[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "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 "1-0"]
[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 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 "Arnhem Ech-jr"]
[Site "Arnhem Ech-jr"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[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 "Groningen"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "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 "1-0"]
[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 "Ch Europe (juniors)"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Demetrios Agnos"]
[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 "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 "Singapore"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zsuzsa 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 "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[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"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[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 "Ch World Cadet's ( under 16 )"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[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 "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 "Ch World Cadet's ( under 16 )"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[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 "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 "WchJ"]
[Site "WchJ"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[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 "It (cat.4)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "Politiken Cup"]
[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 "Politiken Cup"]
[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 "Politiken Cup"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "It (cat. 4)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja"]
[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 "It (cat. 4)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja"]
[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 "It (cat. 4)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja"]
[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 "It (cat. 4)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja"]
[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 "It (cat. 4)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja"]
[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 "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "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 "It (open)"]
[Site "Alicante (Spain)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[Site "Alicante (Spain)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[Site "Alicante (Spain)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Mario Leopoldo Leskovar"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 c6 5.f3 Nbd7 6.g4 d5 7.g5 Nh5
8.exd5 Be7 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Ne4 f5 11.gxf6 Ndxf6 12.N4g3 O-O
13.dxe5 Qb6 14.exf6 Bc5 15.Ne4 Rd8 16.Bd2 Be3 17.Bxe3 Rxd1+
18.Rxd1 Qxe3 19.Rd8+ Kf7 20.Nd6+ Kxf6 21.Rf8+ Kg5 22.Rg1+ Kh4
23.Rxc8 1-0

[Event "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 "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 "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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "Burgas"]
[Site "Burgas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Razuvaev"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3
Qe8 8.b3 Na6 9.Ba3 c6 10.Qd3 h6 11.Rae1 g5 12.Nd2 Qg6 13.e3
Bd7 14.f4 Kh8 15.b4 Nc7 16.b5 cxb5 17.cxb5 Rab8 18.Rb1 gxf4
19.exf4 Qf7 20.d5 a6 21.bxa6 bxa6 22.Nc4 Nb5 23.Bb2 Rfc8
24.Na4 Rc7 25.Nab6 Be8 26.a4 Ne4 27.Rfe1 Nbc3 28.Bxc3 Nxc3
29.Rb3 Bxa4 30.Rxc3 Rxb6 31.Ne5 dxe5 32.Rxc7 e4 33.Qa3 Bb3
34.Rxe7 Qxd5 35.Re8+ Kh7 36.R8xe4 Bd4+ 37.Kh1 fxe4 38.Bxe4+
Kg7 39.Qe7+ Qf7 40.Qd8 Bc5 41.Qc8 Bf8 42.Rb1 Bd5 43.Rxb6 Bxe4+
44.Kg1 Qd5 45.Qc3+ Kh7 46.Qc7+ Kh8 47.Rb8 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "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 "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"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Jose Jimenez Villena"]
[ECO "E10"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "It (open)"]
[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 "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 "Palma de Mallorca Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca "]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa, Spain"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ivan 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 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 "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[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 <SPA>"]
[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 "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 "1993.12.30"]
[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 "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[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 "Madrid (Spain)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Be3
Nc6 8.f3 a6 9.Bc4 Na5 10.Bd3 b5 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.O-O-O Rb8 13.Kb1
g6 14.h4 Nd7 15.f4 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Rxh1
19.Rxh1 Bb7 20.b3 Qc7 21.Rh8 e5 22.Ndxb5 axb5 23.Nxb5 Qc6
24.Nxd6+ Ke7 25.fxe5 Ke6 26.Nb5+ Qxb5 27.Rxf8 Qc6 28.Rxb8 Nxb8
29.Qd8 Na6 30.Qf6+ Kd7 31.Qxf7+ Kc8 32.Qf8+ Kc7 33.Qf7+ Kb8
34.e6 Qxe4 35.e7 Bc6 36.e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel izt"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[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 "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Site "Zt"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[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 (Hungary)"]
[Site "Zt"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[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 (Hungary)"]
[Site "Zt"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[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 "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 "1-0"]
[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 "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 izt"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid, Spain"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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, Cat.16"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas, Cat.16"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "Olympiad 1994"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "Alcobendas SPA"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "II Festival International de Ajedrez Alcobenda"]
[Site "II Festival International de Ajedrez Alcobenda"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "ESP"]
