 e5 27.e4 Qe6 28.Kg2 Rb7 29.Nf1 Bc5 30.Ne3
Bxe3 31.Rxe3 Rdb8 32.Qa4 Rb2 33.Re2 Rxa2 34.Rxa2 Rb3 35.Rc2
Nc5 36.Qa1 Nxe4 37.Qe1 Qd5 38.Qe3 f6 39.Re2 Nxc3 40.Rd2 Qb7
41.Qc5 Ne4 42.Qxc4+ Kh7 43.Rd7 Qxd7 44.Qxb3 Qc6 45.Qb6 Qc2
46.Nh4 Qe2 47.Nf5 Nd2 48.Ne3 Qf3+ 49.Kg1 Ne4 50.Ng2 Qd1+
51.Kh2 Qf1 52.Qe3 Nxf2 53.g4 h5 54.g5 fxg5 55.Qxe5 Qd3 56.Qxg5
Qxh3+ 57.Kg1 Ne4 58.Qf4 Qe6 59.Qf3 g6 60.Ne3 Ng5 61.Qg3 Qe5
0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.02.23"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Ne2
e6 8.Qc2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 h6 10.Bh4 Qb6 11.Bg3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.b3
Rac8 14.Nd2 a6 15.a4 Qd8 16.Rac1 Re8 17.Kh1 Bd6 18.f4 Ne7
19.Nf3 Nf5 20.Ne5 Be7 21.Rc2 g6 22.Be1 h5 23.h3 h4 24.Bxf5
exf5 25.Bxh4 Ne4 26.Be1 Bh4 27.g4 fxg4 28.hxg4 Kg7 29.f5 Rc7
30.Kg2 Bxe1 31.Qxe1 Qg5 32.Qc1 Qxc1 33.Rcxc1 gxf5 34.Rxf5 f6
35.Nd3 Rxc3 36.Rxc3 Nxc3 37.Nf4 Re4 38.Kf3 Kh7 39.Rxf6 b5
40.Rxa6 Rxd4 41.Ra7+ Kg8 42.a5 Rb4 43.g5 Rxb3 44.Ne6 b4 45.Kf4
Ne2+ 46.Ke5 Re3+ 47.Kf6 Rf3+ 48.Kg6 Nf4+ 49.Nxf4 Rxf4 50.Ra8+
Rf8 51.Rxf8+ Kxf8 52.a6 b3 53.a7 b2 54.a8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.02.24"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bd3 Nh5 7.Bg3
d6 8.c3 Nd7 9.Qc2 g6 10.a4 a6 11.O-O O-O 12.h3 Nxg3 13.fxg3 c5
14.Rf2 Qc7 15.Raf1 d5 16.g4 Rae8 17.c4 cxd4 18.exd4 e5 19.cxd5
Qxc2 20.Bxc2 exd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd5 22.Kh1 Bc5 23.Rf4 Re3 24.N4f3
Rc8 25.Ne4 Bd6 26.Nxd6 Rxc2 27.Nxf7 Re7 28.Nh6+ Kg7 29.g5 Rxb2
30.Rd1 Ba2 31.Kh2 a5 32.Nd4 Nc5 33.Rf6 Re8 34.h4 Kh8 35.Rdf1
Rb4 36.R1f4 Nxa4 37.h5 gxh5 38.Rf8+ Rxf8 39.Rxf8+ Kg7 40.Rf6
Rxd4 41.Nf5+ Kg8 42.Nxd4 Nc5 43.Rxb6 a4 44.Kg3 Kf7 45.Rc6 Nd3
46.Ra6 Nb2 47.Kf4 Nd3+ 48.Kf5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.02.26"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5
Qa5 8.Bd3 Qxc5 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Be3 Qa5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rac1 Nd7
13.Qf2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nc5 15.Bb1 Na4 16.Nxa4 Qxa4 17.b3 Qa3
18.c5 dxc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Rxc5 Bd4 21.Rd1 Bxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Rfd8
23.Rcd5 e6 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Nxd8 26.Ke3 Kf8 27.f5 e5
28.f4 f6 29.fxe5 fxe5 30.fxg6 hxg6 31.h4 Kg7 32.Kd3 Kf6 33.Kc4
Ke6 34.Kc5 b6 35.Kb5 Kd6 36.b4 Kc7 37.a4 Ne6 38.Ba2 Nd4+
39.Ka6 Kb8 40.Bf7 Nf3 41.Bxg6 Nxh4 42.Bf7 Nf3 43.a5 bxa5
44.bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.02.27"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. e3 Nxf4
12. exf4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qb8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. h4 a6 16. h5 b5
17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Rc8 20. Rxe6 Ra7 21. Rxg6+
fxg6 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Bxc6 Rd8 24. cxb5 Bf6 25. Ne4 Bd4
26. bxa6 Qb6 27. Rd1 Qxa6 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxg6+
Kf8 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Be8+ Kf8
35. Qxc5+ Qd6 36. Qxa7 Qxf6 37. Bh5 Rd2 38. b3 Rb2 39. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.01"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 Nh6 6.Bf4 f6 7.Be2 Nf7
8.Bh2 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Bf1 Nd7 12.a4 a6 13.a5 b5
14.exd5 cxd5 15.Re6 Rc8 16.Nxb5 axb5 17.Bxb5 f5 18.Qe2 Nf6
19.a6 Ba8 20.Rxe7 Rxc2 21.Qxc2 Qxe7 22.Qa4 Qe6 23.b4 Ne4
24.Bf1 g5 25.b5 g4 26.Ne1 Qb6 27.Nc2 Rc8 28.Bf4 Bh6 29.Bxh6
Qxh6 30.hxg4 Qd2 31.f3 Qf2+ 32.Kh2 Nfg5 33.Ne1 Qh4+ 34.Kg1
Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.02"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4
Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. a4 Qc5
12. Bd2 Qxc3 13. Bxc3 a6 14. Bc4 Rg8 15. Rfd1 Bb4 16. Bxb4
Nxb4 17. Ne5 Bc6 18. Bb3 Ke7 19. f3 Rgd8 20. Kf2 Be8 21. Ke2
f6 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne3 Nc6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bd1 Nd4+ 26. Ke1
Rc8 27. axb5 Bxb5 28. h4 Kd6 29. Ba4 f5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rd1
Ke5 32. Kf2 Ra8 33. exf5 exf5 34. g3 Ra2 35. Rd2 h5 36. Nd1 b4
37. Ne3 Ra6 38. Ng2 Ne6 39. Rc2 Kd4 40. Ne3 Kd3 41. Rc1 Kd4
42. Rc4+ Kd3 43. Rxb4 Nd4 44. Rc4 Ne2 45. Rc2 f4 46. gxf4 Nxf4
47. Rc3+ Kd2 48. Nc4+ Kd1 49. Re3 Kc2 50. Re4 Nd3+ 51. Ke3
Nxb2 52. Nxb2 Kxb2 53. Re5 g6 54. Kf4 Kc3 55. Kg5 Kd4 56. Re8
Rb6 57. Re4+ Kd3 58. Kh6 Ra6 59. Re7 Ra4 60. Kg5 Ra6 61. Rf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.04"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 a5
12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Be2 Bg5 16. Bf2 Qf6
17. O-O Na6 18. Bd3 Qh6 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. Bc2 Nac5 21. g3 e4
22. f4 Bd8 23. a3 Nf6 24. Kg2 Bb6 25. Bg1 Ncd7 26. Nb5 Bxg1
27. Rxg1 Qg6 28. b4 Rc8 29. Nxd6 Nxd5 30. Nxc8 Nxf4+ 31. Kf1
Qf6 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Qd1 Nh3 34. Nd5 Qb2 35. Rg2 f4 36. gxf4
Qe5 37. Ra2 Nb6 38. Qa1 Rxf4+ 39. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.05"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Bg5 a6 9.a4 Nc6 10.Nb3 Be6 11.Kh1 Rc8 12.f4 Na5 13.Nxa5
Qxa5 14.Bd3 Rfe8 15.Qe2 Qb4 16.a5 Bg4 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Qe2 Qxb2
19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd5 Bb5 21.Bxb5 Qxb5 22.Qxb5 axb5 23.Rab1 Rc5
24.Rfd1 Kg7 25.Nb6 Rxc2 26.Rxb5 Re2 27.Nd5 Rxe4 28.Rxb7 Ra8
29.g4 Rxa5 30.g5 Ba1 31.Nxe7 Rxf4 32.Nc6 Ra8 33.Rxd6 Ra2
34.Rd1 Rff2 35.Nd8 Kg8 36.Rb8 h5 37.gxh6 Be5 38.Rb7 Rxh2+
39.Kg1 Rhg2+ 40.Kh1 Rh2+ 41.Kg1 Rhg2+ 42.Kh1 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.07"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxc3
7.Qxc3 Nc6 8.e4 Bg4 9.Bb5 Rc8 10.Be3 a6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Ba4 b5
13.Bb3 e6 14.O-O Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bd6 16.Qxg7 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Be5
18.Qh6 Qe7 19.Bg5 Qf8 20.Qh5 Nd4 21.Bh6 Qd6 22.Be3 Rc5 23.Qh3
Rg8 24.f4 Bf6 25.Rg1 Rg6 26.Rxg6 hxg6 27.e5 Qc6+ 28.Qg2 Nxb3
29.axb3 Bd8 30.Bxc5 Qxc5 31.Qa8 Qe7 32.Kg2 a5 33.Qc6+ Kf8
34.Qc8 Ke8 35.Qc6+ Kf8 36.Rd7 Qh4 37.Qf3 Bb6 38.Qg3 Qh5 39.Rb7
Bd4 40.Qg5 Qxg5+ 41.fxg5 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.09"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.a3 f5 5.d5 Nf6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7
8.e3 O-O 9.Nge2 e5 10.O-O d6 11.e4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4
Nd7 14.Nc3 Bc8 15.Bg2 Nf6 16.h3 Rf7 17.Be3 Qf8 18.Qd2 a5 19.b4
Ba6 20.Nb5 Kh8 21.Rfc1 Ng8 22.Ra2 Bh6 23.Rac2 Bxe3 24.Qxe3
axb4 25.axb4 Bxb5 26.cxb5 Ra7 27.Qc3 Qg7 28.Ra1 Rxa1+ 29.Qxa1
h5 30.Qc1 Qf6 31.h4 Qf5 32.Kh2 Nf6 33.Bh3 Ng4+ 34.Bxg4 hxg4
35.Kg1 Kg7 36.Qd2 g5 37.hxg5 Kg6 38.Rc4 Rh7 39.Qd1 Kxg5
40.Qc1+ Kg6 41.Rxc7 Rxc7 42.Qxc7 Qb1+ 43.Kh2 Qxb4 44.Qxb6 Kf5
45.Qa7 Qxb5 46.Qh7+ Kf6 47.Qh6+ Kf5 48.Qxd6 Qe2 49.Qf8+ Kg5
50.d6 Qd2 51.Qg7+ Kf5 52.Qf7+ Kg5 53.d7 Qd4 54.Qg7+ Kh5
55.Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.11"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.c3 Nd7 8.Qc2 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.f4 Ng6 11.g3 O-O 12.Bd3 Qd5
13.a3 Nxf4 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Bxh7+ Kg7 16.Qe4 Re8 17.Qxe8 Bf5
18.Qxa8 Qe4+ 19.Kf2 Qg2+ 20.Ke3 Nd5+ 21.Kd4 Qd2+ 22.Kc5 Qe3+
23.Kc4 Nb6+ 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.12"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.d3
e5 8.O-O Be7 9.Nd2 Bd7 10.Nc4 f6 11.f4 b5 12.Ne3 Rc8 13.fxe5
Nxe5 14.Nf5 O-O 15.Kh1 Re8 16.Ne4 Bc6 17.Bf4 Bf8 18.a4 a6
19.axb5 axb5 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.Be3 Ne6 22.Bg1 Qb7 23.Nh4 Kh8
24.Nd2 Rcd8 25.Ndf3 Nxf3 26.Nxf3 Nd4 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.Qc2 Rd6
29.Nh4 Rde6 30.Bxc6 Qxc6+ 31.e4 Qd7 32.Ng2 c4 33.dxc4 Rxe4
34.cxb5 Qxb5 35.Rf2 Re2 36.Rxe2 Rxe2 37.Qc8 Kg8 38.Nf4 Rxb2
39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Qc8 Qb4 41.Ng6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.03.14"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 Na5 11.Bf1 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5
13.exd5 b5 14.b3 Ng4 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.h3 Nxf2 17.Bxa5 Qxa5
18.Kxf2 Qb6+ 19.Kg3 f5 20.Kh2 Bf6 21.c3 b4 22.Nd2 bxc3 23.Nc4
Qc5 24.a3 a5 25.Ra2 Rab8 26.Kh1 Rb7 27.Qf3 e4 28.Qxf5 Re7
29.Qh5 Bd4 30.Qd1 Bf2 31.Ree2 Bg3 32.Re3 Qd4 33.Ra1 Be5 34.Qc2
Bf4 35.Rxc3 Ref7 36.Be2 Bg5 37.Rd1 Qf2 38.Bh5 g6 39.Qxf2 Rxf2
40.Bg4 h5 41.Be6+ Kh8 42.h4 Bh6 43.Re1 Rf1+ 44.Rxf1 Rxf1+
45.Kh2 Re1 46.g3 e3 47.Kg2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O Qb6
8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b4 Be7 10.Bf4 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Nf6
13.a4 a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Nd2 O-O 16.Rb1 Qa7 17.Bb5 Bxb5
18.axb5 Ra2 19.Bd4 Qb8 20.Re1 Qf4 21.Re2 Bd6 22.g3 Qf5 23.f4
Qd3 24.Rf2 Rfa8 25.Qe1 Qf5 26.Rd1 Qg4 27.Kg2 Nh5 28.Kh1 Rc2
29.Qe2 Qh3 30.Qe3 Nf6 31.Re1 Bf8 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Ne4 Raa2
34.Nxf6+ Kh8 35.Qe5 Rxf2 36.Ng4+ Kg8 37.Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rb1 Nc6
12.dxc5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Rfd8 14.Rxd8+ Rxd8 15.Bd2 Rd7 16.Kf1 e6
17.Ke2 f5 18.Ng5 Re7 19.f3 h6 20.Nh3 Kf7 21.Nf2 Rd7 22.Nd3 g5
23.h3 Bf8 24.Rh1 Kg6 25.h4 Bg7 26.Rh3 Bf6 27.h5+ Kf7 28.Rh1
Ke8 29.Rb1 f4 30.Rb3 Kd8 31.Be1 Kc8 32.Ra3 Kb8 33.Bf2 Ne5
34.Nxe5 Bxe5 35.Rb3 Kc8 36.Ra3 Kc7 37.Be1 Kb8 38.Ra5 Bf6 39.g3
Bd8 40.Ra4 Bc7 41.Rd4 Rg7 42.g4 Kc8 43.Bf2 Bb8 44.Rd3 Rf7
45.Bd4 e5 46.Bf2 Rf6 47.Rd2 Ra6 48.Kd3 Ra4 49.Rb2 Kc7 50.Kc2
Ra3 51.Kd3 Ra4 52.Kd2 Kc6 53.Kc1 Bc7 54.Kb1 Ra3 55.Rb3 Ra5
56.Kb2 Bd8 57.c4 Be7 58.Be1 Ra4 59.Bc3 Bf6 60.Bb4 Bd8 61.a3 a5
1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4
a6 8.a5 exd4 9.Qxd4 b5 10.axb6 Nxb6 11.Ba2 Bb7 12.Re1 Nfd7
13.Bf4 Bf6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Qxd8 Raxd8 17.Bxe5 Bxe5
18.Rxe5 Rfe8 19.Rae1 Kf8 20.f3 f6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Rd1 Ke7
23.Ne2 f5 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.h4 g6 26.Nf4 a5 27.Rd3 Re7 28.Ra3 a4
29.Rc3 Rd7 30.Rc5 h6 31.g4 fxg4 32.fxg4 g5 33.hxg5+ hxg5
34.Rf5+ Ke7 35.Re5+ Kd6 36.Re6+ Kc5 37.Nd3+ Kb5 38.Re5+ Bd5
39.Rxg5 c5 40.c4+ Bxc4 41.Rxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.Qxd5 Be7
7.e4 O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Nc6 10.c3 Be6 11.Qh5 h6 12.Rd1 Re8
13.Bf4 Bf8 14.Nd2 g6 15.Qf3 d5 16.Qg3 Qe7 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bf1
Qf6 19.Nb3 Rad8 20.Rd2 Be6 21.Bc7 Rxd2 22.Nxd2 Bf5 23.Nc4 Re4
24.Ne3 Bc8 25.Rd1 Re8 26.h3 Qg5 27.Qf3 Kg7 28.Bf4 Qe7 29.Nd5
Qe4 30.Nf6 Kxf6 31.Be5+ Kxe5 32.Qxe4+ Kxe4 33.Re1+ Kf5 34.Rxe8
Be6 35.Rxf8 Bxa2 36.Rc8 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Qa4 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.c5 dxc5 12.Ne5 Qb6
13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Nd3 c4 15.Nc5 Rb8 16.Bd2 Rd8 17.N3a4 Nd5 18.Rad1
e5 19.e4 Nb4 20.Bxb4 Rxb4 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Rd1 Qf8 23.Qd2 Rb5
24.Qd8 Bf6 25.Qc7 Be7 26.Bh3 Kg7 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Qxe5+ Kg6
29.Qc7 a6 30.Nd7 Bxd7 31.Qxd7 Qf6 32.Re1 Rb7 33.Qc8 Kg7
34.Bxf5 Qd4 35.Bb1 Bb4 36.Rf1 Rf7 37.Qh3 h6 38.Qh5 Rf6 39.Nc3
Bxc3 40.bxc3 Qxc3 41.Rd1 Qf3 42.Rd7+ Kf8 43.Rd8+ Kg7 44.Rd7+
Kf8 45.Qc5+ Kg8 46.Bh7+ Kh8 47.Qa7 Rf8 48.Bc2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 c4 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.O-O
Bb7 14.Ng5 Nc5 15.e5 Qxe5 16.Re1 Qd6 17.Qxd6 Bxd6 18.Be3 O-O
19.Rad1 Be7 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Nxe6 Rfc8 22.h3 Rab8 23.g4 Bf3
24.Rd2 b4 25.Na4 Ba7 26.g5 Nd5 27.Re5 Rb5 28.Rf5 Nc7 29.Nxg7
Bc6 30.Rd6 Nd5 31.Ne6 Ne7 32.Rxb5 Bxb5 33.h4 Ng6 34.h5 Ne5
35.g6 hxg6 36.hxg6 Nf3+ 37.Kh1 Bc6 38.Nac5 Nd4+ 39.Be4 Nxe6
40.Rxe6 Bxc5 41.Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.d3 h6 7.a3 a5
8.Bg2 d6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nd2 Qd8 12.e3 Ne7 13.Ne4
Ba7 14.Nc3 c6 15.d4 Be6 16.b3 f5 17.a4 Qc7 18.Ba3 Rad8 19.f4
Bf7 20.Kh1 exd4 21.exd4 Kh8 22.Ra2 Ng8 23.Bh3 Bg6 24.Rd2 Nf6
25.Qc2 Rde8 26.d5 Ne4 27.Nxe4 fxe4 28.Rdd1 Rf6 29.Bb2 e3
30.Qe2 Be4+ 31.Bg2 Rf7 32.Bxe4 Rxe4 33.f5 Qe7 34.Rf3 Bc5
35.Bc3 Kg8 36.Rdf1 cxd5 37.f6 gxf6 38.cxd5 Re5 39.Bxe5 Qxe5
40.Rf5 Qe4+ 41.Kg1 Kg7 42.h4 Bb6 43.Kh2 Rc7 44.Rxf6 Bd4
45.R6f4 Qc2 46.Rg4+ Kh7 47.Rf7+ Kh8 48.Rf2 Qxe2 49.Rxe2 Bc5
50.Re4 b5 51.Kh3 bxa4 52.bxa4 Kh7 53.Rb2 Kg6 54.Re6+ Kg7
55.Rb5 Bd4 56.Re4 Rc4 57.Rxa5 Kf6 58.Ra8 Kf5 59.Rae8 Rxa4
60.R8e6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bd3 Ba4 10.h4 h6 11.h5 Qc7 12.O-O Nd7 13.Re1
Qc6 14.Rb1 a6 15.Nd2 cxd4 16.cxd4 Bb5 17.Rxb5 axb5 18.Qe2 Ra4
19.Nb3 Rc4 20.Bd2 Nf5 21.Bb4 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Rxd4 23.Bxb5 Qc8
24.Rd1 Rxb4 25.axb4 Qc3 26.Qg4 Qxe5 27.c4 f5 28.Qg6+ Ke7
29.cxd5 exd5 30.Bxd7 Kxd7 31.Qf7+ Kc8 32.Qa7 Re8 33.Rc1+ Kd8
34.Qb7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Eduardo Morovic-Fernandez"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.h3
Qc7 14.Ne3 Bf8 15.a4 Rb8 16.Nh2 Be6 17.Nhg4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 b4
19.Qe2 bxc3 20.bxc3 Na5 21.g3 Nb3 22.Bxb3 Rxb3 23.c4 Reb8
24.Kg2 Rb1 25.Rxb1 Rxb1 26.Rh1 f6 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 g6
29.Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.05.22"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6
7. a4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 Rd8 12. d5
exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Na5 15. Ba2 Be6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Bd2 Qb3 20. Qb1 Nc4 21. Bc3 Bf6
22. Qe4 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Kh2 Qd5 25. Qc2 Bxc3 26. Qxc3
Qd6+ 27. Kg1 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qd6+ 29. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.05.23"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5
7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Qb8
12. g3 f5 13. Bg2 $4 ( 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. O-O-O f4 15. Rhe1 Be5
16. Nd5 O-O 17. Bb4 Rf7 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 dxc6 20. Bf1)
13... Bd6 14. f4 Nf6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Be3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc7 20. Rd2 Rfd8 21. Rhd1 Bf8 22. Kb1
Rac8 23. f5 exf5 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Qxf5 Qxc4 26. Rxd7 Rxd7
27. Rxd7 Bxa3 28. Bd4 Bf8 29. Rxa7 Re8 30. Bc3 b5 31. Qf7 Qxf7
32. Rxf7 b4 33. Bd2 Kg8 34. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.05.24"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 g6 7.e5
dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bg7 9.Bg5 a6 10.Nxd7 Bxd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Qxd7+
Nxd7 13.Nd5 Rc8 14.O-O-O e6 15.Rhe1 h6 16.Bd2 Rc4 17.Bb4 Rd4
18.Rxd4 Bxd4 19.f4 Bf2 20.Re4 Kd8 21.Be7+ Kc8 22.Rc4+ Kb8
23.Bd6+ Ka7 24.Rc7 Nb8 25.Ne7 Rd8 26.c4 a5 27.Kc2 Ka6 28.c5
Nd7 29.c6 Nb8 30.Be5 Bb6 31.Rxb7 Nxc6 32.Nxc6 Kxb7 33.Nxd8+
Bxd8 34.Kb3 f5 35.Kc4 Kc6 36.b3 g5 37.fxg5 Bxg5 38.h3 h5
39.Bc3 Bd8 40.Be5 Be7 41.Bc3 Kb6 42.Bd2 Bd6 43.Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.05.25"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O g6 7.c4
Bg7 8.Be3 Nbc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.c5 Bxb2 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Rb1 Bg7
13.Nc4 f5 14.Qd2 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Nd5 16.Bg5 Qc7 17.Rb3 a5 18.Nd6
a4 19.Rh3 Qa5 20.Qc2 Nb4 21.Qb1 Ba6 22.Rc1 Rxf2 23.Kxf2 Bd4+
24.Be3 Nd3+ 25.Kg1 Qd2 26.Bxd4 Nxc1 27.Kh1 Qxd4 28.Qxc1 Rb8
29.Rf3 Rb2 30.h4 Rd2 31.Kh2 Be2 32.Rf2 Qxf2 33.Qxd2 Qxh4+
34.Kg1 Bc4 35.a3 Bd5 36.Qf2 Qe7 37.Bc2 Qg7 38.Qf4 g5 39.Qe3 h5
40.Qd3 Qa1+ 41.Kh2 Qe5+ 42.g3 Qf6 43.Qg6+ Qxg6 44.Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.05.27"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3
Bh5 8.Be3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Qd6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Ne5 Be7
13.O-O O-O 14.Bf4 Qd8 15.Bf3 Rc8 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Be3 Bd6 18.g5
Nd7 19.d5 exd5 20.Qxd5 Nb6 21.Bxb6 axb6 22.Rfd1 Be5 23.Qxd8
Rfxd8 24.Kg2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.Bd5 Kf8 28.Kf3
Bd4 29.Nd1 f6 30.Ke4 Bc5 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.a3 f5 33.Kd3 Ke7
34.b4 Bd6 35.Kc4 Kd7 36.Nc3 Nc6 37.Bg2 Bc7 38.Nd5 Bd8 39.Nf4
g5 40.Nd5 Kd6 41.f4 Ne7 42.Nc3 gxf4 43.Nb5+ Ke5 44.Bxb7 f3
45.Bxf3 Nc8 46.Nd4 Nd6+ 47.Kd3 Kf4 48.Bc6 Kg3 49.Bd7 Kxh3
50.Bxf5+ Kg3 51.Bd7 Bh4 52.a4 Kg2 53.Bc6+ Kf1 54.Nc2 Bf2
55.Ne3+ Ke1 56.Ng4 Bg1 57.Bf3 Kf1 58.Bd5 Ke1 59.Bb3 Kf1 60.Ne5
Kg2 61.Nc6 Kg3 62.Nd4 Bf2 63.a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.05.28"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 a6 13.Na3
Nf6 14.Rxe8 Nxe8 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Re1 Nd7 18.Be4 Nb6
19.b3 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 Nf6 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.bxc4 Bc8 23.Bc2 Ra7
24.Qe3 Rb7 25.Ba4 Bd7 26.Bc6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 Rc7 28.Qf3 h6 29.Ne4
Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Qa8 31.Qf4 Qf8 32.Qf3 Qa8 33.Qf6 Rxc6 34.Re7 Qf8
35.Rd7 Qg7 36.Qd8 Qf8 37.Qf6 Qg7 38.Qf3 Rb6 39.Qa8 Kh7 40.Qe8
Qa1 41.Kh2 Qe5 42.Qxe5 dxe5 43.Rxf7 Kg8 44.Re7 Rb2 45.Kg3 Rxa2
46.Rxe5 Kf7 47.Rxc5 a5 48.h4 h5 49.Kf3 a4 50.Ra5 a3 51.Ke3 Rc2
52.Rxa3 Rxc4 53.g3 Kf6 54.f3 Rb4 55.Rd3 Ra4 56.Rd4 Ra5 57.Rc4
Ke5 58.Re4 Kf5 59.Kd4 Kf6 60.Re8 Ra4 61.Ke3 Kf5 62.Rf8 Ke5
63.f4 Ke6 64.f5 gxf5 65.Rh8 f4 66.gxf4 Ra3 67.Ke2 Ra2 68.Kd3
Ra3 69.Kd2 Ra2 70.Kc3 Ra3 71.Kd4 Ra4 72.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.05.29"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 g6 7.Nde2
Bg7 8.Bg2 Rb8 9.b3 b5 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Qd2 Ne5 12.f4 Ned7
13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Nd5 a5 15.Rhe1 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bxb2+ 17.Kxb2 b4
18.Nd4 Nc5 19.f5 a4 20.Kb1 Nd7 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Qh6 axb3
23.axb3 e5 24.dxe6 Bxg2 25.e7 Qa5 26.Ne6 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.05.30"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5 Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5 7.Qd3
h6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Bc4 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Bb3 b5 12.Nd5 Nxd5
13.Bxd5 Rb8 14.Ba7 Rb7 15.Bxb7 Bxb7 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.f3 d5 18.Bf2
Qc7 19.Rhe1 Rd8 20.Qb3 d4 21.Kb1 Nd7 22.c3 Nc5 23.Qc2 d3
24.Qc1 Bc8 25.Bxc5 Qxc5 26.Nb3 Qc4 27.g3 Be6 28.Qd2 b4 29.Rc1
Qb5 30.Red1 a5 31.cxb4 axb4 32.Qe3 Qa6 33.Rc7 Bxb3 34.axb3 Ra8
35.Qxd3 Qa2 36.Kc2 Bd8 37.Rc6 Bb6 38.Rxb6 Rc8 39.Kd2 Qxb2
40.Ke1 Qxh2 41.Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.06.01"]
[EventDate "1994.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.Kh1 Rb8 12.a4 Re8 13.Qe2
Bd7 14.Nb3 Na5 15.g4 Nxb3 16.cxb3 Bc6 17.g5 Nd7 18.b4 b5
19.axb5 Bxb5 20.Nxb5 Rxb5 21.Bd2 Qc2 22.Qe3 Qc6 23.Ra3 Qb7
24.Rfa1 Rb6 25.Qe2 Nb8 26.Rh3 g6 27.Qe1 Nd7 28.Bc3 e5 29.Qh4
h5 30.Bf3 Bd8 31.f5 Rxb4 32.Re1 Nc5 33.Bxb4 Qxb4 34.Re2 Qd4
35.Bxh5 Qd1 36.Kg2 Nd3 37.Rxd3 Qxd3 38.fxg6 fxg6 39.Bg4 Qc4
40.Qh6 Qf7 41.Rf2 Qg7 42.Qh3 Qh7 43.Be6 Kh8 44.Qg4 Qh5 45.Qxh5
gxh5 46.Bf7 Rf8 47.h4 Bb6 48.Rf3 Kg7 49.Bxh5 Rh8 50.Rf7 Kg8
51.Rb7 Rxh5 52.Rxb6 Rxh4 53.Kf3 Rf4 54.Ke3 Rg4 55.b4 Rxg5
56.Kd3 d5 57.exd5 Rg4 58.Kc3 Rd4 59.Rxa6 Kf7 60.b5 Rxd5 61.Kc4
Rd1 62.Kc5 e4 63.Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1994.09.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Qd3 Ba6 5.a3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.b4
Bb6 8.Bg2 d5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.e4 dxe4
13.Nxe4 Qxd3 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.cxd3 f5 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Nd4
18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Rxd4 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.f4 Bd7 22.Kf2 Rd6
23.Ke3 Bc6 24.Bf1 Kf8 25.Rc1 Ke7 26.d4 Kd8 27.Rc5 a6 28.h3 Bd5
29.g4 fxg4 30.hxg4 h6 31.Bd3 Ke7 32.Be4 Bxe4 33.Kxe4 Kf6
34.Rh5 Kg7 35.f5 Rd8 36.Rh3 Rd6 37.Rc3 Kf6 38.Rf3 Kg5 39.fxe6
fxe6 40.Rh3 Rd8 41.Rh5+ Kg6 42.Rc5 Kf6 43.Rc6 Rg8 44.Kf4 Rd8
45.Ke4 Rg8 46.Kf4 Rd8 47.Ke3 Rd5 48.Rxa6 Rg5 49.Kf4 Rd5 50.Ke3
Rg5 51.Rb6 h5 52.gxh5 Rxh5 53.Ra6 Rh3+ 54.Ke2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1994.09.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.O-O b6 12.Qg4 g5
13.Qh3 Rg8 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.Nc4 O-O-O 16.c3 c5 17.Be3 Bf4 18.Rfd1
Nf6 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Bf1 Nd5 21.Bxf4 gxf4 22.Re1 f3 23.g3 Nf4
24.Qh4 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Rd5 26.Ne3 Re5 27.Qxh6 Reg5 28.Rad1 Qe5
29.Qh4 Rh5 30.Nc4 Qh8 31.Nd6+ Kb8 32.Nxf7 Rxh4 33.Nxh8 Rhxh8
0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite BUL"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.a4 O-O
8.Ra3 d6 9.Nge2 Nbd7 10.Nf4 Ne8 11.h4 axb5 12.Nxb5 Nc7 13.h5
Nxb5 14.Bxb5 Ba6 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Be2 Qb6 17.O-O Bxe2 18.Nxe2
Rfb8 19.Ra2 Qb3 20.Ra3 Qb4 21.a5 Qb5 22.Nc3 Qa6 23.Qc2 Ne5
24.Ra2 Nd3 25.Qe2 Nb4 26.Qxa6 Rxa6 27.Ra3 Rba8 28.Nb5 Nc2
29.Rd3 Rxa5 30.Nc3 Nb4 31.Rd2 f5 32.e4 f4 33.Rdd1 Be5 34.Kh2
c4 35.Kh3 Nd3 36.Kg4 Bxc3 37.bxc3 Ra1 38.Kg5 R8a2 39.Bxf4 Rxd1
40.Rxd1 Rxf2 41.g3 Kf7 42.Rh1 Nxf4 43.gxf4 Rg2+ 44.Kh4 Re2
45.Kg4 Re3 46.e5 dxe5 47.fxe5 Rxe5 48.Rf1+ Kg7 49.Rf4 Rxd5
50.Rxc4 Kf6 51.Rc8 Rd1 52.c4 Ke5 53.c5 Rg1+ 54.Kf3 Rf1+ 55.Ke3
Kd5 56.Rc7 Re1+ 57.Kf4 e5+ 58.Kf3 Kd4 59.c6 e4+ 60.Kf2 Rc1
61.Rd7+ Ke5 62.c7 Rc3 63.Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite BUL"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ng4 9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Nxd4 12.exd4 Rb8 13.a4
Nh6 14.Nd5 Nf5 15.a5 b5 16.Nb6 bxc4 17.bxc4 Rxb6 18.axb6 Qxb6
19.Rb1 Nxd4 20.Qd3 Bf5 21.Be4 Qc6 22.Qxd4 Bxd4 23.Bxc6 Bxb1
24.Bxd4 Bd3 25.Re1 e6 26.Bf6 Bxc4 27.Rd1 d5 28.Rb1 h6 29.h4
Kh7 30.f3 g5 31.h5 g4 32.f4 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite BUL"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Vyzmanavin"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Bf4 Ndf6 12.Qa4 c5
13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.b4 Be7 16.b5 Bc5 17.Nc6 Qd5
18.Rad1 Qf5 19.Bd6 Rfe8 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Rc1 Qh5 22.Qc4 Bc8
23.Rfe1 Be6 24.Qa4 h6 25.a3 Bh3 26.Qc4 Be6 27.Qb4 a6 28.bxa6
Rxa6 29.Bxe4 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Rxa3 31.Nd4 Ra2 32.Nxe6 fxe6 33.Rc7
Qd5 34.Qg6 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite BUL"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qb6
7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Ne5 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 Nc6 11.g4 d5 12.e5 Nd7
13.Nb5 Qb8 14.g5 a6 15.N5d4 Qc7 16.Qf3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bb4+
18.Kf2 Be7 19.h4 Nc5 20.Kg1 Bd7 21.Rh2 h6 22.c4 dxc4 23.Rc2
hxg5 24.hxg5 f6 25.exf6 gxf6 26.gxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxc4 Qd6 28.b4
Na4 29.Re1 Kf7 30.Qxb7 Nb6 31.Nf3 Nxc4 32.Bxc4 Qc6 33.Qxc6
Bxc6 34.Rf1 Bb5 35.Ng5+ Kg6 36.f5 Kh5 37.Bxb5 axb5 38.Ne4 Bh4
39.f6 Rag8+ 40.Kh2 Rg4 41.f7 Be7 42.Bd4 Rf8 43.Bc5 Kg6 44.Kh3
Rh4+ 45.Kg3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite BUL"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgenij Ermenkov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxb4 7.Nb5 Nc6
8.axb4 Bxb4+ 9.c3 Be7 10.Ba3 Nh6 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nd6+ Kf8
13.Bb5 f5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qa4 Bd7 16.Rb1 Nf7 17.Qa3 Nd8 18.Ne2
h6 19.Nf4 Be8 20.Nd3 Kg8 21.O-O Kh7 22.Rb2 Rf8 23.f4 Bh5
24.Nc5 Kg8 25.Qa6 Qc7 26.Rfb1 Bf7 27.g3 Qe7 28.Ndb7 Rb8
29.Qxa7 Nxb7 30.Rxb7 Rxb7 31.Rxb7 Qe8 32.Nd7 Bh5 33.Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite BUL"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e5 5.d4 e4 6.Ne5 cxd4 7.exd4
Bb4 8.Be2 Qe7 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Bxd6 Qxd6
13.O-O Bg4 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.h3 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Rfe8 17.d5 a6
18.Qe3 cxd5 19.Nxd5 h6 20.b3 Qe5 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Rfe1 h5
23.c5 h4 24.b4 g6 25.a4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Qb2 27.Rd4 Qc2 28.a5 Qb1+
29.Kh2 Qb2 30.Qd2 Qa1 31.Qe3 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite BUL"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.f3 c6 6.Qd2 b5 7.h4 h5
8.a4 b4 9.Nd1 a5 10.Nf2 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.O-O c5
14.Rad1 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Nxd4 Qb6 17.b3 Nac5 18.Kh1 Nf6
19.Nh3 Rc8 20.Rfe1 Ncd7 21.Nf4 Rc5 22.Nd3 Rc8 23.Nb2 Qc5
24.Nc4 Ne5 25.Ne3 O-O 26.Qf2 Nc6 27.Ne2 e6 28.Nf4 Ne5 29.Rd2
Rc6 30.Red1 Rfc8 31.Ne2 Qb6 32.Nd4 Rc3 33.Re1 R3c7 34.Nb5 Rc6
35.Qg3 Qc5 36.Qg5 Kg7 37.Red1 Nh7 38.Qf4 g5 39.Nf5+ exf5
40.Qxf5 Ng6 41.hxg5 Ne7 42.Qxc5 Rxc5 43.Nxd6 R8c6 44.f4 Rxc2
45.Ne8+ Kf8 46.Rd8 Rc1 47.Nd6 Kg7 48.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 49.Kh2 Rc6
50.e5 Rc5 51.Rd7 Ng6 52.e6 Rc6 53.Nf5+ Kg8 54.e7 Re6 55.Rd8+
Nhf8 56.e8=Q Rxe8 57.Rxe8 Nxf4 58.Ra8 Nd3 59.Rxa5 Ne6 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite BUL"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Nxc3
13.Qxc3 Bh6+ 14.Be3 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Qb6 16.Qxe7 Be6 17.Qf6 Bxa2
18.b3 Bxb3 19.cxb3 Qxb3 20.Rd3 Qb6 21.Qb2 Rfe8 22.Qxb6 axb6
23.Rd1 Ra1+ 24.Kc2 Ra2+ 25.Kb3 Rea8 26.Rd8+ Rxd8 27.Kxa2 Rd1
28.g3 g5 29.Kb3 Rd2 30.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite BUL"]
[Date "1994.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alon Greenfeld"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2
Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Nc6 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Nd4 Bxd4
13.Bxg4 Be5 14.Bf3 Qa5 15.Qe1 Qc7 16.g3 Rad8 17.Rc1 Rfe8
18.Na4 b5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qe2 Qa7 21.Nc5 d4 22.exd4 Rxd4
23.Rfe1 Nxf3+ 24.Qxf3 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hichem Hamdouchi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.f3
O-O 14.Rad1 Kh8 15.Kh1 Rb8 16.Qe1 Qa8 17.c4 bxc3 18.Qxc3 Bb7
19.Qd2 Rfc8 20.Rc1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Re8 22.Ne2 d5 23.exd5 Nxd5
24.Nf4 N5f6 25.Kg1 Qb8 26.Qf2 Bd6 27.Ba7 Qa8 28.Nd3 e5 29.Bc5
Nxc5 30.Ndxc5 e4 31.Nxb7 Qxb7 32.Re1 Qc7 33.g3 e3 34.Qg2 Bb4
35.Re2 g6 36.Qh3 Qc6 37.Kg2 Qb5 38.Kf1 Kg7 39.Nc3 Bxc3 40.bxc3
Qc6 41.Kg2 Nd5 42.Bxd5 Qxd5 43.Qh4 Qe6 44.Qd4+ Kg8 45.c4 h5
46.h4 Kh7 47.c5 Re7 48.Qc3 Qd5 49.c6 Rc7 50.Qxe3 Rxc6 51.Rd2
Qa5 52.Qd4 Rc1 53.Qd7 Rc7 54.Qd4 Re7 55.Kf2 Qf5 56.Kg2 Qb5
57.Qf2 Qa4 58.Rb2 Rc7 59.Qd2 Rd7 60.Qe2 Qa3 61.Rb3 Qc1 62.Rb2
Re7 63.Qd2 Qa1 64.Rc2 Re1 65.Qf2 Rb1 66.Rd2 a5 67.Qa7 Kg7
68.Qe3 a4 69.g4 Rb4 70.Qe2 hxg4 71.fxg4 Qf6 72.Kh3 Qf4 73.Rd3
Re4 74.Qf3 Qe5 75.Ra3 Re2 76.Qg3 Qe4 77.Qf3 Qxf3+ 78.Rxf3 Rxa2
79.g5 Rb2 80.Rf6 a3 81.Ra6 a2 82.Ra8 f5 83.gxf6 Kxf6 84.Kg4
Ke5 85.Kg5 Rg2+ 86.Kh6 Kd4 87.Ra4+ Kc3 88.Rxa2 Rxa2 89.Kxg6
Kd4 90.h5 Ke5 91.h6 Ke6 92.Kg7 Rg2+ 93.Kf8 Rf2+ 94.Kg7 Rg2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.10.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Xie Jun"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.c3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Na3 Qb6 13.Nh4 Bc8
14.Qf3 Be6 15.Nf5 Qb7 16.axb5 axb5 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7
19.Nxb5 Qd7 20.c4 d5 21.Qe2 h6 22.h3 Nc6 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Be3
Nd4 25.Nxd4 cxd4 26.Bd2 dxc4 27.dxc4 Ra2 28.Bb4 d3 29.Qe3 Qa4
30.Bc3 Qxc4 31.f3 Nd7 32.Rd1 Nc5 33.Bxe5 Qc2 34.Rd2 Qc1+
35.Kh2 Ra1 36.Bc3 Na4 37.Rxd3 Qh1+ 38.Kg3 Rc1 39.Bd4 Qf1
40.Rd2 e5 41.Bxe5 Rc5 42.f4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.10.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.f3
Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Be2 Qa5 12.Rc1 a6
13.b3 Rfc8 14.Qb2 Nh5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.O-O Qe5 17.Rfd1 b5
18.cxb5 axb5 19.Qd2 Rab8 20.Nxb5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxb5 22.f4 Nxf4
23.Bxb5 Qg5 24.Kh1 Qxb5 25.Qxf4 Qe2 26.Ra1 Bd7 27.Qf3 Qb2
28.Rf1 f6 29.Qf2 Qe5 30.Qc2 Bb5 31.Rd1 Ba6 32.Qc6 Be2 33.Re1
Bb5 34.Qd5 Qc3 35.Rd1 Qc2 36.h3 Ba6 37.a4 Bb7 38.Qd3 Qc5
39.Qd4 Qc2 40.Qd3 Qc5 41.b4 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas ESP"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Bb5+ Nbd7 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3
13.hxg3 Qxh1 14.Be3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 a6 16.Bxd7+ Bxd7 17.exd7
Kxd7 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.Nxf3 Rhe8 20.Kf2 Kd6 21.c4 f6 22.Rb1 b5
23.Nd2 g5 24.Kf3 Rad8 25.Rd1 h5 26.Ne4+ Rxe4 27.Kxe4 Re8+
28.Kf3 bxc4 29.Bd2 Re5 30.Bc3 Rf5+ 31.Ke4 Rf2 32.Ke3 Rf5
33.Ke4 Rf2 34.Ke3 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "II Festival International de Ajedrez Alcobenda"]
[Site "Alcobendas ESP"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.O-O Nf6 9.a4 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.f4 Rc8 12.Nb3 Na5 13.Nxa5
Qxa5 14.Qd2 Rfe8 15.h3 h5 16.Kh2 Rc4 17.Qe2 Rxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3
19.Bd2 Qxc2 20.Rfc1 Qb3 21.Rcb1 Qc2 22.Rxb7 e5 23.fxe5 dxe5
24.Qe3 Bxa4 25.Bc3 Bb5 26.Bxe5 Qc6 27.Rb8 Qe6 28.Rxe8+ Nxe8
29.Qd4 h4 30.Qd5 Qh6 31.Bf4 hxg3 32.Bxg3 Bg5 33.Ra3 Nf6
34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.e5 Ng4+ 36.Kh1 Ne3 37.Qe4+ g6 38.e6 Nxg2
39.Kxg2 fxe6 40.Rf3 Qg7 41.h4 Bh6 42.h5 Be8 43.Qxe6 Qg8 44.Qe4
Bg5 45.Bd6 Qa2+ 46.Rf2 Qg8 47.Bf8 Bd8 48.Qb7+ Kh8 49.Bh6 gxh5
50.Kh1 Bg5 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas ESP"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nge7 7.Nb3
d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Bg2 Nc8 10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Be3 Qc7 13.f4
Rb8 14.g4 Re8 15.g5 Nb4 16.Qf2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.f5 Nxc2
19.Qxc2 b4 20.g6 e5 21.Nc5 bxc3 22.Na6 Rxb2 23.Nxc7 Rxc2
24.Nxe8 Bxe8 25.f6 Rxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Bxf6 27.Ra8 Bd7 28.Rc1 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas ESP"]
[Date "1994.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Nc3 Ng4 9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Nxd4 12.exd4 Rb8 13.a4
Nh6 14.Nd5 Nf5 15.a5 b5 16.axb6 e6 17.Nb4 Rxb6 18.Nc6 Qc7
19.Na5 d5 20.Ba3 Rd8 21.Bc5 Rb8 22.cxd5 exd5 23.b4 Bd7 24.Re1
Bb5 25.Qd2 Qd7 26.Qf4 Re8 27.h4 Bd3 28.Qd2 Bb5 29.Qf4 Bd3
30.Qd2 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Kh1 b5 11.Rae1 Bb7 12.a3 a6 13.h3
Nh5 14.Ne2 c5 15.c3 f5 16.d5 c4 17.Bc2 fxe4 18.Bxe4 exf4
19.Bxf4 Nc5 20.Bc2 Nd3 21.Bh2 Nxe1 22.Rxe1 Qd7 23.Be4 Nf6
24.Nf4 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Rf5 26.Bg3 Bf6 27.Bh4 Bxh4 28.Nxh4 Re5
29.Rd4 Rae8 30.Nf3 Rf5 31.Kh2 h6 32.Nh4 Rfe5 33.Nhg6 Qf7
34.Qd1 Rf5 35.Qg4 Rg5 36.Qf3 Rxg6 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Nde2
Rb8 8.Bg2 b5 9.O-O Bg7 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.c3 a5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4
e6 14.Nf4 b4 15.Be3 Ba6 16.Re1 O-O 17.Qd2 Nb6 18.b3 Nc8
19.Rac1 Qd7 20.h4 Na7 21.a4 bxa3 22.Qxa5 Nb5 23.e5 Bb7 24.Bf1
Bc6 25.d5 exd5 26.e6 Qb7 27.exf7 Rxf7 28.Ne6 Bb2 29.Nd8 Rxd8
30.Rxc6 Qxc6 31.Qxd8+ Rf8 32.Bxb5 Qxb5 33.Qxd6 Re8 34.Kh2 Bc3
35.Bc5 Kh8 36.Rxe8+ Qxe8 37.Bxa3 Qf7 38.Bc5 h5 39.b4 Kh7 40.b5
Bb4 41.b6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nb3 Be6 12.h4 gxh4 13.Bxh4
Qb6 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.f3 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Nce5 17.Qd4 Qxd4 18.Nxd4
Ne3 19.Re1 Nxf1 20.Rexf1 Bd7 21.b3 f6 22.Kd2 Kf7 23.Bf2 Rcg8
24.Rh2 Nc6 25.Ne2 f5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Rfh1 h5 28.g4 Bg6 29.gxh5
Bh7 30.Nd4 Rg5 31.Nxc6 bxc6 32.h6 Rhg8 33.c4 Rf5 34.Rh3 a5
35.R1h2 a4 36.Be3 axb3 37.axb3 c5 38.Kc3 Rf6 39.Kb2 Re6 40.Bd2
Rg1 41.Rh4 Rf6 42.Rf2 Rfg6 43.Rf4+ Ke8 44.Kc3 Rxh6 45.Rg4 Rxg4
46.fxg4 Rh3+ 47.Kb2 Rg3 48.g5 Be4 49.Rf4 Rg2 50.Kc3 Rg3+
51.Kb2 Rg2 52.Kc1 Rg1+ 53.Kb2 Rg2 54.Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.11.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Bc5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxe6 Qxd1 12.Rxd1
fxe6 13.Ng5 O-O 14.Nxe4 Bb6 15.b3 Nxe5 16.Kf1 Ng4 17.f3 Nf6
18.Ng3 Nd5 19.c4 bxc4 20.bxc4 Nf6 21.Bb2 Rad8 22.Ke2 Kf7
23.Rab1 Rfe8 24.Be5 Nd7 25.Bxc7 Bxc7 26.Rb7 Ne5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8
28.Rxc7+ Kg6 29.Ne4 Rb8 30.Ke3 Rb2 31.Kd4 Nf7 32.Rc6 Kf5
33.Ng3+ Kf6 34.Nh5+ Kg5 35.Nxg7 e5 36.Ke3 Rxg2 37.Rxa6 Rxh2
38.Ne6+ Kf5 39.Nc5 Ng5 40.Nd7 Ne6 41.Ra5 Nd8 42.Rxe5+ Kg6
43.a4 Ra2 44.Nb6 h5 45.Kf4 Nf7 46.Re6+ Kg7 47.c5 h4 48.c6 Rc2
49.Nd5 h3 50.c7 h2 51.Re1 Nd6 52.Rh1 Ne8 53.Rxh2 Rc4+ 54.Ke5
Nxc7 55.Nxc7 Rxc7 56.Ra2 Rc5+ 57.Kd6 Ra5 58.Kc6 Kf6 59.Kb6 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas ESP"]
[Date "1994.11.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5
13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.Bc2 b4 17.O-O bxc3 18.bxc3
Kh8 19.Qh5 e4 20.f3 Qa5 21.fxe4 Bxc3 22.Rab1 Bg7 23.exf5 Bg8
24.f6 Bxf6 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 26.Nxf6 Qxh5 27.Nxh5 Bxa2 28.Rb7 Ra7
29.Rb6 Bf7 30.Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas ESP"]
[Date "1994.11.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3
d6 8.e4 Bxf1 9.Kxf1 Bg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.h3 Ra6 13.Re1
Qa8 14.Re2 Nb6 15.a4 Nfd7 16.Bg5 Re8 17.h4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rxa4
19.Rxa4 Qxa4 20.Qb1 f6 21.Bh6 Qc4 22.Rb2 Kf7 23.Nd2 Qa6 24.Ra2
Qe2 25.Qf1 Qxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Ne5 27.Ke2 Rb8 28.Rb2 Ned7 29.Ra2 Ra8
30.Rxa8 Nxa8 31.Bf4 Nab6 32.c4 Kg7 33.g4 h6 34.Bg3 g5 35.h5
Nb8 36.Kd3 Na6 37.Kc3 Nb4 38.Nf1 Na2+ 39.Kb2 Nb4 40.Ne3 Kh7
41.Kb3 Nd3 42.Nf5 Nc1+ 43.Kc2 Ne2 44.Kd3 Nxg3 45.fxg3 Nd7
46.Nxe7 Ne5+ 47.Kc3 Nf7 48.Kb3 Kg7 49.Nf5+ Kf8 50.Ka4 Ke8
51.Kb5 Kd7 52.Kb6 Ne5 53.Nxh6 Nxc4+ 54.Kb5 Ne5 55.Nf5 Nxg4
56.h6 Ne5 57.h7 Nf7 58.Nh6 Nh8 59.Ng8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3
b5 8.Qd2 Bb7 9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.h4 b4 12.Nce2 d5 13.Bh3
dxe4 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 exf3 16.Ng3 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Bf4
Nc5 19.Qe3 Qa5 20.Kb1 Bd5 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.axb3 Qc5 23.Qd3 Qc6
24.g6 Be4 25.gxf7+ Kxf7 26.Qd2 Rc8 27.Rc1 Be7 28.Rh2 Qd5
29.Qe1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 a6 13.Na3
Nf6 14.Rxe8+ Nxe8 15.Bg5 Qc7 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Re1 Nd7 18.Bc2 Nef6
19.Bb3 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Nc4 Nef6 22.Bf4 Bf8 23.Ne3 Nb6
24.Qd3 Qd7 25.Bc4 Nxc4 26.Qxc4 Qb5 27.b3 Qb4 28.Bg5 Bg7 29.a4
Ne4 30.Bd8 f5 31.g4 f4 32.Nc2 Qxc4 33.bxc4 Bc8 34.a5 h6 35.Kf1
Kf7 36.Ke2 Ke8 37.Bc7 Kd7 38.Bb6 Ke7 39.Nd2 Nc3+ 40.Kf3 g5
41.Ne4 Bd7 42.Nxc3 Bxc3 43.Ke2 Bf6 44.Na3 Ba4 45.Nb1 Bc2
46.Nd2 Bc3 47.Nf3 Bb4 48.Bc7 Kd7 49.Bb6 Bb3 50.Kd3 Ke8 51.Bc7
Ke7 52.Bb6 Kd7 53.Ng1 Be1 54.f3 Ba2 55.Ke2 Bb4 56.Kd3 Bb1+
57.Ke2 Bc3 58.h4 gxh4 59.Nh3 Be5 60.Nf2 Bg6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Einar J Gausel"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rd1 a6 13.d5
exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Be4 Be6 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Qf5
g6 19.Qxd5 Qxd5 20.Rxd5 Rfd8 21.Rd2 Bf6 22.Rb1 Na5 23.b3 Kg8
24.Kf1 Rac8 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Bd2 Rd5 27.a4 Nc6 28.Ke2 Kf8
29.Be3 Ke7 30.Rd1 Rh5 31.h4 Ke6 32.g3 Be7 33.Ng5+ Bxg5 34.Bxg5
Rh8 35.Rd3 f6 36.Bd2 Ne7 37.Re3+ Kf7 38.Rc3 Nd5 39.Rc5 Ke6
40.Rc1 Ke5 41.Kd3 Kd6 42.f3 f5 43.Bg5 Nb4+ 44.Kc4 Nd5 45.Kd4
b6 46.Re1 Rc8 47.Re5 Nc7 48.Be7+ Kd7 49.Ba3 Ne6+ 50.Kd3 Re8
51.Rd5+ Kc7 52.Rd6 a5 53.Kc4 Kb7 54.Rd7+ Kc6 55.Rf7 Rc8 56.Re7
b5 57.axb5 Kb6 58.Kd5 Nc7+ 59.Ke5 Nxb5 60.Re6+ Kb7 61.Be7 Rc3
62.Rxg6 Rxb3 63.h5 Re3+ 64.Kf6 Nc7 65.Kf7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[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 "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d3 Bd7 9.a3 Qc8 10.Nf4 Rb8 11.b4 Nh5 12.Nfe2 cxb4
13.axb4 a6 14.b5 axb5 15.cxb5 Nd8 16.d4 Re8 17.Qb3 Bh3 18.e4
Bxg2 19.Kxg2 e5 20.d5 f5 21.f3 Nf7 22.b6 Bf6 23.Nb5 Qd7 24.Nc7
Re7 25.Ra2 Ng7 26.Qa4 Ne8 27.Qxd7 Rxd7 28.Nxe8 Rxe8 29.Be3 h5
30.Rc1 fxe4 31.fxe4 Bg5 32.Rc3 Bxe3 33.Rxe3 Ng5 34.h4 Nh7
35.Ng1 Rc8 36.Nf3 Rc4 37.Ree2 Rf7 38.Rac2 Rb4 39.Rb2 Rc4
40.Rbc2 Rb4 41.Rb2 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5
8.Qd2 f5 9.O-O-O a6 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Nge2 b5 12.Ng3 Nf6 13.Bg5
b4 14.Nb1 Qe8 15.Qxb4 h6 16.Bd2 a5 17.Qa3 Na6 18.Nc3 Bd7
19.Bd3 Qg6 20.Bb1 Nb4 21.Rhg1 h5 22.Nge2 Qf7 23.Ng3 Nh7 24.Nb5
Rfc8 25.Qb3 Bf8 26.a3 c6 27.Nc3 cxd5 28.cxd5 Rab8 29.axb4 axb4
30.Qc2 bxc3 31.bxc3 Rc4 32.Qd3 Ra4 33.Be3 f4 34.Qxh7+ Qxh7
35.Bxh7+ Kxh7 36.Ne4 Ra1+ 37.Kd2 Rb2+ 38.Kd3 Bb5+ 39.c4 Ra3+
40.Nc3 Be8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Be6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.a3 Bf6
13.Be4 h6 14.h3 Qd7 15.Bc2 Bf5 16.Ne4 Rae8 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6
18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Ba4 Qd6 20.Be3 Re7 21.Rc1 Nd5 22.Bxc6 bxc6
23.Ne5 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Be4 25.Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Daniel Hugo Campora"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.c3 Ngf6 6.dxe5 Nxe4 7.Qe2
d5 8.Bd3 Ndc5 9.Bc2 Bf5 10.O-O Bg6 11.c4 d4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4
13.Rd1 Bc5 14.Be3 Qb6 15.Bxd4 O-O-O 16.Nc3 Bxd4 17.Nxe4 Qxb2
18.Nxd4 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Bxe4 20.c5 g5 21.Nc3 Bd3 22.h4 h6 23.f3
Rhe8 24.hxg5 Rxe5 25.gxh6 Rxc5 26.Na4 Rc2 27.Rac1 Rh8 28.Nc5
Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Bg6 30.Re1 Rxh6 31.Re7 Rh5 32.Ne4 Rd5 33.Nf6 Rd6
34.Re8+ Rd8 35.Re5 b5 36.g4 Rd1+ 37.Kf2 Rd2+ 38.Ke3 Rxa2 39.f4
Bc2 40.Re7 b4 41.Kd4 b3 42.Kc3 Ra4 43.f5 a5 44.Rxf7 Rb4 45.Kb2
a4 46.Ra7 Rd4 47.Ng8 Kb8 48.Re7 Rd2 49.Kc3 Rf2 50.Nf6 a3
51.Nd7+ Kc8 52.Nc5 a2 53.Ra7 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7
7. Nc3 Bxa6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. g3 Nb6
12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Qb3 Qb7 14. Qb5+ Nfd7 15. a4 Qa6 16. Bd2 Nc4
17. Rhc1 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Qc8 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Nc4 Qb7 21. Nb5 f5
22. Rd1 f4 23. Rd3 fxg3 24. fxg3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rb3 Qa6
27. Raa3 Qa5 28. Rf3 c4 29. h4 Rac8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rf3
Rxf3 32. Kxf3 Qxa4 33. Nc3 Qa1 34. Nd1 Qc1 35. Kg2 Bd4 36. Kh3
Bxb2 37. Nxb2 c3 38. Nd3 Qh1+ 39. Kg4 c2 40. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lembit Oll"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Rc8
13.Bg5 Rc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.f4 Nc4 16.Qe2 Qc8 17.f5 Nxb2 18.Bxf6
Nxd1 19.Qxg4 exf6 20.Rg1 Rc4 21.Nxd1 d5 22.h5 Rxd4 23.hxg6
fxg6 24.Qxg6 Rf7 25.Nf2 Qc3 26.Kb1 Qe3 27.Rg2 Kf8 28.exd5 Qe1+
29.Kb2 Qe5 30.Kb1 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 Bf6 11.O-O Nde7 12.Be3 h6
13.Rad1 O-O 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Bb1 Rc8 16.Qd3 Ng6 17.Ne4 Be7 18.b4
a6 19.Nc5 Qc7 20.g3 Rfd8 21.Bf4 Qb6 22.h4 Be8 23.h5 Nf8 24.Ba2
Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.12.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Bd7 8.Bd3 c4 9.Bf1 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nbc6 11.g3 O-O-O 12.h4 f5 13.h5
h6 14.Nh4 Kb8 15.Bh3 Rdf8 16.a4 Be8 17.f4 g5 18.hxg6 Nxg6
19.Nxg6 Bxg6 20.Bg2 Rfg8 21.Kf2 Rh7 22.Bf3 Ka8 23.Rh3 Be8
24.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite BUL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nxe4 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7
7.Qd5+ e6 8.Qxe4 d5 9.Qf3+ Qf6 10.Be3 b6 11.cxb6 axb6 12.Bd4
Nxd4 13.cxd4 Ra4 14.Qxf6+ gxf6 15.Ne2 Bb4+ 16.Nbc3 Bxc3+
17.bxc3 Ba6 18.Kd2 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 Rha8 20.Rhb1 Rxa2+ 21.Rxa2
Rxa2+ 22.Ke3 Rc2 23.Rxb6 Rxc3+ 24.Kd2 Ra3 25.Rd6 Ra2+ 26.Ke3
Ra1 27.Ke2 Rh1 28.h3 h5 29.Rd7+ Kg6 30.Re7 Kf5 31.g4+ hxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.c5
Bd7 8.Bb5 b6 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.b4 bxc5 11.bxc5 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qa6
13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Qe2 Qxe2+ 15.Kxe2 Be7 16.Be3 f6 17.Ne1 O-O
18.Nd3 Rab8 19.Rab1 a5 20.f4 g5 21.fxg5 fxg5 22.Rxb8 Rxb8
23.Rf1 Bf6 24.g4 Kg7 25.h3 Re8 26.Kd1 Kg6 27.Kc1 h5 28.gxh5+
Kxh5 29.Kd2 Kg6 30.Rg1 Rh8 31.Rg3 Rh4 32.Nf4+ Kf5 33.Ng2 Rxd4+
34.Bxd4 Bxd4 35.h4 gxh4 36.Nxh4+ Kf6 37.Rg8 Nxc5 38.Nf3 Bxc3+
39.Kxc3 e5 40.Rc8 Ne4+ 41.Kb2 Bd7 42.Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "01, Varna m rapid"]
[Site "01, Varna m rapid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2 Na6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Ng3 h5
12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qd7 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. O-O a5 16. Rfc1 Nh7
17. Nh1 f5 18. Nf2 b6 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Rab1 Qe7 21. Bg5 Kh7
22. b3 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. a3 Ne8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nd7
27. Nb5 Kg7 28. Rc6 Rf7 29. Rbc1 Ra4 30. Qc4 h4 31. Rc8 Ndf6
32. Qb3 Ra6 33. Qd3 fxe4 34. fxe4 Ra2 35. Rf1 Qd7 36. Rcc1 Nh5
37. Nc3 Nf4 38. Qe3 Rb2 39. Rb1 Rc2 40. Rbc1 Rxc1 41. Rxc1 b5
42. Ne2 Nxe2+ 43. Qxe2 Qa7 44. h3 Qd4 45. Rb1 Nf6 46. Kh2 Nxd5
47. exd5 Rxf2 48. Qxb5 Kh6 49. Rg1 Rb2 50. Qb8 Qf4+ 51. Kh1
Qf6 52. b5 e4 53. b6 e3 54. b7 Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "02, Varna m rapid"]
[Site "02, Varna m rapid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5
e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7
12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bb4+ 14. Nd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 O-O 16. Rhd1
Nc5 17. Ke1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 b5 20. a4 Ba6 21. Qd2
b4 22. Ng6 Qc6 23. Nxf8 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxf8 25. f3 Rc8 26. Kd2
Rd8 27. Ke1 Rc8 28. Kd2 Qc5 29. Re1 Qb6 30. Qb3 Qd4+ 31. Ke2
a5 32. h3 h5 33. Kf1 Qd2 34. Re2 Qd1+ 35. Be1 h4 36. Rd2 Qa1
37. Qd3 Qxb2 38. c4 Qe5 39. cxd5 Rc1 40. Qe2 1-0

[Event "03, Varna m rapid"]
[Site "03, Varna m rapid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. g4 h5 12. g5
Nh7 13. Rg1 f6 14. gxf6 Rxf6 15. O-O-O b5 16. b3 Nb6 17. Kb2
Bd7 18. Nc1 Be8 19. Be2 b4 20. Nb1 a5 21. Nd3 Rf8 22. Nf2 Nf6
23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Rc2 Qe7 25. Nh3 Nh7 26. Qd3 a4 27. Kc1 axb3
28. axb3 Na8 29. Qa6 Qd7 30. Nf2 Nc7 31. Qa7 Rc8 32. Qb7 Nxd5
33. Qxd5+ Bf7 34. Qd3 Rxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Ra8 36. Rc1 Nf6 37. Kd1
d5 38. Ke1 Qe6 39. Bd2 dxe4 40. fxe4 Bf8 41. Bg5 Nh7 42. Be3
Qf6 43. Nd2 Ng5 44. Qb5 Ne6 45. Bc4 Rd8 46. Qb6 Rd6 47. Qa7
Qh4 48. Nf3 Qf6 49. Nd2 Be7 50. Bd5 Nf4 51. Rc8+ Kg7 52. Bxf7
Ra6 53. Qd7 Ra1+ 54. Nd1 Qh4+ 55. Bf2 Ng2+ 56. Ke2 Nf4+
57. Ke3 Qg5 58. h4 Ng2+ 59. Kf3 Nxh4+ 60. Ke2 Ng2 61. Nf3 Nf4+
62. Kd2 Qg2 63. Qxe7 Rxd1+ 64. Kxd1 Qxf3+ 65. Kc1 Nd3+ 66. Kd2
Qxf2+ 67. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "04, Varna m rapid"]
[Site "04, Varna m rapid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4
e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7
12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bb4+ 14. Nd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 O-O 16. Kc1
Rd8 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Bc4 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 a6 20. Nd3 Qc6 21. Nxc5
Qxc5 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Be5 Bc6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qg4+ Kf8
26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Qg3+ Qg5 28. f3 f5 29. Ke2 f4 30. Qxg5+ hxg5
31. a4 a5 32. h3 f5 33. c3 Kf6 34. Bb5 Bd5 35. Rd1 Rc8 36. Rd4
Ke5 37. Kd2 Rc7 38. Be2 Bc6 39. Ke1 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Bxd7 41. b3
Kd6 42. Kf2 e5 43. Bd3 Kd5 44. Bc4+ Kc5 45. Bd3 Be6 46. Bc2 e4
47. Ke2 b6 48. Kd2 Kd5 49. Ke2 Ke5 50. Kf2 Bd5 51. Ke2 Kf6
52. Ke1 exf3 53. gxf3 Bxf3 54. Kf2 g4 0-1

[Event "05, Varna m rapid"]
[Site "05, Varna m rapid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5
Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. N5c3 e4 9. a3 Re8 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. b4 Bf8
12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Be2 a5 16. b5 Rad8
17. O-O Nd7 18. Na4 Qg6 19. Re1 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nc3 Bd6
22. Qd4 Bh3 23. Bf1 h5 24. b6 h4 25. Kh1 Bd7 26. Ra2 Rde8
27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Rg5 29. Bf1 Ree5 30. Rd1 Kh7 31. Rc2 Qf6
32. Kg1 Qf5 33. g3 hxg3 34. hxg3 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Qxd5 36. Rxd5
Rxd5 37. a4 f5 38. Rc8 Be5 39. Re8 Bf6 40. Rb8 Rd6 41. Rxb7
Bd8 42. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "06, Varna m rapid"]
[Site "06, Varna m rapid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7
7. Nh4 a6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 Rc8 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Nf3 cxd4
12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Rb1 Be7 14. b4 O-O 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nb6
17. Qd1 g6 18. Rb3 Na4 19. g4 Ng7 20. Qd2 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Qh6 Ne8 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. Be3 Nb6 25. Re1 Nc4 26. Bf4 Bxd4
27. Bxg6 Nf6 28. Bf5 e5 29. Nf3 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Ne4+ 31. Rxe4
dxe4 32. Bg5 Qg7 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9495 ,CBM 4"]
[Site "Pamplona 9495 ,CBM 4"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg2 d6
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 e6 11. b3 exd5 12. cxd5
b5 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nb7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ f6 19. f4 Qe7 20. e3 Rac8 21. Nd2 c4
22. bxc4 Nc5 23. Qd4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Bb5 25. Rf2 Nd3 26. Qxd3
Rxc4 27. Qd2 Rec8 28. e4 Qa7 29. Kh1 Ba4 30. Bh3 R8c7 31. Qe3
Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxf2 33. Qe2 Qxe2 34. Rxe2 Bb5 35. Re1 Bc4
36. Kg1 Bxa2 37. Re6 Bxd5 38. Rxd6 Bc4 39. Bf1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1
Ra7 41. Rd4 a5 42. Ra4 Kf7 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Kd3 h5 45. h3 Kd5
46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Kc5 48. Kc3 Kb5 49. Re4 a4 50. Kb2 a3+
51. Ka2 Ra4 52. Re6 Rxf4 53. g5 fxg5 54. Re5+ Kb4 55. Rxg5
Rf2+ 56. Kb1 Rf6 57. Rg4+ Kc3 58. Rg3+ Kd2 59. Rxa3 g5 60. Rg3
Rb6+ 61. Ka2 Rg6 62. Rb3 g4 0-1

[Event "cat.13"]
[Site "It  I(XII) Pamplona (ESP)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 g6 6.d4 cxd4
7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.O-O Nc6 9.Ne2 Ne5 10.Nbc3 Nxc4 11.b3 Nb6 12.a4
Qd8 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Rc1 O-O 15.h3 Nbd7 16.g4 Ne5 17.f4 Nc6 18.f5
Rc8 19.Nf4 Nd7 20.g5 Nb4 21.Nce2 Nc5 22.Rc4 a5 23.Ng3 Be5
24.Qg4 Nxb3 25.fxg6 Rxc4 26.gxh7+ Kh8 27.g6 Nc2 28.Nf5 Bg7
29.gxf7 Rxf7 30.Qh5 Rf6 31.Ng6+ Rxg6+ 32.Qxg6 Qf8 33.Bh6 1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.c3 Bf8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 d6 13.Nbd2 g6
14.Nf1 Bg7 15.Qd2 Qe7 16.Ne3 Qf8 17.a4 Ne7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ng4
Bg7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.d4 Nc8 23.Qd3 exd4 24.Nxd4 h5
25.Nh2 d5 26.Nxb5 Qc5 27.Ra1 Nb6 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Nxd5
30.Nf3 Rb8 31.Nbd4 Rxb2 32.Ra8+ Bf8 33.Ne5 Qxc3 34.Qxc3 Nxc3
35.Nd7 Kg7 36.Nxf8 Rd2 37.Nb3 Rd5 38.Kh2 h4 39.Re8 Nb5 40.Rc8
Nd4 41.Nd2 c5 42.Ne4 Nb3 43.Nh7 Nd2 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15), IX-X"]
[Site "Burgas (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Dolmatov"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5
Qa5 8.Bd3 Qxc5 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Be3 Qa5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rac1 Nd7
13.Qf2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nc5 15.Bb1 Na4 16.Nxa4 Qxa4 17.Rfd1 Rac8
18.b3 Qa5 19.Rd5 Qc7 20.Rcd1 b6 21.a3 Rfd8 22.h4 e6 23.Rg5 Qe7
24.h5 Qf6 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.f5 Bh6 27.Rg2 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Rc7
29.fxg6 hxg6 30.e5 dxe5 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.Rxg6+ Rg7 33.Qh6 Qf6
34.Kf2 Rxg6 35.Bxg6 Nd4 36.Bh7+ Kf7 37.Qxf6+ Kxf6 38.b4 Ke7
39.Ke3 Kd6 40.Be4 Nf5+ 41.Kd3 Nd4 42.a4 Nb3 43.Kc3 Nd4 44.a5
bxa5 45.c5 Kd7 46.bxa5 Nb5+ 47.Kd3 Nc7 48.Bb7 Ke7 49.Bc6 Na6
50.Kc4 Nc7 51.Ba4 Kd8 52.Bc2 Ke7 53.Bd3 Kd7 54.Bc2 Ke7 55.Be4
Kd7 56.Bb7 Ke7 57.Kd3 Kf6 58.Ke4 Nb5 59.Ba6 Nc7 60.Bc4 Ne8
61.Bf1 Nc7 62.Be2 Ne8 63.f4 exf4 64.Kxf4 Nc7 65.Bc4 Ke7 66.Ke5
Kd7 67.Bd3 Kc6 68.Kd4 e5 69.Kc4 Kb7 70.Be4+ Kb8 71.c6 Na8
72.Kd5 Nc7+ 73.Kc5 Na8 74.Kd6 Nc7 75.Kd7 Na8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15), IX-X"]
[Site "Burgas (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Atanas Kolev"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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.Qf3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bxe5 Nxg4
13.Bg3 Bb4 14.a3 Bxc3+ 15.Qxc3 O-O 16.Bd3 Qg5 17.Qd2 Ne5
18.Qxg5 Nxd3+ 19.cxd3 hxg5 20.Kd2 Bd7 21.Rac1 Rac8 22.d4 Rfe8
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.d5 f6 25.Re1 Rd8 26.Kc3 Bh3 27.Kd4 Bg2 28.Bc7
Rd7 29.d6 Kf7 30.Re3 Ke6 31.e5 f5 32.Rg3 Bc6 33.Rxg5 f4 34.h4
f3 35.Ke3 Rf7 36.Kf2 Bd7 37.Ba5 Kd5 38.Bc3 Be6 39.h5 Kc6
40.Rg1 Kd7 41.Bd4 Bd5 42.Rg6 Be6 43.Rg5 Bd5 44.e6+ Kxe6
45.Bxg7 Kxd6 46.Rxd5+ Kxd5 47.h6 Ke4 48.h7 Rxg7 49.h8=Q Rg2+
50.Kf1 b5 51.Qa8+ Ke3 52.Qa7+ Kd3 53.Qxa6 Rxb2 54.a4 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15), IX-X"]
[Site "Burgas (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Alterman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.d3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Rb1 Nge7
7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.Nd2 Be6 10.O-O Qd7 11.d4 Na5 12.Rb2 f5
13.d5 Bf7 14.f4 e4 15.Nb3 Nb7 16.Rd2 Rac8 17.g4 c6 18.dxc6
Qxc6 19.Rd4 fxg4 20.f5 Rce8 21.Ba3 Qc8 22.Bxg4 h5 23.Bh3 Nc6
24.Rd2 Bxc4 25.Rf4 Rf6 26.Rg2 Bf7 27.Qe1 Bxb3 28.axb3 Ne5
29.Qg3 Re7 30.c4 Nc5 31.Kh1 Qa6 32.Bb2 Ncd3 33.Bxe5 dxe5
34.Rf1 b5 35.Qh4 bxc4 36.bxc4 Nc5 37.Rfg1 Rff7 38.Rg5 Qa2
39.Qg3 Kf8 40.Rxg7 Nd3 41.Rxf7+ Rxf7 42.Qg8+ Ke7 43.f6+ Kd6
44.Qb8+ Kc6 45.Qc8+ Kb6 46.Rf1 Nf2+ 47.Kg1 Nxh3+ 48.Qxh3 Qxc4
49.Qf5 a5 50.Qxe5 Qc6 51.Rf5 Qc1+ 52.Kg2 Qd2+ 53.Kh3 Qxe3+
54.Kh4 Rc7 55.f7 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15), IX-X"]
[Site "Burgas (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.d5 Na5 10.Qc2 Nxd5 11.Rd1 c6 12.Ne1 Bd7
13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Rxd5 e6 15.Rd3 Rc8 16.Qd1 Rc7 17.Bf4 e5 18.Bg5
Qe8 19.Rc1 Rxc1 20.Bxc1 Bf5 21.e4 Be6 22.b3 Qb5 23.Ba3 Re8
24.Rd8 Bf6 25.Qd3 Qc6 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Nc2 Be7 28.Bc1 Qc8
29.Be3 b6 30.Bf1 h5 31.h4 Qc7 32.Kh2 f6 33.Bd2 Qc5 34.Ne3 Nc6
35.Bh3 Bf7 36.Qd7 Kg7 37.Kg2 Qd6 38.Nd5 f5 39.Qxd6 Bxd6 40.Kf1
Bxd5 41.exd5 Ne7 42.Bg2 e4 43.f3 exf3 44.Bxf3 Bxg3 45.Bg5 Nc8
46.Ke2 Nd6 47.Kd3 Nf7 48.Be7 Ne5+ 49.Ke3 Nxf3 50.Kxf3 Be5
51.Bb4 Kf7 52.a4 a6 53.Bd2 Ke7 54.Be3 b5 55.axb5 axb5 56.Bc5+
Kd7 57.Bb4 Bf6 58.Kg3 f4 59.Kxf4 Bxh4 60.Ke4 Be7 61.Bd2 g5
62.Kf5 g4 63.Kf4 Bd6+ 64.Kg5 g3 65.Be3 Be5 66.Kxh5 g2 67.Bg1
Kd6 0-1

[Event "It (cat.15), IX-X"]
[Site "Burgas (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nbd2
a5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Be6 10.e3 f5 11.Qe2 Bf7 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Nxe4
Bxe4 14.a3 Qd5 15.Qc4 e6 16.Ne1 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 g5 18.Rac1 Rfd8
19.Rfd1 Ra6 20.Ba1 Rb6 21.Rb1 e5 22.Qc2 e4 23.Qc4 Rd7 24.Bc3
Ra6 25.Qe2 h6 26.b4 axb4 27.Bxb4 Nxb4 28.axb4 Bf8 29.b5 Ra2
30.Rd2 Rxd2 31.Qxd2 Qc4 32.Qd1 Kg7 33.h3 Qd5 34.Qe2 Bd6 35.Ra1
Rd8 36.Qb2 b6 37.Qe2 Ra8 38.Ra6 Rh8 39.Ra7 Kf6 40.Kh2 Qb3
41.Ra1 Qc3 42.Qa2 Rf8 43.Rd1 Ke7 44.Kg1 Qa3 45.Qd5 Qb2 46.Rf1
Qe2 47.Rc1 Rf7 48.Ra1 Qh5 49.Kh2 Qf3 50.Kg1 Kf6 51.Ra8 Kg7
52.Ra1 Qh5 53.Kh2 Qe2 54.Kg1 Rf8 55.Ra7 Qd1+ 56.Kh2 Rf7 57.Ra2
Qf1 58.h4 Rf8 59.Ra7 Rf6 60.Ra8 Rf7 61.Rh8 Qxf2 62.Rh7+ Kxh7
63.Qxf7+ Kh8 64.Qf6+ Kh7 65.Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15), IX-X"]
[Site "Burgas (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Igor Miladinovic"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3
Nf6 8.O-O h5 9.h3 b5 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Re1 Bd6 13.Bd4
e5 14.Be3 b4 15.axb4 Bxb4 16.Bd2 O-O 17.Qf3 Rfe8 18.Rad1 Bxc3
19.Bxc3 Qe6 20.b3 Rac8 21.Bb2 h4 22.Qe3 Nh5 23.Qg5 Nf4 24.Bc4
Rxc4 25.bxc4 Bc6 26.c5 Ng6 27.Qe3 a5 28.Qc3 a4 29.Rd6 Qe7
30.Bc1 Ra8 31.f3 Kh7 32.Be3 Qe8 33.Ra1 Rb8 34.Rdd1 Qe6 35.Kh2
f6 36.Rdb1 Ra8 37.Rb4 Qf7 38.Qe1 f5 39.exf5 Qxf5 40.Qc3 Re8
41.Rg4 Re6 42.Rb1 Re8 43.Rbb4 e4 44.f4 Qf7 45.Bd4 Bd5 46.f5
Qxf5 47.Rxa4 Bc6 48.Rb4 e3 49.Bxe3 Qd5 50.Rg5 Re5 51.Rbg4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona (Spain)"]
[Site "Pamplona (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lluis Comas Fabrego"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4
Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 Nbd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.h3 Ra6
13.Re1 Qa8 14.Re2 Rb8 15.Qe1 e6 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Ng5 Re8 18.f4
c4 19.Be3 e5 20.Rd1 h6 21.Nf3 exf4 22.gxf4 Nxe4 23.Nd5 Qb7
24.Bd4 Qxd5 25.Bxg7 Qf5 26.Bxh6 Rxa2 27.Rxd6 Rxb2 28.Rxb2 Nxd6
29.Qc3 Qf6 30.Qxf6 Nxf6 31.Ne5 Nfe4 32.h4 c3 33.Rc2 Nf5 34.Kf3
Nd2+ 35.Kf2 Nxh6 36.Ke2 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Pamplona (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qc2 bxc4 6.e4 Bg7 7.Bxc4
d6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Nb6 11.Be2 e6 12.dxe6 Bxe6
13.Nc3 Qe7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Rad8 16.Re1 g5 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.Bh2
f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Qd1 d5 21.g4 Be4 22.gxh5 Qf7 23.Nxe4 dxe4
24.Qc2 exf3 25.Bf1 Qxh5 26.Re7 Rf7 27.Rae1 Bd4 28.Bc7 Rdf8
29.Bxb6 axb6 30.Bc4 Qh4 31.Bxf7+ Kh8 32.R1e3 Qxh3 33.Qh7+ Kxh7
34.Be6 Kg6 35.Bxh3 Bxe3 36.Rxe3 h5 37.Bd7 g4 38.Re6+ Kg5
39.Rxb6 Rf4 40.Rc6 Rc4 41.b4 Rxb4 42.Rxc5+ Kh4 43.Be8 g3
44.Rxh5+ Kg4 45.Rb5 Rd4 46.Bh5+ Kf4 47.fxg3+ Kxg3 48.Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Pamplona (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jordi Magem Badals"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4
13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.O-O Rc8 15.Rd1 Qxd1+ 16.Qxd1 Bxb5 17.Qh5 a6
18.Bb2 O-O 19.c4 Rxc4 20.a4 Rb4 21.Be5 Bc6 22.Bd6 Rd4 23.Bxf8
Rd5 24.Qh3 Kxf8 25.Qxh7 Bc3 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Rc1 Bf6 28.Qc8 a5
29.g3 g6 30.h4 Be5 31.Rxc6 bxc6 32.Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Pamplona (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qe2 Bc6 11.Rd1 Bd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5
13.Bd3 Nd7 14.Qe4 g6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Ne5 Bf8 17.Bd2 Bg7 18.Bb5
N7f6 19.Qf3 Rf8 20.Bc4 Qd6 21.Rac1 Rac8 22.g4 Qe7 23.h4 Rfd8
24.Ba5 b6 25.Bd2 Rc7 26.Ba6 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rf8 28.Bb5 a5 29.h5
Nc7 30.Bd3 Nfd5 31.Kg2 f6 32.Nc6 Qe8 33.b4 axb4 34.Bxb4 Bh6
35.Ne7+ Kg7 36.Nxd5 Nxd5 37.Bxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Pamplona (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Qa4+ Bd7
7.Qb3 cxd4 8.Bc4 Qe4+ 9.Kf1 e6 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Nd2 Qg6 12.Qxb7
Rb8 13.Qc7 Rc8 14.Qg3 Nxd4 15.Qxg6 hxg6 16.cxd4 Bb4 17.b3 Bc3
18.Rb1 Bxd4 19.Nf3 Bb6 20.Bb2 Ne4 21.Ke2 Nxf2 22.Rhc1 Ng4
23.Bxg7 Rh5 24.h3 Ne3 25.g4 Rxh3 26.Rh1 Rxh1 27.Rxh1 Nxg4
28.Rh4 e5 29.Ng5 Ke7 30.Rh7 Bf5 31.Bh8 Rf8 32.Bxf7 Nf6 33.Rg7
Nh5 34.Rh7 Nf4+ 35.Kf3 Rxh8 36.Rxh8 Kf6 37.Bxg6 Nxg6 38.Rh5
Nf4 39.Nh7+ Bxh7 40.Rxh7 Ne6 41.Rh5 Ng5+ 42.Kg4 Nf7 43.a4 a5
44.Kf3 Ke6 45.Ke4 Nd6+ 46.Kd3 Kd5 47.Rg5 Bc5 48.Rh5 Bb4 49.Rg5
Nb7 0-1

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Pamplona (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qb6 5.a3 Bg4 6.Qd2 e5 7.h3 exd4
8.Na4 Qc7 9.hxg4 b5 10.Qxd4 bxa4 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Qxa4 Nc5 13.Qd4
Nbd7 14.Nf3 Rb8 15.Bc4 Ne6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.g6 h6 18.Ng5 hxg5
19.Rxh8 Qb6 20.Qxb6 Rxb6 21.Be3 gxf4 22.Bxf4 e5 23.Be3 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Pamplona (Spain)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Zenon Franco Ocampos"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.O-O Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Ng5
Bxg5 8.Qh5 Qe7 9.Qxg5 Qxg5 10.Bxg5 Ngf6 11.f3 b5 12.Be2 Nb6
13.Nd2 Be6 14.b3 Nfd7 15.Rfc1 f6 16.Be3 Ke7 17.c4 bxc4 18.Nxc4
Nxc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.Rxc4 Rhc8 21.Rac1 Kd6 22.h4 Nb6 23.Rc5
Rc7 24.Ra5 Nd7 25.Kf2 a6 26.Rd1+ Ke6 27.g3 Rb7 28.Ra4 a5
29.Rc4 Ra6 30.Rd2 Rb4 31.Rc1 Rb7 32.h5 a4 33.bxa4 c5 34.Bxc5
Nxc5 35.Rxc5 Rxa4 36.g4 h6 37.Kg3 Rba7 38.Rdc2 Kf7 39.Rc7+
Rxc7 40.Rxc7+ Kg8 41.Rc2 Ra3 42.Kf2 Kf7 43.Ke2 g5 44.Rb2 Kf8
45.Kd2 Rxf3 46.a4 Ke7 47.a5 Kd6 48.Rb6+ Kc5 49.Kc2 Ra3 50.Ra6
Kb5 51.Rxf6 Rxa5 52.Rxh6 Kc4 53.Rc6+ Kd4+ 54.Rg6 Ra2+ 55.Kb3
Rh2 56.Rxg5 Kxe4 57.Rg6 Kf3 58.h6 e4 59.g5 e3 60.Kc3 e2 61.Kd2
Rh1 62.Re6 Kf4 63.g6 e1=Q+ 64.Rxe1 Rxh6 65.g7 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 dxc4
13.Bxc4 c6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bd2 Bg5
18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.g3 Qf5 21.Qd1 Nb6 22.Bd3 Qf6
23.Qc2 g6 24.Rb1 Bc8 25.Re2 Re7 26.Rbe1 Rfe8 27.Qb3 Be6 28.Qa3
Nc8 29.Re3 Qg7 30.Qb4 Qf8 31.a4 Rc7 32.Qb2 Nd6 33.c4 Rd8 34.h4
Nf5 35.Re4 Ng7 36.Rf4 Nh5 37.Rf3 Qd6 38.g4 Bxg4 39.Nxg4 Qxd4
40.Nh6+ Kg7 41.Qc1 f6 42.Re4 Qc5 43.Ng4 Rf7 44.Rfe3 Rfd7
45.Be2 Rf8 46.Qc3 Qf5 47.Nh2 Qc5 48.Bg4 Rdd8 49.Nf3 Kh8
50.Bxh5 Qxh5 51.Rf4 Kg8 52.Kh2 Rd6 53.c5 Qh6 54.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.g4 b5 13.g5
Nh5 14.Ncxb5 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.Qd3 Rb4 17.Nc3 Qb8 18.Nb3 Be6
19.Qa6 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rb7 21.Rd4 Rc8 22.Kd2 Qc7 23.Qd3 d5 24.Kc1
dxe4 25.fxe4 Bc4 26.Qd2 e5 27.Rd6 Nf4 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Rd1 f3
30.Qf4 Qe7 31.h4 Be2 32.R1d5 Rbc7 33.Nd4 Bc4 34.Qxf3 Bxd5
35.Rxd5 Rxc3 36.Qf6 Qc7 37.Qf2 Qc4 38.Kb2 Qb4+ 39.Ka1 Rh3
40.Qf1 Re3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 b4 9.c3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 c6 13.d4
Bd6 14.Re1 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Be3 Bg4 17.Qd3 bxc3 18.Nxc3 Rfb8
19.Bd1 Rxb2 20.Bxg4 Qxg4 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.Reb1 Rxb1+ 23.Rxb1 a5
24.Rb5 Qf3 25.Qb3 Bb4 26.Qxd5 Qd1+ 27.Kg2 Rf8 28.Qc4 h6 29.d5
Qxa4 30.d6 Qa1 31.d7 Qf6 32.Bb6 Be7 33.Bxa5 Qa6 34.Qd5 Kh7
35.Qe4+ g6 36.Re5 Bd6 37.Rd5 Qa8 38.f3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3
exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Nh5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rb8 15.O-O-O Qe7 16.g4 Ng7 17.f4 Ne6 18.f5
Qf8 19.Qe3 Nc5 20.Rhf1 gxf5 21.gxf5 Kh8 22.Rf3 Bd7 23.Qf4 Qe7
24.Rg1 Nxe4 25.Re3 d5 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Rg4 Qb4 28.Rb3 Qe1+
29.Bd1 e3 30.Rd3 Qb4 31.Qd4 Re5 32.Rb3 Qd2+ 33.Qxd2 exd2
34.Kxd2 Rxb3 35.axb3 Bxf5 36.Rd4 Kg7 37.Bf3 c5 38.Rd8 Kh6
39.Rf8 Kg5 40.Rf7 h5 41.Rg7+ Kh4 42.Rf7 Bg4 43.Bxg4 Kxg4
44.Rxf6 Kh3 45.Ra6 Kxh2 46.Rxa7 h4 47.Rxc7 Rg5 48.Kc2 Rg2+
49.Kd3 Rg3+ 50.Ke4 Rxb3 51.Rxc5 Rxb2 52.Rh5 h3 53.c5 Kg3
54.Kd5 h2 55.Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.O-O
Bd3 8.Re1 Be7 9.c4 Rb8 10.Qb3 e4 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Nc3 O-O
13.Ncxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Ne5 15.Re3 b5 16.cxb5+ d5 17.Rxd3 Nxd3
18.Qxd3 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Bf6 20.bxa6 Bd4 21.d3 Rxf2 22.Be3 Rbxb2
23.Bb3+ Kh8 24.Re1 Rxg2+ 25.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Qa8+ 27.Kf2 Bc3
28.a7 Bxe1+ 29.Kxe1 Qh1+ 30.Kd2 Qxh2+ 31.Kc3 Qg2 32.Kd4 Qa8
33.Ke5 Qe8+ 34.Kf4 c6 35.Bc5 h5 36.Bd6 Qd8 37.Bb8 Qd4+ 38.Kf5
Qxd3+ 39.Ke6 Qa6 40.Kd7 g5 41.Kc7 g4 42.Bc4 Qa4 43.Bb3 Qa6
44.Bc4 Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6
8.O-O Ng4 9.Bc1 Na6 10.Rb1 f5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.b4
c6 14.b5 cxb5 15.Nxb5 Be6 16.Ba3 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1 Rfd8 18.Rxd8+
Rxd8 19.Nxa7 Bf8 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Rb2 Nc5 23.f3
Na4 24.Rc2 f4 25.Kf1 Bf5 26.Rc1 Rd2 27.c5 e4 28.c6 bxc6
29.Nxc6 exf3 30.Bxf3 Rxa2 31.Nd4 Bd7 32.Bc6 Nb6 33.Bxd7 Nxd7
34.Ne6+ Kf7 35.Nxf4 Ne5 36.h3 Ra4 37.Nd5 Ke6 38.Rd1 Ra3 39.Kf2
Nd3+ 40.Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5
13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.Bc2 Bh6 17.O-O Ra7 18.f4
Qh4 19.g3 Rg7 20.Nc7 exf4 21.Ng2 Qh3 22.Rxf4 Bxf4 23.Nxf4
Rxg3+ 24.Kh1 Qh6 25.Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.f3 Nbd7 6.g4 b5 7.h4 Bb7
8.h5 Rg8 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.Nh3 a6 11.O-O-O e6 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Ng5
Be7 14.Kb1 Rf8 15.Nh7 Nxh7 16.Rxh7 Nf6 17.Rh2 O-O-O 18.g5 Nd7
19.Rh7 Nb6 20.Qf2 c5 21.b3 cxd4 22.Bxd4 Nd7 23.Qe3 Kb8 24.a4
b4 25.Na2 Rc8 26.Rd2 Qa5 27.Bg7 Rfe8 28.Bh6 Ne5 29.Be2 Rh8
30.Rxh8 Rxh8 31.Qd4 Rc8 32.Qxb4 Qxb4 33.Nxb4 d5 34.Bg7 Bxb4
35.Bxe5+ Ka8 36.Rd1 dxe4 37.fxe4 Bxe4 38.Bd3 Bxd3 39.Rxd3 Be7
40.Rd7 Bxg5 41.Rxf7 Rc5 42.Bb2 Bh4 43.Rf8+ Kb7 44.Re8 Rc6
45.c4 Bg3 46.Kc2 Bf4 47.Bf6 g5 48.Re7+ Kc8 49.Rg7 Rc5 50.Kd3
a5 51.Be7 Rf5 52.c5 Kd7 53.Bxg5 Kc6 54.Bxf4 Rxf4 55.Ra7 Rf3+
56.Kc4 Rf4+ 57.Kc3 Rf3+ 58.Kb2 Kxc5 59.Rxa5+ Kd4 60.Ra8 e5
61.a5 Rf6 62.Re8 e4 63.b4 e3 64.Kb3 Rf1 65.Rd8+ Ke4 66.a6 Ra1
67.b5 e2 68.Re8+ Kd3 69.Kb4 Kd2 70.Kc5 e1=Q 71.Rxe1 Kxe1
72.Kb6 Kd2 73.Ka7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3
d6 8.e4 Bxf1 9.Kxf1 Bg7 10.g3 Nbd7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Re1 Ra6 13.h3
Qa8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 e6 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Qc2 d5 18.a4 g5 19.Ra3
Rb6 20.Bc1 Rf7 21.Nd2 Rb4 22.Rb3 Rxb3 23.Qxb3 c4 24.Nxc4 dxc4
25.Qxc4 Ne5 26.Qxe6 Nd3 27.Rf1 Nc5 28.Qc4 Ncxe4 29.Nxe4 Nxe4
30.f3 Nd6 31.Qe6 Nf5 32.Qe4 Qc8 33.Re1 Rc7 34.Bd2 Rc2 35.Re2
Rxb2 36.Bc1 Rxe2+ 37.Qxe2 Nd4 38.Qd3 Qe6 39.Bd2 Qa2 40.a5 Nc6
41.h4 gxh4 42.gxh4 Ne5 43.Qd8+ Kh7 44.f4 Bf6 45.Qd4 Qg8+
46.Kf1 Qc4+ 47.Qxc4 Nxc4 48.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7
12. Qd3 h6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf5 15. Be3 a5 16. Rac1 a4
17. Red1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qb6 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Bb1 Bd7
22. Qg3 f5 23. Nxh6+ Kh7 24. Ng4 Rfd8 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Qe3 Bf6
27. g4 g6 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Qc3 Rac8 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. Rxc8
Rxc8 32. Qg2 Rd8 33. Qf2 Be7 34. h4 Qf6 35. Rc1 Qxh4 36. Rc7
Kf8 37. Qe3 Bd6 38. Rxb7 Bxe5 39. Qxe5 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 Qf3+
41. Ke1 Qxb7 42. Qf6+ Bf7 43. Qxd8+ Kg7 44. d5 Qb4+ 45. Kd1
Qd4+ 46. Kc2 Qe4+ 47. Kc3 Qxb1 48. d6 Qe1+ 49. Kd4 Qb4+
50. Ke3 Qe4+ 51. Kd2 Qxf4+ 52. Kc2 Qe4+ 53. Kd2 Qd4+ 54. Kc1
f4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4
Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 Nbd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Re1 Qa5
13.h3 Rfb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Rxe5 Rb7 17.Qe2 Qd8
18.a4 Ne8 19.Re3 Bd4 20.Rd3 Nf6 21.Be3 Rb4 22.Rad1 Qb6 23.Qf3
Rd8 24.R1d2 Kg7 25.Re2 Rd7 26.Bf4 Rxb2 27.a5 Qb4 28.Rxb2 Qxb2
29.Na4 Qb5 30.Nb6 Ra7 31.Bd2 Qa6 32.g4 Nd7 33.Rb3 Ne5 34.Qe4
Nc4 35.Nxc4 Qxc4 36.Rf3 f6 37.g5 f5 38.Qe6 Qa6 39.Rb3 Qxe6
40.dxe6 c4 41.Rb4 Rc7 42.a6 Rc6 43.a7 Bxa7 44.Bc3+ Kf8 45.Rb7
Ra6 46.Rc7 Rxe6 47.Rxa7 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Bd3 b6 11.h4 Bb7 12.c3 Nf6
13.Neg5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Kh8 15.Kb1 Qd6 16.Rdg1 h6 17.Ne4 Nxe4
18.fxe4 e5 19.f4 exd4 20.Qg2 Rg8 21.e5 Qe6 22.Qe4 f5 23.Qe2
dxc3 24.Bc4 Qc6 25.Bxg8 Rxg8 26.Rh3 cxb2 27.Rd1 Qa4 28.Rf3
Bxh4 29.Qc2 Qxc2+ 30.Kxc2 Re8 31.Rd7 Re7 32.Rd1 Re6 33.Kxb2
Kg8 34.Kb3 Kf7 35.a4 Be7 36.Rd7 Rc6 37.Rc3 Rxc3+ 38.Kxc3 g5
39.Rxc7 gxf4 40.Rxa7 h5 41.Rb7 f3 42.Kd3 h4 43.Rxb6 h3 44.a5
Bd8 45.Rb7+ Kg8 46.a6 h2 47.Rb1 Bb6 48.Rh1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.a4
g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Qe1 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.b4
Nxd3 14.cxd3 Rc8 15.Rc1 e6 16.Kh1 Nd7 17.f5 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5
19.Bh6 Re8 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Qf2 f5 22.d4 Bg7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.d5
Rc4 25.dxe6 Bxe4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Rc6 R8xe6 28.Rxb6 Qf6 29.Rxa6
Rxb4 30.a5 Qd4 31.h3 Qxf2 32.Rxf2 Ra4 33.Rd2 Ra1+ 34.Kh2 Kh6
35.Rdxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1995.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5
Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.O-O f5 13.exf5
Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Nf6 15.Nde4 Bxf5 16.f3 b6 17.b4 a5 18.a3 Nh5
19.Bf2 Nf4 20.Qd2 Qe8 21.Be3 Qg6 22.g4 Bd7 23.c5 axb4 24.axb4
Rxa1 25.Rxa1 bxc5 26.bxc5 h5 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.c6 Bxg4 29.fxg4
hxg4 30.Ra7 f3 31.Rxc7 Be5 32.Re7 Bf4 33.Qf2 Qh6 34.c7 Ra8
35.Nd1 Kf8 36.Rd7 Ke8 37.Rh7 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1995.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.e4 d6 8.Bc4 Bg7 9.Qe2 c5 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.h3 Qc7
13.Rfe1 Rd8 14.e5 Rb8 15.e6 f5 16.h4 Na5 17.Bd3 Rd6 18.Nc4
Rxe6 19.Qxe6+ Bxe6 20.Rxe6 Kf7 21.Rae1 Nc6 22.h5 g5 23.Bxf5
Bf6 24.Ne3 Rd8 25.Ng4 Kg7 26.Nxf6 exf6 27.b4 cxb4 28.Nd4 Rd6
29.Re8 Ne5 30.Ne6+ Rxe6 31.Bxe6 bxc3 32.Bb3 Qd7 33.Ra8 b6
34.Rd1 Qe7 35.Rdd8 f5 36.Rg8+ Kh7 37.Rh8+ Kg7 38.Rag8+ Kf6
39.Rxh6+ Ng6 40.Rgxg6+ Ke5 {This was a blitz playoff} 1-0

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1995.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 h6 6.cxd5 Nxd5
7.Bc4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Qd3 Nc6 10.Nf3 e6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Re1 a6
13.a4 Na5 14.Ba2 Bd7 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Bd2 b6 17.Qg3 Bxe5 18.Rxe5
Kf8 19.d5 f6 20.dxe6 fxe5 21.e7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.05.12"]
[EventDate "1995.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bc2
Bf8 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. b3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. Nf1 Nh5
18. a4 Qc7 19. Bd3 f5 20. axb5 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Qc3 22. Ba3 Nf6
23. Bxd6 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 axb5 25. Ra7 Rcd8 26. Rxb7 Rxd6
27. Rxb5 Nc6 28. Qe2 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Ng3 Rf6 31. Nf5 Qa7
32. b4 Rc8 33. d6 g6 34. Bd5+ Kh8 35. Qxe5 Bg7 36. Nxg7 Qxg7
37. d7 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rf8 39. f4 Rd1 40. Rb8 1-0

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.05.13"]
[EventDate "1995.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 h5 7.h3 Nh6
8.e3 e5 9.d3 f5 10.Nd5 Be6 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 Ne7 13.Qa4+ Kf7
14.e4 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bd7 16.Qb3 Bf6 17.Nf3 Kg7 18.h4 Nf7 19.Be3
Qe7 20.c5 f4 21.cxd6 Nxd6 22.Bc5 e4 23.dxe4 Qxe4+ 24.Kf1 Ba4
25.Nd2 Bxb3 26.Nxe4 Bc4+ 27.Kg1 Nxe4 28.Bxe4 Rhe8 29.f3 b6
30.Rc1 bxc5 31.Rxc4 cxb4 32.Rxb4 fxg3 33.Kg2 Be5 34.Rb7+ Kh6
35.Rc1 Rac8 36.Rxc8 Rxc8 37.Re7 Bf6 38.Re6 Kg7 39.Kxg3 Rc1
40.Ra6 Rg1+ 41.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.05.14"]
[EventDate "1995.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3
Be7 8.g4 O-O 9.Qd2 a6 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7
13.h4 Rc8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Rg1 b4 16.Ne2 Ne5 17.Rg3 Nc4 18.Qc1 e5
19.Bf2 a5 20.Bg2 Ba6 21.Re1 a4 22.Bh3 Rc6 23.Qd1 d5 24.exd5
Rd6 25.f4 Rxd5 26.Rd3 Na3+ 27.bxa3 Bxd3 28.cxd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.05.16"]
[EventDate "1995.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Re1 Qa5 13. h3 Rfb8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rb7
17. d6 exd6 18. Qxd6 Rc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qa6 21. Re4 c4
22. Bf4 Bxb2 23. Rae1 Qb5 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxb5 Rxb5
26. Rxe8+ Kg7 27. Rc8 Rb4 28. Bd6 Ra4 29. a3 Kf6 30. Bb4 Bxa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.05.17"]
[EventDate "1995.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Nxc3
13.Qxc3 Bh6+ 14.Be3 Bxe3+ 15.Qxe3 Qb6 16.Qxe7 Be6 17.Qa3 Rfd8
18.Ba6 c5 19.Be2 c4 20.f4 Rd4 21.Rxd4 Qxd4 22.g3 c3 23.Qxc3
Qxc3 24.bxc3 Bxa2 25.Kb2 Be6 26.c4 Kf8 27.Ra1 a5 28.c5 Ke7
29.c4 Bd7 30.Bf3 Rb8+ 31.Kc3 a4 32.Ra3 Rc8 33.Kd4 h5 34.Bb7
Rd8 35.Kc3 h4 36.gxh4 Rh8 37.Bd5 Rxh4 38.Kb4 Rxh2 39.c6 Be6
40.Bxe6 fxe6 41.Kc5 Kd8 42.Rxa4 1-0

[Event "9th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.05.18"]
[EventDate "1995.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.f3
b5 8.Qd2 Bb7 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Rc8 11.g4 d6 12.Kb1 Nf6
13.a3 Nd7 14.h4 Ne5 15.Qe3 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Rh2 e5 18.Ba7
Be7 19.h5 h6 20.Qb6 Qc7 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Bb6 Rc6 23.Ba5 Bg5
24.a4 bxa4 25.Nxa4 Ke7 26.b3 Rb8 27.Nc3 Ba8 28.Nd5+ Kd7 29.Bd2
f6 30.Kb2 Rf8 31.Ra1 Bb7 32.Be3 Ke6 33.Rd2 Rf7 34.Rd3 Bxe3
35.Nxe3 Bc8 36.Rad1 Rfc7 37.c4 a5 38.Nf5 Rd7 39.Ra1 Ra6 40.Kc3
Rc7 41.Rd5 Rca7 42.Rad1 Rd7 43.Rb5 Rc7 44.Rb8 a4 45.bxa4 Rxa4
46.Nxd6 Bd7 47.Rb6 Ke7 48.Rdb1 Be6 49.Kb3 Rca7 50.Kc3 Rc7
51.R1b4 Ra3+ 52.Rb3 Ra4 53.Kb2 Bxc4 54.Rc3 Ra2+ 55.Kc1 Ra1+
56.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.05.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3
d4 8.O-O Nc6 9.e3 Bc5 10.exd4 exd4 11.Re1+ Be6 12.Ng5 O-O
13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Nd2 Qd6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 h6 17.Bd3 Rf6
18.a3 a5 19.Qe2 a4 20.Bd2 Bb6 21.Bf4 Qd7 22.Qe4 g5 23.Bd2 Ba5
24.Rad1 Bxd2 25.Rxd2 Ra5 26.f4 gxf4 27.gxf4 Kf8 28.Rg2 Raf5
29.Rf1 Qf7 30.Rgf2 Ke7 31.Kh1 Kd8 32.Bc2 Kc7 33.Bxa4 e5
34.Bxc6 bxc6 35.Rg1 Qxc4 36.Rc2 Qb5 37.a4 Qxa4 38.fxe5 Rf4
39.Qg2 R6f5 40.b3 Qb5 41.Qg8 Rg5 42.Rxg5 hxg5 43.Qxg5 Qd5+
44.Kg1 d3 45.Rxc6+ Kxc6 46.Qxf4 d2 47.Qa4+ Kb7 48.Qb4+ Kc8
49.Qg4+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.05.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Be3
Ng6 8.h4 h5 9.g3 Be7 10.d5 Nb8 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 12.Nfd2 Nf6 13.f3
O-O 14.c4 c5 15.Nc3 Qd7 16.a4 a5 17.Qe2 Kh7 18.O-O-O Rh8
19.Nf1 Kg8 20.Bd2 Ne8 21.Ne3 Nf8 22.b3 g6 23.f4 Bf6 24.Rdf1
Qe7 25.f5 Ng7 26.Nb5 b6 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.g4 Bxh4 29.Nxd6 Qxd6
30.Rxh4 Nd7 31.gxh5 Rxh5 32.Rxh5 Nxh5 33.Nf5 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.05.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3
Bh5 8.O-O Nc6 9.a3 Be7 10.c4 Qd8 11.dxc5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 a5
13.Be3 Ne4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bg6 16.Nd4 O-O-O 17.Nxc6 bxc6
18.Bf3 Bf6 19.Rac1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Bxc6
Bxc3 23.Bb5 e5 24.f3 Kc8 25.Kf2 Bb2 26.a4 Bd4 27.Bxd4 exd4
28.Ke2 Kc7 29.Be8 Bb1 30.h4 f6 31.Kd2 h6 32.h5 d3 33.Bb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.05.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3
Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.g4 a6 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7
13.h4 Rc8 14.g5 Nd7 15.a3 Ne5 16.Qe3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Rhg1
b4 19.axb4 Rxb4 20.Rg2 Ba8 21.b3 a5 22.h5 Qc7 23.Bf6 Rfb8
24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Rd4 e5 26.Rxb4 axb4 27.Na2 Qc7 28.Qd3 Kf8
29.g6 fxg6 30.hxg6 h6 31.f4 exf4 32.Rf2 Kg8 33.Rxf4 Qc5 34.Rf1
Qb5 35.Rc1 Qe5 36.Qc4+ Kh8 37.Rh1 Bxe4 38.Qc7 Rf8 39.Rxh6+ Kg8
40.Nc1 Bxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.05.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Be2
Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Qd2 Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxg4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bh6 Bxh6
13.Qxh6 Rb8 14.b3 Qa5 15.Qe3 Rfd8 16.h3 Be6 17.Rfd1 f6 18.Rd3
Qb6 19.Qh6 Qc5 20.Rad1 Kh8 21.R1d2 Rg8 22.Qe3 Qxe3 23.Rxe3 g5
24.Ne2 Kg7 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.Nf5+ Bxf5 27.exf5 Kf7 28.Rde2 Rb7
29.g4 h5 30.Kg2 hxg4 31.hxg4 Rh8 32.Re4 a5 33.Re1 Rh7 34.Re6
a4 35.bxa4 Rh8 36.R1e3 Ra8 37.Rh3 Rxa4 38.Rh7+ Kf8 39.Kg3 Rxa2
40.Rxf6+ exf6 41.Rxb7 Rxc2 42.Rb8+ Ke7 43.Rb7+ Ke8 44.Rb8+ Kd7
45.Rb7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.06.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Bd3 b6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.Bg5 Be7 10.O-O-O Qd6 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Kb1
Rad8 13.c4 h6 14.Bf4 Qxd4 15.Bh7+ Kxh7 16.Rxd4 Rxd4 17.Be3 Re4
18.Nf3 Rd8 19.h3 Kg8 20.b3 a5 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 b5 23.Nd2
Rh4 24.f3 Rh5 25.Qf1 bxc4 26.bxc4 a4 27.Bf4 Rc5 28.Qd3 Rc6
29.a3 Ba6 30.Be5 Bd6 31.Bb2 Rb6 32.Qc3 Bf8 33.Ka2 Nd7 34.Qa5
Nc5 35.Bd4 Nb3 36.Nxb3 axb3 37.Kb2 Rc6 38.c5 Bc4 39.Qa8 Ra6
40.Qd8 Bd5 41.Qxc7 f6 42.Qd7 Rc6 43.Qe8 Ra6 44.a4 Ra8 45.Qb5
Rd8 46.a5 Ba8 47.Bc3 Kf7 48.a6 Rd5 49.Qb8 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.06.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 dxc4
7.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 bxc6 9.Bg2 Nd5 10.Ne3 e6 11.Nxc4 Ba6 12.b3
Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Nb4 15.Be4 Ke7 16.a3 Nd5 17.Rc1 Rhc8
18.f4 c5 19.Kf2 Rab8 20.Rc2 Nf6 21.Bf3 Rd8 22.Rhc1 Bb7 23.Ke3
Bxf3 24.exf3 Nd7 25.Rc3 Rb5 26.Ke2 h5 27.a4 Rb4 28.Nc4 h4
29.Na5 Rc8 30.Rc4 Rxc4 31.Rxc4 hxg3 32.hxg3 a6 33.Rc1 Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7
12. Bb3 Bc6 13. h4 h6 14. Kb1 Qc5 15. Qd3 b5 16. a3 a5 17. f5
b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 bxc3 21. Rxc6 a4
22. Bc4 exf5 23. exf5 Rfb8 24. b4 axb3 25. Bxb3 Rxa3 26. Rh3
Rba8 27. Rhxc3 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Ra1+ 29. Kb2 Rf1 30. g4 Rg1
31. Rc4 Rb8 32. Kc3 Kh7 33. Rd4 Rb7 34. h5 Rf1 35. Bc4 Rf3+
36. Bd3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.Nc4 O-O 9.g3 b6 10.a4 Ba6 11.Nb5 Ne8 12.Bg2 Bxb5 13.axb5
Nd7 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.O-O g5 16.Bd2 Nc7 17.Qb3 f5 18.Rae1 f4
19.gxf4 gxf4 20.Kh1 Ne5 21.Bf3 Qd7 22.Rg1 Qxb5 23.Qxb5 Nxb5
24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Bg4 Kh8 26.Bd7 Nc7 27.Bc6 Rad8 28.e4 fxe3
29.Rxe3 Nxd5 30.Reg3 Ne7+ 31.Rxg7 Nxc6 32.Be3 Rd6 33.Rc7 Rg8
34.Rxg8+ Kxg8 35.Kg2 e4 36.Kg3 Rf6 37.Bg5 Rf3+ 38.Kg2 Nd4
39.Rxa7 Nf5 40.Ra4 Rb3 41.Rxe4 Rxb2 42.Rf4 Ng7 43.Rf6 Rb4
44.Kf3 h5 45.h4 b5 46.Rc6 Rc4 47.Rc8+ Kf7 48.Rc7+ Kg6 49.Rc6+
Kf5 50.Rf6+ Ke5+ 51.Rh6 Nf5 52.Rxh5 b4 53.Rh8 Nd4+ 54.Kg4 Ne6
55.Kh5 b3 56.Rb8 Rb4 57.Rxb4 cxb4 58.Bc1 Nf4+ 59.Kg5 Nd3 60.h5
Ke6 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2
Nh5 14.Ng3 Nf4 15.h4 a5 16.Kb1 a4 17.Nd4 exd4 18.Bxf4 Qa5
19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Qxf5 21.Qxd4 b3 22.Bd3 bxa2 23.Ka1 Qc5
24.Qe4 g6 25.Be3 Qe5 26.Bd4 Qxe4 27.Bxe4 Ra5 28.Bc3 Rc5 29.Bb4
Rc4 30.Bxd6 Bxd6 31.Rxd6 Nc5 32.Rc6 Rd8 33.h5 Kf8 34.hxg6 hxg6
35.Kxa2 Ke7 36.Bd3 Kd7 37.Bxc4 Kxc6 38.Bxf7 Rf8 39.Bxg6 Rxf3
40.Rg1 Kd6 41.Bh7 Rf7 42.Bg8 Rg7+ 43.Bc4 Ke5 44.g6 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 c6 12. Bb2
Bh6 13. Rb1 Nc8 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4
Nh5 18. g3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Nb3 Na4 21. Nxa4 Bxa4 22. Bc1
Bxc1 23. Rfxc1 Bxb3 24. Rxb3 Ng7 25. c5 Ne6 26. Rbc3 dxc5
27. bxc5 Qa5 28. Qc2 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rc6 30. Qb2 Qc7 31. Bc4 Nxc5
32. Bb5 Qb6 33. R1c2 Rc7 34. Qc1 Rfc8 35. Bf1 Ne6 36. Rxc7
Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. Qb2 Nd4 39. Bd3 Qc6 40. f4 Qf6 41. Bc4
b5 42. Bxb5 exf4 43. gxf4 Nxb5 44. Qxb5 Qxf4 45. Qb2+ Kh6
46. Qb7 f6 47. Kg1 Qf3 48. Qe7 Qg4+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 Qg5+
51. Kh1 Qe5 52. Qb7 Qg5 53. Qc8 Qe3 54. Qc4 Qf2 55. Qd3 Kg5
56. Qc4 h5 57. Qd3 Kh4 58. Qd1 Qe3 59. Kg2 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michal Krasenkow"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5
13.Nc2 Be6 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 a5 16.O-O f5 17.Qh5 b4 18.Nce3
bxc3 19.bxc3 Kh8 20.Rad1 Rb8 21.Bh3 Qd7 22.f4 e4 23.Kh1 Rb2
24.Nc4 Rxa2 25.Nde3 Bf7 26.Qg5 Bxc4 27.Nxc4 d5 28.Ne5 Qe6
29.g4 Bxe5 30.fxe5 Qxe5 31.Bg2 f4 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennady Sosonko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7
12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. e5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5
Rb7 17. Qe2 Ne8 18. Bd2 Nd6 19. b3 Qa6 20. Rac1 Qxe2 21. Rxe2
c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3
b5 8.O-O Bb7 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Kh1 Be7 11.f4 d6 12.a4 b4 13.Na2 d5
14.e5 Ne4 15.c3 bxc3 16.Nxc3 Nb4 17.Rac1 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Qb8
19.f5 Qxe5 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Ncb5 Nc5 22.Qe2 Rc8 23.Na7 Rc7
24.b4 Nxa4 25.Nac6 Qe4 26.Rf4 Qg6 27.Rg4 Qf7 28.Rxg7 Qxg7
29.Nxe6 Qb2 30.Nxc7+ Kd7 31.Qxb2 Nxb2 32.Ne5+ Kd6 33.Nf7+ Kd7
34.Ne5+ Kd6 35.Bf4 Rf8 36.Nc4+ Kd7 37.Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3
e6 8.g4 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Kb1 Bb7
13.h4 Rc8 14.g5 Nd7 15.a3 Qc7 16.Rg1 Kh8 17.h5 e5 18.Be3 f5
19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Qxc2+ 22.Ka2 Rff8 23.Rc1 Qa4
24.Qe6 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Qd4 26.Rg4 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O cxd4 7.Nxd4
Nc6 8.Nc3 Ng4 9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Nxd4 12.exd4 Rb8 13.a4
Nh6 14.a5 Nf5 15.Nd5 b5 16.axb6 e6 17.Ne3 Ne7 18.Ba3 Qxb6
19.c5 dxc5 20.Bxc5 Qc7 21.Rc1 Rd8 22.b4 Qd7 23.Qe2 Bb7 24.Rfd1
Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Qb7+ 26.Kg1 Nd5 27.Nxd5 Rxd5 28.Ra1 Ra8 29.Ra3 h5
30.h4 Kh7 31.Qf3 Kg8 32.Rda1 Bf8 33.Ra5 Bxc5 34.bxc5 Qb2
35.R5a4 Rad8 36.Rxa6 Qxd4 37.c6 Rf5 38.c7 Rxf3 39.cxd8=Q+ Qxd8
40.Ra8 Qxa8 41.Rxa8+ Kg7 42.Kg2 Rb3 43.f4 Rb7 44.Ra5 Kf6
45.Kf2 Rd7 46.Ke3 Rd5 47.Ra7 Rb5 48.Kf3 Rb3+ 49.Kf2 Rc3 50.Rb7
Rc5 51.Kf3 e5 52.fxe5 Rxe5 53.Ra7 Ke6 54.Ra6+ Kf5 55.Ra7 f6
56.Ra4 g5 57.hxg5 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Kb1 Nc4
13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.g4 b5 15.b3 Rc8 16.Ndxb5 Qa5 17.a4 a6 18.Nd5
Qxd2 19.Nxe7+ Kh8 20.Rxd2 Rce8 21.Nxg6+ fxg6 22.Nxd6 Re6
23.Nb7 Bc8 24.Nc5 Rc6 25.h3 g5 26.Rhd1 Ng8 27.Rf2 Rh6 28.Rh1
Rhf6 29.Rhf1 Rh6 30.Rh1 Rhf6 31.Rhf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tomasz Markowski"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.d3 f5 6.e4 Nf6 7.Nge2 O-O
8.O-O c6 9.exf5 gxf5 10.d4 Na6 11.b3 Bd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd6
Qe8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Rd8 16.Rad1 Bc8 17.Qa3 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 f4
19.Qd6 Ng4 20.Be4 fxg3 21.Bxg3 Nf6 22.Bg2 Nh5 23.Ne4 Bf5
24.Qd2 Qg6 25.Qe3 Nc7 26.Rd6 Qf7 27.Rd2 Ne8 28.Nd6 Nxd6
29.Rxd6 Bg4 30.h3 Bc8 31.Bh4 Nf4 32.Nxf4 exf4 33.Qf3 Qc7
34.Rd2 Bf5 35.Re2 Rf7 36.Rd2 Kh7 37.Bf1 Qe5 38.Rd1 Qe6 39.Bd3
Qg6+ 40.Kh2 Bxd3 41.Qxd3 c5 42.Qf3 Bd4 43.Rg1 Qf5 44.Qg2 Rg7
45.Qf3 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Marcin Kaminski"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3
Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 f5 12.Bxg4 fxg4 13.Bg5
h6 14.Be3 c5 15.Rb1 g5 16.b4 b6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.O-O Rf7 19.Rb3
Ng6 20.Qb1 Bf8 21.Qb2 Nf4 22.Rb1 h5 23.Rb8 Rxb8 24.Qxb8 h4
25.g3 h3 26.Kf1 Nd3 27.Rb3 Nb4 28.Ke2 Nc2 29.Qa8 Nd4+ 30.Bxd4
exd4 31.Nd1 Qe8 32.Rb8 Rc7 33.Nb2 Kh7 34.Nd3 Bg7 35.Rb1 Qe7
36.Kf1 Ba6 37.Ke2 Bc8 38.Kd1 Bd7 39.Rb8 Kg6 40.Kc1 Kf7 41.Rb3
Qf8 42.Qxf8+ Bxf8 43.e5 Bf5 44.e6 Ke7 45.Kd1 Kd8 46.Ke2 Kc8
47.f3 gxf3 48.Kxf3 Rb7 49.Rxb7 Kxb7 50.Ne4 Be7 51.g4 Bg6
52.Ndf2 Kb6 53.Nh1 Kc7 54.Nhg3 Bxe4+ 55.Nxe4 Kd8 56.Nf2 Ke8
57.Ke4 Kf8 58.Nxh3 Kg7 59.Nf2 Kg6 60.Nh1 Kf6 61.Ng3 Bf8 62.Nf5
Be7 63.h4 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica-Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e4 d6 6.c3 Nd7 7.Nbd2
g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Na3 Nb6 13.d5 Na5
14.axb5 axb5 15.Be3 Nbc4 16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Nd2 c6 18.Naxc4 Nxc4
19.Rxa8 Bxa8 20.Nxc4 cxd5 21.exd5 Be7 22.Qd2 f5 23.f4 Qc7
24.b3 Bf6 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Bb6 Qb7 27.d6 f4 28.Rf1 Qd7 29.Bc7
Qb5 30.Nb6 Bb7 31.b4 f3 32.c4 Qe8 33.Nd5 Bh4 34.d7 Qg6 35.b5
Kh8 36.Ne3 Bg5 37.Rf2 Qe4 38.Rxf3 Qb1+ 39.Nf1 Bxf3 40.Qxg5 Be2
1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O
a6 8.b3 Rb8 9.Bb2 b5 10.Ne1 Na5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nd3 b4 13.Ne4
Nd5 14.e3 Ba6 15.Re1 e6 16.a3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 bxa3 18.Qxa3 Bxd3
19.Qxd3 Rxb2 20.Reb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2
g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.a4 O-O 10.Bf3 e5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Kh1 h6 13.Bf4
Bd7 14.Be2 Rc8 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.Rad1 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Nfxg4 18.Nd5 Nc4
19.Qe2 Nge5 20.b3 Nb6 21.Nf3 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Qc7 23.c4 Rfe8
24.Rfd1 Qb6 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Qd3 Re7 27.Rd6 Qc5 28.h3 Rb8
29.Qc3 Rc8 30.R6d5 Qc6 31.Qb4 Qe8 32.Qb6 f5 33.Re1 Qf7 34.exf5
Qxf5 35.Nd2 Rf8 36.Ne4 Qh5 37.Kg1 Rf4 38.Qe3 Qf5 39.b4 Qe6
40.b5 axb5 41.axb5 Ref7 42.Qd3 Qb6+ 43.c5 Qa5 44.Qe2 Qb4
45.Kh2 Re7 46.Rdd1 Qa4 47.Ra1 Qd4 48.Rad1 Qb4 49.Rb1 Qd4
50.Rbc1 Rc7 51.Rc4 Qd7 52.Rb1 Bf8 53.Kh1 Rc8 54.Qc2 Rf7 55.c6
bxc6 56.Rxc6 Rxc6 57.bxc6 Qa7 58.Qc4 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 h6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Qf2
Rb8 14.Nc5 b4 15.N3a4 Nxa4 16.Nxa4 Qc7 17.b3 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5
19.Bc1 Nc3+ 20.Nxc3 bxc3 21.f4 a5 22.f5 Bd7 23.Bd3 a4 24.Qe2
Bg5 25.Rhe1 f6 26.Ba3 Qa5 27.Bd6 Rc8 28.a3 axb3 29.cxb3 Bd2
30.Bc2 Bb5 31.Qf3 Bc6 32.Qh3 Bd5 33.Bb4 Qc7 34.Re2 Kf7 35.Qh5+
Kg8 36.Rdxd2 cxd2 37.Rxd2 Qc6 38.Kb2 Bf7 39.Qh3 h5 40.g5 fxg5
41.Qe3 g4 42.Bc3 Re8 43.Be4 Qb5 44.Bb4 Rh6 45.Qc5 Qf1 46.Rf2
Qd1 47.Bc2 Qh1 48.Qe3 Rc8 49.Bc3 Rhc6 50.Bxe5 Re8 51.Qd4 Qe1
52.Bf4 Rec8 53.Rd2 Rc3 54.Be5 Rf3 55.Bg3 Qf1 56.Bd1 Rxf5
57.Qd7 Re8 58.Bc2 Rf3 59.Bd3 Qg1 60.Bc4 Qe3 61.Bxf7+ Rxf7
62.Qd5 Re6 63.a4 Rf5 64.Qd8+ Kh7 65.Rc2 Qe4 66.Qd7 Rd5 67.Qf7
Qd4+ 68.Ka3 Rf6 69.Qc7 Rf3 70.Qc6 Qd1 71.Qc4 Rd4 72.Qc6 Rdd3
73.Qe4+ Kg8 74.Rc8+ Rd8 75.Qe6+ Kh8 76.Rxd8+ Qxd8 77.Be5 Qf8+
78.Bd6 Rf6 79.Bxf8 Rxe6 80.Bc5 h4 81.Bf2 g3 82.Bxg3 hxg3
83.hxg3 Rg6 84.a5 Rxg3 85.Ka4 Rg1 86.b4 g5 87.b5 g4 88.b6 Rb1
0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3
Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bc1 Nc6 10.h3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nge5 12.Nxc6 Nxc6
13.O-O f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Be3 Qf6 16.Qd2 Nd4 17.Bg4 c5 18.Nd5
Qf7 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.Rae1 Rae8 22.b3 Re5 23.g3
Rfe8 24.Kg2 b5 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Rxe5 dxe5 27.Ne3 f4 28.Qf5 Qg7
29.Qh5 Rf8 30.Nf5 Qf6 31.g4 bxc4 32.bxc4 e4 33.Re1 e3 34.fxe3
fxe3 35.Qh6 Qxh6 36.Nxh6 Rf2+ 37.Kg3 Be5+ 38.Kh4 e2 39.Nf5 Bc3
40.Rb1 Rxf5 41.gxf5 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Bd3 Neg4 11. Bc1 g6
12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. f4 Nh5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bd2 e6
17. Ba5 Qh4+ 18. g3 Nxg3 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kd1
Nf2+ 22. Kd2 Nxh1 23. Nxa8 Qxf4+ 24. Qe3 Qh2+ 25. Qe2 Qf4+
26. Qe3 Qh2+ 27. Qe2 Bh6+ 28. Kc3 Qe5+ 29. Kb4 Ng3 30. Qe1 Bg7
31. Nb6 d5 32. Ka4 Bd7+ 33. Nxd7 b5+ 34. Kb4 Kxd7 35. Bb6 Qxb2
36. exd5 Rc8 37. dxe6+ Ke8 38. Bc5 Bc3+ 39. Qxc3 a5+ 40. Kxb5
Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.c3 d6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.e4 c5 7.Bd3
cxd4 8.cxd4 h6 9.Bh4 Nh5 10.O-O g5 11.Bg3 g4 12.Nh4 Nxg3
13.hxg3 Bxd4 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 h5 16.f6 Nd7 17.fxe7 Qxe7
18.Bf5 Nc5 19.Nc4 Qf6 20.Qd2 d5 21.Ne3 Ne4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Nd5
Qe5 24.Rfd1 Qxd5 25.Qxd4 Qxd4 26.Rxd4 f5 27.Rc1 Rac8 28.Rxc8
Rxc8 29.Rd5 Rc1+ 30.Kh2 Kf7 31.Rxf5+ Ke6 32.Rxh5 Rc2 33.Rg5
Rxf2 34.Rxg4 Kd5 35.Rg7 e3 36.Re7 Kd4 37.g4 Kd3 38.g5 Rxb2
39.g6 Rb6 40.g7 Rg6 41.Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Nd5 12.Ng2 Bg6 13.Na2
Be7 14.Qe2 N5b6 15.Bb3 c5 16.Nc3 O-O 17.a5 cxd4 18.exd4 Nc8
19.Nf4 Nd6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Bf4 Ne8 22.Qf3 Bd6 23.Be3 Ndf6
24.g5 Nh5 25.Rfd1 Nc7 26.Bc2 f5 27.h4 b5 28.axb6 axb6 29.Rxa8
Qxa8 30.Qxa8 Rxa8 31.d5 Nxd5 32.Nxd5 exd5 33.Bb3 Kf8 34.Bxd5
Ra4 35.Bxb6 Rxh4 36.Bc6 Be7 37.Ra1 Nf4 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Be8+ Ke6
40.Ra6 Kd5 41.Bf7+ Ke4 42.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Ne5
13.Bg5 Rc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.f4 Nc4 16.Qe2 Qc8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5
Rxd5 19.exd5 b5 20.h5 g5 21.fxg5 Bxg5+ 22.Kb1 f5 23.Rd3 f4
24.Bxc4 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ngf3
Qc7 13.Bf4 Bb4+ 14.Nd2 Bxd2+ 15.Kxd2 O-O 16.Rhd1 Nd5 17.Bg3
Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qa5+ 19.Kc1 f6 20.Bg3 Bd7 21.c4 Nb4 22.Bb1 Ba4
23.Rd2 Rad8 24.Bd6 Rfe8 25.h4 Nd5 26.c5 f5 27.a3 Bb5 28.Qe5
Bc4 29.g4 Bb3 30.a4 Qa6 31.Bd3 Bc4 32.Bc2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1995.11.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Miladinovic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.c3 h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.Nd2 Bb7 6.Ngf3 d6 7.Bxf6
Qxf6 8.e4 Nd7 9.a4 a6 10.Bd3 g6 11.a5 b5 12.c4 bxc4 13.Nxc4
Qe7 14.O-O Bg7 15.Rc1 O-O 16.Re1 Rfb8 17.Qc2 Ra7 18.Qa4 Ba8
19.Qa3 Qd8 20.Bc2 Bf8 21.Qe3 Rab7 22.h4 Rb4 23.b3 Bg7 24.Qd2
R4b5 25.Na3 R5b7 26.Qd3 Ra7 27.Qe3 d5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Nc4 Rb5
30.Be4 Nf6 31.Bxd5 Nxd5 32.Qe4 Qf6 33.Nce5 Qf5 34.Nc6 Qxe4
35.Rxe4 Ra8 36.Nd2 Kf8 37.Rc5 Ke8 38.Rxb5 axb5 39.Re1 Bf8
40.Ne4 f6 41.g4 Ra6 42.Rc1 f5 43.gxf5 gxf5 44.Nd2 Nb4 45.Nxb4
Bxb4 46.Nf3 Bxa5 47.Ra1 Ra7 48.h5 Kd7 49.Kh2 Kd6 50.Rg1 c6
51.Rg6 Rh7 52.Kg3 Kd5 53.Kf4 Bc7+ 54.Ke3 Bb6 55.Kd3 c5 56.dxc5
Bxc5 57.Ke2 Ra7 58.Rxh6 Ra2+ 59.Kd1 Rxf2 60.Nh4 Rh2 61.Nf3
Rh1+ 62.Ke2 e5 63.Rh8 e4 64.Rd8+ Ke6 65.Ng5+ Kf6 66.Nh7+ Ke5
67.Re8+ Kf4 68.Nf6 Rh2+ 69.Kd1 Bd4 70.Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.13"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 Bg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 O-O
13.Bc2 d5 14.Bg5 exd4 15.cxd4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Bxd4 17.exd5 Qxd5
18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Be4 Nf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Ra7 Rfe8
23.Bd3 Re7 24.Rb1 Nb3 25.h3 Nd2 26.Rc1 Rb3 27.Rc3 Rxc3 28.bxc3
Nb3 29.Ra4 Nc5 30.Rg4+ Kh8 31.Bc4 h6 32.Bd5 Nd7 33.Kh2 Ne5
34.Rg3 Rd7 35.Bb3 Rd2 36.f4 Nd3 37.Bxf7 Nxf4 38.Rg4 Ne2 39.Rc4
Rc2 40.Bh5 Nxc3 41.Bg6 Rc1 42.Bd3 Na2 43.Rxc1 Nxc1 44.Bc4 f5
45.Kg3 Kg7 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Kf4 c6 48.h4 Kg6 49.Ke5 Kh5 50.g3 Kg4
51.h5+ Kxg3 52.Kxf5 Kf2 53.Kg6 Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.14"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.Qe1 e6 11.h4 Qc7 12.h5 Nxh5
13.exd5 exd5 14.Ndb5 Qg3 15.Bf2 Qf4+ 16.Be3 Qf6 17.Rxd5 Nf4
18.Rd6 Be6 19.Qd2 Nh5 20.Bg5 Qe5 21.g4 Ng3 22.Bf4 Nxf1 23.Rxf1
Qc5 24.Be3 Qc4 25.Rh1 Nb4 26.Bd4 Nxa2+ 27.Nxa2 Qxa2 28.Qh2 h5
29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Qe5+ Kg8 31.Nc3 Qa1+ 32.Nb1 Ba2 33.Kd2 Rfe8
34.Qf6 Bxb1 35.Rxh5 gxh5 36.Qg5+ Kf8 37.Qh6+ Ke7 38.Qf6+ Kf8
39.Qh8+ Ke7 40.Qf6+ Kf8 41.Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.16"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6
7.Bb3 Nf6 8.Nc4 Qd8 9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Nb5 Na6 12.Bf4
O-O 13.Nbd6 Nc7 14.Nxc8 Rfxc8 15.Ne5 Ncd5 16.Bg3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.17"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Bb5+ Nbd7 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3
13.hxg3 Qxh1 14.Be3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 a6 16.exd7 Bxd7 17.Bxd7+
Kxd7 18.Qb3 b5 19.O-O-O Rhe8 20.Bxc5 Rac8 21.Bd4 Qg2 22.Qa3
Qxg3 23.Qxa6 Rxc3+ 24.Kb2 Rcc8+ 25.Qxb5+ Kd6 26.Ka1 Qa3 27.Bb2
Qc5 28.Qa6+ Kd7 29.Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.18"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. N3h2 Nd7 15. a3 Nc5 16. Ba2 Nf4 17. c4 c6
18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Bb1 a5 20. h4 g6 21. g3 Nh5 22. Ng4 Qe7
23. Bc2 Bc8 24. b3 Bd7 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qf3 f6 27. Bd2 Rec8
28. Rec1 Be8 29. Ng4 Bg7 30. Qe2 Qb7 31. Nge3 Bf8 32. Qe1 Qb6
33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Na4 36. Ra3 Bd7 37. Rb3 Be7
38. Bd3 Ng7 39. Nh2 Bd8 40. Qe2 Qa6 41. Kg2 Nb6 42. Rc3 Rxc3
43. Bxc3 Na4 44. Be1 Kg8 45. Nhg4 h5 46. Nh2 Bb6 47. Nhf1 Kf7
48. Nd1 Ba7 49. Nfe3 Qb6 50. f3 Qb7 51. Nc2 Ne8 52. Kh2 Qa6
53. Nce3 Bd4 54. f4 Qb6 55. f5 Ng7 56. fxg6+ Kxg6 57. Nf5 Nxf5
58. exf5+ Bxf5 59. Bxf5+ Kxf5 60. Qc2+ e4 61. Qc8+ Kg6
62. Qg8+ Kf5 63. Qh7+ Ke5 64. Qxh5+ f5 65. Qf7 Be3 66. Kg2 f4
67. gxf4+ Bxf4 68. Nf2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.20"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 h5 13.c5 g5
14.a4 dxc5 15.Bxc5 Rf6 16.Nd3 Rg6 17.Bf2 g4 18.Bh4 a6 19.g3
Qd6 20.fxg4 Bxg4 21.Bxg4 Rxg4 22.Nf2 Rg6 23.Qxh5 Nf6 24.Qe2
Kf7 25.Kh1 Rh8 26.Rg1 fxg3 27.Bxg3 Nh5 28.Ng4 Ke8 29.Bf2 Nf4
30.Qd1 Qd7 31.Rg3 Rh3 32.Qf3 Rxg3 33.hxg3 Qxg4 34.Qxg4 Rxg4
35.gxf4 exf4 36.Rg1 Rxg1+ 37.Kxg1 Nc8 38.Bc5 Kd7 39.Kg2 Nd6
40.Bxd6 Kxd6 41.Ne2 Bxb2 42.Nxf4 b5 43.Nd3 Be5 44.axb5 a5
45.Kf3 a4 46.Ke2 a3 47.b6 cxb6 48.Nc1 Kc5 49.Kd3 Bf4 50.Kc2
Kc4 51.Kb1 b5 52.d6 Bxd6 53.Ka2 Kd4 54.Nb3+ Kxe4 55.Nc1 Kd4
56.Nb3+ Kc3 57.Nc1 Kb4 58.Nb3 Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.21"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3
Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.f4 Bc5 10.Nf5 Ne7 11.Nxg7+ Kf8 12.Bxc5 Qxc5+
13.Kh1 Kxg7 14.e5 Ne8 15.Ne4 Qc7 16.Qh5 Ng6 17.Nf6 Qd8 18.f5
exf5 19.Qxf5 d5 20.Qg5 Be6 21.Rae1 Qa5 22.Nh5+ Kf8 23.Bxg6
hxg6 24.Nf4 Bf5 25.e6 Qc7 26.exf7 Kxf7 27.g4 Qxc2 28.Re2 Qc6
29.gxf5 d4 30.Kg1 d3 31.Qe7+ Kg8 32.Re6 Rh7 33.Nxg6 Rxe7
34.Nxe7+ Kf7 35.Nxc6 bxc6 36.Rd1 Rd8 37.Re3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.22"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5
7.N5c3 O-O 8.e3 Qe7 9.Be2 e4 10.a3 Rd8 11.b4 Bd6 12.Bb2 a5
13.bxa5 Be5 14.Qa4 Na6 15.Nd2 Nc5 16.Qb4 Bg4 17.Nc4 Bxc3+
18.Qxc3 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 Qd7 20.Rhd1 Rac8 21.Kf1 Nd3 22.Qb3 Qf5
23.Rxd3 exd3 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Rd1 Qa6 26.Nd2 Qxa5 27.e4 Qa6
28.a4 Rc5 29.g3 Rdc8 30.Kg2 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.Qb4 Qf6
33.Qxb7 g6 34.Qb8+ Kg7 35.e5 Qf5 36.Nf3 Rc2 37.Qb4 Re2 38.Qc3
Kh6 39.Qd4 Qe4 40.Qxe4 Rxe4 41.d6 Rxa4 42.Nd2 Kg5 43.f4 Kf5
44.Kf3 f6 45.exf6 Kxf6 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Kxd3 Ra3+ 48.Ke2 Ra2
49.Ke3 Kxd6 50.Ne4+ Ke7 51.h3 Ra3+ 52.Kf2 h6 53.Kg2 Ke6 54.g4
h5 55.Ng5+ Kd5 56.Kf2 Kd4 57.Kg2 Ke3 58.Kg3 Ra6 59.gxh5 gxh5
60.Kh4 Kxf4 61.Kxh5 Kf5 62.h4 Ra8 63.Kh6 Kg4 64.Kg6 Kxh4
65.Ne6 Kg4 66.Kf6 Ra5 67.Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.23"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.d3
Nge7 8.Qe1 h6 9.Bb3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Kh1 f5
13.Ng1 Kh8 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Bd2 Rc8 16.Qg3 fxe4 17.dxe4 d5
18.exd5 exd5 19.Nh4 Rf6 20.Nf3 Nf5 21.Qf2 Bb5 22.Rfe1 Bc4
23.Nxd4 Qb6 24.c3 Nxd4 25.Be3 Rf7 26.Bxc4 dxc4 27.Rad1 Re8
28.Bxd4 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Bxd4 30.Rxd4 Qxb2 31.h3 Qb5 32.Qe6 Kg7
33.Rxc4 h5 34.a4 Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qc1 36.Qe5+ Kh7 37.Qd5 Re7 38.Qd4
Rf7 39.Qxa7 Qe1 40.Qg1 Qe2 41.Qd4 Qf1 42.Rb4 Re7 43.Qf6 Rg7
44.Re4 Qf2 45.Qd4 Qc2 46.Re5 Qa2 47.Qe4 Kh6 48.Re8 Kh7 49.Rf8
Rf7 50.Rb8 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.25"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3
a6 8.N5c3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.Qxd6 Qxd6 14.Nxd6 b5 15.Bd3 g6 16.Nb7 Be7 17.Nd5 Bxd5
18.exd5 Nb4 19.Be4 f5 20.a3 fxe4 21.axb4 Bxb4+ 22.c3 Rf7
23.cxb4 Rxb7 24.Ke2 Rd7 25.Rhd1 Rad8 26.Rxa6 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Rxd5
28.Rb6 Kg7 29.h4 h5 30.g3 Kf7 31.Ke3 Kg7 32.Kxe4 Rd4+ 33.Kxe5
Rxb4 34.Rb7+ Kh6 35.f3 Rxb2 36.g4 hxg4 37.fxg4 Rh2 38.g5 Kh5
39.Rh7+ Kg4 40.Kf6 Rxh4 41.Rb7 Kh5 42.Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.26"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 a5
13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 e5 15.Bb6 Qb8 16.Be3 Be6 17.Ra3 Qb4 18.Nb6
Rab8 19.Qxb4 axb4 20.Ra5 Bxb3 21.cxb3 Rfd8 22.Ke2 Nh5 23.Rc1
f5 24.Rc7 fxe4 25.fxe4 Nf4+ 26.Kd2 Ne6 27.Re7 Re8 28.Nd5 Rxe7
29.Nxe7+ Kf8 30.Nd5 Rb7 31.Ra6 Rd7 32.Rb6 Nf4 33.Bxf4 exf4
34.Nxf4 Bh6 35.Ke3 d5 36.exd5 Rxd5 37.Rxb4 Rd1 38.g4 Kg8
39.Rb8+ Kf7 40.Rb7+ Kg8 41.g5 Bg7 42.b4 Bxb2 43.Nd3 Bc3 44.b5
Rh1 45.Nf4 Rxh4 46.Nd5 Bd4+ 47.Kd3 Kf8 48.Nf6 h6 49.Rh7 Be5
50.b6 Rb4 51.Nd7+ Kg8 52.Re7 Bg7 53.gxh6 Bxh6 54.Nf6+ Kf8
55.Re4 Rb1 56.Nd5 Bg5 57.Nb4 Be7 58.b7 Bd6 59.Kc2 Ra1 60.Nc6
Ra6 61.Nd8 Ra5 62.Re6 Bh2 63.Kc3 Rb5 64.Kc4 Rb2 65.Re1 Bc7
66.Ne6+ Kf7 67.Nxc7 Rxb7 68.Ne8+ Rd7 69.Kc5 Rd2 70.Nd6+ Kg7
71.Kc6 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.27"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nfd7 11.Bf4 b5 12.Qe2 Bb7
13.O-O-O Qb6 14.Kb1 Be7 15.h4 O-O-O 16.a3 Nb8 17.Be3 Nc6
18.Ba2 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Qc6 20.Rhf1 Rhf8 21.g3 Kb8 22.Rf4 f5
23.exf6 gxf6 24.b4 e5 25.bxc5 Rxd4 26.Rfxd4 exd4 27.Qxe7 Re8
28.Qf7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.01.28"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 f5 6.O-O d6 7.Rb1 a5
8.a3 Nf6 9.d3 O-O 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 h6 12.b5 Ne7 13.Bb2 Be6
14.Ra1 Rc8 15.c5 Nd7 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Na4 d5 18.Nd2 Qe8 19.e3
g5 20.Qe2 Qf7 21.f4 Ng6 22.fxe5 Ndxe5 23.Nf3 Nxf3+ 24.Bxf3
Bxb2 25.Qxb2 f4 26.Bg2 Qe7 27.Nb6 Rcd8 28.Qd4 Qd6 29.exf4 gxf4
30.Rae1 Kh7 31.Kh1 Bg8 32.Rf3 fxg3 33.Rxg3 Rf4 34.Qe3 Rdf8
35.Rg1 d4 36.Qd2 Ne5 37.Be4+ Rxe4 38.dxe4 Nf3 39.Rxf3 Rxf3
40.Qg2 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.03.22"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5 9.O-O Ncxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.f5 e5 12.Qh5 Qe7
13.Qf3 Nc5 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.Bd5 a5 16.Bg5 Ra6 17.Nd8 f6 18.Nf7
Rg8 19.Be3 g6 20.Ng5 Rg7 21.fxg6 Rxg6 22.Bf7+ Qxf7 23.Nxf7
Kxf7 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.Rad1 Be7 26.Rd5 Bg4 27.Qe4 Kg7 28.Rfd1
Bxd1 29.Rxd1 Re6 30.Qf5 Kf7 31.Re1 b6 32.h4 Rg7 33.Kf1 Bd6
34.Kf2 Bc7 35.Kf3 Ke7 36.Re4 Kf7 37.Rg4 Re7 38.Ke4 Rxg4+
39.Qxg4 Bd8 40.a4 Kf8 41.c3 Rg7 42.Qc8 Ke8 43.Qe6+ Kf8 44.g4
Rf7 45.h5 Rg7 46.h6 Rg6 47.Qd5 Be7 48.Kf5 Rxh6 49.Qb7 e4
50.Qb8+ Kf7 51.Qxb6 e3 52.Qe6+ Ke8 53.Qxe3 Rg6 54.Qe4 Rg5+
55.Kf4 Kd7 56.Qb7+ Ke6 57.Qc8+ Kf7 58.Qc7 h5 59.gxh5 Rxh5
60.Qxa5 Bd6+ 61.Ke4 f5 62.Kd5 Be7 63.Qc7 Rh6 64.a5 Rd6+ 65.Ke5
Rf6 66.Qc8 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.03.23"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4
Be7 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Bf3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 b5
13.O-O-O O-O 14.g4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 exf4 17.Bxf4 a5
18.Rhe1 Bh4 19.Rg1 a4 20.Qd2 Rb8 21.Kb1 Re8 22.Rg2 Bd7 23.Re2
a3 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.g5 f6 26.Be4 axb2 27.Qd3 g6 28.Qa6 Rb6
29.Qa8 Rb8 30.Qa6 Rd8 31.Rd4 f5 32.Bd3 Qe7 33.Bd2 Be1 34.Be2
Bxd2 35.Rxd2 Qxg5 36.Rd1 Qe3 37.Bc4 f4 38.Bb3 f3 39.Qd3 Qe2
40.Bc4 Qxd3 41.Rxd3 Rc8 42.Ba6 Rc3 43.Kxb2 Bd7 44.Rd4 Bf5
45.Rxb4 Rxc2+ 46.Kb3 Rxh2 47.Rf4 f2 48.a4 Bh3 49.a5 g5 50.Rf3
g4 51.Rf5 g3 0-1

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.03.24"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5 9.O-O Nfxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.f5 e5 12.Qh5 d5
13.Re1 Bc5 14.Rxe4 Bxd4+ 15.Be3 O-O 16.Rxd4 exd4 17.Bxd4 f6
18.Bc5 Re8 19.Rd1 Kh8 20.Rxd5 Bd7 21.h3 Re5 22.Rxe5 fxe5
23.Bf7 Be8 24.Bg6 h6 25.Bxe8 Qxe8 26.Qxe8+ Rxe8 27.Bd6 Rd8
28.Bxe5 Rd5 29.Bc3 Rxf5 30.Bd4 b5 31.c3 h5 32.Bf2 Kg8 33.Kf1
Kf7 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Bd4 g6 36.Bb6 Kd5 37.Bc7 Ke4 38.Bd8 Rd5
39.Bh4 Rd3 40.Bf2 a5 41.Be1 a4 42.Bd2 Rd7 43.Bh6 Rd5 44.Bc1
Rc5 45.Be3 a3 46.Bc1 b4 0-1

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.03.26"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6 9.Bh4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e3 Re8 12.Bb5 c6
13.Ba4 Nbd7 14.Ne2 Qe7 15.Bf2 Ba6 16.b4 Rec8 17.Qb2 Bc4 18.Bb3
b5 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.O-O a5 21.Nc3 Rcb8 22.Rab1 axb4 23.axb4 Rb7
24.Rfe1 Qf8 25.e4 Rab8 26.b5 dxe4 27.fxe4 cxb5 28.Qb4 Qxb4
29.Rxb4 Ra8 30.Reb1 Ra3 31.Be1 Nf8 32.Nxb5 Rd3 33.e5 Nd5
34.Rxc4 Ne6 35.Rcc1 Nxd4 36.Nxd4 Rxb1 37.Rxb1 Rxd4 38.Rb8+ Kh7
39.Rd8 Kg6 40.Bg3 Rd2 41.Rd6+ Kf5 42.Rd7 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.03.27"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Ne7
8.c4 Ng6 9.Na3 Nf4 10.Bxf4 Bxa3 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Be7 13.h3
Bh5 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Qe3 a5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Bxh6 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Bh4
19.Kh1 f5 20.Rg1 Rf7 21.Bxg7 Rxg7 22.Qh6 Bg5 23.Qxe6+ Kh8
24.Qxf5 Qe7 25.Qg4 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Qxe5 27.Rbe1 Qf4 28.Qh5+ Kg8
29.Rxg5 Rxg5 30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Qh6+ Kf7 32.Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.03.28"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O d6 7.b3
Nbd7 8.Bb2 Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.d5 exd5 11.Nh4 g6 12.cxd5 Ne8 13.f4
Nc7 14.e4 b5 15.e5 f5 16.a4 b4 17.Nb5 Nxb5 18.axb5 Qb6 19.Re1
Qxb5 20.Bf1 Qb6 21.Bc4 Qd8 22.exd6 Bf6 23.Qd2 Bxb2 24.Qxb2 Qf6
25.Qf2 Nb6 26.Rad1 Rfe8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qxc5 Qc3 29.Ng2 Re2
30.d7 Nxd7 31.Qb5 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Qc2+ 33.Be2 Nb6 34.Kf2 Kg7
35.d6 Bc6 36.Qxb4 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.03.30"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6 9.a3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bd3 b5 12.Ne4 Nxe4
13.Bxe4 Bb7 14.Rd1 f5 15.Bb1 Qc7 16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Nb4 18.e4
a5 19.h3 Bc5 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Rad8 22.Rc1 f4 23.Qc3 Qxc3
24.bxc3 Nd3 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Ne5 Rd2 27.Rb1 Ba8 28.f3 Rc2 29.c4
Rd8 30.Rxa5 h6 31.Ng6 Bc6 32.h4 Rxc4 33.Nxf4 Kf7 34.Rb6 Rd7
35.h5 Rb7 36.Rba6 Kf6 37.Kh2 Rc3 38.Ra8 Ke7 39.Rg8 Kf6 40.Ng6
Rf7 41.Ne5 Rc7 42.Rf8+ Ke7 43.Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.03.31"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.Rc1 Nf6 13.f3
c6 14.Be3 a6 15.b4 cxd5 16.cxd5 Bd7 17.Nb2 b5 18.a4 bxa4
19.Nbxa4 Rb8 20.Rb1 fxe4 21.fxe4 Neg8 22.Qd3 Bh6 23.Kh1 Bxe3
24.Qxe3 Ng4 25.Rxf8 Qxf8 26.Bxg4 Bxg4 27.h3 Bd7 28.Nb6 Qd8
29.Nxd7 Qxd7 30.Qd3 Qa7 31.b5 axb5 32.Rxb5 Rxb5 33.Nxb5 Qc5
34.Nc3 Nf6 35.Qf3 Kg7 36.g4 Qa3 37.Kg2 Qb2+ 38.Kg1 Qc1+ 39.Kg2
Qd2+ 40.Kf1 h6 41.Ne2 Qd1+ 42.Kf2 Qc2 43.Ke3 Qb1 44.Ng3 Qe1+
45.Kd3 Qg1 46.h4 Qb1+ 47.Ke2 Qc2+ 48.Kf1 Qc8 49.h5 Nxg4 50.Qe2
Qc1+ 51.Kg2 Qf4 52.hxg6 Kxg6 53.Qf3 Kg5 54.Nf5 Qd2+ 55.Kg1 h5
56.Ng7 Qc1+ 57.Kg2 Qb2+ 58.Kg1 Qa1+ 59.Kg2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "10th Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.04.01"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5
Ne7 13. c4 c6 14. Bc2 bxc4 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nxc4 Nd4 17. Nxd4
exd4 18. Bg5 d5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. e5 Qh6 21. Nd2 Bb4 22. Re2
Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxe5 25. b4 a5 26. b5 Rc8 27. Bd3
Kf8 28. Bf1 Ke7 29. Rxd4 Re4 30. Rd3 Kd6 31. Ra3 a4 32. Rb1 g6
33. f3 Rd4 34. Bd3 Kc5 35. Bf1 Kb6 36. Rb2 f5 37. Re3 Rd1
38. Kf2 Rdc1 39. Re6+ Ka5 40. Bd3 a3 41. Rb3 R8c3 42. Rxc3
Rxc3 43. Ke3 Rb3 44. Kd4 Rb2 45. Re2 f4 46. Kc5 Rxe2 47. Bxe2
g5 48. b6 h5 49. Bb5 d4 50. Bd3 h4 51. Bf1 Ba8 52. Bc4 Bb7
53. Bd3 Bc8 54. Be4 Ka6 55. Kc6 Ka5 56. Bd3 Kb4 57. Kc7 Kc5
58. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Kremlin Stars Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1996.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 g6
8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nxb6 11.Bf4 Ne8 12.h3 Nc7 13.Qd2
Bb7 14.Bh6 f5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.b4 Nd7 17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Qd4+ Kg8
19.e5 Rc8 20.Rad1 Ne8 21.Rfe1 Ng7 22.Bf1 Rc7 23.Rc1 Qc8
24.exd6 exd6 25.Ng5 Re8 26.Qh4 Nh5 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Qb4 Qe7
29.Nf3 Nf6 30.Re1 Qd7 31.Ng5 Rc8 32.Qd4 Qg7 33.Ne6 Nxe6
34.Rxe6 Nxd5 35.Qxg7+ Kxg7 36.Nxd5 Bxd5 37.Rxd6 Bxa2 38.Rxa6
Rc2 39.g3 Rb2 40.Bg2 h5 41.h4 Rb1+ 42.Kh2 Rb2 43.Kg1 Bc4
44.Rc6 Be2 45.Rc7+ Kh6 46.Bd5 Rb8 47.Re7 Bd1 48.f4 Rd8 49.Bc4
Bc2 50.Kf2 Be4 51.Ke3 Rc8 52.Kd4 Bc2 53.Bd5 Rd8 54.Ke5 Bb1
55.Bf7 Bc2 56.Kf6 Bb1 57.Re8 Rd6+ 58.Re6 Rd8 59.Re8 Rd6+
60.Be6 Kh7 61.Re7+ Kh6 62.Re8 Kh7 63.Kg5 Kg7 64.Rg8+ Kh7
65.Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Kremlin Stars Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1996.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.c3 Be7 12.h4 c5
13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Neg5 Nf6 15.Qc2 h6 16.Rde1 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Bxc5
18.Ne5 Bd6 19.f4 Rad8 20.Qe2 Nd5 21.Bc2 Rfe8 22.Qe4 f5 23.Qf3
Bxe5 24.fxe5 Qc4 25.Kb1 Qf4 26.Qe2 Rc8 27.Rh3 Red8 28.Rf1 Qc4
29.Bd3 Qa4 30.Bb5 Qa5 31.Bc4 b5 32.Bb3 b4 33.cxb4 Qxb4 34.a3
Qb6 35.Rd1 Nf4 36.Rxd8+ Rxd8 37.Qf3 Nxh3 38.gxh3 Rb8 39.Ka2 f4
0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 h6 4.Bh4 g5 5.Bg3 Ne4 6.Nbd2 Nxg3
7.hxg3 Bg7 8.c3 d6 9.e4 a6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Nc4 b6
13.Ne3 Bb7 14.a4 Kf8 15.Nd2 c5 16.d5 Ne5 17.Bc2 a5 18.Bb3 Ba6
19.Ndc4 f5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bc4 f4 22.gxf4 gxf4 23.Ng4 Bxc4
24.Qxc4 Bg7 25.dxe6 h5 26.Qd5 Re8 27.Qf5+ Kg8 28.Rxh5 Rxh5
29.Qxh5 Qxe6 30.O-O-O Qxe4 31.Nh6+ Bxh6 32.Qxh6 Re6 33.Qg5+
Kf7 34.Rh1 Rf6 35.Qg4 Qf5 36.Qf3 d5 37.Rh5 Qe4 38.Rxd5 Qxa4
39.Qh5+ Ke6 40.Qe5+ Kf7 41.Qc7+ Kg6 42.Qc8 Qa1+ 43.Kc2 Qa4+
44.Kc1 Qa1+ 45.Kc2 Qa4+ 46.Kd2 Qc6 47.Qg8+ Kh6 48.Qh8+ Kg6
49.Qg8+ Kh6 50.c4 Qe6 51.Qh8+ Kg6 52.Rh5 Qd7+ 53.Kc1 Qe7
54.Kb1 Qe4+ 55.Ka1 Re6 56.f3 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.h4 Qa5 12.Qg5 b5
13.Qxb5 Qc7 14.e5 Ne8 15.exd6 Nxd6 16.Qc5 Qxc5 17.Bxc5 Bxc3
18.bxc3 Rfc8 19.Bxd6 exd6 20.Rxd6 Rxc3 21.h5 Rc5 22.Kb2 Rf5
23.Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 b5 10.g5 Nh5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Be7 13.Nd5
Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Nc7+ Ke7 16.Nxa8 Qh4+ 17.Kd2 Qg5+ 18.Ke1
Qh4+ 19.Kd2 Qg5+ 20.Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 c6 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.Ne5 e6 9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bf2 Bd7 13.e4
Ne7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.e5 Rfc8 16.Re1 Nc4 17.Qe2 Rc7 18.Rad1 Rac8
19.Rd3 Nb6 20.g4 Na4 21.Qd2 Bf8 22.Rf3 b5 23.a3 a6 24.Rf1 Rc6
25.f5 exf5 26.Bh4 Nb6 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.gxf5 Rd8 29.Qf2 Bh6
30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Rf7 Qg5 32.Kh1 Qe3 33.Nxd5 Qxf2 34.R7xf2 Nxd5
35.Rf7 Rc1 36.Rxc1 Kxf7 37.Rc6 Nf4 38.Rc7+ Kg8 39.d5 Nxd5
40.Ra7 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5
Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4 9.Naxc4 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qb6 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Qa4
O-O-O 13.Rd1 Be7 14.Rxd4 Bc5 15.Rc4 Kb8 16.Kf1 e5 17.Bg5 Qxb2
18.Rcc1 Nb6 19.Qe4 Rd7 20.Rab1 Qd4 21.Qxd4 Bxd4 22.e3 h6
23.Bh3 hxg5 24.Bxd7 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Nxd7 26.Kg2 b6 27.Rb5 f6
28.Rc6 Re8 29.Rd5 Nc5 30.Kf3 Kb7 31.Rcd6 Kc7 32.Kg4 Rh8 33.h3
a5 34.Rd1 a4 35.a3 Ne4 36.Rd7+ Kc6 37.Kf3 f5 38.Kg2 Rc8 39.Rf7
Nc3 40.Rc1 Kd5 41.Rxf5 Kc4 42.Rxg5 Kb3 43.Rxg7 Kxa3 44.h4 Kb2
45.Rf1 Rh8 46.Kh3 a3 47.Ra7 b5 48.g4 b4 49.g5 Rg8 50.Rg1 a2
51.Rg2+ Kb1 52.g6 b3 53.h5 b2 54.Ra3 Rd8 55.Rxc3 a1=Q 56.Rb3
Qa6 57.Rbxb2+ Kc1 58.Ra2 Qe6+ 59.Kh2 Kb1 60.Rab2+ Kc1 61.Ra2
Kb1 62.Raf2 Kc1 63.g7 Qg8 64.Rf1+ Rd1 65.Rxd1+ Kxd1 66.h6 Ke1
{67.Kg1 Qb3 68.g8=Q Qxe3+ 69.Kh1 Qxh6+ 70.Rh2} 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.d5 Na6 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.O-O f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 c5 13.a3 b6 14.b4
h5 15.bxc5 Nxc5 16.a4 a5 17.Ra3 Bf6 18.Nb3 Rf7 19.Kh1 Nc7
20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Rg1 Na6 22.g3 Rg7 23.Kg2 Raa7 24.Kf1 Nb4
25.Ke1 Raf7 26.Nb5 fxg3 27.hxg3 h4 28.Kd2 hxg3 29.Rxg3 Bh4
30.Rg2 Bxf2 31.Rxf2 Qg5+ 32.Re3 Rf6 33.Rh2 Rh7 34.Rxh7 Kxh7
35.Bf1 Qf4 36.Nc3 Bd7 37.Bg2 Kg7 38.Qg1 Qg5 39.Qf2 Rf4 40.Bf1
Rh4 41.Be2 Qf4 42.Qg1 Qh6 43.Bd1 Rh3 44.Qe1 Rh2+ 45.Ne2 Rh1
46.Qf2 Be8 47.Bb3 Rb1 48.f4 Qh1 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.Be3 Nf6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.f3 Bxa4
13.Qxa4 Qd3 14.Rfe1 Rfd8 15.Qb3 Qb5 16.Nc4 Ne8 17.Rad1 Bf6
18.Bf2 Ng7 19.Ne3 Qxb3 20.axb3 Ne6 21.Ng4 Bg7 22.Bh4 g5 23.Bf2
Nf4 24.g3 Nd3 25.Re2 Nxf2 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Kxf2 f6 28.Ne3 Kf7
29.Rc2 Bf8 30.Ke2 h5 31.Rc1 Bh6 32.Nf5 Kg6 33.Rf1 Rd7 34.b4
Kh7 35.Ne3 Kg6 36.Nd5 Kf7 37.h3 c6 38.Nb6 Rd8 39.Nc4 Ke6
40.Na5 g4 41.Nb3 h4 42.fxg4 hxg3 43.Nc5+ Ke7 44.Nd3 b6 45.Rf3
c5 46.bxc5 bxc5 47.Kf1 a5 48.Nxc5 Rd1+ 49.Kg2 Bf4 50.b4 Rd2+
51.Kf1 Rd1+ 52.Kg2 Rd2+ 53.Kf1 Rd1+ 54.Kg2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qd2 g5
7.O-O-O Bg7 8.g3 Nc6 9.Nb5 Qd8 10.Ne2 a6 11.Nbc3 b5 12.Bg2 Bb7
13.f4 Ne7 14.h4 g4 15.h5 b4 16.Nb1 a5 17.Qe3 O-O 18.Nd2 f5
19.Rhg1 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Nf5 21.Qb3 d5 22.Bxf5 exf5 23.Rge1 Re8
24.Nf1 Ba6 25.Ng1 Bc4 26.Qa4 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 Re6 28.Qb3 c6
29.Rfe1 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Bxd4 31.Ne2 Qe7 32.Kd1 Bf2 33.Rf1 Bc5
34.Qd3 Re8 35.Re1 Qe6 36.c3 bxc3 37.bxc3 d4 38.cxd4 Bb4 39.d5
Qxd5 40.Qxd5+ cxd5 41.Rg1 Re3 42.Nc1 d4 43.Nb3 a4 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6
12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Be7 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. axb5 Qxe5 16. bxa6
O-O 17. Qa4 Nc5 18. Qc4 Rfb8 19. Ra5 Qd6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4
Qb4 22. Qxb4 Bxb4 23. Ra4 Rb6 24. a7 Bc5 25. Rd1 h6 26. b4
Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Bxb4 28. Be3 Kf8 29. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qb6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Nb3 Be7 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.Be2 Rb8 12.Qg3 h6 13.Bh4
O-O 14.O-O b5 15.Kh1 Nd7 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Rad1 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5
19.Nd4 Nb6 20.Bh5 f6 21.b3 Kh8 22.h3 Rb7 23.Nde2 Be6 24.Qe3
Rbb8 25.Rd3 Bg8 26.Bg4 Bh7 27.Rfd1 f5 28.exf5 Nxf5 29.Bxf5
Bxf5 30.R3d2 Bh7 31.Ne4 Rbd8 32.N2c3 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 Nd7 34.Kh2
Qb7 35.Rd6 Rc8 36.Qd2 Bxe4 37.Rxd7 Qc6 38.Nxe4 Qxe4 39.Rxg7
Kxg7 40.Qd7+ Kf6 41.Qxc8 Qf4+ 42.Kg1 Qe3+ 43.Kf1 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 Bg4 8.f3 Bd7 9.Qe2 a6 10.Be3 Qa5 11.Nd4 b5 12.Bb3 e6
13.O-O-O b4 14.Nb1 Be7 15.g4 Nxd4 16.Rxd4 e5 17.Rdd1 Be6
18.Nd2 Bxb3 19.cxb3 d5 20.exd5 Qxa2 21.Nc4 Qxb3 22.Kb1 Rc8
23.Rd3 Qxc4 24.Rc1 Qxc1+ 25.Bxc1 Bd6 26.f4 e4 27.g5 O-O 28.Rd1
Nd7 29.Qxa6 Bc5 30.Qb5 Rc7 31.d6 Ra7 32.b3 e3 33.Bb2 Re8 34.f5
Bxd6 35.g6 hxg6 36.fxg6 Re6 37.gxf7 Kxf7 38.Qh5+ Kg8 39.Bxg7
e2 40.Qh8+ Kf7 41.Re1 Ra3 42.Qh5+ Kxg7 43.Rg1+ Bg3 44.Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3
Bg7 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.Be2 O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd7
13.O-O Qa5 14.Rab1 Rfd8 15.Rfc1 a6 16.a3 Bf6 17.Bg4 e6 18.b4
Qg5 19.f4 Qh6 20.Ne2 Nde5 21.Rc2 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Bxb2 23.Rbxb2
Qh4 24.g5 e5 25.b5 axb5 26.cxb5 Nd4 27.Nxd4 exd4 28.Rb3 Re8
29.g3 Qg4 30.Qxd4 Ra4 31.Rc4 Rxc4 32.Qxc4 Rc8 33.Qd3 Rc1+
34.Kg2 Qh5 35.e5 Rd1 36.Qf3 Qh1+ 37.Kf2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.Qe1 e6 11.h4 Qc7 12.exd5 Nxd5
13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qd2 Re8 15.h5 Rxe3 16.Qxe3 Nxd4 17.Rxd4 Bf5
18.Bd3 Qb6 19.Rhh4 Be4 20.Rdxe4 Qxb2+ 21.Kd1 dxe4 22.Rxe4 Qxa2
23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Re7 Qb1+ 25.Ke2 Bf6 26.Rd7 a5 27.Bxg6 Qb5+
28.Qd3 Re8+ 29.Be4 Qxd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5
8.e4 cxd4 9.exf5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Qe2 dxc3
13.Qxe6+ Qe7 14.Bxc4 Qxe6+ 15.Bxe6 cxb2 16.Bxb2 Bb4+ 17.Ke2
Ke7 18.Bc4 Rhd8 19.Rhd1 Rab8 20.g3 h5 21.Rd4 Ba5 22.Ba3+ Ke8
23.Rad1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Rb1 25.Bd3 Re1+ 26.Kf2 Kf7 27.Bc5 Ra1
28.Bc4+ Ke8 29.Bd3 Kf7 30.Bxa7 Ra2+ 31.Kg1 Ra1+ 32.Kg2 Ra2+
33.Kh3 Ra3 34.f4 Be1 35.Bc5 Rc3 36.Bc4+ Ke8 37.Bb4 Rc1 38.Bxe1
Rxe1 39.a5 Ra1 40.a6 Ke7 41.Rd2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Na6 10.h3 Re8 11.Nd2 Nc7 12.a4 b6 13.e4
Ba6 14.Re1 Nd7 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Bf4 Qf8 17.Qc2 h6 18.Rab1 g5
19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Nh2 Ne5 21.Ng4 Nc4 22.Ne3 Nxe3 23.Bxe3 Na6
24.Nb5 Nb4 25.Qd2 Red8 26.Kh2 a6 27.Nc3 Re8 28.f4 gxf4 29.Bxf4
Bc8 30.Re2 Bd7 31.Rbe1 c4 32.e5 dxe5 33.Bxe5 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Nd3
35.Re7 Nxe1 36.Qxe1 Rd8 37.Qe4 b5 38.d6 bxa4 39.Qxc4 Be6
40.Qxa4 Be5 41.Ne4 Bxd6 42.Ra7 Be5 43.b3 Qg7 44.Qxa6 Rd4 45.b4
Bf5 46.Qe2 Bxe4 47.Ra3 Bxg2 48.Kxg2 Rxb4 49.Ra8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4
13.a4 Bc5 14.Ne4 O-O 15.Nxc5 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Nxc5 17.axb5 axb5
18.Bg5 Rxa1 19.Bxd8 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Rxd8 21.g3 Ne6 22.Qb7 g6
23.Qxb5 c5 24.h4 h5 25.b4 cxb4 26.Qxb4 Kg7 27.Kg2 Kg8 28.Qc3
Ra8 29.Qf3 Rb8 30.Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.05.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.a4 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Na5 13.Bg1
Bf8 14.Qe1 Rb8 15.h3 Nd7 16.Bh2 Nc6 17.Rd1 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 b5
19.axb5 axb5 20.e5 f5 21.exd6 Bxd6 22.Nd5 Qa7 23.Rd1 b4 24.Bg1
Qa5 25.Bh5 g6 26.Qg3 Kf7 27.Bf3 Bf8 28.Rfe1 Bg7 29.Ne3 Kf8
30.Nc4 Qc7 31.Nd6 Re7 32.Bd4 Bxd4 33.Rxd4 Nf6 34.Red1 Ba6
35.Qh4 Nd7 36.Qe1 e5 37.fxe5 Nxe5 38.Qg3 Nxf3 39.gxf3 Ra8
40.Qf4 Be2 41.R1d2 Ra1+ 42.Kg2 Bf1+ 43.Kg3 Ba6 44.Rd1 Rxd1
45.Rxd1 Qxc2 46.Qd4 Kg8 47.Qd5+ Kg7 48.Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.06.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5
13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.Bc2 f4 17.Qh5 Rf7 18.Bxh7+
Kf8 19.Bf5 Qe8 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Qg4 Qh6 22.Nf5 Qe6 23.Nfe3 Qh6
24.Nf5 Qe6 25.Nfe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.06.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.Qe1 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 e6 12.Kh1 Rc8
13.Rf1 Re8 14.Qf2 a6 15.f5 Nd7 16.Qg3 Qb6 17.Nd1 Nce5 18.Be3
Qa5 19.Bg5 h6 20.Be3 Kh7 21.Qh3 exf5 22.exf5 Qb4 23.Nf2 Nc5
24.a3 Qa4 25.Rae1 Ncxd3 26.cxd3 h5 27.Bd2 Ng4 28.Ne4 Qc2
29.Rc1 Qxb2 30.Qf3 Ne5 31.Qe3 Qxa3 32.Bc3 Kg8 33.fxg6 fxg6
34.Qb6 Rf8 35.Qxb7 Qa2 36.Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5
13.Nc2 Be6 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 a5 16.O-O f5 17.Qe2 Rb8 18.Rfd1
Kh8 19.Rd2 Qd7 20.Rad1 Qf7 21.b3 Na7 22.Kh1 Nc8 23.Na3 Na7
24.f4 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 exf4 26.gxf4 Bxc3 27.Qd3 Bb2 28.Nc2 Nc6
29.Rxb5 Nb4 30.Nxb4 axb4 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Qxd6 Qf8 33.Qd7 Qc5
34.Bd5 Rf8 35.Qe6 Bg7 36.Rg1 Qc7 37.Rg3 Qd8 38.Qc6 Qe7 39.Be6
h6 40.Kg2 Rf6 41.Qa8+ Bf8 42.Bd5 Kh7 43.Bg8+ Kh8 44.Kh3 Rd6
45.Bc4 Rd8 46.Qa5 Bg7 47.Qxf5 Rf8 48.Qd5 Qf6 49.Qd7 Qf5+
50.Qxf5 Rxf5 51.Kg4 Ra5 52.Rg2 Bf6 53.Kf3 Bg7 54.Ke4 Kh7 55.h3
Kh8 56.Be6 Kh7 57.Rc2 Bc3 58.Kd3 Kg7 59.f5 Kf6 60.Rg2 Ke5
61.Kc4 Ra7 62.h4 Rc7+ 63.Kd3 Kf4 64.Rg6 Rg7 65.a4 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.06.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Nc3 Nbd7
8.a4 Qxb6 9.a5 Qa7 10.e4 Bg7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Rb8 13.Nd2 Ne8
14.Nc4 Nc7 15.Bg5 Re8 16.Na4 Nb5 17.Nab6 Qb7 18.Ra2 Nf6
19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nxc8 Rbxc8 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Bc4 Nc7 23.Qd3 Qa7
24.b3 Na8 25.Nxa8 Rxa8 26.g3 Reb8 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.h4 h5 29.Re1
Bd4 30.Rb1 Rb4 31.Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.06.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4
Nbd7 8.Bf3 Qb6 9.a3 e5 10.Nde2 Qc5 11.g4 exf4 12.Nxf4 Ne5
13.h3 Be6 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Nfd5 g6 16.Be2 Bg7 17.Be3 Qc6 18.Qd2
Nc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.O-O-O Rc8 21.Kb1 Rd8 22.b3 Qc6 23.Bd4 Bxd4
24.Qxd4 Ne5 25.Qf2 Kd7 26.Rd4 f5 27.gxf6 Rhf8 28.Rhd1 Ke8
29.Qe3 Rc8 30.R1d2 Qc5 31.Kb2 b5 32.Qg3 Rf7 33.h4 a5 34.a4 b4
35.Nb5 Rb7 36.Kb1 Rxb5 37.axb5 Qxb5 38.Qf4 Nf7 39.Qf2 Rc5
40.Nf4 Re5 41.Rxd6 Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.06.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nge7 7.Be3
b5 8.Nb3 d6 9.f4 Bd7 10.Bg2 Nc8 11.Nd4 Nb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bd4
b4 14.Ne2 Nd7 15.Qd3 e5 16.Bf2 Qb8 17.O-O-O Be7 18.Rhe1 O-O
19.Kb1 a5 20.Nc1 Qb7 21.Qe2 Rfc8 22.Nd3 Rc7 23.Rd2 Bf6 24.f5
Bg5 25.Be3 Be7 26.Bf2 Nb6 27.b3 Nd7 28.h4 Bb5 29.g4 Rac8 30.g5
f6 31.g6 h6 32.Qd1 Rc3 33.Nb2 Kh8 34.Bf3 Bf8 35.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.06.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.Bxc5 Qxc5 9.Qd4 Nd7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Qxc5 Nxc5 12.Nd4 Ne7
13.f4 h5 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.Rhe1 Bg6 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.cxd3 Nc6
18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Kd2 g6 20.Rc1 Ke7 21.Ne2 Rhc8 22.Nd4 R6c7
23.h4 Na4 24.Rxc7+ Rxc7 25.b3 Nb6 26.a4 Nc8 27.b4 Kd7 28.Rb1
Na7 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 Rc5 31.Ke3 b6 32.Rb3 Ke7 33.Kf3 f5
34.exf6+ Kxf6 35.Ke3 Nc8 36.Rb1 Nd6 37.Kd2 e5 38.fxe5 Kxe5
39.Rb4 Nc4+ 40.dxc4 Kxd4 41.cxd5 Kxd5 42.Kd3 Rc1 43.Rf4 Ke5
44.Re4+ Kf5 45.Rd4 Rc5 46.Rb4 Re5 47.g3 Re1 48.Rf4+ Ke5 49.Rf3
Rc1 50.Rf4 Rg1 51.Rf3 Kd5 52.Ke3 Ke5 53.Kd3 Kd5 54.Ke3 Ke5
55.Kd3 Ra1 56.Kc4 Ra4+ 57.Kb3 Rg4 58.Rd3 Rd4 59.Rc3 Rg4 60.Rd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.07.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.O-O exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.f3 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bd3
Na6 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rfe1 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Rac8 18.Qf2
Nc5 19.Bc2 Qf6 20.Rad1 b6 21.Qd2 Ne6 22.Be4 Rcd8 23.Qc1 Ba4
24.b3 Bd7 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.Qxc6 Nc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc6 28.Bxc6 Rxe1+
29.Rxe1 bxc5 30.Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Lobron"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 a6 13.Qa4
Nd7 14.Rxe4 Rxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6 16.Qh4 axb5 17.Bxb5 Qb6 18.a4 Bb7
19.Bh6 Bxd5 20.Nd2 Qb7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qg3 Nh5 23.Qc3+ Kg8
24.f3 Qe7 25.Ne4 Bxe4 26.fxe4 Qxe4 27.Re1 Qb7 28.Rf1 Ng7
29.Qf6 Nf5 30.Re1 Qd5 31.b3 Qd2 32.Rf1 Qe3+ 33.Kh2 Qg3+ 34.Kg1
Qxb3 35.Rxf5 gxf5 36.Qg5+ Kf8 37.Qh6+ Ke7 38.Qh4+ f6 39.Qxh7+
Qf7 40.Qxf5 Kd8 41.Bc6 Ra7 42.Bd5 Qe7 43.Qb1 Kc8 44.Qf5+ Kc7
45.Qb1 Qe3+ 46.Kh1 Qd2 47.Qb3 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 b4 12.e5 Nh5 13.Ne4 c5
14.Nfd2 Nxg3 15.fxg3 Be7 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.exd6 c3 18.bxc3 bxc3
19.Nc4 O-O 20.Rc1 f5 21.dxc5 Rc8 22.Bf3 Ba6 23.c6 Bxc4 24.c7
Qf6 25.Re1 Nc5 26.Re3 Ne4 27.h3 Bd5 28.Bxe4 fxe4 29.Rexc3 Rf7
30.Kh2 Qe5 31.Rc6 e3 32.Qe2 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qd5 34.Qa6 Rff8
35.Rc3 Kg7 36.Rd3 Qe4 37.Qxc8 Rxc8 38.d7 Rxc7 39.d8=Q+ Rf7
40.Qd4+ Qxd4 41.Rxd4 Rb7 42.Re4 Kf6 43.Rxe3 Rb4 44.Rf3+ Ke7
45.Rc3 Rxa4 46.Rc7+ Kd6 47.Rh7 a5 48.Rxh6 Rc4 49.Rh8 a4 50.h4
g4 51.h5 Ke7 52.h6 Kf7 53.Re8 Rc5 54.Ra8 Rh5+ 55.Kg1 Rxh6
56.Rxa4 Rg6 57.Kf2 Kg7 58.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nxd4
cxd4 8.Ne2 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe1 Nd7 11.Bc4 d5 12.exd5 Nb6
13.d3 Nxc4 14.dxc4 b5 15.Qf2 bxc4 16.Nxd4 Qxd5 17.Be3 a5 18.c3
Rd8 19.Qc2 e6 20.Rad1 Qh5 21.Nc6 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Bb7 23.Ne7+ Kh8
24.Rd7 Qb5 25.Qd2 Bd5 26.Rc7 Be4 27.Nc8 Qd5 28.Nd6 Kg8 29.Nxc4
Rb8 30.Qxd5 exd5 31.Ba7 Ra8 32.Nd6 Bb1 33.Nxf7 Bxa2 34.Ng5 Re8
35.Bd4 Bh6 36.Nxh7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.e4 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Qd1
c5 8.d5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Ngf6 10.f3 Qa5 11.Qb3 O-O-O 12.Be2 Rdg8
13.Rb1 Qc7 14.Be3 Kb8 15.Qc2 g5 16.O-O Rg6 17.Rb2 Ka8 18.Rfb1
Rb8 19.Kh1 h5 20.Qd2 g4 21.Qc2 gxf3 22.gxf3 Ne5 23.f4 Qc8
24.Bf1 Nxc4 25.Bxc4 Qh3 26.Rf1 Qxe3 27.Qd3 Qxe4+ 28.Qxe4 Nxe4
29.Bd3 f5 30.Bxe4 fxe4 31.Re2 a6 32.Rxe4 Rg7 33.a4 Ka7 34.Rfe1
Rf8 35.a5 Rff7 36.R1e3 Rg4 37.Rxe7 Rxe7 38.Rxe7 Rxf4 39.Re6
Rc4 40.Rxd6 Rxc3 41.Rh6 Rd3 42.Rxh5 c4 43.Rh4 c3 44.Rc4 Rxd5
45.Rxc3 Rxa5 46.h4 Rh5 47.Rh3 b5 48.Kg2 Kb6 49.Kf3 a5 50.Ke2
b4 51.Kd2 Kb5 52.Kc2 a4 53.Kb2 Rf5 54.h5 a3 55.Kb1 Rf1+ 56.Ka2
Ka4 57.Rh4 Rf2+ 58.Ka1 a2 59.h6 Ka3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.a4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Na5 13.g4
Nd7 14.Bg2 Bf8 15.Qe1 b6 16.Rd1 Bb7 17.Qh4 Nc6 18.Nde2 Nb4
19.Rd2 Qd8 20.g5 f6 21.Nd4 fxg5 22.fxg5 Nc6 23.Rdf2 Rc8
24.Nce2 Nc5 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.e5 dxe5 28.Nf3 Bc6
29.Nxe5 Bxg2+ 30.Rxg2 Rc7 31.Ng4 Kh8 32.Qh3 Qd5 33.g6 h6
34.Bxh6 gxh6 35.g7 Bxg7 36.Nxh6 Qxg2+ 37.Qxg2 Bxh6 38.Qg6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O Bd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.e5 Ne8 12.Nxc6 Bxc6
13.f5 exf5 14.e6 Kh8 15.exf7 Nf6 16.Be6 Bd7 17.Bb3 f4 18.Bxf4
Bg4 19.Qe3 Bxd1 20.Rxd1 a6 21.Be6 Rc5 22.g4 b5 23.h4 b4 24.Ne2
Qc7 25.g5 Rxc2+ 26.Kb1 Nh5 27.Bh2 g6 28.Bb3 Rc5 29.Nf4 Re5
30.Qd4 Nxf4 31.Bxf4 Qc5 32.Bxe5+ dxe5 33.Qe4 Kg7 34.Bd5 Qd6
35.Bb3 Qc5 36.Rc1 Qd4 37.Qb7 Bd8 38.Rd1 Qb6 39.Qe4 Bc7 40.Bc4
a5 41.Rd7 a4 42.Qf3 Bd8 43.Qg3 Bc7 44.b3 a3 45.Qf3 Bd8 46.Kc2
Kh8 47.Kd3 Kg7 48.Ke2 Kh8 49.Qd5 Bc7 50.Rd8 Bxd8 51.Qxe5+ Bf6
52.Qxf6+ Qxf6 53.gxf6 h5 54.Kf3 Kh7 55.Kf4 Kh6 56.Ke5 g5
57.Ke6 Rb8 58.Bb5 Rh8 59.Ke7 Kg6 60.Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Qa4
Nfd7 8.Qxc4 Nb6 9.Qd3 Nc6 10.Bf4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 e5 12.Ndb5 Qxd3
13.exd3 exf4 14.Nxc7 Rb8 15.O-O fxg3 16.hxg3 Rd8 17.Rfe1 Bf5
18.Be4 Bxe4 19.dxe4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rbc8 21.Nb5 a6 22.Nd4 Rxc3
23.Nb3 Nc4 24.Red1 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 a5 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.Rc8 a4
28.Nd4 Kf6 29.Rc5 g5 30.e5 Kg6 31.Rc8 g4 32.Rg8+ Kh5 33.Rc8 a3
34.Kh2 Rc1 35.Rc7 Kg6 36.Rc8 h5 37.Rg8+ Kh7 38.Rc8 Rc3 39.Kg1
b5 40.Nxb5 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Rc2 42.Kg1 Rc1+ 43.Kh2 Rc2 44.Kg1 Ne3
45.Rd8 Rc1+ 46.Kh2 Rc2 47.Kg1 Nf5 48.Nxa3 Rxa2 49.Nb5 h4
50.Nd6 Ra1+ 51.Kh2 hxg3 52.fxg3 Ra2+ 53.Kg1 Nxg3 54.Nxf7 Nf5
55.e6 Ra1+ 56.Kg2 Ra2+ 57.Kg1 g3 58.Ng5+ Kg7 59.Ne4 Re2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5
Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Rb1 Qa6 17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1
19.Qd5 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Bd3 21.Ne4 Bxb1 22.Nd6+ Kc7 23.Bf4 Kb6
24.Nxc4+ Kb5 25.Nd6+ Kb6 26.exd8=B+ Rxd8 27.Nc4+ Kb5 28.Nd6+
Kb6 29.Nc4+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.20"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6
Bxf6 14.Rc1 Kh8 15.a4 a6 16.a5 Bd7 17.Bd3 Ng8 18.cxd6 cxd6
19.Na4 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Bxc8 21.Nb6 fxe4 22.Rxe4 Bf5 23.Rc4 Rf7
24.Qc2 Bg7 25.Nd2 Bf8 26.h3 Kg7 27.Ne4 Nf6 28.Ng3 Bxd3 29.Qxd3
h5 30.Ne4 Nxe4 31.Qxe4 Kh7 32.Qc2 Bh6 33.Na4 Qf6 34.Rc7 Rxc7
35.Qxc7+ Bg7 36.Nc3 Qf4 37.g3 Qc1+ 38.Kg2 Qc2 39.h4 e4 40.Nb5
Qd2 41.Nxd6 e3 42.Qf7 exf2 43.Ne8 f1=Q+ 44.Kxf1 Qd1+ 45.Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.21"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.O-O b6 11.Qd3 Bb7 12.Bg5 Nxb3
13.axb3 a6 14.Rfe1 h6 15.Bd2 b5 16.f4 e6 17.Kh2 Rc8 18.Re2 Qc7
19.b4 Rfd8 20.Nb3 e5 21.fxe5 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Qg3 Nxb4
24.Rf1 Re8 25.Bf4 g5 26.Nd4 gxf4 27.Rxf4 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Qxe5
29.Nf5 Rc4 30.Nxh6+ Kh7 31.Rxc4 Qxg3+ 32.Kxg3 bxc4 33.Nxf7 Kg6
34.Nd8 Bc8 35.Na4 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.22"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 dxc4
13.Bxc4 c6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bd2 f6 18.Nd3
Qd7 19.Rfe1 Bd6 20.h3 Bf7 21.Bb3 Rae8 22.Qg4 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Rd8
24.Qxd7 Rxd7 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 fxe5 27.Rxe5 Nf6 28.Bg5 Bxb3
29.axb3 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Kf7 31.Re3 h6 32.Bxf6 Kxf6 33.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.23"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3
Bg4 8.d3 Nd7 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nf1 Ng5
13.Bxg5 Bxg5 14.Ng3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 g6 16.Rad1 Qf6 17.Qe2 O-O
18.Nf1 Qg7 19.Nh2 f5 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.d4 exd4 22.cxd4 Rae8
23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Kf1 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Nd8 26.b4 Re7 27.Re3 Rfe8
28.Rde1 Qh6 29.a4 c6 30.d5 b5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Qa2 Qg7 33.Qxa6
Bc3 34.Rc1 Bxb4 35.Qxb5 Bc5 36.Re2 Qf6 37.Bd3 Rxe2 38.Bxe2 Re4
39.Bd3 Re7 40.Qa6 Ra7 41.Qc4 Nf7 42.Qc3 Ne5 43.Qb2 Re7 44.Re1
Kg7 45.Nd4 h5 46.Nf3 Rf7 47.Be4 Nxf3 48.Qxf6+ Kxf6 49.Bxf3 Re7
50.Rb1 Ra7 51.Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.25"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.d5 Na6 9.O-O Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 f5 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.exf5 gxf5
14.f4 e4 15.Be3 c5 16.Nh3 Ng4 17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.Nf2 Bxc3 19.bxc3
h5 20.Qe2 Bf5 21.Bd2 Nc7 22.Nd1 Rf7 23.Ne3 Qf6 24.Rab1 Ne8
25.Qd1 Rc8 26.Rb2 Ng7 27.Be1 Re8 28.Qa4 b6 29.Re2 Ree7 30.Qb3
Bc8 31.Qc2 Nf5 32.Nxf5 Bxf5 33.Re3 Re8 34.Bf2 Rh7 35.Qd2 Qd8
36.Qc2 Rf8 37.Ra1 Bg6 38.g3 Bf5 39.Qb3 Rb7 40.Re2 e3 41.Rxe3
Re8 42.Rxe8+ Qxe8 43.Qb5 Re7 44.Qc6 Qxc6 45.dxc6 Bc2 46.Rc1
Ba4 47.Re1 Kf7 48.Be3 Bxc6 49.Kf2 Be4 50.Rd1 Re6 51.Rd2 Ke7
52.a4 Kd8 53.a5 Kc7 54.axb6 Kxb6 55.Rb2+ Kc7 56.Ra2 Kb8 57.Rd2
a6 58.f5 Bxf5 59.Bf4 Kb7 60.Bxd6 Kc6 61.Bxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.26"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O e6 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Na4 Qc7
13.f4 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rae8 15.Rd3 c5 16.Bb5 Bc6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.c4
Rd8 19.Rfd1 Rfe8 20.Qf3 Qc7 21.Qg3 Nf6 22.Nc3 a6 23.Qh3 Qc6
24.Rg3 Kh8 25.Re1 Qc8 26.Ree3 Rg8 27.Nd1 Rd7 28.f5 e5 29.Nc3
Bd8 30.Nd5 h6 31.Bc1 Nxd5 32.exd5 Bf6 33.Re4 Qf8 34.Reg4 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3
b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.O-O Bb7 10.a3 Nf6 11.Re1 Be7 12.Qf3 d6 13.Qh3
h5 14.Bg5 Qc5 15.Be3 Qc6 16.f3 g5 17.a4 b4 18.Na2 g4 19.fxg4
d5 20.c3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Nxg4 22.Bd4 Bc5 23.Be2 Nf6 24.e5 Ne4
25.Nb4 Bxd4+ 26.cxd4 Qb6 27.Nc2 Rc8 28.Rab1 Qa7 29.Bd3 Rg8
30.a5 Bc6 31.Rb6 Bb5 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Rxe6+ Kf8 34.Qa3+ Kg7
35.Re7 Rc7 36.Rxc7 Qxc7 37.Ne3 Kh8 38.Rc1 Qd8 39.d5 Qg5 40.Qc3
Kh7 41.Qd4 Bd3 42.d6 h4 43.Rc7 Rb8 44.Rxf7+ Kg8 45.e6 Qxe3+
46.Qxe3 Rb1+ 47.Qc1 Rxc1+ 48.Kf2 Rc6 49.Rd7 Bb5 50.Ke3 Rc2
51.Rc7 Re2+ 52.Kf4 Rf2+ 53.Kxe4 Re2+ 54.Kf5 Rf2+ 55.Ke5 Re2+
56.Kf6 Rf2+ 57.Ke7 Re2 58.d7 Bxd7 59.Kxd7 Rd2+ 60.Ke8 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.29"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4
Bf8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bg2 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra7 Qd8
19.b4 e5 20.Be3 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Nd5 Bg4 23.Qd2 Nc6 24.g6
Nxa7 25.gxf7 Kh8 26.Bg5 Qd7 27.fxe8=N Rxe8 28.Qf2 Kg8 29.e5 h6
30.Nb6 Qc7 31.Bd5+ Kh7 32.Be4+ Kg8 33.Nd5 Qd7 34.Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.30"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 fxe4
13.Ncxe4 Nf5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Ne4 Nd4 16.Be3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bh4
18.Qe2 Bf5 19.Nc3 Bg5 20.a3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Rf7 22.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.07.31"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5
13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Qc7 16.c3 a5 17.Kb1 Qc5
18.Rhe1 Rfd8 19.a3 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 Kf8 21.Re3 Rc7 22.g3 Rb8 23.f4
Bc6 24.Bxc6 Rxc6 25.e5 dxe5 26.Rxe5 e6 27.a4 bxa4 28.Ka2 Rcb6
29.Rd2 Ra6 30.Re4 Rb5 31.Rxa4 Rab6 32.c4 Rb4 33.Rxb4 Rxb4
34.b3 a4 35.Ka3 Rxb3+ 36.Kxa4 Rc3 37.Kb4 Rc1 38.c5 Ke7 39.Kb5
f6 40.c6 e5 41.fxe5 fxe5 42.Kb6 e4 43.Rd7+ Kf6 44.Rd8 e3
45.Re8 Rb1+ 46.Ka7 Ra1+ 47.Kb7 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.08.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 Bg4 3.e4 c5 4.Nc3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nc6 6.d3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 e6 9.O-O Nge7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qe2 Rb8 12.Qd2 Nd4
13.Kh1 Nec6 14.f4 f5 15.Rae1 Qa5 16.Bg1 Kh8 17.h3 a6 18.g4
Rbe8 19.Bh2 Qd8 20.exf5 gxf5 21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Ne4 Ncd4 23.Qd1
Nh4 24.Rg1 Ndf5 25.Ng5 Bd4 26.Nxh7 Kxh7 27.Qh5+ Kg8 28.Be4 Bg7
29.Rxg7+ Kxg7 30.Rg1+ Kf6 31.Bg3 Ng6 32.Be1 Ke7 33.Rxg6 Kd7
34.Qg4 Kc8 35.Rxe6 Rxe6 36.Bxf5 Rxf5 37.Qxf5 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.08.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.Re1 Rb8 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Rxe5 Qxe5
13.Bf4 Qc5 14.Bxb8 Be7 15.Bf4 O-O 16.Na4 Qb5 17.b3 e5 18.c4
Qb8 19.Be3 e4 20.Bf4 Qa7 21.Qc2 Bf5 22.h3 h5 23.Rd1 Re8 24.Qe2
Qb7 25.Kh2 Qc8 26.Bd6 h4 27.Bxe7 Rxe7 28.Nb6 Qc7 29.Qe3 hxg3
30.fxg3 Bg4 31.Rd2 Bf3 32.c5 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Qe5 34.b4 Qa1 35.a3
Re5 36.g4 Kh7 37.Rf2 Qd1 38.Rf1 Qc2+ 39.Rf2 Qd1 40.Rf1 Qc2+
41.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.08.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3
d6 8.Nh3 Bg7 9.Nf4 Nbd7 10.h4 h5 11.Bh3 O-O 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.O-O
Qb6 14.Rb1 Bc8 15.Bxc8 Rfxc8 16.b3 Nfg4 17.Kg2 c4 18.Ne4 Qa7
19.a3 cxb3 20.Qxb3 Nc4 21.Ng5 Nxa3 22.Qxa3 Qxa3 23.Bxa3 Rxa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.08.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.d5 Na6 9.a3 Nh5 10.g3 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nf6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.b4
Qe7 14.O-O b6 15.Qa4 Nc7 16.Qc6 Ba6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Ne6
19.Qa4 Bb7 20.Qc2 Rf8 21.Nh4 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Bd3 Rae8
24.Kf1 Qd7 25.Re1 f5 26.exf5 g5 27.Ng2 Qc6 28.f3 Qxf3+ 29.Kg1
Re3 30.Rxe3 dxe3 31.Rf1 Qg4 32.f6 Rxf6 33.Rxf6 Bxf6 34.Bxh7+
Kh8 35.Bd3 Bd4 36.Qe2 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.a3
Qd7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.g3 O-O-O 10.Bg2 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.c5 Bf5
13.b4 e5 14.Nge2 Qe6 15.dxe5 d4 16.Ne4 d3 17.Nf4 d2 18.Kf2 Qc4
19.Bh3 Bxh3 20.Nxh3 Qd4+ 21.Kg2 Nxe5 22.Qb3 Nc4 23.Rhd1 f5
24.Neg5 Rd7 25.f4 Bg7 26.Nf2 Qd5+ 27.Nf3 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.08.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.Qd2 Qe7 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 Na6 13.O-O
Nh6 14.Ne1 Nf7 15.Bxa6 bxa6 16.Nc2 Rb8 17.Ne3 a5 18.Rfc1 h5
19.f3 Bh6 20.Ncd1 Ng5 21.Qxa5 f5 22.Qe1 fxe4 23.fxe4 Rf4
24.Bxg5 Qxg5 25.Rc4 Ba6 26.Rc6 Bd3 27.Rac1 Rbf8 28.Rc8 Bxe4
29.Nf2 Rf7 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Rc3 Qf4 32.Qe2 Bb1 33.a3 Qd4 34.g3
a5 35.Qe1 e4 36.Kg2 Bd3 37.Nfd1 Qf6 38.h4 g5 39.Nf2 Qf3+
40.Kg1 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.08.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5
12. d4 Qc8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Nd7
17. Bd6 Rf7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rd6 Nf8 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21. Nd2
Qe8 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Qe4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Kf1 Kf7
26. Rb5 Rc7 27. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.08.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 h6
8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Re8 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 e4 12.Ne1 Bf5 13.Nc2 exd3
14.exd3 Qc8 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Bb2 Nc6 17.Ncd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Na7
19.Ra1 Nb5 20.Ra5 b6 21.Rxa8 Qxa8 22.Qc2 Re7 23.d4 Na7 24.Ra1
b5 25.Qc6 Qb8 26.Qa6 Nc8 27.Qa8 Qxa8 28.Rxa8 Re8 29.Bf1 Nb6
30.Rxe8+ Nxe8 31.Bxb5 Nf6 32.Bc6 h5 33.Kf1 Ng4 34.h3 Nxe3+
35.fxe3 f5 36.Ke2 Bh6 37.Kd3 Kf7 38.Bc3 Bg5 39.Be1 Kf6 40.Bf2
Kf7 41.Be1 Ke7 42.e4 fxe4 43.Kxe4 Nd7 44.Kd3 Nb6 45.Bb7 Bh6
46.Ke4 Nd7 47.Bc6 Bg5 48.Kf3 Nb6 49.Bc3 h4 50.gxh4 Bxh4 51.Kf4
Kf6 52.Ke4 Bg5 53.Bb5 Bc1 54.Be1 Ke7 55.Bh4+ g5 56.Be1 Kf6
57.Be2 Kg6 58.Bg4 Kf6 59.Bf3 Kg6 60.Kd3 Bf4 61.Ke4 Bc1 62.Bg4
Kf6 63.Be6 Kg6 64.Kd3 Kf6 65.b5 Bf4 66.Kc3 Be3 67.Kd3 Bc1
68.Kc2 Bf4 69.Kb3 Ke7 70.Kb4 Ke8 71.Kb3 Be3 72.Kc3 Ke7 73.Kd3
Bc1 74.Ba5 Kf6 75.Ke4 Kg6 76.Kf3 Bb2 77.Kg4 Bc1 78.Bf5+ Kf6
79.Be4 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.08.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nh5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Bc7 Rd7
13.Be5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Rd8 15.O-O Nf6 16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Nxd7 Rxd7
18.Rxd7 Nxd7 19.Rd1 Nf6 20.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-GP Credit Suisse Rapid"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.08.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viktor Gavrikov"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O e5 9.Bg5 Qxb2 10.Qd3 Qb6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nd5
Qd8 13.Ne3 Bh6 14.Rad1 Ke7 15.Bb3 Be6 16.Nc4 d5 17.Ba4 Rc8
18.Qa3+ c5 19.exd5 Bg4 20.f3 Bf5 21.d6 Kf8 22.d7 Rc7 23.Rd5
Kg7 24.Nd6 Bxd7 25.Rfd1 Qe7 26.Bxd7 Qxd7 27.Qd3 Qe6 28.Qe4 Kg8
29.Nf5 1-0

[Event "PCA-GP Credit Suisse Rapid"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.08.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Gavrikov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c5 7.d5 h6
8.Bh4 e6 9.Nd2 Na6 10.e4 Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Be2 a6 13.O-O e5
14.a5 Rb8 15.axb6 Rxb6 16.Ra2 Bd7 17.Qc2 Qb8 18.b3 Re8 19.Rb1
Nh7 20.Bd3 h5 21.f3 Bh6 22.Nf1 Rf8 23.Bf2 Rb7 24.Rab2 Nf6
25.Ra2 Qd8 26.Ne2 Qe7 27.Be1 Rfb8 28.Rab2 Be8 29.Kh1 Nd7
30.Ra2 h4 31.Ng1 Nf6 32.Bxh4 Kg7 33.Ra3 Bd7 34.Ne2 Kg8 35.g4
Bg7 36.h3 Qe8 37.Kg2 Nh7 38.Bf2 Qe7 39.Qd2 Bf6 40.Qe1 Qd8
41.h4 Be7 42.Ne3 Rb6 43.Bc2 Ne8 44.Qh1 Ng7 45.Rg1 Bc8 46.Kf1
Rb4 47.Be1 R4b7 48.Ba5 Qe8 49.Qh2 Bd8 50.Be1 Rb6 51.Bd2 Qe7
52.Rh1 Qf6 53.Qf2 Qe7 54.Qh2 Qf6 55.Kf2 Qe7 56.Ng3 Ne8 57.Ke2
R6b7 58.Qg2 Kf8 59.Rh2 Qf6 60.Qh1 Ra7 61.Nd1 Ke7 62.g5 Qg7
63.h5 Kf8 64.Nf2 Kg8 65.Qc1 a5 66.Ng4 Bxg4 67.fxg4 Qf8 68.hxg6
fxg6 69.Rh6 Rg7 70.Be3 Qe7 71.Nf5 gxf5 72.gxf5 Nxg5 73.f6 Nxf6
74.Bxg5 Qd7 75.Bxf6 Rg2+ 76.Kd3 Rg3+ 77.Kd2 Bxf6 78.Rxf6 Qg7
79.Qe1 Qg5+ 80.Kd1 Rf8 81.Rxf8+ Kxf8 82.Qf2+ Kg7 83.Qf5 Rg1+
84.Ke2 Rg2+ 85.Kf1 Rg1+ 86.Ke2 Rg2+ 87.Kf1 Rg1+ 88.Ke2 Rg2+
89.Kf1 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-GP Credit Suisse Rapid"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.08.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.h4 gxh4 12.Rxh4 Nc6 13.Nb3
Be6 14.Qd2 Qb6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nce5 17.c3 Ng6 18.Rh3 h4
19.Bxg4 hxg3 20.Rxh8+ Bxh8 21.Qe3 gxf2 22.Kxf2 Qxe3+ 23.Kxe3
Ne5 24.Be2 Kd7 25.Nd2 Rg8 26.Rh1 Bf6 27.Kf2 Ng4+ 28.Bxg4+ Rxg4
29.Rh7 Ke8 30.Kf3 Rg5 31.Ne4 Rf5+ 32.Ke3 Rxd5 33.Nxf6+ exf6
34.Rh8+ Kd7 35.Rb8 Re5+ 36.Kf3 Kc7 37.Rf8 Re7 38.g4 Kd7 39.Kf4
Ke6 40.c4 Rc7 41.b3 b5 42.Re8+ Kd7 43.Ra8 bxc4 44.bxc4 Rxc4+
45.Kf5 Ra4 46.Kxf6 Rxg4 47.Ra7+ Kc6 48.Rxa6+ Kc5 49.Kxf7 d5
50.Ra5+ Kd6 51.Kf6 Rf4+ 52.Kg5 Rf1 53.a4 Ke5 54.Ra8 Rg1+
55.Kh6 d4 56.a5 d3 57.Rd8 Ke4 58.a6 Ra1 59.Rd6 Ke3 60.Re6+ Kf2
61.Rd6 Ke2 62.Re6+ Kd1 63.Kg5 d2 64.Kf4 Kc2 0-1

