Veselin Topalov - Partidas de Ajedrez

[Event "Forli op"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Braga, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D18"]

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

[Event "Forli op"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Votruba, Pavel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.c4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.d5 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.Nc3 c5
9.O-O Nf6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.Be2 O-O 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.f4 a6 15.Bd2 Qc7
16.a4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nxb5 Nxb5 19.cxb5 c4 20.Be2 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Ra2 22.Bc3 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Rfa8 24.Bg4 Nf6 25.Bf3 Rb8 26.e5 Nd7 27.Qe1 Nf8 28.Qh4 Ra7 29.exd6 Qxd6
30.f5 Rc7 31.Be4 Rb6 32.Rf3 Qf6 33.Qg3 Qd6 34.Qh4 Qf6 35.Qg4 g5 36.h4 h6
37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rh3 Qg7 39.f6 exf6 40.Bf5 Rc5 41.Qd4 Rbxb5 42.Rxb5 Rxb5 43.Qxc4 Ra5
44.Qd4 g4 45.Bxg4 f5 46.Qxg7+ Kxg7 47.Bxf5 Rxd5 48.Rf3 Ng6 49.Bxg6 Kxg6 50.Kh2 Rd2
51.Kg3 f5 52.Re3 Kf6 53.Kf3 Kf7 54.Kf4 Rxg2 55.Kxf5 Rf2+ 56.Ke5 Ke7 57.Kd5+ Kd7
58.Kc5 Rf6 59.Re5 Rg6 60.c4 Ra6 61.Rg5 Rf6 62.Rg7+ Kc8 63.Kb5 Rh6 64.c5 Rf6
65.Rh7 Rg6 66.c6 Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Forli op"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "E12"]

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"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A69"]

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

[Event "Forli op"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D18"]

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

[Event "Forli op"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A48"]

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

[Event "Forli op"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gonsior, Evzen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "D53"]

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

[Event "Forli op"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B22"]

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 "Forli op"]
[Site "Forli"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Eccher, Stefano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A26"]

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 "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Markovic, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C10"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6
9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Be2 g5 12.fxg5 Ne5 13.Qe3 Nh7 14.Nf3 hxg5 15.Bg3 Bd7
16.Qd4 f6 17.Nxe5 fxe5 18.Bh5+ Kd8 19.Qd3 Qc6 20.Rhf1 Nf6 21.Be2 b5 22.a3 Rb8
23.Qe3 a5 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Rc8 26.Rd3 Qa6 27.Kb2 Ra8 28.Nb1 Qc6 29.Nd2 Ra4
30.Rb3 Rg8 31.Nb1 d5 32.exd5 Nxd5 33.Qxe5 Ra8 34.Nc3 Nb6 35.Bxb5 Nc4+ 36.Bxc4 Qxc4
37.Rd1 Bxb4 38.Qc7+ Qxc7 39.Bxc7+ Kxc7 40.Rxb4 Bc6 41.Nb5+ Kc8 42.Rd2 Rb8
43.Na7+ Kc7 44.Nxc6 Kxc6 45.Rxb8 Rxb8+ 46.Kc3 e5 47.Kd3 Kd5 48.c4+ Ke6 49.Ra2 Rb1
50.Rc2 Rb3+ 51.Ke4 Rb4 52.Kf3 Kf5 53.c5 Rf4+ 54.Ke2 Re4+ 55.Kf1 Ke6 56.c6 Rf4+
57.Ke2 Rf8 58.Ke3 Kd6 59.c7  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A22"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A52"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Claesen, Pieter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A27"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A55"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "A65"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Norri, Joose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "B08"]

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 "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D39"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Demirel, Tolga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Agnos, Demetrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "E98"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C16"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A87"]

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 "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Hania"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kocsis, Janos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Qxc3 11.Rb3 Qa5 12.Rb5 Qxa2 13.Rxc5 Bg4 14.d5 Nd7 15.Rc2 Qa4
16.h3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qa5 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Be3 Qd6 20.f4 Nb6 21.Qd2 Rac8 22.Rfc1 Rxc2
23.Rxc2 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Nxc8 25.Qc1 Nb6 26.Bf1 Qd7 27.Qc5 Nc8 28.e5 a6 29.Be2 Bf8
30.e6 Qd8 31.exf7+ Kxf7 32.Bg4 Nd6 33.Be6+ Ke8 34.Qa3 Ne4 35.Qb4 Nd6 36.Bb6 Qb8
37.f5 g5 38.Qd4 Nb5 39.Qg4 Bg7 40.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Hania"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.e4 e5 6.d5 Nc5 7.h3 Bh5 8.Qc2 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Nh5 10.Rg1 Be7 11.Ne2 c6 12.Ng3 Nf4 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Be3 cxd5
16.cxd5 O-O 17.b4 Nd7 18.Qd2 Rfc8 19.Bb5 Nb6 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Rd1 Qe5 22.Rg4 h5
23.Rg1 Rc3 24.Rg5 Qf6 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.Rxd4 a6 27.Be2 Nd7 28.Rc4 Rxc4 29.Bxc4 Rc8
30.Be2 Rc1+ 31.Bd1 Ne5 32.Ke2 Rc3  0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Hania"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cela, Altin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nb4 6.Qe2 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.c4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Bd7 11.Re1 a6 12.Nf1 Bb5 13.Qc2 c5 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Rac1 cxd4
16.Qxc8 Qxc8 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Bxd4 Bb4 19.Bc3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rxc3 21.Ng3 Rc2
22.Nd4 Rxa2 23.Nxb5 axb5 24.Rb1 Ng4 25.Rxb5 Nxf2 26.Rxb7 g6 27.Rb3 h5 28.Rf3 Ng4
29.h3 Ne5 30.Rc3 Kg7 31.Nf1 Kf6 32.Nh2 Re2  0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Hania"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tzermiadianos, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.e3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a4 d6 9.Ra3 Bb7
10.bxa6 Nxa6 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.e4 Nb6 13.Be2 Nb4 14.O-O Ba6 15.Nb5 Qd7 16.h4 Rab8
17.b3 Na8 18.Bc4 Nc7 19.Nxc7 Qxc7 20.h5 Rb7 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Ng5 Qd7 23.g3 Rc7
24.Kg2 Bxc4 25.bxc4 Ra7 26.Rh1 Rfa8 27.Rf3  1-0

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donchev, Dimitar I"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C04"]

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

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

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Re2 Be6 13.h3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Be3 Qb4
16.c5 Rfd8 17.Rd2 Qa5 18.Bxa6 Rxd2 19.Qxd2 Qxa6 20.Rd1 Bf8 21.b3 Be7 22.Qb2 f6
23.Na4 Kf7 24.f4 exf4 25.Bxf4 b5 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Rf1 Qd3 28.Bg5 Rxa4 29.Rxf6+ Kg8
30.bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Simeonov, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "A79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.f3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Ba6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Be3 Re8 16.Qd2 Kh7
17.Rab1 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 a6 19.Qd3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Nfxd5 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.Qxd5 Rxb5 24.Qxf7 d5 25.Rfd1 d4 26.b4 Re7 27.Qc4 Qb6 28.Bd2 Rb7 29.Rdc1 cxb4
30.Rb3 Qa7 31.Kf1 Qa2 32.Qc2 Qa6 33.Qd3 Qd6 34.f4 Ra5 35.e5 Qf8 36.Qe4 Qf7
37.e6 Qe7 38.Rg3 Rf5 39.Rxg6 Kxg6 40.g4 Rb5 41.gxf5+ Rxf5 42.Bxb4 Qh4 43.e7 Qxf4+
44.Qxf4 Rxf4+ 45.Kg2 Re4 46.Rc8  1-0

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Bf6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.d5 Ne7 12.c5 Nh5 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Ne1 Nf4 15.Nd3 Nxe2+
16.Qxe2 Qb6 17.Kh1 Bd7 18.f4 f6 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Nf2 Kg7 21.Rab1 Rf7 22.Ng4 Raf8
23.Rxf7+ Rxf7 24.Ne3 Qc5 25.Rf1 Rxf1+ 26.Nxf1 b5 27.Qe3 b4 28.Qxc5 dxc5 29.Nd1 Nc8
30.Nd2 Nd6 31.b3 Nb5 32.Nb2 Nc3 33.Nd3 Kf6 34.Nxc5 Bb5 35.d6 Nxa2 36.Nf3 Nc3
37.h4 a5 38.g4 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grigorov, Jordan N"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Qd4 Qb6 14.b4 Na4 15.Qxb6 Nxb6 16.Bd3 f6
17.O-O fxe5 18.fxe5 Ke7 19.Ne2 Be8 20.Nd4 Bg6 21.Rf4 Nd7 22.Nc6+ Ke8 23.a4 Bxd3
24.cxd3 Rc8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra6 Rf8 27.g3 g5 28.Rf2 Rxf2 29.Kxf2 Kf7 30.Ke3 h5
31.h3 h4 32.g4 Nb8 33.Ra7+ Kf8 34.Nd4 Nc6 35.Nxe6+ Kg8 36.Rg7+ Kh8 37.Rxg5 Nxb4
38.Nf4 Nc2+ 39.Kd2 b4 40.e6  1-0

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A30"]

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 "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Panbukchian, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Ne4 8.Rd1 O-O
9.e3 Qe8 10.Qc2 a6 11.Bd3 f5 12.Bc1 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.b4 Rc8 15.Qb3 Ne7 16.Ne5 dxc4
17.Qxc4 Nd5 18.f3 Nd6 19.Qc2 Qh5 20.Bd2 Rf6 21.Qc1 Rh6 22.h3 Rf6 23.Kh2 Rff8
24.a4 Qh4 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Nf6 27.Nc6 Rce8 28.Be1 Qh6 29.Bf2 g5 30.Bg3 g4
31.Bf4 Qh5 32.Be2 Rf7 33.Be5 gxh3 34.gxh3 Ref8 35.Rg1+ Kh8 36.Rg2 h6 37.Rdg1 Ne8
38.Nd8 Re7 39.Nxb7 Kh7 40.Qa3 Ref7 41.Nd8  1-0

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zahariev, Zahari"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Nd4 Rfd8 13.Kb1 Rab8 14.f3 b5 15.Nce2 b4
16.g4 a5 17.h4 a4  0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "D46"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E94"]

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

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C08"]

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

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A87"]

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

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E32"]

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

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A87"]

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

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rajkovic, Dusan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B85"]

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

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A56"]

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

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A54"]

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

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D85"]

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

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A40"]

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

[Event "Dornbirn op"]
[Site "Dornbirn"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kranz, Armin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Bg5 f6 6.Bh4 Ne7 7.e3 Ng6 8.Bg3 O-O
9.h4 Ne7 10.Bd3 f5 11.Kf1 Bxc3 12.bxc3 h6 13.h5 d6 14.Rb1 Nd7 15.Qb3 Kh8
16.Rd1 Qe8 17.Be2 Nf6 18.Nd2 Bc6 19.Qa3 Nd7 20.Nf3 a5 21.Rb1 Rb8 22.Rb2 Kh7
23.Bf4 Qc8 24.Rh2 Rf7 25.Rh1 Qb7 26.Rh2 Re8 27.Rb1 Qa8 28.Qb3 Ng8 29.Bg3 Ngf6
30.Rd1 Ng4 31.Rh1 Ndf6 32.Kg1 Ne4 33.Bh4 Kh8 34.Rh3 f4 35.Ne1 fxe3 36.f3 Ngf2
37.fxe4 Nxh3+ 38.gxh3 Bxe4 39.d5 exd5 40.cxd5 Qc8 41.Qa4 Re5 42.Bg4 Qf8 43.Nc2 Rf4
44.Bg3 Rxg4 45.hxg4 Qf3  0-1

[Event "Dornbirn op"]
[Site "Dornbirn"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novkovic, Milan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Rb1 Qe8
9.d5 Na6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4 Bd7 12.a3 c5 13.b5 Nc7 14.e4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 fxe4
16.Ng5 d5 17.cxd5 Nxb5 18.Bb2 Nd4 19.Nxe4 Bf5 20.Nxc5 Rb8 21.Nd3 Qb5 22.Bxd4 Qxb1
23.Qxb1 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Bxd4 25.Rb4 Bb6 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Rf3 28.Nb4 Rxf2
29.Kh1 Bc5 30.Nd3 Rf1+ 31.Kg2 Rg1+ 32.Kf3 Bxa3 33.Ra4 Bd6 34.Rxa7 Rd1 35.Ke3 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dornbirn op"]
[Site "Dornbirn"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E65"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 d6 8.dxc5 dxc5
9.Be3 Be6 10.Bxc5 Bxc4 11.Qxd8 Rfxd8 12.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13.Rxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dornbirn op"]
[Site "Dornbirn"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mayer, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nd2 Qa5 5.Qc2 bxc4 6.e4 g6 7.Bxc4 d6 8.Ne2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Qc7 12.h3 Nb6 13.a4 a5 14.Rd1 Ba6 15.Nb5 Qd8
16.Ra3 c4 17.Nf3 Bxb5 18.axb5 Nfd7 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Qd7 22.Bxc4 Nxc4
23.Qxc4 Rfb8 24.Bxc5 dxc5 25.Qxc5 Rxb5 26.Qd4 Rab8 27.Rd2 Rb4 28.Qe5 a4 29.Re3 Qc8
30.Rc3 Qb7 31.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Ne7 8.d3 Ng6
9.Be3 Bb4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.g3 Qd7 13.Bc5 Rfe8 14.Qg4 Qxg4 15.hxg4 h6
16.f4 Nf8 17.Kg2 b6 18.Be3 c5 19.Kf3 f6 20.a4 a5 21.d4 cxd4 22.cxd4 exd4
23.Bxd4 Rad8 24.Rfd1 Rd7 25.Rd3 Red8 26.Rad1 Kf7 27.Be3 Ke7 28.Ke2 Ne6 29.c3 Nf8
30.Bc1 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Rxd3 32.Kxd3 Nd7 33.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Markovic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Nh3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bf4 c6 8.f3 O-O 9.e4 c5
10.exf5 exf5 11.Re1 Nc6 12.Nb5 Ne8 13.dxc5 Bxc5+ 14.Kh1 a6 15.Rxe8 Rxe8 16.Nc7 Be6
17.Ng5 Nd4 18.Nxa8 h6 19.Nxe6 Nxe6 20.Be5 d4 21.Qd3 Qxa8 22.Qxf5  1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pandavos, Emanouel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ne7
9.O-O O-O 10.N2f3 Bg4 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Be2 a6 14.Qd1 Rfe8 15.Re1 Ng6
16.Nb3 Nce5 17.h3 h6 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.Be3 Nh4 20.Qd2 Rae8 21.Nd4 Rxe3 22.fxe3 Bh2+
23.Kh1 Nxg2 24.Bg4 Nxe1 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Kxh2 Qd6+ 27.Kh1 Qg3 28.Rxe1 Re5
29.Re2 g6 30.h4 Qxh4+ 31.Kg1 h5 32.Rg2 Qh3 33.Nc2 Qf3 34.Qf2 Qd1+ 35.Qf1 Qxf1+
36.Kxf1 Kh7 37.Kf2 g5 38.Nd4 Kg6 39.a4 h4 40.Nf3 Rf5 41.Ke2 Kh5 42.Nd4 Re5
43.Nf3 Rf5 44.Nd4 Re5 45.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tsorbatzoglou, Theodoros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Nc6 6.Qe1 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.c3 Ne8
9.Na3 Nc7 10.Rb1 Be6 11.b3 Rb8 12.Nc2 Qc8 13.e4 Bh3 14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.f5 Ne5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Be3 b6 18.Qe2 Bh6 19.a4 Rbd8 20.b4 cxb4 21.Nxb4 Rd6 22.d4 exd4
23.cxd4 gxf5 24.Rxf5 Rg6 25.Rf3 Qd7 26.d5 Bg7 27.Bf4 Ne8 28.Nc6 e6 29.Rd1 exd5
30.exd5 Rxc6 31.dxc6 Qxc6 32.Bg5 Nc7 33.Rdf1 Ne6 34.Bf6 Nd4 35.Bxd4 Bxd4+
36.Kg2 a5 37.Qa2 Kg7 38.Qd2 Qc5 39.Rf5 Qc6+ 40.R1f3 Bc5 41.h4 f6 42.h5 Bd6
43.h6+ Kh8 44.Qd4 Be7 45.Kh3 Qe6 46.g4 Rd8 47.Qe3 Qxe3 48.Rxe3 Bc5 49.Re6 Bd4
50.Rd5  1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gavrilakis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 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 Qe7 13.Re1 Rd8 14.e4 cxd4 15.Nb5 dxe4
16.Rc7 Qf8 17.Rxb7 exd3 18.Nc7 Nc6 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 20.Qxd3 Qc8  0-1

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bd3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bd7 10.h4 O-O-O 11.Qe2 f6 12.Rb1 Na5 13.O-O c5 14.Bb5 c4 15.Rfe1 f5
16.a4 Nc6 17.Qd2 h6 18.g3 Be8 19.Kg2 Rf8 20.Rh1 Bh5 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rb4 a5
23.Rb6 Kc7 24.Rhb1 Rb8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Rxb8 Bxf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.g5 Nfd7
9.a3 Bb7 10.h4 Nb6 11.h5 N8d7 12.Rh3 Be7 13.g6 Bf6 14.Qg4 Qe7 15.f4 Nc4 16.Bxc4 bxc4
17.O-O-O Rc8 18.gxf7+ Kxf7 19.e5 dxe5 20.Nxe6 Bc6 21.f5 e4 22.Bd4 Rhg8 23.Nxe4 Bxe4
24.Qxe4 c3 25.b4  1-0

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Markovic, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Be3 c4 6.b3 cxb3 7.axb3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.h3 O-O 10.Qf3 Nc6 11.Ne2 h6 12.Nd2 Re8 13.O-O Nh7 14.Bf4 Ng5 15.Qg3 Be7
16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Nxg5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsorbatzoglou, Theodoros"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.Bd3 Nfd7 8.Ne2 exd5
9.cxd5 Ne5 10.Bc2 Qh4+ 11.Ng3 c4 12.Be3 Na6 13.Qd2 h6 14.O-O Bc5 15.Nb5 Qd8
16.Nd4 Nb4 17.a3 Nxc2 18.Nxc2 Bb6 19.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 20.Qd4 Nd3 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Rab1 Bd7
23.Ne3 b5 24.Ne2 f5 25.Nc3 g6 26.exf5 gxf5 27.f4 Kf7 28.Nc2 Rfc8 29.Nb4 Nc5
30.Rfe1 Rg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Skalkotas, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6
9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 e5 11.h3 O-O 12.c3 Be6 13.Bxe6 Qxe6 14.cxd4 Rad8 15.Bg5 e4
16.Nh2 Rd5 17.Be3 Rfd8 18.Nf1 h5 19.Nfd2 a5 20.a4 Bb4 21.Nc4 Rf5 22.Qc2 Bf8
23.Nc5 Qc8 24.Nxe4 Nb4 25.Nxf6+ Rxf6 26.Qb3 Qf5 27.Rac1 Bd6 28.Ne5 Re8 29.Nf3 Nd5
30.Qd3 Qd7 31.Bg5 Rfe6 32.b3 f6 33.Bd2 Ba3 34.Rc4 Re4 35.Re1 Rxe1+ 36.Nxe1 Bb4
37.Nf3 Bxd2 38.Qxd2 b6 39.Qc2 Qf7 40.Rc8 Qd7 41.Rxe8+ Qxe8 42.Qf5 Qf7 43.Nd2 g6
44.Qc8+ Kg7 45.Qc6 h4 46.Nc4 Nf4 47.Qe4 g5 48.Ne3 Qxb3 49.Nf5+ Kf7 50.Nd6+ Kg7
51.Qe7+ Kg6 52.Qe8+ Kg7 53.Nf5+ Kh7 54.Qd7+ Kg6 55.Nxh4+ gxh4 56.Qg4+ Kf7
57.Qxf4 Qxa4 58.Qc7+ Kg6 59.Qxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nbd2 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.e4 e6 6.Qe2 c6 7.c3 Be7 8.g3 d5 9.Bg2 dxe4
10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Qb6 14.Nh4 Rfe8 15.b3 Rad8 16.Bb2 Nf6
17.Qc2 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Rf1 Qc7 20.Kh1 Rd7 21.c4 Red8 22.Bc3 Bd4 23.Rac1 b6
24.Qb2 a5 25.Rfe1 Qc5 26.Rc2 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Rd3 28.Qb2 Qb4 29.Re5 Bd1 30.Rc1 a4
31.c5 a3 32.Qb1 bxc5 33.Rexc5 Qd2 34.Kh2 h6 35.Rc8 g5 36.Qa1 Kg7 37.Rxd8 Rxd8
38.Nf3 Bxf3 39.Bxf3 Qxf2+ 40.Bg2 Rd2 41.Rg1 Rxa2 42.Qe5 Re2 43.Qa1 a2 44.b4 e5
45.Qf1 Qxf1 46.Rxf1 Nd5  0-1

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 e6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Nd2 Na6 9.O-O Nc7
10.a4 Re8 11.Kh1 Rb8 12.f3 a6 13.a5 exd5 14.cxd5 Bd7 15.Nc4 Bb5 16.Na4 Bxc4
17.Bxc4 Nb5 18.Bd2 Nd7 19.Rc1 b6 20.axb6 Nxb6 21.Ba5 Nxa4 22.Bxd8 Nxb2 23.Qd2 Rexd8
24.Qa5 Nd4 25.f4 Re8 26.Qxa6 Rb4 27.e5 dxe5 28.fxe5 Bxe5 29.Qa7 Nf5 30.Qxc5 Bd6
31.Qc6 Rd8 32.Rfe1 Bf4 33.Qf6 Rbb8 34.Rc2 Nxc4 35.Rxc4 Bd2 36.Rc7 Rf8 37.Rf1 Bh6
38.g3 Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C10"]

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

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B85"]

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 "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nutiu, Horia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

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 "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Paduch, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E73"]

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

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "E32"]

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

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "A43"]

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

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zoler, Dan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E61"]

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

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C04"]

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

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Parker, Jonathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E20"]

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 "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Desbones, Samy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B70"]

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 "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Antonsen, Mikkel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "C03"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Holst, Allan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A40"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E60"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christensen, Tobias"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C01"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jepson, Christian"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ciemniak, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B44"]

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 "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D45"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Gisbergen, Stan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "C85"]

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

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zjukin, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C04"]

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 "BUL-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dochev, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "A70"]

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 "BUL-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pantev, Veselin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E67"]

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 "BUL-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kurtenkov, Atanas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "E11"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigorov, Jordan N"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B56"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Atanasov, Petko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D60"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E60"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D06"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrov, Marijan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "BUL-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Genov, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "BUL-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andreasen, Per"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E92"]

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

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15"]

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

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jensen, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B16"]

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 "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "C08"]

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

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Christensen, Tobias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "C42"]

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

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poley, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A04"]

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 "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kristensen, Jorgen Juul"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B92"]

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

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C78"]

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

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meyer, Lars A"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A55"]

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 "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iruzubieta, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C16"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Franco Ocampo, Zenon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A70"]

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

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alvarez Ibarra, D Rafael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A46"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A87"]

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

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A30"]

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

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A47"]

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.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Cruz Lopez Claret, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "D10"]

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

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E97"]

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

[Event "Elgoibar"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E92"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E60"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D58"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O a6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qc7
9.Na4 Qa5 10.b3 Nc6 11.Qb6 Qh5 12.h3 Ne4 13.Qe3 f5 14.Nd2 d5 15.Nxe4 fxe4
16.Rb1 b5 17.g4 Qf7 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Bb2 Bd6 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Nxd5 Bb7 22.Rbd1 Rbd8
23.Qxe4 Nb4 24.Nf6+ Qxf6 25.Bxf6 Bxe4 26.Bxd8 Bxg2 27.Rxd6 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 Nxa2
29.Ba5 Nc1 30.b4 Ra8 31.h4 Re8 32.Rd8 Rxd8 33.Bxd8 Nb3 34.e3 Nd2+ 35.Ke2 Nc4
36.Bc7 Kf7 37.Kd3 Ke6 38.Kd4 g6 39.Bg3 h5 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.e4 a5 42.bxa5 Nxa5
43.f4 Nb3+ 44.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D28"]

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 "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B25"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B07"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia Padron, J."]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E92"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D03"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Franco Ocampo, Zenon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Star Dojran"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gicev, Blagoja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "E61"]

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

[Event "Star Dojran"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiroski, Toni"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B53"]

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 "Star Dojran"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kocovski, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "B33"]

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

[Event "Star Dojran"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rajkovic, Dusan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A40"]

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

[Event "Star Dojran"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piskov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A87"]

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 "Star Dojran"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bogdanovski, Vlatko"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A53"]

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

[Event "Star Dojran"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E11"]

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

[Event "Star Dojran"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bielczyk, Jacek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B85"]

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

[Event "Star Dojran"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[ECO "A70"]

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 "Star Dojran"]
[Site "Star Dojran"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A81"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Simic, Radoslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D85"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A65"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A43"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E14"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Marinkovic, Slavisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "D95"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B85"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C68"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B50"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C04"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A25"]

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.Ka1 c2  0-1

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "C89"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E15"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D20"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A43"]

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

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A55"]

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

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pomata, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C19"]

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

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carbonell Bofill, Carlos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.Nbd2 e6 4.h3 Bh5 5.c3 Nd7 6.Qb3 Rb8 7.e4 c6 8.a4 d5 9.e5 f6
10.g4 Bg6 11.h4 h5 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.g5 Qf7 14.c4 Bd6 15.Bd3 Ne7 16.c5 Bc7
17.Be2 O-O 18.Nf1 e5 19.Be3 exd4 20.Bxd4 Nf5 21.Qc3 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Rbe8 23.Ra3 Ba5+
24.b4 Re4 25.Qa1 Bxb4+ 26.N1d2 Rfe8 27.Re3 Rxe3 28.fxe3 Rxe3 29.Kd1 Bxd2
30.Nxd2 Qf2 31.Re1 Bd3  0-1

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leskovar, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kleinplatz, Sam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.c3 c5 10.Qc2 g6 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nd4 Qc7 13.Bh4 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Ng4 15.Bg3 Qb6
16.Rfe1 Rae8 17.Qb5 Bc5 18.N2b3 Qxb5 19.Nxb5 Bb6 20.N5d4 Bd7 21.Bd6 Rxe1+
22.Rxe1 Rc8 23.f3 Nf6 24.Be5 Ne8 25.Bf4 Bd8 26.Re5 Nf6 27.Bg5 Bc6 28.h4 Kg7
29.Re2 Ba4 30.Rd2 a5 31.Nc1 h6 32.Bxf6+ Bxf6 33.g3 Bd7 34.Nce2 g5 35.h5 g4
36.f4 Bd8 37.Nc2 Bb6+ 38.Ned4 Re8 39.Kf2 Re4 40.Ne3 Bc5 41.a3 Be6 42.Ke2 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Komljenovic, Davor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d5 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Rd1 Ra6 10.a3 Bd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nc3 g6 13.Bg5 Bf5 14.Qa4 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.Ne5 c6 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Qb3 Nc8 19.Na4 Qe7 20.e3 Nd6 21.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Boyd, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "E86"]

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

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Qe7
9.c5 Bc7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 e5 13.Bg5 Qe6 14.Bd3 Qg6 15.Qe3 exd4
16.Qxd4 Qh5 17.Rfe1 Bxh2+ 18.Kf1 f6 19.Bh4 Be5 20.Qc4+ Kh8 21.g4 Qh6 22.Kg2 Bxb2
23.Rh1 b5 24.cxb6 Bxa1 25.Bg3 Nxb6 26.Qb4 Qxh1+ 27.Kxh1 c5 28.Qe4 f5 29.Qe7 Bd7
30.gxf5 Bc6 31.Kg2 Rac8 32.Be5 Bxe5 33.Qxe5 c4 34.Bc2 Rfe8 35.Qd6 Red8 36.Qe5 Nd7
37.Qa5 Nf6 38.Kg3 Bxf3 39.Kxf3 Rd7 40.Qa6 Rcc7 41.Qb5 h6 42.a4 c3 43.a5 Kh7
44.a6 Rd2 45.Qa5 Rc8 46.Qa4 Re8 47.Qb3 Ree2  0-1

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D58"]

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 Rf8 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Qb3 d4
16.Be2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 dxc3 18.Bxa8 cxb2 19.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alicante op"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Garcia Palermo, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c6
9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aviles"]
[Site "Aviles"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gallego Jimenez, V."]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.g4 fxg4 8.h3 g3 9.Bxg3 Nc6
10.Qd2 cxd4 11.exd4 Bb4 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bd3 O-O 14.a3 Be7 15.Rg1 Ra7 16.O-O-O c5
17.Bb8 Rb7 18.Be5 Kh8 19.Qg5 Rf7 20.Qh4 Ne4 21.Qg4 Bg5+ 22.f4 Nxc3 23.bxc3 Bh6
24.Qh5 c4 25.Bxh7 Rf6 26.Bg6 Qf8 27.Rg4 Bd7 28.Rdg1 Ba4 29.Rh4 Kg8 30.Rg5 Qxa3+
31.Kd2 Rb1 32.Bf7+  0-1

[Event "Aviles"]
[Site "Aviles"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fernandez Ponce, LM."]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Rb8
9.Bd2 b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxb5 e4 12.Nxa7 c4 13.Nxc8 cxd3 14.Ne5 Rxc8 15.cxd3 Qxd5
16.Bc3 exd3 17.Qxd3 Qxd3 18.Nxd3 Rfd8  0-1

[Event "Aviles"]
[Site "Aviles"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 c5 3.d4 Bg7 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 a6
9.O-O b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Nfd7 13.Nd5 Nc6 14.e6 Nde5 15.exf7+ Nxf7
16.a4 bxa4 17.Nb6 Rb8 18.Nxc8 Rfxc8 19.Rxa4 Bxb2 20.Bxa6 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Ncxd8
22.Be3 Nd6 23.Be2 Bf6 24.g4 Nc6 25.Kg2 Ne5 26.Nd4 Rb2 27.Bf1 Kf7 28.Nf3 Nxf3
29.Kxf3 Rb3 30.Kg2 Rb2 31.Bd3 Kg7 32.g5 Be5 33.Ra5 Rb3 34.Bc2 Rb5 35.Rxb5 Nxb5
36.f4 Bd4 37.Bd2 Nd6 38.Kf3 e5 39.Bb4 Nf7 40.fxe5 Bxe5 41.Ke4 Bb2 42.h4 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aviles"]
[Site "Aviles"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Campos Moreno, Javier B"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 d6 8.a4 Bg7 9.a5 Qb4
10.Ra4 Qb7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Be2 Bd7 13.Ra3 Bb5 14.O-O Nbd7 15.Re1 Ne8 16.Bg5 Ndf6
17.Rb3 Nc7 18.Nd2 Rad8 19.Nc4 e6 20.Na3 exd5 21.exd5 Rde8 22.Naxb5 axb5 23.Bxb5 Rxe1+
24.Qxe1 Nfxd5 25.Ba4 Qa8 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.Bb5 Nb4 28.Bd2 Nc2 29.Qf1 Nd4 30.Rg3 Nxb5
31.Qxb5 Rb8 32.Qd3 Rxb2 33.h4 d5 34.Bc3 c4 35.Qd1 Bxc3 36.Rxc3 Qxa5 37.Re3 Qd2
38.Qf3 Qd4 39.g3 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Qd1  0-1

[Event "Aviles"]
[Site "Aviles"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Chemli, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 d6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 a6
9.Be2 Bf5 10.c4 O-O 11.d5 Ne5 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.Qc2 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Nd7
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.b4 b6 18.Nb3 Rfd8 19.a4 Bg6 20.a5 f5 21.axb6 cxb6 22.c5 bxc5
23.bxc5 f4 24.d6 Qg5 25.c6 f3 26.Bc4+ Kh8 27.g3 Nb6 28.Bf1 Qf5 29.Qc5 Bh5
30.c7 Rd7 31.Qxb6 Bg4 32.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "Benidorm op"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baena, Jesus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Bd3 f6 7.Qe2 Nb4 8.O-O Nxd3
9.cxd3 f5 10.Nb3 Be7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nc5 Nb8 13.Qd2 b6 14.Na4 h6 15.h4 Bd7
16.Nc3 Be8 17.g3 Bh5 18.Kg2 c5 19.Ne2 Nc6 20.Qc3 Rc8 21.Qb3 Bxf3+ 22.Kxf3 cxd4
23.Bxd4 Qe8 24.Kg2 f4 25.gxf4 Qg6+ 26.Kf3 Qh5+ 27.Ke3 Qxe2+ 28.Kxe2 Nxd4+
29.Ke3 Nxb3 30.axb3 a5 31.h5 Rc2 32.Rab1 Bb4 33.Rfd1 Rf5 34.Rbc1 Bd2+  0-1

[Event "Benidorm op"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Glimbrant, Torbjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "D61"]

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

[Event "Benidorm op"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlier, Bruno"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.e5 e6 8.c4 dxe5
9.dxe5 Be7 10.Nc3 b6 11.Ne4 Bb7 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Bf4 Qc6 14.Rfe1 Qxe4 15.Qxe4 Bxe4
16.Rxe4 h6 17.h4 g6 18.a4 O-O-O 19.Bd2 Nb8 20.Bc3 Nc6 21.Kf1 Rd7 22.Rf4 Bd8
23.Ke2 Bc7 24.Re4 Rhd8 25.Rc1 Kb7 26.Rc2 h5 27.Rd2 Na7 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.Re3 b5
30.axb5 axb5 31.b3 bxc4 32.bxc4 Nc6 33.Rd3 Re7 34.Ke3 Kc8 35.Ke4 Bd8 36.Rd1 Rb7
37.Ra1 Rb3 38.Bd2 Be7 39.Be3 Nb4 40.Nd2 Rb2 41.Rb1 Rxb1 42.Nxb1 Nc6 43.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm op"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A54"]

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

[Event "Benidorm op"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.e3 Nd7 4.Be2 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Bb4+ 7.c3 Nxe5 8.Qxd8+ Rxd8
9.cxb4 Nd3+ 10.Bxd3 Rxd3 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.f3 Be6 13.e4 Nc6 14.a3 Nd4 15.Kf2 Nc2
16.Rb1 O-O 17.Bf4 Nxa3 18.Rbd1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Nc4 20.b3 Nb6 21.Bxc7 Bxb3 22.Rb1 Rc8
23.Bxb6 Rxc3 24.Bxa7 h5 25.b5 Bc4 26.Bd4 Rc2+ 27.Kg3 h4+ 28.Kh3 Be6+ 29.g4 hxg3
30.Kxg3 f6 31.Ra1 Ba2 32.h4 Kf7 33.Kf4 Kg6 34.h5+ Kh6 35.Kf5 Rh2 36.Be3+ Kh7
37.h6 Bc4 38.Rc1 Bxb5 39.hxg7 Rh3 40.Bd4 Rxf3+ 41.Ke6 Kxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm op"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sanchez Guirado, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "E30"]

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

[Event "Benidorm op"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A14"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E20"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Semkov, Semko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D44"]

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 "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radulski, Julian"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B25"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O b5 13.Re1 bxc4 14.bxc4 Nb6 15.c5 Nc4
16.Bf1 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 e5 18.dxe5 Bxc5 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Rad1 Rac8 21.Bh3 Rc7 22.Bf5 h6
23.Qa4 Bc8 24.e4 Be6 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Qg4 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 Qe6 28.Qd3 Bb6 29.Be3 d4
30.Bxd4 Rd8 31.Qe3 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Rc4 33.Rd6 Bxe3 34.Rxe6 Bxf2+ 35.Kxf2 fxe6
36.Re2 Ra4 37.Ke3 Kf7 38.Rc2 Kg6 39.Rc7 Rxa2 40.Kf4 Ra4+ 41.Kf3 a5 42.g4 Ra3+
43.Kf4 Ra4+ 44.Kf3 h5 45.gxh5+ Kf5 46.Rf7+ Kxe5 47.Rxg7 Rh4 48.Rg5+ Kf6 49.Rxa5 e5
50.h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Genov, Petar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A81"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Genov, Petko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "D86"]

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 "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Panbukchian, Valentin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C78"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D34"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Donchev, Dimitar I"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C89"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grigorov, Jordan N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "A81"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E92"]

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

[Event "BUL-ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lalev, Dimitar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A57"]

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

[Event "Candas op"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "De Prado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A89"]

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 op"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nedobora, Mikhail"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A86"]

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 op"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B36"]

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

[Event "Candas op"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A81"]

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

[Event "Candas op"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E70"]

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 op"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A85"]

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

[Event "Candas op"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E04"]

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 op"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Komljenovic, Davor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A41"]

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

[Event "Candas op"]
[Site "Candas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D34"]

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 "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A88"]

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 "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E31"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A57"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A21"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E70"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4 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 "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B04"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Manolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "A56"]

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 "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A04"]

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 "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C47"]

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

[Event "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c3 f5 14.O-O O-O 15.Nc2 Bb7
16.exf5 Qg5 17.Ne3 h5 18.Be2 d5 19.Bf3 Rad8 20.Qb3 e4 21.Be2 d4 22.cxd4 Rxd4
23.Rad1 Rfd8 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.Qc2 h4 26.Qc7 Bd5 27.Qc8+ Kh7 28.Qxa6 Rd2 29.Qxb5 Bxa2
30.Bc4 Bd4 31.Bxa2 Rxf2 32.Rxf2 Qxe3 33.Qf1 Kg8 34.h3 Kg7 35.Bc4 Kf6 36.b3 Kg7
37.Be2 Qxb3 38.Kh1 Bxf2 39.Qxf2 Qb1+ 40.Qg1 Qb2 41.Qe1 e3 42.Bg4 Qf2 43.Qc3+ f6
44.Qc7+ Kh6 45.Qd6 Kg5 46.Kh2 Qe1 47.Qb8 Qf2 48.Qc7 Qe1 49.Qd6 e2 50.Bxe2 Qxe2
51.Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 Qb6 8.O-O Bb7
9.e4 Nfd7 10.Nf3 Bb4 11.Be3 c5 12.d5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.dxe6 Qxe6 15.Qb1 Bc6
16.Ng5 Qe5 17.Bf4 Qxc3 18.e5 Qd3 19.e6 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 fxe6 21.Qxb5 Qd5+ 22.f3 Nc6
23.Rac1 Nd4 24.Qxc4 Qxc4 25.Rxc4 e5 26.Be3 Rab8 27.Ne4 Rb2+ 28.Rf2 Nf5 29.Bxc5 Nxc5
30.Rxc5 Ne3+ 31.Kh3 Rxf2 32.Nxf2 Rxf3 33.Ne4 Rf5 34.Rc8+ Rf8 35.Rc3 Nd1 36.Rc7 Nf2+
37.Nxf2 Rxf2 38.Rxa7 e4  1/2-1/2

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

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

[Event "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B35"]

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 "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C18"]

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

[Event "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gonzalez, L."]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.e3 d5 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Ne5 Qc7 8.Ndf3 cxd4
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.exd4 O-O 12.Bd3 c5 13.O-O Rb8 14.Rb1 a5 15.Re1 Bd7
16.Ne5 Rb7 17.Re3 Rfb8 18.Rg3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 Rxb2 21.Qf3 Qb4 22.Nxd7 Qe1+
23.Bf1 Nxd7 24.Qf4 Nf8 25.Rf3 f6 26.Re3 Qd2 27.a3 Rb1 28.Qd6 Qxd4  0-1

[Event "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.a4 O-O 9.Be3 Nbd7
10.Nh3 Ne5 11.Nf2 e6 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Rc1 axb5 14.Bxb5 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.b3 Ba6
17.Nd3 Qa5 18.O-O Rfe8 19.Rf2 Ng4 20.fxg4 Bxc3 21.Nf4 Rxe4 22.Nd5 Rxe3 23.Nxe3 Bd4
24.Qf3 Ra7 25.Kh1 Re7 26.Qa8+ Kg7 27.Nc4 Qb4 28.Qd8 Qe1+ 29.Rf1 Qe6 30.h3 d5
31.Nb6 Bxf1 32.Rxf1 Qe2  0-1

[Event "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 f5 4.O-O Nf6 5.c4 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Kh8 8.Nc3 c6
9.d3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.d4 e4 12.Ng5 Bg8 13.Nh3 d5 14.c5 Qe8 15.f3 h6 16.b4 g5
17.fxe4 fxe4 18.Nd1 Be6 19.Nhf2 Qg6 20.Ne3 h5 21.a4 g4 22.Bh1 h4 23.Ng2 hxg3
24.hxg3 Nh5 25.Nh4 Bxh4 26.gxh4 Kg8 27.Bg2 Nf4 28.Nh1 Nh5 29.Bc1 Rxf1+ 30.Bxf1 Rf8
31.Qg5 Kh7 32.Qxg6+ Kxg6 33.Bg5 Ndf6 34.e3 Rf7 35.Bxf6 Nxf6 36.Kh2 Rh7 37.Kg3 Nh5+
38.Kg2 Ng7 39.Ng3 Rxh4 40.b5 Nf5 41.Nxf5 Bxf5 42.a5 cxb5 43.a6 bxa6 44.Rxa6+ Kg5
45.Bxb5 Rh3 46.Ra3 Kh4 47.c6 Rg3+ 48.Kh2 Rf3 49.c7 Rf2+ 50.Kg1 Rc2 51.Rxa7 g3
52.Bf1 Rc1 53.Ra6 g2 54.Kxg2 Bh3+ 55.Kg1 Rxf1+ 56.Kh2 Rf2+ 57.Kg1 Rc2 58.Rh6+ Kg3  0-1

[Event "Mesa op"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.Bf4 c6 8.e4 Na6
9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qf5 12.Bg5 Qxe4 13.Bd3 Qg4 14.Bxe7 Re8 15.Bd6 Be6
16.Qc3 Bd5 17.Bxa6 bxa6 18.Bg3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qxd4 20.Qxc6 Qxb2 21.Rae1 Qb5
22.Rc1 Rad8 23.a4 Qb6 24.Kg2 Re6 25.Qc7 Bf6 26.Rc4 h5 27.Rfc1 Qxc7 28.Rxc7 h4
29.Bf4 Rd4 30.R1c4 Re1 31.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodriguez, JA."]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Kb1 Be7 12.g4 Rc8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bg2 Nb6 15.Bf1 d5
16.Bd3 Bc5 17.Nde2 b4 18.axb4 Bxb4 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Be4 Bxc3 21.Nxc3 Nxc3+
22.bxc3 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Qxc3 24.Qa4+ Kf8 25.Qb3 Kg7 26.Qxc3 Rxc3 27.Rd4 Rb8+
28.Kc1 Rbc8 29.Rd2 Rf3 30.f5 e5 31.Re1 a5 32.Rd3 Rf4 33.h3 h5 34.Rg3 hxg4
35.Rxg4+ Rxg4 36.hxg4 Rc4 37.Rg1 Kh6 38.Rh1+ Kg5 39.Rh7 Kxg4  0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lozano, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Neg5 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 c6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Qh3 Nf8 12.c3 Qc7 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.b4 O-O-O 15.c4 Ng6
16.g3 Rhe8 17.Bc3 Kb8 18.Nf3 e5 19.Bxg6 exd4 20.Bxd4 hxg6 21.c5 Bf8 22.Be5 Rxe5
23.Nxe5  1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A85"]

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 "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nh3 O-O 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 b6
9.f4 exf4 10.Nxf4 Bb7 11.Ba3 Rf7 12.Nd5 g6 13.Qd2 Na5 14.Qf4 c6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.Bb4 c5 17.Bxa5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 bxa5 19.Rac1 Qc6+ 20.Qf3 Re8 21.Qxc6 dxc6
22.Kf3 Rb7 23.Rb1 Reb8 24.Rb3 Rb6 25.Ra3 Ra6 26.Rb3 Rab6 27.Ra3 Ra6 28.g4 fxg4+
29.Kxg4 Rb2 30.Kf3 Kg7 31.Ke3 a4 32.h4 Ra5 33.d4 cxd4+ 34.cxd4 Rb4 35.Kd3 Rf5
36.Rxf5 gxf5 37.Rc3 Kf6 38.e4 fxe4+ 39.Kxe4 Ke6 40.h5 Rb2 41.Ra3 Rb4 42.c5 a5
43.h6 Rb1 44.Rxa4 Re1+ 45.Kf4 Rf1+ 46.Ke3 Re1+ 47.Kd2 Rh1 48.Rxa5 Kd5 49.Kc3 Rc1+
50.Kb2 Rh1 51.Ra7 Kxd4 52.Rxh7 Kxc5 53.Ka3 Kb6 54.Rh8 Rh4 55.h7 Ka7 56.Kb3 c5
57.a4 Kb7 58.a5 Ka7 59.a6 Rb4+ 60.Kc2 Rc4+ 61.Kd2 Rd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nd2 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.h4 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Ngf3 c6 8.Bf4 Ng4
9.h5 e5 10.dxe5 Ndxe5 11.Qb3 Nf7 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.Bg3 Qe7 15.O-O-O a5
16.a4 Bf6 17.Be2 Kf8 18.Nd4 Kg7 19.Re1 Nge5 20.Qc2 Bd7 21.Rh1 c5 22.Nb5 Bxb5
23.axb5 a4 24.Nb1 Nd6 25.Rd1 Ne4 26.Rxd5 Nxg3 27.fxg3 Nd7 28.Qd3 Nb6 29.Rd6 c4
30.Qd1 Qxe3+ 31.Qd2 Qe7 32.Kd1 Rh8 33.Bf3 Rh1+ 34.Kc2 Bg5 35.Qd4+ Kh7 36.Bd1 Qe2+  0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.g3 Qb6 12.Nce2 O-O-O 13.Bg2 Kb8 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.Rhf1 Rc7
16.c3 h5 17.h4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Rg8 19.Ne2 Bc6 20.Bf3 Bb7 21.Qd3 Qc5 22.Rd2 Rh8
23.Nd4 Qc4 24.Re1 Qxd3+ 25.Rxd3 Be7 26.f5 e5 27.Nc2 Rcc8 28.Nb4 Rcg8 29.Bd1 Rg7
30.Ree3 a5 31.Nd5 Bd8 32.a3 a4 33.Kc1 Ka7 34.Kd2 Bxd5 35.Rxd5 Bb6 36.Red3 Bc5
37.Ke1 Rhg8 38.Bxh5 Rxg3 39.Rxg3 Rxg3 40.Rd2 Rh3 41.Bxf7 Rxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cockcroft"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A40"]

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

[Event "Palma de Mallorca op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Barcelo, Pedro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C02"]

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

[Event "Palma de Mallorca op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Reyes, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A65"]

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

[Event "Palma de Mallorca op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E81"]

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 "Palma de Mallorca op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Campos, Jose Felix"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A65"]

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 "Palma de Mallorca op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sanchez Almeyra, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D87"]

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

[Event "Palma de Mallorca op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C08"]

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

[Event "Palma de Mallorca op"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D86"]

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

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Alvarez de Toledo, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B29"]

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 "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B53"]

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

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jimenez Morales, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A56"]

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 "Sevilla op"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gomez, M."]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E71"]

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 "St Cugat op"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pomar Salamanca, Arturo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "D61"]

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

[Event "St Cugat op"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 "St Cugat op"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Glavina, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A65"]

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

[Event "St Cugat op"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C78"]

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

[Event "St Cugat op"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lacasa, JA."]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C02"]

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

[Event "St Cugat op"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vidarte Morales, Arturo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C42"]

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

[Event "Ibercaja op"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leskovar, Mario"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A01"]

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 "Ibercaja op"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C03"]

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

[Event "Ibercaja op"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tejero Lamana, Santiago"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A45"]

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 "Ibercaja op"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dominguez Velazquez, J."]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "Ibercaja op"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sanchez Herrera, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D58"]

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 "Ibercaja op"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 "Ibercaja op"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A91"]

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

[Event "Ibercaja op"]
[Site "Zaragoza"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Bg5 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A25"]

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

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B52"]

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

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B22"]

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

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

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

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C90"]

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

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

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

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A80"]

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

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kalesis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B85"]

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

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

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

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Moutousis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B23"]

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

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

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Nc4 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.b3 Nb6
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.c4 Nh5 18.Bd2 Rab8 19.a4 bxc4 20.bxc4 Bd6 21.a5 Nc8 22.Ba4 Bxa4
23.Rxa4 Na7 24.g3 Nf6 25.Ra2 Nc6 26.Bg5 Nd7 27.Nh4 Nd4 28.Qg4 Qc6 29.Ne3 h5
30.Qxh5 f6 31.Bh6 Bf8 32.Nef5 Nxf5 33.Nxf5 gxh6 34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Rd2 Qe6 36.Red1 Rbd8
37.h4 Re7 38.Nxe7 Bxe7 39.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D44"]

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

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C64"]

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

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gazik, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c3 f5 14.Nc2 Bb7 15.exf5 Qg5
16.Ne3 d5 17.O-O O-O 18.f4 exf4 19.Qg4 Qxg4 20.Nxg4 f6 21.Rxf4 Rfe8 22.a4 Bc6
23.axb5 axb5 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Kf2 h5 26.Ne3 Bf8 27.Nd1 Ra4 28.Rxa4 bxa4 29.Be2 Bc5+
30.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D48"]

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

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C82"]

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

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A87"]

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

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B48"]

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

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C05"]

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

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C19"]

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

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D45"]

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

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D43"]

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

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B06"]

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

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B70"]

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

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C16"]

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

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A87"]

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

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B14"]

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

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D42"]

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

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A80"]

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 "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c3 f5 14.Nc2 Qb7 15.Qf3 O-O
16.Ne3 f4 17.Nd5 Be6 18.g4 b4 19.c4 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Bf6 21.g5 Bd8 22.Bf1 Kh8
23.h4 Rc8 24.Bh3 Rc2 25.Bf5 Bb6 26.Rh2 f6 27.Kf1 Bd8 28.Kg1 Rg8 29.Kh1 Qc7
30.Rg1 Rc1 31.Rg2 Rxg1+ 32.Kxg1 fxg5 33.Qh5 g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B48"]

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

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A87"]

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

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B14"]

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 "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A48"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A29"]

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

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

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A21"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne2 Ne4
9.c4 Kh8 10.Be5 e6 11.b4 Nd6 12.Bxg7+ Kxg7 13.Qb3 Nd7 14.a4 Qf6 15.cxd5 exd5
16.b5 Ne4 17.Rac1 Qd6 18.Qc2 Rf6 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Nf4 h6 21.Qb2 Kh7 22.Ne5 Nec5
23.Rxc5  1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C89"]

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

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

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Qc2 c5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qa4 a6 11.Ne4 b5 12.Qd1 Be7 13.Bg5 f6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5
16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Bd2 O-O 18.Qb3 f5 19.Ne5 Qe7 20.Nd3 Bd6 21.e4 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Nc3
23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Rxc3 e5 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rc1 Rf8 27.Be3 Ba8 28.Ne1 Kh8 29.Qd3 Bb4
30.Ng2 Qb7 31.Qf1 Rd8 32.Bg5 Bd2 33.Bxd8 Bxc1 34.b3 Bd2 35.h4 Qd7 36.Bg5 Bxg5
37.hxg5 Qh3 38.f4 Qxg3 39.fxe5 Be4 40.Qe2 Qxe5 41.Qg4  1/2-1/2

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

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

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B45"]

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"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B65"]

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

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A87"]

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

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A39"]

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

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C69"]

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

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A29"]

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

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E81"]

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

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "B78"]

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

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.Re1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.e4 cxd4
16.Bxd4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf6 18.Nxf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bd2 Qe7 15.e5 Nd7
16.Kb1 Bb6 17.f4 h5 18.Ne2 g6 19.g3 Qc5 20.Bc3 Qf2 21.Qxf2 Bxf2 22.Bd4 Bxd4
23.Nxd4 Rc8 24.b3 Nc5 25.Bg2 b5 26.h3 Ke7 27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Bb7 29.Kb2 Nd7
30.g5 Nc5 31.Rxh8 Rxh8 32.Rh1 Rxh1 33.Bxh1 Kd7 34.Bf3 Kc7 35.Kc3 Kb6 36.b4 Na4+
37.Kd2 Bc6 38.c3 Kc7 39.Bd1 Nb6 40.Bb3 Bd7 41.Ke3 Nc8 42.Bc2 Ne7 43.Nb3 Kb6
44.Bd3 Be8 45.Nd4 Nc6 46.Nc2 a5 47.Be2 Bd7 48.Kd3 axb4 49.axb4 Bc8 50.Bf3 Bb7
51.Ne3 Kc7 52.Ng4 Kd7 53.Kd2 Ba6 54.Be2 Kd8 55.Nf2 Kc7 56.Bf1 Ne7 57.Ng4 Kd8
58.Ne3 Nc6 59.Nc2 Kc7 60.Bd3 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B77"]

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

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.h3 e5 5.g4 h6 6.Bg2 exd4 7.Qxd4 g6 8.Be3 Bg7
9.Qd2 Nb6 10.b3 d5 11.Rd1 c6 12.Nge2 Be6 13.Nf4 g5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.O-O Qe7
16.exd5 Nbxd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.c4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Rf8 20.Qd3 Rf6 21.Rxf6 Bxf6
22.Qg6+ Qf7 23.Qxf7+ Kxf7 24.Rd7+ Be7 25.Rxb7 Rd8 26.Bxc6 Rd1+ 27.Kf2 Rd2+
28.Kf3 Rxa2 29.Ke4 Kf6 30.Be8 Ra5 31.b4 Ra3 32.c5 a5 33.c6 Rc3 34.bxa5 Bc5
35.Rf7+ Kg6 36.Rf5+ Kg7 37.Rxc5 Rxc5 38.a6  1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E07"]

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 "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B48"]

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

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B66"]

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.f3 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.Kb1 dxe4
16.fxe4 Qe7 17.e5 Nd7 18.Qg3 Bc7 19.Qxg7 Bxe5 20.Qg4 Nf6 21.Qh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E86"]

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

[Event "Alcobendas m"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Alcobendas m"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A59"]

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

[Event "Alcobendas m"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 "Alcobendas m"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A67"]

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

[Event "Alcobendas m"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 51.Bxg5  1-0

[Event "Alcobendas m"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A39"]

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

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B87"]

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

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Xu Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C88"]

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

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B38"]

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

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B07"]

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

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B70"]

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

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B90"]

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

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A29"]

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

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C41"]

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

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A89"]

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

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.h3 Qc7 14.Ne3 Bf8 15.a4 Rb8
16.Nh2 Be6 17.Nhg4 Nxg4 18.hxg4 b4 19.Qe2 bxc3 20.bxc3 Na5 21.g3 Nb3 22.Bxb3 Rxb3
23.c4 Reb8 24.Kg2 Rb1 25.Rxb1 Rxb1 26.Rh1 f6 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 g6 29.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D85"]

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

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D48"]

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

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C02"]

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

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C19"]

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

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A43"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E17"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B33"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A39"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C17"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A35"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B07"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A57"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B76"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D32"]

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 "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D27"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E12"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B51"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 Kg7 45.Bxh5 Kf6 46.Nc8 Ke5 47.Nb6 Kd4 48.Nxd7 e5 49.Kg1 Be6
50.Be8 e4 51.Kf2 Kc3 52.Ke3 Kb3 53.Nb6  1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B22"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A70"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B70"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B51"]

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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B80"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B13"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bd3 Nh5 7.Bg3 d6 8.c3 Nd7
9.Qc2 g6 10.a4 a6 11.O-O O-O 12.h3 Nxg3 13.fxg3 c5 14.Rf2 Qc7 15.Raf1 d5
16.g4 Rae8 17.c4 cxd4 18.exd4 e5 19.cxd5 Qxc2 20.Bxc2 exd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd5 22.Kh1 Bc5
23.Rf4 Re3 24.N4f3 Rc8 25.Ne4 Bd6 26.Nxd6 Rxc2 27.Nxf7 Re7 28.Nh6+ Kg7 29.g5 Rxb2
30.Rd1 Ba2 31.Kh2 a5 32.Nd4 Nc5 33.Rf6 Re8 34.h4 Kh8 35.Rdf1 Rb4 36.R1f4 Nxa4
37.h5 gxh5 38.Rf8+ Rxf8 39.Rxf8+ Kg7 40.Rf6 Rxd4 41.Nf5+ Kg8 42.Nxd4 Nc5
43.Rxb6 a4 44.Kg3 Bf7 45.Rc6 Nd3 46.Ra6 Nb2 47.Kf4 Nd3+ 48.Kf5  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E76"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A33"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B15"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A34"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B56"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B70"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A34"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A40"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C11"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A34"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "B81"]

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+ Kd8
29.Nc6+  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A70"]

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 "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B14"]

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 "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A36"]

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

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E87"]

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 "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42"]

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

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C41"]

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

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A57"]

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

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B14"]

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

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C19"]

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

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E76"]

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

[Event "PCA-op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B70"]

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

[Event "Pamplona9495"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Franco Ocampo, Zenon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C41"]

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

[Event "Pamplona9495"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D40"]

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

[Event "Pamplona9495"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "Pamplona9495"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B14"]

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

[Event "Pamplona9495"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A59"]

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 "Pamplona9495"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qc2 bxc4 6.e4 Bg7 7.Bxc4 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Nb6 11.Be2 e6 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Nc3 Qe7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Rad8
16.Re1 g5 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.Bh2 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Qd1 d5 21.g4 Be4 22.gxh5 Qf7
23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Qc2 exf3 25.Bf1 Qxh5 26.Re7 Rf7 27.Rae1 Bd4 28.Bc7 Rdf8 29.Bxb6 axb6
30.Bc4 Qh4 31.Bxf7+ Kh8 32.R1e3 Qxh3 33.Qh7+ Kxh7 34.Be6+ Kg6 35.Bxh3 Bxe3
36.Rxe3 h5 37.Bd7 g4 38.Re6+ Kg5 39.Rxb6 Rf4 40.Rc6 Rc4 41.b4 Rxb4 42.Rxc5+ Kh4
43.Be8 g3 44.Rxh5+ Kg4 45.Rb5 Rd4 46.Bh5+ Kf4 47.fxg3+ Kxg3 48.Rg5+ Kh4 49.Rg4+  1-0

[Event "Pamplona9495"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B22"]

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 "Pamplona9495"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E66"]

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 "Pamplona9495"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B52"]

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

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B17"]

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

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A46"]

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

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zadrima, Aldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "D80"]

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 "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A62"]

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

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A46"]

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

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C07"]

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

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Arduman, Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 c5 8.Bg5 Ngf6 9.Nd2 h6
10.Bh4 a6 11.a3 O-O 12.b4 Qc7 13.O-O Nh7 14.Nb3 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.Qd2 Ndf6
17.Rfb1 Bd7 18.Rb2 Rfb8 19.Rab1 Rb7 20.Bd1 Rab8 21.Nc1 Bf8 22.Bg3 Ng5 23.f3 Nh5
24.Be1 Kg7 25.Nd3 Rxb2 26.Rxb2 Be7 27.h4 Nh7 28.g4 N5f6 29.Rxb8 Qxb8 30.Bc2 Qd8
31.Qf2 Ng8 32.Nd1 f6 33.Ne3 Nf8 34.Bc3 g5 35.h5 Qb6 36.Nf5+ Bxf5 37.exf5 Nd7
38.Qd2 Bd8 39.Nf2 Ne7 40.Ne4 Nc8 41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Ba4 Nb8 43.Qc2 Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 "Euwe mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A36"]

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

[Event "Euwe mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "B80"]

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

[Event "Euwe mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A59"]

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

[Event "Euwe mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B76"]

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

[Event "Euwe mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Bb7
9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Rc8 11.g4 d6 12.Kb1 Nf6 13.a3 Nd7 14.h4 Ne5 15.Qe3 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Rh2 e5 18.Ba7 Be7 19.h5 h6 20.Qb6 Qc7 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Bb6 Rc6
23.Ba5 Bg5 24.a4 bxa4 25.Nxa4 Ke7 26.b3 Rb8 27.Nc3 Ba8 28.Nd5+ Kd7 29.Bd2 f6
30.Kb2 Rf8 31.Ra1 Bb7 32.Be3 Ke6 33.Rd2 Rf7 34.Rd3 Bxe3 35.Nxe3 Bc8 36.Rad1 Rfc7
37.c4 a5 38.Nf5 Rd7 39.Ra1 Ra6 40.Kc3 Rc7 41.Rd5 Rca7 42.Rad1 Rd7 43.Rb5 Rc7
44.Rb8 a4 45.bxa4 Rxa4 46.Nxd6 Bd7 47.Rb6 Ke7 48.Rdb1 Be6 49.Kb3 Rca7 50.Kc3 Rc7
51.R1b4 Ra3+ 52.Rb3 Ra4 53.Kb2 Bxc4 54.Rc3 Ra2+ 55.Kc1 Ra1+ 56.Kd2 Rd7 57.Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E63"]

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

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B93"]

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

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B90"]

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

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E92"]

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

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B57"]

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

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A48"]

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

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Nd5 12.Ng2 Bg6 13.Na2 Be7 14.Qe2 N5b6 15.Bb3 c5
16.Nc3 O-O 17.a5 cxd4 18.exd4 Nc8 19.Nf4 Nd6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Bf4 Ne8 22.Qf3 Bd6
23.Be3 Ndf6 24.g5 Nh5 25.Rfd1 Nc7 26.Bc2 f5 27.h4 b5 28.axb6 axb6 29.Rxa8 Qxa8
30.Qxa8 Rxa8 31.d5 Nxd5 32.Nxd5 exd5 33.Bb3 Kf8 34.Bxd5 Ra4 35.Bxb6 Rxh4
36.Bc6 Be7 37.Ra1 Nf4 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Be8+ Ke6 40.Ra6 Kd5 41.Bf7+ Ke4 42.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Ne5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.f4 Nc4
16.Qe2 Qc8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Rxd5 19.exd5 b5 20.h5 g5 21.fxg5 Bxg5+ 22.Kb1 f5
23.Rd3 f4 24.Bxc4 Qxc4  0-1

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6
9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ngf3 Qc7 13.Bf4 Bb4+ 14.Nd2 Bxd2+ 15.Kxd2 O-O
16.Rhd1 Nd5 17.Bg3 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qa5+ 19.Kc1 f6 20.Bg3 Bd7 21.c4 Nb4 22.Bb1 Ba4
23.Rd2 Rad8 24.Bd6 Rfe8 25.h4 Nd5 26.c5 f5 27.a3 Bb5 28.Qe5 Bc4 29.g4 Bb3
30.a4 Qa6 31.Bd3 Bc4 32.Bc2 Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A45"]

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 "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E76"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B22"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A27"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.d3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Rb1 Nge7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.Nd2 Be6 10.O-O Qd7 11.d4 Na5 12.Rb2 f5 13.d5 Bf7 14.f4 e4 15.Nb3 Nb7 16.Rd2 Rac8
17.g4 c6 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Rd4 fxg4 20.f5 Rce8 21.Ba3 Qc8 22.Bxg4 h5 23.Bh3 Nc6
24.Rd2 Bxc4 25.Rf4 Rf6 26.Rg2 Bf7 27.Qe1 Bxb3 28.axb3 Ne5 29.Qg3 Re7 30.c4 Nc5
31.Kh1 Qa6 32.Bb2 Ncd3 33.Bxe5 dxe5 34.Rf1 b5 35.Qh4 bxc4 36.bxc4 Nc5 37.Rfg1 Ref7
38.Rg5 Qa2 39.Qg3 Kf8 40.Rxg7 Nd3 41.Rxf7+ Rxf7 42.Qg8+ Ke7 43.f6+ Kd6 44.Qb8+ Kc6
45.Qc8+ Kb6 46.Rf1 Nf2+ 47.Kg1 Nxh3+ 48.Qxh3 Qxc4 49.Qf5 a5 50.Qxe5 Qc6 51.Rf5 Qc1+
52.Kg2 Qd2+ 53.Kh3 Qxe3+ 54.Kh4 Rc7 55.f7  1-0

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D76"]

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 "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B14"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D77"]

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

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B48"]

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"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B78"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C88"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E92"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C74"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E92"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5
16.Bc2 Bh6 17.O-O Ra7 18.f4 Qh4 19.g3 Rg7 20.Nc7 exf4 21.Ng2 Qh3 22.Rxf4 Bxf4
23.Nxf4 Rxg3+ 24.Kh1 Qh6 25.Qxd6  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B07"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.e4 Bxf1
9.Kxf1 Bg7 10.g3 Nbd7 11.Kg2 O-O 12.Re1 Ra6 13.h3 Qa8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bd2 e6
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Qc2 d5 18.a4 g5 19.Ra3 Rb6 20.Bc1 Rf7 21.Nd2 Rb4 22.Rb3 Rxb3
23.Qxb3 c4 24.Nxc4 dxc4 25.Qxc4 Ne5 26.Qxe6 Nd3 27.Rf1 Nc5 28.Qc4 Ncxe4 29.Nxe4 Nxe4
30.f3 Nd6 31.Qe6 Nf5 32.Qe4 Qc8 33.Re1 Rc7 34.Bd2 Rc2 35.Re2 Rxb2 36.Be1 Rxe2+
37.Qxe2 Nd4 38.Qd3 Qe6 39.Bd2 Qa2 40.a5 Nc6 41.h4 gxh4 42.gxh4 Ne5 43.Qd8+ Kh7
44.f4 Bf6 45.Qd4 Qg8+ 46.Kf1 Qc4+ 47.Qxc4 Nxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D42"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A59"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C11"]

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

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B93"]

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

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A48"]

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

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E93"]

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

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B13"]

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 "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E01"]

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

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C75"]

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

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B22"]

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

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "B80"]

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

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B73"]

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

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C10"]

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

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A35"]

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

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B65"]

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

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A61"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B90"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B48"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A59"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B80"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A39"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B78"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A21"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E92"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A46"]

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

[Event "Rubinstein mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 a5
16.O-O f5 17.Qh5 b4 18.Nce3 bxc3 19.bxc3 Kh8 20.Rad1 Rb8 21.Bh3 Qd7 22.f4 e4
23.Kh1 Rb2 24.Nc4 Rxa2 25.Nde3 Bf7 26.Qg5 Bxc4 27.Nxc4 d5 28.Ne5 Qe6 29.g4 Bxe5
30.fxe5 Qxe5 31.Bg2 f4  0-1

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E89"]

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

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B17"]

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 "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E89"]

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

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B17"]

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

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A31"]

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

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.a5 f5 14.Nd2 Kh8 15.Bd3 Rf6
16.Na4 Rf7 17.c5 dxc5 18.Bc3 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Nf5 20.Nc4 Bg7 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.d6 Rb8
23.dxc7 Qxc7 24.Qd6 Qxd6 25.Nxd6 Rf8 26.Rfd1 b5 27.axb6 Nxb6 28.Nxc5 Bg4
29.f3 Nd7 30.Na6 Rb3 31.Rac1 Be6 32.Nc7 Bf7 33.Ne4 Nb8 34.Ng5 Nc6 35.Rd7 Be8
36.Rxg7 Kxg7 37.Nce6+ Kg8 38.Nxf8 Kxf8 39.Nxh7+ Ke7 40.Ng5 Bd7 41.Bd2 Rb2
42.Ne4 Nd4 43.Re1 Bc6 44.Bg5+ Ke6 45.Nd2 Nc2 46.Rc1 Nd4 47.Re1 Nc2 48.Rd1 Nd4
49.h4 Ne2+ 50.Kh2 Nd4 51.Kh3 Kd5 52.Re1 Ra2 53.Ne4 Rc2 54.Ra1 Bd7+ 55.Kg3 Bb5
56.Ra8 Bf1 57.Rd8+ Ke6 58.Bd2 Bd3 59.Re8+ Kf7 60.Nd6+ Kg7 61.Re7+ Kf8 62.Bg5 Bf1
63.Rxe5 Rxg2+ 64.Kf4 Re2 65.Ne4 Bg2 66.Be7+ Kf7 67.Bc5 Ne6+ 68.Kg3 Bf1 69.Bf2 Ng7
70.Kg4 Ne6 71.Rd5 Rc2 72.Rd7+ Ke8 73.Nf6+ Kf8 74.Bg3 Rc4+ 75.Ne4 Ke8 76.Ra7 Bd3
77.Bd6 Bxe4 78.fxe4 Rxe4+ 79.Kf3 Re1 80.Kf2 Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.Rd1 d3 10.Rxd3 Qc7 11.Nc3 Be7 12.e4 Nd7 13.Be3 Nc5 14.Rdd1 O-O 15.Rac1 Nxb3
16.axb3 Rd8 17.Na4 Rxd1+ 18.Qxd1 Bd7 19.Bb6 Qc8 20.Ne5 Be8 21.Nd3 e5 22.Nc3 Qe6
23.Nd5 Rc8 24.h3 f6 25.Qg4 Qxg4 26.hxg4 Kf7 27.Nxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 b6 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Kb1 Rd8 15.Rhg1 c5
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.a3 O-O 18.g4 Qd5 19.g5 Qxf3 20.gxf6 g6 21.Bxh6 Bxh2 22.Rh1 Qxe2
23.Bxe2 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rc8 25.f3 Bg3 26.Bg7 g5 27.Rd7 Bc6 28.Rxa7 Rd8 29.a4 Be5
30.a5 Rd2 31.Bc4 b5 32.Bb3 Bxf3 33.Re7 Rd6 34.Re8+ Kh7 35.Bf8 Rd1+ 36.Ka2 Bxf6
37.a6 g4 38.c4 Rd2 39.cxb5 g3 40.b6 g2 41.Bc5 Bxb2  0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.d3 d6 7.Nc3 b5 8.Bb3 Na5
9.Kh1 c6 10.h3 Ra7 11.Nh2 O-O 12.f4 Nxb3 13.axb3 Re8 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Qe1 Nd7
16.Nf3 Nf8 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Rd7 19.Rf2 f6 20.Nh4 Ne6 21.Nf5 Nd4 22.Qg3 Nxf5
23.Rxf5 c5 24.Rf2 Bb7 25.Raf1 Rf7 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Qxd5 28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.Rxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 dxc6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Qf4 Ng6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.Bd2 Rg8 11.Na4 Bd6 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Nc3 O-O-O 14.g3 Bg4 15.Be2 Ne5
16.Bf4 Bh3 17.Bh5 Bc5 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nd1 Bg2 20.Re1 Nf3 21.Re2 Ng1 22.Bg4+ Kb8
23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Kxd2 Bxe4 25.Nc3 Bg2 26.Be3 Be7 27.Bh5 Nf3+ 28.Ke2 Ng1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6
10.Bh4 c5 11.O-O Nh6 12.Ne1 Nd7 13.Rb1 b6 14.a3 g5 15.Bg3 f5 16.exf5 Nxf5
17.Ne4 h6 18.Nc2 Nf6 19.Bd3 Qe8 20.Ne3 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 h5 22.Qd3 Qf7 23.f3 Nxe3
24.Qxe3 Bh6 25.Be1 Qg7 26.Bd2 Rf6 27.Qd3 g4 28.Bxh6 Qxh6 29.fxg4 Bxg4 30.Rxf6 Qxf6
31.Rf1 Qg7 32.h3 Bd7 33.Qf3 Be8 34.Qf5 Qf7 35.Qg5+ Qg7 36.Qh4 Qh6 37.Rf6 Qe3+
38.Kh2 Kg7 39.Rf3  1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.Bxb5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.Nfd2 Qxb5 13.Nxd6 Qa6 14.N2c4 Nd7 15.O-O Nb6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Nxc8 Raxc8 18.Rb1 Rfd8 19.Bf4 Qb7 20.d6 Bf8 21.Qd2 Bxd6 22.Bxd6 Rc6
23.Rfd1 Qa6 24.Qg5 Rdxd6 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Qxc5 Qxa2 27.Re1 Rd8 28.b4 a6 29.Qg5 Rf8
30.h4 Qc4 31.Qe7 h5 32.g3 Rc8 33.Rd1 Qc6 34.Rd6 Qa8 35.Qe1 Qb7 36.Qd2 Re8
37.Qc3 Rc8 38.Qd2 Re8 39.Rd5 Qc6 40.Kh2 Qf6 41.Rd4 Qc6 42.Rd6 Qf3 43.Qd4 Qe4
44.Qc3 Qb7 45.Rc6 Qb5 46.Rf6 Re7 47.Qc8+ Re8 48.Qxa6 Qxb4 49.Qa2 Re6 50.Rxe6 fxe6
51.Qxe6+ Kg7 52.Qd7+ Kf6 53.Qc6+ Kg7 54.Qd5 Qc3 55.Kg2 Qf6 56.Qd7+ Kg8 57.Qc7 Qe6
58.Qf4 Qc6+ 59.Kf1 Qe6 60.Qe3 Qc4+ 61.Ke1 Qc2 62.Kf1 Qd1+ 63.Kg2 Qd5+ 64.f3 Qa2+
65.Kh3 Qb1 66.g4 hxg4+ 67.fxg4 Qf1+ 68.Kg3 Qf6 69.Qc5 Qe6 70.Qc3 Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B86"]

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 "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B84"]

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 "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5
9.O-O Nfxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.f5 e5 12.Qh5 d5 13.Re1 Bc5 14.Rxe4 Bxd4+ 15.Be3 O-O
16.Rxd4 exd4 17.Bxd4 f6 18.Bc5 Re8 19.Rd1 Kh8 20.Rxd5 Bd7 21.h3 Re5 22.Rxe5 fxe5
23.Bf7 Be8 24.Bg6 h6 25.Bxe8 Qxe8 26.Qxe8+ Rxe8 27.Bd6 Rd8 28.Bxe5 Rd5 29.Bc3 Rxf5
30.Bd4 b5 31.c3 h5 32.Bf2 Kg8 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Bd4 g6 36.Bb6 Kd5
37.Bc7 Ke4 38.Bd8 Rd5 39.Bh4 Rd3 40.Bf2 a5 41.Be1 a4 42.Bd2 Rd7 43.Bh6 Rd5
44.Bc1 Rc5 45.Be3 a3 46.Bc1 b4  0-1

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e3 Re8 12.Bb5 c6 13.Ba4 Nbd7 14.Ne2 Qe7 15.Bf2 Ba6
16.b4 Rec8 17.Qb2 Bc4 18.Bb3 b5 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.O-O a5 21.Nc3 Rcb8 22.Rab1 axb4
23.axb4 Rb7 24.Rfe1 Qf8 25.e4 Rab8 26.b5 dxe4 27.fxe4 cxb5 28.Qb4 Qxb4 29.Rxb4 Ra8
30.Reb1 Ra3 31.Be1 Nf8 32.Nxb5 Rd3 33.e5 Nd5 34.Rxc4 Ne6 35.Rcc1 Nxd4 36.Nxd4 Rxb1
37.Rxb1 Rxd4 38.Rb8+ Kh7 39.Rd8 Kg6 40.Bg3 Rd2 41.Rd6+ Kf5 42.Rd7 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O d6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Be7
9.d4 O-O 10.d5 exd5 11.Nh4 g6 12.cxd5 Ne8 13.f4 Nc7 14.e4 b5 15.e5 f5 16.a4 b4
17.Nb5 Nxb5 18.axb5 Qb6 19.Re1 Qxb5 20.Bf1 Qb6 21.Bc4 Qd8 22.exd6 Bf6 23.Qd2 Bxb2
24.Qxb2 Qf6 25.Qf2 Nb6 26.Rad1 Rfe8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qxc5 Qc3 29.Ng2 Re2
30.d7 Nxd7 31.Qb5 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Qc2+ 33.Be2 Nb6 34.Kf2 Kg7 35.d6 Bc6 36.Qxb4  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D28"]

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 "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E99"]

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 "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.O-O exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.f3 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bd3 Na6 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rfe1 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Rac8 18.Qf2 Nc5 19.Bc2 Qf6 20.Rad1 b6 21.Qd2 Ne6 22.Be4 Rcd8
23.Qc1 Ba4 24.b3 Bd7 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.Qxc6 Nc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc6 28.Bxc6 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 bxc5
30.Re8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 a6 13.Qa4 Nd7 14.Rxe4 Rxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6
16.Qh4 axb5 17.Bxb5 Qb6 18.a4 Bb7 19.Bh6 Bxd5 20.Nd2 Qb7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qg3 Nh5
23.Qc3+ Kg8 24.f3 Qe7 25.Ne4 Bxe4 26.fxe4 Qxe4 27.Re1 Qb7 28.Rf1 Ng7 29.Qf6 Nf5
30.Re1 Qd5 31.b3 Qd2 32.Rf1 Qe3+ 33.Kh2 Qg3+ 34.Kg1 Qxb3 35.Rxf5 gxf5 36.Qg5+ Kf8
37.Qh6+ Ke7 38.Qh4+ f6 39.Qxh7+ Qf7 40.Qxf5 Kd8 41.Bc6 Ra7 42.Bd5 Qe7 43.Qb1 Kc8
44.Qf5+ Kc7 45.Qb1 Qe3+ 46.Kh1 Qd2 47.Qb3 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 b4 12.e5 Nh5 13.Ne4 c5 14.Nfd2 Nxg3 15.fxg3 Be7 16.Nd6+ Bxd6
17.exd6 c3 18.bxc3 bxc3 19.Nc4 O-O 20.Rc1 f5 21.dxc5 Rc8 22.Bf3 Ba6 23.c6 Bxc4
24.c7 Qf6 25.Re1 Nc5 26.Re3 Ne4 27.h3 Bd5 28.Bxe4 fxe4 29.Rexc3 Rf7 30.Kh2 Qe5
31.Rc6 e3 32.Qe2 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qd5 34.Qa6 Rff8 35.Rc3 Kg7 36.Rd3 Qe4 37.Qxc8 Rxc8
38.d7 Rxc7 39.d8=Q Rf7 40.Qd4+ Qxd4 41.Rxd4 Rb7 42.Re4 Kf6 43.Rxe3 Rb4 44.Rf3+ Ke7
45.Rc3 Rxa4 46.Rc7+ Kd6 47.Rh7 a5 48.Rxh6 Rc4 49.Rh8 a4 50.h4 g4 51.h5 Ke7
52.h6 Kf7 53.Re8 Rc5 54.Ra8 Rh5+ 55.Kg1 Rxh6 56.Rxa4 Rg6 57.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Ne2 Nf6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe1 Nd7 11.Bc4 d5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.d3 Nxc4 14.dxc4 b5 15.Qf2 bxc4
16.Nxd4 Qxd5 17.Be3 a5 18.c3 Rd8 19.Qc2 e6 20.Rad1 Qh5 21.Nc6 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Bb7
23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Rd7 Qb5 25.Qd2 Bd5 26.Rc7 Be4 27.Nc8 Qd5 28.Nd6 Kg8 29.Nxc4 Rb8
30.Qxd5 exd5 31.Ba7 Ra8 32.Nd6 Bb1 33.Nxf7 Bxa2 34.Ng5 Re8 35.Bd4 Bh6 36.Nxh7  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.e4 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Qd1 c5 8.d5 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Ngf6 10.f3 Qa5 11.Qb3 O-O-O 12.Be2 Rdg8 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.Be3 Kb8 15.Qc2 g5
16.O-O Rg6 17.Rb2 Ka8 18.Rfb1 Rb8 19.Kh1 h5 20.Qd2 g4 21.Qc2 gxf3 22.gxf3 Ne5
23.f4 Qc8 24.Bf1 Nxc4 25.Bxc4 Qh3 26.Rf1 Qxe3 27.Qd3 Qxe4+ 28.Qxe4 Nxe4 29.Bd3 f5
30.Bxe4 fxe4 31.Re2 a6 32.Rxe4 Rg7 33.a4 Ka7 34.Rfe1 Rf8 35.a5 Rff7 36.R1e3 Rg4
37.Rxe7 Rxe7 38.Rxe7 Rxf4 39.Re6 Rc4 40.Rxd6 Rxc3 41.Rh6 Rd3 42.Rxh5 c4 43.Rh4 c3
44.Rc4 Rxd5 45.Rxc3 Rxa5 46.h4 Rh5 47.Rh3 b5 48.Kg2 Kb6 49.Kf3 a5 50.Ke2 b4
51.Kd2 Kb5 52.Kc2 a4 53.Kb2 Rf5 54.h5 a3+ 55.Kb1 Rf1+ 56.Ka2 Ka4 57.Rh4 Rf2+
58.Ka1 a2 59.h6 Ka3  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 O-O 10.a4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Na5 13.g4 Nd7 14.Bg2 Bf8 15.Qe1 b6 16.Rd1 Bb7
17.Qh4 Nc6 18.Nde2 Nb4 19.Rd2 Qd8 20.g5 f6 21.Nd4 fxg5 22.fxg5 Nc6 23.Rdf2 Rc8
24.Nce2 Nc5 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.e5 dxe5 28.Nf3 Bc6 29.Nxe5 Bxg2+ 30.Rxg2 Rc7
31.Ng4 Kh8 32.Qh3 Qd5 33.g6 h6 34.Bxh6 gxh6 35.g7+ Bxg7 36.Nxh6 Qxg2+ 37.Qxg2 Bxh6
38.Qg6  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 O-O
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.e5 Ne8 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.f5 exf5 14.e6 Kh8 15.exf7 Nf6
16.Be6 Bd7 17.Bb3 f4 18.Bxf4 Bg4 19.Qe3 Bxd1 20.Rxd1 a6 21.Be6 Rc5 22.g4 b5
23.h4 b4 24.Ne2 Qc7 25.g5 Rxc2+ 26.Kb1 Nh5 27.Bh2 g6 28.Bb3 Rc5 29.Nf4 Re5
30.Qd4 Nxf4 31.Bxf4 Qc5 32.Bxe5+ dxe5 33.Qe4 Kg7 34.Bd5 Qd6 35.Bb3 Qc5 36.Rc1 Qd4
37.Qb7 Bd8 38.Rd1 Qb6 39.Qe4 Bc7 40.Bc4 a5 41.Rd7 a4 42.Qf3 Bd8 43.Qg3 Bc7
44.b3 a3 45.Qf3 Bd8 46.Kc2 Kh8 47.Kd3 Kg7 48.Ke2 Kh8 49.Qd5 Bc7 50.Rd8 Bxd8
51.Qxe5+ Bf6 52.Qxf6+ Qxf6 53.gxf6 h5 54.Kf3 Kh7 55.Kf4 Kh6 56.Ke5 g5 57.Ke6 Rb8
58.Bb5 Rh8 59.Ke7 Kg6 60.Bd3+  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Qa4 Nfd7 8.Qxc4 Nb6
9.Qd3 Nc6 10.Bf4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 e5 12.Ndb5 Qxd3 13.exd3 exf4 14.Nxc7 Rb8 15.O-O fxg3
16.hxg3 Rd8 17.Rfe1 Bf5 18.Be4 Bxe4 19.dxe4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Rbc8 21.Nb5 a6 22.Nd4 Rxc3
23.Nb3 Nc4 24.Red1 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 a5 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.Rc8 a4 28.Nd4 Kf6 29.Rc5 g5
30.e5+ Kg6 31.Rc8 g4 32.Rg8+ Kh5 33.Rc8 a3 34.Kh2 Rc1 35.Rc7 Kg6 36.Rc8 h5
37.Rg8+ Kh7 38.Rc8 Rc3 39.Kg1 b5 40.Nxb5 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Rc2 42.Kg1 Rc1+ 43.Kh2 Rc2
44.Kg1 Ne3 45.Rd8 Rc1+ 46.Kh2 Rc2 47.Kg1 Nf5 48.Nxa3 Rxa2 49.Nb5 h4 50.Nd6 Ra1+
51.Kh2 hxg3+ 52.fxg3 Ra2+ 53.Kg1 Nxg3 54.Nxf7 Nf5 55.e6 Ra1+ 56.Kg2 Ra2+
57.Kg1 g3 58.Ng5+ Kg7 59.Ne4 Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Qd5 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Bd3 21.Ne4 Bxb1 22.Nd6+ Kc7 23.Bf4 Kb6
24.Nxc4+ Kb5 25.Nd6+ Kb6 26.exd8=Q+ Rxd8 27.Nc4+ Kb5 28.Nd6+ Kb6 29.Nc4+ Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.a3 Nc6
9.Nb3 Be7 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.Be2 Rb8 12.Qg3 h6 13.Bh4 O-O 14.O-O b5 15.Kh1 Nd7
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Rad1 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Nd4 Nb6 20.Bh5 f6 21.b3 Kh8 22.h3 Rb7
23.Nde2 Be6 24.Qe3 Rbb8 25.Rd3 Bg8 26.Bg4 Bh7 27.Rfd1 f5 28.exf5 Nxf5 29.Bxf5 Bxf5
30.R3d2 Bh7 31.Ne4 Rbd8 32.N2c3 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 Nd7 34.Kh2 Qb7 35.Rd6 Rc8 36.Qd2 Bxe4
37.Rxd7 Qc6 38.Nxe4 Qxe4 39.Rxg7 Kxg7 40.Qd7+ Kf6 41.Qxc8 Qf4+ 42.Kg1 Qe3+
43.Kf1 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Bg4 8.f3 Bd7
9.Qe2 a6 10.Be3 Qa5 11.Nd4 b5 12.Bb3 e6 13.O-O-O b4 14.Nb1 Be7 15.g4 Nxd4
16.Rxd4 e5 17.Rdd1 Be6 18.Nd2 Bxb3 19.cxb3 d5 20.exd5 Qxa2 21.Nc4 Qxb3 22.Kb1 Rc8
23.Rd3 Qxc4 24.Rc1 Qxc1+ 25.Bxc1 Bd6 26.f4 e4 27.g5 O-O 28.Rd1 Nd7 29.Qxa6 Bc5
30.Qb5 Rc7 31.d6 Ra7 32.b3 e3 33.Bb2 Re8 34.f5 Bxd6 35.g6 hxg6 36.fxg6 Re6
37.gxf7+ Kxf7 38.Qh5+ Kg8 39.Bxg7 e2 40.Qh8+ Kf7 41.Re1 Ra3 42.Qh5+ Kxg7
43.Rg1+ Bg3 44.Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Nc3 Nf6
9.Bb2 Bg4 10.Be2 O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd7 13.O-O Qa5 14.Rab1 Rfd8 15.Rfc1 a6
16.a3 Bf6 17.Bg4 e6 18.b4 Qg5 19.f4 Qh6 20.Ne2 Nde5 21.Rc2 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Bxb2
23.Rbxb2 Qh4 24.g5 e5 25.b5 axb5 26.cxb5 Nd4 27.Nxd4 exd4 28.Rb3 Re8 29.g3 Qg4
30.Qxd4 Ra4 31.Rc4 Rxc4 32.Qxc4 Rc8 33.Qd3 Rc1+ 34.Kg2 Qh5 35.e5 Rd1 36.Qf3 Qh1+
37.Kf2  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O d5 10.Qe1 e6 11.h4 Qc7 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qd2 Re8 15.h5 Rxe3
16.Qxe3 Nxd4 17.Rxd4 Bf5 18.Bd3 Qb6 19.Rhh4 Be4 20.Rdxe4 Qxb2+ 21.Kd1 dxe4
22.Rxe4 Qxa2 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Re7 Qb1+ 25.Ke2 Bf6 26.Rd7 a5 27.Bxg6 Qb5+ 28.Qd3 Re8+
29.Be4 Qxd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4
9.exf5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Qe2 dxc3 13.Qxe6+ Qe7 14.Bxc4 Qxe6+
15.Bxe6 cxb2 16.Bxb2 Bb4+ 17.Ke2 Ke7 18.Bc4 Rhd8 19.Rhd1 Rab8 20.g3 h5 21.Rd4 Ba5
22.Ba3+ Ke8 23.Rad1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Rb1 25.Bd3 Re1+ 26.Kf2 Kf7 27.Bc5 Ra1 28.Bc4+ Ke8
29.Bd3 Kf7 30.Bxa7 Ra2+ 31.Kg1 Ra1+ 32.Kg2 Ra2+ 33.Kh3 Ra3 34.f4 Be1 35.Bc5 Rc3
36.Bc4+ Ke8 37.Bb4 Rc1 38.Bxe1 Rxe1 39.a5 Ra1 40.a6 Ke7 41.Rd2  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.h3 Re8 11.Nd2 Nc7 12.a4 b6 13.e4 Ba6 14.Re1 Nd7 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Bf4 Qf8
17.Qc2 h6 18.Rab1 g5 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Nh2 Ne5 21.Ng4 Nc4 22.Ne3 Nxe3 23.Bxe3 Na6
24.Nb5 Nb4 25.Qd2 Red8 26.Kh2 a6 27.Nc3 Re8 28.f4 gxf4 29.Bxf4 Bc8 30.Re2 Bd7
31.Rbe1 c4 32.e5 dxe5 33.Bxe5 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Nd3 35.Re7 Nxe1 36.Qxe1 Rd8 37.Qe4 b5
38.d6 bxa4 39.Qxc4 Be6 40.Qxa4 Be5 41.Ne4 Bxd6 42.Ra7 Be5 43.b3 Qg7 44.Qxa6 Rd4
45.b4 Bf5 46.Qe2 Bxe4 47.Ra3 Bxg2 48.Kxg2 Rxb4 49.Ra8+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.a4 Bc5 14.Ne4 O-O 15.Nxc5 Nxf3+
16.Qxf3 Nxc5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Bg5 Rxa1 19.Bxd8 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Rxd8 21.g3 Ne6
22.Qb7 g6 23.Qxb5 c5 24.h4 h5 25.b4 cxb4 26.Qxb4 Kg7 27.Kg2 Kg8 28.Qc3 Ra8
29.Qf3 Rb8 30.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Na5 13.Bg1 Bf8 14.Qe1 Rb8 15.h3 Nd7
16.Bh2 Nc6 17.Rd1 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.e5 f5 21.exd6 Bxd6 22.Nd5 Qa7
23.Rd1 b4 24.Bg1 Qa5 25.Bh5 g6 26.Qg3 Kf7 27.Bf3 Bf8 28.Rfe1 Bg7 29.Ne3 Kf8
30.Nc4 Qc7 31.Nd6 Re7 32.Bd4 Bxd4 33.Rxd4 Nf6 34.Red1 Ba6 35.Qh4 Nd7 36.Qe1 e5
37.fxe5 Nxe5 38.Qg3 Nxf3 39.gxf3 Ra8 40.Qf4 Be2 41.R1d2 Ra1+ 42.Kg2 Bf1+
43.Kg3 Ba6 44.Rd1 Rxd1 45.Rxd1 Qxc2 46.Qd4 Kg8 47.Qd5+ Kg7 48.Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5
16.Bc2 f4 17.Qh5 Rf7 18.Bxh7+ Kf8 19.Bf5 Qe8 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Qg4 Qh6 22.Nf5 Qe6
23.Nfe3 Qh6 24.Nf5 Qe6 25.Nfe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B57"]

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 "Geneve Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bh4 e6 9.Nd2 Na6
10.e4 Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Be2 a6 13.O-O e5 14.a5 Rb8 15.axb6 Rxb6 16.Ra2 Bd7
17.Qc2 Qb8 18.b3 Re8 19.Rb1 Nh7 20.Bd3 h5 21.f3 Bh6 22.Nf1 Rf8 23.Bf2 Rb7
24.Rab2 Nf6 25.Ra2 Qd8 26.Ne2 Qe7 27.Be1 Rfb8 28.Rab2 Be8 29.Kh1 Nd7 30.Ra2 h4
31.Ng1 Nf6 32.Bxh4 Kg7 33.Ra3 Bd7 34.Ne2 Kg8 35.g4 Bg7 36.h3 Qe8 37.Kg2 Nh7
38.Bf2 Qe7 39.Qd2 Bf6 40.Qe1 Qd8 41.h4 Be7 42.Ne3 Rb6 43.Bc2 Ne8 44.Qh1 Ng7
45.Rg1 Bc8 46.Kf1 Rb4 47.Be1 R4b7 48.Ba5 Qe8 49.Qh2 Bd8 50.Be1 Rb6 51.Bd2 Qe7
52.Rh1 Qf6 53.Qf2 Qe7 54.Qh2 Qf6 55.Kf2 Qe7 56.Ng3 Ne8 57.Ke2 R6b7 58.Qg2 Kf8
59.Rh2 Qf6 60.Qh1 Ra7 61.Nd1 Ke7 62.g5 Qg7 63.h5 Kf8 64.Nf2 Kg8 65.Qc1 a5
66.Ng4 Bxg4 67.fxg4 Qf8 68.hxg6 fxg6 69.Rh6 Rg7 70.Be3 Qe7 71.Nf5 gxf5 72.gxf5 Nxg5
73.f6 Nxf6 74.Bxg5 Qd7 75.Bxf6 Rg2+ 76.Kd3 Rg3+ 77.Kd2 Bxf6 78.Rxf6 Qg7 79.Qe1 Qg5+
80.Kd1 Rf8 81.Rxf8+ Kxf8 82.Qf2+ Kg7 83.Qf5 Rg1+ 84.Ke2 Rg2+ 85.Kf1 Rg1+
86.Ke2 Rg2+ 87.Kf1 Rg1+ 88.Ke2 Rg2+ 89.Kf1 Rg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 a6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Nfd4 Ne4 13.f3 Nd6 14.Kh1 Qf6 15.Qc1 Re8
16.Bd3 h6 17.Be3 Bd7 18.Bg1 Ne5 19.Bc2 Ndc4 20.Nd2 Rac8 21.Re1 Nd6 22.Nf1 Nec4
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.b3 Na5 25.Qd2 Bc7 26.Re1 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 Nc6 28.Qd1 g6 29.Ne3 Ne7
30.Qe1 h5 31.Bf2 Nb5 32.Bh4 g5 33.Nxb5 axb5 34.Bf2 Be6 35.Nf1 Nc6 36.Qe3 h4
37.Qd3 h3 38.Ng3 hxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Ne5 40.Qh7+ Kf8 41.Bf5 Nxf3 42.Bxe6 Nh4+ 43.Kf1 Qxe6
44.Bc5+ Ke8 45.Qg8+ Kd7 46.Qxg5 Qh3+ 47.Ke2 Qxh2+ 48.Bf2 Bxg3 49.Qxg3 Qxg3
50.Bxg3 Nf5 51.Bh2 Ne7 52.Kd3 Nc6 53.c4 Nb4+ 54.Kd4 bxc4 55.bxc4 Kc6 56.cxd5+ Nxd5
57.Ke5 b5 58.Kf5 Kc5 59.Bg3 Kc4 60.Bd6 Kd4 61.a3 Kd3 62.Bf8 Nb6 63.Bc5 Nd7
64.Be7 Kd4 65.Bb4 Kc4 66.Bd6 Kb3 67.Kg5 Nb6 68.Kf6 Nc4 69.Bf8 Nxa3 70.Kxf7 Nc2
71.Ke6 Kc4 72.Kd7 Nd4 73.Be7 Kd5 74.Kc7 Nc6 75.Kb6 Nd4 76.Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.h4 gxh4 12.Rxh4 Nc6 13.Nb3 Be6 14.Qd2 Qb6 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nce5 17.c3 Ng6 18.Rh3 h4 19.Bxg4 hxg3 20.Rxh8+ Bxh8 21.Qe3 gxf2+
22.Kxf2 Qxe3+ 23.Kxe3 Ne5 24.Be2 Kd7 25.Nd2 Rg8 26.Rh1 Bf6 27.Kf2 Ng4+ 28.Bxg4+ Rxg4
29.Rh7 Ke8 30.Kf3 Rg5 31.Ne4 Rf5+ 32.Ke3 Rxd5 33.Nxf6+ exf6 34.Rh8+ Kd7 35.Rb8 Re5+
36.Kf3 Kc7 37.Rf8 Re7 38.g4 Kd7 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.c4 Rc7 41.b3 b5 42.Re8+ Kd7
43.Ra8 bxc4 44.bxc4 Rxc4+ 45.Kf5 Ra4 46.Kxf6 Rxg4 47.Ra7+ Kc6 48.Rxa6+ Kc5
49.Kxf7 d5 50.Ra5+ Kd6 51.Kf6 Rf4+ 52.Kg5 Rf1 53.a4 Ke5 54.Ra8 Rg1+ 55.Kh6 d4
56.a5 d3 57.Rd8 Ke4 58.a6 Ra1 59.Rd6 Ke3 60.Re6+ Kf2 61.Rd6 Ke2 62.Re6+ Kd1
63.Kg5 d2 64.Kf4 Kc2  0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nd3 Bb7 11.Rd1 a5 12.a3 Ba6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Be3 Ra7 15.Nc3 Rc7
16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Bxb8 Nxb8 18.Rac1 Nc6 19.e3 Bc4 20.Bf1 Qd7 21.Nf4 b5 22.Bxc4 bxc4
23.e4 Bf6 24.exd5 Nxd4 25.Qe4 e5 26.Nh5 Bg5 27.f4 f5 28.Qg2 Qf7 29.Nxg7 Qxg7
30.fxg5 Qxg5 31.Kh1 e4 32.g4 Kh8 33.gxf5 Qxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Nxf5 35.Kh1 Nd6 36.Re1 Rf4
37.a4 Rb8 38.Re2 Kg7 39.Rce1 Rb4 40.Nb5 Nxb5 41.axb5 Kf7 42.d6 Ke6 43.Rd2 Kd7
44.Rg1 Rf7 45.Re1 a4 46.Re3 Rg7 47.Rxe4 a3 48.Re7+ Rxe7 49.dxe7+ Kxe7 50.bxa3 Rb1+
51.Kg2 c3 52.Re2+ Kd6 53.Kf3 Kd5 54.a4 Kd4 55.a5 Rxb5 56.a6 Ra5 57.Re4+ Kd5
58.Re3 c2 59.Rc3 Rc5  0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Bf3 Re8 12.a4 Bd7 13.Qd2 Rab8 14.Nb3 b6 15.g4 Bc8
16.Qf2 Na5 17.Rad1 Nc4 18.Bc1 b5 19.g5 Nd7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bg2 b4 22.Ne2 Nc5
23.f5 Bf8 24.g6 Nxb3 25.cxb3 Ne5 26.gxf7+ Qxf7 27.Nd4 exf5 28.exf5 Bb7 29.Ne6 Rbc8
30.Ng5 Qe7 31.Qd2 Kh8 32.Rde1 Qd7 33.Ne6 Qb5 34.Rd1 Be7 35.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 36.Qd5 Qxd5+
37.Rxd5 Nf7 38.Bd2 Bf6 39.Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bg4 10.Qe1 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 e6 12.Kh1 Rc8 13.Rf1 Re8 14.Qf2 a6 15.f5 Nd7
16.Qg3 Qb6 17.Nd1 Nce5 18.Be3 Qa5 19.Bg5 h6 20.Be3 Kh7 21.Qh3 exf5 22.exf5 Qb4
23.Nf2 Nc5 24.a3 Qa4 25.Rae1 Ncxd3 26.cxd3 h5 27.Bd2 Ng4 28.Ne4 Qc2 29.Rc1 Qxb2
30.Qf3 Ne5 31.Qe3 Qxa3 32.Bc3 Kg8 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Qb6 Rf8 35.Qxb7 Qa2 36.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 a5
16.O-O f5 17.Qe2 Rb8 18.Rfd1 Kh8 19.Rd2 Qd7 20.Rad1 Qf7 21.b3 Na7 22.Kh1 Nc8
23.Na3 Na7 24.f4 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 exf4 26.gxf4 Bxc3 27.Qd3 Bb2 28.Nc2 Nc6 29.Rxb5 Nb4
30.Nxb4 axb4 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Qxd6 Qf8 33.Qd7 Qc5 34.Bd5 Rf8 35.Qe6 Bg7 36.Rg1 Qc7
37.Rg3 Qd8 38.Qc6 Qe7 39.Be6 h6 40.Kg2 Rf6 41.Qa8+ Bf8 42.Bd5 Kh7 43.Bg8+ Kh8
44.Kh3 Rd6 45.Bc4 Rd8 46.Qa5 Bg7 47.Qxf5 Rf8 48.Qd5 Qf6 49.Qd7 Qf5+ 50.Qxf5 Rxf5
51.Kg4 Ra5 52.Rg2 Bf6 53.Kf3 Bg7 54.Ke4 Kh7 55.h3 Kh8 56.Be6 Kh7 57.Rc2 Bc3
58.Kd3 Kg7 59.f5 Kf6 60.Rg2 Ke5 61.Kc4 Ra7 62.h4 Rc7+ 63.Kd3 Kf4 64.Rg6 Rg7
65.a4  1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.a4 Qxb6
9.a5 Qa7 10.e4 Bg7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Rb8 13.Nd2 Ne8 14.Nc4 Nc7 15.Bg5 Re8
16.Na4 Nb5 17.Nab6 Qb7 18.Ra2 Nf6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nxc8 Rbxc8 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Bc4 Nc7
23.Qd3 Qa7 24.b3 Na8 25.Nxa8 Rxa8 26.g3 Reb8 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.h4 h5 29.Re1 Bd4
30.Rb1 Rb4 31.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Bf3 Qb6
9.a3 e5 10.Nde2 Qc5 11.g4 exf4 12.Nxf4 Ne5 13.h3 Be6 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Nfd5 g6
16.Be2 Bg7 17.Be3 Qc6 18.Qd2 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.O-O-O Rc8 21.Kb1 Rd8 22.b3 Qc6
23.Bd4 Bxd4 24.Qxd4 Ne5 25.Qf2 Kd7 26.Rd4 f5 27.gxf6 Rhf8 28.Rhd1 Ke8 29.Qe3 Rc8
30.R1d2 Qc5 31.Kb2 b5 32.Qg3 Rf7 33.h4 a5 34.a4 b4 35.Nb5 Rb7 36.Kb1 Rxb5
37.axb5 Qxb5 38.Qf4 Nf7 39.Qf2 Rc5 40.Nf4 Re5 41.Rxd6 Nxd6  1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nge7 7.Be3 b5 8.Nb3 d6
9.f4 Bd7 10.Bg2 Nc8 11.Nd4 Nb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bd4 b4 14.Ne2 Nd7 15.Qd3 e5
16.Bf2 Qb8 17.O-O-O Be7 18.Rhe1 O-O 19.Kb1 a5 20.Nc1 Qb7 21.Qe2 Rfc8 22.Nd3 Rc7
23.Rd2 Bf6 24.f5 Bg5 25.Be3 Be7 26.Bf2 Nb6 27.b3 Nd7 28.h4 Bb5 29.g4 Rac8
30.g5 f6 31.g6 h6 32.Qd1 Rc3 33.Nb2 Kh8 34.Bf3 Bf8 35.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bxc5 Qxc5
9.Qd4 Nd7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Qxc5 Nxc5 12.Nd4 Ne7 13.f4 h5 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.Rhe1 Bg6
16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.cxd3 Nc6 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Kd2 g6 20.Rc1 Ke7 21.Ne2 Rhc8 22.Nd4 R6c7
23.h4 Na4 24.Rxc7+ Rxc7 25.b3 Nb6 26.a4 Nc8 27.b4 Kd7 28.Rb1 Na7 29.b5 axb5
30.axb5 Rc5 31.Ke3 b6 32.Rb3 Ke7 33.Kf3 f5 34.exf6+ Kxf6 35.Ke3 Nc8 36.Rb1 Nd6
37.Kd2 e5 38.fxe5+ Kxe5 39.Rb4 Nc4+ 40.dxc4 Kxd4 41.cxd5+ Kxd5 42.Kd3 Rc1
43.Rf4 Ke5 44.Re4+ Kf5 45.Rd4 Rc5 46.Rb4 Re5 47.g3 Re1 48.Rf4+ Ke5 49.Rf3 Rc1
50.Rf4 Rg1 51.Rf3 Kd5 52.Ke3 Ke5 53.Kd3 Kd5 54.Ke3 Ke5 55.Kd3 Ra1 56.Kc4 Ra4+
57.Kb3 Rg4 58.Rd3 Rd4 59.Rc3 Rg4 60.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 b5 10.g5 Nh5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Be7 13.Nd5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Nc7+ Ke7
16.Nxa8 Qh4+ 17.Kd2 Qg5+ 18.Ke1 Qh4+ 19.Kd2 Qg5+ 20.Ke1 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 h6 4.Bh4 g5 5.Bg3 Ne4 6.Nbd2 Nxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.c3 d6
9.e4 a6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Nc4 b6 13.Ne3 Bb7 14.a4 Kf8 15.Nd2 c5 16.d5 Ne5
17.Bc2 a5 18.Bb3 Ba6 19.Ndc4 f5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bc4 f4 22.gxf4 gxf4 23.Ng4 Bxc4
24.Qxc4 Bg7 25.dxe6 h5 26.Qd5 Re8 27.Qf5+ Kg8 28.Rxh5 Rxh5 29.Qxh5 Qxe6 30.O-O-O Qxe4
31.Nh6+ Bxh6 32.Qxh6 Re6 33.Qg5+ Kf7 34.Rh1 Rf6 35.Qg4 Qf5 36.Qf3 d5 37.Rh5 Qe4
38.Rxd5 Qxa4 39.Qh5+ Ke6 40.Qe5+ Kf7 41.Qc7+ Kg6 42.Qc8 Qa1+ 43.Kc2 Qa4+
44.Kc1 Qa1+ 45.Kc2 Qa4+ 46.Kd2 Qc6 47.Qg8+ Kh6 48.Qh8+ Kg6 49.Qg8+ Kh6 50.c4 Qe6
51.Qh8+ Kg6 52.Rh5 Qd7+ 53.Kc1 Qe7 54.Kb1 Qe4+ 55.Ka1 Re6 56.f3  1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.h4 Qa5 12.Qg5 b5 13.Qxb5 Qc7 14.e5 Ne8 15.exd6 Nxd6
16.Qc5 Qxc5 17.Bxc5 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rfc8 19.Bxd6 exd6 20.Rxd6 Rxc3 21.h5 Rc5
22.Kb2 Rf5 23.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 c6 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bf2 Bd7 13.e4 Ne7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.e5 Rfc8
16.Re1 Nc4 17.Qe2 Rc7 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.Rd3 Nb6 20.g4 Na4 21.Qd2 Bf8 22.Rf3 b5
23.a3 a6 24.Rf1 Rc6 25.f5 exf5 26.Bh4 Nb6 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.gxf5 Rd8 29.Qf2 Bh6
30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Rf7 Qg5 32.Kh1 Qe3 33.Nxd5 Qxf2 34.R7xf2 Nxd5 35.Rf7 Rc1
36.Rxc1 Kxf7 37.Rc6 Nf4 38.Rc7+ Kg8 39.d5 Nxd5 40.Ra7 Nf4  0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4
9.Naxc4 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qb6 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Qa4 O-O-O 13.Rd1 Be7 14.Rxd4 Bc5
15.Rc4 Kb8 16.Kf1 e5 17.Bg5 Qxb2 18.Rcc1 Nb6 19.Qe4 Rd7 20.Rab1 Qd4 21.Qxd4 Bxd4
22.e3 h6 23.Bh3 hxg5 24.Bxd7 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Nxd7 26.Kg2 b6 27.Rb5 f6 28.Rc6 Re8
29.Rd5 Nc5 30.Kf3 Kb7 31.Rcd6 Kc7 32.Kg4 Rh8 33.h3 a5 34.Rd1 a4 35.a3 Ne4
36.Rd7+ Kc6 37.Kf3 f5 38.Kg2 Rc8 39.Rf7 Nc3 40.Rc1 Kd5 41.Rxf5 Kc4 42.Rxg5 Kb3
43.Rxg7 Kxa3 44.h4 Kb2 45.Rf1 Rh8 46.Kh3 a3 47.Ra7 b5 48.g4 b4 49.g5 Rg8
50.Rg1 a2 51.Rg2+ Kb1 52.g6 b3 53.h5 b2 54.Ra3 Rd8 55.Rxc3 a1=Q 56.Rb3 Qa6
57.Rbxb2+ Kc1 58.Ra2 Qe6+ 59.Kh2 Kb1 60.Rab2+ Kc1 61.Ra2 Kb1 62.Raf2 Kc1
63.g7 Qg8 64.Rf1+ Rd1 65.Rxd1+ Kxd1 66.h6 Ke1 67.Kg1 Qb3 68.g8=Q Qxe3+ 69.Kh1 Qxh6+
70.Rh2  1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Na6 9.Nd2 Ne8
10.O-O f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 c5 13.a3 b6 14.b4 h5 15.bxc5 Nxc5 16.a4 a5 17.Ra3 Bf6
18.Nb3 Rf7 19.Kh1 Nc7 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Rg1 Na6 22.g3 Rg7 23.Kg2 Raa7 24.Kf1 Nb4
25.Ke1 Raf7 26.Nb5 fxg3 27.hxg3 h4 28.Kd2 hxg3 29.Rxg3 Bh4 30.Rg2 Bxf2 31.Rxf2 Qg5+
32.Re3 Rf6 33.Rh2 Rh7 34.Rxh7 Kxh7 35.Bf1 Qf4 36.Nc3 Bd7 37.Bg2 Kg7 38.Qg1 Qg5
39.Qf2 Rf4 40.Bf1 Rh4 41.Be2 Qf4 42.Qg1 Qh6 43.Bd1 Rh3 44.Qe1 Rh2+ 45.Ne2 Rh1
46.Qf2 Be8 47.Bb3 Rb1 48.f4 Qh1  0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Nf6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.f3 Bxa4 13.Qxa4 Qd3 14.Rfe1 Rfd8
15.Qb3 Qb5 16.Nc4 Ne8 17.Rad1 Bf6 18.Bf2 Ng7 19.Ne3 Qxb3 20.axb3 Ne6 21.Ng4 Bg7
22.Bh4 g5 23.Bf2 Nf4 24.g3 Nd3 25.Re2 Nxf2 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Kxf2 f6 28.Ne3 Kf7
29.Rc2 Bf8 30.Ke2 h5 31.Rc1 Bh6 32.Nf5 Kg6 33.Rf1 Rd7 34.b4 Kh7 35.Ne3 Kg6
36.Nd5 Kf7 37.h3 c6 38.Nb6 Rd8 39.Nc4 Ke6 40.Na5 g4 41.Nb3 h4 42.fxg4 hxg3
43.Nc5+ Ke7 44.Nd3 b6 45.Rf3 c5 46.bxc5 bxc5 47.Kf1 a5 48.Nxc5 Rd1+ 49.Kg2 Bf4
50.b4 Rd2+ 51.Kf1 Rd1+ 52.Kg2 Rd2+ 53.Kf1 Rd1+ 54.Kg2 Rd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qd2 g5 7.O-O-O Bg7 8.g3 Nc6
9.Nb5 Qd8 10.Ne2 a6 11.Nbc3 b5 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.f4 Ne7 14.h4 g4 15.h5 b4 16.Nb1 a5
17.Qe3 O-O 18.Nd2 f5 19.Rhg1 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Nf5 21.Qb3 d5 22.Bxf5 exf5 23.Rge1 Re8
24.Nf1 Ba6 25.Ng1 Bc4 26.Qa4 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 Re6 28.Qb3 c6 29.Rfe1 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Bxd4
31.Ne2 Qe7 32.Kd1 Bf2 33.Rf1 Bc5 34.Qd3 Re8 35.Re1 Qe6 36.c3 bxc3 37.bxc3 d4
38.cxd4 Bb4 39.d5 Qxd5 40.Qxd5+ cxd5 41.Rg1 Re3 42.Nc1 d4 43.Nb3 a4  0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C80"]

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 "Moscow PCA-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.c3 Be7 12.h4 c5 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Neg5 Nf6 15.Qc2 h6
16.Rde1 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Bxc5 18.Ne5 Bd6 19.f4 Rad8 20.Qe2 Nd5 21.Bc2 Rfe8 22.Qe4 f5
23.Qf3 Bxe5 24.fxe5 Qc4 25.Kb1 Qf4 26.Qe2 Rc8 27.Rh3 Red8 28.Rf1 Qc4 29.Bd3 Qa4
30.Bb5 Qa5 31.Bc4 b5 32.Bb3 b4 33.cxb4 Qxb4 34.a3 Qb6 35.Rd1 Nf4 36.Rxd8+ Rxd8
37.Qf3 Nxh3 38.gxh3 Rb8 39.Ka2 f4  0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Be2 O-O
10.O-O Nxb6 11.Bf4 Ne8 12.h3 Nc7 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Bh6 f5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.b4 Nd7
17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Qd4+ Kg8 19.e5 Rc8 20.Rad1 Ne8 21.Rfe1 Ng7 22.Bf1 Rc7 23.Rc1 Qc8
24.exd6 exd6 25.Ng5 Re8 26.Qh4 Nh5 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Qb4 Qe7 29.Nf3 Nf6 30.Re1 Qd7
31.Ng5 Rc8 32.Qd4 Qg7 33.Ne6 Nxe6 34.Rxe6 Nxd5 35.Qxg7+ Kxg7 36.Nxd5 Bxd5
37.Rxd6 Bxa2 38.Rxa6 Rc2 39.g3 Rb2 40.Bg2 h5 41.h4 Rb1+ 42.Kh2 Rb2 43.Kg1 Bc4
44.Rc6 Be2 45.Rc7+ Kh6 46.Bd5 Rb8 47.Re7 Bd1 48.f4 Rd8 49.Bc4 Bc2 50.Kf2 Be4
51.Ke3 Rc8 52.Kd4 Bc2 53.Bd5 Rd8 54.Ke5 Bb1 55.Bf7 Bc2 56.Kf6 Bb1 57.Re8 Rd6+
58.Re6 Rd8 59.Re8 Rd6+ 60.Be6 Kh7 61.Re7+ Kh6 62.Re8 Kh7 63.Kg5 Kg7 64.Rg8+ Kh7
65.Rxg6  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rc1 Kh8 15.a4 a6 16.a5 Bd7
17.Bd3 Ng8 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Na4 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Bxc8 21.Nb6 fxe4 22.Rxe4 Bf5 23.Rc4 Rf7
24.Qc2 Bg7 25.Nd2 Bf8 26.h3 Kg7 27.Ne4 Nf6 28.Ng3 Bxd3 29.Qxd3 h5 30.Ne4 Nxe4
31.Qxe4 Kh7 32.Qc2 Bh6 33.Na4 Qf6 34.Rc7 Rxc7 35.Qxc7+ Bg7 36.Nc3 Qf4 37.g3 Qc1+
38.Kg2 Qc2 39.h4 e4 40.Nb5 Qd2 41.Nxd6 e3 42.Qf7 exf2 43.Ne8 f1=Q+ 44.Kxf1 Qd1+
45.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B72"]

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 bxc4 32.Nxf7 Qxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Kg6 34.Nd8 Bc8 35.Na4 Be5+  0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5
16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bd2 f6 18.Nd3 Qd7 19.Rfe1 Bd6 20.h3 Bf7 21.Bb3 Rae8 22.Qg4 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Rd8 24.Qxd7 Rxd7 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 fxe5 27.Rxe5 Nf6 28.Bg5 Bxb3
29.axb3 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Kf7 31.Re3 h6 32.Bxf6 Kxf6 33.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nf1 Ng5 13.Bxg5 Bxg5 14.Ng3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 g6
16.Rad1 Qf6 17.Qe2 O-O 18.Nf1 Qg7 19.Nh2 f5 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.d4 exd4 22.cxd4 Rae8
23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Kf1 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Nd8 26.b4 Re7 27.Re3 Rfe8 28.Rde1 Qh6 29.a4 c6
30.d5 b5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Qa2 Qg7 33.Qxa6 Bc3 34.Rc1 Bxb4 35.Qxb5 Bc5 36.Re2 Qf6
37.Bd3 Rxe2 38.Bxe2 Re4 39.Bd3 Re7 40.Qa6 Ra7 41.Qc4 Nf7 42.Qc3 Ne5 43.Qb2 Re7
44.Re1 Kg7 45.Nd4 h5 46.Nf3 Rf7 47.Be4 Nxf3 48.Qxf6+ Kxf6 49.Bxf3 Re7 50.Rb1 Ra7
51.Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Na6 9.O-O Ng4
10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 f5 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 e4 15.Be3 c5 16.Nh3 Ng4
17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.Nf2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 h5 20.Qe2 Bf5 21.Bd2 Nc7 22.Nd1 Rf7 23.Ne3 Qf6
24.Rab1 Ne8 25.Qd1 Rc8 26.Rb2 Ng7 27.Be1 Re8 28.Qa4 b6 29.Re2 Ree7 30.Qb3 Bc8
31.Qc2 Nf5 32.Nxf5 Bxf5 33.Re3 Re8 34.Bf2 Rh7 35.Qd2 Qd8 36.Qc2 Rf8 37.Ra1 Bg6
38.g3 Bf5 39.Qb3 Rb7 40.Re2 e3 41.Rxe3 Re8 42.Rxe8+ Qxe8 43.Qb5 Re7 44.Qc6 Qxc6
45.dxc6 Bc2 46.Rc1 Ba4 47.Re1 Kf7 48.Be3 Bxc6 49.Kf2 Be4 50.Rd1 Re6 51.Rd2 Ke7
52.a4 Kd8 53.a5 Kc7 54.axb6+ Kxb6 55.Rb2+ Kc7 56.Ra2 Kb8 57.Rd2 a6 58.f5 Bxf5
59.Bf4 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O e6
9.Qe2 Nd7 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Na4 Qc7 13.f4 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rae8 15.Rd3 c5
16.Bb5 Bc6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.c4 Rd8 19.Rfd1 Rfe8 20.Qf3 Qc7 21.Qg3 Nf6 22.Nc3 a6
23.Qh3 Qc6 24.Rg3 Kh8 25.Re1 Qc8 26.Ree3 Rg8 27.Nd1 Rd7 28.f5 e5 29.Nc3 Bd8
30.Nd5 h6 31.Bc1 Nxd5 32.exd5 Bf6 33.Re4 Qf8 34.Reg4  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.O-O Bb7 10.a3 Nf6 11.Re1 Be7 12.Qf3 d6 13.Qh3 h5 14.Bg5 Qc5 15.Be3 Qc6
16.f3 g5 17.a4 b4 18.Na2 g4 19.fxg4 d5 20.c3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Nxg4 22.Bd4 Bc5
23.Be2 Nf6 24.e5 Ne4 25.Nb4 Bxd4+ 26.cxd4 Qb6 27.Nc2 Rc8 28.Rab1 Qa7 29.Bd3 Rg8
30.a5 Bc6 31.Rb6 Bb5 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Rxe6+ Kf8 34.Qa3+ Kg7 35.Re7 Rc7 36.Rxc7 Qxc7
37.Ne3 Kh8 38.Rc1 Qd8 39.d5 Qg5 40.Qc3 Kh7 41.Qd4 Bd3 42.d6 h4 43.Rc7 Rb8
44.Rxf7+ Kg8 45.e6 Qxe3+ 46.Qxe3 Rb1+ 47.Qc1 Rxc1+ 48.Kf2 Rc6 49.Rd7 Bb5
50.Ke3 Rc2 51.Rc7 Re2+ 52.Kf4 Rf2+ 53.Kxe4 Re2+ 54.Kf5 Rf2+ 55.Ke5 Re2+ 56.Kf6 Rf2+
57.Ke7 Re2 58.d7 Bxd7 59.Kxd7 Rd2+ 60.Ke8  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 Bf8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bg2 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra7 Qd8 19.b4 e5 20.Be3 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Nd5 Bg4
23.Qd2 Nc6 24.g6 Nxa7 25.gxf7+ Kh8 26.Bg5 Qd7 27.fxe8=N Rxe8 28.Qf2 Kg8 29.e5 h6
30.Nb6 Qc7 31.Bd5+ Kh7 32.Be4+ Kg8 33.Nd5 Qd7 34.Ne7+  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 fxe4 13.Ncxe4 Nf5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Ne4 Nd4
16.Be3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bh4 18.Qe2 Bf5 19.Nc3 Bg5 20.a3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Rf7 22.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Qc7
16.c3 a5 17.Kb1 Qc5 18.Rhe1 Rfd8 19.a3 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 Kf8 21.Re3 Rc7 22.g3 Rb8
23.f4 Bc6 24.Bxc6 Rxc6 25.e5 dxe5 26.Rxe5 e6 27.a4 bxa4 28.Ka2 Rcb6 29.Rd2 Ra6
30.Re4 Rb5 31.Rxa4 Rab6 32.c4 Rb4 33.Rxb4 Rxb4 34.b3 a4 35.Ka3 Rxb3+ 36.Kxa4 Rc3
37.Kb4 Rc1 38.c5 Ke7 39.Kb5 f6 40.c6 e5 41.fxe5 fxe5 42.Kb6 e4 43.Rd7+ Kf6
44.Rd8 e3 45.Re8 Rb1+ 46.Ka7 Ra1+ 47.Kb7 Rb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 Bg4 3.e4 c5 4.Nc3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nc6 6.d3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 e6
9.O-O Nge7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qe2 Rb8 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.Kh1 Nec6 14.f4 f5 15.Rae1 Qa5
16.Bg1 Kh8 17.h3 a6 18.g4 Rbe8 19.Bh2 Qd8 20.exf5 gxf5 21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Ne4 Ncd4
23.Qd1 Nh4 24.Rg1 Ndf5 25.Ng5 Bd4 26.Nxh7 Kxh7 27.Qh5+ Kg8 28.Be4+ Bg7 29.Rxg7+ Kxg7
30.Rg1+ Kf6 31.Bg3 Ng6 32.Be1 Ke7 33.Rxg6 Kd7 34.Qg4 Kc8 35.Rxe6 Rxe6 36.Bxf5 Rxf5
37.Qxf5 Qd7  0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O d6
9.Re1 Rb8 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Rxe5 Qxe5 13.Bf4 Qc5 14.Bxb8 Be7 15.Bf4 O-O
16.Na4 Qb5 17.b3 e5 18.c4 Qb8 19.Be3 e4 20.Bf4 Qa7 21.Qc2 Bf5 22.h3 h5 23.Rd1 Re8
24.Qe2 Qb7 25.Kh2 Qc8 26.Bd6 h4 27.Bxe7 Rxe7 28.Nb6 Qc7 29.Qe3 hxg3+ 30.fxg3 Bg4
31.Rd2 Bf3 32.c5 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Qe5 34.b4 Qa1 35.a3 Re5 36.g4 Kh7 37.Rf2 Qd1
38.Rf1 Qc2+ 39.Rf2 Qd1 40.Rf1 Qc2+ 41.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Nh3 Bg7
9.Nf4 Nbd7 10.h4 h5 11.Bh3 O-O 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.O-O Qb6 14.Rb1 Bc8 15.Bxc8 Rfxc8
16.b3 Nfg4 17.Kg2 c4 18.Ne4 Qa7 19.a3 cxb3 20.Qxb3 Nc4 21.Ng5 Nxa3 22.Qxa3 Qxa3
23.Bxa3 Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Na6 9.a3 Nh5
10.g3 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nf6 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.b4 Qe7 14.O-O b6 15.Qa4 Nc7 16.Qc6 Ba6
17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Ne6 19.Qa4 Bb7 20.Qc2 Rf8 21.Nh4 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Bd3 Rae8
24.Kf1 Qd7 25.Re1 f5 26.exf5 g5 27.Ng2 Qc6 28.f3 Qxf3+ 29.Kg1 Re3 30.Rxe3 dxe3
31.Rf1 Qg4 32.f6 Rxf6 33.Rxf6 Bxf6 34.Bxh7+ Kh8 35.Bd3 Bd4 36.Qe2 Bf3  0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.a3 Qd7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.g3 O-O-O 10.Bg2 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.c5 Bf5 13.b4 e5 14.Nge2 Qe6 15.dxe5 d4
16.Ne4 d3 17.Nf4 d2+ 18.Kf2 Qc4 19.Bh3 Bxh3 20.Nxh3 Qd4+ 21.Kg2 Nxe5 22.Qb3 Nc4
23.Rhd1 f5 24.Neg5 Rd7 25.f4 Bg7 26.Nf2 Qd5+ 27.Nf3 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 Re8  0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.Qd2 Qe7
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 Na6 13.O-O Nh6 14.Ne1 Nf7 15.Bxa6 bxa6
16.Nc2 Rb8 17.Ne3 a5 18.Rfc1 h5 19.f3 Bh6 20.Ncd1 Ng5 21.Qxa5 f5 22.Qe1 fxe4
23.fxe4 Rf4 24.Bxg5 Qxg5 25.Rc4 Ba6 26.Rc6 Bd3 27.Rac1 Rbf8 28.Rc8 Bxe4 29.Nf2 Rf7
30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Rc3 Qf4 32.Qe2 Bb1 33.a3 Qd4 34.g3 a5 35.Qe1 e4 36.Kg2 Bd3
37.Nfd1 Qf6 38.h4 g5 39.Nf2 Qf3+ 40.Kg1 gxh4  0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qc2 Be7 10.Rd1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 c5 12.d4 Qc8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rb1 Bc6 15.Bg5 f6
16.Bf4 Nd7 17.Bd6 Rf7 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Rd6 Nf8 20.Rxc6 Qxc6 21.Nd2 Qe8 22.Bxa8 Qxa8
23.Qe4 Qd5 24.Qxd5 exd5 25.Kf1 Kf7 26.Rb5 Rc7 27.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A24"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 h6 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Re8
10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 e4 12.Ne1 Bf5 13.Nc2 exd3 14.exd3 Qc8 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Bb2 Nc6
17.Ncd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Na7 19.Ra1 Nb5 20.Ra5 b6 21.Rxa8 Qxa8 22.Qc2 Re7 23.d4 Na7
24.Ra1 b5 25.Qc6 Qb8 26.Qa6 Nc8 27.Qa8 Qxa8 28.Rxa8 Re8 29.Bf1 Nb6 30.Rxe8+ Nxe8
31.Bxb5 Nf6 32.Bc6 h5 33.Kf1 Ng4 34.h3 Nxe3+ 35.fxe3 f5 36.Ke2 Bh6 37.Kd3 Kf7
38.Bc3 Bg5 39.Be1 Kf6 40.Bf2 Kf7 41.Be1 Ke7 42.e4 fxe4+ 43.Kxe4 Nd7 44.Kd3 Nb6
45.Bb7 Bh6 46.Ke4 Nd7 47.Bc6 Bg5 48.Kf3 Nb6 49.Bc3 h4 50.gxh4 Bxh4 51.Kf4 Kf6
52.Ke4 Bg5 53.Bb5 Bc1 54.Be1 Ke7 55.Bh4+ g5 56.Be1 Kf6 57.Be2 Kg6 58.Bg4 Kf6
59.Bf3 Kg6 60.Kd3 Bf4 61.Ke4 Bc1 62.Bg4 Kf6 63.Be6 Kg6 64.Kd3 Kf6 65.b5 Bf4
66.Kc3 Be3 67.Kd3 Bc1 68.Kc2 Bf4 69.Kb3 Ke7 70.Kb4 Ke8 71.Kb3 Be3 72.Kc3 Ke7
73.Kd3 Bc1 74.Ba5 Kf6 75.Ke4 Kg6 76.Kf3 Bb2 77.Kg4 Bc1 78.Bf5+ Kf6 79.Be4 Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nh5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Bc7 Rd7 13.Be5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Rd8 15.O-O Nf6
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Nxd7 Rxd7 18.Rxd7 Nxd7 19.Rd1 Nf6 20.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 Bg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 O-O 13.Bc2 d5 14.Bg5 exd4 15.cxd4 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Bxd4 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Be4 Nf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6
22.Ra7 Rfe8 23.Bd3 Re7 24.Rb1 Nb3 25.h3 Nd2 26.Rc1 Rb3 27.Rc3 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Nb3
29.Ra4 Nc5 30.Rg4+ Kh8 31.Bc4 h6 32.Bd5 Nd7 33.Kh2 Ne5 34.Rg3 Rd7 35.Bb3 Rd2
36.f4 Nd3 37.Bxf7 Nxf4 38.Rg4 Ne2 39.Rc4 Rc2 40.Bh5 Nxc3 41.Bg6 Rc1 42.Bd3 Na2
43.Rxc1 Nxc1 44.Bc4 f5 45.Kg3 Kg7 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Kf4 c6 48.h4 Kg6 49.Ke5 Kh5
50.g3 Kg4 51.h5 Kxg3 52.Kxf5 Kf2 53.Kg6 Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O d5 10.Qe1 e6 11.h4 Qc7 12.h5 Nxh5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Ndb5 Qg3 15.Bf2 Qf4+
16.Be3 Qf6 17.Rxd5 Nf4 18.Rd6 Be6 19.Qd2 Nh5 20.Bg5 Qe5 21.g4 Ng3 22.Bf4 Nxf1
23.Rxf1 Qc5 24.Be3 Qc4 25.Rh1 Nb4 26.Bd4 Nxa2+ 27.Nxa2 Qxa2 28.Qh2 h5 29.Bxg7 Kxg7
30.Qe5+ Kg8 31.Nc3 Qa1+ 32.Nb1 Ba2 33.Kd2 Rfe8 34.Qf6 Bxb1 35.Rxh5 gxh5 36.Qg5+ Kf8
37.Qh6+ Ke7 38.Qf6+ Kf8 39.Qh8+ Ke7 40.Qf6+ Kf8 41.Qh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.Nc4 Qd8
9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Nb5 Na6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Nbd6 Nc7 14.Nxc8 Rfxc8 15.Ne5 Ncd5
16.Bg3 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nbd7
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qxh1 14.Be3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 a6
16.exd7+ Bxd7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Qb3 b5 19.O-O-O Rhe8 20.Bxc5 Rac8 21.Bd4 Qg2
22.Qa3 Qxg3 23.Qxa6 Rxc3+ 24.Kb2 Rcc8 25.Qxb5+ Kd6 26.Ka1 Qa3 27.Bb2 Qc5
28.Qa6+ Kd7 29.Qa4+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Ne7 13.Nf1 Ng6 14.N3h2 Nd7 15.a3 Nc5
16.Ba2 Nf4 17.c4 c6 18.cxb5 cxb5 19.Bb1 a5 20.h4 g6 21.g3 Nh5 22.Ng4 Qe7
23.Bc2 Bc8 24.b3 Bd7 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Qf3 f6 27.Bd2 Rec8 28.Rec1 Be8 29.Ng4 Bg7
30.Qe2 Qb7 31.Nge3 Bf8 32.Qe1 Qb6 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Rxa1 35.Rxa1 Na4 36.Ra3 Bd7
37.Rb3 Be7 38.Bd3 Ng7 39.Nh2 Bd8 40.Qe2 Qa6 41.Kg2 Nb6 42.Rc3 Rxc3 43.Bxc3 Na4
44.Be1 Kg8 45.Nhg4 h5 46.Nh2 Bb6 47.Nhf1 Kf7 48.Nd1 Ba7 49.Nfe3 Qb6 50.f3 Qb7
51.Nc2 Ne8 52.Kh2 Qa6 53.Nce3 Bd4 54.f4 Qb6 55.f5 Ng7 56.fxg6+ Kxg6 57.Nf5 Nxf5
58.exf5+ Bxf5 59.Bxf5+ Kxf5 60.Qc2+ e4 61.Qc8+ Kg6 62.Qg8+ Kf5 63.Qh7+ Ke5
64.Qxh5+ f5 65.Qf7 Be3 66.Kg2 f4 67.gxf4+ Bxf4 68.Nf2  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 h5 13.c5 g5 14.a4 dxc5 15.Bxc5 Rf6 16.Nd3 Rg6
17.Bf2 g4 18.Bh4 a6 19.g3 Qd6 20.fxg4 Bxg4 21.Bxg4 Rxg4 22.Nf2 Rg6 23.Qxh5 Nf6
24.Qe2 Kf7 25.Kh1 Rh8 26.Rg1 fxg3 27.Bxg3 Nh5 28.Ng4 Ke8 29.Bf2 Nf4 30.Qd1 Qd7
31.Rg3 Rh3 32.Qf3 Rxg3 33.hxg3 Qxg4 34.Qxg4 Rxg4 35.gxf4 exf4 36.Rg1 Rxg1+
37.Kxg1 Nc8 38.Bc5 Kd7 39.Kg2 Nd6 40.Bxd6 Kxd6 41.Ne2 Bxb2 42.Nxf4 b5 43.Nd3 Be5
44.axb5 a5 45.Kf3 a4 46.Ke2 a3 47.b6 cxb6 48.Nc1 Kc5 49.Kd3 Bf4 50.Kc2 Kc4
51.Kb1 b5 52.d6 Bxd6 53.Ka2 Kd4 54.Nb3+ Kxe4 55.Nc1 Kd4 56.Nb3+ Kc3 57.Nc1 Kb4
58.Nb3 Ka4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B48"]

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"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5 7.N5c3 O-O 8.e3 Qe7
9.Be2 e4 10.a3 Rd8 11.b4 Bd6 12.Bb2 a5 13.bxa5 Be5 14.Qa4 Na6 15.Nd2 Nc5
16.Qb4 Bg4 17.Nc4 Bxc3+ 18.Qxc3 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 Qd7 20.Rhd1 Rac8 21.Kf1 Nd3
22.Qb3 Qf5 23.Rxd3 exd3 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Rd1 Qa6 26.Nd2 Qxa5 27.e4 Qa6 28.a4 Rc5
29.g3 Rdc8 30.Kg2 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.Qb4 Qf6 33.Qxb7 g6 34.Qb8+ Kg7 35.e5 Qf5
36.Nf3 Rc2 37.Qb4 Re2 38.Qc3 Kh6 39.Qd4 Qe4 40.Qxe4 Rxe4 41.d6 Rxa4 42.Nd2 Kg5
43.f4+ Kf5 44.Kf3 f6 45.exf6 Kxf6 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Kxd3 Ra3+ 48.Ke2 Ra2 49.Ke3 Kxd6
50.Ne4+ Ke7 51.h3 Ra3+ 52.Kf2 h6 53.Kg2 Ke6 54.g4 h5 55.Ng5+ Kd5 56.Kf2 Kd4
57.Kg2 Ke3 58.Kg3 Ra6 59.gxh5 gxh5 60.Kh4 Kxf4 61.Kxh5 Kf5 62.h4 Ra8 63.Kh6 Kg4
64.Kg6 Kxh4 65.Ne6 Kg4 66.Kf6 Ra5 67.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 h6
9.Bb3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Kh1 f5 13.Ng1 Kh8 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Bd2 Rc8
16.Qg3 fxe4 17.dxe4 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.Nh4 Rf6 20.Nf3 Nf5 21.Qf2 Bb5 22.Rfe1 Bc4
23.Nxd4 Qb6 24.c3 Nxd4 25.Be3 Rf7 26.Bxc4 dxc4 27.Rad1 Re8 28.Bxd4 Rxe1+
29.Qxe1 Bxd4 30.Rxd4 Qxb2 31.h3 Qb5 32.Qe6 Kg7 33.Rxc4 h5 34.a4 Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qc1
36.Qe5+ Kh7 37.Qd5 Re7 38.Qd4 Rf7 39.Qxa7 Qe1 40.Qg1 Qe2 41.Qd4 Qf1 42.Rb4 Re7
43.Qf6 Rg7 44.Re4 Qf2 45.Qd4 Qc2 46.Re5 Qa2 47.Qe4 Kh6 48.Re8 Kh7 49.Rf8 Rf7
50.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 Nf6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qxd6 Qxd6 14.Nxd6 b5 15.Bd3 g6
16.Nb7 Be7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nb4 19.Be4 f5 20.a3 fxe4 21.axb4 Bxb4+ 22.c3 Rf7
23.cxb4 Rxb7 24.Ke2 Rd7 25.Rhd1 Rad8 26.Rxa6 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Rb6 Kg7
29.h4 h5 30.g3 Kf7 31.Ke3 Kg7 32.Kxe4 Rd4+ 33.Kxe5 Rxb4 34.Rb7+ Kh6 35.f3 Rxb2
36.g4 hxg4 37.fxg4 Rh2 38.g5+ Kh5 39.Rh7+ Kg4 40.Kf6 Rxh4 41.Rb7 Kh5 42.Rh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 a5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 e5 15.Bb6 Qb8
16.Be3 Be6 17.Ra3 Qb4 18.Nb6 Rab8 19.Qxb4 axb4 20.Ra5 Bxb3 21.cxb3 Rfd8 22.Ke2 Nh5
23.Rc1 f5 24.Rc7 fxe4 25.fxe4 Nf4+ 26.Kd2 Ne6 27.Re7 Re8 28.Nd5 Rxe7 29.Nxe7+ Kf8
30.Nd5 Rb7 31.Ra6 Rd7 32.Rb6 Nf4 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Nxf4 Bh6 35.Ke3 d5 36.exd5 Rxd5
37.Rxb4 Rd1 38.g4 Kg8 39.Rb8+ Kf7 40.Rb7+ Kg8 41.g5 Bg7 42.b4 Bxb2 43.Nd3 Bc3
44.b5 Rh1 45.Nf4 Rxh4 46.Nd5 Bd4+ 47.Kd3 Kf8 48.Nf6 h6 49.Rh7 Be5 50.b6 Rb4
51.Nd7+ Kg8 52.Re7 Bg7 53.gxh6 Bxh6 54.Nf6+ Kf8 55.Re4 Rb1 56.Nd5 Bg5 57.Nb4 Be7
58.b7 Bd6 59.Kc2 Ra1 60.Nc6 Ra6 61.Nd8 Ra5 62.Re6 Bh2 63.Kc3 Rb5 64.Kc4 Rb2
65.Re1 Bc7 66.Ne6+ Kf7 67.Nxc7 Rxb7 68.Ne8 Rd7 69.Kc5 Rd2 70.Nd6+ Kg7 71.Kc6 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 Nc5
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nfd7 11.Bf4 b5 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.O-O-O Qb6 14.Kb1 Be7 15.h4 O-O-O
16.a3 Nb8 17.Be3 Nc6 18.Ba2 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Qc6 20.Rhf1 Rhf8 21.g3 Kb8 22.Rf4 f5
23.exf6 gxf6 24.b4 e5 25.bxc5 Rxd4 26.Rfxd4 exd4 27.Qxe7 Re8 28.Qf7  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 f5 6.O-O d6 7.Rb1 a5 8.a3 Nf6 9.d3 O-O
10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 h6 12.b5 Ne7 13.Bb2 Be6 14.Ra1 Rc8 15.c5 Nd7 16.cxd6 cxd6
17.Na4 d5 18.Nd2 Qe8 19.e3 g5 20.Qe2 Qf7 21.f4 Ng6 22.fxe5 Ndxe5 23.Nf3 Nxf3+
24.Bxf3 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 f4 26.Bg2 Qe7 27.Nb6 Rcd8 28.Qd4 Qd6 29.exf4 gxf4 30.Rae1 Kh7
31.Kh1 Bg8 32.Rf3 fxg3 33.Rxg3 Rf4 34.Qe3 Rdf8 35.Rg1 d4 36.Qd2 Ne5 37.Be4+ Rxe4
38.dxe4 Nf3 39.Rxf3 Rxf3 40.Qg2  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Re1 Rd8 13.b4 Ne6 14.Nf1 Bh5 15.a3 Bg6
16.Ra2 a5 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qe2 Ra8 19.Qxb5 axb4 20.cxb4 Bxb4 21.Rd1 Bc5 22.Qd3 Ncd4
23.Nxd4 Bxd4 24.Kh1 Qa4 25.f4 Bb6 26.Rb2 Bc5 27.Ng3 c6 28.Rf1 Qd4 29.Qc2 O-O
30.Rb3 Qa4 31.Qb1 Qc4 32.Qb2 Bd4 33.Qb1 Bc5 34.Qb2 Bd4 35.Qb1 Bc3 36.Be3 d4
37.Ne4 Nc5 38.Nxc5 Qxc5 39.Bg1 Qc4 40.Rf3 Rfd8 41.Rd3 c5 42.h3 Qa4 43.e6 Qe8
44.exf7+ Qxf7 45.Rb7 Rd7 46.Rxd7 Qxd7 47.Qb3+ Qf7 48.Rxc3 dxc3 49.Qxc3 c4
50.Bd4 Rb8 51.Be5 Rb3 52.Qa5 Rd3 53.Kh2 Kh7 54.Qb4 Qa7 55.Qxc4 Qe3  0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A22"]

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 "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O-O b6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.f4 Nd5 14.Kb1 f6 15.Nf3 Nxf4
16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Qxe6+ Kh8 18.Rhf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B86"]

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 "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.Ba7 Ra8 17.g5 Rd8 18.Qe2 Ne8 19.Be3 Be6 20.Qf2 Qc4 21.Bb6 Rdc8 22.Be3 Bc5
23.Rad1 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Qb4 25.Rd3 Rd8 26.b3 Rd4 27.Rfd1 Rc8 28.R1d2 Qc5 29.Kg2 b5
30.axb5 axb5 31.Nd1 Rxd3 32.Qxd3 f6 33.gxf6 Nxf6 34.Ne3 Kh8 35.c4 bxc4 36.Nxc4 h6
37.Rc2 Qb5 38.Rc1 Qc5 39.Rc2 Qb5 40.Rc1 Qb4 41.Qc3 Qe7 42.Qe3 Nd7 43.Be2 Rb8
44.Nd2 Nf8 45.Kh1 Ng6 46.Nc4 Bg8 47.Rf1 Qc7 48.Qg3 Bh7 49.Rf2 Nf4 50.Qe3 Bg8
51.Bf1 Rf8 52.Nd2 Qc1 53.Nc4 Qa1 54.Qc5 Ne6 55.Qe3 Nf4 56.Qc5 Re8 57.Qe3 Bxc4
58.bxc4 Rd8 59.Qf3 Qe1 60.Qg3 Rd1 61.h4 Rd3 62.Qg1 Qxe4+ 63.Kh2 Qe3  0-1

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E68"]

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 "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A24"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 c6 8.Rb1 Re8
9.e4 a5 10.a3 Na6 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 h6 13.Be3 Nc7 14.b5 Ne6 15.bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 e5 13.O-O exd4 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.N5xd4 Nb6
16.Bd3 Qe7 17.Qc2 Bg4 18.a3 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Nbd7 20.Ng5 h6 21.Nh7 Rfe8 22.h3 Be6
23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Bf1 Bd5 25.f3 Ne5 26.Qf2 a6 27.b4 b5 28.Red1 Nc4 29.e4 Be6
30.Bxc4 Bxc4 31.Rd2 Rd7 32.Rcd1 Red8 33.f4 g5 34.fxg5 Qxg5 35.Nf3 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Rxd2
37.Qxd2 Qe7 38.Qd4 a5 39.Qe5 Qa7+ 40.Nd4 axb4 41.axb4 Be6 42.Kh2 Qd7 43.Kg3 Kh7
44.Kf4 Qa7 45.Qc5 Qc7+ 46.Kf3 Qd7 47.Qe5 Kg8 48.Kg3 Kh7 49.Kh4 Qe7+ 50.Kg3 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Na6 9.h4 cxd5
10.cxd5 Qe8 11.f3 Bd7 12.Nh3 Nc5 13.g4 h5 14.Nf2 hxg4 15.fxg4 Rc8 16.Be3 Nh7
17.Nd3 Nxd3+ 18.Qxd3 a6 19.a4 Qd8 20.a5 Bf6 21.Bf2 Be7 22.Kd2 Nf6 23.Rhg1 Ne8
24.Bb6 Nc7 25.g5 Qe8 26.Qe3 Nb5 27.Bxb5 Bxb5 28.h5 Kg7 29.Qf3 Bc4 30.Rg2 Rh8
31.Rh1 Bb5 32.Be3 Bd7 33.Rgh2 Qd8 34.Kd3 Qc7 35.hxg6 Qc4+ 36.Kc2 fxg6 37.Rxh8 Rxh8
38.Rxh8 Kxh8 39.Qf7 Ba4+ 40.Kd2 Qb4 41.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E92"]

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 "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5
9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Re1 Bd6 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bf7 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Bd2 g6
16.Kg2 Nf6 17.g5 hxg5 18.Nxg5 Bg8 19.Re3 Be7 20.Rf3 b6 21.Rh1 Rh4 22.Rd3 Bd6
23.Rf3 Be7 24.Rd3 Rf8 25.Nf3 Rxe4 26.Nxe4 Nxe4 27.Bh6 Rf5 28.Re3 Nd6 29.Nxe5 Bd5+
30.f3 Bf6 31.Rhe1 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 Bxf3+ 33.Kh2 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Be4 35.c3 Bb1 36.a3 Nf7
37.Re1 Bf5 38.Bf4 Nd8 39.Re7 Ne6 40.Be5 c5 41.c4 a5 42.a4 Kd8 43.Bf6 Kc8
44.Kg3 Kb7 45.h4 Kc8 46.Kf2 Kb7 47.Ke3 Kb8 48.Be5 Kc8 49.Rf7 Bc2 50.Rf6 Kd7
51.Kd2 Be4 52.Rxe6 Kxe6 53.Bxc7 Kd7 54.Bxb6 Kc6 55.Bxa5 Bf5 56.Kc3 Bh3 57.Bd8 Kd6
58.Bg5 Bd7 59.a5 Bc8 60.Be3 Kc6 61.Bxc5 Kxc5 62.b4+ Kd6 63.Kd4 Bh3 64.b5 Bf1
65.a6 Kc7 66.Kc5 Be2 67.Kb4 Bf1 68.c5 Be2 69.Ka5 Bf3 70.c6 Kb8 71.Kb6 Be2
72.a7+ Ka8 73.Ka6 Bf3 74.c7 Bb7+ 75.Ka5 Bc8 76.b6  1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Bxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Qc3 Bb7 12.e5 Ne4 13.Qe3 Na5 14.Nd2 Nxb3 15.cxb3 Nxd2
16.Bxd2 O-O 17.Bc3 Qh4 18.Rae1 Rfe8 19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Rxf2 dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.g4 Nxg4
9.Nxd5 O-O 10.Bg2 Bh4 11.Bg3 Be6 12.Kf1 a5 13.Nh3 a4 14.Qc4 Na5 15.Qc5 b6
16.Bxh4 bxc5 17.Bxd8 Raxd8 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.d5 Bd7 20.Rc1 c4 21.Ng5 h6 22.Nf3 Rb8
23.h3 Nf6 24.Nd4 Rxb2 25.Bf3 Rxa2 26.Kg2 Re8 27.Nec6 Bxc6 28.Nxc6 Nxc6 29.dxc6 Rxe3
30.Rxc4 Rb3 31.Rd4 Rbb2 32.Rf1 Rd2 33.Rb4 Kh7 34.Rb7 Ne8 35.Kg3 g6 36.Re1 Nd6
37.Rxc7 Kg7 38.Rd7 Nf5+ 39.Kf4 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D36"]

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 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A41"]

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 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxd5 7.e4 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 Nc6
9.a3 Bd7 10.Be2 Rc8 11.O-O Na5 12.Qe3 Bc5 13.Qf4 Nb3 14.Qg3 Nxc1 15.Raxc1 O-O
16.Ne5 f6 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Qb3 Kh8 19.Bc4 e5 20.Rfd1 Qe7 21.Be6 Rcd8 22.Bd5 b6
23.Qh3 Bd4 24.Rd2 f5 25.Rdc2 Qg5 26.Qg3 Qh6 27.Rf1 g6 28.Kh1 Rc8 29.Qd3 Rcd8
30.b4 Qh4 31.f3 fxe4 32.Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nh6 7.O-O Nf5 8.Na3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bxa3 10.bxa3 Qb6 11.Be3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Qd8 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.Rc5 O-O
16.Qb1 b6 17.Rc2 h6 18.Ba6 Rcd8 19.Bb5 Na5 20.Rc7 a6 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Bxd7 Qxd7
23.Qxb6 Qb5 24.Qxb5 axb5 25.Rb1 Rc8 26.Rxb5 Rc1+ 27.Kf2 Rc2+ 28.Kf1 Nc4 29.Rb3 Rxa2
30.Rc3 g6 31.h4 Kg7 32.e4 dxe4 33.Rxc4 exf3 34.gxf3 Rxa3 35.Kf2 Ra2+ 36.Kg3 Rd2
37.Ra4 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.f4 Kg6 40.fxg5 Kxg5 41.Ra7 Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 b5 16.axb5 Nb4+ 17.Kc3 cxb5 18.Rd1 bxc4 19.Rxd5 Nxd5+ 20.Kc2 O-O
21.Qe4 Rfc8 22.h4 Rc5 23.Rh3 Rac8 24.Ra3 a5 25.Kc1 h5 26.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.Nbd2 e5
9.h3 Bd7 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Re8 13.a4 Nh5 14.Bf1 Nf4 15.Be3 Qe7
16.Kh2 a5 17.Qc2 h5 18.Rad1 h4 19.Rd2 Bc6 20.Na3 Red8 21.Bb5 Rxd2 22.Bxd2 Bxb5
23.Nxb5 Ne6 24.Na3 Bf6 25.Nc4 Bg5 26.Be3 Bf4+ 27.Kg1 Bxe3 28.Nxe3 Rd8 29.Rd1 c6
30.Kf1 Kg7 31.Ng4 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Nc5 33.Qc2 Qg5 34.b4 axb4 35.cxb4 Ne6 36.Qc3 f6
37.Qe3 Kf7 38.Ke1 Qxe3+ 39.Nxe3 Nf4 40.Kd2 Ke6 41.a5 f5 42.f3 Nh5 43.Kd3 Nf6
44.Nd1 Kd6 45.Nb2 Nh5 46.Nc4+ Ke6 47.Kc3 Ng3 48.Kd3 Nh5 49.Ne3 Nf6 50.Nf1 Nd7
51.Nd2 Kf6 52.Nb3 Kg5 53.Ke3 Kf6 54.Nc1 Ke7 55.Kd3 Kd6 56.Nb3 Kc7 57.Nd2 Kd6
58.Nc4+ Ke6 59.Nb2 Kd6 60.Na4 Kc7 61.Nb2 Kd6 62.Nc4+ Ke6 63.Ke3 Nf6 64.Nb2 Nd7
65.Nd3 Kd6 66.f4 fxe4 67.fxe5+ Nxe5 68.Nc5 Kd5 69.Nxb7 Nc4+ 70.Ke2 Na3 71.a6 Nb5
72.Ke3 Na7 73.Na5 g5 74.Nb7 Kc4 75.Kxe4 Kxb4 76.Kf5 Kb5 77.Kxg5 Kxa6 78.Nd6 c5
79.Kxh4 Nb5 80.Nc4 Nd4 81.Kg5 Kb5 82.Ne3 c4 83.h4 c3 84.h5 Ne6+ 85.Kf5 Ng7+
86.Kg6 Ne6 87.Kf5 Ng7+ 88.Kg4 Ne6 89.h6 Nf8 90.Kf5 Kc5 91.g4  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 c5 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bb5+ Ke7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Bd4 Rd8 17.c3 Bd7 18.Bc4 Bc6 19.Ne5 Be4 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxe4 Bxh2+ 22.Kh1 Be5
23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Qxg4 Bxd4 25.cxd4 Kf7 26.Rac1 Qb6 27.Qf4+ Kg8 28.Rc7 Qxd4
29.Qxd4 Rxd4 30.Rxb7 a5 31.Rc1 Rad8 32.f3 Rd1+ 33.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34.Kh2 a4 35.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.a4 Bg4
9.h3 Bh5 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.d3 O-O 13.b4 Bb6 14.Na3 Qa6 15.Bb3 Nd8
16.g4 Bg6 17.Nh4 Ne6 18.Nf5 c5 19.Nc2 Bd8 20.c4 cxb4 21.Nxb4 Qb6 22.Be3 Nc5
23.Qb1 Bxf5 24.gxf5 Qb7 25.Ba2 g6 26.Bh6 Re8 27.cxb5 Qxb5 28.Kh2 Qd7 29.Rg1 Kh8
30.Bc4 Rg8 31.Nd5 gxf5 32.Nxf6 Bxf6 33.Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.exf5 Qb7 35.Qa2 Qe7
36.Bxf7+ Kh8 37.Bc4 Qd8 38.Qa7 e4 39.Qf7 Nxd3 40.Bd5 Ne5 41.Qb7 Qe7 42.Qc8+ Qd8
43.Qb7 Qe7 44.Qb1 Nd7 45.Kh1 Bg7 46.Be3 Nf6 47.Be6 Qe8 48.Bd4 Qa8 49.Kg1 Qd8
50.Qb2 Qf8 51.Kf1 Qd8 52.Qc3 Qf8 53.h4 h6 54.Qb3 Nh7 55.Be3 Nf6 56.Qc4 Qd8
57.Qc6 Qe7 58.Bb6 Kh7 59.Ke1 Kh8 60.Qc8+ Qe8 61.Bd8 Ng4 62.Bd7 Qg8 63.Be6 Qe8
64.Qc7 Qb5 65.Bg5 Qe8 66.Bd2 Ne5 67.Kf1 Nf3 68.Bc3 Nd4 69.Bxd4 Bxd4 70.Qc4 Bg7
71.Qxe4 Qf8 72.Kg2 Bf6 73.Kh3 Bg7 74.Qc6 Bf6 75.Kg4 Be7 76.Kh5 Kh7 77.Qc4 Qf6
78.Qg4 Qg7 79.Qe4 Qf6 80.f3 Bd8 81.Qg4 Qg7 82.Qxg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Bd2 c5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Rad1 cxd4 13.exd4 Qc7 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.Rfe1 b5
16.Ne4 Bb7 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Qc7 Qxc7 19.Rxc7 Rab8 20.Ba5 Rfc8 21.Rec1 Nd5
22.Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Ne5 Nb8 25.Be4 f6 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Bc7 fxe5
28.Bxb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.Nf3 d6
9.e4 h6 10.h3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Nd2 Nh7 13.g4 Ng6 14.Nf1 Nf4 15.Qf3 Qf6 16.Bc2 Nxd5
17.Qxf6 Ndxf6 18.f3 Ng5 19.Kf2 Kh7 20.Ne3 g6 21.a4 b6 22.a5 bxa5 23.Rxa5 Ne6
24.Rd1 Rd8 25.h4 Kg7 26.Bd2 Nf4 27.Rda1 Rd7 28.Ba4 Rc7 29.Bb5 Bd7 30.Ra6 Rb7
31.R1a5 Ne8 32.Bxd7 Rxd7 33.Nd5 Nxd5 34.cxd5 f6 35.Ke2 g5 36.h5 Rb7 37.c4 Kf7
38.Ra2 Ke7 39.Kd3 Nc7 40.R6a3 Kd7 41.Kc2 Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C87"]

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 "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C68"]

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 "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D38"]

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 "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 f5 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Nd5 Qf7 13.dxe5 Ngxe5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Qd2 Rae8
16.Rae1 Kh8 17.b3 a6 18.Kh1 Nxf3 19.Bxf3 Nd4 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Bd1 Be4 22.Nc3 Bc6
23.Bg4 Bf3 24.Bh3 Be2 25.Re1 Qxf2 26.Bg4 Nc2 27.Rc1 Bxc3 28.Qxc3+ Nd4 29.Bd7 Re5
30.Qg3 Qf7 31.Bh3 Re4 32.Rg1 Kg8 33.Bd2 Bf1 34.Bg4 Be2 35.Bh3 h5 36.Bc3 Qf6
37.c5 h4 38.Bxd4 Rxd4 39.Qe3 Qe5 40.Qh6 Bd3 41.cxd6 cxd6 42.Rc1 Bf5 43.Bxf5 Qxf5
44.h3 Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb5 Nb6 15.c4 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 dxc4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.a4 g6 19.Bd2 c3 20.Bxc3 Rac8 21.Be4 Rc4 22.Rfb1 Rfc8
23.R5b3 Nxa4 24.Bd2 Rxd4 25.Be3 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Nc3 27.Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.g5 Nd7 14.a3 Rb8 15.h4 b4
16.axb4 Rxb4 17.Na2 Rb6 18.Qc3 Qxc3 19.Nxc3 h6 20.Be2 Bb7 21.Na5 Ba8 22.Nc4 Rc6
23.Kb1 Nb6 24.b3 Nxc4 25.Bxc4 Rc5 26.Kb2 a5 27.Bd3 Bc6 28.Na4 Bxa4 29.bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C02"]

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"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bf2 Nc6 14.O-O e6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6
16.Bd4 Be5 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.a4 O-O 20.b3 Rfd8 21.Qe3 Qf4 22.Qxf4 gxf4
23.Rfd1 h4 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Rd2 Kf8 27.Nd1 Ke7 28.Nf2 f5 29.Kf1 fxe4
30.fxe4 a5 31.Ke2 Be8 32.Kd1 Bh5+ 33.Kc1 Rg8 34.Nd3 h3 35.gxh3 Rg1+ 36.Kb2 Bf3
37.Nxe5 Bxe4 38.Rf2 Kf6 39.Nc4 Kg5 40.h4+ Kg4 41.h5 f3 42.h6 Kf4 43.Nd2 Rg6
44.h7 Rh6 45.h8=Q Rxh8  0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.f4 Nc6 13.Qc3 Ne7 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Nc3 c5
16.Nxb5 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Rxb5 18.Ra7 c4 19.Bxc4 d5 20.Qxe7 dxc4 21.Qxd8 Rxd8
22.Ra8 Rf8 23.Ra4 Be6 24.f5 Bd5 25.Re1 h5 26.h3 Rc8 27.Kh2 h4 28.f6 gxf6
29.b3 f5 30.bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Na4 Qa5+ 7.c3 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6
9.Nc5 Nc6 10.Qe3 O-O 11.Nb3 Qa4 12.Bd3 b6 13.O-O Ba6 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Re1 d5
16.e5 Nd7 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Nd4 Rac8 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Bg5 Rfc8 21.Qf3 Kg8 22.a3 Qb5
23.Re2 h6 24.Bf4 Rc4 25.Rd2 Re4 26.Qg3 Qc4 27.Be3 Rg4 28.Qh3 Nxe5 29.f4 Rxf4
30.Bxf4 Qxf4 31.Rf2 Qg5 32.Raf1 Rc4 33.Re2 a5 34.Qe3 Qxe3+ 35.Rxe3 Ng4 36.Rd3 Rc7
37.a4 f5 38.b3 Kf7 39.c4 dxc4 40.Rc3 Ne5 41.Rfc1 Rc6 42.h4 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5
44.bxc4 Nd7 45.Kf2 Nc5 46.Ra3 g4 47.Ke2 Kf6 48.Rd1 Ne4 49.Rc1 f4 50.Rb3 Nc5
51.Ra3 e5 52.Rh1 Kf5 53.Rh5+ Ke4 54.Rh4 Rg6 55.Rh1 g3 56.Rh5 Kd4 57.Ra2 Re6
58.Rh1 Nd3 59.Rc2 e4 60.Rh8 f3+  0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.Ba3 Nf4 12.Bf1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 axb4 15.Bxb4 c5
16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Bf5 11.Rd1 Be4 12.Bb2 Qb6 13.Nc4 Qa6 14.Bf1 Rfd8 15.Nfd2 Bc2
16.Rdc1 Ba4 17.Nb3 Nd7 18.dxc5 Nce5 19.Nxe5 Qxe2 20.Bxe2 Nxe5 21.Nd4 e6 22.Rab1 Bf8
23.Ba1 Rab8 24.c4 Nd7 25.c6 bxc6 26.Bd1 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 Nb6 29.Rc1 c5
30.Nb3 Bg7 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D74"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 Be6
9.Na4 Na6 10.Bd2 Rc8 11.e3 b5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 c5 14.a3 Bd5 15.b4 cxb4
16.axb4 Qb6 17.Ra3 Nb8 18.Qa1 Rc7 19.Nh4 Bc4 20.Rd1 Rfc8 21.Bf3 e6 22.Ng2 Bf8
23.Bd2 Nc6 24.Ra6 Qb8 25.Qa3 Ne7 26.Ne1 Nd5 27.e4 Nb6 28.Bf4 Qb7 29.Bxc7 Rxc7
30.Ra5 Na4 31.Nd3 Bxd3 32.Rxd3 Rc4 33.e5 Qb6 34.Rxa4 bxa4 35.Qxa4 Rxd4 36.Ra3 Rxb4
37.Qe8 Rb1+ 38.Kg2 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.a4 Nc6 7.O-O e6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6
9.d4 Nf6 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Bd7 12.Re1+ Kf8 13.b3 h6 14.Bb2 a6 15.a5 Kg8
16.Qd2 Bg4 17.Rf1 Kh7 18.Ne5 Re8 19.Nxg4 Nxg4 20.Na4 Bxb2 21.Nxb2 Qh4 22.g3 Qf6
23.Nc4 h5 24.Rae1 Nh6 25.Kg2 Nf5 26.Rf2 Nd4 27.Re3 Qf5 28.Kg1 Rxe3 29.Qxe3 Qd7
30.Nb6 Qe8 31.Qd3 Rd8 32.Kg2 Kg8 33.b4 Qb5 34.Qxb5 axb5 35.c3 Nf5 36.Re2 Kf8
37.Kf2 c4 38.h3 h4 39.g4 Ng3 40.Re3 f5 41.g5 Ne4+ 42.Ke2 Re8 43.Kd1 Ke7 44.Ke1 Kd8
45.Kd1 Nf2+ 46.Ke2 Rxe3+ 47.Kxe3 Ne4 48.Kd4 Kc7 49.Na8+ Kd7 50.Nb6+ Kd8 51.Na8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.a3 d6
9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 Be7 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 O-O 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Qd2 a5 15.Nb5 Qb6
16.c3 Nc5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nd4 bxc3 19.Nxc3 Rab8 20.Ncb5 Rfd8 21.Qh6 d5 22.e5 Nd7
23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Rad1 Bg7 25.Qh4 Rbc8 26.b3 Nc5 27.Re3 Ne4 28.Bf1 Ba6 29.Bd3 f5
30.Bb1 Rd7 31.Qh5 Rf7 32.Nf3 Bxb5 33.axb5 h6 34.Bd3 Rc3 35.Qg6 Rf6 36.Qe8+ Rf8
37.Qg6 Rf6 38.Qe8+ Rf8 39.Qg6 Rxb3 40.Bxe4 Rxe3 41.Bxd5 Rf6 42.Qe8+ Rf8 43.Qg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.c4 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Nd7 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Qb4 Rb8 14.Rfc1 Re8 15.e3 Bf8
16.Qa4 a6 17.Bc3 Nf6 18.Nf3 Bd7 19.Qa5 e6 20.Qxd8 Rexd8 21.a4 Ne4 22.Ba5 b6
23.Be1 Rdc8 24.Ne5 Be8 25.f3 Nd6 26.g4 a5 27.Nd3 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Nxc8
30.Kf2 Ne7 31.Bf1 Nc6 32.Bc3 g5 33.e4 f6 34.exd5 exd5 35.f4 Nb4 36.Bxb4 Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Kb1 h5 12.Bc4 O-O-O 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bb3 Kb8 15.Rhf1 Qc5
16.Qd3 h4 17.Qh3 Be7 18.f5 Qe5 19.Rde1 Rde8 20.Ne2 Bf8 21.Nf4 Rh6 22.a3 Bb5
23.Nd3 Bxd3 24.cxd3 Rh8 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.d4 Qxd4 27.Bxe6 Bg7 28.Bd5 Re7 29.Rd1 Qa4
30.Rd3 Rc8 31.Rb3 Rc5 32.Ka2 Qd4 33.Rd3 Qa4 34.Rb3 Qd4 35.Rff3 f5 36.Rb4 Qd1
37.Rd3 Qe1 38.Qxf5 a5 39.Rb6 Rc1 40.Qf4 Ra1+ 41.Kb3 Rd7 42.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Bg5 Rf7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qd1 Qa5 13.Bd2 Nbc6 14.Nf3 c4 15.Be2 Bd7
16.O-O Kg7 17.Qc1 Ng8 18.Bf4 Raf8 19.Bd6 Qxc3 20.a4 Nf6 21.Rd1 Ne4 22.Ra3 Qa5
23.Bxf8+ Rxf8 24.c3 Qb6 25.Re1 Nd6 26.Bd1 Rf6 27.Ra2 Nf7 28.Qa3 Na5 29.Ne5 Nxe5
30.Rxe5 Qd8 31.Re3 Qf8 32.Qc1 Nb3 33.Qb1 Na5 34.h3 b6 35.Bg4 Qd6 36.Qe1 Nc6
37.h4 Nd8 38.g3 Nf7 39.Rae2 Nd8 40.Qa1 Nc6 41.Rf3 Rxf3 42.Bxf3 Nd8 43.Bg4 Nf7
44.Re1 Kf6 45.Qc1 Ke7 46.h5 Kf6 47.hxg6 hxg6 48.Kg2 Kg7 49.Bd1 Qe7 50.Bc2 Qg5
51.Qd1 Nh6 52.Qe2 Qf6 53.Rh1 Be8 54.f4 g5 55.Rf1 Bf7 56.fxg5 Qxg5 57.Rf4 Bg8
58.Qe3 Kh8 59.Qc1 Kg7 60.Qa3 Bf7 61.Qd6 Ng4 62.Kf3 Nf6 63.Qe7 Qh5+ 64.Ke3 Qg5
65.Ke2 a6 66.Kd1 Qh5+ 67.Kc1 Ng8 68.Qc7 b5 69.axb5 axb5 70.g4 Qh1+ 71.Kb2 Nh6
72.Qe5+ Kg8 73.Qg5+ Kf8 74.Qd8+ Kg7 75.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C83"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3 a6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Qc7 15.Qa3 Rc8
16.Rad1 Na5 17.Qc1 Ke7 18.Qh6 Bc6 19.Nxe6 Qe5 20.Nd4 Rcg8 21.f4 Qc5 22.Kh1 Rg6
23.Qh3 Bxe4 24.Bf3 Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Qc7 26.Nf5+ Kf8 27.Rfd3 Nc6 28.Rd7  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.??.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.a4 Nb6 14.Qe2 Nxa4 15.Bxa4 bxa4
16.Rxa4 Nd7 17.c4 Nb6 18.Ra3 a5 19.Nc3 a4 20.Be3 Bc8 21.Nd2 Bg5 22.Rb1 Bxe3
23.Qxe3 Bd7 24.b4 axb3 25.Raxb3 Ra6 26.Qd3 h6 27.Kh2 Qc7 28.Nf1 Rfa8 29.Nb5 Qd8
30.Nc3 Nc8 31.Ne3 Ra3 32.Rb7 R8a7 33.Qc2 Kh7 34.Rxa7 Rxa7 35.g3 g6 36.h4 Ra6
37.Rf1 Nb6 38.h5 Bc8 39.Qd2 Nd7 40.hxg6+ fxg6 41.Ng4 g5 42.Kg2 Nf6 43.Nxf6+ Qxf6
44.Qb2 Ra8 45.Qb6 Ra3 46.Qc7+ Kg6 47.Qxc8 Rxc3 48.Qg8+ Qg7 49.Qe6+ Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bg5 Be7 21.Ra3 Rb8 22.Rea1 Nh7
23.Be3 Bf6 24.Ne2 Nf8 25.Nc1 Nfd7 26.axb5 axb5 27.b4 cxb3 28.Nxb3 Qc7 29.Nxc5 Nxc5
30.Qe2 Bc8 31.Ra7 Qd8 32.R1a5 Re7 33.Rxe7 Bxe7 34.Rxb5 Ba6 35.Rxb8 Qxb8 36.Qd1 Qc7
37.Qa1 Bc8 38.Qa3 Nd7 39.Nd2 Kg7 40.Ba4 f5 41.Bxd7 Bxd7 42.Qb4 Bc8 43.c4 Ba6
44.Qa4 Qc8 45.f3 Kf7 46.Kf1 Bh4 47.Ke2 Kg7 48.Qb4 Qc7 49.Kd1 Bd8 50.Kc2 f4
51.Bf2 Qa5 52.Qxd6 Qa2+ 53.Kc1 Qa1+ 54.Nb1 Ba5 55.Qa3  1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 c5 8.Nge2 Nc6
9.d5 Ne5 10.Ng3 b5 11.cxb5 Qb6 12.a4 axb5 13.Bxb5 Ba6 14.O-O Qa5 15.Bxa6 Rxa6
16.Nb5 Qxd2 17.Bxd2 Nc4 18.Bc3 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rfb1 Nd2 21.Rd1 Nb3 22.Ra3 c4
23.Nf1 Ndc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A57"]