[Site "Match Alcobendas  (03)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "Olympiad 1994"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4
h6 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be2 e5 10.Nf5 g6 11.Ng3 exf4 12.Bxf4 Be6 13.Rf1
Rc8 14.h3 Qb6 15.Qd2 Bg7 16.Bxd6 Nxg4 17.Bxg4 Qxb2 18.e5 Nxe5
19.Rb1 Qxc3 20.Qxc3 Rxc3 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Rxb7 Nc4 23.Bb4 Re3+
24.Ne2 Be5 25.Rff7 Rxh3 26.Nd4 Re3+ 27.Kf1 Re4 28.Rfe7+ 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "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 "1994.05.29"]
[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 "Etoiles 94 Cap d'Agde Tournament FRA"]
[Site "Etoiles 94 Cap d'Agde Tournament FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "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 "Moscow olm"]
[Site "Moscow olm"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 (Bulgaria)"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 (Bulgaria)"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 (Bulgaria)"]
[Site "Elenite (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "FRA Cap d'Agde Etoiles 94"]
[Site "FRA Cap d'Agde Etoiles 94"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "Olympiad, XII"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 1994"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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, XII"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[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 "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 "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 "Linares SuperGM Tour"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "Polanica Zdroj 64/557"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj 64/557"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "Linares SuperGM Tournament Linares SPA"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade Invest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 "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 "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 "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "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 "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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 "Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'"]
[Site "Moscow PCA-Intel GP 25'"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "Linares SuperGM Tournament, Linares SPA (1)"]
[Site "Linares SuperGM Tournament, Linares SPA (1)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 SuperGM Tournament, Linares SPA (3)"]
[Site "Linares SuperGM Tournament, Linares SPA (3)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 SuperGM Tournament, Linares SPA (8)"]
[Site "Linares SuperGM Tournament, Linares SPA (8)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "It (cat.17), V-VI"]
[Site "Novgorod (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 "It (cat.17), V-VI"]
[Site "Novgorod (Russia)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 "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 "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.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[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 "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Madrid (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "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 "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 "1996.03.31"]
[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 "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "It Madrid ESP"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "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 "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 "it Madrid ESP"]
[Site "it Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "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 "it Leon ESP"]
[Site "it Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "V Madrid Magistral Madrid ESP ChessTrea"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "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 "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 "It (cat.19)"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Leon (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "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 "1996.07.27"]
[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 "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Vienna (Austria)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "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 "32nd ol, Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "08"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "10"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "14"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "1.1"]
[Site "CS Masters g25, Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "It (cat.19)"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Madrid (Spain)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "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 "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Vienna (Austria)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "It (cat.18)"]
[Site "Vienna (Austria)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[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 "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 "1996.01.23"]
[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 "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[EventDate "1996.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "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 "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 "6th Amber Blind, Monaco"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "6th Amber Blind, Monaco"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "6th Amber Blind, Monaco"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "6th Amber Blind, Monaco"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "6th Amber Rapid, Monaco"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "6th Amber Rapid, Monaco"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "6th Amber Rapid, Monaco"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "6th Amber Rapid, Monaco"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "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 "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 "1997.04.09"]
[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 "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 "1997.02.11"]