[Event "PCA-GP Credit Suisse Rapid"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.08.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 a6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Be2
Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Nfd4 Ne4
13.f3 Nd6 14.Kh1 Qf6 15.Qc1 Re8 16.Bd3 h6 17.Be3 Bd7 18.Bg1
Ne5 19.Bc2 Ndc4 20.Nd2 Rac8 21.Re1 Nd6 22.Nf1 Nec4 23.Rxe8+
Rxe8 24.b3 Na5 25.Qd2 Bc7 26.Re1 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 Nc6 28.Qd1 g6
29.Ne3 Ne7 30.Qe1 h5 31.Bf2 Nb5 32.Bh4 g5 33.Nxb5 axb5 34.Bf2
Be6 35.Nf1 Nc6 36.Qe3 h4 37.Qd3 h3 38.Ng3 hxg2 39.Kxg2 Ne5
40.Qh7+ Kf8 41.Bf5 Nxf3 42.Bxe6 Nh4+ 43.Kf1 Qxe6 44.Bc5+ Ke8
45.Qg8+ Kd7 46.Qxg5 Qh3+ 47.Ke2 Qxh2+ 48.Bf2 Bxg3 49.Qxg3 Qxg3
50.Bxg3 Nf5 51.Bh2 Ne7 52.Kd3 Nc6 53.c4 Nb4+ 54.Kd4 bxc4
55.bxc4 Kc6 56.cxd5+ Nxd5 57.Ke5 b5 58.Kf5 Kc5 59.Bg3 Kc4
60.Bd6 Kd4 61.a3 Kd3 62.Bf8 Nb6 63.Bc5 Nd7 64.Be7 Kd4 65.Bb4
Kc4 66.Bd6 Kb3 67.Kg5 Nb6 68.Kf6 Nc4 69.Bf8 Nxa3 70.Kxf7 Nc2
71.Ke6 Kc4 72.Kd7 Nd4 73.Be7 Kd5 74.Kc7 Nc6 75.Kb6 Nd4 76.Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad, Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.09.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 e5
8.d5 Na6 9.h4 cxd5 10.cxd5 Qe8 11.f3 Bd7 12.Nh3 Nc5 13.g4 h5
14.Nf2 hxg4 15.fxg4 Rc8 16.Be3 Nh7 17.Nd3 Nxd3+ 18.Qxd3 a6
19.a4 Qd8 20.a5 Bf6 21.Bf2 Be7 22.Kd2 Nf6 23.Rhg1 Ne8 24.Bb6
Nc7 25.g5 Qe8 26.Qe3 Nb5 27.Bxb5 Bxb5 28.h5 Kg7 29.Qf3 Bc4
30.Rg2 Rh8 31.Rh1 Bb5 32.Be3 Bd7 33.Rgh2 Qd8 34.Kd3 Qc7
35.hxg6 Qc4+ 36.Kc2 fxg6 37.Rxh8 Rxh8 38.Rxh8 Kxh8 39.Qf7 Ba4+
40.Kd2 Qb4 41.Ke1 1-0

[Event "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Re1 Rd8 13.b4
Ne6 14.Nf1 Bh5 15.a3 Bg6 16.Ra2 a5 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qe2 Ra8
19.Qxb5 axb4 20.cxb4 Bxb4 21.Rd1 Bc5 22.Qd3 Ncd4 23.Nxd4 Bxd4
24.Kh1 Qa4 25.f4 Bb6 26.Rb2 Bc5 27.Ng3 c6 28.Rf1 Qd4 29.Qc2
O-O 30.Rb3 Qa4 31.Qb1 Qc4 32.Qb2 Bd4 33.Qb1 Bc5 34.Qb2 Bd4
35.Qb1 Bc3 36.Be3 d4 37.Ne4 Nc5 38.Nxc5 Qxc5 39.Bg1 Qc4 40.Rf3
Rfd8 41.Rd3 c5 42.h3 Qa4 43.e6 Qe8 44.exf7 Qxf7 45.Rb7 Rd7
46.Rxd7 Qxd7 47.Qb3+ Qf7 48.Rxc3 dxc3 49.Qxc3 c4 50.Bd4 Rb8
51.Be5 Rb3 52.Qa5 Rd3 53.Kh2 Kh7 54.Qb4 Qa7 55.Qxc4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.09.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luis Galego"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Qb3 a5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Qxc3
Re8 8.d3 d5 9.Bg5 d4 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.c5 c6 12.Nf3 h6 13.Bxf6
Nxf6 14.Nd2 Be6 15.O-O a4 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Ra5 18.Bh3 Qe7
19.Rfc1 Rea8 20.Rab1 Nd5 21.Rc2 Rb5 22.Bg2 Nc7 23.b4 axb3
24.Rxb3 Rxb3 25.Qxb3 Nb5 26.a4 Nc3 27.Rb2 Rxa4 28.Qxb7 Ra1+
29.Bf1 Qe6 30.Kg2 Qd5+ 31.f3 Kh7 32.h4 Qe6 33.Rb6 Rxf1 34.Rxc6
Qa2 35.Kxf1 Qxe2+ 36.Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jesus Nogueiras"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O-O b6 12.Ne5
Bb7 13.f4 Nd5 14.Kb1 f6 15.Nf3 Nxf4 16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Qxe6+ Kh8
18.Rhf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.09.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mihail Saltaev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.a3
Be7 8.Ba2 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qe2 b5 12.Rad1 Rb8 13.f3
Na5 14.Bc1 b4 15.axb4 Rxb4 16.Kh1 Qb6 17.Be3 Qb7 18.b3 Qc7
19.Qd2 Rb8 20.Na4 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.Ba7 Rb7 23.Bd4 Rd8 24.c4
Bd7 25.Qe3 Be8 26.Rfe1 Nd7 27.f4 Rdb8 28.Qg3 Bf8 29.Rd3 e5
30.fxe5 dxe5 31.Bxe5 Nxe5 32.Qxe5 Qe6 33.Qxe6 fxe6 34.Nc3 Bc5
35.Rf1 Bc6 36.h3 Rf7 37.Rff3 Rf6 38.Kh2 Kf7 39.Kg3 Bb6
40.Rxf6+ gxf6 41.Kf4 h5 42.g4 hxg4 43.hxg4 Bc7+ 44.Kf3 Be5
45.Nd1 a5 46.Nf2 Ke7 47.Ke2 Bd6 48.Rd1 Bg3 49.Nh1 Bh4 50.Kf3
Rb4 51.Rd2 Rb7 52.Rh2 Bg5 53.Rh7+ Kd6 54.Rxb7 Bxb7 55.Nf2 Kc5
56.Bb1 Kd4 57.Nd1 f5 58.gxf5 exf5 59.Nf2 Bh4 60.c5 Kxc5 61.Nd1
Kd4 62.Ne3 fxe4 63.Ke2 Ba6+ 64.Nc4 a4 65.Kd1 Bxc4 66.bxc4 Be7
67.c5 Bxc5 68.Kc2 e3 0-1

[Event "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.09.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4
Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4
Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Ba7 Ra8 17.g5 Rd8 18.Qe2 Ne8
19.Be3 Be6 20.Qf2 Qc4 21.Bb6 Rdc8 22.Be3 Bc5 23.Rad1 Bxe3
24.Qxe3 Qb4 25.Rd3 Rd8 26.b3 Rd4 27.Rfd1 Rc8 28.R1d2 Qc5
29.Kg2 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Nd1 Rxd3 32.Qxd3 f6 33.gxf6 Nxf6
34.Ne3 Kh8 35.c4 bxc4 36.Nxc4 h6 37.Rc2 Qb5 38.Rc1 Qc5 39.Rc2
Qb5 40.Rc1 Qb4 41.Qc3 Qe7 42.Qe3 Nd7 43.Be2 Rb8 44.Nd2 Nf8
45.Kh1 Ng6 46.Nc4 Bg8 47.Rf1 Qc7 48.Qg3 Bh7 49.Rf2 Nf4 50.Qe3
Bg8 51.Bf1 Rf8 52.Nd2 Qc1 53.Nc4 Qa1 54.Qc5 Ne6 55.Qe3 Nf4
56.Qc5 Re8 57.Qe3 Bxc4 58.bxc4 Rd8 59.Qf3 Qe1 60.Qg3 Rd1 61.h4
Rd3 62.Qg1 Qxe4+ 63.Kh2 Qe3 0-1

[Event "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.09.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Manuel Apicella"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3
e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Bf4 a6 13.Qd2
Rb8 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.Kh2 b5 16.b4 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.c5 dxc5
19.bxc5 Nd7 20.Nd5 Ne5 21.Bg5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Qf5 23.d6 cxd6
24.cxd6 Bf6 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 26.Qf4 Qxf4 27.gxf4 Nc4 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8
29.d7 Rd8 30.Bb7 Nb6 31.Bxa6 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Nxd7 33.Bxb5 Nc5
34.a4 Nb3 35.Bc4 Na5 36.Bd5 Kf8 37.Kg3 Ke7 38.Kf3 f6 39.Ke4
Kd6 40.Kd4 g5 41.fxg5 fxg5 42.Ke4 Kc5 43.f3 h6 44.Ke5 Kb4
45.Kf6 Kxa4 46.Kg6 Kb4 47.Kxh6 Kc5 48.Ba2 Nc6 49.Kxg5 Kd6
50.h4 1-0

[Event "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 c6
8.Rb1 Re8 9.e4 a5 10.a3 Na6 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 h6 13.Be3 Nc7
14.b5 Ne6 15.bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1
c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 e5
13.O-O exd4 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.N5xd4 Nb6 16.Bd3 Qe7 17.Qc2 Bg4
18.a3 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Nbd7 20.Ng5 h6 21.Nh7 Rfe8 22.h3 Be6
23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Bf1 Bd5 25.f3 Ne5 26.Qf2 a6 27.b4 b5 28.Red1
Nc4 29.e4 Be6 30.Bxc4 Bxc4 31.Rd2 Rd7 32.Rcd1 Red8 33.f4 g5
34.fxg5 Qxg5 35.Nf3 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Rxd2 37.Qxd2 Qe7 38.Qd4 a5
39.Qe5 Qa7+ 40.Nd4 axb4 41.axb4 Be6 42.Kh2 Qd7 43.Kg3 Kh7
44.Kf4 Qa7 45.Qc5 Qc7+ 46.Kf3 Qd7 47.Qe5 Kg8 48.Kg3 Kh7 49.Kh4
Qe7+ 50.Kg3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bogdan Lalic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.Qd2 Qe7 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 Nh6 13.O-O
Nf7 14.Ne1 h5 15.f3 Bh6 16.Qd1 Na6 17.Kh1 Bd7 18.Bxa6 bxa6
19.Qe2 Rab8 20.Rb1 Bc8 21.Nc2 a5 22.Qc4 Rb6 23.Qa4 Ba6 24.Rfd1
Rfb8 25.Qxa5 Bc8 26.Qa3 Ra6 27.Na4 Qb7 28.b3 Bd7 29.Ra1 Kg7
30.Be1 Bxa4 31.bxa4 Qb2 32.Qxb2 Rxb2 33.Nb4 Rxa4 34.Rab1 Re2
35.Bg3 f5 36.exf5 gxf5 37.Kg1 h4 38.Bf2 a5 39.Nd3 Raxa2 40.Re1
Red2 41.Rbd1 h3 42.gxh3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.09"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 a5 12. a3
Ba6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Be3 Ra7 15. Nc3 Rc7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Bxb8
Nxb8 18. Rac1 Nc6 19. e3 Bc4 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. Nf4 b5 22. Bxc4
bxc4 23. e4 Bf6 24. exd5 Nxd4 25. Qe4 e5 26. Nh5 Bg5 27. f4 f5
28. Qg2 Qf7 29. Nxg7 Qxg7 30. fxg5 Qxg5 31. Kh1 e4 32. g4 Kh8
33. gxf5 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Nxf5 35. Kh1 Nd6 36. Re1 Rf4 37. a4
Rb8 38. Re2 Kg7 39. Rce1 Rb4 40. Nb5 Nxb5 41. axb5 Kf7 42. d6
Ke6 43. Rd2 Kd7 44. Rg1 Rf7 45. Re1 a4 46. Re3 Rg7 47. Rxe4 a3
48. Re7+ Rxe7 49. dxe7+ Kxe7 50. bxa3 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 c3 52. Re2+
Kd6 53. Kf3 Kd5 54. a4 Kd4 55. a5 Rxb5 56. a6 Ra5 57. Re4+ Kd5
58. Re3 c2 59. Rc3 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.10"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4
Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Bd3 Rf6 16. Na4 Rf7 17. c5 dxc5
18. Bc3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Nc4 Bg7 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. d6 Rb8
23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Rf8 26. Rfd1 b5 27. axb6
Nxb6 28. Nxc5 Bg4 29. f3 Nd7 30. Na6 Rb3 31. Rac1 Be6 32. Nc7
Bf7 33. Ne4 Nb8 34. Ng5 Nc6 35. Rd7 Be8 36. Rxg7 Kxg7
37. Nce6+ Kg8 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39. Nxh7+ Ke7 40. Ng5 Bd7 41. Bd2
Rb2 42. Ne4 Nd4 43. Re1 Bc6 44. Bg5+ Ke6 45. Nd2 Nc2 46. Rc1
Nd4 47. Re1 Nc2 48. Rd1 Nd4 49. h4 Ne2+ 50. Kh2 Nd4 51. Kh3
Kd5 52. Re1 Ra2 53. Ne4 Rc2 54. Ra1 Bd7+ 55. Kg3 Bb5 56. Ra8
Bf1 57. Rd8+ Ke6 58. Bd2 Bd3 59. Re8+ Kf7 60. Nd6+ Kg7
61. Re7+ Kf8 62. Bg5 Bf1 63. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 64. Kf4 Re2 65. Ne4
Bg2 66. Be7+ Kf7 67. Bc5 Ne6+ 68. Kg3 Bf1 69. Bf2 Ng7 70. Kg4
Ne6 71. Rd5 Rc2 72. Rd7+ Ke8 73. Nf6+ Kf8 74. Bg3 Rc4+ 75. Ne4
Ke8 76. Ra7 Bd3 77. Bd6 Bxe4 78. fxe4 Rxe4+ 79. Kf3 Re1
80. Kf2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.11"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6
7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 d3 10. Rxd3 Qc7 11. Nc3 Be7
12. e4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Rdd1 O-O 15. Rac1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Rd8
17. Na4 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bd7 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Nd3 e5
22. Nc3 Qe6 23. Nd5 Rc8 24. h3 f6 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Kf7
27. Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.12"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2
b6 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Kb1 Rd8 15.Rhg1 c5 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.a3 O-O
18.g4 Qd5 19.g5 Qxf3 20.gxf6 g6 21.Bxh6 Bxh2 22.Rh1 Qxe2
23.Bxe2 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rc8 25.f3 Bg3 26.Bg7 g5 27.Rd7 Bc6
28.Rxa7 Rd8 29.a4 Be5 30.a5 Rd2 31.Bc4 b5 32.Bb3 Bxf3 33.Re7
Rd6 34.Re8+ Kh7 35.Bf8 Rd1+ 36.Ka2 Bxf6 37.a6 g4 38.c4 Rd2
39.cxb5 g3 40.b6 g2 41.Bc5 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6
7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. Kh1 c6 10. h3 Ra7 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4
Nxb3 13. axb3 Re8 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qe1 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf8
17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rd7 19. Rf2 f6 20. Nh4 Ne6 21. Nf5 Nd4
22. Qg3 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 c5 24. Rf2 Bb7 25. Raf1 Rf7 26. Nd5 Bxd5
27. exd5 Qxd5 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2
dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Qf4 Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd2 Rg8 11. Na4
Bd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. g3 Bg4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Bf4
Bh3 17. Bh5 Bc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nd1 Bg2 20. Re1 Nf3 21. Re2
Ng1 22. Bg4+ Kb8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Bxe4 25. Nc3 Bg2
26. Be3 Be7 27. Bh5 Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Ng1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O Nh6 12. Ne1
Nd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. a3 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ne4 h6
18. Nc2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qe8 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 h5 22. Qd3 Qf7
23. f3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bh6 25. Be1 Qg7 26. Bd2 Rf6 27. Qd3 g4
28. Bxh6 Qxh6 29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qg7 32. h3
Bd7 33. Qf3 Be8 34. Qf5 Qf7 35. Qg5+ Qg7 36. Qh4 Qh6 37. Rf6
Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.18"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+
12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6
Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. d6 Bf8
21. Qd2 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qa6 24. Qg5 Rdxd6 25. Rxd6
Rxd6 26. Qxc5 Qxa2 27. Re1 Rd8 28. b4 a6 29. Qg5 Rf8 30. h4
Qc4 31. Qe7 h5 32. g3 Rc8 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Rd6 Qa8 35. Qe1 Qb7
36. Qd2 Re8 37. Qc3 Rc8 38. Qd2 Re8 39. Rd5 Qc6 40. Kh2 Qf6
41. Rd4 Qc6 42. Rd6 Qf3 43. Qd4 Qe4 44. Qc3 Qb7 45. Rc6 Qb5
46. Rf6 Re7 47. Qc8+ Re8 48. Qxa6 Qxb4 49. Qa2 Re6 50. Rxe6
fxe6 51. Qxe6+ Kg7 52. Qd7+ Kf6 53. Qc6+ Kg7 54. Qd5 Qc3
55. Kg2 Qf6 56. Qd7+ Kg8 57. Qc7 Qe6 58. Qf4 Qc6+ 59. Kf1 Qe6
60. Qe3 Qc4+ 61. Ke1 Qc2 62. Kf1 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Qd5+ 64. f3 Qa2+
65. Kh3 Qb1 66. g4 hxg4+ 67. fxg4 Qf1+ 68. Kg3 Qf6 69. Qc5 Qe6
70. Qc3 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.20"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Bf3 Re8 12. a4
Bd7 13. Qd2 Rab8 14. Nb3 b6 15. g4 Bc8 16. Qf2 Na5 17. Rad1
Nc4 18. Bc1 b5 19. g5 Nd7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bg2 b4 22. Ne2 Nc5
23. f5 Bf8 24. g6 Nxb3 25. cxb3 Ne5 26. gxf7+ Qxf7 27. Nd4
exf5 28. exf5 Bb7 29. Ne6 Rbc8 30. Ng5 Qe7 31. Qd2 Kh8
32. Rde1 Qd7 33. Ne6 Qb5 34. Rd1 Be7 35. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 36. Qd5
Qxd5+ 37. Rxd5 Nf7 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4
h6 8.f4 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.g5 hxg5 11.fxg5 b4 12.Na4 Nh5 13.O-O
Nd7 14.g6 Nhf6 15.c3 Ne5 16.gxf7+ Kxf7 17.cxb4 Rh4 18.Qb3 Qe8
19.Rac1 Bxe4 20.Rc7+ Kg8 21.Nxe6 Rg4 22.Rxf6 Rxg2+ 23.Kf1 Qb5+
0-1

[Event "It Playoff g20, Madrid ESP"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.h3 O-O 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Na3
exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 b4 16.Nb1 c5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 g5
19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 b3 21.Bd3 c4 22.e5 dxe5 23.Rxe5 Qxd4
24.Re3 Ng4 25.Rxa5 cxd3 26.Bf6 Qxf6 27.Qxg4+ Qg6 28.Rg5 Bxe3
29.Rxg6+ fxg6 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.fxe3 Rbd8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+
Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It Playoff g6/5, Madrid ESP"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3
Re8 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Nh2 d5 16.Ng4 c6 17.Qf3 Kh8 18.c3 Re6 19.Bc2
Qc7 20.b4 c5 21.Bb2 Rae8 22.Rad1 c4 23.dxc4 dxe4 24.Qe2 bxc4
25.Ba4 Rc8 26.Rd2 Nb6 27.Bc2 Nbd5 28.g3 Qc6 29.Nfe3 Nxe3
30.Qxe3 Nd5 31.Qxe4 g6 32.Nxe5 Rxe5 33.Qxe5+ Bg7 34.Qe4 f5
35.Qf3 Rd8 36.Red1 Kh7 37.h4 h5 38.a4 Qe6 39.a5 Bc6 40.Qe2
Qxe2 41.Rxe2 Nxc3 42.Bxc3 Rxd1+ 43.Bxd1 Bxc3 44.Rc2 Be1
45.Rxc4 Bb5 46.Rd4 Bc3 47.Rf4 Bd2 48.Bf3 Kg7 49.Bd5 Kf6 50.Kg2
Ke5 51.Bf7 Bxf4 52.gxf4+ Kxf4 53.Bxg6 Kg4 54.f3 Kxh4 55.Bxf5
Kg5 56.Bc8 Kf4 57.Bb7 Ke5 58.Kg3 Kd4 59.f4 Kc4 60.Kh4 Kxb4
61.Kxh5 Bd3 62.Kg5 Kxa5 63.Kf6 Kb4 64.Ke5 a5 65.Be4 Bxe4
66.Kxe4 Kc5 67.Ke5 a4 68.f5 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Isauro Abreu Suarez"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2
Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.Qd2 Rb8 11.f3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qa5
13.Rab1 Be6 14.b4 Qh5 15.f4 Bg4 16.Bxg4 Nxg4 17.h3 Bxd4+
18.Qxd4 Nf6 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Rbd8 21.Qe3 Nd7 22.Rbe1 f5
23.Nd5 Rfe8 24.Nxe7+ Kh8 25.e6 Nf6 26.Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "E Pereda"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.e3
Bg7 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 Bf5
13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 e5 15.d5 e4 16.dxc6 exf3 17.Bxf3 bxc6
18.Ra3 Rfc8 19.Bg3 a5 20.h3 Bc2 21.Bd6 a4 22.bxa4 Rxa4 23.Rc1
Rxa3 24.Bxa3 Ba4 25.g4 Bb5 26.h4 h6 27.h5 gxh5 28.gxh5 Ra8
29.Bd6 Ra1 30.Rxa1 Bxa1 31.Be4 Bg7 32.f4 Bf8 33.Be5 Bg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "M Rodriguez"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.c5 Bc7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6
13.Re1 Nf6 14.Bd3 Nd5 15.Bd2 Qf6 16.Ne5 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Qxf4
18.Re4 Qg5 19.Rae1 Bd8 20.h4 Qe7 21.b4 Qe8 22.Rf4 b5 23.Bh7+
Kh8 24.Bg6 1-0

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "C Martin"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.b3 d6 6.Bb2 Ne4 7.Nbd2
Nxd2 8.Qxd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.h4 h6 11.c4 Be6 12.Qc3 Qd6
13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 d4 15.Qxd4 Qxd4 16.Bxd4 O-O-O 17.f4 Kb8
18.Bc5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Re8 20.e3 c6 21.Bb4 Kc7 22.Kc2 Bc8 23.h5
g5 24.a4 Be6 25.a5 Bf7 26.Ra1 gxf4 27.gxf4 e6 28.Bd6+ Kd7
29.Bc5 a6 30.Bf3 Bf8 31.Rd1+ Kc8 32.Bxf8 Rxf8 33.Rg1 Rg8
34.Rxg8+ Bxg8 35.e4 c5 36.exf5 Bh7 37.Be4 exf5 38.Bd5 Kd8 1-0

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Angel Morcuende Hurtado"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.h3 c6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bg5 h6
8.Be3 Qc7 9.Be2 a6 10.Rc1 O-O 11.O-O e5 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.Rfd1 Ne8
14.Qc2 exd4 15.Nxd4 Ndf6 16.b4 Bd7 17.c5 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5
19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.a4 f5 21.c6 bxc6 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.Qxc6 Bxc6
24.Rxc6 Rf6 25.Rc5 Rb6 26.b5 axb5 27.Bxb5 Nf6 28.Rc7 Re6
29.Bd4 Rd8 30.a5 g5 31.a6 Kg6 32.a7 Ne8 33.Bxe8+ Rdxe8
34.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "M Alonso"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2
O-O 8.O-O a6 9.c5 Qc7 10.Be3 d6 11.cxd6 exd6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Rc1
Rac8 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Nb3 Qh5 17.g4 Qe5 18.Bf4 Qe8
19.Bg5 Be6 20.Qf4 Qe7 21.Ne4 Nd5 22.Rxd5 f6 23.Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "J Moreira"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Rc1 h6
8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O Rd8 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.a3 Ba5 13.Rfd1
Nf6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.b4 Bc7 16.Qb2 Rac8 17.h3 Ne8 18.a4 Nf6
19.Ne5 Bb8 20.f4 dxc4 21.Bxc4 Nd5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Re1 Bd6
24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Nd1 Qe7 26.Nf2 Bxb4 27.Re2 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "G Reyes"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3
dxe5 8.dxe5 e6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Re1 Bc5 12.Nd2 Nf4
13.Qe4 Ng6 14.Nc4 O-O 15.h4 Rad8 16.h5 Ne7 17.h6 Ng6 18.hxg7
Kxg7 19.Bg5 Rde8 20.Rad1 f5 21.exf6 Nxf6 22.Qe2 Nd5 23.Ne3 Qe5
24.Bh6+ Kg8 25.Nxd5 Qxe2 26.Rxe2 exd5 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Rde1 Kg7
29.Re8 Rf7 30.R1e2 Nf4 31.Rd2 Rf6 32.g3 Nh3+ 33.Kg2 Ng5 34.Rd3
h6 35.Rb3 b6 36.Re2 a5 37.Bh5 a4 38.Rd3 Ne4 39.Rf3 Rxf3
40.Bxf3 Ng5 41.Bg4 a3 42.bxa3 Bxa3 43.Bd7 c5 44.Bc6 d4+
45.Re7+ Kf6 46.Rb7 1-0

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Angel Arnaiz Yanes"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.Rac1 Be6
13.b3 Rab8 14.Rfd1 Nd7 15.Qd2 b5 16.cxb5 Rfc8 17.Nd5 Qxd2
18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Nxe7+ Kf8 20.Bxd2 Kxe7 21.bxa6 d5 22.Bb4+ Ke8
23.e4 d4 24.e5 Bxe5 25.Bb7 Nb6 26.Re1 Bb8 27.Ba5 d3 28.Bxb6 d2
29.Rd1 Rc1 30.Bf3 Bd5 31.Be2 Be5 32.Be3 Rxd1+ 33.Bxd1 Bc3
34.Kf1 Bc6 35.a7 Kd7 36.a4 Bb7 37.f4 Kc7 38.Ke2 Ba6+ 39.Kf2
Bb7 40.Bc5 Kc6 41.b4 Kd5 42.Bb3+ Ke4 43.Ke2 f5 44.b5 h6 45.Be3
Ba5 46.Bxd2 Bb6 47.Bc2+ Kd5 48.Be3 1-0

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "A Garcia"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5
8.Qb3 Qb6 9.O-O Qxb3 10.axb3 h6 11.Nh3 g5 12.f3 exf3 13.exf3
Be6 14.Re1 Kd7 15.Bf1 Bb4 16.Nf2 c5 17.Nd3 Nc6 18.Nxc5+ Bxc5
19.dxc5 Nd4 20.cxd5 Bf7 21.Rd1 Nxf3+ 22.Kg2 Ne5 23.Be3 Bh5
24.Bb5+ Kc8 25.Rf1 f4 26.gxf4 gxf4 27.Bxf4 Rg8+ 28.Bg3 Neg4
29.Rae1 Nd7 30.b4 a5 31.Bxd7+ Kxd7 32.b5 Rae8 33.c6 Kc8 34.Kh3
Ne3 35.Rxe3 Rxe3 36.d6 Bf3 37.d7+ Kd8 38.Rg1 Rg5 39.Rf1 bxc6
40.b6 Rh5+ 41.Bh4+ Kxd7 42.Rh1 0-1

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Maria Jose Espinola Martin"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 a6 10.Qe1 Qc7 11.Qg3 Re8 12.Kh1 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 b5 14.a3 Bb7 15.Bd3 Kh8 16.Rae1 Nh5 17.Qh3 e5 18.fxe5
dxe5 19.Qxh5 exd4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 g6 22.Qe5+ Qxe5 23.Rxe5
Kg7 24.Rfe1 Kf8 25.g3 Bd6 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.Kg2
Ke7 29.Kf3 f5 30.h3 Kf6 31.a4 bxa4 32.Bxa6 Ke5 33.Bb5 a3
34.Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "J Gonzalez"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nb6 5.Nc3 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nf3
O-O 8.Be2 e6 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.a3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4
13.Nd5 exd5 14.Qxd4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Re8 16.Qf3 Qf5 17.Bh6 Qxf3
18.Bxf3 c6 19.a4 Nc4 20.b3 Ne5 21.Be2 Be6 22.Rfe1 Bxb3 23.Reb1
Bc4 24.Bxc4 Nxc4 25.Rxb7 Nd6 26.Rd7 Red8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rc1
Nf5 29.Bg5 Rd6 30.Bf4 Re6 31.Rc5 f6 32.g4 Nd4 33.Be3 Nb3
34.Rc3 Na5 35.Bxa7 Re1+ 36.Kg2 Ra1 37.Rf3 Kg7 38.Bd4 Rxa4
39.Bxf6+ Kg8 40.Bg5 Kg7 41.Rd3 Kf7 42.Rd7+ Kg8 43.Bf6 Rf4
44.Bc3 Nc4 45.Rg7+ Kf8 46.Rxh7 Rf7 47.Rh6 Nd6 48.Rxg6 Ne4
49.Be1 c5 50.Re6 Re7 51.Rxe7 Kxe7 52.f3 Nd6 53.f4 c4 54.Kf3
Nb5 55.Ke4 c3 56.Kd3 1-0

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alejandro Ortega Izquierdo"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Nf3 O-O
7.Bd3 b6 8.Be4 Nbc6 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.a3 Rb8 11.Qd3 h6 12.O-O-O Na5
13.Rhe1 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Nb7 15.d5 exd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 d6
18.g3 dxe5 19.Qxe5 Nd6 20.h4 Qd7 21.Qf4 Rfe8 22.Ne5 Qf5
23.Qxf5 Nxf5 24.Nc6 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Ra8 26.h5 Kf8 27.b4 a6 28.a4
Re8 29.Rxe8+ Kxe8 30.Kd2 Nd6 31.Kd3 b5 32.a5 Kd7 33.Nb8+ Kc8
34.Nxa6 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 "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "S Correa"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e5 9.Qd3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.Qxd5
O-O-O 13.O-O-O Be7 14.Rd3 g5 15.h3 Qg6 16.Rb3 Rd7 17.Rd1 g4
18.hxg4 Qxg4 19.g3 Rhd8 20.Kb1 f5 21.exf5 e4 22.Nh2 Qh5 23.Nf1
Qe2 24.Ne3 Qxf2 25.Qxe4 Qxg3 26.Nd5 Qe5 27.Qc4+ Kb8 28.Re3 Qg7
29.Rxe7 Rxe7 30.f6 Rc7 31.fxg7 Rxc4 32.Nf6 Rcc8 33.Kc1 Kc7
34.Re1 Rg8 35.Re7+ Kc6 36.Kd2 d5 37.Ke3 a5 38.Kf4 b5 39.Kf5 h5
40.Kg6 Kd6 41.Nxg8 Rxg8 42.Re3 1-0

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Dafnae Trujillo Delgado"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.g4 Ne5 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bd3 Nc4
13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.g5 Nd7 15.h4 Rb8 16.h5 Qb7 17.b3 cxb3 18.axb3
Ne5 19.Qe2 Qc7 20.Na4 Qa5 21.Nb2 Bd7 22.f4 Nc6 23.Nc4 Nxd4
24.Bxd4 Qb5 25.h6 e5 26.Bb2 gxh6 27.Rxh6 Rfd8 28.fxe5 1-0

[Event "Simul Tenerife, Islas Canarias"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "A Rodriguez"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3
Nc6 8.Nge2 Be6 9.a3 h6 10.Bh4 Na5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.b4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 dxc4 15.Nf4 c6 16.Qf3 Nf6 17.h3 Rfd8 18.Rfe1
Rac8 19.Rad1 Nd5 20.Nfxd5 cxd5 21.e4 Qd6 22.exd5 Bd7 23.Re5
Re8 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.Nc5 Rxe5 26.dxe5 Bf5 27.d6 b6 28.g4 Be6
29.Nxe6 Qxe6 30.Qb7 Kh7 31.d7 Rd8 32.Qc7 Qe7 33.Rd5 c3 34.Qxc3
h5 35.Qd4 Qg5 36.Kg2 hxg4 37.hxg4 Qc1 38.Qe4+ Kg8 39.e6 1-0

[Event "Madrid playoff 20'"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3
Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.dxe5 Qg6 12.Nh4 Bxd1
13.Nxg6 Nxg6 14.Rxd1 O-O-O 15.Re1 Nxe5 16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3
Bb4 18.c3 Bc5 19.Kf1 Rd3 20.Ke2 Rhd8 21.Rg1 g6 22.Bf4 b5
23.Rac1 Kb7 24.Rc2 a5 25.Rf1 a4 26.Rd2 Rxd2+ 27.Bxd2 Be7
28.Be3 Bf6 29.Bc5 Bg5 30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Kxd1 Kc8 32.b3 axb3
33.axb3 Kd7 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Be3 Be7 36.c4 Bd6 37.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simultan"]
[Site "Frankfurt (Germany)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rainer Rauschenbach"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Qc7 7.a4
Ngf6 8.h3 O-O 9.Bg5 e5 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf1 Nf8 12.d5 h5 13.Bc4
c5 14.Nd2 N8h7 15.Be3 g5 16.Be2 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nc4 Qd8
19.g3 Kh8 20.Kg2 Rg8 21.Rh1 Bf8 22.Qd2 Rg6 23.Rh2 Be7 24.Rah1
Qg8 25.Bd3 Bd7 26.Nb5 Qb8 27.Bg5 Kg7 28.Rxh7+ Nxh7 29.Bxe7
Bxb5 30.axb5 Qc7 31.Bh4 Rh8 32.c3 f6 33.Ne3 Qd7 34.Be2 Kf8
35.b4 b6 36.bxc5 bxc5 37.Nf5 Kf7 38.Ra1 Rb8 39.c4 Ng5 40.Bxg4
1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Jens Richtscheid"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7
7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2
Nbd7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. f4 Rac8 15. h3 Nc5 16. Kh2 Rfd8 17. Rac1
Qb8 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. Qd4 Bg7 23. b4 Nd7 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Qd3 h6
27. Be4 Re7 28. Bg2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qd8 30. a3 Nb8 31. Qe4 a5
32. h4 Na6 33. Rb1 axb4 34. axb4 Qa8 35. Kh3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.b4 Ba7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.O-O Rd8 12.Qe2 Bd7
13.Rac1 Rac8 14.cxd5 exd5 15.h3 h6 16.Rfd1 Be6 17.b5 axb5
18.Nxb5 Bb8 19.Bb1 Ne4 20.Ba2 Ng5 21.Nfd4 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Ne4
23.a4 Rc6 24.Ba7 Rdc8 25.Qb2 Qh4 26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.Rc1 Nxf2
28.Qxf2 Bh2+ 29.Kf1 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3
b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Qd2 Nf6 11.f3 Qc7 12.a4 b4 13.Ne2
Bd6 14.h3 O-O 15.a5 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17.Kh1 Bc6 18.c3 bxc3
19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.Nxc3 Rfb8 21.Rf2 Kf8 22.Na4 Bb5 23.Bc2 d5
24.Nb6 dxe4 25.fxe4 Ra7 26.e5 Nd7 27.Nxd7+ Rxd7 28.Bxh7 Rbd8
29.Bg6 Ke8 30.Bh5 g6 31.Bf3 Rd2 32.Kg1 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Rd2+
34.Ke3 Rxb2 35.Kf4 Rc2 36.Rd1 Ke7 37.Rd4 Ra2 38.h4 Rxa5 39.g4
Ra3 40.Be4 Be2 41.Rd2 Bc4 42.Bc6 Rd3 43.Rb2 Rb3 44.Rxb3 Bxb3
45.g5 Bd5 46.Ba4 Bb7 47.Ke3 Bc8 48.Kd4 Bd7 49.Bd1 a5 50.Kc5
Kd8 51.h5 gxh5 52.Bxh5 Be8 53.Bd1 Kc7 54.Bh5 Kb7 55.Bf3+ Kc8
56.Bd1 Kd8 57.Be2 Ke7 58.Bd1 Kf8 59.Bc2 Kg8 60.Bd1 Kg7 61.Bc2
Kf8 62.Bd1 a4 63.Kb4 Ke7 64.Bc2 Kd8 65.Bd1 Kc7 66.Bh5 a3
67.Kxa3 Kc6 68.Kb4 Kd5 69.Bg4 Kxe5 70.Kc3 Bc6 71.Bh5 Be8
72.Bg4 Kf4 73.g6 fxg6 74.Bxe6 Ke3 75.Bc8 Bc6 76.Be6 Be4 77.Bf7
g5 78.Be6 Kf4 79.Kd2 Bf5 80.Bf7 g4 81.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4
7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Re1 Bd6 11.h3 Bh5
12.g4 Bf7 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Bd2 g6 16.Kg2 Nf6 17.g5 hxg5
18.Nxg5 Bg8 19.Re3 Be7 20.Rf3 b6 21.Rh1 Rh4 22.Rd3 Bd6 23.Rf3
Be7 24.Rd3 Rf8 25.Nf3 Rxe4 26.Nxe4 Nxe4 27.Bh6 Rf5 28.Re3 Nd6
29.Nxe5 Bd5+ 30.f3 Bf6 31.Rhe1 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 Bxf3+ 33.Kh2 Rxe5
34.Rxe5 Be4 35.c3 Bb1 36.a3 Nf7 37.Re1 Bf5 38.Bf4 Nd8 39.Re7
Ne6 40.Be5 c5 41.c4 a5 42.a4 Kd8 43.Bf6 Kc8 44.Kg3 Kb7 45.h4
Kc8 46.Kf2 Kb7 47.Ke3 Kb8 48.Be5 Kc8 49.Rf7 Bc2 50.Rf6 Kd7
51.Kd2 Be4 52.Rxe6 Kxe6 53.Bxc7 Kd7 54.Bxb6 Kc6 55.Bxa5 Bf5
56.Kc3 Bh3 57.Bd8 Kd6 58.Bg5 Bd7 59.a5 Bc8 60.Be3 Kc6 61.Bxc5
Kxc5 62.b4 Kd6 63.Kd4 Bh3 64.b5 Bf1 65.a6 Kc7 66.Kc5 Be2
67.Kb4 Bf1 68.c5 Be2 69.Ka5 Bf3 70.c6 Kb8 71.Kb6 Be2 72.a7 Ka8
73.Ka6 Bf3 74.c7+ Bb7+ 75.Ka5 Bc8 76.b6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a4
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.e6 fxe6 13.Qe2
Nge5 14.Nd4 Nd3 15.Nxe6 Rf6 16.Bc7 Qb4 17.Nd4 Bc5 18.Nc2 Qxb2
19.Nd1 Qb3 20.Nde3 N7e5 21.h3 Be6 22.Kh2 Rh6 23.Rab1 Bg4
24.Nxg4 Nxg4+ 25.Qxg4 Qxc2 26.Qg5 Nxf2 27.Rxf2 Qxf2 28.Rf1 Qd4
29.Be5 Qd7 30.Qc1 Qe6 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Qg5+ Rg6 33.Qxc5 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5
7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Qc3 Bb7 12.e5 Ne4
13.Qe3 Na5 14.Nd2 Nxb3 15.cxb3 Nxd2 16.Bxd2 O-O 17.Bc3 Qh4
18.Rae1 Rfe8 19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Rxf2 dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3
Nc6 8.g4 Nxg4 9.Nxd5 O-O 10.Bg2 Bh4 11.Bg3 Be6 12.Kf1 a5
13.Nh3 a4 14.Qc4 Na5 15.Qc5 b6 16.Bxh4 bxc5 17.Bxd8 Raxd8
18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.d5 Bd7 20.Rc1 c4 21.Ng5 h6 22.Nf3 Rb8 23.h3 Nf6
24.Nd4 Rxb2 25.Bf3 Rxa2 26.Kg2 Re8 27.Nec6 Bxc6 28.Nxc6 Nxc6
29.dxc6 Rxe3 30.Rxc4 Rb3 31.Rd4 Rbb2 32.Rf1 Rd2 33.Rb4 Kh7
34.Rb7 Ne8 35.Kg3 g6 36.Re1 Nd6 37.Rxc7 Kg7 38.Rd7 Nf5+ 39.Kf4
Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3
exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6
13.c5 Nh5 14.g3 Bh3 15.Re1 Qg5 16.Ndb5 Rad8 17.Nd6 Bd4 18.Qc1
Be3 19.Bxe3 Rxe3 20.Kf2 d4 21.Nd1 Rxe2+ 22.Rxe2 Qd5 23.Ne4 Ne5
24.Qg5 Re8 25.Rd2 Qc4 26.Ndc3 h6 27.Qh4 dxc3 28.Rd8 cxb2
29.Rxe8+ Kg7 30.Rd1 Qc2+ 31.Rd2 b1=Q 32.Qxh3 Qcc1 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7
7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Qc2 c6 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6
13.O-O-O a5 14.Kb1 Be6 15.g4 Rac8 16.Ng5 b5 17.f4 Bd7 18.Qe2
a4 19.Rc1 a3 20.b3 Ng6 21.Qd2 h6 22.Nf3 Ne4 23.Bxe4 dxe4
24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.fxe5 Rxe5 26.Qh2 Re6 27.Qxd6 Rxd6 28.Nxe4 Rd5
29.Nc5 Re8 30.Rhe1 Bc8 31.Nd3 h5 32.Nf4 hxg4 33.Nxd5 Bf5+
34.Ka1 cxd5 35.hxg4 Bxg4 36.Rc5 Bf3 37.Rxb5 g5 38.Ra5 g4
39.Rxa3 f5 40.b4 g3 41.b5 g2 42.b6 Re7 43.Ra8+ Kf7 44.Ra7 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.cxb5 a6 7.bxa6 Nf6
8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg2 Bf5 10.O-O Nxa6 11.Ne1 Qd7 12.e4 Bh3 13.Rb1
Rfb8 14.b3 Bxg2 15.Nxg2 Ng4 16.Bb2 Nc7 17.Qc2 Bd4 18.Kh1 Ne5
19.Qe2 Qc8 20.f4 Ng4 21.Qf3 Rb4 22.h3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.15"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 c5
8.Nge2 Qa5 9.d5 b5 10.Nc1 Nbd7 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Nb6
13.Qxa5 Rxa5 14.Bd2 Ra8 15.Ne2 Nc4 16.Nec3 Nxb2 17.a4 c4
18.Ra2 Nd3+ 19.Bxd3 cxd3 20.Bg5 Ba6 21.Nc7 Nd7 22.Ra3 Rfc8
23.N3b5 Bxb5 24.Nxb5 Rc5 25.Rb3 Rxa4 26.O-O Ra2 27.Kh1 d2
28.Na3 Bd4 29.Rd3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[EventDate "1997.02.04"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxd5
7.e4 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 Nc6 9.a3 Bd7 10.Be2 Rc8 11.O-O Na5 12.Qe3 Bc5
13.Qf4 Nb3 14.Qg3 Nxc1 15.Raxc1 O-O 16.Ne5 f6 17.Nxd7 Qxd7
18.Qb3 Kh8 19.Bc4 e5 20.Rfd1 Qe7 21.Be6 Rcd8 22.Bd5 b6 23.Qh3
Bd4 24.Rd2 f5 25.Rdc2 Qg5 26.Qg3 Qh6 27.Rf1 g6 28.Kh1 Rc8
29.Qd3 Rcd8 30.b4 Qh4 31.f3 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.01"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nh6 7.O-O Nf5
8.Na3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bxa3 10.bxa3 Qb6 11.Be3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Qd8
13.Bd3 Rc8 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.Rc5 O-O 16.Qb1 b6 17.Rc2 h6 18.Ba6
Rcd8 19.Bb5 Na5 20.Rc7 a6 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.Qxb6
Qb5 24.Qxb5 axb5 25.Rb1 Rc8 26.Rxb5 Rc1+ 27.Kf2 Rc2+ 28.Kf1
Nc4 29.Rb3 Rxa2 30.Rc3 g6 31.h4 Kg7 32.e4 dxe4 33.Rxc4 exf3
34.gxf3 Rxa3 35.Kf2 Ra2+ 36.Kg3 Rd2 37.Ra4 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5
39.f4 Kg6 40.fxg5 Kxg5 41.Ra7 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.02"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Ne7 6.Ne5 Bd7 7.Nxd7
Qxd7 8.exd5 exd5 9.O-O O-O-O 10.a3 Nf5 11.Be2 c4 12.Bf3 Bc5+
13.Kh1 h5 14.Bxd5 h4 15.h3 Ng3+ 16.Kh2 Nxf1+ 17.Qxf1 Rhe8
18.Bxc4 Qd4 19.d3 Qf2 20.Qxf2 Bxf2 21.Bd2 f5 22.Bb5 Rd6 23.Rf1
Bg3+ 24.Kg1 a6 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Rc1 b5 27.Kf1 Rce6 28.Rd1 Kb7
29.d4 Rd6 30.d5 Kb6 31.b4 Kb7 32.Bc1 Rd7 33.Ne2 Red8 34.Nc3
Rc8 35.Rd3 Re7 36.Be3 Rce8 37.Nd1 Re4 38.d6 Kc6 39.d7+ Rd8
40.Nc3 Re6 41.Ne2 Rxd7 42.Rc3+ Kb7 43.Nxg3 hxg3 44.Ke2 Rc7
45.Rxc7+ Kxc7 46.Kf3 Kd7 47.Bd4 Rg6 48.Ke3 Ke8 49.Kf3 Kf7
50.c3 Ke6 51.Ke3 Kd5 52.Kd3 Re6 53.Bxg7 Re1 54.Bd4 Ke6 55.Kd2
Ra1 56.Ke2 Rxa3 57.Be5 a5 58.bxa5 Rxa5 59.h4 Ra3 60.h5 Kf7
61.Bd4 Kg8 62.h6 Kh7 63.Bg7 Kg6 64.Kd2 Ra2+ 65.Ke3 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.04"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2
Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6 15.Nxc4 b5 16.axb5 Nb4+ 17.Kc3
cxb5 18.Rd1 bxc4 19.Rxd5 Nxd5+ 20.Kc2 O-O 21.Qe4 Rfc8 22.h4
Rc5 23.Rh3 Rac8 24.Ra3 a5 25.Kc1 h5 26.Qd4 c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.05"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Re1
Bg4 8.Nbd2 e5 9.h3 Bd7 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Re8
13.a4 Nh5 14.Bf1 Nf4 15.Be3 Qe7 16.Kh2 a5 17.Qc2 h5 18.Rad1 h4
19.Rd2 Bc6 20.Na3 Red8 21.Bb5 Rxd2 22.Bxd2 Bxb5 23.Nxb5 Ne6
24.Na3 Bf6 25.Nc4 Bg5 26.Be3 Bf4+ 27.Kg1 Bxe3 28.Nxe3 Rd8
29.Rd1 c6 30.Kf1 Kg7 31.Ng4 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Nc5 33.Qc2 Qg5 34.b4
axb4 35.cxb4 Ne6 36.Qc3 f6 37.Qe3 Kf7 38.Ke1 Qxe3+ 39.Nxe3 Nf4
40.Kd2 Ke6 41.a5 f5 42.f3 Nh5 43.Kd3 Nf6 44.Nd1 Kd6 45.Nb2 Nh5
46.Nc4+ Ke6 47.Kc3 Ng3 48.Kd3 Nh5 49.Ne3 Nf6 50.Nf1 Nd7 51.Nd2
Kf6 52.Nb3 Kg5 53.Ke3 Kf6 54.Nc1 Ke7 55.Kd3 Kd6 56.Nb3 Kc7
57.Nd2 Kd6 58.Nc4+ Ke6 59.Nb2 Kd6 60.Na4 Kc7 61.Nb2 Kd6
62.Nc4+ Ke6 63.Ke3 Nf6 64.Nb2 Nd7 65.Nd3 Kd6 66.f4 fxe4
67.fxe5+ Nxe5 68.Nc5 Kd5 69.Nxb7 Nc4+ 70.Ke2 Na3 71.a6 Nb5
72.Ke3 Na7 73.Na5 g5 74.Nb7 Kc4 75.Kxe4 Kxb4 76.Kf5 Kb5
77.Kxg5 Kxa6 78.Nd6 c5 79.Kxh4 Nb5 80.Nc4 Nd4 81.Kg5 Kb5
82.Ne3 c4 83.h4 c3 84.h5 Ne6+ 85.Kf5 Ng7+ 86.Kg6 Ne6 87.Kf5
Ng7+ 88.Kg4 Ne6 89.h6 Nf8 90.Kf5 Kc5 91.g4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.06"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. O-O Nf6
12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Rd8
17. c3 Bd7 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Ne5 Be4 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxe4 Bxh2+
22. Kh1 Be5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxg4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Kf7 26. Rac1
Qb6 27. Qf4+ Kg8 28. Rc7 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxb7 a5
31. Rc1 Rad8 32. f3 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 a4 35. b3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.08"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3
exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6
13.c5 Nh5 14.Qd2 Be5 15.g3 Ng7 16.Rfd1 a6 17.Bf1 Be6 18.Nxe6
fxe6 19.f4 Bf6 20.Rab1 g5 21.Ne2 Rf8 22.b4 gxf4 23.gxf4 Bh4
24.Bg3 Rc8 25.Rb3 Rc7 26.Bh3 Nf5 27.Bxf5 Rxf5 28.Bxh4 Qxh4
29.Rg3+ Rg7 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Ng3 Qg4 32.Rf1 Rf6 33.a4 Ne7
34.Qe2 Rg6 35.Qxg4 Rxg4 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 Kf7 38.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.09"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2
a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qc2 Bxd2 10.Nbxd2 d5 11.Rfd1 Na6 12.cxd5 exd5
13.Nf1 Ne4 14.Ne5 Qe7 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.a3 c5 17.Nc4 Rad8 18.d5
b5 19.d6 Qe6 20.Nxa5 Ba8 21.a4 bxa4 22.bxa4 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 Qxd6
24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Qc3 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Nb3 h6 28.Ne3 Qc8 29.h4
h5 30.a5 g6 31.Qf6 Qc6 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Nd2 Nc7 34.Ndc4 Ne6
35.Qb8 Qa6 36.Nd6 Bc6 37.Qb6 Qa8 38.a6 Nd4 39.Kf1 Ne6 40.a7
1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.10"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2
d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.d3 O-O 13.b4
Bb6 14.Na3 Qa6 15.Bb3 Nd8 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nh4 Ne6 18.Nf5 c5
19.Nc2 Bd8 20.c4 cxb4 21.Nxb4 Qb6 22.Be3 Nc5 23.Qb1 Bxf5
24.gxf5 Qb7 25.Ba2 g6 26.Bh6 Re8 27.cxb5 Qxb5 28.Kh2 Qd7
29.Rg1 Kh8 30.Bc4 Rg8 31.Nd5 gxf5 32.Nxf6 Bxf6 33.Rxg8+ Kxg8
34.exf5 Qb7 35.Qa2 Qe7 36.Bxf7+ Kh8 37.Bc4 Qd8 38.Qa7 e4
39.Qf7 Nxd3 40.Bd5 Ne5 41.Qb7 Qe7 42.Qc8+ Qd8 43.Qb7 Qe7
44.Qb1 Nd7 45.Kh1 Bg7 46.Be3 Nf6 47.Be6 Qe8 48.Bd4 Qa8 49.Kg1
Qd8 50.Qb2 Qf8 51.Kf1 Qd8 52.Qc3 Qf8 53.h4 h6 54.Qb3 Nh7
55.Be3 Nf6 56.Qc4 Qd8 57.Qc6 Qe7 58.Bb6 Kh7 59.Ke1 Kh8 60.Qc8+
Qe8 61.Bd8 Ng4 62.Bd7 Qg8 63.Be6 Qe8 64.Qc7 Qb5 65.Bg5 Qe8
66.Bd2 Ne5 67.Kf1 Nf3 68.Bc3 Nd4 69.Bxd4 Bxd4 70.Qc4 Bg7
71.Qxe4 Qf8 72.Kg2 Bf6 73.Kh3 Bg7 74.Qc6 Bf6 75.Kg4 Be7 76.Kh5
Kh7 77.Qc4 Qf6 78.Qg4 Qg7 79.Qe4 Qf6 80.f3 Bd8 81.Qg4 Qg7
82.Qxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.11"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Bd2 c5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Rad1 cxd4
13.exd4 Qc7 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Rfe1 b5 16.Ne4 Bb7 17.Nxd6 Qxd6
18.Qc7 Qxc7 19.Rxc7 Rab8 20.Ba5 Rfc8 21.Rec1 Nd5 22.Rxc8+ Rxc8
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Ne5 Nb8 25.Be4 f6 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Bc7 fxe5
28.Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2
Nxe5 7. b3 d5 8. d4 Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bg2 dxc4 11. d5 Ne5
12. Qd4 Nfd7 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Rhd1 Nd3+ 15. Rxd3 cxd3 16. Qxf6
Nxf6 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Be6 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Rxd3 a5 21. Rd2 Rfe8
22. e5 h5 23. Re2 Bf5 24. Bf3 Bxh3 25. Bxh5 Be6 26. Re3 Nb6
27. Ne4 Nd5 28. Re2 Bf5 29. Nc5 b6 30. Na4 Rab8 31. Bf3 Be6
32. Rd2 Red8 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Be3 b5 35. Nc5 Rdc8 36. a3 b4
37. axb4 axb4 38. Ra2 Ra8 39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. d7 d4 41. Bg5 Bxd7
42. Nxd7 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Rc2 44. Ke4 Rc3 45. Kxd4 Rxb3 46. Bf4
Rf3 47. Nb6 b3 48. Nc4 Kh7 49. e6 fxe6 50. Be5 g5 51. Ke4 Rf2
52. Ke3 Rf5 53. Kd2 Kg6 54. Kc3 Rf3+ 55. Kb2 Kf5 56. Bc7 Rd3
57. Bb8 g4 58. Bf4 Ke4 59. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Qa4 Bb7
12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Rb1 Qc8 14. Bd2 Qh3 15. f3 Nh5 16. Rf2 Qe6
17. Kg2 Rc8 18. b3 Bd4 19. e3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxe3 21. Qa5 Ng7
22. Re1 Qc5 23. Rd2 Qxa5 24. Bxa5 f6 25. Rd5 Kf7 26. Bd2 a6
27. Ra5 Rc6 28. Be3 Ne6 29. Rd1 Rbc7 30. h4 Nd8 31. g4 Nb7
32. Rad5 Rc8 33. h5 e6 34. R5d2 g5 35. f4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 e5
37. Be3 Rg8 38. Kh3 Ke6 39. Rf1 Nc5 40. Re2 Rc7 41. Rf3 Ne4
42. Rf1 d5 43. Bh6 Nc3 44. Ref2 Ne4 45. Re2 Nc3 46. Ref2 Ne4
47. Re2 Nc3 48. Ref2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3
7.bxc3 O-O 8.Nf3 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.e3 Qa5 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Ba3 b6
13.dxc5 Rb8 14.Rfc1 Be6 15.cxb6 axb6 16.Qb5 Bd7 17.Qc4 Rfc8
18.Qh4 Be8 19.Nd4 Bf6 20.Qf4 Ne5 21.Bf1 Qb7 22.Bb4 Kg7 23.Rd1
Ba4 24.Rd2 Rd8 25.Bg2 Qa7 26.Qe4 Qc7 27.f4 Nc4 28.Re2 Be8
29.g4 h6 30.a4 e5 31.Nb5 Bxb5 32.axb5 exf4 33.exf4 Re8 34.Qxe8
Rxe8 35.Rxe8 Nd6 36.Rea8 Nxb5 37.Bd5 Qd7 38.Bf3 Bxc3 39.Rd1
Qc7 40.Bf8+ Kh7 41.Kg2 Nd4 42.Re8 Nxf3 43.Kxf3 Qc6+ 44.Re4 f5
45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Rd7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 b5 13.c5
e5 14.dxe5 Nxc5 15.a3 Bb7 16.Bb2 a5 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.f4 f5
19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Kh1 Qe7 22.Re1 Rcd8 23.Qc2 Nd7
24.e4 Qxa3 25.e5 Qe7 26.Nf3 g6 27.Nd4 Rc8 28.Qd2 Qb4 29.Qxb4
axb4 30.Nxc6 Kg7 31.Nd4 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Rc8 33.Rxc8 Bxc8 34.Bxd5
Nc5 35.Nxb5 g5 36.Kg2 Kg6 37.Kf3 h5 38.Nd4 Bg4+ 39.Ke3 h4
40.Nc6 Bd1 41.Nxb4 hxg3 42.hxg3 gxf4 43.gxf4 Bxb3 44.Kd4 Ne6+
45.Bxe6 Bxe6 46.Nc2 Kf5 47.Ke3 Bc8 48.Nd4+ Kg6 49.Kd3 Ba6+
50.Kc3 Kh5 51.Kb4 Kg4 52.f5 Kg5 53.Kc5 Bc8 54.Kd5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6
7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Nf6 11.Qd3 Bd6 12.Nbd2
O-O 13.Nc4 Ng4 14.h3 Rxf3 15.Qxf3 Nh2 16.Qd3 Nxf1 17.Kxf1 Nb4
18.Qb3 Nc6 19.Qa4 Rb4 20.Qc2 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Qd3 c5 23.b3
c4 24.bxc4 Qc6 25.Bd2 Rxc4 26.Rb1 Bc7 27.Rb2 Bb6 28.Ke2 h6
29.g3 Rc5 30.h4 Qd7 31.Kf3 Rc8 32.Kg2 Qa4 33.Bb4 Rc1 34.h5 Qe8
35.Qf3 Qb5 36.Qe2 d3 37.Qg4 Qc6 38.Bd2 Rc4 39.Bxh6 Qxe4+
40.Qxe4 Rxe4 41.Kf3 Re5 42.Be3 Bxe3 43.fxe3 Rxh5 44.Rd2 Ra5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Re8 12.c4 Qc8
13.Bh3 Be4 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.Bg2 h6 16.Nf3 Be4 17.b3 c5 18.Bb2
cxd4 19.Rxd4 Qb7 20.Re1 Bc6 21.Nh4 Bxg2 22.Nxg2 Rad8 23.Red1
Rxd4 24.Bxd4 Ne4 25.f3 e5 26.Qxe4 Qxe4 27.fxe4 exd4 28.Kf2 Bc5
29.Kf3 a5 30.Nf4 g6 31.Nd3 h5 32.e5 f6 33.exf6 Re3+ 34.Kf2 Kf7
35.Nf4 Rc3 36.Ke2 Re3+ 37.Kf1 g5 38.Nd5 Rf3+ 39.Ke2 g4 40.Rd3
Rf5 41.a3 Bxa3 42.Rxd4 Bc5 43.Rf4 Rxf4 44.Nxf4 Kxf6 45.Nxh5+
Ke5 46.Nf4 Kd4 47.Nd5 b5 48.Ne3 bxc4 49.Nxc4 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nd7 9.Qe2 Be7 10.O-O-O c6 11.h4 b5 12.Bd3 Qc7
13.Kb1 Nf6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qe4 g6 16.h5 Bb7 17.hxg6 hxg6
18.Ne5 Rfd8 19.Qg4 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Qxe5 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Rde1 Qf5
23.Qh4 Kf7 24.Qh7+ Kf6 25.g4 Qxg4 26.Qxb7 Rh8 27.Rhg1 Qf5
28.Qxc6 Rhe8 29.Qc3+ e5 30.f4 Rac8 31.fxe5 Kg7 32.Qd2 Rcd8
33.Qe3 Rc8 34.Rg2 Re7 35.Rf2 Qh5 36.Qf4 Kg8 37.a3 Rce8 38.e6
Rd8 39.Qf6 Rd1+ 40.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 41.Ka2 Qd8 42.Rh2 Qd5+ 43.b3 Rg7
44.e7+ Qf7 45.Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.Qa4 Bh3 12.Bg2 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Qd7 14.Rb1 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 Rfc8 16.c5 dxc5 17.Be3 c4
18.Bxa7 Rb4 19.Nc3 e6 20.Bd4 Nd5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rfc1 Nxc3
23.Rxc3 Rcb8 24.Rc2 g5 25.a3 Rb3 26.Rxc4 Rxb2 27.Rxb2 Rxb2
28.e3 Ra2 29.Ra4 h5 30.h3 f5 31.Ra7+ Kf6 32.Ra8 g4 33.hxg4
hxg4 34.a4 Ra1 35.a5 Ke5 36.a6 Ke4 37.a7 Ke5 38.Kh2 Ke4 39.Kg2
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Re1
Bf5 8.Nh4 Bg4 9.Bg5 c6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.f3 Be6 12.e4 c5 13.exd5
cxd4 14.dxe6 dxc3 15.bxc3 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 fxe6 17.Rab1 Qc7 18.Rxe6
Nc5 19.Bf4 Qd8 20.Re2 Qxd2 21.Bxd2 Nd5 22.f4 Rad8 23.c4 Nc3
24.Bxc3 Bxc3 25.Bxb7 Nxb7 26.Rxb7 e5 27.Rb3 Rd1+ 28.Kg2 Ba5
29.Rxe5 Rd2+ 30.Kh3 Bc7 31.Re7 Bb6 32.Rd3 Rxd3 33.cxd3 Rd8
34.Nf3 Rxd3 35.Ng5 h6 36.Ne4 Kf8 37.Rb7 Rd4 38.c5 Rxe4 39.cxb6
axb6 40.Rxb6 Kf7 41.Rb2 Ra4 42.Kg2 Ra3 43.Kf2 Kf6 44.Ke2 Kf5
45.Kd2 g5 46.fxg5 hxg5 47.Kc2 Kg4 48.Kb1 Ra5 49.Rb8 Ra7 50.Rb5
Rh7 51.Rb2 Ra7 52.Rf2 Kh3 53.Kb2 g4 54.a3 Rb7+ 55.Ka2 Rb2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O h6 9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.cxd5 cxd5
13.Nb5 Rfc8 14.Qe2 Bb8 15.Ba3 Qd8 16.Rac1 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Ne8
18.g3 a6 19.Nc3 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Nxd6 21.Ne5 Rc8 22.Nxd7 Qxd7
23.Bxa6 Ne4 24.Bxb7 Nxc3 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.Ba6 Qc7 27.Qb5 g6
28.a4 Rc2 29.Qd3 Rb2 30.Qd1 Qc3 31.Bb5 Kg7 32.Qf3 Qc7 33.e4
Qc1+ 34.Kg2 Rb1 35.Kh3 Qc2 36.Be8 f6 37.Qf4 Qc8 38.Bxg6 Kxg6
39.Qg4+ Kf7 40.exd5 Qd7 41.Qh5+ Ke7 42.Qg6 e5 43.Kg2 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4
Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.h3 Qb6
13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Re2 Qa6 15.Qe1 Ne8 16.Bf4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 f6 18.a4
Ne5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Rea2 Qd3 21.Qe3 Qxe3 22.fxe3 Nd6 23.Nd2
Ra5 24.g4 Kf7 25.Kf3 h5 26.Ke2 c4 27.Kf3 Rba8 28.Kg3 hxg4
29.hxg4 g5 30.Kf3 Ke8 31.Nf1 Kd7 32.Ng3 Rb8 33.Nf5 Nxf5
34.exf5 Rb3 35.Ra3 Rb8 36.e4 Kd6 37.R3a2 Rb3 38.Ra3 Kc5 39.Ke3
Rb8 40.Rd1 Rba8 41.Rb1 Rxa4 42.Rxa4 Rxa4 43.Rb7 Ra3 44.Rc7+
Kb5 45.Rb7+ Kc5 46.Rc7+ Kb5 47.Rb7+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nf1
c5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Be3 a5 16.Rc1 c4 17.Bc2 d5 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Nxc6
Bxc6 20.e5 Na4 21.Rb1 Ra6 22.Ng3 g6 23.Bh6 Re8 24.e6 Bg5
25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Qf3+ Bf6 27.Nh5 Re4 28.Nxf6 Qxf6 29.Bxe4 dxe4
30.Qg3 Ra7 31.d5 Bxd5 32.Rbd1 Qf5 33.Qb8 Rb7 34.Qf8+ Ke6
35.Qc8+ Rd7 36.g4 Qf7 37.Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8
7.Bd2 Be6 8.O-O-O Nd7 9.e4 f6 10.h3 Bh6 11.Be2 c6 12.a3 Ke7
13.b4 a5 14.Kb2 Nb6 15.c5 Bxd2 16.Nxd2 axb4 17.axb4 Na4+
18.Nxa4 Rxa4 19.Ra1 Rxb4+ 20.Kc3 Rd4 21.Rhb1 Rd7 22.Ra8 Kf7
23.Bc4 Bxc4 24.Nxc4 Kg7 25.Nd6 Ne7 26.Ne8+ Kf7 27.Nxf6 Rd3+
28.Kxd3 Rxa8 29.Nxh7 Ra2 30.Ke3 Ra3+ 31.Ke2 Ra2+ 32.Kf3 Rc2
33.Rxb7 Rxc5 34.Ng5+ Kf6 35.h4 Rc3+ 36.Kg4 Rc2 37.f4 exf4
38.e5 Kxe5 39.Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Be6
7.Bc4 Bxc4 8.Nxc4 Qa6 9.Qe2 e6 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.Bd6 Nxc3 12.bxc3
Nd7 13.Bxf8 Kxf8 14.Qd3 Ke7 15.a4 Nb6 16.Ne5 Qxd3 17.cxd3 Nd7
18.Nf3 Rhc8 19.Kd2 c5 20.Rhb1 Rc7 21.a5 Rac8 22.Ra3 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Nc5 24.Nb3 Nd7 25.c4 e5 26.Re1 Kd6 27.f4 f6 28.Kc3 Nc5
29.fxe5+ fxe5 30.Nxc5 Rxc5 31.Re3 Rf8 32.Ra2 Rf6 33.Rg3 g6
34.Rh3 Rf7 35.Kb4 Rcc7 36.Re2 Rf1 37.Rhe3 Rb1+ 38.Kc3 Rc5
39.Ra2 Rc1+ 40.Kd2 Rf1 41.Re2 Rh1 42.h3 Rf1 43.Ke3 Rf7 44.g3
Ke6 45.Reb2 Kd6 46.a6 b6 47.Rxb6+ axb6 48.a7 Rc8 49.a8=Q Rxa8
50.Rxa8 Rf1 51.Rd8+ Kc6 52.Rh8 Rg1 53.Kf2 Rd1 54.Ke2 Rg1 55.g4
Kc5 56.Rxh7 e4 57.Rc7+ Kd6 58.Rg7 Kc5 59.dxe4 Rg3 60.Rc7+ Kd4
61.Rc6 g5 62.Rxb6 Rxh3 63.Rb5 Kxc4 64.Rxg5 Kd4 65.e5+ Re3+
66.Kf2 Rxe5 67.Rg6 Kd5 68.Kg3 Re8 69.Kf4 Rf8+ 70.Kg5 Ke5
71.Kh5 Kf4 72.g5+ Kf5 73.Rh6 Rf7 74.Rh8 Kf4 75.g6 Rf5+ 76.Kh6
Kg4 77.g7 Rh5+ 78.Kg6 Rg5+ 79.Kf6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.h4
cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.Na3 Nf5 10.Nc2 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 h5 12.a3 Be7
13.b4 Rc8 14.g3 f6 15.Bd3 fxe5 16.Bxf5 exf5 17.dxe5 d4
18.Ncxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 a5 20.Be3 axb4 21.axb4 Qxb4 22.Kg2 Qc5
23.Qb3 Qb4 24.Rhb1 Qxb3 25.Rxb3 Rc7 26.Ra8+ Rc8 27.Ra5 b6
28.Ra7 Rd8 29.e6 Bc8 30.Nc6 Bf6 31.Nxd8 Bxd8 32.Bxb6 Bf6
33.Bc5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.a3
O-O 8.Rb1 d6 9.b4 b6 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne4
h6 14.b5 Bb7 15.a4 f5 16.Nd2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qd7 18.Bb2 Kh7 19.e3
dxe3 20.Bxg7 Qb7+ 21.Nf3 e2 22.Rfe1 Kxg7 23.d4 g5 24.Kg1 Ng6
25.Rxe2 Rf6 26.c5 bxc5 27.dxc5 dxc5 28.Ne5 Re8 29.Rd1 Nxe5
30.Rxe5 Qc7 31.Qc3 c4 32.Rd4 Re7 33.Rxc4 Qd7 34.Rd4 Qb7 35.Rd6
Kf7 36.Rc5 f4 37.Rdc6 fxg3 38.hxg3 Qd7 39.Qc2 Rf5 40.Rc7 Qd6
41.Rxf5+ exf5 42.Qxf5+ Kg7 43.Rc6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 h6 7.O-O a6
8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Ba7 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Kh2 Ne7
14.e3 Ng6 15.Ne2 c6 16.Qc2 Rad8 17.e4 b5 18.cxb5 cxb5 19.Qc6
Qc8 20.Qc7 Qa8 21.Qc6 Qc8 22.Qc7 Qb8 23.Qxb8 Bxb8 24.Rc6 d5
25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Rxa6 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Rxd3 28.Ng1 h5 29.Rd1 Rb3
30.Rd2 h4 31.Bd1 hxg3 32.fxg3 Rxg3 33.Rxf6 e4 34.Rxg6 fxg6
35.Kh1 Rf1 36.Bd4 e3 37.Bb3+ Kh7 38.Rg2 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3
b5 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.e4 cxd4 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Nc4 Nc6 13.Bg5
Qc7 14.Rc1 Bc5 15.Nxd4 Ndxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Nf3 Qd6 18.Qc2
Ba7 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Qe4 O-O 21.Bf4 Qb6 22.Be3 Qa5 23.Ng5 Qf5
24.Qxf5 exf5 25.Bxa7 Rxa7 26.Nxf7 Na5 27.Be6 Ba8 28.Rc5 Nc6
29.Ne5 Kh8 30.Nxc6 Rc7 31.Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Bb7 8.d3 O-O 9.Nc3 Na5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8
13.Nxe5 d5 14.Bg5 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qxd1 16.Rxd1 b4 17.Nd5 Bxf2+
18.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 19.Kg1 Nxg5 20.Nd7 Rd8 21.Nxc7 Kh8 22.Nxa8 Rxa8
23.Rd4 Ra1+ 24.Kf2 Rb1 25.Rxb4 Rxb2+ 26.Ke3 h5 27.h4 Ne6 28.g3
Rg2 29.Kf3 Rb2 30.Ke3 Rg2 31.Kf3 Rb2 32.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.04.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Bg5 c5 8.Bc4 Qa5+ 9.c3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Re5 Qb6
13.Qe2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 h6 15.Bh4 Nd5 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Re1 Bd7
18.Bd3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Bb1 Rd6 21.Qc2 Kf8 22.Qh7 Rd2
23.Rf5 Be4 24.Rxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qxe4 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Kf8 27.Qb4+ Kg8
28.Qe4 Rad8 29.Qxe6+ Qf7 30.Bh7+ Kf8 31.Qe4 R8d6 32.h4 Rd1
33.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34.Kh2 Qc7+ 35.g3 Rd2+ 36.Kh3 Qd7+ 37.Bf5 Qc6
38.Qf4 Qd6 39.Qf3 Qf6 40.Qf4 Rd6 41.h5 a5 42.Qe4 Rd8 43.g4 b6
44.a4 Kg8 45.Kg3 Kh8 46.Kf3 Qh4 47.Qe6 Qh3+ 48.Kf4 Qh2+ 49.Kf3
Qd6 50.Qxd6 Rxd6 51.Ke4 Rd2 52.b4 Kg8 53.bxa5 bxa5 54.c4 Kf7
55.Ke5 Ke7 56.c5 Rd1 57.c6 Rc1 58.Kd5 Rc3 59.Bd7 Kd8 60.Ke6
Rc5 61.Kd6 Rc4 62.Be6 Rd4+ 63.Bd5 Rd1 64.c7 Kc8 65.Kc6 Rc1+
66.Kb6 Rxc7 67.Be6+ Kb8 68.Kxa5 Rb7 69.Ka6 Rb2 70.Bf5 Kc7
71.a5 Kc6 72.Be4+ Kc5 73.Ka7 Ra2 74.a6 Kd6 75.Kb7 Rb2+ 76.Kc8
Ra2 77.Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.05.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ulf Andersson"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Bf5 6.Re1 O-O 7.Nbd2
Qc8 8.e4 Bg4 9.c3 Nc6 10.Qc2 Bh3 11.Nc4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 e6 13.Bg5
b5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne3 Bg7 16.a4 a6 17.axb5 axb5 18.d5 exd5
19.Nxd5 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Re8 21.Qb3 Qb7 22.Qa2 Qb8 23.Qa6 Nd8
24.Qa7 Qxa7 25.Rxa7 c6 26.Nb4 Rxe4 27.Ra8 Re8 28.Nxc6 Nxc6
29.Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1997.05.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3
d5 8.O-O Bd6 9.exd5 exd5 10.h3 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.Bd4 Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 Be6 15.Na4 Bc7 16.Be5 Nd7 17.Bxc7 Qxc7
18.Qe3 a5 19.b3 Qa7 20.Qf4 Qb8 21.Qh4 h6 22.Qd4 Qb4 23.c3 Qd6
24.Re1 c5 25.Qe3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Rc8 27.Be4 Nf6 28.Bf3 Bd7 29.Nb2
Bc6 30.Nc4 Qc7 31.Nb2 Bb7 32.Qd2 Re8 33.Na4 Rc8 34.Re1 Ba8
35.Qd3 Bb7 36.h4 Ba8 37.Qf5 Bb7 38.h5 Rd8 39.Qe5 Rc8 40.Qe7
Ba6 41.Re5 Qc6 42.c4 Re8 43.Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
Nc6 8.Nf3 d6 9.e4 h6 10.h3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Nd2 Nh7 13.g4 Ng6
14.Nf1 Nf4 15.Qf3 Qf6 16.Bc2 Nxd5 17.Qxf6 Ndxf6 18.f3 Ng5
19.Kf2 Kh7 20.Ne3 g6 21.a4 b6 22.a5 bxa5 23.Rxa5 Ne6 24.Rd1
Rd8 25.h4 Kg7 26.Bd2 Nf4 27.Rda1 Rd7 28.Ba4 Rc7 29.Bb5 Bd7
30.Ra6 Rb7 31.R1a5 Ne8 32.Bxd7 Rxd7 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.cxd5 f6
35.Ke2 g5 36.h5 Rb7 37.c4 Kf7 38.Ra2 Ke7 39.Kd3 Nc7 40.R6a3
Kd7 41.Kc2 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6
7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.h3 c5 12.Nf3
Re8 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Bd6 15.Bf4 Bf5 16.Rc1 Re6 17.Qf3 Qe8
18.Nd3 c4 19.Rxe6 Bxe6 20.Ne5 Rb8 21.Re1 Qf8 22.b3 cxb3
23.axb3 Re8 24.Nd3 c5 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.Qf4 Qxf4 27.Nxf4 Bf5
28.Rc1 c4 29.bxc4 Rc8 30.Ncd5 Nxd5 31.Nxd5 Kf8 32.Ra1 Bxc2
33.Nb6 Rc7 34.Rxa6 g6 35.f3 Kg7 36.Ra3 Rc6 37.Rc3 Rxb6 38.Rxc2
Kf6 39.Kf2 Ke5 40.Re2+ Kd6 41.Kg3 Rc6 42.Rd2+ Ke5 43.Rd5+ Ke6
44.Rd4 Ra6 45.Re4+ Kd6 46.h4 Ra2 47.c5 Kd7 48.c6 Kd6 49.Rc4
Kc7 50.Rf4 f5 51.Rc4 h5 52.Rc5 Ra4 53.Re5 f4 54.Kh3 Rd4 55.Re6
Rd6 56.Rxd6 Kxd6 57.g3 Kxc6 58.gxf4 Kd5 59.Kg3 Ke6 60.Kf2 Kf6
61.Ke2 Ke6 62.Kd3 Kd5 63.Ke3 Ke6 64.Ke4 Kf6 65.f5 g5 66.hxg5+
Kxg5 67.Ke5 h4 68.f6 Kg6 69.Ke6 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3
Qf6 8.Be3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qxf3 10.gxf3 Bd6 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.Rfb1 Ng6
13.b4 f6 14.a4 Kf7 15.Kf1 Nf8 16.Ke2 Ne6 17.c3 Rhd8 18.Nc4 b6
19.Kd2 Be7 20.Kc2 Rd7 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Rd2 g6 23.Rad1 Bf8 24.Kb3
c5 25.b5 a5 26.Kc2 Bg7 27.Rh1 f5 28.Rdd1 f4 29.Bc1 Bf6 30.h4
Kg7 31.Rh2 Kh7 32.Rg2 Kh6 33.Rdg1 Rg7 34.Rh1 Kh7 35.Rhg1 Rdg8
36.Rh1 Kh6 37.Kd2 g5 38.hxg5 Nxg5 39.Ke2 Ne6 40.Rgh2 h4
41.Rxh4+ Bxh4 42.Rxh4+ Kg5 43.Rh1 Kf6 44.Bb2 Rg5 45.Rh7 Re8
46.Rd7 Re7 47.Rd5 Rh7 48.d4 exd4 49.e5 Kf5 50.cxd4 Rg2 51.Nd6+
cxd6 52.exd6 Kg6 53.d7 Nd8 54.dxc5 bxc5 55.Bc3 Kf7 56.Bxa5 Ke6
57.Rxc5 Rxd7 58.Bc7 Rgg7 59.Bxf4 Nb7 60.Rc6+ Kd5 61.Be3 Rg1
62.Rh6 Kc4 63.Rc6+ Kb3 64.b6 Kxa4 65.f4 Kb5 66.Rc2 Nd6 67.Rc5+
Ka6 68.Rd5 Rgg7 69.Kf3 Nc4 70.Rc5 Nxb6 71.Rc6 Rb7 72.f5 Rgc7
73.Re6 Kb5 74.Re5+ Kc4 75.Ke4 Nd7 76.Ra5 Nf6+ 77.Ke5 Rc6
78.Bg5 Rb5+ 79.Rxb5 Nd7+ 80.Ke4 Kxb5 81.Kd5 Rc5+ 82.Ke6 Nf8+
0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.Ne4 Qd8
13.a3 Ba5 14.Qd3 Bb6 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Bb5 Bd7 17.Nc5 Be8 18.Qc3
Rc8 19.b4 a5 20.Bd3 axb4 21.axb4 Rc7 22.Qe1 Kh8 23.h4 Qd6
24.Bb1 Qf4 25.Be4 Ne7 26.g3 Qf6 27.Ne5 Nf5 28.Ng4 Qd8 29.d5
Nd6 30.dxe6 f5 31.Nxb7 Qe7 32.Rxd6 Rxb7 33.Bxb7 Qxd6 34.e7
Qxg3+ 35.Bg2 Rg8 36.Ne5 Qxh4 37.Rc8 Kh7 38.Nc4 Bd4 39.Nd6 Qh5
40.Nxe8 Rxe8 41.Rxe8 Qxe8 42.Qe6 Bf6 43.Qxf5+ Kg8 44.Bd5+ Kh8
45.Be4 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 f5 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Nd5 Qf7 13.dxe5
Ngxe5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Qd2 Rae8 16.Rae1 Kh8 17.b3 a6 18.Kh1
Nxf3 19.Bxf3 Nd4 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Bd1 Be4 22.Nc3 Bc6 23.Bg4 Bf3
24.Bh3 Be2 25.Re1 Qxf2 26.Bg4 Nc2 27.Rc1 Bxc3 28.Qxc3+ Nd4
29.Bd7 Re5 30.Qg3 Qf7 31.Bh3 Re4 32.Rg1 Kg8 33.Bd2 Bf1 34.Bg4
Be2 35.Bh3 h5 36.Bc3 Qf6 37.c5 h4 38.Bxd4 Rxd4 39.Qe3 Qe5
40.Qh6 Bd3 41.cxd6 cxd6 42.Rc1 Bf5 43.Bxf5 Qxf5 44.h3 Re4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.27"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.a4 O-O
8.Ra3 Bb7 9.Nf3 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Be2 d5 12.bxa6 Nxa6 13.O-O
Nb4 14.Bd2 Qe7 15.Nb5 Nc6 16.Qb1 e5 17.h3 Kh8 18.Rc1 e4 19.Nh2
d4 20.exd4 cxd4 21.Qa2 Rad8 22.a5 d3 23.Bg4 Nd5 24.a6 Ncb4
25.Qb3 Nxa6 26.Nc7 Naxc7 27.Qxb7 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5
13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 b4 15.Ne2 c5 16.f3 c4 17.Qxc4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1
Rfd8 19.Qb5 Qxb5 20.Bxb5 a6 21.Ba4 a5 22.Bf4 Bxf4 23.Nxf4 g5
24.e5 gxf4 25.exf6 Ra6 26.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rxf6 28.a3 bxa3
29.bxa3 Rf5 30.Rd4 Kg7 31.Kh2 Bc8 32.Bc2 Rc5 33.Bd3 Be6 34.Ba6
Rf5 35.a4 h6 36.Bb5 Kf6 37.Rd8 Kg7 38.Ra8 Bb3 39.Kg1 Rc5
40.Rxa5 Bxa4 41.Rxa4 Rxb5 42.Rxf4 Rb2 43.Kh2 Ra2 44.Rf5 Kg6
45.Rb5 Kg7 46.h4 Ra4 47.Kh3 Ra2 48.g4 Ra1 49.g5 hxg5 50.Rxg5+
Kf6 51.Rg2 Kf5 52.Kg3 Ra8 53.Rb2 Rg8+ 54.Kf2 Rh8 55.Rb5+ Kf4
56.Rb4+ Kf5 57.Kg3 Rg8+ 58.Rg4 Ra8 59.Rf4+ Kg6 60.Kg4 Ra5
61.Rb4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.30"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2
d5 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Nc6 Qc8 12.a3 O-O 13.Bg5
Qe8 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Na5 c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rfc1 Rc8
19.e4 d4 20.Nd1 d3 21.e5 Bd4 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Rc1 Qd7 24.Bc6
Qe7 25.Be4 fxe5 26.Nc6 Qf6 27.Bxd3 Bb7 28.Be4 Bxc6 29.Rxc6 Rd8
30.Nc3 Nc8 31.Bg2 Kg7 32.Ne4 Qg6 33.Qa5 Rd5 34.Qb4 Nb6 35.Qe7
Bb2 36.h4 Rd1+ 37.Kh2 Nd5 38.Qe8 Nf6 39.Nxf6 Qxf6 40.Rc8 Kh6
41.Qf8+ Qg7 42.Qc5 Qg6 43.Bf3 Rd7 44.g4 f6 45.Qf8+ Qg7 46.Qe8
Qf7 47.Qh8 e4 48.Bxe4 Qg7 49.Qxg7+ Kxg7 50.Rc6 Bxa3 51.Rxe6
Re7 52.Ra6 Bc5 53.f3 Bb6 54.Ra2 Bc7+ 55.Kh3 Bf4 56.Ra5 h6
57.Rf5 Bd2 58.Kg2 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[EventDate "1997.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4
12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4
17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Bd2 c3 20. Bxc3 Rac8 21. Be4 Rc4
22. Rfb1 Rfc8 23. R5b3 Nxa4 24. Bd2 Rxd4 25. Be3 Rxe4 26. Qxe4
Nc3 27. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.h3 Nh6 12.dxe5 dxe5
13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Be3 Be6 15.a3 Nf7 16.b4 c6 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+
18.Rxd1 Nc7 19.Nd2 Bf8 20.Rb1 b6 21.c5 b5 22.a4 bxa4 23.Nxa4
f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Nc4 Nd5 26.Bd2 e4 27.Na5 Rc8 28.Ba6 Rc7
29.Nc3 Nxc3 30.Bxc3+ Bg7 31.Bd2 Ba2 32.Rc1 Be5 33.Nc4 Bxc4
34.Bxc4 Kg7 35.b5 cxb5 36.Bxb5 Bd4 37.c6 Kf6 38.Rd1 Be5 39.Ba5
Re7 40.Bc4 f4 41.Rd7 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6
13.g5 Nd7 14.a3 Rb8 15.h4 b4 16.axb4 Rxb4 17.Na2 Rb6 18.Qc3
Qxc3 19.Nxc3 h6 20.Be2 Bb7 21.Na5 Ba8 22.Nc4 Rc6 23.Kb1 Nb6
24.b3 Nxc4 25.Bxc4 Rc5 26.Kb2 a5 27.Bd3 Bc6 28.Na4 Bxa4
29.bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.13"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+
c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 c5 12.Rd1 Qe7
13.O-O Rd8 14.e3 Na6 15.Rd2 Nc7 16.Rfd1 Ne6 17.h4 g6 18.Qb3 h5
19.Qa2 a6 20.dxc5 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc5 22.Nd4 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Qd6
24.Rc1 Rac8 25.Rdc2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Bc6 27.Rc3 Bb5 28.Qb2 Qe6
29.Qc1 Bc4 30.e4 b5 31.e5 Re8 32.Kh2 Qb6 33.Qf4 Rf8 34.Rf3 a5
35.Bh3 Be2 36.Re3 Bc4 37.Rf3 Be2 38.Re3 Bc4 39.Qg5 Qxd4 40.e6
Qb2 41.Rf3 d4 42.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Bd7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bxh6
gxh6 8.O-O Qb6 9.Qd2 Bg7 10.Na3 O-O 11.Nc2 cxd4 12.cxd4 f6
13.exf6 Rxf6 14.b4 Raf8 15.b5 Ne7 16.Ne5 Be8 17.g3 h5 18.a4 h4
19.Bd3 hxg3 20.hxg3 h5 21.Ne3 Bh6 22.a5 Qd8 23.f4 Kh8 24.Qh2
Qd6 25.a6 b6 26.Rab1 Qc7 27.Nc2 Qc3 28.Rf3 Qc7 29.Rbf1 Ng6
30.Qxh5 Qg7 31.Nxg6+ Bxg6 32.Bxg6 Rxg6 33.Qe5 Rc8 34.Nb4 Rc4
35.Nc6 Kh7 36.Qxg7+ Rxg7 37.Kg2 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bf2
Nc6 14.O-O e6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bd4 Be5 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.Bxe5 dxe5
19.a4 O-O 20.b3 Rfd8 21.Qe3 Qf4 22.Qxf4 gxf4 23.Rfd1 h4
24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Rd2 Kf8 27.Nd1 Ke7 28.Nf2 f5
29.Kf1 fxe4 30.fxe4 a5 31.Ke2 Be8 32.Kd1 Bh5+ 33.Kc1 Rg8
34.Nd3 h3 35.gxh3 Rg1+ 36.Kb2 Bf3 37.Nxe5 Bxe4 38.Rf2 Kf6
39.Nc4 Kg5 40.h4+ Kg4 41.h5+ f3 42.h6 Kf4 43.Nd2 Rg6 44.h7 Rh6
45.h8=Q Rxh8 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.17"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Qd4 11.Be3 Qd6 12.Rad1
Qc7 13.f4 Bg4 14.Qf2 e4 15.Rde1 Bf5 16.h3 h5 17.Bd4 Bg7 18.b3
O-O 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.axb5 axb5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6
13.Qc3 Ne7 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Nc3 c5 16.Nxb5 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Rxb5
18.Ra7 c4 19.Bxc4 d5 20.Qxe7 dxc4 21.Qxd8 Rxd8 22.Ra8 Rf8
23.Ra4 Be6 24.f5 Bd5 25.Re1 h5 26.h3 Rc8 27.Kh2 h4 28.f6 gxf6
29.b3 f5 30.bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.20"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3 e3 10.dxe3 b6 11.e4 h6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.f4
Kg8 14.e5 Nh7 15.Ba3 Bb7 16.Be4 Kh8 17.Bc2 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Rxe5
19.Bxh7 Kxh7 20.c5 Qe8 21.Qd3+ Be4 22.Qd2 Qe6 23.Rf2 bxc5
24.Raf1 Re8 25.c4 Qh3 26.Bb2 Rg5 27.Qc3 Re6 28.Qe3 Rg4 29.Rc1
h5 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Na4 Qa5+
7.c3 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc5 Nc6 10.Qe3 O-O 11.Nb3 Qa4 12.Bd3 b6
13.O-O Ba6 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Re1 d5 16.e5 Nd7 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Nd4
Rac8 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Bg5 Rfc8 21.Qf3 Kg8 22.a3 Qb5 23.Re2 h6
24.Bf4 Rc4 25.Rd2 Re4 26.Qg3 Qc4 27.Be3 Rg4 28.Qh3 Nxe5 29.f4
Rxf4 30.Bxf4 Qxf4 31.Rf2 Qg5 32.Raf1 Rc4 33.Re2 a5 34.Qe3
Qxe3+ 35.Rxe3 Ng4 36.Rd3 Rc7 37.a4 f5 38.b3 Kf7 39.c4 dxc4
40.Rc3 Ne5 41.Rfc1 Rc6 42.h4 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.bxc4 Nd7
45.Kf2 Nc5 46.Ra3 g4 47.Ke2 Kf6 48.Rd1 Ne4 49.Rc1 f4 50.Rb3
Nc5 51.Ra3 e5 52.Rh1 Kf5 53.Rh5+ Ke4 54.Rh4 Rg6 55.Rh1 g3
56.Rh5 Kd4 57.Ra2 Re6 58.Rh1 Nd3 59.Rc2 e4 60.Rh8 f3 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.Ba3 Nf4 12.Bf1 Bg4 13.h3
Bxf3 14.Qxf3 axb4 15.Bxb4 c5 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1
Nf6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg7 12.Be2 h5 13.Bxg4
Bxg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.Bf2 Nc6 16.O-O e6 17.Nde2 Qc7 18.Qd2 g4
19.f4 h4 20.Be3 b5 21.Rad1 Bf8 22.e5 dxe5 23.Ne4 O-O-O 24.Qe1
f5 25.Ng5 h3 26.g3 Re8 27.Qf2 Kb8 28.fxe5 Bc8 29.Nf4 Rg8
30.Nh5 Rxg5 31.Bxg5 Nxe5 32.Bf4 Bc5 33.Rfe1 Bxf2+ 34.Kxf2
Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "01, Chess Classic, Frankfurt GER"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5
7. g3 Bg7 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 gxf4 10. gxf4 Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O-O
12. Qe3 Kb8 13. Rg1 Rhg8 14. a3 a6 15. e5 Qe7 16. Bd3 Bh8
17. Rg3 dxe5 18. fxe5 Rxg3 19. hxg3 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4
Bg7 22. c3 Bc8 23. Bc2 b6 24. Nf2 Qd6 25. Be4 Bb7 26. Nd3 Ka7
27. Kb1 Rf8 28. Qe2 a5 29. Nf4 Rg8 30. Bh7 Rh8 31. Bc2 Nd8
32. Nh5 Bf8 33. Ne5 Rg8 34. g4 Be7 35. Nf4 Bg5 36. Nfg6 Qd5
37. Re1 Rg7 38. Bd3 Nc6 39. Bc4 Qd6 40. Rf1 Nd8 41. Rf8 c5
42. dxc5 Qxc5 43. Rxd8 Bxd8 44. Nf4 Bc7 45. Nfd3 Qe7 46. Bb5
Qd6 47. Qe3 Rh7 48. Bc4 h5 49. g5 h4 50. g6 Rg7 51. Qh6 Qe7
52. Qh5 Qf6 53. Bb5 Qf5 54. Qe2 Qe4 55. Qh5 h3 56. Ka2 Qf5
57. Qe2 Qe4 58. Qh5 Bd6 59. c4 h2 0-1

[Event "04, Chess Classic, Frankfurt GER"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.06.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxb5 Rc8 16. Qe2 Ne4
17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. e4 Qg6 20. g3 f5 21. e5 Ne4
22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bc2 Bd5 24. Bb3 Rf3 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. fxe3
Bxb3 27. axb3 Rcf8 28. Rfd1 Qg4 29. Rd2 h5 30. Kh1 Qh3 31. Rg1
Qf5 32. Ra1 Qxe5 33. Rxa7 h4 34. Rdd7 hxg3 35. Rxg7+ Qxg7
36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qc4 Rh8 38. Qxe6 Rf1+ 39. Kg2 gxh2 40. Qe7+
Rf7 41. Qe5+ Rf6 42. Kh1 Rhh6 43. b4 Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Qd8+
Kg7 46. Qe7+ Rf7 47. Qe5+ Kg8 48. Qb5 Rg6 49. Qe8+ Kg7
50. Qe5+ Kg8 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qe5+ Rff6 53. b5 Rg1+ 54. Kxh2
Rgg6 55. b6 Rh6+ 56. Kg3 Rhg6+ 57. Kh4 Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1
Nc6 8.c3 d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.d4 b6 11.a3 Ba6 12.Nbd2 Bd3 13.Nf1 Bg6
14.Ng3 Rc8 15.Be3 b5 16.Ne2 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nb6 18.Nf4 Bf5 19.Qe2
Nc4 20.Rac1 Qb6 21.Bc2 Be4 22.Bd3 g6 23.Bxc4 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 bxc4
25.Qg4 Qxb2 26.h4 Bxa3 27.h5 Ne7 28.Ra1 Rc7 29.hxg6 hxg6
30.Reb1 Qc2 31.Qe2 Qc3 32.Qa2 Bc5 33.dxc5 Nf5 34.Ne2 Qd3
35.Bg5 c3 36.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.04"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3
c3 8.bxc3 c5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Bf5 11.Rd1 Be4 12.Bb2 Qb6 13.Nc4
Qa6 14.Bf1 Rfd8 15.Nfd2 Bc2 16.Rdc1 Ba4 17.Nb3 Nd7 18.dxc5
Nce5 19.Nxe5 Qxe2 20.Bxe2 Nxe5 21.Nd4 e6 22.Rab1 Bf8 23.Ba1
Rab8 24.c4 Nd7 25.c6 bxc6 26.Bd1 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 Nb6
29.Rc1 c5 30.Nb3 Bg7 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.05"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.d4 Be6 9.Na4 Na6 10.Bd2 Rc8 11.e3 b5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3
c5 14.a3 Bd5 15.b4 cxb4 16.axb4 Qb6 17.Ra3 Nb8 18.Qa1 Rc7
19.Nh4 Bc4 20.Rd1 Rfc8 21.Bf3 e6 22.Ng2 Bf8 23.Bd2 Nc6 24.Ra6
Qb8 25.Qa3 Ne7 26.Ne1 Nd5 27.e4 Nb6 28.Bf4 Qb7 29.Bxc7 Rxc7
30.Ra5 Na4 31.Nd3 Bxd3 32.Rxd3 Rc4 33.e5 Qb6 34.Rxa4 bxa4
35.Qxa4 Rxd4 36.Ra3 Rxb4 37.Qe8 Rb1+ 38.Kg2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.06"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.d5 Na6 9.O-O Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 h5 13.a3 Qe7
14.Rb1 b6 15.b4 Bd7 16.Nd3 g5 17.Bg3 f5 18.h3 Nf6 19.bxc5 Nxc5
20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Bxh5 Nxh5 22.Qxh5 Be8 23.Qf3 f4 24.Bh2 Bf6
25.g4 Qh7 26.Nb5 Rd8 27.Kg2 Rd7 28.Qe2 Bd8 29.f3 Ba5 30.Rb3
Rf6 31.Qb2 Rb7 32.Rh1 Rb6 33.Nc3 Bg6 34.Rf1 Qh4 35.Rxb6 axb6
36.Nb5 Bf7 37.Qf2 Qh7 38.Rh1 Be8 39.Qb2 Bxb5 40.Qxb5 Qh4
41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Kg6 43.Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.07"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.a4 Nc6 7.O-O
e6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.d4 Nf6 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Bd7 12.Re1+ Kf8
13.b3 h6 14.Bb2 a6 15.a5 Kg8 16.Qd2 Bg4 17.Rf1 Kh7 18.Ne5 Re8
19.Nxg4 Nxg4 20.Na4 Bxb2 21.Nxb2 Qh4 22.g3 Qf6 23.Nc4 h5
24.Rae1 Nh6 25.Kg2 Nf5 26.Rf2 Nd4 27.Re3 Qf5 28.Kg1 Rxe3
29.Qxe3 Qd7 30.Nb6 Qe8 31.Qd3 Rd8 32.Kg2 Kg8 33.b4 Qb5 34.Qxb5
axb5 35.c3 Nf5 36.Re2 Kf8 37.Kf2 c4 38.h3 h4 39.g4 Ng3 40.Re3
f5 41.g5 Ne4+ 42.Ke2 Re8 43.Kd1 Ke7 44.Ke1 Kd8 45.Kd1 Nf2+
46.Ke2 Rxe3+ 47.Kxe3 Ne4 48.Kd4 Kc7 49.Na8+ Kd7 50.Nb6+ Kd8
51.Na8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.09"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.a3 d6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 Be7 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 O-O 13.Bg5
Nbd7 14.Qd2 a5 15.Nb5 Qb6 16.c3 Nc5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nd4 bxc3
19.Nxc3 Rab8 20.Ncb5 Rfd8 21.Qh6 d5 22.e5 Nd7 23.exf6 Bxf6
24.Rad1 Bg7 25.Qh4 Rbc8 26.b3 Nc5 27.Re3 Ne4 28.Bf1 Ba6 29.Bd3
f5 30.Bb1 Rd7 31.Qh5 Rf7 32.Nf3 Bxb5 33.axb5 h6 34.Bd3 Rc3
35.Qg6 Rf6 36.Qe8+ Rf8 37.Qg6 Rf6 38.Qe8+ Rf8 39.Qg6 Rxb3
40.Bxe4 Rxe3 41.Bxd5 Rf6 42.Qe8+ Rf8 43.Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.10"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. c4 Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb4 Rb8 14. Rfc1 Re8 15. e3 Bf8 16. Qa4 a6
17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Qa5 e6 20. Qxd8 Rexd8 21. a4 Ne4
22. Ba5 b6 23. Be1 Rdc8 24. Ne5 Be8 25. f3 Nd6 26. g4 a5
27. Nd3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Kf2 Ne7 31. Bf1
Nc6 32. Bc3 g5 33. e4 f6 34. exd5 exd5 35. f4 Nb4 36. Bxb4
Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Kb1 h5 12.Bc4 O-O-O
13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bb3 Kb8 15.Rhf1 Qc5 16.Qd3 h4 17.Qh3 Be7 18.f5
Qe5 19.Rde1 Rde8 20.Ne2 Bf8 21.Nf4 Rh6 22.a3 Bb5 23.Nd3 Bxd3
24.cxd3 Rh8 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.d4 Qxd4 27.Bxe6 Bg7 28.Bd5 Re7
29.Rd1 Qa4 30.Rd3 Rc8 31.Rb3 Rc5 32.Ka2 Qd4 33.Rd3 Qa4 34.Rb3
Qd4 35.Rff3 f5 36.Rb4 Qd1 37.Rd3 Qe1 38.Qxf5 a5 39.Rb6 Rc1
40.Qf4 Ra1+ 41.Kb3 Rd7 42.Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4
Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Bd3 Rf6 16. Na4 Rf7 17. c5 dxc5
18. Bc3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Nc4 Nd6 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5+
Bg7 23. Bxg7+ Rxg7 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Nxe4
27. axb6 cxb6 28. Re1 Nc3 29. e7 Nxd1 30. exd8=B Rxd8
31. Rexd1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rb7 33. Kf1 b5 34. Rb1 Kg7 35. Ke2
Kf6 36. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4
O-O 8.Bd3 f5 9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Qa5
13.Bd2 Nbc6 14.Nf3 c4 15.Be2 Bd7 16.O-O Kg7 17.Qc1 Ng8 18.Bf4
Raf8 19.Bd6 Qxc3 20.a4 Nf6 21.Rd1 Ne4 22.Ra3 Qa5 23.Bxf8+ Rxf8
24.c3 Qb6 25.Re1 Nd6 26.Bd1 Rf6 27.Ra2 Nf7 28.Qa3 Na5 29.Ne5
Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Qd8 31.Re3 Qf8 32.Qc1 Nb3 33.Qb1 Na5 34.h3 b6
35.Bg4 Qd6 36.Qe1 Nc6 37.h4 Nd8 38.g3 Nf7 39.Rae2 Nd8 40.Qa1
Nc6 41.Rf3 Rxf3 42.Bxf3 Nd8 43.Bg4 Nf7 44.Re1 Kf6 45.Qc1 Ke7
46.h5 Kf6 47.hxg6 hxg6 48.Kg2 Kg7 49.Bd1 Qe7 50.Bc2 Qg5 51.Qd1
Nh6 52.Qe2 Qf6 53.Rh1 Be8 54.f4 g5 55.Rf1 Bf7 56.fxg5 Qxg5
57.Rf4 Bg8 58.Qe3 Kh8 59.Qc1 Kg7 60.Qa3 Bf7 61.Qd6 Ng4 62.Kf3
Nf6 63.Qe7 Qh5+ 64.Ke3 Qg5 65.Ke2 a6 66.Kd1 Qh5+ 67.Kc1 Ng8
68.Qc7 b5 69.axb5 axb5 70.g4 Qh1+ 71.Kb2 Nh6 72.Qe5+ Kg8
73.Qg5+ Kf8 74.Qd8+ Kg7 75.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Crown, Antwerp BEL"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Novikov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 c5
8.Nge2 Nc6 9.d5 Ne5 10.Ng3 b5 11.cxb5 Qb6 12.a4 axb5 13.Bxb5
Ba6 14.O-O Qa5 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.Nb5 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 Nc4 18.Bc3 Nd7
19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rfb1 Nd2 21.Rd1 Nb3 22.Ra3 c4 23.Nf1 Ndc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Crown, Antwerp BEL"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1
Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Be3 O-O 16.Bd4 Qd5 17.Re1 Rfd8 18.Re3 Nxd4
19.cxd4 c5 20.Bxd3 cxd4 21.Re2 Qe6 22.h3 Rd5 23.Ne1 a5 24.Bxf5
Qxf5 25.Nd3 h5 26.Rc2 f6 27.exf6 Bxf6 28.Qe2 Ra7 29.Rac1 Re7
30.Qd1 Kh7 31.Rc5 g6 32.Rxd5 Qxd5 33.Rc5 Qb7 34.Qc2 Bg7
35.Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys Crown, Antwerp BEL"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.e4
axb5 8.Bxb5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.O-O Nb4 12.Qe2 O-O
13.Be3 Ng4 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bd2 Qa6 16.Qxa6 Rxa6 17.h3 Nh6 18.Rfd1
Nf7 19.Ne1 Raa8 20.Be3 Rfc8 21.a3 Na6 22.Na4 Rab8 23.Rac1 d6
24.Nd3 Rb3 25.Rc3 Rbb8 26.Rc4 Rb3 27.Nc1 Rbb8 28.f4 f5 29.exf5
gxf5 30.Rd2 h5 31.Bf2 Nh6 32.Ne2 Kf7 33.Bh4 Bf6 34.Bg5 Ng8
35.Kh2 Nc7 36.Ng1 Rb3 37.Nf3 Rcb8 38.Nh4 Bxb2 39.Nxf5 Bf6
40.Ng3 Nb5 41.Nxh5 Bd4 42.Ng3 Nxa3 43.Rcxd4 cxd4 44.Rxd4 Nc2
45.Rd2 Ne3 46.f5 Nf6 47.Bxf6 Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Lost Boys Crown, Antwerp BEL"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Rongguang Ye"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 Be6 10.c5 a5 11.a3 Nc6 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Bxc6
bxc6 14.Ne5 Bf6 15.Bf4 Bd7 16.f3 Ng5 17.Nc3 Rb8 18.Rf2 Ne6
19.Bg3 Re8 20.f4 Bxe5 21.fxe5 Qg5 22.Kh1 Rb7 23.Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Crown, Antwerp BEL"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 O-O
13.Nb3 Re8 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Bf4 Qd7 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nd8
18.Rad1 c6 19.h4 Ne6 20.Bc1 Rf8 21.Qg4 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Be3
Raf8 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Rd2 Nc5 27.Rde2 a5 28.g3 Rf3
29.Rd1 a4 30.a3 Nb7 31.h5 Nd6 32.Bb1 R8f6 33.Kg2 Rf8 34.Rf1
Nc4 35.Rfe1 Nd6 36.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys Crown, Antwerp BEL"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.Qxb7 Nbd7 11.gxf3 Bg7 12.Bf4 Rb8
13.Qxa6 Nh5 14.Bc1 O-O 15.Be2 Be5 16.h4 Nf4 17.Bb5 f5 18.Bxf4
Bxf4 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Qe2 Be5 21.Nb5 Kh8 22.O-O-O fxe4 23.fxe4
Qd8 24.Rd3 Qa5 25.Ra3 Qb4 26.f3 c4 27.Qc2 Rfc8 28.Rf1 Rf8
29.Kb1 Ra8 30.Rc1 Rf4 31.Qe2 Rc8 32.Na7 c3 33.Qb5 c2+ 34.Ka2
Qd2 35.Qf1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Groningen,FIDE WCH k.o NED"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.a4 Nb6
14.Qe2 Nxa4 15.Bxa4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 Nd7 17.c4 Nb6 18.Ra3 a5
19.Nc3 a4 20.Be3 Bc8 21.Nd2 Bg5 22.Rb1 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Bd7 24.b4
axb3 25.Raxb3 Ra6 26.Qd3 h6 27.Kh2 Qc7 28.Nf1 Rfa8 29.Nb5 Qd8
30.Nc3 Nc8 31.Ne3 Ra3 32.Rb7 R8a7 33.Qc2 Kh7 34.Rxa7 Rxa7
35.g3 g6 36.h4 Ra6 37.Rf1 Nb6 38.h5 Bc8 39.Qd2 Nd7 40.hxg6
fxg6 41.Ng4 g5 42.Kg2 Nf6 43.Nxf6+ Qxf6 44.Qb2 Ra8 45.Qb6 Ra3
46.Qc7+ Kg6 47.Qxc8 Rxc3 48.Qg8+ Qg7 49.Qe6+ Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World FIDE"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3
a6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Qc7 15.Qa3 Rc8 16.Rad1 Na5 17.Qc1 Ke7
18.Qh6 Bc6 19.Nxe6 Qe5 20.Nd4+ Rcg8 21.f4 Qc5 22.Kh1 Rg6
23.Qh3 Bxe4 24.Bf3 Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Qc7 26.Nf5+ Kf8 27.Rfd3 Nc6
28.Rd7 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.a3 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.h3 Nh6 14.Ng3 Qh4 15.Rfe1 Be6 16.b4 a6 17.Na4 Re7 18.Nc5
Rae8 19.Bf1 Bc8 20.a4 Ng6 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Qg5 23.bxc6 bxc6
24.Ra8 Nh4 25.Rb1 N6f5 26.Nxf5 Nxf5 27.Rbb8 Nd6 28.Nd3 Rc7
29.Qc5 Qe7 30.Nb4 g6 31.Ba6 Qe6 32.Bxc8 Nxc8 33.Ra6 Kg7
34.Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Qxc6 Qxc6 36.Nxc6 Nd6 37.Rxe8 Nxe8 38.g4 h6
39.f3 Kf6 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.h4 Nd6 42.Ne5 Nb5 43.Nd3 g5 44.h5 Na3
45.Ke2 Nc4 46.Nf2 Nd6 47.e4 Ne8 48.Nd1 Nf6 49.e5 Nd7 50.Ne3 f6
51.exf6 Nxf6 52.Kd3 Ng8 53.Nf5 Kd7 54.Ke3 Ke6 55.f4 Kf6 56.Kf3
Kf7 57.Nxh6+ Nxh6 58.fxg5 Ng8 59.Kf4 Ke6 60.g6 Kf6 61.g5+ Ke6
62.g7 Ne7 63.h6 Ng6+ 64.Kg4 Kf7 65.Kf5 Kg8 66.Kf6 Nh4 67.h7+
1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be3 Re8 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.a4 Na6 12.Be2 Nb4 13.O-O
b6 14.Bf3 Bc8 15.Nc4 Ba6 16.b3 Nd7 17.Rc1 Ne5 18.Nb5 Bxb5
19.axb5 a6 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Be2 Bf6 22.f3 Qd7 23.bxa6 b5 24.Bd2
Nxa6 25.Kh1 Nc7 26.Bc3 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Ra2 28.Rc2 Ra3 29.Rd2 Qe7
30.Qc1 Rxb3 31.Ra2 Qf6 32.Rd1 c4 33.Ra7 Re7 34.Qh6 Rb2 35.Bf1
c3 36.Rc1 Qd4 37.Rca1 Qg7 38.Qf4 Qf8 39.Qxd6 c2 40.Qc6 Ne8
41.Rxe7 Qxe7 42.Bd3 Nd6 43.Bxc2 Qe5 44.f4 Qxf4 45.Qc3 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Matthew Sadler"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.Bb5
Bd7 8.Nf3 e6 9.a3 Ne7 10.Bd3 Bc6 11.O-O Qd7 12.Ne4 Ng6 13.h4
O-O-O 14.g3 Qd5 15.h5 f5 16.exf6 gxf6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Re1 f5
19.Bg5 Rd7 20.Rc1 Rdh7 21.Bh4 Ba4 22.Qe2 fxe4 23.Bxe4 Qh5
24.Ng5 Be7 25.Nxh7 Qxh7 26.Bxe7 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Bb5 28.Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthew Sadler"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nbd2 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e4
g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.e5 Qe7 10.Be4 d5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Qa4+ Kf8
13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.O-O Bf6 15.Rfe1 Nd7 16.Ne4 Be7 17.c4 Rc8
18.Rad1 Kg7 19.h4 a6 20.h5 b5 21.cxb5 Qxb5 22.Qxb5 axb5
23.hxg6 Kxg6 24.Nc3 Rb8 25.d5 e5 26.Nd4 b4 27.Na4 Bg5 28.Nc6
Rb7 29.Re4 b3 30.Na5 Ra7 31.Nxb3 Rc8 32.Nc3 Rb7 33.Ra4 f5
34.Ra6 Be7 35.Rc6 Ra8 36.Rd2 Kf7 37.Rc2 Rab8 38.Kf1 h5 39.g3
Bf8 40.Nd1 Nf6 41.Ne3 Kg6 42.Rc8 Bh6 43.Rxb8 Rxb8 44.Rc6 Bxe3
45.fxe3 Ne4 46.Ke1 Kg5 47.Nd2 Nxd2 48.Kxd2 Rxb2+ 49.Kc3 Rxa2
50.Rxd6 Ra3+ 51.Kd2 Kg4 52.Rg6+ Kf3 53.Rg5 Ke4 54.d6 Rd3+
55.Ke2 Rxe3+ 56.Kf2 Rd3 57.Rxh5 Rd2+ 58.Ke1 Rxd6 59.Ke2 Rg6
60.Kf2 Ra6 61.Rh4+ Kd3 62.Rh5 Ra2+ 63.Kf1 Ke4 64.Rg5 Rb2
65.Rh5 Rb3 66.Kg2 Rf3 67.Rh1 Ra3 68.Rh5 f4 69.gxf4 exf4 70.Rb5
Ra2+ 71.Kf1 Kf3 72.Rb3+ Kg4 73.Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.cxb5 a6 7.bxa6 Nf6
8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Bf5 10.h3 Nxa6 11.g4 Bxb1 12.Rxb1 Nc7 13.a3
Nfxd5 14.Nh2 e6 15.g5 Rb8 16.Qd3 f5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.e4 fxe4
19.Qxe4 Qd7 20.Ng4 Ne7 21.Re1 e5 22.b4 d5 23.Nxe5 Qxh3 24.Qg4
Qxg4+ 25.Nxg4 Nc6 26.Bb2 cxb4 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.axb4 Rf5 29.b5
Rxg5 30.bxc6 Rxg4+ 31.Kf1 Rc8 32.Rb7+ Kf6 33.Rd7 Rxc6 34.Rxd5
h5 35.Red1 Rcc4 36.R5d3 h4 37.Rf3+ Kg7 38.Re1 Kh6 39.Rd1 Ra4
40.Re1 Ra5 41.Rd1 Rag5 42.Rd8 Rg1+ 43.Ke2 Ra5 44.Rh8+ Kg5
45.Rd3 Re5+ 46.Kf3 Rf5+ 47.Ke2 Ra1 48.Rd4 Ra2+ 49.Ke3 Raxf2
50.Rdxh4 R5f3+ 51.Ke4 Rf4+ 52.Rxf4 Rxf4+ 53.Ke3 Kg4 54.Rh1
Rf3+ 55.Ke2 g5 56.Rg1+ Rg3 57.Ra1 Rg2+ 58.Kf1 Kh3 59.Ra3+ Kh2
60.Ra5 g4 61.Rh5+ Kg3 62.Ra5 Rb2 63.Ra3+ Kh2 64.Ra8 Rb1+
65.Kf2 g3 66.Kf3 g2 67.Rh8+ Kg1 68.Ke2 Rb5 69.Re8 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O
7.e3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7 9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Ne1 c5 12.f3 Nef6
13.b4 Rc8 14.Qb3 cxd4 15.exd4 e5 16.Bb2 Re8 17.Nc2 d5 18.Ne3
exd4 19.Bxd4 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Ne5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Bxf7+ Kh8
23.Rfd1 Qe7 24.Nf1 b5 25.Qa2 Re2 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 Qe3+
28.Kh1 Qd3 29.Bb3 Bd5 30.Rg1 h6 31.Bxd5 Nxd5 32.Ne4 Rc2 33.Qa1
Ne3 34.Qe5 Kh7 35.Nc5+ Qc3 36.Qe4+ Kh8 37.h3 Rc1 38.Qe8+ Kh7
39.Qe4+ Kh8 40.Nd3 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 Qd2 42.f4 Nxg2 43.Qe8+ Kh7
44.Qe4+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nc6
12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.h4 h6 16.Qf4 Qf6 17.Qg3
Na5 18.Bd3 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Ne5 Rc7 21.d5 exd5 22.Ng4 Qc3
23.Nxh6+ Kh7 24.Qf4 Re7 25.e5 Bc8 26.Rc1 Qd3 27.Ng4 Qf5
28.Qxf5+ Bxf5 29.Ne3 Be6 30.Red1 Rd8 31.Rd4 Rdd7 32.f4 g6
33.g4 Rc7 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.f5 gxf5 36.gxf5 Bc8 37.Rxd5 Rc3
38.Kf2 Ra3 39.Rd8 Rxa2+ 40.Kf3 Bb7+ 41.Kf4 Ra4+ 42.Kg5 Bf3
43.Rd7 Re4 44.Nd5 Rxe5 45.Nf6+ Kg7 46.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2
Nc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.b3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bb2 Re8
13.Rc1 h5 14.Na4 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.Qd4 Be5 17.Qd2 Qf6
18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.f3 Bf5 20.Rc3 Rae8 21.Rfc1 Qe7 22.Re1 Qb4
23.Qc1 R8e6 24.Nc5 Rg6 25.Kh1 Qh4 26.Qd2 d4 27.Rc4 dxe3
28.Rxe3 Rd6 29.Qc1 Qe7 30.Rxe5 Qxe5 31.Ne4 Rd4 32.Rxd4 Qxd4
33.Ng3 Bg6 34.Ne2 Qe5 35.Nf4 Bh7 36.h3 h4 37.Qd2 g5 38.Nh5 Bg6
39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.Nf6+ Kg7 41.Ng4+ Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3
a5 8.a4 Be7 9.Be3 Na6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Bxd7 Qxd7 12.Nxa5 d5
13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Rfc8 15.c3 Bh4+ 16.g3 Bd8 17.Nb3 b5
18.O-O bxa4 19.Nd2 Nc5 20.c4 Qb7 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.Rxa4 Rca5
23.Rxa5 Bxa5 24.Qc2 Rb8 25.Ra1 Bb6+ 26.c5 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 b6 10.f3 Bb7 11.a4 Nc6 12.Bg5 Nb4 13.Nb1
h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Na3 Qc7 16.Qd2 Nc6 17.Nc4 Rfd8 18.a5 bxa5
19.Nbxa5 Nd4 20.Nxb7 Qxb7 21.Bd3 Bg5 22.Qf2 a5 23.Ra4 Ne6
24.Rfa1 Nc5 25.Rxa5 Rxa5 26.Rxa5 Nxd3 27.cxd3 d5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5
29.exd5 Qxd5 30.Qe2 Bf6 31.g3 h5 32.Kg2 g6 33.h3 Bg7 34.g4
hxg4 35.hxg4 f5 36.Kf1 Kf7 37.Qe3 Bf6 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Ke2 Kg6
40.Kd1 Qa8 41.Ke2 Qd5 42.b4 Kf7 43.Qa7+ Be7 44.Ne3 Qe6 45.b5
e4 46.Qa4 exd3 47.Kxd3 Qd7+ 48.Ke2 Kg6 49.Qc4 Bd6 50.b6 Qe7
51.Kd3 Bc5 52.Qg8+ Kh5 53.Qh8+ Kg6 54.Nd5 Qf7 55.Nf4+ Kg5
56.Qd8+ Kh6 57.Nd5 Qg7 58.Qh4+ Kg6 59.Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Nb3
Qxd2+ 13.Rxd2 Nb4 14.Kb1 Nd5 15.Bf2 Bg5 16.Rd3 b6 17.g3 Bb7
18.Be2 Rfd8 19.h4 Bh6 20.c4 Nb4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.c5 Bd5 23.Rd1
Rb8 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Be1 Nxa2 26.Nd4 g6 27.b3 Ra8 28.Bc4 Bxc4
29.bxc4 Rd8 30.Kc2 Bf8 31.Nc6 Rc8 32.Ne5 Nb4+ 33.Bxb4 Bxb4
34.Rd7 Be1 35.Nxf7 Rxc4+ 36.Kd3 Rc3+ 37.Ke2 Bxg3 38.Ng5 Bxh4
39.Nxe6 Rc2+ 40.Kd3 Rc6 41.Nf4 Rf6 42.Ke4 Rf7 43.Rd5 Bg3
44.Ne2 Re7+ 45.Kd3 Bf2 46.f4 Kf7 47.Nc3 Re3+ 48.Kd2 Rf3
49.Rd7+ Ke6 50.Rxh7 Rxf4 51.Rg7 Kf5 52.Ne2 Rf3 53.Rf7+ Kg4
54.Re7 Bc5 55.Re4+ Kf5 56.Re8 g5 57.Nc1 Kg4 58.Nd3 Rf5 59.Ke2
Kg3 60.Re6 g4 61.Re4 Kh3 62.Nf4+ Kh2 63.Nd3 g3 64.Rh4+ Kg1
65.Nf4 Re5+ 66.Kd3 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4
h6 8.f4 e5 9.Nf5 h5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Nc6 12.O-O-O Be6
13.Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.Qxd6 Bxg4 15.Qxd8+ Nxd8 16.Rd6 exf4 17.Bxf4
Ne6 18.Be5 Bf3 19.Rg1 Bxe4 20.Bh3 Rd8 21.Rb6 Bc6 22.Rb3 Rg8
23.Re3 g6 24.Bf6 Rd6 25.c4 Kf8 26.Rf1 Bd7 27.b3 g5 28.Be5 Rc6
29.Bg2 g4 30.Rd3 Be8 31.Bd6+ Kg7 32.Rf5 Kg6 33.Ra5 f5 34.Rd2
Ng5 35.Bxc6 Bxc6 36.Bf4 Ne4 37.Rd4 h4 38.b4 g3 39.hxg3 hxg3
40.b5 g2 41.Be3 axb5 42.cxb5 Be8 43.b6 Bc6 44.Rd1 Rh8 45.Re5
Nc3 46.Rd6+ Kf7 47.Rxf5+ Ke7 48.Rg6 Rh1+ 49.Kd2 Rf1 50.Rh5
Ne4+ 51.Kc2 Nf6 52.Rh4 Kf7 53.Rg5 Nd5 54.Bd4 Nf6 55.Rh6 Be4+
56.Kd2 Ne8 57.Rg4 Rh1 58.Rf4+ Kg8 59.Re6 Bc6 60.Rxc6 bxc6
61.Rg4+ Kf7 62.Rxg2 Nd6 63.Kc2 Ke6 64.a4 Kd5 65.Bg1 c5 66.a5
Kc6 67.Rg6 Kb7 68.Rxd6 Rxg1 69.Rd7+ Kc8 70.Rc7+ Kb8 71.a6 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3
Bh5 8.O-O Nc6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.Qb3 O-O
13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.a3 a6 15.Na4 Nd5 16.Nc5 b6 17.Nb7 Na5 18.Nxa5
bxa5 19.Qa4 Rab8 20.Rd2 Qc7 21.Rc2 Qb6 22.Qc4 Bg6 23.Rd2 Ra8
24.Rc1 Bd6 25.Qc6 Rdb8 26.Ne5 Qd8 27.Qd7 Nxe3 28.fxe3 Bxe5
29.dxe5 Qxd7 30.Rxd7 Rxb2 31.Bf3 Rab8 32.Rc5 R2b5 33.Rb7 R5xb7
34.Bxb7 Bd3 35.Rc7 g5 36.Kf2 Kg7 37.Kg3 a4 38.h4 gxh4 39.Kxh4
Rd8 40.Kg3 Bb5 41.Bf3 Rd3 42.Kf4 Rxa3 43.Bh5 Be8 44.Ra7 Rc3
45.Rxa6 a3 46.e4 Bc6 47.Ra7 Rc4 48.Bxf7 Rxe4+ 49.Kg3 Ra4
50.Rxa4 Bxa4 51.Bxe6 Kf8 52.Ba2 Ke7 53.e6 Kf6 54.Kf4 Bc6 55.g4
h6 56.g5+ hxg5 57.Kg4 Bb7 58.e7 Bc8+ 59.Kh5 Bd7 60.Bb1 g4
61.e8=Q Bxe8+ 62.Kxg4 Bg6 63.Ba2 Bf7 64.Bb1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.e4 Nb6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Nc4
13.Ne4 Be7 14.Nd6 N6xe5 15.Nxe5 Nxd6 16.Bd2 f6 17.Bb4 Nf5
18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Nd7 Re8 20.Rac1 Nd5 21.Nc5 Rb8 22.Nxe6 Bxe6
23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Re7 25.h4 Rbe8 26.Kg2 Kf7 27.Kf3 Re5
28.Rd7+ R8e7 29.Rxe7+ Rxe7 30.a4 Rd7 31.b4 Ke7 32.Ke4 Kd8
33.Rc4 Re7+ 34.Kd5 Kd7 35.Rc2 Re5+ 36.Kd4 Re1 37.Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.h3 c6 9.e4 Re8 10.Rb1 a6 11.a3 Rb8 12.Re1 b5 13.c5 exd4
14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.f4 dxc5 16.fxe5 cxd4 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bf4 Qb6
19.Na2 Be6 20.Nb4 Rbc8 21.e5 Bg7 22.Rc1 Bd7 23.Qf3 a5 24.Nd3
c5 25.Qb7 Qxb7 26.Bxb7 c4 27.Bxc8 Rxc8 28.Nf2 h6 29.h4 c3
30.Red1 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Bxg5 Bf5 33.g4 Bg6 34.Rxd4 c2
35.Rd5 b4 36.Rxa5 bxa3 37.bxa3 Rb8 38.Kf1 Re8 39.Rc5 Rxe5
40.Rxe5 Bxe5 41.Re1 Bc3 42.Re8+ Kg7 43.Rc8 Bb2 44.a4 1-0

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
Nd7 8.Bd3 g6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Qg7 12.c5 Ba5
13.Nd6+ Ke7 14.Qb3 Bc7 15.Rhe1 Bxd6 16.cxd6 Kxd6 17.Kf1 Kc7
18.Rac1 Nb6 19.Ne5 Bd7 20.Be4 g5 21.Qg3 Kd8 22.Bf3 Re8 23.a4
a5 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Nxc6+ Bxc6 26.Rxc6 Nd7 27.Qc7+ Ke7 28.Qd6+
Kd8 29.Rc7 f6 30.Rec1 g4 31.Rb7 Re7 32.Qc6 Qg5 33.Rc7 Nb6
34.Qxb6 Rxc7 35.Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6
8.h3 Bg7 9.a4 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O c4 12.Bc2 Nbd7 13.Be3 Qc7
14.Qe2 Rb8 15.Ba7 Ra8 16.Be3 Rb8 17.a5 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.Rfc1
Nbd7 20.Nd2 Rb4 21.Ra4 a5 22.Nxc4 Ba6 23.Bd3 Bxc4 24.Bxc4 Nxe4
25.Rxb4 axb4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Qd3 Rxe3 28.Qxe3 Bxb2 29.Rc2 Bc3
30.Bb5 Nf6 31.Ra2 Qc8 32.Bc6 Qf5 33.Ra8+ Kg7 34.Qe7 Ne4
35.Qf8+ Kf6 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qf8+ Kf6 38.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Bg7 11.h4 Nfd7 12.Ng4 Qa5 13.hxg5
hxg5 14.Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.Kf1 Na6 16.e5 O-O-O 17.a4 Qb4 18.Bf3
Qxb2 19.axb5 Qxc3 20.bxa6 Ba8 21.Rc1 Qb3 22.Nh6 Rf8 23.Bh5
Qxd1+ 24.Rxd1 f5 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Nf7 Be7 27.Nd6+ Bxd6 28.Bxd6
Rf5 29.Bg4 Rd5 30.Bg3 c5 31.Bxe6 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 cxd4 33.Bxc4 Be4
34.f3 Bf5 35.Bf2 Ne5 36.Bb5 Bd7 37.Bxd7+ Kxd7 38.Bxd4 Nc6
39.Bc5 g4 40.Ke2 Ke6 41.f4 Nb8 42.Bxa7 Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.Nd2 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Ba6
13.a4 Qa5 14.Nxd6 Nd7 15.Qc2 f5 16.Nxe8 Rxe8 17.Kd1 fxe4
18.Ra3 c4 19.Re3 Qxd5 20.Rxe4 Rf8 21.f3 Nc5 22.Re7 Bf6 23.Rxa7
c3 24.Rxa6 cxd2 25.Rxf6 dxc1=Q+ 26.Kxc1 Rxf6 27.Rd1 Qc6 28.Kb1
Nxa4 29.Qxc6 Rxc6 30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.Rd7+ Kh6 32.h4 Nc5 33.Rf7 Ne6
34.Ka2 Ra6+ 35.Kb1 Nd4 36.Rf4 Nf5 37.Re4 Rd6 38.Kc2 Ng3 39.Rg4
Nf1 40.Kc3 Ne3 41.Rg5 Nf5 42.Rg4 Kh5 43.b4 Ne3 44.Rd4 Rxd4
45.Kxd4 Nc2+ 46.Ke5 Nxb4 47.Kf6 Nd5+ 48.Kg7 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.h4 h6 4.Bf4 d6 5.e3 Nf6 6.c3 Bg7 7.Bc4 e6
8.Nd2 Qe7 9.Bg3 Nc6 10.Ne2 e5 11.Qc2 Be6 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Bb5
Bd7 14.c4 Kb8 15.d5 Nb4 16.Qb3 Bxb5 17.Qxb4 Be8 18.Nc3 g5
19.f3 c5 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Nb3 g4 22.Rhf1 gxf3 23.gxf3 Rd7
24.Kb1 Rc8 25.Na5 Ka8 26.Rd2 h5 27.Nxc6 bxc6 28.Rfd1 Bf8 29.e4
fxe4 30.fxe4 Qh7 31.Ka1 d5 32.Qa4 d4 33.Qa6 Rb7 34.Bxe5 dxc3
35.Bxc3 Nxe4 36.Rd8 Qc7 37.Rxc8+ Qxc8 38.Be5 Qe8 39.Qa5 Rd7
40.Re1 Nc5 41.Bg3 Qd8 42.Qxd8+ Rxd8 43.a3 Bg7 44.Re2 Nb3+
45.Kb1 Rd2 46.Re8+ Kb7 47.Rb8+ Ka6 48.Rxb3 Rd1+ 49.Ka2 Rg1
50.Bf4 Rg4 51.Bg5 Rxc4 52.Rb8 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e4
O-O 7. Bd3 g6 8. Qe2 Bg7 9. c3 Nc6 10. O-O-O d5 11. e5 b6
12. h4 h6 13. Rdg1 Ne7 14. g4 f4 15. h5 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5
17. h6 Bh8 18. Nf3 c5 19. Nxg5 cxd4 20. Bh7# 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Be2 Qb6 7.O-O Nh6
8.b3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nf5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.a3 a5 12.h3 Rc8 13.g4 Nh4
14.Nbd2 Ng6 15.Re1 O-O 16.Bf1 f6 17.Rc1 fxe5 18.dxe5 Nf4
19.Rc2 Be8 20.Bd4 Qd8 21.Bc5 Bg6 22.Rc1 Nxe5 23.Bxe7 Rxc1
24.Bxd8 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nxf3+ 26.Nxf3 Rxd8 27.Ne5 Bc2 28.Rc1 Bxb3
29.Rc7 d4 30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.Bxd3 Bd5 32.f4 Rf8 33.f5 exf5 34.gxf5
Bc6 35.Kf2 g6 36.Kg3 gxf5 37.Kf4 Kh8 38.h4 h5 39.Re7 Re8
40.Rxe8+ Bxe8 41.Bxf5 Kg7 42.Be4 b6 43.Ke5 Bg6 44.Kxd4 Bxe4
45.Kxe4 Kf6 46.a4 Ke6 47.Kf4 Kd6 48.Kg5 b5 49.axb5 a4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.c3
Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.O-O b6 10.Re1 Ba6 11.exd5 exd5 12.Qa4 Bb7 13.d4
O-O 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Nb3 Qb6 16.Be3 d4 17.cxd4 Qb4 18.Nxc5 Qxa4
19.Nxa4 Rab8 20.Nc5 Ba8 21.Nd7 Nf5 22.Nfe5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Bxg2
24.Kxg2 Rxb2 25.Nxf8 Bxf8 26.Bxa7 Rb7 27.Be3 Bb4 28.Rab1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 c6 6.Bd3 Qe7+
7.Kf1 h6 8.Bh4 Qd8 9.Qe2+ Be6 10.Ne5 Be7 11.Ng6 Rg8 12.Nf4 Qd7
13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.Qxe6 fxe6 15.Bg6+ Kd7 16.Nd2 c5 17.Re1 Rf8
18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Nf3 Nc6 20.Bg3 Bd6 21.Bd3 a6 22.c3 Rae8 23.Bg6
Rd8 24.Kg1 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Kd6 26.Bc2 b5 27.Nh4 b4 28.Ng6 Rfe8
29.Ba4 bxc3 30.bxc3 Rc8 31.Rh4 e5 32.c4 d4 33.c5 Kxc5 34.Bxc6
Rxc6 35.Nxe5 Kd5 36.Rxd4+ Kxd4 37.Nxc6+ Kc3 38.Rb1 Re6 39.Rb3+
Kd2 40.Rb2+ Kc1 41.Rc2+ Kd1 42.Rc4 h5 43.f3 Kd2 44.Nd4 Re1+
45.Kh2 Kd3 46.Ra4 Nd5 47.Nf5 Kc3 48.Rxa6 Re2 49.Nxg7 Ne3
50.Nxh5 Rxg2+ 51.Kh3 Rg1 52.Kh4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3
Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Qe8 10.O-O Kh8 11.h3 Nh6 12.Qd2 g5 13.Bg3
g4 14.hxg4 Nxg4 15.Nd5 Qf7 16.Ne3 Bh6 17.Qc3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Qg7
19.Bh4 Nc6 20.Rf2 Bg4 21.Raf1 Qg6 22.Nh2 Bxe2 23.Rxe2 Bg5
24.Bxg5 fxg5 25.Qd3 Rxf1+ 26.Nxf1 Rf8 27.Ng3 Qh6 28.Nf5 Qh5
29.d5 Nb4 30.Qd2 Qg4 31.Rf2 Qxe4 32.Ng3 Qb1+ 33.Kh2 Rg8
34.Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.e3
Qc7 8.Be2 b6 9.a3 a6 10.O-O Bb7 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 d6 13.Rac1
Nbd7 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Qb3 O-O 16.h3 Qb8 17.Rd2 Rc7 18.Rcd1 Rfc8
19.Ba1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Ne5 21.Rd4 Qa8 22.Kg2 Ng6 23.Ne4 Nxe4
24.Rxe4 Qb7 25.Kh2 b5 26.cxb5 axb5 27.Rg1 Rc2 28.Qd3 d5
29.Reg4 Bf8 30.R1g2 Qc7+ 31.f4 Ra2 32.Bd4 e5 33.fxe5 Nxe5
34.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 35.f4 Qf6 36.Qxd5 Rxa3 37.Bxb5 Rxe3 38.Bc4 Rd8
39.Qh5 Rd4 40.Ba2 h6 41.b5 Rdd3 42.R2g3 Rxg3 43.Rxg3 Rd2+
44.Rg2 Qxf4+ 45.Kg1 Bc5+ 46.Qxc5 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Valery Salov"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Bd7 8.f5 Be7 9.fxe6 fxe6 10.Bc4 Qc8 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6
13.Qd3 Qc5 14.Be3 Qh5 15.Bf4 Rd8 16.O-O O-O 17.h3 Kh8 18.Rad1
Bc8 19.Qg3 Qc5+ 20.Be3 Qc6 21.e5 dxe5 22.Qxe5 Bd6 23.Rxd6 Rxd6
24.Ne4 Rd5 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Bd4 Qxe5 27.Bxe5 Bd7 28.Bxf6 gxf6
29.Rxf6 Rxf6 30.Nxf6 Bc6 31.Kf2 Kg7 32.Ng4 Be4 33.c3 h5 34.Ne5
Kf6 35.Nd7+ Kf5 36.b4 Bc6 37.Nc5 Ke5 38.g3 Kd5 39.Ke3 Kc4
40.Ne4 e5 41.g4 h4 42.g5 Bd7 43.g6 Bxh3 44.Ng5 Bg2 45.Nf3 Bh3
46.Kd2 Be6 47.Nxh4 Kb5 48.Nf3 Bxa2 49.Nxe5 Be6 50.Kc2 a5
51.bxa5 Kxa5 52.g7 Kb5 53.Kd3 Ka5 54.Kd4 b6 55.Nc6+ Ka4 56.Ne7
b5 57.g8=Q 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.h3 O-O 12.Re1 Re8 13.Na3
b4 14.Nc4 bxc3 15.bxc3 exd4 16.Nxb6 Rxb6 17.cxd4 Nxe4 18.Bxf7+
Kxf7 19.Rxe4 Rxe4 20.Ng5+ Kg8 21.Nxe4 Bf5 22.Ng5 Ne7 23.g4 Bg6
24.Ne6 Qc8 25.d5 Bf7 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Qd4+ Kf8 28.Bh6+ Ke8
29.Re1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.e3
Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.O-O e5 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.b3 Be6
13.Bb2 Rad8 14.h3 Nd7 15.Rad1 f5 16.Rfe1 a5 17.Kh2 h5 18.Kh1
Rde8 19.a3 Ba7 20.Rd2 Nf6 21.Qd1 h4 22.gxh4 e4 23.Ne2 Nh5
24.Rg1 Bb8 25.Ng3 Nf6 26.f4 Rd8 27.Bf1 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Ba7 29.Be2
Qd7 30.Qxd7 Bxd7 31.Nh5 Ne8 32.c5 g6 33.b4 Kh7 34.Rd1 Be6
35.Rd8 gxh5 36.Bxh5 axb4 37.axb4 b6 38.Bd4 bxc5 39.bxc5 Kg8
40.Bxe8 Bc4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nb3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Nc6
13.a3 Bd6 14.O-O Rd8 15.f4 Bc8 16.e5 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Rxd3 18.exf6
gxf6 19.Qe2 Qd8 20.Rad1 Be7 21.Be3 Rd7 22.f5 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Qc7
24.fxe6 Bxe6 25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Rg8 27.Qf2 Rg5 28.Ne4 Rf5
29.Qe3 Qc4 30.Kg1 Rd5 31.b3 Qc7 32.Rf1 f5 33.Nf6+ Bxf6 34.Bxf6
Qc5 35.Qxc5 Rxc5 36.Rd1 Rd5 37.Rxd5 Bxd5 38.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul van der Sterren"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4
Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 Nbd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Re1 Qa5
13.e5 Ng4 14.exd6 exd6 15.Bf4 Rfb8 16.Re2 Qa6 17.Rc1 Nge5
18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.b3 Rb4 21.Rd2 c4 22.Ne2 Kg7
23.bxc4 Rxc4 24.Rxc4 Qxc4 25.Qc2 Qb4 26.Ng1 Ra3 27.Nf3 Bf6
28.Rd3 Qe4 29.Rc3 Qxc2 30.Rxc2 Ra5 31.Rd2 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 g6
7. e3 Bf5 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 h5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Na6
12. Nge2 Nc7 13. O-O Ne6 14. Be5 h4 15. Rae1 O-O 16. g4 hxg3
17. hxg3 Nd7 18. Kg2 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qd7 20. f4 f5 21. g4 Rf7
22. Rh1 Bf8 23. gxf5 Nc5 24. Qd1 Qxf5 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Reg1 Re8
27. Rh3 Ne6 28. Rgh1 Bg7 29. Qc2 Nf8 30. Nce2 Qe7 31. Nf3 Qb4
32. Rg3 c5 33. Nh4 Re6 34. Nc3 d4 35. Nd5 Qb5 36. e4 c4
37. Nf3 d3 38. Qc3 Ra6 39. Nd4 Qc5 40. Rxd3 Rxa2 41. Rdh3 b5
42. Nf3 Ne6 43. Kg3 b4 44. Qd2 Rf8 45. Nf6+ Rxf6 46. exf6 Bxf6
47. e5 Bg7 48. Rh7 Qf8 49. Ng5 Ra6 50. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6
7.e3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 Rd8 11.Rd1 b6 12.Bb2 Nc6
13.Rac1 Bb7 14.e4 e6 15.h4 Rac8 16.h5 Qf4 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Bb1
Na5 19.Re1 Qg4 20.Rcd1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nc4 22.Bc1 b5 23.g3 Re8
24.Kg2 f5 25.Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.a4
c5 14.Ra3 h6 15.Nd2 Ra6 16.Nb5 Bd7 17.g3 Nh5 18.Bb2 Be8 19.Be2
Nf6 20.f4 Nd7 21.Qa1 f5 22.Kh1 g5 23.Rf1 Bg6 24.Bd3 g4 25.exf5
Nxf5 26.Qb1 exf4 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Rxf4 Ne5 29.Bxf5 Rxf5 30.Rxf5
Qd7 31.Re3 Qxf5 32.Qxf5 Bxf5 33.Nxd6 Rxd6 34.Rxe5 Kf6 35.Re8
Ra6 36.Ne4+ Bxe4+ 37.Rxe4 h5 38.h3 gxh3 39.Kh2 Rxa4 40.Kxh3
Kf5 41.Rh4 Kg5 42.Rf4 Rb4 43.Re4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.Be2
Bg7 8.O-O Bg4 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Rb1 O-O 11.b3 Nd7 12.Bb2 Nc5
13.Rfd1 a6 14.Qe3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 e6 16.g3 Qc7 17.Bg2 Rfd8 18.Ne2
Bxb2 19.Rxb2 Rac8 20.Nc3 Qa5 21.Rbd2 b5 22.cxb5 axb5 23.Bf1
Na7 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 b4 26.Na4 Nb5 27.Bxb5 Qxb5 28.Nb6 Rb8
29.Nc4 Na4 30.Qd3 Nc3 31.a4 Qg5 32.Kg2 Qc1 33.a5 Qa1 34.a6 Rf8
35.Ne5 Ne2 36.Qxe2 Qxe5 37.Qd3 Qa5 38.Qc4 h5 39.h4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne4 Qxa2 16.Rd1 Be7 17.Be2 O-O
18.O-O Ra7 19.Qh6 Rd7 20.Rd3 Rxd3 21.Bxd3 f5 22.Ng5 Bxg5
23.Qxg5+ Kh8 24.Qe7 Rg8 25.Qf6+ Rg7 26.Qf8+ Rg8 27.Qf6+ Rg7
28.Rd1 Qd5 29.Qf8+ Rg8 30.Qf6+ Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.b5 c5
14.Re1 Re8 15.Rc1 Nd7 16.g3 Nf8 17.Na4 c4 18.Bf1 Qd6 19.Bg2
Rad8 20.h4 Ne6 21.Nc3 g6 22.Nd2 Ba8 23.h5 g5 24.Nf1 Be7 25.g4
Qd7 26.Ng3 Ng7 27.a4 Bb4 28.Bh3 Bb7 29.Qc2 Bd6 30.Nf5 Nxf5
31.gxf5 Bb4 32.Kg2 Qd6 33.f3 Re7 34.Re2 Rde8 35.Rce1 Qf6
36.Bg4 Bd6 37.Qd1 Bb4 38.Qc2 Rd8 39.Rd1 Bc8 40.e4 Bxc3 41.e5
Rxe5 42.dxe5 Bxe5 43.Rde1 Bc7 44.Re8+ Kg7 45.Rxd8 Bxd8 46.Rd1
Bb7 47.f4 d4 48.Bf3 d3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.Qe2
Nf6 8.Nc3 d6 9.f4 Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Bf4 Nc6
13.O-O Ndxe5 14.Rae1 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 O-O 17.Qg3 Kh8
18.Bc7 Qa7 19.Na4 f6 20.Bb6 Qb8 21.Bc7 Qa7 22.Nb6 e5 23.Nxa8
Qxa8 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Bd6 Bd8 26.Nc5 b6 27.Ne4 Nd4 28.Bxe5 Nf5
29.Qg4 Ne3 30.Qh5 Rg8 31.Qf3 Nxd1 32.Nd6 Qa7 33.Nxc8 Qd7
34.Nd6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.25"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Ne2 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Rb1 Nc4
13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 b6 15.Bc6 Rb8 16.Bd5 Ba6 17.Qd3 b5 18.a4 cxd4
19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Nd6 21.Rfc1 Rb6 22.a5 Rb8 23.Rc6 Bb7
24.e5 Nf5 25.Rxg6+ Kh8 26.Bxf7 Rxf7 27.e6 Rf8 28.Bg3 Kh7
29.Rg4 Rc8 30.Be5 Rc5 31.Rg7+ Kh8 32.dxc5 Nxg7 33.Qg6 Rf6
34.Bxf6 exf6 35.Qxh6+ Kg8 36.Re1 Nxe6 37.h4 Ng7 38.Qf4 Qd5
39.Qg3 Kf7 40.Qc7+ Kg6 41.Qg3+ Kf7 42.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2
Nbd7 8.a4 b6 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.h3 Be7 11.g4 Nc5 12.Ng3 g6 13.Bh6
Ne6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.O-O-O Rc4 16.Kb1 Qc7 17.Rhe1 Rd4 18.Qc1 Rb4
19.Bd2 Rd4 20.Bh6 Rb4 21.Bd2 Rd4 22.Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 e6 6.Bd3 Ngf6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O
c5 13.Re1 b6 14.c3 Bb7 15.h4 Re8 16.h5 Bd5 17.Bd2 Rd8 18.Re2
Kg8 19.Qh3 Qc6 20.Re3 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Nf6 22.Qh4 Be7 23.Rh3 cxd4
24.cxd4 Qd6 25.Be3 Kf8 26.Rc1 Qb4 27.b3 Nd5 28.Qe4 Bf6 29.Bc4
Qd6 30.Bxd5 Qxd5 31.Qxd5 Rxd5 32.Rc7 a5 33.a4 Kg8 34.Rb7 Kh7
35.Rxf7 Rb8 36.Ra7 b5 37.Bf4 Rf8 38.Be5 Bxe5 39.dxe5 bxa4
40.bxa4 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Na5
Qc7 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rc8 17.b4 O-O 18.h4 Rc7
19.Bh3 Nh7 20.Bg2 Rfc8 21.Nc6 Nf6 22.f4 Nxg4 23.Bh3 h5 24.Rhg1
f5 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Rgf1 Rf8 27.Nxe7+ Rxe7 28.d6 Ref7 29.Bxg4
hxg4 30.Qd5 f4 31.Qxe5 g3 32.Qd5 Qb7 33.Qxb7 Rxb7 34.d7 Rxd7
35.Rxd7 f3 36.Rdd1 f2 37.Rg1 fxg1=Q 38.Rxg1 Rf3 39.Kc1 Kh7
40.Kd1 Kh6 41.Ke2 Rc3 42.Kd2 Ra3 43.c3 g2 44.Ke2 Rxa2+ 45.Kf3
Kh5 46.Kg3 Rc2 47.Ra1 Rxc3+ 48.Kxg2 Rc4 49.Rxa6 Rxh4 50.Ra7 g6
51.Rh7+ Kg5 52.Rxh4 Kxh4 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6
7.e4 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O
Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Ne5 16.Be2 Nc4 17.Bg5 Nd6
18.Bxe7 Nxe4 19.Bf3 Nd2 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.d6 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Bf8
23.Rxb7 a5 24.h4 a4 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Bg5 h6 27.d7 hxg5 28.dxe8=Q
Rxe8 29.hxg5 a3 30.g3 a2 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.Re1 Qc4 33.Ra7 Rd3
34.Qa8 Rd2 35.Qf3 Rd3 36.Qa8 Rd2 37.Ra4 Qc5 38.Rf1 Qc2 39.Ra7
Qb3 40.Qf3 Qxf3+ 41.Kxf3 Bc5 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.Ra1 Rxf2+ 44.Kg4
Rd2 45.Ra4 Bb6 46.R1xa2 Rd5 47.Kh4 Bd8 48.Rg4 Rd1 49.Rh2 Kg8
50.Re4 Rd5 51.Re8+ Kg7 52.Rb2 Bxg5+ 53.Kg4 Rd4+ 54.Kh3 Rd7
55.Rbb8 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.O-O e5 11.f3 Qe7 12.Be3 Rd8
13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bb3 Be6 15.Rad1 Nc4 16.Bc1 b5 17.f4 exd4 18.Nxd4
Bg4 19.Rde1 Qc5 20.Kh1 a5 21.h3 Bd7 22.a4 bxa4 23.Ba2 Be8
24.e5 Nb6 25.f5 Nd5 26.Bd2 Nb4 27.Qxa4 Nxa2 28.Qxa2 Bxe5
29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Bg5 Rd5 31.Re3 Qd6 32.Qe2 Bd7 33.c4 Bxd4
34.cxd5 Bxe3 35.Qxe3 Re8 36.Qc3 Qxd5 37.Bh6 Re5 38.Rf3 Qc5
39.Qa1 Bf5 40.Re3 f6 41.Rxe5 Qxe5 42.Qa2+ Qd5 43.Qxd5+ cxd5
44.Bd2 a4 45.Bc3 Kf7 46.h4 Ke6 47.Kg1 Bh3 48.gxh3 Kf5 49.Kf2
Ke4 50.Bxf6 d4 51.Be7 Kd3 52.Bc5 Kc4 53.Be7 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Rd1 Ne7 11.Nd4 Ng6 12.f4
Bc5 13.Ne4 Bxd4+ 14.Rxd4 b6 15.Be3 h5 16.Re1 Be6 17.Ng5 Bf5
18.Rc4 Ne7 19.Rd1 a5 20.Bf2 c5 21.Rc3 Ng6 22.Re1 Rg8 23.a3 a4
24.e6 f6 25.Ne4 h4 26.Rc4 Ke7 27.Nxc5 bxc5 28.Rxc5 Nxf4
29.Rxf5 Nxe6 30.Bxh4 Rgb8 31.Rc5 Kd6 32.Rc3 Rxb2 33.Bg3+ Kd7
34.Rd1+ Ke8 35.Rc6 Kf7 36.Rd7+ Ke8 37.Rd1 Kf7 38.Re1 Re8
39.Re4 Ra2 40.Rxa4 Rd8 41.Re4 Rd1+ 42.Kf2 Nd4 43.Rxc7+ Kg6
44.Rg4+ Kf5 45.Rc5+ Ke6 46.Re4+ Kf7 47.Rc7+ Kg6 48.Rg4+ Kf5
49.Rc5+ Ke6 50.Rxg7 Nxc2 51.Rc6+ Kf5 52.Rc5+ Ke6 53.Kf3 Nd4+
54.Kg4 Rxa3 55.Rc8 Ra4 56.Re8+ Kd5 57.Rd7+ Kc4 58.Bf2 Kc3
59.Bxd4+ Rdxd4+ 60.Rxd4 Kxd4 61.Kf5 Ra2 62.g4 Rf2+ 63.Kg6 Rf4
64.Kh5 f5 65.g5 Re4 66.Rf8 Ke5 67.Kg6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Ne2 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Na5 12.dxc5 Nc4
13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Bg5 Bd7 15.Bb3 Na5 16.Bxe7 Re8 17.Bd6 Rxe4
18.Nd4 Nxb3 19.axb3 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.h4 Qb6 13.Bb3
Bd7 14.hxg5 O-O-O 15.Qd2 hxg5 16.Rxh8 Rxh8 17.O-O-O Ne5 18.f3
Qa5 19.Kb1 Bf6 20.Qe3 Kb7 21.Bf2 Rb8 22.g3 Kc8 23.Qe2 Ng6
24.Be1 Qb6 25.Na4 Qb5 26.c4 Qb7 27.Ba5 c5 28.Nb6+ Qxb6 29.Bxb6
Rxb6 30.Rd2 Be5 31.Qh2 Kc7 32.Rf2 Rb8 33.f4 Rh8 34.fxe5 Rxh2
35.exd6+ Kxd6 36.Rxh2 Bc6 37.Bc2 Ne5 38.b3 Nf3 39.Rh7 f6
40.Kc1 a5 41.Kd1 Ke6 42.Bd3 Kd6 43.Ke2 Ne5 44.Kd2 Bb7 45.Kc3
Nc6 46.Rh8 Kc7 47.Bf1 Ne5 48.Bg2 Bc6 49.a3 Bb7 50.Rh7 Kd7
51.b4 axb4 52.axb4 cxb4 53.Kxb4 Ba6 54.Bh3+ g4 55.Bf1 Bb7
56.Bg2 Ba6 57.Rh5 Ke6 58.Kc3 Kd6 59.Bf1 Bb7 60.Bd3 Bc6 61.Rh7
Bd7 62.Be2 Be6 63.Bf1 Bf7 64.Bd3 Be6 65.Rh8 Nc6 66.Bc2 Kc5
67.Bb3 Bf7 68.Ba4 Ne5 69.Rc8+ Kb6 70.c5+ Kb7 71.Rh8 Bg6 72.Kd4
Bf7 73.Rh7 Kc7 74.Bb5 Nf3+ 75.Ke3 Ne5 76.Rh8 Bg6 77.Ra8 Kb7
78.Ra6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2
Qc7 8.a4 b6 9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 e5 12.Nf5 g6 13.fxe5
Nxe5 14.Bg5 Qd8 15.Ne3 Bg7 16.O-O h6 17.Bh4 O-O 18.Ncd5 g5
19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Bg4 Qd8 21.Bg3 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 Qe7 23.Nf5 Qxe4
24.Qxe4 Bxe4 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.Bxd6 Rfe8 27.c3 f5 28.a5 Re6
29.Bc7 b5 30.Rad1 Kg6 31.Rd6 Rxd6 32.Bxd6 h5 33.Rd1 Rd8 34.Rd4
h4 35.Kf2 h3 36.g4 f4 37.Be7 Rxd4 38.cxd4 Bd5 39.b4 Bb3 40.Ke2
Be6 41.Kf3 Bd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8
7.Bd2 Be6 8.O-O-O Nd7 9.Ng5 Bxc4 10.e4 Bxf1 11.Rhxf1 Nh6 12.f4
c6 13.fxe5 Ke7 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Bg5+ Ke8 16.e6 fxe6 17.Rd6 Nf8
18.Rfd1 Bf6 19.e5 Bxg5+ 20.Nxg5 Nxe5 21.Nxe6 Ke7 22.Nd8 Rb8
23.Ne4 Nfd7 24.Re6+ Kxd8 25.Rxe5 Rf8 26.Nc5 Rf7 27.Re3 b6
28.Rf3 Rxf3 29.Nxd7 Rf2 30.Nxb8 Kc7 31.Na6+ Kb7 32.Nb4 c5
33.Nc2 Kc6 34.Rd2 Rf1+ 35.Rd1 Rf2 36.Rg1 g5 37.h3 h5 38.Ne1 c4
39.Nf3 c3 40.bxc3 Rxa2 41.Kb1 Rf2 42.Nxg5 Kd5 43.g4 h4 44.Rd1+
Kc4 45.Ne4 Rh2 46.g5 Kb3 47.Rg1 a5 48.g6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6 9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8
Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 c5 15.Bb5 Rfd8 16.Ne2 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc5
18.O-O Nc7 19.Bc4 e5 20.Nf5 Ba6 21.Bxa6 N7xa6 22.Ne7+ Kf8
23.Nc6 Re8 24.b4 Re6 25.bxc5 Rxc6 26.cxb6 axb6 27.e4 Nc5
28.Rfc1 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rd8
12. Nd2 Qb6 13. c5 Qxc5 14. Nb3 Nb4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Rd4 Qb6
17. Nb5 Ne8 18. Nc7 e5 19. Bxe5 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Rac8
22. Rc3 Bb4 23. Nxd5 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 Qe6 25. Bg3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3
Qe4+ 27. Qc2 Qxg2 28. Rd1 Ra8 29. Nc5 Nf6 30. Qf5 h6 31. Nd7
Nxd7 32. Qxd7 Qf3 33. Qd5 Qe2 34. Rc1 Re8 35. h4 h5 36. b3 Qg4
37. Kb2 b6 38. Rc7 Qe2+ 39. Rc2 Qg4 40. Rc7 Qe2+ 41. Ka3 Qa6+
42. Kb4 Re6 43. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ba3 Be6
12. d5 Bg4 13. Be2 Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rab8 16. Bb2 b5
17. Rfd1 c4 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Ba3 a5 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. Bxc5 Qxc5
22. Rdc1 Qa3 23. h4 h5 24. g3 Rdc8 25. g4 hxg4 26. Bxg4 Rd8
27. Bf3 Rb6 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. Kh3 Rc8 30. h5 gxh5 31. Qf5 Rd8
32. Rc2 Rf6 33. Qe4 Qc5 34. Rd1 Qc8+ 35. Kg2 Rg6+ 36. Kf1 Qd7
37. Ke2 Rg5 38. a4 bxa4 39. Qxc4 Rc8 40. Qd3 a3 41. c4 Qa4
42. Rdd2 Bb2 43. d6 exd6 44. Qxd6+ Kg8 45. Qf4 Rg7 46. Bd5 Rf8
47. c5 Qxf4 48. exf4 a2 49. Bxa2 Bf6 50. c6 Re8+ 51. Kf3 h4
52. c7 Rc8 53. Rd6 Be7 54. Rb6 Kh8 55. Rcc6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Be6 9.Re1 Nf6 10.cxd5 Bxd5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nxd5 Qxd5
13.Bf4 Qd8 14.a3 Nd5 15.Bg3 Bf6 16.Be4 Nce7 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Ne5
Bxe5 19.dxe5 c6 20.Rad1 Rfe8 21.Qc2 g6 22.Qb3 b6 23.h3 Qe6
24.Rd2 Rad8 25.Red1 Rd7 26.Qf3 Nf5 27.Bf4 Red8 28.Bg5 Nfe7
29.Bxd5 cxd5 30.Bf6 d4 31.Qe4 d3 32.Rxd3 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3
34.Qxd3 Nd5 35.Qd4 h6 36.h4 Kh7 37.g3 Qd7 38.Qc4 Nc7 39.Qc2 h5
40.Qe4 Nd5 41.b4 Qe6 42.Qc4 Kg8 43.Qd4 Nxf6 44.exf6 Kh7 45.a4
Qf5 46.b5 Qb1+ 47.Kg2 Qf5 48.Qc3 g5 49.hxg5 Qxg5 50.Qd3+ Kh6
51.Qd6 Kg6 52.Qd7 Qe5 53.Qxa7 Qe4+ 54.Kh2 Qd4 55.Kg1 Qd1+
56.Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qf3 Rf8
13.Bb3 Ne5 14.Qe3 Rb8 15.O-O Qb6 16.Qe2 Rh8 17.Kh1 h5 18.f4
gxf4 19.Bxf4 Bg4 20.Qd2 Be6 21.Rad1 Qa5 22.Qe1 h4 23.h3 Nc4
24.Bc1 Kd7 25.Qf2 Rb7 26.Ne2 Nxb2 27.Bxb2 Bxb2 28.Rb1 Qa3
29.Nf4 Bxb3 30.axb3 Bf6 31.Nd3 Qa5 32.e5 Bxe5 33.Qf5+ Kc7
34.Ra1 Qd5 35.Nxe5 Qxe5 36.Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1998.05.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Be2 Nbd7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rc1 c5 12.Qa4 a6 13.dxc5
bxc5 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.Qb3 Qa7 16.Bg3 Rad8 17.Rd2 Rfe8 18.Qd1 Bf8
19.Bh4 Qa8 20.Ne1 Be7 21.Bg3 Nf8 22.Nf3 Ne6 23.Bh4 d4 24.exd4
cxd4 25.Na4 Nf4 26.Nc5 Bxc5 27.Bxf6 d3 28.Bxd3 Bxf3 29.gxf3
Rd5 30.Bh4 Bb4 31.Rc3 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Red8 0-1

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1998.05.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qa5 13.O-O
Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxf5 15.Rb1 Nd7 16.Rxb7 Ngf6 17.Re1 Kf8 18.h3 Re8
19.Bxa6 h4 20.Bd3 Qd5 21.Rb5 Nc5 22.Bh2 Rg8 23.Rb4 Nxd3
24.cxd3 Qxa2 25.Rb5 Rg6 26.Rf5 g4 27.hxg4 Nxg4 28.Qf3 f6
29.Rh5 Nxh2 30.Kxh2 Qd2 31.Re4 Qxc3 32.Rexh4 Rg8 33.Rg4 Qb3
34.Rxg8+ Qxg8 35.Qh3 Qg6 36.Rh6 Qg5 37.Rh8+ Kf7 38.Qh7+ Ke6
39.Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1998.05.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6
8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5
13.Rb1 Bc6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bb5 Qc7 16.Qd3 Rfc8 17.h3 cxd4
18.Nxd4 Bb7 19.Rfc1 Nc5 20.Qd1 Qe7 21.Qg4 g6 22.Bf1 Bg7 23.Qd1
Rab8 24.Rc2 Ba8 25.Rbc1 Rd8 26.g3 Bxd4 27.exd4 Ne6 28.h4 Qf6
29.Ne2 Rb4 30.Rc8 Bb7 31.Rxd8+ Nxd8 32.Qd2 Ra4 33.Qxh6 Rxa2
34.Qe3 Ne6 35.Rb1 Bc6 36.Qh6 Qd8 37.Qe3 Qf6 38.Qb3 Rd2 39.Qe3
Nxd4 40.Nf4 Qe5 41.Qa3 Kg7 42.Rc1 Bb5 43.Rc8 Be8 44.Qc3 Bd7
45.Rd8 Rd1 46.Rxd7 Qe4 47.Rxd5 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1998.05.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.O-O
b4 8.Na4 Bb7 9.c3 Nf6 10.cxb4 Bxb4 11.Be3 O-O 12.Rc1 Nc6
13.Qd3 Qa5 14.Nc5 Ne5 15.Qb1 Bxc5 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Rxc5 Qb8 18.f3
d5 19.Na5 Rc8 20.b4 Nc6 21.Nxb7 Qxb7 22.Rfc1 dxe4 23.fxe4 Nd7
24.R5c3 Nde5 25.a4 Rd8 26.b5 axb5 27.Qxb5 Qxb5 28.axb5 Nb4
29.Rb1 Ra2 30.Bf1 Rc2 31.Rxc2 Nxc2 32.Bc5 Nd4 33.b6 Ndc6 34.b7
h5 35.Bb6 Rd2 36.Ba5 Rd4 37.Bc3 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O
13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.b3 Kh8 17.O-O Bd7 18.Qd3
f5 19.Ra2 g6 20.f3 Bh6 21.Rd1 Qh4 22.Nde3 Rf6 23.Bd5 Rbf8
24.Nf1 Ne7 25.Nce3 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 fxe4 27.Qxe4 Qxe4 28.fxe4 R6f7
29.Rxa5 Bg4 30.Rda1 Be6 31.Nfe3 Bxe3+ 32.Nxe3 Bxb3 33.c4 Rc8
34.Rc1 Rb7 35.Ra6 Rb4 36.Rxd6 Ba4 37.Re6 Rb3 38.Nd5 Bb5 39.Re7
Ba6 40.c5 Rf8 41.c6 Rb2 42.h4 Bd3 43.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.Ne5 e6 9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 f6 12.Nf3 f5 13.Ne5
Nb6 14.b3 Bd7 15.Qd3 Nc8 16.Bc1 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Rf7 18.Be3 Bc6
19.Rfc1 Qa5 20.a3 a6 21.Bd4 Bf8 22.e3 Be8 23.Qd2 Qd8 24.Bf1
Rc7 25.Qb2 Rc6 26.Na4 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Bc6 28.Nc5 Qe8 29.a4 a5
30.Qc3 Qf7 31.Bb5 Bxb5 32.axb5 h6 33.Na4 Ba3 34.Qxc8+ Rxc8
35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.b6 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 O-O 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8
13.g5 Nh5 14.Rg1 Nb6 15.Qf2 Bd8 16.h4 g6 17.Rd2 Qc6 18.f4 exf4
19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Qe8 21.Nd4 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Na4 23.Rg3 Ba5
24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Rd4 Nxc3+ 26.Rxc3 Bxc3 27.Bc4 Qe7 28.Qxd6 Re8
29.Qxe7 Rxe7 30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.Bd5 Be1 32.h5 gxh5 33.Rb8 b5
34.Rb7 Rxb7 35.Bxb7 a5 36.Kc1 h4 37.Kd1 Bg3 38.Ke2 h3 39.Kf3
h2 40.Kg2 b4 41.Bd5 Be5 42.Bb3 Kg6 43.Kh1 h6 44.gxh6 f6 45.Kg2
Kxh6 46.Ba4 Kg5 47.Bc6 Kg4 48.Ba4 Bg3 49.Bb5 Kf4 50.Bc6 Ke3
51.Kh1 Be5 52.Kg2 Kd2 53.Ba4 Kc3 54.Kh1 Kb2 55.Bb3 Ka3 56.Bd5
Kb2 57.Bb3 Kc3 58.Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc5 9.Qd1 Nc6 10.e3 Ne6 11.O-O Qc5 12.Ndb5 a6
13.Na4 Qxc4 14.Nbc3 Rb8 15.Nb6 Qc5 16.Ncd5 O-O 17.b4 Qd6
18.Rb1 Nc7 19.Nc4 Qe6 20.e4 d6 21.Be3 Qd7 22.Ncb6 Qd8 23.f4
Nxd5 24.exd5 Na7 25.Rc1 Bf5 26.g4 Nc8 27.Nc4 Bd7 28.Qe2 Bb5
29.Qf2 e6 30.Rfd1 e5 31.f5 gxf5 32.gxf5 Qf6 33.a4 Bxc4 34.Rxc4
Ne7 35.Rf1 Kh8 36.Qg3 b5 37.Rh4 Nxf5 38.Rxh7+ Kxh7 39.Be4 Kg8
40.Bxf5 e4 41.Qh3 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Be7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Na5
Qc7 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bd7 17.h4 b4 18.Nc6 Bxc6
19.dxc6 Qxc6 20.Qxb4 d5 21.Qb3 Rd8 22.c4 O-O 23.Rxd5 Rxd5
24.cxd5 Qd6 25.Qc4 e4 26.Qxe4 Rb8 27.Bd3 g6 28.h5 Qf6 29.Rh2
Ba3 30.b3 Rb7 31.Qe3 Re7 32.Be4 Rc7 33.Rc2 g5 34.Qd2 Rxc2
35.Kxc2 Qa1 36.Kd3 Qf1+ 37.Kd4 Qa1+ 38.Kc4 Qf1+ 39.Qd3 Qf2
40.b4 Qxa2+ 41.Qb3 Qxb3+ 42.Kxb3 Bc1 43.Bd3 Bf4 44.Bxa6 Kf8
45.Kc4 Ke7 46.Bc8 Bd6 47.Bf5 Kf8 48.Bh7 Ke7 49.b5 Kd7 50.Bg8
Ke7 51.b6 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.e3
Nc6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Rd8 10.Nc3 Qa6 11.e4 Qxc4 12.Bg5 Be7 13.e5
Ne8 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nge4 Nc6 17.Nd6 Qc5 18.Re1 Nxd6
19.exd6 b6 20.Rc1 Qa5 21.b4 Qxb4 22.Re4 Qa5 23.Ra4 Qe5 24.Re4
Qa5 25.Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.Bb3 Qc7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Rhg1 Nd7 12.Kb1 Nc5
13.Qh5 Nxb3 14.axb3 Qa5 15.g4 Qxh5 16.gxh5 Re8 17.Bh6 g6
18.Na4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 b5 20.Nb6 Rb8 21.Nxc8 Rexc8 22.Rd3 Rc5
23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Bf4 Rh5 25.Bxd6 Bxd6 26.Rxd6 Rxh2 27.Rf1 Ra8
28.Rb6 Kg7 29.c4 bxc4 30.bxc4 a5 31.Ka2 Rh3 32.f3 g5 33.Rb5
Kf6 34.b3 a4 35.b4 Rh2+ 36.Ka3 Rc2 37.c5 Rc3+ 38.Kb2 Re3
39.Rf2 Ke5 40.c6+ Kd6 41.Rc5 Rb3+ 42.Ka2 Rxb4 43.Rc3 Kc7
44.Rd2 Rd8 45.Rxd8 Kxd8 46.Rd3+ Kc7 47.Rd7+ Kxc6 48.Rxf7 g4
49.fxg4 Rxe4 50.Rg7 Re3 51.Rg8 Rg3 52.g5 Kd5 53.g6 Ke5 54.g7
Kf6 55.Ra8 Rxg7 56.Rxa4 Rb7 57.Rf4+ Kg5 58.Rf1 e5 59.Rg1+ Kf5
60.Rf1+ Ke4 61.Re1+ Kd4 62.Rd1+ Kc3 63.Re1 Re7 64.Rh1 e4
65.Kb1 e3 0-1

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E67"]
[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 "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 e6
7.N1e2 Bd6 8.Nf4 Qh4 9.Ngh5 Bxh5 10.Qxh5 Qxh5 11.Nxh5 g6
12.Nf4 Nf6 13.Nd3 Nbd7 14.O-O a5 15.a4 Nd5 16.c3 O-O 17.Bh6
Rfe8 18.Rfe1 Nc7 19.g3 b5 20.Bb3 Nb6 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Ncd5
23.h4 Reb8 24.Re4 Nxa4 25.Bxa4 bxa4 26.Rexa4 Rxb2 27.Rxa5 Rxa5
28.Rxa5 Rb8 29.c4 Nb6 30.Rc5 Rc8 31.g4 Nd7 32.Ra5 Nb6 33.Rc5
Nd7 34.Ra5 Nb6 35.Rc5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O
13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.b3 Kh8 17.O-O g6 18.Qd3
Bd7 19.Ra2 f5 20.f3 Bh6 21.Rd1 Qh4 22.Nce3 Be6 23.Nf1 fxe4
24.Qxe4 Qxe4 25.fxe4 Rf7 26.Rf2 Kg7 27.Rxf7+ Bxf7 28.Kf2 Nd8
29.Ra1 Ne6 30.Rxa5 Nc5 31.Ng3 Nxb3 32.Ra7 Nd2 33.Ba2 Rb2
34.Ke1 Kf8 35.Nb4 Nb3 36.Nd3 Rxg2 37.Rxf7+ Kxf7 38.Bxb3+ Kg7
39.Nf1 Bf4 40.h3 Bg3+ 41.Kd1 h5 42.Be6 Bf4 43.Ne1 Rf2 44.Bc4
g5 45.Be2 g4 46.Nd3 Rg2 47.hxg4 h4 48.Bf3 h3 49.Ke1 Rc2
50.Nxf4 exf4 51.Nd2 h2 52.Nb1 0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.b4 Be7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Be6 12.Nd4 Rc8
13.O-O a5 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Qd4 axb4 16.axb4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6
18.h3 Qc7 19.Nb5 Qe7 20.Qf4 Ne4 21.Nd4 Rb6 22.b5 h6 23.Qe5 Qd6
24.Qxd6 Nxd6 25.Rfc1 Rd8 26.f3 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Bd3 Rc8
29.Ke2 Bd7 30.Rxc8 Nxc8 31.Kd2 g6 32.Kc3 Rd6 33.Ne2 Re6 34.Kd4
Kd6 35.Nc3 Nb6 36.Rc1 Re8 37.e4 Be6 38.e5+ Kd7 39.f4 h5 40.Ra1
Rc8 41.h4 Rc7 42.g3 Rc8 43.Nd1 Nc4 44.Ra2 Kc7 45.Nc3 Rd8
46.Na4 Ra8 47.Nc3 Rd8 48.Rc2 Kb6 49.Rc1 Ka5 50.Ra1+ Kb6 51.Be2
Kc7 52.Rb1 Nd2 53.Rb2 Nc4 54.Rb1 Nd2 55.b6+ Kc6 56.Rb4 Nc4
57.Na4 Ra8 58.Bf3 Nd2 59.Bd1 Nc4 60.Bf3 Nd2 61.Bd1 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Igor Efimov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. c4 Bg7
7. Be3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9. c5 Bxb2 10. Nd2 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 f6
12. Nc4 a5 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. O-O Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. f4 h5
17. Rf3 h4 18. Rh3 a4 19. Bf2 Ra8 20. Bxh4 Kg7 21. f5 Qa5
22. Qc1 Rb8 23. Be1 Qa6 24. Rg3 Qe2 25. Bd2 Ne7 26. h3 Rb5
27. Re3 Qh5 28. Nxb5 cxb5 29. Rd3 gxf5 30. Rxd7 Qe8 31. c6 Kg6
32. Bb4 Nc8 33. Qe3 Rh5 34.Qg3+ Rg5 35. Qc7 Qh8 36. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michal Krasenkow"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Rb1 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 exd5
12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Re1 Qf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. e4 dxe4
17. Bxe4 Rd8 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Qc4 Rac8 20. Qxc5 Be6 21. a4 Ne7
22. Qxa7 Nd5 23. Rbd1 Nxc3 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb7 g5 26. Qa5
g4 27. Ne5 Rd2 28. Qc5 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Nd4 30. Qc1 Qxf2 31. Rf1
Qe2 32. Re1 Rc2 33. Qd1 Qxd1 34. Rxd1 Ra2 35. Nc6 Nb3 36. a5
Nxa5 37. Nxa5 Rxa5 38. g3 Kg7 39. Rf1 h5 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Rf2
Kg5 42. Rb2 Rc5 43. Be4 f5 44. Bb7 h4 45. Kf2 Rc3 46. Rd2 Bc4
47. Bg2 Bd3 48. Ra2 Bc4 49. Rb2 Rc1 50. Rd2 Ba6 51. Ra2 Bd3
52. Rd2 Bc4 53. Rb2 f4 0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5 9. Nf5 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 g6 12. O-O-O
gxf5 13. exf5 Nc6 14. Bc4 Qf6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. g5 Qxf5
17. Bb3 Qf3 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. Rhf1 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rf6
O-O-O 22. Rxe6 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.23"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3
Bd7 8.Qd2 b5 9.g5 Nge7 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Be7
13.f4 O-O 14.Kb1 Na5 15.Qf2 Rb8 16.h4 b4 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Nd4
Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Qb6 20.Qd2 a5 21.f5 e5 22.Nf3 Rfc8 23.f6 Bf8
24.fxg7 Bxg7 25.Bh3 Bxh3 26.Rxh3 Rc4 27.g6 hxg6 28.h5 Rbc8
29.Rc1 a4 30.hxg6 b3 31.Qd5 R4c7 32.gxf7+ Kf8 33.Nh4 bxc2+
34.Ka1 Qg1 35.Qxd6+ Kxf7 36.Qd5+ Ke7 37.Nf5+ Kf8 38.Qd6+ Kf7
39.Qd2 Qd1 40.Qg5 Bf6 41.Rh7+ Ke6 42.Nd4+ Qxd4 43.Qf5+ Kd6
44.Qxf6+ Kc5 45.Rxc2+ Kb4 46.a3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthew Sadler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nge2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3
Be7 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Bc5 10.b4 Bd6 11.g3 Re8 12.Bg2 Be5 13.O-O
a5 14.b5 d6 15.h3 Nfd7 16.f4 Bf6 17.Ra2 Nc5 18.g4 g6 19.Rc2
Bg7 20.Ng3 Nbd7 21.Kh2 Nb6 22.Nce4 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 f5 24.Ng5 fxg4
25.hxg4 Bd7 26.Ne6 Qh4+ 27.Kg1 Bxe6 28.dxe6 Rxe6 29.Rc7 Re7
30.Rxb7 Rxb7 31.Bxb7 Qg3+ 32.Kh1 Qh3+ 33.Kg1 Qg3+ 34.Kh1 Qh3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 h6 13.d4
cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bf8 16.b3 Bb7 17.Ng3 Nc6 18.Bb2 Nxd4
19.Bxd4 Rc8 20.Bd3 d5 21.e5 Ne4 22.Qg4 Qg5 23.Qxg5 Nxg5
24.Rad1 Ne6 25.Bb2 g6 26.Ne2 Bb4 27.Rf1 d4 28.Bb1 Bc3 29.Bc1
b4 30.Bxh6 a5 31.Bd3 Nc5 32.Bc4 Rcd8 33.Bg5 Rd7 34.Bf6 Bc6
35.f3 d3 36.Nxc3 bxc3 37.e6 Nxe6 38.Bxc3 Nf4 39.Bd2 Ne2+
40.Kf2 Nd4 41.Be3 Nc2 42.Bc1 Re2+ 43.Kg1 Nd4 44.a4 d2 45.Bb2
Ree7 46.Kf2 Nc2 47.Bf6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Nb1 d5 13.Bh3
Ne5 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Qe2 dxe4 16.f4 Nd3+ 17.cxd3 exd3 18.Qxd3 Nc5
19.Qc2 Be4 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Bxc5 Bxc2 23.Bxf8
Kxf8 24.Kxc2 hxg5 25.fxg5 Rxh4 26.Nd2 Ke7 27.Nf3 Rc4+ 28.Kb1
Re4 29.Rc1 Rd3 30.Bg2 Ree3 31.Nh4 Rd2 32.Bf1 a5 33.Bc4 Kd6
34.Ng6 Re4 35.Nf8 e5 36.Ng6 Rg4 37.Nh8 e4 38.Nf7+ Ke7 39.Re1
Kf8 40.Ne5 Rxg5 41.Rf1+ Ke8 42.Bb5+ Ke7 43.Nc4 Rh2 44.Ba4 Rc5
45.Ne3 g6 46.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.c5
Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nc2 15.Qxb7 Nxa1 16.Rxa1 Qe8 17.Qa6 f6 18.Ne1 Qc8
19.Qxc8 Bxc8 20.Bf4 Bd8 21.Nc2 Re8 22.Bd3 a5 23.Ne3 Ra7 24.Nf5
Bxf5 25.Bxf5 a4 26.Kf1 Ba5 27.Rc1 a3 28.Rc2 g6 29.Bd3 Rb7
30.Bc1 Rb1 31.g3 Reb8 32.Ke2 R1b2 33.Kd2 Kf7 34.Be2 f5 35.Kd3
g5 36.Bd1 Kf6 37.h3 h6 38.Bf3 Kg6 39.g4 Bc7 40.gxf5+ Kf6
41.Re2 Rxe2 42.Bxe2 Bf4 43.Bxa3 Ra8 44.Bb2 Rxa2 45.Kc2 Kxf5
46.Bf3 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 c5 11.h3 Bd7 12.a3 Kh8 13.b4 Ng8
14.Rb1 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Nxh6 16.Qd2 Kg7 17.Rb3 b6 18.Bd3 Qe7 19.Bc2
f6 20.Rb2 Rac8 21.b5 Nc7 22.a4 Nf7 23.a5 Rb8 24.Ra2 Rb7
25.axb6 axb6 26.Nh2 Kh8 27.Nf1 Ne8 28.Ra8 Nc7 29.Ra3 Qd8
30.Ng3 Ne8 31.Rea1 Ng7 32.Nce2 h5 33.Bb1 Kh7 34.Nf1 f5 35.exf5
Bxf5 36.Neg3 Bxb1 37.Rxb1 Qh4 38.Qd3 Ng5 39.Nd2 Rf4 40.Re1
Rbf7 41.Nde4 Nxe4 42.Nxe4 Rxe4 43.Rxe4 Qxf2+ 44.Kh2 Qb2 45.Qb3
Qc1 46.Qe3 Qb2 47.Qb3 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.c3 f5
13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nc2 Be6 15.g3 O-O 16.Bg2 a5 17.O-O f5 18.Qe2
Rb8 19.Rfd1 Kh8 20.Na3 b4 21.Nb5 bxc3 22.bxc3 Bg8 23.Ndc7 Na7
24.Bd5 Nxb5 25.Nxb5 Qb6 26.a4 Rf6 27.Ra2 f4 28.Rad2 fxg3
29.hxg3 Bh6 30.Rc2 Rxf2 31.Qxf2 Be3 32.Kg2 Bxf2 33.Rxf2 Qe3
34.Nxd6 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nf6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.c3 Qa6
13.Qf3 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.Be5 Be7 16.b3 Rhd8 17.c4 Qa5+
18.Ke2 Ke8 19.Rhe1 Kf8 20.Kf1 Rd7 21.a4 Rad8 22.Rad1 Kg8
23.Rd3 Ne8 24.Nh5 Bd6 25.Bxg7 Nxg7 26.c5 Nxh5 27.Qxh5 Qa6
28.Ree3 Bf4 29.Qg4+ Kf8 30.Qxf4 Rxd4 31.Qxh6+ Ke8 32.Kg1 Rxd3
33.Rxe6+ Kd7 34.Rf6 Kc8 35.Rxf7 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Qe2 37.Qf4 R1d7
38.Rxd7 Rxd7 39.Qf8+ Kc7 40.Qf4+ Kc8 41.Qf8+ Rd8 42.Qf5+ Kb8
43.Qf4+ Ka8 44.g4 Qe7 45.g5 Rf8 46.Qe3 Qxe3 47.fxe3 Kb8 48.g6
Kc7 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O
Qb6 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.Re1 Bc5 10.e5 f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Ne4 Bxe4
13.Bxe4 Nc6 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.Ne5 Qc7 16.Bf4 O-O 17.Bg3 Qb7
18.Qe2 Bb6 19.Kh1 Rac8 20.Rad1 Nd5 21.c3 Ba7 22.Rd2 a5 23.Qe4
a4 24.a3 Bb8 25.f3 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Qc6 27.Bd4 Rce8 28.h3 Rf4
29.Qe5 Rf7 30.Qg3 h6 31.Re4 Kh7 32.Rg4 Rg8 33.Qe1 Rf5 34.Qb1
Ne7 35.Re2 Qb7 36.Rf4 Kh8 37.Rh4 Kh7 38.Kg1 Qc7 39.Re5 g6
40.Re2 Rxf3 41.Qe4 Rf5 42.Rxh6+ Kxh6 43.Qh4+ Rh5 44.Qxe7 Qd8
45.Be3+ g5 46.Qb4 Qe8 47.Qxb5 d5 48.Qb4 Kh7 49.Bd4 Qd7 50.b3
axb3 51.Qxb3 g4 52.Qb1+ Rf5 53.hxg4 Rxg4 54.Rb2 Qd6 55.Rb7+
Kh6 56.Rb6 Rxg2+ 57.Kxg2 Rg5+ 58.Kf1 Qf4+ 59.Ke1 Qh4+ 60.Kd1
Qh3 61.Kc2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6
7.Nc3 O-O 8.e3 exd4 9.Qxd4 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.Nge2 Nbd7
12.Rd1 Ne5 13.b3 Rd8 14.h3 Kf8 15.f4 Ng6 16.Kf2 Ke7 17.Rd2 Nd7
18.Rhd1 Nc5 19.g4 f6 20.Ne4 Nxe4+ 21.Bxe4 Nf8 22.Nc3 Be6
23.Bf3 g6 24.h4 h6 25.Kg3 Bf7 26.Bg2 Rd7 27.Bh3 Ne6 28.Ne4
Rad8 29.Nc3 Ra8 30.Bg2 Nc5 31.Bf3 Rdd8 32.Ne2 Ra3 33.h5 gxh5
34.gxh5 f5 35.Kh4 Ne6 36.Ng3 Ng7 37.Re1 Kf8 38.Bg2 Rda8
39.Ree2 Be6 40.Bh3 Rd8 41.e4 fxe4 42.Bxe6 Nxe6 43.Nxe4 Ng7
44.Kg4 Ne8 45.c5 bxc5 46.Nxc5 Kf7 47.Kf3 Rb8 48.Ne4 Rd8 49.Nc5
Rb8 50.Nd7 Rba8 51.Nb6 Rd8 52.Nc4 Raa8 53.Rg2 b5 54.Ne3 Ng7
55.Rg6 Nxh5 56.Rxh6 Nf6 57.Ng4 Nxg4 58.Kxg4 b4 59.f5 Rg8+
60.Kf4 Rg1 61.Rdxd6 Rf1+ 62.Ke4 Rxa2 63.Rd7+ Kg8 64.Rxc6 Re2+
65.Kd3 Re8 66.Rg6+ Kf8 67.Rf6+ Kg8 68.Rff7 Rg1 69.f6 Rc8
70.Rh7 Rd1+ 71.Ke2 Rxd7 72.Rxd7 Rc3 73.Rd3 Rc2+ 74.Kd1 Rf2
75.Rd4 Kf7 76.Rxb4 Kxf6 77.Re4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5
7.Qxf5 exf5 8.Bf4 Be6 9.a3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 cxd6 11.e3 Nbd7 12.Rc1
Ke7 13.Bd3 Rac8 14.Ke2 Nb6 15.Nd2 a6 16.Rc2 Rc7 17.Rhc1 Rhc8
18.h3 h5 19.h4 Kd8 20.Kf3 g6 21.Kg3 Kd7 22.Ne2 Rxc2 23.Rxc2
Rxc2 24.Bxc2 Ke7 25.Nf4 Bd7 26.f3 Bc6 27.Kf2 Nfd5 28.Nxd5+
Bxd5 29.e4 fxe4 30.fxe4 Be6 31.Ke3 Nc4+ 32.Nxc4 Bxc4 33.Kf4 a5
34.Kg5 b6 35.g3 Ke6 36.Kh6 Ke7 37.Kg7 Be6 38.b3 b5 39.b4 axb4
40.axb4 Bc4 41.Bd1 Bd3 42.Bf3 Bc4 43.Bg2 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. h4 Qa5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rxh8+
Bxh8 17. Kf1 Ne5 18. Qe2 Kd7 19. Nd1 Rb8 20. c3 Qa4 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. g3 Bf6 23. Kg2 a5 24. f3 c5 25. Ne3 Kc7 26. Qd2 Qb5
27. b3 a4 28. Rb1 axb3 29. Rxb3 Qa4 30. Rxb8 Kxb8 31. Ng4 Kc7
32. e5 Bxe5 33. Nxe5 dxe5 34. Qe2 Kd6 35. c4 e4 36. Qxe4 Qxa2+
37. Kh3 Qb2 38. Kg4 Qf2 39. f4 Kd7 40. fxg5 Qb2 41. g6 Qf6
42. Qb7+ Kd6 43. Qb8+ Kd7 44. Kh5 e5 45. Qb7+ Kd8 46. Qd5+ Ke8
47. Qg8+ Kd7 48. Qf7 Qh8+ 49. Kg4 Qh1 50. g7 Qe4+ 51. Kg5 Qe3+
52. Kh4 Qe4+ 53. g4 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV 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 "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Psakhis"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bg5
Nb4 13. Nb1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Na3 Qc7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nc4
Rad8 18. Qd3 Bg5 19. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O
12. Qh4 a6 13. b3 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. Bh6 Bxf3 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. exf3 Ne5 18. Bg2 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qb4 Rfc8 21. f4 Ned7
22. Ne2 Rc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Rd2 Rc5 25. Bf3 Qb6 26. a3 Nb8
27. Qd4 Qc7 28. Qb2 b4 29. axb4 Rb5 30. Nc3 Rxb4 31. Nd5 Qa5
32. Re2 Rb5 33. b4 Qd8 34. Nxe7 d5 35. Re5 Nbd7 36. Rxd5 Rb6
37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Nd5 Qd8 39. Nxb6 Qxb6 40. b5 Kg8 41. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1 b5 9. d5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Bd6
12. exd5+ Ne7 13. a4 b4 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nc4 Re8 16. Bg5 a5
17. Re1 Ba6 18. Qe4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qc7 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21. b3 Bf6
22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. g3 g6 25. Kg2 Qd6 26. Qe4 Bc3
27. Rd3 Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Ba3 Bf6
17. Re3 Qc6 18. Be7 Re8 19. Rae1 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Bd7 21. h3 f6
22. Qa3 a6 23. Nd2 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Re8 25. Nf1 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Qe6
27. Qd8+ Qe8 28. Qb6 Bc6 29. Ne3 h5 30. Qc7 Qe4 31. g3 Qb1+
32. Kg2 Bb5 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Qxf5 35. Nxf5 g6 36. Ne3 g5
37. h4 Kg6 38. f3 Bc6 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. a3 Ke6 41. Ke2 Bb5+
42. Kd2 Bc6 43. Kc2 Ba4+ 44. Kb2 Bb5 45. Kc2 Be2 46. f4 gxh4
47. gxh4 Bb5 48. Kb3 Bd3 49. Kb4 b6 50. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Qd1 e6 11. d3 Nge7 12. Nd2
b5 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qd2 d5 16. Bf4 d4 17. e5 dxc3
18. bxc3 b4 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Bc5 Rfd8 22. d4 Rd7
23. Qf4 Rad8 24. Rad1 Nf5 25. g4 Bh6 26. Qe4 Nfe7 27. h4 Nd5
28. g5 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Rd2 Nc3 31. Qf4 Rfd8 32. Re3 Ne7
33. Red3 a5 34. Nh2 Qe4 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 36. Rc2 Nc3 37. Ng4 Rxd4
38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Rh3 Nc6 40. h5 Nxe5 41. hxg6 Kxg6 42. Nxh7
Rh8 43. f4 Rxh7 44. Rxh7 Kxh7 45. fxe5 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6
7. Re1 b5 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. d3 Bg7 12. Nd2
O-O 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Nf3 b4 15. Ba4 Qc7 16. Bd2 bxc3 17. bxc3
Rab8 18. Rab1 e6 19. g3 Nb6 20. Bc2 Nd7 21. a4 Rxb1 22. Rxb1
Rb8 23. Qd1 Rb6 24. Kf1 Qb7 25. Ke2 h5 26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27. Qb1
Qxb1 28. Bxb1 Nb6 29. Bc2 Kf8 30. Ng5 Ke7 31. f4 Bh8 32. Nf3
Bg7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bh8 35. Be1 Bf6 36. Kd2 Kd7 37. Bf2
Bg7 38. d4 cxd4 39. cxd4 d5 40. e5 Bh6 41. Bg3 Nc4+ 42. Kc3
Ne3 43. Bd3 Nxg4 44. Bxa6 Ne3 45. Bb5 Nf5 46. Bh2 Kc7 47. Bd3
Bf8 48. Bg1 Bb4+ 49. Kb3 Ba5 50. Bxf5 gxf5 51. Be3 Kd7 52. Kc2
Ke7 53. Bd2 Bb6 54. Kd3 f6 55. exf6+ Kxf6 56. Bc3 Ke7 57. Nd2
Bc7 58. Ke3 Kd7 59. Nb3 Bd6 60. Bd2 Kc7 61. Nc1 Be7 62. Nb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. b3 b6
12. Ne1 Ne5 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rd1 Bd6 15. Nef3 Nc6 16. Nc4 Bc5
17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Nfe5 Bb7 19. Nd3 Nc6 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. Rd1 Rb8 23. Bxg7 Rg8 24. Bb2 Nb4 25. f3 Nxa2 26. e4
Nb4 27. Kf2 Bc6 28. Ne5 Rb8 29. Bc3 f6 30. Nxd7 Bxd7 31. Bxf6+
Kxf6 32. Rxd7 Nc6 33. Rxh7 Rxb3 34. Bxa6 Nd4 35. Rc7 Rc3
36. h4 e5 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Rc8 Ne6 39. Rc6 Ke7 40. h5 Nf4
41. Kg4 Rxg2+ 42. Kf5 Nxh5 43. Rh6 Nf4 44. Kxe5 Ng6+ 45. Kf5
Kf7 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Rh1 Kg7 48. f4 Ne7+ 49. Ke6 Nc6 50. f5
Nd4+ 51. Ke5 Nf3+ 52. Kf4 Nd4 53. Bc4 Rc2 54. Bd5 Rf2+ 55. Ke5
Nf3+ 56. Kd6 Nd4 57. Rh5 Kf6 58. e5+ Kg7 59. f6+ Kg6 60. Rh1
Nf5+ 61. Ke6 Nd4+ 62. Ke7 Nf5+ 63. Kd7 Rd2 64. Rg1+ Kh7 65. f7
Rxd5+ 66. Ke6 Rd8 67. Kxf5 c4 68. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bg2 Qb6
7. Nc2 d5 8. O-O Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Qxb2
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bd4 Qb7 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bc3 c5 16. Qc2 Rg6
17. Nd2 Qc6 18. Nc4 Bb7 19. f3 f6 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Nxb7 Qxb7
22. Qa4+ Kf7 23. Rad1 a6 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rd1 Be7
27. Qc4 Rg5 28. a4 Rd5 29. Ra1 h5 30. Kf2 Rd7 31. e4 Qc6
32. f4 Bf8 33. Rb1 Qd6 34. Ke3 Bh6 35. a5 Kg6 36. Ke2 h4
37. Rf1 f5 38. Rb1 Kh5 39. Rg1 Bg7 40. gxh4 Bh6 41. e5 Qd5
42. Qxd5 Rxd5 43. Bd2 Rd4 44. Be3 Ra4 45. Kf3 Rxa5 46. Rd1 Kg6
47. Rd6 Kf7 48. h5 Rb5 49. Rd7+ Kg8 50. Rd6 Kf7 51. Rxa6 Bf8
52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. Rc7 Rb3 54. h4 Rb5 55. Ke2 Rb2+ 56. Kd3 Rb3+
57. Kd2 Rb2+ 58. Kc3 Rh2 59. Bxc5 Bxc5 60. Rxc5 Rxh4 61. Rc8+
Kg7 62. Kd4 Rxf4+ 63. Kc5 Ra4 64. Rc6 Kh6 65. Kd6 Kxh5
66. Kxe6 Kg4 67. Kf6 f4 68. e6 f3 69. e7 f2 70. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qe2 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Rd1 b5 10. Ba2 d3 11. Rxd3 Qc7 12. e4
Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Rad1
O-O 18. f4 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Qb8 20. Rd7 Bc8 21. R7d6 Ne7 22. Kh1
Qc7 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. h4 Ng8 25. Bb1 Bb7 26. Rd7 Qc6 27. e5 Qc8
28. f5 exf5 29. Bxf5 Qb8 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Qe8 32. R1d6
Ne7 33. Nf6 Nf5 34. Qf4 gxf6 35. Qxf5 Qxe5 36. Qxf6+ Qxf6
37. Rxf6 Kg7 38. Rf5 h6 39. Kh2 Rad8 40. Rfxf7+ Rxf7 41. Rxd8
Re7 42. Rd6 Re3 43. Rxa6 Rb3 44. Rb6 Rxb2 45. a4 b4 46. Kg3 b3
47. Kf4 Ra2 48. Kf5 Rxa4 49. Rb7+ Kg8 50. g4 Ra6 51. Rxb3 Kg7
52. Rb7+ Kg8 53. Re7 Ra5+ 54. Re5 Ra4 55. Re4 Ra7 56. Kf6 Rg7
57. Re8+ Kh7 58. Re7 Rxe7 59. Kxe7 Kg7 60. h5 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Be7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 d6
12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rac1 Nh5 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Ne4 Nf6
17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 Be6 20. b3 h6 21. a4 b6
22. Rc2 Be7 23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. f3 b5 26. cxb5 axb5
27. a5 d5 28. Bb6 e4 29. Qxb5 Rd6 30. fxe4 Bd8 31. exd5 Bxb6+
32. axb6 Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Rf6+ 34. Ke1 Rfxb6 35. Qc5 Qe4 36. Kf2
Rxb3 37. d6 R8b5 38. Rc4 Rf3+ 39. Kg1 Qxe2 40. Qd4 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 e5 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. bxa5 Rxa5
12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Bh6 14. a5 f5 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. c5 Bxd2
17. Qxd2 fxe4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rfe1 Nf5 20. Nb5 e3 21. fxe3
Ne4 22. Qd3 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 c5 12. Ng3
O-O 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Nf5 Bc8 15. N3h4 Be6 16. Qf3 Ne8 17. Nxe7+
Qxe7 18. Nf5 Qd7 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. f4 Nc6 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qg3
Bxa2 23. Rxa2 b3 24. cxb3 Rxb3 25. Bc3 f6 26. Raa1 Nc7 27. d4
cxd4 28. Nxd4 Rbb8 29. Nf5 g6 30. Ne3 Rf7 31. Rad1 Qc6 32. h3
Re8 33. Qh4 Kg7 34. Kh1 Re6 35. Nd5 Qxa4 36. Nf4 Re8 37. Rxd6
Qc4 38. Nh5+ gxh5 39. Rfxf6 Nb5 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Kg8
42. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 Nh5 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Qe3 Bd7 10. Nge2 e6 11. h4 Qe7
12. Bh2 gxh4 13. Bg1 O-O-O 14. g4 Nf6 15. f3 Nh7 16. Bf2 e5
17. d5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 b6 21. Nb5 Kb7
22. Qc3 Rc8 23. Nd4 Qf6 24. Qd3 Ka8 25. Bxh4 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Nf8
27. Qc3 Ng6 28. Ba6 Nxh4 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxh4 Kb7 31. a3 Rg8
32. Ne2 Qg5 33. Rh5 Qe7 34. Rxh6 f5 35. gxf5 Bxf5 36. Nd4 Bd7
37. Ne6 Bc8 38. f4 Rg4 39. Qc6+ Kb8 40. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Rd1 c5
12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 13. dxc5 Be6 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. a3 e3 16. Nf1
exf2+ 17. Kxf2 Bxc5+ 18. Ke1 Rhe8 19. Bg5 Rd6 20. Rac1 Bb6
21. Bf3 h6 22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Be5 g5 24. Bd4 g4 25. Bh1 Bf7
26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Rc6 f4 28. Kf2 h5 29. Rd4 fxg3+ 30. Nxg3 Re5
31. Rh6 Rd8 32. Ke1 Rd6 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Rh7 Ke8 35. Ra4 Nf4
36. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 d6
12. Nd5 Re8 13. Rd1 Nxb3 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. cxb3 Ra6 16. Bd4 Qd8
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qg3 Be6 19. O-O Rc6 20. Qe3 Bxd5 21. exd5
Rc5 22. h4 Qd7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. h5 Qf5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rfe1
b5 27. Rd3 f6 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Rh3 g5 30. Qc4 Rb4 31. Qe2 Qg6
32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qd7 Qf7 34. Rhe3 Kf8 35. Rh3 Kg7 36. Rhe3 Kf8
37. Rh3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qh4 Rc8
12. Rac1 a6 13. b3 Rc7 14. Bh6 Qa8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4 b5
17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qxa2 20. Nc3 Qa3 21. Rb1
Rc8 22. Nd2 e5 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 d5 26. Nf3
d4 27. b4 Nd5 28. Rb2 f6 29. h4 Kf7 30. Rd2 Nxb4 31. Nxd4 Nc5
32. Nb5 Ke7 33. Nd6 Rc6 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Ne4 Rc4 36. f3 Nc6
37. Ra2 f5 38. Ng5 h6 39. Nh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5
7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Re1 Re8
12. Kh2 Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1 c5 15. Nde2 Bc6 16. Qd3 Nb6
17. Be3 c4 18. Qd4 Ng4+ 19. hxg4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Bd7 21. g5 Bg4
22. a4 Rc8 23. Bf2 Nd7 24. Nd5 f6 25. Be3 fxg5 26. fxg5 Rc5
27. Bf4 Rxd5 28. exd5 Ne5 29. Re4 Qb6 30. Rae1 Bd7 31. Bxe5
Rxe5 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Nf3 Qxb2 34. Nxe5 Bf5 35. Nxc4 Qc3
36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Nd6 Bxc2 38. Re7+ Kg8 39. Ne8 Kf8 40. d6 Bxa4
41. Nf6 Qc5 42. Nxh7+ Kg8 43. Bd5+ Kh8 44. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Manuel Bosboom"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Bg4
7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 f5 11. b4 a5 12. a3
Na6 13. Qb3 Qh4 14. c5 Nf6 15. h3 f4 16. Bd2 g5 17. Ke2 Qh6
18. Nb5 Qg6 19. Qd3 h5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nxd6 g4 22. hxg4 hxg4
23. Nf5 Rfe8 24. b5 Nb8 25. d6 Qf7 26. Kf1 Nbd7 27. Bd1 a4
28. Rc7 Qa2 29. Rh4 Qa1 30. Rc1 Qa2 31. Bxg4 Qb3 32. Be2 Kf7
33. Qxb3+ axb3 34. Bc4+ Kg6 35. Ne7+ Kg5 36. Rh3 Nxe4 37. Bb4
b2 38. Rb1 Nb6 39. Bf7 Rh8 40. Rxb2 Rxh3 41. gxh3 f3 42. Rb3
Rd8 43. Rxf3 Nxd6 44. Bb3 Bf6 45. Rg3+ Kf4 46. Rg4+ Kf3
47. Bd1# 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Be2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qb4+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 c5 16. Rhd1
cxd4 17. exd4 Bxa2 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Rc7 f6 20. Ng6 Be4 21. Nf4
Bf5 22. g4 Rxd4+ 23. Ke3 Re4+ 24. Kf3 e5 25. Nh5 Na6 26. Bxa6
Rxg4 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28. Ng3 Rf4+ 29. Ke3 Bg4 30. Rd6 Rf3+
31. Ke4 Rxf2 32. b3 Re8 33. Ke3 Rf3+ 34. Kd2 h5 35. Rxa7 h4
36. Ne2 Rf2 37. Ke3 Rxh2 38. Rxb6 Rh3+ 39. Kf2 Rf3+ 40. Kg1
Rd8 41. Rbb7 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 h3+ 43. Kh2 Rf2+ 44. Kg3 Rg2+
45. Kh4 g5# 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qh4 Rc8
12. Bh3 Bxf3 13. exf3 Ne5 14. Kg2 Rxc4 15. Rd4 Rxc3 16. bxc3
Qa8 17. Kf1 Nxf3 18. Bg2 Nxh4 19. Bxa8 Nf5 20. Bb7 Nxd4
21. cxd4 Rb8 22. Ba6 Nd5 23. Rc1 h5 24. Ke2 e6 25. a3 b5
26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Bxc8 Nxe3 28. fxe3 d5 29. Ba6 Bf8 30. Bxb5
Bxa3 31. h3 f5 32. Ba6 g5 33. Kf3 g4+ 34. hxg4 hxg4+ 35. Kf2
Kf7 36. Ke2 Bd6 37. Kf2 Bb4 38. Kf1 Bd2 39. Ke2 Bb4 40. Kf1
Ke7 41. Kf2 Ba5 42. Kf1 Bb6 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Ke2 e5 45. dxe5+
Kxe5 46. Kd3 Bc7 47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Kf2 Be5 49. Kg2 d4 50. exd4
Bxd4 51. Kf1 Kg5 52. Kg2 f4 53. gxf4+ Kxf4 54. Kf1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3 d6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 g6 9. b4 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qe2 Bb7
12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Bb1 cxd4 15. Rxd4 d5 16. cxd5
Nxd5 17. Rd3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Be4 19. Rdd1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxc3
21. Qb7 Rc7 22. Qxa6 Qe7 23. Bd3 Rb8 24. Bb5 Nf6 25. g3 Be5
26. Be2 Ra7 27. Qd3 h5 28. Qb3 Rc7 29. Bf3 Kg7 30. a4 h4
31. Kg2 hxg3 32. hxg3 Rbc8 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5
Rc3 36. Qb6 Qc5 37. Rd8 g5 38. g4 Rc2 39. Qb1 Rb2 40. Qh1 Nh7
41. Be4 Nf8 42. Qe1 Ng6 43. Bxg6 Kxg6 44. Qd1 Qxe3 45. Qd3+
Qxd3 46. Rxd3 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Be2 b6
7. Bg5 c5 8. O-O Bb7 9. d5 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Re8
12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a4 e6 14. Bg3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 exd5 16. Qc2 dxc4
17. Bxc4 Be4 18. Qb3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bg7 21. Rae1 Bf5
22. Bd5 Rad8 23. Bh4 Rb8 24. h3 h5 25. Qb5 Kf8 26. Qc4 Rxe1
27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Qe2+ Kf8 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4
Bc8 32. Kf2 Bb7 33. Qe4 Bxd5 34. Qxd5 Kg8 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5
Qd7 37. f6 Qg4 38. Qg5 Qxg5 39. Bxg5 Bh8 40. Kf3 Kh7 41. Ke4
Kg6 42. Bf4 Kxf6 43. Bxd6 Ke6 44. Bb8 f5+ 45. Kd3 a6 46. Ba7
Kd5 47. Bxb6 c4+ 48. Ke3 Bg7 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Kg5 Bf6+ 51. Kf4
Bg7 52. Kg5 Bf8 53. Bd4 Bd6 54. Be3 Bg3 55. Bd4 Be1 56. Kf4
Bd2+ 57. Kf3 Bc1 58. Ke2 Bxb2 59. Kd2 Ba3 60. Ke3 Kd5 61. Kf4
Ke6 62. Kf3 Bd6 63. Ke3 Kd5 64. Kf3 Ke6 65. Ke3 Bh2 66. Kf3
Kd5 67. Bg7 Be5 68. Bh6 Bxc3 69. Bc1 Be5 70. Ba3 c3 71. Bc1
Kc4 72. Ba3 c2 73. Bc1 Kd3 74. Ba3 f4 75. Bc1 Bd6 76. Bb2 Kd2
77. Ke4 Bc5 78. Kxf4 Bd4 79. Ba3 Kd1 80. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4
7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1 a6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 b5 11. Be2 b4
12. Na4 c5 13. h4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. h5 Rae8
17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bg4 Nf6 19. Be6+ Rf7 20. f3 Ref8 21. Ke2 Ne8
22. Rh3 Nc7 23. Rch1 h5 24. g4 hxg4 25. Bxg4 b3 26. a3 Qb8
27. Bh6 Bd4 28. Qg5 Qe8 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 30. Qxe8 Rxe8 31. Bxg7
Bxg7 32. Bh5 Rf8 33. Rg1 Kh7 34. Bf7+ Bh6 35. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nd2 d5 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Nge7 8. exd5 exd5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bc7
12. h3 h6 13. c3 Re8 14. Qc2 Qd6 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Nbd4 Bd7
17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bd4 Qd6 20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4
22. axb4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. Bf1
f6 27. g3 Kf7 28. Bg2 Ne5 29. Nd2 Bf5 30. Nb3 Nc4 31. Qc1 Qe7
32. Bc5 Qd7 33. h4 Be4 34. Nd4 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Be5 36. Nf3 Qg4
37. Qd1 Qe4 38. Bd4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kg1 Bd6 41. Nd2 Nxd2
42. Qxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O
7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7
12. b4 Bd6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. e3 Rab8 15. a4 c5 16. b5 a5
17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Nh4 Qe6 19. Rad1 c4 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. f3 Bb4
22. Bf1 Rbd8 23. Ng2 Qd6 24. Rb1 Re7 25. Qd2 Bxc3 26. Qxc3
Rde8 27. Rb2 Bc8 28. Nf4 g5 29. Ng2 g4 30. Be2 gxf3 31. Bxf3
Bg4 32. Rf2 Ne4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Ref1 Bh5 35. Rf6 R8e6
36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Qe1 e5 38. Qf2 exd4 39. exd4 Re8 40. Nh4 Bg6
41. Qf3 Rf8 42. Qxf8+ Qxf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Nxg6+ hxg6
45. Kf2 Kf7 46. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Dimitri Reinderman"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6
7. Bb2 Qe8 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Re1 e5 10. e4 f4 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Nc4 Bg4 13. a4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Rad1 c5
17. Qd3 Kh8 18. Rd2 Bh6 19. Rde2 Qe7 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 fxg3
22. fxg3 Nh5 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. e5 h4 25. g4 Bf4 26. Rf2 Bg3
27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Bxe5 30. Qe4 Qf7+
31. Qf5 Qxf5+ 32. gxf5 Bd6 33. Ke2 Bc7 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Ke4 Kf6
36. Nb2 b6 37. Nd3 a6 38. a5 Kg5 39. axb6 c4 40. bxc4 Bxb6
41. Nb2 a5 42. Na4 Kf6 43. c5 Bc7 44. c6 h5 45. Nb2 Kg5
46. Na4 Kf6 47. Nc5 Bd6 48. Na6 a4 49. c7 Bxc7 50. Nxc7 a3
51. Nd5+ Kf7 52. Nb4 Kf6 53. Na2 Kg5 54. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 Bc5 6. O-O
O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Bxf5 9. d3 Qe8 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. f4 Nd7
12. Nc4 Qg6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Rae1 d5 16. Qf2 b6
17. Ne2 c5 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. f5 Qf7 20. Qf3 h6 21. h3 Rfe8
22. Bf4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Be5 d4 25. b3 Nd5 26. Nh5 Nb4
27. Nxg7 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Kxg7 29. Qg3+ Kh7 30. Re2 Bxf5 31. Qd6
Nd5 32. Re5 Bxh3 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Bg4 35. Kf2 Kg6
36. Rd6+ Kg5 37. b4 cxb4 38. Rxd4 Bd1 39. Rxb4 Bxc2 40. Ke3 h5
41. Rc4 Bb1 42. a3 Ba2 43. Rc7 a5 44. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1
Nd5 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. Re2 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 c5 16. a3
cxd4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rxd4 Be7 19. Be3 a6 20. Rad1 h5 21. c3
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. f4 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Kf2 g6 26. Kf3
Ke7 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 a5 29. Rd5 b6 30. Ke4 a4 31. Re5+
Kf6 32. f5 gxf5+ 33. Rxf5+ Kg6 34. Rd5 Rf8 35. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5
7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7
12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6
17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4
22. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb6
26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxb7
Qc4 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ Kxc3 34. Qa1+ Kd2
35. Qb2+ Kd1 36. Bf1 Rd2 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8
Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O e4
17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Bc2 Be5 19. Nfd5 Qg5 20. f4 exf3 21. Rxf3 Bh5
22. Nc7 Bf4 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Re1 Rac8 26. Ne6
Qh4 27. g3 Rg8 28. Nxf5 Qc4 29. Qxd6 Rg6 30. Ne7 Nxe7 31. Qe5+
Kg8 32. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bg5 Nh5 10. Ne1 Nf4 11. Nd3 Nxe2+
12. Qxe2 h6 13. Bd2 f5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 g5 16. Ne6 Bxe6
17. dxe6 f4 18. g3 fxg3 19. hxg3 Ng6 20. Nd5 c6 21. Qh5 cxd5
22. Qxg6 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qxb2 24. e7 Rfe8 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qf7+
Kh8 27. Rae1 dxc4 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Re2 Qxe2 30. Qxe2 Rxe7
31. Qxc4+ Kh7 32. Qd5 Rae8 33. Rf7 Rxf7 34. Qxf7 Re5 35. Qxb7
Ra5 36. Qb3 Be5 37. g4 Bf4 38. a4 Kg6 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. Qd8 Rc5
41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh6 43. Qxa7 Kg6 44. a5 Kf6 45. a6 Rc1+
46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bd3 d6 8. f4 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. f5 Nxe3
12. Qxe3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Bc4 a4
17. Rd3 Bc8 18. Qe2 Kh8 19. Nd1 g6 20. Ne3 Bg5 21. Rfd1 Qb6
22. b3 Ra7 23. f6 axb3 24. cxb3 Bxf6 25. Rxd6 Bg5 26. Nd5 Qc5
27. Nf6 Qa3 28. h3 Kg7 29. Qf3 Qxa2 30. Rxc6 Qb2 31. Rf1 Qd4
32. Rd1 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34. Kh2 Bf4+ 35. g3 Qb2+ 36. Qg2
Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bg5 38. Nd5 Be6 39. h4 Bd2 40. Kf3 Rb8 41. Ke2
Bb4 42. Nxb4 Rxb4 43. Kd2 Bxc4 44. bxc4 f5 45. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Dimitri Reinderman"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 e6 16. Rfd1 Be5
17. Bd4 Qe7 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 e5 21. Rd2 Ne6
22. Rbd1 Kg7 23. g3 h6 24. h4 g5 25. h5 g4 26. fxg4 Ng5
27. Rf2 Qc7 28. Rf5 f6 29. Be2 Rf8 30. Kh2 Rad8 31. Rff1 Bd7
32. Nd5 Qc5 33. Qd3 Be6 34. Ne3 Rf7 35. Rd2 Qc6 36. Bf3 Qc5
37. Bg2 Qc8 38. Qe2 Qc5 39. Rfd1 b6 40. Qf2 Kf8 41. Rd5 Qc7
42. Rb5 Rb8 43. Rd3 Kg7 44. a4 Kf8 45. b4 axb4 46. Rxb4 Ra8
47. Rdb3 Ra6 48. Nf5 Bxf5 49. Qxf5 Qd7 50. Qg6 Qxg4 51. Rxb6
Rxb6 52. Rxb6 Qd7 53. Rb8+ Ke7 54. a5 Qa7 55. Qg8 Ke6 56. Bh3+
f5 57. exf5+ Kf6 58. Qg6+ Ke7 59. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Nb6 12. b3
Ra7 13. a4 Qa8 14. Nh4 Rb8 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Ba1 Ne5 17. Qc2
Rab7 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. Bf1 Ne8 20. Ne4 Rb6 21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. Nhf3 Nef6 24. e4 Rb4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Nc4 Nb6
27. Nfd2 Nfd7 28. Na3 Nf6 29. Qc3 Nbd7 30. Nc2 R4b7 31. Nc4
Kg8 32. f3 Ra8 33. Rb2 Nb6 34. N2e3 Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Rb4 36. e5
dxe5 37. Qxe5 Qb7 38. d6 Qxf3 39. Rf1 Qe4 40. dxe7 Qxe5
41. Nxe5 Re4 42. Rd2 Re8 43. Nc4 Re6 44. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. a3 Rc8 11. Nd1 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. c3 Na5 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Qd3 g5 16. Nxc6 Rxc6
17. Nf2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Nd3 gxf4 21. O-O
Rg8 22. Rf2 Rg5 23. h4 Rg3 24. Bf3 Rc6 25. Rc1 Ke7 26. Kh2 Rg8
27. Rcf1 Rc4 28. Bh5 f6 29. exf6+ Nxf6 30. Bd1 f3 31. Bxf3
Rxh4+ 32. Kg1 Kd6 33. Bd1 Ne4 34. Rf8 Ng3 35. Rxg8 Rh1+
36. Kf2 Rxf1+ 37. Ke3 Nf5+ 38. Kd2 Rg1 39. Bf3 Nh4 40. Rd8+
Kc7 41. Rh8 Nxf3+ 42. gxf3 Rh1 43. Ke3 a5 44. f4 Bc6 45. Ne5
b4 46. axb4 axb4 47. cxb4 Ba4 48. Ra8 Bc2 49. Ra6 Bf5 50. b5
Rc1 51. Nf3 Rd1 52. Rc6+ Kb7 53. Ne5 d4+ 54. Ke2 Rh1 55. b4 h5
56. Nc4 d3+ 57. Kf3 Kb8 58. Nd6 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.Nd4 a6
13.f4 b5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Qg3 g6 18.Bg5
Bxg5+ 19.Qxg5 b4 20.Ne2 Rc8 21.Nd4 Qc4 22.Kb1 O-O 23.h4 f6
24.exf6 e5 25.Nf3 Nxf6 26.Rc1 e4 27.Nd2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. Re1
Bb4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rxd1
16. Rxd1 Bd5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 b6 19. f4 f5 20. exf6 gxf6
21. f5 Rg8 22. g4 h5 23. Kf2 hxg4 24. hxg4 Kf7 25. Bd2 Re8
26. Bf4 Re4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Bxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 b5
7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Qc7
12. Bb3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Ne2 a5 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Nd4 Bg7
17. Nb5 Qd8 18. g4 Nd7 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. h4 h5 21. Bd4 Kf8
22. Rhg1 Qd7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nd4 Nxb3 25. cxb3 Kf8 26. Nc2
hxg4 27. fxg4 Rxh4 28. Ne3 e5 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Rh1 Rxh1
31. Rxh1 Qg5 32. Rh7 Rc7 33. Ka2 Ba6 34. Qh2 Bd3 35. Rh8+ Ke7
36. Ra8 Qf6 37. g5 Qg7 38. Qd2 e4 39. Ng4 Rd7 40. Nf6 Rd8
41. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bg2 Ndb4 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7
12. Rd1 Qa5 13. a3 O-O 14. Bf4 Nc6 15. b4 Qf5 16. b5 Na5
17. Bc7 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Nb3 19. Rab1 Nc5 20. a4 a5 21. b6 f6
22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 e5 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Rb5 Nd3 26. Be4 Nb4
27. Nd5 Nc6 28. Nc7 Rb8 29. Kg2 f5 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rxe5 f4
32. gxf4 Rxb6 33. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. a3
d6 13. Ba2 Nb8 14. Nh4 d5 15. Qf3 c6 16. b4 Nbd7 17. Nb3 Rc8
18. Nf5 Ba8 19. Be3 Kh7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 g6 22. Ng3 Bxc5
23. bxc5 Kg7 24. d4 Qc7 25. Re3 exd4 26. cxd4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4
Rxe4 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Bb7 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Qf3 Bc8
32. Qc3 f6 33. Re3 h5 34. Bb1 Qf7 35. h4 Re8 36. Be4 Bd7
37. Qd3 f5 38. Bf3 Qf6 39. Rxe8 Bxe8 40. g3 f4 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nb1
d5 13. Bh3 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Qa5 17. Bg2
Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Qxa2 19. Rh8 Rc8 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8
22. Bh6+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kd7 24. Nxc8 Kxc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Bf8
Nd7 27. Bd6 Bc6 28. Bf1 Kb7 29. Nd2 Qa1+ 30. Nb1 Qa5 31. Bd3
Qd8 32. Nd2 e5 33. Qc4 Qb6 34. Kb1 a5 35. Ne4 Nf4 36. Nc5+
Nxc5 37. Bxc5 Bd5 38. Bxb6 Bxc4 39. Bxc4 Kxb6 40. Bxf7 Nh3
41. c3 Ng5 42. Bd5 bxc3 43. bxc3 Kc5 44. Bb7 Kd6 45. Kb2 Ne6
46. Ka3 Nc5 47. Be4 Ke7 48. g5 Ne6 49. g6 Nc5 50. Bd5 Kf6
51. Bf7 Kg7 52. Kb2 Kf6 53. Kc2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.25"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Qd2 Rab8 15. Bf2 Bc8 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. e5
dxe5 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. fxe5 Ncxe5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Qe2 f6
22. Qxa6 Bb4 23. Nb5 Qc8 24. c3 Bf8 25. N5d4 Nb8 26. Qb5 Nf7
27. Nd2 e5 28. Nf5 Rd8 29. Ne4 Qe6 30. Bh4 Qc6 31. b3 Qxb5
32. axb5 h6 33. g4 Ng5 34. Bxg5 hxg5 35. Ra1 Rbd7 36. Ne3 Rd3
37. Nc4 Nd7 38. b4 Rc8 39. Ncd2 Be7 40. Ra7 Kf8 41. Kg2 Ke8
42. Kf2 g6 43. Ke2 Rh3 44. Nc4 Rxh2+ 45. Kd3 Rd8 46. Ncd6+
Bxd6 47. Nxd6+ Ke7 48. Ne4 f5 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rxf5 Ke6
51. Rf2 Nf6+ 52. Ke2 Rxf2+ 53. Nxf2 g4 54. Rg7 Kf5 55. c4 Rd4
56. Nd1 Re4+ 57. Ne3+ Kf4 58. Rf7 Rxe3+ 59. Kd2 Ke4 60. Rxf6
Rd3+ 61. Ke2 Rd4 62. c5 Rxb4 63. Rxb6 g3 64. Rg6 Rb2+ 65. Kf1
Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rae8 12. c3
d5 13. Ba2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nh5 15. Nb3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nf6 17. Re1
Nb8 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Nd3 Bxe4 20. Nbc5 Bd5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8
22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Kf1 f6 24. a4 Kf7 25. Bd2 g5 26. a5 Ne7
27. Rc1 Nec6 28. c4 b4 29. Ra1 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Re5 31. Nb3 Nd7
32. Be3 Ke7 33. g3 Re4 34. Nd2 Re5 35. Nb3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Nc3 cxd4
12. exd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. O-O Ba6 15. Qa4 Bxc4 16. Nb5
Bxb5 17. Bxb5 h6 18. Bf4 Nb8 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. Qb4 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Qa4 Nd5 23. Bg3 Qg5 24. Rc2 a5 25. Qc4 Qe7
26. Re2 Qf8 27. Rc2 Nd7 28. Qc6 N7f6 29. f3 Qe7 30. Ba6 Nh5
31. Bf2 Nhf4 32. Kh1 Qg5 33. Bf1 Qf5 34. Rd2 Ng6 35. Qc1 Nge7
36. Rc2 Qg5 37. g3 Qf6 38. Kg2 Nf5 39. Qd2 Qg5 40. f4 Qe7
41. Kg1 Nf6 42. d5 Ne4 43. Qd3 Nxf2 44. Rxf2 Qf6 45. dxe6 fxe6
46. Bh3 Rc8 47. Bxf5 Qxf5 48. Qxd6 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kh3
Rg1 51. Rd2 Qf5+ 52. Kh4 Qf6+ 53. Kg4 Qf5+ 54. Kf3 Qh5+
55. Ke3 Qh3 56. Qxb6 Re1+ 57. Re2 Rxe2+ 58. Kxe2 Qxh2+ 59. Kf3
Qh1+ 60. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[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. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4
Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7
18. f4 Nb6 19. a5 Nc4 20. Qc3 Qe7 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Bd2 Bxh1
23. Rxh1 Qb7 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Qf3 O-O-O 26. Qc6+ Qxc6 27. Nxc6
Rd7 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Re1 h5 30. g5 Kb7 31. Be3 Rd7 32. Bc5
Kc6 33. Bd6 f6 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Rg1 f5 36. Kd2 Kd5 37. Ke3
Rhh7 38. Bf8 Rhf7 39. Bh6 Rh7 40. Rg6 Rb7 41. Bf8 Rhf7 42. Bd6
Rg7 43. Rg5 Rbf7 44. c3 Kc6 45. Kf3 Kb5 46. Bc5 Ka4 47. Bd4
Rd7 48. Ke3 Kb3 49. Ke2 Rxg5 50. fxg5 Rxd4 51. cxd4 c3 52. g6
c2 53. g7 c1=Q 54. g8=Q Qc4+ 55. Ke3 Kc3 56. Qd8 Qd3+ 57. Kf4
Qd2+ 58. Kf3 Qd1+ 59. Ke3 Qg1+ 60. Ke2 Qg2+ 61. Ke3 f4+ 0-1