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 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ye Rongguang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 Be6 10.c5 a5 11.a3 Nc6 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Ne5 Bf6 15.Bf4 Bd7
16.f3 Ng5 17.Nc3 Rb8 18.Rf2 Ne6 19.Bg3 Re8 20.f4 Bxe5 21.fxe5 Qg5 22.Kh1 Rb7
23.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nb3 Re8 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Bf4 Qd7
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Nd8 18.Rad1 c6 19.h4 Ne6 20.Bc1 Rf8 21.Qg4 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6
23.Be3 Raf8 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Qxd7 Nxd7 26.Rd2 Nc5 27.Rde2 a5 28.g3 Rf3 29.Rd1 a4
30.a3 Nb7 31.h5 Nd6 32.Bb1 R8f6 33.Kg2 Rf8 34.Rf1 Nc4 35.Rfe1 Nd6 36.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A70"]

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 "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Na6 9.O-O Ng4
10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 h5 13.a3 Qe7 14.Rb1 b6 15.b4 Bd7 16.Nd3 g5 17.Bg3 f5
18.h3 Nf6 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Bxh5 Nxh5 22.Qxh5 Be8 23.Qf3 f4 24.Bh2 Bf6
25.g4 Qh7 26.Nb5 Rd8 27.Kg2 Rd7 28.Qe2 Bd8 29.f3 Ba5 30.Rb3 Rf6 31.Qb2 Rb7
32.Rh1 Rb6 33.Nc3 Bg6 34.Rf1 Qh4 35.Rxb6 axb6 36.Nb5 Bf7 37.Qf2 Qh7 38.Rh1 Be8
39.Qb2 Bxb5 40.Qxb5 Qh4 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Kg6 43.Qe8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.a5 f5 14.Nd2 Kh8 15.Bd3 Rf6
16.Na4 Rf7 17.c5 dxc5 18.Bc3 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Nf5 20.Nc4 Nd6 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5+ Bg7
23.Bxg7+ Rxg7 24.Nxc5 b6 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.dxe6 Nxe4 27.axb6 cxb6 28.Re1 Nc3
29.e7 Nxd1 30.exd8=B Rxd8 31.Rexd1 Rxd1+ 32.Rxd1 Rb7 33.Kf1 b5 34.Rb1 Kg7
35.Ke2 Kf6 36.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B23"]

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"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.c5 Nh5 14.Qd2 Be5 15.g3 Ng7
16.Rfd1 a6 17.Bf1 Be6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.f4 Bf6 20.Rab1 g5 21.Ne2 Rf8 22.b4 gxf4
23.gxf4 Bh4 24.Bg3 Rc8 25.Rb3 Rc7 26.Bh3 Nf5 27.Bxf5 Rxf5 28.Bxh4 Qxh4 29.Rg3+ Rg7
30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Ng3 Qg4 32.Rf1 Rf6 33.a4 Ne7 34.Qe2 Rg6 35.Qxg4 Rxg4 36.b5 axb5
37.axb5 Kf7 38.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Koch, Hans Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 e6 3.e4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bc4 c6 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 Nb6 8.a4 b4 9.Ne2 a5
10.Ng3 g6 11.Qd2 Ba6 12.Re1 Bc4 13.Bxc4 Nxc4 14.Qd3 Nb6 15.Nf1 h6 16.c4 Nc8
17.b3 g5 18.d5 exd5 19.cxd5 Nb6 20.Ng3 Kf8 21.Be3 Nf6 22.Rac1 Ng4 23.Nf5 Nxe3
24.fxe3 g4 25.Nd2 f6 26.Rc2 Kf7 27.Rxc6 Kg6  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Koernlein, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nb6 5.d4 e6 6.Nc3 c5 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Rxd1 N6d7 10.Nb5 Na6 11.Nd6+ Bxd6 12.cxd6 O-O 13.Be2 b6 14.O-O f6 15.Be3 e5
16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Bd5 Rb8 18.a3 Rd8 19.b4 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Rc1 Nf8 22.b5 Nc5
23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Rxc5 Rxd6 25.Rc8 Kg8 26.a4 Kf7 27.g3 Rd3 28.Kg2 Ra3 29.Rc4 a6
30.bxa6 Ra7 31.Rb1 Rxa6 32.Rb7+ Kg6 33.Nh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Armbruster, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Nfd7 5.cxd5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.dxe6 Bxe6 8.Nf3 Nd7
9.h3 Nb6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.Qf3 Kb8 15.Bg5 f6
16.Rfe1 Qg8 17.Be3 Nh4 18.Qh5 g5 19.Rad1 Qg7 20.Bc1 Rdg8 21.a3 f5 22.Nb5 Be7
23.Re6 f4 24.Rde1 Bd8 25.R6e4 Nd5 26.Qd1 g4 27.hxg4 Qxg4 28.Qxg4 Rxg4 29.Re8 Rxg2+
30.Kf1 Rhg8 31.Rxg8 Rxg8 32.Bxh7 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kolb, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.a3 d5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bf4 Bd6 8.Bg3 Bf5
9.e3 a6 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Bh4 Qd7 12.Nxd5 O-O 13.Nc3 Ne7 14.O-O b5 15.Rc1 Rac8
16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Bg3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Bxg3 19.hxg3 c6 20.Rc5 h6 21.Qc2 Rc7 22.Rc1 Rfc8
23.d5 Qf5 24.d6 Qxc2 25.R1xc2 Rd7 26.dxe7  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Scherbel, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 e6 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O a6 8.Nbd2 c5 9.Re1 c4
10.Bc2 b5 11.Nf1 Bh4 12.a4 Bd7 13.axb5 Be7 14.bxa6 Rxa6 15.Rxa6 Nxa6 16.b4 Bb5
17.h4 Qd7 18.h5 Bd8 19.N3h2 Nc7 20.Qg4 Kf8 21.Bd2 Qc6 22.Ra1 Ne7 23.Ng3 Rg8
24.f4 Ke8 25.Bh7 Kf8 26.Bxg8 Nxg8 27.f5 f6 28.fxe6 Nxe6 29.Nf3 Be7 30.Nf5 Bd8
31.Ra7 Bc7 32.Nd6 Nd8 33.Nxb5 Ne6 34.Nxc7 Nxc7 35.Qc8+ Qe8 36.Qxc7 Ne7 37.exf6  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Korfmacher, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 O-O 7.e5 Ne8 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.Qc2 h6 10.O-O c5 11.Bh7+ Kh8 12.Be4 Qc7 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.cxd5 d6
16.Nc4 dxe5 17.Ncxe5 Nf6 18.Qb3 Bd6 19.Nc4 Rd8 20.Rd1 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Bxh2+
22.Nxh2 Rxd5 23.Qf3 Qc6 24.Be3 f6 25.Nf1 Rd7 26.Qh3 Na6 27.Ng3 Rad8 28.Nf5 Rd1+
29.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Kh2 Qc7+ 31.Ncd6 Rb1 32.Bf4 Rxb2 33.Bxh6 gxh6 34.Qxh6+ Kg8
35.Qg6+ Kf8 36.Qxf6+ Kg8 37.Ne7+ Qxe7 38.Qxe7  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bloessl, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6
10.Bh4 Na6 11.O-O Nh6 12.Ne1 Nf7 13.Nd3 c5 14.a3 Bd7 15.b4 b6 16.Rb1 Qc8
17.Qb3 h5 18.f3 Kh7 19.Bf2 Bh6 20.Qa2 Nc7 21.a4 a5 22.bxa5 bxa5 23.Qb3 Na6
24.Nb5 f5 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.h3 Nb4 27.Rbe1 Nxd3 28.Bxd3 Bxh3 29.Bh4 Qd7 30.f4 Bxg2
31.Bxg6+ Kxg6 32.f5+ Kh7 33.Kxg2 Rg8+ 34.Kh1 Rg4 35.Qh3 Bf4 36.Nc3 Qxf5 37.Rf3 Rag8
38.Bf2 Qg6 39.Ne4 Ng5 40.Nxg5+  0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bonnaire, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nb6 5.d4 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Be2 Bd7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 c6 10.a3 f6 11.Qc2 Be8 12.Rad1 Bf7 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Nb3 a6 15.Nc5 N8d7
16.b4 a5 17.f4 Rfd8 18.e5 Nxc5 19.bxc5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 Rxd5 21.Bc4 Rdd8 22.Rb1 Rab8
23.Qb3 Rf8 24.Bxe6 Bxe6 25.Qxe6+ Rf7 26.Rb2 Qc8 27.Qxc8+ Rxc8 28.Rxb7 Bd8
29.Rfb1 Rxb7 30.Rxb7 Rc7 31.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Link, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 h6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 a5 9.Rb1 Bd7
10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Qc8 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 Bh3 14.e3 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Ne6 16.Nf3 Re8
17.e4 Qd7 18.h3 Ra5 19.Be3 Rea8 20.Qc2 Nh7 21.Nd5 Bd8 22.Rh1 Nhf8 23.d4 exd4
24.Nxd4 Ra2 25.Rb2 Rxb2 26.Qxb2 c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lukas, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D44"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Rb1 Bh6
17.Bxh6 Rxh6 18.dxe6 Nxf6 19.Bxb7+ Qxb7 20.exf7 Rf8 21.Qd6 Rxf7 22.Qe6+ Kb8
23.Rbd1 Rfh7 24.Rd8+ Kc7 25.Qd6+  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Meyer, Armin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E91"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Bg4 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Qc7 11.Qd2 Rfe8 12.Rfd1 Rad8 13.b4 Nb6 14.Qe2 h6 15.Rac1 Qb8
16.a4 e5 17.d5 Nbd7 18.a5 Kh7 19.Rb1 Rc8 20.dxc6 Rxc6 21.Nd5 Bf8 22.Bg4 Nxd5
23.cxd5 Rc7 24.Qf3 Kg7 25.Rbc1 Nf6 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.Rc1 Qe7 28.Bc8 a6 29.Bb6 Rxc8
30.Rxc8 Ne8 31.Qb3 Nf6 32.Rc7 Qe8 33.b5 axb5 34.Rxb7 Nh5 35.g3 Qc8 36.a6 Qxh3
37.a7 Nf4 38.Qf3 g5 39.a8=Q g4 40.Qxf4 exf4 41.Bd4+  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morgenstern, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd7 8.Nc3 O-O-O
9.O-O Nd4 10.Qf2 c6 11.Be3 c5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 f6 14.c3 Nc6 15.b4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Ne5 17.Qe2 cxb4 18.cxb4 Qb5 19.Rfc1+ Kb8 20.a4 Qxd3 21.Qf2 Be7 22.Be3 Rc8
23.Bxa7+ Ka8 24.Qb6 Nc6 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.Qa5 Qxe4 28.Bb6+  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Moroder, Mainhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 O-O 10.O-O d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxd5 Be6 15.Qf3 Qe7
16.Nd4 Rac8 17.Rfb1 Rfd8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rf8 21.Qe4 Qf6
22.f4 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Nxd8 24.Qd3 Qe7 25.h4 b6 26.Kh2 Nf7 27.Qe4 Nd6 28.Qa8+ Kh7
29.h5 Qf7 30.Be4+ Nxe4 31.Qxe4+ Kh8 32.Qe5 Qe7 33.Kh3 Kg8 34.e4 Kf7 35.f5 exf5
36.Qxe7+ Kxe7 37.exf5 Kf6 38.g4 Ke5 39.Kg3 a6 40.Kf3 b5 41.Ke3 a5 42.a3 a4
43.Kf3 Kd5 44.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Petry, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.Qd2 a6 12.f3 Qa5 13.Rfd1 Rfc8 14.Rab1 Be6 15.b4 Qd8
16.c5 Ne8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nf6 20.Qe3 Rc7 21.Rbc1 Rac8 22.a3 Qd7
23.c6 bxc6 24.Bxa6 Nxd5 25.Qd4+ e5 26.Bxc8 Qxc8 27.Qf2 Nf4 28.Qb2 f6 29.g3 Ne6
30.Kg2 d5 31.b5 cxb5 32.Rxc7+ Qxc7 33.Rxd5 Nd4 34.Rxd4 exd4 35.Qxd4 Qc2+
36.Kh3 Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Plaumann, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Nge2 O-O
9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 Qc7 11.O-O-O Re8 12.h3 Kh8 13.g4 Ng8 14.Kb1 Be7 15.Nxd5 Qa5
16.Nxe7 Nxe7 17.Rhg1 g6 18.Nc3 Kg7 19.e4 Nf8 20.f4 Kh7 21.f5 b6 22.Rgf1 g5
23.Bg3 Ba6 24.Bxa6 Qxa6 25.e5 Kg8 26.e6 fxe6 27.f6 Kf7 28.fxe7+ Kxe7 29.Ne4 Rad8
30.Qf2  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pollmann, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O c6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qc2 Nfd7 11.Bf4 c5 12.d5 Nf6 13.d6 Bxd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.e5 Qe7
16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Bxh7+ Kh8 18.Be4 Nc6 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Rfd1 e5 21.Ne4 Qg6 22.Nxe5  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Populoh, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E90"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Re8
10.Nd2 Nh7 11.g4 g5 12.Be2 a6 13.Nf1 Nf8 14.Ng3 Ng6 15.f3 c5 16.a3 Bd7 17.b4 b6
18.Rh2 a5 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Bf1 Na6 21.Rb2 Rb8 22.Rab1 Rxb2 23.Rxb2 Qa8 24.Rb6 Bf8
25.Nf5 Rb8 26.Qb1 Qa7 27.Rxb8 Qxb8 28.Qxb8 Nxb8 29.Bd2 Nf4 30.Nb5 Bxf5 31.exf5 a4
32.Nc3  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Raab, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O f4 13.c4 b4 14.Nc2 a5 15.b3 Rg8 16.Kh1 Rg6
17.f3 Rh6 18.Qe1 Be7 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.a3 Qg5 21.Rf2 Qg3 22.Qg1 bxa3 23.Rxa3 Rb8
24.Rd2 a4 25.Rxa4 Rxb3 26.Ra1 Rb2 27.Re2 Nb4 28.Nxb4 Rxb4 29.c5 dxc5 30.Ra8+ Ke7
31.Qxc5+ Kf6 32.Qg1 Rd4 33.Ra3 Rd7 34.Rb2 Rxh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rauschenbach, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B08"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Qc7 7.a4 Ngf6 8.h3 O-O
9.Bg5 e5 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf1 Nf8 12.d5 h5 13.Bc4 c5 14.Nd2 N8h7 15.Be3 g5 16.Be2 g4
17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nc4 Qd8 19.g3 Kh8 20.Kg2 Rg8 21.Rh1 Bf8 22.Qd2 Rg6 23.Rh2 Be7
24.Rah1 Qg8 25.Bd3 Bd7 26.Nb5 Qb8 27.Bg5 Kg7 28.Rxh7+ Nxh7 29.Bxe7 Bxb5 30.axb5 Qc7
31.Bh4 Rh8 32.c3 f6 33.Ne3 Qd7 34.Be2 Kf8 35.b4 b6 36.bxc5 bxc5 37.Nf5 Kf7
38.Ra1 Rb8 39.c4 Ng5 40.Bxg4  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Richtscheid, Jens"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.e4 d6
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qc8 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.f4 Rac8 15.h3 Nc5
16.Kh2 Rfd8 17.Rac1 Qb8 18.Nd5 exd5 19.exd5 Re8 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qd4 Bg7
23.b4 Nd7 24.Ne7+ Kf8 25.Nxc8 Qxc8 26.Qd3 h6 27.Be4 Re7 28.Bg2 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Qd8
30.a3 Nb8 31.Qe4 a5 32.h4 Na6 33.Rb1 axb4 34.axb4 Qa8 35.Kh3 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Schmalfuss, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Rc8 7.O-O Nh6 8.Bxh6 gxh6
9.Qd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Ne7 11.Nc3 a6 12.Bd3 Ng6 13.Ne2 f5 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Rac1 Rg8
16.Rxc8+ Bxc8 17.Rc1 Bd7 18.Bxg6+ Qxg6 19.Nf4 Qf5 20.Ne5 Bd6 21.Qe3 Rg5 22.h4 Rg7
23.g3 Kd8 24.Re1 Bb4 25.Nxd7 Kxd7 26.Qxe6+ Qxe6 27.Rxe6 Bd2 28.Rf6 Bxf4 29.Rxf4 Ke6
30.Rf3 Rc7 31.Rc3 Rc4 32.Rxc4 dxc4 33.f4 Kd5 34.f5 b5 35.Kf2 b4 36.Ke3 a5
37.g4 a4 38.Kd2  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dahlmann, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.c5 Nd5 8.Bd3 c6
9.Qb3 O-O 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Qd1 Nd7 14.a4 a6 15.Re1 Re8
16.Rxe6 fxe6 17.Ng5 Nf6 18.Nxe6 Qd7 19.Nxg7 Kxg7 20.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dege, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 b5 3.e3 Bd7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 b4 8.a3 Bxc5
9.axb4 Bxb4+ 10.c3 Ba5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.O-O Ne5 13.Bc2 Bb5 14.Ba4 Qd7 15.Bxb5 Qxb5
16.Nd4 Qxb2 17.Rxa5 Qxc3 18.Qa4+ Nd7 19.Rxd5 O-O 20.Nb1 Nb6 21.Nxc3 Nxa4
22.Nxa4  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dressler, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.c4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.f3 O-O
9.Qd2 Re8 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O e6 12.Rfd1 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.c5 Be6 15.Bf1 Qd7
16.a3 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Red8 18.b4 Ne8 19.Ne2 Nc7 20.a4 Rdb8 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nd4 b5
23.axb5 Nxb5 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Qf4 Qe8 26.c6 Ra4 27.Rxa4 bxa4 28.b5 Rb6 29.Ra1 Qa8
30.Nxe6+ Kg8 31.Qd4  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Franz, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d6 5.g3 Bd7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.a3 Qc8 8.O-O Bh3
9.Nd5 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 h6 11.e4 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Nb8 13.Be3 O-O 14.Nd2 f5 15.f3 Nd7
16.Rc1 b6 17.b4 Qd8 18.Rc3 f4 19.Bf2 Nf6 20.Qc2 Ne8 21.Nc4 fxg3 22.hxg3 Bg5
23.d4 Bf6 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Rc6 Rf6 27.Rc1 a5 28.b5 Qe7 29.a4 Rd8
30.Qb3 Kh8 31.R1c4 Rdd6 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Be1 Rg6 34.Qe3 Nd6 35.Rc6 Rf6 36.Bc3 Nf7
37.f4 Rxc6 38.bxc6 exf4 39.gxf4 Nd6 40.Be5 Nc4 41.Qd4 Nxe5 42.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Goebel, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 Rb8 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qd2 a6 13.Ba7 Ra8 14.Bd4 Qd7 15.Rfd1 Rab8
16.Rac1 Rfc8 17.b3 b5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Qb7 21.h4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8
23.Rc6 Bd7 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.Bf3 Qc7 26.Kg2 Qc5 27.Qd2 b4 28.h5 Qc3 29.Qg5 Qf6
30.Qe3 Kf8 31.Qb6 Qc3 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qxe7 Qe5 34.h6+ Kxh6  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Goettsche, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 h6 11.Bh4 a6 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.f4 Qc7 14.f5 Bd7 15.fxe6 Bxe6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Qg6+ Kf8 19.Rhf1 Rg8 20.Rf2 Qc6 21.Rdf1 Qe8 22.Qh7 Rxc3
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Rxf6+ Ke7  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grimme, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.f4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nd4
9.Qd1 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Be3 c5 12.Nd5 b5 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bd5 Rb8 15.c3 Ne6
16.fxe5 Bxe5 17.Qg4 Re8 18.Rf5 g6 19.Raf1 Re7 20.Rxf7 Qe8 21.Rxe7 Qxe7 22.Bh6 Bg7
23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.Rf7 Qxf7 25.Bxf7 Bxh6 26.Qd7 Rf8 27.g3 Be3+ 28.Kg2 Bh6 29.d4 cxd4
30.cxd4 Bg7 31.Qe7 g5 32.e5 dxe5 33.dxe5 b4 34.e6  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Henrici, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 a5 5.d3 h6 6.g3 Bc5 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Nd4
10.Nd2 Ne6 11.e3 c6 12.Nf3 Bb6 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.b4 Nd7 15.d4 axb4 16.axb4 Bc7
17.d5 cxd5 18.Nxd5 b5 19.cxb5 Rxb5 20.Nd2 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Ne4 Qe7 23.Nc3 Rb8
24.Nd5 Qd7 25.Qd3 Bb7 26.Rd1 Rfd8 27.Bd2 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Qb5 29.Qb3 Qe8 30.Rdc1 Bb6
31.Rc6 Nc7 32.Rbc1 Nxd5 33.Qxd5 Qd7 34.b5 Bc5 35.Ba5 Rdc8 36.R1xc5  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Henrici, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d6 3.Nc3 h6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Bd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Nd5 c6 8.Nxe7 Qxe7
9.Ne2 Be6 10.c4 d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.O-O O-O 13.Nf4 Qd7 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Bb5 Rac8
16.Qa4 a6 17.Bxc6 Rxc6 18.Rxc6 Qxc6 19.Qxc6 bxc6 20.Rc1 Bd7 21.Nd3 Rb8 22.Nc5 Be8
23.b3 Rb6 24.Kf1 Kf8 25.Ke2 Ke7 26.Kd3 f5 27.Kc3 Kd6 28.b4 f6 29.a4 Rb8 30.Nxa6 Ra8
31.Nc5 Ra7 32.Rb1 g5 33.a5 f4 34.exf4 gxf4 35.Re1 Bf7 36.f3 Re7 37.Rxe7 Kxe7
38.a6  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Imperatori, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.Nc3 h6 5.Be3 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 f5
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Bd3 c6 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.O-O Nxe5 13.fxe5 Nh7 14.Rxf8+ Qxf8 15.Qh5 Kh8
16.Rf1 Qg8 17.Bxh7 Kxh7 18.Bxh6 g6 19.Qh3 Qe8 20.Bg5+ Kg8 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Rf6 Qg7
23.Ne2 Bd7 24.Nf4  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jobst, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A00"]

1.d4  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Schmid, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bf4 c6
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Ne5 g5 14.Bg3 Bd6 15.h4 Nh7
16.hxg5 Nxg5 17.f4 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qb3+ Kh7 20.O-O-O Qc7 21.Qc2 Bxe5
22.dxe5 Kg8 23.g5 Qf7 24.gxh6 Qxa2 25.hxg7 Qa1+ 26.Kd2 Rd8+ 27.Ke2 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qa6+
29.Kf2 Kxg7 30.e6 Kf6 31.Qxe4 c5 32.Bh4+  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Schmitt, HW."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.f3 Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.dxe6 Nc6 7.d5 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Qe7
9.dxc6 Bxe6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Kf2 Rfe8 12.Ne4 Nxe4+ 13.fxe4 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qxe4 15.Bg2 Qe5
16.Nf3 Qxb2+ 17.Qe2 Qa3 18.Rhd1 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qxe3+ 20.Kf1 Bc5 21.Qc2 b6 22.Re1 Qh6
23.Qf5 Re6 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Qg5 Qxg5 26.Nxg5 Rf8+ 27.Nf3 g5 28.h3 h5 29.g4 hxg4
30.hxg4 Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Schutzmann, H."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 f6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Nd2 Bb4 13.Rd1 Qe8 14.f4 Nf7 15.h3 Bc5
16.Kh1 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 b6 18.Qg3 Nd6 19.Rfe1 c5 20.Bb2 Qf7 21.e5 Nf5 22.Qf2 fxe5
23.Bxe5 Bb7 24.Nf3 h6 25.Bb2 Nd6 26.Be5 Ne4 27.Qe3 Rae8 28.Kh2 Re7 29.Qd3 Nf2
30.Qe3 Nxd1 31.Rxd1 Rd7 32.Re1 Rfd8 33.Bc3 Rd1 34.Ne5 Rxe1 35.Bxe1 Qd5 36.Qg3  0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Snuverink, Jochem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D19"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Re8 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Bxc3 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.bxc3 Nd7 15.Qe3 Rad8
16.a5 e5 17.d5 Qf4 18.Qxa7 Bxe4 19.dxc6 Bxf3 20.gxf3 bxc6 21.Ra4 Qxf3 22.Qe3 e4
23.Qxf3 exf3 24.Rb1 Nc5 25.Ra2 Re4 26.Bf1 Rg4+ 27.Kh1 Ra4 28.Rxa4 Nxa4 29.Rc1 Nxc3
30.Rxc3 Rd5 31.a6  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zielke, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Be6 7.O-O g6 8.d4 Bg7
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxe5 12.Bxb7 Bxc3 13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Qe4+ Qe7
15.Qxe7+ Kxe7 16.Ba3+ Ke6 17.Rac1 Rab8 18.Ba6 Be5 19.Bc4+ Kf6 20.Bb3 Be6
21.Bxe6 Kxe6 22.Rc6+ Kd7 23.Ra6 Rb7 24.Rd1+ Kc8 25.f4 Bg7 26.Bc5 Re8 27.Kf1 Re6
28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.Kf2 Rb2 30.a3 Rb5 31.Be7 Rd5 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.Bc5 a6 34.e4 dxe4
35.Ke3 Kd7 36.Kxe4 Kc6 37.Bb4 Kb5 38.Be7 c5 39.g4 Bb2 40.f5 gxf5+ 41.gxf5 Bxa3
42.f6 Bb2 43.f7 Bg7 44.Kd3 a5 45.f8=Q Bxf8 46.Bxf8 Kb4 47.Kc2 Kc4 48.Kb2 a4
49.Ka3 Kb5 50.Be7 h5 51.h4 Kc4 52.Kxa4 Kd4 53.Kb3 c4+ 54.Kb4 Kd5 55.Bf6 Ke6
56.Bd4 Kf5 57.Kxc4 Kg4 58.Bf2 Kf3 59.Be1 Ke2 60.Kd4 Kxe1 61.Ke3 Kd1 62.Kf4 Ke2
63.Kg5 Kf3  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zweschper, Erich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Qa5
9.Qc2 O-O 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O Nc6 12.a3 Bd6 13.Rad1 a6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Ne7
16.Ne5 Bb8 17.Rfe1 Nd5 18.Bd2 Qd8 19.Qb3 Qd6 20.Rc1 Rd8 21.Ba5 Bc7 22.Bxc7 Nxc7
23.Qf3 f6 24.Bxb7 Rb8 25.Bxc8 Rdxc8 26.Ng6 Rxb2 27.Qc6 Qxc6 28.Rxc6 Kf7 29.Nf4 Rb7
30.Rec1 Ke7 31.Nxe6 Nxe6 32.Rxc8 Rd7 33.Re1 Kd6 34.Ra8 Nxd4 35.Rxa6+ Kc5
36.h3 Kb5 37.Ra8 Kc4 38.Rae8 g6 39.Rg8 g5 40.Rg6 Rd6 41.Rxh6 Nc2 42.Rc1 Kb3
43.Rb1+ Ka2 44.Rf1 Kxa3 45.Rh8 Kb2 46.Rc8 Nb4 47.g3 Nd5 48.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Armbruster, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 a6
9.h4 h5 10.O-O-O b5 11.Bh6 Bb7 12.g4 Nc6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.gxh5 Nxh5 15.Nf5+ Kg8
16.Qh6 e6 17.Nxd6 Qe7 18.Rg1 Ng7 19.h5 Qh4 20.Nxb7 Qxh5 21.Qxh5 Nxh5 22.Nc5 Ne5
23.Be2 Nf4 24.Nd3 Nxe2+ 25.Nxe2 Nxf3 26.Rg3 Nh4 27.Rh1 Nf5 28.exf5 exf5 29.Nef4 Rfd8
30.b3 Rac8 31.Kb2 a5 32.Nxg6 fxg6 33.Rxg6+ Kf7 34.Ne5+ Kf8 35.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Classic sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Auslaender, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Be3 b6 10.e5 Ne8 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Rad1 f5 13.Bc4 c6 14.Bxe6+ Kh8 15.Bxf5 h6
16.e6 Ndf6 17.Ne5 Nd6 18.Ng6+ Kg8 19.Nxf8 Qxf8 20.Bg6 Rd8 21.Rfe1 Rc8 22.Bf4 Nd5
23.Be5 Nc4 24.Bg3 Qf6 25.Bf7+ Kh8 26.Ne4 Qf5 27.Qxc4 Nf6 28.Nxf6 Qxf6 29.Be5 Qg5
30.Qc1 c5 31.Qxg5 Bxg5 32.d5 Be7 33.d6 Bh4 34.d7 Bxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Rf8 36.d8=Q  1-0

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qd2 g5 7.g3 Bg7 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f4 gxf4 10.gxf4 Nc6 11.Nf3 O-O-O 12.Qe3 Kb8 13.Rg1 Rhg8 14.a3 a6 15.e5 Qe7
16.Bd3 Bh8 17.Rg3 dxe5 18.fxe5 Rxg3 19.hxg3 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Ne4 Bg7 22.c3 Bc8
23.Bc2 b6 24.Nf2 Qd6 25.Be4 Bb7 26.Nd3 Ka7 27.Kb1 Rf8 28.Qe2 a5 29.Nf4 Rg8
30.Bh7 Rh8 31.Bc2 Nd8 32.Nh5 Bf8 33.Ne5 Rg8 34.g4 Be7 35.Nf4 Bg5 36.Nfg6 Qd5
37.Re1 Rg7 38.Bd3 Nc6 39.Bc4 Qd6 40.Rf1 Nd8 41.Rf8 c5 42.dxc5 Qxc5 43.Rxd8 Bxd8
44.Nf4 Bc7 45.Nfd3 Qe7 46.Bb5 Qd6 47.Qe3 Rh7 48.Bc4 h5 49.g5 h4 50.g6 Rg7
51.Qh6 Qe7 52.Qh5 Qf6 53.Bb5 Qf5 54.Qe2 Qe4 55.Qh5 h3 56.Ka2 Qf5 57.Qe2 Qe4
58.Qh5 Bd6 59.c4 h2  0-1

[Event "Chess Classics 3rd place"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 a5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 d5 11.a3 Be7 12.Nc3 Ba6 13.Qc2 Nbd7 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.b4 c6
16.e3 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd2 e5 19.Nb3 exd4 20.exd4 axb4 21.axb4 Bc4 22.Na5 Nb6
23.Bh3 Rc7 24.Nxc4 Nxc4 25.Bf1 Nd6 26.Ra6 Qd7 27.Rb6 Rb7 28.Rxb7 Qxb7 29.Na4 Qxb4
30.Qxc6 Rc8 31.Qa6 Bxd4 32.Bd3 g6 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Rf1 Rc7 35.Rb1 Qa3 36.Qa5 Qxd3  0-1

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.b3 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7
9.e4 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 d6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.g3 b5 15.Kg2 Ng4
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.h3 Ngf6 18.Re3 Qb6 19.Rhe1 Kg8 20.Qb2 a5 21.Ng5 a4 22.b4 Rac8
23.bxc5 Rxc5 24.Ndf3 Ne5 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Rc3 Rec8 27.Rxc5 Rxc5 28.Nf3 b4
29.axb4 Rc4 30.Qxe5 Rc2 31.Nd4 Rd2 32.Rc1 Qxd4  0-1

[Event "Chess Classics 3rd place"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 h6
9.b4 a6 10.a4 Be6 11.b5 axb5 12.axb5 Ne7 13.Bb2 b6 14.Ra1 Rc8 15.Ne1 d5 16.cxd5 Nexd5
17.Nc2 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Nd5 19.Bb4 Re8 20.e4 Nxb4 21.Nxb4 Qd6 22.Nc6 Ra8 23.Qc2 Bd7
24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Rc1 Ra3 26.Bf1 h5 27.Qb2 Be6 28.d4 Ra2 29.dxe5 Qxc6  0-1

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg7 12.Be2 h5 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.f3 Bd7 15.Bf2 Nc6
16.O-O e6 17.Nde2 Qc7 18.Qd2 g4 19.f4 h4 20.Be3 b5 21.Rad1 Bf8 22.e5 dxe5
23.Ne4 O-O-O 24.Qe1 f5 25.Ng5 h3 26.g3 Re8 27.Qf2 Kb8 28.fxe5 Bc8 29.Nf4 Rg8
30.Nh5 Rxg5 31.Bxg5 Nxe5 32.Bf4 Bc5 33.Rfe1 Bxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Qxc2+  0-1

[Event "Chess Classics 3rd place"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.b3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nh3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb2 a5 8.c4 Na6 9.Nd2 c6
10.Nf4 g5 11.Nd3 Nb4 12.Ne1 Qe8 13.a3 Na6 14.Nd3 Qg6 15.Qc2 Nc7 16.e3 Ne4
17.a4 Bd7 18.c5 Nxd2 19.Qxd2 Nd5 20.cxd6 Bxd6 21.Ba3 Bxa3 22.Rxa3 f4 23.Ne5 Qg7
24.Raa1 Be8 25.Kh1 Kh8 26.Bf3 Bg6 27.exf4 gxf4 28.Rae1 fxg3 29.fxg3 Rf6 30.Bg2 Rxf1+
31.Rxf1 Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.Qxa5 Bc2 34.Qd8 Qxd8 35.Nf7+ Kg8 36.Nxd8 Bxb3
37.a5 e5 38.dxe5 Ne3 39.Nxb7  1-0

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nf6 13.Bd3 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Bxb5 Rc8
16.Qe2 Ne4 17.Bd3 Qf6 18.Nd2 Nd6 19.e4 Qg6 20.g3 f5 21.e5 Ne4 22.Nxe4 fxe4
23.Bc2 Bd5 24.Bb3 Rf3 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.fxe3 Bxb3 27.axb3 Rcf8 28.Rfd1 Qg4 29.Rd2 h5
30.Kh1 Qh3 31.Rg1 Qf5 32.Ra1 Qxe5 33.Rxa7 h4 34.Rdd7 hxg3 35.Rxg7+ Qxg7 36.Rxg7+ Kxg7
37.Qc4 Rh8 38.Qxe6 Rf1+ 39.Kg2 gxh2 40.Qe7+ Rf7 41.Qe5+ Rf6 42.Kh1 Rh6 43.b4 Kg8
44.Qd5+ Kh8 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.Qe7+ Rf7 47.Qe5+ Kg8 48.Qb5 Rg6 49.Qe8+ Kg7 50.Qe5+ Kg8
51.Qe8+ Kg7 52.Qe5+ Rff6 53.b5 Rg1+ 54.Kxh2 Rg6 55.b6 Rh6+ 56.Kg3 Rg6+ 57.Kh4 Rh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A96"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 a5 8.Re1 Ne4
9.Qc2 Nc6 10.a3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 e5 12.Rb1 Bf6 13.e3 Qe8 14.a4 Qf7 15.Nd2 Qh5
16.Rb5 Re8 17.Rf1 Nd8 18.Ba3 c6 19.Rbb1 Nf7 20.f4 exd4 21.exd4 Qe2 22.Bf3 Qe7
23.Kg2 Qc7 24.Qd3 Be6 25.Rfe1 Rad8 26.Re2 Bc8 27.Rbe1 Rxe2+ 28.Qxe2 g5 29.Qd3 Kh8
30.Kh1 gxf4 31.gxf4 c5 32.Nf1 Bh4 33.Re2 b6 34.Ne3 Nh6 35.h3 Rg8 36.Nd5 Qd8
37.Rg2 Bg3 38.Kg1 Qh4 39.Nxb6 Re8 40.Be2 Bxf4 41.Nd5 Bb7 42.dxc5 Bxd5 43.cxd5 Qe1+
44.Bf1 Be3+ 45.Kh1 f4 46.c4 Rb8 47.Bb2+ Rxb2 48.Rxb2 Nf5 49.Rb8+ Kg7 50.Rb7+ Kh6
51.Rxh7+ Kxh7 52.Qxf5+ Kh6 53.Qf6+ Kh7 54.Qf7+ Kh6 55.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Nc6 8.c3 d5
9.e5 Nd7 10.d4 b6 11.a3 Ba6 12.Nbd2 Bd3 13.Nf1 Bg6 14.Ng3 Rc8 15.Be3 b5 16.Ne2 cxd4
17.cxd4 Nb6 18.Nf4 Bf5 19.Qe2 Nc4 20.Rac1 Qb6 21.Bc2 Be4 22.Bd3 g6 23.Bxc4 Bxf3
24.Qxf3 bxc4 25.Qg4 Qxb2 26.h4 Bxa3 27.h5 Ne7 28.Ra1 Rc7 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Reb1 Qc2
31.Qe2 Qc3 32.Qa2 Bc5 33.dxc5 Nf5 34.Ne2 Qd3 35.Bg5 c3 36.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D40"]

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 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qd2 Nf6 11.f3 Qc7 12.a4 b4 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.h3 O-O 15.a5 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Qxc5+
17.Kh1 Bc6 18.c3 bxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.Nxc3 Rfb8 21.Rf2 Kf8 22.Na4 Bb5 23.Bc2 d5
24.Nb6 dxe4 25.fxe4 Ra7 26.e5 Nd7 27.Nxd7+ Rxd7 28.Bxh7 Rbd8 29.Bg6 Ke8 30.Bh5 g6
31.Bf3 Rd2 32.Kg1 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Rd2+ 34.Ke3 Rxb2 35.Kf4 Rc2 36.Rd1 Ke7 37.Rd4 Ra2
38.h4 Rxa5 39.g4 Ra3 40.Be4 Be2 41.Rd2 Bc4 42.Bc6 Rd3 43.Rb2 Rb3 44.Rxb3 Bxb3
45.g5 Bd5 46.Ba4 Bb7 47.Ke3 Bc8 48.Kd4 Bd7 49.Bd1 a5 50.Kc5 Kd8 51.h5 gxh5
52.Bxh5 Be8 53.Bd1 Kc7 54.Bh5 Kb7 55.Bf3+ Kc8 56.Bd1 Kd8 57.Be2 Ke7 58.Bd1 Kf8
59.Bc2 Kg8 60.Bd1 Kg7 61.Bc2 Kf8 62.Bd1 a4 63.Kb4 Ke7 64.Bc2 Kd8 65.Bd1 Kc7
66.Bh5 a3 67.Kxa3 Kc6 68.Kb4 Kd5 69.Bg4 Kxe5 70.Kc3 Bc6 71.Bh5 Be8 72.Bg4 Kf4
73.g6 fxg6 74.Bxe6 Ke3 75.Bc8 Bc6 76.Be6 Be4 77.Bf7 g5 78.Be6 Kf4 79.Kd2 Bf5
80.Bf7 g4 81.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.e6 fxe6 13.Qe2 Nge5 14.Nd4 Nd3 15.Nxe6 Rf6
16.Bc7 Qb4 17.Nd4 Bc5 18.Nc2 Qxb2 19.Nd1 Qb3 20.Nde3 N7e5 21.h3 Be6 22.Kh2 Rh6
23.Rab1 Bg4 24.Nxg4 Nxg4+ 25.Qxg4 Qxc2 26.Qg5 Nxf2 27.Rxf2 Qxf2 28.Rf1 Qd4
29.Be5 Qd7 30.Qc1 Qe6 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Qg5+ Rg6 33.Qxc5 Qd6  0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E92"]

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 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E81"]

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 "Madrid playoff 20'"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.dxe5 Qg6 12.Nh4 Bxd1 13.Nxg6 Nxg6 14.Rxd1 O-O-O 15.Re1 Nxe5
16.Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 Bb4 18.c3 Bc5 19.Kf1 Rd3 20.Ke2 Rhd8 21.Rg1 g6 22.Bf4 b5
23.Rac1 Kb7 24.Rc2 a5 25.Rf1 a4 26.Rd2 Rxd2+ 27.Bxd2 Be7 28.Be3 Bf6 29.Bc5 Bg5
30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Kxd1 Kc8 32.b3 axb3 33.axb3 Kd7 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Be3 Be7 36.c4 Bd6
37.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid playoff 20'"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.h3 O-O 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Na3 exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 b4
16.Nb1 c5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 b3 21.Bd3 c4 22.e5 dxe5
23.Rxe5 Qxd4 24.Re3 Ng4 25.Rxa5 cxd3 26.Bf6 Qxf6 27.Qxg4+ Qg6 28.Rg5 Bxe3
29.Rxg6+ fxg6 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.fxe3 Rbd8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid playoff 5'-6'"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Re8 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Nh2 d5
16.Ng4 c6 17.Qf3 Kh8 18.c3 Re6 19.Bc2 Qc7 20.b4 c5 21.Bb2 Rae8 22.Rad1 c4
23.dxc4 dxe4 24.Qe2 bxc4 25.Ba4 Rc8 26.Rd2 Nb6 27.Bc2 Nbd5 28.g3 Qc6 29.Nfe3 Nxe3
30.Qxe3 Nd5 31.Qxe4 g6 32.Nxe5 Rxe5 33.Qxe5+ Bg7 34.Qe4 f5 35.Qf3 Rd8 36.Red1 Kh7
37.h4 h5 38.a4 Qe6 39.a5 Bc6 40.Qe2 Qxe2 41.Rxe2 Nxc3 42.Bxc3 Rxd1+ 43.Bxd1 Bxc3
44.Rc2 Be1 45.Rxc4 Bb5 46.Rd4 Bc3 47.Rf4 Bd2 48.Bf3 Kg7 49.Bd5 Kf6 50.Kg2 Ke5
51.Bf7 Bxf4 52.gxf4+ Kxf4 53.Bxg6 Kg4 54.f3+ Kxh4 55.Bxf5 Kg5 56.Bc8 Kf4
57.Bb7 Ke5 58.Kg3 Kd4 59.f4 Kc4 60.Kh4 Kxb4 61.Kxh5 Bd3 62.Kg5 Kxa5 63.Kf6 Kb4
64.Ke5 a5 65.Be4 Bxe4 66.Kxe4 Kc5 67.Ke5 a4 68.f5 a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A57"]

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 "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 b4 15.Ne2 c5
16.f3 c4 17.Qxc4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Rfd8 19.Qb5 Qxb5 20.Bxb5 a6 21.Ba4 a5 22.Bf4 Bxf4
23.Nxf4 g5 24.e5 gxf4 25.exf6 Ra6 26.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rxf6 28.a3 bxa3 29.bxa3 Rf5
30.Rd4 Kg7 31.Kh2 Bc8 32.Bc2 Rc5 33.Bd3 Be6 34.Ba6 Rf5 35.a4 h6 36.Bb5 Kf6
37.Rd8 Kg7 38.Ra8 Bb3 39.Kg1 Rc5 40.Rxa5 Bxa4 41.Rxa4 Rxb5 42.Rxf4 Rb2 43.Kh2 Ra2
44.Rf5 Kg6 45.Rb5 Kg7 46.h4 Ra4 47.Kh3 Ra2 48.g4 Ra1 49.g5 hxg5 50.Rxg5+ Kf6
51.Rg2 Kf5 52.Kg3 Ra8 53.Rb2 Rg8+ 54.Kf2 Rh8 55.Rb5+ Kf4 56.Rb4+ Kf5 57.Kg3 Rg8+
58.Rg4 Ra8 59.Rf4+ Kg6 60.Kg4 Ra5 61.Rb4 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Torneo Magistral 6th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Nc6 Qc8 12.a3 O-O 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Na5 c5
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rfc1 Rc8 19.e4 d4 20.Nd1 d3 21.e5 Bd4 22.Rxc8 Qxc8
23.Rc1 Qd7 24.Bc6 Qe7 25.Be4 fxe5 26.Nc6 Qf6 27.Bxd3 Bb7 28.Be4 Bxc6 29.Rxc6 Rd8
30.Nc3 Nc8 31.Bg2 Kg7 32.Ne4 Qg6 33.Qa5 Rd5 34.Qb4 Nb6 35.Qe7 Bb2 36.h4 Rd1+
37.Kh2 Nd5 38.Qe8 Nf6 39.Nxf6 Qxf6 40.Rc8 Kh6 41.Qf8+ Qg7 42.Qc5 Qg6 43.Bf3 Rd7
44.g4 f6 45.Qf8+ Qg7 46.Qe8 Qf7 47.Qh8 e4 48.Bxe4 Qg7 49.Qxg7+ Kxg7 50.Rc6 Bxa3
51.Rxe6 Re7 52.Ra6 Bc5 53.f3 Bb6 54.Ra2 Bc7+ 55.Kh3 Bf4 56.Ra5 h6 57.Rf5 Bd2
58.Kg2 Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe5 7.b3 d5 8.d4 Nc6
9.h3 O-O 10.Bg2 dxc4 11.d5 Ne5 12.Qd4 Nfd7 13.Bf4 Qf6 14.Rhd1 Nd3+ 15.Rxd3 cxd3
16.Qxf6 Nxf6 17.e4 c6 18.d6 Be6 19.Rd1 Nd7 20.Rxd3 a5 21.Rd2 Rfe8 22.e5 h5
23.Re2 Bf5 24.Bf3 Bxh3 25.Bxh5 Be6 26.Re3 Nb6 27.Ne4 Nd5 28.Re2 Bf5 29.Nc5 b6
30.Na4 Rab8 31.Bf3 Be6 32.Rd2 Red8 33.Bxd5 cxd5 34.Be3 b5 35.Nc5 Rdc8 36.a3 b4
37.axb4 axb4 38.Ra2 Ra8 39.Rxa8 Rxa8 40.d7 d4 41.Bg5 Bxd7 42.Nxd7 Ra2+ 43.Kf3 Rc2
44.Ke4 Rc3 45.Kxd4 Rxb3 46.Bf4 Rf3 47.Nb6 b3 48.Nc4 Kh7 49.e6 fxe6 50.Be5 g5
51.Ke4 Rf2 52.Ke3 Rf5 53.Kd2 Kg6 54.Kc3 Rf3+ 55.Kb2 Kf5 56.Bc7 Rd3 57.Bb8 g4
58.Bf4 Ke4 59.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E65"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Nc3 d6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.Qa4 Bb7 12.Bxb7 Rxb7 13.Rb1 Qc8 14.Bd2 Qh3 15.f3 Nh5
16.Rf2 Qe6 17.Kg2 Rc8 18.b3 Bd4 19.e3 Bxc3 20.Bxc3 Qxe3 21.Qa5 Ng7 22.Re1 Qc5
23.Rd2 Qxa5 24.Bxa5 f6 25.Rd5 Kf7 26.Bd2 a6 27.Ra5 Rc6 28.Be3 Ne6 29.Rd1 Rbc7
30.h4 Nd8 31.g4 Nb7 32.Rad5 Rc8 33.h5 e6 34.R5d2 g5 35.f4 gxf4 36.Bxf4 e5
37.Be3 Rg8 38.Kh3 Ke6 39.Rf1 Nc5 40.Re2 Rc7 41.Rf3 Ne4 42.Rf1 d5 43.Bh6 Nc3
44.Ref2 Ne4 45.Re2 Nc3 46.Ref2 Ne4 47.Re2 Nc3 48.Ref2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Nf3 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.e3 Qa5 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Ba3 b6 13.dxc5 Rb8 14.Rfc1 Be6 15.cxb6 axb6
16.Qb5 Bd7 17.Qc4 Rfc8 18.Qh4 Be8 19.Nd4 Bf6 20.Qf4 Ne5 21.Bf1 Qb7 22.Bb4 Kg7
23.Rd1 Ba4 24.Rd2 Rd8 25.Bg2 Qa7 26.Qe4 Qc7 27.f4 Nc4 28.Re2 Be8 29.g4 h6
30.a4 e5 31.Nb5 Bxb5 32.axb5 exf4 33.exf4 Re8 34.Qxe8 Rxe8 35.Rxe8 Nd6 36.Rea8 Nxb5
37.Bd5 Qd7 38.Bf3 Bxc3 39.Rd1 Qc7 40.Bf8+ Kh7 41.Kg2 Nd4 42.Re8 Nxf3 43.Kxf3 Qc6+
44.Re4 f5 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Rd7+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O b5 13.c5 e5 14.dxe5 Nxc5 15.a3 Bb7
16.Bb2 a5 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.f4 f5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Kh1 Qe7 22.Re1 Rcd8
23.Qc2 Nd7 24.e4 Qxa3 25.e5 Qe7 26.Nf3 g6 27.Nd4 Rc8 28.Qd2 Qb4 29.Qxb4 axb4
30.Nxc6 Kg7 31.Nd4 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Rc8 33.Rxc8 Bxc8 34.Bxd5 Nc5 35.Nxb5 g5 36.Kg2 Kg6
37.Kf3 h5 38.Nd4 Bg4+ 39.Ke3 h4 40.Nc6 Bd1 41.Nxb4 hxg3 42.hxg3 gxf4+ 43.gxf4 Bxb3
44.Kd4 Ne6+ 45.Bxe6 Bxe6 46.Nc2 Kf5 47.Ke3 Bc8 48.Nd4+ Kg6 49.Kd3 Ba6+ 50.Kc3 Kh5
51.Kb4 Kg4 52.f5 Kg5 53.Kc5 Bc8 54.Kd5  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Re8 12.c4 Qc8 13.Bh3 Be4 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.Bg2 h6
16.Nf3 Be4 17.b3 c5 18.Bb2 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Qb7 20.Re1 Bc6 21.Nh4 Bxg2 22.Nxg2 Rad8
23.Red1 Rxd4 24.Bxd4 Ne4 25.f3 e5 26.Qxe4 Qxe4 27.fxe4 exd4 28.Kf2 Bc5 29.Kf3 a5
30.Nf4 g6 31.Nd3 h5 32.e5 f6 33.exf6 Re3+ 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Nf4 Rc3 36.Ke2 Re3+
37.Kf1 g5 38.Nd5 Rf3+ 39.Ke2 g4 40.Rd3 Rf5 41.a3 Bxa3 42.Rxd4 Bc5 43.Rf4 Rxf4
44.Nxf4 Kxf6 45.Nxh5+ Ke5 46.Nf4 Kd4 47.Nd5 b5 48.Ne3 bxc4 49.Nxc4 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qd7
9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Nf6 11.Qd3 Bd6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Nc4 Ng4 14.h3 Rxf3 15.Qxf3 Nh2
16.Qd3 Nxf1 17.Kxf1 Nb4 18.Qb3 Nc6 19.Qa4 Rb4 20.Qc2 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Qd3 c5
23.b3 c4 24.bxc4 Qc6 25.Bd2 Rxc4 26.Rb1 Bc7 27.Rb2 Bb6 28.Ke2 h6 29.g3 Rc5
30.h4 Qd7 31.Kf3 Rc8 32.Kg2 Qa4 33.Bb4 Rc1 34.h5 Qe8 35.Qf3 Qb5 36.Qe2 d3
37.Qg4 Qc6 38.Bd2 Rc4 39.Bxh6 Qxe4+ 40.Qxe4 Rxe4 41.Kf3 Re5 42.Be3 Bxe3 43.fxe3 Rxh5
44.Rd2 Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E65"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.Qa4 Bh3 12.Bg2 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qd7 14.Rb1 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 Rfc8
16.c5 dxc5 17.Be3 c4 18.Bxa7 Rb4 19.Nc3 e6 20.Bd4 Nd5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rfc1 Nxc3
23.Rxc3 Rcb8 24.Rc2 g5 25.a3 Rb3 26.Rxc4 Rxb2 27.Rxb2 Rxb2 28.e3 Ra2 29.Ra4 h5
30.h3 f5 31.Ra7+ Kf6 32.Ra8 g4 33.hxg4 hxg4 34.a4 Ra1 35.a5 Ke5 36.a6 Ke4
37.a7 Ke5 38.Kh2 Ke4 39.Kg2 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nd7
9.Qe2 Be7 10.O-O-O c6 11.h4 b5 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Kb1 Nf6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qe4 g6
16.h5 Bb7 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Ne5 Rfd8 19.Qg4 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Qxe5 21.Bxg6 fxg6
22.Rde1 Qf5 23.Qh4 Kf7 24.Qh7+ Kf6 25.g4 Qxg4 26.Qxb7 Rh8 27.Rhg1 Qf5 28.Qxc6 Rhe8
29.Qc3+ e5 30.f4 Rac8 31.fxe5+ Kg7 32.Qd2 Rcd8 33.Qe3 Rc8 34.Rg2 Re7 35.Rf2 Qh5
36.Qf4 Kg8 37.a3 Rce8 38.e6 Rd8 39.Qf6 Rd1+ 40.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 41.Ka2 Qd8 42.Rh2 Qd5+
43.b3 Rg7 44.e7 Qf7 45.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nb5 Rfc8 14.Qe2 Bb8 15.Ba3 Qd8
16.Rac1 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Ne8 18.g3 a6 19.Nc3 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Nxd6 21.Ne5 Rc8 22.Nxd7 Qxd7
23.Bxa6 Ne4 24.Bxb7 Nxc3 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.Ba6 Qc7 27.Qb5 g6 28.a4 Rc2 29.Qd3 Rb2
30.Qd1 Qc3 31.Bb5 Kg7 32.Qf3 Qc7 33.e4 Qc1+ 34.Kg2 Rb1 35.Kh3 Qc2 36.Be8 f6
37.Qf4 Qc8 38.Bxg6 Kxg6 39.Qg4+ Kf7 40.exd5 Qd7 41.Qh5+ Ke7 42.Qg6 e5+ 43.Kg2 Qxd5+  0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Re1 Bf5 8.Nh4 Bg4
9.Bg5 c6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.f3 Be6 12.e4 c5 13.exd5 cxd4 14.dxe6 dxc3 15.bxc3 Qb6+
16.Kh1 fxe6 17.Rab1 Qc7 18.Rxe6 Nc5 19.Bf4 Qd8 20.Re2 Qxd2 21.Bxd2 Nd5 22.f4 Rad8
23.c4 Nc3 24.Bxc3 Bxc3 25.Bxb7 Nxb7 26.Rxb7 e5 27.Rb3 Rd1+ 28.Kg2 Ba5 29.Rxe5 Rd2+
30.Kh3 Bc7 31.Re7 Bb6 32.Rd3 Rxd3 33.cxd3 Rd8 34.Nf3 Rxd3 35.Ng5 h6 36.Ne4 Kf8
37.Rb7 Rd4 38.c5 Rxe4 39.cxb6 axb6 40.Rxb6 Kf7 41.Rb2 Ra4 42.Kg2 Ra3 43.Kf2 Kf6
44.Ke2 Kf5 45.Kd2 g5 46.fxg5 hxg5 47.Kc2 Kg4 48.Kb1 Ra5 49.Rb8 Ra7 50.Rb5 Rh7
51.Rb2 Ra7 52.Rf2 Kh3 53.Kb2 g4 54.a3 Rb7+ 55.Ka2 Rb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.h3 Qb6 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Re2 Qa6 15.Qe1 Ne8
16.Bf4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 f6 18.a4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Rea2 Qd3 21.Qe3 Qxe3 22.fxe3 Nd6
23.Nd2 Ra5 24.g4 Kf7 25.Kf3 h5 26.Ke2 c4 27.Kf3 Rba8 28.Kg3 hxg4 29.hxg4 g5
30.Kf3 Ke8 31.Nf1 Kd7 32.Ng3 Rb8 33.Nf5 Nxf5 34.exf5 Rb3 35.Ra3 Rb8 36.e4 Kd6
37.R3a2 Rb3 38.Ra3 Kc5 39.Ke3 Rb8 40.Rd1 Rba8 41.Rb1 Rxa4 42.Rxa4 Rxa4 43.Rb7 Ra3
44.Rc7+ Kb5 45.Rb7+ Kc5 46.Rc7+ Kb5 47.Rb7+ Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nf1 c5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Be3 a5
16.Rc1 c4 17.Bc2 d5 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.e5 Na4 21.Rb1 Ra6 22.Ng3 g6
23.Bh6 Re8 24.e6 Bg5 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Qf3+ Bf6 27.Nh5 Re4 28.Nxf6 Qxf6 29.Bxe4 dxe4
30.Qg3 Ra7 31.d5 Bxd5 32.Rbd1 Qf5 33.Qb8 Rb7 34.Qf8+ Ke6 35.Qc8+ Rd7 36.g4 Qf7
37.Rxd5  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Bc4 Bxc4 8.Nxc4 Qa6
9.Qe2 e6 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.Bd6 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.Bxf8 Kxf8 14.Qd3 Ke7 15.a4 Nb6
16.Ne5 Qxd3 17.cxd3 Nd7 18.Nf3 Rhc8 19.Kd2 c5 20.Rhb1 Rc7 21.a5 Rac8 22.Ra3 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Nc5 24.Nb3 Nd7 25.c4 e5 26.Re1 Kd6 27.f4 f6 28.Kc3 Nc5 29.fxe5+ fxe5
30.Nxc5 Rxc5 31.Re3 Rf8 32.Ra2 Rf6 33.Rg3 g6 34.Rh3 Rf7 35.Kb4 Rcc7 36.Re2 Rf1
37.Rhe3 Rb1+ 38.Kc3 Rc5 39.Ra2 Rc1+ 40.Kd2 Rf1 41.Re2 Rh1 42.h3 Rf1 43.Ke3 Rf7
44.g3 Ke6 45.Reb2 Kd6 46.a6 b6 47.Rxb6+ axb6 48.a7 Rc8 49.a8=Q Rxa8 50.Rxa8 Rf1
51.Rd8+ Kc6 52.Rh8 Rg1 53.Kf2 Rd1 54.Ke2 Rg1 55.g4 Kc5 56.Rxh7 e4 57.Rc7+ Kd6
58.Rg7 Kc5 59.dxe4 Rg3 60.Rc7+ Kd4 61.Rc6 g5 62.Rxb6 Rxh3 63.Rb5 Kxc4 64.Rxg5 Kd4
65.e5 Re3+ 66.Kf2 Rxe5 67.Rg6 Kd5 68.Kg3 Re8 69.Kf4 Rf8+ 70.Kg5 Ke5 71.Kh5 Kf4
72.g5 Kf5 73.Rh6 Rf7 74.Rh8 Kf4 75.g6 Rf5+ 76.Kh6 Kg4 77.g7 Rh5+ 78.Kg6 Rg5+
79.Kf6  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Bd2 Be6 8.O-O-O Nd7
9.e4 f6 10.h3 Bh6 11.Be2 c6 12.a3 Ke7 13.b4 a5 14.Kb2 Nb6 15.c5 Bxd2 16.Nxd2 axb4
17.axb4 Na4+ 18.Nxa4 Rxa4 19.Ra1 Rxb4+ 20.Kc3 Rd4 21.Rhb1 Rd7 22.Ra8 Kf7
23.Bc4 Bxc4 24.Nxc4 Kg7 25.Nd6 Ne7 26.Ne8+ Kf7 27.Nxf6 Rd3+ 28.Kxd3 Rxa8
29.Nxh7 Ra2 30.Ke3 Ra3+ 31.Ke2 Ra2+ 32.Kf3 Rc2 33.Rxb7 Rxc5 34.Ng5+ Kf6 35.h4 Rc3+
36.Kg4 Rc2 37.f4 exf4 38.e5+ Kxe5 39.Rxe7+  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.a3 O-O 8.Rb1 d6
9.b4 b6 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne4 h6 14.b5 Bb7 15.a4 f5 16.Nd2 Bxg2
17.Kxg2 Qd7 18.Bb2 Kh7 19.e3 dxe3 20.Bxg7 Qb7+ 21.Nf3 e2 22.Rfe1 Kxg7 23.d4 g5
24.Kg1 Ng6 25.Rxe2 Rf6 26.c5 bxc5 27.dxc5 dxc5 28.Ne5 Re8 29.Rd1 Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Qc7
31.Qc3 c4 32.Rd4 Re7 33.Rxc4 Qd7 34.Rd4 Qb7 35.Rd6 Kf7 36.Rc5 f4 37.Rdc6 fxg3
38.hxg3 Qd7 39.Qc2 Rf5 40.Rc7 Qd6 41.Rxf5+ exf5 42.Qxf5+ Kg7 43.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.h4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.Na3 Nf5 10.Nc2 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 h5 12.a3 Be7 13.b4 Rc8 14.g3 f6 15.Bd3 fxe5
16.Bxf5 exf5 17.dxe5 d4 18.Ncxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 a5 20.Be3 axb4 21.axb4 Qxb4
22.Kg2 Qc5 23.Qb3 Qb4 24.Rhb1 Qxb3 25.Rxb3 Rc7 26.Ra8+ Rc8 27.Ra5 b6 28.Ra7 Rd8
29.e6 Bc8 30.Nc6 Bf6 31.Nxd8 Bxd8 32.Bxb6 Bf6 33.Bc5  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 h6 7.O-O a6 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Ba7
10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Kh2 Ne7 14.e3 Ng6 15.Ne2 c6 16.Qc2 Rad8
17.e4 b5 18.cxb5 cxb5 19.Qc6 Qc8 20.Qc7 Qa8 21.Qc6 Qc8 22.Qc7 Qb8 23.Qxb8 Bxb8
24.Rc6 d5 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Rxa6 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Rxd3 28.Ng1 h5 29.Rd1 Rb3 30.Rd2 h4
31.Bd1 hxg3+ 32.fxg3 Rxg3 33.Rxf6 e4 34.Rxg6 fxg6 35.Kh1 Rf1 36.Bd4 e3 37.Bb3+ Kh7
38.Rg2 Rxh3+  0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.Nbd2 Bb7
10.e4 cxd4 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Nc4 Nc6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Rc1 Bc5 15.Nxd4 Ndxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5
17.Nf3 Qd6 18.Qc2 Ba7 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Qe4 O-O 21.Bf4 Qb6 22.Be3 Qa5 23.Ng5 Qf5
24.Qxf5 exf5 25.Bxa7 Rxa7 26.Nxf7 Na5 27.Be6 Ba8 28.Rc5 Nc6 29.Ne5+ Kh8 30.Nxc6 Rc7
31.Rxf5  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 O-O
9.Nc3 Na5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nxe5 d5 14.Bg5 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qxd1
16.Rxd1 b4 17.Nd5 Bxf2+ 18.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 19.Kg1 Nxg5 20.Nd7 Rd8 21.Nxc7 Kh8
22.Nxa8 Rxa8 23.Rd4 Ra1+ 24.Kf2 Rb1 25.Rxb4 Rxb2+ 26.Ke3 h5 27.h4 Ne6 28.g3 Rg2
29.Kf3 Rb2 30.Ke3 Rg2 31.Kf3 Rb2 32.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 c5 8.Bc4 Qa5+
9.c3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Re5 Qb6 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 h6 15.Bh4 Nd5
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Bd3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Bb1 Rd6 21.Qc2 Kf8 22.Qh7 Rd2
23.Rf5 Be4 24.Rxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qxe4 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Kf8 27.Qb4+ Kg8 28.Qe4 Rad8
29.Qxe6+ Qf7 30.Bh7+ Kf8 31.Qe4 R8d6 32.h4 Rd1 33.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34.Kh2 Qc7+
35.g3 Rd2+ 36.Kh3 Qd7+ 37.Bf5 Qc6 38.Qf4 Qd6 39.Qf3 Qf6 40.Qf4 Rd6 41.h5 a5
42.Qe4 Rd8 43.g4 b6 44.a4 Kg8 45.Kg3 Kh8 46.Kf3 Qh4 47.Qe6 Qh3+ 48.Kf4 Qh2+
49.Kf3 Qd6 50.Qxd6 Rxd6 51.Ke4 Rd2 52.b4 Kg8 53.bxa5 bxa5 54.c4 Kf7 55.Ke5 Ke7
56.c5 Rd1 57.c6 Rc1 58.Kd5 Rc3 59.Bd7 Kd8 60.Ke6 Rc5 61.Kd6 Rc4 62.Be6 Rd4+
63.Bd5 Rd1 64.c7+ Kc8 65.Kc6 Rc1+ 66.Kb6 Rxc7 67.Be6+ Kb8 68.Kxa5 Rb7 69.Ka6 Rb2
70.Bf5 Kc7 71.a5 Kc6 72.Be4+ Kc5 73.Ka7 Ra2 74.a6 Kd6 75.Kb7 Rb2+ 76.Kc8 Ra2
77.Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Bf5 6.Re1 O-O 7.Nbd2 Qc8 8.e4 Bg4
9.c3 Nc6 10.Qc2 Bh3 11.Nc4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 e6 13.Bg5 b5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne3 Bg7
16.a4 a6 17.axb5 axb5 18.d5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Re8 21.Qb3 Qb7 22.Qa2 Qb8
23.Qa6 Nd8 24.Qa7 Qxa7 25.Rxa7 c6 26.Nb4 Rxe4 27.Ra8 Re8 28.Nxc6 Nxc6 29.Rxe8+  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.h3 Nh6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Be3 Be6 15.a3 Nf7
16.b4 c6 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Nc7 19.Nd2 Bf8 20.Rb1 b6 21.c5 b5 22.a4 bxa4
23.Nxa4 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Nc4 Nd5 26.Bd2 e4 27.Na5 Rc8 28.Ba6 Rc7 29.Nc3 Nxc3
30.Bxc3+ Bg7 31.Bd2 Ba2 32.Rc1 Be5 33.Nc4 Bxc4 34.Bxc4 Kg7 35.b5 cxb5 36.Bxb5 Bd4
37.c6 Kf6 38.Rd1 Be5 39.Ba5 Re7 40.Bc4 f4 41.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 c5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.O-O Rd8 14.e3 Na6 15.Rd2 Nc7
16.Rfd1 Ne6 17.h4 g6 18.Qb3 h5 19.Qa2 a6 20.dxc5 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc5 22.Nd4 Nxd4
23.cxd4 Qd6 24.Rc1 Rac8 25.Rdc2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Bc6 27.Rc3 Bb5 28.Qb2 Qe6 29.Qc1 Bc4
30.e4 b5 31.e5 Re8 32.Kh2 Qb6 33.Qf4 Rf8 34.Rf3 a5 35.Bh3 Be2 36.Re3 Bc4
37.Rf3 Be2 38.Re3 Bc4 39.Qg5 Qxd4 40.e6 Qb2 41.Rf3 d4 42.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O g6
9.e5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Qd4 11.Be3 Qd6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.f4 Bg4 14.Qf2 e4 15.Rde1 Bf5
16.h3 h5 17.Bd4 Bg7 18.b3 O-O 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8
9.f3 e3 10.dxe3 b6 11.e4 h6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.f4 Kg8 14.e5 Nh7 15.Ba3 Bb7 16.Be4 Kh8
17.Bc2 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Rxe5 19.Bxh7 Kxh7 20.c5 Qe8 21.Qd3+ Be4 22.Qd2 Qe6 23.Rf2 bxc5
24.Raf1 Re8 25.c4 Qh3 26.Bb2 Rg5 27.Qc3 Re6 28.Qe3 Rg4 29.Rc1 h5  0-1

[Event "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Abreu, Jorge D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B38"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pereda, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.e3 Bg7 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 Bf5 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 e5 15.d5 e4
16.dxc6 exf3 17.Bxf3 bxc6 18.Ra3 Rfc8 19.Bg3 a5 20.h3 Bc2 21.Bd6 a4 22.bxa4 Rxa4
23.Rc1 Rxa3 24.Bxa3 Ba4 25.g4 Bb5 26.h4 h6 27.h5 gxh5 28.gxh5 Ra8 29.Bd6 Ra1
30.Rxa1 Bxa1 31.Be4 Bg7 32.f4 Bf8 33.Be5 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rodriguez, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Martin, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A81"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morcuende, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E71"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Alonso, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A39"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Moreira, Jairo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O Rd8 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.a3 Ba5 13.Rfd1 Nf6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.b4 Bc7
16.Qb2 Rac8 17.h3 Ne8 18.a4 Nf6 19.Ne5 Bb8 20.f4 dxc4 21.Bxc4 Nd5 22.Bxd5 exd5
23.Re1 Bd6 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Nd1 Qe7 26.Nf2 Bxb4 27.Re2 Ba3  0-1

[Event "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Reyes, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B05"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Arnaiz, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A39"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Garcia, Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.O-O Qxb3
10.axb3 h6 11.Nh3 g5 12.f3 exf3 13.exf3 Be6 14.Re1 Kd7 15.Bf1 Bb4 16.Nf2 c5
17.Nd3 Nc6 18.Nxc5+ Bxc5 19.dxc5 Nd4 20.cxd5 Bf7 21.Rd1 Nxf3+ 22.Kg2 Ne5
23.Be3 Bh5 24.Bb5+ Kc8 25.Rf1 f4 26.gxf4 gxf4 27.Bxf4 Rg8+ 28.Bg3 Neg4 29.Rae1 Nd7
30.b4 a5 31.Bxd7+ Kxd7 32.b5 Rae8 33.c6+ Kc8 34.Kh3 Ne3 35.Rxe3 Rxe3 36.d6 Bf3
37.d7+ Kd8 38.Rg1 Rg5 39.Rf1 bxc6 40.b6 Rh5+ 41.Bh4+ Kxd7 42.Rh1  0-1

[Event "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Espinola Martin, Maria Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 a6 10.Qe1 Qc7 11.Qg3 Re8 12.Kh1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.a3 Bb7 15.Bd3 Kh8
16.Rae1 Nh5 17.Qh3 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Qxh5 exd4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 g6 22.Qe5+ Qxe5
23.Rxe5 Kg7 24.Rfe1 Kf8 25.g3 Bd6 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.Kg2 Ke7
29.Kf3 f5 30.h3 Kf6 31.a4 bxa4 32.Bxa6 Ke5 33.Bb5 a3 34.Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Ja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D70"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Izquierdo, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A45"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gonzalez, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E92"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Correa Fo, Sidney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B53"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Trujillo, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B80"]

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 "Tenerife sim"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rodriguez, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6 8.h3 Bg7 9.a4 O-O
10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O c4 12.Bc2 Nbd7 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qe2 Rb8 15.Ba7 Ra8 16.Be3 Rb8
17.a5 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6 19.Rfc1 Nbd7 20.Nd2 Rb4 21.Ra4 a5 22.Nxc4 Ba6 23.Bd3 Bxc4
24.Bxc4 Nxe4 25.Rxb4 axb4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Qd3 Rxe3 28.Qxe3 Bxb2 29.Rc2 Bc3
30.Bb5 Nf6 31.Ra2 Qc8 32.Bc6 Qf5 33.Ra8+ Kg7 34.Qe7 Ne4 35.Qf8+ Kf6 36.Qd8+ Kg7
37.Qf8+ Kf6 38.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.Ne5 Bg7 11.h4 Nfd7 12.Ng4 Qa5 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.Kf1 Na6 16.e5 O-O-O
17.a4 Qb4 18.Bf3 Qxb2 19.axb5 Qxc3 20.bxa6 Ba8 21.Rc1 Qb3 22.Nh6 Rf8 23.Bh5 Qxd1+
24.Rxd1 f5 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Nf7 Be7 27.Nd6+ Bxd6 28.Bxd6 Rf5 29.Bg4 Rd5 30.Bg3 c5
31.Bxe6 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 cxd4 33.Bxc4 Be4 34.f3 Bf5 35.Bf2 Ne5 36.Bb5 Bd7 37.Bxd7+ Kxd7
38.Bxd4 Nc6 39.Bc5 g4 40.Ke2 Ke6 41.f4 Nb8 42.Bxa7 Nxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Be2 Qb6 7.O-O Nh6 8.b3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nf5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.a3 a5 12.h3 Rc8 13.g4 Nh4 14.Nbd2 Ng6 15.Re1 O-O
16.Bf1 f6 17.Rc1 fxe5 18.dxe5 Nf4 19.Rc2 Be8 20.Bd4 Qd8 21.Bc5 Bg6 22.Rc1 Nxe5
23.Bxe7 Rxc1 24.Bxd8 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nxf3+ 26.Nxf3 Rxd8 27.Ne5 Bc2 28.Rc1 Bxb3
29.Rc7 d4 30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.Bxd3 Bd5 32.f4 Rf8 33.f5 exf5 34.gxf5 Bc6 35.Kf2 g6
36.Kg3 gxf5 37.Kf4 Kh8 38.h4 h5 39.Re7 Re8 40.Rxe8+ Bxe8 41.Bxf5 Kg7 42.Be4 b6
43.Ke5 Bg6 44.Kxd4 Bxe4 45.Kxe4 Kf6 46.a4 Ke6 47.Kf4 Kd6 48.Kg5 b5 49.axb5 a4  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.h4 h6 4.Bf4 d6 5.e3 Nf6 6.c3 Bg7 7.Bc4 e6 8.Nd2 Qe7 9.Bg3 Nc6
10.Ne2 e5 11.Qc2 Be6 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.c4 Kb8 15.d5 Nb4 16.Qb3 Bxb5
17.Qxb4 Be8 18.Nc3 g5 19.f3 c5 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Nb3 g4 22.Rhf1 gxf3 23.gxf3 Rd7
24.Kb1 Rc8 25.Na5 Ka8 26.Rd2 h5 27.Nxc6 bxc6 28.Rfd1 Bf8 29.e4 fxe4 30.fxe4 Qh7
31.Ka1 d5 32.Qa4 d4 33.Qa6 Rb7 34.Bxe5 dxc3 35.Bxc3 Nxe4 36.Rd8 Qc7 37.Rxc8+ Qxc8
38.Be5 Qe8 39.Qa5 Rd7 40.Re1 Nc5 41.Bg3 Qd8 42.Qxd8+ Rxd8 43.a3 Bg7 44.Re2 Nb3+
45.Kb1 Rd2 46.Re8+ Kb7 47.Rb8+ Ka6 48.Rxb3 Rd1+ 49.Ka2 Rg1 50.Bf4 Rg4 51.Bg5 Rxc4
52.Rb8 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.c3 Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.O-O b6
10.Re1 Ba6 11.exd5 exd5 12.Qa4 Bb7 13.d4 O-O 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Nb3 Qb6 16.Be3 d4
17.cxd4 Qb4 18.Nxc5 Qxa4 19.Nxa4 Rab8 20.Nc5 Ba8 21.Nd7 Nf5 22.Nfe5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rxb2 25.Nxf8 Bxf8 26.Bxa7 Rb7 27.Be3 Bb4 28.Rab1  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e4 O-O 7.Bd3 g6 8.Qe2 Bg7
9.c3 Nc6 10.O-O-O d5 11.e5 b6 12.h4 h6 13.Rdg1 Ne7 14.g4 f4 15.h5 g5 16.Nxg5 hxg5
17.h6 Bh8 18.Nf3 c5 19.Nxg5 cxd4 20.Bh7+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E38"]

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 Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 c6 6.Bd3 Qe7+ 7.Kf1 h6 8.Bh4 Qd8
9.Qe2+ Be6 10.Ne5 Be7 11.Ng6 Rg8 12.Nf4 Qd7 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.Qxe6 fxe6 15.Bg6+ Kd7
16.Nd2 c5 17.Re1 Rf8 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Nf3 Nc6 20.Bg3 Bd6 21.Bd3 a6 22.c3 Rae8
23.Bg6 Rd8 24.Kg1 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Kd6 26.Bc2 b5 27.Nh4 b4 28.Ng6 Rfe8 29.Ba4 bxc3
30.bxc3 Rc8 31.Rh4 e5 32.c4 d4 33.c5+ Kxc5 34.Bxc6 Rxc6 35.Nxe5 Kd5 36.Rxd4+ Kxd4
37.Nxc6+ Kc3 38.Rb1 Re6 39.Rb3+ Kd2 40.Rb2+ Kc1 41.Rc2+ Kd1 42.Rc4 h5 43.f3 Kd2
44.Nd4 Re1+ 45.Kh2 Kd3 46.Ra4 Nd5 47.Nf5 Kc3 48.Rxa6 Re2 49.Nxg7 Ne3 50.Nxh5 Rxg2+
51.Kh3 Rg1 52.Kh4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Qe8 10.O-O Kh8 11.h3 Nh6 12.Qd2 g5 13.Bg3 g4 14.hxg4 Nxg4 15.Nd5 Qf7
16.Ne3 Bh6 17.Qc3 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Qg7 19.Bh4 Nc6 20.Rf2 Bg4 21.Raf1 Qg6 22.Nh2 Bxe2
23.Rxe2 Bg5 24.Bxg5 fxg5 25.Qd3 Rxf1+ 26.Nxf1 Rf8 27.Ng3 Qh6 28.Nf5 Qh5 29.d5 Nb4
30.Qd2 Qg4 31.Rf2 Qxe4 32.Ng3 Qb1+ 33.Kh2 Rg8 34.Qxb4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Bd7 8.f5 Be7
9.fxe6 fxe6 10.Bc4 Qc8 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Qd3 Qc5 14.Be3 Qh5 15.Bf4 Rd8
16.O-O O-O 17.h3 Kh8 18.Rad1 Bc8 19.Qg3 Qc5+ 20.Be3 Qc6 21.e5 dxe5 22.Qxe5 Bd6
23.Rxd6 Rxd6 24.Ne4 Rd5 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Bd4 Qxe5 27.Bxe5 Bd7 28.Bxf6 gxf6
29.Rxf6 Rxf6 30.Nxf6 Bc6 31.Kf2 Kg7 32.Ng4 Be4 33.c3 h5 34.Ne5 Kf6 35.Nd7+ Kf5
36.b4 Bc6 37.Nc5 Ke5 38.g3 Kd5 39.Ke3 Kc4 40.Ne4 e5 41.g4 h4 42.g5 Bd7 43.g6 Bxh3
44.Ng5 Bg2 45.Nf3 Bh3 46.Kd2 Be6 47.Nxh4 Kb5 48.Nf3 Bxa2 49.Nxe5 Be6 50.Kc2 a5
51.bxa5 Kxa5 52.g7 Kb5 53.Kd3 Ka5 54.Kd4 b6 55.Nc6+ Ka4 56.Ne7 b5 57.g8=Q  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.h3 O-O 12.Re1 Re8 13.Na3 b4 14.Nc4 bxc3 15.bxc3 exd4
16.Nxb6 Rxb6 17.cxd4 Nxe4 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Rxe4 Rxe4 20.Ng5+ Kg8 21.Nxe4 Bf5
22.Ng5 Ne7 23.g4 Bg6 24.Ne6 Qc8 25.d5 Bf7 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Qd4+ Kf8 28.Bh6+ Ke8
29.Re1  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6
9.O-O e5 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.b3 Be6 13.Bb2 Rad8 14.h3 Nd7 15.Rad1 f5
16.Rfe1 a5 17.Kh2 h5 18.Kh1 Rde8 19.a3 Ba7 20.Rd2 Nf6 21.Qd1 h4 22.gxh4 e4
23.Ne2 Nh5 24.Rg1 Bb8 25.Ng3 Nf6 26.f4 Rd8 27.Bf1 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Ba7 29.Be2 Qd7
30.Qxd7 Bxd7 31.Nh5 Ne8 32.c5 g6 33.b4 Kh7 34.Rd1 Be6 35.Rd8 gxh5 36.Bxh5 axb4
37.axb4 b6 38.Bd4 bxc5 39.bxc5 Kg8 40.Bxe8 Bc4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nb3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.a3 Bd6 14.O-O Rd8 15.f4 Bc8
16.e5 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Rxd3 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Qe2 Qd8 20.Rad1 Be7 21.Be3 Rd7 22.f5 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Qc7 24.fxe6 Bxe6 25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Rg8 27.Qf2 Rg5 28.Ne4 Rf5 29.Qe3 Qc4
30.Kg1 Rd5 31.b3 Qc7 32.Rf1 f5 33.Nf6+ Bxf6 34.Bxf6 Qc5 35.Qxc5 Rxc5 36.Rd1 Rd5
37.Rxd5 Bxd5 38.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 Nbd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Re1 Qa5 13.e5 Ng4 14.exd6 exd6 15.Bf4 Rfb8
16.Re2 Qa6 17.Rc1 Nge5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.b3 Rb4 21.Rd2 c4 22.Ne2 Kg7
23.bxc4 Rxc4 24.Rxc4 Qxc4 25.Qc2 Qb4 26.Ng1 Ra3 27.Nf3 Bf6 28.Rd3 Qe4 29.Rc3 Qxc2
30.Rxc2 Ra5 31.Rd2 Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qd2 Nf6
9.f3 h5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Na6 12.Nge2 Nc7 13.O-O Ne6 14.Be5 h4 15.Rae1 O-O
16.g4 hxg3 17.hxg3 Nd7 18.Kg2 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qd7 20.f4 f5 21.g4 Rf7 22.Rh1 Bf8
23.gxf5 Nc5 24.Qd1 Qxf5 25.Nd4 Qd7 26.Reg1 Re8 27.Rh3 Ne6 28.Rgh1 Bg7 29.Qc2 Nf8
30.Nce2 Qe7 31.Nf3 Qb4 32.Rg3 c5 33.Nh4 Re6 34.Nc3 d4 35.Nd5 Qb5 36.e4 c4
37.Nf3 d3 38.Qc3 Ra6 39.Nd4 Qc5 40.Rxd3 Rxa2 41.Rdh3 b5 42.Nf3 Ne6 43.Kg3 b4
44.Qd2 Rf8 45.Nf6+ Rxf6 46.exf6 Bxf6 47.e5 Bg7 48.Rh7 Qf8 49.Ng5 Ra6 50.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 Rd8 11.Rd1 b6 12.Bb2 Nc6 13.Rac1 Bb7 14.e4 e6 15.h4 Rac8
16.h5 Qf4 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Bb1 Na5 19.Re1 Qg4 20.Rcd1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nc4 22.Bc1 b5
23.g3 Re8 24.Kg2 f5 25.Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.a4 c5 14.Ra3 h6 15.Nd2 Ra6
16.Nb5 Bd7 17.g3 Nh5 18.Bb2 Be8 19.Be2 Nf6 20.f4 Nd7 21.Qa1 f5 22.Kh1 g5
23.Rf1 Bg6 24.Bd3 g4 25.exf5 Nxf5 26.Qb1 exf4 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Rxf4 Ne5 29.Bxf5 Rxf5
30.Rxf5 Qd7 31.Re3 Qxf5 32.Qxf5 Bxf5 33.Nxd6 Rxd6 34.Rxe5 Kf6 35.Re8 Ra6
36.Ne4+ Bxe4+ 37.Rxe4 h5 38.h3 gxh3 39.Kh2 Rxa4 40.Kxh3 Kf5 41.Rh4 Kg5 42.Rf4 Rb4
43.Re4 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O Bg4
9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Rb1 O-O 11.b3 Nd7 12.Bb2 Nc5 13.Rfd1 a6 14.Qe3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 e6
16.g3 Qc7 17.Bg2 Rfd8 18.Ne2 Bxb2 19.Rxb2 Rac8 20.Nc3 Qa5 21.Rbd2 b5 22.cxb5 axb5
23.Bf1 Na7 24.Rxd6 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 b4 26.Na4 Nb5 27.Bxb5 Qxb5 28.Nb6 Rb8 29.Nc4 Na4
30.Qd3 Nc3 31.a4 Qg5 32.Kg2 Qc1 33.a5 Qa1 34.a6 Rf8 35.Ne5 Ne2 36.Qxe2 Qxe5
37.Qd3 Qa5 38.Qc4 h5 39.h4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne4 Qxa2
16.Rd1 Be7 17.Be2 O-O 18.O-O Ra7 19.Qh6 Rd7 20.Rd3 Rxd3 21.Bxd3 f5 22.Ng5 Bxg5
23.Qxg5+ Kh8 24.Qe7 Rg8 25.Qf6+ Rg7 26.Qf8+ Rg8 27.Qf6+ Rg7 28.Rd1 Qd5 29.Qf8+ Rg8
30.Qf6+ Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.b5 c5 14.Re1 Re8 15.Rc1 Nd7
16.g3 Nf8 17.Na4 c4 18.Bf1 Qd6 19.Bg2 Rad8 20.h4 Ne6 21.Nc3 g6 22.Nd2 Ba8
23.h5 g5 24.Nf1 Be7 25.g4 Qd7 26.Ng3 Ng7 27.a4 Bb4 28.Bh3 Bb7 29.Qc2 Bd6
30.Nf5 Nxf5 31.gxf5 Bb4 32.Kg2 Qd6 33.f3 Re7 34.Re2 Rde8 35.Rce1 Qf6 36.Bg4 Bd6
37.Qd1 Bb4 38.Qc2 Rd8 39.Rd1 Bc8 40.e4 Bxc3 41.e5 Rxe5 42.dxe5 Bxe5 43.Rde1 Bc7
44.Re8+ Kg7 45.Rxd8 Bxd8 46.Rd1 Bb7 47.f4 d4+ 48.Bf3 d3  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Nc3 d6
9.f4 Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.O-O Ndxe5 14.Rae1 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 O-O 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Bc7 Qa7 19.Na4 f6 20.Bb6 Qb8 21.Bc7 Qa7 22.Nb6 e5
23.Nxa8 Qxa8 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Bd6 Bd8 26.Nc5 b6 27.Ne4 Nd4 28.Bxe5 Nf5 29.Qg4 Ne3
30.Qh5 Rg8 31.Qf3 Nxd1 32.Nd6 Qa7 33.Nxc8 Qd7 34.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Nbd7 8.a4 b6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.h3 Be7 11.g4 Nc5 12.Ng3 g6 13.Bh6 Ne6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.O-O-O Rc4
16.Kb1 Qc7 17.Rhe1 Rd4 18.Qc1 Rb4 19.Bd2 Rd4 20.Bh6 Rb4 21.Bd2 Rd4 22.Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 e6 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.Re1 b6 14.c3 Bb7 15.h4 Re8
16.h5 Bd5 17.Bd2 Rd8 18.Re2 Kg8 19.Qh3 Qc6 20.Re3 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Nf6 22.Qh4 Be7
23.Rh3 cxd4 24.cxd4 Qd6 25.Be3 Kf8 26.Rc1 Qb4 27.b3 Nd5 28.Qe4 Bf6 29.Bc4 Qd6
30.Bxd5 Qxd5 31.Qxd5 Rxd5 32.Rc7 a5 33.a4 Kg8 34.Rb7 Kh7 35.Rxf7 Rb8 36.Ra7 b5
37.Bf4 Rf8 38.Be5 Bxe5 39.dxe5 bxa4 40.bxa4 Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Na5 Qc7 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Rc8 17.b4 O-O 18.h4 Rc7 19.Bh3 Nh7 20.Bg2 Rfc8 21.Nc6 Nf6 22.f4 Nxg4
23.Bh3 h5 24.Rhg1 f5 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Rgf1 Rf8 27.Nxe7+ Rxe7 28.d6 Ref7 29.Bxg4 hxg4
30.Qd5 f4 31.Qxe5 g3 32.Qd5 Qb7 33.Qxb7 Rxb7 34.d7 Rxd7 35.Rxd7 f3 36.Rdd1 f2
37.Rg1 fxg1=Q 38.Rxg1 Rf3 39.Kc1 Kh7 40.Kd1 Kh6 41.Ke2 Rc3 42.Kd2 Ra3 43.c3 g2
44.Ke2 Rxa2+ 45.Kf3 Kh5 46.Kg3 Rc2 47.Ra1 Rxc3+ 48.Kxg2 Rc4 49.Rxa6 Rxh4
50.Ra7 g6 51.Rh7+ Kg5 52.Rxh4 Kxh4  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 Nd7 10.O-O e5 11.f3 Qe7 12.Be3 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bb3 Be6 15.Rad1 Nc4
16.Bc1 b5 17.f4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bg4 19.Rde1 Qc5 20.Kh1 a5 21.h3 Bd7 22.a4 bxa4
23.Ba2 Be8 24.e5 Nb6 25.f5 Nd5 26.Bd2 Nb4 27.Qxa4 Nxa2 28.Qxa2 Bxe5 29.fxg6 hxg6
30.Bg5 Rd5 31.Re3 Qd6 32.Qe2 Bd7 33.c4 Bxd4 34.cxd5 Bxe3 35.Qxe3 Re8 36.Qc3 Qxd5
37.Bh6 Re5 38.Rf3 Qc5 39.Qa1 Bf5 40.Re3 f6 41.Rxe5 Qxe5 42.Qa2+ Qd5 43.Qxd5+ cxd5
44.Bd2 a4 45.Bc3 Kf7 46.h4 Ke6 47.Kg1 Bh3 48.gxh3 Kf5 49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Bxf6 d4
51.Be7 Kd3 52.Bc5 Kc4 53.Be7 Kb3  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Rd1 Ne7 11.Nd4 Ng6 12.f4 Bc5 13.Ne4 Bxd4+ 14.Rxd4 b6 15.Be3 h5
16.Re1 Be6 17.Ng5 Bf5 18.Rc4 Ne7 19.Rd1 a5 20.Bf2 c5 21.Rc3 Ng6 22.Re1 Rg8
23.a3 a4 24.e6 f6 25.Ne4 h4 26.Rc4 Ke7 27.Nxc5 bxc5 28.Rxc5 Nxf4 29.Rxf5 Nxe6
30.Bxh4 Rgb8 31.Rc5 Kd6 32.Rc3 Rxb2 33.Bg3+ Kd7 34.Rd1+ Ke8 35.Rc6 Kf7 36.Rd7+ Ke8
37.Rd1 Kf7 38.Re1 Re8 39.Re4 Ra2 40.Rxa4 Rd8 41.Re4 Rd1+ 42.Kf2 Nd4 43.Rxc7+ Kg6
44.Rg4+ Kf5 45.Rc5+ Ke6 46.Re4+ Kf7 47.Rc7+ Kg6 48.Rg4+ Kf5 49.Rc5+ Ke6 50.Rxg7 Nxc2
51.Rc6+ Kf5 52.Rc5+ Ke6 53.Kf3 Nd4+ 54.Kg4 Rxa3 55.Rc8 Ra4 56.Re8+ Kd5 57.Rd7+ Kc4
58.Bf2 Kc3 59.Bxd4+ Rdxd4+ 60.Rxd4 Kxd4 61.Kf5 Ra2 62.g4 Rf2+ 63.Kg6 Rf4
64.Kh5 f5 65.g5 Re4 66.Rf8 Ke5 67.Kg6  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a4 b6
9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 e5 12.Nf5 g6 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Bg5 Qd8 15.Ne3 Bg7
16.O-O h6 17.Bh4 O-O 18.Ncd5 g5 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Bg4 Qd8 21.Bg3 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 Qe7
23.Nf5 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 Bxe4 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.Bxd6 Rfe8 27.c3 f5 28.a5 Re6 29.Bc7 b5
30.Rad1 Kg6 31.Rd6 Rxd6 32.Bxd6 h5 33.Rd1 Rd8 34.Rd4 h4 35.Kf2 h3 36.g4 f4
37.Be7 Rxd4 38.cxd4 Bd5 39.b4 Bb3 40.Ke2 Be6 41.Kf3 Bd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D36"]

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 "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be3 Re8 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.a4 Na6 12.Be2 Nb4 13.O-O b6 14.Bf3 Bc8 15.Nc4 Ba6
16.b3 Nd7 17.Rc1 Ne5 18.Nb5 Bxb5 19.axb5 a6 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Be2 Bf6 22.f3 Qd7
23.bxa6 b5 24.Bd2 Nxa6 25.Kh1 Nc7 26.Bc3 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Ra2 28.Rc2 Ra3 29.Rd2 Qe7
30.Qc1 Rxb3 31.Ra2 Qf6 32.Rd1 c4 33.Ra7 Re7 34.Qh6 Rb2 35.Bf1 c3 36.Rc1 Qd4
37.Rca1 Qg7 38.Qf4 Qf8 39.Qxd6 c2 40.Qc6 Ne8 41.Rxe7 Qxe7 42.Bd3 Nd6 43.Bxc2 Qe5
44.f4 Qxf4 45.Qc3  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 c5 15.Bb5 Rfd8
16.Ne2 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.O-O Nc7 19.Bc4 e5 20.Nf5 Ba6 21.Bxa6 N7xa6 22.Ne7+ Kf8
23.Nc6 Re8 24.b4 Re6 25.bxc5 Rxc6 26.cxb6 axb6 27.e4 Nc5 28.Rfc1 Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Bd2 Be6 8.O-O-O Nd7
9.Ng5 Bxc4 10.e4 Bxf1 11.Rhxf1 Nh6 12.f4 c6 13.fxe5 Ke7 14.Nf3 Ng4 15.Bg5+ Ke8
16.e6 fxe6 17.Rd6 Nf8 18.Rfd1 Bf6 19.e5 Bxg5+ 20.Nxg5 Nxe5 21.Nxe6 Ke7 22.Nd8 Rb8
23.Ne4 Nfd7 24.Re6+ Kxd8 25.Rxe5 Rf8 26.Nc5 Rf7 27.Re3 b6 28.Rf3 Rxf3 29.Nxd7 Rf2
30.Nxb8+ Kc7 31.Na6+ Kb7 32.Nb4 c5 33.Nc2 Kc6 34.Rd2 Rf1+ 35.Rd1 Rf2 36.Rg1 g5
37.h3 h5 38.Ne1 c4 39.Nf3 c3 40.bxc3 Rxa2 41.Kb1 Rf2 42.Nxg5 Kd5 43.g4 h4
44.Rd1+ Kc4 45.Ne4 Rh2 46.g5 Kb3 47.Rg1 a5 48.g6  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nbd2 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e4 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.e5 Qe7 10.Be4 d5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Qa4+ Kf8 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.O-O Bf6 15.Rfe1 Nd7
16.Ne4 Be7 17.c4 Rc8 18.Rad1 Kg7 19.h4 a6 20.h5 b5 21.cxb5 Qxb5 22.Qxb5 axb5
23.hxg6 Kxg6 24.Nc3 Rb8 25.d5 e5 26.Nd4 b4 27.Na4 Bg5 28.Nc6 Rb7 29.Re4 b3
30.Na5 Ra7 31.Nxb3 Rc8 32.Nc3 Rb7 33.Ra4 f5 34.Ra6 Be7 35.Rc6 Ra8 36.Rd2 Kf7
37.Rc2 Rab8 38.Kf1 h5 39.g3 Bf8 40.Nd1 Nf6 41.Ne3 Kg6 42.Rc8 Bh6 43.Rxb8 Rxb8
44.Rc6 Bxe3 45.fxe3 Ne4 46.Ke1 Kg5 47.Nd2 Nxd2 48.Kxd2 Rxb2+ 49.Kc3 Rxa2
50.Rxd6 Ra3+ 51.Kd2 Kg4 52.Rg6+ Kf3 53.Rg5 Ke4 54.d6 Rd3+ 55.Ke2 Rxe3+ 56.Kf2 Rd3
57.Rxh5 Rd2+ 58.Ke1 Rxd6 59.Ke2 Rg6 60.Kf2 Ra6 61.Rh4+ Kd3 62.Rh5 Ra2+ 63.Kf1 Ke4
64.Rg5 Rb2 65.Rh5 Rb3 66.Kg2 Rf3 67.Rh1 Ra3 68.Rh5 f4 69.gxf4 exf4 70.Rb5 Ra2+
71.Kf1 Kf3 72.Rb3+ Kg4 73.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Ne1 c5 12.f3 Nef6 13.b4 Rc8 14.Qb3 cxd4 15.exd4 e5
16.Bb2 Re8 17.Nc2 d5 18.Ne3 exd4 19.Bxd4 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Ne5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Bxf7+ Kh8
23.Rfd1 Qe7 24.Nf1 b5 25.Qa2 Re2 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Qd3 29.Bb3 Bd5
30.Rg1 h6 31.Bxd5 Nxd5 32.Ne4 Rc2 33.Qa1 Ne3 34.Qe5 Kh7 35.Nc5 Qc3 36.Qe4+ Kh8
37.h3 Rc1 38.Qe8+ Kh7 39.Qe4+ Kh8 40.Nd3 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 Qd2 42.f4 Nxg2 43.Qe8+ Kh7
44.Qe4+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A41"]

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 "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Bd6
9.b3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Rc1 h5 14.Na4 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4
16.Qd4 Be5 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.f3 Bf5 20.Rc3 Rae8 21.Rfc1 Qe7 22.Re1 Qb4
23.Qc1 R8e6 24.Nc5 Rg6 25.Kh1 Qh4 26.Qd2 d4 27.Rc4 dxe3 28.Rxe3 Rd6 29.Qc1 Qe7
30.Rxe5 Qxe5 31.Ne4 Rd4 32.Rxd4 Qxd4 33.Ng3 Bg6 34.Ne2 Qe5 35.Nf4 Bh7 36.h3 h4
37.Qd2 g5 38.Nh5 Bg6 39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.Nf6+ Kg7 41.Ng4 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D41"]

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 "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B56"]

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 "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b6 10.f3 Bb7 11.a4 Nc6 12.Bg5 Nb4 13.Nb1 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Na3 Qc7
16.Qd2 Nc6 17.Nc4 Rfd8 18.a5 bxa5 19.Nbxa5 Nd4 20.Nxb7 Qxb7 21.Bd3 Bg5 22.Qf2 a5
23.Ra4 Ne6 24.Rfa1 Nc5 25.Rxa5 Rxa5 26.Rxa5 Nxd3 27.cxd3 d5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5
29.exd5 Qxd5 30.Qe2 Bf6 31.g3 h5 32.Kg2 g6 33.h3 Bg7 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 f5
36.Kf1 Kf7 37.Qe3 Bf6 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Ke2 Kg6 40.Kd1 Qa8 41.Ke2 Qd5 42.b4 Kf7
43.Qa7+ Be7 44.Ne3 Qe6 45.b5 e4 46.Qa4 exd3+ 47.Kxd3 Qd7+ 48.Ke2 Kg6 49.Qc4 Bd6
50.b6 Qe7 51.Kd3 Bc5 52.Qg8+ Kh5 53.Qh8+ Kg6 54.Nd5 Qf7 55.Nf4+ Kg5 56.Qd8+ Kh6
57.Nd5 Qg7 58.Qh4+ Kg6 59.Qg3+  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e3 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Qb3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Ba3 Be6 12.d5 Bg4 13.Be2 Nd7 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Rab8
16.Bb2 b5 17.Rfd1 c4 18.Qc2 Nc5 19.Ba3 a5 20.Rab1 Rfd8 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Rdc1 Qa3
23.h4 h5 24.g3 Rdc8 25.g4 hxg4 26.Bxg4 Rd8 27.Bf3 Rb6 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.Kh3 Rc8
30.h5 gxh5 31.Qf5 Rd8 32.Rc2 Rf6 33.Qe4 Qc5 34.Rd1 Qc8+ 35.Kg2 Rg6+ 36.Kf1 Qd7
37.Ke2 Rg5 38.a4 bxa4 39.Qxc4 Rc8 40.Qd3 a3 41.c4 Qa4 42.Rdd2 Bb2 43.d6 exd6
44.Qxd6+ Kg8 45.Qf4 Rg7 46.Bd5 Rf8 47.c5 Qxf4 48.exf4 a2 49.Bxa2 Bf6 50.c6 Re8+
51.Kf3 h4 52.c7 Rc8 53.Rd6 Be7 54.Rb6 Kh8 55.Rcc6  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.Nd2 Qb6 13.c5 Qxc5 14.Nb3 Nb4 15.axb4 Qxb4
16.Rd4 Qb6 17.Nb5 Ne8 18.Nc7 e5 19.Bxe5 Bf5 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Rac8 22.Rc3 Bb4
23.Nxd5 Rxc3 24.Nxc3 Qe6 25.Bg3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Qe4+ 27.Qc2 Qxg2 28.Rd1 Ra8
29.Nc5 Nf6 30.Qf5 h6 31.Nd7 Nxd7 32.Qxd7 Qf3 33.Qd5 Qe2 34.Rc1 Re8 35.h4 h5
36.b3 Qg4 37.Kb2 b6 38.Rc7 Qe2+ 39.Rc2 Qg4 40.Rc7 Qe2+ 41.Ka3 Qa6+ 42.Kb4 Re6
43.Qf5  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 e5 9.Nf5 h5
10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Nc6 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.Qxd6 Bxg4 15.Qxd8+ Nxd8
16.Rd6 exf4 17.Bxf4 Ne6 18.Be5 Bf3 19.Rg1 Bxe4 20.Bh3 Rd8 21.Rb6 Bc6 22.Rb3 Rg8
23.Re3 g6 24.Bf6 Rd6 25.c4 Kf8 26.Rf1 Bd7 27.b3 g5 28.Be5 Rc6 29.Bg2 g4 30.Rd3 Be8
31.Bd6+ Kg7 32.Rf5 Kg6 33.Ra5 f5 34.Rd2 Ng5 35.Bxc6 Bxc6 36.Bf4 Ne4 37.Rd4 h4
38.b4 g3 39.hxg3 hxg3 40.b5 g2 41.Be3 axb5 42.cxb5 Be8 43.b6 Bc6 44.Rd1 Rh8
45.Re5 Nc3 46.Rd6+ Kf7 47.Rxf5+ Ke7 48.Rg6 Rh1+ 49.Kd2 Rf1 50.Rh5 Ne4+ 51.Kc2 Nf6
52.Rh4 Kf7 53.Rg5 Nd5 54.Bd4 Nf6 55.Rh6 Be4+ 56.Kd2 Ne8 57.Rg4 Rh1 58.Rf4+ Kg8
59.Re6 Bc6 60.Rxc6 bxc6 61.Rg4+ Kf7 62.Rxg2 Nd6 63.Kc2 Ke6 64.a4 Kd5 65.Bg1 c5
66.a5 Kc6 67.Rg6 Kb7 68.Rxd6 Rxg1 69.Rd7+ Kc8 70.Rc7+ Kb8 71.a6  1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Nb3 Qxd2+ 13.Rxd2 Nb4 14.Kb1 Nd5
15.Bf2 Bg5 16.Rd3 b6 17.g3 Bb7 18.Be2 Rfd8 19.h4 Bh6 20.c4 Nb4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.c5 Bd5 23.Rd1 Rb8 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Be1 Nxa2 26.Nd4 g6 27.b3 Ra8 28.Bc4 Bxc4
29.bxc4 Rd8 30.Kc2 Bf8 31.Nc6 Rc8 32.Ne5 Nb4+ 33.Bxb4 Bxb4 34.Rd7 Be1 35.Nxf7 Rxc4+
36.Kd3 Rc3+ 37.Ke2 Bxg3 38.Ng5 Bxh4 39.Nxe6 Rc2+ 40.Kd3 Rc6 41.Nf4 Rf6 42.Ke4 Rf7
43.Rd5 Bg3 44.Ne2 Re7+ 45.Kd3 Bf2 46.f4 Kf7 47.Nc3 Re3+ 48.Kd2 Rf3 49.Rd7+ Ke6
50.Rxh7 Rxf4 51.Rg7 Kf5 52.Ne2 Rf3 53.Rf7+ Kg4 54.Re7 Bc5 55.Re4+ Kf5 56.Re8 g5
57.Nc1 Kg4 58.Nd3 Rf5 59.Ke2 Kg3 60.Re6 g4 61.Re4 Kh3 62.Nf4+ Kh2 63.Nd3 g3
64.Rh4+ Kg1 65.Nf4 Re5+ 66.Kd3 Kf2  0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B22"]

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 "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 Nb6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Nc4 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Nd6 N6xe5 15.Nxe5 Nxd6
16.Bd2 f6 17.Bb4 Nf5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Nd7 Re8 20.Rac1 Nd5 21.Nc5 Rb8 22.Nxe6 Bxe6
23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Re7 25.h4 Rbe8 26.Kg2 Kf7 27.Kf3 Re5 28.Rd7+ R8e7 29.Rxe7+ Rxe7
30.a4 Rd7 31.b4 Ke7 32.Ke4 Kd8 33.Rc4 Re7+ 34.Kd5 Kd7 35.Rc2 Re5+ 36.Kd4 Re1
37.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qf3 Rf8 13.Bb3 Ne5 14.Qe3 Rb8 15.O-O Qb6
16.Qe2 Rh8 17.Kh1 h5 18.f4 gxf4 19.Bxf4 Bg4 20.Qd2 Be6 21.Rad1 Qa5 22.Qe1 h4
23.h3 Nc4 24.Bc1 Kd7 25.Qf2 Rb7 26.Ne2 Nxb2 27.Bxb2 Bxb2 28.Rb1 Qa3 29.Nf4 Bxb3
30.axb3 Bf6 31.Nd3 Qa5 32.e5 Bxe5 33.Qf5+ Kc7 34.Ra1 Qd5 35.Nxe5 Qxe5 36.Qxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Be6
9.Re1 Nf6 10.cxd5 Bxd5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Bf4 Qd8 14.a3 Nd5 15.Bg3 Bf6
16.Be4 Nce7 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 c6 20.Rad1 Rfe8 21.Qc2 g6 22.Qb3 b6
23.h3 Qe6 24.Rd2 Rad8 25.Red1 Rd7 26.Qf3 Nf5 27.Bf4 Red8 28.Bg5 Nfe7 29.Bxd5 cxd5
30.Bf6 d4 31.Qe4 d3 32.Rxd3 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.Qxd3 Nd5 35.Qd4 h6 36.h4 Kh7
37.g3 Qd7 38.Qc4 Nc7 39.Qc2 h5 40.Qe4 Nd5 41.b4 Qe6 42.Qc4 Kg8 43.Qd4 Nxf6
44.exf6 Kh7 45.a4 Qf5 46.b5 Qb1+ 47.Kg2 Qf5 48.Qc3 g5 49.hxg5 Qxg5 50.Qd3+ Kh6
51.Qd6 Kg6 52.Qd7 Qe5 53.Qxa7 Qe4+ 54.Kh2 Qd4 55.Kg1 Qd1+ 56.Kg2 Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.h3 c6
9.e4 Re8 10.Rb1 a6 11.a3 Rb8 12.Re1 b5 13.c5 exd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.f4 dxc5
16.fxe5 cxd4 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bf4 Qb6 19.Na2 Be6 20.Nb4 Rbc8 21.e5 Bg7 22.Rc1 Bd7
23.Qf3 a5 24.Nd3 c5 25.Qb7 Qxb7 26.Bxb7 c4 27.Bxc8 Rxc8 28.Nf2 h6 29.h4 c3
30.Red1 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Bxg5 Bf5 33.g4 Bg6 34.Rxd4 c2 35.Rd5 b4 36.Rxa5 bxa3
37.bxa3 Rb8 38.Kf1 Re8 39.Rc5 Rxe5 40.Rxe5 Bxe5 41.Re1 Bc3 42.Re8+ Kg7 43.Rc8 Bb2
44.a4  1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1998.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bb5 Qc7
16.Qd3 Rfc8 17.h3 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Bb7 19.Rfc1 Nc5 20.Qd1 Qe7 21.Qg4 g6 22.Bf1 Bg7
23.Qd1 Rab8 24.Rc2 Ba8 25.Rbc1 Rd8 26.g3 Bxd4 27.exd4 Ne6 28.h4 Qf6 29.Ne2 Rb4
30.Rc8 Bb7 31.Rxd8+ Nxd8 32.Qd2 Ra4 33.Qxh6 Rxa2 34.Qe3 Ne6 35.Rb1 Bc6 36.Qh6 Qd8
37.Qe3 Qf6 38.Qb3 Rd2 39.Qe3 Nxd4 40.Nf4 Qe5 41.Qa3 Kg7 42.Rc1 Bb5 43.Rc8 Be8
44.Qc3 Bd7 45.Rd8 Rd1 46.Rxd7 Qe4 47.Rxd5 Rxf1+  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rb1 Ne4
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.cxd5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 exd5 12.Bd3 c5 13.O-O Nc6 14.Re1 Qf6 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.e4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Rd8 18.Qa4 Bd7 19.Qc4 Rac8 20.Qxc5 Be6 21.a4 Ne7 22.Qxa7 Nd5
23.Rbd1 Nxc3 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Bb7 g5 26.Qa5 g4 27.Ne5 Rd2 28.Qc5 Ne2+ 29.Kh1 Nd4
30.Qc1 Qxf2 31.Rf1 Qe2 32.Re1 Rc2 33.Qd1 Qxd1 34.Rxd1 Ra2 35.Nc6 Nb3 36.a5 Nxa5
37.Nxa5 Rxa5 38.g3 Kg7 39.Rf1 h5 40.Kg2 Kg6 41.Rf2 Kg5 42.Rb2 Rc5 43.Be4 f5
44.Bb7 h4 45.Kf2 Rc3 46.Rd2 Bc4 47.Bg2 Bd3 48.Ra2 Bc4 49.Rb2 Rc1 50.Rd2 Ba6
51.Ra2 Bd3 52.Rd2 Bc4 53.Rb2 f4  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Peng Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nf1 c5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Be3 c4
16.Bc2 d5 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Ng3 g6 19.Qf3 Be6 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Bh6 Rfe8 22.e5 a5
23.Nh5 Nd7 24.Qg3 b4 25.Ng7 Bf8 26.Nxe8 Bxh6 27.Nd6 b3 28.Bf5 Nb6 29.f4 Bxf5
30.Nxf5 Bf8 31.Nh4 Na4 32.f5 Nxb2 33.e6 Nd3 34.exf7+ Kxf7 35.Re6 b2 36.Rf1 Qb7
37.Nxg6 Bg7 38.Qe3 Bf6 39.Rxf6+ Kxf6 40.Qe6+ Kg7 41.f6+ Kh6 42.Ne7  1-0

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Bc5 10.Nd4 d6 11.Be2 a6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Be3 Ne5 14.h3 Re8 15.b4 Bb6
16.Qb3 Bd7 17.a4 Rc8 18.Rac1 Ng6 19.Rfd1 Rxe3 20.fxe3 Qe7 21.Na2 Rxc1 22.Nxc1 Bxa4
23.Qxa4 Qxe3+ 24.Kh1 Ne4 25.Nf5 Nf2+ 26.Kh2 Qe5+ 27.Ng3 Ne4 28.Qb3 Bf2 29.Rd3 h5
30.Bxh5 Nxg3 31.Rxg3 Qxh5 32.Rxg6 Qxg6 33.Qf3 Bd4 34.Nd3 Qg5 35.Qe4 Qe3 36.Qxe3 Bxe3
37.Kg3 g6 38.Kf3 Bd4 39.Ke2 Kg7 40.Ne1 Kf6 41.Kd3 Bf2 42.Nf3 Kf5 43.Ke2 Ba7  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Qd5 17.Qe2 Rad8 18.c4 Qd7 19.Qg4 f6 20.Bf4 e5 21.Qxd7 Rxd7 22.dxe5 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 fxe5 24.Bg3 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.f3 h5 27.Kc2 Kf7 28.Kd3 Ke6 29.Ke4 g6
30.Bf2 a6 31.g3 b5 32.b3 Ba5 33.g4 bxc4 34.bxc4 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5
9.cxd5 h5 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Be2 a6 13.a4 Nh7 14.Be3 Qe7 15.O-O Nd7
16.f4 Bd4 17.Bf2 h4 18.Nh1 g5 19.Qd1 Qf6 20.fxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bf2 Nc6 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Rd1 Rc8
16.O-O Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Qc5 19.Rf2 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 Be6 21.Nd5 f6 22.Rfd2 b5
23.a4 h4 24.c3 Kf7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rb4 Rc5 27.Ne3 Ra8 28.Kf2 Ra1 29.Rd1 Ra2
30.Ke1 Ke8 31.g3 hxg3 32.hxg3 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.b4 Be7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Be6 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.O-O a5 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Qd4 axb4
16.axb4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.h3 Qc7 19.Nb5 Qe7 20.Qf4 Ne4 21.Nd4 Rb6 22.b5 h6
23.Qe5 Qd6 24.Qxd6 Nxd6 25.Rfc1 Rd8 26.f3 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Bd3 Rc8 29.Ke2 Bd7
30.Rxc8 Nxc8 31.Kd2 g6 32.Kc3 Rd6 33.Ne2 Re6 34.Kd4 Kd6 35.Nc3 Nb6 36.Rc1 Re8
37.e4 Be6 38.e5+ Kd7 39.f4 h5 40.Ra1 Rc8 41.h4 Rc7 42.g3 Rc8 43.Nd1 Nc4 44.Ra2 Kc7
45.Nc3 Rd8 46.Na4 Ra8 47.Nc3 Rd8 48.Rc2 Kb6 49.Rc1 Ka5 50.Ra1+ Kb6 51.Be2 Kc7
52.Rb1 Nd2 53.Rb2 Nc4 54.Rb1 Nd2 55.b6+ Kc6 56.Rb4 Nc4 57.Na4 Ra8 58.Bf3 Nd2
59.Bd1 Nc4 60.Bf3 Nd2 61.Bd1 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.Qh4 b6 14.Be4 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7
16.b3 Be7 17.Qg3 Bf6 18.Be3 g6 19.Rad1 Kg7 20.c4 Rad8 21.d5 exd5 22.Rxd5 Nf8
23.Rxd8 Bxd8 24.h4 h5 25.Rd1 Bf6 26.Bg5 Nh7 27.Rd5 Re8 28.Bf4 Rd8 29.Bd6 Qc6
30.Kh2 Kg8 31.Nd2 Bxh4 32.Qd3 Nf6 33.Be7 Qc7+  0-1

[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.d5 Nc5
9.Qc2 a5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 b6 12.Nd2 Ng4 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.b3 f5 15.f3 Bh5 16.a3 f4
17.Bf2 Na6 18.Qb2 g5 19.b4 g4 20.fxg4 Bxg4 21.Nf3 Bf6 22.Kh1 Kh7 23.Rab1 Rg8
24.Bg1 Qd7 25.Qe2 Rg7 26.Qd3 Rag8 27.Rb2 Bh5 28.Ne1 Bh4 29.Nf3 Bf6 30.Ne1 axb4
31.axb4 Bh4 32.Bf2 Bxf2 33.Rfxf2 Qc8 34.Nf3 Qd8 35.Ne2 Nb8 36.g3 Nd7 37.Rg2 Qf6
38.Rb3 Qg6 39.Rb1 Nf6 40.Nc3 Qg4 41.Rf1 Qh3 42.Ne2 fxg3 43.Nfg1 Bxe2 44.Nxe2 Nh5
45.Qf3 Rg5 46.Qe3 R8g7 47.Rf5 Rxf5 48.exf5 Qxf5 49.hxg3 Nf6 50.Nc3 Qf1+ 51.Qg1 Qxc4
52.Qb1+ Rg6 53.Qc2  0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 Bd7 8.Qd2 b5
9.g5 Nge7 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Be7 13.f4 O-O 14.Kb1 Na5 15.Qf2 Rb8
16.h4 b4 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Nd4 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Qb6 20.Qd2 a5 21.f5 e5 22.Nf3 Rfc8
23.f6 Bf8 24.fxg7 Bxg7 25.Bh3 Bxh3 26.Rxh3 Rc4 27.g6 hxg6 28.h5 Rbc8 29.Rc1 a4
30.hxg6 b3 31.Qd5 R4c7 32.gxf7+ Kf8 33.Nh4 bxc2+ 34.Ka1 Qg1 35.Qxd6+ Kxf7
36.Qd5+ Ke7 37.Nf5+ Kf8 38.Qd6+ Kf7 39.Qd2 Qd1 40.Qg5 Bf6 41.Rh7+ Ke6 42.Nd4+ Qxd4
43.Qf5+ Kd6 44.Qxf6+ Kc5 45.Rxc2+ Kb4 46.a3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Bc5 10.b4 Bd6 11.g3 Re8 12.Bg2 Be5 13.O-O a5 14.b5 d6 15.h3 Nfd7 16.f4 Bf6
17.Ra2 Nc5 18.g4 g6 19.Rc2 Bg7 20.Ng3 Nbd7 21.Kh2 Nb6 22.Nce4 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 f5
24.Ng5 fxg4 25.hxg4 Bd7 26.Ne6 Qh4+ 27.Kg1 Bxe6 28.dxe6 Rxe6 29.Rc7 Re7 30.Rxb7 Rxb7
31.Bxb7 Qg3+ 32.Kh1 Qh3+ 33.Kg1 Qg3+ 34.Kh1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 h6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bf8
16.b3 Bb7 17.Ng3 Nc6 18.Bb2 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Rc8 20.Bd3 d5 21.e5 Ne4 22.Qg4 Qg5
23.Qxg5 Nxg5 24.Rad1 Ne6 25.Bb2 g6 26.Ne2 Bb4 27.Rf1 d4 28.Bb1 Bc3 29.Bc1 b4
30.Bxh6 a5 31.Bd3 Nc5 32.Bc4 Rcd8 33.Bg5 Rd7 34.Bf6 Bc6 35.f3 d3 36.Nxc3 bxc3
37.e6 Nxe6 38.Bxc3 Nf4 39.Bd2 Ne2+ 40.Kf2 Nd4 41.Be3 Nc2 42.Bc1 Re2+ 43.Kg1 Nd4
44.a4 d2 45.Bb2 Ree7 46.Kf2 Nc2 47.Bf6  1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Nb1 d5 13.Bh3 Ne5 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Qe2 dxe4 16.f4 Nd3+
17.cxd3 exd3 18.Qxd3 Nc5 19.Qc2 Be4 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Bxc5 Bxc2
23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Kxc2 hxg5 25.fxg5 Rxh4 26.Nd2 Ke7 27.Nf3 Rc4+ 28.Kb1 Re4
29.Rc1 Rd3 30.Bg2 Ree3 31.Nh4 Rd2 32.Bf1 a5 33.Bc4 Kd6 34.Ng6 Re4 35.Nf8 e5
36.Ng6 Rg4 37.Nh8 e4 38.Nf7+ Ke7 39.Re1 Kf8 40.Ne5 Rxg5 41.Rf1+ Ke8 42.Bb5+ Ke7
43.Nc4 Rh2 44.Ba4 Rc5 45.Ne3 g6 46.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.c5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nc2 15.Qxb7 Nxa1
16.Rxa1 Qe8 17.Qa6 f6 18.Ne1 Qc8 19.Qxc8 Bxc8 20.Bf4 Bd8 21.Nc2 Re8 22.Bd3 a5
23.Ne3 Ra7 24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 a4 26.Kf1 Ba5 27.Rc1 a3 28.Rc2 g6 29.Bd3 Rb7
30.Bc1 Rb1 31.g3 Reb8 32.Ke2 R1b2 33.Kd2 Kf7 34.Be2 f5 35.Kd3 g5 36.Bd1 Kf6
37.h3 h6 38.Bf3 Kg6 39.g4 Bc7 40.gxf5+ Kf6 41.Re2 Rxe2 42.Bxe2 Bf4 43.Bxa3 Ra8
44.Bb2 Rxa2 45.Kc2 Kxf5 46.Bf3 Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 c5 11.h3 Bd7 12.a3 Kh8 13.b4 Ng8 14.Rb1 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Nxh6
16.Qd2 Kg7 17.Rb3 b6 18.Bd3 Qe7 19.Bc2 f6 20.Rb2 Rac8 21.b5 Nc7 22.a4 Nf7
23.a5 Rb8 24.Ra2 Rb7 25.axb6 axb6 26.Nh2 Kh8 27.Nf1 Ne8 28.Ra8 Nc7 29.Ra3 Qd8
30.Ng3 Ne8 31.Rea1 Ng7 32.Nce2 h5 33.Bb1 Kh7 34.Nf1 f5 35.exf5 Bxf5 36.Neg3 Bxb1
37.Rxb1 Qh4 38.Qd3 Ng5 39.Nd2 Rf4 40.Re1 Rbf7 41.Nde4 Nxe4 42.Nxe4 Rxe4 43.Rxe4 Qxf2+
44.Kh2 Qb2 45.Qb3 Qc1 46.Qe3 Qb2 47.Qb3 Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.c3 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Nc2 Be6 15.g3 O-O
16.Bg2 a5 17.O-O f5 18.Qe2 Rb8 19.Rfd1 Kh8 20.Na3 b4 21.Nb5 bxc3 22.bxc3 Bg8
23.Ndc7 Na7 24.Bd5 Nxb5 25.Nxb5 Qb6 26.a4 Rf6 27.Ra2 f4 28.Rad2 fxg3 29.hxg3 Bh6
30.Rc2 Rxf2 31.Qxf2 Be3 32.Kg2 Bxf2 33.Rxf2 Qe3 34.Nxd6 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.c3 Qa6 13.Qf3 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.Be5 Be7
16.b3 Rhd8 17.c4 Qa5+ 18.Ke2 Ke8 19.Rhe1 Kf8 20.Kf1 Rd7 21.a4 Rad8 22.Rad1 Kg8
23.Rd3 Ne8 24.Nh5 Bd6 25.Bxg7 Nxg7 26.c5 Nxh5 27.Qxh5 Qa6 28.Re3 Bf4 29.Qg4+ Kf8
30.Qxf4 Rxd4 31.Qxh6+ Ke8 32.Kg1 Rxd3 33.Rxe6+ Kd7 34.Rf6 Kc8 35.Rxf7 Rd1+
36.Kh2 Qe2 37.Qf4 R1d7 38.Rxd7 Rxd7 39.Qf8+ Kc7 40.Qf4+ Kc8 41.Qf8+ Rd8 42.Qf5+ Kb8
43.Qf4+ Ka8 44.g4 Qe7 45.g5 Rf8 46.Qe3 Qxe3 47.fxe3 Kb8 48.g6 Kc7  0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Qb6 8.Nf3 Qc7
9.Re1 Bc5 10.e5 f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Ne4 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 Nc6 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.Ne5 Qc7
16.Bf4 O-O 17.Bg3 Qb7 18.Qe2 Bb6 19.Kh1 Rac8 20.Rad1 Nd5 21.c3 Ba7 22.Rd2 a5
23.Qe4 a4 24.a3 Bb8 25.f3 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Qc6 27.Bd4 Rce8 28.h3 Rf4 29.Qe5 Rf7
30.Qg3 h6 31.Re4 Kh7 32.Rg4 Rg8 33.Qe1 Rf5 34.Qb1 Ne7 35.Re2 Qb7 36.Rf4 Kh8
37.Rh4 Kh7 38.Kg1 Qc7 39.Re5 g6 40.Re2 Rxf3 41.Qe4 Rf5 42.Rxh6+ Kxh6 43.Qh4+ Rh5
44.Qxe7 Qd8 45.Be3+ g5 46.Qb4 Qe8 47.Qxb5 d5 48.Qb4 Kh7 49.Bd4 Qd7 50.b3 axb3
51.Qxb3 g4 52.Qb1+ Rf5 53.hxg4 Rxg4 54.Rb2 Qd6 55.Rb7+ Kh6 56.Rb6 Rxg2+ 57.Kxg2 Rg5+
58.Kf1 Qf4+ 59.Ke1 Qh4+ 60.Kd1 Qh3 61.Kc2  1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e3 exd4
9.Qxd4 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.Rd1 Ne5 13.b3 Rd8 14.h3 Kf8 15.f4 Ng6
16.Kf2 Ke7 17.Rd2 Nd7 18.Rhd1 Nc5 19.g4 f6 20.Ne4 Nxe4+ 21.Bxe4 Nf8 22.Nc3 Be6
23.Bf3 g6 24.h4 h6 25.Kg3 Bf7 26.Bg2 Rd7 27.Bh3 Ne6 28.Ne4 Rad8 29.Nc3 Ra8
30.Bg2 Nc5 31.Bf3 Rdd8 32.Ne2 Ra3 33.h5 gxh5 34.gxh5 f5 35.Kh4 Ne6 36.Ng3 Ng7
37.Re1 Kf8 38.Bg2 Rda8 39.Ree2 Be6 40.Bh3 Rd8 41.e4 fxe4 42.Bxe6 Nxe6 43.Nxe4 Ng7
44.Kg4 Ne8 45.c5 bxc5 46.Nxc5 Kf7 47.Kf3 Rb8 48.Ne4 Rd8 49.Nc5 Rb8 50.Nd7 Rba8
51.Nb6 Rd8 52.Nc4 Raa8 53.Rg2 b5 54.Ne3 Ng7 55.Rg6 Nxh5 56.Rxh6 Nf6 57.Ng4 Nxg4
58.Kxg4 b4 59.f5 Rg8+ 60.Kf4 Rg1 61.Rdxd6 Rf1+ 62.Ke4 Rxa2 63.Rd7+ Kg8 64.Rxc6 Re2+
65.Kd3 Re8 66.Rg6+ Kf8 67.Rf6+ Kg8 68.Rff7 Rg1 69.f6 Rc8 70.Rh7 Rd1+ 71.Ke2 Rxd7
72.Rxd7 Rc3 73.Rd3 Rc2+ 74.Kd1 Rf2 75.Rd4 Kf7 76.Rxb4 Kxf6 77.Re4 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qxf5 exf5 8.Bf4 Be6
9.a3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 cxd6 11.e3 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Ke7 13.Bd3 Rac8 14.Ke2 Nb6 15.Nd2 a6
16.Rc2 Rc7 17.Rhc1 Rhc8 18.h3 h5 19.h4 Kd8 20.Kf3 g6 21.Kg3 Kd7 22.Ne2 Rxc2
23.Rxc2 Rxc2 24.Bxc2 Ke7 25.Nf4 Bd7 26.f3 Bc6 27.Kf2 Nfd5 28.Nxd5+ Bxd5 29.e4 fxe4
30.fxe4 Be6 31.Ke3 Nc4+ 32.Nxc4 Bxc4 33.Kf4 a5 34.Kg5 b6 35.g3 Ke6 36.Kh6 Ke7
37.Kg7 Be6 38.b3 b5 39.b4 axb4 40.axb4 Bc4 41.Bd1 Bd3 42.Bf3 Bc4 43.Bg2 Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 f6 12.Nf3 f5 13.Ne5 Nb6 14.b3 Bd7 15.Qd3 Nc8
16.Bc1 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Rf7 18.Be3 Bc6 19.Rfc1 Qa5 20.a3 a6 21.Bd4 Bf8 22.e3 Be8
23.Qd2 Qd8 24.Bf1 Rc7 25.Qb2 Rc6 26.Na4 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Bc6 28.Nc5 Qe8 29.a4 a5
30.Qc3 Qf7 31.Bb5 Bxb5 32.axb5 h6 33.Na4 Ba3 34.Qxc8+ Rxc8 35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.b6  1-0

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 O-O 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.g5 Nh5 14.Rg1 Nb6 15.Qf2 Bd8
16.h4 g6 17.Rd2 Qc6 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Qe8 21.Nd4 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Na4
23.Rg3 Ba5 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Rd4 Nxc3+ 26.Rxc3 Bxc3 27.Bc4 Qe7 28.Qxd6 Re8
29.Qxe7 Rxe7 30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.Bd5 Be1 32.h5 gxh5 33.Rb8 b5 34.Rb7 Rxb7 35.Bxb7 a5
36.Kc1 h4 37.Kd1 Bg3 38.Ke2 h3 39.Kf3 h2 40.Kg2 b4 41.Bd5 Be5 42.Bb3 Kg6
43.Kh1 h6 44.gxh6 f6 45.Kg2 Kxh6 46.Ba4 Kg5 47.Bc6 Kg4 48.Ba4 Bg3 49.Bb5 Kf4
50.Bc6 Ke3 51.Kh1 Be5 52.Kg2 Kd2 53.Ba4 Kc3 54.Kh1 Kb2 55.Bb3 Ka3 56.Bd5 Kb2
57.Bb3 Kc3 58.Ba4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc5
9.Qd1 Nc6 10.e3 Ne6 11.O-O Qc5 12.Ndb5 a6 13.Na4 Qxc4 14.Nbc3 Rb8 15.Nb6 Qc5
16.Ncd5 O-O 17.b4 Qd6 18.Rb1 Nc7 19.Nc4 Qe6 20.e4 d6 21.Be3 Qd7 22.Ncb6 Qd8
23.f4 Nxd5 24.exd5 Na7 25.Rc1 Bf5 26.g4 Nc8 27.Nc4 Bd7 28.Qe2 Bb5 29.Qf2 e6
30.Rfd1 e5 31.f5 gxf5 32.gxf5 Qf6 33.a4 Bxc4 34.Rxc4 Ne7 35.Rf1 Kh8 36.Qg3 b5
37.Rh4 Nxf5 38.Rxh7+ Kxh7 39.Be4 Kg8 40.Bxf5 e4 41.Qh3  1-0

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Rd8 10.Nc3 Qa6 11.e4 Qxc4 12.Bg5 Be7 13.e5 Ne8 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Ng5 h6
16.Nge4 Nc6 17.Nd6 Qc5 18.Re1 Nxd6 19.exd6 b6 20.Rc1 Qa5 21.b4 Qxb4 22.Re4 Qa5
23.Ra4 Qe5 24.Re4 Qa5 25.Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Qe2 a6
9.Bb3 Qc7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Rhg1 Nd7 12.Kb1 Nc5 13.Qh5 Nxb3 14.axb3 Qa5 15.g4 Qxh5
16.gxh5 Re8 17.Bh6 g6 18.Na4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 b5 20.Nb6 Rb8 21.Nxc8 Rexc8 22.Rd3 Rc5
23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Bf4 Rh5 25.Bxd6 Bxd6 26.Rxd6 Rxh2 27.Rf1 Ra8 28.Rb6 Kg7 29.c4 bxc4
30.bxc4 a5 31.Ka2 Rh3 32.f3 g5 33.Rb5 Kf6 34.b3 a4 35.b4 Rh2+ 36.Ka3 Rc2
37.c5 Rc3+ 38.Kb2 Re3 39.Rf2 Ke5 40.c6+ Kd6 41.Rc5 Rb3+ 42.Ka2 Rxb4 43.Rc3 Kc7
44.Rd2 Rd8 45.Rxd8 Kxd8 46.Rd3+ Kc7 47.Rd7+ Kxc6 48.Rxf7 g4 49.fxg4 Rxe4
50.Rg7 Re3 51.Rg8 Rg3 52.g5 Kd5 53.g6 Ke5 54.g7 Kf6 55.Ra8 Rxg7 56.Rxa4 Rb7
57.Rf4+ Kg5 58.Rf1 e5 59.Rg1+ Kf5 60.Rf1+ Ke4 61.Re1+ Kd4 62.Rd1+ Kc3 63.Re1 Re7
64.Rh1 e4 65.Kb1 e3  0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E68"]

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 "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 e6 7.N1e2 Bd6 8.Nf4 Qh4
9.Ngh5 Bxh5 10.Qxh5 Qxh5 11.Nxh5 g6 12.Nf4 Nf6 13.Nd3 Nbd7 14.O-O a5 15.a4 Nd5
16.c3 O-O 17.Bh6 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 Nc7 19.g3 b5 20.Bb3 Nb6 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Ncd5
23.h4 Reb8 24.Re4 Nxa4 25.Bxa4 bxa4 26.Rexa4 Rxb2 27.Rxa5 Rxa5 28.Rxa5 Rb8
29.c4 Nb6 30.Rc5 Rc8 31.g4 Nd7 32.Ra5 Nb6 33.Rc5 Nd7 34.Ra5 Nb6 35.Rc5 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.O-O g6 18.Qd3 Bd7 19.Ra2 f5 20.f3 Bh6 21.Rd1 Qh4 22.Nce3 Be6
23.Nf1 fxe4 24.Qxe4 Qxe4 25.fxe4 Rf7 26.Rf2 Kg7 27.Rxf7+ Bxf7 28.Kf2 Nd8
29.Ra1 Ne6 30.Rxa5 Nc5 31.Ng3 Nxb3 32.Ra7 Nd2 33.Ba2 Rb2 34.Ke1 Kf8 35.Nb4 Nb3
36.Nd3 Rxg2 37.Rxf7+ Kxf7 38.Bxb3+ Kg7 39.Nf1 Bf4 40.h3 Bg3+ 41.Kd1 h5 42.Be6 Bf4
43.Ne1 Rf2 44.Bc4 g5 45.Be2 g4 46.Nd3 Rg2 47.hxg4 h4 48.Bf3 h3 49.Ke1 Rc2
50.Nxf4 exf4 51.Nd2 h2 52.Nb1  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Na5 12.Rb1 Nc4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 b6 15.Bc6 Rb8
16.Bd5 Ba6 17.Qd3 b5 18.a4 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Nd6 21.Rfc1 Rb6 22.a5 Rb8
23.Rc6 Bb7 24.e5 Nf5 25.Rxg6+ Kh8 26.Bxf7 Rxf7 27.e6 Rf8 28.Bg3 Kh7 29.Rg4 Rc8
30.Be5 Rc5 31.Rg7+ Kh8 32.dxc5 Nxg7 33.Qg6 Rf6 34.Bxf6 exf6 35.Qxh6+ Kg8
36.Re1 Nxe6 37.h4 Ng7 38.Qf4 Qd5 39.Qg3 Kf7 40.Qc7+ Kg6 41.Qg3+ Kf7 42.Qc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Ne5
16.Be2 Nc4 17.Bg5 Nd6 18.Bxe7 Nxe4 19.Bf3 Nd2 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.d6 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Bf8
23.Rxb7 a5 24.h4 a4 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Bg5 h6 27.d7 hxg5 28.dxe8=Q Rxe8 29.hxg5 a3
30.g3 a2 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.Re1 Qc4 33.Ra7 Rd3 34.Qa8 Rd2 35.Qf3 Rd3 36.Qa8 Rd2
37.Ra4 Qc5 38.Rf1 Qc2 39.Ra7 Qb3 40.Qf3 Qxf3+ 41.Kxf3 Bc5 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.Ra1 Rxf2+
44.Kg4 Rd2 45.Ra4 Bb6 46.R1xa2 Rd5 47.Kh4 Bd8 48.Rg4 Rd1 49.Rh2 Kg8 50.Re4 Rd5
51.Re8+ Kg7 52.Rb2 Bxg5+ 53.Kg4 Rd4+ 54.Kh3 Rd7 55.Rbb8 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Na5 12.dxc5 Nc4 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Bg5 Bd7 15.Bb3 Na5
16.Bxe7 Re8 17.Bd6 Rxe4 18.Nd4 Nxb3 19.axb3 Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.h4 Qb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.hxg5 O-O-O 15.Qd2 hxg5
16.Rxh8 Rxh8 17.O-O-O Ne5 18.f3 Qa5 19.Kb1 Bf6 20.Qe3 Kb7 21.Bf2 Rb8 22.g3 Kc8
23.Qe2 Ng6 24.Be1 Qb6 25.Na4 Qb5 26.c4 Qb7 27.Ba5 c5 28.Nb6+ Qxb6 29.Bxb6 Rxb6
30.Rd2 Be5 31.Qh2 Kc7 32.Rf2 Rb8 33.f4 Rh8 34.fxe5 Rxh2 35.exd6+ Kxd6 36.Rxh2 Bc6
37.Bc2 Ne5 38.b3 Nf3 39.Rh7 f6 40.Kc1 a5 41.Kd1 Ke6 42.Bd3 Kd6 43.Ke2 Ne5
44.Kd2 Bb7 45.Kc3 Nc6 46.Rh8 Kc7 47.Bf1 Ne5 48.Bg2 Bc6 49.a3 Bb7 50.Rh7 Kd7
51.b4 axb4+ 52.axb4 cxb4+ 53.Kxb4 Ba6 54.Bh3+ g4 55.Bf1 Bb7 56.Bg2 Ba6 57.Rh5 Ke6
58.Kc3 Kd6 59.Bf1 Bb7 60.Bd3 Bc6 61.Rh7 Bd7 62.Be2 Be6 63.Bf1 Bf7 64.Bd3 Be6
65.Rh8 Nc6 66.Bc2 Kc5 67.Bb3 Bf7 68.Ba4 Ne5 69.Rc8+ Kb6 70.c5+ Kb7 71.Rh8 Bg6
72.Kd4 Bf7 73.Rh7 Kc7 74.Bb5 Nf3+ 75.Ke3 Ne5 76.Rh8 Bg6 77.Ra8 Kb7 78.Ra6  1-0

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rc1 c5 12.Qa4 a6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.Qb3 Qa7
16.Bg3 Rad8 17.Rd2 Rfe8 18.Qd1 Bf8 19.Bh4 Qa8 20.Ne1 Be7 21.Bg3 Nf8 22.Nf3 Ne6
23.Bh4 d4 24.exd4 cxd4 25.Na4 Nf4 26.Nc5 Bxc5 27.Bxf6 d3 28.Bxd3 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rd5
30.Bh4 Bb4 31.Rc3 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Red8  0-1

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Qa5 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxf5 15.Rb1 Nd7
16.Rxb7 Ngf6 17.Re1 Kf8 18.h3 Re8 19.Bxa6 h4 20.Bd3 Qd5 21.Rb5 Nc5 22.Bh2 Rg8
23.Rb4 Nxd3 24.cxd3 Qxa2 25.Rb5 Rg6 26.Rf5 g4 27.hxg4 Nxg4 28.Qf3 f6 29.Rh5 Nxh2
30.Kxh2 Qd2 31.Re4 Qxc3 32.Rexh4 Rg8 33.Rg4 Qb3 34.Rxg8+ Qxg8 35.Qh3 Qg6
36.Rh6 Qg5 37.Rh8+ Kf7 38.Qh7+ Ke6 39.Rxe8  1-0

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.O-O b4 8.Na4 Bb7
9.c3 Nf6 10.cxb4 Bxb4 11.Be3 O-O 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Qd3 Qa5 14.Nc5 Ne5 15.Qb1 Bxc5
16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Rxc5 Qb8 18.f3 d5 19.Na5 Rc8 20.b4 Nc6 21.Nxb7 Qxb7 22.Rfc1 dxe4
23.fxe4 Nd7 24.R5c3 Nde5 25.a4 Rd8 26.b5 axb5 27.Qxb5 Qxb5 28.axb5 Nb4 29.Rb1 Ra2
30.Bf1 Rc2 31.Rxc2 Nxc2 32.Bc5 Nd4 33.b6 Ndc6 34.b7 h5 35.Bb6 Rd2 36.Ba5 Rd4
37.Bc3  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A70"]

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"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Ne5 f5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.Rd1 c5 12.Qxd7+ Bxd7 13.dxc5 Be6 14.Nd2 O-O-O 15.a3 e3
16.Nf1 exf2+ 17.Kxf2 Bxc5+ 18.Ke1 Rhe8 19.Bg5 Rd6 20.Rac1 Bb6 21.Bf3 h6 22.Bf4 Rd7
23.Be5 g5 24.Bd4 g4 25.Bh1 Bf7 26.Bxb6 axb6 27.Rc6 f4 28.Kf2 h5 29.Rd4 fxg3+
30.Nxg3 Re5 31.Rh6 Rd8 32.Ke1 Rd6 33.Rh8+ Kd7 34.Rh7 Ke8 35.Ra4 Nf4 36.Rxf4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5
9.a4 Ng4 10.Qxg4 Nxd4 11.Qh4 d6 12.Nd5 Re8 13.Rd1 Nxb3 14.Bb6 Qd7 15.cxb3 Ra6
16.Bd4 Qd8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qg3 Be6 19.O-O Rc6 20.Qe3 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rc5 22.h4 Qd7
23.Qd4+ Kg8 24.h5 Qf5 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rfe1 b5 27.Rd3 f6 28.axb5 Rxb5 29.Rh3 g5
30.Qc4 Rb4 31.Qe2 Qg6 32.Qe6+ Kg7 33.Qd7 Qf7 34.Rhe3 Kf8 35.Rh3 Kg7 36.Rhe3 Kf8
37.Rh3 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qh4 Rc8 12.Rac1 a6 13.b3 Rc7 14.Bh6 Qa8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Qd4 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Nxb5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Qxa2 20.Nc3 Qa3 21.Rb1 Rc8 22.Nd2 e5
23.Qa4 Qxa4 24.Nxa4 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 d5 26.Nf3 d4 27.b4 Nd5 28.Rb2 f6 29.h4 Kf7
30.Rd2 Nxb4 31.Nxd4 Nc5 32.Nb5 Ke7 33.Nd6 Rc6 34.Nxc5 Rxc5 35.Ne4 Rc4 36.f3 Nc6
37.Ra2 f5 38.Ng5 h6 39.Nh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 a6
9.O-O exd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Kh2 Ne5 13.f4 Nc4 14.Bc1 c5 15.Nde2 Bc6
16.Qd3 Nb6 17.Be3 c4 18.Qd4 Ng4+ 19.hxg4 Bxd4 20.Nxd4 Bd7 21.g5 Bg4 22.a4 Rc8
23.Bf2 Nd7 24.Nd5 f6 25.Be3 fxg5 26.fxg5 Rc5 27.Bf4 Rxd5 28.exd5 Ne5 29.Re4 Qb6
30.Rae1 Bd7 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 dxe5 33.Nf3 Qxb2 34.Nxe5 Bf5 35.Nxc4 Qc3
36.Re8+ Kg7 37.Nd6 Bxc2 38.Re7+ Kg8 39.Ne8 Kf8 40.d6 Bxa4 41.Nf6 Qc5 42.Nxh7+ Kg8
43.Bd5+ Kh8 44.Nf6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E91"]

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 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D59"]

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 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qh4 Rc8 12.Bh3 Bxf3 13.exf3 Ne5 14.Kg2 Rxc4 15.Rd4 Rxc3
16.bxc3 Qa8 17.Kf1 Nxf3 18.Bg2 Nxh4 19.Bxa8 Nf5 20.Bb7 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Rb8 22.Ba6 Nd5
23.Rc1 h5 24.Ke2 e6 25.a3 b5 26.Rc8+ Rxc8 27.Bxc8 Nxe3 28.fxe3 d5 29.Ba6 Bf8
30.Bxb5 Bxa3 31.h3 f5 32.Ba6 g5 33.Kf3 g4+ 34.hxg4 hxg4+ 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Ke2 Bd6
37.Kf2 Bb4 38.Kf1 Bd2 39.Ke2 Bb4 40.Kf1 Ke7 41.Kf2 Ba5 42.Kf1 Bb6 43.Kf2 Kf6
44.Ke2 e5 45.dxe5+ Kxe5 46.Kd3 Bc7 47.Ke2 Kf6 48.Kf2 Be5 49.Kg2 d4 50.exd4 Bxd4
51.Kf1 Kg5 52.Kg2 f4 53.gxf4+ Kxf4 54.Kf1 Ke3  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E14"]

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 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 e5 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.b4 Ne7
9.d5 a5 10.Ba3 Nd7 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Bb4 Ra8 13.a4 Bh6 14.a5 f5 15.Nd2 Nf6
16.c5 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 fxe4 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Rfe1 Nf5 20.Nb5 e3 21.fxe3 Ne4 22.Qd3 Qg5  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qc2 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.O-O Bb7
9.d5 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.a4 e6 14.Bg3 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 exd5
16.Qc2 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Be4 18.Qb3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.f4 Bg7 21.Rae1 Bf5 22.Bd5 Rad8
23.Bh4 Rb8 24.h3 h5 25.Qb5 Kf8 26.Qc4 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rxe8+ Kxe8 29.Qe2+ Kf8
30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Bc8 32.Kf2 Bb7 33.Qe4 Bxd5 34.Qxd5 Kg8 35.f5 gxf5 36.gxf5 Qd7
37.f6 Qg4 38.Qg5 Qxg5 39.Bxg5 Bh8 40.Kf3 Kh7 41.Ke4 Kg6 42.Bf4 Kxf6 43.Bxd6 Ke6
44.Bb8 f5+ 45.Kd3 a6 46.Ba7 Kd5 47.Bxb6 c4+ 48.Ke3 Bg7 49.Kf4 Ke6 50.Kg5 Bf6+
51.Kf4 Bg7 52.Kg5 Bf8 53.Bd4 Bd6 54.Be3 Bg3 55.Bd4 Be1 56.Kf4 Bd2+ 57.Kf3 Bc1
58.Ke2 Bxb2 59.Kd2 Ba3 60.Ke3 Kd5 61.Kf4 Ke6 62.Kf3 Bd6 63.Ke3 Kd5 64.Kf3 Ke6
65.Ke3 Bh2 66.Kf3 Kd5 67.Bg7 Be5 68.Bh6 Bxc3 69.Bc1 Be5 70.Ba3 c3 71.Bc1 Kc4
72.Ba3 c2 73.Bc1 Kd3 74.Ba3 f4 75.Bc1 Bd6 76.Bb2 Kd2 77.Ke4 Bc5 78.Kxf4 Bd4
79.Ba3 Kd1 80.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "E91"]

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 Rf8 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 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6 3.Nd2 d5 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Nge7 8.exd5 exd5
9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Be3 Bc7 12.h3 h6 13.c3 Re8 14.Qc2 Qd6 15.Rad1 Qf6
16.Nbd4 Bd7 17.Qd2 Ng6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Bd4 Qd6 20.b4 a5 21.a3 axb4 22.axb4 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.Qe3 Bd7 26.Bf1 f6 27.g3 Kf7 28.Bg2 Ne5 29.Nd2 Bf5
30.Nb3 Nc4 31.Qc1 Qe7 32.Bc5 Qd7 33.h4 Be4 34.Nd4 Bxg2 35.Kxg2 Be5 36.Nf3 Qg4
37.Qd1 Qe4 38.Bd4 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Kg1 Bd6 41.Nd2 Nxd2 42.Qxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Nd7 12.b4 Bd6 13.Qb3 Qe7 14.e3 Rab8 15.a4 c5
16.b5 a5 17.Rfe1 Rfe8 18.Nh4 Qe6 19.Rad1 c4 20.Qc2 Nf6 21.f3 Bb4 22.Bf1 Rbd8
23.Ng2 Qd6 24.Rb1 Re7 25.Qd2 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Rde8 27.Rb2 Bc8 28.Nf4 g5 29.Ng2 g4
30.Be2 gxf3 31.Bxf3 Bg4 32.Rf2 Ne4 33.Bxe4 Rxe4 34.Ref1 Bh5 35.Rf6 R8e6 36.Rxe6 fxe6
37.Qe1 e5 38.Qf2 exd4 39.exd4 Re8 40.Nh4 Bg6 41.Qf3 Rf8 42.Qxf8+ Qxf8 43.Rxf8+ Kxf8
44.Nxg6+ hxg6 45.Kf2 Kf7 46.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 Qe8 8.Nbd2 Nc6
9.Re1 e5 10.e4 f4 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Bg4 13.a4 Rd8 14.Qe2 Nd4 15.Bxd4 exd4
16.Rad1 c5 17.Qd3 Kh8 18.Rd2 Bh6 19.Rde2 Qe7 20.h3 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 fxg3 22.fxg3 Nh5
23.Bxh5 gxh5 24.e5 h4 25.g4 Bf4 26.Rf2 Bg3 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Bxe5
30.Qe4 Qf7+ 31.Qf5 Qxf5+ 32.gxf5 Bd6 33.Ke2 Bc7 34.Kf3 Kg7 35.Ke4 Kf6 36.Nb2 b6
37.Nd3 a6 38.a5 Kg5 39.axb6 c4 40.bxc4 Bxb6 41.Nb2 a5 42.Na4 Kf6 43.c5 Bc7
44.c6 h5 45.Nb2 Kg5 46.Na4 Kf6 47.Nc5 Bd6 48.Na6 a4 49.c7 Bxc7 50.Nxc7 a3
51.Nd5+ Kf7 52.Nb4 Kf6 53.Na2 Kg5 54.Ke5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bc5 6.O-O O-O 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Nxe5 Bxf5
9.d3 Qe8 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.f4 Nd7 12.Nc4 Qg6 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.Bd2 Nf6 15.Rae1 d5
16.Qf2 b6 17.Ne2 c5 18.Ng3 Bd7 19.f5 Qf7 20.Qf3 h6 21.h3 Rfe8 22.Bf4 Rxe1
23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Be5 d4 25.b3 Nd5 26.Nh5 Nb4 27.Nxg7 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Kxg7 29.Qg3+ Kh7
30.Re2 Bxf5 31.Qd6 Nd5 32.Re5 Bxh3 33.Qxd5 Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Bg4 35.Kf2 Kg6 36.Rd6+ Kg5
37.b4 cxb4 38.Rxd4 Bd1 39.Rxb4 Bxc2 40.Ke3 h5 41.Rc4 Bb1 42.a3 Ba2 43.Rc7 a5
44.Rb7  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Ne7 11.Re1 Nd5 12.Ne4 Nb4 13.Re2 Bf5 14.Nd4 Bxe4 15.Rxe4 c5
16.a3 cxd4 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Rxd4 Be7 19.Be3 a6 20.Rad1 h5 21.c3 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8
23.f4 f5 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Kf2 g6 26.Kf3 Ke7 27.Bd4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 a5 29.Rd5 b6
30.Ke4 a4 31.Re5+ Kf6 32.f5 gxf5+ 33.Rxf5+ Kg6 34.Rd5 Rf8 35.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f3 b5 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.Bh6 Bxh6
9.Qxh6 Bb7 10.a3 e5 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Kb1 a6 13.Nc1 O-O-O 14.Nb3 exd4 15.Rxd4 c5
16.Rd1 Nb6 17.g3 Kb8 18.Na5 Ba8 19.Bh3 d5 20.Qf4+ Ka7 21.Rhe1 d4 22.Nd5 Nbxd5
23.exd5 Qd6 24.Rxd4 cxd4 25.Re7+ Kb6 26.Qxd4+ Kxa5 27.b4+ Ka4 28.Qc3 Qxd5
29.Ra7 Bb7 30.Rxb7 Qc4 31.Qxf6 Kxa3 32.Qxa6+ Kxb4 33.c3+ Kxc3 34.Qa1+ Kd2
35.Qb2+ Kd1 36.Bf1 Rd2 37.Rd7 Rxd7 38.Bxc4 bxc4 39.Qxh8 Rd3 40.Qa8 c3 41.Qa4+ Ke1
42.f4 f5 43.Kc1 Rd2 44.Qa7  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5
16.O-O e4 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Bc2 Be5 19.Nfd5 Qg5 20.f4 exf3 21.Rxf3 Bh5 22.Nc7 Bf4
23.Qd5+ Kh8 24.Rxf4 Qxf4 25.Re1 Rac8 26.Ne6 Qh4 27.g3 Rg8 28.Nxf5 Qc4 29.Qxd6 Rg6
30.Ne7 Nxe7 31.Qe5+ Kg8 32.Bxg6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bg5 Nh5 10.Ne1 Nf4 11.Nd3 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 h6 13.Bd2 f5 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxf4 g5
16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 f4 18.g3 fxg3 19.hxg3 Ng6 20.Nd5 c6 21.Qh5 cxd5 22.Qxg6 Qb6+
23.Kh1 Qxb2 24.e7 Rfe8 25.Bxg5 hxg5 26.Qf7+ Kh8 27.Rae1 dxc4 28.Qh5+ Kg8
29.Re2 Qxe2 30.Qxe2 Rxe7 31.Qxc4+ Kh7 32.Qd5 Rae8 33.Rf7 Rxf7 34.Qxf7 Re5
35.Qxb7 Ra5 36.Qb3 Be5 37.g4 Bf4 38.a4 Kg6 39.Qg8+ Kh6 40.Qd8 Rc5 41.Qf6+ Kh7
42.Qf7+ Kh6 43.Qxa7 Kg6 44.a5 Kf6 45.a6 Rc1+ 46.Kg2 Rc2+ 47.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3 d6 8.f4 e5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.f5 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Kh1 Bd7 15.Rad1 a5
16.Bc4 a4 17.Rd3 Bc8 18.Qe2 Kh8 19.Nd1 g6 20.Ne3 Bg5 21.Rfd1 Qb6 22.b3 Ra7
23.f6 axb3 24.cxb3 Bxf6 25.Rxd6 Bg5 26.Nd5 Qc5 27.Nf6 Qa3 28.h3 Kg7 29.Qf3 Qxa2
30.Rxc6 Qb2 31.Rf1 Qd4 32.Rd1 Ra1 33.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34.Kh2 Bf4+ 35.g3 Qb2+ 36.Qg2 Qxg2+
37.Kxg2 Bg5 38.Nd5 Be6 39.h4 Bd2 40.Kf3 Rb8 41.Ke2 Bb4 42.Nxb4 Rxb4 43.Kd2 Bxc4
44.bxc4 f5 45.exf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rab1 e6
16.Rfd1 Be5 17.Bd4 Qe7 18.Bf1 Rfd8 19.Qe3 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 e5 21.Rd2 Ne6 22.Rbd1 Kg7
23.g3 h6 24.h4 g5 25.h5 g4 26.fxg4 Ng5 27.Rf2 Qc7 28.Rf5 f6 29.Be2 Rf8 30.Kh2 Rad8
31.Rff1 Bd7 32.Nd5 Qc5 33.Qd3 Be6 34.Ne3 Rf7 35.Rd2 Qc6 36.Bf3 Qc5 37.Bg2 Qc8
38.Qe2 Qc5 39.Rfd1 b6 40.Qf2 Kf8 41.Rd5 Qc7 42.Rb5 Rb8 43.Rd3 Kg7 44.a4 Kf8
45.b4 axb4 46.Rxb4 Ra8 47.Rdb3 Ra6 48.Nf5 Bxf5 49.Qxf5 Qd7 50.Qg6 Qxg4 51.Rxb6 Rxb6
52.Rxb6 Qd7 53.Rb8+ Ke7 54.a5 Qa7 55.Qg8 Ke6 56.Bh3+ f5 57.exf5+ Kf6 58.Qg6+ Ke7
59.f6+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.g3 d6
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.O-O Nb6 12.b3 Ra7 13.a4 Qa8 14.Nh4 Rb8 15.Bb2 Nbd7
16.Ba1 Ne5 17.Qc2 Rab7 18.Rfd1 Qa7 19.Bf1 Ne8 20.Ne4 Rb6 21.Nd2 Nd7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Nhf3 Nef6 24.e4 Rb4 25.Bxa6 Qxa6 26.Nc4 Nb6 27.Nfd2 Nfd7 28.Na3 Nf6 29.Qc3 Nd7
30.Nc2 R4b7 31.Nc4 Kg8 32.f3 Ra8 33.Rb2 Nb6 34.N2e3 Nxc4 35.Nxc4 Rb4 36.e5 dxe5
37.Qxe5 Qb7 38.d6 Qxf3 39.Rf1 Qe4 40.dxe7 Qxe5 41.Nxe5 Re4 42.Rd2 Re8 43.Nc4 Re6
44.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.a3 Rc8 11.Nd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.c3 Na5 14.Qc2 Nc6 15.Qd3 g5 16.Nxc6 Rxc6
17.Nf2 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Qb6 19.Qxb6 Rxb6 20.Nd3 gxf4 21.O-O Rg8 22.Rf2 Rg5 23.h4 Rg3
24.Bf3 Rc6 25.Rc1 Ke7 26.Kh2 Rg8 27.Rcf1 Rc4 28.Bh5 f6 29.exf6+ Nxf6 30.Bd1 f3
31.Bxf3 Rxh4+ 32.Kg1 Kd6 33.Bd1 Ne4 34.Rf8 Ng3 35.Rxg8 Rh1+ 36.Kf2 Rxf1+
37.Ke3 Nf5+ 38.Kd2 Rg1 39.Bf3 Nh4 40.Rd8+ Kc7 41.Rh8 Nxf3+ 42.gxf3 Rh1 43.Ke3 a5
44.f4 Bc6 45.Ne5 b4 46.axb4 axb4 47.cxb4 Ba4 48.Ra8 Bc2 49.Ra6 Bf5 50.b5 Rc1
51.Nf3 Rd1 52.Rc6+ Kb7 53.Ne5 d4+ 54.Ke2 Rh1 55.b4 h5 56.Nc4 d3+ 57.Kf3 Kb8
58.Nd6 d2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.Nd4 a6 13.f4 b5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Qg3 g6 18.Bg5 Bxg5+ 19.Qxg5 b4 20.Ne2 Rc8 21.Nd4 Qc4 22.Kb1 O-O
23.h4 f6 24.exf6 e5 25.Nf3 Nxf6 26.Rc1 e4 27.Nd2 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 a5 11.Re1 Bb4 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Rxd1
16.Rxd1 Bd5 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 b6 19.f4 f5 20.exf6 gxf6 21.f5 Rg8 22.g4 h5
23.Kf2 hxg4 24.hxg4 Kf7 25.Bd2 Re8 26.Bf4 Re4 27.Rxe4 Bxe4 28.Bxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 b5 7.a4 b4 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.exd5 g6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Bc4 Qc7 12.Bb3 Nd7 13.Qd2 Nf6 14.Ne2 a5 15.O-O-O Rc8
16.Nd4 Bg7 17.Nb5 Qd8 18.g4 Nd7 19.Kb1 Nc5 20.h4 h5 21.Bd4 Kf8 22.Rhg1 Qd7
23.Bxg7+ Kxg7 24.Nd4 Nxb3 25.cxb3 Kf8 26.Nc2 hxg4 27.fxg4 Rxh4 28.Ne3 e5
29.Qf2 Qe7 30.Rh1 Rxh1 31.Rxh1 Qg5 32.Rh7 Rc7 33.Ka2 Ba6 34.Qh2 Bd3 35.Rh8+ Ke7
36.Ra8 Qf6 37.g5 Qg7 38.Qd2 e4 39.Ng4 Rd7 40.Nf6 Rd8 41.Qc1  1-0