[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 "Lost Boys Crown, Antwerp BEL"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "07"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "Lost Boys Crown, Antwerp BEL"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "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 "1997.05.27"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "Simultan"]
[Site "Frankfurt (Germany)"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "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 "It, Monaco"]
[Site "It, Monaco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[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 "It (blitz)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "It (blitz)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[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 "It (blitz)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[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 "1998.01.18"]
[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"]
[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 "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 "1998.06.12"]
[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 "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 "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "ol (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michal Krasenkow"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "It (cat.19), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Site "It (cat.19), Dortmund (Germany)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[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 "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 "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6
7. Ne2 Bg4 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Be7
12. Be3 Nb4 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 N4d5 15. Ne4 Kb8 16. Rad1 h5
17. a3 Qe8 18. Bd2 a6 19. Rc1 Qg8 20. f4 f5 21. exf6 gxf6
22. f5 Rh7 23. Nc5 Bd6 24. Nxe6 Qg3 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Re8
27. Re1 h4 28. Re4 Bg3 29. Kf1 c6 30. Rg4 Kc8 31. a4 Nc7
32. Nxc7 Bxc7 33. Be1 Nd5 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Bxh4 Rhe7 36. Rc3
Kb8 37. Bxf6 Rf7 38. Rg6 Ref8 39. Rxc7 Kxc7 40. Be5+ Kd7
41. g4 Rc8 42. Rb6 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Ke8 44. h4 Rc6 45. Rxc6 bxc6
46. h5 Rb7 47. h6 Rxb2+ 48. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (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 (play-off), Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (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 "Ch World FIDE (play-off), Las Vegas (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 "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 "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (1"]
[Site "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (1"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (2"]
[Site "It (cat.19), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (2"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[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 "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[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 "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[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 "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2
Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. f3 O-O-O 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Qa4
Qg5 12. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 13. Be2 Rhe8 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Rd1 Rxd1+
16. Qxd1 Rxe5 17. Bd4 Qf4 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. O-O Qxb2 20. Bc4
Be6 21. Qd3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe6 24. Qb4 Qd6
25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Kg1 Kd7 27. Kf2 Nd5 28. Ke2 Nf4+ 29. Kf2 b5
30. g3 Nd5 31. Ke2 a5 32. Kd2 a4 33. a3 Nb6 34. Kc3 Kc6
35. Kb4 Nd5+ 36. Ka5 Ne3 37. Rc1+ Nc4+ 38. Kb4 d5 39. Rd1 Ne3
40. Rc1+ Nc4 41. f4 d4 42. Rxc4+ bxc4 43. Kxc4 d3 44. Kxd3 Kd5
45. Kc3 Kc5 46. g4 f6 47. f5 h5 48. gxh5 Kd5 49. Kb4 Ke5
50. Kxa4 Kxf5 51. Kb4 Kg4 52. Kc3 f5 53. Kd2 f4 54. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Amber-rapid 8th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "0-1"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "1999.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "8th Amber Tournament"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "1999.03.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "1999.03.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "1999.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Veselin 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 "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "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 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 "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "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 "2000.12.07"]
[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 "4.5"]
[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 "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.17"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2000.05.24"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2000.05.26"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Veselin 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-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Veselin 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 Topalov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[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 "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Fujitsu Siemens Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 Topalov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[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 "2000.11.05"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A43"]
[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 "2000.11.12"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Curt Hansen"]
[ECO "D41"]
[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 "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Bosnia 2001"]
[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 2001"]
[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 2001"]
[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 "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 "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 "2001.07.19"]
[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 "FIDE WCh KO"]
[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 "FIDE WCh KO"]
[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 "FIDE WCh KO"]
[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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Zhong Zhang"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O Qc7 14. c4 b6 15. f4 g6 16. Rad1 a5