[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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3
Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Nxc6
bxc6 18. Bd4 f6 19. b3 g4 20. Rhe1 c5 21. Bf2 Bh6 22. Be3 Bg7
23. Bf2 Bh6 24. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qa4 Qd6
12. Rd1 Qe6 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. b4 a5 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Qxe6 Rxe6
17. Nc4 f6 18. a3 Ba6 19. Nfd2 axb4 20. axb4 Ree8 21. Nxb6
Nxb6 22. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7
7. Nf4 c5 8. h4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Nec6 10. h5 Be4 11. f3 a6 12. Nd6+
Bxd6 13. exd6 g5 14. Nh3 h6 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Bg2 f5 17. O-O
O-O 18. c3 Qxd6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Bxe4 fxe4
22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qe6 Nd7 24. Qxd7 Rd8 25. Qg4 e3 26. b3 Ne5
27. Qe4 Qf6 28. Kg2 e2 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. cxd4 Qc6 31. d5 Qxd5
32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Kf2 Rxa2 35. Rxe2 Nd3+ 36. Ke3
Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 g4 38. Ng5 Nc1+ 39. Ke3 Nxb3 40. h6 a5 41. Kf4
Nd4 42. Kxg4 a4 43. Kh5 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Ra6
12. Qe2 d6 13. c4 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Nac3 Qb8 16. h3 Rc8
17. a3 Ne5 18. Rac1 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Ra8 20. b6 Rc6 21. Nb5 Qd8
22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Qb5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 e6 25. a4 d5 26. a5 Ne4
27. Rd1 Nd6 28. Qc5 Nf5 29. Bc1 Bf8 30. Qc2 Nc6 31. Bd2 Bd6
32. Ba4 Nb4 33. Qb3 Nd4 34. Qe3 Nf5 35. Qb3 Qh4 36. Rc1 Nd4
0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3
Qa5 7. Ndb5 d5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Qb3
dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Nd6 Be6 14. Qd3 e4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
Rad8 17. Qc2 Nd4 18. Qb2 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Rfe8 20. Qb4 Qh5+
21. f3 f5 22. g4 Qh3 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Re1 Rxe4+
0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5
7. d4 Nbd7 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. e4 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4
c6 13. Nc2 Ne5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. b3 Nfd7 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Rf1
Ned3 18. Rb1 a5 19. f4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Kh2 Bd7 22. Nc2
Ne6 23. Na2 Ndc5 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Qf6 26. Qd2 Ra8
27. Rfe1 Nc7 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Rd8 31. Nc2
Be6 32. Ne3 Bf7 33. g4 Bg6 34. g5 Qg7 35. Ne2 N7e6 36. a5 Qc7
37. Rd1 Ra8 38. Ng3 Qxa5 39. Qf2 Ng7 40. Rxd6 Re8 41. h4 Re6
42. Rd1 Qc7 43. Nexf5 Nxf5 44. Qxc5 b6 45. Qf2 Nxh4 46. Bh3
Rd6 47. Rxd6 Qxd6 48. Bg4 Bd3 49. f5 h6 50. g6 h5 51. c5 bxc5
52. Qa2+ c4 53. Qa8+ Qf8 54. Qa7 Nxg6 55. fxg6 Bxg6 56. Be6+
Bf7 57. Bf5 Qd6 58. Kh3 Bg6 59. Qa8+ Kg7 60. Qb7+ Kg8 61. Qc8+
Kg7 62. Qb7+ Kg8 63. Qa8+ Kg7 64. Qa5 Qf4 65. Qa7+ Kh6 66. Qc5
Bxf5+ 67. Nxf5+ Kg6 68. Nh4+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 8th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6
12. Qb3 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. O-O Be7 16. a4 Bd6
17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bc7 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Bd3 c5 21. dxc5 Nxe4
22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxc5 24. g3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Rc3 26. Qd1 Qc6
27. Qe2 Rc2 28. Qe3 Rc3 29. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 8th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Be2 d6
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bg4 9. b4 Qb6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Ra2 Nf6 12. Nc3
O-O 13. Rd2 Nd7 14. Qb3 a5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 axb4 17. axb4
b6 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Be2 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. f4 Ra1 22. e5
Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nxb4 24. Bf3 Qb8 25. Qa4 dxe5 26. Rxd7 exf4
27. Bf2 e5 28. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 8th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5
dxe5 8.dxe5 Nd5 9.O-O Ncb4 10.Be4 c6 11.Qe1 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Bg4
13.Na4 Qa6 14.b3 b5 15.Nb2 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 f5 17.exf6 exf6 18.f5
Rae8 19.Bxd5+ Nxd5 20.Qf2 Qb6 21.Nd3 Qxf2 22.Rxf2 Nb4 23.Ba3
Nxd3 24.cxd3 Rf7 25.g3 Re5 26.Rc1 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 gxf5 28.Rxc6
Rd7 29.Bd6 Kf7 30.Kg2 Ke6 31.Bb8+ Kf7 32.Bd6 Ke6 33.Bc5+ Ke5
34.d4+ Ke4 35.Re6+ Kd3 36.Kf3 a5 37.Re3+ Kc2 38.Re7 Rxe7
39.Bxe7 Bh6 40.d5 Bd2 41.Bc5 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Bb6 Bb4 44.Bc7
Bc3 45.d6 Be5 46.Bb8 Bd4 47.d7 Bb6 48.Bd6 Bd8 49.Kf4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 8th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nbd2 Nc6
7.O-O e5 8.Nb3 Qd8 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Ndb4 11.Nxc6 Nxc6
12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Nc6 Kd7 16.Ne5+ Ke6
17.Nd3 Bd6 18.Be3 c4 19.Nc5+ Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Rd8 21.Bb4 Bb7
22.Bc3 f6 23.Rfd1 Bc6 24.Ba5 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rc8 26.f3 Ba4
27.Rd4 Rc5 28.Bb4 Rc7 29.Kf2 Bb5 30.Rd6+ Kf7 31.Rd5 a6 32.h4
Rb7 33.a3 Rb8 34.g4 h6 35.Rc5 Rd8 36.Rc7+ Rd7 37.Rc8 Kg6
38.Rh8 f5 39.h5+ Kg5 40.Kg3 fxg4 41.fxg4 Kf6 42.Rf8+ Ke6
43.Bc3 Re7 44.Rg8 Kd5 45.Rxg7 Rxe2 46.Rg6 Re6 47.Rxe6 Kxe6
48.Bd2 Ba4 49.Bxh6 Bd1 50.Bg7 Be2 51.Bc3 Bd1 52.Kh4 Bf3 53.Kg5
Kf7 54.Kh4 Ke6 55.g5 Kf5 56.g6 Bd5 57.Kg3 Kg5 58.g7 Kh6 59.Kf4
Kh7 60.h6 Kxh6 61.Ke5 Bf7 62.Kd6 Kh7 63.Kc5 Be6 64.Kb6 Bc8
65.Kc6 Kg8 66.Kd5 Bd7 67.Kxc4 Kf7 68.Kb4 Be6 69.Ka5 Bc4 70.a4
Bb3 71.Kxa6 Bxa4 72.b4 Bc2 73.b5 Bd3 74.Kb6 Be2 75.Kc6 1-0

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. h4 e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Nxh6 Bxh6 11. Bxh6 Bxg4
12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Rg1 Rc8 15. Rg3 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qa3
17. Bxf6 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Ng5 Rb4 14. Qf3 Bf5 15. g4 Bf6 16. gxf5 Bxg5
17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxg5 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Rd4 21. Re7
Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Be3 a5 24. Rc1 a4 25. Re4 Ra5 26. Re8+
Kg7 27. Rd8 Kf6 28. h4 Ke7 29. Rc8 Rb5 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Rc7
Rxb2 32. Bf4 Rxa2 33. Re3 Kf5 34. Bg3 f6 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Bxe5
fxe5 37. Rc6 Rd4 38. Rxc5 Rg4+ 39. Kf3 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 Rg4+
41. Kf3 Rxh4 42. Rcxe5+ Kf6 43. Re6+ Kg5 44. R3e5+ Kh6 45. Ra5
Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Rg4+ 47. Kf1 Ra1+ 48. Ke2 Rf4 49. Raa6 Ra2+
50. Ke3 Rg4 51. f3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Ke3 Rg1 54. Kf4 Rh2
55. Re4 Rh4+ 56. Ke5 Rxe4+ 57. Kxe4 Ra1 58. Kf4 a3 59. Kg3 Kg5
60. Kg2 Kf5 61. Kg3 Ke5 62. Kg2 g5 63. Ra5+ Kf4 64. Ra4+ Ke3
65. Ra5 Kd3 66. Rxg5 Kc3 67. Rg8 Rb1 68. Rc8+ Kb2 69. Rb8+ Ka1
70. Ra8 a2 71. Kg3 Kb2 72. Kf4 a1=Q 73. Rxa1 Rxa1 74. Ke5 Re1+
75. Kd5 Rf1 76. Ke4 Kc3 77. f4 Kc4 78. Ke5 Kc5 79. f5 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nh6 12. h3
Nf7 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. b4 Ne6 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4
g5 18. Bg3 f5 19. Qd2 f4 20. Bh2 Ne5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. b5 f3
23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxf3 Bxh3 25. Re3 Be6 26. bxc6 g4 27. Bd1
Rc8 28. Rb7 Rxc6 29. Nd5 Kh8 30. Reb3 g3 31. Qh6 gxf2+ 32. Kf1
Bg8 33. Rxh7+ Bxh7 34. Rb7 1-0

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qb5 14. Bd6 Be7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Qxb5 cxb5
17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. a3 Rhd8 20. c3 h5 21. f3 g6
22. Rae1 Rd5 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. Re2 Ng8 26. Rfe1 Ne7
27. Ng5 Nf5 28. g3 Ne7 29. Nh3 Nc6 30. Nf4 Rd6 31. g4 hxg4
32. fxg4 Rad8 33. Kg3 Rh8 34. Rf1 Rd7 35. h5 g5 36. Nd3 Re8
37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 f6 39. Rxb5 Rd6 40. Re1 Kf7 41. a4 Ra8
42. Ra1 Kg7 43. Ra3 Kh6 44. Rab3 Ra6 45. R3b4 f5 46. Rc4 Ra8
47. Rcb4 Ra6 48. Re5 Ra8 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Rxf5 Kxh5 51. Rbb5
Rg8 52. Rf7 Re6 53. Rh7+ Kg6 54. Rxb7 Re3+ 55. Kg4 Re4+
56. Kf3 Rf4+ 57. Kg3 Rgf8 58. R5xb6+ Kf5 59. Re7 Rg4+ 60. Kf3
Rf4+ 61. Ke2 Kg4 62. a5 Kg3 63. a6 1-0

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 a6 11. Qb3 Nc6
12. Rad1 Na5 13. Qc2 Nc4 14. Ne5 Nd6 15. Bg5 Nfe4 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. e3 Rad8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rc1 c5 20. dxc5 Qxe5
21. cxd6 Rxd6 22. Qc7 Qd5 23. Bh3 f5 24. b3 Rf7 25. Qc3 Rfd7
26. Rfe1 h5 27. Bf1 Kh7 28. Bc4 Qd2 29. Qe5 g6 30. a4 Qb4
31. Be6 Rg7 32. Red1 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rd8
Qa5 36. Bg8+ Kh8 37. Rd7 1-0

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Nc3
Be6 12. Qe4 f5 13. Qb1 O-O 14. e3 Rad8 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Qc2 Bc4
17. Bxc4+ Nxc4 18. Qb3 b5 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. Bc1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
Rd8 22. Qb3 f4 23. O-O fxe3 24. fxe3 a6 25. e4 h6 26. Qc2 Qc5+
27. Kh1 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qe2 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Qf6 31. Qe1
Qe5 32. h3 Nd6 33. Qd1 Nxe4 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qd3 Kg8 36. Qd8+
Kf7 37. Qd7+ Kf6 38. Qd8+ Ke6 39. Qe8+ Kd5 40. Qg8+ Kc6
41. Qc8+ Kd5 42. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qe2 Qc7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 O-O
12. Rd1 Ne5 13. e4 Ng6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Qd2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 e5
17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Nd5 N6xd5 19. exd5 Qf6 20. Kh2 Re8 21. d6 Bd7
22. Rc7 Rad8 23. Rxb7 e4 24. Ne1 h5 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Ba4 Red8
27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxe4 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. g3 Ne6 31. Nf3
g6 32. Kg2 Qb6 33. b4 Qb5 34. a3 Kh7 35. h4 Kg8 36. Ne5 Nf8
37. Nc6 Nh7 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Qxe5 40. Nxe5 Nf8 41. Kf3
Kf6 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Nd3 1-0

[Event "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5
Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Nb6 Ned7 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Ned7 17. Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. b4 Ba7 11. c5 h6 12. Be2
Bb8 13. O-O e5 14. Bg3 Be6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5
Kg7 18. f4 exf4 19. exf4 d4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Bd3
Nf6 23. Qe1 Rh8 24. Qg3+ Kf8 25. Rce1 Ne7 26. Qf2 Bc7 27. Qxd4
Rh6 28. Bc4 Rd8 29. Qc3 Ned5 30. Qc1 b5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rd1
Re8 33. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Bc6 35. g3 Ne4 36. Qd1 Re6 37. Qh5
Ke7 38. Qh8 Nxc5 39. Qh4+ Ke8 40. Rxe6+ Nxe6 41. f5 Nf8
42. Qf6 Bb7 43. Qh8 Ke7 44. f6+ Ke8 45. g4 Bf4 46. h4 Bc1
47. Qh5 Ne6 48. Qh8+ Nf8 49. g5 Bxa3 50. g6 fxg6 51. Qg7 1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. b3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nc4
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Nd5 20. Rfd1 Nb4
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re1 Bf8 23. a3 Nc6 24. Re2 f6 25. Rd2 Rb8
26. Rd3 Kf7 27. g4 Ke6 28. h4 g6 29. Re3+ Kd5 30. Bxf6 Rb7
31. g5 Bg7 32. Bxg7 Rxg7 33. Kg4 Rb7 34. f4 Re7 35. Rxe7 Nxe7
36. h5 Kd4 37. Nd6 Kc3 38. f5 gxf5+ 39. Nxf5 Ng8 40. Kf4 Kxb3
41. Ke5 Kxa3 42. Ke6 a5 43. Kf7 a4 44. Kxg8 Kb2 45. g6 h6
46. g7 a3 47. Kh7 a2 48. g8=Q a1=Q 49. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. cxd5 g5 13. Bf2 Nxd5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Nc3 c4
17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. e4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Rfd8+ 20. Kc3 Nd3 21. Be3
Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. b4 Nxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Qb3 a5
12. Be5 Nd7 13. Rc1 f6 14. Bg3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Qb2 e5
17. Ke2 Nxc3+ 18. Rxc3 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Rd3 Qc8 21. Qa2 dxc4
22. e4 Bf7 23. Re3 c3 24. Qc2 a4 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Bxe5 Bc4+
27. Ke1 Bb3 28. Rg3 g6 29. Qc1 c2+ 30. Ke2 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rd8
12. Nd2 e5 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Be2 Rac8 15. Rhe1 g6 16. Nb3 Qb6
17. c5 Qc7 18. Ka1 b6 19. Nd4 bxc5 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxe5 Nd7
22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Ba6 Ra8 24. Nb5 Bf5 25. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 a5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3
7. bxc3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. d3 Ne7 11. Bg5 a4 12. Qb5+
Nd7 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ra5 15. Bxe7 Qa8+ 16. Qc6 Kxe7
17. Qxa8 Raxa8 18. Nc6+ Ke8 19. d4 f5 20. f3 Nf6 21. Rab1 Kd7
22. Nb4 h5 23. h4 Rag8 24. Nd3 g5 25. hxg5 Rxg5 26. Kf2 h4
27. gxh4 Rxh4 28. Rh1 Rgh5 29. Rxh4 Rxh4 30. Rg1 Nh5 31. Ke3
Rh2 32. Kd2 c5 33. Rg8 Nf6 34. Rg7+ Kd8 35. Ra7 Rh1 36. Nf4 e5
37. Ne6+ Kc8 38. dxe5 dxe5 39. Rc7+ Kb8 40. Rf7 Rh6 41. Ng7
1-0

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Qb3 a5
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 a4 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 h6
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Rfc1 Bd7
17. Ne5 Rfc8 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. f3 Be8 20. Kf2 Kf8 21. h4 Rd8
22. Nd3 Nd7 23. cxd5 exd5 24. h5 Ra7 25. Rc3 Nb6 26. g4 Bd7
27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Rg1 Nd7 29. Nd3 Nf6 30. Bd1 Nd7 31. Bc2 Nb6
32. Nc5 Nc4 33. Nxa4 b5 34. Nc5 Nxb2 35. Rb1 Nc4 36. a4 Nd6
37. Rb4 Kg8 38. Nd3 bxa4 39. Ra3 Ba6 40. Rbxa4 Bxd3 41. Bxd3
Rxa4 42. Rxa4 Rc8 43. Ra7 Kf8 44. e4 dxe4 45. fxe4 Rb8 46. Rd7
Rb3 47. Ke2 Nb5 48. Bxb5 Rxb5 49. Ke3 Rb3+ 50. Kf4 Rb1 51. Rc7
Rc1 52. Ke5 Rg1 53. Kd6 g5 54. hxg6 Rxg4 55. Rxf7+ Kg8 56. Re7
h5 57. Kxc6 h4 58. Kd5 Rxg6 59. Ra7 h3 60. Ra2 Rh6 61. Rh2 Kf7
62. e5 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 c6
12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Bf1 Nf8 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. g3 c5
17. Bg2 cxd4 18. exd4 Qd6 19. h4 a6 20. Re2 b5 21. Red2 b4
22. Ne2 a5 23. Nh2 Bd8 24. Ng4 Bb6 25. Qf3 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Rxd3 Qa5 13. Bd2 c5 14. Be1 cxd4 15. Rxd4 e5 16. Rdd1 a6
17. Ne4 Bxe1 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 e4 21. Nd4
Rfc8 22. Rec1 g6 23. Nb3 b6 24. h3 Nd7 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. b4 h5
27. b5 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 axb5 29. axb5 h4 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. Rc2 Nd3
32. g3 hxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Nc5 34. h4 Ra1 35. Ne2 Kf6 36. Rd2 Ke5
37. Nf4 Nd3 38. Nxd3+ exd3 39. Rxd3 Rg1+ 40. Kf3 Rb1 41. Kg4
Rxb5 42. f4+ Ke6 43. e4 Rb1 44. Kf3 Rh1 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Amber"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 cxd4
7. Nxd4 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb5 Nc6
12. O-O Be6 13. Bc1 a6 14. c4 Nb6 15. Nd6 Qc7 16. c5 Nc4
17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Qa4 Nd4 19. Nxc4 Nxe2+ 20. Kh1 Nc3 21. Qb4
Nxb1 22. Nb6 a5 23. Qxb1 Qxc5 24. a4 Rfd8 25. Be3 Qb4 26. Qa1
f6 27. Rb1 Qg4 28. h3 Qh5 29. Kh2 Rd3 30. Rc1 Rbd8 31. Qb2 g5
32. Qc2 Kh8 33. Rh1 Bxh3 34. Bxh3 g4 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Rxd1
gxh3+ 37. Kh2 Qxd1 38. Qf5 Kg7 39. Bh6+ Kxh6 40. Qxf6+ Kh5
41. Nc4 Rd4 42. Nxe5 Qf1 43. g4+ Rxg4 44. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O c5 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Qxb4
17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Nxd5 Bc5 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. Nxa6 Ba3 21. Rc3
Bb2 22. Rb3 Be5 23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. f4 Nd7 26. Bf3
Kf8 27. e4 Bg6 28. Rd1 f6 29. a3 Rac7 30. Rbd3 Nc5 31. Re3 Na4
32. e5 Nb2 33. Ra1 Rc1+ 34. Re1 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 fxe5 36. fxe5
Rc5 37. a4 Rc4 38. a5 Rxb4 39. a6 Ra4 40. Rxa4 Nxa4 41. a7 Nb6
42. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Qc2 Na6 6. a3 c5
7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 b6
12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rd3 b5 14. Ba2 a5 15. Bg5 b4 16. Rh3 Nce8
17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Qe2 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Na7 Rc7 21. Nb5 Rc8
22. Na7 Rc7 23. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 g6
7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qh4 Nbd7 12. f5
b5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Ng4 15. Qh4 Nde5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3
e6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nd4 Rde8 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8
22. a4 b4 23. Na2 a5 24. Nc1 Ke7 25. Ncb3 Ra8 26. h3 Nf6
27. Re1 Nfd7 28. Bb5 Nb6 29. Nd2 Rc8 30. Re2 Ba8 31. Kf2 Nbc4
32. Nxc4 Nxc4 33. b3 Ne5 34. Ba6 Rf8+ 35. Ke3 Rf1 36. Bc8 Rf6
37. c3 bxc3 38. Rc2 Rf1 39. Nf3 Nxf3 40. gxf3 d5 41. Rxc3 dxe4
42. fxe4 Re1+ 43. Kd3 Rxe4 44. Rc5 Rh4 45. Rxa5 Rxh3+ 46. Kd2
Bd5 47. b4 Ra3 48. Ra7+ Kd6 49. b5 Kc5 50. Ra6 g5 51. b6 Rb3
52. a5 g4 53. b7 Bxb7 54. Bxb7 Rxb7 55. Rxe6 g3 56. Rg6 Kd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
a6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O e5 10. d3 h6 11. Rd1 Be6
12. Qa4 O-O 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bc5 Nb6 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Rac1 Nd4
17. Nd2 Nb5 18. Qb4 c6 19. Qa5 Nd7 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Bb4 Nf6
22. Ba5 Rb8 23. Nc4 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Nb6 e4 26. e3 Bxb2
27. Rc2 Bg7 28. a4 exd3 29. Rcc1 Na7 30. Rxd3 Nc6 31. Bc3 Ne5
32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Bxd5 Rbd8 34. e4 Re7 35. Kg2 Bc7 36. Rb1 Kg7
37. Nc4 Bd7 38. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 a5 15. Bd2 Na6 16. Bc3 Bg5 17. Bd3
Bc8 18. Qc2 g6 19. g3 Bh3 20. Rf2 Nb4 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Nd2 f5
23. Bxb4 axb4 24. b3 Qc7 25. Qe1 e4 26. fxe4 Qg7 27. e5 dxe5
28. Bf1 Bg4 29. Be2 h5 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. c5 bxc5 32. Nc4 e4
33. Rd1 Bf6 34. d6 Bd4 35. Ra2 Rae8 36. a5 e3 37. Qf1 g5
38. Qg2 f4 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. d7 Rd8 42. Rxd4 cxd4
43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Rg2 g3 45. Qd5+ Kh7 46. Qh5+ Qh6 47. Qd5 Qg6
48. a6 f3 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.13"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. b4 Bb6 10. h3 Bd7 11. d3 h6 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 Qa6 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. d4
Ng6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Be6
22. Qc3 Ra8 23. Nb1 Ne8 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. Qb2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.14"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. h3 e5 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nxb5 Rb8 11. Nec3 a6
12. Na3 Rxb2 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7
17. Rb1 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Na5 19. Qb6 Nxc4 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. dxc4
Rd7 22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rb1 Rc7 25. h4 Ra7 26. Bh3
Kf8 27. a4 a5 28. Bc8 Bf6 29. Rb8 Kg7 30. Bb7 Be7 31. Kg2 Bf6
32. Kh3 Be7 33. Bd5 Bf6 34. Kg4 Be7 35. h5 g5 36. Kf5 Bf6
37. Rb5 Bd8 38. Bb7 Be7 39. Rb2 Bd8 40. Rb1 Bf6 41. Bd5 Bd8
42. Rb3 Re7 43. Rb1 Bc7 44. Rb7 Bd8 45. Rb8 Bc7 46. Ra8 Bb6
47. f3 Bc7 48. Ra6 Re8 49. Rc6 Re7 50. f4 gxf4 51. gxf4 exf4
52. Kxf4 Bd8 53. Rc8 Bc7 54. Ra8 Bb6 55. Ra6 Bc7 56. Rc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Na4 Qa5+
12. c3 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b6 15. Bd1 Qb5 16. b4 a5
17. Nb2 Qc6 18. Bf3 axb4 19. cxb4 b5 20. Kf2 Qb6 21. Ke3 Qb8
22. Rhc1 O-O 23. Rc6 Qb7 24. Rd6 Ra6 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. Nd3 Nb6
27. Nc5 Qa8 28. Kf2 Qc6 29. Kg1 Bb7 30. Rc1 Qc7 31. Rc3 Qe7
32. g3 Ba8 33. h4 Nc4 34. Kh2 Rc8 35. Kh3 Bc6 36. g4 Qc7
37. Na6 Qb7 38. Nc5 Qc7 39. g5 Ra8 40. h5 Rxa3 41. Rxa3 Nxa3
42. g6 hxg6 43. hxg6 Nc4 44. Bg4 Bd7 45. gxf7+ Kxf7 46. Qd3 g6
47. Bh5 Nxe5 48. fxe5 gxh5 49. Qh7+ Ke8 50. Qxh5+ Kd8 51. Qh8+
Ke7 52. Qg7+ Ke8 53. Kg4 Qc6 54. Qg8+ Ke7 55. Qg5+ Ke8 56. Kh5
d4 57. Kh6 Qf3 58. Qg8+ Ke7 59. Qg5+ Ke8 60. Qg8+ Ke7 61. Qg7+
Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4
7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. O-O Qb6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 O-O
12. a3 e5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Nb3 b6
17. Bd2 Nh5 18. Rc1 Ra3 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Nxa1 Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Nc2 Ba4 23. Qd2 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Ra8 25. Qb2 Qa7 26. Rd1
Be5 27. f3 Qa4 28. Rd2 Ra7 29. Rc2 h5 30. Kf1 Qe8 31. c5 bxc5
32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Qa8 34. Rc1 Ra2 35. Qb3 Kg7 36. Rd1 Qa5
37. Qb5 Qa3 38. d6 Bxd6 39. e5 Bb4 40. e6 Ra1 41. Qe5+ f6
42. Qc7+ Be7 43. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 44. Ke2 Qa2+ 45. Kf1 Qxe6 46. Qxf4
Bd6 47. Qxd4 Bxh2 48. Qe4 Qf7 49. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4
b5 7. Ne3 Bb7 8. g3 c5 9. Bg2 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 Qb6 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Be3 e6 13. O-O Qb7 14. Rc1 Ncd7 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5
17. Qd3 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg5 O-O
22. Ne3 Bc5 23. Rac1 e4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7
Rbc8 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bc7 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rfe8 30. Rf1 f6 31. Rf5
Ra8 32. Rxb5 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Re1 34. Kf3 Rf1+ 35. Kg4 f5+
36. Rxf5 h5+ 37. Kxh5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. b4 d5 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bxf3 11. exf3 Qd5
12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 c6 14. Bc4 Rd8 15. h4 Ne7 16. h5 Nf5
17. Ke2 a5 18. b5 c5 19. f4 Nd4+ 20. Kf1 Rd6 21. Kg2 Nd7
22. a4 Rd8 23. Rce1 Kf8 24. Bc3 Nf6 25. d3 h6 26. Rd1 Nc2
27. Kf3 R6d7 28. Bb2 Nd5 29. Rd2 Ndb4 30. g4 Re8 31. Kg3 f6
32. Re2 Nd4 33. Re3 e5 34. fxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 fxe5 36. Re1 Re7
37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Rxe7 Kxe7 39. Kf4 Nc2 40. Ke5 Na3 41. Bb3
Nb1 42. f4 Nd2 43. Bd5 Nf1 44. g5 Ng3 45. Bf3 Nf1 46. gxh6
gxh6 47. f5 Ne3 48. f6+ Kf7 49. Be2 Ng2 50. Bg4 Ne3 51. Be6+
Kf8 52. Bb3 Ng4+ 53. Kf5 Nf2 54. Bc4 Nd1 55. Bb3 Nf2 56. Bc2
Kf7 57. Bb1 Kf8 58. Kg6 Ng4 59. Ba2 Ne5+ 60. Kxh6 Nxd3 61. Kg5
1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Bb2 Ng5 12. d5
exd5 13. O-O-O c5 14. cxd5 Ba6 15. h4 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Bxf1
17. Rdxf1 Nd7 18. Rfg1 Rf7 19. Rg5 c4 20. bxc4 Rc8 21. Rxf5
Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxf5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg4+ Kf6 25. e4 Re5
26. f4 Qc7+ 27. Kb1 Qc3 28. fxe5+ Nxe5 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Rg1+
Ng6 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qe8+ Kg7
35. Qb5 Kf7 36. h5 Ne5 37. Qb2 Qf3 38. Qc2 Kf6 39. Ka2 b5
40. Rg3 Qf4 41. Qe2 Qc1 42. f4 Qxf4 43. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. Bf4 Na6 8. e4 c5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Qb5 Bd7 11. Qxb7 Nxc5
12. Qb4 Ne6 13. Be5 a5 14. Qa3 Qb6 15. Bc4 Rfc8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nd5 Qb8 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. O-O Qb4 21. Qxb4
axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nf6
7. Nge2 d4 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf4 Bg5
12. c3 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Qh5 b6 15. e5 Bd5 16. Bg5 Qd7
17. Bf6 Kh8 18. Bh3 Be6 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6+
Kg8 22. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6
12. Nd5 Nbd7 13. Qd3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nc5 15. Qd2 Nfe4 16. Qb4 b6
17. f3 Nf6 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. f4 Nfe4 20. Qb4 Rfb8 21. Nxc5 Nxc5
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Rad1 Bd6 24. Qh4 Rf8 25. g4 Qa4 26. c4 Qc2
27. Rd2 Qe4 28. Qh3 a5 29. b3 Qg6 30. Kh1 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qg6
32. g5 Ne4 33. Bd3 Nxg5 34. Bxg5 e4 35. Rg2 exd3 36. Bf6 gxf6
37. Qxd3 Rae8 38. Rxf6 Bc5+ 39. Kh1 Re3 40. Qd1 Rfe8
41. Rgxg6+ hxg6 42. Rf1 R8e7 43. Qg4 Kg7 44. Qh4 f5 45. Rd1
R3e4 46. Qg3 Kf7 47. Qb8 Re8 48. Qc7+ R4e7 49. Qg3 Re3 50. Qh4
R3e4 51. Qh7+ Kf6 52. Qc7 g5 53. Qc6+ Kg7 54. d6 g4 55. Rf1
Rf4 56. Rg1 Bxg1 57. Qxe8 Bd4 58. Qe2 Re4 59. Qd2 Kf7 60. d7
Ke7 61. Qg5+ Kxd7 62. Qxf5+ Re6 63. Qxg4 Bc5 64. h4 Ke7
65. Qg7+ Ke8 66. h5 Bf8 67. Qb7 Rf6 68. Kg2 Be7 69. Kg3 Kf8
70. Kg4 Rh6 71. Qa8+ Kf7 72. Qd5+ Kf8 73. Qd2 Rd6 74. Qe3 Kf7
75. c5 bxc5 76. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nc3 h6
7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxc4 Bf5 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. f3 e5 11. dxe5 Nc5
12. Qa2 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Bb5+
Bd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 19. O-O O-O 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Bb2
Rac8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 d4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Qxd4+
26. Qf2 Qxb4 27. Qxa7 Rd2 28. Kh1 Ra2 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qe5
Rxg2 31. Kxg2 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 Qxc1 33. Qe4+ g6 34. Qxb7 Qg1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 b5
7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2 e6 9. a3 Nfd7 10. g5 g6 11. f4 e5 12. Nde2
Nb6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Be3 N8d7 16. O-O-O Ke8
17. Bh3 h6 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Nd5 Rc8 20. h4 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rh2
22. Rd2 Rh3 23. Rg3 Rh4 24. Nec3 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. b4 Bxd5
27. Rxd5 Ne6 28. Rxe5 Rh2 29. Rd5 Nf4 30. Rd2 Rh3 31. Rxh3
Nxh3 32. Kb2 Nxg5 33. Rd5 f6 34. Rd1 Rc6 35. Kb3 Ke7 36. Rg1
Kf7 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. Rd8 Ke5 39. Rg8 Kd4 40. Nd1 Nxe4 41. Rxg6
Rd6 42. Rg8 f5 43. a4 f4 44. axb5 axb5 45. Rf8 f3 46. Kb2 Rf6
47. Rd8+ Ke5 48. Ne3 Rd6 49. Rf8 Nf6 50. c4 Rd3 51. cxb5 Rxe3
52. b6 Re2+ 53. Kc3 Nd5+ 54. Kd3 Nf4+ 55. Kc3 Re3+ 56. Kc2 Nd5
57. b7 Nxb4+ 58. Kd2 Rd3+ 59. Ke1 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. h5 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Kb1 Ba6
17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Ng3 Rfc8 19. Rc1 a4 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rhd1
a3 22. b3 Rc6 23. Qd4 Na6 24. Rd2 Qe7 25. Qd3 Qh4 26. Qf3 Rc3
27. Rd3 h6 28. f5 Qg5 29. Qf1 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Nc5 31. Qf3 Nd7
0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.d4
Bb7 8.e3 d6 9.b4 a5 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Qb3 axb4 13.axb4
Rxa1+ 14.Bxa1 Ng5 15.d5 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 e5 17.e4 Qg5 18.O-O Ra8
19.g3 Bc8 20.h4 Qg6 21.Re1 h6 22.Bb2 f5 23.exf5 Qxf5 24.Be4
Qg4 25.Bf3 Qf5 26.Be4 Qg4 27.Bg2 Nf6 28.c5 Kh7 29.cxd6 cxd6
30.b5 Bf5 31.Ba3 Ne8 32.Bb4 Rc8 33.Bd2 Qc4 34.Qxc4 Rxc4 35.f4
e4 36.g4 Bxg4 37.Rxe4 Rxe4 38.Bxe4+ Kg8 39.Be3 Nf6 40.Bg2 Nd7
41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Bd4 Bf5 43.Ke3 h5 44.Bf3 g6 45.Bg2 Ke7 46.Bf3
Kd8 47.Bg2 Kc7 48.Bf3 Nc5 49.Bg2 Nd3 50.Bc3 Nc5 51.Bd4 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 b5 7.g4
Bb7 8.Bg2 Nfd7 9.Be3 e6 10.f4 Be7 11.g5 Nb6 12.b3 N8d7 13.Qd2
b4 14.Nce2 Nc5 15.Ng3 d5 16.e5 g6 17.h4 Qc7 18.Rc1 Ne4 19.Nxe4
dxe4 20.c4 Nd7 21.Nc2 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Rh1 e3 24.Qe2 O-O-O
25.Rh3 Rd2 26.Bxb7+ Qxb7 27.Qf3 Rhd8 28.Qxb7+ Kxb7 29.Nxe3
R8d3 30.Ng4 Rxh3 31.Kxd2 Rg3 32.Nh6 Be3+ 33.Kc2 Bxc1 34.Kxc1
Rf3 35.Nxf7 Rxf4 36.Nd8+ Kc8 37.Nxe6 Rxh4 38.Kd2 Re4 39.Nf8
Rxe5 40.Nxh7 a5 41.Kd3 Kb7 42.Kd4 Rf5 43.Ke3 Kc6 44.Ke2 Kd6
45.Nf6 Ke5 46.c5 Rxg5 47.Nd7+ Kd5 48.Kf3 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8
12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Rhe1 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 b4
17. Nd5 g5 18. Nf5 Rg8 19. Qa7 Nc5 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. e5 dxe5
22. Nde7 Qxe7 23. Nxe7 Bxe7 24. Rxe5 gxf4 25. Rxc5 Bxc5
26. Qxa6 Ke7 27. Qb7+ Kf6 28. Rd7 Rcf8 29. h3 h5 30. Qc7 Be3
31. Qd6 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rh8 33. Qe7+ Kg6 34. a4 bxa3 35. g5 Kf5
36. Qf6+ Kg4 37. Rd1 Rhg8 38. Qh6 Rb8 39. b3 Rxg5 40. Qh1 Rbg8
41. Ka2 Kf5 42. Rd7 Kg6 43. Qe4+ Kf6 44. Qb4 Rg2 45. Qe7+ Ke5
46. Rc7 f5 47. Rc6 R8g6 48. Kxa3 f3 49. Qc7+ Kf6 50. Qd8+ Ke5
51. Qh8+ Kf4 52. Qh4+ R2g4 53. Rc4+ Ke5 54. Qh8+ Rg7 55. Rxg4
fxg4 56. Qxg7+ Kf4 57. Qf6+ Kg3 58. Qxe6 Bc5+ 59. b4 f2
60. Qf5 Bd6 61. Kb3 Bf4 62. Qd3+ Kg2 63. Qe2 g3 64. b5 Kg1
65. Qg4 f1=Q 66. c4 Qd3+ 67. Kb4 Bd2+ 68. Kc5 g2 69. b6 Be3+
70. Kc6 Bxb6 71. Kxb6 Kf2 72. Qf4+ Qf3 73. Qd4+ Qe3 74. Qxe3+
Kxe3 75. c5 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "It (cat.19), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4
12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Qa5+ 16. Qd2
Bd4 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Kd1 Bc3
21. h4 gxh3 22. Rxh3 Rc8 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 b5 25. Rf3 Rc4
26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Kxd2 Ra4 28. Ra1 f6 29. g3 Nc4+ 30. Ke2 d5
31. c3 Kd6 32. Rd3 Ra3 33. Rf3 a5 34. Rd3 Kc5 35. g4 Ra4
36. Rg3 Nd6 37. a3 Ne4 38. Re3 Rc4 39. Kf3 Kd6 40. Rae1 Ra4
41. Ra1 Rc4 42. Rae1 Kd7 43. R1e2 Kc6 44. Re1 Kd6 45. R1e2
Nxc3 46. Re6+ Kc5 47. Re1 Ra4 48. Rxe7 Ne4 49. Rc1+ Kd4
50. Rd1+ Kc5 51. Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.19), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bc4 exd4
12. cxd4 g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Kg7 15. Nb3 Ne7 16. Bxf6+
Kxf6 17. f4 Be6 18. Kh1 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Kg7 20. f5 f6 21. Rf3
Rh8 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23. Qe6 Ng8 24. Re1 Qe8 25. Qc4 Qf7 26. Qc3
Re8 27. Rg4 Qh5 28. Qg3 Ne7 29. h3 Nxf5 30. Qf4 Rg8 31. Rxg8+
Kxg8 32. Rf1 Ng7 33. Qxf6 Rxe4 34. Kh2 Qe8 35. Qg5 c6 36. Qg3
Qe6 37. Nd2 Rxd4 38. Nf3 Rd5 39. Re1 Qf7 40. Qg4 Bd8 41. Qc8
Qc7 42. Qxc7 Bxc7 43. Re7 Bb6 44. g4 Rb5 45. b3 Kf8 46. Rd7
Ne6 47. Nh4 Ke8 48. Rh7 Nf8 0-1

[Event "It (cat.19), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. d5 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Na3 Nbd7 10. h3 b5 11. e4 a6 12. Nc2
Bb7 13. Bf4 h6 14. h4 e5 15. Bd2 c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Qc7
18. Nh2 Nc5 19. Rb1 a5 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 Ncxe4 22. Rxe4
Nxe4 23. Bxe4 f5 24. Bg2 Qf7 25. Bc1 e4 26. Bb2 Bxb2 27. Rxb2
Qxd5 28. Qxd5+ Bxd5 29. Nf1 h5 30. Nfe3 Bc4 31. Bf1 d5 32. Kg2
Reb8 33. Nd4 Rb6 34. Rd2 Kf7 35. Ndc2 Ra2 36. Bxc4 dxc4
37. Rd5 Rb2 38. Kf1 Ra6 39. Rxb5 Raa2 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41. Rc7
Rxc2 42. Nxc2 Rxc2 43. b5 Rb2 44. Rxc4 Rxb5 45. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.19), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
Bb4 7. e3 Nge7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Bg3 a6 11. O-O Nc8
12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Bf3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Ne7 16. Be2 Nec8
17. Bf3 c6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ndxe4 Be6 20. Qc2 Nd6 21. Nc5 Bf5
22. Qb3 Rb8 23. d5 Nbc4 24. g4 Bg6 25. Rfe1 Nd2 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
27. Qd1 Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rc8 29. Qf4 Qf8 30. Re1 Qd8 31. dxc6
Rxc6 32. Nd5 Kh8 33. b4 b6 34. Ne7 Rc7 35. Nf5 bxc5 36. Nxd6
Re7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. bxc5 Qc7 39. Qe5 f6 40. Qd5 h6 41. c6
Bc2 42. Ne8 Qe7 43. Qd7 1-0

[Event "It (cat.19), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7
7. e3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nd2 Bg6 10. b4 Qc8 11. O-O Bd8 12. Rc1
Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. f4 Ng8 15. e4 Ne7 16. f5 exf5 17. exd5
cxd5 18. b5 O-O 19. b6 Qd8 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Na5 Rb8 22. a4 Ne4
23. Na2 f6 24. Nb4 Be8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rb1 Rf7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7
28. a5 Nc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxa6 Rb8 31. Bb5 Qc8 32. Bxc6
Qxc6 33. a6 Kg7 34. Rb4 Nd6 35. Qa4 Qxa4 36. Rxa4 Nc8 37. Rb4
Na7 38. bxa7 Ra8 39. c6 Raxa7 40. Rc1 1-0

[Event "It (cat.19), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5 9. Nf5 h5 10. Qd2 Nxg4 11. O-O-O g6 12. Nd5
Nxe3 13. Nfxe3 Bh6 14. Kb1 Nc6 15. Qc3 O-O 16. f5 Kh7 17. Nc4
Rb8 18. Ndb6 Nd4 19. Bh3 g5 20. Qd3 g4 21. Bg2 Bd7 22. c3 Nb5
23. h3 g3 24. Qxg3 Bc6 25. Bf3 Rg8 26. Qf2 Qg5 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. Rxd5 Rbd8 29. Qe2 Nc7 30. Rdd1 Qf6 31. h4 Rg3 32. Nb6 d5
33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. exd5 b5 35. a3 a5 36. Qe4 Bf8 37. Rhg1 Rxg1
38. Rxg1 b4 39. cxb4 axb4 40. a4 b3 41. Be2 Rb8 42. Bb5 Kh8
43. Rg3 Bh6 44. Rxb3 Rg8 45. Be2 Bf4 46. Bxh5 1-0

[Event "It (cat.19), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qd1 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. b3 a4
12. Ba3 d6 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Nh4 Bb7 16. f3 d5
17. Qc2 c5 18. Bb2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc7 20. Rac1 e5 21. Bf2 axb3
22. axb3 d4 23. Qb2 Nc5 24. e3 dxe3 25. Bxe3 e4 26. Bf4 Qc8
27. fxe4 Nfxe4 28. Be5 f6 29. Bd4 Ng5 30. b4 Nce4 31. Bg2 Qg4
32. Qb3 Kh8 33. Bxb6 Nh3+ 34. Bxh3 Qxh3 35. c5 g5 36. c6 Bxc6
37. Rxc6 gxh4 38. Bd4 hxg3 39. hxg3 Rg8 40. Rd3 Rg6 41. Rxf6
Nxf6 42. Rf3 Rf8 43. b5 Rh6 44. Qc3 Kg7 45. Be5 Qh2+ 46. Kf1
Qh1+ 47. Kf2 Rh2+ 48. Ke3 Qg1+ 49. Kf4 Qb1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Be3 Qe7 9.d5 c5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 Ne8 12.g3 Ndf6 13.Nh4
Bh3 14.Re1 Kh7 15.Rb1 b6 16.a3 Bd7 17.b4 Qd8 18.Bd3 Ng8 19.Qc2
Rc8 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.f4 Nd6 22.a4 Ne7 23.Nb5 Bxb5 24.axb5 Qd7
25.fxe5 Bxe5 26.Nf3 f6 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.Bc3 Nf7 29.Rf1 Rce8
30.Kh1 g5 31.Rf6 Ng6 32.Rbf1 Nd6 33.Rxf8 Nxf8 34.Be2 Kg7
35.Bh5 Re7 36.Qe2 Nh7 37.Bg4 Qe8 38.Bf5 Nf6 39.Kg2 Qg8 40.h4
g4 41.Bxg4 Nfxe4 42.Be1 Qh7 43.Kh3 Rf7 44.Rxf7+ Nxf7 45.Be6
Ned6 46.Bxf7 Nxf7 47.Qf3 Qg6 48.Bc3 Qf6 49.Qg4+ Kh7 50.Kg2 Qg6
51.Qxg6+ Kxg6 52.g4 Kf6 53.Kf3 Nd6 54.Bd2 Kg7 55.Bc1 Kg6
56.h5+ Kg7 57.Ke3 Nf7 58.Kd3 Kf6 59.Bd2 Kg7 60.Be1 Nd6 61.Bg3
Kf6 62.Bh4+ Kf7 63.g5 e4+ 64.Kc3 Nf5 65.g6+ Kg7 66.Bd8 e3
67.Kd3 Kf8 68.Bc7 Ng7 69.Kxe3 Ke7 70.Be5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nf3 exd5
8.exd5 O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Qd1 Ne8 13.Be3
a6 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Ne4 Qxd2 16.Bxd2 f5 17.Ng5 Nc7 18.Rae1 Ne5
19.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-Tch Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[EventDate "1999.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kevin Spraggett"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bc2 e5
7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. a4 d5 11. Na3 h6 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Re1 b6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Bc4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Qb3
f5 18. Re2 Kh8 19. Rae1 g5 20. Qc2 Bf7 21. Qb3 Bf6 22. Nb5 Qb8
23. g4 Qc8 24. Nh2 h5 25. Bc1 Qd7 26. f3 Kg7 27. Na3 hxg4
28. hxg4 f4 29. Nf1 Rh8 30. Rh2 Rxh2 31. Nxh2 Rh8 32. Re2 Nce7
33. Bb5 Qd8 34. Qd1 Rh3 35. Qf1 Rg3+ 36. Rg2 Ng6 37. Qe1 Nc7
38. Bc4 Bxc4 39. Nxc4 Qxd3 40. Nd2 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Qc2 42. Nhf1
e4 43. Qxe4 Qxc1 44. Qc6 Be5 45. Qxb6 Qc2 46. Kg1 Qxa4
47. Qxc5 Qb5 48. Ne4 Qxb2 49. Qxa5 Nb5 50. Qb6 Kh6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. h4 Nxc3
7. dxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Qg4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Bf8
12. f4 Nd7 13. Be3 c6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. f5 Qxa2 16. fxe6 Qxe6
17. Qf4 Rd8 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Rhe1 h5 20. Qg3 Nxe5 21. Rxd8+
Kxd8 22. Bf4 Nxc4 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Qd3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Bd3 b6 10.a3 cxd4 11.axb4 dxc3 12.bxc3 Bb7
13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Qe2 Ng4 15.e4 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Nde5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5
18.f3 a5 19.bxa5 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 bxa5 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexei Fedorov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.g4 b5 10.g5 b4 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.Qd2 Be7 13.Ng3
Nf4 14.h4 h6 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Nh5 Bxb3 17.axb3 g6 18.Nxf4 hxg5
19.Nd5 Ne5 20.Be2 g4 21.f4 Bxh4+ 22.Kf1 Nf3 23.Qxb4 Bf6
24.Bxf3 gxf3 25.Kf2 a5 26.Qb7 O-O 27.Kxf3 Kg7 28.f5 Rb8 29.Qa7
Ra8 30.Qe3 Rh8 31.Kg2 Rh5 32.Rxh5 gxh5 33.Qg3+ Kh6 34.Qe3+ Bg5
35.Qf3 Bc1 36.f6 Qg8+ 37.Kf2 Qg5 38.Ne3 Qh4+ 39.Kf1 Bxe3
40.Qxe3+ Kh7 41. Ke2 Rg8 42.Rf1 Rg2+ 43.Kd3 Qg4 44.Rf3 h4
45.Qf4 Kg6 46.Qxg4+ Rxg4 47.Kd4 Rg3 48.Rf1 h3 49.e5 dxe5+
50.Kxe5 h2 51.Rh1 Rg2 52.c4 Re2+ 53.Kf4 Rxb2 54. Kg3 Rxb3+
55.Kxh2 Rb4 56.Ra1 a4 57.c5 Kxf6 58.c6 Ke7 59.Rd1 Rc4 60.Rd7+
Ke6 61.Ra7 f5 62.c7 Kd7 63.Kg3 Kc8 64.Kf3 Re4 65.Kg3 Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Smbat Gariginovich Lputian"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.e3
Nbd7 8.h3 Nf8 9.Bd3 Ng6 10.Bh2 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O-O O-O
13.g4 Re8 14.Nge2 Bd7 15.Ng3 Rxe3 16.fxe3 Qxg3 17.e4 dxe4
18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Be6 20.Kb1 Rd8 21.Qc5 Qe3 22.Bf5 a6
23.Qb6 Rd7 24.Rhe1 Qf3 25.d5 cxd5 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Qf7
28.Rd4 Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Ne7 30.Rf4 g6 31.Rff6 Kg7 32.Rd6 Rc7
33.Rf2 Nc6 34.Rxd5 Re7 35.a3 h6 36.Rd6 Ne5 37.Re2 Kf7 38.Rb6
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Qb6 7.Nb3
e6 8.g4 Nc6 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Be3 b5 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Kb1 Nd7 13.Qf2
Bb7 14.g5 Rc8 15.Rg1 O-O 16.h4 b4 17.Na4 Nce5 18.Nb6 Nxb6
19.Bxb6 Qb8 20.Bh3 Nc4 21.Ba7 Qc7 22. h5 a5 23.g6 Bf6 24.Bd4
e5 25.gxf7+ Kxf7 26.Bxc8 Rxc8 27.Ba7 a4 28.Nc1 d5 29.Nd3 d4
30.Bc5 Ne3 31.Bxb4 Qb6 32.Rc1 Ba6 33.Qd2 Qb5 34.a3 Kg8 35.Nf2
h6 36.Rg6 Qe2 37.Ng4 Nxg4 38.Rxg4 Qxf3 39.Rcg1 Kf7 40.Qe1 Be2
41.R4g2 d3 42. cxd3 Bxd3+ 43.Ka1 Rc2 44.Rxc2 Bxc2 45.Qd2 Qxe4
46.Qd7+ Kg8 47.Be7 Qe3 48. Qc8+ Kf7 49.Bc5 Qd3 50.Rc1 Bb3
51.Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 c5 4.c4 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nf6 7.O-O
Bg7 8.Nc3 d6 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Rac1 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.Rfd1 O-O
13.Qh4 Rc7 14.Bh3 Qb8 15.Bh6 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.Qd2 d5 11.O-O-O d4 12.Nxd4 exd4
13.Bxd4 Be7 14.Qe3 Nbd7 15.h3 Qa5 16.f4 Bxa2 17.g5 Nh5 18.h4
Rg8 19.Bh3 Nc5 20.Bg4 g6 21.Nxa2 Qxa2 22.Bxc5 Qa1+ 23.Kd2 Rd8+
24.Ke2 Qxb2 25.Kf3 Qxc2 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Rc1 Qh2 28.Rg1 Ba5
29.Bd6 Qd2 30.Qxd2 Bxd2 31.Rd1 Ba5 32.Rb1 b5 33.Ra1 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.h3 g6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.cxd5
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Bxb5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.Nfd2 Qxb5
13.Nxd6 Qa6 14.N2c4 Nd7 15.O-O Nb6 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Nxc8 Raxc8
18.Rb1 Rfd8 19.Bf4 Qb7 20.d6 Bf8 21.Qd3 Bxd6 22.Bxd6 Rc6
23.Rfd1 Qd7 24.Qa3 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Qxa7 Re8 27.Qa3 Re2
28.Qc3 Qb6 29.a4 c4 30.Rf1 Qb3 31.Rc1 Qxa4 32.Qd4 Qa6 33.Rxc4
Rxb2 34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Rc8 Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Qe6 37.Qd4+ Kh6 38.Rg8 Qe7
39.h4 f6 40.Qd2+ g5 41.f4 gxh4 42.f5+ Kh5 43.g4+ hxg3+ 44.Rxg3
Qe5 45.Qd7 Qe2+ 46.Rg2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2
a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qc2 Na6 10.Nc3 d5 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6
Qxf6 14.Ne5 Rfd8 15.cxd5 exd5 16.a3 Bf8 17.e4 c6 18.exd5 cxd5
19.Rd3 Qf5 20.Qb2 f6 21.Rf3 Qe6 22.Nd3 Nc7 23.Re3 Qd6 24.Nf4
Re8 25.Bh3 Rxe3 26.fxe3 Re8 27.Kf2 Bc8 28.Bxc8 Rxc8 29.Qb1 Qd7
30.Kg2 f5 31.Qd3 Re8 32.Ra2 Qf7 33.h4 Bd6 34.Rf2 Bxa3 35.h5
Bb4 36.Ng6 Qe6 37.Ne5 Rf8 38.Ne2 Bd6 39.Nf4 Qc8 40.Nfg6 Rf6
41.g4 f4 42.exf4 Ne6 43.f5 Nf8 44.Qb5 Kh7 45.Qxd5 Bb8 46.Nxf8+
Rxf8 47.Qe4 Bxe5 48.dxe5 Kh8 49.e6 Qc5 50.g5 Qe7 51.f6 gxf6
52.gxf6 Rg8+ 53.Kh2 Qc5 54.Qf5 Qc1 55.Qf4 Qg1+ 56.Kh3 Rg5
57.Qf3 Qe1 58.Re2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Be2 Qc7
13.f5 Qc5 14.Qxc5 dxc5 15.Rhf1 Ra7 16.a4 b4 17.Nb1 Rd7 18.Rxd7
Kxd7 19.Nd2 h5 20.Nc4 Kc7 21.b3 exf5 22.exf5 Bd6 23.Nxd6 Kxd6
24.Rf4 a5 25.g3 Ke5 26.Rh4 Bxf5 27.Rxh5 Rxh5 28.Bxh5 Bg6
29.Be2 f5 30.Kd2 f4 31.g4 Ke4 32.h4 f3 33.Bd3+ Kf4 34.Bxg6
fxg6 35.h5 Kg3 36.hxg6 f2 37.g7 f1=Q 38.g8=Q Qf4+ 39.Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nb5
e5 14.dxe5 Nc5 15.Nd4 Qc8 16.Qh5 Kh7 17.f3 exf3 18.N2xf3 g6
19.Qh3 Ne4 20.Rad1 c5 21.Nb5 g5 22.Qh5 Kg7 23.Nd6 Bxd6 24.exd6
Nxg3 25.hxg3 Qe6 26.Rf2 Rad8 27.Rfd2 Rd7 28.Kh1 Qxe3 29.Rd3
Qe8 30.Qh2 Qe6 31.Re1 Qf6 32.Red1 Rfd8 33.g4 f4 34.Qg1 Be4
35.R3d2 Rxd6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Rxd6 Qxd6 38.Qe1 Qd3 39.b3 Qb1
40.Qxb1 Bxb1 41.a3 Kf6 42.Kg1 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.d3
O-O 8.Bd2 b6 9.a3 d5 10.Rb1 a5 11.b3 d4 12.Nb5 e5 13.b4 a4
14.Qc1 f6 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Be6 17.Qc1 Qd7 18.Qc2 Kg7 19.Rb2
g5 20.Rfb1 h6 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Nd2 f5 23.Nc7 Qxc7 24.Rb7 Qd6
25.Bxc6 Kg6 26.Bg2 Ra6 27.g4 Ng8 28.gxf5+ Bxf5 29.Ne4 Bxe4
30.Bxe4+ Kh5 31.e3 Qe6 32.Kh1 Nf6 33.Qe2+ Kh4 34.Rg1 Nxe4
35.dxe4 d3 36.Qe1 Rf3 37.Rg3 Qf6 38.Qf1 g4 39.Qg2 h5 40.Rh7
Kg5 41.Qh3 Qh6 42.Rxh6 Rxh6 43.Qf1 Rd6 44.Rxf3 gxf3 45.h4+ Kh6
46.Qd1 d2 47.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3
Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Bf1 Re8
13.Be3 c5 14.Nf3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Be6 16.Bf4 Nd7 17.Bxd6 Ne5
18.Qe3 Rad8 19.Rad1 b6 20.a3 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Bxc4 22.e5 Qa6
23.Qf4 Bb3 24.Rd2 Qc8 25.Kh2 f6 26.Rde2 fxe5 27.Bxe5 Rf8
28.Qe4 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Bc4 30.Re4 Rxf2+ 31.Kg1 Rf5 32.Qe7 Bb3
33.g4 Rf7 34.Qh4 Rdf8 35.Re7 Qd8 36.Qg5 Qd4+ 37.R7e3 Qd2
38.Ne4 Qxb2 39.Rf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3
b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 d5 13.Bh3
g5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.e5 Nxe5 16.Bxg5 Nc4 17.Qe2 Rg8 18.Bh4 Bh6+
19.Kb1 Qe7 20.Rhe1 Be3 21.Bf2 Bxf2 22.Qxf2 O-O-O 23.b3 Na3+
24.Kb2 Kb8 25.Bf1 Rc8 26.Qh2+ Ka7 27.Rc1 Nd7 28.c3 bxc3+
29.Nxc3 Qb4 30.Qd2 Ka8 31.Nb1 Nc4+ 32.Bxc4 Rxc4 33.Rxc4 Qxd2+
34.Nxd2 dxc4 35.Nxc4 Bd5 36.Rd1 Bxc4 37.bxc4 Ne5 38.c5 Rc8
39.Nb3 Nxf3 40.Rd6 Ne5 41.Kc3 Nxg4 42.Rxa6+ Kb7 43.Rd6 Ne5
44.Na5+ Kc7 45.Ra6 Kd7 46.Kd4 Nc6+ 47.Nxc6 Rxc6 48.Ra8 f5
49.a4 f4 50.Kc4 Rc8 51.Rxc8 Kxc8 52.a5 Kb7 53.Kd4 e5+ 54.Ke4
Kc7 55.a6 Kc6 56.Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 d6 5.e4 e6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.cxd5 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nf6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.O-O O-O 13.a5
Nbd7 14.Bf4 Rab8 15.Qc2 Ne8 16.Rfe1 Nc7 17.Be2 b5 18.axb6 Rxb6
19.Ra2 Rfb8 20.Bd2 Bd4 21.Nd1 Qf6 22.Kh1 h5 23.f4 Qe7 24.Nc3
Nf6 25.Bf3 Qd7 26.Re2 Ng4 27.Bc1 Qd8 28.g3 Nf6 29.Kg2 Nd7
30.e5 dxe5 31.f5 Qf6 32.fxg6 Qxg6 33.Be4 Qg7 34.Bf3 h4 35.Re4
f5 36.Rxh4 e4 37.Be2 Ne5 38.Rh5 Rf8 39.Bf4 Ng6 40.Bxc7 Qxc7
41.Bc4 Kg7 42.Ne2 Qe5 43.b3 Qf6 44.Nf4 Nxf4+ 45.gxf4 Rh8
46.Rg5+ Kf8 47.Kh1 Be3 48.Rg2 Bxf4 49.Qf2 Bd6 50.Qg1 Qe5
51.Rg6 e3 52.Re6 Qd4 53.Rg2 Bxh2 54.Rxh2 Rxe6 55.dxe6 Qe4+
56.Qg2 Rxh2+ 57.Kxh2 Qh4+ 58.Kg1 Qe1+ 59.Kh2 Qh4+ 60.Kg1 Qe1+
61.Bf1 Ke7 62.Qe2 Qg3+ 63.Qg2 Qe1 64.Qe2 Qg3+ 65.Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.Nc3
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Qb3 c5 12.Rfd1 c4
13.Qc2 a6 14.a4 Nb8 15.b3 cxb3 16.Qxb3 Nc6 17.Ne5 Nb4 18.Rac1
Rc8 19.Bh3 Rc7 20.Ng4 Rc6 21.Ne3 Bc8 22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.Be5 a5
24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Nexd5 Nxd5 26.Qxd5 Qxd5 27.Nxd5 Rxc1 28.Nxf6+
gxf6 29.Rxc1 Kg7 30.Kg2 Rd8 31.Kf3 Rxd4 32.Rc6 Rxa4 33.Rxb6
Ra1 34.Ra6 a4 35.Kg4 Ra2 36.Kf3 Ra1 37.h4 h5 38.Kf4 Ra2 39.f3
Rxe2 40.Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Qb3 b6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Rac1 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bf4 Bb7
13.Nb5 Ne4 14.Bc7 Qe8 15.Bf4 Qd8 16.Rc7 Ba6 17.Qa4 Bxb5
18.Qxb5 Ndf6 19.Qa4 a6 20.Qc6 Bd6 21.Bxd6 Nxd6 22.Rc1 Nb5
23.Rb7 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6
14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Rfe8 16.Ng3 Rac8 17.a4 Nc4 18.Qe2 Bd8
19.Rd1 Nb6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bd3 Na4 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bxf6 Bxf6
24.Rd2 Nc5 25.Bc2 Be6 26.Rad1 Rcd8 27.Qe3 Nb3 28.Bxb3 Bxb3
29.Re1 Be6 30.Nh5 Be7 31.Ng3 Bf6 32.Nh5 Be7 33.Ng3 Rb8 34.Nf5
Bxf5 35.exf5 b4 36.Rc1 e4 37.Nd4 Qd7 38.Qxe4 Bg5 39.Qd3 bxc3
40.bxc3 Rbc8 41.g3 Bxd2 42.Qxd2 Qe7 43.h4 Rc5 44.Qd3 Qe4
45.Qd2 Kh7 46.Kh2 Ra5 47.Rf1 Qd5 48.Kg1 Ra2 49.Qd3 Rb2 50.Ra1
Kg8 51.Rb1 Ree2 52.Nxe2 Qxd3 53.Rxb2 Qxf5 54.Rd2 Qe4 55.Kf1
Qb1+ 56.Kg2 Qe1 57.Ra2 d5 58.Ra8+ Kh7 59.Re8 Qd2 60.Re3 g6
61.Nd4 Kg7 62.Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.Be3 Nc7 13.a4
b6 14.Bf3 Ba6 15.Re1 Rxe3 16.fxe3 Nf6 17.Qc2 Qe7 18.e4 h5
19.e3 Bh6 20.Nd1 Re8 21.Nf2 Nd7 22.b4 Ne5 23.b5 Bc8 24.Bg2 h4
25.Ra2 hxg3 26.hxg3 Qg5 27.Nf1 Bg7 28.Qe2 a6 29.Rb1 Qd8 30.Bh3
Bb7 31.Nd3 f5 32.Nxe5 Bxe5 33.exf5 Qg5 34.Rd2 axb5 35.axb5
gxf5 36.Qf3 Rf8 37.Bg2 Kg7 38.Rc1 Rf7 39.Rc4 Nxb5 40.Rh4 Nc3
41.Bh3 Ne4 42.Rg2 Qg6 43.g4 Ng5 44.Qxf5 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Bb7 6.Qd3 f5 7.Nbd2
c4 8.Qd4 Na6 9.c3 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Qb6 11.O-O-O g6 12.Qd4 Rg8
13.e4 Bg7 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Re1 Nc5 17.Rxe7+ Kf8
18.Nd4 Rxa2 19.Nxf5 Bxd5 20.Nd6 Ra1+ 21.Kc2 Bh6 22.Re8+ Kg7
23.Rxg8+ Bxg8 24.Nf5+ Kg6 25.Nxh6 Nb3 26.Bxc4 Bxc4 27.Rxa1
Nxa1+ 28.Kb1 Nb3 29.Ng4 Kh5 30.Nf6+ Kxh4 31.Nxh7 Bd3+ 32.Ka2
Nc1+ 33.Ka3 Bxh7 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 Be7
7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.h4 O-O 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qe2 b6 11.Qe4 Rb8 12.Bd3
g6 13.Ne5 c5 14.Bb5 Nxe5 15.Qxe5 Qxe5+ 16.dxe5 Bb7 17.O-O Rfd8
18.Rfd1 Kf8 19.f3 Ke7 20.Kf2 Rd5 21.c4 Rxe5 22.Rd7+ Kf6
23.Rad1 a6 24.Rc7 axb5 25.Rdd7 Rf8 26.Rxb7 bxc4 27.Rxb6 Rh5
28.g3 g5 29.hxg5+ Rxg5 30.a4 Ra8 31.Rbb7 Rg7 32.Rdc7 Rxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6
13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 Rc8 16.Qd3 Rxc4 17.Qxc4 Nxd5
18.Qe2 Be7 19.O-O-O Nf4 20.Qd2 O-O 21.g3 Ne6 22.f4 Rc8 23.Kb1
g6 24.Rhe1 exf4 25.gxf4 Bh4 26.Rf1 Ng7 27.f5 Qc7 28.fxg6 hxg6
29.Ka2 Ne8 30.Qd4 Bg5 31.Rf2 Bh6 32.Rdf1 f5 33.Rg1 Qf7 34.Qd3
Bg7 35.Qxa6 Rc7 36.Qb5 Nf6 37.Rfg2 Ng4 38.h3 Ne5 39.Qxb4 Kh7
40.Qh4+ Bh6 41.Rd1 Nc4 42.Re2 Nxa5 43.Rxd6 Nxb3 44.cxb3 Ra7+
45.Kb1 Qc7 46.Rd1 Qf4 47.Re7+ Rxe7 48.Qxe7+ Bg7 49.Rd7 Qf1+
50.Ka2 Qa6+ 51.Kb1 Qf1+ 52.Kc2 Qg2+ 53.Kd3 Qf3+ 54.Kc4 Qc6+
55.Kd3 Qf3+ 56.Kc2 Qg2+ 57.Rd2 Qc6+ 58.Kb1 Qh1+ 59.Ka2 Qa8+
60.Qa3 Qe4 61.Rd7 Qe5 62.Re7 Qf6 63.Re3 f4 64.Rf3 g5 65.b4 Bf8
66.Qd3+ Kh6 67.Qc4 Qe5 68.b5 Bc5 69.Rb3 Qd6 70.b6 Bxb6 71.Qa6
Bc5 72.Qxd6+ Bxd6 73.Rb6 Kh5 74.Rxd6 Kh4 75.Rd5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5
c6 8.Bd3 b6 9.b4 a5 10.a3 Ba6 11.O-O Qc8 12.h3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3
axb4 14.axb4 Qb7 15.Qc2 Rfc8 16.Rfb1 Bd8 17.Nd2 Rxa1 18.Rxa1
Ra8 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Qa2 Qxa2 21.Nxa2 Ne8 22.Nb3 Nc7 23.cxb6
Nxb6 24.Na5 Nb5 25.Nxc6 Bf6 26.Kf1 Kf8 27.Ke2 Ke8 28.Kd3 Kd7
29.Na5 Be7 30.f3 Nc8 31.Kc2 h5 32.Kb3 Bd6 33.Bxd6 Ncxd6 34.g4
hxg4 35.hxg4 f5 36.Kc2 fxg4 37.fxg4 Ne4 38.Nb3 Nf6 39.Nc5+ Kd6
40.g5 Nh7 41.g6 Nf8 42.Kb3 Nxg6 43.Ka4 Na7 44.b5 Nc8 45.Ka5 e5
46.b6 Nxb6 47.Kxb6 exd4 48.exd4 Nh4 49.Nc3 Nf3 50.Nb5+ Ke7
51.Nd3 g5 52.Kc5 Ke6 53.Nc3 Kf5 54.Nf2 g4 55.Nh1 Kf4 56.Ne2+
Ke3 57.Nhg3 Kd3 58.Nf4+ Ke3 59.Nfe2 Kd3 60.Kxd5 Nxd4 61.Nxd4
Kc3 62.Kc5 Kd3 63.Nde2 Kd2 64.Kc4 Kc2 65.Nd4+ Kb2 66.Kb4 Ka2
67.Ndf5 Kb2 68.Ne3 Ka2 69.Nc4 Kb1 70.Kc3 Kc1 71.Nb2 Kb1 72.Nd3
Ka1 73.Kb3 Kb1 74.Ne2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 b6 11.bxa5 Nh5 12.Nb5 Rxa5 13.Bb4
Ra6 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.Re1 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 f5 17.a4 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf5
19.Qd1 Rf7 20.a5 bxa5 21.Rxa5 h6 22.Qa1 Rxa5 23.Qxa5 Bf8
24.Qa8 Nd4 25.Na7 Nc2 26.Qxc8 Qxc8 27.Nxc8 Nxb4 28.Rb1 Nd3
29.Rb7 h5 30.g3 Bh6 31.Kf1 h4 32.Rb3 Nc1 33.Ra3 hxg3 34.hxg3
g5 35.g4 Bf8 36.Ke1 c6 37.Ncxd6 cxd5 38.cxd5 Rf4 39.Ra8 Nd3+
40.Ke2 Nb4 41.f3 Nxd5 42.Nf5 Nc7 43.Rd8 Ne6 44.Rd7 Bg7 45.Nxg5
Nd4+ 46.Nxd4 Rxd4 47.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7
7.Nbd2 b6 8.e4 Ba6 9.Qc2 Bxf1 10.Rxf1 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O-O
O-O 13.Kb1 Qc8 14.e5 Be7 15.Ne4 Na6 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.g4 c5 18.g5
h5 19.Nf6+ Kf8 20.g6 fxg6 21.Qf4 gxf6 22.exf6 Bd6 23.Qh6+ Ke8
24.Ne5 Rd7 25.dxc5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Bd2 a6 12.Ne4 Nxe4
13.Qxe4 Rb8 14.Qg4 Qe7 15.Rfd1 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bc3 f6
18.Bb4 Rbc8 19.Nd4 f5 20.Qh3 Rf6 21.g3 Rh6 22.Qf1 Rf8 23.Bf3
Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Ne4 25.Bxd6 Nxd6 26.Ne5 Ne4 27.Rac1 Qb4 28.Qe2
Qa5 29.a3 b4 30.Nc6 Qb6 31.Nxb4 e5 32.Nd5 Qe6 33.Rc6 Qf7
34.Rxh6 gxh6 35.Qxa6 Kg7 36.Qe2 Rc8 37.Nb4 Qb7 38.Qf3 Qf7
39.g4 Ng5 40.Qxf5 Qxf5 41.gxf5 Nf3+ 42.Kg2 Nh4+ 43.Kf1 Kf6
44.Nd5+ Kg5 45.f6 e4 46.Nc3 Kxf6 47.Nxe4+ Ke5 48.Nc3 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.17"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 a6 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.d3 d5 7.Nbd2 Be7
8.g3 O-O 9.e5 Nd7 10.Bg2 b5 11.O-O c4 12.Kh1 cxd3 13.cxd3 a5
14.Qe2 a4 15.Rfc1 Qb6 16.a3 b4 17.axb4 Ba6 18.bxa4 Nxb4 19.Bd4
Bc5 20.Qe3 Nxd3 21.Rcb1 Qc7 22.Bf1 Bxd4 23.Nxd4 N3c5 24.Bb5 g6
25.a5 Rfb8 26.Bxd7 Rxb1+ 27.Rxb1 Qxd7 28.Kg1 Rc8 29.Rc1 Nd3
30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 31.N2f3 Qc3 32.h4 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qxa5 34.h5 Qa2+
35.Kh3 Qb1 36.Qg1 Qb2 37.Kh4 Nc5 38.hxg6 hxg6 39.Qh2 Qa1
40.Kg4 Ne4 41.Qg1 Qb2 42.Qh2 Qc1 43.Qg1 Bf1 44.Kh4 Qd1 45.g4
Kh8 46.Qh2 Qc1 47.g5 Kg8 48.Kg4 Bd3 49.Qg1 Qb2 50.Qh2 Qa3
51.Kh4 Nc5 52.Qg1 Be4 53.Nh2 Bf5 54.Nxf5 exf5 55.Qg2 Ne4
56.Qf3 Qc1 57.Nf1 d4 58.Kh3 d3 59.e6 fxe6 60.Ng3 Qe1 61.Nxe4
fxe4 62.Qg2 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Qd2 b6 8.g3 Bb7 9.Bg2 Qc8 10.f4 O-O 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.O-O-O Rd8
13.Qg2 Nxd4 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxb7 Qd7 16.Nf3 Rab8 17.c3 Rxb7
18.Nxd4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Nf3 a6 8.c4 f5 9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Qd2 c5 11.d5 O-O 12.O-O-O e5
13.h4 b5 14.d6 Nc6 15.d7 Bb7 16.Qd6 e4 17.Nd5 Bg7 18.Ng5 Nd4
19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Rh3 f4 21.Kb1 b4 22.Be2 f3 23.gxf3 Nxe2 24.Qxc5
Nf4 25.Qf5 Ng6 26.h5 Qxe7 27.hxg6 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a4
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.e6 fxe6 13.e5
Ndxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qh5 Bd6 16.Ne4 Rf5 17.Qe8+ Rf8 18.Qh5
Rf5 19.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d5
7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Rd1+ Bd7
12.Nd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Rb8 14.b3 Rb4 15.g3 Ke7 16.Rd2 h5 17.Bg2
h4 18.O-O hxg3 19.fxg3 fxg3 20.hxg3 Rh5 21.Rf3 Re5 22.Nd1 c5
23.Re3 Rxe3 24.Nxe3 Be6 25.Kf2 a5 26.Nd5+ Nxd5 27.Bxd5 g6
28.Bxe6 Kxe6 29.Ke3 a4 30.Rd3 f5 31.Kf2 Ke5 32.Re3+ Kd5
33.Rd3+ Kc6 34.Ke1 axb3 35.axb3 Rg4 36.Kd2 Kb5 37.Rf3 Rd4+
38.Rd3 Re4 39.Rd8 Rg4 40.Rd3 Kb4 41.Rf3 Rd4+ 42.Kc2 Re4 43.Rf4
Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6
13.Be3 Qe7 14.a3 c6 15.b4 Nh5 16.Re1 Nf4 17.Bf1 Qf6 18.Ra2 Re8
19.Rd2 Nc7 20.Kh2 g5 21.g3 Ng6 22.c5 Ne6 23.Na4 Rd8 24.Rxd8+
Nxd8 25.Nb2 Be6 26.Nd2 Bf8 27.Ndc4 Bxc4 28.Nxc4 Ne6 29.Qg4 Rd8
30.Qf5 Kg7 31.Qxf6+ Kxf6 32.Be2 Nd4 33.Rd1 Be7 34.Bg4 Nb5
35.Rxd8 Bxd8 36.Bc8 Ne7 37.Bxb7 Ke6 38.f3 f5 39.exf5+ Kd5
40.Nd6 Nxd6 41.cxd6 Nxf5 42.Bxa7 Nxd6 43.Ba6 Nb5 44.Bc5 Nxa3
45.Bd3 h5 46.Kg2 Ke6 47.Be4 Kd7 48.Bf5+ Kc7 49.Kf2 Nc4 50.Bf8
Bf6 51.Be6 Nd6 52.Ke3 h4 53.g4 Nb5 54.Bc4 Nd6 55.Bd3 Kd7
56.Be4 Kc7 57.Kd3 Kd7 58.Kc3 Kc7 59.Kd2 Kd7 60.Bf5+ Kc7 61.Kd3
Nb7 62.Kc2 Nd6 63.Bd3 Kd7 64.Kb3 Be7 65.Bg7 Ke6 66.Bh7 Ne8
67.Bf5+ Kd6 68.Bh8 Nc7 69.Kc4 Nd5 70.Bg7 Nf4 71.Bh8 Nxh3
72.Kd3 Nf4+ 73.Ke4 Bf6 74.Bxf6 h3 75.Bxg5 h2 76.Bf6 Nd3
77.Kxd3 h1=Q 78.Be4 Ke6 79.Bg5 Qa1 80.Bd2 Qa6+ 81.Kc2 Qc4+
82.Kb2 Kd6 83.g5 Qe2 84.Kc3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.24"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 dxc5
7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Ne5 Be6 9.g3 Nd7 10.Nxd7 Kxd7 11.Bg2 Nf6 12.Rb1
b6 13.Bxa8 Rxa8 14.f3 Ne8 15.Bf4 Bxc4 16.Rb2 Kc6 17.Rd2 Nd6
18.Bxd6 exd6 19.Kf2 d5 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 Re8 22.Re1 Be6
23.Kf3 Kb5 24.Kf4 Kc4 25.Re3 a5 26.Kg5 b5 27.Kh6 b4 28.cxb4
axb4 29.Kxh7 Ra8 30.Kg7 Kb5 31.h4 c4 32.g4 c3 33.Rg2 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.25"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6
13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf3 Bf5 17.Bc2 Bxe4 18.Bxe4
Qe6 19.Bxg5 f5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Nd2 f4 22.Bxf4 Bxf4 23.gxf4 Ra7
24.Kh1 Re7 25.Rg1+ Kh8 26.Nf1 Qe4 27.Kg2 Qxf3+ 28.Kxf3 Re1
29.Rh1 Re4 30.Nd2 Rexf4+ 31.Ke3 Rxf2 32.a4 Rg2 33.axb5 axb5
34.b3 Rff2 35.Nf3 Rb2 36.b4 Rgc2 37.Kd3 Rf2 38.Ke3 Rbe2+
39.Kd3 Ra2 40.Ke3 Rae2+ 41.Kd3 Re4 42.Ne5 Rfe2 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 f5 5.d4 exd4 6.Nb5 Nc6 7.Nf3
Nf6 8.Bf4 d6 9.Nfxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.c5 Ne4 12.Qc4+ d5
13.Qb4 a5 14.Qa3 Rf7 15.Rd1 g5 16.Be3 Qe8 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3
f4 19.gxf4 gxf4 20.Bd4 Bg4 21.O-O Ra6 22.f3 Bf5 23.Rf2 Rg6
24.Kf1 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Rfg7 26.Rxd5 Bh3 27.Qb3 Kh8 28.Qd1 Bxg2+
29.Ke1 Bh3 30.Qd4 Rg1+ 31.Kd2 Qe3+ 32.Qxe3 fxe3+ 33.Kxe3 Be6
34.Rd4 R7g5 35.Re4 Bg8 36.f4 Rxc5 37.f5 Kg7 38.f6+ Kg6 39.Re7
Bf7 40.Kd4 Rc4+ 41.Kd3 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Qc2 axb5 7.e4
Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qa4 9.Qxa4 bxa4 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.e5 Ng4 12.Bf4 f6
13.exf6 Nxf6 14.a3 O-O 15.O-O-O d6 16.Re1 Ra7 17.Bb5 Ba6
18.Bxa4 Bc4 19.Bg5 Nxd5 20.Bb5 Bxb5 21.Nxd5 Bc4 22.Rxe7 Ra6
23.Rd1 Nc6 24.Rb7 Na5 25.Rb6 Nb3+ 26.Kc2 Nd4+ 27.Nxd4 Rxf2+
28.Rd2 Rxd2+ 29.Kxd2 Bxd4 30.Rb8+ Kf7 31.Rb7+ Kg8 32.Rb8+ Kf7
33.Rb7+ Kg8 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.Bxf6 h5 36.Rg7+ Kf8 37.Rxg6 Kf7
38.Rh6 d5 39.Bg5 Rxh6 40.Bxh6 Bf1 41.g3 d4 42.a4 Ke6 43.Ke1
Bd3 44.Kf2 Kd5 45.Kf3 c4 46.Bd2 c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7
7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.h3 Nb6 11.O-O-O g6 12.g4 Ng7
13.Ne5 f6 14.Nd3 Be6 15.Re1 O-O-O 16.Na4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Kb8
18.Be2 Bf7 19.Qb4 Qxb4 20.Nxb4 h5 21.Nd3 hxg4 22.hxg4 g5 23.f4
gxf4 24.Nxf4 Rdg8 25.Nh5 Ne8 26.Rhf1 Be6 27.Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Rxe5
e6 13.Re1 Bd6 14.g3 O-O 15.Nd2 Nd7 16.Qe2 Nb6 17.b3 a5 18.Bb2
a4 19.Qg4 e5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 Rfb8 22.Bc3 Qb6 23.Bxe5 Bxe5
24.Rxe5 Qa6 25.Qxa6 Rxa6 26.Rd1 g6 27.Rd6 axb3 28.axb3 Kf8
29.Kg2 h5 30.h3 Re8 31.Rc5 Rc8 32.Rd4 Ke7 33.b4 Rd8 34.Re4+
Kf6 35.Rec4 Rd6 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Re6 38.Kg3 Ra3+ 39.f3 Ra6
40.Kf4 Kg7 41.c3 Kf6 42.Re4 Rd6 43.Ke3 Ra1 44.Rec4 Re1+ 45.Kf4
Ree6 46.Re4 Rxe4+ 47.Kxe4 Ke6 48.Rc4 Ke7 49.Ke3 Kf8 50.Rd4 Rf6
51.f4 Re6+ 52.Kd3 Re1 53.g5 Rf1 54.Rc4 Ke7 55.Rxc6 Rxf4 56.Rc5
Kd6 57.Ra5 Rg4 58.Kc2 Kc6 59.Kb3 Rg3 60.Rc5+ Kb6 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2
a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qc2 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rfe1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4
13.Qb2 a4 14.Bf1 c5 15.Nd2 Bb7 16.b4 a3 17.Qb3 cxd4 18.Bxd4 e5
19.Be3 Qc7 20.Rac1 Qc6 21.f3 Qa4 22.Qb1 d5 23.Bf2 e4 24.Bd4
Rfe8 25.cxd5 Bxd5 26.f4 e3 27.Nc4 Be4 28.Qa1 Qxb4 29.Nxe3 b5
30.Bh3 Rad8 31.Red1 Ba8 32.Rb1 Qa4 33.Qc3 Nf8 34.Be5 Rxd1+
35.Rxd1 Nd5 36.Rxd5 Bxd5 37.Bxg7 Rxe3 38.Qxe3 Qd1+ 39.Kf2 Kxg7
40.Qe5+ f6 41.Qe7+ Bf7 42.Qxa3 Qd4+ 43.Qe3 Qxe3+ 44.Kxe3 Bxa2
45.Kd4 Bc4 46.e3 Ne6+ 47.Kc3 Nc5 48.Bf5 h6 49.h4 Be6 50.Bc2
Na6 51.Bd3 b4+ 52.Kd4 Nc7 53.e4 b3 54.Kc3 Kf8 55.Be2 Ke7 56.g4
Kd6 57.g5 hxg5 58.fxg5 fxg5 59.hxg5 Kc5 60.Kb2 Kb4 61.g6 Nb5
62.g7 Nc3 63.Bg4 Na4+ 64.Kb1 Bg8 65.e5 Bh7+ 0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.d5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
Nf6 8.Nd2 Qxc3 9.Rb1 Nxe4 10.Bb2 Qxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Nxd2 12.Bxh8
Nxb1 13.Bd3 f6 14.Bxb1 Kf7 15.Kd2 Bf5 16.Bxf5 gxf5 17.Re1 Nd7
0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.c4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.dxc5 Bxc5
7.Bg2 Qa5+ 8.Qxa5 Nxa5 9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.Ne4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Nec6
12.O-O Bxd2 13.Nfxd2 Ke7 14.Rfc1 Bd7 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Rxc4 Rac8
17.Rd1 Ne5 18.Rcd4 Bc6 19.Nd6 Rcd8 20.Bxc6 Nxc6 21.R4d2 b6
22.f4 g6 23.Kf2 e5 24.e3 f6 25.a3 Ke6 26.b4 Rd7 27.Ne4 Rxd2+
28.Rxd2 Rd8 29.Rc2 Rc8 30.g4 exf4 31.exf4 Ne7 32.Re2 Nd5
33.Nc3+ Kd6 34.Nb5+ Kd7 35.Rd2 Ke6 36.Re2+ Kd7 37.Rd2 Ke6
38.Re2+ Kd7 39.Rd2 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O
O-O 8.d3 Bd7 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.b4 b6 11.b5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Na2
h5 14.Nb4 h4 15.Qa4 hxg3 16.hxg3 Ra8 17.Nc6 Bxc6 18.Bxc6 Qc7
19.Bxa8 Rxa8 20.Kg2 Re8 21.f3 Qb7 22.Qc2 Ng4 23.Rh1 f5 24.Kg1
Nf6 25.Qd2 e5 26.Qg5 Qf7 27.Qh4 f4 28.Bd2 Nh5 29.g4 Bf6 30.Qh3
Ng3 31.Rh2 Qg7 32.a4 Bg5 33.a5 Kf7 34.axb6 axb6 35.Ra1 Kf6
36.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7
7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Qc2 Nf8 10.h3 Be6 11.O-O c6 12.a3 Rc8
13.b4 N6d7 14.Bf4 Ng6 15.Bg3 Ndf8 16.Na4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6
18.Nc5 Rc7 19.Rac1 Bc8 20.Rfe1 Qf6 21.Qd1 Ne6 22.Nxe6 Bxe6
23.b5 Rec8 24.bxc6 Rxc6 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Qb3 b6 27.Qa4 Rc7
28.Qe8+ Nf8 29.Bxh7+ Kxh7 30.Qxf8 Bf5 31.Qb8 Rc2 32.h4 Bc8
33.Qxa7 Qf5 34.Qxb6 f6 35.Qb1 Ba6 36.e4 Qc8 37.e5 Bd3 38.exf6
gxf6 39.Qb6 Qf5 40.Qb7+ Kh6 41.Qb8 Be4 42.Qh8+ Kg6 43.h5+ Kf7
44.h6 Qg6 45.Nh4 Qg5 46.Qg7+ Qxg7 47.hxg7 Kxg7 48.f3 Bd3
49.Ra1 Rd2 50.a4 Kh6 51.Kh2 Kg5 52.Kg3 f5 53.f4+ Kf6 54.Nf3
Rb2 55.a5 Bb5 56.Rc1 Bc4 57.Ne5 Rb3+ 58.Kh4 Bb5 59.Rc5 Rb1
60.a6 Be2 61.a7 Ra1 62.Rc6+ Ke7 63.Rc7+ Kd6 64.Rg7 Bb5 65.Kg5
Ke6 66.Rg6+ Ke7 67.Kxf5 Ra2 68.g4 Ba4 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.Nxd4
cxd4 8.Nb5 Qb6 9.c5 dxc5 10.Bf4 Kf8 11.Rc1 a6 12.Bc7 Qf6
13.Na3 b5 14.Rxc5 d3 15.Bxd3 Qxb2 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.axb3 Bd4
18.b4 f5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Nc2 Bxc5 21.bxc5 e6 22.d6 Nd7 23.c6 Ne5
24.d7 Nxd3+ 25.Ke2 Bxd7 26.cxd7 Ke7 27.Kxd3 Kxd7 28.Ba5 Rhc8
29.h4 Rc5 30.Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Rabiega"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.Nf3 c4 6.Be2 dxe4 7.Ne5
Nbd7 8.Nxc4 Be7 9.O-O b6 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nc5 12.Nxe7 Qxd1
13.Rxd1 Kxe7 14.Bf4 Ba6 15.Bd6+ Ke8 16.Be5 Ke7 17.Bd6+ Ke8
18.Be5 Ke7 19.a4 Ke8 20.Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4
Nb6 8.Bb3 Bd7 9.O-O Bc6 10.Re1 Bb4 11.a3 Bxd2 12.Bxd2 Bd5
13.Bc2 Nc6 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Ng5 O-O-O 16.Qh5 Rdf8 17.Ne4 Kb8
18.Nc3 Qd7 19.Rad1 Ne7 20.Nxd5 Nbxd5 21.Qg4 Nf5 22.Bc1 Rfg8
23.Qf3 g5 24.Qh5 h6 25.Be4 Ng7 26.Qf3 Nf5 27.Qh5 Ng7 28.Qf3
Rf8 29.Bd2 f5 30.exf6 Rxf6 31.Qb3 Nf5 32.Be3 Rhf8 33.Rc1 Qf7
34.f3 Nd6 35.Bd3 g4 36.fxg4 Nxe3 37.Rxe3 Rf2 38.Qxe6 Qf4
39.Qe5 Qxg4 40.Rg3 Qf4 41.Qxf4 R8xf4 42.Rf1 Rxf1+ 43.Bxf1 Rxd4
44.Rh3 Rd2 45.b4 Nf5 46.g4 Nd4 47.Rxh6 Nf3+ 48.Kh1 b5 49.Rh3
Ng5 50.Re3 Rf2 51.Bg2 c5 52.bxc5 Rc2 53.h4 Nf7 54.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Rg8 12.Rd1 Nxe5 13.Bxe5
Nd7 14.Bg3 Qb6 15.O-O a6 16.d5 O-O-O 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Bg4 c5
19.e5 Be7 20.Qh7 Rge8 21.Qf7 Qc6 22.Bf3 Qc7 23.Qxe6 Bf6
24.Rxd7 Rxe6 25.Rxc7+ Kxc7 26.exf6+ Kb6 27.Bxb7 Kxb7 28.f3
Rxf6 29.Ne4 Rc6 30.Kf2 Kb6 31.Rc1 Rd5 32.Ke2 Re6 33.h3 Kc6
34.Bf2 Ree5 35.g4 Kb6 36.Be3 Re6 37.Rh1 b4 38.h4 a5 39.hxg5
hxg5 40.Rh5 a4 41.Nxg5 a3 42.bxa3 b3 43.axb3 cxb3 44.Nxe6 Rxh5
45.Nxc5 Rh2+ 46.Kd3 b2 47.Na4+ Kc6 48.Nc3 Kd6 49.Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2
Nc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Ba7 12.Rc1 Bg4
13.Nd4 Bxd4 14.Bxg4 Be5 15.Bf3 Qd6 16.g3 Rad8 17.Bg2 Rfe8
18.Re1 h5 19.Qd2 h4 20.f4 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 hxg3 22.hxg3 Qe6 23.e4
dxe4 24.Rxe4 Qf5 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Qxc6 Re6
28.Qa8+ Re8 29.Qf3 Ng4 30.Bd4 Qh5 31.Qh1 Qa5 32.Qc6 Re1+
33.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34.Kg2 Qe2+ 35.Kh3 Nh6 36.a4 Qf1+ 37.Qg2 Qd1
38.Qa8+ Kh7 39.Qe4+ f5 40.Qd5 Qf1+ 41.Kh4 Qd1 42.Kh3 Kg6
43.Qc6+ Kh7 44.Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a3 d6 9.c3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Re8 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Nbd2
Bf8 14.d5 Ne7 15.Nf1 h6 16.b3 c6 17.c4 Rac8 18.Qd1 cxd5
19.cxd5 Nh7 20.a4 f5 21.Ng3 Nf6 22.axb5 fxe4 23.Nxe4 Nxe4
24.Rxe4 Qxb5 25.Rg4 Kh7 26.Bd2 Qxd5 27.Qb1+ Kh8 28.Rxa6 Nc6
29.Raa4 Rb8 30.h3 Qxb3 31.Qxb3 Rxb3 32.Ra6 Nb8 33.Ra7 Re7
34.Ra8 Kh7 35.Nh4 Rf7 36.Ng6 Rbb7 37.Nxf8+ Rxf8 38.Rb4 Nc6
39.Rxf8 Nxb4 40.Rd8 d5 41.Bxb4 Rxb4 42.Rxd5 Rb1+ 43.Kh2 Re1
44.Rd6 Kg8 45.Rd7 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Robert Rabiega"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.e3 Nge7 7.Rc1
O-O 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxh7+ Kh8 10.Bb1 Nd5 11.Bg3 Nce7 12.O-O c6
13.Qc2 Bf5 14.e4 Bg6 15.Ne5 Bh7 16.Nxc4 Nf6 17.Qb3 a5 18.a3
Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Nd6 Bg6 22.Qxb7 Rb8 23.Nxf7+
1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Daniel Hugo Campora"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. c5 Nh5 9. Be5 f5 10. b4 a6 11. h3 Nxe5 12. dxe5
f4 13. e4 a5 14. a3 g6 15. O-O b6 16. Na4 axb4 17. axb4 bxc5
18. Nxc5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qb6 20. Qd4 Qb8 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Qc3 Ng7
23. Bc2 Bd7 24. Qd4 Be8 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Qxf4 Qb6 27. Bd3 Ra8
28. g4 Bb5 29. Kg2 Rb8 30. Nd4 Bxd3 31. Nxd3 Bg5 32. Qxg5 Qxd4
33. Qe3 Qe4+ 34. Kg3 h5 35. Qxe4 dxe4 36. Nf4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g5
38. Nh3 Rxb4 39. Nxg5 Rb8 40. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexandre Lesiege"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 e5
7. Nb3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. N1d2 O-O 11. Rc1 a5
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc5 Bg5 14. Nce4 Bh6 15. c5 Be6 16. Nd6 f5
17. f4 e4 18. Nxb7 Qd7 19. Nd6 g6 20. N2xe4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Rab8
22. Qa4 Nb4 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bd5+ Kg7 26. Nc4 g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Marc Dutreeuw"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Re1
Re8 13. Bf3 f6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe4 fxe5 16. cxd5 Bxd5
17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Rxe5 Qf7 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qa4
a5 22. b3 Re4 23. Qb5 Rh4 24. g3 Rh5 25. Qc6 h6 26. Qe4 Qd7
27. h4 Qf7 28. Kg2 Rf5 29. Re1 Kh8 30. Re2 Kg8 31. Bd2 Rd5
32. a4 Rf5 33. Bc1 Rd5 34. Re3 Rf5 35. Rf3 Rxf3 36. Qxf3 Qe6
37. Bd2 Qg6 38. h5 Qc2 39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. Be3 Qd3 41. Qe6 Qe2
42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qg6 Kh8 44. g4 Qd1 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qe6 Kh8
47. d5 Kh7 48. Qe4+ Kh8 49. Bd4 Bf8 50. Be5 Bd6 51. Bb2 Bf8
52. Qf3 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. g3 g6
7. Bg2 d6 8. Bc1 Bg7 9. Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Nd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 a5 13. e4 Nb6 14. Ra2 e6 15. b3 exd5 16. exd5 Bb7
17. Nf1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. h4 f5 20. Bf4 Be5 21. Ne3 Bxf4
22. gxf4 Qe7 23. h5 Qh4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qf3 Qf6 26. c4 bxc3
27. Re2 Ba6 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Rb8 30. Re6 Qxe6 31. dxe6 c2
32. Qe3 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 c1=Q 34. Qg3 Kg7 35. Qh4 Qg1+ 36. Kh3 0-1

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 a5 12. bxa5
c5 13. a4 Rxa5 14. Ra3 Ra6 15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Kh1 h6 17. Nd2 Qc8
18. g3 Nh5 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qe2 h5 22. h3 Nh6
23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Kh2 f6 25. Nb3 Nf7 26. Qf2 b6 27. a5 f5
28. axb6 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Rxb6 30. Qxc5 Qd8 31. Nd2 Nd6 32. exf5
Nexf5 33. Nf3 h4 34. gxh4 Nxh4 35. Nxe5 Rxf1 36. Rxf1 Rxb5
37. Qf2 Rxb2 38. Qxb2 Nc4 39. Nf7 Qc7+ 40. d6 Nxd6 41. Qc1
Qxc1 42. Rxc1 Nxf7 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Ra7 Nd6 45. Rcc7 Ndf5
46. Rxg7+ Nxg7 47. Kg3 Nhf5+ 48. Kg4 Kh6 49. h4 Nh5 50. Ra6
Ne3+ 51. Kf3 Nd5 52. Kg4 Nhf6+ 53. Kh3 Ne4 54. Kg4 Nef6+
55. Kh3 Nh5 56. Kg4 Ne3+ 57. Kf3 Nc4 58. Kg4 Ne5+ 59. Kh3 Kg7
60. Rb6 Kf7 61. Ra6 Ng7 62. Rxg6 Kxg6 63. h5+ Kh6 64. Kg3 Nf7
65. Kf4 Ng5 66. Ke5 Nh7 67. Kf4 Ne6+ 68. Kf5 Neg5 69. Kf4 Kg7
70. Kf5 Kf7 71. h6 Ke7 72. Ke5 Nf7+ 73. Kd5 Kd7 74. Kd4 Kd6
75. Kc4 Nxh6 76. Kd4 Nf6 77. Kc4 Nf5 78. Kd3 Kd5 79. Kc3 Nh5
80. Kd3 Nf4+ 81. Kc3 Kc5 82. Kb3 Nd5 83. Kc2 Kd4 84. Kb2 Kd3
85. Kb3 Nd4+ 86. Kb2 Nb6 87. Kb1 Nc4 88. Ka2 Kc3 89. Ka1 Nd2
90. Ka2 Nb5 91. Ka1 Kc2 92. Ka2 Nb1 93. Ka1 Nd4 94. Ka2 Nb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 g6 6. Nbd2 Nxg5
7. hxg5 Bg7 8. e4 Na6 9. a4 Bxb2 10. axb5 Nc7 11. Ra2 Bg7
12. c4 d6 13. Qb3 e6 14. Bd3 Kf8 15. Ra3 exd5 16. exd5 a6
17. O-O Rb8 18. Re1 h6 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Ne4 Rb6 21. Qa2 Bg4
22. Neg5 Bf6 23. Qd2 Rh5 24. Qa5 Na8 25. Ne4 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bd4
27. Kf1 Rh2 28. Ke2 f5 29. Nd2 Bxf2 30. Rea1 Be3+ 31. Kxe3
Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4
Rb8 13. Rb1 Ne8 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Bh6 Nc4 16. Qc1 Bxh6 17. Qxh6
Ne5 18. b4 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bf5 20. e4 cxb4 21. Rxb4 Bxh3
22. Qxh3 Qf6 23. Kg2 Qxc3 24. Rfb1 Nf6 25. Qh4 Nd7 26. Be2
Rfe8 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Nc5 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Qxe7 Qe5
31. Qxe5 dxe5 32. a5 Kf8 33. f4 f6 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd6
36. Bf1 Kc7 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Bc4 Nb7 39. Bxa6 Nxa5 40. Bc8 Nb3
41. Ke3 Nc5 42. Bh3 Kc7 43. Be6 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bb7 6. Qd3 f5
7. Nbd2 Na6 8. c3 c4 9. Qd4 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qb6 11. Qe5 Nc5
12. Qxf5 Qg6 13. Qxg6+ hxg6 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. f3 e5 16. e4 Bc6
17. Be2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "174"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7
17. a4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bc2 d5 21. Bb3 f4
22. Nxd5 Rd7 23. Nb4 Rxd1 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Raxd1 Qe7 26. Bd5
e4 27. Rfe1 e3 28. Bf3 Be5 29. Nc6 Qf6 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. fxe3
fxe3 32. Rd4 Re8 33. Re4 Qb8 34. R1xe3 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Qf4
36. Re2 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 b4 38. cxb4 Qf4+ 39. Bf3 Qxh2 40. Re4 Qc7
41. Ke3 Qc1+ 42. Kd4 Qxb2+ 43. Kc4 Qa2+ 44. Kb5 Qd5+ 45. Kb6
Qd8+ 46. Kc6 Qa8+ 47. Kc5 Qa7+ 48. Kb5 Qb7+ 49. Kc4 Qc6+
50. Kb3 Qb5 51. Rd4 Kg7 52. Rd5 Qb6 53. b5 Kf6 54. Kc4 Ke7
55. Rd3 Qa7 56. Kb4 Qf2 57. Rd1 h5 58. Bc6 Qb6 59. Rd7+ Ke6
60. Rh7 Kd6 61. Bf3 Qd4+ 62. Ka5 h4 63. Bc6 Qf2 64. Ka6 Kc5
65. Kb7 Qf6 66. Rd7 Qh6 67. Rd5+ Kb4 68. b6 h3 69. gxh3 Qxh3
70. Ka7 Qa3+ 71. Kb7 Qh3 72. Rb5+ Kc4 73. Ka6 Qa3+ 74. Ra5 Qd6
75. Bd5+ Kb4 76. Rb5+ Kc3 77. Ba2 Qc6 78. Bd5 Qd6 79. Bf3 Qf6
80. Ka5 Qf8 81. b7 Qa3+ 82. Kb6 Qd6+ 83. Bc6 Qd4+ 84. Kc7 Qf4+
85. Kd7 Qf7+ 86. Kd6 Qf6+ 87. Kc7 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 b6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Curt Hansen"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7
12. Ne1 d4 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. a4 Qf5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. b4 a6
17. Nf4 Qe5 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Re1 Qg6 21. b5 axb5
22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Ne7 24. Qxd4 Bxb5 25. Nxe7+ Bxe7
26. Qe5 Bb4 27. Be4 Re8 28. Qxb5 Qxe4 29. f3 Qe7 30. Rc1 h6
31. Kf1 g5 32. Bc7 Qe3 33. Rc2 Bf8 34. Kg2 Bg7 35. Bb6 Qe6
36. Bf2 Rc8 37. Rd2 Qc6 38. Qf5 Re8 39. e4 b5 40. Rd7 Qe6
41. Qxb5 g4 42. Qd5 Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Re6 44. Be3 Kh7 45. h3 gxf3+
46. Kxf3 Kg6 47. h4 Bf6 48. h5+ Kg7 49. Bf4 Be7 50. Rb5 Bd8
51. e5 Be7 52. Kg4 Bd8 53. Kf5 Be7 54. Rb7 Bd8 55. Rb8 Ba5
56. Ra8 Bc3 57. Rd8 Bb4 58. g4 Bc5 59. g5 hxg5 60. Bxg5 Be7
61. h6+ Kh7 62. Bxe7 Rxe7 63. Rf8 Kxh6 64. Kf6 Re6+ 65. Kxf7
Rxe5 66. Kf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Kharlov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Nc4 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d3 O-O
12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Bg3 a6 16. Rad1 Nbd7
17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 b5 19. Rd6 Qb7 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Nf8
22. f3 h6 23. Qa3 b4 24. Qxa6 Qe7 25. a4 bxa3 26. Qxa3 Ng6
27. Qe3 Qf6 28. b3 Qb2 29. Qc1 Qf6 30. Qa1 Qg5 31. Qc1 Qf6
32. Qd2 Ra8 33. h3 Rec8 34. Kh1 c4 35. b4 c3 36. Qd3 Qg5
37. Kh2 h5 38. h4 Nxh4 39. Ra6 Nxg2 40. Rxa8 Rxa8 41. Kxg2 h4
42. f4 Qxg3+ 43. Qxg3 hxg3 44. Rd3 Ra4 45. Rxc3 Rxb4 46. Re3
Rc4 47. c3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Andrei Kharlov"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qe2 cxd4 8. Rd1 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Qe8
12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Nc7 Rc8
17. d5 Rxc7 18. d6 Rc6 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Bb5 Rb6 21. Bxd7 Nxd7
22. Qd2 e5 23. Be3 Nc5 24. b4 Ne4 25. Qc2 Rxb4 26. a3 Rd4
27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Re1 d3 29. Qc4 Nd6 30. Qxd3 Qf6 31. Rad1 Nf5
32. Qd7 g6 33. Qxb7 a6 34. Rc1 Nd4 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kg7
37. Qc5 Nc6 38. h3 h5 39. Rd1 Ne5 40. Rd5 Nc6 41. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3
Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bf8 17. Qh5 g6
18. Qh3 Nb4 19. Bg1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rf2 d5 22. Raf1 Rb8
23. Rd2 Bg7 24. e5 Qa5 25. Nd1 Nc6 26. c3 Ne7 27. Ne3 Bb7
28. Ra1 Bc6 29. Bf3 Rb3 30. Qg2 Reb8 31. Nc4 dxc4 32. Bxc6
Nxc6 33. Qxc6 Bf8 34. Ra2 Rd8 35. Rd7 Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Rb8
37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Qb7 Rd1 39. Qb8 Rd8 40. Qb7 Rd2+ 41. Bf2 Qd8
42. Ra1 Qd3 43. a5 Qf5 44. Qf3 Qc2 45. Rf1 Qxb2 46. Kg1 Rd5
47. Be1 Qb1 48. Bf2 Qc2 49. Be1 h5 50. Rf2 Qc1 51. Qe4 Rd3
52. Re2 Rxc3 53. Kg2 Rd3 54. Bf2 Qd1 55. h3 c3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1
h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. a3 Nf7 15. Nd3 Bh6 16. b4 Kg7 17. Qc2 Qe7
18. Qb2 Bf4 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Rb8 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nxc5
dxc5 23. Bd3 b6 24. a4 a5 25. Ra3 Rd8 26. Rb3 Rd6 27. Qb1 Ba6
28. Rf2 Qd8 29. Rfb2 Kf8 30. Be2 Nh6 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Bd3 Nf7
33. Be2 Nh6 34. Bd3 Kh7 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Kh2 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7
7. Bb2 e6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. O-O Bh5 11. h3 O-O 12. c5
Be7 13. Ne5 Kh8 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxh7 g6 17. g4 f5
18. gxh5 Kxh7 19. hxg6+ Kg7 20. Kh2 Nf6 21. Rf4 Ne4 22. Nxe4
dxe4 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. Qc4 Qa5 25. Rf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Bg7 11. h4 Nbd7 12. Qc2
c5 13. hxg5 cxd4 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. Nxc4 Nxg3 16. Nbd6+ Kf8
17. Nxb7 Qc7 18. fxg3 Qxb7 19. O-O d3 20. Qxd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Qb6+ 22. Rf2 Bxe5 23. Qf3 f5 24. Qxa8+ Ke7 25. Qf3 hxg5
26. Rd1 Kf6 27. Bc4 g4 28. Qd3 Kg5 29. Re1 Qc5 30. b4 Qd4
31. Rxe5 Qa1+ 32. Rf1 Qxe5 33. Qd2+ Kg6 34. Re1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6
12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qf3 Qc7
17. Bc3 Rac8 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. c3 Na4 20. Ne2 Qa5 21. b3 Nc5
22. g4 Ncd7 23. g5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Qd5 25. Qd3 Ng4 26. Nf4 Qc6
27. Qe2 Ba3 28. Rh3 Bc5 29. Rhd3 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Qa6 31. Qxg4
Rc2 32. a4 h5 33. Nxh5 Rdc8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nd7+ Ke7 36. Nc5
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Be3 a6 12. a4
h4 13. Nf1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. Qd2
Ne5 18. Bxc5 h3 19. Kf2 hxg2 20. Kxg2 f4 21. Qxf4 Ng6 22. Qg3
Nh4+ 23. Kf2 Nf5 24. Qf4 b6 25. Ba3 Be5 26. Qc4 Ng5 27. h4
Bd4+ 28. Ke1 Nxf3+ 29. Kd1 Ne5 30. Qb3 Kh8 31. Kc2 Bc5 32. Rd1
Nd4+ 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. Kb1 Bf5+ 35. Ka1 Qf6 36. Ng3 Bh7
37. Nce4 Bxe4 38. Nxe4 Qf4 39. Ng5 Qd2 40. Rd1 Qxe2 41. Rxd4
Rac8 42. Ka2 b5 43. d6 bxa4 44. Qxa4 Qc2 45. Qxc2 Rxc2 46. Re4
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6
12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. c4 a5 16. Kb1 Rad8
17. Bc1 Rfe8 18. Ne2 c5 19. g4 cxd4 20. g5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Nh7
22. gxh6 Qxe5 23. hxg7 f5 24. Ng3 Qc7 25. Qe2 Bc5 26. Nh5 e5
27. Ng3 Qf7 28. Qf1 f4 29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Qd3 Be7 31. Rdg1 Rd6
32. c5 Re6 33. h5 Bg5 34. Ka1 Bh6 35. Qf3 Ng5 36. Nxg5 Bxg5
37. Qd5 Bh6 38. Rg6 Qf7 39. Qe4 Rc8 40. Rhg1 Rxc5 41. Bd2 Rec6
42. a3 Rc8 43. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qd2
Re8 13. Be2 Nh7 14. Bh6 Bd4 15. Be3 Bh8 16. O-O Nd7 17. f4
Ndf6 18. e5 h4 19. Nge4 dxe5 20. d6 Qa5 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6
22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Bc4 Qb4 25. b3 Be6 26. Qd3 Bf5
27. Qf3 Bg4 28. Qd3 Bf5 29. Qf3 Bg4 30. Nd5 Bxf3 31. Nxb4 Be2
32. Nd3 Ne4 33. d7 Red8 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. Bxe5 Bxf1 36. Rxf1
Rxd7 37. h3 Nd2 38. Rf4 Nxc4 39. bxc4 Re8 40. Bc3 Re3 41. Bf6
Re6 42. a5 b6 43. Bc3 Rd3 44. Bb2 Rb3 45. Bf6 bxa5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. a3 b5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Kb1 Nf6 15. g4 Bc4 16. Bf4 Qb6
17. Be5 Nd5 18. Rhe1 O-O-O 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Nb3 Bf2 21. Rf1
Bxd3 22. cxd3 Be3 23. Qc2+ Kb7 24. d4 f6 25. Bg3 Ka7 26. Rfe1
g6 27. Qd3 Bh6 28. Re2 Rhe8 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Re1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2
Bf8 32. Rc1 Bd6 33. Qc6 Rd8 34. Bxd6 Rxd6 35. Qe8 Qd8 36. Qxd8
Rxd8 37. Rc6 Nf4 38. Nc5 Rxd4 39. Rxa6+ Kb8 40. Nxe6 Nxe6
41. Rxe6 Rf4 42. Rb6+ Ka7 43. Rxb5 Rxf3 44. Rc5 Kb6 45. Rc3
Rf4 46. h3 f5 47. gxf5 Rxf5 48. Ka2 Kb5 49. Rb3+ Ka5 50. Rb4
Rf3 51. h4 h5 52. Re4 Rg3 53. Re5+ Kb6 54. a4 Rh3 55. Re4 Ka5
56. b3 Rh1 57. Kb2 Rg1 58. Re5+ Kb6 59. Ka3 Rg4 60. Re6+ Kc5
61. Rf6 Rxh4 62. Rxg6 Rh1 63. Rg5+ Kb6 64. a5+ Kc6 65. Ka4 h4
66. Rg6+ Kc7 67. Rh6 h3 68. Kb5 h2 69. b4 Kd7 70. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Ch"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Qf3
Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Bd2 Nd8 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 21. c4
Be7 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Rb1 b6 24. c5 Qd5 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Rb5
Qe4 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. h3 h6 29. Rb3 Qc6 30. Qd3 Qd5 31. Qb5
Qxb5 32. Rxb5 Ne6 33. Rd5 Kg8 34. Rd7 Rd8 35. Rxa7 Nxd4
36. Nxd4 Bxd4 37. Kf1 Bxf2 38. Bxh6 Bd4 39. Bd2 Re8 40. Rd7
Re4 41. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O
Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. gxf6 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc6 16. Qg3 Bh6+
17. Kb1 Bf4 18. Qd3 Rg8 19. Bh3 Kd8 20. Bb4 Qxf6 21. Qc4 Rg5
22. Rd6 Qg7 23. f6 Rg1+ 24. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bc3 d5 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bb2
Nbd7 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. Nb5 a4 16. bxa4 dxc4 17. Nd2
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. f3 Rec8 20. Nxc4 Bf8 21. Rac1 Qa6
22. e4 c6 23. Ncd6 cxb5 24. Nxc8 b4 25. Qc4 bxa3 26. Qxa6 Rxa6
27. Ba1 Rxa4 28. d5 Bc5 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Nd6 h5 31. Nb7 Ra7
32. Nd8 Nf8 33. Nc6 Rb7 34. Rd3 N6d7 35. Rb3 Rc7 36. Nb4 Ra7
37. Nc2 e5 38. Bc3 Ne6 39. Ra1 Nd4 40. Bxd4 exd4 41. Nxa3 Ne5
42. f4 Nc4 43. Nc2 Rd7 44. Rd1 Ra7 45. Kh3 Nd6 46. e5 Ne4
47. Rxd4 Nf2+ 48. Kg2 Bxd4 49. Nxd4 Ra2 50. Kf3 Ng4 51. h3
Nh2+ 52. Ke4 Nf1 53. Kf5 Rg2 54. g4 hxg4 55. hxg4 g6+ 56. Kxg6
Rxg4+ 57. Kf5 Rg7 58. e6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bb7 6. e3 g6
7. c3 Qa5 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bg7 10. e4 d6 11. Bd3 Nd7
12. O-O a6 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. h3 Qb6 15. Bf1 Nf6 16. Re1 O-O
17. a4 Rfe8 18. a5 Qc7 19. c4 b4 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nh5
22. Ng4 Bd4 23. Rad1 e6 24. Re4 f5 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Rxe6 Rxe6
27. dxe6 Nf4 28. Re1 Kxh6 29. Bg3 g5 30. h4 Re8 31. e7 Be4
32. hxg5+ Kxg5 33. Kh1 Rxe7 34. f3 Re6 35. Bh2 Rh6 36. fxe4
Kg6 37. g3 Nh5 38. exf5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6
Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14. Rh3 Qa5 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Nb3
Nxb3 17. Qxb3 b6 18. Rd1 Bb7 19. Qb2 Qe5 20. Qxb6 Bxe4 21. Rg3
f5 22. Kg1 h6 23. Qb4 f4 24. Rg4 Rb8 25. Qa3 a5 26. Bf3 Rb4
27. Qc1 Ke7 28. Rxf4 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rxh4 30. g3 Re4 31. Rc3 Rg8
32. Rc7+ Kf6 33. Qxh6+ Rg6 34. Qh8+ Rg7 35. Rcc1 Kg6 36. Kg2
Rh7 37. Qg8+ Rg7 38. Qd8 Re2 39. Rc4 f5 40. Rh4 Qb2 41. Kg1
Qc3 42. a4 Qf3 43. Rf4 Qc6 44. Qd3 Rh7 45. Rg4+ Kf7 46. Qd7+
Qxd7 47. Rxd7+ Kf6 48. Rxh7 fxg4 49. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Juan Facundo Pierrot"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 e6
7. c3 a6 8. Bf1 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2
Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rc8 14. Qb3 b5 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Bd3
f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Rxc1+
22. Bxc1 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bd8 24. Re1 Bb6 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Be8
27. Kf2 Bg6 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. e4 Kf7 30. Ke3 dxe4 31. Re2 g5
32. Kxe4 a5 33. Rd2 Rc4+ 34. Ke3 g4 35. Rd4 Rc2 36. Rf4+ Kg8
37. Rf2 Rc5 38. Kd4 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 gxh3 40. gxh3 Rh4 41. Rf3 Kh7
42. Rg3 Kh6 43. b3 a4 44. Re3 axb3 45. axb3 Rb4 46. Kc3 Rf4
47. Kd3 g5 48. Rg3 Kg6 49. Re3 Kf5 50. Kc3 Rh4 51. Kd3 Kf4
52. Kd4 Rh8 53. Re4+ Kf5 54. Re3 Rd8+ 55. Kc5 Rd5+ 56. Kb4 Kf4
57. Re1 Rd3 58. Rh1 Kxe5 59. h4 gxh4 60. Rb1 h3 61. Kxb5 h2
0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.h3 Ne5 7.a4
Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 a6 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.b3 g6 11.Bb2 e5 12.Qd3 Be7
13.Nc3 O-O 14.a5 Nf6 15.Rf1 Rc8 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc7 18.f4
Bf6 19.d3 Kg7 20.Qc4 Qd8 21.f5 Bg5 22.Rf3 Bd2 23.Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.01.19"]
[EventDate "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Juan Facundo Pierrot"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4
cxd4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nxd4 Rc8 9. O-O e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rd1 Qa5
12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qxa7 e4 21. Nd5
Bxb2 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Qxb7 Rc2 24. Qb4 Rxe2 25. Ne7+ Kh8
26. Nc6 Re8 27. Qb5 Rxa2 28. Nd8 Qe7 29. Qd5 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. d4 Be4 11. Nh4 Bxg2
12. Nxg2 d5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. e4 Qd7 15. Nf4 Rd8 16. Be3 Nc6
17. Ne2 Bf6 18. e5 Be7 19. a3 Bf8 20. Qc2 Ne7 21. Bg5 Rdc8
22. Bxe7 Bxe7 23. Rad1 c5 24. Qb3 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Qc7 26. Nf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4
Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7
18. f4 Nb6 19. Rh3 Nc4 20. Qc3 Rc8 21. Bd2 Be7 22. Be1 Rb8
23. f5 Bc8 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qf3 Bd7 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. g5 hxg5
28. hxg5 Rxh3 29. Qxh3 Qxe5 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Nf3 Qe3+ 32. Kb2
Be8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 d5 8. d4 dxe4 9. Nbd2 exf3 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. Qxc6+ Bd7
12. Qf3 exd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Be4
Bxd4 17. Rd1 c5 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Be3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Bxb2
21. Bxc5 Rc8 22. Rab1 h6 23. Bb4 Be5 24. a3 Rc6 25. Rbc1 Bc4
26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Re1 Bc7 28. Rd7 Be6 29. Rd3 Bf5 30. Rd5 Bh3
31. Kh1 Rf6 32. Rd3 Be6 33. Bc3 Rf5 34. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e5 9. Bd3 e4 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. f4 Nb6
12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Qf1 g5 14. fxg5 Nh5 15. a4 hxg5 16. Bf2 Nf6
17. Bg3 Qe7 18. h3 Bh5 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Ne2 Bg6 21. Bh2 Ne5
22. Ba4+ Kd8 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Kd2 Kc7 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Raf1
Nd7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qf6 Rae8 29. Ra1 Qe7 30. Rhf1 Kd7
31. Ng3 Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Ke7 33. Rf2 f6 34. Ke1 Rh7 35. Rb1 Rb8
36. Rfb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Rc1 Be7 15. O-O Bf6 16. Nb3 Qb6
17. Nc5 Qxb2 18. Qa4 Qb6 19. Bd6 Be7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nd7
Bxd7 22. Qxd7 Qb3 23. Qxe7 Qxd3 24. Rfd1 Qb3 25. Rb1 Qa4
26. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qb6
12. Qxb6 axb6 13. a4 Nd7 14. Ra3 Nc5 15. Rfa1 Bxc3 16. Bxc3
Nxe4 17. Bd4 Rfc8 18. Re3 Bxc4 19. Rxe4 Bxe2 20. Bc3 Bb5
21. Rxe7 Bxa4 22. Rxb7 Bc6 23. Rba7 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 g5 25. f3 h6
26. Kf2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexei Fedorov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nb3 d6 9. f4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc8
12. Kh1 Ba6 13. Rad1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qg4 15. Qe1 Rac8 16. h3 Qe6
17. Bg1 Rfe8 18. a3 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4
Rc5 22. Rf2 Rec8 23. Rdd2 Rc4 24. Rfe2 R4c5 25. Nd5 Nf6 26. c3
Rc4 27. b3 R4c5 28. a4 b5 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. b4 a5 31. bxa5
Rxa5 32. Kh2 Rac5 33. Rd4 Kg7 34. Re3 Nxd5 35. exd5 Qf6
36. Rxe7 Rxc3 37. Qe6 R3c7 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. g4
Rc2+ 41. Kg3 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 h5 43. Rd2 h4 44. Rd4 Ra3 45. Kh2
Rg3 46. Rd2 Rf3 47. Rd4 g5 48. fxg5+ Kxg5 49. Kg2 Rf4 50. Rd2
f5 51. gxf5 Kxf5 52. Re2 Re4 53. Ra2 Ke5 54. Kf3 Rf4+ 55. Ke3
Rb4 56. Kf3 Kxd5 57. Ra8 Kd4 58. Rh8 Kd3 59. Rd8 Rd4 60. Rd7
d5 61. Rd8 Kc3 62. Rd7 Kc4 63. Rc7+ Kb5 64. Ke3 Rc4 65. Rh7
Kc6 66. Kd3 Ra4 67. Rh8 Kc5 68. Rc8+ Kd6 69. Rh8 Rb4 70. Rh7
Rb3+ 71. Kd4 Ke6 72. Rh6+ Kf5 73. Rh5+ Kg6 74. Rxd5 Rxh3
75. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 Nb6 11. h5 c5
12. hxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 Be6 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qa3 Nc4
17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Rxh6 Nc6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rfd8 23. Ng5 Rxd5 24. Rh8+ Kg7 25. Rh7+ Kg8
26. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "130"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 Ne7 14. Ncb4 a5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7
17. Qd3 Rb8 18. O-O Be6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. a3 h6 21. g3 Bd8
22. Rd2 Qa7 23. Kg2 Rc5 24. Ne3 Bg5 25. h4 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qc7
27. Rad1 Rc6 28. Kh2 Bb3 29. Rg1 Bc4 30. Rgd1 Bxe2 31. Qxe2 b4
32. axb4 axb4 33. Rd3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Rb3 35. Qd2 Qb6 36. Kg2
Rb2 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Rxe3 Kf8 39. Red3 Ke7 40. Re3 Rc2
41. Rdd3 h5 42. Kf3 g6 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. Kf1 Rc4 45. Ke1 f5
46. f3 Rg2 47. exf5+ gxf5 48. f4 e4 49. Rd2 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 Rc1
51. Ra2 R4xc3 52. Rxc3 Rxc3 53. Ra8 d5 54. Re8+ Kd6 55. Re5 d4
56. Rxf5 Rc2+ 57. Ke1 e3 58. Re5 Rg2 59. Kf1 Rxg3 60. Ke2 Rg2+
61. Kf3 Rd2 62. Re8 Kd5 63. Re5+ Kc4 64. f5 Rf2+ 65. Kg3 Kd3
0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5
18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. b3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxd5 22. Nxf6
Qxf6 23. Bd2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Qe6 25. Re3 Qg8 26. Ng4 Nc6
27. Rg3 Qe6 28. Bc3 Be4 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Nxh6 Nd4 31. Bxd4
cxd4 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Qh5 Rc8 34. Rf3 Qh7 35. Qd5 Qb1+ 36. Kh2
1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 d5 8. d4 dxe4 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 exf3
12. exf6 Bh4 13. fxg7 fxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Rg8 15. Bh6 Bg5 16. Re1+
Be6 17. Bxg5 Rxg7 18. h4 h6 19. Be4 Kd7 20. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qe2 Na5
12. O-O-O Rc8 13. g4 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 hxg4 15. h5 gxf3 16. Nxf3
Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bf2 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Bh6+ 21. Kd3
Qa6+ 22. c4 Nxe4 23. hxg6 Nxf2+ 24. Qxf2 e4+ 25. Kxe4 Bg7
26. Qh2 d5+ 27. Rxd5 Qxg6+ 28. Ke3 Re8+ 29. Kd2 Qf6 30. Rxd7
Qc3+ 31. Kc1 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qc3+ 33. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4
Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Ne3 f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. exf5 gxf5
18. Bd3 Nh6 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Rf3 Kh8 22. Raf1 Re7
23. Rh3 Qf7 24. Nc4 Qg6 25. Rg3 Ng4 26. h3 h5 27. Ne3 Nxe3
28. Rxg6 Nxc2 29. Bxc2 Ne8 30. Rg5 Nf6 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5
Rae8 33. Kh2 Kh7 34. Kg3 a6 35. Kh4 Kg6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4
b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rg5+ Kf7 40. Nxb5 Rh8+ 41. Rh5 Nxh5
42. Nxd6+ Kf8 43. gxh5 Bf6+ 44. Kg4 Rg7+ 45. Kf5 Bxb2 46. Rh1
Rd7 47. Ke6 Re7+ 48. Kf5 Rd7 49. Be3 Bd4 50. Bxd4 cxd4 51. Ke5
d3 52. Nf5 d2 53. h6 Kf7 54. Rd1 Re8+ 55. Kd4 Re2 56. h7 Rd8
57. Ng3 Rf2 58. Ne4 Rxf4 59. Rxd2 Rh4 60. Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 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 Rad8 19. Nd6 Ne5 20. Bxh7+ Qxh7
21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. Bxe5 f6 23. e4 Nb6 24. Bg3 Na4 25. e5 f5
26. Bh4 Rd7 27. Re3 f4 28. Ref3 Bd5 29. Rh3 Be6 30. Be7+ Bxh3
31. Bxf8 Be6 32. Ne4 Kg8 33. Ng5 Kxf8 34. Nxe6+ Ke7 35. Nxf4
Rd2 36. Rf3 Nc5 37. h4 Ne6 38. Kh2 Ra2 39. Nxe6 Kxe6 40. Rg3
Kf7 41. e6+ Kxe6 42. Rxg7 Rxa3 43. Rxb7 Kf5 44. Rb5+ Kg4
45. Rb4+ Kh5 46. g3 Ra1 47. Kh3 a5 48. g4+ Kh6 49. Rb6+ Kg7
50. h5 a4 51. Ra6 a3 52. Kh4 a2 53. Kg5 Kh7 54. Ra7+ Kg8
55. Kg6 Kf8 56. g5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. c5
Bc7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Rxe3
17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nxc5 20. Rd1 a5 21. g3
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Kf1 a4 24. Rc2 Bb6 25. Bd1 Kf8 26. Rc4
Ba7 27. Rh4 Bb8 28. Rxh7 Be5 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Ra8 b5 31. Bf3
Kd7 32. Ra7+ Kd6 33. Ra8 Kc7 34. Ra7+ Kb6 35. Ra8 Nb7 36. Bd1
Bxb2 37. Bxa4 bxa4 38. Rxa4 c5 39. Ke2 Nd6 40. h4 f5 41. Ra8
Be5 42. Kf3 c4 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8
12. a3 c6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O g6 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Bb1 Bg7
17. Ba2 Ne6 18. h3 Qd6 19. e4 Rad8 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Re3 a6
22. Rde1 b5 23. Bb1 Re7 24. Qd1 Rde8 25. Ba2 h5 26. g3 h4
27. gxh4 Nf4 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Qd2 Bh6 31. Kf1
Bc8 32. Nxd5 Bxh3+ 33. Kg1 Qe6 34. Ne5 Bf5 35. Kh2 Kg7
36. Nxf4 Qxa2 37. Nf3 f6 38. Kg3 Qf7 39. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6
12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Ra2 h6
17. Rd2 Be4 18. Qa1 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Ne1 g5 21. Bg3 Ne5
22. Bb5 Nc6 23. Ba4 a5 24. Bb3 axb4 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5
bxa3 27. Rd7 Qe4 28. Qxa3 Rcd8 29. Qb3 Qe6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6
31. Nf3 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Re7 33. Rd5 Bc7 34. Bxc7 Rxc7 35. g4 f6
36. Nd2 Kf7 37. Ne4 Ne7 38. Rb5 Nc8 39. Kg2 b6 40. Kf3 Rc6
41. Rd5 Ke7 42. h4 Nd6 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Nxd6 Rxd6 45. Rb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5
Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. O-O-O
h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Be2 e5 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3
Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rd5 a6 19. Nd6 Rfd8 20. c4 b6 21. b3 Rd7
22. Ne4 Rxd5 23. cxd5 f5 24. Nf2 Bh5 25. e4 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Rd8
27. Nc3 Kf7 28. Re1 Kf6 29. Ne4+ Kf5 30. Ng3+ Kg4 31. Nxh5
Kxh5 32. Rxe5+ Kxh4 33. Kd2 Kg3 34. Ke3 Kxg2 35. Kf4 Kf2
36. Rh5 g5+ 37. Ke5 g4 38. Rxh6 Rf8 39. d6 g3 40. d7 g2
41. Rg6 g1=Q 42. Rxg1 Kxg1 43. Ke6 Rh8 44. Ke7 Rh7+ 45. Kd6
Rh8 46. Kc7 Kf2 47. d8=Q Rxd8 48. Kxd8 Ke3 49. Kc7 b5 50. Kb6
Kd4 51. Kxa6 Kc5 52. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 a6 11. Rfd1 Rb8
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Bh3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5
17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. exf3 Ne5 19. Bg2 Nc6 20. Qh4 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa6
22. Bf1 Ne5 23. Qf4 Qa8 24. Be2 Rec8 25. Kg2 Bg7 26. Qe3 Rc5
27. Kg1 Rbc8 28. h3 b4 29. Na4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1
Nd5 32. Qd2 Qc8 33. Bb2 e6 34. f4 Nd7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Bf3
N7f6 37. Kg2 Qc7 38. g4 Nc3 39. Qd4 e5 40. fxe5 dxe5 41. Qxb4
Nfd5 42. Bxd5 Nxd5 43. Qc5 Qb7 44. Kg3 f6 45. f3 h5 46. Qd6
Nf4 47. Nc5 h4+ 48. Kxh4 Qxf3 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. g5+ fxg5+
51. Qxg5+ Kh7 52. Qe7+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ Kh7 54. Qe7+ Kh6 55. Qg5+
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. Nc3 exd5
7. cxd5 a6 8. Bf4 b5 9. h3 Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1
Ra7 13. a3 Rae7 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. b4 Nbd7 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Bh2
c4 18. Bc2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Rb8 22. a4
Bc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra1 Ne8 25. Ra5 Reb7 26. Bg3 f6 27. Rb1
Bf8 28. Be1 Be7 29. Nd1 Bd8 30. Ra3 Bb6 31. Bc3 Re7 32. Rba1
Bb7 33. Kf2 Nd6 34. Ke2 f5 35. Be1 fxe4 36. Nc3 Bd4 37. exd4
exd4 38. Bg3 d3+ 39. Ke1 Rd7 40. Bd1 Re8 41. Bxd6 Rxd6 42. Ra7
Bxd5 43. Nxb5 Rdd8 44. Nc7 Re5 45. Nxd5 Rexd5 46. Re7 Rg5
47. g4 Rb5 48. Raa7 Rxb4 49. Rg7+ Kf8 50. Rxh7 Kg8 51. Rag7+
Kf8 52. Rc7 Kg8 53. Rhe7 Rb2 54. Rxc4 Rh2 55. Rcxe4 d2+
56. Kf1 Rh1+ 57. Ke2 Re1+ 58. Kf2 Rxd1 59. Re8+ Rxe8 60. Rxe8+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. b4 Bf5
12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rd1 b6 14. e3 bxc5 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Qa4 Rac8
17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Re5 Bd7 21. bxc5
Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. O-O Nd3 24. Bd4 a6 25. Rb1 f6 26. Ba7
Bb5 27. Nd4 Rc8 28. g4 Rc3 29. Ra1 Bd7 30. h3 h5 31. gxh5 Bxh3
32. Kh2 Bd7 33. Kg3 Be8 34. h6 gxh6 35. Nf5 Bd7 36. Ne7+ Kf7
37. Nd5 Rc2 38. f3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3
Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 17. Bc2
c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ng4
Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Rc8 24. Bb3 Bd7 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Rac1 Be7 27. Rc2
a5 28. Qd3 Bxb3 29. axb3 axb4 30. Ne3 bxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3
32. Qxc3 Bg5 33. Nd5 Qd7 34. Qd3 Qc6 35. g3 Ra8 36. Kg2 Kf8
37. h4 Bd8 38. Qd2 Qb7 39. Qe2 Qc6 40. Qd2 Qb7 41. Qe2 Qc6
42. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 c5 11. O-O Nd7
12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. e4 N5f6 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bd6
17. Bh3 h6 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bc3 a6 20. Na3 b5 21. Nc2 Re8
22. Ne3 b4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rac1 Ne4 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. Rc4
Bd6 27. Qc2 Ng5 28. Nxg5 Qxg5 29. Re4 Rd8 30. Nc4 Bf8 31. Re5
Qf6 32. Qe2 g6 33. d6 Bb7 34. Qe3 g5 35. f4 g4 36. Qxc5 Bf3
37. Rd2 Qg6 38. Re1 Bg7 39. Qc7 Bf6 40. Ne5 Qh5 41. d7 Kg7
42. Qc2 Ba8 43. Qd1 Bf3 44. Qc2 Ba8 45. Qc4 a5 46. Nc6 Qg6
47. Rd6 Bxc6 48. Qxc6 Bd4+ 49. Kg2 Qd3 50. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4
7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. O-O Qb6 9. Qb3 Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd7
12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nb3 Nc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Bg5
Bf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Rdb1 b6 19. a3 Rfb8 20. b4 Kf8 21. f4
Rc8 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rb7 Ke8 24. Kf2 Kd8 25. Ke2 Rcb8
26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Bc2 Rb2 28. Kd1 d3 29. Bxd3 Rxg2 30. Rb1
Kc7 31. h4 Rg4 32. Kd2 Rxf4 33. a4 Rxh4 34. a5 Rh2+ 35. Kc3
Ra2 36. Rf1 Rxa5 37. Rxf6 Be8 38. e5 dxe5 39. Be4 h5 40. Kb3
Ra1 41. d6+ Kd7 42. Bd5 h4 43. Bxf7 Bxf7 44. Rxf7+ Kxd6
45. Rf6+ Ke7 46. Rxg6 h3 47. Rh6 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. g3 Rg8
17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Be2 Rg5 19. Qf3 f5 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Bxa2
22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Qe4 Rf7 24. Bh5 Rf6 25. c4 Ne5 26. c5 Rc8
27. cxd6 Bxd6 28. Be2 Qf8 29. Nh5 Rxf2 30. Nc2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8
12. c4 Re8 13. b3 a5 14. Bh3 Nd7 15. Qd3 Qd8 16. Bg2 Nf6
17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a4 19. Bf4 Ra6 20. Nc6 Qa8 21. Qf3 axb3
22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxa8+ Rxa8 24. axb3 Rd8 25. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3
f5 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bh5 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. f3
Nxd2 18. Qxd2 f4 19. Nc3 g5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Re2
Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Nf6 24. Qd3 Qg7 25. Re1 Re8 26. Re2 Kf7 27. Qd2
Qh8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Re1 g5
17. Bg3 Ba5 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxe4 20. Bc2 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1
Qe7 22. h4 Qxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Nd5 24. Ra3 Be2 25. hxg5 hxg5
26. Nd3 Kg7 27. Nc1 Bc4 28. Ra4 Rb2 29. Be4 Bb5 30. Ra2 Rxa2
31. Nxa2 Nce7 32. f4 Bc4 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Nb4 Nxc3 35. Kf2
Ne2 36. d5 gxf4 37. Bh4 f6 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ke4 Bb5 40. Bf2 Kg5
41. Kf3 Nc3 42. Bd4 Nxd5 43. Nxd5 Bc6 44. Ba7 Bxd5+ 45. Kf2 c5
46. Bb8 c4 47. Bxd6 c3 48. Bb4 c2 49. Bd2 Kg4 50. Bc1 f5
51. Bd2 f3 52. gxf3+ Bxf3 53. Bc1 f4 54. Bd2 Be4 55. Bc1 Kf5
56. Ke2 Ke5 57. Ke1 f3 58. Be3 Kd5 59. Kd2 Kc4 60. Bf2 Kb3
61. Bd4 Bc6 62. Kc1 Kc4 63. Bb6 Kd3 64. Bc5 Be4 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc4 Nbd7
12. a4 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 Re8 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Rcd1 Ng6
17. Bg3 Bb4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
exd5 22. Rf1 Qd7 23. Qc2 d4 24. Qb3 Bc5 25. Rd3 b5 26. axb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qb3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rac1 Nbd7
12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Qa3 a5 14. Bh3 h6 15. Ne5 Rfe8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7
17. f3 Bb7 18. e4 e5 19. Be3 exd4 20. Bxd4 Nc5 21. Re1 f6
22. Qc3 Qf7 23. b3 Re7 24. Bf5 h5 25. a3 a4 26. b4 Nb3 27. Bf2
Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Bc8 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Qc2 Ra8 31. h3 Qe6 32. g4
hxg4 33. hxg4 Kf7 34. Kg2 Ree8 35. Rd1 Rh8 36. Bg3 Rhe8
37. Rd5 Red8 38. Rd1 Rh8 39. Rd5 Rhd8 40. Rd1 Re8 41. Rd5 Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.13"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 b5 8. O-O-O Nf6 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Nf3 Nfg4 11. Bg3 f6
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. f5 Kf7 16. e5 b4
17. Nb1 exf5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Re8 21. b3
Qb5 22. Rhe1 Bb7 23. a4 Qc6 24. Qxb4 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Rc8 26. Na3
d5 27. Qh4 Kg8 28. Rd3 Qe6 29. Qg3+ Kf7 30. Re3 Qb6 31. Qh3
Qc5 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.14"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Suat Atalik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5
7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. d5 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5 Qb7 15. e4 Be7 16. Bg5 f6
17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Bf4 O-O 19. R5d2 Rfe8 20. e5 Bf8 21. Qd3 Nc4
22. Re2 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 c4 25. Qf5 Qe7 26. Re3
Rad8 27. Rde1 Qe6 28. Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. Nxc4 Rc6 30. Ne5 Rc2
31. Rb3 Rdd2 32. g3 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.15"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 c5
12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Qf3 Ngf6 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qc7
cxd4 17. b3 Qa6 18. Qc6 Rb6 19. Qa8+ Rb8 20. Qc6 Rb6 21. Qa8+
Rb8 22. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bd3
Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Qe1 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bc6 16. Qg3 Nd7 17. f5
Bf6 18. Nde2 Be5 19. Qh3 exf5 20. Qxf5 Bf6 21. d4 Nf8 22. Qf3
Ng6 23. Ng3 Qd7 24. Rad1 Bd8 25. b4 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Nf5
Nh4 28. Nxh4 Bxh4 29. d5 Bb5 30. Nxb5 Rxc1 31. Bxc1 axb5
32. Bb2 Bg5 33. h3 f6 34. Bc1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Emir Dizdarevic"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Ngf3 Nd7 6. h3 e6
7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bf1 h6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qc1 f5
17. Nec5 b6 18. Na6 Bxa6 19. Bxa6 g5 20. Nd4 Qf7 21. f4 gxf4
22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Ng6 24. Qd6 Rad8 25. Qxe6 Bxd4+
26. cxd4 Rxd4 27. Rac1 Kh7 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rc2 h5 30. Bc4
Rf6 31. Bb5 Kh6 32. Re8 Rfd6 33. Rf2 Rd2 34. Rxf5 Rxb2 35. Be2
h4 36. a4 Rb4 37. Rg8 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.19"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Nb3 Bb6
12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Bc3 Rhg8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Ng5 Rgd8 16. Bf3
Be8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rc1 h6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f6 21. g4
h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bd7 24. Kg2 Rh8 25. Kg3 Bc7+ 26. f4
Bb6 27. Bd2 Kd6 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Rc1 Kd6 30. Bg2 Rc8 31. a3 Rd8
32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. exd4 Be8 34. Bc3 Bg6 35. Kf2 Bd3 36. Ke3 Bg6
37. Be1 Bf7 38. Rc5 Kd7 39. b4 Rc8 40. b5 axb5 41. Rxb5 Kc7
42. f5 Ra8 43. Bg3+ e5 44. dxe5 Rxa3+ 45. Kf2 fxe5 46. Bxe5+
Nxe5 47. Rxe5 Kd6 48. Rb5 Rb3 49. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Bojan Kurajica"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4
7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Be7
12. Bf4 Qd7 13. O-O Nd5 14. Be5 O-O 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Rc1 Bd7
17. Be4 Be8 18. Re1 f6 19. Bxd5 fxe5 20. Bxc6 Rd8 21. Bxe8
Rxd4 22. Qb3 Rxe8 23. Rxe5 Kh8 24. Rxe6 Rf8 25. Qe3 Bh4 26. g3
Qd7 27. Nc5 Qd8 28. gxh4 Rg4+ 29. Kf1 Rgf4 30. Ne4 Qxh4 31. h3
h6 32. Rc3 Qh5 33. Rc5 Qf7 34. Rce5 Rf3 35. Qc5 Kh7 36. Kg2
Qb7 37. Rxh6+ Kg8 38. Qc4+ R3f7 39. Rc6 Qxb2 40. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nxf4 11. exf4 b6
12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Na4 Qa7 14. Rc1 Bxd4 15. Bxg6 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2
hxg6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f5 Qb8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qg4 Rxf2
21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Qg5+
Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Kxf2 Qd6 29. Nf5 Qg6
30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. g4 Kf6 32. Kg3 a5 33. h4 e6 34. Nd6 Ba6
35. Rxc6 Ne5 36. Rb6 Nd7 37. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. d5 Rd8
12. Qb2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Qb5+ Qxb5
16. Bxb5+ Kf8 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Rc7 Be5 19. Rxb7 Rb8 20. Rxb8+
Bxb8 21. O-O Bf4 22. Re1 Kg7 23. e5 Rc8 24. Bc6 e6 25. Re4 g5
26. h4 h6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Kg2 exd5 29. Bxd5 Re8 30. e6 fxe6
31. Bxe6 Kf6 32. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. O-O-O
h6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. c3 e5 14. Be3 Qa5 15. g4 e4 16. g5 Be7
17. gxh6 Qxa2 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. hxg7 Re8 20. Bc4 Qa1+ 21. Kc2
Qa4+ 22. Bb3 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Kxg7 24. Rdg1+ Kh7 25. Bxf7 Rf8
26. Bg6+ Kh8 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Nd5 29. Bxe4 Nxe3+ 30. fxe3
Rf2+ 31. Kb1 Bc5 32. Rg5 Bxe3 33. Rh5+ Kg7 34. Re1 Bb6
35. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Ra4 13. b4 Rxb4 14. Nbc7+ Kd7 15. O-O Qxc7 16. c3
Rxe4 17. Qh5 Kd8 18. Nxc7 Kxc7 19. Qxf7+ Be7 20. Rab1 Ba6
21. Rfd1 Rf8 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Qe6 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bd3 25. Rd1 f4
26. Qd5 Bc2 27. Rc1 Re2 28. a4 e4 29. a5 Bd3 30. Ra1 Rb2
31. c4 Rb7 32. a6 Ra7 33. f3 Ne5 34. fxe4 Bxc4 35. Rc1 Rxa6
36. Rxc4+ Nxc4 37. Qxc4+ Rc6 38. Qf7 Kd8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qxh7
Rc5 41. Qf7 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc8 43. Qf5+ Kc7 44. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 a6 11. c3 c5
12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qa4+ Ke7 14. O-O Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1
Qc7 17. Qh4+ g5 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. f4 c4 20. fxg5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1
cxd3 22. Rxf7+ Kd8 23. Qg6 Qd6 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Rxd3 Qe5 26. h3
Be8 27. Qg7 Qxg7 28. Rxg7 hxg5 29. Rd6 Bc6 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Kf2
e5 32. g4 e4 33. Rf6 e3+ 34. Ke2 Bb5+ 35. Ke1 Kb8 36. b3 Ka7
37. Rd6 Rh8 38. c4 Be8 39. Ke2 Rxh3 40. Rxg5 Bc6 41. Re5 Bf3+
42. Kxe3 Bxg4+ 43. Kd4 Rh2 44. Rg6 Bd1 45. Ra5 Rd8+ 46. Kc3
Rdd2 47. Rg1 Bf3 48. a4 Rc2+ 49. Kd4 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Be7 10. g4 Bb7 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O-O
Nc6 13. g5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nd7 15. h4 Rac8 16. h5 e5 17. Qd2 Nb6
18. g6 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxg5
Qe6 23. Rhg1 Rg8 24. Kb1 Rcd8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc8
27. Rgd1 Rc6 28. f4 exf4 29. Qxf4 Rd8 30. Rg5 Rg8 31. Rgd5 Rd8
32. Rg5 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. d3 h6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Na4 b6 12. Ne5
Bd7 13. e3 g5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Be5 Ng4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3
dxc4 18. dxc4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe7 20. Ne4 f5 21. h3 Ne5 22. Qc3
Nd7 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. Nf3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 e5 27. Qc2
e4 28. Ng1 Rd8 29. Ne2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. b3
Ne5 33. Nc3 Kf7 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Nxg4 36. Nxe4 Ke6 37. Nc3
Ne5 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Nc6 40. Nb5 h5 41. Kg3 a5 42. Nc7+
Kf5 43. Nd5 Nd4 44. Kh4 Nxb3 45. Kxh5 Nd2 46. Nxb6 Kxf4
47. Na4 Ne4 0-1