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 Ndb4 8.e3 cxd4
9.exd4 Nxd4 10.O-O Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Be7 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.a3 O-O 14.Bf4 Nc6 15.b4 Qf5
16.b5 Na5 17.Bc7 Qxf3 18.Bxf3 Nb3 19.Rab1 Nc5 20.a4 a5 21.b6 f6 22.Bd6 Bxd6
23.Rxd6 e5 24.Bd5+ Kh8 25.Rb5 Nd3 26.Be4 Nb4 27.Nd5 Nc6 28.Nc7 Rb8 29.Kg2 f5
30.Bxc6 bxc6 31.Rxe5 f4 32.gxf4 Rxb6 33.Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.c3 Bf8 12.a3 d6 13.Ba2 Nb8 14.Nh4 d5 15.Qf3 c6 16.b4 Nbd7
17.Nb3 Rc8 18.Nf5 Ba8 19.Be3 Kh7 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 g6 22.Ng3 Bxc5 23.bxc5 Kg7
24.d4 Qc7 25.Re3 exd4 26.cxd4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 dxe4 29.Qxe4 Bb7
30.Re1 Rd8 31.Qf3 Bc8 32.Qc3 f6 33.Re3 h5 34.Bb1 Qf7 35.h4 Re8 36.Be4 Bd7
37.Qd3 f5 38.Bf3 Qf6 39.Rxe8 Bxe8 40.g3 f4 41.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Nb1 d5 13.Bh3 g5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Bxg5 Qa5
17.Bg2 Rxh1 18.Rxh1 Qxa2 19.Rh8 Rc8 20.Nf5 Nc5 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.Bh6+ Ke8
23.Nd6+ Kd7 24.Nxc8 Kxc8 25.Qd4 Qa5 26.Bf8 Nd7 27.Bd6 Bc6 28.Bf1 Kb7 29.Nd2 Qa1+
30.Nb1 Qa5 31.Bd3 Qd8 32.Nd2 e5 33.Qc4 Qb6 34.Kb1 a5 35.Ne4 Nf4 36.Nc5+ Nxc5
37.Bxc5 Bd5 38.Bxb6 Bxc4 39.Bxc4 Kxb6 40.Bxf7 Nh3 41.c3 Ng5 42.Bd5 bxc3 43.bxc3 Kc5
44.Bb7 Kd6 45.Kb2 Ne6 46.Ka3 Nc5 47.Be4 Ke7 48.g5 Ne6 49.g6 Nc5 50.Bd5 Kf6
51.Bf7 Kg7 52.Kb2 Kf6 53.Kc2 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.Qd2 Rab8 15.Bf2 Bc8
16.Bg3 Nd7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Rae1 Bb7 19.fxe5 Ncxe5 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Qe2 f6 22.Qxa6 Bb4
23.Nb5 Qc8 24.c3 Bf8 25.N5d4 Nb8 26.Qb5 Nf7 27.Nd2 e5 28.Nf5 Rd8 29.Ne4 Qe6
30.Bh4 Qc6 31.b3 Qxb5 32.axb5 h6 33.g4 Ng5 34.Bxg5 hxg5 35.Ra1 Rbd7 36.Ne3 Rd3
37.Nc4 Nd7 38.b4 Rc8 39.Ncd2 Be7 40.Ra7 Kf8 41.Kg2 Ke8 42.Kf2 g6 43.Ke2 Rh3
44.Nc4 Rxh2+ 45.Kd3 Rd8 46.Ncd6+ Bxd6 47.Nxd6+ Ke7 48.Ne4 f5 49.gxf5 gxf5
50.Rxf5 Ke6 51.Rf2 Nf6+ 52.Ke2 Rxf2+ 53.Nxf2 g4 54.Rg7 Kf5 55.c4 Rd4 56.Nd1 Re4+
57.Ne3+ Kf4 58.Rf7 Rxe3+ 59.Kd2 Ke4 60.Rxf6 Rd3+ 61.Ke2 Rd4 62.c5 Rxb4 63.Rxb6 g3
64.Rg6 Rb2+ 65.Kf1 Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rae8 12.c3 d5 13.Ba2 dxe4 14.dxe4 Nh5 15.Nb3 Qxd1
16.Rxd1 Nf6 17.Re1 Nb8 18.Nxe5 Bd6 19.Nd3 Bxe4 20.Nbc5 Bd5 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.Kf1 f6 24.a4 Kf7 25.Bd2 g5 26.a5 Ne7 27.Rc1 Nec6 28.c4 b4 29.Ra1 Bxc5
30.Nxc5 Re5 31.Nb3 Nd7 32.Be3 Ke7 33.g3 Re4 34.Nd2 Re5 35.Nb3 Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Bd3 Rac8 14.O-O Ba6 15.Qa4 Bxc4
16.Nb5 Bxb5 17.Bxb5 h6 18.Bf4 Nb8 19.Rac1 Qe7 20.Qb4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rd8 22.Qa4 Nd5
23.Bg3 Qg5 24.Rc2 a5 25.Qc4 Qe7 26.Re2 Qf8 27.Rc2 Nd7 28.Qc6 N7f6 29.f3 Qe7
30.Ba6 Nh5 31.Bf2 Nhf4 32.Kh1 Qg5 33.Bf1 Qf5 34.Rd2 Ng6 35.Qc1 Nge7 36.Rc2 Qg5
37.g3 Qf6 38.Kg2 Nf5 39.Qd2 Qg5 40.f4 Qe7 41.Kg1 Nf6 42.d5 Ne4 43.Qd3 Nxf2
44.Rxf2 Qf6 45.dxe6 fxe6 46.Bh3 Rc8 47.Bxf5 Qxf5 48.Qxd6 Rc1+ 49.Kg2 Qe4+
50.Kh3 Rg1 51.Rd2 Qf5+ 52.Kh4 Qf6+ 53.Kg4 Qf5+ 54.Kf3 Qh5+ 55.Ke3 Qh3 56.Qxb6 Re1+
57.Re2 Rxe2+ 58.Kxe2 Qxh2+ 59.Kf3 Qh1+ 60.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 Nxa4 15.axb4 Qc7 16.bxa4 d5
17.e5 Nd7 18.f4 Nb6 19.a5 Nc4 20.Qc3 Qe7 21.Bxc4 dxc4 22.Bd2 Bxh1 23.Rxh1 Qb7
24.Rd1 Be7 25.Qf3 O-O-O 26.Qc6+ Qxc6 27.Nxc6 Rd7 28.Nxe7+ Rxe7 29.Re1 h5
30.g5 Kb7 31.Be3 Rd7 32.Bc5 Kc6 33.Bd6 f6 34.gxf6 gxf6 35.Rg1 f5 36.Kd2 Kd5
37.Ke3 Rhh7 38.Bf8 Rhf7 39.Bh6 Rh7 40.Rg6 Rb7 41.Bf8 Rhf7 42.Bd6 Rg7 43.Rg5 Rbf7
44.c3 Kc6 45.Kf3 Kb5 46.Bc5 Ka4 47.Bd4 Rd7 48.Ke3 Kb3 49.Ke2 Rxg5 50.fxg5 Rxd4
51.cxd4 c3 52.g6 c2 53.g7 c1=Q 54.g8=Q Qc4+ 55.Ke3 Kc3 56.Qd8 Qd3+ 57.Kf4 Qd2+
58.Kf3 Qd1+ 59.Ke3 Qg1+ 60.Ke2 Qg2+ 61.Ke3 f4+  0-1

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 5.Nc3 c5 6.Bc4+ Be6 7.Bxe6+ Kxe6
8.d4 Kf7 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qe2 Qd7 11.Be3 dxc5 12.f4 Re8 13.e5 Ng4 14.Rd1 Qf5
15.O-O h5 16.Bc1 Nd4 17.Qc4+ Kg6 18.h3 Nh6 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Qxd4 Rc8
22.Qb6+ Kh7 23.Qxb7 Rxc2 24.Be3 Qg6 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nf5 27.Bf2 h4 28.Rc7 Ng3
29.Kh2 Nf1+ 30.Kg1 Qb1 31.Bxh4 Bc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bf2 Nc6 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.O-O-O Rc8
16.Kb1 Be6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Bd4 f6 19.b3 g4 20.Rhe1 c5 21.Bf2 Bh6 22.Be3 Bg7
23.Bf2 Bh6 24.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qa4 Qd6 12.Rd1 Qe6 13.Nbd2 Nd7 14.b4 a5 15.Qb3 Re8
16.Qxe6 Rxe6 17.Nc4 f6 18.a3 Ba6 19.Nfd2 axb4 20.axb4 Ree8 21.Nxb6 Nxb6 22.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Nf4 c5 8.h4 cxd4
9.Nb5 Nec6 10.h5 Be4 11.f3 a6 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.exd6 g5 14.Nh3 h6 15.fxe4 dxe4
16.Bg2 f5 17.O-O O-O 18.c3 Qxd6 19.gxf5 exf5 20.Qb3+ Kh8 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Rxf8+ Qxf8
23.Qe6 Nd7 24.Qxd7 Rd8 25.Qg4 e3 26.b3 Ne5 27.Qe4 Qf6 28.Kg2 e2 29.Bxg5 hxg5
30.cxd4 Qc6 31.d5 Qxd5 32.Qxd5 Rxd5 33.Re1 Rd2 34.Kf2 Rxa2 35.Rxe2 Nd3+ 36.Ke3 Rxe2+
37.Kxe2 g4 38.Ng5 Nc1+ 39.Ke3 Nxb3 40.h6 a5 41.Kf4 Nd4 42.Kxg4 a4 43.Kh5 Nc6  0-1

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B35"]

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 "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nb5 d5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Nf6 10.Bg2 O-O 11.Qb3 dxc4 12.Qxc4 e5 13.Nd6 Be6 14.Qd3 e4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Rad8 17.Qc2 Nd4 18.Qb2 Nxe2 19.Kxe2 Rfe8 20.Qb4 Qh5+ 21.f3 f5 22.g4 Qh3
23.gxf5 Bxf5 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Re1 Rxe4+  0-1

[Event "Linares16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d4 Nbd7 8.h3 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.e4 a6 11.Re1 Rb8 12.a4 c6 13.Nc2 Ne5 14.Ne3 Be6 15.b3 Nfd7
16.Bd2 Nc5 17.Rf1 Ned3 18.Rb1 a5 19.f4 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Kh2 Bd7 22.Nc2 Ne6
23.Na2 Ndc5 24.Bc3 Bxc3 25.Nxc3 Qf6 26.Qd2 Ra8 27.Rfe1 Nc7 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8
29.b4 axb4 30.Nxb4 Rd8 31.Nc2 Be6 32.Ne3 Bf7 33.g4 Bg6 34.g5 Qg7 35.Ne2 N7e6
36.a5 Qc7 37.Rd1 Ra8 38.Ng3 Qxa5 39.Qf2 Ng7 40.Rxd6 Re8 41.h4 Re6 42.Rd1 Qc7
43.Nexf5 Nxf5 44.Qxc5 b6 45.Qf2 Nxh4 46.Bh3 Rd6 47.Rxd6 Qxd6 48.Bg4 Bd3 49.f5 h6
50.g6 h5 51.c5 bxc5 52.Qa2+ c4 53.Qa8+ Qf8 54.Qa7 Nxg6 55.fxg6 Bxg6 56.Be6+ Bf7
57.Bf5 Qd6 58.Kh3 Bg6 59.Qa8+ Kg7 60.Qb7+ Kg8 61.Qc8+ Kg7 62.Qb7+ Kg8 63.Qa8+ Kg7
64.Qa5 Qf4 65.Qa7+ Kh6 66.Qc5 Bxf5+ 67.Nxf5+ Kg6 68.Nh4+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 Qb6 5.dxc5 Qxc5 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bg4
9.b4 Qb6 10.Be3 Qd8 11.Ra2 Nf6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Rd2 Nd7 14.Qb3 a5 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 axb4 17.axb4 b6 18.Rfd1 Re8 19.Be2 Qc7 20.Nb5 Qb7 21.f4 Ra1 22.e5 Rxd1+
23.Qxd1 Nxb4 24.Bf3 Qb8 25.Qa4 dxe5 26.Rxd7 exf4 27.Bf2 e5 28.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.Qb3 a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Rb1 Nd7 15.O-O Be7
16.a4 Bd6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Bc7 19.Rfe1 Nf6 20.Bd3 c5 21.dxc5 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxe4
23.Rxe4 Rxc5 24.g3 Qf6 25.Kg2 Rc3 26.Qd1 Qc6 27.Qe2 Rc2 28.Qe3 Rc3 29.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A70"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nd5
9.O-O Ncb4 10.Be4 c6 11.Qe1 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Bg4 13.Na4 Qa6 14.b3 b5 15.Nb2 Bxf3
16.Rxf3 f5 17.exf6 exf6 18.f5 Rae8 19.Bxd5+ Nxd5 20.Qf2 Qb6 21.Nd3 Qxf2 22.Rxf2 Nb4
23.Ba3 Nxd3 24.cxd3 Rf7 25.g3 Re5 26.Rc1 Rxf5 27.Rxf5 gxf5 28.Rxc6 Rd7 29.Bd6 Kf7
30.Kg2 Ke6 31.Bb8+ Kf7 32.Bd6 Ke6 33.Bc5+ Ke5 34.d4+ Ke4 35.Re6+ Kd3 36.Kf3 a5
37.Re3+ Kc2 38.Re7 Rxe7 39.Bxe7 Bh6 40.d5 Bd2 41.Bc5 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Bb6 Bb4
44.Bc7 Bc3 45.d6 Be5 46.Bb8 Bd4 47.d7 Bb6 48.Bd6 Bd8 49.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A30"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Nh6 12.h3 Nf7 13.Rb1 Nc7 14.b4 Ne6 15.d5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 exd4
17.Qxd4 g5 18.Bg3 f5 19.Qd2 f4 20.Bh2 Ne5 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.b5 f3 23.Bxe5 Bxe5
24.Bxf3 Bxh3 25.Re3 Be6 26.bxc6 g4 27.Bd1 Rc8 28.Rb7 Rxc6 29.Nd5 Kh8 30.Reb3 g3
31.Qh6 gxf2+ 32.Kf1 Bg8 33.Rxh7+ Bxh7 34.Rb7  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E18"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.Qxd5 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Qe4 f5 13.Qb1 O-O 14.e3 Rad8 15.Be2 Ne5
16.Qc2 Bc4 17.Bxc4+ Nxc4 18.Qb3 b5 19.Rd1 Kh8 20.Bc1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Rd8 22.Qb3 f4
23.O-O fxe3 24.fxe3 a6 25.e4 h6 26.Qc2 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Qe2 Bxc3
30.bxc3 Qf6 31.Qe1 Qe5 32.h3 Nd6 33.Qd1 Nxe4 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Qd3 Kg8 36.Qd8+ Kf7
37.Qd7+ Kf6 38.Qd8+ Ke6 39.Qe8+ Kd5 40.Qg8+ Kc6 41.Qc8+ Kd5 42.Qg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.a5 Rb8 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Nb6 Ned7 15.Nc4 Ne5
16.Nb6 Ned7 17.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D28"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Rc1 a6 10.b4 Ba7 11.c5 h6 12.Be2 Bb8 13.O-O e5 14.Bg3 Be6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Nxg5 hxg5
17.Bxg5 Kg7 18.f4 exf4 19.exf4 d4 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxd8 Rxd8 22.Bd3 Nf6 23.Qe1 Rh8
24.Qg3+ Kf8 25.Rce1 Ne7 26.Qf2 Bc7 27.Qxd4 Rh6 28.Bc4 Rd8 29.Qc3 Ned5 30.Qc1 b5
31.Bxd5 Bxd5 32.Rd1 Re8 33.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Bc6 35.g3 Ne4 36.Qd1 Re6 37.Qh5 Ke7
38.Qh8 Nxc5 39.Qh4+ Ke8 40.Rxe6+ Nxe6 41.f5 Nf8 42.Qf6 Bb7 43.Qh8 Ke7 44.f6+ Ke8
45.g4 Bf4 46.h4 Bc1 47.Qh5 Ne6 48.Qh8+ Nf8 49.g5 Bxa3 50.g6 fxg6 51.Qg7  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.cxd5 g5 13.Bf2 Nxd5 14.Qd2 Nc6 15.Ne2 Ne5
16.Nc3 c4 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.e4 Qxd2+ 19.Kxd2 Rfd8+ 20.Kc3 Nd3 21.Be3 Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A17"]

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 "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.Nd2 e5 13.Bg3 Be6 14.Be2 Rac8 15.Rhe1 g6
16.Nb3 Qb6 17.c5 Qc7 18.Ka1 b6 19.Nd4 bxc5 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Bxe5 Nd7 22.Bg3 Nb6
23.Ba6 Ra8 24.Nb5 Bf5 25.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qb3 c6 12.O-O Nd7 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Bf1 Nf8 15.Rad1 Ne6
16.g3 c5 17.Bg2 cxd4 18.exd4 Qd6 19.h4 a6 20.Re2 b5 21.Red2 b4 22.Ne2 a5
23.Nh2 Bd8 24.Ng4 Bb6 25.Qf3 Rad8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Bb4 6.Qb3 a5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 a4
9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.O-O Qa5 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Nf3 Nf6
16.Rfc1 Bd7 17.Ne5 Rfc8 18.Qxa5 Rxa5 19.f3 Be8 20.Kf2 Kf8 21.h4 Rd8 22.Nd3 Nd7
23.cxd5 exd5 24.h5 Ra7 25.Rc3 Nb6 26.g4 Bd7 27.Nc5 Bc8 28.Rg1 Nd7 29.Nd3 Nf6
30.Bd1 Nd7 31.Bc2 Nb6 32.Nc5 Nc4 33.Nxa4 b5 34.Nc5 Nxb2 35.Rb1 Nc4 36.a4 Nd6
37.Rb4 Kg8 38.Nd3 bxa4 39.Ra3 Ba6 40.Rbxa4 Bxd3 41.Bxd3 Rxa4 42.Rxa4 Rc8
43.Ra7 Kf8 44.e4 dxe4 45.fxe4 Rb8 46.Rd7 Rb3 47.Ke2 Nb5 48.Bxb5 Rxb5 49.Ke3 Rb3+
50.Kf4 Rb1 51.Rc7 Rc1 52.Ke5 Rg1 53.Kd6 g5 54.hxg6 Rxg4 55.Rxf7+ Kg8 56.Re7 h5
57.Kxc6 h4 58.Kd5 Rxg6 59.Ra7 h3 60.Ra2 Rh6 61.Rh2 Kf7 62.e5 Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Rxd3 Qa5 13.Bd2 c5 14.Be1 cxd4 15.Rxd4 e5
16.Rdd1 a6 17.Ne4 Bxe1 18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 20.Rxe1 e4 21.Nd4 Rfc8
22.Rec1 g6 23.Nb3 b6 24.h3 Nd7 25.Nd4 Ne5 26.b4 h5 27.b5 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 axb5
29.axb5 h4 30.Kh2 Kg7 31.Rc2 Nd3 32.g3 hxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Nc5 34.h4 Ra1 35.Ne2 Kf6
36.Rd2 Ke5 37.Nf4 Nd3 38.Nxd3+ exd3 39.Rxd3 Rg1+ 40.Kf3 Rb1 41.Kg4 Rxb5 42.f4+ Ke6
43.e4 Rb1 44.Kf3 Rh1 45.Kg3 Rg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Nb5 Nc6 12.O-O Be6 13.Bc1 a6 14.c4 Nb6 15.Nd6 Qc7
16.c5 Nc4 17.Rb1 Rab8 18.Qa4 Nd4 19.Nxc4 Nxe2+ 20.Kh1 Nc3 21.Qb4 Nxb1 22.Nb6 a5
23.Qxb1 Qxc5 24.a4 Rfd8 25.Be3 Qb4 26.Qa1 f6 27.Rb1 Qg4 28.h3 Qh5 29.Kh2 Rd3
30.Rc1 Rbd8 31.Qb2 g5 32.Qc2 Kh8 33.Rh1 Bxh3 34.Bxh3 g4 35.Kg2 Rd1 36.Rxd1 gxh3+
37.Kh2 Qxd1 38.Qf5 Kg7 39.Bh6+ Kxh6 40.Qxf6+ Kh5 41.Nc4 Rd4 42.Nxe5 Qf1 43.g4+ Rxg4
44.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 e6
9.Qb3 Ra7 10.Ne5 Be7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Be2 Nd7 13.O-O c5 14.Qa4 Qb6 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.b4 Qxb4 17.Qxb4 Bxb4 18.Nxd5 Bc5 19.Nc7+ Ke7 20.Nxa6 Ba3 21.Rc3 Bb2 22.Rb3 Be5
23.Nb4 Rc8 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.f4 Nd7 26.Bf3 Kf8 27.e4 Bg6 28.Rd1 f6 29.a3 Rac7
30.Rbd3 Nc5 31.Re3 Na4 32.e5 Nb2 33.Ra1 Rc1+ 34.Re1 Rxa1 35.Rxa1 fxe5 36.fxe5 Rc5
37.a4 Rc4 38.a5 Rxb4 39.a6 Ra4 40.Rxa4 Nxa4 41.a7 Nb6 42.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Qc2 Na6 6.a3 c5 7.e3 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nc7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rd1 b6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Rd3 b5 14.Ba2 a5 15.Bg5 b4
16.Rh3 Nce8 17.Nb5 Rc8 18.Qe2 Ne4 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Na7 Rc7 21.Nb5 Rc8 22.Na7 Rc7
23.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bd3 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 d6
9.O-O Nf6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qh4 Nbd7 12.f5 b5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Ng4 15.Qh4 Nde5
16.Ng5 h6 17.Nf3 e6 18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Nd4 Rde8 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8
22.a4 b4 23.Na2 a5 24.Nc1 Ke7 25.Ncb3 Ra8 26.h3 Nf6 27.Re1 Nfd7 28.Bb5 Nb6
29.Nd2 Rc8 30.Re2 Ba8 31.Kf2 Nbc4 32.Nxc4 Nxc4 33.b3 Ne5 34.Ba6 Rf8+ 35.Ke3 Rf1
36.Bc8 Rf6 37.c3 bxc3 38.Rc2 Rf1 39.Nf3 Nxf3 40.gxf3 d5 41.Rxc3 dxe4 42.fxe4 Re1+
43.Kd3 Rxe4 44.Rc5 Rh4 45.Rxa5 Rxh3+ 46.Kd2 Bd5 47.b4 Ra3 48.Ra7+ Kd6 49.b5 Kc5
50.Ra6 g5 51.b6 Rb3 52.a5 g4 53.b7 Bxb7 54.Bxb7 Rxb7 55.Rxe6 g3 56.Rg6 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.O-O e5 10.d3 h6 11.Rd1 Be6 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Bc5 Nb6 15.Qa3 Re8
16.Rac1 Nd4 17.Nd2 Nb5 18.Qb4 c6 19.Qa5 Nd7 20.Qxd8 Raxd8 21.Bb4 Nf6 22.Ba5 Rb8
23.Nc4 Nd5 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Nb6 e4 26.e3 Bxb2 27.Rc2 Bg7 28.a4 exd3 29.Rcc1 Na7
30.Rxd3 Nc6 31.Bc3 Ne5 32.Bxe5 Bxe5 33.Bxd5 Rbd8 34.e4 Re7 35.Kg2 Bc7 36.Rb1 Kg7
37.Nc4 Bd7 38.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b6 10.a4 Bb7 11.f3 Nc6 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nb4 14.c4 a5 15.Bd2 Na6
16.Bc3 Bg5 17.Bd3 Bc8 18.Qc2 g6 19.g3 Bh3 20.Rf2 Nb4 21.Qe2 Qd7 22.Nd2 f5
23.Bxb4 axb4 24.b3 Qc7 25.Qe1 e4 26.fxe4 Qg7 27.e5 dxe5 28.Bf1 Bg4 29.Be2 h5
30.Bxg4 hxg4 31.c5 bxc5 32.Nc4 e4 33.Rd1 Bf6 34.d6 Bd4 35.Ra2 Rae8 36.a5 e3
37.Qf1 g5 38.Qg2 f4 39.Qd5+ Kh8 40.gxf4 gxf4 41.d7 Rd8 42.Rxd4 cxd4 43.Qh5+ Kg8
44.Rg2 g3 45.Qd5+ Kh7 46.Qh5+ Qh6 47.Qd5 Qg6 48.a6 f3  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d6 8.a4 Bg4
9.b4 Bb6 10.h3 Bd7 11.d3 h6 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.Na3 Qa6 15.Bb2 O-O
16.Qd2 Ne7 17.d4 Ng6 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.c4 bxc4 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Be6 22.Qc3 Ra8
23.Nb1 Ne8 24.Rd1 Qb5 25.Qb2 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 e5 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O b5 10.Nxb5 Rb8 11.Nec3 a6 12.Na3 Rxb2 13.Nc4 Rb8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nd5 Bg7 17.Rb1 Rxb1 18.Qxb1 Na5 19.Qb6 Nxc4 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.dxc4 Rd7 22.Nb6 Rc7
23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.Rb1 Rc7 25.h4 Ra7 26.Bh3 Kf8 27.a4 a5 28.Bc8 Bf6 29.Rb8 Kg7
30.Bb7 Be7 31.Kg2 Bf6 32.Kh3 Be7 33.Bd5 Bf6 34.Kg4 Be7 35.h5 g5 36.Kf5 Bf6
37.Rb5 Bd8 38.Bb7 Be7 39.Rb2 Bd8 40.Rb1 Bf6 41.Bd5 Bd8 42.Rb3 Re7 43.Rb1 Bc7
44.Rb7 Bd8 45.Rb8 Bc7 46.Ra8 Bb6 47.f3 Bc7 48.Ra6 Re8 49.Rc6 Re7 50.f4 gxf4
51.gxf4 exf4 52.Kxf4 Bd8 53.Rc8 Bc7 54.Ra8 Bb6 55.Ra6 Bc7 56.Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 a6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Be2 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Na4 Qa5+ 12.c3 Bxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 b6 15.Bd1 Qb5 16.b4 a5
17.Nb2 Qc6 18.Bf3 axb4 19.cxb4 b5 20.Kf2 Qb6 21.Ke3 Qb8 22.Rhc1 O-O 23.Rc6 Qb7
24.Rd6 Ra6 25.Rxa6 Qxa6 26.Nd3 Nb6 27.Nc5 Qa8 28.Kf2 Qc6 29.Kg1 Bb7 30.Rc1 Qc7
31.Rc3 Qe7 32.g3 Ba8 33.h4 Nc4 34.Kh2 Rc8 35.Kh3 Bc6 36.g4 Qc7 37.Na6 Qb7
38.Nc5 Qc7 39.g5 Ra8 40.h5 Rxa3 41.Rxa3 Nxa3 42.g6 hxg6 43.hxg6 Nc4 44.Bg4 Bd7
45.gxf7+ Kxf7 46.Qd3 g6 47.Bh5 Nxe5 48.fxe5 gxh5 49.Qh7+ Ke8 50.Qxh5+ Kd8
51.Qh8+ Ke7 52.Qg7+ Ke8 53.Kg4 Qc6 54.Qg8+ Ke7 55.Qg5+ Ke8 56.Kh5 d4 57.Kh6 Qf3
58.Qg8+ Ke7 59.Qg5+ Ke8 60.Qg8+ Ke7 61.Qg7+ Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.O-O Qb6
9.Nd2 Nf6 10.Rb1 a5 11.b3 O-O 12.a3 e5 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Bd7 15.Bd3 Qc7
16.Nb3 b6 17.Bd2 Nh5 18.Rc1 Ra3 19.Ra1 Rxa1 20.Nxa1 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Nc2 Ba4
23.Qd2 Bxc2 24.Qxc2 Ra8 25.Qb2 Qa7 26.Rd1 Be5 27.f3 Qa4 28.Rd2 Ra7 29.Rc2 h5
30.Kf1 Qe8 31.c5 bxc5 32.bxc5 dxc5 33.Rxc5 Qa8 34.Rc1 Ra2 35.Qb3 Kg7 36.Rd1 Qa5
37.Qb5 Qa3 38.d6 Bxd6 39.e5 Bb4 40.e6 Ra1 41.Qe5+ f6 42.Qc7+ Be7 43.Rxa1 Qxa1+
44.Ke2 Qa2+ 45.Kf1 Qxe6 46.Qxf4 Bd6 47.Qxd4 Bxh2 48.Qe4 Qf7 49.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Nxc4 b5 7.Ne3 Bb7 8.g3 c5
9.Bg2 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 Qb6 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Be3 e6 13.O-O Qb7 14.Rc1 Ncd7 15.a4 a6
16.axb5 axb5 17.Qd3 Rb8 18.Rfd1 Be7 19.Ra1 Qc6 20.Bf4 e5 21.Bg5 O-O 22.Ne3 Bc5
23.Rac1 e4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Qxd7 Qxd7 26.Rxd7 Rbc8 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bc7 Bxe3 29.fxe3 Rfe8
30.Rf1 f6 31.Rf5 Ra8 32.Rxb5 Ra1+ 33.Kg2 Re1 34.Kf3 Rf1+ 35.Kg4 f5+ 36.Rxf5 h5+
37.Kxh5 Rxf5  0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.g3 Bb7 8.b4 d5
9.Bb2 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Bxf3 11.exf3 Qd5 12.Qxd5 Nxd5 13.Rc1 c6 14.Bc4 Rd8 15.h4 Ne7
16.h5 Nf5 17.Ke2 a5 18.b5 c5 19.f4 Nd4+ 20.Kf1 Rd6 21.Kg2 Nd7 22.a4 Rd8 23.Rce1 Kf8
24.Bc3 Nf6 25.d3 h6 26.Rd1 Nc2 27.Kf3 R6d7 28.Bb2 Nd5 29.Rd2 Ndb4 30.g4 Re8
31.Kg3 f6 32.Re2 Nd4 33.Re3 e5 34.fxe5 Rxe5 35.Rxe5 fxe5 36.Re1 Re7 37.Bxd4 exd4
38.Rxe7 Kxe7 39.Kf4 Nc2 40.Ke5 Na3 41.Bb3 Nb1 42.f4 Nd2 43.Bd5 Nf1 44.g5 Ng3
45.Bf3 Nf1 46.gxh6 gxh6 47.f5 Ne3 48.f6+ Kf7 49.Be2 Ng2 50.Bg4 Ne3 51.Be6+ Kf8
52.Bb3 Ng4+ 53.Kf5 Nf2 54.Bc4 Nd1 55.Bb3 Nf2 56.Bc2 Kf7 57.Bb1 Kf8 58.Kg6 Ng4
59.Ba2 Ne5+ 60.Kxh6 Nxd3 61.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.b3 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.Bb2 Ng5 12.d5 exd5 13.O-O-O c5 14.cxd5 Ba6 15.h4 Nxf3
16.gxf3 Bxf1 17.Rdxf1 Nd7 18.Rfg1 Rf7 19.Rg5 c4 20.bxc4 Rc8 21.Rxf5 Rxc4
22.Qxc4 Rxf5 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qg4+ Kf6 25.e4 Re5 26.f4 Qc7+ 27.Kb1 Qc3 28.fxe5+ Nxe5
29.Qe6+ Kg7 30.Rg1+ Ng6 31.Qe7+ Kg8 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.Qe7+ Kg8 34.Qe8+ Kg7 35.Qb5 Kf7
36.h5 Ne5 37.Qb2 Qf3 38.Qc2 Kf6 39.Ka2 b5 40.Rg3 Qf4 41.Qe2 Qc1 42.f4 Qxf4
43.Rg2  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.Bf4 Na6 8.e4 c5
9.dxc5 Be6 10.Qb5 Bd7 11.Qxb7 Nxc5 12.Qb4 Ne6 13.Be5 a5 14.Qa3 Qb6 15.Bc4 Rfc8
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd5 Qb8 18.Nxf6+ exf6 19.Bxe6 Bxe6 20.O-O Qb4 21.Qxb4 axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Nge2 d4 8.Ne4 Nxe4
9.dxe4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nf4 Bg5 12.c3 Bxf4 13.Bxf4 Be6 14.Qh5 b6 15.e5 Bd5
16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Bf6 Kh8 18.Bh3 Be6 19.Bxg7+ Kxg7 20.Qg5+ Kh8 21.Qf6+ Kg8 22.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be2 e5
9.Nb3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Be6 12.Nd5 Nbd7 13.Qd3 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nc5 15.Qd2 Nfe4
16.Qb4 b6 17.f3 Nf6 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.f4 Nfe4 20.Qb4 Rfb8 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.fxe5 dxe5
23.Rad1 Bd6 24.Qh4 Rf8 25.g4 Qa4 26.c4 Qc2 27.Rd2 Qe4 28.Qh3 a5 29.b3 Qg6
30.Kh1 Qe4+ 31.Kg1 Qg6 32.g5 Ne4 33.Bd3 Nxg5 34.Bxg5 e4 35.Rg2 exd3 36.Bf6 gxf6
37.Qxd3 Rae8 38.Rxf6 Bc5+ 39.Kh1 Re3 40.Qd1 Rfe8 41.Rgxg6+ hxg6 42.Rf1 R8e7
43.Qg4 Kg7 44.Qh4 f5 45.Rd1 R3e4 46.Qg3 Kf7 47.Qb8 Re8 48.Qc7+ R4e7 49.Qg3 Re3
50.Qh4 R3e4 51.Qh7+ Kf6 52.Qc7 g5 53.Qc6+ Kg7 54.d6 g4 55.Rf1 Rf4 56.Rg1 Bxg1
57.Qxe8 Bd4 58.Qe2 Re4 59.Qd2 Kf7 60.d7 Ke7 61.Qg5+ Kxd7 62.Qxf5+ Re6 63.Qxg4 Bc5
64.h4 Ke7 65.Qg7+ Ke8 66.h5 Bf8 67.Qb7 Rf6 68.Kg2 Be7 69.Kg3 Kf8 70.Kg4 Rh6
71.Qa8+ Kf7 72.Qd5+ Kf8 73.Qd2 Rd6 74.Qe3 Kf7 75.c5 bxc5 76.Qxc5  1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Be6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nc3 h6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Nxc4 Bf5
9.Qb3 Qc7 10.f3 e5 11.dxe5 Nc5 12.Qa2 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.exd6 Qxd6
16.Bb5+ Bd7 17.b4 Ne6 18.Bxd7+ Qxd7 19.O-O O-O 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Bb2 Rac8 22.Rac1 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 d4 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 25.exd4 Qxd4+ 26.Qf2 Qxb4 27.Qxa7 Rd2 28.Kh1 Ra2
29.Qb8+ Kh7 30.Qe5 Rxg2 31.Kxg2 Qd2+ 32.Kg3 Qxc1 33.Qe4+ g6 34.Qxb7 Qg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 b5 7.g4 Bb7 8.Bg2 e6
9.a3 Nfd7 10.g5 g6 11.f4 e5 12.Nde2 Nb6 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Be3 N8d7
16.O-O-O Ke8 17.Bh3 h6 18.Bxd7+ Nxd7 19.Nd5 Rc8 20.h4 hxg5 21.hxg5 Rh2 22.Rd2 Rh3
23.Rg3 Rh4 24.Nec3 Bc5 25.Bxc5 Nxc5 26.b4 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Ne6 28.Rxe5 Rh2 29.Rd5 Nf4
30.Rd2 Rh3 31.Rxh3 Nxh3 32.Kb2 Nxg5 33.Rd5 f6 34.Rd1 Rc6 35.Kb3 Ke7 36.Rg1 Kf7
37.Rd1 Ke6 38.Rd8 Ke5 39.Rg8 Kd4 40.Nd1 Nxe4 41.Rxg6 Rd6 42.Rg8 f5 43.a4 f4
44.axb5 axb5 45.Rf8 f3 46.Kb2 Rf6 47.Rd8+ Ke5 48.Ne3 Rd6 49.Rf8 Nf6 50.c4 Rd3
51.cxb5 Rxe3 52.b6 Re2+ 53.Kc3 Nd5+ 54.Kd3 Nf4+ 55.Kc3 Re3+ 56.Kc2 Nd5 57.b7 Nxb4+
58.Kd2 Rd3+ 59.Ke1 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.h5 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Qe3 Qc7
16.Kb1 Ba6 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Ng3 Rfc8 19.Rc1 a4 20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.Rhd1 a3 22.b3 Rc6
23.Qd4 Na6 24.Rd2 Qe7 25.Qd3 Qh4 26.Qf3 Rc3 27.Rd3 h6 28.f5 Qg5 29.Qf1 Rxd3
30.Qxd3 Nc5 31.Qf3 Nd7  0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.d4 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.b4 a5 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Qb3 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1+ 14.Bxa1 Ng5 15.d5 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 e5 17.e4 Qg5 18.O-O Ra8 19.g3 Bc8 20.h4 Qg6 21.Re1 h6 22.Bb2 f5 23.exf5 Qxf5
24.Be4 Qg4 25.Bf3 Qf5 26.Be4 Qg4 27.Bg2 Nf6 28.c5 Kh7 29.cxd6 cxd6 30.b5 Bf5
31.Ba3 Ne8 32.Bb4 Rc8 33.Bd2 Qc4 34.Qxc4 Rxc4 35.f4 e4 36.g4 Bxg4 37.Rxe4 Rxe4
38.Bxe4+ Kg8 39.Be3 Nf6 40.Bg2 Nd7 41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Bd4 Bf5 43.Ke3 h5 44.Bf3 g6
45.Bg2 Ke7 46.Bf3 Kd8 47.Bg2 Kc7 48.Bf3 Nc5 49.Bg2 Nd3 50.Bc3 Nc5 51.Bd4 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.a5 Qc7
9.Be3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Rd8 12.Qb1 Nf8 13.Qa2 Be6 14.Qa3 h6 15.Rfd1 N8d7
16.Nd2 Bf8 17.b4 c5 18.b5 c4 19.Qb2 b6 20.axb6 axb6 21.Nf3 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Rc8
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Ne4 25.Nd2 Nd6 26.g4 Bg7 27.Qb1 f5 28.Nf3 f4 29.Bc1 g5
30.Ba3 Nc5 31.Nd2 c3 32.Nc4 e4 33.Nxd6 Qxd6 34.Bxc5 bxc5 35.f3 Rb8 36.Qb3 Bd4+
37.Kg2 Kg7 38.Qc4 Qe5 39.d6 Qxd6 40.Ra1 Qe7 41.Qd5 exf3+ 42.Qxf3 Re8 43.Bd3 Qc7
44.b6 Qxb6 45.Qd5 Qc7 46.Rb1 Re7 47.Qf5 f3+ 48.Qxf3 c4 49.Be4 Qe5 50.Re1 Rf7
51.Qe2 Rf2+ 52.Qxf2 Bxf2 53.Kxf2 Qd4+ 54.Kf1 Qd2 55.Re2 Qf4+ 56.Kg2 Qc1 57.Bf3 Kf6
58.Rf2 Ke5 59.Re2+ Kd4 60.Re4+ Kc5 61.Re2 Kb4 62.Rf2 Ka3 63.Be4 Kb2 64.Bf5 Qe3
65.Bg6 Qe5 66.Bf5 Qd5+ 67.Kg1 Kc1 68.Rf1+ Kd2 69.Rf2+ Ke3 70.Rf1 Qd2 71.Kh1 Qe2
72.Ra1 Kf4 73.Rg1 h5 74.Bc8 h4 75.Bf5 Kf3 76.Bc8 Qxc2 77.Bb7+ Kf4 78.Bc6 Ke5
79.Bg2 Qd2 80.Rf1 c2 81.Ra1  0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 a5 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Nc4 d6 12.Ne3 Be6 13.Nd5 Re8 14.Be3 Bf8 15.Nd2 Nd7
16.f4 exf4 17.Nxf4 Bxb3 18.Nxb3 Nf6 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Nf3 c5 21.Bf2 g6 22.b3 Bg7
23.Nxe5 Rxe5 24.Bg3 Qd7 25.Qf3 Rae8 26.h3 R5e7 27.Rad1 Qb7 28.Rf1 d5 29.exd5 Re3
30.Qf2 Nxd5 31.Nxd5 Qxd5 32.Kh2 Rxg3 33.Qxg3 Be5 34.Rf4 g5  0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Fritz 6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D37"]

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.Rc1 a6 10.b4 Be7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be2 Bf5 13.O-O a5 14.b5 Bxa3 15.bxc6 bxc6
16.Nd4 Bxc1 17.Qxc1 Bd7 18.Qa3 Re8 19.Na4 Ne4 20.Rc1 Qh4 21.Bg3 Qe7 22.Qxe7 Rxe7
23.Bd3 Nxg3 24.hxg3 Be8 25.Ra1 f6 26.Nc5 Rea7 27.Bc2 Rb8 28.Ba4 Rb4 29.Rc1 Rc4
30.Rxc4 dxc4 31.Kf1 Re7 32.Nf3 c3 33.Ke2 Bg6 34.Nd4 Re5 35.Nd7 Rh5 36.g4 Rh1
37.Nc5 h5 38.gxh5 Rxh5 39.Bb3+ Kh7 40.Nde6 Bf5 41.g4 Bxg4+ 42.Kd3 Bxe6 43.Nxe6 Rh2
44.f4 Rh3 45.f5 Kh6 46.Ba4 Rh4 47.Bc2 a4 48.Kxc3 a3 49.Kb3 Rh2  0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Ne5 13.Rhe1 Nfd7 14.f4 Nc4 15.Qe2 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 b4
17.Nd5 g5 18.Nf5 Rg8 19.Qa7 Nc5 20.Bxa6 Bxa6 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nde7 Qxe7 23.Nxe7 Bxe7
24.Rxe5 gxf4 25.Rxc5 Bxc5 26.Qxa6 Ke7 27.Qb7+ Kf6 28.Rd7 Rcf8 29.h3 h5 30.Qc7 Be3
31.Qd6 hxg4 32.hxg4 Rh8 33.Qe7+ Kg6 34.a4 bxa3 35.g5 Kf5 36.Qf6+ Kg4 37.Rd1 Rhg8
38.Qh6 Rb8 39.b3 Rxg5 40.Qh1 Rbg8 41.Ka2 Kf5 42.Rd7 Kg6 43.Qe4+ Kf6 44.Qb4 Rg2
45.Qe7+ Ke5 46.Rc7 f5 47.Rc6 R8g6 48.Kxa3 f3 49.Qc7+ Kf6 50.Qd8+ Ke5 51.Qh8+ Kf4
52.Qh4+ R2g4 53.Rc4+ Ke5 54.Qh8+ Rg7 55.Rxg4 fxg4 56.Qxg7+ Kf4 57.Qf6+ Kg3
58.Qxe6 Bc5+ 59.b4 f2 60.Qf5 Bd6 61.Kb3 Bf4 62.Qd3+ Kg2 63.Qe2 g3 64.b5 Kg1
65.Qg4 f1=Q 66.c4 Qd3+ 67.Kb4 Bd2+ 68.Kc5 g2 69.b6 Be3+ 70.Kc6 Bxb6 71.Kxb6 Kf2
72.Qf4+ Qf3 73.Qd4+ Qe3 74.Qxe3+ Kxe3 75.c5  0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 Nh5 11.c5 Nf4 12.b5 b6 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Rc1 Bh6 15.Nd2 f5 16.Re1 Bb7
17.Bf1 Rc8 18.Nc4 Rf6 19.Rc2 Rc7 20.Nxe5 Nexd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Nc6 Bxc6 23.bxc6 Nb4
24.Bxb4 axb4 25.e5  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.O-O-O Nc6
9.Qe3 Bd7 10.Nge2 e6 11.h4 Qe7 12.Bh2 gxh4 13.Bg1 O-O-O 14.g4 Nf6 15.f3 Nh7
16.Bf2 e5 17.d5 Nd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Rxd4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 b6 21.Nb5 Kb7 22.Qc3 Rc8
23.Nd4 Qf6 24.Qd3 Ka8 25.Bxh4 Qf4+ 26.Kb1 Nf8 27.Qc3 Ng6 28.Ba6 Nxh4 29.Bxc8 Rxc8
30.Rxh4 Kb7 31.a3 Rg8 32.Ne2 Qg5 33.Rh5 Qe7 34.Rxh6 f5 35.gxf5 Bxf5 36.Nd4 Bd7
37.Ne6 Bc8 38.f4 Rg4 39.Qc6+ Kb8 40.Rh8  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 b5 7.g4 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nfd7
9.Be3 e6 10.f4 Be7 11.g5 Nb6 12.b3 N8d7 13.Qd2 b4 14.Nce2 Nc5 15.Ng3 d5 16.e5 g6
17.h4 Qc7 18.Rc1 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.c4 Nd7 21.Nc2 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Rh1 e3
24.Qe2 O-O-O 25.Rh3 Rd2 26.Bxb7+ Qxb7 27.Qf3 Rhd8 28.Qxb7+ Kxb7 29.Nxe3 R8d3
30.Ng4 Rxh3 31.Kxd2 Rg3 32.Nh6 Be3+ 33.Kc2 Bxc1 34.Kxc1 Rf3 35.Nxf7 Rxf4
36.Nd8+ Kc8 37.Nxe6 Rxh4 38.Kd2 Re4 39.Nf8 Rxe5 40.Nxh7 a5 41.Kd3 Kb7 42.Kd4 Rf5
43.Ke3 Kc6 44.Ke2 Kd6 45.Nf6 Ke5 46.c5 Rxg5 47.Nd7+ Kd5 48.Kf3  0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.h3 Bd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Qf3 Qa5 14.Qf2 e5 15.Bb6 Qb4
16.Rab1 Nd7 17.Be3 exf4 18.Bxf4 Be7 19.Bd2 Qc5 20.Be3 Qc4 21.Ne2 O-O 22.Nd4 Bf6
23.b3 Qb4 24.Nf5 Rce8 25.Rbd1 Rxe4 26.Nxd6 Re6 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Nf5 Qb7 29.c4 c5
30.Rd5 Be5 31.Rfd1 Nf6 32.Rd8 Ree8 33.R8d3 Ne4 34.Qg2 Qc7 35.Rd7 Rd8 36.Rxd8 Rxd8
37.Rxd8+ Qxd8 38.Qxe4  1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Rg1 b5
9.g4 Bb7 10.f3 g6 11.Be3 Nbd7 12.g5 Nh5 13.Bh3 h6 14.gxh6 e5 15.Bxd7+ Qxd7
16.Nb3 Be7 17.Qd2 Bh4+ 18.Bf2 Bxf2+ 19.Qxf2 Nf4 20.O-O-O Rc8 21.Qb6 Qc7 22.Qxc7 Rxc7
23.Na5 b4 24.Rxd6 bxc3 25.Rg5 cxb2+ 26.Kxb2 Rxh6 27.Rxe5+ Ne6 28.f4 Rxh2
29.f5 gxf5 30.exf5 Rhxc2+ 31.Ka3 R2c5 32.Rxc5 Nxc5 33.Kb4 Ke7 34.Nxb7 a5+
35.Kb5 Nxb7 36.Rd5 Rd7  0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fritz 6"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Be7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Nd2 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Rfd8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Ne4 Qe5 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qe4 Qe7 19.Rd4 g6 20.Rad1 b6 21.c4 h5 22.b3 Rac8
23.R1d3 Rxd4 24.Qxd4 Qa3 25.Qd7 Rf8 26.Rd2 Qc1+ 27.Rd1 Qa3 28.Qd2 Rc8 29.Qe2 Qe7
30.Qd3 Qa3 31.Rd2 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qa3 33.Qd7 Qc5 34.Qxa7 h4 35.Qb7 Qe5+ 36.g3 Rb8
37.Qf3 Rc8 38.a4 hxg3+ 39.fxg3 Qc7 40.Qf6 Re8 41.Rd4 Qe7 42.Qxe7 Rxe7 43.Rd8+ Kg7
44.Rb8 Rd7 45.Rxb6 Rd2+ 46.Kg1 Kf6 47.a5 Ke5 48.Kf1 Ra2 49.b4 Kd4 50.c5 e5
51.a6 Ke3 52.h4 f5 53.Rxg6 Kf3 54.Ke1 e4 55.Rf6 Ra1+ 56.Kd2 e3+ 57.Kd3 Rd1+
58.Kc4 e2 59.Rxf5+ Ke4 60.Rf8 Rd4+ 61.Kb5 Rxb4+ 62.Kc6 Kd3 63.a7 e1=Q 64.Rd8+ Kc4
65.a8=Q Qe4+ 66.Kc7 Qe7+ 67.Rd7 Qe5+ 68.Rd6 Qe7+ 69.Kc8 Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D07"]

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"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.a4 bxa4 10.Rxa4 Nb6 11.Rb4 e6 12.Be3 N8d7 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bxb6 Nxb6 15.Qd4 Nd7
16.Rxb7 Nc5 17.Rb4 Qg5 18.Qd2 Qxg4 19.Na4 Qh5 20.Nxc5 dxc5 21.Rb6 Rd8 22.Qe2 Qxh2
23.Kf1 Qh6 24.Bf3 Be7 25.Bh5+ g6 26.Bg4 O-O 27.Bxe6+ Kh8 28.Bd5 Qh3+ 29.Ke1 Rxf2
30.Qxf2 Bh4 31.Rf6 Rb8 32.b3 Bxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Qh6 34.Ke2 Rf8 35.Rxf8+ Qxf8 36.Rf1 Qd6
37.Rf7 h5 38.Ra7 g5 39.Bc4 Qh2+ 40.Kd3 Qg3+ 41.Ke2 h4 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.Ra7+ Kf6
44.Rxa6+ Ke5 45.Re6+ Kd4 46.c3+ Qxc3 47.Rd6+ Kxe4 48.Re6+ Kf4 49.Bd3 Qb2+
50.Ke1 g4  0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.Qd3 Bd7 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Bc4 exd4 12.cxd4 g5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Kg7 15.Nb3 Ne7
16.Rae1 Nh7 17.Bh4 f6 18.Re3 Ng6 19.Bg3 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Qd2 Nf6 22.Rfe1 Nh5
23.Bd5 Rb8 24.Be4 Qd7 25.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.f3 Nxg3 27.hxg3 Rf7 28.Qc3 Rh8 29.Nc5 Bxc5
30.dxc5+ Qf6 31.Qb4 Ne5 32.cxd6 cxd6 33.Re4 Rh6 34.Rd1 Kg8 35.Qb3 Rg6 36.g4 Rh6
37.Qe3 Qh4 38.Re1 Nxf3+  0-1

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 hxg4 12.Nd5 Nc6 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Bxb2 15.Rb1 Qa5+
16.Qd2 Bd4 17.Qxa5 Nxa5 18.Nc7+ Kd7 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 20.Kd1 Bc3 21.h4 gxh3 22.Rxh3 Rc8
23.f4 gxf4 24.Bxf4 b5 25.Rf3 Rc4 26.Bd2 Bxd2 27.Kxd2 Ra4 28.Ra1 f6 29.g3 Nc4+
30.Ke2 d5 31.c3 Kd6 32.Rd3 Ra3 33.Rf3 a5 34.Rd3 Kc5 35.g4 Ra4 36.Rg3 Nd6
37.a3 Ne4 38.Re3 Rc4 39.Kf3 Kd6 40.Rae1 Ra4 41.Ra1 Rc4 42.Rae1 Kd7 43.R1e2 Kc6
44.Re1 Kd6 45.R1e2 Nxc3 46.Re6+ Kc5 47.Re1 Ra4 48.Rxe7 Ne4 49.Rc1+ Kd4 50.Rd1+ Kc5
51.Rc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.Qd3 Bd7 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Bc4 exd4 12.cxd4 g5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Kg7 15.Nb3 Ne7
16.Bxf6+ Kxf6 17.f4 Be6 18.Kh1 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Kg7 20.f5 f6 21.Rf3 Rh8 22.Rg3+ Kf8
23.Qe6 Ng8 24.Re1 Qe8 25.Qc4 Qf7 26.Qc3 Re8 27.Rg4 Qh5 28.Qg3 Ne7 29.h3 Nxf5
30.Qf4 Rg8 31.Rxg8+ Kxg8 32.Rf1 Ng7 33.Qxf6 Rxe4 34.Kh2 Qe8 35.Qg5 c6 36.Qg3 Qe6
37.Nd2 Rxd4 38.Nf3 Rd5 39.Re1 Qf7 40.Qg4 Bd8 41.Qc8 Qc7 42.Qxc7 Bxc7 43.Re7 Bb6
44.g4 Rb5 45.b3 Kf8 46.Rd7 Ne6 47.Nh4 Ke8 48.Rh7 Nf8  0-1

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.c3 Qa5 5.d5 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.Na3 Nbd7 10.h3 b5 11.e4 a6 12.Nc2 Bb7 13.Bf4 h6 14.h4 e5 15.Bd2 c4 16.b4 cxb3
17.axb3 Qc7 18.Nh2 Nc5 19.Rb1 a5 20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4 Ncxe4 22.Rxe4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 f5
24.Bg2 Qf7 25.Bc1 e4 26.Bb2 Bxb2 27.Rxb2 Qxd5 28.Qxd5+ Bxd5 29.Nf1 h5 30.Nfe3 Bc4
31.Bf1 d5 32.Kg2 Reb8 33.Nd4 Rb6 34.Rd2 Kf7 35.Ndc2 Ra2 36.Bxc4 dxc4 37.Rd5 Rb2
38.Kf1 Ra6 39.Rxb5 Raa2 40.Rb7+ Kg8 41.Rc7 Rxc2 42.Nxc2 Rxc2 43.b5 Rb2 44.Rxc4 Rxb5
45.Rc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D06"]

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 "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 e6 8.Be2 Be7
9.Nd2 Bg6 10.b4 Qc8 11.O-O Bd8 12.Rc1 Bc7 13.Bxc7 Qxc7 14.f4 Ng8 15.e4 Ne7
16.f5 exf5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.b5 O-O 19.b6 Qd8 20.Nb3 Nf6 21.Na5 Rb8 22.a4 Ne4
23.Na2 f6 24.Nb4 Be8 25.Qc2 g6 26.Rb1 Rf7 27.Nxb7 Rxb7 28.a5 Nc6 29.Nxc6 Bxc6
30.Bxa6 Rb8 31.Bb5 Qc8 32.Bxc6 Qxc6 33.a6 Kg7 34.Rb4 Nd6 35.Qa4 Qxa4 36.Rxa4 Nc8
37.Rb4 Na7 38.bxa7 Ra8 39.c6 Raxa7 40.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 e5 9.Nf5 h5
10.Qd2 Nxg4 11.O-O-O g6 12.Nd5 Nxe3 13.Nfxe3 Bh6 14.Kb1 Nc6 15.Qc3 O-O 16.f5 Kh7
17.Nc4 Rb8 18.Ndb6 Nd4 19.Bh3 g5 20.Qd3 g4 21.Bg2 Bd7 22.c3 Nb5 23.h3 g3
24.Qxg3 Bc6 25.Bf3 Rg8 26.Qf2 Qg5 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Rbd8 29.Qe2 Nc7 30.Rdd1 Qf6
31.h4 Rg3 32.Nb6 d5 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.exd5 b5 35.a3 a5 36.Qe4 Bf8 37.Rhg1 Rxg1
38.Rxg1 b4 39.cxb4 axb4 40.a4 b3 41.Be2 Rb8 42.Bb5 Kh8 43.Rg3 Bh6 44.Rxb3 Rg8
45.Be2 Bf4 46.Bxh5  1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be4 8.Qd1 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.b3 a4 12.Ba3 d6 13.Rfd1 Nbd7 14.Bf1 Re8 15.Nh4 Bb7
16.f3 d5 17.Qc2 c5 18.Bb2 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Qc7 20.Rac1 e5 21.Bf2 axb3 22.axb3 d4
23.Qb2 Nc5 24.e3 dxe3 25.Bxe3 e4 26.Bf4 Qc8 27.fxe4 Nfxe4 28.Be5 f6 29.Bd4 Ng5
30.b4 Nce4 31.Bg2 Qg4 32.Qb3 Kh8 33.Bxb6 Nh3+ 34.Bxh3 Qxh3 35.c5 g5 36.c6 Bxc6
37.Rxc6 gxh4 38.Bd4 hxg3 39.hxg3 Rg8 40.Rd3 Rg6 41.Rxf6 Nxf6 42.Rf3 Rf8 43.b5 Rh6
44.Qc3 Kg7 45.Be5 Qh2+ 46.Kf1 Qh1+ 47.Kf2 Rh2+ 48.Ke3 Qg1+ 49.Kf4 Qb1  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.h4 Qa5 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.hxg5 hxg5
16.Rxh8+ Bxh8 17.Kf1 Ne5 18.Qe2 Kd7 19.Nd1 Rb8 20.c3 Qa4 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.g3 Bf6
23.Kg2 a5 24.f3 c5 25.Ne3 Kc7 26.Qd2 Qb5 27.b3 a4 28.Rb1 axb3 29.Rxb3 Qa4
30.Rxb8 Kxb8 31.Ng4 Kc7 32.e5 Bxe5 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Qe2 Kd6 35.c4 e4 36.Qxe4 Qxa2+
37.Kh3 Qb2 38.Kg4 Qf2 39.f4 Kd7 40.fxg5 Qb2 41.g6 Qf6 42.Qb7+ Kd6 43.Qb8+ Kd7
44.Kh5 e5 45.Qb7+ Kd8 46.Qd5+ Ke8 47.Qg8+ Kd7 48.Qf7 Qh8+ 49.Kg4 Qh1 50.g7 Qe4+
51.Kg5 Qe3+ 52.Kh4 Qe4+ 53.g4  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Nf6 7.Re1 b5 8.Bc2 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 g6 11.d3 Bg7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.Nf3 b4 15.Ba4 Qc7
16.Bd2 bxc3 17.bxc3 Rab8 18.Rab1 e6 19.g3 Nb6 20.Bc2 Nd7 21.a4 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Rb8
23.Qd1 Rb6 24.Kf1 Qb7 25.Ke2 h5 26.Rxb6 Qxb6 27.Qb1 Qxb1 28.Bxb1 Nb6 29.Bc2 Kf8
30.Ng5 Ke7 31.f4 Bh8 32.Nf3 Bg7 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Bh8 35.Be1 Bf6 36.Kd2 Kd7
37.Bf2 Bg7 38.d4 cxd4 39.cxd4 d5 40.e5 Bh6 41.Bg3 Nc4+ 42.Kc3 Ne3 43.Bd3 Nxg4
44.Bxa6 Ne3 45.Bb5 Nf5 46.Bh2 Kc7 47.Bd3 Bf8 48.Bg1 Bb4+ 49.Kb3 Ba5 50.Bxf5 gxf5
51.Be3 Kd7 52.Kc2 Ke7 53.Bd2 Bb6 54.Kd3 f6 55.exf6+ Kxf6 56.Bc3 Ke7 57.Nd2 Bc7
58.Ke3 Kd7 59.Nb3 Bd6 60.Bd2 Kc7 61.Nc1 Be7 62.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nc2 d5 8.O-O Be7
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne3 Nxe3 11.Bxe3 Qxb2 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Bd4 Qb7 14.Bxg7 Rg8
15.Bc3 c5 16.Qc2 Rg6 17.Nd2 Qc6 18.Nc4 Bb7 19.f3 f6 20.Na5 Qc7 21.Nxb7 Qxb7
22.Qa4+ Kf7 23.Rad1 a6 24.Rd2 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.Rd1 Be7 27.Qc4 Rg5 28.a4 Rd5
29.Ra1 h5 30.Kf2 Rd7 31.e4 Qc6 32.f4 Bf8 33.Rb1 Qd6 34.Ke3 Bh6 35.a5 Kg6
36.Ke2 h4 37.Rf1 f5 38.Rb1 Kh5 39.Rg1 Bg7 40.gxh4 Bh6 41.e5 Qd5 42.Qxd5 Rxd5
43.Bd2 Rd4 44.Be3 Ra4 45.Kf3 Rxa5 46.Rd1 Kg6 47.Rd6 Kf7 48.h5 Rb5 49.Rd7+ Kg8
50.Rd6 Kf7 51.Rxa6 Bf8 52.Ra7+ Kg8 53.Rc7 Rb3 54.h4 Rb5 55.Ke2 Rb2+ 56.Kd3 Rb3+
57.Kd2 Rb2+ 58.Kc3 Rh2 59.Bxc5 Bxc5 60.Rxc5 Rxh4 61.Rc8+ Kg7 62.Kd4 Rxf4+
63.Kc5 Ra4 64.Rc6 Kh6 65.Kd6 Kxh5 66.Kxe6 Kg4 67.Kf6 f4 68.e6 f3 69.e7 f2
70.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B51"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D27"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A30"]

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 "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b6 10.a4 Bb7 11.f3 Nc6 12.Bg5 Nb4 13.Nb1 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Na3 Qc7
16.c3 Nc6 17.Nc4 Rad8 18.Qd3 Bg5 19.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Re1 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 c6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb5+ Qd7 13.Qb3 O-O 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Rd8
16.Ba3 Bf6 17.Re3 Qc6 18.Be7 Re8 19.Rae1 Bxe7 20.Rxe7 Bd7 21.h3 f6 22.Qa3 a6
23.Nd2 Rxe7 24.Rxe7 Re8 25.Nf1 Rxe7 26.Qxe7 Qe6 27.Qd8+ Qe8 28.Qb6 Bc6 29.Ne3 h5
30.Qc7 Qe4 31.g3 Qb1+ 32.Kg2 Bb5 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Qf5+ Qxf5 35.Nxf5 g6 36.Ne3 g5
37.h4 Kg6 38.f3 Bc6 39.Kf2 Kf7 40.a3 Ke6 41.Ke2 Bb5+ 42.Kd2 Bc6 43.Kc2 Ba4+
44.Kb2 Bb5 45.Kc2 Be2 46.f4 gxh4 47.gxh4 Bb5 48.Kb3 Bd3 49.Kb4 b6 50.Kb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.Rd1 b5
9.d5 exd5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 11.e4 Bd6 12.exd5+ Ne7 13.a4 b4 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Nc4 Re8
16.Bg5 a5 17.Re1 Ba6 18.Qe4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Qc7 20.Bxe7 Bxe7 21.b3 Bf6 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Rd1 Rd8 24.g3 g6 25.Kg2 Qd6 26.Qe4 Bc3 27.Rd3 Kg7 28.h4 h5 29.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.a3 cxd4
9.Rd1 b5 10.Ba2 d3 11.Rxd3 Qc7 12.e4 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Be3 Bb7
16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Rad1 O-O 18.f4 Bxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Qb8 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.R7d6 Ne7 22.Kh1 Qc7
23.Qg3 Kh8 24.h4 Ng8 25.Bb1 Bb7 26.Rd7 Qc6 27.e5 Qc8 28.f5 exf5 29.Bxf5 Qb8
30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Nxe4 Qe8 32.R1d6 Ne7 33.Nf6 Nf5 34.Qf4 gxf6 35.Qxf5 Qxe5 36.Qxf6+ Qxf6
37.Rxf6 Kg7 38.Rf5 h6 39.Kh2 Rad8 40.Rfxf7+ Rxf7 41.Rxd8 Re7 42.Rd6 Re3 43.Rxa6 Rb3
44.Rb6 Rxb2 45.a4 b4 46.Kg3 b3 47.Kf4 Ra2 48.Kf5 Rxa4 49.Rb7+ Kg8 50.g4 Ra6
51.Rxb3 Kg7 52.Rb7+ Kg8 53.Re7 Ra5+ 54.Re5 Ra4 55.Re4 Ra7 56.Kf6 Rg7 57.Re8+ Kh7
58.Re7 Rxe7 59.Kxe7 Kg7 60.h5  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bf4 O-O
9.Nc3 a6 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Qxd4 d6 12.Qd3 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rd8 14.Rac1 Nh5 15.Bd2 Rb8
16.Ne4 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bf4 e5 19.Be3 Be6 20.b3 h6 21.a4 b6 22.Rc2 Be7
23.Bd5 Qd7 24.Bxe6 Qxe6 25.f3 b5 26.cxb5 axb5 27.a5 d5 28.Bb6 e4 29.Qxb5 Rd6
30.fxe4 Bd8 31.exd5 Bxb6+ 32.axb6 Qe3+ 33.Kf1 Rf6+ 34.Ke1 Rfxb6 35.Qc5 Qe4
36.Kf2 Rxb3 37.d6 R8b5 38.Rc4 Rf3+ 39.Kg1 Qxe2 40.Qd4 Rb2  0-1

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 h5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be2 Qc7 13.Rc1 a5 14.a4 Nd7 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 O-O 17.Qb5 Bh4+ 18.g3 Be7 19.O-O f5 20.f4 Kh7 21.Nd2 e4 22.Nc4 Bd8
23.Kh1 Rf7 24.c3 Rc8 25.b3 g6 26.Rfd1 Nc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc5 28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.Na3 Rd7
30.Nb5 Bb6 31.Kg2 Rc8 32.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Qd3 Nxg5 6.Nxg5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.c3 O-O
9.Be2 e6 10.Nf3 exd5 11.Qxd5 Qb6 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Qb3 c4 14.Qd1 d6 15.a4 a6
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Bxa8 18.O-O Nd7 19.Re1 Nc5 20.Bf1 Re8 21.Qc2 h6 22.g3 Bb7
23.Qb1 h5 24.h4 Qc6 25.Bg2 Nd3 26.Rf1 d5 27.b3 Qc5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.bxc4 bxc4
30.Ng5 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Qd5+ 32.Ngf3 Bxc3 33.Qc2 Bxd2 34.Qxd2 Re5 35.Ra1 Rf5
36.Qe3 Ne5  0-1

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.f3 Nbc6 12.Bf2 Be6 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Nb3 Qc7
16.a3 Bxb3 17.cxb3 Na5 18.Qc2 Ng6 19.Kb1 b5 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.b4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Rxc4
23.Qd2 O-O 24.Nd5 Rfc8 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.Ne3 Rc7 27.h4 e6 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Ng4 Qc6
30.Bd4 Bxd4 31.Qxd4 Qc2+ 32.Ka1 Qxg2 33.Nf6+ Kf8 34.Qxd6+ Re7 35.Qd1 Kg7
36.Nh5+ Kf8 37.Ka2 g4 38.fxg4 Qf2 39.Qd8+ Re8 40.Qd6+ Re7 41.Rc1 Kg8 42.Rc8+ Kh7
43.g5  1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.O-O-O Bb7 10.g4 h6 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Rhe1 Rc8 13.Kb1 Nfd7 14.f4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4
16.f5 e5 17.Nf3 Qa8 18.b3 Rxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Ng1 Be7 21.Bf2 O-O 22.Qe3 Nf6
23.Bh4 Qc6 24.Re2 Rc8 25.Kb2 d5 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.c3 Bg5 28.Qg3 d4 29.cxd4 exd4
30.Rde1 d3 31.Rxe4 Bc1+  0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Hernandez, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.Rfd1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Bxd4+ 15.Rxd4 Qf6
16.Qd2 Be6 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Nd5 Qg7 19.c5 dxc5 20.Rxc5 c6 21.Nf4 Qf6 22.Nxe6 Qxe6
23.Ra5 a6 24.Ra3 Re7 25.Rd6 Qe5 26.Rad3 Rce8 27.R3d4 a5 28.a3 Qb5 29.Rd7 Rxd7
30.Rxd7 Qc5+ 31.Kh1 b5 32.h3 a4 33.Qf4 Re7 34.Rd6 Re6 35.Rd7 Re7 36.Rd8+ Kg7
37.Qb8 Qc1+ 38.Kh2 Qxb2 39.Rg8+ Kf6 40.Qd6+ Re6 41.Qf4+ Ke7 42.Qc7+ Kf6 43.Qd8+ Re7
44.f4 Qf2 45.Qd6+ Re6 46.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1999.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mowsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d3 Nc6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.Nc3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd2 exf4 10.gxf4 Be6 11.Nf3 Qd7 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Qd2 Rac8 14.Nd1 b6 15.c4 Bxf3
16.Rxf3 Nd4 17.Rg3 f5 18.Nc3 b5 19.Bh3 bxc4 20.dxc4 Qb7 21.Nb5 Nxb5 22.cxb5 Qxe4
23.Re1 Qd5 24.Bg2 Qxd2 25.Bxd2 Kf7 26.Ra3 Bd4+ 27.Be3 Bxe3+ 28.Raxe3 Rc7
29.a4 Rb8 30.Kf2 Rb6 31.Bf1 d5 32.a5 Rd6 33.Bg2 c4 34.Re5 Rdd7 35.b6 axb6
36.axb6 Rc5 37.Ra1 Nc6 38.Re2 Rb5 39.Ra6 Rb7 40.h4 Nb4 41.Ra8 R7xb6 42.Rae8 Rb7
43.h5 Nd3+ 44.Kg3 gxh5 45.Bf3 h4+ 46.Kxh4 Nxf4 47.Re1 Rb3  0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1999.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bb7
9.c4 Nb4 10.c5 Qb8 11.f4 Ba6 12.a3 Bxf1 13.Rxf1 Nd5 14.Qd4 Be7 15.f5 exf5
16.Rxf5 O-O 17.Bd2 f6 18.O-O-O fxe5 19.Rxe5 Qb3 20.Bg5 Rae8 21.Bxe7 Ne3 22.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B50"]

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.Nf1 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 "ESP-chT Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.e4 Nbd7 9.Be2 O-O
10.h3 Nxb6 11.Bf4 Ne8 12.Qd2 Nc7 13.Bh6 f5 14.h4 fxe4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Ng5 e3
17.fxe3 h6 18.Nf3 e6 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.e4 Qe7 21.O-O-O Rad8 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Nc2 Be6
24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Nc2 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1999.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Ne5
9.h3 Bc5 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.f5 Ne5 13.Nce2 Nxd3 14.cxd3 e5 15.Nc2 d5
16.Rc1 Qb6 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.d4 Qe7 19.exd5 O-O 20.Nc3 b5 21.Qe1 e4 22.d6 Qxd6
23.Nxe4 Qb6 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qe4 Ra7 26.Nb4 Rd7 27.Nc6 Bb7 28.d5 h6 29.b3 Kh7
30.a4 bxa4 31.bxa4 Rc8 32.Rc5 Rxd5 33.Qxd5 Bxc6 34.Qc4 Bxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Qg5+
36.Kf3 Qh5+ 37.Kf2 Rxc5 38.Qxc5 Qxh3 39.Qe5 Qh4+ 40.Kf3 Qxa4 41.Qe4 Qb3+
42.Kg2 Qb2+ 43.Rf2 Qf6 44.Kh3 a5 45.Rf3 Qa1 46.Rg3 Qd1 47.Kh2 Qd6 48.Kg2 Qd2+
49.Kh3 Qd1 50.Kh4 Qd6 51.Rg2 Qf6+ 52.Kh3 Qc3+ 53.Rg3 Qf6 54.Qd5 Qa1 55.Qe4 Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1999.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Corral Blanco, Juan A"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nd7
9.g3 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 e5 11.Bg2 exd4 12.exd4 Bf6 13.Be3 Nb6 14.O-O c6 15.Rad1 Bg4
16.f3 Be6 17.Ne4 Re8 18.Bf2 Bd5 19.Rfe1 Be7 20.Rd2 Bf8 21.Rde2 Re6 22.Nc5 Rxe2
23.Qxe2 Qc7 24.g4 f6 25.Bg3 Qf7 26.h4 Rd8 27.Bh3 g6 28.Bf4 Bc4 29.Qe4 Bg7
30.Bg3 Nc8 31.Kg2 Bf8 32.Qe3 Nd6 33.Ne4 Ne8 34.Bf2 Nc7 35.Bg3 Nd5 36.Qd2 b6
37.Kh2 Ba6 38.Qc2 Bb7 39.Bf1 h6 40.Bc4 f5 41.gxf5 Qxf5 42.Be5 Bg7 43.Nf6+ Bxf6
44.Qxf5 gxf5 45.Bxf6 Rf8 46.Rg1+ Kf7 47.Bg7 Rg8 48.Bxh6 Rxg1 49.Kxg1 Kg6
50.Bg5 Bc8 51.Kf2 Be6 52.Bd3 b5 53.Ke2 Nb6 54.Kd2 Nd5 55.Bc2 Nb6 56.Bd1 Bf7
57.b3 Nd5 58.f4 Ne7 59.Kc3 Nd5+ 60.Kd3 Kh7 61.Bf3 Kg6 62.a4 a6 63.a5 Kg7
64.h5 Kh7 65.h6 Bg6 66.Bxd5 cxd5 67.Kc3 Bh5 68.Kb4 Bf3 69.Kc5 b4 70.Kc6 Kg6
71.Be7 Kxh6 72.Bxb4 Bd1 73.Bf8+ Kg6 74.b4 Bb3 75.Kd6 Bc4 76.Ke6 Bd3 77.Bd6 Bc4
78.Bc5 Bd3 79.Kxd5 Kf7 80.Ke5 Ke8 81.b5 Bxb5 82.Kxf5 Kd7 83.Ke5 Kc6 84.d5+ Kxc5
85.f5 Bc4 86.d6 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana"]
[Date "1999.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c5 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 c4 11.Bh7+ Kh8 12.Bf5 Nb6 13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.O-O Be7 15.a4 a5
16.Ne5 Nfd7 17.Bg3 Kg8 18.Nb5 Bb4 19.f3 Qe7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.e4 Rc6 22.e5 Na8
23.Bh4 Nc7 24.Nc3 Be7 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Rae1 Re6 27.Qd2 f5 28.exf6 Rfxf6 29.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rozentalis,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.h4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 dxc4 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Qg4 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Bf8 12.f4 Nd7 13.Be3 c6 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.f5 Qxa2
16.fxe6 Qxe6 17.Qf4 Rd8 18.Bc4 Qe7 19.Rhe1 h5 20.Qg3 Nxe5 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Bf4 Nxc4
23.Rxe7 Kxe7 24.Qd3  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Bd3 b6 10.a3 cxd4 11.axb4 dxc3 12.bxc3 Bb7 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Qe2 Ng4 15.e4 Rfd8
16.Rfd1 Nde5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.f3 a5 19.bxa5 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 bxa5 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C84"]

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 Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.g4 b5 10.g5 b4 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.Qd2 Be7 13.Ng3 Nf4 14.h4 h6 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Nh5 Bxb3
17.axb3 g6 18.Nxf4 hxg5 19.Nd5 Ne5 20.Be2 g4 21.f4 Bxh4+ 22.Kf1 Nf3 23.Qxb4 Bf6
24.Bxf3 gxf3 25.Kf2 a5 26.Qb7 O-O 27.Kxf3 Kg7 28.f5 Rb8 29.Qa7 Ra8 30.Qe3 Rh8
31.Kg2 Rh5 32.Rxh5 gxh5 33.Qg3+ Kh6 34.Qe3+ Bg5 35.Qf3 Bc1 36.f6 Qg8+ 37.Kf2 Qg5
38.Ne3 Qh4+ 39.Kf1 Bxe3 40.Qxe3+ Kh7 41.Ke2 Rg8 42.Rf1 Rg2+ 43.Kd3 Qg4 44.Rf3 h4
45.Qf4 Kg6 46.Qxg4+ Rxg4 47.Kd4 Rg3 48.Rf1 h3 49.e5 dxe5+ 50.Kxe5 h2 51.Rh1 Rg2
52.c4 Re2+ 53.Kf4 Rxb2 54.Kg3 Rxb3+ 55.Kxh2 Rb4 56.Ra1 a4 57.c5 Kxf6 58.c6 Ke7
59.Rd1 Rc4 60.Rd7+ Ke6 61.Ra7 f5 62.c7 Kd7 63.Kg3 Kc8 64.Kf3 Re4 65.Kg3 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Lputian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.h3 Nf8
9.Bd3 Ng6 10.Bh2 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.g4 Re8 14.Nge2 Bd7 15.Ng3 Rxe3
16.fxe3 Qxg3 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Be6 20.Kb1 Rd8 21.Qc5 Qe3 22.Bf5 a6
23.Qb6 Rd7 24.Rhe1 Qf3 25.d5 cxd5 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Qxe6+ Qf7 28.Rd4 Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Ne7
30.Rf4 g6 31.Rff6 Kg7 32.Rd6 Rc7 33.Rf2 Nc6 34.Rxd5 Re7 35.a3 h6 36.Rd6 Ne5
37.Re2 Kf7 38.Rb6  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nf3 exd5 8.exd5 O-O
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Qd1 Ne8 13.Be3 a6 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Ne4 Qxd2
16.Bxd2 f5 17.Ng5 Nc7 18.Rae1 Ne5 19.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 Qe7
9.d5 c5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 Ne8 12.g3 Ndf6 13.Nh4 Bh3 14.Re1 Kh7 15.Rb1 b6 16.a3 Bd7
17.b4 Qd8 18.Bd3 Ng8 19.Qc2 Rc8 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.f4 Nd6 22.a4 Ne7 23.Nb5 Bxb5
24.axb5 Qd7 25.fxe5 Bxe5 26.Nf3 f6 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.Bc3 Nf7 29.Rf1 Rce8 30.Kh1 g5
31.Rf6 Ng6 32.Rbf1 Nd6 33.Rxf8 Nxf8 34.Be2 Kg7 35.Bh5 Re7 36.Qe2 Nh7 37.Bg4 Qe8
38.Bf5 Nf6 39.Kg2 Qg8 40.h4 g4 41.Bxg4 Nfxe4 42.Be1 Qh7 43.Kh3 Rf7 44.Rxf7+ Nxf7
45.Be6 Ned6 46.Bxf7 Nxf7 47.Qf3 Qg6 48.Bc3 Qf6 49.Qg4+ Kh7 50.Kg2 Qg6 51.Qxg6+ Kxg6
52.g4 Kf6 53.Kf3 Nd6 54.Bd2 Kg7 55.Bc1 Kg6 56.h5+ Kg7 57.Ke3 Nf7 58.Kd3 Kf6
59.Bd2 Kg7 60.Be1 Nd6 61.Bg3 Kf6 62.Bh4+ Kf7 63.g5 e4+ 64.Kc3 Nf5 65.g6+ Kg7
66.Bd8 e3 67.Kd3 Kf8 68.Bc7 Ng7 69.Kxe3 Ke7 70.Be5  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.g4 Nc6
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Be3 b5 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Kb1 Nd7 13.Qf2 Bb7 14.g5 Rc8 15.Rg1 O-O
16.h4 b4 17.Na4 Nce5 18.Nb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Qb8 20.Bh3 Nc4 21.Ba7 Qc7 22.h5 a5
23.g6 Bf6 24.Bd4 e5 25.gxf7+ Kxf7 26.Bxc8 Rxc8 27.Ba7 a4 28.Nc1 d5 29.Nd3 d4
30.Bc5 Ne3 31.Bxb4 Qb6 32.Rc1 Ba6 33.Qd2 Qb5 34.a3 Kg8 35.Nf2 h6 36.Rg6 Qe2
37.Ng4 Nxg4 38.Rxg4 Qxf3 39.Rcg1 Kf7 40.Qe1 Be2 41.R4g2 d3 42.cxd3 Bxd3+
43.Ka1 Rc2 44.Rxc2 Bxc2 45.Qd2 Qxe4 46.Qd7+ Kg8 47.Be7 Qe3 48.Qc8+ Kf7 49.Bc5 Qd3
50.Rc1 Bb3 51.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 c5 4.c4 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nf6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Rac1 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.Rfd1 O-O 13.Qh4 Rc7 14.Bh3 Qb8 15.Bh6 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.Qd2 d5 11.O-O-O d4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bxd4 Be7 14.Qe3 Nbd7 15.h3 Qa5
16.f4 Bxa2 17.g5 Nh5 18.h4 Rg8 19.Bh3 Nc5 20.Bg4 g6 21.Nxa2 Qxa2 22.Bxc5 Qa1+
23.Kd2 Rd8+ 24.Ke2 Qxb2 25.Kf3 Qxc2 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Rc1 Qh2 28.Rg1 Ba5 29.Bd6 Qd2
30.Qxd2 Bxd2 31.Rd1 Ba5 32.Rb1 b5 33.Ra1  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 b6
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Rac1 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bf4 Bb7 13.Nb5 Ne4 14.Bc7 Qe8 15.Bf4 Qd8
16.Rc7 Ba6 17.Qa4 Bxb5 18.Qxb5 Ndf6 19.Qa4 a6 20.Qc6 Bd6 21.Bxd6 Nxd6 22.Rc1 Nb5
23.Rb7 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.h3 g6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.cxd5 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.Bxb5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.Nfd2 Qxb5 13.Nxd6 Qa6 14.N2c4 Nd7 15.O-O Nb6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Nxc8 Raxc8 18.Rb1 Rfd8 19.Bf4 Qb7 20.d6 Bf8 21.Qd3 Bxd6 22.Bxd6 Rc6
23.Rfd1 Qd7 24.Qa3 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Qxa7 Re8 27.Qa3 Re2 28.Qc3 Qb6 29.a4 c4
30.Rf1 Qb3 31.Rc1 Qxa4 32.Qd4 Qa6 33.Rxc4 Rxb2 34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Rc8 Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Qe6
37.Qd4+ Kh6 38.Rg8 Qe7 39.h4 f6 40.Qd2+ g5 41.f4 gxh4 42.f5+ Kh5 43.g4+ hxg3+
44.Rxg3 Qe5 45.Qd7 Qe2+ 46.Rg2 Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Rfe8
16.Ng3 Rac8 17.a4 Nc4 18.Qe2 Bd8 19.Rd1 Nb6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bd3 Na4 22.Bg5 h6
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Rd2 Nc5 25.Bc2 Be6 26.Rad1 Rcd8 27.Qe3 Nb3 28.Bxb3 Bxb3 29.Re1 Be6
30.Nh5 Be7 31.Ng3 Bf6 32.Nh5 Be7 33.Ng3 Rb8 34.Nf5 Bxf5 35.exf5 b4 36.Rc1 e4
37.Nd4 Qd7 38.Qxe4 Bg5 39.Qd3 bxc3 40.bxc3 Rbc8 41.g3 Bxd2 42.Qxd2 Qe7 43.h4 Rc5
44.Qd3 Qe4 45.Qd2 Kh7 46.Kh2 Ra5 47.Rf1 Qd5 48.Kg1 Ra2 49.Qd3 Rb2 50.Ra1 Kg8
51.Rb1 Ree2 52.Nxe2 Qxd3 53.Rxb2 Qxf5 54.Rd2 Qe4 55.Kf1 Qb1+ 56.Kg2 Qe1 57.Ra2 d5
58.Ra8+ Kh7 59.Re8 Qd2 60.Re3 g6 61.Nd4 Kg7 62.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A62"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Be7
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Be2 Qc7 13.f5 Qc5 14.Qxc5 dxc5 15.Rhf1 Ra7
16.a4 b4 17.Nb1 Rd7 18.Rxd7 Kxd7 19.Nd2 h5 20.Nc4 Kc7 21.b3 exf5 22.exf5 Bd6
23.Nxd6 Kxd6 24.Rf4 a5 25.g3 Ke5 26.Rh4 Bxf5 27.Rxh5 Rxh5 28.Bxh5 Bg6 29.Be2 f5
30.Kd2 f4 31.g4 Ke4 32.h4 f3 33.Bd3+ Kf4 34.Bxg6 fxg6 35.h5 Kg3 36.hxg6 f2
37.g7 f1=Q 38.g8=Q Qf4+ 39.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A43"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D58"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 Nxa4 15.axb4 Qc7
16.bxa4 d5 17.e5 Nd7 18.f4 Nb6 19.f5 Nxa4 20.fxe6 O-O-O 21.exf7 Nc3 22.e6 Bxb4
23.Qd3 Na2+ 24.Kb2 Bc3+ 25.Kb1 Nb4 26.Bf4 Qc5 27.Qf5 g6 28.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bd2 b6
9.a3 d5 10.Rb1 a5 11.b3 d4 12.Nb5 e5 13.b4 a4 14.Qc1 f6 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Be6
17.Qc1 Qd7 18.Qc2 Kg7 19.Rb2 g5 20.Rfb1 h6 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Nd2 f5 23.Nc7 Qxc7
24.Rb7 Qd6 25.Bxc6 Kg6 26.Bg2 Ra6 27.g4 Ng8 28.gxf5+ Bxf5 29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.Bxe4+ Kh5
31.e3 Qe6 32.Kh1 Nf6 33.Qe2+ Kh4 34.Rg1 Nxe4 35.dxe4 d3 36.Qe1 Rf3 37.Rg3 Qf6
38.Qf1 g4 39.Qg2 h5 40.Rh7 Kg5 41.Qh3 Qh6 42.Rxh6 Rxh6 43.Qf1 Rd6 44.Rxf3 gxf3
45.h4+ Kh6 46.Qd1 d2 47.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.h4 O-O
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qe2 b6 11.Qe4 Rb8 12.Bd3 g6 13.Ne5 c5 14.Bb5 Nxe5 15.Qxe5 Qxe5+
16.dxe5 Bb7 17.O-O Rfd8 18.Rfd1 Kf8 19.f3 Ke7 20.Kf2 Rd5 21.c4 Rxe5 22.Rd7+ Kf6
23.Rad1 a6 24.Rc7 axb5 25.Rdd7 Rf8 26.Rxb7 bxc4 27.Rxb6 Rh5 28.g3 g5 29.hxg5+ Rxg5
30.a4 Ra8 31.Rbb7 Rg7 32.Rdc7 Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 Rc8
16.Qd3 Rxc4 17.Qxc4 Nxd5 18.Qe2 Be7 19.O-O-O Nf4 20.Qd2 O-O 21.g3 Ne6 22.f4 Rc8
23.Kb1 g6 24.Rhe1 exf4 25.gxf4 Bh4 26.Rf1 Ng7 27.f5 Qc7 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Ka2 Ne8
30.Qd4 Bg5 31.Rf2 Bh6 32.Rdf1 f5 33.Rg1 Qf7 34.Qd3 Bg7 35.Qxa6 Rc7 36.Qb5 Nf6
37.Rfg2 Ng4 38.h3 Ne5 39.Qxb4 Kh7 40.Qh4+ Bh6 41.Rd1 Nc4 42.Re2 Nxa5 43.Rxd6 Nxb3
44.cxb3 Ra7+ 45.Kb1 Qc7 46.Rd1 Qf4 47.Re7+ Rxe7 48.Qxe7+ Bg7 49.Rd7 Qf1+
50.Ka2 Qa6+ 51.Kb1 Qf1+ 52.Kc2 Qg2+ 53.Kd3 Qf3+ 54.Kc4 Qc6+ 55.Kd3 Qf3+ 56.Kc2 Qg2+
57.Rd2 Qc6+ 58.Kb1 Qh1+ 59.Ka2 Qa8+ 60.Qa3 Qe4 61.Rd7 Qe5 62.Re7 Qf6 63.Re3 f4
64.Rf3 g5 65.b4 Bf8 66.Qd3+ Kh6 67.Qc4 Qe5 68.b5 Bc5 69.Rb3 Qd6 70.b6 Bxb6
71.Qa6 Bc5 72.Qxd6+ Bxd6 73.Rb6 Kh5 74.Rxd6 Kh4 75.Rd5  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb5 Nb6 15.c4 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 dxc4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.a4 g6 19.Bd2 c3 20.Qxc3 Rac8 21.Qb3 Bb8 22.Bd1 Qxd4
23.Be3 Qg7 24.Bg4 Rc7 25.Rd1 Re8 26.a5 Rc3 27.Qb4 Nc4 28.Bh6 Qf6 29.Rxb7 Qe5
30.f4 Qe3+ 31.Kh1 Bd6 32.Qb5 Bf8 33.Rb8 Nd6 34.Rxe8 Nxe8 35.Bxf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E69"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 b6 11.bxa5 Nh5 12.Nb5 Rxa5 13.Bb4 Ra6 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.Re1 Nxe2+
16.Qxe2 f5 17.a4 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf5 19.Qd1 Rf7 20.a5 bxa5 21.Rxa5 h6 22.Qa1 Rxa5
23.Qxa5 Bf8 24.Qa8 Nd4 25.Na7 Nc2 26.Qxc8 Qxc8 27.Nxc8 Nxb4 28.Rb1 Nd3 29.Rb7 h5
30.g3 Bh6 31.Kf1 h4 32.Rb3 Nc1 33.Ra3 hxg3 34.hxg3 g5 35.g4 Bf8 36.Ke1 c6
37.Ncxd6 cxd5 38.cxd5 Rf4 39.Ra8 Nd3+ 40.Ke2 Nb4 41.f3 Nxd5 42.Nf5 Nc7 43.Rd8 Ne6
44.Rd7 Bg7 45.Nxg5 Nd4+ 46.Nxd4 Rxd4 47.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 d5 13.Bh3 g5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.e5 Nxe5 16.Bxg5 Nc4
17.Qe2 Rg8 18.Bh4 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 Qe7 20.Rhe1 Be3 21.Bf2 Bxf2 22.Qxf2 O-O-O 23.b3 Na3+
24.Kb2 Kb8 25.Bf1 Rc8 26.Qh2+ Ka7 27.Rc1 Nd7 28.c3 bxc3+ 29.Nxc3 Qb4 30.Qd2 Ka8
31.Nb1 Nc4+ 32.Bxc4 Rxc4 33.Rxc4 Qxd2+ 34.Nxd2 dxc4 35.Nxc4 Bd5 36.Rd1 Bxc4
37.bxc4 Ne5 38.c5 Rc8 39.Nb3 Nxf3 40.Rd6 Ne5 41.Kc3 Nxg4 42.Rxa6+ Kb7 43.Rd6 Ne5
44.Na5+ Kc7 45.Ra6 Kd7 46.Kd4 Nc6+ 47.Nxc6 Rxc6 48.Ra8 f5 49.a4 f4 50.Kc4 Rc8
51.Rxc8 Kxc8 52.a5 Kb7 53.Kd4 e5+ 54.Ke4 Kc7 55.a6 Kc6 56.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 b6 8.e4 Ba6
9.Qc2 Bxf1 10.Rxf1 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Kb1 Qc8 14.e5 Be7 15.Ne4 Na6
16.Qd2 Rd8 17.g4 c5 18.g5 h5 19.Nf6+ Kf8 20.g6 fxg6 21.Qf4 gxf6 22.exf6 Bd6
23.Qh6+ Ke8 24.Ne5 Rd7 25.dxc5  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 d6 5.e4 e6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.cxd5 a6 8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3
10.Bxf3 Nf6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.O-O O-O 13.a5 Nbd7 14.Bf4 Rab8 15.Qc2 Ne8 16.Rfe1 Nc7
17.Be2 b5 18.axb6 Rxb6 19.Ra2 Rfb8 20.Bd2 Bd4 21.Nd1 Qf6 22.Kh1 h5 23.f4 Qe7
24.Nc3 Nf6 25.Bf3 Qd7 26.Re2 Ng4 27.Bc1 Qd8 28.g3 Nf6 29.Kg2 Nd7 30.e5 dxe5
31.f5 Qf6 32.fxg6 Qxg6 33.Be4 Qg7 34.Bf3 h4 35.Re4 f5 36.Rxh4 e4 37.Be2 Ne5
38.Rh5 Rf8 39.Bf4 Ng6 40.Bxc7 Qxc7 41.Bc4 Kg7 42.Ne2 Qe5 43.b3 Qf6 44.Nf4 Nxf4+
45.gxf4 Rh8 46.Rg5+ Kf8 47.Kh1 Be3 48.Rg2 Bxf4 49.Qf2 Bd6 50.Qg1 Qe5 51.Rg6 e3
52.Re6 Qd4 53.Rg2 Bxh2 54.Rxh2 Rxe6 55.dxe6 Qe4+ 56.Qg2 Rxh2+ 57.Kxh2 Qh4+
58.Kg1 Qe1+ 59.Kh2 Qh4+ 60.Kg1 Qe1+ 61.Bf1 Ke7 62.Qe2 Qg3+ 63.Qg2 Qe1 64.Qe2 Qg3+
65.Qg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Qb3 c5 12.Rfd1 c4 13.Qc2 a6 14.a4 Nb8 15.b3 cxb3
16.Qxb3 Nc6 17.Ne5 Nb4 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Bh3 Rc7 20.Ng4 Rc6 21.Ne3 Bc8 22.Bxc8 Rxc8
23.Be5 a5 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Nexd5 Nxd5 26.Qxd5 Qxd5 27.Nxd5 Rxc1 28.Nxf6+ gxf6
29.Rxc1 Kg7 30.Kg2 Rd8 31.Kf3 Rxd4 32.Rc6 Rxa4 33.Rxb6 Ra1 34.Ra6 a4 35.Kg4 Ra2
36.Kf3 Ra1 37.h4 h5 38.Kf4 Ra2 39.f3 Rxe2 40.Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Bd2 a6 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Rb8 14.Qg4 Qe7 15.Rfd1 c5
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bc3 f6 18.Bb4 Rbc8 19.Nd4 f5 20.Qh3 Rf6 21.g3 Rh6 22.Qf1 Rf8
23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Ne4 25.Bxd6 Nxd6 26.Ne5 Ne4 27.Rac1 Qb4 28.Qe2 Qa5 29.a3 b4
30.Nc6 Qb6 31.Nxb4 e5 32.Nd5 Qe6 33.Rc6 Qf7 34.Rxh6 gxh6 35.Qxa6 Kg7 36.Qe2 Rc8
37.Nb4 Qb7 38.Qf3 Qf7 39.g4 Ng5 40.Qxf5 Qxf5 41.gxf5 Nf3+ 42.Kg2 Nh4+ 43.Kf1 Kf6
44.Nd5+ Kg5 45.f6 e4 46.Nc3 Kxf6 47.Nxe4+ Ke5 48.Nc3  1-0

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B20"]

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 "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Qd2 b6 8.g3 Bb7
9.Bg2 Qc8 10.f4 O-O 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.O-O-O Rd8 13.Qg2 Nxd4 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxb7 Qd7
16.Nf3 Rab8 17.c3 Rxb7 18.Nxd4 Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 a6 8.c4 f5
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Qd2 c5 11.d5 O-O 12.O-O-O e5 13.h4 b5 14.d6 Nc6 15.d7 Bb7 16.Qd6 e4
17.Nd5 Bg7 18.Ng5 Nd4 19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Rh3 f4 21.Kb1 b4 22.Be2 f3 23.gxf3 Nxe2
24.Qxc5 Nf4 25.Qf5 Ng6 26.h5 Qxe7 27.hxg6  1-0

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.e6 fxe6 13.e5 Ndxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qh5 Bd6
16.Ne4 Rf5 17.Qe8+ Rf8 18.Qh5 Rf5 19.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d5 7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4
9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Rd1+ Bd7 12.Nd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Rb8 14.b3 Rb4 15.g3 Ke7
16.Rd2 h5 17.Bg2 h4 18.O-O hxg3 19.fxg3 fxg3 20.hxg3 Rh5 21.Rf3 Re5 22.Nd1 c5
23.Re3 Rxe3 24.Nxe3 Be6 25.Kf2 a5 26.Nd5+ Nxd5 27.Bxd5 g6 28.Bxe6 Kxe6 29.Ke3 a4
30.Rd3 f5 31.Kf2 Ke5 32.Re3+ Kd5 33.Rd3+ Kc6 34.Ke1 axb3 35.axb3 Rg4 36.Kd2 Kb5
37.Rf3 Rd4+ 38.Rd3 Re4 39.Rd8 Rg4 40.Rd3 Kb4 41.Rf3 Rd4+ 42.Kc2 Re4 43.Rf4 Rxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.a3 c6 15.b4 Nh5
16.Re1 Nf4 17.Bf1 Qf6 18.Ra2 Re8 19.Rd2 Nc7 20.Kh2 g5 21.g3 Ng6 22.c5 Ne6
23.Na4 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Nxd8 25.Nb2 Be6 26.Nd2 Bf8 27.Ndc4 Bxc4 28.Nxc4 Ne6 29.Qg4 Rd8
30.Qf5 Kg7 31.Qxf6+ Kxf6 32.Be2 Nd4 33.Rd1 Be7 34.Bg4 Nb5 35.Rxd8 Bxd8 36.Bc8 Ne7
37.Bxb7 Ke6 38.f3 f5 39.exf5+ Kd5 40.Nd6 Nxd6 41.cxd6 Nxf5 42.Bxa7 Nxd6 43.Ba6 Nb5
44.Bc5 Nxa3 45.Bd3 h5 46.Kg2 Ke6 47.Be4 Kd7 48.Bf5+ Kc7 49.Kf2 Nc4 50.Bf8 Bf6
51.Be6 Nd6 52.Ke3 h4 53.g4 Nb5 54.Bc4 Nd6 55.Bd3 Kd7 56.Be4 Kc7 57.Kd3 Kd7
58.Kc3 Kc7 59.Kd2 Kd7 60.Bf5+ Kc7 61.Kd3 Nb7 62.Kc2 Nd6 63.Bd3 Kd7 64.Kb3 Be7
65.Bg7 Ke6 66.Bh7 Ne8 67.Bf5+ Kd6 68.Bh8 Nc7 69.Kc4 Nd5 70.Bg7 Nf4 71.Bh8 Nxh3
72.Kd3 Nf4+ 73.Ke4 Bf6 74.Bxf6 h3 75.Bxg5 h2 76.Bf6 Nd3 77.Kxd3 h1=Q 78.Be4 Ke6
79.Bg5 Qa1 80.Bd2 Qa6+ 81.Kc2 Qc4+ 82.Kb2 Kd6 83.g5 Qe2 84.Kc3 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A41"]

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 "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qf3 Bf5 17.Bc2 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Qe6 19.Bxg5 f5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Nd2 f4 22.Bxf4 Bxf4
23.gxf4 Ra7 24.Kh1 Re7 25.Rg1+ Kh8 26.Nf1 Qe4 27.Kg2 Qxf3+ 28.Kxf3 Re1 29.Rh1 Re4
30.Nd2 Rexf4+ 31.Ke3 Rxf2 32.a4 Rg2 33.axb5 axb5 34.b3 Rff2 35.Nf3 Rb2 36.b4 Rgc2
37.Kd3 Rf2 38.Ke3 Rbe2+ 39.Kd3 Ra2 40.Ke3 Rae2+ 41.Kd3 Re4 42.Ne5 Rfe2  0-1

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A21"]

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 "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Qc2 axb5 7.e4 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qa4
9.Qxa4 bxa4 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.e5 Ng4 12.Bf4 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.a3 O-O 15.O-O-O d6
16.Re1 Ra7 17.Bb5 Ba6 18.Bxa4 Bc4 19.Bg5 Nxd5 20.Bb5 Bxb5 21.Nxd5 Bc4 22.Rxe7 Ra6
23.Rd1 Nc6 24.Rb7 Na5 25.Rb6 Nb3+ 26.Kc2 Nd4+ 27.Nxd4 Rxf2+ 28.Rd2 Rxd2+
29.Kxd2 Bxd4 30.Rb8+ Kf7 31.Rb7+ Kg8 32.Rb8+ Kf7 33.Rb7+ Kg8 34.Nf6+ Bxf6
35.Bxf6 h5 36.Rg7+ Kf8 37.Rxg6 Kf7 38.Rh6 d5 39.Bg5 Rxh6 40.Bxh6 Bf1 41.g3 d4
42.a4 Ke6 43.Ke1 Bd3 44.Kf2 Kd5 45.Kf3 c4 46.Bd2 c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosna SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.h3 Nb6 11.O-O-O g6 12.g4 Ng7 13.Ne5 f6 14.Nd3 Be6 15.Re1 O-O-O
16.Na4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Kb8 18.Be2 Bf7 19.Qb4 Qxb4 20.Nxb4 h5 21.Nd3 hxg4 22.hxg4 g5
23.f4 gxf4 24.Nxf4 Rdg8 25.Nh5 Ne8 26.Rhf1 Be6 27.Nxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A40"]

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 "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.c4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Bg2 Qa5+ 8.Qxa5 Nxa5
9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.Ne4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Nec6 12.O-O Bxd2 13.Nfxd2 Ke7 14.Rfc1 Bd7 15.Nxc4 Nxc4
16.Rxc4 Rac8 17.Rd1 Ne5 18.Rcd4 Bc6 19.Nd6 Rcd8 20.Bxc6 Nxc6 21.R4d2 b6 22.f4 g6
23.Kf2 e5 24.e3 f6 25.a3 Ke6 26.b4 Rd7 27.Ne4 Rxd2+ 28.Rxd2 Rd8 29.Rc2 Rc8
30.g4 exf4 31.exf4 Ne7 32.Re2 Nd5 33.Nc3+ Kd6 34.Nb5+ Kd7 35.Rd2 Ke6 36.Re2+ Kd7
37.Rd2 Ke6 38.Re2+ Kd7 39.Rd2 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Bd7
9.Rb1 Rb8 10.b4 b6 11.b5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Na2 h5 14.Nb4 h4 15.Qa4 hxg3
16.hxg3 Ra8 17.Nc6 Bxc6 18.Bxc6 Qc7 19.Bxa8 Rxa8 20.Kg2 Re8 21.f3 Qb7 22.Qc2 Ng4
23.Rh1 f5 24.Kg1 Nf6 25.Qd2 e5 26.Qg5 Qf7 27.Qh4 f4 28.Bd2 Nh5 29.g4 Bf6
30.Qh3 Ng3 31.Rh2 Qg7 32.a4 Bg5 33.a5 Kf7 34.axb6 axb6 35.Ra1 Kf6 36.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Jussupow,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D36"]

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 "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Nb5 Qb6
9.c5 dxc5 10.Bf4 Kf8 11.Rc1 a6 12.Bc7 Qf6 13.Na3 b5 14.Rxc5 d3 15.Bxd3 Qxb2
16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.axb3 Bd4 18.b4 f5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Nc2 Bxc5 21.bxc5 e6 22.d6 Nd7
23.c6 Ne5 24.d7 Nxd3+ 25.Ke2 Bxd7 26.cxd7 Ke7 27.Kxd3 Kxd7 28.Ba5 Rhc8 29.h4 Rc5
30.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rfe1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qb2 a4 14.Bf1 c5 15.Nd2 Bb7
16.b4 a3 17.Qb3 cxd4 18.Bxd4 e5 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Rac1 Qc6 21.f3 Qa4 22.Qb1 d5
23.Bf2 e4 24.Bd4 Rfe8 25.cxd5 Bxd5 26.f4 e3 27.Nc4 Be4 28.Qa1 Qxb4 29.Nxe3 b5
30.Bh3 Rad8 31.Red1 Ba8 32.Rb1 Qa4 33.Qc3 Nf8 34.Be5 Rxd1+ 35.Rxd1 Nd5 36.Rxd5 Bxd5
37.Bxg7 Rxe3 38.Qxe3 Qd1+ 39.Kf2 Kxg7 40.Qe5+ f6 41.Qe7+ Bf7 42.Qxa3 Qd4+
43.Qe3 Qxe3+ 44.Kxe3 Bxa2 45.Kd4 Bc4 46.e3 Ne6+ 47.Kc3 Nc5 48.Bf5 h6 49.h4 Be6
50.Bc2 Na6 51.Bd3 b4+ 52.Kd4 Nc7 53.e4 b3 54.Kc3 Kf8 55.Be2 Ke7 56.g4 Kd6
57.g5 hxg5 58.fxg5 fxg5 59.hxg5 Kc5 60.Kb2 Kb4 61.g6 Nb5 62.g7 Nc3 63.Bg4 Na4+
64.Kb1 Bg8 65.e5 Bh7+  0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rabiega,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.Nf3 c4 6.Be2 dxe4 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Nxc4 Be7
9.O-O b6 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nc5 12.Nxe7 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Kxe7 14.Bf4 Ba6 15.Bd6+ Ke8
16.Be5 Ke7 17.Bd6+ Ke8 18.Be5 Ke7 19.a4 Ke8 20.Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6
9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.gxf6 d4 12.Bc4 Qc7 13.Qd3 dxe3 14.O-O-O exf2 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7
16.Qd5+ Kxf6 17.Ne4+ Ke7 18.Nd6 Bh6+ 19.Kb1 Kf6 20.Rhf1 Rf8 21.Rxf2 Nc6 22.Qc4 Kg7
23.Rg1+ Kh8 24.Rfg2 Bg7 25.Rxg7 Qxg7 26.Rxg7 Kxg7 27.Qg4+ Kh8 28.Qg5 Be6
29.b3 Rad8 30.Qh6 Bxf5 31.Nxb7 Rc8 32.Nd6 Bg6 33.Nxc8 Rxc8 34.Kb2 Nd4 35.c4 Nf5
36.Qg5 Kg7 37.h4 h5 38.Qg2 Re8 39.Qe4 Nh6 40.Qb7+ Nf7 41.c5 e4 42.Qd7 Re5
43.c6 Bf5 44.Qd1 e3 45.Qg1+ Kf6 46.c7 e2 47.Qe1 Bg4 48.b4 Re7 49.Qc3+ Ne5
50.Kb3 Rxc7 51.Qe3 Re7 52.Qxe5+ Kxe5  0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 Bd7
9.O-O Bc6 10.Re1 Bb4 11.a3 Bxd2 12.Bxd2 Bd5 13.Bc2 Nc6 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Ng5 O-O-O
16.Qh5 Rdf8 17.Ne4 Kb8 18.Nc3 Qd7 19.Rad1 Ne7 20.Nxd5 Nbxd5 21.Qg4 Nf5 22.Bc1 Rfg8
23.Qf3 g5 24.Qh5 h6 25.Be4 Ng7 26.Qf3 Nf5 27.Qh5 Ng7 28.Qf3 Rf8 29.Bd2 f5
30.exf6 Rxf6 31.Qb3 Nf5 32.Be3 Rhf8 33.Rc1 Qf7 34.f3 Nd6 35.Bd3 g4 36.fxg4 Nxe3
37.Rxe3 Rf2 38.Qxe6 Qf4 39.Qe5 Qxg4 40.Rg3 Qf4 41.Qxf4 R8xf4 42.Rf1 Rxf1+
43.Bxf1 Rxd4 44.Rh3 Rd2 45.b4 Nf5 46.g4 Nd4 47.Rxh6 Nf3+ 48.Kh1 b5 49.Rh3 Ng5
50.Re3 Rf2 51.Bg2 c5 52.bxc5 Rc2 53.h4 Nf7 54.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jussupow,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Bd6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Ba7 12.Rc1 Bg4 13.Nd4 Bxd4 14.Bxg4 Be5 15.Bf3 Qd6
16.g3 Rad8 17.Bg2 Rfe8 18.Re1 h5 19.Qd2 h4 20.f4 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 hxg3 22.hxg3 Qe6
23.e4 dxe4 24.Rxe4 Qf5 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Qxc6 Re6 28.Qa8+ Re8
29.Qf3 Ng4 30.Bd4 Qh5 31.Qh1 Qa5 32.Qc6 Re1+ 33.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34.Kg2 Qe2+ 35.Kh3 Nh6
36.a4 Qf1+ 37.Qg2 Qd1 38.Qa8+ Kh7 39.Qe4+ f5 40.Qd5 Qf1+ 41.Kh4 Qd1 42.Kh3 Kg6
43.Qc6+ Kh7 44.Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a3 d6
9.c3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Re8 12.Qc2 Qd7 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.d5 Ne7 15.Nf1 h6
16.b3 c6 17.c4 Rac8 18.Qd1 cxd5 19.cxd5 Nh7 20.a4 f5 21.Ng3 Nf6 22.axb5 fxe4
23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Qxb5 25.Rg4 Kh7 26.Bd2 Qxd5 27.Qb1+ Kh8 28.Rxa6 Nc6
29.Raa4 Rb8 30.h3 Qxb3 31.Qxb3 Rxb3 32.Ra6 Nb8 33.Ra7 Re7 34.Ra8 Kh7 35.Nh4 Rf7
36.Ng6 Rbb7 37.Nxf8+ Rxf8 38.Rb4 Nc6 39.Rxf8 Nxb4 40.Rd8 d5 41.Bxb4 Rxb4
42.Rxd5 Rb1+ 43.Kh2 Re1 44.Rd6 Kg8 45.Rd7 Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Rxe5 e6 13.Re1 Bd6 14.g3 O-O 15.Nd2 Nd7
16.Qe2 Nb6 17.b3 a5 18.Bb2 a4 19.Qg4 e5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 Rfb8 22.Bc3 Qb6
23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Qa6 25.Qxa6 Rxa6 26.Rd1 g6 27.Rd6 axb3 28.axb3 Kf8 29.Kg2 h5
30.h3 Re8 31.Rc5 Rc8 32.Rd4 Ke7 33.b4 Rd8 34.Re4+ Kf6 35.Rec4 Rd6 36.g4 hxg4
37.hxg4 Re6 38.Kg3 Ra3+ 39.f3 Ra6 40.Kf4 Kg7 41.c3 Kf6 42.Re4 Rd6 43.Ke3 Ra1
44.Rec4 Re1+ 45.Kf4 Ree6 46.Re4 Rxe4+ 47.Kxe4 Ke6 48.Rc4 Ke7 49.Ke3 Kf8 50.Rd4 Rf6
51.f4 Re6+ 52.Kd3 Re1 53.g5 Rf1 54.Rc4 Ke7 55.Rxc6 Rxf4 56.Rc5 Kd6 57.Ra5 Rg4
58.Kc2 Kc6 59.Kb3 Rg3 60.Rc5+ Kb6  1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rabiega,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "D07"]

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 "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Campora,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.h3 exd5 7.cxd5 Ne7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bf4 h6 10.g4 g5 11.Be3 Ng6 12.h4 Bxg4 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Be2 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd7
16.Bg4 Nde5 17.Bf5 Re8 18.Qh5 Nd3+ 19.Kd2 Ngf4 20.Qg4 Qf6 21.Bxf4 Nxf4 22.Rag1 Qd4+
23.Kc2 Qxf2+ 24.Kb1 Bf6 25.Rh6 Nd3 26.Ne2 Ne5 27.Qh5 Qf3 28.Rxg5+ Kf8 29.Rxf6 Qd3+
30.Kc1 Ke7 31.Rg3 Rh8 32.Re6+  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Corral Blanco,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Nb3 Qd8
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Qh5 Rg8 11.g3 Rg5 12.Qe2 a6 13.Bd3 e6 14.f4 Rg7 15.Qh5 Qb6
16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.Kb1 Kb8 18.Qh4 Be8 19.Qxf6 Rg4 20.Qh8 Bg7 21.Qxh7 Bxc3
22.bxc3 a5 23.Be2 Rg6 24.f5 Rg5 25.Qh6 Rg8 26.fxe6 Rg6 27.exf7 Rxh6 28.f8=Q Re6
29.Qf5 Re5 30.Qf6 a4 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Qxd6+ Ka7 33.Bd3 Bf7 34.Kb2 Ra5 35.Rf1 Bg8
36.h4 axb3 37.axb3 Qe3 38.Qf4 Qc5 39.Qf2 Qxf2 40.Rxf2 Be6 41.Be2 Re5 42.Rf4 Bg8
43.Bg4 Re7 44.Bf5 Ne5 45.g4 b5 46.h5 Nf7 47.g5  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodriguez,Am"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 c6 5.a4 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Be3 b6 8.Be2 Qc7 9.O-O Nbd7
10.Re1 Rd8 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Bh6 a6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qe3 e5 15.Bf1 b5 16.dxe5 dxe5
17.b3 h6 18.g3 Nf8 19.Nb1 Ne6 20.c3 Bc8 21.Nbd2 Bd7 22.Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rodriguez,Or"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.c5 Bc7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Rd8 15.Rfe1 Nf6
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.b4 Bd7 18.a3 Be8 19.Qc3 a5 20.g3 b6 21.Re3 Ra7 22.h4 axb4
23.axb4 Rda8 24.Bc2 g6 25.Kg2 Ra2 26.Rd1 bxc5 27.bxc5 Rb8 28.Bb1 Rab2 29.Be4 Qd8
30.Ra1 R8b4 31.Bc2 Rb5 32.Kg1 Qd5 33.Ra8 Rb8 34.Be4 Qd8 35.Qxb2 Rxa8 36.Rb3 Rb8
37.Kg2 Kf8 38.Rxb8 Qxb8 39.Qd2 Kg7 40.Qc3 Kf8 41.Qe3 Kg7 42.Qc3 Kf8 43.Ne5 Qb5
44.Qe3 Bxe5 45.dxe5 h5 46.Qd4 Qb7 47.Qd6+ Kg7 48.Qd8 Qd7 49.Qxd7 Bxd7 50.Kf3 f6
51.Kf4 Kf7 52.f3 Kg7 53.g4 hxg4 54.fxg4 f5 55.Bd3 fxg4 56.Kxg4 Kh6 57.Ba6  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia Ilundain,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nbd2 e6 6.e4 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.e5 Qd8 11.a3 Ne7 12.Qe2 Nd5 13.g3 Be7 14.h4 Rc8 15.h5 Qc7 16.O-O O-O
17.Rae1 f5 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Ne5 Qd6 20.Ng6 Rfe8 21.Qe5 Qd5 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7 23.Qxd5 Bxd5
24.Bg6 d6 25.Rc1 Rec7 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.f3 b5 28.Ne4 Rc6 29.Nc3 Bc4 30.Rc1 Kf8
31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Ke3 Rb6 33.g4 a5 34.Bd3 Kd7 35.b3 Bxd3 36.Kxd3 Rb8 37.b4 a4
38.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "D25"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.a4 b4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.O-O e6 10.Qe2 c5 11.e4 cxd4 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nb3 Nc5 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Nfxd4 h6
16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Nb3 Bb6 18.Bd2 Qe7 19.a5 Ba7 20.Rac1 O-O 21.Qe4 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6
23.Qh7+ Kf7 24.Rc4 Ke8 25.Nd4 g5 26.Qxe7+ Kxe7 27.Rfc1 Raf8 28.Be3 Nxe3 29.fxe3 Rb8
30.Rxb4 Bd5 31.Rxb8 Bxb8 32.Rc8 Bd6 33.Bxa6 e5 34.Nc2 Be4 35.Be2 Rf8 36.Rxf8 Kxf8
37.Na3 Ke7 38.Kf2 Bc5 39.a6 Kd7 40.Nc4 Kc7 41.Nxe5 Bc2 42.b4 Ba7 43.b5 Bc5
44.Nf7 Kb6 45.Nxh6 Bg6 46.g4 Bd6 47.h3  1-0

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez,JC"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.e3 e4
9.Nd4 Nxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.Qb3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Be6 13.c5 Qc7 14.Rb1 Rab8 15.Be2 b6
16.c6 Qxc6 17.O-O Bg4 18.Ba6 Qd6 19.a4 b5 20.axb5 Be2 21.Rfe1 Ng4 22.g3 Bc4
23.Qd1 Qg6 24.f3 Nf6 25.Bf4 Rb6 26.Rb4 Re8 27.Re3 Rbe6 28.Bb7 exf3 29.Qxf3 Rxe3
30.Bxe3 Qd3 31.Rxc4 dxc4 32.Bf2 Ne4 33.Bxe4 Qxe4 34.Qxe4 Rxe4 35.d5 Re7 36.d6 Rb7
37.Bc5 f5 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Kd4 Rxb5 41.Kxc4 Rb7 42.Kd4 a5 43.c4 a4
44.Kc3 Rb3+ 45.Kc2 g5 46.Kd2 a3 47.Kc2 a2 48.Bd4 Rb1 49.Be5 Kxe5  0-1

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gonzalez,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c6 8.Nge2 Nbd7
9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O-O Nf8 11.h3 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.g4 f5 15.Rdg1 Be6
16.gxf5 Bxf5 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.h4 h6 19.Nge2 Bh5 20.Nf4 Bf3 21.Rh3 Qd7 22.Rhg3 Re7
23.Nb1 Qe8 24.Nd2 Qf7 25.Kb1 Qf6 26.Nxf3 exf3 27.Nh5 Qxh4 28.Nxg7  1-0

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Danailov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 Bc5 7.e4 Ne5 8.Qe2 O-O
9.Nb3 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Be7 12.Re1 c6 13.Bd2 Nd7 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Rad1 Nc5
16.Bc1 Nxb3 17.axb3 Bg5 18.d4 Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Qf6 20.Qe3 Rac8 21.h4 h5 22.c3 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roa Alonso,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A75"]

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.Be2 Bxf3
10.Bxf3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Qb3 Nbd7 14.a5 Rab8 15.Na4 h5 16.Nb6 Ne8
17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Rfe1 Nc7 19.Be2 Rfe8 20.Bc4 Nb5 21.Bxb5 axb5 22.Qg3 Ra8 23.Re2 b4
24.h3 Ra6 25.Rae1 c4 26.Kh2 Rxa5 27.Bc1 c3 28.f4 Ra1 29.e5 dxe5 30.fxe5 cxb2
31.e6 fxe6 32.dxe6 Rxe6 33.Bxb2 Rxe1 34.Rxe1 Bxb2 35.Qb3 Qd6+ 36.Kh1 Be5  0-1

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.d4 Na6 10.Bf4 c5 11.Rc1 Re8 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nd4 Qd7 14.Qc2 Rac8 15.Qf5 Nce4
16.Qxd7 Nxd7 17.Bh3 Nef6 18.Ncb5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Bc5 20.b4 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Rc8
22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.a4 Bb7 24.f3 g6 25.Nb5 Bc6 26.Nxa7 Bxa4 27.Be3 Kf8 28.Kf2 Ke8
29.Nc8 b5 30.Na7 Ne5 31.Bd4 Nfd7 32.f4 Nc4 33.Bg2 Ndb6 34.Nc6 Kd7 35.Ne5+ Nxe5
36.fxe5 Nc4 37.Bxd5 Ke7 38.Bc5+ Ke8 39.e6 fxe6 40.Bxe6 Bb3 41.Bd5 Kd7 42.Bg8 Nd2
43.Bxh7 Ne4+ 44.Ke3 Nxc5 45.bxc5 Bf7 46.Kd4 b4 47.e4 b3 48.Kc3 Kc6 49.e5 Kxc5
50.e6 Bxe6 51.Bxg6 Kd6 52.Bh5 Ke5 53.Bd1 Bh3 54.Bxb3 Ke4 55.Bd1 Ke3 56.Bh5 Kf2
57.g4 Bxg4 58.Bxg4 Ke3 59.h4 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hoffman,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.c3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 d6
9.Re1 Qc7 10.h3 Nbd7 11.d5 Rfe8 12.a4 e6 13.c4 Re7 14.Rb1 Rae8 15.b3 Nb8
16.Bb2 Na6 17.Rc1 Nb4 18.Bb1 e5 19.Nf1 Nh5 20.g3 Bc8 21.Kg2 Rf8 22.Ng1 Qd7
23.Bc3 Qe8 24.Nh2 f5 25.Nhf3 Bh6 26.Bd2 Bxd2 27.Qxd2 Kh8 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Nh4 Rg7
30.Kh2 f4 31.Rc3 Qe7 32.Ng2 Rfg8 33.g4 Bxg4 34.hxg4 Rxg4 35.Be4 Qg7 36.Qd1 Rxg2+
37.Kh1 Nf6 38.Nh3 Nxe4 39.Qd2  0-1

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Komljenovic,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Bg7 12.Rd1 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qa5 14.O-O O-O 15.f4 Nh7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.fxg5 hxg5 18.e5 c5 19.d5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Rad8 22.Rd6 Rxd6 23.exd6 Qb6
24.Qc3+ Kg8 25.Qe5 Rd8 26.Bh5 f6 27.Rxf6 Nxf6 28.Qxg5+ Kh7 29.Qg6+ Kh8 30.Qxf6+ Kh7
31.Bg6+ Kh6 32.Bf5+ Kh5  1-0

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hamdouchi,H"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.Qc2 Qc7 6.O-O g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.c4 Ng4 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.Nb5 Qa5 13.N1c3 Nc6 14.Nd5 Rfc8 15.Bd2 Qd8
16.Bc3 a6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qc3+ e5 19.Na3 Nd4 20.Kh1 b5 21.b3 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albacete ESP"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herraiz Lopez,H"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Nd3+ 7.Ke2 Nf4+ 8.Kf1 Ne6
9.h4 Nc6 10.Ng5 Nxg5 11.hxg5 g6 12.d3 Bg7 13.Be3 Bd4 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Bb5 Rc8
16.Bxd4 Qxd4 17.Rc1 c4 18.Nd5 cxd3 19.Rc4 Qg7 20.Rc3 a6 21.Bxd3 Qd4 22.Rc4 Qe5
23.Qc3 Qxc3 24.Rxc3 Kf8 25.a3 Kg7 26.Nf4 Nd4 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Ne2 b5 29.Ke1 Bc4
30.Rh3 Ne6 31.f4 Bxd3 32.Rxd3 Rc2 33.Rd2 Rc4 34.Kf2 Rxe4 35.g3 Rc4 36.Ke3 Nc5
37.Nc3 b4 38.axb4 Rxb4 39.Rd5 Nb7 40.Rd2 Nd6 41.Kf3 a5 42.Re2 e6 43.Rc2 Rb3
44.Kf2 h6 45.gxh6+ Kxh6 46.Re2 Nc4 47.Nd1 Rd3  0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albacete ESP"]
[Date "2000.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Herraiz Lopez,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qc2 c6
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.c5 Nc7 18.Rad1 Be6 19.Qc1 g5 20.Bc4 Qg6 21.Bxe6 Nxe6 22.Qc4 Rfd8
23.Rd6 Rxd6 24.cxd6 Rd8 25.Bxa7 Rxd6 26.a4 Nd4 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Qd3 Qe6 29.Nd2 Rd8
30.a5 Re8 31.Ra1 Qe5 32.g3 Qb5 33.Nc4 Rf8 34.Ra3 Qb4 35.Kg2 Re8 36.Rb3 Qe7
37.Rb6 Ra8 38.Kg1 Qc7 39.Qb3 Ra7 40.Kg2 Qe7 41.Qf3 Qe6 42.Qd3 Qe7 43.b4 Qd7
44.Ne3 Be5 45.Ng4 Bg7 46.b5 cxb5 47.Rxh6 Rxa5 48.e5 Qd5+  0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albacete ESP"]
[Date "2000.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herraiz Lopez,H"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Ne1 Ne4 13.Qe3 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Bxg2 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Kxg2 Nf6 17.Nd3 Qc7 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.f3 Qb7 20.Qd4 Rac8 21.e4 b5 22.Rd2 bxc4
23.bxc4 Rb8 24.Rb2 Qc6 25.Rb3 Kg8 26.Kf2 Nd7 27.Rc2 e6 28.Ke2 Rbc8 29.Ra3 Nc5
30.Rd2 e5 31.Qd5 Ne6 32.Qxc6 Rxc6 33.c5 Nd4+ 34.Kf2 f6 35.cxd6 Nb5 36.Nb4 Rc4
37.Rb3 Nd4 38.Rbb2 Rxd6 39.Nc2 h5 40.Nxd4 Rdxd4 41.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albacete ESP"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Herraiz Lopez,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Nh6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Rb1 c6 13.b4 Nf7 14.b5 Qxd1 15.Bxd1 cxb5
16.cxb5 Nc7 17.Bb3 Be6 18.b6 axb6 19.Bxe6 Nxe6 20.Rxb6 Nc5 21.Rb5 Na4 22.Nxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lesiege,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nb3 d4 8.O-O Nc6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.N1d2 O-O 11.Rc1 a5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nc5 Bg5 14.Nce4 Bh6 15.c5 Be6
16.Nd6 f5 17.f4 e4 18.Nxb7 Qd7 19.Nd6 g6 20.N2xe4 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Rab8 22.Qa4 Nb4
23.Qxd7 Bxd7 24.a3 Nc6 25.Bd5+ Kg7 26.Nc4 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dutreeuw,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "C42"]

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"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 b4 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 d6 8.Bc1 Bg7 9.Nfd2 Nxd2
10.Nxd2 Nd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 a5 13.e4 Nb6 14.Ra2 e6 15.b3 exd5 16.exd5 Bb7
17.Nf1 Re8 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.h4 f5 20.Bf4 Be5 21.Ne3 Bxf4 22.gxf4 Qe7 23.h5 Qh4
24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Qf3 Qf6 26.c4 bxc3 27.Re2 Ba6 28.Nc4 Nxc4 29.bxc4 Rb8 30.Re6 Qxe6
31.dxe6 c2 32.Qe3 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 c1=Q 34.Qg3 Kg7 35.Qh4 Qg1+ 36.Kh3  0-1

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.bxa5 c5 13.a4 Rxa5 14.Ra3 Ra6 15.Nb5 Bd7
16.Kh1 h6 17.Nd2 Qc8 18.g3 Nh5 19.Bb2 Nf6 20.f4 Ng4 21.Qe2 h5 22.h3 Nh6 23.fxe5 dxe5
24.Kh2 f6 25.Nb3 Nf7 26.Qf2 b6 27.a5 f5 28.axb6 Bxb5 29.cxb5 Rxb6 30.Qxc5 Qd8
31.Nd2 Nd6 32.exf5 Nexf5 33.Nf3 h4 34.gxh4 Nxh4 35.Nxe5 Rxf1 36.Rxf1 Rxb5
37.Qf2 Rxb2 38.Qxb2 Nc4 39.Nf7 Qc7+ 40.d6 Nxd6 41.Qc1 Qxc1 42.Rxc1 Nxf7 43.Rc8+ Kh7
44.Ra7 Nd6 45.Rcc7 Ndf5 46.Rxg7+ Nxg7 47.Kg3 Nf5+ 48.Kg4 Kh6 49.h4 Nh5 50.Ra6 Ne3+
51.Kf3 Nd5 52.Kg4 Nhf6+ 53.Kh3 Ne4 54.Kg4 Nef6+ 55.Kh3 Nh5 56.Kg4 Ne3+ 57.Kf3 Nc4
58.Kg4 Ne5+ 59.Kh3 Kg7 60.Rb6 Kf7 61.Ra6 Ng7 62.Rxg6 Kxg6 63.h5+ Kh6 64.Kg3 Nf7
65.Kf4 Ng5 66.Ke5 Nh7 67.Kf4 Ne6+ 68.Kf5 Neg5 69.Kf4 Kg7 70.Kf5 Kf7 71.h6 Ke7
72.Ke5 Nf7+ 73.Kd5 Kd7 74.Kd4 Kd6 75.Kc4 Nxh6 76.Kd4 Nf6 77.Kc4 Nf5 78.Kd3 Kd5
79.Kc3 Nh5 80.Kd3 Nf4+ 81.Kc3 Kc5 82.Kb3 Nd5 83.Kc2 Kd4 84.Kb2 Kd3 85.Kb3 Nd4+
86.Kb2 Nb6 87.Kb1 Nc4 88.Ka2 Kc3 89.Ka1 Nd2 90.Ka2 Nb5 91.Ka1 Kc2 92.Ka2 Nb1
93.Ka1 Nd4 94.Ka2 Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A43"]

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 "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rab8 17.a5 Rfd8 18.Be2 f6 19.Qxd5 cxd5 20.Nd2 Rdc8+ 21.Kb3 Kf7
22.Rhc1 Ke7 23.Ka3 Nc5 24.b4 Nd7 25.Nb3 g6 26.a6 bxa6 27.Nd4 Kd6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8
29.Kb3 Nb6 30.Bxa6 Rb8 31.Nb5+ Kd7 32.Nxa7 e5 33.Bb5+ Kd6 34.Rc1 e4 35.Rc6+ Ke5
36.Rc7 Kf4 37.Rxh7 Ke3 38.Nc6 Rc8 39.Rh6 Rg8 40.Ne7 Rg7 41.Nxg6 d4 42.Rh3+ Kd2
43.Nf4 Rg5 44.Ba6 Rf5 45.Ne6 Rd5 46.Bb7 Rd6 47.Bxe4 Rxe6 48.Rd3+ Ke2 49.Rxd4 Ke3
50.Bf5 Re5 51.Rd6 Nd5 52.g4 Kd4 53.Be6 Re3+ 54.Ka4 Ke5 55.Rxd5+ Kxe6 56.Rh5 Kd6
57.Rh6  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.g3 Bg7
10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bf4 Rb8 13.Rb1 Ne8 14.Qd2 Nb6 15.Bh6 Nc4 16.Qc1 Bxh6
17.Qxh6 Ne5 18.b4 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Bf5 20.e4 cxb4 21.Rxb4 Bxh3 22.Qxh3 Qf6 23.Kg2 Qxc3
24.Rfb1 Nf6 25.Qh4 Nd7 26.Be2 Rfe8 27.Rxb7 Rxb7 28.Rxb7 Nc5 29.Re7 Rxe7 30.Qxe7 Qe5
31.Qxe5 dxe5 32.a5 Kf8 33.f4 f6 34.Kf3 Ke7 35.Ke3 Kd6 36.Bf1 Kc7 37.Kf3 Kd6
38.Bc4 Nb7 39.Bxa6 Nxa5 40.Bc8 Nb3 41.Ke3 Nc5 42.Bh3 Kc7 43.Be6 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Huebner,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Bb7 6.Qd3 f5 7.Nbd2 Na6 8.c3 c4
9.Qd4 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Qb6 11.Qe5 Nc5 12.Qxf5 Qg6 13.Qxg6+ hxg6 14.Bg5 Bxd5 15.f3 e5
16.e4 Bc6 17.Be2 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5
16.O-O Ra7 17.a4 Ne7 18.Nxe7+ Rxe7 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bc2 d5 21.Bb3 f4 22.Nxd5 Rd7
23.Nb4 Rxd1 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.Raxd1 Qe7 26.Bd5 e4 27.Rfe1 e3 28.Bf3 Be5 29.Nc6 Qf6
30.Nxe5 Qxe5 31.fxe3 fxe3 32.Rd4 Re8 33.Re4 Qb8 34.R1xe3 Rxe4 35.Bxe4 Qf4
36.Re2 Qc1+ 37.Kf2 b4 38.cxb4 Qf4+ 39.Bf3 Qxh2 40.Re4 Qc7 41.Ke3 Qc1+ 42.Kd4 Qxb2+
43.Kc4 Qa2+ 44.Kb5 Qd5+ 45.Kb6 Qd8+ 46.Kc6 Qa8+ 47.Kc5 Qa7+ 48.Kb5 Qb7+ 49.Kc4 Qc6+
50.Kb3 Qb5 51.Rd4 Kg7 52.Rd5 Qb6 53.b5 Kf6 54.Kc4 Ke7 55.Rd3 Qa7 56.Kb4 Qf2
57.Rd1 h5 58.Bc6 Qb6 59.Rd7+ Ke6 60.Rh7 Kd6 61.Bf3 Qd4+ 62.Ka5 h4 63.Bc6 Qf2
64.Ka6 Kc5 65.Kb7 Qf6 66.Rd7 Qh6 67.Rd5+ Kb4 68.b6 h3 69.gxh3 Qxh3 70.Ka7 Qa3+
71.Kb7 Qh3 72.Rb5+ Kc4 73.Ka6 Qa3+ 74.Ra5 Qd6 75.Bd5+ Kb4 76.Rb5+ Kc3 77.Ba2 Qc6
78.Bd5 Qd6 79.Bf3 Qf6 80.Ka5 Qf8 81.b7 Qa3+ 82.Kb6 Qd6+ 83.Bc6 Qd4+ 84.Kc7 Qf4+
85.Kd7 Qf7+ 86.Kd6 Qf6+ 87.Kc7 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.b3 b6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Hansen,Cu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 O-O
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Ne1 d4 13.Nd3 Bb6 14.a4 Qf5 15.Bd2 Bd7
16.b4 a6 17.Nf4 Qe5 18.Nd5 Bd8 19.Bf4 Qe6 20.Re1 Qg6 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Rxa1
23.Qxa1 Ne7 24.Qxd4 Bxb5 25.Nxe7+ Bxe7 26.Qe5 Bb4 27.Be4 Re8 28.Qxb5 Qxe4
29.f3 Qe7 30.Rc1 h6 31.Kf1 g5 32.Bc7 Qe3 33.Rc2 Bf8 34.Kg2 Bg7 35.Bb6 Qe6
36.Bf2 Rc8 37.Rd2 Qc6 38.Qf5 Re8 39.e4 b5 40.Rd7 Qe6 41.Qxb5 g4 42.Qd5 Qxd5
43.Rxd5 Re6 44.Be3 Kh7 45.h3 gxf3+ 46.Kxf3 Kg6 47.h4 Bf6 48.h5+ Kg7 49.Bf4 Be7
50.Rb5 Bd8 51.e5 Be7 52.Kg4 Bd8 53.Kf5 Be7 54.Rb7 Bd8 55.Rb8 Ba5 56.Ra8 Bc3
57.Rd8 Bb4 58.g4 Bc5 59.g5 hxg5 60.Bxg5 Be7 61.h6+ Kh7 62.Bxe7 Rxe7 63.Rf8 Kxh6
64.Kf6 Re6+ 65.Kxf7 Rxe5 66.Kf6  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kharlov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qc8 8.Qf3 Nbd7
9.Nc4 e6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.d3 O-O 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Nd6 Bxd6 14.Bxd6 Re8 15.Bg3 a6
16.Rad1 Nbd7 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 b5 19.Rd6 Qb7 20.Qe3 Rac8 21.Rfd1 Nf8 22.f3 h6
23.Qa3 b4 24.Qxa6 Qe7 25.a4 bxa3 26.Qxa3 Ng6 27.Qe3 Qf6 28.b3 Qb2 29.Qc1 Qf6
30.Qa1 Qg5 31.Qc1 Qf6 32.Qd2 Ra8 33.h3 Rec8 34.Kh1 c4 35.b4 c3 36.Qd3 Qg5
37.Kh2 h5 38.h4 Nxh4 39.Ra6 Nxg2 40.Rxa8 Rxa8 41.Kxg2 h4 42.f4 Qxg3+ 43.Qxg3 hxg3
44.Rd3 Ra4 45.Rxc3 Rxb4 46.Re3 Rc4 47.c3 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kharlov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D26"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B85"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 h5 13.h3 Nh6 14.a3 Nf7 15.Nd3 Bh6 16.b4 Kg7
17.Qc2 Qe7 18.Qb2 Bf4 19.Bg3 Bxg3 20.fxg3 Rb8 21.bxc5 Nxc5 22.Nxc5 dxc5 23.Bd3 b6
24.a4 a5 25.Ra3 Rd8 26.Rb3 Rd6 27.Qb1 Ba6 28.Rf2 Qd8 29.Rfb2 Kf8 30.Be2 Nh6
31.Kh2 Kg7 32.Bd3 Nf7 33.Be2 Nh6 34.Bd3 Kh7 35.Kg1 Kg7 36.Kh2 Nf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Bb2 e6 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Qc2 Qc7 10.O-O Bh5 11.h3 O-O 12.c5 Be7 13.Ne5 Kh8 14.f4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Bxh7 g6 17.g4 f5 18.gxh5 Kxh7 19.hxg6+ Kg7 20.Kh2 Nf6 21.Rf4 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4
23.Rg1 Rh8 24.Qc4 Qa5 25.Rf2  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5
9.cxd5 h5 10.Be2 Nh7 11.Be3 a6 12.a4 h4 13.Nf1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bf4 Nd7
16.Bxd6 Re8 17.Qd2 Ne5 18.Bxc5 h3 19.Kf2 hxg2 20.Kxg2 f4 21.Qxf4 Ng6 22.Qg3 Nh4+
23.Kf2 Nf5 24.Qf4 b6 25.Ba3 Be5 26.Qc4 Ng5 27.h4 Bd4+ 28.Ke1 Nxf3+ 29.Kd1 Ne5
30.Qb3 Kh8 31.Kc2 Bc5 32.Rd1 Nd4+ 33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Kb1 Bf5+ 35.Ka1 Qf6 36.Ng3 Bh7
37.Nce4 Bxe4 38.Nxe4 Qf4 39.Ng5 Qd2 40.Rd1 Qxe2 41.Rxd4 Rac8 42.Ka2 b5 43.d6 bxa4
44.Qxa4 Qc2 45.Qxc2 Rxc2 46.Re4  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5
9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 h5 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Be2 Nh7 14.Bh6 Bd4 15.Be3 Bh8
16.O-O Nd7 17.f4 Ndf6 18.e5 h4 19.Nge4 dxe5 20.d6 Qa5 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.fxe5 Rxe5
23.Bf4 Re8 24.Bc4 Qb4 25.b3 Be6 26.Qd3 Bf5 27.Qf3 Bg4 28.Qd3 Bf5 29.Qf3 Bg4
30.Nd5 Bxf3 31.Nxb4 Be2 32.Nd3 Ne4 33.d7 Red8 34.Ne5 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Bxf1 36.Rxf1 Rxd7
37.h3 Nd2 38.Rf4 Nxc4 39.bxc4 Re8 40.Bc3 Re3 41.Bf6 Re6 42.a5 b6 43.Bc3 Rd3
44.Bb2 Rb3 45.Bf6 bxa5  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a3 b5
9.Qd2 Bb7 10.f3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Kb1 Nf6 15.g4 Bc4
16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Be5 Nd5 18.Rhe1 O-O-O 19.Bd3 Bc5 20.Nb3 Bf2 21.Rf1 Bxd3 22.cxd3 Be3
23.Qc2+ Kb7 24.d4 f6 25.Bg3 Ka7 26.Rfe1 g6 27.Qd3 Bh6 28.Re2 Rhe8 29.Rc2 Rc8
30.Re1 Rxc2 31.Qxc2 Bf8 32.Rc1 Bd6 33.Qc6 Rd8 34.Bxd6 Rxd6 35.Qe8 Qd8 36.Qxd8 Rxd8
37.Rc6 Nf4 38.Nc5 Rxd4 39.Rxa6+ Kb8 40.Nxe6 Nxe6 41.Rxe6 Rf4 42.Rb6+ Ka7
43.Rxb5 Rxf3 44.Rc5 Kb6 45.Rc3 Rf4 46.h3 f5 47.gxf5 Rxf5 48.Ka2 Kb5 49.Rb3+ Ka5
50.Rb4 Rf3 51.h4 h5 52.Re4 Rg3 53.Re5+ Kb6 54.a4 Rh3 55.Re4 Ka5 56.b3 Rh1
57.Kb2 Rg1 58.Re5+ Kb6 59.Ka3 Rg4 60.Re6+ Kc5 61.Rf6 Rxh4 62.Rxg6 Rh1 63.Rg5+ Kb6
64.a5+ Kc6 65.Ka4 h4 66.Rg6+ Kc7 67.Rh6 h3 68.Kb5 h2 69.b4 Kd7 70.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd6 15.Ng5 Qd7
16.Qf3 Rae8 17.Rxe8 Rxe8 18.Bd2 Nd8 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 f5 21.c4 Be7 22.Nf3 Bf6
23.Rb1 b6 24.c5 Qd5 25.cxb6 cxb6 26.Rb5 Qe4 27.Qc4+ Kh8 28.h3 h6 29.Rb3 Qc6
30.Qd3 Qd5 31.Qb5 Qxb5 32.Rxb5 Ne6 33.Rd5 Kg8 34.Rd7 Rd8 35.Rxa7 Nxd4 36.Nxd4 Bxd4
37.Kf1 Bxf2 38.Bxh6 Bd4 39.Bd2 Re8 40.Rd7 Re4 41.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6
9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.Qf3 d4 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.gxf6 dxc3 15.Bxc3 Qc6
16.Qg3 Bh6+ 17.Kb1 Bf4 18.Qd3 Rg8 19.Bh3 Kd8 20.Bb4 Qxf6 21.Qc4 Rg5 22.Rd6 Qg7
23.f6 Rg1+ 24.Bf1  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 d6 10.Bc3 d5 11.a3 Bd6 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.Nb5 a4
16.bxa4 dxc4 17.Nd2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qb7+ 19.f3 Rec8 20.Nxc4 Bf8 21.Rac1 Qa6
22.e4 c6 23.Ncd6 cxb5 24.Nxc8 b4 25.Qc4 bxa3 26.Qxa6 Rxa6 27.Ba1 Rxa4 28.d5 Bc5
29.dxe6 fxe6 30.Nd6 h5 31.Nb7 Ra7 32.Nd8 Nf8 33.Nc6 Rb7 34.Rd3 N6d7 35.Rb3 Rc7
36.Nb4 Ra7 37.Nc2 e5 38.Bc3 Ne6 39.Ra1 Nd4 40.Bxd4 exd4 41.Nxa3 Ne5 42.f4 Nc4
43.Nc2 Rd7 44.Rd1 Ra7 45.Kh3 Nd6 46.e5 Ne4 47.Rxd4 Nf2+ 48.Kg2 Bxd4 49.Nxd4 Ra2
50.Kf3 Ng4 51.h3 Nh2+ 52.Ke4 Nf1 53.Kf5 Rg2 54.g4 hxg4 55.hxg4 g6+ 56.Kxg6 Rxg4+
57.Kf5 Rg7 58.e6  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Bb7 6.e3 g6 7.c3 Qa5 8.Nbd2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 Bg7 10.e4 d6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O a6 13.Rfc1 Rc8 14.h3 Qb6 15.Bf1 Nf6
16.Re1 O-O 17.a4 Rfe8 18.a5 Qc7 19.c4 b4 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Nh5 22.Ng4 Bd4
23.Rad1 e6 24.Re4 f5 25.Nh6+ Kg7 26.Rxe6 Rxe6 27.dxe6 Nf4 28.Re1 Kxh6 29.Bg3 g5
30.h4 Re8 31.e7 Be4 32.hxg5+ Kxg5 33.Kh1 Rxe7 34.f3 Re6 35.Bh2 Rh6 36.fxe4 Kg6
37.g3 Nh5 38.exf5+  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1 gxf6 13.h4 a6 14.Rh3 Qa5 15.Be2 Nc5
16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 b6 18.Rd1 Bb7 19.Qb2 Qe5 20.Qxb6 Bxe4 21.Rg3 f5 22.Kg1 h6
23.Qb4 f4 24.Rg4 Rb8 25.Qa3 a5 26.Bf3 Rb4 27.Qc1 Ke7 28.Rxf4 Bxf3 29.Rxf3 Rxh4
30.g3 Re4 31.Rc3 Rg8 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.Qxh6+ Rg6 34.Qh8+ Rg7 35.Rcc1 Kg6 36.Kg2 Rh7
37.Qg8+ Rg7 38.Qd8 Re2 39.Rc4 f5 40.Rh4 Qb2 41.Kg1 Qc3 42.a4 Qf3 43.Rf4 Qc6
44.Qd3 Rh7 45.Rg4+ Kf7 46.Qd7+ Qxd7 47.Rxd7+ Kf6 48.Rxh7 fxg4 49.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.h3 Ne5 7.a4 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 a6
9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.b3 g6 11.Bb2 e5 12.Qd3 Be7 13.Nc3 O-O 14.a5 Nf6 15.Rf1 Rc8
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc7 18.f4 Bf6 19.d3 Kg7 20.Qc4 Qd8 21.f5 Bg5 22.Rf3 Bd2
23.Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.d3 Bb7 10.d4 Be4 11.Nh4 Bxg2 12.Nxg2 d5 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.e4 Qd7 15.Nf4 Rd8
16.Be3 Nc6 17.Ne2 Bf6 18.e5 Be7 19.a3 Bf8 20.Qc2 Ne7 21.Bg5 Rdc8 22.Bxe7 Bxe7
23.Rad1 c5 24.Qb3 cxd4 25.Rxd4 Qc7 26.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 Nxa4 15.axb4 Qc7 16.bxa4 d5
17.e5 Nd7 18.f4 Nb6 19.Rh3 Nc4 20.Qc3 Rc8 21.Bd2 Be7 22.Be1 Rb8 23.f5 Bc8
24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Qf3 Bd7 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.g5 hxg5 28.hxg5 Rxh3 29.Qxh3 Qxe5
30.Qh5+ Kf8 31.Nf3 Qe3+ 32.Kb2 Be8 33.Qh8+ Kf7 34.Bc3  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4
9.Nbd2 exf3 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.Qxc6+ Bd7 12.Qf3 exd4 13.cxd4 O-O 14.Ne4 Be6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Be4 Bxd4 17.Rd1 c5 18.Bxa8 Qxa8 19.Be3 Qxf3 20.gxf3 Bxb2 21.Bxc5 Rc8 22.Rab1 h6
23.Bb4 Be5 24.a3 Rc6 25.Rbc1 Bc4 26.Rd8+ Kh7 27.Re1 Bc7 28.Rd7 Be6 29.Rd3 Bf5
30.Rd5 Bh3 31.Kh1 Rf6 32.Rd3 Be6 33.Bc3 Rf5 34.Rxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5
9.Bd3 e4 10.Bc2 Nbd7 11.f4 Nb6 12.Qe2 Bg4 13.Qf1 g5 14.fxg5 Nh5 15.a4 hxg5
16.Bf2 Nf6 17.Bg3 Qe7 18.h3 Bh5 19.a5 Nbd7 20.Ne2 Bg6 21.Bh2 Ne5 22.Ba4+ Kd8
23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Kd2 Kc7 25.Qf2 Qe7 26.Raf1 Nd7 27.Bxd7 Qxd7 28.Qf6 Rae8 29.Ra1 Qe7
30.Rhf1 Kd7 31.Ng3 Qxf6 32.Rxf6 Ke7 33.Rf2 f6 34.Ke1 Rh7 35.Rb1 Rb8 36.Rfb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Nd2 Bb4 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 g6 14.Rc1 Be7 15.O-O Bf6
16.Nb3 Qb6 17.Nc5 Qxb2 18.Qa4 Qb6 19.Bd6 Be7 20.Bxe7 Nxe7 21.Nd7 Bxd7 22.Qxd7 Qb3
23.Qxe7 Qxd3 24.Rfd1 Qb3 25.Rb1 Qa4 26.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe3 Be6 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.a4 Nd7 14.Ra3 Nc5 15.Rfa1 Bxc3
16.Bxc3 Nxe4 17.Bd4 Rfc8 18.Re3 Bxc4 19.Rxe4 Bxe2 20.Bc3 Bb5 21.Rxe7 Bxa4
22.Rxb7 Bc6 23.Rba7 Rxa7 24.Rxa7 g5 25.f3 h6 26.Kf2 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nb3 d6
9.f4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd2 Qc8 12.Kh1 Ba6 13.Rad1 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qg4 15.Qe1 Rac8
16.h3 Qe6 17.Bg1 Rfe8 18.a3 Nd7 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Rc5 22.Rf2 Rec8
23.Rdd2 Rc4 24.Rfe2 R4c5 25.Nd5 Nf6 26.c3 Rc4 27.b3 R4c5 28.a4 b5 29.axb5 Rxb5
30.b4 a5 31.bxa5 Rxa5 32.Kh2 Rac5 33.Rd4 Kg7 34.Re3 Nxd5 35.exd5 Qf6 36.Rxe7 Rxc3
37.Qe6 R3c7 38.Qxf6+ Kxf6 39.Rxc7 Rxc7 40.g4 Rc2+ 41.Kg3 Rc3+ 42.Kg2 h5 43.Rd2 h4
44.Rd4 Ra3 45.Kh2 Rg3 46.Rd2 Rf3 47.Rd4 g5 48.fxg5+ Kxg5 49.Kg2 Rf4 50.Rd2 f5
51.gxf5 Kxf5 52.Re2 Re4 53.Ra2 Ke5 54.Kf3 Rf4+ 55.Ke3 Rb4 56.Kf3 Kxd5 57.Ra8 Kd4
58.Rh8 Kd3 59.Rd8 Rd4 60.Rd7 d5 61.Rd8 Kc3 62.Rd7 Kc4 63.Rc7+ Kb5 64.Ke3 Rc4
65.Rh7 Kc6 66.Kd3 Ra4 67.Rh8 Kc5 68.Rc8+ Kd6 69.Rh8 Rb4 70.Rh7 Rb3+ 71.Kd4 Ke6
72.Rh6+ Kf5 73.Rh5+ Kg6 74.Rxd5 Rxh3 75.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.h4 Nb6 11.h5 c5 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.dxc5 Be6 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.Qb3 Be6
16.Qa3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Bxc4 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Rxh6 Nc6 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Rfd8
23.Ng5 Rxd5 24.Rh8+ Kg7 25.Rh7+ Kg8 26.Rh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.Be2 Ne7 14.Ncb4 a5 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.Nd5 Qb7 17.Qd3 Rb8 18.O-O Be6 19.Rfd1 Rfc8 20.a3 h6 21.g3 Bd8 22.Rd2 Qa7
23.Kg2 Rc5 24.Ne3 Bg5 25.h4 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Qc7 27.Rad1 Rc6 28.Kh2 Bb3 29.Rg1 Bc4
30.Rgd1 Bxe2 31.Qxe2 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Rd3 bxc3 34.bxc3 Rb3 35.Qd2 Qb6 36.Kg2 Rb2
37.Qe3 Qxe3 38.Rxe3 Kf8 39.Red3 Ke7 40.Re3 Rc2 41.Rdd3 h5 42.Kf3 g6 43.Kg2 Ke6
44.Kf1 Rc4 45.Ke1 f5 46.f3 Rg2 47.exf5+ gxf5 48.f4 e4 49.Rd2 Rg1+ 50.Kf2 Rc1
51.Ra2 R4xc3 52.Rxc3 Rxc3 53.Ra8 d5 54.Re8+ Kd6 55.Re5 d4 56.Rxf5 Rc2+ 57.Ke1 e3
58.Re5 Rg2 59.Kf1 Rxg3 60.Ke2 Rg2+ 61.Kf3 Rd2 62.Re8 Kd5 63.Re5+ Kc4 64.f5 Rf2+
65.Kg3 Kd3  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.Nh2 Nf6 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.b3 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Bxd5 22.Nxf6 Qxf6
23.Bd2 Rxe1+ 24.Bxe1 Qe6 25.Re3 Qg8 26.Ng4 Nc6 27.Rg3 Qe6 28.Bc3 Be4 29.Bxe4 Qxe4
30.Nxh6 Nd4 31.Bxd4 cxd4 32.Nf7+ Kg8 33.Qh5 Rc8 34.Rf3 Qh7 35.Qd5 Qb1+ 36.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4
9.dxe5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxf2+ 11.Kf1 exf3 12.exf6 Bh4 13.fxg7 fxg2+ 14.Kxg2 Rg8
15.Bh6 Bg5 16.Re1+ Be6 17.Bxg5 Rxg7 18.h4 h6 19.Be4 Kd7 20.Rd1+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.Qe2 Na5 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.g4 Nxb3+ 14.axb3 hxg4 15.h5 gxf3
16.Nxf3 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Qa5 18.Bd4 e5 19.Bf2 Qa1+ 20.Kd2 Bh6+ 21.Kd3 Qa6+ 22.c4 Nxe4
23.hxg6 Nxf2+ 24.Qxf2 e4+ 25.Kxe4 Bg7 26.Qh2 d5+ 27.Rxd5 Qxg6+ 28.Ke3 Re8+
29.Kd2 Qf6 30.Rxd7 Qc3+ 31.Kc1 Qa1+ 32.Kd2 Qc3+ 33.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Na6 11.f3 Nc7 12.a4 Nd7 13.Kh1 b6 14.Nc4 Ne5 15.Ne3 f5 16.f4 Nf7
17.exf5 gxf5 18.Bd3 Nh6 19.Qc2 Qf6 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Rf3 Kh8 22.Raf1 Re7 23.Rh3 Qf7
24.Nc4 Qg6 25.Rg3 Ng4 26.h3 h5 27.Ne3 Nxe3 28.Rxg6 Nxc2 29.Bxc2 Ne8 30.Rg5 Nf6
31.Bxf5 Bxf5 32.Rxf5 Rae8 33.Kh2 Kh7 34.Kg3 a6 35.Kh4 Kg6 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 b5
38.axb5 axb5 39.Rg5+ Kf7 40.Nxb5 Rh8+ 41.Rh5 Nxh5 42.Nxd6+ Kf8 43.gxh5 Bf6+
44.Kg4 Rg7+ 45.Kf5 Bxb2 46.Rh1 Rd7 47.Ke6 Re7+ 48.Kf5 Rd7 49.Be3 Bd4 50.Bxd4 cxd4
51.Ke5 d3 52.Nf5 d2 53.h6 Kf7 54.Rd1 Re8+ 55.Kd4 Re2 56.h7 Rd8 57.Ng3 Rf2
58.Ne4 Rxf4 59.Rxd2 Rh4 60.Rf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 Re8 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.c5 Bc7 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qxd4
16.Be3 Rxe3 17.fxe3 Qxe3+ 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Rxf2 Nxc5 20.Rd1 a5 21.g3 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8
23.Kf1 a4 24.Rc2 Bb6 25.Bd1 Kf8 26.Rc4 Ba7 27.Rh4 Bb8 28.Rxh7 Be5 29.Rh8+ Ke7
30.Ra8 b5 31.Bf3 Kd7 32.Ra7+ Kd6 33.Ra8 Kc7 34.Ra7+ Kb6 35.Ra8 Nb7 36.Bd1 Bxb2
37.Bxa4 bxa4 38.Rxa4 c5 39.Ke2 Nd6 40.h4 f5 41.Ra8 Be5 42.Kf3 c4  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Qb3 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rd1 Re8 12.a3 c6 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.O-O g6 15.Rfe1 Nf8
16.Bb1 Bg7 17.Ba2 Ne6 18.h3 Qd6 19.e4 Rad8 20.exd5 cxd5 21.Re3 a6 22.Rde1 b5
23.Bb1 Re7 24.Qd1 Rde8 25.Ba2 h5 26.g3 h4 27.gxh4 Nf4 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7
30.Qd2 Bh6 31.Kf1 Bc8 32.Nxd5 Bxh3+ 33.Kg1 Qe6 34.Ne5 Bf5 35.Kh2 Kg7 36.Nxf4 Qxa2
37.Nf3 f6 38.Kg3 Qf7 39.d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.b4 Re8 15.Be2 Bg6
16.Ra2 h6 17.Rd2 Be4 18.Qa1 Qe7 19.Rfd1 Rac8 20.Ne1 g5 21.Bg3 Ne5 22.Bb5 Nc6
23.Ba4 a5 24.Bb3 axb4 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 bxa3 27.Rd7 Qe4 28.Qxa3 Rcd8 29.Qb3 Qe6
30.Qxe6 Rxe6 31.Nf3 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Re7 33.Rd5 Bc7 34.Bxc7 Rxc7 35.g4 f6 36.Nd2 Kf7
37.Ne4 Ne7 38.Rb5 Nc8 39.Kg2 b6 40.Kf3 Rc6 41.Rd5 Ke7 42.h4 Nd6 43.hxg5 hxg5
44.Nxd6 Rxd6 45.Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.h4 c5
9.Qd2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.O-O-O h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Be2 e5 14.Nb5 Qb6 15.Qe3 Qxe3+
16.fxe3 Ng4 17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.Rd5 a6 19.Nd6 Rfd8 20.c4 b6 21.b3 Rd7 22.Ne4 Rxd5
23.cxd5 f5 24.Nf2 Bh5 25.e4 fxe4 26.Nxe4 Rd8 27.Nc3 Kf7 28.Re1 Kf6 29.Ne4+ Kf5
30.Ng3+ Kg4 31.Nxh5 Kxh5 32.Rxe5+ Kxh4 33.Kd2 Kg3 34.Ke3 Kxg2 35.Kf4 Kf2
36.Rh5 g5+ 37.Ke5 g4 38.Rxh6 Rf8 39.d6 g3 40.d7 g2 41.Rg6 g1=Q 42.Rxg1 Kxg1
43.Ke6 Rh8 44.Ke7 Rh7+ 45.Kd6 Rh8 46.Kc7 Kf2 47.d8=Q Rxd8 48.Kxd8 Ke3 49.Kc7 b5
50.Kb6 Kd4 51.Kxa6 Kc5 52.Ka5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Rac1 a6 11.Rfd1 Rb8 12.b3 O-O 13.Qh4 Re8 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.Bh3 b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Qb4 Bxf3 18.exf3 Ne5 19.Bg2 Nc6 20.Qh4 Qa5 21.Bd2 Qa6 22.Bf1 Ne5
23.Qf4 Qa8 24.Be2 Rec8 25.Kg2 Bg7 26.Qe3 Rc5 27.Kg1 Rbc8 28.h3 b4 29.Na4 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31.Bxc1 Nd5 32.Qd2 Qc8 33.Bb2 e6 34.f4 Nd7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Bf3 N7f6
37.Kg2 Qc7 38.g4 Nc3 39.Qd4 e5 40.fxe5 dxe5 41.Qxb4 Nfd5 42.Bxd5 Nxd5 43.Qc5 Qb7
44.Kg3 f6 45.f3 h5 46.Qd6 Nf4 47.Nc5 h4+ 48.Kxh4 Qxf3 49.Qe7+ Kh6 50.g5+ fxg5+
51.Qxg5+ Kh7 52.Qe7+ Kh6 53.Qf8+ Kh7 54.Qe7+ Kh6 55.Qg5+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.cxd5 a6 8.Bf4 b5 9.h3 Nf6
10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Ra7 13.a3 Rae7 14.Qd2 Qb6 15.b4 Nbd7 16.Rac1 Bb7
17.Bh2 c4 18.Bc2 Ne5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Rb8 22.a4 Bc8 23.axb5 axb5
24.Ra1 Ne8 25.Ra5 Reb7 26.Bg3 f6 27.Rb1 Bf8 28.Be1 Be7 29.Nd1 Bd8 30.Ra3 Bb6
31.Bc3 Re7 32.Rba1 Bb7 33.Kf2 Nd6 34.Ke2 f5 35.Be1 fxe4 36.Nc3 Bd4 37.exd4 exd4
38.Bg3 d3+ 39.Ke1 Rd7 40.Bd1 Re8 41.Bxd6 Rxd6 42.Ra7 Bxd5 43.Nxb5 Rdd8 44.Nc7 Re5
45.Nxd5 Rexd5 46.Re7 Rg5 47.g4 Rb5 48.Raa7 Rxb4 49.Rg7+ Kf8 50.Rxh7 Kg8 51.Rag7+ Kf8
52.Rc7 Kg8 53.Rhe7 Rb2 54.Rxc4 Rh2 55.Rcxe4 d2+ 56.Kf1 Rh1+ 57.Ke2 Re1+ 58.Kf2 Rxd1
59.Re8+ Rxe8 60.Rxe8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.d5 Nb8 15.Nf1 Nbd7
16.N3h2 Nc5 17.Bc2 c6 18.b4 Ncd7 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Ng4 Nxg4
23.Qxg4 Rc8 24.Bb3 Bd7 25.Qf3 Be6 26.Rac1 Be7 27.Rc2 a5 28.Qd3 Bxb3 29.axb3 axb4
30.Ne3 bxc3 31.Rxc3 Rxc3 32.Qxc3 Bg5 33.Nd5 Qd7 34.Qd3 Qc6 35.g3 Ra8 36.Kg2 Kf8
37.h4 Bd8 38.Qd2 Qb7 39.Qe2 Qc6 40.Qd2 Qb7 41.Qe2 Qc6 42.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.b4 Bf5 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Rd1 b6 14.e3 bxc5 15.Bb5 Qb6
16.Qa4 Rac8 17.Rxd5 Be6 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Qxc6 Rxc6 20.Re5 Bd7 21.bxc5 Rxc5
22.Rxc5 Nxc5 23.O-O Nd3 24.Bd4 a6 25.Rb1 f6 26.Ba7 Bb5 27.Nd4 Rc8 28.g4 Rc3
29.Ra1 Bd7 30.h3 h5 31.gxh5 Bxh3 32.Kh2 Bd7 33.Kg3 Be8 34.h6 gxh6 35.Nf5 Bd7
36.Ne7+ Kf7 37.Nd5 Rc2 38.f3 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A40"]

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 "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.c4 Re8 13.b3 a5 14.Bh3 Nd7 15.Qd3 Qd8
16.Bg2 Nf6 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 a4 19.Bf4 Ra6 20.Nc6 Qa8 21.Qf3 axb3 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7
23.Qxa8+ Rxa8 24.axb3 Rd8 25.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B33"]

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"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Re8
16.Re1 g5 17.Bg3 Ba5 18.Nc3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rxe4 20.Bc2 Rxe1+ 21.Qxe1 Qe7 22.h4 Qxe1+
23.Nxe1 Nd5 24.Ra3 Be2 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Nd3 Kg7 27.Nc1 Bc4 28.Ra4 Rb2 29.Be4 Bb5
30.Ra2 Rxa2 31.Nxa2 Nce7 32.f4 Bc4 33.Bxd5 Nxd5 34.Nb4 Nxc3 35.Kf2 Ne2 36.d5 gxf4
37.Bh4 f6 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.Ke4 Bb5 40.Bf2 Kg5 41.Kf3 Nc3 42.Bd4 Nxd5 43.Nxd5 Bc6
44.Ba7 Bxd5+ 45.Kf2 c5 46.Bb8 c4 47.Bxd6 c3 48.Bb4 c2 49.Bd2 Kg4 50.Bc1 f5
51.Bd2 f3 52.gxf3+ Bxf3 53.Bc1 f4 54.Bd2 Be4 55.Bc1 Kf5 56.Ke2 Ke5 57.Ke1 f3
58.Be3 Kd5 59.Kd2 Kc4 60.Bf2 Kb3 61.Bd4 Bc6 62.Kc1 Kc4 63.Bb6 Kd3 64.Bc5 Be4  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Re1 Bf5 10.Qc2 Bg6 11.c5 Bc7 12.Nc3 f5 13.Ne2 Nd7 14.Bf4 Bh5 15.Bxc7 Qxc7
16.Nd2 Rae8 17.f3 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 f4 19.Nc3 g5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Re2 Rxe2
23.Qxe2 Nf6 24.Qd3 Qg7 25.Re1 Re8 26.Re2 Kf7 27.Qd2 Qh8 28.Rxe8 Nxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Be4 8.Qb3 Bxd2+
9.Bxd2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Rac1 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Qa3 a5 14.Bh3 h6 15.Ne5 Rfe8
16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.f3 Bb7 18.e4 e5 19.Be3 exd4 20.Bxd4 Nc5 21.Re1 f6 22.Qc3 Qf7
23.b3 Re7 24.Bf5 h5 25.a3 a4 26.b4 Nb3 27.Bf2 Nxc1 28.Rxc1 Bc8 29.Bxc8 Rxc8
30.Qc2 Ra8 31.h3 Qe6 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Kf7 34.Kg2 Ree8 35.Rd1 Rh8 36.Bg3 Rhe8
37.Rd5 Red8 38.Rd1 Rh8 39.Rd5 Rhd8 40.Rd1 Re8 41.Rd5 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Be2 dxc4 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc4 Nbd7 12.a4 c5 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.exd4 Re8 15.Rfe1 Nf8
16.Rcd1 Ng6 17.Bg3 Bb4 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 exd5
22.Rf1 Qd7 23.Qc2 d4 24.Qb3 Bc5 25.Rd3 b5 26.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "B48"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D29"]