17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxf5 gxf5 19. Nd4 Ng4 20. Nc6 Rg8 21. Rf1
Ne5 22. Rxf5 Nxc6 23. dxc6 O-O-O 24. Qd5 Rde8 25. Rxf7 Kb8
26. Bf4 Ka7 27. c5 bxc5 28. Bxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxc7+ Bxc7 30. Qb3
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[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 "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 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 "2001.03.17"]
[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 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 "2001.03.25"]
[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 "2001.03.22"]
[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 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 "2001.03.28"]
[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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee "]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Sparkassen sf"]
[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 "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[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 "Sparkassen sf"]
[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 "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[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 "Sparkassen sf Playoff"]
[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 "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 "Sparkassen Final"]
[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 "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 "2002.03.01"]
[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 "Amber Blindfold 2002"]
[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 Blindfold 2002"]
[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 Blindfold 2002"]
[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 2002"]
[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 Rapidplay 2002"]
[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 Rapidplay 2002"]
[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 Rapidplay 2002"]
[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 "1.2"]
[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 "2002.04.05"]
[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 "2002.04.08"]
[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 "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 "1.3"]
[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 "2002.04.30"]
[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 "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 "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 "1.1"]
[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 "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 "2003.01.18"]
[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 "2003.01.24"]
[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 "Amber Blindfold 2003"]
[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 Blindfold 2003"]
[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 Blindfold 2003"]
[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 Blindfold 2003"]
[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 Blindfold 2003"]
[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 2003"]
[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 Rapid 2003"]
[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 2003"]
[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 Rapid 2003"]
[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 "GpA P/O Blitz"]
[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 "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 "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 "3.4"]
[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 "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 "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 "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4
13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. c4 g6 17. Nc3 Nh5 18. Ne2
Re8 19. Ra2 Bf8 20. g4 Ng7 21. Ng3 f6 22. Nh2 Re7 23. h4 Rf7
24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Qd8 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. h5 Ne8 28. Bd3 Bg7
29. Kg2 Qf8 30. Qc1 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rb8 32. Raf2 Rb3 33. Rf3 Ne7
34. Bd2 Bc8 35. Qc2 Rb8 36. Kh1 gxh5 37. Nxh5 Ng6 38. e5 dxe5
39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Qxg6 e4 41. Rh3 Rfb7 42. Nf4 Rb1 43. Qh7+
Kf7 44. Qh5+ Kg8 45. Ng6 1-0

[Event "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 "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Aleksander 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"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander Delchev"]
[Black "Veselin 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"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "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 "2004.01.17"]
[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 "2004.01.25"]
[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 "13th Melody Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 Melody Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tarik Abulhul"]
[Black "Veselin 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"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Be7
12. Qf2 d6 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Bd4 Nc6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. g4 O-O
17. g5 b4 18. Na4 Nce5 19. Rg1 Bb7 20. Na5 Rc8 21. b3 Bc6
22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. f4 Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. f5 Ne5 26. Bh3 exf5
27. exf5 Re8 28. Bf4 Bd6 29. g6 hxg6 30. fxg6 Ra7 31. Qg2 Nc4
32. Rxd6 Nxd6 33. Qd5 Rd8 34. gxf7+ Rxf7 35. Be6 Qb7 36. Qg5
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Black "Veselin 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"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrei Kharlov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 O-O
7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Nc5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 a5 11. Bf4 Ng4
12. Be2 Nf6 13. Bf3 Re8 14. Qd2 g6 15. h3 Nfd7 16. Rad1 Bf8
17. g4 Qb6 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. b3 Qb4 20. Nde2 f6 21. Be3 h5
22. f4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Qc1 f5 25. Rd4 Qb6 26. Qd2 Qc7
27. Bf2 Re6 28. Rc4 Rae8 29. Nd4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4
fxe4 32. Rc3 d5 33. Rg3 Bd6 34. Be3 Qd7 35. c3 Rf8 36. Rf1 b6
37. Rf2 c5 38. Nb5 Bb8 39. Rfg2 g5 40. Rf2 Kg7 41. Qc1 Kg6
42. Qf1 Rf5 43. Rgg2 Qf7 44. fxg5 Bf3 45. Rh2 Bxh2+ 46. Rxh2
Rf4 47. Bxf4 Qxf4 48. Rg2 h4 49. Qe1 e3 50. Rh2 Qxg5+ 51. Kf1
h3 52. Qb1+ Be4 53. Qb2 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "Pedro Zabala mem"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Li Shilong"]