[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 "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 a6 11. c3 c5
12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. O-O Qf4 16. g3 Qxd4
17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Qf3 Ke7 19. Qxb7+ Kf6 20. Rad1 Qa7 21. Qf3+
Ke7 22. Qg4 g5 23. Bc4 Qb6 24. Rd3 Rad8 25. Rf3 Be5 26. Re1 f6
27. Qh5 Qb4 28. Rxe5 Qxc4 29. Re1 Qxa2 30. Qg6 Rhf8 31. Qxh6
Qxb2 32. Qg7+ Rf7 33. Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Re3+ Qe5 35. Rxe5+ fxe5
36. Qxg5 Rdf8 37. Qg4+ Kd5 38. Qd1+ Kc5 39. Qc2+ Kb4 40. Qb2+
Kc5 41. Qxe5+ Kb6 42. h4 a5 43. h5 Rd7 44. Qe6+ Kc7 45. h6 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12. Re1
Bb6 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. d4 c5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. cxd4
Ba5 18. Re2 Bb4 19. a5 Bc6 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 b4 22. Ree1
Qc7 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rac1 Qb7 25. h5 Nf4 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Qe3
Ng4 28. Qc5 Be8 29. Bc4 Rdc8 30. Qd6 Qa7 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Bd5
Nxd5 33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxg3 36. Rc2 Bb5
37. Kg1 h6 38. Rec1 Re8 39. Rc8 Qf2+ 40. Kh1 Qxb2 41. Rxe8+
Bxe8 42. Rc8 Qa1+ 43. Ng1 Nf6 44. Qc6 b3 45. Rxe8+ Nxe8
46. Qxe8+ Kh7 47. Qxf7 Qb1 48. Kh2 b2 49. Ne2 Qd3 50. Nc3 Qxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Qd3 O-O
12. Rfd1 c5 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. cxb5 Nh5 15. Bd2 Nhf6 16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 c4 19. bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rac1 Nc5 21. Qb1
Ra4 22. Be3 a6 23. bxa6 Rxa6 24. Bd4 Qa8 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Bxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4
Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Ra3 Qe7 15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Rd8 17. a5 a6
18. Bc6 Rb8 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. b3 Be5 21. f4 Bg7 22. f5 Nd7
23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. f6 Qf8 26. Nc4 Bb5 27. Be3 Bxe3
28. Qxe3 h5 29. h4 Kh7 30. Rfa1 Bxc4 31. bxc4 Rb4 32. Rc3 Re8
33. Rxa6 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. Rca3 Rxf6 36. e5 Rf5 37. e6 fxe6
38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. Ra8 Rxa8 41. Rxa8+ Kg7 42. Ra7+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3
e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Bd6 Ng4 10. Bg3 Nge5 11. f4 Qe3+
12. Be2 Ng6 13. Qd3 Qxd3 14. Bxd3 a6 15. O-O-O f6 16. Ne2 b5
17. Bf2 Rb8 18. g3 Nh8 19. Rd2 Nf7 20. Rhd1 Re8 21. c3 e5
22. c4 b4 23. a4 Bf8 24. c5 exf4 25. gxf4 d6 26. Kb1 h5
27. Rc1 Bb7 28. Bc4 Rxe4 29. Bd5 Ne7 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. cxd6
Nd5 32. Nc5 Nc3+ 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Rxc3 Rb4+ 35. Ka2 Be4
36. Ka3 a5 37. Nd7 R8b7 38. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "168"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4
cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 Ncb8 15. b4 h5 16. g5 a5 17. bxa5 Be7
18. Nb3 O-O 19. Qd2 Na6 20. Nh4 Nac5 21. Bg2 b6 22. Nf5 f6
23. Nh4 Qe8 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. axb6 fxg5 26. Nxg6 Qxg6 27. Qe2
Rfb8 28. Rb1 Bd8 29. Be3 Bxb6 30. Rec1 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4
32. Rb4 Ba5 33. Rxb8+ Rxb8 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. d6 Qxd6 36. Qc4+
Kh8 37. Qxc5 Qh6 38. Rd1 Bb6 39. Qxe5 Rf8 40. Rf1 Qh4 41. Qh2
Bxf2+ 42. Kh1 Qxh2+ 43. Kxh2 g5 44. Bh1 g3+ 45. Kg2 g4 46. Rd1
Kg7 47. Kf1 Bd4+ 48. Ke2 Be5 49. Rd2 Ra8 50. Bg2 Kf6 51. Kd3
Kg5 52. Ke2 Kf4 53. Rc2 Ra3 54. Rd2 Re3+ 55. Kd1 Ra3 56. Re2
Ra7 57. Rc2 Rb7 58. Re2 Rb1+ 59. Kc2 Rg1 60. Kd3 Rc1 61. Rd2
Rc3+ 62. Ke2 Rf3 63. Kd1 Bc3 64. Re2 Ke5 65. Kc2 Bd4 66. Kd1
Rf8 67. Rd2 Rb8 68. Ke2 Bc3 69. Rd5+ Ke6 70. Kd3 Be5 71. Rc5
Rb1 72. Rc6+ Kd7 73. Rc2 Rg1 74. a4 Ra1 75. Kc4 Ke6 76. Kb3
Bd4 77. Ra2 Rg1 78. a5 Bf2 79. a6 Ke5 80. Ra5+ Kf6 81. e5+ Ke6
82. Bd5+ Kxe5 83. Bb7+ Kf6 84. Ra4 g2 0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 a6
7. Bf1 e6 8. c3 Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 Ne5 11. d3 Nxf3+
12. Qxf3 Ba4 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. g3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. h4 Qb6
17. Bg2 Rae8 18. Rb1 Bd8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Bf4 Be7 21. Ne3 cxb4
22. cxb4 Qb6 23. Ng4 Rc8 24. Be3 d4 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Bg5 Bxg5
27. hxg5 Rfc8 28. Qe4 Rc2 29. a4 a5 30. bxa5 Qxa5 31. Qxd4 Qc7
32. Rb5 Rd8 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. exd6 b6 35. d4 Rc6 36. d5 Rxd6
37. dxe6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Ba3 Bf6
17. Re3 Qc7 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qb5 h6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Qb2 b6
22. Rae1 Qc4 23. R1e2 Qa4 24. Kh2 Rd5 25. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15. Qc2 f6 16. Ng4 Bd6
17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Nf2 b5 21. b3 Rae8
22. Kg2 Be5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bd2 b4 25. a4 Qc8 26. Rbe1 Bf5
27. Be4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bh3+ 29. Kh1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Qg4 31. Nd6
Rd8 32. Qf5 h5 33. Qxg4 hxg4 34. Nb5 Rd7 35. Bf4 Re7 36. Nxd4
cxd4 37. c5 g5 38. Bd6 Re3 39. c6 Kf7 40. Bb8 Nxb8 41. c7 Re8
42. cxb8=Q Rxb8 43. Rd1 f5 44. Rxd4 Kf6 45. Rc4 Ke5 46. Rc7
Kxd5 47. Rxa7 Rc8 48. Rd7+ Ke4 49. Rd1 Rc3 50. a5 Rxb3 51. a6
Ra3 52. Rb1 f4 53. Rxb4+ Ke3 54. Rb1 Rxa6 55. Rb3+ Ke2
56. Rb2+ Kd3 57. gxf4 gxf4 58. Rb4 Ra1+ 59. Kg2 f3+ 60. Kf2
Ra2+ 61. Kg1 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rd2 63. Kg1 Ke3 64. Rb3+ Rd3 65. Rb1
Rd4 66. Rb3+ Kf4 67. Rb8 Rd1+ 68. Kf2 Rd2+ 69. Kg1 Rg2+
70. Kh1 Re2 71. Kg1 Ke3 72. Re8+ Kd2 73. Ra8 Rg2+ 74. Kh1 Ke3
75. Ra3+ Kf4 76. Ra4+ Kg5 77. Ra8 g3 78. hxg3 Kg4 79. Rg8+ Kh3
80. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Giovanni Portilho Vescovi"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5
18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Rg3 Qe7 20. Nhf3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxd5 22. Nxf6+
Qxf6 23. Bd2 Bf7 24. Bc3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qe6 26. Ne5 Nd5
27. Qe4 Nf6 28. Qxa8 dxe5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qb8 Qd6 31. Qxb5
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Giovanni Portilho Vescovi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. h3
Nbd7 7. O-O Nc5 8. Be2 d5 9. d4 Nce4 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. c4 Ne7 16. Bb2 Ng6
17. Rfd1 b6 18. Bf1 Bf5 19. Ne5 Re8 20. a4 Qc8 21. Nc6 Ne7
22. d5 Nxc6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. dxc6 Qe6 25. Qg3+ Bg6 26. Qxc7
Rec8 27. Qf4 Rxc6 28. a5 Qe5 29. Qf3 Rac8 30. axb6 axb6
31. Qa3 Qc5 32. Qg3 Qg5 33. Qb3 Be4 34. Rd4 Qe5 35. Rad1 Kg7
36. Qb4 Re6 37. Qa3 Ra8 38. Qb3 Rae8 39. Qb4 Qc5 40. Qd2 Qg5
41. Qb2 h5 42. Qa3 Qc5 43. Qc3 Qa5 44. Qb2 Qe5 45. Re1 Qc5
46. Re3 Bg6 47. Rd5 Qc7 48. Rxe6 Rxe6 49. Qd2 Re5 50. Rd4 Qc5
51. Rd8 Qe7 52. Rd7 Qc5 53. Rd8 Qe7 54. Rb8 Re1 55. Rxb6 Qe5
56. Ra6 Qe4 57. Qc3 Qe5 58. Qxe5 fxe5 59. Ra3 Rc1 60. f4 exf4
61. Rf3 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhong Zhang"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4
cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 Ncb8 15. b3 h5 16. g5 Be7 17. Ba3 b5
18. Qe2 O-O 19. Qe3 h4 20. Bd3 Bh5 21. Kh1 g6 22. Rg1 Qa5
23. Bb2 Bd8 24. Nxh4 Bb6 25. Qe1 Bc5 26. a4 Qb6 27. Rf1 Bb4
28. axb5 Nc5 29. Bc4 Nbd7 30. bxa6 Nxa6 31. Qc1 Nac5 32. Bc3
Rfc8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Qc2 Qa5 35. Ra1 Qxa1+ 36. Bxa1 Rxa1+
37. Kg2 f6 38. gxf6 Nxf6 39. f3 Kh7 40. Bf1 g5 41. Nf5 Bxd2
42. Qxd2 Bxf3+ 43. Kg1 Ncxe4 44. Qd3 g4 45. hxg4 Ng5 46. Ng3+
Nfe4 47. Qc2 Kg6 48. Kh2 Bd1 49. Qb2 Nf3+ 50. Kg2 Ne1+ 51. Kh2
Nf3+ 52. Kh3 Nfg5+ 53. Kg2 Bf3+ 54. Kg1 Rd1 55. Nxe4 Nxe4
56. Qh2 Kg5 57. Qh5+ Kf4 58. Qh6+ Kxg4 59. Qh3+ Kf4 60. Qh6+
Kf5 61. Qh7+ Kg5 62. Qg7+ Kf4 63. Qh6+ Ng5 64. Kf2 Rd2+
65. Ke1 Rd1+ 66. Kf2 Rd2+ 67. Ke1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[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 "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5
12. Qb3 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rac1 a5 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Nc5 Bd6
17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Na3 Rb7
22. Nb5 Bb8 23. d5 Bd7 24. a4 Be5 25. d6 Qb8 26. Rc7 Rd8
27. Qc4 Na6 28. Rc1 Nxc7 29. dxc7 Rxc7 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Qd5
Rxc7 32. Rd1 Qe8 33. Bxb6 Bxa4 34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35. Rd8+ Be8
36. Bxc7 Qe7 37. Bxa5 h6 38. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5
12. Qb3 c6 13. Ne5 a5 14. g4 Be6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. a3 f6
17. axb4 fxe5 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4+
Kh8 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Qxe4 Rb5 24. Rfd1 Qe8 25. h3 Rxb2
26. Qxe5 Rb5 27. Qe6 Bg5 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxg5 Rxg5 30. Ra7
h5 31. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6 15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. exd5 Qc7 18. Ra4 Rb8 19. Kf2 h5 20. Re1 Ne8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7
22. g4 Qd8 23. Kg2 Ra7 24. Qe3 Rab7 25. Re4 Rb4 26. Qg5 Rxe4
27. Rxe4 Rb4 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. Qd4 Qa5 31. Qe3 Qc7
32. Qd4 Qa5 33. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. O-O-O Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. a3 b4
17. a4 Qe8 18. h4 Bxa4 19. Kb1 Bxb3 20. cxb3 a4 21. h5 f6
22. hxg6 Qxg6+ 23. Qd3 axb3 24. Rh4 Qxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rb8
26. Rxb3 Rb5 27. Rd4 Rfb8 28. Kc2 Kf7 29. g4 f5 30. gxf5 Kf6
31. Re3 b3+ 32. Kd3 R8b7 33. Re6+ Kxf5 34. Rh6 Rb4 35. Re4
R4b5 36. Ke3 Kg5 37. Reh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5
12. Qb3 c6 13. g4 Bxg4 14. c5 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nc7
17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Nxc6 Qd7 19. Nxe2 Ra6 20. Ne5 Qd8 21. Ng3 Bf6
22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Re6 24. c6 Bxe5 25. dxe5 f5 26. Qc4 f4
27. Bb6 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxa5 f3 30. c7 Nf4 31. Rac1 Ne2+
32. Kh1 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 Rc8 34. Rd1 Kf7 35. Rd8 Rc6 36. h3 R8xc7
37. Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Rd3 Rc2 39. Rxf3+ Ke6 40. b4 Kxe5 41. Kg2
Rb2 42. Rf7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5
12. Qb3 c6 13. g4 Bxg4 14. c5 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Qxb7 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Nc7 18. Rab1 Nb5 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nxe7+
Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. Qxd5 Qxe7 24. Bd2 Nc7 25. Qd6 Qxd6
26. cxd6 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Nb5 28. d7 Nxa3 29. Rb7 h6 30. Bf4 Bg4
31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Bxa3 Rxd7 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Ra8 Rd5 35. Kg2 Be2
36. f3 Rf5 37. f4 Bc4 38. Kg3 Rb5 39. Bc5 Rb3 40. Rxa5 Rxc3+
41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Ke3 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Bd6 Rd2 45. Ke3
Rd3+ 46. Ke4 Rd1 47. Rc5 Re1+ 48. Kf3 Bd3 49. d5 Be4+ 50. Kf2
Rd1 51. Ke3 Bxd5 52. Ke2 Bf3+ 53. Kxf3 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 h6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nbd4 d5 16. exd5
Qxd5 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Nfxg4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxh5 Bxd4
21. Qf5 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Qxf5 23. Bxf5 Bf6 24. Ra7 c5 25. Be4 Ne5
26. Rd1 Nc4 27. Bb7 Bg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. b3 Ne5 30. Rd5 Rfe8
31. Rxc5 Re7 32. Rb5 Nd3 33. Be4 1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7
7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Qa4+ Nbd7
12. Qb4 Qc7 13. Bg3 e5 14. Nh4 Be4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nf5 g6
17. Ne3 O-O 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. O-O Re8 20. Rad1 exd4 21. Bxd6
Nxc3 22. Nxc3 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf6 24. Qh3 Ne5 25. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1
Re8 13. N1h2 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. Ng4 Bxg4
17. hxg4 cxd4 18. g5 Be5 19. Nxd4 g6 20. Nf3 Bg7 21. Rb1 Rc8
22. b3 d5 23. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Igor Alexandre Nataf"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. c5 a5 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nd3
O-O 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. Bg4 g6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kg7 17. a3
Nc6 18. Nc3 Re8 19. Nxd5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxe6 21. Bf4 Ne5
22. Rc1 c6 23. Nb6 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 Rae8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nc4
Rxc5 27. f3 Ng5 28. h4 Ne6 29. Rd7+ Kf8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4
Rd5 32. Rxb7 Nf4 33. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qe2
c5 12. Qe4 Rb8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 cxd4 15. O-O Bxe5 16. fxe5
Qg5 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Be4 O-O 19. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.27"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. e4 e6 6. h3 exd5
7. exd5 Nh6 8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 Nf7 11. Nc3 g5
12. Bd2 h6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bf5 15. O-O Qd7 16. Kh2 Re8
17. Qd1 Bd3 18. Re1 Bxc4 19. b3 Bd3 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bxg5
Be2 22. Nxe2 hxg5 23. Qd2 f5 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Kg1 Nc7 26. h4
Bh6 27. hxg5 Nxg5 28. Qd3 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qf6 30. g4 Bd2
31. Rd1 Bg5 32. Ng3 fxg4 33. Qxg4 Bf4 34. Re1 Be5 35. Re3 Rh4
36. Qc8+ Ne8 37. Ne4 Qg6 38. Kf1 Bf4 39. Rh3 Rxh3 40. Qxh3 Be5
41. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8
12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 h5 16. Qh3 Ne6
17. Rd1 Be7 18. Qg3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qh3 Bf6 21. Rac1 g6
22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rd7 Rb8 25. c4 Kg7 26. Kf1 g5
27. Rcd1 Rhe8 28. R1d5 Kg6 29. h3 a6 30. R5d6 Re6 31. Rxe6
fxe6 32. Nd2 g4 33. Ne4 b6 34. f3 gxf3 35. gxf3 Bb2 36. Re7
Kf5 37. Ra7 a5 38. c5 bxc5 39. Rxa5 Bd4 40. Nxc5 Rc8 41. b4 e5
42. Ne4 Ke6 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Rh2 45. Ra6+ Kd7 46. Ng5 Rg2
47. h4 Rh2 48. Ne6 Bf2 49. Nf8+ Kc7 50. Ng6 Be1 51. b5 Rb2
52. a4 Rb3+ 53. Ke4 Re3+ 54. Kf5 Rxf3 55. Nxe5 Rb3 56. Kxf4
Bxh4 57. Ke4 Bg3 58. Rc6+ Kd8 59. Nd3 h4 60. Rh6 Ra3 61. Nc5
Bf2 62. Kd5 Bxc5 63. Kxc5 Rxa4 64. Kc6 Rc4+ 65. Kb7 Kd7 66. b6
Rb4 67. Ka7 Ra4+ 68. Kb8 Rb4 69. b7 Ra4 70. Rh7+ Kd8 71. Rh8+
Kd7 72. Rh6 Kd8 73. Rh7 Rb4 74. Ka7 Ra4+ 75. Kb6 1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qg3 a6
12. O-O g6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Bc2 h5 15. Ba4 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6
17. h4 Be7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O 21. Qf4
Qxc4 22. Rd7 Bxa3 23. bxa3 Qxc3 24. Qd6 b5 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. g3
Rfc8 27. Kg2 Rc2 28. Qb6 Rac8 29. R1d3 R8c3 30. Qe3 Rxd3
31. Rxd3 Qe5 32. Qf3 Rc4 33. Re3 Kg7 34. Qe2 Qd4 35. e5 Rc3
36. Qb2 Qd5+ 37. Kh2 Rxe3 38. fxe3 Qc5 39. e4 Qe3 40. Qb4 Qf2+
41. Kh3 Qg1 0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Bb5 Bc6
17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Ne2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rac8 21. Kd2
Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Rac1 Rd8+ 24. Ke3 Rdc8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5
26. Rd1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 Qa5
7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7
12. Qe3 Nb4 13. O-O Nc2 14. Qg5 Bxg2 15. Nb3 Qa4 16. Qxg7 Rf8
17. Kxg2 Nxa1 18. Rxa1 bxc5 19. Rc1 d6 20. Nd2 O-O-O 21. Ne4
Qc6 22. f3 f5 23. Nf6 Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. Nxh7 Rg8 26. h4
Rb8 27. b3 a5 28. Ng5 Kd7 29. Rc3 a4 30. f4 axb3 31. axb3 Rb6
32. Re3 Re8 33. Kf2 e5 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Ne4 Rc6
37. g4 f4 38. h5 Ke6 39. Rd3 Rg8 40. Kf3 Rb8 41. e3 Rf8
42. Rd5 Rb8 43. Rxc5 Rcb6 44. Ng5+ Kf6 45. exf4 Rxb3+ 46. Ke4
exf4 47. Kxf4 R3b6 48. Rc7 R8b7 49. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. h3 exd5
7. exd5 Nh6 8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. Bf4 f5 10. Ng5 Nf7 11. Qd2 Qe7+
12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O h6 14. Ne6+ Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nbc6 16. Nc3
Qxe6 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Be3 Kg8 19. Rae1 Kh7 20. b4 cxb4 21. f4
Nd7 22. Bf3 Qf7 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5 25. Bd5 Qc7
26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Rhe8 29. Bd5 Bc3 30. Rxe8
Rxe8 31. Rb1 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Rxe4 f5
12. Re1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qh4 14. g3 Qxd4 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qxb3
17. axb3 Na6 18. Nc3 Bc5 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Nxc5 22. b4 Nd3 23. Re7 Rb8 24. b3 Nxb4 25. Ne2 Na6 26. Nd4
Kf8 27. Rd7 Nc5 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Nxf5 g6 30. Ne3 a5 31. Rxh7
Rd3 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. Ra8 Nxb3 34. h4 b5 35. g4 Rxe3 36. fxe3
bxc4 37. Rc8 c5 38. Kf2 c3 39. Ke2 c2 40. Rxc5 Nxc5 41. Kd2
Nd3 42. Kxc2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Nb5 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Rc8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. bxc3 Nc4 15. Rb1 e5 16. Re1 b6
17. Re4 Nd6 18. Ra4 Nxb5 19. Rxb5 Rd8 20. Bd2 e6 21. Kf1 Bc5
22. Ke2 Rf8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Ke7 25. Rg4 g6 26. Rh4 h5
27. Re4 Rc8 28. c4 Kd6 29. h3 Rf6 30. c5+ bxc5 31. Rc4 Rb8
32. Rbxc5 Rb2+ 33. Nd2 Nb4 34. a3 Rf2+ 35. Kxf2 Nd3+ 36. Kf3
Nxc5 37. Ne4+ Nxe4 38. Rxe4 Kd5 39. Ra4 e4+ 40. Kg3 e5
41. Rxa7 Re2 42. a4 Rxe3+ 43. Kf2 Ra3 44. a5 e3+ 45. Kf3 e4+
46. Ke2 Kd4 47. Rd7+ Ke5 48. Re7+ Kf4 49. Rf7+ Kg5 50. Ra7 Kh4
51. Rg7 g5 52. g3+ Kxg3 53. Rxg5+ Kf4 54. Rxh5 Ra2+ 55. Ke1
Ra1+ 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qb6
12. b3 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Kf8 15. f4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Bc6
17. e5 Ne8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Rfd1 a6 21. Nd5 Rd8
22. Nb4 Rcc8 23. Bb6 Re8 24. Nd5 Rc6 25. Be3 h5 26. c5 Nf5
27. Bf2 Bh6 28. g3 e5 29. b4 exf4 30. gxf4 g5 31. fxg5 Bxg5
32. Rc3 Re2 33. a4 Rb2 34. Rf3 Nh4 35. Rh3 Nf5 36. Rxh5 Rg6
37. Kf1 Ne7 38. Rh8+ Ng8 39. c6 Rxc6 40. Bc5+ Rxc5 41. bxc5
Rb3 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kh1 Kg7 44. Rxg8+ Kxg8 45. Rg1 f6 46. h4
Kf7 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Rxg5 Rc2 49. Nb6 Ke6 50. Kg1 Re2 51. Rg7
Rc2 52. Rc7 Kf5 53. Nc8 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Re1 Nxc3
12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rb5 Qd7
17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg6 20. Qc2+ f5 21. Qxc4
Nc6 22. g4 Nxd4 23. gxh5+ Kxh5 24. Rd5 Rc8 25. Qxd4 Rxc1+
26. Kg2 Kxg5 27. Rxd6 Qe7 28. Rd7 Qe4+ 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. Rxg7+
Kf6 31. Rxb7 Rc2 32. Rxa7 e3 33. Ra3 Rxf2+ 34. Kg3 Kf5
35. Rxe3 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6
7. Bh4 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Qa4 O-O
12. Be2 Qe8 13. g4 Nh7 14. O-O-O a6 15. Nf1 b5 16. Qc2 Nb6
17. Ne3 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Bc6 19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. Qb2 d5 21. dxe5
Qxe5 22. Bg3 Qe6 23. e5 Bb5 24. f4 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Rfc8 26. Kb2
Rc4 27. Qf3 Rac8 28. f5 Qe8 29. Qxd5 Ng5 30. Qd7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7
Rxg4 32. Rd4 Re4 33. Rhd1 Re2+ 34. R1d2 Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Ne4
36. Rd4 Nxc3 37. Be1 Nb5 38. Re4 Re8 39. Bf2 g6 40. fxg6 fxg6
41. Kc2 Re6 42. a4 Nc7 43. Kd3 Rc6 44. Rd4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. Qe1 Ra7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1 h5 15. Qh4 Rh6 16. f5 Qc5
17. Rhe1 e5 18. Be2 Rc7 19. Rd2 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 a5
22. Bf1 Rh7 23. Qe4 Bh6 24. Rd4 Rg7 25. Rc4 Qb6 26. Rxc7 Qxc7
27. Be2 Qc5 28. Bxh5 a4 29. Bf3 Ke7 30. Qd3 Rg8 31. Qa6 a3
32. Qb7+ Kf8 33. Bh5 Rg7 34. Rd1 axb2 35. g3 Be3 36. Rd3 Rh7
37. g4 Bf4 38. Rd1 Qe3 39. Kxb2 e4 40. Qxb4 Be5+ 41. Kb1 Kg7
42. Re1 Qa7 43. Rxe4 Rh8 44. Kc1 Rb8 45. Qc4 Rb1+ 46. Kd2 Qg1
47. Qe2 Qc1+ 48. Kd3 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce3 Bg6 20. Bd3 Bf7 21. Be4 Bg8
22. Ra3 Na7 23. Qd3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nb5 25. Ra4 Nc7 26. Nxc7
Qxc7 27. c4 Rb6 28. Bc2 d5 29. Rxa5 dxc4 30. bxc4 Rc6 31. Qxe5
Rxc4 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. Be4 h6 34. f3 Bh7 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8
Rc8 37. Ra1 Rd8 38. Kf2 Bg6 39. Be4 Bxe4 40. fxe4 Rd2+ 41. Kf3
Kg8 42. h4 Kf7 43. h5 Rb2 44. Ra6 Rb1 45. g4 Rf1+ 46. Ke3 Rg1
47. Kf4 Rb1 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. e5 Rb6 50. Kf5 Rc6 51. Rd7 Ra6
52. g5 hxg5 53. e6 g4 54. h6 gxh6 55. Kf6 Kg8 56. Rg7+ Kh8
57. Rxg4 Kh7 58. Rg7+ Kh8 59. Rd7 Kg8 60. Rd8+ Kh7 61. Kf7
Ra7+ 62. e7 h5 63. Kf6 Rxe7 64. Kxe7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5
7. d4 Be6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7
12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bd4 O-O-O
16. Rac1 Bh3 17. Bf3 Rxg2+ 18. Kh1 Rg5 19. Rfe1 Bc5 20. Ne4
Rf5 21. Rxc4 Rxf3 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Nxh3 Kb8
25. Rh4 Nd3 26. Re2 h5 27. b3 Rg8 28. Rd4 Rf3 29. Rh4 Rf5
30. Rhe4 a5 31. R4e3 Rd5 32. Rg3 Rc8 33. Kg2 f6 34. Ree3 Nb4
35. a4 Rd4 36. Ref3 h4 37. Rg7 Nd5 38. Rh7 Rc1 39. Rg7 Rb1
40. Rg8+ Ka7 41. Rg7 Ka6 42. Rg8 Kb6 43. Rg7 Kc6 44. Rg8 Kc5
45. Rf5 Kb4 46. Rb8 b6 47. Rxd5 Rxd5 48. Rxb6+ Ka3 49. Rxf6
Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2
Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. e5 f6 9. Qe4 Kf7 10. Na3 d5 11. exd6 Qxd6
12. Nc4 Qd5 13. Ne3 Qxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15. g3 Be6 16. Nd2 Ne7
17. b3 Nc8 18. Bb2 Nd6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 g6 21. O-O-O Bh6
22. Rhf1 Rhe8 23. e5 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Rad8 25. Nf3 Nf5 26. Nxf5
Bxf5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Re1 Bg4 29. Ng5+ Bxg5 30. fxg5 Bf5
31. Bf6 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. c4 Kd7 34. Kb2 a6 35. Bg7 Kc7
36. Bf8 Kb6 37. Be7 Be4 38. Bd8+ Kb7 39. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Bg5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4
Bxd4 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxd4 Qd7 19. Ra3 Nh5 20. Rfa1 h6
21. Bd2 Kh7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Bc3 Rb5 25. h4 Nf4
26. Ra5 Ne2+ 27. Kg2 Rdd5 28. Rxb5 Rxb5 29. Re1 Nxc3 30. bxc3
Rc5 31. h5 Kg8 32. Re4 Kf7 33. c4 g6 34. f4 exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 Bf6 5. Nc3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd4 11. exd4 Bf5
12. Be2 Nbc6 13. O-O Re8 14. Qd2 Qd6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Ba3 Be6
17. Qf4 Ng6 18. Qg3 Red8 19. Rfd1 Nce7 20. Rac1 Nf5 21. Qc7 a6
22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Nc3 Nf4 24. Bf1 Bc6 25. Bc5 Ne6 26. Bb6 Rd7
27. g3 Nd6 28. Bg2 Nb5 29. Na4 Nbc7 30. Nb2 a5 31. Nd3 f6
32. Re1 Kf7 33. Bh3 Re7 34. Nc5 Nxc5 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Bxc5+
Kf7 37. Re1 Na6 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Bf1 Nxc5 40. dxc5 f5 41. f4
Kf6 42. Re5 b6 43. cxb6 Rb8 44. Bg2 Rxb6 45. Bxd5 Bxd5
46. Rxd5 a4 47. Rd3 axb3 48. axb3 h6 49. Kf2 g5 50. Ke3 Rb4
51. fxg5+ hxg5 52. Kd2 f4 53. Kc3 Rb8 54. b4 Kf5 55. gxf4 gxf4
56. Kc4 Rc8+ 57. Kd4 Rd8+ 58. Kc3 Rh8 59. Kd2 Rxh2+ 60. Ke1
Rb2 61. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Bg4
12. Nbd2 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 a5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. a4 Rfe8
17. Bh4 N7f6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Ne5 Nh5 20. Bh2 Bh6 21. Qf3 Qf6
22. Qxf6 Nhxf6 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. g4 Red8 25. Kg2 Bd6 26. Bxd6
Rxd6 27. f3 Rdd8 28. Kg3 Kg7 29. h4 Rac8 30. Rad1 Rc7 31. Nc5
b6 32. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7
7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nxf4 10. gxf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Bb7
12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qb8 14. e3 c5 15. d5 e5 16. d6 Bxd6
17. Nb5 c4 18. Qc2 e4 19. Ng5 Be7 20. Rxd7 Bxg5 21. fxg5 Bc6
22. Rd4 Bxb5 23. Bxe4 g6 24. a4 Ba6 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. Qe4 Bb7
27. Qf4 Bd5 28. Rcd1 Be6 29. e4 Qc8 30. Qf6 Bh3 31. f3 Qc5
32. Kh1 c3 33. bxc3 Qxc3 34. Rd8 Qxf3+ 35. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxc3 Bc5 11. h4
Ke7 12. Rh3 Nb4 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. Bc4 a6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bg5+ f6
17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 b5 19. Bd5 Bb7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rd1 a5
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nb1 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nd2 Bb5 26. Rb3 Rd4
27. Re3 e5 28. h5 Be8 29. g4 Ba4 30. Rg3 Bc2 31. Re3 Kd6
32. Ke2 Ba4 33. Rg3 h6 34. Re3 Kc5 35. Ke1 Rd8 36. Rg3 Bc2
37. Ke2 Ra8 38. Nb3+ Bxb3 39. Rxb3 Ra2 40. Kd2 Kc4 41. Kc2 Ra1
42. Re3 Rg1 43. f3 b3+ 44. Kd2 Rb1 45. Rc3+ Kb4 46. Rc7 Rxb2+
47. Kc1 Rf2 48. Rb7+ Kc3 49. Rc7+ Kd3 50. Rxg7 Rxf3 51. Kb2
Kxe4 52. Rg6 f5 53. gxf5 Rxf5 54. Rxh6 Kf3 55. Kxb3 e4 56. Kc4
e3 57. Re6 Rxh5 58. Kd4 e2 59. Rf6+ Kg2 60. Rg6+ Kf2 61. Rf6+
Ke1 62. Kc3 Rc5+ 63. Kd4 Rc8 64. Ra6 Kd2 65. Ra2+ Rc2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Qb7
13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 h6 15. Nd2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Bd8 17. Rab1
axb4 18. axb4 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Qc2 bxc5 21. bxc5 e5
22. Rb4 exd4 23. exd4 Nf8 24. Rcb1 Ne6 25. Nf3 Qf4 26. Ne2 Qe4
27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. Ng3 Nc3 29. R1b3 Nb5 30. Nf5 Rc7 31. Nd6
Nxd6 32. cxd6 Rd7 33. Rb8+ Rxb8 34. Rxb8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Nxd8
36. Ne5 f6 37. Nd3 Kf7 38. Nc5 Ke8 39. f4 g6 40. Kf2 Nf7
41. d7+ Ke7 42. g4 g5 43. Ke3 Nd6 44. f5 Nc4+ 45. Kd3 Nb6
46. Kc3 Nxd7 47. Ne6 Nf8 48. Nc5 Nd7 49. Ne6 Kd6 50. Kb4 Nb6
51. Nd8 Nc4 52. Nf7+ Ke7 53. Nxh6 Kf8 54. Kc5 Kg7 55. Kxc6 Ne3
56. Kd6 Kxh6 57. Ke7 Kg7 58. Ke6 Nc2 59. Kxd5 Kf7 60. Kc5 Ke7
61. Kd5 Kd7 62. Ke4 Kd6 63. Kd3 Ne1+ 64. Ke2 Ng2 65. Kf3 Nh4+
66. Ke4 Kc6 67. Kd3 Kd5 68. Ke3 Ng2+ 69. Kf3 Ne1+ 70. Kg3 Kxd4
71. h4 gxh4+ 72. Kxh4 Nf3+ 73. Kh5 Ke5 74. Kg6 Ng5 75. Kg7 Ne4
76. Kg6 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O e6
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rfd8 14. f4 a6 15. a4 Qc7 16. Kh1 Qa5
17. b3 Rac8 18. Qe1 Re8 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Qg3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4
22. Ne2 Bg7 23. Qf3 b5 24. Be1 Qc7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nc3 bxc4
27. Nb5 Qb6 28. bxc4 Qa6 29. Bb4 Bf8 30. Rfc1 Rc6 31. h3 Rec8
32. Rd1 Rxc4 33. Bxd6 Nf6 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Nd6 Rc2 36. Qd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d5 a5
7. Be2 Na6 8. O-O Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Kf8 10. a3 h5 11. Rb1 Bh6
12. b4 Nf6 13. Bxh6+ Rxh6 14. Na4 axb4 15. axb4 Kg7 16. c5 Rh8
17. c6 bxc6 18. dxc6 Qe7 19. b5 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qc2 Rhd8
22. Rfc1 Rd6 23. h4 Ra3 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Rd4 26. b6 Rb4
27. bxc7 Qxc7 28. Qc3 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxc5 Rxh4 31. Rd1
Ra4 32. g3 Ra5 33. Qc4 Ra7 34. Rd7 Qxd7 35. cxd7 Rxd7 36. Qc5
f6 37. Qc6 Ra7 38. Qe6 Rf7 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 Ra7 41. f5
gxf5 42. Qxf5 Re7 43. Qxh5 Re5 44. Qh4 Rg5+ 45. Kf2 Re5
46. Kf3 Rf5+ 47. Ke4 Re5+ 48. Kf4 Rg5 49. Qh3 Re5 50. Qc8 Rg5
51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Qf8 Rf5+ 55. Ke4
Re5+ 56. Kd4 Rg5 57. Qg8+ Kh6 58. Qf7 Rf5 59. Ke4 Re5+ 60. Kd4
Rf5 61. Qf8+ Kg6 62. Qg8+ Kh6 63. Qf7 Rf4+ 64. Kd5 Rf5+
65. Kd6 Rg5 66. Qg7+ Rxg7 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jeroen Piket"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. a3 Ba7
12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Bc6 14. Rfc1 Nbd7 15. a4 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bxf3
17. Nxf3 Bc5 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Nd4 Bd6 20. Bf3 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1
Rb8 22. Kf1 g6 23. Be2 Ne4 24. Bd1 Nec5 25. Ke2 e5 26. Nf3 e4
27. Ne1 b5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Bd4 f5 30. Ra1 a5 31. f4 Nf6
32. h3 Nd5 33. g4 Ne6 34. Bb2 Bb4 35. Ng2 Nc3+ 36. Bxc3 Bxc3
37. Rc1 Rc5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Kf1 Bf6 40. Rb1 Rb5 41. Be2 Rb4
42. Ne1 a4 43. Bc4 a3 44. Nc2 a2 45. Ra1 Rxc4 46. bxc4 Bxa1
47. Nxa1 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Rc1 Qd7 11. d3 Rad8
12. Ne4 f6 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. a3 a5 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. Re1 Qf7
17. Nfd2 Nd7 18. Qc4 Be6 19. Qb5 f5 20. Qxb7 fxe4 21. Qxc6 Bd5
22. Qxc7 Bg5 23. Nxe4 Bxc1 24. Qxc1 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxf2+
26. Kh1 Nc5 27. Bxe5 Nxe4 28. dxe4 Rfe8 29. Rf1 Qxe2 30. Bxg7+
Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qe2
c5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Be4 Kb8 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. Bxb7 Qf4+
16. Kb1 Kxb7 17. g3 Qf5 18. Rxd4 Bc5 19. Rf4 Qg5 20. h4 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+
Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 g6
12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 O-O 15. a5 Nd7 16. Qd3 b5
17. axb6 Nxb6 18. g4 a5 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. c4 a4 21. b3 axb3
22. Rxa8 Nxa8 23. Ra1 Bb7 24. Qxb3 Rb8 25. Nc3 Nc7 26. Qb6 Ra8
27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28. Qd8+ Qxd8 29. Bxd8 Bf8 30. h4 Kg7 31. Nb5
Bc8 32. f3 f6 33. h5 g5 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke2 Be7 36. Ba5 Ke8
37. Na7 Bd7 38. Nc6 Bc8 39. Kd3 Bf8 40. Kc3 Kd7 41. Nb8+ Ke8
42. Kb3 Be7 43. Nc6 Bf8 44. Ka4 Ba6 45. Nb8 Bb7 46. Kb5 Ke7
47. Nc6+ Ke8 48. Nd8 Bc8 49. Nf5 Be7 50. Ne6 Bd7+ 51. Ka6 Bxe6
52. Ng7+ Kd7 53. Nxe6 Kc8 54. Ka7 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 h6
12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Kb1 b5 15. Qe2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5
17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Rc1 Bf5 20. Ka1 Qa5 21. f4 Qxd5
22. Nf1 Be6 23. Qa6 exf4 24. Bxf4 Bf6 25. Red1 Qe4 26. Bxd6
Rxc2 27. Rb1 Qxg2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Qxd2 30. Bxf8 Kxf8
31. Qxa7 g5 32. a3 Kg7 33. Qa5 Ba2 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 d4
7. Nb5 e5 8. Nxe5 a6 9. Na3 O-O 10. g3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5
12. Nd3 Qc6 13. Rg1 Bf5 14. Bg2 Qc8 15. c5 Nbd7 16. c6 Bxa3
17. bxa3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxc2 19. cxb7 Qe6 20. bxa8=Q Rxa8
21. Bxa8 Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qa5+ 23. Kf1 g5 24. Bc1 Qc3 25. Kg2 Qc8
26. Bxg5 Qxa8+ 27. f3 Qe8 28. Rge1 Nd5 29. Rac1 Qa4 30. Kg1 f6
31. Bd2 Kf7 32. Kg2 Nb6 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 c6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O a6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Rac1 Nf8
12. h3 Ng6 13. a3 Nh5 14. Be3 Nhf4 15. Bf1 h6 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Na4 Be6 18. Kh2 Rac8 19. g3 Nh5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rcd8
22. Qb3 b5 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Qe3 bxc4 26. Nd2 Rd8
27. Rc1 Qb8 28. Nxc4 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qxb2 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3
Nf6 32. Bd3 Rb8 33. Bb4 Rd8 34. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6
12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Qxd6 16. Rf2 Qb6
17. Qh4 Rac8 18. b3 Ne3 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. Qf4 Qd4 21. Qxd4 Nxd4
22. Be3 Nc6 23. Bc5 Rfe8 24. Bd6 Ne7 25. Rd2 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5
27. c4 a6 28. Kf2 g5 29. h4 f6 30. Bb4 Bc6 31. Rd6 Re6
32. Rxe6 dxe6 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. Be7 h6 35. Rd1 Kf7 36. Bd8 Ke8
37. Ba5 Ke7 38. Rh1 Rh8 39. Bb4+ Kf6 40. Rd1 Rc8 41. Ba5 f4
42. Bc3+ Kf7 43. Rh1 Kg6 44. Re1 Bd7 45. Re5 h5 46. Ra5 Rc6
47. Bb4 Kf6 48. Bc3+ Kg6 49. Be5 Bc8 50. c5 Kf5 51. Bd6 Bb7
52. b4 e5 53. a4 Rc8 54. Bxe5 Bd5 55. Bd6 g4 56. c6 Ke6
57. Bxf4 gxf3 58. c7 fxg2 59. Rxa6+ Kf5 60. Bh2 Kg4 61. Rf6
Kh3 62. Bd6 Rg8 63. Rg6 Re8 64. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne5 c5
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bc8 14. a3 Na6 15. f3 Bd6 16. f4 f6
17. Ng4 f5 18. Ne5 Nb8 19. b4 Nd7 20. bxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 Bd6
22. Bb2 Re8 23. Rb1 Qe7 24. Qb3 b6 25. Bh5 Rf8 26. Qg3 Bb7
27. a4 Rac8 28. a5 Nf6 29. Be2 Bc5 30. Qg5 Rce8 31. Bd1 e3
32. Bf3 Ne4 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. g3 b5 36. cxb5
Bxd5 37. Rfc1 Bd6 38. Rd1 Bxe5 39. Rxd5 Bxb2 40. Rxb2 Rc8
41. Kg2 Rec7 42. Kf1 Rc2 43. Rxc2 Rxc2 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Rd7+
Ke6 46. Rxa7 Kf5 47. h3 e2+ 48. Ke1 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. h4
d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rg1 g6 16. Kb1 Bg7 17. h5
g5 18. Nf5 Be5 19. Be2 Qc7 20. Nd4 O-O 21. Rgf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+
12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Ne5 Qa5 16. Nxd7
Nxd7 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. g4 Qh7 20. Rhg1 f5 21. gxf5
Rxf5 22. Rg6 Ne5 23. Qg3 Rxh5 24. Rxe6 Qxe4+ 25. Ka1 Qh4
26. Qe3 Qg4 27. f3 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5
12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rab8
17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc3 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5
21. Nd4 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Ne6 24. Nf5 Rc2 25. a3 Ra2
26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Nxd5 Rxa3 28. h4 Ra5 29. e4 f5 30. exf5 Nd4
31. Ne3 Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e4 Nf6
12. Rc1 Rc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nd7 16. Nd6 Rc7
17. Kg2 c5 18. Qa4 a6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qd4 Nb7 21. Nf5 exf5
22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qb3 b5 24. Rhd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 g6 26. Qd5 Kg7
27. h4 Nc5 28. Rc1 Ne6 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. b3 e6 6. dxe6 fxe6
7. cxb5 Be7 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 a6
12. a4 axb5 13. Bxb5 Na6 14. Nxe4 Bxb2 15. Neg5 Rxf3 16. Qxh7+
Kf8 17. h4 Rf5 18. Rd1 Bd5 19. e4 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Nc7 21. exf5
Nxb5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. axb5 Ra2+ 24. Kf3 Qf6 25. Rd1 Bd4
26. Re1 Be5 27. b6 Rb2 28. b7 Rxb3+ 29. Kg4 Rxb7 30. f4 Rb4
31. g3 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8
12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 h5 16. Qh3 e4
17. Nd4 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Be5 19. Ba3 g6 20. Ne3 Kg7 21. Rae1 Ne6
22. Nc4 Ng5 23. Qe3 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bf4 25. Qc3+ f6 26. Bb2 Qc6
27. Rd1 Rhd8 28. Qa5 b6 29. Rxd8 bxa5 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 f6 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5
Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nb5 a4 16. Rc1 Ra5 17. Nc3
Rf7 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 f5 20. Kh1 Bg5 21. Rf1 Bxd2 22. Qxd2
Nc4 23. Qc2 Ne3 24. Qd2 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 h6 26. Rf4 Bb3 27. Qe1
Ne7 28. Qf2 Nd5 29. Qd4 Qd7 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. e4 Bc6 32. Qc3
Rb5 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. Rc1 Ne4 8. e3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 e6
12. Qb3 f6 13. Bg3 b5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4+ Qd7 16. Ra1 Qxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vadim Milov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3
O-O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qf3 Bd6 14. g3 Kb8 15. Rfd1 Nd5 16. dxc5
Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bf1 Qc7 19. c4 Nf6 20. Bg2 h5 21. c5
Nd5 22. Rac1 h4 23. a3 hxg3 24. hxg3 g5 25. Qb3 Ne7 26. Qc3
Nf5 27. c6 bxc6 28. Qf6 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rc8 30. Qxg5 Ne7 31. b4
Nd5 32. Rc1 Qe7 33. Qe5+ Qc7 34. Qh5 Qd7 35. Qe5+ Qc7 36. Qd4
Qd7 37. Bf3 Rc7 38. Qh8+ Rc8 39. Qe5+ Qc7 40. Qd4 Qd7 41. Kg2
Rc7 42. Rh1 Rc8 43. Rh7 Re8 44. Bxd5 cxd5 45. Qf4+ Qc7
46. Qxf7 Qxf7 47. Rxf7 e5 48. Rd7 d4 49. Kf3 e4+ 50. Ke2 d3+
51. Ke3 a6 52. f3 Kc8 53. Rd4 exf3+ 54. Kxf3 Rf8+ 55. Kg2 Kc7
56. Rxd3 Rg8 57. Rd5 Kc6 58. Ra5 Kb6 59. Rf5 Rd8 60. g4 Rd3
61. Rf3 Kb5 62. g5 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vadim Milov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6
7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. d5 exd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bf6 14. h3 Nb4 15. e4 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qd6
17. a5 Bd7 18. Be3 b5 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Rd2 Bb5 21. Qd1 Qd6
22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Rc1 c4 24. Bd4 Rcd8 25. Rcd1 Rfe8 26. Qc3 Ba4
27. Ra1 Bb5 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. g4 Kf8 31. Nh4 Re5
32. d6 h5 33. Nf5 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bd7 35. Rxa6 Bxf5 36. gxf5
Rxf5 37. Rc6 Rf4 38. Kg2 Re4 39. Kf3 Re6 40. Rxc4 Rexd6
41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Ke3 Rd1 43. b4 f5 44. Rd4 Rb1 45. Kd3 Kg7
46. Kc4 Kg6 47. f4 Kh5 48. b5 Kg4 49. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadim Milov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 d6
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. a4 Qxb6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 Rb8
12. O-O Qa7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na5 Bd7 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Bd2 e6
17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. b3 d5 19. exd5 Nfxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rac1
Bd4 22. Nc4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Bd3 Kg7 25. Rce1 Qf6 26. Be4
h5 27. Kh1 Rb4 28. f4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Re8 30. f5 g5 31. Bd5 Rxe1
32. Rxe1 Rb2 33. Qe4 Rf2 34. Qd3 Rxf5 35. Qd1 g4 36. g3 Rf2
37. Be4 Bc3 38. Rg1 Bd4 39. Re1 Qg5 40. Rf1 Qd2 41. Qxd2 Rxf1+
0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vadim Milov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6
12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Nh5 14. c5 Nf4 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bxf4 exf4
17. Nd5 Rb8 18. Re1 c6 19. Nxf4 Rxb2 20. e5 Rb7 21. Rb1 Rxb1
22. Qxb1 Qe7 23. e6 g5 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Ng6 Re8 26. Nge5 Qd5
27. Rd1 Qxc5 28. Qg6 Qe7 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. hxg4 Qf7 31. Qxc6
Re6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qc2+ Qg6 34. Qc4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qe4
36. Qxe4+ Rxe4 37. Kh3 Ra4 38. Rd7 Rxa2 39. Nd4 Kg6 40. Nf5
Bf6 41. f3 h5 42. g3 Ra4 43. Rxa7 hxg4+ 44. fxg4 Ra1 45. Nd6
Bd4 46. Rb7 Ra2 47. Nf5 Bg1 48. Nh4+ gxh4 49. gxh4 Ra3+
50. Kg2 Bd4 51. Rd7 Be5 52. Rd5 Kf6 53. h5 Ke6 54. Rc5 Rg3+
55. Kf1 Bd6 56. Ra5 Ra3 57. Rg5 a5 58. h6 Be5 59. Rg6+ Kd5
60. g5 Rh3 61. Ra6 Bc3 62. Kg2 Rh4 63. Kg3 Be1+ 64. Kf3 Kc5
65. g6 Rxh6 66. g7 Rh3+ 67. Ke2 Rg3 68. Kxe1 Kb5 69. Ra7 Rg2
70. Kd1 Kb4 71. Kc1 a4 72. Kb1 Ka3 73. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "188"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6
7. d4 Bxe4 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Qxb7 Be7 14. Qc6+ Nd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nf3
Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Rhc8 19. Nxd4 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5
21. Nf5+ Kf6 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rc2 24. b4 Rd8 25. g3 g5
26. h3 Rdd2 27. Rf3+ Kg6 28. a3 h5 29. Re1 Rd4 30. Rfe3 Ra2
31. R1e2 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Raa1 33. g4 Rh1 34. f3 h4 35. Rb3 Rag1+
36. Kf2 Rg3 37. a4 Rh2+ 38. Kf1 Rhxh3 39. Rf2 Rh1+ 40. Ke2 h3
41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 h2 43. b6 Re1+ 44. Kxe1 h1=Q+ 45. Rf1 Rg1
46. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 47. Kd2 Qh2+ 48. Kc1 Qf4+ 49. Kc2 Qb8 50. b7
Kf6 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kd5 53. Rb1 Kc6 54. Rc1+ Kd7 55. Rb1
Kc7 56. Rc1+ Kd6 57. Rd1+ Ke7 58. Rb1 f5 59. gxf5 exf5 60. Ke2
Kd6 61. Rd1+ Ke5 62. Rb1 Kf4 63. Rb3 Kg3 64. Kf1 f4 65. Ke2 g4
66. fxg4+ Kxg4 67. Rb6 Qe5+ 68. Kf1 Qb8 69. Rb3 f3 70. Rb6 Kg3
71. Rg6+ Kf4 72. Rb6 Ke4 73. Rb4+ Ke3 74. Rb3+ Ke4 75. Rb4+
Kd5 76. Rb3 Kc4 77. Rxf3 Qxb7 78. Kf2 Kd4 79. Re3 Qf7+ 80. Rf3
Qa2+ 81. Kg3 Ke4 82. Rf4+ Ke5 83. Rf3 Qe2 84. Rf2 Qh5 85. Rf3
Qg5+ 86. Kh2 Ke4 87. Rg3 Qh4+ 88. Kg2 Qh5 89. Rg8 Ke3 90. Rg3+
Kf4 91. Rg7 Qd5+ 92. Kh2 Kf3 93. Rg2 Qh5+ 94. Kg1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Be2 d5
7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. a4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Bb5 Qc8 13. Ba3 Qb7 14. e6 Nc6 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qe2 Bxb5
17. axb5 Na5 18. Ng5 Rf6 19. Qxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxe7 Rf5 21. Nf3
Nc4 22. Ra2 Rf7 23. Bb4 Rc7 24. h4 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Ng5
Re8 27. Rfa1 Ree7 28. Nh3 Red7 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. Re2 Rd6
31. Rae1 Na3 32. Ne6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Nxb5 34. g4 Nxc3 35. g5 Ne4
36. Re5 Rd7 37. Kg2 b5 38. R1xe4 dxe4 39. Rxb5 Ke6 40. Kg3
Rxd4 41. Ra5 Rd7 42. Kf4 Kd6 43. Kxe4 Kc6 44. f4 Re7+ 45. Kf3
Kb6 46. Ra1 a5 47. f5 gxf5 48. h5 Re4 49. Rg1 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4
h6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nd4 Bd5 14. Nf5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Nc3 g6
17. Nd4 Bb4 18. Nxd5 Bxe1 19. Bxc7+ Kc8 20. Rxe1 cxd5 21. Bd6
a5 22. Re7 Ra6 23. Nb5 a4 24. Ba3 f6 25. Nc3 Ne5 26. Nxd5 Rd8
27. Ne3 Rc6 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Rd7 30. Re8+ Rd8 31. Re7 Rd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3
Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Re1 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 O-O
12. g4 Bg6 13. Ng3 d5 14. c4 Bd6 15. Qe2 a5 16. Kg2 a4 17. Bg5
f6 18. exd5 Bxg3 19. fxg3 cxd5 20. Bd2 e5 21. Nh4 Bf7 22. Nf5
Rb8 23. Rab1 Kh8 24. Kh2 Bg8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Re8 27. Qg2
Nf8 28. b4 dxc4 29. dxc4 Bxc4 30. bxc5 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Qd3
32. Rb6 Rd8 33. Rd6 Rxd6 34. cxd6 Bd5 35. Qf2 Qe4 36. Qf1 Bc4
37. Qg2 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Kg8 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. d7 Nxd7 41. Nd6+
Kg6 42. Nxc4 h5 43. gxh5+ Kxh5 44. Nd6 Kg6 45. g4 Nb6 46. Kf3
Nd5 47. Ke4 Nc7 48. Nf5 Kf7 49. h4 g6 50. Nh6+ Ke6 51. h5 gxh5
52. gxh5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Christopher Lutz"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 Rb8 15. b3 O-O 16. Bf4 Ra8
17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 cxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Rd4 Ra6 21. Qa3 d5
22. exd5 exd5 23. Nf4 Be6 24. Rhd1 h6 25. Ncxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5
Rb8 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kh7 30. Qf8 Kg6
31. Qg8+ Kh5 32. Qg7 f5 33. Rd4 Bc8 34. g3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb5 Qc7
12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Qf3 O-O-O 14. Nxg7 d4 15. Qxc6+ bxc6
16. Na4 Bf8 17. Nh5 Bxc2 18. b3 Rd5 19. Bf4 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 d3+
21. Kf3 d2 22. Rad1 Ne7 23. Nf6 Rd3+ 24. Ke2 Nd5 25. Bg5 Bxd1+
26. Rxd1 Rh3 27. h5 Be7 28. Rxd2 Bxf6 29. Bxf6 Nf4+ 30. Kd1
Rg8 31. Nc5 Rxg4 32. Rd8+ Kc7 33. Rd7+ Kb6 34. Be7 Nd5
35. Rb7+ Ka5 36. Rxa7+ Kb5 37. Rb7+ Nb6 38. a4+ Ka5 39. Kc2
1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7
12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. c4 f5 15. O-O O-O 16. Qf3 bxc4
17. Nxc4 d5 18. exd5 e4 19. Qe3 Bb7 20. d6 Qf6 21. Bc2 f4
22. Qh3 Rac8 23. b3 Qg5 24. Rad1 f5 25. d7 Rcd8 26. Nd6 Ba8
27. f3 Rxd7 28. fxe4 f3 29. Qg3 Qe3+ 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2
fxg2 32. Kxg2 Rfd8 33. Nc4 Bxe4+ 34. Bxe4 Rxd1 35. Rxf5 Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen G1"]
[Site "Dortmund, Germany"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Bd3 Qb8
19.Qe2 Nb4 20.Bb1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Nf1 Bd7
24.Qd2 exd4 25.Nxd4 Nc6 26.Ng3 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Ne8 28.a3 Bf6
29.Nf5 Bxd4 30.Nxd4 Qb6 31.Qe3 Qc5 32.Bd3 Nc7 33.Kf1 Ne6
34.Nxe6 fxe6 35.e5 h6 36.Ke2 b4 37.Qxc5 dxc5 38.Ba6 Bc6 39.f3
Kf7 40.Kd3 Bd5 41.Bb5 Kg6 42.Ke3 Bb3 43.Be8+ Kg5 44.g3 h5
45.f4+ Kh6 46.Kd2 h4 47.gxh4 g6 48.Kc1 Kh5 49.Bf7 Kxh4 50.Bxg6
Kg3 51.f5 exf5 52.Bxf5 bxa3 53.bxa3 Kf4 54.Bc2 Be6 55.h4 Kg4
56.Bxa4 Kxh4 57.Kc2 Kg5 58.Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 a6 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Rb1 d5
12. Bg2 dxc4 13. b3 cxb3 14. Rxb3 Nc2+ 15. Kf1 Nd4 16. Rb4 Nc6
17. Rb1 O-O 18. Be3 e5 19. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Christopher Lutz"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Bg5
Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 13. Nge4 b6 14. Rfd1 Ke7 15. Kh2 g5 16. Ne2
Be6 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Ng3 Rhe8 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. Re1
Rad8 22. Red1 c5 23. Ne6+ Rxe6 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rxe5
26. Rxc7 Re1 27. Rxa7 Rc1 28. Ra8+ Ke7 29. Ra7+ Ke6 30. Ra6
Rxc2 31. Rxb6+ Ke5 32. Kg1 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[EventDate "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3
Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O-O
Re8 12. Rhe1 a6 13. g4 h6 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Nde4
Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rac8 18. Nd5 Nb8 19. f4 Bc6 20. h4 Nd7 21. g5
hxg5 22. hxg5 Nc5 23. Bf3 Ne6 24. c3 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 c6 26. Bf3
Re7 27. Re2 Rce8 28. Rde1 d5 29. Bc5 Nxc5 30. Rxe7 Rxe7
31. Rxe7 Bf8 32. Re8 Nxd3+ 33. Kc2 Nxf4 34. Bg4 Ne6 35. Bxe6
fxe6 36. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[EventDate "2002.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2 g6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Qe7
12. c5 O-O 13. a3 Ba5 14. Ne5 Rd8 15. f4 Nf6 16. Rd1 Nd5
17. g3 Bc7 18. Bg2 Bd7 19. Rhe1 b6 20. Kf2 Rab8 21. b4 Be8
22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne5 a5 24. Nc3 Bxe5 25. fxe5 axb4 26. Nxd5 exd5
27. axb4 Bd7 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Kg1 Qg5 30. Qc3 h5 31. h4 Qg4
32. Qe3 Ra4 33. Rxa4 bxa4 34. Bf1 Rb8 35. Be2 Qh3 36. Bf1 Qg4
37. Be2 Qh3 38. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4
12. h3 a6 13. Bc4 f5 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. Bb3 a5 16. Be3 fxe4
17. Kh1 Nd3 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Rab1 Bf5 20. g4 h6 21. gxf5 hxg5
22. fxg5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Qd7 24. Rbf1 Re5 25. Rf7 Qxh3+ 26. Qh2
Qxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Rf6 c4 30. Bd1 Nd7
31. Rg6+ Kh7 32. Re6 N7c5 33. Rf6 Kg8 34. Bh5 Be7 35. Rh6 Kf8
36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Re8 Bxg5 38. Rxe5 Bxe3 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. Rf7+
Kg5 41. Bd1 Bd4 42. Kg2 Nxb2 43. Nb5 Be5 44. Bc2 Nbd3 45. Kf1
Nb4 46. Bb1 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne5 Qa5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4
Rad8 17. c4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd6 19. f3 Rd7 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Qe5
Qd8 22. Rd3 b5 23. b3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Qe7 25. Kc2 Rfd8 26. Qc5
R8d7 27. Rhd1 Qh4 28. g4 f6 29. Qb4 f5 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qe8
Qf6 32. c5 Rd5 33. Re1 Re7 34. Qxc6 fxg4 35. fxg4 Qf2+ 36. Kd1
Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kc2 Qc4+ 39. Kd2 Qxa2+ 40. Ke3 Qb3+
41. Ke2 Qc2+ 42. Ke3 Qc3+ 43. Ke2 Qe5+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Kc2
Qc4+ 46. Kd2 Qb4+ 47. Ke2 Qb2+ 48. Ke3 Qc3+ 49. Ke2 Qe5+
50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Kc2 Qc4+ 52. Kd2 Qb4+ 53. Ke2 Rf7 54. Qxe6
Rf6 55. Qd5 Qxg4+ 56. Kd3 Rf5 57. Re5 Qg3+ 58. Kd4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3
c6 13. Kh1 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ne8 16. Qb3 Nc7 17. c5 d5
18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bb2 Qe8 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. a4 a6 22. b5 Kh7
23. Ba3 Nxe6 24. bxa6 Nd4 25. Qxb7 Rb8 26. Qc7 Nc2 27. Nb5 Qd8
28. Qxd8 Rfxd8 29. c6 Nxc6 30. Rc1 Nxe1 31. Rxc6 d4 32. a7 Rb7
33. Bc5 d3 34. Bd1 e4 35. Bb6 Rxb6 36. Rxb6 e3 37. Re6 Nc2
38. g3 e2 39. Bxe2 dxe2 40. Rxe2 Nd4 41. Nxd4 Bxd4 42. Rd2 Ra8
43. Rxd4 Rxa7 44. Kg2 g5 45. Kf2 Kg6 46. Ke2 Re7+ 47. Kd2 Re5
48. Rd3 f4 49. g4 Kf7 50. Ra3 Ra5 51. Kc3 Ke6 52. Kb4 Ra8
53. Kc5 Kd7 54. a5 Kc7 55. a6 Re8 56. Ra2 Kb8 57. Rb2+ Ka8
58. Rb6 h5 59. gxh5 Re3 60. h6 Rxf3 61. h4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.16"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7
7. f4 c5 8. h4 h5 9. f5 exf5 10. g5 Nec6 11. Bg2 cxd4 12. Nxd5
Nd7 13. Nxd4 Ndxe5 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6
17. Bf4 O-O 18. O-O-O Qc5 19. Rh3 Rfe8 20. Rc3 Qa5 21. Ra3 Qc5
22. Re3 Nd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxe5 Kh7 25. Qd1 Qf2 26. Bf3
Rxe5 27. Bxe5 f4 28. Bc3 Rd8 29. b3 Kh8 30. Be1 Qc5 31. Kb2
Bf5 32. c4 b5 33. Bb4 Qf2+ 34. Qe2 Qxe2+ 35. Bxe2 bxc4
36. bxc4 Bg4 37. Bd3 f3 38. Kc3 Be6 39. Ne3 Bh3 40. Nd1 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[EventDate "2002.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. Qb4 Nd5 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7
16. Qa4+ Kc7 17. Rh3 a6 18. Rb3 Qc5 19. O-O-O b5 20. Qa5+ Qb6
21. Qe1 Kb7 22. Qe2 Ka7 23. Nxb5+ axb5 24. Rxb5 Qc6 25. Rdxd5
exd5 26. Qe7+ Ka6 27. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[EventDate "2002.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. Bb2 Rf7 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Bf8 16. Rfd1 Nd5
17. Nc4 b5 18. Na5 Ndxe3 19. fxe3 Nxe3 20. Qf2 Nxg2 21. Qxg2
Rc8 22. d4 Qb6 23. Ne2 Rd7 24. Rbc1 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5+ 26. bxc5
Rxc5 27. Nd4 exd4 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Qc6 Qe5 30. Qc1 Qe4
31. Re1 Qd5 32. Qc6 d3 33. Qxd5 Bxd5 34. Rd1 Be6 35. Kf2 Kf7
36. Ke3 Bf5 37. Kd2 Re7 38. Re1 Rxe1 39. Kxe1 Ke6 40. Nc6 Kd5
41. Ne7+ Ke4 42. Nxf5 Kxf5 43. Kf2 Kg4 44. Bd4 a6 45. Bb6 Kh3
46. Ke3 Kxh2 47. Bc7 Kg2 48. Kxd3 h5 49. Ke4 g6 50. Kf4 g5+
51. Kf5 h4 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. Kxf6 h3 54. Ke6 a5 55. Kd5 b4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.18"]
[EventDate "2002.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6
12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6
17. Rf2 Qb6 18. Bb2 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Nb4 20. c3 d5 21. Bf1 Nc6
22. Be3 Ne7 23. Rc1 a5 24. Rfc2 e5 25. c4 f6 26. cxd5 Rxc2
27. Rxc2 Nxd5 28. Bd2 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Bb5 Ra8 31. a4 Kf8
32. a5 Ba6 33. Ba4 Rb8 34. Kf2 Rb1 35. Rc1 Rb2 36. Rc2 Rb1
37. Kg3 Ne7 38. Bd7 Kf7 39. Rc7 Rb2 40. Bc3 Ra2 41. Bh3 Ra4
42. Ra7 Bb5 43. Bf5 h5 44. h4 Kf8 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Bc2 Rf4
47. a6 Bc6 48. Rd8 Nf5+ 49. Bxf5 Rxf5 50. Rc8 Bd5 51. a7 Rf4
52. a8=Q Bxa8 53. Rxa8 Rc4 54. Bd2 Kg6 55. Ra7 Rd4 56. Be3 Rc4
57. Rb7 Rc3 58. Bd2 Rc2 59. Ba5 Ra2 60. Bd8 Ra8 61. Bb6 Rc8
62. Rc7 Rb8 63. Bc5 Re8 64. Kf2 Rh8 65. Ke3 Ra8 66. Kd3 Ra4
67. g3 Ra8 68. Ke4 Rh8 69. Kd5 Rd8+ 70. Ke6 Ra8 71. Bd6 Re8+
72. Be7 Ra8 73. Rb7 Ra6+ 74. Bd6 Ra8 75. f4 exf4 76. gxf4 Ra6
77. Rd7 Ra8 78. f5+ Kh7 79. Kf7 Ra4 80. Bf8 Rg4 81. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.19"]
[EventDate "2002.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "132"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7 15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 O-O
17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. g4 b4 20. cxb4 Nxd5 21. gxf5 Kh8
22. Rg1 Bxb2 23. Qh6 Qc3 24. Rxe4 Qf6 25. Qh3 Rg8 26. Rf1 Bxa3
27. Qxa3 Rbc8 28. Bd1 Nc3 29. Re3 d5 30. Rg3 d4 31. Bf3 d3
32. Qb2 Qd4 33. Rd1 Rxg3 34. hxg3 Rc4 35. Rf1 d2 36. f6 Qxf6
37. Kg2 Qd4 38. Qc2 Rc7 39. Qf5 f6 40. Rh1 d1=Q 41. Bxd1 Nxd1
42. Rh4 Qd8 43. Rh6 Rf7 44. Qe6 Rf8 45. Qe4 Qd7 46. Qf3 Kg7
47. Rh5 Nb2 48. Rd5 Qe6 49. Rd4 Rc8 50. Re4 Qc6 51. Kh2 Kf8
52. Qf4 Kf7 53. Qf5 Rg8 54. Qxh7+ Rg7 55. Qh5+ Kf8 56. Qf5 Nc4
57. Re2 Rg5 58. Qh7 Ne5 59. Qh6+ Kg8 60. Qxg5+ fxg5 61. Rxe5
Qf6 62. Re2 Qf3 63. Rd2 Kf7 64. a4 Qb3 65. Rd6 Qxa4 66. Rb6
Qa2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.20"]
[EventDate "2002.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. c4 b6 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qc2 Ne7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rfd1
Nd7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Be2 Be5 15. Bd4 Rd8 16. Rac1 Bxd4 17. Qxd4
Nf6 18. Na4 Nc8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8
22. c5 b5 23. c6 Ba8 24. Nac5 Kc7 25. Nxa6+ Kb6 26. Bxb5 Nd6
27. Be2 Bxc6 28. Nb4 Bd5 29. Nd2 Nf5 30. Nc4+ Bxc4 31. Rxc4
Nd4 32. Bf1 Rd8 33. Nd3 Nc6 34. a4 e4 35. Nc5 Na5 36. Rb4+
Kxc5 37. Rb5+ Kc6 38. Rxa5 Nd5 39. Rb5 Nf4 40. Rb4 f5 41. Rc4+
Kb7 42. g3 Nd3 43. a5 g5 44. Be2 Rd5 45. b4 Ne5 46. a6+ Kb8
47. Rc2 g4 48. Rc5 Nf3+ 49. Kf1 Nxh2+ 50. Ke1 Nf3+ 51. Bxf3
exf3 52. Rc6 Re5+ 53. Kd1 h5 54. b5 Rxb5 55. Rxe6 Rb2 56. Ke1
Rb1+ 57. Kd2 Rf1 58. Re5 f4 59. gxf4 Rxf2+ 60. Ke3 Re2+
61. Kd3 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.21"]
[EventDate "2002.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Ne8 7. e4 b6 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. e5 Na5 11. Qe2 f6
12. O-O c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 d5 15. Nf4 Nc7 16. exf6 Qxf6
17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. Bf2 Nc4 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Bg3 Qg6 24. Qb3 h6 25. Qb5 Qf7
26. a4 Kh7 27. h3 Ra8 28. Be5 a6 29. Qb3 Qg6 30. f4 Rf8
31. Rc3 Ra7 32. Rg3 Qf5 33. Kh2 Raf7 34. Rg4 Rd7 35. Rc1 Rff7
36. Rc3 Rb7 37. Qd1 Qe4 38. Rgg3 Qf5 39. Rb3 b5 40. axb5 Rxb5
41. Rxb5 axb5 42. Rb3 Rb7 43. Qe1 Qe4 44. Qxe4+ dxe4 45. d5 g5
46. g4 e3 47. Kg3 e2 48. Kf2 Re7 49. Ke1 Nxe5 50. d6 Re6
51. fxe5 Rxe5 52. Rb2 Re8 53. Rxb5 Kg7 54. Rb6 Re3 55. d7 Rd3
56. Rb7 Kf8 57. Kxe2 Rd6 58. Ke3 Ke7 59. Ke4 Re6+ 60. Kf3 Rd6
61. Ke4 Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qe2 Bg6 20. Bd3 Be8 21. Ra3 Ne7
22. Be4 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qb6 24. b4 axb4 25. Nxb4 Qc5 26. Qa2 Bb5
27. c4 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxb4 29. Ra8 Rbb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Bd5
g6 32. g3 Kg7 33. Kg2 Qd4 34. Bc6 Qc5 35. Bf3 Re8 36. Rb1 e4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O
12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6
17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Ne4 Nbd5 21. Nxd6
Qxd6 22. Re1 Rad8 23. a3 Rfe8 24. Bb1 c5 25. Ne5 cxd4 26. Qd3
Ne3 27. Nf3 Ned5 28. Bxh6 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Ba2 Rd6 31. h4
Qh6 32. Bc4 Qh7 33. Qb3 d3 34. Rd1 d2 35. Qb4 Red8 36. Ng5 Qc2
37. Bb3 Qc6 38. g3 Qb6 39. Nxe6 Qxb4 40. axb4 Rc8 41. Kf1 Kh8
42. Ng5 Rd4 43. Nf7+ Kh7 44. Ng5+ Kh6 45. Nf7+ Kg6 46. Ne5+
Kh7 47. Nf3 Rxb4 48. Nxd2 Rd8 49. Bc2+ Kh8 50. b3 Rbd4 51. Ke1
b5 52. Nb1 Re8+ 53. Kf1 Rxd1+ 54. Bxd1 Ne4 55. Bc2 a5 56. Na3
Nd2+ 57. Kg2 Rb8 58. g4 b4 59. Nb1 Nxb1 60. Bxb1 Rc8 61. Bf5
Rc3 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8
12. Rac1 Nh5 13. e4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Nh5 16. Qa4 Bxc4
17. Nxc6 b5 18. Qa6 Rxc6 19. Qxc6 Nxf4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. exd5
exd5 22. Rc3 Bh4 23. Rg3 Re8 24. Rg4 Re6 25. Qc5 Nxg2 26. Rxg2
a6 27. Qa3 g6 28. Qc3 Qe7 29. b3 Qa3 30. Qc2 Qe7 31. Kf1 cxb3
32. Qxb3 Qd6 33. Qd3 Qf4 34. Qd2 Qf5 35. Qd3 Re4 36. Qb3 Kg7
37. Qd3 h5 38. Qb3 Bf6 39. Rg3 Rf4 40. Qe3 h4 41. Rg2 Rf3
42. Qe2 a5 43. Kg1 Rf4 44. Kh1 Re4 45. Qf1 a4 46. Rd2 Bxd4
47. Qd1 Be5 48. f3 Rb4 49. Rd3 h3 50. Re2 d4 51. Rf2 Bf4
52. Qe2 Rb1+ 53. Rd1 d3 54. Qf1 Rxd1 55. Qxd1 d2 56. Re2 Qd3
57. Rf2 Be3 58. Rf1 Bd4 59. a3 Kg8 60. f4 Qe4+ 61. Rf3 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5
7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 b6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. c4 Qd6 11. Be2 Bb7
12. Rd1 Rc8 13. O-O Qc7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 O-O 16. f3 Rfd8
17. Be1 Qe7 18. Bh4 Bc6 19. Nb5 h6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. e4 Bxb5
22. cxb5 e5 23. Rd1 Ne6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qc1 Qd6 26. Bf2 Nd7
27. Bc4 Nd4 28. h3 Nc5 29. Kh2 g5 30. Qa3 Qd7 31. Bg3 Qe7
32. Qb4 h5 33. Kh1 Qf6 34. Qa3 Kg7 35. Qxa7 h4 36. Bxe5 Qxe5
37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Qg7 39. Qd6+ Kh7 40. Qxb6 Nxf3 41. gxf3
Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Qb2+ 43. Kf1 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Bg4
12. Nf3 Re8 13. Qf2 Qb6 14. b3 Bh5 15. Rae1 Qc6 16. h3 Rad8
17. Nh4 Bg6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Qf3 h6 20. Nd5 Kh7 21. Bd2 Qd7
22. Nf4 g5 23. Ne2 Rf8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Nc3 Qe6 26. Nd5 Nd7
27. Nc7 Qg8 28. Bc3 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Qd5 b6 31. Qb7 Qg7
32. Qxa7 Rdf8 33. Nb5 R8f7 34. Qc7 g4 35. hxg4 Ne5 36. Qxb6
Nxg4 37. e5 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 h6
12. Bh4 Qa5 13. Qd2 Qh5 14. h3 g5 15. Bg3 e5 16. Qd3 Rad8
17. Nd2 d5 18. Bxe5 dxe4 19. Qe3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bd4 f5
22. f3 Rfd8 23. c3 Rxd4 24. cxd4 f4 25. Qb3+ Bd5 26. Qc2 e3
27. Ne4 Qf7 28. Nc3 Be6 29. d5 Bf5 30. Ne4 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5
32. Rd1 Qe6 33. Ka1 h5 34. a3 Kf7 35. Qa4 Bxe4 36. fxe4 Bf6
37. Qc2 Qc6 38. Kb1 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Qd3 Qe6 41. g3 f3
42. Qxe3 Be5 43. Qg5 Bxg3 44. Qh5+ Kg7 45. Qg5+ Kf7 46. Qh5+
Kg7 47. Ka1 f2 48. Qg5+ Kf7 49. Qh5+ Kg7 50. Rh1 Be5 51. Qh7+
Kf8 52. Qxb7 g3 53. Rc1 Qc4 54. Qa8+ Ke7 55. Qxa7+ Bc7 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4
7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Qa5
12. Rc1 Nc6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qa6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6
bxc6 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Rc3 Rfb8 19. b3 f6 20. Rd1 Rb7 21. Kc2 a6
22. Bc5 Re8 23. e3 Bg4 24. Rd4 Re4 25. Rd2 Kf7 26. Bd4 Re6
27. a4 Rb8 28. Rc5 Ke7 29. Ra5 Ra8 30. Kb2 Kd7 31. Ka3 Ree8
32. Rc5 Rab8 33. Rdc2 Rec8 34. Rc1 h5 35. Ra5 Ra8 36. Rc2 Re8
37. h4 Bf3 38. Rac5 Rec8 39. Rd2 Kd6 40. Kb4 Rcb8+ 41. Kc3 Rc8
42. b4 Kd7 43. Ra5 Re8 44. Kb2 Kc7 45. Rc5 Kd7 46. Bc3 Kd6
47. Ra5 Kc7 48. Kc1 Re4 49. Bd4 Ree8 50. Rc5 Kd7 51. Rdc2 Rec8
52. Kd2 Rab8 53. Bc3 Re8 54. Ke1 Ra8 55. Ra5 Kd6 56. Rd2 Kc7
57. Rd3 Re4 58. Bd4 Ree8 59. Kd2 Bg4 60. Rc5 Kd7 61. Rdc3 Rec8
62. Ra5 Bf3 63. Bb6 Rcb8 64. Bc5 Re8 65. Rd3 Kc7 66. Bd4 Kd7
67. Bc3 Kc7 68. Bb2 Re4 69. Bd4 Ree8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3
Nf6 7. Bg5 Nd7 8. Nbd2 f6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Ne3 Be6
12. c3 Rb8 13. b3 d5 14. Nd2 g6 15. Bg3 d4 16. Nc2 g5 17. f3
Nf8 18. Be1 Ng6 19. Nc4 Qd7 20. Nb2 O-O 21. Na3 f5 22. Nac4 g4
23. cxd4 cxd4 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Bg3 Rbf8 26. Qe2 gxf3 27. Rxf3
Rxf3 28. gxf3 Bd5 29. Nd2 Qf5 30. Nbc4 Bb4 31. Rf1 h5 32. h4
Kh7 33. Ne4 Be7 34. Qh2 Nf4 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Rf2 a5 37. Kf1
a4 38. bxa4 Bxc4 39. dxc4 Qa5 40. Rb2 Qxa4 41. Qe2 Qa3 42. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. g3
h6 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. h3 g5 15. g4 Ng7 16. Ne4 Bd5
17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Ne6 19. Ne5 Nf4 20. Re1 Be6 21. Bc1 Nd5
22. Nd3 b6 23. c4 Nxf6 24. Nb4 c5 25. Bb2 cxb4 26. Bxf6 Rf8
27. Bxd8 Kxd8 28. c5 Kd7 29. Rac1 Kc6 30. Re5 b5 31. Rd1 a5
32. Rd4 Ra8 33. f4 gxf4 34. Rxf4 a4 35. Rxb4 axb3 36. axb3 Ra3
37. h4 Bxb3 38. h5 Bc4 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Rb2 f6 41. Re7 f5
42. Rh7 fxg4 43. Rxh6+ Kxc5 44. Rg6 Rh1 45. Rg5+ Kb6 46. Kg3
c6 47. Rxg4 Bd3 48. Rh2 Rxh2 49. Kxh2 c5 50. Rg6+ Ka5 51. Rc6
c4 52. h6 Kb4 53. Kg3 Kc3 54. Kf4 b4 55. Rc7 b3 56. h7 Bxh7
57. Rxh7 Kc2 58. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5
12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. a4 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3
17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. a5
Kf7 27. Ra1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Qxc5 Qb2 30. Qc4+ Kg7
31. Qa2 Qxa2 32. Rxa2 Ra8 33. a6 Ra7 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6
36. g4 Kd6 37. h4 h6 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 f5 40. e4 e6 41. Ra5
Kc7 42. Ke3 Kb8 43. Rxe5 Rxa6 44. Rc5 Kb7 45. Kf4 Kb6 46. Rc8
fxe4 47. Kxe4 Kb7 48. Rg8 Kc6 49. Rxg6 Kd6 50. f4 Ra4+ 51. Kf3
Ke7 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rb7 Rc4 54. g6 Rc1 55. Kg4 Rc5 56. Rf7+
Ke8 57. f5 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michal Krasenkow"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Bg5
Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. b3 g5 16. Ne4
Bd5 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Be6 20. Ra4 a6 21. f4
Rd2 22. Rf2 Rhd8 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Ne4 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Bf5
26. Nxg5 Rd2+ 27. Kf3 Bxc2 28. g4 Rd5 29. Kf4 c5 30. h4 Kf8
31. h5 Kg7 32. e6 f6 33. Ne4 Re5 34. g5 Rxe6 35. Nxf6 b5
36. Ra5 Rc6 37. h6+ Kg6 38. Nd7 Rd6 39. Nxc5 Rd4+ 40. Ke5 Rd2
41. Rxa6+ Kxg5 42. Ne6+ Kxh6 43. Nxc7+ Kg7 44. Nxb5 Kf7
45. Nd4 Bd3 46. Ra7+ Ke8 47. a4 Kd8 48. b4 Kc8 49. b5 Rh2
50. Kd6 Rh6+ 51. Kc5 Be4 52. Re7 Bg2 53. a5 Bb7 54. Ne6 Kb8
55. a6 Bc8 56. Nd4 Bxa6 57. Nc6+ Kc8 58. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5 h5 9. Nf4 d4 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Qd3 Kf7
12. O-O-O dxc3 13. Qxc3 Qc7 14. Bc4 Qxe5 15. Bd4 Qf4+ 16. Kb1
Re8 17. g5 Qxg5 18. Rhg1 Qh4 19. Rge1 Nf6 20. Qb3 Nd8 21. Be5
Kg8 22. Bg3 Qg5 23. Re5 Qh6 24. h4 Kh7 25. Rg5 e5 26. Bd3 Ne6
27. Rxg6 Qxg6 28. Bxg6+ Kxg6 29. Bxe5 Nxc5 30. Qg3+ Kf7 31. b4
Nce4 32. Qb3+ Kg6 33. Bxf6 Nxf6 34. Rg1+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ Kg8
36. Qc4+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8
Qxa8 17. Nce3 Nd4 18. Nc7 Qa2 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bd3 Qxb2
21. O-O Nc5 22. Bf5 e4 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Qg4 Kf8 25. Bxh7 Re5
26. Qc8+ Re8 27. Qc6 Be5 28. g3 Qd2 29. Bf5 Rd8 30. Bg4 Bxc3
31. Rd1 Qg5 32. Qb6 Bf6 33. Be2 Kg7 34. h4 Qe5 35. Bxb5 Ne6
36. Bc4 Qb2 37. Qxb2 Bxb2 38. Ne3 Be5 39. Bd5 Nc5 40. Rb1 Kg6
41. g4 Bf4 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Nf5 Kf6 44. Rb6 Rg8 45. f3 e3
46. Bc4 Rd8 47. Kf1 Ne6 48. Bxe6 fxe6 49. Rb4 d5 50. Ke2 exf5
51. Rxf4 d4 52. Rxf5+ Kg7 53. Re5 d3+ 54. Kd1 e2+ 55. Kd2 Kf6
56. Re4 Rd6 57. f4 Kg6 58. h5+ Kh6 59. Re7 Rd4 60. Re6+ Kh7
61. g5 Rxf4 62. Kxd3 Rf5 63. Rh6+ Kg7 64. Rg6+ Kh7 65. Kxe2
Ra5 66. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7
7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Nc2 Nf6 11. Ne3 Be6
12. g3 Qd7 13. Bg2 Bd8 14. O-O Bb6 15. Ned5 Bd4 16. Be3 Bxc3
17. Nb6 Qd8 18. bxc3 Rb8 19. Rb1 O-O 20. Nd5 Kh8 21. Rb2 Nd7
22. Be4 Na5 23. Qh5 Bg8 24. Bg5 Qe8 25. Qh4 Nc5 26. Bb1 e4
27. Nf6 Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Bxc4 29. Re1 gxf6 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qxd6
Qf8 32. Qc7 Nc6 33. Bxe4 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Qf3 35. Rxc4 Qd1+
36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Qxc4 38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Qxb7 Qxc3 40. Qxa6
Nd4 41. Qa8+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ Kf6 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. a4 Nc6 45. h4
Na5 46. g4 Nc6 47. h5 Ne7 48. Qe6 Kf8 49. Qe4 h6 50. Qf3+
Qxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Nc6 52. Ke4 Ke7 53. Kd5 Nb4+ 54. Kc4 Nc6
55. Kb5 Ne5 56. a5 Kd7 57. g5 hxg5 58. h6 Kc7 59. h7 Ng6
60. Kc5 Kb7 61. Kd5 Ka6 62. Ke4 Kxa5 63. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8
12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 14. c3 b6 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Qh3 Rd8 17. Bb2
g6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. c4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rh7 21. Be4 f5 22. Bd5
Nd3 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh3 Bxh2+ 25. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Nxb2
27. Re5 Nd3 28. Rxf5+ Ke7 29. Kg3 Nf4 30. Kg4 Rd7 31. Re1+ Kd8
32. Rf8+ Kc7 33. Be4 h5+ 34. Kf5 Rhg7 35. Rf6 Ng2 36. Rc6+ Kd8
37. Rh1 h4 38. Rh6 Nf4 39. Re1 Rdf7+ 40. Kg4 Kc7 41. Bf5 Rf8
42. Re5 Rd8 43. Be4 Rd1 44. Re8 Rd8 45. Re5 Rd6 46. Rh8 Rd8
47. Rh6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 a6 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Kb1 b5
12. Bd3 Nb4 13. g4 Bc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qf2 g6 16. Rhf1 Bg7
17. f5 Ne5 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Be2 Qb7 20. Na5 Qb8 21. f6 Bf8
22. a3 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 24. Kb3 Ba8 25. Ba7 Qc7 26. Qb6
Qxb6 27. Bxb6 h6 28. Nxb5 Kd7 29. Bd4 Bd5+ 30. Ka4 axb5+
31. Bxb5+ Bc6 32. Bxe5 Bxb5+ 33. Kxb5 Rc5+ 34. Kb6 Rxe5
35. Rc1 Rxa5 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rfc1 Rc5 38. R1xc5 dxc5 39. Kc6
1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Qa5 7. Bd2 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qa6 11. Bg5 Ne4
12. d5 d6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Bh3 Re7
17. Nh4 Bc6 18. Nf5 Ree8 19. f3 Nef6 20. Nxd6 Rxe2 21. Rf2
Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Nf8 23. Bg5 Ne8 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. Re1 h6 26. Bc1
Rd8 27. Bf1 Qb7 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Qc2 Nf6 31. Bf4
Ng6 32. Bc1 Ne5 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Bf4 Qe6 35. g4 Nxc4 36. Qd1
Bd5 37. Qa4 g6 38. Nxh6+ Kg7 39. Qxa7 Ne4+ 40. fxe4 Qxe4
41. Qc7 Qg2+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qg2+ 44. Ke1 Qh1+ 45. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Nxc5
Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qd5 13. Kb1 Qxc5 14. h4 b6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+
Kh8 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Qf4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe4 Bxg5
21. Qxb7 Bf6 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. c3 b5 24. Rc1 a5 25. g4 Kg8
26. Qe4 Qc4 27. Rce1 a4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5
Bxg5 31. Re5 Bh4 32. Rxb5 g5 33. f3 Rf4 34. Rh3 f5 35. Kc2 Kf7
36. Kd3 Kf6 37. Rb4 Ke5 38. a3 Bf2 39. Ke2 Bc5 40. Rxf4 Kxf4
41. Rh6 e5 42. Rc6 Bg1 43. Rc4+ Kg3 44. Rxa4 Kg2 45. Ra8 g4
46. fxg4 f4 47. Rf8 Bh2 48. g5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. b3 c5 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. g5
Nh5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qd3 d4 16. Qe4+ Kf8
17. exd4 Qc7 18. Qc2 Re8+ 19. Kd1 Bd6 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21. Ba3+
Kg8 22. Rc1 Bb8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Nf4 25. Rc8+ Kh7
26. Rxh8+ Kxh8 27. h4 Ba7 28. Ndf3 f6 29. Kd2 Kg8 30. Bd6 Nd5
31. Nd3 Kf7 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. dxc5 Nb4 34. a3 Nc6 35. Kd3 Ke6
36. Nd4+ Kd5 37. Nxc6 Kxc6 38. Kc4 a5 39. f4 fxg5 40. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 Re8 12. Bf3
Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bf8 17. Qh5 g6
18. Qh4 Nb4 19. Rac1 Bg7 20. Rf3 Bb7 21. Rh3 Nf8 22. Qf2 Nd7
23. Qh4 Nf8 24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Rf1 Rac8 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Qc5
28. f5 exf5 29. exf5 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nf8 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Qf7+
Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Nf5 Qe5 36. Re3 Qxf5
37. Rxf5 Rxe3 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Rf2 Re5 41. h4 Nc6
42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Zoltan Almasi"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4
18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nxb5 Qa1 22. Na3
Ba6 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Bxc2 Rc8 25. Nb1 g6 26. Bd2 Qxb2 27. Bc3
Qb6 28. Bd4 Qa5 29. Nc3 Bg7 30. Qd2 Nd3 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rb1
Rc7 33. h4 h5 34. g3 Qc5 35. Ra1 Bc8 36. Nd1 Ne5 37. Qe3 Qxe3
38. Nxe3 c3 39. f4 Nf3+ 40. Kf2 Nd4 41. Ra4 Nxc2 42. Nxc2 Bd7
43. Ra5 Rc4 44. Ke3 f5 45. e5 dxe5 46. Ra7 exf4+ 47. gxf4 Re4+
48. Kd3 Re7 49. Kxc3 Rf7 50. Kd4 g5 51. fxg5 f4 52. Ne1 Bc8
53. Rxf7+ Kxf7 54. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Kh8
17. Qh5 Bf7 18. Qh3 e4 19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Rfd1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qf6
22. Rad1 Rad8 23. f4 exf3 24. Nxf5 fxg2 25. Qxg2 Rg8 26. Kh1
Bf8 27. Qh3 Ng6 28. Nd4 Re8 29. Rh5 Rg7 30. Rg1 Qf7 31. Qf5
Qb7+ 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Nxf3 Re6 34. Nd4 Rf6 35. Nf5 Rc7
36. Ne3 Nf4 37. Rh4 Rcf7 38. Bb3 Rg7 39. Rhg4 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 e4 15. Be2 Bg7 16. Rb1 O-O
17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxb2 19. Nc4 Bg7 20. a4 Qc7 21. Qd2
Rxa4 22. Bxa4 Qxc4 23. Bc6 Qd4 24. Qg5 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6
26. Rb7 Rd8 27. Rfb1 Kg7 28. g3 Ng6 29. Bd7 Ne7 30. Bc6 Ng6
31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb8 Bd4 33. Rb7 Bc5 34. Kg2 f4 35. f3 exf3+
36. Kxf3 fxg3 37. hxg3 Ne5+ 38. Kf4 Kf6 39. Bd7 Ng6+ 40. Ke4
Ne5 41. Bh3 Bf2 42. Kf4 Ng6+ 43. Kf3 Bc5 44. Ke4 Bf2 45. Rb3
Ne5 46. Kf4 h5 47. Bf5 h4 48. gxh4 Bxh4 49. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4
cxd4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nxd4 Rc8 9. Nc3 e6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4
Bc5 12. Qh4 Bc6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxc6+ Rxc6 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Rd3
e5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qe4
Rb6 22. b3 Rb4 23. Qf5 Qa6 24. Nd5 Rd4 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nxf6+
Qxf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rxd4 Rc8 29. Rc4 Rd8 30. e3 Rd2 31. a4
Ra2 32. Rc7 b6 33. Rxa7 Rb2 34. Ra6 Rxb3 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rxf6
a4 37. Ra6 Ra3 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. g4 a3 40. h4 a2 41. h5 h6
42. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5
7. a3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. Nf4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6
12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Ba2 b6 16. b4 Nc6
17. d5 Ne7 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ke2 Be5 21. Rac1
Rfc8 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd4 Kf7 24. Nf3 Bb2 25. Ng5+ Kg6 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Nxe6 Nd5 28. Nf4+ Nxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rc2+ 30. Bd2 Bc3
31. Rd1 Ra2 32. Kd3 Bf6 33. Ke4 Rxa3 34. f4 a5 35. f5+ Kh5
36. bxa5 bxa5 37. h3 a4 38. Bf4 Ra1 39. Rd7 a3 40. Ra7 a2
41. Be3 h6 42. Bf2 Kg5 43. Be3+ Kh4 44. Bf2+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg5
Bf6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. g4 Ng7 15. g5 Be7 16. Be2 f6 17. gxf6 Bxf6
18. Nd2 Bd4 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Qg5+ 22. Kh2
Qf4+ 23. Kg2 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 Qf4+ 25. Kg2 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Re5
27. Rh1 Bd7 28. Rh2 Nh5 29. Bxh5 Rxh5 30. Qd3 Rf8 31. Rf1 Bg4
32. f3 Bxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Rg5+ 34. Kh1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Ne5 8. O-O-O Nf6 9. f4 Nc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc4 11. e5 Nd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Qf2 Bb7 15. Nf3 Qc6 16. Rd3 b4
17. Rhd1 Bc8 18. f5 Be7 19. f6 gxf6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ng5 Bxg5
22. Bxg5 f5 23. Qd4 Rf8 24. Qg7 Rf7 25. Qg8+ Rf8 26. Qxh7 Rf7
27. Qg8+ Rf8 28. Qg6+ Rf7 29. Rd6 Qe4 30. Rxe6+ Qxe6 31. Qxe6+
dxe6 32. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6
7. Bg2 Ne5 8. Qc2 Qa6 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Nc3 Bd7
12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. O-O Bc6 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Nd4
Qa6 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Qc1 Ng6 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Ndb5 Bb8 21. Rd4
Be5 22. Ra4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. f4 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Ne7 26. Kf2
Nd5 27. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. c4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 cxd4
12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 e5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nb3 f6 16. Bd2 Be7
17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. f4 O-O 20. c5 dxc5 21. fxe5 fxe5
22. Qxe5 Qf5 23. Nxc5 Qf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxd2 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qxb6
Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Raf7 28. h3 Qxb2 29. Rcd1 Qxa2 30. Qxd4 Qb3
31. Qd5 Rf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kh2 Qb8+ 34. Qd6 Rf8 35. Qxb8
Rxb8 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Ra5 Kg8 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Kf4 Ke6 40. Ke4
Kd6 41. h4 Ra7 42. g4 Kc6 43. Kd4 Kb6 44. Rg5 a5 45. Kc3 a4
46. Kb2 Kc6 47. Rh5 g6 48. Rg5 Rb7+ 49. Ka3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 d6
7. Be3 Qc7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. f4
Bf8 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Bb7 17. Ne4
c5 18. Qh3 g6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qg3 Ke7 22. Bxg6
Kd8 23. Rcd1 Qc6 24. Bxe8 Kxe8 25. f5 exf5 26. e6 Ne5 27. Rxf5
Qe4 28. Rdf1 Ke7 29. h3 Nxc4 30. Bc1 Rb8 31. Qg8 Qxg2+
32. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Ne5 34. b3 a5 35. Ba3 Rc8 36. h4 h5
37. Rf6 a4 38. bxa4 Bg7 39. Rf7+ Nxf7 40. Rxf7+ Kxe6 41. Rxg7
Ra8 42. Rg6+ Kd7 43. Bc1 Rxa4 44. Bg5 Rxa2+ 45. Kf3 Ra1
46. Rh6 c4 47. Bf4 Rd1 48. Ke2 Rd5 49. Bd2 Kc6 50. Bb4 Kb5
51. Bxd6 c3 52. Bf4 c2 53. Rh8 Kc4 54. Rc8+ Kb3 55. Bg5 Rd1
56. Kf3 Re1 57. Kf2 Re4 58. Kg3 Kb2 59. Bf6+ Kb1 60. Rb8+ Kc1
61. Kf3 Kd1 62. Rd8+ Ke1 63. Rc8 Re2 64. Bg5 Kd1 65. Rd8+ Ke1
66. Ra8 Rf2+ 67. Ke4 Rf8 68. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6
12. Qa4 h5 13. Qxc6 hxg4 14. hxg4 Kf8 15. Nbd2 Rb8 16. Nf1 Rb6
17. Qc4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Bf6 19. Qe3 Ne5 20. N3h2 d5 21. g5 Nc4
22. Qg3 Be5 23. f4 Bd6 24. b3 Bc5+ 25. Kg2 Bxe4+ 26. Rxe4 dxe4
27. bxc4 Qd1 28. Qg4 Qc2+ 29. Bd2 Re6 30. Qf5 Be3 31. Rc1 Qxa2
32. Rd1 Qxc4 33. Bxe3 Qe2+ 34. Bf2 Qxd1 35. Qc5+ Qd6 36. Qa7
Kg8 37. Be3 Re8 38. Qb7 Qd3 39. Qc6 Re6 40. Qc5 Qe2+ 41. Kg1
Rb6 42. Qxc7 Rxh2 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Rg6 45. Nxh2 Qxe3+
46. Kg2 f6 47. Ng4 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 fxg5 49. Ne5 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bg6 5. Nh3 e6 6. Nf4 Be4
7. f3 Qh4+ 8. Ke2 Bg6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. c3 Qd8 11. h4 Bxb1
12. Rxb1 c5 13. Kf2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Qa4 a6
17. Rc1 Nc6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bd3 Nb6 20. Qd1 Nb4 21. Nh5 Kf8
22. Nf6 h5 23. Rg1 Nxa2 24. Rc2 Nb4 25. Re2 g6 26. Bb1 Nc4
27. Bc1 Nc6 28. f4 Rc8 29. b3 Na3 30. Be3 Nb5 31. Rd2 Bb4
32. Rd3 Kg7 33. Qf3 Ne7 34. Rdd1 Rc3 35. f5 exf5 36. Bd3 Nc7
37. Be2 Ne6 38. Rd3 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Bc3 40. Rd1 Nxd4 41. Qg3 Ne6
42. Bc4 Qc7 43. Bxd5 Bxe5 44. Qf3 Nxd5 45. Rxd5 Bxf6 46. gxf6+
Kxf6 47. Bd2 Rc8 48. Kf1 Kg7 49. Qe3 Qc6 50. Qe5+ Kg8 51. Bh6
f4 52. b4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7
12. a4 f5 13. c5 Bxb5 14. axb5 e4 15. c6 Nd7 16. Be2 Ne5
17. f4 exf3 18. gxf3 Bf6 19. Kh1 b6 20. Ra2 Qc7 21. f4 Ng6
22. b3 Ne7 23. Bc4 Rae8 24. Re1 Nc8 25. Rae2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Qf7
27. Re6 Re8 28. Qe2 Kf8 29. Ba3 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qe7 31. Bd5 g6
32. Qc2 Qc7 33. Bb2 Qg7 34. Bxf6 Qxf6 35. c7 Qd4 36. Bb7 Qxf4
37. Qc4 Qf2 38. Bxc8 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40. Kf3 d5 41. Qf4 Qc3+
42. Kg2 Qc2+ 43. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3
Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O a5 11. d4 c5
12. c3 b6 13. Qf2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rae8 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Rad1 g6
17. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb5 a6
7. N5c3 g6 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Nd2
Qh5 13. e4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Nd5 Be6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf1 b5 19. b4 Nd7 20. Nfe3 bxc4 21. Nxc4
Rab8 22. a3 Rfc8 23. Nce3 Nb6 24. Bf1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Ne5
26. Rbc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ra8 28. Rc7 Kf8 29. Rb7 Na4 30. Kg2 Ke8
31. f4 Nd7 32. Rc7 Kd8 33. Rc2 a5 34. b5 Nab6 35. Kf2 Nc5
36. Kf3 Kc7 37. g4 e6 38. dxe6 fxe6 39. Bg2 Rf8 40. Kg3 Kd7
41. h4 Rg8 42. Bf3 Rg7 43. g5 Rf7 44. h5 Ke7 45. hxg6 hxg6
46. Nc4 Nxc4 47. Rxc4 Kd7 48. Rc2 Rh7 49. Bc6+ Kc7 50. Be8 Rg7
51. Rh2 Rg8 52. Rh7+ Kb6 53. Bf7 Rb8 54. Bxg6 Kxb5 55. Bf7 Ka4
56. g6 Ne4+ 57. Kf3 Nf6 58. Bxe6 d5 59. Rf7 Rb3+ 60. Ke2 Ne4
61. g7 Rg3 62. Bxd5 Nc3+ 63. Kf2 Rxg7 64. Rxg7 Nxd5 65. Kf3
Kxa3 66. Rg5 Nxf4 67. Kxf4 a4 68. Ke3 Kb2 69. Kd2 a3 70. Rb5+
Ka1 71. Kc3 Ka2 72. Rb3 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "224"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3
Bb4 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 c6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d6
12. b4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. b5 c5 15. Bg2 Qe7 16. e3 Bg4
17. f4 f5 18. Rae1 g5 19. e4 gxf4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Qg5
22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Ref1 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qxg5+ hxg5
26. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 b6 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke3 Be6 30. Bf3 Kf6
31. Ke4 Bf5+ 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. Bd5 Bd7 34. Bf7 Bc8 35. Bd5 Bh3
36. a3 Bd7 37. Bf7 Bc8 38. Bd5 Bh3 39. Bf3 Be6 40. Be2 d5
41. Bf1 Bg4 42. Bg2 Be6 43. Bf1 Bf7 44. Be2 Be6 45. Bf1 Bg4
46. Bg2 d4+ 47. Kf2 Bf5 48. Bf1 Kf4 49. Be2 Bg6 50. Bf1 Bh7
51. Be2 Bf5 52. Bf1 Bc8 53. Bg2 a6 54. bxa6 Bxa6 55. Bc6 Bc8
56. Be4 Bg4 57. Bh7 Bh5 58. Be4 Bd1 59. Bh7 Kg4 60. Be4 Bb3
61. Bc6 Kf4 62. Bf3 Ba4 63. Be4 Bd7 64. Bd5 Bf5 65. Ke2 Kg4
66. Bg2 Kh4 67. Kd2 Kg4 68. Ke2 Kf4 69. Bc6 Ke5 70. Bf3 Kd6
71. Kd2 Kc7 72. Bg2 Kb8 73. Bc6 Ka7 74. Be8 Ka6 75. Ke2 Ka5
76. Bc6 Bg6 77. Bd7 Bh7 78. Be8 Bf5 79. Bc6 Ka6 80. Be8 Kb7
81. Bb5 Kc7 82. Be8 Kd6 83. Bh5 Ke5 84. Bf3 Kf4 85. Bc6 Kg4
86. Bg2 Kh4 87. Kd2 Bg4 88. Ke1 Bf5 89. Kd2 Bh3 90. Be4 g4
91. Ke2 g3 92. hxg3+ Kxg3 93. Kd2 Kf4 94. Bc6 Ke5 95. Be8 Kd6
96. Bb5 Kc7 97. Ke2 Bg4+ 98. Kd2 Bd7 99. Kc2 Bxb5 100. cxb5
Kd6 101. a4 Kd5 102. Kd2 c4 103. dxc4+ Kxc4 104. a5 Kxb5
105. axb6 Kxb6 106. Kd3 Kc5 107. Kd2 Kc4 108. Kc2 d3+ 109. Kd2
Kd4 110. Kd1 Ke3 111. Ke1 d2+ 112. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "169"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+
Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qg4 h6 20. Nf3 Qe4 21. Qg3
Qc2 22. Nh4 Be4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bf1 Qb2 25. a4 Rd8 26. h3 Qa3
27. Re3 Qd6 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Nd2 Bg6 31. Qe2 Nc6
32. Nb3 b6 33. Nc1 Kf8 34. Nd3 Be4 35. Qg4 g6 36. Nf4 h5
37. Qg3 Ne7 38. Re1 Nf5 39. Qh2 Rc8 40. f3 Rxc3 41. Ne2 Bd3
42. Nxc3 Qxd4+ 43. Kh1 Qxc3 44. Rd1 Bxf1 45. Rxf1 h4 46. Qb8+
Kg7 47. Rd1 Ne3 48. Rg1 Nf5 49. Rb1 Qc2 50. Re1 Qf2 51. Qe5+
Kg8 52. Kh2 Ng3 53. Qa1 d4 54. Qc1 Kg7 55. Rd1 a6 56. Qc4 Nf5
57. Qxa6 Ne3 58. Rg1 Qc2 59. Qxb6 Qxa4 60. Qd6 Qc4 61. Qe5+
Kh7 62. Qf4 Nf5 63. Re1 Qc2 64. Re8 Qf2 65. Qe5 Qg3+ 66. Kg1
Qxe5 67. Rxe5 Kg7 68. Kf2 Kf6 69. Re4 Kg7 70. Ke1 Kf6 71. Kd2
Kg7 72. Kd3 Kf6 73. Re8 Kg5 74. Re4 Kf6 75. f4 Kg7 76. Re5 f6
77. Ra5 Kf7 78. Ke4 Ke6 79. Ra6+ Ke7 80. Kd5 Ne3+ 81. Kxd4
Nxg2 82. Ke4 g5 83. fxg5 fxg5 84. Kf5 Nf4 85. Ra3 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+
Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qg4 h6 20. Nf3 Qe4 21. Qg3
Qc2 22. Nh4 Be4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bf1 Qd2 25. Re3 Rc8 26. h3 Qc1
27. Qg4 Rd8 28. a4 Ne7 29. c4 Ng6 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxg6 fxg6
32. Qxg6 Bf7 33. Qe4 Qa1 34. Re1 Qxd4 35. Qxb7 Rf8 36. Qe4
Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Re8 38. f3 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Bg6 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. e5
Bf7 42. e6 Be8 43. a5 Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Bc6 46. g3 g5
47. Kd4 Bb7 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Bc6 50. Bd5 Bxd5 51. e7 Bc6
0-1

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Na6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Re1 Rfe8
12. Bf1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nb4 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bxd6
Nxa2 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Nb5 Nb4 19. Bc7 Qc6 20. Rad1 Nc2 21. Re2
a6 22. Rxc2 axb5 23. Bf4 b4 24. Rd6 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4
26. Rxd7 Rxf4 27. g3 Rd4 28. Rxb7 Rd1 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. Bd3 Re8
31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Rb8+ Bf8 33. Bxe2 Rxb2 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Bd5 f5
36. g4 Re2 37. Kf3 Re1 38. g5 Re7 39. h4 Rc7 40. Ke2 Ra7
41. Kd3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Qa5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6
12. Qh5 Nf5 13. Ne5 c4 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Qe8+ Rf8 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. O-O Rb2 19. Bf4 Qxc3 20. Bd6 Rb6 21. Qc7
Rb7 22. Qc5 Re8 23. Qc6 Rd8 24. Rab1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qxc2
26. Rf1 Qg6 27. Qc7 Qe8 28. Be5 Qd7 29. Qc5 Qb7 30. h3 Re8
31. Re1 Bd7 32. Qa5 Rc8 33. Re3 Be8 34. Rg3 Bg6 35. h4 Qb6
36. Qa4 Qb7 37. h5 Be8 38. Qd1 g6 39. Qg4 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qf5
41. Qh4 c3 42. Rg5 Qe4 43. Rg4 Qf5 44. Rg5 Qe4 45. Qh3 Rc6
46. hxg6 Bxg6 47. Qh6 Kf7 48. f3 Qe1 49. Rxg6 Qxe5+ 50. dxe5
hxg6 51. Qh7+ Kf8 52. Qd7 Rc4 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qf6+ Kh7
55. Qf7+ Kh6 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qe7+ Kh8 58. Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Ne4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bd5 14. Qc2 a5 15. Be3 axb4 16. axb4 c6
17. b5 Ra2 18. Qc1 Na4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Qa5
22. Bd2 Qa8 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Bb4 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Nb3 26. Bxe7
Nxa1 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Bg2 Nb3 29. Nc3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Ke7
31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 h6 12. Be3
h5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne2 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Bb5 17. g3 g6
18. Bg2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qc7 20. Rd3 Nc5 21. Rc3 Qd7 22. Bxc5
Bxc5 23. Rd1 b5 24. Bf1 Ke7 25. Rcd3 Bb6 26. Qd2 Kf8 27. Rb3
Bc5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qa7 30. Be2 Kg7 31. Qd3 a5 32. Qa6
Qxa6 33. Bxa6 Rb8 34. Bb7 Bb4 35. Bc6 Rhc8 36. Rc1 Rb6 37. Ba4
Rxc1+ 38. Kxc1 Bc5 39. Rf3 Rb4 40. Bc2 a4 41. b3 axb3 42. axb3
Rb7 43. Kd1 Ra7 44. Ke2 Bb4 45. Rf2 Rc7 46. Bd3 Rc3 47. Rf1
Rxb3 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Bxb1 Kf8 50. Bc2 Ke7 51. Ba4 d4 52. Bb5
Ba5 53. Bd3 Kd8 54. Bb5 Bb4 55. Bd3 Kc7 56. Bb5 Kd8 57. Bd3
Ba5 58. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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 Nd7 12. Nbd2
exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. a4 Bb7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4
Nd7 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Ra2 g6 21. Kh2 Bg7 22. b3 Qc7
23. Bd3 c4 24. bxc4 Nc5 25. Bc2 bxc4 26. Ra3 a5 27. Bc3 Ba6
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nd4 Nd3 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Nc6 Kg8 32. Qd2
Rac8 33. Rb3 f5 34. exf5 Qf7 35. Re6 Bc4 36. Rxd3 Bxd3
37. Qxd3 gxf5 38. Nd4 Rf8 39. Nb5 Rcd8 40. Nxd6 Qc7 41. Qg3+
Qg7 42. Qe3 Kh8 43. Ne8 Qb2 44. d6 Rg8 45. Qe5+ Qxe5 46. fxe5
Rgxe8 47. Rxe8+ Rxe8 48. d7 1-0

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8. Bf4 a6 9. e4 Rb8 10. h3 b5 11. Qc2 Qe7
12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. g4 Nb6 15. Bg2 b4 16. Nd1 a5
17. Ne3 Nfd7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Bf1 c4
22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Bxc4 Rbc8 24. Rhf1 Bh6 25. b3 Nxc4 26. Ndxc4
Bxc4 27. bxc4 Qa7 28. Kd2 Qd4+ 29. Ke2 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rxc4
31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rf1+ Ke7 33. Qa4 Qb2+ 34. Kf3 Qh2 35. Rf2
Qxh3+ 36. Ke2 Qxg4+ 37. Kd2 Qh4 38. Rf1 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 b5 11. Qe2 h6 12. a3
Nbd7 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. Rd2 Re6 21. g4 Qb7 22. Ng3
Rc8 23. h4 g6 24. g5 Ne8 25. h5 Ng7 26. hxg6+ fxg6 27. gxh6
Nh5 28. Nxh5 gxh5 29. Qf5+ Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Qe7 31. f3 Qf6
32. Qxh5 Rg3 33. Rf2 d5 34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 d4 36. Bg5 Qg6
37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. Rg2 Kh7 39. Bf6 Bd6 40. Bg7 a5 41. Kf1 a4
42. Ke1 Rb8 43. Kd1 b4 44. axb4 Rxb4 45. Kc1 Rb7 46. Rg5 a3
47. bxa3 Bxa3+ 48. Kd2 Bb2 49. Rxe5 d3 50. Rg5 dxc2 51. Kxc2
1-0

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5
7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 g5 9. h3 Nxf2 10. Kxf2 gxf4 11. Qh5 Bc5
12. Rd1 fxg3+ 13. Kg2 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Be6 15. Ne4 Nd7 16. Bb5
dxe4 17. Bxd7+ Bxd7 18. Rhd1 Rf8 19. e6 Qf6 20. exd7+ Kd8
21. Qe2 Qf2+ 22. Qxf2 gxf2 23. Rxe4 a5 24. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8
17. Nc1 h5 18. Na2 Bh6 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Nxb4 e4 21. O-O Qd7
22. Nc6 Rxb2 23. fxe4 Ng4 24. Ra3 Re8 25. Bxa6 f5 26. e5 Nxe5
27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Qc4 Qa7+ 29. Kh1 Kh7 30. Qc6 Re7 31. Rb3 Rc7
32. Qxd6 Rbxc2 33. Qb6 Qa8 34. Bb7 Qe8 35. d6 Rd7 36. a6 Qe2
37. Qb5 Qxb5 38. Rxb5 Be3 39. Rd5 Kg7 40. g3 Kf6 41. Re1 Ba7
42. Re8 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 g5 44. Rf8+ Ke6 45. Rdxf5 Rc2+ 46. Kf1
Kxd6 47. Rd5+ Ke6 48. Rxd7 Kxd7 49. Rf5 Rxh2 50. Bg2 Ke6
51. Rf2 Ke5 52. Rf7 Bd4 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Rxa7 h4 55. Ra5+ Kd4
56. Ra4+ Ke5 57. g4 h3 58. Ba8 Rb2 59. Kg1 Re2 60. Bb7 Rb2
61. Re4+ Kd6 62. Bc8 Kd5 63. Re3 h2+ 64. Kh1 Kd4 65. Re7 Rc2
66. Bf5 Rb2 67. Re4+ Kd5 68. Re3 Kd4 69. Re7 Ra2 70. Bc8 Rb2
71. Bb7 Rf2 72. Bg2 Rf4 73. Bh3 Rf2 74. Rg7 Ke3 75. Rxg5 Ra2
1-0

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. g3
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd7 9. Be2 c5 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. d5 exd5 12. Bxh6
Rxh6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Ng5 Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qe4 Nxe5
17. O-O-O Kf8 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. f4 Nc6 20. Rd7 Qe8 21. Rxb7 Nd4
22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bd3 a5 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 e5
27. fxe5 Qc6+ 28. Kd1 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 g5 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. hxg5
Bxg5 32. Bd5 Rg6 33. Rb7+ Kf8 34. Bf7 Rg7 35. e6 h4 36. gxh4
Bxh4 37. Rb8+ Ke7 38. Rb5 d3 39. Kd2 Rg3 40. Rxa5 Kd6 41. b4
Bg5+ 42. Rxg5 Rxg5 43. Kxd3 Rg3+ 44. Kc2 Ra3 45. Kb2 Re3
46. a4 Kc7 47. Kc2 Kd6 48. a5 Rg3 49. Kb2 Re3 50. a6 Kc7
51. b5 Kb6 52. Kc2 Re5 53. Kd3 Rxb5 54. Kd4 Kxa6 55. e7 Rb8
56. Kc5 Rc8+ 57. Kd6 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "38"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4
d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. g4 Bg6
18. Bf5 a5 19. Nd2 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[EventDate "2003.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 f6
12. Bh4 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Re1 c6 15. a3 Be6 16. b4 Rd8 17. Qc2
g5 18. Bg3 Qg6 19. c5 h4 20. Bh2 g4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Bxg4
Bxg4 23. f3 Bh6 24. Rad1 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Bxf3 26. Re3 Bg4
27. Red3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Nc7 29. Qf2 Qg5 30. Qd2 Ne6 31. Qxg5+
Nxg5 32. b5 cxb5 33. Nxb5 Nxe4 34. Nxa7 Nxc5 35. Rc3 Ne4
36. Rc4 Bf5 37. Kh1 Rd8 38. Bg1 Rd1 39. Kh2 Rd2 40. Nc8 Kf8
41. Be3 Re2 42. Bc5+ Kf7 43. Nd6+ Nxd6 44. Bxd6 h3 0-1

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[EventDate "2003.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2 g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. b4 a6 13. a4 Qd6 14. Rab1 Nb6 15. h3 Be6 16. Rfc1 Rac8
17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. a5 g5 20. Nd2 f5 21. Nxc4 Qe7
22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Re1 Rc7 24. b5 axb5 25. Rxb5 Re7 26. Rc5 Bc8
27. f4 Bf6 28. a6 bxa6 29. Rxc6 Bb7 30. Rb6 Be4 31. Qb3+ Kh7
32. Ng3 gxf4 33. exf4 Ba8 34. Nxf5 Rc7 35. Qd3 Kh8 36. Nd6 Qa4
37. Rxa6 Qc2 38. Qxc2 Rxc2 39. Ng6+ Kg7 40. Rxa8 Bxd4+ 41. Kh2
Rxa8 42. Nf5+ Kxg6 43. Nxd4 Rb2 44. Re6+ Kf7 45. Re3 Ra4
46. Nf5 h5 47. Rf3 Kf6 48. Nh4 Rc2 49. Kg3 Rcc4 50. Rf2 Rc3+
51. Kh2 Rb4 52. Rf1 Rb2 53. Re1 Rf2 54. Re4 Ra2 55. Re1 Rc4
56. Kg3 Ra3+ 57. Nf3 Raa4 58. Re5 Kg6 59. Rg5+ Kh6 60. Rf5 Rc2
61. Rf6+ Kg7 62. Rf5 Kg6 63. Rg5+ Kh6 64. Nh4 Ra3+ 65. Kh2 Rf2
66. Nf5+ Kh7 67. Rxh5+ Kg6 68. Rg5+ Kf6 69. Ng3 Rxf4 70. Rg8
Kf7 71. Rb8 Ra2 72. Rb1 Rff2 73. Rg1 Kg6 74. Ne4 Rfe2 75. Ng3
Reb2 76. Ne4 Kf5 77. Ng3+ Kf4 78. Nh5+ Ke3 79. Ng3 Rb8
80. Re1+ Kd3 81. Rd1+ Kc4 82. Rc1+ Kd5 83. Rd1+ Ke5 84. Re1+
Kf6 85. Rf1+ Kg6 86. Re1 Rbb2 87. Rg1 Rc2 88. Nh1 Kg5 89. Ng3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[EventDate "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4 15. Rad1 Ra7 16. Nc2 Kh8
17. Ncb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 Qd7 19. Be2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qh4
Bf6 22. Qh6 Bg7 23. Qh4 Bf6 24. Qh6 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[EventDate "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. c3 b4 11. Nbd2 d5 12. exd5
Nxd5 13. Ne4 Kh8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nf6 16. Ng3 Bd6 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 Nd5 20. f4 f5 21. Bd2 Nd4 22. Ne2
Ne6 23. Rc1 a5 24. Bb3 Rad8 25. Kf2 c5 26. Be3 Nxe3 27. Kxe3
Bd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Red1 Rfd8 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. h4 h5
32. Ng3 g6 33. Nf1 Rd4 34. g3 c4 35. Ke2 Re4+ 36. Ne3 c3
37. bxc3 b3 38. c4 Nc5 39. Rd1 Nxa4 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Kd2 Nc5
42. Rc8 Rd4+ 43. Kc1 Nd3+ 44. Kb1 Re4 45. Rc7+ Kf8 46. Rc8+
Kf7 0-1

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 11. Be2 a5 12. h3
Bd7 13. Nh2 Kh8 14. Be3 Na6 15. b3 Ng8 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Kh1 b6
18. Rf1 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 Nf6 21. Bf3 Nh5 22. Bxh5 Qxh5
23. fxe5 dxe5 24. d6 cxd6 25. Qxd6 Rf6 26. Qd1 Qf7 27. Nd5 Rg6
28. Qc2 f4 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Rae1 Bf5 31. Qe2 Rg8 32. Nf3 e4
33. Nh4 f3 34. Nxf3 exf3 35. Qxf3 Rg5 36. g4 Rf8 37. gxf5 Bd4
38. f6 Rfg8 39. Ne7 Rg3 40. Qf5 R3g5 41. Qe6 Rg1+ 42. Rxg1
Rxg1+ 43. Kh2 Qxe6 44. Rxe6 Rf1 45. Nd5 Kg8 46. Kg3 h5 47. Ra6
Kf7 48. Rxa5 Kg6 49. Ra8 1-0

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. O-O d6 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Rae1
Ngf6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. f4 e5 16. Nd2 Kg7 17. Nc4
b5 18. Ne3 b4 19. Nb1 Bxe4 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Rf4
Ng5 23. Rxb4 Re8 24. Nc3 a5 25. Rb5 h5 26. h3 Qd7 27. Qf1 f5
28. Ncd5 f4 29. Qxf4 Nef3+ 30. Kh1 Rf8 31. Qc4 Nxe1 32. Nb6
Qe6 33. Qc3+ Kh6 34. Qxe1 Rae8 35. Nbd5 Nxh3 36. Qd2 Nf2+
37. Kg1 Kh7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Qc3 Qe5 40. Qxe5 dxe5 41. Ne7+
Kh7 42. N7f5+ Kh8 43. Ne7 Kg7 44. N7f5+ Kf6 45. Nd6 Re6
46. Nd5+ Kg5 47. Nf7+ Rxf7 48. Rxf7 Ng4 49. c4 e4 50. Kf1 Ne5
51. Rc7 Nd3 52. b3 e3 53. Re7 e2+ 0-1

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Ne5
O-O-O 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Kb8 15. h4 Bc8 16. Qe4
Rd6 17. Nf3 Ba5 18. h5 Bb6 19. Rh4 Rhd8 20. Rf4 Qe7 21. Bc4
Qc7 22. b3 f6 23. Re1 a6 24. Kg1 Ba5 25. Rb1 b5 26. Be2 Bb7
27. Qe3 Rc6 28. Rg4 Bb6 29. Qd3 e5 30. Qh7 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+
32. Bf1 e4 33. Rxg7 Bd5 34. Nh4 Bxd4 35. Nf5 Bb6 36. Qg6 Qf4
37. Qg3 Qxg3 38. Rxg3 Be6 39. Nxh6 Rd1 40. Ng4 Bc7 41. Ne3 Rd8
42. Rg6 Bf7 43. Rxf6 Bxh5 44. Rxa6 b4 45. Rh6 Bf7 46. g3 Rd2
47. Rh7 Be6 48. Re7 Bg8 49. Bg2 Rd8 50. Bxe4 Bd6 51. Rb7+ Kc8
52. Ra7 Bc5 53. Ra8+ Kc7 54. Rxd8 Kxd8 55. Kf1 Kc7 56. Ke2 Kd6
57. f4 Bf7 58. Nc4+ Ke7 59. Kf3 Bd4 60. g4 Be8 61. Ne5 Kd6
62. Nd3 Bc3 63. g5 Bh5+ 64. Kg3 Bd2 65. Bf3 Bg6 66. Ne5 1-0

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 b6 6. e4 e6
7. Nge2 Nge7 8. d3 d6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. b4 Bb7 11. O-O Qd7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Kh7 14. f4 f5 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Qd2 Nec6
17. h3 Rae8 18. Kh2 Nxe2 19. Nxe2 Nd4 20. bxc5 Nxe2 21. Qxe2
dxc5 22. e5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qa4 24. Qd1 Qc6+ 25. Qf3 Qa4 26. Qd1
Qc6+ 27. Kf2 Rf7 28. Rb3 Rd7 29. Qf3 Qa4 30. Rc3 Red8 31. Qd1
Qc6 32. Qb3 g5 33. Rg1 h5 34. Qd1 g4 35. Qe2 Kg6 36. h4 Bf8
37. Rb1 Be7 38. Rbb3 Qh1 39. Qe1 Qc6 40. Kg1 Kf7 41. Qe2 Ke8
42. Qg2 Qa4 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Ke2 Ke8 45. Qh1 Kf7 46. Kd2 Rxd3+
47. Rxd3 Qxb3 48. Rxd8 Bxd8 49. Qb7+ Be7 50. Qxa7 Qb2+ 51. Kd3
Qb3+ 52. Kd2 Qb2+ 53. Kd3 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2
Bc8 13. c3 Nc6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Nbxd4
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Rc8 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7
22. b3 Qe6 23. Rae2 Nd7 24. Bb2 Rc6 25. f4 Rfc8 26. Re3 Rc2
27. Ba1 Ra2 28. R1e2 Rxa3 29. Bb2 Ra2 30. f5 Qe7 31. Bf6 Rxe2
32. Bxe7 Rxe3 33. Qxd6 Nc5 34. Qd2 Rd3 35. Qh6 1-0

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Na3 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qd3 11. Re1 e6
12. Re3 Qd7 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Rd8 15. b3 Be7 16. Bb2 O-O
17. Qc2 Qc7 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bf6 20. Rd1 Ne7 21. Qe2 b5
22. Ba3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rfe8 24. d5 Nf5 25. Re4 Nd6 26. Bxd6
Rxd6 27. Re1 h6 28. g3 a5 29. Qa2 Re7 30. dxe6 Rexe6 31. Rxe6
Rxe6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qa4 Qb6 34. h4 Kf8 35. Qd7 Qc5 36. Qxe6
a4 37. g4 a3 38. Qa6 Bb2 39. Kg2 Qc7 40. g5 Qf4 41. Qc8+ Ke7
42. c5 h5 43. Qb7+ Ke6 44. Qb3+ Kd7 45. Qd5+ Kc7 46. g6 a2
47. Qf7+ Kc8 48. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bxd5 Rc8 15. O-O-O Qb6 16. h4
h6 17. h5 g5 18. f4 f6 19. fxg5 fxg5 20. Rdf1 b4 21. e5 dxe5
22. Bb3 Qd4 23. Qe2 Rf6 24. Rxf6 exf6 25. Rd1 Bg4 26. Rxd4
Bxe2 27. Rd7+ Kh8 28. Bf7 Bg4 29. Rxa7 e4 30. Kd2 f5 31. Bg6
Rd8+ 32. Ke3 Rc8 33. Kd2 Rd8+ 34. Ke3 Rc8 35. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 d6 11. Be3 Be6
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. c3 b4 15. Nc4 Ra8 16. Qb3 bxc3
17. bxc3 Rfb8 18. Qc2 Nd8 19. Ra2 Rxa2 20. Qxa2 Nf7 21. Qa6 h6
22. Ra1 c5 23. g3 Kh7 24. Kg2 Rb3 25. Bd2 Bd8 26. Qa4 Qb7
27. Qa8 Be7 28. Ra7 Qxa8 29. Rxa8 Rb7 30. Kf1 Nd7 31. Ra6 Kg8
32. Ke2 g6 33. Kd1 Kg7 34. Kc2 Nb8 35. Ra8 Nd7 36. Na5 Rc7
37. Ra6 Nb8 38. Rb6 Nd7 39. Rb7 Rxb7 40. Nxb7 d5 41. Be3 Kf8
42. c4 dxe4 43. dxe4 Ke8 44. Kb3 Nf6 45. Nd2 Nd7 46. Ka4 h5
47. Kb5 h4 48. gxh4 Bxh4 49. Nxc5 Ke7 50. Nb7 Nd6+ 51. Nxd6
Kxd6 52. c5+ Kc7 53. Nc4 Nf6 54. f3 Bg3 55. c6 Ne8 56. Bd2 Kc8
57. Bc3 Nc7+ 58. Ka5 1-0

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4
12. g4 Bg6 13. Qc4 d3 14. Be3 Qf6 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. g5 Qf5
17. Bg2 d2+ 18. Nxd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 O-O 20. Qf4 Qe6 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Rc1 f6 23. Rg1 fxg5 24. Qc4 Rd5 25. Rxg5 Re8 26. Be3
Be4 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Qd4 h6 29. Rc3 Qg6 30. f3 Qh5 31. h4 Re6
32. Kf2 Kh7 33. a4 a6 34. Qf4 Rf6 35. Qg3 Rg6 36. Qf4 Rf6
37. Qg3 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8
17. Nc1 h5 18. Na2 Bh6 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. b3 O-O 21. O-O e4
22. fxe4 Ng4 23. Nxb4 f5 24. Nc6 fxe4 25. Nxb8 Qa7+ 26. Kh1
Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7
12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Rg1 g6 14. Kb1 O-O 15. h4 Qc7 16. Qf2 Bd8
17. Nc1 f6 18. gxf6 Rxf6 19. Rh1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nd3 Qf7
22. Ne1 Ba5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxf3 26. Qd2
Rc6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Rxe3 29. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3
12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 b5 15. Nb3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4
17. Nc5 Rb8 18. Kd2 Rb5 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. a4 Rb8 21. Rb1 O-O
22. a5 Rb5 23. Rxb5 Bxb5 24. Bd4 f5 25. exf6 gxf6 26. g4 Kf7
27. h4 h5 28. g5 fxg5 29. fxg5 Kg6 30. Bf6 Re8 31. Re1 e5
32. Bxe5 Kf5 33. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7
7. O-O g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nxe5
Nxe5 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Qxh5 Qxd3 16. Na3 Qd6
17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Ne3 O-O-O 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. g3 Rd7 21. Re2 Rhd8
22. Kg2 a5 23. b3 Kb8 24. Rae1 c6 25. Re3 Rh8 26. R1e2 Bd8
27. Rf3 Bb6 28. Ne3 Bxe3 29. Rexe3 f6 30. Qg6 Rd6 31. Rf5 h5
32. h3 h4 33. Ref3 hxg3 34. fxg3 Rd2+ 35. Rf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2
Rxh3 37. Kg2 g4 38. Qxf6 Qxf6 39. Rxf6 Rh7 40. Rg6 Rd7
41. Rxg4 Rd2+ 42. Kh3 Rxa2 43. Rg5 Rb2 44. Rxe5 b5 45. Re8+
Kc7 46. e5 Rxb3 47. Re7+ Kb6 48. Kg4 Rxc3 49. e6 Re3 50. Kf4
Re1 51. Kf5 a4 52. Re8 a3 53. Ra8 b4 54. g4 Kc7 55. g5 b3
56. Ra7+ Kd6 57. Rxa3 b2 58. Rd3+ Ke7 59. Rd7+ Ke8 60. Rb7
b1=Q+ 61. Rxb1 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "7th Corsica Open"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. a4 g6
7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7
12. Bf4 Qa5 13. h4 Nb6 14. Bd2 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Qd8 16. Bf4 Nd5
17. Be5 Qxh4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qxc5
Rac8 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. Re4 Qh6 24. Rae1 Rfd8 25. b3 Rd5 26. Qf4
Qg7 27. Nb6 Rf5 28. Qd2 Rc6 29. Nc4 h5 30. Qe3 Qc3 31. Re2 b5
32. Ne5 Rd6 33. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+
Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. a3 h6 14. Bc1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Be7 16. Ne4
Be6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. f4 Nh4 20. Kf2 h5 21. g3
Nf5 22. Nf3 c5 23. Rd1 Ke8 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Nxd4
cxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxh3 28. Ne3 Bd7 29. Ng2 Rh6 30. Be3 Rc6 31. c3
a5 32. Nh4 Bxh4 33. gxh4 Rg6 34. f5 Bxf5 35. Bg5 Bd7 36. b4
axb4 37. axb4 Re6 38. Rd5 b6 39. b5 c6 40. bxc6 Rxc6 41. Rd6
Rxd6 42. exd6 f6 43. Be3 b5 44. Kg3 Kf7 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. Bc5
Kd5 47. Bb4 Kc4 48. Ba5 Kc5 49. Bb4+ Kd5 50. Ba3 Kc4 51. Bb4
Kd3 52. Ba5 Be6 53. Bb4 Bc8 54. Ba5 Bg4 55. Bb4 Bh3 56. Ba5
Bd7 57. Bb4 Ke2 58. Bc5 Kf1 59. Kg3 Ke1 60. Kf4 Kf1 61. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nxc4
b5 7. Ne3 Bb7 8. g3 c5 9. d5 a6 10. Bg2 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. a4
b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. Nec4 Nd6 17. e4 Ba6
18. Rd1 Rc8 19. f4 Nb6 20. Bf1 Bd4+ 21. Kg2 Ndxc4 22. Nxc4
Nxd5 23. Be2 Nf6 24. Bf3 Qc7 25. Bd2 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Bxb2
27. Rab1 Bd4 28. Rbc1 Nd7 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Rxd4 Qa7 31. Rd2
Nb6 32. Qb5 Nxa4 33. Ra1 Nc3 34. Qf1 Qc7 35. e5 c4 36. Ra6 Qc5
37. e6 f5 38. h4 Ne4 39. Rd7 c3 40. Raa7 c2 0-1

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. Nd2
Be6 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O h5 15. h4 Bh6 16. Ra3 g4 17. Bd3 Kb8
18. Re1 Bf4 19. Nf1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Ne3 Bc6
23. b4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qd6 25. Qb1 Rhe8 26. Kh2 Bxe3 27. fxe3 f5
28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Qc1 Qxb4 30. Bxe5+ Ka8 31. Bg3 Qe7 32. Rc3 Qe6
33. a5 Qd5 34. Rf2 Rf6 35. Qa3 Re8 36. Rc5 Qd7 37. e4 Ref8
38. Rcxf5 Rxf5 39. Qxf8+ Rxf8 40. Rxf8+ Qe8 41. Rxe8+ Bxe8
42. Bc7 b5 43. axb6 Kb7 44. Kg3 a5 45. Kf4 a4 46. Bd6 Kxb6
47. g3 Kc6 48. Ba3 Bf7 49. Kg5 Kd7 50. Kf6 Bb3 51. d4 Bc2
52. Ke5 Kc6 53. d5+ Kd7 54. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nc7 10. Qd4 f6 11. Qb4 Nc6
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rb1 e5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne6 16. Bd6 Bd7
17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Nxc5 19. Nb5 Nxe4 20. Bb4 Nc6 21. Bd3 a6
22. Bxe4 axb5 23. O-O Nxb4 24. cxb4 Bc6 25. Bf5 Rd8 26. Rbe1+
Kf8 27. Rf2 g6 28. Bb1 Rd6 29. Ba2 h5 30. h4 Rh7 31. Bb1 f5
32. Kh2 Rhd7 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Rfe2 Rd4 35. Kh3 Rc4 36. Re3 Rd2
37. Re7+ Kf8 38. R7e2 Rc3+ 39. Kh2 Rd4 40. g3 Rxa3 41. Rf2
Rxb4 42. Bxf5 gxf5 43. Rxf5+ Kg7 44. g4 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 Rg3+
46. Kf1 Bg2+ 0-1

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alfonso Romero Holmes"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4
7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1 c5 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 a6 11. bxa6 Nxa6
12. O-O Qa5 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Rfb8 15. Nc4 Qb4 16. a3 Qb3
17. Rc2 Nc7 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. f4 h6 20. Bh4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Rxb6
22. e5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Rd2 Qe6 25. Qf3 Rab8 26. Re1
dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander (Nenashev) Graf"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
7. Ng3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. b4 a6 12. Bb2
Nbd7 13. Qc2 b5 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Be6 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Rc8 20. Nf5 Bd5 21. Rae1
Bf8 22. Qd3 g6 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Bxh6
26. Qxh6 Qf6 27. Re5 Qf4 28. Qh3 f6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qd7 Re2
31. Qxc6 Qe4 32. Bc1 Re1 33. Qc8+ Kf7 34. Qb7+ Kg8 35. Qa8+
Kf7 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 a6 11. Rac1 Rb8
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nd4 b4 16. Bxb7 Rxb7
17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Nxb4 Qa8 19. Nc6 Nb8 20. Nxb8 Rfxb8 21. Qa4 h5
22. f3 Nd7 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Na4 Bf8 25. Rc2 e6 26. Rdc1 Rbb8
27. Rc7 Nf6 28. Ba7 Rb4 29. Bf2 Nd5 30. Rc8 Rbb8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8
32. Kf1 f5 33. Rc4 Bh6 34. Nc3 Ne3+ 35. Bxe3 Bxe3 36. Rc6 Bc5
37. Na4 Ba3 38. Nb6 Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40. Nd7 Rb5 41. h4 Kf7
42. Ra7 Bc1 43. a4 Rb4 44. Ne5+ Kf6 45. Nd3 Rxb3 46. Nxc1 Rb1
47. Rc7 Ra1 48. Rc4 d5 49. Rc6 Ke7 50. f4 Kd7 51. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+
12. Kxd1 Be6 13. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4
Nf6 7. N2g3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qf3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Bb7
12. Qe2 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6
16. Rad1 Qd7 17. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Qb5 Qd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfc1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Najer"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2 g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe5 Qxe5+ 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Nd4
Bg7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f4 O-O 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. h4 h5 21. Ke2
Bh6 22. Raf1 Rf5 23. Rf3 Kf7 24. Rhf1 Rd8 25. Rb3 Rd7 26. Rb4
e6 27. Rf3 Bf8 28. Rfb3 b5 29. cxb6 Bxb4 30. Rxb4 Rb7 31. a4
c5 32. Rb3 Ke7 33. a5 Rf8 34. Rc3 c4 35. Rg3 Kf7 36. Ke3 Rc8
37. Kd4 c3 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Bxc3 Ke8 40. b4 Rf7 41. g3 Kd7
42. b5 axb5 43. Kc5 g5 44. a6 gxf4 45. a7 Rf8 46. b7 1-0

[Event "TV Blitz"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[EventDate "2004.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Kb1 Nxb3
12. axb3 dxe4 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Nc7+ Qxc7 15. Qxb4 Nd5 16. Qxe4
Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd7 18. Qd4 e5 19. Qb4 O-O-O 20. Bd3 Be6
21. Rhe1 f6 22. Bc4 Bf5 23. g4 Bg6 24. h4 h5 25. Be6+ Kb8
26. Bf5 Bf7 27. Be4 hxg4 28. fxg4 Be6 29. Bf3 a5 30. Qe4 Rxd1+
31. Rxd1 Rxh4 32. Rd8+ Bc8 33. Rd3 Rh8 34. b4 a4 35. Qe3 Rd8
36. Rc3 Qd6 37. Qe4 Qb6 38. Rc4 Be6 39. Rc5 Rd4 40. Qe3 Rxb4
41. Qc3 Rb5 42. Rxb5 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. c3 Rfe8 12. Nf1
h6 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d4 Bf8 16. d5 c4 17. Be3 Qc7
18. Nd2 Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qf3 Be7 21. Ra2 Reb8 22. axb5 axb5
23. Rea1 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nb7 26. Ba7 Rc8 27. Ne4
Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Rxc5 31. Qd1 Rc8
32. Qa1 h5 33. Bf3 h4 34. Ra7 Rc7 35. Bh5 Rxa7 36. Qxa7 Qe8
37. Qc7 Bf8 38. Kf1 Qe7 39. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5
7. Qb3 Ra7 8. e4 e6 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5
12. Bxe5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Re2
Ng4 17. Qb6 Qa8 18. Bc7 Bf6 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Na4 Nh6 21. Qa5
Qc8 22. h3 Qf5 23. Rae1 Qd3 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kh7
26. Be5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qe4 29. g3 Qc2 30. Kg2 Nf5
31. Qd8 Ne3+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Nf1+ 34. Kg2 Ne3+ 35. fxe3
Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8
12. a5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. f3 c4 16. Kf2 Kf8
17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rc6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Ra4
Ne8 22. Nd5 Nd6 23. Bd2 Ke8 24. Bb4 Nb5 25. Bd2 Nd6 26. Bc3 f6
27. Bb4 Nb5 28. Bd2 Nd6 29. Bb4 Nb5 30. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2
Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 20. g4 Rfd8 21. f3
Rac8 22. c3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. c4 Kf8 26. Kc2
Ke8 27. Nd3 Bd4 28. b3 Rc8 29. a4 a6 30. a5 Nd7 31. Re4 Ba1
32. Bd6 Nf6 33. Re1 Bd4 34. Bb4 Nd5 35. Bd2 Nf6 36. Bc3 Bxc3
37. Kxc3 Ke7 38. b4 Nd7 39. Re2 Rf8 40. b5 g5 41. Rb2 Kd6
42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Rb7 Ra8 44. Nb4 f5 45. gxf5 exf5 46. Kd4 g4
47. fxg4 fxg4 48. c5+ Ke6 49. c6 Nf6 50. c7 Rc8 51. Nxa6 g3
52. Rb3 Nxh5 53. Kc5 g2 54. Rb1 Nf4 55. Kc6 h5 56. Kb7 Rg8
57. Nc5+ Kd5 58. Nd7 Ke6 59. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d4 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bf5 15. b4 O-O-O 16. Rc1
Kb8 17. g3 a5 18. Bg2 Be4 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 axb4 21. axb4
Nxb4 22. Rc4 Nc6 23. Rb1 Ne5 24. Rcb4 Rd7 25. Nf4 Rc8 26. Ra4
Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4
exd4 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. f4 Nc5 17. Qf3
Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qd7 19. Rf1 c5 20. Rf2 Bh8 21. f5 d5 22. Qg4 Bc6
23. Raf1 dxe4 24. Nxe4 c4 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qg3
Bd5 28. b4 Qc6 29. Bg5 cxd3 30. Bf6 d2 31. Bxh8 Kxh8 32. Rxd2
Bc4 33. Rc1 Qf6 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Re3 36. a5 Rae8
37. Rcd1 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Bd5 39. Nxa6 Bxg2 40. Nc7 R8e5 41. Rxe2
Rxe2 42. Nxb5 Rxb2 43. Rxd4 Kg7 44. a6 Bf3 45. Nc3 Rg2+
46. Kf1 Rxh2 47. b5 Rb2 48. a7 Bb7 49. Rd7 Ba8 50. Rd8 Bb7
51. Rb8 Bf3 52. b6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Qf2 Rxc3 15. Bxb6 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1
Bh4 17. Rg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rc7 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Bxc7 Qxc7 22. Bh3 Re8 23. Rd3 Nf6 24. Qa7 Kf7 25. Rc3 Qd7
26. Qb6 Re7 27. Rd3 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Qc5 Qb5 30. Qd6 Nb4
31. Rd2 Qc4 32. b3 Qc3 33. f4 Qxg3 34. Qxb4 Qxh3 35. fxe5 Qe3
36. Qd6 h5 37. Rd1 Qf2 38. Qd3 Qg2 39. Rf1+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kh7
41. Rf8 Qg1+ 42. Kb2 Qg5 43. Qd3+ g6 44. Qd6 Kg7 45. Qb8 Qh6
46. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4
12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4
17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rfb1 c3 21. a5 Nc4
22. Rxb7 Qe6 23. Ra1 Rc7 24. a6 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Kg7 26. e4 f6
27. Qxc3 Rff7 28. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zhong Zhang"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4
cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. b3
exd5 18. Qxd5 f6 19. Nh4 Nc5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nf5 Bxf5
22. exf5 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Be3 Ba3 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Ke7 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 Rc8 29. Rd2 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bd3 b6 10. a5 bxa5 11. O-O c4 12. Be2
O-O 13. Re1 Nbc6 14. Bf1 f6 15. Ba3 fxe5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qc7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Bh3 Rf6 21. Qc1 a4
22. Qa3 Rb8 23. f4 Rb6 24. Kf2 Qb8 25. Rae1 Qf8 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8
27. Ke3 g5 28. Bg4 gxf4+ 29. gxf4 Rb2 30. f5 exf5 31. Bf3 Rxc2
32. Kf4 Rxc3 33. Bh5 Rh3 34. Rxd5 Rh4+ 35. Kg3 Rxh5 36. Rxd7
f4+ 37. Kg4 Rg5+ 38. Kf3 Rf7 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rc8 Rb5 41. Rxc4
Rb3+ 42. Kf2 a3 43. Ra4 f3 44. Ra1 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Kh1
a2 47. Rg1 Kf8 48. Rxg2 f2 49. Rg1 f1=Q 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Na5
12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf5 16. Bg4
Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qd8 18. c3 Bf6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Bg3 Be5 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. g4 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 Nxa4
12. Rxa4 Be7 13. g5 O-O 14. h4 Bd7 15. Ra1 Nc6 16. Rxa6 Qc7
17. Kf2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Be3 Rxa6 20. Bxa6 f5 21. gxf6
Bxf6 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Bc4 Be8 24. Be2 Bf7 25. Qd2 Bh5 26. b3
Qe7 27. Kg2 Qf7 28. Rh3 Be7 29. b4 h6 30. b5 Qg6+ 31. Kh2 Qe6
32. Qd3 Be8 33. Qb3 Qc8 34. b6 Bf7 35. Qb1 Qc3 36. Bd3 Rb8
37. Qg1 Bc4 38. Qg6 Bxd3 39. Rg3 Bf6 40. cxd3 Rxb6 41. Bxb6
Qb2+ 42. Rg2 Qxb6 43. Rc2 Bd8 44. h5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. Nc3 exd5
7. exd5 Bg4 8. Be2 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ng5 Bxe2
12. Nxe2 Nd7 13. Qh3 Nf6 14. Bd2 h6 15. Nf3 g5 16. Ne1 Ne4
17. Bc1 f5 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Rb1 Rae8 20. b3 Ng6 21. Bb2 Bxb2
22. Rxb2 Qg7 23. Rc2 f4 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3
Re2 27. a3 Rfe8 28. Nd3 Rd2 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Ne5 31. h3
Kg7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. g4 fxg3 34. Rxg3 Kf5 35. Re3 h5 36. a4 Rb2
37. Ng2 h4 38. Rc3 Ke4 39. Re3+ Kf5 40. Rc3 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rh1
42. Re3 a5 43. Rc3 Ng6 44. Rf3+ Nf4+ 45. Nxf4 gxf4 46. Rc3 Ke4
47. Kd2 Rb1 48. f3+ Kf5 49. Rc1 Rxb3 50. Re1 Rxf3 51. Re6 Rxh3
52. Rxd6 Re3 53. Rxb6 Re4 54. Kc3 f3 55. Rb8 h3 56. Rf8+ Kg4
57. Kd3 Re1 0-1

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2 Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 b6 12. Rac1
Bb7 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ba6 Nf6 17. Rc2
Rab8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Red8 21. Kg2 Bf8
22. Qf5 c5 23. h4 Rd6 24. Ne5 Re6 25. Ne2 Bd6 26. Nd3 g6
27. Qf3 c4 28. Ndf4 Bxf4 29. Nxf4 Rd6 30. b3 b5 31. Rb1 Qc8
32. Nd3 Rbb6 33. Nc5 Qe8 34. Qf4 h5 35. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qb3 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7
12. Rac1 Nc6 13. Nb5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Qe3 Nc5 16. Bb4 a5
17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. f4 b5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. f5 Rxc1
22. Qxc1 exf5 23. Nxf5 g6 24. Nd4 Qd8 25. h4 b4 26. Qf4 f6
27. Bh3 fxe5 28. Qxe5 Bf6 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. e3 Bg7 31. Rxf8+
Qxf8 32. Qd7 Bh6 33. Ne6 Qc8 34. Qe7 d4 35. e4 Bxe4 36. Nc5
Qxh3 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Bf8 40. Nxe4 Qf5
41. b3 d3 42. Qc6 Kh8 43. Kg2 h6 44. Qc4 Qd7 45. Nf6 Qg7
46. Ne4 Qb2+ 47. Kf3 Qe2+ 48. Kf4 Bg7 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qd7
Qf1+ 51. Ke3 Qe2+ 52. Kf4 Qf1+ 53. Ke3 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7
12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14.O-O O-O 15. Qf3 d5 16. cxd5 fxe4
17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Qh4 19. g3 Qg5 20.Qb3 Bg4 21. Bf3 f5
22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. d6+ Kh8 24. Qd5 f4 25. Nc2 Qg6 26. Nb4 Qg4
27. Nc6 f3 28. Nxe5 Qh5 29.Nxf3 Qxf3 30. Qxf3 Rxf3 31. d7 Rd8
32. Rd2 Kg8 33.Kg2 Rf5 34.Rc1 Kf7 35. f4 b4 36.Rc4 Rb5 37.Kf3
b3 38.Ra4 bxa2 39.Rxa6 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Qf2 Bd8 16. h4 g6
17. Qd2 Be7 18. Qh2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Na4 b5 21. Nb6 Rb8
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 f6 24. Qe2 fxg5 25. hxg5 Rf7 26. Nd2 Nf4
27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Rg3 Rh4 29. Qg2 Rh5 30. f4 exf4 31. Rc3 Qd7
32. a3 Rc8 33. Rcd3 Qe6 34. Nf3 Qxe4 35. R5d4 Qf5 36. Rd1 Bf8
37. Qd2 Rc4 38. Re1 Rh3 39. Rxc4 bxc4 40. Nd4 Qd5 41. Qxf4 Rh1
42. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 43. Ka2 Qd5 44. c3 Be7 45. Nf3 Qe6 46. Qd4 d5
47. Qa7 Qd6 48. Qb7 a5 49. Qb5 Bd8 50. Qb7 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 Nhf6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. O-O Bd5 16. Rfe1 e6
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Qa4 f5 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Qg4 Be5 23. h3 Bh2+ 24. Kf1 Qg3 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 26. Re2
Bxa2 27. Bc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rad8 29. Be1 Rf6 30. Rce4 Rd5
31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Be5 33. Re7 Rxc5 34. Rxb7 Rc1 35. Rb6
a5 36. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O h5 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 g6 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Qc3 Be7 15. Qc6+ Nbd7 16. Bb6 Qxb6
17. Qxa8+ Nb8 18. Na5 Nfd7 19. Nc6 Bg5 20. Qa7 Nxc6 21. Qxb6
Nxb6 22. dxc6 Ke7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Ra3 Na4 25. c4 Rxc6 26. Be2
Rb6 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Rxa4 f5 30. Rd1 Be3 31. a3
d5 32. b4 d4 33. Ra5 Rxa5 34. bxa5 Kd6 35. Kc2 e4 36. fxe4
fxe4 37. Re1 1-0

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.28"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. c3 Bg7 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. exf5 O-O 16. Qg4 Nb8
17. O-O h5 18. Qf3 Qg5 19. a4 Ra7 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bh6
22. e4 Bg5 23. b4 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rb7 25. f6 Kh7 26. Ra5 Nd7
27. Ra6 Nb6 28. Rd1 Nc4 29. Rc6 Ne3 30. Rd3 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Ra8
32. Ra6 Rc8 33. Rc6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.02"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O b5
7. Ne5 Nd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8
12. Nc3 c6 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Qa1 Nbd7 15. d5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 cxd5
17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Re1+ Kf8
21. Qa3+ Be7 22. Qa7 g6 23. Nxb5 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.03"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 h6
12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Rae1 Kh7 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Bg3
Bh4 17. Rg1 Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Bf6 19. Kg2 Qa5 20. Re2 Bxc3
21. Qxc3 Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.05"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7
12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 h6 14. gxh5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxh3 16. Qg2 Qxg2+
17. Kxg2 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. h6 Rae8 20. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bc2 b4 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Nf1
Bf6 18. d5 Ncb8 19. h4 Nc5 20. Ng3 Bc8 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nh5 Be7
23. Nh3 Qa2 24. Re3 g6 25. Rg3 Nbd7 26. Bxh6 Bxh4 27. Rg4 Be7
28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. Nxg5 f5 30. exf5 gxh5 31. Rg3 Nf6 32. Ne6+
Kf7 33. Rg7+ Ke8 34. Nxc7+ Kd8 35. Ne6+ Ke8 36. Nc7+ Kd8
37. Ne6+ Ke8 38. Nc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Bd3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O
12. O-O Nb6 13. Kg2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3+ 15. Qxf3 N8d7 16. Be3 c4
17. Bc2 Rac8 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. e5 f5 21. e6 Nc8
22. g4 Qh4 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Kh2 Ne7 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Ne2 Bh6
27. b4 cxb3 28. Bxb3 Ng6 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 b5 31. Rc1
Rfc8 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. h4 Kf6 35. h5 Nxf4 36. Nxf4
Rc3+ 37. Kf2 Bxf4 38. Rg8 Rc7 39. a4 b4 40. a5 Bg5 41. Rb8 Ke5
42. Rxb4 Bd2 43. Rb5 a6 44. Rb6 Bxa5 45. Rxa6 Bd2 46. Ra8
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Nc2 Qd7
17. Qh4 f5 18. Ncb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Bf6 20. Qh5 a5 21. exf5 Bf7
22. Qh6 Bg7 23. Qh4 axb4 24. f6 Bg6 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. cxb4
Rbc8 27. Qg5 Qe6 28. Be4 Rf6 29. Bd5 Qd7 30. Rac1 h6 31. Qh4
Bc2 32. Re1 Bd3 33. h3 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 e4 35. b3 Qf5 36. Rc7+
Kf8 37. a4 e3 38. fxe3 fxe3 39. Bf3 e2 40. Rc1 bxa4 41. bxa4
Qf4 42. Qxf4 Rxf4 43. b5 Rxa4 44. b6 Rc4 45. Ra1 Ra4 46. Re1
Rb4 47. Bxe2 Bxe2 48. Rxe2 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Bf4 Nxb3+
12. cxb3 Qa5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a3 Be7 15. Kb1 b5 16. b4 Qd8
17. Ne2 Nb6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. b3 O-O 20. Ka2 Qb8 21. Rc1 Qa7
22. Be3 Rac8 23. Bd3 Qb8 24. f4 Rfd8 25. Qf2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8
27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Qc2 h6 29. Nc6 Qb7 30. Nxe7+ Nxe7 31. Qc5
Nf5 32. Bd4 Qc6 33. Kb2 Qxc5 34. Bxc5 Bc6 35. a4 h5 36. g3 f6
37. exf6 gxf6 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. a5 Kf7 40. Kc3 Ke6 41. Kd4 Be8
42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Bb6 Ke6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Bd8 Ke6 46. Kc5 Bd7
47. Bb6 Be8 48. Ba7 d4 49. Kxd4 Kd6 50. Bc5+ Kc6 51. Be7 Bf7
52. Bxf6 Kd6 53. Be5+ Kc6 54. Bg7 Bxb3 55. Ke5 Bc2 56. Kf6 Kd7
57. Kg5 Bd1 58. Kxf5 Bg4+ 59. Kg5 Ke6 60. f5+ Kf7 61. Bd4 1-0

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7
12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5 15. Qf3 d5 16. cxd5 fxe4
17. Bxe4 Qd7 18. d6 Rb8 19. Rad1 Rb6 20. Qc3 Rxd6 21. Bf5 Rxd1
22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Nc2 Rfd8 24. Ne3 Rd2 25. h4 Be6 26. a3 f5
27. Qc6 R2d6 28. Qc2 Rd2 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Bf6 31. g3 Rc8
32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Qe2 Bc4 34. Qc2 f4 35. Nc3 Bd3 36. Qd1 fxg3
37. fxg3 e4 38. Qg4+ Kh8 39. Qe6 Bd4+ 40. Kh2 Rf8 41. Nxe4
Bxe4 42. Qxe4 Bxb2 43. Qb4 Bg7 44. g4 h6 45. Qe4 a5 46. g5 b4
47. axb4 axb4 48. Qxb4 Kh7 49. Qe4+ Kh8 50. Kg3 Rd8 51. Qe6
hxg5 52. hxg5 Rd4 53. Kf3 Kh7 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Kg3 Kg8 56. Kf2
Kh8 57. Ke2 Kg8 58. Qg6 Kh8 59. Qf7 Kh7 60. Kf3 Kh8 61. Qe7
Kh7 62. Qe6 Kh8 63. Qc6 Kh7 64. Qb6 Rd3+ 65. Kg4 Rc3 66. Qe6
Rc7 67. g6+ 1-0

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Qe1 Bb4 10. Qe3 O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Bxe4 Re8 13. Bxf5 Rxe3 14. fxe3 Ne7 15. Bd3 f6 16. e4 Kh8
17. e5 c5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. a3 Ba5 20. dxc5 Bc7 21. b4 Nc6
22. Bb2 Ne5 23. Be4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rb8 25. Bxb7 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2
Qc7+ 27. Kg1 Qxb7 28. Rxf6 Kg8 29. Raf1 Rd8 30. R1f3 Qc7
31. R6f4 1-0

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6
7. Be3 e5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Nb3 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 d5 11. exd5 a6
12. Nc3 Bb4 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6 15. O-O-O Be7 16. h3
Nbd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 O-O 19. Na5 Bb4 20. Nxb7 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Rfc8 22. Rd3 Rc4 23. Bh2 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Re1 h5
26. gxh5 Rxh5 27. Re5 Rh4 28. Ra5 Ne4 29. c4 Rc8 30. c5 Rxc5
31. Rxa6 Nf2 32. Rf3 Nxh3 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rxf7 Rhc4 35. Kb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5
12. Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Bxb8 Bg6 15. Bc7 Qxc7 16. Bd3 Bxc5
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. O-O-O Rac8 19. Kb1 Red8 20. Nb3 Be7
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. h3 Bf6 23. Ne2 Qb6 24. Rd1 Rd3 25. Nec1
Rxd1 26. Qxd1 h5 27. Ne2 Qb5 28. Ned4 Qc4 29. Qe2 Qxe2
30. Nxe2 h4 31. Kc2 Bf5 32. Nd2 Kg7 33. Nc3 Be5 34. Ncxe4 Kg6
35. f3 b6 36. b3 Bc8 37. Nf2 Bg3 38. Nd3 f5 39. e4 Bh2
40. exf5+ Kxf5 41. Ne4 Bb7 42. Nc3 Bb8 43. Nb5 a6 44. Nd4+ Kf6
45. Nf2 Ke5 46. Kd3 Kf6 47. Ng4+ Kg6 48. a4 Bd5 49. Ne3 Bg8
50. Ke4 Bd6 51. Nef5 Ba3 52. Ne3 Bc5 53. Nd5 a5 54. Ke5 Bxd4+
55. Kxd4 Be6 56. Ke5 Bf7 57. f4 gxf4 58. Nxf4+ Kg5 59. Ne6+
Kg6 60. Nd4 Kg5 61. Ke4 Bg8 62. Ke5 Bf7 63. Ne6+ Kg6 64. Nf4+
Kg5 65. Nd5 Bg8 66. Kd6 Bf7 67. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7
12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Qd3 Nf6
17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Rde1 cxd4 19. Ng4 Ba6 20. Qxa6 Nxg4 21. Qd3
Bf4+ 22. Kb1 g6 23. g3 Be5 24. h5 Nxf2 25. Qf3 Nxh1 26. hxg6
fxg6 27. Qxh1 Bg7 28. Nxe6 Qd6 29. Qb7 Rg8 30. Nf4 Rae8
31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. a3 g5 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Qa6 Qd5 35. c4 Qh1+
36. Ka2 d3 37. Bxd3 Qc6 38. c5 Qxc5 39. Qa4 Rd8 40. Qb3+ Kh7
41. Ne7+ Kh8 42. Ng6+ Kh7 43. Bb1 Qd4 44. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b3 Be6 11. Qc2 f6
12. Ne4 Qd7 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bc5 b6 15. Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Rac1
Rac8 17. Ned2 Bd5 18. e3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20. Qb2 Be6 21. Bf1
Bg4 22. Re1 Qf5 23. Nh4 Qd7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nd5 26. b5
Na5 27. Nhf3 Qe7 28. Rb1 c5 29. bxc6 Nxc6 30. Rec1 Ndb4
31. Ne1 Bf5 32. Rc3 Nd5 33. Rb3 Na5 34. Ra3 Be6 35. e4 Nc7
36. Rc3 Rb8 37. Rcc1 Bg8 38. Nef3 Ne6 39. Qb4 Nc5 40. Qb5 Bf7
41. Rc3 Be8 42. Qb4 Nc6 43. Qa3 Ra8 44. Qc1 Rab8 45. h3 Qd6
46. Nc4 Qc7 47. Nxb6 Nxe4 48. dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6
7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bh2 f5 11. e3 f4 12. Bd3 Bh6
13. O-O O-O 14. exf4 Nxf4 15. Re1 Qd8 16. Bc4 b6 17. Bg3 Ra7
18. Ne4 Rg7 19. Ra3 g5 20. Nh2 Rg6 21. Rae3 Bg7 22. Nc3 Nd7
23. Ng4 Nf6 24. Re6 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Kh8 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Rxg6
hxg6 28. Qf3 Qh4 29. Qh3 Qxh3 30. gxh3 Be5 31. f3 Kg7 32. Ne4
Bd7 33. Ng5 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bf1 Ra8 36. b3 Ra3 37. Rb1
Bd4+ 38. Kh1 Kf6 39. Ne6 Bf2 40. Nxf4 g5 41. Ne6 Be8 42. Nc7
Bg6 43. Nxb5 Ra2 44. Rd1 Bg3 45. Bd3 Be5 46. Bxg6 Kxg6 47. Rd3
Ra5 48. Nc7 Ra7 49. Nb5 Ra5 50. Nc7 Ra3 51. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2
d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 Ne5 11. Qd2 Be6
12. Be2 Bc4 13. g4 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 c6 15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 Bxe2
17. Nxe2 Nc4 18. Qf3 g6 19. Ng3 Ng7 20. h4 a5 21. h5 Qb6
22. Qc3 Qb4 23. Rd3 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 d5 25. Nd4 Ne6 26. exd5 cxd5
27. Nge2 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Re4 29. Nb5 Rxf4 30. Nc7 Rd8 31. hxg6
hxg6 32. Rch3 Kf8 33. Ne6+ fxe6 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. R1h7+ Kd6
36. Rxd8+ Ke5 37. Rh1 Ne3 38. Re1 Ke4 39. Rd6 e5 40. Rxg6 Rf2
41. c3 Rc2+ 42. Kb1 Rg2 43. Rg8 Kd3 44. g6 d4 45. cxd4 exd4
46. g7 Kd2 47. Rc1 d3 48. Rf8 1-0

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qc7
7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Ne2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Ng3 O-O 13. c4 a6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Ne8 16. b4 Nb6
17. c5 Nd7 18. a4 Nf8 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. Nb3 Rad8 21. axb5 axb5
22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Bc8 25. Qd2 Be6 26. Na5
Nd7 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Bf8 29. g5 Ng7 30. Nf1 Ne6 31. Nh2
Be7 32. g3 Bd8 33. Nb3 Nb8 34. Nf3 Be7 35. Nc1 Nd7 36. Nd3 Bf8
37. Qa2 Bg7 38. Qa8+ Ndf8 39. Kg2 f6 40. gxf6 Bxf6 41. Bh6 Kf7
42. Bxf8 Nxf8 43. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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. Bd3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bc3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. O-O h6
17. b4 Be7 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 a5
22. b5 Qc5 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Ra7 25. Rcd1 Rc7 26. Rd8 Rc8
27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rd7 g6 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 Rc8 31. Qb7 Qxc4
32. Rxf7 Qd5+ 33. Qxd5 exd5 34. Rf6 Kg7 35. Rc6 Re8 36. Rxb6
Re2 37. Rb7+ Kh6 38. a3 Ra2 39. Rd7 Rxa3 40. Rxd5 Rb3 41. f3
a4 42. Rd4 a3 43. Ra4 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Rxb5 45. Rxa3 Rb2 46. Ra7
Rf2 47. Rf7 Ra2 48. g4 hxg4+ 49. fxg4 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 Ra2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. h3 Ne7
7. Nc3 h6 8. Bd3 g5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2
Nd7 13. hxg5 Ng6 14. g3 Qe7 15. gxh6 O-O-O 16. Nh4 Bxe2
17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Qxe2 g5 19. Qg4 Rdg8 20. Kg2 Rxh6 21. Be3
Kc7 22. Rh1 Rhg6 23. Rh2 Nb6 24. Rah1 Nxc4 25. Bc1 R6g7
26. Rh8 Qd7 27. Qxd7+ Kxd7 28. R1h7 Rxh7 29. Rxg8 g4 30. Rxg4
b5 31. Rg8 Kc7 32. g4 Rd7 33. g5 Rd8 34. Rg6 a5 35. Rf6 b4
36. cxb4 cxb4 37. g6 Rg8 38. Bh6 Nb6 39. g7 Nd7 40. Rf3 a4
41. Kf1 Kb6 42. Ke2 a3 43. Kd1 Kb5 44. Kc2 Rc8+ 45. Kb1 Ka4
46. Rf8 1-0

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Ne4 b6
12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 c5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Nh5 g5 16. Nd2 Ng6
17. c4 Kd7 18. Ne4 Kc6 19. g4 a6 20. a4 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Be7
22. f3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 b5 24. axb5+ axb5 25. Ng7 bxc4 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. bxc4 Rb8 28. Bc3 Nf4 29. Kf2 Nxh3+ 30. Ke3 Nf4
31. Rh1 Bf8 32. Ra1 Rd8 33. Nf2 Bg7 34. Ra6+ Kb7 35. Ra5 Kb6
36. Ra2 Ng2+ 37. Ke2 Rf8 38. Ne4 Nh4 39. Rb2+ Kc6 40. Ra2 Kb6
41. Rb2+ Kc6 42. Ra2 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1
Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 c5
18. c4 Qb6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 b4 21. Ba4 Red8 22. Bg5 f6
23. Be3 Qe6 24. g5 Nb6 25. Bb3 a5 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qg4 fxg5
28. Bxg5 Qg6 29. Nh4 Qf7 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Nf5 g6 32. Rad1
Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Qf6 34. Ne3 h5 35. Qf3 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Kf7 37. Ra1
Nc8 38. Ba4 Nd6 39. Bd7 Ke7 40. Bh3 Kd8 41. Be6 Kc7 42. Bd5
Bh6 43. Bxb7 Bxe3 44. fxe3 Kxb7 45. b3 g5 46. Kg2 g4 47. Rh1
1-0

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nd5 8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. Qxf6 N7xf6
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Ne3 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Be4 16. Bf3
O-O-O 17. Rhd1 d4 18. Ng4 Bxf3 19. exf3 Nd7 20. f4 f6 21. f3
Kb8 22. Nf2 Rhe8 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Ra3 Re3 26. Nd3
Na6 27. a5 Kc7 28. Ra1 Kd6 29. Rc1 Rxf3 30. Rc8 Kd5 31. b4 b6
32. Ra8 Kc4 33. Ne1 Rf2+ 34. Kd1 Nxb4 35. Rxa7 bxa5 36. Rxa5
d3 37. Ra7 Nd5 38. Ra4+ Kb3 39. Rd4 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 b5 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8
12. f5 Bc4 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 g6 16. Bxc4 bxc4
17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Qh3 Qd7 19. Nf1 gxf5 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21. Ncd5 Nf2
22. Qh5 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc5 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxf5 e4 26. Ng7+
Kf8 27. Qh6 Qe5 28. Nf5+ Ke8 29. Nxd6+ Ke7 30. Nf5+ Ke8
31. Qg5 Qc7 32. Ng7+ 1-0

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. h3 Ne7 12. Re1
Ng6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. d4 Bb7 16. Bc2 d5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qxh6 Rxe5 22. Be3
Qf6 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qf4 Rbe8 26. Re3 Kg7
27. Rd1 Bd5 28. h4 b4 29. Rde1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7
17. a4 Ne7 18. axb5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 Nf4 20. Bxe6+ Nxe6 21. Qd5
Qe8 22. Rxa6 Raf7 23. Qc4 f4 24. Nd5 e4 25. Rxd6 Ng5 26. h4
Qe5 27. Rc6 Ne6 28. b6 Kh8 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Rf8 31. b7
Qxd5 32. b8=Q Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Bf8 34. Re1 Kg8 35. c4 Qe5
36. Qa8 e3 37. fxe3 fxe3 38. Qf3 Bc5 39. Kh1 Qxb2 40. Rf1 Qg7
41. Qa8+ Bf8 42. Qe4 Qh6 43. g3 Bc5 44. Qa8+ Bf8 45. Qf3 Kh8
46. Qe4 Bd6 47. Rf3 Bc5 48. Qe5+ Qg7 49. Qxe6 Qb7 50. Kg2 1-0

[Event "13th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bg2 d5 10. Ne5 Na6 11. cxd5 exd5
12. O-O c5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nd3 Qd7 15. Na4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne4
17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. e3 Nb4 20. Bh3 Qe7 21. Nb5 Nc6
22. Bb2 d4 23. Nxd4 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Qxe3 25. Bg2 Nxd4 26. Bxb7
Bc5 27. b4 Ne2+ 28. Qxe2 Qxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rd2+
31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. Bd5 Kf8 33. Bb3 Rxh2 34. Nd5 Rh5 35. g4 Rh3+
36. Kg2 Rd3 37. Rc7 Rd8 38. Nf4 R3d7 39. Rc6 Rd6 40. Rc7 R6d7
41. Rc6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ba4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 f6
17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qb3 Ba5 19. Nd2 c6 20. Na7 Bf5 21. Nxe4 Bxe4
22. f3 Bg6 23. Qa3 fxe5 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Bb4 26. Qa7 e4
27. Qa2 Kh8 28. Qxd5 Qc7 29. fxe4 Bf7 30. Qd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Tarik Abulhul"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3
7. Qxc3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. b4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. d3 Rc8 12. e4
Qc7 13. b5 Rfe8 14. Re1 h6 15. Bh3 Rcd8 16. Ra2 Bc8 17. a4 e5
18. a5 Nf8 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Bb2 Qd7 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nh4 Qh3
23. f3 Ne6 24. Qd2 Nh5 25. Nf5 Ng5 26. Qe3 Re6 27. Rf1 Kh7
28. Bc1 Rg6 29. Qf2 Re8 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Ne6 32. Kf2 Ng5
33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Ra7 Rf6 35. Ne3 Rb8 36. Rfa1 Kg6 37. Rd7 Re6
38. Raa7 Rf8 39. Rdb7 Nf6 40. Rxb6 Rh8 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tarik Abulhul"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. e4 Nge7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Rb1 a6 10. a3 Rb8 11. Bd2 b5 12. b3 h6
13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Ne2 e5 15. Nh4 b4 16. a4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. f4
exf4 19. gxf4 Bg4 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Kh1 Rbe8 22. Be3 f5 23. Ng3
Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Ne2 Nc6 27. Bh3 Qb7
28. Ng3 Bg7 29. Qg1 Nd4 30. Rf2 Bf6 31. Bg2 Qd7 32. exf5 gxf5
33. Bd5 Bh4 34. Qd1 Re3 35. Rg2 Qe8 36. Qf1 Bxg3 37. Rxg3 Rxg3
38. hxg3 Qh5+ 39. Kg2 Re8 40. Rb2 a5 41. Qf2 Qd1 42. Bf3 Qxd3
43. Rd2 Qe3 44. Bd1 Kg6 45. Rb2 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Qe1 47. Qxe1 Rxe1
48. Rd2 Re3 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. Kf2 Rc3 51. Kg2 Ke7 52. g4 fxg4
53. Bxg4 Rxb3 54. Kf1 Rc3 55. Ke1 Rc1+ 56. Kf2 b3 57. Kg3 Rxc4
58. f5 Kf6 59. Rh2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander Petkov Delchev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Ne2 d5
7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be4 h6 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Bc2 Bd6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qd2 Kg7
17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bb3 Qf6 20. Red1 Ne7 21. Rac1
Bc6 22. Bc2 Nc8 23. b3 Nd6 24. f3 Nb5 25. Ne2 Re7 26. Re1 Rde8
27. Kf1 Re3 28. a4 Nc7 29. Qa5 Ne6 30. Qxa7 Qh4 31. Qa5 Qxh2
32. Qd2 Ng5 33. Ng1 Rxf3+ 34. Nxf3 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Aleksander Petkov Delchev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ba2
d6 13. c3 Nb8 14. Nh4 d5 15. Qf3 c6 16. Nf5 Nbd7 17. g4 Nh7
18. Qg3 Nc5 19. h4 a5 20. Bd2 a4 21. Rad1 Nb3 22. Bxb3 axb3
23. Nh2 c5 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Nxe5 Rad8 27. c4 bxc4
28. Ba5 Ra8 29. Bc3 Qa6 30. Nd7 Be6 31. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Bg5 dxe4
12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd6 14. Ng3 Qe6 15. b4 Ne8 16. O-O f6
17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nd6 19. Rf2 a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Nh4 g6
22. Raf1 Nb3 23. Qc2 Ra1 24. Nf3 Rxf1+ 25. Nxf1 Nc5 26. N3d2
b5 27. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5
7. O-O O-O 8. a4 c6 9. e4 c3 10. Nb3 Ba6 11. a5 Nxe4 12. Qc2
cxb2 13. Bxb2 Nf6 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Rfc1 Bb7 16. Nc5 Bxc5
17. dxc5 f6 18. Nd3 Na6 19. Re1 Bc8 20. Be4 h6 21. Rad1 Qc7
22. Qe2 e5 23. f4 Be6 24. fxe5 f5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Nf4 Qc6
27. Qh5 Nc7 28. Qg6 Qe8 29. Ba3 Rb8 30. Rd4 Bf7 31. Qd6 Ne6
32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. c6 Rf7 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rxd5 f4 36. Rxb5 fxg3
37. hxg3 Rd8 38. Qb4 Rf3 39. c7 Rxg3+ 40. Kf2 Qf7+ 41. Kxg3
Rd3+ 42. Kg2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 Qb8 12. g4
Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Ne2 b4 16. Nd4 Be8 17. h5 a5
18. Be3 Nd7 19. Bb5 Ne5 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. b3 Qb7 22. g5 a4
23. Qg2 Rec8 24. g6 axb3 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. cxb3 Rc3 27. Rhg1
Bf8 28. Bd2 Rd3 29. Bc1 Qa7 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. Be3 Qa6 32. Rd1
Nc5 33. Qe2 Qxe2 34. Nxe2 Nd7 35. Rc1 Nf6 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Nf4
e5 38. Ne6 Nxh5 39. Bd2 Rb8 40. Rc4 Be7 41. Rxb4 Re8 42. Rb7
Bh4 43. Nc7 Rf8 44. a4 Rxf3 45. a5 Bf2 46. a6 Nf6 47. Ne6 Nxe4
48. Be1 h5 49. Bxf2 Rxf2 50. a7 Nc3+ 51. Kc1 Ra2 52. Rxg7+ Kh8
53. Rc7 h4 54. Rc8+ Kh7 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Rxa8 Ne4 57. b4 Kg6
58. b5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Andrei Kharlov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4
Ne7 7. Bxc4 Nbc6 8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. a3
Bxc3+ 12. Bxc3 Be6 13. Be2 Bb3 14. h4 Rfe8 15. Rh3 Ng6 16. Bd2
Ba4 17. h5 Nf8 18. b3 Bc6 19. f3 Ne6 20. Rg3 f5 21. Bc3 fxe4
22. fxe4 Rad8 23. Bc4 Bxe4 24. Bxg7 Kf7 25. Bc3 Bd5 26. Kf2
Rg8 27. Rxg8 Kxg8 28. Rd1 Bxc4 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. bxc4 a6
31. Ke3 Kf7 32. g4 Ne6 33. Ke4 Nc5+ 34. Kd5 Nd7 35. g5 Nb6+
36. Kd4 Na4 37. Ba1 Nb6 38. c5 Nc8 39. Ke4 c6 40. Bf6 b5
41. Bd8 Ke6 42. h6 Kf7 43. Kf5 a5 44. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Kharlov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7
7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2
Nbd7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Bd8
17. Bg1 h5 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. b3 Ng6 20. b4 h4 21. Nb3 h3 22. g3
Ne5 23. Rd4 Nc6 24. Rdd1 Ne5 25. Rd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2
Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ng8 11. Rd1 Nge7
12. Nc3 Nc8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. b3 Rc8 15. Qb2 Be7 16. Ne2 O-O
17. Nf4 Rc7 18. Qe2 Rfc8 19. Ne1 Qd8 20. Qg4 Nd7 21. Ned3 Nf8
22. g3 Ba3 23. Nh5 Ng6 24. h4 Qf8 25. Bg5 h6 26. Be3 Kh8
27. Qh3 Nb4 28. Nxb4 Bxb4 29. Rd3 Rc2 30. a4 R8c3 31. Rad1
Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Ne7 33. g4 Ba3 34. Kg2 Nc6 35. Qf3 Be7 36. g5 g6
37. Nf6 h5 38. Bd2 Bxf6 39. gxf6 Nb4 40. Qd1 Rc8 41. Rg3 Nc6
42. Be3 b6 43. Rg5 Qg8 44. Qd2 Rc7 45. Rg3 Kh7 46. Rg5 Kh8
47. Kh2 Rc8 48. Rg1 Kh7 49. Rg5 Kh8 50. Rg1 Kh7 51. Kh3 a5
52. Rc1 g5 53. Qc2+ Qg6 54. Qxg6+ Kxg6 55. Bxg5 Kf5 56. Be3
Ke4 57. Kh2 Rc7 58. Kg3 Rc8 59. Kh2 Rc7 60. Kg2 Rc8 61. Kh3
Rc7 62. Kg2 Rc8 63. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2
Ne4 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 f5 11. Qe2 Nc6
12. Rac1 Qf6 13. c5 Rae8 14. b4 Kh8 15. f4 g5 16. b5 Na5
17. fxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 Qg7 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. Rc7 Rc8 21. Rfc1
Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. e4 Bb7 25. h3 d6 26. Qc2
Qf6 27. Kf2 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Kg7 30. Qc2 Qf7
31. Ke2 h6 32. a4 Qb7 33. g4 Qf7 34. Qc3 Kh7 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5
Kg8 37. Qc1 e5 38. Qxh6 e4 39. Ng5 Qa2+ 40. Ke3 Nc4+ 41. Kxe4
Qg2+ 42. Kf4 Qf2+ 43. Ke4 Qg2+ 44. Kf4 Qf2+ 45. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. d5 Bb4 8. O-O Na6 9. Nd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc5 11. Nb3 Nce4
12. f3 Nxc3 13. Qc2 Na4 14. e4 d6 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Bb2 Qd7
17. Bh3 Rfe8 18. a4 a5 19. Rfe1 Qe7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Ncd7
22. Re3 Qc5 23. Rae1 e5 24. Nb3 Qd6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. f4 f6
27. Nd2 Qf8 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Rxe5
Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Nf3 h6 34. Qd3 Ba6 35. Re4 Qb4 36. Ne5
Qxa4 37. h4 Qa2+ 38. Re2 Qa1 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. Qe3 Bc8 41. g4
Re8 42. Kg3 h5 43. Re1 Qf6 44. gxh5 Qf5 45. Kh2 Qxh5 46. Qg3
a4 47. Ng4 Bxg4 48. Rxe8+ Qxe8 49. Qxg4 Qe5+ 50. Kg2 a3
51. Qc8+ Kh7 52. Qa6 Qb2+ 53. Kf3 a2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bc5
7. Be3 Qf6 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bc2 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Rc8
12. a3 Be7 13. h4 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Nc3 Nf6
17. Rh3 O-O 18. e5 Nd5 19. Qg4 g6 20. h5 f5 21. Bxf5 Nf4
22. Rg3 Rxf5 23. hxg6 h5 24. Qxf5 Rf8 25. Qc2 Ba6+ 26. Ke1 h4
27. g7 Rc8 28. Qe4 hxg3 29. Qxf4 Qc6 30. Qxg3 Qh6 31. Qh3 Qg6
32. Qxd7 Rxc3 33. Qd5+ Kxg7 34. Bxc3 Qc2 35. Qd2 Qh7 36. e6+
Kg8 37. Qe3 Qh1+ 38. Kd2 Qh4 39. Qg3+ Bg5+ 40. Kd1 Qh5+ 41. f3
Qg6 42. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Man vs Machine 120'/40+60'"]
[Site "Bilbao Esp"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Deep Junior (Computer)"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. a3 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O
12. Be3 f5 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Ne2 g5 15. h3 f4 16. Bd2 Bf5
17. Qd1 a6 18. Ba4 Qd7 19. Rc1 Kg7 20. Be1 h5 21. Nh2 h4
22. Kg1 b5 23. Bc2 Nd8 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 c6 26. Nf3 Qe7
27. Qe1 Ne6 28. Bd1 Rac8 29. Ra1 Qa7 30. Bc2 Rf7 31. Ra3 Rg8
32. Qa1 Ra8 33. Bd3 Kg8 34. Qb1 Raf8 35. Qc2 Qb6 36. Ra1 Rg7
37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Rd1 Rf8 39. Kf1 Rgf7 40. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[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 Aleksandrov 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 "Man vs Machine 120'/40+60'"]
[Site "Bilbao Esp"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fritz (Computer)"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. Bb1 g4 10. Ne1 h5 11. Nb3 a5 12. Nxc5
Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd3 Ba7 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qf4 Bb8 17. Rd1
f5 18. c4 d4 19. Re1 Qe7 20. Bc2 h4 21. Bd2 Bc7 22. Bd1 Rg8
23. a3 a4 24. f3 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Ba5 26. Bxa5 Rxa5 27. Qd2 Qg5
28. Qf2 Rg7 29. c5 Kf8 30. Rac1 Kg8 31. Kh1 Ra8 32. Rc4 Be8
33. Bd1 Qh6 34. Nf4 Rd8 35. Rxa4 d3 36. Bb3 Bf7 37. Qe3 Qg5
38. Rd1 Kh7 39. Rd2 Qh6 40. Kg1 Qg5 41. Bc4 Be8 42. Bxe6 Re7
43. Rxd3 Rxd3 44. Qxd3 Nxe5 45. Qxf5+ Qxf5 46. Bxf5+ Kh6
47. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Man vs Machine 120'/40+60'"]
[Site "Bilbao Esp"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Deep Junior (Computer)"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. f3 e6 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. h4 b4
12. Nce2 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 Ne5 15. Nc1 g6 16. g5 hxg5
17. hxg5 Nh5 18. a3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Na2 Rc8 21. Nxb4 Qa4
22. Ka2 Qa5 23. Qd3 Ng7 24. c3 e5 25. Nb3 Qb5 26. Nd5 Qxd3
27. Rxd3 Bb5 28. Rd2 Rh3 29. Rf2 Bd7 30. Na5 Be6 31. c4 Nh5
32. b3 Bxd5 33. exd5 Ng3 34. Nc6 Kd7 35. b4 Nf5 36. Bd2 Ne7
37. Na5 Nf5 38. Re1 Bg7 39. Nc6 Nd4 40. Nxd4 exd4 41. Kb3 d3
42. Re4 Rh1 43. Rf4 Be5 44. Rxf7+ Ke8 45. Rb7 Rb1+ 46. Ka4 Rb2
47. Rh7 Bf4 48. Bxf4 Rxf2 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pedro Zabala mem"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Li Shilong"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 g6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Be3 b5 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6
12. Qe2 Qc7 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. f5 Rfe8 16. h4 Ne5
17. h5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 gxf5 19. exf5 e5 20. g4 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 Qb7
22. Rg1 Nd5 23. g5 Nxc3+ 24. bxc3 Qd5 25. Kb2 Rac8 26. f6 Bd8
27. g6 Bxf6 28. Rf1 Re6 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nd2 Qc6 31. Ne4 d5
32. Ng5+ Ke7 33. Nxe6 Qxe6 34. Qf2 Rc6 35. Bc5+ Kd7 36. Bb4
Qh3 37. Qa7+ Rc7 38. Qf2 Bg5 39. Rd1 Bf4 40. Qb6 Qe6 41. Qb8
Qg4 42. Re1 Qg2+ 43. Kb3 Qf2 44. Ba5 e4 45. Qf8 Qxe1 46. Qf5+
Kc6 47. Qe6+ Bd6 0-1

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Nenad Sulava"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Na3 a6 4.Nxc4 b5 5.Ne3 Bb7 6.g3 Nd7 7.Bg2
c5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 e5 11.Nb3 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+
13.Qxd2 Ngf6 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 a5
18.Ne3 a4 19.Nd2 Rfc8 20.Nf3 Rc7 21.Rad1 Rac8 22.Kg2 Kf8 23.g4
h6 24.h4 Ke8 25.a3 Rc6 26.R6d2 R8c7 27.Nf5 g6 28.Nd6+ Ke7
29.Nxb5 Rb7 30.Nc3 Nxg4 31.Nd5+ Ke8 32.Kg3 f5 33.Nb4 Rc4
34.Rd6 Ngf6 35.Kg2 Rg4+ 36.Kf1 e4 37.Ne5 Rxh4 38.Nxg6 Rh1+
39.Kg2 Rxd1 40.Rxd1 Kf7 41.Nf4 Ne5 42.Rd6 Nc4 43.Rc6 Nxb2
44.Ne6 Rd7 45.Nf4 Rd1 46.Rc7+ Rd7 47.Rc2 Nd1 48.e3 Ng4 49.Nfd5
Ke6 50.Rc6+ Ke5 51.Nf4 Ndxe3+ 52.fxe3 Nxe3+ 53.Kg3 Nf1+ 54.Kf2
Kxf4 55.Kxf1 e3 56.Rxh6 Ke4 57.Re6+ Kf3 58.Ke1 Rh7 59.Kd1 Rh1+
60.Kc2 f4 61.Nd3 Ra1 62.Kb2 Rd1 63.Kc3 Ra1 64.Kb4 Rd1 65.Kc3
Ra1 66.Kb2 Rd1 67.Kc2 Ra1 68.Rf6 Rxa3 69.Rxf4+ Ke2 70.Nc1+ Ke1
71.Kb2 Rb3+ 72.Nxb3 axb3 73.Kxb3 e2 74.Re4 Kd2 75.Rxe2+ Kxe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vadim Malakhatko"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. b4 d5 2. a4 c5 3. f4 b5 4. e4 dxe4 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nf3 e6
7. Nc3 g6 8. d5 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Nfd7
12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Ne3 f5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Bh5 Nf7
17. Nxb5 Re7 18. Ra3 a6 19. h3 Nh6 20. Rb3 Ng4 21. Bd2 Re8
22. Qb1 Nh2 23. Kxh2 gxh5 24. Kh1 a5 25. bxa5 Qe7 26. a6 h4
27. Kh2 Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Bf4 e5
12. Bd2 d4 13. Na4 O-O 14. b3 Be6 15. c3 c5 16. Rac1 Qb8
17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Nb2 Nd7 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qb5 21. Qd3 Rfd8
22. Qg3 f6 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nf8 25. Qg4 Ng6 26. Bg3 Qc6
27. h4 dxc3 28. Rxc3 Ra7 29. h5 Nf8 30. e5 Rd4 31. Qh3 Rad7
32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Rce3 Rxe1 34. Bxe1 Rd5 35. Bc3 fxe5 36. Bxe5
Bf6 37. Qf3 Nd7 38. Rd3 Nb6 39. Bg3 Qe6 40. Re3 Qf7 41. Nxb6
Rxh5+ 42. Kg1 Bd4 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. Bf2 Bxe3 45. Bxe3 Ke6
46. Kf2 Rf5+ 47. Ke2 h5 48. Kd3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Amir Bagheri"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. b4 a5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7
12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2 Ndf6 16. f3 Ng5
17. Bc3 a4 18. Rf1 b5 19. e4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 f4 21. b5 Nh5
22. Kf2 Rf6 23. Ke2 Rg6 24. Rf2 Nf7 25. Kd3 Nf6 26. Bb4 Nd7
27. Kc3 Nb6 28. Rc1 Qh4 29. Nf1 Rc8 30. g3 fxg3 31. hxg3 Rxg3
32. Nxg3 Qxg3 33. Ba2 Ng5 34. Rcf1 Rf8 35. Kb2 Rxf3 36. Rxf3
Nxf3 37. Rc1 Na8 38. b6 Nd4 39. Qxa4 Qf2+ 40. Kb1 Nxb6
41. Qe8+ Qf8 42. Qxf8+ Kxf8 43. Rxc7 Ba6 44. Bxd6+ Kg8
45. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Amir Bagheri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. h3 Be7
7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. a3 d6 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Rc1 b5 13. b4 Nb6 14. Nb3 Qd7 15. Na5 Bd5 16. Nd2 Rac8
17. Bd3 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qa1 Bc4 20. Naxc4 bxc4 21. Be2
d5 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Rb1 h6 24. Bd1 Ne8 25. a4 Bd6 26. a5 Nc8
27. Ba4 Qd8 28. Bc6 Ra7 29. b5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Bxf4 31. exf4
Ned6 32. Rc5 Ne7 33. Qa4 Ra6 34. Bd7 Nb7 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Rublevsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nb6 8. Bd3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Na6 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd5
12. O-O Bd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Nd4 O-O
17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Re8 19. Nf3 Bf8 20. Qh3 Bg7 21. Bh6 Qe7
22. Re1 Qf8 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Rad1 Ba4 25. Bxa4 Nxa4 26. Rd7
Nc5 27. Rd4 b6 28. Qh4 h6 29. h3 Rc7 30. Nh2 h5 31. Nf3 Nd7
32. Qf4 Nb8 33. Ng5 Nc6 34. Rd6 Kh8 35. Red1 Rf8 36. Rd7 Rxd7
37. Rxd7 Nxe5 38. Rxa7 Kg8 39. Nxe6 Nd3 40. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6
13.Re1 Re8 14.Be3 Bf6 15.Nd2 Na5 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Qa4 Bd7
18.Qb4 Be7 19.Qb2 Bc6 20.Bf3 Qd7 21.Qa2 Rad8 22.a4 b6 23.h3
Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Qd5 25.Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Re1 a6 7.Bc4
d6 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.exd5 g6 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.d3 h6 12.a4 Bg7 13.a5
O-O 14.Bd2 Re8 15.Qf3 e5 16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.Rxe6
fxe6 19.Rc1 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. f4 g6 10. f5 Ne5 11. h3 b5 12. a3 Qe7
13. Qd2 Bb7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Rhf1 Bg7 17. g5
hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nf7 19. Kb1 Rc5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bg4 Bc8
22. Qg2 Ne5 23. Nce2 g5 24. Ng3 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Bb7 26. Nh5 Be5
27. Qe2 Rc4 28. Qe3 Rg8 29. Rf2 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. b3 Rxd4
32. Rxd4 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 e5 34. Qf2+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ Kd8 36. Qf5
Bc8 37. Qxg5 Be6 38. Qh6 Kc7 39. g5 Kc6 40. Qh8 Kb7 41. g6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 h6 11. Bd2 b4 12. c3 a5
13. d4 bxc3 14. Bxc3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 c5 17. Qd3 d5
18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nd5 21. Re5 Nxc3 22. Nxc3
Ra7 23. Rae1 Rd7 24. Qb5 Bf6 25. Rxc5 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
27. Kh2 Qe6 28. Qxa5 Kh7 29. Rf5 Rd2 30. Qb5 Bd4 31. Rf3 Bxf2
32. Qf5+ Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Bd4 34. Nb5 Bxb2 35. a5 f6 36. a6 Be5+
37. Kg1 Ra2 38. a7 Rxa7 39. Nxa7 Bd4+ 40. Kf1 Bxa7 41. h4 Bd4
42. g4 Be5 43. h5 Ba1 44. Ke2 Bb2 45. Kd3 Ba1 46. Ke4 Bb2
47. Rb5 Ba1 48. Kf5 Bd4 49. Ke6 Bc3 50. Kf7 Bd4 51. Rb8 f5
52. gxf5 Be5 53. Rb6 Bd4 54. Ra6 Bc3 55. Ke6 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Ne7 14. h4 Bh6 15. Bh3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 a5
17. Kf1 Rc8 18. Nce3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qd7 20. g4 Rfd8 21. h5 Qc6
22. Qf3 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Re1 h6 26. Kg2 Qe6
27. Qf5 Qxf5 28. gxf5 f6 29. Re2 Rc4 30. a3 a4 31. Rhe3 Rf4
32. Rf3 Kf7 33. Kg3 Rc4 34. Rfe3 Rd1 35. Re4 Rg1+ 36. Kh4 Rg5
37. Rxc4 bxc4 38. Re4 Rxf5 39. Rxc4 Rxf2 40. Rxa4 Rxb2
41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rxg7 Rh2+ 43. Kg3 Rxh5 44. Rc7 Rh1 45. a4 Ra1
46. Rc6+ Kf5 47. Rc4 h5 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. Ke4 h4 50. Rc8 h3
51. Rg8+ Kh4 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Ke2 Rf4 54. a5 h2 55. a6 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2
Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Be3 d5
12. exd6 cxd6 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Qa6 Nc5 16. Qe2
Rb7 17. b3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 d5 20. Rad1 Ne6 21. Na4
Qf8 22. h4 h6 23. g3 Qb4 24. Re5 Re7 25. c3 Qd6 26. Qe2 Rae8
27. Re1 Kf8 28. Qg4 g6 29. R5e3 h5 30. Qf3 Ng7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7
32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. c4 dxc4 34. Qxc6 cxb3 35. axb3 Ne6 36. Kg2
Qb4 37. Qd5 Qd4 38. Qc6 Kg7 39. Qf3 Qf6 40. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Rc1 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bg2 Re8 12.Rc2 Bd6
13.Bg5 Bb4+ 14.Kf1 f6 15.Bf4 Nd7 16.Ne1 c6 17.Nd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3
Rc8 19.Bh3 g6 20.a3 Bf8 21.e3 Qe7 22.Bg4 g5 23.Qf5 {? 23.h4!
+/= } gxf4 24.gxf4 Kh8 25.Rg1 Rc7 26.Bf3 Nb8 27.Rg3 Qd6 28.b4
b5 29.Rc1 a5 30.bxa5 Qxa3 31.Rc5 Rg7 32.Bh5 Rd8 33.Qxf6 Qxa5
34.Rc2 b4 35.Ra2 Qc7 36.Be2 Qe7 37.Qf5 Qe4 38.Qxe4 dxe4 39.Ra8
b3 40.Bc4 b2 41.Ba2 c5 42.dxc5 b1=Q+ 43.Bxb1 Rd1+ 44.Kg2 Rxb1
45.Ra4 Re7 46.Rg5 Nc6 47.Ra6 Re6 48.h4 Be7 49.f5 Rf6 50.Rg4
Rb4 51.Ra8+ Rf8 52.Rxf8+ Bxf8 53.f6 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bc2 Ne5 10. b3 exd5 11. exd5 Re8
12. Bf4 Na6 13. a3 f5 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rae1 Nf7 16. Qc1 Nc7
17. a4 Na6 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Bd2 Nb4 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. Qd2 a6
22. Nbd4 Qb6 23. Rd1 Re7 24. h4 Rae8 25. Nf4 a5 26. g3 Bg7
27. Kg2 Bh6 28. Rh1 Bg7 29. Bb1 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 b6
32. Rdd1 Nd8 33. Nd3 Nb7 34. Rd2 Kg7 35. Bc2 h6 36. Bd1 Re4
37. Nf4 Nc5 38. Bc2 R4e7 39. Nd3 Na6 40. Nf4 Kf6 41. Bd1 Re4
42. Bf3 Nc5 43. Bxe4 fxe4 44. Rb1 Bg4 45. Ne2 Bf5 46. Rbb2 e3
47. Rd4 exf2 48. Kxf2 g5 49. Nc1 Ke5 50. Rd1 gxh4 51. gxh4 Rg8
52. Rh1 Ne4+ 53. Ke1 Rg3 54. h5 Bg4 55. Kf1 Rc3 56. Ne2 Re3
57. Ng1 Nc5 58. Rh4 Bf5 59. Kf2 Rxb3 60. Rxb3 Nxb3 61. Nf3+
Kf6 62. Ke3 Bd7 63. Rf4+ Kg7 64. Nd4 Nc5 65. Kd2 Kg8 66. Ne6
Nxe6 67. dxe6 Bxe6 68. Rd4 Kf7 69. Rxd6 Bxc4 70. Rxh6 b5
71. axb5 Bxb5 72. Rg6 Be8 73. Rg1 Kf6 74. h6 Bg6 75. Rf1+ Kg5
76. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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.e3 Rc8 11.f3 c5 12.dxc5 Rxc5
13.Bh4 d5 14.b4 Rc8 15.Qb2 Qc7 16.Bg3 e5 17.Bd3 Ba6 18.b5 Bb7
19.O-O Qc5 20.Rfe1 e4 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Nb3 Qg5 23.Bf4 Qg6
24.Bf1 Rfe8 25.Rad1 Nf8 26.a4 Ne6 27.Bg3 Nh5 28.Bh4 Ng5 29.Kh1
Nf6 30.a5 Nf3 31.gxf3 exf3 32.Bf2 Rxc4 33.e4 Rcxe4 34.Rxe4
Bxe4 35.Nd2 Bd5 36.h3 Re2 37.Rc1 h5 38.Qd4 Qg5 39.axb6 axb6
40.Rd1 Qg6 41.Kh2 Qg5 42.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+
Qxe8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Qf4 Qd7 22. Nh4 Bc2 23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8. e3 exd4 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Nd6 11. Nxd4 Bd7
12. f3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. a4 Qh5 15. Be2 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh3
17. Kf2 O-O-O 18. Ra3 Rhe8 19. Bf1 Qe6 20. Be2 g5 21. Rf1 g4
22. fxg4 Qh6 23. Kg1 Qh3 24. Bd3 Ne4 25. Rf4 Nxg3 26. Rc3 Re6
27. e4 Nh5 28. Bc4 Qh4 29. Bxe6+ fxe6 30. gxh5 Qxh5 31. Rd3
Rg8+ 32. Rg3 Rd8 33. Be3 e5 34. Rf1 h6 35. b4 a6 36. b5 axb5
37. axb5 Bxb5 38. Rg7 c6 39. Qa2 Ba6 40. Qe6+ Kb8 41. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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.b3 d5 13.Bf4
Bd6 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Qxb4 dxe4 18.Nb6
Rb8 19.Kb1 Qc7 20.Qa4+ Kf8 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Qc4 Qxc4 23.Bxc4 a5
24.Ba6 Rb8 25.fxe4 h5 26.gxh5 Nxe4 27.Rd4 Nf6 28.Be2 Nxh5
29.Rh4 g6 30.Rg1 Ke7 31.Ra4 Ra8 32.Bf3 Ra7 33.Rg5 f5 34.Rxg6
Kf7 35.Rg2 Nf6 36.Re2 Rh3 37.Bh1 Ng4 38.Kb2 Kf6 39.Bg2 Rxh2
40.Bf3 Rxe2 41.Bxe2 Ne3 42.c4 e5 43.c5 e4 44.b4 Rc7 45.bxa5
Rxc5 46.a6 Nd5 47.a7 Nc7 48.a8=Q Nxa8 49.Rxa8 f4 50.Rf8+ Ke5
51.Bg4 f3 52.Rf5+ Kd4 53.Rxc5 Kxc5 54.Kc3 Kb5 55.Kd2 f2
56.Be2+ Kb4 57.Kc2 Ka3 58.Kb1 e3 59.Ka1 1-0

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8
17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+
22. Kd2 Ne7 23. Kc1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Ra2
Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qf6 28. Qd2 Bg3 29. Rf1 h5 30. Rxa5 Ra8 31. e5
Qf5 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Kb2 h4 34. Qxd6 Re8 35. Bb5 Rf8 36. Bd3
Qe6 37. Qd4 Qe7 38. Bc4 Kh7 39. b4 h3 40. Qd3 Qh4 41. f5 Bf4
42. e6 fxe6 43. Qd7+ Kh6 44. fxe6 Bc1+ 45. Rxc1 Qxc4 46. e7
Ra8 47. Qxh3+ Kg7 48. e8=N+ Kg8 49. Nf6+ Kf7 50. Qd7+ Kxf6
51. Qd4+ Qxd4 52. cxd4 g5 53. Rc6+ Kf5 54. b5 g4 55. Kb3 g3
56. Rc1 Ke4 57. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 11. Be2 a5 12. Rb1
Na6 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bg4 Bg5 17. Bxd7
Qxd7 18. Nf3 Bh6 19. a3 Nc5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Qd3
Nxc3 23. Qxc3 f5 24. c5 Qb5 25. h4 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Ra2 27. Rbe1
Qa4 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Qc7 Qc2 30. Qb6 Bg7 31. Qe3 b5 32. Rc1
Qb2 33. Rf1 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35. Kh2 Qb1 36. Qe2 h6 37. Rg4
h5 38. Re4 Bh6 39. Ng5 Bxg5 40. hxg5 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1
Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Ng3 Nd7 17.Be3 d5 18.exd5 exd5
19.a4 Rb8 20.axb5 axb5 21.b3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. f4 g6 10. h3 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b4 14. Nc6 Qc8 15. Nxb4 dxe5 16. Nd3 exf4
17. Bxf4 Bg7 18. Bd6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rf1 Kg7 21. h4 Rf8
22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh7 24. Qe3 Qd8 25. Rg1 Qb6 26. Qg3 Rac8
27. O-O-O Rc4 28. Rdf1 Qa5 29. Qd6 Qc7 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Ne4
Rc4 32. Rf4 Rd4 33. b3 Rd5 34. Kb2 a5 35. Rg3 Ne5 36. Ndf2 f5
37. gxf6+ Nxf6 38. Ng5 Re8 39. Rg1 Ned7 40. Rf3 e5 41. Rfg3 e4
42. Ngxe4 Nxe4 43. Rxg6+ Kh7 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. R7g4 Nef6
46. Rh4+ Nh7 47. Nh3 Rg8 48. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5
Qd7 12. b3 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. h3 Qf7 15. Be2 h5 16. Rhe1
Rhe8 17. f3 Qg6 18. Bf1 Bf5 19. Kb2 Re5 20. Bf4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Re8 22. Rd1 Bd7 23. c4 Qf5 24. Bd3 Qc5 25. Bg6 Rh8 26. Be4 Re8
27. c3 g5 28. Be3 Qe5 29. Bf2 f5 30. Bd3 Qg7 31. c5 dxc5
32. Bxc5 Kb8 33. Bc4 Bc8 34. Bd5 Qe5 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Bf2 Qe2
37. Ka3 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Kb7 39. h4 g4 40. f4 Re7 41. c4 Rd7
42. Re2 Rd3 43. Kb4 g3 44. Bc5 Rd7 45. Be7 Rd4 46. Bg5 Re4
47. Rd2 Kb6 48. Rd3 c5+ 49. Ka3 Re2 50. Rxg3 Bb7 51. Bf6 Rxg2
52. Rg5 Rxg5 53. fxg5 f4 54. Be5 f3 55. Bg3 Be4 56. Kb2 Kc6
57. Ka3 Bb1 58. Bf2 Kd6 59. Kb2 Be4 60. Kc1 Bg6 61. Kd2 Bb1
62. a3 Bg6 63. Bg3+ Kd7 64. Ke3 Bc2 65. Kxf3 Ke6 66. Ke3 c6
67. b4 cxb4 68. axb4 Kf5 69. Kd4 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. g4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. g5
Qb6 13. Nf5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. Ne3 Rd8 16. c3 Be7 17. Qc2 b5
18. a4 Bb7 19. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Re4 Nd7 31. Nf7+
Rxf7 32. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qc2
dxc4 8.e3 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5 10.Bxc4 Qxc5 11.Ne4 Qa5+ 12.Ke2 Be7
13.Qc3 Qxc3 14.Nxc3 a6 15.Rhd1 Nd7 16.Ne4 b5 17.Bb3 Bb7
18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Ke7 20.Rad1 Rhd8 21.R6d4 Rac8 22.Ne1 a5
23.f3 Rc7 24.e4 Rdc8 25.a3 g5 26.Ke3 Ne5 27.R4d2 Ba6 28.Rd6
Ra7 29.R6d2 b4 30.axb4 Rb8 31.Ra1 Rxb4 32.Ra3 a4 33.Ba2 Bc4
34.Bb1 Bf1 35.Ba2 Rab7 36.Nc2 Rxb2 37.Rxa4 Rc7 38.Kf2 Bb5 0-1

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nh4
Nd4 8.g3 Bg4 9.f3 Be6 10.Bg5 Ng8 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.f4 exf4
13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Rxf4 Kd7 15.Nf3 Rf8 16.Rxf8 Qxf8 17.Nxd4 cxd4
18.Ne2 Qf6 19.c3 Rf8 20.Nxd4 Nc6 21.Qf1 Qxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rxf1+
23.Kxf1 Nxd4 24.cxd4 d5 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.Kf3 Kf6 27.h4 g6 28.b4
b5 29.Kf4 h6 30.Kg4 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. e5 h6 8. exf6 hxg5 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5
12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Nd2 Qxc5 14. Bxc4 Rxg7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne4
Qe7 17. Re1 Kf8 18. Qh5 Kg8 19. Re3 g4 20. Rg3 b5 21. Bb3 Na5
22. Ba2 Bc6 23. Rxg4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qg5 25. Qh3 Rd8 26. Rae1
Rg6 27. Bb1 Qd2 28. Kf1 Rf6 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Rh4 Ke7 31. Qc7+
Rd7 32. Qc5+ Qd6 33. Qxb5 Nc6 34. Be4 Ne5 35. Qb4 a5 36. Qxd6+
Rxd6 37. Bc2 Nd7 38. Rc4 Nb6 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Rd1 Nd5 41. Rc8+
Kg7 42. Rd3 Rh6 43. c4 Ne7 44. Rc7 Rxd3 45. Bxd3 Kf6 46. h3
Rh8 47. Rc5 a4 48. Ke2 e5 49. Bc2 Rb8 50. Rb5 Rc8 51. Rb6+ Kg5
52. Bxa4 Rxc4 53. Bb3 Re4+ 54. Kf1 f5 55. g3 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bg2 Nb6
12. b3 dxc4 13. Ne2 cxb3 14. Qxb3 a5 15. Nf4 Bb4 16. Bxb4 axb4
17. Qxb4 Rxa2 18. O-O Ra4 19. Qb3 Ra7 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
O-O 22. Rb1 Nfd7 23. Nd3 Qc7 24. h4 Rb8 25. Qb4 Nd5 26. Bxd5
cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3
Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8. a3 Be7 9. Bf4 c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Nb6
12. Ba2 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 f6 16. Kd2
Bd7 17. Rc7 g5 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Rc1 Kd8 20. R1xc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6
Kd7 22. Ra6 Rhc8 23. Ne1 Rc6 24. Ra5 Bd8 25. Rxd5+ Ke6 26. Rb5
Rb6 27. Rxb6+ Bxb6 28. Nc2 Rg8 29. f3 f4 30. Bf2 g4 31. exf4
gxf3 32. g3 Kf5 33. Kd3 Kg4 34. Ne3+ Kh3 35. Ke4 Rd8 36. d5
Bxe3 37. Bxe3 Kg2 38. Bxa7 Ra8 39. Bd4 h5 40. d6 f2 41. Bxf2
Kxf2 42. b4 Kg2 43. b5 Kxh2 44. b6 Kxg3 45. b7 Rh8 0-1

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bf4
Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 g5 16. Bc1 c5
17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 19. c4 Rag8 20. Nd2 g4 21. hxg4 Rxg4
22. Nf1 Rhg8 23. Rg3 h5 24. Re1 a6 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26. Rd1 Kc6
27. Bf4 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Ne3 b5 30. Kf1 bxc4 31. bxc4 Kb6
32. Ke2 Ka5 33. Kd3 c6 34. f3 gxf3 35. gxf3 Ka4 36. Bh6 Ka3
37. f4 Kxa2 38. Kc2 f5 39. Bf8 Bb6 40. Be7 a5 41. Bh4 a4
42. Be1 Bd8 43. Nd1 Ka3 44. Nb2 Be7 45. Bc3 Bf8 46. Nd3 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1
Re8 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Ba2 h6 15. Nh2 Bc8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nf5 Bf8
18. Ng4 c6 19. Bd2 Kh7 20. Qf3 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Qf6 22. Qh3 Nf4
23. Qh2 g6 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Bb1 d5 26. g3 dxe4 27. dxe4 Rad8
28. Bc3 Qg5 29. f3 Bd6 30. Kh1 c5 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Nf5 Bf8
33. Rg1 Rc8 34. Bd2 Qf6 35. c3 gxf5 36. gxf5 Bc4 37. Bxf4 Qxc3
38. Qg3 Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Bxg7 40. f6 Bf8 41. e5+ Kh8 42. Bf5 Be6
43. Bxe6 Rxe6 44. Rg4 cxb4 45. axb4 Rc4 46. Rd1 Re8 47. Rd7 h5
48. Rg5 Rxf4 49. Rxh5+ Kg8 50. Rd1 Rg4 51. fxg4 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8
12. b4 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. bxc5 dxc4 15. Qxc4 bxc5 16. O-O cxd4
17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bc4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Nd5 20. Bf2 Nc3 21. Rfc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bd3 e5 11. Bd2 h6
12. Rfe1 Re8 13. h3 Qe7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. dxe5
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. Bc3 Re8
21. a4 a5 22. Red1 Be6 23. f3 Bb3 24. Rd7 b5 25. axb5 cxb5
26. Rb7 Bc4 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5
7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 Be6
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Ne4 h6 16. Rad1 Bb4
17. Bd2 a5 18. a3 Bxd2 19. Nfxd2 Qc7 20. Nf3 a4 21. Qc2 Bg4
22. h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nce5 24. Bg2 f5 25. Nd2 d3 26. Qc3 f4
27. g4 Rae8 28. Ne4 b6 29. Qd4 Kh8 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Nb5 Qb8
32. Bd5 Rde8 33. Bh1 Rf6 34. Nc3 Nc5 35. Nd5 Qd6 36. Qc3 Rff8
37. Qb4 Rb8 38. Qc3 Rbe8 39. Qb4 Rb8 40. Qc3 Ned7 41. Re7 Nf6
42. Rde1 Rbd8 43. Bf3 Rd7 44. Rxd7 Nfxd7 45. Re7 Nf6 46. Qd4
d2 47. Qxd2 Nxd5 48. Re2 Qf6 49. cxd5 Nb3 50. Qc3 Nd4 51. Rd2
Nb5 52. Qb4 Nd6 53. Re2 Rd8 54. Re6 Qf8 55. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. b3 Be6 11. Ne2
Bd5 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nf5 Rg8 15. Be3 Bxe3
16. Nxe3 Ke7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rd4 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4
g5 21. f3 a5 22. Kf2 b6 23. g3 f6 24. exf6+ Kxf6 25. h4 c5
26. Re4 Rd8 27. Ke2 Rd4 28. hxg5+ hxg5 29. a4 Rd8 30. f4 gxf4
31. Rxf4+ Kg5 32. Re4 Kf6 33. Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2 g6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. e3 Ne8 12. Be2
Nc7 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Ne6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Ndxc5 17. Bg3 Bd7
18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Qb1 Rfd8 22. Bh4
Re8 23. Qb6 Na4 24. Qxa5 Ra8 25. Qb4 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Rxa2
27. Bc4 Ra4 28. Bb3 Re4 29. Bg3 Bf8 30. Qd2 Bb4 31. Qa2 Rd8
32. Bh4 g5 33. Bxg5 Nxg5 34. Nxg5 Rxe5 35. Nf3 Rf5 36. Rd4 Be7
37. Rg4+ Kh8 38. Bc2 Rh5 39. Qb2+ f6 40. Rd1 Rg8 41. Rdd4 Qd6
42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Rg4+ Kf7 44. Qb1 Bd7 45. Rf4 Kg7 46. Qxb7
Qc6 47. Qxc6 Bxc6 48. Nd4 Bd7 49. Bf5 Be8 50. Rg4+ Kh8 51. Be6
Bg6 52. Ne2 Re5 53. Nf4 d4 54. Rxg6 hxg6 55. Nxg6+ Kg7
56. Nxe5 fxe5 57. exd4 exd4 58. Bc4 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Bg2 c5
12. Neg5 Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. O-O
O-O 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bd6 19. Ng4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7
21. Nhxf7 Qe7 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rae1 e5 24. Qd3 a5 25. f4 Ng4
26. Qe4 Qd7 27. fxe5 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Nxf1 29. e6 Qa7 30. e7 d3+
31. Kh1 Qf2 32. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Qxh7+ Kxg5
35. Qh4+ Kf5 36. g4+ 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ba4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 d5 16. e5 Nh5
17. Kh1 f6 18. f4 g6 19. Rg1 Ng7 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Nc3 Ba5
22. Bc2 c6 23. Ra2 Kh8 24. Ne2 Bb4 25. Ng3 Qd7 26. Qd3 Qg4
27. Qe2 Qh4 28. Ra7 f5 29. Qf3 Ne6 30. Ne2 Nc8 31. Ra6 Nb6
32. Bd3 Qe7 33. Rc1 Rfc8 34. Raa1 Rc7 35. Rc2 Nc8 36. Rac1 Na7
37. Ng3 Qf8 38. h4 Ba5 39. h5 Rb4 40. Kg2 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Nxd4
42. Qe3 Ne6 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Rh1+ Kg8 45. Ne2 c5 46. Rcc1 Nc6
47. Rh4 Rg7 48. Rch1 Kf7 49. Rh8 Qe7 50. Bb5 Qb7 51. Bxc6 Qxc6
52. Qf3 Rg8 53. Rxg8 Kxg8 54. Rd1 Nc7 55. Nc3 Bxc3 56. bxc3 c4
57. Kg3 Kg7 58. Qe3 Qa4 59. Rb1 Ne6 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61. Qb6 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Nd7 7. d4 d5 8. Ne3 Nf6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qe2 Bxb5
12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. a4 a6 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rb1 b5 16. axb5
axb5 17. Rxb5 Kc6 18. Rb1 c4 19. f3 g6 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Kf2 Ra2
22. Ra1 Rha8 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. g4 Bf4 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. h3 Ne8
27. h4 Ng7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Rxc2 31. Kd1 Ra2
32. Rxh5 Ra1+ 33. Ke2 Ra2 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. Rxh7 Ke7 36. Be1 Rc2
37. f4 Rc1 38. Rh1 Kd7 39. Rf1 Ra1 40. Ke2 Bc7 41. Rf3 Ra2+
42. Bd2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Rh3 Kxf5 45. Rh5+ Ke6 46. f5+ Kf6
47. Be1 Rh2 48. Bh4+ Kg7 49. Kf3 f6 50. Kg4 Rg2+ 51. Kf3 Rh2
52. Kg4 Re2 53. Kf3 Rc2 54. Be1 Ba5 55. Rh4 Bxc3 56. Rg4+ Kf7
57. Bf2 Rd2 58. Rh4 Rd3+ 59. Ke2 Ke7 60. Rg4 Kd6 61. Be3 Bb2
62. Rh4 Kc6 63. Rg4 Kb5 64. Rh4 Ka4 65. Rg4 Kb3 66. Rh4 Kc2
67. Rg4 Kb3 68. Rh4 Kc3 69. Rg4 Kc2 70. Rh4 Bc3 71. Rg4 Bd2
72. Bf2 c3 73. Rg6 Bg5 74. Rxg5 fxg5 75. f6 Rh3 76. Be3 g4
77. f7 Rf3 0-1

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Nge7 6. b4 Ng6
7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. e3 Be6 11. Bxd4 Nxc4
12. Qc2 Nd6 13. Bd3 Qg5 14. f4 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qh5 16. Nc3 Nf5
17. O-O O-O-O 18. Ba7 Qg4 19. Ne4 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Qf3 21. Ng5
Nxe3 22. Nxf3 Nxc2 23. Bxc2 b6 24. Ne5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxa3
26. f5 Ba2 27. Ra1 Bc5+ 28. Kf1 Re8 29. Re1 f6 30. Nd3 Rxe1+
31. Kxe1 Bd6 32. Nc1 Bd5 33. Bb3 Be4 34. Bxb6 cxb6 35. Be6+
Kc7 36. Ke2 Be5 37. Nd3 Kd6 38. Ke3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Rg1 a6 9. h4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. g5
hxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 f6 15. Qe4 N7b6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. b4 Be7 21. Nd4 Rc8
22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rh1 Rxh1+ 24. Qxh1 Bf8 25. Qh8 Ne7 26. Bd1
e5 27. Bb3 Nxg6 28. Qh5 exd4 29. Qxg6+ Kd8 30. Qf7 Qd6
31. exd4 g5 32. a3 Qe7+ 33. Qxe7+ Kxe7 34. Be3 Kd6 35. f4 g4
36. Kf2 f5 37. d5 Bg7 38. Bc5+ Kc7 39. a4 Bd7 40. axb5 axb5
41. Bc2 Bc3 42. Ke2 Kb7 43. Bd3 Bf6 44. Ke3 Bd8 45. Bf1 Bf6
46. Bg2 Bb2 47. Kd2 Kc8 48. d6 Bf6 49. Bd5 Bb2 50. Kd3 Kb8
51. Bd4 Bc1 52. Be5 Ka7 53. Ke2 Kb8 54. Kd1 Be3 55. Ke2 Bc1
56. Ke1 Be3 57. Kd1 Kc8 58. Ke2 Bc1 59. Kd3 Kb8 60. Kc2 Be3
61. Kd3 Bc1 62. Bg2 Kc8 63. Kc2 Be3 64. Kd3 Bc1 65. Kc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 c5 6. Bg5 Qxd5
7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. g3 Bxc3+
12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Ke7 14. Bg2 Rac8 15. O-O Nb4 16. Rb3
a5 17. a3 Ba4 18. Re3 Nd5 19. Re4 Bc2 20. Rh4 Rhd8 21. Ra1 Bg6
22. Ne1 b5 23. Bf1 Nb6 24. e3 Rd5 25. b4 a4 26. e4 Rd4
27. Bxb5 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Nd3 Bxd3 30. Bxd3 Rc3 31. Bb5
e5 32. Kf1 f5 33. Ke1 e4 34. Be2 Kd6 35. Kd2 Rb3 36. Ra2 h6
37. Bd1 Rd3+ 38. Ke1 Ke5 39. Ke2 Nd5 40. Ra1 Nc3+ 41. Ke1 Nxd1
42. Rxd1 Rxa3 43. b5 Rb3 44. Ra1 a3 45. Kd2 Kd5 46. Kc2 Rf3
47. Rb1 Kc5 48. b6 Rxf2+ 49. Kc3 a2 0-1

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qd2 h5 16. f4
Rc8 17. Rf3 b5 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Qf2 h4 20. Rh3 Na4 21. Rxh4 Rg8
22. Rh7 Qxc3 23. e5 f5 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Rd1 Ne4 26. Qa7 Qc5+
27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. h4 Rc2 29. Ng5 b4 30. Rd4 a5 31. Kh2 Nxg5
32. fxg5 Rc6 33. g6 fxg6 34. Rdd7 Rh8 35. Rhe7+ Kf8 36. Rf7+
Ke8 37. g3 g5 38. Rfe7+ Kf8 39. Rf7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nbd5
12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. f3 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. b3 e6
17. Ke2 Bd6 18. Bd2 f5 19. Rac1 Ke7 20. h3 Nd7 21. Rc2 g5
22. Rhc1 Rhb8 23. h4 gxh4 24. Be1 h3 25. gxh3 Rg8 26. Bh4+ Kf7
27. Kf2 Rab8 28. f4 Kg6 29. Kf3 Kh5 30. Be1 Ra8 31. Ne5 Nf6
32. Nf7 Ba3 33. Ra1 Bb4 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. Nd6 Rg7 36. Rg2 Rxg2
37. Kxg2 Rg8+ 38. Kh2 Ne4 39. Nxb7 Nd2 40. a5 Nxb3 41. Rg1 Ra8
42. Rb1 Nxa5 43. Ra1 b3 44. Nxa5 b2 45. Rb1 Rxa5 46. Rxb2 Ra3
47. Re2 Kh4 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. Kf3 Rb1 50. Rg2 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O
12. Qh4 a6 13. b3 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Bxf3
17. exf3 b5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd4 e6 20. Rf4 Nh5 21. Rh4 d5
22. cxd5 exd5 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Nd4 Rdc7 26. Kg2 Rc3
27. Qd2 b4 28. Re1 Qf6 29. Qh6 Qg7 30. Qg5 Qf6 31. Rxh5 Qxd4
32. Rh4 Qg7 33. Qxd5 Qf8 34. Re2 Rc2 35. Rhe4 Rxe2 36. Rxe2
Qc5 37. Re5 Qxd5 38. Rxd5 f5 39. g4 f4 40. h4 h6 41. Rd6 Kg7
42. Rxa6 g5 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. h5 Rc6 45. Rb7 Ra6 46. Rxb4 Rxa2
47. Rb7 Ra6 48. Rh7 Ke5 49. Rg7 Rb6 50. Rg6 Rxb3 51. Rxh6 Rb5
52. Rg6 Kd4 53. h6 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. fxg7
Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Qe3 Bd7 15. O-O Nc6 16. Nf3
Ne7 17. Ne5 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Be4 Nd5 21. Bxd5
Rxd5 22. Rad1 Qe5 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. c4 Rd2 26. a4
Ra2 27. Qxb7 Rxa4 28. Qb3 Ra1 29. g3 Rxf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Be3 Ne4 11. Rd1 Bf6
12. Qa3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Nd6 14. Bc5 Nb5 15. Qd3 Nc7 16. Ba3 g6
17. Rac1 Bf5 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. e3 Qd7 20. Bb4 Nxb4 21. Qxb4 Qb5
22. Qxb5 Nxb5 23. Rc5 a6 24. a4 Na7 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Nc6
27. Bxd5 Nxd4 28. Nf1 Ne6 29. Rcc1 Bg4 30. f3 Bh3 31. Ne3 b6
32. Kf2 h5 33. Rc6 Kg7 34. Nc4 b5 35. Nd6 Re7 36. a5 Rc7
37. Rdc1 Rd7 38. Bxe6 Bxe6 39. Rxa6 Rbd8 40. Rcc6 Bd5 41. Rcb6
b4 42. f4 Kf8 43. f5 gxf5 44. Ke3 Bg2 45. Nxf5 Rd5 46. Kf4 Bh3
47. Rf6 Bxf5 48. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Rd2 50. b3 Rb2 51. Kf6
Rf2+ 52. Kg5 Rb2 53. Kf6 Rf2+ 54. Ke5 Rb2 55. Kd4 Rxb3 56. Kc5
Rb1 57. Rb6 b3 58. Rb5 1-0

[Event "14th Amber Tournament: Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7
7. Nf1 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Ne7 10. Ne3 c6 11. Ba4 Qc7 12. Bb3
a5 13. O-O Bd7 14. d4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Nh5 16. Qd1 Rae8 17. Nd4
Bf6 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 c5 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. f3 b5 22. a4 c4
23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Bc2 Qb6 25. Nd4 d5 26. exd5 Rd8 27. Be4 Bxd4
28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. cxd4 a4 30. f4 Rfe8 31. Rfe1 Kg7 32. Bf3 h5
33. Kf2 Rb8 34. g4 hxg4 35. Bxg4 Red8 36. Bf3 Nc8 37. g4 Nd6
38. g5 Bd7 39. Ra2 Rb3 40. Bd1 Rb4 41. Bc2 Rh8 42. Kg2 Rhb8
43. Nd1 Bg4 44. Bxa4 Nf5 45. Bd7 Bxd1 46. Bxf5 Rxb2+ 47. Kg3
Rxa2 0-1

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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. b3
Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Bf4 Nxf3 15. Nxf3 Nxe4 16. Qd4 f6 17. Bd3
Bc5 18. Bxe4 Bxd4 19. Bg6+ Kf8 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Re1 Be8 22. Nh4
e5 23. Rd2 a4 24. bxa4 Kg8 25. Bg3 d4 26. Rd3 h5 27. Bxe8 Qxe8
28. g5 Rc8 29. g6 Rh6 30. Rxd4 Rxg6 31. Nxg6 Qxg6 32. Rd2 Rc3
33. Red1 Kh7 34. Kb1 Qf5 35. Be1 Ra3 36. Rd6 Rh3 37. a5 Rxh2
38. Rc1 Qe4 39. a6 Qa8 40. Bxb4 h4 41. Bc5 h3 42. Nd3 Rd2
43. Rb6 h2 44. Nf2 Qd5 45. Be3 Re2 46. Rb3 f5 47. a7 Rxe3
48. Rxe3 Qb7+ 49. Rb3 Qxa7 50. Nh1 f4 51. c4 e4 52. c5 e3
53. c6 e2 54. c7 Qxc7 55. Rxc7 e1=Q+ 56. Rc1 Qe4+ 57. Ka1 Qd4+
58. Kb1 Qe4+ 59. Ka1 Qd4+ 60. Kb1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 d6 11. Bd2 b4 12. c3 d5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bf6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8
17. cxb4 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Be5 19. Rc2 Bd6 20. Qf3 Qe5 21. g3 Rb8
22. Qe4 Qh5 23. Qg4 Qe5 24. Qe4 Qh5 25. Qg4 Qe5 26. Qe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+
Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Rfd1 Be7 15. Be3 a6 16. Ne2
Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. b3 Be7 19. c4 h5 20. Nfd4 Bc8 21. f4 h4
22. Nc3 Rh5 23. Ne4 c5 24. Ne2 b6 25. N2c3 Bb7 26. Nd5 Bxd5
27. cxd5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. d6 cxd6 30. Nxd6+ Bxd6 31. Bf4
Ke7 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Rd5 f6 34. Kf1 g5 35. a4 Bd6 36. Ke2 Kd7
37. Ke3 Kc6 38. Ke4 b5 39. axb5+ axb5 40. Rd1 Be5 41. Rd8 c4
42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Rc8+ Kb5 44. Kd5 c3 45. Rc4 Kb6 46. Rc5 Kb7
47. Rc6 Bd4 48. Kd6 Be5+ 49. Kc5 Bf4 50. Kd5 Be5 51. Kc5 Bf4
52. Kb5 Bd2 53. Rc4 f5 54. Ka4 g4 55. Kb3 gxh3 56. gxh3 f4
57. Rc5 Kb6 58. Rh5 Be1 59. Rf5 Bd2 60. Rh5 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8
12. b3 Re8 13. Kb1 Bf8 14. h5 a6 15. Rde1 b5 16. Rh4 Be7
17. Rhh1 Bf8 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Ng5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Nf6 21. Rxe8
Qxe8 22. h6 gxh6 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Qe3 Bg7 25. Nd4 c5 26. Ne2
Nxc3+ 27. Nxc3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Bxc3 29. Bxd6 Rc8 30. Kc1 Rc6
31. Bf4 Kg7 32. Kd1 c4 33. Ke2 Bf6 34. Bxh6+ Kg6 35. Kf3 cxb3
36. cxb3 Rc2 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Ra2 39. Bf8 Bg5 40. Rb1 Rxa4
41. Rb6+ f6 42. Rb7 Bh6 43. Bxh6 Kxh6 44. e4 Kg6 45. g4 Ra1
46. Kf4 a5 47. Rb6 a4 48. e5 a3 49. Rxf6+ Kg7 50. Kg5 a2
51. Rf2 Re1 52. Rxa2 Rxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Bxe2
16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Rc2 Nd5 19. Rec1 Bc5 20. Bd2 f6
21. b4 Bf8 22. Ng4 Rd8 23. Rc8 Rd7 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Bxh6 Rf7
26. Rd8 Ne7 27. Rc7 Ng6 28. Rcc8 e5 29. f4 Bd7 30. Ra8 Bh3
31. Kf2 b5 32. Rdb8 exf4 33. gxf4 Bd7 34. h4 Bc6 35. h5 Bxa8
36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Rxa8 f5 38. Kg3 a6 39. Kh4 Rg7 40. Kg5 1-0

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Neg5 c5 12. d5
exd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Nh4 Bc8
17. Re1 Na6 18. Re6 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bxb5 Be7
22. Ng6 Nxd5 23. Rxe7+ Nxe7 24. Bc4+ Kf6 25. Nxh8 Qd4 26. Rd1
Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qd4+ 28. Ke1 Qe5+ 29. Qe2 Qxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Nf5
31. Nf7 a5 32. g4 Nh4 33. h3 Ra7 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rb6 Rc7
36. Ne5 Ng2 37. Ng6+ Kd8 38. Kf1 Bb7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Kxg2
Rd7 41. Nf8 Rd2 42. Ne6+ Ke7 43. Nxg7 Rxa2 44. Nf5+ Kf6
45. Nxh6 Rc2 46. Bf7 Rc3 47. f4 a4 48. bxa4 b3 49. g5+ Kg7
50. f5 b2 51. f6+ Kh7 52. Nf5 1-0

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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 Ne7 10.Nde2 b5 11.Kb1 Ba5 12.Qd4 Nc6
13.Qc5 Bb4 14.Qg5 O-O 15.Qg3 Ne5 16.h4 Bb7 17.h5 Ne8 18.a3 Bd6
19.Bf4 f6 20.Na2 Rc8 21.Nec3 Bc6 22.Be2 a5 23.h6 g6 24.Rxd6
Qxd6 25.Nxb5 Bxb5 26.Bxb5 Nc7 27.Be2 Rb8 28.a4 Qd4 29.b3 d6
30.Bc1 Qxa4 31.Bb2 Qe8 32.f4 Nc6 33.Rd1 a4 34.f5 axb3 35.cxb3
Ne5 36.Rxd6 Qe7 37.fxg6 hxg6 38.Nc1 Kh7 39.Bxe5 fxe5 40.Qxe5
Rbd8 41.Rc6 Rf7 42.Nd3 Rb8 43.Kb2 Qd8 44.b4 Rb7 45.Rc2 Na6
46.Kb3 Rfd7 47.Rc3 Rd6 48.Nc5 Nxc5+ 49.Rxc5 Ra7 50.Ra5 Rc7
51.Rc5 Ra7 52.Ra5 Rad7 53.Rc5 Rd2 54.Bc4 Rxg2 55.Bxe6 Re7
56.Qc3 Qa8 57.Ra5 Qxe4 58.Bd5 Qb1+ 59.Ka3 Rg1 60.Bg8+ Kxg8
61.Ra8+ Kf7 62.Qc4+ Re6 63.Ra7+ Kf6 64.Qf4+ Qf5 65.Qd4+ Qe5
66.Qf2+ Qf5 67.Qd4+ Qe5 68.Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3
b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Nce2 e5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.c4 Be7 12.Ng3 g6 13.Bd3
Nd7 14.Rd1 O-O 15.Qf2 a5 16.O-O a4 17.Nc1 Nc5 18.Bb1 Qc7
19.Nce2 Be6 20.Bh6 Rfe8 21.Nf5 Bxc4 22.Ne3 Ba6 23.f4 exf4
24.Bxf4 Ne5 25.Nd5 Qa7 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Kh1 Bg5 28.Nxb4 Bc4
29.Rfe1 Qb7 30.Nd5 Qxb2 31.Nc7 Ne6 32.Nxe8 Rxe8 33.Rf1 Rf8
34.Nc1 Qxb1 0-1

[Event "Simul MTel"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "2005.05.26"]
[EventDate "2005.05.26"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Valeri Lilov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 d5 6. Qf3 c6
7. h4 Be6 8. Nh3 h5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Ne2 g5 11. hxg5 fxg5
12. Nhf4 gxf4 13. Rxh5 Qf6 14. Nxf4 Bxf4 15. exf4 Nd7
16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Re1 Rxh5 18. Qxh5 Rh8 19. Qg5 Qf7 20. b3
c5 21. g4 Rg8 22. Qh6 c4 23. Bf1 Rg6 24. Qh8+ Kc7 25. g5 Rg8
26. Qh3 Nf8 27. Qe3 Qd7 28. Kb2 Qd6 29. Qc3 b5 30. Re5 Ng6
31. Qa5+ Kc8 32. Re3 a6 33. a4 Qc6 34. axb5 axb5 35. bxc4 bxc4
0-1

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergio Sanchez Lopez"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. b3 e6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nf3 d5
7. e3 bxc4 8. bxc4 Bd6 9. Nc3 Bc7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6
12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Nb5 Ba5 14. Ne5 a6 15. Nc3 Qd6 16. f4 Bb7
17. Qa4 Bb6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Rf2 a5 21. Rfd2 d4
22. exd4 cxd4 23. Nb5 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 d3+ 25. Kf1 Ng4 26. Re1
Rxf4 27. c5 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Marcelo Panelo Munoz"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. a3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nxc3
12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Be2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qc5
Qg5 17. g3 Qf6 18. f4 Ng4 19. e4 b6 20. Qc3 c5 21. Nb5 Qc6
22. Qf3 Rd8 23. O-O Ba6 24. a4 Nf6 25. e5 Nd5 26. Bd3 Bxb5
27. axb5 Qe6 28. Bc4 Rd7 29. Rce1 g6 30. g4 Rad8 31. f5 Qe8
32. e6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Javier Moreno Carnero"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5
Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+
Qe6 12. Qd4 Bd6 13. Qxg7 Be5 14. Qg5 f6 15. Qh5+ Qf7 16. Qxf7+
Kxf7 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Nc4 Bxc2 19. Nxe5+ fxe5 20. Bd2 Rhd8
21. Bc3 e4 22. a5 c5 23. Rfe1 b5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rac1 Bd3
26. Re3 Rd7 27. f3 Re8 28. Rce1 Rde7 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Rf3+
Kg8 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Rf3+ Kg8 33. Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil Albox"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Krivoshey"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. h4 d6
7. h5 Bg4 8. d3 Qd7 9. Ng5 Bxh5 10. f3 f6 11. Nh3 e5 12. Nf2
f5 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. g4 Rg8 15. Nd5 Qf7 16. gxh5 gxh5 17. Bh3
Rg3 18. e3 Kf8 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Kd1 b5 21. Kc2 bxc4 22. dxc4 f4
23. Ne4 fxe3 24. Nxg3 Nd4+ 25. Kd3 Nxe2 26. Kxe2 Qb7 27. b3
Qa6 28. Ne4 Qa3 29. Rhb1 Rd8 30. Kd3 h4 31. Be6 Re8 32. Bd7
Rd8 33. Ba4 a6 34. Kc2 Rb8 35. Rg1 Rb4 36. Nec3 Bg7 37. Rae1
e4 38. fxe4 e2 39. Rxe2 Bd4 40. Rf1+ Kg7 41. Rg2+ Kh6 42. Ne7
1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7
Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 f5 11. Re1 c6
12. Bg5 Qc7 13. c4 Be8 14. Qh3 h6 15. Bd2 Qf7 16. c5 Bc7
17. Rab1 Qd7 18. Qf3 Bg6 19. h4 Qf7 20. Bf4 Ba5 21. Rec1 Bh5
22. Qg3 b5 23. cxb6 Bxb6 24. c3 Kh7 25. Be5 Qg6 26. Qf4 Rae8
27. Re1 Kg8 28. f3 Qf7 29. Bd6 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. Rxe8+
Qxe8 32. Be5 Bg6 33. Bxf5 Qf7 34. Bc8 Qxf4 35. Bxf4 Ba5
36. Bb8 a6 37. Bxa6 Bb1 38. a3 Bxc3 39. Ba7 Bc2 40. h5 Kf7
41. Kf2 Bb2 42. Bc5 Bc1 43. Ke1 Bf4 44. Be2 Bb3 45. g4 Ba4
46. Bd1 Bg3+ 47. Ke2 Bb5+ 48. Ke3 Bc7 49. a4 Bc4 50. Bb4 Bh2
51. Kf2 g6 52. hxg6+ Kxg6 53. Be2 Bg1+ 54. Kxg1 Bxe2 55. Kf2
1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Bxe2
16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Rc2 Nd5 19. Rec1 Ba6 20. Bd2 f6
21. Nc4 Rd8 22. a3 Kf7 23. Ne3 h5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Bb4 Bd8
26. Rc6 Be2 27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. Bxd6 Ke8 29. Bb8 a5 30. Bc7 Bf3
31. Rc3 Bd5 32. f4 Kd7 33. Bxd8 Kxd8 34. Kf2 Kd7 35. Ke3 e5
36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rc1 a4 38. Rf1 Ke6 39. Rf8 b5 40. Rg8 Kf6
41. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O
7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 c6 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Qc2 h6 13. e4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6
17. Rfe1 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Qc7 19. Rce1 Be6 20. Qc3 Rad8 21. R1e3
Bf5 22. Re7 Rd7 23. Rg3 g6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Re3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3
Qe6 27. a3 Re8 28. g3 h5 29. Qd4 Qh3 30. Rd1 Qf5 31. h4 Qf3
32. Rf1 Re2 33. Qb4 Re7 34. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "186"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. Be3 Nd7
12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bg4 h5 16. Bxe6
Bxe6 17. Nd5 b6 18. a4 f5 19. f3 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bf8 21. Rfc1
Kf7 22. Rc3 Rdc8 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. b4 Rac8 25. Rc4 Bd6 26. bxc5
Bxc5 27. Kf1 Bd6 28. Rxc7+ Rxc7 29. Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. a5 bxa5
31. Bxa7 Kf6 32. Ke2 Bd6 33. Be3 a4 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Kc4 Kf6
36. Bd2 fxe4 37. fxe4 Bf8 38. Ba5 Kg5 39. g3 Kf6 40. Bc7 a3
41. Kb3 Bc5 42. Bd8+ Kf7 43. Bg5 Bf2 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Ke8
46. Bf6 Bd4 47. Kxa3 Kd7 48. Kb4 Kd6 49. Bg7 Be3 50. Kc4 Bc1
51. Bf8+ Kd7 52. Bc5 Kc7 53. Kd3 Kd7 54. Be3 Ba3 55. Bd2 Bc5
56. Kc4 Bf2 57. Bb4 Be3 58. Bc3 Kd6 59. Kb5 Bf2 60. Ka6 Bd4
61. Ba5 Kd7 62. Bb6 Bb2 63. Kb7 Bc3 64. Bc7 Bb2 65. Bb8 Bd4
66. Ka6 Kc8 67. Bd6 Kd7 68. Bf8 Bc3 69. Kb5 Bb2 70. Bc5 Bc1
71. Kc4 Bd2 72. Ba3 Be3 73. Bb4 Bc1 74. d6 Kc6 75. d7 Kxd7
76. Kd5 Bg5 77. Kxe5 Bh4 78. Kd5 Bg5 79. e5 Bh4 80. Bc5 Bg5
81. Bf2 Ke7 82. e6 Ke8 83. Ke5 Ke7 84. Bc5+ Ke8 85. Ke4 Kd8
86. Bd6 Ke8 87. Bf4 Bf6 88. Be3 Ke7 89. Kd5 Ke8 90. Kd6 Kd8
91. Bd2 Ke8 92. Bf4 Kd8 93. Be5 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. e5 Bf8
12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. c4 Bg7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Bd2 dxc4
17. Bxc4 c5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nd3 Nf5 20. f3 Rd4 21. Bg5 a5
22. Qf2 h5 23. b3 Qb6 24. a4 Rc8 25. Rc3 Bd5 26. Bb5 Qb8
27. Qb2 c4 28. bxc4 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxc4 30. Qd2 Rb4 31. f4 Bf8
32. Kh1 Qb6 33. Rc1 Nd4 34. Qf2 Qa7 35. Be8 Bc5 36. Rdc3 Nb3
37. Rxc5 Nxc1 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxd5 Qxf2 40. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f4 e5 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 exf4 11. Qxf4 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. g4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne5
17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qe4 Qd6 19. h4 g6 20. h5 Bg5 21. Qg2 Rc5
22. Bd3 b5 23. Rdf1 Qxd5 24. Be4 Qd6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rd1 Qe7
27. Qh3 Rf6 28. Qxh7+ Qxh7 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8
31. Rxh7 Rc4 32. Bxg6 Rxg4 33. a3 Be3 34. Bd3 b4 35. axb4 Rxb4
36. c3 Rf4 37. Bc2 e4 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Rh7+ Kf6 40. Rh6+ Kf5
41. Rh5+ Kg4 42. Re5 Kf3 43. Bd1+ Kf2 44. Bc2 Kf3 45. Bd1+ Kf2
1/2-1/2

[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 Aleksandrov 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

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[EventDate "2005.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "194"]

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 Rc8
13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 b2
18.Bxb2 Nc5 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.Qg4 Bg5 21.Qxc4 Nd3 22.Ba3 Nxe1
23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Bd5 h5 26.Kg2 Be7 27.Bb2 Bf6
28.Bc1 Qe7 29.Be3 Rc7 30.h4 Be5 31.Qd3 Bd6 32.Bg5 Qe8 33.Qf3
b5 34.Be3 Qe5 35.Qd1 Qe8 36.Qxh5 Rxc6 37.Bxa7 Ra6 38.Bd4 Bf8
39.Be5 b4 40.Qf5 g6 41.Qf4 Qe7 42.Bd4 Ra5 43.Qf3 Bg7 44.Bb6
Rb5 45.Be3 Bc3 46.Bg5 Qa7 47.Qd3 Rb6 48.Be3 Qa6 49.Bxf7+ Kxf7
50.Qd7+ Kf8 51.Qd8+ Kf7 52.Qc7+ Kg8 53.Qxb6 Qxa2 54.Qxg6+ Kh8
55.Qc6 Qf7 56.g4 Bg7 57.h5 b3 58.Qe4 b2 59.h6 Bf6 60.Bd4 Kg8
61.Bxf6 Qxf6 62.Kg3 Qb6 63.Qc4+ Kh7 64.g5 Qg6 65.Qc7+ Kg8
66.Qb8+ Kf7 67.Qb7+ Kf8 68.Qb8+ Kf7 69.Qb3+ Kf8 70.Qf3+ Ke7
71.Qe3+ Kd7 72.Qd4+ Ke6 73.Qxb2 Qxg5+ 74.Kf3 Qh5+ 75.Ke4 Qf5+
76.Ke3 Qg5+ 77.f4 Qg3+ 78.Ke4 Qe1+ 79.Kf3 Qf1+ 80.Kg3 Qg1+
81.Qg2 Qb1 82.Qc6+ Kf7 83.Qd7+ Kf6 84.Qg7+ Ke6 85.Qe5+ Kf7
86.Qh5+ Kf6 87.Qg5+ Kf7 88.Qh5+ Kf6 89.Qh4+ Kf7 90.h7 Qe1+
91.Kg4 Qd1+ 92.Kg5 Qd8+ 93.Kh5 Qd5+ 94.Qg5 Qh1+ 95.Qh4 Qd5+
96.Kg4 Qd1+ 97.Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[EventDate "2005.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nbc6
13.Nd5 e6 14.Ne3 Qa5+ 15.c3 Nf3+ 16.Qxf3 Bxc3+ 17.Kd1 Qa4+
18.Nc2 Bxb2 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Qb3 Qxb3 21.axb3 Bxa1 22.Nxa1 Ke7
23.Bd3 Rac8 24.Re1 Nd4 25.f3 Rc3 26.Kd2 Rhc8 27.Rb1 R3c5 28.b4
Rd5 29.Bf2 Kd7 30.Be3 Nf5 31.Bf2 Nh4 32.Bxh4 gxh4 33.Nc2 h5
34.Re1 Rg8 35.Kc3 a5 36.Bc4 Rc8 37.Ne3 Rb5 38.Kd3 Rxb4
39.Bxe6+ Kxe6 40. Nc2+ Kd5 41. Nxb4+ axb4 42. Re7 b5 43.Rh7
Rc3+ 44. Kd2 Rc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[EventDate "2005.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Ne4 h6 12.b3 c5
13.Be3 b6 14.Rad1 + Bd7 15.Nc3 Kc8 16.Nd5 Be6 17.c4 Kb7 18.Bc1
a5 19.a4 Rd8 20.g4 h5 21.Ne3 Re8 22.Rfe1 Nf4 23.Ng5 Be7
24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.gxh5 Nxh3+ 26.Kf1 Rxh5 27.Ng4 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Rxg5
29.f3 Rf8 30.Kg2 Nf4+ 31.Kg3 Rh5 32.Kf2 Ng6 33.Rd7 Rh3 34.Re3
Nh4 35.Rdd3 Kc6 36.Rc3 Rh1 37.Red3 Nf5 38.Ne3 Nd4 39.Nf1 Rh5
40.Re3 Rf4 41.Rcd3 g5 42.Re4 Kb7 43.Kg3 Rxe4 44.fxe4 Rh4
45.Nd2 Kc8 46.Re3 Kd7 47.Re1 Ke7 48.Nf3 Nxf3 49.Kxf3 Kf7
50.Rd1 Rf4 + 51.Ke3 Kg7 52.Rd7+ Rf7 53.Rd1 Kg6 54.Rd8 g4
55.Rg8+ Kh5 56.Rh8+ Kg5 57.Rg8+ Kh4 58.Rg6 Rf3+ 59.Ke2 Kg3
60.Rxe6 Kf4 61.Re8 Re3+ 62.Kf2 g3+ 63.Kg2 Kxe4 64.e6 Kd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1
Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.b4 Qd7 17.Qb3 Rfb8 18.N1h2 a5
19.Bd2 h6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 axb4 22.axb4 cxb4 23.cxb4 Bf6
24.Rec1 Kf7 25.g3 Qb7 26.Kg2 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Ra8 28.Rh1 Nd4
29.Nxd4 exd4 30.Bf4 d5 31.e5 Be7 32.Qd1 Bg5 33.Bxg5 hxg5
34.Rh5 Qe7 35.Qh1 Rf8 36.Rh7 Ke8 37.Qa1 Kf7 38.Qc1 Ke8 39.Qa1
Kf7 40.Qxd4 Kg8 41.Rh1 Qf7 42.Qe3 d4 43.Qe2 Qb7+ 44.Qe4 Qxe4+
45.dxe4 Rc8 46.Rb1 Rc3 47.Rb2 Kf7 48.Kf1 Rc1+ 49.Ke2 Rc3
50.Ra2 Rb3 51.Ra7+ Kf8 52.Rb7 Rxb4 53.Kd3 Rb2 54.f4 Rb3+
55.Kxd4 Rxg3 56.f5 Rxg4 57.f6 Rg1 58.Rxg7 b4 59.Kc5 b3 60.Rb7
Ra1 61.Rxb3 Ra5+ 62.Kd4 Ra4+ 63.Ke3 Ra5 64.Rb8+ Kf7 65.Rb7+
Kf8 66.Kd4 Ra4+ 67.Kc5 Ra5+ 68.Kd4 Ra4+ 69.Ke3 Ra3+ 70.Kf2 Ra5
71.Kg3 Rxe5 72.Kg4 Rxe4+ 73.Kh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[EventDate "2005.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nd2 Na6 12.e4 Rc8 13.Re1
Rc7 14.Nd3 dxe4 15.Nxe4 c5 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Ne5
Bxe5 19.dxe5 Rd7 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.Rad1 Rfd8 22.Rxd7 Qxd7 23.Qe4
Nb8 24.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[EventDate "2005.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4
g5 8.Bg3 d6 9.Nbd2 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Ba7 12.d4 g4 13.Bh4
gxf3 14.Qxf3 Kg7 15.Qg3+ Kh7 16.Qf3 Kg7 17.Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[EventDate "2005.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O d4
13.e4 Bc7 14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.h3 Qb6 16.b4 Be6 17.Rc1 h6 18.Qd2
Rfd8 19.Qf4 Ne7 20.Rc5 Ng6 21.Qg3 a5 22.Rb5 Qc6 23.e5 b6
24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Rfb1 Nf8 26.Nd2 Bd5 27.f4 Qc3 28.R1b2 Qc1+
29.Kh2 Rac8 30.f5 Rc3 31.Nb1 Rc5 32.Rxc5 Qxc5 33.Rc2 Qb6
34.Nd2 Re8 35.e6 Nh7 36.Rc7 Rf8 37.Nc4 Bxc4 38.Bxc4 Nf6 39.Qe5
d3 40.exf7+ Kh7 41.Bxd3 Qb3 42.Qd6 Qb8 43.Bc4 Ne4 44.Qe5 Nd2
45.Ba2 Qb6 46.Rc2 Qf2 47.Rxd2 Qxd2 48.Bd5 Qg5 49.Qd6 Qd8
50.Qxd8 Rxd8 51.Bc6 g6 52.Be8 Kg7 53.fxg6 h5 54.a4 h4 55.Kg1
Rd2 56.g3 hxg3 57.h4 Rh2 58.h5 Kf8 59.Kf1 Kg7 60.Kg1 Kf8
61.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Bf8 13. Nb3 b6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4
Qb7 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh4 Nxe5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5
f5 23. Rae1 Qd5 24. Ne2 Nf7 25. Nf4 Qc6 26. Nh5 Nxg5 27. Nf6+
Kf7 28. Nxe8 Bb7 29. Nd6+ Qxd6 30. Qxg5 Rc8 31. Rf2 Rc4
32. Qh6 Kg8 33. Rd2 Bd5 34. b3 Rc3 35. Qh4 Qc5 36. Rxe6 Bxe6
37. Qf6 Bd5 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Rxd5 Qf2 40. Rd7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+
Kg5 42. Qe7+ Kf4 43. Qd6+ Kg5 44. Qe7+ Kf4 45. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.11"]
[EventDate "2005.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4
Re8 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Nxe7+ Rxe7 16.f3 Rd8 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.e5 dxe5
19.Qxd7 Rdxd7 20.Rxe5 Rd6 21.Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.13"]
[EventDate "2005.10.11"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Be3 Be7
12.Rad1+ Ke8 13.a3 h5 14.Rfe1 h4 15.Nd4 a6 16.f4 Rh5 17.Ne4
Bd7 18.c4 a5 19.c5 a4 20.Rc1 f5 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.f5 Ne7
23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.Bf4 Kf7 25.Bxc7 Nxf5 26.Rc4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Be6
28.Bd6 Ra5 29.Rde4 Bd5 30.Re7+ Kg6 31.Rxb7 Rb5 32.Rb6 Rg5
33.Re2 Rb3 34.Kh2 Re3 35.Rd2 Reg3 36.Bxg3 hxg3+ 37.Kh1 Rf5
38.Rd1 Rf2 39.Rb8 f5 40.Rd8 Bxg2+ 41.Kg1 Bd5 42.R1xd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "36"]