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 "2001.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.f4 c5 12.Be3 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qa4 14.Qf3 Ngf6 15.Qxb7 Rb8
16.Qc7 cxd4 17.b3 Qa6 18.Qc6 Rb6 19.Qa8+ Rb8 20.Qc6 Rb6 21.Qa8+ Rb8 22.Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.a5 Bd7 14.Qe1 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Bc6
16.Qg3 Nd7 17.f5 Bf6 18.Nde2 Be5 19.Qh3 exf5 20.Qxf5 Bf6 21.d4 Nf8 22.Qf3 Ng6
23.Ng3 Qd7 24.Rad1 Bd8 25.b4 Rc8 26.Rc1 Rc7 27.Nf5 Nh4 28.Nxh4 Bxh4 29.d5 Bb5
30.Nxb5 Rxc1 31.Bxc1 axb5 32.Bb2 Bg5 33.h3 f6 34.Bc1 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Ngf3 Nd7 6.h3 e6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 c5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Ne4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Bf1 h6 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Nb3 Qc7
16.Qc1 f5 17.Nec5 b6 18.Na6 Bxa6 19.Bxa6 g5 20.Nd4 Qf7 21.f4 gxf4 22.Bxf4 Nxf4
23.Qxf4 Ng6 24.Qd6 Rad8 25.Qxe6 Bxd4+ 26.cxd4 Rxd4 27.Rac1 Kh7 28.Qxf7+ Rxf7
29.Rc2 h5 30.Bc4 Rf6 31.Bb5 Kh6 32.Re8 Rfd6 33.Rf2 Rd2 34.Rxf5 Rxb2 35.Be2 h4
36.a4 Rb4 37.Rg8 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Be2 Ke7 10.Nbd2 Bd7 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Bc3 Rhg8 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Ng5 Rgd8
16.Bf3 Be8 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Rc1 h6 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 f6 21.g4 h5 22.h3 hxg4
23.hxg4 Bd7 24.Kg2 Rh8 25.Kg3 Bc7+ 26.f4 Bb6 27.Bd2 Kd6 28.Rd1 Ke7 29.Rc1 Kd6
30.Bg2 Rc8 31.a3 Rd8 32.Nd4 Bxd4 33.exd4 Be8 34.Bc3 Bg6 35.Kf2 Bd3 36.Ke3 Bg6
37.Be1 Bf7 38.Rc5 Kd7 39.b4 Rc8 40.b5 axb5 41.Rxb5 Kc7 42.f5 Ra8 43.Bg3+ e5
44.dxe5 Rxa3+ 45.Kf2 fxe5 46.Bxe5+ Nxe5 47.Rxe5 Kd6 48.Rb5 Rb3 49.Rxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kurajica,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "B28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Nc3 Qd6
9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bf3 Be7 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.O-O Nd5 14.Be5 O-O 15.Na4 Qa7
16.Rc1 Bd7 17.Be4 Be8 18.Re1 f6 19.Bxd5 fxe5 20.Bxc6 Rd8 21.Bxe8 Rxd4 22.Qb3 Rxe8
23.Rxe5 Kh8 24.Rxe6 Rf8 25.Qe3 Bh4 26.g3 Qd7 27.Nc5 Qd8 28.gxh4 Rg4+ 29.Kf1 Rgf4
30.Ne4 Qxh4 31.h3 h6 32.Rc3 Qh5 33.Rc5 Qf7 34.Rce5 Rf3 35.Qc5 Kh7 36.Kg2 Qb7
37.Rxh6+ Kg8 38.Qc4+ R3f7 39.Rc6 Qxb2 40.Rf5  1-0

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Nxf4 11.exf4 b6 12.cxb6 Qxb6 13.Na4 Qa7 14.Rc1 Bxd4 15.Bxg6 Bxf2+
16.Rxf2 hxg6 17.Nd4 Bb7 18.f5 Qb8 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Qg4 Rxf2 21.Qxg6+ Kh8 22.Qh6+ Kg8
23.Qg6+ Kh8 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Qg5+ Kf7 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.Qg4+ Kf7 28.Kxf2 Qd6 29.Nf5 Qg6
30.Qxg6+ Kxg6 31.g4 Kf6 32.Kg3 a5 33.h4 e6 34.Nd6 Ba6 35.Rxc6 Ne5 36.Rb6 Nd7
37.Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 Bg4 11.d5 Rd8 12.Qb2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nd4 14.Bxd4 cxd4 15.Qb5+ Qxb5
16.Bxb5+ Kf8 17.cxd4 Bxd4 18.Rc7 Be5 19.Rxb7 Rb8 20.Rxb8+ Bxb8 21.O-O Bf4
22.Re1 Kg7 23.e5 Rc8 24.Bc6 e6 25.Re4 g5 26.h4 h6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Kg2 exd5
29.Bxd5 Re8 30.e6 fxe6 31.Bxe6 Kf6 32.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 a6 11.c3 c5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Qa4+ Ke7 14.O-O Bxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5
16.Rae1 Qc7 17.Qh4+ g5 18.Qh5 Bd7 19.f4 c4 20.fxg5 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 cxd3 22.Rxf7+ Kd8
23.Qg6 Qd6 24.Rd1 Kc8 25.Rxd3 Qe5 26.h3 Be8 27.Qg7 Qxg7 28.Rxg7 hxg5 29.Rd6 Bc6
30.Kg1 Re8 31.Kf2 e5 32.g4 e4 33.Rf6 e3+ 34.Ke2 Bb5+ 35.Ke1 Kb8 36.b3 Ka7
37.Rd6 Rh8 38.c4 Be8 39.Ke2 Rxh3 40.Rxg5 Bc6 41.Re5 Bf3+ 42.Kxe3 Bxg4+ 43.Kd4 Rh2
44.Rg6 Bd1 45.Ra5 Rd8+ 46.Kc3 Rdd2 47.Rg1 Bf3 48.a4 Rc2+ 49.Kd4 Rh4+  0-1

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Ra4 13.b4 Rxb4 14.Nbc7+ Kd7 15.O-O Qxc7
16.c3 Rxe4 17.Qh5 Kd8 18.Nxc7 Kxc7 19.Qxf7+ Be7 20.Rab1 Ba6 21.Rfd1 Rf8 22.Qb3 Rb8
23.Qe6 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Bd3 25.Rd1 f4 26.Qd5 Bc2 27.Rc1 Re2 28.a4 e4 29.a5 Bd3
30.Ra1 Rb2 31.c4 Rb7 32.a6 Ra7 33.f3 Ne5 34.fxe4 Bxc4 35.Rc1 Rxa6 36.Rxc4+ Nxc4
37.Qxc4+ Rc6 38.Qf7 Kd8 39.Qg8+ Kd7 40.Qxh7 Rc5 41.Qf7 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Rc8 43.Qf5+ Kc7
44.Qe6  1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.h4 c5
9.Qd2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.O-O-O h6 12.Nf3 Qb6 13.c3 e5 14.Be3 Qa5 15.g4 e4
16.g5 Be7 17.gxh6 Qxa2 18.Qd4 Nf6 19.hxg7 Re8 20.Bc4 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.Bb3 Qxd4
23.Nxd4 Kxg7 24.Rdg1+ Kh7 25.Bxf7 Rf8 26.Bg6+ Kh8 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.Bxf5 Nd5
29.Bxe4 Nxe3+ 30.fxe3 Rf2+ 31.Kb1 Bc5 32.Rg5 Bxe3 33.Rh5+ Kg7 34.Re1 Bb6
35.Rg5+  1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.Qd2 b5
9.a3 Be7 10.g4 Bb7 11.f3 O-O 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.g5 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nd7 15.h4 Rac8
16.h5 e5 17.Qd2 Nb6 18.g6 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.gxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qxg5 Qe6
23.Rhg1 Rg8 24.Kb1 Rcd8 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Rc8 27.Rgd1 Rc6 28.f4 exf4 29.Qxf4 Rd8
30.Rg5 Rg8 31.Rgd5 Rd8 32.Rg5 Rg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.d3 h6 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Na4 b6 12.Ne5 Bd7 13.e3 g5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Be5 Ng4
16.Bc3 Bxc3 17.Nxc3 dxc4 18.dxc4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qe7 20.Ne4 f5 21.h3 Ne5 22.Qc3 Nd7
23.Nd2 Rad8 24.Rad1 Nf6 25.Nf3 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 e5 27.Qc2 e4 28.Ng1 Rd8 29.Ne2 Rxd1
30.Qxd1 Qd7 31.Qxd7 Nxd7 32.b3 Ne5 33.Nc3 Kf7 34.g4 fxg4 35.hxg4 Nxg4 36.Nxe4 Ke6
37.Nc3 Ne5 38.f4 gxf4 39.exf4 Nc6 40.Nb5 h5 41.Kg3 a5 42.Nc7+ Kf5 43.Nd5 Nd4
44.Kh4 Nxb3 45.Kxh5 Nd2 46.Nxb6 Kxf4 47.Na4 Ne4  0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "C42"]

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"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 a6 11.c3 c5 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bd7 15.O-O Qf4
16.g3 Qxd4 17.Nxd7 Kxd7 18.Qf3 Ke7 19.Qxb7+ Kf6 20.Rad1 Qa7 21.Qf3+ Ke7 22.Qg4 g5
23.Bc4 Qb6 24.Rd3 Rad8 25.Rf3 Be5 26.Re1 f6 27.Qh5 Qb4 28.Rxe5 Qxc4 29.Re1 Qxa2
30.Qg6 Rhf8 31.Qxh6 Qxb2 32.Qg7+ Rf7 33.Rxe6+ Kxe6 34.Re3+ Qe5 35.Rxe5+ fxe5
36.Qxg5 Rdf8 37.Qg4+ Kd5 38.Qd1+ Kc5 39.Qc2+ Kb4 40.Qb2+ Kc5 41.Qxe5+ Kb6
42.h4 a5 43.h5 Rd7 44.Qe6+ Kc7 45.h6  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Bd7 12.Re1 Bb6 13.Nf1 Ne7 14.Ng3 Ng6 15.d4 c5
16.Be3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Ba5 18.Re2 Bb4 19.a5 Bc6 20.Bd2 Bxd2 21.Qxd2 b4 22.Ree1 Qc7
23.h4 Rfd8 24.Rac1 Qb7 25.h5 Nf4 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.Qe3 Ng4 28.Qc5 Be8 29.Bc4 Rdc8
30.Qd6 Qa7 31.Qd2 Rd8 32.Bd5 Nxd5 33.exd5 Rxd5 34.Qxd5 Qxf2+ 35.Kh1 Qxg3
36.Rc2 Bb5 37.Kg1 h6 38.Rec1 Re8 39.Rc8 Qf2+ 40.Kh1 Qxb2 41.Rxe8+ Bxe8 42.Rc8 Qa1+
43.Ng1 Nf6 44.Qc6 b3 45.Rxe8+ Nxe8 46.Qxe8+ Kh7 47.Qxf7 Qb1 48.Kh2 b2 49.Ne2 Qd3
50.Nc3 Qxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Rc8 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Rfd1 c5 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.cxb5 Nh5 15.Bd2 Nhf6
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.f4 c4 19.bxc4 Rxc4 20.Rac1 Nc5 21.Qb1 Ra4 22.Be3 a6
23.bxa6 Rxa6 24.Bd4 Qa8 25.Rd2 Ne4 26.Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "A79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Na6 11.f3 Nc7 12.a4 Nd7 13.Kh1 b6 14.Ra3 Qe7 15.Nb5 Nxb5
16.Bxb5 Rd8 17.a5 a6 18.Bc6 Rb8 19.axb6 Nxb6 20.b3 Be5 21.f4 Bg7 22.f5 Nd7
23.Bxd7 Bxd7 24.Qf3 Bd4 25.f6 Qf8 26.Nc4 Bb5 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 h5 29.h4 Kh7
30.Rfa1 Bxc4 31.bxc4 Rb4 32.Rc3 Re8 33.Rxa6 Rb1+ 34.Kh2 Rf1 35.Rca3 Rxf6
36.e5 Rf5 37.e6 fxe6 38.Ra7+ Kg8 39.Qg3 Qf6 40.Ra8 Rxa8 41.Rxa8+ Kg7 42.Ra7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B33"]

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"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.d5 Ncb8 15.b4 h5
16.g5 a5 17.bxa5 Be7 18.Nb3 O-O 19.Qd2 Na6 20.Nh4 Nac5 21.Bg2 b6 22.Nf5 f6
23.Nh4 Qe8 24.Nxc5 Nxc5 25.axb6 fxg5 26.Nxg6 Qxg6 27.Qe2 Rfb8 28.Rb1 Bd8
29.Be3 Bxb6 30.Rec1 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Rb4 Ba5 33.Rxb8+ Rxb8 34.Bxc5 dxc5
35.d6 Qxd6 36.Qc4+ Kh8 37.Qxc5 Qh6 38.Rd1 Bb6 39.Qxe5 Rf8 40.Rf1 Qh4 41.Qh2 Bxf2+
42.Kh1 Qxh2+ 43.Kxh2 g5 44.Bh1 g3+ 45.Kg2 g4 46.Rd1 Kg7 47.Kf1 Bd4+ 48.Ke2 Be5
49.Rd2 Ra8 50.Bg2 Kf6 51.Kd3 Kg5 52.Ke2 Kf4 53.Rc2 Ra3 54.Rd2 Re3+ 55.Kd1 Ra3
56.Re2 Ra7 57.Rc2 Rb7 58.Re2 Rb1+ 59.Kc2 Rg1 60.Kd3 Rc1 61.Rd2 Rc3+ 62.Ke2 Rf3
63.Kd1 Bc3 64.Re2 Ke5 65.Kc2 Bd4 66.Kd1 Rf8 67.Rd2 Rb8 68.Ke2 Bc3 69.Rd5+ Ke6
70.Kd3 Be5 71.Rc5 Rb1 72.Rc6+ Kd7 73.Rc2 Rg1 74.a4 Ra1 75.Kc4 Ke6 76.Kb3 Bd4
77.Ra2 Rg1 78.a5 Bf2 79.a6 Ke5 80.Ra5+ Kf6 81.e5+ Ke6 82.Bd5+ Kxe5 83.Bb7+ Kf6
84.Ra4 g2  0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.h3 a6 7.Bf1 e6 8.c3 Be7
9.Na3 O-O 10.Nc2 Ne5 11.d3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Ba4 13.Qe2 Bc6 14.g3 d5 15.e5 Nd7
16.h4 Qb6 17.Bg2 Rae8 18.Rb1 Bd8 19.b4 Qc7 20.Bf4 Be7 21.Ne3 cxb4 22.cxb4 Qb6
23.Ng4 Rc8 24.Be3 d4 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Bg5 Bxg5 27.hxg5 Rfc8 28.Qe4 Rc2 29.a4 a5
30.bxa5 Qxa5 31.Qxd4 Qc7 32.Rb5 Rd8 33.Qd6 Qxd6 34.exd6 b6 35.d4 Rc6 36.d5 Rxd6
37.dxe6 fxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Re1 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 c6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb5+ Qd7 13.Qb3 O-O 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Rd8
16.Ba3 Bf6 17.Re3 Qc7 18.Qxd5 Be6 19.Qb5 h6 20.h3 Rac8 21.Qb2 b6 22.Rae1 Qc4
23.R1e2 Qa4 24.Kh2 Rd5 25.Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 c5 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.d5 Bc8 14.a3 Na6 15.Qc2 f6
16.Ng4 Bd6 17.f4 exf3 18.Bxf3 Qc7 19.g3 Bd7 20.Nf2 b5 21.b3 Rae8 22.Kg2 Be5
23.Rb1 Bd4 24.Bd2 b4 25.a4 Qc8 26.Rbe1 Bf5 27.Be4 Rxe4 28.Nxe4 Bh3+ 29.Kh1 Bxf1
30.Rxf1 Qg4 31.Nd6 Rd8 32.Qf5 h5 33.Qxg4 hxg4 34.Nb5 Rd7 35.Bf4 Re7 36.Nxd4 cxd4
37.c5 g5 38.Bd6 Re3 39.c6 Kf7 40.Bb8 Nxb8 41.c7 Re8 42.cxb8=Q Rxb8 43.Rd1 f5
44.Rxd4 Kf6 45.Rc4 Ke5 46.Rc7 Kxd5 47.Rxa7 Rc8 48.Rd7+ Ke4 49.Rd1 Rc3 50.a5 Rxb3
51.a6 Ra3 52.Rb1 f4 53.Rxb4+ Ke3 54.Rb1 Rxa6 55.Rb3+ Ke2 56.Rb2+ Kd3 57.gxf4 gxf4
58.Rb4 Ra1+ 59.Kg2 f3+ 60.Kf2 Ra2+ 61.Kg1 Rg2+ 62.Kh1 Rd2 63.Kg1 Ke3 64.Rb3+ Rd3
65.Rb1 Rd4 66.Rb3+ Kf4 67.Rb8 Rd1+ 68.Kf2 Rd2+ 69.Kg1 Rg2+ 70.Kh1 Re2 71.Kg1 Ke3
72.Re8+ Kd2 73.Ra8 Rg2+ 74.Kh1 Ke3 75.Ra3+ Kf4 76.Ra4+ Kg5 77.Ra8 g3 78.hxg3 Kg4
79.Rg8+ Kh3 80.Rh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pierrot,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B51"]

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 "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Pierrot,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "E04"]

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"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vescovi,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.O-O Nc5 8.Be2 d5
9.d4 Nce4 10.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.cxd5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxd5 14.Qb3 Bf6 15.c4 Ne7
16.Bb2 Ng6 17.Rfd1 b6 18.Bf1 Bf5 19.Ne5 Re8 20.a4 Qc8 21.Nc6 Ne7 22.d5 Nxc6
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.dxc6 Qe6 25.Qg3+ Bg6 26.Qxc7 Rec8 27.Qf4 Rxc6 28.a5 Qe5 29.Qf3 Rac8
30.axb6 axb6 31.Qa3 Qc5 32.Qg3 Qg5 33.Qb3 Be4 34.Rd4 Qe5 35.Rad1 Kg7 36.Qb4 Re6
37.Qa3 Ra8 38.Qb3 Rae8 39.Qb4 Qc5 40.Qd2 Qg5 41.Qb2 h5 42.Qa3 Qc5 43.Qc3 Qa5
44.Qb2 Qe5 45.Re1 Qc5 46.Re3 Bg6 47.Rd5 Qc7 48.Rxe6 Rxe6 49.Qd2 Re5 50.Rd4 Qc5
51.Rd8 Qe7 52.Rd7 Qc5 53.Rd8 Qe7 54.Rb8 Re1 55.Rxb6 Qe5 56.Ra6 Qe4 57.Qc3 Qe5
58.Qxe5 fxe5 59.Ra3 Rc1 60.f4 exf4 61.Rf3 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7
9.Nbd2 e6 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.d5 Ncb8 15.b3 h5 16.g5 Be7
17.Ba3 b5 18.Qe2 O-O 19.Qe3 h4 20.Bd3 Bh5 21.Kh1 g6 22.Rg1 Qa5 23.Bb2 Bd8
24.Nxh4 Bb6 25.Qe1 Bc5 26.a4 Qb6 27.Rf1 Bb4 28.axb5 Nc5 29.Bc4 Nbd7 30.bxa6 Nxa6
31.Qc1 Nac5 32.Bc3 Rfc8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.Qc2 Qa5 35.Ra1 Qxa1+ 36.Bxa1 Rxa1+
37.Kg2 f6 38.gxf6 Nxf6 39.f3 Kh7 40.Bf1 g5 41.Nf5 Bxd2 42.Qxd2 Bxf3+ 43.Kg1 Ncxe4
44.Qd3 g4 45.hxg4 Ng5 46.Ng3+ Nfe4 47.Qc2 Kg6 48.Kh2 Bd1 49.Qb2 Nf3+ 50.Kg2 Ne1+
51.Kh2 Nf3+ 52.Kh3 Nfg5+ 53.Kg2 Bf3+ 54.Kg1 Rd1 55.Nxe4 Nxe4 56.Qh2 Kg5 57.Qh5+ Kf4
58.Qh6+ Kxg4 59.Qh3+ Kf4 60.Qh6+ Kf5 61.Qh7+ Kg5 62.Qg7+ Kf4 63.Qh6+ Ng5
64.Kf2 Rd2+ 65.Ke1 Rd1+ 66.Kf2 Rd2+ 67.Ke1 Rd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B90"]

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"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 a5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 Be6 15.Nb6 Ra6
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qc7 18.Ra4 Rb8 19.Kf2 h5 20.Re1 Ne8 21.Bxg7 Nxg7 22.g4 Qd8
23.Kg2 Ra7 24.Qe3 Rab7 25.Re4 Rb4 26.Qg5 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Rb4 28.Rxb4 axb4 29.Qe3 Qc7
30.Qd4 Qa5 31.Qe3 Qc7 32.Qd4 Qa5 33.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.O-O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 a5
16.a3 b4 17.a4 Qe8 18.h4 Bxa4 19.Kb1 Bxb3 20.cxb3 a4 21.h5 f6 22.hxg6 Qxg6+
23.Qd3 axb3 24.Rh4 Qxd3+ 25.Rxd3 Rb8 26.Rxb3 Rb5 27.Rd4 Rfb8 28.Kc2 Kf7 29.g4 f5
30.gxf5 Kf6 31.Re3 b3+ 32.Kd3 R8b7 33.Re6+ Kxf5 34.Rh6 Rb4 35.Re4 R4b5 36.Ke3 Kg5
37.Reh4  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rac1 a5 15.Na4 Rb8
16.Nc5 Bd6 17.Rfd1 b6 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Ne5 Qe8 20.Nc4 Bc7 21.Na3 Rb7 22.Nb5 Bb8
23.d5 Bd7 24.a4 Be5 25.d6 Qb8 26.Rc7 Rd8 27.Qc4 Na6 28.Rc1 Nxc7 29.dxc7 Rxc7
30.Nxc7 Rc8 31.Qd5 Rxc7 32.Rd1 Qe8 33.Bxb6 Bxa4 34.Qxe5 Qxe5 35.Rd8+ Be8
36.Bxc7 Qe7 37.Bxa5 h6 38.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.g4 Bxg4 14.c5 a5 15.a3 Na6 16.Qxb7 Nc7
17.Ne5 Bxe2 18.Nxc6 Qd7 19.Nxe2 Ra6 20.Ne5 Qd8 21.Ng3 Bf6 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe4 Re6
24.c6 Bxe5 25.dxe5 f5 26.Qc4 f4 27.Bb6 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Nxd5 29.Bxa5 f3 30.c7 Nf4
31.Rac1 Ne2+ 32.Kh1 Nxc1 33.Rxc1 Rc8 34.Rd1 Kf7 35.Rd8 Rc6 36.h3 R8xc7 37.Bxc7 Rxc7
38.Rd3 Rc2 39.Rxf3+ Ke6 40.b4 Kxe5 41.Kg2 Rb2 42.Rf7 Kd5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.g4 Bxg4 14.c5 a5 15.a3 Na6 16.Qxb7 Nxc3
17.bxc3 Nc7 18.Rab1 Nb5 19.Ne5 Bxe2 20.Nxc6 Qe8 21.Nxe7+ Kh8 22.Rfe1 Rb8
23.Qxd5 Qxe7 24.Bd2 Nc7 25.Qd6 Qxd6 26.cxd6 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Nb5 28.d7 Nxa3 29.Rb7 h6
30.Bf4 Bg4 31.Bd6 Rd8 32.Bxa3 Rxd7 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Ra8 Rd5 35.Kg2 Be2 36.f3 Rf5
37.f4 Bc4 38.Kg3 Rb5 39.Bc5 Rb3 40.Rxa5 Rxc3+ 41.Kf2 Rc2+ 42.Ke3 Re2+ 43.Kf3 Rxh2
44.Bd6 Rd2 45.Ke3 Rd3+ 46.Ke4 Rd1 47.Rc5 Re1+ 48.Kf3 Bd3 49.d5 Be4+ 50.Kf2 Rd1
51.Ke3 Bxd5 52.Ke2 Bf3+ 53.Kxf3 Rxd6  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.Ne5 a5 14.g4 Be6 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.a3 f6 17.axb4 fxe5 18.d5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4+ Kh8 22.bxa5 Rxa5
23.Qxe4 Rb5 24.Rfd1 Qe8 25.h3 Rxb2 26.Qxe5 Rb5 27.Qe6 Bg5 28.Qxe8 Rxe8 29.Bxg5 Rxg5
30.Ra7 h5 31.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 h6 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nbd4 d5
16.exd5 Qxd5 17.h3 Bh5 18.g4 Nfxg4 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxh5 Bxd4 21.Qf5 Nf3+
22.Kh1 Qxf5 23.Bxf5 Bf6 24.Ra7 c5 25.Be4 Ne5 26.Rd1 Nc4 27.Bb7 Bg5 28.Bxg5 hxg5
29.b3 Ne5 30.Rd5 Rfe8 31.Rxc5 Re7 32.Rb5 Nd3 33.Be4  1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.exd4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Qa4+ Nbd7 12.Qb4 Qc7 13.Bg3 e5 14.Nh4 Be4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4
16.Nf5 g6 17.Ne3 O-O 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.O-O Re8 20.Rad1 exd4 21.Bxd6 Nxc3 22.Nxc3 dxc3
23.Qxc3 Qf6 24.Qh3 Ne5 25.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.N1h2 exd4 14.cxd4 Na5 15.Bc2 c5
16.Ng4 Bxg4 17.hxg4 cxd4 18.g5 Be5 19.Nxd4 g6 20.Nf3 Bg7 21.Rb1 Rc8 22.b3 d5
23.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nataf,IA"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 Be6 10.c5 a5 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nd3 O-O 13.Nf4 Bf7 14.Bg4 g6 15.Ne6 Bxe6
16.Bxe6+ Kg7 17.a3 Nc6 18.Nc3 Re8 19.Nxd5 Bxc5 20.dxc5 Rxe6 21.Bf4 Ne5 22.Rc1 c6
23.Nb6 Qxd1 24.Rfxd1 Rae8 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Nc4 Rxc5 27.f3 Ng5 28.h4 Ne6 29.Rd7+ Kf8
30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Rd5 32.Rxb7 Nf4 33.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.Qe2 c5 12.Qe4 Rb8 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.f4 cxd4 15.O-O Bxe5
16.fxe5 Qg5 17.Qxd4 Bc6 18.Be4 O-O 19.Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 d6 5.e4 e6 6.h3 exd5 7.exd5 Nh6 8.Qe2+ Kf8
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bf4 Nf7 11.Nc3 g5 12.Bd2 h6 13.g3 Na6 14.Bg2 Bf5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Kh2 Re8
17.Qd1 Bd3 18.Re1 Bxc4 19.b3 Bd3 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Bxg5 Be2 22.Nxe2 hxg5 23.Qd2 f5
24.Re1 Qd8 25.Kg1 Nc7 26.h4 Bh6 27.hxg5 Nxg5 28.Qd3 Nxf3+ 29.Qxf3 Qf6 30.g4 Bd2
31.Rd1 Bg5 32.Ng3 fxg4 33.Qxg4 Bf4 34.Re1 Be5 35.Re3 Rh4 36.Qc8+ Ne8 37.Ne4 Qg6
38.Kf1 Bf4 39.Rh3 Rxh3 40.Qxh3 Be5 41.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B17"]

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"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.a3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 b6 8.Qf4 Bb7
9.e4 d6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Qg3 a6 12.O-O g6 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Bc2 h5 15.Ba4 Bc6 16.Bxc6 Qxc6
17.h4 Be7 18.Rad1 Ne5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Qxe5 O-O 21.Qf4 Qxc4 22.Rd7 Bxa3 23.bxa3 Qxc3
24.Qd6 b5 25.Rd1 Qf6 26.g3 Rfc8 27.Kg2 Rc2 28.Qb6 Rac8 29.R1d3 R8c3 30.Qe3 Rxd3
31.Rxd3 Qe5 32.Qf3 Rc4 33.Re3 Kg7 34.Qe2 Qd4 35.e5 Rc3 36.Qb2 Qd5+ 37.Kh2 Rxe3
38.fxe3 Qc5 39.e4 Qe3 40.Qb4 Qf2+ 41.Kh3 Qg1  0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 c5 15.e4 Ne7
16.Bb5 Bc6 17.Bxc6 Nxc6 18.Ne2 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Rac8 21.Kd2 Nc5
22.Bxc5 Rxc5 23.Rac1 Rd8+ 24.Ke3 Rdc8 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Rd1 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.h3 exd5 7.exd5 Nh6 8.Qe2+ Kf8
9.Bf4 f5 10.Ng5 Nf7 11.Qd2 Qe7+ 12.Be2 Ne5 13.O-O h6 14.Ne6+ Bxe6 15.dxe6 Nbc6
16.Nc3 Qxe6 17.Nd5 Rd8 18.Be3 Kg8 19.Rae1 Kh7 20.b4 cxb4 21.f4 Nd7 22.Bf3 Qf7
23.Nxb4 Nxb4 24.Qxb4 Nc5 25.Bd5 Qc7 26.Bxc5 dxc5 27.Qxb7 Qxb7 28.Bxb7 Rhe8
29.Bd5 Bc3 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Rb1 Re1+ 32.Rxe1 Bxe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.d4 c5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Qd3 Qa5 7.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Nxd2 Nc6 10.dxc5 b6 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.Qe3 Nb4 13.O-O Nc2 14.Qg5 Bxg2 15.Nb3 Qa4
16.Qxg7 Rf8 17.Kxg2 Nxa1 18.Rxa1 bxc5 19.Rc1 d6 20.Nd2 O-O-O 21.Ne4 Qc6 22.f3 f5
23.Nf6 Qc7 24.Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.Nxh7 Rg8 26.h4 Rb8 27.b3 a5 28.Ng5 Kd7 29.Rc3 a4
30.f4 axb3 31.axb3 Rb6 32.Re3 Re8 33.Kf2 e5 34.fxe5 dxe5 35.Rf3 Rf8 36.Ne4 Rc6
37.g4 f4 38.h5 Ke6 39.Rd3 Rg8 40.Kf3 Rb8 41.e3 Rf8 42.Rd5 Rb8 43.Rxc5 Rcb6
44.Ng5+ Kf6 45.exf4 Rxb3+ 46.Ke4 exf4 47.Kxf4 R3b6 48.Rc7 R8b7 49.Ne4+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Be6
9.d4 cxd4 10.Na3 dxc3 11.Nb5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Rc8 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.bxc3 Nc4 15.Rb1 e5
16.Re1 b6 17.Re4 Nd6 18.Ra4 Nxb5 19.Rxb5 Rd8 20.Bd2 e6 21.Kf1 Bc5 22.Ke2 Rf8
23.Be3 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Ke7 25.Rg4 g6 26.Rh4 h5 27.Re4 Rc8 28.c4 Kd6 29.h3 Rf6
30.c5+ bxc5 31.Rc4 Rb8 32.Rbxc5 Rb2+ 33.Nd2 Nb4 34.a3 Rf2+ 35.Kxf2 Nd3+ 36.Kf3 Nxc5
37.Ne4+ Nxe4 38.Rxe4 Kd5 39.Ra4 e4+ 40.Kg3 e5 41.Rxa7 Re2 42.a4 Rxe3+ 43.Kf2 Ra3
44.a5 e3+ 45.Kf3 e4+ 46.Ke2 Kd4 47.Rd7+ Ke5 48.Re7+ Kf4 49.Rf7+ Kg5 50.Ra7 Kh4
51.Rg7 g5 52.g3+ Kxg3 53.Rxg5+ Kf4 54.Rxh5 Ra2+ 55.Ke1 Ra1+ 56.Ke2 Ra2+ 57.Ke1 Ra1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Re1 Bg4 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Rxe4 f5 12.Re1 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qh4 14.g3 Qxd4 15.Qb3 Qb6
16.Be3 Qxb3 17.axb3 Na6 18.Nc3 Bc5 19.Rad1 Rfe8 20.Bxc5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Nxc5
22.b4 Nd3 23.Re7 Rb8 24.b3 Nxb4 25.Ne2 Na6 26.Nd4 Kf8 27.Rd7 Nc5 28.Rc7 Rd8
29.Nxf5 g6 30.Ne3 a5 31.Rxh7 Rd3 32.Rh8+ Ke7 33.Ra8 Nxb3 34.h4 b5 35.g4 Rxe3
36.fxe3 bxc4 37.Rc8 c5 38.Kf2 c3 39.Ke2 c2 40.Rxc5 Nxc5 41.Kd2 Nd3 42.Kxc2 Ne5  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Re1 Nxc3 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.bxc3 Bg4 14.Rb1 Qe7 15.h3 Bh5
16.Rb5 Qd7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Ng5+ Kg6 20.Qc2+ f5 21.Qxc4 Nc6 22.g4 Nxd4
23.gxh5+ Kxh5 24.Rd5 Rc8 25.Qxd4 Rxc1+ 26.Kg2 Kxg5 27.Rxd6 Qe7 28.Rd7 Qe4+
29.Qxe4 fxe4 30.Rxg7+ Kf6 31.Rxb7 Rc2 32.Rxa7 e3 33.Ra3 Rxf2+ 34.Kg3 Kf5
35.Rxe3 Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe3 Be6 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.b3 Qxe3 13.Bxe3 Rfc8 14.Rac1 Kf8 15.f4 Bd7
16.Bf3 Bc6 17.e5 Ne8 18.Bxc6 Rxc6 19.exd6 Nxd6 20.Rfd1 a6 21.Nd5 Rd8 22.Nb4 Rcc8
23.Bb6 Re8 24.Nd5 Rc6 25.Be3 h5 26.c5 Nf5 27.Bf2 Bh6 28.g3 e5 29.b4 exf4
30.gxf4 g5 31.fxg5 Bxg5 32.Rc3 Re2 33.a4 Rb2 34.Rf3 Nh4 35.Rh3 Nf5 36.Rxh5 Rg6
37.Kf1 Ne7 38.Rh8+ Ng8 39.c6 Rxc6 40.Bc5+ Rxc5 41.bxc5 Rb3 42.Kg2 Rb2+ 43.Kh1 Kg7
44.Rxg8+ Kxg8 45.Rg1 f6 46.h4 Kf7 47.hxg5 fxg5 48.Rxg5 Rc2 49.Nb6 Ke6 50.Kg1 Re2
51.Rg7 Rc2 52.Rc7 Kf5 53.Nc8  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.e4 e5 11.Qa4 O-O 12.Be2 Qe8 13.g4 Nh7 14.O-O-O a6 15.Nf1 b5
16.Qc2 Nb6 17.Ne3 bxc4 18.Nxc4 Bc6 19.Nxb6 cxb6 20.Qb2 d5 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Bg3 Qe6
23.e5 Bb5 24.f4 Bxe2 25.Qxe2 Rfc8 26.Kb2 Rc4 27.Qf3 Rac8 28.f5 Qe8 29.Qxd5 Ng5
30.Qd7 Qxd7 31.Rxd7 Rxg4 32.Rd4 Re4 33.Rhd1 Re2+ 34.R1d2 Rxd2+ 35.Rxd2 Ne4
36.Rd4 Nxc3 37.Be1 Nb5 38.Re4 Re8 39.Bf2 g6 40.fxg6 fxg6 41.Kc2 Re6 42.a4 Nc7
43.Kd3 Rc6 44.Rd4 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B67"]

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"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be2 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.d4 Be6 8.O-O dxc4
9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be7 12.Qa4+ Qd7 13.Qxd7+ Nxd7 14.Bxg7 Rg8
15.Bd4 O-O-O 16.Rac1 Bh3 17.Bf3 Rxg2+ 18.Kh1 Rg5 19.Rfe1 Bc5 20.Ne4 Rf5 21.Rxc4 Rxf3
22.Bxc5 Nxc5 23.Ng5 Rf5 24.Nxh3 Kb8 25.Rh4 Nd3 26.Re2 h5 27.b3 Rg8 28.Rd4 Rf3
29.Rh4 Rf5 30.Rhe4 a5 31.R4e3 Rd5 32.Rg3 Rc8 33.Kg2 f6 34.Ree3 Nb4 35.a4 Rd4
36.Ref3 h4 37.Rg7 Nd5 38.Rh7 Rc1 39.Rg7 Rb1 40.Rg8+ Ka7 41.Rg7 Ka6 42.Rg8 Kb6
43.Rg7 Kc6 44.Rg8 Kc5 45.Rf5 Kb4 46.Rb8 b6 47.Rxd5 Rxd5 48.Rxb6+ Ka3 49.Rxf6 Rxb3  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.O-O f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nce3 Bg6 20.Bd3 Bf7 21.Be4 Bg8 22.Ra3 Na7
23.Qd3 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Nb5 25.Ra4 Nc7 26.Nxc7 Qxc7 27.c4 Rb6 28.Bc2 d5 29.Rxa5 dxc4
30.bxc4 Rc6 31.Qxe5 Rxc4 32.Qxc7 Rxc7 33.Be4 h6 34.f3 Bh7 35.Ra8 Rxa8 36.Bxa8 Rc8
37.Ra1 Rd8 38.Kf2 Bg6 39.Be4 Bxe4 40.fxe4 Rd2+ 41.Kf3 Kg8 42.h4 Kf7 43.h5 Rb2
44.Ra6 Rb1 45.g4 Rf1+ 46.Ke3 Rg1 47.Kf4 Rb1 48.Ra7+ Kf8 49.e5 Rb6 50.Kf5 Rc6
51.Rd7 Ra6 52.g5 hxg5 53.e6 g4 54.h6 gxh6 55.Kf6 Kg8 56.Rg7+ Kh8 57.Rxg4 Kh7
58.Rg7+ Kh8 59.Rd7 Kg8 60.Rd8+ Kh7 61.Kf7 Ra7+ 62.e7 h5 63.Kf6 Rxe7 64.Kxe7  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Bg5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Bxf7+ Rxf7 18.Qxd4 Qd7 19.Ra3 Nh5 20.Rfa1 h6 21.Bd2 Kh7 22.e5 dxe5
23.Qxd7 Rxd7 24.Bc3 Rb5 25.h4 Nf4 26.Ra5 Ne2+ 27.Kg2 Rdd5 28.Rxb5 Rxb5 29.Re1 Nxc3
30.bxc3 Rc5 31.h5 Kg8 32.Re4 Kf7 33.c4 g6 34.f4 exf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 Ng6 7.h4 h5 8.e5 f6
9.Qe4 Kf7 10.Na3 d5 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Nc4 Qd5 13.Ne3 Qxe4 14.dxe4 e5 15.g3 Be6
16.Nd2 Ne7 17.b3 Nc8 18.Bb2 Nd6 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 g6 21.O-O-O Bh6 22.Rhf1 Rhe8
23.e5 fxe5 24.Bxe5 Rad8 25.Nf3 Nf5 26.Nxf5 Bxf5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Re1 Bg4 29.Ng5+ Bxg5
30.fxg5 Bf5 31.Bf6 Re8 32.Rxe8 Kxe8 33.c4 Kd7 34.Kb2 a6 35.Bg7 Kc7 36.Bf8 Kb6
37.Be7 Be4 38.Bd8+ Kb7 39.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Be7 4.Bb2 Bf6 5.Nc3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ne7
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 Bxd4 11.exd4 Bf5 12.Be2 Nbc6 13.O-O Re8 14.Qd2 Qd6 15.Nb5 Qd7
16.Ba3 Be6 17.Qf4 Ng6 18.Qg3 Red8 19.Rfd1 Nce7 20.Rac1 Nf5 21.Qc7 a6 22.Qxd7 Bxd7
23.Nc3 Nf4 24.Bf1 Bc6 25.Bc5 Ne6 26.Bb6 Rd7 27.g3 Nd6 28.Bg2 Nb5 29.Na4 Nbc7
30.Nb2 a5 31.Nd3 f6 32.Re1 Kf7 33.Bh3 Re7 34.Nc5 Nxc5 35.Rxe7+ Kxe7 36.Bxc5+ Kf7
37.Re1 Na6 38.Re7+ Kg6 39.Bf1 Nxc5 40.dxc5 f5 41.f4 Kf6 42.Re5 b6 43.cxb6 Rb8
44.Bg2 Rxb6 45.Bxd5 Bxd5 46.Rxd5 a4 47.Rd3 axb3 48.axb3 h6 49.Kf2 g5 50.Ke3 Rb4
51.fxg5+ hxg5 52.Kd2 f4 53.Kc3 Rb8 54.b4 Kf5 55.gxf4 gxf4 56.Kc4 Rc8+ 57.Kd4 Rd8+
58.Kc3 Rh8 59.Kd2 Rxh2+ 60.Ke1 Rb2 61.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 c6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Bb3 O-O
9.Re1 Be6 10.c3 Nd7 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 e6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 a5 15.Bg5 Qc7
16.a4 Rfe8 17.Bh4 N7f6 18.Bg3 Qe7 19.Ne5 Nh5 20.Bh2 Bh6 21.Qf3 Qf6 22.Qxf6 Nhxf6
23.Nd3 Bf8 24.g4 Red8 25.Kg2 Bd6 26.Bxd6 Rxd6 27.f3 Rdd8 28.Kg3 Kg7 29.h4 Rac8
30.Rad1 Rc7 31.Nc5 b6 32.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 c6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bg2 Nxf4 10.gxf4 O-O 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.O-O Nd7 13.Rfd1 Qb8 14.e3 c5 15.d5 e5
16.d6 Bxd6 17.Nb5 c4 18.Qc2 e4 19.Ng5 Be7 20.Rxd7 Bxg5 21.fxg5 Bc6 22.Rd4 Bxb5
23.Bxe4 g6 24.a4 Ba6 25.Bxa8 Qxa8 26.Qe4 Bb7 27.Qf4 Bd5 28.Rcd1 Be6 29.e4 Qc8
30.Qf6 Bh3 31.f3 Qc5 32.Kh1 c3 33.bxc3 Qxc3 34.Rd8 Qxf3+ 35.Qxf3  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nxc3
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nxc3 Bc5 11.h4 Ke7 12.Rh3 Nb4 13.Rb1 Rd8 14.Bc4 a6 15.a3 Nc6
16.Bg5+ f6 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 b5 19.Bd5 Bb7 20.Bxc6 Bxc6 21.Rd1 a5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Nb1 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Nd2 Bb5 26.Rb3 Rd4 27.Re3 e5 28.h5 Be8 29.g4 Ba4
30.Rg3 Bc2 31.Re3 Kd6 32.Ke2 Ba4 33.Rg3 h6 34.Re3 Kc5 35.Ke1 Rd8 36.Rg3 Bc2
37.Ke2 Ra8 38.Nb3+ Bxb3 39.Rxb3 Ra2 40.Kd2 Kc4 41.Kc2 Ra1 42.Re3 Rg1 43.f3 b3+
44.Kd2 Rb1 45.Rc3+ Kb4 46.Rc7 Rxb2+ 47.Kc1 Rf2 48.Rb7+ Kc3 49.Rc7+ Kd3 50.Rxg7 Rxf3
51.Kb2 Kxe4 52.Rg6 f5 53.gxf5 Rxf5 54.Rxh6 Kf3 55.Kxb3 e4 56.Kc4 e3 57.Re6 Rxh5
58.Kd4 e2 59.Rf6+ Kg2 60.Rg6+ Kf2 61.Rf6+ Ke1 62.Kc3 Rc5+ 63.Kd4 Rc8 64.Ra6 Kd2
65.Ra2+ Rc2  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.Bd3 b6
9.b4 a5 10.a3 Ba6 11.O-O Qc8 12.h3 Qb7 13.Qc2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 h6 15.Nd2 Rfc8
16.Rfc1 Bd8 17.Rab1 axb4 18.axb4 Bc7 19.Bxc7 Qxc7 20.Qc2 bxc5 21.bxc5 e5
22.Rb4 exd4 23.exd4 Nf8 24.Rcb1 Ne6 25.Nf3 Qf4 26.Ne2 Qe4 27.Qxe4 Nxe4 28.Ng3 Nc3
29.R1b3 Nb5 30.Nf5 Rc7 31.Nd6 Nxd6 32.cxd6 Rd7 33.Rb8+ Rxb8 34.Rxb8+ Rd8
35.Rxd8+ Nxd8 36.Ne5 f6 37.Nd3 Kf7 38.Nc5 Ke8 39.f4 g6 40.Kf2 Nf7 41.d7+ Ke7
42.g4 g5 43.Ke3 Nd6 44.f5 Nc4+ 45.Kd3 Nb6 46.Kc3 Nxd7 47.Ne6 Nf8 48.Nc5 Nd7
49.Ne6 Kd6 50.Kb4 Nb6 51.Nd8 Nc4 52.Nf7+ Ke7 53.Nxh6 Kf8 54.Kc5 Kg7 55.Kxc6 Ne3
56.Kd6 Kxh6 57.Ke7 Kg7 58.Ke6 Nc2 59.Kxd5 Kf7 60.Kc5 Ke7 61.Kd5 Kd7 62.Ke4 Kd6
63.Kd3 Ne1+ 64.Ke2 Ng2 65.Kf3 Nh4+ 66.Ke4 Kc6 67.Kd3 Kd5 68.Ke3 Ng2+ 69.Kf3 Ne1+
70.Kg3 Kxd4 71.h4 gxh4+ 72.Kxh4 Nf3+ 73.Kh5 Ke5 74.Kg6 Ng5 75.Kg7 Ne4 76.Kg6 Kf4  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Nde2 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O e6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Rfd8 14.f4 a6 15.a4 Qc7 16.Kh1 Qa5
17.b3 Rac8 18.Qe1 Re8 19.Rb1 Nd7 20.Qg3 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Ne2 Bg7 23.Qf3 b5
24.Be1 Qc7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Nc3 bxc4 27.Nb5 Qb6 28.bxc4 Qa6 29.Bb4 Bf8 30.Rfc1 Rc6
31.h3 Rec8 32.Rd1 Rxc4 33.Bxd6 Nf6 34.Bxf8 Rxf8 35.Nd6 Rc2 36.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Be2 Ke7 10.Nbd2 Bd7 11.a3 Ba7 12.b3 Rd8 13.Bb2 Bc6 14.Rfc1 Nbd7 15.a4 Bd5
16.Bc4 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Bc5 18.Be2 Rac8 19.Nd4 Bd6 20.Bf3 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rb8 22.Kf1 g6
23.Be2 Ne4 24.Bd1 Nec5 25.Ke2 e5 26.Nf3 e4 27.Ne1 b5 28.axb5 Rxb5 29.Bd4 f5
30.Ra1 a5 31.f4 Nf6 32.h3 Nd5 33.g4 Ne6 34.Bb2 Bb4 35.Ng2 Nc3+ 36.Bxc3 Bxc3
37.Rc1 Rc5 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Kf1 Bf6 40.Rb1 Rb5 41.Be2 Rb4 42.Ne1 a4 43.Bc4 a3
44.Nc2 a2 45.Ra1 Rxc4 46.bxc4 Bxa1 47.Nxa1 Kd6  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nf3 e5 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.d5 a5 7.Be2 Na6 8.O-O Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Kf8 10.a3 h5 11.Rb1 Bh6 12.b4 Nf6 13.Bxh6+ Rxh6 14.Na4 axb4 15.axb4 Kg7
16.c5 Rh8 17.c6 bxc6 18.dxc6 Qe7 19.b5 Nc5 20.Nxc5 dxc5 21.Qc2 Rhd8 22.Rfc1 Rd6
23.h4 Ra3 24.Rb3 Rxb3 25.Qxb3 Rd4 26.b6 Rb4 27.bxc7 Qxc7 28.Qc3 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4
30.Qxc5 Rxh4 31.Rd1 Ra4 32.g3 Ra5 33.Qc4 Ra7 34.Rd7 Qxd7 35.cxd7 Rxd7 36.Qc5 f6
37.Qc6 Ra7 38.Qe6 Rf7 39.f4 exf4 40.gxf4 Ra7 41.f5 gxf5 42.Qxf5 Re7 43.Qxh5 Re5
44.Qh4 Rg5+ 45.Kf2 Re5 46.Kf3 Rf5+ 47.Ke4 Re5+ 48.Kf4 Rg5 49.Qh3 Re5 50.Qc8 Rg5
51.Qd7+ Kg6 52.Qe8+ Kg7 53.Qe7+ Kg6 54.Qf8 Rf5+ 55.Ke4 Re5+ 56.Kd4 Rg5 57.Qg8+ Kh6
58.Qf7 Rf5 59.Ke4 Re5+ 60.Kd4 Rf5 61.Qf8+ Kg6 62.Qg8+ Kh6 63.Qf7 Rf4+ 64.Kd5 Rf5+
65.Kd6 Rg5 66.Qg7+ Rxg7  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 Bg4 10.Rc1 Qd7 11.d3 Rad8 12.Ne4 f6 13.Qc2 Kh8 14.a3 a5 15.Rfd1 Qe6
16.Re1 Qf7 17.Nfd2 Nd7 18.Qc4 Be6 19.Qb5 f5 20.Qxb7 fxe4 21.Qxc6 Bd5 22.Qxc7 Bg5
23.Nxe4 Bxc1 24.Qxc1 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Nc5 27.Bxe5 Nxe4 28.dxe4 Rfe8
29.Rf1 Qxe2 30.Bxg7+ Kxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.O-O e6 8.Bg5 Qc7
9.d5 e5 10.a4 h6 11.Bh4 g6 12.Nd2 Bg7 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Ne3 O-O 15.a5 Nd7 16.Qd3 b5
17.axb6 Nxb6 18.g4 a5 19.Nb5 Qd7 20.c4 a4 21.b3 axb3 22.Rxa8 Nxa8 23.Ra1 Bb7
24.Qxb3 Rb8 25.Nc3 Nc7 26.Qb6 Ra8 27.Rxa8+ Nxa8 28.Qd8+ Qxd8 29.Bxd8 Bf8
30.h4 Kg7 31.Nb5 Bc8 32.f3 f6 33.h5 g5 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Ke2 Be7 36.Ba5 Ke8 37.Na7 Bd7
38.Nc6 Bc8 39.Kd3 Bf8 40.Kc3 Kd7 41.Nb8+ Ke8 42.Kb3 Be7 43.Nc6 Bf8 44.Ka4 Ba6
45.Nb8 Bb7 46.Kb5 Ke7 47.Nc6+ Ke8 48.Nd8 Bc8 49.Nf5 Be7 50.Ne6 Bd7+ 51.Ka6 Bxe6
52.Ng7+ Kd7 53.Nxe6 Kc8 54.Ka7  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B53"]

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"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 c6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O a6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Rac1 Nf8 12.h3 Ng6 13.a3 Nh5 14.Be3 Nhf4 15.Bf1 h6
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Na4 Be6 18.Kh2 Rac8 19.g3 Nh5 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Rcd8 22.Qb3 b5
23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Rd1 Qc8 25.Qe3 bxc4 26.Nd2 Rd8 27.Rc1 Qb8 28.Nxc4 Bxc4 29.Bxc4 Qxb2
30.Qc3 Qxc3 31.Rxc3 Nf6 32.Bd3 Rb8 33.Bb4 Rd8 34.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D37"]

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"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Ne5 c5 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.d5 Bc8 14.a3 Na6 15.f3 Bd6
16.f4 f6 17.Ng4 f5 18.Ne5 Nb8 19.b4 Nd7 20.bxc5 Bxc5+ 21.Kh1 Bd6 22.Bb2 Re8
23.Rb1 Qe7 24.Qb3 b6 25.Bh5 Rf8 26.Qg3 Bb7 27.a4 Rac8 28.a5 Nf6 29.Be2 Bc5
30.Qg5 Rce8 31.Bd1 e3 32.Bf3 Ne4 33.Qxe7 Rxe7 34.Bxe4 fxe4 35.g3 b5 36.cxb5 Bxd5
37.Rfc1 Bd6 38.Rd1 Bxe5 39.Rxd5 Bxb2 40.Rxb2 Rc8 41.Kg2 Rec7 42.Kf1 Rc2 43.Rxc2 Rxc2
44.Rd8+ Kf7 45.Rd7+ Ke6 46.Rxa7 Kf5 47.h3 e2+ 48.Ke1  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bb7
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O Qc7 11.Nd6+ Bxd6 12.exd6 Qc6 13.f3 c4 14.Qd4 O-O 15.Bxc4 Qxd6
16.Rf2 Qb6 17.Qh4 Rac8 18.b3 Ne3 19.Bd3 Nf5 20.Qf4 Qd4 21.Qxd4 Nxd4 22.Be3 Nc6
23.Bc5 Rfe8 24.Bd6 Ne7 25.Rd2 Nf5 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.c4 a6 28.Kf2 g5 29.h4 f6
30.Bb4 Bc6 31.Rd6 Re6 32.Rxe6 dxe6 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Be7 h6 35.Rd1 Kf7 36.Bd8 Ke8
37.Ba5 Ke7 38.Rh1 Rh8 39.Bb4+ Kf6 40.Rd1 Rc8 41.Ba5 f4 42.Bc3+ Kf7 43.Rh1 Kg6
44.Re1 Bd7 45.Re5 h5 46.Ra5 Rc6 47.Bb4 Kf6 48.Bc3+ Kg6 49.Be5 Bc8 50.c5 Kf5
51.Bd6 Bb7 52.b4 e5 53.a4 Rc8 54.Bxe5 Bd5 55.Bd6 g4 56.c6 Ke6 57.Bxf4 gxf3
58.c7 fxg2 59.Rxa6+ Kf5 60.Bh2 Kg4 61.Rf6 Kh3 62.Bd6 Rg8 63.Rg6 Re8 64.Rg3+  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.h4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Rg1 g6
16.Kb1 Bg7 17.h5 g5 18.Nf5 Be5 19.Be2 Qc7 20.Nd4 O-O 21.Rgf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Bb4+ 12.c3 Be7 13.O-O-O Ngf6 14.Kb1 O-O 15.Ne5 Qa5
16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Ne4 Qf5 18.Bc1 Rad8 19.g4 Qh7 20.Rhg1 f5 21.gxf5 Rxf5 22.Rg6 Ne5
23.Qg3 Rxh5 24.Rxe6 Qxe4+ 25.Ka1 Qh4 26.Qe3 Qg4 27.f3 Qxe6  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.b3 e5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bf5 h5
16.Qh3 e4 17.Nd4 Bxf5 18.Nxf5 Be5 19.Ba3 g6 20.Ne3 Kg7 21.Rae1 Ne6 22.Nc4 Ng5
23.Qe3 Bxh2+ 24.Kh1 Bf4 25.Qc3+ f6 26.Bb2 Qc6 27.Rd1 Rhd8 28.Qa5 b6 29.Rxd8 bxa5  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bb5 Qc7
16.Qc2 Rab8 17.dxc5 Bxc3 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Qxc3 Qxc5 20.Qxc5 Nxc5 21.Nd4 Rfc8
22.Rfc1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Ne6 24.Nf5 Rc2 25.a3 Ra2 26.Ne7+ Kh7 27.Nxd5 Rxa3 28.h4 Ra5
29.e4 f5 30.exf5 Nd4 31.Ne3 Nxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.b3 e6 6.dxe6 fxe6 7.cxb5 Be7 8.e3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Bf6 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Nbd2 a6 12.a4 axb5 13.Bxb5 Na6 14.Nxe4 Bxb2 15.Neg5 Rxf3
16.Qxh7+ Kf8 17.h4 Rf5 18.Rd1 Bd5 19.e4 Bc3+ 20.Ke2 Nc7 21.exf5 Nxb5 22.Rxd5 exd5
23.axb5 Ra2+ 24.Kf3 Qf6 25.Rd1 Bd4 26.Re1 Be5 27.b6 Rb2 28.b7 Rxb3+ 29.Kg4 Rxb7
30.f4 Rb4 31.g3  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 c6 6.Bf4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.e4 Nf6 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 Nd7
16.Nd6 Rc7 17.Kg2 c5 18.Qa4 a6 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Qd4 Nb7 21.Nf5 exf5 22.Qxd5 Rd8
23.Qb3 b5 24.Rhd1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 g6 26.Qd5 Kg7 27.h4 Nc5 28.Rc1 Ne6 29.Rxc7 Qxc7
30.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.e3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bf5 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 e6 12.Qb3 f6 13.Bg3 b5 14.a4 bxa4 15.Qxa4+ Qd7
16.Ra1 Qxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A29"]

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"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C10"]

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"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Nh5 14.c5 Nf4 15.Bxa6 bxa6
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Nd5 Rb8 18.Re1 c6 19.Nxf4 Rxb2 20.e5 Rb7 21.Rb1 Rxb1 22.Qxb1 Qe7
23.e6 g5 24.exf7+ Qxf7 25.Ng6 Re8 26.Nge5 Qd5 27.Rd1 Qxc5 28.Qg6 Qe7 29.Ng4 Bxg4
30.hxg4 Qf7 31.Qxc6 Re6 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Qc2+ Qg6 34.Qc4 Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Qe4 36.Qxe4+ Rxe4
37.Kh3 Ra4 38.Rd7 Rxa2 39.Nd4 Kg6 40.Nf5 Bf6 41.f3 h5 42.g3 Ra4 43.Rxa7 hxg4+
44.fxg4 Ra1 45.Nd6 Bd4 46.Rb7 Ra2 47.Nf5 Bg1 48.Nh4+ gxh4 49.gxh4 Ra3+ 50.Kg2 Bd4
51.Rd7 Be5 52.Rd5 Kf6 53.h5 Ke6 54.Rc5 Rg3+ 55.Kf1 Bd6 56.Ra5 Ra3 57.Rg5 a5
58.h6 Be5 59.Rg6+ Kd5 60.g5 Rh3 61.Ra6 Bc3 62.Kg2 Rh4 63.Kg3 Be1+ 64.Kf3 Kc5
65.g6 Rxh6 66.g7 Rh3+ 67.Ke2 Rg3 68.Kxe1 Kb5 69.Ra7 Rg2 70.Kd1 Kb4 71.Kc1 a4
72.Kb1 Ka3 73.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.e4 Bg7 9.a4 Qxb6
10.Nd2 O-O 11.Be2 Rb8 12.O-O Qa7 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Na5 Bd7 15.Qc2 Qc7 16.Bd2 e6
17.dxe6 Bxe6 18.b3 d5 19.exd5 Nfxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rac1 Bd4 22.Nc4 Nf4 23.Bxf4 Qxf4
24.Bd3 Kg7 25.Rce1 Qf6 26.Be4 h5 27.Kh1 Rb4 28.f4 Bxc4 29.bxc4 Re8 30.f5 g5
31.Bd5 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Rb2 33.Qe4 Rf2 34.Qd3 Rxf5 35.Qd1 g4 36.g3 Rf2 37.Be4 Bc3
38.Rg1 Bd4 39.Re1 Qg5 40.Rf1 Qd2 41.Qxd2 Rxf1+  0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Be7
9.Rd1 O-O 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bf6 14.h3 Nb4 15.e4 Nxd5
16.exd5 Qd6 17.a5 Bd7 18.Be3 b5 19.axb6 Qxb6 20.Rd2 Bb5 21.Qd1 Qd6 22.Qc2 Rac8
23.Rc1 c4 24.Bd4 Rcd8 25.Rcd1 Rfe8 26.Qc3 Ba4 27.Ra1 Bb5 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Qxf6 gxf6
30.g4 Kf8 31.Nh4 Re5 32.d6 h5 33.Nf5 hxg4 34.hxg4 Bd7 35.Rxa6 Bxf5 36.gxf5 Rxf5
37.Rc6 Rf4 38.Kg2 Re4 39.Kf3 Re6 40.Rxc4 Rexd6 41.Rxd6 Rxd6 42.Ke3 Rd1 43.b4 f5
44.Rd4 Rb1 45.Kd3 Kg7 46.Kc4 Kg6 47.f4 Kh5 48.b5 Kg4 49.Kc5  1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 c6 6.Be2 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.O-O Nxc3
9.bxc3 b6 10.a4 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bb5 Qc8 13.Ba3 Qb7 14.e6 Nc6 15.exf7+ Rxf7
16.Qe2 Bxb5 17.axb5 Na5 18.Ng5 Rf6 19.Qxe7 Qxe7 20.Bxe7 Rf5 21.Nf3 Nc4 22.Ra2 Rf7
23.Bb4 Rc7 24.h4 Bf8 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Ng5 Re8 27.Rfa1 Ree7 28.Nh3 Red7 29.Nf4 Kf7
30.Re2 Rd6 31.Rae1 Na3 32.Ne6 Rxe6 33.Rxe6 Nxb5 34.g4 Nxc3 35.g5 Ne4 36.Re5 Rd7
37.Kg2 b5 38.R1xe4 dxe4 39.Rxb5 Ke6 40.Kg3 Rxd4 41.Ra5 Rd7 42.Kf4 Kd6 43.Kxe4 Kc6
44.f4 Re7+ 45.Kf3 Kb6 46.Ra1 a5 47.f5 gxf5 48.h5 Re4 49.Rg1 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d4 Bxe4 8.Re1 Nf6
9.Bg5 Bd5 10.Nbd2 e6 11.c4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 cxd4 13.Qxb7 Be7 14.Qc6+ Nd7 15.Bxe7 Kxe7
16.Nf3 Qb6 17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.b3 Rhc8 19.Nxd4 d5 20.cxd5 Nxd5 21.Nf5+ Kf6 22.Ne3 Nxe3
23.Rxe3 Rc2 24.b4 Rd8 25.g3 g5 26.h3 Rdd2 27.Rf3+ Kg6 28.a3 h5 29.Re1 Rd4
30.Rfe3 Ra2 31.R1e2 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 Raa1 33.g4 Rh1 34.f3 h4 35.Rb3 Rag1+ 36.Kf2 Rg3
37.a4 Rh2+ 38.Kf1 Rhxh3 39.Rf2 Rh1+ 40.Ke2 h3 41.b5 axb5 42.axb5 h2 43.b6 Re1+
44.Kxe1 h1=Q+ 45.Rf1 Rg1 46.Rxg1 Qxg1+ 47.Kd2 Qh2+ 48.Kc1 Qf4+ 49.Kc2 Qb8
50.b7 Kf6 51.Kd3 Ke5 52.Ke3 Kd5 53.Rb1 Kc6 54.Rc1+ Kd7 55.Rb1 Kc7 56.Rc1+ Kd6
57.Rd1+ Ke7 58.Rb1 f5 59.gxf5 exf5 60.Ke2 Kd6 61.Rd1+ Ke5 62.Rb1 Kf4 63.Rb3 Kg3
64.Kf1 f4 65.Ke2 g4 66.fxg4+ Kxg4 67.Rb6 Qe5+ 68.Kf1 Qb8 69.Rb3 f3 70.Rb6 Kg3
71.Rg6+ Kf4 72.Rb6 Ke4 73.Rb4+ Ke3 74.Rb3+ Ke4 75.Rb4+ Kd5 76.Rb3 Kc4 77.Rxf3 Qxb7
78.Kf2 Kd4 79.Re3 Qf7+ 80.Rf3 Qa2+ 81.Kg3 Ke4 82.Rf4+ Ke5 83.Rf3 Qe2 84.Rf2 Qh5
85.Rf3 Qg5+ 86.Kh2 Ke4 87.Rg3 Qh4+ 88.Kg2 Qh5 89.Rg8 Ke3 90.Rg3+ Kf4 91.Rg7 Qd5+
92.Kh2 Kf3 93.Rg2 Qh5+ 94.Kg1 Qh4  0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Ne4 h6 12.Re1 Be6 13.Nd4 Bd5 14.Nf5 Nxe5 15.Bf4 Nd7
16.Nc3 g6 17.Nd4 Bb4 18.Nxd5 Bxe1 19.Bxc7+ Kc8 20.Rxe1 cxd5 21.Bd6 a5 22.Re7 Ra6
23.Nb5 a4 24.Ba3 f6 25.Nc3 Ne5 26.Nxd5 Rd8 27.Ne3 Rc6 28.b3 axb3 29.axb3 Rd7
30.Re8+ Rd8 31.Re7 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.c3 Nf6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Re1 e6
9.d3 Be7 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Nf1 O-O 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ng3 d5 14.c4 Bd6 15.Qe2 a5 16.Kg2 a4
17.Bg5 f6 18.exd5 Bxg3 19.fxg3 cxd5 20.Bd2 e5 21.Nh4 Bf7 22.Nf5 Rb8 23.Rab1 Kh8
24.Kh2 Bg8 25.b3 axb3 26.axb3 Re8 27.Qg2 Nf8 28.b4 dxc4 29.dxc4 Bxc4 30.bxc5 Rxb1
31.Rxb1 Qd3 32.Rb6 Rd8 33.Rd6 Rxd6 34.cxd6 Bd5 35.Qf2 Qe4 36.Qf1 Bc4 37.Qg2 Qxg2+
38.Kxg2 Kg8 39.Kf2 Kf7 40.d7 Nxd7 41.Nd6+ Kg6 42.Nxc4 h5 43.gxh5+ Kxh5 44.Nd6 Kg6
45.g4 Nb6 46.Kf3 Nd5 47.Ke4 Nc7 48.Nf5 Kf7 49.h4 g6 50.Nh6+ Ke6 51.h5 gxh5
52.gxh5  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.c4 f5 15.O-O O-O
16.Qf3 bxc4 17.Nxc4 d5 18.exd5 e4 19.Qe3 Bb7 20.d6 Qf6 21.Bc2 f4 22.Qh3 Rac8
23.b3 Qg5 24.Rad1 f5 25.d7 Rcd8 26.Nd6 Ba8 27.f3 Rxd7 28.fxe4 f3 29.Qg3 Qe3+
30.Qf2 Qxf2+ 31.Kxf2 fxg2 32.Kxg2 Rfd8 33.Nc4 Bxe4+ 34.Bxe4 Rxd1 35.Rxf5 Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Bd3 Qb8 19.Qe2 Nb4 20.Bb1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.Nf1 Bd7 24.Qd2 exd4 25.Nxd4 Nc6 26.Ng3 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Ne8 28.a3 Bf6 29.Nf5 Bxd4
30.Nxd4 Qb6 31.Qe3 Qc5 32.Bd3 Nc7 33.Kf1 Ne6 34.Nxe6 fxe6 35.e5 h6 36.Ke2 b4
37.Qxc5 dxc5 38.Ba6 Bc6 39.f3 Kf7 40.Kd3 Bd5 41.Bb5 Kg6 42.Ke3 Bb3 43.Be8+ Kg5
44.g3 h5 45.f4+ Kh6 46.Kd2 h4 47.gxh4 g6 48.Kc1 Kh5 49.Bf7 Kxh4 50.Bxg6 Kg3
51.f5 exf5 52.Bxf5 bxa3 53.bxa3 Kf4 54.Bc2 Be6 55.h4 Kg4 56.Bxa4 Kxh4 57.Kc2 Kg5
58.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 a6 8.Nd6+ Bxd6
9.Qxd6 Qb4 10.Qxb4 Nxb4 11.Rb1 d5 12.Bg2 dxc4 13.b3 cxb3 14.Rxb3 Nc2+ 15.Kf1 Nd4
16.Rb4 Nc6 17.Rb1 O-O 18.Be3 e5 19.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lutz,C"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be7 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 h6 13.Nge4 b6 14.Rfd1 Ke7 15.Kh2 g5
16.Ne2 Be6 17.g4 Nh4 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Ng3 Rhe8 20.Rd3 Kf8 21.Re1 Rad8 22.Red1 c5
23.Ne6+ Rxe6 24.Rxd7 Rxd7 25.Rxd7 Rxe5 26.Rxc7 Re1 27.Rxa7 Rc1 28.Ra8+ Ke7
29.Ra7+ Ke6 30.Ra6 Rxc2 31.Rxb6+ Ke5 32.Kg1 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Nh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1 Playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qc2 g6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Qe7 12.c5 O-O 13.a3 Ba5 14.Ne5 Rd8 15.f4 Nf6
16.Rd1 Nd5 17.g3 Bc7 18.Bg2 Bd7 19.Rhe1 b6 20.Kf2 Rab8 21.b4 Be8 22.Nc4 b5
23.Ne5 a5 24.Nc3 Bxe5 25.fxe5 axb4 26.Nxd5 exd5 27.axb4 Bd7 28.Ra1 Ra8 29.Kg1 Qg5
30.Qc3 h5 31.h4 Qg4 32.Qe3 Ra4 33.Rxa4 bxa4 34.Bf1 Rb8 35.Be2 Qh3 36.Bf1 Qg4
37.Be2 Qh3 38.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1 Playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 g6
9.Be3 Bg7 10.h3 O-O 11.O-O-O Re8 12.Rhe1 a6 13.g4 h6 14.Nd2 Nc6 15.Bf3 Bd7
16.Nde4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Rac8 18.Nd5 Nb8 19.f4 Bc6 20.h4 Nd7 21.g5 hxg5 22.hxg5 Nc5
23.Bf3 Ne6 24.c3 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 c6 26.Bf3 Re7 27.Re2 Rce8 28.Rde1 d5 29.Bc5 Nxc5
30.Rxe7 Rxe7 31.Rxe7 Bf8 32.Re8 Nxd3+ 33.Kc2 Nxf4 34.Bg4 Ne6 35.Bxe6 fxe6
36.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A67"]

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 sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne5 Qa5 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Rad8 17.c4 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bd6 19.f3 Rd7 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 21.Qe5 Qd8 22.Rd3 b5
23.b3 bxc4 24.bxc4 Qe7 25.Kc2 Rfd8 26.Qc5 R8d7 27.Rhd1 Qh4 28.g4 f6 29.Qb4 f5
30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Qe8 Qf6 32.c5 Rd5 33.Re1 Re7 34.Qxc6 fxg4 35.fxg4 Qf2+ 36.Kd1 Rxd4
37.Rxd4 Qxd4+ 38.Kc2 Qc4+ 39.Kd2 Qxa2+ 40.Ke3 Qb3+ 41.Ke2 Qc2+ 42.Ke3 Qc3+
43.Ke2 Qe5+ 44.Kd2 Qd4+ 45.Kc2 Qc4+ 46.Kd2 Qb4+ 47.Ke2 Qb2+ 48.Ke3 Qc3+ 49.Ke2 Qe5+
50.Kd2 Qd4+ 51.Kc2 Qc4+ 52.Kd2 Qb4+ 53.Ke2 Rf7 54.Qxe6 Rf6 55.Qd5 Qxg4+ 56.Kd3 Rf5
57.Re5 Qg3+ 58.Kd4 Qf2+  0-1

[Event "Sparkassen sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 c6 13.Kh1 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Ne8
16.Qb3 Nc7 17.c5 d5 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Bb2 Qe8 20.Rad1 Rd8 21.a4 a6 22.b5 Kh7
23.Ba3 Nxe6 24.bxa6 Nd4 25.Qxb7 Rb8 26.Qc7 Nc2 27.Nb5 Qd8 28.Qxd8 Rfxd8 29.c6 Nxc6
30.Rc1 Nxe1 31.Rxc6 d4 32.a7 Rb7 33.Bc5 d3 34.Bd1 e4 35.Bb6 Rxb6 36.Rxb6 e3
37.Re6 Nc2 38.g3 e2 39.Bxe2 dxe2 40.Rxe2 Nd4 41.Nxd4 Bxd4 42.Rd2 Ra8 43.Rxd4 Rxa7
44.Kg2 g5 45.Kf2 Kg6 46.Ke2 Re7+ 47.Kd2 Re5 48.Rd3 f4 49.g4 Kf7 50.Ra3 Ra5
51.Kc3 Ke6 52.Kb4 Ra8 53.Kc5 Kd7 54.a5 Kc7 55.a6 Re8 56.Ra2 Kb8 57.Rb2+ Ka8
58.Rb6 h5 59.gxh5 Re3 60.h6 Rxf3 61.h4  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 sf Playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nd2 c6 13.Bb2 Rf7 14.e3 Nf5 15.Qc2 Bf8 16.Rfd1 Nd5
17.Nc4 b5 18.Na5 Ndxe3 19.fxe3 Nxe3 20.Qf2 Nxg2 21.Qxg2 Rc8 22.d4 Qb6 23.Ne2 Rd7
24.Rbc1 c5 25.dxc5 Bxc5+ 26.bxc5 Rxc5 27.Nd4 exd4 28.Rxc5 Qxc5 29.Qc6 Qe5
30.Qc1 Qe4 31.Re1 Qd5 32.Qc6 d3 33.Qxd5 Bxd5 34.Rd1 Be6 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Ke3 Bf5
37.Kd2 Re7 38.Re1 Rxe1 39.Kxe1 Ke6 40.Nc6 Kd5 41.Ne7+ Ke4 42.Nxf5 Kxf5 43.Kf2 Kg4
44.Bd4 a6 45.Bb6 Kh3 46.Ke3 Kxh2 47.Bc7 Kg2 48.Kxd3 h5 49.Ke4 g6 50.Kf4 g5+
51.Kf5 h4 52.gxh4 gxh4 53.Kxf6 h3 54.Ke6 a5 55.Kd5 b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen sf Playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "Sparkassen Final"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Ne4 Bb7
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O Qc7 11.Nd6+ Bxd6 12.exd6 Qc6 13.f3 c4 14.Qd4 O-O 15.Bxc4 Rfc8
16.b3 Qxd6 17.Rf2 Qb6 18.Bb2 Qxd4 19.Bxd4 Nb4 20.c3 d5 21.Bf1 Nc6 22.Be3 Ne7
23.Rc1 a5 24.Rfc2 e5 25.c4 f6 26.cxd5 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Nxd5 28.Bd2 a4 29.bxa4 Rxa4
30.Bb5 Ra8 31.a4 Kf8 32.a5 Ba6 33.Ba4 Rb8 34.Kf2 Rb1 35.Rc1 Rb2 36.Rc2 Rb1
37.Kg3 Ne7 38.Bd7 Kf7 39.Rc7 Rb2 40.Bc3 Ra2 41.Bh3 Ra4 42.Ra7 Bb5 43.Bf5 h5
44.h4 Kf8 45.Ra8+ Kf7 46.Bc2 Rf4 47.a6 Bc6 48.Rd8 Nf5+ 49.Bxf5 Rxf5 50.Rc8 Bd5
51.a7 Rf4 52.a8=Q Bxa8 53.Rxa8 Rc4 54.Bd2 Kg6 55.Ra7 Rd4 56.Be3 Rc4 57.Rb7 Rc3
58.Bd2 Rc2 59.Ba5 Ra2 60.Bd8 Ra8 61.Bb6 Rc8 62.Rc7 Rb8 63.Bc5 Re8 64.Kf2 Rh8
65.Ke3 Ra8 66.Kd3 Ra4 67.g3 Ra8 68.Ke4 Rh8 69.Kd5 Rd8+ 70.Ke6 Ra8 71.Bd6 Re8+
72.Be7 Ra8 73.Rb7 Ra6+ 74.Bd6 Ra8 75.f4 exf4 76.gxf4 Ra6 77.Rd7 Ra8 78.f5+ Kh7
79.Kf7 Ra4 80.Bf8 Rg4 81.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Final"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Bc2 O-O 17.Rae1 Qc8 18.Kh1 Rb8 19.g4 b4 20.cxb4 Nxd5 21.gxf5 Kh8 22.Rg1 Bxb2
23.Qh6 Qc3 24.Rxe4 Qf6 25.Qh3 Rg8 26.Rf1 Bxa3 27.Qxa3 Rbc8 28.Bd1 Nc3 29.Re3 d5
30.Rg3 d4 31.Bf3 d3 32.Qb2 Qd4 33.Rd1 Rxg3 34.hxg3 Rc4 35.Rf1 d2 36.f6 Qxf6
37.Kg2 Qd4 38.Qc2 Rc7 39.Qf5 f6 40.Rh1 d1=Q 41.Bxd1 Nxd1 42.Rh4 Qd8 43.Rh6 Rf7
44.Qe6 Rf8 45.Qe4 Qd7 46.Qf3 Kg7 47.Rh5 Nb2 48.Rd5 Qe6 49.Rd4 Rc8 50.Re4 Qc6
51.Kh2 Kf8 52.Qf4 Kf7 53.Qf5 Rg8 54.Qxh7+ Rg7 55.Qh5+ Kf8 56.Qf5 Nc4 57.Re2 Rg5
58.Qh7 Ne5 59.Qh6+ Kg8 60.Qxg5+ fxg5 61.Rxe5 Qf6 62.Re2 Qf3 63.Rd2 Kf7 64.a4 Qb3
65.Rd6 Qxa4 66.Rb6 Qa2  0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Final"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "Sparkassen Final"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne8 7.e4 b6 8.Bd3 Ba6
9.Nh3 Nc6 10.e5 Na5 11.Qe2 f6 12.O-O c5 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Rac1 d5 15.Nf4 Nc7
16.exf6 Qxf6 17.cxd5 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Bf2 Nc4
22.Rfe1 Rfe8 23.Bg3 Qg6 24.Qb3 h6 25.Qb5 Qf7 26.a4 Kh7 27.h3 Ra8 28.Be5 a6
29.Qb3 Qg6 30.f4 Rf8 31.Rc3 Ra7 32.Rg3 Qf5 33.Kh2 Raf7 34.Rg4 Rd7 35.Rc1 Rff7
36.Rc3 Rb7 37.Qd1 Qe4 38.Rgg3 Qf5 39.Rb3 b5 40.axb5 Rxb5 41.Rxb5 axb5 42.Rb3 Rb7
43.Qe1 Qe4 44.Qxe4+ dxe4 45.d5 g5 46.g4 e3 47.Kg3 e2 48.Kf2 Re7 49.Ke1 Nxe5
50.d6 Re6 51.fxe5 Rxe5 52.Rb2 Re8 53.Rxb5 Kg7 54.Rb6 Re3 55.d7 Rd3 56.Rb7 Kf8
57.Kxe2 Rd6 58.Ke3 Ke7 59.Ke4 Re6+ 60.Kf3 Rd6 61.Ke4 Re6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.O-O f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Qe2 Bg6 20.Bd3 Be8 21.Ra3 Ne7 22.Be4 Nxd5
23.Bxd5 Qb6 24.b4 axb4 25.Nxb4 Qc5 26.Qa2 Bb5 27.c4 Bxc4 28.Bxc4 Rxb4 29.Ra8 Rbb8
30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Bd5 g6 32.g3 Kg7 33.Kg2 Qd4 34.Bc6 Qc5 35.Bf3 Re8 36.Rb1 e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nf6
9.h3 Nb4 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Nc3 c6 13.Re1 Nbd5 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Bd3 Be6
16.Qc2 h6 17.Rxe6 fxe6 18.Qe2 Qd7 19.Bd2 Bd6 20.Ne4 Nbd5 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Re1 Rad8
23.a3 Rfe8 24.Bb1 c5 25.Ne5 cxd4 26.Qd3 Ne3 27.Nf3 Ned5 28.Bxh6 Nf4 29.Bxf4 Qxf4
30.Ba2 Rd6 31.h4 Qh6 32.Bc4 Qh7 33.Qb3 d3 34.Rd1 d2 35.Qb4 Red8 36.Ng5 Qc2
37.Bb3 Qc6 38.g3 Qb6 39.Nxe6 Qxb4 40.axb4 Rc8 41.Kf1 Kh8 42.Ng5 Rd4 43.Nf7+ Kh7
44.Ng5+ Kh6 45.Nf7+ Kg6 46.Ne5+ Kh7 47.Nf3 Rxb4 48.Nxd2 Rd8 49.Bc2+ Kh8 50.b3 Rbd4
51.Ke1 b5 52.Nb1 Re8+ 53.Kf1 Rxd1+ 54.Bxd1 Ne4 55.Bc2 a5 56.Na3 Nd2+ 57.Kg2 Rb8
58.g4 b4 59.Nb1 Nxb1 60.Bxb1 Rc8 61.Bf5 Rc3  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E06"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 b6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.c4 Qd6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.O-O Qc7 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nd4 O-O
16.f3 Rfd8 17.Be1 Qe7 18.Bh4 Bc6 19.Nb5 h6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.e4 Bxb5 22.cxb5 e5
23.Rd1 Ne6 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Qc1 Qd6 26.Bf2 Nd7 27.Bc4 Nd4 28.h3 Nc5 29.Kh2 g5
30.Qa3 Qd7 31.Bg3 Qe7 32.Qb4 h5 33.Kh1 Qf6 34.Qa3 Kg7 35.Qxa7 h4 36.Bxe5 Qxe5
37.Qxf7+ Kh6 38.Qf8+ Qg7 39.Qd6+ Kh7 40.Qxb6 Nxf3 41.gxf3 Qa1+ 42.Kg2 Qb2+
43.Kf1 Qc1+ 44.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Na5 10.Qd2 Nxc4 11.dxc4 Bg4 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Qf2 Qb6 14.b3 Bh5 15.Rae1 Qc6
16.h3 Rad8 17.Nh4 Bg6 18.Nxg6 fxg6 19.Qf3 h6 20.Nd5 Kh7 21.Bd2 Qd7 22.Nf4 g5
23.Ne2 Rf8 24.Qd3 g6 25.Nc3 Qe6 26.Nd5 Nd7 27.Nc7 Qg8 28.Bc3 Bf6 29.Bxf6 Rxf6
30.Qd5 b6 31.Qb7 Qg7 32.Qxa7 Rdf8 33.Nb5 R8f7 34.Qc7 g4 35.hxg4 Ne5 36.Qxb6 Nxg4
37.e5 Rxf1+  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B53"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.a3 Bxc3+ 14.Qxc3 Qa6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6
16.Qxc6 bxc6 17.Kd2 Bd7 18.Rc3 Rfb8 19.b3 f6 20.Rd1 Rb7 21.Kc2 a6 22.Bc5 Re8
23.e3 Bg4 24.Rd4 Re4 25.Rd2 Kf7 26.Bd4 Re6 27.a4 Rb8 28.Rc5 Ke7 29.Ra5 Ra8
30.Kb2 Kd7 31.Ka3 Ree8 32.Rc5 Rab8 33.Rdc2 Rec8 34.Rc1 h5 35.Ra5 Ra8 36.Rc2 Re8
37.h4 Bf3 38.Rac5 Rec8 39.Rd2 Kd6 40.Kb4 Rcb8+ 41.Kc3 Rc8 42.b4 Kd7 43.Ra5 Re8
44.Kb2 Kc7 45.Rc5 Kd7 46.Bc3 Kd6 47.Ra5 Kc7 48.Kc1 Re4 49.Bd4 Ree8 50.Rc5 Kd7
51.Rdc2 Rec8 52.Kd2 Rab8 53.Bc3 Re8 54.Ke1 Ra8 55.Ra5 Kd6 56.Rd2 Kc7 57.Rd3 Re4
58.Bd4 Ree8 59.Kd2 Bg4 60.Rc5 Kd7 61.Rdc3 Rec8 62.Ra5 Bf3 63.Bb6 Rcb8 64.Bc5 Re8
65.Rd3 Kc7 66.Bd4 Kd7 67.Bc3 Kc7 68.Bb2 Re4 69.Bd4 Ree8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nd7 8.Nbd2 f6
9.Bh4 e5 10.Nc4 Be7 11.Ne3 Be6 12.c3 Rb8 13.b3 d5 14.Nd2 g6 15.Bg3 d4 16.Nc2 g5
17.f3 Nf8 18.Be1 Ng6 19.Nc4 Qd7 20.Nb2 O-O 21.Na3 f5 22.Nac4 g4 23.cxd4 cxd4
24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Bg3 Rbf8 26.Qe2 gxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxf3 28.gxf3 Bd5 29.Nd2 Qf5
30.Nbc4 Bb4 31.Rf1 h5 32.h4 Kh7 33.Ne4 Be7 34.Qh2 Nf4 35.Bxf4 exf4 36.Rf2 a5
37.Kf1 a4 38.bxa4 Bxc4 39.dxc4 Qa5 40.Rb2 Qxa4 41.Qe2 Qa3 42.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.g3 h6 12.b3 Be6 13.Bb2 Rd8 14.h3 g5 15.g4 Ng7 16.Ne4 Bd5
17.Nf6+ Bxf6 18.exf6 Ne6 19.Ne5 Nf4 20.Re1 Be6 21.Bc1 Nd5 22.Nd3 b6 23.c4 Nxf6
24.Nb4 c5 25.Bb2 cxb4 26.Bxf6 Rf8 27.Bxd8 Kxd8 28.c5 Kd7 29.Rac1 Kc6 30.Re5 b5
31.Rd1 a5 32.Rd4 Ra8 33.f4 gxf4 34.Rxf4 a4 35.Rxb4 axb3 36.axb3 Ra3 37.h4 Bxb3
38.h5 Bc4 39.Kf2 Ra1 40.Rb2 f6 41.Re7 f5 42.Rh7 fxg4 43.Rxh6+ Kxc5 44.Rg6 Rh1
45.Rg5+ Kb6 46.Kg3 c6 47.Rxg4 Bd3 48.Rh2 Rxh2 49.Kxh2 c5 50.Rg6+ Ka5 51.Rc6 c4
52.h6 Kb4 53.Kg3 Kc3 54.Kf4 b4 55.Rc7 b3 56.h7 Bxh7 57.Rxh7 Kc2 58.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bd2 Rfb8 13.Qc2 Ne8 14.Rfe1 Nc7 15.a4 Qb6
16.b3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Nxd5 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxd5 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Bxe5 dxe5
22.Rec1 f6 23.Qe4 Kg7 24.Rc3 Rab8 25.Qc2 Qe6 26.a5 Kf7 27.Ra1 Rxb3 28.Rxb3 Qxb3
29.Qxc5 Qb2 30.Qc4+ Kg7 31.Qa2 Qxa2 32.Rxa2 Ra8 33.a6 Ra7 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.Kf3 Ke6
36.g4 Kd6 37.h4 h6 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 f5 40.e4 e6 41.Ra5 Kc7 42.Ke3 Kb8 43.Rxe5 Rxa6
44.Rc5 Kb7 45.Kf4 Kb6 46.Rc8 fxe4 47.Kxe4 Kb7 48.Rg8 Kc6 49.Rxg6 Kd6 50.f4 Ra4+
51.Kf3 Ke7 52.Rg7+ Kf8 53.Rb7 Rc4 54.g6 Rc1 55.Kg4 Rc5 56.Rf7+ Ke8 57.f5  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 h5
9.Nf4 d4 10.Nxg6 fxg6 11.Qd3 Kf7 12.O-O-O dxc3 13.Qxc3 Qc7 14.Bc4 Qxe5 15.Bd4 Qf4+
16.Kb1 Re8 17.g5 Qxg5 18.Rhg1 Qh4 19.Rge1 Nf6 20.Qb3 Nd8 21.Be5 Kg8 22.Bg3 Qg5
23.Re5 Qh6 24.h4 Kh7 25.Rg5 e5 26.Bd3 Ne6 27.Rxg6 Qxg6 28.Bxg6+ Kxg6 29.Bxe5 Nxc5
30.Qg3+ Kf7 31.b4 Nce4 32.Qb3+ Kg6 33.Bxf6 Nxf6 34.Rg1+ Kh7 35.Qd3+ Kg8 36.Qc4+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Be6 14.a4 O-O 15.axb5 axb5
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Nce3 Nd4 18.Nc7 Qa2 19.Nxe6 Nxe6 20.Bd3 Qxb2 21.O-O Nc5 22.Bf5 e4
23.Nd5 Re8 24.Qg4 Kf8 25.Bxh7 Re5 26.Qc8+ Re8 27.Qc6 Be5 28.g3 Qd2 29.Bf5 Rd8
30.Bg4 Bxc3 31.Rd1 Qg5 32.Qb6 Bf6 33.Be2 Kg7 34.h4 Qe5 35.Bxb5 Ne6 36.Bc4 Qb2
37.Qxb2 Bxb2 38.Ne3 Be5 39.Bd5 Nc5 40.Rb1 Kg6 41.g4 Bf4 42.Kg2 Rh8 43.Nf5 Kf6
44.Rb6 Rg8 45.f3 e3 46.Bc4 Rd8 47.Kf1 Ne6 48.Bxe6 fxe6 49.Rb4 d5 50.Ke2 exf5
51.Rxf4 d4 52.Rxf5+ Kg7 53.Re5 d3+ 54.Kd1 e2+ 55.Kd2 Kf6 56.Re4 Rd6 57.f4 Kg6
58.h5+ Kh6 59.Re7 Rd4 60.Re6+ Kh7 61.g5 Rxf4 62.Kxd3 Rf5 63.Rh6+ Kg7 64.Rg6+ Kh7
65.Kxe2 Ra5 66.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bjornsson,Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Nh5 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.b4 Re8 14.Rac1 Qb6 15.Ne4 Nhf6
16.Nfd2 a5 17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 Ra8 19.Bf3 Ra4 20.Nc4 Rxb4 21.Na5 Qa7 22.Nxc6 Bxc6
23.Qxc6 Rb8 24.Bf4 Rf8 25.Nxf6+ Nxf6 26.h3 Qa4 27.Ra1 Qb3 28.Qb7 Qe6 29.Ra7 Nh5
30.Bxh5 gxh5 31.Qxe7 Qb3 32.Rf1 Rc4 33.Bg3 Bf6 34.Be5 Bxe5 35.Qxe5 Rc6 36.Qxh5 b4
37.Rb7 Qc3 38.Qb5 Rc4 39.Qg5+ Kh8 40.Qf6+ Kg8 41.Rb5  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olafsson,H"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Na3 a6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Nb5 Qc8 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.O-O-O Nxe3 13.fxe3 Nc6 14.Nxd7 axb5 15.Qb3 Qc7
16.Bxb5 e6 17.Rd3 Bd6 18.Rhd1 Bxh2 19.a4 h5 20.Kb1 h4 21.Qc4 O-O-O 22.Qc5 g6
23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Nb6+ Kc7 25.Qe7+ Kxb6 26.Rxd8 Qe4+ 27.R1d3 Be5 28.Kc1 h3
29.a5+ Kb5 30.Qd7+ Kxa5 31.Rxh8 hxg2 32.Ra8+ Kb6 33.Qd8+ Bc7 34.Rd6+ Kb5
35.Qd7+ Qc6 36.Rxc6 g1=Q+ 37.Kc2 Qg2+ 38.Kb3 Qxc6 39.c4+ Kb6 40.Qxf7 Qd6
41.Qxg6 Qe5 42.Qd3 Kc6 43.Re8 Bd6 44.Qd4 Qf5 45.Rd8 Bc5 46.Qd7+ Kb6 47.Qb5+  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 h6 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Bh4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bb7 8.Nd2 d6
9.f3 Nc6 10.e4 Qe7 11.c5 bxc5 12.Rb1 g5 13.Bf2 Ba6 14.Be2 Bc8 15.Bb5 Bd7
16.Qa4 Nd8 17.dxc5 O-O 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.O-O Bxb5 20.Rxb5 Nc6 21.Rfb1 Rfc8
22.Rb7 Qd8 23.Qa3 Rc7 24.h4 Ne8 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.c4 Rb8 28.Rb5 f6
29.Qb3 a6 30.Rxb8 Nxb8 31.Bb6 Qc8 32.c5 Nc6 33.cxd6 Nxd6 34.Bc5 Ne8 35.Nf1 Kf7
36.Bd4 Nb8 37.Qb4 Nd7 38.a4 g4 39.Ne3 gxf3 40.gxf3 Nd6 41.Ng4 Nb7 42.Kf2 Kg7
43.Kf1 Kf7 44.Kf2 Nbc5 45.Ke3 Qc6 46.Kd2 Nxa4 47.Qb3 Kg7 48.Bf2 e5 49.Be3 Nac5
50.Bh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 g6 11.Nd2 Bg7 12.Qd1 b5 13.Nf3 O-O 14.d4 b4 15.Bg5 bxc3
16.bxc3 Re8 17.Qa4 Qc7 18.Rac1 e6 19.d5 exd5 20.exd5 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Nce5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5
23.Qc6 Qxc6 24.dxc6 Nf8 25.Bc4 h6 26.Bxh6 Rc8 27.f4 Bf6 28.Bd5 Bxc3 29.Re2 Ne6
30.Rxe6 fxe6 31.Bxe6+ Kh7 32.Bxc8 Kxh6 33.Bxa6 d5 34.h4 c4 35.g4 Kg7 36.Kf2 Kf6
37.Kf3 Ba5 38.Bb5 Ke7 39.g5 Kd6 40.Ba4 d4 41.Ke4 Be1 42.h5  1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavic ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.c5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nc2 15.Qxb7 Nxa1
16.Rxa1 Qd7 17.Qxd7 Bxd7 18.Ne5 Rfd8 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.Rb1 Bd8 21.Ba6 Bc7 22.Kf1 Re7
23.Rb7 Rb8 24.Rxa7 Bd8 25.Rxe7 Bxe7 26.a4 Kf8 27.Bf4 Rb1+ 28.Ke2 Ke8 29.Be3 Ra1
30.c4 dxc4 31.Bxc4 Rxa4 32.Kd3 Ra3+ 33.Kc2 h6 34.Kb2 Ra5 35.Kb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.b3 e5 14.c3 b6 15.Re1 Bb7
16.Qh3 Rd8 17.Bb2 g6 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.c4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rh7 21.Be4 f5 22.Bd5 Nd3
23.Qh4 g5 24.Qh3 Bxh2+ 25.Qxh2 Qxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Nxb2 27.Re5 Nd3 28.Rxf5+ Ke7
29.Kg3 Nf4 30.Kg4 Rd7 31.Re1+ Kd8 32.Rf8+ Kc7 33.Be4 h5+ 34.Kf5 Rhg7 35.Rf6 Ng2
36.Rc6+ Kd8 37.Rh1 h4 38.Rh6 Nf4 39.Re1 Rdf7+ 40.Kg4 Kc7 41.Bf5 Rf8 42.Re5 Rd8
43.Be4 Rd1 44.Re8 Rd8 45.Re5 Rd6 46.Rh8 Rd8 47.Rh6 Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B32"]

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"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 a6 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Nb3 Rc8 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.g4 Bc6 14.g5 Nd7 15.Qf2 g6
16.Rhf1 Bg7 17.f5 Ne5 18.Bb6 Qd7 19.Be2 Qb7 20.Na5 Qb8 21.f6 Bf8 22.a3 Nxc2
23.Kxc2 Bxe4+ 24.Kb3 Ba8 25.Ba7 Qc7 26.Qb6 Qxb6 27.Bxb6 h6 28.Nxb5 Kd7 29.Bd4 Bd5+
30.Ka4 axb5+ 31.Bxb5+ Bc6 32.Bxe5 Bxb5+ 33.Kxb5 Rc5+ 34.Kb6 Rxe5 35.Rc1 Rxa5
36.Rc7+ Kd8 37.Rfc1 Rc5 38.R1xc5 dxc5 39.Kc6  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qb3 Qa6 11.Bg5 Ne4 12.d5 d6 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Bf4 Nd7 15.dxe6 Rxe6
16.Bh3 Re7 17.Nh4 Bc6 18.Nf5 Ree8 19.f3 Nef6 20.Nxd6 Rxe2 21.Rf2 Rxf2 22.Kxf2 Nf8
23.Bg5 Ne8 24.Nf5 Ng6 25.Re1 h6 26.Bc1 Rd8 27.Bf1 Qb7 28.Rd1 Rd7 29.Be2 Ne5
30.Qc2 Nf6 31.Bf4 Ng6 32.Bc1 Ne5 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Bf4 Qe6 35.g4 Nxc4 36.Qd1 Bd5
37.Qa4 g6 38.Nxh6+ Kg7 39.Qxa7 Ne4+ 40.fxe4 Qxe4 41.Qc7 Qg2+ 42.Ke1 Qh1+
43.Kf2 Qg2+ 44.Ke1 Qh1+ 45.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Nxc5 Nxc5 12.dxc5 Qd5 13.Kb1 Qxc5 14.h4 b6 15.Ng5 h6
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Rb8 18.Qf4 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Rxb7 20.Qe4 Bxg5 21.Qxb7 Bf6 22.Qf3 Rc8
23.c3 b5 24.Rc1 a5 25.g4 Kg8 26.Qe4 Qc4 27.Rce1 a4 28.Qxc4 Rxc4 29.g5 hxg5
30.hxg5 Bxg5 31.Re5 Bh4 32.Rxb5 g5 33.f3 Rf4 34.Rh3 f5 35.Kc2 Kf7 36.Kd3 Kf6
37.Rb4 Ke5 38.a3 Bf2 39.Ke2 Bc5 40.Rxf4 Kxf4 41.Rh6 e5 42.Rc6 Bg1 43.Rc4+ Kg3
44.Rxa4 Kg2 45.Ra8 g4 46.fxg4 f4 47.Rf8 Bh2 48.g5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.b3 c5
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.g5 Nh5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Qd3 d4
16.Qe4+ Kf8 17.exd4 Qc7 18.Qc2 Re8+ 19.Kd1 Bd6 20.Qxc7 Bxc7 21.Ba3+ Kg8 22.Rc1 Bb8
23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 Nf4 25.Rc8+ Kh7 26.Rxh8+ Kxh8 27.h4 Ba7 28.Ndf3 f6 29.Kd2 Kg8
30.Bd6 Nd5 31.Nd3 Kf7 32.Nc5 Bxc5 33.dxc5 Nb4 34.a3 Nc6 35.Kd3 Ke6 36.Nd4+ Kd5
37.Nxc6 Kxc6 38.Kc4 a5 39.f4 fxg5 40.hxg5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nxb5 Qa1 22.Na3 Ba6
23.Nc2 Nxc2 24.Bxc2 Rc8 25.Nb1 g6 26.Bd2 Qxb2 27.Bc3 Qb6 28.Bd4 Qa5 29.Nc3 Bg7
30.Qd2 Nd3 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.Rb1 Rc7 33.h4 h5 34.g3 Qc5 35.Ra1 Bc8 36.Nd1 Ne5
37.Qe3 Qxe3 38.Nxe3 c3 39.f4 Nf3+ 40.Kf2 Nd4 41.Ra4 Nxc2 42.Nxc2 Bd7 43.Ra5 Rc4
44.Ke3 f5 45.e5 dxe5 46.Ra7 exf4+ 47.gxf4 Re4+ 48.Kd3 Re7 49.Kxc3 Rf7 50.Kd4 g5
51.fxg5 f4 52.Ne1 Bc8 53.Rxf7+ Kxf7 54.Nd3  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.a4 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 Bc8 15.g5 Nd7 16.Bg2 Bf8
17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh4 Nb4 19.Rac1 Bg7 20.Rf3 Bb7 21.Rh3 Nf8 22.Qf2 Nd7 23.Qh4 Nf8
24.Qf2 Nd7 25.Rf1 Rac8 26.Bd4 Bxd4 27.Nxd4 Qc5 28.f5 exf5 29.exf5 Bxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Nf8
31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Qf7+ Kh8 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.Qf7+ Kh8 35.Nf5 Qe5 36.Re3 Qxf5 37.Rxf5 Rxe3
38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Qf7+ Kh8 40.Rf2 Re5 41.h4 Nc6 42.Qf6+ Kg8 43.Qxd6  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c4 e4 15.Be2 Bg7
16.Rb1 O-O 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Bxb5 Bxb2 19.Nc4 Bg7 20.a4 Qc7 21.Qd2 Rxa4 22.Bxa4 Qxc4
23.Bc6 Qd4 24.Qg5 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Bxf6 26.Rb7 Rd8 27.Rfb1 Kg7 28.g3 Ng6 29.Bd7 Ne7
30.Bc6 Ng6 31.Rb8 Rxb8 32.Rxb8 Bd4 33.Rb7 Bc5 34.Kg2 f4 35.f3 exf3+ 36.Kxf3 fxg3
37.hxg3 Ne5+ 38.Kf4 Kf6 39.Bd7 Ng6+ 40.Ke4 Ne5 41.Bh3 Bf2 42.Kf4 Ng6+ 43.Kf3 Bc5
44.Ke4 Bf2 45.Rb3 Ne5 46.Kf4 h5 47.Bf5 h4 48.gxh4 Bxh4 49.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5
16.O-O Kh8 17.Qh5 Bf7 18.Qh3 e4 19.Bc2 Ne5 20.Rfd1 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Qf6 22.Rad1 Rad8
23.f4 exf3 24.Nxf5 fxg2 25.Qxg2 Rg8 26.Kh1 Bf8 27.Qh3 Ng6 28.Nd4 Re8 29.Rh5 Rg7
30.Rg1 Qf7 31.Qf5 Qb7+ 32.Qf3 Qxf3+ 33.Nxf3 Re6 34.Nd4 Rf6 35.Nf5 Rc7 36.Ne3 Nf4
37.Rh4 Rcf7 38.Bb3 Rg7 39.Rhg4 Rxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.a3 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Be7 10.Nf4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Nh5 Nxh5 13.Qxh5 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Ba2 b6
16.b4 Nc6 17.d5 Ne7 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Ke2 Be5 21.Rac1 Rfc8 22.Nb5 a6
23.Nd4 Kf7 24.Nf3 Bb2 25.Ng5+ Kg6 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Nxe6 Nd5 28.Nf4+ Nxf4+
29.Bxf4 Rc2+ 30.Bd2 Bc3 31.Rd1 Ra2 32.Kd3 Bf6 33.Ke4 Rxa3 34.f4 a5 35.f5+ Kh5
36.bxa5 bxa5 37.h3 a4 38.Bf4 Ra1 39.Rd7 a3 40.Ra7 a2 41.Be3 h6 42.Bf2 Kg5
43.Be3+ Kh4 44.Bf2+ Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 cxd4 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Nxd4 Rc8
9.Nc3 e6 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qh4 Bc6 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.Bxc6+ Rxc6 15.Bh6 Bf8
16.Rd3 e5 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Rad1 O-O 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Qe4 Rb6 22.b3 Rb4
23.Qf5 Qa6 24.Nd5 Rd4 25.Rxd4 exd4 26.Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Rxd4 Rc8
29.Rc4 Rd8 30.e3 Rd2 31.a4 Ra2 32.Rc7 b6 33.Rxa7 Rb2 34.Ra6 Rxb3 35.a5 bxa5
36.Rxf6 a4 37.Ra6 Ra3 38.Kg2 Ra1 39.g4 a3 40.h4 a2 41.h5 h6 42.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.O-O Nh5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Be3 Nd7 14.g4 Ng7 15.g5 Be7 16.Be2 f6
17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd2 Bd4 19.Nc4 Ne5 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Qxd4 Qg5+ 22.Kh2 Qf4+
23.Kg2 Qg5+ 24.Kh2 Qf4+ 25.Kg2 Nxc4 26.Qxc4 Re5 27.Rh1 Bd7 28.Rh2 Nh5 29.Bxh5 Rxh5
30.Qd3 Rf8 31.Rf1 Bg4 32.f3 Bxf3+ 33.Rxf3 Rg5+ 34.Kh1 Qxf3+  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nb3 e6 7.Bg2 Ne5 8.Qc2 Qa6
9.c5 d5 10.cxd6 Bxd6 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.O-O Bc6 15.Bxc6+ Qxc6
16.Nd4 Qa6 17.Rfd1 O-O 18.Qc1 Ng6 19.Qe3 Rfd8 20.Ndb5 Bb8 21.Rd4 Be5 22.Ra4 Qb6
23.Qxb6 axb6 24.f4 Bxc3 25.Nxc3 Ne7 26.Kf2 Nd5 27.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C42"]

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.h4 Qe7 20.Qg4 h6 21.Nh3 Qe4 22.Qg3 Rc8
23.Bf1 Ne7 24.Qxd6 Nf5 25.Qb4 Nxh4 26.d5 Bf5 27.Qxe4 Bxe4 28.c4 Nf5 29.f3 Bc2
30.Rc1 Ba4 31.Kf2 b6 32.Bd3 Nd6 33.Ke3 Bb3 34.Kd4 Nb5+ 35.Ke3 Nd6 36.Kd4 Nb5+
37.Ke3 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 Bxe4
9.Bg5 Bd5 10.c4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 cxd4 12.Qxb7 Qc8 13.Qf3 e5 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nb3 f6
16.Bd2 Be7 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Rac1 Ra7 19.f4 O-O 20.c5 dxc5 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Qxe5 Qf5
23.Nxc5 Qf2+ 24.Kh1 Qxd2 25.Qe6+ Kh8 26.Qxb6 Bxc5 27.Qxc5 Raf7 28.h3 Qxb2
29.Rcd1 Qxa2 30.Qxd4 Qb3 31.Qd5 Rf1+ 32.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33.Kh2 Qb8+ 34.Qd6 Rf8
35.Qxb8 Rxb8 36.Ra1 Ra8 37.Ra5 Kg8 38.Kg3 Kf7 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.Ke4 Kd6 41.h4 Ra7
42.g4 Kc6 43.Kd4 Kb6 44.Rg5 a5 45.Kc3 a4 46.Kb2 Kc6 47.Rh5 g6 48.Rg5 Rb7+
49.Ka3 Rb5  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.c3 d6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.f4 Bf8 13.Qf3 Nc6 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.e5 Bb7 17.Ne4 c5 18.Qh3 g6 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.Qg3 Ke7 22.Bxg6 Kd8
23.Rcd1 Qc6 24.Bxe8 Kxe8 25.f5 exf5 26.e6 Ne5 27.Rxf5 Qe4 28.Rdf1 Ke7 29.h3 Nxc4
30.Bc1 Rb8 31.Qg8 Qxg2+ 32.Qxg2 Bxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Ne5 34.b3 a5 35.Ba3 Rc8 36.h4 h5
37.Rf6 a4 38.bxa4 Bg7 39.Rf7+ Nxf7 40.Rxf7+ Kxe6 41.Rxg7 Ra8 42.Rg6+ Kd7
43.Bc1 Rxa4 44.Bg5 Rxa2+ 45.Kf3 Ra1 46.Rh6 c4 47.Bf4 Rd1 48.Ke2 Rd5 49.Bd2 Kc6
50.Bb4 Kb5 51.Bxd6 c3 52.Bf4 c2 53.Rh8 Kc4 54.Rc8+ Kb3 55.Bg5 Rd1 56.Kf3 Re1
57.Kf2 Re4 58.Kg3 Kb2 59.Bf6+ Kb1 60.Rb8+ Kc1 61.Kf3 Kd1 62.Rd8+ Ke1 63.Rc8 Re2
64.Bg5 Kd1 65.Rd8+ Ke1 66.Ra8 Rf2+ 67.Ke4 Rf8 68.Rxf8  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.d4 Nd7 11.g4 Bg6 12.Qa4 h5 13.Qxc6 hxg4 14.hxg4 Kf8 15.Nbd2 Rb8
16.Nf1 Rb6 17.Qc4 exd4 18.Qxd4 Bf6 19.Qe3 Ne5 20.N3h2 d5 21.g5 Nc4 22.Qg3 Be5
23.f4 Bd6 24.b3 Bc5+ 25.Kg2 Bxe4+ 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.bxc4 Qd1 28.Qg4 Qc2+ 29.Bd2 Re6
30.Qf5 Be3 31.Rc1 Qxa2 32.Rd1 Qxc4 33.Bxe3 Qe2+ 34.Bf2 Qxd1 35.Qc5+ Qd6 36.Qa7 Kg8
37.Be3 Re8 38.Qb7 Qd3 39.Qc6 Re6 40.Qc5 Qe2+ 41.Kg1 Rb6 42.Qxc7 Rxh2 43.Qc8+ Kh7
44.Qf5+ Rg6 45.Nxh2 Qxe3+ 46.Kg2 f6 47.Ng4 Qf3+ 48.Kg1 fxg5 49.Ne5 Qg3+  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4 Bg6 5.Nh3 e6 6.Nf4 Be4 7.f3 Qh4+ 8.Ke2 Bg6
9.Be3 Nd7 10.c3 Qd8 11.h4 Bxb1 12.Rxb1 c5 13.Kf2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Ne7 15.Qb3 Rb8
16.Qa4 a6 17.Rc1 Nc6 18.g5 Be7 19.Bd3 Nb6 20.Qd1 Nb4 21.Nh5 Kf8 22.Nf6 h5
23.Rg1 Nxa2 24.Rc2 Nb4 25.Re2 g6 26.Bb1 Nc4 27.Bc1 Nc6 28.f4 Rc8 29.b3 Na3
30.Be3 Nb5 31.Rd2 Bb4 32.Rd3 Kg7 33.Qf3 Ne7 34.Rdd1 Rc3 35.f5 exf5 36.Bd3 Nc7
37.Be2 Ne6 38.Rd3 Rxd3 39.Bxd3 Bc3 40.Rd1 Nxd4 41.Qg3 Ne6 42.Bc4 Qc7 43.Bxd5 Bxe5
44.Qf3 Nxd5 45.Rxd5 Bxf6 46.gxf6+ Kxf6 47.Bd2 Rc8 48.Kf1 Kg7 49.Qe3 Qc6 50.Qe5+ Kg8
51.Bh6 f4 52.b4 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 Qe7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Qe2 Nd7 10.O-O a5 11.d4 c5 12.c3 b6 13.Qf2 Ba6 14.Rfe1 Rae8 15.Qg3 Kh8
16.Rad1 g6 17.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
9.c4 Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Bd7 12.a4 f5 13.c5 Bxb5 14.axb5 e4 15.c6 Nd7 16.Be2 Ne5
17.f4 exf3 18.gxf3 Bf6 19.Kh1 b6 20.Ra2 Qc7 21.f4 Ng6 22.b3 Ne7 23.Bc4 Rae8
24.Re1 Nc8 25.Rae2 Rxe2 26.Rxe2 Qf7 27.Re6 Re8 28.Qe2 Kf8 29.Ba3 Rxe6 30.dxe6 Qe7
31.Bd5 g6 32.Qc2 Qc7 33.Bb2 Qg7 34.Bxf6 Qxf6 35.c7 Qd4 36.Bb7 Qxf4 37.Qc4 Qf2
38.Bxc8 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qd2+ 40.Kf3 d5 41.Qf4 Qc3+ 42.Kg2 Qc2+ 43.Kh3  1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A31"]

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"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C42"]

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Ng5 Bg6 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Qg4 h6 20.Nf3 Qe4 21.Qg3 Qc2 22.Nh4 Be4
23.Re1 d5 24.Bf1 Qb2 25.a4 Rd8 26.h3 Qa3 27.Re3 Qd6 28.Qg4 Qf6 29.Nf3 Ne7
30.Nd2 Bg6 31.Qe2 Nc6 32.Nb3 b6 33.Nc1 Kf8 34.Nd3 Be4 35.Qg4 g6 36.Nf4 h5
37.Qg3 Ne7 38.Re1 Nf5 39.Qh2 Rc8 40.f3 Rxc3 41.Ne2 Bd3 42.Nxc3 Qxd4+ 43.Kh1 Qxc3
44.Rd1 Bxf1 45.Rxf1 h4 46.Qb8+ Kg7 47.Rd1 Ne3 48.Rg1 Nf5 49.Rb1 Qc2 50.Re1 Qf2
51.Qe5+ Kg8 52.Kh2 Ng3 53.Qa1 d4 54.Qc1 Kg7 55.Rd1 a6 56.Qc4 Nf5 57.Qxa6 Ne3
58.Rg1 Qc2 59.Qxb6 Qxa4 60.Qd6 Qc4 61.Qe5+ Kh7 62.Qf4 Nf5 63.Re1 Qc2 64.Re8 Qf2
65.Qe5 Qg3+ 66.Kg1 Qxe5 67.Rxe5 Kg7 68.Kf2 Kf6 69.Re4 Kg7 70.Ke1 Kf6 71.Kd2 Kg7
72.Kd3 Kf6 73.Re8 Kg5 74.Re4 Kf6 75.f4 Kg7 76.Re5 f6 77.Ra5 Kf7 78.Ke4 Ke6
79.Ra6+ Ke7 80.Kd5 Ne3+ 81.Kxd4 Nxg2 82.Ke4 g5 83.fxg5 fxg5 84.Kf5 Nf4 85.Ra3  1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 c6 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 d6 12.b4 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.b5 c5 15.Bg2 Qe7
16.e3 Bg4 17.f4 f5 18.Rae1 g5 19.e4 gxf4 20.gxf4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Qg5 22.Qd2 Rae8
23.Ref1 fxe4 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Qxg5+ hxg5 26.Bxe4 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 b6 28.Kf2 Kg7
29.Ke3 Be6 30.Bf3 Kf6 31.Ke4 Bf5+ 32.Ke3 Ke5 33.Bd5 Bd7 34.Bf7 Bc8 35.Bd5 Bh3
36.a3 Bd7 37.Bf7 Bc8 38.Bd5 Bh3 39.Bf3 Be6 40.Be2 d5 41.Bf1 Bg4 42.Bg2 Be6
43.Bf1 Bf7 44.Be2 Be6 45.Bf1 Bg4 46.Bg2 d4+ 47.Kf2 Bf5 48.Bf1 Kf4 49.Be2 Bg6
50.Bf1 Bh7 51.Be2 Bf5 52.Bf1 Bc8 53.Bg2 a6 54.bxa6 Bxa6 55.Bc6 Bc8 56.Be4 Bg4
57.Bh7 Bh5 58.Be4 Bd1 59.Bh7 Kg4 60.Be4 Bb3 61.Bc6 Kf4 62.Bf3 Ba4 63.Be4 Bd7
64.Bd5 Bf5 65.Ke2 Kg4 66.Bg2 Kh4 67.Kd2 Kg4 68.Ke2 Kf4 69.Bc6 Ke5 70.Bf3 Kd6
71.Kd2 Kc7 72.Bg2 Kb8 73.Bc6 Ka7 74.Be8 Ka6 75.Ke2 Ka5 76.Bc6 Bg6 77.Bd7 Bh7
78.Be8 Bf5 79.Bc6 Ka6 80.Be8 Kb7 81.Bb5 Kc7 82.Be8 Kd6 83.Bh5 Ke5 84.Bf3 Kf4
85.Bc6 Kg4 86.Bg2 Kh4 87.Kd2 Bg4 88.Ke1 Bf5 89.Kd2 Bh3 90.Be4 g4 91.Ke2 g3
92.hxg3+ Kxg3 93.Kd2 Kf4 94.Bc6 Ke5 95.Be8 Kd6 96.Bb5 Kc7 97.Ke2 Bg4+ 98.Kd2 Bd7
99.Kc2 Bxb5 100.cxb5 Kd6 101.a4 Kd5 102.Kd2 c4 103.dxc4+ Kxc4 104.a5 Kxb5
105.axb6 Kxb6 106.Kd3 Kc5 107.Kd2 Kc4 108.Kc2 d3+ 109.Kd2 Kd4 110.Kd1 Ke3
111.Ke1 d2+ 112.Kd1 Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Na6 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.Bf4 Qa5 11.Re1 Rfe8 12.Bf1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nb4 15.Rac1 Nd7 16.Bxd6 Nxa2
17.Ra1 Qb6 18.Nb5 Nb4 19.Bc7 Qc6 20.Rad1 Nc2 21.Re2 a6 22.Rxc2 axb5 23.Bf4 b4
24.Rd6 Qxe4 25.Qxe4 Rxe4 26.Rxd7 Rxf4 27.g3 Rd4 28.Rxb7 Rd1 29.Kg2 Rb1 30.Bd3 Re8
31.Re2 Rxe2 32.Rb8+ Bf8 33.Bxe2 Rxb2 34.Bf3 Kg7 35.Bd5 f5 36.g4 Re2 37.Kf3 Re1
38.g5 Re7 39.h4 Rc7 40.Ke2 Ra7 41.Kd3 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qa5 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Bd3 Nbc6 10.Nf3 f5 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Qh5 Nf5 13.Ne5 c4 14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.Qe8+ Rf8
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qxc6 Rb8 18.O-O Rb2 19.Bf4 Qxc3 20.Bd6 Rb6 21.Qc7 Rb7 22.Qc5 Re8
23.Qc6 Rd8 24.Rab1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Qxc2 26.Rf1 Qg6 27.Qc7 Qe8 28.Be5 Qd7 29.Qc5 Qb7
30.h3 Re8 31.Re1 Bd7 32.Qa5 Rc8 33.Re3 Be8 34.Rg3 Bg6 35.h4 Qb6 36.Qa4 Qb7
37.h5 Be8 38.Qd1 g6 39.Qg4 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 Qf5 41.Qh4 c3 42.Rg5 Qe4 43.Rg4 Qf5
44.Rg5 Qe4 45.Qh3 Rc6 46.hxg6 Bxg6 47.Qh6 Kf7 48.f3 Qe1 49.Rxg6 Qxe5+ 50.dxe5 hxg6
51.Qh7+ Kf8 52.Qd7 Rc4 53.Qd8+ Kg7 54.Qf6+ Kh7 55.Qf7+ Kh6 56.Qf8+ Kh7 57.Qe7+ Kh8
58.Qf6+  0-1

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Ne4 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Bd5 14.Qc2 a5 15.Be3 axb4
16.axb4 c6 17.b5 Ra2 18.Qc1 Na4 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Ra1 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 Qa5 22.Bd2 Qa8
23.Rb1 Nc5 24.Bb4 Qxa1 25.Rxa1 Nb3 26.Bxe7 Nxa1 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Bg2 Nb3 29.Nc3 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 Ke7 31.Kf1 Ke6 32.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f3 Be7 10.Kb1 Rc8 11.h4 h6 12.Be3 h5 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Ne2 d5 15.e5 Nd7 16.f4 Bb5
17.g3 g6 18.Bg2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Qc7 20.Rd3 Nc5 21.Rc3 Qd7 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.Rd1 b5
24.Bf1 Ke7 25.Rcd3 Bb6 26.Qd2 Kf8 27.Rb3 Bc5 28.c4 bxc4 29.Bxc4 Qa7 30.Be2 Kg7
31.Qd3 a5 32.Qa6 Qxa6 33.Bxa6 Rb8 34.Bb7 Bb4 35.Bc6 Rhc8 36.Rc1 Rb6 37.Ba4 Rxc1+
38.Kxc1 Bc5 39.Rf3 Rb4 40.Bc2 a4 41.b3 axb3 42.axb3 Rb7 43.Kd1 Ra7 44.Ke2 Bb4
45.Rf2 Rc7 46.Bd3 Rc3 47.Rf1 Rxb3 48.Rb1 Rxb1 49.Bxb1 Kf8 50.Bc2 Ke7 51.Ba4 d4
52.Bb5 Ba5 53.Bd3 Kd8 54.Bb5 Bb4 55.Bd3 Kc7 56.Bb5 Kd8 57.Bd3 Ba5 58.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A61"]

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 "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 b5 11.Qe2 h6 12.a3 Nbd7 13.Nh4 Re8 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Rfd1 Qc7
16.Qf3 Kh7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Rxd5 Nf6 20.Rd2 Re6 21.g4 Qb7 22.Ng3 Rc8
23.h4 g6 24.g5 Ne8 25.h5 Ng7 26.hxg6+ fxg6 27.gxh6 Nh5 28.Nxh5 gxh5 29.Qf5+ Rg6+
30.Kh1 Qe7 31.f3 Qf6 32.Qxh5 Rg3 33.Rf2 d5 34.Rg1 Rxg1+ 35.Kxg1 d4 36.Bg5 Qg6
37.Qxg6+ Kxg6 38.Rg2 Kh7 39.Bf6 Bd6 40.Bg7 a5 41.Kf1 a4 42.Ke1 Rb8 43.Kd1 b4
44.axb4 Rxb4 45.Kc1 Rb7 46.Rg5 a3 47.bxa3 Bxa3+ 48.Kd2 Bb2 49.Rxe5 d3 50.Rg5 dxc2
51.Kxc2  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bf4 g5
9.h3 Nxf2 10.Kxf2 gxf4 11.Qh5 Bc5 12.Rd1 fxg3+ 13.Kg2 Bxd4 14.Rxd4 Be6 15.Ne4 Nd7
16.Bb5 dxe4 17.Bxd7+ Bxd7 18.Rhd1 Rf8 19.e6 Qf6 20.exd7+ Kd8 21.Qe2 Qf2+
22.Qxf2 gxf2 23.Rxe4 a5 24.Kxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA P/O Blitz"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 "GpA P/O Blitz"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qc2 g6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Qd6 14.Rab1 Nb6 15.h3 Be6
16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.a5 g5 20.Nd2 f5 21.Nxc4 Qe7 22.Ne5 Qe8
23.Re1 Rc7 24.b5 axb5 25.Rxb5 Re7 26.Rc5 Bc8 27.f4 Bf6 28.a6 bxa6 29.Rxc6 Bb7
30.Rb6 Be4 31.Qb3+ Kh7 32.Ng3 gxf4 33.exf4 Ba8 34.Nxf5 Rc7 35.Qd3 Kh8 36.Nd6 Qa4
37.Rxa6 Qc2 38.Qxc2 Rxc2 39.Ng6+ Kg7 40.Rxa8 Bxd4+ 41.Kh2 Rxa8 42.Nf5+ Kxg6
43.Nxd4 Rb2 44.Re6+ Kf7 45.Re3 Ra4 46.Nf5 h5 47.Rf3 Kf6 48.Nh4 Rc2 49.Kg3 Rcc4
50.Rf2 Rc3+ 51.Kh2 Rb4 52.Rf1 Rb2 53.Re1 Rf2 54.Re4 Ra2 55.Re1 Rc4 56.Kg3 Ra3+
57.Nf3 Raa4 58.Re5 Kg6 59.Rg5+ Kh6 60.Rf5 Rc2 61.Rf6+ Kg7 62.Rf5 Kg6 63.Rg5+ Kh6
64.Nh4 Ra3+ 65.Kh2 Rf2 66.Nf5+ Kh7 67.Rxh5+ Kg6 68.Rg5+ Kf6 69.Ng3 Rxf4 70.Rg8 Kf7
71.Rb8 Ra2 72.Rb1 Rff2 73.Rg1 Kg6 74.Ne4 Rfe2 75.Ng3 Reb2 76.Ne4 Kf5 77.Ng3+ Kf4
78.Nh5+ Ke3 79.Ng3 Rb8 80.Re1+ Kd3 81.Rd1+ Kc4 82.Rc1+ Kd5 83.Rd1+ Ke5 84.Re1+ Kf6
85.Rf1+ Kg6 86.Re1 Rbb2 87.Rg1 Rc2 88.Nh1 Kg5 89.Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 g6
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Nc1 h5 18.Na2 Bh6 19.Qe2 O-O 20.Nxb4 e4 21.O-O Qd7 22.Nc6 Rxb2
23.fxe4 Ng4 24.Ra3 Re8 25.Bxa6 f5 26.e5 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Rxe5 28.Qc4 Qa7+ 29.Kh1 Kh7
30.Qc6 Re7 31.Rb3 Rc7 32.Qxd6 Rbxc2 33.Qb6 Qa8 34.Bb7 Qe8 35.d6 Rd7 36.a6 Qe2
37.Qb5 Qxb5 38.Rxb5 Be3 39.Rd5 Kg7 40.g3 Kf6 41.Re1 Ba7 42.Re8 Rc1+ 43.Kg2 g5
44.Rf8+ Ke6 45.Rdxf5 Rc2+ 46.Kf1 Kxd6 47.Rd5+ Ke6 48.Rxd7 Kxd7 49.Rf5 Rxh2
50.Bg2 Ke6 51.Rf2 Ke5 52.Rf7 Bd4 53.a7 Bxa7 54.Rxa7 h4 55.Ra5+ Kd4 56.Ra4+ Ke5
57.g4 h3 58.Ba8 Rb2 59.Kg1 Re2 60.Bb7 Rb2 61.Re4+ Kd6 62.Bc8 Kd5 63.Re3 h2+
64.Kh1 Kd4 65.Re7 Rc2 66.Bf5 Rb2 67.Re4+ Kd5 68.Re3 Kd4 69.Re7 Ra2 70.Bc8 Rb2
71.Bb7 Rf2 72.Bg2 Rf4 73.Bh3 Rf2 74.Rg7 Ke3 75.Rxg5 Ra2  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.g3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd7 9.Be2 c5
10.Nf3 Nh6 11.d5 exd5 12.Bxh6 Rxh6 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Ng5 Be6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qe4 Nxe5
17.O-O-O Kf8 18.Nb5 Qb8 19.f4 Nc6 20.Rd7 Qe8 21.Rxb7 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Bd3 a5
24.Kb1 Rc8 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Kxc1 e5 27.fxe5 Qc6+ 28.Kd1 Qxe4 29.Bxe4 g5 30.Rb8+ Kg7
31.hxg5 Bxg5 32.Bd5 Rg6 33.Rb7+ Kf8 34.Bf7 Rg7 35.e6 h4 36.gxh4 Bxh4 37.Rb8+ Ke7
38.Rb5 d3 39.Kd2 Rg3 40.Rxa5 Kd6 41.b4 Bg5+ 42.Rxg5 Rxg5 43.Kxd3 Rg3+ 44.Kc2 Ra3
45.Kb2 Re3 46.a4 Kc7 47.Kc2 Kd6 48.a5 Rg3 49.Kb2 Re3 50.a6 Kc7 51.b5 Kb6
52.Kc2 Re5 53.Kd3 Rxb5 54.Kd4 Kxa6 55.e7 Rb8 56.Kc5 Rc8+ 57.Kd6 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bh5 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Na5
16.Bc2 Nc4 17.g4 Bg6 18.Bf5 a5 19.Nd2 Nxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "KO Rapid"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.Re1 h6 10.c3 b4 11.Nbd2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Ne4 Kh8 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 Nf6
16.Ng3 Bd6 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qxd1 19.Bxd1 Nd5 20.f4 f5 21.Bd2 Nd4 22.Ne2 Ne6
23.Rc1 a5 24.Bb3 Rad8 25.Kf2 c5 26.Be3 Nxe3 27.Kxe3 Bd5 28.Bxd5 Rxd5 29.Red1 Rfd8
30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.h4 h5 32.Ng3 g6 33.Nf1 Rd4 34.g3 c4 35.Ke2 Re4+ 36.Ne3 c3
37.bxc3 b3 38.c4 Nc5 39.Rd1 Nxa4 40.Rd8+ Kg7 41.Kd2 Nc5 42.Rc8 Rd4+ 43.Kc1 Nd3+
44.Kb1 Re4 45.Rc7+ Kf8 46.Rc8+ Kf7  0-1

[Event "KO Rapid"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Qh5 O-O 14.O-O f4 15.Rad1 Ra7
16.Nc2 Kh8 17.Ncb4 Nxb4 18.Nxb4 Qd7 19.Be2 f5 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.Qh4 Bf6 22.Qh6 Bg7
23.Qh4 Bf6 24.Qh6 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 b6 6.e4 e6 7.Nge2 Nge7 8.d3 d6 9.Rb1 O-O
10.b4 Bb7 11.O-O Qd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bd2 Kh7 14.f4 f5 15.Be3 Nd4 16.Qd2 Nec6
17.h3 Rae8 18.Kh2 Nxe2 19.Nxe2 Nd4 20.bxc5 Nxe2 21.Qxe2 dxc5 22.e5 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Qa4
24.Qd1 Qc6+ 25.Qf3 Qa4 26.Qd1 Qc6+ 27.Kf2 Rf7 28.Rb3 Rd7 29.Qf3 Qa4 30.Rc3 Red8
31.Qd1 Qc6 32.Qb3 g5 33.Rg1 h5 34.Qd1 g4 35.Qe2 Kg6 36.h4 Bf8 37.Rb1 Be7
38.Rbb3 Qh1 39.Qe1 Qc6 40.Kg1 Kf7 41.Qe2 Ke8 42.Qg2 Qa4 43.Kf2 Kf7 44.Ke2 Ke8
45.Qh1 Kf7 46.Kd2 Rxd3+ 47.Rxd3 Qxb3 48.Rxd8 Bxd8 49.Qb7+ Be7 50.Qxa7 Qb2+
51.Kd3 Qb3+ 52.Kd2 Qb2+ 53.Kd3 Qb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Bxd5 Rc8 15.O-O-O Qb6
16.h4 h6 17.h5 g5 18.f4 f6 19.fxg5 fxg5 20.Rdf1 b4 21.e5 dxe5 22.Bb3 Qd4
23.Qe2 Rf6 24.Rxf6 exf6 25.Rd1 Bg4 26.Rxd4 Bxe2 27.Rd7+ Kh8 28.Bf7 Bg4 29.Rxa7 e4
30.Kd2 f5 31.Bg6 Rd8+ 32.Ke3 Rc8 33.Kd2 Rd8+ 34.Ke3 Rc8 35.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Be6
9.Na3 Bxb3 10.axb3 Qd3 11.Re1 e6 12.Re3 Qd7 13.Nc4 Nxc4 14.bxc4 Rd8 15.b3 Be7
16.Bb2 O-O 17.Qc2 Qc7 18.d4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Bf6 20.Rd1 Ne7 21.Qe2 b5 22.Ba3 bxc4
23.bxc4 Rfe8 24.d5 Nf5 25.Re4 Nd6 26.Bxd6 Rxd6 27.Re1 h6 28.g3 a5 29.Qa2 Re7
30.dxe6 Rexe6 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Rxe6 fxe6 33.Qa4 Qb6 34.h4 Kf8 35.Qd7 Qc5 36.Qxe6 a4
37.g4 a3 38.Qa6 Bb2 39.Kg2 Qc7 40.g5 Qf4 41.Qc8+ Ke7 42.c5 h5 43.Qb7+ Ke6
44.Qb3+ Kd7 45.Qd5+ Kc7 46.g6 a2 47.Qf7+ Kc8 48.Qxf4  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C84"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O Rc8 13.Rg1 g6 14.Kb1 O-O 15.h4 Qc7
16.Qf2 Bd8 17.Nc1 f6 18.gxf6 Rxf6 19.Rh1 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.Nd3 Qf7 22.Ne1 Ba5
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Bxe1 25.Rxe1 Rxf3 26.Qd2 Rc6 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Qxd6 Rxe3
29.Qb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.b4 d4 12.g4 Bg6 13.Qc4 d3 14.Be3 Qf6 15.Rd1 Rd8
16.g5 Qf5 17.Bg2 d2+ 18.Nxd2 Nxd2 19.Bxd2 O-O 20.Qf4 Qe6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rc1 f6
23.Rg1 fxg5 24.Qc4 Rd5 25.Rxg5 Re8 26.Be3 Be4 27.Rxd5 Bxd5 28.Qd4 h6 29.Rc3 Qg6
30.f3 Qh5 31.h4 Re6 32.Kf2 Kh7 33.a4 a6 34.Qf4 Rf6 35.Qg3 Rg6 36.Qf4 Rf6
37.Qg3 Rg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4
9.f3 Na5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3 12.bxc3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.f4 b5 15.Nb3 Nc4
16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Nc5 Rb8 18.Kd2 Rb5 19.Nxd7 Bxd7 20.a4 Rb8 21.Rb1 O-O 22.a5 Rb5
23.Rxb5 Bxb5 24.Bd4 f5 25.exf6 gxf6 26.g4 Kf7 27.h4 h5 28.g5 fxg5 29.fxg5 Kg6
30.Bf6 Re8 31.Re1 e5 32.Bxe5 Kf5 33.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Bg7
9.d3 O-O 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Qf3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.h4 Nb6 14.Bd2 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 Qd8
16.Bf4 Nd5 17.Be5 Qxh4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Qxd5 Be6 21.Qxc5 Rac8
22.Qe5+ Kg8 23.Re4 Qh6 24.Rae1 Rfd8 25.b3 Rd5 26.Qf4 Qg7 27.Nb6 Rf5 28.Qd2 Rc6
29.Nc4 h5 30.Qe3 Qc3 31.Re2 b5 32.Ne5 Rd6 33.Nxg6  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Bd7 7.O-O g6 8.Re1 Bg7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.Qxh5 Qxd3
16.Na3 Qd6 17.Nc4 Qe6 18.Ne3 O-O-O 19.Nf5 Bf6 20.g3 Rd7 21.Re2 Rhd8 22.Kg2 a5
23.b3 Kb8 24.Rae1 c6 25.Re3 Rh8 26.R1e2 Bd8 27.Rf3 Bb6 28.Ne3 Bxe3 29.Rexe3 f6
30.Qg6 Rd6 31.Rf5 h5 32.h3 h4 33.Ref3 hxg3 34.fxg3 Rd2+ 35.Rf2 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Rxh3
37.Kg2 g4 38.Qxf6 Qxf6 39.Rxf6 Rh7 40.Rg6 Rd7 41.Rxg4 Rd2+ 42.Kh3 Rxa2 43.Rg5 Rb2
44.Rxe5 b5 45.Re8+ Kc7 46.e5 Rxb3 47.Re7+ Kb6 48.Kg4 Rxc3 49.e6 Re3 50.Kf4 Re1
51.Kf5 a4 52.Re8 a3 53.Ra8 b4 54.g4 Kc7 55.g5 b3 56.Ra7+ Kd6 57.Rxa3 b2 58.Rd3+ Ke7
59.Rd7+ Ke8 60.Rb7 b1=Q+ 61.Rxb1 Rxb1  0-1

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.a3 h6 14.Bc1 Rd8 15.Rfe1 Be7
16.Ne4 Be6 17.Rxd8+ Kxd8 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.f4 Nh4 20.Kf2 h5 21.g3 Nf5 22.Nf3 c5
23.Rd1 Ke8 24.Nc3 Nd4 25.Nd5 Bd8 26.Nxd4 cxd4 27.Rxd4 Bxh3 28.Ne3 Bd7 29.Ng2 Rh6
30.Be3 Rc6 31.c3 a5 32.Nh4 Bxh4 33.gxh4 Rg6 34.f5 Bxf5 35.Bg5 Bd7 36.b4 axb4
37.axb4 Re6 38.Rd5 b6 39.b5 c6 40.bxc6 Rxc6 41.Rd6 Rxd6 42.exd6 f6 43.Be3 b5
44.Kg3 Kf7 45.Kf4 Ke6 46.Bc5 Kd5 47.Bb4 Kc4 48.Ba5 Kc5 49.Bb4+ Kd5 50.Ba3 Kc4
51.Bb4 Kd3 52.Ba5 Be6 53.Bb4 Bc8 54.Ba5 Bg4 55.Bb4 Bh3 56.Ba5 Bd7 57.Bb4 Ke2
58.Bc5 Kf1 59.Kg3 Ke1 60.Kf4 Kf1 61.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D15"]

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"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "B90"]

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"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E25"]

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"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Romero Holmes,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.Rc1 c5
9.d5 b5 10.cxb5 a6 11.bxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O Qa5 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Rfb8 15.Nc4 Qb4
16.a3 Qb3 17.Rc2 Nc7 18.Bg5 Kf8 19.f4 h6 20.Bh4 Nb6 21.Nxb6 Rxb6 22.e5 Nxd5
23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.Rd2 Qe6 25.Qf3 Rab8 26.Re1 dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Graf,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.Ng3 b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O c6 11.b4 a6 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Qc2 b5 14.Bd3 Nb6 15.e4 dxe4
16.Ncxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Be6 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Be4 Rc8 20.Nf5 Bd5 21.Rae1 Bf8
22.Qd3 g6 23.Bxd5 Nxd5 24.Qh3+ Kg8 25.Nh6+ Bxh6 26.Qxh6 Qf6 27.Re5 Qf4 28.Qh3 f6
29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Qd7 Re2 31.Qxc6 Qe4 32.Bc1 Re1 33.Qc8+ Kf7 34.Qb7+ Kg8 35.Qa8+ Kf7
36.Qb7+ Kg8 37.Qa8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Be3 a6 11.Rac1 Rb8 12.b3 O-O 13.Qh4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nd4 b4
16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.Nxb4 Qa8 19.Nc6 Nb8 20.Nxb8 Rfxb8 21.Qa4 h5 22.f3 Nd7
23.Qxa8 Rxa8 24.Na4 Bf8 25.Rc2 e6 26.Rdc1 Rbb8 27.Rc7 Nf6 28.Ba7 Rb4 29.Bf2 Nd5
30.Rc8 Rbb8 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Kf1 f5 33.Rc4 Bh6 34.Nc3 Ne3+ 35.Bxe3 Bxe3 36.Rc6 Bc5
37.Na4 Ba3 38.Nb6 Kf7 39.Rc7+ Kg8 40.Nd7 Rb5 41.h4 Kf7 42.Ra7 Bc1 43.a4 Rb4
44.Ne5+ Kf6 45.Nd3 Rxb3 46.Nxc1 Rb1 47.Rc7 Ra1 48.Rc4 d5 49.Rc6 Ke7 50.f4 Kd7
51.Rc2  1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.e4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Be6 13.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2g3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 b6
9.Qf3 Rb8 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.Qe2 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Rad1 Qd7 17.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Be7 10.Qb5 Qd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfc1 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TV Blitz"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4
9.f3 Na5 10.Nb3 d5 11.Kb1 Nxb3 12.axb3 dxe4 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Nc7+ Qxc7 15.Qxb4 Nd5
16.Qxe4 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bd7 18.Qd4 e5 19.Qb4 O-O-O 20.Bd3 Be6 21.Rhe1 f6 22.Bc4 Bf5
23.g4 Bg6 24.h4 h5 25.Be6+ Kb8 26.Bf5 Bf7 27.Be4 hxg4 28.fxg4 Be6 29.Bf3 a5
30.Qe4 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rxh4 32.Rd8+ Bc8 33.Rd3 Rh8 34.b4 a4 35.Qe3 Rd8 36.Rc3 Qd6
37.Qe4 Qb6 38.Rc4 Be6 39.Rc5 Rd4 40.Qe3 Rxb4 41.Qc3 Rb5 42.Rxb5 Qg1+  0-1

[Event "TV Blitz"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.O-O Kh8 17.Qh5 e4 18.Bc2 Ne7 19.Rad1 Rc8 20.f3 Bf7 21.Qh3 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 b4
23.fxe4 bxc3 24.bxc3 Bxd5 25.exd5 Rxc3 26.Bd3 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Qg5 28.Rxf5 Rxf5
29.Qxf5 Qxf5 30.Bxf5 Be3 31.g3 Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.c3 Rfe8 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.d4 Bf8 16.d5 c4
17.Be3 Qc7 18.Nd2 Bc8 19.h3 Bd7 20.Qf3 Be7 21.Ra2 Reb8 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rea1 Qd8
24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.exf5 Nb7 26.Ba7 Rc8 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.Bxe4 Nc5 29.Bxc5 Rxa2 30.Rxa2 Rxc5
31.Qd1 Rc8 32.Qa1 h5 33.Bf3 h4 34.Ra7 Rc7 35.Bh5 Rxa7 36.Qxa7 Qe8 37.Qc7 Bf8
38.Kf1 Qe7 39.Qxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Qb3 Ra7 8.e4 e6 9.exd5 exd5
10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfe1 Bg6 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Re2 Ng4
17.Qb6 Qa8 18.Bc7 Bf6 19.Bd6 Rd8 20.Na4 Nh6 21.Qa5 Qc8 22.h3 Qf5 23.Rae1 Qd3
24.Re8+ Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Kh7 26.Be5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Qe4 29.g3 Qc2 30.Kg2 Nf5
31.Qd8 Ne3+ 32.Kg1 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Nf1+ 34.Kg2 Ne3+ 35.fxe3 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.f3 c4
16.Kf2 Kf8 17.Na4 Nd7 18.Rfd1 Rc6 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.Ra4 Ne8 22.Nd5 Nd6
23.Bd2 Ke8 24.Bb4 Nb5 25.Bd2 Nd6 26.Bc3 f6 27.Bb4 Nb5 28.Bd2 Nd6 29.Bb4 Nb5
30.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B19"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 cxd4
9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qf4 d4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nf3 Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Bf5 15.b4 O-O-O
16.Rc1 Kb8 17.g3 a5 18.Bg2 Be4 19.Nh4 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 axb4 21.axb4 Nxb4 22.Rc4 Nc6
23.Rb1 Ne5 24.Rcb4 Rd7 25.Nf4 Rc8 26.Ra4 Nc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Rg1 Rc8 14.Qf2 Rxc3 15.Bxb6 Bxg5+
16.Kb1 Bh4 17.Rg3 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Rc7 19.Nc5 Qe7 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bxc7 Qxc7 22.Bh3 Re8
23.Rd3 Nf6 24.Qa7 Kf7 25.Rc3 Qd7 26.Qb6 Re7 27.Rd3 d5 28.exd5 Nxd5 29.Qc5 Qb5
30.Qd6 Nb4 31.Rd2 Qc4 32.b3 Qc3 33.f4 Qxg3 34.Qxb4 Qxh3 35.fxe5 Qe3 36.Qd6 h5
37.Rd1 Qf2 38.Qd3 Qg2 39.Rf1+ Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.Rf8 Qg1+ 42.Kb2 Qg5 43.Qd3+ g6
44.Qd6 Kg7 45.Qb8 Qh6 46.Qd8  1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb5 Nb6 15.c4 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 dxc4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.a4 g6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Rfb1 c3 21.a5 Nc4 22.Rxb7 Qe6
23.Ra1 Rc7 24.a6 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Kg7 26.e4 f6 27.Qxc3 Rff7 28.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be7 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.Nf3 Rc8 17.b3 exd5 18.Qxd5 f6 19.Nh4 Nc5 20.Qxd8+ Rxd8 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Nd3
23.Bxd3 Rxd3 24.Be3 Ba3 25.Rad1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Ke7 27.f4 exf4 28.Bxf4 Rc8 29.Rd2 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4 Qc7 8.Nf3 h6
9.Bd3 b6 10.a5 bxa5 11.O-O c4 12.Be2 O-O 13.Re1 Nbc6 14.Bf1 f6 15.Ba3 fxe5
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 Qc7 19.g3 Bd7 20.Bh3 Rf6 21.Qc1 a4 22.Qa3 Rb8
23.f4 Rb6 24.Kf2 Qb8 25.Rae1 Qf8 26.Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.Ke3 g5 28.Bg4 gxf4+ 29.gxf4 Rb2
30.f5 exf5 31.Bf3 Rxc2 32.Kf4 Rxc3 33.Bh5 Rh3 34.Rxd5 Rh4+ 35.Kg3 Rxh5 36.Rxd7 f4+
37.Kg4 Rg5+ 38.Kf3 Rf7 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.Rc8 Rb5 41.Rxc4 Rb3+ 42.Kf2 a3 43.Ra4 f3
44.Ra1 Rb2+ 45.Kg1 Rg2+ 46.Kh1 a2 47.Rg1 Kf8 48.Rxg2 f2 49.Rg1 f1=Q  0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Na5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 exf4 15.Bxf4 Bf5
16.Bg4 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Qd8 18.c3 Bf6 19.a4 Qc7 20.Bg3 Be5 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.Qe2 Rab8
23.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A40"]

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 "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qc2 Qd8
9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 b6 12.Rac1 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Bd6 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Ba6 Nf6 17.Rc2 Rab8 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.g3 Rfe8 20.Qd3 Red8 21.Kg2 Bf8 22.Qf5 c5
23.h4 Rd6 24.Ne5 Re6 25.Ne2 Bd6 26.Nd3 g6 27.Qf3 c4 28.Ndf4 Bxf4 29.Nxf4 Rd6
30.b3 b5 31.Rb1 Qc8 32.Nd3 Rbb6 33.Nc5 Qe8 34.Qf4 h5 35.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 b6
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Rac1 Nc6 13.Nb5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Qe3 Nc5
16.Bb4 a5 17.Ba3 Qd7 18.Nd4 Rac8 19.f4 b5 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.f5 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 exf5
23.Nxf5 g6 24.Nd4 Qd8 25.h4 b4 26.Qf4 f6 27.Bh3 fxe5 28.Qxe5 Bf6 29.Qe6+ Kh8
30.e3 Bg7 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Qd7 Bh6 33.Ne6 Qc8 34.Qe7 d4 35.e4 Bxe4 36.Nc5 Qxh3
37.Qe8+ Kg7 38.Qe7+ Kg8 39.Qe8+ Bf8 40.Nxe4 Qf5 41.b3 d3 42.Qc6 Kh8 43.Kg2 h6
44.Qc4 Qd7 45.Nf6 Qg7 46.Ne4 Qb2+ 47.Kf3 Qe2+ 48.Kf4 Bg7 49.Qc8+ Kh7 50.Qd7 Qf1+
51.Ke3 Qe2+ 52.Kf4 Qf1+ 53.Ke3 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c4 f5 14.O-O O-O 15.Qf3 d5
16.cxd5 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Rb8 18.Rfd1 Qh4 19.g3 Qg5 20.Qb3 Bg4 21.Bf3 f5 22.Bxg4 Qxg4
23.d6+ Kh8 24.Qd5 f4 25.Nc2 Qg6 26.Nb4 Qg4 27.Nc6 f3 28.Nxe5 Qh5 29.Nxf3 Qxf3
30.Qxf3 Rxf3 31.d7 Rd8 32.Rd2 Kg8 33.Kg2 Rf5 34.Rc1 Kf7 35.f4 b4 36.Rc4 Rb5
37.Kf3 b3 38.Ra4 bxa2 39.Rxa6 Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Rg1 Rc8 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.Qf2 Bd8
16.h4 g6 17.Qd2 Be7 18.Qh2 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc4 20.Na4 b5 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.Rxd5 f6 24.Qe2 fxg5 25.hxg5 Rf7 26.Nd2 Nf4 27.Bxf4 Rxf4 28.Rg3 Rh4 29.Qg2 Rh5
30.f4 exf4 31.Rc3 Qd7 32.a3 Rc8 33.Rcd3 Qe6 34.Nf3 Qxe4 35.R5d4 Qf5 36.Rd1 Bf8
37.Qd2 Rc4 38.Re1 Rh3 39.Rxc4 bxc4 40.Nd4 Qd5 41.Qxf4 Rh1 42.Rxh1 Qxh1+ 43.Ka2 Qd5
44.c3 Be7 45.Nf3 Qe6 46.Qd4 d5 47.Qa7 Qd6 48.Qb7 a5 49.Qb5 Bd8 50.Qb7 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 Nhf6
9.Qc2 Qc7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.O-O Bd5
16.Rfe1 e6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Be7 19.Rac1 O-O 20.Qa4 f5 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Qg4 Be5
23.h3 Bh2+ 24.Kf1 Qg3 25.Qxg3 Bxg3 26.Re2 Bxa2 27.Bc4 Bxc4 28.Rxc4 Rad8 29.Be1 Rf6
30.Rce4 Rd5 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Rxe6 Be5 33.Re7 Rxc5 34.Rxb7 Rc1 35.Rb6 a5 36.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O h5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 g6 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Qc3 Be7 15.Qc6+ Nbd7
16.Bb6 Qxb6 17.Qxa8+ Nb8 18.Na5 Nd7 19.Nc6 Bg5 20.Qa7 Nxc6 21.Qxb6 Nxb6 22.dxc6 Ke7
23.Rd3 Rc8 24.Ra3 Na4 25.c4 Rxc6 26.Be2 Rb6 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Bxb5 Rxb5 29.Rxa4 f5
30.Rd1 Be3 31.a3 d5 32.b4 d4 33.Ra5 Rxa5 34.bxa5 Kd6 35.Kc2 e4 36.fxe4 fxe4
37.Re1  1-0

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Nxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Bd7 15.exf5 O-O
16.Qg4 Nb8 17.O-O h5 18.Qf3 Qg5 19.a4 Ra7 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Bh6 22.e4 Bg5
23.b4 Bxb5 24.axb5 Rb7 25.f6 Kh7 26.Ra5 Nd7 27.Ra6 Nb6 28.Rd1 Nc4 29.Rc6 Ne3
30.Rd3 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 Ra8 32.Ra6 Rc8 33.Rc6 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C97"]

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 "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.e4 Nf6
9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Nc3 c6 13.Bf4 Be7 14.Qa1 Nbd7 15.d5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 cxd5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Re1+ Kf8 21.Qa3+ Be7
22.Qa7 g6 23.Nxb5 d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qe1 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nd4 11.Qd2 h6 12.Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Be6 14.Rae1 Kh7 15.Kh1 Nh5
16.Bg3 Bh4 17.Rg1 Nxg3+ 18.hxg3 Bf6 19.Kg2 Qa5 20.Re2 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Qxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.c3 Nc5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.Bc2 b4 15.d4 bxc3
16.bxc3 Nd7 17.Nf1 Bf6 18.d5 Ncb8 19.h4 Nc5 20.Ng3 Bc8 21.Ng5 h6 22.Nh5 Be7
23.Nh3 Qa2 24.Re3 g6 25.Rg3 Nbd7 26.Bxh6 Bxh4 27.Rg4 Be7 28.Bg5 Bxg5 29.Nxg5 f5
30.exf5 gxh5 31.Rg3 Nf6 32.Ne6+ Kf7 33.Rg7+ Ke8 34.Nxc7+ Kd8 35.Ne6+ Ke8
36.Nc7+ Kd8 37.Ne6+ Ke8 38.Nc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qe1 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nd4 11.Qd2 Qd7 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 h6 14.gxh5 hxg5 15.Bxg5 Qxh3
16.Qg2 Qxg2+ 17.Kxg2 Nxc2 18.Rac1 Nd4 19.h6 Rae8 20.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.Bd3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Nb6 13.Kg2 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3+ 15.Qxf3 N8d7
16.Be3 c4 17.Bc2 Rac8 18.Rad1 Nc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.e5 f5 21.e6 Nc8 22.g4 Qh4
23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Kh2 Ne7 25.Rg1 Kh8 26.Ne2 Bh6 27.b4 cxb3 28.Bxb3 Ng6 29.Qg3 Qxg3+
30.Kxg3 b5 31.Rc1 Rfc8 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Kf3 Kg7 34.h4 Kf6 35.h5 Nxf4 36.Nxf4 Rc3+
37.Kf2 Bxf4 38.Rg8 Rc7 39.a4 b4 40.a5 Bg5 41.Rb8 Ke5 42.Rxb4 Bd2 43.Rb5 a6
44.Rb6 Bxa5 45.Rxa6 Bd2 46.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Qh5 O-O 14.O-O f4 15.Rfd1 Rb8
16.Nc2 Qd7 17.Qh4 f5 18.Ncb4 Nxb4 19.Nxb4 Bf6 20.Qh5 a5 21.exf5 Bf7 22.Qh6 Bg7
23.Qh4 axb4 24.f6 Bg6 25.fxg7 Kxg7 26.cxb4 Rbc8 27.Qg5 Qe6 28.Be4 Rf6 29.Bd5 Qd7
30.Rac1 h6 31.Qh4 Bc2 32.Re1 Bd3 33.h3 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 e4 35.b3 Qf5 36.Rc7+ Kf8
37.a4 e3 38.fxe3 fxe3 39.Bf3 e2 40.Rc1 bxa4 41.bxa4 Qf4 42.Qxf4 Rxf4 43.b5 Rxa4
44.b6 Rc4 45.Ra1 Ra4 46.Re1 Rb4 47.Bxe2 Bxe2 48.Rxe2 Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.O-O O-O 14.c4 f5 15.Qf3 d5
16.cxd5 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Qd7 18.d6 Rb8 19.Rad1 Rb6 20.Qc3 Rxd6 21.Bf5 Rxd1 22.Bxd7 Rxd7
23.Nc2 Rfd8 24.Ne3 Rd2 25.h4 Be6 26.a3 f5 27.Qc6 R2d6 28.Qc2 Rd2 29.Rd1 Rxd1+
30.Nxd1 Bf6 31.g3 Rc8 32.Qd2 Rd8 33.Qe2 Bc4 34.Qc2 f4 35.Nc3 Bd3 36.Qd1 fxg3
37.fxg3 e4 38.Qg4+ Kh8 39.Qe6 Bd4+ 40.Kh2 Rf8 41.Nxe4 Bxe4 42.Qxe4 Bxb2 43.Qb4 Bg7
44.g4 h6 45.Qe4 a5 46.g5 b4 47.axb4 axb4 48.Qxb4 Kh7 49.Qe4+ Kh8 50.Kg3 Rd8
51.Qe6 hxg5 52.hxg5 Rd4 53.Kf3 Kh7 54.Qf5+ Kh8 55.Kg3 Kg8 56.Kf2 Kh8 57.Ke2 Kg8
58.Qg6 Kh8 59.Qf7 Kh7 60.Kf3 Kh8 61.Qe7 Kh7 62.Qe6 Kh8 63.Qc6 Kh7 64.Qb6 Rd3+
65.Kg4 Rc3 66.Qe6 Rc7 67.g6+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Qe1 Bb4 10.Qe3 O-O 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Re8 13.Bxf5 Rxe3 14.fxe3 Ne7 15.Bd3 f6
16.e4 Kh8 17.e5 c5 18.exf6 gxf6 19.a3 Ba5 20.dxc5 Bc7 21.b4 Nc6 22.Bb2 Ne5
23.Be4 Nxf3+ 24.Bxf3 Rb8 25.Bxb7 Bxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Qc7+ 27.Kg1 Qxb7 28.Rxf6 Kg8
29.Raf1 Rd8 30.R1f3 Qc7 31.R6f4  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.Be3 e5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Nb3 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 d5 11.exd5 a6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.d6 Qxd6 14.Qxd6 Bxd6 15.O-O-O Be7
16.h3 Nbd7 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 O-O 19.Na5 Bb4 20.Nxb7 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rfc8 22.Rd3 Rc4
23.Bh2 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Rxc5 25.Re1 h5 26.gxh5 Rxh5 27.Re5 Rh4 28.Ra5 Ne4 29.c4 Rc8
30.c5 Rxc5 31.Rxa6 Nf2 32.Rf3 Nxh3 33.Ra8+ Kh7 34.Rxf7 Rhc4 35.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Be5 O-O 13.Nd4 Re8 14.Bxb8 Bg6 15.Bc7 Qxc7
16.Bd3 Bxc5 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.O-O-O Rac8 19.Kb1 Red8 20.Nb3 Be7 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.h3 Bf6 23.Ne2 Qb6 24.Rd1 Rd3 25.Nec1 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 h5 27.Ne2 Qb5 28.Ned4 Qc4
29.Qe2 Qxe2 30.Nxe2 h4 31.Kc2 Bf5 32.Nd2 Kg7 33.Nc3 Be5 34.Ncxe4 Kg6 35.f3 b6
36.b3 Bc8 37.Nf2 Bg3 38.Nd3 f5 39.e4 Bh2 40.exf5+ Kxf5 41.Ne4 Bb7 42.Nc3 Bb8
43.Nb5 a6 44.Nd4+ Kf6 45.Nf2 Ke5 46.Kd3 Kf6 47.Ng4+ Kg6 48.a4 Bd5 49.Ne3 Bg8
50.Ke4 Bd6 51.Nef5 Ba3 52.Ne3 Bc5 53.Nd5 a5 54.Ke5 Bxd4+ 55.Kxd4 Be6 56.Ke5 Bf7
57.f4 gxf4 58.Nxf4+ Kg5 59.Ne6+ Kg6 60.Nd4 Kg5 61.Ke4 Bg8 62.Ke5 Bf7 63.Ne6+ Kg6
64.Nf4+ Kg5 65.Nd5 Bg8 66.Kd6 Bf7 67.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.d3 Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.Nbd2 a5 10.b3 Be6 11.Qc2 f6 12.Ne4 Qd7 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Bc5 b6 15.Bxe7 Ndxe7
16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Ned2 Bd5 18.e3 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Kh8 20.Qb2 Be6 21.Bf1 Bg4 22.Re1 Qf5
23.Nh4 Qd7 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Nd5 26.b5 Na5 27.Nhf3 Qe7 28.Rb1 c5 29.bxc6 Nxc6
30.Rec1 Ndb4 31.Ne1 Bf5 32.Rc3 Nd5 33.Rb3 Na5 34.Ra3 Be6 35.e4 Nc7 36.Rc3 Rb8
37.Rcc1 Bg8 38.Nef3 Ne6 39.Qb4 Nc5 40.Qb5 Bf7 41.Rc3 Be8 42.Qb4 Nc6 43.Qa3 Ra8
44.Qc1 Rab8 45.h3 Qd6 46.Nc4 Qc7 47.Nxb6 Nxe4 48.dxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Bf4 Nh5
10.Bh2 f5 11.e3 f4 12.Bd3 Bh6 13.O-O O-O 14.exf4 Nxf4 15.Re1 Qd8 16.Bc4 b6
17.Bg3 Ra7 18.Ne4 Rg7 19.Ra3 g5 20.Nh2 Rg6 21.Rae3 Bg7 22.Nc3 Nd7 23.Ng4 Nf6
24.Re6 Nxg4 25.hxg4 Kh8 26.Bxf4 gxf4 27.Rxg6 hxg6 28.Qf3 Qh4 29.Qh3 Qxh3
30.gxh3 Be5 31.f3 Kg7 32.Ne4 Bd7 33.Ng5 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Bf1 Ra8 36.b3 Ra3
37.Rb1 Bd4+ 38.Kh1 Kf6 39.Ne6 Bf2 40.Nxf4 g5 41.Ne6 Be8 42.Nc7 Bg6 43.Nxb5 Ra2
44.Rd1 Bg3 45.Bd3 Be5 46.Bxg6 Kxg6 47.Rd3 Ra5 48.Nc7 Ra7 49.Nb5 Ra5 50.Nc7 Ra3
51.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B07"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Qe2 d6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O-O Re8 10.f3 Ne5 11.Qd2 Be6 12.Be2 Bc4 13.g4 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 c6 15.g5 Nh5
16.f4 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Nc4 18.Qf3 g6 19.Ng3 Ng7 20.h4 a5 21.h5 Qb6 22.Qc3 Qb4
23.Rd3 Qxc3 24.Rxc3 d5 25.Nd4 Ne6 26.exd5 cxd5 27.Nge2 Nxd4 28.Nxd4 Re4 29.Nb5 Rxf4
30.Nc7 Rd8 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Rch3 Kf8 33.Ne6+ fxe6 34.Rh8+ Ke7 35.R1h7+ Kd6
36.Rxd8+ Ke5 37.Rh1 Ne3 38.Re1 Ke4 39.Rd6 e5 40.Rxg6 Rf2 41.c3 Rc2+ 42.Kb1 Rg2
43.Rg8 Kd3 44.g6 d4 45.cxd4 exd4 46.g7 Kd2 47.Rc1 d3 48.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.h3 Ne7 7.Nc3 h6 8.Bd3 g5 9.O-O Bxc3
10.bxc3 e5 11.h4 Bg4 12.Be2 Nd7 13.hxg5 Ng6 14.g3 Qe7 15.gxh6 O-O-O 16.Nh4 Bxe2
17.Nxg6 fxg6 18.Qxe2 g5 19.Qg4 Rdg8 20.Kg2 Rxh6 21.Be3 Kc7 22.Rh1 Rhg6 23.Rh2 Nb6
24.Rah1 Nxc4 25.Bc1 R6g7 26.Rh8 Qd7 27.Qxd7+ Kxd7 28.R1h7 Rxh7 29.Rxg8 g4
30.Rxg4 b5 31.Rg8 Kc7 32.g4 Rd7 33.g5 Rd8 34.Rg6 a5 35.Rf6 b4 36.cxb4 cxb4
37.g6 Rg8 38.Bh6 Nb6 39.g7 Nd7 40.Rf3 a4 41.Kf1 Kb6 42.Ke2 a3 43.Kd1 Kb5
44.Kc2 Rc8+ 45.Kb1 Ka4 46.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.e4 d5 10.Bd3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nbd7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Bc3 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qe2 Bb7
16.O-O h6 17.b4 Be7 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Be4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 a5 22.b5 Qc5
23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Ra7 25.Rcd1 Rc7 26.Rd8 Rc8 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.Rd7 g6 29.Kg2 h5
30.h4 Rc8 31.Qb7 Qxc4 32.Rxf7 Qd5+ 33.Qxd5 exd5 34.Rf6 Kg7 35.Rc6 Re8 36.Rxb6 Re2
37.Rb7+ Kh6 38.a3 Ra2 39.Rd7 Rxa3 40.Rxd5 Rb3 41.f3 a4 42.Rd4 a3 43.Ra4 Rb2+
44.Kh3 Rxb5 45.Rxa3 Rb2 46.Ra7 Rf2 47.Rf7 Ra2 48.g4 hxg4+ 49.fxg4 Ra3+ 50.Kg2 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Ne7 11.Ne4 b6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Bb2 c5 14.Ng3 Be6 15.Nh5 g5 16.Nd2 Ng6
17.c4 Kd7 18.Ne4 Kc6 19.g4 a6 20.a4 Rd8 21.Rfd1 Be7 22.f3 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 b5
24.axb5+ axb5 25.Ng7 bxc4 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.bxc4 Rb8 28.Bc3 Nf4 29.Kf2 Nxh3+
30.Ke3 Nf4 31.Rh1 Bf8 32.Ra1 Rd8 33.Nf2 Bg7 34.Ra6+ Kb7 35.Ra5 Kb6 36.Ra2 Ng2+
37.Ke2 Rf8 38.Ne4 Nh4 39.Rb2+ Kc6 40.Ra2 Kb6 41.Rb2+ Kc6 42.Ra2 Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nd5 8.g3 e5
9.Bg2 exd4 10.Qxd4 Qf6 11.Qxf6 N7xf6 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Ne3 Bb4+ 14.Bd2 Bxd2+
15.Kxd2 Be4 16.Bf3 O-O-O 17.Rhd1 d4 18.Ng4 Bxf3 19.exf3 Nd7 20.f4 f6 21.f3 Kb8
22.Nf2 Rhe8 23.Re1 Nc5 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Ra3 Re3 26.Nd3 Na6 27.a5 Kc7 28.Ra1 Kd6
29.Rc1 Rxf3 30.Rc8 Kd5 31.b4 b6 32.Ra8 Kc4 33.Ne1 Rf2+ 34.Kd1 Nxb4 35.Rxa7 bxa5
36.Rxa5 d3 37.Ra7 Nd5 38.Ra4+ Kb3 39.Rd4 Nc3+  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 b5
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.f4 Be7 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.f5 Bc4 13.g4 Nxg4 14.Rg1 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 g6
16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.Qh3 Qd7 19.Nf1 gxf5 20.Ne3 Nxe4 21.Ncd5 Nf2 22.Qh5 Nxd1
23.Rxd1 Rc5 24.Nxe7 Qxe7 25.Nxf5 e4 26.Ng7+ Kf8 27.Qh6 Qe5 28.Nf5+ Ke8 29.Nxd6+ Ke7
30.Nf5+ Ke8 31.Qg5 Qc7 32.Ng7+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Bb6 11.h3 Ne7 12.Re1 Ng6 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.d4 Bb7
16.Bc2 d5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qxh6 Rxe5 22.Be3 Qf6
23.Bxb6 Qxb6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Qf4 Rbe8 26.Re3 Kg7 27.Rd1 Bd5 28.h4 b4 29.Rde1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.Bg2 d5 10.Ne5 Na6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.O-O c5 13.Be3 Re8 14.Nd3 Qd7 15.Na4 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Ne4 17.Nf4 Bf8 18.Nc3 Rad8 19.e3 Nb4 20.Bh3 Qe7 21.Nb5 Nc6 22.Bb2 d4
23.Nxd4 Nxf2 24.Rxf2 Qxe3 25.Bg2 Nxd4 26.Bxb7 Bc5 27.b4 Ne2+ 28.Qxe2 Qxf2+
29.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Rd2+ 31.Kf3 Rxb2 32.Bd5 Kf8 33.Bb3 Rxh2 34.Nd5 Rh5
35.g4 Rh3+ 36.Kg2 Rd3 37.Rc7 Rd8 38.Nf4 R3d7 39.Rc6 Rd6 40.Rc7 R6d7 41.Rc6 Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Ba4 d5 15.e5 Ne4
16.Be3 f6 17.Qc2 Nb4 18.Qb3 Ba5 19.Nd2 c6 20.Na7 Bf5 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.f3 Bg6
23.Qa3 fxe5 24.Nxc6 Nxc6 25.Bxc6 Bb4 26.Qa7 e4 27.Qa2 Kh8 28.Qxd5 Qc7 29.fxe4 Bf7
30.Qd7  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Abulhul,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[ECO "A17"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Abulhul,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A37"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Delchev,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E48"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Delchev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 Ba7
9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 Be6 11.Bg5 dxe4 12.dxe4 Bxb3 13.axb3 Qd6 14.Ng3 Qe6 15.b4 Ne8
16.O-O f6 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Nd6 19.Rf2 a5 20.bxa5 Nxa5 21.Nh4 g6 22.Raf1 Nb3
23.Qc2 Ra1 24.Nf3 Rxf1+ 25.Nxf1 Nc5 26.N3d2 b5 27.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E10"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kozul,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kharlov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Nbc6 8.Be3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Bxd4 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Bxc3 Be6 13.Be2 Bb3 14.h4 Rfe8 15.Rh3 Ng6
16.Bd2 Ba4 17.h5 Nf8 18.b3 Bc6 19.f3 Ne6 20.Rg3 f5 21.Bc3 fxe4 22.fxe4 Rad8
23.Bc4 Bxe4 24.Bxg7 Kf7 25.Bc3 Bd5 26.Kf2 Rg8 27.Rxg8 Kxg8 28.Rd1 Bxc4 29.Rxd8+ Nxd8
30.bxc4 a6 31.Ke3 Kf7 32.g4 Ne6 33.Ke4 Nc5+ 34.Kd5 Nd7 35.g5 Nb6+ 36.Kd4 Na4
37.Ba1 Nb6 38.c5 Nc8 39.Ke4 c6 40.Bf6 b5 41.Bd8 Ke6 42.h6 Kf7 43.Kf5 a5 44.Bxa5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kharlov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C24"]