[Black "Veselin 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 FRA"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[EventDate "2005.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.e5 dxe5
7.Nxe5 Qc8 8.Qf3 e6 9.d3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bf4 Nfd7 12.Nc4 Nc6
13.Rae1 Nd4 14.Qd1 Qc6 15.a4 b6 16.Re3 f6 17.Rh3 Rf7 18.Be3
Rd8 19.Re1 Nf8 20.b3 a6 21.Ne2 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Nd2 Qc7
24.c4 Nc6 25.cxb5 Nb4 26.Qb1 Nxd3 27.Rd1 Nb4 28.Nc4 Nd5 29.Bd2
Qb8 30.Ba5 Rd7 31.b6 Bd8 32.Rhd3 Nxb6 33.Bxb6 Rxd3 34.Qxd3
Bxb6 35.Qe3 Bc7 36.g3 Qb5 37.h4 Qc6 38.f4 Rd7 39.Re1 Bd8
40.Nc3 Be7 41.Ne4 Rd4 42.Nf2 Qd5 43.Nb6 Qb7 44.Nc4 f5 45.Kf1
Bf6 46.Ke2 Rd7 47.Qf3 Qb4 48.Rd1 Bd4 49.g4 h6 50.h5 Qb8 51.Rd2
Rf7 52.g5 hxg5 53.fxg5 Qh2 54.Kd3 Qh4 55.g6 Ra7 56.Nd1 Qg5
57.Nc3 Qg1 58.Rd1 Qh2 59.Nb5 Rd7 60.Nxd4 Qa2 61.Nd2 Qb2 62.Ke2
Qxd4 63.Qe3 Qd6 64.Qf3 Qh2+ 65.Ke1 Rd4 66.Qb7 Rd7 67.Qf3 Rd5
68.Nf1 Re5+ 69.Ne3 f4 70.Rd3 Qg1+ 71.Kd2 fxe3+ 72. Rxe3 Qxe3+
73. Qxe3 Rxe3 74. Kxe3 Nd7 0-1

[Event "14th Amber Tournament:  Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "14th Amber Tournament:  Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Nc4
12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 Qb7 14. N1e2 O-O 15. Qd4 Rb8 16. Bc1 d6
17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Qd3 a5 20. a3 Bc5 21. a4 Be8
22. Bb2 Bb4 23. Na2 Bc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nec3 Bc6 26. Rhe1
Qb6 27. f4 Kh8 28. Re2 Rg8 29. g3 Rbd8 30. Qc4 Rd7 31. Red2
Bb7 32. Qe2 Qc6 33. Qh5 Qb6 34. Qh4 Qd8 35. f5 exf5 36. exf5
Rg5 37. Qf4 Re7 38. Nd5 Re5 39. g4 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxd5
Qe7 42. Qf3 Qe1+ 43. Rd1 Qh4 44. h3 h5 45. Nc3 hxg4 46. hxg4
Rxg4 47. Nd5 Kg7 48. Rh1 Rg3 49. Qd1 Qd4 50. Qxd4 Bxd4 51. Kc1
Rg5 52. Rf1 Rg2 53. c3 Be5 54. Rd1 Kf8 55. Rd2 Rg1+ 56. Kc2
Ke8 57. b4 Kd7 58. bxa5 Kc8 59. Nb4 Rg5 60. Rd5 Rxf5 61. Rb5
Rf2+ 62. Kb3 Rf3 63. Nd5 Rd3 64. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3
b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 b4 10.Na4 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Qxb4 Bd7
13.Nb3 Rb8 14.Qa3 Nxf3 15.h3 Nxe4 16.Be2 Ne5 17.Rhe1 Qc7
18.Bd4 Nc6 19.Bc3 d5 20.Nbc5 Qa7 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2005.01.23"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c3 Nge7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. Na3 d6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. Bg2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Rad8 17. Re2
Qe6 18. Qc2 Qg6 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Qa4 d5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4
Qf6 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. d4 N5g6 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Rf1 f4
27. gxf4 Nf5 28. Qxa7 Qh4 29. Qxc5 Nxf4 30. Rd2 Nxh3 31. Qc7
Rd6 32. Nc2 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Rh6 0-1

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2005.02.28"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. fxe6 axb3
17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Nb6 20. Nc1 d5 21. exd5
Nd6 22. Kb1 Rf3 23. h4 Na4 24. Qe2 Rg3 25. Bf2 Rc3 26. Qxe5
Nxb2 27. Bd4 Bf8 28. Kxb2 Rf3 29. Bd3 Kh8 30. Qe2 Rf4 31. Qh5
Nf5 32. g6 1-0

[Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Bd3 d4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Nc4 Qh5 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bg3 dxe3
17. Rae1 Be6 18. fxe3 Nde7 19. Nd6 b6 20. Rb1 f6 21. Rb5 Ne5
22. Rf4 N7g6 23. Rd4 Bd7 24. Rbd5 Be6 25. Be2 Qh6 26. Bf4 Nxf4
27. exf4 g6 28. Qe4 Bxd5 29. 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 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 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:  Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2005.03.26"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2005.03.27"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2005.03.30"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Rc1 c6 9.e4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 c5 13.dxc5
bxc5 14.h4 h6 15.Bb1 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qc2 d4 18.Ng5 hxg5
19.hxg5 dxc3 20.Bf4 Kf7 21.Qg6+ Ke7 22.gxf6+ Rxf6 23.Qxg7+ Rf7
24.Bg5+ Kd6 25.Qxf7 Qxg5 26.Rh7 Qe5+ 27.Kf1 Kc6 28.Qe8+ Kb6
29.Qd8+ Kc6 30.Be4+ 1-0

[Event "MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. exf6 Qxg5 11. fxg7
Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 a6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qf4 b5 16. Qc7
Qf8 17. Bd3 Rd7 18. Qf4 Bb7 19. Rae1 Qg7 20. Be4 Kh8 21. Re3
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Rd7 25. Rg3 Qf8
26. Re1 Raa7 27. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6
7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Bf4 O-O-O 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 Qb6 11. b3 cxb3
12. Bxb3 g5 13. Be3 g4 14. Ne1 Na5 15. Bc2 f5 16. Nd3 Kb8
17. a4 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qa6 19. Qe1 b6 20. Na3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Ne7
22. Nb4 Qb7 23. Bd3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. a5 b5 26. a6 Qa8
27. Qe2 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. f4 h5 30. Rb1 h4 31. Kf1 Bc6
32. Bg1 Ka8 33. Rb4 Rb8 34. Ra2 Rb6 35. Ke1 h3 36. g3 Rc8
37. Be3 Bd7 38. Ra5 Qh1+ 39. Kd2 Bc6 40. Qf2 Bd5 41. Qg1 Qe4
42. Kc1 Rcc6 43. Qf2 Rxa6 44. Raxb5 Ra1+ 45. Rb1 Rxb1+
46. Rxb1 Ra6 47. Qd2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Sparkassen 2005"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "211"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. a3 Be6 15. Ncb4 Nxb4 16. axb4 Ra8
17. g3 Qd7 18. Bg2 Bd8 19. O-O Qc6 20. Ne3 a5 21. bxa5 Bxa5
22. Nf5 Qd7 23. Qd2 Bc7 24. Ne3 Qc6 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Qg5 f6
27. Qd2 d5 28. Ne3 d4 29. cxd4 Qxd4 30. Qc2 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bb6
32. Rd1 Qc5 33. Qe2 Bb3 34. Rd3 Bc4 35. Nxc4 Qxc4 36. b3 Qb4
37. Bh3 Bd4 38. Kg2 g6 39. Be6+ Kh8 40. h5 Qe7 41. Qg4 Re8
42. Bd5 f5 43. Qh3 fxe4 44. Bxe4 gxh5 45. Qxh5 Rf8 46. Rd2 Qf7
47. Qh6 Qg7 48. Qc6 b4 49. Qd6 Bc3 50. Ra2 Qf6 51. Qc5 Kg7
52. Ra7+ Rf7 53. Bd5 Rxa7 54. Qxa7+ Kf8 55. Qxh7 Bd4 56. Qc2
Bc3 57. Qa2 Qd8 58. Bc4 Ke7 59. Qa7+ Qd7 60. Qa8 Kd6 61. Bd5
Kc5 62. Bf3 Kd6 63. Qb8+ Ke7 64. Qa8 Qd8 65. Qe4 Qd7 66. Qh4+
Kd6 67. Qf6+ Qe6 68. Qd8+ Kc5 69. Qa5+ Kd4 70. Qa7+ Kd3
71. Qa2 Kd4 72. Kf1 e4 73. Qa7+ Ke5 74. Qc7+ Kd4 75. Qa7+ Ke5
76. Qe3 Qxb3 77. Qxe4+ Kf6 78. Kg2 Qe6 79. Qd3 Qe5 80. Bd5 Qf5
81. Be4 Qc5 82. Bd5 Ke5 83. Qe4+ Kd6 84. Qe6+ Kc7 85. f4 Qd6
86. Qe4 Qd7 87. Kf3 Kd6 88. g4 Qb5 89. Qe6+ Kc5 90. Ke4 Qe2+
91. Kf5 Qd3+ 92. Be4 Qd8 93. g5 Qf8+ 94. Kg4 Qd6 95. Qxd6+
Kxd6 96. Bc2 Ke7 97. Kh5 Kf7 98. Kh6 Kg8 99. f5 Kh8 100. Kg6
Bd4 101. f6 Be3 102. Kf5 Kg8 103. Bb3+ Kh8 104. g6 Bh6
105. Ke6 Bg7 106. fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Bc4 N7f6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Rhe1 Bb7 16. Qe2
