[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "1995.11.24"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "1996.01.27"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "1997.02.04"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "2002.07.07"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "2007.01.24"]
[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 "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 "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 "2008.03.03"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "2012.07.07"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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