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

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qe5 Qd6 14.Qxd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd4 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 d6 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.Bf1 Rfe8
16.Kh1 Bd8 17.Bg1 h5 18.Qf2 Ne5 19.b3 Ng6 20.b4 h4 21.Nb3 h3 22.g3 Ne5 23.Rd4 Nc6
24.Rdd1 Ne5 25.Rd4 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ng8 11.Rd1 Nge7 12.Nc3 Nc8 13.Be3 Nb6 14.b3 Rc8 15.Qb2 Be7
16.Ne2 O-O 17.Nf4 Rc7 18.Qe2 Rfc8 19.Ne1 Qd8 20.Qg4 Nd7 21.Ned3 Nf8 22.g3 Ba3
23.Nh5 Ng6 24.h4 Qf8 25.Bg5 h6 26.Be3 Kh8 27.Qh3 Nb4 28.Nxb4 Bxb4 29.Rd3 Rc2
30.a4 R8c3 31.Rad1 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Ne7 33.g4 Ba3 34.Kg2 Nc6 35.Qf3 Be7 36.g5 g6
37.Nf6 h5 38.Bd2 Bxf6 39.gxf6 Nb4 40.Qd1 Rc8 41.Rg3 Nc6 42.Be3 b6 43.Rg5 Qg8
44.Qd2 Rc7 45.Rg3 Kh7 46.Rg5 Kh8 47.Kh2 Rc8 48.Rg1 Kh7 49.Rg5 Kh8 50.Rg1 Kh7
51.Kh3 a5 52.Rc1 g5 53.Qc2+ Qg6 54.Qxg6+ Kxg6 55.Bxg5 Kf5 56.Be3 Ke4 57.Kh2 Rc7
58.Kg3 Rc8 59.Kh2 Rc7 60.Kg2 Rc8 61.Kh3 Rc7 62.Kg2 Rc8 63.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Ne4 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nxd2 10.Nxd2 f5 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Rac1 Qf6 13.c5 Rae8 14.b4 Kh8 15.f4 g5
16.b5 Na5 17.fxg5 Qxg5 18.Nf3 Qg7 19.cxb6 cxb6 20.Rc7 Rc8 21.Rfc1 Rxc7 22.Rxc7 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.e4 Bb7 25.h3 d6 26.Qc2 Qf6 27.Kf2 fxe4 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Kg7
30.Qc2 Qf7 31.Ke2 h6 32.a4 Qb7 33.g4 Qf7 34.Qc3 Kh7 35.h4 Kg7 36.h5 Kg8 37.Qc1 e5
38.Qxh6 e4 39.Ng5 Qa2+ 40.Ke3 Nc4+ 41.Kxe4 Qg2+ 42.Kf4 Qf2+ 43.Ke4 Qg2+ 44.Kf4 Qf2+
45.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d5 Bb4 8.O-O Na6
9.Nd4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nc5 11.Nb3 Nce4 12.f3 Nxc3 13.Qc2 Na4 14.e4 d6 15.Nd4 Nc5
16.Bb2 Qd7 17.Bh3 Rfe8 18.a4 a5 19.Rfe1 Qe7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Rxe5 Ncd7 22.Re3 Qc5
23.Rae1 e5 24.Nb3 Qd6 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.f4 f6 27.Nd2 Qf8 28.fxe5 Nxe5 29.Bxe5 Rxe5
30.Rxe5 fxe5 31.Rxe5 Qc5+ 32.Kg2 Rf8 33.Nf3 h6 34.Qd3 Ba6 35.Re4 Qb4 36.Ne5 Qxa4
37.h4 Qa2+ 38.Re2 Qa1 39.Kh2 Qf1 40.Qe3 Bc8 41.g4 Re8 42.Kg3 h5 43.Re1 Qf6
44.gxh5 Qf5 45.Kh2 Qxh5 46.Qg3 a4 47.Ng4 Bxg4 48.Rxe8+ Qxe8 49.Qxg4 Qe5+
50.Kg2 a3 51.Qc8+ Kh7 52.Qa6 Qb2+ 53.Kf3 a2  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.Be3 Qf6 8.c3 Nc6
9.Bc2 Nxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Rc8 12.a3 Be7 13.h4 e5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Bd4 Qc7
16.Nc3 Nf6 17.Rh3 O-O 18.e5 Nd5 19.Qg4 g6 20.h5 f5 21.Bxf5 Nf4 22.Rg3 Rxf5
23.hxg6 h5 24.Qxf5 Rf8 25.Qc2 Ba6+ 26.Ke1 h4 27.g7 Rc8 28.Qe4 hxg3 29.Qxf4 Qc6
30.Qxg3 Qh6 31.Qh3 Qg6 32.Qxd7 Rxc3 33.Qd5+ Kxg7 34.Bxc3 Qc2 35.Qd2 Qh7 36.e6+ Kg8
37.Qe3 Qh1+ 38.Kd2 Qh4 39.Qg3+ Bg5+ 40.Kd1 Qh5+ 41.f3 Qg6 42.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "JUNIOR"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 d5
9.e5 Ne4 10.a3 Be7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Be3 f5 13.Nc3 Kh8 14.Ne2 g5 15.h3 f4 16.Bd2 Bf5
17.Qd1 a6 18.Ba4 Qd7 19.Rc1 Kg7 20.Be1 h5 21.Nh2 h4 22.Kg1 b5 23.Bc2 Nd8
24.Bb4 Bxb4 25.axb4 c6 26.Nf3 Qe7 27.Qe1 Ne6 28.Bd1 Rac8 29.Ra1 Qa7 30.Bc2 Rf7
31.Ra3 Rg8 32.Qa1 Ra8 33.Bd3 Kg8 34.Qb1 Raf8 35.Qc2 Qb6 36.Ra1 Rg7 37.Rc1 Rc8
38.Rd1 Rf8 39.Kf1 Rgf7 40.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "HYDRA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.Nd2 b6 7.Ngf3 c5 8.Ne5 a5
9.Bh4 Be7 10.Bd3 Nfd7 11.Bg3 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ba6 13.Bc2 Ra7 14.Qg4 d4 15.h4 d3
16.Bb3 Qc7 17.a4 Qc8 18.Bc4 Rd8 19.Bxa6 Qxa6 20.Qc4 Qc8 21.O-O-O Qc6 22.f3 Qa8
23.Nb1 Rad7 24.Rd2 Nc6 25.Na3 Rd5 26.f4 R5d7 27.Kb1 Na7 28.e4 Qc6 29.Rhd1 Rb7
30.Nb5 Nxb5 31.axb5 Qc8 32.Bf2 h5 33.Rxd3 Rbd7 34.Rxd7 Rxd7 35.Rxd7 Qxd7
36.Kc2 Kf8 37.Qe2 g6 38.c4 Qd8 39.g3 Ke8 40.Qf3 Bf8 41.Qe3 Qc7 42.Be1 Qd7
43.Bd2 Bh6 44.Kd1 Kf8 45.Ke2 Qd8 46.Bc3 Qd7 47.Qf3 Ke8 48.g4 hxg4 49.Qxg4 Qc7
50.Kf3 Qd8 51.Ke3 Qe7 52.h5 gxh5 53.Qxh5 Qf8 54.Kf3 Qg7 55.Qg4 Qh7 56.f5 Kd7
57.Qh5 Qg7 58.b3 Bc1 59.Be1 Bb2 60.Bg3 Bc3 61.Bf4 Bd4 62.Bh2 Qg8 63.Qh6 Bc3
64.Bg3 Kc7 65.Qf6 Kd7 66.Bf4 Qh8 67.Kg4 Qg8+ 68.Bg5 Bd2 69.Qh6 Bc3 70.Qf6 Bd2
71.Kh5 Bxg5 72.fxe6+ fxe6 73.Qxg5 Qh8+ 74.Kg4 Qh7 75.Qf4 Ke8 76.Kg5 Qg7+
77.Kh5 Qh8+ 78.Kg4 Qh7 79.Qf6 Qxe4+ 80.Kg5 Qg2+ 81.Kh6 Qh1+ 82.Kg7 Qb7+ 83.Kg8 Qg2+
84.Qg7 Qf3 85.Qg6+ Ke7 86.Qg7+ Ke8 87.Qg6+ Ke7 88.Qg7+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "FRITZ"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O g5
9.Bb1 g4 10.Ne1 h5 11.Nb3 a5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nd3 Ba7 15.Qa4 Bd7
16.Qf4 Bb8 17.Rd1 f5 18.c4 d4 19.Re1 Qe7 20.Bc2 h4 21.Bd2 Bc7 22.Bd1 Rg8
23.a3 a4 24.f3 gxf3 25.Bxf3 Ba5 26.Bxa5 Rxa5 27.Qd2 Qg5 28.Qf2 Rg7 29.c5 Kf8
30.Rac1 Kg8 31.Kh1 Ra8 32.Rc4 Be8 33.Bd1 Qh6 34.Nf4 Rd8 35.Rxa4 d3 36.Bb3 Bf7
37.Qe3 Qg5 38.Rd1 Kh7 39.Rd2 Qh6 40.Kg1 Qg5 41.Bc4 Be8 42.Bxe6 Re7 43.Rxd3 Rxd3
44.Qxd3 Nxe5 45.Qxf5+ Qxf5 46.Bxf5+ Kh6 47.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "JUNIOR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 e6 8.g4 h6
9.Qd2 a6 10.O-O-O b5 11.h4 b4 12.Nce2 Qa5 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Rg1 Ne5 15.Nc1 g6
16.g5 hxg5 17.hxg5 Nh5 18.a3 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Na2 Rc8 21.Nxb4 Qa4 22.Ka2 Qa5
23.Qd3 Ng7 24.c3 e5 25.Nb3 Qb5 26.Nd5 Qxd3 27.Rxd3 Bb5 28.Rd2 Rh3 29.Rf2 Bd7
30.Na5 Be6 31.c4 Nh5 32.b3 Bxd5 33.exd5 Ng3 34.Nc6 Kd7 35.b4 Nf5 36.Bd2 Ne7
37.Na5 Nf5 38.Re1 Bg7 39.Nc6 Nd4 40.Nxd4 exd4 41.Kb3 d3 42.Re4 Rh1 43.Rf4 Be5
44.Rxf7+ Ke8 45.Rb7 Rb1+ 46.Ka4 Rb2 47.Rh7 Bf4 48.Bxf4 Rxf2 49.Rh8+ Kd7 50.Rh7+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Massoni,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 e5
9.Ndb5 a6 10.Nd6 Ne8 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Qd3 Nc7 15.Rad1 Nce6
16.Bxd4 exd4 17.b4 Re8 18.h4 Nc7 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.a4 Qe7 21.Qd2 Qxe2 22.Qxe2 Rxe2
23.Nxd7 Rd8 24.Nc5 b6 25.Nd3 Rde8 26.c5 bxc5 27.bxc5 Rc2 28.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Ne6
30.c6 Bf8 31.Kf1 Rc3 32.Rd1 Bd6 33.Ke2 Kf8 34.Rb1 Ke7 35.Rb7+ Nc7 36.Ne1 Ke6
37.Kd2 Ra3 38.Nc2 Rxa4 39.Kd3 Ra2 40.Nxd4+ Ke5 41.Nc2 a5 42.Ne3 Ra3+ 43.Kc2 Kd4
44.Kb2 Rd3 45.Ra7 Rd2+ 46.Nc2+  1-0

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sulava,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Na3 a6 4.Nxc4 b5 5.Ne3 Bb7 6.g3 Nd7 7.Bg2 c5 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 e5 11.Nb3 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 Ngf6 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Qe7
16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 a5 18.Ne3 a4 19.Nd2 Rfc8 20.Nf3 Rc7 21.Rad1 Rac8 22.Kg2 Kf8
23.g4 h6 24.h4 Ke8 25.a3 Rc6 26.R6d2 R8c7 27.Nf5 g6 28.Nd6+ Ke7 29.Nxb5 Rb7
30.Nc3 Nxg4 31.Nd5+ Ke8 32.Kg3 f5 33.Nb4 Rc4 34.Rd6 Ngf6 35.Kg2 Rg4+ 36.Kf1 e4
37.Ne5 Rxh4 38.Nxg6 Rh1+ 39.Kg2 Rxd1 40.Rxd1 Kf7 41.Nf4 Ne5 42.Rd6 Nc4 43.Rc6 Nxb2
44.Ne6 Rd7 45.Nf4 Rd1 46.Rc7+ Rd7 47.Rc2 Nd1 48.e3 Ng4 49.Nfd5 Ke6 50.Rc6+ Ke5
51.Nf4 Ndxe3+ 52.fxe3 Nxe3+ 53.Kg3 Nf1+ 54.Kf2 Kxf4 55.Kxf1 e3 56.Rxh6 Ke4
57.Re6+ Kf3 58.Ke1 Rh7 59.Kd1 Rh1+ 60.Kc2 f4 61.Nd3 Ra1 62.Kb2 Rd1 63.Kc3 Ra1
64.Kb4 Rd1 65.Kc3 Ra1 66.Kb2 Rd1 67.Kc2 Ra1 68.Rf6 Rxa3 69.Rxf4+ Ke2 70.Nc1+ Ke1
71.Kb2 Rb3+ 72.Nxb3 axb3 73.Kxb3 e2 74.Re4 Kd2 75.Rxe2+ Kxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Malakhatko,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.b4 d5 2.a4 c5 3.f4 b5 4.e4 dxe4 5.d4 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nc3 g6 8.d5 Bg7 9.Nd2 O-O
10.Be2 Re8 11.O-O Nfd7 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Ne3 f5 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.Kh1 Qf6 16.Bh5 Nf7
17.Nxb5 Re7 18.Ra3 a6 19.h3 Nh6 20.Rb3 Ng4 21.Bd2 Re8 22.Qb1 Nh2 23.Kxh2 gxh5
24.Kh1 a5 25.bxa5 Qe7 26.a6 h4 27.Kh2 Bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bb3 a6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nf1 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ng3 h6 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Nf6 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Na5 15.Bc2 c5
16.Qe2 Qb6 17.Ba4 Re7 18.Rf1 e4 19.dxe4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.Bc2 Re7 22.Rad1 Be6
23.b3 Rd8 24.Qf2 Nc6 25.Qh4 Red7 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Qe4 g6 28.Qf4 Kh7 29.h4 Qc7
30.Qf6 Rd6 31.Qf4 Rd7 32.Qf6 Rd6 33.Qf4 Rd7 34.Qxc7 Rxc7 35.Nd2 Kg7 36.Kf2 Rd7
37.Ne4 b6 38.Ke2 Ne5 39.Nf2 a5 40.Re1 h5 41.Rb1 Rd8 42.Be4 b5 43.Bc2 b4 44.c4 a4
45.Rc1 Kf8 46.Ne4 Rc8 47.Nd6 Rc6 48.Nb5 Ke7 49.Be4 Ra6 50.Nc7 Ra7 51.Nb5 Ra5
52.Rc2 axb3 53.axb3 Ra1 54.Rb2 Bg4+ 55.Kf2 Be6 56.Ke2 f6 57.Kf2 g5 58.hxg5 fxg5
59.Nc7 h4 60.Bd5 Nd3+ 61.Ke2 Nxb2 62.Nxe6 Ra2 63.Kf3 Nd3 64.Nxg5 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Qc7
9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Rae1 O-O 12.Kh1 Bb7 13.f4 Nd7 14.Na4 Rfe8 15.b3 c5
16.c4 d4 17.e5 Bf8 18.Be4 a5 19.Qf3 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Nb6 21.Rb1 Qc6 22.Re3 Qxf3
23.Rxf3 Reb8 24.Rff1 Ra7 25.Nxb6 Rxb6 26.a4 h5 27.g3 g6 28.Kg2 Be7 29.Rf3 Kg7
30.h3 Rb8 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Rh8 33.Rh1 Rxh1 34.Kxh1 Bd8 35.Kg2 Bc7 36.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 b6 6.Bxd5 exd5 7.O-O Ba6 8.d3 Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.d4 d6 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Nbd2 Nc6 14.Qa4 Bd3 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Nb3 Rab8 17.Rad1 Bb5 18.Qh4 Rfe8 19.Be3 c4 20.Nbd4 Ba4 21.Rd2 f6 22.Qh5 Ne5
23.Nxe5 fxe5 24.Nf3 Bc6 25.Red1 a6 26.h3 Qf7 27.Qg4 Qe6 28.Qh5 h6 29.Re1 Qf6
30.Nh2 Rf8 31.Ng4 Qf7 32.Qh4 Qg6 33.Rde2 h5 34.Nh2 d4 35.Qg5 Rf6 36.Bc1 d3
37.Qxg6 Rxg6 38.Re4 d2 39.Bxd2 Rxb2 40.Nf3 Rxa2 41.Bg5 Bc5 42.Rxe5 Bxf2+
43.Kf1 Bxf3 44.gxf3 Bxe1 45.Kxe1 Kf7 46.Kf1 Rd6  0-1

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.c5 Be7 8.b4 b6 9.Nf4 c6
10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Bb2 bxc5 12.bxc5 Qc7 13.O-O Rb8 14.Rb1 e5 15.Nd3 exd4 16.exd4 a5
17.Qc2 Re8 18.Bc1 Rxb1 19.Nxb1 Ba6 20.Nc3 Nf8 21.Be3 N6d7 22.Qd2 Bf6 23.Nf4 Bxe2
24.Ncxe2 g6 25.Rb1 h5 26.h3 Bg7 27.Qd3 Ra8 28.Nc3 Nh7 29.Nfe2 Nhf8 30.Bf4 Qa7
31.Na4 Ne6 32.Bd6 Re8 33.Nac3 h4 34.Rb3 Bf6 35.Rb1 Ng7 36.Bf4 Nf5 37.Kf1 Kg7
38.Bh2 Rc8 39.Bf4 Nf8 40.Na4 Ne6 41.Be3 Re8 42.Kg1 Ng5 43.Bf4 Qe7 44.Nac3 Ne4
45.Nxe4 Qxe4 46.Qxe4 Rxe4 47.Kf1 Nxd4 48.Nxd4 Rxd4 49.Be3 Rc4 50.Ke2 d4 51.Bd2 Rxc5
52.Kd3 Bg5 53.Be1 Bf6 54.Rb6 Rc1 55.Bxa5 c5 56.Rc6 Rg1 57.Rxc5 Rxg2 58.Rc2 Rh2
59.a4 Rxh3+ 60.Kc4 Ra3 61.Kb5 h3 62.Bc7 Rc3 63.Rxc3 dxc3 64.a5  0-1

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Ne5 Qa5+ 10.c3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Nc4 Bxd4 13.Nxa5 Bb6 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.Be2 Bd7
16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Ke7 18.Bf3 Rac8 19.Ne5 Rc7 20.O-O-O Rd8 21.Rh4 Be8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8
23.Rb4 b6 24.Kc2 Ke7 25.Rd4 Nh7 26.Be4 Ng5 27.Bd3 f6 28.Ng6+ Bxg6 29.Bxg6 f5
30.f3 Rc8 31.f4 Ne4 32.g4 Nd6 33.gxf5 exf5 34.a4 Ke6 35.Bh5 g5 36.Bf3 gxf4
37.Rxf4 Kf6 38.Rd4 Ke5 39.Rh4 Rh8 40.Kd3 Rd8 41.Rd4 Nf7 42.Rxd8 Nxd8 43.b4 Nf7
44.c4 Ng5 45.Bb7 Ne6 46.Ke3 h5 47.g3 f4+ 48.gxf4+ Nxf4 49.a5 bxa5 50.bxa5 Ne6
51.Bf3 h4 52.Bg4 Nc5 53.Bh3 Nb3 54.a6 Nc5 55.Bc8 Kd6 56.Kf4 Kc7 57.Bf5 Nxa6
58.Kg4 Kd6 59.Kxh4 Ke5 60.Bc2 Kf4 61.Ba4 Nc5 62.Bb5 a5 63.Be8 Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bagheri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E14"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bagheri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bf4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.h3 Be7 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.cxd4 O-O
9.a3 d6 10.Be2 a6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rc1 b5 13.b4 Nb6 14.Nb3 Qd7 15.Na5 Bd5 16.Nd2 Rac8
17.Bd3 Rxc1 18.Qxc1 Rc8 19.Qa1 Bc4 20.Naxc4 bxc4 21.Be2 d5 22.Rc1 Ra8 23.Rb1 h6
24.Bd1 Ne8 25.a4 Bd6 26.a5 Nc8 27.Ba4 Qd8 28.Bc6 Ra7 29.b5 axb5 30.Rxb5 Bxf4
31.exf4 Ned6 32.Rc5 Ne7 33.Qa4 Ra6 34.Bd7 Nb7  0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Qc7
9.Re1 Nf6 10.Qf3 Be7 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bd2 d4 13.Na4 O-O 14.b3 Be6 15.c3 c5 16.Rac1 Qb8
17.Qe2 Qb7 18.Nb2 Nd7 19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.Nxc4 Qb5 21.Qd3 Rfd8 22.Qg3 f6 23.f4 exf4
24.Bxf4 Nf8 25.Qg4 Ng6 26.Bg3 Qc6 27.h4 dxc3 28.Rxc3 Ra7 29.h5 Nf8 30.e5 Rd4
31.Qh3 Rad7 32.Kh2 Rd1 33.Rce3 Rxe1 34.Bxe1 Rd5 35.Bc3 fxe5 36.Bxe5 Bf6 37.Qf3 Nd7
38.Rd3 Nb6 39.Bg3 Qe6 40.Re3 Qf7 41.Nxb6 Rxh5+ 42.Kg1 Bd4 43.Qxf7+ Kxf7 44.Bf2 Bxe3
45.Bxe3 Ke6 46.Kf2 Rf5+ 47.Ke2 h5 48.Kd3 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nb6 8.Bd3 dxe5
9.dxe5 Na6 10.Qe2 Nc5 11.Bc2 Nd5 12.O-O Bd7 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Be7 15.Rd1 Rc8
16.Nd4 O-O 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6 Re8 19.Nf3 Bf8 20.Qh3 Bg7 21.Bh6 Qe7 22.Re1 Qf8
23.Bxg7 Qxg7 24.Rad1 Ba4 25.Bxa4 Nxa4 26.Rd7 Nc5 27.Rd4 b6 28.Qh4 h6 29.h3 Rc7
30.Nh2 h5 31.Nf3 Nd7 32.Qf4 Nb8 33.Ng5 Nc6 34.Rd6 Kh8 35.Red1 Rf8 36.Rd7 Rxd7
37.Rxd7 Nxe5 38.Rxa7 Kg8 39.Nxe6 Nd3 40.Qd2  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.O-O Nd4 6.Re1 a6 7.Bc4 d6 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.exd5 g6 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.d3 h6 12.a4 Bg7 13.a5 O-O 14.Bd2 Re8 15.Qf3 e5
16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Rc1 Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g4 h6
9.f4 g6 10.f5 Ne5 11.h3 b5 12.a3 Qe7 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.O-O-O Rc8
16.Rhf1 Bg7 17.g5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 Nf7 19.Kb1 Rc5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Bg4 Bc8 22.Qg2 Ne5
23.Nce2 g5 24.Ng3 Nxg4 25.hxg4 Bb7 26.Nh5 Be5 27.Qe2 Rc4 28.Qe3 Rg8 29.Rf2 Rf8
30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.b3 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Bxd4 33.Qxd4 e5 34.Qf2+ Ke8 35.Nf6+ Kd8
36.Qf5 Bc8 37.Qxg5 Be6 38.Qh6 Kc7 39.g5 Kc6 40.Qh8 Kb7 41.g6  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a4 h6 11.Bd2 b4 12.c3 a5 13.d4 bxc3 14.Bxc3 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4
16.Qxd4 c5 17.Qd3 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Nd5 21.Re5 Nxc3 22.Nxc3 Ra7
23.Rae1 Rd7 24.Qb5 Bf6 25.Rxc5 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Kh2 Qe6 28.Qxa5 Kh7 29.Rf5 Rd2
30.Qb5 Bd4 31.Rf3 Bxf2 32.Qf5+ Qxf5 33.Rxf5 Bd4 34.Nb5 Bxb2 35.a5 f6 36.a6 Be5+
37.Kg1 Ra2 38.a7 Rxa7 39.Nxa7 Bd4+ 40.Kf1 Bxa7 41.h4 Bd4 42.g4 Be5 43.h5 Ba1
44.Ke2 Bb2 45.Kd3 Ba1 46.Ke4 Bb2 47.Rb5 Ba1 48.Kf5 Bd4 49.Ke6 Bc3 50.Kf7 Bd4
51.Rb8 f5 52.gxf5 Be5 53.Rb6 Bd4 54.Ra6 Bc3 55.Ke6 Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.Be3 d5 12.exd6 cxd6 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Bxe7 Rxe7 15.Qa6 Nc5
16.Qe2 Rb7 17.b3 Bg4 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 d5 20.Rad1 Ne6 21.Na4 Qf8 22.h4 h6
23.g3 Qb4 24.Re5 Re7 25.c3 Qd6 26.Qe2 Rae8 27.Re1 Kf8 28.Qg4 g6 29.R5e3 h5
30.Qf3 Ng7 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 32.Rxe7 Qxe7 33.c4 dxc4 34.Qxc6 cxb3 35.axb3 Ne6
36.Kg2 Qb4 37.Qd5 Qd4 38.Qc6 Kg7 39.Qf3 Qf6 40.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bruzon,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B40"]

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

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Be3 Bf6 15.Nd2 Na5
16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Qa4 Bd7 18.Qb4 Be7 19.Qb2 Bc6 20.Bf3 Qd7 21.Qa2 Rad8 22.a4 b6
23.h3 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Qd5 25.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bg2 Re8 12.Rc2 Bd6 13.Bg5 Bb4+ 14.Kf1 f6 15.Bf4 Nd7
16.Ne1 c6 17.Nd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Rc8 19.Bh3 g6 20.a3 Bf8 21.e3 Qe7 22.Bg4 g5
23.Qf5 gxf4 24.gxf4 Kh8 25.Rg1 Rc7 26.Bf3 Nb8 27.Rg3 Qd6 28.b4 b5 29.Rc1 a5
30.bxa5 Qxa3 31.Rc5 Rg7 32.Bh5 Rd8 33.Qxf6 Qxa5 34.Rc2 b4 35.Ra2 Qc7 36.Be2 Qe7
37.Qf5 Qe4 38.Qxe4 dxe4 39.Ra8 b3 40.Bc4 b2 41.Ba2 c5 42.dxc5 b1=Q+ 43.Bxb1 Rd1+
44.Kg2 Rxb1 45.Ra4 Re7 46.Rg5 Nc6 47.Ra6 Re6 48.h4 Be7 49.f5 Rf6 50.Rg4 Rb4
51.Ra8+ Rf8 52.Rxf8+ Bxf8 53.f6 Ne5  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bc2 Ne5 10.b3 exd5 11.exd5 Re8 12.Bf4 Na6 13.a3 f5 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Rae1 Nf7
16.Qc1 Nc7 17.a4 Na6 18.Nb5 Be5 19.Bd2 Nb4 20.Bxb4 cxb4 21.Qd2 a6 22.Nbd4 Qb6
23.Rd1 Re7 24.h4 Rae8 25.Nf4 a5 26.g3 Bg7 27.Kg2 Bh6 28.Rh1 Bg7 29.Bb1 Qxd4
30.Qxd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 b6 32.Rdd1 Nd8 33.Nd3 Nb7 34.Rd2 Kg7 35.Bc2 h6 36.Bd1 Re4
37.Nf4 Nc5 38.Bc2 R4e7 39.Nd3 Na6 40.Nf4 Kf6 41.Bd1 Re4 42.Bf3 Nc5 43.Bxe4 fxe4
44.Rb1 Bg4 45.Ne2 Bf5 46.Rbb2 e3 47.Rd4 exf2 48.Kxf2 g5 49.Nc1 Ke5 50.Rd1 gxh4
51.gxh4 Rg8 52.Rh1 Ne4+ 53.Ke1 Rg3 54.h5 Bg4 55.Kf1 Rc3 56.Ne2 Re3 57.Ng1 Nc5
58.Rh4 Bf5 59.Kf2 Rxb3 60.Rxb3 Nxb3 61.Nf3+ Kf6 62.Ke3 Bd7 63.Rf4+ Kg7 64.Nd4 Nc5
65.Kd2 Kg8 66.Ne6 Nxe6 67.dxe6 Bxe6 68.Rd4 Kf7 69.Rxd6 Bxc4 70.Rxh6 b5 71.axb5 Bxb5
72.Rg6 Be8 73.Rg1 Kf6 74.h6 Bg6 75.Rf1+ Kg5 76.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.e3 Rc8 11.f3 c5 12.dxc5 Rxc5 13.Bh4 d5 14.b4 Rc8 15.Qb2 Qc7
16.Bg3 e5 17.Bd3 Ba6 18.b5 Bb7 19.O-O Qc5 20.Rfe1 e4 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Nb3 Qg5
23.Bf4 Qg6 24.Bf1 Rfe8 25.Rad1 Nf8 26.a4 Ne6 27.Bg3 Nh5 28.Bh4 Ng5 29.Kh1 Nf6
30.a5 Nf3 31.gxf3 exf3 32.Bf2 Rxc4 33.e4 Rcxe4 34.Rxe4 Bxe4 35.Nd2 Bd5 36.h3 Re2
37.Rc1 h5 38.Qd4 Qg5 39.axb6 axb6 40.Rd1 Qg6 41.Kh2 Qg5 42.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Re1 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qf4 Qd7
22.Nh4 Bc2 23.Qd2 Bf5 24.Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E37"]

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 SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 b4
10.Na4 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.b3 d5 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.Nxe5 Qxe5
17.Qxb4 dxe4 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Kb1 Qc7 20.Qa4+ Kf8 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Qc4 Qxc4 23.Bxc4 a5
24.Ba6 Rb8 25.fxe4 h5 26.gxh5 Nxe4 27.Rd4 Nf6 28.Be2 Nxh5 29.Rh4 g6 30.Rg1 Ke7
31.Ra4 Ra8 32.Bf3 Ra7 33.Rg5 f5 34.Rxg6 Kf7 35.Rg2 Nf6 36.Re2 Rh3 37.Bh1 Ng4
38.Kb2 Kf6 39.Bg2 Rxh2 40.Bf3 Rxe2 41.Bxe2 Ne3 42.c4 e5 43.c5 e4 44.b4 Rc7
45.bxa5 Rxc5 46.a6 Nd5 47.a7 Nc7 48.a8=Q Nxa8 49.Rxa8 f4 50.Rf8+ Ke5 51.Bg4 f3
52.Rf5+ Kd4 53.Rxc5 Kxc5 54.Kc3 Kb5 55.Kd2 f2 56.Be2+ Kb4 57.Kc2 Ka3 58.Kb1 e3
59.Ka1  1-0

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.Nce3 g6 18.h4 Bxh4 19.g3 Bg5 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Bh4+ 22.Kd2 Ne7
23.Kc1 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Be6 25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.Ra2 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Qf6 28.Qd2 Bg3 29.Rf1 h5
30.Rxa5 Ra8 31.e5 Qf5 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Kb2 h4 34.Qxd6 Re8 35.Bb5 Rf8 36.Bd3 Qe6
37.Qd4 Qe7 38.Bc4 Kh7 39.b4 h3 40.Qd3 Qh4 41.f5 Bf4 42.e6 fxe6 43.Qd7+ Kh6
44.fxe6 Bc1+ 45.Rxc1 Qxc4 46.e7 Ra8 47.Qxh3+ Kg7 48.e8=N+ Kg8 49.Nf6+ Kf7
50.Qd7+ Kxf6 51.Qd4+ Qxd4 52.cxd4 g5 53.Rc6+ Kf5 54.b5 g4 55.Kb3 g3 56.Rc1 Ke4
57.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Qe8
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Nb4 11.Be2 a5 12.Rb1 Na6 13.Bg5 Bd7 14.Nd2 Kh8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Bg4 Bg5 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Nf3 Bh6 19.a3 Nc5 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Na4 22.Qd3 Nxc3
23.Qxc3 f5 24.c5 Qb5 25.h4 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Ra2 27.Rbe1 Qa4 28.cxd6 cxd6 29.Qc7 Qc2
30.Qb6 Bg7 31.Qe3 b5 32.Rc1 Qb2 33.Rf1 Ra1 34.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35.Kh2 Qb1 36.Qe2 h6
37.Rg4 h5 38.Re4 Bh6 39.Ng5 Bxg5 40.hxg5 Rxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.c3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Ng3 Nd7 17.Be3 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.a4 Rb8 20.axb5 axb5 21.b3 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g4 h6
9.f4 g6 10.h3 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.e5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 b4 14.Nc6 Qc8 15.Nxb4 dxe5
16.Nd3 exf4 17.Bxf4 Bg7 18.Bd6 Bf8 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Rf1 Kg7 21.h4 Rf8 22.g5 hxg5
23.hxg5 Nh7 24.Qe3 Qd8 25.Rg1 Qb6 26.Qg3 Rac8 27.O-O-O Rc4 28.Rdf1 Qa5 29.Qd6 Qc7
30.Qxc7 Rxc7 31.Ne4 Rc4 32.Rf4 Rd4 33.b3 Rd5 34.Kb2 a5 35.Rg3 Ne5 36.Ndf2 f5
37.gxf6+ Nxf6 38.Ng5 Re8 39.Rg1 Ned7 40.Rf3 e5 41.Rfg3 e4 42.Ngxe4 Nxe4 43.Rxg6+ Kh7
44.Rg7+ Kh8 45.R7g4 Nef6 46.Rh4+ Nh7 47.Nh3 Rg8 48.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6
9.O-O-O a6 10.Ng5 Bxg5 11.Bxg5 Qd7 12.b3 f6 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.h3 Qf7 15.Be2 h5
16.Rhe1 Rhe8 17.f3 Qg6 18.Bf1 Bf5 19.Kb2 Re5 20.Bf4 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rd1 Bd7
23.c4 Qf5 24.Bd3 Qc5 25.Bg6 Rh8 26.Be4 Re8 27.c3 g5 28.Be3 Qe5 29.Bf2 f5
30.Bd3 Qg7 31.c5 dxc5 32.Bxc5 Kb8 33.Bc4 Bc8 34.Bd5 Qe5 35.Bxc6 bxc6 36.Bf2 Qe2
37.Ka3 Qxd2 38.Rxd2 Kb7 39.h4 g4 40.f4 Re7 41.c4 Rd7 42.Re2 Rd3 43.Kb4 g3
44.Bc5 Rd7 45.Be7 Rd4 46.Bg5 Re4 47.Rd2 Kb6 48.Rd3 c5+ 49.Ka3 Re2 50.Rxg3 Bb7
51.Bf6 Rxg2 52.Rg5 Rxg5 53.fxg5 f4 54.Be5 f3 55.Bg3 Be4 56.Kb2 Kc6 57.Ka3 Bb1
58.Bf2 Kd6 59.Kb2 Be4 60.Kc1 Bg6 61.Kd2 Bb1 62.a3 Bg6 63.Bg3+ Kd7 64.Ke3 Bc2
65.Kxf3 Ke6 66.Ke3 c6 67.b4 cxb4 68.axb4 Kf5 69.Kd4 Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.g4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.g5 Qb6 13.Nf5 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Bb4 15.Ne3 Rd8
16.c3 Be7 17.Qc2 b5 18.a4 Bb7 19.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D31"]

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 SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 h6 8.exf6 hxg5
9.fxg7 Rg8 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.dxc5 Nc6 13.Nd2 Qxc5 14.Bxc4 Rxg7 15.O-O Bd7
16.Ne4 Qe7 17.Re1 Kf8 18.Qh5 Kg8 19.Re3 g4 20.Rg3 b5 21.Bb3 Na5 22.Ba2 Bc6
23.Rxg4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Qg5 25.Qh3 Rd8 26.Rae1 Rg6 27.Bb1 Qd2 28.Kf1 Rf6 29.Qg3+ Kf8
30.Rh4 Ke7 31.Qc7+ Rd7 32.Qc5+ Qd6 33.Qxb5 Nc6 34.Be4 Ne5 35.Qb4 a5 36.Qxd6+ Rxd6
37.Bc2 Nd7 38.Rc4 Nb6 39.Rc7+ Kf8 40.Rd1 Nd5 41.Rc8+ Kg7 42.Rd3 Rh6 43.c4 Ne7
44.Rc7 Rxd3 45.Bxd3 Kf6 46.h3 Rh8 47.Rc5 a4 48.Ke2 e5 49.Bc2 Rb8 50.Rb5 Rc8
51.Rb6+ Kg5 52.Bxa4 Rxc4 53.Bb3 Re4+ 54.Kf1 f5 55.g3  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.g3 Be7 10.Rc1 a6 11.Bg2 Nb6 12.b3 dxc4 13.Ne2 cxb3 14.Qxb3 a5 15.Nf4 Bb4
16.Bxb4 axb4 17.Qxb4 Rxa2 18.O-O Ra4 19.Qb3 Ra7 20.Ra1 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 O-O 22.Rb1 Nfd7
23.Nd3 Qc7 24.h4 Rb8 25.Qb4 Nd5 26.Bxd5 cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qxf5 exf5 8.a3 Be7
9.Bf4 c6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Ba2 Nfd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.Rc1 f6
16.Kd2 Bd7 17.Rc7 g5 18.Bg3 Bc6 19.Rc1 Kd8 20.R1xc6 bxc6 21.Rxc6 Kd7 22.Ra6 Rhc8
23.Ne1 Rc6 24.Ra5 Bd8 25.Rxd5+ Ke6 26.Rb5 Rb6 27.Rxb6+ Bxb6 28.Nc2 Rg8 29.f3 f4
30.Bf2 g4 31.exf4 gxf3 32.g3 Kf5 33.Kd3 Kg4 34.Ne3+ Kh3 35.Ke4 Rd8 36.d5 Bxe3
37.Bxe3 Kg2 38.Bxa7 Ra8 39.Bd4 h5 40.d6 f2 41.Bxf2 Kxf2 42.b4 Kg2 43.b5 Kxh2
44.b6 Kxg3 45.b7 Rh8  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Bf4 Kc8 12.Rad1 b6 13.Rd3 Be6 14.Rfd1 Kb7 15.b3 g5
16.Bc1 c5 17.Nd5 Ne7 18.Nxe7 Bxe7 19.c4 Rag8 20.Nd2 g4 21.hxg4 Rxg4 22.Nf1 Rhg8
23.Rg3 h5 24.Re1 a6 25.Rxg4 hxg4 26.Rd1 Kc6 27.Bf4 Rd8 28.Rxd8 Bxd8 29.Ne3 b5
30.Kf1 bxc4 31.bxc4 Kb6 32.Ke2 Ka5 33.Kd3 c6 34.f3 gxf3 35.gxf3 Ka4 36.Bh6 Ka3
37.f4 Kxa2 38.Kc2 f5 39.Bf8 Bb6 40.Be7 a5 41.Bh4 a4 42.Be1 Bd8 43.Nd1 Ka3
44.Nb2 Be7 45.Bc3 Bf8 46.Nd3  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.b4 h6 13.Bh4 d5 14.bxc5 dxc4 15.Qxc4 bxc5
16.O-O cxd4 17.Qxd4 Nc5 18.Bc4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 Nd5 20.Bf2 Nc3 21.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ne3 Nc5 14.Ba2 h6 15.Nh2 Bc8
16.b4 Ne6 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Ng4 c6 19.Bd2 Kh7 20.Qf3 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Qf6 22.Qh3 Nf4
23.Qh2 g6 24.Ne3 Be6 25.Bb1 d5 26.g3 dxe4 27.dxe4 Rad8 28.Bc3 Qg5 29.f3 Bd6
30.Kh1 c5 31.gxf4 exf4 32.Nf5 Bf8 33.Rg1 Rc8 34.Bd2 Qf6 35.c3 gxf5 36.gxf5 Bc4
37.Bxf4 Qxc3 38.Qg3 Qg7 39.Qxg7+ Bxg7 40.f6 Bf8 41.e5+ Kh8 42.Bf5 Be6 43.Bxe6 Rxe6
44.Rg4 cxb4 45.axb4 Rc4 46.Rd1 Re8 47.Rd7 h5 48.Rg5 Rxf4 49.Rxh5+ Kg8 50.Rd1 Rg4
51.fxg4  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Bd3 e5 11.Bd2 h6 12.Rfe1 Re8 13.h3 Qe7 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Nf6
16.dxe5 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Qxe5 Rxe5 20.Bc3 Re8 21.a4 a5 22.Red1 Be6
23.f3 Bb3 24.Rd7 b5 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Rb7 Bc4 27.Rxa5 Rxa5 28.Bxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.O-O Nc6
9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Bf4 Be6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Re1 Qb6 14.Qb3 Nd7 15.Ne4 h6
16.Rad1 Bb4 17.Bd2 a5 18.a3 Bxd2 19.Nfxd2 Qc7 20.Nf3 a4 21.Qc2 Bg4 22.h3 Bxf3
23.Bxf3 Nce5 24.Bg2 f5 25.Nd2 d3 26.Qc3 f4 27.g4 Rae8 28.Ne4 b6 29.Qd4 Kh8
30.Nd6 Rd8 31.Nb5 Qb8 32.Bd5 Rde8 33.Bh1 Rf6 34.Nc3 Nc5 35.Nd5 Qd6 36.Qc3 Rff8
37.Qb4 Rb8 38.Qc3 Rbe8 39.Qb4 Rb8 40.Qc3 Ned7 41.Re7 Nf6 42.Rde1 Rbd8 43.Bf3 Rd7
44.Rxd7 Nfxd7 45.Re7 Nf6 46.Qd4 d2 47.Qxd2 Nxd5 48.Re2 Qf6 49.cxd5 Nb3 50.Qc3 Nd4
51.Rd2 Nb5 52.Qb4 Nd6 53.Re2 Rd8 54.Re6 Qf8 55.Qxb6  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.b3 Be6 11.Ne2 Bd5 12.Nfd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bc5 14.Nf5 Rg8 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.Nxe3 Ke7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Rd4 Be6 19.Rfd1 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 g5 21.f3 a5 22.Kf2 b6
23.g3 f6 24.exf6+ Kxf6 25.h4 c5 26.Re4 Rd8 27.Ke2 Rd4 28.hxg5+ hxg5 29.a4 Rd8
30.f4 gxf4 31.Rxf4+ Kg5 32.Re4 Kf6 33.Rf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Ba4 Bxf3 15.gxf3 d5
16.e5 Nh5 17.Kh1 f6 18.f4 g6 19.Rg1 Ng7 20.Be3 Ne7 21.Nc3 Ba5 22.Bc2 c6 23.Ra2 Kh8
24.Ne2 Bb4 25.Ng3 Qd7 26.Qd3 Qg4 27.Qe2 Qh4 28.Ra7 f5 29.Qf3 Ne6 30.Ne2 Nc8
31.Ra6 Nb6 32.Bd3 Qe7 33.Rc1 Rfc8 34.Raa1 Rc7 35.Rc2 Nc8 36.Rac1 Na7 37.Ng3 Qf8
38.h4 Ba5 39.h5 Rb4 40.Kg2 Rxd4 41.Bxd4 Nxd4 42.Qe3 Ne6 43.hxg6 hxg6 44.Rh1+ Kg8
45.Ne2 c5 46.Rcc1 Nc6 47.Rh4 Rg7 48.Rch1 Kf7 49.Rh8 Qe7 50.Bb5 Qb7 51.Bxc6 Qxc6
52.Qf3 Rg8 53.Rxg8 Kxg8 54.Rd1 Nc7 55.Nc3 Bxc3 56.bxc3 c4 57.Kg3 Kg7 58.Qe3 Qa4
59.Rb1 Ne6 60.Rb7+ Kf8 61.Qb6  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Nge7 6.b4 Ng6 7.Bb2 a5 8.b5 Ncxe5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.e3 Be6 11.Bxd4 Nxc4 12.Qc2 Nd6 13.Bd3 Qg5 14.f4 Qh4+ 15.g3 Qh5
16.Nc3 Nf5 17.O-O O-O-O 18.Ba7 Qg4 19.Ne4 Rd7 20.Rfd1 Qf3 21.Ng5 Nxe3 22.Nxf3 Nxc2
23.Bxc2 b6 24.Ne5 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Bxa3 26.f5 Ba2 27.Ra1 Bc5+ 28.Kf1 Re8 29.Re1 f6
30.Nd3 Rxe1+ 31.Kxe1 Bd6 32.Nc1 Bd5 33.Bb3 Be4 34.Bxb6 cxb6 35.Be6+ Kc7 36.Ke2 Be5
37.Nd3 Kd6 38.Ke3 Bd5  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 a6 9.h4 dxc4
10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 c5 12.g5 hxg5 13.hxg5 Nd5 14.g6 f6 15.Qe4 N7b6 16.Nxd5 Nxd5
17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Rc1 Bd7 20.b4 Be7 21.Nd4 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Rh1 Rxh1+
24.Qxh1 Bf8 25.Qh8 Ne7 26.Bd1 e5 27.Bb3 Nxg6 28.Qh5 exd4 29.Qxg6+ Kd8 30.Qf7 Qd6
31.exd4 g5 32.a3 Qe7+ 33.Qxe7+ Kxe7 34.Be3 Kd6 35.f4 g4 36.Kf2 f5 37.d5 Bg7
38.Bc5+ Kc7 39.a4 Bd7 40.axb5 axb5 41.Bc2 Bc3 42.Ke2 Kb7 43.Bd3 Bf6 44.Ke3 Bd8
45.Bf1 Bf6 46.Bg2 Bb2 47.Kd2 Kc8 48.d6 Bf6 49.Bd5 Bb2 50.Kd3 Kb8 51.Bd4 Bc1
52.Be5 Ka7 53.Ke2 Kb8 54.Kd1 Be3 55.Ke2 Bc1 56.Ke1 Be3 57.Kd1 Kc8 58.Ke2 Bc1
59.Kd3 Kb8 60.Kc2 Be3 61.Kd3 Bc1 62.Bg2 Kc8 63.Kc2 Be3 64.Kd3 Bc1 65.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E34"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.O-O a6 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qd2 h5
16.f4 Rc8 17.Rf3 b5 18.Re1 Nb6 19.Qf2 h4 20.Rh3 Na4 21.Rxh4 Rg8 22.Rh7 Qxc3
23.e5 f5 24.Nf3 Nc5 25.Rd1 Ne4 26.Qa7 Qc5+ 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.h4 Rc2 29.Ng5 b4
30.Rd4 a5 31.Kh2 Nxg5 32.fxg5 Rc6 33.g6 fxg6 34.Rdd7 Rh8 35.Rhe7+ Kf8 36.Rf7+ Ke8
37.g3 g5 38.Rfe7+ Kf8 39.Rf7+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.e3 h6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Nxd3 Nbd5 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Qxb6 Nxb6 14.f3 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.b3 e6 17.Ke2 Bd6 18.Bd2 f5 19.Rac1 Ke7 20.h3 Nd7 21.Rc2 g5 22.Rhc1 Rhb8
23.h4 gxh4 24.Be1 h3 25.gxh3 Rg8 26.Bh4+ Kf7 27.Kf2 Rab8 28.f4 Kg6 29.Kf3 Kh5
30.Be1 Ra8 31.Ne5 Nf6 32.Nf7 Ba3 33.Ra1 Bb4 34.Bxb4 axb4 35.Nd6 Rg7 36.Rg2 Rxg2
37.Kxg2 Rg8+ 38.Kh2 Ne4 39.Nxb7 Nd2 40.a5 Nxb3 41.Rg1 Ra8 42.Rb1 Nxa5 43.Ra1 b3
44.Nxa5 b2 45.Rb1 Rxa5 46.Rxb2 Ra3 47.Re2 Kh4 48.Kg2 Rb3 49.Kf3 Rb1 50.Rg2 Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.exf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxg5 11.fxg7 Qxg7 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Bxc4 Rd8 14.Qe3 Bd7
15.O-O Nc6 16.Nf3 Ne7 17.Ne5 Bc6 18.Nxc6 Nxc6 19.Bd3 Ne7 20.Be4 Nd5 21.Bxd5 Rxd5
22.Rad1 Qe5 23.Qf3 Rad8 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.c4 Rd2 26.a4 Ra2 27.Qxb7 Rxa4 28.Qb3 Ra1
29.g3 Rxf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "A30"]

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 "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C65"]

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 "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A20"]

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 "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 b4
10.Na4 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.b3 Bd7 13.Nb2 d5 14.Bf4 Nxf3 15.Nxf3 Nxe4 16.Qd4 f6
17.Bd3 Bc5 18.Bxe4 Bxd4 19.Bg6+ Kf8 20.Rxd4 a5 21.Re1 Be8 22.Nh4 e5 23.Rd2 a4
24.bxa4 Kg8 25.Bg3 d4 26.Rd3 h5 27.Bxe8 Qxe8 28.g5 Rc8 29.g6 Rh6 30.Rxd4 Rxg6
31.Nxg6 Qxg6 32.Rd2 Rc3 33.Red1 Kh7 34.Kb1 Qf5 35.Be1 Ra3 36.Rd6 Rh3 37.a5 Rxh2
38.Rc1 Qe4 39.a6 Qa8 40.Bxb4 h4 41.Bc5 h3 42.Nd3 Rd2 43.Rb6 h2 44.Nf2 Qd5
45.Be3 Re2 46.Rb3 f5 47.a7 Rxe3 48.Rxe3 Qb7+ 49.Rb3 Qxa7 50.Nh1 f4 51.c4 e4
52.c5 e3 53.c6 e2 54.c7 Qxc7 55.Rxc7 e1=Q+ 56.Rc1 Qe4+ 57.Ka1 Qd4+ 58.Kb1 Qe4+
59.Ka1 Qd4+ 60.Kb1 Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.a4 d6 11.Bd2 b4 12.c3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Bf6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.cxb4 Bxb2 18.Ra2 Be5 19.Rc2 Bd6 20.Qf3 Qe5 21.g3 Rb8 22.Qe4 Qh5
23.Qg4 Qe5 24.Qe4 Qh5 25.Qg4 Qe5 26.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Rd2 Be6 14.Rfd1 Be7 15.Be3 a6
16.Ne2 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.b3 Be7 19.c4 h5 20.Nfd4 Bc8 21.f4 h4 22.Nc3 Rh5
23.Ne4 c5 24.Ne2 b6 25.N2c3 Bb7 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Rxe5 29.d6 cxd6
30.Nxd6+ Bxd6 31.Bf4 Ke7 32.Bxe5 Bxe5 33.Rd5 f6 34.Kf1 g5 35.a4 Bd6 36.Ke2 Kd7
37.Ke3 Kc6 38.Ke4 b5 39.axb5+ axb5 40.Rd1 Be5 41.Rd8 c4 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.Rc8+ Kb5
44.Kd5 c3 45.Rc4 Kb6 46.Rc5 Kb7 47.Rc6 Bd4 48.Kd6 Be5+ 49.Kc5 Bf4 50.Kd5 Be5
51.Kc5 Bf4 52.Kb5 Bd2 53.Rc4 f5 54.Ka4 g4 55.Kb3 gxh3 56.gxh3 f4 57.Rc5 Kb6
58.Rh5 Be1 59.Rf5 Bd2 60.Rh5 Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 Bg4 11.Be2 Qc8 12.b3 Re8 13.Kb1 Bf8 14.h5 a6 15.Rde1 b5
16.Rh4 Be7 17.Rhh1 Bf8 18.Bf4 Nd7 19.Ng5 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 Nf6 21.Rxe8 Qxe8 22.h6 gxh6
23.Nf3 Ne4 24.Qe3 Bg7 25.Nd4 c5 26.Ne2 Nxc3+ 27.Nxc3 Qxe3 28.fxe3 Bxc3 29.Bxd6 Rc8
30.Kc1 Rc6 31.Bf4 Kg7 32.Kd1 c4 33.Ke2 Bf6 34.Bxh6+ Kg6 35.Kf3 cxb3 36.cxb3 Rc2
37.a4 bxa4 38.bxa4 Ra2 39.Bf8 Bg5 40.Rb1 Rxa4 41.Rb6+ f6 42.Rb7 Bh6 43.Bxh6 Kxh6
44.e4 Kg6 45.g4 Ra1 46.Kf4 a5 47.Rb6 a4 48.e5 a3 49.Rxf6+ Kg7 50.Kg5 a2 51.Rf2 Re1
52.Rxa2 Rxe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Ne5 Nxd4 14.Bxd5 Nxe2+
15.Qxe2 Bxe2 16.Bxa8 Rxa8 17.Rfe1 Bb5 18.Rc2 Nd5 19.Rec1 Bc5 20.Bd2 f6 21.b4 Bf8
22.Ng4 Rd8 23.Rc8 Rd7 24.Nh6+ gxh6 25.Bxh6 Rf7 26.Rd8 Ne7 27.Rc7 Ng6 28.Rcc8 e5
29.f4 Bd7 30.Ra8 Bh3 31.Kf2 b5 32.Rdb8 exf4 33.gxf4 Bd7 34.h4 Bc6 35.h5 Bxa8
36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Rxa8 f5 38.Kg3 a6 39.Kh4 Rg7 40.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "E15"]

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"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Nbd7 8.Bg2 b5
9.O-O Be7 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 a5 12.c3 bxc3 13.Nxc3 Nb6 14.Nb5 O-O 15.Bd2 Nc4
16.Bc3 Be6 17.Re1 Qb8 18.Nd2 Rc8 19.b3 Nxd2 20.Qxd2 Nd7 21.Reb1 Nc5 22.Qd1 Ra6
23.b4 axb4 24.Bxb4 Qa8 25.Nc3 Bd8 26.Bf1 Ra7 27.Nb5 Rd7 28.Nxd6 Rc6 29.Bxc5 Rxc5
30.Bb5 Rdc7 31.a5 g6 32.a6 Bg5 33.h4 Be7 34.Ne8 Ra7 35.Qd2 Rxb5 36.Rxb5 Qxe8
37.Rb7 Bc5 38.Ra5 Qc8 39.Rxa7 Bxa7 40.Kh2 Qc7 41.Kg2 h5 42.Ra1 Qc4 43.Qe1 Qd3
44.Ra5 Bg4 45.Kh2 Kh7 46.Ra2 Bf3 47.Ra5 Qc2 48.Kg1 Kg7 49.Rd5 Bxe4 50.Rd2 Qc4
51.Kh2 Qc3 52.Qe2 Bd4 53.Ra2 Ba8 54.Qd1 Qc4  0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4
9.f3 Ne7 10.Nde2 b5 11.Kb1 Ba5 12.Qd4 Nc6 13.Qc5 Bb4 14.Qg5 O-O 15.Qg3 Ne5
16.h4 Bb7 17.h5 Ne8 18.a3 Bd6 19.Bf4 f6 20.Na2 Rc8 21.Nec3 Bc6 22.Be2 a5
23.h6 g6 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Nxb5 Bxb5 26.Bxb5 Nc7 27.Be2 Rb8 28.a4 Qd4 29.b3 d6
30.Bc1 Qxa4 31.Bb2 Qe8 32.f4 Nc6 33.Rd1 a4 34.f5 axb3 35.cxb3 Ne5 36.Rxd6 Qe7
37.fxg6 hxg6 38.Nc1 Kh7 39.Bxe5 fxe5 40.Qxe5 Rbd8 41.Rc6 Rf7 42.Nd3 Rb8 43.Kb2 Qd8
44.b4 Rb7 45.Rc2 Na6 46.Kb3 Rfd7 47.Rc3 Rd6 48.Nc5 Nxc5+ 49.Rxc5 Ra7 50.Ra5 Rc7
51.Rc5 Ra7 52.Ra5 Rad7 53.Rc5 Rd2 54.Bc4 Rxg2 55.Bxe6 Re7 56.Qc3 Qa8 57.Ra5 Qxe4
58.Bd5 Qb1+ 59.Ka3 Rg1 60.Bg8+ Kxg8 61.Ra8+ Kf7 62.Qc4+ Re6 63.Ra7+ Kf6 64.Qf4+ Qf5
65.Qd4+ Qe5 66.Qf2+ Qf5 67.Qd4+ Qe5 68.Qf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E15"]

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"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sanchez Lopez,Sergio"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A57"]

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"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Panelo,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.a3 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 e5 14.Be2 exd4 15.Nxd4 Ne5
16.Qc5 Qg5 17.g3 Qf6 18.f4 Ng4 19.e4 b6 20.Qc3 c5 21.Nb5 Qc6 22.Qf3 Rd8 23.O-O Ba6
24.a4 Nf6 25.e5 Nd5 26.Bd3 Bxb5 27.axb5 Qe6 28.Bc4 Rd7 29.Rce1 g6 30.g4 Rad8
31.f5 Qe8 32.e6 fxe6 33.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moreno Carnero,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 d5
9.exd6 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd6 11.Qe4+ Qe6 12.Qd4 Bd6 13.Qxg7 Be5 14.Qg5 f6 15.Qh5+ Qf7
16.Qxf7+ Kxf7 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.Nc4 Bxc2 19.Nxe5+ fxe5 20.Bd2 Rhd8 21.Bc3 e4
22.a5 c5 23.Rfe1 b5 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rac1 Bd3 26.Re3 Rd7 27.f3 Re8 28.Rce1 Rde7
29.fxe4 Rxe4 30.Rf3+ Kg8 31.Rg3+ Kf8 32.Rf3+ Kg8 33.Rg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krivoshey,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nh6 6.h4 d6 7.h5 Bg4 8.d3 Qd7 9.Ng5 Bxh5
10.f3 f6 11.Nh3 e5 12.Nf2 f5 13.Bxh6 Bxh6 14.g4 Rg8 15.Nd5 Qf7 16.gxh5 gxh5
17.Bh3 Rg3 18.e3 Kf8 19.Qe2 Re8 20.Kd1 b5 21.Kc2 bxc4 22.dxc4 f4 23.Ne4 fxe3
24.Nxg3 Nd4+ 25.Kd3 Nxe2 26.Kxe2 Qb7 27.b3 Qa6 28.Ne4 Qa3 29.Rhb1 Rd8 30.Kd3 h4
31.Be6 Re8 32.Bd7 Rd8 33.Ba4 a6 34.Kc2 Rb8 35.Rg1 Rb4 36.Nec3 Bg7 37.Rae1 e4
38.fxe4 e2 39.Rxe2 Bd4 40.Rf1+ Kg7 41.Rg2+ Kh6 42.Ne7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Qh5 f5 11.Re1 c6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.c4 Be8 14.Qh3 h6 15.Bd2 Qf7
16.c5 Bc7 17.Rab1 Qd7 18.Qf3 Bg6 19.h4 Qf7 20.Bf4 Ba5 21.Rec1 Bh5 22.Qg3 b5
23.cxb6 Bxb6 24.c3 Kh7 25.Be5 Qg6 26.Qf4 Rae8 27.Re1 Kg8 28.f3 Qf7 29.Bd6 Rxe1+
30.Rxe1 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Be5 Bg6 33.Bxf5 Qf7 34.Bc8 Qxf4 35.Bxf4 Ba5
36.Bb8 a6 37.Bxa6 Bb1 38.a3 Bxc3 39.Ba7 Bc2 40.h5 Kf7 41.Kf2 Bb2 42.Bc5 Bc1
43.Ke1 Bf4 44.Be2 Bb3 45.g4 Ba4 46.Bd1 Bg3+ 47.Ke2 Bb5+ 48.Ke3 Bc7 49.a4 Bc4
50.Bb4 Bh2 51.Kf2 g6 52.hxg6+ Kxg6 53.Be2 Bg1+ 54.Kxg1 Bxe2 55.Kf2  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D39"]

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 "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Nc3 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Ne5 Nxd4 14.Bxd5 Nxe2+
15.Qxe2 Bxe2 16.Bxa8 Rxa8 17.Rfe1 Bb5 18.Rc2 Nd5 19.Rec1 Ba6 20.Bd2 f6 21.Nc4 Rd8
22.a3 Kf7 23.Ne3 h5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Bb4 Bd8 26.Rc6 Be2 27.Rd6 Rxd6 28.Bxd6 Ke8
29.Bb8 a5 30.Bc7 Bf3 31.Rc3 Bd5 32.f4 Kd7 33.Bxd8 Kxd8 34.Kf2 Kd7 35.Ke3 e5
36.fxe5 fxe5 37.Rc1 a4 38.Rf1 Ke6 39.Rf8 b5 40.Rg8 Kf6 41.Rb8  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 a6 8.c5 c6
9.Bd3 e5 10.dxe5 Ne8 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qc2 h6 13.e4 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.O-O dxe4
16.Nxe4 Nf6 17.Rfe1 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Qc7 19.Rce1 Be6 20.Qc3 Rad8 21.R1e3 Bf5
22.Re7 Rd7 23.Rg3 g6 24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.Re3 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 Qe6 27.a3 Re8 28.g3 h5
29.Qd4 Qh3 30.Rd1 Qf5 31.h4 Qf3 32.Rf1 Re2 33.Qb4 Re7 34.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 Na6 9.O-O Nc7
10.dxe6 Nxe6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Be2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Bg4 h5 16.Bxe6 Bxe6
17.Nd5 b6 18.a4 f5 19.f3 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Bf8 21.Rfc1 Kf7 22.Rc3 Rdc8 23.Rac1 Rc7
24.b4 Rac8 25.Rc4 Bd6 26.bxc5 Bxc5 27.Kf1 Bd6 28.Rxc7+ Rxc7 29.Rxc7+ Bxc7
30.a5 bxa5 31.Bxa7 Kf6 32.Ke2 Bd6 33.Be3 a4 34.Kd3 Ke7 35.Kc4 Kf6 36.Bd2 fxe4
37.fxe4 Bf8 38.Ba5 Kg5 39.g3 Kf6 40.Bc7 a3 41.Kb3 Bc5 42.Bd8+ Kf7 43.Bg5 Bf2
44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Ke8 46.Bf6 Bd4 47.Kxa3 Kd7 48.Kb4 Kd6 49.Bg7 Be3 50.Kc4 Bc1
51.Bf8+ Kd7 52.Bc5 Kc7 53.Kd3 Kd7 54.Be3 Ba3 55.Bd2 Bc5 56.Kc4 Bf2 57.Bb4 Be3
58.Bc3 Kd6 59.Kb5 Bf2 60.Ka6 Bd4 61.Ba5 Kd7 62.Bb6 Bb2 63.Kb7 Bc3 64.Bc7 Bb2
65.Bb8 Bd4 66.Ka6 Kc8 67.Bd6 Kd7 68.Bf8 Bc3 69.Kb5 Bb2 70.Bc5 Bc1 71.Kc4 Bd2
72.Ba3 Be3 73.Bb4 Bc1 74.d6 Kc6 75.d7 Kxd7 76.Kd5 Bg5 77.Kxe5 Bh4 78.Kd5 Bg5
79.e5 Bh4 80.Bc5 Bg5 81.Bf2 Ke7 82.e6 Ke8 83.Ke5 Ke7 84.Bc5+ Ke8 85.Ke4 Kd8
86.Bd6 Ke8 87.Bf4 Bf6 88.Be3 Ke7 89.Kd5 Ke8 90.Kd6 Kd8 91.Bd2 Ke8 92.Bf4 Kd8
93.Be5 Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Qc7
9.Re1 Bb7 10.Qf3 Bd6 11.e5 Bf8 12.Ne2 Ne7 13.Nf4 g6 14.c4 Bg7 15.Qe2 O-O
16.Bd2 dxc4 17.Bxc4 c5 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Nd3 Nf5 20.f3 Rd4 21.Bg5 a5 22.Qf2 h5
23.b3 Qb6 24.a4 Rc8 25.Rc3 Bd5 26.Bb5 Qb8 27.Qb2 c4 28.bxc4 Rxd3 29.Rxd3 Rxc4
30.Qd2 Rb4 31.f4 Bf8 32.Kh1 Qb6 33.Rc1 Nd4 34.Qf2 Qa7 35.Be8 Bc5 36.Rdc3 Nb3
37.Rxc5 Nxc1 38.Bxf7+ Kxf7 39.Rxd5 Qxf2 40.Rd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 e5 8.Nf3 Ng4
9.Qd2 Nxe3 10.Qxe3 exf4 11.Qxf4 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Nd5 Be6 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.g4 Bxd5
16.exd5 Ne5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Qe4 Qd6 19.h4 g6 20.h5 Bg5 21.Qg2 Rc5 22.Bd3 b5
23.Rdf1 Qxd5 24.Be4 Qd6 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.Qh3 Rf6 28.Qxh7+ Qxh7
29.Rd8+ Rf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Rxh7 Rc4 32.Bxg6 Rxg4 33.a3 Be3 34.Bd3 b4 35.axb4 Rxb4
36.c3 Rf4 37.Bc2 e4 38.Rh8+ Ke7 39.Rh7+ Kf6 40.Rh6+ Kf5 41.Rh5+ Kg4 42.Re5 Kf3
43.Bd1+ Kf2 44.Bc2 Kf3 45.Bd1+ Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 b2 18.Bxb2 Nc5 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.Qg4 Bg5 21.Qxc4 Nd3 22.Ba3 Nxe1
23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Bd5 h5 26.Kg2 Be7 27.Bb2 Bf6 28.Bc1 Qe7 29.Be3 Rc7
30.h4 Be5 31.Qd3 Bd6 32.Bg5 Qe8 33.Qf3 b5 34.Be3 Qe5 35.Qd1 Qe8 36.Qxh5 Rxc6
37.Bxa7 Ra6 38.Bd4 Bf8 39.Be5 b4 40.Qf5 g6 41.Qf4 Qe7 42.Bd4 Ra5 43.Qf3 Bg7
44.Bb6 Rb5 45.Be3 Bc3 46.Bg5 Qa7 47.Qd3 Rb6 48.Be3 Qa6 49.Bxf7+ Kxf7 50.Qd7+ Kf8
51.Qd8+ Kf7 52.Qc7+ Kg8 53.Qxb6 Qxa2 54.Qxg6+ Kh8 55.Qc6 Qf7 56.g4 Bg7 57.h5 b3
58.Qe4 b2 59.h6 Bf6 60.Bd4 Kg8 61.Bxf6 Qxf6 62.Kg3 Qb6 63.Qc4+ Kh7 64.g5 Qg6
65.Qc7+ Kg8 66.Qb8+ Kf7 67.Qb7+ Kf8 68.Qb8+ Kf7 69.Qb3+ Kf8 70.Qf3+ Ke7 71.Qe3+ Kd7
72.Qd4+ Ke6 73.Qxb2 Qxg5+ 74.Kf3 Qh5+ 75.Ke4 Qf5+ 76.Ke3 Qg5+ 77.f4 Qg3+
78.Ke4 Qe1+ 79.Kf3 Qf1+ 80.Kg3 Qg1+ 81.Qg2 Qb1 82.Qc6+ Kf7 83.Qd7+ Kf6 84.Qg7+ Ke6
85.Qe5+ Kf7 86.Qh5+ Kf6 87.Qg5+ Kf7 88.Qh5+ Kf6 89.Qh4+ Kf7 90.h7 Qe1+ 91.Kg4 Qd1+
92.Kg5 Qd8+ 93.Kh5 Qd5+ 94.Qg5 Qh1+ 95.Qh4 Qd5+ 96.Kg4 Qd1+ 97.Kg3 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B52"]

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 "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A30"]

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 "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 O-O 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nd2 Na6 12.e4 Rc8 13.Re1 Rc7 14.Nd3 dxe4 15.Nxe4 c5
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Rd7 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.Rad1 Rfd8
22.Rxd7 Qxd7 23.Qe4 Nb8 24.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 d6
9.Nbd2 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Ba7 12.d4 g4 13.Bh4 gxf3 14.Qxf3 Kg7 15.Qg3+ Kh7
16.Qf3 Kg7 17.Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O d4 13.e4 Bc7 14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.h3 Qb6
16.b4 Be6 17.Rc1 h6 18.Qd2 Rfd8 19.Qf4 Ne7 20.Rc5 Ng6 21.Qg3 a5 22.Rb5 Qc6
23.e5 b6 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Rfb1 Nf8 26.Nd2 Bd5 27.f4 Qc3 28.R1b2 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Rac8
30.f5 Rc3 31.Nb1 Rc5 32.Rxc5 Qxc5 33.Rc2 Qb6 34.Nd2 Re8 35.e6 Nh7 36.Rc7 Rf8
37.Nc4 Bxc4 38.Bxc4 Nf6 39.Qe5 d3 40.exf7+ Kh7 41.Bxd3 Qb3 42.Qd6 Qb8 43.Bc4 Ne4
44.Qe5 Nd2 45.Ba2 Qb6 46.Rc2 Qf2 47.Rxd2 Qxd2 48.Bd5 Qg5 49.Qd6 Qd8 50.Qxd8 Rxd8
51.Bc6 g6 52.Be8 Kg7 53.fxg6 h5 54.a4 h4 55.Kg1 Rd2 56.g3 hxg3 57.h4 Rh2
58.h5 Kf8 59.Kf1 Kg7 60.Kg1 Kf8 61.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bf8 13.Nb3 b6 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Nd4 Qb7 18.Qh5 g6 19.Qh4 Nxe5 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 f5
23.Rae1 Qd5 24.Ne2 Nf7 25.Nf4 Qc6 26.Nh5 Nxg5 27.Nf6+ Kf7 28.Nxe8 Bb7 29.Nd6+ Qxd6
30.Qxg5 Rc8 31.Rf2 Rc4 32.Qh6 Kg8 33.Rd2 Bd5 34.b3 Rc3 35.Qh4 Qc5 36.Rxe6 Bxe6
37.Qf6 Bd5 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Rxd5 Qf2 40.Rd7+ Kh6 41.Qf8+ Kg5 42.Qe7+ Kf4 43.Qd6+ Kg5
44.Qe7+ Kf4 45.Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Nxe7+ Rxe7
16.f3 Rd8 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Qxd7 Rdxd7 20.Rxe5 Rd6 21.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Rad1+ Ke8 13.a3 h5 14.Rfe1 h4 15.Nd4 a6
16.f4 Rh5 17.Ne4 Bd7 18.c4 a5 19.c5 a4 20.Rc1 f5 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.f5 Ne7 23.Nxf6+ gxf6
24.Bf4 Kf7 25.Bxc7 Nxf5 26.Rc4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Be6 28.Bd6 Ra5 29.Rde4 Bd5 30.Re7+ Kg6
31.Rxb7 Rb5 32.Rb6 Rg5 33.Re2 Rb3 34.Kh2 Re3 35.Rd2 Reg3 36.Bxg3 hxg3+ 37.Kh1 Rf5
38.Rd1 Rf2 39.Rb8 f5 40.Rd8 Bxg2+ 41.Kg1 Bd5 42.R8xd5 cxd5 43.Rc1 Rxb2 44.c6 Rb8
45.Kg2 f4 46.Kf3 Kg5 47.h4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh-FIDE"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Bb7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Ne5 c5 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4
16.Rxe4 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B01"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bf8 13.Qd2 Na5 14.b3 Rb8 15.Rad1 Nc6
16.Bf2 Nd7 17.Bg3 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.b4 g6 21.e5 d5 22.f5 gxf5
23.Nxd5 Qc4 24.Qd2 h6 25.h3 exd5 26.Bxd5 Qxb4 27.c3 Qc5 28.Rxf5 Re6 29.Rxf7 Nb6
30.Rdf1 Nxd5 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qxd5 Ke8 34.Bh4 Bd7 35.Bf6 b4
36.Qe4 Bc8 37.cxb4 Rb7 38.Qg6+ Kd7 39.Qxh6 Kc7 40.Qf4 Kb8 41.h4 Rc7 42.h5  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 cxb4 38.cxb4 Ke7 39.Kc5 Kd7 40.c4 f6 41.b5 g5 42.b6 axb6+ 43.Kxb6 Kc8
44.Kxc6 gxh4 45.c5  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 h6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nbd2 h5 13.g5 Nb6 14.Bb3 h4 15.a4 d5 16.a5 d4
17.cxd4 exd4 18.Bf4 Nd7 19.Rc1 Nc5 20.Rxc5 Bxc5 21.Ba4 Kf8 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.Qa4 Kg8
24.Qxc6 Bb4 25.Rc1 Bxa5 26.Nc4 Bb6 27.Nxb6 cxb6 28.Bc7 Qc8 29.Kg2 b5 30.Nxd4 Qe8
31.Qxe8+ Rxe8 32.Ra1 Rc8 33.Bd6 Kh7 34.Rxa6 Rc1 35.Nxb5 Rd1 36.Ra3 Rc8 37.Bf4 Rc2
38.Rb3 Rxd3 39.Rxd3 Bxe4+ 40.Rf3 Rxb2 41.Nd6 Bd5 42.Nf5 Rb4 43.Bd6 Ra4 44.Be7 Kg6
45.Nxh4+ Rxh4 46.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 d5
9.O-O Bg4 10.Be3 e6 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Rfc1 O-O 14.a3 Qd7 15.h3 Bf5
16.Nb3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Rxc4 b6 19.Nbd2 b5 20.Rcc1 Qd5 21.Qd1 a5 22.Qb3 Be4
23.Qxd5 Bxd5 24.Ne1 f5 25.Nd3 g5 26.f3 h5 27.Nc5 Rc7 28.Rc2 Rfc8 29.Rac1 Nb8
30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Nc6 32.Rb2 Ra7 33.Bf2 Kf7 34.Nf1 Rca8 35.Ne3 Ra1 36.Rxa1 Rxa1+
37.Kh2 Ra2 38.Rxa2 Bxa2 39.Nc2 Bb1 40.d5 exd5 41.Nd4 Nxe5 42.Nxb5 Nd3 43.Nc3 Nxf2
44.Nxb1 Bxc5 45.bxc5 Ke6 46.Nd2 f4 47.h4 gxh4 48.Nb3 Kd7 49.Nd4 Kc7 50.Ne6+ Kc6
51.Nxf4 d4 52.g4 hxg3+ 53.Kxg3 Nd1 54.Kh4 Nb2 55.Kxh5 Na4 56.Kg4 Nxc5 57.Kg3 Kb5
58.Kf2 Kc4 59.Ke2 Kc3 60.Kd1 d3 61.Nxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.h4 c6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qxd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Ne4 14.Rd4 Nxf2 15.Rg1 Ng4
16.Bc4 Bf5 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.cxd3 Nf6 19.Re1 Rfe8 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Kd2 Kf8 22.a4 Ke7
23.b4 Rc8 24.b5 c5 25.Rf4 Ne8 26.Re4+ Kf8 27.Ne5 Rd8 28.Rf4 Nd6 29.c4 Ke7
30.Ng4 h5 31.Ne3 Ke6 32.a5 f6 33.Kc3 g5 34.Rf1 gxh4 35.Re1 Nf5 36.Nd5+ Kf7
37.Rf1 Kg6 38.Nf4+ Kf7 39.Nxh5 Kg6 40.Nf4+ Kf7 41.Nd5 Kg6 42.Re1 Kf7 43.Re2 Rd7
44.Re4 Rd8 45.Rf4 Kg6 46.Rf2 Re8 47.Kd2 Kg5 48.Re2 Rxe2+ 49.Kxe2 Nd4+ 50.Kf2 Kf5
51.Ne7+ Ke6 52.Ng6 Nb3 53.a6 bxa6 54.bxa6 Nd4 55.Nxh4 Nc2 56.Nf3 Nb4 57.Ke3 Nxa6
58.Nd2 Nb8 59.Kf4 Nd7 60.Nb3 a6 61.g3 Kd6 62.Kf5 Ke7 63.g4 Kd6 64.Na5 Ne5
65.Nb3 Nd7 66.Ke4 Ke6 67.Na5 Kd6 68.Kf4 Ne5 69.Kf5 Nd7 70.Ke4 Nf8 71.Kf5 Nd7
72.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B33"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E15"]

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

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 d5 8.Qb3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 e5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.Bg5 d4 12.Qf3 Be6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.O-O b6 15.Nd2 h6
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Ne4 f5 19.Nd6 Rc7 20.Nb5 Rcc8 21.Nd6 Rc7 22.Nb5 Rcc8
23.b3 e4 24.f3 a6 25.Nd6 Rcd8 26.c5 e3 27.f4 Nb4 28.Nb7 Rb8 29.c6 Nxa2 30.Bf3 Nxc1
31.Rxc1 Bxb3 32.c7 Rbe8 33.Nd6 Be6 34.Bb7 Bc8 35.Nxc8 Rxc8 36.Bxa6 Rfe8 37.Bxc8 Rxc8
38.Kg2 b5 39.Kf3 b4 40.Rc4 b3 41.Rxd4 Rxc7 42.Rb4 Rc3 43.Rb5 Kf8 44.Rxf5 Ke7
45.g4 Kd6 46.Rb5 Kc6 47.Rb8 Kd5 48.h4 f6 49.h5 Kd4 50.Rb4+ Kc5 51.Rb7 Kd5
52.g5 fxg5 53.fxg5 hxg5 54.Rb8 Rc4 55.Rxb3 Ke5 56.Rxe3+ Kf5 57.Kg2 Rg4+ 58.Rg3 Re4
59.Kf2 Rh4 60.Rf3+ Ke4 61.Re3+ Kf5 62.Rf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Na3 Ncxe5 13.h3 d6 14.Qe2 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Ne5
16.Qg3 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nxb5 Rxf2 19.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20.Qxf2 Rxb5 21.Qe2 Rb8
22.Bf4 Qf6 23.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Qc7 12.Re1 Rfc8 13.h3 h6 14.Be3 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6
16.Na5 Nc4 17.Nxc4 Bxc4 18.Na4 Rab8 19.b3 Bb5 20.c4 Bxa4 21.Rxa4 Qb7 22.Qa1 Qxb3
23.Rc1 Rc6 24.c5 Nd7 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Qxa6 Nxc5 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Bf1 h5 29.h4 Qf3
30.Qe2 Qxe2 31.Bxe2 g6 32.Bc4 Rb2 33.Ra1 Rc2 34.Bb3 Rc3 35.Bd5 c4 36.Ra7 Kf8
37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.Ra7 Kf8 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.Ra7 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nd4 h6 14.Be3 h5 15.f4 h4
16.f5 Nxe5 17.f6 Rh5 18.Ne4 g6 19.Bf4 c5 20.Nf3 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 Be6 22.Rfd3 c4
23.R3d2 c6 24.Ng5 Bc5+ 25.Kh2 Bd5 26.Re2+ Kf8 27.Rde1 b5 28.c3 a5 29.a3 Rc8
30.g4 hxg3+ 31.Kxg3 Be6 32.h4 Kg8 33.Re5 Bf8 34.Nxe6 fxe6 35.Rd1 Rh7 36.Rxe6 Rb7
37.Re4 Kf7 38.Bg5 Re8 39.Rxe8 Kxe8 40.Kg4 Rh7 41.Re1+ Kd7 42.a4 bxa4 43.Re5 c5
44.Bf4 Rh8 45.Bg3 Bh6 46.Re7+ Kc6 47.Bf4 Bxf4 48.Kxf4 Rh5 49.Re5 Rxh4+ 50.Kg5 Rh5+
51.Kxg6 Rxe5 52.f7 Re6+ 53.Kg5 Re5+ 54.Kg4 Re4+ 55.Kg3 Re3+ 56.Kf2 a3 57.f8=Q axb2
58.Qc8+ Kb5 59.Qb7+ Ka4 60.Kxe3 Ka3 61.Qb5 a4 62.Qxc5+ Kb3 63.Qb4+ Kc2 64.Qxa4+ Kxc3
65.Qa5+ Kc2 66.Qf5+ Kc1 67.Qf1+  1-0

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Qh3 h5 15.Qg3 Qf6
16.Bxd6 cxd6 17.Nh3 Rae8 18.Qf4 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Kg7 20.Qg3 Qf5 21.Nf4 b5 22.h4 Rd8
23.Qg5 Qxg5 24.hxg5 b4 25.cxb4 Nxb4 26.c3 Nxa2 27.Nxd5 Rb8 28.Re2 Nc1 29.Re7 a5
30.Ra7 Rc8 31.Rxa5 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Nxc3 33.Nf6 Rb8 34.d5 Nb5 35.Ra4 Nc7 36.Ra7 Ne8
37.Ne4 Rd8 38.f3 Kf8 39.g4 hxg4 40.fxg4 Rb8 41.Kg3 Rb3+ 42.Kf4 Rb4 43.Ke3 Rb3+
44.Kd4 Rb4+ 45.Kd3 Rb3+ 46.Kc4 Rf3 47.Rd7 Rf4 48.Kd3 f6 49.Nxf6 Nxf6 50.gxf6 Rxg4
51.Rxd6 Kf7 52.Re6 Ra4 53.Re4 Rxe4 54.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Qh3 h5 15.Qg3 Qf6
16.Bxd6 cxd6 17.Nh3 Rae8 18.Qf4 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Kg7 20.Qg3 Qf5 21.Nf4 b5 22.h4 Rd8
23.Qg5 Qxg5 24.hxg5 b4 25.cxb4 Nxb4 26.c3 Nxa2 27.Nxd5 Rb8 28.Re2 Nc1 29.Re7 a5
30.Ra7 Rc8 31.Rxa5 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Nxc3 33.Nf6 Rb8 34.d5 Nb5 35.Ra4 Nc7 36.Ne4 Ne8
37.Ra7 Rd8 38.f3 Kf8 39.g4 hxg4 40.fxg4 Rb8 41.Kg3 Rb3+ 42.Kf4 Rb4 43.Ke3 Rb3+
44.Kd4 Rb4+ 45.Kd3 Rb3+ 46.Kc4 Rf3 47.Rd7 Rf4 48.Kd3 f6 49.Nxf6 Nxf6 50.gxf6 Rxg4
51.Rxd6 Kf7 52.Re6 Ra4 53.Re4 Rxe4 54.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Be2 Nd5 13.Bd3 Qxc3 14.Ra3 Qf6 15.Qc2 h6
16.b5 Nb4 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Qb1 a5 19.Be4 Nc5 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Bxb4 axb4 22.Qxb4 Rxa3
23.Qxc5 Rfa8 24.Ne5 b6 25.Qc7 Bxb5 26.Bxa8 Rxa8 27.Rd1 Ba4 28.Rd4 Be8 29.g3 Kh7
30.Kg2 Ra5 31.Nc4 Ra2 32.Rf4 Qc3 33.Qxb6 Ra1 34.Qb7 Qc1 35.Kh3 f6 36.Rg4 Bg6
37.Rxg6 Kxg6 38.Qe4+ Kf7 39.Nd6+ Ke7 40.Nf5+ Kd7 41.Nxg7 Qf1+ 42.Kh4 Qxf2
43.Qxe6+ Kc7 44.Qc4+ Kb7 45.Qe4+ Kb8 46.Qf4+ Qxf4+ 47.exf4 Ra2 48.h3 Kc8
49.Kh5 Ra3 50.Nf5 Kd7 51.Kxh6 Ke6 52.Kg6 Ra5 53.Ng7+ Ke7 54.h4 Ra6 55.Nh5 Ra8
56.Ng7 Ra6 57.g4 f5+ 58.Kxf5 Kf7 59.Nh5 Ra5+ 60.Ke4 Ra3 61.g5 Rh3 62.Kf5 Rxh4
63.g6+ Kg8 64.Kg5 Rh1 65.Nf6+ Kf8 66.Nh5 Rg1+ 67.Kh6 Rh1 68.f5 Kg8 69.Kg5 Rg1+
70.Kf6 Rg4 71.Ng7 Ra4 72.Ne6 Ra5 73.Nc7 Kf8 74.Ke6 Ra7 75.Nb5 Re7+ 76.Kf6 Rd7
77.Nc3 Rd6+ 78.Kg5 Kg7 79.Nb5 Rd5 80.Nc7 Re5 81.Ne6+ Kg8 82.Kf6 Ra5 83.Nc7 Rc5
84.Ne8 Rc1 85.Nd6 Kf8 86.Ne4 Rc6+ 87.Kg5 Rc4 88.Ng3 Rc3 89.Ne4 Rc4 90.Nf6 Rc1
91.Nd7+ Kg8 92.f6 Rf1 93.Ne5 Rg1+ 94.Kf5 Rf1+ 95.Ke6 Re1 96.Kd6 Re2 97.Nc6 Rg2
98.Ke6 Re2+ 99.Kd7 Kf8 100.Kd6 Rg2 101.Ne5 Rd2+ 102.Ke6 Re2 103.Kf5 Rf2+
104.Kg5 Rg2+ 105.Kh4 Rf2 106.Ng4 Rg2 107.Ne5 Rf2 108.Kg5 Rg2+ 109.Kf4 Rf2+
110.Nf3 Rf1 111.Ke3 Kg8 112.Kf4 Kf8 113.Ke4 Kg8 114.Ke3 Ra1 115.Kf4 Rf1 116.Kg4 Rf2
117.Kg3 Rf1 118.Kf4 Rf2 119.Ke4 Rf1 120.Ke3 Ra1 121.Kd4 Rf1 122.Ke4 Rf2 123.g7 Rg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.h3 exd5
9.exd5 Nfd7 10.f4 f5 11.O-O Na6 12.Be3 Nc7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Bf2 Nf6 15.a3 a5
16.Bh4 Bd7 17.Kh1 Qe7 18.Rae1 Qf7 19.a4 Na6 20.g4 Nb4 21.Bb1 fxg4 22.f5 Bxf5
23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.Rxf5 Qg6 25.Ref1 Rf8 26.Ng3 Nh5 27.Nce4 Nxg3+ 28.Nxg3 gxh3
29.b3 Rae8 30.Kh2 Rxf5 31.Rxf5 Re5 32.Qg5 Qxg5 33.Bxg5 Nc2 34.Bd8 Nd4 35.Rf4 Re3
36.Rg4 Kf7 37.Re4 Rxb3  0-1

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D15"]

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 "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Rh6 14.f3 Qe7 15.a4 a6 16.Qc2 Rd8
17.Rad1 Nd7 18.Bc7 Rc8 19.Bg3 e5 20.d5 b4 21.dxc6 Rhxc6 22.Nd5 Qe6 23.Qd2 h4
24.Bf2 c3 25.bxc3 bxc3 26.Qxg5 c2 27.Rc1 h3 28.g3 Qh6 29.Qf5 Qd2 30.Rfe1 Ba3
31.f4 Bxc1 32.Bh5 Rg6 33.Bxg6 Bxd5 34.exd5 Qxe1+ 35.Bxe1 Be3+ 36.Kf1 c1=Q
37.Qxf7+ Kd8 38.Ke2 Bb6 39.Bd2 Qc4+ 40.Kf3 e4+ 41.Kg4 Kc7 42.a5 Bd4 43.Bf5 Rg8+
44.Kh4 Rh8+ 45.Kg5 Qb5 46.Be6 e3 47.Be1 e2 48.g4 Rf8 49.Qh7 Be3 50.Kh4 Bxf4
51.g5 Qa4 52.Kh5 Bxh2 53.Bxh3 Be5 54.Qd3 Rh8+ 55.Kg6 Nf8+ 56.Kf7 Kd8  0-1

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 h5 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.Qd2 Na5 10.Bb3 Be7 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Rhe1 b4 14.Nce2 g6 15.Nc1 e5
16.Nde2 Nxb3 17.Nxb3 a5 18.Bg5 a4 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nbc1 Rb8 21.Qxd6 Rb6 22.Qc5 Qb8
23.Nd3 Rb5 24.Qf2 Be6 25.f4 O-O 26.fxe5 Bxe5 27.Nxe5 Qxe5 28.Nd4 Rc5 29.Qg3 Qxg3
30.hxg3 Bg4 31.Rd3 Re8 32.Rde3 f6 33.a3 bxa3 34.bxa3 Bc8 35.Kc1 Bb7 36.Nf3 Rec8
37.R1e2 Rc4 38.Kb2 Rb8 39.Kc1 Rbc8 40.Kb2 Rb8 41.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D87"]

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 "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E20"]

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 "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Qe2 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nd7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 Qe7 10.c3 O-O 11.O-O Rfe8 12.Re1 Rad8 13.Bd2 Nf8 14.Rad1 Bb6 15.Be3 c5
16.a3 Rd7 17.b4 f6 18.Qc2 Ne6 19.Qb3 Qf7 20.Qc4 Red8 21.Rd2 cxb4 22.axb4 h6
23.Kf1 c6 24.Red1 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Re8 26.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a4 Nb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Na3 c6 14.c4 bxc4 15.Nxc4 Nbd7
16.Bd2 Re8 17.Qc2 Bf8 18.Ba2 Qb8 19.Bc3 h6 20.Ne3 Bb7 21.b4 d5 22.Ng4 Bd6
23.Qb2 Nxg4 24.hxg4 c5 25.g5 hxg5 26.Nxg5 Qd8 27.bxc5 Nxc5 28.Bd2 f6 29.Be3 fxg5
30.Bxc5 Bxc5 31.Qxb7 Rf8 32.Qxd5+ Qxd5 33.Bxd5+ Kh7 34.Re2 g4 35.g3 Kh6 36.Kg2 Kg5
37.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E32"]

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 "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3 O-O 13.O-O Bxb5 14.Nxb5 Nc6 15.c4 Rad8
16.Qg3+ Kh8 17.Qh4 Kg7 18.Qg3+ Kh8 19.Qh4 Kg7 20.f4 Qd2 21.e5 fxe5 22.Qg5+ Kh8
23.Qf6+ Kg8 24.Qg5+ Kh8 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Rf3 Rd3 27.Qg5+ Kh8 28.Qf6+ Kg8 29.Qg5+ Kh8
30.Qf6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D15"]

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"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.c3 Bf8 12.Ba2 Qd7 13.Nf1 h6 14.Nh4 Ne7 15.h3 d5 16.Qf3 Kh7
17.Ng3 c5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Rxe5 Qxf3
23.Nxf3 Nc6 24.Re1 Nd5 25.Ne4 b4 26.g4 Ra2 27.Kf1 f6 28.h4 Kg6 29.c4 Nc7
30.Be3 Ne6 31.h5+ Kf7 32.Re2 b3 33.Nc3 Nb4 34.Ne1 Bd6 35.Ne4 Be7 36.f4 Ra1
37.Kg2 f5 38.gxf5 Nd4 39.Bxd4 cxd4 40.Nd2 Nc2 41.Nef3 Ne3+ 42.Kf2 Bf6 43.Nxb3 Rf1+
44.Kg3 Nxf5+ 45.Kg2 Rd1 46.Nc5 Ne3+ 47.Kg3 Nf5+ 48.Kf2 Rb1 49.Ne4 Bd8 50.Ne5+ Kg8
51.Nc6 Bc7 52.b4 Bxf4 53.b5 Be3+ 54.Kf3 Kf7 55.Ng3 Nd6 56.Ne5+ Kg8 57.Ng4 Rb3
58.Ne5 Rb1 59.Ra2  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O Bg4 6.Ne5 h5 7.h3 Be6 8.d3 Nh6 9.Qe1 Nd7
10.Nf3 Qb6+ 11.Kh1 d4 12.Nbd2 Nf5 13.Ne4 Bd5 14.c4 dxc3 15.bxc3 Nc5 16.Nh4 Nxh4
17.gxh4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 Bc4 19.Ba3 Qa5 20.Bb4 Qc7 21.Bc5 b6 22.Be3 c5 23.a4 O-O
24.Rg1 e6 25.Bf3 Bh6 26.Qf2 Kh7 27.f5 exf5 28.Bxh6 Kxh6 29.exf5 Qf4 30.Raf1 Rae8
31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Qg2 Qd6 33.Bxh5 Rxf1 34.Rxf1 Re5 35.Qg3 Bd5+ 36.Kg1 Be4 37.Rf7 Qd1+
38.Kf2 Rf5+ 39.Rxf5 Bxf5 40.Qg5+ Kh7 41.Qe7+ Kh6 42.Bg4 Qd2 43.Qe5 Qd8 44.Qf4+ Kh7
45.Bxf5 gxf5 46.Qxf5+ Kh6 47.Qg5+ Qxg5 48.hxg5+ Kxg5 49.Kf3 Kf5 50.h4 c4
51.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 e5 4.c4 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.O-O Nc6
9.Qe3+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 11.Bg5 Na5 12.Nd2 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Ke6 14.Rac1 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nd5 Bxb2 17.Nxc7+ Kd6 18.Nxa8 Bxc1 19.c5+ Ke7 20.Rxc1 Rxa8 21.cxb6 axb6
22.Rc3 Nc6 23.a3 b5 24.Re3+ Kf8 25.Rb3 Nd4 26.Rd3 Nxe2 27.Kf3 Nc1 28.Rc3 Na2
29.Rb3 Ra4 30.Ne4 b4 31.axb4 Rxb4 32.Ra3 Nc1 33.Nf6 Rb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Qc1 b6 10.h4 h5 11.Bh6 Bb7 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Ng5 e6 15.Re1 Re8
16.Nge4 Nf6 17.Ng5 Qe7 18.b3 Nd4 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Qb2 e5 21.Rac1 Red8 22.a3 Nd5
23.e3 Nc6 24.Nce4 Qe7 25.Nf3 Nf6 26.Red1 Nxe4 27.dxe4 Qe6 28.b4 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Qg4
30.Kg2 Qxe4 31.bxc5 bxc5 32.Qb7 Rb8 33.Qc7 g5 34.hxg5 h4 35.Rh1 Rh8 36.Rh3 hxg3
37.g6 Rxh3 38.Qxf7+ Kh6 39.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.O-O Nc6
9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Bf4 Be6 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Nbd2 O-O 14.Ne5 Rac8 15.Ndf3 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Nh5 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Bd2 Rc7 19.Rfe1 Rd8 20.b3 h6 21.a4 Bc5 22.Nd3 Rdc8
23.a5 Nf6 24.b4 Bd6 25.axb6 Rxc4 26.Bxb7 Rb8 27.Ra8 Nd7 28.Rxb8+ Bxb8 29.Nc5 Nxc5
30.bxc5 Rxc5 31.Ra1 Rc2 32.Bf4 Bxf4 33.Ra8+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bf3 Bf5 15.Ne2 Rc8
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Qd3 c5 18.Qxa6 Be5 19.Qd3 Qb6 20.Rcd1 Qb8 21.Nf5 Bxb2 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.Qxd5 Be6 24.Qf3 Be5 25.h3 c4 26.Nd4 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 cxb3 28.axb3 Qxb3 29.Rfd1 h6
30.Qf4 Rc4 31.Qd6 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Rc8 33.Rb4 Rc1+ 34.Kh2 Qc2 35.Qf4 Rf1 36.Qb8+ Kh7
37.Rb2 Qc1 38.Qe5 Rh1+ 39.Kg3 Qg1 40.Qe4+ g6 41.Kf3 Rh2  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.g3 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Rxd1 Nbd7 10.Bg2 Nxc5 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Bxa4 14.Ra1 O-O 15.Be3 Nfd7
16.Bxb7 Nxb7 17.Rxa4 Nd6 18.Rb1 a6 19.Nxc4 Nb5 20.Rb3 Rfc8 21.Kf1 Rab8 22.Ke1 Rc6
23.Nb6 Rbxb6 24.Bxb6 Rxb6 25.Rab4 Rc6 26.c4 Nd6 27.c5 Rxc5 28.Rd4 Rc1+ 29.Kd2 Rc6
30.Rbd3 Nc5 31.Ra3 Kf8 32.Rh4 g5 33.Rb4 a5 34.Rb8+ Kg7 35.Ra1 a4 36.Ke1 Nb3
37.Rd1 Nc4 38.f3 Rb6 39.Rc8 Rb4 40.Ra8 a3 41.Ra7 Nba5 42.Ra1 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Na5 b6 13.Nc6 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Nf6 15.Qc4 b5
16.Qb3 Qxc6 17.a4 b4 18.O-O-O d5 19.Bg5 Rd8 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Bd3 Qb6 22.Kb1 Bc5
23.Rhe1 Kf8 24.Re2 Bd4 25.Ka2 h4 26.Red2 Be3 27.Re2 Bf4 28.c3 a5 29.cxb4 axb4
30.Bb5 Qd6 31.Rc2 d4 32.Rc6 Qe7 33.g3 Be3 34.a5 Kg7 35.Qc4 Rd7 36.a6 f5 37.Rc5 Ra7
38.f4 f6 39.fxe5 fxe5 40.Qd5 Rc7 41.Qxe5+ Qxe5 42.Rxe5 Kf6 43.Rd5 hxg3 44.hxg3 Ke6
45.R5xd4 Bxd4 46.Rxd4 Rh3 47.g4 b3+ 48.Ka3 Ke5 49.Ra4 Ra7 50.gxf5 Kxf5 51.Bc6 Ke5
52.Bb7 Kd6 53.Rc4 Rg3 54.Kb4 Rg5 55.Rc6+ Kd7 56.Rc3 Kd6 57.Rxb3 Rxb7+ 58.axb7 Kc7
59.Ka4 Kb8 60.Rb5 Rg6 61.Ka5 Rh6 62.b3 Rg6 63.b4 Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.O-O-O b5 10.f4 Rc8 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.h3 h5 13.Bd3 h4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 e4
16.Rhe1 Be7 17.Be2 Nb6 18.Bg4 Nc4 19.Qf2 Nxg4 20.hxg4 h3 21.Bd4 h2 22.c3 Qb7
23.Qe2 Kf8 24.g5 a5 25.Qxe4 a4 26.Nc1 Bxg5 27.g3 Bf6 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Nd3 Qd7
30.Qg2 Qh3 31.Qxh3 Rxh3 32.Rh1 Re8 33.Nf2 Rxg3 34.Rxh2 Re2 35.Ng4 Rxh2 36.Nxh2 Rg2
37.Nf3 Rxb2+ 38.Ka1 a3 39.Nd4 Ne3 40.Rb1 Rf2 41.Rxb5 Rxf4 42.Rb1 Rf2 43.Rc1 f5
44.Nb5 Nc4 45.Nd4 f4 46.Nf5 Ne3  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A30"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Rc8 11.a5 Rxc3 12.Qxc3 d5 13.O-O-O Be7 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Rxd5 Bxd5
16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Bg5 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 O-O 20.Rd1 Qc8 21.Qd4 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Bxf4+
23.Kb1 Bxh2 24.Qd5 Qg4 25.Rh1 Bc7 26.Qxh5 Qxh5 27.Rxh5 Bxa5 28.Nxa6 Bd8 29.Nc5 b6
30.Nd7 Re8 31.Re5 Rxe5 32.Nxe5 f5 33.c3 Bc7 34.Nf3 Kf7 35.Kc2 Kf6 36.Kd3 g5
37.b4 g4 38.Nd4 Bd6 39.Nb5 Be7 40.Nd4 Bf8 41.Nc6 Ke6 42.Nd4+ Ke5 43.Nc6+ Kf4
44.Nd4 Bd6 45.Ne2+ Ke5 46.Nd4 f4 47.Nc6+ Kd5 48.Nd4 Bf8 49.c4+ Ke5 50.Nc6+ Kd6
51.Nd4 Ke5 52.Nc6+ Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe2 Bf5 8.Rd1 Qe7
9.dxe5 Rd8 10.Rd4 Bg6 11.c3 Rxd4 12.cxd4 Qb4 13.Qe3 Be7 14.b3 Qa5 15.Nfd2 Qd5
16.Ba3 Bg5 17.Qe1 Qxd4 18.Nxe4 Qxa1 19.e6 fxe6 20.Nec3 Bxb1 21.h4 Bf6 22.Nxb1 Kf7
23.g3 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Rc1 g6
9.h3 Qc7 10.g3 e5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Nfd7 13.e4 g5 14.Bxg5 Ng6 15.exd5 Bg7
16.Qe2+ Kf8 17.d6 Qa5 18.Be3 b6 19.Bg2 bxc5 20.Bxc6 Rb8 21.dxc5 Nge5 22.Be4 Nxc5
23.O-O Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxh3 25.Rc5 Qa4 26.Bg5 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Nd7 28.Be7+ Kg8 29.Rg5 h5
30.Nf6+ Nxf6 31.Bxf6 Rh7 32.d7 Qxd7 33.Bxg7 Rxg7 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.Qe5+ Kg6
36.Qxb8 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Qd5+ 38.Kg1 Qxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.c4 e6 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Re8
9.Rc1 d6 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.Rxc3 Nbd7 12.Re1 h6 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Qc7 15.Bb2 a4
16.bxa4 Ra6 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 Rea8 19.Nh4 Rxa4 20.a3 b5 21.Nf5 b4 22.axb4 Rxb4
23.Rb3 Qb6 24.Rxb4 Qxb4 25.Qb1 Rb8 26.Ba1 Ba8 27.Qc1 c4 28.Bc3 Qb3 29.Qa1 Kh7
30.Nd4 Qb6 31.Nc6 Re8 32.Rb1 Qc7 33.Qa6 Ne5 34.Nxe5 dxe5 35.e4 Rb8 36.Rxb8 Qxb8
37.Qxc4 Qb1+ 38.Qf1 Qc2 39.Qe1 Nd7 40.h4 Bb7 41.Qd2 Qb1+ 42.Kh2 Ba6 43.Qb2 Qxb2
44.Bxb2 f6 45.Ba3 g5 46.Bh3 Bb5 47.h5 Kg7 48.f3 Nb6 49.Kg1 Be8 50.Bg4 Bd7
51.Bxd7 Nxd7 52.Kf2 Kf7 53.Ke2 Ke8 54.Kd3 Kd8 55.Kc4 Ke8 56.Kb5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Ng5 h6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.Be3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.O-O Bg7 14.b4 f5 15.exf5 O-O
16.Qg3 gxf5 17.Bxh6 Rf7 18.Bg5 Qe8 19.Rac1 a5 20.Nb5 Nb6 21.bxa5 Rxa5 22.Qb3 Nxc4
23.a4 c6 24.Nc3 Rc5 25.Rfd1 e4 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.Ne2 d5 28.Nf4 Na5 29.Qg3 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Qe5 31.h4 Nc4 32.h5 e3 33.fxe3 Nd2 34.h6 Ne4 35.h7+ Kxh7 36.Qh4+ Kg8
37.Rxc6 Qa1+ 38.Kh2 Qxa4 39.Rg6 Qd7 40.Ne6 Qd6+ 41.Bf4 Qe7 42.Qh5 Nf2 43.Ng5 Ng4+
44.Kh3 Rf6 45.Qh7+ Kf8 46.Rxf6+ Qxf6 47.Qh5 Ke7 48.Nf3 Qf7 49.Qg5+ Qf6 50.Nd4 Nf2+
51.Kh4 Qxg5+ 52.Kxg5 Bxd4 53.exd4 Ke6 54.Be3 Ne4+ 55.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Ne5 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Nd4 O-O 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Qc8 15.h3 Qxf5
16.g4 Qg6 17.Bg2 h6 18.Rhe1 Rab8 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Rxe5 Rfd8 21.Qe2 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Rd8
23.Qf3 Bd6 24.Rf5 b5 25.a3 Re8 26.Kb1 Nd7 27.Qc6 Re7 28.Qxa6 b4 29.axb4 Bxb4
30.Qc8+ Kh7 31.Nd5 Re1+ 32.Ka2 Qe6 33.Qc4 Bd6 34.Rf1 Re5 35.Rd1 g6 36.Kb1 Re1
37.Qd3 Nc5 38.Qd4 Qe5 39.Ka2 Qxd4 40.Rxd4 Kg7 41.Nc3 Be5 42.Rc4 Ne6 43.Nd5 Rg1
44.Be4 Rg3 45.b4 Rxh3 46.b5 h5 47.gxh5 Rxh5 48.b6 Rh4 49.b7 f5 50.Bd3 Rxc4
51.Bxc4 Nc5 52.Ka3 Nxb7 53.Kb4 g5 54.Bd3 f4 55.Be2 Kg6 56.Bg4 Nd6 57.Ne7+ Kf7
58.Nf5 Ne4 59.Bf3 Bc3+ 60.Kb5 Nd2 61.Bg4 Kf6 62.Nd6 Be5 63.Nc4 Ne4 64.Kc6 Nf2
65.Be2 g4 66.Kd5 Bc3 67.Nd6 f3 68.Bxf3 gxf3  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qb6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.g5 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Nc5 15.f3 Be5
16.Be3 a5 17.Rd2 a4 18.Rc1 a3 19.b4 Na4 20.Nd1 Be6 21.Bd4 Bf4 22.Be3 Be5
23.Bd4 Rfd8 24.Kf2 c5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Ke1 cxb4 28.Rb1 Nc3 29.Nxc3 bxc3
30.Rd1 Rd4 31.Be2 Kf8 32.Rc1 Rd2 33.Rxc3 Rxa2 34.Rb3 Rxe2+  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.Be4 Nce7 13.Qb3 Nf6 14.Bf3 a6 15.Bf4 Bxf4
16.Nxf4 Qd6 17.Nh5 Nxh5 18.Bxh5 Bd7 19.Qxb7 Rab8 20.Qa7 Rxb2 21.Ne4 Nc8 22.Nxd6 Nxa7
23.Rdc1 Bc6 24.Nc4 Rbb8 25.Ne5 Be8 26.a4 Nc8 27.Be2 a5 28.Rc5 Nb6 29.Rb1 Bxa4
30.Rxa5 Nc4 31.Rxb8 Nxa5 32.Rb4 Bc2 33.Bf3 Rc8 34.h4 f6 35.Nd7 Nc6 36.Rc4 Ne7
37.Rxc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.h4 c6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qxd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Ne4 14.Rd4 Nxf2 15.Rg1 Ng4
16.a4 Re8 17.Bd3 h6 18.a5 Be6 19.Re1 Nf6 20.Ne5 Bd5 21.a6 b6 22.Re2 Bxg2
23.Rf4 Kf8 24.b4 Rad8 25.Ng6+ fxg6 26.Rxg2 Re5 27.Rxg6 Rd6 28.Rf1 Rh5 29.Rfg1 Rd7
30.Rh1 Re7 31.Kb2 Rhe5 32.Rf1 Rh5 33.Rg4 Rhe5 34.Rc4 R7e6 35.Bg6 Rd6 36.Kb3 Ke7
37.Rcf4 Re3 38.Bd3 Rg3 39.R4f2 Re6 40.Kb2 Re5 41.Bf5 Ree3 42.c4 Re5 43.Rd2 c5
44.b5 Rge3 45.Rg2 Kf8 46.Rff2 Re1 47.Bg6 Rh1 48.Rf4 Re3 49.Rd2 Ke7 50.h5 Rg1
51.Rd3 Re2 52.Rff3 Rg5 53.Rd1 Rgg2 54.Kb3 Rgf2 55.Rfd3 Re5 56.Rd8 Re1 57.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxe5 d5 8.d4 Bb6
9.O-O dxe4 10.Nxc6 Qd6 11.Ne5 Ba6 12.Re1 c5 13.Na3 cxd4 14.Nac4 Qe6 15.Nxb6 axb6
16.cxd4 Nd5 17.f3 exf3 18.Nxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.a4 h6 11.c3 Bc5 12.Nbd2 Bb6 13.Ba2 Rf8 14.Nf1 d6 15.Ng3 Ne7 16.Nh4 Kh7
17.Qf3 bxa4 18.Bb1 Bc6 19.Bc2 a5 20.Rd1 Qe8 21.Nhf5 Nfg8 22.d4 Nxf5 23.Qxf5+ g6
24.Qg4 Bd7 25.Qf3 Bc6 26.h4 f5 27.h5 fxe4 28.Qg4 d5 29.Be3 g5 30.c4 exd4
31.Rxd4 Nf6 32.Qe2 Bxd4 33.Bxd4 Rb8 34.Re1 Rb4 35.Bxf6 Rxf6 36.cxd5 Bxd5
37.Bxe4+ Bxe4 38.Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROM"]
[Date "2006.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Ne4 h6 11.Nd4 b6 12.Rd1 Ke8 13.Bf4 Ng6 14.Bg3 Bb7 15.f4 a6 16.f5 c5
17.fxg6 cxd4 18.Rxd4 fxg6 19.e6 Rd8 20.Rad1 Rxd4 21.Rxd4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Bc5+
23.Kf1 Rf8+ 24.Ke1 Bd6 25.Bxd6 cxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROM"]
[Date "2006.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 "Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROM"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nde2 Nbd7 8.Ng3 g6
9.a4 Qc7 10.Qd3 Nc5 11.Qc4 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Rc8 14.b4 Ncd7 15.Qxc7 Rxc7
16.c4 h5 17.f3 a5 18.bxa5 Bh6 19.Bb6 Nxb6 20.axb6 Rc5 21.Bd3 Be3 22.a5 Bd4
23.Ra3 Rxa5 24.Rxa5 Bc3+ 25.Ke2 Bxa5 26.Rb1 Nd7 27.Ne4 Ke7 28.c5 Nxc5 29.Nxc5 dxc5
30.Ra1 Bxb6 31.Rb1 Bc7 32.Rxb7 Kd6 33.Ra7 Rb8 34.Bc4 f5 35.Kd3 Rb4 36.Ra6+ Bb6
37.Kc3 e4 38.fxe4 fxe4 39.Ra8 Kd7 40.Rg8 Ba5 41.Rg7+ Kc8 42.Rg8+ Kc7 43.Ra8 Ra4+
44.Kb3 Rb4+ 45.Kc3 Ra4+ 46.Kb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROM"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B65"]

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 "2006.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 b4
9.Nce2 e5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.Ng3 Be6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.f4 h5 14.h4 a5 15.f5 Bd7
16.Kb1 Rb8 17.Be2 Na7 18.Bxa7 Qxa7 19.Qd3 Bb5 20.Qf3 Bc6 21.Nd2 Qc5 22.Nb3 Qb6
23.Nd2 Be7 24.Nc4 Qc5 25.Ne3 a4 26.Bc4 Bd8 27.b3 Bb6 28.Rd3 axb3 29.cxb3 Ra8
30.Rc1 Qa5 31.Rc2 Ke7 32.Nd5+ Bxd5 33.Bxd5 Rac8 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Bc4 Rh8 36.Rd2 Qc5
37.Qd1 Ba7 38.Rc2 Qe3 39.Bd3 Bc5 40.Qf3 Rd8 41.Be2 Qf4 42.Nxh5 Qxh4 43.Nxf6 gxf6
44.g3 Qg5 45.Qg4 Rh8 46.Qxg5 fxg5 47.Bg4 Kf6 48.Rc1 Rh2 49.Rc2 Rh6 50.Rc1 Bf2
51.Rd1 Kg7 52.Rd3 Bd4 53.Kc2 Kf6 54.Rd2 Rh1 55.Rd1 Rh8 56.Kd3 Rc8 57.Ke2 Rc3
58.Rd3 Rc5 59.Bf3 Ke7 60.Rd2 Rc3 61.Rd3 Rc8 62.Rd2 Rh8 63.Kf1 Rc8 64.Ke2 Rg8
65.Kf1 Rh8 66.Rc2 Bc5 67.Kg2 Kf6 68.Be2 Rh7 69.Rc1 Rh8 70.Rc2 Rh7 71.Rc1 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 Re8 10.c3 h6 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 d6 13.Ba2 Nb8 14.b4 c5 15.Nb3 Nc6 16.Rb1 Bc8
17.Be3 Be6 18.Qc2 Rc8 19.Qb2 c4 20.dxc4 Bxc4 21.Nbd2 Bxa2 22.Qxa2 d5 23.Rbd1 d4
24.cxd4 exd4 25.Nb3 Nxe4 26.Bxd4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Ng5 28.Ne5 Nxh3+ 29.gxh3 Qg5+
30.Kh2 Qf5 31.Rde4 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Bd6 33.Nc5 Bxe5+ 34.Kg2 Rc6 35.Qb3 Rg6+ 36.Kf1 Bg3  0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 8.Na4 Nxb6
9.Bd2 Nxa4 10.Qxa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Ne4 12.Ba5 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.f3 Nf6
16.Rc1 c4 17.b3 Rb8 18.bxc4 Bb4+ 19.Bxb4 Rxb4 20.c5 Rb2 21.a4 Ra8 22.Be2 Kc7
23.Rf1 Rab8 24.Rf2 R8b3 25.Bxa6 Rxe3+ 26.Kf1 Rb4 27.Ra2 Reb3 28.Rd1 Ng8 29.a5 Ne7
30.Be2 Nc6 31.a6 Kb8 32.Rad2 Ra3 33.Kf2 g5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Rh1 Rxd4 36.Rb2+ Kc7
37.Rhb1 Ne5 38.Rb8 Kc6 39.Rc8+ Kd7 40.Rg8 Ke7 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.a7 Rda4 43.c6 Nxc6
44.Bb5 Ra2+ 45.Kg1 Rxa7 46.Bxc6 Rxb7 47.Bxb7 h5 48.Kh2 Ra1 49.Bc6 Rc1 50.Bb5 Rb1
51.Be2 Re1 52.Ba6 Ra1 53.Bd3 Rd1 54.Bh7 d4 55.Rb8 Kg7 56.Rb1 Rd2 57.Be4 f5
58.Bb7 e5 59.Rb5 Kf6 60.f4 e4 61.Bc8 d3 62.Rxf5+ Kg7 63.Rg5+ Kf6 64.Rf5+ Kg7
65.Rg5+ Kf6 66.Rf5+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.O-O Qa6 10.Ne5 d5 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Bf4 cxd4 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.cxd4 b6 15.Rfc1 Ba6
16.cxd5 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 Nxd5 18.Bd6 Rac8 19.Rac1 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rd8 21.Ba3 f5
22.e3 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Bd6 Kf7 26.Bb8 a6 27.Bc7 b5 28.a3 g5
29.f4 g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D15"]

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

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.d5 Na5 14.Bd3 b5 15.Rb1 a6
16.c4 e6 17.Bg5 Re8 18.Qd2 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.d6 Bb7 21.Qe3 f6 22.Bh4 g5
23.Bg3 f5 24.Qxg5 Bxe4 25.Rb6 Qd8 26.Qxd8 Raxd8 27.Rd1 Rd7 28.f3 Bc2 29.Re1 Bd3
30.Rxa6 c3 31.Ra3 Bxe2 32.Rxe2 Rb8 33.Rb3 Rxb3 34.axb3 Kf7 35.Kf1 Rb7 36.Ra2 Bf6
37.Ke2 c4 38.b4 Rxb4 39.Ra7+ Kg6 40.Rc7 c2 41.Kd2 f4 42.Be1 Rb1 43.Rxc4 Rd1+
44.Kxc2 Rxe1 45.Rxf4 Re2+ 46.Kd3 Re5 47.Rg4+ Kf7 48.Ra4 Rd5+ 49.Ke3 Rxd6
50.Ra7+ Kg6 51.Kf4 Rd4+ 52.Kg3 Bh4+ 53.Kh3 Bf2 54.g3 Rh4+ 55.Kxh4 Bxa7 56.Kh3 Kf5
57.Kg2 Be3 58.Kh3 Ke5 59.Kg4 Bg1 60.h4 Bf2 61.h5 h6  0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B80"]

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"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C88"]

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"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B97"]

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"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D15"]

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"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.e4 b6 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Bd3 Bc5
16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.b4 Bxb4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Rxc6 Nxe3 20.Rxb6 Nxd1 21.Rxb7 Nc3
22.Qf3 Bf8 23.g3 Nxa4 24.e5 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Nc5 26.Qf3 Nxb7 27.Qxb7 Rd8 28.Qxa6 g5
29.Qe2 Rd5 30.Qe3 h6 31.Kg2 Bc5 32.Qe2 Bb4 33.h4 Bc3 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Qe3 Bxe5
36.Qxg5+ Kf8 37.Qe3 Bd4 38.Qe4 Ke7 39.g4 Bc5 40.Qc4 Kd6 41.f4 Ke7 42.f5 Bd4
43.Kf3 Bf6 44.Qc7+ Ke8 45.Qc6+ Ke7 46.Qc7+ Ke8 47.Qc6+ Ke7 48.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Bg4 10.Bf3 Be6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Re1 Nb6 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.Nf1 Rc5 15.Be3 Rc8
16.Bg5 Nc4 17.b3 Nb6 18.Re3 Nbd7 19.Rd3 Nc5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxd6 Qe8 22.Nd5 Bd8
23.b4 Nxa4 24.Nfe3 Bg5 25.Bg4 Bxe3 26.Nxe3 Nb2 27.Qe2 Bxg4 28.Qxg4 Nc4 29.Nf5 g6
30.Rf6 Qd8 31.Qg5 Nd2 32.Nh6+ Kg7 33.Nf5+ Kh8 34.Qh4  0-1

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B19"]

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"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O g6 8.Be3 b6
9.Nd5 Bb7 10.c4 e5 11.Nc2 Bxd5 12.exd5 Bg7 13.Nb4 O-O 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.b4 h5
16.a4 a5 17.bxa5 bxa5 18.Rb1 Ne4 19.Qc2 f5 20.Rb5 Kh7 21.Rfb1 Nec5 22.Bd2 e4
23.Bxa5 Qc8 24.Bb4 Qe8 25.a5 f4 26.Re1 Qf7 27.Bxc5 Nxc5 28.Rxc5 dxc5 29.Qxe4 Rfe8
30.Qf3 Qf6 31.Rd1 Qd6 32.Rb1 Qc7 33.Bd3 Kh6 34.h4 Bf8 35.g4 fxg3 36.Qf6 gxf2+
37.Kg2 Qg7 38.Qg5+ Kh7 39.Qxh5+ Kg8 40.Qxg6 Qxg6+ 41.Bxg6 Re1 42.Kxf2 Rxb1
43.Bxb1 Bd6 44.Ke3 Kg7 45.h5 Bc7 46.Be4 Kh6 47.Bg6 Kg5 48.Ke4 Ra6 49.Be8 Ra8
50.Bg6 Bd6 51.Ke3 Bf4+ 52.Kf3 Bh2 53.Ke3 Bd6 54.Ke4 Bc7 55.Ke3 Kf6 56.Ke4 Bg3
57.Kf3 Bd6 58.Ke3 Ra6 59.Ke4 Bc7 60.Be8 Ra8 61.Bg6 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.dxc5 e6 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Be3 Rc8 10.Bg2 Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Rxc5 13.Qb3 b6 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Qb8
16.Ne4 Rc7 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Kg2 h6 19.Qa4 Rd8 20.Qf4 Rc2 21.b3 Rdc8 22.Qxb8 Rxb8
23.a4 g5 24.Rac1 Rb2 25.Rc7 g4 26.Bc6 Rc2 27.Rd4 a5 28.e4 Ne8 29.Rb7 Rxb7
30.Bxb7 Kf8 31.e5 Rc5 32.Rxg4 Rxe5 33.Rh4 Kg7 34.Rd4 Rc5 35.b4 Rc7 36.Bf3 e5
37.Rg4+ Kf8 38.Re4 Nd6 39.Rxe5 axb4 40.Re2 Rc4 41.Rd2 Ke7 42.Bd5 Rc5 43.Rd4 Ra5
44.Bb3 b5 45.Rxb4 bxa4 46.Bxa4 Rc5 47.Bb3 Rb5 48.Rxb5 Nxb5 49.f4 f6 50.Kh3 Kf8
51.Kg4 Nd6 52.Kf3 Ke7 53.g4 Ne8 54.Ke3 Nd6 55.Kd4 Ne8 56.h4 Nd6 57.Kd5 Ne8
58.Kc6 Nd6 59.Bd5 Ne8 60.Kc5 Nd6 61.Bc6 Nf7 62.Be4 Nd6 63.Bd3 Nf7 64.Kd5 Nd6
65.h5 Nf7 66.Bg6 Nd6 67.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Ne7 11.Re1 Ng6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Rad1 Nf8 14.Nd4 Bc5 15.Nb3 Bb6
16.Be3 h5 17.Rd2 Ne6 18.Ne4 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 b6 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 c5 22.Rd2 Bf5
23.Ng5 Ke7 24.Rf3 Be6 25.Nxe6 Kxe6 26.Rfd3 Kxe5 27.Re3+ Kf6 28.Rd7 Rhf8 29.Rxc7 g5
30.Kf1 h4 31.a4 Kg6 32.Ree7 Rad8 33.Ke2 a5 34.Rc6+ f6 35.Rxb6 Rd4 36.b3 c4
37.Ree6 cxb3 38.cxb3 Kf5 39.Re3 Rc8 40.Rf3+ Ke4 41.Re6+ Kd5 42.Rfxf6 Rc2+
43.Kf1 Rd1+ 44.Re1 Rdd2 45.Kg1 Rb2 46.Rf5+ Kd4 47.Rxg5 Rxf2 48.Rg4+ Kd3 49.Re5 Rfc2
50.Rxa5  1-0

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Rb8
9.axb5 axb5 10.Nc3 d6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Ra7 Ra8
16.Qa1 Qb8 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.Qa5 Qxa5 19.Bxa5 Rc8 20.Ra1 Ra8 21.Kf1 Kf8 22.Ra2 Ra7
23.Ke2 f5 24.f4 Bf6 25.Kd1 h6 26.g3 g5 27.Bd2 Rxa2 28.Bxa2 gxf4 29.gxf4 Be8
30.Ba5 Bd8 31.c4 dxc3 32.Bxc3 Bf7 33.d4 c6 34.Bb1 Bxd5 35.Bxf5 Bf6 36.Kd2 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6
9.a4 b5 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Qg5 O-O 12.Qxb5 Ba6 13.Qa4 Qb6 14.O-O Qxb2 15.Nbd2 Bb5
16.Nxc4 Bxa4 17.Nxb2 Bb5 18.Ne5 Ra7 19.Bf3 Nbd7 20.Nec4 Rb8 21.Rfb1 g5 22.e3 g4
23.Bd1 Bc6 24.Rc1 Be4 25.Na4 Rb4 26.Nd6 Bf3 27.Bxf3 gxf3 28.Nc8 Ra8 29.Ne7+ Kg7
30.Nc6 Rb3 31.Nc5 Rb5 32.h3 Nxc5 33.Rxc5 Rb2 34.Rg5+ Kh6 35.Rgxa5 Rxa5 36.Nxa5 Ne4
37.Rf1 Nd2 38.Rc1 Ne4 39.Rf1 f6 40.Nc6 Nd2 41.Rd1 Ne4 42.Rf1 Kg6 43.Nd8 Rb6
44.Rc1 h5 45.Ra1 h4 46.gxh4 Kh5 47.Ra2 Kxh4 48.Kh2 Kh5 49.Rc2 Kh6 50.Ra2 Kg6
51.Rc2 Kf5 52.Ra2 Rb5 53.Nc6 Rb7 54.Ra5+ Kg6 55.Ra2 Kh5 56.d5 e5 57.Ra4 f5
58.Nxe5 Rb2 59.Nd3 Rb7 60.Rd4 Rb6 61.d6 Nxd6 62.Kg3 Ne4+ 63.Kxf3 Kg5 64.h4+ Kf6
65.Rd5 Nc3 66.Rd8 Rb1 67.Rf8+ Ke6 68.Nf4+ Ke5 69.Re8+ Kf6 70.Nh5+ Kg6 71.Ng3 Rb2
72.h5+ Kf7 73.Re5 Nd1 74.Ne2 Kf6 75.Rd5  1-0

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Bg6 15.Ng5 Re8
16.f4 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 f5 18.Be3 Nf8 19.Kh1 Rc8 20.g4 Qd7 21.Rg1 Be7 22.Nf3 Rc4
23.Rg2 fxg4 24.Rxg4 Rxa4 25.Rag1 g6 26.h4 Rb4 27.h5 Qb5 28.Qc2 Rxb2 29.hxg6 h5
30.g7 hxg4 31.gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 32.Qg6+ Bg7 33.f5 Re7 34.f6 Qe2 35.Qxg4 Rf7 36.Rc1 Rc2
37.Rxc2 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 Qxc2+ 39.Kg3 Qe4 40.Bf4 Qf5 41.Qxf5 exf5 42.Bg5 a5 43.Kf4 a4
44.Kxf5 a3 45.Bc1 Bf8 46.e6 Rc7 47.Bxa3 Bxa3 48.Ke5 Rc1 49.Ng5 Rf1 50.e7 Re1+
51.Kxd5 Bxe7 52.fxe7 Rxe7 53.Kd6 Re1 54.d5 Kf8 55.Ne6+ Ke8 56.Nc7+ Kd8 57.Ne6+ Kc8
58.Ke7 Rh1 59.Ng5 b5 60.d6 Rd1 61.Ne6 b4 62.Nc5 Re1+ 63.Kf6 Re3  0-1

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bd7 7.Qxc4 Na5 8.Qd3 c5
9.O-O Bc6 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc5 12.Rd1 Bxg2 13.Qb5+ Nd7 14.Kxg2 a6 15.Qd3 Rc8
16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rac1 Nc4 19.Na4 b5 20.b3 O-O 21.bxc4 bxa4 22.Nc6 Rxc6
23.Qxd7 Qc5 24.Rc3 g6 25.Rb1 h5 26.Rb7 e5 27.e4 Rf6 28.Rc2 Qa3 29.Qd1 Rd6
30.Rd2 Rfd8 31.Rd5 Rxd5 32.cxd5 Qxa2 33.Qf3 Rf8 34.Qd3 a3 35.Rb3 f5 36.Qxa6 Qxb3
37.Qxg6+ Kh8 38.Qh6+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.O-O Bd6 13.b3 Nf6 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Bf3 Bxh2+
16.Kh1 Bd6 17.Nc4 Be7 18.Bxa3 O-O 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Ra5 Rfd8 21.Kg1 c5 22.Rxc5 Ne4
23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Qg4 Bd3 25.Ra1 Rac8 26.Raa5 Rb8 27.Qd1 Be4 28.Qa1 Rb7 29.Nd2 Bg6
30.Qc3 h6 31.Ra6 Kh7 32.Nc4 Be4 33.f3 Bd5 34.Nd2 Rdb8 35.Qd3+ f5 36.Rc3 Qh4
37.Ra1 Qg3 38.Qc2 Rf7 39.Rf1 Qg6 40.Qd3 Qg3 41.Rfc1 Rfb7 42.Qc2 Qg5 43.Ra1 Qf6
44.Qd3 Rd7 45.Ra4 Rbd8 46.Rc5 Kg8 47.Nc4 Bxc4 48.Raxc4 f4 49.Rc6 fxe3 50.Qxe3 Rxd4
51.Rxe6 Qh4 52.Rxd4 Qxd4 53.Re8+ Kh7 54.Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4
10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Ke2 Rg8 15.Rhd1 Rc8
16.b3 Bc5 17.a5 Ke7 18.Na4 Bb4 19.Nb6 Nxb6 20.Bxb6 f6 21.Rd3 Rc6 22.h4 Rgc8
23.g4 Bc5 24.Rad1 Bxb6 25.Rd7+ Kf8 26.axb6 Rxb6 27.R1d6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Rc6
29.Rxc6 bxc6 30.b4 e5 31.Bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.Bb3 cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.a4 Bd7 13.Ne5 Be8 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nb4
16.Qf3 Bc6 17.Qh3 Bd5 18.Nxd5 Nbxd5 19.Rcd1 Rc7 20.Bg5 Qc8 21.Qf3 Rd8 22.h4 h6
23.Bc1 Bb4 24.Rf1 Bd6 25.g3 b6 26.Qe2 Ne7 27.Rfe1 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 Nfd5
30.Bd2 Rc5 31.Qg4 Nf5 32.Qe4 b5 33.h5 bxa4 34.Qxa4 Rb5 35.Rc1 Qb7 36.Bc2 Nb6
37.Qg4 Rxb2 38.Be4 Qd7 39.Be1 Nd5 40.Bd3 Nb4 41.Bf1 Nd3 42.Qd1 Nxe5 43.Qxd7 Nxd7
44.Rc8+ Kh7 45.Rc7 Rb1 46.Rxd7 Rxe1 47.Rxf7 a5 48.Kg2 Kg8 49.Ra7 Re5 50.g4 Nd6
51.Bd3 Kf8 52.Bg6 Rd5 53.f3 e5 54.Kf2 Rd2+ 55.Ke1 Rd5 56.Ke2 Rb5 57.Rd7 Rd5
58.Ra7 Rb5 59.Bd3 Rd5 60.Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 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 "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 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 31.bxc3 Ne6 32.Bg4 Qc7 33.Rcd1 Nd7 34.Qa2 Nb6 35.Rf3 Nf8 36.Rdf1 Re7
37.Be3 Nh7 38.Rxf7 Nd5 39.R7f3  1-0

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 a5 10.Rd1 Nh5 11.Bc1 b5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Rb8 15.Qe2 Nhf6
16.Bf4 Rb6 17.Ne5 Nd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Nxb5 Ba6 21.a4 Ne4 22.Rdc1 Qe8
23.Rc7 Bd8 24.Ra7 f6 25.Nd7 Rf7 26.Nxb6 Rxa7 27.Nxd5 Rd7 28.Ndc3 Rxd4 29.Re1 f5
30.Qc2 Rb4 31.Nd5 Rxb5 32.axb5 Qxb5 33.Nc7 Qc4 34.Qd1 Bxc7 35.Qd7 h6 36.Qxc7 Qb4
37.Qb8+ Qxb8 38.Bxb8 Nd2 39.Ra1 g5 40.f4 Nb3 41.Ra3 Bc4 42.Bc7 g4 43.Bxa5  1-0

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Rb1 Nbd7
9.c5 a5 10.a3 e5 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 Qc7 13.f4 exf4 14.exf4 Be7 15.Be2 Nf8
16.O-O Ne6 17.g3 Qd7 18.Qd3 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxd4+ 21.Qxd4 Nxd4 22.Bc4 O-O
23.Kg2 Ra4 24.Rd1 Rd8 25.Be3 Bf6 26.g4 Kf8 27.Bf2 Ne6 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.f5 gxf5
30.gxf5 Nf4+ 31.Kf3 Nh5 32.Rb3 Bc7 33.h4 Nf6 34.Bd3 Nd7 35.Be4 Ne5+ 36.Kg2 Ra2
37.Bb1 Rd2 38.Kf1 Ng4 39.Bg1 Bh2 40.Ke1 Rd5 41.Bf2 Ke7 42.h5 Nxf2 43.Kxf2 Kf6
44.Kf3 Rd4 45.b5 Rc4 46.bxc6 bxc6 47.Rb6 Rxc5 48.Be4 Kg5 49.Rxc6 Ra5 50.Rb6 Ra3+
51.Kg2 Bc7 52.Rb7 Rc3 53.Kf2 Kxh5 54.Bd5 f6 55.Ke2 Kg4 56.Be4 Kf4 57.Bd3 Rc5
58.Rb4+ Kg3 59.Rc4 Re5+ 60.Re4 Ra5 61.Re3+ Kg2 62.Be4+ Kh2 63.Rb3 Ra2+ 64.Kd3 Bf4
65.Kc4 Re2 66.Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bd2 Bb4 10.Qb3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bg2 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 f5 14.O-O Qe7 15.cxd5 exd5
16.b4 Nf6 17.Rfc1 Ne4 18.Qb2 O-O 19.b5 Rac8 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Qe2 g5 22.Rab1 Qd7
23.Rc2 Rf6 24.Rbc1 g4 25.Rb2 Rh6 26.Qa6 Rc7 27.Rb8+ Kh7 28.Qa3 Rb7 29.Qf8 Rxb8
30.Qxb8 Qf7 31.Qc8 Qh5 32.Kf1 Nd2+ 33.Ke1 Nc4 34.Bf1 Rf6 35.Bxc4 dxc4 36.Rxc4 Qxh2
37.Ke2 Qh1 38.Rc5 Qb1 39.Qa6 Qb2+ 40.Kf1 Qb1+ 41.Ke2 Qb2+ 42.Kf1 Rh6 43.Qd3 g6
44.Qb3 Rh1+ 45.Kg2 Rh2+ 46.Kxh2 Qxf2+ 47.Kh1 Qf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Playoffs"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Ne1 Rc8
16.f4 Bxe1 17.Rxe1 Bg6 18.Bf1 Rc2 19.b3 Qa5 20.Bb5 Rd8 21.Re2 Rcc8 22.Bd2 Qb6
23.Rf2 a6 24.Bf1 Rc6 25.b4 Rc2 26.b5 a5 27.Bc3 Rxf2 28.Qxf2 Qa7 29.Qd2 Ra8
30.Rc1 Nb6 31.Bb2 Nxa4 32.Ba3 h6 33.h3 Be4 34.Kh2 Nb6 35.Bc5 a4 36.Ra1 Nc4
37.Bxc4 b6 38.Qe3 Rc8 39.Bf1 bxc5 40.dxc5 Qxc5 41.Qxc5 Rxc5 42.b6 Rc6 43.b7 Rb6
44.Ba6 d4 45.Rxa4 Bxb7 46.Bxb7 Rxb7 47.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Playoffs"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rac8 13.Bd3 e5 14.e4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 b5
16.Bf1 g6 17.Qd2 Rcd8 18.Qg5 a6 19.h3 exd4 20.Nxd4 Qe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Nc2 g5
23.Bc1 h6 24.Be3 c5 25.f3 Bf8 26.Bf2 Bc8 27.Ne3 Be6 28.Ned5 Bxd5 29.exd5 Ned7
30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.a4 b4 32.Ne4 Nxe4 33.fxe4 Nf6 34.d6 Nxe4 35.d7 Rd8 36.Bxa6 f5
37.a5 Bg7 38.Bc4+ Kf8 39.a6 Nxf2 40.Kxf2 Bd4+ 41.Rxd4 cxd4 42.a7 Ke7 43.Bd5 Kxd7
44.a8=Q Rxa8 45.Bxa8  1-0

[Event "WCh Playoffs"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 "WCh Playoffs"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.e4 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.bxc3 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bb5+ Kf8
16.Qxd8+ Rxd8 17.Ba3 Rc8 18.Nd4 Be7 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Bf1 Na4 21.Rab1 Be4 22.Rb3 Bxa3
23.Rxa3 Nc5 24.Nb3 Ke7 25.Rd4 Bg6 26.c4 Rc6 27.Nxc5 Rxc5 28.Rxa6 Rb8 29.Rd1 Rb2
30.Ra7+ Kf6 31.Ra1 Rf5 32.f3 Re5 33.Ra3 Rc2 34.Rb3 Ra5 35.a4 Ke7 36.Rb5 Ra7
37.a5 Kd6 38.a6 Kc7 39.c5 Rc3 40.Raa5 Rc1 41.Rb3 Kc6 42.Rb6+ Kc7 43.Kf2 Rc2+
44.Ke3 Rxc5 45.Rb7+  1-0

[Event "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O h6 15.Nd2 O-O
16.Ne4 Bd4 17.Nd6 Bc6 18.Bh7+ Kxh7 19.Qxd4 f6 20.Bd2 Qd7 21.Rac1 a5 22.Qd3+ f5
23.Rc5 Ne7 24.Rfc1 Ra7 25.Be3 Rfa8 26.Qe2 Ra6 27.h4 Qd8 28.Bg5 hxg5 29.Qh5+ Kg8
30.Qf7+ Kh7 31.Qh5+ Kg8 32.Qf7+ Kh7 33.hxg5 Ng6 34.Rxc6 Qxg5 35.Rc8 Nf4 36.g3 Rxc8
37.Rxc8 Qg4 38.Qg8+ Kg6 39.Qe8+ Kh7 40.Qh8+ Kg6 41.Rc7 Qd1+ 42.Kh2 Qh5+ 43.Qxh5+ Nxh5
44.Re7 Rc6 45.Rxe6+ Kh7 46.Nf7 Rxe6 47.Ng5+  1-0

[Event "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 g5
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.h3 Nfd7 12.f4 gxf4 13.Bxf4 b5 14.Rhf1 Bb7 15.Qf2 Rc8
16.Nce2 Bg7 17.Ng3 Rh7 18.Nh5 Bh8 19.Kb1 Nc5 20.Bg3 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Bxe4 22.Bh4 Qc7
23.Bf6 Bg6 24.Bxh8 Rxh8 25.Nf6+ Kd8 26.h4 Qc5 27.h5 Bh7 28.Qh4 Bxc2+ 29.Nxc2 Qxc2+
30.Ka1 Rc4 31.Ne4+ Kc7 32.Nxd6 Rf4 33.Qe7+ Kb6 34.Qb7+ Ka5 35.Qa7 b4 36.Rfe1 Nf3
37.Rc1 Nxe1 38.Rxc2 Nxc2+ 39.Kb1  1-0

[Event "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.e4 Qh5 12.Rd3 e5 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 exd4 15.g4 Qc5
16.Na2 O-O 17.Rf5 Qe7 18.e5 d3 19.Bxd3 Nd5 20.Bg5 Qe6 21.Nxb4 Nxb4 22.Bc4 Nd5
23.Rd1 Rae8 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Qb5 Nxe5 26.Qxd5 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 f6 28.Be3 b6 29.g5 Kf7
30.gxf6 gxf6 31.Rd6 Re6 32.Rd1 Nc4 33.Rd7+ Re7 34.Rxe7+ Kxe7 35.Rh5 Rg8+
36.Kf1 Nxe3+ 37.fxe3 Rg7 38.Kf2 Ke6 39.Kf3 Rc7 40.h4 f5 41.Rh6+ Ke5 42.h5 Rf7
43.b4 Kd5 44.Kf4 Kc4 45.b5 Kb4 46.Re6 Kxa4 47.Re5 a5 48.bxa6 b5 49.Rxf5 Ra7
50.Rf6 b4 51.e4 b3 52.Rb6 Ka3 53.e5 b2 54.e6 Ka2 55.Ke5 b1=Q 56.Rxb1 Kxb1
57.Kf6 Rxa6 58.Kf7 Ra2 59.e7 Rf2+ 60.Kg7 Re2 61.Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "A43"]

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 "10th Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 c5
9.Be2 cxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.b3 Nbd7 12.O-O dxc4 13.bxc4 Qc7 14.a4 Rac8 15.Re1 Rfe8
16.Bb2 Ng4 17.g3 Ndf6 18.Nd2 h5 19.h3 Nh6 20.Bf3 Red8 21.Re5 Nf5 22.Bxb7 Qxb7
23.d5 h4 24.g4 Ne7 25.Ne4 Ne8 26.Re1 Nxd5 27.Qf3 Rxc4 28.Rg5 Qe7 29.Bxg7 Nxg7
30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Nxd5 Qd6 33.Nf6 Ne8 34.Qa8 Qe7 35.g5 Rd4 36.Rc1 Rd8
37.Qf3 Rd5 38.Kf1 Nxf6 39.gxf6 Qd8 40.Rc4 Rf5 41.Qa3+ Kg8 42.Rg4+ Kh7 43.Rxh4+ Kg6
44.Rg4+ Kxf6 45.Qc3+ Ke7 46.Rd4 Rd5 47.Rc4 Kd7 48.h4 Qb8 49.Qf6 Rf5 50.Rd4+ Kc6
51.Rc4+ Kb7 52.Qe7+ Ka6 53.Rc7 Qa8 54.Kg1 Rf4 55.f3 Rxf3 56.Qg5 f5  0-1

[Event "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B81"]

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 "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.h4 Bh6 14.g3 Rb8 15.Bh3 Bxh3
16.Rxh3 a5 17.Nce3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Ne7 19.h5 f5 20.exf5 Nxf5 21.Qd5+ Kh8 22.Nxf5 Rxf5
23.h6 Qf6 24.hxg7+ Kxg7 25.O-O-O Rxf2 26.Qxd6 Qg5+ 27.Kb1 Qg6+ 28.Qxg6+ hxg6
29.Rd7+ Kf6 30.Rhh7 Re2 31.Rd6+ Kf5 32.a3 g5 33.Ra6 b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.Rf7+ Kg4
36.Ra4 Kxg3 37.Rxb4 Rxb4 38.cxb4 Re4 39.b5 Rb4 40.Rb7 e4 41.b6 g4 42.Kc2 e3
43.Kd3 Rb3+ 44.Ke2 Kh2 45.Rh7+ Kg2 46.b7 g3 47.Rg7 Kh2 48.Rh7+ Kg1 49.Rg7 g2
50.Rh7 Rxb2+ 51.Kxe3 Rb6 52.Kd4 Kf2 53.Rf7+ Ke2 54.Rg7 Rxb7 55.Rxg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.c4 a6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.g4 Nfd7 10.h4 b6 11.g5 Bb7 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Rg1 Rc8 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.h5 b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nxb5 Bxe4 18.Nxd6 Rc2 19.Qd4 Bd5 20.Nf5 exf5 21.Qxd5 Bc5
22.Rd1 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Qb8 24.Rg2 Ne5 25.Rd2 Rxb2 26.Rxb2 Qxb2 27.Qd4 Qb8 28.h6 Rd8
29.Qc3 Rc8 30.Qd4 Rd8 31.Qc3 Rc8 32.Qd4 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 O-O 11.O-O-O Nh5 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Kb1 Nf6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Nd7
16.Be3 Bf6 17.Nd5 Be5 18.Bc4 b5 19.Bg5 Nf6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Rhe1 Rad8 24.b3 Rd7 25.Qa5 Ra8 26.Rd5 Qe8 27.Qd2 Rad8 28.Qa5 Ra8 29.g3 g6
30.Qb6 Qe6 31.Rd4 Qh3 32.Rd2 h5 33.Qc6 Rdd8 34.Red1 Qg4 35.e5 d5 36.Rxd5 Qxd1+
37.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38.Kb2 Rdd8 39.e6 fxe6 40.Qxe6+ Kg7 41.Qe7+ Kh6 42.Qe3+ Kg7
43.Qe7+ Kh6 44.Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Nec6 7.c3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nd2 d6 10.f4 Nd7 11.Rf3 g6 12.Rg3 Nxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.Nf3 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nc5
16.Nf5 d5 17.Bd4 Bxf5 18.exf5 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 Bf6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Qb3 Re8 22.Rad1 b5
23.Qc3 Bxd4+ 24.Qxd4 Re6 25.Qxd5 Qe8 26.Qxa8 Qxa8 27.Rd8+ Qxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kg7
29.Kf2 Re4 30.Kf3 Rc4 31.Rd2 a5 32.Rd5 Ra4 33.a3 b4 34.Rd3 bxa3 35.bxa3 Rc4
36.g4 Kh6 37.h4 f5 38.Kg3 fxg4 39.Kxg4 a4 40.Rd6 Kg7 41.Ra6 Rd4 42.Ra7+ Kf6
43.Ra5 Kg7 44.Kg5 Kf7 45.Ra7+ Kf8 46.Kxg6 Rxf4 47.Ra8+ Ke7 48.h5 Rg4+ 49.Kf5 Rc4
50.h6 Rc5+ 51.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Bd2 Ne4
9.Nxg6 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 hxg6 11.Rc1 Qb6 12.c5 Qxb3 13.axb3 Nd7 14.b4 a6 15.Ra1 Rb8
16.Kc2 Be7 17.Be2 f5 18.h3 Kf7 19.f3 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.f4 Nd7 22.Bd3 Rbe8
23.Rhf1 Bf6 24.Kd2 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.h3 b5 13.Bd3 h4 14.f4 Rc8 15.Rhe1 g6
16.Qf2 Qb7 17.Na5 Qb8 18.f5 gxf5 19.exf5 Bc4 20.Nxc4 bxc4 21.Be4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Nf6
23.Qf3 Qc7 24.Nc3 Rg8 25.Bf2 Rh8 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 f6 28.Re4 Rb8 29.Rxh4 Rxh4
30.Bxh4 Qb7 31.b3 Kd7 32.Be1 Qc6 33.h4 Rc8 34.Qd1 Rg8 35.g3 Bf8 36.Bf2 Bh6
37.Bc5 Bf8 38.Bf2 Bh6 39.Rc5 Qg2 40.Be1 cxb3 41.axb3 Bd2 42.Rc4 d5 43.Ra4 Bxe1
44.Qxe1 Rxg3 45.Rxa6 Qg1 46.Qxg1 Rxg1+ 47.Kb2 Ke7 48.Re6+ Kf7 49.Rd6 e4 50.Kc3 Rf1
51.Rd7+ Kf8 52.Rd8+ Kf7 53.Rd7+ Kf8 54.Rd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D89"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Be3 Qe7 7.Bxc5 Qxc5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Qd2 a5 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qg5 Re8 12.a4 h6 13.Qe3 b6 14.b3 Bg4 15.Nd2 Be6 16.h3 Nh5
17.Ne2 Qf6 18.f4 exf4 19.Nxf4 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Qc3 21.Ra2 Re7 22.Nf3 Rd8 23.Qd2 Qc5+
24.Qf2 Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 f5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Raa1 Rde8 28.Rae1 c5 29.Rxe7 Rxe7
30.Nd2 Kf7 31.Nc4 Bc8 32.Ne3 Ke8 33.h4 Bb7 34.g3 Re6 35.Ke2 Rg6 36.g4 Ke7
37.Nf5+ Ke6 38.Rf4 Ke5 39.Ke3 Rf6 40.h5 Rf7 41.Nh4 Rxf4 42.Ng6+ Ke6 43.Kxf4 Bc6
44.Nh4 Kf6 45.Nf5 Be8 46.Ng3 g5+ 47.hxg6 Bxg6 48.Ne4+ Ke6 49.Nc3 Be8 50.Ne4 Bg6
51.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc5
9.Qf3 d6 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne5 12.Qf4 Bd7 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.cxb5 O-O 15.Rd1 Rc8
16.Qd4 Qc7 17.f4 Ng4 18.c4 f5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bb2 Nce4 21.Qe3 Qxc4 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Rxd6 Qxb5 25.Rad1 Rc6 26.Kf2 Qb6 27.Qxb6 axb6 28.Rxc6 bxc6
29.Rd6 Kf7 30.Rxc6 h5 31.Rxb6 Ra8 32.Rb4 Rxa2 33.Rxe4 Ra3 34.Re3 Ra4 35.Kf3 f5
36.Rb3 Kf6 37.Rb8 Ra3+ 38.e3 Kg7 39.Re8 Ra6 40.Rc8 Ra4 41.Rc6 Kf6 42.Rb6 Kf7
43.Rb8 Kg7 44.h4 Ra3 45.Re8 Ra6 46.Re7+ Kg6 47.e4 Kf6 48.Rh7 fxe4+ 49.Kxe4 Ra3
50.Rh6+ Kf7 51.Rxh5 Rxg3 52.Rh6 Rh3 53.h5 Kg7 54.Rg6+ Kf7 55.Rg5 Kf6 56.Rg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "A65"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 a5
9.d3 Be6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Bxb6 cxb6 12.e3 b5 13.Nxb5 Bxa2 14.Rc1 a4 15.Nc3 Bb3
16.Qe2 Be6 17.Ra1 a3 18.bxa3 Rxa3 19.Rxa3 Bxa3 20.Nb5 Be7 21.d4 Bg4 22.h3 Bxf3
23.Bxf3 exd4 24.exd4 Bf6 25.Rd1 Qb6 26.Qc4 Rd8 27.Kg2 Nxd4 28.Nxd4 Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D38"]

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

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.O-O-O Be7 10.f3 h5 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.Bd3 b5 13.Bg5 Nb6 14.f4 Rb8 15.Rhe1 Nc4
16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Nc1 Qb7 18.b3 exf4 19.Bxf4 O-O 20.Bxd6 Bxd6 21.Qxd6 Rfc8
22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Bf5 24.Rd2 Bg6 25.Re7 Qb5 26.Rc7 Qa5 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Re2 cxb3
29.axb3 Qc3 30.Qg3 Bxc2+ 31.Ka2 Bb1+ 32.Kxb1 Qxc1+ 33.Ka2 Rc5 34.Qb8+ Kh7
35.Qb4 f5 36.Qd2 Qxd2+ 37.Rxd2 Kg6 38.b4 Rc8 39.Kb3 Kf7 40.Ra2 Ra8 41.h4 f4
42.Re2 Kf6 43.Kc4 Rc8+ 44.Kd4 Rb8 45.d6 Rxb4+ 46.Kc5 Rb1 47.Rd2 Rb8 48.d7  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.h4 Rd8 12.Nd2 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Rxd1+ 14.Qxd1 Qd8 15.Qxd8+ Nxd8
16.Be2 Bd7 17.e4 Bc6 18.f3 Nh5 19.Bc7 Rc8 20.Be5 Bf6 21.Nd6 Ra8 22.Bxf6 Nxf6
23.Rd1 Kf8 24.Kd2 Ne8 25.Nc4 f6 26.Ke3 b6 27.f4 Nf7 28.g4 h6 29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Ke7
31.gxf6+ Nxf6 32.Rg1 Rg8 33.Rg6 Bb7 34.a4 Nh8 35.Rg1 Nf7 36.a5 g5 37.fxg5 Rxg5
38.Rxg5 Nxg5 39.e5 Nd7 40.Nd6 Bf3 41.axb6 axb6 42.Bxf3 Nxf3 43.Nc8+ Kd8 44.Kxf3 Nxe5+
45.Ke4 Nc4 46.Kd4 Nxb2 47.Nxb6 Kc7 48.Nc4 Nxc4 49.Kxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "E08"]

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Nf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 b5 15.Qe2 bxc4
16.Rfd1 Nd5 17.Be1 Nb6 18.Nc5 Qc8 19.Nxa6 Qxa6 20.a4 Rab8 21.Bf3 Bf6 22.Rac1 Nd5
23.Qxc4 Qb7 24.Qxc6 Qxb3 25.Be4 Nb4 26.Qd7 a5 27.Rb1 Qa2 28.Qa7 Qxa4 29.Ra1 Qb5
30.Qxa5 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Na4 Ng4 12.Qd3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 b5 14.Nb6 Ra7 15.Nd5 Rb7
16.Qd2 Nc6 17.Rad1 Rd7 18.Qc3 Nb8 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Rd3 h6 21.Rfd1 Rfd8 22.h4 Kh7
23.R1d2 Qf8 24.Qb3 Qe8 25.a4 Qg6 26.axb5 axb5 27.Re3 Na6 28.Qxb5 Nc5 29.Qc4 Ra7
30.Re1 Qe8 31.b4 Na4 32.Qb3 Nb6 33.Red1 Rad7 34.Qd3 Rc8 35.c3 Ra7 36.Qe3 Ra6
37.Qe2 Nc4 38.Ra2 Rac6 39.Ra7 R6c7 40.Rda1 Qf7 41.Qxc4  1-0

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 b2 18.Bxb2 Nc5 19.Nb3 Nd3 20.Re2 Nxb2 21.Rxb2 Qxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rfd8
23.Rbd2 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Nd4 Bc4 27.a4 Kf8 28.Nb5 Bxb5 29.axb5 Ke7
30.f4 Bc7 31.Kf2 h6 32.h4 f5 33.h5 Kf6 34.Bf1 Bd6 35.Ke3 Bc7 36.Kd4 Bd6 37.Kd5 Bc7
38.Bd3 Bb8 39.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.d4 b5 8.Qb3 c5
9.dxc5 Bg7 10.e4 O-O 11.Be2 Bc6 12.e5 Nfd7 13.Be3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Rd1 Qa5
16.O-O e6 17.f4 Bg7 18.a3 Qc7 19.Qc2 b4 20.axb4 Qb7 21.Rd6 Qxb4 22.Rfd1 Ra7
23.R1d2 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Rd6 Qb7 26.Qd2 Nf6 27.Bf1 Rb8 28.Rd8+ Bf8 29.Rxb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rac8 13.e4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Bb4
16.Rf1 Ba3 17.Bxa3 Qxa3 18.Qc2 Nf6 19.c5 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Ne5 Nd5 22.Nc4 Red8
23.a3 Rc7 24.Qc1 Ne7 25.Rd2 Nf5 26.Rfd1 b5 27.Ne5 Qc8 28.Rd3 f6 29.Nf3 Rcd7
30.Qf4 Rd5 31.Qe4 Qd7 32.R3d2 h5 33.h4 a5 34.Kf1 Re8 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Red1 Nh6
37.Re1 Re7 38.Qf4 Rf5 39.Qd6 Qc8 40.Rde2 Rd5 41.Qf4 Nf5 42.Re4 Rd8 43.g4 hxg4
44.Qxg4 Qd7 45.h5 Kg8 46.Kg2 Qd5 47.Qg6 Rf8 48.h6 Qd8 49.d5 Qxd5 50.Rg4 Qd7
51.Rh1 Qe8 52.hxg7 Rxg7 53.Qh7+ Kf7 54.Rxg7+ Nxg7 55.Rh6 Qd8 56.Qg6+ Kg8
57.Qh7+ Kf7 58.Qg6+ Kg8 59.Rh7 Qd7 60.Nd2 f5 61.Nf3 Rf6 62.Qxf6 Kxh7 63.Ng5+ Kg8
64.Qg6  1-0

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Bg6 11.h3 h6 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Bd2 Nb4 14.Rac1 Nc2 15.Red1 Nb6
16.Qb3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Bxh6 Qc4 19.Be3 Qxb3 20.axb3 Nd5 21.Nxd5 cxd5
22.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 b5 11.Bf1 Rb8 12.Bg5 Ng4 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Nd5 h6 15.h3 Nf6
16.c4 Qd7 17.b3 Bd8 18.Rc1 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Ne7 20.Bd3 Bb6 21.Nh4 g5 22.Nf3 Rfc8
23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Nh2 Ng6 25.Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2 d6 8.Be3 Nc6
9.f4 Nge7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 b5 12.N1d2 Bxe3+ 13.Qxe3 Rb8 14.Kh1 Qb6 15.Qe2 a5
16.a3 Bd7 17.Rf3 Ng6 18.g3 Rfd8 19.Rd1 Nce7 20.h4 h6 21.Kh2 Be8 22.Rg1 Nc6
23.h5 Nf8 24.g4 e5 25.g5 hxg5 26.fxg5 Rb7 27.Qf1 Ne6 28.h6 g6 29.Nc1 Qc7
30.Qf2 Qe7 31.Qh4 b4 32.Nc4 bxc3 33.bxc3 d5 34.exd5 Rxd5 35.Re3 Qc5 36.Rf1 Rb2+
37.Rf2 Rxf2+ 38.Qxf2 Qe7 39.Be4 Rd1 40.Qc2 Rd8 41.Nd3 Nxg5 42.Bxc6 Bxc6 43.Ndxe5 Qf6
44.Nxc6 Qxc6 45.Qe2 Qc7+ 46.Ne5 Rd5 47.Kg2 Ne6 48.Qc4 Qe7 49.Kg3 Qg5+ 50.Ng4 Rc5
51.Qe4 Rf5 52.Rf3 Kh7 53.c4 a4 54.Qe3 Qe7 55.Qc3 Qc7+ 56.Kf2 Rxf3+ 57.Qxf3 Qc5+
58.Ne3 f5 59.Qb7+ Kxh6 60.Qd5 Qe7 61.Qe5 Qh4+ 62.Kf1 Ng5 63.Qh8+ Nh7 64.Qe5 Nf6
65.Ke2 Kg5 66.c5 Qh5+ 67.Kd3 Qf3 68.Kc4 Qb7 69.Qc3 Ne4 70.Qb4 Qa6+ 71.Kd4 Qf6+
72.Kd5 Kf4 73.Qd4 Qf7+ 74.Kc6 Qe8+ 75.Kb6 Qb8+ 76.Ka6 Qa8+ 77.Kb6 Qb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7
9.a5 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bg4 14.c4 Nd7 15.Nd2 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 f5 17.f3 Nf6 18.b4 Qd7 19.Rfd1 Qe8 20.Qd3 Qh5 21.c5 Rd8 22.Nc4 Rac8
23.Rac1 e4 24.fxe4 fxe4 25.Qb3 Ng4 26.h3 Nxe3 27.Nxe3 Bg5 28.c6 Rf8 29.Re1 Qh4
30.Qa2 Bf4 31.Qe2 Qg3 32.Nf1 Qd3 33.Qxd3 exd3 34.Rc4 bxc6 35.dxc6 d5 36.Rd4 Rxc6
37.Rxd3 Rc4 38.b5 axb5 39.Rxd5 b4 40.a6 Rc6 41.Rb5 Bd6 42.Ra1 Ra8 43.a7 Rb6
44.Rxb6 Bc5+ 45.Kh1 Bxb6 46.Ra4 Bc5 47.Ra5 Bxa7 48.Nd2 Rd8 49.Rxa7 Rxd2 50.Rb7 Rd4
51.Kg1 Rf4 52.Kh2 h5 53.Kg3 Rc4 54.Kf3 Kh7 55.Rb6 g5 56.Rb7+ Kg6 57.Rb6+ Kf7
58.g4 Rf4+ 59.Kg3 h4+ 60.Kg2 Rc4 61.Kf3 Ke7 62.Ke3 Kd7 63.Kd2 Kc7 64.Rb5 Kc6
65.Rxg5 b3 66.Rg8 Rc2+ 67.Kd1 Kc7 68.Rg7+ Kb6 69.Rg8 Ka7 70.Rg7+ Ka6 71.Rg8 Kb7
72.Rg7+ Kc6 73.Rg8 Rh2 74.Kc1 Rxh3 75.g5 Kd7 76.Rf8 Ke7 77.Rf6 Rg3 78.Rh6 h3
79.Kb2 Kf7 80.Ka3 Kg7 81.Kb2 Kg8 82.Ka3 Kf7 83.Kb2 Kg7 84.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bd3 h4 13.f4 b5 14.Rhe1 Rb8 15.Kb1 Nb6
16.Qf2 b4 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Nd2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 a5 20.b3 a4 21.Bc4 axb3 22.cxb3 Bd7
23.Nf3 O-O 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Nxh4 Bc6 26.Ng3 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Bxh4 28.g3 Be7 29.Nf2 Rbd8
30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Rd1 Qa5 32.Ng4 e4 33.Nh6+ gxh6 34.Qxh6 Qf5 35.g4 Qc5 36.Qg6+ Kh8
37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.d4 dxc4
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qa4+ Nbd7 11.Qxc4 O-O 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.Qh4 Be7 14.Qh3 Qe8 15.Nd4 Bxg2
16.Qxg2 Ne5 17.Qb7 Bc5 18.Bg5 Nfg4 19.h3 Nc6 20.hxg4 Bxd4 21.Nb5 Rb8 22.Qc7 Rc8
23.Qb7 Rb8 24.Qc7 Rc8 25.Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bc6
9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bf1 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.b4 Rfd8 14.Qb3 b5 15.Na5 Be8
16.f3 Nd7 17.Be3 Nb6 18.Rec1 Na4 19.Qc2 h6 20.Qf2 Bg5 21.Bxg5 hxg5 22.Rc2 Rac8
23.Rac1 Qe7 24.Qe1 Rc7 25.c4 Rdc8 26.cxb5 Bxb5 27.bxc5 Rxc5 28.Rxc5 Rxc5
29.Qb4 Bxd3 30.Rxc5 Qxc5+ 31.Qxc5 Nxc5 32.Nc6 Kf8 33.Nxa7 Ke7 34.Nc6+ Kd6
35.Na5 f6 36.Kf2 Bxf1 37.Kxf1 g4 38.Ke2 gxf3+ 39.Kxf3 Nd3 40.Nb3 Ne1+ 41.Kf2 Nc2
42.a4 Nd4 43.Nc1 Kc5 44.Nd3+ Kc4 45.Ke3 Nc2+ 46.Ke2 Kd4 47.Nf2 Nb4 48.h4 Nc6
49.h5 Na5 50.Ng4 Nc4 51.h6 gxh6 52.Nxf6 Kc3 53.Ng4 h5 54.Ne3 Na5 55.Kf3 Nb3
56.Nf1 Kd3 57.Kg3 Kxe4 58.Kh4 Kd3 59.Kxh5 e4 60.g4 Nd2 61.Nxd2 Kxd2 62.a5 e3
63.a6 e2 64.a7 e1=Q 65.a8=Q Qe5+ 66.g5 Qf5 67.Qd8+ Kc1 68.Qf6 Qd5 69.Kh6 e5
70.g6 e4 71.g7 e3 72.Qc3+ Kb1 73.Qxe3 Qh1+ 74.Kg6 Qg2+ 75.Qg5 Qc6+ 76.Kh7 Qb7
77.Qg1+ Ka2 78.Qh2+ Ka1 79.Kh8 Qe4 80.g8=Q  1-0