Qd6 17. Kb1 h6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Nf5 g5 21. Bg3 Rc8
22. Qd4 Rg8 23. c3 Rd8 24. Qxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Ne3
Bc6 27. Nb6 bxc3 28. bxc3 Bg7 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Nd1 Bb5 31. a4
Bd3+ 32. Kc1 Kc7 33. a5 Bh8 34. Kd2 Bb5 35. Rg1 Bc6 36. Ke2
Be5 37. c4 Bd4 38. Nf2 Bc3 39. Ne4 Bxa5 40. c5 f5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1
Ne4 8.d4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be4 10.Bf1 d6 11.h4 Nd7 12.d5 O-O 13.a4
h6 14.Bh3 exd5 15.cxd5 Bf6 16.Ra3 b5 17.axb5 Nb6 18.c4 Bxf3
19.Rxf3 Nxc4 20.Qa4 Ne5 21.Ra3 Re8 22.h5 Re7 23.Bf4 Rb8 24.Bf5
Qe8 25.Bc2 Qd7 26.Qe4 Ng6 27.Qd3 c4 28.Qxc4 Nxf4 29.Qxf4 Re5
30.Qf3 Qh3 31.Rxa7 Rxh5 32.e3 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Qh3+ 34.Ke2 Re5
35.Rc7 Rc8 36.Bf5 Rxf5 37.Rxc8+ Kh7 38.Rh1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[EventDate "2005.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin 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"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[EventDate "2005.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Veselin 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"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "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 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 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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2006.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2006.01.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2006.01.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2006.01.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2
c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Nf6
13.e4 b5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Re1 Rb8 16.c5 Bc8 17.Nf3 Ne4 18.Rxe4
dxe4 19.Ne5 Qd5 20.Qe1 Bf5 21.g4 Bg6 22.f3 b4 23.fxe4 Qe6
24.Bb2 Bf6 25.Nxc6 Qxc6 26.e5 Qa6 27.exf6 Rfe8 28.Qf1 Qe2
29.Qf2 Qxg4 30.h3 Qg5 31.Bc1 Qh5 32.Bf4 Rbd8 33.c6 Be4 34.c7
Rc8 35.Re1 Qg6 36.Rxe4 Rxe4 37.d5 Rce8 38.d6 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Qf5
40.Qg3 g6 41.Qg5 Qxg5 42.Bxg5 Rd1 43.Bc6 Re2+ 44.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Linares 2006"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin 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/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 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 "]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e3 Re8
13.Be2 Rc8 14.O-O Qe7 15.Bb5 c6 16.Ba4 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rfe1
b5 19.Bc2 c5 20.Bf5 Rc7 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Qd4 a6 23.a4 bxa4
24.Rxa4 Rc6 25.b4 Qe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Bd3 Rb6 28.Kf2 Bc8
29.Rb1 Bf5 30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.Ra5 g6 32.Ke2 h5 33.g3 Kg7 34.h3
Nd7 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Re5 37.Kf2 Rc6 38.Rb3 Rb6 39.f4 Ree6
40.g5 Red6 41.e4 Rb5 42.Rxb5 axb5 43.Rd3 Nb6 44.Nb1 Rc6
45.exd5 Rc4 46.Kf3 Rxb4 47.Nd2 f6 48.Ne4 fxg5 49.Nxg5 Kf6
50.Kg4 Nc4 51.Ne4+ Ke7 52.d6+ Kd8 53.Kg5 Nb2 54.Re3 Rd4 55.Nf6
Rxd6 56.Re8+ Kc7 57.Re2 Rd1 58.Rxb2 Rg1+ 59.Kh6 Kc6 60.Ne4 Kd5
61.Rb4 Kc6 62.Rd4 Rg4 63.Nf2 Kc5 64.Rd1 Rg2 65.Nd3+ Kc4
66. Ne5 Kc3 67.Rc1+ Kb2 68.Rc6 Kb3 69.Rxg6 Rf2 70.Rg3+ Kc2
71.Nd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin 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 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 "2006.03.20"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2006.03.24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2006.03.28"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin 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 Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Topalov vs Nisipeanu Match"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2006.04.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 vs Nisipeanu Match"]
[Site "Bucharest, Romania"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5
7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1 g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Bg2
Nh5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nhf6 17. Nc3
Re8 18. O-O Nf8 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. Be3 Nc7 21. Ne5 Nfd5 22. Nxd5
Nxd5 23. Bd2 Bxe5 24. dxe5 h5 25. Rfe1 Qc7 26. e6 Bxe6
27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Qd3 Kh7 30. Re5 Nf6 31. Qe3 Kg7
32. Be4 Kf7 33. Bc2 Rad8 34. Qh6 Rg8 35. Ba5 Qd4 36. Bc3 Qc4
37. Bb3 Qd3 38. Bxe6+ Ke8 39. Kg2 Rf8 40. Qg7 Rd5 41. Bf5 Rf7
42. Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6
7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7
12. Be2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O Qb8 16. Nf5 Qe5
17. Ng3 Bb4 18. Qxb4 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Rb8 20. Qd6 Rb6 21. Qc7 Rc6
22. Qb7 Rc2 23. Qxa6 O-O 24. b3 Ne5 25. Rae1 Qd2 26. Rd1 Qf4
27. Bb5 h5 28. Ne2 Qe3 29. a4 Rb2 30. Qd6 Rc8 31. Rde1 Nxf3
32. gxf3 Bxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qf3+
36. Kg1 Qxb3 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. Nxc3 h4 40. Re4 Rb3
41. Ne2 g5 42. Re5 Rd5 43. Rxd5 exd5 44. Bc6 Ra3 45. Nd4 Kg7
46. Bxd5 Rd3 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Be4 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Rd2+ 50. Kf3
Rxh2 51. Ne3 Ra2 52. Bc6 Ra3 53. Kf2 Ra1 54. Bd7 Ke5 55. Kf3
Ra3 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Bc6+ Kf4 58. Ng2+ Ke5 59. Ne3 Ra2+ 60. Kf3
f5 61. Bd7 h3 0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 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 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 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 "World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin 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, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 {Notes by GM Ray Keene} d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5
5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.a3 Nbd7 9.g3 Be7 10.f4 dxc4
11.Bxc4 O-O 12.e4 b5 13.Be2 b4 14.axb4 Bxb4 15.Bf3 Qb6 16.O-O
e5 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Na4 Qb8 19.Qc2 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qb7 21.Rad1 Rfe8
22.Bg5 Be7 23.Kh1 Nh7 24.Be3 Bg5 25.Bg1 Nhf8 26.h4 Be7 27.e5
Nb8 28.Nc3 Bb4 29.Qg2 Qc8 30.Rc1 Bxc3 {This amounts to
strategic capitulation. Now White's bishops and central pawns
quickly become overwhelming.} 31.bxc3 Ne6 32.Bg4 Qc7 33.Rcd1
Nd7 34.Qa2 Nb6 35.Rf3 Nf8 36.Rdf1 Re7 37.Be3 Nh7 38.Rxf7 Nd5
{If 38 ... Rxf7 then 39.Rxf7 Qxf7 40.Be6 wins.} 39.R7f3 1-0

[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "Elista, Russia"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2
Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6 9.g3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Be2 O-O 12.Nxg6 hxg6