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. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7
12. e4 dxe4 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee exhibition"]
[Site "Television Interview"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lauren Verster"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Bd3
Nbd7 8.O-O Be7 9.c3 Nh5 10.Bg3 f5 11.Ne5 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nxe5
13.dxe5 Qc7 14.f4 h5 15.Nf3 h4 16.gxh4 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Rxh4 18.g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.Qe2 Bf5 8.Rd1 Qe7 9.dxe5 Rd8 10.Rd4 Bg6 11.c3 Rxd4 12.cxd4
Qb4 13.Qe3 Be7 14.b3 Qa5 15.Nfd2 Qd5 16.Ba3 Bg5 17.Qe1 Qxd4
18.Nxe4 Qxa1 19.e6 fxe6 20.Nec3 Bxb1 21.h4 Bf6 22.Nxb1 Kf7
23.g3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6
7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bf4 g5 11.Bg3 g4 12.Ne5 Nxd4
13.c5 Bxc5 14.Rad1 O-O 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Nxg4 c5 17.b4 Nd5 18.bxc5
Nf5 19.Qf3 Rc8 20.Bd6 Nxd6 21.cxd6 Bh4 22.d7 Rc6 23.Ne5 Rc7
24.Qg4+ Kh8 25.Nd6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Bf8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. b3 Rb8 15. Rad1 Nc6 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. Bg3
Nxd4 18. Qxd4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 g6 21. e5 d5 22. f5 gxf5
23. Nxd5 Qc4 24. Qd2 h6 25. h3 exd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb4 27. c3 Qc5
28. Rxf5 Re6 29. Rxf7 Nb6 30. Rdf1 Nxd5 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8
32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qxd5 Ke8 34. Bh4 Bd7 35. Bf6 b4 36. Qe4 Bc8
37. cxb4 Rb7 38. Qg6+ Kd7 39. Qxh6 Kc7 40. Qf4 Kb8 41. h4 Rc7
42. h5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 Bf6 11. Ng5 h6
12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 g6 14. Nf3 h5 15. Rde1 Bf5 16. Qd2 Re8
17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qf6 19. f3 Re5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Rd1 Qc6
22. b3 Re8 23. Kb2 e4 24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Qf4 Bf5 26. Rd2 Qc5
27. Nf3 Bg4 28. a4 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 c6 30. Rd7 Re7 31. Qd3 Rxd7
32. Qxd7 Qb6 33. b4 c5 34. a5 Qc6 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Kb3 Kf8
37. Kc4 Ke7 38. Kxc5 Kd7 39. c4 f6 40. b5 g5 41. b6 axb6+
42. Kxb6 Kc8 43. Kxc6 gxh4 44. c5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3
Bg4 8.d3 Nd7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 h6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nbd2 h5 13.g5 Nb6
14.Bb3 h4 15.a4 d5 16.a5 d4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Bf4 Nd7 19.Rc1 Nc5
20.Rxc5 Bxc5 21.Ba4 Kf8 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.Qa4 Kg8 24.Qxc6 Bb4
25.Rc1 Bxa5 26.Nc4 Bb6 27.Nxb6 cxb6 28.Bc7 Qc8 29.Kg2 b5
30.Nxd4 Qe8 31.Qxe8+ Rxe8 32.Ra1 Rc8 33.Bd6 Kh7 34.Rxa6 Rc1
35.Nxb5 Rd1 36.Ra3 Rc8 37.Bf4 Rc2 38.Rb3 Rxd3 39.Rxd3 Bxe4+
40.Rf3 Rxb2 41.Nd6 Bd5 42.Nf5 Rb4 43.Bd6 Ra4 44.Be7 Kg6
45.Nxh4+ Rxh4 46.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 d5 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 e6 11. Nbd2 Be7
12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. a3 Qd7 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nb3 Nc4
17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 b6 19. Nbd2 b5 20. Rcc1 Qd5 21. Qd1 a5
22. Qb3 Be4 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Ne1 f5 25. Nd3 g5 26. f3 h5
27. Nc5 Rc7 28. Rc2 Rfc8 29. Rac1 Nb8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nc6
32. Rb2 Ra7 33. Bf2 Kf7 34. Nf1 Rca8 35. Ne3 Ra1 36. Rxa1
Rxa1+ 37. Kh2 Ra2 38. Rxa2 Bxa2 39. Nc2 Bb1 40. d5 exd5
41. Nd4 Nxe5 42. Nxb5 Nd3 43. Nc3 Nxf2 44. Nxb1 Bxc5 45. bxc5
Ke6 46. Nd2 f4 47. h4 gxh4 48. Nb3 Kd7 49. Nd4 Kc7 50. Ne6+
Kc6 51. Nxf4 d4 52. g4 hxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Nd1 54. Kh4 Nb2 55. Kxh5
Na4 56. Kg4 Nxc5 57. Kg3 Kb5 58. Kf2 Kc4 59. Ke2 Kc3 60. Kd1
d3 61. Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Na3 Qe8
13.Nd4 Ngxe5 14.Naxb5 d6 15.Ba4 Bd7 16.b3 Ne7 17.Kh1 d5 18.f4
Ng4 19.e5 f6 20.h3 Nxe5 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Rxf8+ Qxf8 23.Nf3 e4
24.Ne5 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Qf5 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nh2 Qxh3 28.Bg5 Nf5
29.Qxd5+ Kh8 30.Bf4 Bf2 31.Ra2 Bg3 32.Bxg3 Nxg3+ 33.Kg1 Rf8
34.Nd4 c5 35.Bd7 Qh4 36.Ne6 Rf1+ 37.Kg2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7
7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Nc5 10.h4 c6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qxd6
Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Ne4 14.Rd4 Nxf2 15.Rg1 Ng4 16.Bc4 Bf5 17.Bd3 Bxd3
18.cxd3 Nf6 19.Re1 Rfe8 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Kd2 Kf8 22.a4 Ke7
23.b4 Rc8 24.b5 c5 25.Rf4 Ne8 26.Re4+ Kf8 27.Ne5 Rd8 28.Rf4
Nd6 29.c4 Ke7 30.Ng4 h5 31.Ne3 Ke6 32.a5 f6 33.Kc3 g5 34.Rf1
gxh4 35.Re1 Nf5 36.Nd5+ Kf7 37.Rf1 Kg6 38.Nf4+ Kf7 39.Nxh5 Kg6
40.Nf4+ Kf7 41.Nd5 Kg6 42.Re1 Kf7 43.Re2 Rd7 44.Re4 Rd8 45.Rf4
Kg6 46.Rf2 Re8 47.Kd2 Kg5 48.Re2 Rxe2+ 49.Kxe2 Nd4+ 50.Kf2 Kf5
51.Ne7+ Ke6 52.Ng6 Nb3 53.a6 bxa6 54.bxa6 Nd4 55.Nxh4 Nc2
56.Nf3 Nb4 57.Ke3 Nxa6 58.Nd2 Nb8 59.Kf4 Nd7 60.Nb3 a6 61.g3
Kd6 62.Kf5 Ke7 63.g4 Kd6 64.Na5 Ne5 65.Nb3 Nd7 66.Ke4 Ke6
67.Na5 Kd6 68.Kf4 Ne5 69.Kf5 Nd7 70.Ke4 Nf8 71.Kf5 Nd7 72.Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O
13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.Ra2 Kh8 17.Nce3 Bxe3
18.Nxe3 Ne7 19.b3 f5 20.exf5 Nxf5 21.Nd5 Bb7 22.O-O Rc8 23.Qd3
Nh4 24.Rd1 h6 25.Qg3 Nf5 26.Qg4 Rc5 27.Rad2 Bc8 28.Qe4 Bb7
29.h3 Nh4 30.Bd3 Rf5 31.Bb1 Rxc3 32.Qg4 h5 33.Qe2 Qg5 34.f4
Rxf4 35.Kh1 Nxg2 36.Qxg2 Rg3 37.Nxf4 Bxg2+ 38.Nxg2 Rxh3+
39.Kg1 Rg3 40.Rf2 Kg8 41.Rxd6 h4 42.Rc6 Qg4 43.Bf5 Rxg2+
44.Rxg2 Qxf5 45.Rcg6 Qf7 46.R6g4 Qf6 47.Kh2 Kf7 48.Kh3 e4
49.Rg5 e3 50.Kxh4 g6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4
d5 8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 e5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.Bg5 d4 12.Qf3 Be6
13.Rc1 Rc8 14.O-O b6 15.Nd2 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6
18.Ne4 f5 19.Nd6 Rc7 20.Nb5 Rcc8 21.Nd6 Rc7 22.Nb5 Rcc8 23.b3
e4 24.f3 a6 25.Nd6 Rcd8 26.c5 e3 27.f4 Nb4 28.Nb7 Rb8 29.c6
Nxa2 30.Bf3 Nxc1 31.Rxc1 Bxb3 32.c7 Rbe8 33.Nd6 Be6 34.Bb7 Bc8
35.Nxc8 Rxc8 36.Bxa6 Rfe8 37.Bxc8 Rxc8 38.Kg2 b5 39.Kf3 b4
40.Rc4 b3 41.Rxd4 Rxc7 42.Rb4 Rc3 43.Rb5 Kf8 44.Rxf5 Ke7 45.g4
Kd6 46.Rb5 Kc6 47.Rb8 Kd5 48.h4 f6 49.h5 Kd4 50.Rb4+ Kc5
51.Rb7 Kd5 52.g5 fxg5 53.fxg5 hxg5 54.Rb8 Rc4 55.Rxb3 Ke5
56.Rxe3+ Kf5 57.Kg2 Rg4+ 58.Rg3 Re4 59.Kf2 Rh4 60.Rf3+ Ke4
61.Re3+ Kf5 62.Rf3+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Na3 Ncxe5
13.h3 d6 14.Qe2 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Ne5 16.Qg3 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6
18.Nxb5 Rxf2 19.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20.Qxf2 Rxb5 21.Qe2 Rb8 22.Bf4 Qf6
23.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Qc7 12.Re1 Rfc8 13.h3
h6 14.Be3 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6 16.Na5 Nc4 17.Nxc4 Bxc4 18.Na4 Rab8
19.b3 Bb5 20.c4 Bxa4 21.Rxa4 Qb7 22.Qa1 Qxb3 23.Rc1 Rc6 24.c5
Nd7 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Qxa6 Nxc5 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Bf1 h5 29.h4 Qf3
30.Qe2 Qxe2 31.Bxe2 g6 32.Bc4 Rb2 33.Ra1 Rc2 34.Bb3 Rc3 35.Bd5
c4 36.Ra7 Kf8 37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.Ra7 Kf8 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.Ra7 Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8
12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nd4 h6 14.Be3 h5 15.f4 h4 16.f5 Nxe5 17.f6 Rh5
18.Ne4 g6 19.Bf4 c5 20.Nf3 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 Be6 22.Rfd3 c4
23.R3d2 c6 24.Ng5 Bc5+ 25.Kh2 Bd5 26.Re2+ Kf8 27.Rde1 b5 28.c3
a5 29.a3 Rc8 30.g4 hxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Be6 32.h4 Kg8 33.Re5 Bf8
34.Nxe6 fxe6 35.Rd1 Rh7 36.Rxe6 Rb7 37.Re4 Kf7 38.Bg5 Re8
39.Rxe8 Kxe8 40.Kg4 Rh7 41.Re1+ Kd7 42.a4 bxa4 43.Re5 c5
44.Bf4 Rh8 45.Bg3 Bh6 46.Re7+ Kc6 47.Bf4 Bxf4 48.Kxf4 Rh5
49.Re5 Rxh4+ 50.Kg5 Rh5+ 51.Kxg6 Rxe5 52.f7 Re6+ 53.Kg5 Re5+
54.Kg4 Re4+ 55.Kg3 Re3+ 56.Kf2 a3 57.f8=Q axb2 58.Qc8+ Kb5
59.Qb7+ Ka4 60.Kxe3 Ka3 61.Qb5 a4 62.Qxc5+ Kb3 63.Qb4+ Kc2
64.Qxa4+ Kxc3 65.Qa5+ Kc2 66.Qf5+ Kc1 67.Qf1+ 1-0

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O
12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qh3 h5 15. Qg3 Qf6 16. Bxd6 cxd6
17. Nh3 Rae8 18. Qf4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kg7 20. Qg3 Qf5 21. Nf4 b5
22. h4 Rd8 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. hxg5 b4 25. cxb4 Nxb4 26. c3 Nxa2
27. Nxd5 Rb8 28. Re2 Nc1 29. Re7 a5 30. Ra7 Rc8 31. Rxa5 Ne2+
32. Kh2 Nxc3 33. Nf6 Rb8 34. d5 Nb5 35. Ra4 Nc7 36. Ne4 Ne8
37. Ra7 Rd8 38. f3 Kf8 39. g4 hxg4 40. fxg4 Rb8 41. Kg3 Rb3+
42. Kf4 Rb4 43. Ke3 Rb3+ 44. Kd4 Rb4+ 45. Kd3 Rb3+ 46. Kc4 Rf3
47. Rd7 Rf4 48. Kd3 f6 49. Nxf6 Nxf6 50. gxf6 Rxg4 51. Rxd6
Kf7 52. Re6 Ra4 53. Re4 Rxe4 54. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "246"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Be2 Nd5
13.Bd3 Qxc3 14.Ra3 Qf6 15.Qc2 h6 16.b5 Nb4 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Qb1
a5 19.Be4 Nc5 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Bxb4 axb4 22.Qxb4 Rxa3 23.Qxc5
Rfa8 24.Ne5 b6 25.Qc7 Bxb5 26.Bxa8 Rxa8 27.Rd1 Ba4 28.Rd4 Be8
29.g3 Kh7 30.Kg2 Ra5 31.Nc4 Ra2 32.Rf4 Qc3 33.Qxb6 Ra1 34.Qb7
Qc1 35.Kh3 f6 36.Rg4 Bg6 37.Rxg6 Kxg6 38.Qe4+ Kf7 39.Nd6+ Ke7
40.Nf5+ Kd7 41.Nxg7 Qf1+ 42.Kh4 Qxf2 43.Qxe6+ Kc7 44.Qc4+ Kb7
45.Qe4+ Kb8 46.Qf4+ Qxf4+ 47.exf4 Ra2 48.h3 Kc8 49.Kh5 Ra3
50.Nf5 Kd7 51.Kxh6 Ke6 52.Kg6 Ra5 53.Ng7+ Ke7 54.h4 Ra6 55.Nh5
Ra8 56.Ng7 Ra6 57.g4 f5+ 58.Kxf5 Kf7 59.Nh5 Ra5+ 60.Ke4 Ra3
61.g5 Rh3 62.Kf5 Rxh4 63.g6+ Kg8 64.Kg5 Rh1 65.Nf6+ Kf8 66.Nh5
Rg1+ 67.Kh6 Rh1 68.f5 Kg8 69.Kg5 Rg1+ 70.Kf6 Rg4 71.Ng7 Ra4
72.Ne6 Ra5 73.Nc7 Kf8 74.Ke6 Ra7 75.Nb5 Re7+ 76.Kf6 Rd7 77.Nc3
Rd6+ 78.Kg5 Kg7 79.Nb5 Rd5 80.Nc7 Re5 81.Ne6+ Kg8 82.Kf6 Ra5
83.Nc7 Rc5 84.Ne8 Rc1 85.Nd6 Kf8 86.Ne4 Rc6+ 87.Kg5 Rc4 88.Ng3
Rc3 89.Ne4 Rc4 90.Nf6 Rc1 91.Nd7+ Kg8 92.f6 Rf1 93.Ne5 Rg1+
94.Kf5 Rf1+ 95.Ke6 Re1 96.Kd6 Re2 97.Nc6 Rg2 98.Ke6 Re2+
99.Kd7 Kf8 100.Kd6 Rg2 101.Ne5 Rd2+ 102.Ke6 Re2 103.Kf5 Rf2+
104.Kg5 Rg2+ 105.Kh4 Rf2 106.Ng4 Rg2 107.Ne5 Rf2 108.Kg5 Rg2+
109.Kf4 Rf2+ 110.Nf3 Rf1 111.Ke3 Kg8 112.Kf4 Kf8 113.Ke4 Kg8
114.Ke3 Ra1 115.Kf4 Rf1 116.Kg4 Rf2 117.Kg3 Rf1 118.Kf4 Rf2
119.Ke4 Rf1 120.Ke3 Ra1 121.Kd4 Rf1 122.Ke4 Rf2 123.g7 Rg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.02.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. h3 exd5 9. exd5 Nfd7 10. f4 f5 11. O-O Na6 12. Be3
Nc7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Bf2 Nf6 15. a3 a5 16. Bh4 Bd7 17. Kh1 Qe7
18. Rae1 Qf7 19. a4 Na6 20. g4 Nb4 21. Bb1 fxg4 22. f5 Bxf5
23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 Qg6 25. Ref1 Rf8 26. Ng3 Nh5 27. Nce4
Nxg3+ 28. Nxg3 gxh3 29. b3 Rae8 30. Kh2 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Re5
32. Qg5 Qxg5 33. Bxg5 Nc2 34. Bd8 Nd4 35. Rf4 Re3 36. Rg4 Kf7
37. Re4 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6
7. Bg5 e6 8. e3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O
12. Rac1 b5 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. Qc2 g6 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rc7
17. Qe1 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. Ne1 a4 21. Nd3 Na5
22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 Nc4 24. Qe1 Qd8 25. g3 Bb5 26. h4 g5
27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Kg2 Qc8 29. Ng1 f6 30. Qd1 Be8 31. Nf3 Bh5
32. Rc2 Bg6 33. Re2 g4 34. Nh4 Be4+ 35. Kh2 f5 36. Ne1 Nxe3
37. Rxe3 Rc1 38. Qd2 Rxb1 39. Rxe4 dxe4 40. Qg5+ Kf7 41. d5
Rxe1 42. Qg6+ Ke7 43. Qg5+ Kd7 44. dxe6+ Kc6 45. e7 e3
46. Qxf5 Qxf5 47. e8=Q+ Qd7 48. Qe4+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.02.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5
Rh6 14.f3 Qe7 15.a4 a6 16.Qc2 Rd8 17.Rad1 Nd7 18.Bc7 Rc8
19.Bg3 e5 20.d5 b4 21.dxc6 Rhxc6 22.Nd5 Qe6 23.Qd2 h4 24.Bf2
c3 25.bxc3 bxc3 26.Qxg5 c2 27.Rc1 h3 28.g3 Qh6 29.Qf5 Qd2
30.Rfe1 Ba3 31.f4 Bxc1 32.Bh5 Rg6 33.Bxg6 Bxd5 34.exd5 Qxe1+
35.Bxe1 Be3+ 36.Kf1 c1=Q 37.Qxf7+ Kd8 38.Ke2 Bb6 39.Bd2 Qc4+
40.Kf3 e4+ 41.Kg4 Kc7 42.a5 Bd4 43.Bf5 Rg8+ 44.Kh4 Rh8+ 45.Kg5
Qb5 46.Be6 e3 47.Be1 e2 48.g4 Rf8 49.Qh7 Be3 50.Kh4 Bxf4 51.g5
Qa4 52.Kh5 Bxh2 53.Bxh3 Be5 54.Qd3 Rh8+ 55.Kg6 Nf8+ 56.Kf7 Kd8
0-1

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3
h5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Na5 10.Bb3 Be7 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Bd7
13.Rhe1 b4 14.Nce2 g6 15.Nc1 e5 16.Nde2 Nxb3 17.Nxb3 a5 18.Bg5
a4 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nbc1 Rb8 21.Qxd6 Rb6 22.Qc5 Qb8 23.Nd3 Rb5
24.Qf2 Be6 25.f4 O-O 26.fxe5 Bxe5 27.Nxe5 Qxe5 28.Nd4 Rc5
29.Qg3 Qxg3 30.hxg3 Bg4 31.Rd3 Re8 32.Rde3 f6 33.a3 bxa3
34.bxa3 Bc8 35.Kc1 Bb7 36.Nf3 Rec8 37.R1e2 Rc4 38.Kb2 Rb8
39.Kc1 Rbc8 40.Kb2 Rb8 41.Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 Na5 11. Bd3 b6
12. Rc1 e5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. c4 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Be3 Re7
17. Qc2 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. a3 Qa5 20. Nc3 Qxa3 21. Nd5 Rc8
22. Ra1 Qf8 23. Ra6 Nb4 24. Nxb4 Qxb4 25. Rb1 Qf8 26. c5 Bh6
27. Bxh6 Qxh6 28. c6 Rdc7 29. Rb5 Rd8 30. Rb7 Rxd3 31. Qxd3
Qc1+ 32. Qf1 Rxc6 33. Ra1 Qf4 34. Qe1 Rc4 35. Rb4 Rc2 36. Rbb1
Bg4 37. h3 Be2 38. Ra3 a6 39. Re3 Bb5 40. Rc1 Ra2 41. Rc8+ Kg7
42. Rc7 Be8 43. Rf3 Qg5 44. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qb1 cxd4
12. Bxd4 Bf6 13. Rc1 Bh5 14. Rc4 Qe7 15. h3 Rd8 16. Be4 Bxd4
17. Nxd4 N7f6 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qb2 O-O 20. Rac1 Bg6 21. N4f3
f6 22. g3 e5 23. a3 Qe6 24. e4 Ne7 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. h4 Rfd8
27. b4 h6 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Nc6 31. Kg2 Kh7
32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Rd3 34. a4 Ra3 35. Nb1 Ra2 36. Nc3 Rc2
37. Rc5 Nb4 38. Ne1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Qe2 Bg4
7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Qe7 10.c3 O-O 11.O-O Rfe8 12.Re1
Rad8 13.Bd2 Nf8 14.Rad1 Bb6 15.Be3 c5 16.a3 Rd7 17.b4 f6
18.Qc2 Ne6 19.Qb3 Qf7 20.Qc4 Red8 21.Rd2 cxb4 22.axb4 h6
23.Kf1 c6 24.Red1 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Re8 26.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a4 Nb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8
13.Na3 c6 14.c4 bxc4 15.Nxc4 Nbd7 16.Bd2 Re8 17.Qc2 Bf8 18.Ba2
Qb8 19.Bc3 h6 20.Ne3 Bb7 21.b4 d5 22.Ng4 Bd6 23.Qb2 Nxg4
24.hxg4 c5 25.g5 hxg5 26.Nxg5 Qd8 27.bxc5 Nxc5 28.Bd2 f6
29.Be3 fxg5 30.Bxc5 Bxc5 31.Qxb7 Rf8 32.Qxd5+ Qxd5 33.Bxd5+
Kh7 34.Re2 g4 35.g3 Kh6 36.Kg2 Kg5 37.Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3
O-O 13.O-O Bxb5 14.Nxb5 Nc6 15.c4 Rad8 16.Qg3+ Kh8 17.Qh4 Kg7
18.Qg3+ Kh8 19.Qh4 Kg7 20.f4 Qd2 21.e5 fxe5 22.Qg5+ Kh8
23.Qf6+ Kg8 24.Qg5+ Kh8 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Rf3 Rd3 27.Qg5+ Kh8
28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Qg5+ Kh8 30.Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e4 g5 9. Bg3 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 axb5
12. Rxa8 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Ne5 Na5 15. Rb8 Nxe4 16. f3 Nd6
17. h4 f6 18. hxg5 Nf5 19. Be1 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 fxe5 21. Rxc8
Qxc8 22. Qxa5 O-O 23. Rxh6 Qd7 24. Rh3 exd4 25. Kd2 Ne3
26. Be2 Nxg2 27. Qa3 Qg7 28. Rg3 Nf4 29. Bd1 c3+ 30. Kc1 b4
31. Qa5 d3 32. Qxb4 c2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. Ba2
Qd7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. h3 d5 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Ng3 c5
18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8
22. Rxe5 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Nc6 24. Re1 Nd5 25. Ne4 b4 26. g4 Ra2
27. Kf1 f6 28. h4 Kg6 29. c4 Nc7 30. Be3 Ne6 31. h5+ Kf7
32. Re2 b3 33. Nc3 Nb4 34. Ne1 Bd6 35. Ne4 Be7 36. f4 Ra1
37. Kg2 f5 38. gxf5 Nd4 39. Bxd4 cxd4 40. Nd2 Nc2 41. Nef3
Ne3+ 42. Kf2 Bf6 43. Nxb3 Rf1+ 44. Kg3 Nxf5+ 45. Kg2 Rd1
46. Nc5 Ne3+ 47. Kg3 Nf5+ 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Ne4 Bd8 50. Ne5+ Kg8
51. Nc6 Bc7 52. b4 Bxf4 53. b5 Be3+ 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Ng3 Nd6
56. Ne5+ Kg8 57. Ng4 Rb3 58. Ne5 Rb1 59. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Ne5 h5
7. h3 Be6 8. d3 Nh6 9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Nf3 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 d4
12. Nbd2 Nf5 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. c4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Nc5 16. Nh4 Nxh4
17. gxh4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bc4 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Bc5 b6
22. Be3 c5 23. a4 O-O 24. Rg1 e6 25. Bf3 Bh6 26. Qf2 Kh7
27. f5 exf5 28. Bxh6 Kxh6 29. exf5 Qf4 30. Raf1 Rae8 31. fxg6
fxg6 32. Qg2 Qd6 33. Bxh5 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 Re5 35. Qg3 Bd5+
36. Kg1 Be4 37. Rf7 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Rf5+ 39. Rxf5 Bxf5 40. Qg5+
Kh7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Bg4 Qd2 43. Qe5 Qd8 44. Qf4+ Kh7 45. Bxf5
gxf5 46. Qxf5+ Kh6 47. Qg5+ Qxg5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Kf3 Kf5
50. h4 c4 51. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e5 4. c4 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6
7. Nc3 Bg7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qe3+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Bg5 Na5
12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ke6 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5
Bxb2 17. Nxc7+ Kd6 18. Nxa8 Bxc1 19. c5+ Ke7 20. Rxc1 Rxa8
21. cxb6 axb6 22. Rc3 Nc6 23. a3 b5 24. Re3+ Kf8 25. Rb3 Nd4
26. Rd3 Nxe2 27. Kf3 Nc1 28. Rc3 Na2 29. Rb3 Ra4 30. Ne4 b4
31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Ra3 Nc1 33. Nf6 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6
7. d3 Bg7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Qc1 b6 10. h4 h5 11. Bh6 Bb7 12. Bxg7
Kxg7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ng5 e6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Nge4 Nf6 17. Ng5
Qe7 18. b3 Nd4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qb2 e5 21. Rac1 Red8 22. a3
Nd5 23. e3 Nc6 24. Nce4 Qe7 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Red1 Nxe4 27. dxe4
Qe6 28. b4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qg4 30. Kg2 Qxe4 31. bxc5 bxc5
32. Qb7 Rb8 33. Qc7 g5 34. hxg5 h4 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Rh3 hxg3
37. g6 Rxh3 38. Qxf7+ Kh6 39. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5
7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 Be6
12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Ne5 Rac8 15. Ndf3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Nh5 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bd2 Rc7 19. Rfe1 Rd8 20. b3 h6 21. a4
Bc5 22. Nd3 Rdc8 23. a5 Nf6 24. b4 Bd6 25. axb6 Rxc4 26. Bxb7
Rb8 27. Ra8 Nd7 28. Rxb8+ Bxb8 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. bxc5 Rxc5
31. Ra1 Rc2 32. Bf4 Bxf4 33. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 c5
7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O
12. Rc1 Re8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bf3 Bf5 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. Qd3 c5 18. Qxa6 Be5 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Rcd1 Qb8 21. Nf5 Bxb2
22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Be6 24. Qf3 Be5 25. h3 c4 26. Nd4 Bxd4
27. Rxd4 cxb3 28. axb3 Qxb3 29. Rfd1 h6 30. Qf4 Rc4 31. Qd6
Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rc8 33. Rb4 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Qc2 35. Qf4 Rf1
36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Rb2 Qc1 38. Qe5 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Qg1 40. Qe4+ g6
41. Kf3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4
7. g3 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Nxc5 11. Nd2 Bd7
12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bxa4 14. Ra1 O-O 15. Be3 Nfd7 16. Bxb7
Nxb7 17. Rxa4 Nd6 18. Rb1 a6 19. Nxc4 Nb5 20. Rb3 Rfc8 21. Kf1
Rab8 22. Ke1 Rc6 23. Nb6 Rbxb6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Rab4 Rc6
26. c4 Nd6 27. c5 Rxc5 28. Rd4 Rc1+ 29. Kd2 Rc6 30. Rbd3 Nc5
31. Ra3 Kf8 32. Rh4 g5 33. Rb4 a5 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Ra1 a4
36. Ke1 Nb3 37. Rd1 Nc4 38. f3 Rb6 39. Rc8 Rb4 40. Ra8 a3
41. Ra7 Nba5 42. Ra1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f4 Rc8 11. Kb1 Qc7
12. h3 h5 13. Bd3 h4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 e4 16. Rhe1 Be7
17. Be2 Nb6 18. Bg4 Nc4 19. Qf2 Nxg4 20. hxg4 h3 21. Bd4 h2
22. c3 Qb7 23. Qe2 Kf8 24. g5 a5 25. Qxe4 a4 26. Nc1 Bxg5
27. g3 Bf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Nd3 Qd7 30. Qg2 Qh3 31. Qxh3 Rxh3
32. Rh1 Re8 33. Nf2 Rxg3 34. Rxh2 Re2 35. Ng4 Rxh2 36. Nxh2
Rg2 37. Nf3 Rxb2+ 38. Ka1 a3 39. Nd4 Ne3 40. Rb1 Rf2 41. Rxb5
Rxf4 42. Rb1 Rf2 43. Rc1 f5 44. Nb5 Nc4 45. Nd4 f4 46. Nf5 Ne3
0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7
12. Na5 b6 13. Nc6 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Nf6 15. Qc4 b5 16. Qb3 Qxc6
17. a4 b4 18. O-O-O d5 19. Bg5 Rd8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bd3 Qb6
22. Kb1 Bc5 23. Rhe1 Kf8 24. Re2 Bd4 25. Ka2 h4 26. Red2 Be3
27. Re2 Bf4 28. c3 a5 29. cxb4 axb4 30. Bb5 Qd6 31. Rc2 d4
32. Rc6 Qe7 33. g3 Be3 34. a5 Kg7 35. Qc4 Rd7 36. a6 f5
37. Rc5 Ra7 38. f4 f6 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Qd5 Rc7 41. Qxe5+ Qxe5
42. Rxe5 Kf6 43. Rd5 hxg3 44. hxg3 Ke6 45. R5xd4 Bxd4 46. Rxd4
Rh3 47. g4 b3+ 48. Ka3 Ke5 49. Ra4 Ra7 50. gxf5 Kxf5 51. Bc6
Ke5 52. Bb7 Kd6 53. Rc4 Rg3 54. Kb4 Rg5 55. Rc6+ Kd7 56. Rc3
Kd6 57. Rxb3 Rxb7+ 58. axb7 Kc7 59. Ka4 Kb8 60. Rb5 Rg6
61. Ka5 Rh6 62. b3 Rg6 63. b4 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. a5 Rxc3
12. Qxc3 d5 13. O-O-O Be7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc4
Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Bg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 O-O 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Qd4
Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 Bxh2 24. Qd5 Qg4 25. Rh1 Bc7
26. Qxh5 Qxh5 27. Rxh5 Bxa5 28. Nxa6 Bd8 29. Nc5 b6 30. Nd7
Re8 31. Re5 Rxe5 32. Nxe5 f5 33. c3 Bc7 34. Nf3 Kf7 35. Kc2
Kf6 36. Kd3 g5 37. b4 g4 38. Nd4 Bd6 39. Nb5 Be7 40. Nd4 Bf8
41. Nc6 Ke6 42. Nd4+ Ke5 43. Nc6+ Kf4 44. Nd4 Bd6 45. Ne2+ Ke5
46. Nd4 f4 47. Nc6+ Kd5 48. Nd4 Bf8 49. c4+ Ke5 50. Nc6+ Kd6
51. Nd4 Ke5 52. Nc6+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Ng5 Nf8
17. a4 Rc5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b4 Rc7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 h6 23. Nf3 Nxd5 24. Nd4 Re8 25. Nc6 Qc7 26. Bg2 Nf6
27. Qc4 Qc8 28. e3 N8d7 29. Bf1 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Qc7
32. Qa4 e6 33. b5 Rc8 34. Qd4 d5 35. Ra1 Qd6 36. Ra6 e5
37. Qa1 Re8 38. Qc3 Ne4 39. Qb2 Nef6 40. Nb4 Qc5 41. Rc6 Qa7
42. Na6 Qb7 43. h3 h5 44. Nc7 Rb8 45. Qa2 d4 46. Bg2 dxe3
47. Rxf6 exf2+ 48. Rxf2 Qxc7 49. Qxf7+ Kh6 50. Bc6 Rd8 51. Qe7
Qb6 52. Kg2 e4 53. h4 e3 54. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1 g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. Bf4 Nfd7 13. e4 g5 14. Bxg5 Ng6 15. exd5 Bg7 16. Qe2+ Kf8
17. d6 Qa5 18. Be3 b6 19. Bg2 bxc5 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21. dxc5 Nge5
22. Be4 Nxc5 23. O-O Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxh3 25. Rc5 Qa4 26. Bg5
Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Nd7 28. Be7+ Kg8 29. Rg5 h5 30. Nf6+ Nxf6
31. Bxf6 Rh7 32. d7 Qxd7 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qe5+
Kg6 36. Qxb8 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Rc1 d6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Rxc3 Nbd7
12. Re1 h6 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Qc7 15. Bb2 a4 16. bxa4 Ra6
17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Rea8 19. Nh4 Rxa4 20. a3 b5 21. Nf5 b4
22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rb3 Qb6 24. Rxb4 Qxb4 25. Qb1 Rb8 26. Ba1
Ba8 27. Qc1 c4 28. Bc3 Qb3 29. Qa1 Kh7 30. Nd4 Qb6 31. Nc6 Re8
32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Qa6 Ne5 34. Nxe5 dxe5 35. e4 Rb8 36. Rxb8 Qxb8
37. Qxc4 Qb1+ 38. Qf1 Qc2 39. Qe1 Nd7 40. h4 Bb7 41. Qd2 Qb1+
42. Kh2 Ba6 43. Qb2 Qxb2 44. Bxb2 f6 45. Ba3 g5 46. Bh3 Bb5
47. h5 Kg7 48. f3 Nb6 49. Kg1 Be8 50. Bg4 Bd7 51. Bxd7 Nxd7
52. Kf2 Kf7 53. Ke2 Ke8 54. Kd3 Kd8 55. Kc4 Ke8 56. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Ng5 h6 6. e4 Bg4
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+
12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. O-O Bg7 14. b4 f5 15. exf5 O-O 16. Qg3 gxf5
17. Bxh6 Rf7 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Rac1 a5 20. Nb5 Nb6 21. bxa5 Rxa5
22. Qb3 Nxc4 23. a4 c6 24. Nc3 Rc5 25. Rfd1 e4 26. dxc6 bxc6
27. Ne2 d5 28. Nf4 Na5 29. Qg3 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qe5 31. h4 Nc4
32. h5 e3 33. fxe3 Nd2 34. h6 Ne4 35. h7+ Kxh7 36. Qh4+ Kg8
37. Rxc6 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qxa4 39. Rg6 Qd7 40. Ne6 Qd6+ 41. Bf4
Qe7 42. Qh5 Nf2 43. Ng5 Ng4+ 44. Kh3 Rf6 45. Qh7+ Kf8
46. Rxf6+ Qxf6 47. Qh5 Ke7 48. Nf3 Qf7 49. Qg5+ Qf6 50. Nd4
Nf2+ 51. Kh4 Qxg5+ 52. Kxg5 Bxd4 53. exd4 Ke6 54. Be3 Ne4+
55. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6
12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nc5 15. f3 Be5 16. Be3 a5
17. Rd2 a4 18. Rc1 a3 19. b4 Na4 20. Nd1 Be6 21. Bd4 Bf4
22. Be3 Be5 23. Bd4 Rfd8 24. Kf2 c5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rxd8+
Rxd8 27. Ke1 cxb4 28. Rb1 Nc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rd1 Rd4
31. Be2 Kf8 32. Rc1 Rd2 33. Rxc3 Rxa2 34. Rb3 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Ne5 11. O-O-O Be7
12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qc8 15. h3 Qxf5 16. g4 Qg6
17. Bg2 h6 18. Rhe1 Rab8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Rfd8 21. Qe2
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qf3 Bd6 24. Rf5 b5 25. a3 Re8 26. Kb1
Nd7 27. Qc6 Re7 28. Qxa6 b4 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Nd5
Re1+ 32. Ka2 Qe6 33. Qc4 Bd6 34. Rf1 Re5 35. Rd1 g6 36. Kb1
Re1 37. Qd3 Nc5 38. Qd4 Qe5 39. Ka2 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Kg7 41. Nc3
Be5 42. Rc4 Ne6 43. Nd5 Rg1 44. Be4 Rg3 45. b4 Rxh3 46. b5 h5
47. gxh5 Rxh5 48. b6 Rh4 49. b7 f5 50. Bd3 Rxc4 51. Bxc4 Nc5
52. Ka3 Nxb7 53. Kb4 g5 54. Bd3 f4 55. Be2 Kg6 56. Bg4 Nd6
57. Ne7+ Kf7 58. Nf5 Ne4 59. Bf3 Bc3+ 60. Kb5 Nd2 61. Bg4 Kf6
62. Nd6 Be5 63. Nc4 Ne4 64. Kc6 Nf2 65. Be2 g4 66. Kd5 Bc3
67. Nd6 f3 68. Bxf3 gxf3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4
7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rd1 Bd6
12. Be4 Nce7 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Bf3 a6 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qd6
17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Bxh5 Bd7 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qa7 Rxb2 21. Ne4
Nc8 22. Nxd6 Nxa7 23. Rdc1 Bc6 24. Nc4 Rbb8 25. Ne5 Be8 26. a4
Nc8 27. Be2 a5 28. Rc5 Nb6 29. Rb1 Bxa4 30. Rxa5 Nc4 31. Rxb8
Nxa5 32. Rb4 Bc2 33. Bf3 Rc8 34. h4 f6 35. Nd7 Nc6 36. Rc4 Ne7
37. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 c6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Ne4 14. Rd4 Nxf2 15. Rg1 Ng4 16. a4 Re8
17. Bd3 h6 18. a5 Be6 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. a6 b6
22. Re2 Bxg2 23. Rf4 Kf8 24. b4 Rad8 25. Ng6+ fxg6 26. Rxg2
Re5 27. Rxg6 Rd6 28. Rf1 Rh5 29. Rfg1 Rd7 30. Rh1 Re7 31. Kb2
Rhe5 32. Rf1 Rh5 33. Rg4 Rhe5 34. Rc4 R7e6 35. Bg6 Rd6 36. Kb3
Ke7 37. Rcf4 Re3 38. Bd3 Rg3 39. R4f2 Re6 40. Kb2 Re5 41. Bf5
Ree3 42. c4 Re5 43. Rd2 c5 44. b5 Rge3 45. Rg2 Kf8 46. Rff2
Re1 47. Bg6 Rh1 48. Rf4 Re3 49. Rd2 Ke7 50. h5 Rg1 51. Rd3 Re2
52. Rff3 Rg5 53. Rd1 Rgg2 54. Kb3 Rgf2 55. Rfd3 Re5 56. Rd8
Re1 57. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nbd2
Bb6 13. Ba2 Rf8 14. Nf1 d6 15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Qf3
bxa4 18. Bb1 Bc6 19. Bc2 a5 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. Nhf5 Nfg8 22. d4
Nxf5 23. Qxf5+ g6 24. Qg4 Bd7 25. Qf3 Bc6 26. h4 f5 27. h5
fxe4 28. Qg4 d5 29. Be3 g5 30. c4 exd4 31. Rxd4 Nf6 32. Qe2
Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Rb8 34. Re1 Rb4 35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. cxd5 Bxd5
37. Bxe4+ Bxe4 38. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6
bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. d4 Bb6 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxc6 Qd6 11. Ne5 Ba6
12. Re1 c5 13. Na3 cxd4 14. Nac4 Qe6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. cxd4
Nd5 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov - Nisipeanu Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2006.04.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Ne4 h6 11.Nd4 b6 12.Rd1
Ke8 13.Bf4 Ng6 14.Bg3 Bb7 15.f4 a6 16.f5 c5 17.fxg6 cxd4
18.Rxd4 fxg6 19.e6 Rd8 20.Rad1 Rxd4 21.Rxd4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Bc5+
23.Kf1 Rf8+ 24.Ke1 Bd6 25.Bxd6 cxd6 26.Rc4 Rf5 27.Rc8+ Ke7
28.Rc7+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov - Nisipeanu Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2006.04.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.e4 O-O 10.exd5 Bxc5 11.Be2 Bb4+ 12.Kf1 Bd6
13.Bg5 Qa5 14.a3 Nc7 15.Bc4 b5 16.b4 Qb6 17.Bb3 a5 18.Be3 Qb7
19.Bc5 Bxc5 20.bxc5 a4 21.Ba2 b4 22.axb4 Qxb4 23.Qd4 Na6 24.c6
Qxd4 25.Nxd4 Nb4 26.Ke2 Nxa2 27.Rxa2 Ba6+ 28.Kd2 Bc4 29.Ra3
Bxd5 30.c7 Be6 31.Nb5 Bd7 32.Nd6 g6 33.Rc1 Kg7 34.Rc4 Ra6
35.Rd4 Ra7 36.Ne8+ Rxe8 37.Rxd7 Raa8 38.Kc3 Kf6 39.Kb4 Ke6
40.Rd4 Ke5 41.Rc4 Rec8 42.Kb5 Kd5 43.Rc2 1-0

[Event "Topalov - Nisipeanu Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nde2
Nbd7 8.Ng3 g6 9.a4 Qc7 10.Qd3 Nc5 11.Qc4 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5
13.exd5 Rc8 14.b4 Ncd7 15.Qxc7 Rxc7 16.c4 h5 17.f3 a5 18.bxa5
Bh6 19.Bb6 Nxb6 20.axb6 Rc5 21.Bd3 Be3 22.a5 Bd4 23.Ra3 Rxa5
24.Rxa5 Bc3+ 25.Ke2 Bxa5 26.Rb1 Nd7 27.Ne4 Ke7 28.c5 Nxc5
29.Nxc5 dxc5 30.Ra1 Bxb6 31.Rb1 Bc7 32.Rxb7 Kd6 33.Ra7 Rb8
34.Bc4 f5 35.Kd3 Rb4 36.Ra6+ Bb6 37.Kc3 e4 38.fxe4 fxe4 39.Ra8
Kd7 40.Rg8 Ba5 41.Rg7+ Kc8 42.Rg8+ Kc7 43.Ra8 Ra4+ 44.Kb3 Rb4+
45.Kc3 Ra4+ 46.Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov - Nisipeanu Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.h4 e5 12.Qe3 exf4
13.Bxf4 Be6 14.Bxd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Rac8 16.a3 Rc6 17.Rxc6 bxc6
18.Be2 Nd7 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.g3 Rb8 21.Qd4 Qxg3 22.Qxa7 Nf6 23.Kb1
h5 24.a4 Bg4 25.Bxg4 hxg4 26.Qd4 Qxh4 27.e5 Nd5 28.Nxd5 cxd5
29.Rg1 Qh2 30.Rxg4 Rc8 31.Rxg7+ Kh8 32.Rg4 Rc4 33.Qd1 Rxg4
34.Qxg4 Qxe5 35.c3 Kh7 36.Qd4 Qe6 37.a5 f5 38.b4 Qe2 39.Qxd5
Kg6 40.Qd6+ Kg5 41.a6 f4 42.Qc5+ Kg4 43.a7 1-0

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Ng3 Be6
12. O-O-O Qc7 13. f4 h5 14. h4 a5 15. f5 Bd7 16. Kb1 Rb8
17. Be2 Na7 18. Bxa7 Qxa7 19. Qd3 Bb5 20. Qf3 Bc6 21. Nd2 Qc5
22. Nb3 Qb6 23. Nd2 Be7 24. Nc4 Qc5 25. Ne3 a4 26. Bc4 Bd8
27. b3 Bb6 28. Rd3 axb3 29. cxb3 Ra8 30. Rc1 Qa5 31. Rc2 Ke7
32. Nd5+ Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Rac8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Bc4 Rh8 36. Rd2
Qc5 37. Qd1 Ba7 38. Rc2 Qe3 39. Bd3 Bc5 40. Qf3 Rd8 41. Be2
Qf4 42. Nxh5 Qxh4 43. Nxf6 gxf6 44. g3 Qg5 45. Qg4 Rh8
46. Qxg5 fxg5 47. Bg4 Kf6 48. Rc1 Rh2 49. Rc2 Rh6 50. Rc1 Bf2
51. Rd1 Kg7 52. Rd3 Bd4 53. Kc2 Kf6 54. Rd2 Rh1 55. Rd1 Rh8
56. Kd3 Rc8 57. Ke2 Rc3 58. Rd3 Rc5 59. Bf3 Ke7 60. Rd2 Rc3
61. Rd3 Rc8 62. Rd2 Rh8 63. Kf1 Rc8 64. Ke2 Rg8 65. Kf1 Rh8
66. Rc2 Bc5 67. Kg2 Kf6 68. Be2 Rh7 69. Rc1 Rh8 70. Rc2 Rh7
71. Rc1 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
d6 13. Ba2 Nb8 14. b4 c5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Rb1 Bc8 17. Be3 Be6
18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qb2 c4 20. dxc4 Bxc4 21. Nbd2 Bxa2 22. Qxa2 d5
23. Rbd1 d4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Nb3 Nxe4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4
Ng5 28. Ne5 Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 Qg5+ 30. Kh2 Qf5 31. Rde4 Rxe5
32. Rxe5 Bd6 33. Nc5 Bxe5+ 34. Kg2 Rc6 35. Qb3 Rg6+ 36. Kf1
Bg3 0-1

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. c5 b6
7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Na4 Nxb6 9. Bd2 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 Bd7 11. Ne5 Ne4
12. Ba5 c5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. f3 Nf6 16. Rc1 c4
17. b3 Rb8 18. bxc4 Bb4+ 19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. c5 Rb2 21. a4 Ra8
22. Be2 Kc7 23. Rf1 Rab8 24. Rf2 R8b3 25. Bxa6 Rxe3+ 26. Kf1
Rb4 27. Ra2 Reb3 28. Rd1 Ng8 29. a5 Ne7 30. Be2 Nc6 31. a6 Kb8
32. Rad2 Ra3 33. Kf2 g5 34. h4 gxh4 35. Rh1 Rxd4 36. Rb2+ Kc7
37. Rhb1 Ne5 38. Rb8 Kc6 39. Rc8+ Kd7 40. Rg8 Ke7 41. Rb7+ Kf6
42. a7 Rda4 43. c6 Nxc6 44. Bb5 Ra2+ 45. Kg1 Rxa7 46. Bxc6
Rxb7 47. Bxb7 h5 48. Kh2 Ra1 49. Bc6 Rc1 50. Bb5 Rb1 51. Be2
Re1 52. Ba6 Ra1 53. Bd3 Rd1 54. Bh7 d4 55. Rb8 Kg7 56. Rb1 Rd2
57. Be4 f5 58. Bb7 e5 59. Rb5 Kf6 60. f4 e4 61. Bc8 d3
62. Rxf5+ Kg7 63. Rg5+ Kf6 64. Rf5+ Kg7 65. Rg5+ Kf6 66. Rf5+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
Qa5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Qa6 10. Ne5 d5 11. Qc2 Re8
12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. cxd4 b6 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. cxd5
Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Nxd5 18. Bd6 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rd8
21. Ba3 f5 22. e3 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Bd6 Kf7
26. Bb8 a6 27. Bc7 b5 28. a3 g5 29. f4 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8
12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 b5 15. Rb1 a6 16. c4 e6 17. Bg5
Re8 18. Qd2 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. d6 Bb7 21. Qe3 f6 22. Bh4
g5 23. Bg3 f5 24. Qxg5 Bxe4 25. Rb6 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Raxd8 27. Rd1
Rd7 28. f3 Bc2 29. Re1 Bd3 30. Rxa6 c3 31. Ra3 Bxe2 32. Rxe2
Rb8 33. Rb3 Rxb3 34. axb3 Kf7 35. Kf1 Rb7 36. Ra2 Bf6 37. Ke2
c4 38. b4 Rxb4 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Rc7 c2 41. Kd2 f4 42. Be1 Rb1
43. Rxc4 Rd1+ 44. Kxc2 Rxe1 45. Rxf4 Re2+ 46. Kd3 Re5 47. Rg4+
Kf7 48. Ra4 Rd5+ 49. Ke3 Rxd6 50. Ra7+ Kg6 51. Kf4 Rd4+
52. Kg3 Bh4+ 53. Kh3 Bf2 54. g3 Rh4+ 55. Kxh4 Bxa7 56. Kh3 Kf5
57. Kg2 Be3 58. Kh3 Ke5 59. Kg4 Bg1 60. h4 Bf2 61. h5 h6 0-1

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "2006.05.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2
Nd7 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Bd2 b4 15. c3 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nc6 17. a5 Nc8
18. Ne3 N8a7 19. Nf5 Bc8 20. Nd2 Rb8 21. f4 Bxf5 22. exf5 exf4
23. Qg4 Nd4 24. Ne4 Nab5 25. Bd2 Nc2 26. Bxf4 Kh8 27. Qh5 Nxe1
28. Rxe1 Qxa5 29. Ra1 Rbd8 30. f6 gxf6 31. Kh2 d5 32. Nxf6
Bxf6 33. d4 Qxa2 34. Rxa2 Nxd4 35. b4 Ne6 36. Be5 Bg7 37. bxc5
Rc8 38. Bd6 Rfd8 39. Ra5 Kg8 40. Rxa6 Rd7 41. Qxd5 Bf8 42. Qf3
Bxd6+ 43. cxd6 Rcd8 44. Qd5 Ng7 45. Ra8 Ne6 46. Rxd8+ Rxd8
47. g4 h6 48. h4 Rb8 49. Kg3 Re8 50. Kf3 Nf8 51. Qd2 Kg7
52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. Qf6 Re6 54. Qe7 Kg7 55. Qc7 Kg8 56. d7 Nxd7
57. Qxd7 Kg7 58. Qd4+ Kg8 59. Kf4 Rg6 60. Kf5 Re6 61. Qd7 Rg6
62. h5 Rg5+ 63. Kf6 Kh8 64. Qe8+ Rg8 65. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5
12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Qh3 b4 14. Nb1 e5 15. N1d2 a5 16. Kb1 a4
17. Nc1 O-O 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Nc4 Ba6 21. b3 axb3
22. cxb3 Nc5 23. Ne2 Nfxe4 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Nb6
Qa7 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28. a4 Bxe2 29. Rc1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[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 e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Na4 Nxe5
12. Bc3 f6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. g3 Qd7 16. h4 Qf7
17. Bh3 Nd7 18. b4 Rd8 19. f4 Be7 20. h5 g6 21. Qb3 Rg8 22. e4
gxh5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Kf2 h4 25. Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxh4 d4
27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bd2 Rg7 29. Rh5 Bf8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 d3
32. Rxa6 Kg8 33. Rh1 Rde7 34. Kf3 Re2 35. Rd1 h5 36. Rxf6 h4
37. gxh4 Rgg2 38. Be3 Be7 39. Ra6 Rxa2 40. b5 Rab2 41. Rxd3
Bxh4 42. Rd7 1-0

[Event "XIX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[EventDate "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+
12. c3 Be7 13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Ne5 Qa5 16. Qg3 Rg8
17. Qh3 Qa6 18. Qf3 Rd8 19. b4 Nd7 20. Nd3 Qc4 21. Kd2 Qd5
22. Ke2 Nf6 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. f3 Bd6 25. a4 Ke7 26. Bd2 b6
27. g4 a5 28. Rhb1 Rd7 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Rb5 Ra8 31. Nc1 Rda7
32. Rab1 Ne8 33. Nd3 Kd7 34. Be3 Kc8 35. R1b3 Rb8 36. Rxb8+
Bxb8 37. Ne5 Bxe5 38. dxe5 Rb7 39. Rxb7 Kxb7 40. Bc5 f6 41. f4
Kc6 42. Bf8 fxe5 43. fxe5 Kd7 44. Kd3 Kc7 45. Ke3 Kc6 46. Kf4
Kd7 47. g5 Kd8 48. Bxg7 hxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Nxg7 50. h6 Ke7 51. h7
1-0

[Event "XIX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[EventDate "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bf3 Be6 11. a4 Nbd7
12. Re1 Nb6 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nf1 Rc5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Bg5 Nc4
17. b3 Nb6 18. Re3 Nbd7 19. Rd3 Nc5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxd6 Qe8
22. Nd5 Bd8 23. b4 Nxa4 24. Nfe3 Bg5 25. Bg4 Bxe3 26. Nxe3 Nb2
27. Qe2 Bxg4 28. Qxg4 Nc4 29. Nf5 g6 30. Rf6 Qd8 31. Qg5 Nd2
32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kh8 34. Qh4 0-1

[Event "XIX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[EventDate "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxd4 Qc7
12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. e4 b6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Bc5 16. Rac1 Rfd8
17. b4 Bxb4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc6 Nxe3 20. Rxb6 Nxd1 21. Rxb7
Nc3 22. Qf3 Bf8 23. g3 Nxa4 24. e5 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Nc5 26. Qf3
Nxb7 27. Qxb7 Rd8 28. Qxa6 g5 29. Qe2 Rd5 30. Qe3 h6 31. Kg2
Bc5 32. Qe2 Bb4 33. h4 Bc3 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Qe3 Bxe5
36. Qxg5+ Kf8 37. Qe3 Bd4 38. Qe4 Ke7 39. g4 Bc5 40. Qc4 Kd6
41. f4 Ke7 42. f5 Bd4 43. Kf3 Bf6 44. Qc7+ Ke8 45. Qc6+ Ke7
46. Qc7+ Ke8 47. Qc6+ Ke7 48. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[EventDate "2006.06.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Ne7
7. a3 Nbc6 8. Nb3 b5 9. h4 Bb7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. Nxb7 Nc6 15. a4 b4 16. Bxa6
bxc3 17. Bb5 Kd7 18. Na5 cxb2 19. Rd1+ Kc7 20. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "XIX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4
Bc6 7. dxc5 e6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. Bg2 Bxc5 11. Bxc5
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rxc5 13. Qb3 b6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Ne4
Rc7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Kg2 h6 19. Qa4 Rd8 20. Qf4 Rc2 21. b3
Rdc8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. a4 g5 24. Rac1 Rb2 25. Rc7 g4 26. Bc6
Rc2 27. Rd4 a5 28. e4 Ne8 29. Rb7 Rxb7 30. Bxb7 Kf8 31. e5 Rc5
32. Rxg4 Rxe5 33. Rh4 Kg7 34. Rd4 Rc5 35. b4 Rc7 36. Bf3 e5
37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Re4 Nd6 39. Rxe5 axb4 40. Re2 Rc4 41. Rd2 Ke7
42. Bd5 Rc5 43. Rd4 Ra5 44. Bb3 b5 45. Rxb4 bxa4 46. Bxa4 Rc5
47. Bb3 Rb5 48. Rxb5 Nxb5 49. f4 f6 50. Kh3 Kf8 51. Kg4 Nd6
52. Kf3 Ke7 53. g4 Ne8 54. Ke3 Nd6 55. Kd4 Ne8 56. h4 Nd6
57. Kd5 Ne8 58. Kc6 Nd6 59. Bd5 Ne8 60. Kc5 Nd6 61. Bc6 Nf7
62. Be4 Nd6 63. Bd3 Nf7 64. Kd5 Nd6 65. h5 Nf7 66. Bg6 Nd6
67. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1
Ng6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Nd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Be3
h5 17. Rd2 Ne6 18. Ne4 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 b6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4
c5 22. Rd2 Bf5 23. Ng5 Ke7 24. Rf3 Be6 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Rfd3
Kxe5 27. Re3+ Kf6 28. Rd7 Rhf8 29. Rxc7 g5 30. Kf1 h4 31. a4
Kg6 32. Ree7 Rad8 33. Ke2 a5 34. Rc6+ f6 35. Rxb6 Rd4 36. b3
c4 37. Ree6 cxb3 38. cxb3 Kf5 39. Re3 Rc8 40. Rf3+ Ke4
41. Re6+ Kd5 42. Rfxf6 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Rd1+ 44. Re1 Rdd2 45. Kg1
Rb2 46. Rf5+ Kd4 47. Rxg5 Rxf2 48. Rg4+ Kd3 49. Re5 Rfc2
50. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "XIX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Ra7 Ra8 16. Qa1 Qb8
17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qa5 Qxa5 19. Bxa5 Rc8 20. Ra1 Ra8 21. Kf1
Kf8 22. Ra2 Ra7 23. Ke2 f5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Kd1 h6 26. g3 g5
27. Bd2 Rxa2 28. Bxa2 gxf4 29. gxf4 Be8 30. Ba5 Bd8 31. c4
dxc3 32. Bxc3 Bf7 33. d4 c6 34. Bb1 Bxd5 35. Bxf5 Bf6 36. Kd2
c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2
Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8. Be3 b6 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. c4 e5 11. Nc2 Bxd5
12. exd5 Bg7 13. Nb4 O-O 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. b4 h5 16. a4 a5
17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Rb1 Ne4 19. Qc2 f5 20. Rb5 Kh7 21. Rfb1 Nec5
22. Bd2 e4 23. Bxa5 Qc8 24. Bb4 Qe8 25. a5 f4 26. Re1 Qf7
27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Qxe4 Rfe8 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. Rd1
Qd6 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Bd3 Kh6 34. h4 Bf8 35. g4 fxg3 36. Qf6
gxf2+ 37. Kg2 Qg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Qxg6 Qxg6+
41. Bxg6 Re1 42. Kxf2 Rxb1 43. Bxb1 Bd6 44. Ke3 Kg7 45. h5 Bc7
46. Be4 Kh6 47. Bg6 Kg5 48. Ke4 Ra6 49. Be8 Ra8 50. Bg6 Bd6
51. Ke3 Bf4+ 52. Kf3 Bh2 53. Ke3 Bd6 54. Ke4 Bc7 55. Ke3 Kf6
56. Ke4 Bg3 57. Kf3 Bd6 58. Ke3 Ra6 59. Ke4 Bc7 60. Be8 Ra8
61. Bg6 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.d4 {Notes by various authors, as indicated.} Nf6 2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 {Something of a
sideline which has been played by Grischuk and Efimenko. --
Malcolm Pein} 7.Qc2 {The calmest move which ensures the regain
of the c4 pawn. Of the other moves; 7.O-O is sound; 7.a3
wastes time; 7.Bxb4 doesn't seem right but has been played,
7.Nc3 gambits a pawn for decent compensation and is not how
Kramnik wants to play against Topalov in game one. 7.Qc1 was
played by Jan Gustafsson against Efimenko and there is also
7.Na3!? when 7...Bxa3 8.bxa3 is also reasonable
compensation. -- Malcom Pein} Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.axb5
cxb5 11.Qg5 O-O 12.Qxb5 Ba6 13.Qa4 {If instead 13 Qxa5 Black
replies 13 ... Bb7 14 Qxd8 Rxa1 and now a safe move is 15
Qxf8+. However it is tempting to try 15 Qb6 Rxb1+ 16 Kd2 which
looks good for White. For the refutation see the (Times)
puzzle. -- Keene} Qb6 14.O-O Qxb2 15.Nbd2 Bb5 16.Nxc4 Bxa4
17.Nxb2 Bb5 18.Ne5 Ra7 19.Bf3 Nbd7 20.Nec4 Rb8 21.Rfb1 g5 {A
great move from Topalov, typically aggressive. Kramnik needs
to play e2-e3 and Topalov has worked out he can exploit the f3
square. -- Malcom Pein} 22.e3 g4 23.Bd1 Bc6 24.Rc1 Be4 25.Na4
Rb4 26.Nd6 Bf3 27.Bxf3 gxf3 28.Nc8 Ra8 29.Ne7+ Kg7 30.Nc6 Rb3
31.Nc5 Rb5 32.h3 Nxc5 33.Rxc5 Rb2 34.Rg5+ Kh6 35.Rgxa5 Rxa5
36.Nxa5 Ne4 37.Rf1 Nd2 38.Rc1 Ne4 39.Rf1 {Having sacrificed a
pawn, Topalov could have forced a draw here by repeating the
position. Instead, he boldly sought to extract the win but
went a step too far. -- Keene} f6 40.Nc6 Nd2 41.Rd1 Ne4 42.Rf1
Kg6 43.Nd8 {! Played after a long thought. It is essential to
tie one black piece down otherwise he will have a completely
free hand. -- Malcolm Pein} Rb6 44.Rc1 h5 45.Ra1 h4 46.gxh4
Kh5 47.Ra2 Kxh4 48.Kh2 Kh5 49.Rc2 Kh6 50.Ra2 Kg6 51.Rc2 Kf5
{Now white is given an opportunity to change the course of the
fight - 52.Nc6 Rb7 53.d5 e5 54.h4 Kg4 55.Rc4 Kf5 56.Rc2 and
black can choose between the repetition after 56...Kg4 and
double-edged 56...Nd6, rekindling the fire on the board:
56...Nd6 57.Kh3 Ke4 Probably it's safer not to make extra
movements and choose calm 52.Ra2. -- Sakaev} 52.Ra2 Rb5 53.Nc6
Rb7 54.Ra5+ Kg6 55.Ra2 Kh5 56.d5 e5 {If instead 56 ... Rg7
then White replies 57 dxe6 Rg2+ 58 Kh1 Nxf2+ (58 ... Kg6 59
Nd8 keeps the black king out and wins) 59 Rxf2 Rxf2 60 e7 Rf1+
61 Kh2 Rf2+ 62 Kg3 Rg2+ 63 Kxf3 Rg8 64 Ke4 with a winning
position. -- Keene} 57.Ra4 f5 { "The losing blunder. Black
must play 57 Nxf2 58 Kg3 e4 59 Kxf2 Rb2+ with a draw by
perpetual. If White attempts to evade this the black f-pawn
will promote." -- Keene; "A big mistake. Black could be fixed
at draw, for example by 57.Nf2 58.Kg3 e4 59.Kf2 Rb2 with
perpetual check, cause f pawn will promote otherwise." --
Inarkiev} 58.Nxe5 Rb2 59.Nd3 Rb7 60.Rd4 Rb6 61.d6 Nxd6 62.Kg3
Ne4+ 63.Kxf3 Kg5 64.h4+ Kf6 65.Rd5 Nc3 66.Rd8 Rb1 67.Rf8+ Ke6
68.Nf4+ Ke5 69.Re8+ Kf6 70.Nh5+ Kg6 71.Ng3 Rb2 72.h5+ Kf7
73.Re5 Nd1 74.Ne2 Kf6 75.Rd5 1-0

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5
13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Bg6 15.Ng5 Re8 16.f4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 f5
18.Be3 Nf8 19.Kh1 Rc8 20.g4 Qd7 21.Rg1 Be7 22.Nf3 Rc4 23.Rg2
fxg4 24.Rxg4 Rxa4 25.Rag1 g6 26.h4 Rb4 27.h5 Qb5 28.Qc2 Rxb2
29.hxg6 h5 30.g7 hxg4 31.gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 32.Qg6+ Bg7 33.f5 Re7
34.f6 Qe2 35.Qxg4 Rf7 36.Rc1 Rc2 37.Rxc2 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Qxc2+
39.Kg3 Qe4 40.Bf4 Qf5 41.Qxf5 exf5 42.Bg5 a5 43.Kf4 a4 44.Kxf5
a3 45.Bc1 Bf8 46.e6 Rc7 47.Bxa3 Bxa3 48.Ke5 Rc1 49.Ng5 Rf1
50.e7 Re1+ 51.Kxd5 Bxe7 52.fxe7 Rxe7 53.Kd6 Re1 54.d5 Kf8
55.Ne6+ Ke8 56.Nc7+ Kd8 57.Ne6+ Kc8 58.Ke7 Rh1 59.Ng5 b5 60.d6
Rd1 61.Ne6 b4 62.Nc5 Re1+ 63.Kf6 Re3 0-1

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bd7 7.Qxc4
Na5 8.Qd3 c5 9.O-O Bc6 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc5 12.Rd1 Bxg2
13.Qb5+ Nd7 14.Kxg2 a6 15.Qd3 Rc8 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7
18.Rac1 Nc4 19.Na4 b5 20.b3 O-O 21.bxc4 bxa4 22.Nc6 Rxc6
23.Qxd7 Qc5 24.Rc3 g6 25.Rb1 h5 26.Rb7 e5 27.e4 Rf6 28.Rc2 Qa3
29.Qd1 Rd6 30.Rd2 Rfd8 31.Rd5 Rxd5 32.cxd5 Qxa2 33.Qf3 Rf8
34.Qd3 a3 35.Rb3 f5 36.Qxa6 Qxb3 37.Qxg6+ Kh8 38.Qh6+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.O-O Bd6 13.b3
Nf6 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Bf3 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.Nc4 Be7 18.Bxa3 O-O
19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Ra5 Rfd8 21.Kg1 c5 22.Rxc5 Ne4 23.Bxe4 Bxe4
24.Qg4 Bd3 25.Ra1 Rac8 26.Raa5 Rb8 27.Qd1 Be4 28.Qa1 Rb7
29.Nd2 Bg6 30.Qc3 h6 31.Ra6 Kh7 32.Nc4 Be4 33.f3 Bd5 34.Nd2
Rdb8 35.Qd3+ f5 36.Rc3 Qh4 37.Ra1 Qg3 38.Qc2 Rf7 39.Rf1 Qg6
40.Qd3 Qg3 41.Rfc1 Rfb7 42.Qc2 Qg5 43.Ra1 Qf6 44.Qd3 Rd7
45.Ra4 Rbd8 46.Rc5 Kg8 47.Nc4 Bxc4 48.Raxc4 f4 49.Rc6 fxe3
50.Qxe3 Rxd4 51.Rxe6 Qh4 52.Rxd4 Qxd4 53.Re8+ Kh7 54.Qxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 {Notes by GM Ray Keene} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4
5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 {This is unusual. More common is 7
... Bb4 which can lead to great complications after 8 e4
Bxe4.} 8.e4 Bg6 {Again Black has a more complex alternative
available with 8 ... cxd4 but Kramnik is determined to play
quietly.} 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7
13.Bxc4 a6 14.Ke2 Rg8 {This is necessary in order to develop
his f8-bishop. White is a long way ahead in development and,
optically at least, his position looks promising. However,
Topalov proves unable to convert this into any more concrete.}
15.Rhd1 Rc8 16.b3 Bc5 17.a5 Ke7 18.Na4 Bb4 19.Nb6 Nxb6 20.Bxb6
f6 21.Rd3 Rc6 22.h4 Rgc8 23.g4 {Topalov's kingside advances
look attractive but they don't really get anywhere.} Bc5
24.Rad1 Bxb6 {Kramnik has seen a path to complete equality.}
25.Rd7+ Kf8 26.axb6 Rxb6 27.R1d6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Rc6 29.Rxc6 bxc6
30.b4 e5 31.Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 {Notes by GM Ray Keene} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6
5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.Bb3 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Be7
11.Re1 O-O 12.a4 Bd7 13.Ne5 Be8 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nb4 16.Qf3
Bc6 17.Qh3 Bd5 18.Nxd5 Nbxd5 19.Rcd1 Rc7 20.Bg5 Qc8 21.Qf3 Rd8
22.h4 h6 23.Bc1 Bb4 24.Rf1 Bd6 25.g3 b6 26.Qe2 Ne7 27.Rfe1
Bxe5 28.dxe5 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 Nfd5 30.Bd2 Rc5 31.Qg4 Nf5 32.Qe4 b5
33.h5 bxa4 34.Qxa4 Rb5 35.Rc1 Qb7 36.Bc2 Nb6 37.Qg4 Rxb2
38.Be4 {If 38 Bc3 then 38 ... Nd5 39 Bxb2 Qxb2 40 Qd1 Nd4
looks promising but leads nowhere after 41 Rb1. Black should
prefer 38 Bc3 Rb5 with an edge.} Qd7 39.Be1 Nd5 {After 39
... Nd4 White's only move is 40 Ra1 but this is fine.} 40.Bd3
Nb4 41.Bf1 Nd3 42.Qd1 Nxe5 43.Qxd7 Nxd7 44.Rc8+ Kh7 {A blunder
which enables White to force an immediate draw. The last
chance was 44 ... Nf8. In that case, though, despite being a
pawn down, White's bishop pair should guarantee him against
loss.} 45.Rc7 Rb1 46.Rxd7 Rxe1 47.Rxf7 a5 48.Kg2 Kg8 49.Ra7
Re5 50.g4 Nd6 51.Bd3 Kf8 52.Bg6 Rd5 53.f3 e5 54.Kf2 Rd2+
55.Ke1 Rd5 56.Ke2 Rb5 57.Rd7 Rd5 58.Ra7 Rb5 59.Bd3 Rd5 60.Bg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O b4 10.Na4 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Bb5+ Ncd7
13.Ne5 Qc7 14.Qd4 Rd8 15.Bd2 Qa5 16.Bc6 Be7 17.Rfc1 Bxc6
18.Nxc6 Qxa4 19.Nxd8 Bxd8 20.Qxb4 Qxb4 21.Bxb4 Nd5 22.Bd6 f5
23.Rc8 N5b6 24.Rc6 Be7 25.Rd1 Kf7 26.Rc7 Ra8 27.Rb7 Ke8
28.Bxe7 Kxe7 29.Rc1 a5 30.Rc6 Nd5 31.h4 h6 32.a4 g5 33.hxg5
hxg5 34.Kf1 g4 35.Ke2 Nf6 36.b3 Ne8 37.f3 g3 38.Rc1 Nf6 39.f4
{A misjudgment. Kramnik wants to attack the g3-pawn but his
advance allows the black knights to run riot in the centre. --
Keene} Kd6 40.Kf3 Nd5 41.Kxg3 Nc5 42.Rg7 Rb8 43.Ra7 Rg8+
44.Kf3 Ne4 45.Ra6+ Ke7 46.Rxa5 Rg3+ 47.Ke2 Rxe3+ 48.Kf1 Rxb3
49.Ra7+ Kf6 50.Ra8 Nxf4 51.Ra1 Rb2 52.a5 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 {(Notes by GM Ray Keene.) World champion Vladimir Kramnik
fought back to take game 10 of the match in Elista and now
leads by three to two in terms of games actually won. However
Kramnik's forfeit from game five has still not been rescinded
by FIDE, the world chess federation, and Kramnik has announced
his intention of suing FIDE after the match in the Court of
International Sports Arbitration in Lausanne. FIDE has already
lost one case there to the former women's world champion Susan
Polgar.} Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O
7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 a5 10.Rd1 Nh5 11.Bc1 {White avoids
the exchange of his bishop for Black's knight, as occurred
with colours reversed in the previous game which was published
yesterday.} b5 12.cxd5 {The alternative is the blockading
advance 12 c5 but Kramnik has, to his credit, something
considerably more energetic in mind.} cxd5 13.e4 {The only
logical continuation after the exchange on d5.} dxe4 14.Qxe4
Rb8 15.Qe2 Nhf6 16.Bf4 Rb6 17.Ne5 Nd5 {Black needs just one
more move, ... N7f6, to consolidate and get a perfectly viable
position. Kramnik acts at once with a seemingly antipositional
trade -- surrendering his Catalan bishop in order to thwart
this plan.} 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Nc3 {Now White will win a pawn but
it would appear that Black obtains plenty of counterplay for
his nominal material deficit.} Nf6 20.Nxb5 Ba6 21.a4 Ne4
22.Rdc1 Qe8 23.Rc7 Bd8 24.Ra7 f6 {?? This is a blunder. It was
essential to play 24 ... Bxb5 25 axb5 Qxb5 26 Qxb5 Rxb5 27 Ra2
when White would retain a small but permanent plus. The move
played loses outright.} 25.Nd7 {In fact 25 Qg4 might be even
stronger for White.} Rf7 26.Nxb6 Rxa7 27.Nxd5 {White has
gained a second pawn and is winning easily.} Rd7 28.Ndc3 Rxd4
29.Re1 {Good enough but after 29 f3 Black will simply lose his
knight.} f5 30.Qc2 Rb4 31.Nd5 Rxb5 32.axb5 Qxb5 33.Nc7 Qc4
34.Qd1 Bxc7 35.Qd7 h6 {White was threatening mate.} 36.Qxc7
Qb4 37.Qb8+ Qxb8 38.Bxb8 Nd2 39.Ra1 g5 40.f4 Nb3 41.Ra3 Bc4
42.Bc7 g4 43.Bxa5 {Kramnik's most convincing win so far in the
match.} 1-0

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6
hxg6 8.Rb1 Nbd7 9.c5 a5 10.a3 e5 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 Qc7 13.f4
exf4 14.exf4 Be7 15.Be2 Nf8 16.O-O Ne6 17.g3 Qd7 18.Qd3 Ne4
19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxd4+ 21.Qxd4 Nxd4 22.Bc4 O-O 23.Kg2 Ra4
24.Rd1 Rd8 25.Be3 Bf6 26.g4 Kf8 27.Bf2 Ne6 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.f5
gxf5 30.gxf5 Nf4+ 31.Kf3 Nh5 32.Rb3 Bc7 33.h4 Nf6 34.Bd3 Nd7
35.Be4 Ne5+ 36.Kg2 Ra2 37.Bb1 Rd2 38.Kf1 Ng4 39.Bg1 Bh2 40.Ke1
Rd5 41.Bf2 Ke7 42.h5 Nxf2 43.Kxf2 Kf6 44.Kf3 Rd4 45.b5 Rc4
46.bxc6 bxc6 47.Rb6 Rxc5 48.Be4 Kg5 49.Rxc6 Ra5 50.Rb6 Ra3+
51.Kg2 Bc7 52.Rb7 Rc3 53.Kf2 Kxh5 54.Bd5 f6 55.Ke2 Kg4 56.Be4
Kf4 57.Bd3 Rc5 58.Rb4+ Kg3 59.Rc4 Re5+ 60.Re4 Ra5 61.Re3+ Kg2
62.Be4+ Kh2 63.Rb3 Ra2+ 64.Kd3 Bf4 65.Kc4 Re2 66.Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6
hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7 9.Bd2 Bb4 10.Qb3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bg2 Nxc3
13.Qxc3 f5 14.O-O Qe7 15.cxd5 exd5 16.b4 Nf6 17.Rfc1 Ne4
18.Qb2 O-O 19.b5 Rac8 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Qe2 g5 22.Rab1 Qd7
23.Rc2 Rf6 24.Rbc1 g4 25.Rb2 Rh6 26.Qa6 Rc7 27.Rb8+ Kh7 28.Qa3
Rb7 29.Qf8 Rxb8 30.Qxb8 Qf7 31.Qc8 Qh5 32.Kf1 Nd2+ 33.Ke1 Nc4
34.Bf1 Rf6 35.Bxc4 dxc4 36.Rxc4 Qxh2 37.Ke2 Qh1 38.Rc5 Qb1
39.Qa6 Qb2+ 40.Kf1 Qb1+ 41.Ke2 Qb2+ 42.Kf1 Rh6 43.Qd3 g6
44.Qb3 Rh1+ 45.Kg2 Rh2+ 46.Kxh2 Qxf2+ 47.Kh1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5
13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Ne1 Rc8 16.f4 Bxe1 17.Rxe1 Bg6
18.Bf1 Rc2 19.b3 Qa5 20.Bb5 Rd8 21.Re2 Rcc8 22.Bd2 Qb6 23.Rf2
a6 24.Bf1 Rc6 25.b4 Rc2 26.b5 a5 27.Bc3 Rxf2 28.Qxf2 Qa7
29.Qd2 Ra8 30.Rc1 Nb6 31.Bb2 Nxa4 32.Ba3 h6 33.h3 Be4 34.Kh2
Nb6 35.Bc5 a4 36.Ra1 Nc4 37.Bxc4 b6 38.Qe3 Rc8 39.Bf1 bxc5
40.dxc5 Qxc5 41.Qxc5 Rxc5 42.b6 Rc6 43.b7 Rb6 44.Ba6 d4
45.Rxa4 Bxb7 46.Bxb7 Rxb7 47.Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3
O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rac8
13.Bd3 e5 14.e4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 b5 16.Bf1 g6 17.Qd2 Rcd8 18.Qg5
a6 19.h3 exd4 20.Nxd4 Qe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Nc2 g5 23.Bc1 h6
24.Be3 c5 25.f3 Bf8 26.Bf2 Bc8 27.Ne3 Be6 28.Ned5 Bxd5 29.exd5
Ned7 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.a4 b4 32.Ne4 Nxe4 33.fxe4 Nf6 34.d6 Nxe4
35.d7 Rd8 36.Bxa6 f5 37.a5 Bg7 38.Bc4+ Kf8 39.a6 Nxf2 40.Kxf2
Bd4+ 41.Rxd4 cxd4 42.a7 Ke7 43.Bd5 Kxd7 44.a8=Q Rxa8 45.Bxa8
1-0

[Event "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O Be7 10.e4 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 Bxf6
13.bxc3 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bb5+ Kf8 16.Qxd8+ Rxd8 17.Ba3 Rc8
18.Nd4 Be7 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Bf1 Na4 21.Rab1 Be4 22.Rb3 Bxa3
23.Rxa3 Nc5 24.Nb3 Ke7 25.Rd4 Bg6 26.c4 Rc6 27.Nxc5 Rxc5
28.Rxa6 Rb8 29.Rd1 Rb2 30.Ra7+ Kf6 31.Ra1 Rf5 32.f3 Re5 33.Ra3
Rc2 34.Rb3 Ra5 35.a4 Ke7 36.Rb5 Ra7 37.a5 Kd6 38.a6 Kc7 39.c5
Rc3 40.Raa5 Rc1 41.Rb3 Kc6 42.Rb6+ Kc7 43.Kf2 Rc2+ 44.Ke3 Rxc5
45.Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5
Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6
Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Rac1 a5 22. Qd3+
f5 23. Rc5 Ne7 24. Rfc1 Ra7 25. Be3 Rfa8 26. Qe2 Ra6 27. h4
Qd8 28. Bg5 hxg5 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. Qh5+ Kg8
32. Qf7+ Kh7 33. hxg5 Ng6 34. Rxc6 Qxg5 35. Rc8 Nf4 36. g3
Rxc8 37. Rxc8 Qg4 38. Qg8+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qh8+ Kg6
41. Rc7 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qh5+ 43. Qxh5+ Nxh5 44. Re7 Rc6 45. Rxe6+
Kh7 46. Nf7 Rxe6 47. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 g5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. h3 Nfd7
12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 b5 14. Rhf1 Bb7 15. Qf2 Rc8 16. Nce2 Bg7
17. Ng3 Rh7 18. Nh5 Bh8 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. Bg3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4
22. Bh4 Qc7 23. Bf6 Bg6 24. Bxh8 Rxh8 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. h4 Qc5
27. h5 Bh7 28. Qh4 Bxc2+ 29. Nxc2 Qxc2+ 30. Ka1 Rc4 31. Ne4+
Kc7 32. Nxd6 Rf4 33. Qe7+ Kb6 34. Qb7+ Ka5 35. Qa7 b4 36. Rfe1
Nf3 37. Rc1 Nxe1 38. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 39. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. e4 Qh5
12. Rd3 e5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 exd4 15. g4 Qc5 16. Na2 O-O
17. Rf5 Qe7 18. e5 d3 19. Bxd3 Nd5 20. Bg5 Qe6 21. Nxb4 Nxb4
22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Rd1 Rae8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Qb5 Nxe5 26. Qxd5
Qxd5 27. Rxd5 f6 28. Be3 b6 29. g5 Kf7 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Rd6
Re6 32. Rd1 Nc4 33. Rd7+ Re7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Rh5 Rg8+
36. Kf1 Nxe3+ 37. fxe3 Rg7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Kf3 Rc7 40. h4 f5
41. Rh6+ Ke5 42. h5 Rf7 43. b4 Kd5 44. Kf4 Kc4 45. b5 Kb4
46. Re6 Kxa4 47. Re5 a5 48. bxa6 b5 49. Rxf5 Ra7 50. Rf6 b4
51. e4 b3 52. Rb6 Ka3 53. e5 b2 54. e6 Ka2 55. Ke5 b1=Q
56. Rxb1 Kxb1 57. Kf6 Rxa6 58. Kf7 Ra2 59. e7 Rf2+ 60. Kg7 Re2
61. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Qc2 g6 17. axb5 axb5
18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nb3 Reb8 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Ba6 22. Nbd2
Nc5 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Nc4 Nfd7 25. Rd1 Ne6 26. Be3 Raa8
27. Qd2 Rd8 28. Qc3 c5 29. Nfxe5 Bg7 30. f4 g5 31. g3 gxf4
32. gxf4 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. fxe5 Kh8 35. Bf2 Qe7 36. Qf3
Rg8+ 37. Kh1 Rg6 38. Rd5 Rag8 39. Rg1 Rxg1+ 40. Bxg1 Rg6
41. Kh2 Kg7 42. Be3 c4 43. Rd6 Qc7 44. h4 Qa5 45. Rd5 Qe1
46. Kh3 Kf8 47. Rd7 Rg3+ 48. Qxg3 Qh1+ 49. Kg4 Qxe4+ 50. Kh5
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 Aleksandrov 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 "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 c5 9.Be2 cxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.b3 Nbd7 12.O-O dxc4
13.bxc4 Qc7 14.a4 Rac8 15.Re1 Rfe8 16.Bb2 Ng4 17.g3 Ndf6
18.Nd2 h5 19.h3 Nh6 20.Bf3 Red8 21.Re5 Nf5 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.d5
h4 24.g4 Ne7 25.Ne4 Ne8 26.Re1 Nxd5 27.Qf3 Rxc4 28.Rg5 Qe7
29.Bxg7 Nxg7 30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Nxd5 Qd6 33.Nf6 Ne8
34.Qa8 Qe7 35.g5 Rd4 36.Rc1 Rd8 37.Qf3 Rd5 38.Kf1 Nxf6 39.gxf6
Qd8 40.Rc4 Rf5 41.Qa3+ Kg8 42.Rg4+ Kh7 43.Rxh4+ Kg6 44.Rg4+
Kxf6 45.Qc3+ Ke7 46.Rd4 Rd5 47.Rc4 Kd7 48.h4 Qb8 49.Qf6 Rf5
50.Rd4+ Kc6 51.Rc4+ Kb7 52.Qe7+ Ka6 53.Rc7 Qa8 54.Kg1 Rf4
55.f3 Rxf3 56.Qg5 f5 0-1

[Event "Blind Chess World Duel"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.07"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7
7. g4 h5 8. gxh5 Rxh5 9. h4 Nc6 10. Be2 Re5 11. Nf3 Ra5 12. a3
d5 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Bd2 dxe4 16. Nb5 Rxa1
17. Qxa1 Bc5 18. Ng5 a6 19. Qe5 axb5 20. Qxc5 Ra1+ 21. Bd1 b6
22. Qxb5+ Bd7 23. Qb2 Qa8 24. O-O b5 25. Bb4 Ra2 26. Qe5 Qc6
27. h5 1-0

[Event "Blind Chess World Duel"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.07"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 Bg5
12. Nc2 O-O 13. h4 Bh6 14. g3 Rb8 15. Bh3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 a5
17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. h5 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Qd5+
Kh8 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. h6 Qf6 24. hxg7+ Kxg7 25. O-O-O Rxf2
26. Qxd6 Qg5+ 27. Kb1 Qg6+ 28. Qxg6+ hxg6 29. Rd7+ Kf6
30. Rhh7 Re2 31. Rd6+ Kf5 32. a3 g5 33. Ra6 b4 34. axb4 axb4
35. Rf7+ Kg4 36. Ra4 Kxg3 37. Rxb4 Rxb4 38. cxb4 Re4 39. b5
Rb4 40. Rb7 e4 41. b6 g4 42. Kc2 e3 43. Kd3 Rb3+ 44. Ke2 Kh2
45. Rh7+ Kg2 46. b7 g3 47. Rg7 Kh2 48. Rh7+ Kg1 49. Rg7 g2
50. Rh7 Rxb2+ 51. Kxe3 Rb6 52. Kd4 Kf2 53. Rf7+ Ke2 54. Rg7
Rxb7 55. Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blind Chess World Duel"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Qd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 f6 11. c4 b5
12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qc5 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 Ne7 15. Be2 Kf7 16. a4 d6
17. Qxd6 bxa4 18. Rhd1 a3 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Bxa3 Ra7 21. Qc5 Qc7
22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Bd6 Rc6 24. c5 Rd8 25. Rb8 Ke8 26. Ra1 e5
27. c3 Ng6 28. Bd1 Bd7 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Ba4 Rc8 31. Bxd7
Kxd7 32. Rxa6 Nf4 33. Ra7+ Kc6 34. g3 Nd3+ 35. Ke3 Nb2
36. Rxg7 Nc4+ 37. Kd3 Nb2+ 38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Rxh7 Ra8 40. Kb3
Nd2+ 41. Kb4 Rc8 42. Rf7 Nxf3 43. Rxf6 Nd2 44. Bxe5+ Kb7
45. Rb6+ Ka7 46. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Blind Chess World Duel"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. c4 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 Nfd7 10. h4 b6 11. g5 Bb7 12. Qd2
Nc6 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. h5 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5
Bxe4 18. Nxd6 Rc2 19. Qd4 Bd5 20. Nf5 exf5 21. Qxd5 Bc5
22. Rd1 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qb8 24. Rg2 Ne5 25. Rd2 Rxb2 26. Rxb2
Qxb2 27. Qd4 Qb8 28. h6 Rd8 29. Qc3 Rc8 30. Qd4 Rd8 31. Qc3
Rc8 32. Qd4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blind Chess World Duel"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. O-O-O Nh5
12. Be3 Nc6 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nd7 16. Be3 Bf6
17. Nd5 Be5 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+
Qxf6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Rhe1 Rad8 24. b3 Rd7 25. Qa5 Ra8
26. Rd5 Qe8 27. Qd2 Rad8 28. Qa5 Ra8 29. g3 g6 30. Qb6 Qe6
31. Rd4 Qh3 32. Rd2 h5 33. Qc6 Rdd8 34. Red1 Qg4 35. e5 d5
36. Rxd5 Qxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kb2 Rdd8 39. e6 fxe6
40. Qxe6+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qe3+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qe3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Blind Chess World Duel"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O
Nec6 7. c3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nd2 d6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Rf3 g6
12. Rg3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Nf3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Nf5 d5
17. Bd4 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qb3
Re8 22. Rad1 b5 23. Qc3 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Re6 25. Qxd5 Qe8
26. Qxa8 Qxa8 27. Rd8+ Qxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kg7 29. Kf2 Re4 30. Kf3
Rc4 31. Rd2 a5 32. Rd5 Ra4 33. a3 b4 34. Rd3 bxa3 35. bxa3 Rc4
36. g4 Kh6 37. h4 f5 38. Kg3 fxg4 39. Kxg4 a4 40. Rd6 Kg7
41. Ra6 Rd4 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Ra5 Kg7 44. Kg5 Kf7 45. Ra7+ Kf8
46. Kxg6 Rxf4 47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. h5 Rg4+ 49. Kf5 Rc4 50. h6 Rc5+
51. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Motylev"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3
Qc7 8.Bd2 Ne4 9.Nxg6 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 hxg6 11.Rc1 Qb6 12.c5 Qxb3
13.axb3 Nd7 14.b4 a6 15.Ra1 Rb8 16.Kc2 Be7 17.Be2 f5 18.h3 Kf7
19.f3 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.f4 Nd7 22.Bd3 Rbe8 23.Rhf1 Bf6 24.Kd2
Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "2007.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.h3 b5 13.Bd3
h4 14.f4 Rc8 15.Rhe1 g6 16.Qf2 Qb7 17.Na5 Qb8 18.f5 gxf5
19.exf5 Bc4 20.Nxc4 bxc4 21.Be4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Nf6 23.Qf3 Qc7
24.Nc3 Rg8 25.Bf2 Rh8 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 f6 28.Re4 Rb8
29.Rxh4 Rxh4 30.Bxh4 Qb7 31.b3 Kd7 32.Be1 Qc6 33.h4 Rc8 34.Qd1
Rg8 35.g3 Bf8 36.Bf2 Bh6 37.Bc5 Bf8 38.Bf2 Bh6 39.Rc5 Qg2
40.Be1 cxb3 41.axb3 Bd2 42.Rc4 d5 43.Ra4 Bxe1 44.Qxe1 Rxg3
45.Rxa6 Qg1 46.Qxg1 Rxg1+ 47.Kb2 Ke7 48.Re6+ Kf7 49.Rd6 e4
50.Kc3 Rf1 51.Rd7+ Kf8 52.Rd8+ Kf7 53.Rd7+ Kf8 54.Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "2007.01.18"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3
Qe7 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qg5 Re8
12. a4 h6 13. Qe3 b6 14. b3 Bg4 15. Nd2 Be6 16. h3 Nh5 17. Ne2
Qf6 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qc3 21. Ra2 Re7 22. Nf3
Rd8 23. Qd2 Qc5+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 f5 26. exf5 Bxf5
27. Raa1 Rde8 28. Rae1 c5 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Nd2 Kf7 31. Nc4
Bc8 32. Ne3 Ke8 33. h4 Bb7 34. g3 Re6 35. Ke2 Rg6 36. g4 Ke7
37. Nf5+ Ke6 38. Rf4 Ke5 39. Ke3 Rf6 40. h5 Rf7 41. Nh4 Rxf4
42. Ng6+ Ke6 43. Kxf4 Bc6 44. Nh4 Kf6 45. Nf5 Be8 46. Ng3 g5+
47. hxg6 Bxg6 48. Ne4+ Ke6 49. Nc3 Be8 50. Ne4 Bg6 51. Nc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Ne4
7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5 9.Qf3 d6 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne5 12.Qf4
Bd7 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.cxb5 O-O 15.Rd1 Rc8 16.Qd4 Qc7 17.f4 Ng4
18.c4 f5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bb2 Nce4 21.Qe3 Qxc4 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Rxd6 Qxb5 25.Rad1 Rc6 26.Kf2 Qb6 27.Qxb6 axb6
28.Rxc6 bxc6 29.Rd6 Kf7 30.Rxc6 h5 31.Rxb6 Ra8 32.Rb4 Rxa2
33.Rxe4 Ra3 34.Re3 Ra4 35.Kf3 f5 36.Rb3 Kf6 37.Rb8 Ra3+ 38.e3
Kg7 39.Re8 Ra6 40.Rc8 Ra4 41.Rc6 Kf6 42.Rb6 Kf7 43.Rb8 Kg7
44.h4 Ra3 45.Re8 Ra6 46.Re7+ Kg6 47.e4 Kf6 48.Rh7 fxe4+
49.Kxe4 Ra3 50.Rh6+ Kf7 51.Rxh5 Rxg3 52.Rh6 Rh3 53.h5 Kg7
54.Rg6+ Kf7 55.Rg5 Kf6 56.Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "2007.01.21"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "2007.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 a5 9.d3 Be6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Bxb6 cxb6 12.e3 b5
13.Nxb5 Bxa2 14.Rc1 a4 15.Nc3 Bb3 16.Qe2 Be6 17.Ra1 a3 18.bxa3
Rxa3 19.Rxa3 Bxa3 20.Nb5 Be7 21.d4 Bg4 22.h3 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 exd4
24.exd4 Bf6 25.Rd1 Qb6 26.Qc4 Rd8 27.Kg2 Nxd4 28.Nxd4 Rxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.f3 h5 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.Bd3 b5
13.Bg5 Nb6 14.f4 Rb8 15.Rhe1 Nc4 16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Nc1 Qb7 18.b3
exf4 19.Bxf4 O-O 20.Bxd6 Bxd6 21.Qxd6 Rfc8 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5
Bf5 24.Rd2 Bg6 25.Re7 Qb5 26.Rc7 Qa5 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Re2 cxb3
29.axb3 Qc3 30.Qg3 Bxc2+ 31.Ka2 Bb1+ 32.Kxb1 Qxc1+ 33.Ka2 Rc5
34.Qb8+ Kh7 35.Qb4 f5 36.Qd2 Qxd2+ 37.Rxd2 Kg6 38.b4 Rc8
39.Kb3 Kf7 40.Ra2 Ra8 41.h4 f4 42.Re2 Kf6 43.Kc4 Rc8+ 44.Kd4
Rb8 45.d6 Rxb4+ 46.Kc5 Rb1 47.Rd2 Rb8 48.d7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.h4 Rd8 12.Nd2 dxc4
13.Nxc4 Rxd1+ 14.Qxd1 Qd8 15.Qxd8+ Nxd8 16.Be2 Bd7 17.e4 Bc6
18.f3 Nh5 19.Bc7 Rc8 20.Be5 Bf6 21.Nd6 Ra8 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Rd1
Kf8 24.Kd2 Ne8 25.Nc4 f6 26.Ke3 b6 27.f4 Nf7 28.g4 h6 29.g5
hxg5 30.hxg5 Ke7 31.gxf6+ Nxf6 32.Rg1 Rg8 33.Rg6 Bb7 34.a4 Nh8
35.Rg1 Nf7 36.a5 g5 37.fxg5 Rxg5 38.Rxg5 Nxg5 39.e5 Nd7 40.Nd6
Bf3 41.axb6 axb6 42.Bxf3 Nxf3 43.Nc8+ Kd8 44.Kxf3 Nxe5+ 45.Ke4
Nc4 46.Kd4 Nxb2 47.Nxb6 Kc7 48.Nc4 Nxc4 49.Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 a5 10.Rd1 Nh5 11.Bc1 b5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e4
dxe4 14.Qxe4 Rb8 15.Qe2 Nhf6 16.Bf4 Rb6 17.Ne5 Nd5 18.Bxd5
exd5 19.Nc3 Nxe5 20.dxe5 d4 21.Be3 dxe3 22.Qxe3 Bg5 23.Qc5 Be7
24.Qe3 Bg5 25.Qc5 Be7 26.Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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.Nxe4 b5 15.Qe2 bxc4 16.Rfd1 Nd5 17.Be1 Nb6
18.Nc5 Qc8 19.Nxa6 Qxa6 20.a4 Rab8 21.Bf3 Bf6 22.Rac1 Nd5
23.Qxc4 Qb7 24.Qxc6 Qxb3 25.Be4 Nb4 26.Qd7 a5 27.Rb1 Qa2
28.Qa7 Qxa4 29.Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Na4 Ng4 12.Qd3 Nxe3
13.Qxe3 b5 14.Nb6 Ra7 15.Nd5 Rb7 16.Qd2 Nc6 17.Rad1 Rd7 18.Qc3
Nb8 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Rd3 h6 21.Rfd1 Rfd8 22.h4 Kh7 23.R1d2 Qf8
24.Qb3 Qe8 25.a4 Qg6 26.axb5 axb5 27.Re3 Na6 28.Qxb5 Nc5
29.Qc4 Ra7 30.Re1 Qe8 31.b4 Na4 32.Qb3 Nb6 33.Red1 Rad7 34.Qd3
Rc8 35.c3 Ra7 36.Qe3 Ra6 37.Qe2 Nc4 38.Ra2 Rac6 39.Ra7 R6c7
40.Rda1 Qf7 41.Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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 Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3
17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nb3 Nd3 20. Re2 Nxb2 21. Rxb2
Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rfd8 23. Rbd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8
26. Nd4 Bc4 27. a4 Kf8 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. axb5 Ke7 30. f4 Bc7
31. Kf2 h6 32. h4 f5 33. h5 Kf6 34. Bf1 Bd6 35. Ke3 Bc7
36. Kd4 Bd6 37. Kd5 Bc7 38. Bd3 Bb8 39. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Bc6
12. e5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. O-O e6
17. f4 Bg7 18. a3 Qc7 19. Qc2 b4 20. axb4 Qb7 21. Rd6 Qxb4
22. Rfd1 Ra7 23. R1d2 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Rd6 Qb7 26. Qd2
Nf6 27. Bf1 Rb8 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3
O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rac8
13.e4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Bb4 16.Rf1 Ba3 17.Bxa3 Qxa3
18.Qc2 Nf6 19.c5 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Ne5 Nd5 22.Nc4 Red8 23.a3
Rc7 24.Qc1 Ne7 25.Rd2 Nf5 26.Rfd1 b5 27.Ne5 Qc8 28.Rd3 f6
29.Nf3 Rcd7 30.Qf4 Rd5 31.Qe4 Qd7 32.R3d2 h5 33.h4 a5 34.Kf1
Re8 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Red1 Nh6 37.Re1 Re7 38.Qf4 Rf5 39.Qd6 Qc8
40.Rde2 Rd5 41.Qf4 Nf5 42.Re4 Rd8 43.g4 hxg4 44.Qxg4 Qd7 45.h5
Kg8 46.Kg2 Qd5 47.Qg6 Rf8 48.h6 Qd8 49.d5 Qxd5 50.Rg4 Qd7
51.Rh1 Qe8 52.hxg7 Rxg7 53.Qh7+ Kf7 54.Rxg7+ Nxg7 55.Rh6 Qd8
56.Qg6+ Kg8 57.Qh7+ Kf7 58.Qg6+ Kg8 59.Rh7 Qd7 60.Nd2 f5
61.Nf3 Rf6 62.Qxf6 Kxh7 63.Ng5+ Kg8 64.Qg6 1-0

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Bg6 11. h3 h6
12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Rac1 Nc2 15. Red1 Nb6 16. Qb3 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxh6 Qc4 19. Be3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Nd5 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov 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 "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 b5 11.Bf1 Rb8 12.Bg5 Ng4 13.Bd2
Be6 14.Nd5 h6 15.h3 Nf6 16.c4 Qd7 17.b3 Bd8 18.Rc1 Bxd5
19.cxd5 Ne7 20.Bd3 Bb6 21.Nh4 g5 22.Nf3 Rfc8 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8
24.Nh2 Ng6 25.Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2
d6 8.Be3 Nc6 9.f4 Nge7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 b5 12.N1d2 Bxe3+
13.Qxe3 Rb8 14.Kh1 Qb6 15.Qe2 a5 16.a3 Bd7 17.Rf3 Ng6 18.g3
Rfd8 19.Rd1 Nce7 20.h4 h6 21.Kh2 Be8 22.Rg1 Nc6 23.h5 Nf8
24.g4 e5 25.g5 hxg5 26.fxg5 Rb7 27.Qf1 Ne6 28.h6 g6 29.Nc1 Qc7
30.Qf2 Qe7 31.Qh4 b4 32.Nc4 bxc3 33.bxc3 d5 34.exd5 Rxd5
35.Re3 Qc5 36.Rf1 Rb2+ 37.Rf2 Rxf2+ 38.Qxf2 Qe7 39.Be4 Rd1
40.Qc2 Rd8 41.Nd3 Nxg5 42.Bxc6 Bxc6 43.Ndxe5 Qf6 44.Nxc6 Qxc6
45.Qe2 Qc7+ 46.Ne5 Rd5 47.Kg2 Ne6 48.Qc4 Qe7 49.Kg3 Qg5+
50.Ng4 Rc5 51.Qe4 Rf5 52.Rf3 Kh7 53.c4 a4 54.Qe3 Qe7 55.Qc3
Qc7+ 56.Kf2 Rxf3+ 57.Qxf3 Qc5+ 58.Ne3 f5 59.Qb7+ Kxh6 60.Qd5
Qe7 61.Qe5 Qh4+ 62.Kf1 Ng5 63.Qh8+ Nh7 64.Qe5 Nf6 65.Ke2 Kg5
66.c5 Qh5+ 67.Kd3 Qf3 68.Kc4 Qb7 69.Qc3 Ne4 70.Qb4 Qa6+ 71.Kd4
Qf6+ 72.Kd5 Kf4 73.Qd4 Qf7+ 74.Kc6 Qe8+ 75.Kb6 Qb8+ 76.Ka6
Qa8+ 77.Kb6 Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Qc7 8.a4 Be7 9.a5 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Nd5 Nxd5
13.exd5 Bg4 14.c4 Nd7 15.Nd2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 f5 17.f3 Nf6 18.b4
Qd7 19.Rfd1 Qe8 20.Qd3 Qh5 21.c5 Rd8 22.Nc4 Rac8 23.Rac1 e4
24.fxe4 fxe4 25.Qb3 Ng4 26.h3 Nxe3 27.Nxe3 Bg5 28.c6 Rf8
29.Re1 Qh4 30.Qa2 Bf4 31.Qe2 Qg3 32.Nf1 Qd3 33.Qxd3 exd3
34.Rc4 bxc6 35.dxc6 d5 36.Rd4 Rxc6 37.Rxd3 Rc4 38.b5 axb5
39.Rxd5 b4 40.a6 Rc6 41.Rb5 Bd6 42.Ra1 Ra8 43.a7 Rb6 44.Rxb6
Bc5+ 45.Kh1 Bxb6 46.Ra4 Bc5 47.Ra5 Bxa7 48.Nd2 Rd8 49.Rxa7
Rxd2 50.Rb7 Rd4 51.Kg1 Rf4 52.Kh2 h5 53.Kg3 Rc4 54.Kf3 Kh7
55.Rb6 g5 56.Rb7+ Kg6 57.Rb6+ Kf7 58.g4 Rf4+ 59.Kg3 h4+ 60.Kg2
Rc4 61.Kf3 Ke7 62.Ke3 Kd7 63.Kd2 Kc7 64.Rb5 Kc6 65.Rxg5 b3
66.Rg8 Rc2+ 67.Kd1 Kc7 68.Rg7+ Kb6 69.Rg8 Ka7 70.Rg7+ Ka6
71.Rg8 Kb7 72.Rg7+ Kc6 73.Rg8 Rh2 74.Kc1 Rxh3 75.g5 Kd7 76.Rf8
Ke7 77.Rf6 Rg3 78.Rh6 h3 79.Kb2 Kf7 80.Ka3 Kg7 81.Kb2 Kg8
82.Ka3 Kf7 83.Kb2 Kg7 84.Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bd3 h4 13.f4
b5 14.Rhe1 Rb8 15.Kb1 Nb6 16.Qf2 b4 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Nd2 Nxe3
19.Qxe3 a5 20.b3 a4 21.Bc4 axb3 22.cxb3 Bd7 23.Nf3 O-O 24.fxe5
dxe5 25.Nxh4 Bc6 26.Ng3 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Bxh4 28.g3 Be7 29.Nf2
Rbd8 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Rd1 Qa5 32.Ng4 e4 33.Nh6+ gxh6 34.Qxh6
Qf5 35.g4 Qc5 36.Qg6+ Kh8 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1
d5 8.d4 dxc4 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qa4+ Nbd7 11.Qxc4 O-O 12.Rd1 Rc8
13.Qh4 Be7 14.Qh3 Qe8 15.Nd4 Bxg2 16.Qxg2 Ne5 17.Qb7 Bc5
18.Bg5 Nfg4 19.h3 Nc6 20.hxg4 Bxd4 21.Nb5 Rb8 22.Qc7 Rc8
23.Qb7 Rb8 24.Qc7 Rc8 25.Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.03.09"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.a3 Bc6 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bf1 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Qc7
13.b4 Rfd8 14.Qb3 b5 15.Na5 Be8 16.f3 Nd7 17.Be3 Nb6 18.Rec1
Na4 19.Qc2 h6 20.Qf2 Bg5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Rc2 Rac8 23.Rac1 Qe7
24.Qe1 Rc7 25.c4 Rdc8 26.cxb5 Bxb5 27.bxc5 Rxc5 28.Rxc5 Rxc5
29.Qb4 Bxd3 30.Rxc5 Qxc5+ 31.Qxc5 Nxc5 32.Nc6 Kf8 33.Nxa7 Ke7
34.Nc6+ Kd6 35.Na5 f6 36.Kf2 Bxf1 37.Kxf1 g4 38.Ke2 gxf3+
39.Kxf3 Nd3 40.Nb3 Ne1+ 41.Kf2 Nc2 42.a4 Nd4 43.Nc1 Kc5
44.Nd3+ Kc4 45.Ke3 Nc2+ 46.Ke2 Kd4 47.Nf2 Nb4 48.h4 Nc6 49.h5
Na5 50.Ng4 Nc4 51.h6 gxh6 52.Nxf6 Kc3 53.Ng4 h5 54.Ne3 Na5
55.Kf3 Nb3 56.Nf1 Kd3 57.Kg3 Kxe4 58.Kh4 Kd3 59.Kxh5 e4 60.g4
Nd2 61.Nxd2 Kxd2 62.a5 e3 63.a6 e2 64.a7 e1=Q 65.a8=Q Qe5+
66.g5 Qf5 67.Qd8+ Kc1 68.Qf6 Qd5 69.Kh6 e5 70.g6 e4 71.g7 e3
72.Qc3+ Kb1 73.Qxe3 Qh1+ 74.Kg6 Qg2+ 75.Qg5 Qc6+ 76.Kh7 Qb7
77.Qg1+ Ka2 78.Qh2+ Ka1 79.Kh8 Qe4 80.g8=Q 1-0

[Event "Linares - Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.10"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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 Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6
Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d4 g6
7. Bf4 Qb4 8. Nge2 Bg7 9. Qc1 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. a3 Qa5
12. h3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nbd7 14. c4 e5 15. b4 Qc7 16. dxe5 Nxe5
17. Qc2 a5 18. Rae1 axb4 19. axb4 Rfe8 20. c5 Nd5 21. Bd2 Nd7
22. Qc4 N7f6 23. g4 h5 24. Ng3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Qd7 26. g5 Rxe1
27. Rxe1 Ne8 28. Bf3 Nec7 29. Bg4 Qd8 30. Kg2 Nb5 31. Rd1 Ra1
32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Bf3 Be5 34. Ne2 Ndc7 35. Be3 Ne6 36. Bg4
Nbc7 37. Qe4 Bg7 38. f4 Qd1 39. Kf2 Bc3 40. b5 Qe1+ 41. Kg2
Nd5 42. bxc6 bxc6 43. Qd3 Bd4 44. Bxe6 Nxe3+ 45. Kh2 Qf2+
46. Kh3 Qf3+ 47. Ng3 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.11"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 Rc8 13. Re1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e3 Nf6 16. Qb1 Qd7
17. Qb2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bd3 19. Rac1 h5 20. Nf3 Be4 21. Ne5 Qe6
22. f3 Bf5 23. b4 Rfe8 24. b5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bc5 26. Qc3 Bh3
27. Re1 h4 28. Nc6 Nd7 29. Bxg7 hxg3 30. hxg3 Qg6 31. Bxh3
Qxg3+ 32. Bg2 Qxg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Kf2 f5 35. f4 Nf6
36. Bf3 Ne4+ 37. Ke2 Nc3+ 38. Kd3 Nxb5 39. Ne5 Kf6 40. a4 Nc7
41. Rh1 Rxe5 42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. Rh7 Ne6 44. Rxa7 b5 45. Ra8
bxa4 46. Rxa4 f4 47. exf4+ Nxf4+ 48. Rxf4 Kxf4 49. Bxd5 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O exd4
12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Rae1+ Kf8 15. Re4 Qf6 16. Qc3
a5 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. R1e3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Qd6 20. Rf3 h5 21. c5
Bxc5 22. Bc4 f6 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Qd7 25. Qf5 Qd4 26. Re4
Qd1+ 27. Bf1 Bd6 28. Rd3 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxf1 30. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.13"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. d5 Nd7 12. h3
f5 13. exf5 Nc5 14. Nd2 Bxf5 15. O-O e4 16. Nb3 b6 17. Nd4 Qf6
18. Nc6 a5 19. f4 Bd7 20. Nb5 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qxa2
23. Nxc7 Nf5 24. Bf2 e3 25. Be1 Nd4 26. Nxa8 Nxe2+ 27. Kh2
Nxf4 28. Rxf4 gxf4 29. Rxb6 f3 30. Qd5+ Ne6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8
32. Qg4 Be5+ 33. Kh1 f2 0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.14"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7
12. f4 Qe7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. a4 Qb4
17. Na2 Qc5 18. Rd4 f6 19. cxd5 fxe5 20. fxe5 exd5 21. b4 Qe7
22. b5 Bb7 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Nb4 Nxe5 25. Rc1 Kh8 26. Nxc6
Nxc6 27. Qxe7 Nxe7 28. Rc7 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxd5 Nxd5
31. Rxd5 Kg8 32. a5 bxa5 33. Rxa5 Rc7 34. e4 Kf7 35. Kg2 Rc2+
36. Kh3 Rc4 37. Rxa7+ Kf8 38. e5 Rc5 39. e6 Re5 40. Rf7+ Kg8
41. Re7 Kf8 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.15"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nde2 Be6 8. f4 g6 9. h3 h5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8
12. O-O-O+ Nbd7 13. Ng1 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Nf3
Ke7 17. Ng5 h4 18. Be2 Rc5 19. Rhf1 Rh8 20. Rd3 Rhc8 21. Kd2
b5 22. a3 a5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 R5c6 25. Rdf3 Bc4 26. Bxc4
Rxc4 27. Ra1 Rxb4 28. Nd5+ Nxd5 29. Rxf7+ Kd6 30. exd5 Rd4+
31. Kc1 Nc5 32. Raa7 e4 33. Ne6 Rc4 34. Nxc5 R8xc5 35. Rad7+
Ke5 36. Rf2 b4 37. Re7+ Kd6 38. Rb7 Kxd5 39. Kb2 e3 40. Re2
Re4 41. Kb3 Ke5 42. Rf7 g5 43. Rf8 Rd5 44. c4 Rd7 45. Re1 Rd2
46. Kxb4 Rxg2 47. Kc3 Rg3 48. Re8+ Kf5 49. Rf1+ Kg6 50. Rxe4
e2+ 51. Rf3 Rxf3+ 52. Kd2 Rxh3 53. c5 Ra3 54. c6 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.17"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. d3 e5
7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1 Be6 9. b4 Qd7 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. O-O b6
12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. f4 f6 16. f5 Bf7
17. c3 dxc3 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Rb7+ Ke8 21. Rc7
Rd8 22. Bh3 d5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Rxc3 gxf5 25. Be3 Be6 26. Bg2
Rd6 27. Rc7 Bd7 28. Rb1 Kf7 29. Rbb7 Rd8 30. d4 Kg6 31. Rxa7
Bh6 32. Bxh6 Kxh6 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Bf1 f4 35. gxf4 exf4
36. Ra6 Rxa6 37. Bxa6 Bg4 38. Rc2 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Be2
Bxe2 41. Rxe2 Rxa3 42. Re8 Kg5 43. Rg8+ Kh4 44. Rf8 Kg4
45. Rg8+ Kh3 46. Rh8 Ra7 47. Rf8 h5 48. Rxf4 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 Ra1+
50. Rf1 Rxf1+ 51. Kxf1 Kxh2 52. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bg5 d4
12. Na4 e5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. c3 c5 16. Rac1 Qd6
17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rec1 Qh6 20. Nb2 f5 21. exf5 e4
22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Bf1 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1 26. Qf4
Rc5 27. g4 Ne5 28. Nc4 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nh4+ 30. Kh3 Nxf5 31. b4
Rc6 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. Qb8+ Bc8 34. Kg2 Rf8 35. Qe5 Rg6+
36. Kh1 e3 37. Qe7 Rgf6 38. Ne5 exf2 39. h4 Be6 40. Kh2 Bxa2
41. Nd7 R6f7 42. Qc5 Re8 43. Qxd4 Rd8 44. Qb2 Rfxd7 45. Qxa2
Rd4 46. Kg3 Rxb4 47. Qxf2 a5 48. h5 h6 49. Qf7 a4 50. Bc4 a3
51. Qe7 Rdb8 52. Qd6 a2 53. Bxa2 R4b6 54. Qd3 Rb2 55. Bc4 R2b4
56. Qd6 R4b6 57. Qd5 Rb4 58. Bd3 Rb3 59. Kf4 Rxd3 60. Qxd3
Rf8+ 61. Ke5 Rf6 62. Qd8+ Kh7 63. Qxf6 gxf6+ 64. Kxf6 Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Nbd2
Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O b5 11. c3 Nc7
12. a4 Ncd5 13. Bh2 a6 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Ra2 d6 16. Rfa1 Rab8
17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 Qd8 19. Ra7 Nc7 20. Ne1 Nfd5 21. Nd3 Qd7
22. Nb4 Nxb4 23. Qxb4 Qc6 24. c4 Rfc8 25. cxb5 Qc2 26. Nf1 Nd5
27. Qd2 Qb3 28. Ne3 Bf8 29. Bg3 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Qxb5 31. Qf3 f6
32. R1a6 Rb6 33. Ra1 Qxb2 34. Bf4 d5 35. Be3 Qc2 36. Kh2 Qg6
37. g3 h5 38. Ra8 Rbc6 39. R1a6 Qf7 40. Bf4 Rc3 41. Qe2 Rc2
42. Qe1 Rxa8 43. Rxa8 Qd7 44. Qb1 Rc8 45. Rxc8 Qxc8 46. Qg6
Qc4 47. Be3 e5 48. dxe5 d4 49. e6 dxe3 50. Qf7+ Kh7 51. Qxh5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. a3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. b5 Ne4
12. Bb2 Re8 13. a4 Re6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Ba3 Rc8 16. Bxd6 cxd6
17. Rc1 Ndf6 18. h3 Re7 19. Qb3 h6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rc1 Rc7
22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Qc1 g6 25. Nh2 Kg7 26. h4 Ne8
27. f3 N4f6 28. Nf1 h5 29. Nf4 Nd7 30. Qe1 Nf8 31. Qg3 Kh6
32. Nxh5 gxh5 33. Qg8 f5 34. Ng3 Ng7 35. Bxf5 Ng6 36. Bxg6
Kxg6 37. Nxh5 Qxe3+ 38. Kh2 Qe7 39. Nf4+ Kf6 40. g4 Qf7
41. Qd8+ Qe7 42. Qg8 Qf7 43. Qd8+ Qe7 44. Qxe7+ Kxe7 45. Kg3
Ne6 46. Nxe6 Kxe6 47. f4 Bc8 48. f5+ Kf7 49. h5 Bd7 50. h6 Kg8
51. Kf4 Be8 52. Kg5 Kf7 53. h7 Kg7 54. h8=Q+ Kxh8 55. Kf6 Bxb5
56. Ke7 Bd3 57. f6 Bg6 58. f7 Bxf7 59. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 Nc6
7. O-O Nb4 8. Qb3 a5 9. a3 Nc6 10. Bf4 a4 11. Qc2 dxc4
12. Qxc4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Na5 16. h4 Nac4
17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qe8 19. Bc1 Bc6 20. e4 Rd8 21. Rfe1 f6
22. g4 Qf7 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Rd3 f5 25. Rf3 Rxd4 26. gxf5 e5
27. Bg5 Nd7 28. Bc1 Nf6 29. Rd3 Rfd8 30. Red1 Qe7 31. Nd5 Rxd3
32. Rxd3 Bxd5 33. exd5 Nd6 34. Bh3 Nde4 35. Qe3 Nc5 36. Rd1
Nb3 37. Bg2 c6 38. Qa7 Nxc1 39. d6 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Qf7 41. Kxe2
Qc4+ 42. Ke1 Qb5 43. Rd2 e4 44. Bf1 Qe5 45. Be2 h6 46. Qxb7 e3
47. fxe3 Qxe3 48. Qe7 Qg1+ 49. Bf1 Rd7 50. Qe6 Kh7 51. Rd3 Qh2
52. Be2 Qxh4+ 53. Kd1 Qf4 54. Kc2 c5 55. Rd1 Qf2 56. Rd2 Qf4
57. Bb5 Rd8 58. d7 h5 59. Qe7 Qb8 60. Rg2 Ng4 61. f6 Rg8
62. f7 Rf8 63. Rxg4 Qxb5 64. Qe4+ Kh8 65. Rg5 Qb3+ 66. Kc1
Qxf7 67. Rf5 Qxf5 68. Qxf5 Rxf5 69. d8=Q+ Kh7 70. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 h5
12. O-O Nh7 13. Qd2 h4 14. Nh1 f5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. Rab1 Qf6
17. f4 Nf7 18. Kh1 Rfe8 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. b4 b6 21. bxc5 bxc5
22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Qc2 Ng4 25. Ncd1 Ba4 26. Qe2 Bxd1
27. Nxd1 Nfh6 28. Bd2 Qxa2 29. Rb7 Qa3 30. e5 dxe5 31. d6 Kh8
32. d7 Re7 33. fxe5 Rxe5 34. Qf3 Rd8 35. Bb5 Qa2 36. Bg5 Bf6
37. Bf4 a6 38. Bc6 g5 39. Bxe5 Nxe5 40. Bd5 Qd2 41. Qb3 Kg7
42. Be6 Qe2 43. Rg1 f4 44. h3 c4 45. Qb6 f3 46. Qf2 Nd3
47. Qxf3 Qxe6 48. Rf1 Nf4 49. Ne3 c3 50. Rd1 Nf5 51. Re1 Ng3+
52. Kh2 Be5 53. Ng4 Nfe2 54. Qd3 Bf4 55. Qxc3+ Kf7 56. Qd3
Nf5+ 57. g3 hxg3+ 58. Kg2 Nh4+ 59. Kf1 g2+ 60. Kf2 Bg3+
61. Qxg3 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. g3 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bg2 b5
12. O-O Rb8 13. c5 Bc7 14. f4 a5 15. b4 Ra8 16. Bd2 Qe7
17. Qe2 Ra7 18. Rab1 Rfa8 19. g4 axb4 20. axb4 Ra3 21. Bf3 Nh7
22. g5 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Nxg5 25. h4 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Qxe5
27. Rh1 d4 28. exd4 Nf4+ 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Rh3 Rxc3 31. Rf1
Re3 32. Qd1 Rd8 33. d5 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6
12. Bd2 Nh6 13. c5 Nxc5 14. Qc1 Nf7 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. Nxc7 Nxc7
17. Qxc7 Nd8 18. Qc3 Be6 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Qa3 Nc6 21. Rac1 Rf7
22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Bf8 24. Qa4 a6 25. Bb6 Rd7 26. Rcc1 Qe6
27. a3 Ne7 28. Be3 Rc6 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Rc1 h5 31. b4 Qa2
32. Kh2 Rd3 33. b5 Rxa3 34. Qd1 axb5 35. Nh4 Qf7 36. g4 g5
37. Nf5 b4 38. gxh5 Rc3 39. Ra1 Ra3 40. Rb1 Kh7 41. h4 Nd4
42. Bxd4 exd4 43. Qxd4 Qc7+ 44. Kg2 Qf4 45. Qd7+ Kh8 46. Qe8
Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Qg4+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 49. Ke1 Qc3+ 50. Kf1 Qh3+
51. Ke1 Qc3+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. Nxb4 d5
12. Nxa6 Bxa6 13. exd5 Bd6 14. h3 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5
Bb7 17. Qc4 Bc6 18. b4 Qb7 19. Rad1 Be7 20. b5 Bxg2 21. Rxd7
Kxd7 22. Qg4+ Ke8 23. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rxa4 25. b6 Ra5
26. Rd1 Bg5 27. b7 Ke7 28. Bb6 Re5 29. Bd8+ 1-0

[Event "Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4
exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nc5
17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Bg5 h5 19. Qf4 Be5 20. Qf3 f6 21. Bd2 Qf7
22. Rad1 Nd7 23. Bf4 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Nb6 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Rxe8
Rxe8 27. Bxd6 Nxd5 28. Bc5 Re5 29. Nh4 Kg8 30. Nf3 Re8 31. Nd4
Kh7 32. Qd3+ Qg6 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. f3 Nf4 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Rd2
Rd8 37. Bb4 Ne6 38. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O
d5 13. a5 d4 14. axb6 dxe3 15. Qxe3 Nd7 16. Na4 Rc8 17. Na5
Bg5 18. Qd3 Rb8 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. c4 h4 22. c5 Qh6
23. c6 bxc6 24. Nxc6 Nf6 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Nc5 Ng4
28. Rf1 Ne3 29. Qd6 Re8 30. Nxe6 Qg6 31. Rf2 h3 32. gxh3 fxe6
33. b7 Qxe4+ 34. Bf3 Qd4 35. b8=Q Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kh7 37. Qb7
Nd5 1-0

[Event "Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Rb8 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. a3 h6 15. Ng3 Be6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4
cxd4 18. Ne2 d3 19. Bxd3 Ne5 20. Ned4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Rc8
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qg6 e4 25. Ne5 Bc5 26. Qf7+ Kh7
27. Qg6+ Kg8 28. Bxh6 Re7 29. Rad1 Qe8 30. Bg5 Qxg6 31. Nxg6
Rec7 32. b4 Ba7 33. Rd6 Kh7 34. Ne5 Rc2 35. Bh4 Rc1 36. Kf1
Nd5 37. Bg5 e3 38. fxe3 Bxe3 39. Nf3 Nf4 40. Bxf4 Bxf4
41. Rdxe6 R8c6 42. Rxc6 Rxc6 43. h4 Bc1 44. g4 Bxa3 45. Re4 g6
46. Ke2 Rc4 47. Ng5+ Kg7 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Re6 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8. Qe2 a5 9. f4 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Ne4 Bxf4
12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. g3 Qe5 14. O-O-O Ke7 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. Qa3+ c5
17. Nxc5 Nd5 18. Bg2 Nb4 19. Nd3 Qe3+ 20. Kb1 Rb8 21. Rhe1 Qb6
22. c3 Ba6 23. Ne5 Rhd8 24. cxb4 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Ng4 12. Nf1
Nxe3 13. Nxe3 Rb8 14. Bd5 Bg4 15. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Bf4
Nf5 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Ng5 Rae8 16. Bxd6
Nxd6 17. Qa5 Nb7 18. Qc3 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qe3 a5 21. c4 a4
22. Nd2 Nd6 23. b3 axb3 24. axb3 d4 25. Qg3 e5 26. Rxe5 Nf5
27. Qf4 Qb8 28. Re4 Nd6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. h3 Re6 31. Qf3 Kh7
32. Qd5 Qc8 33. Nf3 Ne8 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Qd3 Nf6 36. b4 cxb4
37. Qxd4 Ne4 38. Qd8+ Re8 39. Qd5+ Kh7 40. Re1 Nc3 41. Qd3+
Kg8 42. Rxe8+ Qxe8 43. c5 Qe6 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qb6 Qc4 46. c6
Ne2+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qc1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. h3 Bg7
7. c3 O-O 8. Bb3 b5 9. Re1 a5 10. a3 e5 11. Bg5 a4 12. Ba2 h6
13. Bh4 Qe8 14. Nbd2 Be6 15. Nf1 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Qe6 17. Ra1 Nd7
18. Ne3 Nb6 19. Rc1 Na5 20. g4 Nb3 21. Rb1 d5 22. Qe2 d4
23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Nc2 Rfc8 25. Nb4 f6 26. Bg3 g5 27. Nd2 Bf8
28. Nf1 Bxb4 29. axb4 Rc6 30. Qf3 Nc8 31. Bh2 Ne7 32. Rbd1 Ng6
33. Ng3 Nh4 34. Qh1 Rac8 35. Nf5 Nxf5 36. exf5 Qd6 37. h4 Rc2
38. Bg3 Qd7 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Qh6 Qg7 41. Qh1 Nd2 42. Re2 Nb3
43. Rxc2 Rxc2 44. Qd5+ Qf7 45. Qxb5 Nc5 46. bxc5 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4
7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. O-O e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Na3 Qb6 11. Bf4 a6
12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Ne7 16. Rac1
Rc8 17. Bg4 Rd8 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 d3 20. Rc7 h5 21. Bd7
Nc6 22. Rxb7 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rd1 Bxb2 25. Rxd3 Be5
26. Rd5 f6 27. Be6 Rxd5 28. exd5 h4 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Ra7 Rf8
31. h3 f5 32. Kf1 Rf6 33. Ke2 g5 34. Kd3 g4 35. Kc4 gxh3
36. gxh3 Rg6 37. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bg6
17. Be2 Nb8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Bc3 Rdc8 21. a5 a6
22. Rfe1 Na7 23. Bb4 Nc6 24. Bc3 Na7 25. h4 Nb5 26. h5 Bc2
27. Bxb5 axb5 28. Re2 Bf5 29. Re3 Rc4 30. b3 Rc6 31. Bb4 h6
32. f3 Rac8 33. g4 Rc1+ 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Bd3 36. Bc5 Ra8
37. Re3 Bb1 38. b4 Rc8 39. Kf2 g6 40. Re1 Bc2 41. Rc1 Bb3
42. Rh1 Kh7 43. Ke3 Bc4 44. f4 Rg8 45. hxg6+ Rxg6 46. g5 Kg8
47. Be7 hxg5 48. fxg5 Rg7 49. Kf4 Rh7 50. Rh6 Bd3 51. Bf6 Bg6
52. Kg3 Kf8 53. Kf4 Ke8 54. Kg4 Kd7 55. Rxh7 Bxh7 56. Kh5 Ke8
57. Kh6 Bg6 58. Kg7 Bf5 59. Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 h6
12. Nbd2 Nb4 13. Re1 c5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ng3 Qd7
17. c3 Nc6 18. Qd2 Nd8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 c4 21. d5 exd5
22. e5 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3
Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7
12. O-O-O a5 13. g4 a4 14. Ne2 Ra7 15. Ng3 Re7 16. g5 Ne8
17. Qc3 Nc7 18. Rdf1 Nb5 19. Qd2 a3 20. b3 f6 21. c4 Nd4
22. gxf6+ Rxf6 23. Ne1 Nf3 24. Qe3 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Ref7 26. Rhg1
Rf3 27. Nh5+ Kh8 28. Qh6 Qxd3 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qc3+
31. Kd1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. a3 Be7 8. Qa4 O-O 9. Qxc4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Qa4 c6 12. b4
Nc4 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. O-O bxc6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bd7
17. Qa6 Qb6 18. Qc4 Qd4 19. Qxd4 exd4 20. Na4 Nd5 21. Rac1
Rfe8 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Bf3 Bf6 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Ne4 Be5
26. Rxc6 h6 27. Rdc1 Bb7 28. R6c2 Bc8 29. h4 Bd7 30. Rc5 Be6
31. Ra5 Bb8 32. Nc5 Bc8 33. Nd3 Nb6 34. Bf4 Bxf4 35. Nxf4 Re7
36. Nd5 Re5 37. Nxb6 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Bf4 d5 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Qa4 Nbd7 10. Qxc4 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Qe3 Qe8 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Qf3 b5
17. Rac1 b4 18. Nb1 Nd5 19. Nd2 Qa4 20. Nec4 Nxf4+ 21. gxf4
Rfd8 22. f5 exf5 23. Qxf5 g6 24. Qf3 Ne6 25. b3 Qb5 26. Ne4
Ng5 27. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. e3 Qb5 30. h3 a5 31. Kg2 a4
32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 a3 35. Qd4+ Bf6 36. Qe4
Qd7 37. Qf3 Qd3 38. e4 Qd4 39. Qe3 Qd7 40. e5 Be7 41. Qe4 Qd1
42. e6 Qd8 43. exf7 Kxf7 44. Ne5+ Kf8 45. Qc4 Qe8 46. Qe6 Kg7
47. Nc6 Kf8 48. Ne5 Kg7 49. Nc6 Kf8 50. Ne5 Kg7 51. Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sarunas Sulskis"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Bxh7 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+
12. Kxd1 Nxh7 13. Ke2 e6 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nd2 Be7 16. h5 O-O-O
17. f4 Rhg8 18. Nb3 g5 19. hxg6 Rxg6 20. Rh2 Nf8 21. Be3 Nd7
22. Rg1 Nb6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. g3 Bc5 25. Rgg2 Bd4 26. c3 Bc5
27. Rh3 Be7 28. Rgh2 Bf8 29. Rh1 b5 30. a3 Rd7 31. Rd1 Rdg7
32. Kf3 c5 33. Nc1 c4 34. Ne2 Bc5 35. Rhh1 Rg8 36. Rd2 Kc7
37. Rh3 R8g7 38. Rh5 Kc8 39. Rh1 Rg8 40. Ra1 h5 41. Rh1 Rh6
42. Nd4 Rd8 43. Rhd1 Rg6 44. Nb3 Rdg8 45. Nxc5 Rxg3+ 46. Kf2
Rg2+ 47. Ke3 R2g3+ 48. Kf2 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8
12. d5 Ne5 13. Bc3 Bd7 14. Bb3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Ba4 O-O
17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. O-O Nf6 20. Qd3 e6 21. Rb1 Qa6
22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. dxe6 Nxe4 24. Rb4 Nc5 25. exf7 Rxf7 26. Rd1
Re7 27. Nf4 Rd8 28. Rbb1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 g5 30. Nh5+ Kf7 31. f4
gxf4 32. Nxf4 Re4 33. g3 Rc4 34. Rd5 Rc2 35. Rf5+ Kg8 36. a3
Nd7 37. Rd5 Nf6 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Ra8 Rc7 40. Kg2 a5 41. Rb8
Rc3 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. a4 Rc4 44. Ne6 h6 45. Rxa7 Rxa4 46. Kf3
Re4 47. Nc5 Re5 48. Rxa5 Rf5+ 49. Ke2 Re5+ 50. Kf3 Rf5+
51. Ke3 Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Nd3 Ng4+ 54. Ke4 Nf2+ 55. Nxf2
Rxf2 56. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikola Djukic"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 b5
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qa5 Nd7 16. c4
bxc4 17. Bxc4 g6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Na5 Bh6 20. Rd3 Kd7 21. Rb3
Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Kc2 f5 25. a3 Rc8 26. Kb3
Rc5 27. Rd1 Kc7 28. Rd3 e4 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Rd1 e3 31. Kc3
Bg7+ 32. Kb3 Rxd5 33. Re1 Rb5+ 34. Kc2 d5 35. Rxe3 Bd4
36. Re7+ Kd8 37. Re6 Kd7 38. Rd6+ Kc7 39. b4 g5 40. h3 h4
41. Kd2 Ba1 0-1

[Event "European Team Chess Championships"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 h6 11. Ne1 b6 12. Nd2
Nh5 13. Be5 Ba6 14. Nd3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Nhf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e3
Re8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qb1 Bd6 20. Bf1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qb8
22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Nf3 Bb5 24. Qc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Be8 26. Nde5 Ne4
27. Ba6 f6 28. Nd3 Qa8 29. Bc8 Nc5 30. dxc5 Qxc8 31. Qc3 bxc5
32. Qxa5 e5 33. Nh4 g5 34. Ng2 Be7 35. Nc1 d4 36. Qd2 Bc6
37. Ne1 Qe6 38. Qc2 Kg7 39. e4 c4 40. b3 Bb4 41. Nf3 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Rd1 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bc3 Nbd7 15. e4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Qb7
17. Re1 Ne8 18. h4 Nd6 19. Rh3 Nb5 20. Rg3 f6 21. e5 f5
22. Ng5 Rfe8 23. Qe2 Nf8 24. h5 h6 25. Nh3 Nc7 26. Qc4 Nd5
27. Bd2 Kh7 28. b3 Qf7 29. Qe2 Rab8 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. a4 Rb7
32. Nf4 Nxf4 33. Bxf4 Reb8 34. Rcc3 Rb4 35. Bd2 Rh4 36. Kg1
Rbb4 37. f4 Re4 38. Qf3 Rxh5 39. Re3 Rd4 40. Rd3 Rxd3 41. Qxd3
Nb6 42. Qd6 Nd5 43. Rd3 Nb4 44. Bxb4 cxb4 45. Qxb4 Rh4 46. Rh3
Rg4 47. Qd2 a5 48. Qf2 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Nxc3 O-O
12. Rc1 Bb4 13. e3 Qe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Nd3 Ba3 16. Rc2 dxc4
17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nb1 Bb5 19. Nxa3 Qxa3 20. Nf4 Re8 21. Qh5
Nd7 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Qxa2 24. Rc7 Re7 25. Rec1 e5
26. Qf3 Rd8 27. Nd5 Rf7 28. Nc3 Qb3 29. Rb1 Qe6 30. d5 Qe8
31. Rxa7 f5 32. Kg2 Ra8 33. Rc7 Nc5 34. d6 e4 35. Qd1 Nd3
36. Qb3 Rd8 37. Ra1 Kf8 38. Rxf7+ Qxf7 39. Qxb6 Rc8 40. Ne2
Qh5 41. Nd4 Nxf2 42. d7 1-0

[Event "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nde2 Be6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. f5 Bc4 10. Nc1 d5 11. Bxc4 dxc4
12. Qf3 b5 13. N1e2 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16. O-O-O Bd6
17. g4 b3 18. cxb3 cxb3 19. Kb1 bxa2+ 20. Ka1 e4 21. Qg2 Be5
22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 O-O 24. d6 Qb6 25. g5 Nd5 26. g6 fxg6
27. fxg6 Qxd6 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. Rhg1 Qf6 30. Qxe4 Rad8 31. Ne6
Rfe8 32. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O
12. Rb1 Rb8 13. c4 Bf6 14. c3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rbd8
17. h3 b6 18. Re4 Na5 19. Qxc7 Qd5 20. Rbe1 Nc4 21. Qxa7 Ra8
22. Qc7 Bd8 23. Re5 Bxc7 24. Rxd5 Bxf4 25. Re2 Ra3 26. Rc2
Rfa8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 30. Kd3 Nd2
31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Nb3 33. c4 Na5 34. c5 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.07"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Qxd8 Raxd8 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bg5 14. Rad1 Nd4 15. Nxc7 Rc8
16. Nb5 Rxc4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Be2 d3 20. Bxd3
Rd8 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. g3 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Bxc1 24. b3 a5 25. Kg2 b6
26. f4 g5 27. Kf3 gxf4 28. gxf4 f6 29. Kg4 h6 30. Kf5 Kf7
31. Bc4+ Ke7 32. h4 Bd2 33. h5 Bc1 34. a4 Bd2 35. e5 fxe5
36. fxe5 Bc1 37. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.09"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6
7. Bh4 Bxc3 8. bxc3 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. e3 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8
12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rh6 Nbd7 14. Qa4 Kd8 15. O-O-O Qf8 16. Rh1
Rh8 17. Rxh8 Qxh8 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 g4 20. e4 Ke7 21. Bh4+
Nhf6 22. Bg5 Rg8 23. Qxa7 Rxg5 24. Qxb7 Qb8 25. Qxb8 Nxb8
26. c5 bxc5 27. Nb3 gxf3 28. gxf3 Rg3 29. Be2 c4 30. Na5 d5
31. exd5 exd5 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Kd2 Nfd7 34. Rb1 Ke7 35. a4 Rg6
36. Rb5 c6 37. Rb7 c5 38. dxc5 Ra6 39. Nb3 Kd8 40. Nd4 Kc8
41. Rb5 Nc6 42. Bd1 Kc7 43. Bc2 Na7 44. c6 Nb6 45. a5 Nxb5
46. Nxb5+ Kxc6 47. Nd4+ Kc5 48. axb6 Kxb6 49. Bf5 Kc5 50. Bg4
Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Ra3 52. Kd2 Ra2+ 53. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Nh5
17. Be5 a5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. a3 Rfd8 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nd2 a4
22. Bb1 Rac8 23. Nf3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Bc3
Qe8 27. Ne5 Bb5 28. Qf3 Qe7 29. Rc1 Nh7 30. h4 Nf6 31. g3 Rc8
32. Re1 Rd8 33. Kg2 Be8 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Bd2 Rd8 36. Be3 Bxe3
37. Qxe3 Qb7 38. g4 Qb8 39. Qc3 Qd6 40. f3 Bb5 41. Qc7 Qd2+
42. Kg3 Be8 43. Qc3 Qd6 44. Qc7 Qd2 45. Qc3 Qd6 46. Qc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O
Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8. b4 Bb6 9. a4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bb2 Nf6
12. a5 Ba7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bd7
17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. Ndf3 c5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Ba3 c5
22. Qxd4 Bb5 23. Qc3 Rfd8 24. Bb2 Nh5 25. Nc4 Rab8 26. Ne3
Qxe4 27. Ng4 Qg6 28. Nh4 Qd3 29. Qe5 Qd5 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Qe7
Bc4 32. Rad1 Qxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 Ra8 35. N4f5 f6
36. f4 Bd5 37. Nf7+ Bxf7 38. Qxf7 c4 39. Qxh5 Bg1+ 40. Kg3
Rd3+ 41. Kg4 Rf8 42. Ne7 Bf2 43. Ng6+ Kg8 44. Ne7+ Kh8
45. Ng6+ Kg8 46. Nxf8 Rg3+ 47. Kf5 g6+ 48. Nxg6 hxg6+
49. Qxg6+ Rxg6 50. Kxg6 Be1 51. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qb3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6
12. Ng5 Re8 13. Re1 Nf8 14. f3 Bb7 15. Bf1 Rc8 16. Bb2 Qc7
17. c4 Red8 18. Rac1 Qf4 19. Nh3 Qc7 20. Nf2 Rd7 21. Ne4 Qd8
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. d5 Qg5 24. Re4 Qd8 25. Qc3 f6 26. dxe6 Re7
27. Rg4 Rxe6 28. Qa3 h5 29. Rd4 Qe7 30. Rcd1 Qxa3 31. Bxa3
Ree8 32. c5 bxc5 33. Rh4 g6 34. Ra4 a6 35. Bc4+ Kg7 36. Rb1
Rc7 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxb7+ Kh6 39. h4 a5 40. Ra7 Re1+ 41. Kh2
Ree5 42. Rf7 Nh7 43. Bb3 Re8 44. Rd4 Rf8 45. Ra7 f5 46. Rd6
Nf6 47. a4 f4 48. Rb6 Rc1 49. Bf7 Kg7 50. Be6+ Kh6 51. Rxa5
Rd8 52. Rb4 Rd6 53. Bb3 Rb1 54. Rab5 Rd3 55. Bc2 Rxb4 56. Rxb4
Rd2 57. Bb3 Rb2 58. Rb7 g5 1-0

[Event "Liga de Campeones"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qd2 Be7 12. a4
Nb6 13. a5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Qd3 Qc8 16. Na4 Rxc2 17. Nb6
Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. f4 O-O 21. f5 Bd7 22. Bg5
Bc6 23. Qe2 Qd8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rd1 Bg5 26. Nc5 Bf4 27. Nd3
Qg5 28. Nxf4 Qxf4 29. Re1 g6 30. Qd3 gxf5 31. Qxd6 fxe4
32. Nc4 Re8 33. Ne3 Qg5 34. Qc5 f5 35. Nc4 e3 36. Nxe3 f4
37. Qc4+ Kg7 38. h4 Qg6 39. Nd5 Qe6 40. Nb6 Qg4 41. Nd5 Qxh4
42. Re2 Qg4 43. Rd2 Qe6 44. Qc5 Qd7 45. Rd3 Qf7 46. Qd6 Qg6
47. Qc7+ Kh6 48. Nxf4 exf4 49. Qxf4+ Kh7 50. Rg3 Rf8 51. Qe5
Rf5 52. Qc7+ Qf7 53. Qd6 Rd5 54. Qb8 Rxa5 55. Qd8 Rd5 56. Qh4
Rf5 57. Kh2 Qf6 58. Qc4 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nf3
Nc6 8.Bf4 O-O 9.e3 h6 10.h4 Bg4 11.Rc1 e5 12.dxe5 Qe7 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Nb4 15.Qc4 Be6 16.Qxc7 Nd3+ 17.Kd2 Qb4+ 18.Qc3
Qxc3+ 19.Rxc3 Nxf2 20.Nd4 Nxh1 21.Bxh1 Rfd8 22.Rc7 Rac8
23.Rxb7 Bxa2 24.Rxa7 Be6 25.Rb7 Bf5 26.Bf3 Rc2+ 27.Ke1 Rc1+
28.Kf2 Be6 29.g4 Bc8 30.Rb8 Rf8 31.h5 g5 32.Bg3 Ra1 33.Rb6 Re8
34.Be2 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Rxh6 Re4 37.Bf3 Re5 38.Rc6 Be6
39.Nxe6 fxe6 40.Be2 Rb1 41.Rb6 Rd5 42.Bc4 Rd2+ 43.Kf3 Rbxb2
44.Rxe6 Rbc2 45.Rg6+ Kh8 46.Be6 Rc6 47.Ke4 Rd8 48.Kf5 Rc5+
49.Kf6 Rf8+ 50.Ke7 Rf3 51.Bf5 Re5+ 52.Kf7 Rfxf5+ 53.gxf5 Rxf5+
54.Ke6 Ra5 55.e4 Kh7 56.e5 Ra1 57.Rxg5 Kh6 58.Rg2 Kxh5 59.Kf6
Rf1+ 60.Ke7 Ra1 61.e6 Kh6 62.Kf7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Nd2
Ne8 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. O-O Ne5 15. Nb6 Nd7 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Re1
Nef6 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. Bf1 h6 20. Bd2 c4 21. a5 Nc5 22. e5 dxe5
23. Bxc4 Red8 24. Rc1 Ne8 25. Bf1 Nd6 26. b4 Nd7 27. b5 axb5
28. Nxb5 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Nxb5 30. Bxb5 Nf6 31. Qb2 Nxd5 32. Qb3
Qd6 33. Bc4 Rd7 34. Bb5 Rd8 35. Bc4 Rd7 36. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 h6 9. a5 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bg4
12. Ra4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qg3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5
17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Qxf4 19. Rxf4 Bd6 20. Re4+ Kf8 21. O-O
Kg7 22. Rfe1 Rhd8 23. Bc4 Rd7 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. Ba4 Re7 26. Rxe7
Bxe7 27. Re3 c4 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. b3 Rc5 30. Rxc4 Rxa5 31. Rc8+
Kg7 32. Rc7 Bd6 33. Rxb7 Rxd5 34. b4 h5 35. Bb3 Rf5 36. g3 Be5
37. Kg2 Bd4 38. Rd7 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Bb6 40. Rb7 Rf6+ 41. Kg2 Bd4
42. Rd7 Bc3 43. b5 axb5 44. Rd3 b4 45. Rf3 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Bd3 a6 8. h3 Ne7 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 g5 12. Nbd2
Nd7 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Bc3 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. e5
dxe5 18. Bxe5 Nexd5 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Nce5 Be6 21. Qb3 Ne3
22. Qb6 Ned5 23. Qxc5 Rc8 24. Qd4 Ng4 25. Rad1 b5 26. axb5
axb5 27. Qe4 Ndf6 28. Qe2 Qb6 29. Bb1 h5 30. Rd2 Re8 31. Qd3
Bh6 32. Qd4 Qb8 33. Rdd1 Bg7 34. Qd2 Qb6 35. Qd4 Qb8 36. Qd2
Qb6 37. Nxg4 hxg4 38. Qd4 Qb8 39. Ng5 Bb3 40. Rc1 Rd8 41. Qe3
Bd5 42. Rcd1 Re8 43. Qd3 Rxe1+ 44. Rxe1 Bc4 45. Qe3 Bh6
46. Qe5 Qxe5 47. Rxe5 g3 48. fxg3 Ng4 49. Rc5 Kg7 50. Be4 Nf6
51. Kh1 Nd7 52. Rf5 Nf6 53. Bc2 Ng4 54. b3 Ne3 55. Rc5 Be2
56. Nf3 Nf1 57. Nd4 Nxg3+ 58. Kh2 Bf4 59. Nxe2 Nxe2+ 60. Kh3
Nd4 61. Kg4 Bd2 62. Rd5 Be3 63. Be4 Kf6 64. Rh5 Bd2 65. Rd5
Be3 66. Bf5 b4 67. Bd3 Kg7 68. Rd7 Kf8 69. Be4 Ke8 70. Rb7 Bd2
71. Bd5 f6 72. Kh5 Nf5 73. g4 Ne7 74. Be6 Kf8 75. Rb8+ Kg7
76. Re8 Nc6 77. Rg8+ Kh7 78. Rc8 Ne5 79. Rc7+ Kh8 80. Rb7 Be1
81. g5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6
12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Re3 Qd7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Nh4 Rxe3
17. Qxe3 Qe6 18. Nf5 Rd8 19. Qg5 Bg6 20. Ne3 Be4 21. Re1 h6
22. Qh4 Qg6 23. Be2 Bxc2 24. Bh5 Qe4 25. Qg3 Bd3 26. f3 Qe7
27. Ng4 Qg5 28. f4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 Qc7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. a5 b5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rac8 17. c3
Qb7 18. Ra3 g6 19. Na1 Re8 20. Nc2 Bf8 21. Nb4 Bg7 22. Rc1 e4
23. f4 Ng4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. Rd1 Rc4 27. Qd2 Qc8
28. Raa1 g3 29. h3 Nh5 30. Rac1 Bh6 31. b3 Rc7 32. Nc6 Ng7
33. c4 bxc4 34. Rxc4 Qd7 35. Qc2 Rb7 36. b4 Nf5 37. Bc1 e3
38. Re1 Rb5 39. Qd3 f6 40. Re4 Rxe4 41. Qxe4 Qf7 42. Nd4 Qxd5
43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Nxf5 Qxf5 45. Qxe3 Rxb4 46. Qxg3 Re4 47. Rxe4
Qxe4 48. Qe3 f5 49. Qxe4 fxe4 50. Kf2 d5 51. g4 d4 52. Bb2 Bg7
53. Ba3 Kg8 54. h4 Kf7 55. Bc5 Ke6 56. h5 gxh5 57. gxh5 d3
58. Ke3 Bh6 59. Bb4 Kd5 60. Bd2 Bf8 61. Bc1 Bc5+ 62. Kd2 Kc4
63. h6 Bf2 64. Kd1 e3 65. Bxe3 Bxe3 66. h7 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Bd2 Nd4
14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Ne2 d5 16.Ng3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Bc8 18.c3 Bc5
19.Qf3 Be6 20.Nf5 Rc8 21.Red1 Re8 22.cxd4 Bxd4 23.Be3 Bxf5
24.Qxf5 g6 25.Qf3 Qb6 26.Rd2 Kg7 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Re1 Qd6 29.g3
Re7 30.Qd3 Rce8 31.Qxd4 Qxd4 32.Rxd4 Nxe4 33.Kg2 f5 34.Rc1 Nf6
35.Rd6 Re2 36.Rc7+ R8e7 37.Rxe7+ Rxe7 38.Be6 Ne4 39.Rc6 a5
40.h4 Nd2 41.b3 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Rb6 Ne4 44.f3 Nc5 45.Bc4
Re3 46.Rc6 Nd3 47.Rc7+ Kh8 48.f4 Nb2 49.Bf7 Rxa3 50.h5 gxh5
51.Kh3 Nd3 52.Kh4 Nf2 53.Be6 Ne4 54.Bxf5 Nxg3 55.Bxh7 Re3
56.Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6
12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qa5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qb4
Kf8 17. c4 Kg7 18. g3 Rh8 19. Rc1 Qc7 20. Bh3 Rce8 21. Rhd1
Re7 22. a3 Rd8 23. Nd2 Nbd7 24. Qc3 a5 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. f4
Nf6 27. Rf1 b6 28. h3 Qd7 29. f5 Rf8 30. Qe3 e4 31. g4 hxg4
32. hxg4 Re5 33. Rf4 Qd8 34. g5 Nh5 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rxe4 Rfe8
37. Ka2 a4 38. Rc3 Qc7 39. Qd4 Qc5 40. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.e5
Nd5 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nd6 Qb6 16.Bg4 Raf8 17.Qc2 Qxd4 18.Qg6 Qxg4
19.Qxg7+ Kd8 20.Nxb7+ Kc8 21.a4 b4 22.Rac1 c3 23.bxc3 b3 24.c4
Rfg8 25.Nd6+ Kc7 26.Qf7 Rf8 27.cxd5 Rxf7 28.Rxc6+ Kb8 29.Nxf7
Re8 30.Nd6 Rh8 31.Rc4 Qe2 32.dxe6 Nb6 33.Rb4 Ka8 34.e7 Nd5
35.Rxb3 Nxe7 36.Rfb1 Nd5 37.h3 h5 38.Nf7 Rc8 39.e6 a6 40.Nxg5
h4 41.Bd6 Rg8 42.R3b2 Qd3 43.e7 Nf6 44.Be5 Nd7 45.Ne6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3
bxc6 7. Nd2 Qxf3 8. gxf3 d5 9. Rg1 g6 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. h4 dxe4
12. fxe4 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Be3 a5 15. O-O-O Re8 16. Bg5 Nh5
17. a4 Kg7 18. Bd2 Bf4 19. Bd3 f6 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nf5+ Kf8
22. Bb5 Bxf5 23. Bxe8 Bxe4 24. Bb5 Bf5 25. Rge1 Bg3 26. Bh6+
Ng7 27. Rh1 Be6 28. Bd7 Ke7 29. Bc6 Rg8 30. Be3 Bd6 31. Rhe1
Rb8 32. Bd2 Be5 33. Bc3 Rb6 34. Bxe5 Rxc6 35. Bc3 Nf5 36. h5
gxh5 37. Bxa5 h4 38. b3 h3 39. Rd2 Nh4 40. Rf1 h5 41. c4 Ng2
42. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Nd2 Qe8 12.Kh1 Nh7 13.a3 h5
14.f3 Bh6 15.b3 Be3 16.Rb1 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4
Kh8 20.Bd3 Qg6 21.Qe2 Qh6 22.Rfd1 Rae8 23.Qe1 Rg8 24.Nf1 Bg5
25.Ne2 Rg7 26.Bxg5 Qxg5 27.Qf2 e4 28.f4 Qh6 29.Bc2 h4 30.h3
Nf6 31.Ne3 Nh5 32.Kh2 Ng3 33.Nd4 Reg8 34.Rd2 Qf6 35.Bd1 Ra8
36.Be2 Kh7 37.Bd1 Rf8 38.Qe1 Rfg8 39.Kg1 Rf7 40.Ndc2 Ba4
41.Nd4 Bd7 42.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Nd2 Nh5
12. Be3 Nd7 13. h3 Bxh3 14. Bxh3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Rxe3 16. Rf3
Bd4 17. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Nf1 Bh6 20. e4 a6 21. a4
Qb6 22. Qe2 c4 23. Nh2 Bg7 24. Rf1 Rf8 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Bxg4
Qc5 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Qf2 Qc7 29. Be2 Re7 30. Rc1 h5 31. Rc2 Re5
32. Bf3 Qe7 33. a5 Bf6 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ne2 Rg5 36. Rxc4 Bxb2
37. Nd4 Ba1 38. Ra4 Bc3 39. Qe3 Bb2 40. Rb4 Ba1 41. Rb1 Bxd4
42. Qxd4+ Re5 43. Kg2 h4 44. Rh1 hxg3 45. Qd2 g5 46. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. dxe5 Ng4
12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Na3 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxb5 d6 16. Nd4
Bxd4 17. cxd4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qxe4 19. Re1 Qb7 20. Re3 Be6 21. d5
Bd7 22. f3 Rfe8 23. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Qe3 O-O
12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. O-O Nd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 a5
17. Qe7 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Re4 Ra6 21. Rb1 Rg6
22. Re7 b6 23. Bf4 h5 24. Be4 Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bd6 Rf6
27. Rd1 Kf7 28. Bf4 Kg8 29. Bc7 Rf7 30. Bg6 a4 31. Bxh5 Nf6
32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Bxb6 Ba6 34. Bxc5 e5 35. a3 Bxc4 36.Bb4 e4
37.Kf1 1-0

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8
12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nd4 h6 14.Be3 Be7 15.f4 h5 16.Ne4 h4 17.c4 Rh5
18.Rd2 Nxe5 19.b3 f6 20.Re2 Nf7 21.Bf2 Kf8 22.Nf3 Re8 23.Nxh4
Rh6 24.Rd1 Bc8 25.Nf3 b6 26.Nd4 Nd8 27.Ng3 Bb4 28.a3 Rxe2
29.Ndxe2 Be7 30.b4 Kf7 31.Nd4 g6 32.f5 Rh8 33.fxg6+ Kxg6
34.Nge2 Kf7 35.Nf4 Rg8 36.Kf1 Bd6 37.Nd3 Ba6 38.Nf5 Bf8 39.Rc1
Bc8 40.Nd4 Bh6 41.Re1 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 b5 10.g5 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.Bd3
Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Be7 15.h4 a5 16.a3 a4 17.Nd2 Rb8 18.axb4 Rxb4
19.Qa3 Qb8 20.c3 Rxb2 21.Qxa4 Rb7 22.Ke2 Rc7 23.Rhb1 Qc8
24.Bb6 Rb7 25.Ba7 e4 26.fxe4 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 O-O 28.Qc6 Ne5
29.Qxc8 Rxc8 30.Rb8 Rxb8 31.Bxb8 Kf8 32.Nf3 Ng6 33.c4 Ke8
34.e5 Kd7 35.Kd3 h6 36.exd6 Bxd6 37.Bxd6 Kxd6 38.gxh6 gxh6
39.Kd4 f6 40.c5+ Kd7 41.Ke4 h5 42.d6 Ke6 43.Nd4+ Kd7 44.Nf5
Ne5 45.Kd5 Nc6 46.Nd4 1-0

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

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 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O
13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Bd7 16.O-O Ne7 17.Ra3 Nxd5
18.Bxd5 Rb8 19.b4 axb4 20.Nxb4 Qb6 21.Qe2 Bb5 22.Bc4 Rfc8
23.Bxb5 Qxb5 24.Qxb5 Rxb5 25.Rd1 g6 26.g3 Kg7 27.Nd5 Rc4
28.Ra7 Bd8 29.Rd7 Ba5 30.Re1 Bb6 31.Nxb6 Rxb6 32.Re3 Rc8
33.Rf3 Rf8 34.Kf1 g5 35.h4 g4 36.Rf5 h6 37.Ke2 Rc6 38.Kd2 Kg6
39.h5+ Kg7 40.Kd3 Rb6 41.Rc7 Rb1 42.Kc4 Rd1 43.Kb5 Kg8 44.Rf6
Rd2 45.Kc6 Kg7 46.Rg6+ Kh7 47.Rxg4 Rxf2 48.Kxd6 Re8 49.c4 Rd2+
50.Kc6 Rf8 51.c5 Rd4 52.Rb7 Kh8 53.Kb5 Rd1 54.c6 Rc1 55.Kb6
Rc8 56.c7 Re8 57.Ra7 Rb1+ 58.Kc5 Rc1+ 59.Kd5 Rc2 60.Ra6 Kh7
61.Rc6 Rd2+ 62.Kc5 Ra8 63.Rh4 1-0

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bd3 Nd7
7.Nxd7 Bxd7 8.O-O g6 9.Nd2 Bg7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Re1 Bg4 12.c3 c5
13.Be4 cxd4 14.cxd4 e6 15.Qb3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Bxd4 17.Bxd5 Qxd5
18.Qxd5 exd5 19.Rd1 Bg7 20.Kf1 Rfd8 21.Bg5 Rd7 22.Rd2 h6
23.Be3 d4 24.Rd3 Rc8 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Rb1 Re7 27.a4 f5 28.b3 Rec7
29.Be1 Kf7 30.Rd2 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.Ke2 Rb1 33.Rd3 Ke6 34.h4
Kd5 35.Bd2 Ke4 36.Rg3 f4 37.Rd3 Be5 38.f3+ Kd5 39.Be1 Bd6
40.Bd2 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Be1 g4 43.fxg4 Ke4 44.g5 0-1

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O
cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qd3 O-O 10.b3 d5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.Bd2 Rc8
13.e4 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Nxe4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qxe4 Bxd5 17.Qg4+ Ng6
18.h4 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Qf6 20.Qb7 Qe7 21.Qe4 Qc5 22.Rad1 Rfd8
23.Rfe1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rc7 25.Bf3 Qe5 26.Qb4 Qc3 27.Qg4 f5
28.Qh5 Qf6 29.Bg2 e5 30.Bh3 Rf7 31.Qe2 e4 32.Rd5 f4 33.Rf5
Qa1+ 34.Kh2 fxg3+ 35.fxg3 Rxf5 36.Bxf5 Nxh4 37.Bxe4 Qe5
38.Qg4+ Ng6 39.Bxg6 hxg6 40.Qd7+ Kh6 41.Qxa7 Qe2+ 42.Kh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7
12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Kh1 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. Qe2 Qb7 21. b3 h6
22. Bf2 Rd7 23. Rc2 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rad8 25. Rf1 Rd6 26. Qc2 Bf8
27. Nc6 Re8 28. b4 e5 29. Na5 Qb5 30. Bc5 Rd5 31. Bxf8 Rxf8
32. Re1 Rfd8 33. Nb3 Rd1 34. Qxd1 Rxd1 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rxd1
e4 37. fxe4 Ng4 38. Rc5 Qb8 0-1

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Nd5 14. e3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Nf5 16. Qc2 Rc8
17. Rd1 Qd7 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Bd6 20. Ne4 Rcd8 21. Bb2 Qf7
22. Rd2 Bd5 23. Re1 Bb8 24. Rde2 b6 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd5+
27. Kg1 b5 28. Nb3 Bd6 29. Na5 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. Qd3 Rfc8
32. Rec2 g6 33. Qf1 Kf7 34. Qg2 Ne7 35. Re1 h5 36. h4 f5
37. Bc1 f4 38. Rxe7+ Bxe7 39. Bxf4 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rd7 41. Nxc6
Kg7 42. d5 a6 43. Kf3 Bf6 44. Ke4 Re7+ 45. Kd3 Rd7 46. d6 Re8
47. Nd4 Kf7 48. Nf3 a5 49. Rc5 axb4 50. axb4 Rb7 51. Nd2 Ra8
52. Ne4 Bd8 53. Rd5 Ra3+ 54. Kd4 Rb3 55. Kc5 Ke6 56. Rd2 Rb1
57. Re2 Kd7 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Rd2 Rxd2+ 60. Bxd2 Ke8 61. Ke6
Rb6 62. Bg5 Rc6 63. Bxd8 Kxd8 64. Ng5 Ke8 65. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.29"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O
Bc5 7. Qd3 d6 8. Qc4 Qe7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd4
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. a4 a6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3
O-O-O 17. Rf2 Rdf8 18. Raf1 Rxf2 19. Rxf2 Kb8 20. b3 Qe7
21. Qe4 g6 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. c4 c6 24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. e4 Qg5
26. h3 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qe1 28. Rf1 Qd2 29. Qf8+ Rc8 30. Qe7 Qd3
31. Rf3 Qxe4 32. Qxd6+ Ka7 33. Rf7 h5 34. a5 g5 35. Qe6 Rg8
36. Rf6 Rh8 37. Qd5 Qxd5 38. cxd5 e4 39. Re6 Rd8 40. Re5 e3
41. Kg3 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. b4 b6 44. axb6+ Kxb6 45. Kxg4 Kb5
46. Re4 e2 47. Rxe2 Kxb4 48. Rd2 Kc5 49. Kh5 Rxd5+ 50. Rxd5+
Kxd5 51. g4 Ke6 52. Kh6 Kf7 53. Kh7 Kf6 54. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.01"]
[EventDate "2008.03.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.f3
O-O 14.Rfd1 Kh8 15.Kh1 Ne5 16.a3 bxa3 17.Rxa3 Rb8 18.Nc3 Ned7
19.Ra2 Nc5 20.Bc4 Qc7 21.b3 Bd7 22.Qe1 Rfc8 23.Rda1 Ne8
24.Nde2 Bf6 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Qb6 27.Qe3 Nc7 28.h3 h6 29.Ra5
Kg8 30.R1a2 Qb4 31.Nce2 Qb6 32.Nc3 Qb4 33.Nce2 Qb6 34.Ng3 d5
35.exd5 exd5 36.Ndf5 Re8 37.Qxc5 dxc4 38.bxc4 Bxf5 39.Nxf5 Re2
40.Qxb6 Rxb6 41.Kh2 Rd2 42.h4 Kh7 43.h5 Rf6 44.Re5 Ne6 45.Rxa6
Nd4 46.Rxf6 Nxf3+ 47.Kh3 Nxe5 48.Rd6 Rxc2 49.Rd5 Nxc4 50.Rc5
Ne3 51.Rxc2 Nxc2 52.g4 Ne1 53.Kg3 Nd3 54.Kf3 Kg8 55.Ke4 Nc5+
56.Kd5 Nd7 57.Ke4 Kf8 58.Kf4 Nc5 59.Ke5 Ne6 60.Kd5 Ke8 61.Ke5
Kf8 62.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.03"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 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. Bd3 Rc8 21. f4 Nc4
22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxf6 Bxd5 24. exd5 Ng4 25. Qf4 Nxh6 26. Qxh6
Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Qe3 28. Qh4 Re5 29. Qf6 Ree8 30. Bxg6 hxg6
31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.04"]
[EventDate "2008.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Be6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4
13.Qxd4 c6 14.a5 Nc5 15.Qe5 Nb3 16.Ra4 Bd6 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6
Be5 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Be3 Nxa5 21.f4 Bg7 22.Qh4 Bb3 23.Rd4 Rad8
24.e5 Rxd4 25.Bxd4 c5 26.Be3 f6 27.Nb5 Qd8 28.f5 fxe5 29.Bg5
Qb6 30.f6 c4+ 31.Kh1 Qxb5 32.fxg7 Rxf1+ 33.Bxf1 Kxg7 34.Bd8
Nc6 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Qe6+ Kf8 37.Bg5 1-0

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.06"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.c3 Qd7 12.Nxe5 Nxe5
13.Rxe5 Rad8 14.Qg4 f5 15.Qg3 Bf6 16.Re1 Kh8 17.Nd2 b4 18.Nf3
bxc3 19.d4 f4 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 g5 22.Ne5 Kg7 23.bxc3 Nxc3
24.Bb2 Nd5 25.Rac1 Rfe8 26.Ba3 Re6 27.Rc2 Be7 28.Bxd5 Bxd5
29.Rxc7 Re8 30.Rd7 Bxa2 31.Rc1 Kg8 32.Rcc7 Bf6 33.Nc6 Re1+
34.Kh2 Be6 35.Rd6 Bg7 36.Ne7+ Kh8 37.Nf5 Bf8 38.Rxa6 Bxf5
39.Bxf8 Rxf8 40.gxf5 Kg8 41.f6 Re4 42.Rg7+ Kh8 43.Re7 Rxe7
44.fxe7 Re8 45.Ra7 Kg7 46.d5 Kf7 47.d6 Rb8 48.Rc7 1-0

[Event "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.07"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb6
12. Qxd6 Be7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Qd2 Qxf2 16. Bc4
Qh4 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. a3 Bf6 19. Kb1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. g3
Qg5 22. Rhf1 Qe3 23. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bc6 Nb6 15. Rd1 Qd6 16. Bg2 e5
17. Nc3 f5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qf6 21. e3 g6
22. Rad1 Bh6 23. Rd7 Bg7 24. b3 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc7
Rbc8 27. Rcd7 Bb4 28. Bb7 Rc2 29. Bxa6 Rxa2 30. Bxb5 Bc3
31. Kg2 Raa8 32. h4 Bf6 33. Bc4 Kh8 34. b4 Rab8 35. b5 Rfc8
36. Bd3 Rd8 37. Be2 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Rd8 39. Rf7 Rd6 40. h5 Bg5
41. f4 Bh6 42. Rc7 Rd2 43. Kf3 Rb2 44. Rc6 Kg7 45. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7
7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O Ncb6 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 Nc4 11. Bd3 Bg4
12. Qe2 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxc4
Bxf3 17. gxf3 b5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Na5 Rd8 21. Qe4
Nd5 22. Ra1 Rd7 23. Nb3 Ra7 24. Rxa7 Qxa7 25. Qe1 h5 26. Qa1
Qb7 27. Nc1 c5 28. dxc5 Bxc5 29. Nd3 Bb6 30. Qe1 Qc6 31. c3
Qc4 32. Qe4 Qb3 33. Qe2 Qc2 34. Kf1 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2 36. Kf1
Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qc2 38. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6
7. Nge2 Ne7 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nf6
12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. e4 d4 16. Nce2 Qb6
17. Nxd4 Ng4 18. h3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Bc2 N7g6 21. Bb3 a5
22. Ngf5 a4 23. Bd5 a3 24. b3 Nf4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Qe3 Nxg2
27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Qg3 Qc5 29. Qxe5 Qc3 30. Nc6 Qf3 31. Nb4 Nf4
32. Rhg1 f6 33. Qe7 Bg4 34. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 c5 12. Bd2
Ra6 13. Rb1 h6 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. g3 Ne8 16. Nh4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5
18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. f3 h5 20. Kh1 Kg8 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. f4 Bxg5
23. fxg5 Ng7 24. g6 Qe7 25. Qh6 Ne8 26. Bxh5 Qg7 27. Qg5 Qf6
28. Qd2 Qh8 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Qg5 Qh6 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. g4 f4
33. Bd3 Qg7 34. Qg5 Nf6 35. h3 Qe7 36. Qh6 Qg7 37. g5 Ne8
38. h4 f3 39. Qh5 Qh8 40. Qxh8+ Kxh8 41. Be4 Ng7 42. Rxf3 Rxf3
43. Bxf3 Nf5 44. h5 Kg7 45. Kh2 b6 46. Be4 Kg8 47. h6 Ne3
48. Re1 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Ne4 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. c6 Qxc6
17. Qxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Nd7 Rfe8 20. Nb6 Rc2 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Bxb2 25. Bxe4 Bxc1
26. Rd7 Kf8 27. Bc6 Re6 28. Rc7 Bb2 29. e4 g5 30. Kg2 Be5
31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Bd5 Re7 33. Ra8 Rc7 34. Rxa6 Rc2 35. Ra3 Bd4
36. Rf3 f6 37. h4 h6 38. Rf5 b4 39. h5 Kf8 40. Kf1 Ke7 41. Bb3
Rc5 42. Rd5 Rxd5 43. exd5 f5 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. f3 Be5 46. g4
fxg4 47. fxg4 Ke7 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Kc4 Kf6 50. Kb5 Ke5 51. Kc6
Bf8 52. Kd7 Bd6 53. Ke8 Kf6 54. Bc2 Bc5 55. Bf5 Bd6 56. Kd7
Ke5 57. Be6 Bc5 58. Bg8 Bd6 59. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Qe2 O-O
17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 20. Bf4 Nf6 21. Qe3 Qb6
22. Be5 Qa6 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. dxc5 Ng4 25. Qd4 Nxe5 26. Nxe5
Bxc5 27. Qd7 Rf8 28. Rc2 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Nd3 Rfd8 31. b3
Ba3 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. Re2 Rcd8 34. Kc2 Bb4 35. Nf3 a5 36. Rh4
Rd1 37. Kb2 Be7 38. Rhe4 Rf1 39. Kc2 Ra1 40. Kb2 Rdd1 41. Re1
Rab1+ 42. Kc2 Rbc1+ 43. Kb2 Bc5 44. R4e2 Rb1+ 45. Kc2 Rbc1+
46. Kb2 Rb1+ 47. Kc2 Rbc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. h5 Bh7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Ngf6
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ne5
Rac8 17. Kb1 Bd6 18. Bc3 Nb6 19. Bd4 Nbd5 20. Ne4 Nxe4
21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qf3 Qxc2+ 23. Ka1 Qa4 24. Kb1 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Nb4
26. Bc3 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Nxa2 28. Rd2 Qa4 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4
12. Rfd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 b6
16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qg5 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Rc3 f5
21. exf5 Qxf5 22. h3 Rf8 23. b4 Qg5 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. Rc4 Qe3+
26. Kh2 Qe2 27. Rdc1 Qxa2 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Qxd5 30. Rxa7
Qe5+ 31. Qg3 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nd5 d3
12. Bxd3 c6 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Bf1 Nc5 16. Qxd6
Nxe4 17. Qa3 f5 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bf4 Nd7 20. Qxa7 Bxb2 21. Rab1
Bg7 22. Qxb7 Ndc5 23. Qb6 Rf7 24. Ng5 Rb7 25. Qxb7 Nxb7
26. Rxb7 Kg8 27. c5 h6 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Be5 hxg5 30. Bxg7+ Kh7
31. Bf8+ Kh8 32. Be7 Rb8 33. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bh5
12. Rb1 Rb8 13. h3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Re3 f6 16. Qd2 Rfe8
17. Nh4 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Re8 19. Qd2 Nd8 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Qf4 Bg6
22. h4 Kh8 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Qf3 b6 25. g3 Nb7 26. Kg2 Bxf5
27. Qxf5 g6 28. Qf3 Nd6 29. h5 g5 30. g4 Qe6 31. h6 Re7
32. Rh1 Kg8 33. Qd1 c6 34. Rh3 Qe1 35. Qf3 Qe6 36. Qd1 Qe1
37. Qf3 Qe6 38. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. O-O Bd6
7. c4 Nge7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 f6 10. h3 a6 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 g5 14. Nc5 Ng6 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Bd2 Bf5
17. Rac1 h5 18. Re3 g4 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Ne1 Qh7
22. Rg3 Rac8 23. Qxa6 Rf7 24. Ned3 Qh4 25. Re3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1
Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Bxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Re8 29. Be3 Nf4 30. Ke1 Nxg2+
31. Kd1 Qg1+ 32. Kc2 Ne1+ 33. Kd2 Nf3+ 34. Kc2 Qf1 35. Ra3
Qxa6 36. Rxa6 g3 37. fxg3 Rxe3 38. Rcxc6 Nxd4+ 39. Kd2 Rfe7
40. Rxf6 Nf3+ 41. Kd1 d4 42. Rg6+ Kf8 43. Rgf6+ Rf7 44. Rg6
Rc7 45. Rae6 Re7 46. Ref6+ Ke8 47. Ra6 Rc7 48. Rae6+ Re7
49. Ra6 Rd3+ 50. Kc2 Ne1+ 51. Kc1 Rc7+ 52. Rac6 Rxc6+ 53. Rxc6
Nf3 54. Re6+ Kd7 55. Re2 Re3 56. Kd1 Rxe2 57. Kxe2 Ne5 58. a4
Kc6 59. a5 Ng4 60. a6 Ne5 61. b4 Kb6 62. b5 Ka7 63. g4 Nxg4
64. Kd3 Ne5+ 65. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. O-O d4 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Rd1 e5
12. e3 Bg4 13. exd4 e4 14. Ng5 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 a5 16. a4 Re8
17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Bd5 Rc8 20. Bd2 Bxd4 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Qxd4 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Kg2 Qb4
26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. Bd5 Qxa4 28. Qg4 Rf8 29. Bxb7 Qb4 30. Bf3
Qxb2 31. c5 Qc3 32. c6 g6 33. h4 Qf6 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Rf7
36. Qg4 Rf8 37. Qe4 Rf7 38. Qe3 Kg7 39. Be4 Qe5 40. Qe2 Rc7
41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Qh4 Qd6 43. Qh5 Qf6 44. Qd5 Kg7 45. g4 h6
46. Kg3 Qc3+ 47. Kg2 Qf6 48. Bf3 Rf7 49. Qd3 Qf4 50. Qc3+ Kh7
51. Qd3+ Kg7 52. Qe2 Qf6 53. Bd5 Re7 54. Qc4 Qe5 55. Qd3 Qf6
56. Qg3 Qd4 57. Bf3 Qc5 58. Qb8 Qc3 59. Bd5 Qc5 60. Qg8+ Kf6
61. Qh8+ Kg6 62. Bf3 Qe5 63. Qg8+ Rg7 64. Qh8 Re7 65. Qf8 Rc7
66. Qd8 Qe7 67. Qg8+ Kf6 68. Qd5 Kg7 69. Be4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nh3 Bd6
7. g3 Be5 8. Bd2 exd5 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Na6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nf4 Qf6 15. Qd4 Nc5 16. h4 Rae8
17. Rad1 Ne4 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qb4 a5 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21. c4 Ne4
22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. c5 b5 24. c6 dxc6 25. dxc6 Bc8 26. Rc5 Rf5
27. Rxf5 Bxf5 28. Rd1 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rd5 Be6 31. Rb5 b3
32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxb3 Rxc6 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Rb4 Re6 36. Rc4 c6
37. g4 Kf6 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Kg3 Kd6 40. Ra5 Re7 41. Kf4 c5
42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Ra4 Rb7 44. h5 g5 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Rxe4 Rb3+
47. Kf4 Rb4 48. Rxb4 cxb4 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Kd2 Kb3 51. f4 Ka2
52. f5 gxf5 53. gxf5 b3 54. f6 b2 55. f7 b1=Q 56. f8=Q Qb2+
57. Ke1 Qa1+ 58. Kf2 Qd4+ 59. Kg2 Qg4+ 60. Kf1 Qh3+ 61. Ke1
Qc3+ 62. Kf2 Qd4+ 63. e3 Qd2+ 64. Kf3 Qd1+ 65. Kg2 Qg4+
66. Kf2 Qh4+ 67. Ke2 Qc4+ 68. Kd2 Qd5+ 69. Ke1 Kb3 70. Qf4 Kc3
71. Ke2 Qg2+ 72. Qf2 Qg6 73. Qe1+ Kc4 74. Qh4+ Kd5 75. Qd4+
Kc6 76. Kf3 Qh5+ 77. Kf4 Qh4+ 78. Ke5 Qh8+ 79. Ke6 Qe8+
80. Kf6 Qh8+ 81. Ke6 Qe8+ 82. Kf5 Qh5+ 83. Ke4 Qh1+ 84. Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Rg1 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 e4 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Nh4
a6 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Nbd6 Bxd6 15. Nxd6 Nb8 16. Qxc8 Qxd6
17. Qf5 g6 18. Qe5 Qb6 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qf5 Qxb2 21. Rd1 Ne8
22. Qxd5 Nc6 23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Qc5 Kg7 25. Bb3 Nd7 26. Qf5 Rad8
27. h4 Ne7 28. Qxe4 Ng6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Qxb7 Nf6 31. Qxa6
Nh4 32. Qa5 Nf3+ 33. Ke2 Nxg1+ 34. Rxg1 Nh7 35. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Rhe1 a5
17. Kb1 O-O 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bb4 20. f4 Rfe8 21. a3 Bxd2
22. Rxd2 c5 23. Red1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc5 25. Qe3 a4 26. Ne2 Nb3
27. R4d3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 b5 29. cxb5 Nd5 30. Qf2 Qb7 31. b6 Nxb6
32. Nc3 Rc8 33. f5 Nd5 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Qe1 Nxc3+ 36. Rxc3
Rd8 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Nxd3 Qd5 39. Kc2 Qxg2+ 40. Kc3 Qc6+
41. Kb4 Nd4 42. Qe5 Qd7 43. Qe4 Nc6+ 44. Kc3 Ne7 45. Nc5 Nd5+
46. Kd4 Qf7 47. Nxe6 Nb6 48. Kc5 Nd7+ 49. Kb4 Qxh5 50. Kxa4
Qd1+ 51. b3 Qd6 52. b4 Nb6+ 53. Kb5 Nd5 54. Kc4 Nb6+ 55. Kb5
Nd5 56. Kc4 Nb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "203"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7
7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8
12. Qf5 g6 13. Qh3 Bg7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Ne2 Re8
17. Ba5 Qd6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd3 Rc4 20. Nd4 h6 21. Bf3 Ne4
22. Qg2 Ng5 23. b3 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. Rac1 Nd7 26. h4
Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rde4 28. Rc7 Ba8 29. Ra7 Nf6 30. Bc7 Qe6
31. Nc5 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Rxe1 Rxe1 34. Rxa8+ Qxa8 35. Qxf6
d4+ 36. f3 Re2+ 37. Kf1 d3 38. Nxd3 Re3 39. Ne1 Qe8 40. Ng2
Re6 41. Qf4 Qc6 42. Be5 b4 43. Bd4 Qd6 44. Kf2 a5 45. Ne3 Qxf4
46. gxf4 Rd6 47. Nc2 Rc6 48. Ne1 Rd6 49. Ke3 Rd5 50. Ng2 Kf8
51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Kc4 Rh5 53. Bf2 Kd6 54. Ne1 Kc6 55. Nc2 Kd6
56. Ne1 Kc6 57. Nd3 f6 58. Nc5 Rf5 59. Nd3 Rh5 60. Bg3 Rf5
61. Be1 Rh5 62. Bf2 Rf5 63. Kd4 Rh5 64. Ke4 Kb5 65. Nb2 Kc6
66. Nc4 Rd5 67. Bd4 f5+ 68. Kd3 Kb5 69. Ne5 Rd6 70. Nf7 Rc6
71. Nxh6 Rc1 72. Nf7 a4 73. Ne5 Rd1+ 74. Ke3 Rg1 75. bxa4+
Kxa4 76. Nd3 Rh1 77. Bc5 b3 78. axb3+ Kxb3 79. Be7 Rg1 80. Kf2
Ra1 81. Ne5 Ra6 82. Kg3 Kc3 83. Bg5 Kd4 84. h5 gxh5 85. Kh4
Ke3 86. Kxh5 Re6 87. Kh4 Ra6 88. Kg3 Ra1 89. Nc4+ Ke2 90. Kg2
Rf1 91. Nd6 Rf2+ 92. Kg3 Rxf3+ 93. Kh4 Rf1 94. Nxf5 Kf3
95. Kh5 Rb1 96. Nh4+ Ke4 97. f5 Ke5 98. f6 Rb8 99. Kh6 Ke6
100. Kg7 Rb7+ 101. Kg6 Rb8 102. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 Be7
7. Qd3 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxc5 10. Qd1 exd5 11. Nf3 Nce4
12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Nd4 Be4 15. Bh3 Bc5 16. a4 Re8
17. Nb3 Bd6 18. Be3 Bg6 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Nxe4 Bxe4
22. a5 Bc5 23. e3 h6 24. Qb3 Re7 25. Rfd1 Qc6 26. c4 dxc4
27. Qxc4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qb5 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qa6 31. Qc5
Rae8 32. Rab1 Re5 33. Rd5 Qe6 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nh4 d6 11. Nf5 Re8
12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. O-O b5 14. Bg5 Nc7 15. Qf5 Qd7 16. Qxd7
Nxd7 17. Ne4 Bxd5 18. Nxd6 Rxe2 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxd5 Rb8
21. Rfe1 Nd4 22. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 Rxb2 24. Re1 h6 25. Bxh6
gxh6 26. Rxe2 Rb1+ 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Nb6 29. Bb3 Kf8
30. Kd2 Nc8 31. Kd3 Nd6 32. g4 Kg7 33. f4 Kg6 34. Bc2 f5
35. h3 Kf6 36. Kc3 Ne4+ 37. Kc4 Nf2 38. Bxf5 Nxh3 39. Bc2 Nxf4
40. Kxc5 Kg5 41. Bd1 Nd3+ 42. Kb5 Nf2 43. Bf3 Kf4 44. Bb7 Nxg4
45. Ka6 Ke5 46. Kxa7 Kd6 47. Kb6 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Ne2 Nfd7
12. Bc3 O-O 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. O-O Nc5 16. Nd4
Nxd3 17. Nxc6 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bc5 20. Bd4 Rfc8
21. Bxc5 Rxc6 22. Ba3 Bxc4 23. Rc2 b5 24. Rd7 a5 25. Bd6 h5
26. Kf2 Bd5 27. Rxc6 Bxc6 28. Rc7 Bxe4 29. e6 f6 30. a3 Bd5
31. e7 Kf7 32. Ke3 Be6 33. Kd4 Bg4 34. Kc3 g5 35. h4 gxh4
36. gxh4 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 38. Bc7 a4 39. Bd6 Bd7 40. Kd4 Be8
41. Kd5 Bd7 42. Bb4 Ke8 43. Kd6 Bg4 44. Kc6 Be2 45. Kd6 Bc4
46. Bc5 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc7
7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 c5 14. Rg4 cxd4 15. Rxg7 Be5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5 17. Bh6 Qf6 18. Qh3 O-O-O 19. Qh5 Ne5 20. Rg5 Nd3 21. Qh4
Qe7 22. Qg3 Nc5 23. Qa3 b6 24. b4 Ne4 25. Re5 Qb7 26. c5 Nc3
27. Bd2 Rhg8 28. g3 Nb5 29. Qd3 Kb8 30. a4 Nc7 31. Rc1 f6
32. cxb6 Qxb6 33. Rec5 Rg7 34. Rc6 Qb7 35. b5 axb5 36. Ba5 Nd5
37. Bxd8 Nb4 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6
7. Nf3 h6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f5
12. Qc2 Bf6 13. Rad1 g6 14. Rfe1 Kg7 15. b4 a6 16. Bf1 f4
17. h3 dxc4 18. d5 Bf5 19. Qc1 Na7 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Ne6+ Bxe6
22. dxe6 Qc8 23. Rd7 Kh8 24. Qxf4 Bg7 25. Rxf7 Qc6 26. e7 Rxf7
27. Qxf7 Re8 28. Re6 Qd7 29. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Kb1 Rd8 13. g4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Be2 Nfd5 16. Nxd5
exd5 17. f4 g5 18. h3 Rd6 19. Bc1 Rdh6 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. Qc2 Re6
22. Bd3 Reh6 23. Qg2 Rh4 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 gxf4 26. Bxf4
Nd5 27. Bc1 g6 28. Qf3 O-O 29. Rhe1 Bd8 30. Qb3 b5 31. Qf3 Kg7
32. Qg3 Rfh8 33. Bg2 Bc7 34. Qf3 Bd8 35. Rf1 a5 36. Rf2 a4
37. Rdf1 Rf8 38. Qg3 Qe6 39. Qe5+ Qxe5 40. dxe5 Be7 41. Rc2
Nb4 42. Rc3 c5 43. a3 Na6 44. Rd3 Nb8 45. Be3 Rhh8 46. Rd5 Rc8
47. e6 fxe6 48. Re5 Rhf8 49. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 50. Bxf1 Kf7 51. Rb6
Nd7 52. Rb7 Nf6 53. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XIV"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[EventDate "2008.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. cxd5 g5 9. Bg3 Nxd5 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6
12. h4 g4 13. Ne5 f5 14. Bc4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 b5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5
17. O-O Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Bb7 19. f3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. fxg4
Rxc3 22. bxc3 Rg8 23. g5 h5 24. Re1 Qc4 25. d5 Bxd5 26. Qf2
Kg6 27. Bd4 Qxa2 28. Re2 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qd1 30. Qe3 Be4 31. Be5
Qd3 32. Qf2 Qd5 33. Bg3 Rd8 34. Qxa7 Rd7 35. Qb8 Rd8 36. Qb6
Rd7 37. Qa6 Qc4 38. Rf2 Rd3 39. Qa7 Qxc3 40. Qb8 Qg7 41. Be5
Rd8 42. Qxd8 Qxe5+ 43. g3 Bd5 44. Qg8+ Qg7 45. Qe8+ Qf7
46. Qxb5 Qa7 47. Qb2 Kh7 48. Rc2 Be4 49. Rc8 e5 50. Qe2 Kg7
51. Qd2 Qa4 52. Rd8 Bc6 53. Qe2 Qa1 54. Rd1 Qc3 55. Qf2 Qb4
56. Rc1 Bb7 57. Qa2 Qd6 58. Qb2 Kg6 59. Rc2 f4 60. Qxb7 Qd3
61. Rc6+ Kf5 62. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XIV"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[EventDate "2008.04.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4
Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. d5 bxc3 15. bxc3 c6 16. c4 Qc7 17. Ra3 Reb8
18. Nh4 Bc8 19. Rg3 Qd8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 cxd5 22. cxd5
Rb4 23. Nf3 Rc8 24. Bg5 Nc4 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Ng5 Be7 27. Qh5
h6 28. Ne4 Qh4 29. Qe2 h5 30. f6 Bxf6 31. Qxh5 Be7 32. Qf5
Rcb8 33. Rg4 Qh6 34. Ng3 g6 35. Qd7 Kf8 36. Qc7 Qd2 37. Re2
Qxd5 38. Be4 Qa5 39. Qxa5 Nxa5 40. Bd5 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Rd1
42. Bf3 Rc1 43. h4 Nc6 44. h5 gxh5 45. Nxh5 Nd4 46. Rxd4 exd4
47. Nf4 Bg5 48. Kg3 Bxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Rb4 50. Kf5 Rc5+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas XIV"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[EventDate "2008.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5
7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Nc3 d5 11. a3 dxc4
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxb7 Ra7 15. Bg2 c5 16. d5 Nc7
17. Rad1 exd5 18. Nxd5 b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nb6 Qe7 21. Nxc4 Rb8
22. e3 g6 23. Qxa4 Rb4 24. Qc2 Bf6 25. Bh3 Nb5 26. Rd5 a4
27. Rfd1 Nc3 28. bxc3 Rxc4 29. Rd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Qe8 31. Qa2
Rxc3 32. Qxa4 c4 33. Qc6 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 c3 35. Rd6 Qxc6+
36. Rxc6 Rd1 37. Bg4 Rb1 38. Bf3 Be5 39. Rc5 f5 40. h4 Kg7
41. h5 Kf6 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Bd5 Rb2 44. Bc4 Rd2 45. Bb3 Rb2
46. Bd1 g5 47. g4 Rd2 48. Ba4 fxg4 49. Kf1 Ke6 50. Rc4 g3
51. fxg3 Rb2 52. e4 g4 53. Rc6+ Ke7 54. Rc5 Bd4 55. Rc4 Rd2
56. Rc6 Rd3 57. Rc4 Be5 58. Rc5 Bd4 59. Rd5 Rf3+ 60. Ke2 Re3+
61. Kd1 Bf6 62. e5 Bxe5 63. Bd7 Rxg3 64. Bxg4 Rg1+ 65. Kc2
Rg2+ 66. Kb3 Rb2+ 67. Ka4 c2 68. Rxe5+ Kd6 69. Re1 Rb1 70. Bf5
Rxe1 71. Bxc2 Kc5 72. Kb3 Kd4 73. Bg6 Re6 74. Bh7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XIV"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[EventDate "2008.04.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. d4
Qc7 13. d5 Bd7 14. b3 c4 15. b4 Nb7 16. Rb1 a5 17. a3 axb4
18. axb4 Ra2 19. Nf1 Rea8 20. h3 Nd8 21. g4 h5 22. g5 Nh7
23. Kh2 Qc8 24. h4 f6 25. g6 Nf8 26. Ne3 Bg4 27. Rg1 Rxc2
28. Qxc2 Bxf3 29. Nf5 Nc6 30. dxc6 Bd8 31. Rg3 Bg4 32. Rxg4
hxg4 33. Qd1 Qxc6 34. Qxg4 d5 35. Bh6 Ra2 36. exd5 Qe8 37. Be3
Qxg6 38. Qxg6 Nxg6 39. Rg1 Ne7 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XIV"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[EventDate "2008.04.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Kg7 14. a4 a5 15. Nc4 Qc8 16. Nxb6 cxb6
17. f4 Nxe4 18. d5 Nc5 19. Qg3 Ne4 20. Bf6+ Kxf6 21. fxe5+ Ke7
22. Qh4+ f6 23. exf6+ Kd8 24. Qxe4 Bd7 25. Qe7+ Kc7 26. Rf4
Qe8 27. Re1 Qxe7 28. Rc4+ Kb8 29. Rxe7 Bf5 30. Rcc7 Rxf6
31. Rxb7+ Kc8 32. Rec7+ Kd8 33. Rg7 Kc8 34. Rxb6 Bd7 35. c4
Kc7 36. Rc6+ Kd8 37. Rg8+ Be8 38. c5 Ke7 39. Rc7+ Kd8 40. Rh7
dxc5 41. d6 Rxd6 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. Rh8+ Kd7 44. Rxa8 Rd1+
45. Kf2 Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Rd3+ 47. Kf4 Rb3 48. Rxa5 Rxb2 49. Kf3
Kd6 50. Ra8 c4 51. Rc8 Kd5 52. h4 Ra2 53. h5 Rxa4 54. h6 Ra7
55. g4 Ke5 56. g5 Kf5 57. Rc5+ Kg6 58. Kg4 Ra1 59. Rc6+ Kh7
60. Rc7+ Kg8 61. Kh5 c3 62. Rxc3 Ra6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas XIV"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[EventDate "2008.04.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Nh4
Bd7 12. c4 Re8 13. Rb1 b6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. c5 Bf5
17. Rb3 Be4 18. Rc3 Qd5 19. Qb3 Rad8 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. Qxd5
Bxd5 22. Rd1 h6 23. h4 Ne7 24. Rc7 Nf5 25. Bf4 a5 26. a4 Bb3
27. Rb1 Bxa4 28. Rxb6 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Rbb7 Re1+ 31. Kh2
Be8 32. Rc2 a4 33. Rd2 a3 34. Rb3 Bf6 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. Rxa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XIV"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[EventDate "2008.04.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxe5 Re8 15. h3 f6 16. Bh2
Rxe4 17. Nbd2 Re8 18. a4 a5 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 b5 23. Nd4 bxa4 24. Nxc6 Bb5 25. Ne7+ Kf7
26. Nf5 Kg6 27. g4 Ng7 28. Nd6 Bc6 29. Re7 h5 30. c4 hxg4
31. hxg4 Rh8 32. Ne4 Rd8 33. Nd6 Rh8 34. f4 gxf4 35. Bxf4 Rh1+
36. Kf2 Rb1 37. Re2 Bd7 38. Kg3 Rg1+ 39. Rg2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2
Bxg4 41. Bd2 Bd7 42. Bxa5 f5 43. Bd2 Bc6+ 44. Kg3 Nh5+ 45. Kf2
Nf6 46. Ke3 Ne4 47. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas XIV"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[EventDate "2008.04.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7
7. h3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Na3 b5
12. Nc2 Qf6 13. Qe2 h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Rad8 16. Bxd5
Bxd5 17. e4 Be6 18. Qe3 Qg6 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Rfe8 21. Qc3
Bc8 22. d5 Ne7 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Nb4 Bb7 25. Rac1 f5 26. Nec6
Nxc6 27. dxc6 Bc8 28. Rcd1 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd6
31. e5 Rdd8 32. Qc5 Kh7 33. Qa7 Re7 34. Qb8 f4 35. e6 f3
36. gxf3 a5 37. Nd5 Rxd5 38. Qxc8 Rd6 39. Qa6 Rd5 40. Qxa5
Rxe6 41. Qxc7 Rc5 42. Qd7 Rexc6 43. h4 Rf6 44. Kg3 h5 45. a3
Rg6+ 46. Kf2 Rc2+ 47. Ke3 Rxb2 48. Qf5 Kh6 49. Qf4+ Kh7
50. Qf5 Kh6 51. Kd4 Rb3 52. Kd5 Rxa3 53. Qf8 Rd3+ 54. Ke4 Rgd6
55. Qh8+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Kf6 57. Qe5+ Kf7 58. Qxh5+ g6 59. Qxb5
Rd1 60. Qb3+ Kf6 61. Qb2+ Kf7 62. Kf4 R1d5 63. Qb7+ Rd7
64. Qb3 Kg7 65. Qc3+ Kh7 66. Kg4 Rf7 67. f4 Rdf5 68. Qd4 Rxf4+
69. Qxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Be7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Bc3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. N2f3 Bg4 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Qa4
Bxf3 17. exf3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qd7 19. b4 b6 20. Rac1 Rbc8
21. Bb2 Rfd8 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. b5 Ne7 25. Qb3 Nf5
26. a4 h5 27. h3 Qe6 28. Kg2 Qe2 29. g4 Nh4+ 30. Kg3 Ng6
31. gxh5 Ne7 32. Kg2 Nf5 33. Bd4 Qe7 34. Qd3 Qg5+ 35. Kh2 Re8
36. Bb2 Re3 37. fxe3 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 Nxe3 40. Rd2
Qg3+ 41. Kh1 Qxh3+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qxd2+
45. Qxd2 Nf1+ 46. Kg2 Nxd2 47. Be5 Ne4 48. Kf3 Nc5 49. Ke3
Nxa4 50. Kd4 Nc5 51. Kxd5 a6 52. bxa6 Nxa6 53. Kc6 Nc5 54. Bc7
Kh7 55. Bxb6 Ne4 56. Be3 Nf6 57. Kd6 Nxh5 58. Ke5 Kg6 59. Bd2
f5 60. Be1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.09"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7
12. Bf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Ne2 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. b3 Bb5
17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Ra2 Nb8 21. O-O Nc6
22. Qd2 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Raa1 Rca8 26. Rad1
Rxa3 27. Bxb5 Nb4 28. c4 R8a5 29. f5 exf5 30. g4 Rxb3 31. gxf5
Re3 32. Rb1 Nd3 33. e6 d4 34. Be8 Nc5 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. f6
gxf6 37. Rxf6 Ke7 38. Rh6 d3 39. Rxh7 d2 40. Rg1 Re1 41. Bh5+
Kxe6 42. Rhg7 Ne4 43. R7g6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. g3 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nc5
12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. c4 a5
17. Qc2 g6 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. g4 Rfd8 21. Qf2 Be8
22. f5 Qxe5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Rde1 Qxg4 26. Bd4
Qh4 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Re1 Qg5 29. Re5 Qc1+ 30. Re1 Qg5 31. Re5
f5 32. h4 Qg4 33. Kh2 dxc4 34. Bh3 Qd1 35. Re1 Rxd4 36. Rxd1
Rxd1 37. Bf1 Bf7 38. Be2 0-1

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. a3 Be7 8. Qa4 a6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. b4
a5 13. O-O axb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nxb5 c5 16. dxc5 Rxa1
17. Rxa1 Bxc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Bxf3
21. Bxf3 Ne5 22. Bb7 Bd4 23. Rc1 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rb8 25. Rc8+
Rxc8 26. Bxc8 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7
12. Na2 Be7 13. f3 Nf6 14. e4 Bg6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nc1 a5
17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. g3 Bd6 20. Nf4 e5 21. Nxg6 hxg6
22. f4 exd4 23. Bxd4 b6 24. f5 g5 25. Qh5 Nf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6
27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qxf6 Be5 29. Qxg5 Qe7 30. f6 Bd4+ 31. Rf2 1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. h3 e5 12. Qc2
Re8 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nge4 Bc7 16. Rfe1 Bb6 17. Ng3
Rad8 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. Nce2 a6 20. b4 h5 21. Bc3 h4 22. Ne4 Nd5
23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bc7 25. Bb2 Bc8 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Bf5
Bxf5 28. Qxf5 Qe7 29. Nc3 Nxc3 30. Bxc3 Kg8 31. Qe4 Qe6
32. Qxh4 Qb3 33. Rc1 Qxa3 34. Qe4 a5 35. Qxc6 axb4 36. Bxb4
Qxb4 37. Qxc7 Rc8 38. Qa7 Re6 39. Red1 Qe4 40. Qd7 Rec6
41. Qb7 b4 42. Rd7 Qf5 43. Rd5 Rg6 44. Kf1 b3 45. Qxb3 Qg5
46. g3 Qf5 47. Kg2 Rf6 48. Rd2 Qf3+ 49. Kh2 Rd6 50. Qa2 Rxd2
51. Qxd2 Rc6 52. Kg1 Rh6 53. Qd1 Qc6 54. h4 Rf6 55. Qg4 g6
56. h5 Kg7 57. e4 Kh6 58. hxg6 fxg6 59. Kg2 Kg7 60. Qe2 Rf7
61. Rc4 g5 62. Qh5 Qf6 63. Rc2 Qd8 64. c6 Qd3 65. Qxg5+ Kf8
66. Qh6+ Kg8 67. Rd2 Qxe4+ 68. Kh2 Rf8 69. c7 Qf5 70. f3 1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 a6 12. c5
Bc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Qc3 f6 17. Bb1
Kh8 18. a3 Bd7 19. Nfd2 f5 20. Ng3 Qf6 21. Nf3 Be8 22. Ba2 b6
23. Rc2 bxc5 24. Qxc5 Rab8 25. Rd2 a5 26. Qc3 Rd6 27. Rde2 Bb6
28. Re5 Bf7 29. Bb1 Qd8 30. Ba2 Rb7 31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Re3 a4
33. Qc2 Rc7 34. Qxa4 c5 35. dxc5 Rxc5 36. Rc3 Ne5 37. Ned4 Ng4
38. h3 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Ra5 40. Qc2 Rxd4 41. Kf1 Qd7 42. Rc8+ Kh7
43. Qc6 Qd6 44. Qxd6 Rxd6 45. Rf8 Ra7 46. Ne5 Rd2 47. Re2 Rd1+
48. Re1 Rd2 49. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 N8d7 9. a4 a5 10. e4 e5 11. d5 c6 12. Bg5
Bf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. d6 Qe6 15. b3 Bg7 16. h4 f5 17. Ng5 Qf6
18. b4 f4 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. bxa5 Nd7 21. a6 Kh8 22. Nb1 Bh6
23. Nf3 bxa6 24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Rc7 Bxe4 26. Rxd7 Qf5 27. Rc7
Bxb1 28. Ng5 Bg7 29. Bc4 Bc2 30. Qd5 h6 31. Rf7 Qc8 32. Rxg7
1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3
Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. e4 Bh7
12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1 b5 15. a3 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5
17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. a4 Nd7 19. Bf4 b4 20. Nb1 Nf6 21. Be5 c5
22. Nd2 cxd4 23. Nb3 Qc6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. axb5 a4 26. Nxd4 Ng4
27. Bf4 g5 28. Bf3 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 gxf4 30. Nc6 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3
Bf8 32. Rd7 Bg6 33. e5 Bc5 34. Rc1 Be3 35. Rc4 a3 36. bxa3
bxa3 37. Ra4 Bc5 38. Ra6 a2 39. Rxa2 Kg7 40. Ra6 Rb8 41. Nxb8
Rxb8 42. Bc6 h5 43. Ra8 Rb6 44. Rdd8 h4+ 45. Kf4 Bh7 46. Be4
Be7 47. Rdb8 1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. c4 b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Qg6
12. Ne3 Be7 13. g3 Nd4 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Nf5 Qxf5 16. exf5 Bxg2
17. Rg1 Bf3 18. Qd3 d5 19. cxd5 Rc8 20. Be3 Nc2+ 21. Kf1 e4
22. Qxa6 O-O 23. Rb1 Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 Rc2 25. h4 Rd8 26. Qb7 Kf8
27. a4 Rd2 28. Rc1 R2xd5 29. Rc8 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 R1d2+ 31. Ke1
Rd1+ 32. Kf2 R1d2+ 33. Ke1 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 R1d2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Juan Guerra Reig"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. Ngf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. e4 Qc7 8. Re1 Rd8 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nf1 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Bf4
h5 13. c3 b6 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 17. Re2 Nf8
18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Ng5 g6 20. g4 Qd7 21. Rac1 Ne7 22. gxh5 Nf5
23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8
27. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Javier Garcia Jimenez"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. Bb5 Bd7
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. c3 Rc8
12. f4 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rf3 f6 15. Nd3 Nd6 16. Rh3 b6
17. Qh5 g6 18. Qe2 a5 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. g4 Ne4 21. Re3 Rc7
22. Nf2 f5 23. g5 Qd6 24. Rf3 Rec8 25. Qe3 Bb5 26. Rh3 Ba6
27. Nf3 b5 28. Nd3 b4 29. Nc5 bxc3 30. bxc3 Bb5 31. Nxe4 dxe4
32. Ne5 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Qxd4+ 35. Rce3 Qd2 36. a3
a4 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3
Qe7 12. Rac1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 c6 14. Ne5 a5 15. Rfe1 Qb4 16. e4
f6 17. Nd3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Re7
Rf7 22. Re6 Nf8 23. Rd6 Rc8 24. Rb1 Ba6 25. Nf4 Bb5 26. Nd5
cxd5 27. Rxb5 Kg7 28. Bxd5 Re7 29. c4 Nd7 30. c5 Nb8 1-0