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.Re1 cxb3 18.Qxb3 Nd7 19.Ne4 Nc5 20.Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel - Blindfold"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brunetti,Alex"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c3 Bf5 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.Bf4 e6 6.e3 Nf6 7.h3 Be7 8.Nbd2 a5
9.a4 O-O 10.Nh4 Be4 11.f3 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bd3 Nh5 14.Bh2 Bh4+ 15.Kd1 Bg3
16.Bg1 Nd7 17.e4 Qc7 18.Be3 Nf4 19.Bf1 e5 20.Bxf4 Bxf4 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Qxd5 Nb6
23.Qe4 exd4 24.cxd4 Rfe8 25.Qd3 Nd5 26.Nc4 Rad8 27.Be2 Qxc4 28.Qxc4 Ne3+
29.Kd2 Nxc4+ 30.Kc3 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.d4 g6 7.Bf4 Qb4 8.Ne2 Bg7
9.Qc1 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.a3 Qa5 12.h3 Bxe2 13.Nxe2 Nbd7 14.c4 e5 15.b4 Qc7
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Qc2 a5 18.Rae1 axb4 19.axb4 Rfe8 20.c5 Nd5 21.Bd2 Nd7 22.Qc4 N7f6
23.g4 h5 24.Ng3 hxg4 25.hxg4 Qd7 26.g5 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Ne8 28.Bf3 Nec7 29.Bg4 Qd8
30.Kg2 Nb5 31.Rd1 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Bxa1 33.Bf3 Be5 34.Ne2 Ndc7 35.Be3 Ne6 36.Bg4 Nbc7
37.Qe4 Bg7 38.f4 Qd1 39.Kf2 Bc3 40.b5 Qe1+ 41.Kg2 Nd5 42.bxc6 bxc6 43.Qd3 Bd4
44.Bxe6 Nxe3+ 45.Kh2 Qf2+ 46.Kh3 Qf3+ 47.Ng3 Qg2+  0-1

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.Re1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.e3 Nf6
16.Qb1 Qd7 17.Qb2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Bd3 19.Rac1 h5 20.Nf3 Be4 21.Ne5 Qe6 22.f3 Bf5
23.b4 Rfe8 24.b5 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bc5 26.Qc3 Bh3 27.Re1 h4 28.Nc6 Nd7 29.Bxg7 hxg3
30.hxg3 Qg6 31.Bxh3 Qxg3+ 32.Bg2 Qxg7 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Kf2 f5 35.f4 Nf6 36.Bf3 Ne4+
37.Ke2 Nc3+ 38.Kd3 Nxb5 39.Ne5 Kf6 40.a4 Nc7 41.Rh1 Rxe5 42.fxe5+ Kxe5 43.Rh7 Ne6
44.Rxa7 b5 45.Ra8 bxa4 46.Rxa4 f4 47.exf4+ Nxf4+ 48.Rxf4 Kxf4 49.Bxd5 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 Nd7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Qf4 10.Bd3 e5 11.O-O exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Rae1+ Kf8 15.Re4 Qf6
16.Qc3 a5 17.Rfe1 Bd7 18.R1e3 Bb4 19.Qc2 Qd6 20.Rf3 h5 21.c5 Bxc5 22.Bc4 f6
23.Ne6+ Bxe6 24.Rxe6 Qd7 25.Qf5 Qd4 26.Re4 Qd1+ 27.Bf1 Bd6 28.Rd3 Bxh2+ 29.Kxh2 Qxf1
30.Rd7  1-0

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E92"]

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"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nc3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4 Qe7 13.O-O Rd8 14.Rfd1 O-O 15.Qe3 Rfe8
16.a4 Qb4 17.Na2 Qc5 18.Rd4 f6 19.cxd5 fxe5 20.fxe5 exd5 21.b4 Qe7 22.b5 Bb7
23.bxc6 Bxc6 24.Nb4 Nxe5 25.Rc1 Kh8 26.Nxc6 Nxc6 27.Qxe7 Nxe7 28.Rc7 Rc8
29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Bxd5 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 Kg8 32.a5 bxa5 33.Rxa5 Rc7 34.e4 Kf7 35.Kg2 Rc2+
36.Kh3 Rc4 37.Rxa7+ Kf8 38.e5 Rc5 39.e6 Re5 40.Rf7+ Kg8 41.Re7 Kf8 42.Rf7+ Kg8
43.Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B90"]

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"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nge2 Nc6 6.d3 e5 7.a3 Nge7 8.Rb1 Be6
9.b4 Qd7 10.Nd5 Nd4 11.O-O b6 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.f4 f6
16.f5 Bf7 17.c3 dxc3 18.Qa4+ Qd7 19.Qxd7+ Kxd7 20.Rb7+ Ke8 21.Rc7 Rd8 22.Bh3 d5
23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Rxc3 gxf5 25.Be3 Be6 26.Bg2 Rd6 27.Rc7 Bd7 28.Rb1 Kf7 29.Rbb7 Rd8
30.d4 Kg6 31.Rxa7 Bh6 32.Bxh6 Kxh6 33.dxe5 fxe5 34.Bf1 f4 35.gxf4 exf4 36.Ra6 Rxa6
37.Bxa6 Bg4 38.Rc2 Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Ra1 40.Be2 Bxe2 41.Rxe2 Rxa3 42.Re8 Kg5 43.Rg8+ Kh4
44.Rf8 Kg4 45.Rg8+ Kh3 46.Rh8 Ra7 47.Rf8 h5 48.Rxf4 Ra2+ 49.Kg1 Ra1+ 50.Rf1 Rxf1+
51.Kxf1 Kxh2 52.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Be7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.Bg5 d4 12.Na4 e5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.c3 c5
16.Rac1 Qd6 17.Qg3 Bb7 18.Rc2 Rac8 19.Rec1 Qh6 20.Nb2 f5 21.exf5 e4 22.Bc4+ Kh8
23.cxd4 cxd4 24.Bf1 Qxc1 25.Rxc1 Rxc1 26.Qf4 Rc5 27.g4 Ne5 28.Nc4 Nf3+ 29.Kg2 Nh4+
30.Kh3 Nxf5 31.b4 Rc6 32.gxf5 Rxf5 33.Qb8+ Bc8 34.Kg2 Rf8 35.Qe5 Rg6+ 36.Kh1 e3
37.Qe7 Rgf6 38.Ne5 exf2 39.h4 Be6 40.Kh2 Bxa2 41.Nd7 R6f7 42.Qc5 Re8 43.Qxd4 Rd8
44.Qb2 Rfxd7 45.Qxa2 Rd4 46.Kg3 Rxb4 47.Qxf2 a5 48.h5 h6 49.Qf7 a4 50.Bc4 a3
51.Qe7 Rdb8 52.Qd6 a2 53.Bxa2 R4b6 54.Qd3 Rb2 55.Bc4 R2b4 56.Qd6 R4b6 57.Qd5 Rb4
58.Bd3 Rb3 59.Kf4 Rxd3 60.Qxd3 Rf8+ 61.Ke5 Rf6 62.Qd8+ Kh7 63.Qxf6 gxf6+
64.Kxf6 Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 b6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.Bd3 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.O-O b5 11.c3 Nc7 12.a4 Ncd5 13.Bh2 a6 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Ra2 d6
16.Rfa1 Rab8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra6 Qd8 19.Ra7 Nc7 20.Ne1 Nfd5 21.Nd3 Qd7 22.Nb4 Nxb4
23.Qxb4 Qc6 24.c4 Rfc8 25.cxb5 Qc2 26.Nf1 Nd5 27.Qd2 Qb3 28.Ne3 Bf8 29.Bg3 Nxe3
30.Qxe3 Qxb5 31.Qf3 f6 32.R1a6 Rb6 33.Ra1 Qxb2 34.Bf4 d5 35.Be3 Qc2 36.Kh2 Qg6
37.g3 h5 38.Ra8 Rbc6 39.R1a6 Qf7 40.Bf4 Rc3 41.Qe2 Rc2 42.Qe1 Rxa8 43.Rxa8 Qd7
44.Qb1 Rc8 45.Rxc8 Qxc8 46.Qg6 Qc4 47.Be3 e5 48.dxe5 d4 49.e6 dxe3 50.Qf7+ Kh7
51.Qxh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sasikiran,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E43"]

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 "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Bd2 Nh6 13.c5 Nxc5 14.Qc1 Nf7 15.Nd5 Ne6
16.Nxc7 Nxc7 17.Qxc7 Nd8 18.Qc3 Be6 19.Be3 Rc8 20.Qa3 Nc6 21.Rac1 Rf7 22.Bc4 Bxc4
23.Rxc4 Bf8 24.Qa4 a6 25.Bb6 Rd7 26.Rcc1 Qe6 27.a3 Ne7 28.Be3 Rc6 29.Rxc6 Nxc6
30.Rc1 h5 31.b4 Qa2 32.Kh2 Rd3 33.b5 Rxa3 34.Qd1 axb5 35.Nh4 Qf7 36.g4 g5
37.Nf5 b4 38.gxh5 Rc3 39.Ra1 Ra3 40.Rb1 Kh7 41.h4 Nd4 42.Bxd4 exd4 43.Qxd4 Qc7+
44.Kg2 Qf4 45.Qd7+ Kh8 46.Qe8 Qf3+ 47.Kg1 Qg4+ 48.Kf1 Qh3+ 49.Ke1 Qc3+ 50.Kf1 Qh3+
51.Ke1 Qc3+ 52.Kf1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E81"]

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 "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E06"]

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 "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.a3 Nbd7
9.g3 Bd6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bg2 b5 12.O-O Rb8 13.c5 Bc7 14.f4 a5 15.b4 Ra8 16.Bd2 Qe7
17.Qe2 Ra7 18.Rab1 Rfa8 19.g4 axb4 20.axb4 Ra3 21.Bf3 Nh7 22.g5 e5 23.dxe5 Nxe5
24.fxe5 Nxg5 25.h4 Nh3+ 26.Kg2 Qxe5 27.Rh1 d4 28.exd4 Nf4+ 29.Bxf4 Qxf4 30.Rh3 Rxc3
31.Rf1 Re3 32.Qd1 Rd8 33.d5 Rxd5  0-1

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nf5 Ne6 15.Bd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Nc5 17.Qg4 Bf6 18.Bg5 h5 19.Qf4 Be5 20.Qf3 f6 21.Bd2 Qf7 22.Rad1 Nd7
23.Bf4 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Nb6 25.Qg3 Kh7 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Bxd6 Nxd5 28.Bc5 Re5 29.Nh4 Kg8
30.Nf3 Re8 31.Nd4 Kh7 32.Qd3+ Qg6 33.Qxg6+ Kxg6 34.f3 Nf4 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Rd2 Rd8
37.Bb4 Ne6 38.Nxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 d6
9.c3 Rb8 10.d3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Re8 14.a3 h6 15.Ng3 Be6 16.d4 exd4
17.cxd4 cxd4 18.Ne2 d3 19.Bxd3 Ne5 20.Ned4 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Rc8 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.e5 dxe5 24.Qg6 e4 25.Ne5 Bc5 26.Qf7+ Kh7 27.Qg6+ Kg8 28.Bxh6 Re7 29.Rad1 Qe8
30.Bg5 Qxg6 31.Nxg6 Rec7 32.b4 Ba7 33.Rd6 Kh7 34.Ne5 Rc2 35.Bh4 Rc1 36.Kf1 Nd5
37.Bg5 e3 38.fxe3 Bxe3 39.Nf3 Nf4 40.Bxf4 Bxf4 41.Rxe6 R8c6 42.Rxc6 Rxc6
43.h4 Bc1 44.g4 Bxa3 45.Re4 g6 46.Ke2 Rc4 47.Ng5+ Kg7 48.Re7+ Kf8 49.Re6 Rxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Be7 11.Be2 Nb6 12.O-O d5 13.a5 d4 14.axb6 dxe3 15.Qxe3 Nd7
16.Na4 Rc8 17.Na5 Bg5 18.Qd3 Rb8 19.Rfd1 O-O 20.Kh1 Qf6 21.c4 h4 22.c5 Qh6
23.c6 bxc6 24.Nxc6 Nf6 25.f4 Bxf4 26.Nxb8 Rxb8 27.Nc5 Ng4 28.Rf1 Ne3 29.Qd6 Re8
30.Nxe6 Qg6 31.Rf2 h3 32.gxh3 fxe6 33.b7 Qxe4+ 34.Bf3 Qd4 35.b8=Q Rxb8 36.Qxb8+ Kh7
37.Qb7 Nd5  1-0

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O b5
9.a4 b4 10.Nc6 Qc7 11.Nxb4 d5 12.Nxa6 Bxa6 13.exd5 Bd6 14.h3 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Qxd5 Bb7 17.Qc4 Bc6 18.b4 Qb7 19.Rad1 Be7 20.b5 Bxg2 21.Rxd7 Kxd7 22.Qg4+ Ke8
23.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Rxa4 25.b6 Ra5 26.Rd1 Bg5 27.b7 Ke7 28.Bb6 Re5 29.Bd8+  1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sanchez Delgado,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e6 7.e3 Nge7 8.d4 O-O
9.d5 exd5 10.cxd5 Nb8 11.h3 a6 12.a4 Nd7 13.e4 Rb8 14.a5 b6 15.axb6 Nxb6
16.Re1 Nc4 17.Qe2 Ne5 18.Nd2 f6 19.f4 Nf7 20.Nc4 Re8 21.Qd3 Qc7 22.Bd2 Rb3
23.g4 Bd7 24.Rxa6 Bb5 25.Nxb5 Rxb5 26.Bc3 Nc8 27.e5 fxe5 28.fxe5 Rb3 29.e6 Bd4+
30.Kh1 Ne5 31.Nxe5 dxe5 32.Qc4 Rb6 33.Ba5  1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Camarena Gimenez,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nfd7 7.Be3 a6 8.Ng1 Bxe2
9.Ngxe2 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Rfd1 Qa5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Rab1 Qb4 15.b3 b5
16.f3 bxc4 17.bxc4 Qxc4 18.Nd5 Rab8 19.Nb6 Qe6 20.Nf4 Qe5 21.Qe2 Bh6 22.Nc4 Qg7
23.Nd5 Bxe3+ 24.Qxe3 Kh8 25.f4 Nd7 26.Ndb6 Nf6 27.e5 dxe5 28.Nxe5 Nxe5 29.Qxe5 e6
30.Qa5 Ne4 31.Rb3 Rbd8  0-1

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.Be3 Re8 10.a3 Bf8 11.Rc1 Nd4 12.Ne4 c6 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.Rfe1 a5
16.Qf4 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nd5 18.Qd2 Nf6 19.Bg2 Nxe4 20.dxe4 Qb6 21.Kh1 a4 22.f4 Ra5
23.e5 Rb5 24.Rc2 Rb3 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Bf3 g6 27.Kg2 Qb5 28.Be4 Be7 29.Qc1 Re3
30.Bd3 Qd5+ 31.Kf2 g5 32.Bc4 Qe4 33.Bd3 Qd5 34.Bc4 Qe4 35.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Rc1 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Be7 8.e3 a6
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bxc6 dxc6 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.Bd3 Qe7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rae1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Bb3 Nb6 14.Qf5 Qd7 15.Qxd7 Nbxd7
16.g4 exd4 17.exd4 Nb6 18.Bg5 Bb4 19.a3 Bxa3 20.bxa3 Rfe8 21.f3 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re8
23.Kf2 Rxe1 24.Kxe1 Kf8 25.Kd2 h6 26.Bf4 Ne8 27.Kd3 Ke7 28.a4 Nd7 29.h4 Nef6
30.h5 Nd5 31.Bd2 Nc7 32.Bc1 b6 33.Ba3+ c5 34.Ke4 Nf6+ 35.Kf5 Nd7 36.Bc1 Nf8
37.dxc5 bxc5 38.Be3 Nfe6 39.Ke5 Kd7 40.f4 Kc6 41.g5 Kd7 42.gxh6 gxh6 43.f5 Ng7
44.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf5 12.Be2 Be4 13.O-O Ne6 14.Nd4 Qb6 15.Qd2 Rac8
16.Rac1 h6 17.Bg4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Nc5 19.Be2 a5 20.f3 Bg6 21.b4 axb4 22.Qxb4 Qxb4
23.axb4 Nd3 24.Bxd3 Bxd3 25.Rc7 Bxb4 26.Rxb7 Bc5 27.Kf2 Re8 28.Nc6 Re6 29.Rc7 Bb6
30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Bd4 Ba6 32.Ra8 Rxc6 33.Rxa6 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 Bxd4 35.exd4 Rd2 36.Ra4 g5
37.h4 Kg6 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Kh3 Kf5 40.Kg3 f6 41.Rb4 Rd3 42.Kf2 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 Rd1
44.Ra4 g4 45.fxg4+ Kg5 46.Kf3 Rf1+ 47.Ke2 Rf4 48.g3 Rxg4 49.Kf3 Re4 50.Rb4 f5
51.Ra4 Re3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Evdokimov,Alexa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.e4 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.O-O Qe7 10.b4 Be6 11.Re1 h6 12.Bh4 Rfd8 13.Qc2 Rd7 14.Bb5 Rad8 15.Nb3 Bxb3
16.axb3 Rd6 17.Bxc6 Rxc6 18.Rxa7 Qxb4 19.cxb4 Rxc2 20.Rxb7 Rd3 21.Bg3 Nd7
22.h3 f6 23.Rb1 Rdc3 24.Kh2 Bf8 25.Rd1 Nb6 26.Rd8 Kf7 27.Rbb8 Bg7 28.Nd2 Ke7
29.Nf1 Rxb3 30.Ne3 Rxe3 31.fxe3 Rc4 32.b5 Rxe4 33.Be1 h5 34.Rd3 Bh6 35.Rb7 Rc4
36.Ba5 e4 37.Rb3 Nd5 38.b6 Bxe3 39.Rxe3 Nxe3 40.bxc7 Kd7 41.Rb8 Rxc7 42.Bxc7 Kxc7
43.Re8 Kd6 44.Rxe4 Nf5 45.g3 Kd5 46.Re8 Kd6 47.Kg2 Ne7 48.Kf3 Kd7 49.Rf8 Ke6
50.Ke4 Nf5 51.Kf4 Ne7 52.Rh8 Nd5+ 53.Ke4 Nc3+ 54.Kf3 Nd5 55.Rh7 Nc3 56.Rg7 Kf5
57.g4+ hxg4+ 58.hxg4+ Kg5 59.Rc7 Na4 60.Rc6 f5 61.gxf5 gxf5 62.Ke3 Nb2 63.Kd2 Kg4
64.Rc2  1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B46"]

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 "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Re1 Ng4 12.Nf1 Nxe3 13.Nxe3 Rb8 14.Bd5 Bg4 15.Nxg4  1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nb3 Ne7
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Bf4 Nf5 12.Qa4 Qb6 13.Rfe1 c5 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Ng5 Rae8
16.Bxd6 Nxd6 17.Qa5 Nb7 18.Qc3 h6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Qe3 a5 21.c4 a4 22.Nd2 Nd6
23.b3 axb3 24.axb3 d4 25.Qg3 e5 26.Rxe5 Nf5 27.Qf4 Qb8 28.Re4 Nd6 29.Rxe8 Rxe8
30.h3 Re6 31.Qf3 Kh7 32.Qd5 Qc8 33.Nf3 Ne8 34.Qf5+ Kg8 35.Qd3 Nf6 36.b4 cxb4
37.Qxd4 Ne4 38.Qd8+ Re8 39.Qd5+ Kh7 40.Re1 Nc3 41.Qd3+ Kg8 42.Rxe8+ Qxe8
43.c5 Qe6 44.Qd8+ Kh7 45.Qb6 Qc4 46.c6 Ne2+ 47.Kh2 Qf4+ 48.Kh1 Qc1+ 49.Kh2 Qf4+
50.Kh1 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2769"]

[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Bb3 b5 9.Re1 a5
10.a3 e5 11.Bg5 a4 12.Ba2 h6 13.Bh4 Qe8 14.Nbd2 Be6 15.Nf1 Bxa2 16.Rxa2 Qe6
17.Ra1 Nd7 18.Ne3 Nb6 19.Rc1 Na5 20.g4 Nb3 21.Rb1 d5 22.Qe2 d4 23.cxd4 cxd4
24.Nc2 Rfc8 25.Nb4 f6 26.Bg3 g5 27.Nd2 Bf8 28.Nf1 Bxb4 29.axb4 Rc6 30.Qf3 Nc8
31.Bh2 Ne7 32.Rbd1 Ng6 33.Ng3 Nh4 34.Qh1 Rac8 35.Nf5 Nxf5 36.exf5 Qd6 37.h4 Rc2
38.Bg3 Qd7 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Qh6 Qg7 41.Qh1 Nd2 42.Re2 Nb3 43.Rxc2 Rxc2 44.Qd5+ Qf7
45.Qxb5 Nc5 46.bxc5  1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.O-O e5
9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Na3 Qb6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Qa4+ Kf8 13.c5 dxc5 14.Nc4 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Ne7
16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Bg4 Rd8 18.Qxc5 Qxc5 19.Rxc5 d3 20.Rc7 h5 21.Bd7 Nc6 22.Rxb7 Ne5
23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Rd1 Bxb2 25.Rxd3 Be5 26.Rd5 f6 27.Be6 Rxd5 28.exd5 h4 29.Rf7+ Ke8
30.Ra7 Rf8 31.h3 f5 32.Kf1 Rf6 33.Ke2 g5 34.Kd3 g4 35.Kc4 gxh3 36.gxh3 Rg6
37.Bf7+  1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Be7 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Qxg5 Bg6 17.Be2 Nb8 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.Bd2 Nc6 20.Bc3 Rdc8 21.a5 a6 22.Rfe1 Na7
23.Bb4 Nc6 24.Bc3 Na7 25.h4 Nb5 26.h5 Bc2 27.Bxb5 axb5 28.Re2 Bf5 29.Re3 Rc4
30.b3 Rc6 31.Bb4 h6 32.f3 Rac8 33.g4 Rc1+ 34.Re1 Rxe1+ 35.Rxe1 Bd3 36.Bc5 Ra8
37.Re3 Bb1 38.b4 Rc8 39.Kf2 g6 40.Re1 Bc2 41.Rc1 Bb3 42.Rh1 Kh7 43.Ke3 Bc4
44.f4 Rg8 45.hxg6+ Rxg6 46.g5 Kg8 47.Be7 hxg5 48.fxg5 Rg7 49.Kf4 Rh7 50.Rh6 Bd3
51.Bf6 Bg6 52.Kg3 Kf8 53.Kf4 Ke8 54.Kg4 Kd7 55.Rxh7 Bxh7 56.Kh5 Ke8 57.Kh6 Bg6
58.Kg7 Bf5 59.Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.axb5 axb5 10.h3 O-O 11.Be3 h6 12.Nbd2 Nb4 13.Re1 c5 14.Nf1 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Ng3 Qd7 17.c3 Nc6 18.Qd2 Nd8 19.d4 exd4 20.cxd4 c4 21.d5 exd5 22.e5  0-1

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B31"]

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 "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.a3 Be7 8.Qa4 O-O
9.Qxc4 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.Qa4 c6 12.b4 Nc4 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.O-O bxc6 15.Nd2 Nxd2
16.Bxd2 Bd7 17.Qa6 Qb6 18.Qc4 Qd4 19.Qxd4 exd4 20.Na4 Nd5 21.Rac1 Rfe8 22.Rfd1 Rad8
23.Bf3 Bf6 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.Ne4 Be5 26.Rxc6 h6 27.Rdc1 Bb7 28.R6c2 Bc8 29.h4 Bd7
30.Rc5 Be6 31.Ra5 Bb8 32.Nc5 Bc8 33.Nd3 Nb6 34.Bf4 Bxf4 35.Nxf4 Re7 36.Nd5 Re5
37.Nxb6 Kf8  1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bf4 d5 8.Nc3 dxc4
9.Qa4 Nbd7 10.Qxc4 c5 11.Rfd1 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc5 13.Qe3 Qe8 14.Ne5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rc8
16.Qf3 b5 17.Rac1 b4 18.Nb1 Nd5 19.Nd2 Qa4 20.Nec4 Nxf4+ 21.gxf4 Rfd8 22.f5 exf5
23.Qxf5 g6 24.Qf3 Ne6 25.b3 Qb5 26.Ne4 Ng5 27.Nxg5 Qxg5+ 28.Kf1 Kg7 29.e3 Qb5
30.h3 a5 31.Kg2 a4 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Qxd1 a3 35.Qd4+ Bf6 36.Qe4 Qd7
37.Qf3 Qd3 38.e4 Qd4 39.Qe3 Qd7 40.e5 Be7 41.Qe4 Qd1 42.e6 Qd8 43.exf7 Kxf7
44.Ne5+ Kf8 45.Qc4 Qe8 46.Qe6 Kg7 47.Nc6 Kf8 48.Ne5 Kg7 49.Nc6 Kf8 50.Ne5 Kg7
51.Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sulskis,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Ne5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Bxh7 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Nxh7 13.Ke2 e6 14.Ne4 f5 15.Nd2 Be7
16.h5 O-O-O 17.f4 Rhg8 18.Nb3 g5 19.hxg6 Rxg6 20.Rh2 Nf8 21.Be3 Nd7 22.Rg1 Nb6
23.Bxb6 axb6 24.g3 Bc5 25.Rgg2 Bd4 26.c3 Bc5 27.Rh3 Be7 28.Rgh2 Bf8 29.Rh1 b5
30.a3 Rd7 31.Rd1 Rdg7 32.Kf3 c5 33.Nc1 c4 34.Ne2 Bc5 35.Rhh1 Rg8 36.Rd2 Kc7
37.Rh3 R8g7 38.Rh5 Kc8 39.Rh1 Rg8 40.Ra1 h5 41.Rh1 Rh6 42.Nd4 Rd8 43.Rhd1 Rg6
44.Nb3 Rdg8 45.Nxc5 Rxg3+ 46.Kf2 Rg2+ 47.Ke3 R2g3+ 48.Kf2 Rg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.d5 Ne5 13.Bc3 Bd7 14.Bb3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Qb6
16.Ba4 O-O 17.Bxd7 Nxd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.O-O Nf6 20.Qd3 e6 21.Rb1 Qa6 22.Qxa6 bxa6
23.dxe6 Nxe4 24.Rb4 Nc5 25.exf7 Rxf7 26.Rd1 Re7 27.Nf4 Rd8 28.Rbb1 Rxd1+
29.Rxd1 g5 30.Nh5+ Kf7 31.f4 gxf4 32.Nxf4 Re4 33.g3 Rc4 34.Rd5 Rc2 35.Rf5+ Kg8
36.a3 Nd7 37.Rd5 Nf6 38.Rd8+ Kf7 39.Ra8 Rc7 40.Kg2 a5 41.Rb8 Rc3 42.Rb7+ Kg8
43.a4 Rc4 44.Ne6 h6 45.Rxa7 Rxa4 46.Kf3 Re4 47.Nc5 Re5 48.Rxa5 Rf5+ 49.Ke2 Re5+
50.Kf3 Rf5+ 51.Ke3 Kf7 52.Ra7+ Kg6 53.Nd3 Ng4+ 54.Ke4 Nf2+ 55.Nxf2 Rxf2 56.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Djukic,Ni"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E08"]

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 "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E36"]

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 "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nde2 Be6 8.f4 Nbd7
9.f5 Bc4 10.Nc1 d5 11.Bxc4 dxc4 12.Qf3 b5 13.N1e2 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Nf6
16.O-O-O Bd6 17.g4 b3 18.cxb3 cxb3 19.Kb1 bxa2+ 20.Ka1 e4 21.Qg2 Be5 22.Bd4 Bxd4
23.Nxd4 O-O 24.d6 Qb6 25.g5 Nd5 26.g6 fxg6 27.fxg6 Qxd6 28.gxh7+ Kh8 29.Rhg1 Qf6
30.Qxe4 Rad8 31.Ne6 Rfe8 32.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.c4 Bf6 14.c3 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Qd7
16.Bf4 Rbd8 17.h3 b6 18.Re4 Na5 19.Qxc7 Qd5 20.Rbe1 Nc4 21.Qxa7 Ra8 22.Qc7 Bd8
23.Re5 Bxc7 24.Rxd5 Bxf4 25.Re2 Ra3 26.Rc2 Rfa8 27.Kf1 Kf8 28.Ke2 Rxa2 29.Rxa2 Rxa2+
30.Kd3 Nd2 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 Nb3 33.c4 Na5 34.c5 Nc6  0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bg5 Bg4 10.Qxd8 Raxd8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Bg5 14.Rad1 Nd4
15.Nxc7 Rc8 16.Nb5 Rxc4 17.Nxd4 Rxd4 18.Rxd4 exd4 19.Be2 d3 20.Bxd3 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rc8
22.g3 Rc1 23.Rxc1 Bxc1 24.b3 a5 25.Kg2 b6 26.f4 g5 27.Kf3 gxf4 28.gxf4 f6
29.Kg4 h6 30.Kf5 Kf7 31.Bc4+ Ke7 32.h4 Bd2 33.h5 Bc1 34.a4 Bd2 35.e5 fxe5
36.fxe5 Bc1 37.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3 8.bxc3 g5
9.Bg3 d6 10.e3 Qe7 11.h4 Rg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Rh6 Nbd7 14.Qa4 Kd8 15.O-O-O Qf8
16.Rh1 Rh8 17.Rxh8 Qxh8 18.f3 Nh5 19.Bf2 g4 20.e4 Ke7 21.Bh4+ Nhf6 22.Bg5 Rg8
23.Qxa7 Rxg5 24.Qxb7 Qb8 25.Qxb8 Nxb8 26.c5 bxc5 27.Nb3 gxf3 28.gxf3 Rg3
29.Be2 c4 30.Na5 d5 31.exd5 exd5 32.Re1 Kf8 33.Kd2 Nfd7 34.Rb1 Ke7 35.a4 Rg6
36.Rb5 c6 37.Rb7 c5 38.dxc5 Ra6 39.Nb3 Kd8 40.Nd4 Kc8 41.Rb5 Nc6 42.Bd1 Kc7
43.Bc2 Na7 44.c6 Nb6 45.a5 Nxb5 46.Nxb5+ Kxc6 47.Nd4+ Kc5 48.axb6 Kxb6 49.Bf5 Kc5
50.Bg4 Ra2+ 51.Ke3 Ra3 52.Kd2 Ra2+ 53.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.e4 Bb7 14.Rc1 Nf6 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Qe2 Nh5 17.Be5 a5 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.a3 Rfd8 20.h3 Nf6 21.Nd2 a4 22.Bb1 Rac8
23.Nf3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Re1 Bc6 26.Bc3 Qe8 27.Ne5 Bb5 28.Qf3 Qe7 29.Rc1 Nh7
30.h4 Nf6 31.g3 Rc8 32.Re1 Rd8 33.Kg2 Be8 34.Rc1 Rc8 35.Bd2 Rd8 36.Be3 Bxe3
37.Qxe3 Qb7 38.g4 Qb8 39.Qc3 Qd6 40.f3 Bb5 41.Qc7 Qd2+ 42.Kg3 Be8 43.Qc3 Qd6
44.Qc7 Qd2 45.Qc3 Qd6 46.Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E55"]

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 "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Qd2 Be7 12.a4 Nb6 13.a5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Qd3 Qc8
16.Na4 Rxc2 17.Nb6 Qc7 18.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19.Rxc1 Qb8 20.f4 O-O 21.f5 Bd7 22.Bg5 Bc6
23.Qe2 Qd8 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Rd1 Bg5 26.Nc5 Bf4 27.Nd3 Qg5 28.Nxf4 Qxf4 29.Re1 g6
30.Qd3 gxf5 31.Qxd6 fxe4 32.Nc4 Re8 33.Ne3 Qg5 34.Qc5 f5 35.Nc4 e3 36.Nxe3 f4
37.Qc4+ Kg7 38.h4 Qg6 39.Nd5 Qe6 40.Nb6 Qg4 41.Nd5 Qxh4 42.Re2 Qg4 43.Rd2 Qe6
44.Qc5 Qd7 45.Rd3 Qf7 46.Qd6 Qg6 47.Qc7+ Kh6 48.Nxf4 exf4 49.Qxf4+ Kh7 50.Rg3 Rf8
51.Qe5 Rf5 52.Qc7+ Qf7 53.Qd6 Rd5 54.Qb8 Rxa5 55.Qd8 Rd5 56.Qh4 Rf5 57.Kh2 Qf6
58.Qc4 Rg5  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bf4 O-O
9.e3 h6 10.h4 Bg4 11.Rc1 e5 12.dxe5 Qe7 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Nb4 15.Qc4 Be6
16.Qxc7 Nd3+ 17.Kd2 Qb4+ 18.Qc3 Qxc3+ 19.Rxc3 Nxf2 20.Nd4 Nxh1 21.Bxh1 Rfd8
22.Rc7 Rac8 23.Rxb7 Bxa2 24.Rxa7 Be6 25.Rb7 Bf5 26.Bf3 Rc2+ 27.Ke1 Rc1+ 28.Kf2 Be6
29.g4 Bc8 30.Rb8 Rf8 31.h5 g5 32.Bg3 Ra1 33.Rb6 Re8 34.Be2 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Rxe5
36.Rxh6 Re4 37.Bf3 Re5 38.Rc6 Be6 39.Nxe6 fxe6 40.Be2 Rb1 41.Rb6 Rd5 42.Bc4 Rd2+
43.Kf3 Rbxb2 44.Rxe6 Rbc2 45.Rg6+ Kh8 46.Be6 Rc6 47.Ke4 Rd8 48.Kf5 Rc5+ 49.Kf6 Rf8+
50.Ke7 Rf3 51.Bf5 Re5+ 52.Kf7 Rfxf5+ 53.gxf5 Rxf5+ 54.Ke6 Ra5 55.e4 Kh7 56.e5 Ra1
57.Rxg5 Kh6 58.Rg2 Kxh5 59.Kf6 Rf1+ 60.Ke7 Ra1 61.e6 Kh6 62.Kf7  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 a6 9.a4 Nbd7
10.Be3 O-O 11.Be2 Qe7 12.Nd2 Ne8 13.Nc4 Rb8 14.O-O Ne5 15.Nb6 Nd7 16.Nxc8 Rxc8
17.Re1 Nef6 18.Bg5 Rfe8 19.Bf1 h6 20.Bd2 c4 21.a5 Nc5 22.e5 dxe5 23.Bxc4 Red8
24.Rc1 Ne8 25.Bf1 Nd6 26.b4 Nd7 27.b5 axb5 28.Nxb5 Rxc1 29.Qxc1 Nxb5 30.Bxb5 Nf6
31.Qb2 Nxd5 32.Qb3 Qd6 33.Bc4 Rd7 34.Bb5 Rd8 35.Bc4 Rd7 36.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 h6
9.a5 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bg4 12.Ra4 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nd7 14.Bd3 g6 15.Qg3 Nc5
16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.f4 exf4 18.Qxf4 Qxf4 19.Rxf4 Bd6 20.Re4+ Kf8 21.O-O Kg7 22.Rfe1 Rhd8
23.Bc4 Rd7 24.Bb3 Kf8 25.Ba4 Re7 26.Rxe7 Bxe7 27.Re3 c4 28.Rc3 Rc8 29.b3 Rc5
30.Rxc4 Rxa5 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Rc7 Bd6 33.Rxb7 Rxd5 34.b4 h5 35.Bb3 Rf5 36.g3 Be5
37.Kg2 Bd4 38.Rd7 Rf2+ 39.Kg1 Bb6 40.Rb7 Rf6+ 41.Kg2 Bd4 42.Rd7 Bc3 43.b5 axb5
44.Rd3 b4 45.Rf3 Rxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 a6 8.h3 Ne7 9.O-O h6
10.Re1 O-O 11.a4 g5 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Nc4 Nf6 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Bc3 g4 16.hxg4 Bxg4
17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Nexd5 19.Bxb8 Qxb8 20.Nce5 Be6 21.Qb3 Ne3 22.Qb6 Ned5
23.Qxc5 Rc8 24.Qd4 Ng4 25.Rad1 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qe4 Ndf6 28.Qe2 Qb6 29.Bb1 h5
30.Rd2 Re8 31.Qd3 Bh6 32.Qd4 Qb8 33.Rdd1 Bg7 34.Qd2 Qb6 35.Qd4 Qb8 36.Qd2 Qb6
37.Nxg4 hxg4 38.Qd4 Qb8 39.Ng5 Bb3 40.Rc1 Rd8 41.Qe3 Bd5 42.Rcd1 Re8 43.Qd3 Rxe1+
44.Rxe1 Bc4 45.Qe3 Bh6 46.Qe5 Qxe5 47.Rxe5 g3 48.fxg3 Ng4 49.Rc5 Kg7 50.Be4 Nf6
51.Kh1 Nd7 52.Rf5 Nf6 53.Bc2 Ng4 54.b3 Ne3 55.Rc5 Be2 56.Nf3 Nf1 57.Nd4 Nxg3+
58.Kh2 Bf4 59.Nxe2 Nxe2+ 60.Kh3 Nd4 61.Kg4 Bd2 62.Rd5 Be3 63.Be4 Kf6 64.Rh5 Bd2
65.Rd5 Be3 66.Bf5 b4 67.Bd3 Kg7 68.Rd7 Kf8 69.Be4 Ke8 70.Rb7 Bd2 71.Bd5 f6
72.Kh5 Nf5 73.g4 Ne7 74.Be6 Kf8 75.Rb8+ Kg7 76.Re8 Nc6 77.Rg8+ Kh7 78.Rc8 Ne5
79.Rc7+ Kh8 80.Rb7 Be1 81.g5  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Bd2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Ne2 d5
16.Ng3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Bc8 18.c3 Bc5 19.Qf3 Be6 20.Nf5 Rc8 21.Red1 Re8 22.cxd4 Bxd4
23.Be3 Bxf5 24.Qxf5 g6 25.Qf3 Qb6 26.Rd2 Kg7 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Re1 Qd6 29.g3 Re7
30.Qd3 Rce8 31.Qxd4 Qxd4 32.Rxd4 Nxe4 33.Kg2 f5 34.Rc1 Nf6 35.Rd6 Re2 36.Rc7+ R8e7
37.Rxe7+ Rxe7 38.Be6 Ne4 39.Rc6 a5 40.h4 Nd2 41.b3 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Rb6 Ne4
44.f3 Nc5 45.Bc4 Re3 46.Rc6 Nd3 47.Rc7+ Kh8 48.f4 Nb2 49.Bf7 Rxa3 50.h5 gxh5
51.Kh3 Nd3 52.Kh4 Nf2 53.Be6 Ne4 54.Bxf5 Nxg3 55.Bxh7 Re3 56.Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 g6 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Qa5 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Rxh6 15.Kb1 Rc8
16.Qb4 Kf8 17.c4 Kg7 18.g3 Rh8 19.Rc1 Qc7 20.Bh3 Rce8 21.Rhd1 Re7 22.a3 Rd8
23.Nd2 Nbd7 24.Qc3 a5 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.f4 Nf6 27.Rf1 b6 28.h3 Qd7 29.f5 Rf8
30.Qe3 e4 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Re5 33.Rf4 Qd8 34.g5 Nh5 35.f6+ Kg8 36.Rxe4 Rfe8
37.Ka2 a4 38.Rc3 Qc7 39.Qd4 Qc5 40.Qxc5  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nd6 Qb6 16.Bg4 Raf8
17.Qc2 Qxd4 18.Qg6 Qxg4 19.Qxg7+ Kd8 20.Nxb7+ Kc8 21.a4 b4 22.Rac1 c3 23.bxc3 b3
24.c4 Rfg8 25.Nd6+ Kc7 26.Qf7 Rf8 27.cxd5 Rxf7 28.Rxc6+ Kb8 29.Nxf7 Re8 30.Nd6 Rh8
31.Rc4 Qe2 32.dxe6 Nb6 33.Rb4 Ka8 34.e7 Nd5 35.Rxb3 Nxe7 36.Rfb1 Nd5 37.h3 h5
38.Nf7 Rc8 39.e6 a6 40.Nxg5 h4 41.Bd6 Rg8 42.R3b2 Qd3 43.e7 Nf6 44.Be5 Nd7
45.Ne6  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nd2 Qxf3 8.gxf3 d5
9.Rg1 g6 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.h4 dxe4 12.fxe4 Nf6 13.f3 O-O 14.Be3 a5 15.O-O-O Re8
16.Bg5 Nh5 17.a4 Kg7 18.Bd2 Bf4 19.Bd3 f6 20.Nd4 c5 21.Nf5+ Kf8 22.Bb5 Bxf5
23.Bxe8 Bxe4 24.Bb5 Bf5 25.Rge1 Bg3 26.Bh6+ Ng7 27.Rh1 Be6 28.Bd7 Ke7 29.Bc6 Rg8
30.Be3 Bd6 31.Rhe1 Rb8 32.Bd2 Be5 33.Bc3 Rb6 34.Bxe5 Rxc6 35.Bc3 Nf5 36.h5 gxh5
37.Bxa5 h4 38.b3 h3 39.Rd2 Nh4 40.Rf1 h5 41.c4 Ng2 42.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.O-O Bd7 11.Nd2 Qe8 12.Kh1 Nh7 13.a3 h5 14.f3 Bh6 15.b3 Be3 16.Rb1 f5 17.exf5 gxf5
18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Kh8 20.Bd3 Qg6 21.Qe2 Qh6 22.Rfd1 Rae8 23.Qe1 Rg8 24.Nf1 Bg5
25.Ne2 Rg7 26.Bxg5 Qxg5 27.Qf2 e4 28.f4 Qh6 29.Bc2 h4 30.h3 Nf6 31.Ne3 Nh5
32.Kh2 Ng3 33.Nd4 Reg8 34.Rd2 Qf6 35.Bd1 Ra8 36.Be2 Kh7 37.Bd1 Rf8 38.Qe1 Rfg8
39.Kg1 Rf7 40.Ndc2 Ba4 41.Nd4 Bd7 42.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 Bg4 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.Be3 Nd7 13.h3 Bxh3 14.Bxh3 Nxg3 15.fxg3 Rxe3
16.Rf3 Bd4 17.Rxe3 Bxe3+ 18.Kh1 Ne5 19.Nf1 Bh6 20.e4 a6 21.a4 Qb6 22.Qe2 c4
23.Nh2 Bg7 24.Rf1 Rf8 25.Ng4 Nxg4 26.Bxg4 Qc5 27.Kg2 Re8 28.Qf2 Qc7 29.Be2 Re7
30.Rc1 h5 31.Rc2 Re5 32.Bf3 Qe7 33.a5 Bf6 34.Kf1 Kg7 35.Ne2 Rg5 36.Rxc4 Bxb2
37.Nd4 Ba1 38.Ra4 Bc3 39.Qe3 Bb2 40.Rb4 Ba1 41.Rb1 Bxd4 42.Qxd4+ Re5 43.Kg2 h4
44.Rh1 hxg3 45.Qd2 g5 46.Qc3  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 O-O
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Na3 Ngxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxb5 d6
16.Nd4 Bxd4 17.cxd4 Ng6 18.Bg3 Qxe4 19.Re1 Qb7 20.Re3 Be6 21.d5 Bd7 22.f3 Rfe8
23.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E20"]

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 "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nd4 h6 14.Be3 Be7 15.f4 h5
16.Ne4 h4 17.c4 Rh5 18.Rd2 Nxe5 19.b3 f6 20.Re2 Nf7 21.Bf2 Kf8 22.Nf3 Re8
23.Nxh4 Rh6 24.Rd1 Bc8 25.Nf3 b6 26.Nd4 Nd8 27.Ng3 Bb4 28.a3 Rxe2 29.Ndxe2 Be7
30.b4 Kf7 31.Nd4 g6 32.f5 Rh8 33.fxg6+ Kxg6 34.Nge2 Kf7 35.Nf4 Rg8 36.Kf1 Bd6
37.Nd3 Ba6 38.Nf5 Bf8 39.Rc1 Bc8 40.Nd4 Bh6 41.Re1 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Bd7
16.O-O Ne7 17.Ra3 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Rb8 19.b4 axb4 20.Nxb4 Qb6 21.Qe2 Bb5 22.Bc4 Rfc8
23.Bxb5 Qxb5 24.Qxb5 Rxb5 25.Rd1 g6 26.g3 Kg7 27.Nd5 Rc4 28.Ra7 Bd8 29.Rd7 Ba5
30.Re1 Bb6 31.Nxb6 Rxb6 32.Re3 Rc8 33.Rf3 Rf8 34.Kf1 g5 35.h4 g4 36.Rf5 h6
37.Ke2 Rc6 38.Kd2 Kg6 39.h5+ Kg7 40.Kd3 Rb6 41.Rc7 Rb1 42.Kc4 Rd1 43.Kb5 Kg8
44.Rf6 Rd2 45.Kc6 Kg7 46.Rg6+ Kh7 47.Rxg4 Rxf2 48.Kxd6 Re8 49.c4 Rd2+ 50.Kc6 Rf8
51.c5 Rd4 52.Rb7 Kh8 53.Kb5 Rd1 54.c6 Rc1 55.Kb6 Rc8 56.c7 Re8 57.Ra7 Rb1+
58.Kc5 Rc1+ 59.Kd5 Rc2 60.Ra6 Kh7 61.Rc6 Rd2+ 62.Kc5 Ra8 63.Rh4  1-0

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B04"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nxd7 Bxd7 8.O-O g6
9.Nd2 Bg7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Re1 Bg4 12.c3 c5 13.Be4 cxd4 14.cxd4 e6 15.Qb3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Bxd4 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5 exd5 19.Rd1 Bg7 20.Kf1 Rfd8 21.Bg5 Rd7
22.Rd2 h6 23.Be3 d4 24.Rd3 Rc8 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Rb1 Re7 27.a4 f5 28.b3 Rec7
29.Be1 Kf7 30.Rd2 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.Ke2 Rb1 33.Rd3 Ke6 34.h4 Kd5 35.Bd2 Ke4
36.Rg3 f4 37.Rd3 Be5 38.f3+ Kd5 39.Be1 Bd6 40.Bd2 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Be1 g4
43.fxg4 Ke4 44.g5  0-1

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qd3 O-O 10.b3 d5 11.cxd5 Ne7 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.e4 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Nxe4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Qxe4 Bxd5 17.Qg4+ Ng6 18.h4 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Qf6 20.Qb7 Qe7 21.Qe4 Qc5 22.Rad1 Rfd8
23.Rfe1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rc7 25.Bf3 Qe5 26.Qb4 Qc3 27.Qg4 f5 28.Qh5 Qf6 29.Bg2 e5
30.Bh3 Rf7 31.Qe2 e4 32.Rd5 f4 33.Rf5 Qa1+ 34.Kh2 fxg3+ 35.fxg3 Rxf5 36.Bxf5 Nxh4
37.Bxe4 Qe5 38.Qg4+ Ng6 39.Bxg6 hxg6 40.Qd7+ Kh6 41.Qxa7 Qe2+ 42.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nd2 c6 13.Nde4 Nd5 14.e3 Nxc3 15.Nxc3 Nf5
16.Qc2 Rc8 17.Rd1 Qd7 18.d4 exd4 19.exd4 Bd6 20.Ne4 Rcd8 21.Bb2 Qf7 22.Rd2 Bd5
23.Re1 Bb8 24.Rde2 b6 25.Nd2 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Qd5+ 27.Kg1 b5 28.Nb3 Bd6 29.Na5 Rc8
30.Rc1 Rc7 31.Qd3 Rfc8 32.Rec2 g6 33.Qf1 Kf7 34.Qg2 Ne7 35.Re1 h5 36.h4 f5
37.Bc1 f4 38.Rxe7+ Bxe7 39.Bxf4 Qxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Rd7 41.Nxc6 Kg7 42.d5 a6 43.Kf3 Bf6
44.Ke4 Re7+ 45.Kd3 Rd7 46.d6 Re8 47.Nd4 Kf7 48.Nf3 a5 49.Rc5 axb4 50.axb4 Rb7
51.Nd2 Ra8 52.Ne4 Bd8 53.Rd5 Ra3+ 54.Kd4 Rb3 55.Kc5 Ke6 56.Rd2 Rb1 57.Re2 Kd7
58.Kd5 Rd1+ 59.Rd2 Rxd2+ 60.Bxd2 Ke8 61.Ke6 Rb6 62.Bg5 Rc6 63.Bxd8 Kxd8 64.Ng5 Ke8
65.Nf7  1-0

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.02.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O Bc5 7.Qd3 d6 8.Qc4 Qe7
9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nd4 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.a4 a6 15.Be3 Bxe3
16.fxe3 O-O-O 17.Rf2 Rdf8 18.Raf1 Rxf2 19.Rxf2 Kb8 20.b3 Qe7 21.Qe4 g6 22.Qf3 Rc8
23.c4 c6 24.dxc6 Rxc6 25.e4 Qg5 26.h3 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 Qe1 28.Rf1 Qd2 29.Qf8+ Rc8
30.Qe7 Qd3 31.Rf3 Qxe4 32.Qxd6+ Ka7 33.Rf7 h5 34.a5 g5 35.Qe6 Rg8 36.Rf6 Rh8
37.Qd5 Qxd5 38.cxd5 e4 39.Re6 Rd8 40.Re5 e3 41.Kg3 g4 42.hxg4 hxg4 43.b4 b6
44.axb6+ Kxb6 45.Kxg4 Kb5 46.Re4 e2 47.Rxe2 Kxb4 48.Rd2 Kc5 49.Kh5 Rxd5+
50.Rxd5+ Kxd5 51.g4 Ke6 52.Kh6 Kf7 53.Kh7 Kf6 54.Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.f3 O-O 14.Rfd1 Kh8 15.Kh1 Ne5
16.a3 bxa3 17.Rxa3 Rb8 18.Nc3 Ned7 19.Ra2 Nc5 20.Bc4 Qc7 21.b3 Bd7 22.Qe1 Rfc8
23.Rda1 Ne8 24.Nde2 Bf6 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Qb6 27.Qe3 Nc7 28.h3 h6 29.Ra5 Kg8
30.R1a2 Qb4 31.Nce2 Qb6 32.Nc3 Qb4 33.Nce2 Qb6 34.Ng3 d5 35.exd5 exd5 36.Ndf5 Re8
37.Qxc5 dxc4 38.bxc4 Bxf5 39.Nxf5 Re2 40.Qxb6 Rxb6 41.Kh2 Rd2 42.h4 Kh7 43.h5 Rf6
44.Re5 Ne6 45.Rxa6 Nd4 46.Rxf6 Nxf3+ 47.Kh3 Nxe5 48.Rd6 Rxc2 49.Rd5 Nxc4
50.Rc5 Ne3 51.Rxc2 Nxc2 52.g4 Ne1 53.Kg3 Nd3 54.Kf3 Kg8 55.Ke4 Nc5+ 56.Kd5 Nd7
57.Ke4 Kf8 58.Kf4 Nc5 59.Ke5 Ne6 60.Kd5 Ke8 61.Ke5 Kf8 62.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D89"]

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 "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Be6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 c6 14.a5 Nc5 15.Qe5 Nb3
16.Ra4 Bd6 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6 Be5 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Be3 Nxa5 21.f4 Bg7 22.Qh4 Bb3
23.Rd4 Rad8 24.e5 Rxd4 25.Bxd4 c5 26.Be3 f6 27.Nb5 Qd8 28.f5 fxe5 29.Bg5 Qb6
30.f6 c4+ 31.Kh1 Qxb5 32.fxg7 Rxf1+ 33.Bxf1 Kxg7 34.Bd8 Nc6 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Qe6+ Kf8
37.Bg5  1-0

[Event "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "XXV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2008.03.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Qb6 12.Qxd6 Be7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Qxd5 O-O 15.Qd2 Qxf2
16.Bc4 Qh4 17.Qe2 Rac8 18.a3 Bf6 19.Kb1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.g3 Qg5 22.Rhf1 Qe3
23.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E05"]

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 Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be2 Nc8 8.O-O Ncb6
9.a4 Be7 10.a5 Nc4 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Qe2 b5 13.axb6 axb6 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Bxc4 dxc4
16.Qxc4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 b5 18.Qe2 O-O 19.Bd2 Nb6 20.Na5 Rd8 21.Qe4 Nd5 22.Ra1 Rd7
23.Nb3 Ra7 24.Rxa7 Qxa7 25.Qe1 h5 26.Qa1 Qb7 27.Nc1 c5 28.dxc5 Bxc5 29.Nd3 Bb6
30.Qe1 Qc6 31.c3 Qc4 32.Qe4 Qb3 33.Qe2 Qc2 34.Kf1 Qb1+ 35.Kg2 Qc2 36.Kf1 Qb1+
37.Kg2 Qc2 38.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Nge2 Ne7 8.Bxd6 Qxd6
9.Ng3 O-O 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.O-O-O Bd7 13.Kb1 c5 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.e4 d4
16.Nce2 Qb6 17.Nxd4 Ng4 18.h3 Rac8 19.Qe2 Ne5 20.Bc2 N7g6 21.Bb3 a5 22.Ngf5 a4
23.Bd5 a3 24.b3 Nf4 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Qe3 Nxg2 27.Nxc8 Rxc8 28.Qg3 Qc5 29.Qxe5 Qc3
30.Nc6 Qf3 31.Nb4 Nf4 32.Rhg1 f6 33.Qe7 Bg4 34.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qc7 15.O-O-O Ngf6
16.Qe2 O-O 17.Kb1 Rfe8 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 c5 20.Bf4 Nf6 21.Qe3 Qb6 22.Be5 Qa6
23.Rc1 Rac8 24.dxc5 Ng4 25.Qd4 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Bxc5 27.Qd7 Rf8 28.Rc2 Qd6 29.Qxd6 Bxd6
30.Nd3 Rfd8 31.b3 Ba3 32.Ne5 Rd6 33.Re2 Rcd8 34.Kc2 Bb4 35.Nf3 a5 36.Rh4 Rd1
37.Kb2 Be7 38.Rhe4 Rf1 39.Kc2 Ra1 40.Kb2 Rdd1 41.Re1 Rab1+ 42.Kc2 Rbc1+ 43.Kb2 Bc5
44.R4e2 Rb1+ 45.Kc2 Rbc1+ 46.Kb2 Rb1+ 47.Kc2 Rbc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nb3 c5 14.dxc5 Ne4 15.Rfd1 Qc7
16.c6 Qxc6 17.Qxc6 Bxc6 18.Ne5 Bd5 19.Nd7 Rfe8 20.Nb6 Rc2 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Rxd5 Bf6
23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Nxc1 Bxb2 25.Bxe4 Bxc1 26.Rd7 Kf8 27.Bc6 Re6 28.Rc7 Bb2 29.e4 g5
30.Kg2 Be5 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Bd5 Re7 33.Ra8 Rc7 34.Rxa6 Rc2 35.Ra3 Bd4 36.Rf3 f6
37.h4 h6 38.Rf5 b4 39.h5 Kf8 40.Kf1 Ke7 41.Bb3 Rc5 42.Rd5 Rxd5 43.exd5 f5
44.Ke2 Kd6 45.f3 Be5 46.g4 fxg4 47.fxg4 Ke7 48.Kd3 Bd6 49.Kc4 Kf6 50.Kb5 Ke5
51.Kc6 Bf8 52.Kd7 Bd6 53.Ke8 Kf6 54.Bc2 Bc5 55.Bf5 Bd6 56.Kd7 Ke5 57.Be6 Bc5
58.Bg8 Bd6 59.Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.Rfd1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14.Qxd4 Nxe2+ 15.Nxe2 b6
16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Qg5 19.Rac1 Re7 20.Rc3 f5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.h3 Rf8
23.b4 Qg5 24.Qg4 Qe5 25.Rc4 Qe3+ 26.Kh2 Qe2 27.Rdc1 Qxa2 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Rxc7 Qxd5
30.Rxa7 Qe5+ 31.Qg3 Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B18"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Bh5 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.h3 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Re3 f6
16.Qd2 Rfe8 17.Nh4 Rxe3 18.Qxe3 Re8 19.Qd2 Nd8 20.Nf5 Qd7 21.Qf4 Bg6 22.h4 Kh8
23.Qg4 Qf7 24.Qf3 b6 25.g3 Nb7 26.Kg2 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 g6 28.Qf3 Nd6 29.h5 g5
30.g4 Qe6 31.h6 Re7 32.Rh1 Kg8 33.Qd1 c6 34.Rh3 Qe1 35.Qf3 Qe6 36.Qd1 Qe1
37.Qf3 Qe6 38.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nd5 d3 12.Bxd3 c6 13.Ne7+ Kh8 14.Nxc8 Rxc8 15.Bf1 Nc5
16.Qxd6 Nxe4 17.Qa3 f5 18.h3 Ne5 19.Bf4 Nd7 20.Qxa7 Bxb2 21.Rab1 Bg7 22.Qxb7 Ndc5
23.Qb6 Rf7 24.Ng5 Rb7 25.Qxb7 Nxb7 26.Rxb7 Kg8 27.c5 h6 28.Bc4+ Kh8 29.Be5 hxg5
30.Bxg7+ Kh7 31.Bf8+ Kh8 32.Be7 Rb8 33.Rxe4  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.O-O Bd6 7.c4 Ne7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Re1 f6 10.h3 a6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Na4 g5 14.Nc5 Ng6 15.Qa4 Qb6
16.Bd2 Bf5 17.Rac1 h5 18.Re3 g4 19.Rb3 Qc7 20.hxg4 hxg4 21.Ne1 Qh7 22.Rg3 Rac8
23.Qxa6 Rf7 24.Ned3 Qh4 25.Re3 Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Bxc5 27.Rxc5 Bxd3+ 28.Rxd3 Re8
29.Be3 Nf4 30.Ke1 Nxg2+ 31.Kd1 Qg1+ 32.Kc2 Ne1+ 33.Kd2 Nf3+ 34.Kc2 Qf1 35.Ra3 Qxa6
36.Rxa6 g3 37.fxg3 Rxe3 38.Rcxc6 Nxd4+ 39.Kd2 Rfe7 40.Rxf6 Nf3+ 41.Kd1 d4
42.Rg6+ Kf8 43.Rgf6+ Rf7 44.Rg6 Rc7 45.Rae6 Re7 46.Ref6+ Ke8 47.Ra6 Rc7 48.Rae6+ Re7
49.Ra6 Rd3+ 50.Kc2 Ne1+ 51.Kc1 Rc7+ 52.Rac6 Rxc6+ 53.Rxc6 Nf3 54.Re6+ Kd7
55.Re2 Re3 56.Kd1 Rxe2 57.Kxe2 Ne5 58.a4 Kc6 59.a5 Ng4 60.a6 Ne5 61.b4 Kb6
62.b5 Ka7 63.g4 Nxg4 64.Kd3 Ne5+ 65.Kxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 d5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Ngf3 Nc6
9.O-O d4 10.Nb3 Be7 11.Rd1 e5 12.e3 Bg4 13.exd4 e4 14.Ng5 Bxd1 15.Qxd1 a5
16.a4 Re8 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Bf6 19.Bd5 Rc8 20.Bd2 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Nxd4 22.Bxa5 Qxa5
23.Qxd4 Re1+ 24.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25.Kg2 Qb4 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.Bd5 Qxa4 28.Qg4 Rf8
29.Bxb7 Qb4 30.Bf3 Qxb2 31.c5 Qc3 32.c6 g6 33.h4 Qf6 34.h5 gxh5 35.Qxh5 Rf7
36.Qg4 Rf8 37.Qe4 Rf7 38.Qe3 Kg7 39.Be4 Qe5 40.Qe2 Rc7 41.Qg4+ Kf8 42.Qh4 Qd6
43.Qh5 Qf6 44.Qd5 Kg7 45.g4 h6 46.Kg3 Qc3+ 47.Kg2 Qf6 48.Bf3 Rf7 49.Qd3 Qf4
50.Qc3+ Kh7 51.Qd3+ Kg7 52.Qe2 Qf6 53.Bd5 Re7 54.Qc4 Qe5 55.Qd3 Qf6 56.Qg3 Qd4
57.Bf3 Qc5 58.Qb8 Qc3 59.Bd5 Qc5 60.Qg8+ Kf6 61.Qh8+ Kg6 62.Bf3 Qe5 63.Qg8+ Rg7
64.Qh8 Re7 65.Qf8 Rc7 66.Qd8 Qe7 67.Qg8+ Kf6 68.Qd5 Kg7 69.Be4 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5
10.Bd2 e4 11.Nb5 Bb8 12.Nh4 a6 13.Nf5 O-O 14.Nbd6 Bxd6 15.Nxd6 Nb8 16.Qxc8 Qxd6
17.Qf5 g6 18.Qe5 Qb6 19.Qf4 g5 20.Qf5 Qxb2 21.Rd1 Ne8 22.Qxd5 Nc6 23.Bc4 Nf6
24.Qc5 Kg7 25.Bb3 Nd7 26.Qf5 Rad8 27.h4 Ne7 28.Qxe4 Ng6 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Qxb7 Nf6
31.Qxa6 Nh4 32.Qa5 Nf3+ 33.Ke2 Nxg1+ 34.Rxg1 Nh7 35.Rh1  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 f5 5.d5 Nf6 6.Nh3 Bd6 7.g3 Be5 8.Bd2 exd5
9.Bg2 Ne4 10.cxd5 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Na6 13.O-O O-O 14.Nf4 Qf6 15.Qd4 Nc5
16.h4 Rae8 17.Rad1 Ne4 18.Rc1 Qd6 19.Qb4 a5 20.Qxd6 Nxd6 21.c4 Ne4 22.Bxe4 fxe4
23.c5 b5 24.c6 dxc6 25.dxc6 Bc8 26.Rc5 Rf5 27.Rxf5 Bxf5 28.Rd1 b4 29.axb4 axb4
30.Rd5 Be6 31.Rb5 b3 32.Nxe6 Rxe6 33.Rxb3 Rxc6 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.Rb4 Re6 36.Rc4 c6
37.g4 Kf6 38.Rc5 Ke7 39.Kg3 Kd6 40.Ra5 Re7 41.Kf4 c5 42.Ke3 Kd5 43.Ra4 Rb7
44.h5 g5 45.hxg6 hxg6 46.Rxe4 Rb3+ 47.Kf4 Rb4 48.Rxb4 cxb4 49.Ke3 Kc4 50.Kd2 Kb3
51.f4 Ka2 52.f5 gxf5 53.gxf5 b3 54.f6 b2 55.f7 b1=Q 56.f8=Q Qb2+ 57.Ke1 Qa1+
58.Kf2 Qd4+ 59.Kg2 Qg4+ 60.Kf1 Qh3+ 61.Ke1 Qc3+ 62.Kf2 Qd4+ 63.e3 Qd2+ 64.Kf3 Qd1+
65.Kg2 Qg4+ 66.Kf2 Qh4+ 67.Ke2 Qc4+ 68.Kd2 Qd5+ 69.Ke1 Kb3 70.Qf4 Kc3 71.Ke2 Qg2+
72.Qf2 Qg6 73.Qe1+ Kc4 74.Qh4+ Kd5 75.Qd4+ Kc6 76.Kf3 Qh5+ 77.Kf4 Qh4+ 78.Ke5 Qh8+
79.Ke6 Qe8+ 80.Kf6 Qh8+ 81.Ke6 Qe8+ 82.Kf5 Qh5+ 83.Ke4 Qh1+ 84.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qc7 15.O-O-O Ngf6
16.Rhe1 a5 17.Kb1 O-O 18.Ne5 Rad8 19.Qe2 Bb4 20.f4 Rfe8 21.a3 Bxd2 22.Rxd2 c5
23.Red1 cxd4 24.Rxd4 Nc5 25.Qe3 a4 26.Ne2 Nb3 27.R4d3 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 b5 29.cxb5 Nd5
30.Qf2 Qb7 31.b6 Nxb6 32.Nc3 Rc8 33.f5 Nd5 34.fxe6 fxe6 35.Qe1 Nxc3+ 36.Rxc3 Rd8
37.Rd3 Rxd3 38.Nxd3 Qd5 39.Kc2 Qxg2+ 40.Kc3 Qc6+ 41.Kb4 Nd4 42.Qe5 Qd7 43.Qe4 Nc6+
44.Kc3 Ne7 45.Nc5 Nd5+ 46.Kd4 Qf7 47.Nxe6 Nb6 48.Kc5 Nd7+ 49.Kb4 Qxh5 50.Kxa4 Qd1+
51.b3 Qd6 52.b4 Nb6+ 53.Kb5 Nd5 54.Kc4 Nb6+ 55.Kb5 Nd5 56.Kc4 Nb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.a3 Be7 7.Qd3 c5 8.dxc5 Nbd7
9.cxd5 Nxc5 10.Qd1 exd5 11.Nf3 Nce4 12.O-O Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Nd4 Be4 15.Bh3 Bc5
16.a4 Re8 17.Nb3 Bd6 18.Be3 Bg6 19.Bd4 Ne4 20.Nd2 Qc7 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.a5 Bc5
23.e3 h6 24.Qb3 Re7 25.Rfd1 Qc6 26.c4 dxc4 27.Qxc4 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 Qb5 29.Bg2 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 Qa6 31.Qc5 Rae8 32.Rab1 Re5 33.Rd5 Qe6 34.Rxe5 Qxe5 35.Qxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Na6 10.Nh4 d6 11.Nf5 Re8 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.O-O b5 14.Bg5 Nc7 15.Qf5 Qd7
16.Qxd7 Nxd7 17.Ne4 Bxd5 18.Nxd6 Rxe2 19.Nxb5 Nxb5 20.Bxd5 Rb8 21.Rfe1 Nd4
22.Rxe2 Nxe2+ 23.Kf1 Rxb2 24.Re1 h6 25.Bxh6 gxh6 26.Rxe2 Rb1+ 27.Re1 Rxe1+
28.Kxe1 Nb6 29.Bb3 Kf8 30.Kd2 Nc8 31.Kd3 Nd6 32.g4 Kg7 33.f4 Kg6 34.Bc2 f5
35.h3 Kf6 36.Kc3 Ne4+ 37.Kc4 Nf2 38.Bxf5 Nxh3 39.Bc2 Nxf4 40.Kxc5 Kg5 41.Bd1 Nd3+
42.Kb5 Nf2 43.Bf3 Kf4 44.Bb7 Nxg4 45.Ka6 Ke5 46.Kxa7 Kd6 47.Kb6 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 d5 9.Bd3 dxc4
10.bxc4 e5 11.Ne2 Nfd7 12.Bc3 O-O 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.O-O Nc5 16.Nd4 Nxd3
17.Nxc6 Nxf2 18.Rxf2 Qxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Bc5 20.Bd4 Rfc8 21.Bxc5 Rxc6 22.Ba3 Bxc4
23.Rc2 b5 24.Rd7 a5 25.Bd6 h5 26.Kf2 Bd5 27.Rxc6 Bxc6 28.Rc7 Bxe4 29.e6 f6
30.a3 Bd5 31.e7 Kf7 32.Ke3 Be6 33.Kd4 Bg4 34.Kc3 g5 35.h4 gxh4 36.gxh4 Rc8
37.Rxc8 Bxc8 38.Bc7 a4 39.Bd6 Bd7 40.Kd4 Be8 41.Kd5 Bd7 42.Bb4 Ke8 43.Kd6 Bg4
44.Kc6 Be2 45.Kd6 Bc4 46.Bc5 Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bxf6 exf6
9.a3 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O f5 12.Qc2 Bf6 13.Rad1 g6 14.Rfe1 Kg7 15.b4 a6
16.Bf1 f4 17.h3 dxc4 18.d5 Bf5 19.Qc1 Na7 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Ne6+ Bxe6 22.dxe6 Qc8
23.Rd7 Kh8 24.Qxf4 Bg7 25.Rxf7 Qc6 26.e7 Rxf7 27.Qxf7 Re8 28.Re6 Qd7 29.Nd5  1-0

[Event "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qc2 Na6 10.Nc3 d5 11.a3 dxc4 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Bxb7 Ra7 15.Bg2 c5
16.d5 Nc7 17.Rad1 exd5 18.Nxd5 b5 19.a4 bxa4 20.Nb6 Qe7 21.Nxc4 Rb8 22.e3 g6
23.Qxa4 Rb4 24.Qc2 Bf6 25.Bh3 Nb5 26.Rd5 a4 27.Rfd1 Nc3 28.bxc3 Rxc4 29.Rd7 Rxd7
30.Rxd7 Qe8 31.Qa2 Rxc3 32.Qxa4 c4 33.Qc6 Rc1+ 34.Kg2 c3 35.Rd6 Qxc6+ 36.Rxc6 Rd1
37.Bg4 Rb1 38.Bf3 Be5 39.Rc5 f5 40.h4 Kg7 41.h5 Kf6 42.hxg6 hxg6 43.Bd5 Rb2
44.Bc4 Rd2 45.Bb3 Rb2 46.Bd1 g5 47.g4 Rd2 48.Ba4 fxg4 49.Kf1 Ke6 50.Rc4 g3
51.fxg3 Rb2 52.e4 g4 53.Rc6+ Ke7 54.Rc5 Bd4 55.Rc4 Rd2 56.Rc6 Rd3 57.Rc4 Be5
58.Rc5 Bd4 59.Rd5 Rf3+ 60.Ke2 Re3+ 61.Kd1 Bf6 62.e5 Bxe5 63.Bd7 Rxg3 64.Bxg4 Rg1+
65.Kc2 Rg2+ 66.Kb3 Rb2+ 67.Ka4 c2 68.Rxe5+ Kd6 69.Re1 Rb1 70.Bf5 Rxe1 71.Bxc2 Kc5
72.Kb3 Kd4 73.Bg6 Re6 74.Bh7 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.d4 Qc7 13.d5 Bd7 14.b3 c4 15.b4 Nb7 16.Rb1 a5
17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 Ra2 19.Nf1 Rea8 20.h3 Nd8 21.g4 h5 22.g5 Nh7 23.Kh2 Qc8
24.h4 f6 25.g6 Nf8 26.Ne3 Bg4 27.Rg1 Rxc2 28.Qxc2 Bxf3 29.Nf5 Nc6 30.dxc6 Bd8
31.Rg3 Bg4 32.Rxg4 hxg4 33.Qd1 Qxc6 34.Qxg4 d5 35.Bh6 Ra2 36.exd5 Qe8 37.Be3 Qxg6
38.Qxg6 Nxg6 39.Rg1 Ne7 40.Rxg7+ Kf8 41.Bc5  1-0

[Event "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D38"]

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 "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C65"]

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 "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.c3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.h3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Be6 11.Na3 b5 12.Nc2 Qf6 13.Qe2 h6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Rad8
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.e4 Be6 18.Qe3 Qg6 19.d4 exd4 20.cxd4 Rfe8 21.Qc3 Bc8 22.d5 Ne7
23.Ne5 Qd6 24.Nb4 Bb7 25.Rac1 f5 26.Nec6 Nxc6 27.dxc6 Bc8 28.Rcd1 Qxd1 29.Rxd1 Rxd1+
30.Kh2 Rd6 31.e5 Rdd8 32.Qc5 Kh7 33.Qa7 Re7 34.Qb8 f4 35.e6 f3 36.gxf3 a5
37.Nd5 Rxd5 38.Qxc8 Rd6 39.Qa6 Rd5 40.Qxa5 Rxe6 41.Qxc7 Rc5 42.Qd7 Rexc6
43.h4 Rf6 44.Kg3 h5 45.a3 Rg6+ 46.Kf2 Rc2+ 47.Ke3 Rxb2 48.Qf5 Kh6 49.Qf4+ Kh7
50.Qf5 Kh6 51.Kd4 Rb3 52.Kd5 Rxa3 53.Qf8 Rd3+ 54.Ke4 Rgd6 55.Qh8+ Kg6 56.Qe8+ Kf6
57.Qe5+ Kf7 58.Qxh5+ g6 59.Qxb5 Rd1 60.Qb3+ Kf6 61.Qb2+ Kf7 62.Kf4 R1d5 63.Qb7+ Rd7
64.Qb3 Kg7 65.Qc3+ Kh7 66.Kg4 Rf7 67.f4 Rdf5 68.Qd4 Rxf4+ 69.Qxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bd7 12.c4 Re8 13.Rb1 b6 14.Be3 Be7 15.Nf3 Bf6
16.c5 Bf5 17.Rb3 Be4 18.Rc3 Qd5 19.Qb3 Rad8 20.cxb6 cxb6 21.Qxd5 Bxd5 22.Rd1 h6
23.h4 Ne7 24.Rc7 Nf5 25.Bf4 a5 26.a4 Bb3 27.Rb1 Bxa4 28.Rxb6 Nxd4 29.Nxd4 Bxd4
30.Rbb7 Re1+ 31.Kh2 Be8 32.Rc2 a4 33.Rd2 a3 34.Rb3 Bf6 35.Rxd8 Bxd8 36.Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV Rapid"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "2008.04.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.Qd3 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Bxe5 Re8 15.h3 f6
16.Bh2 Rxe4 17.Nbd2 Re8 18.a4 a5 19.Nc4 Ba6 20.Nxb6 cxb6 21.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 b5
23.Nd4 bxa4 24.Nxc6 Bb5 25.Ne7+ Kf7 26.Nf5 Kg6 27.g4 Ng7 28.Nd6 Bc6 29.Re7 h5
30.c4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Rh8 32.Ne4 Rd8 33.Nd6 Rh8 34.f4 gxf4 35.Bxf4 Rh1+ 36.Kf2 Rb1
37.Re2 Bd7 38.Kg3 Rg1+ 39.Rg2 Rxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Bxg4 41.Bd2 Bd7 42.Bxa5 f5 43.Bd2 Bc6+
44.Kg3 Nh5+ 45.Kf2 Nf6 46.Ke3 Ne4 47.Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "E00"]

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 "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.a3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Be2 O-O 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Bf3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nb6 14.Ne2 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Bd7
16.b3 Bb5 17.Nc3 Rfc8 18.Nxb5 axb5 19.Be2 Nd7 20.Ra2 Nb8 21.O-O Nc6 22.Qd2 Qb6+
23.Kh1 Qa5 24.Qxa5 Rxa5 25.Raa1 Rca8 26.Rad1 Rxa3 27.Bxb5 Nb4 28.c4 R8a5
29.f5 exf5 30.g4 Rxb3 31.gxf5 Re3 32.Rb1 Nd3 33.e6 d4 34.Be8 Nc5 35.Bxf7+ Kf8
36.f6 gxf6 37.Rxf6 Ke7 38.Rh6 d3 39.Rxh7 d2 40.Rg1 Re1 41.Bh5+ Kxe6 42.Rg7 Ne4
43.Rg6+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a3 Be7 8.Qa4 a6
9.Qxc4 b5 10.Qd3 Bb7 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.b4 a5 13.O-O axb4 14.axb4 Bxb4 15.Nxb5 c5
16.dxc5 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 Bxc5 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qc3 Qxc3 20.Nxc3 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Ne5
22.Bb7 Bd4 23.Rc1 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Rb8 25.Rc8+ Rxc8 26.Bxc8 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D19"]

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 "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 Bd6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qc2 a6 12.c5 Bc7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Rd8 15.Rfe1 Nf8
16.Qc3 f6 17.Bb1 Kh8 18.a3 Bd7 19.Nfd2 f5 20.Ng3 Qf6 21.Nf3 Be8 22.Ba2 b6
23.Rc2 bxc5 24.Qxc5 Rab8 25.Rd2 a5 26.Qc3 Rd6 27.Rde2 Bb6 28.Re5 Bf7 29.Bb1 Qd8
30.Ba2 Rb7 31.Ne2 Ng6 32.Re3 a4 33.Qc2 Rc7 34.Qxa4 c5 35.dxc5 Rxc5 36.Rc3 Ne5
37.Ned4 Ng4 38.h3 Nxf2 39.Kxf2 Ra5 40.Qc2 Rxd4 41.Kf1 Qd7 42.Rc8+ Kh7 43.Qc6 Qd6
44.Qxd6 Rxd6 45.Rf8 Ra7 46.Ne5 Rd2 47.Re2 Rd1+ 48.Re1 Rd2 49.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D90"]

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 "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 h6 11.e4 Bh7 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Rad1 b5 15.a3 a5 16.Ne5 Nxe5
17.Bxe5 Qb6 18.a4 Nd7 19.Bf4 b4 20.Nb1 Nf6 21.Be5 c5 22.Nd2 cxd4 23.Nb3 Qc6
24.Qb5 Qxb5 25.axb5 a4 26.Nxd4 Ng4 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bf3 Nxf2 29.Kxf2 gxf4 30.Nc6 fxg3+
31.Kxg3 Bf8 32.Rd7 Bg6 33.e5 Bc5 34.Rc1 Be3 35.Rc4 a3 36.bxa3 bxa3 37.Ra4 Bc5
38.Ra6 a2 39.Rxa2 Kg7 40.Ra6 Rb8 41.Nxb8 Rxb8 42.Bc6 h5 43.Ra8 Rb6 44.Rdd8 h4+
45.Kf4 Bh7 46.Be4 Be7 47.Rdb8  1-0

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nf6
9.c4 b4 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nc2 Qg6 12.Ne3 Be7 13.g3 Nd4 14.Bg2 Bb7 15.Nf5 Qxf5
16.exf5 Bxg2 17.Rg1 Bf3 18.Qd3 d5 19.cxd5 Rc8 20.Be3 Nc2+ 21.Kf1 e4 22.Qxa6 O-O
23.Rb1 Nxe3+ 24.fxe3 Rc2 25.h4 Rd8 26.Qb7 Kf8 27.a4 Rd2 28.Rc1 R2xd5 29.Rc8 Rd1+
30.Kf2 Rd2+ 31.Ke1 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 Rd2+ 33.Ke1 Rd1+ 34.Kf2 Rd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Guerra Reig,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[ECO "A00"]

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 "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia Jimenez,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B10"]

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 "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "E16"]

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 "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palac,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Rd1 Qe7
9.b3 c5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Nd4 12.Qd3 Bg4 13.Nd5 Qd6 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.f3 Bc8 17.c3 dxc3 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.Qxc3 Be6 20.Rd6 Rfd8 21.Rad1 Rac8 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Bxe6 Qb6+ 25.Kf1 Qxe6 26.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B08"]

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 "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Nd2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.a3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Ba2 e5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qh4 Re8
16.Rd1 Qe7 17.Bd2 exd4 18.exd4 Qe2 19.Bc3 Re4 20.Qg5 Rf4 21.Rd2 Qe7 22.Qa5 Re8
23.Rf1 Bb8 24.d5 b6 25.Qa6 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Re4 28.Qb5 h6 29.Qd7 Be5
30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Qxe7 R8xe7 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Rd2 Re2 34.Rfd1 Rxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paunovic,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "A20"]

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 "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A16"]

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 "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.Nd2 a5
9.c4 Nb6 10.Qe4 d5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Be2 Qxe4 13.Nxe4 Be6 14.c5 dxc5 15.Be3 Nd5
16.Bxc5 Nf4 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.g3 Nxe2 19.Kxe2 Re8 20.f3 Bd5 21.Kf2 Bxe4 22.fxe4 Rxe4
23.Rac1 Ke7 24.Rxc6 Rd8 25.Rc2 Rd5 26.Rhc1 Rf5+ 27.Kg2 h5 28.Rc7+ Kf6 29.R1c6+ Re6
30.b3 g5 31.Rxe6+ fxe6 32.Rc2 Ke7 33.Rd2 g4 34.h3 gxh3+ 35.Kxh3 Kf6 36.g4 hxg4+
37.Kxg4 Rb5 38.Kf4 a4 39.bxa4 Ra5 40.Ke3 Rxa4 41.Rb2 Kf5 42.Rf2+ Ke5 43.Kd3 Kd5
44.Rb2 Ra3+ 45.Rb3 Rxb3+ 46.axb3 Kc5 47.Ke4 Kb4 48.Ke5 Kxb3 49.Kxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Bg6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O-O a5 13.Kb1 Qa6 14.Ne2 a4 15.Qc2 dxc4
16.Bxc4 b5 17.Bd3 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Nd4 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Rh5 21.Rc1 Rd5 22.e4 Rd7
23.e5 Rad8 24.Be3 Nd5 25.Nc6 Nb4 26.Nxb4 Bxb4 27.Qe4 Bd2 28.Qh4 Bxe3 29.fxe3 b4
30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Qxg7 a3 32.Qf6+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qh4+ Ke8 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Qh4+ Ke8
37.Qh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "D58"]

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 "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qxf5 exf5 8.a3 Be7
9.Bg5 c6 10.e3 Be6 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Bc4 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Kxe7 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.f3 Rhc8
16.Kf2 Rc6 17.a4 Rb6 18.Ra2 a5 19.b3 Rc8 20.Ne2 Nb8 21.Rc1 Rbc6 22.Rxc6 Rxc6
23.Nb1 Na6 24.Na3 Nb4 25.Rd2 b6 26.Nb5 Bd7 27.h3 h6 28.h4 g6 29.f4 Rc8 30.Nbc3 Kd6
31.Na2 Na6 32.Nec3 Nc7 33.Rc2 Ne8 34.Nb5+ Ke7 35.Rxc8 Bxc8 36.Nbc3 Nf6 37.b4 Ba6
38.b5 Bc8 39.Nc1 h5 40.N1e2 Kd6 41.g3 Ne4+ 42.Ke1 Be6 43.Kf1 Bc8 44.Ke1 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 a6 8.a4 h6 9.Be3 e6
10.Nf3 exd5 11.cxd5 Bg4 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Re8 14.O-O Nbd7 15.h3 Nh5 16.a5 Rb8
17.Ra4 Ne5 18.Kh2 Qe7 19.g3 Nd7 20.Kg2 Kh7 21.Qd1 Kg8 22.Qc2 Rbc8 23.Re1 Kh7
24.f4 Qd8 25.Nf3 Rb8 26.g4 Nhf6 27.Bf2 Ng8 28.g5 b5 29.axb6 Rxb6 30.Re2 h5
31.e5 Ne7 32.Rae4 dxe5 33.fxe5 Nf5 34.Na4 Rb4 35.e6 fxe6 36.dxe6 Nf8 37.Nxc5 Rxb2
38.Qc4 Rxe2 39.Rxe2 a5 40.Qb5 Qc8 41.Qxa5 Nxe6 42.Nxe6 Rxe6 43.Rxe6 Qxe6
44.Qc7 Ne7 45.Qb6 Qf5 46.Bg3 Qe4 47.Qa7 Qc2+ 48.Qf2 Qc6 49.Qe2 Nf5 50.Bf2 Qd5
51.Qd2 Qb7 52.Qd3 Be5 53.Qd2 Bd6 54.Qc1 Be7 55.Qd2 Qc6 56.Qf4 Qd5 57.Qc7 Qe4
58.Qd7 Nd6 59.Qa7 Nf5 60.Qd7 Qe2 61.Qa7 Kg7 62.Qa1+ Kg8 63.Qa8+ Kf7 64.Qd5+ Kg7
65.Kg1 Bd6 66.Bd4+ Nxd4 67.Qxd4+ Kh7 68.Qxd6 Qxf3 69.Qe7+ Kg8 70.Qe8+ Kg7
71.Qe7+ Kg8 72.Qe8+ Kg7 73.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.g3 Ba6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Bg2 c5 12.b4 Rc8 13.Qa4 Bb7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.O-O a6
16.Rd1 Nd5 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.Bd2 N5b6 19.Qc2 Nf6 20.bxc5 Be4 21.Qb3 Na4 22.Bb4 a5
23.Bxa5 Nxc5 24.Qb2 Na4 25.Qd4 Qb5 26.Bb4 Rfe8 27.Qe5 Qb7 28.Rac1 h6 29.h3 Bd5
30.Qa1 Ne4 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Rc1 Rxc1+ 33.Qxc1 Qa7 34.Qc8+ Kh7 35.e3 Nxg3 36.Nd4 Ne4
37.Qc2 f5 38.Nxe6 Bxe6 39.Bxe4 Qf7 40.Bg2 Nb6 41.Qc5 Nd5 42.Qf8 Qh5 43.Qd6 Bf7
44.Qe5 Nf6 45.f3 Qg6 46.a4 f4 47.exf4 Qb1+ 48.Qe1 Qa2 49.a5 Bg6 50.Bf1 Nd5
51.Bd2 Qa4 52.a6 Nxf4 53.Bxf4 Qxf4 54.a7 Qa4 55.Qf2 Qa1 56.Kh2 Qa4 57.Bc4 Qa5
58.Qa2  1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B78"]

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 "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.O-O e6
9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 Qa5 11.c4 O-O 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qc2 Ba3 14.Rfd1 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 Rfe8
16.Qd2 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.f3 Kf8 21.Kf2 a5 22.Rad1 Ke7
23.Re2 Rxe2+ 24.Nxe2 Rh8 25.h3 Nd7 26.Nc3 Nc5 27.f4 Ne6 28.Ke3 g5 29.fxg5 Nxg5
30.Ne2 Ne6 31.Nd4 g6 32.Nxe6 Kxe6 33.Rd4 c5 34.Re4+ Kd6 35.Kf3 a4 36.Re3 axb3
37.axb3 Rh4 38.Rd3+ Ke7 39.Re3+ Kd6 40.Rd3+ Ke7 41.Re3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Canda,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2289"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B88"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gundavaa,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Rb1 cxd4 13.cxd4 e6 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Bh6 Bxh6
16.Qxh6 Rc8 17.Rfd1 Nc6 18.e5 Qe7 19.Be4 Rfd8 20.Ng3 f5 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.h4 Rf8
23.Rd2 Ba6 24.h5 Ne7 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Re1 Rf7 27.Bf3 Rh7 28.Qe3 Bc4 29.Rc2 Kg7
30.Qe5 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 Rhh8 32.Bb7 Rb8 33.Rxc4 Rxb7 34.Rxe6 Rd7 35.d5 Nxd5 36.Rd4 Kf7
37.Rc6 Rhd8 38.Ne4 Ne7 39.Ng5+ Ke8 40.Re4 Rd6 41.Rc7 R8d7 42.Rc8+ Rd8 43.Rc7 R8d7  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Zhao Zong Yuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "D35"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Zhigalko,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Berg,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B42"]

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 "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Nxh5 Nc6
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg2 Kf8 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Bg3 Nge7 14.Nf4 Bd4 15.Qe2 Qb6 16.Nd3 Bxd3
17.cxd3 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Qxe5 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qxc3+ 21.Qxc3 Rxc3 22.Rxb7 g6
23.Kd2 Ra3 24.Rc1 Rxa2+ 25.Ke3 d4+ 26.Kf4 Rh7 27.Rcc7 Nd5+ 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.f3 a5
30.h5 gxh5 31.g5 Rg2 32.Kf5 Re2 33.Rc8+ Re8 34.Rxe8+ Kxe8 35.Kf6 h4 36.g6 Rh6
37.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.Qb3 Qc7
16.Bf1 Be7 17.Bg2 Nc5 18.Qc2 Rfd8 19.Bd2 Nd3 20.Qb3 a6 21.Be1 Nxe1 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Rxe1 b5 24.Rd1 g5 25.Ne2 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Nd7 27.Qc1 Qxc1+ 28.Nxc1 Kf8 29.Kf1 Bd6
30.Ke2 Ke7 31.Nd3 Ne5 32.Bb7 Nxd3 33.Kxd3 a5 34.b3 a4 35.Bc6 axb3 36.axb3 b4
37.h3 f5 38.Kc4 Kf6 39.g4 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Be7 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Qxg5 Bg6 17.Be2 Nb8 18.Qe3 Nc6 19.Bd2 Rc8 20.Bc3 Qh4 21.g3 Qe4 22.Rac1 f6
23.Qxe4 Bxe4 24.exf6 gxf6 25.f3 Bg6 26.Rfd1 Rfd8 27.Bf1 Bf5 28.Kf2 e5 29.dxe5 d4
30.Be1 fxe5 31.Bd2 Rf8 32.Re1 Rce8 33.Rc5 Bg6 34.Bc4+ Kh8 35.Bh6 Rf6 36.Bg5 Rf5
37.h4 Ref8 38.f4 exf4 39.Rxf5 fxg3+ 40.Kxg3 Rxf5 41.b4 Kg7 42.Bf4 a6 43.b5 axb5
44.axb5 Na5 45.Ba2 Rxb5 46.Be5+ Kh6 47.Bf4+ Kg7 48.Be5+ Kh6 49.Bf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.d4 O-O 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bxb5 15.exf6 Qxf6
16.Qxd5 Bc6 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 Rfe8 19.Bd2 a6 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Re1 Rxe1+
22.Bxe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6
9.h3 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.a4 e6 12.Be3 Rc8 13.b3 Qd8 14.Nde2 Nc6 15.Qd2 Bf8 16.Rfd1 Nd7
17.Rab1 Qa5 18.Bh6 Be7 19.Qb2 Qh5 20.Bf4 Qc5 21.Qd2 Qb4 22.Qb2 Rd8 23.Bd2 Qc5
24.Be3 Qa5 25.Bd2 Qc5 26.Be3 Qa5 27.Bd2 Qc5 28.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D86"]

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"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D47"]

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"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Rad1 O-O 13.Rfe1 a6 14.a3 b5 15.Ba2 c5
16.d5 c4 17.dxe6 Qxe6 18.b3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Nd5 cxb3 21.Bxb3 Bb7 22.Nb6 Be4
23.Qa2 Rae8 24.Nd7 Qg5 25.f4 Qf5 26.Nxf8 Bxf8 27.Bd5 h5 28.Rd4 Bc5 29.Bxe4 Rxe4
30.Rxe4 Qxe4 31.Kh1 Qd3 32.a4 bxa4 33.Qxa4 Qc3 34.Rf1 Qd3 35.Qa1 Kh7 36.e4 Qxe4
37.Qxa6 Be7 38.f5 gxf5 39.Qc8 Kg6 40.Qg8+ Kf6 41.Qh7 h4 42.Ra1 Qf4 43.Qh8+ Kg6
44.Qg8+ Kf6 45.Rd1 Bd6 46.Qd8+ Ke6 47.Re1+ Be5 48.Qb6+ Ke7 49.Qg1 Kf6 50.Rf1 Qe4
51.Qb6+ Kg7 52.Qb3 Kg6 53.Qf3 Bd6 54.Qc3 Be5 55.Qa3 Qe2 56.Qc1 f6 57.Re1 Qf2
58.Qe3 Qc2 59.Qf3 Qd2 60.Rf1 Qc2 61.Re1 Qd2 62.Rd1 Qb4 63.Rf1 Qe4 64.Qb3 Kh6
65.Qd1 Kg6 66.Qd2 Qc4 67.Rc1 Qe4 68.Re1 Qc4 69.Rc1 Qe4 70.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "B45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.f3 Bh5 14.Nf4 Re8 15.Nxh5 Nxh5
16.f4 Nf6 17.Qf3 Nd5 18.Qh3 g6 19.f5 Ne3 20.Qh6 Qe7 21.Rf4 gxf5 22.Bd2 Rad8
23.Bxf5 Nxf5 24.Rxf5 Rd6 25.Qf4 Rg6 26.Rf1 Qe2 27.g3 Rf8 28.Rf2 Qe6 29.h4 Ne7
30.Re5 Qd7 31.h5 Rg7 32.Rg5 f5 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Qe5+ Kg8 35.Bh6 Nc6 36.Qf4 Rf7
37.g4 d3 38.cxd3 Kh8 39.gxf5 Qxd3 40.Kg2 Qd5+ 41.Qf3 Ne7 42.Qxd5 Nxd5 43.Rc2 Rc7
44.Rxc7 Nxc7 45.Kf3 Kg8 46.Ke4 Ne8 47.Ke5 Kf7 48.Bg5 Nc7 49.h6 Nb5 50.Be3 b6
51.a4 Nc7 52.Kd6 Na6 53.Kc6 Nb4+ 54.Kb7 Nd5 55.Bg5 a5 56.Kc6 Nb4+ 57.Kxb6 Nd3
58.b3  1-0

[Event "Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 c4 8.a4 h6 9.b3 cxb3
10.Nxb3 Rc8 11.Ra2 Qc7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Ne7 14.O-O Qc4 15.Rb1 b6 16.Qf1 Nc6
17.c3 Qxc3 18.a5 Be7 19.axb6 axb6 20.Qd1 Qc4 21.Nc1 Nb4 22.Ra7 Qc2 23.Qxc2 Nxc2
24.Bd2 Na3 25.Ra1 Nc4 26.Rb7 Nb8 27.Ra8 O-O 28.Raxb8 Nxd2 29.Rxc8 Nxf3+ 30.gxf3 Rxc8
31.Ne2 Bd8 32.f4 g6 33.Kg2 Kf8 34.Kf3 Ra8 35.Ke3 Ra3+ 36.Kd2 Bh4  0-1

[Event "Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.a3 O-O 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.b4 a5 15.Nb5 Qe7
16.bxa5 Nxa5 17.Qa4 Nc6 18.Na7 Ra8 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Qxc6 Rxa3 21.Qc7 Ra2 22.Rfd1 Qd8
23.Qxd8 Rxd8 24.Kf1 Bc2 25.Ra1 Rda8 26.Rxa2 Rxa2 27.Rc1 Kf8 28.Nf3 Ke7 29.Ne1 Ba4
30.Rb1 Kd6 31.Bb5 Bxb5+ 32.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4
16.f4 f6 17.e5 Bd7 18.exf6+ Qxf6 19.Ng3 Kh8 20.f5 gxf5 21.Bxf5 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Qd6
23.Raf1 Nc6 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.Qh6 Rxf5 26.Rxf5 Ne5 27.h3 Ng6 28.Rh5 Rg8 29.Nf6 Rg7
30.Nxh7 Rxh7 31.Qxg6 Qe3+ 32.Kf1 Qc1+ 33.Kf2 Qd2+ 34.Kg3 Qe3+ 35.Kh2 Qf4+
36.Kg1 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C65"]

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 "World Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 a6 8.Bf4 b5
9.Qxc7 Qxc7 10.Bxc7 b4 11.Na4 Nc6 12.d5 Nd4 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Nb6 Bb5 15.Be5 Nxe4
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Bxe4 Rab8 18.O-O-O Nf5 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.d6 Rxb6 21.dxe7 Re8
22.Nf3 Rxe7 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Rhe1 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Rh6 26.Re7 Rd6 27.Ne2 Kf6 28.Re3 Ba4
29.b3 Bc6 30.Nf4 a5 31.g3 Be4 32.f3 Bc6 33.h4 Rd4 34.Kc2 Bb5 35.Nh5+ Kg6
36.Nf4+ Kf6 37.Nh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Ng5 Re7 13.d5 Nb8 14.Nf1 Nbd7 15.Ng3 g6
16.Bc2 h6 17.Nf3 Nb6 18.h4 Qd7 19.Nh2 Bg7 20.h5 Rf8 21.Nhf1 c6 22.dxc6 Qxc6
23.Ne3 Kh7 24.Qf3 Bc8 25.Rd1 Be6 26.b3 Qxc3 27.Bd2 Qc7 28.Ba5 Qb8 29.Rd2 Nc8
30.Rad1 b4 31.Qe2 Kh8 32.Bd3 Na7 33.Rc1 Nb5 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.Bxb4 Rd7 36.Rc6 Rfd8
37.Qd1 Bf8 38.Qc2 Kh7 39.Ba5 Re8 40.hxg6+ fxg6 41.Bc7 Qb7 42.Bxd6 Bf7 43.Bb4 Bxb4
44.Rxd7 Qxd7 45.Rxf6 Re6 46.Nd5 Bf8 47.Rf3 Kg7 48.Rc3 Ra6 49.Rc7 Qd6 50.Qe2 Kg8
51.Qxb5 Rxa2 52.Qb7 Ra1+ 53.Kh2 Bxd5 54.exd5 Qf6 55.Qc8 Qh4+ 56.Qh3 Qxh3+
57.Kxh3 Rd1 58.Ne4 Ba3 59.Ra7 Bb4 60.Rb7 Ba3 61.f3 Kf8 62.Rb5 h5 63.Kg3 Rc1
64.Rb8+ Kf7 65.Rb7+ Kf8 66.Kf2 Rc2+ 67.Kf1 Rc1+ 68.Ke2 Rc2+ 69.Kd3 Rxg2 70.Ra7 Be7
71.d6 Bd8 72.Nc5 Ke8 73.Rh7  1-0

[Event "World Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C07"]

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 "World Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Nd2 Nbc6
9.N2f3 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Nxf3 g6 12.c4 Bg7 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bc5 Bf8 15.Qc1 Rc8
16.Bxf8 Nd4 17.Qd1 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Kxf8 19.Rac1 Kg7 20.h4 Qb6 21.g3 h6 22.a3 Rc5
23.Rc2 Rhc8 24.Rfc1 a5 25.Qd2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Rc5 27.Qc1 Rxc2 28.Qxc2 Ne7 29.Qc3 Nc6
30.b3 Qd8 31.a4 Qd1+ 32.Kg2 Qe2 33.Qe3 Qd1 34.Nd2 Nb4 35.Nc4 Nc2 36.Qd2 Qb1
37.Qf4 Ne1+ 38.Kh2 Qxb3 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.Qf6 Kg8 42.Qd8+ Kh7 43.Qf6 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C07"]

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 "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.Nd5 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Ne3 O-O 8.c3 Rb8
9.a4 Ng4 10.O-O Nxe3 11.Bxe3 Kh8 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.Qxd8 Rbxd8
16.Bd5 Nb4 17.Bxb7 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Rd7 19.Bd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Rxd5 21.Rfd1 Rfd8
22.Rxd5 Rxd5 23.Ra3 f5 24.Rb3 h6 25.Rb7 Bf6 26.Rxa7 Bxb2 27.a5 Bd4 28.a6 Bxe3
29.fxe3 c4 30.Rc7 Ra5 31.a7 Kh7 32.Kf2 c3 33.Ke2 Ra2+ 34.Kd3 c2 35.Kd2 Kg6
36.h4 h5 37.e4 fxe4 38.fxe4 Kf6 39.e5+ Kxe5 40.Rxg7 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.Be3 Nc5
9.Bxc5 dxc5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O-O Bd6 12.Rhe1 Qf6 13.Kb1 Be6 14.Qe3 Rfe8 15.Qg5 Be7
16.Qg3 Bd6 17.Qg5 Be7 18.Qg3 Bd6 19.Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C64"]

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 "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.O-O Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.f4 g6
9.Be2 Bf5 10.Be3 c6 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Nf3 Ne6 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.cxd3 d4 15.Bd2 Qd5
16.b4 a5 17.bxa5 Bd8 18.Rb1 Bxa5 19.Rxb7 O-O 20.f5 Bxd2 21.Qxd2 Rxa2 22.Qh6 gxf5
23.Rfb1 c5 24.Rb8 Ra8 25.R8b6 Rfe8 26.h4 c4 27.Rd6 Qc5 28.Ng5 Nxg5 29.Qxg5+ Kf8
30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.e6 Rxe6 32.Rxe6 fxe6 33.Qg5+ Kh8 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Qxe6+ Kh8
36.Qf6+ Kg8 37.Rb7 Qf8 38.Qe6+ Kh8 39.Qe5+ Kg8 40.Qd5+ Kh8 41.Qxd4+ Kg8 42.Qxc4+ Kh8
43.Qd4+ Kg8 44.Qd5+ Kh8 45.Rf7 Ra1+ 46.Kf2  1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "D30"]

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 "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Ng5 Bg6
16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Qh3 Nf8 18.Qb3 Qb6 19.Be3 Be7 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Nh3 Rec8 22.Nf4 g5
23.Nh3 h6 24.f4 gxf4 25.Nxf4 Bg5 26.Ra3 Bxf4 27.Rxf4 Rc2 28.Rf2 Rac8 29.Rb3 Nd7
30.Rb5 h5 31.a5 Rxf2 32.Kxf2 Rc2+ 33.Kf3 Kf7 34.Bg5 Ke8 35.h3 Rc4 36.Ke3 Rc2
37.g3 Rc7 38.Kd3 Rc8 39.Bd2 Kf7 40.axb6 Rc6 41.Ba5 Kg6 42.Rb3 Kf5 43.Ke2 Ke4
44.g4 hxg4 45.Rg3 gxh3 46.Rxg7 h2 47.Rg4+ Kf5 48.Rh4 Rc2+ 49.Bd2 Nxb6 50.b3 Rb2
51.Rxh2 Rxb3 52.Rf2+ Kg4 53.Rf4+ Kg3 54.Rf6 Nc4 55.Be1+ Kg4 56.Rxe6 Re3+
57.Kf1 Rf3+ 58.Ke2 Re3+ 59.Kf1 Re4 60.Rg6+ Kh5 61.Rg7 b5 62.Rb7 Kg4 63.Bf2 Nd2+
64.Kg2 Re2 65.e6 Rxe6 66.Rxb5 Re2 67.Rb8 Ne4 68.Rf8 Rd2 69.Kf1 Ra2 70.Be3 Ng3+
71.Kg1 Nf5 72.Bf2 Kf4 73.Kg2 Rb2 74.Rf6 Kg5 75.Rf8 Kf4 76.Rf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.e4 Bxf1 13.Rxf1 g5 14.Bg3 cxd4 15.Rd1 Qc8
16.Qe2 Qa6 17.Bxb8 Qxe2+ 18.Kxe2 Raxb8 19.Rxd4 Rbc8 20.Rfd1 Rc2+ 21.R1d2 Rfc8
22.Ne5 Rc1 23.Rd8+ Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Kg7 25.Ra8 Rc5 26.Nd3 Rc2+ 27.Kd1 Rc7 28.f3 h5
29.Kd2 Nd7 30.b3 h4 31.g3 hxg3 32.hxg3 Kf6 33.f4 gxf4 34.gxf4 e5 35.Re8 exf4
36.Nxf4 Rc6 37.b4 Kg7 38.Kd3 Rd6+ 39.Ke3 a6 40.e5 Rh6 41.e6 Ne5 42.e7 Kf6
43.Nd5+ Ke6 44.Rd8  1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Bd2 b6 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Be2 O-O 14.a5 b5 15.Rdc1 Be7
16.Ne5 Rd8 17.Bf3 Rb8 18.Ne4 Nfd5 19.Nc5 Bf6 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Bxb4 Bxe5 22.e4 Rd8
23.Rd1 Re8 24.Nd3 Bf6 25.Bd6 Ra8 26.e5 Bd8 27.Nc5 f6 28.b4 fxe5 29.Bxe5 Ra7
30.Rac1 Rf7 31.Rd4 Be7 32.Rcd1 h6 33.f4 Kh7 34.h3 g5 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.Kh2 Kg6
37.R1d2 Rf1 38.Re2 Rc1 39.Nd3 Rc4 40.Ree4 Rxd4 41.Rxd4 Rd8 42.Rxd8 Bxd8 43.g4 Be7
44.Kg3 Bf8 45.Nc5 Be7 46.Kf3 Kf7 47.Ke3 Kg6 48.Kf3 Bf8 49.Ke3 Be7 50.Kd4 Bf8
51.Ke4 Be7 52.Kd4 Bf8 53.Ke4 Be7 54.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Be7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Rg1 Qxb3 12.axb3 Bb4 13.Bd2 Nbd7 14.Ke2 dxc4 15.bxc4 e5
16.Bg2 exd4 17.exd4 O-O 18.Rgd1 Rfe8+ 19.Kf1 Nb6 20.b3 a5 21.g5 Nh5 22.c5 Nd7
23.Ne4 Bxd2 24.Rxd2 Nf4 25.Nd6 Reb8 26.Bf3 Ra6 27.Bg4 f5 28.Be2 b5 29.h4 a4
30.Bd1 Rba8 31.bxa4 bxa4 32.Ra3 Nf8 33.Rb2 N8e6 34.Rb4 Nd5 35.Rc4 Rb8 36.Raxa4 Rxa4
37.Bxa4 Rb1+ 38.Ke2 Rb2+ 39.Ke1 Nb4 40.Kd1 Nf4 41.Bc2 Kf8 42.Rc3 Nfd5 43.Rc4 Nf4
44.Rc3 Nfd5 45.Rc4 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.h3 h6 14.a3 Be6 15.Ne3 Bf8 16.d4 exd4
17.cxd4 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 g6 20.Bd2 Bg7 21.Bc3 Nh5 22.Qd2 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Rc8
24.Rad1 Qg5 25.Kh1 Nf4 26.Bd3 d5 27.e5 Nxd3 28.Qxd3 Qxe5 29.Nxd5 Qxd5 30.Qxd5 Bxd5
31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Rxd5 Re4 33.Rd6 Ra4 34.c4 bxc4 35.Rd4 g5 36.h4 Kg7 37.hxg5 hxg5
38.g4 Kf6 39.Re4 Rxa3 40.Rxc4 Ke5 41.Kg2 Rd3 42.Ra4 Rd6 43.Ra5+ Kf4 44.Rf5+ Kxg4
45.Rxf7 a5 46.f3+ Kh5 47.Ra7 Rd2+ 48.Kg3 Ra2 49.Ra6 Ra1 50.Kh3 Ra3 51.Kg2 a4
52.Kf2 Ra1 53.Kg3 a3 54.Kh3 a2 55.Kg2 g4 56.Ra5+ Kh4 57.Ra4 Kh5 58.fxg4+ Kh4
59.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qd3 O-O
16.g4 Nxg4 17.Rhg1 f5 18.Qe2 Qd5 19.c4 Qd6 20.Ne5 Qxd4 21.Nxg4 fxg4 22.Rxg4 Qxf2
23.Qxe6+ Rf7 24.Rf4  1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.a4 a6 9.axb5 axb5
10.Rxa8 Bxa8 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Nxb5 cxb5 13.Bxa8 O-O 14.Bf3 Nd5 15.h4 Qc7 16.Bd2 Bf6
17.e4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ne7 19.Bb4 Nbc6 20.Bd6 Qb6 21.b3 Ra8 22.bxc4 bxc4 23.Qc1 Ng6
24.Qxc4 Ncxe5 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Qc3 Qd4 27.Rc1 g5 28.Kg2 Qxc3 29.Rxc3 g4 30.Be2 Kg7
31.f4 gxf3+ 32.Bxf3 Ra2+ 33.Kf1 Ra4 34.Kf2 Kf6 35.Ke3 Nc4+ 36.Kd3 Ne5+ 37.Ke3 Nc4+
38.Kd3 Ne5+ 39.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.a4 c5 10.a5 f6 11.Nh4 Rf7 12.Nf5 Nf8 13.Nc4 Ne6 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Be3 Bd7
16.Qd2 Bb5 17.b3 g5 18.f3 Rd8 19.Bf2 Bxc4 20.bxc4 c6 21.Rab1 h5 22.Be3 h4
23.Rb6 Rd7 24.Rfb1 Rg7 25.Qf2 Kf8 26.Kf1 Ke8 27.Ke2 Kd8 28.Kd2 Kc8 29.Kc3 Qd6
30.Kb2 Rdf7 31.h3 Rh7 32.Ka2 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O a6 11.a3 b5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bb1 Bb7 14.Ne2 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Nd4 Qf6 18.Qg4 Rac8 19.Qd7 Rb8 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.Rxc6 Rfd8 22.Rxf6 Rxd7
23.Rxa6 Bxb2 24.Rd1 d4 25.h4 Rbd8 26.exd4 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Bxd4 28.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nc2 b6
9.f4 Bb7 10.Bd3 Rc8 11.Qe2 d6 12.O-O Na5 13.Be3 a6 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.Rac1 Qb8
16.b4 Nc6 17.f5 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Ba8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Bxe5 Qb7 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Be4 Qc7 25.Nd5 Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Qxc4 28.Re1 Rf8
29.Nf4 b5 30.h3 Bf2 31.Qe7 Qc8 32.Ne6 Rg8 33.Ng5 Rf8 34.Ne6 Rg8 35.Ng5 Rf8
36.Rd1 Re8 37.Nf7+ Kg8 38.Nh6+ Kh8 39.Nf7+ Kg8 40.Nd6 Rxe7 41.Nxc8 Re8 42.Bxa8 Rxc8
43.Bd5+ Kh8 44.Bb7 Rb8 45.Bxa6 g6 46.Rd6 Bg3 47.Rd3 Be5 48.g4 Rb6 49.Bc8 Kg7
50.Kg2 Kf6 51.Kf3 Rb8 52.Bd7 Bb2 53.Ke4 Rd8 54.Rf3+ Ke7 55.Bxb5 Rd4+ 56.Ke3 Rd6
57.Ke2 Rf6 58.Rb3 Bd4 59.Kd3 Rf3+ 60.Kc4 Rxb3 61.Kxb3 Kd6 62.a4 Bf2 63.Kc4 g5
64.Be8 h6 65.Kb5 Be1 66.Kb6 Bxb4 67.a5 Bc5+ 68.Kb7 Ke7 69.Bh5  1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Nc3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 dxc4 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Rd1 Bd3 13.Bxd3 cxd3 14.Rxd3 Bc5 15.Ne4 Bxd4
16.Nd6+ Kf8 17.Rxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Qa5+ 19.Ke2 Ke7 20.Rc1 Rhd8 21.Qh4+ Kf8
22.Nc4 Qc5 23.Qxh7 b5 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qh4+ Kf8 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.Qxe4 Qe7 8.Nc3 Ng6
9.Qxe7+ Bxe7 10.Nd5 c6 11.Nxe7 Kxe7 12.Re1+ Kd8 13.Bf1 Re8 14.Re3 d6 15.b3 Bf5
16.Bb2 f6 17.Rxe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 b6 8.Nc3 Bb7
9.a4 Be7 10.a5 bxa5 11.Qa4+ Nbd7 12.Nb3 O-O 13.Nxa5 Qc7 14.f3 Rab8 15.b4 Ba8
16.Kh1 d5 17.c5 Qe5 18.Bd2 Qd4 19.Qc2 Ne5 20.Bxa6 dxe4 21.Ne2 Qd8 22.f4 Nf3
23.Bc3 Ng4 24.c6 Nfxh2 25.Rfd1 Bd6 26.Be1 Qf6 27.Rxd6 Nf3 28.Ng1 Nxe1 29.Qe2 Qxf4
30.g3 Qh6+  0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6
9.Bf4 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Qd7 12.Ne5 Qb7 13.Qc7 Qxc7 14.Rxc7 Bd6 15.Rc2 Nh5
16.Be3 f6 17.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Na4 Rd8 14.Qc2 Nf8 15.Ne5 Bd7
16.Qc5 Qxc5 17.Nxc5 Rab8 18.f4 Be8 19.Rc2 Nh7 20.Rfc1 Nf6 21.a3 Bf8 22.g3 Kg7
23.Kg2 a5 24.Kf3 b6 25.Nxe6+ fxe6 26.Nxc6 a4 27.Nxd8 axb3 28.Rc7+ Kg8 29.Nxe6 g5
30.e4 Bd7 31.Nxf8 Bg4+ 32.Ke3 Re8 33.e5 Nd5+ 34.Ke4 Nxc7 35.Rxc7 Rxf8 36.d5 Bf5+
37.Kd4 Bh3 38.fxg5 Rf2 39.e6 Rd2+ 40.Ke5 Rxb2 41.Rb7 Rb1 42.e7 Re1+ 43.Kf6 Rf1+
44.Ke5 Re1+ 45.Kf6 Rf1+ 46.Ke5 Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 O-O 12.e5 Qe7 13.Qe2 b5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Be4 Rfd8
16.Rac1 Rab8 17.Rfd1 a6 18.h4 Ba8 19.Rc2 Rdc8 20.Rdc1 Qf8 21.a4 c5 22.axb5 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 axb5 26.Nc6 Rb6 27.f4 Qa8 28.Ne7+ Kh7 29.h5 Ra6
30.hxg6+ fxg6 31.Rc7 Ra1+ 32.Kf2 Qd8 33.Qd3 Qxe7 34.Rxd7 Qh4+ 35.Kf3 Qh5+
36.Kg3  1-0

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "C64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qd5 Nc5
9.Na3 Ne7 10.Qd1 Ne4 11.Bd3 d5 12.exd6 Nxd6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Ndf5 15.Bg3 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Nf5 17.Nc4 Qf6 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Re1 Nd6 20.Ne5 Re8 21.Nc4 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Bf5
23.Bf1 Re8 24.Qd2 Be6 25.Nxd6 Rd8 26.Qe2 Rxd6 27.a3 Qd8 28.Qf3 c6 29.b4 b5
30.Kh2 Bb3 31.Rb1 Bd5 32.Qf4 Be6 33.Rb2 g5 34.Qe3 Rd1 35.Be2 Ra1 36.Rd2 Qf6
37.Rd6 Re1 38.Rd1 Rxd1 39.Bxd1 Bd5 40.a4 bxa4 41.Bxa4 Qe6 42.Qxe6 Bxe6 43.Kg1 Kg7
44.f4 Kf6 45.Kf2 Bd5 46.Bc2 b6 47.Bd3 c5 48.bxc5 bxc5 49.fxg5+ hxg5 50.g4 Ke5
51.g3 Be6 52.Kf3 Kd5 53.Be2 Ke5 54.Ke3 Bd7 55.Bf3 Be6 56.Be2 Bd7 57.Bf3 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a5 11.Qe1 Qc8 12.a4 Nc6 13.g4 Nb4 14.Kb1 d5 15.g5 Ne8
16.exd5 Bf5 17.Rd2 Nc7 18.Qd1 Rd8 19.Na1 Ne8 20.Bb5 Nd6 21.Qe2 Nxb5 22.Qxb5 Ra6
23.Rhd1 Rad6 24.h4 Bd7 25.Qc5 b6 26.Qxc8 Bxc8 27.Nb3 f6 28.gxf6 gxf6 29.Ne4 Rxd5
30.Bxb6 Rxd2 31.Nbxd2 Rd5 32.Nc3 Rd7 33.Bxa5 Bb7 34.Rg1+ Kf7 35.Nde4 f5 36.Ng5+ Kg6
37.h5+ Kg7 38.Nb5 h6 39.Ne6+ Kf7 40.Nbc7 Nc6 41.Bb6 Nb4 42.c3 Nd5 43.Rg7+ Kf6
44.Rg6+ Kf7 45.a5 Nxb6 46.axb6 Bxf3 47.b4 f4 48.Rg7+ Kf6 49.Rg6+ Kf7 50.Rg7+ Kf6
51.Rg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B99"]

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 "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O e5 14.Bb3 Rd8 15.Re1 exd4
16.exd4 Qd6 17.Rd3 Nf8 18.d5 Bf5 19.Rd2 cxd5 20.Rxd5 Qf6 21.Qd4 Be6 22.Qxf6 gxf6
23.Rh5 Bxb3 24.axb3 Ng6 25.Rxh6 Rd3 26.h4 Rad8 27.Rh5 Rxb3 28.Rf5 Kg7 29.h5 Nf8
30.Re4 Nh7 31.Rg4+ Kh6 32.Rc4 Rxb2 33.g4 b5 34.Rd4 Rxd4 35.Nxd4 Rb4 36.Rd5 Ng5
37.Kg2 Ne6 38.Nf5+ Kh7 39.Kg3 Rb3+ 40.Kh2 Rf3 41.Rd7 Ng5 42.Kg2 Rf4 43.Kg3 Rf3+
44.Kg2 Rf4 45.Kg3 Rf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5
17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Re1 d4 20.Qxd4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qxg5 22.Qxc4+ Kb8
23.Rac1 Bd6 24.Qc6 Qd2 25.Kg1 Rxh2 26.Re2 Qd3 27.Re3 Qd2 28.Re2 Qd3 29.Re3 Qd2
30.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.Bg2 Nfd7
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Nde5 11.b3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 O-O 13.O-O-O b5 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.f4 Ng6
16.Rhf1 e5 17.Be3 exf4 18.Nxf4 Ne5 19.Kb1 Rc8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Bh4 22.g5 Re8
23.Bf3 g6 24.Bg4 Rc7 25.Bb6 Qb8 26.Bxc7 Qxc7 27.Be2 Qd8 28.Rg1 Qb6 29.Qf4 Bf2
30.Rg2 Be3 31.Qe4 Re7 32.Qb4 Rc7 33.h4 Bc5 34.Qe4 Qa5 35.Rg3 Bf2 36.Rh3 h5
37.gxh6 f5 38.Qf4 Rxc2 39.Kxc2 Qxa2+ 40.Kc1 Qa1+ 41.Kc2 Qa2+ 42.Kc1 Qa1+
43.Kc2 Qa2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C97"]

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 "5th MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.Ne2 Qxc5 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Nb5 Qh5 12.Ng3 Qh4 13.Nc7 e5 14.Bg5 Qxg5 15.h4 Qg4
16.Nxa8 Qd7 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.Qa3 Nb4 19.O-O Bg4 20.f3 Bh6 21.fxg4 Nxg4 22.Rxf7 Rxf7
23.Nf1 Kg7 24.Bxf7 Qxf7 25.Qxb4 Qf2+ 26.Kh1 Qxh4+ 27.Kg1 Qf2+ 28.Kh1 Qh4+
29.Kg1 Bxe3+ 30.Nxe3 Qf2+ 31.Kh1 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Qf2+ 33.Kh1 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Simul"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rosenthal,Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[ECO "A22"]

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 "Champions Simul"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mohajerin,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.b4 a5 6.c3 b6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7
9.cxb6 axb4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne2 Qb5 12.O-O Nd7 13.Nd2 bxc3 14.Nxc3 Qxb6 15.a4 Bg7
16.Nb5 f5 17.Rb1 O-O 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qxd7 e3 21.fxe3 Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 Rxa4
23.Nd6 Rf4 24.Rfe1 Rb4 25.Rbc1 Qd2 26.Rcd1 Qh6 27.h3 Qg6 28.Nc8 Kh8 29.Ne7 Qg5
30.Nc6 Rb2 31.Rg1 Qf4 32.Qe7 Rd2 33.Rxd2 Qxd2 34.Ne5 Qf4 35.Nf3 Kg8 36.Rd1 h6
37.Rd3 Rc8 38.Rd8+ Rxd8 39.Qxd8+ Kh7 40.Qd3+ f5 41.Qd7 e5 42.Qf7 Kh8 43.Qe8+ Kh7
44.Qf7 Qc1+ 45.Kh2 Qf4+ 46.Kh1 Qe4 47.h4 Qg4 48.h5 e4 49.Ne5 Qh4+ 50.Kg1 Qf6
51.Qg6+ Qxg6 52.Nxg6 Bd4+ 53.Kf1 Kg7 54.Nf4 Kf6 55.g3 Be5 56.Ne2 Kg5  0-1

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.Ne2 Bd7 12.h3 h6 13.Nf4 h5 14.Re1 Rd8 15.e6 Bxe6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Bf4 Bf6 18.Rxe6+ Kf7 19.Rae1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Bxc7 Rd7
22.Bd6 Rhd8 23.Ba3 Rd2 24.c3 Rc2 25.R6e3 Rdd2 26.Rf3 b6 27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Kg6
29.Be7 Re2 30.Rxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Hug,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Bf5 8.Ne1 Be6
9.d5 Bd7 10.h3 cxd5 11.cxd5 Na6 12.Nd3 Qa5 13.a3 Rfc8 14.Kh2 h5 15.Bd2 Qd8
16.Rc1 Nc5 17.Nxc5 Rxc5 18.Be3 Rc4 19.b3 Rcc8 20.Qd2 Qa5 21.Nb1 Qb5 22.b4 Qa4
23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Qb3 26.Nd2 Qa4 27.Qc7 Qb5 28.Qb8+ Kh7 29.Qxa7 h4
30.gxh4 Nxd5 31.a4 Be5+ 32.Kg1 Qxe2 33.Bxd5 Bxh3 34.Bg2 Bxg2 35.Kxg2 Qg4+
36.Kf1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O a6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.b3 Ne5 12.Qe3 Nfg4 13.Qd2 Bb4 14.Bb2 O-O 15.f3 Nf6
16.Nc2 Ba5 17.Qe3 d6 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 b5 20.c5 Bc7 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.Rad1 a5
23.a3 Qa6 24.b4 Rad8 25.bxa5 Qxa5 26.Qb7 Qa4 27.Qxc7 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qxc2 29.Re1 e4
30.c6 Qc3 31.Rf1 Qd2 32.fxe4 Qxe2+ 33.Kg1 Qe3+ 34.Rf2 Qxe4 35.Qd7 Qe1+ 36.Kg2 Qe4+
37.Kg1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxd4 8.Bxb4 Qxe5
9.Nd2 b5 10.Bc3 Qc7 11.a4 Bb7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ne4 Ke7 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.axb5 cxb5
16.Qb4+ Nc5 17.Ra5 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Rab8 19.O-O Kf8 20.Rfa1 Kg7 21.Rxa7 Qe5 22.Bf3 Rhf8
23.Re7 Nb3 24.Raa7 Nd4 25.Kg2 Nxe2 26.Rac7 Nd4 27.Rc5 Nc2 28.Rxe5 Nxb4 29.R5xe6 Nd3
30.Bh5 Nxb2 31.Rc6 Rbc8 32.Rb6 Rb8 33.Rc6 Nd3 34.f4 Nb4 35.Rcc7 Nd5 36.Rxf7+ Rxf7
37.Rxf7+ Kg8 38.Rd7 Nb6 39.Rc7 b4 40.Bf7+ Kh8 41.Bxc4 Nxc4 42.Rxc4 b3 43.Rc1 b2
44.Rb1 Kg7 45.g4 Rb3 46.Kf2 Kg6 47.Ke1 h5 48.gxh5+ Kxh5 49.Kd2 Rh3 50.Rh1 Kg4
51.Kc2 Kxf4 52.Kxb2 f5 53.Kc2 Ke3 54.Kd1 Kf2 55.Re1 Rd3+ 56.Kc2 Rd5 57.Re8 f4
58.Rh8 f3 59.h4 Kg3 60.h5 f2 61.Rg8+ Kf4  0-1

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.h3 h6 8.Be3 Bb6
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.d4 Qe7 11.Re1 Rb8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bxb6 cxb6 14.Qd3 Rd8 15.Qe3 Bb7
16.Nh4 Qe6 17.Nf5 Kh7 18.Rad1 c5 19.f3 Bc6 20.a4 Ng8 21.Qe2 g6 22.Ne3 Nf6
23.Nb5 Qe7 24.b3 Kg7 25.Nc3 Rd4 26.Ncd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Rd8 28.c3 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 h5
30.c4 Ne8 31.Re1 Nd6 32.Nd1 Re8 33.Nc3 a5 34.Nb5 Nf5 35.Qe4 f6 36.Qd3 Qd7
37.Qe4 Nd4 38.Qd3 f5 39.Nxd4 exd4 40.Qd2 Re7 41.Kf2 Qe8 42.Rxe7+ Qxe7 43.Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "E01"]

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 "Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E67"]

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 "2nd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Rac1 Nb4 13.Ne5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bd2 Bb4 17.Bxb4 Nxb4 18.e4 c6 19.f4 Kh8 20.Rfd1 f6 21.Nf3 Qd7 22.b3 Rad8
23.Rd2 Rfe8 24.h4 Qf7 25.Re1 Qh5 26.Re3 h6 27.Kh3 Qf7 28.Qc5 Qc7 29.Qh5 Re7
30.Qg4 c5 31.Rc3 Qc6 32.Qg6 Qa6 33.Kg2 b6 34.Rc4 Qc8 35.h5 Rc7 36.Qg4 cxd4
37.Rcxd4 Rc2 38.Rxd8+ Qxd8 39.Rxc2 Nxc2 40.Qxe6 Qd3 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qg6+ Kh8
43.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Na6 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 c6 9.g4 Nc5
10.Nd2 a5 11.a3 Nfd7 12.Rg1 a4 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Kb1 cxd5 16.cxd5 Rc8
17.Bb5 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Qd7 19.Nc3 Bf6 20.g5 Bd8 21.h4 Na8 22.Bxc5 Rxc5 23.Qxa4 Qc8
24.Rc1 Nb6 25.Qd1 Qh3 26.Qf3 Qd7 27.Qd3 Kg7 28.Rc2 f6 29.gxf6+ Rxf6 30.h5 Rxf2
31.hxg6 h6 32.Nd1 Rxc2 33.Nxf2 Rc8 34.Ng4 Bg5 35.Nf3 Nc4 36.Nxg5 hxg5 37.Ne3 Nxe3
38.Qxe3 Qa4 39.Qxg5 Qxe4+ 40.Ka1 Re8 41.Rc1  1-0

[Event "2nd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 Nf4 12.Ne4 Na5 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.d4 Qd7 15.Ne5 Qf5
16.Qd3 Rad8 17.Nc5 Qxd3 18.Nexd3 Bxc5 19.dxc5 f3 20.gxf3 Bxf3 21.Re7 Rc8
22.Bxf7+ Rxf7 23.Rxf7 Kxf7 24.Ne5+ Kf6 25.Nxf3 Rd8 26.Kg2 Nc6 27.a3 a5 28.Rb1 a4
29.b4 axb3 30.Rxb3 Rb8 31.Rd3 b4 32.axb4 Nxb4 33.Rd7 Na6 34.Nd2 Nxc5 35.Rxc7 Ne6
36.Rc4 Rd8 37.Nf3 g5 38.h4 h6 39.Kg3 Kf5 40.Ra4 Rd5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.c4 Nc5
43.Ra8 Ne4+ 44.Kg2 Rd3 45.Rf8+ Nf6 46.c5 g4 47.Ng1 Rd2 48.c6 Rc2 49.Ne2 Rc4
50.Ra8 Ke5 51.Ra6 Nd5 52.Kg3 Kd6 53.f3 gxf3 54.Kxf3 Rxc6 55.Rxc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.Nd2 O-O-O 10.b3 g5 11.Bb2 Bg7 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.h4 g4 14.f4 gxf3 15.Nxf3 c5
16.Qe1 Bb7 17.Bd3 h6 18.Qg3 Rdg8 19.Rhe1 d5 20.exd6 Bxb2+ 21.Kxb2 Qxd6 22.Bf5+ Kb8
23.Re8+ Nc8 24.Rxd6 Rxg3 25.Rxh8 cxd6 26.Ne1 Kc7 27.Rh7 Ne7 28.Rxf7 Kd8 29.Rf8+ Kc7
30.Rf7 Kd8 31.Bc2 Re3 32.Nd3 Bxg2 33.Rf6 Kc7 34.Nf4 Rf3 35.Be4 Rf2+ 36.Kc3 Bxe4
37.Ne6+ Kd7 38.Nf8+ Ke8 39.Rxf2 Bf5 40.Rd2 Nc8 41.Rf2 Ne7 42.Ne6 Bxe6 43.Rf6 Kd7
44.Rxh6 Bf5 45.h5 Ng8 46.Rh8 Nf6 47.h6 Ke6 48.Ra8 Ng4 49.Rxa7 Nxh6 50.a4 Nf7
51.a5 Be4 52.Rc7 Ne5 53.a6 Nd7 54.Rc8 Ke7 55.b4 cxb4+ 56.Kxb4 Nb6 57.Rb8 Na8
58.c5 Nc7 59.cxd6+ Kxd6 60.a7 Na8 61.Kb5 Bd3+ 62.Ka5 Be4 63.Kb5 Bd3+ 64.Ka5 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6
10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Be7 13.Bb2 Nf6 14.O-O-O Nbd7 15.c5 Qc7 16.h4 a5
17.g5 Nh5 18.Bg4 Nf8 19.Rdg1 O-O-O 20.Ne2 f5 21.gxf6 gxf6 22.Bxh5 gxh5 23.Rg7 Rd7
24.Rhg1 Bd8 25.Rg8 Rdh7 26.Nf4 Qf7 27.R8g2 Bc7 28.Nd3 Nd7 29.a3 Kb7 30.Bc3 Ra8
31.f4 f5 32.Ne5 Qe7 33.Nxd7 Qxd7 34.a4 b4 35.Be1 Rf8 36.Rg6 Bd8 37.Qg2 Bf6
38.Bf2 Qe7 39.Qf3 Rff7 40.Kd2 Rfg7 41.Rxg7 Bxg7 42.Qg3 Bf6 43.Qg8 Rh8 44.Qg6 Rh7
45.Qg8 Rh8 46.Qg6 Rh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D90"]

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 "2nd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.O-O O-O 14.c4 f5 15.Qh5 Rb8
16.exf5 e4 17.Rae1 Bb7 18.Qg4 Rfe8 19.cxb5 d5 20.bxa6 Bc6 21.Rc1 exd3 22.Rxc6 Qe2
23.h3 Rxb2 24.f6 Qxg4 25.hxg4 Rxa2 26.Nb1 Bf8 27.Rc3 Rxa6 28.Rxd3 Rxf6 29.Rxd5 Bb4
30.g3 Re2 31.Kg2 Be1 32.Rf5 Rxf5 33.gxf5 Bb4 34.Rc1 h5 35.Rc4 Rb2 36.Nc3 Bxc3
37.Rxc3 Rb5 38.Rf3 Kg7 39.Kh3 Kh6 40.Kh4 Rb1 41.Kh3 Rb5 42.Kh4 Rb1 43.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D72"]

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 "2nd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.h3 Nh5 11.g3 Na6 12.Nd2 Bf8 13.O-O-O Ng7 14.a3 Ne6 15.Nf3 f6
16.Rxd8 Nxd8 17.b4 b6 18.Kb2 Ne6 19.Rd1 Kf7 20.h4 c5 21.b5 Nac7 22.Nd5 Ne8
23.Bd3 Nd6 24.Bd2 Bb7 25.g4 Bg7 26.Bc3 Bxd5 27.exd5 Nf4 28.Bf1 e4 29.Bd2 g5
30.Ne1 f5+ 31.Kb3 fxg4 32.hxg5 Be5 33.Ng2 Nh3 34.Be3 Nf5 35.Be2 Nd4+ 36.Bxd4 cxd4
37.Rf1 Nxg5 38.Bxg4 Rf8 39.Nh4 Kg8 40.Rg1 Kh8 41.Bf5 Bf6 42.Rh1 Kg7 43.Bg4 Nf7
44.Nf5+ Kg6 45.Ng3 Nd6 46.Re1 e3 47.fxe3 Bh4 48.Rg1 dxe3 49.Be2 Kh6 50.Rh1 Rf4
51.Bd3 Kg5 52.Ne2 Rg4 53.Rh3 h5 54.Rxe3 Bf2 55.Re5+ Kh4 56.Nc3 Bc5 57.a4 Rg5
58.Rxg5 Kxg5 59.Ne4+ Nxe4 60.Bxe4 Kf4 61.Bh1 h4 62.a5 bxa5 63.Ka4 Bb6 64.c5 Bxc5
65.Kxa5 Ke5 66.Ka6 h3 67.Bf3 Kd6 68.Be4 Ke5 69.Bf3 Kd6 70.Be4 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.c5 Nxc5 15.b4 Na6 16.Nd3 Rf7
17.Nb5 b6 18.Be1 Bf6 19.Nf2 h5 20.h3 Bb7 21.Rc2 Qd7 22.Qd3 Bd8 23.Bd2 Nb8
24.Rfc1 Ba6 25.Rc3 Rg7 26.Ra3 Ne7 27.Be1 Nc8 28.Rac3 Rh7 29.Nd1 Rg7 30.Bf2 Kh7
31.Nb2 Kh6 32.Kf1 Kh7 33.Ke1 Kh6 34.R3c2 Rf7 35.Nd1 Rg7 36.Bf1 Kh7 37.Rc3 Kg8
38.R1c2 Kh7 39.Kd2 Kg8 40.Kc1 Kh7 41.Kb2 Kg8 42.Rc1 Kh7 43.R3c2 Kg8 44.Ndc3 Qe8
45.Nb1 Bxb5 46.Qxb5 Qf8 47.Na3 a6 48.Qa4 Ra7 49.Qb3 Ra8 50.Nb1 Qe8 51.Nc3 Ra7
52.Be2 Kf8 53.Rd1 Qd7 54.Ka1 Qe8 55.Rdc1 Qd7 56.Rb2 Qe8 57.Qd1 Rb7 58.Qf1 b5
59.a4 bxa4 60.Bxa6 Nxa6 61.Qxa6 Rb8 62.Nxa4 g4 63.hxg4 hxg4 64.Kb1 Qd7 65.Nc3 Ne7
66.b5 Qc8 67.Qa3 Ra8 68.Qb4 Qd7 69.b6 cxb6 70.Nb5 Rg6 71.Be1 Kg8 72.Qb3 Kf8
73.Qd3 Kg8 74.Bb4 Rc8 75.Rbc2 Rxc2 76.Rxc2 Nc8 77.Kb2 gxf3 78.gxf3 Na7 79.Nxa7 Qxa7
80.Qb5 Kf7 81.Rh2 Be7 82.Rc2 Rg8 83.Kb3 Ra8 84.Qc6 b5 85.Qxb5 Rb8 86.Qc6 Qg1
87.Qc3 Qb1+ 88.Rb2 Qd1+ 89.Ka2 Rh8 90.Ba3 Rh1 91.Qc8 Qa1+ 92.Kb3 Qd1+ 93.Ka2 Qa1+
94.Kb3 Qd1+ 95.Ka2  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.a4 c5 13.Bc2 Re8 14.d5 c4 15.b3 cxb3 16.Nxb3 Qc7
17.Bd3 Qxc3 18.Be3 Rec8 19.Rc1 Qb4 20.Rb1 Qc3 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bxb5 Nf8 23.Nfd2 Ra2
24.Qf3 Rc2 25.Nf1 Ng6 26.Ng3 Rb2 27.Qd1 Nf4 28.Rxb2 Qxb2 29.Qb1 Qa3 30.Bd2 Bd8
31.Re3 Qa7 32.Nf5 Qb8 33.Na5 g6 34.Nxb7 gxf5 35.Nxd8 Rxd8 36.exf5 Qb7 37.Qb2 Kf8
38.Rb3 N4xd5 39.Bh6+ Ke7 40.Ba4 Qa6 41.Rb7+ Nd7 42.Qb3 Qa5 43.Kh2  1-0

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev,Vl"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bc2 Ne5 10.b3 exd5 11.cxd5 b5 12.Rb1 b4 13.Na4 Ba6 14.f4 Ned7 15.a3 bxa3
16.Bxa3 Nb6 17.Bd3 Re8 18.Nb2 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 a5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.bxc4 Na6 22.Qf3 Nb4
23.f5 Qh4 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Nf4 Be5 26.g3 Qf6 27.Kg2 Nc2 28.Rb7 Nxa3 29.Qxa3 Rf8
30.Qa4 g5 31.Qd7 Qh6 32.Ne6 Rxf1 33.Kxf1 Qh5 34.Kg2 Qe2+ 35.Kh3 Qh5+ 36.Kg2 Bf6
37.Nf4 Qh6 38.Qe6+ Kh8 39.Nh5 Rf8 40.Rf7 Bg7 41.Rxg7 Qxh5 42.Rg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-Eur"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc5 b6 6.Nb3 e6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.g3 Ngf6
9.Bg2 Be4 10.Nbd2 Bg6 11.Nc4 Be4 12.Ncd2 Bg6 13.O-O b5 14.a4 a6 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Nd5 17.h4 h5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.c4 bxc4 21.Nxc4 Be7 22.Bg5 O-O
23.Bxd5 Bxg5 24.Bf3 Rd8 25.Nd6 Be7 26.Bxh5 Bxh5 27.Qxh5 Bxd6 28.exd6 Rxd6
29.Rc1 Rd5 30.Qf3 c5 31.Kg2 Qb8 32.b3 Rf5 33.Qe3 Qb7+ 34.Kh2 Qd5 35.Rc3 Re5
36.Qf3 Qxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.b3 g6 16.Qc2 Nh5
17.Bf1 Qb6 18.Bb2 exd4 19.cxd4 d5 20.exd5 cxd5 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.axb5 axb5
23.Qd3 Bc6 24.g3 Nhf6 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Ne4 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.Qc3 Bg7 29.Rc1 Bxe5
30.Qxc6 Qxc6 31.Rxc6 Bxb2 32.Bxb5 Re7 33.Rc8+ Kg7 34.Re8 Rxe8 35.Bxe8 Bc3
36.Kf1 f5 37.Ke2 Kf6 38.f3 exf3+ 39.Kxf3 h5 40.h4 Ba5 41.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "A64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.h3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Na3 Bd7 15.e4 Nc8
16.Qd3 Re7 17.Rb1 Be8 18.b4 cxb4 19.Rxb4 Rc7 20.Bd2 Nd7 21.Rc1 Nc5 22.Qb1 b5
23.axb5 a5 24.Rb2 Nb6 25.Ra2 a4 26.Ne2 Rcb7 27.Bf4 Nc8 28.Rxc5 dxc5 29.Bxb8 Rxb8
30.f4 g5 31.e5 gxf4 32.gxf4 f6 33.Qe4 fxe5 34.fxe5 Qg5 35.Nc4 Bxb5 36.h4 Qg6
37.Qxg6 hxg6 38.Rb2 Nd6 39.Nxd6 a3 40.Ra2 Bxe2 41.Rxe2 Bxe5 42.Nc4 Bb2 43.Nxa3 Bxa3
44.Re6 c4 45.Rxg6+ Kf7 46.Rc6 Rh8 47.Rc7+ Kf8 48.Rxc4 Be7 49.Rc8+ Kg7 50.Rxh8 Kxh8
51.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nd5 14.Rad1 Nab4 15.Bc1 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.Ba3 Bxa3 19.Qxa3 Qd6 20.Ra1 f6 21.Nd3 Qxa3 22.Rxa3 Nc4
23.Ra2 e5 24.Nc5 b6 25.Ne4 Rad8 26.Nd2 Nxd2 27.Rxd2 Rd6 28.d5 c6 29.c4 cxd5
30.Rxd5 Rc6 31.Rb1 Rxc4 32.Rxb6 Rxa4 33.Rb7 Kh8 34.Ra7 Ra2 35.e3 a4 36.Rda5 h6
37.Rxa4 Rxa4 38.Rxa4 Kh7 39.g4 Rf7 40.Kg3 Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "A29"]

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 "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.Qxe4 Qe7 8.d4 Nc6
9.Qg4 h5 10.Qg3 Bxd4 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nd5 Qe4 13.Qg5 Qe5 14.c3 Bb6 15.a4 Re8
16.Qxe5 Rxe5 17.Nxb6 cxb6 18.Bf4 Re4 19.Bd6 a6 20.Bd3 Re6 21.Rfe1 g6 22.Rxe6 dxe6
23.Bc7 e5 24.Bxb6 Be6 25.h4 Rc8 26.a5 Ne7 27.Rd1 f5 28.Re1 Nc6 29.f3 Kf7
30.Kf2 Nb8 31.g3 Nd7 32.Ba7 Bb3 33.Re2 Bc4 34.Ke3 Ke6 35.Re1 Bb3 36.Kd2 Nc5
37.Bb6 Rc6 38.Re3 Nd7 39.Ba7 Rd6 40.Kc1 Rd5 41.c4 Rxa5 42.Bxf5+ gxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb3 O-O 14.Rc1 Rd8 15.h3 Bd7 16.Qe2 Be8
17.Rfd1 Bf8 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Bd6 21.Nd2 Qe7 22.Ne4 Kg7 23.Re1 Re8
24.h4 Rad8 25.h5 f5 26.Nxd6 Rxd6 27.Rc5 e4 28.hxg6 f4 29.Qd2 Qe5 30.Rc7+ Rd7
31.Rxd7+ Nxd7 32.Ba4 Rd8 33.Qa5 Nb6 34.Bb3 e3 35.fxe3 fxe3 36.Qb4 Rd6 37.Re2 Rxg6
38.Qc3 Qxc3 39.bxc3 Rg5 40.Rxe3 Nxd5 41.Bxd5 Rxd5 42.Re7+ Kf6 43.Rxb7 Ra5
44.Rb2 Ke5 45.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 Ba3
9.Rc2 Nc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Bg2 d5 13.O-O dxc4 14.bxc4 Rad8 15.Rd2 Bb4
16.Qb3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Na5 18.c5 Nc4 19.Rc2 bxc5 20.Qb3 cxd4 21.Rxc4 Rb8 22.Qc2 Bxc4
23.Qxc4 e5 24.Qxc7 Rfe8 25.Qxa7 Rb2 26.Re1 g6 27.a4 Rd8 28.Qa5 e4 29.Nd2 e3
30.fxe3 d3 31.Ne4 Qe7 32.exd3 Rxd3 33.Qa8+ Kg7 34.Qc6 f5 35.Nf2 Rdd2 36.Qc3+ Kh7
37.Rf1 Rbc2 38.Qb3 Rb2 39.Qc3 Rbc2 40.Qb3 Rb2 41.Qc4 h5 42.Qf4 Re2 43.Bf3 Rec2
44.Nd3 Ra2 45.Nb4 Rxa4 46.Nxc2 Rxf4 47.gxf4 Kh6 48.Rb1 Qe6 49.Re1 Qa2 50.Nd4 h4
51.Be2 g5 52.fxg5+ Kxg5 53.Rf1 Kg6 54.Rxf5 Qb1+ 55.Rf1 Qe4 56.Kf2  1-0

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "D86"]

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 "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 Nd5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Nd3 Ba7 13.Ba5 Qe7 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Qa3 Qxa3
16.bxa3 N7f6 17.Nce5 Re8 18.Rc2 b6 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Rfc1 Rbd8 21.f4 Bb8 22.a4 a5
23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.Rxc6 h5 25.R1c4 Ne3 26.Bxe3 dxe3 27.Bf3 g6 28.Rxb6 Ba7 29.Rb3 Rd4
30.Rc7 Bb8 31.Rc5 Bd6 32.Rxa5 Rc8 33.Kg2 Rc2 34.a3 Ra2 35.Nb4 Bxb4 36.axb4 Nd5
37.b5 Raxa4 38.Rxa4 Rxa4 39.Bxd5 exd5 40.b6 Ra8 41.b7 Rb8 42.Kf3 d4 43.Ke4  1-0

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4
10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Rc1 Rg8 15.h4 h6 16.Ke2 Bd6
17.h5 Bh7 18.a5 Ke7 19.Na4 f6 20.b4 Rgc8 21.Bc5 Bxc5 22.bxc5 Rc7 23.Nb6 Rd8
24.Nxd7 Rdxd7 25.Bd3 Bg8 26.c6 Rd6 27.cxb7 Rxb7 28.Rc3 Bf7 29.Ke3 Be8 30.g4 e5
31.Rhc1 Bd7 32.Rc5 Bb5 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Rb1 b4 35.Rb3 Ra6 36.Kd3 Rba7 37.Rxb4 Rxa5
38.Rxa5 Rxa5 39.Rb7+ Kf8 40.Ke2 Ra2+ 41.Ke3 Ra3+ 42.Kf2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Ra3+
44.Kf2 Ra2+ 45.Ke3 Ra3+ 46.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6
9.a4 b5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Ne5 Nd5 12.e4 Nb4 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.d5 Qd6
16.Ng4 Qc5 17.Ne3 N8a6 18.dxc6 bxa4 19.Naxc4 Bxc6 20.Rac1 h6 21.Nd6 Qa7 22.Ng4 Rad8
23.Nxh6+ gxh6 24.Qxh6 f6 25.e5 Bxg2 26.exf6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Be4 28.Rxe6 Nd3
29.Rc2 Qh7 30.f7+ Qxf7 31.Rxe4 Qf5 32.Re7  1-0

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4
10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Rc1 Rg8 15.h4 h5 16.Ne2 Bd6
17.Be3 Ne5 18.Nf4 Rc8 19.Bb3 Rxc1+ 20.Bxc1 Ke7 21.Ke2 Rc8 22.Bd2 f6 23.Nxg6+ Nxg6
24.g3 Ne5 25.f4 Nc6 26.Bc3 Bb4 27.Bxb4+ Nxb4 28.Rd1 Nc6 29.Rd2 g5 30.Kf2 g4
31.Rc2 Rd8 32.Ke3 Rd6 33.Rc5 Nb4 34.Rc7+ Kd8 35.Rc3 Ke7 36.e5 Rd7 37.exf6+ Kxf6
38.Ke2 Nc6 39.Ke1 Nd4 40.Bd1 a5 41.Rc5 Nf5 42.Rc3 Nd4 43.Rc5 Nf5 44.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd3 Ba7 13.Qa4 Nc6 14.Rac1 e5 15.Bxc6 b5
16.Qc2 Qxc6 17.Ncxe5 Qe4 18.Qc6 Bb7 19.Qxe4 Bxe4 20.Rc2 Rfe8 21.Rfc1 f6 22.Nd7 Bf5
23.N7c5 Bb6 24.Nb7 Bd7 25.Nf4 Rab8 26.Nd6 Re5 27.Nc8 Ba5 28.Nd3 Re8 29.Na7 Bb6
30.Nc6 Rb7 31.Ncb4 a5 32.Nd5 a4 33.Nxb6 Rxb6 34.Nc5 Bf5 35.Rd2 Rc6 36.b4 axb3
37.axb3 b4 38.Rxd4 Rxe2 39.Rxb4 Bh3 40.Rbc4 Rd6 41.Re4 Rb2 42.Ree1 Rdd2 43.Ne4 Rd4
44.Nc5 Rdd2 45.Ne4 Rd3 46.Rb1 Rdxb3 47.Nd2 Rb4 48.f3 g5 49.Rxb2 Rxb2 50.Rd1 Kf7
51.Kf2 h5 52.Ke3 Rc2 53.Ra1 Kg6 54.Ra6 Bf5 55.Rd6 Rc3+ 56.Kf2 Rc2 57.Ke3 Rc3+
58.Kf2 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 dxc4
9.Ne5 b5 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Bxc6 Bd7 12.Bxa8 Qxa8 13.f3 Nd5 14.Bd2 e5 15.e4 Bh3
16.exd5 Bxf1 17.Qxf1 exd4 18.a4 Qxd5 19.axb5 Qxb5 20.Rxa7 Re8 21.Kh1 Bf8
22.Rc7 d3 23.Bc3 Bd6 24.Ra7 h6 25.Nd2 Bb4 26.Ra1 Bxc3 27.bxc3 Re2 28.Rd1 Qa4
29.Ne4 Qc2 30.Rc1 Rxh2+ 31.Kg1 Rg2+ 32.Qxg2 Qxc1+ 33.Qf1 Qe3+ 34.Qf2 Qc1+
35.Qf1 Qe3+ 36.Kg2 f5 37.Nf2 Kh7 38.Qb1 Qe6 39.Qb5 g5 40.g4 fxg4 41.fxg4 Kg6
42.Qb7 d2 43.Qb1+ Kg7 44.Kf1 Qe7 45.Kg2 Qe6 46.Qd1 Qe3 47.Qf3 Qe6 48.Qb7+ Kg6
49.Qb1+ Kg7 50.Qd1 Qe3 51.Qc2 Qe2 52.Qa4 Kg8 53.Qd7 Kf8 54.Qd5 Kg7 55.Kg3 Qe3+
56.Qf3 Qe5+ 57.Kg2 Qe6 58.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "D17"]

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 "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Re8 14.Qe2 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7
16.Bh4 Nh5 17.Ng5 g6 18.Nh3 e5 19.f3 Qd6 20.Bf2 exd4 21.Qxe8+ Rxe8 22.Rxe8+ Nf8
23.cxd4 Nf6 24.Ree1 Ne6 25.Bc4 Bd5 26.Bg3 Qb4 27.Be5 Nd7 28.a3 Qa4 29.Bxd5 Nxe5
30.Bxe6 Qxd4+ 31.Kh1 fxe6 32.Ng5 Qd6 33.Ne4 Qxa3 34.Rc3 Qb2 35.h4 b5 36.Rc8+ Kg7
37.Rc7+ Kf8 38.Ng5 Ke8 39.Rxh7 Qc3 40.Rh8+ Kd7 41.Rh7+ Kc6 42.Re4 b4 43.Nxe6 Kb6
44.Nf4 Qa1+ 45.Kh2 a5 46.h5 gxh5 47.Rxh5 Nc6 48.Nd5+ Kb7 49.Rh7+ Ka6 50.Re6 Kb5
51.Rh5 Nd4 52.Nb6+ Ka6 53.Rd6 Kb7 54.Nc4 Nxf3+ 55.gxf3 Qa2+ 56.Nd2 Kc7 57.Rhd5 b3
58.Rd7+ Kc8 59.Rd8+ Kc7 60.R8d7+ Kc8 61.Rg7 a4 62.Rc5+ Kb8 63.Rd5 Kc8 64.Kg3 Qa1
65.Rg4 b2 66.Rc4+ Kb7 67.Kf2 b1=Q 68.Nxb1 Qxb1 69.Rdd4 Qa2+ 70.Kg3 a3 71.Rc3 Qa1
72.Rb4+ Ka6 73.Ra4+ Kb5 74.Rcxa3 Qg1+ 75.Kf4 Qc1+ 76.Kf5 Qc5+ 77.Ke4 Qc2+
78.Ke3 Qc1+ 79.Kf2 Qd2+ 80.Kg3 Qe1+ 81.Kf4 Qc1+ 82.Kg3 Qg1+ 83.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Rfd1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qd6 15.d5 Na5
16.Bb5 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Rc8 18.h3 Rxc1+ 19.Qxc1 e6 20.Nf4 exd5 21.Nxd5 f5 22.f3 fxe4
23.fxe4 Qe5 24.Bd3 Nc6 25.Ba6 Nd4 26.Qc4 Bxd5 27.Qxd5+ Qxd5 28.exd5 Be5 29.Kf2 Kf7
30.Bg5 Nf5 31.g4 Nd6 32.Kf3 Ne8 33.Bc1 Nc7 34.Bd3 Bd6 35.Ke4 b5 36.Kd4 a6
37.Be2 Ke7 38.Bg5+ Kd7 39.Bd2 Bg3 40.g5 Bf2+ 41.Ke5 Bg3+ 42.Ke4 Ne8 43.Bg4+ Ke7
44.Be6 Nd6+ 45.Kf3 Nc4 46.Bc1 Bd6 47.Ke4 a5 48.Bg4 Ba3 49.Bxa3+ Nxa3 50.Ke5 Nc4+
51.Kd4 Kd6 52.Be2 Na3 53.h4 Nc2+ 54.Kc3 Nb4 55.Bxb5 Nxa2+ 56.Kb3 Nb4 57.Be2 Nxd5
58.h5 Nf4 59.hxg6 hxg6 60.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.d3 f6 11.Ne4 Qe8 12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.bxc5 Nd5 14.Bb2 Rd8 15.Qc2 Nde7
16.Rab1 Ba2 17.Rbc1 Qf7 18.Bc3 Rd7 19.Qb2 Rb8 20.Rfd1 Be6 21.Rd2 h6 22.Qb1 Nd5
23.Rb2 b6 24.cxb6 cxb6 25.Bd2 Rd6 26.Rbc2 Qd7 27.h4 Rd8 28.Qb5 Nde7 29.Qb2 Bd5
30.Bb4 Nxb4 31.axb4 Rc6 32.b5 Rxc2 33.Rxc2 Be6 34.d4 e4 35.Nd2 Qxd4 36.Nxe4 Qxb2
37.Rxb2 Kf7 38.e3 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.f4 gxf4 41.exf4 Rd4 42.Kf2 Nf5 43.Bf3 Bd5
44.Nd2 Bxf3 45.Nxf3 Ra4 46.g4 Nd6 47.Kg3 Ne4+ 48.Kh4 Nd6 49.Rd2 Nxb5 50.f5 Re4
51.Kh5 Re3 52.Nh4 Nc3 53.Rd7+ Re7 54.Rd3 Ne4 55.Ng6 Nc5 56.Ra3 Rd7 57.Re3 Kg7
58.g5 b5 59.Nf4 b4 60.g6 b3 61.Rc3 Rd4 62.Rxc5 Rxf4 63.Rc7+ Kg8 64.Rb7 Rf3
65.Rb8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.Be2 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O b6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Be4 Rb8
16.Qc2 Nf6 17.dxc5 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 bxc5 19.Qc2 Bb7 20.Nd2 Rfd8 21.f3 Ba6 22.Rf2 Rd7
23.g3 Rbd8 24.Kg2 Bd3 25.Qc1 Ba6 26.Ra3 Bb7 27.Nb3 Rc7 28.Na5 Ba8 29.Nc4 e5
30.e4 f5 31.exf5 e4 32.fxe4 Qxe4+ 33.Kh3 Rd4 34.Ne3 Qe8 35.g4 h5 36.Kh4 g5+
37.fxg6 Qxg6 38.Qf1 Rxg4+ 39.Kh3 Re7 40.Rf8+ Kg7 41.Nf5+ Kh7 42.Rg3 Rxg3+
43.hxg3 Qg4+ 44.Kh2 Re2+ 45.Kg1 Rg2+ 46.Qxg2 Bxg2 47.Kxg2 Qe2+ 48.Kh3 c4
49.a4 a5 50.Rf6 Kg8 51.Nh6+ Kg7 52.Rb6 Qe4 53.Kh2 Kh7 54.Rd6 Qe5 55.Nf7 Qxb2+
56.Kh3 Qg7  0-1

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stevic,H"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Nc3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Qxd4
9.Qxd4 Nxd4 10.Nb5 e5 11.Nc7+ Kd7 12.Nxa8 Bb4+ 13.Kd1 Ne7 14.f4 Rxa8 15.fxe5 Rd8
16.Bh3+ Ke8 17.Be3 Nd5 18.Bxd4 Nf4 19.Kc2 Rxd4 20.Bf1 Ne6 21.Rd1 Rf4 22.Kb1 Ke7
23.Bg2 b6 24.Rhf1 Bc5 25.Rd2 h5 26.Bd5 g5 27.f3 a5 28.Rfd1 Rf5 29.Be4 Rxe5
30.Rd5 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 f6 32.Kc2 Bd6 33.Rd2 Bf4 34.Rf2 f5 35.Bd5 Nc5 36.Re2+ Kf6
37.Kc3 b5 38.Kd4 Bd6 39.Bg8 g4 40.fxg4 hxg4 41.Kd5 Ne4 42.a4 bxa4 43.Rxe4 fxe4
44.Kxd6 Kf5 45.Bc4 Kf4 46.Be2 g3 47.hxg3+ Kxg3 48.Kc5 Kf2 49.Bh5 Ke1 50.Kb5 Kd2
51.Kxa4 Kc2 52.Ka3 e3 53.Be2 a4 54.Ba6 Kc1 55.Ka2 Kc2 56.Bc4 Kc1 57.Bb5 Kd2
58.Kb1 e2 59.Bxe2 Kxe2 60.Kc2 Ke1 61.Kc3 Kd1 62.Kb4 Kc2 63.Kxa4 Kxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Arias Santana,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "B04"]

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 "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Lodhi,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[ECO "D18"]

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 "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Qe2 b5
9.Bd2 Be7 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3 Bb7 12.Rc1 Nd5 13.Nc3 Ndb4 14.Ne4 O-O 15.Nc5 Bc8
16.Ne5 Rb6 17.Nxc6 Nxc6 18.Ra2 Bd6 19.Rac2 Qe8 20.Qd3 a5 21.f4 f6 22.Ne4 Bb7
23.Nc5 Bc8 24.Ne4 Bb7 25.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "E92"]

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 "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Na6 7.Bg5 c6 8.Be2 e5 9.d5 h6
10.Be3 Nh5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Qd2 Nf4 13.O-O f5 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Rad1 Rb8
17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Bf3 Qb6 19.Nb3 Be5 20.Ne4 Rbd8 21.Qe2 c5 22.Rd2 Rfe8 23.Rfd1 Bf5
24.Nxd6 Bxd6 25.Rxd6 Rxe2 26.Rxd8+ Kf7 27.Bxe2 Ke7 28.Bg4 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Qxd8
30.Rxd8 Kxd8 31.Kf1 Ke7 32.Ke2 Kd6 33.a3 Nb8 34.Kf3 Ke5 35.Nxc5 g5 36.Nb3 Nd7
37.Ke2 Kd6 38.f3 Ne5 39.Na5 Kc5 40.b4+ Kd4 41.c5 Kd5 42.Kd2  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Bb3 Ng4 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bg3 Qe7
16.h3 Nf6 17.Qe3 exd4 18.cxd4 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Ng4 20.hxg4 Bxd4 21.Qf3 Be6 22.Rc7 Rd7
23.Bh4 Qxh4 24.Rxd7 Bxd7 25.Qxf7+ Kh8 26.Qd5 Qf6 27.g5 Qg7 28.Rd1 Bxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Rf8+
30.Kg3 Bc6 31.Qc5 Re8 32.Rf1 h6 33.Rf7 Qe5+ 34.Qxe5+ Rxe5 35.gxh6 Rxe4 36.Kh3 Re5
37.g3 Rc5 38.Kg4 a5 39.Rg7 a4 40.Be6 Re5 41.Bc8 Bd5 42.a3 b5 43.Ra7 Re8 44.Bb7 Re4+
45.Kg5 Re7 46.Ra8+ Kh7 47.Bxd5 Re5+ 48.Kf6 Rxd5 49.g4 Rc5 50.Rb8 Rc6+ 51.Kg5 Rc5+
52.Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Rxc3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Qc2 Bb7
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Nf6 19.Qc2 Rfc8 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.Rc4 a5 22.Ne5 Kg8
23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Rxc5 bxc5 25.b3 Rc8 26.Nc4 Qc7 27.Rd1 Ra8 28.g3 Nd5 29.h4 Nb4
30.Qe4 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.Qb1 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.a3 Nc6 35.Qc2 Qd5 36.Nb6 Qd6
37.Nc4 Qd5 38.Qc3 g4 39.a4 Nb4 40.Qf6 Nc6 41.Qf4 f5 42.Qc7 Qd1+ 43.Kh2 Qf3
44.Qc8+ Kg7 45.Qd7+ Kf6 46.Kg1 Qd5 47.Qc8 Qd1+ 48.Kh2 Qf3 49.Qf8+ Kg6 50.Qg8+ Kf6
51.Qh8+ Kg6 52.Qg8+ Kf6 53.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Bg5 Rc8 8.Nc3 h6
9.Bh4 e5 10.Qd3 g5 11.Bg3 Nf6 12.h4 g4 13.Nd2 b5 14.a3 Be6 15.O-O Be7 16.Rfd1 Qb6
17.Nf1 Rc4 18.Nd2 Rd4 19.Qe3 Qc6 20.Re1 Bd8 21.Nb3 Rc4 22.Rad1 Bb6 23.Qd3 Rxc3
24.bxc3 Ke7 25.Qd2 Rg8 26.Kh2 Rg6 27.c4 bxc4 28.Na5 Qc7 29.Nb7 Ne8 30.Rb1 a5
31.h5 Rg5 32.Bh4 f6 33.Bxg5 fxg5 34.c3 Ba7 35.Red1 Bd7 36.Qd5 g3+ 37.Kxg3  1-0

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4
9.Nxd4 a6 10.e4 Bc5 11.Nb3 Bb4 12.f3 Nc6 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Kf2 Rc8 15.Be2 Na5
16.Nxa5 Bxa5 17.g4 Bc6 18.Rhd1 Bc7 19.h4 Be5 20.Rac1 O-O 21.b3 Rfd8 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Nb1 Be8 24.Rc2 Nd7 25.Nd2 Bd6 26.f4 e5 27.f5 Kf8 28.g5 f6 29.h5 fxg5 30.Bxg5 Be7
31.Bxe7+ Kxe7 32.Ke3 h6 33.Rc7 Rb8 34.a5 Kd8 35.Rc1 Ke7 36.Rg1 Kf8 37.Nc4 Bf7
38.b4 Rc8 39.Nd6 Rc7 40.Nxf7 Kxf7 41.Rb1 Ke7 42.Rg1 Kf7 43.Rd1 Rc3+ 44.Rd3 Rxd3+
45.Kxd3 Ke7 46.Kc4 Kd6 47.b5 axb5+ 48.Kxb5 Kc7 49.Bf3 Kd6 50.Bd1 Kc7 51.Bc2 Kd6
52.Bb1 Kc7 53.Bc2 Kd6 54.Bb1 Kc7 55.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.e3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Na6 13.Nd4 Nac5 14.O-O Qe7 15.f3 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Nc5 17.Qc2 O-O 18.dxe6 Qh7 19.e4 f4 20.Bf2 Rae8 21.a4 g4 22.fxg4 Bxe4
23.Qd2 Qg6 24.h3 h5 25.Bh4 Nxe6 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.Rxf4 Rxf4 28.Qxf4 hxg4 29.Re1 Qg6
30.hxg4 Bc6 31.Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.Bd8 Qb1+ 33.Qf1 Qxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Bxa4 35.Bxc7 Bb3
36.Bxd6 Bxc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "D57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.Qb3 Rd8 12.c4 Be6 13.c5 b6 14.Rc1 bxc5 15.Qa3 Nd7
16.Bb5 Bg4 17.Bxd7 Rxd7 18.Qxc5 Qe4 19.Rg1 Re8 20.Qb5 Rdd8 21.Qe2 Rb8 22.h3 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Qf5 24.f4 Rb1 25.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26.Qd1 Rb8 27.Ke2 Qf5 28.Rh1 Rb2+ 29.Kf3 h5
30.a4 Qe4+ 31.Kg3 h4+ 32.Kxh4 Rxf2 33.Qg4 Rg2  0-1

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Nxd3 Qb6 12.Ra3 e6 13.Rb3 Bb4 14.O-O c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Nxc5 Qxc5 17.Na2 O-O 18.Rd3 Rac8 19.Nxb4 Qxb4 20.b3 Qc5 21.Bb2 Qc2 22.Bxf6 Qxd1
23.Rfxd1 gxf6 24.Rd7 b5 25.Ra7 Rc3 26.Rxa5 Rb8 27.Ra7 Rxb3 28.a5 Ra3 29.g4 b4
30.a6 b3 31.Rb7 Ra8 32.Rdd7 b2 33.Rxb2 R3xa6 34.Rbb7 Rf8 35.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.axb5 axb5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 Bd7 12.c3 Ra8 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.d4 h6 15.Nf1 Re8
16.Ng3 Qc8 17.Nh4 Bf8 18.Ng6 Na5 19.Nxf8 Rxf8 20.Bc2 Re8 21.f4 Bg4 22.Qd3 exf4
23.Bxf4 Nc4 24.Bc1 c5 25.Rf1 cxd4 26.cxd4 Qd8 27.h3 Be6 28.b3 Qa5 29.Kh2 Nh7
30.e5 g6 31.d5 Nxe5 32.dxe6  1-0

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 e6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 Bg7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Nce7 13.Rfe1 b6 14.Re2 Kh8 15.Rae1 a6
16.h4 Ra7 17.Bb1 Rc7 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.h5 gxh5 20.Qd3 f5 21.Ng5 Nf6 22.Qg3 Ng4
23.Bf4 Rc4 24.Nf3 Bb7 25.Bg5 Bf6 26.Bxf6+ Rxf6 27.Ng5 Bd5 28.f3 Qg8 29.Nxe6 Bxe6
30.fxg4 Qxg4 31.Qe5 Kg7 32.Rd2 Bf7 33.Rf1 f4 34.d5 Rc8 35.Rdf2 Re8 36.Qxf6+ Kxf6
37.Rxf4+ Qxf4 38.Rxf4+ Kg7 39.d6 Rd8 40.Rd4 Kf6 41.Rf4+ Kg7 42.Rd4 Kf6 43.Rf4+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Rc8 14.Nc3 Ng4 15.h3 Nxf2
16.Kxf2 Bc5+ 17.Be3 Bxe3+ 18.Kxe3 b5 19.Qd3 Rc4 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Bxd5 Qg5+
22.Kf2 Qxe5 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Qd6 Qf5+ 25.Ke1 Qxh3 26.Qxa6 Qxg3+ 27.Kd2 Qf4+
28.Kc2 Qe4+ 29.Kc1 Qe3+ 30.Kb1 Qe4+ 31.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O b6
9.Rc1 O-O 10.b4 Bb7 11.Qb2 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.e3 Rfc8 14.Rc2 c5 15.bxc5 bxc5
16.Qa3 Rc6 17.Rac1 Ra6 18.Qd3 h6 19.Qe2 dxc4 20.Qxc4 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Rb6 22.Bxb7 R8xb7
23.Kg2 Ne5 24.Qc5 Qxc5 25.Rxc5 Rb2 26.R1c2 Nd3 27.Rc8+ Kh7 28.N4f3 a5 29.h3 a4
30.a3 g5 31.Rxb2 Rxb2 32.Rc3 Nxf2 33.Rc7 N2e4  0-1