13.e4 e5 14.f4 exd4 15.Qxd4 Qe7 16.Kg2 Bc5 17.Qd3 Rad8 18.Qc2
Bd4 19.e5 Nfd5 20.Rf3 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Bc5 22.Bd2 Rd7 23.Re1 Rfd8
24.Bd3 Qe6 25.Bc1 f5 26.Qe2 Kf8 27.Rd1 Qe7 28.h4 Rd5 29.Qc2
Nc4 30.Rh1 Na3 31.Qe2 Qd7 32.Rd1 b5 33.g4 fxg4 34.Rg3 Ke7
35.f5 gxf5 36.Bg5+ Ke8 37.e6 Qd6 38.Bxf5 Rxd1 39.Bg6+ Kf8
40.e7+ Qxe7 41.Bxe7+ Bxe7 42.Bd3 Ra1 43.Qb2 Rd1 44.Qe2 Ra1
45.Qxg4 Rxa2+ 46.Kh3 Bf6 47.Qe6 Rd2 48.Bg6 R2d7 49.Rf3 b4
50.h5 1-0

[Event "Essent Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "Blind Chess World Duel"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.07"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2006.12.08"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Qc7 13. g4 Rc8 14. Kb1 b4 15. g5 Nfd7 16. h4 a5
17. Bh3 a4 18. Nc1 Na6 19. h5 Rcb8 20. g6 Bf6 21. gxf7+ Kxf7
22. Be6+ Kf8 23. b3 Ndc5 24. Rhg1 Qe7 25. Bf5 Kg8 26. Bxc5
Nxc5 27. Qh6 Kf8 28. Qxh7 Qf7 29. Nd3 axb3 30. cxb3 Nxd3
31. Rxd3 e4 32. Be6 exd3 33. Bxf7 Rxa2 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Kxa2
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. a4 Nd5 15. cxd5 Bxf1 16. d6 Bxg2
17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Kxg2 f5 19. b4 Qd7 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. f3 exf3+
22. Nxf3 h6 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Qc2 Rad8 25. Bd2 Qd7 26. Kf2 Rc8
27. Bf4 Qd5 28. Re5 Qd7 29. h4 Ra8 30. Bd2 Rac8 31. Qc4 Kh7
32. Bc3 Qd6 33. Ne1 b5 34. Qc5 Qd8 35. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5
12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 Bf7
17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb5 e5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qb6+
22. Kh1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxb5 24. Qxf6 Qe8 25. Qd4 Rd8 26. h3 Rf7
27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qc3 b6 29. Ng3 Nb7 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Nf6+ Kf7
32. Nxh7 Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Ng4 Kg8 35. Qd2 Re8 36. Qf4 Qd6
37. Qf2 Qc5 38. Qg3 Qd4 39. Kh2 Nd8 40. Qd6 Ne6 41. Be3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.O-O h6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.a4
Nxd3 14.Qxd3 b6 15.Ng3 Nh7 16.f4 h5 17.f5 h4 18.fxg6 fxg6
19.Nge2 g5 20.Rf2 a6 21.Raf1 Ra7 22.Nb1 g4 23.hxg4 Bxg4 24.Nd2
Bxb2 25.Nc3 Rg7 26.Nc4 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Bh5 28.Bf4 Rxe4 29.Ne3 Qf6
30.Qc2 Bg6 31.Ng4 Qd4 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.Bc1 Re1 34.Qd2 Rxf1+
35.Kxf1 Bd3+ 36.Kg1 Ng5 37.Kh2 Ne4 38.Rf8+ Kh7 39.Qf4 Nc3
40.Qxd4 cxd4 41.Nf7 Ne4 42.Bb2 Bf1 43.Rh8+ Kg6 44.Rxh4 Kxf7
45.Rf4+ Kg8 46.Rxf1 Rh7+ 47.Kg1 d3 48.Rd1 Rh1+ 49.Kxh1 Nf2+
50.Kg1 Nxd1 51.Bc1 Nb2 52.Kf2 Nxa4 53.Bf4 Nc3 54.Kf3 a5 55.Bd2
Nb1 56.Bf4 a4 57.Bxd6 d2 58.Ke2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3
c5 8.dxc5 Nbd7 9.Rc1 Qa5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 Ne4 12.b4 Nxc3
13.Qa1 Qa4 14.Qxc3 a5 15.b5 Nxc5 16.Qxc5 Be6 17.Qc1 Rfc8
18.Qa1 Qc2 19.Be2 Qc1+ 20.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 21.Bd1 Ra1 22.a4 Rc8
23.Nd4 Rc4 24.O-O f6 25.Bf4 Bf7 26.h4 1-0

[Event "Linares-Morelia"]
[Site "Morelia, Mexico"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6
8.Ne2 Qb6 9.Qc1 g5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Kf2 f6 13.g3 Rf8
14.Kg2 g4 15.Nh4 Rg8 16.h3 h5 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nc3 fxe5 19.fxe5
Ncxe5 20.dxe5 d4 21.Na4 Qa5 22.Qc4 Nxe5 23.Qxd4 Nf3 24.Nxf3
gxf3+ 25.Kf2 Qxa4 26.Bd3 Qd7 27.Qe4 Bd6 28.Rag1 Qg7 29.Rh6
Qxb2+ 30.Kxf3 Rf8+ 31.Bf4 Qe5 32.Qg6+ Kd8 33.Kg2 Qb2+ 34.Kh1
Bxf4 35.gxf4 Bd7 36.Be4 Kc7 37.Rb1 Qf2 38.Rxb7+ Kc8 39.Rb1 Ra7
40.f5 Rc7 41.fxe6 Be8 42.Qg5 Qd4 43.Bg2 Rf4 44.e7 Rc5 45.Qg3
Rc3 46.Qe1 Re3 47.Qa5 Bb5 48.Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.13"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2007.05.15"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2007.05.20"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 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 "Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2007.10.19"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "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 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 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 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 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 "2007.11.11"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 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 "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2008.01.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Morelia-Linares"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2008.02.23"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2008.03.03"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2008.03.06"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "NICE"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2008.03.16"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2008.03.18"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2008.03.23"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 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 "2008.04.20"]
[EventDate "2008.04.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2008.05.10"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2008.05.12"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2008.05.16"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Villarrobledo International Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 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 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 "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dragan Paunovic"]
[Black "Veselin 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 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 "2008.09.04"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin 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 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 "2008.09.10"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2008.09.13"]
[EventDate "2008.09.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Danilo Canda"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Berg"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2008.12.20"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "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 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 "0:57:33-0:50:33"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "1:12:33-0:36:33"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2009.03.15"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Veselin 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 (Rapid)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2009.03.25"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2009.05.22"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "World Champions Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2009.10.06"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "17th European Team Championship"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2010.02.18"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2010.02.24"]