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mladen Palac"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7
7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O Ncb6 9. Ne1 Be7 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6
12. Nd3 Nc4 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. c3 a5 15. Rd1 Qb5 16. g3 a4
17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 c5 19. h4 Rc8 20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb8
22. Qe3 Nc6 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 O-O 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Rd1 Qe7 9. b3 c5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd4
12. Qd3 Bg4 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 Bc8
17. c3 dxc3 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxc3 Be6 20. Rd6 Rfd8 21. Rad1
Rac8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bxe6 Qb6+ 25. Kf1 Qxe6
26. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6
7. a4 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Bf1 e6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bh6
Qe7 13. h3 Qf8 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e5 Nh5 17. Nh2
Qf8 18. Qe3 Ng7 19. g4 f6 20. exd6 cxd6 21. d5 e5 22. Na2 f5
23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Nxa6 Rxc2 25. Nb4 Rc5 26. Bb5 Qf7 27. Bc6 Bc8
28. Nd3 Rc4 29. b3 Re4 30. Qd2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rf8 32. b4 e4
33. Nf4 Ne5 34. g5 Nh5 35. Rd1 Qe7 36. h4 Nxf4 37. Qxf4 Nd3
38. Qe3 Nxb4 39. Qxb6 Nd3 40. Bb5 Nc5 41. a5 e3 42. Re1 f4
43. a6 Qe5 44. Nf3 Qe4 45. Be2 Bxa6 46. Nh2 exf2+ 47. Kxf2
Qe3+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6
7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Nd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. a3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O
12. Ba2 e5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 Re8 16. Rd1 Qe7
17. Bd2 exd4 18. exd4 Qe2 19. Bc3 Re4 20. Qg5 Rf4 21. Rd2 Qe7
22. Qa5 Re8 23. Rf1 Bb8 24. d5 b6 25. Qa6 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5
27. Rxd5 Re4 28. Qb5 h6 29. Qd7 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxe7
R8xe7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd2 Re2 34. Rfd1 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dragan Paunovic"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nb3 a5
12. Bd2 a4 13. Na5 Bd7 14. Qxa4 Qe8 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Nc4 c5
17. Ne3 Nb6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Rfe1 Qf7 21. Nd1
Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Nc3 Qf7 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 h6 26. e3
Be6 27. Nb5 Bc4 28. Nd4 c5 29. Nc6 Nd7 30. Qc3 Bd3 31. Ra1 Qe6
32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. fxe5 c4 34. Qd4 Re8 35. Ra5 Kh7 36. h3 Be2
37. Rd5 Qe7 38. Kh2 Qh4 39. f4 Bf3 40. Qd2 Ra8 41. Rd7 Ra6
42. Rd6 Ra2 43. Rd8 Bxg2 44. Kxg2 c3 0-1

[Event "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
a6 7. d3 Bg7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Bc6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 c6 13. Qb4 Nb6 14. Qb3 a5 15. Be3 Nfd5 16. Bc5 Nd7
17. Ba3 N5b6 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Ne4 a4 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Rac1 Qb6
22. Nc3 Nb4 23. Qd2 e6 24. d4 Red8 25. e3 Nd5 26. Qc2 Nb4
27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Qc4 Bf8 29. Kg2 Qa5 30. Qe2 Nbd5 31. Bxf8 Kxf8
32. a3 Kg7 33. Na2 Qb6 34. Rc2 Qb3 35. Nc1 Qb6 36. Nd3 Ra5
37. Rdc1 Raa8 38. Rc4 Qb5 39. Qc2 Ra7 40. Nc5 Rda8 41. e4 Nb6
42. Rb4 Qa5 43. Qc3 Rc8 44. g4 Nfd7 45. h4 Kg8 46. Qe3 e5
47. Be2 Rd8 48. Qg5 Re8 49. Qe3 Nf6 50. dxe5 Nbd5 51. exd5
Nxd5 52. Qd4 Nxb4 53. axb4 Qd8 54. Nd7 b6 55. Rd1 c5 56. bxc5
bxc5 57. Qd6 Kh8 58. Bc4 Re7 59. Nf6 Qf8 60. Kg3 Rab7 61. Rd2
Qb8 62. Qxb8+ Rxb8 63. f4 Reb7 64. h5 Rxb2 65. Rd6 R2b7
66. Ra6 Kg7 67. g5 gxh5 68. Nxh5+ Kf8 69. Nf6 Kg7 70. Kg4 Rb4
71. Bd5 Rd4 72. Ra7 Rbb4 73. Rxf7+ Kg6 74. Rf8 Rxf4+ 75. Kg3
Rfd4 76. e6 Rd3+ 77. Bf3 Rbb3 78. Ng4 Kxg5 79. e7 Rxf3+
80. Rxf3 Rb8 81. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 a5 9. c4 Nb6 10. Qe4 d5 11. exd6 cxd6
12. Be2 Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Be6 14. c5 dxc5 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bxc5 Nf4
17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. g3 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Re8 20. f3 Bd5 21. Kf2 Bxe4
22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. Rac1 Ke7 24. Rxc6 Rd8 25. Rc2 Rd5 26. Rhc1
Rf5+ 27. Kg2 h5 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. R1c6+ Re6 30. b3 g5 31. Rxe6+
fxe6 32. Rc2 Ke7 33. Rd2 g4 34. h3 gxh3+ 35. Kxh3 Kf6 36. g4
hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Rb5 38. Kf4 a4 39. bxa4 Ra5 40. Ke3 Rxa4
41. Rb2 Kf5 42. Rf2+ Ke5 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Rb2 Ra3+ 45. Rb3
Rxb3+ 46. axb3 Kc5 47. Ke4 Kb4 48. Ke5 Kxb3 49. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4
Bh5 8.h3 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O-O a5
13.Kb1 Qa6 14.Ne2 a4 15.Qc2 dxc4 16.Bxc4 b5 17.Bd3 c5 18.dxc5
Nxc5 19.Nd4 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Rh5 21.Rc1 Rd5 22.e4 Rd7 23.e5 Rad8
24.Be3 Nd5 25.Nc6 Nb4 26.Nxb4 Bxb4 27.Qe4 Bd2 28.Qh4 Bxe3
29.fxe3 b4 30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Qxg7 a3 32.Qf6+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Ke7
34.Qh4+ Ke8 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Qh4+ Ke8 37.Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.e4
Bb7 14.Rc1 a6 15.b4 cxb4 16.Bc7 Qe8 17.Qe2 b5 18.Ba5 Rc8
19.Qb2 Nf6 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Nd2 Qc3 22.Qxc3 bxc3 23.Bxc3 Rc8
24.Ba5 Bd8 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.Rd1 Rxd4 27.Nb3 Rd8 28.f3 Kf8
29.Kf2 Nd7 30.Be2 Ke7 31.Na5 Ba8 32.Rc1 Kd6 33.Ke3 Nb6 34.f4
Rc8 35.Rxc8 Nxc8 36.Kd4 Ne7 37.Bf3 Kc7 38.Nb3 Kb6 39.Ke5 Ng6+
40.Kd6 Nxf4 41.Nc5 b4 42.h4 a5 43.g3 Nh3 44.Nd7+ Ka7 45.Kc5 f5
46.Kb5 fxe4 47.Bh5 e3 48.Kxa5 g6 49.Bg4 h5 50.Be2 Ng1 51.Bf1
e2 52.Bxe2 Nxe2 53.Nf8 Be4 54.Nxe6 Nxg3 55.Nf4 Kb7 56.Kxb4 Kc6
0-1

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5
exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.a3 Nf6 12.Bg5 d5
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nc3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Na6 16.Nh4 g6 17.Bxd5 Bxd5
18.Rxd5 O-O 19.Rad1 Nc7 20.Rd7 Ne6 21.Qe4 Qe8 22.Nf3 c4 23.Qh4
Nc5 24.Re7 Rd8 25.Rf1 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5
7.Qxf5 exf5 8.a3 Be7 9.Bg5 c6 10.e3 Be6 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Bc4 Nd5
13.Bxe7 Kxe7 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.f3 Rhc8 16.Kf2 Rc6 17.a4 Rb6
18.Ra2 a5 19.b3 Rc8 20.Ne2 Nb8 21.Rc1 Rbc6 22.Rxc6 Rxc6 23.Nb1
Na6 24.Na3 Nb4 25.Rd2 b6 26.Nb5 Bd7 27.h3 h6 28.h4 g6 29.f4
Rc8 30.Nbc3 Kd6 31.Na2 Na6 32.Nec3 Nc7 33.Rc2 Ne8 34.Nb5+ Ke7
35.Rxc8 Bxc8 36.Nbc3 Nf6 37.b4 Ba6 38.b5 Bc8 39.Nc1 h5 40.N1e2
Kd6 41.g3 Ne4+ 42.Ke1 Be6 43.Kf1 Bc8 44.Ke1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 a6
8.a4 h6 9.Be3 e6 10.Nf3 exd5 11.cxd5 Bg4 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2
Re8 14.O-O Nbd7 15.h3 Nh5 16.a5 Rb8 17.Ra4 Ne5 18.Kh2 Qe7
19.g3 Nd7 20.Kg2 Kh7 21.Qd1 Kg8 22.Qc2 Rbc8 23.Re1 Kh7 24.f4
Qd8 25.Nf3 Rb8 26.g4 Nhf6 27.Bf2 Ng8 28.g5 b5 29.axb6 Rxb6
30.Re2 h5 31.e5 Ne7 32.Rae4 dxe5 33.fxe5 Nf5 34.Na4 Rb4 35.e6
fxe6 36.dxe6 Nf8 37.Nxc5 Rxb2 38.Qc4 Rxe2 39.Rxe2 a5 40.Qb5
Qc8 41.Qxa5 Nxe6 42.Nxe6 Rxe6 43.Rxe6 Qxe6 44.Qc7 Ne7 45.Qb6
Qf5 46.Bg3 Qe4 47.Qa7 Qc2+ 48.Qf2 Qc6 49.Qe2 Nf5 50.Bf2 Qd5
51.Qd2 Qb7 52.Qd3 Be5 53.Qd2 Bd6 54.Qc1 Be7 55.Qd2 Qc6 56.Qf4
Qd5 57.Qc7 Qe4 58.Qd7 Nd6 59.Qa7 Nf5 60.Qd7 Qe2 61.Qa7 Kg7
62.Qa1+ Kg8 63.Qa8+ Kf7 64.Qd5+ Kg7 65.Kg1 Bd6 66.Bd4+ Nxd4
67.Qxd4+ Kh7 68.Qxd6 Qxf3 69.Qe7+ Kg8 70.Qe8+ Kg7 71.Qe7+ Kg8
72.Qe8+ Kg7 73.Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. g3 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bg2 c5
12. b4 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. O-O a6 16. Rd1 Nd5
17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Bd2 N5b6 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. bxc5 Be4 21. Qb3 Na4
22. Bb4 a5 23. Bxa5 Nxc5 24. Qb2 Na4 25. Qd4 Qb5 26. Bb4 Rfe8
27. Qe5 Qb7 28. Rac1 h6 29. h3 Bd5 30. Qa1 Ne4 31. Rxc8 Rxc8
32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Qa7 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. e3 Nxg3 36. Nd4
Ne4 37. Qc2 f5 38. Nxe6 Bxe6 39. Bxe4 Qf7 40. Bg2 Nb6 41. Qc5
Nd5 42. Qf8 Qh5 43. Qd6 Bf7 44. Qe5 Nf6 45. f3 Qg6 46. a4 f4
47. exf4 Qb1+ 48. Qe1 Qa2 49. a5 Bg6 50. Bf1 Nd5 51. Bd2 Qa4
52. a6 Nxf4 53. Bxf4 Qxf4 54. a7 Qa4 55. Qf2 Qa1 56. Kh2 Qa4
57. Bc4 Qa5 58. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6
13.h4 h5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Rdg1 Rc5 17.Bh6 Kh7 18.Bxg7
Kxg7 19.f4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.f5 e5 22.Nde2 Rh8 23.b3 Rc6
24.Rxg4 Nf6 25.Rgg1 Rxh1 26.Rxh1 Ng4 27.Ng3 Kg8 28.Nd5 Rc5
29.Ne3 Nxe3 30.Qxe3 Qf6 31.Qh6 Qg7 32.Qg5 f6 33.Qd2 Rc6 34.Kb2
gxf5 35.Qa5 Qe7 36.Qd5+ Be6 37.Qd1 Qg7 38.exf5 Bf7 39.Ne4 Kf8
40.Nxd6 Ke7 41.Nxb7 Qg8 42.Qd2 Rb6 43.Rd1 Qc8 44.Nd6 Qd7
45.Nxf7 Qxd2 46.Rxd2 Kxf7 47.c4 Ke7 48.Kc3 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7
7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.O-O e6 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 Qa5 11.c4 O-O 12.Bxg6 hxg6
13.Qc2 Ba3 14.Rfd1 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 Rfe8 16.Qd2 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 e5
18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.f3 Kf8 21.Kf2 a5 22.Rad1 Ke7
23.Re2 Rxe2+ 24.Nxe2 Rh8 25.h3 Nd7 26.Nc3 Nc5 27.f4 Ne6 28.Ke3
g5 29.fxg5 Nxg5 30.Ne2 Ne6 31.Nd4 g6 32.Nxe6 Kxe6 33.Rd4 c5
34.Re4+ Kd6 35.Kf3 a4 36.Re3 axb3 37.axb3 Rh4 38.Rd3+ Ke7
39.Re3+ Kd6 40.Rd3+ Ke7 41.Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 h6 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5
Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.h3 a6 16.Be3 c5 17.Bxc5 Re8 18.Rad1 Qc7
19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bxb2 21.d6 Qc6 22.f3 Rec8 23.Bh7+ Kh8
24.Be4 Qxc5+ 25.Qxc5 Rxc5 26.Bxb7 Rd8 27.Rfe1 Be5 28.d7 a5
29.f4 Bc7 30.Bd5 Kh7 31.Bxf7 Rf5 32.Ba2 Rxf4 33.Bb1+ Kg8
34.Bg6 Bb6+ 35.Kh1 Bc5 36.Rc1 Bf8 37.Red1 Bxa3 38.Rc8 Rff8
39.Be8 Be7 40.Re1 Bg5 41.g3 a4 42.h4 Bf6 43.Re6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Danilo Canda"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6
7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 Qa5 9. f3 O-O 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7
12. f4 e5 13. Bf2 exf4 14. O-O Bc6 15. Bd4 Qh5 16. Qd2 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxf4 d5 19. c3 Qg6 20. Rf2 Bd6 21. Qh4 Rae8
22. Rd1 Re6 23. Rfd2 Be7 24. Qh3 b6 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Rd6
27. Be3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 h6 29. b3 Kh7 30. Bf1 f5 31. Rd7 f4
32. Rxe7 fxe3 33. Qg3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Ne5
12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 b5 15. Be2 Qa5 16. Kb1 Rfd8
17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Rxd2 Kxe7 20. Rhd1 Ne4 21. Rd4
Nc5 22. b3 f6 23. g4 g5 24. Bg3 Rab8 25. Kb2 Rd7 26. a3 Rbd8
27. Bf1 Rh8 28. a4 Rb8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bf2 Na6 31. Bg2 Rbd8
32. Ra1 Nc5 33. Ra5 Rb8 34. Ra1 Rc7 35. Rad1 Rb6 36. h3 h6
37. Bf1 b4 38. Bg2 Rc8 39. Ra1 Ned7 40. Ra7 Rcb8 41. Rd1 Kf8
42. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6
12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 e6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rc8
17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. e5 Qe7 19. Be4 Rfd8 20. Ng3 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6
22. h4 Rf8 23. Rd2 Ba6 24. h5 Ne7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Re1 Rf7
27. Bf3 Rh7 28. Qe3 Bc4 29. Rc2 Kg7 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Rhh8
32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Rxc4 Rxb7 34. Rxe6 Rd7 35. d5 Nxd5 36. Rd4 Kf7
37. Rc6 Rhd8 38. Ne4 Ne7 39. Ng5+ Ke8 40. Re4 Rd6 41. Rc7 R8d7
42. Rc8+ Rd8 43. Rc7 R8d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 Qc5
12. Kh1 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qd3 g6 15. f5 gxf5 16. Nxf5 exf5
17. Rxf5 d5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. Raf1 Ng4 20. Qh3 Rg8 21. Ne4 Qh6
22. Qxh6 Nxh6 23. Re5 Kf8 24. h3 Rg6 25. g4 Re8 26. Re1 Ng8
27. Nc5 Ba8 28. g5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Zhao Zong-Yuan"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. b4 Be6 11. b5 Ng6
12. Qc2 Bd6 13. f4 Bg4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Ng3 Rc8
17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Ne4 a5
22. Rad1 h6 23. Neg3 Nf8 24. e4 Ne6 25. e5 Qb6 26. Nh5 Red8
27. Kh1 Kf8 28. Nfxg7 Nxg7 29. Nf6 Ke7 30. d5 Rh8 31. Qb3 Rcd8
32. d6+ Kf8 33. f5 Qb5 34. Qg3 Qe2 35. Qf4 Ne8 36. Ne4 Rg8
37. Qxh6+ Rg7 38. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. c5 O-O 9. Na3 Bb7 10. b4 a5 11. Nc4 Nd5 12. Rb1
axb4 13. Nxb6 Nxb6 14. Rxb4 Ra6 15. Qb3 d5 16. Rxb6 Rxb6
17. cxb6 c5 18. O-O c4 19. Qb2 Nc6 20. a4 Qd7 21. a5 Ra8
22. Ra1 f5 23. e3 Bd6 24. h4 Ba6 25. Bc3 h6 26. Bf1 Kf8
27. Be2 Ke7 28. Bd1 Kd8 29. Ba4 Kc8 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Kb7
32. Qa3 Rc8 33. h5 Rd8 34. Qc5 Qc8 35. Rd1 Rd7 36. f4 Rf7
37. Qd6 Qd7 38. Kf2 Qc8 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. e6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Berg"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qg4 Nf6 9. Qg3 d6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 O-O
12. Bf4 Bb8 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Be3 b5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4
17. Nd2 Bb7 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Bg5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 f5
22. Nde4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qc7 25. Qg4 Qxe5 26. Qh5
h6 27. Qf7+ Kh7 28. Rf4 Nxf4 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 30. Bxf6 Bxg2+
31. Kg1 Ba7+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg2 Kf8
12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Bg3 Nge7 14. Nf4 Bd4 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Nd3 Bxd3
17. cxd3 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxc3+
21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rxb7 g6 23. Kd2 Ra3 24. Rc1 Rxa2+ 25. Ke3
d4+ 26. Kf4 Rh7 27. Rcc7 Nd5+ 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. f3 a5 30. h5
gxh5 31. g5 Rg2 32. Kf5 Re2 33. Rc8+ Re8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8
35. Kf6 h4 36. g6 Rh6 37. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.11"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 dxc4
12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Bf1 Be7
17. Bg2 Nc5 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Bd2 Nd3 20. Qb3 a6 21. Be1 Nxe1
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxe1 b5 24. Rd1 g5 25. Ne2 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1
Nd7 27. Qc1 Qxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Kf8 29. Kf1 Bd6 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Nd3
Ne5 32. Bb7 Nxd3 33. Kxd3 a5 34. b3 a4 35. Bc6 axb3 36. axb3
b4 37. h3 f5 38. Kc4 Kf6 39. g4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.12"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bg6
17. Be2 Nb8 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Bc3 Qh4 21. g3 Qe4
22. Rac1 f6 23. Qxe4 Bxe4 24. exf6 gxf6 25. f3 Bg6 26. Rfd1
Rfd8 27. Bf1 Bf5 28. Kf2 e5 29. dxe5 d4 30. Be1 fxe5 31. Bd2
Rf8 32. Re1 Rce8 33. Rc5 Bg6 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. Bh6 Rf6 36. Bg5
Rf5 37. h4 Ref8 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxf5 fxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Rxf5
41. b4 Kg7 42. Bf4 a6 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Na5 45. Ba2 Rxb5
46. Be5+ Kh6 47. Bf4+ Kg7 48. Be5+ Kh6 49. Bf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxb5 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5
Bc6 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 Rfe8 19. Bd2 a6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3
Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 e6
12. Be3 Rc8 13. b3 Qd8 14. Nde2 Nc6 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Rfd1 Nd7
17. Rab1 Qa5 18. Bh6 Be7 19. Qb2 Qh5 20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Qd2 Qb4
22. Qb2 Rd8 23. Bd2 Qc5 24. Be3 Qa5 25. Bd2 Qc5 26. Be3 Qa5
27. Bd2 Qc5 28. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7
12. Bd3 Rfd8 13. h3 Be8 14. d5 Ne5 15. c4 e6 16. Nf4 Rab8
17. Be2 Rd6 18. Qc2 Ra6 19. Rb5 Bf8 20. a4 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Rd6
22. Qc3 Bg7 23. Qxc5 Rc8 24. Qxa7 b6 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd1 Bf6
27. dxe6 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 fxe6 29. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. h3
Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 a6
17. Ne2 c5 18. Bxc5 Qc7 19. f3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qxc5+ 21. Qd4 Qe7
22. Bc2 Bd5 23. exd5 Qxe2 24. Bb3 a5 25. d6 a4 26. Bd5 Rac8
27. Rd2 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Bb7 Rd8 30. Rb1 g6 31. Bc6 Rc5
32. Bxb5 Rb8 33. Rdb2 a3 34. Rb3 Rc2 35. Rxa3 Rd2 36. Ra7 Nd5
37. d7 Kg7 38. Re1 Ne3 39. a4 Nxg2 40. Re4 g5 41. Rc7 Nh4
42. Rc3 Rb7 43. Re2 Rbxd7 44. Kf2 R7d5 45. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 46. Ke3
Ra2 47. Kd4 Ng2 48. Kc4 Nf4 49. Kb3 Ra1 50. Kb2 Re1 51. Rc5
Kf6 52. a5 Re5 53. Rxe5 Kxe5 54. a6 Ne6 55. a7 Nc7 56. Bc6 f5
57. Kb3 Kd6 58. Bb7 Kc5 59. Kc2 Kd4 60. Kd2 h6 61. Ke2 Ke5
62. Ke3 Kf6 63. Bc6 Ke7 64. a8=Q Nxa8 65. Bxa8 Kf6 66. Bc6 Ke5
67. Bb5 Kd5 68. Ba6 Ke5 69. h4 Kd5 70. hxg5 hxg5 71. Bc8 Ke5
72. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7
12. Rad1 O-O 13. Rfe1 a6 14. a3 b5 15. Ba2 c5 16. d5 c4
17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Nd5 cxb3 21. Bxb3
Bb7 22. Nb6 Be4 23. Qa2 Rae8 24. Nd7 Qg5 25. f4 Qf5 26. Nxf8
Bxf8 27. Bd5 h5 28. Rd4 Bc5 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxe4
31. Kh1 Qd3 32. a4 bxa4 33. Qxa4 Qc3 34. Rf1 Qd3 35. Qa1 Kh7
36. e4 Qxe4 37. Qxa6 Be7 38. f5 gxf5 39. Qc8 Kg6 40. Qg8+ Kf6
41. Qh7 h4 42. Ra1 Qf4 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. Qg8+ Kf6 45. Rd1 Bd6
46. Qd8+ Ke6 47. Re1+ Be5 48. Qb6+ Ke7 49. Qg1 Kf6 50. Rf1 Qe4
51. Qb6+ Kg7 52. Qb3 Kg6 53. Qf3 Bd6 54. Qc3 Be5 55. Qa3 Qe2
56. Qc1 f6 57. Re1 Qf2 58. Qe3 Qc2 59. Qf3 Qd2 60. Rf1 Qc2
61. Re1 Qd2 62. Rd1 Qb4 63. Rf1 Qe4 64. Qb3 Kh6 65. Qd1 Kg6
66. Qd2 Qc4 67. Rc1 Qe4 68. Re1 Qc4 69. Rc1 Qe4 70. Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4
12. Ne2 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nf4 Re8 15. Nxh5 Nxh5 16. f4 Nf6
17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Qh3 g6 19. f5 Ne3 20. Qh6 Qe7 21. Rf4 gxf5
22. Bd2 Rad8 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Rxf5 Rd6 25. Qf4 Rg6 26. Rf1
Qe2 27. g3 Rf8 28. Rf2 Qe6 29. h4 Ne7 30. Re5 Qd7 31. h5 Rg7
32. Rg5 f5 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Bh6 Nc6 36. Qf4 Rf7
37. g4 d3 38. cxd3 Kh8 39. gxf5 Qxd3 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. Qf3 Ne7
42. Qxd5 Nxd5 43. Rc2 Rc7 44. Rxc7 Nxc7 45. Kf3 Kg8 46. Ke4
Ne8 47. Ke5 Kf7 48. Bg5 Nc7 49. h6 Nb5 50. Be3 b6 51. a4 Nc7
52. Kd6 Na6 53. Kc6 Nb4+ 54. Kb7 Nd5 55. Bg5 a5 56. Kc6 Nb4+
57. Kxb6 Nd3 58. b3 1-0

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7
7. Nbd2 c4 8. a4 h6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Nxb3 Rc8 11. Ra2 Qc7
12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Ne7 14. O-O Qc4 15. Rb1 b6 16. Qf1 Nc6
17. c3 Qxc3 18. a5 Be7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qd1 Qc4 21. Nc1 Nb4
22. Ra7 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Bd2 Na3 25. Ra1 Nc4 26. Rb7 Nb8
27. Ra8 O-O 28. Raxb8 Nxd2 29. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxc8
31. Ne2 Bd8 32. f4 g6 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Kf3 Ra8 35. Ke3 Ra3+
36. Kd2 Bh4 0-1

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. a3 O-O 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. b4 a5 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. bxa5 Nxa5
17. Qa4 Nc6 18. Na7 Ra8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rxa3 21. Qc7
Ra2 22. Rfd1 Qd8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Kf1 Bc2 25. Ra1 Rda8
26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Rc1 Kf8 28. Nf3 Ke7 29. Ne1 Ba4 30. Rb1 Kd6
31. Bb5 Bxb5+ 32. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov - Kamsky Match"]
[Site "0:17:33-0:09:33"]
[Date "2009.02.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5
13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4 16.f4 f6 17.e5 Bd7
18.exf6+ Qxf6 19.Ng3 Kh8 20.f5 gxf5 21.Bxf5 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Qd6
23.Raf1 Nc6 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.Qh6 Rxf5 26.Rxf5 Ne5 27.h3 Ng6
28.Rh5 Rg8 29.Nf6 Rg7 30.Nxh7 Rxh7 31.Qxg6 Qe3+ 32.Kf1 Qc1+
33.Kf2 Qd2+ 34.Kg3 Qe3+ 35.Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov - Kamsky Match"]
[Site "0:00:33-0:41:33"]
[Date "2009.02.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5
7.d4 Qe7 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Nc3 Ng6 10.Qh5 c6 11.Bg5 f6 12.Rae1 Ne6
13.Bd3 O-O 14.Bd2 d5 15.f4 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 d4 17.Bf5 Rf7 18.Ne4
Qd5 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Qxd5 cxd5 21.Nd6 Rc7 22.c4 dxc3 23.Bxc3 d4
24.Bb4 Bd7 25.Rf2 a5 26.Ba3 b5 27.b3 b4 28.Bb2 Ra6 29.Ne4 Rac6
30.Kg1 Rc2 31.g3 d3 32.Rd1 f5 0-1

[Event "Topalov - Kamsky Match"]
[Site "0:31:33-0:06:33"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2
a6 8.Bf4 b5 9.Qxc7 Qxc7 10.Bxc7 b4 11.Na4 Nc6 12.d5 Nd4 13.Bd3
Bd7 14.Nb6 Bb5 15.Be5 Nxe4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Bxe4 Rab8 18.O-O-O
Nf5 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.d6 Rxb6 21.dxe7 Re8 22.Nf3 Rxe7 23.Nd4 Bd7
24.Rhe1 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Rh6 26.Re7 Rd6 27.Ne2 Kf6 28.Re3 Ba4
29.b3 Bc6 30.Nf4 a5 31.g3 Be4 32.f3 Bc6 33.h4 Rd4 34.Kc2 Bb5
35.Nh5+ Kg6 36.Nf4+ Kf6 37.Nh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov - Kamsky Match"]
[Site "0:09:33-0:09:33"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Ng5 Re7 13.d5
Nb8 14.Nf1 Nbd7 15.Ng3 g6 16.Bc2 h6 17.Nf3 Nb6 18.h4 Qd7
19.Nh2 Bg7 20.h5 Rf8 21.Nhf1 c6 22.dxc6 Qxc6 23.Ne3 Kh7 24.Qf3
Bc8 25.Rd1 Be6 26.b3 Qxc3 27.Bd2 Qc7 28.Ba5 Qb8 29.Rd2 Nc8
30.Rad1 b4 31.Qe2 Kh8 32.Bd3 Na7 33.Rc1 Nb5 34.Bxb5 axb5
35.Bxb4 Rd7 36.Rc6 Rfd8 37.Qd1 Bf8 38.Qc2 Kh7 39.Ba5 Re8
40.hxg6+ fxg6 41.Bc7 Qb7 42.Bxd6 Bf7 43.Bb4 Bxb4 44.Rxd7 Qxd7
45.Rxf6 Re6 46.Nd5 Bf8 47.Rf3 Kg7 48.Rc3 Ra6 49.Rc7 Qd6 50.Qe2
Kg8 51.Qxb5 Rxa2 52.Qb7 Ra1+ 53.Kh2 Bxd5 54.exd5 Qf6 55.Qc8
Qh4+ 56.Qh3 Qxh3+ 57.Kxh3 Rd1 58.Ne4 Ba3 59.Ra7 Bb4 60.Rb7 Ba3
61.f3 Kf8 62.Rb5 h5 63.Kg3 Rc1 64.Rb8+ Kf7 65.Rb7+ Kf8 66.Kf2
Rc2+ 67.Kf1 Rc1+ 68.Ke2 Rc2+ 69.Kd3 Rxg2 70.Ra7 Be7 71.d6 Bd8
72.Nc5 Ke8 73.Rh7 1-0

[Event "Topalov - Kamsky Match"]
[Site "0:57:33-0:50:33"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7
7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.c4 Bd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.exd5 exd5
12.O-O Ne7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Qd3 Qd7 15.Rd1 Rfd8 16.Be3 a5 17.g3
h6 18.Bb6 Rdc8 19.Bd4 Bc5 20.Bc3 Bb4 21.Be5 Bd6 22.Rd2 Bxe5
23.Nxe5 Qd6 24.Re1 Rc7 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Kg2 Rb7 27.h4 Qb4 28.Ree2
Qa4 29.b3 Qb4 30.Nd3 Qd6 31.h5 Rc7 32.Nf4 d4 33.Re4 Nc6 34.Nd3
Rd8 35.Rc2 Nb4 36.Nxb4 axb4 37.Rxd4 Qf8 38.Rxd8 Qxd8 39.Rxc7
Qxc7 40.Qa8+ Kh7 41.Qe4+ Kg8 42.Qxb4 Qc6+ 43.Kg1 Qc1+ 44.Kh2
Qc2 45.Qe1 Kf8 46.a3 Qb2 47.Qb4+ Kg8 48.Kg2 Qe5 49.Qg4 Qb2
50.Qc8+ Kh7 51.Qc4 Qxa3 52.Qxf7 Qb4 53.Qc4 Qb7+ 54.Kg1 Qf3
55.g4 1-0

[Event "Topalov - Kamsky Match"]
[Site "1:01:33-1:30:33"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Ne7 8.Nd2 Nbc6 9.N2f3 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Nxf3 g6 12.c4 Bg7
13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bc5 Bf8 15.Qc1 Rc8 16.Bxf8 Nd4 17.Qd1 Nxe2+
18.Qxe2 Kxf8 19.Rac1 Kg7 20.h4 Qb6 21.g3 h6 22.a3 Rc5 23.Rc2
Rhc8 24.Rfc1 a5 25.Qd2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Rc5 27.Qc1 Rxc2 28.Qxc2
Ne7 29.Qc3 Nc6 30.b3 Qd8 31.a4 Qd1+ 32.Kg2 Qe2 33.Qe3 Qd1
34.Nd2 Nb4 35.Nc4 Nc2 36.Qd2 Qb1 37.Qf4 Ne1+ 38.Kh2 Qxb3
39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.Qf6 Kg8 42.Qd8+ Kh7 43.Qf6 Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov - Kamsky Match"]
[Site "1:12:33-0:36:33"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6
7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Nbxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.c3
Bd7 13.Qf3 Qb6 14.Bb3 a5 15.Be3 Bc5 16.Rad1 a4 17.Bc2 Qxb2
18.Bg5 Nd5 19.c4 Bxd4 20.Qd3 f5 21.Qxd4 Qxc2 22.cxd5 Qxa2
23.Qb6 a3 24.Be7 Rfe8 25.Qd6 Ba4 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.Ra1 Qc4
28.Rec1 Bc2 29.Qd7 a2 30.d6 b5 31.Qb7 Reb8 32.Qc7 Rc8 33.Qxc4
Rxc4 34.d7 Bb1 35.Rd1 Kg8 36.d8=Q+ Rxd8 37.Bxd8 Bc2 38.Rdc1 b4
39.Rxa2 b3 40.Ra8 Kf7 41.Rb8 Ke6 42.Re1+ Kd5 43.Be7 Ra4 44.Bf8
Ra7 45.h4 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O
Bd6 12. Rhe1 Qf6 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Qg5 Be7 16. Qg3
Bd6 17. Qg5 Be7 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Nd5 d6 6. d3 Nf6
7. Ne3 O-O 8. c3 Rb8 9. a4 Ng4 10. O-O Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Kh8
12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qxd8 Rbxd8 16. Bd5
Nb4 17. Bxb7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rd7 19. Bd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5
21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Ra3 f5 24. Rb3 h6 25. Rb7 Bf6
26. Rxa7 Bxb2 27. a5 Bd4 28. a6 Bxe3 29. fxe3 c4 30. Rc7 Ra5
31. a7 Kh7 32. Kf2 c3 33. Ke2 Ra2+ 34. Kd3 c2 35. Kd2 Kg6
36. h4 h5 37. e4 fxe4 38. fxe4 Kf6 39. e5+ Kxe5 40. Rxg7 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6
7. a4 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. a5 Ba7 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 exd4 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. cxd4
Rfd8 17. Ra4 f5 18. exf5 Rd5 19. Nc3 Rxf5 20. g4 Rf6 21. Rb4
b5 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Ra4 a5 24. Ne4 Rf4 25. Ng3 Rd8 26. Kg2
Rf6 27. Nf5 Bb8 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Rac4 Rc8 30. b4 axb4 31. Rxb4
Bc7 32. Ra4 Ke8 33. Ra7 Bf4 34. Rb1 b5 35. d5 cxd5 36. Rxb5
Kf8 37. Rxd5 Re8 38. h4 Kg8 39. h5 Bc1 40. Rb7 Ba3 41. Rbd7
Bf8 42. Rd8 Rfe6 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Ne3 Rxd8 45. Rxd8 Rb1 46. Nf5
Rb6 47. Rc8 Rb3+ 48. Kh4 Rb6 49. f4 Ra6 50. g5 hxg5+ 51. Kxg5
Re6 52. h6 Rg6+ 53. Kh5 Rf6 54. Ne7+ Kh7 55. Rxf8 Rxf4 56. Kg5
Rf1 57. Nf5 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rg6+ 59. Kxf7 Ra6 60. Ke7 Kg6 61. Kd7
Rb6 62. Kc7 Ra6 63. Kb8 Rb6+ 64. Ka7 Re6 65. Kb7 Re1 66. Kc6
Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Rd1+ 68. Ke5 Re1+ 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Kg3 Rh1
71. Kf3 Rh2 72. Kg4 Rg2+ 73. Kf4 Rg1 74. Rg8+ Kh5 75. h7 Rxg8
76. Ng3+ Kh6 77. hxg8=R 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O
Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. f4 g6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Be3 c6 11. Nd2 Be7
12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 d4 15. Bd2 Qd5 16. b4 a5
17. bxa5 Bd8 18. Rb1 Bxa5 19. Rxb7 O-O 20. f5 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
Rxa2 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Rfb1 c5 24. Rb8 Ra8 25. R8b6 Rfe8 26. h4
c4 27. Rd6 Qc5 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. e6
Rxe6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kh8
36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rb7 Qf8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qd5+
Kh8 41. Qxd4+ Kg8 42. Qxc4+ Kh8 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh8
45. Rf7 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6
17. Qh3 Nf8 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nh3 Rec8
22. Nf4 g5 23. Nh3 h6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Bg5 26. Ra3 Bxf4
27. Rxf4 Rc2 28. Rf2 Rac8 29. Rb3 Nd7 30. Rb5 h5 31. a5 Rxf2
32. Kxf2 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Bg5 Ke8 35. h3 Rc4 36. Ke3 Rc2
37. g3 Rc7 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Bd2 Kf7 40. axb6 Rc6 41. Ba5 Kg6
42. Rb3 Kf5 43. Ke2 Ke4 44. g4 hxg4 45. Rg3 gxh3 46. Rxg7 h2
47. Rg4+ Kf5 48. Rh4 Rc2+ 49. Bd2 Nxb6 50. b3 Rb2 51. Rxh2
Rxb3 52. Rf2+ Kg4 53. Rf4+ Kg3 54. Rf6 Nc4 55. Be1+ Kg4
56. Rxe6 Re3+ 57. Kf1 Rf3+ 58. Ke2 Re3+ 59. Kf1 Re4 60. Rg6+
Kh5 61. Rg7 b5 62. Rb7 Kg4 63. Bf2 Nd2+ 64. Kg2 Re2 65. e6
Rxe6 66. Rxb5 Re2 67. Rb8 Ne4 68. Rf8 Rd2 69. Kf1 Ra2 70. Be3
Ng3+ 71. Kg1 Nf5 72. Bf2 Kf4 73. Kg2 Rb2 74. Rf6 Kg5 75. Rf8
Kf4 76. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6
7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1
exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8
17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Bh7+
Kxh7 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. Re4 Rad8 25. Qb1 Rd6
26. Re1 Red8 27. b3 b5 28. Qc2 Bf6 29. Qc5 a6 30. Qc7 Kg7
31. Kh2 R8d7 32. Qc5 Rd5 33. Qc2 Bf5 34. Qc7 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c5
12. e4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 g5 14. Bg3 cxd4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Qe2 Qa6
17. Bxb8 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Raxb8 19. Rxd4 Rbc8 20. Rfd1 Rc2+
21. R1d2 Rfc8 22. Ne5 Rc1 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Ra8
Rc5 26. Nd3 Rc2+ 27. Kd1 Rc7 28. f3 h5 29. Kd2 Nd7 30. b3 h4
31. g3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Kf6 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 e5 35. Re8 exf4
36. Nxf4 Rc6 37. b4 Kg7 38. Kd3 Rd6+ 39. Ke3 a6 40. e5 Rh6
41. e6 Ne5 42. e7 Kf6 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Qf3 Nbd7 17. Ng4 a5
18. Ba2 Qe7 19. Nf1 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Nc5 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Qb7
23. Ng3 a4 24. Rad1 Nb3 25. Nf5 Re6 26. Rd3 f6 27. Bc1 Kf7
28. Qh5+ g6 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Qxg6+ Qf7 31. Qg4 Kd7 32. Qd1 Kc7
33. Bxb3 axb3 34. Qxb3 Ra4 35. f3 Re7 36. Qxf7 Rxf7 37. Bh6
Bxh6 38. Nxh6 Rd7 39. Ng4 Rf7 40. Red1 Bd7 41. Ne3 Ra6
42. Nd5+ Kd8 43. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6
7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Rg1 Qxb3
12. axb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Ke2 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. Bg2
exd4 17. exd4 O-O 18. Rgd1 Rfe8+ 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. b3 a5 21. g5
Nh5 22. c5 Nd7 23. Ne4 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Nf4 25. Nd6 Reb8 26. Bf3
Ra6 27. Bg4 f5 28. Be2 b5 29. h4 a4 30. Bd1 Rba8 31. bxa4 bxa4
32. Ra3 Nf8 33. Rb2 N8e6 34. Rb4 Nd5 35. Rc4 Rb8 36. Raxa4
Rxa4 37. Bxa4 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Nb4 40. Kd1 Nf4
41. Bc2 Kf8 42. Rc3 Nfd5 43. Rc4 Nf4 44. Rc3 Nfd5 45. Rc4 Nf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 b6
12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Be2 O-O 14. a5 b5 15. Rdc1 Be7 16. Ne5 Rd8
17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Ne4 Nfd5 19. Nc5 Bf6 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxb4
Bxe5 22. e4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Nd3 Bf6 25. Bd6 Ra8 26. e5 Bd8
27. Nc5 f6 28. b4 fxe5 29. Bxe5 Ra7 30. Rac1 Rf7 31. Rd4 Be7
32. Rcd1 h6 33. f4 Kh7 34. h3 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Kh2 Kg6
37. R1d2 Rf1 38. Re2 Rc1 39. Nd3 Rc4 40. Ree4 Rxd4 41. Rxd4
Rd8 42. Rxd8 Bxd8 43. g4 Be7 44. Kg3 Bf8 45. Nc5 Be7 46. Kf3
Kf7 47. Ke3 Kg6 48. Kf3 Bf8 49. Ke3 Be7 50. Kd4 Bf8 51. Ke4
Be7 52. Kd4 Bf8 53. Ke4 Be7 54. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. g4
Nxg4 17. Rhg1 f5 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. c4 Qd6 20. Ne5 Qxd4 21. Nxg4
fxg4 22. Rxg4 Qxf2 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1
Re8 13. h3 h6 14. a3 Be6 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4
18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 g6 20. Bd2 Bg7 21. Bc3 Nh5 22. Qd2 Bxc3
23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Rad1 Qg5 25. Kh1 Nf4 26. Bd3 d5 27. e5 Nxd3
28. Qxd3 Qxe5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8
32. Rxd5 Re4 33. Rd6 Ra4 34. c4 bxc4 35. Rd4 g5 36. h4 Kg7
37. hxg5 hxg5 38. g4 Kf6 39. Re4 Rxa3 40. Rxc4 Ke5 41. Kg2 Rd3
42. Ra4 Rd6 43. Ra5+ Kf4 44. Rf5+ Kxg4 45. Rxf7 a5 46. f3+ Kh5
47. Ra7 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Ra2 49. Ra6 Ra1 50. Kh3 Ra3 51. Kg2 a4
52. Kf2 Ra1 53. Kg3 a3 54. Kh3 a2 55. Kg2 g4 56. Ra5+ Kh4
57. Ra4 Kh5 58. fxg4+ Kh4 59. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5
7. Ne5 Bb7 8. a4 a6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Nc3 Be7
12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. h4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Bf6
17. e4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne7 19. Bb4 Nbc6 20. Bd6 Qb6 21. b3 Ra8
22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qc1 Ng6 24. Qxc4 Ncxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qc3
Qd4 27. Rc1 g5 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 g4 30. Be2 Kg7 31. f4
gxf3+ 32. Bxf3 Ra2+ 33. Kf1 Ra4 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Ke3 Nc4+
36. Kd3 Ne5+ 37. Ke3 Nc4+ 38. Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. a4 c5 10. a5 f6 11. Nh4 Rf7
12. Nf5 Nf8 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Bb5
17. b3 g5 18. f3 Rd8 19. Bf2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 c6 21. Rab1 h5
22. Be3 h4 23. Rb6 Rd7 24. Rfb1 Rg7 25. Qf2 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8
27. Ke2 Kd8 28. Kd2 Kc8 29. Kc3 Qd6 30. Kb2 Rdf7 31. h3 Rh7
32. Ka2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Be7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nc2 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qe2 d6 12. O-O
Na5 13. Be3 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. b4 Nc6 17. f5 Nxd4
18. Bxd4 Ba8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Qb7 22. Bxf6
Bxf6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Be4 Qc7 25. Nd5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxf1+
27. Rxf1 Qxc4 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Nf4 b5 30. h3 Bf2 31. Qe7 Qc8
32. Ne6 Rg8 33. Ng5 Rf8 34. Ne6 Rg8 35. Ng5 Rf8 36. Rd1 Re8
37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nd6 Rxe7 41. Nxc8
Re8 42. Bxa8 Rxc8 43. Bd5+ Kh8 44. Bb7 Rb8 45. Bxa6 g6 46. Rd6
Bg3 47. Rd3 Be5 48. g4 Rb6 49. Bc8 Kg7 50. Kg2 Kf6 51. Kf3 Rb8
52. Bd7 Bb2 53. Ke4 Rd8 54. Rf3+ Ke7 55. Bxb5 Rd4+ 56. Ke3 Rd6
57. Ke2 Rf6 58. Rb3 Bd4 59. Kd3 Rf3+ 60. Kc4 Rxb3 61. Kxb3 Kd6
62. a4 Bf2 63. Kc4 g5 64. Be8 h6 65. Kb5 Be1 66. Kb6 Bxb4
67. a5 Bc5+ 68. Kb7 Ke7 69. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O a6 11. a3 b5 12. cxd5
cxd5 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. Ne2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Qg4 Rac8 19. Qd7 Rb8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6
Rfd8 22. Rxf6 Rxd7 23. Rxa6 Bxb2 24. Rd1 d4 25. h4 Rbd8
26. exd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6
12. Rd1 Bd3 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Rxd3 Bc5 15. Ne4 Bxd4 16. Nd6+
Kf8 17. Rxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. Rc1 Rhd8
21. Qh4+ Kf8 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. Qxh7 b5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Kf8
26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2
Nxe5 7. Qxe4 Qe7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Nd5 c6 11. Nxe7
Kxe7 12. Re1+ Kd8 13. Bf1 Re8 14. Re3 d6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Bb2 f6
17. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 Bb7 12. Rf2
Qc7 13. Bf1 Rac8 14. Qe1 Ne5 15. Rd2 Nfd7 16. Rad1 Rfe8
17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Qg3 Nc5 19. Nd4 Qb8 20. Rf2 Ncd7 21. Bc1 Nf6
22. Re2 Ng6 23. Ree1 Be7 24. Qf2 Bd8 25. Nde2 Bc7 26. Qg1 d5
27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Nc3 Bb7 30. Be3 Ne5 31. Be2
Bc6 32. Bxa6 Nxf3 33. gxf3 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 bxa5 11. Qa4+ Nbd7
12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nxa5 Qc7 14. f3 Rab8 15. b4 Ba8 16. Kh1 d5
17. c5 Qe5 18. Bd2 Qd4 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bxa6 dxe4 21. Ne2 Qd8
22. f4 Nf3 23. Bc3 Ng4 24. c6 Nfxh2 25. Rfd1 Bd6 26. Be1 Qf6
27. Rxd6 Nf3 28. Ng1 Nxe1 29. Qe2 Qxf4 30. g3 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O
12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Qc5 Qxc5
17. Nxc5 Rab8 18. f4 Be8 19. Rc2 Nh7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. a3 Bf8
22. g3 Kg7 23. Kg2 a5 24. Kf3 b6 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Nxc6 a4
27. Nxd8 axb3 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Nxe6 g5 30. e4 Bd7 31. Nxf8
Bg4+ 32. Ke3 Re8 33. e5 Nd5+ 34. Ke4 Nxc7 35. Rxc7 Rxf8 36. d5
Bf5+ 37. Kd4 Bh3 38. fxg5 Rf2 39. e6 Rd2+ 40. Ke5 Rxb2 41. Rb7
Rb1 42. e7 Re1+ 43. Kf6 Rf1+ 44. Ke5 Re1+ 45. Kf6 Rf1+ 46. Ke5
Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Qd7
12. Ne5 Qb7 13. Qc7 Qxc7 14. Rxc7 Bd6 15. Rc2 Nh5 16. Be3 f6
17. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. e5
Qe7 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Be4 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. Rfd1
a6 18. h4 Ba8 19. Rc2 Rdc8 20. Rdc1 Qf8 21. a4 c5 22. axb5
cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 axb5 26. Nc6 Rb6
27. f4 Qa8 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. h5 Ra6 30. hxg6+ fxg6 31. Rc7 Ra1+
32. Kf2 Qd8 33. Qd3 Qxe7 34. Rxd7 Qh4+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ 36. Kg3
1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5
Nxe4 8.Qd5 Nc5 9.Na3 Ne7 10.Qd1 Ne4 11.Bd3 d5 12.exd6 Nxd6
13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Ndf5 15.Bg3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Nf5 17.Nc4 Qf6
18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Re1 Nd6 20.Ne5 Re8 21.Nc4 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Bf5
23.Bf1 Re8 24.Qd2 Be6 25.Nxd6 Rd8 26.Qe2 Rxd6 27.a3 Qd8 28.Qf3
c6 29.b4 b5 30.Kh2 Bb3 31.Rb1 Bd5 32.Qf4 Be6 33.Rb2 g5 34.Qe3
Rd1 35.Be2 Ra1 36.Rd2 Qf6 37.Rd6 Re1 38.Rd1 Rxd1 39.Bxd1 Bd5
40.a4 bxa4 41.Bxa4 Qe6 42.Qxe6 Bxe6 43.Kg1 Kg7 44.f4 Kf6
45.Kf2 Bd5 46.Bc2 b6 47.Bd3 c5 48.bxc5 bxc5 49.fxg5+ hxg5
50.g4 Ke5 51.g3 Be6 52.Kf3 Kd5 53.Be2 Ke5 54.Ke3 Bd7 55.Bf3
Be6 56.Be2 Bd7 57.Bf3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 a5 11.Qe1 Qc8 12.a4 Nc6 13.g4
Nb4 14.Kb1 d5 15.g5 Ne8 16.exd5 Bf5 17.Rd2 Nc7 18.Qd1 Rd8
19.Na1 Ne8 20.Bb5 Nd6 21.Qe2 Nxb5 22.Qxb5 Ra6 23.Rhd1 Rad6
24.h4 Bd7 25.Qc5 b6 26.Qxc8 Bxc8 27.Nb3 f6 28.gxf6 gxf6 29.Ne4
Rxd5 30.Bxb6 Rxd2 31.Nbxd2 Rd5 32.Nc3 Rd7 33.Bxa5 Bb7 34.Rg1+
Kf7 35.Nde4 f5 36.Ng5+ Kg6 37.h5+ Kg7 38.Nb5 h6 39.Ne6+ Kf7
40.Nbc7 Nc6 41.Bb6 Nb4 42.c3 Nd5 43.Rg7+ Kf6 44.Rg6+ Kf7 45.a5
Nxb6 46.axb6 Bxf3 47.b4 f4 48.Rg7+ Kf6 49.Rg6+ Kf7 50.Rg7+ Kf6
51.Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+
12. Kxd1 Be6 13. Kc2 f6 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. b4 Nxe5 16. bxa5 Bc8
17. a6 bxa6 18. a5 Nd7 19. Na4 e5 20. Bc4 Bc5 21. Rd1 Bd4
22. Ba3 c5 23. Rb3 h5 24. Rdb1 Ke7 25. Bd5 Ra7 26. Rb6 Rc7
27. Re6+ Kd8 28. Nb6 Nxb6 29. axb6 Rb7 30. Rd6+ Ke7 31. Rc6
Rd7 32. Re6+ Kf7 33. b7 1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Qh3 Nc5 12.Rhe1 Rg8
13.Bh4 g5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxg5 hxg5 16.Bg3 Ncd7 17.Nxe6 Qb6
18.Bc4 g4 19.Qh6 fxe6 20.Bh4 Bf8 21.Qd2 Qc6 22.Bd3 b5 23.Ne4
Nd5 24.Rf1 Bb7 25.Rxf8+ Nxf8 26.Qh6 Rg6 27.Nf6+ Rxf6 28.Bxf6
Nxf6 29.Bg6+ Nxg6 30.Qxg6+ Ke7 31.Qg7+ Ke8 32.Qxf6 Rc8 33.c3
b4 34.Qg6+ Ke7 35.Qg7+ Ke8 36.Rf1 Qc5 37.Qxb7 Qe3+ 38.Kc2 Qe2+
39.Kb3 Qc4+ 40.Kc2 b3+ 41.Kd2 Rd8+ 42.Ke1 Rd1+ 43.Kxd1 Qxf1+
44.Kd2 Qf4+ 45.Kd1 bxa2 46.Qc8+ Kf7 47.Qd7+ Kf6 48.Qd8+ Kf5
49.Qf8+ Ke4 50.Qa8+ Kd3 51.Qxa6+ Qc4 52.Qa7 g3 53.h3 Qb3+
54.Ke1 Kc2 0-1

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3
Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7
13.O-O e5 14.Bb3 Rd8 15.Re1 exd4 16.exd4 Qd6 17.Rd3 Nf8 18.d5
Bf5 19.Rd2 cxd5 20.Rxd5 Qf6 21.Qd4 Be6 22.Qxf6 gxf6 23.Rh5
Bxb3 24.axb3 Ng6 25.Rxh6 Rd3 26.h4 Rad8 27.Rh5 Rxb3 28.Rf5 Kg7
29.h5 Nf8 30.Re4 Nh7 31.Rg4+ Kh6 32.Rc4 Rxb2 33.g4 b5 34.Rd4
Rxd4 35.Nxd4 Rb4 36.Rd5 Ng5 37.Kg2 Ne6 38.Nf5+ Kh7 39.Kg3 Rb3+
40.Kh2 Rf3 41.Rd7 Ng5 42.Kg2 Rf4 43.Kg3 Rf3+ 44.Kg2 Rf4 45.Kg3
Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5
Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4
19.Re1 d4 20.Qxd4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qxg5 22.Qxc4+ Kb8 23.Rac1 Bd6
24.Qc6 Qd2 25.Kg1 Rxh2 26.Re2 Qd3 27.Re3 Qd2 28.Re2 Qd3 29.Re3
Qd2 30.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4
Be7 8.Bg2 Nfd7 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Nde5 11.b3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 O-O
13.O-O-O b5 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.f4 Ng6 16.Rhf1 e5 17.Be3 exf4
18.Nxf4 Ne5 19.Kb1 Rc8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Bh4 22.g5 Re8
23.Bf3 g6 24.Bg4 Rc7 25.Bb6 Qb8 26.Bxc7 Qxc7 27.Be2 Qd8 28.Rg1
Qb6 29.Qf4 Bf2 30.Rg2 Be3 31.Qe4 Re7 32.Qb4 Rc7 33.h4 Bc5
34.Qe4 Qa5 35.Rg3 Bf2 36.Rh3 h5 37.gxh6 f5 38.Qf4 Rxc2 39.Kxc2
Qxa2+ 40.Kc1 Qa1+ 41.Kc2 Qa2+ 42.Kc1 Qa1+ 43.Kc2 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "161"]

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 Bd7 13.b3 c4
14.Ba3 Bd8 15.Nbd2 Ne8 16.Bb4 cxb3 17.axb3 Nb7 18.Qe2 Qb8
19.Ba3 Bb6 20.b4 Nc7 21.Bd3 a5 22.Nf1 axb4 23.cxb4 f6 24.Ne3
g6 25.Bb2 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Nd8 27.Nd2 Nf7 28.Kh2 Qd8 29.Rf1 Qe7
30.Bc1 Ra8 31.Nb1 Bd4 32.Nc2 Bb6 33.Nc3 f5 34.exf5 gxf5 35.f4
Rc8 36.Be3 Bxe3 37.Qxe3 Ne8 38.Be2 Qf6 39.Qd2 exf4 40.Nd4 Qe5
41.Bxb5 f3+ 42.Kg1 Bxb5 43.Ncxb5 fxg2 44.Rxf5 Qe4 45.Nc3 Qh4
46.Qxg2+ Kh8 47.Nce2 Nf6 48.Rf4 Qh6 49.Nf5 Qf8 50.Ned4 Ne5
51.b5 Qg8 52.Ne7 Rc1+ 53.Kh2 Qxg2+ 54.Kxg2 Nfd7 55.Ndf5 Nc4
56.Rg4 Nf6 57.Rg3 Rc2+ 58.Kg1 Rc1+ 59.Kh2 Rc2+ 60.Rg2 Rxg2+
61.Kxg2 Ne4 62.Nc8 Nc3 63.Ncxd6 Nb6 64.Ne3 Kg7 65.Kf3 Kf8
66.Kf4 Ke7 67.Ndc4 Nxc4 68.Nxc4 Nxd5+ 69.Kg5 Kd7 70.h4 Ne7
71.Kf6 Ng6 72.Ne5+ Nxe5 73.Kxe5 Kc7 74.h5 Kb6 75.Kf6 Kxb5
76.Kg7 Ka4 77.Kxh7 Kb3 78.h6 Ka2 79.Kg6 Kb1 80.h7 Kc2 81.h8=Q
1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5
12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 e5 14. Bg5 Qxg5 15. h4 Qg4 16. Nxa8 Qd7
17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Qa3 Nb4 19. O-O Bg4 20. f3 Bh6 21. fxg4 Nxg4
22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Nf1 Kg7 24. Bxf7 Qxf7 25. Qxb4 Qf2+ 26. Kh1
Qxh4+ 27. Kg1 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Bxe3+ 30. Nxe3 Qf2+
31. Kh1 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.b4 a5 6.c3 b6 7.Bb5+ Bd7
8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.cxb6 axb4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne2 Qb5 12.O-O Nd7
13.Nd2 bxc3 14.Nxc3 Qxb6 15.a4 Bg7 16.Nb5 f5 17.Rb1 O-O 18.e4
fxe4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qxd7 e3 21.fxe3 Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 Rxa4 23.Nd6
Rf4 24.Rfe1 Rb4 25.Rbc1 Qd2 26.Rcd1 Qh6 27.h3 Qg6 28.Nc8 Kh8
29.Ne7 Qg5 30.Nc6 Rb2 31.Rg1 Qf4 32.Qe7 Rd2 33.Rxd2 Qxd2
34.Ne5 Qf4 35.Nf3 Kg8 36.Rd1 h6 37.Rd3 Rc8 38.Rd8+ Rxd8
39.Qxd8+ Kh7 40.Qd3+ f5 41.Qd7 e5 42.Qf7 Kh8 43.Qe8+ Kh7
44.Qf7 Qc1+ 45.Kh2 Qf4+ 46.Kh1 Qe4 47.h4 Qg4 48.h5 e4 49.Ne5
Qh4+ 50.Kg1 Qf6 51.Qg6+ Qxg6 52.Nxg6 Bd4+ 53.Kf1 Kg7 54.Nf4
Kf6 55.g3 Be5 56.Ne2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "World Champions Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Jonathan Rosenthal"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.Nge2 d6 7.d3
Nc6 8.O-O Ne8 9.Nd5 Be6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Rb1 Bc7 12.b4 b6 13.f4 f6
14.Qa4 Bd7 15.Qc2 Bb8 16.Be3 Nc7 17.h4 Qe8 18.Kh2 Kh8 19.Bh3
Bxh3 20.Kxh3 Nd4 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.f5 Rf7 23.g4 b5 24.Ng3 a5
25.Rfc1 Ba7 26.bxa5 Bc5 27.Nxc7 Rxc7 28.Rxb5 Rca7 29.Qd2 Qd8
30.Rcb1 h6 31.g5 fxg5 32.hxg5 Qxg5 33.Qxg5 hxg5 34.Rb8+ Rxb8
35.Rxb8+ Kh7 36.Rb5 Bxa3 37.Kg4 Kh6 38.f6 Kg6 39.fxg7 Rxg7
40.Nf5 Ra7 41.Rb6 Bc5 42.Rc6 Rxa5 43.Nxd6 Bxd6 44.Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ne2
Bd7 12. h3 h6 13. Nf4 h5 14. Re1 Rd8 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Rae1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxc7
Rd7 22. Bd6 Rhd8 23. Ba3 Rd2 24. c3 Rc2 25. R6e3 Rdd2 26. Rf3
b6 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Kg6 29. Be7 Re2 30. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Werner Hug"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6
7. O-O Bf5 8. Ne1 Be6 9. d5 Bd7 10. h3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Na6
12. Nd3 Qa5 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Kh2 h5 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Rc1 Nc5
17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Be3 Rc4 19. b3 Rcc8 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Nb1 Qb5
22. b4 Qa4 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qb3 26. Nd2
Qa4 27. Qc7 Qb5 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qxa7 h4 30. gxh4 Nxd5 31. a4
Be5+ 32. Kg1 Qxe2 33. Bxd5 Bxh3 34. Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Qg4+
36. Kf1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. b3 Ne5
12. Qe3 Nfg4 13. Qd2 Bb4 14. Bb2 O-O 15. f3 Nf6 16. Nc2 Ba5
17. Qe3 d6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 b5 20. c5 Bc7 21. Bxe5 dxe5
22. Rad1 a5 23. a3 Qa6 24. b4 Rad8 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. Qb7 Qa4
27. Qxc7 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxc2 29. Re1 e4 30. c6 Qc3 31. Rf1 Qd2
32. fxe4 Qxe2+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Rf2 Qxe4 35. Qd7 Qe1+ 36. Kg2
Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+
7. Bd2 Qxd4 8. Bxb4 Qxe5 9. Nd2 b5 10. Bc3 Qc7 11. a4 Bb7
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne4 Ke7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qb4+
Nc5 17. Ra5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rab8 19. O-O Kf8 20. Rfa1 Kg7
21. Rxa7 Qe5 22. Bf3 Rhf8 23. Re7 Nb3 24. Raa7 Nd4 25. Kg2
Nxe2 26. Rac7 Nd4 27. Rc5 Nc2 28. Rxe5 Nxb4 29. R5xe6 Nd3
30. Bh5 Nxb2 31. Rc6 Rbc8 32. Rb6 Rb8 33. Rc6 Nd3 34. f4 Nb4
35. Rcc7 Nd5 36. Rxf7+ Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Rd7 Nb6 39. Rc7
b4 40. Bf7+ Kh8 41. Bxc4 Nxc4 42. Rxc4 b3 43. Rc1 b2 44. Rb1
Kg7 45. g4 Rb3 46. Kf2 Kg6 47. Ke1 h5 48. gxh5+ Kxh5 49. Kd2
Rh3 50. Rh1 Kg4 51. Kc2 Kxf4 52. Kxb2 f5 53. Kc2 Ke3 54. Kd1
Kf2 55. Re1 Rd3+ 56. Kc2 Rd5 57. Re8 f4 58. Rh8 f3 59. h4 Kg3
60. h5 f2 61. Rg8+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. h3 h6 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 Qe7 11. Re1 Rb8
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Qe3 Bb7 16. Nh4
Qe6 17. Nf5 Kh7 18. Rad1 c5 19. f3 Bc6 20. a4 Ng8 21. Qe2 g6
22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. b3 Kg7 25. Nc3 Rd4 26. Ncd5 Bxd5
27. exd5 Rd8 28. c3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 h5 30. c4 Ne8 31. Re1 Nd6
32. Nd1 Re8 33. Nc3 a5 34. Nb5 Nf5 35. Qe4 f6 36. Qd3 Qd7
37. Qe4 Nd4 38. Qd3 f5 39. Nxd4 exd4 40. Qd2 Re7 41. Kf2 Qe8
42. Rxe7+ Qxe7 43. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Nc3 f5 11. e3 Qe7 12. Ne2
Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Nf6 14. Rdd1 Bd7 15. Nf4 Be8 16. a3 Ne4 17. Ne5
g5 18. Nfd3 h5 19. b4 Kh8 20. f3 Nf6 21. a4 Bxb4 22. Nxb4 Qxb4
23. Rab1 Qe7 24. a5 Rc8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qb3 Rc7 27. e4 Nf6
28. Re1 fxe4 29. fxe4 Nd7 30. Nd3 Bg6 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1
Kh7 33. Qc3 c5 34. Nf2 e5 35. d5 c4 36. Rd1 Qc5 37. d6 Rc8
38. Rd5 Qc6 39. Nh3 g4 40. Ng5+ Kg8 41. h4 Bf7 42. Nxf7 Kxf7
43. Kh2 Ke6 44. Qe3 c3 45. Qg5 Kf7 46. Qxh5+ Kf8 47. Qf5+ Ke8
48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Rd1 Qc4 50. Qxd7 c2 51. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. b3 Re8 11. e4 c5 12. Nc2
a6 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Ne3 Nfd7 15. Ncd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. Bf4 Re6 19. Rbd1 Ne5 20. h4 Bf8 21. Kh1 Rb8
22. Rd2 b5 23. Rfd1 bxc4 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Qxc4 Rb4 26. Qc2
Qb6 27. Rd7 c4 28. Rd8 Kg7 29. Bh3 Rf6 30. R1d2 cxb3 31. axb3
Rxb3 32. Kg2 Rbf3 33. Rc8 h5 34. Bd7 Bb4 35. Rc6 Bxd2 36. Rxb6
Rxf2+ 37. Kh3 Rxb6 38. Qc5 Be3 39. Qxe5+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6
12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2
Bb4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. e4 c6 19. f4 Kh8 20. Rfd1 f6 21. Nf3 Qd7
22. b3 Rad8 23. Rd2 Rfe8 24. h4 Qf7 25. Re1 Qh5 26. Re3 h6
27. Kh3 Qf7 28. Qc5 Qc7 29. Qh5 Re7 30. Qg4 c5 31. Rc3 Qc6
32. Qg6 Qa6 33. Kg2 b6 34. Rc4 Qc8 35. h5 Rc7 36. Qg4 cxd4
37. Rcxd4 Rc2 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Rxc2 Nxc2 40. Qxe6 Qd3
41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.09.29"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Na6 7.Be3 e5
8.d5 c6 9.g4 Nc5 10.Nd2 a5 11.a3 Nfd7 12.Rg1 a4 13.Qc2 Nb6
14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Kb1 cxd5 16.cxd5 Rc8 17.Bb5 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Qd7
19.Nc3 Bf6 20.g5 Bd8 21.h4 Na8 22.Bxc5 Rxc5 23.Qxa4 Qc8 24.Rc1
Nb6 25.Qd1 Qh3 26.Qf3 Qd7 27.Qd3 Kg7 28.Rc2 f6 29.gxf6+ Rxf6
30.h5 Rxf2 31.hxg6 h6 32.Nd1 Rxc2 33.Nxf2 Rc8 34.Ng4 Bg5
35.Nf3 Nc4 36.Nxg5 hxg5 37.Ne3 Nxe3 38.Qxe3 Qa4 39.Qxg5 Qxe4+
40.Ka1 Re8 41.Rc1 1-0

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Nf4
12. Ne4 Na5 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. d4 Qd7 15. Ne5 Qf5 16. Qd3 Rad8
17. Nc5 Qxd3 18. Nexd3 Bxc5 19. dxc5 f3 20. gxf3 Bxf3 21. Re7
Rc8 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Ne5+ Kf6 25. Nxf3 Rd8
26. Kg2 Nc6 27. a3 a5 28. Rb1 a4 29. b4 axb3 30. Rxb3 Rb8
31. Rd3 b4 32. axb4 Nxb4 33. Rd7 Na6 34. Nd2 Nxc5 35. Rxc7 Ne6
36. Rc4 Rd8 37. Nf3 g5 38. h4 h6 39. Kg3 Kf5 40. Ra4 Rd5
41. hxg5 hxg5 42. c4 Nc5 43. Ra8 Ne4+ 44. Kg2 Rd3 45. Rf8+ Nf6
46. c5 g4 47. Ng1 Rd2 48. c6 Rc2 49. Ne2 Rc4 50. Ra8 Ke5
51. Ra6 Nd5 52. Kg3 Kd6 53. f3 gxf3 54. Kxf3 Rxc6 55. Rxc6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. b3 g5 11. Bb2 Bg7
12. O-O-O Nb6 13. h4 g4 14. f4 gxf3 15. Nxf3 c5 16. Qe1 Bb7
17. Bd3 h6 18. Qg3 Rdg8 19. Rhe1 d5 20. exd6 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2
Qxd6 22. Bf5+ Kb8 23. Re8+ Nc8 24. Rxd6 Rxg3 25. Rxh8 cxd6
26. Ne1 Kc7 27. Rh7 Ne7 28. Rxf7 Kd8 29. Rf8+ Kc7 30. Rf7 Kd8
31. Bc2 Re3 32. Nd3 Bxg2 33. Rf6 Kc7 34. Nf4 Rf3 35. Be4 Rf2+
36. Kc3 Bxe4 37. Ne6+ Kd7 38. Nf8+ Ke8 39. Rxf2 Bf5 40. Rd2
Nc8 41. Rf2 Ne7 42. Ne6 Bxe6 43. Rf6 Kd7 44. Rxh6 Bf5 45. h5
Ng8 46. Rh8 Nf6 47. h6 Ke6 48. Ra8 Ng4 49. Rxa7 Nxh6 50. a4
Nf7 51. a5 Be4 52. Rc7 Ne5 53. a6 Nd7 54. Rc8 Ke7 55. b4 cxb4+
56. Kxb4 Nb6 57. Rb8 Na8 58. c5 Nc7 59. cxd6+ Kxd6 60. a7 Na8
61. Kb5 Bd3+ 62. Ka5 Be4 63. Kb5 Bd3+ 64. Ka5 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.02"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6
8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Be7 13.Bb2
Nf6 14.O-O-O Nbd7 15.c5 Qc7 16.h4 a5 17.g5 Nh5 18.Bg4 Nf8
19.Rdg1 O-O-O 20.Ne2 f5 21.gxf6 gxf6 22.Bxh5 gxh5 23.Rg7 Rd7
24.Rhg1 Bd8 25.Rg8 Rdh7 26.Nf4 Qf7 27.R8g2 Bc7 28.Nd3 Nd7
29.a3 Kb7 30.Bc3 Ra8 31.f4 f5 32.Ne5 Qe7 33.Nxd7 Qxd7 34.a4 b4
35.Be1 Rf8 36.Rg6 Bd8 37.Qg2 Bf6 38.Bf2 Qe7 39.Qf3 Rff7 40.Kd2
Rfg7 41.Rxg7 Bxg7 42.Qg3 Bf6 43.Qg8 Rh8 44.Qg6 Rh7 45.Qg8 Rh8
46.Qg6 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3
dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bf4 Na6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Be2 Qa5 14. O-O Nb4 15. Qh4 Nc2 16. g4 Nxe3
17. fxe3 Bh6 18. Nd1 Kh8 19. gxh5 Rg8 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. hxg6
Bxf3 22. Kxf3 Rxg6 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qc4 Qd2 25. Rc1 Rc6 26. Qh4
Qxc1 27. Qxe7 Rg8 28. e6 Qd2 29. Kf2 f4 0-1

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7
Qxe7 13.O-O O-O 14.c4 f5 15.Qh5 Rb8 16.exf5 e4 17.Rae1 Bb7
18.Qg4 Rfe8 19.cxb5 d5 20.bxa6 Bc6 21.Rc1 exd3 22.Rxc6 Qe2
23.h3 Rxb2 24.f6 Qxg4 25.hxg4 Rxa2 26.Nb1 Bf8 27.Rc3 Rxa6
28.Rxd3 Rxf6 29.Rxd5 Bb4 30.g3 Re2 31.Kg2 Be1 32.Rf5 Rxf5
33.gxf5 Bb4 34.Rc1 h5 35.Rc4 Rb2 36.Nc3 Bxc3 37.Rxc3 Rb5
38.Rf3 Kg7 39.Kh3 Kh6 40.Kh4 Rb1 41.Kh3 Rb5 42.Kh4 Rb1 43.Kh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6
7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 e6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbc3 Na6 11. Nf4 e5 12. Nd3
c4 13. Ne1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nf3 Qe8 17. Nd2 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Ne4 21. Qb4 Nxc3 22. bxc3
f4 23. Bc5 f3 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 25. Qxb7 fxg2 26. Kxg2 Qf7
27. Rab1 e4 28. f4 Rxc3 29. Rb3 Rd3 30. f5 Rd2+ 31. Rf2 Rxf2+
32. Kxf2 Qxf5+ 33. Ke1 Bc5 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. gxf4
Ke7 37. Rg3 Kd6 38. Rg7 h5 39. Rg5 e3 40. Ke2 Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.h3 Nh5 11.g3 Na6 12.Nd2 Bf8
13.O-O-O Ng7 14.a3 Ne6 15.Nf3 f6 16.Rxd8 Nxd8 17.b4 b6 18.Kb2
Ne6 19.Rd1 Kf7 20.h4 c5 21.b5 Nac7 22.Nd5 Ne8 23.Bd3 Nd6
24.Bd2 Bb7 25.g4 Bg7 26.Bc3 Bxd5 27.exd5 Nf4 28.Bf1 e4 29.Bd2
g5 30.Ne1 f5+ 31.Kb3 fxg4 32.hxg5 Be5 33.Ng2 Nh3 34.Be3 Nf5
35.Be2 Nd4+ 36.Bxd4 cxd4 37.Rf1 Nxg5 38.Bxg4 Rf8 39.Nh4 Kg8
40.Rg1 Kh8 41.Bf5 Bf6 42.Rh1 Kg7 43.Bg4 Nf7 44.Nf5+ Kg6 45.Ng3
Nd6 46.Re1 e3 47.fxe3 Bh4 48.Rg1 dxe3 49.Be2 Kh6 50.Rh1 Rf4
51.Bd3 Kg5 52.Ne2 Rg4 53.Rh3 h5 54.Rxe3 Bf2 55.Re5+ Kh4 56.Nc3
Bc5 57.a4 Rg5 58.Rxg5 Kxg5 59.Ne4+ Nxe4 60.Bxe4 Kf4 61.Bh1 h4
62.a5 bxa5 63.Ka4 Bb6 64.c5 Bxc5 65.Kxa5 Ke5 66.Ka6 h3 67.Bf3
Kd6 68.Be4 Ke5 69.Bf3 Kd6 70.Be4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "189"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6
14.c5 Nxc5 15.b4 Na6 16.Nd3 Rf7 17.Nb5 b6 18.Be1 Bf6 19.Nf2 h5
20.h3 Bb7 21.Rc2 Qd7 22.Qd3 Bd8 23.Bd2 Nb8 24.Rfc1 Ba6 25.Rc3
Rg7 26.Ra3 Ne7 27.Be1 Nc8 28.Rac3 Rh7 29.Nd1 Rg7 30.Bf2 Kh7
31.Nb2 Kh6 32.Kf1 Kh7 33.Ke1 Kh6 34.R3c2 Rf7 35.Nd1 Rg7 36.Bf1
Kh7 37.Rc3 Kg8 38.R1c2 Kh7 39.Kd2 Kg8 40.Kc1 Kh7 41.Kb2 Kg8
42.Rc1 Kh7 43.R3c2 Kg8 44.Ndc3 Qe8 45.Nb1 Bxb5 46.Qxb5 Qf8
47.Na3 a6 48.Qa4 Ra7 49.Qb3 Ra8 50.Nb1 Qe8 51.Nc3 Ra7 52.Be2
Kf8 53.Rd1 Qd7 54.Ka1 Qe8 55.Rdc1 Qd7 56.Rb2 Qe8 57.Qd1 Rb7
58.Qf1 b5 59.a4 bxa4 60.Bxa6 Nxa6 61.Qxa6 Rb8 62.Nxa4 g4
63.hxg4 hxg4 64.Kb1 Qd7 65.Nc3 Ne7 66.b5 Qc8 67.Qa3 Ra8 68.Qb4
Qd7 69.b6 cxb6 70.Nb5 Rg6 71.Be1 Kg8 72.Qb3 Kf8 73.Qd3 Kg8
74.Bb4 Rc8 75.Rbc2 Rxc2 76.Rxc2 Nc8 77.Kb2 gxf3 78.gxf3 Na7
79.Nxa7 Qxa7 80.Qb5 Kf7 81.Rh2 Be7 82.Rc2 Rg8 83.Kb3 Ra8
84.Qc6 b5 85.Qxb5 Rb8 86.Qc6 Qg1 87.Qc3 Qb1+ 88.Rb2 Qd1+
89.Ka2 Rh8 90.Ba3 Rh1 91.Qc8 Qa1+ 92.Kb3 Qd1+ 93.Ka2 Qa1+
94.Kb3 Qd1+ 95.Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th European Team Championship"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a4
c5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. d5 c4 15. b3 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Qc7 17. Bd3 Qxc3
18. Be3 Rec8 19. Rc1 Qb4 20. Rb1 Qc3 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bxb5
Nf8 23. Nfd2 Ra2 24. Qf3 Rc2 25. Nf1 Ng6 26. Ng3 Rb2 27. Qd1
Nf4 28. Rxb2 Qxb2 29. Qb1 Qa3 30. Bd2 Bd8 31. Re3 Qa7 32. Nf5
Qb8 33. Na5 g6 34. Nxb7 gxf5 35. Nxd8 Rxd8 36. exf5 Qb7
37. Qb2 Kf8 38. Rb3 N4xd5 39. Bh6+ Ke7 40. Ba4 Qa6 41. Rb7+
Nd7 42. Qb3 Qa5 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "17th European Team Championship"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Georgiev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bc2 Ne5 10. b3 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Rb1
b4 13. Na4 Ba6 14. f4 Ned7 15. a3 bxa3 16. Bxa3 Nb6 17. Bd3
Re8 18. Nb2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 a5 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Na6 22. Qf3
Nb4 23. f5 Qh4 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nf4 Be5 26. g3 Qf6 27. Kg2
Nc2 28. Rb7 Nxa3 29. Qxa3 Rf8 30. Qa4 g5 31. Qd7 Qh6 32. Ne6
Rxf1 33. Kxf1 Qh5 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Qh5+ 36. Kg2 Bf6
37. Nf4 Qh6 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Nh5 Rf8 40. Rf7 Bg7 41. Rxg7 Qxh5
42. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th European Team Championship"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Igor Miladinovic"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3
Bf5 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Ng3 Qe7+ 9. Be3 Bg6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 Rfe8 13. f3 Nb6 14. Bf2 Qc7 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. c4 Nd7
17. c5 Bf4 18. Nf1 Qd8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Qxd5 Qc8
22. Rd1 Nf8 23. b4 a6 24. g3 Bc7 25. Ne3 f5 26. Qc4 f4 27. Nd5
fxg3 28. hxg3 Bd8 29. a4 g5 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Qf5 32. Kg2
Nd7 33. Bf2 Ne5 34. Qe4 Qxe4 35. fxe4 f6 36. Bd4 Nc6 37. Bc3
Na7 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Kd3 g6 41. g4 f5 42. Ne3 fxg4
43. Nxg4 Bc7 44. Kc4 Bf4 45. b5 axb5+ 46. axb5 Nc8 47. Ba5 Ne7
48. Bd8 Nc8 49. b6 Kd7 50. Bf6 Ke6 51. e5 Bc1 52. Nf2 Be3
53. Ne4 g4 54. Kd3 Bg1 55. c6 Nxb6 56. cxb7 Nd7 57. Ke2 Ba7
1/2-1/2

[Event "17th European Team Championship"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 b6 6. Nb3 e6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. g3 Ngf6 9. Bg2 Be4 10. Nbd2 Bg6 11. Nc4 Be4
12. Ncd2 Bg6 13. O-O b5 14. a4 a6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5
17. h4 h5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Be7
22. Bg5 O-O 23. Bxd5 Bxg5 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. Nd6 Be7 26. Bxh5
Bxh5 27. Qxh5 Bxd6 28. exd6 Rxd6 29. Rc1 Rd5 30. Qf3 c5
31. Kg2 Qb8 32. b3 Rf5 33. Qe3 Qb7+ 34. Kh2 Qd5 35. Rc3 Re5
36. Qf3 Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4
Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 16.Qc2 Nh5 17.Bf1 Qb6 18.Bb2 exd4
19.cxd4 d5 20.exd5 cxd5 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.axb5 axb5 23.Qd3 Bc6
24.g3 Nhf6 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Ne4 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.Qc3 Bg7
29.Rc1 Bxe5 30.Qxc6 Qxc6 31.Rxc6 Bxb2 32.Bxb5 Re7 33.Rc8+ Kg7
34.Re8 Rxe8 35.Bxe8 Bc3 36.Kf1 f5 37.Ke2 Kf6 38.f3 exf3+
39.Kxf3 h5 40.h4 Ba5 41.Kg2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O
8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.b3 Nb8 11.Ba3 Nc6 12.Rac1 Be6
13.Qb2 Re8 14.h3 Rc8 15.Rc2 Bf5 16.Bxf5 gxf5 17.Ne1 Ne4 18.Nd3
e5 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Rxc2 22.Qxc2 Qa5 23.Bd6
Bxe5 24.b4 Qd8 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Rc1 Rd5 27.a4 b5 28.axb5 Rxb5
29.Qa4 Qd6 30.Qa1 Qe5 31.Qxa6 Rxb4 32.Qh6 Rb8 33.g3 Qe6 34.Qf4
Rc8 35.Rd1 Rc6 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Kg2 h6 38.Qb8 Qf6 39.Rd5 Re6
40.h4 h5 41.Rd8 Kh7 42.Rg8 f4 43.gxf4 Qxh4 44.Rh8+ Kg6 45.Qg8+
Kf6 46.Qd8+ Re7 47.Rh6+ Kf5 48.Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2
Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.h3 Rb8 13.Nc4
Nb6 14.Na3 Bd7 15.e4 Nc8 16.Qd3 Re7 17.Rb1 Be8 18.b4 cxb4
19.Rxb4 Rc7 20.Bd2 Nd7 21.Rc1 Nc5 22.Qb1 b5 23.axb5 a5 24.Rb2
Nb6 25.Ra2 a4 26.Ne2 Rcb7 27.Bf4 Nc8 28.Rxc5 dxc5 29.Bxb8 Rxb8
30.f4 g5 31.e5 gxf4 32.gxf4 f6 33.Qe4 fxe5 34.fxe5 Qg5 35.Nc4
Bxb5 36.h4 Qg6 37.Qxg6 hxg6 38.Rb2 Nd6 39.Nxd6 a3 40.Ra2 Bxe2
41.Rxe2 Bxe5 42.Nc4 Bb2 43.Nxa3 Bxa3 44.Re6 c4 45.Rxg6+ Kf7
46.Rc6 Rh8 47.Rc7+ Kf8 48.Rxc4 Be7 49.Rc8+ Kg7 50.Rxh8 Kxh8
51.h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2
a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Nd5 14.Rad1 Nab4 15.Bc1 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Qb3 Nb6
18.Ba3 Bxa3 19.Qxa3 Qd6 20.Ra1 f6 21.Nd3 Qxa3 22.Rxa3 Nc4
23.Ra2 e5 24.Nc5 b6 25.Ne4 Rad8 26.Nd2 Nxd2 27.Rxd2 Rd6 28.d5
c6 29.c4 cxd5 30.Rxd5 Rc6 31.Rb1 Rxc4 32.Rxb6 Rxa4 33.Rb7 Kh8
34.Ra7 Ra2 35.e3 a4 36.Rda5 h6 37.Rxa4 Rxa4 38.Rxa4 Kh7 39.g4
Rf7 40.Kg3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1
Nf6 8.h3 Nc6 9.g4 Qb6 10.Nde2 e6 11.Bg2 Be7 12.b3 h6 13.Qd2 g5
14.Ba3 Ne5 15.O-O-O Qxf2 16.Bxd6 Bxd6 17.Qxd6 Nfd7 18.Nd4 Qf6
19.Qa3 Qe7 20.Qb2 O-O 21.Nf5 exf5 22.Nd5 Qc5 23.exf5 a5 24.h4
gxh4 25.Rxh4 Ra6 26.Kb1 Qf2 27.Ne7+ Kg7 28.Rh2 f6 29.g5 fxg5
30.Nxc8 Raf6 31.Ne7 R8f7 32.Nd5 Nf3 33.Bxf3 Qxh2 34.Nxf6 Nxf6
35.a4 Qf4 36.Bd5 Rd7 37.Re1 Qxf5 38.Bc4 Qf2 39.Qe5 Qd4 40.Qf5
Qg4 41.Qxa5 Rd1+ 42.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 43.Kb2 Qd6 44.Qa7 Qe5+ 45.Ka2
Qe4 46.Bd3 Qc6 47.a5 Nd5 48.Qd4+ Nf6 49.Qe5 Kf8 50.c4 g4
51.Bf5 Kf7 52.Qb8 Ne8 53.Qf4 Qc5 54.Bxg4+ Nf6 55.Qf5 Qd4
56.Bf3 Qf2+ 57.Ka3 Kg7 58.Ka4 b6 59.axb6 Qxb6 60.c5 Qa7+
61.Kb5 Qb8+ 62.Kc4 Qg8+ 63.Kc3 Qe8 64.b4 Qe1+ 65.Kc4 Qf1+
66.Kb3 Qb5 67.Bd1 Qc6 68.Bc2 Kf7 69.Bd3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.19"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.a3
g5 8.d3 g4 9.Nd2 h5 10.b4 h4 11.Bb2 Rh6 12.Nb3 Nd4 13.Nc5 c6
14.e3 Ne6 15.O-O hxg3 16.fxg3 Nxc5 17.bxc5 Bxc5 18.Qe2 Be7
19.Rad1 f5 20.Qf2 Be6 21.e4 Rh5 22.Ne2 Qc7 23.exf5 Rxf5 24.Qe3
Na4 25.Qh6 Kd7 26.Rxf5 Nxb2 27.Rdf1 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 Nxd3 29.h4
Qd6 30.Qg7 Qxa3 31.Kh2 a5 32.Rf7 a4 33.h5 Ne1 34.Qxg4+ Kc7
35.Qe6 Re8 36.Qxe5+ Kb6 37.Rf5 Qb4 38.Qe3+ Bc5 39.Qxe8 Nxg2
40.Kxg2 a3 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5
7.Qxe4 Qe7 8.d4 Nc6 9.Qg4 h5 10.Qg3 Bxd4 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nd5 Qe4
13.Qg5 Qe5 14.c3 Bb6 15.a4 Re8 16.Qxe5 Rxe5 17.Nxb6 cxb6
18.Bf4 Re4 19.Bd6 a6 20.Bd3 Re6 21.Rfe1 g6 22.Rxe6 dxe6 23.Bc7
e5 24.Bxb6 Be6 25.h4 Rc8 26.a5 Ne7 27.Rd1 f5 28.Re1 Nc6 29.f3
Kf7 30.Kf2 Nb8 31.g3 Nd7 32.Ba7 Bb3 33.Re2 Bc4 34.Ke3 Ke6
35.Re1 Bb3 36.Kd2 Nc5 37.Bb6 Rc6 38.Re3 Nd7 39.Ba7 Rd6 40.Kc1
Rd5 41.c4 Rxa5 42.Bxf5+ gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5
Nb6 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Rfd1
Bf8 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21. Nd2 Qe7
22. Ne4 Kg7 23. Re1 Re8 24. h4 Rad8 25. h5 f5 26. Nxd6 Rxd6
27. Rc5 e4 28. hxg6 f4 29. Qd2 Qe5 30. Rc7+ Rd7 31. Rxd7+ Nxd7
32. Ba4 Rd8 33. Qa5 Nb6 34. Bb3 e3 35. fxe3 fxe3 36. Qb4 Rd6
37. Re2 Rxg6 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. bxc3 Rg5 40. Rxe3 Nxd5 41. Bxd5
Rxd5 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 Ra5 44. Rb2 Ke5 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.23"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Rc1 Ba3 9.Rc2 Nc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Bg2 d5
13.O-O dxc4 14.bxc4 Rad8 15.Rd2 Bb4 16.Qb3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Na5
18.c5 Nc4 19.Rc2 bxc5 20.Qb3 cxd4 21.Rxc4 Rb8 22.Qc2 Bxc4
23.Qxc4 e5 24.Qxc7 Rfe8 25.Qxa7 Rb2 26.Re1 g6 27.a4 Rd8 28.Qa5
e4 29.Nd2 e3 30.fxe3 d3 31.Ne4 Qe7 32.exd3 Rxd3 33.Qa8+ Kg7
34.Qc6 f5 35.Nf2 Rdd2 36.Qc3+ Kh7 37.Rf1 Rbc2 38.Qb3 Rb2
39.Qc3 Rbc2 40.Qb3 Rb2 41.Qc4 h5 42.Qf4 Re2 43.Bf3 Rec2 44.Nd3
Ra2 45.Nb4 Rxa4 46.Nxc2 Rxf4 47.gxf4 Kh6 48.Rb1 Qe6 49.Re1 Qa2
50.Nd4 h4 51.Be2 g5 52.fxg5+ Kxg5 53.Rf1 Kg6 54.Rxf5 Qb1+
55.Rf1 Qe4 56.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7
7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Re8 10.h4 c6 11.h5 h6 12.Kb1 Nf6
13.Bd3 Bf8 14.Rdg1 Ng4 15.Bf4 Qf6 16.Nh2 Nxh2 17.Rxh2 Bf5
18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.g4 Qe4 20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Qe2 22.Qxe2 Rxe2
23.Be3 Rxe3 24.fxe3 Re8 25.Rh3 Re6 26.c4 Be7 27.Rf3 Re5
28.Rgf1 Rxh5 29.Rxf7 Re5 30.R7f3 Bf6 31.c3 Re4 32.Rxf6 gxf6
33.Rxf6 Rxe3 34.Rxd6 Kf7 35.Kc2 Re2+ 36.Kb3 Ke7 37.Rd4 c5
38.Rd3 b6 39.Ka3 Rc2 40.Rd5 a5 41.Rd3 Rh2 42.b3 Rc2 43.Ka4
Rxa2+ 44.Kb5 Rb2 45.Kxb6 a4 46.Kxc5 Rxb3 47.Kc6 a3 48.c5 Ke8
49.Rh3 a2 50.Rh8+ Ke7 51.Ra8 Rb2 52.Kc7 Rc2 53.c6 Rb2 54.c4
Rc2 55.Ra6 Rb2 56.c5 Ke6 57.Ra5 Rc2 58.Kb7 Rb2+ 59.Kc8 Ke7
60.c7 Ke8 61.Rxa2 Rxa2 62.Kb7 1-0

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.24"]
[EventDate "2010.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5
13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Rac1 Qd6 17.f4 f6
18.f5 Qe5 19.Nf4 g5 20.Nh5+ Kg8 21.h4 h6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rf3
Kf7 24.Nxf6 Kxf6 25.Rh3 Rg8 26.Rh6+ Kf7 27.Rh7+ Ke8 28.Rcc7
Kd8 29.Bb5 Qxe4 30.Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.25"]
[EventDate "2010.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Na3
cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 Nd5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Nd3 Ba7
13.Ba5 Qe7 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Qa3 Qxa3 16.bxa3 N7f6 17.Nce5 Re8
18.Rc2 b6 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Rfc1 Rbd8 21.f4 Bb8 22.a4 a5 23.Nc6
Bxc6 24.Rxc6 h5 25.R1c4 Ne3 26.Bxe3 dxe3 27.Bf3 g6 28.Rxb6 Ba7
29.Rb3 Rd4 30.Rc7 Bb8 31.Rc5 Bd6 32.Rxa5 Rc8 33.Kg2 Rc2 34.a3
Ra2 35.Nb4 Bxb4 36.axb4 Nd5 37.b5 Raxa4 38.Rxa4 Rxa4 39.Bxd5
exd5 40.b6 Ra8 41.b7 Rb8 42.Kf3 d4 43.Ke4 1-0

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.27"]
[EventDate "2010.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5
8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7
13.Bxc4 a6 14.Rc1 Rg8 15.h4 h6 16.Ke2 Bd6 17.h5 Bh7 18.a5 Ke7
19.Na4 f6 20.b4 Rgc8 21.Bc5 Bxc5 22.bxc5 Rc7 23.Nb6 Rd8
24.Nxd7 Rdxd7 25.Bd3 Bg8 26.c6 Rd6 27.cxb7 Rxb7 28.Rc3 Bf7
29.Ke3 Be8 30.g4 e5 31.Rhc1 Bd7 32.Rc5 Bb5 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Rb1
b4 35.Rb3 Ra6 36.Kd3 Rba7 37.Rxb4 Rxa5 38.Rxa5 Rxa5 39.Rb7+
Kf8 40.Ke2 Ra2+ 41.Ke3 Ra3+ 42.Kf2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Ra3+ 44.Kf2
Ra2+ 45.Ke3 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.28"]
[EventDate "2010.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2
Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9.a4 b5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.e4 Nb4 13.O-O
O-O 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.d5 Qd6 16.Ng4 Qc5 17.Ne3 N8a6 18.dxc6 bxa4
19.Naxc4 Bxc6 20.Rac1 h6 21.Nd6 Qa7 22.Ng4 Rad8 23.Nxh6+ gxh6
24.Qxh6 f6 25.e5 Bxg2 26.exf6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Be4 28.Rxe6 Nd3
29.Rc2 Qh7 30.f7+ Qxf7 31.Rxe4 Qf5 32.Re7 1-0

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[EventDate "2010.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5
8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7
13.Bxc4 a6 14.Rc1 Rg8 15.h4 h5 16.Ne2 Bd6 17.Be3 Ne5 18.Nf4
Rc8 19.Bb3 Rxc1+ 20.Bxc1 Ke7 21.Ke2 Rc8 22.Bd2 f6 23.Nxg6+
Nxg6 24.g3 Ne5 25.f4 Nc6 26.Bc3 Bb4 27.Bxb4+ Nxb4 28.Rd1 Nc6
29.Rd2 g5 30.Kf2 g4 31.Rc2 Rd8 32.Ke3 Rd6 33.Rc5 Nb4 34.Rc7+
Kd8 35.Rc3 Ke7 36.e5 Rd7 37.exf6+ Kxf6 38.Ke2 Nc6 39.Ke1 Nd4
40.Bd1 a5 41.Rc5 Nf5 42.Rc3 Nd4 43.Rc5 Nf5 44.Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[EventDate "2010.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Na3
cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd3 Ba7
13.Qa4 Nc6 14.Rac1 e5 15.Bxc6 b5 16.Qc2 Qxc6 17.Ncxe5 Qe4
18.Qc6 Bb7 19.Qxe4 Bxe4 20.Rc2 Rfe8 21.Rfc1 f6 22.Nd7 Bf5
23.N7c5 Bb6 24.Nb7 Bd7 25.Nf4 Rab8 26.Nd6 Re5 27.Nc8 Ba5
28.Nd3 Re8 29.Na7 Bb6 30.Nc6 Rb7 31.Ncb4 a5 32.Nd5 a4 33.Nxb6
Rxb6 34.Nc5 Bf5 35.Rd2 Rc6 36.b4 axb3 37.axb3 b4 38.Rxd4 Rxe2
39.Rxb4 Bh3 40.Rbc4 Rd6 41.Re4 Rb2 42.Ree1 Rdd2 43.Ne4 Rd4
44.Nc5 Rdd2 45.Ne4 Rd3 46.Rb1 Rdxb3 47.Nd2 Rb4 48.f3 g5
49.Rxb2 Rxb2 50.Rd1 Kf7 51.Kf2 h5 52.Ke3 Rc2 53.Ra1 Kg6 54.Ra6
Bf5 55.Rd6 Rc3+ 56.Kf2 Rc2 57.Ke3 Rc3+ 58.Kf2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.03"]
[EventDate "2010.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Bf4 dxc4 9.Ne5 b5 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Bxc6 Bd7 12.Bxa8 Qxa8
13.f3 Nd5 14.Bd2 e5 15.e4 Bh3 16.exd5 Bxf1 17.Qxf1 exd4 18.a4
Qxd5 19.axb5 Qxb5 20.Rxa7 Re8 21.Kh1 Bf8 22.Rc7 d3 23.Bc3 Bd6
24.Ra7 h6 25.Nd2 Bb4 26.Ra1 Bxc3 27.bxc3 Re2 28.Rd1 Qa4 29.Ne4
Qc2 30.Rc1 Rxh2+ 31.Kg1 Rg2+ 32.Qxg2 Qxc1+ 33.Qf1 Qe3+ 34.Qf2
Qc1+ 35.Qf1 Qe3+ 36.Kg2 f5 37.Nf2 Kh7 38.Qb1 Qe6 39.Qb5 g5
40.g4 fxg4 41.fxg4 Kg6 42.Qb7 d2 43.Qb1+ Kg7 44.Kf1 Qe7 45.Kg2
Qe6 46.Qd1 Qe3 47.Qf3 Qe6 48.Qb7+ Kg6 49.Qb1+ Kg7 50.Qd1 Qe3
51.Qc2 Qe2 52.Qa4 Kg8 53.Qd7 Kf8 54.Qd5 Kg7 55.Kg3 Qe3+ 56.Qf3
Qe5+ 57.Kg2 Qe6 58.Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.04"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5
8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7
13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Bb5 a6 15.Bxd7+ Kxd7 16.Ke2 f6 17.Rhd1 Ke8
18.a5 Be7 19.Bb6 Rf8 20.Rac1 f5 21.e5 Bg5 22.Be3 f4 23.Ne4
Rxc1 24.Nd6+ Kd7 25.Bxc1 Kc6 26.Bd2 Be7 27.Rc1+ Kd7 28.Bc3
Bxd6 29.Rd1 Bf5 30.h4 g6 31.Rxd6+ Kc8 32.Bd2 Rd8 33.Bxf4 Rxd6
34.exd6 Kd7 35.Ke3 Bc2 36.Kd4 Ke8 37.Ke5 Kf7 38.Be3 Ba4 39.Kf4
Bb5 40.Bc5 Kf6 41.Bd4+ Kf7 42.Kg5 Bc6 43.Kh6 Kg8 44.h5 Be8
45.Kg5 Kf7 46.Kh6 Kg8 47.Bc5 gxh5 48.Kg5 Kg7 49.Bd4+ Kf7
50.Be5 h4 51.Kxh4 Kg6 52.Kg4 Bb5 53.Kf4 Kf7 54.Kg5 Bc6 55.Kh6
Kg8 56.g4 1-0

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.06"]
[EventDate "2010.04.26"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O
cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Rc8
13.Bd3 Re8 14.Qe2 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.Bh4 Nh5 17.Ng5 g6 18.Nh3
e5 19.f3 Qd6 20.Bf2 exd4 21.Qxe8+ Rxe8 22.Rxe8+ Nf8 23.cxd4
Nf6 24.Ree1 Ne6 25.Bc4 Bd5 26.Bg3 Qb4 27.Be5 Nd7 28.a3 Qa4
29.Bxd5 Nxe5 30.Bxe6 Qxd4+ 31.Kh1 fxe6 32.Ng5 Qd6 33.Ne4 Qxa3
34.Rc3 Qb2 35.h4 b5 36.Rc8+ Kg7 37.Rc7+ Kf8 38.Ng5 Ke8 39.Rxh7
Qc3 40.Rh8+ Kd7 41.Rh7+ Kc6 42.Re4 b4 43.Nxe6 Kb6 44.Nf4 Qa1+
45.Kh2 a5 46.h5 gxh5 47.Rxh5 Nc6 48.Nd5+ Kb7 49.Rh7+ Ka6
50.Re6 Kb5 51.Rh5 Nd4 52.Nb6+ Ka6 53.Rd6 Kb7 54.Nc4 Nxf3+
55.gxf3 Qa2+ 56.Nd2 Kc7 57.Rhd5 b3 58.Rd7+ Kc8 59.Rd8+ Kc7
60.R8d7+ Kc8 61.Rg7 a4 62.Rc5+ Kb8 63.Rd5 Kc8 64.Kg3 Qa1
65.Rg4 b2 66.Rc4+ Kb7 67.Kf2 b1=Q 68.Nxb1 Qxb1 69.Rdd4 Qa2+
70.Kg3 a3 71.Rc3 Qa1 72.Rb4+ Ka6 73.Ra4+ Kb5 74.Rcxa3 Qg1+
75.Kf4 Qc1+ 76.Kf5 Qc5+ 77.Ke4 Qc2+ 78.Ke3 Qc1+ 79.Kf2 Qd2+
80.Kg3 Qe1+ 81.Kf4 Qc1+ 82.Kg3 Qg1+ 83.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.07"]
[EventDate "2010.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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 b6 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Rac1 Rc8
13.Rfd1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qd6 15.d5 Na5 16.Bb5 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Rc8
18.h3 Rxc1+ 19.Qxc1 e6 20.Nf4 exd5 21.Nxd5 f5 22.f3 fxe4
23.fxe4 Qe5 24.Bd3 Nc6 25.Ba6 Nd4 26.Qc4 Bxd5 27.Qxd5+ Qxd5
28.exd5 Be5 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Bg5 Nf5 31.g4 Nd6 32.Kf3 Ne8 33.Bc1
Nc7 34.Bd3 Bd6 35.Ke4 b5 36.Kd4 a6 37.Be2 Ke7 38.Bg5+ Kd7
39.Bd2 Bg3 40.g5 Bf2+ 41.Ke5 Bg3+ 42.Ke4 Ne8 43.Bg4+ Ke7
44.Be6 Nd6+ 45.Kf3 Nc4 46.Bc1 Bd6 47.Ke4 a5 48.Bg4 Ba3
49.Bxa3+ Nxa3 50.Ke5 Nc4+ 51.Kd4 Kd6 52.Be2 Na3 53.h4 Nc2+
54.Kc3 Nb4 55.Bxb5 Nxa2+ 56.Kb3 Nb4 57.Be2 Nxd5 58.h5 Nf4
59.hxg6 hxg6 60.Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.09"]
[EventDate "2010.04.26"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Be6 10.d3 f6 11.Ne4 Qe8 12.Nc5 Bxc5
13.bxc5 Nd5 14.Bb2 Rd8 15.Qc2 Nde7 16.Rab1 Ba2 17.Rbc1 Qf7
18.Bc3 Rd7 19.Qb2 Rb8 20.Rfd1 Be6 21.Rd2 h6 22.Qb1 Nd5 23.Rb2
b6 24.cxb6 cxb6 25.Bd2 Rd6 26.Rbc2 Qd7 27.h4 Rd8 28.Qb5 Nde7
29.Qb2 Bd5 30.Bb4 Nxb4 31.axb4 Rc6 32.b5 Rxc2 33.Rxc2 Be6
34.d4 e4 35.Nd2 Qxd4 36.Nxe4 Qxb2 37.Rxb2 Kf7 38.e3 g5 39.hxg5
hxg5 40.f4 gxf4 41.exf4 Rd4 42.Kf2 Nf5 43.Bf3 Bd5 44.Nd2 Bxf3
45.Nxf3 Ra4 46.g4 Nd6 47.Kg3 Ne4+ 48.Kh4 Nd6 49.Rd2 Nxb5 50.f5
Re4 51.Kh5 Re3 52.Nh4 Nc3 53.Rd7+ Re7 54.Rd3 Ne4 55.Ng6 Nc5
56.Ra3 Rd7 57.Re3 Kg7 58.g5 b5 59.Nf4 b4 60.g6 b3 61.Rc3 Rd4
62.Rxc5 Rxf4 63.Rc7+ Kg8 64.Rb7 Rf3 65.Rb8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Anand - Topalov World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[EventDate "2010.04.26"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3
Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 c6 10.Be2 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7
13.O-O b6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Be4 Rb8 16.Qc2 Nf6 17.dxc5 Nxe4 18.Qxe4
bxc5 19.Qc2 Bb7 20.Nd2 Rfd8 21.f3 Ba6 22.Rf2 Rd7 23.g3 Rbd8
24.Kg2 Bd3 25.Qc1 Ba6 26.Ra3 Bb7 27.Nb3 Rc7 28.Na5 Ba8 29.Nc4
e5 30.e4 f5 31.exf5 e4 32.fxe4 Qxe4+ 33.Kh3 Rd4 34.Ne3 Qe8
35.g4 h5 36.Kh4 g5+ 37.fxg6 Qxg6 38.Qf1 Rxg4+ 39.Kh3 Re7
40.Rf8+ Kg7 41.Nf5+ Kh7 42.Rg3 Rxg3+ 43.hxg3 Qg4+ 44.Kh2 Re2+
45.Kg1 Rg2+ 46.Qxg2 Bxg2 47.Kxg2 Qe2+ 48.Kh3 c4 49.a4 a5
50.Rf6 Kg8 51.Nh6+ Kg7 52.Rb6 Qe4 53.Kh2 Kh7 54.Rd6 Qe5 55.Nf7
Qxb2+ 56.Kh3 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hrvoje Stevic"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3
Bg4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Nb5 e5 11. Nc7+
Kd7 12. Nxa8 Bb4+ 13. Kd1 Ne7 14. f4 Rxa8 15. fxe5 Rd8
16. Bh3+ Ke8 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bxd4 Nf4 19. Kc2 Rxd4 20. Bf1 Ne6
21. Rd1 Rf4 22. Kb1 Ke7 23. Bg2 b6 24. Rhf1 Bc5 25. Rd2 h5
26. Bd5 g5 27. f3 a5 28. Rfd1 Rf5 29. Be4 Rxe5 30. Rd5 Rxd5
31. Rxd5 f6 32. Kc2 Bd6 33. Rd2 Bf4 34. Rf2 f5 35. Bd5 Nc5
36. Re2+ Kf6 37. Kc3 b5 38. Kd4 Bd6 39. Bg8 g4 40. fxg4 hxg4
41. Kd5 Ne4 42. a4 bxa4 43. Rxe4 fxe4 44. Kxd6 Kf5 45. Bc4 Kf4
46. Be2 g3 47. hxg3+ Kxg3 48. Kc5 Kf2 49. Bh5 Ke1 50. Kb5 Kd2
51. Kxa4 Kc2 52. Ka3 e3 53. Be2 a4 54. Ba6 Kc1 55. Ka2 Kc2
56. Bc4 Kc1 57. Bb5 Kd2 58. Kb1 e2 59. Bxe2 Kxe2 60. Kc2 Ke1
61. Kc3 Kd1 62. Kb4 Kc2 63. Kxa4 Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Mauricio Arias Santana"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 Be6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nd3 Nc7
12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nd2 a5 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bh4 Qc8 16. Nec5 Nxc5
17. Nxc5 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Bg3 b6 20. Nd3 Qf5 21. Qe2 Rac8
22. h3 Red8 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Ne5 c5 25. Qb5 Red8 26. dxc5 Rxc5
27. Qa4 Qc8 28. b4 axb4 29. cxb4 Rc2 30. b5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Rc4
32. Qa7 e6 33. Bd4 Qb8 34. Qa3 Rdc8 35. Be5 Qb7 36. Qd3 Qe7
37. b3 Rc2 38. Ba1 Qc5 39. Qg3 Qc7 40. Be5 Qc5 41. Qf3 Qe7
42. Bd4 Qb4 43. Qe4 Qd6 44. g3 R2c5 45. Bxc5 Qxc5 46. Qd3 Qc3
47. Qe2 Qf6 48. Rc1 Rxc1 49. Rxc1 Qd4 50. Rc4 Qa1+ 51. Kg2 Kg7
52. Qd2 Qa8 53. Qd4+ Kh7 54. Kh2 h5 55. Rc6 Qb7 56. Qe5 Qa8
57. h4 Qb7 58. Rc4 Qa8 59. Ra4 Qc8 60. Ra7 Kg8 61. Qa1 Qc3
62. Qxc3 Nxc3 63. Rb7 Nd5 64. f3 Kg7 65. g4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Mahmood Lodhi"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. g3 a5 11. Qe2 O-O
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Ne8 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. Qg4 Nd6 18. Ba2 Nf6 19. Qxg6 Kh8 20. Qg5 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Ndxe4 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Bb1 Nxc3 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Ba3 Qe8
26. Bf5+ Kg8 27. Rd6 Ncd5 28. Rd1 g6 29. Rxf6 Nxf6 30. Qxf6
Rd8 31. Rc1 gxf5 32. Be7 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6
7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7
12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Nc3 Ndb4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Ne5 Rb6
17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Ra2 Bd6 19. Rac2 Qe8 20. Qd3 a5 21. f4 f6
22. Ne4 Bb7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Ne4 Bb7 25. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Carlos S Matamoros Franco"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3
Nh6 13. f3 c5 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Nf7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Nc8
18. b4 b6 19. Bc2 Bh6 20. a3 Kg7 21. Ba4 Bxa4 22. Qxa4 Rh8
23. Ke2 Ne7 24. Bf2 Bf4 25. Nb3 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Qc8 27. Nc1 a6
28. Qb3 Qc7 29. Nd3 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. a4 cxb4 32. Qxb4 a5
33. Qb5 Nc8 34. Qc6 Qd8 35. Nb5 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. exf5 Bh6
38. Nc7 Kh7 39. Ne6 Qg8 40. Qd7 e4 41. Ne1 e3 42. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Bluvshtein"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6
7. Bg5 c6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 h6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2
Nf4 13. O-O f5 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rad1 Rb8
17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. Nb3 Be5 20. Ne4 Rbd8 21. Qe2 c5
22. Rd2 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 Bf5 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxe2
26. Rxd8+ Kf7 27. Bxe2 Ke7 28. Bg4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Qxd8 30. Rxd8
Kxd8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. a3 Nb8 34. Kf3 Ke5 35. Nxc5
g5 36. Nb3 Nd7 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. f3 Ne5 39. Na5 Kc5 40. b4+ Kd4
41. c5 Kd5 42. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8
12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Bb3 Ng4 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. h3 Nf6
17. Qe3 exd4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ng4 20. hxg4 Bxd4 21. Qf3
Be6 22. Rc7 Rd7 23. Bh4 Qxh4 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Qxf7+ Kh8
26. Qd5 Qf6 27. g5 Qg7 28. Rd1 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rf8+ 30. Kg3 Bc6
31. Qc5 Re8 32. Rf1 h6 33. Rf7 Qe5+ 34. Qxe5+ Rxe5 35. gxh6
Rxe4 36. Kh3 Re5 37. g3 Rc5 38. Kg4 a5 39. Rg7 a4 40. Be6 Re5
41. Bc8 Bd5 42. a3 b5 43. Ra7 Re8 44. Bb7 Re4+ 45. Kg5 Re7
46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. Bxd5 Re5+ 48. Kf6 Rxd5 49. g4 Rc5 50. Rb8
Rc6+ 51. Kg5 Rc5+ 52. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3
12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Bh7+ Kh8
17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Rc4 a5
22. Ne5 Kg8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. b3 Rc8 26. Nc4 Qc7
27. Rd1 Ra8 28. g3 Nd5 29. h4 Nb4 30. Qe4 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8
32. Qb1 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. a3 Nc6 35. Qc2 Qd5 36. Nb6 Qd6
37. Nc4 Qd5 38. Qc3 g4 39. a4 Nb4 40. Qf6 Nc6 41. Qf4 f5
42. Qc7 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qf3 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46. Kg1 Qd5
47. Qc8 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Qf3 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. Qg8+ Kf6 51. Qh8+
Kg6 52. Qg8+ Kf6 53. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. Bg5 Rc8 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 Nf6
12. h4 g4 13. Nd2 b5 14. a3 Be6 15. O-O Be7 16. Rfd1 Qb6
17. Nf1 Rc4 18. Nd2 Rd4 19. Qe3 Qc6 20. Re1 Bd8 21. Nb3 Rc4
22. Rad1 Bb6 23. Qd3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Ke7 25. Qd2 Rg8 26. Kh2 Rg6
27. c4 bxc4 28. Na5 Qc7 29. Nb7 Ne8 30. Rb1 a5 31. h5 Rg5
32. Bh4 f6 33. Bxg5 fxg5 34. c3 Ba7 35. Red1 Bd7 36. Qd5 g3+
37. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. e4 Bc5 11. Nb3 Bb4
12. f3 Nc6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Kf2 Rc8 15. Be2 Na5 16. Nxa5 Bxa5
17. g4 Bc6 18. Rhd1 Bc7 19. h4 Be5 20. Rac1 O-O 21. b3 Rfd8
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nb1 Be8 24. Rc2 Nd7 25. Nd2 Bd6 26. f4 e5
27. f5 Kf8 28. g5 f6 29. h5 fxg5 30. Bxg5 Be7 31. Bxe7+ Kxe7
32. Ke3 h6 33. Rc7 Rb8 34. a5 Kd8 35. Rc1 Ke7 36. Rg1 Kf8
37. Nc4 Bf7 38. b4 Rc8 39. Nd6 Rc7 40. Nxf7 Kxf7 41. Rb1 Ke7
42. Rg1 Kf7 43. Rd1 Rc3+ 44. Rd3 Rxd3+ 45. Kxd3 Ke7 46. Kc4
Kd6 47. b5 axb5+ 48. Kxb5 Kc7 49. Bf3 Kd6 50. Bd1 Kc7 51. Bc2
Kd6 52. Bb1 Kc7 53. Bc2 Kd6 54. Bb1 Kc7 55. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5
12. d5 Na6 13. Nd4 Nac5 14. O-O Qe7 15. f3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc5
17. Qc2 O-O 18. dxe6 Qh7 19. e4 f4 20. Bf2 Rae8 21. a4 g4
22. fxg4 Bxe4 23. Qd2 Qg6 24. h3 h5 25. Bh4 Nxe6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6
27. Rxf4 Rxf4 28. Qxf4 hxg4 29. Re1 Qg6 30. hxg4 Bc6 31. Rxe8+
Bxe8 32. Bd8 Qb1+ 33. Qf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Bxa4 35. Bxc7 Bb3
36. Bxd6 Bxc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8
12. c4 Be6 13. c5 b6 14. Rc1 bxc5 15. Qa3 Nd7 16. Bb5 Bg4
17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Qxc5 Qe4 19. Rg1 Re8 20. Qb5 Rdd8 21. Qe2
Rb8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qf5 24. f4 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qd1
Rb8 27. Ke2 Qf5 28. Rh1 Rb2+ 29. Kf3 h5 30. a4 Qe4+ 31. Kg3
h4+ 32. Kxh4 Rxf2 33. Qg4 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Qb6
12. Ra3 e6 13. Rb3 Bb4 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5
17. Na2 O-O 18. Rd3 Rac8 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. b3 Qc5 21. Bb2 Qc2
22. Bxf6 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 gxf6 24. Rd7 b5 25. Ra7 Rc3 26. Rxa5
Rb8 27. Ra7 Rxb3 28. a5 Ra3 29. g4 b4 30. a6 b3 31. Rb7 Ra8
32. Rdd7 b2 33. Rxb2 R3xa6 34. Rbb7 Rf8 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 Bd7 12.c3 Ra8
13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.d4 h6 15.Nf1 Re8 16.Ng3 Qc8 17.Nh4 Bf8 18.Ng6
Na5 19.Nxf8 Rxf8 20.Bc2 Re8 21.f4 Bg4 22.Qd3 exf4 23.Bxf4 Nc4
24.Bc1 c5 25.Rf1 cxd4 26.cxd4 Qd8 27.h3 Be6 28.b3 Qa5 29.Kh2
Nh7 30.e5 g6 31.d5 Nxe5 32.dxe6 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 e6
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O
12. O-O Nce7 13. Rfe1 b6 14. Re2 Kh8 15. Rae1 a6 16. h4 Ra7
17. Bb1 Rc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. h5 gxh5 20. Qd3 f5 21. Ng5 Nf6
22. Qg3 Ng4 23. Bf4 Rc4 24. Nf3 Bb7 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Bxf6+ Rxf6
27. Ng5 Bd5 28. f3 Qg8 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. fxg4 Qxg4 31. Qe5 Kg7
32. Rd2 Bf7 33. Rf1 f4 34. d5 Rc8 35. Rdf2 Re8 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6
37. Rxf4+ Qxf4 38. Rxf4+ Kg7 39. d6 Rd8 40. Rd4 Kf6 41. Rf4+
Kg7 42. Rd4 Kf6 43. Rf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5 Nf6
12. e4 d6 13. e5 Qd7 14. Qf4 Nh5 15. Qc4 O-O 16. Nc3 Rae8
17. Be3 Nb4 18. Rd2 Ba6 19. Qb3 Nd3 20. Qa3 Qc8 21. exd6 Bxd6
22. Rad1 Be7 23. Nd5 Nb4 24. Ne5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Nf6 26. Bg2 c4
27. Qc3 Bb5 28. h3 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Rd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Qc7
32. Rxb5 Rc8 33. Nc6 Rfe8 34. Rb4 Re2 35. Bf3 Re6 36. Rxc4
Rce8 37. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rc8 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. h3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2
Bc5+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 b5 19. Qd3 Rc4 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. Bxd5 Qg5+ 22. Kf2 Qxe5 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qd6 Qf5+ 25. Ke1
Qxh3 26. Qxa6 Qxg3+ 27. Kd2 Qf4+ 28. Kc2 Qe4+ 29. Kc1 Qe3+
30. Kb1 Qe4+ 31. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Bg2 c6
7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O b6 9.Rc1 O-O 10.b4 Bb7 11.Qb2 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Qe7
13.e3 Rfc8 14.Rc2 c5 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.Qa3 Rc6 17.Rac1 Ra6
18.Qd3 h6 19.Qe2 dxc4 20.Qxc4 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Rb6 22.Bxb7 R8xb7
23.Kg2 Ne5 24.Qc5 Qxc5 25.Rxc5 Rb2 26.R1c2 Nd3 27.Rc8+ Kh7
28.N4f3 a5 29.h3 a4 30.a3 g5 31.Rxb2 Rxb2 32.Rc3 Nxf2 33.Rc7
N2e4 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxd5 Na6 11. f3 Nexc5
12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Kf7 15. Ne2 e6 16. Ndc3 Bh6
17. Bf2 e5 18. Kb1 Rhd8 19. e4 f5 20. Ng3 b6 21. Be2 f4
22. Nf1 Bf8 23. a3 Ne6 24. Nd2 Nac5 25. Nd5 a5 26. b4 axb4
27. axb4 Ba4 28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Rc3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Ra3 b5
32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. Ra2 d3 34. Bxd3 bxc4+ 35. Kc1 cxd3 36. Rxa4
Be3 37. Nxe3 fxe3 38. Nc4 Rdc8 39. Rd1 Rb3 40. Ra7+ Kg8
41. Ra4 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nfd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 N8d7
12. Rd1 O-O 13. Rb1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Bxe2 15. Bh6 Nf6 16. Rd2
Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Re8 18. b3 Nbd7 19. a4 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. h3
c4 22. bxc4 Rxa4 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Rbc1 Ne5 25. Be2 Ne4 26. Kg2
f5 27. Be3 Kf7 28. g4 Nf6 29. f3 Ra3 30. Bh6 Ra7 31. c5 Rxc5
32. Rxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Ra2 34. Kf1 fxg4 35. hxg4 Ra3 36. Bc1
Rb3 37. d6 Nfd7 38. Rc7 Rb6 39. f4 Rxd6 40. fxe5 Nxe5 41. Bg5
Rd7 42. Rc5 Nd3 43. Rc3 Nb4 44. Kf2 Nd5 45. Bc4 e6 46. Rf3+
Kg7 47. Kg3 Rf7 48. Bh6+ Kg8 49. Rb3 Rc7 50. Bxd5 exd5 51. Rd3
Rd7 52. Kf4 Kf7 53. Ke5 g5 54. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8. Nf3 Nf5 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Bf6 11. c3 Nd6
12. Ne5 Re8 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Nd2 g5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Bg6
17. Bh3 Rb8 18. b4 h5 19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Nd7 Nxe3
22. fxe3 Rbd8 23. Nc5 Ra8 24. Bg2 Re7 25. e4 dxe4 26. Nxe4
Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rae8 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qf3 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 g4
31. Qd3 Bg7 32. Qc4 Qd2 33. Rf1 Qxc3 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Bxc6
Bd4 36. h3 gxh3 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Kxh3 Kg6 39. Rf4 Be5 40. Re4
Kg5 41. a4 f6 42. Re3 Re6 43. Be4 Bd6 44. Re2 Bxb4 45. Bf3
Rxe2 46. Bxe2 a5 47. Kg2 Bd6 48. Kh3 f5 49. Bd1 c5 50. Be2 f4
51. gxf4+ Bxf4 52. Kg2 h4 53. Bb5 Kf5 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Bd7 c4
56. Ke2 Kd4 57. Kd1 Kc3 58. Bf5 Kb2 0-1

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4
7. Be2 Nh6 8. Nbd2 f6 9. exf6 exf6 10. O-O Bg7 11. h3 Be6
12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Re1 b6 15. Bb5 Qd6 16. Bf4 Qxf4
17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Bxd5+ Nf7 19. Ne6 Qd6 20. Qb3 Bxe6 21. Rxe6
Qd7 22. Rae1 Rfd8 23. Bc6 Qc8 24. Re7 1-0

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 d5 12. Qe2
dxe4 13. dxe4 Nh5 14. g3 Nf6 15. Ne3 Bd6 16. Nh4 g6 17. Bd2
Bb7 18. b4 Nb8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Nd7 21. Bb3 Nf6 22. Qf3
Kg7 23. Bg5 Qe7 24. Qe3 a5 25. a3 Bc8 26. Qe2 c6 27. Ng2 Be6
28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Bxf6+ Qxf6 30. Ne3 Qe6 31. Red1 Bc7 32. c4
Bb6 33. cxb5 axb4 34. axb4 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6
7. Bb2 Qe8 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 f4
12. b4 fxg3 13. hxg3 Ng4 14. b5 Nd4 15. a4 Be6 16. Bxd4 exd4
17. Nb3 Rd8 18. Nc5 d3 19. Nxd3 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 Qe7 21. Qc3 Qg7
22. e5 g5 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd1+ 26. Bf1 Rxf3
27. Qc4+ Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxg4 Rd2 30. Bd3 h6 31. Rc4
Rfxf2 32. Rxc7+ Ke6 33. Rxb7 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Rh2 35. Kg1 Rdg2+
36. Kf1 h5 37. b6 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. bxa7 h3 40. Ke1 Rh1+
41. Bf1 h2 42. Rh7 Rg8 43. Ke2 Rhg1 44. Rxh2 R1g7 45. Ke3 Kxe5
46. Rh5+ Kd6 47. c4 Ra8 48. c5+ Kc7 49. Bb5 Rxa7 50. Rh6 Rg3+
51. Kd4 Rg4+ 52. Kc3 Raxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Ne4 b6
12. b3 Kc8 13. Bb2 c5 14. c4 Kb7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Nc3 g5
17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Rd3 Ng6 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. R3d2 Bg7 21. Kh2 Kc8
22. g4 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rhe8 24. Re1 Nf4 25. Red1 Rd7 26. d6 Ng6
27. e6 Rxe6 28. Bxg7 cxd6 29. Bxh6 f6 30. Kg3 Kc7 31. Rd5 Kc6
32. Nxg5 fxg5 33. Bxg5 Ne5 34. h4 b5 35. f4 Nf7 36. f5 Re4
37. Bf4 c4 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. g5 c3 40. R5d3 Rc4 41. g6 c2
42. Rc1 Nd8 43. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 d6 5. h5 Nxh5 6. Rxh5 gxh5
7. e4 Be6 8. Be2 Bf7 9. Bxh5 Bxh5 10. Qxh5+ Kd7 11. Nf3 Qe8
12. Qh3 Bg7 13. exf5 Bf6 14. Bh6 Nc6 15. O-O-O Qf7 16. b3 a5
17. a4 Rag8 18. g4 Kd8 19. Nd5 e6 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Re1 Qf7
22. Re4 Nb4 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Bd2 Qg6 25. Rf4 Be7 26. g5 Rf8
27. Nh4 Qh5 28. Qg3 Rxf4 29. Bxf4 Rf8 30. Nf3 Qf7 31. g6 Qxf4+
32. Qxf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[EventDate "2010.11.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6 6. Nf3
Qh5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. d4 O-O 9. Kf2 Nd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nexd5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3+ 15. Rxe3 Bf5 16. c5
Bf4 17. Re7 Bg4 18. Re4 Qf5 19. Bc2 Bh5 20. Re5 Bxf3 21. Kxf3
Qf6 22. Rf5 Qh6 23. Rxf4 Rae8 24. Qd3 f5 25. h4 Re4 26. Qd2
Re7 27. Re1 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+
Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be7 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7
16. Kh2 h5 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nc5 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bc8 20. b4 h4
21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. g4 hxg3+ 24. Kxg3 b6 25. Nd3 Be6
26. a3 Bd5 27. Nd4 Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. f4 Be4 30. Kg4 f6
31. exf6 gxf6 32. h4 Nh8 33. Ng3 Bh7 34. f5 Nf7 35. Kf4 Nd6
36. Nf2 Bg8 37. Nfe4 Ne8 38. h5 Kg7 39. Nf2 Ba2 40. Ng4 Bb1
41. h6+ Kh7 42. c3 Nd6 43. Nxf6+ Kxh6 44. Ng4+ Kg7 45. Ne5 Kf6
46. Nh5+ Ke7 47. Nxc6+ Kf8 48. Ng3 Nb5 49. Ne2 Bd3 50. a4 Bxe2
51. axb5 Bxb5 52. Nxa7 Bd7 53. c4 Ke7 54. Ke5 Be8 55. Nb5 c6
56. f6+ Kd7 57. Nd6 Bg6 58. c5 bxc5 59. bxc5 Bb1 60. Nc4 Ba2
61. Nb6+ Ke8 62. Kd6 Kf7 63. Kxc6 Kxf6 64. Kd6 Bb1 65. c6 Bd3
66. Nd7+ Kg7 67. Nc5 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c5
12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6 16. d5 Ne7
17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Bf3 Ng6 19. Nxg6 Bxg6 20. Qb3 b6 21. Re3 Bf5
22. Rae1 Qd6 23. h3 Bd7 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 b5 26. Re5 Rab8
27. R1e3 c4 28. Qc2 b4 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. g3 Qb1+ 31. Qxb1
Rxb1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Rxd5
36. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 Be7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bb4 16. Rec1 Nde7
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bc6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qa5 21. Qxa5
Bxa5 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Bc5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. a5
Red8 27. g3 Bd6 28. Bb6 Rf8 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Bf3 31. Re1
Rfd8 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Kf8 34. Rb1 Ke7 35. Kf1 Rd5 36. h4
Kd7 37. Rf4 f6 38. Re1 Re8 39. Rfe4 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. g4 e5
42. Ke2 Rh8 43. Rc1 Kc6 44. Rc3 Kb5 45. Rf3 Rh6 46. Rf5 Rd7
47. Rf3 Rd8 48. Rf5 Rd7 49. Rf3 Rd8 50. Rf5 Ka4 51. Rf3 Rd7
52. Rf5 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7
7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. Ne1 c5 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. c3 Be7 11. Bxg6 hxg6
12. Nd3 c4 13. Nf4 b5 14. Qg4 Ncb6 15. Nf3 Nf8 16. g3 Qd7
17. h4 Rg8 18. b3 O-O-O 19. Ng5 Qe8 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Nd3 Nd7
22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Nh7 Rh8 24. Ng5 Rf8 25. Nh7 Rh8 26. Ng5 Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7
7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. a3 Na6 11. f4 c6 12. Rb1
Qe7 13. Ndf3 Ng4 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. e3 g6 17. Nb3
Bg7 18. d4 Rb8 19. e4 b6 20. Bf4 Rb7 21. e5 Qe8 22. Nd2 Bf5
23. Qa4 Nb8 24. Rbe1 Qd7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxd5
Rbb8 28. e6 fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Bxe6 30. Bxb8 Bf5 31. Bd6 Rc8
32. Nf3 Bd3 33. Rf2 Bxc4 34. Rc2 b5 35. Re7 Nc5 36. Rxa7 Ne4
37. Be5 Bf8 38. Bd4 Rd8 39. Rc7 g5 40. g4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. g3 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. h3 Be6 16. Qb3 Rac8
17. e3 Bb6 18. a3 Ba5 19. Nce2 Bb6 20. Nf4 Rd6 21. Qd3 Rcd8
22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 g6 25. Qc2 Qe5 26. Rd3 d4
27. e4 g5 28. Ne2 Nxe4 29. Nc1 Qc5 30. Qd1 Nf6 31. Bxb7 Qb5
32. Re2 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Rd2 d3 35. Nxd3 Kg7 36. Bg2 Ne4
37. Bxe4 Qxe4 38. Ne1 Qf5 39. Qf3 Rf6 40. Qxf5 Rxf5 41. Kg2 h5
42. Nf3 Kg6 43. b4 Rb5 44. Rd6+ Kg7 45. Nd4 Re5 46. a4 Re4
47. Nf5+ Kh7 48. a5 Bc7 49. Rd7 Be5 50. b5 Rb4 51. Rb7 Rb2
52. a6 g4 53. hxg4 hxg4 54. Rxa7 Rxb5 55. Rb7 Ra5 56. a7 Ra2
57. Rd7 Bf6 58. Ne3 Kg6 59. Nd5 Bd4 60. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7
12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 Nf6 16. e5 Ne4
17. Bxb4 c5 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. Bf3 Bf8 20. Re1 Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nc5
22. Nxc4 O-O 23. b4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd7 25. h4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qc7
27. Rac1 Nb6 28. Nd6 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc3 31. Qxd4
Nd5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qg4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Rd1
a4 13. d5 Na5 14. Nd4 Nac4 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Qc2 Nd6 17. Rb1
Ra5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc8 20. Bf4 h6 21. Rbc1 Rb5 22. b3
axb3 23. axb3 Qg4 24. Qd3 Rb4 25. Bf3 Qg6 26. Nxd6 cxd6
27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Bg4 g5 29. Be6+ Kf8 30. Be3 Rxb3 31. h4 Bf6
32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 Rb4 34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Rh5 Rh8 36. Rxh8
Kxh8 37. Rh1+ Kg7 38. Rh5 Nc4 39. Bxg5 Kg6 40. f4 Kxh5
41. Bf7+ Kg4 42. Be6+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Kb1 d5 21. Bg5 d4
22. f4 h6 23. Bxh6 Ng4 24. Bxg7 Rxc2 25. Bd3 R2c5 26. Qa3 Kxg7
27. f5 Kf6 28. fxe6 Ne3 29. exf7 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Kxf7 31. Bxa6
R8c6 32. Qb3+ Kg7 33. Bb5 Rg6 34. a4 Rg2 35. Qa3 Rc7 36. Qxe7+
Rxe7 37. Bc4 Ra7 38. b3 Rxh2 39. Rf1 Rg2 40. Kc1 Ra8 41. Rd1
Kf6 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Ke7 44. Bb5 Kd6 45. b4 Kc7 46. Kc2
Kb7 47. Kb3 Rh8 48. Bd3 Rh3 49. Kc2 Rh2+ 50. Kb3 Rd2 51. Bc4
Rd1 52. Kb2 Kb8 53. a5 d3 54. Kc3 d2 55. Bd3 Rb1 56. Kxd2 Rxb4
57. a6 Ka7 58. Kc3 Rd4 59. Kc2 Kb6 60. Kd2 Kc6 61. Kc2 Kc5
62. Kc3 Ra4 63. Kb3 Ra1 64. Kb2 Rh1 65. Kc3 Rh3 66. Kc2 Kd4
67. Bb5 Ra3 68. Kb2 Ra5 69. Bf1 Ra1 70. Kxa1 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. c4 h6 6. Bf4 Nd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. Bg3 g5 9. h3 Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f4 12. Bh2
exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. exf4 gxf4 15. Kh1 N7g6 16. Qd2 c6
17. Rad1 Qh4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Bf1 a6 21. Re4 Kh8
22. b3 Qf6 23. Nde2 d5 24. cxd5 Bf5 25. Nxf4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qf7
27. Nxg6+ Qxg6 28. d6 Rf7 29. Re1 Rfd7 30. Bd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3
Qf5 32. Rd1 Re8 33. b4 a5 34. a3 axb4 35. axb4 Rdd8 36. Bg3
Be5 37. Qe3 Qg6 38. Bxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qb6 Rd7 40. Qd4 Rg7 41. Qb2
Rd5 42. Rxd5 cxd5 43. d7 Qb6 44. Qf6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. g3 Bxf3 6. exf3 e6
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. Bh3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Re8
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Rc1 Nc4 15. Qb3 Ne5 16. Qd1 Nc4
17. b3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. f4 d5 21. Rd3 d4
22. Ne2 Qd6 23. Rc4 Rad8 24. Bf1 c5 25. b4 cxb4 26. Nxd4 Qb6
27. Nf3 a5 28. Qa4 Kf8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qc2 Qd6 31. Rc5 a4
32. Ra5 a3 33. Qb3 Rc8 34. Rb5 Rc3 35. Qxb4 Qxb4 36. Rxb4 Nc6
37. Rc4 Rxf3 38. Rxc6 Rc3 39. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Re8 6. Bd2 c6
7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O h6 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 cxd5
12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Qa6 Nc5 15. Qa3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rac8
17. Rc3 d4 18. Rc2 Na6 19. Rac1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Nb4 21. Rc1 Nxa2
22. Nc4 Nxc1 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qa4 Rd8 25. Bf3 Bh3 26. Bg2
Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 e4 29. Qd1 exd3 30. Kf1 g5
31. Ke1 Nc3 32. Qxd3 Re8+ 33. Kf1 Ne2 34. Qxe2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2
Kf8 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Kxd4 Kd6 38. g4 f6 39. Kc4 Kc6 40. b3 b5+
41. Kb4 Kb6 42. h3 Kc6 43. Ka5 Kc5 44. b4+ Kc4 45. f3 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c4 14. b3 Qc8 15. Qxc8 Rfxc8 16. Bd2 a6
17. a4 Bb4 18. Rdb1 cxb3 19. Rxb3 Rc4 20. Nb1 Bd6 21. Ne1 Rac8
22. f3 h5 23. h3 h4 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Nc3 Ke6
27. Rab1 Nh5 28. Kd3 f5 29. Nc2 Nhf6 30. Nb4 Bxb4 31. Rxb4
Rxb4 32. Rxb4 g5 33. Rb1 Rg8 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. e4 dxe4+ 36. fxe4
Nxe4 37. Nxe4 fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Nf6+ 39. Kd3 Rxc1 40. Bxc1 Kf5
41. Kc4 g4 42. hxg4+ Kxg4 43. Bd2 Kf5 44. Be1 Kg4 45. d5 b5+
46. axb5 axb5+ 47. Kd4 Nxd5 48. Kxd5 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3
c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Be6 15. b3 a5 16. Bf2 c5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Rae1 Ra7 20. Bd1 Re7 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Bh4
Qe8 23. f4 e4 24. Nf2 Nd4 25. h3 Rd7 26. Na4 Ra7 27. Qe3 Qc6
28. Nc3 d5 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Rg1 Bg8 32. g4 Re7
33. Kh2 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 exf3 35. Qd2 Rd7 36. Qc2 Qd6 37. Qc1 Qd2
38. Qxd2 Rxd2 39. Nd1 Bh4 40. Rgf1 Rxa2 41. Re3 c4 42. Rxf3
cxb3 43. Nc3 Rc2 44. Kg1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Nf1 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8
Qxa8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxb5 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe8 Nxf3+
22. Qxf3 Qxe8 23. c4 Qe5 24. b3 d5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Qe1 Qd7 10. a4 f5 11. Nd5 fxe4
12. dxe4 Rb8 13. Ng5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qf5 15. Ne6 Bf6 16. Qe2 h5
17. Ra3 Nh6 18. Rg3 Kd7 19. Rg5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Qxd5 21. Nf4
Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qe4 23. gxh6 Rxh6 24. Nd5 Rhh8 25. Qd2 Rhf8
26. Re1 Rf5 27. Nb6+ Kc6 28. Bxc5 Rbf8 29. Bd4 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6
7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. a4 exd5
12. exd5 Nc4 13. Na3 Ne5 14. h3 Nb4 15. Be3 b6 16. Qe2 Bf5
17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bh6 h4 21. g4 Bxg4
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. hxg4 h3 24. Be4 Nxg4+ 25. Kh1 f5 26. Bf3 Qd6
27. Bxg4 fxg4 28. Rg1 Qf6 29. Rg3 Qxf2 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Rd1
Rf4 32. Nab5 Re7 33. d6 Rd7 34. Re3 Nc6 35. Nd5 Rf2 36. Rg3
Ne5 37. Ne3 Rf4 38. Rd5 Kf6 39. b3 a6 40. Nc7 Re4 41. a5 bxa5
42. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 a6 13. Rb3 Qe7 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qd8
17. Qc3 Qa5 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. O-O Qa4 21. Kh1 Be7
22. Rfb1 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Rb6 Qxa2 25. Re1 Qc4 26. Rbxe6
Bb4 27. Bxf6+ Nxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kc7 29. Re7+ Bd7 30. Qe5+ Kc6
31. Qxh8 Bxe7 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Qa7+ Kd8 34. Qb8+ Bc8 35. Qe5
Bc5 36. f5 Qxc2 37. f6 Qf5 38. Qe8+ Kc7 39. Rc1 Kb6 40. f7 d4
41. Qd8+ Kb5 42. Qc7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 c4 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Ne5
Nc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxc3 16. Bh5 O-O
17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qf6 Qc2 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Be5 Qh7 21. Bxg4 Ne6
22. f4 Qg7 23. Qe7 Rae8 24. Qd7 Qh7 25. fxg5 f5 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7
27. Bxf5+ Rxf5 28. Rxf5 c3 29. gxh6 b5 30. Bd6 a5 31. Ba3 b4
32. Bc1 a4 33. Rf7+ Kxh6 34. Rb7 Nf4 35. exf4 Re1+ 36. Kf2
Rxc1 37. Rxb4 Ra1 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. Rc6 Rxa2+ 40. Ke3 Rxg2
41. Rxc3 Rxh2 42. Rc6 a3 43. f5 Rh6 44. Rc1 Ra6 45. Kd3 a2
46. Ra1 Kf6 47. Kc3 Kxf5 48. Kb2 Ke4 49. Re1+ Kxd4 50. Ka1 Kc3
51. Rc1+ Kd2 52. Rc2+ Kd3 53. Rc3+ Ke4 54. Rh3 d4 55. Rh4+ Kd3
56. Rh3+ Kc4 57. Rc3+ Kd5 58. Rh3 Rb6 59. Kxa2 Kc4 60. Rh1 Kc3
0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 f5
7. b4 axb4 8. axb4 e4 9. Nh3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 d6
12. d3 exd3 13. exd3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. Ng5 Qf6 16. h4 h6
17. Re1 Nd4 18. Be3 c6 19. Nf3 cxd5 20. Bxd4 Qf7 21. Ra1 Rxa1
22. Qxa1 dxc4 23. dxc4 Kg8 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Qd1 Qf6 26. Qd5+
Kh8 27. Rd1 f4 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 fxg3 30. fxg3 Rxf3
31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rxc8 Rxg3+ 33. Kf2 Rg4 34. b5 b6 35. Rc7+ Kf6
36. Rc6+ Ke5 37. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1
Qb7 18. Bb1 h6 19. Nf1 Rfe8 20. d5 Na5 21. b3 Bd8 22. Bd3 Bb6
23. b4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. a3 Rac8 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Rc3 Nh5
28. Ne3 Nf4 29. Qc2 Rc7 30. Rc1 Rec8 31. Qd2 Bb5 32. R1c2 f6
33. Kh2 Nd3 34. Qe2 Qa6 35. g3 g6 36. Nh4 Kh7 37. Ng4 h5
38. Nxf6+ Kg7 39. Nxh5+ gxh5 40. Qxh5 Bd7 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qf7
1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "194"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5
7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Ne4
12. Rfd1 Be6 13. d5 Nxc3 14. dxe6 Nxd1 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. Rxd1
Qc8 17. Ng5 Qf5 18. h4 h6 19. Be4 Qf6 20. Ne6 Rxf7 21. Rd2 Rg8
22. Ng5 Rff8 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Kg2 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5
Qf5 27. e4 Qxd5 28. exd5 Rc8 29. b3 Kh7 30. g4 Bh8 31. Be3 b6
32. f4 Rc3 33. Kf3 Be5 34. Ke4 Bd6 35. Rh2 Kg8 36. Rg2 Rh7
37. Kd4 Rc8 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Bd4 Rc1 40. Rc2 Rxc2 41. Kxc2 Ke8
42. Kd3 Rf7 43. Ke4 Kd7 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Ba3 46. f5 Bc1
47. a4 Bd2 48. Be5 Kc8 49. Bb2 Kd7 50. Bd4 Kc8 51. Be5 Rh7
52. Bb2 Rf7 53. Ba3 Rh7 54. b4 Rh8 55. d6 Kd7 56. dxe7 Kxe7
57. b5+ Kf7 58. Bd6 Rc8 59. Bc7 Ke7 60. Kd5 Kd7 61. Be5 Bc3
62. Bf4 Rh8 63. Be3 Bf6 64. Bd2 Bb2 65. Bf4 Bf6 66. Bd6 Re8
67. Bf8 Bg5 68. Bg7 Bc1 69. Be5 Bd2 70. Bd4 Rc8 71. f6 Ke8
72. Be5 Kf7 73. Kd6 Re8 74. Ng7 Bb4+ 75. Kd5 Rc8 76. Nf5 Bf8
77. Nd4 Rc5+ 78. Ke4 Rc4 79. Kf5 Rc1 80. Nc6 Rf1+ 81. Ke4 Ke6
82. Nd4+ Kd7 83. Nc6 Ke6 84. Nd4+ Kd7 85. Nc6 Bd6 86. Bd4 Rf4+
87. Ke3 Ke6 88. Nxa7 Kd5 89. Bxb6 Re4+ 90. Kf3 Rxa4 91. Nc8
Rf4+ 92. Kg2 Rxf6 93. Nxd6 Rxd6 94. Bc7 Rd7 95. b6 Kc6 96. Kg3
Rd5 97. Kg4 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.05"]
[EventDate "2011.05.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.a5
e6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O c5 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.e5
Qc6 14.f3 Nh5 15.Bd2 c4 16.Bxc4 dxe5 17.b3 Rd8 18.Rad1 Qc5+
19.Kh1 Nf4 20.Na4 Nxe2 21.Nxc5 Bxc5 22.Bxe2 Ke7 23.b4 Rxd2
24.Rxd2 Bxb4 25.Rd3 Bd5 26.Rb1 Bxa5 27.Ra3 Bd2 28.Rxa6 Rc8
29.Ra7+ Kf6 30.Bd3 Be3 31.Ra4 h5 32.Rab4 Rc3 33.h4 g6 34.Kh2
Kg7 35.Ra4 f5 36.Re1 Bc5 37.Re2 Kf6 38.Re1 Bf2 39.Re2 Bc5
40.Re1 Bf2 41.Re2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. Bg3 Bh6+ 11. e3 a5
12. h4 Ncb4 13. h5 c6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rd2 f6 16. Ne4 b6
17. Be2 Qc8 18. Rh4 Kf7 19. Rd1 g5 20. Rh2 g4 21. Nfd2 c5
22. dxc5 f5 23. Rxh6 Rxh6 24. Ng5+ Kf8 25. Nxe6+ Qxe6 26. Bc4
Rc8 27. Bf4 Rf6 28. e4 Rxc5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. b3 Qd4 31. Be3
Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8
12. b3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 Bg5 15. Kd1 h5 16. Re1 h4
17. h3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nf3 Rg8 21. c4 f5
22. exf5 exf5 23. Ke2 Be7 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. Rad1 Rc5 26. b4 Rxc4
27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Nxe5+ Ke6 29. Nxc4 Bxb4 30. Rb1 a5 31. Rd1
Rc8 32. Rd4 Bc3 33. Rxh4 Bf6 34. Rf4 Bg5 35. Rd4 Bf6 36. Rf4
Bg5 37. Rd4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.08"]
[EventDate "2011.05.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qc2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.d4
O-O 8.Be3 Bg4 9.Ne5 Bxe5 10.dxe5 Nc6 11.h3 Be6 12.Rd1 Qc8
13.f4 Rd8 14.b3 Nb4 15.Rxd8+ Qxd8 16.Qb1 f5 17.exf6 exf6
18.Be2 Qe7 19.O-O Bf7 20.Bf2 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 c5
23.Bf1 Nc6 24.g3 Kg7 25.Bg2 h5 26.Nb5 Nc8 27.Qd2 c4 28.bxc4
Bxc4 29.Nd4 Qb4 30.Qc1 N8e7 31.a3 Qa4 32.Qb2 b6 33.Kh2 Kf7
34.Qc3 Ba2 35.f5 Qc4 36.Qb2 Ne5 37.Qd2 g5 38.Ne6 N7c6 39.Qd6
Ke8 40.Nc7+ Kf7 41.Nd5 Qe2 42.Qxf6+ Ke8 43.Qe6+ Kf8 44.Kg1
Qd1+ 45.Bf1 Bxd5 46.exd5 Nd4 47.Qf6+ Kg8 48.Qxg5+ Kf7 49.Qd8
Qc2 50.Bg2 Qc1+ 51.Kh2 Qc2 52.Bg1 Ndf3+ 53.Kh1 Ne1 54.Bf2 Qxf2
55.Qc7+ Kf6 56.Qd6+ Kf7 57.Qc7+ Kf6 58.Qd6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov Clock Simul"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[EventDate "2011.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Baburin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3
7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Qb2 Qb6
12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. f4 Bd5 16. Bh3 Rd8
17. c4 Be4 18. d5 h5 19. Rac1 Ng4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Nb5 Bf5
22. Ba1 f6 23. Nd3 Bd7 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. d6 exd6 26. Nd5 Be6
27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Nf4 Rc6 31. Nd5 Be4
32. Rf1 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Rc8 34. Rf4 g5 35. Re4 b5 36. Re6 Re8
37. Rxd6 Rxe2 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. d6 Nc4 40. Re7 Rxe7 41. dxe7
Kf7 42. a4 b6 43. axb5 Nd6 44. Re1 Ke8 45. Re6 Nxb5 46. Rxb6
Nd4 47. Bxd4 cxd4 48. Re6 Bh8 49. Kf2 f5 50. Ke2 f4 51. Kd3
Bg7 52. Ke4 d3 53. Kxd3 Bb2 54. Ke4 f3 55. Kd3 Ba3 56. Re4 1-0

[Event "Topalov Clock Simul"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[EventDate "2011.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sam E Collins"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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 Bd7
13. b3 Rfb8 14. Nbd2 Nb7 15. c4 Ne8 16. Nf1 Nd8 17. Ne3 g6
18. Ng4 f6 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Nh2 a5 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Bd2 Bd7
23. N2g4 Bf8 24. Rc1 Bc8 25. h4 Nf7 26. Nxf7+ Qxf7 27. Ne3 Be7
28. Nc4 Bd8 29. f4 Qe7 30. Rf1 Ba6 31. h5 a4 32. hxg6 axb3
33. Bxb3 hxg6 34. Rc3 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 Ba5 36. Rh3+ Kg7 37. Bc1
exf4 38. Bxf4 Rb2 39. e5 f5 40. Qc1 Rab8 41. Bb3 Re2 42. exd6
Qe4 43. Rh2 Bd2 44. Bxd2 Qd4+ 45. Kh1 Rxd2 46. Qe1 Nxd6
47. Qe7+ Nf7 48. Qc7 Rh8 49. Rxh8 Kxh8 50. Qxf7 Qh4+ 51. Kg1
Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov Clock Simul"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[EventDate "2011.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alex Astaneh Lopez"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. g3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bd7
7. e3 Nf6 8. d4 O-O 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4
Bg4 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Qxe7 Nxd5
17. Qg5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Nd2 Nb4 20. Nc4 Rfd8 21. Ne3 Bc8
22. a3 Nc6 23. b4 Be6 24. Rd2 d5 25. Rc1 h5 26. f4 Rbc8
27. Kf2 Ne7 28. Rdc2 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Nc6 30. Rd2 Rd7 31. Bf3 f5
32. Bd1 Kf7 33. Bb3 Bf6 34. h4 Na7 35. Nc2 Nc8 36. Ne1 Nd6
37. Rc2 Nc4 38. Nf3 b5 39. Bc1 Kg7 40. Ne5 Rb7 41. Bxc4 dxc4
42. Bd2 Bd5 43. Bc3 Be7 44. Ra2 Bd6 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Ra1 Ke6
47. Kf2 Be4 48. Nxg6 Kd5 49. Ne5 Bc2 50. Kf3 Be4+ 51. Ke3 Bc2
52. Kf3 Be4+ 53. Ke3 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov Clock Simul"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[EventDate "2011.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Mark Quinn"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3 d6 9. g4 h6 10. f4 Bd7 11. h3 Be7 12. Qd2 Rc8
13. O-O-O g6 14. Rhf1 Rh7 15. f5 gxf5 16. gxf5 Nxd4 17. Qxd4
e5 18. Qd3 Bc6 19. Rg1 b5 20. Kb1 Qb7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5
Bd8 23. Qb3 Ke7 24. Bf2 Kd7 25. Rg2 Be7 26. a4 Rb8 27. axb5
axb5 28. Be1 Rhh8 29. Rg3 h5 30. Qb4 h4 31. Rb3 Bd8 32. Bxb5+
Ke7 33. Qc4 Rh5 34. Bc6 Qc8 35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36. Rd3 Rxf5 37. Rb3
Qc8 38. Rb7+ Kf8 39. Bb4 Bc7 40. Qxh4 Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Kg7
42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h4 c5 11. Bd3 Nd7
12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 h6 15. Be5 hxg5 16. hxg5 g6
17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Rb1 Kg7 19. Qf3 Rh8 20. g3 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rb8
22. Be4 Qg5 23. Qa3 Bd7 24. Qxa7 Qxe5 25. Bxb7 Qf6 26. Bg2
Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rd8 28. a4 e5 29. a5 Bc6 30. Qb6 Rd6 31. Bxc6
Rxc6 32. Qe3 Rc4 33. Rb6 Qf5 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. a6
Ra4 37. Kf3 Kh6 38. Rb7 Ra3+ 39. Ke4 f5+ 40. Kxe5 Rxa6 41. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Rd8+ 11. Kc2 Bxc5
12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Rd1 g5 14. Bg3 b6 15. h4 g4 16. h5 Bf8
17. Rh4 Bg7 18. Nxg4 Ba6 19. Bc7 Rdc8 20. Bf4 Kh7 21. Be2 Bb7
22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rc5 24. e4 Rac8 25. a3 Ra5 26. Bg3 Rc6
27. Ne3 Ne5 28. f4 Nf3 29. Rhh1 Rxh5 30. Rhf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5
7. Ng5 h6 8. Nh3 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6
12. Ncxd5 Rb8 13. Rb1 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 d6 15. b3 a6 16. Bb2 Ne5
17. Qc1 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qe7 19. Rd1 h5 20. Qc2 Kh7 21. Rd2 b5
22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. a4 Qa7 25. Rdd1 Rb6 26. e3 Kg7
27. axb5 Rxb5 28. Bc4 Rb6 29. Rd2 Ra8 30. Qe4 Qb8 31. Rbd1 Ra7
32. Qd5 Qc7 33. Kg2 Qe7 34. h3 Bc3 35. Rc2 Bf6 36. Rdd2 Qe5
37. Qxe5 Bxe5 38. f4 Bf6 39. Kf3 Be7 40. Ra2 Rbb7 41. Ke4 Bf8
42. Bd5 Re7+ 43. Kf3 Rec7 44. Rdc2 Rxa2 45. Rxa2 Be7 46. Ra8
Bf6 47. Ke2 Re7 48. Kd3 h4 49. g4 g5 50. Ra6 gxf4 51. exf4 Bd4
52. Rxd6 Re3+ 53. Kc4 Rxh3 54. Rd7 Rc3+ 55. Kb5 h3 56. Rxf7+
Kg6 57. Rd7 h2 58. Kc6 Be3 59. Be4+ Kf6 60. g5+ Ke6 61. f5+
Ke5 62. Re7+ Kf4 63. f6 Bd4 64. Re8 Kxg5 65. f7 Bg7 66. Rg8
Kf6 67. f8=Q+ Bxf8 68. Rxf8+ Ke5 69. Re8+ Kd4 70. Bd5 Rxb3
71. Re4+ Kd3 72. Rh4 Rb2 73. Kxc5 Ke3 74. Kd6 Re2 75. Ke5 Kf2+
76. Kf4 Kg1 77. Rg4+ Kf2 78. Bf3 Rd2 79. Be4 Re2 80. Bh1 Rd2
81. Rg2+ Ke1 82. Rg8 Kf2 83. Be4 Re2 84. Ba8 Rd2 85. Kg4 Ra2
86. Bb7 Rb2 87. Bc6 Rc2 88. Ba8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. c3
Bb6 13. Ba2 d6 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qc2
Qd6 18. b4 Nc6 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. g4 Nf6 22. Nh4 Qh7
23. Nf5 Qg6 24. Nh4 Qh7 25. Qe2 Ne7 26. Qf3 Nxe4 27. dxe4 g6
28. g5 Rd6 29. gxh6 Nf5 30. Bg5 Nxh4 31. Bxh4 Bc8 32. Red1 Be6
33. Rxd6 cxd6 34. Bg5 Bxa2 35. Rxa2 Rf8 36. a4 f6 37. Be3 Bxe3
38. Qxe3 bxa4 39. Rxa4 Qb7 40. Qd3 Qb5 41. Qxb5 axb5 42. Ra7
Rc8 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rxg6 Rxc3 45. Rxf6 Rc4 46. f3 d5 47. exd5
Rxb4 48. Re6 Rd4 49. Rxe5 b4 50. Kf2 b3 51. Re3 Rxd5 52. Rxb3
Kh7 53. Rb6 Rd2+ 54. Kg3 Rd1 55. f4 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 Bxc3 6.bxc3 c6 7.Rb1
d5 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.O-O Re8 12.d3 Nb6
13.Be3 Bg4 14.Qc2 Re7 15.Nc1 Be6 16.Rb5 Nd5 17.c4 Nxe3 18.fxe3
Rc8 19.Qb2 b6 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.Rxe5 f6 22.Re4 Bh3 23.Rff4 f5
24.Rxe7 Qxe7 25.Kf2 Re6 26.Qd2 Qb7 27.e4 Re8 28.Ne2 fxe4
29.Qe3 Qc6 30.Rxe4 Rf8+ 31.Rf4 Re8 32.Re4 Rf8+ 33.Rf4 Re8
34.Qf3 Qc5+ 35.d4 Qxc4 36.g4 g5 37.Rf5 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Nd5 11. Bxc4 Nxf4
12. exf4 Be7 13. Qe2 g6 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Rxd8+
Qxd8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rd1 Qe8 20. Rd7 Bc8 21. Rd2
Bb7 22. Ne4 Rd8 23. Ng4 Rxd2 24. Ngf6+ Kh8 25. Qxd2 Qd8
26. Qxd8+ Bxd8 27. Nd7 Be7 28. Ndc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3
c5 13. Rb1 g5 14. Bf2 f5 15. b4 b6 16. h3 Ng6 17. g4 fxg4
18. hxg4 Nf4 19. Rh2 Qf6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bg3 Bd7 22. Rb7 Bc8
23. Rb3 Bd7 24. Qb1 Nf7 25. Bd1 h5 26. Nf1 h4 27. Bf2 Rfc8
28. Ne3 Qd8 29. Bg1 Rcb8 30. Rhb2 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Qa5 32. Kf1
Nh3 33. Bh2 Bf6 34. Qb2 a6 35. Rb7 Bc8 36. Rb6 Bd8 37. Rb3 Ra7
38. Nf5 Kf8 39. a3 Rb7 40. Rxb7 Bxb7 41. Ba4 Bc8 42. Bc6 Qb6
43. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michele Godena"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4
Nd7 7. Bxc4 Ngf6 8. O-O O-O 9. f3 Ne5 10. Be2 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3
12. bxc3 c5 13. Nb3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Be3 b6 16. Nd2 Nc6
17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bf1 h6 19. h3 Rc7 20. a4 Bc8 21. Nc4 Rcd7
22. Bf4 Nh5 23. Bh2 Ba6 24. e5 Qg5 25. Qe4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Na5
27. e6 Nf6 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6
12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 exd5 15. exd5 c4 16. Bxc4 Be6
17. Rd1 Ne7 18. dxe6 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Qxc3 20. Bb3 Qc1+ 21. Rd1
Qc3+ 22. Rd2 Qc1+ 23. Rd1 Qc3+ 24. Ke2 a5 25. Rd7 a4 26. Rc1
Qb2+ 27. Rc2 Qb1 28. Nd2 axb3 29. Nxb1 bxc2 30. Nc3 Nf5
31. Bd2 h5 32. Kd3 b5 33. e7 Re8 34. Nd5 Kf7 35. Kxc2 Rc8+
36. Nc7 Nxe7 37. Bb4 Bf8 38. Kb3 Rb8 39. Nd5 Ke6 40. Rd6+ Ke5
41. f4+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kh8
17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rfc1 c6 20. a4 f4 21. b5 cxb5
22. axb5 Nd5 23. Nxd4 Rae8 24. Nf3 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qe6 26. Qd4
fxg3 27. hxg3 Qxe2 28. Qxd5 Re3 29. Re1 Qxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Rexf3
31. Rb2 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c6
7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. Qd2 e5 10. Nge2 Na6 11. Rd1 exd4
12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. b3 Qb6 15. O-O Qb4 16. Rb1 Rad8
17. Kh1 Bc8 18. Qc1 Nh5 19. Na2 Qb6 20. Bg1 Qc7 21. Nac3 Qe7
22. Qd2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. g3 Be5 26. Nd4 Rde8
27. Nce2 Qd8 28. Rbd1 Ng7 29. Qc2 Qc7 30. Nf4 Bxf4 31. gxf4
Rf6 32. Bf2 Qf7 33. Rg1 Rg6 34. Qd2 Qc7 35. Rg3 Nce6 36. Rdg1
Nxd4 37. Bxd4 Ree6 38. Bb2 b6 39. Qd4 Qb7 40. Qd3 Qf7 41. Bxg7
Kxg7 42. Qd4+ Qf6 43. Qxb6 Re2 44. Rg5 c5 45. Qxa5 Qb2
46. Qc7+ Kh8 47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Rxg6+ hxg6 49. Qh4 Qxb3 50. Qh3
d5 51. Qg3 Re6 52. cxd5 Qxd5 53. Qf2 Qd3 54. Qb2+ Kf7 55. Qb7+
Re7 56. Qc6 Re6 57. Qb7+ Re7 58. Qc6 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7
12. Bd2 a5 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qh4 b4
17. e4 Rfe8 18. Bb5 Be7 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Red8 21. d5 exd5
22. exd5 Bf6 23. b3 h6 24. d6 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd2 Be5
27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Ne4 f5 29. f4 Nd3 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Rxd3 Kxf6
32. d7 Rc7 33. Rcd1 Ke7 34. Re1+ Kf7 35. Red1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vugar Gashimov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4
12. Bg5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5
Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Qd2 hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qf6 20. Rxb7 Rab8
21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rb1 Qe6 23. Qxg5 Qa2 24. Rd1 Qxa4 25. Rd8+
Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ Kh7 27. Qd3+ g6 28. b3 Qa1+ 29. Qf1 Qd4 30. g3
Qd5 31. Qb1 a5 32. h4 Kg8 33. Qc2 Kh7 34. Kh2 Qf3 35. Kg1 Qd5
36. Kf1 Kg8 37. Ke2 Qe5+ 38. Kf3 Qd5+ 39. Ke3 Qe5+ 40. Qe4
Qc3+ 41. Qd3 Qe5+ 42. Kf3 Qf6+ 43. Kg2 a4 44. bxa4 Qc6+ 45. f3
Qxa4 46. Qe4 Qa2+ 47. Kh3 Qa1 48. Qc4 Kg7 49. Qd5 Qh1+ 50. Kg4
Qa1 51. Qd6 Qc3 52. Qd5 Qc8+ 53. Kf4 Qc1+ 54. Ke5 Qe1+ 55. Kf4
Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6
12. Be2 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. O-O Ba4 16. Qd4 Rac8
17. Qb4 b6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Ba4 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Qh4 h6
22. Nd4 a5 23. Red1 Rfe8 24. Qg3 Qf6 25. Qf3 Qe5 26. Qg3 Qf6
27. Qf3 Qe5 28. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ng5
Bc8 12. Ne2 a5 13. a4 b6 14. b3 c5 15. Bb2 Be7 16. Ne4 Be6
17. Nf4 h5 18. g3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Ke2 Kd7 25. Kd3 Ne7 26. f4
Nd5 27. c3 Be7 28. Bc1 Bd8 29. Bd2 Kc6 30. c4 Ne7 31. Ng5 Kd7
32. Ke4 Nf5 33. Nf3 Ke8 34. Be1 Kf7 35. h3 Nh6 36. Bf2 Be7
37. Be3 g6 38. Nh2 Ke8 39. Nf3 Kf7 40. Ng1 Bd8 41. Ne2 Ke8
42. Nc3 Kd7 43. Kf3 Nf5 44. Ne2 Ne7 45. Ke4 Nf5 46. g4 hxg4
47. hxg4 Nh6 48. Kf3 Bh4 49. Nc3 Be1 50. Ne4 Nf7 51. Ke2 Bh4
52. g5 Nd8 53. Nf6+ Ke7 54. Ng4 Nc6 55. Nh2 Kd7 56. Nf3 Bg3
57. Kd3 Ne7 58. Ke4 Nf5 59. Kd3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "197"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6
7. O-O Na5 8. Be2 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 Nd4
12. Bd1 Rc8 13. Kh1 b5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb1 Rc5 16. Nd2 Qc7
17. Nb3 Rxc2 18. Bxc2 Qxc2 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. f5 Qe2 21. Bg5 Qxb2
22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Nxd4 Qa4 24. Ne2 Rc2 25. Qf3 gxf5 26. Ng3
fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. dxe4 f6 29. Ra1 Ra2 30. Rac1 Rc2
31. Ra1 Qd4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Bf4 Qe6 34. Qg3 Kf8 35. Rxa7 b4
36. Rb7 Re2 37. Qf3 Rc2 38. Rxb4 Qg4 39. Rb7 Qxf3 40. gxf3 Be8
41. Rc1 Rxc1+ 42. Bxc1 Bg6 43. Bf4 Bf7 44. Kg2 Be6 45. Bd2 Ke8
46. Rb5 Kf7 47. f4 Bd7 48. Ra5 f5 49. exf5 Bf6 50. Kf3 h5
51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Kd3 Bg2 53. Be3 Bf1+ 54. Kd2 Bg2 55. Bb6 Be4
56. Ke3 Bc2 57. Bd4 Bxd4+ 58. Kxd4 Kf6 59. Ra8 Bxf5 60. Rf8+
Ke6 61. Ke3 Bg6 62. Kf3 Bf7 63. f5+ Kf6 64. Kf4 Kg7 65. Rb8
Kf6 66. Rd8 e5+ 67. fxe6 Bxe6 68. Rxd6 h4 69. Rb6 h3 70. Rc6
Kf7 71. Ke5 Bg4 72. Rc4 Bd7 73. Rc7 Ke8 74. Kd6 Bg4 75. Re7+
Kf8 76. Re4 Bc8 77. Kc7 Ba6 78. Re3 Kg7 79. Rxh3 Kg6 80. Kd6
Kg5 81. Ke5 Be2 82. Rg3+ Kh6 83. Kf5 Bd1 84. Rh3+ Kg7 85. Kg5
Be2 86. Re3 Bd1 87. Re7+ Kf8 88. Kf6 Kg8 89. Kg6 Bc2+ 90. Kh6
Kf8 91. Rg7 Bd3 92. Rg5 Kf7 93. Rg3 Bc2 94. Rg7+ Kf8 95. Rg2
Be4 96. Rg4 Bc2 97. Rg5 Kf7 98. Kh5 Kf6 99. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6
7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 Qa5
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rd8 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3
Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 Kf8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 g6
21. Kf1 Ke8 22. Ke2 a6 23. g4 Rd6 24. Be5 Rd5 25. f4 f6
26. Bc3 f5 27. h3 Kd7 28. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5
7. d3 a4 8. Nd2 exd3 9. exd3 Bc5 10. Qe2+ Kd8 11. Nde4 Re8
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 a3 14. Rb1 d5 15. c5 Qb4 16. Nxf6 gxf6
17. Qd2 axb2 18. Nd1 Qxc5 19. d4 Qd6 20. Rxb2 b5 21. Bd3 Bh3
22. Nc3 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. a4 Nxa4 25. Ra1 Re7 26. Rba2 Rea7
27. Qc2 h6 28. Nxa4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Qxa4
Ke7 32. Qa7+ Kf8 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. dxc5 Bg4 35. Bc2 Ke7 36. Ba4
Kd7 37. Ke1 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Nc3 d6
12. Ncd5 Qd8 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ng4 O-O 15. Ngf6+ Kg7 16. c3 Be6
17. f4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 exf4 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Qf1 Ne5 21. Rd1
Rae8 22. Bc2 h5 23. Bb3 Ng4 24. g3 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf2+ 26. Qxf2
Bxf2 27. Kg2 Bc5 28. h4 Qf5 29. Re2 Qg4 30. Rde1 g5 31. Re4
Qf5 32. R1e2 gxh4 33. Nf4 Qg5 34. Kh1 d5 35. Bxd5 hxg3 36. c4
Qh4+ 37. Kg2 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Kxg3 h4+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 Qc7
7. O-O e5 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. dxe5
dxe5 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nh4 Nc4 20. Nf5 Nxb2 21. Bh4
Nxd1 22. Bxf6 Nxc3 23. Qg4 Bxe4 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7
26. Nxf7 gxf6 27. f4 Bg6 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. fxe5 Ne4 30. Rxf6
Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Nxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Ng5+ Kh6 34. Ne6 Rxe6
35. Qxe6 Re8 36. Qf6 Be7 37. Qxa6 b4 38. Qc4 Bf8 39. g4 Kh7
40. e6 Bd6+ 41. Kg2 Be7 42. Qc7 Kg8 43. Kg3 Kf8 44. Qf4+ Kg7
45. Qd4+ Kg8 46. h4 Rd8 47. Qc4 Bd3 48. Qc6 Bb1 49. h5 Bxa2
50. Qe4 Kh8 51. h6 Bf6 52. e7 Re8 53. Qf4 Bg7 54. hxg7+ Kxg7
55. g5 Kg8 56. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Bg5 Qe7
12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qf4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 O-O 16. Rde1
Qd7 17. f3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rf5 20. Re2 e5 21. Rd1 Qf7
22. Qb4 Qd7 23. Qa4 Kh8 24. c4 Qe8 25. Rd3 Rf4 26. Qa5 Qe7
27. c5 Rf6 28. Qc3 Qe8 29. b3 Rb8 30. a4 Ra8 31. Re4 Qc8
32. Qd2 Qf8 33. Qa5 Qe7 34. Rde3 Qd7 35. Re1 Rf5 36. Qc3 Rd8
37. g3 Rf7 38. cxd6 cxd6 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 c5 41. Re6 Rxf4
42. Rxh6+ Kg8 43. Qd2 Rf7 44. Rg1 c4 45. Qg5 Rdf8 46. Qh5 Rf1+
47. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Bf4 Be7 8. Qc2 c5 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. a4 bxa4
12. Qxa4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. h4 Qc7 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Rfd8
17. Rfc1 h6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nc4 a4 21. Re1 Qb5
22. Na3 Qa6 23. Rad1 Rab8 24. c4 Nxe3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxe3
Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qb7+ 28. Kg1 Qb4 29. Rc3 Qb8 30. Re3 Qb4 31. Rc3
Rd7 32. Nb5 Qa5 33. Qe2 Qd8 34. Ra3 Rd2 35. Qf3 Rd1+ 36. Kh2
Qd2 37. Rxa4 Qe1 38. Nc3 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Re1 40. Ra7 Qf1+ 41. Qg2
Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Bf8 43. f4 g5 44. h5 gxf4 45. gxf4 Kg7 46. Rd7
Re3 47. Rb7 Re1 48. b3 Re3 49. Nd1 Re2+ 50. Nf2 Rc2 51. Kf3
Rc3+ 52. Ke2 Rg3 53. Ne4 Rh3 54. Nf6 Rh1 55. Rd7 Rh2+ 56. Kd3
Rh3+ 57. Kc2 Rh4 58. Ne8+ Kg8 59. f5 Rh2+ 60. Rd2 Rxd2+
61. Kxd2 exf5 62. Nf6+ Kg7 63. Ke3 Be7 64. Nd7 Bg5+ 65. Kf3
Bd2 66. Nxc5 f6 67. e6 Kf8 68. Nd3 Ke7 69. Nf4 Kd6 70. c5+ Kc6
71. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Richard Rapport"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2
h5 13. c5 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. a5 Bh6 16. Nb5 a6 17. Na3 Rf7
18. Nc4 Rg7 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. Ra3 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 g4 22. fxg4
hxg4 23. g3 Kh7 24. Nd3 Qg5 25. Nc5 Qh5 26. Qc2 Bg5 27. Rd1
Be7 28. b4 Bd6 29. Bf1 Bd7 30. Nxb7 Bxb4 31. Ra2 Nh4 32. gxh4
g3 33. hxg3 fxg3 34. Be3 Rf8 35. Qb3 Rf2 36. Rxf2 gxf2+
37. Kxf2 Qxh4+ 38. Ke2 Bb5+ 39. Rd3 0-1

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kristof Juhasz"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6
7. Nc3 Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. e3 c5
12. Qe2 a6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Qxc5 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Rfd1
Rfc8 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe5 19. Qe2 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 b5
21. Qd2 Qe6 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qd3 Qd7 25. a4
bxa4 26. bxa4 Rc5 27. Rb4 Kg7 28. Qd4+ f6 29. Qe4 d5 30. Qd4
Qc6 31. Rb5 Rxb5 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. e4 dxe4 34. Qxe4 Qc5 35. h4
h5 36. Qa8 Qd4 37. Qb7 Qe5 38. Qa8 Kf7 39. Qh8 Qe4+ 40. Kg1
Qc2 41. Kg2 Qc6+ 42. Kg1 Ke6 43. Qg7 Qe4 44. Qg8+ Kf5 45. Qc8+
e6 46. Qc3 g5 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. f3 Qe2 49. Qc5+ Kg6 50. Qf8 g4
51. Qe8+ Kf6 52. Qd8+ Ke5 53. Qc7+ Kd4 54. Qb6+ Kd3 55. Qb5+
Kd2 56. Qb4+ Kc2 57. Qa4+ Kb2 58. Qb4+ Kc1 59. Qa3+ Qb2
60. Qe3+ Qd2 61. Qa3+ Kd1 62. Qa1+ Qc1 63. Qf6 Kc2+ 64. Kf2
Qd2+ 65. Kf1 Qd1+ 66. Kf2 Qxf3+ 67. Qxf3 gxf3 68. Kxf3 Kd3
69. Kf4 Kd4 70. Kg5 e5 71. Kxh5 e4 72. g4 e3 73. g5 e2 0-1

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Tadeas Kriebel"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. d4 fxe4 6. Nxe5
Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qe7 8. b4 Bxb4 9. Bf4 Qc5 10. a4 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3
Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 Ne7 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Rf8 16. Qd4
c6 17. h4 b6 18. Rd1 Ne7 19. Kg1 Nf5 20. Qxe4 Nxg3 21. fxg3
Bb7 22. e6 d5 23. Qg4 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Qe7 25. Rhf1 O-O-O 26. Rf7
Rxf7 27. exf7+ Kb8 28. Qf4+ Kc8 29. Be2 Ba8 30. Re1 1-0

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lukas Handler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Qd6
12. Rb1 a5 13. h3 Be6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. Na4 f5
17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qc7 19. a3 Kh8 20. g3 Bf6 21. h4 a4
22. Kg2 Kg7 23. Qc3 Bd7 24. Qc2 Re7 25. Rh1 h5 26. Rhc1 Be8
27. Qd2 Qd8 28. Ng1 Qd6 29. Ne2 Kg8 30. Qc2 Bg7 31. Nc3 b5
32. Ne2 Qf6 33. Ng1 Re6 34. Nf3 Qd8 35. Qc3 Qe7 36. Ra1 Bf6
37. Rab1 Kg7 38. Ra1 Qd6 39. Be2 Re7 40. Bd1 Rc7 41. Qc2 Rb7
42. Ne1 Re7 43. Bf3 Rea7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Juraj Druska"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Ba6 5. Ne5 c6 6. d4 Qc7
7. Qc2 d6 8. Nd3 Be7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. e4
e5 13. Ne2 Rfe8 14. Bb2 Bf8 15. Rfe1 a6 16. f3 Rac8 17. Bh3
Rcd8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Bg2 a5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qc1 f6 22. h3 Nh6
23. Bf3 g6 24. Kg2 Bg7 25. c5 dxc5 26. dxc5 b5 27. a3 Nf8
28. b4 Nf7 29. Bc3 a4 30. Qb2 Be6 31. Nf2 Bb3 32. Rxd8 Rxd8
33. h4 Be6 34. Qb1 Bh6 35. f5 Bc4 36. Ng4 Kg7 37. Rd1 Rxd1
38. Qxd1 Qd7 39. Qxd7 Nxd7 40. Nxh6 Nxh6 41. g4 gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Wertjanz"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4
Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Bc1 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. Rxe4 c5 19. Bb2 c4 20. Nbd2 Rc8 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. Rc1 Qd5
23. e6 f6 24. Re1 Rfe8 25. Nb1 Bb4 26. Bc3 Bd6 27. Nbd2 Rxe6
28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Ba5 Ba3 30. Rc3 Bb2 31. Re3 Qc6 32. Bxb6
Qxb6 33. Qc2 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Qxd4 35. Qf5 Qc5 36. Qe6+ Bf7
37. Qxa6 c3 38. Ne4 c2 0-1

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Christoph Menezes"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. e4 b5 11. d5 Qb6
12. dxc6 Nc5 13. e5 Rd8 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 16. Bg5 Bf8
17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Ba6 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nxf7
Kxf7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qg6 Rd8 24. Rd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6
26. Be4 Rxc6 27. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Martin Christian Huber"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 Kh8 12. Be3
Ng8 13. Qd2 Ndf6 14. c5 f4 15. Bf2 g5 16. Nb5 a6 17. Qa5 dxc5
18. Nxc7 Ne8 19. d6 Rb8 20. Bxc5 b6 21. Bxb6 Nxd6 22. Nb4 g4
23. fxg4 Qg5 24. Nc6 Bxg4 25. Bd3 Rbc8 26. Qd5 Nf7 27. Bxa6
Nf6 28. Qd3 Rb8 29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. Bf2 Rxb2 31. Rfb1 Rxb1+
32. Rxb1 h5 33. Bc4 Qg6 34. Ne6 f3 35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. Rb7 Be6
37. g3 Bxc4 38. Qxc4 h4 39. Qb3 Nxe4 40. Qxf3 Ng5 41. Qg4 e4
42. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Simultaneous exhibition"]
[Site "Edinburgh SCO"]
[Date "2012.04.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Andrew Greet"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 f5 4. c4 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ng5 c6
7. Nc3 d5 8. Qb3 Be7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nd5 11. h4 h6
12. Nh3 Be6 13. Qb3 g5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Qxb7 f4
17. Qxa8 Bxh3 18. Bxh3 Rxh3 19. Kg2 Qc8 20. Qxd5 Rh8 21. Rh1
Rxh1 22. Kxh1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 fxg3 24. fxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+
26. Ke1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "XXV Ciudad de Leon: Topalov - Vallejo"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. a4 bxa4 13. Bxa4 a5 14. O-O Rb8 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. b3 Qc7
17. Rf2 e6 18. Qd3 d5 19. exd5 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd4
22. Qxd4 Rxd5 23. Qe3 Re5 24. Qc1 Rd8 25. g3 Qc3 26. Rb1 h5
27. Qb2 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Qe3 29. Rxe1 Qxe1 30. c4 Rd3 31. c5 Qc3
32. Qb1 Rd5 33. Rc2 Rd2+ 34. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kh3 Qc3 36. Qg1
Qxf3 37. Qc1 Qc6 38. Qc3 Kh7 39. Qf6 Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qf6
Qxc5 42. Qxf7+ Kh6 43. Qxe6 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV Ciudad de Leon: Topalov - Vallejo"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4
7. Qg4 g6 8. Ne2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. h4 Nb6
12. Bb4 Bxb4 13. cxb4 Qe7 14. a3 a5 15. b5 Nc4 16. Qf3 Bd7
17. a4 Qb4+ 18. Nc3 Na3 19. Qd3 Rc8 20. Be2 c5 21. O-O cxd4
22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxa3 Bf5 24. Qg3 Rxc2 25. Rb3 Qxa4 26. Bd1
Rc1 27. e6 O-O 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. h5 g5 30. Rb1 Qc4 31. Rxc1
Qxc1 32. Bb3 Qc5 33. Qe5 Be4 34. f3 d3+ 35. Kh2 d2 36. Rd1
Bxf3 37. Rxd2 Be4 38. Bxd5 Bxd5 39. Rxd5 Qe7 40. Qb8+ Rf8
41. Qg3 Rf4 42. Qd3 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "XXV Ciudad de Leon: Topalov - Vallejo"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2
Nc6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Rg1 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc4
17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 Bf8 20. f6 e5 21. Bb6 Qd7
22. fxg7 Bxg7 23. Bc5 Bf8 24. h5 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Re6 26. Bb4 Qc7
27. Qa7 Qc8 28. Rdf1 Be7 29. Rf6 Bxf6 30. gxf6+ Kf8 31. Qb6
Bc6 32. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "XXV Ciudad de Leon: Topalov - Vallejo"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Qg4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qh4 b6 11. Nf3 c5
12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Bg6+ Kd8 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4
Bd7 17. Bd3 Re8 18. Re1 Qc5 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Kb1 e5 21. fxe5
Rxe5 22. c4 Bd7 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Qg3 g6 26. Nc3
Qd4 27. Rd1 Qc5 28. Qf4 Qe7 29. Rf1 Nh5 30. Qd4 Rb8 31. Nd5
Qd6 32. Re1 Be6 33. Nf4 Kd7 1-0