[Event "3rd Pearl Spring"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "D82"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.Nbd2 Bf8 10.Nf1 b5 11.Bc2 d5 12.Qe2 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nh5 14.g3 Nf6 15.Ne3 Bd6
16.Nh4 g6 17.Bd2 Bb7 18.b4 Nb8 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.Qxg4 Nd7 21.Bb3 Nf6 22.Qf3 Kg7
23.Bg5 Qe7 24.Qe3 a5 25.a3 Bc8 26.Qe2 c6 27.Ng2 Be6 28.Bxe6 Qxe6 29.Bxf6+ Qxf6
30.Ne3 Qe6 31.Red1 Bc7 32.c4 Bb6 33.cxb5 axb4 34.axb4 Rxa1 35.Rxa1 Bxe3 36.Qxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM KO"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A58"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 c5 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nh6 8.Nbd2 f6
9.exf6 exf6 10.O-O Bg7 11.h3 Be6 12.Nb3 O-O 13.Nc5 Bc8 14.Re1 b6 15.Bb5 Qd6
16.Bf4 Qxf4 17.Bxc6 Rb8 18.Bxd5+ Nf7 19.Ne6 Qd6 20.Qb3 Bxe6 21.Rxe6 Qd7 22.Rae1 Rfd8
23.Bc6 Qc8 24.Re7  1-0

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM KO"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 KO"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.exd5 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 Bd6 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.d4 O-O
9.Kf2 Nd7 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Bb3 Nexd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.c4 Ne3 14.Bxe3 fxe3+ 15.Rxe3 Bf5
16.c5 Bf4 17.Re7 Bg4 18.Re4 Qf5 19.Bc2 Bh5 20.Re5 Bxf3 21.Kxf3 Qf6 22.Rf5 Qh6
23.Rxf4 Rae8 24.Qd3 f5 25.h4 Re4 26.Qd2 Re7 27.Re1  1-0

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM KO"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h4 d6 5.h5 Nxh5 6.Rxh5 gxh5 7.e4 Be6 8.Be2 Bf7
9.Bxh5 Bxh5 10.Qxh5+ Kd7 11.Nf3 Qe8 12.Qh3 Bg7 13.exf5 Bf6 14.Bh6 Nc6 15.O-O-O Qf7
16.b3 a5 17.a4 Rag8 18.g4 Kd8 19.Nd5 e6 20.fxe6 Qxe6 21.Re1 Qf7 22.Re4 Nb4
23.Nxb4 axb4 24.Bd2 Qg6 25.Rf4 Be7 26.g5 Rf8 27.Nh4 Qh5 28.Qg3 Rxf4 29.Bxf4 Rf8
30.Nf3 Qf7 31.g6 Qxf4+ 32.Qxf4 Rxf4  0-1

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM KO"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Ne4 b6 12.b3 Kc8 13.Bb2 c5 14.c4 Kb7 15.Rad1 Be6 16.Nc3 g5
17.Nd5 Ne7 18.Rd3 Ng6 19.Rfd1 Rd8 20.R3d2 Bg7 21.Kh2 Kc8 22.g4 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Rhe8
24.Re1 Nf4 25.Red1 Rd7 26.d6 Ng6 27.e6 Rxe6 28.Bxg7 cxd6 29.Bxh6 f6 30.Kg3 Kc7
31.Rd5 Kc6 32.Nxg5 fxg5 33.Bxg5 Ne5 34.h4 b5 35.f4 Nf7 36.f5 Re4 37.Bf4 c4
38.bxc4 bxc4 39.g5 c3 40.R5d3 Rc4 41.g6 c2 42.Rc1 Nd8 43.Rd2  1-0

[Event "Ajedrez UNAM KO"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 Qe8 8.Nbd2 Nc6
9.Re1 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.e4 f4 12.b4 fxg3 13.hxg3 Ng4 14.b5 Nd4 15.a4 Be6
16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Nb3 Rd8 18.Nc5 d3 19.Nxd3 Bxa1 20.Qxa1 Qe7 21.Qc3 Qg7 22.e5 g5
23.Nc5 Bd5 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Rd1+ 26.Bf1 Rxf3 27.Qc4+ Qf7 28.Qxf7+ Kxf7
29.Rxg4 Rd2 30.Bd3 h6 31.Rc4 Rfxf2 32.Rxc7+ Ke6 33.Rxb7 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 Rh2 35.Kg1 Rdg2+
36.Kf1 h5 37.b6 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.bxa7 h3 40.Ke1 Rh1+ 41.Bf1 h2 42.Rh7 Rg8
43.Ke2 Rhg1 44.Rxh2 R1g7 45.Ke3 Kxe5 46.Rh5+ Kd6 47.c4 Ra8 48.c5+ Kc7 49.Bb5 Rxa7
50.Rh6 Rg3+ 51.Kd4 Rg4+ 52.Kc3 Raxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Rd2 Be7 14.Rfd1 Be6 15.Bxe7 Kxe7
16.Kh2 h5 17.Ne4 Rad8 18.Nc5 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Bc8 20.b4 h4 21.Rd3 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8
23.g4 hxg3+ 24.Kxg3 b6 25.Nd3 Be6 26.a3 Bd5 27.Nd4 Ke7 28.Nf5+ Kf8 29.f4 Be4
30.Kg4 f6 31.exf6 gxf6 32.h4 Nh8 33.Ng3 Bh7 34.f5 Nf7 35.Kf4 Nd6 36.Nf2 Bg8
37.Nfe4 Ne8 38.h5 Kg7 39.Nf2 Ba2 40.Ng4 Bb1 41.h6+ Kh7 42.c3 Nd6 43.Nxf6+ Kxh6
44.Ng4+ Kg7 45.Ne5 Kf6 46.Nh5+ Ke7 47.Nxc6+ Kf8 48.Ng3 Nb5 49.Ne2 Bd3 50.a4 Bxe2
51.axb5 Bxb5 52.Nxa7 Bd7 53.c4 Ke7 54.Ke5 Be8 55.Nb5 c6 56.f6+ Kd7 57.Nd6 Bg6
58.c5 bxc5 59.bxc5 Bb1 60.Nc4 Ba2 61.Nb6+ Ke8 62.Kd6 Kf7 63.Kxc6 Kxf6 64.Kd6 Bb1
65.c6 Bd3 66.Nd7+ Kg7 67.Nc5  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "D57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.Bd3 c5 12.O-O Nc6 13.Re1 Rd8 14.e4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Qf6
16.d5 Ne7 17.Ne5 Bf5 18.Bf3 Ng6 19.Nxg6 Bxg6 20.Qb3 b6 21.Re3 Bf5 22.Rae1 Qd6
23.h3 Bd7 24.Bg4 Bxg4 25.hxg4 b5 26.Re5 Rab8 27.R1e3 c4 28.Qc2 b4 29.cxb4 Qxb4
30.g3 Qb1+ 31.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 32.Kg2 Rd1 33.Re8+ Rxe8 34.Rxe8+ Kh7 35.Rc8 Rxd5
36.Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 a6 10.a4 Nc6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Be7 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.Bg3 Bb4
16.Rec1 Nde7 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Bc6 19.Bd3 Rc8 20.Rd1 Qa5 21.Qxa5 Bxa5 22.Bd6 Rfe8
23.b4 Bc7 24.Bc5 Nd5 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.a5 Red8 27.g3 Bd6 28.Bb6 Rf8 29.Bc5 Bxc5
30.dxc5 Bf3 31.Re1 Rfd8 32.Be4 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Kf8 34.Rb1 Ke7 35.Kf1 Rd5 36.h4 Kd7
37.Rf4 f6 38.Re1 Re8 39.Rfe4 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.g4 e5 42.Ke2 Rh8 43.Rc1 Kc6
44.Rc3 Kb5 45.Rf3 Rh6 46.Rf5 Rd7 47.Rf3 Rd8 48.Rf5 Rd7 49.Rf3 Rd8 50.Rf5 Ka4
51.Rf3 Rd7 52.Rf5 Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nbd2 Nc8 8.Ne1 c5
9.Bd3 Bg6 10.c3 Be7 11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.Nd3 c4 13.Nf4 b5 14.Qg4 Ncb6 15.Nf3 Nf8
16.g3 Qd7 17.h4 Rg8 18.b3 O-O-O 19.Ng5 Qe8 20.bxc4 Nxc4 21.Nd3 Nd7 22.Qf3 Rf8
23.Nh7 Rh8 24.Ng5 Rf8 25.Nh7 Rh8 26.Ng5 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.b4 Nxb4 8.Nxe5 O-O
9.Nd2 Bd6 10.a3 Na6 11.f4 c6 12.Rb1 Qe7 13.Ndf3 Ng4 14.Nxd4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Bxe5
16.e3 g6 17.Nb3 Bg7 18.d4 Rb8 19.e4 b6 20.Bf4 Rb7 21.e5 Qe8 22.Nd2 Bf5 23.Qa4 Nb8
24.Rbe1 Qd7 25.d5 cxd5 26.Qxd7 Nxd7 27.Bxd5 Rbb8 28.e6 fxe6 29.Bxe6+ Bxe6
30.Bxb8 Bf5 31.Bd6 Rc8 32.Nf3 Bd3 33.Rf2 Bxc4 34.Rc2 b5 35.Re7 Nc5 36.Rxa7 Ne4
37.Be5 Bf8 38.Bd4 Rd8 39.Rc7 g5 40.g4  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D38"]

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 Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Qe2 Bf5 12.Rd1 a4 13.d5 Na5 14.Nd4 Nac4 15.Nxf5 gxf5
16.Qc2 Nd6 17.Rb1 Ra5 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Qc8 20.Bf4 h6 21.Rbc1 Rb5 22.b3 axb3
23.axb3 Qg4 24.Qd3 Rb4 25.Bf3 Qg6 26.Nxd6 cxd6 27.Qxg6 fxg6 28.Bg4 g5 29.Be6+ Kf8
30.Be3 Rxb3 31.h4 Bf6 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Kg2 Rb4 34.Rh1 Kg7 35.Rh5 Rh8 36.Rxh8 Kxh8
37.Rh1+ Kg7 38.Rh5 Nc4 39.Bxg5 Kg6 40.f4 Kxh5 41.Bf7+ Kg4 42.Be6+ Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.c4 h6 6.Bf4 Nd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Bg3 g5 9.h3 Ne7
10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O f4 12.Bh2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.exf4 gxf4 15.Kh1 N7g6 16.Qd2 c6
17.Rad1 Qh4 18.f3 Bd7 19.Rfe1 Rad8 20.Bf1 a6 21.Re4 Kh8 22.b3 Qf6 23.Nde2 d5
24.cxd5 Bf5 25.Nxf4 Bxe4 26.Nxe4 Qf7 27.Nxg6+ Qxg6 28.d6 Rf7 29.Re1 Rfd7
30.Bd3 Nxd3 31.Qxd3 Qf5 32.Rd1 Re8 33.b4 a5 34.a3 axb4 35.axb4 Rdd8 36.Bg3 Be5
37.Qe3 Qg6 38.Bxe5+ Rxe5 39.Qb6 Rd7 40.Qd4 Rg7 41.Qb2 Rd5 42.Rxd5 cxd5 43.d7 Qb6
44.Qf6  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d3 Re8 6.Bd2 c6 7.Nf3 d5 8.O-O h6
9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Bxd2 11.Nxd2 cxd5 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Qxb7 Nd7 14.Qa6 Nc5 15.Qa3 Qb6
16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.Rc3 d4 18.Rc2 Na6 19.Rac1 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Nb4 21.Rc1 Nxa2 22.Nc4 Nxc1
23.Nxb6 axb6 24.Qa4 Rd8 25.Bf3 Bh3 26.Bg2 Nxe2+ 27.Kf1 Bxg2+ 28.Kxg2 e4 29.Qd1 exd3
30.Kf1 g5 31.Ke1 Nc3 32.Qxd3 Re8+ 33.Kf1 Ne2 34.Qxe2 Rxe2 35.Kxe2 Kf8 36.Kd3 Ke7
37.Kxd4 Kd6 38.g4 f6 39.Kc4 Kc6 40.b3 b5+ 41.Kb4 Kb6 42.h3 Kc6 43.Ka5 Kc5
44.b4+ Kc4 45.f3  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.g3 Bxf3 6.exf3 e6 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Ne7
9.Bh3 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Rc1 Nc4 15.Qb3 Ne5
16.Qd1 Nc4 17.b3 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 c6 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.f4 d5 21.Rd3 d4 22.Ne2 Qd6
23.Rc4 Rad8 24.Bf1 c5 25.b4 cxb4 26.Nxd4 Qb6 27.Nf3 a5 28.Qa4 Kf8 29.Rxd8 Rxd8
30.Qc2 Qd6 31.Rc5 a4 32.Ra5 a3 33.Qb3 Rc8 34.Rb5 Rc3 35.Qxb4 Qxb4 36.Rxb4 Nc6
37.Rc4 Rxf3 38.Rxc6 Rc3 39.Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E98"]

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 Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Bd6
9.Qe2 c5 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ba6 Bxa6 13.Qxa6 c4 14.b3 Qc8 15.Qxc8 Rfxc8
16.Bd2 a6 17.a4 Bb4 18.Rdb1 cxb3 19.Rxb3 Rc4 20.Nb1 Bd6 21.Ne1 Rac8 22.f3 h5
23.h3 h4 24.Kf2 Kf8 25.Ke2 Ke7 26.Nc3 Ke6 27.Rab1 Nh5 28.Kd3 f5 29.Nc2 Nhf6
30.Nb4 Bxb4 31.Rxb4 Rxb4 32.Rxb4 g5 33.Rb1 Rg8 34.Rc1 Rc8 35.e4 dxe4+ 36.fxe4 Nxe4
37.Nxe4 fxe4+ 38.Kxe4 Nf6+ 39.Kd3 Rxc1 40.Bxc1 Kf5 41.Kc4 g4 42.hxg4+ Kxg4
43.Bd2 Kf5 44.Be1 Kg4 45.d5 b5+ 46.axb5 axb5+ 47.Kd4 Nxd5 48.Kxd5 h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Nf1 c5
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxb5 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Qxe4 21.Bxe8 Nxf3+
22.Qxf3 Qxe8 23.c4 Qe5 24.b3 d5 25.cxd5 Qxd5 26.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d3 Bg7
9.Qe1 Qd7 10.a4 f5 11.Nd5 fxe4 12.dxe4 Rb8 13.Ng5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Qf5 15.Ne6 Bf6
16.Qe2 h5 17.Ra3 Nh6 18.Rg3 Kd7 19.Rg5 Bxg5 20.fxg5 Qxd5 21.Nf4 Qd4+ 22.Be3 Qe4
23.gxh6 Rxh6 24.Nd5 Rhh8 25.Qd2 Rhf8 26.Re1 Rf5 27.Nb6+ Kc6 28.Bxc5 Rbf8
29.Bd4  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "D72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 O-O
9.O-O e6 10.Nec3 Na6 11.a4 exd5 12.exd5 Nc4 13.Na3 Ne5 14.h3 Nb4 15.Be3 b6
16.Qe2 Bf5 17.Rfd1 Qd7 18.Kh2 Rae8 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bh6 h4 21.g4 Bxg4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.hxg4 h3 24.Be4 Nxg4+ 25.Kh1 f5 26.Bf3 Qd6 27.Bxg4 fxg4 28.Rg1 Qf6 29.Rg3 Qxf2
30.Qxf2 Rxf2 31.Rd1 Rf4 32.Nab5 Re7 33.d6 Rd7 34.Re3 Nc6 35.Nd5 Rf2 36.Rg3 Ne5
37.Ne3 Rf4 38.Rd5 Kf6 39.b3 a6 40.Nc7 Re4 41.a5 bxa5 42.Nxa6  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 g5
9.Bg3 c4 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.Ne5 Nc6 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Qxc3
16.Bh5 O-O 17.Qf3 Nd8 18.Qf6 Qc2 19.Ng4 Bxg4 20.Be5 Qh7 21.Bxg4 Ne6 22.f4 Qg7
23.Qe7 Rae8 24.Qd7 Qh7 25.fxg5 f5 26.Qxh7+ Kxh7 27.Bxf5+ Rxf5 28.Rxf5 c3
29.gxh6 b5 30.Bd6 a5 31.Ba3 b4 32.Bc1 a4 33.Rf7+ Kxh6 34.Rb7 Nf4 35.exf4 Re1+
36.Kf2 Rxc1 37.Rxb4 Ra1 38.Rb6+ Kg7 39.Rc6 Rxa2+ 40.Ke3 Rxg2 41.Rxc3 Rxh2
42.Rc6 a3 43.f5 Rh6 44.Rc1 Ra6 45.Kd3 a2 46.Ra1 Kf6 47.Kc3 Kxf5 48.Kb2 Ke4
49.Re1+ Kxd4 50.Ka1 Kc3 51.Rc1+ Kd2 52.Rc2+ Kd3 53.Rc3+ Ke4 54.Rh3 d4 55.Rh4+ Kd3
56.Rh3+ Kc4 57.Rc3+ Kd5 58.Rh3 Rb6 59.Kxa2 Kc4 60.Rh1 Kc3  0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Rb1 a5 6.a3 f5 7.b4 axb4 8.axb4 e4
9.Nh3 Nge7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nd5 d6 12.d3 exd3 13.exd3 Nxd5 14.Bxd5+ Kh8 15.Ng5 Qf6
16.h4 h6 17.Re1 Nd4 18.Be3 c6 19.Nf3 cxd5 20.Bxd4 Qf7 21.Ra1 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 dxc4
23.dxc4 Kg8 24.Bxg7 Qxg7 25.Qd1 Qf6 26.Qd5+ Kh8 27.Rd1 f4 28.Qxd6 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 fxg3
30.fxg3 Rxf3 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Rxc8 Rxg3+ 33.Kf2 Rg4 34.b5 b6 35.Rc7+ Kf6 36.Rc6+ Ke5
37.Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Bb1 h6 19.Nf1 Rfe8 20.d5 Na5 21.b3 Bd8 22.Bd3 Bb6
23.b4 Nc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.a3 Rac8 26.Bxb6 Qxb6 27.Rc3 Nh5 28.Ne3 Nf4 29.Qc2 Rc7
30.Rc1 Rec8 31.Qd2 Bb5 32.R1c2 f6 33.Kh2 Nd3 34.Qe2 Qa6 35.g3 g6 36.Nh4 Kh7
37.Ng4 h5 38.Nxf6+ Kg7 39.Nxh5+ gxh5 40.Qxh5 Bd7 41.Qg6+ Kh8 42.Qf7  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 d5 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Bf5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bf4 Nb6 11.Qb3 Ne4 12.Rfd1 Be6 13.d5 Nxc3 14.dxe6 Nxd1 15.exf7+ Kh8
16.Rxd1 Qc8 17.Ng5 Qf5 18.h4 h6 19.Be4 Qf6 20.Ne6 Rxf7 21.Rd2 Rg8 22.Ng5 Rff8
23.Ne6 Rf7 24.Kg2 Nd5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Qxd5 Qf5 27.e4 Qxd5 28.exd5 Rc8 29.b3 Kh7
30.g4 Bh8 31.Be3 b6 32.f4 Rc3 33.Kf3 Be5 34.Ke4 Bd6 35.Rh2 Kg8 36.Rg2 Rh7
37.Kd4 Rc8 38.Kd3 Kf7 39.Bd4 Rc1 40.Rc2 Rxc2 41.Kxc2 Ke8 42.Kd3 Rf7 43.Ke4 Kd7
44.h5 gxh5 45.gxh5 Ba3 46.f5 Bc1 47.a4 Bd2 48.Be5 Kc8 49.Bb2 Kd7 50.Bd4 Kc8
51.Be5 Rh7 52.Bb2 Rf7 53.Ba3 Rh7 54.b4 Rh8 55.d6 Kd7 56.dxe7 Kxe7 57.b5+ Kf7
58.Bd6 Rc8 59.Bc7 Ke7 60.Kd5 Kd7 61.Be5 Bc3 62.Bf4 Rh8 63.Be3 Bf6 64.Bd2 Bb2
65.Bf4 Bf6 66.Bd6 Re8 67.Bf8 Bg5 68.Bg7 Bc1 69.Be5 Bd2 70.Bd4 Rc8 71.f6 Ke8
72.Be5 Kf7 73.Kd6 Re8 74.Ng7 Bb4+ 75.Kd5 Rc8 76.Nf5 Bf8 77.Nd4 Rc5+ 78.Ke4 Rc4
79.Kf5 Rc1 80.Nc6 Rf1+ 81.Ke4 Ke6 82.Nd4+ Kd7 83.Nc6 Ke6 84.Nd4+ Kd7 85.Nc6 Bd6
86.Bd4 Rf4+ 87.Ke3 Ke6 88.Nxa7 Kd5 89.Bxb6 Re4+ 90.Kf3 Rxa4 91.Nc8 Rf4+ 92.Kg2 Rxf6
93.Nxd6 Rxd6 94.Bc7 Rd7 95.b6 Kc6 96.Kg3 Rd5 97.Kg4 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.a5 e6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O c5 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.e5 Qc6 14.f3 Nh5 15.Bd2 c4 16.Bxc4 dxe5
17.b3 Rd8 18.Rad1 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Nf4 20.Na4 Nxe2 21.Nxc5 Bxc5 22.Bxe2 Ke7 23.b4 Rxd2
24.Rxd2 Bxb4 25.Rd3 Bd5 26.Rb1 Bxa5 27.Ra3 Bd2 28.Rxa6 Rc8 29.Ra7+ Kf6 30.Bd3 Be3
31.Ra4 h5 32.Rab4 Rc3 33.h4 g6 34.Kh2 Kg7 35.Ra4 f5 36.Re1 Bc5 37.Re2 Kf6
38.Re1 Bf2 39.Re2 Bc5 40.Re1 Bf2 41.Re2 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bf4 Be6 8.Qa3 Nc6
9.O-O-O Nd5 10.Bg3 Bh6+ 11.e3 a5 12.h4 Ncb4 13.h5 c6 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Rd2 f6
16.Ne4 b6 17.Be2 Qc8 18.Rh4 Kf7 19.Rd1 g5 20.Rh2 g4 21.Nfd2 c5 22.dxc5 f5
23.Rxh6 Rxh6 24.Ng5+ Kf8 25.Nxe6+ Qxe6 26.Bc4 Rc8 27.Bf4 Rf6 28.e4 Rxc5 29.exd5 Qxd5
30.b3 Qd4 31.Be3 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Bc4 Rc8 12.b3 Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Bg5 15.Kd1 h5
16.Re1 h4 17.h3 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Nf3 Rg8 21.c4 f5 22.exf5 exf5
23.Ke2 Be7 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.Rad1 Rc5 26.b4 Rxc4 27.Rxe5 dxe5 28.Nxe5+ Ke6 29.Nxc4 Bxb4
30.Rb1 a5 31.Rd1 Rc8 32.Rd4 Bc3 33.Rxh4 Bf6 34.Rf4 Bg5 35.Rd4 Bf6 36.Rf4 Bg5
37.Rd4 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qc2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.d4 O-O 8.Be3 Bg4
9.Ne5 Bxe5 10.dxe5 Nc6 11.h3 Be6 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.f4 Rd8 14.b3 Nb4 15.Rxd8+ Qxd8
16.Qb1 f5 17.exf6 exf6 18.Be2 Qe7 19.O-O Bf7 20.Bf2 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 c5
23.Bf1 Nc6 24.g3 Kg7 25.Bg2 h5 26.Nb5 Nc8 27.Qd2 c4 28.bxc4 Bxc4 29.Nd4 Qb4
30.Qc1 N8e7 31.a3 Qa4 32.Qb2 b6 33.Kh2 Kf7 34.Qc3 Ba2 35.f5 Qc4 36.Qb2 Ne5
37.Qd2 g5 38.Ne6 N7c6 39.Qd6 Ke8 40.Nc7+ Kf7 41.Nd5 Qe2 42.Qxf6+ Ke8 43.Qe6+ Kf8
44.Kg1 Qd1+ 45.Bf1 Bxd5 46.exd5 Nd4 47.Qf6+ Kg8 48.Qxg5+ Kf7 49.Qd8 Qc2 50.Bg2 Qc1+
51.Kh2 Qc2 52.Bg1 Ndf3+ 53.Kh1 Ne1 54.Bf2 Qxf2 55.Qc7+ Kf6 56.Qd6+ Kf7 57.Qc7+ Kf6
58.Qd6+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov Clock Simul"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Astaneh Lopez,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.g3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O Bd7 7.e3 Nf6 8.d4 O-O
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.exd4 Bg4 13.Rfd1 Qc8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Nb4
16.Qxe7 Nxd5 17.Qg5 Qf5 18.Qxf5 Bxf5 19.Nd2 Nb4 20.Nc4 Rfd8 21.Ne3 Bc8 22.a3 Nc6
23.b4 Be6 24.Rd2 d5 25.Rc1 h5 26.f4 Rbc8 27.Kf2 Ne7 28.Rdc2 Rxc2+ 29.Rxc2 Nc6
30.Rd2 Rd7 31.Bf3 f5 32.Bd1 Kf7 33.Bb3 Bf6 34.h4 Na7 35.Nc2 Nc8 36.Ne1 Nd6
37.Rc2 Nc4 38.Nf3 b5 39.Bc1 Kg7 40.Ne5 Rb7 41.Bxc4 dxc4 42.Bd2 Bd5 43.Bc3 Be7
44.Ra2 Bd6 45.Ke3 Kf6 46.Ra1 Ke6 47.Kf2 Be4 48.Nxg6 Kd5 49.Ne5 Bc2 50.Kf3 Be4+
51.Ke3 Bc2 52.Kf3 Be4+ 53.Ke3 Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov Clock Simul"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baburin,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Na3 c3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.O-O c5
9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Na5 11.Qb2 Qb6 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.Ne5 Be6 14.Bb2 Rfc8 15.f4 Bd5
16.Bh3 Rd8 17.c4 Be4 18.d5 h5 19.Rac1 Ng4 20.Bxg4 hxg4 21.Nb5 Bf5 22.Ba1 f6
23.Nd3 Bd7 24.Nc7 Rac8 25.d6 exd6 26.Nd5 Be6 27.Ne7+ Kf7 28.Nxc8 Rxc8 29.f5 Bxf5
30.Nf4 Rc6 31.Nd5 Be4 32.Rf1 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Rc8 34.Rf4 g5 35.Re4 b5 36.Re6 Re8
37.Rxd6 Rxe2 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.d6 Nc4 40.Re7 Rxe7 41.dxe7 Kf7 42.a4 b6 43.axb5 Nd6
44.Re1 Ke8 45.Re6 Nxb5 46.Rxb6 Nd4 47.Bxd4 cxd4 48.Re6 Bh8 49.Kf2 f5 50.Ke2 f4
51.Kd3 Bg7 52.Ke4 d3 53.Kxd3 Bb2 54.Ke4 f3 55.Kd3 Ba3 56.Re4  1-0

[Event "Topalov Clock Simul"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Collins,S IRL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[ECO "C97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Bd7 13.b3 Rfb8 14.Nbd2 Nb7 15.c4 Ne8 16.Nf1 Nd8
17.Ne3 g6 18.Ng4 f6 19.Nh6+ Kh8 20.Nh2 a5 21.cxb5 Bxb5 22.Bd2 Bd7 23.N2g4 Bf8
24.Rc1 Bc8 25.h4 Nf7 26.Nxf7+ Qxf7 27.Ne3 Be7 28.Nc4 Bd8 29.f4 Qe7 30.Rf1 Ba6
31.h5 a4 32.hxg6 axb3 33.Bxb3 hxg6 34.Rc3 Bxc4 35.Bxc4 Ba5 36.Rh3+ Kg7 37.Bc1 exf4
38.Bxf4 Rb2 39.e5 f5 40.Qc1 Rab8 41.Bb3 Re2 42.exd6 Qe4 43.Rh2 Bd2 44.Bxd2 Qd4+
45.Kh1 Rxd2 46.Qe1 Nxd6 47.Qe7+ Nf7 48.Qc7 Rh8 49.Rxh8 Kxh8 50.Qxf7 Qh4+
51.Kg1 Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov Clock Simul"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Quinn,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.7.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h4 c5 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.Bf4 cxd4 14.cxd4 h6 15.Be5 hxg5
16.hxg5 g6 17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.Rb1 Kg7 19.Qf3 Rh8 20.g3 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Rb8 22.Be4 Qg5
23.Qa3 Bd7 24.Qxa7 Qxe5 25.Bxb7 Qf6 26.Bg2 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Rd8 28.a4 e5 29.a5 Bc6
30.Qb6 Rd6 31.Bxc6 Rxc6 32.Qe3 Rc4 33.Rb6 Qf5 34.Kg2 Qe4+ 35.Qxe4 Rxe4 36.a6 Ra4
37.Kf3 Kh6 38.Rb7 Ra3+ 39.Ke4 f5+ 40.Kxe5 Rxa6 41.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.e3 c5
9.dxc5 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Rd8+ 11.Kc2 Bxc5 12.Ne5 Nbd7 13.Rd1 g5 14.Bg3 b6 15.h4 g4
16.h5 Bf8 17.Rh4 Bg7 18.Nxg4 Ba6 19.Bc7 Rdc8 20.Bf4 Kh7 21.Be2 Bb7 22.Bf3 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Rc5 24.e4 Rac8 25.a3 Ra5 26.Bg3 Rc6 27.Ne3 Ne5 28.f4 Nf3 29.Rhh1 Rxh5
30.Rhf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.7.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nh3 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7
10.Nf4 O-O 11.O-O Nc6 12.Ncxd5 Rb8 13.Rb1 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 d6 15.b3 a6 16.Bb2 Ne5
17.Qc1 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Qe7 19.Rd1 h5 20.Qc2 Kh7 21.Rd2 b5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.cxb5 axb5
24.a4 Qa7 25.Rdd1 Rb6 26.e3 Kg7 27.axb5 Rxb5 28.Bc4 Rb6 29.Rd2 Ra8 30.Qe4 Qb8
31.Rbd1 Ra7 32.Qd5 Qc7 33.Kg2 Qe7 34.h3 Bc3 35.Rc2 Bf6 36.Rdd2 Qe5 37.Qxe5 Bxe5
38.f4 Bf6 39.Kf3 Be7 40.Ra2 Rbb7 41.Ke4 Bf8 42.Bd5 Re7+ 43.Kf3 Rec7 44.Rdc2 Rxa2
45.Rxa2 Be7 46.Ra8 Bf6 47.Ke2 Re7 48.Kd3 h4 49.g4 g5 50.Ra6 gxf4 51.exf4 Bd4
52.Rxd6 Re3+ 53.Kc4 Rxh3 54.Rd7 Rc3+ 55.Kb5 h3 56.Rxf7+ Kg6 57.Rd7 h2 58.Kc6 Be3
59.Be4+ Kf6 60.g5+ Ke6 61.f5+ Ke5 62.Re7+ Kf4 63.f6 Bd4 64.Re8 Kxg5 65.f7 Bg7
66.Rg8 Kf6 67.f8=Q+ Bxf8 68.Rxf8+ Ke5 69.Re8+ Kd4 70.Bd5 Rxb3 71.Re4+ Kd3
72.Rh4 Rb2 73.Kxc5 Ke3 74.Kd6 Re2 75.Ke5 Kf2+ 76.Kf4 Kg1 77.Rg4+ Kf2 78.Bf3 Rd2
79.Be4 Re2 80.Bh1 Rd2 81.Rg2+ Ke1 82.Rg8 Kf2 83.Be4 Re2 84.Ba8 Rd2 85.Kg4 Ra2
86.Bb7 Rb2 87.Bc6 Rc2 88.Ba8  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.2.1"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "A22"]

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.Rf6 Qxe2+  0-1

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Rc1 Nc6
9.Be2 dxc4 10.O-O Nd5 11.Bxc4 Nxf4 12.exf4 Be7 13.Qe2 g6 14.Rfd1 Qa5 15.Bb5 Rd8
16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Rd1 Qe8 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.Rd2 Bb7 22.Ne4 Rd8
23.Ng4 Rxd2 24.Ngf6+ Kh8 25.Qxd2 Qd8 26.Qxd8+ Bxd8 27.Nd7 Be7 28.Ndc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 c5 13.Rb1 g5 14.Bf2 f5 15.b4 b6 16.h3 Ng6
17.g4 fxg4 18.hxg4 Nf4 19.Rh2 Qf6 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Bg3 Bd7 22.Rb7 Bc8 23.Rb3 Bd7
24.Qb1 Nf7 25.Bd1 h5 26.Nf1 h4 27.Bf2 Rfc8 28.Ne3 Qd8 29.Bg1 Rcb8 30.Rhb2 Rxb3
31.Rxb3 Qa5 32.Kf1 Nh3 33.Bh2 Bf6 34.Qb2 a6 35.Rb7 Bc8 36.Rb6 Bd8 37.Rb3 Ra7
38.Nf5 Kf8 39.a3 Rb7 40.Rxb7 Bxb7 41.Ba4 Bc8 42.Bc6 Qb6 43.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "8.4.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Godena,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "D20"]

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 "18th European Teams"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.3.1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 Qa5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Nf3 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Bd3 exd5 15.exd5 c4
16.Bxc4 Be6 17.Rd1 Ne7 18.dxe6 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Qxc3 20.Bb3 Qc1+ 21.Rd1 Qc3+
22.Rd2 Qc1+ 23.Rd1 Qc3+ 24.Ke2 a5 25.Rd7 a4 26.Rc1 Qb2+ 27.Rc2 Qb1 28.Nd2 axb3
29.Nxb1 bxc2 30.Nc3 Nf5 31.Bd2 h5 32.Kd3 b5 33.e7 Re8 34.Nd5 Kf7 35.Kxc2 Rc8+
36.Nc7 Nxe7 37.Bb4 Bf8 38.Kb3 Rb8 39.Nd5 Ke6 40.Rd6+ Ke5 41.f4+  1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Ne4 Bd5 14.Bb2 f5 15.Nd2 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Kh8 17.Nf3 Bf6 18.Qc2 Qd7 19.Rfc1 c6 20.a4 f4 21.b5 cxb5 22.axb5 Nd5
23.Nxd4 Rae8 24.Nf3 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 Qe6 26.Qd4 fxg3 27.hxg3 Qxe2 28.Qxd5 Re3
29.Re1 Qxf3+ 30.Qxf3 Rexf3 31.Rb2 Rxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Bd3 a6 8.a4 a5 9.Qd2 e5
10.Nge2 Na6 11.Rd1 exd4 12.Bxd4 Nc5 13.Bc2 Be6 14.b3 Qb6 15.O-O Qb4 16.Rb1 Rad8
17.Kh1 Bc8 18.Qc1 Nh5 19.Na2 Qb6 20.Bg1 Qc7 21.Nac3 Qe7 22.Qd2 f5 23.exf5 Bxf5
24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.g3 Be5 26.Nd4 Rde8 27.Nce2 Qd8 28.Rbd1 Ng7 29.Qc2 Qc7 30.Nf4 Bxf4
31.gxf4 Rf6 32.Bf2 Qf7 33.Rg1 Rg6 34.Qd2 Qc7 35.Rg3 Nce6 36.Rdg1 Nxd4 37.Bxd4 Ree6
38.Bb2 b6 39.Qd4 Qb7 40.Qd3 Qf7 41.Bxg7 Kxg7 42.Qd4+ Qf6 43.Qxb6 Re2 44.Rg5 c5
45.Qxa5 Qb2 46.Qc7+ Kh8 47.Qd8+ Kg7 48.Rxg6+ hxg6 49.Qh4 Qxb3 50.Qh3 d5 51.Qg3 Re6
52.cxd5 Qxd5 53.Qf2 Qd3 54.Qb2+ Kf7 55.Qb7+ Re7 56.Qc6 Re6 57.Qb7+ Re7 58.Qc6 Re6  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bd2 a5 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 c5
16.Qh4 b4 17.e4 Rfe8 18.Bb5 Be7 19.Qf4 Qxf4 20.Bxf4 Red8 21.d5 exd5 22.exd5 Bf6
23.b3 h6 24.d6 Bc6 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Nd2 Be5 27.Bxe5 Nxe5 28.Ne4 f5 29.f4 Nd3
30.Nf6+ Kf7 31.Rxd3 Kxf6 32.d7 Rc7 33.Rcd1 Ke7 34.Re1+ Kf7 35.Red1 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Bg5 Bd7 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nbxd5 15.Bxd5 Nxd5
16.Rxd5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 h6 18.Qd2 hxg5 19.Rxd7 Qf6 20.Rxb7 Rab8 21.Rxb8 Rxb8
22.Rb1 Qe6 23.Qxg5 Qa2 24.Rd1 Qxa4 25.Rd8+ Rxd8 26.Qxd8+ Kh7 27.Qd3+ g6 28.b3 Qa1+
29.Qf1 Qd4 30.g3 Qd5 31.Qb1 a5 32.h4 Kg8 33.Qc2 Kh7 34.Kh2 Qf3 35.Kg1 Qd5
36.Kf1 Kg8 37.Ke2 Qe5+ 38.Kf3 Qd5+ 39.Ke3 Qe5+ 40.Qe4 Qc3+ 41.Qd3 Qe5+ 42.Kf3 Qf6+
43.Kg2 a4 44.bxa4 Qc6+ 45.f3 Qxa4 46.Qe4 Qa2+ 47.Kh3 Qa1 48.Qc4 Kg7 49.Qd5 Qh1+
50.Kg4 Qa1 51.Qd6 Qc3 52.Qd5 Qc8+ 53.Kf4 Qc1+ 54.Ke5 Qe1+ 55.Kf4 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Be2 Bxe5 13.Nxe5 Qd6 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.O-O Ba4
16.Qd4 Rac8 17.Qb4 b6 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.Rfd1 Ba4 20.Re1 Bd7 21.Qh4 h6 22.Nd4 a5
23.Red1 Rfe8 24.Qg3 Qf6 25.Qf3 Qe5 26.Qg3 Qf6 27.Qf3 Qe5 28.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.Ng5 Bc8 12.Ne2 a5 13.a4 b6 14.b3 c5 15.Bb2 Be7 16.Ne4 Be6
17.Nf4 h5 18.g3 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Rd1+ Kc8 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Kf1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8
24.Ke2 Kd7 25.Kd3 Ne7 26.f4 Nd5 27.c3 Be7 28.Bc1 Bd8 29.Bd2 Kc6 30.c4 Ne7
31.Ng5 Kd7 32.Ke4 Nf5 33.Nf3 Ke8 34.Be1 Kf7 35.h3 Nh6 36.Bf2 Be7 37.Be3 g6
38.Nh2 Ke8 39.Nf3 Kf7 40.Ng1 Bd8 41.Ne2 Ke8 42.Nc3 Kd7 43.Kf3 Nf5 44.Ne2 Ne7
45.Ke4 Nf5 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Nh6 48.Kf3 Bh4 49.Nc3 Be1 50.Ne4 Nf7 51.Ke2 Bh4
52.g5 Nd8 53.Nf6+ Ke7 54.Ng4 Nc6 55.Nh2 Kd7 56.Nf3 Bg3 57.Kd3 Ne7 58.Ke4 Nf5
59.Kd3 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.O-O Na5 8.Be2 Nf6
9.d3 O-O 10.Qe1 Nc6 11.Qh4 Nd4 12.Bd1 Rc8 13.Kh1 b5 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nb1 Rc5
16.Nd2 Qc7 17.Nb3 Rxc2 18.Bxc2 Qxc2 19.Qg3 Rc8 20.f5 Qe2 21.Bg5 Qxb2 22.Rab1 Qxa2
23.Nxd4 Qa4 24.Ne2 Rc2 25.Qf3 gxf5 26.Ng3 fxe4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.dxe4 f6 29.Ra1 Ra2
30.Rac1 Rc2 31.Ra1 Qd4 32.Be3 Qe5 33.Bf4 Qe6 34.Qg3 Kf8 35.Rxa7 b4 36.Rb7 Re2
37.Qf3 Rc2 38.Rxb4 Qg4 39.Rb7 Qxf3 40.gxf3 Be8 41.Rc1 Rxc1+ 42.Bxc1 Bg6 43.Bf4 Bf7
44.Kg2 Be6 45.Bd2 Ke8 46.Rb5 Kf7 47.f4 Bd7 48.Ra5 f5 49.exf5 Bf6 50.Kf3 h5
51.Ke4 Bc6+ 52.Kd3 Bg2 53.Be3 Bf1+ 54.Kd2 Bg2 55.Bb6 Be4 56.Ke3 Bc2 57.Bd4 Bxd4+
58.Kxd4 Kf6 59.Ra8 Bxf5 60.Rf8+ Ke6 61.Ke3 Bg6 62.Kf3 Bf7 63.f5+ Kf6 64.Kf4 Kg7
65.Rb8 Kf6 66.Rd8 e5+ 67.fxe6 Bxe6 68.Rxd6 h4 69.Rb6 h3 70.Rc6 Kf7 71.Ke5 Bg4
72.Rc4 Bd7 73.Rc7 Ke8 74.Kd6 Bg4 75.Re7+ Kf8 76.Re4 Bc8 77.Kc7 Ba6 78.Re3 Kg7
79.Rxh3 Kg6 80.Kd6 Kg5 81.Ke5 Be2 82.Rg3+ Kh6 83.Kf5 Bd1 84.Rh3+ Kg7 85.Kg5 Be2
86.Re3 Bd1 87.Re7+ Kf8 88.Kf6 Kg8 89.Kg6 Bc2+ 90.Kh6 Kf8 91.Rg7 Bd3 92.Rg5 Kf7
93.Rg3 Bc2 94.Rg7+ Kf8 95.Rg2 Be4 96.Rg4 Bc2 97.Rg5 Kf7 98.Kh5 Kf6 99.Kg4  1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 b6 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 Nc6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e3 Qa5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Rd8 14.Bd3 Ba6 15.O-O Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxc3 18.Bxc3 Kf8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rc1 g6 21.Kf1 Ke8
22.Ke2 a6 23.g4 Rd6 24.Be5 Rd5 25.f4 f6 26.Bc3 f5 27.h3 Kd7 28.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A23"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Qb6 6.Nb3 a5 7.d3 a4 8.Nd2 exd3
9.exd3 Bc5 10.Qe2+ Kd8 11.Nde4 Re8 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 a3 14.Rb1 d5 15.c5 Qb4
16.Nxf6 gxf6 17.Qd2 axb2 18.Nd1 Qxc5 19.d4 Qd6 20.Rxb2 b5 21.Bd3 Bh3 22.Nc3 Nd7
23.Kf2 Nb6 24.a4 Nxa4 25.Ra1 Re7 26.Rba2 Rea7 27.Qc2 h6 28.Nxa4 bxa4 29.Rxa4 Rxa4
30.Rxa4 Rxa4 31.Qxa4 Ke7 32.Qa7+ Kf8 33.Qc5 Qxc5 34.dxc5 Bg4 35.Bc2 Ke7 36.Ba4 Kd7
37.Ke1 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O e5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Nf5 g6 10.Ne3 Bc5 11.Nc3 d6 12.Ncd5 Qd8 13.Kh1 Nc6 14.Ng4 O-O 15.Ngf6+ Kg7
16.c3 Be6 17.f4 Bxd5 18.Nxd5 exf4 19.Rxf4 Qg5 20.Qf1 Ne5 21.Rd1 Rae8 22.Bc2 h5
23.Bb3 Ng4 24.g3 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Nf2+ 26.Qxf2 Bxf2 27.Kg2 Bc5 28.h4 Qf5 29.Re2 Qg4
30.Rde1 g5 31.Re4 Qf5 32.R1e2 gxh4 33.Nf4 Qg5 34.Kh1 d5 35.Bxd5 hxg3 36.c4 Qh4+
37.Kg2 Qh2+ 38.Kf3 Qh1+ 39.Kxg3 h4+  0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 Qc7 7.O-O e5 8.d4 b5
9.Bc2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.Bb3 Rfe8
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Bg3 Bf8 18.h3 Nb6 19.Nh4 Nc4 20.Nf5 Nxb2 21.Bh4 Nxd1 22.Bxf6 Nxc3
23.Qg4 Bxe4 24.Nxh6+ Kh7 25.Bxf7 Qxf7 26.Nxf7 gxf6 27.f4 Bg6 28.Qh4+ Kg7
29.fxe5 Ne4 30.Rxf6 Bc5+ 31.Kh2 Nxf6 32.Qxf6+ Kh7 33.Ng5+ Kh6 34.Ne6 Rxe6
35.Qxe6 Re8 36.Qf6 Be7 37.Qxa6 b4 38.Qc4 Bf8 39.g4 Kh7 40.e6 Bd6+ 41.Kg2 Be7
42.Qc7 Kg8 43.Kg3 Kf8 44.Qf4+ Kg7 45.Qd4+ Kg8 46.h4 Rd8 47.Qc4 Bd3 48.Qc6 Bb1
49.h5 Bxa2 50.Qe4 Kh8 51.h6 Bf6 52.e7 Re8 53.Qf4 Bg7 54.hxg7+ Kxg7 55.g5 Kg8
56.Qf6  1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 b5 5.c3 a5 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Bf4 Be7 8.Qc2 c5
9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.a4 bxa4 12.Qxa4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.h4 Qc7 15.e4 Nb6
16.Qc2 Rfd8 17.Rfc1 h6 18.Be3 Qd7 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nc4 a4 21.Re1 Qb5 22.Na3 Qa6
23.Rad1 Rab8 24.c4 Nxe3 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rxe3 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Qb7+ 28.Kg1 Qb4
29.Rc3 Qb8 30.Re3 Qb4 31.Rc3 Rd7 32.Nb5 Qa5 33.Qe2 Qd8 34.Ra3 Rd2 35.Qf3 Rd1+
36.Kh2 Qd2 37.Rxa4 Qe1 38.Nc3 Qg1+ 39.Kh3 Re1 40.Ra7 Qf1+ 41.Qg2 Qxg2+ 42.Kxg2 Bf8
43.f4 g5 44.h5 gxf4 45.gxf4 Kg7 46.Rd7 Re3 47.Rb7 Re1 48.b3 Re3 49.Nd1 Re2+
50.Nf2 Rc2 51.Kf3 Rc3+ 52.Ke2 Rg3 53.Ne4 Rh3 54.Nf6 Rh1 55.Rd7 Rh2+ 56.Kd3 Rh3+
57.Kc2 Rh4 58.Ne8+ Kg8 59.f5 Rh2+ 60.Rd2 Rxd2+ 61.Kxd2 exf5 62.Nf6+ Kg7 63.Ke3 Be7
64.Nd7 Bg5+ 65.Kf3 Bd2 66.Nxc5 f6 67.e6 Kf8 68.Nd3 Ke7 69.Nf4 Kd6 70.c5+ Kc6
71.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 h5 13.c5 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.a5 Bh6 16.Nb5 a6
17.Na3 Rf7 18.Nc4 Rg7 19.cxd6 Nxd6 20.Ra3 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 g4 22.fxg4 hxg4 23.g3 Kh7
24.Nd3 Qg5 25.Nc5 Qh5 26.Qc2 Bg5 27.Rd1 Be7 28.b4 Bd6 29.Bf1 Bd7 30.Nxb7 Bxb4
31.Ra2 Nh4 32.gxh4 g3 33.hxg3 fxg3 34.Be3 Rf8 35.Qb3 Rf2 36.Rxf2 gxf2+ 37.Kxf2 Qxh4+
38.Ke2 Bb5+ 39.Rd3  0-1

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huber,Mart AUT"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.f3 Kh8 12.Be3 Ng8 13.Qd2 Ndf6 14.c5 f4 15.Bf2 g5 16.Nb5 a6
17.Qa5 dxc5 18.Nxc7 Ne8 19.d6 Rb8 20.Bxc5 b6 21.Bxb6 Nxd6 22.Nb4 g4 23.fxg4 Qg5
24.Nc6 Bxg4 25.Bd3 Rbc8 26.Qd5 Nf7 27.Bxa6 Nf6 28.Qd3 Rb8 29.Nxb8 Rxb8 30.Bf2 Rxb2
31.Rfb1 Rxb1+ 32.Rxb1 h5 33.Bc4 Qg6 34.Ne6 f3 35.Nxg7 Kxg7 36.Rb7 Be6 37.g3 Bxc4
38.Qxc4 h4 39.Qb3 Nxe4 40.Qxf3 Ng5 41.Qg4 e4 42.Bd4+  1-0

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Handler,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 c6 11.O-O Qd6 12.Rb1 a5 13.h3 Be6 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Rfc1 Rfe8
16.Na4 f5 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.Qxc5 Qc7 19.a3 Kh8 20.g3 Bf6 21.h4 a4 22.Kg2 Kg7
23.Qc3 Bd7 24.Qc2 Re7 25.Rh1 h5 26.Rhc1 Be8 27.Qd2 Qd8 28.Ng1 Qd6 29.Ne2 Kg8
30.Qc2 Bg7 31.Nc3 b5 32.Ne2 Qf6 33.Ng1 Re6 34.Nf3 Qd8 35.Qc3 Qe7 36.Ra1 Bf6
37.Rab1 Kg7 38.Ra1 Qd6 39.Be2 Re7 40.Bd1 Rc7 41.Qc2 Rb7 42.Ne1 Re7 43.Bf3 Rea7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Juhasz,Kr"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E62"]

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"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kriebel,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[ECO "C64"]

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"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Menezes,Chr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Bf4 dxc4 10.e4 b5 11.d5 Qb6 12.dxc6 Nc5 13.e5 Rd8 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Rxd5
16.Bg5 Bf8 17.Rad1 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Ba6 19.Be3 Rc8 20.Ng5 h6 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Qh5+ Kg8
23.Qg6 Rd8 24.Rd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Rxd6 26.Be4 Rxc6 27.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Druska,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Ba6 5.Ne5 c6 6.d4 Qc7 7.Qc2 d6 8.Nd3 Be7
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.O-O Bb7 12.e4 e5 13.Ne2 Rfe8 14.Bb2 Bf8 15.Rfe1 a6
16.f3 Rac8 17.Bh3 Rcd8 18.Rad1 Bc8 19.Bg2 a5 20.f4 Ng4 21.Qc1 f6 22.h3 Nh6
23.Bf3 g6 24.Kg2 Bg7 25.c5 dxc5 26.dxc5 b5 27.a3 Nf8 28.b4 Nf7 29.Bc3 a4
30.Qb2 Be6 31.Nf2 Bb3 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.h4 Be6 34.Qb1 Bh6 35.f5 Bc4 36.Ng4 Kg7
37.Rd1 Rxd1 38.Qxd1 Qd7 39.Qxd7 Nxd7 40.Nxh6 Nxh6 41.g4 gxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov Vienna Clock Simul"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wertjanz,Dav"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C91"]

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 "XXV Torneo Magistral Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Bxa4 a5 14.O-O Rb8 15.Bxd7 Qxd7
16.b3 Qc7 17.Rf2 e6 18.Qd3 d5 19.exd5 Rfd8 20.Qe3 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Rxd5
23.Qe3 Re5 24.Qc1 Rd8 25.g3 Qc3 26.Rb1 h5 27.Qb2 Re1+ 28.Kg2 Qe3 29.Rxe1 Qxe1
30.c4 Rd3 31.c5 Qc3 32.Qb1 Rd5 33.Rc2 Rd2+ 34.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 35.Kh3 Qc3 36.Qg1 Qxf3
37.Qc1 Qc6 38.Qc3 Kh7 39.Qf6 Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.Qf6 Qxc5 42.Qxf7+ Kh6 43.Qxe6 Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV Torneo Magistral Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bc1 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.Ne2 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Ba5 10.Ba3 Nd7 11.h4 Nb6 12.Bb4 Bxb4 13.cxb4 Qe7 14.a3 a5 15.b5 Nc4
16.Qf3 Bd7 17.a4 Qb4+ 18.Nc3 Na3 19.Qd3 Rc8 20.Be2 c5 21.O-O cxd4 22.Nxd5 exd5
23.Rxa3 Bf5 24.Qg3 Rxc2 25.Rb3 Qxa4 26.Bd1 Rc1 27.e6 O-O 28.exf7+ Rxf7 29.h5 g5
30.Rb1 Qc4 31.Rxc1 Qxc1 32.Bb3 Qc5 33.Qe5 Be4 34.f3 d3+ 35.Kh2 d2 36.Rd1 Bxf3
37.Rxd2 Be4 38.Bxd5 Bxd5 39.Rxd5 Qe7 40.Qb8+ Rf8 41.Qg3 Rf4 42.Qd3 Rh4+  0-1

[Event "XXV Torneo Magistral Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.g5 Nfd7
9.h4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.O-O-O Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Rc8 15.Rg1 Ne5
16.Qe3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.f4 Re8 19.f5 Bf8 20.f6 e5 21.Bb6 Qd7 22.fxg7 Bxg7
23.Bc5 Bf8 24.h5 Rxc3 25.bxc3 Re6 26.Bb4 Qc7 27.Qa7 Qc8 28.Rdf1 Be7 29.Rf6 Bxf6
30.gxf6+ Kf8 31.Qb6 Bc6 32.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "XXV Torneo Magistral Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Qg4 f5
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qh4 b6 11.Nf3 c5 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.O-O-O cxd4 14.Bg6+ Kd8 15.Nxd4 Nxd4
16.Rxd4 Bd7 17.Bd3 Re8 18.Re1 Qc5 19.Ne2 Bb5 20.Kb1 e5 21.fxe5 Rxe5 22.c4 Bd7
23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.cxd5 Qxd5 25.Qg3 g6 26.Nc3 Qd4 27.Rd1 Qc5 28.Qf4 Qe7 29.Rf1 Nh5
30.Qd4 Rb8 31.Nd5 Qd6 32.Re1 Be6 33.Nf4 Kd7  1-0

[Event "XXV Torneo Magistral Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qf3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bg5 Qa5
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Kb1 Bd7 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.g4 Ne5 14.Qg2 Be6 15.f4 Nc4
16.Bd4 Rac8 17.f5 Bd7 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.g5 Nh5 20.Na5 Qxd4 21.Rxd4 Bxd4 22.Nd5 Rfe8
23.Rd1 Bg7 24.Qf3 Bc6 25.Nxc6 bxc6 26.Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.f6 Bxf6 28.gxf6 Re6 29.Qa3 Nxf6
30.Rxd6 Rxe4 31.b3 Re1+ 32.Kb2 Ne4 33.Qa5 Nxd6 34.Qxe1 Kf8 35.Qe5 Rd8 36.Qa5 Ke7
37.Qxa6 Rc8 38.a4 c5 39.Qa7+ Kd8 40.a5 Rc7 41.Qa8+ Kd7 42.a6 Nc8 43.Qd5+ Ke7
44.c3 Nb6 45.Qe5+ Kd7 46.Qf6 Nc8 47.Qxf7+ Kc6 48.Qf6+ Kb5 49.c4+ Ka5 50.Qd8 Kb6
51.b4 cxb4 52.c5+ Kc6 53.Kb3 g5 54.Kc4  1-0

[Event "XXV Torneo Magistral Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E32"]

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 "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nh4 Ng6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.c4 e5
9.Nc3 g5 10.Be3 d6 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.O-O-O g4 13.Qc2 Be7 14.Rdf1 g6 15.f4 gxf3
16.Rxf3 Bg4 17.Rf2 Be6 18.Qa4 Qd7 19.Qa6 Rb8 20.Qa4 f5 21.g3 Rh3 22.Re1 Kf7
23.Qd1 Rbh8 24.Qd2 Kg7 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Bg5 Kg6 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.Ne2 Kg7 29.Ng1 R3h5
30.Nf3 Rf8 31.Qc3 Rh6 32.Rfe2 Kg8 33.h4 Rg6 34.Ng5 f4 35.gxf4 Rxf4 36.Nxe6 Qxe6
37.Re4 Qf6 38.h5 Rg2 39.R4e2 Rff2 40.Rxf2 Qxf2 41.a3 Kh7 42.Kb1 Kh6 43.Ka2 Kxh5
44.Qc1 Qd2 45.Qb1 Kg5 46.Rd1 Qe3 47.Re1 Qd2 48.Rd1 Qc2 49.Qxc2 Rxc2 50.Kb3 Rf2
51.Rg1+ Kf5 52.Rg7 Rf3 53.Kc2 e4 54.dxe4+ Kxe4 55.Rxa7 Kd4 56.Rd7 Rf2+ 57.Kb3 d5
58.cxd5 cxd5 59.a4 c4+ 60.Ka3 Rf3+ 61.Ka2 Rb3 62.Rh7 Kc5 63.Rc7+ Kb4 64.Kb1 Kxa4
65.Kc2 Rh3 66.Rc5 Rd3 67.b3+ Kb4 68.bxc4 Rc3+ 69.Kd2 Rxc4 70.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 Bg6 8.Nb3 Nd7
9.c3 Nf5 10.Bd2 Rc8 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Qxh4 13.f4 Be4 14.Be1 Qh3 15.Rf2 h5
16.Nd2 Bd3 17.Bxd3 Qxd3 18.f5 Be7 19.Rf3 Qa6 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Nb3 hxg4 22.Rf1 Rxh2
23.Bf2 Rh5 24.Kg2 Kd8 25.Bg3 Rf5 26.Qxg4 Rg5 27.Qxe6 Qe2+ 28.Rf2 Qe4+ 29.Rf3 Qe2+
30.Rf2 Qe4+ 31.Rf3 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D80"]

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 Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Rac1 a6 12.b3 O-O 13.Qh4 Rc7 14.Bh3 Qb8 15.Bh6 b5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Bxd7 Rxd7 19.Qb4 Rc8 20.Nxb5 Rc5 21.a4 Ba6 22.Rxc5 dxc5
23.Qe1 Bxb5 24.axb5 Qxb5 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.b4 cxb4 27.Qxb4 Qd1+ 28.Qe1 Qxe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 a6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 Bg4 15.Bxg4 Nfxg4
16.O-O Rc8 17.Qd1 g6 18.Rc1 Qd6 19.N2f3 Nf6 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Qd2 Ne4 22.Qb4 Rc7
23.Nf3 Qe7 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Rc2 Rd8 26.Rfc1 Kf8 27.h4 Ke8 28.Nd4 Nd6 29.Kf1 h5
30.Ke2 Red7 31.f3 Ke7 32.Kd3 Ne8 33.Rc8 Kd6 34.b4 Ng7 35.b5 axb5 36.Nxb5+ Ke7
37.Rxd8 Kxd8 38.Nd4 Rc7 39.Rb1 Ke7 40.Rb5 Kd6 41.Rb6+ Ke7 42.g4 hxg4 43.fxg4 Ne6
44.h5 Nc5+ 45.Ke2 Na4 46.Rb3 gxh5 47.gxh5 Kf6 48.Kf3 Kg5 49.Ne2 Kxh5 50.Nf4+ Kh6
51.Nxd5 Rd7 52.Rb5 Kg7 53.Ke4 b6 54.Ke5 Ra7 55.a3 Nc5 56.Nxb6 Rxa3 57.Rxc5 Rxe3+
58.Kf4 Re6 59.Nd5 Ra6 60.Ne3 Kg6 61.Rc8 Ra4+ 62.Nc4 f6 63.Rc6 Rb4 64.Ke4 Rb5
65.Nd6 Re5+ 66.Kd4 Re6 67.Ra6 Kh5 68.Ra5+ Kg6 69.Ne4 Rb6 70.Ra8 Re6 71.Rg8+ Kf7
72.Rg1 Ra6 73.Ke3 Re6 74.Kf4 Ra6 75.Rd1 Kg6 76.Rd4 Rb6 77.Ng3 Ra6 78.Nf5 Ra5
79.Ne7+ Kf7 80.Nc6 Rc5 81.Rd6 Rc4+ 82.Kf5 Rc5+ 83.Ke4 Rh5 84.Rd7+ Ke6 85.Rg7 Rh4+
86.Kd3 Kd5 87.Nd8 Rh3+ 88.Ke2 Ke4 89.Re7+ Kf5 90.Nb7 Ra3 91.Nd6+ Kg6 92.Nc4 Rb3
93.Re6 Kg5 94.Nd6 Kg6 95.Kf2 Ra3 96.Re8 Kg7 97.Nf5+ Kg6 98.Ne3 Ra4 99.Kf3 Rd4
100.Ng2 Ra4 101.Rb8 Ra5 102.Kg4 Rg5+ 103.Kh4 Rh5+ 104.Kg3 Rg5+ 105.Kh3 Ra5
106.Nf4+ Kf5 107.Rb4 Re5 108.Ng2 Ra5 109.Ne3+ Kg6 110.Kg4 Rg5+ 111.Kf4 Ra5
112.Rc4 Rb5 113.Rc6 Rb4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E94"]

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 Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.cxd5 h6
10.Be3 a6 11.a4 Re8 12.Bd3 Nbd7 13.O-O Nh5 14.Re1 Qf6 15.Rc1 Nf4 16.Bf1 Ne5
17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Nb1 Bd7 19.Na3 Qf6 20.f3 g5 21.a5 Re7 22.Nc4 Qg6 23.e5 Rae8
24.Nxd6 Rd8 25.Nxb7 Rb8 26.Nxc5 Bf5 27.e6 fxe6 28.d6 Rf7 29.d7 Nd5 30.Bd4 Rd8
31.g4 Bc2 32.Rxc2 Bxd4+ 33.Qxd4 Qxc2 34.Bd3 Rf4 35.Bxc2 Rxd4 36.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B35"]

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 Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bxe4 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 e6 12.Qxb7 Qc8 13.Qf3 Be7 14.Qg3 O-O 15.Bh6 Ne8
16.h4 Qb7 17.b3 Kh8 18.Bf4 Rd8 19.Ne4 Nf6 20.Nxf6 gxf6 21.Qf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3 f5
23.Rac1 Bxh4 24.Rc6 a5 25.Bxd6 Rg8+ 26.Kf1 Bf6 27.d5 Rge8 28.dxe6 Rxe6 29.Rxe6 fxe6
30.a3 Rd7 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Rb7 33.Rc7 Rb5 34.f4 h5 35.Kg2 Kg8 36.Kg3 Rd5
37.Bc5 Rd3+ 38.Kg2 Rb3 39.Rb7 e5 40.fxe5 Bxe5 41.Re7 Bf4 42.Be3 Rxb4 43.Bxf4 Rxf4
44.Kg3 Rg4+ 45.Kh3 Rf4 46.Kg3 Rg4+ 47.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Re8
9.c3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 c6 12.Rae1 Qc7 13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Bh7+ Kf8 15.Bxd6+ Qxd6
16.Bf5 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 g6 18.Qb1 Nhf6 19.g3 a5 20.a4 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Nxe8
23.Qd1 Qe6 24.Nb3 b6 25.Nc1 Nd6 26.Nd3 Kg7 27.Nfe5 Nxe5 28.Nxe5 Nf5 29.Qg4 c5
30.h4 cxd4 31.cxd4 h5 32.Qf4 f6 33.Nf3 Qd6 34.Qxd6 Nxd6 35.Kf1 Kf7 36.Ke2 Ke6
37.b3 Kf5 38.Nd2 Kg4 39.Nb1 Nf5 40.Nc3 Nxd4+ 41.Kf1 Nxb3 42.Nxd5 Kf3 43.Nxb6 Nd2+
44.Kg1 Ne4 45.Nc4 Nxf2 46.Kh2 Ng4+ 47.Kg1 Kxg3 48.Nxa5 Ne5 49.Nb7 Kxh4 50.a5 Nc6
51.Kf2 g5 52.a6 g4 53.Nd8 Na7 54.Ne6 g3+ 55.Kf3 Kh3 56.Nf4+ Kh2 57.Ng2 Nc6
58.Nh4 Kh3 59.Ng2 h4 60.Ne3 f5 61.Ng2 Na7 62.Ne3 Nb5 63.Ng2 Nd4+ 64.Ke3 Nb5
65.Kf3 Nc7 66.a7 Na8 67.Ne3 f4 68.Ng2 Kh2 69.Nxh4 Nc7 70.Ng2 Kh3 71.Nxf4+ Kh2
72.Ng2 Kh3 73.Ne3 Na8 74.Ke4 Nc7 75.Kd3 Kh2 76.Kc4 Kg1 77.Nf5 Kf2 78.Nxg3 Kxg3
79.Kc5 Kf4 80.Kc6 Na8 81.Kb7  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ismagambetov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 13.Qxc3 Qxc6 14.Qxc6 bxc6
15.Kd2 Bd7 16.Rhc1 Rfb8 17.b3 f6 18.Rab1 Kf7 19.Rc5 a6 20.a4 Rb7 21.Rb2 Ke7
22.Kc3 Kd6 23.Ra5 Ke7 24.b4 Ke6 25.g4 Kf7 26.f3 g6 27.Bd4 Rbb8 28.e3 Re8
29.h4 h5 30.Rf2 Rec8 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Rg2 Re8 33.Rg3 Re7 34.Bc5 Ree8 35.Kd4 Bf5
36.Bd6 Bc2 37.Rg1 Bf5 38.Bf4 Re7 39.b5 cxb5 40.axb5 Rb7 41.Rxa6 Rxa6 42.bxa6 Ra7
43.Kxd5 Rxa6 44.e4 Be6+ 45.Kd4 Ra3 46.Rg3 Bb3 47.Bh6 Bd1 48.Rg7+ Ke8 49.f4 Ra4+
50.Kd3 Bf3 51.e5 fxe5 52.fxe5 Rxh4 53.e6 Re4 54.Rg8+ Ke7 55.Rg3 Bh1 56.Rh3 Bg2
57.Rxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 d5 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.O-O Ng6 8.Re1 f6
9.Ba3 e5 10.Na4 Nf4 11.Bxc5 Bxc5 12.Nxc5 O-O 13.d4 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nd3 Nxh3+
16.gxh3 f5 17.exd5 e4 18.Nde5 exf3 19.Qd2 Qh4 20.Qd3 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Bd3 e6 7.Bxf5 exf5 8.Qb3 Ra7
9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd3 g6 13.e4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nd7
16.Bg5 Qa5 17.Rfe1 Raa8 18.h3 Nb6 19.Bh6 Rfd8 20.Ne5 Qd5 21.Qh4 Re8 22.Qf6 Bf8
23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Ng4 h5 25.Ne5 Qd8 26.Qf4 Kg7 27.Re4 Nd5 28.Qf3 Qd6 29.Rae1 Rad8
30.a3 Qc7 31.Nd3 Rd6 32.Nc5 a5 33.Qg3 Rfd8 34.Re5 b6 35.Ne4 R6d7 36.Ng5 Qd6
37.Ne4 Qc7 38.Qf3 c5 39.Ng3 h4 40.Nh5+ gxh5 41.Qxh5 Rd6 42.Rg5+ Rg6 43.Rxd5 Qc6
44.Qxg6+ Qxg6 45.Rxd8 c4 46.d5 Qc2 47.d6 Qd2 48.Re4 Qxb2 49.Rxc4 Qa1+ 50.Kh2 Qe5+
51.Kg1 Qe1+ 52.Kh2 Qe5+ 53.f4 Qe3 54.d7 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.f3 a4 12.Rc1 Be6 13.Nb5 Qa5 14.Rc2 Rfc8 15.Qxa5 Rxa5
16.Kd2 Nd7 17.Rb1 Ne5 18.b3 axb3 19.axb3 Raa8 20.Nc3 Nc6 21.Nd5 Ra3 22.c5 Bxd5
23.exd5 Nb4 24.Rc4 Ra2+ 25.Ke1 Nxd5 26.cxd6 Rxc4 27.d7 Ra8 28.bxc4 Nxe3 29.Rxb7 Rd8
30.Rc7 e6 31.Rc8 Bf6 32.c5 Nc2+ 33.Kf1 Nd4 34.Bd1 Kf8 35.Ba4 Ke7 36.c6 Be5
37.c7 Bxc7 38.Rxc7 e5 39.Kf2 Ne6 40.Rc8 Nf8 41.Rc5 Nxd7 42.Bxd7 Rxd7 43.Rxe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.a3 c4
9.Nc3 cxd3 10.cxd3 c5 11.Be3 b6 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Rfe1 Qc7 15.Qc1 Rfd8
16.Bf4 Qd7 17.Qe3 Nh5 18.Bh2 Nf6 19.Rd2 Qe8 20.Red1 Bc6 21.Be5 Ba4 22.Re1 Bc6
23.Red1 Bb7 24.Qg5 a6 25.Qe3 b5 26.Rc1 c4 27.d4 e6 28.Qf4 Nh5 29.Qe3 Nf6
30.Qf4 Qe7 31.Rcd1 Re8 32.Re1 Rcd8 33.d5 Nh5 34.Qh2 exd5 35.exd5 f6 36.g4 fxe5
37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Rde2 Bxd5 39.Nxe5 Qb7 40.Qg3 Re6 41.Kh2 Rde8 42.f4 Rf6 43.Qg5 h6
44.Qxh5 Bf7 45.Qg4 Qc8 46.Qg3 Qf5 47.Ne4 Qxf4 48.Nxf6+ Qxf6 49.Rg1 Bh5 50.Reg2 Qxe5
51.Qxe5 Rxe5 52.Rxg7+ Kf8 53.Ra7 Bf7 54.Rf1 Re7 55.Rxe7 Kxe7 56.Kg3 a5 57.Kf4 b4
58.axb4 axb4 59.Ke5 c3 60.bxc3 bxc3 61.Rc1 Be6 62.Rxc3 Bd7 63.h4 Bg4 64.Rc7+ Ke8
65.Kf6 h5 66.Re7+ Kd8 67.Rg7 Ke8 68.Kg5 Kf8 69.Ra7 Ke8 70.Kf4 Kf8 71.Ke5 Ke8
72.Kd6 Kf8 73.Rh7 Ke8 74.Re7+ Kf8 75.Re5 Kf7 76.Kd5 Kf6 77.Ke4 Bf3+ 78.Kf4 Bg4
79.Re1 Bd7 80.Rd1 Bg4 81.Rd6+ Ke7 82.Ke5 Kf7 83.Rb6 Bd1 84.Rb7+ Kg6 85.Rb2 Bg4
86.Rf2 Kg7 87.Kd6 Kg6 88.Ke7 Bf5 89.Rf4 Bg4 90.Rf6+ Kg7 91.Rf7+ Kg6 92.Kf8 Be6
93.Rf2 Bf5 94.Rf4 Kf6 95.Rf2 Kg6 96.Ke7 Bg4 97.Rf6+ Kg7 98.Rf1 Kg6 99.Kf8 Bf5
100.Kg8 Be6+ 101.Kh8 Bg4 102.Ra1 Kf7 103.Kh7 Kf6 104.Kh6 Kf7 105.Ra5 Kf6
106.Rg5 Kf7 107.Rg6 Bf3 108.Rg1 Bg4 109.Rf1+ Ke7 110.Kg5 Ke6 111.Re1+ Kf7
112.Re5 Bd1 113.Kf4 Bg4 114.Rxh5 Bxh5 115.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotsur,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 c5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nge2 e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.a3 O-O
9.Rb1 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bf4 Qd7 12.b4 Rad8 13.Qd2 Ba8 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Ne5
16.Rbd1 f6 17.h3 Nf7 18.Qe3 Kg7 19.d4 cxb4 20.axb4 Rfe8 21.d5 exd5 22.cxd5 Rc8
23.Qd2 Rc4 24.Rb1 Rec8 25.Rfc1 f5 26.Nf4 Kg8 27.Ne6 fxe4 28.Bxe4 Ne5 29.Bg2 Nf5
30.Ne4 Qe7 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Rc1 Bxd5 33.Qxd5 Rxc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf7 35.N4g5 Qe7
36.Qa8+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nbd2 f6 12.a3 Kh8 13.Ba2 Nf4 14.Ne4 Ng6 15.Be3 Nd4
16.Bxd4 exd4 17.h4 f5 18.Neg5 Nxh4 19.Ne6 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Qd6 21.Nxf8 Rxf8
22.Kf1 Bg5 23.Re6 Qf4 24.Qe2 Bxf3 25.Qe5 Qh4 26.Qg3 Qh1+ 27.Qg1 Qh5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 O-O
9.d4 Bd6 10.Bb5 Qf6 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.Qe2 Be4 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Rfe8 15.Qc2 Qg6
16.Qxg6 hxg6 17.Ke2 b6 18.Nd2 Na5 19.a4 Rad8 20.h4 Bf8 21.h5 gxh5 22.Rxh5 exd4
23.cxd4 g6 24.Rh4 Bg7 25.Re4 c5 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Kd3 Rd8 28.Nf3 Nc6 29.Bc3 cxd4
30.Nxd4 Ne5+ 31.Ke2 Rc8 32.Rc1 Rc4 33.f4 Nd7 34.a5 bxa5 35.Kd3 Rc8 36.Ra1 a4
37.Bb4 Nb6 38.Ba5 Nc4 39.Bb4 a5 40.Bc3 Nxe3 41.Rxa4 Nf5 42.Rxa5 Rxc3+ 43.Kxc3 Nxd4
44.Kd3 Nf5 45.g4 Nh6 46.Ra8+ Kh7 47.g5 Nf5 48.Ke4 Bc3 49.Kf3 Kg7 50.Rc8 Bb4
51.Rb8 Bd6 52.Rd8 Bc5 53.Rc8 Bb6 54.Rb8 Bc7 55.Rc8 Nd4+ 56.Kg4 Bd6 57.Rd8 Nf5
58.Ra8 f6 59.Ra7+ Be7 60.gxf6+ Kxf6 61.Ra6+ Bd6 62.Rb6 Kf7 63.Ra6 Be7 64.Ra7 Ke6
65.Ra6+ Nd6 66.Rb6 Kf7 67.Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.d3 d5 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Ne5 Bd7
9.Qb3 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bc6 11.Nd2 Qd7 12.Qa3 b6 13.b4 cxb4 14.cxb4 Rfc8 15.Rfc1 Ne8
16.Nf3 f6 17.Bb2 e5 18.h4 Nd6 19.Qb3 Bb7 20.a4 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Nxc8
23.b5 Bf8 24.Nd2 Qf7 25.Nf1 Bc5 26.e3 Bf8 27.Nd2 Nd6 28.Ba3 Ne8 29.Bxf8 Kxf8
30.a5 Nc7 31.axb6 axb6 32.Qa3+ Kg7 33.Qd6 Nxb5 34.Qxb6 Nc3 35.Nb3 e4 36.Nc5 exd3
37.Nxd3 Ne4 38.Nf4 g5 39.Ne6+ Kh6 40.Nd8 Qd7 41.hxg5+ Kxg5 42.Nxb7 Qf5 43.Bxe4 Qxe4
44.Qd4 Qb1+ 45.Kg2 Qxb7 46.Qc5 Kg6 47.Qd4 Qc6 48.Kh2 Qe6 49.Kg1 h5 50.Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jumabayev,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.Nb5 Ne6
9.Ng5 Kf8 10.Nxe6+ Bxe6 11.Be3 Bxb2 12.Rb1 Bg7 13.Nc7 Bc3+ 14.Kd1 Rd8+ 15.Kc2 Bd4
16.Bxd4 Rxd4 17.Nxe6+ fxe6 18.Rxb7 Nf6 19.f3 Kf7 20.Be2 Rhd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1
22.Bxd1 Rd7 23.Rb8 Rc7 24.Kc3 Nd7 25.Rb2 e5 26.Ba4 Nb6 27.Bb5 e6 28.Rd2 Ke7
29.a4 a5 30.Rd1 Rc8 31.Rd2 Rd8 32.g3 Rxd2 33.Kxd2 g5 34.Ke3 Kf6 35.Ke2 Nc8
36.Ke3 Nd6 37.Ba6 h6 38.Bb5 Ke7 39.Ba6 Kf6 40.Bb5 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Rb1 a5
9.a3 Re8 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 e4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.dxe4 Rxe4 14.b5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Rxd4
16.Qb3 Be6 17.Bd5 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Re4 19.Be3 b6 20.Qd3 Qe7 21.Rfc1 f5 22.Rc2 h5
23.Rbc1 Ra7 24.Rc4 Rxc4 25.Rxc4 Qe5 26.Kg2 Qb2 27.Rc2 Qb1 28.Rxc7 Qxd3 29.Rc8+ Kf7
30.exd3 Ra5 31.Rc7+ Kg8 32.Rc6 Rxb5 33.Rxd6 Kf7 34.Bxb6 Be5 35.Rc6 Rxd5 36.d4 Bxd4
37.Bxd4 Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Bg5 Bg7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bd3 a5 11.O-O a4 12.Rfe1 Bd7 13.Rab1 Re8 14.h3 Qa5 15.b4 axb3
16.axb3 Qb4 17.Qc2 Be6 18.Bd2 Qc5 19.Be3 Qb4 20.Nb5 Rec8 21.f4 Bd7 22.Nc3 Bc6
23.Ne2 Nd7 24.Nd4 Nc5 25.Kh2 Ra3 26.Bg1 Rca8 27.Bf1 Ra2 28.Nxc6 bxc6 29.Qd1 Ne6
30.Qf3 Nd4 31.Qg3 Rc2 32.e5 dxe5 33.fxe5 c5 34.Bxd4 cxd4 35.Ra1 Rxa1 36.Rxa1 Qb8
37.Re1 Rc3 38.Qf4 Rxb3 39.Qxd4 e6 40.c5 Rb4 41.Qd6 Bf8 42.Qxb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.c3 b6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e4 Bb7 8.Bd3 g6
9.h4 Qe7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.O-O-O O-O-O 12.Ba6 Bxa6 13.Qxa6+ Kb8 14.Rhe1 Bxh4
15.d5 Na5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.dxe6 dxe6 18.Ne5 Bg5 19.Qxa5 Rxd2 20.Nc6+ Kb7 21.Rxd2 Bxd2+
22.Kxd2 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.e4 d6 6.Re1 Nf6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Bg4
9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 e6 13.Bg2 a6 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Nd2 Qe7
16.f4 e5 17.f5 b5 18.g4 Bf6 19.Nf3 Nd4 20.Qd2 Nxf3+ 21.Bxf3 Bh4 22.Red1 Nb6
23.b3 Rfd8 24.Qe2 Bg5 25.Bf2 Bh4 26.Be3 Bg5 27.Bf2 Bh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B06"]

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 Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chadaev,N"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Qa4 d6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bd7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Be3 Bg7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O a6 14.Qh4 e6 15.Bg5 Ne8
16.Bf3 Qc7 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Be7 Qb6 19.Bxf8 Bxf8 20.Rd7 Qc6 21.Rd3 Nd6 22.Qd4 Nf5
23.Qd7 Qb6 24.b3 Be7 25.Na4 Qa7 26.g4 Rd8 27.Qc7 Rxd3 28.cxd3 Bd6 29.Qc8+ Kg7
30.gxf5 b5 31.Qc6 Qd4 32.Qc3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Ne5 13.Bc2 Rb8 14.b3 b5 15.axb5 axb5
16.f4 Ned7 17.e5 dxe5 18.f5 c4 19.b4 e4 20.Qf4 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bb7 22.fxg6 fxg6
23.Ra5 Rf8 24.Rxb5 Qa6 25.Qd2 Qd6 26.Ng3 Ne5 27.Bxf6 Rxf6 28.Rxf6 Qxf6 29.Ncxe4 Qa6
30.Ra5 Qb6 31.d6 Rd8 32.h3 Nd3 33.Bxd3 cxd3 34.Qxd3 Qxb4 35.Rb5 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Bxe4
37.Nxe4 Kh8 38.Qd5 Qe3 39.Rb3 Qf4+ 40.g3 Qf5 41.Qxf5 gxf5 42.Nc5 Kg8 43.Rd3 Bf8
44.Rd5 Rxd6 45.Rxf5 Rd2+ 46.Kg1 Bxc5+ 47.Rxc5 Kg7 48.Rf5 Kg6 49.Rf2 Rd3 50.Kg2 h5
51.h4 Rc3 52.Rf3 Rc2+ 53.Kh3 Ra2 54.Rb3 Rc2 55.Rb6+ Kg7 56.Rb5 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Ne4 7.d4 d5 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.e3 Nd7 10.Qe2 a5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Rfc1 e6 14.a4 Re8 15.Bf1 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Nf6 17.Qe2 Bf8 18.Bg2 Qb6 19.Rab1 Qc7 20.Qe1 Bd6 21.Rc2 Qd8 22.Bf3 Bf8
23.Kg2 h5 24.h3 Bd6 25.Re2 Qc7 26.Qd2 Bf8 27.Qc2 Bg7 28.Rbe1 Qd7 29.Rb1 Bf8
30.Ree1 Qc7 31.Qd2 Red8 32.Qc2 Be7 33.Red1 Bf8 34.Be1 Bg7 35.b4 axb4 36.Rxb4 Bf8
37.Rbb1 Ra7 38.a5 Be7 39.Rb3 Rd7 40.Rdb1 Qc8 41.R1b2 Bd8 42.Ra2 Qa8 43.Rba3 Be7
44.Ra4 Ne8 45.Be2 Nc7 46.Qb1 Bd8 47.Rb4 Na6 48.Rb3 Nb8 49.Rab2 Kg7 50.h4 Bf6
51.Bb4 Be7 52.Be1 Bd8 53.c5 Bf6 54.Bd3 e5 55.dxe5 Bxe5 56.Ra2 Na6 57.Rc2 Bf6
58.Bxa6 Rxa6 59.Qd1 Qe8 60.Qd3 Ra7 61.Rc1 Qe7 62.Kg1 d4 63.e4 Qe6 64.Rcb1 Be7
65.Bb4 Ra8 66.Kg2 Re8 67.Bd2 Bxc5 68.Rxb7 Ree7 69.a6 Ba7 70.Rxd7 Rxd7 71.Rb7 c5
72.Qb5 Qxe4+ 73.Kh2 Rxb7 74.Qxb7 Qxb7 75.axb7 c4 76.Kg2 c3 77.Be1 Kf6 78.Kf3 Ke5
79.Ke2 Kd5 80.Kd3 Kc6 81.f3 Kxb7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bf6 13.Nd2 Na5 14.Ne4 Bxe4 15.dxe4 c6
16.Be3 Qc7 17.a4 Rfd8 18.Qe2 h6 19.g3 Bg5 20.Bxg5 hxg5 21.Qe3 Qe7 22.Kg2 g6
23.Red1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Qc5 Qc7 27.axb5 axb5 28.Ba2 Kg7
29.c4 Nxc4 30.Bxc4 bxc4 31.Qxc4 Qd6 32.Qd3 Qb4 33.c3 Qc5 34.Kf3 Qe7 35.Kg2 Qc5
36.Kf3 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.h4 h6 8.a3 d5 9.Bd2 b6
10.Rb1 Bb7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 dxc4 13.dxc4 Nf5 14.e3 Qe7 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Red1 Ne5
17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Ne4 Rd7 19.Be1 Rfd8 20.b4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rxd1 22.Qxd1 Kg7 23.Qd3 Bxe4
24.Bxe4 Qd6 25.Qe2 h5 26.Kg2 Qc7 27.Qd3 Qd6 28.Qc2 Qc7 29.Qd3 Nd6 30.b5 Nxe4
31.Qxe4 Qd6 32.a4 Bf6 33.Qc2 Qd7 34.a5 Qb7+ 35.Kf1 Qf3 36.Qd3 Qg4 37.a6 Qh3+
38.Ke2 Qg4+ 39.Kf1 Kh7 40.Kg2 Kg7 41.e4 e5 42.f3 Qe6 43.Qd5 Qxd5 44.exd5 Be7
45.g4 Bd6 46.Bc3 f6 47.Kf2 Kf7 48.Ke3 f5 49.gxh5 gxh5 50.Ke2 Ke8 51.Bd2 Kf7
52.Bg5 Ke8 53.Ke3 Kd7 54.Bf6 Ke8 55.Kd3 Kd7 56.Ke3 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kotsur,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "A43"]

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 Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O a5
9.a4 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Nb1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Bb5 Ba6 14.Be3 Bxb5 15.axb5 Rc8
16.Nc3 O-O 17.Rfc1 Rc7 18.Na4 Qb8 19.Rxc7 Qxc7 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.b3 Rc8 22.Qd2 Rxc1+
23.Qxc1 Bd8 24.Bd2 Qc7 25.Qxc7 Bxc7 26.Ne1 f6 27.f4 Kf7 28.Kf2 Bd8 29.Bxb4 axb4
30.Nd3 Be7 31.g4 fxe5 32.Nxe5+ Nxe5 33.dxe5 Bd8 34.f5 exf5 35.gxf5 g6 36.f6 Bc7
37.Ke3 Bxe5 38.Nxb6 Bxh2 39.Nxd5 h5 40.b6 Ke6 41.b7 g5 42.Kf3 g4+ 43.Ke4 Bd6
44.Nf4+ Kxf6 45.Nxh5+ Ke6 46.Ng7+ Kd7 47.Nf5 Bb8 48.Ne3 g3 49.Kf3 Kc6 50.Nc2 Kxb7
51.Nxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 d6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bh6 12.f4 Be6 13.b3 Rc8 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 b5 17.f5 bxc4 18.bxc4 Rb8 19.Qc2 Bg7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rce1 Re8 22.Re3 Qb6
23.Qf2 f6 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Qg3 g5 26.h4 Qd4 27.hxg5 f5 28.Rf4 Qa1+ 29.Re1 Qc3
30.Qh3 Kg8 31.Re3 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Qg7 33.Bxf5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Jumabayev,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.h3 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Bd2 Rac8
16.Be1 Be5 17.Rac1 a6 18.Qb1 g5 19.Be2 b5 20.Bf3 b4 21.Ne2 a5 22.Nd4 Bxd4
23.exd4 Na4 24.Bd2 Nd5 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rc1 Rd8 27.Rc6 Nab6 28.Qc1 f6 29.b3 Na8
30.Qc5 Qd7 31.Qxa5 Qxc6 32.Qxd8+ Kh7 33.Bxd5 exd5 34.Qa5 Nc7 35.Qc5 Qd7 36.Qxb4 Ne6
37.Qc3 Qb5 38.Qc2+ Kh6 39.Be3 Qb4 40.Qd2 Qxd2 41.Bxd2 Nxd4 42.Kf1 Kg6 43.g4 Kf7
44.Be3 Nc6 45.Ke2 d4 46.Bd2 Ke6 47.a4 Kd5 48.f3 Ne5 49.a5 Kc5 50.f4 gxf4
51.Bxf4 Nc6 52.Bd2 Ne5 53.g5 fxg5 54.Bxg5 Kb5 55.Bd2 g6 56.h4 Kc5 57.Be1 Kb5
58.Bg3 Nc6 59.Be1 Ne5 60.Kd1 Nf3 61.Bd2 Nxh4 62.Ke2 Nf5 63.Kd3 g5 64.Bxg5 Kxa5
65.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.f3 a6 11.a4 b6 12.h4 h5 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.Rxh3 Nbd7 15.Rh1 Qc7
16.Kf2 Qb7 17.Rab1 Rec8 18.Rhc1 Ne8 19.b4 cxb4 20.Rxb4 Rc7 21.Nd1 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 Rc8
23.Qb1 Rc7 24.Be3 Qc8 25.Qb3 Nef6 26.Rc4 Rxc4 27.Qxc4 Nc5 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.Qxa6 Qd8
30.g3 Ne8 31.Bb5 Bd4+ 32.Ke2 Ng7 33.Bc6 Kh7 34.Qb7 g5 35.Qd7 Qf6 36.hxg5 Qxg5
37.Qxd6 Qc1 38.Qf4 Qc4+ 39.Ke1 f6 40.Bb5 Qb3 41.Ke2 c4 42.Qc1 c3 43.Bd3 Qb8
44.f4 Qc7 45.d6 Qc6 46.a5 f5 47.Qc2 Qxd6 48.exf5 Qf6 49.a6 h4 50.Nxc3 Bxc3
51.a7 Qe7+ 52.Kf3 Qxa7 53.f6+ Kh6 54.Qxc3 hxg3 55.fxg7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 d6
9.c3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.d5 c4 13.Bc2 Qc7 14.Nf1 Nc5 15.N3h2 a5
16.a3 Rb8 17.Bd2 Nfd7 18.Ng3 Qd8 19.Nf5 Nb6 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Be3 Nba4 22.Rb1 f5
23.f3 f4 24.Bf2 g5 25.Kf1 Bd7 26.Ke2 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Qd2 b3 29.Bd1 Nd3
30.Rg1 Bb5 31.Kf1 Ra8 32.g3 Kh8 33.gxf4 gxf4 34.Rg4 Bd7 35.Bh4 Qf7 36.Be2 Nac5
37.Kg2 h5 38.Rg5 Rg8 39.Bxd3 Nxd3 40.Kh1 Rxg5 41.Bxg5 Bxh3 42.Rg1 Rg8 43.Qe2 Kh7
44.Bh4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.Rd1 a4 12.c5 Qa5 13.cxd6 exd6 14.O-O a3 15.b3 Be6
16.Bd4 Rac8 17.f3 Rc6 18.Nb5 Qxd2 19.Rxd2 Ra8 20.Rfd1 h5 21.Kf2 Ra5 22.h4 Kh7
23.Ke1 Kg8 24.Ba1 Ne8 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.b4 Ra4 27.Nd4 Rc8 28.Bb5 Rxb4 29.Nxe6+ fxe6
30.Bd7 Ra8 31.Bxe6 Kf6 32.Bd7 Rb2 33.Bxe8 Rxe8 34.Rxd6+ Re6 35.Rxe6+ Kxe6
36.Rd2 b5 37.Kd1 Rb1+ 38.Kc2 Rb2+ 39.Kc1 Rb4 40.g3 Rc4+ 41.Rc2 Rd4 42.Rc6+ Kf7
43.Kc2 Rb4 44.Kc1 Rd4 45.Rc7+ Kf6 46.Rc6+ Kf7 47.Kc2 Rb4 48.Kc1 Rd4 49.e5 Rd3
50.Rf6+ Kg7 51.Kc2 Rd4 52.Ra6 b4 53.Kb3 Rd3+ 54.Kxb4 Rxf3 55.Ra7+ Kf8 56.Rxa3 Rf2
57.Ra7 Re2 58.a4 Re4+ 59.Kc5 Rxe5+ 60.Kd4 Re1 61.a5 Ra1 62.Ke5 Ra3 63.a6 Kg8
64.Ke6 Kf8 65.Kf6 Rf3+ 66.Ke5 Ra3 67.Kf4 Kg8 68.Ke5 Kf8 69.Ke6 Re3+ 70.Kf6 Rf3+
71.Ke5 Ra3 72.Kd4 Kg8 73.Kc5 Ra2 74.Kb5 Ra3 75.Rc7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 h6
9.Be2 Be6 10.a5 Nbd7 11.O-O Qc6 12.Nd2 Be7 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Rc8 15.Qe1 b5
16.Bd3 Ne5 17.Nf3 O-O 18.Kh1 Nxf3 19.gxf3 Kh8 20.Qd2 Nh7 21.Rg1 Qc5 22.Be3 Qh5
23.Qg2 Bf6 24.f4 Rg8 25.Rae1 b4 26.Nd1 Bc4 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.b3 Rc7 29.Bb6 Rcc8
30.Ne3 Bc3 31.Rd1 Nf6 32.Rxd6 Qh4 33.Qf3 Qh5 34.Qxh5 Nxh5 35.Nd5 Bd2 36.Ne7 Rxc2
37.Nxg8 Bxf4 38.Rgd1 Bxh2 39.R6d2 Rxd2 40.Rxd2 Ng3+ 41.Kg2 Nxe4 42.Rd8  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Chadaev,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.Nbd2 d6 10.h3 h6 11.Nc4 Be6 12.a5 Rb8 13.Re1 Re8 14.Ba4 Bd7 15.Be3 Bf8
16.Nfd2 Ne7 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.d4 Qb5 19.b3 Ng6 20.d5 Nd7 21.Qg4 Nc5 22.h4 Kh8
23.h5 Ne7 24.Nf1 f5 25.exf5 Nxd5 26.Ng3 Nd7 27.Rad1 N7f6 28.Qh3 Qd7 29.Bd2 Qf7
30.Qh4 Be7 31.Qh3 Bf8 32.Qh4 Be7 33.Qh3 Bf8 34.Qh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C02"]

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 Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E60"]

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 "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Amonatov,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.e3 e6
9.Qb3 Nxc4 10.Bxc4 Qb6 11.f3 Qxb3 12.Bxb3 Bd3 13.e4 Be7 14.Be3 O-O 15.Kf2 a5
16.Rhd1 Ba6 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8
22.Rxd5 Bb4 23.Rd7 Bc4 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Rd8+ Bf8 26.Ke2 f6 27.Kd3 Rc6 28.g4 Rd6+
29.Rxd6 Bxd6 30.h3 Kf7 31.Bd2 Be5 32.b3 Bc7 33.Kc4 Ke6 34.Bc3 Bd8 35.f4 g6
36.Kb5 f5 37.gxf5+ Kxf5 38.Bxa5 Bxa5 39.Kxa5 Kxf4 40.Kb6 g5 41.Kxb7 h5 42.a5 g4
43.hxg4 h4 44.a6 h3 45.a7 h2 46.a8=Q h1=Q+ 47.Kb8 Qh8+ 48.Ka7 Qa1+ 49.Kb7 Qh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Rb1 h6 13.f3 Ne6 14.Nde2 a6 15.Be3 b5
16.b3 h5 17.Qd2 Qc8 18.Nd5 Rb8 19.Red1 c5 20.g4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Bc6 22.Ndc3 Rd8
23.Nd5 Rb7 24.Bh3 Re8 25.g5 Nd7 26.Bxe6 Rxe6 27.Nef4 Re5 28.Kf2 Qd8 29.cxb5 axb5
30.Rh1 Ra7 31.Rh2 Qa5 32.Qxa5 Rxa5 33.Kf1 b4 34.Rg2 Re8 35.Rd1 Ne5 36.Rf2 Kf8
37.Nf6 Rd8 38.Kg2 Ke7 39.N4d5+ Bxd5 40.Nxd5+ Kf8 41.Kg3 Nc6 42.Rh2 Ne7 43.Nb6 Rb5
44.Nc4 d5 45.Kg4 Bc3 46.Bf4 Rb7 47.Ne5 Bxe5 48.Bxe5 Ke8 49.Rh8+ Kd7 50.Rxd8+ Kxd8
51.Bd6 Rb5 52.Bxe7+ Kxe7 53.Rxd5 Ra5 54.Rd2 Ke6 55.f4 Ra8 56.f5+ Ke5 57.Rd7 Kxe4
58.Rxf7 gxf5+ 59.Rxf5 Rxa2 60.Rxc5 Rg2+ 61.Kh5 Rg3 62.g6 Kf4 63.Kh6 Rxb3
64.g7 Rg3 65.Rb5 b3 66.Kh7 Rh3+ 67.Kg6 Rg3+ 68.Kf7 Ke4  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Eid,Fa"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B51"]

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 "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Cori,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[ECO "C04"]

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 "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qa4 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Rc1 h6 13.Bh4 Qe7 14.e4 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 g5
16.Bg3 Qb7 17.e5 Qe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Rc4 Nxg3+ 20.hxg3 Kg7 21.Rxc5 Nd7 22.Rc7 Nb6
23.Ke2 Nd5 24.Rc2 a5 25.b3 Rfd8 26.Nd4 a4 27.b4 Nxb4 28.Nxe6+ fxe6 29.axb4 Rd4
30.Rb1 Re4+ 31.Kd3 Rxe5 32.Ra2 Rc8 33.Kd2 Rd5+ 34.Ke1 Kg6 35.Kf1 Kf6 36.Re1 Rc6
37.Rxa4 Rd2 38.Kg1 Rb2 39.g4 Rcc2 40.Ra8 Kf7 41.Ra7+ Kf6 42.Ra6 Rxf2 43.Raxe6+ Kf7
44.Re7+ Kf8 45.Re8+ Kf7 46.R1e7+ Kf6 47.Re6+ Kf7 48.R8e7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Amanov,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Solomon,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "E16"]

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 "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Be8 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Rc1 h6 14.h3 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 g5
16.Bg3 Kg7 17.Bf3 b6 18.Ne2 Rd8 19.Nd4 a5 20.Nc4 Nfe4 21.Be5+ Bf6 22.Bxe4 Nxe4
23.Nxe6+  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.17"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.Nc2 Bg7
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxg7 Nc3 14.Bxc3 Qxc3 15.Ne3 Be6
16.Rc1 Qa5 17.Qc2 Rfc8 18.Qb2 Rab8 19.Rfd1 Qe5 20.Qd2 a5 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Nb4
23.f4 Qf6 24.Bh3 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Na6 26.e4 b6 27.e5 dxe5 28.Rc6 Qg7 29.d6 exd6
30.Qxd6 exf4 31.Bf1 fxg3 32.hxg3 Qa1 33.Qf4 Rf8 34.Rc1 Qxa2 35.Bxa6 Qxb3
36.Bc4 Qb4 37.Rf1 Qe7 38.Kh2 a4 39.Rf2 a3 40.Re2 Qc5 41.Rf2 Qe7 42.Re2 Qc5
43.Rf2 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc4 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 b6 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.Rac1 a6 14.b4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.a3 Rfc8 17.f3 Bd5 18.Be2 Bb7 19.e4 h6 20.Be3 a5 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.bxa5 bxa5
23.Rb1 Ba8 24.a4 Bb4 25.Kf1 e5 26.Nb3 Nd7 27.Rd1 Bc6 28.Rc1 Kf8 29.Ba6 Rc7
30.Bb7 Bb5+ 31.axb5 Rxb7 32.Nc5 Nxc5 33.Bxc5+ Ke8 34.b6 Bxc5 35.Rxc5 f6 36.Rxa5 Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.b4 c5 13.bxc5 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nxc5 15.dxc5 Rxc5
16.f4 Nd5 17.Bb2 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Qc7 19.Rfc1 Rc8 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Bd3 Rxc3 22.Qxc3 Qxc3
23.Rxc3 Rxc3 24.Bxb5 Bxa3 25.Kg2 g6 26.Rd1 Rc7 27.Rd7 Rxd7 28.Bxd7 Kg7 29.e4 Kf6
30.Kf3 a5 31.e5+ Ke7 32.Ba4 Bc5 33.h3 Bb6 34.Bb5 Bc5 35.Ba4 Bb6 36.Bb5 Bc5
37.Ba4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.Be3 c4 8.b3 cxb3
9.axb3 Ne7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.Nbd2 Bf5 13.Bf1 Rc8 14.Nh4 Be6 15.Bd3 Ng6
16.Nxg6 fxg6 17.Nf1 Qf6 18.f3 Bf5 19.Bf2 Ne7 20.Rc1 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Nf5 22.c4 Bf4
23.Rc2 Qf7 24.c5 Ne7 25.b4 Nc6 26.Qb3 Rfe8 27.Rd1 Re7 28.b5 axb5 29.Qxb5 Rce8
30.Ra2 h5 31.Rda1 Kh7 32.Ra8 Rxa8 33.Rxa8 Bg5 34.Ra2 Qf4 35.Rd2 Bf6 36.Qd3 Qf5
37.Qxf5 gxf5 38.Ng3 g6 39.Ne2 h4 40.Nc3 Rd7 41.Na4 g5 42.Nb6 Rd8 43.h3 Kg6
44.Kf1 g4 45.fxg4 fxg4 46.hxg4 Kg5 47.Rd3 Kxg4 48.Kg1 Ne7 49.Ra3 Nc6 50.Rd3 Ne7
51.Ra3 Nc6 52.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Bc1 Nhf6 14.Bb2 Qc7 15.e4 dxc4
16.Nd2 e5 17.Nxc4 exd4 18.Rxd4 Rfd8 19.Ne2 Bc5 20.h3 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Ne5 22.Qc3 Bxd4
23.Nxd4 c5 24.Nf5 Nc6 25.Nxg7 Nd4 26.Qe3 Nxe4 27.Bxe4 Kxg7 28.Qg5+ Kh8 29.Bf5 Rb8
30.Re1 Re8 31.Rc1 Qe7 32.Qh5 f6 33.Bxd4 cxd4 34.Rc6 Rf8 35.Re6 Qg7 36.Re4 Qf7
37.Qf3 Qb7 38.Qe2 Rf7 39.Rxd4 Re7 40.Qf1 Rbe8 41.Qg2 Re1+ 42.Kh2 Qxg2+ 43.Kxg2 R8e7
44.a4 R1e5 45.Bd3 Kg7 46.Kf3 Rh5 47.Kg4 Rg5+ 48.Kh4 Rc5 49.Bc4 Kh6 50.g4 Rce5
51.Rd8 Re8 52.Rd7 R8e7 53.Rd8 Re8 54.Rd7 R8e7 55.Rd8 Re8 56.Rd7 R8e7  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.cxd5 c5 7.dxc5 Nd7 8.Qa4 Qc7
9.Ne4 Bxb2 10.Rb1 Bg7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Qa3 Ne5 13.Ned2 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Rd8 15.e4 Bd4
16.Rc1 Qe5 17.Nc4 Qf6 18.Rc2 Bd7 19.Be2 e6 20.Ne3 exd5 21.Nxd5 Qh4 22.Bc4 Be6
23.Rd2 Be5 24.Ke2 b5 25.cxb6 axb6 26.Qb3 b5 27.Qxb5 Kg7 28.Qb3 Rab8 29.Qe3 h5
30.Bb3 Bxd5 31.Bxd5 Qf6 32.Rc2 Rdc8 33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.Rd1 Bf4 35.Qd4 Rc2+ 36.Kf1 Be5
37.Qe3 Qh4 38.f4 Qxh2 39.Qf3 Rc3 40.Rd3 Rc1+ 41.Rd1 Rxd1+ 42.Qxd1 Qxf4 43.Qd3 h4
44.Bb3 g5 45.Bd1 g4 46.Qd7 Qxe4 47.Qxg4+ Qxg4 48.Bxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qe2 Qd5
16.c4 Qe4 17.Qxe4 Nxe4 18.Be1 c5 19.Ne5 Bf6 20.f3 cxd4 21.Rxd4 Nd6 22.Rxd6 Bxe5
23.Rd3 Rc8 24.b3 b5 25.Rh4 f5 26.Bc3 Bg3 27.Rhd4 Be5 28.Rh4 Bg3 29.Rhd4 Be5
30.Rh4 Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A07"]

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 "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Qc2 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Nbd2 Qxc5
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Rc1 Nb6 11.a3 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Nxc4 13.Bxc4 O-O 14.O-O Bd7 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.Qb3 Qb6 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Be2 Kf8 19.Kf1 Nd5 20.Bxe7+ Nxe7 21.Ne5 Bc6 22.g3 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Ke8 24.Ke1 Nc8 25.Rd4 Ra5 26.f4 Ke7 27.Rb4 b5 28.Rb3 f6 29.Nd3 Nb6
30.Nb4 Na4 31.Nc2 Nc5 32.Rb4 e5 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Rg4 Ne6 35.Nb4 g5 36.Nd3 Kd6
37.Nf2 Bd7 38.Rb4 Nc5 39.h4 b6 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Kd2 Ke7 42.Bf1 Bc6 43.Ke1 Kf6
44.Nd1 Ra4 45.Nc3 Rxb4 46.axb4 Na6 47.Na2 Nc7 48.Nc3 Na6 49.Na2 Nc7 50.Nc3 Na6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc4 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 b6 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.Rac1 a6 14.b4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.a3 a5 17.f3 Bd5 18.e4 Bxc4 19.Rxc4 axb4 20.axb4 Rfc8 21.Rdc1 Rxc4 22.Rxc4 h6
23.Kf1 Kf8 24.Nc6 b5 25.Rd4 Ra6 26.Nxe7 Kxe7 27.Rd2 Nd7 28.Rc2 g5 29.Bc7 f6
30.Ba5 h5 31.h4 gxh4 32.Rc8 Ne5 33.Rc7+ Kd6 34.Rb7 h3 35.gxh3 Nxf3 36.Rxb5 Nd2+
37.Kg2 Ra8 38.Rxh5 Rg8+ 39.Kf2 Nxe4+ 40.Ke3 f5 41.Rh7 e5 42.Bc7+ Ke6 43.Kd3 Rg3+
44.Kc4 Rc3+ 45.Kb5 f4 46.Rh6+ Kd5 47.Bb6 f3 48.Rh8 Ra3 49.Bg1 f2 50.Bxf2 Nxf2
51.Rd8+ Ke4 52.Kc6 Rc3+  0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 g5 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Bg2 Be7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.O-O-O Nb6 15.e4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Rhe1 Nd5 18.Rxe4 O-O-O 19.Qa4 Kb8 20.Ba5 Nb6 21.Qb3 Bf6 22.Kb1 Rd5
23.Bb4 Rhd8 24.Bc5 R5d7 25.Bf1 Be7 26.Rde1 Bxc5 27.dxc5 Nd5 28.a3 Nf4 29.Ka2 f6
30.Re8 Ng6 31.R1e6 Ne5 32.Ba6 Kc8 33.Bc4 Rxe8 34.Rxe8+ Rd8 35.Re6 Rd4 36.Re8+ Rd8
37.Re6 Kb8 38.Qc3 a6 39.Be2 Ka7 40.Bc4 Rd1 41.Re8 Qd7 42.Rg8 Nd3 43.Bxd3 Rxd3
44.Qc4 Rxh3 45.Rf8 Rd3 46.Rf7 Qd4 47.Qxd4 Rxd4 48.f3 a5 49.Rxg7 Rf4 50.Rf7 Rxf3
51.a4 Rf4 52.Ka3 Kb8 53.Rf8+ Kc7 54.Rf7+ Kc8 55.b3 Rxg4 56.Rxf6 Rf4 57.Rg6 g4
58.Rg7 Rb4 59.Kb2 Kd8 60.Kc3 Ke8 61.Rh7 Kf8 62.Kd2 Rxb3 63.Rh8+ Kf7 64.Ra8 Ke6
65.Rxa5 Kd5 66.Ra7 Kxc5 67.a5 g3 68.Ke2 Kc4 69.a6 bxa6 70.Rxa6 c5 71.Rg6 Kb4
72.Rg4+ c4 73.Kd1 Rb1+ 74.Kc2 Rg1  0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mitkov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.a4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.cxd5 Nxd5
10.e4 Nb4 11.h3 Nd7 12.Be3 e5 13.d5 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Nf6 16.Qxe5 Ng4
17.Qc5 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Bg7 20.Rfd1 Qe7 21.Bc4 Be6 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.Rb6 Rac8 24.e5 Rc6 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Rd6 Rc8 27.Nd4 c5 28.Nxe6 c4 29.Nxg7 Qxg7
30.e6 Qa1+ 31.Kh2 Qf6 32.Rd4 Re8 33.Rxc4 Qxe6 34.Qxe6+ Rxe6 35.Rc5 Ra6 36.g4 h6
37.Kg3 Kf7 38.h4 Kf6 39.f4 Ra7 40.h5 gxh5 41.Rxh5 Kg6 42.Rb5 Ra6 43.Kh4 Rc6
44.Rxa5 Rc1 45.Ra6+ Kg7 46.a5  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.Ne2 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"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6
10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.f3 Bg6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.a4 b4 16.Bb2 e6
17.Rc1 Be7 18.Qd4 O-O 19.O-O a5 20.f4 Be4 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Qd7 23.Rc2 Rfc8
24.Rfc1 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 g6 26.Bd4 Kf8 27.Kg2 Ke8 28.Kf3 Ra6 29.h4 Qb7 30.h5 Kd7
31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Rh1 Rc6 33.Qd3 Qa6 34.Qb5 Qxb5 35.axb5 Rc8 36.Rh7 Rf8 37.e4 dxe4+
38.Kxe4 Kc7 39.f5 gxf5+ 40.gxf5 exf5+ 41.Kxf5 Kd7 42.Ke4 Bg5 43.Kd5 Rd8 44.Bb6  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Bd3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 d4 14.exd4 Nxd4 15.Qd1 Bxc5
16.Nf3 Bg4 17.O-O Kf8 18.Nb5 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Bb6 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.Qb3 Kg7 22.Qxb7 Rab8
23.Qe4 Bxb2 24.Rc6 Qe5 25.Qc4 Rb6 26.Rc5 Qd4 27.Rf5 Rf6 28.Qxd4 Bxd4 29.Rxf6 Bxf6
30.Bc4 Rc8 31.Bb3 Bb2 32.Rd1 Rc1 33.Rxc1 Bxc1 34.g4 a5 35.Kf1 Bf4 36.Ke2 f6
37.Kd3 Bd6 38.Ke3 Bf4+ 39.Kd3 Bd6 40.Ke3 Bf4+ 41.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B51"]

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 "6th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.e4 Bg4 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Ng5 O-O 10.Be2 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 e5 12.dxe5 h6 13.Nh3 N8d7 14.f4 Nc5 15.Qc2 Nd3+
16.Kf1 f5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Be3 Rf7 19.Rd1 Rd7 20.Nf2 Nxb2 21.Rxd7 Qxd7 22.Bc1 N6c4
23.h4 b5 24.Rh3 Rd8 25.Rg3 Nd1 26.e5 Qf5 27.Qxf5 gxf5 28.Rg6 Nce3+ 29.Kg1 c5
30.Ng3 Kf7 31.Ra6 Bf8 32.Rxa7+ Be7 33.Nxd1 Rxd1+ 34.Kf2 Ng4+ 35.Ke2 Rxc1
36.Nxf5 Ke6 37.Nxe7 h5 38.Nc8 c4 39.Nd6 Rc2+ 40.Kf3 Rc3+ 41.Ke4 Re3+ 42.Kd4 Rd3+
43.Kc5 c3 44.Rc7 c2 45.Kxb5 Ne3 46.f5+ Kxe5 47.Nc4+ Nxc4 48.Rxc4 Rd5+ 49.Kc6 Rd6+
50.Kc7 Rd2 51.a4 Rd4 52.Rc5+ Kf6 53.a5 Rd5 54.Rc6+ Kxf5 55.a6 Ra5 56.Kb6 Ra2
57.a7 Rb2+ 58.Kc7 Ra2 59.Kb7 Rb2+ 60.Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Bg4
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bc2 h6 12.a3 Re8 13.g4 Bg6 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 d5
16.e5 Bxc2 17.Qxc2 Nf8 18.Nf1 Ne6 19.Be3 Bg5 20.Rad1 f6 21.Qb3 Na5 22.Qc3 Nc4
23.h4 Bxe3 24.Nxe3 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 c6 26.h5 Rf8 27.exf6 Qxf6 28.Ne5 Qh4 29.Qg3 Qxg3+
30.fxg3 Ng5 31.Kg2 Ne4 32.Rf1 Rxf1 33.Rxf1 Re8 34.Nd7 Rd8 35.Ne5 Re8 36.Nd7 a5
37.a4 Ng5 38.Ne5 Rf8 39.Rf5 Ne4 40.Kf3 Re8 41.Kg2 Nd6 42.Rf2 Re7 43.b3 Re8
44.Rc2 Nf7 45.Nf3 Kf8 46.Rf2 Kg8 47.Rc2 Kh7 48.Rc5 Re2+ 49.Kf1 Re3 50.Kg2 Ng5
51.Nxg5+ hxg5 52.Rxa5 Rxb3 53.Ra7 g6 54.a5 Kh6 55.Ra8 gxh5 56.Rh8+ Kg7 57.Rb8 Rb5
58.gxh5 g4 59.Kf2 Kh6 60.Ke3 Kxh5 61.Kf4 Kg6 62.Kxg4 Rxa5 63.Kf4 c5 64.dxc5 Rxc5
65.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.dxc5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 e5 8.Be3 Nd5
9.b4 g6 10.Kc2 Bf5+ 11.Kb3 a5 12.Bc4 Be6 13.Ng5 axb4 14.cxb4 Ncxb4 15.Nc3 Nxc3
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Kxb4 Nd5+ 18.Kb5 Be7 19.Rac1 Bd8 20.Bb3 Rf8 21.Rhd1 Ra5+
22.Kc4 Be7 23.Kd3 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Bxc5 25.Rf1 Rxf1 26.Rxf1 Ke7 27.Rc1 b6 28.Rc4 Ra8
29.Ra4 Rxa4 30.Bxa4 g5 31.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.c3 g6 7.Bc2 Bg7 8.d4 Qc7
9.a4 O-O 10.d5 b6 11.c4 e6 12.Nc3 exd5 13.cxd5 Re8 14.h3 Rb8 15.Qe2 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Rxe5
17.Be3 Re8 18.Bd3 Bb7 19.Rac1 Re7 20.Qd2 Qd7 21.b3 Bc8 22.Bh6 Bh8 23.Qe2 Re8
24.Rfe1 Ra8 25.Qf3 Qc7 26.Qg3 Nd7 27.f4 Bb7 28.Kh1 Nf6 29.Bc4 Nh5 30.Qf3 Rab8
31.Rcd1 Ra8 32.Rd2 b5 33.axb5 Qa5 34.e5 dxe5 35.Rde2 e4 36.Nxe4 axb5 37.g4 Rxe4
38.Rxe4 Nf6 39.Re7 bxc4 40.bxc4 Bg7 41.Bxg7 Kxg7 42.f5 g5 43.Qe3 h6 44.Qe6 Rf8
45.Rxb7 Qc3 46.Kg2 Qxc4 47.d6 Qd3 48.Re3 Qd1 49.Re1 Qd2+ 50.Re2 Qd3 51.Re7 c4
52.d7 c3 53.Qc6 Qd4 54.Qc7 Qd3 55.d8=Q Rxd8 56.Rxf7+ Kg8 57.Rg7+ Kh8 58.Rge7 h5
59.gxh5 g4 60.hxg4 Qd5+ 61.Kg3 Qd4 62.Qf4 Qxf4+ 63.Kxf4 Nd5+ 64.Kf3 c2 65.Re8+ Kg7
66.h6+ Kf7 67.Rxd8 c1=Q 68.Rd7+ Kf6 69.Rd6+ Kf7 70.Rd7+ Kf6 71.g5+ Kxg5 72.Rxd5 Qf4+
73.Kg2 Qg4+ 74.Kf2 Qf4+ 75.Kg1 Qc1+ 76.Kg2 Qc6 77.Rd2 Kxh6 78.Kg3 Kg5 79.f6+ Kg6
80.R2d3 Qc7+ 81.Rd6 Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 "6th Kings Playoff"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.O-O e5 8.a3 f6
9.e3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bf7 12.d4 exd4 13.exd4 cxd4 14.Ne2 Bc5 15.b4 Bb6
16.Bb2 O-O 17.Nexd4 Bd5 18.Nf5 Re8 19.g5 Qd7 20.N3h4 Ne5 21.gxf6 gxf6 22.a4 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Nd5 24.Kh1 Kh8 25.a5 Bc7 26.Qh5 Qf7 27.Qxf7 Nxf7 28.Rad1 Rad8 29.Rxd5 Rxd5
30.Bxf6+ Kg8 31.Rg1+ Kf8 32.Bg7+ Kg8 33.Be5+ Kf8 34.Bxc7 Re4 35.Bb8 Rxb4
36.Bxa7 Rf4 37.Bb6 Rfxf5 38.Nxf5 Rxf5 39.Rc1 Ng5 40.Kg2 Rf7 41.Rc8+ Kg7 42.h4 Ne6
43.Kg3 Kg6 44.Rc4 Rd7 45.Rb4 Ng7  0-1

[Event "6th Kings Playoff"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 Qe8 8.f3 c6
9.Bd1 b5 10.cxb5 cxb5 11.Nge2 b4 12.Na4 Bd7 13.b3 e5 14.Be3 Rd8 15.d5 Nh5
16.O-O f5 17.Bc2 Bb5 18.Bd3 fxe4 19.fxe4 Nf4 20.Bxb5 Qxb5 21.Nxf4 exf4 22.Bd4 Bxd4+
23.Qxd4 Rde8 24.Rae1 Nb8 25.Nb2 Nd7 26.Nd3 g5 27.Nxb4 Ne5 28.Nc6 Nxc6 29.dxc6 Qxc6
30.e5 dxe5 31.Rxe5 h6 32.Rfe1 Rxe5 33.Qxe5 Qb6+ 34.Kh1 Rd8 35.h3 Qd6 36.Qf5 Rf8
37.Qe6+ Qxe6 38.Rxe6 Kg7 39.Ra6 Rf7 40.Kg1 h5 41.Kf2 Rc7 42.Kf3 Re7 43.Kf2 Rc7
44.Ra4 Kg6 45.h4 Rc2+ 46.Kf3 Rc3+ 47.Kf2 gxh4 48.Rxf4 Rc2+ 49.Kf3 Rxa2 50.Rxh4 Ra3
51.Rb4 a5 52.Rb6+ Kf5 53.Rb5+ Ke6 54.Ke4 a4 55.bxa4 Rxa4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2012.11.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd2 a5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Be7 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6
16.Ne4 c5 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Rae1 f5 19.Qd1 Bg5 20.e4 Qxd4 21.Bc3 Qd8 22.Bxb5 Bxe4
23.Qh5 Bd2 24.f3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Bd3 26.Bxd3 Qxd3 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Qg6+ Kh8 29.Qxh6+ Kg8
30.Qg6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.h3 a5 11.Qc2 e5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.e4 Qe7 15.Kh2 Bd7
16.Bh6 Qc5 17.Rac1 Bc6 18.Nd5 Qxc2 19.Rxc2 Bxd5 20.exd5 Bd6 21.Rfc1 Rad8
22.Bg5 Rc8 23.Bf4 Bxf4 24.gxf4 Rcd8 25.Rxc7 Nxd5 26.Rxb7 Nxf4 27.Rcc7 Rf8
28.Bf1 Ne6 29.Rc2 Rd5 30.Bc4 Rf5 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Kg1 Rg5+ 33.Kf1 Rh5 34.Kg2 Rg5+
35.Kf1 Rh5 36.Kg2 Rg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D38"]

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 "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 e5 8.O-O Be7
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.a3 Rc8 13.Rd1 exd4 14.Rxd4 Re8 15.Bg5 Qc7
16.Re1 Nf8 17.Qd1 Ne6 18.Rd2 Nxg5 19.Nxg5 Qc5 20.Nf3 Bf8 21.h4 h6 22.Rd4 Qa7
23.Bb3 Rc5 24.Qd2 Qa8 25.Qf4 Qc8 26.Red1 a5 27.Nh2 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Bxe4
30.Qd2 d5 31.a4 Bc5 32.Kf1 bxa4 33.Bxa4 Qc7 34.g3 Qc8 35.f3 Bf5 36.g4 Be6
37.Kg2 Bd6 38.Qd4 Qc7 39.Nf1 Be5 40.Qd3 Qxc3 41.Qxc3 Bxc3 42.Ng3 Kf8 43.g5 hxg5
44.hxg5 Ne8 45.Ne2 Bb4 46.Nf4 Nd6 47.Kh1 Nc4 48.Bc6 Bd2 49.Bxd5 Bxf4 50.Bxe6 fxe6
51.Rd4 Bxg5 52.Rxc4 Ke7 53.f4 Bf6 54.Rc5 a4 55.Ra5 a3 56.Rxa3 g5 57.fxg5 Bxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.g4 Nf6 12.Bf4 h5 13.Nf5 gxf5 14.gxf5 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.e5 Bxf5 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Nxd5 Qxb2 19.Ne7+ Rxe7 20.Qd8+ Kh7 21.Qxe7 Bg6
22.Rad1 Nc6 23.Qe3 Qxa2 24.Bd3 Rd8 25.Bxg6+ fxg6 26.Rxd8 Nxd8 27.Be5 Ne6
28.Ra1 Qd5 29.Bxg7 Nxg7 30.Qe4 Qd7 31.Rxa7 Qd1+ 32.Kg2 Qd2+ 33.Kh3 Qd7+ 34.Kg2 Qd2+
35.Kg3 Qd6+ 36.f4 Kh6 37.Rxb7 Nf5+ 38.Kg2 Qd2+ 39.Kg1 Ne3 40.Rh7+ Kxh7 41.Qe7+ Kg8
42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Qe7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "C84"]

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 "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Qa5 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Be5 O-O 13.Nd4 Re8 14.Nxf5 Rxe5 15.Nxh6+ Kg7
16.Ng4 Re7 17.O-O-O Bxc3 18.f3 Qxa2 19.fxe4 Qa1+ 20.Qb1 Bxb2+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+
22.Kxb2 Rxe4 23.Rd4 Rxd4 24.exd4 Qxd4+ 25.Ka3 Qxg4 26.Qxb7 Qd4 27.Qxa8 Qc3+
28.Ka2 Qc2+ 29.Ka3 Qc3+ 30.Ka2 Qc2+ 31.Ka3 Qc3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Ba6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qa4 Qc8 11.Bd2 Re8 12.a3 Bf8 13.b4 c5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Rab1 c4
16.Rb2 Nc7 17.Rfb1 a6 18.Rb6 Re6 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Ne5 Nb5 21.Nxb5 axb5 22.Qxb5 Bxa3
23.f3 Bd6 24.Qc6 Qxc6 25.Nxc6 Ra2 26.Bb4 Bc7 27.Be1 Ra6 28.Nb4 Ra3 29.Nc2 Ra2
30.Rc1 Kf7 31.Nb4 Ra3 32.Nc2 Rb3 33.h3 Ke8 34.Kf1 Kd7 35.Ke2 e5 36.Ra1 Rb2
37.Kd1 exd4 38.exd4 Nh5 39.Bd2 Bb6 40.g4 Nf6 41.Ba5 Ne8 42.Bxb6 Rxb6 43.Ne3 Nc7
44.Ra5 Rb5 45.Rxb5 Nxb5 46.Nxd5 Nxd4 47.Nb6+ Ke6 48.Nxc4 Nxf3 49.Ke2 Ng1+
50.Ke3 Nxh3 51.Nd2 Ng5 52.Kf4 h6 53.Nb3 Kf6 54.Nd2 Ne6+ 55.Kg3 Nc5 56.Nc4 Nd3
57.Ne3 g6 58.Nc4 Ke6 59.Ne3 Ke5 60.Nc4+ Kd5 61.Nb6+ Ke4 62.Nd7 Ne5 63.Nf6+ Ke3
64.Ng8 Nf7 65.Ne7 g5 66.Ng8 Ke4 67.Nf6+ Ke5 68.Ng8 Ke4 69.Nf6+ Ke5 70.Ng8 Ke4
71.Nf6+ Ke5 72.Ng8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "A33"]

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 "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 Qb6 14.Rhe1 O-O 15.Nf5 exf5
16.Rxe7 Qd8 17.Re2 Ne4 18.g3 Ndf6 19.Nh4 Qd7 20.Qf3 Qxd4 21.Nxf5 Qe5 22.Bc1 Rfe8
23.Rde1 Re6 24.g4 Rae8 25.Ka1 Qd5 26.Qa3 Nxg4 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.f3 Nef6 29.Rxe6 Rxe6
30.Rxe6 Qxe6 31.fxg4 Qxg4 32.Qxa7 Qxh5 33.Qxb7 Qh1 34.Kb1 h5 35.Qc7 h4 36.Qf4 Ne4
37.a4 h3 38.a5 Qe1 39.a6 Nd2+ 40.Ka2 Qxc1 41.Qg5+ Kh7 42.Qh5+ Kg7 43.Qg5+ Kh7
44.Qh5+ Kg7 45.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "Renova FIDE GP Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "A64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.a4 a6 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.Nb3 Bf5 15.Na5 Ne4
16.Bd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 h5 18.e3 h4 19.Rfe1 Qg5 20.Na4 Reb8 21.Nc3 Qh5 22.f3 Qh8
23.g4 Bd7 24.h3 f5 25.g5 f4 26.exf4 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Qg7 28.Bf1 Re8 29.Ne4 Kh8
30.Nxd6 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Rf8 32.Re4 Nxd5 33.Nb3 Bc6 34.f5 gxf5 35.Rxh4+ Kg8 36.Nxd4 cxd4
37.Bc4 Qe5 38.Qxd4 Qxd6 39.Rh6 Qe7 40.Bxd5+ Bxd5 41.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c6 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.c4 e5 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.d3 Nbd7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 Ne8 11.Qd2 Nc7 12.Nh2 f6 13.d4 Bf7 14.b3 b5 15.cxb5 cxb5
16.Rfd1 b4 17.Na4 a5 18.Rac1 Nb5 19.Nf3 Rb8 20.dxe5 fxe5 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Qe8
23.Be3 Be6 24.Qe2 h6 25.Kh2 Nf6 26.f4 exf4 27.Bxf4 Nd7 28.Rxd6 Nxd6 29.Bxd6 Rc8
30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.Bxf8 Nxf8 32.Nb6 Qc7 33.Nd5 Qe5 34.Nf4 Bf7 35.Qa6 Ne6 36.Nd5 Ng5
37.Qc8+ Kh7 38.Qf5+ Qxf5 39.exf5 Be8 40.Ne3 Nf7 41.Nc4 a4 42.Bd5 axb3 43.axb3 h5
44.Kg2 Kh6 45.h4 g5 46.fxg6 Kxg6 47.Bxf7+  1-0

[Event "Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hammer,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d5 Nc5
9.Nd2 a5 10.b3 Bd7 11.a4 Ne8 12.Ba3 Nc7 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.Nf3 Bf6 15.Qd2 Na6
16.Rad1 Ra7 17.Qe3 Qb8 18.Kh1 h6 19.Rg1 Qc8 20.g4 g5 21.h3 Qd8 22.Nh2 Qb6
23.Rb1 Raa8 24.Nf1 Nb4 25.Ng3 Nc2 26.Qf3 Qd8 27.Nf5 Kh7 28.Bd3 Nd4 29.Nxd4 cxd4
30.Ne2 Bg7 31.Ng3 Qf6 32.Nf5 Kh8 33.Kg2 Rfe8 34.Rh1 Rac8 35.Rh2 Bxf5 36.gxf5 Qd8
37.Qh5 Qf6 38.Re1 Bf8 39.h4 g4 40.Qxg4 Bb4 41.Kf1 Rg8 42.Qh5 Bxe1 43.Kxe1 Rg1+
44.Ke2 Rcg8 45.c5 cxd5 46.exd5 e4 47.Bxe4 d3+ 48.Bxd3 R8g4 49.Rh3 Rf4 50.Bc2 Kg7
51.Re3 Rxh4 52.Qf3 Rhh1 53.Qf4 Re1+ 54.Kd2 Rxe3 55.Qxe3 Qa1 56.Qg3+ Kf6 57.Qd6+ Kg7
58.Qg3+ Kf6 59.Qd6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Nd5 Bc6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bxf6 exf6
15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.Rfd1 f5 17.f3 Kg7 18.Kf2 Kf6 19.h4 h6 20.Be2 g5 21.hxg5+ hxg5
22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Bxd1 f4 25.g3 Ke5 26.b4 Bd5 27.a3 f5 28.gxf4+ gxf4
29.Be2 b6 30.Bd1 Bc4 31.exf4+ Kxf4 32.Bc2 Bd5 33.Bd1 Bc4 34.Bc2 Ke5 35.Kg3 Be6
36.Bb1 f4+ 37.Kh4 Kd4 38.Kg5 Ke3 39.Be4 Bd7 40.Bd5 Kd4 41.Be4 Kc3 42.Kxf4 Kb3
43.Bd3 Kxa3 44.b5 Kb4 45.Ke5 Bxb5 46.Bc2 a5 47.f4 a4 48.Kd4  0-1

[Event "Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c6 2.g3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.c4 e5 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.h3 a6 11.a4 a5 12.e4 Bf8 13.Be3 exd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.b3 g6 16.Rd2 Ned7
17.Rad1 Nc5 18.Bg5 Bg7 19.Nde2 Qb6 20.Rxd6 Nfd7 21.Nd5 Qxb3 22.Qxb3 Nxb3
23.Nc7 Re5 24.Nxa8 Rxg5 25.Rxd7 Bxd7 26.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.e3 e6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.d3 a5 6.a3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O Qe7 12.c4 Rfd8 13.Qc2 Nf8 14.e4 dxe4 15.dxe4 e5
16.c5 Bxc5 17.Nxe5 Bd4 18.Bxd4 Rxd4 19.Nf3 Rxe4 20.Bd3 Re6 21.Bc4 Nd5 22.Rfd1 Rd8
23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Qc3 Ra6 25.Nd4 Ne6 26.Nf5 Qg5 27.Qe5 g6 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Qxd5 Qxf5
30.Qxb7 Rd6 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Kg7 33.b5 Rd2  0-1

[Event "Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.e3 d6 3.b3 e5 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nfd2 d5 8.f3 exf3
9.Qxf3 Nb6 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Qf2 Bh5 12.c5 Nbd7 13.O-O Be7 14.b4 Bg6 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.h3 Nf8 17.Nc3 Ne6 18.Nf3 O-O 19.a4 Qb8 20.b5 Bd8 21.Ba3 Bc7 22.Rab1 Bg3
23.Qc2 Qd8 24.Ne2 Bc7 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Rb7 Ne4 27.Nc3 Ng3 28.Rfb1 Re8 29.Qf2 Re7
30.a5 Nf5 31.a6 Bg3 32.Qd2 Qa5 33.Rxe7 Nxe7 34.Nxd5 Qd8 35.Nxe7+ Qxe7 36.e4 Nc7
37.Qd3 Rd8 38.Rb7 Qe6 39.Ng5  1-0

[Event "Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Bb5 e6 6.c4 Bd6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Rc1 a6 13.Be2 Ba7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nh4 Bg6
16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Bf3 d4 18.exd4 Bxd4 19.Na4 Bxb2 20.Nxb2 Nd4 21.Rxc8 Nxf3+
22.Qxf3 Qxc8 23.Nc4 b5 24.Ne3 Qc3 25.Qe2 Re8 26.Rd1 Qe5 27.Qc2 Ne4 28.Rd5 Qf4
29.Rd3 Qf6 30.Nd5 Qe5 31.Ne3 Kh7 32.a4 bxa4 33.bxa4 Rb8 34.Rd5 Qa1+ 35.Rd1 Qe5
36.Rd5 Qf4 37.Rd4 f5 38.Rd7 Qe5 39.Nc4 Qc5 40.Ne3 Qxc2 41.Nxc2 Rb1+ 42.Kh2 Nxf2
43.Nd4 Ne4 44.Ne6 g5 45.h4 g4 46.Ng5+ Nxg5 47.hxg5 Kg6 48.Kg3 Kh5 49.Rxg7 Rb4
50.a5 f4+ 51.Kh2 Ra4 52.g6 Rxa5 53.Rf7 Kxg6 54.Rxf4 Kg5 55.Rc4 Kh4 56.Rb4 Ra2
57.Rc4 a5 58.Rd4 a4 59.Rc4 a3 60.Ra4 Ra1 61.Rb4 Rc1 62.g3+ Kg5 63.Rb5+ Kf6
64.Ra5 Rc2+  0-1

[Event "Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Rb1 a6
9.b4 Qc7 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Rd1 h6 12.h3 Nf8 13.Be3 Ng6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Na4 Be6
16.Bb6 Qb8 17.Nc5 Nf4 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.c5 Bd8 20.Bc4 Bxb6 21.cxb6 Re7 22.a4 a5
23.b5 c5 24.Bxe6 Rxe6 25.Qxc5 Qf8 26.Rbc1 Nxe4 27.Qd5 Nf6 28.Qxb7 Rb8 29.Qa7 e4
30.Nd4 Rexb6 31.Nc6 R6b7 32.Qxa5 Re8 33.Rd8 Kh7 34.Rxe8 Qxe8 35.Qc3 Rd7 36.b6 Rd3
37.Qe5 Qd7 38.Qc7 Rd1+ 39.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40.Kh2 e3 41.fxe3 Nd5 42.Qd6 Qb3 43.Nd4 Qxe3
44.Qxd5 Qf4+ 45.Kg1 Qc1+ 46.Kf2 Qd2+ 47.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Bg4 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 e6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.e3 a5
9.a3 O-O 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Ne8 12.O-O Bf6 13.d4 Nd6 14.Ne5 a4 15.Nd3 axb3
16.cxb3 Re8 17.a4 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.Rc1 Qb6 22.Rc3 Ne4
23.Rd3 g6 24.Qc2 Re7 25.Rd4 Ng5 26.Qc3 Ne6 27.Rd2 Qc5 28.Rc1 Qxc3 29.Rxc3 f5
30.h4 Kf7 31.Bf3 Kf6 32.Bd1 h6 33.b4 g5 34.b5 cxb5 35.axb5 Rd7 36.Bf3 Rad8
37.Kh2 d4 38.exd4 Nxd4 39.Rb2 Nxf3+ 40.Rxf3 Rd2 41.hxg5+ hxg5 42.Rfb3 R8d5
43.Rxd2 Rxd2 44.Kg2 g4 45.b6 Ke6 46.Kf1 Kd6 47.f3 gxf3 48.Rxf3 Rd5 49.Rb3 Kc6
50.Ke2 Rb5 51.Rd3 Kxb6 52.Rd6+ Kc7 53.Rf6 Rd5 54.Ke3 b5 55.Rg6 b4 56.g4 fxg4
57.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Supreme Masters 2013"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ndb4 8.Nxc6 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 Nxc6 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.Be3 g6 12.Rc1 Bg7 13.Kc2 Rc8 14.Rhd1 Na5 15.Bd4 Bf5+
16.e4 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 Be6 18.b3 f6 19.f4 Kf7 20.Kb2 Rhd8 21.Rcd1 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Nc6
23.Rd2 h6 24.Bf3 Bh3 25.Nb5 h5 26.Be2 h4 27.Bc4+ Be6 28.Bd5 hxg3 29.hxg3 a6
30.Nc3 Rd8 31.Na4 Bxd5 32.exd5 Nb4 33.Nc3 Nc6 34.Ka3 Na7 35.Kb4 Nc8 36.Ne4 Nd6
37.Nc5 Rc8 38.Ne6 b6 39.Rh2 Nf5 40.g4 Ne3 41.Rh7+ Ke8 42.Rh8+ Kd7 43.Rxc8 Kxc8
44.g5 Nxd5+ 45.Kc4 Ne3+ 46.Kd4 Nf5+ 47.Ke4 Kb7 48.Nf8 Nd6+ 49.Kd5 fxg5 50.fxg5 Nf7
51.Nxg6 Nxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Supreme Masters 2013"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 Nf6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.h3 Be7 12.c4 Ng6 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Na4 Bd7 15.Qb3 O-O
16.Qb6 Qe5 17.Bd2 Ne4 18.Nc3 Qc5 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.b3 Rac8 21.Be3 Rfd8 22.Red1 Be8
23.g3 Ne5 24.Bg2 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.f4 Kf8 28.Kf2 Ke8 29.Ke2 Rb8
30.g4 f5 31.Rac1 g6 32.Rd4 Rxd4 33.Bxd4 Rd8 34.Rd1 Nd7 35.Na4 Bd6 36.gxf5 exf5
37.Kf3 Be7 38.Nb2 Nf8 39.Be3 Rxd1 40.Nxd1 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Supreme Masters 2013"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2793"]

[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.Rg1 Nb6 13.Na5 Rc8 14.g5 Nh5 15.Kb1 Nf4
16.a3 g6 17.h4 Qc7 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Qxa5 22.Rg4 Rc5
23.Qb3 d5 24.Rxf4 Qc7 25.Rfd4 Qh2 26.c3 Rd8 27.Qc2 Qg3 28.f4 Bd6 29.Bg2 Bxf4
30.Bxd5 Kg7 31.Qe4 Qe3 32.Qh1 Rd7 33.R1d3 Qe5 34.Qf3 Bh2 35.Be6 Re7 36.Re4 Rxe6
37.Rxe5 Rcxe5 38.Rd8 Re4 39.Ka2 Bf4 40.Rd7 Kg8 41.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Supreme Masters 2013"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Hammer,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.b3 Bb7 9.Nbc3 Nbd7
10.a4 Re8 11.Ba3 e6 12.Rc1 Ba6 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Qa2 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.Rfd1 Qe7
17.Nf4 dxc4 18.bxc4 e5 19.Nd3 exd4 20.exd4 Qd6 21.Ne2 Rfe8 22.Nef4 Rcd8 23.h4 c5
24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Qc7 28.Qd2 Bb7 29.h5 Bxd5 30.cxd5 Qe5
31.h6 Qh5 32.d6 Re2 33.Qf4 Qe5 34.Qf3 Re1+ 35.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36.Kg2 Qe6 37.Qc6 f6
38.Qc7 Qd7 39.Qc4+ Kf8 40.Rd1 Qb7+ 41.Kg1 Qf7 42.Qb4 Qe6 43.a5 bxa5 44.Qxa5 Rd7
45.Qc5 Kf7 46.Qc2 a5 47.Rd4 a4 48.Rxa4 Qxd6 49.Ra1 Qe6 50.Ra8 Qd5 51.Ra1 Qe6
52.Rb1 Qf5 53.Qc4+ Qe6 54.Qa4 Qd5 55.Re1 g5 56.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Supreme Masters 2013"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.g4 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Bf3 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Bxd2 Nd7 14.O-O-O Ne5
15.Be2 Bd7 16.f4 Nc6 17.Nb3 O-O-O 18.Bf3 Kc7 19.a3 Na7 20.Nd4 Nb5 21.Be3 Nxd4
22.Bxd4 Bc6 23.Rhf1 f6 24.Be2 h6 25.h4 b5 26.h5 Be4 27.Rd2 Kc6 28.Rfd1 Rd7
29.Be3 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 e5 31.c4 b4 32.axb4 Bxb4 33.Rd1 Re8 34.fxe5 Rxe5 35.Bd2 Bxd2+
36.Kxd2 a5 37.Ra1 Kb6 38.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Supreme Masters 2013"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Nb3 Bb4 13.Bd2 O-O 14.a4 bxa4 15.Nxa4 a5
16.Bxb4 axb4 17.Nac5 Bd5 18.f3 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Rc8 20.Rc1 Bxb3 21.Nxb3 Rxc1+
22.Nxc1 Nc5 23.Kf2 Nd5 24.e4 Nb6 25.Ke3 e5 26.b3 Kf8 27.Bd1 Ke7 28.Na2 Na6
29.Be2 Nc5 30.Bd1 Na6 31.Be2 Nc5 32.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Supreme Masters 2013"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.Bg5 e6
9.Nbd2 Bc6 10.Rfd1 Be7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.Nxe5 Rd5 14.Ndf3 Rxd1+
15.Rxd1 Be4 16.Rd4 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Nd5 18.c4 Nb4 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Ne5 Rd8 21.Rxd8 Kxd8
22.a3 Nc6 23.Nxc6+ bxc6 24.f4 c5 25.b4 a5 26.b5 f5 27.Kf2 a4 28.Kg3 g6 29.Kh4 h6
30.g4 Kd7 31.gxf5 exf5 32.Kg3 Kc7 33.h4 h5 34.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Supreme Masters 2013"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.d5 Bxc3 13.dxe6 Bxf3 14.gxf3 fxe6 15.bxc3 Qc7
16.Bxe6+ Kh8 17.Qc4 Qb7 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.Qd5 Qxd5 20.Rxd5 Nc5 21.Be3 Rxf3
22.Re1 Ne6 23.a4 Rf7 24.a5 h6 25.axb6 axb6 26.Bxb6 Nf4 27.Ra5 Rb8 28.Bd4 Rb2
29.Ra7 Rxa7 30.Bxa7 Rc2 31.Bd4 Kh7 32.h4 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Re5 Kg6 35.Kh2 Nd3
36.Re6+ Kf5 37.Re8 Kg4 38.Re4+ Nf4 39.Re1 Ne2 40.Kg2 Nxc3 41.Bxc3 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Supreme Masters 2013"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Qd2 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Be2 h5 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.f5 e5 15.Nb3 Rc8
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bh6 18.Qd3 Nc4 19.Bf3 h4 20.Rhe1 Kf8 21.Re4 Bg5 22.c3 Qb6
23.Na1 Kg7 24.Nc2 a5 25.Ka2 Rc7 26.Rg4 Kf8 27.Qe2 Qc5 28.Be4 Nb6 29.Kb1 Rg8
30.Qe1 Ke7 31.Qe2 Kd7 32.Bd3 Nc4 33.Bxc4 bxc4 34.Ne3 Rb8 35.Nxc4 a4 36.Qc2 Rb3
37.Ka1 Qb5 38.Qe2 Rc5 39.Re4 Ke7 40.Qd3 Qb7 41.Rg4 Qb5 42.Re4 Kd7 43.Qe2 Kc7
44.Qd3 Qb7 45.Rg4 Rbb5 46.Qc2 Qa8 47.Nd2 Ra5 48.Nc4 Rab5 49.Nd2 Ra5 50.Nc4 Rab5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O O-O
9.Rd1 a6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 b5 12.b3 bxc4 13.bxc4 Rb8 14.Be3 h6 15.Qa5 Ne4
16.c5 Ndf6 17.Rac1 Bd5 18.Qxa6 Ng4 19.Rd3 Qe7 20.Qa5 Rb2 21.h3 Ra8 22.Qe1 Ngf6
23.Nh2 Nd7 24.f3 Nef6 25.cxd6 cxd6 26.Bd2 Nb6 27.Bb4 Bc4 28.Rd2 Rxd2 29.Qxd2 Nfd5
30.Nf1 Nxb4 31.Qxb4 Qc7 32.Ne3 d5 33.Qc5 Qa7 34.Kf2 Qxa3 35.Qxa3 Rxa3 36.Bf1 Rb3
37.h4 Rb4 38.g4 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Ke1 Kg7 41.Kf2 Bb5 42.Nc2 Rb3 43.Ne3 Kf6
44.Rc7 Nc4 45.Nxc4 Bxc4 46.Ra7 Rb1 47.Ra4 Rd1 48.Rb4 Rxd4 49.Ke1 Rf4 50.e3 Rxf3
51.Bxc4 dxc4 52.Ke2 Rh3 53.Rxc4 Ke5 54.Rc5+ Ke4 55.Rc4+ Kd5 56.Ra4 f5 57.gxf5 exf5
58.Ra5+ Ke4 59.Ra4+ Ke5 60.Ra5+ Kf6 61.Ra6+ Kg7 62.Rb6 Rh6 63.Rb5 Kg6 64.Kf2 Rh2+
65.Kg3 Re2 66.Kf3 Rd2 67.Rb8 Kf7 68.Rb6 g4+ 69.Kf4 Rf2+ 70.Kg5 Rf1 71.Ra6 Rf3
72.Rf6+ Ke7 73.Rg6 Rf1 74.Ra6 Rf2 75.Rb6 Rf3 76.Rg6 Rf2 77.Ra6 g3 78.Ra1 Ke6
79.Kh4 g2 80.Kg3 Rb2 81.Rg1 Ke5 82.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 83.Kxg2 Ke4 84.Kf2 f4 85.exf4 Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.b3 a5 9.Nf4 Ba6
10.Nd2 e6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.Rc2 Rfd8 15.Qa1 c5 16.Rfc1 cxd4
17.exd4 Bh6 18.Ba3 Qe8 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 exd5 22.Bxd5 Nc5
23.Bg2 Bg7 24.Bb2 Nd3 25.Bf1 Qd7 26.Nc4 Nxb2 27.Qxb2 Bxd4 28.Qc1 Bb7 29.Bg2 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 b5 31.axb5 Qxb5 32.f3 Ba7 33.Re2 Qxb3 34.Nxa5 Qb5 35.Nc4 h5 36.Rc2 Rd3
37.Rc3 Qd5 38.Rxd3 Qxd3 39.Qf1 Qc2+ 40.Kh1 h4 41.Nd6 h3 42.Ne4 Be3 43.g4 Bf4
44.Ng3 Qb3 45.Ne4 Qc2 46.Ng3 Qb3 47.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g4 h6
9.f4 g5 10.f5 Ne5 11.h3 b5 12.a3 Qe7 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Nf3 Bb7 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.Bd3 Qc7 17.h4 Bc5 18.Qe2 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Nxg4 20.Qg3 h5 21.O-O-O O-O-O 22.hxg5 Qg7
23.Qh4 Rdg8 24.Be2 Qxg5+ 25.Qxg5 Rxg5 26.Rh4 Nf6 27.Rf1 Rh6 28.b4 Rg2 29.Bf3 Rg3
30.a4 Bc6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ne2 Rg5 33.Kd2 Rh7 34.Rg1 Rxg1 35.Nxg1 Kd8 36.Ke3 Be8
37.Be2 Ra7 38.Nf3 Ng4+ 39.Kd2 Ke7 40.Ne1 Nf6 41.Nd3 Kd6 42.Nc5 Ra1 43.Rh3 Rb1
44.c3 Rg1 45.Nb7+ Ke7 46.Nc5 Rg2 47.Ke1 Rg5 48.Kf2 Bc6 49.Rg3 Rxg3 50.Kxg3 Be8
51.Kh4 Bc6 52.Bf3 Kd6 53.Kg5 Ke7 54.Kh4 Kd6 55.Kg5 Ke7 56.Kh4 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B30"]

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 "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5
10.a3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.b5 cxb5 13.c6 Qc8 14.c7 b4 15.Nb5 a4 16.axb4 Bxb4+
17.Ke2 Ra5 18.Qd3 Ne4 19.Rhc1 Qa6 20.Nd6 Qxd3+ 21.Kxd3 Bxd6 22.c8=Q Rxc8
23.Rxc8+ Nf8 24.Bxd6 Nxd6 25.Rd8 Nc4 26.Ne5 Nxe5+ 27.dxe5 g5 28.f4 Kg7 29.g3 h5
30.Kc3 Ng6 31.Kb4 Rc5 32.Rxa4 h4 33.gxh4 gxf4 34.exf4 Rc4+ 35.Kb5 Rxa4 36.Kxa4 Nxf4
37.Kb5 Ng6 38.h5 Nxe5 39.Kxb6 Nd3 40.Rd7 Ne5 41.Rd8 Nd3 42.Rd7 Ne5 43.Rd8 Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Nc3 d6
9.a3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.b4 Nc6 13.Bd2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Ne2 c5
16.h3 Qd7 17.Qb1 e5 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.a4 Qc6 20.Ng3 c4 21.Nf5 Bc5 22.f4 Nxe4
23.dxe4 Qxe4 24.Ng3 Qxc2 25.Ne4 d3+ 26.Kh1 Bd4 27.axb5 Bxa1 28.Qxa1 c3 29.Qxc3 Qxc3
30.Bxc3 Rxf4 31.Rxf4 exf4 32.bxa6 Rxa6 33.Kg1 Re6 34.Ng5 Re2 35.Nf3 g5 36.Kf1 Rc2
37.Bd2 h6 38.Ke1 Rc4 39.Kd1 Re4 40.Ne1 Re2 41.h4 gxh4 42.Bxf4 Kh7 43.Bc7 Rf2
44.Bb6 Ra2 45.Bd8 Rxg2 46.Nxg2 h3 47.Bc7 hxg2 48.Bh2 Kg6 49.Kd2 Kf5 50.Kxd3 Kg4
51.Ke3 Kh3 52.Bg1 Kg3 53.Bf2+ Kh2 54.Kf4 g1=Q 55.Bxg1+ Kxg1 56.Kg4 h5+ 57.Kxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Bf3 Qc7 15.c4 g6
16.Rae1 h5 17.Bg5 Ne8 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qe3 Nd6 20.b3 Rfc8 21.Qxe5 Qxe5 22.Rxe5 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Rc1 a5 25.Kf1 Kg7 26.h4 b6 27.g3 Kf6 28.Be2 Re7 29.Rc3 Re8
30.Ke1 Ra8 31.Bd1 Re8+ 32.Kf1 Ke5 33.Bc2 Kf6 34.f3 Re7 35.Kf2 Re8 36.Re3 Rxe3
37.Kxe3 Kg7 38.Kf4 f6 39.g4 a4 40.Bd3 axb3 41.axb3 Kh6 42.g5+ Kg7 43.gxf6+ Kxf6
44.Ke3 g5 45.hxg5+ Kxg5 46.f4+ Kh6 47.Kf3 Kg7 48.Kg3 Kh6 49.Kh4 Ne8 50.f5 Nd6
51.f6 Nf7 52.Be2 Nd6 53.Bxh5 b5 54.cxb5 Nxb5 55.Be2 Nd4 56.Bh5 Nxb3 57.d6 Nd4
58.d7 Ne6 59.Bg4 Nd8 60.Bf5 c4 61.Kg4 c3 62.Kf4 Nf7 63.Bd3 Nd8 64.Bc2 Kh5
65.Kf5 Kh6 66.Bb3 Kh7 67.Kg5 Nc6 68.Ba4 Nd8 69.Bc2+ Kg8 70.Kg6 Kf8 71.Bb3 Nc6
72.Kf5 Nd8 73.Ke5 Nb7 74.Kd4  1-0

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Qe2 Bd6 7.Nc3 c5 8.g3 Nd7
9.Nd5 Nb8 10.c3 Nc6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Bg4 14.Bc3 Bxb4 15.Bxb4 Nxb4
16.Nxb4 Qf6 17.Qb2 Qxf3 18.Qxe5+ Be6 19.O-O O-O 20.Nd5 Bh3 21.Nf4 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 c6
23.h3 Rfe8 24.Qc5 h6 25.Qc2 g5 26.Ng2 Rad8 27.Ne3 Qf6 28.Kg2 Qd4 29.Rd1 Re5
30.Qe2 Ra5 31.h4 gxh4 32.Qg4+ Qg7 33.Qxh4 Qg5 34.Qh3 Rxa2 35.Nf5 h5 36.d4 Kf8
37.Rh1 Qd2 38.Rf1 Qg5 39.Rh1 Ke8 40.Qxh5 Qxh5 41.Rxh5 a5 42.Rh8+ Kd7 43.Rh7 Rf8
44.g4 Re2 45.Kf3 Re1 46.g5 Rg1  0-1

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "B12"]

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 "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Nd5 Na5
9.d4 Nxb3 10.axb3 Nxd5 11.exd5 exd4 12.Re1+ Kf8 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.Be3 Qf6 15.Qd2 h5
16.b4 Bb6 17.Ra3 h4 18.Ne6+ Kg8 19.Bxb6 cxb6 20.Ng5 Rc8 21.Rf3 Qg6 22.Rd3 Rh5
23.f4 f6 24.Ne4 Rc7 25.Nxd6 f5 26.Qe2 Rh6 27.Ne8 Rc8 28.Re3 Kf8 29.Nxg7 Qxg7
30.c3 Qg4 31.Qd2 Rh7 32.Qd4 Rg7 33.R1e2 Qg6 34.b3 a5 35.bxa5 bxa5 36.h3 a4
37.Qb4+ Kg8 38.bxa4 bxa4 39.c4 Qf6 40.c5 Qf8 41.d6 Rb8 42.Qd4 Bc6 43.Re7 a3
44.Qc4+ Kh8 45.Qc3 Ra8 46.Qa1 Be4 47.Qe5 Bc6 48.Qa1 a2 49.Kh2 Be4 50.Rc7 Qg8
51.Re7 Kh7 52.Qf6 Rxe7 53.Qxh4+ Kg7 54.Qxe7+ Kh8 55.Rxe4 a1=Q 56.Re5 Qb2
57.Re2 Qbg7 58.Qh4+ Q8h7 59.Qe1 Qhg6 60.d7 Qxd7  0-1

[Event "Makedonia Palace GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4
9.f3 Ne5 10.Nb3 b5 11.Qf2 O-O 12.Bc5 Bxc5 13.Qxc5 Qxc5 14.Nxc5 d5 15.f4 Neg4
16.e5 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Rd4 Ne3 19.Kd2 Nf5 20.Rd3 b4 21.Nd1 d4 22.Rg1 Bc6
23.g3 Rac8 24.Kc1 a5 25.Rd2 Rfd8 26.Bd3 a4 27.Re1 g6 28.b3 axb3 29.axb3 Ra8
30.Kb2 Ne7 31.Bc4 Bf3 32.Nf2 Nf5 33.Bd3 Ne3 34.Be4 Bxe4 35.Nxe4 Rdc8 36.Ree2 Rd8
37.Nd6 Nf5 38.Re4 Nxd6 39.exd6 Rxd6 40.Rdxd4 Rxd4 41.Rxd4 Rb8 42.c3 bxc3+
43.Kxc3 Kf8 44.Rd7 Rc8+ 45.Kb2 Ke8 46.Ra7 h5 47.b4 h4 48.Kb3 h3 49.b5 Rc5
50.Kb4 Rc2 51.b6 Kd8 52.Rxf7 Rxh2 53.Rh7 Kc8 54.Kc5 Rc2+ 55.Kd6 h2 56.Kxe6 Rg2
57.Ke5 Rxg3 58.Rxh2 Rb3 59.Rh8+ Kb7 60.Rh7+ Kxb6 61.Kf6 Rb4 62.Kg5 Kc6 63.Rf7 Kd5
64.Kxg6 Rb6+ 65.Kg5 Rb8 66.f5 Rg8+ 67.Kf6 Ke4 68.Ra7 Rf8+ 69.Kg6 Rg8+ 70.Kf7 Rh8
71.Kg7  1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C65"]

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"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Areshchenko,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "C02"]

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"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Zhigalko,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "E15"]

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"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.Bd3 d4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Ne4 Qh4+ 13.Bf2 Qg4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Nd6+ Ke7 16.Be4 Bxb2
17.Rb1 Ba3 18.Bxa8 Bc5 19.Bf3 Qg6 20.Ne4 Rd8 21.Rd1 Bb6 22.Qb4+  1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.Bf4 Qd7 8.Bb3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Be5 O-O 11.Nf4 Bxb3 12.axb3 Qd8 13.Qe2 Nbd7 14.Rfd1 e6 15.Nd3 Qe7
16.h3 a6 17.Na4 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nd7 19.Qe3 Rfd8 20.Nc3 c5 21.f4 b5 22.Nf2 f6
23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Qf3 b4 25.Na4 c4 26.bxc4 Nc5 27.Nxc5 Qxc5 28.Qe4 Bxb2 29.Rab1 Bd4
30.Rd2 a5 31.Qxe6+ Kg7 32.Kh2 Bxf2 33.Rxf2 Qxf2 34.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korobov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "E59"]

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"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 d5 9.Bd3 dxe4
10.Nxe4 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rd1 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.O-O O-O 16.Bg5 Bxf3
17.Qxf3 Qe7 18.Bc2 Rad8 19.Kg2 h6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Bxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Ne5 f5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Nd2 Ba6 11.Nb3 Rb8 12.Bd2 Qd7 13.Rc1 h5 14.h4 O-O 15.e3 g6
16.Re1 Bd6 17.Bc3 Bd3 18.Re2 Rb5 19.Rd2 Bc4 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Bxa2 22.Bf1 Bb3
23.Qe1 Rbb8 24.Ra1 Qe7 25.Bd4 g5 26.Qe2 Qh7 27.hxg5 Qg6 28.Ra6 Rfe8 29.Bf6 Re6
30.Rxa7 Nxf6 31.gxf6 h4 32.Rd7 Rxf6 33.Raxc7 hxg3 34.fxg3 Qxg3+ 35.Qg2 Rg6
36.Qxg3 Rxg3+ 37.Kh2 Rxe3 38.Rxc6 Bf7 39.Rb6 Rb3 40.Rxb8+ Rxb8 41.c6 Rxb2+
42.Kg3 Be6 43.Re7 Bd5 44.c7 Bb7 45.Re8+ Kg7 46.Rb8 Kf6 47.Rxb7 Rc2 48.Ba6 Kg5
49.Ra7 f4+ 50.Kh3 Rc3+ 51.Kh2 Rc2+ 52.Kg1 Rc1+ 53.Kf2 e3+ 54.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Sberbank GM Rapid"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C84"]

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 GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "D97"]

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 GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 d5 9.Bd3 dxe4
10.Nxe4 Bb7 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.O-O c5 14.d5 exd5 15.Rfe1 dxc4 16.Bxc4 O-O
17.Rad1 Qd7 18.Ng5 Nd5 19.Qd3 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 f6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Bxd5+ Qxd5
23.Qxd5+ Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Kf8 25.Kf1 Re8 26.Red1 g6 27.h4 h5 28.Rd7 Re7 29.Rd8+ Kf7
30.Rc8 Rfe6 31.Rd3 Re8 32.Rc7+ R8e7 33.Rc8 Re8 34.Rc7+ R8e7 35.Rc8 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 a6
9.e3 Rb8 10.Nd2 e5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.d5 Na5 13.b4 cxb3 14.axb3 b6 15.b4 Nb7
16.Rxa6 Be7 17.Qb1 Nd6 18.Ra7 Bd7 19.Nf3 f6 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Rfa1 Rc8 22.h4 Qe8
23.Rc1 Qh5 24.Nb1 Nb5 25.Ra6 Bd6 26.Nbd2 Ra8 27.Raa1 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Qf7 29.Nc4 Be7
30.Nfd2 Rd8 31.Ne4 Qf8 32.d6 Nxd6 33.Nexd6 Bxd6 34.Nxd6 cxd6 35.Ra7 f5 36.Bd5 f4
37.exf4 exf4 38.Qf3 Qf5 39.Be4 Qf6 40.Qxf4 Qxf4 41.gxf4 g6 42.Bd5 Bf5 43.Rb7 Re8
44.Rxb6 Re1+ 45.Kg2 Be4+ 46.Bxe4 Rxe4 47.Kf3 d5 48.Rb7 h5 49.b5 Rb4 50.Ke3 Kg8
51.b6 Kf8 52.Kd3 d4 53.Ke4 Ke8 54.Kd3 Kf8 55.Rb8+ Kg7 56.b7 Kh7 57.Ke4 Kg7
58.f3 Kh7 59.Kd5 d3 60.Kc6 d2 61.Rd8 Rc4+ 62.Kb6 Rb4+ 63.Ka6 Ra4+ 64.Kb5 Ra2
65.Rd7+ Kh6 66.Rd4 Rb2+ 67.Kc6 Rc2+ 68.Kd6 Rb2 69.f5 Rxb7 70.Rxd2 g5 71.Kc6 Rf7
72.Rd6+ Kh7 73.hxg5 Rxf5 74.Rh6+ Kg7 75.Rxh5 Rxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.f4 d6
9.c4 Nb4 10.Nc3 Nxd3+ 11.Qxd3 a6 12.O-O Be7 13.Rac1 O-O 14.h3 b6 15.Nd4 Bb7
16.b3 Rae8 17.a4 Qc8 18.Rfe1 Nd7 19.Bf2 Nc5 20.Qb1 Qa8 21.b4 Nd7 22.Nb3 Rc8
23.Qd3 Rc7 24.a5 Rfc8 25.axb6 Rxc4 26.Na5 Rxb4 27.Rb1 Nc5 28.Qe2 Rxb1 29.Rxb1 Bf6
30.e5 dxe5 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.Nxb7 Qxb7 33.Ne4 Rc6 34.Nxf6+ gxf6 35.Qd1 e4 36.Rb3 e3
37.Kh2 h6 38.Qd8+ Kh7 39.Rxe3 Qxb6 40.Qxf6 Qxe3 41.Qxf7+ Kh8 42.Qf8+ Kh7
43.Qf7+ Kh8 44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.Qf7+ Kh8 46.Qf8+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd2 f5 12.e4 Nac4 13.Na4 Nd6 14.Nc5 a5 15.b3 Qe7 16.a4 Rd8
17.Ba3 Qf7 18.Rc1 fxe4 19.Ndxe4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxd5 21.Nd6 cxd6 22.Rxc8 Nf6
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Re1 Re8 25.Bb2 Qc7 26.Qd3 Qb6 27.Rd1 e4 28.Qxd6 Qxb3 29.Qd4 Rf8
30.Bf1 Kh8 31.Rd2 h5 32.Bg2 Re8 33.h3 Kh7 34.Qc3 Qxc3 35.Bxc3 e3 36.Re2 exf2+
37.Kf1 Rc8 38.Bxa5 Rc4 39.Re7 Rxa4 40.Bc3 Kg8 41.Rxb7 Ra6 42.Rb8+ Kh7 43.Rb7 Kg8
44.Bd4 Ra4 45.Bb2 Ra6 46.Kxf2 Rd6 47.Ke2 Rd7 48.Bxf6 Rxb7 49.Bxb7 Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Rxe8+ Nxe8 12.Nd5 Bg5 13.c4 c6 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.d4 Bxc1
16.Rxc1 d5 17.Qb3 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Qe7 19.a4 b6 20.d5 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Be6
23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Qxe6 fxe6 25.Kf1 Rd8 26.Rc4 Rd2 27.b4 a6 28.Rc6 Ra2 29.Rxe6 Rxa4
30.Rxb6 a5 31.b5 Rb4 32.g3 a4 33.Kg2 a3 34.Ra6 Rxb5 35.Rxa3 Kf7 36.Ra2 h5
37.f4 g6 38.Kh3 Kf6 39.Kh4 Rc5 40.Ra7 Rc2 41.Ra6+ Kg7 42.h3 Rc4 43.Re6 Kh6
44.Rf6 Ra4 45.g4 Rxf4 46.Rxf4 g5+ 47.Kg3 gxf4+ 48.Kxf4 hxg4 49.Kxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 d5 11.Ng5 Nd6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rd1 Bf5 14.Qb3 h6 15.Nh3 Bxh3
16.Bxh3 Re8 17.Bg2 Rxe2 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Qf6 20.Bf4 Ne4 21.Qd3 Nxc3 22.Rac1 Nxd1
23.Qxe2 Nc3 24.Qc4  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.e4 Nxe5 11.exf5 Ned7 12.d5 g6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Qd4 Rg8 15.fxg6 Rxg6
16.Qf2 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bb5 Re6+ 19.Kf1 Bg7 20.g3 Kf8 21.Kg2 d4 22.Rd1 Nb6
23.Ra3 Rc8 24.Rad3 Nd5 25.Rxd4 Rxc1 26.Rxd5 Rxd1 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Bc4 Rc6
29.Qc2 Rd4 30.b3 Rcd6 31.Qf5 Rd2+ 32.Kf1 Bf6 33.Qxh7 e6 34.Qh6+ Ke7 35.Qe3 Rxh2
36.Qc5 Bc3 37.Bd3 Bb4 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.Kg1 Ra2 40.Qh6+ Ke7 41.Qg5+ Kd7 42.Qh5 Kd8
43.Qh7 Rd5 44.Kf1 Bc3 45.g4 Ke7 46.Qe4 Kf8 47.f4 Rd2 48.Bc4 R5d4 49.Qe3 Bb4
50.f5 Rxg4 51.fxe6 Rdd4 52.Qh6+ Ke7 53.exf7 Rdf4+ 54.Ke2 Rg2+ 55.Kd3 Rg3+
56.Ke2 Rg2+ 57.Kd3 Rg3+ 58.Ke2 Rg2+ 59.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Bg6 6.O-O Nh6 7.c3 Be7 8.Bxh6 gxh6
9.g3 O-O 10.Nbd2 a5 11.Ne1 c5 12.h4 cxd4 13.h5 Be4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Bf3 Bf5
16.g4 Nxd4 17.gxf5 Kh8 18.f6 Bb4 19.Bg2 Rg8 20.Ndf3 Nc6 21.Nd3 Qb6 22.Kh1 Bc5
23.Qc1  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C41"]