[EventDate "2010.02.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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, Bulgaria"]
[Date "2010.04.24"]
[EventDate "2010.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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, Bulgaria"]
[Date "2010.05.04"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2010.09.27"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Carlos 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 "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2010.10.30"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Veselin 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 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 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 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 "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Veselin 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 (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Topalov Clock Simul"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[EventDate "2011.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2011.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2011.11.10"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "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 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 "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "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 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 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 "0-1"]
[White "David Wertjanz"]
[Black "Veselin 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 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 "XXV Ciudad de Leon: Topalov vs Vallejo"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 vs Vallejo"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2012.07.07"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin 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 Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2012.07.10"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2012.08.31"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "4.15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fadi Eid"]
[Black "Veselin 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 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 "2012.09.04"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "7.16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 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 "2012.09.09"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "11.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2012.10.01"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2012.09.27"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "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 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 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 "2012.10.17"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2012.11.12"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2013.04.23"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2013.04.26"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2013.04.29"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Veselin 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 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 "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2013.06.01"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 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 "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2013.07.12"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2013.07.16"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2013.09.23"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2013.09.25"]
[EventDate "2013.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Veselin 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 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 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 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 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 Team Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Veselin 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 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 "2013.11.15"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[Round "7.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2014.03.27"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "12.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2014.03.19"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "2014.06.12"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "3.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "2014.08.08"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Ivanisevic"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "2014.08.11"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "9.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 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 "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 USA"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 USA"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Veselin 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 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 "2014.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Norway Chess"]
[Site "0:14:33-0:06:33"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "0:13:33-0:09:33"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "0:56:33-1:00:33"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "3.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "4.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "8.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mateusz Bartel"]
[Black "Veselin 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"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin 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"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Veselin 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"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Veselin 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 "0:20:33-0:18:33"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin 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 "0:00:33-0:38:33"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Veselin 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