[Event "XXV Ciudad de Leon: Topalov - Vallejo"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. Rb1
Re8 13. O-O b6 14. Nf5 Nf8 15. Ne3 Ng6 16. Re1 Nf4 17. Bf1 Rf8
18. f3 g6 19. g3 Nh5 20. Bd3 Kh8 21. Rb2 Bh3 22. Ng4 f6
23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Qb1 Rae8 25. Rbe2 Qf7 26. Bh6 Rg8 27. Bd2 Rgf8
28. Rg1 Re7 29. Ree1 Qe8 30. Qd1 Ng7 31. Bh6 Bxg4 32. fxg4 g5
33. h4 Qg6 34. Bxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rgf1 h6 36. Rf2 Kg8 37. hxg5
hxg5 38. Rh2 Rh7 39. Rh5 Qe8 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Reh1 Rfh8 42. Qf3
Qg6 43. Qe2 Kf8 44. Bc2 Ke7 45. R1h2 Nb7 46. Bd1 Na5 47. Qd3
Kf7 48. Bf3 Kg7 49. Qf1 Kf7 50. Kf2 Kg7 51. Ke3 Qe8 52. Be2
Qg6 53. Qd1 Qe8 54. Qh1 Rxh5 55. gxh5 Qa4 56. h6+ Kf7 57. Qf1
Qxa3 58. Qf5 Qxc3+ 59. Kf2 Qd4+ 60. Kg2 Qd2 61. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "XXV Ciudad de Leon: Topalov - Vallejo"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 g6
7. h3 Bg7 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Kb1 Bd7
12. Nb3 Qc7 13. g4 Ne5 14. Qg2 Be6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bd4 Rac8
17. f5 Bd7 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. g5 Nh5 20. Na5 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4
22. Nd5 Rfe8 23. Rd1 Bg7 24. Qf3 Bc6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Nxe7+
Rxe7 27. f6 Bxf6 28. gxf6 Re6 29. Qa3 Nxf6 30. Rxd6 Rxe4
31. b3 Re1+ 32. Kb2 Ne4 33. Qa5 Nxd6 34. Qxe1 Kf8 35. Qe5 Rd8
36. Qa5 Ke7 37. Qxa6 Rc8 38. a4 c5 39. Qa7+ Kd8 40. a5 Rc7
41. Qa8+ Kd7 42. a6 Nc8 43. Qd5+ Ke7 44. c3 Nb6 45. Qe5+ Kd7
46. Qf6 Nc8 47. Qxf7+ Kc6 48. Qf6+ Kb5 49. c4+ Ka5 50. Qd8 Kb6
51. b4 cxb4 52. c5+ Kc6 53. Kb3 g5 54. Kc4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qd2 Bb4 10. a3 Qa5 11. Rb1 Bxc3
12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bb5 Nb6 14. O-O Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Ng5 b6
17. Qe1 h6 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. Bd4 Nf5 20. g4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qd5
22. Nd6 f5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. c3 Bd7 25. Qg3 Bc6 26. Kf2 Rad8
27. Rg1 Rd7 28. Rbe1 Qa5 29. e6 Re7 30. Nf7 Rfxf7 31. exf7+
Rxf7 32. Qg6 Bd7 33. Rg3 Qxa3 34. Qxh6 b5 35. Qh4 Qd6 36. Re5
Qf6 37. Qh5 a5 38. Rg6 Qd8 39. Re3 Qc7 40. Qh4 Bc6 41. Rh3 Kf8
42. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nh4
Ng6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. c4 e5 9. Nc3 g5 10. Be3 d6 11. Qa4 Bd7
12. O-O-O g4 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Rdf1 g6 15. f4 gxf3 16. Rxf3 Bg4
17. Rf2 Be6 18. Qa4 Qd7 19. Qa6 Rb8 20. Qa4 f5 21. g3 Rh3
22. Re1 Kf7 23. Qd1 Rbh8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bg5 Kg6
27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Ne2 Kg7 29. Ng1 R3h5 30. Nf3 Rf8 31. Qc3 Rh6
32. Rfe2 Kg8 33. h4 Rg6 34. Ng5 f4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Nxe6 Qxe6
37. Re4 Qf6 38. h5 Rg2 39. R4e2 Rff2 40. Rxf2 Qxf2 41. a3 Kh7
42. Kb1 Kh6 43. Ka2 Kxh5 44. Qc1 Qd2 45. Qb1 Kg5 46. Rd1 Qe3
47. Re1 Qd2 48. Rd1 Qc2 49. Qxc2 Rxc2 50. Kb3 Rf2 51. Rg1+ Kf5
52. Rg7 Rf3 53. Kc2 e4 54. dxe4+ Kxe4 55. Rxa7 Kd4 56. Rd7
Rf2+ 57. Kb3 d5 58. cxd5 cxd5 59. a4 c4+ 60. Ka3 Rf3+ 61. Ka2
Rb3 62. Rh7 Kc5 63. Rc7+ Kb4 64. Kb1 Kxa4 65. Kc2 Rh3 66. Rc5
Rd3 67. b3+ Kb4 68. bxc4 Rc3+ 69. Kd2 Rxc4 70. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Bg6 8. Nb3 Nd7 9. c3 Nf5 10. Bd2 Rc8 11. g4 Nh4
12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. f4 Be4 14. Be1 Qh3 15. Rf2 h5 16. Nd2 Bd3
17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. f5 Be7 19. Rf3 Qa6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Nb3
hxg4 22. Rf1 Rxh2 23. Bf2 Rh5 24. Kg2 Kd8 25. Bg3 Rf5 26. Qxg4
Rg5 27. Qxe6 Qe2+ 28. Rf2 Qe4+ 29. Rf3 Qe2+ 30. Rf2 Qe4+
31. Rf3 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. d5 Bg4 10. Qd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Rg8
12. Qxc4 Bg7 13. Rd1 Kf8 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qf4 c6
17. Bc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qa5 19. O-O Qxc3 20. Qa4 cxd5 21. Rxd5
Bf6 22. Rb1 Qc6 23. Qb3 b6 24. e4 Qe6 25. Rbd1 Kf7 26. exf5
gxf5 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Qb1 Rac8 29. Rxf5 Kh8 30. Rh5 Qf7
31. Rhd5 Rc5 32. Qe4 Qg6 33. Qe6 Rc2 34. a4 h6 35. Kh1 Rxf2
36. Rg1 Rxf3 37. Qe2 Rf5 38. Rd7 Kh7 39. Rxa7 Rg7 40. Rc7 h5
41. Rc4 Rg5 42. Rf1 Rg4 43. Rxg4 Qxg4 44. Qxg4 Rxg4 45. Rb1
Rxa4 46. Rxb6 h4 47. Bf2 Ra2 48. Bc5 Rc2 49. Be3 Kg6 50. Rb3
Kf5 51. Bg1 e5 52. h3 e4 53. Rb5+ Kg6 54. Rb6 Kf5 55. Rb5+ Kf4
56. Rb3 Bc3 57. Bh2+ Ke3 58. Rb8 Rc1+ 59. Kg2 Rc2+ 60. Kh1
Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. Bh6 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qb4 Rc8 20. Nxb5 Rc5 21. a4
Ba6 22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. Qe1 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Rxd7 Qxd7
26. b4 cxb4 27. Qxb4 Qd1+ 28. Qe1 Qxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "226"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O
Rc8 17. Qd1 g6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. N2f3 Nf6 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2
Ne4 22. Qb4 Rc7 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. Rfc1
Kf8 27. h4 Ke8 28. Nd4 Nd6 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Red7 31. f3 Ke7
32. Kd3 Ne8 33. Rc8 Kd6 34. b4 Ng7 35. b5 axb5 36. Nxb5+ Ke7
37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Nd4 Rc7 39. Rb1 Ke7 40. Rb5 Kd6 41. Rb6+ Ke7
42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Ne6 44. h5 Nc5+ 45. Ke2 Na4 46. Rb3 gxh5
47. gxh5 Kf6 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. Ne2 Kxh5 50. Nf4+ Kh6 51. Nxd5
Rd7 52. Rb5 Kg7 53. Ke4 b6 54. Ke5 Ra7 55. a3 Nc5 56. Nxb6
Rxa3 57. Rxc5 Rxe3+ 58. Kf4 Re6 59. Nd5 Ra6 60. Ne3 Kg6
61. Rc8 Ra4+ 62. Nc4 f6 63. Rc6 Rb4 64. Ke4 Rb5 65. Nd6 Re5+
66. Kd4 Re6 67. Ra6 Kh5 68. Ra5+ Kg6 69. Ne4 Rb6 70. Ra8 Re6
71. Rg8+ Kf7 72. Rg1 Ra6 73. Ke3 Re6 74. Kf4 Ra6 75. Rd1 Kg6
76. Rd4 Rb6 77. Ng3 Ra6 78. Nf5 Ra5 79. Ne7+ Kf7 80. Nc6 Rc5
81. Rd6 Rc4+ 82. Kf5 Rc5+ 83. Ke4 Rh5 84. Rd7+ Ke6 85. Rg7
Rh4+ 86. Kd3 Kd5 87. Nd8 Rh3+ 88. Ke2 Ke4 89. Re7+ Kf5 90. Nb7
Ra3 91. Nd6+ Kg6 92. Nc4 Rb3 93. Re6 Kg5 94. Nd6 Kg6 95. Kf2
Ra3 96. Re8 Kg7 97. Nf5+ Kg6 98. Ne3 Ra4 99. Kf3 Rd4 100. Ng2
Ra4 101. Rb8 Ra5 102. Kg4 Rg5+ 103. Kh4 Rh5+ 104. Kg3 Rg5+
105. Kh3 Ra5 106. Nf4+ Kf5 107. Rb4 Re5 108. Ng2 Ra5 109. Ne3+
Kg6 110. Kg4 Rg5+ 111. Kf4 Ra5 112. Rc4 Rb5 113. Rc6 Rb4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6
12. Bf4 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Rg1 Ne5
17. Nc2 Be6 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Qe1 a6 20. Qg3 Bc8 21. h4 b5
22. cxb5 axb5 23. a3 Nf8 24. Qh2 Ne6 25. Bg3 Nc5 26. Qg2 Be6
27. b4 Nb3 28. Be1 Qa7 29. Nc2 Nc4 30. f4 Nxa3 31. Nxa3 Qxa3
32. f5 Bc4 33. Bxh5 gxh5 34. f6 Bh8 35. g6 Bxf6 36. Nd5 Bxd5
37. exd5 Qb2 38. gxf7+ Kf8 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Bd3
Nbd7 13. O-O Nh5 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Rc1 Nf4 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Nxe5
Qxe5 18. Nb1 Bd7 19. Na3 Qf6 20. f3 g5 21. a5 Re7 22. Nc4 Qg6
23. e5 Rae8 24. Nxd6 Rd8 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Nxc5 Bf5 27. e6 fxe6
28. d6 Rf7 29. d7 Nd5 30. Bd4 Rd8 31. g4 Bc2 32. Rxc2 Bxd4+
33. Qxd4 Qxc2 34. Bd3 Rf4 35. Bxc2 Rxd4 36. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "201"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Nf4
12. Ne4 Na5 13. Bxf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 exf4 15. d4 Re8 16. Qd3 f5
17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. dxc5 Qg6 20. Re1 Rf8 21. Re7
Be4 22. Qd1 c6 23. b4 Bd5 24. c3 h6 25. Kh2 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7
27. Ne5 Qe7 28. Qd4 Qg5 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qh4 31. b3 Kh7
32. c4 Kg8 33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qh5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Ke2 Qf7
37. Qd4 Qe7+ 38. Kf1 g5 39. Qd6 Qe8 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Qc7+ Kg6
42. Qd6+ Kg7 43. h4 Qc8 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. h5+ Kxh5 46. Qf7+ Kh4
47. Qg6 Qh8 48. Qxc6 g4 49. Qd6 Kg5 50. c6 Qe8 51. Qd5 gxf3+
52. Qxf3 Qe7 53. Qd5 Kg4 54. Kh2 Qc7 55. Qd7 Qe5 56. Qd5 Qc7
57. Qg2+ Kh4 58. Qf3 Kg5 59. Kg2 h5 60. Qd5 Kg4 61. c5 h4
62. Qf3+ Kg5 63. Kh3 Kf6 64. Qd5 Kg5 65. Qg8+ Kf6 66. Qd5 Kg5
67. Qe6 Qg7 68. f3 Qa1 69. Qe7+ Kg6 70. Qe8+ Kg7 71. Qe7+ Kg6
72. Qe8+ Kg7 73. Kxh4 Qf6+ 74. Kh3 Qa1 75. Qd7+ Kf6 76. Qd6+
Kg5 77. Qe7+ Kg6 78. Qe6+ Kg5 79. Qg8+ Kh5 80. Qg2 Qf6 81. Qg8
Qxc6 82. Qh7+ Kg5 83. Qh4+ Kg6 84. Qxf4 Qe8 85. Qd6+ Kg5
86. Qd2+ Kf6 87. Qd4+ Kg5 88. f4+ Kh5 89. Qe5 Qd7 90. Qe2+ Kg6
91. Qg2+ Kf7 92. Kh4 Qd8+ 93. Qg5 Qd3 94. Qh5+ Kg7 95. Qg5+
Kf7 96. Qh5+ Kg7 97. Qe8 Qxb3 98. Qe7+ Kg8 99. c6 Qc4
100. Qe8+ Kg7 101. Kg5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Kurnosov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 a6 10. O-O Na5 11. f4 Qc7
12. Qd3 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15. b3 e6 16. Bxb7 Nxb7
17. b4 Rad8 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Rfe8 20. f6 Bf8 21. Bf4 Qb6
22. a4 Nc5 23. a5 Nxd3 24. axb6 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 d5 26. c3 Ra8
27. b7 Rab8 28. Rxa6 Rxb7 29. Ra5 h5 30. Rxb5 Rc7 31. Rf3 Bh6
32. Kf2 Bd2 33. Rc5 Ra7 34. Ra5 Rc7 35. Rc5 Ra7 36. Kg3 Be1+
37. Kh2 h4 38. Rxd5 Ra1 39. Nc6 Re2 40. Nd4 Bg3+ 41. Rxg3 Ree1
42. Rxg6+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxe4 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6
12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Qg3 O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. h4 Qb7
17. b3 Kh8 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Qf3 Qxf3
22. gxf3 f5 23. Rac1 Bxh4 24. Rc6 a5 25. Bxd6 Rg8+ 26. Kf1 Bf6
27. d5 Rge8 28. dxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. a3 Rd7 31. b4 axb4
32. axb4 Rb7 33. Rc7 Rb5 34. f4 h5 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Kg3 Rd5
37. Bc5 Rd3+ 38. Kg2 Rb3 39. Rb7 e5 40. fxe5 Bxe5 41. Re7 Bf4
42. Be3 Rxb4 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. Kg3 Rg4+ 45. Kh3 Rf4 46. Kg3
Rg4+ 47. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O
O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c6
12. Rae1 Qc7 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bh7+ Kf8 15. Bxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bf5
Bxf5 17. Qxf5 g6 18. Qb1 Nhf6 19. g3 a5 20. a4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Qd1 Qe6 24. Nb3 b6 25. Nc1 Nd6 26. Nd3
Kg7 27. Nfe5 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Nf5 29. Qg4 c5 30. h4 cxd4 31. cxd4
h5 32. Qf4 f6 33. Nf3 Qd6 34. Qxd6 Nxd6 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2
Ke6 37. b3 Kf5 38. Nd2 Kg4 39. Nb1 Nf5 40. Nc3 Nxd4+ 41. Kf1
Nxb3 42. Nxd5 Kf3 43. Nxb6 Nd2+ 44. Kg1 Ne4 45. Nc4 Nxf2
46. Kh2 Ng4+ 47. Kg1 Kxg3 48. Nxa5 Ne5 49. Nb7 Kxh4 50. a5 Nc6
51. Kf2 g5 52. a6 g4 53. Nd8 Na7 54. Ne6 g3+ 55. Kf3 Kh3
56. Nf4+ Kh2 57. Ng2 Nc6 58. Nh4 Kh3 59. Ng2 h4 60. Ne3 f5
61. Ng2 Na7 62. Ne3 Nb5 63. Ng2 Nd4+ 64. Ke3 Nb5 65. Kf3 Nc7
66. a7 Na8 67. Ne3 f4 68. Ng2 Kh2 69. Nxh4 Nc7 70. Ng2 Kh3
71. Nxf4+ Kh2 72. Ng2 Kh3 73. Ne3 Na8 74. Ke4 Nc7 75. Kd3 Kh2
76. Kc4 Kg1 77. Nf5 Kf2 78. Nxg3 Kxg3 79. Kc5 Kf4 80. Kc6 Na8
81. Kb7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anuar Ismagambetov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Nc6
12. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Kd2 Bd7
16. Rhc1 Rfb8 17. b3 f6 18. Rab1 Kf7 19. Rc5 a6 20. a4 Rb7
21. Rb2 Ke7 22. Kc3 Kd6 23. Ra5 Ke7 24. b4 Ke6 25. g4 Kf7
26. f3 g6 27. Bd4 Rbb8 28. e3 Re8 29. h4 h5 30. Rf2 Rec8
31. gxh5 gxh5 32. Rg2 Re8 33. Rg3 Re7 34. Bc5 Ree8 35. Kd4 Bf5
36. Bd6 Bc2 37. Rg1 Bf5 38. Bf4 Re7 39. b5 cxb5 40. axb5 Rb7
41. Rxa6 Rxa6 42. bxa6 Ra7 43. Kxd5 Rxa6 44. e4 Be6+ 45. Kd4
Ra3 46. Rg3 Bb3 47. Bh6 Bd1 48. Rg7+ Ke8 49. f4 Ra4+ 50. Kd3
Bf3 51. e5 fxe5 52. fxe5 Rxh4 53. e6 Re4 54. Rg8+ Ke7 55. Rg3
Bh1 56. Rh3 Bg2 57. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d5 6. Nc3 Ne7
7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 f6 9. Ba3 e5 10. Na4 Nf4 11. Bxc5 Bxc5
12. Nxc5 O-O 13. d4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nd3 Nxh3+ 16. gxh3 f5
17. exd5 e4 18. Nde5 exf3 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. Qd3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 e6
7. Bxf5 exf5 8. Qb3 Ra7 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O
12. Qd3 g6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. Bg5 Qa5
17. Rfe1 Raa8 18. h3 Nb6 19. Bh6 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Qd5 21. Qh4 Re8
22. Qf6 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Ng4 h5 25. Ne5 Qd8 26. Qf4 Kg7
27. Re4 Nd5 28. Qf3 Qd6 29. Rae1 Rad8 30. a3 Qc7 31. Nd3 Rd6
32. Nc5 a5 33. Qg3 Rfd8 34. Re5 b6 35. Ne4 R6d7 36. Ng5 Qd6
37. Ne4 Qc7 38. Qf3 c5 39. Ng3 h4 40. Nh5+ gxh5 41. Qxh5 Rd6
42. Rg5+ Rg6 43. Rxd5 Qc6 44. Qxg6+ Qxg6 45. Rxd8 c4 46. d5
Qc2 47. d6 Qd2 48. Re4 Qxb2 49. Rxc4 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 Qe5+ 51. Kg1
Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qe5+ 53. f4 Qe3 54. d7 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. f3 a4
12. Rc1 Be6 13. Nb5 Qa5 14. Rc2 Rfc8 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. Kd2 Nd7
17. Rb1 Ne5 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 Raa8 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. Nd5 Ra3
22. c5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nb4 24. Rc4 Ra2+ 25. Ke1 Nxd5 26. cxd6
Rxc4 27. d7 Ra8 28. bxc4 Nxe3 29. Rxb7 Rd8 30. Rc7 e6 31. Rc8
Bf6 32. c5 Nc2+ 33. Kf1 Nd4 34. Bd1 Kf8 35. Ba4 Ke7 36. c6 Be5
37. c7 Bxc7 38. Rxc7 e5 39. Kf2 Ne6 40. Rc8 Nf8 41. Rc5 Nxd7
42. Bxd7 Rxd7 43. Rxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "229"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3
Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 c4 9. Nc3 cxd3 10. cxd3 c5 11. Be3 b6
12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Qc1 Rfd8 16. Bf4 Qd7
17. Qe3 Nh5 18. Bh2 Nf6 19. Rd2 Qe8 20. Red1 Bc6 21. Be5 Ba4
22. Re1 Bc6 23. Red1 Bb7 24. Qg5 a6 25. Qe3 b5 26. Rc1 c4
27. d4 e6 28. Qf4 Nh5 29. Qe3 Nf6 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Rcd1 Re8
32. Re1 Rcd8 33. d5 Nh5 34. Qh2 exd5 35. exd5 f6 36. g4 fxe5
37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Rde2 Bxd5 39. Nxe5 Qb7 40. Qg3 Re6 41. Kh2
Rde8 42. f4 Rf6 43. Qg5 h6 44. Qxh5 Bf7 45. Qg4 Qc8 46. Qg3
Qf5 47. Ne4 Qxf4 48. Nxf6+ Qxf6 49. Rg1 Bh5 50. Reg2 Qxe5
51. Qxe5 Rxe5 52. Rxg7+ Kf8 53. Ra7 Bf7 54. Rf1 Re7 55. Rxe7
Kxe7 56. Kg3 a5 57. Kf4 b4 58. axb4 axb4 59. Ke5 c3 60. bxc3
bxc3 61. Rc1 Be6 62. Rxc3 Bd7 63. h4 Bg4 64. Rc7+ Ke8 65. Kf6
h5 66. Re7+ Kd8 67. Rg7 Ke8 68. Kg5 Kf8 69. Ra7 Ke8 70. Kf4
Kf8 71. Ke5 Ke8 72. Kd6 Kf8 73. Rh7 Ke8 74. Re7+ Kf8 75. Re5
Kf7 76. Kd5 Kf6 77. Ke4 Bf3+ 78. Kf4 Bg4 79. Re1 Bd7 80. Rd1
Bg4 81. Rd6+ Ke7 82. Ke5 Kf7 83. Rb6 Bd1 84. Rb7+ Kg6 85. Rb2
Bg4 86. Rf2 Kg7 87. Kd6 Kg6 88. Ke7 Bf5 89. Rf4 Bg4 90. Rf6+
Kg7 91. Rf7+ Kg6 92. Kf8 Be6 93. Rf2 Bf5 94. Rf4 Kf6 95. Rf2
Kg6 96. Ke7 Bg4 97. Rf6+ Kg7 98. Rf1 Kg6 99. Kf8 Bf5 100. Kg8
Be6+ 101. Kh8 Bg4 102. Ra1 Kf7 103. Kh7 Kf6 104. Kh6 Kf7
105. Ra5 Kf6 106. Rg5 Kf7 107. Rg6 Bf3 108. Rg1 Bg4 109. Rf1+
Ke7 110. Kg5 Ke6 111. Re1+ Kf7 112. Re5 Bd1 113. Kf4 Bg4
114. Rxh5 Bxh5 115. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Kotsur"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 e6
7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. Rb1 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. b4
Rad8 13. Qd2 Ba8 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Ne5 16. Rbd1 f6 17. h3
Nf7 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. d4 cxb4 20. axb4 Rfe8 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5
Rc8 23. Qd2 Rc4 24. Rb1 Rec8 25. Rfc1 f5 26. Nf4 Kg8 27. Ne6
fxe4 28. Bxe4 Ne5 29. Bg2 Nf5 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Rxc4 Rxc4
32. Rc1 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf7 35. N4g5 Qe7 36. Qa8+
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. a3
Kh8 13. Ba2 Nf4 14. Ne4 Ng6 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. h4
f5 18. Neg5 Nxh4 19. Ne6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qd6 21. Nxf8 Rxf8
22. Kf1 Bg5 23. Re6 Qf4 24. Qe2 Bxf3 25. Qe5 Qh4 26. Qg3 Qh1+
27. Qg1 Qh5 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2
Be7 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. d4 Bd6 10. Bb5 Qf6 11. Bb2 Bf5
12. Qe2 Be4 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rfe8 15. Qc2 Qg6 16. Qxg6
hxg6 17. Ke2 b6 18. Nd2 Na5 19. a4 Rad8 20. h4 Bf8 21. h5 gxh5
22. Rxh5 exd4 23. cxd4 g6 24. Rh4 Bg7 25. Re4 c5 26. Rxe8+
Rxe8 27. Kd3 Rd8 28. Nf3 Nc6 29. Bc3 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Ne5+
31. Ke2 Rc8 32. Rc1 Rc4 33. f4 Nd7 34. a5 bxa5 35. Kd3 Rc8
36. Ra1 a4 37. Bb4 Nb6 38. Ba5 Nc4 39. Bb4 a5 40. Bc3 Nxe3
41. Rxa4 Nf5 42. Rxa5 Rxc3+ 43. Kxc3 Nxd4 44. Kd3 Nf5 45. g4
Nh6 46. Ra8+ Kh7 47. g5 Nf5 48. Ke4 Bc3 49. Kf3 Kg7 50. Rc8
Bb4 51. Rb8 Bd6 52. Rd8 Bc5 53. Rc8 Bb6 54. Rb8 Bc7 55. Rc8
Nd4+ 56. Kg4 Bd6 57. Rd8 Nf5 58. Ra8 f6 59. Ra7+ Be7 60. gxf6+
Kxf6 61. Ra6+ Bd6 62. Rb6 Kf7 63. Ra6 Be7 64. Ra7 Ke6 65. Ra6+
Nd6 66. Rb6 Kf7 67. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 d5
7. Bf4 O-O 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Qb3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bc6 11. Nd2 Qd7
12. Qa3 b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Ne8 16. Nf3 f6
17. Bb2 e5 18. h4 Nd6 19. Qb3 Bb7 20. a4 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8
22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. b5 Bf8 24. Nd2 Qf7 25. Nf1 Bc5 26. e3 Bf8
27. Nd2 Nd6 28. Ba3 Ne8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. a5 Nc7 31. axb6 axb6
32. Qa3+ Kg7 33. Qd6 Nxb5 34. Qxb6 Nc3 35. Nb3 e4 36. Nc5 exd3
37. Nxd3 Ne4 38. Nf4 g5 39. Ne6+ Kh6 40. Nd8 Qd7 41. hxg5+
Kxg5 42. Nxb7 Qf5 43. Bxe4 Qxe4 44. Qd4 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qxb7
46. Qc5 Kg6 47. Qd4 Qc6 48. Kh2 Qe6 49. Kg1 h5 50. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 dxc5
7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8. Nb5 Ne6 9. Ng5 Kf8 10. Nxe6+ Bxe6 11. Be3
Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Nc7 Bc3+ 14. Kd1 Rd8+ 15. Kc2 Bd4
16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. Rxb7 Nf6 19. f3 Kf7 20. Be2
Rhd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Rd7 23. Rb8 Rc7 24. Kc3 Nd7 25. Rb2
e5 26. Ba4 Nb6 27. Bb5 e6 28. Rd2 Ke7 29. a4 a5 30. Rd1 Rc8
31. Rd2 Rd8 32. g3 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 g5 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Ke2 Nc8
36. Ke3 Nd6 37. Ba6 h6 38. Bb5 Ke7 39. Ba6 Kf6 40. Bb5 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 e4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Rxe4 14. b5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Qb3
Be6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Re4 19. Be3 b6 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. Rfc1
f5 22. Rc2 h5 23. Rbc1 Ra7 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Qe5 26. Kg2
Qb2 27. Rc2 Qb1 28. Rxc7 Qxd3 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. exd3 Ra5
31. Rc7+ Kg8 32. Rc6 Rxb5 33. Rxd6 Kf7 34. Bxb6 Be5 35. Rc6
Rxd5 36. d4 Bxd4 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 a5 11. O-O a4
12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. Rab1 Re8 14. h3 Qa5 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qb4
17. Qc2 Be6 18. Bd2 Qc5 19. Be3 Qb4 20. Nb5 Rec8 21. f4 Bd7
22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Kh2 Ra3 26. Bg1 Rca8
27. Bf1 Ra2 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Qd1 Ne6 30. Qf3 Nd4 31. Qg3 Rc2
32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 c5 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1
Qb8 37. Re1 Rc3 38. Qf4 Rxb3 39. Qxd4 e6 40. c5 Rb4 41. Qd6
Bf8 42. Qxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. c3 b6 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Bd3 g6 9. h4 Qe7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. O-O-O O-O-O
12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6+ Kb8 14. Rhe1 Bxh4 15. d5 Na5 16. exf5
gxf5 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. Ne5 Bg5 19. Qxa5 Rxd2 20. Nc6+ Kb7
21. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. Re1 Nf6
7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Bg4 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 e6 13. Bg2 a6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. f4 e5
17. f5 b5 18. g4 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nd4 20. Qd2 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bh4
22. Red1 Nb6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Bg5 25. Bf2 Bh4 26. Be3 Bg5
27. Bf2 Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5
7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb3 Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Nc3 c6
12. Be3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qc7 14. Bc5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bd4
Bf5 17. c3 a6 18. Qe3 h6 19. b4 g5 20. Rfe1 Rac8 21. Nd2 Bc2
22. f3 Qc6 23. Rac1 Qg6 24. Qf2 Bd3 25. Nb3 Rc7 26. Nc5 Bf5
27. Qg3 Be6 28. Ra1 Rfc8 29. Re2 Bf5 30. Kh2 e6 31. Qf2 Qh7
32. Qg3 Qg6 33. Rae1 h5 34. Rd2 Bh6 35. Be3 Kg7 36. Nb3 Rc4
37. Nd4 Kg8 38. Ra1 h4 39. Qf2 Bg7 40. f4 Be4 41. Rg1 R4c7
42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Rxg3 Bh6 44. fxg5 Bg7 45. Bf4 Rc4 46. Rg1 Qh5
47. Qg3 Bg6 48. Rf2 Rxd4 49. cxd4 Rc4 50. Be3 Rxb4 51. Rc1 Kh7
52. Qg4 Rb3 53. Qxh5+ Bxh5 54. Rc3 Rb4 55. Kg3 a5 56. Kf4 a4
57. Rd2 Rb6 58. h4 Ra6 59. Rc7 b5 60. Rb7 a3 61. bxa3 Rxa3
62. Rxb5 Ra1 63. Rb8 Rf1+ 64. Bf2 Rh1 65. Rdb2 Rh3 66. Bg3 Rh1
67. Rb1 Bd1 68. Ke3 Kg6 69. Kf2 Kf5 70. Rc1 Kg4 71. Rbb1 Rh3
72. Rxd1 Rxg3 73. Rg1 Rxg1 74. Rxg1+ Kxh4 75. g6 f6 76. exf6
Bxf6 77. g7 Bxd4+ 78. Kf1 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nikolai Chadaev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6
7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rd1 Qc8
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Qh4 e6 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Bf3 Qc7
17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Be7 Qb6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Rd7 Qc6 21. Rd3
Nd6 22. Qd4 Nf5 23. Qd7 Qb6 24. b3 Be7 25. Na4 Qa7 26. g4 Rd8
27. Qc7 Rxd3 28. cxd3 Bd6 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. gxf5 b5 31. Qc6 Qd4
32. Qc3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Qd2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6
12. a4 Ne5 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. b3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. f4 Ned7
17. e5 dxe5 18. f5 c4 19. b4 e4 20. Qf4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bb7
22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Ra5 Rf8 24. Rxb5 Qa6 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Ng3 Ne5
27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Ncxe4 Qa6 30. Ra5 Qb6 31. d6
Rd8 32. h3 Nd3 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxb4 35. Rb5 Qe1+
36. Kh2 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Kh8 38. Qd5 Qe3 39. Rb3 Qf4+ 40. g3 Qf5
41. Qxf5 gxf5 42. Nc5 Kg8 43. Rd3 Bf8 44. Rd5 Rxd6 45. Rxf5
Rd2+ 46. Kg1 Bxc5+ 47. Rxc5 Kg7 48. Rf5 Kg6 49. Rf2 Rd3
50. Kg2 h5 51. h4 Rc3 52. Rf3 Rc2+ 53. Kh3 Ra2 54. Rb3 Rc2
55. Rb6+ Kg7 56. Rb5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Ne4
7. d4 d5 8. Bb2 Bf5 9. e3 Nd7 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3
Be4 13. Rfc1 e6 14. a4 Re8 15. Bf1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nf6 17. Qe2
Bf8 18. Bg2 Qb6 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. Qe1 Bd6 21. Rc2 Qd8 22. Bf3
Bf8 23. Kg2 h5 24. h3 Bd6 25. Re2 Qc7 26. Qd2 Bf8 27. Qc2 Bg7
28. Rbe1 Qd7 29. Rb1 Bf8 30. Ree1 Qc7 31. Qd2 Red8 32. Qc2 Be7
33. Red1 Bf8 34. Be1 Bg7 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 Bf8 37. Rbb1 Ra7
38. a5 Be7 39. Rb3 Rd7 40. Rdb1 Qc8 41. R1b2 Bd8 42. Ra2 Qa8
43. Rba3 Be7 44. Ra4 Ne8 45. Be2 Nc7 46. Qb1 Bd8 47. Rb4 Na6
48. Rb3 Nb8 49. Rab2 Kg7 50. h4 Bf6 51. Bb4 Be7 52. Be1 Bd8
53. c5 Bf6 54. Bd3 e5 55. dxe5 Bxe5 56. Ra2 Na6 57. Rc2 Bf6
58. Bxa6 Rxa6 59. Qd1 Qe8 60. Qd3 Ra7 61. Rc1 Qe7 62. Kg1 d4
63. e4 Qe6 64. Rcb1 Be7 65. Bb4 Ra8 66. Kg2 Re8 67. Bd2 Bxc5
68. Rxb7 Ree7 69. a6 Ba7 70. Rxd7 Rxd7 71. Rb7 c5 72. Qb5
Qxe4+ 73. Kh2 Rxb7 74. Qxb7 Qxb7 75. axb7 c4 76. Kg2 c3
77. Be1 Kf6 78. Kf3 Ke5 79. Ke2 Kd5 80. Kd3 Kc6 81. f3 Kxb7
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bf6 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. dxe4 c6 16. Be3 Qc7
17. a4 Rfd8 18. Qe2 h6 19. g3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qe3 Qe7
22. Kg2 g6 23. Red1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qc5
Qc7 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ba2 Kg7 29. c4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 bxc4
31. Qxc4 Qd6 32. Qd3 Qb4 33. c3 Qc5 34. Kf3 Qe7 35. Kg2 Qc5
36. Kf3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Nge7
7. h4 h6 8. a3 d5 9. Bd2 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1
dxc4 13. dxc4 Nf5 14. e3 Qe7 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Red1 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne4 Rd7 19. Be1 Rfd8 20. b4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Kg7 23. Qd3 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Qd6 25. Qe2 h5 26. Kg2
Qc7 27. Qd3 Qd6 28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Qd3 Nd6 30. b5 Nxe4 31. Qxe4
Qd6 32. a4 Bf6 33. Qc2 Qd7 34. a5 Qb7+ 35. Kf1 Qf3 36. Qd3 Qg4
37. a6 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Kh7 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. e4 e5
42. f3 Qe6 43. Qd5 Qxd5 44. exd5 Be7 45. g4 Bd6 46. Bc3 f6
47. Kf2 Kf7 48. Ke3 f5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Ke2 Ke8 51. Bd2 Kf7
52. Bg5 Ke8 53. Ke3 Kd7 54. Bf6 Ke8 55. Kd3 Kd7 56. Ke3 Ke8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Pavel Kotsur"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. a4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. Re1 Nc7 10. Bf1 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. c3 Re8 13. Ng5 d5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qc2 b6 16. g3 Qd7
17. Bh3 Qf7 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 c4 20. Nf3 Nf8 21. Be3 Na6
22. Qf2 Qc7 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Rf1 a6 25. Kh1 Qd7 26. Qc2 Nd3
27. Bg4 Nc5 28. h4 h5 29. Bh3 Qf7 30. Kh2 Rac8 31. Rg1 Bh6
32. Raf1 Ncd7 33. Qe2 Kh8 34. b4 Rc7 35. Nf3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O a5 9. a4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Nb1 cxd4 12. cxd4
Nb4 13. Bb5 Ba6 14. Be3 Bxb5 15. axb5 Rc8 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rfc1
Rc7 18. Na4 Qb8 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. b3 Rc8 22. Qd2
Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bd8 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. Ne1 f6 27. f4
Kf7 28. Kf2 Bd8 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Nd3 Be7 31. g4 fxe5
32. Nxe5+ Nxe5 33. dxe5 Bd8 34. f5 exf5 35. gxf5 g6 36. f6 Bc7
37. Ke3 Bxe5 38. Nxb6 Bxh2 39. Nxd5 h5 40. b6 Ke6 41. b7 g5
42. Kf3 g4+ 43. Ke4 Bd6 44. Nf4+ Kxf6 45. Nxh5+ Ke6 46. Ng7+
Kd7 47. Nf5 Bb8 48. Ne3 g3 49. Kf3 Kc6 50. Nc2 Kxb7 51. Nxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 b5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. a3 Ne5 15. Qb6 Qxb6 16. Bxb6 Ng6
17. Bc7 Nxh4 18. Bxd6 Ng6 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rh2 Ra7 21. Rdh1
h6 22. gxh6 g6 23. e5 Bb7 24. Rd1 Ba8 25. Rd6 Nf5 26. Rb6 Rc8
27. Bd3 Nd4 28. f4 Bc6 29. Be4 Be8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bh6
12. f4 Be6 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 b5
17. f5 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb8 19. Qc2 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rce1
Re8 22. Re3 Qb6 23. Qf2 f6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qg3 g5 26. h4 Qd4
27. hxg5 f5 28. Rf4 Qa1+ 29. Re1 Qc3 30. Qh3 Kg8 31. Re3 Qa1+
32. Kh2 Qg7 33. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rinat Jumabayev"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 dxc4
12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Be1 Be5
17. Rac1 a6 18. Qb1 g5 19. Be2 b5 20. Bf3 b4 21. Ne2 a5
22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. exd4 Na4 24. Bd2 Nd5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1
Rd8 27. Rc6 Nab6 28. Qc1 f6 29. b3 Na8 30. Qc5 Qd7 31. Qxa5
Qxc6 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Qa5 Nc7 35. Qc5 Qd7
36. Qxb4 Ne6 37. Qc3 Qb5 38. Qc2+ Kh6 39. Be3 Qb4 40. Qd2 Qxd2
41. Bxd2 Nxd4 42. Kf1 Kg6 43. g4 Kf7 44. Be3 Nc6 45. Ke2 d4
46. Bd2 Ke6 47. a4 Kd5 48. f3 Ne5 49. a5 Kc5 50. f4 gxf4
51. Bxf4 Nc6 52. Bd2 Ne5 53. g5 fxg5 54. Bxg5 Kb5 55. Bd2 g6
56. h4 Kc5 57. Be1 Kb5 58. Bg3 Nc6 59. Be1 Ne5 60. Kd1 Nf3
61. Bd2 Nxh4 62. Ke2 Nf5 63. Kd3 g5 64. Bxg5 Kxa5 65. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. f3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. h4 h5
13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. Rxh3 Nbd7 15. Rh1 Qc7 16. Kf2 Qb7 17. Rab1
Rec8 18. Rhc1 Ne8 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Rc7 21. Nd1 Rxc1
22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qb1 Rc7 24. Be3 Qc8 25. Qb3 Nef6 26. Rc4 Rxc4
27. Qxc4 Nc5 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Qxa6 Qd8 30. g3 Ne8 31. Bb5
Bd4+ 32. Ke2 Ng7 33. Bc6 Kh7 34. Qb7 g5 35. Qd7 Qf6 36. hxg5
Qxg5 37. Qxd6 Qc1 38. Qf4 Qc4+ 39. Ke1 f6 40. Bb5 Qb3 41. Ke2
c4 42. Qc1 c3 43. Bd3 Qb8 44. f4 Qc7 45. d6 Qc6 46. a5 f5
47. Qc2 Qxd6 48. exf5 Qf6 49. a6 h4 50. Nxc3 Bxc3 51. a7 Qe7+
52. Kf3 Qxa7 53. f6+ Kh6 54. Qxc3 hxg3 55. fxg7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. d5
c4 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Nf1 Nc5 15. N3h2 a5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Bd2 Nfd7
18. Ng3 Qd8 19. Nf5 Nb6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Be3 Nba4 22. Rb1 f5
23. f3 f4 24. Bf2 g5 25. Kf1 Bd7 26. Ke2 b4 27. axb4 axb4
28. Qd2 b3 29. Bd1 Nd3 30. Rg1 Bb5 31. Kf1 Ra8 32. g3 Kh8
33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Rg4 Bd7 35. Bh4 Qf7 36. Be2 Nac5 37. Kg2 h5
38. Rg5 Rg8 39. Bxd3 Nxd3 40. Kh1 Rxg5 41. Bxg5 Bxh3 42. Rg1
Rg8 43. Qe2 Kh7 44. Bh4 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 a4
12. c5 Qa5 13. cxd6 exd6 14. O-O a3 15. b3 Be6 16. Bd4 Rac8
17. f3 Rc6 18. Nb5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Ra8 20. Rfd1 h5 21. Kf2 Ra5
22. h4 Kh7 23. Ke1 Kg8 24. Ba1 Ne8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. b4 Ra4
27. Nd4 Rc8 28. Bb5 Rxb4 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Bd7 Ra8 31. Bxe6
Kf6 32. Bd7 Rb2 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. Rxd6+ Re6 35. Rxe6+ Kxe6
36. Rd2 b5 37. Kd1 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 Rb2+ 39. Kc1 Rb4 40. g3 Rc4+
41. Rc2 Rd4 42. Rc6+ Kf7 43. Kc2 Rb4 44. Kc1 Rd4 45. Rc7+ Kf6
46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. Kc2 Rb4 48. Kc1 Rd4 49. e5 Rd3 50. Rf6+ Kg7
51. Kc2 Rd4 52. Ra6 b4 53. Kb3 Rd3+ 54. Kxb4 Rxf3 55. Ra7+ Kf8
56. Rxa3 Rf2 57. Ra7 Re2 58. a4 Re4+ 59. Kc5 Rxe5+ 60. Kd4 Re1
61. a5 Ra1 62. Ke5 Ra3 63. a6 Kg8 64. Ke6 Kf8 65. Kf6 Rf3+
66. Ke5 Ra3 67. Kf4 Kg8 68. Ke5 Kf8 69. Ke6 Re3+ 70. Kf6 Rf3+
71. Ke5 Ra3 72. Kd4 Kg8 73. Kc5 Ra2 74. Kb5 Ra3 75. Rc7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. e5 Nfd7 11. exd6 Qxd6
12. Be3 Nc6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Qh5 O-O 15. c3 f5 16. Ng5 Nf6
17. Qe2 h6 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. g3 b6 20. Nbd4 Ne7 21. Bf2 Qd7
22. Rad1 Ng6 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Nxe6 Re8 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. fxe5
Ne4 27. exd6 Rxe6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Bxb6 Bb7 30. Qe3 Ng5
31. h4 Ne4 32. d7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 h6 9. Be2 Be6 10. a5 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc6 12. Nd2
Be7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Rc8 15. Qe1 b5 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Nf3
O-O 18. Kh1 Nxf3 19. gxf3 Kh8 20. Qd2 Nh7 21. Rg1 Qc5 22. Be3
Qh5 23. Qg2 Bf6 24. f4 Rg8 25. Rae1 b4 26. Nd1 Bc4 27. Bxc4
Rxc4 28. b3 Rc7 29. Bb6 Rcc8 30. Ne3 Bc3 31. Rd1 Nf6 32. Rxd6
Qh4 33. Qf3 Qh5 34. Qxh5 Nxh5 35. Nd5 Bd2 36. Ne7 Rxc2
37. Nxg8 Bxf4 38. Rgd1 Bxh2 39. R6d2 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Ng3+
41. Kg2 Nxe4 42. Rd8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Nikolai Chadaev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. a5
Rb8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Be3 Bf8 16. Nfd2 Ne7 17. Bxd7
Qxd7 18. d4 Qb5 19. b3 Ng6 20. d5 Nd7 21. Qg4 Nc5 22. h4 Kh8
23. h5 Ne7 24. Nf1 f5 25. exf5 Nxd5 26. Ng3 Nd7 27. Rad1 N7f6
28. Qh3 Qd7 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. Qh4 Be7 31. Qh3 Bf8 32. Qh4 Be7
33. Qh3 Bf8 34. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4
7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Nge7 11. Be3 Qd8
12. Nc5 Rb8 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Bb5 Be7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxa7 Ra8
17. Be3 Rxa2 18. Qb3 Ra8 19. h4 Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Bc5 Rc8
22. f4 Be7 23. Bb6 O-O 24. Kh2 f6 25. Qh3 fxe5 26. fxe5 Bg5
27. Rce1 Qe7 28. Kh1 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Rf8 30. Bd3 g6 31. Bg1 Rf4
32. g3 Rf3 33. Be2 Rb3 34. Bg4 Nd8 35. Qg2 h5 36. Bd1 Rd3
37. Qc2 Rxg3 38. Qxg6+ Qg7 39. Qe8+ Qf8 40. Qg6+ Qg7 41. Qe8+
Kh7 42. Bh2 Rh3 43. Bc2+ Kh6 44. Rg1 h4 45. Rxg5 Rxh2+
46. Kxh2 Kxg5 47. Qxd8+ Kg4 48. Qf6 Qg8 49. Bd1+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 c6
7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. Re1 Nc5
12. Bf4 Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bf1 Qb6 15. Qd2 Ncd3 16. Bxd3 Qxd4
17. Be2 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxh3 19. Rad1 a6 20. Be3 Be6 21. Rxd6
Bxc4 22. b3 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Na4 g5
26. Nc5 g4 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. Nxb7 Rd7 29. Na5 Rd1+ 30. Re1 Rxe1+
31. Kxe1 Bb4+ 32. Bd2 Nf3+ 33. Ke2 Nxd2 34. Nxc6 Bc3 35. Ne7+
Kg7 36. Nd5 Nxe4 37. Kd3 Nxf2+ 38. Kxc3 Ne4+ 39. Kd3 Nxg3
40. Nb4 h5 41. Ke3 Nf5+ 42. Kf4 g3 43. Kf3 h4 44. Kg2 Ne3+
45. Kh3 g2 46. Kh2 h3 47. Nxa6 Ng4+ 48. Kg1 Ne5 49. Kf2 Nf3
0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "2.36"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Farrukh Amonatov"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb6 11. f3 Qxb3
12. Bxb3 Bd3 13. e4 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Kf2 a5 16. Rhd1 Ba6
17. Rac1 Rac8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Rxd5 Bb4 23. Rd7 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rd8+ Bf8
26. Ke2 f6 27. Kd3 Rc6 28. g4 Rd6+ 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. h3 Kf7
31. Bd2 Be5 32. b3 Bc7 33. Kc4 Ke6 34. Bc3 Bd8 35. f4 g6
36. Kb5 f5 37. gxf5+ Kxf5 38. Bxa5 Bxa5 39. Kxa5 Kxf4 40. Kb6
g5 41. Kxb7 h5 42. a5 g4 43. hxg4 h4 44. a6 h3 45. a7 h2
46. a8=Q h1=Q+ 47. Kb8 Qh8+ 48. Ka7 Qa1+ 49. Kb7 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7
12. Rb1 h6 13. f3 Ne6 14. Nde2 a6 15. Be3 b5 16. b3 h5 17. Qd2
Qc8 18. Nd5 Rb8 19. Red1 c5 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bc6 22. Ndc3
Rd8 23. Nd5 Rb7 24. Bh3 Re8 25. g5 Nd7 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Nef4
Re5 28. Kf2 Qd8 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Rh1 Ra7 31. Rh2 Qa5 32. Qxa5
Rxa5 33. Kf1 b4 34. Rg2 Re8 35. Rd1 Ne5 36. Rf2 Kf8 37. Nf6
Rd8 38. Kg2 Ke7 39. N4d5+ Bxd5 40. Nxd5+ Kf8 41. Kg3 Nc6
42. Rh2 Ne7 43. Nb6 Rb5 44. Nc4 d5 45. Kg4 Bc3 46. Bf4 Rb7
47. Ne5 Bxe5 48. Bxe5 Ke8 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rxd8+ Kxd8 51. Bd6
Rb5 52. Bxe7+ Kxe7 53. Rxd5 Ra5 54. Rd2 Ke6 55. f4 Ra8 56. f5+
Ke5 57. Rd7 Kxe4 58. Rxf7 gxf5+ 59. Rxf5 Rxa2 60. Rxc5 Rg2+
61. Kh5 Rg3 62. g6 Kf4 63. Kh6 Rxb3 64. g7 Rg3 65. Rb5 b3
66. Kh7 Rh3+ 67. Kg6 Rg3+ 68. Kf7 Ke4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "4.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fadi Eid"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3
Bh5 7. Re1 e5 8. c3 Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nd7 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Be3 f6 13. Nbd2 Nb6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nc4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Qxd1
17. Rfxd1 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 a5 19. Rdc1 Kd7 20. a3 Bd6 21. Rd1 Bf7
22. Rc3 Kc7 23. Bb6+ Kxb6 24. Rxd6 a4 25. Rcd3 Rc7 26. Nh4 Rb8
27. Rd2 Kc5 28. R6d3 Rb3 29. Rxb3 Bxb3 30. Nf5 Be6 31. Ne3 Rd7
32. Rc2+ Kb5 33. Kf1 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "5.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Jorge Cori"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5
7. a4 Be7 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Ncb8 10. Re1 b6 11. g3 c6 12. Bf1
Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. h4 h6 15. c3 c5 16. Nh2 Re8 17. Qg4 Kh7
18. Qh5 Kg8 19. Re3 Bf8 20. Rf3 g6 21. Qg4 Qe7 22. Qh3 Bg7
23. Ng4 Kh7 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. Kg2 h5 26. Ne3 Nc6 27. g4 Ndxe5
28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Rg1 f5 31. Kh1 Ra7 32. Nc1 d4
33. cxd4 cxd4 34. Ng2 Ng4 35. Nf4 Qf7 36. Nce2 e5 37. Nxh5 e4
38. Rf4 e3 39. Rgxg4 fxg4 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 41. Qxg4 exf2 42. Neg3
Re1+ 43. Kh2 Be5 44. Bf4 d3 45. Bxe5 Rxe5 46. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5
12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. e4 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 g5 16. Bg3 Qb7
17. e5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rc4 Nxg3+ 20. hxg3 Kg7 21. Rxc5
Nd7 22. Rc7 Nb6 23. Ke2 Nd5 24. Rc2 a5 25. b3 Rfd8 26. Nd4 a4
27. b4 Nxb4 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. axb4 Rd4 30. Rb1 Re4+ 31. Kd3
Rxe5 32. Ra2 Rc8 33. Kd2 Rd5+ 34. Ke1 Kg6 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Re1
Rc6 37. Rxa4 Rd2 38. Kg1 Rb2 39. g4 Rcc2 40. Ra8 Kf7 41. Ra7+
Kf6 42. Ra6 Rxf2 43. Raxe6+ Kf7 44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Re8+ Kf7
46. R1e7+ Kf6 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. R8e7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "7.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Ne4 8. Qc2 f5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Ne5 Bf6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. f3
Ng5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. f4 Be7 15. a3 b6 16. b4 g5 17. g3 Kh8
18. Be2 gxf4 19. gxf4 Rg8 20. Kd2 Qf8 21. Rag1 bxc5 22. bxc5
Rb8 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 e5 25. dxe5 Bxc5 26. Rb7 Bc8 27. Rb8
d4 28. exd4 Qh6 29. Qa4 Bb6 30. Kc2 Be6 31. Rb7 Qxf4 32. Rxb6
axb6 33. Qxc6 Rg6 34. d5 Bg8 35. e6 Qe5 36. Qxb6 Rg2 37. Kd3
Rxh2 38. Qd4 Rh3+ 39. Kc4 Qxd4+ 40. Kxd4 Kg7 41. e7 Bf7 42. d6
Rh4+ 43. Ke5 Be8 44. Bb5 Bxb5 45. Nxb5 Kf7 46. Nc7 Re4+
47. Kxf5 Re1 48. a4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "8.23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mesgen Amanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd3 f5 9. Ne5 Bf6 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. O-O g5
12. Bxe4 gxf4 13. Bd3 fxe3 14. fxe3 Kh8 15. Ne2 c6 16. Kh1 Qe7
17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qa5 Bg5 20. Qc7 Rfc8 21. Qg3 Rg8
22. Qh3 Rbf8 23. b4 Rf6 24. Rae1 Rh6 25. Qf3 Be8 26. Nf4 Bh4
27. Rb1 Bg3 28. h3 Qh4 29. Be2 Rg4 30. Rb3 Bh5 31. Nxh5 Rxh5
32. e4 Rhg5 33. exf5 Rf4 34. Qe3 Re4 35. fxe6 Rxe3 36. Rxe3
Qxd4 37. Rf8+ Rg8 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Rxg3+ Kf8 40. Rf3+ Ke7
41. a3 Qb2 42. Rf2 h5 43. Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Rf1 Qe3+ 45. Rf2 d4
46. Bxh5 Kxe6 47. Bf3 d3 48. h4 Qe1+ 49. Rf1 d2 50. Bg4+ Ke5
51. h5 Kd4 52. Bd1 Kc3 53. g4 Qg3+ 54. Kh1 Kb2 55. a4 Ka2
56. Be2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "9.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Kenneth T Solomon"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5
7. O-O O-O 8. Bxb4 cxb4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Nbd7
12. Ne3 a5 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Be4 15. Qb3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qc7
17. Bh3 Ba8 18. Qb2 g6 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. f3 Qd8 21. Nc2 e5
22. e4 Nf8 23. Rcd1 Qc7 24. Ne3 Ne6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Nb1 Bc6
27. Nc3 Bd7 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Nb5 Bxb5 30. cxb5 Rbd8 31. dxe5
dxe5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rc1 Qd6 34. Nc4 Qd4 35. Qxd4 exd4
36. Nxb6 d3 37. Kf2 d2 38. Rd1 Rb8 39. Nc4 Rxb5 40. Rxd2 Rc5
41. Rc2 g5 42. Ke3 e5 43. Kd3 h5 44. Nd6 Rxc2 45. Kxc2 g4
46. fxg4 hxg4 47. Kd3 Kf8 48. Nc4 Nd7 49. Nxa5 Ke7 50. Nb7 Nb6
51. Kc3 Kd7 52. Nc5+ Kc6 53. Nd3 Nd7 54. Kc4 Nb6+ 55. Kb4 Nd7
56. a4 Kb6 57. a5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "10.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. Ne5 Be8
12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rc1 h6 14. h3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 g5 16. Bg3 Kg7
17. Bf3 b6 18. Ne2 Rd8 19. Nd4 a5 20. Nc4 Nfe4 21. Be5+ Bf6
22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "11.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5
7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. e5 Ne8
12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. O-O Qf6 16. c5 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Rxc5 18. Bxa6 Rxc2 19. Nxc2 Qxb2 20. Rfc1 Rd8 21. Kg2
g6 22. Nb3 Ne4 23. Bb7 Nc5 24. Rab1 Qf6 25. Bf3 Nxb3 26. axb3
Rd2 27. Ne3 Qd4 28. Kg1 Qf6 29. Kg2 Qd4 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Re1
a5 32. Ng4 f5 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. Ne3 Qb2 35. Rf1 b5 36. Rb7 Qc3
37. Re1 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. Nd1 Qb3 40. Re5 Rd8 41. Reb5 Rd4
42. Ne3 a3 43. Nd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.21"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6
7. Bg2 Bd7 8. Nc2 Bg7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Nc3 14. Bxc3 Qxc3 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rc1 Qa5
17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Qb2 Rab8 19. Rfd1 Qe5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Nb4 23. f4 Qf6 24. Bh3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Na6 26. e4 b6
27. e5 dxe5 28. Rc6 Qg7 29. d6 exd6 30. Qxd6 exf4 31. Bf1 fxg3
32. hxg3 Qa1 33. Qf4 Rf8 34. Rc1 Qxa2 35. Bxa6 Qxb3 36. Bc4
Qb4 37. Rf1 Qe7 38. Kh2 a4 39. Rf2 a3 40. Re2 Qc5 41. Rf2 Qe7
42. Re2 Qc5 43. Rf2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2
dxc4 8.O-O c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc4 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 b6 12.Nd4 Bb7
13.Rac1 a6 14.b4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.a3 Rfc8 17.f3 Bd5 18.Be2
Bb7 19.e4 h6 20.Be3 a5 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.bxa5 bxa5 23.Rb1 Ba8
24.a4 Bb4 25.Kf1 e5 26.Nb3 Nd7 27.Rd1 Bc6 28.Rc1 Kf8 29.Ba6
Rc7 30.Bb7 Bb5+ 31.axb5 Rxb7 32.Nc5 Nxc5 33.Bxc5+ Ke8 34.b6
Bxc5 35.Rxc5 f6 36.Rxa5 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. b4
c5 13. bxc5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. f4 Nd5
17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3
Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxb5 Bxa3 25. Kg2 g6
26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. Bxd7 Kg7 29. e4 Kf6 30. Kf3 a5
31. e5+ Ke7 32. Ba4 Bc5 33. h3 Bb6 34. Bb5 Bc5 35. Ba4 Bb6
36. Bb5 Bc5 37. Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6
7. Be3 c4 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 a6
12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 fxg6
17. Nf1 Qf6 18. f3 Bf5 19. Bf2 Ne7 20. Rc1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf5
22. c4 Bf4 23. Rc2 Qf7 24. c5 Ne7 25. b4 Nc6 26. Qb3 Rfe8
27. Rd1 Re7 28. b5 axb5 29. Qxb5 Rce8 30. Ra2 h5 31. Rda1 Kh7
32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Bg5 34. Ra2 Qf4 35. Rd2 Bf6 36. Qd3 Qf5
37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. Ng3 g6 39. Ne2 h4 40. Nc3 Rd7 41. Na4 g5
42. Nb6 Rd8 43. h3 Kg6 44. Kf1 g4 45. fxg4 fxg4 46. hxg4 Kg5
47. Rd3 Kxg4 48. Kg1 Ne7 49. Ra3 Nc6 50. Rd3 Ne7 51. Ra3 Nc6
52. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bf4 Rc8
12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. e4 dxc4 16. Nd2 e5
17. Nxc4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Bc5 20. h3 Bxc4 21. Qxc4
Ne5 22. Qc3 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 c5 24. Nf5 Nc6 25. Nxg7 Nd4 26. Qe3
Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Bf5 Rb8 30. Re1 Re8
31. Rc1 Qe7 32. Qh5 f6 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Rc6 Rf8 35. Re6 Qg7
36. Re4 Qf7 37. Qf3 Qb7 38. Qe2 Rf7 39. Rxd4 Re7 40. Qf1 Rbe8
41. Qg2 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 R8e7 44. a4 R1e5 45. Bd3
Kg7 46. Kf3 Rh5 47. Kg4 Rg5+ 48. Kh4 Rc5 49. Bc4 Kh6 50. g4
Rce5 51. Rd8 Re8 52. Rd7 R8e7 53. Rd8 Re8 54. Rd7 R8e7 55. Rd8
Re8 56. Rd7 R8e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Be2 h5 10. O-O a5 11. a3 Bf5 12. h3
Nbd7 13. Bf3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qe2 Be6 17. b4
axb4 18. axb4 O-O 19. Rfc1 Rfb8 20. Be1 Qc8 21. Kh2 Ra6
22. Bh4 Rba8 23. Rxa6 Qxa6 24. Qe1 Qb7 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Qxa1
Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Qa5 Qc8 29. Bxe7 Qe8 30. Qc7 f6 31. Qd7
Bf7 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Qxc6 Bxe5 34. Qxe8+ Bxe8 35. fxe5 h4
36. d5 Kf7 37. Kg1 Ke7 38. Kf2 g5 39. Ke1 Bf7 40. e6 Bh5
41. Kd2 Kd8 42. d6 g4 43. hxg4 Bxg4 44. e7+ Ke8 45. c6 Be6
46. Kc3 Bd5 47. c7 Bb7 48. Kd4 Kd7 49. Kc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. Qa4 Qc7 9. Ne4 Bxb2 10. Rb1 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O
12. Qa3 Ne5 13. Ned2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Rd8 15. e4 Bd4 16. Rc1 Qe5
17. Nc4 Qf6 18. Rc2 Bd7 19. Be2 e6 20. Ne3 exd5 21. Nxd5 Qh4
22. Bc4 Be6 23. Rd2 Be5 24. Ke2 b5 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Qb3 b5
27. Qxb5 Kg7 28. Qb3 Rab8 29. Qe3 h5 30. Bb3 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Qf6
32. Rc2 Rdc8 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rd1 Bf4 35. Qd4 Rc2+ 36. Kf1
Be5 37. Qe3 Qh4 38. f4 Qxh2 39. Qf3 Rc3 40. Rd3 Rc1+ 41. Rd1
Rxd1+ 42. Qxd1 Qxf4 43. Qd3 h4 44. Bb3 g5 45. Bd1 g4 46. Qd7
Qxe4 47. Qxg4+ Qxg4 48. Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4
17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be1 c5 19. Ne5 Bf6 20. f3 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Nd6
22. Rxd6 Bxe5 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. b3 b5 25. Rh4 f5 26. Bc3 Bg3
27. Rhd4 Be5 28. Rh4 Bg3 29. Rhd4 Be5 30. Rh4 Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.e4
d4 8.Ne2 e5 9.c3 dxc3 10.bxc3 b6 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.a4 Rd8 13.Rd1
Ba6 14.c4 Na5 15.Ba3 Qe8 16.Bb4 Nc6 17.Bc3 Nd7 18.Nd2 Nc5
19.Nb3 Bc8 20.a5 Bg4 21.f3 Be6 22.h4 Qe7 23.Kh2 Rd7 24.Bh3
Rad8 25.axb6 Nxb3 26.bxc7 Nxa1 27.cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 28.Bxa1 Bxh3
29.Kxh3 Nb4 30.Qa4 Nxd3 31.Kh2 Nc5 32.Rxd7 Qxd7 33.Qxd7 Nxd7
34.Nc3 f5 35.Kg2 Kf7 36.Na4 h5 37.Kf2 Bf8 38.Ke2 Ke6 39.Bc3
Be7 40.Kd3 f4 41.Be1 fxg3 42.Bxg3 Nc5+ 43.Nxc5+ Bxc5 44.Be1 a6
45.Ke2 Be7 46.f4 exf4 47.Kf3 Bd6 48.Ba5 Kd7 49.Bd2 Bc7 50.Bc3
Ke6 51.Bh8 Be5 52.Bxe5 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 h6 6. Bh4 c5
7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Qxc5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. a3 dxc4
12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qb3
Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be2 Kf8 19. Kf1 Nd5 20. Bxe7+ Nxe7
21. Ne5 Bc6 22. g3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ke8 24. Ke1 Nc8 25. Rd4 Ra5
26. f4 Ke7 27. Rb4 b5 28. Rb3 f6 29. Nd3 Nb6 30. Nb4 Na4
31. Nc2 Nc5 32. Rb4 e5 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Rg4 Ne6 35. Nb4 g5
36. Nd3 Kd6 37. Nf2 Bd7 38. Rb4 Nc5 39. h4 b6 40. hxg5 hxg5
41. Kd2 Ke7 42. Bf1 Bc6 43. Ke1 Kf6 44. Nd1 Ra4 45. Nc3 Rxb4
46. axb4 Na6 47. Na2 Nc7 48. Nc3 Na6 49. Na2 Nc7 50. Nc3 Na6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2
dxc4 8.O-O c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc4 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 b6 12.Nd4 Bb7
13.Rac1 a6 14.b4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.a3 a5 17.f3 Bd5 18.e4
Bxc4 19.Rxc4 axb4 20.axb4 Rfc8 21.Rdc1 Rxc4 22.Rxc4 h6 23.Kf1
Kf8 24.Nc6 b5 25.Rd4 Ra6 26.Nxe7 Kxe7 27.Rd2 Nd7 28.Rc2 g5
29.Bc7 f6 30.Ba5 h5 31.h4 gxh4 32.Rc8 Ne5 33.Rc7+ Kd6 34.Rb7
h3 35.gxh3 Nxf3 36.Rxb5 Nd2+ 37.Kg2 Ra8 38.Rxh5 Rg8+ 39.Kf2
Nxe4+ 40.Ke3 f5 41.Rh7 e5 42.Bc7+ Ke6 43.Kd3 Rg3+ 44.Kc4 Rc3+
45.Kb5 f4 46.Rh6+ Kd5 47.Bb6 f3 48.Rh8 Ra3 49.Bg1 f2 50.Bxf2
Nxf2 51.Rd8+ Ke4 52.Kc6 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 g5 11. Qb3 Qc7
12. Bg2 Be7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Rhe1 Nd5 18. Rxe4 O-O-O 19. Qa4 Kb8 20. Ba5 Nb6
21. Qb3 Bf6 22. Kb1 Rd5 23. Bb4 Rhd8 24. Bc5 R5d7 25. Bf1 Be7
26. Rde1 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Nd5 28. a3 Nf4 29. Ka2 f6 30. Re8 Ng6
31. R1e6 Ne5 32. Ba6 Kc8 33. Bc4 Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Rd8 35. Re6
Rd4 36. Re8+ Rd8 37. Re6 Kb8 38. Qc3 a6 39. Be2 Ka7 40. Bc4
Rd1 41. Re8 Qd7 42. Rg8 Nd3 43. Bxd3 Rxd3 44. Qc4 Rxh3 45. Rf8
Rd3 46. Rf7 Qd4 47. Qxd4 Rxd4 48. f3 a5 49. Rxg7 Rf4 50. Rf7
Rxf3 51. a4 Rf4 52. Ka3 Kb8 53. Rf8+ Kc7 54. Rf7+ Kc8 55. b3
Rxg4 56. Rxf6 Rf4 57. Rg6 g4 58. Rg7 Rb4 59. Kb2 Kd8 60. Kc3
Ke8 61. Rh7 Kf8 62. Kd2 Rxb3 63. Rh8+ Kf7 64. Ra8 Ke6 65. Rxa5
Kd5 66. Ra7 Kxc5 67. a5 g3 68. Ke2 Kc4 69. a6 bxa6 70. Rxa6 c5
71. Rg6 Kb4 72. Rg4+ c4 73. Kd1 Rb1+ 74. Kc2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Marjan Mitkov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. a4 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nb4 11. h3 Nd7
12. Be3 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qxe5 Ng4
17. Qc5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bg7 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Bc4
Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rb6 Rac8 24. e5 Rc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6
26. Rd6 Rc8 27. Nd4 c5 28. Nxe6 c4 29. Nxg7 Qxg7 30. e6 Qa1+
31. Kh2 Qf6 32. Rd4 Re8 33. Rxc4 Qxe6 34. Qxe6+ Rxe6 35. Rc5
Ra6 36. g4 h6 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. h4 Kf6 39. f4 Ra7 40. h5 gxh5
41. Rxh5 Kg6 42. Rb5 Ra6 43. Kh4 Rc6 44. Rxa5 Rc1 45. Ra6+ Kg7
46. a5 1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artyom Timofeev"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O
7. Nge2 b5 8. Nf4 a6 9. Bd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Ba5 11. Be2 Nbd7
12. O-O Ne5 13. Kh1 c4 14. b3 b4 15. Na4 c3 16. Be3 Bc7 17. a3
a5 18. Bb5 Rb8 19. Qe2 h6 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rd4
g5 23. Nh3 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Rxb5 25. Qxb5 Rb8 26. Qe2 Nh5 27. h4
Nf4 28. Qf2 Qf6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rdd1 Bd8 31. Ra2 Qh6 32. Qg3
Kh7 33. Rg1 Nfg6 34. Rf2 Qh5 35. f4 Nd3 36. Rff1 Bf6 37. Ba7
Rb7 38. Qxd3 Rxa7 39. Rg3 Nxf4 40. Rxf4 gxf4 41. e5+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4
12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Bg6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. a4 b4 16. Bb2 e6
17. Rc1 Be7 18. Qd4 O-O 19. O-O a5 20. f4 Be4 21. Bd3 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Qd7 23. Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rfc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 g6 26. Bd4
Kf8 27. Kg2 Ke8 28. Kf3 Ra6 29. h4 Qb7 30. h5 Kd7 31. hxg6
hxg6 32. Rh1 Rc6 33. Qd3 Qa6 34. Qb5 Qxb5 35. axb5 Rc8 36. Rh7
Rf8 37. e4 dxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Kc7 39. f5 gxf5+ 40. gxf5 exf5+
41. Kxf5 Kd7 42. Ke4 Bg5 43. Kd5 Rd8 44. Bb6 1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bd3
Nxg3 13. hxg3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Qd1 Bxc5 16. Nf3 Bg4
17. O-O Kf8 18. Nb5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bb6 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qb3
Kg7 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qe4 Bxb2 24. Rc6 Qe5 25. Qc4 Rb6 26. Rc5
Qd4 27. Rf5 Rf6 28. Qxd4 Bxd4 29. Rxf6 Bxf6 30. Bc4 Rc8
31. Bb3 Bb2 32. Rd1 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Bxc1 34. g4 a5 35. Kf1 Bf4
36. Ke2 f6 37. Kd3 Bd6 38. Ke3 Bf4+ 39. Kd3 Bd6 40. Ke3 Bf4+
41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4
cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. c4 b5 10. Nfd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qb8
12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. b3 Bc6 16. Ba3 a5
17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. f3 Ra7 19. Kh1 Rb7 20. Rdb1 Rc8 21. Rd1 Rd8
22. Ra2 Nd7 23. Qc2 Bg5 24. Nf1 Nf8 25. Ne2 Ne6 26. Rd3 Qa7
27. Qd1 Qb6 28. Ra1 Qf2 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Nd5 Rdb8
32. Nfe3 g6 33. h3 h5 34. Qc2 h4 35. Qa2 Kg7 36. Ng4 a4 37. f4
Rxb3 38. Rxb3 axb3 39. Qb2 Bxd5 40. Nxe5 dxe5 0-1

[Event "Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.07"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 e5
12. dxe5 h6 13. Nh3 N8d7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 f5
17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Be3 Rf7 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. Nf2 Nxb2 21. Rxd7
Qxd7 22. Bc1 N6c4 23. h4 b5 24. Rh3 Rd8 25. Rg3 Nd1 26. e5 Qf5
27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Rg6 Nce3+ 29. Kg1 c5 30. Ng3 Kf7 31. Ra6 Bf8
32. Rxa7+ Be7 33. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kf2 Ng4+ 35. Ke2 Rxc1
36. Nxf5 Ke6 37. Nxe7 h5 38. Nc8 c4 39. Nd6 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Rc3+
41. Ke4 Re3+ 42. Kd4 Rd3+ 43. Kc5 c3 44. Rc7 c2 45. Kxb5 Ne3
46. f5+ Kxe5 47. Nc4+ Nxc4 48. Rxc4 Rd5+ 49. Kc6 Rd6+ 50. Kc7
Rd2 51. a4 Rd4 52. Rc5+ Kf6 53. a5 Rd5 54. Rc6+ Kxf5 55. a6
Ra5 56. Kb6 Ra2 57. a7 Rb2+ 58. Kc7 Ra2 59. Kb7 Rb2+ 60. Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bc2 h6 12. a3
Re8 13. g4 Bg6 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2
Nf8 18. Nf1 Ne6 19. Be3 Bg5 20. Rad1 f6 21. Qb3 Na5 22. Qc3
Nc4 23. h4 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 c6 26. h5 Rf8 27. exf6
Qxf6 28. Ne5 Qh4 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. fxg3 Ng5 31. Kg2 Ne4
32. Rf1 Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Re8 34. Nd7 Rd8 35. Ne5 Re8 36. Nd7 a5
37. a4 Ng5 38. Ne5 Rf8 39. Rf5 Ne4 40. Kf3 Re8 41. Kg2 Nd6
42. Rf2 Re7 43. b3 Re8 44. Rc2 Nf7 45. Nf3 Kf8 46. Rf2 Kg8
47. Rc2 Kh7 48. Rc5 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Re3 50. Kg2 Ng5 51. Nxg5+
hxg5 52. Rxa5 Rxb3 53. Ra7 g6 54. a5 Kh6 55. Ra8 gxh5 56. Rh8+
Kg7 57. Rb8 Rb5 58. gxh5 g4 59. Kf2 Kh6 60. Ke3 Kxh5 61. Kf4
Kg6 62. Kxg4 Rxa5 63. Kf4 c5 64. dxc5 Rxc5 65. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8. Be3 Nd5 9. b4 g6 10. Kc2 Bf5+ 11. Kb3 a5
12. Bc4 Be6 13. Ng5 axb4 14. cxb4 Ncxb4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Nxe6
fxe6 17. Kxb4 Nd5+ 18. Kb5 Be7 19. Rac1 Bd8 20. Bb3 Rf8
21. Rhd1 Ra5+ 22. Kc4 Be7 23. Kd3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bxc5 25. Rf1
Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Ke7 27. Rc1 b6 28. Rc4 Ra8 29. Ra4 Rxa4 30. Bxa4
g5 31. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 g6
7. Bc2 Bg7 8. d4 Qc7 9. a4 O-O 10. d5 b6 11. c4 e6 12. Nc3
exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. h3 Rb8 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Be3
Re8 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. b3 Bc8 22. Bh6
Bh8 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Rfe1 Ra8 25. Qf3 Qc7 26. Qg3 Nd7 27. f4
Bb7 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Bc4 Nh5 30. Qf3 Rab8 31. Rcd1 Ra8 32. Rd2
b5 33. axb5 Qa5 34. e5 dxe5 35. Rde2 e4 36. Nxe4 axb5 37. g4
Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Nf6 39. Re7 bxc4 40. bxc4 Bg7 41. Bxg7 Kxg7
42. f5 g5 43. Qe3 h6 44. Qe6 Rf8 45. Rxb7 Qc3 46. Kg2 Qxc4
47. d6 Qd3 48. Re3 Qd1 49. Re1 Qd2+ 50. Re2 Qd3 51. Re7 c4
52. d7 c3 53. Qc6 Qd4 54. Qc7 Qd3 55. d8=Q Rxd8 56. Rxf7+ Kg8
57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rge7 h5 59. gxh5 g4 60. hxg4 Qd5+ 61. Kg3 Qd4
62. Qf4 Qxf4+ 63. Kxf4 Nd5+ 64. Kf3 c2 65. Re8+ Kg7 66. h6+
Kf7 67. Rxd8 c1=Q 68. Rd7+ Kf6 69. Rd6+ Kf7 70. Rd7+ Kf6
71. g5+ Kxg5 72. Rxd5 Qf4+ 73. Kg2 Qg4+ 74. Kf2 Qf4+ 75. Kg1
Qc1+ 76. Kg2 Qc6 77. Rd2 Kxh6 78. Kg3 Kg5 79. f6+ Kg6 80. R2d3
Qc7+ 81. Rd6 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc7 11. Nc3 a6
12. Bf4 O-O 13. e3 Ra7 14. Rd2 Ne6 15. Rad1 Nxf4 16. exf4 Qc8
17. h4 d6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Ne3 Bf6 21. Rxd6 Nd4
22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Nf5 Qb8 25. Qe4 g6 26. Ne7+
Kg7 27. R1xd4 cxd4 28. Qxd4+ f6 29. Nc6 Qc8 30. Kh2 Rc7
31. Qd5 Re8 32. Nd4 Rce7 33. f5 Qc1 34. Ne6+ Kh8 35. Qd4 Qc2
36. Qxf6+ Kg8 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qxg6+ hxg6 39. Nf4 Rg7
40. Rxb6 a5 1-0

[Event "Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 a5 12. Ng5
h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Ne4 c5
17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rae1 f5 19. Qd1 Bg5 20. e4 Qxd4 21. Bc3 Qd8
22. Bxb5 Bxe4 23. Qh5 Bd2 24. f3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bd3 26. Bxd3
Qxd3 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Kings Playoff"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2
Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3 f6 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bf7 12. d4
exd4 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 Bc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb2 O-O
17. Nexd4 Bd5 18. Nf5 Re8 19. g5 Qd7 20. N3h4 Ne5 21. gxf6
gxf6 22. a4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd5 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. a5 Bc7 26. Qh5
Qf7 27. Qxf7 Nxf7 28. Rad1 Rad8 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bxf6+ Kg8
31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Bg7+ Kg8 33. Be5+ Kf8 34. Bxc7 Re4 35. Bb8
Rxb4 36. Bxa7 Rf4 37. Bb6 Rfxf5 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Rc1 Ng5
40. Kg2 Rf7 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. h4 Ne6 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Rc4 Rd7
45. Rb4 Ng7 0-1

[Event "6th Kings Playoff"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6
7. Qd2 Qe8 8. f3 c6 9. Bd1 b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Nge2 b4
12. Na4 Bd7 13. b3 e5 14. Be3 Rd8 15. d5 Nh5 16. O-O f5
17. Bc2 Bb5 18. Bd3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Nf4 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Nxf4
exf4 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Rde8 24. Rae1 Nb8 25. Nb2 Nd7
26. Nd3 g5 27. Nxb4 Ne5 28. Nc6 Nxc6 29. dxc6 Qxc6 30. e5 dxe5
31. Rxe5 h6 32. Rfe1 Rxe5 33. Qxe5 Qb6+ 34. Kh1 Rd8 35. h3 Qd6
36. Qf5 Rf8 37. Qe6+ Qxe6 38. Rxe6 Kg7 39. Ra6 Rf7 40. Kg1 h5
41. Kf2 Rc7 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Kf2 Rc7 44. Ra4 Kg6 45. h4 Rc2+
46. Kf3 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 gxh4 48. Rxf4 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 Rxa2 50. Rxh4
Ra3 51. Rb4 a5 52. Rb6+ Kf5 53. Rb5+ Ke6 54. Ke4 a4 55. bxa4
Rxa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. h3 a5 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nxe5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 Qe7 15. Kh2 Bd7 16. Bh6 Qc5 17. Rac1
Bc6 18. Nd5 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21. Rfc1 Rad8
22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rcd8 25. Rxc7 Nxd5 26. Rxb7
Nxf4 27. Rcc7 Rf8 28. Bf1 Ne6 29. Rc2 Rd5 30. Bc4 Rf5 31. Bxe6
fxe6 32. Kg1 Rg5+ 33. Kf1 Rh5 34. Kg2 Rg5+ 35. Kf1 Rh5 36. Kg2
Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 c4 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bf5 11. Be5 Bxc3 12. bxc3
Nbd7 13. Bd6 Qb6 14. Bb4 a5 15. Ba3 Qc6 16. Be2 b5 17. O-O Rb8
18. f3 b4 19. Bb2 O-O 20. Rc1 Nb6 21. Ba1 Qe6 22. e4 dxe4
23. cxb4 axb4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxc4 Nd5 26. Nb3 Bg6 27. Nc5
Qd6 28. Qf3 Rfe8 29. Na6 Rb7 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Nc7 Rxc7
32. Rxc7 Qxa2 33. Qh3 Qd5 34. Qxh6 Nc3 35. Kh1 Qf5 36. Rg1 Ne4
37. Rc2 b3 38. d5 f6 39. Re2 Bf7 40. d6 Qg6 41. Qxg6+ Bxg6
42. d7 Rd8 43. Rd1 Kf7 44. g4 Nc5 45. Rd6 Ne4 46. Rd4 Nc5
47. Re3 Bc2 48. Rc3 Nxd7 49. Re3 f5 50. Bb2 fxg4 51. Rd5 Kg6
52. Re7 Ra8 53. Rdxd7 Ra2 54. Rd6+ Kh5 55. Bg7 g3 56. h3 Bg6
57. Ree6 b2 58. Bxb2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2
e5 8.O-O Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.a3 Rc8 13.Rd1
exd4 14.Rxd4 Re8 15.Bg5 Qc7 16.Re1 Nf8 17.Qd1 Ne6 18.Rd2 Nxg5
19.Nxg5 Qc5 20.Nf3 Bf8 21.h4 h6 22.Rd4 Qa7 23.Bb3 Rc5 24.Qd2
Qa8 25.Qf4 Qc8 26.Red1 a5 27.Nh2 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Rxe4 29.Rxe4
Bxe4 30.Qd2 d5 31.a4 Bc5 32.Kf1 bxa4 33.Bxa4 Qc7 34.g3 Qc8
35.f3 Bf5 36.g4 Be6 37.Kg2 Bd6 38.Qd4 Qc7 39.Nf1 Be5 40.Qd3
Qxc3 41.Qxc3 Bxc3 42.Ng3 Kf8 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 Ne8 45.Ne2 Bb4
46.Nf4 Nd6 47.Kh1 Nc4 48.Bc6 Bd2 49.Bxd5 Bxf4 50.Bxe6 fxe6
51.Rd4 Bxg5 52.Rxc4 Ke7 53.f4 Bf6 54.Rc5 a4 55.Ra5 a3 56.Rxa3
g5 57.fxg5 Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.g4 Nf6 12.Bf4 h5 13.Nf5
gxf5 14.gxf5 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.e5 Bxf5 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Nxd5
Qxb2 19.Ne7+ Rxe7 20.Qd8+ Kh7 21.Qxe7 Bg6 22.Rad1 Nc6 23.Qe3
Qxa2 24.Bd3 Rd8 25.Bxg6+ fxg6 26.Rxd8 Nxd8 27.Be5 Ne6 28.Ra1
Qd5 29.Bxg7 Nxg7 30.Qe4 Qd7 31.Rxa7 Qd1+ 32.Kg2 Qd2+ 33.Kh3
Qd7+ 34.Kg2 Qd2+ 35.Kg3 Qd6+ 36.f4 Kh6 37.Rxb7 Nf5+ 38.Kg2
Qd2+ 39.Kg1 Ne3 40.Rh7+ Kxh7 41.Qe7+ Kg8 42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Qe7+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3
Bg4 8.Re1 Nd7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 b5 11.Bc2 Nb6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Nf1
Rb8 14.Ng3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bg5 16.Nf5 Bxe3 17.Nxe3 Ne7 18.d4 c5
19.dxe5 dxe5 20.h4 Qd6 21.Red1 Qe6 22.a4 Rfd8 23.axb5 axb5
24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Ra6 Qc6 26.c4 b4 27.Ba4 Qb7 28.Bb5 Nbc8
29.Ng4 Nd6 30.Nxe5 Qxe4 31.Qxe4 Nxe4 32.f3 Ng3 33.Kf2 Ngf5
34.h5 f6 35.Nd7 Rc8 36.Ba4 Nd4 37.h6 f5 38.Ke3 b3 39.hxg7 Kxg7
40.Kd3 Nc2 41.Kc3 f4 42.Ra7 Kg6 43.Bxb3 Ne3 44.Nxc5 N7f5
45.Ra6+ Kh5 46.Ne6 Kh4 47.Nxf4 Kg3 48.Nd3 Kxg2 49.c5 Kxf3
50.Be6 Rd8 51.Bxf5 Nxf5 52.Rf6 Ke4 53.Re6+ Kf3 54.b4 h5
55.Ne5+ Kf4 56.Nf7 Rf8 57.Nd6 Nxd6 58.Rxd6 Rh8 59.b5 h4 60.b6
h3 61.b7 h2 62.Rd1 Ke4 63.Kc2 Rg8 64.c6 Rg2+ 65.Kc3 Rg3+
66.Kc4 Rg1 67.b8=Q h1=Q 68.Rd4+ Kf5 69.Qf4+ Kg6 70.Rd6+ Kh7
71.Qf5+ Kh8 72.Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5
7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Be5 O-O
13.Nd4 Re8 14.Nxf5 Rxe5 15.Nxh6+ Kg7 16.Ng4 Re7 17.O-O-O Bxc3
18.f3 Qxa2 19.fxe4 Qa1+ 20.Qb1 Bxb2+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.Kxb2 Rxe4
23.Rd4 Rxd4 24.exd4 Qxd4+ 25.Ka3 Qxg4 26.Qxb7 Qd4 27.Qxa8 Qc3+
28.Ka2 Qc2+ 29.Ka3 Qc3+ 30.Ka2 Qc2+ 31.Ka3 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O
Ba6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qa4 Qc8 11.Bd2 Re8 12.a3 Bf8
13.b4 c5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Rab1 c4 16.Rb2 Nc7 17.Rfb1 a6 18.Rb6
Re6 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Ne5 Nb5 21.Nxb5 axb5 22.Qxb5 Bxa3 23.f3
Bd6 24.Qc6 Qxc6 25.Nxc6 Ra2 26.Bb4 Bc7 27.Be1 Ra6 28.Nb4 Ra3
29.Nc2 Ra2 30.Rc1 Kf7 31.Nb4 Ra3 32.Nc2 Rb3 33.h3 Ke8 34.Kf1
Kd7 35.Ke2 e5 36.Ra1 Rb2 37.Kd1 exd4 38.exd4 Nh5 39.Bd2 Bb6
40.g4 Nf6 41.Ba5 Ne8 42.Bxb6 Rxb6 43.Ne3 Nc7 44.Ra5 Rb5
45.Rxb5 Nxb5 46.Nxd5 Nxd4 47.Nb6+ Ke6 48.Nxc4 Nxf3 49.Ke2 Ng1+
50.Ke3 Nxh3 51.Nd2 Ng5 52.Kf4 h6 53.Nb3 Kf6 54.Nd2 Ne6+ 55.Kg3
Nc5 56.Nc4 Nd3 57.Ne3 g6 58.Nc4 Ke6 59.Ne3 Ke5 60.Nc4+ Kd5
61.Nb6+ Ke4 62.Nd7 Ne5 63.Nf6+ Ke3 64.Ng8 Nf7 65.Ne7 g5 66.Ng8
Ke4 67.Nf6+ Ke5 68.Ng8 Ke4 69.Nf6+ Ke5 70.Ng8 Ke4 71.Nf6+ Ke5
72.Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. c5 Qc6 10. f3 b6 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bd6
bxc5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 a5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bd3 f6 17. Bxg6+
hxg6 18. Qd3 Kf7 19. Nd2 c4 20. Qd4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rb1
Nd5 23. Ne4 g5 24. Kd2 Rh3 25. Nf2 Rh5 26. Rb5 a4 27. h3 Ba6
28. Rc5 Bb7 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Rxc4 Ne7 31. g4 Rhh8 32. Ke3 Ra5
33. exf6 Nd5+ 34. Kd2 gxf6 35. f4 gxf4 36. Bxf4 Rb5 37. Rxb5
Bxb5 38. Rd4 Bc6 39. Bg3 e5 40. Rc4 Rb8 41. Nd3 Rb3 42. g5 e4
43. Nf4 Nxf4 44. Bxf4 Rxa3 45. Rc5 fxg5 46. Bxg5 Ra2+ 47. Ke3
a3 48. Bf4 Ra1 49. Rf5+ Ke6 50. Re5+ Kf6 51. Ra5 d5 52. Kd4 a2
53. Bd2 Bb5 54. Kxd5 Rd1 55. Kxe4 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7
13.Kb1 Qb6 14.Rhe1 O-O 15.Nf5 exf5 16.Rxe7 Qd8 17.Re2 Ne4
18.g3 Ndf6 19.Nh4 Qd7 20.Qf3 Qxd4 21.Nxf5 Qe5 22.Bc1 Rfe8
23.Rde1 Re6 24.g4 Rae8 25.Ka1 Qd5 26.Qa3 Nxg4 27.Nxg7 Kxg7
28.f3 Nef6 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Rxe6 Qxe6 31.fxg4 Qxg4 32.Qxa7 Qxh5
33.Qxb7 Qh1 34.Kb1 h5 35.Qc7 h4 36.Qf4 Ne4 37.a4 h3 38.a5 Qe1
39.a6 Nd2+ 40.Ka2 Qxc1 41.Qg5+ Kh7 42.Qh5+ Kg7 43.Qg5+ Kh7
44.Qh5+ Kg7 45.Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Bb5 Nc7 13.Bb6
Qc8 14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.g4 Rfd8 16.g5 Nh5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 g6
19.Kb1 Rf8 20.Qe3 Qd8 21.h4 Nf4 22.Qg1 h6 23.Nd2 Kg7 24.gxh6+
Kxh6 25.Nc4 Qc7 26.Qe3 Kh7 27.h5 g5 28.h6 f5 29.Qd2 Rf6
30.Rdg1 Rg6 31.Ne3 Rf8 32.Nc4 Bd8 33.Rd1 Rff6 34.Qf2 Rxh6
35.Qa7 Rxh1 36.Rxh1+ Rh6 37.Qg1 Rh4 38.Ne3 Qf7 39.Ng2 Rxh1
40.Qxh1+ Qh5 41.Qxh5+ Nxh5 42.Ne3 Ng3 43.Kc1 Kg6 44.Kd1 g4
45.fxg4 f4 46.Nc4 Bc7 47.Bd7 Kg5 48.Ke1 f3 49.Ne3 Bb6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2
Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.a4 a6 12.a5 b5 13.axb6
Nxb6 14.Nb3 Bf5 15.Na5 Ne4 16.Bd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 h5 18.e3 h4
19.Rfe1 Qg5 20.Na4 Reb8 21.Nc3 Qh5 22.f3 Qh8 23.g4 Bd7 24.h3
f5 25.g5 f4 26.exf4 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Qg7 28.Bf1 Re8 29.Ne4 Kh8
30.Nxd6 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Rf8 32.Re4 Nxd5 33.Nb3 Bc6 34.f5 gxf5
35.Rxh4+ Kg8 36.Nxd4 cxd4 37.Bc4 Qe5 38.Qxd4 Qxd6 39.Rh6 Qe7
40.Bxd5+ Bxd5 41.Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. e4 Bg4 8. d3 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Nh2
f6 13. d4 Bf7 14. b3 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Rfd1 b4 17. Na4 a5
18. Rac1 Nb5 19. Nf3 Rb8 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5
Qe8 23. Be3 Be6 24. Qe2 h6 25. Kh2 Nf6 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4
Nd7 28. Rxd6 Nxd6 29. Bxd6 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Bxf8 Nxf8
32. Nb6 Qc7 33. Nd5 Qe5 34. Nf4 Bf7 35. Qa6 Ne6 36. Nd5 Ng5
37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39. exf5 Be8 40. Ne3 Nf7 41. Nc4 a4
42. Bd5 axb3 43. axb3 h5 44. Kg2 Kh6 45. h4 g5 46. fxg6 Kxg6
47. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. d5 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. b3 Bd7 11. a4 Ne8 12. Ba3
Nc7 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nf3 Bf6 15. Qd2 Na6 16. Rad1 Ra7 17. Qe3
Qb8 18. Kh1 h6 19. Rg1 Qc8 20. g4 g5 21. h3 Qd8 22. Nh2 Qb6
23. Rb1 Raa8 24. Nf1 Nb4 25. Ng3 Nc2 26. Qf3 Qd8 27. Nf5 Kh7
28. Bd3 Nd4 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Ne2 Bg7 31. Ng3 Qf6 32. Nf5 Kh8
33. Kg2 Rfe8 34. Rh1 Rac8 35. Rh2 Bxf5 36. gxf5 Qd8 37. Qh5
Qf6 38. Re1 Bf8 39. h4 g4 40. Qxg4 Bb4 41. Kf1 Rg8 42. Qh5
Bxe1 43. Kxe1 Rg1+ 44. Ke2 Rcg8 45. c5 cxd5 46. exd5 e4
47. Bxe4 d3+ 48. Bxd3 R8g4 49. Rh3 Rf4 50. Bc2 Kg7 51. Re3
Rxh4 52. Qf3 Rhh1 53. Qf4 Re1+ 54. Kd2 Rxe3 55. Qxe3 Qa1
56. Qg3+ Kf6 57. Qd6+ Kg7 58. Qg3+ Kf6 59. Qd6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bg7
7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bd7
12. Nd5 Bc6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8
16. Rfd1 f5 17. f3 Kg7 18. Kf2 Kf6 19. h4 h6 20. Be2 g5
21. hxg5+ hxg5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 f4 25. g3
Ke5 26. b4 Bd5 27. a3 f5 28. gxf4+ gxf4 29. Be2 b6 30. Bd1 Bc4
31. exf4+ Kxf4 32. Bc2 Bd5 33. Bd1 Bc4 34. Bc2 Ke5 35. Kg3 Be6
36. Bb1 f4+ 37. Kh4 Kd4 38. Kg5 Ke3 39. Be4 Bd7 40. Bd5 Kd4
41. Be4 Kc3 42. Kxf4 Kb3 43. Bd3 Kxa3 44. b5 Kb4 45. Ke5 Bxb5
46. Bc2 a5 47. f4 a4 48. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Qc2 Be7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. h3 a6 11. a4 a5 12. e4
Bf8 13. Be3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. b3 g6 16. Rd2 Ned7 17. Rad1
Nc5 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Nde2 Qb6 20. Rxd6 Nfd7 21. Nd5 Qxb3
22. Qxb3 Nxb3 23. Nc7 Re5 24. Nxa8 Rxg5 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Rxd7
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. d3 a5 6. a3 Nbd7
7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Qe7
12. c4 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 e5 16. c5 Bxc5
17. Nxe5 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Nf3 Rxe4 20. Bd3 Re6 21. Bc4
Nd5 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qc3 Ra6 25. Nd4 Ne6 26. Nf5
Qg5 27. Qe5 g6 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxf5 30. Qxb7 Rd6 31. b4
axb4 32. axb4 Kg7 33. b5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 c6 2. e3 d6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e4
7. Nfd2 d5 8. f3 exf3 9. Qxf3 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Bh5
12. c5 Nbd7 13. O-O Be7 14. b4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. h3 Nf8
17. Nc3 Ne6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. a4 Qb8 20. b5 Bd8 21. Ba3 Bc7
22. Rab1 Bg3 23. Qc2 Qd8 24. Ne2 Bc7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb7 Ne4
27. Nc3 Ng3 28. Rfb1 Re8 29. Qf2 Re7 30. a5 Nf5 31. a6 Bg3
32. Qd2 Qa5 33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Nxd5 Qd8 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. e4
Nc7 37. Qd3 Rd8 38. Rb7 Qe6 39. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5 e6 6. c4 Bd6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nc3 Rc8
12. Rc1 a6 13. Be2 Ba7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Bf3 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Nd4 21. Rxc8
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxc8 23. Nc4 b5 24. Ne3 Qc3 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Rd1
Qe5 27. Qc2 Ne4 28. Rd5 Qf4 29. Rd3 Qf6 30. Nd5 Qe5 31. Ne3
Kh7 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 Rb8 34. Rd5 Qa1+ 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Rd5
Qf4 37. Rd4 f5 38. Rd7 Qe5 39. Nc4 Qc5 40. Ne3 Qxc2 41. Nxc2
Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Nxf2 43. Nd4 Ne4 44. Ne6 g5 45. h4 g4 46. Ng5+
Nxg5 47. hxg5 Kg6 48. Kg3 Kh5 49. Rxg7 Rb4 50. a5 f4+ 51. Kh2
Ra4 52. g6 Rxa5 53. Rf7 Kxg6 54. Rxf4 Kg5 55. Rc4 Kh4 56. Rb4
Ra2 57. Rc4 a5 58. Rd4 a4 59. Rc4 a3 60. Ra4 Ra1 61. Rb4 Rc1
62. g3+ Kg5 63. Rb5+ Kf6 64. Ra5 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 a6 9. b4 Qc7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rd1 h6 12. h3
Nf8 13. Be3 Ng6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Na4 Be6 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Nc5
Nf4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. c5 Bd8 20. Bc4 Bxb6 21. cxb6 Re7 22. a4
a5 23. b5 c5 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxc5 Qf8 26. Rbc1 Nxe4 27. Qd5
Nf6 28. Qxb7 Rb8 29. Qa7 e4 30. Nd4 Rexb6 31. Nc6 R6b7
32. Qxa5 Re8 33. Rd8 Kh7 34. Rxe8 Qxe8 35. Qc3 Rd7 36. b6 Rd3
37. Qe5 Qd7 38. Qc7 Rd1+ 39. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40. Kh2 e3 41. fxe3
Nd5 42. Qd6 Qb3 43. Nd4 Qxe3 44. Qxd5 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+
46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6
7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e3 a5 9. a3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne8
12. O-O Bf6 13. d4 Nd6 14. Ne5 a4 15. Nd3 axb3 16. cxb3 Re8
17. a4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rc1
Qb6 22. Rc3 Ne4 23. Rd3 g6 24. Qc2 Re7 25. Rd4 Ng5 26. Qc3 Ne6
27. Rd2 Qc5 28. Rc1 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 f5 30. h4 Kf7 31. Bf3 Kf6
32. Bd1 h6 33. b4 g5 34. b5 cxb5 35. axb5 Rd7 36. Bf3 Rad8
37. Kh2 d4 38. exd4 Nxd4 39. Rb2 Nxf3+ 40. Rxf3 Rd2 41. hxg5+
hxg5 42. Rfb3 R8d5 43. Rxd2 Rxd2 44. Kg2 g4 45. b6 Ke6 46. Kf1
Kd6 47. f3 gxf3 48. Rxf3 Rd5 49. Rb3 Kc6 50. Ke2 Rb5 51. Rd3
Kxb6 52. Rd6+ Kc7 53. Rf6 Rd5 54. Ke3 b5 55. Rg6 b4 56. g4
fxg4 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d4 cxd4
7.Nxd4 Ndb4 8.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Nxc6 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.Be3 g6
12.Rc1 Bg7 13.Kc2 Rc8 14.Rhd1 Na5 15.Bd4 Bf5+ 16.e4 Bxd4
17.Rxd4 Be6 18.b3 f6 19.f4 Kf7 20.Kb2 Rhd8 21.Rcd1 Rxd4
22.Rxd4 Nc6 23.Rd2 h6 24.Bf3 Bh3 25.Nb5 h5 26.Be2 h4 27.Bc4+
Be6 28.Bd5 hxg3 29.hxg3 a6 30.Nc3 Rd8 31.Na4 Bxd5 32.exd5 Nb4
33.Nc3 Nc6 34.Ka3 Na7 35.Kb4 Nc8 36.Ne4 Nd6 37.Nc5 Rc8 38.Ne6
b6 39.Rh2 Nf5 40.g4 Ne3 41.Rh7+ Ke8 42.Rh8+ Kd7 43.Rxc8 Kxc8
44.g5 Nxd5+ 45.Kc4 Ne3+ 46.Kd4 Nf5+ 47.Ke4 Kb7 48.Nf8 Nd6+
49.Kd5 fxg5 50.fxg5 Nf7 51.Nxg6 Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. h3 Be7
12. c4 Ng6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Qb6 Qe5
17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Nc3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. b3 Rac8 21. Be3 Rfd8
22. Red1 Be8 23. g3 Ne5 24. Bg2 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6
bxc6 27. f4 Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke8 29. Ke2 Rb8 30. g4 f5 31. Rac1 g6
32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 Rd8 34. Rd1 Nd7 35. Na4 Bd6 36. gxf5
exf5 37. Kf3 Be7 38. Nb2 Nf8 39. Be3 Rxd1 40. Nxd1 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 Nf4 16. a3 g6
17. h4 Qc7 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
Qxa5 22. Rg4 Rc5 23. Qb3 d5 24. Rxf4 Qc7 25. Rfd4 Qh2 26. c3
Rd8 27. Qc2 Qg3 28. f4 Bd6 29. Bg2 Bxf4 30. Bxd5 Kg7 31. Qe4
Qe3 32. Qh1 Rd7 33. R1d3 Qe5 34. Qf3 Bh2 35. Be6 Re7 36. Re4
Rxe6 37. Rxe5 Rcxe5 38. Rd8 Re4 39. Ka2 Bf4 40. Rd7 Kg8
41. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O b6
8.b3 Bb7 9.Nbc3 Nbd7 10.a4 Re8 11.Ba3 e6 12.Rc1 Ba6 13.Qc2 Rc8
14.Qa2 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Nf4 dxc4 18.bxc4 e5
19.Nd3 exd4 20.exd4 Qd6 21.Ne2 Rfe8 22.Nef4 Rcd8 23.h4 c5
24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Qc7 28.Qd2 Bb7
29.h5 Bxd5 30.cxd5 Qe5 31.h6 Qh5 32.d6 Re2 33.Qf4 Qe5 34.Qf3
Re1+ 35.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36.Kg2 Qe6 37.Qc6 f6 38.Qc7 Qd7 39.Qc4+ Kf8
40.Rd1 Qb7+ 41.Kg1 Qf7 42.Qb4 Qe6 43.a5 bxa5 44.Qxa5 Rd7
45.Qc5 Kf7 46.Qc2 a5 47.Rd4 a4 48.Rxa4 Qxd6 49.Ra1 Qe6 50.Ra8
Qd5 51.Ra1 Qe6 52.Rb1 Qf5 53.Qc4+ Qe6 54.Qa4 Qd5 55.Re1 g5
56.Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. Be3 Be7 8. g4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qa5+
12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nd7 14. O-O-O Ne5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. f4
Nc6 17. Nb3 O-O-O 18. Bf3 Kc7 19. a3 Na7 20. Nd4 Nb5 21. Be3
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bc6 23. Rhf1 f6 24. Be2 h6 25. h4 b5 26. h5 Be4
27. Rd2 Kc6 28. Rfd1 Rd7 29. Be3 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 e5 31. c4 b4
32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Rd1 Re8 34. fxe5 Rxe5 35. Bd2 Bxd2+ 36. Kxd2
a5 37. Ra1 Kb6 38. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6
7. O-O b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 Nbd7
12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 O-O 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4 a5 16. Bxb4 axb4
17. Nac5 Bd5 18. f3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rc8 20. Rc1 Bxb3 21. Nxb3
Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Nc5 23. Kf2 Nd5 24. e4 Nb6 25. Ke3 e5 26. b3
Kf8 27. Bd1 Ke7 28. Na2 Na6 29. Be2 Nc5 30. Bd1 Na6 31. Be2
Nc5 32. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4
a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nbd2 Bc6 10. Rfd1 Be7 11. e5
dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Rd5 14. Ndf3 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Be4
16. Rd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd5 18. c4 Nb4 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Ne5 Rd8
21. Rxd8 Kxd8 22. a3 Nc6 23. Nxc6+ bxc6 24. f4 c5 25. b4 a5
26. b5 f5 27. Kf2 a4 28. Kg3 g6 29. Kh4 h6 30. g4 Kd7 31. gxf5
exf5 32. Kg3 Kc7 33. h4 h5 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7
12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+
Kh8 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc5
21. Be3 Rxf3 22. Re1 Ne6 23. a4 Rf7 24. a5 h6 25. axb6 axb6
26. Bxb6 Nf4 27. Ra5 Rb8 28. Bd4 Rb2 29. Ra7 Rxa7 30. Bxa7 Rc2
31. Bd4 Kh7 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Re5 Kg6 35. Kh2 Nd3
36. Re6+ Kf5 37. Re8 Kg4 38. Re4+ Nf4 39. Re1 Ne2 40. Kg2 Nxc3
41. Bxc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qd2 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Be2 h5 12.O-O-O Nd7
13.Kb1 Nb6 14.f5 e5 15.Nb3 Rc8 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bh6 18.Qd3
Nc4 19.Bf3 h4 20.Rhe1 Kf8 21.Re4 Bg5 22.c3 Qb6 23.Na1 Kg7
24.Nc2 a5 25.Ka2 Rc7 26.Rg4 Kf8 27.Qe2 Qc5 28.Be4 Nb6 29.Kb1
Rg8 30.Qe1 Ke7 31.Qe2 Kd7 32.Bd3 Nc4 33.Bxc4 bxc4 34.Ne3 Rb8
35.Nxc4 a4 36.Qc2 Rb3 37.Ka1 Qb5 38.Qe2 Rc5 39.Re4 Ke7 40.Qd3
Qb7 41.Rg4 Qb5 42.Re4 Kd7 43.Qe2 Kc7 44.Qd3 Qb7 45.Rg4 Rbb5
46.Qc2 Qa8 47.Nd2 Ra5 48.Nc4 Rab5 49.Nd2 Ra5 50.Nc4 Rab5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2
Bb7 8.O-O O-O 9.Rd1 a6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 b5 12.b3 bxc4
13.bxc4 Rb8 14.Be3 h6 15.Qa5 Ne4 16.c5 Ndf6 17.Rac1 Bd5
18.Qxa6 Ng4 19.Rd3 Qe7 20.Qa5 Rb2 21.h3 Ra8 22.Qe1 Ngf6 23.Nh2
Nd7 24.f3 Nef6 25.cxd6 cxd6 26.Bd2 Nb6 27.Bb4 Bc4 28.Rd2 Rxd2
29.Qxd2 Nfd5 30.Nf1 Nxb4 31.Qxb4 Qc7 32.Ne3 d5 33.Qc5 Qa7
34.Kf2 Qxa3 35.Qxa3 Rxa3 36.Bf1 Rb3 37.h4 Rb4 38.g4 g5 39.hxg5
hxg5 40.Ke1 Kg7 41.Kf2 Bb5 42.Nc2 Rb3 43.Ne3 Kf6 44.Rc7 Nc4
45.Nxc4 Bxc4 46.Ra7 Rb1 47.Ra4 Rd1 48.Rb4 Rxd4 49.Ke1 Rf4
50.e3 Rxf3 51.Bxc4 dxc4 52.Ke2 Rh3 53.Rxc4 Ke5 54.Rc5+ Ke4
55.Rc4+ Kd5 56.Ra4 f5 57.gxf5 exf5 58.Ra5+ Ke4 59.Ra4+ Ke5
60.Ra5+ Kf6 61.Ra6+ Kg7 62.Rb6 Rh6 63.Rb5 Kg6 64.Kf2 Rh2+
65.Kg3 Re2 66.Kf3 Rd2 67.Rb8 Kf7 68.Rb6 g4+ 69.Kf4 Rf2+ 70.Kg5
Rf1 71.Ra6 Rf3 72.Rf6+ Ke7 73.Rg6 Rf1 74.Ra6 Rf2 75.Rb6 Rf3
76.Rg6 Rf2 77.Ra6 g3 78.Ra1 Ke6 79.Kh4 g2 80.Kg3 Rb2 81.Rg1
Ke5 82.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 83.Kxg2 Ke4 84.Kf2 f4 85.exf4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O b6
8.b3 a5 9.Nf4 Ba6 10.Nd2 e6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Rc1 Qe7
14.Rc2 Rfd8 15.Qa1 c5 16.Rfc1 cxd4 17.exd4 Bh6 18.Ba3 Qe8
19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 exd5 22.Bxd5 Nc5 23.Bg2 Bg7
24.Bb2 Nd3 25.Bf1 Qd7 26.Nc4 Nxb2 27.Qxb2 Bxd4 28.Qc1 Bb7
29.Bg2 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 b5 31.axb5 Qxb5 32.f3 Ba7 33.Re2 Qxb3
34.Nxa5 Qb5 35.Nc4 h5 36.Rc2 Rd3 37.Rc3 Qd5 38.Rxd3 Qxd3
39.Qf1 Qc2+ 40.Kh1 h4 41.Nd6 h3 42.Ne4 Be3 43.g4 Bf4 44.Ng3
Qb3 45.Ne4 Qc2 46.Ng3 Qb3 47.Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. f4 g5 10. f5 Ne5 11. h3 b5 12. a3 Qe7
13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. h4 Bc5
18. Qe2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nxg4 20. Qg3 h5 21. O-O-O O-O-O 22. hxg5
Qg7 23. Qh4 Rdg8 24. Be2 Qxg5+ 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. Rh4 Nf6
27. Rf1 Rh6 28. b4 Rg2 29. Bf3 Rg3 30. a4 Bc6 31. axb5 axb5
32. Ne2 Rg5 33. Kd2 Rh7 34. Rg1 Rxg1 35. Nxg1 Kd8 36. Ke3 Be8
37. Be2 Ra7 38. Nf3 Ng4+ 39. Kd2 Ke7 40. Ne1 Nf6 41. Nd3 Kd6
42. Nc5 Ra1 43. Rh3 Rb1 44. c3 Rg1 45. Nb7+ Ke7 46. Nc5 Rg2
47. Ke1 Rg5 48. Kf2 Bc6 49. Rg3 Rxg3 50. Kxg3 Be8 51. Kh4 Bc6
52. Bf3 Kd6 53. Kg5 Ke7 54. Kh4 Kd6 55. Kg5 Ke7 56. Kh4 Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6
7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 d5
12. Nc3 e6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Re4 Qb6
17. dxe6 Qc5 18. e7 h5 19. Rc1 Rh6 20. Kh1 Rg6 21. Ne2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. b5
cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4 16. axb4 Bxb4+ 17. Ke2
Ra5 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Rhc1 Qa6 20. Nd6 Qxd3+ 21. Kxd3 Bxd6
22. c8=Q Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Nf8 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Rd8 Nc4 26. Ne5
Nxe5+ 27. dxe5 g5 28. f4 Kg7 29. g3 h5 30. Kc3 Ng6 31. Kb4 Rc5
32. Rxa4 h4 33. gxh4 gxf4 34. exf4 Rc4+ 35. Kb5 Rxa4 36. Kxa4
Nxf4 37. Kb5 Ng6 38. h5 Nxe5 39. Kxb6 Nd3 40. Rd7 Ne5 41. Rd8
Nd3 42. Rd7 Ne5 43. Rd8 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 c5 16. h3 Qd7
17. Qb1 e5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. a4 Qc6 20. Ng3 c4 21. Nf5 Bc5
22. f4 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qxe4 24. Ng3 Qxc2 25. Ne4 d3+ 26. Kh1 Bd4
27. axb5 Bxa1 28. Qxa1 c3 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Rxf4 31. Rxf4
exf4 32. bxa6 Rxa6 33. Kg1 Re6 34. Ng5 Re2 35. Nf3 g5 36. Kf1
Rc2 37. Bd2 h6 38. Ke1 Rc4 39. Kd1 Re4 40. Ne1 Re2 41. h4 gxh4
42. Bxf4 Kh7 43. Bc7 Rf2 44. Bb6 Ra2 45. Bd8 Rxg2 46. Nxg2 h3
47. Bc7 hxg2 48. Bh2 Kg6 49. Kd2 Kf5 50. Kxd3 Kg4 51. Ke3 Kh3
52. Bg1 Kg3 53. Bf2+ Kh2 54. Kf4 g1=Q 55. Bxg1+ Kxg1 56. Kg4
h5+ 57. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. c4 g6 16. Rae1 h5
17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe3 Nd6 20. b3 Rfc8 21. Qxe5
Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rc1 a5 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. h4
b6 27. g3 Kf6 28. Be2 Re7 29. Rc3 Re8 30. Ke1 Ra8 31. Bd1 Re8+
32. Kf1 Ke5 33. Bc2 Kf6 34. f3 Re7 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Re3 Rxe3
37. Kxe3 Kg7 38. Kf4 f6 39. g4 a4 40. Bd3 axb3 41. axb3 Kh6
42. g5+ Kg7 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Ke3 g5 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. f4+
Kh6 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. Kg3 Kh6 49. Kh4 Ne8 50. f5 Nd6 51. f6 Nf7
52. Be2 Nd6 53. Bxh5 b5 54. cxb5 Nxb5 55. Be2 Nd4 56. Bh5 Nxb3
57. d6 Nd4 58. d7 Ne6 59. Bg4 Nd8 60. Bf5 c4 61. Kg4 c3
62. Kf4 Nf7 63. Bd3 Nd8 64. Bc2 Kh5 65. Kf5 Kh6 66. Bb3 Kh7
67. Kg5 Nc6 68. Ba4 Nd8 69. Bc2+ Kg8 70. Kg6 Kf8 71. Bb3 Nc6
72. Kf5 Nd8 73. Ke5 Nb7 74. Kd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2
Bd6 7. Nc3 c5 8. g3 Nd7 9. Nd5 Nb8 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bd2 Be7
12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Bg4 14. Bc3 Bxb4 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Nxb4
Qf6 17. Qb2 Qxf3 18. Qxe5+ Be6 19. O-O O-O 20. Nd5 Bh3 21. Nf4
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 c6 23. h3 Rfe8 24. Qc5 h6 25. Qc2 g5 26. Ng2
Rad8 27. Ne3 Qf6 28. Kg2 Qd4 29. Rd1 Re5 30. Qe2 Ra5 31. h4
gxh4 32. Qg4+ Qg7 33. Qxh4 Qg5 34. Qh3 Rxa2 35. Nf5 h5 36. d4
Kf8 37. Rh1 Qd2 38. Rf1 Qg5 39. Rh1 Ke8 40. Qxh5 Qxh5 41. Rxh5
a5 42. Rh8+ Kd7 43. Rh7 Rf8 44. g4 Re2 45. Kf3 Re1 46. g5 Rg1
0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7
7. O-O c5 8. Nh4 Be4 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. g3 Be7 11. f3 Bg6 12. Nxg6
hxg6 13. Nb3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Kg2 Qb6 17. Rf3
O-O-O 18. Be3 Nxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Kb8 20. a4 a6 21. a5 Qb4 22. Rd3
Rc8 23. Nd2 Nxa5 24. Nf3 Qb6 25. Qa4 Bb4 26. h4 Rc7 27. Rh1
Rhc8 28. Bd1 Be7 29. b3 Rh8 30. Ng5 Bd8 31. Rf1 Nc6 32. Bg4
Nb4 33. Rd2 Ka7 34. Rff2 Nc6 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Bxe6 Rc7
37. Bxd5 Ne7 38. Be4 Nf5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. d5 Rc3 41. d6 Rxb3
42. Rfe2 Rxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Qg1+ 44. Kf3 Bb6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3
d6 8.Nd5 Na5 9.d4 Nxb3 10.axb3 Nxd5 11.exd5 exd4 12.Re1+ Kf8
13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Be3 Qf6 15.Qd2 h5 16.b4 Bb6 17.Ra3 h4 18.Ne6+
Kg8 19.Bxb6 cxb6 20.Ng5 Rc8 21.Rf3 Qg6 22.Rd3 Rh5 23.f4 f6
24.Ne4 Rc7 25.Nxd6 f5 26.Qe2 Rh6 27.Ne8 Rc8 28.Re3 Kf8 29.Nxg7
Qxg7 30.c3 Qg4 31.Qd2 Rh7 32.Qd4 Rg7 33.R1e2 Qg6 34.b3 a5
35.bxa5 bxa5 36.h3 a4 37.Qb4+ Kg8 38.bxa4 bxa4 39.c4 Qf6 40.c5
Qf8 41.d6 Rb8 42.Qd4 Bc6 43.Re7 a3 44.Qc4+ Kh8 45.Qc3 Ra8
46.Qa1 Be4 47.Qe5 Bc6 48.Qa1 a2 49.Kh2 Be4 50.Rc7 Qg8 51.Re7
Kh7 52.Qf6 Rxe7 53.Qxh4+ Kg7 54.Qxe7+ Kh8 55.Rxe4 a1=Q 56.Re5
Qb2 57.Re2 Qbg7 58.Qh4+ Q8h7 59.Qe1 Qhg6 60.d7 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "141"]

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. Qf2 O-O
12. Bc5 Bxc5 13. Qxc5 Qxc5 14. Nxc5 d5 15. f4 Neg4 16. e5 Nd7
17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Rd4 Ne3 19. Kd2 Nf5 20. Rd3 b4 21. Nd1 d4
22. Rg1 Bc6 23. g3 Rac8 24. Kc1 a5 25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Bd3 a4
27. Re1 g6 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Ra8 30. Kb2 Ne7 31. Bc4 Bf3
32. Nf2 Nf5 33. Bd3 Ne3 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 Rdc8 36. Ree2
Rd8 37. Nd6 Nf5 38. Re4 Nxd6 39. exd6 Rxd6 40. Rdxd4 Rxd4
41. Rxd4 Rb8 42. c3 bxc3+ 43. Kxc3 Kf8 44. Rd7 Rc8+ 45. Kb2
Ke8 46. Ra7 h5 47. b4 h4 48. Kb3 h3 49. b5 Rc5 50. Kb4 Rc2
51. b6 Kd8 52. Rxf7 Rxh2 53. Rh7 Kc8 54. Kc5 Rc2+ 55. Kd6 h2
56. Kxe6 Rg2 57. Ke5 Rxg3 58. Rxh2 Rb3 59. Rh8+ Kb7 60. Rh7+
Kxb6 61. Kf6 Rb4 62. Kg5 Kc6 63. Rf7 Kd5 64. Kxg6 Rb6+ 65. Kg5
Rb8 66. f5 Rg8+ 67. Kf6 Ke4 68. Ra7 Rf8+ 69. Kg6 Rg8+ 70. Kf7
Rh8 71. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. O-O Bd7 8. Ba4 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Ne7
12. Bc2 Ng6 13. d4 c6 14. h3 Qc7 15. Be3 Rad8 16. c4 c5 17. d5
b5 18. Nd2 Rb8 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. b3 Nd7 21. Nc4 Nb6 22. Na3
Ba6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qd7 25. Qd2 Na8 26. Rac1 Nc7 27. Rc4
Ne7 28. Ra4 Nc8 29. Rc1 a6 30. Rc2 Na7 31. Nc4 Nab5 32. Rc1
Nd4 33. Kh2 Kh7 34. Rf1 Be7 35. f4 exf4 36. Bxf4 Rf8 37. Be3
Rbe8 38. Bxd4 cxd4 39. Qxd4 f5 40. Rxf5 Bf6 41. Qd3 g6 42. Rf3
Qe7 43. Rb4 Nb5 44. a4 Nd4 45. Rxf6 Qxf6 46. Nd2 h5 47. Qxd4
1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Areshchenko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6
7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Bf4 O-O-O 9. Bg3 f5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Be7
12. c4 d4 13. h4 Nh6 14. c5 Kb8 15. b4 Be8 16. Nc4 Bh5 17. Qd2
Bxf3 18. gxf3 a6 19. Rb1 Na7 20. a4 Qc6 21. Qd1 Rhf8 22. Bf4
Nf7 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Qe2 h6 25. Nc4 g5 26. Bd2 Rd5 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. f4 Rdd8 29. Rh7 g4 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Qxc5 32. Bb4
Qxb4+ 33. Rxb4 Bxb4+ 34. Kf1 Rh8 35. Rxh8 Nxh8 36. Qb2 Bc5
37. b6 Nc6 38. Qb5 Bb4 39. Nd6 Ng6 40. Nxb7 Kxb7 41. Qa6+ Kb8
42. Qc4 Nge7 43. Qxe6 Kb7 44. Ke2 Kxb6 45. Kd1 Ra8 46. Bc4 Ra3
47. Qd7 Rf3 48. Be2 0-1

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg5 c5
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nb5 a6 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Bg2 f5 14. e3 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Qf6
17. Nh4 b5 18. Rab1 Rac8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Ne7 21. Bg2 Rc7
22. Rd2 c4 23. Qd1 b4 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3
27. Rc1 Qe6 28. Qa4 Rc8 29. Bf1 Ng6 30. Nf3 Qe4 31. Qxa6 Ra8
32. Qe2 Rb8 33. Ne1 Rb1 34. Qd1 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Ne5 36. Be2 Qd5
37. Qc2 Nc6 38. Bf3 Qd2 39. Bxc6 Qxe1+ 40. Kg2 Qd2 41. Ba4
Qd5+ 42. Kg1 Bf6 43. Bb3 Qd7 44. Qe2 Kg7 45. a4 Bd8 46. Qc4
Ba5 47. Qc5 Qd3 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. f3 Qb1 50. Qd5 Kh6 51. Qxf7
Qb2+ 52. Kh3 c2 53. Bxc2 Qxc2 54. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 d4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Ne4 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qg4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Be4
Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ba3 18. Bxa8 Bc5 19. Bf3 Qg6 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Rd1
Bb6 22. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nge2
Be6 7. Bf4 Qd7 8. Bb3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Be5 O-O 11. Nf4 Bxb3
12. axb3 Qd8 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 e6 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. h3 a6
17. Na4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Nc3 c5 21. f4 b5
22. Nf2 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Qf3 b4 25. Na4 c4 26. bxc4 Nc5
27. Nxc5 Qxc5 28. Qe4 Bxb2 29. Rab1 Bd4 30. Rd2 a5 31. Qxe6+
Kg7 32. Kh2 Bxf2 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5
12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rad1 e4 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Rc1 Ne7
17. f4 exf3 18. Rxf3 Nf5 19. Ba2 Ng3 20. Qe1 Nge4 21. c4 Nxd2
22. Qxd2 Ne4 23. Qe1 Rfe8 24. Bb1 b6 25. d5 f6 26. Rf4 Re7
27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Qh4 Re8 30. Rf1 Qe7 31. Qf4 h6
32. Rd1 Kh7 33. d6 Qd7 34. Bc3 Bc6 35. Be1 Re4 36. Qf2 Rxc4
37. Qd2 Be4 38. Bf2 Rc2 39. Qe1 Ra2 40. Qc3 Qa4 41. Qe1 Qd7
42. Qc3 Qf5 43. Rd2 Rxd2 44. Qxd2 Bc6 45. Bg3 Bd7 46. Kh2 Qe4
47. Qe2 Kg8 48. Qf3 Qxf3 49. gxf3 Kf7 50. Kg2 b5 51. h4 b4
52. axb4 cxb4 53. Be1 a5 54. Kf2 Ke6 55. e4 Kxd6 56. Ke3 Ke5
0-1

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Bb7
12. Rd1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O O-O 16. Bg5
Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe7 18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Kg2 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Nb3 Rb8
12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Rc1 h5 14. h4 O-O 15. e3 g6 16. Re1 Bd6
17. Bc3 Bd3 18. Re2 Rb5 19. Rd2 Bc4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Bxa2
22. Bf1 Bb3 23. Qe1 Rbb8 24. Ra1 Qe7 25. Bd4 g5 26. Qe2 Qh7
27. hxg5 Qg6 28. Ra6 Rfe8 29. Bf6 Re6 30. Rxa7 Nxf6 31. gxf6
h4 32. Rd7 Rxf6 33. Raxc7 hxg3 34. fxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Qg2 Rg6
36. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 37. Kh2 Rxe3 38. Rxc6 Bf7 39. Rb6 Rb3 40. Rxb8+
Rxb8 41. c6 Rxb2+ 42. Kg3 Be6 43. Re7 Bd5 44. c7 Bb7 45. Re8+
Kg7 46. Rb8 Kf6 47. Rxb7 Rc2 48. Ba6 Kg5 49. Ra7 f4+ 50. Kh3
Rc3+ 51. Kh2 Rc2+ 52. Kg1 Rc1+ 53. Kf2 e3+ 54. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Ne2 Rae8
12. Ng3 Bd8 13. Rf1 Be7 14. Re1 Bd8 15. a4 Ne7 16. axb5 axb5
17. Bg5 Nc8 18. Qd2 Kh8 19. h3 Ng8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. c3 c5
22. d4 Qc7 23. Qe3 Nb6 24. Kh2 f6 25. Be6 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8
27. Qe2 c4 28. Qe3 Ra8 29. Rad1 g6 30. Rd2 Rad8 31. Red1 Na4
32. Nh4 Qb6 33. Nf3 Rc8 34. Ra1 Ne7 35. h4 Rc7 36. h5 g5
37. Kg1 h6 38. Nh2 exd4 39. cxd4 c3 40. bxc3 Rxc3 41. Qe1 Rc4
42. Ng4 Rxd4 43. Nxh6 Nc3 44. Qe3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5
12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Nb5 g5 15. Be3 h6 16. d6 Qd7
17. a3 Rad8 18. Qc1 Qe6 19. b4 cxb4 20. Nfd4 Qf6 21. Nxf5 Qxf5
22. Bxa7 Nc3 23. Nxc3 bxc3 24. Bd3 Qf6 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Bc5
Qf5 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. a4 Re2 29. Qa3 c2 30. Rc1 Bf8 31. Bc5 Re5
32. Bb4 a5 33. Bc3 Bxd6 34. Qb3 Re2 35. Qc4 Rde7 36. Qc6 R7e6
37. Qc8+ Bf8 38. Bb2 Qd3 39. g3 Rd2 40. Qc3 Qxc3 41. Bxc3 Rde2
0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O c5 14. d5 exd5 15. Rfe1 dxc4 16. Bxc4
O-O 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Qd3 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bxf6
Rxf6 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5 23. Qxd5+ Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Kf8 25. Kf1 Re8
26. Red1 g6 27. h4 h5 28. Rd7 Re7 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rc8 Rfe6
31. Rd3 Re8 32. Rc7+ R8e7 33. Rc8 Re8 34. Rc7+ R8e7 35. Rc8
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4
7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 a6 9. e3 Rb8 10. Nd2 e5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. d5
Na5 13. b4 cxb3 14. axb3 b6 15. b4 Nb7 16. Rxa6 Be7 17. Qb1
Nd6 18. Ra7 Bd7 19. Nf3 f6 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rfa1 Rc8 22. h4 Qe8
23. Rc1 Qh5 24. Nb1 Nb5 25. Ra6 Bd6 26. Nbd2 Ra8 27. Raa1 Rxa1
28. Rxa1 Qf7 29. Nc4 Be7 30. Nfd2 Rd8 31. Ne4 Qf8 32. d6 Nxd6
33. Nexd6 Bxd6 34. Nxd6 cxd6 35. Ra7 f5 36. Bd5 f4 37. exf4
exf4 38. Qf3 Qf5 39. Be4 Qf6 40. Qxf4 Qxf4 41. gxf4 g6 42. Bd5
Bf5 43. Rb7 Re8 44. Rxb6 Re1+ 45. Kg2 Be4+ 46. Bxe4 Rxe4
47. Kf3 d5 48. Rb7 h5 49. b5 Rb4 50. Ke3 Kg8 51. b6 Kf8
52. Kd3 d4 53. Ke4 Ke8 54. Kd3 Kf8 55. Rb8+ Kg7 56. b7 Kh7
57. Ke4 Kg7 58. f3 Kh7 59. Kd5 d3 60. Kc6 d2 61. Rd8 Rc4+
62. Kb6 Rb4+ 63. Ka6 Ra4+ 64. Kb5 Ra2 65. Rd7+ Kh6 66. Rd4
Rb2+ 67. Kc6 Rc2+ 68. Kd6 Rb2 69. f5 Rxb7 70. Rxd2 g5 71. Kc6
Rf7 72. Rd6+ Kh7 73. hxg5 Rxf5 74. Rh6+ Kg7 75. Rxh5 Rxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3
e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. f4 d6 9. c4 Nb4 10. Nc3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 a6
12. O-O Be7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. h3 b6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. b3 Rae8
17. a4 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Bf2 Nc5 20. Qb1 Qa8 21. b4 Nd7
22. Nb3 Rc8 23. Qd3 Rc7 24. a5 Rfc8 25. axb6 Rxc4 26. Na5 Rxb4
27. Rb1 Nc5 28. Qe2 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Bf6 30. e5 dxe5 31. Bxc5
Rxc5 32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. Ne4 Rc6 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qd1 e4
36. Rb3 e3 37. Kh2 h6 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Rxe3 Qxb6 40. Qxf6 Qxe3
41. Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qf7+
Kh8 46. Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 f5 12. e4
Nac4 13. Na4 Nd6 14. Nc5 a5 15. b3 Qe7 16. a4 Rd8 17. Ba3 Qf7
18. Rc1 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxd5 21. Nd6 cxd6
22. Rxc8 Nf6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Re1 Re8 25. Bb2 Qc7 26. Qd3 Qb6
27. Rd1 e4 28. Qxd6 Qxb3 29. Qd4 Rf8 30. Bf1 Kh8 31. Rd2 h5
32. Bg2 Re8 33. h3 Kh7 34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Bxc3 e3 36. Re2 exf2+
37. Kf1 Rc8 38. Bxa5 Rc4 39. Re7 Rxa4 40. Bc3 Kg8 41. Rxb7 Ra6
42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rb7 Kg8 44. Bd4 Ra4 45. Bb2 Ra6 46. Kxf2 Rd6
47. Ke2 Rd7 48. Bxf6 Rxb7 49. Bxb7 Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+
Nxe8 12. Nd5 Bg5 13. c4 c6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. d4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 d5
17. Qb3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Qe7 19. a4 b6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5
22. Bxd5 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Rc4
Rd2 27. b4 a6 28. Rc6 Ra2 29. Rxe6 Rxa4 30. Rxb6 a5 31. b5 Rb4
32. g3 a4 33. Kg2 a3 34. Ra6 Rxb5 35. Rxa3 Kf7 36. Ra2 h5
37. f4 g6 38. Kh3 Kf6 39. Kh4 Rc5 40. Ra7 Rc2 41. Ra6+ Kg7
42. h3 Rc4 43. Re6 Kh6 44. Rf6 Ra4 45. g4 Rxf4 46. Rxf4 g5+
47. Kg3 gxf4+ 48. Kxf4 hxg4 49. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6
7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. Ng5 Nd6
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rd1 Bf5 14. Qb3 h6 15. Nh3 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Re8
17. Bg2 Rxe2 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qf6 20. Bf4 Ne4 21. Qd3
Nxc3 22. Rac1 Nxd1 23. Qxe2 Nc3 24. Qc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "104"]

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 Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7
12. Qf2 O-O 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Ne2 d6 15. Ng3 Nd7 16. Rhe1 Nc5
17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. b3 e5 19. Bb2 Bh4 20. Rg1 g6 21. Qe3 f6
22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 d5 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rgf1 d4 26. Rf3 Re7
27. Ba3 Re5 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4+ Kg7 31. Kb2
Rg5 32. h3 h5 33. Ne2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rxg4 35. Nxd4 Kh7 36. Rh3
g5 37. Kc3 Bxe4 38. Bxa6 f5 39. Bd3 Kg6 40. Nf3 Bg3 41. Be2
Rc8+ 42. Kd2 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 Rc3+ 44. Bd3 Bxd3 45. Rxd3 Bf4+
46. Ke2 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rxd3 48. Kxg2 Rd8 49. Ne1 Rd2+ 50. Kf1 g4
51. Rc3 Rxa2 52. Nd3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. exf5 Ned7
12. d5 g6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qd4 Rg8 15. fxg6 Rxg6 16. Qf2 Nd5
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb5 Re6+ 19. Kf1 Bg7 20. g3 Kf8 21. Kg2 d4
22. Rd1 Nb6 23. Ra3 Rc8 24. Rad3 Nd5 25. Rxd4 Rxc1 26. Rxd5
Rxd1 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bc4 Rc6 29. Qc2 Rd4 30. b3 Rcd6
31. Qf5 Rd2+ 32. Kf1 Bf6 33. Qxh7 e6 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qe3 Rxh2
36. Qc5 Bc3 37. Bd3 Bb4 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Kg1 Ra2 40. Qh6+ Ke7
41. Qg5+ Kd7 42. Qh5 Kd8 43. Qh7 Rd5 44. Kf1 Bc3 45. g4 Ke7
46. Qe4 Kf8 47. f4 Rd2 48. Bc4 R5d4 49. Qe3 Bb4 50. f5 Rxg4
51. fxe6 Rdd4 52. Qh6+ Ke7 53. exf7 Rdf4+ 54. Ke2 Rg2+ 55. Kd3
Rg3+ 56. Ke2 Rg2+ 57. Kd3 Rg3+ 58. Ke2 Rg2+ 59. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bg6 6. O-O Nh6
7. c3 Be7 8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Ne1 c5 12. h4
cxd4 13. h5 Be4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Bf3 Bf5 16. g4 Nxd4 17. gxf5
Kh8 18. f6 Bb4 19. Bg2 Rg8 20. Ndf3 Nc6 21. Nd3 Qb6 22. Kh1
Bc5 23. Qc1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. a4 c6 8. Re1 a5 9. h3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nfd7 11. Be3 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qf3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Be6 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Qg3
Ne5 17. Re2 Ng6 18. f4 c5 19. Nf5 Bxb3 20. Rdd2 Rc8 21. Rf2
Kh8 22. h4 Rg8 23. h5 Nf8 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. e5 f5 26. Rxd6 Qe8
27. Qh3 Be6 28. Rfd2 h6 29. Nb5 Nd7 30. Qf3 b6 31. Qd1 Nf8
32. Rxb6 Qe7 33. Qf3 Nd7 34. Rb7 Rb8 35. Ra7 Rgd8 36. Rd6 Qf7
37. Nc7 Bc4 38. e6 Qe7 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. exd7 Qxd7 41. Nb5 Qe6
42. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Topalov - Laznicka Match"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.19"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Rad1
Nf6 12. Rfe1 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Re3 Nd5 15. Rh3 f5 16. Bc1 Bf6
17. Re1 c5 18. g4 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd7 20. dxc5 Rae8 21. gxf5
Rxf5 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Bd2 Re4 24. Qd3 bxc5 25. Re3 Qe6 26. f3
Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Bxe3 Kh8 29. Bxc5 Nxc3 30. Bd4 Nxa2
31. Bxa2 Bxf3 32. Bb1 Bg4 33. Kg2 a5 34. Kg3 Bd1 35. Bxf5 Bb3
36. Kf4 Kg8 37. Ke5 Kf7 38. Bxh7 g6 39. Kf4 Bc2 1-0

[Event "Topalov - Laznicka Match"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. d3 h6 8. Bd2 a5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rfd1 e4 12. dxe4
Nxe4 13. Rac1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Be4 15. Nh4 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Qf6
17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. c5 Nd4 19. Qd3 Rxh4 20. gxh4 Nf3+ 21. Kf1
Nxh2+ 22. Kg2 Nf3 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Qxd6 Nxh4+ 25. Kf1 Qf5
26. Qd7 Qf3 27. Qd5 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Ra6 29. Qe4 f5 30. Qd5+ Kh7
31. Rc4 f4 32. Rxf4 Ng6 33. Qf5 Qh2 34. Rd7 h5 35. Rd5 Rb6
36. Qxh5+ Qxh5+ 37. Rxh5+ Kg8 38. Rd4 Rxb2+ 39. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Topalov - Laznicka Match"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.21"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Re1 f5
12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Rae1 Bxe5
17. Rxe5 Qf6 18. h4 gxh4 19. Bf4 Qg6 20. Qh3 Rg8 21. Re3 h6
22. Qh2 b5 23. Bf1 Kh7 24. Qxh4 e5 25. dxe5 Qe6 26. Bd3 Rg6
27. Rg3 Rxg3 28. fxg3 Bb7 29. Bc2 Rf8 30. g4 Qg6 31. e6 Qxe6
32. Bxf5+ Rxf5 33. gxf5 Qxf5 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Qxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov - Laznicka Match"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 d5 8. e3 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qf5 11. dxc5 Ne4
12. cxb6 O-O 13. Bd3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. Bxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe5
Qxe5 17. Bg3 Qe4 18. O-O Bb7 19. f3 Qxe3+ 20. Bf2 Qg5 21. c4
axb6 22. Bxb6 Rfc8 23. a4 e5 24. c5 Re8 25. a5 Qg6 26. Rad1 e4
27. Rd6 Re6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qc2 Bc6 30. Rd1 Rf8 31. Rd6 Qg5
32. Rxc6 exf3 33. g3 Qe5 34. Qf2 Qa1+ 35. Qf1 Qd4+ 36. Qf2
Qd1+ 37. Qf1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "Topalov - Laznicka Match"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viktor Laznicka"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb6 11. f3 Qxb3
12. Bxb3 Bd3 13. e4 a5 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Kf2 Ba6 16. Rhd1 O-O
17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. g4 Kf8 19. g5 Nd7 20. f4 Rac8 21. Kf3 b5
22. h4 Nb6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Na2 Nc4 25. Nxb4 axb4 26. Ra1 Bb7
27. Bd2 Nxb2 28. Bxb4+ Ke8 29. Rd2 Nc4 30. Rdd1 Nb2 31. Rd2
Nc4 32. Rdd1 Nb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov - Laznicka Match"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. g4 Be6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Bf5 Bxf5 10. gxf5 Bb4 11. Nge2 Ne7
12. Qc2 Nb6 13. f3 g6 14. fxg6 Nxg6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Rd3 Nc4
17. b3 Na3 18. Qb2 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Rg8 20. Qf2 O-O-O 21. Kb2 Kb8
22. Nb1 Rde8 23. Nxa3 Bxa3+ 24. Kb1 Bd6 25. Ne2 Qe6 26. Nc3
Qf5 27. Rhd1 Rg6 28. R1d2 Qh3 29. f4 Qf5 30. Ne2 h5 31. Ng3
Qg4 32. Qe2 h4 33. Qxg4 Rxg4 34. Nf5 Bb4 35. h3 Rg6 36. Re2
Rh8 37. e4 Rf6 38. Ng7 Rg8 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andreas Moen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. O-O d6 11. Kh1 Nd7 12. Bd2
Ngf6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Rae1 Nc5 16. b4 Nxd3
17. cxd3 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Nb3 g6 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Rc2 Nh5
22. Rfc1 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Qf2 d4 25. Nxd4 Rcd8 26. Ne4
Bxe4 27. dxe4 Rxe4 28. Nb3 Qe6 29. Rc3 Re8 30. Bd2 Nxf4
31. Nd4 Rxd4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Qxf4 Bh6 34. Qxh6 Qe1+ 35. Rxe1
Rxe1# 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Christian Jepson"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3
Rb8 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bxe6 fxe6
17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Bd2 c4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qa2 Rbc8
22. Rab1 Bd8 23. d4 exd4 24. cxd4 c3 25. Bg5 d5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6
27. Rbc1 Rc4 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Rxc3 Rxd4 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Rc6
Ra5 32. Re4 Rd8 33. g4 h6 34. Kg2 Rd3 35. Rexe6 Rxa4 36. Rxa6
Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Rb3 38. Ra4 Rb2 39. h4 Rb5 40. Rc4 Ra5 41. h5
Ra2 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44. Rc4 Rb2 45. Ne1 Bh4 46. Nd3
Rd2 47. Rd4 Ra2 48. Kf3 Rc2 49. Ra4 Bg5 50. Ra6+ Ke7 51. Ke4
Rc4+ 52. Kf5 Rd4 53. Ra3 Bf6 54. f4 Rd7 55. Ne5 Rc7 56. Ra8
Bxe5 57. fxe5 Kf7 58. Ra5 Ke7 59. Ra6 Kf7 60. Rd6 Ke7 61. Rd5
Rc6 62. Rb5 Rc7 63. e6 Kd6 64. Re5 Ke7 65. Kg6 Rc4 66. Kxg7
Rxg4+ 67. Kxh6 Rh4 68. Kg5 Rh1 69. h6 Rg1+ 70. Kf5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Kiril Dimitrov Georgiev"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 Bb7 10. d5 d6 11. O-O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Be4
Kc7 17. Nd2 exd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. f3 Qg6 20. e4 h5 21. Nf1 g4
22. f4 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nc4 24. Qa4 Na5 25. Ne3 h4 26. Rxh4 Rxh4
27. gxh4 Qf6 28. e5 dxe5 29. d6+ Kc8 30. d7+ Kb8 31. Nxg4 Qe6
32. fxe5 Nc4 33. Nf6 Nxe5 34. Qf4 Kb7 35. h5 c4 36. Kc2 Nxd7
37. Rd6 Qe7 38. Qd4 Nxf6 39. Rxd8 Qe2+ 40. Kb1 Qf1+ 41. Qd1
Qxg2 42. Rd6 Qf2 43. h6 Kc7 44. Qd4 Qf5+ 45. Kb2 Qb5+ 46. Ka1
Qg5 47. Qd2 Qf5 48. Rd4 Kb7 49. Qg2+ Ka6 50. Qe2 b5 51. Rd6+
Ka5 52. Qe3 Qf1+ 53. Kb2 Qg2+ 54. Ka3 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anton Korobov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "191"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 O-O 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc4
Nxc4 13. Bxc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qe8 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Qa2 h6 17. Re1
Bc6 18. h3 Kh8 19. Be3 Nh7 20. Bxa6 f5 21. Qc4 Bd8 22. exf5
Rxf5 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. d4 e4
27. Nd2 d5 28. c4 Rb8 29. Rec1 c6 30. Ra6 Rf6 31. f3 exf3
32. Nxf3 dxc4 33. Rxc4 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rb6 35. Rxb6 Bxb6 36. Ke2
Re6 37. Ne5 Nf6 38. Rxc6 Rxc6 39. Nxc6 Kg8 40. Ne7+ Kf7
41. Nf5 h5 42. Kd3 g6 43. Nh4 Nd5 44. Bg5 Ba7 45. Bd2 Kf6
46. Ke4 Nc7 47. d5 Nb5 48. Bb4 Bb8 49. Nf3 Nd6+ 50. Bxd6 Bxd6
51. g4 hxg4 52. hxg4 Ke7 53. Kd3 Bf4 54. Kc4 Be3 55. Kd3 Bf4
56. Kd4 Bg3 57. Nd2 Bf2+ 58. Kc4 Be3 59. Ne4 Kd7 60. Kd3 Bf4
61. Kd4 Bh2 62. Ng5 Ke7 63. Ne6 Bd6 64. Nc5 Bh2 65. Ne4 Bg1+
66. Kc4 Kd7 67. Kd3 Bh2 68. Kd4 Bf4 69. Nf2 Bh2 70. Nd3 Kd6
71. Ke4 g5 72. Ne1 Bg3 73. Nf3 Bf4 74. Nd4 Bc1 75. Nf5+ Kd7
76. Kd3 Bf4 77. Kc4 Bc1 78. Kd3 Bf4 79. Kd4 Bh2 80. Kc4 Bb8
81. Nd4 Bf4 82. Ne6 Bc1 83. Kd4 Kd6 84. Ke4 Bd2 85. Nd4 Bc1
86. Nf5+ Kd7 87. Ne3 Ke7 88. Nc4 Bf4 89. Kf5 Kd7 90. d6 Bh2
91. Kxg5 Ke6 92. Kh5 Bf4 93. g5 Kf5 94. g6 Ke6 95. g7 Kf7
96. d7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7
12. c4 g6 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Qa5 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. Kb1 Nfd7
17. Qd2 Rh8 18. Rc1 Na4 19. Be2 a5 20. Na1 Kf8 21. Nc2 Kg7
22. Na3 Nf6 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. Rhe1 Nc5 25. Bd1 Nfd7 26. b3 Qf6
27. Bc2 h4 28. Rf1 b6 29. Rce1 Rae8 30. a3 Re7 31. Qc3 Ree8
32. Kb2 Nb7 33. b4 Qf4 34. Rh1 Nf6 35. Bb3 Rh5 36. Re2 Rg5
37. Bc2 Rc8 38. Be4 Nh5 39. Rc2 Nf6 40. Qe1 Nd7 41. Qf2 Kg8
42. Bd3 Rh5 43. Qe2 Kg7 44. Kb1 Rhh8 45. Qf2 Ra8 46. Nc3 axb4
47. axb4 Ra3 48. Kb2 Rha8 49. Rd2 Nbc5 50. bxc5 Nxc5 51. Be4
Rb3+ 52. Kc2 Raa3 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Bc2 Nb6 10. Re1 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5
12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Bf6 16. Qb3+
Kh8 17. Nf3 a5 18. a4 Qd7 19. Bd2 Qf7 20. Qxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxa5
Nd5 22. Bd2 h6 23. Ra3 Kg8 24. h3 Rff8 25. b4 Kf7 26. b5 Rfe8
27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Kf1 Kd7 29. Ke2 c6 30. bxc6+ bxc6 31. a5 c5
32. Kd3 Kc6 33. Rb3 Nb4+ 34. Bxb4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxa5 36. Rb3
Kd5 37. g4 g5 38. Ke3 Bg7 39. Kd3 Bf6 40. Ke3 Bg7 41. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+
12. Bxf3 c6 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rab1 Nd5 15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc3
17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. Rb4 Rae8 19. Rfb1 Bc8 20. R1b2 Kh8 21. Qc1
Qf7 22. e3 g5 23. Qc3 Qg7 24. Bg2 f4 25. exf4 exf4 26. Qxg7+
Kxg7 27. Be4 Re5 28. Rc2 f3 29. Kf1 Rd8 30. Bxf3 Rxd3 31. Bg4
a5 32. Ra4 Bxg4 33. Rxg4 Rxa3 34. Rb2 Kf6 35. Rxb7 Ra2 36. h4
gxh4 37. Rxh4 Rf5 38. Rf4 Rxf4 39. gxf4 Rc2 40. Rxh7 Rxc5
41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Nge2 Nf6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne4
12. Ngxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qb3 b5 15. Rc1 O-O 16. g3 Nf6
17. a4 a6 18. Na2 Rfc8 19. O-O Bf5 20. Nb4 Be6 21. Qa3 Qd7
22. axb5 axb5 23. Qc3 Bc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Kg2 Rcb8 26. Ra1
Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nd5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Qd2 Qg4 30. Re1 Qf3+
31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Qe2 Kg6 0-1

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "5.14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Markus Ragger"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Bxe6
fxe6 13. c3 Qe8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Qg6 16. b3 Rf7 17. Kh1
Rff8 18. Ra2 Nd7 19. Rc2 c6 20. Qe2 d5 21. Bb2 Bd6 22. g3 Ra7
23. Kg2 Bf4 24. Bc1 Bh6 25. Qd3 Raa8 26. Re2 Bxd2 27. Bxd2
dxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rab8 30. Bf4 Rb7 31. Rxe6 Nxb3
32. Rexc6 Nb6 33. Rb2 Na5 34. Rc7 Nd5 35. Rc5 Rxf4 36. gxf4
Nxf4+ 37. Kg3 Nd3 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rd2 b3 40. Rxd3 b2 41. Nd2
1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "6.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yannick Pelletier"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bg6
7. O-O e6 8. Bxg6 hxg6 9. Qd3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qe2 c5
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Qb8 15. h3 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Rc8
17. Rac1 Be7 18. Nb1 O-O 19. Nbd2 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qd5 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Bb2 Bf6 25. Bd4 a5 26. Bb6
Ra8 27. Nd4 b4 28. Qb5 Nc3 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. Bc5 a4 31. bxa4
Rxa4 32. Nc6 Bc3 33. Rb1 f5 34. Ne7+ Nxe7 35. Bxe7 Kf7 36. Bc5
g5 37. Rb3 Rxa2 38. Bxb4 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Bxb4 40. Rxb4 Kf6 41. g3
Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "7.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hedinn Steingrimsson"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6
7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Rg1 g5
12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Qxb3 14. axb3 O-O-O 15. Kc2 Nf8 16. Ra1
Kb8 17. f3 Ng6 18. c5 Rd7 19. b4 a6 20. Rh1 Rc8 21. Bd3 Bd8
22. Ra3 Nh4 23. Rf1 Ne8 24. Be1 Ng2 25. Bf2 Re7 26. Rg1 Nh4
27. f4 f6 28. Bg3 Bc7 29. Bxh4 gxh4 30. Rga1 Bd8 31. Bxa6 bxa6
32. Rxa6 Rb7 33. b5 cxb5 34. c6 Nc7 35. cxb7 Kxb7 36. Rd6 b4
37. Na4 Nb5+ 38. Nc5+ Rxc5+ 39. dxc5 Nxd6 40. cxd6 Bb6 41. Kd3
Kc6 42. Ra6 Kb7 43. Ra4 Bc5 44. d7 Kc7 45. Ra5 1-0

[Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "8.11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nils Grandelius"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 c6
7. e3 Nbd7 8. a3 Be7 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. O-O Ne4
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rab1 Nd6 15. Nd2 f4 16. Bd3 dxc4
17. Nxc4 f3 18. gxf3 Rxf3 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Be2
Rh3 22. Ng3 Qh4 23. Bc4 Nb6 24. Nf5 Qg4+ 25. Ng3 Bd7 26. f3
Rxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh4+
31. Kg1 Qg5+ 32. Kf2 Rf8 33. Ke2 Qf6 34. Rf2 Be8 35. Qb3 Nxc4
36. Qxc4 Bh5 37. Rbf1 Qg6 38. Kd2 Rf5 39. e4 Rb5 40. Kc1 Kh8
41. Rd2 Qf6 42. Rd3 Qg5+ 43. Rd2 Qf4 44. Rf2 Rg5 45. Qb3 a4
46. Qxb7 Bxf3 47. Qc8+ Kh7 48. Rxf3 Qxf3 49. Qxe6 c5 50. dxc5
Qf1+ 51. Rd1 Rxc5+ 52. Kd2 Qf2+ 53. Kd3 Qc2+ 54. Kd4 Rg5 0-1

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 c5
7. dxc5 Na6 8. Nb3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ne4 11. Ke2
Naxc5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rd1+ Ke8
16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Bb4 f5 19. Ne1 a5 20. Bxa5 Ra8
21. Rd5 b6 22. Bb4 Rxa2 23. Nd3 Kf7 24. Rc1 Rha8 25. Rc2 Nf6
26. Ne5+ Ke8 27. Rb5 R2a7 28. Ba3 Ra5 29. Rc7 Rxb5 30. Rxe7+
Kd8 31. Nf7+ Kc8 32. Nd6+ Kd8 33. Rxg7 Rd5 34. Nb7+ Kc8
35. Nd6+ Kd8 36. Nb7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4
Bd6 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Bxe5 10.Qe4 Qe7 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bb5+
Kf8 13.Qxd5 g6 14.Bd2 Kg7 15.Qxe5+ Qxe5 16.Bc3 Qxc3+ 17.bxc3
Be6 18.Ke2 Rac8 19.Rhc1 Rc5 20.a4 Rhc8 21.Ra3 a6 22.Bd3 b5
23.axb5 axb5 24.Rb1 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.Rxb5 Bc4 27.Bxc4 Rxc4
28.Kf3 h5 29.h3 Rc2 30.Rb1 Kf6 31.Re1 g5 32.Ra1 Kg6 33.Ra6+ f6
34.Ra4 h4 35.g3 hxg3 36.Kxg3 Rb2 37.e4 Rb1 38.f3 Rg1+ 39.Kf2
Rh1 40.Kg2 Rb1 41.Ra6 Kf7 42.Ra5 Kg6 43.Ra6 Kf7 44.Ra2 Ke6
45.Kg3 Rg1+ 46.Rg2 Rxg2+ 47.Kxg2 Ke5 48.Kf2 Kf4 49.Kg2 Ke5
50.Kg3 f5 51.exf5 Kxf5 52.h4 gxh4+ 53.Kxh4 Kf4 54.Kh3 Kxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. h3
Bb7 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bc4 a5 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Nf3
Nc5 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Qh5 Qe7 21. Bb5 c6 22. Bc4
Ba6 23. Bd6 Qxd6 24. Bxf7+ Kf8 25. e5 Qd7 26. e6 Nxe6 27. Bxe8
Rxe8 28. Qxh7 Qd5 29. f4 d3 30. f5 d2 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh5+
Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh5+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.17"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Rc1 Re8 11.a3 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5
13.Qa4 a6 14.Rc3 Bf6 15.Rc5 Ne7 16.Rfc1 c6 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5
Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nf5 20.Qg4 Nd6 21.e3 Qf6 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Rad8
24.R1c3 Re6 25.b4 g6 26.a4 Rd4 27.exd4 exd4 28.Qxe6 Qxe6
29.R3c4 Qd6 30.a5 h5 31.h4 Kg7 32.Kg1 Kf8 33.Rc1 Qe6 34.R5c4
Qe5 35.Kf1 Qd5 36.Re1 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 Qd5 38.Kf1 Qh1+ 39.Ke2 Qd5
40.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.18"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2
d5 8.d4 dxe4 9.dxe5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 exf3 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Be4 Bd7
13.a4 O-O-O 14.axb5 Ne5 15.Bf4 Bxb5 16.Na3 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Be2
18.Rd5 Rg8 19.g3 Bxa3 20.bxa3 Ng6 21.Be3 Re8 22.Bf5+ Kb7
23.Rd4 Re5 24.g4 a5 25.h3 h5 26.Be4+ Ka6 27.gxh5 Rxh5 28.Rd8
Ne5 29.a4 c6 30.Rb8 Nc4 31.Bd4 c5 32.Bxf6 Nb6 33.Bd8 Nd5
34.Ra8+ Kb7 35.Rxa5 Re5 36.Rxc5 Rxe4 37.Rxd5 Rxa4 38.Rf5 Kc8
39.Bg5 Rc4 40.Bd2 Rc7 41.h4 Kd8 42.Bg5+ Ke8 43.Rd5 f5 44.h5
Rc4 45.Rd4 Rxc3 46.h6 Rc8 47.h7 Kf7 48.Bd8 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.19"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Nh5 8. Be5 c6 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4 f5 11. Bh2 b6 12. b4 f4
13. O-O a5 14. b5 bxc5 15. bxc6 Nb8 16. Bb5 Ba6 17. a4 Qc8
18. dxc5 Nxc6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Qxc6 Qxc6
22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Bxc5 25. Rxa5 fxe3
26. fxe3 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rc2 28. Rb1 Rfc8 29. Raa1 Bb6 30. Be5+
Kg8 31. Ra6 Be3 32. b6 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Rb1 35. g4
Bf4+ 36. Kg2 Bxe5 37. Nxe5 Nf4+ 38. Kf3 Ne6 39. b7 Rb3+
40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.21"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2
Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3 c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb3 a5
12. a4 b6 13. c6 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Nc5 15. Nbd4 Ne4 16. Bb5 g5
17. h3 h5 18. Kc1 Bc5 19. Kb1 Re8 20. Ka2 Ra7 21. Rad1 Kf8
22. Rhf1 Kg7 23. Ka1 Bf8 24. Ne2 Rd8 25. h4 g4 26. Nf4 Kg8
27. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.g4
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.f4 Na5
13.b3 Qc7 14.Nde2 b5 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Rfe8 17.Rhf1 e6
18.Rf2 Nc4 19.bxc4 bxc4 20.Bd4 c3 21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.Nxc3 Bxd4
23.Rxd4 Rxc3 24.dxe6 Rxe6 25.Rfd2 Rg3 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6
Bxg4 28.hxg4 Rxg2 29.g5 Rf2 30.Rd4 f6 31.a4 fxg5 32.fxg5 Rf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[EventDate "2014.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4
Nfd7 8.Bg2 Be7 9.Be3 Nc6 10.h4 Nde5 11.g5 Bd7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6
13.b3 f5 14.f4 Ng4 15.Qe2 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 fxe4 17.O-O-O d5
18.Nxe4 Ba3+ 19.Kb1 Qe7 20.Nf2 Bc5 21.Qg3 Bxf2 22.Qxf2 O-O
23.Qd4 Rf5 24.Rde1 Raf8 25.Rhf1 Qd6 26.Re5 Rxe5 27.fxe5 Rxf1+
28.Bxf1 Qe7 29.a4 Be8 30.Kb2 Bg6 31.Bh3 h6 32.gxh6 gxh6 33.Qg4
Kf7 34.h5 Be4 35.a5 Bh7 36.c3 Be4 37.c4 Bf5 38.Qf4 dxc4
39.Bxf5 exf5 40.Qxf5+ Ke8 41.Qc8+ Kf7 42.Qxc4+ Kg7 43.Qd5 Kf8
44.Kc3 Ke8 45.b4 Qc7+ 46.Kd4 Qe7 47.Qg8+ Kd7 48.Kd5 Kc7 49.Qg6
Qh4 50.Qd6+ Kc8 51.Kc5 Qf2+ 52.Qd4 Qf7 53.Qc4 Qg7 54.Kb6+ Kb8
55.Qc5 Qf7 56.Qd6+ Kc8 57.e6 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Rfd1 a5 11. a3 Be7 12. e4
dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd7 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Qc2 Qb6
17. Rd3 c5 18. d5 Bf6 19. Rad1 exd5 20. Rxd5 Nf8 21. R1d2 Ne6
22. Rd6 Qc7 23. Bg3 Nd4 24. Qd1 Qe7 25. h3 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. a4 h5 29. b3 h4 30. Bf4 g5 31. Re2 Qc5
32. Bd2 Qf5 33. Re1 b6 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 Kg7 36. Kf1 Kg6
37. Re4 Kf5 38. Ke2 d3+ 39. Kd1 Bd4 40. Rg4 f6 41. f4 gxf4
42. Rxf4+ Ke5 43. f3 Bf2 44. Rg4 Kf5 45. Rf4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.26"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6
12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. g4 Rc8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Ne4 Rc7
17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qa8 19. Ne1 Nc5 20. Qh1 Rfc8 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. exd3 f6 25. gxf6 Bxf6
26. a4 h5 27. b4 Kf7 28. Kg2 Ke6 29. Kf3 Rf8 30. Ke2 Kf5
31. f3 g5 32. Rh1 Kg6 33. Rc2 e5 34. b5 Ra8 35. a5 bxa5 36. b6
Bd8 37. Rb1 Rab8 38. Ra2 Bxb6 39. Rab2 Bxe3 40. Rxb7 Rxb7
41. Rxb7 Bc5 42. Rb8 a4 43. Kd1 h4 44. Rg8+ Kf6 45. g4 Bf2
46. Rh8 Kg7 47. Rh5 Kg6 48. Kc2 Bd4 49. Kb1 a3 50. Ka2 Bb2
51. Kb3 Bc1 52. Ka2 Bb2 53. Kb3 a5 54. Ka2 a4 55. Kb1 Bd4
56. Ka2 Bb2 57. Kb1 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Nf6 11. Nd2 c5 12. f3
Bb7 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Qc1 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3 h6
18. c3 a5 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. b3 Bg5 22. Bf2 Nf8
23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Bb6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qb8 26. Bf2 Qc7 27. Rd5
Rc8 28. h4 Be7 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Bb6 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qb8 32. Qxa5
Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Qd6 34. Bf2 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "13.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4
12. exd4 exd5 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Rc1 a6 16. Ba4 Rd6
17. Qb3 b6 18. Ne2 b5 19. Qa3 Bf8 20. Bc2 Nc6 21. Qg3 Rc8
22. h4 Ne7 23. h5 g5 24. f4 Qg7 25. Rf1 f6 26. Ng4 Rdc6
27. Ne3 f5 28. fxg5 Qxg5 29. Qxg5+ hxg5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Rxc6
Rxc6 32. Nxf5 Rc2 33. Neg3 Rxb2 34. Re1 Bd7 35. Ne7+ Kf7
36. Nxd5 Bc6 37. Rf1+ Ke6 38. Ne3 Bg7 39. Ngf5 Bh8 40. h6 Be4
41. d5+ Kd7 42. Ng3 Bd3 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Rf3 Rxa2 45. Nef5 Rd2
46. Ng7+ Ke7 47. d6+ Kxd6 48. Rf8 b4 49. Rxh8 b3 50. N7f5+
Bxf5 51. Nxf5+ Kc7 52. h7 b2 53. Rc8+ Kxc8 54. h8=Q+ Kd7
55. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Chess Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "14.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d5
12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Re1 Bc7 16. Nc2 Bg4
17. Qd2 d4 18. h3 Bf5 19. Ba4 Bd7 20. Bxd7 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd7
22. d4 Rc8 23. Qb3 Ba5 24. Re2 exd4 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Nxd4
Nc5 27. Qf3 Qe4 28. Nf5 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rd8 30. Nxh6+ Kg7
31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Nd6 Bb6 33. Nc4 Ne6 34. Re1 Bd4 35. b3 Rd5
36. Kf1 Bc5 37. Re2 a6 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 f5 40. Bb8 f4
41. Ne4 Be7 42. Ba7 Kh5 43. Bb6 Kh4 44. Kg2 Bd8 45. Bc5 Kh5
46. Bd6 Kh4 47. Bb4 Kh5 48. Ba3 Kg6 49. Kf1 Kh5 50. Bb4 Kg6
51. Nd2 Kh5 52. Nc4 Bc7 53. Be7 Kh4 54. Kg2 Bd8 55. Bb4 Bc7
56. Nd2 Kh5 57. Ne4 Bd8 58. Kf1 Kg6 59. Bd6 Kh5 60. Ba3 Kg6
61. Bb2 Be7 62. a4 Kh5 63. Be5 Kh4 64. Kg2 Nc5 65. Nxc5 Bxc5
66. Bf6 Bd6 67. Kf1 Kxh3 68. Bxg5 Kh2 69. Ke2 Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. c3 O-O
7. O-O a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Na3 Ne7 10. Nc2 Ng6 11. h3 Re8 12. Be3
c6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Ne3 d5 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rad1 Ra8 17. Ng5
d4 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Nf5 c5 20. h4 Nf8 21. Bh3 Rc6 22. f4 exf4
23. gxf4 Nh5 24. Rf1 Ng6 25. Qh2 Nxh4 26. Nxh4 Qxh4 27. Bf5
Qg3+ 28. Qg2 Rd8 29. Rf3 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 g6 31. Bg4 Nf6 32. Bh3
dxc3 33. bxc3 Nxe4 34. Rc1 Nf6 35. Re3 Rcd6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. O-O Ng4 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. f4 Nc6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3
a6 13. Qd2 e5 14. f5 Nd4 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5
gxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Qg5+ Kf7 21. Nxd4 cxd4
22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Qxe8+ Kxe8 24. Bxe4 Bd7 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Rxd4
b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. g4 h6 29. Re1 Kd8 30. Bd3 Rc5 31. Kf2 Bc6
32. Kg3 Kd7 33. Kf4 Rf8 34. h4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nf6 4. Nxf6+ exf6 5. d4 Bd6
6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 f5 9. Qc2 Qf6 10. Bd2 h6 11. O-O-O
a5 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. f3 a4 14. Kb1 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rhe1 Rd8
17. Bf4 Be6 18. Be5 Qg6 19. Ne2 Nd5 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb4
22. cxb4 Rxd4 23. g4 Rad8 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxf5+ 28. Ka1 Qe5 29. a3 b5 30. h4 g5
31. h5 Kg7 32. Qd3 Kf6 33. Qh7 Qe1+ 34. Ka2 Qe6+ 35. Ka1 Ke7
36. Qd3 Qe1+ 37. Ka2 Qe6+ 38. Ka1 f5 39. Qxb5 g4 40. fxg4 fxg4
41. Qb7+ Kf6 42. b5 Qe1+ 43. Ka2 Qe6+ 44. Ka1 Qe1+ 45. Ka2
Qe6+ 46. Ka1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. dxc5
Nxe4 7. cxd6 Nxd6 8. Bf4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. Rd1 Nf5
12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. g5 O-O 15. Qg4 e5 16. Qxh4 exf4
17. Nc3 Qf5 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Qxf4 Qxc2 20. b4 Rae8 21. b5 Ne5
22. Re1 Ng6 23. Qf3 Qd2 24. Ne3 Ne5 25. Qxb7 Nd3 26. Rf1 Re5
27. h4 Nxf2 28. Nc4 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Qe2 31. Nxe5
Ng4+ 32. Kg3 Nxe5 33. Rae1 Qg4+ 34. Kh2 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+
36. Kh1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Rb1 exd4 11. cxd4
Nb4 12. Rb2 Nd5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 b6 15. c4 Nf4 16. Bxf4
Bxf4 17. Rbe2 Qf6 18. g3 Bd6 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Re4 g6 21. R1e3
c6 22. a4 Rd7 23. Qe2 Kg7 24. a5 Rfd8 25. axb6 axb6 26. h4 h6
27. Nh2 Qf5 28. Rf3 Qa5 29. Nf1 Bf8 30. Qb2 Kg8 31. Ref4 Bg7
32. Ra3 Qe1 33. Rd3 Qa5 34. Ra3 Qe1 35. Ne3 Bxd4 36. Qc2 Qb4
37. Rd3 Qc5 38. Ng4 h5 39. Nh2 b5 40. Nf3 Bg7 41. Rxd7 Rxd7
42. Qe2 Re7 43. Qd3 bxc4 44. Rxc4 Qd5 45. Qxd5 cxd5 46. Rc8+
Bf8 47. Rd8 Kg7 48. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O
7. O-O a6 8. Re1 Re8 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Kh2 Bxf2
12. Rf1 Ba7 13. Nh4 Nh7 14. Nf5 Ne7 15. Qg4 Ng6 16. Nc4 Nf6
17. Qe2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxh6+ Kf8 21. Bg5
e4 22. Bxf6 exd3 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Re2+ 25. Kh1 gxf6
26. Rxd3 b5 27. Rd7 bxc4 28. Rxf7+ Ke8 29. Rxf6 Ne5 30. Raf1
Rd8 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6
7. Nc3 Qh5 8. d3 exd3 9. Qxd3 Na6 10. Bg2 Bh3 11. Bf3 Qg6
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxa6 Rd8 14. Ne3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. f3
Qe6 17. Qc4 Qg6 18. Bd2 Be7 19. O-O-O O-O 20. Bc3 Be6 21. Qa4
Bc5 22. Nc2 Qh6+ 23. Qf4 Qg6 24. b3 Rde8 25. h4 h5 26. Kb2 f6
27. Rd2 Be7 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. e4 Qf7 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 g6
32. Qa5 Bd8 33. Qa4 Bc7 34. Qxc6 Bxg3 35. Rd7 Re7 36. Rxe7
Qxe7 37. Rg1 Be5 38. Rxg6+ Kh7 39. Rg2 Rd8 40. Qc4 a5 41. a4
Qe8 42. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 43. Ka2 Qe7 44. Qb5 Kh6 45. Qxa5 Rd3
46. Qa8 Rd8 47. Qc6 Qe5 48. Qb7 f5 49. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Re8 16. Bg5
Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 h6 18. Be3 Bg6 19. c3 Bc2 20. Ra3 Rb8 21. Nfd4
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxb2 24. Kh2 Be4 25. Rxa7 Bxg2
26. Kxg2 Ne4 27. Qa1 Rb8 28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. Rxa5 Rc8 30. Rxd5
Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. e4 Bh7
7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe2 Ne7 9. Nh4 g5 10. Nhf3 Nd7 11. b4 Qc7
12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. c4 g4 14. Ne1 h5 15. Nc2 Be5 16. d4 Bg7
17. Nb3 e5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 Nb6 20. cxd5 Nexd5 21. Bb2
exd4 22. Nxd4 Rhe8 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qg5 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Nxb2
26. Qxg7 Nc4 27. Nb5 Qe5 28. Qxf7 Re7 29. Qg6 a6 30. Nxa6 bxa6
31. Qxa6+ Kb8 32. Rd1 Qe2 33. Nc3 Qe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35. Bf1
Nxc3 36. Qxc4 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Qc5 Nf3 39. Qb5+ Kc7
40. Qa5+ Kd7 41. Qxh5 Rf8 42. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.b3 c5 6.Bb2 cxd4 7.exd4 g6
8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Ndf3 dxc4
13.bxc4 Qc7 14.a4 Rfd8 15.Qb3 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Nd7
18.f4 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Rd7 20.Be2 Qd8 21.a5 Rc8 22.d5 exd5 23.Bg4
d4 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Rxd4 Qe7 26.Re1 Re8 27.Rf4 Qc5+ 28.Bd4 Qxa5
29.Qc3 Qxc3 30.Bxc3 Bh6 31.Rf2 b5 32.Rf6 Bd7 33.Rxa6 bxc4
34.Rea1 Be6 35.Kf2 Bf8 36.Ra8 Bc5+ 37.Ke2 Rxa8 38.Rxa8+ Kg7
39.Ra5 Bb6 40.Ra6 Bg1 41.h3 g5 42.g4 Bh2 43.Ra8 h6 44.Rd8 Kg6
45.Kf3 Bf4 46.h4 h5 47.hxg5 Bc1 48.gxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1
Nf6 8.h3 e5 9.Nb3 Be6 10.Be3 Be7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nc6 13.Qe2
Nd7 14.O-O-O Nce5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.Rxd5 O-O 17.Kb1 Qc7 18.Rd1
Nb6 19.h4 Nec4 20.Rh3 Bf6 21.c3 Rfe8 22.Nd4 Qc5 23.Nf5 d5
24.e5 Bxe5 25.Qg4 g6 26.h5 Qf2 27.Nh6+ Kg7 28.Bc1 f5 29.Qf3
Qxf3 30.Rxf3 Rad8 31.g4 d4 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Rfd3 Nd5 34.cxd4
Bf4 35.Bxf4 Nxf4 36.Rf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. a4 Nc6 8. f4 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qg4 g6 11. O-O-O Bc5 12. Qg3
Qb6 13. Qf2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Nb8 16. h4 Bd7 17. Rd2
Qa5 18. h5 Rf8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh3 Nc6 21. b3 O-O-O 22. Ne2
f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Rf3 Rdf8 25. Nd4 Qc7 26. Nxc6 Bxc6
27. Rd4 e5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Be2 g5 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rf4
32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33. Rg3 d4 34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Kd7 36. Kd2 Kd6
37. Kd3 a5 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. Rxg5 Rxf3 40. Rc5+ Kb6 41. Rb5+ Kc6
42. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. e3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc5
12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be2 Qa3 14. O-O Qxa2 15. c4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Be7 Re8 18. Bd6 Nf6 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. c5 a5 21. Rb1 Qa2
22. Bb5 Rd8 23. Qc1 Qe6 24. Bc7 Rf8 25. Bd6 Rd8 26. Bc7 Rf8
27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4
12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. h4 Na5 15. Nc1 Nc4 16. Rh3 a5
17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rhd3 h5 19. g3 Be7 20. Qe2 Bc8 21. R3d2 Ba6
22. Qf3 a4 23. Nce2 Bb7 24. Qd3 Rc5 25. c4 Kf8 26. b3 Rg8
27. bxa4 Qa6 28. Nb5 Kg7 29. Ned4 Qxa4 30. f5 Re5 31. Re1 Kh8
32. Nf3 exf5 33. Nxe5 fxe5 34. Nxd6 b3 35. Nxb7 bxa2+ 36. Ka1
Qb4 37. Qe3 f4 38. gxf4 Bxh4 39. Rh1 Qxb7 40. fxe5 Rg4
41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qxh5 Qxe4 43. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.cxd5 Rd8 11.e3 Rxd5 12.Qb3 Rxd4
13.exd4 Nc6 14.Bb5 Qf4 15.O-O Nxd4 16.Qd1 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 e5
18.Bc4 Bd7 19.Qc1 Qf6 20.Qe3 Bc6 21.Bd3 Re8 22.Be4 Bb5 23.Re1
Qa6 24.Rc7 Qxa2 25.Rxb7 a6 26.b3 Rd8 27.Bd5 Ne2+ 28.Kh1 Nf4
29.Bxf7+ Kh8 30.Qb6 Qd2 31.Rg1 Kh7 32.h3 Rd6 33.Qc7 Bd7 34.Qb8
h5 35.Qg8+ Kh6 36.Qh8+ Kg5 37.Qxg7+ Kf5 38.Bxh5 Nxh5 39.Qg4+
Kf6 40.Qxh5 Qxf2 41.Qh6+ Ke7 42.Qg7+ Ke6 43.Qg4+ Ke7 44.Rd1
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "132"]

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 Qa5 11. b3 Bb7
12. a3 Qc7 13. axb4 d5 14. b5 e5 15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. Nb5 Bxb5
17. Bxb5 d4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 Ra5 20. Qd3 Ba3+ 21. Kb1
Ke7 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nc3 Ne5 24. Nd5+ Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rc8
26. c4 Bc5 27. f4 Ng6 28. g3 Ke8 29. Rd3 Ne7 30. Qe5 Qxe5
31. fxe5 Nc6 32. Rhd1 Nxe5 33. Rd5 f6 34. Kb2 Ke7 35. Kc3 Bf2
36. Ra1 Rc7 37. Ra2 Be1+ 38. Kb2 Nc6 39. Ra1 Bb4 40. Ra8 Bd6
41. Ra6 Be5+ 42. Ka3 Nb8 43. Raa5 Nc6 44. Ra4 Nd4 45. Rda5
Bd6+ 46. Kb2 Be5 47. Ka3 Nc2+ 48. Ka2 Bd4 49. Rd5 Bc3 50. Kb1
Nb4 51. Rb5 Nc6 52. Rc5 Bd4 53. Rd5 Bg1 54. b4 Ne5 55. c5 Rb7
56. Kc2 Bxh2 57. b5 Rxb5 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. Rxg7 Bg1 60. Rc7 Rb4
61. c6 Bb6 62. Rxh7 Rxe4 63. Rh4 Rxh4 64. gxh4 Nxc6 65. Rd6
Nb4+ 66. Kb3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. e3 a6 9. b3 Ba7 10. Bb2 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Nh4
f5 13. f4 e4 14. g4 Nxd5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Qe7 17. Kh1
Nf6 18. d3 c6 19. dxe4 Nxe4 20. Qc2 Rae8 21. Rg1 Nf6 22. Rae1
Qf7 23. e4 d5 24. Bxf6 Bxg1 25. Be5 Ba7 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Qd3
Rd8 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. Bh3 Re7 30. Qg3 Kh8 31. Rc2 Bb8 32. Bg4 d4
33. Kg1 d3 34. Rd2 Qd5 35. Rxd3 Ba7+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+
38. Kd1 Bb8 39. Qf3 Qxf3+ 40. Bxf3 Bxe5 41. fxe5 Rxe5 42. Bxb7
Rexf5 43. a4 a5 44. h3 Rf2 45. Ba6 g5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.13"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. a4 g6 12. Nf1
Bg7 13. Ne3 Qc8 14. a5 a6 15. Bc4 Nd8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Qb3 Bb5
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qd7 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4
Qb5 23. Rac1 Bg7 24. h4 c5 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. dxc5 Rac8
27. Qxb5 axb5 28. Nd5 Ra8 29. e5 Rxa5 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. exf6
Raa8 32. Rb1 Nxc5 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Rxb5 Nd7 35. Rxb7 Nxf6
36. Rb2 h5 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Kxe2 Kf8 40. Kf1 Ke7
41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "3.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O
7. Nf3 d6 8. Be2 h6 9. h3 g5 10. Bh2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 b6 12. Rd1
Kh8 13. b4 Bb7 14. d5 e5 15. Nd2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. O-O Rc8
18. Qxf5 Ne4 19. Qxf8+ Bxf8 20. Ndxe4 Qc7 21. Rd2 Kg7 22. Rfd1
Nf6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Qe7 25. Bg3 Be8 26. Rxf6 Qxf6
27. Ne4 Qg6 28. Nd6 Ba4 29. Rd5 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Rf8 31. c5 Bb3
32. Rxe5 Qc2 33. Bf3 Rxf3 34. gxf3 bxc5 35. bxc5 Ba4 36. Nf5+
Kg6 37. c6 h5 38. Nd4 Qc4 39. h4 gxh4 40. Bxh4 a5 41. Re6+ Kf7
42. Re7+ Kg6 43. c7 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "4.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Constantin Lupulescu"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Qd2 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 b6
12. h4 Qc7 13. Kb1 f6 14. Qg3 f5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bb7
17. Qf3 Rf7 18. g4 fxg4 19. Qxg4 Raf8 20. Rg1 b5 21. Ne2 Bc8
22. h5 b4 23. Bh3 Ne4 24. Qg2 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qg3 a5
27. Qe3 Ne4 28. Bg2 Nc5 29. Rd4 Na4 30. Nc1 Qb6 31. Re1 Nc5
32. b3 Nb7 33. Ne2 Nd8 34. Bh3 Nc6 35. Rd3 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Re7
37. Rd1 Bd7 38. c4 bxc3 39. Rxc3 Rb8 40. a3 Rb6 41. Kb2 Kf8
42. Rc5 Be8 43. Bg4 Reb7 44. Rd3 Ke7 45. Rdc3 Bd7 46. Rg3 Kf8
47. Bh3 Ra7 48. Rgc3 Ke7 49. f5 Nxe5 50. fxe6 Bxe6 51. Bxe6
Kxe6 52. Nf4+ Kf7 53. Rxd5 Nd7 54. a4 Nf6 55. Rdc5 Rbb7
56. Ka3 Rd7 57. Rb5 Rd4 58. Rf3 Ke7 59. Re3+ Kd6 60. Rf5 h6
61. Re6+ Kd7 62. Ree5 Kd6 63. Rb5 Kc6 64. Ne6 Rd5 65. Rbxd5
Nxd5 66. Nd4+ Kc5 67. Nb5 Rd7 68. Nc3 Kd4 69. Rxd5+ Rxd5
70. Nxd5 Kxd5 71. b4 Kd4 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7
7. Qd3 Nb6 8. c5 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. b4 b6 11. Bf4 a5 12. a3
Ba6 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Nhf6 17. Rfe1
Bc4 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Be3 Nhf6 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Nhf6 22. h3
h6 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. f4 bxc5 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 d4 27. Bf2
dxc3 28. Qxc3 Nd5 29. Qc2 Bf6 30. e4 Bxa1 31. exd5 Qf6 32. d6
Qc3 33. Qd1 Bb2 34. Bxc6 Rad8 35. Nb1 Qf6 36. Qd2 Rb8 37. Be4
e5 38. Nc3 Qe6 39. Nd5 Qxh3 40. Bg2 Qh5 41. d7 exf4 42. Qxf4
Bxa3 43. Qxb8 Rxb8 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Rxb8 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qh5+
47. Bh3 Qf3 48. d8=Q Qxf2+ 49. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxb6 cxb6 11. O-O O-O
12. e3 Rc8 13. Nb5 Bf6 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nd2 Re7 16. Ne4 Rd7
17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 g6 20. Rc3 Qf5 21. Re1
Rcd8 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Bd5 24. Rc3 Bb7 25. Qc1 Qd5 26. f3
Ba6 27. Re4 Bxb5 28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Rc8 Qf5 30. Qc6 Rxc8
31. Qxc8+ Kg7 32. Kg2 Rd6 33. Qc7 Qd5 34. Rf4 Rd7 35. Qxb6 Rb7
36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Kh3 Rxb2 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. dxe5 Re2 40. Rf6
Rxe5 41. g4 Re6 42. Rf4 Kf8 43. Ra4 Ra6 44. Kg3 Ke7 45. Kf4
Kd6 46. Kg5 Ra7 47. Kh6 f6 48. h4 Kc5 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 Kb5
51. Ra1 a4 52. f4 a3 53. f5 a2 54. Rc1 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5
7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 a5 11. O-O a4
12. Qc2 h6 13. bxa4 Qa5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Rfc1 Qxa4 16. Qxa4
Rxa4 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Bb3 Raa8 19. Ne4 Ra5 20. Bd4 Rfa8 21. Bc5
Kf8 22. Rc4 Nf6 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rac1 e5
26. Rb4 Rb5 27. Rh4 Be6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. a4 Rba5 30. Rxh6
Rxa4 31. Rh7+ Kd6 32. Rd1+ Kc5 33. h4 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Rxa1+
35. Kh2 Kd6 36. Rh8 f5 37. h5 e4 38. h6 Ke5 39. h7 Ra7 40. Kh3
Rf7 41. Kh4 Kf6 42. Kh5 Kg7 43. Re8 Kxh7 44. Rxe6 Rc7 45. g4
fxg4 46. Kxg4 c5 47. Rxe4 c4 48. Kg5 c3 49. Rh4+ Kg7 50. Rh1
Rf7 51. Rc1 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. f3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nd5 13. Qb3 a5 14. Kf2 N7b6 15. Bd3 e5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Bxb4 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 axb4 19. Bc4 O-O-O 20. dxe5 Qg3 21. Rag1
Qxe5 22. Kf2 Nb6 23. Bd3 Rhe8 24. Re1 Qd6 25. Be4 Nd7 26. Qc4
Nf6 27. Bc2 Qe7 28. Re2 Rd2 29. Qb3 Red8 30. Re1 Nh7 31. Kg3
Ng5 32. Qc4 Ne6 33. f4 Nc5 34. Bb1 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Ne4+ 36. Bxe4
Qxe4 37. Kf2 g5 38. fxg5 Qe5 39. Kg2 Qxg5 40. b3 Qe5 41. Qf3
f6 42. Re2 Qc3 43. Qf5+ Kb8 44. Qc2 Kc7 45. Qg6 Rd7 46. g5 Kb6
47. gxf6 gxf6 48. h4 Rd1 49. Qe4 Ka7 50. Qf4 c5 51. Qf5 Qc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Nd5
Bxd5 13. exd5 g6 14. Be2 Qc7 15. Rc1 Ng8 16. O-O Ne7 17. Bg5
f6 18. Be3 O-O-O 19. c4 Nf5 20. Bf2 Kb8 21. Qc3 Bh6 22. Rcd1
Nc5 23. Nd2 Nd4 24. Rfe1 a5 25. Bf1 f5 26. Nb3 Ndxb3 27. axb3
e4 28. b4 axb4 29. Qxb4 Rhe8 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Bd4 e3 32. Qa3
Re4 33. b4 Na6 34. Be2 Bg5 35. Bf3 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Qb6 37. Re4
Qxb4 38. Qxb4 Nxb4 39. h4 Bh6 40. Rd1 Rc8 41. c5 dxc5 42. d6
Nc6 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. Re7 Nxe7 45. dxe7 Re8 46. Rxb7+ Kc8
47. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "10.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5
Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3
a5 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Nxa5 Rfb8 20. Qc6 Qxc6 21. dxc6 d5 22. Ra2
Bd8 23. cxd7 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Bxa5+ 25. Ke2 d4 26. Bd2 Bd8
27. Kd3 f6 28. f4 Rxb2 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Ke4 Kf7
32. Kxe5 Rb7 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. g6 Rb5+ 35. Kxd4 Bb6+ 36. Kc4
Rc5+ 37. Kb3 Kxd7 38. Rf7+ Ke6 39. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "11.11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 a6
12. Qd3 Nc6 13. O-O Qd8 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Bd4
Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 e6 18. Rd2 Qa5 19. Nd1 Qg5 20. Ne3 b5 21. Rf1
h5 22. f4 Qc5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. fxe5 Ne4 26. Rd7
Rf8 27. Ra7 Nc3 28. Rf3 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nc1 30. g4 bxc4 31. bxc4
Nd3 32. gxh5 Nxe5 33. Rg3 f5 34. hxg6 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3 Rb8 9. d3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7
12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Nc4 f6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nde6 16. Bd2 b6
17. g4 Be8 18. Be1 b5 19. Ne3 Bd6 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bf7
22. Nf5 Be5 23. Qd2 Nd4 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rd1 Nxf5 26. gxf5
Qd4+ 27. Bf2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 c4 29. Qc2 Re8 30. dxc4 Qh5 31. h4
Qg4 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. Qe3 Rfe7 34. b3 Bb2 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Bd2 Bg7 8. b4 a5 9. bxa5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Qd5
12. f4 h6 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Bxd4 15. exd4 e3 16. Bxe3 Qxh1
17. Qd2 Na6 18. O-O-O Qd5 19. Bg2 Qc4+ 20. Kb1 Qe6 21. d5 Qf5+
22. Kb2 O-O-O 23. d6 exd6 24. cxd6 Qf6+ 25. Kb1 Qf5+ 26. Kc1
Qf6 27. d7+ Kb7 28. Bd4 Qe6 29. Bxh8 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. h3 O-O 10. d4 Bb6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. axb5
axb5 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 Re8 17. Nbd2
b3 18. Bb1 Qd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nh5 21. Ng5 g6 22. e6 fxe6
23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qh4 Rf8 25. Ndf3 Bd5 26. Ne5 Qg7 27. Bd2 Nc6
28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Bc3 e5 30. Rxe5 Nd5 31. Qc4 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1
Rb4 33. Bxb4 Qxe5 34. Be4 Rf6 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Bxd5 Bxd5
37. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Nb5 d5
12. Ne5 Nc5 13. Rc1 a6 14. Nc3 dxc4 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qxd8
Raxd8 17. Nc6 Rde8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. e4 Bc5 20. e5 Nd5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Rxd5 b5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Re6 25. Nd4 Rb6 26. b3
Rc8 27. Kg2 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nd3
31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. e6 fxe6 33. Kf3 Kg6 34. a4 e5 35. Nc6 Kf5
36. g4+ Ke6 37. a5 Rb5 38. Rd8 Nc5 39. h4 Rb1 40. Rg8 Kd6
41. Nb8 e4+ 42. Kg2 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Rb5 44. Kf2 Ne6 45. Rc8 Rxa5
46. Rc6+ Kd5 47. Rxa6 Rxa6 48. Nxa6 Kc6 49. Nb4+ Kc5 50. Nc2
Kc4 51. Ke2 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Kd2 Nc5 54. Na3+ Kb4 55. Nc2+
Kc4 56. Na3+ Kd5 57. Nb5 Nd7 58. Nc3+ Ke5 59. Nd1 Nf6 60. Nf2
Kd5 61. Nh3 Nxg4 62. Nxg5 Nxe3 63. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Na6
12. g4 Nb4 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Rhg1 f5
17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Qg2 Nh5 19. Nc1 Bf6 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3
Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Be5 25. c3 Rf6 26. Qf2
b6 27. Ba6 Rb8 28. Bd3 Kh8 29. Rb5 Rf7 30. h4 Qa7 31. Qc2 Rc7
32. Qb3 Rc5 33. Qe6 Rxb5 34. Bxb5 Rf8 35. h5 Qc7 36. Ka2 Qd8
37. Qg4 Qc7 38. Kb3 Rc8 39. Qe6 Qc5 40. Rg5 Rb8 41. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.Na4 Qa5
13.Re2 h5 14.Qf4 g5 15.Bd2 Qc7 16.Qg3 h4 17.Qg4 Rg8 18.Rae1 c5
19.c4 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Bb7 21.h3 Rd8 22.Bc3 Nb8 23.Re3 Nc6 24.Bxe6
fxe6 25.Rf3+ Ke8 26.Qxe6 Rg7 27.Qh6 Nd4 28.e6 Nxf3+ 29.gxf3
Bf8 30.Qh5+ Ke7 31.Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Rb8
7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nxc4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nc5
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bf4 Ne6 14. Be3 a6 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Nc4 Bb4
17. Rfc1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. b3 c6 20. h3 Be6 21. e3 Rdd8
22. Ne2 g6 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. a5 h5 25. Ra4 Bc5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5
27. Ne2 Be7 28. Nc3 Rb5 29. Nd2 Rb4 30. Rxb4 Bxb4 31. Nc4 Rd8
32. Na2 Be7 33. Nc3 Nd5 34. Na4 Nb4 35. Kf1 Rd3 36. Rb1 Na2
37. Ra1 Nb4 38. Rb1 Na2 39. Ra1 Nb4 40. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Ne4
Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13. Kh2 c5 14. c4 Be6 15. b3 b6 16. g4 h5
17. Kg3 Rd8 18. Neg5 Bc8 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
hxg4 22. hxg4 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Ne4 Kf7 26. Bc1
Rg8 27. Rh1 Bb7 28. Re1 Re8 29. Nfd2 Ne5 30. Bb2 Nd3 31. Rb1
Rg8 32. Kf3 Nxb2 33. Rxb2 Bc8 34. g5 f5 35. Nf6 Rxg5 36. Nd5
Bb7 37. Rb1 Rg4 38. Rh1 Bd6 39. Ke2 Rd4 40. Rh7+ Kg6 41. Rd7
Bxd5 42. cxd5 Rxd5 43. Nc4 b5 44. Nxd6 cxd6 45. Rxa7 b4 46. a4
bxa3 47. Rxa3 Re5+ 48. Kd3 Kg5 49. Ra6 Re1 50. Kd2 Re6 51. Rb6
Kg4 52. b4 cxb4 53. Rxb4+ Kf3 54. Kd1 f4 55. Rd4 Re4 56. Rd2
d5 57. Ra2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Re1 Nde7 10. a4 h6 11. a5 a6
12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bc5 Rb8 15. Ne4 b6 16. axb6 cxb6
17. Ba3 Ncd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qd1 Bb7 20. c3 Nb5 21. Qb3 Qd7
22. Re3 Kh7 23. Rae1 f5 24. Nd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Re6 26. Nf3 Rbe8
27. Kg1 e4 28. dxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rd1 Qe8 31. Qd5
Nxa3 32. bxa3 Qe7 33. h4 Qc5 34. h5 Qxd5 35. hxg6+ Kxg6
36. Rxd5 Bxc3 37. Rd6+ Kf7 38. Rxb6 Ra4 39. Rxh6 Rxa3 40. Nh4
Ra5 41. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 b6 11. Bf4
Bb4 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Be2 14. Nfd2 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Nd4
16. Be3 Nf5 17. Bf4 Nd4 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Bf4 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6
7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7
12. Qd1 Nh5 13. Ne4 Be5 14. f4 f5 15. fxe5 fxe4 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8
17. e6 exd3 18. exd7 Qf5 19. g4 Qxd7 20. Qxd3 Nf6 21. Qf3 Qg7
22. Bd2 Nd7 23. Bc3 Ne5 24. Qe4 Rf8 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8
27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Qe3 Qd6 29. Kg2 Kg8 30. Kf3 Qa6 31. Ke4
Qxc4+ 32. Kxe5 Qxa2 33. Ke6 Qxb2 34. Qf3 Kg7 35. g5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Qa4 c5 9. dxc5 a5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O
12. Qd4 Re8 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. e3 Ne4 15. Bb5 Re6 16. c4 Qxc5
17. Nb3 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Re5 19. f3 Nec5 20. cxd5 Nb6 21. O-O
Rxd5 22. Rab1 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. e4 Rh5 25. Bf2 Nc4 26. g4
Rxb5 27. Rxb5 Nd2 28. Rxb7 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nd2 30. Rd1 Nc4
31. a4 Bxg4 32. Rd4 Rc8 33. Bg3 Ne3+ 34. Kf2 Nd1+ 35. Ke1 Ne3
36. Kf2 Nd1+ 37. Ke1 Ne3 38. Kd2 Nf1+ 39. Kd3 Rc1 40. Rd8+ Kh7
41. Ra8 Nxg3 42. hxg3 Be6 43. Rxa5 Rg1 44. Re5 Rxg3+ 45. Kd4
Ra3 46. a5 Kg6 47. Rbb5 Ra4+ 48. Kc3 Rc4+ 49. Kb2 Ra4 50. Rbc5
Ra2+ 51. Kc3 Ra4 52. Rh5 Rxe4 53. a6 f5 54. Rh1 Ra4 55. Rc6
Kf7 56. Rb1 Bd5 57. Rb7+ Kg8 58. Rg6 Rc4+ 59. Kd3 Bxb7
60. Kxc4 Bf3 61. Kd4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 h6 13. b3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bb2 Bd7
17. g3 Rc8 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Bf1 g5 20. Bg2 Bf5 21. Rac1 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 d3 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. g4 Qe2 25. Qxe2 dxe2 26. Re1
Bxg4 27. f3 Bf5 28. Kf2 Bd3 29. f4 gxf4 30. d6 b6 31. d7 Rd8
32. Bc6 Kf8 33. Rc1 Ke7 34. Rc3 Kd6 35. Rxd3+ Kxc6 36. Rf3
Rxd7 37. Rxf4 Re7 38. Ke1 Kb5 39. Rf6 Kb4 40. Rxh6 Ka3 41. Rf6
Kxa2 42. Rf3 Re4 43. Rxf7 a5 44. Rf6 b5 45. Rf5 b4 46. Rxa5+
Kxb3 47. Rh5 Kc3 48. Rc5+ Kb2 49. Rh5 b3 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. a4 Rxa5 12. Ra3
Ra6 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. Nd3 h6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Kh1
Kh7 18. Nb5 Ng8 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. h3 Qe7 21. Bd2 Bd7 22. a5 Kg8
23. Re3 b6 24. Nd3 bxa5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Bc3 Qg5 27. Ref3 Ne8
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nc3 a4 30. Qb2 Qd8 31. Nxa4+ Kg8 32. Nc3 Rb6
33. Qd2 Qg5 34. Qa2 Bc8 35. Qa8 Qd8 36. Qa5 Qc7 37. Nb5 Qb7
38. Qd2 Kg7 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. e5 dxe5 41. Qxe5 Bd7 42. Nc3 Nd6
43. Rf6 Qb8 44. Qf4 Nf5 45. Ne4 Qxf4 46. Rxf4 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 Rb2
48. Bd3 Rc8 49. Ra6 Kg7 50. Nf6 Ne3 51. Nxd7 Nxg2 52. Kg3 Nxf4
53. Kxf4 Rf2+ 54. Ke5 Rf3 55. Be4 Re8+ 56. Re6 fxe6 57. Bxf3
exd5+ 58. Kxd5 Re3 59. Bg4 h5 60. Be6 g5 61. Nxc5 g4 62. hxg4
h4 63. Kd4 Ra3 64. Bd5 h3 65. Ne6+ Kf6 66. Nc5 h2 67. Ne4+ Ke7
68. Nf2 Ra1 69. Ke3 Rf1 70. c5 Rc1 71. c6 Kd6 72. Bg2 Rc2
73. g5 Ke5 74. g6 Rc3+ 75. Nd3+ Kf6 76. Be4 Ke6 77. Kd4 Ra3
78. c7 Ra4+ 79. Kc3 Ra8 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O
12. Nd2 Re8 13. e3 c5 14. O-O exd5 15. cxd5 Nd7 16. a4 Ba6
17. Rfd1 b5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. b4 a6 20. Nb3 Rc8 21. bxc5 Nxc5
22. Nd4 Qf6 23. Rac1 Ne4 24. Qxc8 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxe3 26. h3
Nxg3+ 27. Kh2 Qf4 28. Qg4 Nf1+ 29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Ne3
31. Qg3 Nxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 g6 34. Rc1 Kg7 35. h4
Kf6 36. Kf2 h6 37. Bf3 g5 38. hxg5+ hxg5 39. Rc7 Re7 40. Rc3
Re8 41. Bg2 Re7 42. Rh3 Kg6 43. Bf3 Bd7 44. Rh8 Re8 45. Bh5+
Kg7 46. Rxe8 Bxe8 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Nxd6 Bd7 49. Nb7 Be8
50. Ke3 Ke5 51. d6 Ke6 52. Kd4 a5 53. Bf3 a4 54. Bd5+ Kf6
55. Nc5 Bb5 56. Ne4+ Kf5 57. Bxf7 g4 58. Bd5 a3 59. Ng3+ Kf4
60. Ne4 g3 61. Nc3 Kf5 62. Be4+ Ke6 63. Bg2 Bd7 64. Kc5 Ke5
65. Bd5 Be6 66. Bc6 Bd7 67. Bh1 Be8 68. Na2 Bd7 69. Nb4 Be8
70. Bd5 Bd7 71. Nd3+ Kf6 72. Nb4 Ke5 73. Nd3+ Kf6 74. Nb4 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. h3
Qe7 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Rad8
18. Qe2 Nb8 19. Bc4 Nh5 20. Na5 Bc8 21. Bd5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 gxf4
23. Qc4 Kh7 24. Kf1 Bc5 25. Red1 Bb6 26. Nc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6 a5
28. c3 bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Bd5
f6 33. b4 axb4 34. Qxb4 Qd6 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Nh4 h5 37. Bc6
Kh6 38. Ke2 Kg5 39. Nf3+ Kh6 40. Nd2 f5 41. exf5 Bxf5 42. Ne4
Bxe4 43. Bxe4 h4 44. f3 Kg5 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Kc4 Ke7 47. Kb5
Bf2 48. Kc6 Be1 49. Bf5 Bd2 50. Kb6 d5 51. a5 Kd6 52. a6 Be3+
53. Kb7 Bf2 54. Bc2 Bg1 55. a7 Bxa7 56. Kxa7 Kc5 57. Kb7 Kd4
58. Kc6 e4 59. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Emilio Miguel Sanchez Jerez"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. a4 e5 12. b3 Ng4
13. e4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bb2 Qe8 17. Rae1 Qh5
18. f4 e4 19. Rf2 b6 20. Nf1 Nb7 21. Ne3 Nd8 22. Qd2 Nf7
23. g4 fxg4 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Nxe4 Nh6 26. Nxd6 Bh3 27. Bxh3
Qxh3 28. Rh2 Qd7 29. Rxh6 Qxd6 30. Nf5 Qd7 31. Re6 Ne4
32. Ne7+ Kf7 33. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Das Debashis"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. h3 e5
12. a4 Bf5 13. Ba3 b6 14. Bb5 e4 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Qe2 Rfd8
17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Rab1 Rd5 19. Qf1 Rg5 20. Kh1 Rd8 21. Be2 Rg6
22. f4 exf3 23. Bxf3 Qd7 24. Ra1 Nd5 25. Qf2 Bxh3 26. c4 Nf6
27. gxh3 cxd4 28. e4 Nb3 29. Bg2 Nxa1 30. Rxa1 Re8 31. Bb2 Nh5
32. Ra3 d3 33. e5 Rg3 34. Kh2 Qc7 35. Ne4 d2 36. Rxg3 d1=Q
37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Nxe8 Qc5 39. Qxc5 bxc5 40. e6 fxe6 41. Bxg7+
Nxg7 42. Nxg7 Qxa4 43. Nxe6 Qxc4 44. Ng5 a5 45. Ne4 a4 46. Rc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "3.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Andres Guerrero Vargas"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 Ne4
7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. c3 e5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e4
12. Qxb5 exf3 13. Qb7 O-O 14. Qxa8 Nc6 15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qxc7
Rxb2 17. Qc8+ Nd8 18. O-O h5 19. Rab1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Kh7
21. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 Be7
12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Bg3 O-O 16. Ne3 Rc8
17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Nfg6 21. Qd2 Bg5
22. Qe1 Nf4 23. Bg3 Nh5 24. Bf2 Qe7 25. Ra3 Nf4 26. Rb3 Rc6
27. Ne2 Nxe2 28. Bxe2 Rdc8 29. c3 Nd7 30. Nc2 d5 31. Nb4 Rc5
32. exd5 Ra5 33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. dxc6 Rxc6 35. Rb4 Bf6 36. Qf1
Rd6 37. Rxd6 Qxd6 38. Bxa6 Nc5 39. Bb5 Qd2 40. Bg1 Ra8 41. Bc6
Rc8 42. Rxb6 Bd8 43. Rb5 Rxc6 44. Bxc5 Bc7 45. a5 Qc2 46. f4
f6 47. h3 Kh7 48. f5 exf5 49. Bg1 Be5 50. a6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hannes Stefansson"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Bg3 Bd7 11. a4 Bf8 12. Re1
a6 13. Bc4 g6 14. d4 Bg7 15. Qb3 Re7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bd5 Rb8
18. Nc4 Nh5 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Qe8 21. Ne3 Nf4 22. Qc2 Kh8
23. b4 Nd8 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Rad1 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Nf5 Nc6
28. Rd1 Qe8 29. h3 Rd8 30. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 fxe6 32. Nxg7
Kxg7 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Ne7 35. Nxe5 Nh5 36. Qd4 Nxg3
37. Ng4+ Kh7 38. fxg3 Qxb5 39. Qf6 Qc5+ 40. Kh2 Ng8 41. Qf7+
Kh8 42. Qg6 h5 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 44. e5 Qe7 45. c4 b6 46. Nf6 Nxf6
47. Qxg5+ Kf7 48. Qf4 c6 49. exf6 e5 50. Qe3 Qe6 51. h4 Kxf6
52. Qxb6 e4 53. Qd4+ Kg6 54. c5 e3 55. Qd6 Qxd6 56. cxd6 e2
57. d7 e1=Q 58. d8=Q Qe6 59. Qd4 Qc8 60. g4 c5 61. h5+ Kf7
62. Qd5+ Kg7 63. Qe5+ Kg8 64. g5 Qg4 65. Qe8+ Kh7 66. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 Ngf6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3
e6 7. c4 c6 8. Qd1 Bd6 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bb8 11. d4 Qc7 12. f4
g5 13. Nc3 gxf4 14. exf4 Ba7 15. c5 Rg8 16. b4 Nf8 17. Qe1 Ng6
18. Qf2 Bb8 19. Bc1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bc4 Qd7 22. f5 Qc7
23. g4 exf5 24. Kh1 Ne7 25. Bd2 Qg3 26. Qxg3 Bxg3 27. gxf5 Rd8
28. Be3 Nd5 29. Bg1 Rg5 30. Rab1 Ke7 31. Rb3 Kf6 32. a4 Bc7
33. Bf2 Rh5 34. Be2 Rh6 35. Bg4 Rg8 36. Rg1 Nf4 37. Re3 Nd3
38. Rxd3 exd3 39. Kg2 Rh5 40. d5 cxd5 41. Kf3 Rxf5+ 42. Bxf5
Rxg1 43. Bxg1 Kxf5 44. Be3 h5 45. Bd2 d4 46. b5 axb5 47. axb5
Be5 48. c6 bxc6 49. bxc6 Bc7 50. Bh6 Bb6 51. Bf4 Ke6 52. Ke4
d2 53. Bxd2 Kd6 54. Kf5 Kxc6 55. Kg5 Kd5 56. Kxh5 Ke4 57. Kg4
d3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 Qc8 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. e4 Bb7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Bh3 c6 15. Nd2 Bxd4 16. Nc4 c5
17. Nd6 Qd7 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Qc7 Bxe4 21. Re1
Bd5 22. Bf1 Nc6 23. Bf6 Qb8 24. Qxb8+ Rxb8 25. Bb5 d3 26. a3
d2 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Rxd2 Na5 29. Rd1 Nb3 30. h4 h5 31. Bd7 Rc4
32. Bb5 Rc8 33. Bd7 Rc1 34. Rxc1 Nxc1 35. b4 Nb3 36. Kf1 Nd2+
37. Ke2 Nc4 38. a4 Kf8 39. f3 Nd6 40. Ke3 Nc4+ 41. Ke2 Nd6
42. Kf2 Ne8 43. Bxe8 Kxe8 44. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 a6 12. Qb3
Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 Nf6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5
17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qe4 Qd6 19. Qxb7 Rfb8 20. Qe4 Bd5 21. Qe2 Re8
22. Qd1 Rab8 23. Rc1 Rb4 24. Rc3 Rxb2 25. Bc4 Qb4 26. Qd3 Bxc4
27. Qxc4 Qxa5 28. Rb3 Qa2 29. Qc6 Qxb3 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Qa8
Qb5 32. h3 a5 33. d5 Rb1 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kh2 Qb4 36. Kg1 a4
37. d6 a3 38. d7 Bf6 39. Qd5 Kg7 40. g3 Qb2 41. d8=Q Bxd8
42. Ne5 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qf5 44. f4 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 a5 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd3
Bc4 13. Nc5 Bxf1 14. Qxf1 Qb8 15. Qb5 e5 16. Nxb7 exd4 17. Ne2
Na7 18. Qd3 dxe3 19. Bxe3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Nf4 Qc8
22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Nd6 Qc3 24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxb6
Bd4 27. Ra6 Nb5 28. Rxa5 Nc3 29. Bf1 Rb8 30. Ne2 Bb6 31. Re5
Nd1 32. Kg2 Bxf2 33. a4 Ba7 34. Rb5 Rd8 35. Rb7 Bc5 36. Rb5
Ba7 37. Rb7 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bxc6+
bxc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc4 Be6 9. Qe2 a5 10. a4 Nd7 11. Bd2 Bxc4
12. dxc4 Qe7 13. Kh1 Bb6 14. Ra3 Nc5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 f5
17. exf5 Rxf5 18. g4 Rff8 19. g5 h5 20. Qxh5 Rf5 21. Ng1 Qf7
22. Qh4 Qg6 23. Rh3 Raf8 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Qe4 d5 26. cxd5 cxd5
27. Qg4 Bxf2 28. c4 d4 29. Qe4 Rxg5 30. Qd5 Rgf5 31. Qe4 R5f6
32. Qxg6 Rxg6 33. Ng3 Bxg3 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxg3 Rf6
36. Bxa5 e4 37. Rg4 e3 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5
7. e3 Nc6 8. d4 b6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. c4 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nh4 Ne5 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. Nxa7 Ra8
17. Nb5 Qb6 18. a4 c4 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. b4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4
22. Nxd4 Nd3 23. Reb1 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nhf5 Bd5 26. Nb5
g6 27. Nfd4 Reb8 28. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c6
7. d3 a5 8. a3 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 Na6 11. c3 Re8
12. Nbd2 e5 13. e4 Nc7 14. Qc2 b5 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Nb3 Nb6
17. Na5 Qd6 18. Bb2 h6 19. Bc1 Na4 20. Be3 Ne6 21. Bd2 Bd7
22. c4 dxc4 23. dxc4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qb3 Nc3 26. Nb7 Qe7
27. Nc5 Be6 28. Bf1 Ra8 29. e5 Na4 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qc2 Nc3
32. Bxc3 dxc3 33. Qxc3 Qe7 34. cxb5 cxb5 35. Bxb5 Rb8 36. Qc4
Bxe5 37. Bc6 Qf6 38. b5 Bd4 39. Re2 Rd8 40. Kg2 Bb6 41. Bd5
Kg7 42. h4 h5 43. Qe4 Rc8 44. Ba2 Rc5 45. Qd3 Rf5 46. f4 Rc5
47. Bc4 Rc8 48. Re5 Rd8 49. Rd5 Qb2+ 50. Kh3 Bg1 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Ne7 5. Nf3 c5 6. c3 Nbc6
7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 Nfe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 h6
12. e4 cxd4 13. e5 Qc7 14. cxd4 Qb6 15. Nb3 a5 16. a4 Nb4
17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Nc5 Na6 19. Rc1 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Bd7 21. Qd2 Bxb5
22. Rxb5 Qa7 23. Rc1 b6 24. Rb3 Rac8 25. Rbc3 Qd7 26. b3 Rxc3
27. Rxc3 Rc8 28. g3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Qc6 30. Qd2 Qc8 31. Kg2 Nf5
32. h3 Qc6 33. g4 Ne7 34. Ng1 Ng6 35. Ne2 b5 36. Qc3 Nf4+
37. Kf3 Nxe2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Bc4 c6 4. Qf3 e6 5. Ne2 d5 6. Bb3 Nd7
7. Nbc3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Bd6 Re8
12. h3 Nf6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ng3 Nc8 15. Ba3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Ba4 Ncb6 18. Qe2 Nxa4 19. Nxa4 Qa5 20. b3 Bxe5 21. Bb2
Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Qc7 23. Qe3 e5 24. Qg5 f6 25. Qg4 Rad8 26. Rd2
e4 27. Re1 Ne5 28. Qh4 f5 29. Na4 d4 30. Qg5 Nf7 31. Qf6 Rd6
32. Qh4 Rde6 33. Rdd1 e3 34. f4 Qc6 35. Re2 Ba6 36. Nb2 Bxe2
37. Nxe2 Nd6 38. Nd3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. exd5
exd5 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Ne4
12. Be3 Bc7 13. c4 Be6 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Qc2 g6
17. Rad1 Qf6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg6 Bxf3 20. Bxh7+ Kh8
21. gxf3 Qg7+ 22. Kf1 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Qxh7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7
25. Rd7 Ba5+ 26. Kf1 Kg6 27. Rxb7 Rb8 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. Rxd8
Bxd8 30. Ke2 Kf5 31. Kd3 Ne5+ 32. Kd4 Ke6 33. f4 Nd7 34. Ba3
f5 35. b3 Bb6+ 36. Kd3 Bxf2 37. Bb4 Nf6 38. Ke2 Nd5 39. Bd2
Bb6 40. h4 Bd8 41. h5 Kf7 42. a4 Bc7 43. Kf3 a5 44. Bc1 Kg7
45. Bd2 Kh6 46. Bc1 Kxh5 47. Bd2 Kg6 48. Bc1 Kf7 49. Bd2 Ke6
50. Bc1 Kd7 51. Bd2 Kc6 52. Bc1 Kc5 53. Bd2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6
7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 O-O
12. Nbd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3
f6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nfxd4 Ne5 19. a5 Rd8 20. Ra4 b6 21. axb6
cxb6 22. f4 Bd7 23. Rb4 a5 24. fxe5 axb4 25. exf6 bxc3
26. bxc3 gxf6 27. Nd2 Be8 28. Ne4 Bg6 29. Nxf6+ Kf7 30. Ng4
Re8 31. Ne5+ Kg7 32. h4 Ra5 33. Ndc6 Rc5 34. Kf2 Re6 35. Nxg6
Rxe3 36. Kxe3 Rxc3+ 37. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc2 h6 11. a3 Be6 12. b4 b6
13. b5 Na5 14. c4 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qd7 17. Ne3 Bh3
18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Kh7 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 f5 22. f3 Rf7
23. Nc4 Raf8 24. Rf1 h5 25. Qd1 Bh6 26. Rb2 h4 27. a4 Qe7
28. Kg1 Qd8 29. Rg2 Kg7 30. Qe2 Bg5 31. f4 fxe4 32. dxe4 h3
33. Rgf2 exf4 34. Qg4 fxg3 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7
37. Qxg3 Qf6 38. Nxd6+ Kf8 39. e5 Qf4 40. Qxh3 Qd4+ 41. Kf1
Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kf1 Qd1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5
7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 Bd7 11. Rc1
Rc8 12. Bd3 Bc6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. a3
Bd6 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Kf8 20. g3 Nd5 21. Be4
Nc3+ 22. Kd3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Be7 24. a4 f5 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. h3 e5
27. e4 g6 28. Bb2 Ke6 29. f3 h5 30. Bc3 a6 31. Bb2 Bb4 32. Nc4
Nc5+ 33. Ke3 fxe4 34. Nxe5 exf3 35. Nxg6 Nxb3 36. Nf4+ Kf7
37. Nxh5 Nc5 38. g4 Nxa4 39. Ba1 Bc3 40. Bxc3 Nxc3 41. Kxf3 a5
42. Ke3 b5 43. Kd3 Nd5 44. Ng3 Nf4+ 45. Kc3 Nxh3 46. Nf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qc8
7. c4 Nf6 8. Ne5 Be6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nb3 Na6 11. e4 Nb6
12. Be3 O-O 13. Rc1 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Nd3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Qe6
17. Ndc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qc8 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. d5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5
Rd7 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. b3 h5 26. Qa6
Qe5 27. Qxc6 h4 28. Qd5 Qb2 29. Bxe7 Rc8 30. Bxh4 Qxa2 31. Bg5
Re8 32. Be3 Qc2 33. Rc1 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Rc8+ Kh7
36. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
Nd7 8.Rc1 g6 9.Be2 Bg7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 a6 12.a4 O-O 13.b5
axb5 14.axb5 Qd6 15.O-O Nb6 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Nd1 Bf5 18.Nb2 Rfc8
19.Nd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 c5 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.h4 Na4 23.h5 Rbc8
24.Rxc5 Nxc5 25.Qc2 gxh5 26.Nd4 Qg6 27.Nf5 Bf8 28.Rd1 Qe6
29.Rc1 Nb3 30.Qxc8 Nxc1 31.Qxc1 Qxf5 32.Qc7 Qb1+ 33.Bf1 d4
34.exd4 Qd1 35.Qe5 Bg7 36.Qe8+ Bf8 37.Qd8 Kg7 38.Qd5 b6
39.Qe5+ Kg8 40.Qf6 Bg7 41.Qxb6 Bxd4 42.Qxh6 Qg4 43.Qd6 Qd1
44.Qd8+ Kh7 45.Qc7 Kg7 46.b6 Qg4 47.b7 Qh4 48.g3 Qf6 49.Qc2
Qe5 50.Qd3 Ba7 51.Qf3 Qf6 52.Qe2 Qc3 53.Kh2 Qd4 54.Qf3 Bb8
55.Kh3 Bc7 56.Be2 Bb8 57.Bd1 f5 58.Be2 f4 59.Qxh5 Qxf2 60.Qg5+
Kf7 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.17"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4
Rb8 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.d4 Bxd4 10.Qxd4 d6 11.Bf4 c5 12.Qd2 O-O
13.f3 c4 14.Ba2 Be6 15.Nc3 b4 16.Ne2 b3 17.Bb1 bxc2 18.Bxc2
Rxb2 19.Rfb1 Rxb1+ 20.Rxb1 Qc7 21.Rd1 Ne8 22.Qb4 Nd3 23.Bxd3
cxd3 24.Rxd3 Qc4 25.Qa3 d5 26.Kf2 Qc6 27.Nd4 Qc4 28.exd5 Qxd5
29.Nxe6 Qxe6 30.Qb3 Nf6 31.Qxe6 fxe6 32.Rb3 Rc8 33.Bd2 Rc2
34.Ke2 Nd5 35.Kd3 Rc7 36.Rb8+ Kf7 37.g4 Rd7 38.Kc2 Rc7+ 39.Kb3
e5 40.Ra8 Rb7+ 41.Kc2 Rc7+ 42.Kd3 Rd7 43.Ke2 Rd6 44.h4 Nf4+
45.Bxf4 exf4 46.a5 h6 47.h5 Ke7 48.Ra7+ Kf8 49.Ke1 Kg8 50.Ke2
Kf8 51.Ke1 Kg8 52.Ke2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Qe1 e5 17. f5 h6
18. Nf3 N8d7 19. Kh1 Rhe8 20. Bd2 Qc6 21. Rd1 Nb6 22. Nd5
Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. Ba5 e4 25. Ng1 Bc7 26. d6 Bxa5 27. Qxa5
e3 28. Ne2 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6
7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 dxc4 10.O-O Bd7 11.Bxc4 Bxc3 12.bxc3
Rfd8 13.Be2 Be8 14.Qa3 Qe7 15.Qb2 Na5 16.Qb4 Qxb4 17.cxb4 Nc6
18.Rab1 a5 19.bxa5 Nxa5 20.Rfc1 Rdc8 21.Ne1 Ra7 22.Nd3 Nc6
23.Bf3 Nd8 24.Nb4 Ra5 25.h4 Kf8 26.Rc3 c6 27.Bd1 Ke7 28.Bb3 c5
29.Nd3 b6 30.dxc5 bxc5 31.f3 Rc7 32.e4 Nb7 33.Rbc1 Ba4 34.e5
Rc6 35.Kh2 Rb6 36.h5 Bxb3 37.axb3 Kd7 38.b4 cxb4 39.Rc8 Nd8
40.R1c7+ Ke8 41.Nc5 Rxc5 42.Rxc5 b3 43.Rc1 Kd7 44.R8c7+ Ke8
45.Rc8 Kd7 46.R8c3 Ke7 47.Rd3 Nb7 48.Rdc3 Nd8 49.f4 f6 50.Rc7+
Ke8 51.Rxg7 fxe5 52.Rcc7 Kf8 53.Rh7 Kg8 54.Rcg7+ Kf8 55.Rd7
Kg8 56.Rxh6 Nf7 57.Rg6+ Kh8 58.Rf6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6
hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.Qc2 a6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.h3 Rd8
13.c5 e5 14.f4 exd4 15.exd4 Nh5 16.Ne2 Nhf6 17.Nc3 Nh5 18.Ne2
Nhf6 19.Ng3 Ng8 20.Bd3 f5 21.Nxf5 gxf5 22.Bxf5 Ndf6 23.Bg6+
Kf8 24.g4 Ne4 25.g5 Rh4 26.Bc1 Qd7 27.Qg2 b6 28.cxb6 Bd6
29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.d5 Ne7 31.dxc6 Qxc6 32.Rhe1 Qxb6 33.Qxe4 Bc5
34.Rxd8+ Qxd8 35.Qc4 Qd4 36.Qxa6 g6 37.Re5 Qd6 38.Qa8+ Kg7
39.Qf3 Bd4 40.Re2 Qd7 41.Qd3 Nc6 42.Rh2 Nb4 43.Qc4 Rxh3 44.Rd2
Qf5+ 45.Ka1 Bc5 46.a3 Nd3 47.Rd1 Nxc1 48.Rxc1 Bf8 49.Qd4+ Kg8
50.Rc7 Qe6 51.Qc4 Qxc4 52.Rxc4 Kf7 53.a4 Rb3 54.a5 Rb5 55.Ra4
Bg7 56.Ra2 Bd4 57.Ra4 Bxb2+ 58.Ka2 Bc1 59.a6 Rb2+ 60.Ka1 Rb8
61.Rc4 Be3 62.Rc7+ Kg8 63.Rc6 Bd4+ 64.Ka2 Kf7 65.Rd6 Bc3
66.Rc6 Bh8 67.Ka3 Bd4 68.Ka4 Rf8 69.Kb5 Kg7 70.Rc7+ Rf7
71.Rxf7+ Kxf7 72.Kc4 Ba7 73.Kd5 Ke7 74.Kc6 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.Ne2 b5
8.Nf4 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O c4 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Bxc5
Nxc5 14.b4 cxb3 15.axb3 b4 16.Nb5 Qb6 17.Kh1 g5 18.Qd4 Ncd7
19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.Nc7 Ra7 21.Nb5 Re7 22.Nxd6 gxf4 23.Bxa6 Rd8
24.Bxc8 Rxd6 25.Bf5 Nbd7 26.g3 fxg3 27.Rg1 Kf8 28.Rxg3 Nc5
29.Bh3 Re8 30.Rb1 Nh5 31.Rg5 Nf4 32.Bf1 Ra8 33.Bc4 Ra2 34.Rg4
Rh6 35.h4 Nfd3 36.Rg2 Rxh4+ 37.Kg1 Ra7 38.d6 Rh6 39.Rh2 Rxd6
0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Ne5 e6 9.O-O Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Ne5 Nxe5
13.Bxe5 Bd7 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Rac1 Bc6 16.Rc2 Rfd8 17.Rfc1 Ne8
18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.e3 Nd6 20.Ne2 Bb5 21.Nf4 Rac8 22.h4 Rxc2
23.Rxc2 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Nxc8 25.Qa5 Qd7 26.b3 b6 27.Qc3 Qc6 28.Qa1
Qc7 29.Bh3 Qc2 30.a4 Ba6 31.Qa3 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Qd2 33.Bg2 h6
34.a5 Qxa5 35.Qc1 Qb4 36.e4 Qxd4 37.exd5 e5 38.Ne6+ fxe6
39.Qc7+ Kf6 40.Qd8+ Kf7 41.Qd7+ Kf8 42.Qd8+ Kf7 43.Qd7+ Kf8
44.Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 b6 10.b3 a5 11.Bc3 Bb7 12.Nbd2 c5 13.Ne5
cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qc8 16.Rac1 dxc4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6
18.Qxc4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qb7+ 20.Qe4 Rfb8 21.Rc6 Qd7 22.Rcc1 Qb7
23.Qxb7 Rxb7 24.Ne4 Be7 25.Nd6 Rd7 26.Nc4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 b5
28.Ne5 Bf6 29.Nd7 a4 30.Rc1 axb3 31.axb3 Be7 32.Rc7 Rd8 33.Rb7
Bd6 34.g4 h5 35.gxh5 Kh7 36.b4 Bxb4 37.Ne5 Rd5 38.Nxf7 Rxh5
39.f4 Kg6 40.Ne5+ Kh7 41.Nf7 Kg6 42.Ne5+ Kh7 43.Nf3 Rf5
44.Ng5+ Kh6 45.Kf3 Bd2 46.e3 b4 47.Nxe6 Rh5 48.Nxg7 Rxh2
49.Nf5+ Kg6 50.Ne7+ Kf6 51.Nd5+ Ke6 52.Ke4 Rh3 53.Rb6+ Kd7
54.Kd3 Bc1 55.Rxb4 Kd6 56.Kd4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6
13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5
18.Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bd3 b5 7.c4
g5 8.Nxg5 Ne5 9.Be2 bxc4 10.Na3 Rg8 11.Nxc4 Nxc4 12.d4 Nb6
13.Bh5 Nxh5 14.Qxh5 Rg7 15.Nxh7 Qd7 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.e5 Qc6
18.f3 Qg6 19.Nf6+ Kd8 20.Qxg6 Rxg6 21.Ne4 Bb7 22.h4 Rc8 23.h5
Rg8 24.Bd2 Nc4 25.Bc3 Bh6 26.Rad1+ Ke8 27.Rd3 Bf4 28.Nf2 Bc6
29.Nh3 Bg3 30.Re2 Bb5 31.Rd1 Bc6 32.Nf2 Bxe5 33.Ng4 Bxc3
34.bxc3 Kf8 35.Kf2 Rh8 36.Ne5 Nxe5 37.Rxe5 Be8 38.g4 f6 39.Re6
Bb5 40.Rde1 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.24"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3
Ne7 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Re1 Ng6 11.h3 c6 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.Nc4
Bc7 14.d5 Nhf4 15.Bf1 f5 16.e5 Nxd5 17.exd6 Bxd6 18.Nxd6 Qxd6
19.b3 Bd7 20.Bb2 Rfe8 21.Qd4 Qf6 22.Qd2 Qd6 23.Bc4 h6 24.Qd4
Qf6 25.Qxf6 gxf6 26.Bxf6 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rd1 Be6 29.Nd4
Kf7 30.Nxe6 Rxe6 31.Bd4 a6 32.Kf1 Ngf4 33.b4 Re4 34.f3 Re8
35.g3 Ne6 36.Bf2 Rd8 37.Re1 f4 38.g4 Ng5 39.Kg2 Re8 40.Rd1 Re5
41.Bd4 Re8 42.h4 Ne6 43.Bf2 Nec7 44.h5 Kf6 45.Kh3 b5 46.Bd4+
Kg5 47.Bxd5 Nxd5 48.Rc1 Re6 49.Rc5 Rd6 50.Bg7 Re6 51.Bd4 Rd6
52.a3 Re6 53.Rc1 Ne7 54.Bf2 Kf6 55.Bh4+ Kf7 56.g5 hxg5 57.Bxg5
Nd5 58.Kg4 Kg7 59.Bxf4 Nxf4 60.Kxf4 Rd6 61.Rc3 Kf6 62.Kg4 a5
63.bxa5 Rd4+ 64.f4 Ra4 65.Rxc6+ Kg7 66.a6 Rxa3 67.f5 b4 68.f6+
Kf7 69.h6 Kg6 70.Rc8 b3 71.Rg8+ Kf7 72.h7 Ra4+ 73.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+
Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 b5 11. a4 Rb8
12. Rd1 Be7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nf1 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 O-O
17. Ne3 Be6 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. c3 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Qb7
22. Nd5 Bg5 23. h3 Ra8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ra8
27. Rxa8+ Qxa8 28. f3 Qc6 29. Kf2 f6 30. Kg1 Qc5 31. Qxc5 dxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.26"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1
Nf6 8.f3 e5 9.Nb3 Be6 10.Be3 h5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nbd7
13.Qd2 g6 14.O-O-O Nb6 15.Kb1 Nbxd5 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Na5 Rb8
18.Bc4 Nb6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Bd8 22.Rd3 Bc7
23.Bb3 Ke7 24.Rhd1 Rhd8 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 Bb6
28.c3 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.Kc2 Bc7 31.Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2
Ne7 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qb3 d5 13.e5
Nd7 14.a4 a5 15.Qd1 Nb8 16.Nb3 Nbc6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Qc8 19.g4
Bg6 20.Rc1 Bh7 21.Bg3 Nb4 22.Re3 Na2 23.Ra1 Nb4 24.Ne1 Nec6
25.Qd2 Qe6 26.Bxc6 Qxc6 27.Rc3 Qe6 28.Ng2 f6 29.Nf4 Qd7 30.e6
Qe7 31.Re1 f5 32.Nc5 Bxc5 33.Rxc5 c6 34.Rc3 g5 35.Ng2 f4
36.Nxf4 gxf4 37.Bxf4 Nd3 38.Rxd3 Bxd3 39.Bxh6 Rf3 40.Re3 Rxe3
41.Qxe3 Qh7 42.f3 Re8 43.h4 Qg6 44.e7 Qd6 45.Bf4 Qxe7 46.Qxd3
Qe1+ 47.Qf1 Qxf1+ 48.Kxf1 Rf8 49.Be5 Rxf3+ 50.Kg2 Rb3 51.h5
Rxb2+ 52.Kg3 b5 53.axb5 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3
Ne7 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Be3 h5 15. Ne4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 h4
17. Rad1 Bf5 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Nc5 Rh5 20. Nxb7 Rd5 21. b3 Rb8
22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Nc5 c6 24. Rd4 Bc8 25. Ra4 Ra8 26. c4 dxc4
27. Rxc4 Bf5 28. Nb7 Kd7 29. Rd4+ Kc7 30. Nd6 Bb1 31. Nxf7 Re8
32. Kf2 Bxa2 33. f5 Nf8 34. Ra4 Bxb3 35. Rxa7+ Kb8 36. Nd6 Rd8
37. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Kf7 11. Kc2 Be7
12. Rad1 Rd8 13. Bxe6+ Kxe6 14. Nc4 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Nc6 16. a4
a5 17. f4 h5 18. Rf1 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rf3
b6 22. Rg3 Rg8 23. Kd3 Bh4 24. Rf3 Be7 25. Ke2 Rb8 26. Rg3 Kf6
27. Ne3 c6 28. Nc4 Bc5 29. h3 Ra8 30. Rf3+ Ke6 31. Rg3 Kf6
32. Rf3+ Ke6 33. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. Bb2 a5 10. Nf4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1
12. Qxa1 Nc6 13. Nd3 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ne4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. f3 Nxc3
17. Bxc3 Qa8 18. Kd2 Rb8 19. Qxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Bxa1
Kf8 22. Bc3 Ke8 23. g4 g6 24. f4 h6 25. h3 Bf6 26. Bf3 Bc8
27. Bd1 Bd7 28. Ne1 Na7 29. Ba5 Bd8 30. Nf3 Bb5 31. Bc3 Nc6
32. Ke1 Nb8 33. Bc2 Nd7 34. Ba5 Nf6 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 Nd7
37. h4 Nb8 38. Ne5 Nc6 39. Nxc6 Bxc6 40. Kf2 Kd7 41. Kg3 Be7
42. Kf4 Bb5 43. Ke5 c6 44. Bd1 Bd3 45. Bb6 Bf1 46. Ba7 Bd3
47. Bb8 Bb1 48. Bd6 Bd8 49. Bb8 Bd3 50. Bd6 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.a3
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qd5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd2 b5 11.Qc2 a6 12.e4 Qd7
13.g3 Bb7 14.Bg2 Ne7 15.O-O O-O 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.a4 c5 18.axb5
axb5 19.Nf3 Qc7 20.Rab1 f5 21.exf5 Nxf5 22.Rxb5 Bxf3 23.Bxf3
cxd4 24.Qc1 dxc3 25.Rxf5 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 exf5 27.Qg5+ Kh8
28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Qg5+ Kh8 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Oladapo Oluto Adu"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bb4+
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e4 h6 11. e5 Nh7 12. a3
Ba5 13. b4 Bd8 14. Re1 a5 15. b5 a4 16. Bb2 Qf8 17. h4 g5
18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nh2 Qg7 20. Ng4 Nhf8 21. Bf1 Qh7 22. Bd3 Qh3
23. Qd1 Kg7 24. Bf1 Qh7 25. f3 Ng6 26. Re2 Rh8 27. Rh2 Qg8
28. Rxh8 Qxh8 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Kg2 Nf5 31. Bd3 Nf8 32. Qc2 Ng6
33. Rh1 Qf8 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. Nf1 Be7 36. Qd2 Bd7 37. Rh5 Qd8
38. Nfe3 Nxe3+ 39. Qxe3 Rc8 40. Qd2 Ra8 41. Qd1 Qa5 42. Qh1
Qd2+ 43. Nf2 Rg8 44. Bc1 Qc3 45. Rh7+ Kf8 46. Qh6+ Ke8
47. Bxg6 fxg6 48. Rxe7+ Kxe7 49. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oladapo Oluto Adu"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. e4 Nbc6 8. Re1 d4 9. Nh4 g5 10. Nhf3 Ng6 11. h3 Be6 12. a3
a5 13. Nf1 f6 14. N3h2 Qd7 15. Qh5 a4 16. Ng4 Kh8 17. Nh6 Nce7
18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bxb7 Bxh3 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Nh2
Be6 23. Qf3 Rb8 24. Qh5 Bd5 25. f3 c5 26. Nf1 Bf7 27. Qh2 Kg8
28. Nd2 f5 29. Qh3 h6 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Qh5 Qc6 32. Kg1 Rf8
33. Rf1 f4 34. Qh2 fxg3 35. Qxg3 Nh4 36. Ne4 c4 37. Rf2 cxd3
38. cxd3 Qa6 39. Bxg5 hxg5 40. Nxg5 Qh6 41. Raf1 Nf5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5
Qxc5 7. h3 Bh5 8. Na3 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. e4 d5 10. Qe2 b5 11. e5 Ne8 12. cxb5
cxb5 13. Qe3 Nc6 14. Bf1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nc7 16. Rc1 Ba3 17. Rd1
Be7 18. h4 b4 19. Ne2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Bg5 h6
23. Bd2 a6 24. Rg1 Nb5 25. g4 f4 26. g5 hxg5 27. Qg6 Bd8
28. Rxg5 Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bxb4 Be7 31. Bxe7 Nxe7
32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rg4 Nf5 34. Rxf4 Rc2 35. Ng3 Rxa2 36. Nxf5
exf5 37. Rxf5+ Ke6 38. Rf4 Ra1+ 39. Kd2 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Ra3
41. Ng5+ Kd7 42. Rf7+ Kc6 43. Rxg7 Rxb3+ 44. Kf4 Nxd4 45. Rg6+
Kc5 46. Rxa6 Rb4 47. h5 Nc6+ 48. Kf5 Rh4 49. f4 Rxh5 50. Ra1
d4 51. Ke4 d3 52. Rc1+ Kb5 53. Kxd3 Nxe5+ 54. fxe5 Rxg5
55. Ke4 Rg2 56. e6 Kb6 57. Ke5 Kb7 58. e7 Re2+ 59. Kf6 Rf2+
60. Ke6 Re2+ 61. Kf7 Rf2+ 62. Ke8 Rf3 63. Rc4 Rf1 64. Kd7 Rd1+
65. Ke6 Re1+ 66. Kd6 Kb6 67. Rb4+ Ka7 68. Rb5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e6 11. h4 Qc7
12. Ndb5 Qb8 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qd2 a6 16. Bf4
Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qg3 19. Nc3 Bf5 20. Nxd5 Rfd8
21. Bc4 Rac8 22. Kb1 h5 23. Qc3 Qxg2 24. Ne3 Qxf3 25. Rhf1 Qg3
26. Rg1 Qe5 27. Nxf5 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Kf8 29. Nh6 Ne5 30. Bxf7
Nf3 31. Bxg6 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Kg7 33. Bf5 Rc6 34. Re7+ Kf8
35. Rf7+ Ke8 36. Rh7 Rd1+ 37. Kb2 Rb6+ 38. Ka3 Rdd6 39. Rh8+
Ke7 40. Ng8+ Kf7 41. c4 Rdc6 42. Bd3 Kg7 43. Rxh5 Kxg8 44. Rd5
Rc7 45. h5 Kg7 46. c5 Rb1 47. c4 Rh1 48. Kb4 Rh2 49. a4 Kh6
50. Ka5 Rb2 51. Be4 Rb3 52. Re5 Rb2 53. c6 bxc6 54. Re6+ Kxh5
55. Rxc6 Re7 56. Bd5 Kg5 57. Rxa6 Kf5 58. Bc6 Ke5 59. Bb5 Rb7
60. Ra8 Kd6 61. Ka6 Rc7 62. Rd8+ Kc5 63. a5 Rh7 64. Rb8 Ra2
65. Rb6 Rg7 66. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Qa4
Ne7 7. f4 exf3 8. Nxf3 a6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d4 Qd7
12. b4 f6 13. Na3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Qb3 Be6
17. c4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Bf3 Qa4 21. Bxb6
Qxb3 22. axb3 cxb6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Bg4 Kd7 25. Re1 Bxb4
26. Rxe6 Bxa3 27. Rxf6+ Ke7 28. Re6+ Kf7 29. Kf1 h5 30. Bf5
Rh6 31. Rxh6 gxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Qc5 Qb8 16. g3 a5
17. Na4 Rd8 18. a3 h5 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Rhd1 h4 21. f4 Rab8
22. c4 Nf6 23. Qe5 Rdc8 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Na6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "203"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Qe2 Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. g4 Bg6
7. h4 h5 8. g5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bc3 O-O
12. Nh3 e5 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Bg2 Na4 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 c6
17. Nf4 Re8 18. Nfxh5 Bf8 19. Qf4 Qa5 20. Qc4 b5 21. Qb3 Nc5
22. Qc3 Qxa2 23. Rhe1 Na4 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1
Nc5 27. Nf4 Bd6 28. Nge2 Re8 29. Rd1 Nxb3+ 30. Kc2 Nc5 31. Bf3
Bf5 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. Nfe2 a5 34. Nc3 Na6 35. Ne4 Nb4+ 36. Kb1
Bf8 37. h5 a4 38. h6 Re5 39. Bg2 Nd5 40. Rc1 Nf4 41. Bf1 c5
42. hxg7 Kxg7 43. Nf3 Rf5 44. Nh4 Re5 45. Nf3 Rf5 46. d4 cxd4
47. Rc7 Ne6 48. Rxd7 Rxf3 49. Bxb5 a3 50. Be2 Rf4 51. f3 axb2
52. Ng3 Kg6 53. Rd5 Nxg5 54. Bd3+ Kh6 55. Nf5+ Kh5 56. Nxd4
Bg7 57. Nf5 Bf6 58. Ng3+ Kh4 59. Nf5+ Kh5 60. Rd6 Ne6 61. Be4
Kg5 62. Rd5 Rxe4 63. fxe4 Kf4 64. Nd6 Nd4 65. Rh5 Bg7 66. Rh7
Be5 67. Rxf7+ Ke3 68. Nc4+ Kxe4 69. Kxb2 Kd5 70. Ne3+ Ke4
71. Ng4 Nf3+ 72. Kb3 Bd4 73. Rf8 Nd2+ 74. Kb4 Nf3 75. Kb5 Ba1
76. Re8+ Kf4 77. Nf2 Ne5 78. Kc5 Kf3 79. Rf8+ Ke3 80. Kd5 Nd3
81. Ng4+ Ke2 82. Rf5 Bg7 83. Ke4 Bc3 84. Kd5 Bd2 85. Kd4 Bb4
86. Rh5 Bc5+ 87. Kc4 Bf2 88. Rh2 Kf3 89. Kxd3 Bg3 90. Rh8 Kxg4
91. Ke4 Bc7 92. Rg8+ Kh4 93. Kf5 Kh3 94. Rg4 Kh2 95. Ke4 Kh1
96. Kf3 Kh2 97. Rg2+ Kh1 98. Kf2 Bb6+ 99. Kf1 Bc7 100. Rg7 Bd6
101. Rh7+ Bh2 102. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6
7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Be3
O-O 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. a3 Bd8 17. Bg1
h5 18. b3 Ne5 19. f4 Ned7 20. b4 Qa8 21. Bd3 Be7 22. h3 Rc7
23. Re2 h4 24. Bf2 Nh5 25. Nf3 Ng3+ 26. Bxg3 hxg3 27. Qe1 Nf6
28. Qxg3 Nh5 29. Qg4 Nf6 30. Qg3 Nh5 31. Qg4 Nf6 32. Qh4 g6
33. Ng5 Qd8 34. Rd1 Nh5 35. Qg4 e5 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 Bxg5
38. fxg5 Nf4 39. Rc2 b5 40. c5 Nxd3 41. Rxd3 e4 42. Rd4 e3
43. c6 Re5 44. h4 Rce7 45. Re2 Qb6 46. g3 a5 47. Kg2 axb4
48. axb4 Qa7 49. Rd3 Re4 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qd8 Rxb4 52. Rd1
Rbe4 53. Qxd6 Qa4 54. Rde1 Qc4 55. h5 gxh5 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. g6
fxg6 58. Qxg6+ Rg7 59. Qxh5 Qd4 60. Ra2 Rf4 61. Ra8+ Rf8
62. Rxf8+ Kxf8 63. Qh8+ Kf7 64. Rf1+ Ke7 65. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. c3 Qd7 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rd1 d5
17. b4 h6 18. Bd2 Rfe8 19. h3 Bd6 20. Be1 Qc7 21. Rdc1 Qd7
22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 a5 25. Qa2 Bb6 26. c4 dxe4
27. dxe4 Bc7 28. c5 Qd3 29. Bc3 Qb5 30. Rb1 Qa6 31. Nd2 Rd3
32. Qc2 Red8 33. Nc4 Qa7 34. Nb6 Qa6 35. Qa2 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. Bxa5 Qb5 39. Nc4 Nxa5 40. Nxa5 Qxc5
41. Nb3 Qc3 42. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mika Karttunen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg2 Qc7
7. O-O Qxc4 8. Na3 Qc7 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Qa4 Rb8 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. Qc2 f5 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Nc4 d5 18. Nd2 c5 19. Rc2 a5 20. Nb3 a4 21. Nc1 c4 22. Nd3
Bd6 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Nc1 Be5 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 c3 27. Qd3
Rb4 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. e3 Bb7 30. Qh5 Qe7 31. Ne2 Rxb3 32. Nd4
Bxd4 33. exd4 Qf6 34. Bf1 Rc8 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Qe3 Rc6 37. Rdc1
Rb4 38. Rd1 f4 39. gxf4 Qg6+ 40. Qg3 Kf6 41. Qxg6+ fxg6
42. Kg2 g5 43. fxg5+ hxg5 44. Rd3 e5 45. Rdxc3 Rxc3 46. Rxc3
Rxd4 47. Rb3 Bc8 48. Be2 Rd2 49. Rb6+ Ke7 50. Bh5 e4 51. Rg6
e3 52. Rxg5 Rxf2+ 53. Kg3 d4 54. h4 Bf5 55. Bf3 Kf6 56. Rg8 d3
57. Rf8+ Ke5 58. Re8+ Be6 59. Rd8 d2 60. Rd3 e2 61. Bxe2 Rxe2
62. Kf3 Rh2 63. Ke3 Bf5 64. Rxd2 Rh3+ 65. Kf2 Kf4 66. Kg2 Rg3+
67. Kh2 Be4 68. Rf2+ Bf3 69. Rb2 Rg4 70. Rb4+ Be4 71. Rb3 Rg2+
72. Kh3 Rd2 73. Rb4 Rd3+ 74. Kh2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Rb8
12. g3 O-O 13. h4 Be6 14. Nc2 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Ne7 16. Qd3 d5
17. Bg2 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxe4 g6 20. Ke2 Bg7 21. Rhd1
f5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bb7 a5 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 e4 26. a3
Bf6 27. Kd2 h5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 g5 30. hxg5 Bxg5+ 31. Ke2
h4 32. gxh4 Bxh4 33. Nd4 Kf7 34. Nxb5 Ng6 35. Nd4 Kf6 36. b5
Nf4+ 37. Kf1 Nd3 38. f3 Nc5 39. Bc8 exf3 40. c4 Bg3 41. Nxf3
Bc7 42. Ke2 f4 43. Bh3 Bb6 44. Kd2 Ba5+ 45. Kc2 Ke7 46. Bf5
Kd6 47. Bh7 Bb6 48. Bg8 Nd7 49. Bd5 Nc5 50. Nh4 Nd7 51. Kd3
Bf2 52. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. a3 Ne4 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. Nfd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Nb5 Nc6 13. b4 Be7 14. e3 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Qd7
17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bd2 Ra6 20. O-O Na5 21. Bxa5
Rxa5 22. a4 Ba6 23. Rfc1 c6 24. Nc3 Rb8 25. Bf1 Bc8 26. Na2 h6
27. Nb4 Bb7 28. Na2 Bd8 29. Nc3 Rba8 30. Rb2 Bc7 31. Qd1 Bd8
32. Qh5 Bc8 33. Rbc2 Be7 34. Ne2 Ba3 35. Rb1 Rxa4 36. Rxb6 Bb7
37. Nf4 Rb4 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Ne5 Qe8 40. Qxe8 Rxe8 41. Rxb4
Bxb4 42. Rb2 c5 43. dxc5 Rxe5 44. Rxb4 Re7 45. Rb6 Rc7 46. Bb5
Bc8 47. Rc6 Rb7 48. Rxc8 Rxb5 49. c6 Rc5 50. Kg2 Rc2 51. h4 h5
52. c7 g6 53. g4 d4 54. exd4 e3 55. Kf1 e2+ 56. Ke1 g5
57. hxg5 h4 58. Rf8 h3 59. Rf6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 cxd4
7. exd4 Be7 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 f5
12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Bc4 Re8 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. Bb5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Rec8 20. Bg5 Qf7 21. Bxd7
Qxd7 22. Bf6 Qf7 23. b3 Qf8 24. Qf4 Rc2 25. h4 Rac8 26. h5 Qe8
27. Rd3 R2c3 28. Rad1 gxh5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. e6 R3c7 31. Rxd5
Qxe6 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Rxf5 Rf7 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Re5 Rc6
36. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6
12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qa5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. g3 Kf8 16. Kb1 Kg7
17. Be2 Rh8 18. c4 Rc8 19. Rc1 Nfd7 20. Rhd1 Rc7 21. Qa3 Nc8
22. Nd2 Nf6 23. h3 Re7 24. g4 hxg4 25. fxg4 e4 26. g5 Nd7
27. Bg4 e3 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. Nf3 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Re1 Nb6
32. Qd4 Nd7 33. Rc3 e2 34. Rc2 Rxg5 35. Bxd7 Qxd7 36. Rcxe2
Kh7 37. a3 b5 38. Re7 Qf5+ 39. Ka2 Rg8 40. Re8 Qd7 41. R8e7
Qf5 42. R1e4 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Qd1 e6 11. Nf3 Be7
12. h3 Ne4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. Rb1 Bxb5 16. Rxb5 Qd7
17. a4 Nc4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bg3 Rc8 21. Qb3 b6
22. a5 Bd8 23. axb6 Bxb6 24. Rb4 O-O 25. Rc1 Rc6 26. c4 dxc4
27. Rbxc4 Qd5 28. Qa4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 h6 30. Rc6 Rd8 31. Kh2 Kf7
32. Kg1 Qd7 33. Qc4 Qd5 34. Qa4 Qd7 35. Qc4 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. cxd5 Nb6
7. Qd1 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Bg7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. b3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. h3 Bf5 15. Nd4 Bd3 16. Re1 Ba6
17. Qd2 Nd3 18. Rd1 Bxd4 19. exd4 Qf6 20. a4 Qxd4 21. a5 Nd7
22. Ra4 Qe5 23. Nxd5 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Nf6 25. Nc7 Rad8 26. Qf4 g5
27. Qb4 Qb2 28. Raa1 Re2 29. Qc5 h6 30. Nxa6 bxa6 31. Rab1 Qd2
32. Bf3 Ne4 33. Qxa7 Nxf2 34. Bxe2 Nxh3+ 35. Kf1 Qd5 36. Bh5
Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Re8+ 39. Kd1 Nf2+ 40. Kc2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6
7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. Nf1 Bb6
12. Ng3 Bd7 13. Be3 Qb8 14. Qd2 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 a5 16. d4 exd4
17. cxd4 Qb4 18. b3 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 a4 20. a3 axb3 21. Rxb3 Ra4
22. Rb7 Rxd4 23. Nf3 Ra4 24. Rxc7 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. e5
dxe5 27. Nxe5 c5 28. Rc1 Rxa3 29. Rxc5 Be6 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. Nf3
Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.06"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8
12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh2 Bb7 16. Nc3 Rc8
17. a4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Qe2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5
22. h4 Qf6 23. Qb5 Qe7 24. Qxa5 Rxc2 25. Rac1 Rxb2 26. Rb1 Ra2
27. Qxb4 Ba6 28. Qb3 Bxf1 29. Qxa2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Ra8 31. a5 e4
32. Rb3 f5 33. Qd2 Qc7 34. Qb2 Rxa5 35. Rb7 Ra2 36. Qb5 Rxf2+
37. Kxf2 Qc2+ 38. Qe2 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6
7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. g3 Qe7
12. Bd3 a5 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne3 h6
17. O-O-O Be6 18. Kb1 b5 19. c4 b4 20. Nd5 Nd7 21. Ne1 c6
22. Nc7 Rac8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. h4 Rf8 25. Bc2 Qe7 26. Nd3 Nc5
27. Qe3 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Rfd8 29. Rhd1 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Nf8 31. Ba4
Qc5 32. Rd2 Kf7 33. Bd1 Ra8 34. Qd6 Qxc4 35. Qxe5 Qb5 36. Qc7+
Kg8 37. Qd6 a4 38. Be2 Qb6 39. Bc4 Re8 40. Qd4 c5 41. Qd6 Qb7
42. f3 a3 43. Rd3 axb2 44. Kxb2 Kh7 45. Kc2 Rc8 46. Ba6 Qa7
47. Bxc8 Qxa2+ 48. Kd1 c4 49. Rd2 Qa1+ 50. Ke2 c3 51. Qxf8
cxd2 52. Kxd2 Qb2+ 53. Ke3 Qc1+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kf1 Qd1+
56. Kg2 Qe2+ 57. Kh3 h5 58. g4 hxg4+ 59. Kxg4 Qg2+ 60. Kf4
Qh2+ 61. Ke3 Qg1+ 62. Kd3 Qf1+ 63. Kd4 Qa1+ 64. Kc4 Qc3+
65. Kb5 b3 66. Bxe6 Qe5+ 67. Kb4 Qxe6 68. Kc3 Qb6 69. Qf5+ Kg8
70. Qd5+ Kf8 71. Qxb3 Qf6+ 72. Kc2 Qxh4 73. Qb8+ Kf7 74. Kd3
Qe1 75. Qf4+ Ke6 76. Qf5+ Ke7 77. Qc5+ Kf7 78. Qf5+ Ke7
79. Qg6 Qd1+ 80. Ke3 Qe1+ 81. Kf4 Qc1+ 82. Kf5 Qc5+ 83. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 g6
12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nec3 Rc5 15. Be2 b5 16. a3 Nb6
17. g4 hxg4 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bg7 21. Qe3
Qb7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. g5 Qc6 24. Rg1 Qd7 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Bg4
Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Qxg4 28. Rxg4 Bf8 29. Nd5 Be7 30. c3 Rc6 31. Kc2
Kd7 32. Kb3 Bd8 33. a4 Rc5 34. axb5 Rxb5+ 35. Ka2 a5 36. b4
axb4 37. cxb4 Rb7 38. Kb3 Rb8 39. Rg1 Rb7 40. Rg3 Rb8 41. Rg1
Rb7 42. Ra1 Bxg5 43. Kc4 Bd8 44. f3 f5 45. Rh1 fxe4 46. fxe4
g5 47. b5 Rb8 48. Rh7+ Ke6 49. Kb4 g4 50. Rg7 g3 51. Rxg3 Rb7
52. Rg6+ Kd7 53. Rg7+ Kc8 54. Rg8 Kd7 55. Kc4 Rb8 56. Rg7+ Ke6
57. Kb4 Ba5+ 58. Kc4 Bd8 59. Rg8 Rc8+ 60. Kd3 Rb8 61. Rh8 Kd7
62. Rh7+ Ke6 63. Kc4 Rc8+ 64. Kb4 Rc1 65. b6 Rb1+ 66. Ka5
Bxb6+ 67. Nxb6 Ra1+ 68. Kb5 Rb1+ 69. Kc6 Rc1+ 70. Kb7 Rb1
71. Kc7 Rc1+ 72. Kd8 Re1 73. Rh4 Kf6 74. Rg4 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6
13. O-O Qc8 14. Rb1 axb4 15. axb4 Qb7 16. Ne1 Rfa8 17. Nc2
R6a7 18. f3 Qc8 19. Qd3 bxc5 20. bxc5 e5 21. dxe5 Nxc5 22. Qd2
Nfd7 23. Nd4 Ne6 24. Rfc1 Nxf4 25. exf4 Bc5 26. Kh2 Bxd4
27. Qxd4 Nf8 28. Qd2 Ng6 29. Rb2 Qd7 30. Ne2 Ra4 31. Rbc2 R8a6
32. Nd4 Ne7 33. Nb3 Qf5 34. Nc5 Ra8 35. Nxa4 Rxa4 36. g3 g5
37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Re1 Ng6 39. e6 fxe6 40. Rxc6 Ne5 41. Rc8+
Kf7 42. Rf1 Nxf3+ 43. Rxf3 Qxf3 44. Qc2 Kg7 45. Qxa4 Qf2+
46. Kh1 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4
Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. b4 cxb4 10. Nd5 g6 11. d4 Bg7
12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. h4 Rc8 16. Bb3 Qb5+
17. Kg1 h6 18. Kh2 g5 19. Rhd1 Kf8 20. Kg1 Rd8 21. hxg5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Bh6 24. Qh4 Bg7 25. Qf4 Bh6 26. Ng5
Bxg5 27. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[PlyCount "193"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4
Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. a5 a6
17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Rbc1 Qe7 20. Qa5 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+
Rxc8 22. Nd2 Qd7 23. Qb6 Rc3 24. Bxa6 Bxa6 25. Qxa6 Qxd4
26. Nf3 Qc5 27. e5 Nd5 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qb7 Rc1 30. Qb2 Rc2
31. Qd4 g5 32. g3 Kg7 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 34. Re4 Kg6 35. h3 Ne7
36. h4 Kf5 37. Ra4 Nc6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. g4+ Kg6 40. Re4 Ne7
41. Kg2 Nd5 42. Kg3 Rc3 43. Re1 Ra3 44. Re4 Ra8 45. Rc4 Rh8
46. Re4 Nc3 47. Re3 Rc8 48. Re1 Rc4 49. Re3 Ne4+ 50. Kg2 Ra4
51. Re1 Nc5 52. Kg3 Rf4 53. Nd2 Nd3 54. Re2 Ra4 55. Nf3 Ra8
56. Re3 Rd8 57. Re4 Rh8 58. Rc4 Ra8 59. Rc3 Nf4 60. Rc4 Ne2+
61. Kg2 Rh8 62. Re4 Nf4+ 63. Kg1 Ra8 64. Nh4+ Kh6 65. Ng2 Nd3
66. Ne1 Ra1 67. Kf1 Kg6 68. Re3 Nf4 69. Re4 Kg7 70. Kg1 Nd3
71. Kf1 Kf8 72. Re3 Nf4 73. Kg1 Ra4 74. Kh2 Nd5 75. Rg3 Kg7
76. Nd3 Rd4 77. Kg1 Nb6 78. Kf1 Re4 79. Kg2 Nc4 80. Kh3 Rd4
81. Kg2 Kf8 82. Kf1 Ke7 83. Ke2 Re4+ 84. Kd1 Nxe5 85. Nxe5
Rxe5 86. Kd2 Kf6 87. Ra3 Kg6 88. Ra6 f5 89. gxf5+ Kxf5 90. Ra3
Kf4 91. Rb3 g4 92. Ra3 Re4 93. Rb3 e5 94. Ra3 Rb4 95. Ke2 Rb1
96. Ra4+ e4 97. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. b3 Ne7 11. Nbd2
h6 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Nc4 Nf4 15. Ne3 g6 16. g3 Ne6
17. Ne2 h5 18. a4 a5 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Ke7 21. Raa1 Nc5
22. Kg2 Re8 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. f4 Bd7 25. h3 Rad8 26. Nf3 Be6
27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Bd5 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. Nxd5+ cxd5 31. Rh7
Ne6 32. Kg3 Rg8 33. Rf1 Nf8 34. Rh2 Ne6 35. Rh7 Nf8 36. Rh2
Ne6 37. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2
Ne7 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.a4 a6 13.Bf1
Re8 14.a5 Ba7 15.Qb3 Nc6 16.d5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Qxb7 Nd7
19.Nc4 Nc5 20.Qc6 Nb3 21.Rb1 Nxc1 22.Rbxc1 Rb8 23.Qxa6 Qh4
24.Rc2 Rxe4 25.Ne3 Qd8 26.Qc4 Bg6 27.Bd3 Rf4 28.Bxg6 hxg6
29.g3 Re4 30.a6 Qe8 31.Rce2 Bb6 32.Qd3 Ra8 33.Kg2 Qa4 34.b3
Rd4 35.bxa4 Rxd3 36.Nc4 Rxa6 37.a5 Bd4 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.R1e7 Rc3
40.Nd2 Rc2 41.Ne4 f6 42.h4 Rxa5 43.Rf7 g5 44.h5 Rxf2+ 45.Nxf2
Ra2 46.Rff8 Rxf2+ 47.Kh3 g4+ 48.Kxg4 f5+ 49.Rxf5 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6
12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2
17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Rae1
b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa4 Be6 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Qxa5
Qxd4 27. Bxc6 Qxb2 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qf6 30. g3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 e4
7. Nh4 d6 8. Nxb4 Nxb4 9. a3 Nc6 10. d3 d5 11. O-O exd3
12. Qxd3 Ne5 13. Qd4 Nxc4 14. e4 Be6 15. b3 Na5 16. Qa4 Nc6
17. Rd1 Nxe4 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. b4 a6 20. Qc2 f6 21. Rac1 Rad8
22. Bf1 Rd7 23. f3 Nd6 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Bd3 g5 26. Ng2 Nc4
27. f4 Nxb2 28. Qxb2 Bh3 29. a4 h6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Ne7
32. Qf2 Nf5 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Kh1 Re7 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qh5
Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 f5 39. Qe2 Rf6 40. Qb2 gxf4
41. gxf4 Kh7 42. Kh1 Qg7 43. Qe2 d4 44. Qf3 c6 45. bxc6 bxc6
46. h3 Rg6 47. Rb1 Rg3 48. Qh5 Qd7 49. Kh2 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Qd5
0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6
7. a4 a5 8. Re1 O-O 9. Na3 Re8 10. Nc2 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bb5
Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Nc8 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. Bb3 c6 17. h3
Be6 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. d4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rad1
Be6 23. Qe3 b6 24. Nd2 c5 25. Bd3 Re7 26. d5 Bd7 27. Ra1 Nh5
28. b4 Nf4 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Reb1 Rf8 31. Bb5 Bc8 32. Bf1 f5
33. c4 Ref7 34. Ra3 fxe4 35. Nxe4 Bf5 36. Rab3 Bg6 37. Rb6 Qe7
38. Nxd6 Nxh3+ 39. Qxh3 Rf6 40. Nc8 Qd8 41. R1b5 Rxf2 42. Rxg6
Rxf1+ 43. Kh2 Qxc8 44. Qxc8 Rxc8 45. Rc6 Re8 46. Rcxc5 e4
47. d6 Rd8 48. Rc6 Rd1 49. c5 e3 50. Rb2 Rd2 51. Rb1 e2
52. Re1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Rb1 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5
13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Bf4 Bf8 15.Rb2 Bd6 16.Nd3 Na6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6
18.Nf4 Qe5 19.Rc2 Rad8 20.Na4 c4 21.Qd2 g5 22.Nh3 h6 23.f4
gxf4 24.Qxf4 cxb3 25.axb3 Kg7 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Nf4 Re7 28.Nd3
Ng4 29.Rf4 Ne3 30.Rd2 d4 31.Bh3 Be4 32.Nac5 Nxc5 33.Nxc5 f5
34.g4 fxg4 35.Bxg4 Nxg4 36.Rxg4+ Bg6 37.Kf2 Re5 38.Nd3 Rf5+
39.Ke1 h5 40.Rg1 a5 41.Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxa6 11. Qc2 Nbd7
12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Bc3 h5 14. Ng3 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6
17. Ne2 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. O-O Qd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. b3
Rfb8 22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. f3 Ra3 24. Kh2 Rba8 25. Nc1 f5 26. exf5
gxf5 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Rb2 Rb4 29. Kh3 c4 30. Re2 cxb3 31. Nxb3
Ng6 32. Kg3 Raa4 33. Red2 Kf6 34. Kf2 Rb5 35. Rh1 Rxh4
36. Rxh4 Nxh4 37. f4 Ng6 38. g3 h4 39. Rd3 hxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Nf8
41. Kf3 Nd7 42. a4 Rb4 43. a5 Nf8 44. Nd4 Ng6 45. a6 Ra4
46. Ne2 Rxa6 47. Nd4 Nf8 48. Nc2 Nd7 49. Ne3 Ra2 50. Rd1 Rh2
51. Rg1 Rh3+ 52. Rg3 Rxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Nc5 54. Kf3 e6 55. dxe6
Kxe6 56. Nc2 Kd5 57. Ne3+ Ke6 58. Nc2 Nb3 59. Ne3 Nd4+ 60. Kf2
Nc6 61. Ke2 Nb4 62. Kd2 Nd5 63. Ng2 Ne7 64. Kd3 Nc6 65. Nh4
Nb4+ 66. Kd4 Nc6+ 67. Kc4 Nb8 68. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Rb1 Nbd7 9. c5 a5 10. a3 Be7 11. g3 e5 12. Bg2
e4 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nf8 15. b5 Ne6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Na4 Ng5
18. h4 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Nc3 Bxc5 22. dxc5
d4 23. exd4 Qxd4 24. O-O Qg4 25. Re1 Rfd8 26. Rb2 Rd4 27. Re7
Rad8 28. Qb3 Rf8 29. Qd1 Rfd8 30. Qb3 Rf8 31. Nd1 Nd5 32. Re5
Kh7 33. Kh2 Nf6 34. Be3 Rb8 35. Qxb8 Rxd1 36. Rb1 Qd7 37. Rg5
Ne4 38. Rxd1 Qxd1 39. Qf4 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. cxd5
exd5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. b3 c6
12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. O-O Qf6 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. Rae1 Bxd3
17. Nxd3 Qg6 18. f3 f6 19. a4 Ne6 20. Qd2 h5 21. Ba3 Nf5
22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. exf4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf2
Nh6 27. Qd3 b6 28. Bb4 Qe6 29. Qc2 Kf7 30. Ba3 Qd7 31. Bb4 Nf5
32. Qd3 g6 33. g3 Ng7 34. Qe3 Kg8 35. Qd3 Kh7 36. Kg2 Qf5
37. Qc3 Qe6 38. Qd3 a5 39. Bd2 Qf5 40. Qc3 Qe6 41. Qd3 Qf5
42. Qc3 h4 43. g4 Qb1 44. Be3 Qd1 45. Bf2 Qe2 46. Qe3 Qxe3
47. Bxe3 Ne6 48. Kh3 g5 49. f5 Nf4+ 50. Bxf4 gxf4 51. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 d6 11. c3 Rb8 12. h3 Re8
13. d4 Bf8 14. a5 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ba3 d5
18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Qf3 Ba8 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. e5 Kg8 22. exf6 Qxf6
23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qc3 c5 25. Nf3 Rb8 26. Ne5 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Bd6
28. Bb2 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rb5 31. Bd1 Nd3 32. Bd4
Bc6 33. Bc2 Nf4 34. Be5 Rc5 35. Bd1 Nd3 36. Bd6 Rc3 37. Bg4
Kf7 38. Ra2 Bb5 39. Re2 Rc6 40. Bb8 Nc5 41. Re5 d4 42. Bf3 Rc8
43. Bd6 Ne6 44. Bh5+ Kf6 45. Bg4 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Bc4 47. Rf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3
h6 8.Na4 a5 9.b3 Qe7 10.Bb2 Bc5 11.e3 Ba7 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Nh4
Qd8 14.Qd2 Ne7 15.Rad1 c6 16.Ne2 Nf5 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.d4 Qc8
19.Nc3 exd4 20.exd4 Ne4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.Rfe1
Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Qf5 25.Re7 Rb8 26.Kg2 Bb6 27.Qe2 d5 28.c5 Bd8
29.Re8+ Kh7 30.Bc3 Rc8 31.Rf8 Bc7 32.Rxc8 Qxc8 33.Qe7 Kg8
34.h4 h5 35.Bd2 Qd8 36.Qe2 g6 37.Qe1 Kg7 38.a3 Qf6 39.b4 axb4
40.axb4 Qf5 41.Qd1 f6 42.Be1 Kf7 43.f3 g5 44.Bf2 Qg6 45.Kf1
Qf5 46.Kg2 g4 47.f4 Qe4+ 48.Kg1 Ke6 49.Qb3 Qe2 50.Qb1 f5
51.Qa1 Qa6 52.Qe1+ Kf7 53.Qb1 Kf6 54.Qe1 Qa8 55.Qe2 Qc8 56.b5
Qe6 57.Qxe6+ Kxe6 58.b6 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. Qa4 Ra7 11. h3 axb5
12. Qxb5 Qc6 13. hxg4 Qxh1 14. Bxe5 Qc6 15. Bd4 Ra8 16. a3 Be7
17. Qh5 Kf8 18. O-O-O b6 19. Kb1 Ba6 20. Nb5 Rd8 21. Bc3 Bxb5
22. cxb5 Qf3 23. Rd2 Bf6 24. Bb4+ Kg8 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Qh3 Qe4+
27. Bd3 Qd5 28. Bb4 Qf3 29. Bf1 h5 30. Bg2 Qxg4 31. Qxg4 hxg4
32. Bd6 Rc4 33. Ka2 Rh2 34. Bf1 Rc1 35. Bd3 Bg5 36. Bf4 Be7
37. e4 Bc5 38. e5 Re1 39. Rc2 g5 40. Bxg5 Rxe5 41. Bf6 Rd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6
7. g4 Nfd7 8. Be3 Be7 9. g5 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 O-O 12. Qd2
Nb6 13. h5 N8d7 14. g6 Ne5 15. O-O-O Nbc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4
17. Qe2 Rc8 18. h6 fxg6 19. Nxe6 Qd7 20. Nxf8 Bxf8 21. hxg7
Bxg7 22. Bd4 a5 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Qg4 Re8 25. Qg5 Bc6 26. Qh6
Qh8 27. b3 Nxa3 28. Rh3 Bd7 29. Rg3 Qf6 30. Rh1 Re7 31. Qh4
Qg7 32. Nd5 Rf7 33. Qd8+ Qf8 34. Qxa5 Nxc2 35. Qc3 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 d4 11. exd4 Bxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be2 Nxe3 16. fxe3
Ng4 17. e4 Be6 18. O-O Ne3 19. Rfc1 Rd2 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. e5 b6
22. Ne4 Rb2 23. Re1 Nc4 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rac1 Rd4
27. h3 b5 28. Rc3 Rdd2 29. a4 a6 30. Bb7 Nb6 31. axb5 axb5
32. Be4 Nc4 33. Rg3 Re2 34. Ra1 Nxe5 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Bh7 g5
37. Bg8+ Kf6 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Re8 Ng6 40. Bxe6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4
7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Rd8
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Rb8 14. f4 e5 15. f5 Nd4 16. g4 b6
17. Rc1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Kf2 h6 20. h4 g5 21. fxg6 fxg6
22. Rhg1 Ne6 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh7 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Rc6 Nd4
27. Rc3 Ne6 28. Rc6 Nd4 29. Rc3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nf3
f6 12. Nd4 Kc7 13. Nb3 e5 14. f4 Bd6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Kf2 Ba6
17. Rhe1 Bc4 18. Rab1 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Rab8 0-1

[Event "Norway Blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 Be7 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Ndf3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5
12. Bxe5 c5 13. Rc1 h6 14. a3 a5 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7
17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Nb5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Bf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. g4 Kg7 24. Kf3 h5 25. gxh5 f5 26. Nd6
Ra8 27. Nc4 Nb3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rg1+ Kh6 30. Ne5 Nd4+
31. Ke3 Nc2+ 32. Kf4 Rf8 33. e3 b5 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Nxf7+ Kg7
36. Nd6 Rc6 37. Nxb5 Kf6 38. Nc3 e5+ 39. Kg3 f4+ 40. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Norway Blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. a4 b6
7. Na3 Bb7 8. Re1 e6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. d4 O-O 12. h3
Rac8 13. Bd3 Rfe8 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. Bf4 g6 16. Bh2 Bf8 17. Nc4
b5 18. Ncd2 c4 19. Bc2 e5 20. Qe3 Bg7 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5
dxe5 23. b3 cxb3 24. Bxb3 bxa4 25. Bxa4 Red8 26. Rab1 Rac8
27. Rb3 Ba8 28. Bg3 Qa5 29. Ra1 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Bh4 h6
32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Ra2 Bg5 34. Nf3 Bxe4 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Rb6
Rxc3 37. Rxa6 Kg7 38. Ra7 Bf5 39. Re2 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 g4 41. hxg4
Bxg4 42. Rxe5 Rc4 43. f3 Bf5 44. Bb3 Rh4+ 45. Kg3 Rb4
46. Rxf7+ Kh6 47. Re3 Rd2 48. Rc7 Kg5 49. Bg8 Rbb2 50. f4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nils Grandelius"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6
7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rfd1 Ra7
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. d4 Qa8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd4
a5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rc7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Qf4 Rfc8 21. Be5
Rd7 22. Ne1 Rd5 23. Bb2 Rcd8 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qd4 Qxd4
26. Bxd4 f6 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 e5 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Nd3 Ba3
31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Ne1 Ke6 33. Rd2 Rc1 34. Rc2 e4 35. Rxc1 Bxc1
36. f3 f5 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Nc2 Kd5 39. Nd4 Bb2 40. Nc2 b5
41. Kd1 h5 42. Ke2 Be5 43. Kf2 a4 44. Kg2 axb3 45. axb3 g5
46. Kf2 g4 47. Kg2 Bc3 48. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7
7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bc2 Rad8 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Qc1 Qc5
17. Re2 Rd7 18. Qe1 Nh5 19. b4 Qb6 20. Bb3 Nf4 21. Rd2 Rxd2
22. Qxd2 a5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. a3 g5 25. Bg3 Rd8 26. Qa2 Kf7
27. h4 Bf6 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Ng4 Rd3 30. Qc2 Rxc3 31. Qb2 axb4
32. axb4 Rc4 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Rd7
Nd4 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 38. Rh7 Qc6 39. Qe2 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Rd1
41. Rh6+ Ke7 42. Rh7+ Kd6 43. Kh3 Rh1+ 44. Kg4 Rxh7 0-1

[Event "Norway Blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 g5
12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Qc2 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Bf5 16. Qb5 Qd7
17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qa6 Rb6 19. Qa5 c5 20. O-O Rb5 21. Qa6 Rb6
22. Qa5 Rb5 23. Qa6 Rb6 24. Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7
12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. h3 Rad8 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. b4 Ne5
17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Qc2 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Bc6 22. b5 Bxb5 23. Qb3 Bxe3 24. cxb5 Bd4 25. Rac1 Qb6 26. Rc2
axb5 27. Bxb5 Nf4 28. a4 Nd5 29. Qf3 Nf6 30. Ng3 Rd6 31. Rec1
Rfd8 32. Kg1 Be5 33. Nf1 Nd5 34. Nd2 Nb4 35. Nc4 Qc7 36. Nxd6
Nxc2 37. Qxf7+ Qxf7 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Rxc2 Rd1+ 40. Bf1 b6
41. g3 Rb1 42. Kg2 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 e6 6. Nd2 Nf6
7. Ngf3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. e3 O-O
12. Be2 a5 13. Qc1 Qe7 14. a3 e5 15. O-O Na6 16. Re1 Rfd8
17. Qb2 e4 18. d4 Nc7 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Ne6 21. b5 g6
22. Rec1 h5 23. Ra2 Qe8 24. Rca1 Kg7 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7
cxb5 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxb7 Qc8 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Qxb5 Qc1+
31. Nf1 Nc7 32. Qe5 Nd5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Qc7 35. Ng3 Qxe5
36. dxe5 Nd7 37. e6 fxe6 38. Nxe4 e5 39. Kg2 N7f6 40. Nc5 Nc7
41. g5 Nh7 42. f4 exf4 43. exf4 Nf8 44. Bg4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Nb5
46. Ke3 Nc7 47. Ke4 Nb5 48. Ke5 Nc7 49. Ne4 Nb5 50. Nd6+ Nxd6
51. Kxd6 Kg7 52. Ke7 Nh7 53. Be6 Nf8 54. Bc4 Nh7 55. Be6 Nf8
56. Bg4 Nh7 57. Ke6 Nf8+ 58. Ke5 Nh7 59. Bh3 Nf8 60. Bg4 Nh7
61. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Na3 a6 9. Nh4 Be4 10. f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Nc2 e6 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Ne3 b5 15. a3 Na5 16. Qc2 Nc4
17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. O-O Nh5 19. Rae1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qc7 21. f4 f5
22. Rf2 Kf7 23. Rfe2 Bf6 24. Nf1 Rae8 25. Nd2 g5 26. fxg5 Bxg5
27. Kf2 f4 28. Nf3 fxg3+ 29. Kg1 Qf4 30. Qa4 Bf6 31. Qxa6 Qg4
32. Qd6 Rh6 33. Re3 Reh8 34. Kf1 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1
Qf5 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. Qxe6 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 Qxb2+ 40. Nd2 Qc2
41. Rxg3+ Kh7 42. Rh3+ Kg6 43. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. a3 Bf6 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd4
17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne4 c6 19. b4 Be7 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Rc4 Rad8
22. Rb1 Rd5 23. a4 Qd8 24. Qb2 f5 25. Nd2 Bf6 26. Nf3 g5
27. Rc5 g4 28. Ne1 Be7 29. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 30. Kg1 Bg5 31. Ng2 Re5
32. Nf4 Qd6 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Qa2+ Kg7 36. Nh5+
Kh6 37. Nf4 Bxf4 38. gxf4 Qe6 39. Qxe6+ Rxe6 40. Rxb5 Rxe2
41. Rb6+ Kh5 42. Rxb7 Rd2 43. Rxh7+ Kg6 44. Rd7 Rxd3 45. Kf1
Rh3 46. Rxd4 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 c6 6.cxd5 exd5
7.Bf4 Nh5 8.g3 Nxf4 9.gxf4 Nb6 10.e3 g6 11.h4 Bb4 12.Bd3 Bg4
13.Ne5 Bh5 14.Be2 Bxe2 15.Kxe2 f6 16.Nd3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qe7
18.Qc5 Nc4 19.Qxe7+ Kxe7 20.h5 Rag8 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.a4 a5
23.b3 Nd6 24.Rag1 Kf7 25.Rc1 Rh5 26.Rhg1 Rh2 27.Rh1 Rh5
28.Rhg1 Rh2 29.Rh1 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 11. a3 Be7
12. O-O a6 13. Rc1 b6 14. Na2 Bb7 15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Be5 Bf6
17. Nb4 N4c5 18. Nd3 Bxe5 19. Ndxe5 Qd6 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Nce5
Qd6 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Nce5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Eljanov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6
12. b3 c5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. O-O a5 16. h3 Rfc8 17. a4
Nf6 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Ne5 cxd4 20. exd4 Qd6 21. Qe3 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc1 Be6 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Nxc6
Kf8 27. Kf1 Ne8 28. Ne5 Nd6 29. Ke2 g5 30. Ng4 Bxg4+ 31. hxg4
Ke7 32. f3 Ke6 33. Ke3 f5 34. Bxf5+ Nxf5+ 35. gxf5+ Kxf5
36. g4+ Ke6 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Ke2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 Ne7 12. d4
Ng6 13. Nf1 exd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. d5 Nd7 16. Ng3 a5 17. Be3 a4
18. Bd3 Rb8 19. Bf1 Nde5 20. Nd2 Be7 21. b3 axb3 22. axb3 Bg5
23. Nh5 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd7 25. Ra7 Re5 26. Be2 Ndf8 27. Qa1 Qh4
28. Ng3 Qd8 29. Bg4 Re7 30. Rxe7 Nxe7 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Nh5 f6
33. Rg3 Neg6 34. Qa6 Qd7 35. f4 c4 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Nxc4 f5
38. Nxd6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 fxe4 40. f5 e3 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Ned2 e5
12. e4 Qe6 13. Rc1 b5 14. b3 c3 15. Rxc3 Bb7 16. d5 cxd5
17. Rc7 Rb8 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Bxd5
Qxc7 22. Ne6 Qb6 23. Nxd8 Qxd8 24. Nf3 O-O 25. Bc6 Nf6
26. Qxd8 Bxd8 27. Nxe5 Ba5 28. Re2 Rb8 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. f4 Bc3
31. g4 Rb6 32. Bf3 Rd6 33. Nc6 a6 34. Nb8 Rb6 35. Nc6 Nxg4
36. Bxg4 Rxc6 37. Bd7 Rg6+ 38. Kf3 f5 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Re3 Rd6
41. Be8+ Kf8 42. Bh5 g6 43. Bxg6 Rxg6 44. Rxc3 Rd6 45. Ke3 Kf7
46. a4 Re6+ 47. Kf3 bxa4 48. bxa4 Rb6 49. Ke3 Rb4 50. a5 Rb5
51. Rc7+ Kg8 52. Rc8+ Kg7 53. Rc7+ Kg8 54. Rc8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.27"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Ne4 Bd5
12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nxa2 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qxa2 e4 16. Nd4
Qd7 17. Qb1 Rae8 18. e3 c6 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Bf7 21. Nc3
Bg6 22. Qa3 Qxd2 23. Nb1 Qd7 24. Qxa7 Nd5 25. Qc5 Rf6 26. Nc3
Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Rd6 28. b4 h6 29. Rfe1 Kh8 30. Qc2 Rd3 31. Bf1
Bh5 32. f4 Rd2 33. Qc3 Bd1 34. b5 c5 35. Qxc5 Ra8 36. Qb4 Bf3
37. Rc7 Rxh2 38. Rxd7 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 Rh2+ 40. Bg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1
Rh2 42. Rd2 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 Rh2+ 44. Kf1 Rh1+ 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4
Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Rd3 h6 16. Kg2
c5 17. Kg3 Re8 18. c4 a5 19. a4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ra2 Re2
22. Bd2 Ra6 23. b3 Rae6 24. Ng1 Bd4 25. Nxe2 Rxe2 26. Ra3 Bc6
27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Bxa5 Rb2 29. c5 d3 30. Ra1 g5 31. b4 Bd5
32. Rd1 Rb3 33. b5 Ra3 34. f3 d2 35. Rxd2 Rxf3+ 36. Kh2 c6
37. Re2 Kd7 38. Be1 Ra3 39. bxc6+ Kxc6 40. a5 Kxc5 41. Bf2+
Kc4 42. Bb6 Kb5 43. Rb2+ Rb3 44. Rxb3+ Bxb3 45. Bd4 Bf7
46. Bg7 h5 47. gxh5 Bxh5 48. Bf6 g4 49. Bd8 gxh3 50. Kxh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[EventDate "2016.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3
Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Re1 Ng6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Bf1 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5
Nh5 14.b4 f6 15.a4 Nhf4 16.a5 Bc7 17.Nb3 a6 18.Nc5 Ne6 19.Nxe6
Bxe6 20.Bd3 Qd7 21.exf6 gxf6 22.Bxg6 hxg6 23.Ra3 Rfe8 24.Rae3
Bd6 25.Bd2 Bf7 26.Nh2 Kg7 27.Qf3 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 g5 29.Ng4 Be7
30.h4 gxh4 31.Re1 Re8 32.Bh6+ Kg6 33.Re5 Bd8 34.Qd3+ f5 35.Bf4
Kg7 36.Rxe8 Bxe8 37.Ne5 Qe6 38.Qd2 Qe7 39.Bh6+ Kh7 40.Nf3 Qe4
41.Ng5+ Bxg5 42.Bxg5 h3 43.gxh3 Bh5 44.Kh2 Be2 45.Qf4 Qxf4+
46.Bxf4 Kg6 47.Kg3 Bf1 48.h4 Kh5 49.Bg5 Be2 50.Kf4 Bd3 51.Ke5
Kg4 52.Kd6 f4 53.Kc7 f3 54.Kxb7 Bb5 55.Kc7 Kh5 56.Kd6 Kg4
57.Kc5 Kh5 58.Kd6 Kg4 59.Kc5 Kh5 60.Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 11. Be2 Bg7
12. f4 O-O 13. O-O d6 14. Qxc6 dxe5 15. Qxc7 Ba6 16. Nd5 exf4
17. Bd3 g5 18. Qc5 Rad8 19. Nc7 Qh6 20. Kh1 Bb7 21. Qf5 Rd7
22. c5 Rxc7 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Bd2 Rc5 25. Qg4 Rd8 26. Bb4 Rxd3
27. Bxc5 Rg3 28. Qd1 Bxg2+ 29. Kg1 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. a3 Be6 11. Be3 Nd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Bf6 14. Rfc1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4
Bxg2 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Kxg2 c6 19. Rc5 Qe7 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. e3
Qd7 22. d4 g6 23. a4 Re6 24. Rc1 Rf6 25. Re5 Qg4 26. Qd1 Qd7
27. Qe2 Qd6 28. Qc2 b6 29. Qe4 Kf8 30. g4 Qd7 31. g5 Rd6
32. Qf4 Kg8 33. Qe4 Kf8 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. Re4 Rd5 36. Re5 Rd6
37. Re4 Rd5 38. h4 Rf5 39. Rf4 Rxf4 40. Qxf4 Re8 41. Qf3 Re6
42. b3 Rd6 43. Qf4 Qd8 44. Rb1 Re6 45. Qf3 Qd6 46. Rd1 Qb4
47. Rc1 Qd6 48. Rd1 Qb4 49. e4 Qe7 50. d5 cxd5 51. exd5 Rd6
52. Qf4 Qe2 53. Rc1 Rd8 54. Rc7 Qe8 55. Qf3 Rd6 56. Rc6 Qd7
57. Rxd6 Qxd6 58. Qe4 Kf8 59. Qd4 Ke7 60. Kf3 Kd7 61. Qg4+ Ke7
62. Qd4 Kd7 63. Ke2 Kc7 64. Qc4+ Kd7 65. Kd3 Ke7 66. Qe4+ Kd7
67. Qd4 Ke8 68. f4 Kd7 69. Qc4 Ke7 70. Ke4 Kd8 71. Qd4 Kd7
72. Qc4 Ke7 73. Kd3 Kd8 74. Qd4 Kd7 75. Ke2 Qe7+ 76. Kd2 Qd6
77. Qc4 Kd8 78. Kc2 Qa3 79. Qc3 Kd7 80. Qc6+ Ke7 81. Qxb6 Qa2+
82. Kc3 Qa1+ 83. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6
7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bc2
Bc7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 e4 16. d6 Qxd6 17. N3h2 h5
18. f3 Bf5 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxh5 Nf6 22. Rxe8+
Rxe8 23. Qf3 Re1 24. Kf2 Nh4 25. Qd3 Qe6 26. Ng4 Nxg4+
27. hxg4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Rxc1
31. Rxc1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. O-O
O-O 7. a4 Nxc4 8. dxc4 h6 9. Qd3 d6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. a5 a6
12. Ng3 Rb8 13. b3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nc5 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Nd5 Nd4
17. Rd2 b5 18. axb6 c6 19. Nc3 Qxb6 20. h3 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. c3 Nxb3 25. Rxd6 Na5 26. Qd3 Rf7
27. c5 Nb7 28. Rg6 a5 29. Qa6 Rc8 30. Rb1 Qd7 31. Rg3 Rc7
32. Rd3 Qf5 33. f3 Kh7 34. Rbd1 Qe6 35. Kh2 Qb3 36. R3d2 Qb5
37. Qb6 a4 38. Rb1 Qxb6 39. cxb6 Rc8 40. Ra2 Ra8 41. Rb4 Nd8
42. Raxa4 Rxa4 43. Rxa4 Rb7 44. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 c6
12. O-O Na6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Bd3 c5 15. Bb5 Re6 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Qc2 a6 18. Be2 Rc8 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Bf3 b5 21. Qb1 b4
22. Nce2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rc1 Re7 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Rc1
Rc7 27. h3 Rc4 28. b3 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Bxd4
31. exd4 a5 32. Nd3 g5 33. f3 f6 34. Kf2 Bc8 35. Ke3 Kf7
36. Nc5 h5 37. g4 Kg6 38. Kf2 f5 39. Kg3 hxg4 40. hxg4 fxg4
41. fxg4 Kf6 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Kg3 Kf6 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Kg3 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. d4 Bxa2
12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Qe2 Nbd7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Nh4 g6
17. g3 Ne8 18. Ng2 Ng7 19. Bh6 Nf6 20. Ne3 Qh3 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. b4 h5 23. a4 a5 24. Rb1 axb4 25. Rxb4 bxa4 26. Raxa4 Ng4
27. Nf1 h4 28. f3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Nf6 30. Qg2 Qh6 31. Qh2 Qg5
32. Qd2 Qh5 33. g4 Qh8 34. Nb5 Nh7 35. Qh2 Rfb8 36. c4 Qd8
37. Ne3 Bg5 38. Qe2 Bf4 39. Ng2 Bg3 40. Qe3 Ng5 41. Kf1 Qh8
0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qe7 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qb4 Rac8
17. O-O Be4 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Nf3 b6 20. Rc1 Be4 21. Nd2 Qf6
22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rcd1 g6 24. h3 h5 25. Qb5 Kg7 26. b4 Ne6
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bc4 Nc7 29. Qa4 Qc3 30. Qc6 Qe5 31. Rc1 Ne8
32. Bf1 Nf6 33. Qc7 Qxc7 34. Rxc7 Rd7 35. Rc4 h4 36. b5 Rd1
37. g3 hxg3 38. fxg3 Ra1 39. a4 Ra3 40. Bg2 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+
42. Kg1 Re2 43. Kf1 Rxe3 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Bxe4 Nh5 46. g4 Nf6
47. Bg2 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Ra3+ 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. a4 b6
7. c3 Bb7 8. Qe2 g6 9. Bc2 e5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4
12. Rd1 Bg7 13. Rxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Qd1 Qe7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bh4 Nc5 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Qf1 g5 20. Bg3 d5 21. e5 Nh5
22. Nf3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rad1 Ne6 26. R4d2
d4 27. Ne2 Rd6 28. Nc1 Qf6 29. b4 g4 30. Qd3 Ng5 31. Qf5 Qxf5
32. Bxf5 Bc6 33. Ne2 Bxa4 34. Ra1 Bb5 35. Nxd4 Red8 36. Rad1
h5 37. Bc2 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Kh1 a4 40. f4 gxf3 41. Nxf3
Rxd2 42. Rxd2 Rxd2 43. Nxd2 a3 44. Bb1 Ne6 45. Kg1 Nc7 46. Ba2
Bd7 47. Kf2 Be6 48. Bxe6 Nxe6 49. Nb3 a2 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. Kd2
Kf6 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. Na3 e5 5. Nc2 Na6 6. Rb1 c5
7. b5 Nc7 8. d3 Bd6 9. g3 b6 10. Bg2 Ne7 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Ne4
O-O 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. e3 Ne6 17. Qf3
Rd7 18. e4 Nc8 19. Qg2 Qe7 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 f5 22. e5 Qe8
23. Ne1 Ne7 24. Rb2 Qa8 25. Nf3 Ng6 26. Qg3 a6 27. bxa6 Qxa6
28. h4 Rff7 29. Bd2 Ngf8 30. Rfb1 Rb7 31. h5 Qa8 32. Qg2 Ra7
33. Ng5 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Nxg5 35. fxg5 Rfe7 36. Rxb6 Rxa2
37. R1b2 Rxb2 38. Rxb2 Rxe5 39. Bf4 Re8 40. Rb7 Ne6 41. Kg3
Ra8 42. g6 hxg6 43. hxg6 Rf8 44. Be5 Re8 45. Kh4 Kf8 46. Rf7+
Kg8 47. Kh5 f4 48. Kg4 f3 49. Bd6 Rd8 50. Be7 Re8 51. Kxf3 Nf8
52. Rxf8+ Rxf8+ 53. Bxf8 Kxf8 54. Ke4 Ke7 55. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. h3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 a6 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Na4 Be7
17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bc3 Ned7 19. Ba5 Qc6 20. Bf3 Qb5 21. Bc3 Rd8
22. Qc2 Nd5 23. Rd1 N7f6 24. Bd4 Nb4 25. Qb3 Nc6 26. Qxb5 axb5
27. Nc3 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. exd4 b4 30. Nb5 b6 31. Kf1 Kf8
32. Bc6 Ne8 33. d5 exd5 34. Bxd5 Nd6 35. Na7 Bf6 36. b3 Bd4
37. Ke2 Bc5 38. g4 Nb5 39. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Nc6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b4 Ba7 11. h3 Bxc4
12. Nxc4 Re8 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Ne3
Qd7 17. Qc2 Raa8 18. Nc4 Qd5 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. Nc4 Qf5 21. b5
axb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 e4 24. bxc6 exf3 25. Ne3 Qc8
26. cxb7 Qxb7 27. g3 Qc6 28. Kh2 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qa4 c6
31. Qd4 Qf5 32. g4 Qe6 33. Kg3 Qe2 34. Qd7 Qe5+ 35. Kxf3 Re6
36. Qd4 Rf6+ 37. Kg2 Qxd4 38. cxd4 Rf4 39. Ra4 g5 40. Rc4 Rf6
41. f3 Kf8 42. Rc5 Rd6 43. Rc4 Ke7 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. h4 Kd5
46. Ra4 Rf6 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Kf2 Re6 49. Rc4 f6 50. Ra4 Re7
51. Rc4 Re6 52. Ra4 Re7 53. Rc4 Re6 54. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 a5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4
12. Qe2 e6 13. Rfc1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nf6 16. Qe2 Ne4
17. Be1 Re8 18. Bg2 Nd6 19. Rab1 h5 20. h4 Qd7 21. a4 Bf8
22. Qd3 Bg7 23. Qc2 Bf6 24. Bh3 Qd8 25. Qd1 Kg7 26. Bg2 Qd7
27. Bf1 Rec8 28. cxd5 exd5 29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Ne4 31. Be1
Bd8 32. Rb2 Ba5 33. Rcb1 Nd6 34. Bb4 Bxb4 35. Rxb4 Ra7 36. Kh2
Qe7 37. Bd3 Rca8 38. Bc2 Qf6 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qf3 Qf6 41. Qe2
Ra5 42. Rb6 R5a7 43. R6b4 Ra5 44. Qf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Kf6
46. Ke2 Ke7 47. f3 R8a7 48. Rb6 Kd8 49. e4 dxe4 50. fxe4 Kc7
51. R6b2 b5 52. axb5 Nxb5 53. Kd3 Ra3+ 54. Rb3 Ra2 55. Rf1 Kd8
56. d5 Rd7 57. Bb1 Ra5 58. Ke3 cxd5 59. exd5 Nc7 60. d6 Re5+
1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qc2 a6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5
12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. d5 e5 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Be2 Qe7
17. Rfe1 O-O 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. Bg4 Rc7 20. Qe2 Qf8 21. Bxd7
Rxd7 22. Qf3 Nh7 23. Bd2 f5 24. Qg3 Qf7 25. h4 Nf6 26. Bg5 Ng4
27. Rd2 Bc5 28. Kh1 Bd4 29. f3 Nf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Ne2 Rxd5
32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Rc2 Qh7 34. Kg1 Rxh4 35. Rc7 Rh1+ 36. Kf2 f4
37. Qg4 Qh4+ 38. Qxh4 Rxh4 39. Rxb7 Rc8 40. Rb6 Rc2+ 41. Re2
Rxe2+ 42. Kxe2 Kg7 43. Rxa6 Rh1 44. a4 Rg1 45. Kf2 Rb1 46. Rb6
Ra1 47. b3 f5 48. Rb5 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Kf6 50. Rb6+ Kg5 51. Re6
Rb2 52. Rxe5 Rxb3 53. Re6 Ra3 54. Ra6 Ra2 55. Kg1 Kh5 56. Kh2
g5 57. Ra5 Kh4 58. Rxf5 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 a6
7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 c6 12. Bb3
Ba7 13. d4 Re8 14. h3 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4
dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. g4 h5 20. Rxe4 Be6 21. Bc2 Bd5 22. Rb4
hxg4 23. Rxg4 Be6 24. Rg3 Rd5 25. Bg5 Kf8 26. Re1 Bb8 27. Bf4
Bc7 28. h4 Rad8 29. h5 Bb6 30. h6 gxh6 31. Bxh6+ Ke8 32. Kg2
Kd7 33. Bb3 Ra5 34. Bc2 Rd5 35. Be4 Ra5 36. Bg5 Re8 37. Bc2
Kc8 38. b4 Rd5 39. Bf6 Rd2 40. Be4 Bxf2 41. Rf1 Be1+ 42. Kf3
Bxg3 43. Kxg3 Rg8+ 44. Kf4 Bd5 45. Bf5+ Kc7 46. a5 Rgg2
47. Re1 Rdf2+ 48. Ke3 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6
12. b4 Bb6 13. Nce2 d4 14. e4 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nfg4 16. h3 Nxd3
17. Qxd3 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Re8 20. f5 Bd7 21. Kh1 Rc8
22. Rf4 Qg5 23. Rg4 Qe3 24. Qxe3 dxe3 25. Nh5 Bb5 26. Rxg7+
Kh8 27. Rxf7 Bxe2 28. Nf6 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Nxe8 Bg3
31. e5 Bb5 32. Nd6 Bd3 33. Nxb7 e2 34. e6 Bxf5 35. e7 Bg6
36. b5 Kg8 37. a4 Kf7 38. a5 Bc2 39. Nc5 Kxe7 40. b6 axb6
41. axb6 Kd6 42. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6
7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7
12. Bc2 c5 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8
17. Bb3 Ne5 18. Qd1 h6 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nh5 Be6
22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Nh4 Red8 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5
Qd2 27. h4 Qf4 28. Qh5 Rd2 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf1 Qxe4 31. Rad1
Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rf8 33. Qh5 f5 34. Bd5 Qc2 35. Bb3 Qxb2 36. Qg6
e4 37. Rd7 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kh3 f4 40. Rf7 Rd8 41. Bc2
Rd6 42. Qxe4 Qxe4 43. Bxe4 b5 44. Rxf4 Rd2 45. a3 Ra2 46. Rf3
Bd4 47. Bd5 Rxf2 48. Rxf2 Bxf2 49. Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Nd2 e6 11. Ba3 Na5
12. Qb2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. e4 Bc6 15. Bb4 b6 16. Rfe1 dxe4
17. Nxe4 Nc4 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Rad1 Kd8 21. Ng5 Bf6
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qxd1+
26. Qxd1+ Kc7 27. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. a3 Qd7
12. Rc1 f6 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Na4 Qc7
17. e3 Rd7 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Rc3 Kh8 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Qb5 Na7
22. Qxa5 Qxa5 23. Nxa5 b6 24. Nc4 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Nxb6
Rd2 27. Na4 c4 28. Rc1 Nc8 29. Kf1 Rd6 30. Ke1 Kg8 31. Nc5 Bf7
32. Ne4 Rb6 33. b4 Kf8 34. Bf1 Rc6 35. b5 Rc7 36. a4 Ra7
37. Ra1 Ra5 38. Kd2 Nb6 39. Nc5 Ke7 40. e4 Ra7 41. Kc3 Kd6
42. Kb4 c3 43. Rd1+ Ke7 44. a5 c2 45. Rc1 Nd7 46. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6
7. Be2 O-O 8. a3 Nd7 9. Nc3 a5 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Nd5
Be6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. b4 Nd7 16. Bc3 Nf6 17. Bf3
Bxd5 18. cxd5 Ne7 19. e4 axb4 20. axb4 c6 21. Nc4 Rxa1
22. Rxa1 Qc7 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. b5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qb3 b6
27. g3 Nd7 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. Qb1 h5 30. h4 Be5 31. Bd1 Rb8
32. Bf3 Kg7 33. Ra3 Qd7 34. Bd1 Bf6 35. Nd2 d5 36. Bf3 dxe4
37. Nxe4 Be7 38. Nxc5 Bxc5 39. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 Bf5
7. Nbd2 e6 8. Nh4 Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Qe2 f5 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. a4 Re7
17. Rac1 Rd8 18. b4 Rc7 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Ne7 21. c4 dxc4
22. Rxc4 Nd5 23. Qb2 h6 24. g3 Rdc8 25. Ne5 Ndc3 26. Rxc7 Rxc7
27. Bc4 Kh7 28. Bf1 Qxd4 29. Nd3 Qxa4 30. Qb6 Qc6 31. Qd4 Qd5
32. Qe3 Qd6 33. Bg2 Rd7 34. Bf1 b5 35. Nf4 Nd1 36. Qb3 Qb6
37. Re2 Ndxf2 38. Kg2 Rd6 39. h3 b4 40. Qf3 b3 41. Qh5 Qc6
42. Kg1 Nd3 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Nh5 Qd7 45. Re3 Ne5 46. Qxg7+
Qxg7 47. Nxg7 Kxg7 48. Rxb3 Rd1 49. Kg2 Rd2+ 50. Kg1 Kf6
51. Bg2 Rd1+ 52. Kh2 Rd3 53. Rb8 Nxg3 54. Rh8 Kg7 55. Re8 Kf6
56. Rh8 Nf7 57. Rg8 Ne4 58. h4 Nf2 59. Bf1 Rd2 60. Kg1 Ng4
61. h5 Nge5 62. Bg2 Ng5 63. Rh8 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Rb1 Nge7
7. b4 d6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Bb2 Rb8
12. Ba1 Rxb1 13. Qxb1 Ba6 14. d3 Qa5 15. Ne4 Rb8 16. Qc1 Nf5
17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Nd8 19. Ngxh7 e5 20. f4 Ne6 21. fxe5 Ned4
22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qg5 dxe5 24. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. Nc2 Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Ne3 Nd7 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. b3
Nf6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Ncd5 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Bc3 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 Qd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd2 e6 20. Qb2+ f6 21. Nf4 Kf7
22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. Rcd1 a6 25. Qa3 g5 26. Ng2 d5
27. Qb2 dxc4 28. bxc4 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Ne5 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. Ne3 b5
32. Qe4 bxc4 33. f4 c3 34. Rc2 gxf4 35. gxf4 Ng6 36. f5 Ne5
37. Qd4 Kh8 38. Rxc3 Rg8+ 39. Kf1 Qg7 40. Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Qf2
42. Qd6 Nf3+ 43. Kd3 Ne5+ 44. Kd2 Nf3+ 45. Kd3 Ne5+ 46. Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laurent Fressinet"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nh6 5. O-O Nf5 6. c3 c6
7. Nbd2 Nd6 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Nd3 Nf6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bf5
12. Ne5 Rc8 13. c4 Nfe4 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bc3 Qd8
17. f3 Bf5 18. c5 Nb5 19. Bb2 Nc7 20. Qd2 Re8 21. g4 Be6
22. Nd3 f6 23. e3 Qd7 24. h3 h6 25. Rce1 Bf7 26. f4 f5 27. Bf3
Kh7 28. Kh2 Be6 29. Rg1 Rg8 30. Qg2 Bf6 31. g5 Bg7 32. gxh6
Bxh6 33. Ne5 Qe8 34. Qg3 Qf8 35. Rg2 Qf6 36. Reg1 g5 37. fxg5
Rxg5 38. Qf2 Rcg8 39. Bc1 Ne8 40. Bd2 Rxg2+ 41. Rxg2 Rxg2+
42. Qxg2 Ng7 43. Be2 Bf7 44. Bd3 Bh5 45. b4 a6 46. a4 Be8
47. b5 cxb5 48. axb5 Bxb5 49. Bxb5 axb5 50. Qxd5 Qh4 51. Qg2
Qh5 52. Qxb7 b4 53. Qg2 b3 54. Bc1 Qd1 55. Qg6+ Kg8 56. Qf7+
Kh7 57. Qg6+ Kg8 58. Qf7+ Kh7 59. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. d4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf6
12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4
16. exd4 Bb7 17. Rc7 Rab8 18. Rfc1 a5 19. h4 Bd5 20. Bb5 Rfd8
21. f3 Ba8 22. Bd7 Kf8 23. Kf2 Bd5 24. Ke3 b5 25. R1c5 a4
26. Bxb5 axb3 27. axb3 Bxb3 28. Ra7 Bd5 29. Ba4 Ra8 30. Rxa8
Rxa8 31. Bc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 Bg7
7. O-O a6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. d3 Nb8 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Bd2
Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rab1 Qd8 17. h4
Nxa5 18. Ba2 Nc6 19. h5 e6 20. g3 b5 21. Kg2 Qf6 22. Qd1 a5
23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rh1 Nb4 25. Bc3 Qg5 26. f4 Qe7 27. Qg4 Nxa2
28. Qh3 f6 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Rh6 Rg8 31. Bxa5 Kf8 32. Rh3 Qf7
33. c3 Ra8 34. Bb6 Ra6 35. Bd8 Ke8 36. Bc7 Kd7 37. e5 Rh8
38. Qxh8 Bxh8 39. Rxh8 Kxc7 40. Rbh1 dxe5 41. R1h7 Qxh7
42. Rxh7+ Kd6 43. Kf3 exf4 44. gxf4 b4 45. c4 Nc1 46. Ke3 Nb3
0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.08"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O e5
7. d3 Be7 8. e3 Nf6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nc2 a5 13. Rb1 Re8 14. a3 f6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nb6
17. b5 Nb8 18. Nh4 N8d7 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Bb4 Nba4 21. Bd5+ Be6
22. Qf3 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Bf8 24. Nf5 g6 25. Nh4 Rc8 26. Ra1 Nb6
27. Ba5 Nb3 28. Bxb6 Qxb6 29. Ra2 Kf7 30. Na3 Bxa3 31. Rxa3
Rc3 32. d6 Qxd6 33. Qxb7+ Re7 34. Qa6 Qd5 35. b6 Nd2 36. Ra5
Qc6 37. Rb5 Rc1 38. Qa2+ Kg7 39. Qxd2 Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6
7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
12. Na3 Be7 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Na3 d5 16. e5 Ne4
17. Nb5 Ndc5 18. Nfd4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Ba6 21. Qf3
Qb8 22. d3 Nc5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Nxd3 25. d7 Nxe1
26. dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 27. Qg3 Kh8 28. h4 Nd3 29. Bf4 f6 30. Be3 e5
31. Nb3 Qb7 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. Bxc5 Qxb2 34. Bf8 Qb7 35. Qg4 Qf7
36. Bb4 h5 37. Qf5 Bb5 38. Qc8+ Be8 39. Qc5 Kh7 40. Qe7 Qg6
41. Qe6 Bf7 42. Qd7 Bg8 43. Bf8 Qg4 44. Qxg4 hxg4 45. Kh2 Be6
46. Kg3 Kg8 47. Bc5 Kf7 48. f3 gxf3 49. gxf3 Kg6 50. Bf8 Kf7
51. Bc5 Kg6 52. Bf8 d4 53. cxd4 exd4 54. Bc5 d3 55. Be3 Kh5
56. Bd2 Bd5 57. Be3 Kg6 58. Kg4 Bc6 59. Bd2 f5+ 60. Kf4 Kh5
61. Be1 g6 62. Ke3 Bb7 63. Kf4 Bc6 64. Ke3 d2 65. Bxd2 Kxh4
66. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "YourNextMove Rapid"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
Be6 7. Nb3 Bd6 8. Na5 Rb8 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. h3 Nd7
12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Qg4 Bc5 15. O-O Qe7 16. Nc4 f6
17. Kh1 Rbd8 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 c5 20. Bc3 Ng5 21. b3 Qe6
22. Qh5 b5 23. Qe2 Rd7 24. Ba5 Red8 25. Rfd1 Qa6 26. Be1 c4
27. Bh4 Nf7 28. Rd2 cxd3 29. cxd3 b4 30. Rad1 Nd6 31. Qg4 Nb5
32. Rf2 Rd6 33. Rdf1 Qc8 34. Rf5 c5 35. Qg3 Kh8 36. Rxf6 gxf6
37. Rxf6 R8d7 38. Qxe5 Kg8 39. Re6 Rxe6 40. Qxe6+ Kf8 41. Bg5
Qc7 42. Bh6+ Rg7 43. e5 Nc3 44. d4 cxd4 45. exd4 Qf7 46. Qc8+
Ke7 47. Qb7+ Ke6 48. Qc6+ Ke7 49. Bxg7 Qxg7 50. Qb7+ Kf8
51. Qxb4+ 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Rapid"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 f5
12. exf5 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 d5 15. Bb3 Bxf5 16. Kg1
Bxd3 17. Ne1 Bg6 18. Ndf3 e4 19. Nh2 Ne7 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Nc2
Rad8 22. Qd2 c5 23. Rd1 h6 24. Ng4 Bh5 25. Ba2 a5 26. Qe1 Be8
27. b3 b6 28. Bf2 Bh5 29. Bh4 Rd7 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 d4
32. Nce3 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Ng6 34. Bg3 Qf6 35. Nf5 e3 36. bxc5
bxc5 37. Qe2 Ne5 38. Bb1 Rfd8 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40. Nh4 Qg5
41. Ng6+ Kg8 42. Qc4+ Rd5 43. Be4 Qxg4 44. Bxd5+ Kh7 45. Qd3
1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Rapid"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nh6 5. O-O Nf5 6. c3 Nd7
7. Nbd2 Nd6 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f3 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 b6 14. Nf2 c5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qxd6 Bf8 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Qf4 Qb6 21. Re2 Bf5
22. Rxe7 Bxe7 23. Re1 Bd6 24. Qc4 Qxb2 25. f4 Rf8 26. Bd5 Kg7
27. a4 h5 28. Be4 Be6 29. Qd3 Rd8 30. Bxg6 c4 31. Qc2 Ba3
32. Re2 Qxc2 33. Bxc2 Bb2 34. Bf5 Bxf5 35. Rxb2 Re8 36. Rb4
Re1+ 37. Kg2 Be6 38. Rb5 Kg6 39. Rg5+ Kh6 40. Rc5 Ra1 41. a5
Kg6 42. h3 Ra3 43. Ne4 f6 44. Kf2 Bxh3 45. Rc6 Rxa5 46. Rxf6+
Kg7 47. Rc6 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 Rg2 49. Rc7+ Kg6 50. Rxa7 Bf5
51. Ra6+ Kg7 52. Nd6 Bd3 53. f5 Rxg3+ 54. Kf4 Rg1 55. Ra7+ Kh6
56. Nf7+ Kg7 57. Ng5+ Kg8 58. f6 Rg4+ 59. Ke5 Rxg5+ 60. Ke6
Be4 61. Rc7 Bd5+ 62. Ke7 Rf5 63. Rd7 Kh7 64. Rd6 h4 65. Kf8 h3
66. Rd7+ Kg6 67. Rg7+ Kxf6 68. Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "YourNextMove Rapid"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Ng3 Na5 11. Bb5 Bd7
12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 Nc6 14. h3 Rad8 15. d5 Ne7 16. Nh4 c6
17. c4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Rc8 19. Qd3 Kh7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 a6
22. Rac1 Red8 23. b3 Ng6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. f3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Rc8 27. Rc3 Qd8 28. Ne2 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 Nh5 31. b4
Qb5 32. Ke1 g5 33. a3 Nf4 34. Nxf4 gxf4 35. Qc8 Qd3 36. Qf5+
Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "YourNextMove Rapid"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2
d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e4 Qd6 9. h3 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. Be2 Be6
12. Be3 Rfd8 13. O-O a4 14. Qc2 Bb3 15. Qc3 Ne8 16. Nd2 Be6
17. Rfd1 Ra6 18. Bc5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qc5 Rb6 21. Qc2 Ra8
22. Rf1 Rb5 23. Nc4 Qc5 24. Qd1 Nd6 25. Nd2 Qb6 26. Bg4 Ba2
27. Re1 Rxb2 28. e5 Nb5 29. Nc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nc3 31. Qf3 Re8
32. Qf4 c5 33. e6 fxe6 34. Kh2 Qc6 35. Bf3 Qc8 36. Qd6 b6
37. Bg4 Qb8 38. Bxe6+ Kh8 39. Qxb8 Rxb8 40. f4 Re8 41. Re5 g6
42. Bd7 Rxe5 43. fxe5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "YourNextMove Rapid"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. b4 Ncd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Qb2 Ng6 16. Rc1 h6
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Kf2 Rfd8 20. Rhd1 Bc6 21. Nb1
Kf8 22. Nc3 f5 23. Rd4 Ke7 24. Rcd1 Rd7 25. g3 Rcd8 26. h3 Kf6
27. f4 Ne7 28. g4 Kg7 29. Bf3 Rc8 30. Be2 Rcd8 31. b5 Bb7
32. a4 a5 33. bxa6 Bxa6 34. Bf3 fxg4 35. hxg4 f5 36. Rb1 Rc8
37. Rxb6 Bxc4 38. Rdxd6 Rxd6 39. Rxd6 Bb3 40. Ne2 Rc2 41. Ke1
fxg4 42. Bxg4 h5 43. Bxe6 Bxe6 44. Rxe6 Nf5 45. Re5 Nd6
46. Rxh5 Ra2 47. Nc3 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Rapid"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qd4 Nc5 6. Nc3 Ne6
7. Qe4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O-O d6 11. c5 Ne7
12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Rxd6 Qc7 14. g4 Nc5 15. Qc4 b6 16. Bxc5 bxc5
17. h3 Rb8 18. Qe2 Rb4 19. Qd2 Rd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Rd8
22. Qf2 Nd5 23. Nge2 Nb4 24. Kb1 Nd3 25. Qh4 Bb7 26. Rh2 Rb8
27. b3 Nxf4 28. Nxf4 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "YourNextMove Rapid"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6
7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8
12. Na3 Be7 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Na3 Ba6 16. d4 cxd3
17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qe2 Ncxe4 20. Ng5 d5 21. Nc2
Nc5 22. Be3 Qa6 23. Qxa6 Nxa6 24. Ra1 Nc7 25. Nd4 Bd6 26. Ngf3
Ne4 27. Nd2 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke8 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. Kd3
g6 32. b4 e5 33. Nb3 e4+ 34. Kc2 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Nxa8 36. Be3 Nc7
37. Nd4 Be5 38. c4 dxc4 39. Kc3 Nd5+ 40. Kxc4 Nxe3+ 41. fxe3
Bxh2 42. Kd5 f5 43. b5 Bg1 44. Nc2 Kc7 45. Ke5 Kb6 46. Nd4 Kc5
47. Kf4 Bh2+ 48. g3 h5 49. Kg5 Bxg3 50. Kxg6 f4 51. Kf5 f3
52. Kxe4 f2 53. Nb3+ Kxb5 54. Nd2 Kc6 55. Kf3 h4 56. Nf1 Kd5
57. Nd2 Kc6 58. Nf1 Kc5 59. Nd2 Kd5 60. Kg2 Ke6 61. Ne4 Ke5
62. Nxf2 Bxf2 63. Kxf2 Ke4 64. Kg2 Kxe3 65. Kh3 Kf3 66. Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "YourNextMove Rapid"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. d3 h6 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. b4 c6 11. e4 Be6 12. Bb2 Rc8
13. Ne2 Qd7 14. d4 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Bh3 16. Rad1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2
exd4 18. Bxd4 c5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. b5 a6 21. a4 axb5 22. axb5
Ra8 23. Nf3 Bg7 24. Nf4 Ra3 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Nc8 27. Rd1
Re8 28. Nd5 Qg4 29. Re1 Kh8 30. h3 Qd7 31. Rd1 Qd8 32. Rd2 Nb6
33. Ra2 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Qd7 35. Ra7 Re7 36. h4 Bf6 37. h5 g5
38. Nh2 Kg7 39. f3 Bd4 40. Ng4 Qe6 41. Qxe6 fxe6 42. Ra8 Rd7
43. Rc8 Bc3 44. Kf1 Ba5 45. Ke2 Rd8 46. Rxd8 Bxd8 47. f4 Bf6
48. Kf3 Bd4 49. f5 d5 50. cxd5 exd5 51. exd5 c4 52. Ke4 Bc5
53. f6+ Kf7 54. Ne5+ Kxf6 55. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4
7. Qc2 Nf6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. Be2 e4
12. Nd2 d5 13. O-O exd3 14. Bxd3 Nbd7 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Be2
Nxd5 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Bd2 Qg6 21. Qb3
Rab8 22. Rad1 Ngf6 23. Bc1 h6 24. Rd4 Ne4 25. Rfd1 Re6 26. Qc2
Rbe8 27. b4 Rf6 28. Nh4 Rxf2 29. Rxe4 Rxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Qxe4
31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Nf5 Re5 33. Rf1 f6 34. Kg2 Nb6 35. Nd6 Re7
36. Rd1 Rd7 37. Rd2 Nd5 38. Nf5 g6 39. Nxh6+ Kg7 40. e4 Ne3+
41. Kf3 Rxd2 42. Bxd2 Nc4 43. Bc1 Nxa3 44. Nf5+ gxf5 45. Bxa3
fxe4+ 46. Kxe4 Kg6 47. Kf4 b6 48. Bc1 a5 49. bxa5 bxa5 50. Ba3
Kh5 51. Kg3 f5 52. Be7 a4 53. h3 Kg6 54. Kf4 Kh5 55. Kg3 Kg6
56. Ba3 Kg5 57. Bc1+ Kh5 58. Ba3 Kg5 59. Bc1+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7
12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 g6 15. h4 Qc7 16. Qf2 Nc4
17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Nc1 b5 19. Nb3 b4 20. Na4 Rc7 21. Nb6 Qb5
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qd7 24. Qe2 Rfc8 25. Rc1 Qh3 26. Qf2 f5
27. gxf6 Nxf6 28. Ra5 Nh5 29. Bg5 Rf8 30. Qd2 Qxf3 31. Bxe7
Rxe7 32. Qxd6 Qf6 33. Qxb4 Qxh4 34. Rxa6 Nf4 35. a4 Ref7
36. Qc4 Kg7 37. a5 h5 38. Rb6 Qf2 39. Nc5 h4 40. Qc3 Re7
41. a6 Ne2 42. Qb4 Nxc1 43. Rb7 Rff7 44. Rxe7 Rxe7 45. Nd3 Qf6
46. Nxc1 h3 47. Qc3 h2 48. Qh3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6
7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. e3 Ne4 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Bh3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 e6 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Qe2 Ne4
17. Bb2 Re8 18. Bg2 Nd6 19. Rac1 h5 20. a4 Bf6 21. h4 Kg7
22. Ba3 Nf5 23. Rd3 Be7 24. Bb2 Bf6 25. Rcd1 Nd6 26. R3d2 Qd7
27. Kh2 Qd8 28. f3 Nf5 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 Nh6 31. e5 Be7
32. Bh3 Qb6 33. Rd3 Rad8 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. Bc1 Bf8 36. Bg5 Rd7
37. Qf4 Nf5 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. Bf6 Bg7 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Re1
Qc7 42. d5 cxd5 43. cxd5 Qc2+ 44. Qd2 Qxd2+ 45. Rxd2 Rc8
46. Re3 Rc5 47. Red3 Kf8 48. Kg2 b5 49. Kf3 bxa4 50. bxa4 Rc4
51. Rd4 Rc5 52. Kf4 Ke7 53. Kg5 Rd8 54. R2d3 Rd7 55. Kh6 Rd8
56. Kg7 Rd7 57. e6 fxe6 58. d6+ Kd8+ 59. Kxg6 Rb7 60. d7 e5
61. Rd6 f4 62. gxf4 exf4 63. Rf6 Rxd7 64. Rf8+ Kc7 65. Rxd7+
Kxd7 66. Rxf4 Ke6 67. Rf6+ Ke7 68. Rf7+ Ke6 69. Rf6+ Ke7
70. Rf5 Rc4 71. Rxa5 Rxh4 72. Rxh5 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Be2 d4 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O cxd4
12. Bxd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc3 Re8 15. d3 Bc7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Qc1 Rad8 19. Qxf4 Bxf4 20. Rad1 f5 21. Ng3
Bxf3 22. gxf3 g6 23. Kg2 Kf7 24. d4 Bg5 25. Rd3 h5 26. Rfd1 h4
27. Nf1 Re2 28. Nd2 Rd5 29. Kf1 Rxd2 30. R1xd2 Bxd2 31. Rxd2
c5 32. Ke2 cxd4 33. Kd3 g5 34. b4 Kf6 35. Re2 Rd7 36. a4 g4
37. fxg4 fxg4 38. Re4 Rg7 39. Kxd4 g3 40. fxg3 hxg3 41. Re1
Kg5 42. b5 Kh4 43. a5 g2 44. Rg1 Kxh3 45. b6 a6 46. Kc5 Rg5+
47. Kc6 Rxa5 48. Kb7 Ra2 49. Ka7 Kh2 50. Rxg2+ Kxg2 51. b7 Rb2
52. Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 O-O
12. Qd2 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Rc4 15. f3 Qa8 16. b3 Rc7
17. g4 Rfc8 18. g5 Nh7 19. h4 Nhf8 20. Rac1 Ng6 21. Qe1 Ndf8
22. Bh3 Ne6 23. Rd3 Bf8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nc5 26. Bxc5
Rxc5 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. c3 a5 29. Re3 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Re4
Rxd5 32. Kg2 Rb5 33. Rb4 Rc5 34. Rxa4 d5 35. Rd1 Qc6 36. Rb4
d4 37. cxd4 Rc2 38. Rd2 Bxb4 39. axb4 Nxh4+ 40. Kh3 Qxf3+
41. Ng3 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 a5
7. Na3 Bc5 8. Nb5 O-O 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Bf5
12. d4 exd4 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Be4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qc2
Ng5 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Qf5 Bf6 19. Bxg5 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxg5
21. Rd7 Rac8 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. R7d5 a4 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxg5+
Kf6 26. Rgd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Re8 28. Kf1 Re4 29. b3 axb3
30. axb3 Re6 31. h4 Rb6 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. cxb5 Ke5 34. h5 Kd4
35. g4 Ke4 36. Kg2 Kf4 37. f3 h6 38. Kf2 f5 39. gxf5 Kxf5
40. Ke3 Kg5 41. Ke4 Kxh5 42. Kf5 Kh4 43. f4 h5 44. Ke5 Kg3
45. f5 h4 46. f6 h3 47. f7 h2 48. f8=Q h1=Q 49. Qf4+ Kh3
50. Qh6+ Kg2 51. Qxh1+ Kxh1 52. Ke6 Kg2 53. Kd7 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6
7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3 Rc8 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Rxc4 11. Qd3 Rc6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. g4 O-O 14. Kb1 a6 15. h4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5
17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rd1 Bc7 20. g5 Ne8 21. Rd7
Rd6 22. Re7 Kf8 23. Rxe5 b6 24. Kc2 g6 25. a4 Rc6 26. Rd5 Bd6
27. Rd1 Nc7 28. a5 Be7 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. b3 Ke8 31. Ra1 Kd7
32. Na4 Rb5 33. Nb2 Ke8 34. Nc4 Kd7 35. Bf4 Ne6 36. Be5 Nd4+
37. Bxd4 cxd4 38. Rxa6 Bc5 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "264"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6
7. e3 Be7 8. exd4 cxd4 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne8 11. a3 a5
12. Nbd2 f6 13. Rb1 e5 14. Nh4 Nc7 15. Qh5 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rxe8
17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bd7 19. Kf2 Na6 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Ne4 f5
22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Nc5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nf3 Nxd3+ 26. Kg3
b6 27. Bf4 Ne7 28. Bf7 Rf8 29. Bd5 Nxf4 30. Kxf4 Ng6+ 31. Kg3
d3 32. Rd1 f4+ 33. Kf2 Bf5 34. h4 Re8 35. Nd4 Nxh4 36. Nxf5
Nxf5 37. Rxd3 g6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 h6 40. gxh6 g5 41. Bf3
Ne3 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 g4 44. c6 gxf3 45. Kxf3 Nc4 46. Kxf4
Rc8 47. Ke4 Na5 48. Rd6 Nxc6 49. Kd5 Ne7+ 50. Ke6 Ng8 51. Kd7
Ra8 52. Kc7 Ra7+ 53. Kb6 Rf7 54. Rc6 Rf1 55. Kc7 Kh7 56. Kb6
Nf6 57. Kb7 Kxh6 58. Kc8 Kg6 59. Rc7 Ra1 60. Rc2 Nd5 61. Kd7
Kf5 62. Kd6 Ne3 63. Rc8 Rd1+ 64. Kc6 Nd5 65. Re8 Kf6 66. Re2
Ne7+ 67. Kc5 Ng6 68. Re8 Ne5 69. Kb5 Rc1 70. Kb4 Nc6+ 71. Kb3
Rc5 72. Re1 Nd4+ 73. Kb4 Rc8 74. Re4 Ne6 75. Re1 Nf4 76. Kb5
Nd5 77. Rh1 Ke5 78. Rh5+ Kd4 79. Rh4+ Kd3 80. Rh3+ Ne3 81. Kb6
Rc3 82. Kb7 Kd4 83. Rh4+ Kc5 84. Rh3 Rb3+ 85. Kc8 Kd6 86. Rh6+
Ke5 87. Kd7 Nf5 88. Rh5 Rc3 89. Rg5 Kf4 90. Rg1 Ne3 91. Kd6
Ke4 92. Re1 Kd4 93. Rh1 Nf5+ 94. Ke6 Rf3 95. Rd1+ Ke4 96. Re1+
Ne3 97. Ra1 Nc2 98. Ra4+ Nd4+ 99. Ke7 Rh3 100. Kd6 Rh6+
101. Ke7 Kd5 102. Ra5+ Kc4 103. Kf7 Nc6 104. Ra1 Ne5+ 105. Ke7
Kd5 106. Rd1+ Kc5 107. Rc1+ Nc4 108. Kf7 Kd5 109. Rd1+ Kc6
110. Rc1 Rh4 111. Kf6 Kd7 112. Rd1+ Nd6 113. Kg5 Re4 114. Ra1
Ke6 115. Ra6 Rd4 116. Kg6 Rg4+ 117. Kh5 Rg1 118. Kh4 Ke5
119. Kh3 Ne4 120. Kh2 Rg8 121. Ra7 Nd2 122. Ra3 Kf4 123. Ra4+
Ke3 124. Kh3 Ne4 125. Kh2 Nc3 126. Ra7 Rg5 127. Kh3 Ne4
128. Ra3+ Kf4 129. Kh2 Nd2 130. Kh3 Rh5+ 131. Kg2 Rg5+
132. Kh3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b6 11. Ne5 Ra7
12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. Nd3 Qd4 18. Qb3 Be7 19. e3 Qg4 20. Ne5 Qh5 21. f4 Bf6
22. Nc4 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qc5 24. Qd4 Nd7 25. Rf2 Qxd4 26. Rxd4
Nc5 27. Rc2 Nxa4 28. Nd6 Rd7 29. Rc6 Nxb2 30. Rxb6 Rfd8
31. Rxa6 Na4 32. Nxf7 Rxd4 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxa4 Rd2 35. Rd4
Ra2 36. h3 Kf7 37. Kf1 Rh2 38. h4 h5 39. e4 g6 40. Rd3 Kf8
41. Re3 Ra2 42. Re2 Ra3 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Re3 Ra1 45. Rd3 Rb1
46. Rd7+ Kf8 47. Ke3 Rb4 48. Rc7 Ra4 49. Kd3 Rb4 50. Rc4 Rb3+
51. Kd4 Ke7 52. Rc7+ Kd6 53. Rc3 Rb4+ 54. Kd3 Ra4 55. Rb3 Ke7
56. Ke3 Kf6 57. Rd3 Rb4 58. Rd7 Ra4 59. e5+ Kf5 60. Rf7+ Kg4
61. Rf6 Kxg3 62. Rxg6+ Kxh4 63. Rxe6 Ra3+ 64. Ke4 Ra4+ 65. Kf5
Kg3 66. Rg6+ Kf3 67. Kg5 h4 68. Rh6 Rxf4 69. Rf6 Rxf6 70. exf6
h3 71. f7 h2 72. f8=Q+ Kg2 73. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qd1 Be6
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be2 g6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nd5 Bg5
17. c3 O-O 18. a4 Kg7 19. a5 h4 20. Ra4 Rc5 21. b4 Rc6 22. c4
Bf4 23. Ra3 Qg5 24. Nb6 f5 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 Rc1 27. Qxd6
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Bf7 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 Rd8 31. Nd7 fxe4
32. a7 e3 33. a8=Q exf2+ 34. Kh1 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5
c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. e3 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Nge2 Qb6 11. a4 Qa5
12. O-O Kg7 13. Nd4 Rd8 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Rc1 a6 16. b4 axb5
17. Ncxb5 Qe5 18. Rxc5 b6 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6
Rxd5 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. h3 Rd2 24. Rc2 Rbd8 25. Nd4 Rxc2 26. Qxc2
Qd6 27. Nc6 Rd7 28. b5 Qa3 29. Rb1 Rd5 30. g3 h5 31. Kg2 h4
32. g4 Qd6 33. Qe4 Rd2 34. Qf3 Qd3 35. Rc1 Ra2 36. Nb4 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. e4 c5 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Nbc6 10. Rb1 f5 11. b4 f4 12. bxc5
dxc5 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Bb2 b6 15. Bc3 h6 16. a4 g5 17. Nd2 Ng6
18. Qh5 Rb8 19. a5 Nd4 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rb2 Ne7 22. Bxd4 exd4
23. Rfb1 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bf5 25. Ne4 Qd8 26. Bh3 Bxe4 27. dxe4
d3 28. Rd2 fxg3 29. hxg3 b5 30. cxb5 c4 31. Bf5 Qa5 32. Qg6
Qxd2 33. Qh7+ Kf7 34. Qg6+ Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf7 36. Qg6+ Kg8
37. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "13.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Qa4 d4 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nh6
7. b4 O-O 8. O-O Nf5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Rb1 Re8 11. Ne4 Nd6
12. Nxd6 exd6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Re1 Nf8 15. Bb2 Ne6 16. e3 dxe3
17. Rxe3 Bd7 18. Rbe1 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. axb4
Rxe3 22. fxe3 Qb6 23. Qb2 Ra4 24. b5 d5 25. Qf6 Be8 26. cxd5
Qxb5 27. dxc6 Qxc6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. Rb1 Ra2 30. e4 Ne6
31. Bh3 Nc5 32. Ne5 Rd2 33. Bf1 Ne6 34. Nf3 Ra2 35. Rc1 f6
36. Bh3 Kf7 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. Nd4+ Kd6 39. Rf1 Ke5 40. Nf3+
Ke6 41. Nd4+ Ke5 42. Nf3+ Kd6 43. Nd4 Ba4 44. Rb1 Kc5 45. Ne6+
Kd6 46. Nf8 b5 47. Nxh7 Ke5 48. d4+ Kxe4 49. Nxf6+ Kxd4 50. h4
Ke3 51. Nd5+ Kf3 52. Nc3 Rc2 53. Nxb5 Kxg3 54. Kf1 Rh2 55. Rb4
Bd1 56. Ke1 Bg4 57. Nc3 Kxh4 58. Ne4 g5 59. Nf2 Rg2 60. Nxg4
Rxg4 61. Rb3 Rg3 62. Rb8 Kh3 63. Kf1 Kh2 64. Rh8+ Rh3 65. Rg8
Rf3+ 66. Ke2 Rg3 67. Kf2 g4 68. Rg7 Rg2+ 69. Kf1 Rg1+ 70. Kf2
g3+ 71. Kf3 Rf1+ 72. Ke2 Rf6 73. Rh7+ Kg1 74. Rg7 g2 75. Rg8
Rf5 76. Rg7 Kh2 77. Rh7+ Kg3 78. Rg7+ Kh2 79. Rh7+ Kg1 80. Rh8
Rf4 81. Rh7 Re4+ 82. Kf3 Re8 83. Rg7 Kf1 0-1

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "14.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5
12. Nd5 a5 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Re1 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb4
17. a3 Nd3 18. Rd1 Bh6 19. f4 Bg7 20. Ne4 Nxc1 21. Rdxc1 Bf5
22. Bf3 Rfc8 23. g4 Bd7 24. Kg2 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. b4 b6
27. Kg3 Rc7 28. b5 Bd4 29. h4 h6 30. Rc2 Kf7 31. Rd1 Bg7
32. Rb1 Ra5 33. Rb4 Bd4 34. Ra2 Ra8 35. Rd2 Bg7 36. Rd3 Rac8
37. Rxa4 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. Re3 Bd4 40. Re2 Ra4 41. h5
Rxa3 42. Kg2 Be3 43. hxg6+ Bxg6 44. Nd2 Bxf4 45. Nc4 Rb3
46. Nxb6 Rxb5 47. Nc8 Be5 48. Bg4 Rb4 49. Be6+ Kf6 50. Rf2+
Rf4 0-1

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "15.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c6
7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6
12. Ne5 Ng5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bxc6 Ra6 16. Nd2
Bh3 17. Rfc1 Rd8 18. Nb3 Bg4 19. h4 Rd6 20. Bb7 Ra7 21. hxg5
Rxb7 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nxc5 Rb2 25. Nb3 Ra6
26. c5 Rc6 27. Rcb1 Rxb1+ 28. Rxb1 e5 29. f4 f6 30. Rc1 h5
31. gxh6+ Kxh6 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. e4 Kg5 34. a4 Be6 35. Rc3 Kg4
36. a5 g5 37. Kg2 Bxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxc5 39. Ra3 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 Rc1+
41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kd1 Rc7 43. a6 Ra7 44. Ke2 Kh3 45. Kf2 g4
46. Kg1 Ra8 47. a7 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "16.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 Ba7
7. O-O d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Re1
Be6 13. b4 g4 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nc4 b5 17. Ne3 h5
18. Kh1 Ng6 19. Nxg6 Kxg6 20. Bh4 Nxe4 21. Nxg4 Nxf2+ 22. Bxf2
Bxf2 23. Nxf2 Rxf2 24. Re3 Qf6 25. Rg3+ Kh6 26. Rh3 Qf7
27. Qc1+ Kg6 28. Rg3+ Kh7 29. h3 Rf8 30. Kh2 Qf4 31. Qxf4 exf4
32. Rg5 Kh6 33. h4 f3 34. axb5 axb5 35. Re1 e5 36. Kh3 fxg2
37. Rxg2 R8f3+ 38. Rg3 Rxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Rc2 40. Kf3 Rxc3 41. Ke4
Rb3 42. Rg1 Rxb4+ 0-1

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "17.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O b6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. Qxc3 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 h6 15. h3 Ba3 16. Rb1 a5
17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Bc1 Be7 19. Bb2 Ba6 20. Rbc1 Rc7 21. Qb1 Qb8
22. Ne5 Rfc8 23. e3 Bb7 24. c5 Ba6 25. Ba3 bxc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5
27. Rxc5 Qb4 28. Rdc1 a4 29. Nxc6 Qb6 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Rxc8+
Bxc8 32. Rxc8+ Ne8 33. Bf1 Qb7 34. Qc2 axb3 35. axb3 g5
36. Qc5 Kg7 37. b4 Nf6 38. Bd3 Nd7 39. Qxe7 Qxc8 40. b5 Qc1+
41. Kg2 Qd2 42. Bf5 Nf8 43. b6 exf5 44. Qe5+ f6 45. Qc7+ Kg6
46. b7 Ne6 47. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove Blitz"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[Round "18.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8
7. Be2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. O-O Qd6
12. a3 Rad8 13. b4 a6 14. Bb2 Qh6 15. Qb3 Rd6 16. Rc5 Nb6
17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Rc4 Be6 19. Rc3 Bg4 20. Rc4 Be6 21. Rc3 Bg4
22. Rc4 Be6 23. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2
d5 13. c3 Bd6 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Bb4 18. Bd2 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Bxb4 Qxe4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8
22. Rc1 h6 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Qe3 Qd5 25. h3 Rb4 26. Qc3 Nxd4
27. Qxb4 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 Na5 10.Ba2 c5 11.Bg5 O-O 12.axb5 axb5 13.Na3
Qb8 14.Nc2 h6 15.Bh4 c4 16.Nb4 Be6 17.Re1 Qb7 18.d4 Bg4 19.Bb1
Nb3 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Ba2 Nxe4 22.Bxe7 Ned2 23.Bxb3 Nxf3+
24.gxf3 Bxf3 25.Bxd6 Bxd1 26.Bxd1 exd4 27.cxd4 Qd7 28.Bg3 Qxd4
29.Bf3 Qd2 30.Rd1 Qxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Ra1 32.Kg2 Rxd1 33.Be5 f6
34.Bc3 Kf7 35.Nc2 g5 36.h3 Kg6 37.Na3 Rd5 38.Kf3 f5 39.Kg3 f4+
40.Kg2 Kf5 41.f3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O
12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. g4 b5 14. g5 b4 15. gxf6 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxf6
17. Na5 Rc8 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qa5 Rc6 21. Rg1
Rfc8 22. Rg2 Bh3 23. Rgd2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qe6 25. Rff2 h6
26. Kb1 Qh3 27. Rd3 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Qf1+ 29. Bc1 Qxd3 30. Qd2
Qxc2+ 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Kxc2 Kf8 33. Kb3 Ke7 34. Kc4 Ke6
35. b4 d5+ 36. exd5+ Nxd5 37. Bd2 f5 38. b5 axb5+ 39. Kxb5 Kd6
40. a4 g5 41. a5 f4 42. Kc4 Nc7 43. Bb4+ Ke6 44. h3 h5 45. Bc5
e4 46. fxe4 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Kd3 Na6 49. Bd4 Nb4+ 50. Ke2
Na6 51. Kf2 Kd6 52. Kg2 Ke6 53. Kf2 Kd6 54. Kg2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5
7. dxc5 Na6 8. Rd1 Nxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxf4 11. Rxd8 Rxd8
12. Ne5 Bf6 13. Nb5 b6 14. b4 Bxe5 15. bxc5 a6 16. Nd6 bxc5
17. Nc4 Bd4 18. g3 Ng6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. O-O Bb5 21. Na5 Ne5
22. Rd1 Rab8 23. Kg2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Rb5 25. Nb3 h6 26. Rd2 Nc6
27. Qc4 e5 28. a4 Rb4 29. Qxa6 Rxb3 30. Qxc6 Ra3 31. Qa6 Rb8
32. a5 c4 33. Qxc4 Rxa5 34. Kh3 Rc5 35. Qe2 Rcb5 36. f4 Rb4
37. Qd1 Rb1 38. Qh5 R1b5 39. Qe2 Rb4 40. Qd1 Rb1 41. Qh5 R1b5
42. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8
14.b3 Nbd7 15.Bb2 Rc8 16.a4 b4 17.cxb4 exd4 18.Bxd4 c5 19.bxc5
Nxc5 20.Qb1 a5 21.b4 axb4 22.Qxb4 Ba8 23.a5 d5 24.Bxf6 Qxf6
25.e5 Qa6 26.Qg4 Ne6 27.Bf5 Rc5 28.Bxe6 Rxe6 29.Nb3 Rc4
30.Nfd4 Bb7 31.Qf5 Re7 32.e6 Bc8 33.exf7+ Rxf7 34.Qxd5 Bb7
35.Qe6 Rb4 36.Re3 Qa8 37.Rc1 Bd5 38.Rc8 Bxe6 39.Rxa8 Bc4
40.Rc8 Kh7 41.Rc3 Ba6 42.Rd8 Ra4 43.Ne6 Bb4 44.Rc6 Bb5 45.Rc1
Ra2 46.f3 Ba4 47.Nbd4 Bxa5 48.Ra8 Bb6 49.Kh1 Bb3 50.Rb8 Bxe6
51.Rxb6 Bf5 52.Rd6 Bg6 53.Rd8 Bf5 54.Rd6 Bg6 55.Rc8 Rb7
56.Rdd8 Bd3 57.Ne6 Bf1 58.Nf8+ Kg8 59.Ng6+ Kh7 60.Nf8+ Kg8
61.Ne6+ Kh7 62.Rh8+ Kg6 63.Nf4+ Kg5 64.Rhf8 Rbb2 65.Rc7 g6
66.g3 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.10"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.a3 Be6 10.Be3 Nd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qa4 Re8
13.Rac1 a6 14.Nd2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd4 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Qb3 Rb8
18.e4 dxe3 19.fxe3 Rf8 20.Ne4 Qd7 21.Rf3 Rbd8 22.d4 c6 23.Rcf1
Qd5 24.Qc2 g6 25.g4 Rde8 26.h3 Bd8 27.Nc3 Qe6 28.Na4 b6 29.Rc1
c5 30.dxc5 b5 31.Nc3 Qc6 32.Qd2 Re5 33.b4 Bg5 34.Rd1 Bxe3
35.Qd7 Qa8 36.Nd5 Bg5 37.c6 Bh4 38.Rd2 Re1 39.Rc2 Kg7 40.Nb6
Qb8 41.Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.12"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d5
7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.e4 Qd6 9.h3 a5 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nc5 12.Be3 Ne6
13.O-O O-O 14.b3 Rd8 15.Rfc1 Bd7 16.Qb2 Be8 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4
Rxa1 19.Qxa1 b5 20.Qa3 Qxb4 21.Qxb4 Nxb4 22.Nxe5 f6 23.Bg4 Nd4
24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Nf3 Nxd3 26.Rxc7 Rd6 27.Rb7 h5 28.Bf5 g6 29.e5
Nxe5 30.Nxe5 gxf5 31.Rb8 Kf8 32.Ng6+ Kf7 33.Nf4 h4 34.g3 Bc6
35.gxh4 Rd4 36.Rb6 Rc4 37.h5 Kg7 38.Kh2 b4 39.Nd3 Rc3 40.Nxb4
Be4 41.Rd6 Rf3 42.Nd5 Rxf2+ 43.Kg3 Rf3+ 44.Kh4 Bxd5 45.Rxd5
Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 b6 10.Nc3 Ke8 11.Rd1 Bb4 12.Ne2
Bb7 13.Ned4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bc5 15.Nf5 Rg8 16.g4 h5 17.Be3 g6
18.Nh6 Rh8 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.g5 Bc8 21.h4 Ke7 22.f4 Be6 23.Rf1
Rad8 24.c3 Bh3 25.Rf2 Ke6 26.Re1 Rd3 27.Re4 Rhd8 28.Ra4 Rd1+
29.Kh2 R8d3 30.f5+ gxf5 31.Raf4 Bg4 32.Kg2 Bh3+ 33.Kh2 Bg4
34.Nxg4 hxg4 35.Kg2 g3 36.Re2 Rb1 37.h5 Rdd1 38.Kxg3 Rh1
39.Rc4 Kd5 40.Rf4 Rbg1+ 41.Rg2 Rxg2+ 42.Kxg2 Rxh5 43.Rxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[EventDate "2016.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Bc4
Qd6 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Nbd2 a5 10.Ng5 Bf5 11.Nde4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4
13.dxe4 Nd8 14.Bd2 c6 15.a4 Ne6 16.Rd1 Qe7 17.g3 Rad8 18.O-O
Rd7 19.Bc1 Rfd8 20.Rxd7 Rxd7 21.Kg2 g6 22.Bh6 Qf6 23.Qg4 Rd8
24.Bxe6 Qxe6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Kf3 Kf7 27.Ke2 Rd7 28.h4 Bf8
29.Be3 Be7 30.Rb1 c5 31.g4 h5 32.gxh5 gxh5 33.Rh1 Rd8 34.Rh3
Rg8 35.Rf3+ Ke8 36.Rg3 Kf7 37.Kd3 b6 38.Kc4 Bxh4 39.Rh3 Bg5
40.Bxg5 Rxg5 41.Kb5 Rg2 42.Rf3+ Ke7 43.Kxb6 Rg8 44.Rh3 c4
45.Rxh5 Rb8+ 46.Kc6 Rxb2 47.Rxe5 Rc2 48.Rxa5 Rxc3 49.Rc5 Rc2
50.Kb5 c3 51.Kb4 Rxf2 52.Rxc3 Kd6 53.Rc4 Rf8 54.a5 Rb8+ 55.Ka3
Ra8 56.Ka4 Ra7 57.Rd4+ Kc5 58.Rd8 Rb7 59.Rc8+ Kd4 60.a6 Re7
61.Kb5 Kxe4 62.Rc4+ Kd3 63.Ra4 e5 64.Ra3+ Kd4 65.a7 Rb7+
66.Kc6 Rxa7 67.Rxa7 e4 68.Ra4+ Kd3 69.Kd5 e3 70.Ra3+ Kd2
71.Kd4 e2 72.Ra2+ Kd1 73.Kd3 e1=N+ 74.Kc3 Nf3 75.Rf2 Ne1
76.Rd2+ Kc1 77.Rh2 Kd1 78.Rf2 Kc1 79.Rd2 Nf3 80.Rd5 Ne1 81.Rd8
Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Samir Nadir"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6
7. b3 Qe7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Rc1 Qf6
12. Rc2 Ng5 13. Ne1 Qh6 14. g3 Nf6 15. f3 Bd7 16. Qc1 Nf7
17. f4 a5 18. a4 g5 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Ba3 Be8 21. Bxe4 Bxa3
22. Qxa3 fxe4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bh5 25. Nd4 gxf4 26. Rxf4
Rxf4 27. exf4 dxc4 28. bxc4 Rd8 29. Rd2 Qg6 30. Nxe6 Re8
31. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "2.42"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Helgi Dam Ziska"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Ba4
Bb7 13. Re1 bxc3 14. bxc3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nd7 16. Qe2 Nc5
17. Bc2 Bc8 18. Ba3 Ne6 19. Qc4 Bxa3 20. Qxc6 Bd7 21. Qd5 Rb5
22. Qa2 Bb2 23. Ba4 Bxa1 24. Bxb5 Bxc3 25. Bxa6 Qa8 26. Rc1
Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Qxa6 28. Qxd7 Qxa5 29. Qd5 Qa3 30. Rf1 Rd8
31. Qxe5 h6 32. Qa1 Qb4 33. Qb1 c5 34. Qxb4 cxb4 35. Rb1 b3
36. Kf1 Rb8 37. Ke2 Nf4+ 38. Kd2 Nxg2 39. Kc3 Nf4 40. Nd4 b2
41. f3 Rc8+ 42. Kd2 Rc4 43. Nc2 g6 44. Rxb2 Kg7 45. Ra2 Kf6
46. Ke3 Ne6 47. Kf2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "3.24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Borki Predojevic"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4
Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Bd3 a5 16. Ra3 h6
17. h3 Qc7 18. Qb2 Rfd8 19. Rb3 Bc6 20. Rc3 Qb8 21. Ra3 Qd6
22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. Ree3 Qb4 25. Reb3 Qd6 26. Ba6
Bxe4 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. Qc1 Nf6 30. Rc8 Rxc8
31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Re3 Bxf3 33. Rxf3 Qxd4 34. Qc7 Kg8 35. Qc8+
Kh7 36. Qf8 Qxa4 37. Qxf7 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "4.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. a3 c6 6. Nc3 Bd6
7. e3 Nc7 8. Nf3 Bxf4 9. exf4 Qd6 10. Ne5 b6 11. Qf3 c5
12. Nb5 Nxb5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. O-O-O O-O
16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. f5 Qe7 18. Rhe1 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qf6 20. Qf4
Rae8 21. Re5 exf5 22. Rdxd5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 g6 24. Re2 Rd8
25. Qe5 Qc6 26. f3 a5 27. b3 b5 28. Kb2 a4 29. b4 Qc4 30. Re3
Qf1 31. Re2 Rd1 32. Qxb5 Rb1+ 33. Kc3 Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kh6
35. Qe3+ Kg7 36. Qf2 Qh1 37. Qd4+ Kh6 38. Re7 Qxg2 39. Qd2+
Qxd2+ 40. Kxd2 Ra1 41. Re1 Rxa3 42. b5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[Round "5.29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Arenas"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. a3 Bd7 8. Bd3 Bc6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. b4 a6 12. Ng5
dxe5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ Ke7 15. dxe5 h6 16. Nc3 Nxc3
17. Bg5+ hxg5 18. Qxg5+ Nf6 19. exf6+ gxf6 20. Rxe6+ Kxe6
21. Qg4+ Ke7 22. Re1+ Ne4 23. Bxe4 Qd2 24. Kf1 Kd8 25. Rd1
Bb5+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4
Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Ne5
Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nb6 13. Qg3 Nxc4 14. Bh6 g6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. h4
Nb6 17. h5 Qe7 18. Rd4 Be8 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6 Qc5 21. Rxe6
Qf5 22. Re5 Qb1+ 23. Kh2 gxh5 24. Bh6+ Bg6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8
26. Qg5 Qxa2 27. Re7 Qxf2 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 Nf6
7. e3 e4 8. Nd4 O-O 9. d3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. b4
Bb6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ra2 Bxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. dxe4
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qd2 Qe6 20. f3 Bg6 21. Re1 Re8 22. Bf1
Qd7 23. Raa1 a6 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 h5 26. a4 Qd6 27. Bf4
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qf6 29. Be5 Qf5 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. a5 Qd3
32. Qxd3 Bxd3 33. Bc7 f6 34. Re3 Bc4 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rxc6 Re8
37. Bg3 Kg6 38. h4 Re2 39. Rc7 Ra2 40. Be1 Ra1 41. Kf2 Ra2+
42. Kg1 Ra1 43. Re7 Kf5 44. Kh2 g6 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bxb8 Nxc3
12. Qxf5 Ne4+ 13. Ke2 Qxb8 14. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7
7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Ne7 9. exd4 exd4 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Bg4
12. Nxd4 Nd7 13. Nac2 Nb6 14. Qb3 Qd6 15. O-O a4 16. Qc3 O-O-O
17. h3 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Ned5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qa5 Nb6 21. Re3
Rhe8 22. Rb1 Re5 23. Ra3 Rde8 24. Re3 Kb8 25. Rd3 Bf5 26. Re3
Bg6 27. Rbe1 Rd8 28. d3 Nd5 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Nf3 Bxd3
31. Nxe5 Bxc2 32. Nf7 Qg6 33. Nxd8 Nf4 34. g3 Nxh3+ 35. Kg2
Nf4+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7
12. Nbd2 c6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nf1 Ng7 15. Ng3 f6 16. Bh6 Re8
17. Nh4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nef5 19. Qd2 g5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1
Qd8 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qe2 Kf7 25. g4 Bd7 26. f4
Kg6 27. fxg5 fxg5 28. Qe5 Qf6 29. Qh2 Bxg4 30. Re5 Bf5 31. g4
Bxg4 32. Rxg5+ Qxg5 33. Bxg5 Kxg5 34. Qxh7 b6 35. Qb7 Rc8
36. Qxa7 b5 37. b3 Kf4 38. Kf2 Bf5 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4 Ke4
41. a5 Rh8 42. Qc7 Kd3 43. a6 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6
7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. O-O Ng6 12. Nc4
Bc7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. b6 Bb8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rb1
Ra6 18. g3 Be6 19. Ncd2 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. c4 Rxb6 22. cxd5
Bg4 23. Kg2 Rb4 24. Re4 Bd6 25. Rxg4 Rxg4 26. Ne4 Rxe4
27. dxe4 Bc5 28. Qe2 b6 29. Ne1 Ne7 30. Nd3 Bd4 31. Nb2 Nc8
32. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 b5 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 e5
17. Bc3 Bd6 18. h4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. g4 Nd7 21. g5 a5
22. Qc2 b4 23. Be1 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rd5 Rc8 26. Bg3 Rc6
27. Qe2 Qc7 28. Rhd1 Ke7 29. Qh2 Rc8 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5+
Qxe5 32. Rxe5+ Kf8 33. Bg4 Nd3 34. Bxc8 Nxe5 35. Bb7 Rc7
36. Bd5 Ke7 37. Bb3 Rc5 38. Rf1 f6 39. gxf6+ gxf6 40. Bd5 Rc8
41. Rh1 Nf3 42. a4 bxa3 43. bxa3 Rc3 44. Kb2 Rxe3 45. h5 gxh5
46. Rxh5 Kd6 47. Rh8 Nd4 48. Ra8 f5 49. Rxa5 f4 50. Bc4 f3
51. e5+ Kc6 52. e6 f2 53. Rh5 Re1 54. Rh8 Nxe6 55. Rh2 f1=Q
56. Bxf1 Rxf1 57. a4 Kc5 58. a5 Nd4 59. Kc3 Rf3+ 60. Kd2 Ra3
61. Rh8 Rxa5 62. Rh5+ Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Be7 6. Nxe7
Qxe7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. a3 d6 9. d3 c5 10. Ne2 b6 11. bxc5 bxc5
12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rb1 Re8 14. e4 Nc6 15. Be2 Nd4 16. O-O Rab8
17. Bc1 Bc6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f4 Qa5 20. Rc1 Qxa3 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bh6 Re6 24. Bh5 f5 25. Be3 f4 26. Bf2 Rh6
27. Bg4 Rg6 28. h3 f3 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Nd5 fxg2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6
7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. a3
Be7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Na5 17. b4
Nxc4 18. Bb7 Nh5 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Bd2 b5 21. e4 Nf6 22. Bg5
h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. a4 Qb7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qe2 Rc8 27. Rfd1
Bg5 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Rb3 g6 30. Nb1 h5 31. Nd2 Kg7 32. Nf3 d6
33. h4 Ra8 34. Ng5 Qe7 35. Nf3 Ra4 36. e5 Bxe5 37. Nxe5 dxe5
38. Qe1 Qb7 39. Rbd3 Ra2 40. Ra1 Rb2 41. Qc3 Qb6 42. Rf1 Ra2
43. Qb3 Re2 44. Qd1 Rb2 45. g4 e4 46. Rg3 e3 47. Qd3 exf2+
48. Kh2 Rd2 49. Qc3+ Qd4 50. gxh5 Qxc3 51. Rxc3 gxh5 52. Kg2
Rd4 53. Rg3+ Kf8 54. Rxf2 Rxh4 55. Ra2 Nd6 56. Rd3 Nf5 57. Ra7
Rxb4 58. Rdd7 Nh6 59. Rdb7 Kg7 60. Ra5 Kg6 61. Rbxb5 Rxb5
62. Rxb5 f6 63. Rb8 e5 64. Kf3 Nf7 65. Kg3 Nd6 66. Rg8+ Kf7
67. Rh8 Nf5+ 68. Kf3 Kg6 69. Rg8+ Kh7 70. Ra8 Kg7 71. Rb8 Nh4+
72. Ke4 Kh6 73. Rb1 Kg6 74. Rh1 Kg5 75. Rg1+ Kh6 76. Rh1 Kg5
77. Rg1+ Kh6 78. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 Qe7 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Rd1 Ne4
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bg6 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Bd2 Nf6
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Kg2 b6 19. Re1 c5 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. Bb5 Red8
22. Bc3 Qc7 23. Qf2 Qb7 24. b3 a6 25. Bd3 Rbc8 26. dxc5 bxc5
27. Rad1 Re8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qf1 Qb6 30. e4 dxe4 31. Bxe4
Kg7 32. Qc4 Re7 33. Bd3 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 a5 35. Re2 Rd8 36. Be4
Qb4 37. Bd5 Qxc4 38. Bxc4 f5 39. f4 Kf6 40. Kf3 Bc7 41. Rc2
Bb6 42. h3 Rd1 43. Be2 Rd4 44. h4 Ba7 45. Bc4 Bb6 46. Rh2 Rd7
47. h5 Kg7 48. hxg6 fxg6 49. Re2 Bd8 50. Re6 Bf6 51. Ra6 Bc3
52. g4 fxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Bd2 54. Kg5 Kh7 55. Rf6 Bc1 56. a4 Re7
57. Ra6 Re5+ 58. Kg4 Rf5 59. Rxa5 Rxf4+ 60. Kg3 Rf5 61. Ra8
Bf4+ 62. Kg2 Be3 63. a5 Rf2+ 64. Kg3 Ra2 65. a6 Kh6 66. Kf3
Bd4 67. Ke4 g5 68. Rg8 Ra5 69. Kd5 Kh5 70. Kc6 g4 71. Kb6 Ra3
72. a7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Bc5 8. a4 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 d5 12. Nxe5
dxe4 13. d4 Bb6 14. Bg5 b3 15. cxb3 Nc6 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4
Qxd4 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 gxf6 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Rd7 Rf8
22. a5 Ba7 23. Rc1 Bb8 24. Rcd1 Kg7 25. Rxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxf7
Kxf7 27. Rd8 e3 28. fxe3 Ba7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Rg8 Be4 31. g4
Kd7 32. h4 Ke7 33. h5 Kd7 34. Rg7+ Kc6 35. Re7 Bc2 36. h6 Kd6
37. Rf7 Be4 38. Rxf6+ Ke7 39. Rxa6 Bb8 40. g5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "202"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6
7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 b5 9. O-O bxc4 10. Bxc4 d5 11. Bb3 a5
12. Kh1 Ba6 13. Rc1 e6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 Nbd7
17. e5 Nh5 18. Na4 Bb5 19. Re1 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Nec3 Ba6
22. Ne2 g4 23. Ng1 Nf4 24. Rxc6 Nd3 25. Bg3 Nxe1 26. Qxe1 Rfe8
27. Nc3 Qf7 28. fxg4 Bxd4 29. Nf3 Bg7 30. g5 h5 31. Bc2 Nf8
32. h3 Rec8 33. Rd6 Rd8 34. g6 Qe8 35. Ba4 Qxg6 36. Nxd5 Kh8
37. Nf4 Qf5 38. Nh4 Qf7 39. Rb6 Bd4 40. Rc6 Rdc8 41. Qe4 Bg7
42. Nhg6+ Nxg6 43. Nxg6+ Kg8 44. Ne5 Qf5 45. Qxf5 exf5 46. Rb6
Rcb8 47. Rg6 Kh7 48. Rg5 Bf6 49. Rxf5 Kg7 50. Rxf6 Kxf6
51. Nd7+ Kf5 52. Nxb8 Bc4 53. b3 Bd3 54. Nc6 Bb1 55. a3 Kf6
56. Bb5 Re8 57. Kh2 Re3 58. Nxa5 Rc3 59. Bc4 Be4 60. Bf1 Rc1
61. Nc4 Ba8 62. Ne3 Rc3 63. Bf4 Rxb3 64. a4 Rb4 65. Bc4 Rxa4
66. h4 Ra3 67. Be2 Kg6 68. Kg3 Be4 69. Bf3 Bb1 70. Nc4 Rc3
71. Ne5+ Kf6 72. Kh2 Kf5 73. Bg3 Be4 74. Bxh5 Rxg3 75. Kxg3
Kxe5 76. Bf3 Bf5 77. Kf2 Bd7 78. Ke3 Be6 79. g3 Bd7 80. Bh5
Be6 81. Be8 Kf5 82. Bh5 Ke5 83. Be2 Bd7 84. Kd2 Be6 85. Kc3
Ke4 86. Bd1 Ke5 87. Kb4 Kd4 88. Kb5 Ke5 89. Kc5 Bd7 90. Be2
Be8 91. g4 Kf4 92. g5 Ke5 93. Bd1 Bf7 94. Be2 Be8 95. Kb6 Kd6
96. Bd3 Bh5 97. Bc2 Be8 98. Bd1 Bf7 99. h5 Ke5 100. g6 Be8
101. h6 Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O
7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 a4 9. Ba3 Bf5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Re8
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Bf1 e5 15. Qb5 Ne4 16. Qxb6
Nxb6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. bxa4 Rxa4
21. Bc5 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Nc4 23. Bd4 b5 24. Be2 Ra6 25. f3 Bc2
26. Kf2 f6 27. g4 Kf7 28. h4 Ra4 29. h5 g5 30. Ke1 Ra3 31. Bc5
Ra8 32. Kf2 f5 33. a3 fxg4 34. fxg4 Ke6 35. Kg3 Nd2 36. Bb4
Nc4 37. Bc5 Rc8 38. Bd4 Ra8 39. Bc5 Be4 40. Kf2 Rc8 41. Bd4
Ra8 42. Bc5 Kd7 43. Bb4 Ra6 44. Kg3 Rf6 45. Rf1 Rxf1 46. Bxf1
Ke6 47. Kf2 Bc2 48. Be2 Be4 49. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. O-O a6 10. Bb3 b5 11. Qe2 b4
12. Na4 Bb7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 h6 16. Rd1 a5
17. Rd4 Ne7 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Bd2 Ba6
22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Bb1 Rac8 24. h3 h5 25. Qd1 Nd7 26. Be4 Rxc1
27. Bxc1 Nc5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxd5 Bb7 31. Qd4
Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Qd2 Rc8
12. a4 Rc4 13. b3 Rc5 14. Be3 Rc7 15. f4 Nb8 16. Bb6 Qc8
17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. f5 Bd7 19. O-O Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Bc6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Nbd7 23. c4 a5 24. Nc3 Bd8 25. Nb5 Bb6 26. Rab1 Ke7
27. Qg5 Qe3 28. Qxe3 Bxe3 29. b4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Ra8 31. Ra1 Ra5
32. Rb3 Bc5 33. Nc3 b6 34. Nb5 Nf8 35. Bf3 N8h7 36. h4 Kd7
37. Kg2 Nf8 38. Nc3 Ke7 39. Rb5 Ra7 40. a5 Bd4 41. Ra3 bxa5
42. Ne4 Nxe4 43. Bxe4 Nd7 44. Rbxa5 Rc7 45. Bd3 Kf6 46. Be2
Nc5 47. Bxh5 Kxf5 48. Rf3+ Ke4 49. Bxf7 Bb2 50. Rb5 Bc1
51. Rb1 Bh6 52. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. a4 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 c5
12. Nc4 Nb8 13. f4 exf4 14. Qf3 Ra7 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bxf4 Be6
17. Qg3 Rd7 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3
Bd6 7. Nc3 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Nxd6 cxd6
12. f4 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. g4 Rf8 15. f5 Bf7 16. Qf3 c4
17. Be3 cxd3 18. cxd3 Rc8 19. d4 b5 20. Nxb5 exd4 21. Nxd4 Ne5
22. Qg3 Qd7 23. Bf4 Qb7 24. b3 Qb4 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Rfe8
27. Qf4 Rc3 28. Kh2 Bd5 29. f6 Ree3 30. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Na5 9. b3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 c6
12. Ng3 h5 13. Bd3 e5 14. Nge2 b4 15. Na4 exd4 16. Bxd4 c5
17. Bf2 Nd7 18. O-O Ne5 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Nf4 Bxb3 21. axb3
Nxb3 22. Qc2 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6
7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. O-O g5
12. Re1 Nf8 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd7
17. Bg2 Qf6 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 e5 20. Be3 a6 21. Ba7 O-O
22. Rac1 g6 23. a4 Kg7 24. a5 Qe7 25. Rc4 Nf6 26. Bxb8 Rxb8
27. Qc3 Nd7 28. Re2 Qd8 29. b4 Qe7 30. Rb2 Rd8 31. b5 Bc5
32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rb7 Bd4 34. Qd2 Qf6 35. Rc6 Qe7 36. Rcc7 Kf8
37. d6 Qxd6 38. Qxg5 Bxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Qd4+ 40. Kg3 Ke8 41. Qxd8+
1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. e3 Nxc3 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nd6 11. c5 Nf5
12. O-O h6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Qc3 Nfe7 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rfc1 Na5
17. Qc2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. Ne1 Be4 21. Rb2 Ng6
22. f3 Bd5 23. Qc3 f5 24. Nd3 Rf7 25. Be1 Qg5 26. Kf1 Re8
27. Re2 Bb7 28. Qc4 Qd8 29. Bg3 Qc8 30. Kf2 Ba6 31. Qc3 f4
32. exf4 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4
7. exd4 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7
12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Ncxe7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
exd5 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Re2 Rc7 20. Rae1 Rfc8 21. f4
Qa6 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Qd3 Qa6 24. Qf3 Rc1 25. Re3 Qb6 26. f5
Qxd4 27. Kf1 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 R8c7 29. Re2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxb2
31. Nd3 Qb5 32. Kg1 g6 33. Qf6 Qb6+ 34. Qxb6 axb6 35. Nb4 d4
36. Nd5 Rc2 37. Rd1 Rxa2 38. Nxb6 Ra6 39. Nd5 Rd6 40. Rxd4 Kg7
41. Kf2 b5 42. Ke3 g5 43. Ke4 Re6+ 44. Kd3 Kg6 45. Ne3 f5
46. Rd5 f4 47. Ng4 b4 48. Rb5 Kh5 49. Ne5 b3 50. Kc3 Rd6
51. Rxb3 Rd5 52. Nd3 Ra5 53. Kd2 Ra1 54. Ke2 Rh1 55. h3 Kh4
56. Ne5 Ra1 57. Kf2 Ra2+ 58. Kg1 Re2 59. Nf3+ Kh5 60. Rb6 Ra2
61. Ne5 Rc2 62. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 a5 11. c4 a4 12. Nc1
Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Ne2 Nxe2 15. Bxe2 Nd7 16. O-O h6 17. Bb5
Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Bc4 Qa5 21. d6 Bxd6 22. Rad1
Qc7 23. a3 Be7 24. g3 Rfd8 25. Bd5 c4 26. Kg2 Ra5 27. f4 Bf6
28. Rf2 Kh8 29. Qe2 Rc5 30. Qh5 c3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. fxe5 Qxe5
33. Qxf7 Rc7 34. Qg6 b5 35. Be6 Rf8 36. Bf5 Kg8 37. Rd5 Qc3
38. e5 Qc6 39. Be4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "11.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4
cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 h6 11. a4 O-O
12. b3 Be6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Rfd1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Rc8 16. Nxe5 Bg5
17. f4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 dxe5 19. Rxd8 exf4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Kf8 23. Re1 a5 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. Kf3 g5 26. Rd1
Re8 27. Rd3 Ke7 28. c5 Kd7 29. g3 fxg3 30. hxg3 f5 31. Rd4 Re5
32. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[Round "12.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5
7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Bb5+
Bc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. N1d2 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Nc1 Nc5 16. Bf5 Rg8
17. O-O Rg5 18. Be4 O-O-O 19. Nd3 Bb5 20. h4 Rh5 21. g4 Rxh4
22. Kg2 Bh6 23. Kg3 Bg5 24. Bf5+ Kb8 25. Ne4 Nxe4+ 26. Bxe4 h5
27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 hxg4 29. fxg4 Rd4 30. Kf3 Rc4 31. Nb4
Bd7 32. Rg1 Rd4 33. Rg2 Rd1 34. Nd3 Rh1 35. Nf2 Re1 36. Rh2
Re3+ 37. Kg2 Bf4 38. Rh8+ Kc7 39. Rg8 Rg3+ 40. Kf1 Bb5+
41. Nd3 Re3 42. Bf5 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5
7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Na3 c3 9. Nb5 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Bd7 11. Qb3 Bc6
12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Nbd4 Bd5 15. Qa3 Re8 16. c6 Nb6
17. c7 Nc4 18. Qb4 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 b6 20. Qa3 e6 21. Nb5 Bf8
22. Qb2 Bg7 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. a4 Ne4 25. Qf4 a6 26. Qxe4 axb5
27. Qd3 f5 28. Ng5 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7
7. h4 Qb6 8. Na3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 10. h5 h6 11. Bd2 a6 12. Bc3
Nec6 13. Rh3 O-O-O 14. Kf1 Kb8 15. Qd2 f6 16. exf6 gxf6
17. Rg3 Be8 18. Nh4 Bd6 19. Rg7 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Ng6 Bxg6
22. hxg6 e4 23. Rf7 Rhg8 24. g7 Ka7 25. Qxh6 Nd3 26. Bxd3 exd3
27. Re1 Bc5 28. Re6 Rc8 29. Qg5 Bd4 30. Re1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qb2
32. Nb1 Rce8 33. Qd2 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 d4 35. Nd2 dxc3 36. Nc4
Re8 37. Rxb7+ Qxb7 38. Qxe8 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6
12. Ne2 g5 13. h3 h6 14. Bg2 Ng7 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. c4 Qd7 18. Kh2 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 dxc4 21. Nc3 Bd5
22. Ne4 Qf7 23. Qa5 f5 24. Nc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 f4 26. Qc5 fxg3
27. fxg3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rf8 29. d5 Nh5 30. Rg1 cxd5 31. Qxd5
Qxd5+ 32. Nxd5 Rd8 33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Kf3 c6 35. Ne3 Rd3 36. Rxd3
cxd3 37. Nf1 Kf6 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. Kxd3 Nf6 40. Ne3 h5 41. Nc4+
Kd5 42. Ne3+ Ke5 43. Nc4+ Kd5 44. Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.12"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6
7. b4 a6 8. Nbd2 Nxe5 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Ne5 Ngf6 11. c4 a5
12. Nb3 axb4 13. Qb5 Be7 14. c6 bxc6 15. Nxc6 Qc7 16. f3 Bf5
17. Nxe7 Rb8 18. Nxf5 Rxb5 19. Nxg7+ Ke7 20. cxb5 Nc5 21. Bb2
Nxb3 22. axb3 Qf4 23. Be2 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qg5 25. b6 Rc2 26. Bxf6+
Qxf6 27. Nh5 Qc3+ 28. Kf1 Qe3 29. Re1 Qxb6 30. Nf4 Qe3 31. g3
Qxb3 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Kh3 Qb2 34. Rb1 Qf6 35. Rhe1 e5 36. Nxd5
Qe6+ 37. Kg2 Qxd5 38. Rxb4 Qd2 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Kf1 Qh6
41. Kg2 e4 42. Rb3 Qe6 43. Re3 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Qh3 45. Rd1 Qh5+
46. Kf2 Qxh2+ 47. Kf3 Rc6 48. Rd4 Rg6 49. g4 Rf6+ 50. Ke4 Qh1+
51. Kd3 Qb1+ 52. Kd2 Qb2+ 53. Kd3 Rc6 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 Nd7 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. f4
Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f6 13. c3 Bb6 14. f5 Bf7 15. e5 fxe5 16. Qg4 Qd3
17. Qxg7 Rg8 18. Qxe5+ Kd7 19. Qe4 Qa6 20. f6 Rae8 21. Qf5+
Kd8 22. c4 Qa5 23. Qh3 Qb4 24. Qxh7 Qf8 25. b3 Bd4 26. Qd3 Qd6
27. Ne4 Qd7 28. Rd1 Kc8 29. Qxd4 Qg4 30. Bg5 Rxe4 31. Qxa7 Bd5
32. Qa8+ Kd7 33. Rxd5+ 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6
7. Bg5 Ba7 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O Nh7 12. h3
h5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e5
d5 18. Be2 Qg5 19. a5 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Ra4 Rf7 22. Re1 Nh5
23. Bxg4 Nxg3 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Rxc8 Bxf2+ 26. Kh2 Qe5 27. Kh3
Ne2 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8
13. Rb1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 axb4 15. axb4 Qb7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1
Bd8 18. Qd1 Bc7 19. Nd3 b5 20. Ra1 Ne4 21. Ne2 Bd8 22. f3 Nef6
23. Nc3 Nf8 24. Rc2 Ng6 25. Rca2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Ra8 27. Qa1
Rxa2 28. Qxa2 Nxf4 29. exf4 Nd7 30. Ne2 Bc7 31. h4 Nb8 32. h5
Qa6 33. Qb2 f6 34. g4 Nd7 35. Kf2 Qa8 36. Ke1 Kf7 37. Kd2 Kg8
38. Kd1 Kf7 39. Kc2 Qa4+ 40. Kc1 Qa8 41. Kb1 Qa7 42. Qc1 Qa8
43. Kb2 Bd8 44. Qg1 Be7 45. Nec1 Bd8 46. Nb3 Qb7 47. Qe3 Qa8
48. Qc1 Qa4 49. Qe1 Qa8 50. Qd2 Qa4 51. Nf2 Qa8 52. Nh3 Qc8
53. Qc2 Nf8 54. Nc1 Kg8 55. Nd3 Nh7 56. Qe2 Nf8 57. Qe3 Qd7
58. Ng1 Qe8 59. Ne2 Bc7 60. Nec1 Kf7 61. Nb3 Ke7 62. Qe1 Kd7
63. Nbc1 Kc8 64. Ne2 Nd7 65. Ng3 Qf7 66. Qe3 Kb7 67. Ne2
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O-O e5 11. Bg5 d4
12. Nd5 b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. cxb5 Na5 15. exd4 exd4 16. Nb4
Bxb4 17. axb4 Be6 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Qb6
21. Qa4 Rxc6+ 22. Kb1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Be2 Bf5+ 25. Ka2
Rc2 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Bg4 Qe6+ 28. Ka3 Qe5 29. Qb3 Bg6 30. Bf3
Rxf2 31. h4 Bc2 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Qc3 Qb5 34. Qc6 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[EventDate "2016.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6
7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Rc1 b6 12. Ne2
e5 13. Bc3 h6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Ra1 b5 16. a3 bxc4 17. axb4 cxb4
18. Bd2 Nxd5 19. Qc1 c3 20. bxc3 b3 21. Qb1 Nf6 22. Qb2 Qc7
23. c4 Qxc4 24. Nc3 Be6 25. Rec1 Nd7 26. e4 Nc5 27. Bf1 Qb4
28. Be3 Rfc8 29. Nd2 a5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Ra4 Qb7 32. Bc4 Qc6
33. Bd5 Bxd5 34. exd5 Qd7 35. Ra3 a4 36. Nxa4 Rxd5 37. Nxb3 e4
38. Qa2 Qf5 39. Re1 Rdb5 40. Rc1 d5 41. Nac5 d4 42. Ra7 d3
43. Rc7 h5 44. Qa4 h4 45. Qxe4 Qxe4 46. Nxe4 Rxb3 47. gxh4 Bh6
48. Rf1 R3b4 49. f3 Rb2 50. Nf6+ Kg7 51. Ng4 d2 52. Rd7 Re8
53. Nf2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Thomas Paehtz Sr"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. c4 Ne4 8. Nfd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. Bf3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Rc1 c6 13. Qa4 b5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Bxd5+ cxd5 16. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jean-Noel Riff"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3
Nf6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Nb6 10. Be2 Qd7 11. a4 Nbd5
12. Ng5 Bd6 13. c4 Ne7 14. Nf3 Rd8 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qb3 c5
17. dxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Be3 O-O 19. Bf3 b6 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh1
Rd4 22. Ne2 Rd2 23. Qc3 Rfd8 24. b4 Qc7 25. Ng3 a5 26. Rfc1
Nf5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. c5 axb4 29. Qxb4 bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qxc5
31. Rxc5 g5 32. fxg5 Ne4 33. Rcc1 Nxg5 34. Bc6 f6 35. Nf3 Nxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "3.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Leandro Krysa"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 e6
7. Nbc3 exd5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. Ng3 a6 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 h5 14. Qd2 Nh7 15. a3 c4 16. f4 h4 17. Nh1
f5 18. Nf2 fxe4 19. Ncxe4 Ndf6 20. Ng5 Re8 21. Bf3 Bf5 22. Ne6
Bxe6 23. dxe6 d5 24. Rad1 Rxe6 25. Bd4 Ne4 26. Qc2 Bxd4
27. Rxd4 Nhf6 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Rfd1 Qb6 30. g3 Rae8 31. Kg2
Kg7 32. gxh4 Qc7 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 34. Qc3 Kh7 35. Rxe4 Rxe4
36. Rxd5 Qc6 37. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "4.22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gergely Kantor"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5
7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 O-O 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bxe6
Qxe6 17. Qxb7 Rfb8 18. Qc7 Bxb2 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rc8
21. Qg3 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 g6 23. Rfd1 Rc4 24. Qd3 Rac8 25. h3 Kg7
26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. a5 h5 28. Qd6 Qf5 29. a6 Ra4 30. Qc6 Qa5
31. g3 Qxa6 32. Qxa6 Rxa6 33. h4 Rb6 34. Rd7 a6 35. Ra7 Kf6
36. Kg2 Ke6 37. Kf3 f5 38. Kf4 Kd5 39. Kg5 Ke4 40. Rd7 Kf3
41. Rd2 a5 42. Ra2 Ra6 43. Rb2 a4 44. Rc2 a3 45. Ra2 Ke4
46. Re2+ Kd3 47. Ra2 Kd4 48. Kh6 Ke4 49. Kg5 Kf3 50. Kh6 f4
0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "5.12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Bogdan-Daniel Deac"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6
7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. e3 Qd7 9. O-O Rd8 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nc3 Be7
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxb7 Bb4 14. Rd1 Nd3 15. e4 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qb5 17. e5 Nd5 18. Rb1 Nxc3 19. Qf3 Qxe5 20. Qc6+ Kf8 21. Bb2
Ne2+ 22. Kg2 c3 23. Ba3+ Kg8 24. Qe4 c2 25. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "6.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6
7. h3 Bb6 8. Nc4 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Ba4 Be6 11. Bc2 h6
12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d4 c5 14. a3 Re8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. d5 Bd7
17. Nd2 b5 18. Qf3 Nh7 19. Qg3 Qd8 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Qg5
22. Rf3 Qxg3 23. Rxg3 Kh8 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Bd1 Re7 26. Bf4 f6
27. h4 Be8 28. Be2 Ra4 29. Re3 Nf8 30. Bg3 Kg8 31. c4 Nfd7
32. cxb5 Nb6 33. Rc1 Ra5 34. Be1 Ra4 35. Bf2 Bd7 36. Rg3 Nc8
37. Ra1 Na7 38. b3 Ra5 39. b4 Bxb5 40. bxa5 Bxe2 41. Rb1 Ba6
42. Rgb3 Nc8 43. Bg3 Ng4 44. h5 Kf7 45. Re1 Ne5 46. Bxe5 Rxe5
47. Nf3 Re7 48. Nh4 Rd7 49. Nf5 Ne7 50. Ne3 Ke8 51. Kf2 Kf8
52. a4 Kf7 53. Reb1 Ke8 54. g4 Kd8 55. Rc3 Kc7 56. Kf3 Nc8
57. Nc2 Kd8 58. Rc1 Ne7 59. Kf2 Ke8 60. Ne3 Rc7 61. Rb1 Kd8
62. Kf3 Rd7 63. Kf4 Rc7 64. Rcb3 Rd7 65. Ng2 Nc8 66. Kf3 Ke8
67. Nf4 Rc7 68. Ne6 Re7 69. Kf4 Rd7 70. Ke3 Re7 71. R3b2 Rf7
72. Rf2 Bc4 73. Kd2 Ba2 74. Rb2 Bc4 75. Kc3 Ba6 76. Rb1 Na7
77. Rb6 Nc8 78. Rxa6 bxa6 79. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 a6 7. a4
e6 8. Nge2 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Nf4 Ne5
13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rb8 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. a5 Ne8 17. Na4 Qxa5
18. b4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qd8 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Qxc5 Nd6 22. Qb4
Re8 23. Rc1 Qf6 24. Ne6 fxe6 25. Qxd6 Nf7 26. Qc5 b6 27. Qc7
exd5 28. Rxa6 dxe4 29. Rc6 Rbc8 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxf6 Bxf6
32. fxe4 Nd6 33. Rxb6 Be5 34. Rb3 Nxe4 35. Bd3 Nc5 36. Bc4+
Kg7 37. Rb5 Bd6 38. Rb6 Be5 39. Rb5 Bd6 40. Bd4+ Kf8 41. Rb1
Nd7 42. Be6 Rc7 43. Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "8.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Bxh6 Rxh6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 c5
12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15. O-O Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4
17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Qb5+ Qd7 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. Qa5 b6 21. Qa6
Ne7 22. Rc1 Kd8 23. b5 Nf5 24. Nb3 Rh8 25. a4 Ke7 26. a5 Rb8
27. axb6 axb6 28. Rc6 Qb7 29. Qa3+ Kd7 30. g3 Ke8 31. Qc1 Qe7
32. Rc7 Qd8 33. Qc6+ Kf8 34. Rd7 Qc8 35. Na5 bxa5 36. Rc7 Qd8
37. b6 Ne7 38. Qc5 a4 39. b7 a3 40. Qd6 a2 41. Rc1 Qxd6
42. exd6 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "David Anton Guijarro"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 Nd7 12. Nbd2
exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. a4 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf1 Re8 20. Ne3 Bf6 21. Bd2 Bc8 22. Ba5
Qe7 23. Bc3 Ng6 24. Qf3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qg5 26. Kh2 h5 27. Ra7
Re7 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Ra1 Ng6 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. Nf5 Bxf5
32. exf5 Ne5 33. Rb1 h4 34. Qf4 g5 35. Qe3 Nc4 36. Qc1 Kg7
37. Bd3 Ne5 38. Be4 g4 39. hxg4 Nxg4+ 40. Kg1 Qh6 41. Qxh6+
Kxh6 42. Kf1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Catalan Bay GIB"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Benjamin Gledura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5
12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 Re8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qd7 16. f3 Na4
17. g4 Re7 18. Rb1 b5 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21. Qc2 Qd7
22. Qd3 a6 23. Re2 Qd6 24. Rbe1 Nb2 25. Qc2 Nc4 26. e4 dxe4
27. fxe4 c5 28. e5 Qb6 29. Kf1 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Bc3 Qf4+
32. Rf2 Ne3+ 33. Rxe3 Qxe3 34. exf6 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[EventDate "2017.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2
Rb8 13. c3 Qe8 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Rb5 17. Nc4
Qg6 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Bc3 Rb3 21. Qc2 Rb5 22. Na3
Rb7 23. Qe2 Ra8 24. Rac1 Nd8 25. Nc4 Rb5 26. e5 Be7 27. exd6
cxd6 28. Bd2 Qf7 29. g3 Rab8 30. Bf4 Qf8 31. h4 h6 32. Kg2 Nf6
33. Bd2 Nd5 34. Ne3 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Qe8 36. e4 Nb7 37. Qc4 Bd8
38. Qc6 Bxa5 39. Bxa5 Rxa5 40. Re2 Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Rf8 42. Rb6
Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[EventDate "2017.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nc6
12. Bd2 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 d4
17. Bb5 O-O 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. f3 Qe7 20. Rc2 Nd5 21. Kf2 Rb8
22. Qa3 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 dxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kg3 Qf4+
26. Kf2 Rb8 27. Qc1 Qd4+ 28. Kg3 Ne3 29. Rc5 Rb2 30. Rg1 Rxa2
31. h3 Qd6+ 32. f4 Qd3 33. Kh2 Qe4 34. Rg5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[EventDate "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Be5
g4 17. Nd4 h5 18. Nb5 f6 19. Bd4 Ne6 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Rxa2
22. Bc3 Kf7 23. Rcd1 Bc6 24. f3 Bc5 25. Kh1 Bxe3 26. Nd6+ Kg8
27. fxg4 Nf4 28. Nf5 Nxe2 29. Nxe3 Nxc3 30. bxc3 hxg4 31. Rd4
f5 32. Kg1 Bb5 33. Rb1 Bc6 34. Rf1 Bb5 35. Rb1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[EventDate "2017.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1
12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 c6 16. Nf3 Ng7
17. Qe2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 f6
22. Qe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2
h5 27. a4 g5 28. Bb8 a6 29. h3 Ng7 30. a5 Kg6 31. g4 f5 32. f3
Ne6 33. b4 Nd8 34. Bc7 Nf7 35. Kf2 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kf6 37. Kg3
Ke6 38. Bb8 Nh6 39. Kh3 fxg4+ 40. fxg4 Ng8 41. Ba7 Nf6 42. Bc5
Ne4 43. Kg2 Nxc3 44. Kf3 Ne4 45. Kg2 Nf6 46. Kf3 Kd7 47. Kg3
Kc7 48. Kf3 Ne4 49. Bb6+ Kd7 50. Bc5 Nd6 51. Ke3 Kc7 52. Bb6+
Kc8 53. Bc5 Nc4+ 54. Ke2 Kd7 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. Ke2 Kf6 57. Kf3
Nd2+ 58. Ke2 Ne4 59. Ke3 Kg6 60. Ke2 Nf6 61. Kf3 Kf7 62. Kg3
Ke6 63. Kf3 Kf7 64. Kg3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[EventDate "2017.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Ne7
7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O Nc6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Nf4 11. c4 Nxd3
12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Ne7 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Qg4 Bc6 16. Rad1
Qc7 17. Ng5 Qxe5 18. b5 h5 19. Qh4 Bxb5 20. Rfe1 Qf5 21. Nxb5
Qxb5 22. Bxg7 Nf5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6+ Kf7 25. Qf6+ Kg8
26. Bxh8 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qa4 28. Red6 Rf8 29. Qg6+ Kxh8 30. Rd7
1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[EventDate "2017.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. h4 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O
12. Qc2 c6 13. e4 Qc7 14. Ng5 e5 15. d5 h6 16. Nf3 a6 17. dxc6
Qxc6 18. Bf1 Rfc8 19. a4 Nc5 20. Nd2 Ne6 21. Qb1 Nd4 22. Bh3
Rf8 23. Rc1 Bd8 24. O-O f5 25. Kh2 f4 26. Qd3 Kh8 27. b3 Bc8
28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Ne2 Nxe2 30. Qxe2 Ra7 31. Rc3 b5 32. Rd3
bxa4 33. bxa4 Raf7 34. Rxd6 Bxh4 35. Rd5 f3 36. Qd3 Qg4
37. Rh1 Bg5 38. c5 Rb8 39. Nc4 Rfb7 40. Nb6 Rxb6 41. cxb6 Rxb6
42. Rxe5 Bh4 43. Qc3 Rg6 44. Qe1 Bg5 45. Rf5 Rd6 46. Rf8+ Kh7
47. e5 Rd3 48. e6 Be7 49. Rf4 Qh5+ 50. Kg1 Qd5 51. Qe4+ Qxe4
52. Rxe4 Kg6 53. Kh2 Rd2 54. Rf1 Kf5 55. Re3 Kg4 56. Kg1 g5
57. Rc1 Ra2 58. Kf1 Rxa4 59. Rc7 Bb4 60. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.28"]
[EventDate "2017.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6
12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Qe5 16. Qxe5
Nxe5 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 Bxg2 19. Rhe1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nf3
21. Rxe6+ fxe6 22. Rg4 Rxa8 23. Rxg2 Kf7 24. Rg3 Nd4 25. Rh3
Kg6 26. Rg3+ Kf7 27. Rh3 Kg6 28. Rg3+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[Round "8.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Ba2 bxa4 11. Nbd2 O-O
12. Re1 c5 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. Bc2 c4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Qxc4
17. Bxa4 Be6 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Rfb8 21. Qc4
Qb7 22. Qe2 Qb5 23. Nc4 Rc8 24. Ne3 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 g6 26. Ra4
Rc5 27. Rc2 Rac8 28. Kf1 a5 29. Rd2 Kf8 30. Rd1 Ke8 31. f3 h5
32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Bd2 Ke6 34. Be1 Rb8 35. b4 axb4 36. cxb4 Rc6
37. Rda1 d5 38. Ra6 Rd6 39. R1a5 dxe4 40. Nc4 exf3+ 41. gxf3
Rxa6 42. Rxa6+ Kf5 43. Ra5 Ke6 44. Rxe5+ Kd7 45. b5 Bd8
46. Bh4 Bc7 47. Bxf6 Bxe5 48. Nxe5+ Kd6 49. Bh4 Rb7 50. Bg3
Ke6 51. Nc6 Kd5 52. Nd8 Rxb5 53. Nxf7 Ke6 54. Nd8+ Kd7 55. Nf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[EventDate "2017.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 h6
13.Nxd4 Qh4 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Qf5 Qxf5 17.Bxf5 Nf6
18.Bc2 b6 19.Rd1 Bb7 20.Bb3 Rad8 21.Be3 Be7 22.Rd3 Nxd5
23.Rad1 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+
Bxd8 28.Bxf7 g5 29.f4 gxf4 30.exf4 Kg7 31.Bd5 Bc7 32.Kg2 Bxf4
33.h3 Kf6 34.Kf3 Be5 35.b3 a5 36.a4 Bd6 37.Ke4 Be5 38.Kf3 Bd6
39.Ke4 Be5 40.Kf3 Bd6 41.Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "182"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O
7. h3 a5 8. Bg5 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nh4 c6
12. Qh5 d5 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. Nf5 Kh8 15. g3 Be6 16. Bd1 Ne7
17. Bg4 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qxf5 Qe7 20. Nf3 Rg8 21. Kg2
Rad8 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. Nh4 Qxf5 24. Nxf5 Rd7 25. exd5 cxd5
26. d4 h5 27. Rfe1 Bb8 28. dxe5 fxe5 29. Rd2 Rgd8 30. Red1 Kh7
31. Kf3 Bc7 32. Ne3 d4 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Nc2 Be5 35. Ne1 Rc7
36. Nd3 Bf6 37. Re2 a4 38. a3 Rd5 39. Rdd2 Rc6 40. Rc2 Rb6
41. Rc5 Rxc5 42. Nxc5 Rc6 43. Nd3 Kg7 44. Kg2 Kf8 45. f4 Bg7
46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Rg6 48. Kg3 Rc6 49. g5 f6 50. Kg4 fxg5
51. fxg5 Rb6 52. Kf5 Kf7 53. Rc2 Rb5+ 54. Kg4 Rb3 55. Rf2+ Kg8
56. Rf3 Kh7 57. Rh3+ Kg8 58. Rf3 Kh7 59. Rg3 Kg8 60. Kf5 Rb5+
61. Ke6 Kh7 62. Rg2 Kg8 63. Nf4 Re5+ 64. Kd6 Re3 65. Nd5 Rf3
66. Kc5 Kf7 67. g6+ Ke6 68. Nb4 d3 69. Kc4 Kf5 70. Rd2 Kxg6
71. Nxd3 Rf5 72. Nc5 b6 73. Nd7 b5+ 74. Kb4 Kf7 75. Nc5 Bf8
76. Rc2 Kf6 77. Kxb5 Bxc5 78. Rxc5 Rf2 79. Kxa4 Rxb2 80. Ka5
Ke6 81. a4 Kd6 82. Rb5 Ra2 83. Rb4 Kc6 84. Ka6 Ra1 85. a5 Kc7
86. Rb5 Rc1 87. Ka7 Rc2 88. a6 Rc1 89. Ka8 Kc8 90. a7 Kc7
91. Rc5+ Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. a3 Bd7 9. c4 Qe5+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2
Bxb5 12. cxb5 Nc5 13. O-O Nd5 14. Nc4 Nb3 15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Rd1
Bc5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 Ke7 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Bxb6 21. Rd3
Nd4 22. Bg3 e5 23. Kh1 Nf5 24. f4 Nxg3+ 25. Rxg3 g6 26. fxe5
fxe5 27. Bd3 Bd4 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. g3 Rf2 31. b3
Kd6 32. Re1 Rf3 33. Bc4 Kc5 34. Rc1 Rf2 35. Bd3+ Kd5 36. Bc4+
Kd6 37. Re1 g5 38. Re2 Rf3 39. Kg2 Rc3 40. Kh3 h5 41. Bf7 Be3
42. a4 e4 43. Bxh5 Ke5 44. Bf7 Kf5 45. Bd5 g4+ 46. Kg2 Ke5
47. Bxb7 Kd4 48. b4 Kd3 49. Ra2 Bd4 50. a5 Rc1 51. h3 gxh3+
52. Kxh3 e3 53. Bf3 Rb1 54. b6 Rxb4 55. b7 Be5 56. a6 Rb6
57. Ra5 Bb8 58. Rd5+ Kc4 59. Rd8 Be5 60. Kg4 Kc3 61. Kf5 Bxg3
62. Be2 Kc2 63. Ke4 Re6+ 64. Kf3 Bh2 65. b8=Q Rf6+ 66. Kxe3
1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4
Qd5 7. Qh4 Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 g6 11. d4 Bg7
12. Bh6 Bf6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. f4 Rg8 16. g4 Rd8
17. c4 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nb6 19. b3 g5 20. Kc2 f6 21. exf6 exf6
22. Kc3 Kf7 23. Rdf1 Rg6 24. Bd3 Bxg4 25. Bxg6+ Kxg6 26. Re1
Nc8 27. c5 Rg8 28. a4 a5 29. b4 axb4+ 30. Kxb4 Rd8 31. Kc3 b6
32. Kc4 Bf5 33. Re3 Bc2 34. Bxg5 Kxg5 35. Rg3+ Kf5 36. Rxh7
Bxa4 37. Rh5+ Ke6 38. Re3+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ Kg6 40. Rc7 Bb5+
41. Kc3 bxc5 42. dxc5 Kf5 43. g3 Kg6 44. Kb4 Rd4+ 45. Kc3 Rd8
46. Kb4 Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 a6 13. Rb3 Qe7 14. Ba4 Qd8 15. Bb6 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qg4
17. O-O Be7 18. f5 O-O 19. Rf4 Bg5 20. Rxg4 Bxd2 21. Bxd7 Bxd7
22. f6 g6 23. Nd1 Rfc8 24. c3 h5 25. Rd4 Bh6 26. Kf2 a5
27. Rb2 a4 28. Rd3 a3 29. Rb1 Ba4 30. Ne3 Rc6 31. Bd4 b5
32. h4 Rac8 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke8 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Kf2 Kc7
37. Kf3 Kb7 38. Kf2 Ka6 39. Kf3 R8c7 40. Kf2 Rb7 41. g4 hxg4
42. Kg3 Bf8 43. Kxg4 b4 44. cxb4 Rxb4 45. Rxb4 Bxb4 46. Kg5
Bf8 47. h5 gxh5 48. Kxh5 Rc1 49. Rd2 Rh1+ 50. Kg4 Bb4 51. Rg2
Bb5 52. Rc2 Kb7 53. Bc5 Bxc5 54. Rxc5 Be2+ 55. Kg3 Ra1 56. Rc2
Bb5 57. Kf4 d4 58. Nc4 Bxc4 59. Rxc4 Rxa2 60. Rxd4 Ra1 61. Rd2
a2 62. Rf2 Kc6 63. Rc2+ Kd5 64. Rd2+ Kc4 65. Rf2 Kd3 66. Rf3+
Ke2 67. Re3+ Kd2 68. Rf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 Nac4 12. Qe2
Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 cxd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Rac1 e5
17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Qc2 g5 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. Qxc4 Red6 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Qg4 h6 25. Rc8 Bf8 26. Bxd5 Rxd5
27. Bc3 Qg6 28. Re8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qf1 31. Be1 Kg7
32. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6
12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. c4 O-O 15. Rac1 a5 16. Qd1 a4
17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Nb1 Re8 19. Nc3 e4 20. f4 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Ng4
22. Bf2 exd3 23. Qxd3 Ra7 24. Bd4 Rae7 25. Bxg7 Re3 26. Qd2
Kxg7 27. f5 Qh4 28. g3 Qg5 29. Qd4+ f6 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4
h4 32. Nxa4 h3 33. Rc3 gxf5 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Nc3 Kh6 36. a4
Kh5 37. a5 bxa5 38. c5 dxc5 39. d6 Re8 40. Rd1 Rg8 41. Re1
Ne5+ 42. Kf1 Nf3 43. Re2 Rd8 44. Nb5 Kg4 45. Re7 Nxh2+ 46. Kf2
Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 O-O 11. d4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 c6 14. f4 f5 15. e4 Rf7 16. Bh3 Nc4
17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qd3 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Bc5
21. Rfd1 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Ne3 23. Kf2 Ng4+ 24. Kg2 Re8 25. h3
Nf6 26. g4 Rc5 27. Rbd1 b5 28. a3 Re3 29. g5 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5
31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Re2+ 33. Kf3 Rxb2 34. f5 Rb3+ 35. Kg4
Rxa3 36. Rxb5 a4 37. Ra5 Ra1 38. g6 hxg6 39. fxg6 Kf8 40. Ra8+
Ke7 41. Ra7+ Kf8 42. Ra8+ Ke7 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Kh5 a3 45. Ra8+
Ke7 46. Ra7+ Kf8 47. Rf7+ Kg8 48. Rf3 a2 49. Rf2 Rb1 50. Rxa2
Rb5+ 51. Kg4 Rb4+ 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53. Kg4 Rb4+ 54. Kf5 Rb5+
55. Ke4 Kf8 56. Rf2+ Ke7 57. Rf5 Rxf5 58. Kxf5 Kf8 59. h4 Kg8
60. h5 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nf6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Re8
12. f3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. e4 Nb6 15. e5 Nfd7 16. Bc1 b4 17. axb4
axb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nd1 c5 20. f4 Bf8 21. Kh2 Qa2 22. Ne3
c4 23. Qd1 Qb3 24. Qe1 f6 25. Rf3 Qa4 26. Qh4 Qc6 27. Rg3 g6
28. f5 fxe5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Nf5 Qf6 31. Qh5 Re6 32. Nh4 Bg7
33. Nxg6 Qf7 34. Bh6 Nf8 35. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qd8 14. Be2 Ne4 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 Be6
17. O-O Rc8 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. a4 Nd7 20. a5 h5 21. h3 g5 22. Bg3
f5 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. exd4 f4 25. Bf2 Qd6 26. Rfe1 Bf7 27. Bb5
Rfe8 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Re5 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Re8 31. Bd4 Re6
32. Rb1 Be8 33. Qb2 b5 34. axb6 axb6 35. Ra1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qh7
37. Ra8 Rh6 38. Qg2 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Kf7
42. Ra2 Rh1 43. e6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 Ba7
7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2 h5 9. h4 Bg4 10. d3 Qd7 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rc1
O-O 13. Ne4 f6 14. N2c3 Nd8 15. Nd5 Ng6 16. Ba3 Ne6 17. f3 Bf5
18. O-O Kh8 19. Qe2 Rbd8 20. Kh2 Nc5 21. Rcd1 c6 22. Ndc3 b5
23. d4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Qe6 25. dxe5 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Nxe5 27. Qxh5+
Kg8 28. Bh3 Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Nxf7 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rc1 Bc5
32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Be6 Rfe8 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxc5 Rxe4
36. Rf2 Rxe3 37. Rxc6 Rdd3 38. Rg2 Kg6 39. Rc5 Re5 40. Rxe5
fxe5 41. Rf2 e4 42. Kg2 b4 43. g4 Rc3 44. Re2 e3 45. Kf3 Kf6
46. Kf4 g5+ 47. hxg5+ Kg6 48. Rxe3 Rc1 49. Re6+ Kg7 50. Re4
Rf1+ 51. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. d4 Nxd4 11. Qxd7
Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxd7 13. Rxb7 Bxc3+ 14. Bd2 Be5 15. Bf4 Bxf4
16. gxf4 Rab8 17. Rxc7 Be6 18. Rxa7 Rb1+ 19. Kd2 Rb2+ 20. Kc3
Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Be6 23. Kd2 Rd8+ 24. Ke3 Kg7
25. Be4 Rc8 26. f3 Rc4 27. Bd3 Rc5 28. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nge7
7. Bd3 h6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Nf5 11. Bxf5 exf5
12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Qf6 15. Qb5 Qe7 16. a4 Rfc8
17. a5 Bd8 18. a6 Bb6 19. axb7 Qxb7 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Nd3 g5
22. Nde5 Nd8 23. h4 f6 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. Ra6 Qe8 26. Rda1 f4
27. exf4 g4 28. f5 Bxf5 29. Nd2 Qf7 30. Nf4 Ne7 31. Re1 Re8
32. c4 Rad8 33. c5 Bd7 34. Qb4 Nc6 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Qc3 d4
37. Qc1 Bd8 38. Nc4 Bc7 39. Nd6 Bxd6 40. cxd6 d3 41. Nxd3 Nd4
42. Nf4 Bb5 43. Ra3 a6 44. Kh2 Nf5 45. Qc7 Nd4 46. Rc3 Ne6
47. Nxe6 Qxe6 48. Bf4 Qf5 49. Kg3 h5 50. Rc5 Qd3+ 51. Kh2 Qg6
52. d7 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. e3 a5 16. h4 Rfc8
17. Qd1 Ba6 18. Rc2 a4 19. Rac1 Bd3 20. Rc3 Bb5 21. Bf1 Bb4
22. R3c2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Ra6 24. Kg2 h6 25. Rb1 Kh7 26. b3 a3
27. Rbc1 Qe6 28. Qh5 Rb6 29. Be5 Ra6 30. Qe2 Raa8 31. Bf4 Ra5
32. Qd1 Qd7 33. Qe2 Qe6 34. Qd1 Qd7 35. Qe2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6
7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1 b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. d4 a6 11. Nb1 c5 12. c3
Nc6 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bh6 Qb6 15. Na3 b4 16. Nc2 bxc3 17. bxc3
Qb2 18. Rac1 Qxc3 19. Ne3 Qa3 20. Bf3 Nxd4 21. Bxd5 Rd8
22. Nc4 Qa4 23. Bf3 Rb8 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Qb5 26. Rd1 Rd8
27. a4 Qc5 28. Qe4 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Nd6+ Bxd6
32. Rxc5 Bxc5 33. Bc6 g5 34. Bxg5 Be7 35. Be3 a5 36. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5
7. Be2 d4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 a5 12. Bf4
a4 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bg4 Be6 17. Bxe6
fxe6 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Rce1 Na5 20. Re4 c5 21. Nc4 Qc6 22. Nd6
Rf8 23. Rg4 b5 24. h3 Nb3 25. Qe2 Kh8 26. Re1 Rab8 27. Bh4 Qd7
28. Qe4 Nd2 29. Qe2 Nb3 30. Rd1 Na5 31. Qe4 Nc6 32. Bxe7 Nxe7
33. Rc1 Qa7 34. Rh4 Nf5 35. Nxf5 exf5 36. Qc6 Qe7 37. Rf4 Qxe5
38. g3 Rfc8 39. Qd7 Rf8 40. h4 g6 41. Qa7 Rfc8 42. Kh2 Qd6
43. h5 Qc6 44. Qe7 Qc7 45. Qe6 Rb6 46. Qd5 Kg7 47. Rxd4 Qe7
48. Qd7 Qxd7 49. Rxd7+ Kh6 50. hxg6 Kxg6 51. Kg2 c4 52. dxc4
bxc4 53. Rd4 Rbc6 54. Rc3 h5 55. Kh3 Kg5 56. Rf4 Rc5 57. Kg2
R8c7 58. Kf1 Rc8 59. Kg2 R8c7 60. Kh2 Rc8 61. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5
12. Qb3 c5 13. f4 c4 14. Qc2 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc8
17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. O-O Qd7 21. Qe3 Rc7
22. Ne2 Rfc8 23. f3 Qh3 24. Rf2 Rc2 25. a4 a6 26. Raf1 h5
27. Kh1 Rb2 28. f5 Rcc2 29. Rg1 Nxf5 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Rfg2
Qxd5 32. Qf4 Kh7 33. Rg5 Qe6 34. Qd4 Qf6 35. Rxh5+ gxh5
36. Qd3+ Kh6 37. Qe3+ Kh7 38. Qd3+ Kh6 39. Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5
7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. e3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Nbd7
12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Be6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qh4
Ne5 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bg4 19. f4 Be2 20. fxe5 Bxf1
21. Bxf1 Qc5 22. Qd4 Rfd8 23. d6 Qa5 24. Kg2 Rac8 25. Bd3 g6
26. Be4 Rd7 27. Bd3 Re8 28. a3 Be1 29. b4 axb3 30. Bb2 Qd2+
31. Kh3 Re6 32. Bb5 Rd8 33. Rd1 Qf2 34. Qf4 Qxb2 35. Bc4 Qxe5
0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qg3 Ncxe5 11. Bb5 a6
12. Ba4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. a3 Qd8 15. O-O h5 16. Rfe1 h4
17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qg5 Rh5 19. Qf4 Be7 20. Rad1 Kf8 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. Bd4 Kg8 23. b4 Nd7 24. Na4 Rf5 25. Qh2 a5 26. Nb2 axb4
27. axb4 e5 28. Be3 Bf6 29. b5 d4 30. bxc6 Nxc5 31. c7 Qc8
32. Bc1 Ne6 33. g4 hxg3 34. fxg3 Qxc7 35. Qg2 Rc8 36. g4 Rg5
37. Bxg5 Bxg5 38. Nd3 Be3+ 39. Kh1 Qxc2 40. Qxc2 Rxc2 41. Nxe5
Ng5 42. Rxe3 dxe3 43. Re1 f6 44. h4 Ne4 45. Nd3 Ng3+ 46. Kg1
Ne2+ 47. Kf1 Ng3+ 48. Kg1 Rc4 49. Kg2 Rxg4 50. Kh3 Rg6 51. Rg1
Rh6 52. Rxg3 g5 53. Rxe3 Rxh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Nd7
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Qe3 Nxb3
17. axb3 Ne7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Nec4 Rbd8 21. Qg3
Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qc6 23. h3 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Qf3 Rfe8 26. Na5
Qf6 27. Nxb7 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Rb8 29. Rxd5 Rxb7 30. Rxa6 Re2
31. Rc6 Rbe7 32. Kg2 Re1 33. h4 Rb1 34. h5 Rxb2 35. Rc8+ Kh7
36. Rdd8 g5 37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. Rcg8+ Kf6 39. Rxh6+ Kf5 40. Rc6
Rb1 41. Rc5+ Kf6 42. Rgxg5 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Qc2 g6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Qxe4 Bg7
7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Bg5 Nf5 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. g4 Nd6 11. Qe3 Nf6
12. h3 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. h4 Bg4 15. Be2 Nf5 16. Qd3 b5
17. Rhg1 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd6 19. Qa4 Qc8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxg4
Qxg4 22. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. b3 Bb4
7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4
12. f4 f5 13. g3 Rd8 14. h3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 d4 16. Bd2 dxc3
17. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 c5 19. O-O-O b6 20. g4 Bb7 21. Rhg1
Qh4 22. Bc2 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qf2 24. Qg3 Qxa2 25. Qc3 Qf2
26. Qg3 Qd4 27. gxf5 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Rd8+ 29. Ke2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8
12. c3 a6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. a4 Ne5 15. Qd1 Re8 16. h3 Nc4
17. Kh2 Bd7 18. Re2 b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Rc2 e6 21. Ne3 Rb8
22. b3 Ne5 23. c4 Bc6 24. Ra3 Qc7 25. Bb2 Qb7 26. f4 Nd7
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qxd6 Rbd8 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Ng4 e5 31. fxe5
Nxe5 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Qe3 Re6 34. Nd5 Kg7 35. Qc3 f6 36. Rca2
Be8 37. b4 Rc8 38. c5 Bb5 39. Rf2 Rf8 40. Raa2 h5 41. Rf4 Qb8
42. Raf2 Nd7 43. h4 Qe5 44. Bh3 Qxc3 45. Nxc3 Re7 46. Nxb5
axb5 47. Bf1 Ne5 48. Rc2 Rd8 49. Kg2 Rd4 50. Rb2 Rb7 51. Rff2
Rxe4 52. Rfe2 Rd4 53. Red2 Re4 54. Be2 f5 55. Rdc2 f4 56. gxf4
Rxf4 57. c6 Rc7 58. Rc5 Kf6 59. Bxb5 Rxh4 60. Ba4 Rg4+ 61. Kf1
Nd3 62. Rcc2 Nxb2 63. Rxb2 Rc4 64. Bb5 R4xc6 65. Bxc6 Rxc6
66. Kg2 Ke5 67. b5 Rb6 68. Kg3 g5 69. Rh2 Rh6 70. b6 Kd6
71. Rb2 Rh8 72. b7 Rb8 73. Rb5 Kc6 74. Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Rc1 Bg4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nc5 Bxc5
17. Rxc5 c6 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Qf4 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Rxd6
22. Bf3 f6 23. a4 Bf7 24. Ba3 Rd7 25. Rb1 Bd5 26. a5 Bxf3
27. axb6 Bd5 28. Bc5 a6 29. f3 h5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. b4 Rh8
32. Rg1 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rh2+ 34. Kg3 Rh8 35. Rcc1 Rdd8 36. Rh1
Rhe8 37. Kf2 Re6 38. Rh2 Bb3 39. Ke1 Re5 40. Kd2 Ba4 41. Rc4
Red5 42. Rh5 R5d7 43. Rc1 Bb5 44. Rf5 Rd5 45. Rf4 R8d7 46. Re4
Ba4 47. f4 Bb3 48. Ra1 f5 49. gxf5 Rxf5 50. Rg1 g6 51. Rg5 Be6
52. Rxf5+ gxf5 53. Rxd4 Rxd4 54. Bxd4 Bd5 55. Bc5 Ke6 56. Kc3
Bg2 57. Kd4 Bf1 58. e4 Be2 59. Ke3 Bf1 60. Bf8 Bg2 61. Kd4 Bf1
62. Bg7 Be2 63. Bh6 Bg4 64. Kc5 Bh3 65. Bg5 Bg4 66. Bh4 Bh3
67. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5
Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. d4 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Be2 O-O
12. O-O Ne4 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. a3 a6 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. f4 Rfc8
17. Qd1 Rc7 18. b3 Rac8 19. Bb2 a5 20. g4 Ne8 21. g5 Ng7
22. Qe2 Nf5 23. Nf3 Qf8 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Rfe1 Qf8 26. Kh1 Be7
27. e4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 Rd8 29. d5 exd5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Nh4 d4
32. Nxf5 Bc5 33. Qd3 b6 34. Re4 f6 35. Re6 fxg5 36. fxg5 Kh8
37. Rf1 Qg8 38. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 c5
7. a3 Nbc6 8. Rb1 Be6 9. b4 Qd7 10. Nf3 h6 11. bxc5 dxc5
12. Nd5 g5 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 b6 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. Rb2
Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. f4 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rac8 21. Rbf2 exf4
22. Rxf4 Qd6 23. Nxg4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 Ng6 25. Rxf7 Rxf7
26. Qxc8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Qe6+ Qf7 29. Qc8+ Qf8
30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Qc8+ Nf8 32. Bh3 Qf3 33. Qb8 Qe3+ 34. Kg2
Qd2+ 35. Kh1 Qxd3 36. Be6+ Kh8 37. Bf5 Qf3+ 38. Kh2 d3 39. Qf4
Qe2+ 40. Kh3 d2 41. Bg4 d1=Q 42. Bxe2 Qxe2 43. d6 Qd1 44. e5
Ng6 45. Qf5 Qh1+ 46. Kg4 Nxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Nb3 a6
12. Kb1 b5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Rc1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qb8
17. g4 b4 18. Ne2 a5 19. Qd2 a4 20. Nbd4 Qb7 21. Ng3 Rfd8
22. f5 Qa6 23. g5 Ne8 24. h4 a3 25. b3 Bb5 26. Rc4 d5 27. exd5
Rxd5 28. Nxb5 Rxb5 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qc2 Rbb8 31. Ne4 Qe6
32. Bf4 Ra8 33. Re1 Qg4 34. Bd2 Rxc4 35. Qxc4+ Kh8 36. Bxb4
Qxh4 37. Bc3 Bxc3 38. Qxc3+ Ng7 39. Rf1 e5 40. Qxe5 Qh3
41. Qf6 Qxd3+ 42. Ka1 Qd8 43. b4 Qxf6+ 44. gxf6 Nf5 45. b5 Rb8
46. Nc3 Kg8 47. Rb1 Kf7 48. b6 Kxf6 49. Rb4 Ke5 50. Kb1 Nd6
51. Kc2 h5 52. Kb3 g5 53. Na4 Nb7 54. Rb5+ Kf4 55. Rd5 h4
56. Rd7 h3 57. Rh7 g4 58. Kc4 Kg3 59. Kd5 h2 60. Nc3 Na5
61. Ne2+ Kg2 62. Nf4+ Kf3 63. Rxh2 Kxf4 64. Kc5 g3 65. Rh4+
Kf3 66. Kb5 g2 67. Rh3+ Kf2 68. Rh2 Nb7 69. Kc6 Nd8+ 70. Kc7
Rb7+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[EventDate "2017.06.24"]
[Round "18.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 a5 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Be3 c6 15. h4 h5 16. Bh3 Kh7
17. Kh2 Qe7 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Rf8 21. Ng1 Bh6
22. Bxh6 Kxh6 23. Nf3 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. d4 e4 26. d5 exf3
27. dxe6 Ne5 28. c5 Rad8 29. Qc1+ Kg6 30. Qf4 Ng4+ 31. Kg1
dxc5 32. bxc5 Rd3 33. Rfe1 Kh7 34. Bxg4 hxg4 35. Re5 Rd5
36. Rxd5 cxd5 37. Qd6 Qg7 38. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Bb5 Na5
12. d4 e4 13. c4 Ne7 14. d5 Bg4 15. Ba6 c6 16. h3 Bc8 17. Bxc8
Rxc8 18. d6 Ng6 19. c5 Nb7 20. Be3 bxc5 21. a5 Qd7 22. a6 Nxd6
23. Bxc5 Rfd8 24. Ng3 Qe6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Qg4 c5 27. Qxe4
Rxa6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxa7 Ne7 30. Rd1 g6 31. c3 Nc6 32. Rb7
Na5 33. Ra7 Nc6 34. Ra6 h5 35. Ra4 Rce8 36. Nf1 Kg7 37. Ne3
Re5 38. Ra6 Ne7 39. Nc4 Re2 40. Ne3 Rb8 41. Ra5 Rbb2 42. Rf1
Ng8 43. Rxc5 Nf6 44. Re5 Nd7 45. Rd5 Nf6 46. Rd4 Ra2 47. c4
Ra5 48. Rc1 Rc5 49. Ra1 Rb2 50. Ra7 Rb1+ 51. Kh2 Rb2 52. Rf4
Rb6 53. h4 Re6 54. Nd5 Rec6 55. Ne3 Re6 56. Kg3 Ne4+ 57. Kf3
Nd6 58. Rd7 Kf8 59. Rd4 Rc6 60. Ra7 Kg7 61. g3 Rf6+ 62. Ke2
Re6 63. Kd3 Rf6 64. Rf4 Re6 65. Rd7 Kf8 66. Ra7 Ke8 67. Nd5
Re1 68. Nf6+ Kf8 69. Ra8+ Ke7 70. Nd5+ Kd7 71. Ra7+ Ke8
72. Ne3 Rb1 73. Rd4 Nb7 74. Ra8+ Ke7 75. Kc2 Re1 76. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6
7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. Nb3 g5 10. Ne1 c5 11. Bh5 Bg6 12. f4
c4 13. Nd2 gxf4 14. Rxf4 Bg7 15. Nf1 O-O 16. Ng3 Kh7 17. Rh4
Qd8 18. Nf3 Bd3 19. Bg4 Rh8 20. Nh5 Kg8 21. Rh3 Ng6 22. Be3
Qe7 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Bg7 26. Re1 Be4 27. Bxh6
Bxh6 28. Rxh6 Kg7 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Ng5 Bd3 31. g3 Nf8 32. h4
Nh7 33. Nh3 Rg8 34. Kh2 Kh8 35. Bh5 Qf8 36. Nf4 Bf5 37. Qe3 f6
38. Rf1 Qh6 39. Be2 Qg7 40. Nxd5 fxe5 41. dxe5 b5 42. Nf4 Qh6
43. Bh5 Rd8 44. Rd1 Rxd1 45. Bxd1 Ng5 46. Qxa7 Ne4 47. Qa8+
Kh7 48. Bf3 Ng5 49. Qa7+ Kh8 50. Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qb7+ Kh8
52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d3 a6 6. Nge2 d6
7. h3 Be6 8. f4 h6 9. f5 Bd7 10. b3 Nd4 11. Bb2 Bc6 12. Nxd4
Bxd4 13. Qe2 b5 14. Nd1 Nd7 15. c3 Bb6 16. Nf2 a5 17. O-O b4
18. Kh2 bxc3 19. Bxc3 h5 20. Nd1 Nf6 21. Ne3 Bb5 22. Qd2 c6
23. Rfe1 Qc7 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Nc2 O-O 26. a4 Ba6 27. b4 axb4
28. Nxb4 Ra8 29. Bf3 Bc5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rfb8 32. g5 Nh7
33. g6 Nf6 34. Nxa6 Rxa6 35. Reb1 Rxb1+ 36. Rxb1 Rxa4 37. Bd1
Ra8 38. Bb3 d5 39. Qh2 Re8 40. Bd2 fxg6 41. fxg6 Qd7 42. Rf1
Rb8 43. Rb1 Re8 44. Qh4 Qg4 45. Qxg4 Nxg4 46. exd5 cxd5
47. Bxd5+ Kf8 48. Rb5 Bd6 49. Kg2 Nf6 50. Bf7 Rc8 51. Bg5 Rb8
52. Ra5 e4 53. dxe4 Nxe4 54. Be3 Nf6 55. Bd4 Be7 56. Kf3 Rd8
57. Be5 Bd6 58. Bxf6 gxf6 59. Rh5 f5 60. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Rapid)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7
7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 g5 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nf1 Bh7 11. Ng3 Nf5
12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. Bxh7 Rxh7 14. fxg3 Be7 15. Qd3 Rg7 16. a4
O-O-O 17. a5 c5 18. Be3 h5 19. Rf1 Kb8 20. Qd2 Rdg8 21. b4 c4
22. Rae1 Qd8 23. Re2 Ka8 24. Ne1 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Nf3 Ne4
27. Qc2 Rf7 28. Rfe1 Bd6 29. Nd2 Nf6 30. Nf3 Ne4 31. Nd2 Nf6
32. Nf3 Ne4 33. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Rapid G/20)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 h5 8. Bc4 Qc7 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Na5
12. Kb1 Bd7 13. g3 b5 14. h3 b4 15. Nce2 e5 16. Nf5 Nxb3
17. cxb3 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qb7 19. Rhf1 d5 20. f4 d4 21. Bg1 Ne4
22. Qe1 f6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Nc1 O-O 25. g4 a5 26. Bh2 Bd6
27. Qe2 h4 28. Rde1 Ng3 29. Bxg3 hxg3 30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Rxe4
g6 32. Nd3 g2 33. Rg1 gxf5 34. gxf5 Rxf5 35. Rxg2+ Kf7
36. Rge2 Kf6 37. Nf2 Rc8 38. h4 Rf3 39. Rg4 Re3 40. Re4 Rxe2
41. Rxe2 Kf5 42. Ne4 Be7 43. Ng3+ Ke6 44. h5 Bg5 45. Rc2 Rf8
46. a4 Kd5 47. Rc7 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Rapid G/20)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. f4 d5 5. exd5 e4 6. d4 exd3
7. cxd3 O-O 8. d4 Re8+ 9. Nge2 Bd6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Nb6
12. Bb3 Bf8 13. f5 Nfxd5 14. Nf4 c6 15. Nfxd5 Nxd5 16. Qg4 Nf6
17. Qh4 h6 18. Rf3 b5 19. Rg3 Re1+ 20. Kh2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bd6
22. Ne4 Bxg3+ 23. Nxg3 Qd6 24. Rf1 Bd7 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. Rxf4
Re8 27. Kg1 a5 28. a3 Re3 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Kf8 31. Kf2
Ne8 32. Bc2 Nd6 33. Bd3 f6 34. b4 a4 35. h4 Be8 36. Nf1 Ke7
37. Ne3 Bf7 38. Ke2 Kd7 39. Kd2 Bd5 40. Nxd5 cxd5 41. h5 Kc6
42. Ke3 Nc8 43. Kd2 Nb6 44. Ke3 Nc4+ 45. Bxc4 dxc4 46. Kd2 Kd6
47. Kc2 Kc6 48. Kd2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Rapid G/20)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2 Be7 9. Be2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 d5 12. e5
Nfd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. O-O Ne4 15. Qe1 Qb6 16. c3 Nc6 17. a5 Nxa5
18. Nxb4 Bc5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. b4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. bxc5
Nxc5 23. f5 h4 24. Qe2 h3 25. Qg4 Qb2 26. Bf2 Qb7 27. Nf3 Nb3
28. Rfb1 O-O 29. Qxc4 hxg2 30. Ng5 Nd2 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. Bd4
Nxb1 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qh3 Rxf5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ke7
37. Qxg7+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Rxb1 Rf1+ 40. Rxf1 gxf1=Q+
41. Kxf1 Qb5+ 42. Kf2 Qb2+ 43. Ke3 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ 45. Ke3
Qc1+ 46. Ke2 Qc2+ 47. Ke3 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Rapid G/20)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 c6 8. b4 b6 9. h3 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8
13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Rfc1 Bd8 17. Rab1
axb4 18. axb4 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Nb3 b5 21. f4 Ra3 22. Qc2
Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6 25. Qc2 Nd5 26. Qd2 Rea8
27. Ra1 R8a4 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. e4 Nxf4 30. Rc3 g5 31. h4 Qe7
32. g3 Nh5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qb2 Ra4 35. Na5 Nf6 36. Ra3 Qc7
37. d5 exd5 38. Qxf6 Rxa3 39. e5 Rxa5 40. bxa5 Qxa5 41. Qxg5+
Kf8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Rapid G/20)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2 Be7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rad1 b6
12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Ng4 14. Kh1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 b5 16. a3 Rb8
17. h3 Nb6 18. Qc1 g6 19. Rd3 e5 20. Nde2 Nd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 Rc8 23. Nc3 Nb6 24. Rd3 Kf8 25. Be2 Kg7 26. f5 Bf6
27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Rdf3 Rcf8 29. Qe3 Be7 30. Bd3 Qc5 31. Qe2
Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Rf8 33. Rxf8 Bxf8 34. h4 Be7 35. g3 Bd8 36. Kg2
Nd7 37. Nd5 Nf6 38. b4 Qa7 39. Nxf6 Bxf6 40. c4 bxc4 41. Bxc4
a5 42. b5 Qc5 43. a4 Bd8 44. Bb3 Bb6 45. Qf3 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qf2
47. Qxf2 Bxf2 48. Kg2 Bb6 49. Kf3 g5 50. hxg5 Kg6 51. Be6 Kxg5
52. Ke2 Kf6 53. Bd7 d5 54. exd5 e4 55. Be8 Bc7 56. Kf2 Ke5
57. Bxh5 Kxd5 58. g4 Bf4 59. Bg6 Bg5 60. Ke2 Bd8 61. Be8 Ke5
62. Bd7 Kf4 63. Bf5 Bb6 64. Kd2 Bd4 65. Kc2 e3 66. Bd3 Kxg4
67. Be2+ Kf4 68. Kd3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Rapid G/20)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nh3 h6
12. Bh4 c5 13. O-O d5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Ncd7 16. b3 b5
17. Qb2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Ba6 19. cxd5 Bxf1 20. dxe6 Qb6 21. exf7+
Kh8 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Nf4 Rxf7 24. Bg6 Bc4 25. Bxf7 Bxf7
26. Bf2 g5 27. Ne2 g4 28. e4 gxf3 29. gxf3 Ne5 30. Nd4 Bh5
31. Bg3 Nd3 32. Rb1 Nd7 33. Rb3 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 N3c5 35. Re3 Kh7
36. Re1 Rc4 37. Bf2 Ne5 38. Rb1 Ncd7 39. Rb3 Bf7 40. Rb2 Nd3
41. Rd2 N7e5 42. Kg3 Rc3 43. Rc2 Rxc2 44. Nxc2 b5 45. Bd4 Nc4
46. Bc3 Bg6 47. Bb4 Kg8 48. Nd4 Be8 49. f4 Kf7 50. e5 Bd7
51. Kf3 h5 52. Ke4 Nf2+ 53. Kd5 Ne3+ 54. Kd6 Ke8 55. e6 Nc4+
56. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2 Be7 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. g3 b5 12. a3
Rc8 13. Kb1 Na5 14. h3 g6 15. g4 e5 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Nxa5 Qxa5
18. g5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nc5 22. h4 O-O
23. c3 Ne6 24. Bd1 f6 25. Rd2 fxg5 26. Bb3 Rc4 27. Bxg5 Nxg5
28. hxg5 Rxf3 29. a4 Kg7 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rd5 Rf8 32. Ka2 Rb8
33. Rg1 Kf7 34. Rd2 Ke6 35. Rf2 Rh8 36. Kb1 h4 37. Kc2 h3
38. Rh2 Rh4 39. Rg3 Rxe4 40. Rhxh3 d5 41. Rh6 Kf5 42. Rh7 Bxg5
43. Rf7+ Bf6 44. a5 Re2+ 45. Kd1 Rf2 46. Ke1 Rf4 47. Rg2 d4
48. Ra7 d3 49. Rxa6 e4 50. Rc6 e3 51. Rc5+ Ke6 52. Rc6+ Kd7
0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3
12. Qxd3 O-O 13. e4 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Rac1 dxe4 16. Nxe4
Qd5 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Qc4 Nf6 19. Ne5 Rf8 20. g4 Rac8 21. h3
Nfd5 22. Ne4 Qh6 23. Qb3 Nf4 24. Kh2 Ned5 25. Qg3 f6 26. Rxc6
Rxc6 27. Nxc6 f5 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 a6
12. Nd2 b5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rac8 19. Bd3 Nb4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qd1
Nxd5 22. Qh5 Bg5 23. Be4+ Qh6 24. Qxh6+ Bxh6 25. Bxd5 Rcd8
26. e4 f5 27. Nc5 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxf2 29. Nd3 Rf6 30. Ne5 Re8
31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Bc2 Re2 33. Bd3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6
12. a3 d4 13. Na4 Be7 14. e4 Nd7 15. Nf5 Nde5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7
17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Re1 b6 19. b4 Qf6 20. Bg3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne5
22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Nb2 Rc8 24. Rcd1 Rfd8 25. g3 Qf6 26. e5 Qf5
27. Qxf5 Bxf5 28. Nd3 Rc3 29. Nf4 Rxa3 30. e6 fxe6 31. Nxe6
Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Rd7 33. Re4 d3 34. Kf1 Ra4 35. Ke1 a5 36. Rb1 h6
37. h4 Rd5 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Rb5 40. Rd1 Ra4 41. Rxd3 Raxb4
42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Rde3 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 R5b2+ 45. Kf3 Rb3 46. Re7+
Kg6 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Ra7 Rxe3+ 49. fxe3 Rb4 50. e4 a4 51. e5
Kg8 52. e6 Kf8 53. g4 b5 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. Rxg7 a3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2 Be7 9. Be2 Bd7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. a5
O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Rfd1 h4 15. h3 Ng6 16. f4 Rxc3 17. Qxc3
Nxe4 18. Qd3 Ng3 19. Bf3 Qc8 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxg6 Rf6 24. Qd3 Nf5 25. Bf2 Rg6 26. Qf1 d5
27. c3 Bd6 28. Bd4 Qc7 29. Bb6 Qb8 30. Ra4 Qe8 31. Ra2 Qb8
32. Ra4 Qe8 33. Ra2 Qc6 34. Rd3 Qc4 35. b3 Qxb3 36. Rf2 Ng3
37. Qd1 Qxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Bxf4 39. Rb1 e5 40. Rd1 Rc6 41. Rxd5
Rxc3 42. Rd1 Kh7 43. Rb2 Ra3 44. Re1 Kg6 45. Bd8 Kh5 46. Rxb7
g5 47. Rh7+ Kg6 48. Rb7 Be3+ 49. Kh2 Bf4 50. Bb6 e4 51. Kg1
Bd2 52. Rd1 e3 53. Rd7 Ra2 54. Rd3 e2 55. R3xd2 Rxd2 56. Re1
Ra2 57. Kf2 Kf5 58. Bc7 Ne4+ 59. Kf3 Nd2+ 60. Kxe2 Ne4+
61. Kf1 Rf2+ 62. Kg1 Rc2 63. Bb6 Ng3 64. Rd1 Ke4 65. Ba7 Ne2+
66. Kh2 Nf4 67. Rg1 Ra2 68. Bb6 g4 69. hxg4 h3 70. Bc7 Rxg2+
71. Rxg2 Nxg2 72. Kxh3 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Qb3 Nc6 8. g4 Nxg4 9. Qxd5 Qc8 10. a3 Nf6 11. Qg2 O-O
12. Bc4 Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nge2 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Qxc4 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Qxb7 Rfe8 19. Qb5 Qc8 20. Qc6 Qh3 21. Qf3
Qd7 22. O-O Bf8 23. Bg3 Ne4 24. Rfd1 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Qc8 26. a4
Be4 27. Qe2 Qxc3 28. Nb5 Qc6 29. Nc7 Bf3 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. axb5
Bxd1 32. Nxa8 Rxa8 33. Rxd1 Bc5 34. Rd7 f6 35. Kg2 Re8 36. Bd6
Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Rb8 38. Rd7 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 g6 11. Qd2 Nbd7
12. Be2 Qc7 13. c4 a5 14. Rc1 a4 15. Na1 Qa5 16. Nc2 Qxd2+
17. Kxd2 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Ne3 Ke7 20. h4 Rhh8 21. Rhf1
Nc5 22. Nd1 Ne8 23. Nc3 Ng7 24. Rh1 Nf5 25. Rce1 Nd4 26. Bd1
f5 27. f4 Kf6 28. g3 Rhb8 29. fxe5+ dxe5 30. d6 Ke6 31. d7 Kd6
32. Re3 e4 33. Nd5 Nxd7 34. Kc3 Kc5 35. b4+ axb3 36. axb3 Ra3
37. Kb2 Rba8 38. b4+ Kxc4 39. Rxa3 Rxa3 40. Kxa3 Kxd5 41. Re1
Kc4 42. Kb2 Ne5 43. Bc2 Nd3+ 44. Bxd3+ Kxd3 45. Rd1+ Ke3
46. Kc3 Ne2+ 47. Kc4 b5+ 48. Kc5 Nxg3 49. Kxb5 f4 50. Kc5 Ne2
51. Kc4 f3 52. b5 f2 53. b6 Nd4 54. b7 Nc6 55. Kd5 Nb8 56. Rf1
Ke2 57. Rxf2+ Kxf2 58. Kxe4 Kg3 59. Ke5 Kxh4 60. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 e6 6. d4 cxd4
7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nbc3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bg4
12. Qd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nf5 14. Bh3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qd6 16. Nf4
Bh6 17. Rac1 Rae8 18. Rc5 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 b6 20. Rc3 f5 21. Bg2
Ne7 22. Rf1 Rc8 23. Rfc1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8
26. Qc3 Ne7 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Ke2 Qd7 29. Kd2 Ng8 30. Kc2 Nf6
31. Kb3 Ke6 32. a4 a5 33. Bf1 Ne4 34. Qc2 Nd6 35. Ba6 Ke7
36. Ka2 Kd8 37. Qb3 Qc6 38. Bf1 Ke7 39. Bg2 Ke6 40. Bf1 Ne4
41. Bb5 Qc7 42. Bd3 Nd6 43. g4 fxg4 44. e4 Qc6 45. e5 Nf5
46. Bxf5+ gxf5 47. Qe3 Qxa4+ 48. Kb1 Kd7 49. Qh6 Qd1+ 50. Ka2
Qa4+ 51. Kb1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. b4 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6
12. O-O Ne4 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Na4 Rc8 15. Nc5 Nc3 16. Qd3 Bf5
17. Qd2 d4 18. Nxb7 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. Rxc3 Qxb7 21. Rc5
Rfe8 22. Qc1 Rxe2 23. Rxf5 Nd4 24. Rc5 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rce8
26. Rc6 Bd4 27. Qc4 Bb6 28. Bg3 h5 29. a4 R2e6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6
31. a5 Bd8 32. Rd1 Be7 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 h4 35. Bb8 Bxb4
36. Kg2 a6 37. Bc7 Be7 38. Bb6 Rg6+ 39. Kh3 Rf6 40. Rd7 Bb4
41. Kg4 Rg6+ 42. Kxh4 Rh6+ 43. Kg3 Rh5 44. Ra7 Bxa5 45. Rxa6
Bb4 46. Be3 Rd5 47. h4 Bd6+ 48. Kg2 f5 49. Bg5 Kf7 50. h5 f4
51. Bh4 Bf8 52. Kh3 Rxh5 53. Kg4 Rb5 54. Kxf4 Rb4+ 55. Kg3 Bc5
56. Bg5 Bd4 57. Be3 Be5+ 58. f4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Ra2 Be7 11. b4 Qd8
12. h3 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Ng5 Rc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Ba6 Bxb4 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. O-O Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Qc1
Qd7 22. Rc2 Nc5 23. Rd1 Na5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. Qxc5 Nc6 26. Bg3
Rc8 27. Qb5 Ne5 28. Qa6 Nc4 29. Rb1 Nb6 30. Be5 Rc6 31. Bd4
Qc7 32. f4 h6 33. Kh2 Rc2 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. Rxb6 Qc3 36. Rb8+
Kf7 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Qa8 Kf5 39. Qf8+ Ke4 40. Rxg7 Qxe3
41. Qf6 Qxf4+ 42. Qxf4+ Kxf4 43. a4 d4 44. Rd7 e5 45. Rd6 Ra2
46. h4 h5 47. Rf6+ Ke3 48. Rf5 e4 49. Rxh5 d3 50. Rd5 Kd2
51. h5 e3 52. h6 Rxa4 53. Kg3 e2 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 b6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bd6
12. Ne2 Re8 13. f4 Ne4 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 Re7
17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Bxe5 19. dxe5 b5 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. f5 bxc4
22. f6 Ne6 23. Rf4 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. fxe7+ Kxe7 26. Ba3+
c5 27. Rf2 cxb3 28. Rfd2 Bc6 29. axb3 Rb8 30. Rc2 Rxb3
31. Bxc5+ Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Bb5 33. Rd6 Rxe3 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. e6
Rd3 36. Rxf7+ Ke8 37. Rb6 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Rf1+ 39. Ke3 Rxf7
40. exf7+ Kxf7 41. Kxe4 Kg7 42. Ke5 g5 43. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. a4 Nf6 12. Bg5
Nh5 13. g3 f4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Nc4 Bh3 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Nb5 fxg3
18. fxg3 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qc2 Ng5 21. cxd6 cxd6
22. Nbxd6 e4 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Rf1 Bxf1 25. Bxf1 e3 26. Bg2
Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Nd4 28. Qb1 e2 29. Re1 Qf2 30. Ne4 Qf5 31. d6
Rae8 32. Ne3 Qd7 33. h4 Kh8 34. Qd3 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxd6 36. Nc2
Nxc2 37. Qxc2 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O c6
7. d3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Re8 11. d4 a5
12. a4 Ne4 13. e3 e6 14. c4 Ndc5 15. Ne5 Na6 16. Nd3 Nd6
17. Qc2 Rc8 18. c5 Ne4 19. Kh2 Qc7 20. Rac1 h5 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Ne5 f5 23. Nxg6 Kf7 24. Nf4 h4 25. Bc3 Rh8 26. f3 hxg3+
27. Kg2 exf3+ 28. Rxf3 Qd7 29. e4 Nb4 30. Qe2 Bh6 31. Rcf1
Rce8 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. exf5 exf5 34. Qc4+ Kf6 35. Nh5+ Kg6
36. Rxf5 Bg5 37. Nxg3 Re3 38. d5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. b3 Bg7
7. Ba3 Qa5+ 8. Qd2 Qxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Bf8 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11. Ke2
Nbd7 12. Rhc1 Kg7 13. b4 b6 14. c5 Bb7 15. a4 Rhb8 16. Nb3
bxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Nd7 19. Ra5 Bc8 20. Rb1 Kf6 21. g4
h6 22. h4 Ke7 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Rb6 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. e4 e5
27. exd5 cxd5 28. dxe5+ Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Kxe5 30. Rc5 Kd6 31. Kc3
Rab8 32. f4 Bd7 33. Ra5 d4+ 34. Kc4 Be6+ 35. Kxd4 Rxb4+
36. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 37. Ke3 Rb7 38. Kd4 Rb4+ 39. Ke3 Rb7 40. Kd4
Ke7 41. Be4 Rb4+ 42. Ke5 Bd7 43. Rxa7 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Bxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6
7. d4 a5 8. c3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4
12. Rxe4 Bf6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd5
17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Re4 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Bd2 Rd8
22. a4 Qb7 23. Re1 Qc6 24. h4 h6 25. Kg1 Ne7 26. Nh2 h5
27. Nf3 b5 28. Bg5 Qb7 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nd4 bxa4 31. Nxe6
fxe6 32. Rxe6 Ng6 33. Rxf6 Nf8 34. Kh2 Rcd5 35. Qe3 Qg7
36. Qf3 Rd3 37. Qf4 Rd2 38. Re5 Ng6 39. Rxg6 Qxg6 40. Rg5 R2d6
41. Qxa4 Qxg5 42. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4
7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bh5 10. O-O Be7 11. Rae1 a6
12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nf3 b5
17. Qd1 Qd7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 O-O 20. Ra1 Bd6 21. Bg5 Qb7
22. Qh4 Be7 23. b4 e5 24. Be2 e4 25. Nd2 Nd8 26. Qh3 Ne6
27. Be3 Qc7 28. Rfc1 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Nb3 Qc7 31. Bxa6
Bd6 32. Be2 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Be5 34. Nc5 Bd6 35. Na6 Qe7 36. Rd1
Be5 37. b5 Qa3 38. Qe3 Qb2 39. Qd2 Qxd2 40. Rxd2 Bxc3 41. Ra2
Bd4 42. Nb4 Bc5 43. Nc6 d4 44. Bc4 d3 45. h3 e3 46. fxe3 d2
47. Bb3 Bxe3+ 48. Kf1 Ne4 49. Ke2 Bg5 50. Ra7 Nc5 51. Bd1 Re8+
52. Kf3 Re1 53. Be2 d1=Q 54. Ra8+ Kh7 55. Bxd1 Rxd1 56. b6 Rb1
57. Ra5 Ne6 58. Ra6 Bf6 59. Na5 Nc5 60. Ra7 Rxb6 61. Rxf7 Ra6
62. Nc4 Ne6 63. Rb7 Ra4 64. Nd6 Rd4 65. Ne8 Be5 66. Re7 Ng5+
67. Ke3 Re4+ 68. Kd3 Rd4+ 69. Ke3 Rd5 70. h4 Kg8 71. Rb7 Nf7
72. Nc7 Rd7 73. Rb8+ Kh7 74. Ne6 Bxb8 75. Nf8+ Kg8 76. Nxd7
Ne5 77. Nxb8 g5 78. hxg5 Kf7 79. Kf4 Nd3+ 80. Ke4 Ne1 81. Nc6
Nxg2 82. Ne5+ Ke6 83. Nf3 Nh4 84. Nxh4 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. a4 h6 11. c5 f5 12. a5 Nf6
13. Nd2 f4 14. Ba3 g5 15. b5 g4 16. b6 axb6 17. axb6 cxb6
18. cxd6 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Ng6 20. g3 f3 21. Bd3 h5 22. Ra8 h4
23. Nb5 Kh7 24. Qc2 Nh5 25. d7 Qxd7 26. Rc1 hxg3 27. hxg3 Ngf4
28. gxf4 Nxf4 29. Qc7 Qe8 30. Rxc8 Qh5 31. Rxf8 Qh3 32. Rh8+
Kxh8 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kh6 35. Qxf4+ exf4 36. Bf1 Qh5
37. Nd6 g3 38. Nf5+ Kg5 39. fxg3 fxg3 40. Nxf3+ Qxf3 41. Bg2
Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. Qa4 Nd7 6. cxd5 Nb6
7. Qb3 cxd5 8. O-O e6 9. a4 Ne7 10. a5 Nd7 11. d4 Nc6 12. Qa4
a6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Nc3 O-O 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 h6
18. Rfd1 g5 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Ne5 Ndb8 21. Ba3 Bd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7
23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Qc7 25. Rad1 b5 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. h4 gxh4
28. Nd6 Re2 29. Qf4 hxg3 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Bc5 gxf2+ 32. Bxf2
Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Ra7 35. Re1 Ne7 36. Rd3 Nbc6
37. Nc8 Rc7 38. Nxe7 Nxe7 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Be4+ Ng6 41. Rg1
Rf7+ 42. Ke2 Re7 43. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "11.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bh3 Nc6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bg2 g6
17. f4 e5 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Be6 21. Bf4 Rd8
22. Nd3 Qc4 23. b3 Qc8 24. Be5 O-O 25. Qg5 Nd5 26. Qh6 Nc3+
27. Ka1 f6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Nf4 Nxd1 30. Qxh5+ Kg7 31. Qg6+
Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown in Saint Louis (Blitz)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Bb3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Ba2 Ne6 11. Ne2 Re8
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qc7 14. Nh4 Qd8 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Ng3 g6
17. d4 Qc7 18. Nh4 Qd8 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. Nhf5+ gxf5 21. Nxf5+
Kg6 22. Bxe6 1-0