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 m 2013"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 m 2013"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.Bd2 a5
9.e3 Bf5 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Rfd1 e4 12.dxe4 Nxe4 13.Rac1 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Be4 15.Nh4 Bxc3
16.Rxc3 Qf6 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.c5 Nd4 19.Qd3 Rxh4 20.gxh4 Nf3+ 21.Kf1 Nxh2+
22.Kg2 Nf3 23.cxd6 cxd6 24.Qxd6 Nxh4+ 25.Kf1 Qf5 26.Qd7 Qf3 27.Qd5 Qh3+ 28.Ke2 Ra6
29.Qe4 f5 30.Qd5+ Kh7 31.Rc4 f4 32.Rxf4 Ng6 33.Qf5 Qh2 34.Rd7 h5 35.Rd5 Rb6
36.Qxh5+ Qxh5+ 37.Rxh5+ Kg8 38.Rd4 Rxb2+ 39.Rd2  1-0

[Event "Topalov-Laznicka m 2013"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qg4 Nc6 11.Re1 f5 12.Qf3 Nxe5 13.Rxe5 Kh8 14.Bf4 g5 15.Bd2 Bd6
16.Rae1 Bxe5 17.Rxe5 Qf6 18.h4 gxh4 19.Bf4 Qg6 20.Qh3 Rg8 21.Re3 h6 22.Qh2 b5
23.Bf1 Kh7 24.Qxh4 e5 25.dxe5 Qe6 26.Bd3 Rg6 27.Rg3 Rxg3 28.fxg3 Bb7 29.Bc2 Rf8
30.g4 Qg6 31.e6 Qxe6 32.Bxf5+ Rxf5 33.gxf5 Qxf5 34.Qxh6+ Kg8 35.Qg5+ Qxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov-Laznicka m 2013"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E21"]

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 m 2013"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.e3 e6
9.Qb3 Nxc4 10.Bxc4 Qb6 11.f3 Qxb3 12.Bxb3 Bd3 13.e4 a5 14.Be3 Bb4 15.Kf2 Ba6
16.Rhd1 O-O 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.g4 Kf8 19.g5 Nd7 20.f4 Rac8 21.Kf3 b5 22.h4 Nb6
23.axb5 cxb5 24.Na2 Nc4 25.Nxb4 axb4 26.Ra1 Bb7 27.Bd2 Nxb2 28.Bxb4+ Ke8
29.Rd2 Nc4 30.Rdd1 Nb2 31.Rd2 Nc4 32.Rdd1 Nb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov-Laznicka m 2013"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D31"]

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.Ne2 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.Rd1 Rg6 28.Rd2 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 "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Moen,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "B43"]

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 "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Jepson,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E21"]

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 "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C84"]

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 "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.c4 g6 13.O-O-O Nb6 14.Qa5 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Rxh6
16.Kb1 Nfd7 17.Qd2 Rh8 18.Rc1 Na4 19.Be2 a5 20.Na1 Kf8 21.Nc2 Kg7 22.Na3 Nf6
23.Nb5 Qe7 24.Rhe1 Nc5 25.Bd1 Nfd7 26.b3 Qf6 27.Bc2 h4 28.Rf1 b6 29.Rce1 Rae8
30.a3 Re7 31.Qc3 Ree8 32.Kb2 Nb7 33.b4 Qf4 34.Rh1 Nf6 35.Bb3 Rh5 36.Re2 Rg5
37.Bc2 Rc8 38.Be4 Nh5 39.Rc2 Nf6 40.Qe1 Nd7 41.Qf2 Kg8 42.Bd3 Rh5 43.Qe2 Kg7
44.Kb1 Rhh8 45.Qf2 Ra8 46.Nc3 axb4 47.axb4 Ra3 48.Kb2 Rha8 49.Rd2 Nbc5 50.bxc5 Nxc5
51.Be4 Rb3+ 52.Kc2 Raa3  0-1

[Event "29th ECC Open 2013"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Nd7
9.Bc2 Nb6 10.Re1 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Bxc2 15.Qxc2 Bf6
16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Nf3 a5 18.a4 Qd7 19.Bd2 Qf7 20.Qxf7 Rxf7 21.Bxa5 Nd5 22.Bd2 h6
23.Ra3 Kg8 24.h3 Rff8 25.b4 Kf7 26.b5 Rfe8 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.Kf1 Kd7 29.Ke2 c6
30.bxc6+ bxc6 31.a5 c5 32.Kd3 Kc6 33.Rb3 Nb4+ 34.Bxb4 cxb4 35.Rxb4 Rxa5 36.Rb3 Kd5
37.g4 g5 38.Ke3 Bg7 39.Kd3 Bf6 40.Ke3 Bg7 41.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Danube Rapid Cup 2013"]
[Site "Kozloduy BUL"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svane,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Nxf3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.e4 O-O 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Re1 e5 12.Bg5 Rfe8 13.Nh4 Bf8 14.Nf5 h6 15.Bd2 Rad8
16.Rad1 dxe4 17.dxe4 Nc5 18.b3 Rd7 19.Bc3 Red8 20.Rxd7 Nfxd7 21.Rd1 Ne6 22.Bb2 Ndc5
23.Rxd8 Nxd8 24.Qg4 Kh7 25.Ne3 Nde6 26.h4 Nd4 27.Qd1 Nde6 28.a4 Nd7 29.Bh3 Qd6
30.Qf3 Kg8 31.Nc4 Qe7 32.Nxe5 Nxe5 33.Bxe5 Nc5 34.Qf4 b5 35.axb5 cxb5 36.Bf1 a6
37.f3 Ne6 38.Qe3 Qd8 39.Qd3 Qb6+ 40.Kg2 Bc5 41.f4 Bg1 42.Qd2 Be3 43.Qd6 Qa5
44.b4 Qa3 45.Qd3 Qc1 46.f5 Nf8 47.Bc3 Nd7 48.e5  1-0

[Event "2nd Danube Rapid Cup 2013"]
[Site "Kozloduy BUL"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nc3 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.exd4 g5
9.Bg3 d5 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Be5 Be6 14.c5 Rb8 15.Qc2 Nh5
16.Bxg7 Nxg7 17.Bd3 Qd7 18.Qd2 Bf5 19.Be2 Qe6 20.O-O Qf6 21.g3 a5 22.Rad1 Qg6
23.b3 Rfe8 24.Na4 Rb4 25.Qc3 e5 26.dxe5 Re4 27.Ba6 R4xe5 28.Qxa5 Be4 29.Qd2 Qf6
30.Nc3 Bf3 31.Rde1 Nf5 32.Bd3 Nxh4 33.Rxe5 Rxe5 34.Qf4 Qxf4 35.gxf4 Rh5 36.Ne2 Nf5
37.Ng3 Nxg3 38.fxg3 Rh1+ 39.Kf2 Rh2+ 40.Ke3 Rxa2 41.b4 Ra4 42.Kd4 Rxb4+ 43.Ke5 Kg7
44.f5 f6+ 45.Kd6 Rb3 46.Ra1 h5 47.Bc2 Rb2 48.Ra7+ Kh6 49.Ba4 d4 50.Ke6 Rb8
51.Kxf6 h4 52.gxh4 g3 53.Bc2 g2 54.Ra1 Kh5 55.Ke5 Kxh4 56.Kf4 Bd5 57.f6 Rf8  0-1

[Event "2nd Danube Rapid Cup 2013"]
[Site "Kozloduy BUL"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Bd7 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.c3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Ng3 Ne7 10.Nf3 Ng6 11.Nf5 Bf4 12.Re1 Bxc1 13.Qxc1 Bxf5 14.Bxf5 Re8 15.Qc2 Qd6
16.g3 Nf8 17.Qb3 g6 18.Bh3 Ne4 19.Ne5 Ne6 20.f3 Nf6 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Nxg6 Qxe1+
23.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Kf2 Ree8 25.Nf4 Rad8 26.g4 h6 27.h4 Rd6 28.Qxb7 Rb6 29.Qxc7 Rxb2+
30.Kg3 Re3 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.Nxd5 Nxd5 33.Qxd5 Rxc3 34.Qe5+ Kg8 35.d5 Rbc2 36.d6 Rd3
37.g5 hxg5 38.h5 Rd1 39.Qxg5+ Kf8 40.Qe7+ Kg8 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qe5+ Kg8 43.d7 Rcd2
44.h6 f6 45.Qxf6 Rxd7 46.Qg6+ Kh8 47.Qf5 R1d5 48.Qe4 Rd4 49.Qb1 R4d6 50.Qf5 Rd5
51.Qc2 R5d6 52.f4 Rf7 53.Qb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Danube Rapid Cup 2013"]
[Site "Kozloduy BUL"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nevednichy,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.e5 e6 8.d3 d5
9.c4 Ne7 10.Nc3 Nc8 11.Qe2 Be7 12.b3 O-O 13.Ba3 Nb6 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Kh8
16.Nb1 Nd7 17.Bb2 a5 18.Nc3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nxe5 20.Qe2 Ng6 21.Na4 Bd6 22.Ba3 Qe7
23.Re1 d4 24.g3 e5 25.h4 Rfe8 26.Qg4 Qf8 27.h5 f5 28.Qh3 Ne7 29.Bxc5 Bb8
30.Kg2 Qf6 31.Rc2 Ng8 32.Rce2 Qf7 33.f3 Re6 34.Nb2 Rh6 35.g4 Nf6 36.Nd1 e4
37.dxe4 Nxh5 38.gxh5 Rxh5 39.Qxf5 Rxf5 40.exf5 Rg8 41.Bxd4 Qxf5 42.Re4 Rf8
43.R1e3 Bf4 44.Rd3 Qg6+ 45.Kf1 Be5 46.Bf2 Bg3 47.Bxg3  0-1

[Event "2nd Danube Rapid Cup 2013"]
[Site "Kozloduy BUL"]
[Date "2013.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Petkov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bg2 Qd7 5.O-O Bh3 6.Bxh3 Qxh3 7.c4 O-O-O 8.Ng5 Qf5
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.e4 Qg6 12.d5 a6 13.Qg4+ e6 14.dxc6 h6 15.Rd1 Re8
16.cxb7+ Kxb7 17.e5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 Bc5 19.Qe4+ Qxe4 20.Nxe4 Bb6 21.Rd7 f6 22.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "2nd Danube Rapid Cup 2013"]
[Site "Kozloduy BUL"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shengelia,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Qc2 a6 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.d4 Qc7 11.Rd1 b5 12.d5 e5 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 f5
16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.b3 a5 18.Bh3 f4 19.Be6+ Kh8 20.Bb2 fxg3 21.hxg3 Nf6 22.Qf5 Re8
23.Rac1 c4 24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Bxe5 Bxe6 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Bxd6 Bf7 28.Bc7 Re7
29.d6 Rd7 30.f3 Kg7 31.Kf2 a4 32.Rc3 Be6 33.g4 Kf7 34.Rb1 a3 35.Ke3 Ke8 36.Kd4 Rh7
37.Kc5 Kd7 38.Rh1 Bf7 39.Rb1 h5 40.Rb7 Kc8 41.Rb1 h4 42.Re3 h3 43.Kc6 Ra6+
44.Kc5 Ra8 45.Re7 Bg6 46.Rxh7 Bxh7  0-1

[Event "2nd Danube Rapid Cup 2013"]
[Site "Kozloduy BUL"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Saric,Iv"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "C89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5
16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 f5 18.Re1 f4 19.Ne4 Bh3 20.Bd1 Qh6 21.Qe2 Rae8 22.Qh5 Qxh5
23.Bxh5 Rxe4 24.Rxe4 Nf6 25.Bf3 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 fxg3 27.hxg3 Bxg3 28.Be3 Rf6
29.fxg3 Re6 30.Bxc6 Rxc6 31.Bxg5 Re6 32.Kf2 Bg4 33.Re1 Rxe1 34.Kxe1 Kf7 35.b3 Be6
36.Kd2 Ke8 37.Kc2 Kd7 38.a4 Kc6 39.Kb2 Kd5 40.Bf6 Bf5 41.Ka3 h5 42.Kb4 Bd3
43.Bg7 Be2 44.Bh6 Bd3 45.Bg7 Be2 46.Ka5 Kc6 47.Bh6 Bd3 48.Bd2 Be2 49.c4 bxc4
50.b4 c3 51.Bxc3 Bf1 52.Bd2 Be2 53.Bg5 Bf1 54.Be7 Bc4 55.b5+ axb5 56.axb5+ Kd5
57.Bf6 Ke6 58.b6 Kd6 59.Be5+ Kc6 60.Bf4 Bf1 61.d5+ Kb7 62.g4 hxg4 63.d6  1-0

[Event "2nd Danube Rapid Cup 2013"]
[Site "Kozloduy BUL"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Baklan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.h3 Na6 9.Bg5 Qe8
10.Nd2 Nd7 11.a3 Nb6 12.b3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Bh5 Qd7 15.O-O Nc5 16.Qc2 e4
17.Rad1 Nd3 18.Be2 Be5 19.Bxd3 exd3 20.Qxd3 Qg7 21.Ne2 f4 22.Nf3 h6 23.Nxe5 dxe5
24.Bh4 Bf5 25.Qc3 Kh7 26.Kh2 Nd7 27.c5 Rae8 28.c6 bxc6 29.dxc6 Nb6 30.f3 Re6
31.Bf2 Rg6 32.Rg1 Be6 33.Bxb6 cxb6 34.g4 Rg8 35.Rd6 h5 36.c7 Rc8 37.Qd3 hxg4
38.Rxe6 g3+ 39.Nxg3 fxg3+ 40.Rxg3 e4 41.Rxe4 Rxg3 42.Rg4+ Kh6 43.Qe3+ Kh5
44.Rxg7 Rxg7 45.Qe5+ Rg5 46.Qe7 Rgg8 47.f4 Kh6 48.f5 Rce8 49.Qh4+ Kg7 50.Kg3 Kf7+
51.Kf4 Rh8 52.Qg3 Reg8 53.Qc3 Re8 54.Qc6  1-0

[Event "2nd Danube Rapid Cup 2013"]
[Site "Kozloduy BUL"]
[Date "2013.11.02"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Iordachescu,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Na3 Be7 11.Qd1 O-O 12.Nc2 Rc8 13.d3 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.Bf4 Bg5
16.Bg3 Bh4 17.Bxh4 Qxh4 18.g3 Qd8 19.d4 Qb6 20.Rb1 Rc7 21.Re2 Rfc8 22.h4 cxd4
23.cxd4 Nb4 24.Nxb4 Qxb4 25.a3 Qe7 26.Rd2 Nb8 27.Kg2 h6 28.Bd3 Nc6 29.Qg4 Qd8
30.Qf4 f5 31.Rh1 Ne7 32.Re2 Qd7 33.f3 Qa4 34.g4 Rf8 35.h5 Nc6 36.gxf5 Qxd4
37.Qe3 exf5 38.f4 Qxe3 39.Rxe3 Nd4 40.Rd1 Ne6 41.Rf3 g6 42.hxg6 Rg7 43.Bb1 Rxg6+
44.Kf2 Rg4 45.Ba2 Nxf4 46.Ke3 Ng6 47.Rxd5 Kh8 48.Kf2 Re4 49.e6 Ne5 50.e7 Ng4+
51.Kg3 Rxe7 52.Rdxf5 Rxf5 53.Rxf5 Ne3 54.Rf6 Kg7 55.Rb6 a5 56.a4 h5 57.Kh4 Re4+
58.Kxh5 Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 Be6
9.O-O O-O 10.d3 Nd4 11.Be3 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c6 13.Qc2 f5 14.Rab1 Nd5 15.Bc5 Bxc5
16.bxc5 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Qc7 18.Rb4 Rae8 19.Rfb1 Bc8 20.R1b2 Kh8 21.Qc1 Qf7 22.e3 g5
23.Qc3 Qg7 24.Bg2 f4 25.exf4 exf4 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Be4 Re5 28.Rc2 f3 29.Kf1 Rd8
30.Bxf3 Rxd3 31.Bg4 a5 32.Ra4 Bxg4 33.Rxg4 Rxa3 34.Rb2 Kf6 35.Rxb7 Ra2 36.h4 gxh4
37.Rxh4 Rf5 38.Rf4 Rxf4 39.gxf4 Rc2 40.Rxh7 Rxc5 41.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "D31"]

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 "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C88"]

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.a4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Na3 Bb4
16.Re5 Bd6 17.Re1 Bb4 18.Re5 Bd6 19.Re1 Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ragger,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bg6 7.O-O e6 8.Bxg6 hxg6
9.Qd3 dxc4 10.Qxc4 b5 11.Qe2 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.b3 Nbd7 14.Bb2 Qb8 15.h3 Qb7
16.Rfd1 Rc8 17.Rac1 Be7 18.Nb1 O-O 19.Nbd2 Rfd8 20.Ne5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Nxe5
22.Bxe5 Qd5 23.Nf3 Ne4 24.Bb2 Bf6 25.Bd4 a5 26.Bb6 Ra8 27.Nd4 b4 28.Qb5 Nc3
29.Qxd5 Nxd5 30.Bc5 a4 31.bxa4 Rxa4 32.Nc6 Bc3 33.Rb1 f5 34.Ne7+ Nxe7 35.Bxe7 Kf7
36.Bc5 g5 37.Rb3 Rxa2 38.Bxb4 Ra1+ 39.Kh2 Bxb4 40.Rxb4 Kf6 41.g3 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Steingrimsson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "D11"]

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 "19th European Teams"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Grandelius,N"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "D38"]

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 "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.Nb3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Ne4 11.Ke2 Naxc5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Kxd7
15.Rd1+ Ke8 16.Rb1 Rc8 17.Bd2 Ne4 18.Bb4 f5 19.Ne1 a5 20.Bxa5 Ra8 21.Rd5 b6
22.Bb4 Rxa2 23.Nd3 Kf7 24.Rc1 Rha8 25.Rc2 Nf6 26.Ne5+ Ke8 27.Rb5 R2a7 28.Ba3 Ra5
29.Rc7 Rxb5 30.Rxe7+ Kd8 31.Nf7+ Kc8 32.Nd6+ Kd8 33.Rxg7 Rd5 34.Nb7+ Kc8
35.Nd6+ Kd8 36.Nb7+ Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4 Bd6 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 Bxe5 10.Qe4 Qe7 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bb5+ Kf8 13.Qxd5 g6 14.Bd2 Kg7 15.Qxe5+ Qxe5
16.Bc3 Qxc3+ 17.bxc3 Be6 18.Ke2 Rac8 19.Rhc1 Rc5 20.a4 Rhc8 21.Ra3 a6 22.Bd3 b5
23.axb5 axb5 24.Rb1 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.Rxb5 Bc4 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Kf3 h5
29.h3 Rc2 30.Rb1 Kf6 31.Re1 g5 32.Ra1 Kg6 33.Ra6+ f6 34.Ra4 h4 35.g3 hxg3
36.Kxg3 Rb2 37.e4 Rb1 38.f3 Rg1+ 39.Kf2 Rh1 40.Kg2 Rb1 41.Ra6 Kf7 42.Ra5 Kg6
43.Ra6 Kf7 44.Ra2 Ke6 45.Kg3 Rg1+ 46.Rg2 Rxg2+ 47.Kxg2 Ke5 48.Kf2 Kf4 49.Kg2 Ke5
50.Kg3 f5 51.exf5 Kxf5 52.h4 gxh4+ 53.Kxh4 Kf4 54.Kh3 Kxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.h3 Bb7 13.Qe2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Bc4 a5
16.Bd3 Nd7 17.Nf3 Nc5 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Bf4 Re8 20.Qh5 Qe7 21.Bb5 c6 22.Bc4 Ba6
23.Bd6 Qxd6 24.Bxf7+ Kf8 25.e5 Qd7 26.e6 Nxe6 27.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.Qxh7 Qd5 29.f4 d3
30.f5 d2 31.Qh8+ Kf7 32.Qh5+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Kf7 34.Qh5+ Kf8 35.Qh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Rc1 Re8 11.a3 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qa4 a6 14.Rc3 Bf6 15.Rc5 Ne7
16.Rfc1 c6 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nf5 20.Qg4 Nd6 21.e3 Qf6 22.Ne4 Nxe4
23.Qxe4 Rad8 24.R1c3 Re6 25.b4 g6 26.a4 Rd4 27.exd4 exd4 28.Qxe6 Qxe6 29.R3c4 Qd6
30.a5 h5 31.h4 Kg7 32.Kg1 Kf8 33.Rc1 Qe6 34.R5c4 Qe5 35.Kf1 Qd5 36.Re1 Qh1+
37.Ke2 Qd5 38.Kf1 Qh1+ 39.Ke2 Qd5 40.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4
9.dxe5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 exf3 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Be4 Bd7 13.a4 O-O-O 14.axb5 Ne5
15.Bf4 Bxb5 16.Na3 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Be2 18.Rd5 Rg8 19.g3 Bxa3 20.bxa3 Ng6 21.Be3 Re8
22.Bf5+ Kb7 23.Rd4 Re5 24.g4 a5 25.h3 h5 26.Be4+ Ka6 27.gxh5 Rxh5 28.Rd8 Ne5
29.a4 c6 30.Rb8 Nc4 31.Bd4 c5 32.Bxf6 Nb6 33.Bd8 Nd5 34.Ra8+ Kb7 35.Rxa5 Re5
36.Rxc5 Rxe4 37.Rxd5 Rxa4 38.Rf5 Kc8 39.Bg5 Rc4 40.Bd2 Rc7 41.h4 Kd8 42.Bg5+ Ke8
43.Rd5 f5 44.h5 Rc4 45.Rd4 Rxc3 46.h6 Rc8 47.h7 Kf7 48.Bd8  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.e3 c5
9.dxc5 Nd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nb3 a5 12.a4 b6 13.c6 Bb4+ 14.Kd1 Nc5 15.Nbd4 Ne4
16.Bb5 g5 17.h3 h5 18.Kc1 Bc5 19.Kb1 Re8 20.Ka2 Ra7 21.Rad1 Kf8 22.Rhf1 Kg7
23.Ka1 Bf8 24.Ne2 Rd8 25.h4 g4 26.Nf4 Kg8 27.Nxd5  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.g4 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.f4 Na5 13.b3 Qc7 14.Nde2 b5 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Rfe8 17.Rhf1 e6 18.Rf2 Nc4 19.bxc4 bxc4 20.Bd4 c3 21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.Nxc3 Bxd4
23.Rxd4 Rxc3 24.dxe6 Rxe6 25.Rfd2 Rg3 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Bxg4 28.hxg4 Rxg2
29.g5 Rf2 30.Rd4 f6 31.a4 fxg5 32.fxg5 Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Nfd7 8.Bg2 Be7
9.Be3 Nc6 10.h4 Nde5 11.g5 Bd7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.b3 f5 14.f4 Ng4 15.Qe2 Nxe3
16.Qxe3 fxe4 17.O-O-O d5 18.Nxe4 Ba3+ 19.Kb1 Qe7 20.Nf2 Bc5 21.Qg3 Bxf2 22.Qxf2 O-O
23.Qd4 Rf5 24.Rde1 Raf8 25.Rhf1 Qd6 26.Re5 Rxe5 27.fxe5 Rxf1+ 28.Bxf1 Qe7
29.a4 Be8 30.Kb2 Bg6 31.Bh3 h6 32.gxh6 gxh6 33.Qg4 Kf7 34.h5 Be4 35.a5 Bh7
36.c3 Be4 37.c4 Bf5 38.Qf4 dxc4 39.Bxf5 exf5 40.Qxf5+ Ke8 41.Qc8+ Kf7 42.Qxc4+ Kg7
43.Qd5 Kf8 44.Kc3 Ke8 45.b4 Qc7+ 46.Kd4 Qe7 47.Qg8+ Kd7 48.Kd5 Kc7 49.Qg6 Qh4
50.Qd6+ Kc8 51.Kc5 Qf2+ 52.Qd4 Qf7 53.Qc4 Qg7 54.Kb6+ Kb8 55.Qc5 Qf7 56.Qd6+ Kc8
57.e6  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.O-O Bb4
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Rfd1 a5 11.a3 Be7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nd7 15.Bf4 Re8
16.Qc2 Qb6 17.Rd3 c5 18.d5 Bf6 19.Rad1 exd5 20.Rxd5 Nf8 21.R1d2 Ne6 22.Rd6 Qc7
23.Bg3 Nd4 24.Qd1 Qe7 25.h3 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.a4 h5 29.b3 h4
30.Bf4 g5 31.Re2 Qc5 32.Bd2 Qf5 33.Re1 b6 34.Qf3 Qxf3 35.gxf3 Kg7 36.Kf1 Kg6
37.Re4 Kf5 38.Ke2 d3+ 39.Kd1 Bd4 40.Rg4 f6 41.f4 gxf4 42.Rxf4+ Ke5 43.f3 Bf2
44.Rg4 Kf5 45.Rf4+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.26"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Rac1 a6 12.b3 O-O 13.Qh4 Rc7 14.g4 Rc8 15.g5 Nh5
16.Ne4 Rc7 17.Ng3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Qa8 19.Ne1 Nc5 20.Qh1 Rfc8 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Qxb7 Rxb7
23.Nd3 Nxd3 24.exd3 f6 25.gxf6 Bxf6 26.a4 h5 27.b4 Kf7 28.Kg2 Ke6 29.Kf3 Rf8
30.Ke2 Kf5 31.f3 g5 32.Rh1 Kg6 33.Rc2 e5 34.b5 Ra8 35.a5 bxa5 36.b6 Bd8 37.Rb1 Rab8
38.Ra2 Bxb6 39.Rab2 Bxe3 40.Rxb7 Rxb7 41.Rxb7 Bc5 42.Rb8 a4 43.Kd1 h4 44.Rg8+ Kf6
45.g4 Bf2 46.Rh8 Kg7 47.Rh5 Kg6 48.Kc2 Bd4 49.Kb1 a3 50.Ka2 Bb2 51.Kb3 Bc1
52.Ka2 Bb2 53.Kb3 a5 54.Ka2 a4 55.Kb1 Bd4 56.Ka2 Bb2 57.Kb1 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B49"]

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 "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 c5 11.cxd5 cxd4 12.exd4 exd5 13.Re1 Be6 14.Bb5 Rd8 15.Rc1 a6
16.Ba4 Rd6 17.Qb3 b6 18.Ne2 b5 19.Qa3 Bf8 20.Bc2 Nc6 21.Qg3 Rc8 22.h4 Ne7
23.h5 g5 24.f4 Qg7 25.Rf1 f6 26.Ng4 Rdc6 27.Ne3 f5 28.fxg5 Qxg5 29.Qxg5+ hxg5
30.Bxf5 Nxf5 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.Nxf5 Rc2 33.Neg3 Rxb2 34.Re1 Bd7 35.Ne7+ Kf7
36.Nxd5 Bc6 37.Rf1+ Ke6 38.Ne3 Bg7 39.Ngf5 Bh8 40.h6 Be4 41.d5+ Kd7 42.Ng3 Bd3
43.Rf7+ Ke8 44.Rf3 Rxa2 45.Nef5 Rd2 46.Ng7+ Ke7 47.d6+ Kxd6 48.Rf8 b4 49.Rxh8 b3
50.N7f5+ Bxf5 51.Nxf5+ Kc7 52.h7 b2 53.Rc8+ Kxc8 54.h8=Q+ Kd7 55.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.c3 Bb6 8.Na3 c6
9.Ba4 O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 d5 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Bb3 g5 14.Bg3 Re8 15.Re1 Bc7
16.Nc2 Bg4 17.Qd2 d4 18.h3 Bf5 19.Ba4 Bd7 20.Bxd7 dxc3 21.Qxc3 Nxd7 22.d4 Rc8
23.Qb3 Ba5 24.Re2 exd4 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Nxd4 Nc5 27.Qf3 Qe4 28.Nf5 Qxf3 29.gxf3 Rd8
30.Nxh6+ Kg7 31.Nf5+ Kg6 32.Nd6 Bb6 33.Nc4 Ne6 34.Re1 Bd4 35.b3 Rd5 36.Kf1 Bc5
37.Re2 a6 38.Rd2 Rxd2 39.Nxd2 f5 40.Bb8 f4 41.Ne4 Be7 42.Ba7 Kh5 43.Bb6 Kh4
44.Kg2 Bd8 45.Bc5 Kh5 46.Bd6 Kh4 47.Bb4 Kh5 48.Ba3 Kg6 49.Kf1 Kh5 50.Bb4 Kg6
51.Nd2 Kh5 52.Nc4 Bc7 53.Be7 Kh4 54.Kg2 Bd8 55.Bb4 Bc7 56.Nd2 Kh5 57.Ne4 Bd8
58.Kf1 Kg6 59.Bd6 Kh5 60.Ba3 Kg6 61.Bb2 Be7 62.a4 Kh5 63.Be5 Kh4 64.Kg2 Nc5
65.Nxc5 Bxc5 66.Bf6 Bd6 67.Kf1 Kxh3 68.Bxg5 Kh2 69.Ke2 Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.Re1 Ba7
9.Na3 Ne7 10.Nc2 Ng6 11.h3 Re8 12.Be3 c6 13.Bxa7 Rxa7 14.Ne3 d5 15.Qc2 Be6
16.Rad1 Ra8 17.Ng5 d4 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Nf5 c5 20.h4 Nf8 21.Bh3 Rc6 22.f4 exf4
23.gxf4 Nh5 24.Rf1 Ng6 25.Qh2 Nxh4 26.Nxh4 Qxh4 27.Bf5 Qg3+ 28.Qg2 Rd8 29.Rf3 Qxg2+
30.Kxg2 g6 31.Bg4 Nf6 32.Bh3 dxc3 33.bxc3 Nxe4 34.Rc1 Nf6 35.Re3 Rcd6  0-1

[Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Agdestein,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O Ng4
9.dxe6 fxe6 10.f4 Nc6 11.h3 Nf6 12.Be3 a6 13.Qd2 e5 14.f5 Nd4 15.Bg5 Qe8
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd5 gxf5 18.exf5 e4 19.Nxf6+ Rxf6 20.Qg5+ Kf7 21.Nxd4 cxd4
22.Qh5+ Kf8 23.Qxe8+ Kxe8 24.Bxe4 Bd7 25.Rad1 Rc8 26.Rxd4 b5 27.cxb5 axb5
28.g4 h6 29.Re1 Kd8 30.Bd3 Rc5 31.Kf2 Bc6 32.Kg3 Kd7 33.Kf4 Rf8 34.h4  1-0

[Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Nf6 4.Nxf6+ exf6 5.d4 Bd6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.c3 f5
9.Qc2 Qf6 10.Bd2 h6 11.O-O-O a5 12.Ng3 Ne7 13.f3 a4 14.Kb1 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Rhe1 Rd8 17.Bf4 Be6 18.Be5 Qg6 19.Ne2 Nd5 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Nb4 22.cxb4 Rxd4
23.g4 Rad8 24.gxf5 Bxf5 25.Bxf5 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qxf5+ 28.Ka1 Qe5
29.a3 b5 30.h4 g5 31.h5 Kg7 32.Qd3 Kf6 33.Qh7 Qe1+ 34.Ka2 Qe6+ 35.Ka1 Ke7
36.Qd3 Qe1+ 37.Ka2 Qe6+ 38.Ka1 f5 39.Qxb5 g4 40.fxg4 fxg4 41.Qb7+ Kf6 42.b5 Qe1+
43.Ka2 Qe6+ 44.Ka1 Qe1+ 45.Ka2 Qe6+ 46.Ka1 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.dxc5 Nxe4 7.cxd6 Nxd6
8.Bf4 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 Qc8 11.Rd1 Nf5 12.g4 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.g5 O-O
15.Qg4 e5 16.Qxh4 exf4 17.Nc3 Qf5 18.Nd5 Nc6 19.Qxf4 Qxc2 20.b4 Rae8 21.b5 Ne5
22.Re1 Ng6 23.Qf3 Qd2 24.Ne3 Ne5 25.Qxb7 Nd3 26.Rf1 Re5 27.h4 Nxf2 28.Nc4 Nh3+
29.Kh1 Nf2+ 30.Kg2 Qe2 31.Nxe5 Ng4+ 32.Kg3 Nxe5 33.Rae1 Qg4+ 34.Kh2 Qxh4+
35.Kg1 Qg3+ 36.Kh1 Qh3+ 37.Kg1 Qg3+ 38.Kh1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be2 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.d4 O-O
9.Re1 Bf5 10.Rb1 exd4 11.cxd4 Nb4 12.Rb2 Nd5 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 b6 15.c4 Nf4
16.Bxf4 Bxf4 17.Rbe2 Qf6 18.g3 Bd6 19.Kg2 Rad8 20.Re4 g6 21.R1e3 c6 22.a4 Rd7
23.Qe2 Kg7 24.a5 Rfd8 25.axb6 axb6 26.h4 h6 27.Nh2 Qf5 28.Rf3 Qa5 29.Nf1 Bf8
30.Qb2 Kg8 31.Ref4 Bg7 32.Ra3 Qe1 33.Rd3 Qa5 34.Ra3 Qe1 35.Ne3 Bxd4 36.Qc2 Qb4
37.Rd3 Qc5 38.Ng4 h5 39.Nh2 b5 40.Nf3 Bg7 41.Rxd7 Rxd7 42.Qe2 Re7 43.Qd3 bxc4
44.Rxc4 Qd5 45.Qxd5 cxd5 46.Rc8+ Bf8 47.Rd8 Kg7 48.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.Re1 Re8
9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Kh2 Bxf2 12.Rf1 Ba7 13.Nh4 Nh7 14.Nf5 Ne7 15.Qg4 Ng6
16.Nc4 Nf6 17.Qe2 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Nxh6+ Kf8 21.Bg5 e4 22.Bxf6 exd3
23.Qf3 Qxf3 24.Rxf3 Re2+ 25.Kh1 gxf6 26.Rxd3 b5 27.Rd7 bxc4 28.Rxf7+ Ke8
29.Rxf6 Ne5 30.Raf1 Rd8  0-1

[Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qh5 8.d3 exd3
9.Qxd3 Na6 10.Bg2 Bh3 11.Bf3 Qg6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qxa6 Rd8 14.Ne3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Qxe4
16.f3 Qe6 17.Qc4 Qg6 18.Bd2 Be7 19.O-O-O O-O 20.Bc3 Be6 21.Qa4 Bc5 22.Nc2 Qh6+
23.Qf4 Qg6 24.b3 Rde8 25.h4 h5 26.Kb2 f6 27.Rd2 Be7 28.Nd4 Bd7 29.e4 Qf7
30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.Qxf5 g6 32.Qa5 Bd8 33.Qa4 Bc7 34.Qxc6 Bxg3 35.Rd7 Re7 36.Rxe7 Qxe7
37.Rg1 Be5 38.Rxg6+ Kh7 39.Rg2 Rd8 40.Qc4 a5 41.a4 Qe8 42.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 43.Ka2 Qe7
44.Qb5 Kh6 45.Qxa5 Rd3 46.Qa8 Rd8 47.Qc6 Qe5 48.Qb7 f5 49.Qf7  1-0

[Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b5
9.exd5 exd5 10.d4 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Re8
16.Bg5 Rxe1+ 17.Qxe1 h6 18.Be3 Bg6 19.c3 Bc2 20.Ra3 Rb8 21.Nfd4 Bxd4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4
23.Bxd4 Rxb2 24.Kh2 Be4 25.Rxa7 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Ne4 27.Qa1 Rb8 28.Qa5 Qxa5 29.Rxa5 Rc8
30.Rxd5 Nxc3 31.Bxc3 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.d3 e6 5.Nbd2 h6 6.e4 Bh7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Qe2 Ne7
9.Nh4 g5 10.Nhf3 Nd7 11.b4 Qc7 12.Rb1 O-O-O 13.c4 g4 14.Ne1 h5 15.Nc2 Be5
16.d4 Bg7 17.Nb3 e5 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Nc5 Nb6 20.cxd5 Nexd5 21.Bb2 exd4 22.Nxd4 Rhe8
23.Qd2 Nc4 24.Qg5 Bxb1 25.Rxb1 Nxb2 26.Qxg7 Nc4 27.Nb5 Qe5 28.Qxf7 Re7 29.Qg6 a6
30.Nxa6 bxa6 31.Qxa6+ Kb8 32.Rd1 Qe2 33.Nc3 Qe1+ 34.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35.Bf1 Nxc3
36.Qxc4 Ne2+ 37.Kg2 Nd4 38.Qc5 Nf3 39.Qb5+ Kc7 40.Qa5+ Kd7 41.Qxh5 Rf8 42.Qxg4+  1-0

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.b3 c5 6.Bb2 cxd4 7.exd4 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Ndf3 dxc4 13.bxc4 Qc7 14.a4 Rfd8 15.Qb3 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Nd7 18.f4 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Rd7 20.Be2 Qd8 21.a5 Rc8 22.d5 exd5
23.Bg4 d4 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Rxd4 Qe7 26.Re1 Re8 27.Rf4 Qc5+ 28.Bd4 Qxa5 29.Qc3 Qxc3
30.Bxc3 Bh6 31.Rf2 b5 32.Rf6 Bd7 33.Rxa6 bxc4 34.Rea1 Be6 35.Kf2 Bf8 36.Ra8 Bc5+
37.Ke2 Rxa8 38.Rxa8+ Kg7 39.Ra5 Bb6 40.Ra6 Bg1 41.h3 g5 42.g4 Bh2 43.Ra8 h6
44.Rd8 Kg6 45.Kf3 Bf4 46.h4 h5 47.hxg5 Bc1 48.gxh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.h3 e5
9.Nb3 Be6 10.Be3 Be7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nc6 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.O-O-O Nce5 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.Rxd5 O-O 17.Kb1 Qc7 18.Rd1 Nb6 19.h4 Nec4 20.Rh3 Bf6 21.c3 Rfe8 22.Nd4 Qc5
23.Nf5 d5 24.e5 Bxe5 25.Qg4 g6 26.h5 Qf2 27.Nh6+ Kg7 28.Bc1 f5 29.Qf3 Qxf3
30.Rxf3 Rad8 31.g4 d4 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Rfd3 Nd5 34.cxd4 Bf4 35.Bxf4 Nxf4 36.Rf3 Re1  0-1

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.f4 d5
9.e5 Nd7 10.Qg4 g6 11.O-O-O Bc5 12.Qg3 Qb6 13.Qf2 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Rxd4 Nb8
16.h4 Bd7 17.Rd2 Qa5 18.h5 Rf8 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Rh3 Nc6 21.b3 O-O-O 22.Ne2 f6
23.exf6 Rxf6 24.Rf3 Rdf8 25.Nd4 Qc7 26.Nxc6 Bxc6 27.Rd4 e5 28.fxe5 Qxe5 29.Be2 g5
30.Qe3 Qxe3+ 31.Rxe3 Rf4 32.Rxf4 Rxf4 33.Rg3 d4 34.Bf3 Bxf3 35.gxf3 Kd7 36.Kd2 Kd6
37.Kd3 a5 38.Kc4 Kc6 39.Rxg5 Rxf3 40.Rc5+ Kb6 41.Rb5+ Kc6 42.Rc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 Nbd7
9.e3 Qa5 10.Nd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxc5 12.Rc1 O-O 13.Be2 Qa3 14.O-O Qxa2 15.c4 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Be7 Re8 18.Bd6 Nf6 19.Ra1 Qb2 20.c5 a5 21.Rb1 Qa2 22.Bb5 Rd8
23.Qc1 Qe6 24.Bc7 Rf8 25.Bd6 Rd8 26.Bc7 Rf8 27.Bd6 Rd8 28.Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 b4 12.Nce2 Qb6 13.Qe1 Rc8 14.h4 Na5 15.Nc1 Nc4
16.Rh3 a5 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Rhd3 h5 19.g3 Be7 20.Qe2 Bc8 21.R3d2 Ba6 22.Qf3 a4
23.Nce2 Bb7 24.Qd3 Rc5 25.c4 Kf8 26.b3 Rg8 27.bxa4 Qa6 28.Nb5 Kg7 29.Ned4 Qxa4
30.f5 Re5 31.Re1 Kh8 32.Nf3 exf5 33.Nxe5 fxe5 34.Nxd6 b3 35.Nxb7 bxa2+ 36.Ka1 Qb4
37.Qe3 f4 38.gxf4 Bxh4 39.Rh1 Qxb7 40.fxe5 Rg4 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Qxh5 Qxe4 43.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "E21"]

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 "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 b4
9.Na4 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.b3 Bb7 12.a3 Qc7 13.axb4 d5 14.b5 e5 15.bxa6 Bxa6
16.Nb5 Bxb5 17.Bxb5 d4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Qxd4 Ra5 20.Qd3 Ba3+ 21.Kb1 Ke7 22.Bxd7 Nxd7
23.Nc3 Ne5 24.Nd5+ Rxd5 25.Qxd5 Rc8 26.c4 Bc5 27.f4 Ng6 28.g3 Ke8 29.Rd3 Ne7
30.Qe5 Qxe5 31.fxe5 Nc6 32.Rhd1 Nxe5 33.Rd5 f6 34.Kb2 Ke7 35.Kc3 Bf2 36.Ra1 Rc7
37.Ra2 Be1+ 38.Kb2 Nc6 39.Ra1 Bb4 40.Ra8 Bd6 41.Ra6 Be5+ 42.Ka3 Nb8 43.Raa5 Nc6
44.Ra4 Nd4 45.Rda5 Bd6+ 46.Kb2 Be5 47.Ka3 Nc2+ 48.Ka2 Bd4 49.Rd5 Bc3 50.Kb1 Nb4
51.Rb5 Nc6 52.Rc5 Bd4 53.Rd5 Bg1 54.b4 Ne5 55.c5 Rb7 56.Kc2 Bxh2 57.b5 Rxb5
58.Ra7+ Ke8 59.Rxg7 Bg1 60.Rc7 Rb4 61.c6 Bb6 62.Rxh7 Rxe4 63.Rh4 Rxh4 64.gxh4 Nxc6
65.Rd6 Nb4+ 66.Kb3 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Agdestein,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A29"]

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 "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2014.06.13"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Bf8
9.Nbd2 d6 10.Re1 Bd7 11.a4 g6 12.Nf1 Bg7 13.Ne3 Qc8 14.a5 a6 15.Bc4 Nd8 16.b4 Ne6
17.Qb3 Bb5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.g3 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Qd7 21.d4 exd4 22.cxd4 Qb5 23.Rac1 Bg7
24.h4 c5 25.bxc5 dxc5 26.dxc5 Rac8 27.Qxb5 axb5 28.Nd5 Ra8 29.e5 Rxa5 30.Nf6+ Bxf6
31.exf6 Raa8 32.Rb1 Nxc5 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Rxb5 Nd7 35.Rxb7 Nxf6 36.Rb2 h5
37.Kf1 Kg7 38.Re2 Rxe2 39.Kxe2 Kf8 40.Kf1 Ke7 41.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "A85"]

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 "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Lupulescu,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C11"]

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 "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Qd3 Nb6 8.c5 Nbd7
9.O-O c6 10.b4 b6 11.Bf4 a5 12.a3 Ba6 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.Bd2 Nhf6 15.Bf4 Nh5 16.Bd2 Nhf6
17.Rfe1 Bc4 18.Bf4 Nh5 19.Be3 Nhf6 20.Bf4 Nh5 21.Be3 Nhf6 22.h3 h6 23.Nd2 Ba6
24.f4 bxc5 25.bxc5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 d4 27.Bf2 dxc3 28.Qxc3 Nd5 29.Qc2 Bf6 30.e4 Bxa1
31.exd5 Qf6 32.d6 Qc3 33.Qd1 Bb2 34.Bxc6 Rad8 35.Nb1 Qf6 36.Qd2 Rb8 37.Be4 e5
38.Nc3 Qe6 39.Nd5 Qxh3 40.Bg2 Qh5 41.d7 exf4 42.Qxf4 Bxa3 43.Qxb8 Rxb8 44.Re8+ Kh7
45.Rxb8 Qd1+ 46.Kh2 Qh5+ 47.Bh3 Qf3 48.d8=Q Qxf2+ 49.Bg2  1-0

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ivanisevic,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A29"]

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 "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd3 a5 11.O-O a4 12.Qc2 h6 13.bxa4 Qa5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Rfc1 Qxa4
16.Qxa4 Rxa4 17.Bc4 Bd7 18.Bb3 Raa8 19.Ne4 Ra5 20.Bd4 Rfa8 21.Bc5 Kf8 22.Rc4 Nf6
23.Nxf6 gxf6 24.Bxe7+ Kxe7 25.Rac1 e5 26.Rb4 Rb5 27.Rh4 Be6 28.Bxe6 fxe6
29.a4 Rba5 30.Rxh6 Rxa4 31.Rh7+ Kd6 32.Rd1+ Kc5 33.h4 Ra1 34.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 35.Kh2 Kd6
36.Rh8 f5 37.h5 e4 38.h6 Ke5 39.h7 Ra7 40.Kh3 Rf7 41.Kh4 Kf6 42.Kh5 Kg7 43.Re8 Kxh7
44.Rxe6 Rc7 45.g4 fxg4 46.Kxg4 c5 47.Rxe4 c4 48.Kg5 c3 49.Rh4+ Kg7 50.Rh1 Rf7
51.Rc1 Rxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Bb4 11.f3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd5 13.Qb3 a5 14.Kf2 N7b6 15.Bd3 e5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxb4 Qh4+ 18.Ke2 axb4 19.Bc4 O-O-O 20.dxe5 Qg3 21.Rag1 Qxe5
22.Kf2 Nb6 23.Bd3 Rhe8 24.Re1 Qd6 25.Be4 Nd7 26.Qc4 Nf6 27.Bc2 Qe7 28.Re2 Rd2
29.Qb3 Red8 30.Re1 Nh7 31.Kg3 Ng5 32.Qc4 Ne6 33.f4 Nc5 34.Bb1 Rxe2 35.Qxe2 Ne4+
36.Bxe4 Qxe4 37.Kf2 g5 38.fxg5 Qe5 39.Kg2 Qxg5 40.b3 Qe5 41.Qf3 f6 42.Re2 Qc3
43.Qf5+ Kb8 44.Qc2 Kc7 45.Qg6 Rd7 46.g5 Kb6 47.gxf6 gxf6 48.h4 Rd1 49.Qe4 Ka7
50.Qf4 c5 51.Qf5 Qc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.11"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.f3 O-O 10.Be3 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.O-O Qd8 14.Rfd1 Nd7 15.Nxc6 Rxc6
16.Bd4 Bxd4+ 17.Qxd4 e6 18.Rd2 Qa5 19.Nd1 Qg5 20.Ne3 b5 21.Rf1 h5 22.f4 Qc5
23.e5 dxe5 24.Qxc5 Nxc5 25.fxe5 Ne4 26.Rd7 Rf8 27.Ra7 Nc3 28.Rf3 Ne2+ 29.Kf1 Nc1
30.g4 bxc4 31.bxc4 Nd3 32.gxh5 Nxe5 33.Rg3 f5 34.hxg6 f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.O-O e5 8.a3 Rb8
9.d3 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Nd2 Nd4 13.Nc4 f6 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nde6
16.Bd2 b6 17.g4 Be8 18.Be1 b5 19.Ne3 Bd6 20.Ncd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Bf7 22.Nf5 Be5
23.Qd2 Nd4 24.Bxf7+ Rxf7 25.Rd1 Nxf5 26.gxf5 Qd4+ 27.Bf2 Qg4+ 28.Kh1 c4 29.Qc2 Re8
30.dxc4 Qh5 31.h4 Qg4 32.Qd3 bxc4 33.Qe3 Rfe7 34.b3 Bb2  0-1

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd2 Bg7 8.b4 a5 9.bxa5 Ne4
10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Qd5 12.f4 h6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Bxd4 15.exd4 e3 16.Bxe3 Qxh1
17.Qd2 Na6 18.O-O-O Qd5 19.Bg2 Qc4+ 20.Kb1 Qe6 21.d5 Qf5+ 22.Kb2 O-O-O 23.d6 exd6
24.cxd6 Qf6+ 25.Kb1 Qf5+ 26.Kc1 Qf6 27.d7+ Kb7 28.Bd4 Qe6 29.Bxh8  1-0

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bd2 Bb7 6.g3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Be7 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Nb5 d5 12.Ne5 Nc5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nc3 dxc4 15.Bxb7 Nxb7
16.Qxd8 Raxd8 17.Nc6 Rde8 18.Rfd1 h6 19.e4 Bc5 20.e5 Nd5 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Rxd5 b5
23.Be3 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Re6 25.Nd4 Rb6 26.b3 Rc8 27.Kg2 Rc5 28.Rxc5 Nxc5 29.bxc4 bxc4
30.Rxc4 Nd3 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.e6 fxe6 33.Kf3 Kg6 34.a4 e5 35.Nc6 Kf5 36.g4+ Ke6
37.a5 Rb5 38.Rd8 Nc5 39.h4 Rb1 40.Rg8 Kd6 41.Nb8 e4+ 42.Kg2 Rb2+ 43.Kf1 Rb5
44.Kf2 Ne6 45.Rc8 Rxa5 46.Rc6+ Kd5 47.Rxa6 Rxa6 48.Nxa6 Kc6 49.Nb4+ Kc5 50.Nc2 Kc4
51.Ke2 g5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Kd2 Nc5 54.Na3+ Kb4 55.Nc2+ Kc4 56.Na3+ Kd5 57.Nb5 Nd7
58.Nc3+ Ke5 59.Nd1 Nf6 60.Nf2 Kd5 61.Nh3 Nxg4 62.Nxg5 Nxe3 63.Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.Na4 Qa5 13.Re2 h5 14.Qf4 g5 15.Bd2 Qc7
16.Qg3 h4 17.Qg4 Rg8 18.Rae1 c5 19.c4 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Bb7 21.h3 Rd8 22.Bc3 Nb8
23.Re3 Nc6 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Rf3+ Ke8 26.Qxe6 Rg7 27.Qh6 Nd4 28.e6 Nxf3+ 29.gxf3 Bf8
30.Qh5+ Ke7 31.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Rb8 7.a4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd2 e5 10.Nxc4 exd4 11.Qxd4 Nc5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bf4 Ne6 14.Be3 a6 15.Ne5 Bd6
16.Nc4 Bb4 17.Rfc1 Nd4 18.Bxd4 Rxd4 19.b3 c6 20.h3 Be6 21.e3 Rdd8 22.Ne2 g6
23.Nd4 Bd5 24.a5 h5 25.Ra4 Bc5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Ne2 Be7 28.Nc3 Rb5 29.Nd2 Rb4
30.Rxb4 Bxb4 31.Nc4 Rd8 32.Na2 Be7 33.Nc3 Nd5 34.Na4 Nb4 35.Kf1 Rd3 36.Rb1 Na2
37.Ra1 Nb4 38.Rb1 Na2 39.Ra1 Nb4 40.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.e4 O-O 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Re1 Nde7 10.a4 h6 11.a5 a6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Qd2 Nf5 14.Bc5 Rb8 15.Ne4 b6 16.axb6 cxb6
17.Ba3 Ncd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qd1 Bb7 20.c3 Nb5 21.Qb3 Qd7 22.Re3 Kh7 23.Rae1 f5
24.Nd2 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Re6 26.Nf3 Rbe8 27.Kg1 e4 28.dxe4 Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.Rd1 Qe8
31.Qd5 Nxa3 32.bxa3 Qe7 33.h4 Qc5 34.h5 Qxd5 35.hxg6+ Kxg6 36.Rxd5 Bxc3 37.Rd6+ Kf7
38.Rxb6 Ra4 39.Rxh6 Rxa3 40.Nh4 Ra5 41.Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 b6 11.Bf4 Bb4 12.Ne4 Ba6 13.Rfc1 Be2 14.Nfd2 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 Nd4
16.Be3 Nf5 17.Bf4 Nd4 18.Be3 Nf5 19.Bf4 Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A56"]

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 "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Agdestein,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 8.Qa4 c5
9.dxc5 a5 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qd4 Re8 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.e3 Ne4 15.Bb5 Re6
16.c4 Qxc5 17.Nb3 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 Re5 19.f3 Nec5 20.cxd5 Nb6 21.O-O Rxd5 22.Rab1 Ne6
23.Nxe6 Bxe6 24.e4 Rh5 25.Bf2 Nc4 26.g4 Rxb5 27.Rxb5 Nd2 28.Rxb7 Nxf3+ 29.Kg2 Nd2
30.Rd1 Nc4 31.a4 Bxg4 32.Rd4 Rc8 33.Bg3 Ne3+ 34.Kf2 Nd1+ 35.Ke1 Ne3 36.Kf2 Nd1+
37.Ke1 Ne3 38.Kd2 Nf1+ 39.Kd3 Rc1 40.Rd8+ Kh7 41.Ra8 Nxg3 42.hxg3 Be6 43.Rxa5 Rg1
44.Re5 Rxg3+ 45.Kd4 Ra3 46.a5 Kg6 47.Rbb5 Ra4+ 48.Kc3 Rc4+ 49.Kb2 Ra4 50.Rbc5 Ra2+
51.Kc3 Ra4 52.Rh5 Rxe4 53.a6 f5 54.Rh1 Ra4 55.Rc6 Kf7 56.Rb1 Bd5 57.Rb7+ Kg8
58.Rg6 Rc4+ 59.Kd3 Bxb7 60.Kxc4 Bf3 61.Kd4  1-0

[Event "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D45"]

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 "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "E97"]

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 "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.Qc2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 d6 10.d5 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 O-O 12.Nd2 Re8 13.e3 c5 14.O-O exd5 15.cxd5 Nd7
16.a4 Ba6 17.Rfd1 b5 18.axb5 Bxb5 19.b4 a6 20.Nb3 Rc8 21.bxc5 Nxc5 22.Nd4 Qf6
23.Rac1 Ne4 24.Qxc8 Qxf2+ 25.Kh1 Qxe3 26.h3 Nxg3+ 27.Kh2 Qf4 28.Qg4 Nf1+
29.Kg1 Qh2+ 30.Kf2 Ne3 31.Qg3 Nxd1+ 32.Rxd1 Qxg3+ 33.Kxg3 g6 34.Rc1 Kg7 35.h4 Kf6
36.Kf2 h6 37.Bf3 g5 38.hxg5+ hxg5 39.Rc7 Re7 40.Rc3 Re8 41.Bg2 Re7 42.Rh3 Kg6
43.Bf3 Bd7 44.Rh8 Re8 45.Bh5+ Kg7 46.Rxe8 Bxe8 47.Nf5+ Kf6 48.Nxd6 Bd7 49.Nb7 Be8
50.Ke3 Ke5 51.d6 Ke6 52.Kd4 a5 53.Bf3 a4 54.Bd5+ Kf6 55.Nc5 Bb5 56.Ne4+ Kf5
57.Bxf7 g4 58.Bd5 a3 59.Ng3+ Kf4 60.Ne4 g3 61.Nc3 Kf5 62.Be4+ Ke6 63.Bg2 Bd7
64.Kc5 Ke5 65.Bd5 Be6 66.Bc6 Bd7 67.Bh1 Be8 68.Na2 Bd7 69.Nb4 Be8 70.Bd5 Bd7
71.Nd3+ Kf6 72.Nb4 Ke5 73.Nd3+ Kf6 74.Nb4 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "30th ECC Open 2014"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sanchez Jerez,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[ECO "E63"]

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 "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Debashis,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nc6
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.h3 e5 12.a4 Bf5 13.Ba3 b6 14.Bb5 e4 15.Nd2 Na5 16.Qe2 Rfd8
17.Rfc1 Be6 18.Rab1 Rd5 19.Qf1 Rg5 20.Kh1 Rd8 21.Be2 Rg6 22.f4 exf3 23.Bxf3 Qd7
24.Ra1 Nd5 25.Qf2 Bxh3 26.c4 Nf6 27.gxh3 cxd4 28.e4 Nb3 29.Bg2 Nxa1 30.Rxa1 Re8
31.Bb2 Nh5 32.Ra3 d3 33.e5 Rg3 34.Kh2 Qc7 35.Ne4 d2 36.Rxg3 d1=Q 37.Nf6+ Kh8
38.Nxe8 Qc5 39.Qxc5 bxc5 40.e6 fxe6 41.Bxg7+ Nxg7 42.Nxg7 Qxa4 43.Nxe6 Qxc4
44.Ng5 a5 45.Ne4 a4 46.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Guerrero,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "A46"]

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 "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Stefansson,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "C65"]

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 "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "A06"]

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 "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.02.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 a6 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nd2 h6 13.Bh4 Ne5 14.Nf1 Rd8 15.Bg3 O-O
16.Ne3 Rc8 17.Kh1 Rfd8 18.f3 Nh5 19.Bf2 Nf4 20.Bf1 Nfg6 21.Qd2 Bg5 22.Qe1 Nf4
23.Bg3 Nh5 24.Bf2 Qe7 25.Ra3 Nf4 26.Rb3 Rc6 27.Ne2 Nxe2 28.Bxe2 Rdc8 29.c3 Nd7
30.Nc2 d5 31.Nb4 Rc5 32.exd5 Ra5 33.Nc6 Bxc6 34.dxc6 Rxc6 35.Rb4 Bf6 36.Qf1 Rd6
37.Rxd6 Qxd6 38.Bxa6 Nc5 39.Bb5 Qd2 40.Bg1 Ra8 41.Bc6 Rc8 42.Rxb6 Bd8 43.Rb5 Rxc6
44.Bxc5 Bc7 45.a5 Qc2 46.f4 f6 47.h3 Kh7 48.f5 exf5 49.Bg1 Be5 50.a6  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Lenderman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nc3 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bg5 Qc8 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.e4 Bb7 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Bh3 c6 15.Nd2 Bxd4
16.Nc4 c5 17.Nd6 Qd7 18.Nxe8 Qxe8 19.Rxd4 cxd4 20.Qc7 Bxe4 21.Re1 Bd5 22.Bf1 Nc6
23.Bf6 Qb8 24.Qxb8+ Rxb8 25.Bb5 d3 26.a3 d2 27.Rd1 Rc8 28.Rxd2 Na5 29.Rd1 Nb3
30.h4 h5 31.Bd7 Rc4 32.Bb5 Rc8 33.Bd7 Rc1 34.Rxc1 Nxc1 35.b4 Nb3 36.Kf1 Nd2+
37.Ke2 Nc4 38.a4 Kf8 39.f3 Nd6 40.Ke3 Nc4+ 41.Ke2 Nd6 42.Kf2 Ne8 43.Bxe8 Kxe8
44.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.02.04"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.a3 a5 11.Ne1 Be6 12.Nd3 Bc4 13.Nc5 Bxf1 14.Qxf1 Qb8 15.Qb5 e5
16.Nxb7 exd4 17.Ne2 Na7 18.Qd3 dxe3 19.Bxe3 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Bg7 21.Nf4 Qc8 22.Bxb6 cxb6
23.Nd6 Qc3 24.Qxc3 Bxc3 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.Rxb6 Bd4 27.Ra6 Nb5 28.Rxa5 Nc3 29.Bf1 Rb8
30.Ne2 Bb6 31.Re5 Nd1 32.Kg2 Bxf2 33.a4 Ba7 34.Rb5 Rd8 35.Rb7 Bc5 36.Rb5 Ba7
37.Rb7 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Bartel,Mat"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "C65"]

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 "3rd Norway Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.d4 b6 9.dxc5 bxc5
10.c4 Bb7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Re1 Re8 14.Nh4 Ne5 15.Nb5 Bf8 16.Nxa7 Ra8
17.Nb5 Qb6 18.a4 c4 19.Bd4 Bc5 20.b4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 Nd3 23.Reb1 Ne4
24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Nhf5 Bd5 26.Nb5 g6 27.Nfd4 Reb8 28.Nc7  1-0

[Event "3rd Norway Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O c6 7.d3 a5 8.a3 axb4
9.axb4 Rxa1 10.Bxa1 Na6 11.c3 Re8 12.Nbd2 e5 13.e4 Nc7 14.Qc2 b5 15.Re1 Nd7
16.Nb3 Nb6 17.Na5 Qd6 18.Bb2 h6 19.Bc1 Na4 20.Be3 Ne6 21.Bd2 Bd7 22.c4 dxc4
23.dxc4 Nd4 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Qb3 Nc3 26.Nb7 Qe7 27.Nc5 Be6 28.Bf1 Ra8 29.e5 Na4
30.Nxe6 Qxe6 31.Qc2 Nc3 32.Bxc3 dxc3 33.Qxc3 Qe7 34.cxb5 cxb5 35.Bxb5 Rb8
36.Qc4 Bxe5 37.Bc6 Qf6 38.b5 Bd4 39.Re2 Rd8 40.Kg2 Bb6 41.Bd5 Kg7 42.h4 h5
43.Qe4 Rc8 44.Ba2 Rc5 45.Qd3 Rf5 46.f4 Rc5 47.Bc4 Rc8 48.Re5 Rd8 49.Rd5 Qb2+
50.Kh3 Bg1  0-1

[Event "3rd Norway Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "D00"]

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 "3rd Norway Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Bc4 c6 4.Qf3 e6 5.Ne2 d5 6.Bb3 Nd7 7.Nbc3 Ne7 8.O-O O-O
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Bd6 Re8 12.h3 Nf6 13.e5 Nd7 14.Ng3 Nc8 15.Ba3 c5 16.dxc5 bxc5
17.Ba4 Ncb6 18.Qe2 Nxa4 19.Nxa4 Qa5 20.b3 Bxe5 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Nxb2 Qc7 23.Qe3 e5
24.Qg5 f6 25.Qg4 Rad8 26.Rd2 e4 27.Re1 Ne5 28.Qh4 f5 29.Na4 d4 30.Qg5 Nf7
31.Qf6 Rd6 32.Qh4 Rde6 33.Rdd1 e3 34.f4 Qc6 35.Re2 Ba6 36.Nb2 Bxe2 37.Nxe2 Nd6
38.Nd3 Ne4  0-1

[Event "3rd Norway Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hammer,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "C03"]

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 "3rd Norway Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.O-O d6 7.a4 Ba7 8.h3 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6
10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Rxe3 O-O 12.Nbd2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.Qb3 Qxb3
16.Nxb3 f6 17.d4 exd4 18.Nfxd4 Ne5 19.a5 Rd8 20.Ra4 b6 21.axb6 cxb6 22.f4 Bd7
23.Rb4 a5 24.fxe5 axb4 25.exf6 bxc3 26.bxc3 gxf6 27.Nd2 Be8 28.Ne4 Bg6 29.Nxf6+ Kf7
30.Ng4 Re8 31.Ne5+ Kg7 32.h4 Ra5 33.Ndc6 Rc5 34.Kf2 Re6 35.Nxg6 Rxe3 36.Kxe3 Rxc3+
37.Kd4  0-1

[Event "3rd Norway Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 e5
9.Na3 d6 10.Nc2 h6 11.a3 Be6 12.b4 b6 13.b5 Na5 14.c4 Nb3 15.Rb1 Nxc1 16.Qxc1 Qd7
17.Ne3 Bh3 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Kh7 20.Nd2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 f5 22.f3 Rf7 23.Nc4 Raf8
24.Rf1 h5 25.Qd1 Bh6 26.Rb2 h4 27.a4 Qe7 28.Kg1 Qd8 29.Rg2 Kg7 30.Qe2 Bg5
31.f4 fxe4 32.dxe4 h3 33.Rgf2 exf4 34.Qg4 fxg3 35.Rxf7+ Rxf7 36.Rxf7+ Kxf7
37.Qxg3 Qf6 38.Nxd6+ Kf8 39.e5 Qf4 40.Qxh3 Qd4+ 41.Kf1 Qd1+ 42.Kf2 Qd2+ 43.Kf1 Qd1+
44.Kf2 Qd2+ 45.Kf1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Norway Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 Bxc5 10.Ke2 Bd7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Bd3 Bc6 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Nd2 Rac8
16.a3 Bd6 17.Rxc6 Rxc6 18.Rc1 Rxc1 19.Bxc1 Kf8 20.g3 Nd5 21.Be4 Nc3+ 22.Kd3 Nxe4
23.Nxe4 Be7 24.a4 f5 25.Nd2 Kf7 26.h3 e5 27.e4 g6 28.Bb2 Ke6 29.f3 h5 30.Bc3 a6
31.Bb2 Bb4 32.Nc4 Nc5+ 33.Ke3 fxe4 34.Nxe5 exf3 35.Nxg6 Nxb3 36.Nf4+ Kf7
37.Nxh5 Nc5 38.g4 Nxa4 39.Ba1 Bc3 40.Bxc3 Nxc3 41.Kxf3 a5 42.Ke3 b5 43.Kd3 Nd5
44.Ng3 Nf4+ 45.Kc3 Nxh3 46.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Norway Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Qc8 7.c4 Nf6 8.Ne5 Be6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nb3 Na6 11.e4 Nb6 12.Be3 O-O 13.Rc1 Bh3 14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.Nd3 Rad8
16.Qe2 Qe6 17.Ndc5 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Qc8 19.Rfd1 Nd7 20.d5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 Rd7 22.dxc6 bxc6
23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.b3 h5 26.Qa6 Qe5 27.Qxc6 h4 28.Qd5 Qb2 29.Bxe7 Rc8
30.Bxh4 Qxa2 31.Bg5 Re8 32.Be3 Qc2 33.Rc1 Qxe4 34.Qxe4 Rxe4 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7  1-0

[Event "3rd Norway Chess 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "D43"]

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 "3rd Norway Chess 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.d4 Bxd4 10.Qxd4 d6 11.Bf4 c5 12.Qd2 O-O 13.f3 c4 14.Ba2 Be6 15.Nc3 b4 16.Ne2 b3
17.Bb1 bxc2 18.Bxc2 Rxb2 19.Rfb1 Rxb1+ 20.Rxb1 Qc7 21.Rd1 Ne8 22.Qb4 Nd3
23.Bxd3 cxd3 24.Rxd3 Qc4 25.Qa3 d5 26.Kf2 Qc6 27.Nd4 Qc4 28.exd5 Qxd5 29.Nxe6 Qxe6
30.Qb3 Nf6 31.Qxe6 fxe6 32.Rb3 Rc8 33.Bd2 Rc2 34.Ke2 Nd5 35.Kd3 Rc7 36.Rb8+ Kf7
37.g4 Rd7 38.Kc2 Rc7+ 39.Kb3 e5 40.Ra8 Rb7+ 41.Kc2 Rc7+ 42.Kd3 Rd7 43.Ke2 Rd6
44.h4 Nf4+ 45.Bxf4 exf4 46.a5 h6 47.h5 Ke7 48.Ra7+ Kf8 49.Ke1 Kg8 50.Ke2 Kf8
51.Ke1 Kg8 52.Ke2 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Norway Chess 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "D47"]

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 "3rd Norway Chess 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D38"]

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 "3rd Norway Chess 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hammer,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 "3rd Norway Chess 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.Ne2 b5 8.Nf4 exd5 9.cxd5 a6
10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O c4 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.b4 cxb3 15.axb3 b4 16.Nb5 Qb6
17.Kh1 g5 18.Qd4 Ncd7 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.Nc7 Ra7 21.Nb5 Re7 22.Nxd6 gxf4 23.Bxa6 Rd8
24.Bxc8 Rxd6 25.Bf5 Nbd7 26.g3 fxg3 27.Rg1 Kf8 28.Rxg3 Nc5 29.Bh3 Re8 30.Rb1 Nh5
31.Rg5 Nf4 32.Bf1 Ra8 33.Bc4 Ra2 34.Rg4 Rh6 35.h4 Nfd3 36.Rg2 Rxh4+ 37.Kg1 Ra7
38.d6 Rh6 39.Rh2 Rxd6  0-1

[Event "3rd Norway Chess 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bd7 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Rac1 Bc6
16.Rc2 Rfd8 17.Rfc1 Ne8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.e3 Nd6 20.Ne2 Bb5 21.Nf4 Rac8 22.h4 Rxc2
23.Rxc2 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Nxc8 25.Qa5 Qd7 26.b3 b6 27.Qc3 Qc6 28.Qa1 Qc7 29.Bh3 Qc2
30.a4 Ba6 31.Qa3 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Qd2 33.Bg2 h6 34.a5 Qxa5 35.Qc1 Qb4 36.e4 Qxd4
37.exd5 e5 38.Ne6+ fxe6 39.Qc7+ Kf6 40.Qd8+ Kf7 41.Qd7+ Kf8 42.Qd8+ Kf7 43.Qd7+ Kf8
44.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Norway Chess 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.b3 a5 11.Bc3 Bb7 12.Nbd2 c5 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qc8
16.Rac1 dxc4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Qxc4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qb7+ 20.Qe4 Rfb8 21.Rc6 Qd7
22.Rcc1 Qb7 23.Qxb7 Rxb7 24.Ne4 Be7 25.Nd6 Rd7 26.Nc4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 b5 28.Ne5 Bf6
29.Nd7 a4 30.Rc1 axb3 31.axb3 Be7 32.Rc7 Rd8 33.Rb7 Bd6 34.g4 h5 35.gxh5 Kh7
36.b4 Bxb4 37.Ne5 Rd5 38.Nxf7 Rxh5 39.f4 Kg6 40.Ne5+ Kh7 41.Nf7 Kg6 42.Ne5+ Kh7
43.Nf3 Rf5 44.Ng5+ Kh6 45.Kf3 Bd2 46.e3 b4 47.Nxe6 Rh5 48.Nxg7 Rxh2 49.Nf5+ Kg6
50.Ne7+ Kf6 51.Nd5+ Ke6 52.Ke4 Rh3 53.Rb6+ Kd7 54.Kd3 Bc1 55.Rxb4 Kd6 56.Kd4  1-0

[Event "3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "B51"]

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 "3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Ne7 8.d4 exd4
9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Re1 Ng6 11.h3 c6 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.Nc4 Bc7 14.d5 Nhf4 15.Bf1 f5
16.e5 Nxd5 17.exd6 Bxd6 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.b3 Bd7 20.Bb2 Rfe8 21.Qd4 Qf6 22.Qd2 Qd6
23.Bc4 h6 24.Qd4 Qf6 25.Qxf6 gxf6 26.Bxf6 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rd1 Be6 29.Nd4 Kf7
30.Nxe6 Rxe6 31.Bd4 a6 32.Kf1 Ngf4 33.b4 Re4 34.f3 Re8 35.g3 Ne6 36.Bf2 Rd8
37.Re1 f4 38.g4 Ng5 39.Kg2 Re8 40.Rd1 Re5 41.Bd4 Re8 42.h4 Ne6 43.Bf2 Nec7
44.h5 Kf6 45.Kh3 b5 46.Bd4+ Kg5 47.Bxd5 Nxd5 48.Rc1 Re6 49.Rc5 Rd6 50.Bg7 Re6
51.Bd4 Rd6 52.a3 Re6 53.Rc1 Ne7 54.Bf2 Kf6 55.Bh4+ Kf7 56.g5 hxg5 57.Bxg5 Nd5
58.Kg4 Kg7 59.Bxf4 Nxf4 60.Kxf4 Rd6 61.Rc3 Kf6 62.Kg4 a5 63.bxa5 Rd4+ 64.f4 Ra4
65.Rxc6+ Kg7 66.a6 Rxa3 67.f5 b4 68.f6+ Kf7 69.h6 Kg6 70.Rc8 b3 71.Rg8+ Kf7
72.h7 Ra4+ 73.Kf3  1-0

[Event "3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 e5
9.Qd3 h6 10.Nd2 b5 11.a4 Rb8 12.Rd1 Be7 13.axb5 axb5 14.Nf1 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Qxd5 O-O 17.Ne3 Be6 18.Qd3 Qc7 19.Bd2 Rfc8 20.c3 bxc3 21.Bxc3 Qb7 22.Nd5 Bg5
23.h3 Ra8 24.Ne3 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Ra8 27.Rxa8+ Qxa8 28.f3 Qc6 29.Kf2 f6
30.Kg1 Qc5 31.Qxc5 dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.f3 e5
9.Nb3 Be6 10.Be3 h5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nbd7 13.Qd2 g6 14.O-O-O Nb6 15.Kb1 Nbxd5
16.Bg5 Be7 17.Na5 Rb8 18.Bc4 Nb6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Bd8 22.Rd3 Bc7
23.Bb3 Ke7 24.Rhd1 Rhd8 25.Rxd8 Bxd8 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 Bb6 28.c3 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8
30.Kc2 Bc7 31.Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.d4 exd4
9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qb3 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.a4 a5 15.Qd1 Nb8 16.Nb3 Nbc6
17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Qc8 19.g4 Bg6 20.Rc1 Bh7 21.Bg3 Nb4 22.Re3 Na2 23.Ra1 Nb4
24.Ne1 Nec6 25.Qd2 Qe6 26.Bxc6 Qxc6 27.Rc3 Qe6 28.Ng2 f6 29.Nf4 Qd7 30.e6 Qe7
31.Re1 f5 32.Nc5 Bxc5 33.Rxc5 c6 34.Rc3 g5 35.Ng2 f4 36.Nxf4 gxf4 37.Bxf4 Nd3
38.Rxd3 Bxd3 39.Bxh6 Rf3 40.Re3 Rxe3 41.Qxe3 Qh7 42.f3 Re8 43.h4 Qg6 44.e7 Qd6
45.Bf4 Qxe7 46.Qxd3 Qe1+ 47.Qf1 Qxf1+ 48.Kxf1 Rf8 49.Be5 Rxf3+ 50.Kg2 Rb3
51.h5 Rxb2+ 52.Kg3 b5 53.axb5 Rxb5  0-1

[Event "3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 h6 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Nd4 Ng6 13.f4 Bc5 14.Be3 h5 15.Ne4 Bxd4
16.Rxd4 h4 17.Rad1 Bf5 18.e6 Bxe6 19.Nc5 Rh5 20.Nxb7 Rd5 21.b3 Rb8 22.Rxd5 cxd5
23.Nc5 c6 24.Rd4 Bc8 25.Ra4 Ra8 26.c4 dxc4 27.Rxc4 Bf5 28.Nb7 Kd7 29.Rd4+ Kc7
30.Nd6 Bb1 31.Nxf7 Re8 32.Kf2 Bxa2 33.f5 Nf8 34.Ra4 Bxb3 35.Rxa7+ Kb8 36.Nd6 Rd8
37.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 f6 8.Be3 e5
9.Nd2 Be6 10.Bc4 Kf7 11.Kc2 Be7 12.Rad1 Rd8 13.Bxe6+ Kxe6 14.Nc4 Rxd1 15.Rxd1 Nc6
16.a4 a5 17.f4 h5 18.Rf1 exf4 19.Bxf4 Ne5 20.Bxe5 fxe5 21.Rf3 b6 22.Rg3 Rg8
23.Kd3 Bh4 24.Rf3 Be7 25.Ke2 Rb8 26.Rg3 Kf6 27.Ne3 c6 28.Nc4 Bc5 29.h3 Ra8
30.Rf3+ Ke6 31.Rg3 Kf6 32.Rf3+ Ke6 33.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.c5 Be7 8.b4 b6 9.Bb2 a5
10.Nf4 axb4 11.axb4 Rxa1 12.Qxa1 Nc6 13.Nd3 bxc5 14.bxc5 Ne4 15.Be2 Bd7 16.f3 Nxc3
17.Bxc3 Qa8 18.Kd2 Rb8 19.Qxa8 Rxa8 20.Ra1 Rxa1 21.Bxa1 Kf8 22.Bc3 Ke8 23.g4 g6
24.f4 h6 25.h3 Bf6 26.Bf3 Bc8 27.Bd1 Bd7 28.Ne1 Na7 29.Ba5 Bd8 30.Nf3 Bb5
31.Bc3 Nc6 32.Ke1 Nb8 33.Bc2 Nd7 34.Ba5 Nf6 35.g5 hxg5 36.fxg5 Nd7 37.h4 Nb8
38.Ne5 Nc6 39.Nxc6 Bxc6 40.Kf2 Kd7 41.Kg3 Be7 42.Kf4 Bb5 43.Ke5 c6 44.Bd1 Bd3
45.Bb6 Bf1 46.Ba7 Bd3 47.Bb8 Bb1 48.Bd6 Bd8 49.Bb8 Bd3 50.Bd6 Bb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qd5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd2 b5 11.Qc2 a6 12.e4 Qd7 13.g3 Bb7 14.Bg2 Ne7 15.O-O O-O
16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.a4 c5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nf3 Qc7 20.Rab1 f5 21.exf5 Nxf5 22.Rxb5 Bxf3
23.Bxf3 cxd4 24.Qc1 dxc3 25.Rxf5 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 exf5 27.Qg5+ Kh8 28.Qf6+ Kg8
29.Qg5+ Kh8 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adu,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.e4 h6 11.e5 Nh7 12.a3 Ba5 13.b4 Bd8 14.Re1 a5 15.b5 a4 16.Bb2 Qf8
17.h4 g5 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Nh2 Qg7 20.Ng4 Nhf8 21.Bf1 Qh7 22.Bd3 Qh3 23.Qd1 Kg7
24.Bf1 Qh7 25.f3 Ng6 26.Re2 Rh8 27.Rh2 Qg8 28.Rxh8 Qxh8 29.Rc1 Ne7 30.Kg2 Nf5
31.Bd3 Nf8 32.Qc2 Ng6 33.Rh1 Qf8 34.cxd5 cxd5 35.Nf1 Be7 36.Qd2 Bd7 37.Rh5 Qd8
38.Nfe3 Nxe3+ 39.Qxe3 Rc8 40.Qd2 Ra8 41.Qd1 Qa5 42.Qh1 Qd2+ 43.Nf2 Rg8 44.Bc1 Qc3
45.Rh7+ Kf8 46.Qh6+ Ke8 47.Bxg6 fxg6 48.Rxe7+ Kxe7 49.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Adu,O"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4 Nbc6 8.Re1 d4
9.Nh4 g5 10.Nhf3 Ng6 11.h3 Be6 12.a3 a5 13.Nf1 f6 14.N3h2 Qd7 15.Qh5 a4 16.Ng4 Kh8
17.Nh6 Nce7 18.Nf5 Nxf5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Bxb7 Bxh3 21.Bxa8 Rxa8 22.Nh2 Be6
23.Qf3 Rb8 24.Qh5 Bd5 25.f3 c5 26.Nf1 Bf7 27.Qh2 Kg8 28.Nd2 f5 29.Qh3 h6
30.Kf2 Bd5 31.Qh5 Qc6 32.Kg1 Rf8 33.Rf1 f4 34.Qh2 fxg3 35.Qxg3 Nh4 36.Ne4 c4
37.Rf2 cxd3 38.cxd3 Qa6 39.Bxg5 hxg5 40.Nxg5 Qh6 41.Raf1 Nf5  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.h3 Bh5 8.Na3 a6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qa4+ Nbd7 11.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Zhigalko,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg2 c6
9.e4 d5 10.Qe2 b5 11.e5 Ne8 12.cxb5 cxb5 13.Qe3 Nc6 14.Bf1 Rc8 15.Bd3 Nc7
16.Rc1 Ba3 17.Rd1 Be7 18.h4 b4 19.Ne2 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 f5 21.Rc1 Qd7 22.Bg5 h6
23.Bd2 a6 24.Rg1 Nb5 25.g4 f4 26.g5 hxg5 27.Qg6 Bd8 28.Rxg5 Qf7 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7
30.Bxb4 Be7 31.Bxe7 Nxe7 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Rg4 Nf5 34.Rxf4 Rc2 35.Ng3 Rxa2
36.Nxf5 exf5 37.Rxf5+ Ke6 38.Rf4 Ra1+ 39.Kd2 Ra2+ 40.Ke3 Ra3 41.Ng5+ Kd7
42.Rf7+ Kc6 43.Rxg7 Rxb3+ 44.Kf4 Nxd4 45.Rg6+ Kc5 46.Rxa6 Rb4 47.h5 Nc6+
48.Kf5 Rh4 49.f4 Rxh5 50.Ra1 d4 51.Ke4 d3 52.Rc1+ Kb5 53.Kxd3 Nxe5+ 54.fxe5 Rxg5
55.Ke4 Rg2 56.e6 Kb6 57.Ke5 Kb7 58.e7 Re2+ 59.Kf6 Rf2+ 60.Ke6 Re2+ 61.Kf7 Rf2+
62.Ke8 Rf3 63.Rc4 Rf1 64.Kd7 Rd1+ 65.Ke6 Re1+ 66.Kd6 Kb6 67.Rb4+ Ka7 68.Rb5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "B76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O d5 10.Qe1 e6 11.h4 Qc7 12.Ndb5 Qb8 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Qd2 a6
16.Bf4 Be5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Re1 Qg3 19.Nc3 Bf5 20.Nxd5 Rfd8 21.Bc4 Rac8 22.Kb1 h5
23.Qc3 Qxg2 24.Ne3 Qxf3 25.Rhf1 Qg3 26.Rg1 Qe5 27.Nxf5 Qxc3 28.bxc3 Kf8 29.Nh6 Ne5
30.Bxf7 Nf3 31.Bxg6 Nxe1 32.Rxe1 Kg7 33.Bf5 Rc6 34.Re7+ Kf8 35.Rf7+ Ke8 36.Rh7 Rd1+
37.Kb2 Rb6+ 38.Ka3 Rdd6 39.Rh8+ Ke7 40.Ng8+ Kf7 41.c4 Rdc6 42.Bd3 Kg7 43.Rxh5 Kxg8
44.Rd5 Rc7 45.h5 Kg7 46.c5 Rb1 47.c4 Rh1 48.Kb4 Rh2 49.a4 Kh6 50.Ka5 Rb2
51.Be4 Rb3 52.Re5 Rb2 53.c6 bxc6 54.Re6+ Kxh5 55.Rxc6 Re7 56.Bd5 Kg5 57.Rxa6 Kf5
58.Bc6 Ke5 59.Bb5 Rb7 60.Ra8 Kd6 61.Ka6 Rc7 62.Rd8+ Kc5 63.a5 Rh7 64.Rb8 Ra2
65.Rb6 Rg7 66.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Bb5 dxe4 5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Qa4 Ne7 7.f4 exf3 8.Nxf3 a6
9.Be2 Bf5 10.O-O O-O-O 11.d4 Qd7 12.b4 f6 13.Na3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Re8 15.Rfe1 Nb6
16.Qb3 Be6 17.c4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 19.Be3 Qd7 20.Bf3 Qa4 21.Bxb6 Qxb3 22.axb3 cxb6
23.Rxe6 Rxe6 24.Bg4 Kd7 25.Re1 Bxb4 26.Rxe6 Bxa3 27.Rxf6+ Ke7 28.Re6+ Kf7
29.Kf1 h5 30.Bf5 Rh6 31.Rxh6 gxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Bf5 4.Qe2 Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.g4 Bg6 7.h4 h5 8.g5 Ne7
9.Bd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Bc3 O-O 12.Nh3 e5 13.Ng3 Nc5 14.Bg2 Na4 15.Bxe5 Nxe5
16.Qxe5 c6 17.Nf4 Re8 18.Nfxh5 Bf8 19.Qf4 Qa5 20.Qc4 b5 21.Qb3 Nc5 22.Qc3 Qxa2
23.Rhe1 Na4 24.Qb3 Qxb3 25.cxb3 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Nc5 27.Nf4 Bd6 28.Nge2 Re8 29.Rd1 Nxb3+
30.Kc2 Nc5 31.Bf3 Bf5 32.Nd4 Bd7 33.Nfe2 a5 34.Nc3 Na6 35.Ne4 Nb4+ 36.Kb1 Bf8
37.h5 a4 38.h6 Re5 39.Bg2 Nd5 40.Rc1 Nf4 41.Bf1 c5 42.hxg7 Kxg7 43.Nf3 Rf5
44.Nh4 Re5 45.Nf3 Rf5 46.d4 cxd4 47.Rc7 Ne6 48.Rxd7 Rxf3 49.Bxb5 a3 50.Be2 Rf4
51.f3 axb2 52.Ng3 Kg6 53.Rd5 Nxg5 54.Bd3+ Kh6 55.Nf5+ Kh5 56.Nxd4 Bg7 57.Nf5 Bf6
58.Ng3+ Kh4 59.Nf5+ Kh5 60.Rd6 Ne6 61.Be4 Kg5 62.Rd5 Rxe4 63.fxe4 Kf4 64.Nd6 Nd4
65.Rh5 Bg7 66.Rh7 Be5 67.Rxf7+ Ke3 68.Nc4+ Kxe4 69.Kxb2 Kd5 70.Ne3+ Ke4 71.Ng4 Nf3+
72.Kb3 Bd4 73.Rf8 Nd2+ 74.Kb4 Nf3 75.Kb5 Ba1 76.Re8+ Kf4 77.Nf2 Ne5 78.Kc5 Kf3
79.Rf8+ Ke3 80.Kd5 Nd3 81.Ng4+ Ke2 82.Rf5 Bg7 83.Ke4 Bc3 84.Kd5 Bd2 85.Kd4 Bb4
86.Rh5 Bc5+ 87.Kc4 Bf2 88.Rh2 Kf3 89.Kxd3 Bg3 90.Rh8 Kxg4 91.Ke4 Bc7 92.Rg8+ Kh4
93.Kf5 Kh3 94.Rg4 Kh2 95.Ke4 Kh1 96.Kf3 Kh2 97.Rg2+ Kh1 98.Kf2 Bb6+ 99.Kf1 Bc7
100.Rg7 Bd6 101.Rh7+ Bh2 102.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.f3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 O-O 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Qc5 Qb8
16.g3 a5 17.Na4 Rd8 18.a3 h5 19.Rd2 Qc7 20.Rhd1 h4 21.f4 Rab8 22.c4 Nf6 23.Qe5 Rdc8
24.Nc5 Bf5 25.Qxc7 Rxc7 26.Na6  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7
9.c4 e6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.f3 Rc8 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Rac1 Qb8 15.Kh1 Rfe8
16.a3 Bd8 17.Bg1 h5 18.b3 Ne5 19.f4 Ned7 20.b4 Qa8 21.Bd3 Be7 22.h3 Rc7 23.Re2 h4
24.Bf2 Nh5 25.Nf3 Ng3+ 26.Bxg3 hxg3 27.Qe1 Nf6 28.Qxg3 Nh5 29.Qg4 Nf6 30.Qg3 Nh5
31.Qg4 Nf6 32.Qh4 g6 33.Ng5 Qd8 34.Rd1 Nh5 35.Qg4 e5 36.Nd5 Bxd5 37.exd5 Bxg5
38.fxg5 Nf4 39.Rc2 b5 40.c5 Nxd3 41.Rxd3 e4 42.Rd4 e3 43.c6 Re5 44.h4 Rce7
45.Re2 Qb6 46.g3 a5 47.Kg2 axb4 48.axb4 Qa7 49.Rd3 Re4 50.Qc8+ Kh7 51.Qd8 Rxb4
52.Rd1 Rbe4 53.Qxd6 Qa4 54.Rde1 Qc4 55.h5 gxh5 56.Qh6+ Kg8 57.g6 fxg6 58.Qxg6+ Rg7
59.Qxh5 Qd4 60.Ra2 Rf4 61.Ra8+ Rf8 62.Rxf8+ Kxf8 63.Qh8+ Kf7 64.Rf1+ Ke7
65.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 Na5
9.Ba2 c5 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.Ng3 O-O 14.c3 Qd7 15.Qe2 Rad8
16.Rd1 d5 17.b4 h6 18.Bd2 Rfe8 19.h3 Bd6 20.Be1 Qc7 21.Rdc1 Qd7 22.bxc5 Bxc5
23.a4 bxa4 24.Rxa4 a5 25.Qa2 Bb6 26.c4 dxe4 27.dxe4 Bc7 28.c5 Qd3 29.Bc3 Qb5
30.Rb1 Qa6 31.Nd2 Rd3 32.Qc2 Red8 33.Nc4 Qa7 34.Nb6 Qa6 35.Qa2 Rd1+ 36.Rxd1 Rxd1+
37.Kh2 Kf7 38.Bxa5 Qb5 39.Nc4 Nxa5 40.Nxa5 Qxc5 41.Nb3 Qc3 42.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karttunen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg2 Qc7 7.O-O Qxc4 8.Na3 Qc7
9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Rc1 h6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qa4 Rb8 13.Rfd1 Be7 14.Qc2 f5 15.Qc3 O-O
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Nc4 d5 18.Nd2 c5 19.Rc2 a5 20.Nb3 a4 21.Nc1 c4 22.Nd3 Bd6
23.Qd2 Kh7 24.Nc1 Be5 25.b3 axb3 26.axb3 c3 27.Qd3 Rb4 28.Qf3 Bg7 29.e3 Bb7
30.Qh5 Qe7 31.Ne2 Rxb3 32.Nd4 Bxd4 33.exd4 Qf6 34.Bf1 Rc8 35.Qf3 Kg7 36.Qe3 Rc6
37.Rdc1 Rb4 38.Rd1 f4 39.gxf4 Qg6+ 40.Qg3 Kf6 41.Qxg6+ fxg6 42.Kg2 g5 43.fxg5+ hxg5
44.Rd3 e5 45.Rdxc3 Rxc3 46.Rxc3 Rxd4 47.Rb3 Bc8 48.Be2 Rd2 49.Rb6+ Ke7 50.Bh5 e4
51.Rg6 e3 52.Rxg5 Rxf2+ 53.Kg3 d4 54.h4 Bf5 55.Bf3 Kf6 56.Rg8 d3 57.Rf8+ Ke5
58.Re8+ Be6 59.Rd8 d2 60.Rd3 e2 61.Bxe2 Rxe2 62.Kf3 Rh2 63.Ke3 Bf5 64.Rxd2 Rh3+
65.Kf2 Kf4 66.Kg2 Rg3+ 67.Kh2 Be4 68.Rf2+ Bf3 69.Rb2 Rg4 70.Rb4+ Be4 71.Rb3 Rg2+
72.Kh3 Rd2 73.Rb4 Rd3+ 74.Kh2 Rd1  0-1

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Rb8 12.g3 O-O 13.h4 Be6 14.Nc2 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Ne7
16.Qd3 d5 17.Bg2 dxe4 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Bxe4 g6 20.Ke2 Bg7 21.Rhd1 f5 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Bb7 a5 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Kxd1 e4 26.a3 Bf6 27.Kd2 h5 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 g5
30.hxg5 Bxg5+ 31.Ke2 h4 32.gxh4 Bxh4 33.Nd4 Kf7 34.Nxb5 Ng6 35.Nd4 Kf6 36.b5 Nf4+
37.Kf1 Nd3 38.f3 Nc5 39.Bc8 exf3 40.c4 Bg3 41.Nxf3 Bc7 42.Ke2 f4 43.Bh3 Bb6
44.Kd2 Ba5+ 45.Kc2 Ke7 46.Bf5 Kd6 47.Bh7 Bb6 48.Bg8 Nd7 49.Bd5 Nc5 50.Nh4 Nd7
51.Kd3 Bf2 52.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 Ne4 8.Bg2 Bd6
9.Nfd2 Bb7 10.Qc2 f5 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nb5 Nc6 13.b4 Be7 14.e3 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.Rb1 Qd7 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Bd2 Ra6 20.O-O Na5 21.Bxa5 Rxa5 22.a4 Ba6
23.Rfc1 c6 24.Nc3 Rb8 25.Bf1 Bc8 26.Na2 h6 27.Nb4 Bb7 28.Na2 Bd8 29.Nc3 Rba8
30.Rb2 Bc7 31.Qd1 Bd8 32.Qh5 Bc8 33.Rbc2 Be7 34.Ne2 Ba3 35.Rb1 Rxa4 36.Rxb6 Bb7
37.Nf4 Rb4 38.Ng6+ Kh7 39.Ne5 Qe8 40.Qxe8 Rxe8 41.Rxb4 Bxb4 42.Rb2 c5 43.dxc5 Rxe5
44.Rxb4 Re7 45.Rb6 Rc7 46.Bb5 Bc8 47.Rc6 Rb7 48.Rxc8 Rxb5 49.c6 Rc5 50.Kg2 Rc2
51.h4 h5 52.c7 g6 53.g4 d4 54.exd4 e3 55.Kf1 e2+ 56.Ke1 g5 57.hxg5 h4 58.Rf8 h3
59.Rf6  1-0

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.c4 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Nc3 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Qg4 f5 12.Qe2 Bf6 13.Bc4 Re8 14.Rd1 Nd7 15.Bb5 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Qe7 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qh5 g6 19.Qh6 Rec8 20.Bg5 Qf7 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Bf6 Qf7
23.b3 Qf8 24.Qf4 Rc2 25.h4 Rac8 26.h5 Qe8 27.Rd3 R2c3 28.Rad1 gxh5 29.Rxd5 exd5
30.e6 R3c7 31.Rxd5 Qxe6 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Rxf5 Rf7 34.Qh6+ Ke8 35.Re5 Rc6 36.Qxh5  1-0

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 g6 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Qa5 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Rxh6 15.g3 Kf8
16.Kb1 Kg7 17.Be2 Rh8 18.c4 Rc8 19.Rc1 Nfd7 20.Rhd1 Rc7 21.Qa3 Nc8 22.Nd2 Nf6
23.h3 Re7 24.g4 hxg4 25.fxg4 e4 26.g5 Nd7 27.Bg4 e3 28.Qc3+ Kg8 29.Nf3 Ne5
30.Nxe5 Rxe5 31.Re1 Nb6 32.Qd4 Nd7 33.Rc3 e2 34.Rc2 Rxg5 35.Bxd7 Qxd7 36.Rcxe2 Kh7
37.a3 b5 38.Re7 Qf5+ 39.Ka2 Rg8 40.Re8 Qd7 41.R8e7 Qf5 42.R1e4  1-0

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Bb5 Nc6 10.Qd1 e6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.h3 Ne4 13.O-O Nxc3 14.bxc3 Ne5 15.Rb1 Bxb5
16.Rxb5 Qd7 17.a4 Nc4 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 f6 20.Bg3 Rc8 21.Qb3 b6 22.a5 Bd8
23.axb6 Bxb6 24.Rb4 O-O 25.Rc1 Rc6 26.c4 dxc4 27.Rbxc4 Qd5 28.Qa4 Rxc4 29.Rxc4 h6
30.Rc6 Rd8 31.Kh2 Kf7 32.Kg1 Qd7 33.Qc4 Qd5 34.Qa4 Qd7 35.Qc4 Qd5 36.Qa4 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qa4 Nfd7 6.cxd5 Nb6 7.Qd1 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Bg7 10.Nge2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.b3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.h3 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bd3
16.Re1 Ba6 17.Qd2 Nd3 18.Rd1 Bxd4 19.exd4 Qf6 20.a4 Qxd4 21.a5 Nd7 22.Ra4 Qe5
23.Nxd5 Nxc1 24.Rxc1 Nf6 25.Nc7 Rad8 26.Qf4 g5 27.Qb4 Qb2 28.Raa1 Re2 29.Qc5 h6
30.Nxa6 bxa6 31.Rab1 Qd2 32.Bf3 Ne4 33.Qxa7 Nxf2 34.Bxe2 Nxh3+ 35.Kf1 Qd5
36.Bh5 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 Qg2+ 38.Ke1 Re8+ 39.Kd1 Nf2+ 40.Kc2 Ne4+  0-1

[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.h3 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 h6 11.Nf1 Bb6 12.Ng3 Bd7 13.Be3 Qb8 14.Qd2 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 a5
16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 Qb4 18.b3 Qxd2 19.Nxd2 a4 20.a3 axb3 21.Rxb3 Ra4 22.Rb7 Rxd4
23.Nf3 Ra4 24.Rxc7 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.e5 dxe5 27.Nxe5 c5 28.Rc1 Rxa3 29.Rxc5 Be6
30.Rc1 Ra8 31.Nf3 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 b5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Rb8 12.Be3 Be7 13.Qd2 Nf6 14.O-O O-O 15.Kh2 Bb7
16.Nc3 Rc8 17.a4 b4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 a5 20.Qe2 Bg5 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 22.h4 Qf6
23.Qb5 Qe7 24.Qxa5 Rxc2 25.Rac1 Rxb2 26.Rb1 Ra2 27.Qxb4 Ba6 28.Qb3 Bxf1 29.Qxa2 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 Ra8 31.a5 e4 32.Rb3 f5 33.Qd2 Qc7 34.Qb2 Rxa5 35.Rb7 Ra2 36.Qb5 Rxf2+
37.Kxf2 Qc2+ 38.Qe2  1-0

[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Ng6 11.g3 Qe7 12.Bd3 a5 13.Nc4 Bc5 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Ne3 h6 17.O-O-O Be6 18.Kb1 b5 19.c4 b4 20.Nd5 Nd7 21.Ne1 c6 22.Nc7 Rac8
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.h4 Rf8 25.Bc2 Qe7 26.Nd3 Nc5 27.Qe3 Nxd3 28.Rxd3 Rfd8 29.Rhd1 Rxd3
30.Qxd3 Nf8 31.Ba4 Qc5 32.Rd2 Kf7 33.Bd1 Ra8 34.Qd6 Qxc4 35.Qxe5 Qb5 36.Qc7+ Kg8
37.Qd6 a4 38.Be2 Qb6 39.Bc4 Re8 40.Qd4 c5 41.Qd6 Qb7 42.f3 a3 43.Rd3 axb2
44.Kxb2 Kh7 45.Kc2 Rc8 46.Ba6 Qa7 47.Bxc8 Qxa2+ 48.Kd1 c4 49.Rd2 Qa1+ 50.Ke2 c3
51.Qxf8 cxd2 52.Kxd2 Qb2+ 53.Ke3 Qc1+ 54.Kf2 Qd2+ 55.Kf1 Qd1+ 56.Kg2 Qe2+
57.Kh3 h5 58.g4 hxg4+ 59.Kxg4 Qg2+ 60.Kf4 Qh2+ 61.Ke3 Qg1+ 62.Kd3 Qf1+ 63.Kd4 Qa1+
64.Kc4 Qc3+ 65.Kb5 b3 66.Bxe6 Qe5+ 67.Kb4 Qxe6 68.Kc3 Qb6 69.Qf5+ Kg8 70.Qd5+ Kf8
71.Qxb3 Qf6+ 72.Kc2 Qxh4 73.Qb8+ Kf7 74.Kd3 Qe1 75.Qf4+ Ke6 76.Qf5+ Ke7 77.Qc5+ Kf7
78.Qf5+ Ke7 79.Qg6 Qd1+ 80.Ke3 Qe1+ 81.Kf4 Qc1+ 82.Kf5 Qc5+ 83.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qd3 g6 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Nec3 Rc5 15.Be2 b5
16.a3 Nb6 17.g4 hxg4 18.Nxb6 Qxb6 19.hxg4 Rxh1 20.Rxh1 Bg7 21.Qe3 Qb7 22.Rd1 Qc7
23.g5 Qc6 24.Rg1 Qd7 25.Qg3 Rc8 26.Bg4 Bxg4 27.Qxg4 Qxg4 28.Rxg4 Bf8 29.Nd5 Be7
30.c3 Rc6 31.Kc2 Kd7 32.Kb3 Bd8 33.a4 Rc5 34.axb5 Rxb5+ 35.Ka2 a5 36.b4 axb4
37.cxb4 Rb7 38.Kb3 Rb8 39.Rg1 Rb7 40.Rg3 Rb8 41.Rg1 Rb7 42.Ra1 Bxg5 43.Kc4 Bd8
44.f3 f5 45.Rh1 fxe4 46.fxe4 g5 47.b5 Rb8 48.Rh7+ Ke6 49.Kb4 g4 50.Rg7 g3
51.Rxg3 Rb7 52.Rg6+ Kd7 53.Rg7+ Kc8 54.Rg8 Kd7 55.Kc4 Rb8 56.Rg7+ Ke6 57.Kb4 Ba5+
58.Kc4 Bd8 59.Rg8 Rc8+ 60.Kd3 Rb8 61.Rh8 Kd7 62.Rh7+ Ke6 63.Kc4 Rc8+ 64.Kb4 Rc1
65.b6 Rb1+ 66.Ka5 Bxb6+ 67.Nxb6 Ra1+ 68.Kb5 Rb1+ 69.Kc6 Rc1+ 70.Kb7 Rb1 71.Kc7 Rc1+
72.Kd8 Re1 73.Rh4 Kf6 74.Rg4  1-0

[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5
10.a3 h6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.O-O Qc8 14.Rb1 axb4 15.axb4 Qb7 16.Ne1 Rfa8
17.Nc2 R6a7 18.f3 Qc8 19.Qd3 bxc5 20.bxc5 e5 21.dxe5 Nxc5 22.Qd2 Nfd7 23.Nd4 Ne6
24.Rfc1 Nxf4 25.exf4 Bc5 26.Kh2 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 Nf8 28.Qd2 Ng6 29.Rb2 Qd7 30.Ne2 Ra4
31.Rbc2 R8a6 32.Nd4 Ne7 33.Nb3 Qf5 34.Nc5 Ra8 35.Nxa4 Rxa4 36.g3 g5 37.fxg5 hxg5
38.Re1 Ng6 39.e6 fxe6 40.Rxc6 Ne5 41.Rc8+ Kf7 42.Rf1 Nxf3+ 43.Rxf3 Qxf3 44.Qc2 Kg7
45.Qxa4 Qf2+ 46.Kh1 Qf1+ 47.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Nd3+ 7.Ke2 Nf4+ 8.Kf1 Ne6
9.b4 cxb4 10.Nd5 g6 11.d4 Bg7 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.h4 Rc8
16.Bb3 Qb5+ 17.Kg1 h6 18.Kh2 g5 19.Rhd1 Kf8 20.Kg1 Rd8 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Bxg5 Nxg5
23.Qxg5 Bh6 24.Qh4 Bg7 25.Qf4 Bh6 26.Ng5 Bxg5 27.Qxg5  1-0

[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.a4 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Nf6 15.Bd3 h6
16.a5 a6 17.axb6 Qxb6 18.Rab1 Qc7 19.Rbc1 Qe7 20.Qa5 Rfc8 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.Nd2 Qd7
23.Qb6 Rc3 24.Bxa6 Bxa6 25.Qxa6 Qxd4 26.Nf3 Qc5 27.e5 Nd5 28.Qa8+ Kh7 29.Qb7 Rc1
30.Qb2 Rc2 31.Qd4 g5 32.g3 Kg7 33.Qxc5 Rxc5 34.Re4 Kg6 35.h3 Ne7 36.h4 Kf5
37.Ra4 Nc6 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.g4+ Kg6 40.Re4 Ne7 41.Kg2 Nd5 42.Kg3 Rc3 43.Re1 Ra3
44.Re4 Ra8 45.Rc4 Rh8 46.Re4 Nc3 47.Re3 Rc8 48.Re1 Rc4 49.Re3 Ne4+ 50.Kg2 Ra4
51.Re1 Nc5 52.Kg3 Rf4 53.Nd2 Nd3 54.Re2 Ra4 55.Nf3 Ra8 56.Re3 Rd8 57.Re4 Rh8
58.Rc4 Ra8 59.Rc3 Nf4 60.Rc4 Ne2+ 61.Kg2 Rh8 62.Re4 Nf4+ 63.Kg1 Ra8 64.Nh4+ Kh6
65.Ng2 Nd3 66.Ne1 Ra1 67.Kf1 Kg6 68.Re3 Nf4 69.Re4 Kg7 70.Kg1 Nd3 71.Kf1 Kf8
72.Re3 Nf4 73.Kg1 Ra4 74.Kh2 Nd5 75.Rg3 Kg7 76.Nd3 Rd4 77.Kg1 Nb6 78.Kf1 Re4
79.Kg2 Nc4 80.Kh3 Rd4 81.Kg2 Kf8 82.Kf1 Ke7 83.Ke2 Re4+ 84.Kd1 Nxe5 85.Nxe5 Rxe5
86.Kd2 Kf6 87.Ra3 Kg6 88.Ra6 f5 89.gxf5+ Kxf5 90.Ra3 Kf4 91.Rb3 g4 92.Ra3 Re4
93.Rb3 e5 94.Ra3 Rb4 95.Ke2 Rb1 96.Ra4+ e4 97.Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th London Classic 2015"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.b3 Ne7 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Nd4 Ng6 13.Bb2 Be7 14.Nc4 Nf4 15.Ne3 g6
16.g3 Ne6 17.Ne2 h5 18.a4 a5 19.Ba3 Bxa3 20.Rxa3 Ke7 21.Raa1 Nc5 22.Kg2 Re8
23.Nd4 Kf8 24.f4 Bd7 25.h3 Rad8 26.Nf3 Be6 27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Bd5 29.Rh1 Ke7
30.Nxd5+ cxd5 31.Rh7 Ne6 32.Kg3 Rg8 33.Rf1 Nf8 34.Rh2 Ne6 35.Rh7 Nf8 36.Rh2 Ne6
37.Rh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.d4 exd4
9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.a4 a6 13.Bf1 Re8 14.a5 Ba7 15.Qb3 Nc6
16.d5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Qxb7 Nd7 19.Nc4 Nc5 20.Qc6 Nb3 21.Rb1 Nxc1 22.Rbxc1 Rb8
23.Qxa6 Qh4 24.Rc2 Rxe4 25.Ne3 Qd8 26.Qc4 Bg6 27.Bd3 Rf4 28.Bxg6 hxg6 29.g3 Re4
30.a6 Qe8 31.Rce2 Bb6 32.Qd3 Ra8 33.Kg2 Qa4 34.b3 Rd4 35.bxa4 Rxd3 36.Nc4 Rxa6
37.a5 Bd4 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.R1e7 Rc3 40.Nd2 Rc2 41.Ne4 f6 42.h4 Rxa5 43.Rf7 g5
44.h5 Rxf2+ 45.Nxf2 Ra2 46.Rff8 Rxf2+ 47.Kh3 g4+ 48.Kxg4 f5+ 49.Rxf5  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re1 c6 12.Ne3 Be7 13.c4 Nc7 14.d4 d5 15.cxd5 Bb4
16.Bd2 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Re5 Qd6 20.Bc4 Bd7 21.Rae1 b5 22.Bb3 a5
23.a4 bxa4 24.Bxa4 Be6 25.Rxa5 Rxa5 26.Qxa5 Qxd4 27.Bxc6 Qxb2 28.Bd5 Bxd5
29.Qxd5 Qf6 30.g3 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nd5 e4 7.Nh4 d6 8.Nxb4 Nxb4
9.a3 Nc6 10.d3 d5 11.O-O exd3 12.Qxd3 Ne5 13.Qd4 Nxc4 14.e4 Be6 15.b3 Na5
16.Qa4 Nc6 17.Rd1 Nxe4 18.Bb2 Qe7 19.b4 a6 20.Qc2 f6 21.Rac1 Rad8 22.Bf1 Rd7
23.f3 Nd6 24.Re1 Qf7 25.Bd3 g5 26.Ng2 Nc4 27.f4 Nxb2 28.Qxb2 Bh3 29.a4 h6
30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Ne7 32.Qf2 Nf5 33.Qf3 Kg7 34.Kh1 Re7 35.Rxe7 Qxe7 36.Qh5 Bxg2+
37.Kxg2 Ne3+ 38.Kg1 f5 39.Qe2 Rf6 40.Qb2 gxf4 41.gxf4 Kh7 42.Kh1 Qg7 43.Qe2 d4
44.Qf3 c6 45.bxc6 bxc6 46.h3 Rg6 47.Rb1 Rg3 48.Qh5 Qd7 49.Kh2 Rg2+ 50.Kh1 Qd5  0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 h6 7.a4 a5 8.Re1 O-O 9.Na3 Re8
10.Nc2 Ba7 11.Be3 Be6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bxa7 Nxa7 14.Bc4 Nc8 15.Ne3 Nb6 16.Bb3 c6
17.h3 Be6 18.Bc2 Qc7 19.d4 Nc4 20.Nxc4 Bxc4 21.Qd2 Rad8 22.Rad1 Be6 23.Qe3 b6
24.Nd2 c5 25.Bd3 Re7 26.d5 Bd7 27.Ra1 Nh5 28.b4 Nf4 29.bxa5 bxa5 30.Reb1 Rf8
31.Bb5 Bc8 32.Bf1 f5 33.c4 Ref7 34.Ra3 fxe4 35.Nxe4 Bf5 36.Rab3 Bg6 37.Rb6 Qe7
38.Nxd6 Nxh3+ 39.Qxh3 Rf6 40.Nc8 Qd8 41.R1b5 Rxf2 42.Rxg6 Rxf1+ 43.Kh2 Qxc8
44.Qxc8 Rxc8 45.Rc6 Re8 46.Rcxc5 e4 47.d6 Rd8 48.Rc6 Rd1 49.c5 e3 50.Rb2 Rd2
51.Rb1 e2 52.Re1 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Rb1 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Bf4 Bf8 15.Rb2 Bd6
16.Nd3 Na6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Nf4 Qe5 19.Rc2 Rad8 20.Na4 c4 21.Qd2 g5 22.Nh3 h6
23.f4 gxf4 24.Qxf4 cxb3 25.axb3 Kg7 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Nf4 Re7 28.Nd3 Ng4 29.Rf4 Ne3
30.Rd2 d4 31.Bh3 Be4 32.Nac5 Nxc5 33.Nxc5 f5 34.g4 fxg4 35.Bxg4 Nxg4 36.Rxg4+ Bg6
37.Kf2 Re5 38.Nd3 Rf5+ 39.Ke1 h5 40.Rg1 a5 41.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.h4 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 d6 9.Nf3 Qa5
10.Bd2 Bxa6 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Ne2 Qb6 13.Bc3 h5 14.Ng3 Ng4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Bxa6 Qxa6
17.Ne2 Nge5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.O-O Qd3 20.Qxd3 Nxd3 21.b3 Rfb8 22.Rfd1 Ne5 23.f3 Ra3
24.Kh2 Rba8 25.Nc1 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Rb1 Rb8 28.Rb2 Rb4 29.Kh3 c4 30.Re2 cxb3
31.Nxb3 Ng6 32.Kg3 Raa4 33.Red2 Kf6 34.Kf2 Rb5 35.Rh1 Rxh4 36.Rxh4 Nxh4 37.f4 Ng6
38.g3 h4 39.Rd3 hxg3+ 40.Kxg3 Nf8 41.Kf3 Nd7 42.a4 Rb4 43.a5 Nf8 44.Nd4 Ng6
45.a6 Ra4 46.Ne2 Rxa6 47.Nd4 Nf8 48.Nc2 Nd7 49.Ne3 Ra2 50.Rd1 Rh2 51.Rg1 Rh3+
52.Rg3 Rxg3+ 53.Kxg3 Nc5 54.Kf3 e6 55.dxe6 Kxe6 56.Nc2 Kd5 57.Ne3+ Ke6 58.Nc2 Nb3
59.Ne3 Nd4+ 60.Kf2 Nc6 61.Ke2 Nb4 62.Kd2 Nd5 63.Ng2 Ne7 64.Kd3 Nc6 65.Nh4 Nb4+
66.Kd4 Nc6+ 67.Kc4 Nb8 68.Nxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Rb1 Nbd7
9.c5 a5 10.a3 Be7 11.g3 e5 12.Bg2 e4 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nf8 15.b5 Ne6 16.Bd2 O-O
17.Na4 Ng5 18.h4 Nf3+ 19.Bxf3 exf3 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Nc3 Bxc5 22.dxc5 d4 23.exd4 Qxd4
24.O-O Qg4 25.Re1 Rfd8 26.Rb2 Rd4 27.Re7 Rad8 28.Qb3 Rf8 29.Qd1 Rfd8 30.Qb3 Rf8
31.Nd1 Nd5 32.Re5 Kh7 33.Kh2 Nf6 34.Be3 Rb8 35.Qxb8 Rxd1 36.Rb1 Qd7 37.Rg5 Ne4
38.Rxd1 Qxd1 39.Qf4  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Ne4
9.Qc2 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.b3 c6 12.Bd3 Nf8 13.Bb2 Bf5 14.O-O Qf6 15.Ne5 Nd6
16.Rae1 Bxd3 17.Nxd3 Qg6 18.f3 f6 19.a4 Ne6 20.Qd2 h5 21.Ba3 Nf5 22.Nf4 Nxf4
23.exf4 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Kf2 Nh6 27.Qd3 b6 28.Bb4 Qe6 29.Qc2 Kf7
30.Ba3 Qd7 31.Bb4 Nf5 32.Qd3 g6 33.g3 Ng7 34.Qe3 Kg8 35.Qd3 Kh7 36.Kg2 Qf5
37.Qc3 Qe6 38.Qd3 a5 39.Bd2 Qf5 40.Qc3 Qe6 41.Qd3 Qf5 42.Qc3 h4 43.g4 Qb1
44.Be3 Qd1 45.Bf2 Qe2 46.Qe3 Qxe3 47.Bxe3 Ne6 48.Kh3 g5 49.f5 Nf4+ 50.Bxf4 gxf4
51.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 h6 10.Nbd2 d6 11.c3 Rb8 12.h3 Re8 13.d4 Bf8 14.a5 bxc3 15.bxc3 exd4
16.cxd4 Nb4 17.Ba3 d5 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Qf3 Ba8 20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.e5 Kg8 22.exf6 Qxf6
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Qc3 c5 25.Nf3 Rb8 26.Ne5 cxd4 27.Qxd4 Bd6 28.Bb2 Qxe5 29.Qxe5 Bxe5
30.Bxe5 Rb5 31.Bd1 Nd3 32.Bd4 Bc6 33.Bc2 Nf4 34.Be5 Rc5 35.Bd1 Nd3 36.Bd6 Rc3
37.Bg4 Kf7 38.Ra2 Bb5 39.Re2 Rc6 40.Bb8 Nc5 41.Re5 d4 42.Bf3 Rc8 43.Bd6 Ne6
44.Bh5+ Kf6 45.Bg4 Rc1+ 46.Kh2 Bc4 47.Rf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.Na4 a5
9.b3 Qe7 10.Bb2 Bc5 11.e3 Ba7 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Nh4 Qd8 14.Qd2 Ne7 15.Rad1 c6
16.Ne2 Nf5 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.d4 Qc8 19.Nc3 exd4 20.exd4 Ne4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4
23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Qf5 25.Re7 Rb8 26.Kg2 Bb6 27.Qe2 d5 28.c5 Bd8 29.Re8+ Kh7
30.Bc3 Rc8 31.Rf8 Bc7 32.Rxc8 Qxc8 33.Qe7 Kg8 34.h4 h5 35.Bd2 Qd8 36.Qe2 g6
37.Qe1 Kg7 38.a3 Qf6 39.b4 axb4 40.axb4 Qf5 41.Qd1 f6 42.Be1 Kf7 43.f3 g5
44.Bf2 Qg6 45.Kf1 Qf5 46.Kg2 g4 47.f4 Qe4+ 48.Kg1 Ke6 49.Qb3 Qe2 50.Qb1 f5
51.Qa1 Qa6 52.Qe1+ Kf7 53.Qb1 Kf6 54.Qe1 Qa8 55.Qe2 Qc8 56.b5 Qe6 57.Qxe6+ Kxe6
58.b6 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Ne5 8.Bf4 Nfg4
9.e3 a6 10.Qa4 Ra7 11.h3 axb5 12.Qxb5 Qc6 13.hxg4 Qxh1 14.Bxe5 Qc6 15.Bd4 Ra8
16.a3 Be7 17.Qh5 Kf8 18.O-O-O b6 19.Kb1 Ba6 20.Nb5 Rd8 21.Bc3 Bxb5 22.cxb5 Qf3
23.Rd2 Bf6 24.Bb4+ Kg8 25.Bd6 Rc8 26.Qh3 Qe4+ 27.Bd3 Qd5 28.Bb4 Qf3 29.Bf1 h5
30.Bg2 Qxg4 31.Qxg4 hxg4 32.Bd6 Rc4 33.Ka2 Rh2 34.Bf1 Rc1 35.Bd3 Bg5 36.Bf4 Be7
37.e4 Bc5 38.e5 Re1 39.Rc2 g5 40.Bxg5 Rxe5 41.Bf6 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Nfd7 8.Be3 Be7
9.g5 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.h4 O-O 12.Qd2 Nb6 13.h5 N8d7 14.g6 Ne5 15.O-O-O Nbc4
16.Bxc4 Nxc4 17.Qe2 Rc8 18.h6 fxg6 19.Nxe6 Qd7 20.Nxf8 Bxf8 21.hxg7 Bxg7
22.Bd4 a5 23.Bxg7 Qxg7 24.Qg4 Re8 25.Qg5 Bc6 26.Qh6 Qh8 27.b3 Nxa3 28.Rh3 Bd7
29.Rg3 Qf6 30.Rh1 Re7 31.Qh4 Qg7 32.Nd5 Rf7 33.Qd8+ Qf8 34.Qxa5 Nxc2 35.Qc3  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.e3 Nc6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 d4 11.exd4 Bxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Be3 Nf5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Be2 Nxe3
16.fxe3 Ng4 17.e4 Be6 18.O-O Ne3 19.Rfc1 Rd2 20.Bf3 Rad8 21.e5 b6 22.Ne4 Rb2
23.Re1 Nc4 24.Ng5 h6 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Rac1 Rd4 27.h3 b5 28.Rc3 Rdd2 29.a4 a6
30.Bb7 Nb6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Be4 Nc4 33.Rg3 Re2 34.Ra1 Nxe5 35.Ra8+ Kf7 36.Bh7 g5
37.Bg8+ Kf6 38.Rf8+ Kg7 39.Re8 Ng6 40.Bxe6 Nf4  0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Ne5 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Bxc5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nxc4 Rd8 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Nxe3 Rb8 14.f4 e5 15.f5 Nd4
16.g4 b6 17.Rc1 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Kf2 h6 20.h4 g5 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.Rhg1 Ne6
23.g5 hxg5 24.hxg5 Nh7 25.Ne4 Kg7 26.Rc6 Nd4 27.Rc3 Ne6 28.Rc6 Nd4 29.Rc3 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nf3 f6 12.Nd4 Kc7 13.Nb3 e5 14.f4 Bd6 15.Be3 Re8
16.Kf2 Ba6 17.Rhe1 Bc4 18.Rab1 exf4 19.Bxf4 Bxf4 20.gxf4 Rab8  0-1

[Event "4th Norway Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Li Chao2"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 Be7
9.cxd5 Bxd5 10.Ndf3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 c5 13.Rc1 h6 14.a3 a5 15.Qa4 Qd7
16.Qxd7 Nxd7 17.Rfd1 Rac8 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Nd4 Rfd8 20.Nb5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Bf6
22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.g4 Kg7 24.Kf3 h5 25.gxh5 f5 26.Nd6 Ra8 27.Nc4 Nb3 28.Rxd8 Rxd8
29.Rg1+ Kh6 30.Ne5 Nd4+ 31.Ke3 Nc2+ 32.Kf4 Rf8 33.e3 b5 34.Rc1 Rc8 35.Nxf7+ Kg7
36.Nd6 Rc6 37.Nxb5 Kf6 38.Nc3 e5+ 39.Kg3 f4+ 40.Kh4  1-0

[Event "4th Norway Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.a4 b6 7.Na3 Bb7 8.Re1 e6
9.c3 Be7 10.Bc2 Qc7 11.d4 O-O 12.h3 Rac8 13.Bd3 Rfe8 14.Qe2 Ra8 15.Bf4 g6
16.Bh2 Bf8 17.Nc4 b5 18.Ncd2 c4 19.Bc2 e5 20.Qe3 Bg7 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 dxe5
23.b3 cxb3 24.Bxb3 bxa4 25.Bxa4 Red8 26.Rab1 Rac8 27.Rb3 Ba8 28.Bg3 Qa5 29.Ra1 Qc5
30.Qxc5 Rxc5 31.Bh4 h6 32.Bxf6 Bxf6 33.Ra2 Bg5 34.Nf3 Bxe4 35.Nxg5 hxg5 36.Rb6 Rxc3
37.Rxa6 Kg7 38.Ra7 Bf5 39.Re2 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 g4 41.hxg4 Bxg4 42.Rxe5 Rc4 43.f3 Bf5
44.Bb3 Rh4+ 45.Kg3 Rb4 46.Rxf7+ Kh6 47.Re3 Rd2 48.Rc7 Kg5 49.Bg8 Rbb2 50.f4+  1-0

[Event "4th Norway Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Grandelius,N"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Qe2 c5 10.Nc3 a6 11.Rfd1 Ra7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.d4 Qa8 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Bd4 a5 17.Ne1 Bxg2 18.Nxg2 Rc7 19.Qg4 g6 20.Qf4 Rfc8 21.Be5 Rd7 22.Ne1 Rd5
23.Bb2 Rcd8 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.Bxd4 f6 27.Kf1 Kf7 28.Ke2 e5 29.Bxc5 Bxc5
30.Nd3 Ba3 31.Rd1 Rc8 32.Ne1 Ke6 33.Rd2 Rc1 34.Rc2 e4 35.Rxc1 Bxc1 36.f3 f5
37.fxe4 fxe4 38.Nc2 Kd5 39.Nd4 Bb2 40.Nc2 b5 41.Kd1 h5 42.Ke2 Be5 43.Kf2 a4
44.Kg2 axb3 45.axb3 g5 46.Kf2 g4 47.Kg2 Bc3 48.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 g6 5.c3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 Nf6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 O-O 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.Nf1 b5 14.Bc2 Rad8 15.Ne3 Be6
16.Qc1 Qc5 17.Re2 Rd7 18.Qe1 Nh5 19.b4 Qb6 20.Bb3 Nf4 21.Rd2 Rxd2 22.Qxd2 a5
23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.a3 g5 25.Bg3 Rd8 26.Qa2 Kf7 27.h4 Bf6 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Ng4 Rd3
30.Qc2 Rxc3 31.Qb2 axb4 32.axb4 Rc4 33.Bxf4 gxf4 34.Rd1 Ke7 35.Nxf6 Kxf6
36.Rd7 Nd4 37.Nxd4 Rxd4 38.Rh7 Qc6 39.Qe2 Qc1+ 40.Kh2 Rd1 41.Rh6+ Ke7 42.Rh7+ Kd6
43.Kh3 Rh1+ 44.Kg4 Rxh7  0-1

[Event "4th Norway Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 Bd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e3 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.Qc2 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Bf5
16.Qb5 Qd7 17.Qxb7 Rab8 18.Qa6 Rb6 19.Qa5 c5 20.O-O Rb5 21.Qa6 Rb6 22.Qa5 Rb5
23.Qa6 Rb6 24.Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 Nf6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.a3 Qc7 14.h3 Rad8 15.Nf3 Bd6
16.b4 Ne5 17.Nd2 Ng6 18.Qc2 Bh2+ 19.Kh1 Bf4 20.Nde4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Bc6 22.b5 Bxb5
23.Qb3 Bxe3 24.cxb5 Bd4 25.Rac1 Qb6 26.Rc2 axb5 27.Bxb5 Nf4 28.a4 Nd5 29.Qf3 Nf6
30.Ng3 Rd6 31.Rec1 Rfd8 32.Kg1 Be5 33.Nf1 Nd5 34.Nd2 Nb4 35.Nc4 Qc7 36.Nxd6 Nxc2
37.Qxf7+ Qxf7 38.Nxf7 Kxf7 39.Rxc2 Rd1+ 40.Bf1 b6 41.g3 Rb1 42.Kg2 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.d3 e6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Ngf3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 Qa5+
9.Nd2 Ba3 10.Bxa3 Qxa3 11.e3 O-O 12.Be2 a5 13.Qc1 Qe7 14.a3 e5 15.O-O Na6
16.Re1 Rfd8 17.Qb2 e4 18.d4 Nc7 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Ne6 21.b5 g6 22.Rec1 h5
23.Ra2 Qe8 24.Rca1 Kg7 25.Ra7 Rxa7 26.Rxa7 cxb5 27.cxd5 Rxd5 28.Rxb7 Qc8
29.Rxb5 Rxb5 30.Qxb5 Qc1+ 31.Nf1 Nc7 32.Qe5 Nd5 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Qc7 35.Ng3 Qxe5
36.dxe5 Nd7 37.e6 fxe6 38.Nxe4 e5 39.Kg2 N7f6 40.Nc5 Nc7 41.g5 Nh7 42.f4 exf4
43.exf4 Nf8 44.Bg4 Kf7 45.Kf3 Nb5 46.Ke3 Nc7 47.Ke4 Nb5 48.Ke5 Nc7 49.Ne4 Nb5
50.Nd6+ Nxd6 51.Kxd6 Kg7 52.Ke7 Nh7 53.Be6 Nf8 54.Bc4 Nh7 55.Be6 Nf8 56.Bg4 Nh7
57.Ke6 Nf8+ 58.Ke5 Nh7 59.Bh3 Nf8 60.Bg4 Nh7 61.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Na3 a6
9.Nh4 Be4 10.f3 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Nc2 e6 13.Bg3 Be7 14.Ne3 b5 15.a3 Na5
16.Qc2 Nc4 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.O-O Nh5 19.Rae1 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Qc7 21.f4 f5 22.Rf2 Kf7
23.Rfe2 Bf6 24.Nf1 Rae8 25.Nd2 g5 26.fxg5 Bxg5 27.Kf2 f4 28.Nf3 fxg3+ 29.Kg1 Qf4
30.Qa4 Bf6 31.Qxa6 Qg4 32.Qd6 Rh6 33.Re3 Reh8 34.Kf1 Rh1+ 35.Ke2 Rxe1+ 36.Kxe1 Qf5
37.Qd7+ Kg6 38.Qxe6 Qb1+ 39.Ke2 Qxb2+ 40.Nd2 Qc2 41.Rxg3+ Kh7 42.Rh3+ Kg6
43.Rxh8  1-0

[Event "4th Norway Chess 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Rc1 Nd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qa4 Re8 13.Rfd1 a6 14.a3 Bf6 15.Nd2 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Nd4 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Ne4 c6 19.b4 Be7 20.Qb3 Qb6 21.Rc4 Rad8 22.Rb1 Rd5
23.a4 Qd8 24.Qb2 f5 25.Nd2 Bf6 26.Nf3 g5 27.Rc5 g4 28.Ne1 Be7 29.Rxd5 Qxd5+
30.Kg1 Bg5 31.Ng2 Re5 32.Nf4 Qd6 33.b5 axb5 34.axb5 cxb5 35.Qa2+ Kg7 36.Nh5+ Kh6
37.Nf4 Bxf4 38.gxf4 Qe6 39.Qxe6+ Rxe6 40.Rxb5 Rxe2 41.Rb6+ Kh5 42.Rxb7 Rd2
43.Rxh7+ Kg6 44.Rd7 Rxd3 45.Kf1 Rh3 46.Rxd4 Rxh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Chess 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bf4 Nh5 8.g3 Nxf4
9.gxf4 Nb6 10.e3 g6 11.h4 Bb4 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.Ne5 Bh5 14.Be2 Bxe2 15.Kxe2 f6
16.Nd3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qe7 18.Qc5 Nc4 19.Qxe7+ Kxe7 20.h5 Rag8 21.hxg6 hxg6
22.a4 a5 23.b3 Nd6 24.Rag1 Kf7 25.Rc1 Rh5 26.Rhg1 Rh2 27.Rh1 Rh5 28.Rhg1 Rh2
29.Rh1 Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Chess 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Nbd7
9.Bd2 Nxc5 10.Be2 Ne6 11.a3 Be7 12.O-O a6 13.Rc1 b6 14.Na2 Bb7 15.Bc3 Ne4
16.Be5 Bf6 17.Nb4 N4c5 18.Nd3 Bxe5 19.Ndxe5 Qd6 20.Nc4 Qd8 21.Nce5 Qd6 22.Nc4 Qd8
23.Nce5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Chess 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.b3 c5 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.O-O a5
16.h3 Rfc8 17.a4 Nf6 18.Qe2 Bd7 19.Ne5 cxd4 20.exd4 Qd6 21.Qe3 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qc1 Be6 25.Qc6 Qxc6 26.Nxc6 Kf8 27.Kf1 Ne8 28.Ne5 Nd6 29.Ke2 g5
30.Ng4 Bxg4+ 31.hxg4 Ke7 32.f3 Ke6 33.Ke3 f5 34.Bxf5+ Nxf5+ 35.gxf5+ Kxf5
36.g4+ Ke6 37.Ke2 Ke7 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Ke2 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Chess 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grandelius,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.Nbd2 Bf8 10.h3 b5 11.Bc2 Ne7 12.d4 Ng6 13.Nf1 exd4 14.cxd4 c5 15.d5 Nd7
16.Ng3 a5 17.Be3 a4 18.Bd3 Rb8 19.Bf1 Nde5 20.Nd2 Be7 21.b3 axb3 22.axb3 Bg5
23.Nh5 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Nd7 25.Ra7 Re5 26.Be2 Ndf8 27.Qa1 Qh4 28.Ng3 Qd8 29.Bg4 Re7
30.Rxe7 Nxe7 31.Bxc8 Rxc8 32.Nh5 f6 33.Rg3 Neg6 34.Qa6 Qd7 35.f4 c4 36.bxc4 bxc4
37.Nxc4 f5 38.Nxd6 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 fxe4 40.f5 e3 41.fxg6 hxg6 42.Nf4  1-0

[Event "4th Norway Chess 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Li Chao2"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.g3 Nd7 8.Bg2 dxc4
9.O-O Be7 10.Ne4 Qf5 11.Ned2 e5 12.e4 Qe6 13.Rc1 b5 14.b3 c3 15.Rxc3 Bb7
16.d5 cxd5 17.Rc7 Rb8 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Re1 Rd8 20.Nd4 Qb6 21.Bxd5 Qxc7 22.Ne6 Qb6
23.Nxd8 Qxd8 24.Nf3 O-O 25.Bc6 Nf6 26.Qxd8 Bxd8 27.Nxe5 Ba5 28.Re2 Rb8 29.Kg2 Kf8
30.f4 Bc3 31.g4 Rb6 32.Bf3 Rd6 33.Nc6 a6 34.Nb8 Rb6 35.Nc6 Nxg4 36.Bxg4 Rxc6
37.Bd7 Rg6+ 38.Kf3 f5 39.Re8+ Kf7 40.Re3 Rd6 41.Be8+ Kf8 42.Bh5 g6 43.Bxg6 Rxg6
44.Rxc3 Rd6 45.Ke3 Kf7 46.a4 Re6+ 47.Kf3 bxa4 48.bxa4 Rb6 49.Ke3 Rb4 50.a5 Rb5
51.Rc7+ Kg8 52.Rc8+ Kg7 53.Rc7+ Kg8 54.Rc8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Chess 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 f6 10.Rc1 Be6 11.Ne4 Bd5 12.Qc2 Nb4 13.Qb1 Nxa2 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qxa2 e4
16.Nd4 Qd7 17.Qb1 Rae8 18.e3 c6 19.Ne2 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Bf7 21.Nc3 Bg6 22.Qa3 Qxd2
23.Nb1 Qd7 24.Qxa7 Nd5 25.Qc5 Rf6 26.Nc3 Nxc3 27.Qxc3 Rd6 28.b4 h6 29.Rfe1 Kh8
30.Qc2 Rd3 31.Bf1 Bh5 32.f4 Rd2 33.Qc3 Bd1 34.b5 c5 35.Qxc5 Ra8 36.Qb4 Bf3
37.Rc7 Rxh2 38.Rxd7 Rh1+ 39.Kf2 Rh2+ 40.Bg2 Rxg2+ 41.Kf1 Rh2 42.Rd2 Rh1+
43.Kf2 Rh2+ 44.Kf1 Rh1+ 45.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Chess 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Nd2 Kc8 14.Nf3 Be7 15.Rd3 h6
16.Kg2 c5 17.Kg3 Re8 18.c4 a5 19.a4 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Ra2 Re2 22.Bd2 Ra6
23.b3 Rae6 24.Ng1 Bd4 25.Nxe2 Rxe2 26.Ra3 Bc6 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Bxa5 Rb2 29.c5 d3
30.Ra1 g5 31.b4 Bd5 32.Rd1 Rb3 33.b5 Ra3 34.f3 d2 35.Rxd2 Rxf3+ 36.Kh2 c6
37.Re2 Kd7 38.Be1 Ra3 39.bxc6+ Kxc6 40.a5 Kxc5 41.Bf2+ Kc4 42.Bb6 Kb5 43.Rb2+ Rb3
44.Rxb3+ Bxb3 45.Bd4 Bf7 46.Bg7 h5 47.gxh5 Bxh5 48.Bf6 g4 49.Bd8 gxh3 50.Kxh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Norway Chess 2016"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6
9.Re1 Ng6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Bf1 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Nh5 14.b4 f6 15.a4 Nhf4
16.a5 Bc7 17.Nb3 a6 18.Nc5 Ne6 19.Nxe6 Bxe6 20.Bd3 Qd7 21.exf6 gxf6 22.Bxg6 hxg6
23.Ra3 Rfe8 24.Rae3 Bd6 25.Bd2 Bf7 26.Nh2 Kg7 27.Qf3 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 g5 29.Ng4 Be7
30.h4 gxh4 31.Re1 Re8 32.Bh6+ Kg6 33.Re5 Bd8 34.Qd3+ f5 35.Bf4 Kg7 36.Rxe8 Bxe8
37.Ne5 Qe6 38.Qd2 Qe7 39.Bh6+ Kh7 40.Nf3 Qe4 41.Ng5+ Bxg5 42.Bxg5 h3 43.gxh3 Bh5
44.Kh2 Be2 45.Qf4 Qxf4+ 46.Bxf4 Kg6 47.Kg3 Bf1 48.h4 Kh5 49.Bg5 Be2 50.Kf4 Bd3
51.Ke5 Kg4 52.Kd6 f4 53.Kc7 f3 54.Kxb7 Bb5 55.Kc7 Kh5 56.Kd6 Kg4 57.Kc5 Kh5
58.Kd6 Kg4 59.Kc5 Kh5 60.Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 g6 11.Be2 Bg7 12.f4 O-O 13.O-O d6 14.Qxc6 dxe5 15.Qxc7 Ba6
16.Nd5 exf4 17.Bd3 g5 18.Qc5 Rad8 19.Nc7 Qh6 20.Kh1 Bb7 21.Qf5 Rd7 22.c5 Rxc7
23.cxb6 axb6 24.Bd2 Rc5 25.Qg4 Rd8 26.Bb4 Rxd3 27.Bxc5 Rg3 28.Qd1 Bxg2+ 29.Kg1 Bf3+  0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 a5
9.d3 O-O 10.a3 Be6 11.Be3 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qa4 Bf6 14.Rfc1 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Bxd4 Bxg2 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Kxg2 c6 19.Rc5 Qe7 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.e3 Qd7 22.d4 g6
23.a4 Re6 24.Rc1 Rf6 25.Re5 Qg4 26.Qd1 Qd7 27.Qe2 Qd6 28.Qc2 b6 29.Qe4 Kf8
30.g4 Qd7 31.g5 Rd6 32.Qf4 Kg8 33.Qe4 Kf8 34.Qf3 Kg8 35.Re4 Rd5 36.Re5 Rd6
37.Re4 Rd5 38.h4 Rf5 39.Rf4 Rxf4 40.Qxf4 Re8 41.Qf3 Re6 42.b3 Rd6 43.Qf4 Qd8
44.Rb1 Re6 45.Qf3 Qd6 46.Rd1 Qb4 47.Rc1 Qd6 48.Rd1 Qb4 49.e4 Qe7 50.d5 cxd5
51.exd5 Rd6 52.Qf4 Qe2 53.Rc1 Rd8 54.Rc7 Qe8 55.Qf3 Rd6 56.Rc6 Qd7 57.Rxd6 Qxd6
58.Qe4 Kf8 59.Qd4 Ke7 60.Kf3 Kd7 61.Qg4+ Ke7 62.Qd4 Kd7 63.Ke2 Kc7 64.Qc4+ Kd7
65.Kd3 Ke7 66.Qe4+ Kd7 67.Qd4 Ke8 68.f4 Kd7 69.Qc4 Ke7 70.Ke4 Kd8 71.Qd4 Kd7
72.Qc4 Ke7 73.Kd3 Kd8 74.Qd4 Kd7 75.Ke2 Qe7+ 76.Kd2 Qd6 77.Qc4 Kd8 78.Kc2 Qa3
79.Qc3 Kd7 80.Qc6+ Ke7 81.Qxb6 Qa2+ 82.Kc3 Qa1+ 83.Kc4  1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6
9.Re1 Ng6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Bc2 Bc7 13.a4 a5 14.Nf1 d5 15.exd5 e4
16.d6 Qxd6 17.N3h2 h5 18.f3 Bf5 19.fxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 21.Qxh5 Nf6 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Qf3 Re1 24.Kf2 Nh4 25.Qd3 Qe6 26.Ng4 Nxg4+ 27.hxg4 Nxg2 28.Kxg2 Qxg4+
29.Kf2 Qh4+ 30.Kg2 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Nge2 Bc5 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 Nxc4 8.dxc4 h6
9.Qd3 d6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.a5 a6 12.Ng3 Rb8 13.b3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Nc5 15.Rad1 Ne6
16.Nd5 Nd4 17.Rd2 b5 18.axb6 c6 19.Nc3 Qxb6 20.h3 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Nxf5 Rxf5
23.Ne4 Qc7 24.c3 Nxb3 25.Rxd6 Na5 26.Qd3 Rf7 27.c5 Nb7 28.Rg6 a5 29.Qa6 Rc8
30.Rb1 Qd7 31.Rg3 Rc7 32.Rd3 Qf5 33.f3 Kh7 34.Rbd1 Qe6 35.Kh2 Qb3 36.R3d2 Qb5
37.Qb6 a4 38.Rb1 Qxb6 39.cxb6 Rc8 40.Ra2 Ra8 41.Rb4 Nd8 42.Raxa4 Rxa4 43.Rxa4 Rb7
44.Ra6  1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qb3 c6 12.O-O Na6 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Bd3 c5 15.Bb5 Re6
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Qc2 a6 18.Be2 Rc8 19.Nd4 Re8 20.Bf3 b5 21.Qb1 b4 22.Nce2 Ne4
23.Bxe4 Rxe4 24.Rc1 Re7 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Rc1 Rc7 27.h3 Rc4 28.b3 Rxc1+ 29.Qxc1 Qxc1+
30.Nxc1 Bxd4 31.exd4 a5 32.Nd3 g5 33.f3 f6 34.Kf2 Bc8 35.Ke3 Kf7 36.Nc5 h5
37.g4 Kg6 38.Kf2 f5 39.Kg3 hxg4 40.hxg4 fxg4 41.fxg4 Kf6 42.Kf3 Ke7 43.Kg3 Kf6
44.Kf3 Ke7 45.Kg3 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 O-O
9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.d4 Bxa2 12.Rxa2 Nc6 13.d5 Nb8 14.Qe2 Nbd7 15.Rd1 Qc8
16.Nh4 g6 17.g3 Ne8 18.Ng2 Ng7 19.Bh6 Nf6 20.Ne3 Qh3 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.b4 h5
23.a4 a5 24.Rb1 axb4 25.Rxb4 bxa4 26.Raxa4 Ng4 27.Nf1 h4 28.f3 hxg3 29.hxg3 Nf6
30.Qg2 Qh6 31.Qh2 Qg5 32.Qd2 Qh5 33.g4 Qh8 34.Nb5 Nh7 35.Qh2 Rfb8 36.c4 Qd8
37.Ne3 Bg5 38.Qe2 Bf4 39.Ng2 Bg3 40.Qe3 Ng5 41.Kf1 Qh8  0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qd4 Qe7 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.Be2 Bf5
16.Qb4 Rac8 17.O-O Be4 18.Nd2 Bg6 19.Nf3 b6 20.Rc1 Be4 21.Nd2 Qf6 22.Nxe4 dxe4
23.Rcd1 g6 24.h3 h5 25.Qb5 Kg7 26.b4 Ne6 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Bc4 Nc7 29.Qa4 Qc3
30.Qc6 Qe5 31.Rc1 Ne8 32.Bf1 Nf6 33.Qc7 Qxc7 34.Rxc7 Rd7 35.Rc4 h4 36.b5 Rd1
37.g3 hxg3 38.fxg3 Ra1 39.a4 Ra3 40.Bg2 Ra1+ 41.Kf2 Ra2+ 42.Kg1 Re2 43.Kf1 Rxe3
44.Kf2 Ra3 45.Bxe4 Nh5 46.g4 Nf6 47.Bg2 Ra2+ 48.Kg3 Ra3+ 49.Kf2 Ra2+ 50.Kg3 Ra3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.a4 b6 7.c3 Bb7 8.Qe2 g6
9.Bc2 e5 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 exd4 12.Rd1 Bg7 13.Rxd4 O-O 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Qd1 Qe7
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Nc5 18.Nd2 Rad8 19.Qf1 g5 20.Bg3 d5 21.e5 Nh5 22.Nf3 Nxg3
23.hxg3 Bxe5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Rad1 Ne6 26.R4d2 d4 27.Ne2 Rd6 28.Nc1 Qf6 29.b4 g4
30.Qd3 Ng5 31.Qf5 Qxf5 32.Bxf5 Bc6 33.Ne2 Bxa4 34.Ra1 Bb5 35.Nxd4 Red8 36.Rad1 h5
37.Bc2 a5 38.bxa5 bxa5 39.Kh1 a4 40.f4 gxf3 41.Nxf3 Rxd2 42.Rxd2 Rxd2 43.Nxd2 a3
44.Bb1 Ne6 45.Kg1 Nc7 46.Ba2 Bd7 47.Kf2 Be6 48.Bxe6 Nxe6 49.Nb3 a2 50.Ke3 Kg7
51.Kd2 Kf6  0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 f6 4.Na3 e5 5.Nc2 Na6 6.Rb1 c5 7.b5 Nc7 8.d3 Bd6 9.g3 b6
10.Bg2 Ne7 11.Nd2 Rb8 12.Ne4 O-O 13.Nxd6 Qxd6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7 16.e3 Ne6
17.Qf3 Rd7 18.e4 Nc8 19.Qg2 Qe7 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 f5 22.e5 Qe8 23.Ne1 Ne7
24.Rb2 Qa8 25.Nf3 Ng6 26.Qg3 a6 27.bxa6 Qxa6 28.h4 Rff7 29.Bd2 Ngf8 30.Rfb1 Rb7
31.h5 Qa8 32.Qg2 Ra7 33.Ng5 Qxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Nxg5 35.fxg5 Rfe7 36.Rxb6 Rxa2
37.R1b2 Rxb2 38.Rxb2 Rxe5 39.Bf4 Re8 40.Rb7 Ne6 41.Kg3 Ra8 42.g6 hxg6 43.hxg6 Rf8
44.Be5 Re8 45.Kh4 Kf8 46.Rf7+ Kg8 47.Kh5 f4 48.Kg4 f3 49.Bd6 Rd8 50.Be7 Re8
51.Kxf3 Nf8 52.Rxf8+ Rxf8+ 53.Bxf8 Kxf8 54.Ke4 Ke7 55.Ke5  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.h3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 a6 10.Bd2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.O-O O-O 14.Be2 Ne5 15.Rc1 Rc8
16.Na4 Be7 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Bc3 Ned7 19.Ba5 Qc6 20.Bf3 Qb5 21.Bc3 Rd8 22.Qc2 Nd5
23.Rd1 N7f6 24.Bd4 Nb4 25.Qb3 Nc6 26.Qxb5 axb5 27.Nc3 Nxd4 28.Rxd4 Rxd4 29.exd4 b4
30.Nb5 b6 31.Kf1 Kf8 32.Bc6 Ne8 33.d5 exd5 34.Bxd5 Nd6 35.Na7 Bf6 36.b3 Bd4
37.Ke2 Bc5 38.g4 Nb5 39.Nxb5  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 O-O 9.Nbd2 Be6
10.b4 Ba7 11.h3 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 Re8 13.Be3 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.Bxa7 Rxa7 16.Ne3 Qd7
17.Qc2 Raa8 18.Nc4 Qd5 19.Ne3 Qd7 20.Nc4 Qf5 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 e4
24.bxc6 exf3 25.Ne3 Qc8 26.cxb7 Qxb7 27.g3 Qc6 28.Kh2 Nd5 29.Nxd5 Qxd5 30.Qa4 c6
31.Qd4 Qf5 32.g4 Qe6 33.Kg3 Qe2 34.Qd7 Qe5+ 35.Kxf3 Re6 36.Qd4 Rf6+ 37.Kg2 Qxd4
38.cxd4 Rf4 39.Ra4 g5 40.Rc4 Rf6 41.f3 Kf8 42.Rc5 Rd6 43.Rc4 Ke7 44.Kg3 Ke6
45.h4 Kd5 46.Ra4 Rf6 47.hxg5 hxg5 48.Kf2 Re6 49.Rc4 f6 50.Ra4 Re7 51.Rc4 Re6
52.Ra4 Re7 53.Rc4 Re6 54.Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Bf5 8.Bb2 a5 9.Nc3 Ne4
10.e3 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Be4 12.Qe2 e6 13.Rfc1 Nd7 14.Bf1 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nf6 16.Qe2 Ne4
17.Be1 Re8 18.Bg2 Nd6 19.Rab1 h5 20.h4 Qd7 21.a4 Bf8 22.Qd3 Bg7 23.Qc2 Bf6
24.Bh3 Qd8 25.Qd1 Kg7 26.Bg2 Qd7 27.Bf1 Rec8 28.cxd5 exd5 29.b4 axb4 30.Bxb4 Ne4
31.Be1 Bd8 32.Rb2 Ba5 33.Rcb1 Nd6 34.Bb4 Bxb4 35.Rxb4 Ra7 36.Kh2 Qe7 37.Bd3 Rca8
38.Bc2 Qf6 39.Kg2 Qe7 40.Qf3 Qf6 41.Qe2 Ra5 42.Rb6 R5a7 43.R6b4 Ra5 44.Qf3 Qxf3+
45.Kxf3 Kf6 46.Ke2 Ke7 47.f3 R8a7 48.Rb6 Kd8 49.e4 dxe4 50.fxe4 Kc7 51.R6b2 b5
52.axb5 Nxb5 53.Kd3 Ra3+ 54.Rb3 Ra2 55.Rf1 Kd8 56.d5 Rd7 57.Bb1 Ra5 58.Ke3 cxd5
59.exd5 Nc7 60.d6 Re5+  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Qc2 a6 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.O-O cxd4 13.exd4 Bd6 14.d5 e5 15.Rad1 Rc8
16.Be2 Qe7 17.Rfe1 O-O 18.Bg5 Rfe8 19.Bg4 Rc7 20.Qe2 Qf8 21.Bxd7 Rxd7 22.Qf3 Nh7
23.Bd2 f5 24.Qg3 Qf7 25.h4 Nf6 26.Bg5 Ng4 27.Rd2 Bc5 28.Kh1 Bd4 29.f3 Nf6
30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Ne2 Rxd5 32.Nxd4 Rxd4 33.Rc2 Qh7 34.Kg1 Rxh4 35.Rc7 Rh1+
36.Kf2 f4 37.Qg4 Qh4+ 38.Qxh4 Rxh4 39.Rxb7 Rc8 40.Rb6 Rc2+ 41.Re2 Rxe2+ 42.Kxe2 Kg7
43.Rxa6 Rh1 44.a4 Rg1 45.Kf2 Rb1 46.Rb6 Ra1 47.b3 f5 48.Rb5 Ra2+ 49.Kf1 Kf6
50.Rb6+ Kg5 51.Re6 Rb2 52.Rxe5 Rxb3 53.Re6 Ra3 54.Ra6 Ra2 55.Kg1 Kh5 56.Kh2 g5
57.Ra5 Kh4 58.Rxf5 Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 h6 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Re1 Ne7 10.Nf1 Ng6 11.Ng3 c6 12.Bb3 Ba7 13.d4 Re8 14.h3 d5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.g4 h5 20.Rxe4 Be6 21.Bc2 Bd5 22.Rb4 hxg4
23.Rxg4 Be6 24.Rg3 Rd5 25.Bg5 Kf8 26.Re1 Bb8 27.Bf4 Bc7 28.h4 Rad8 29.h5 Bb6
30.h6 gxh6 31.Bxh6+ Ke8 32.Kg2 Kd7 33.Bb3 Ra5 34.Bc2 Rd5 35.Be4 Ra5 36.Bg5 Re8
37.Bc2 Kc8 38.b4 Rd5 39.Bf6 Rd2 40.Be4 Bxf2 41.Rf1 Be1+ 42.Kf3 Bxg3 43.Kxg3 Rg8+
44.Kf4 Bd5 45.Bf5+ Kc7 46.a5 Rgg2 47.Re1 Rdf2+ 48.Ke3 Rxf5  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ng3 Re8
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.b4 Bb6 13.Nce2 d4 14.e4 Ne5 15.Bf4 Nfg4
16.h3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Ne5 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.f4 Re8 20.f5 Bd7 21.Kh1 Rc8 22.Rf4 Qg5
23.Rg4 Qe3 24.Qxe3 dxe3 25.Nh5 Bb5 26.Rxg7+ Kh8 27.Rxf7 Bxe2 28.Nf6 Rc7 29.Rxc7 Bxc7
30.Nxe8 Bg3 31.e5 Bb5 32.Nd6 Bd3 33.Nxb7 e2 34.e6 Bxf5 35.e7 Bg6 36.b5 Kg8
37.a4 Kf7 38.a5 Bc2 39.Nc5 Kxe7 40.b6 axb6 41.axb6 Kd6 42.Rc1  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.Nbd2 Bf8 10.h3 Bd7 11.Nf1 Ne7 12.Bc2 c5 13.Ng3 Ng6 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4
16.Qxd4 Rc8 17.Bb3 Ne5 18.Qd1 h6 19.Bf4 Qa5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Nh5 Be6 22.Nxf6+ gxf6
23.Nh4 Red8 24.Qf3 Bg7 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Qd2 27.h4 Qf4 28.Qh5 Rd2 29.Qxf7+ Kh8
30.Rf1 Qxe4 31.Rad1 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Rf8 33.Qh5 f5 34.Bd5 Qc2 35.Bb3 Qxb2 36.Qg6 e4
37.Rd7 Qa1+ 38.Kh2 Qe5+ 39.Kh3 f4 40.Rf7 Rd8 41.Bc2 Rd6 42.Qxe4 Qxe4 43.Bxe4 b5
44.Rxf4 Rd2 45.a3 Ra2 46.Rf3 Bd4 47.Bd5 Rxf2 48.Rxf2 Bxf2 49.Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qb3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Nd2 e6 11.Ba3 Na5 12.Qb2 Bd7 13.O-O Rc8 14.e4 Bc6 15.Bb4 b6
16.Rfe1 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nc4 18.Qb3 Qd7 19.d5 Bxd5 20.Rad1 Kd8 21.Ng5 Bf6 22.Bxd5 exd5
23.Ne4 Bg7 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.Rd1 Qxd1+ 26.Qxd1+ Kc7 27.Qd5  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 a5
9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Be6 11.a3 Qd7 12.Rc1 f6 13.Nd2 Rfd8 14.Bxb6 cxb6 15.Nc4 Bc5
16.Na4 Qc7 17.e3 Rd7 18.Qb3 Rad8 19.Rc3 Kh8 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Qb5 Na7 22.Qxa5 Qxa5
23.Nxa5 b6 24.Nc4 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Rxd3 26.Nxb6 Rd2 27.Na4 c4 28.Rc1 Nc8 29.Kf1 Rd6
30.Ke1 Kg8 31.Nc5 Bf7 32.Ne4 Rb6 33.b4 Kf8 34.Bf1 Rc6 35.b5 Rc7 36.a4 Ra7
37.Ra1 Ra5 38.Kd2 Nb6 39.Nc5 Ke7 40.e4 Ra7 41.Kc3 Kd6 42.Kb4 c3 43.Rd1+ Ke7
44.a5 c2 45.Rc1 Nd7 46.Rxc2  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.e3 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nf3 d6 7.Be2 O-O 8.a3 Nd7 9.Nc3 a5
10.O-O Re8 11.Nd2 Nc5 12.Nd5 Be6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Rfd1 Qc8 15.b4 Nd7 16.Bc3 Nf6
17.Bf3 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Ne7 19.e4 axb4 20.axb4 c6 21.Nc4 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Qc7 23.dxc6 Nxc6
24.b5 Nd4 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Qb3 b6 27.g3 Nd7 28.Kg2 Nc5 29.Qb1 h5 30.h4 Be5
31.Bd1 Rb8 32.Bf3 Kg7 33.Ra3 Qd7 34.Bd1 Bf6 35.Nd2 d5 36.Bf3 dxe4 37.Nxe4 Be7
38.Nxc5 Bxc5 39.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Nbd2 e6 8.Nh4 Be4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O a6 14.Qe2 f5 15.Rfe1 Rae8
16.a4 Re7 17.Rac1 Rd8 18.b4 Rc7 19.b5 axb5 20.Bxb5 Ne7 21.c4 dxc4 22.Rxc4 Nd5
23.Qb2 h6 24.g3 Rdc8 25.Ne5 Ndc3 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Bc4 Kh7 28.Bf1 Qxd4 29.Nd3 Qxa4
30.Qb6 Qc6 31.Qd4 Qd5 32.Qe3 Qd6 33.Bg2 Rd7 34.Bf1 b5 35.Nf4 Nd1 36.Qb3 Qb6
37.Re2 Ndxf2 38.Kg2 Rd6 39.h3 b4 40.Qf3 b3 41.Qh5 Qc6 42.Kg1 Nd3 43.Qg6+ Kh8
44.Nh5 Qd7 45.Re3 Ne5 46.Qxg7+ Qxg7 47.Nxg7 Kxg7 48.Rxb3 Rd1 49.Kg2 Rd2+
50.Kg1 Kf6 51.Bg2 Rd1+ 52.Kh2 Rd3 53.Rb8 Nxg3 54.Rh8 Kg7 55.Re8 Kf6 56.Rh8 Nf7
57.Rg8 Ne4 58.h4 Nf2 59.Bf1 Rd2 60.Kg1 Ng4 61.h5 Nge5 62.Bg2 Ng5 63.Rh8 Ng4  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 e6 6.Rb1 Nge7 7.b4 d6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.bxc5 bxc5 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Ba1 Rxb1 13.Qxb1 Ba6 14.d3 Qa5 15.Ne4 Rb8
16.Qc1 Nf5 17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.Ng5 Nd8 19.Ngxh7 e5 20.f4 Ne6 21.fxe5 Ned4 22.Bxd4 Nxd4
23.Qg5 dxe5 24.Qh4  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nc2 Nc6 8.Nc3 d6
9.O-O Be6 10.Ne3 Nd7 11.Bd2 Rc8 12.b3 Nf6 13.Rc1 Qd7 14.Ncd5 Bh3 15.Bxh3 Qxh3
16.Bc3 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qd2 e6 20.Qb2+ f6 21.Nf4 Kf7 22.Rfd1 Qe7
23.Rd2 Rfd8 24.Rcd1 a6 25.Qa3 g5 26.Ng2 d5 27.Qb2 dxc4 28.bxc4 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 Ne5
30.Qc2 Kg7 31.Ne3 b5 32.Qe4 bxc4 33.f4 c3 34.Rc2 gxf4 35.gxf4 Ng6 36.f5 Ne5
37.Qd4 Kh8 38.Rxc3 Rg8+ 39.Kf1 Qg7 40.Ke1 Qg1+ 41.Kd2 Qf2 42.Qd6 Nf3+ 43.Kd3 Ne5+
44.Kd2 Nf3+ 45.Kd3 Ne5+ 46.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nh6 5.O-O Nf5 6.c3 c6 7.Nbd2 Nd6 8.Ne5 Nd7
9.Nd3 Nf6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.c4 Nfe4 14.Rc1 Qa5 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.Bc3 Qd8 17.f3 Bf5 18.c5 Nb5 19.Bb2 Nc7 20.Qd2 Re8 21.g4 Be6 22.Nd3 f6
23.e3 Qd7 24.h3 h6 25.Rce1 Bf7 26.f4 f5 27.Bf3 Kh7 28.Kh2 Be6 29.Rg1 Rg8
30.Qg2 Bf6 31.g5 Bg7 32.gxh6 Bxh6 33.Ne5 Qe8 34.Qg3 Qf8 35.Rg2 Qf6 36.Reg1 g5
37.fxg5 Rxg5 38.Qf2 Rcg8 39.Bc1 Ne8 40.Bd2 Rxg2+ 41.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 42.Qxg2 Ng7
43.Be2 Bf7 44.Bd3 Bh5 45.b4 a6 46.a4 Be8 47.b5 cxb5 48.axb5 Bxb5 49.Bxb5 axb5
50.Qxd5 Qh4 51.Qg2 Qh5 52.Qxb7 b4 53.Qg2 b3 54.Bc1 Qd1 55.Qg6+ Kg8 56.Qf7+ Kh7
57.Qg6+ Kg8 58.Qf7+ Kh7 59.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.O-O b6 10.d4 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bf6 12.Rc1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Qxd4
16.exd4 Bb7 17.Rc7 Rab8 18.Rfc1 a5 19.h4 Bd5 20.Bb5 Rfd8 21.f3 Ba8 22.Bd7 Kf8
23.Kf2 Bd5 24.Ke3 b5 25.R1c5 a4 26.Bxb5 axb3 27.axb3 Bxb3 28.Ra7 Bd5 29.Ba4 Ra8
30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Bc6 Bxc6 32.Rxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.a5 Bg7 7.O-O a6 8.Bc4 O-O
9.d3 Nb8 10.Nd5 Nc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.Rab1 Qd8 17.h4 Nxa5 18.Ba2 Nc6 19.h5 e6 20.g3 b5 21.Kg2 Qf6 22.Qd1 a5
23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Rh1 Nb4 25.Bc3 Qg5 26.f4 Qe7 27.Qg4 Nxa2 28.Qh3 f6 29.Qh7+ Kf7
30.Rh6 Rg8 31.Bxa5 Kf8 32.Rh3 Qf7 33.c3 Ra8 34.Bb6 Ra6 35.Bd8 Ke8 36.Bc7 Kd7
37.e5 Rh8 38.Qxh8 Bxh8 39.Rxh8 Kxc7 40.Rbh1 dxe5 41.R1h7 Qxh7 42.Rxh7+ Kd6
43.Kf3 exf4 44.gxf4 b4 45.c4 Nc1 46.Ke3 Nb3  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 d4 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Be7 8.e3 Nf6 9.exd4 cxd4
10.Re1 Nd7 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nc2 a5 13.Rb1 Re8 14.a3 f6 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Nb6
17.b5 Nb8 18.Nh4 N8d7 19.Bd2 Nc5 20.Bb4 Nba4 21.Bd5+ Be6 22.Qf3 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Bf8
24.Nf5 g6 25.Nh4 Rc8 26.Ra1 Nb6 27.Ba5 Nb3 28.Bxb6 Qxb6 29.Ra2 Kf7 30.Na3 Bxa3
31.Rxa3 Rc3 32.d6 Qxd6 33.Qxb7+ Re7 34.Qa6 Qd5 35.b6 Nd2 36.Ra5 Qc6 37.Rb5 Rc1
38.Qa2+ Kg7 39.Qxd2 Rxe1+ 40.Qxe1 Qxb5  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2016"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c3 b5 8.Bc2 c4
9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.Na3 Be7 13.Nxb5 O-O 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.Na3 d5
16.e5 Ne4 17.Nb5 Ndc5 18.Nfd4 Nd3 19.Bxd3 cxd3 20.Qxd3 Ba6 21.Qf3 Qb8 22.d3 Nc5
23.Nd6 Bxd6 24.exd6 Nxd3 25.d7 Nxe1 26.dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 27.Qg3 Kh8 28.h4 Nd3
29.Bf4 f6 30.Be3 e5 31.Nb3 Qb7 32.Nc5 Nxc5 33.Bxc5 Qxb2 34.Bf8 Qb7 35.Qg4 Qf7
36.Bb4 h5 37.Qf5 Bb5 38.Qc8+ Be8 39.Qc5 Kh7 40.Qe7 Qg6 41.Qe6 Bf7 42.Qd7 Bg8
43.Bf8 Qg4 44.Qxg4 hxg4 45.Kh2 Be6 46.Kg3 Kg8 47.Bc5 Kf7 48.f3 gxf3 49.gxf3 Kg6
50.Bf8 Kf7 51.Bc5 Kg6 52.Bf8 d4 53.cxd4 exd4 54.Bc5 d3 55.Be3 Kh5 56.Bd2 Bd5
57.Be3 Kg6 58.Kg4 Bc6 59.Bd2 f5+ 60.Kf4 Kh5 61.Be1 g6 62.Ke3 Bb7 63.Kf4 Bc6
64.Ke3 d2 65.Bxd2 Kxh4 66.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.Nb3 Bd6 8.Na5 Rb8
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Qe2 Re8 11.h3 Nd7 12.Ng5 Nf8 13.Nxe6 Nxe6 14.Qg4 Bc5 15.O-O Qe7
16.Nc4 f6 17.Kh1 Rbd8 18.Ne3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 c5 20.Bc3 Ng5 21.b3 Qe6 22.Qh5 b5
23.Qe2 Rd7 24.Ba5 Red8 25.Rfd1 Qa6 26.Be1 c4 27.Bh4 Nf7 28.Rd2 cxd3 29.cxd3 b4
30.Rad1 Nd6 31.Qg4 Nb5 32.Rf2 Rd6 33.Rdf1 Qc8 34.Rf5 c5 35.Qg3 Kh8 36.Rxf6 gxf6
37.Rxf6 R8d7 38.Qxe5 Kg8 39.Re6 Rxe6 40.Qxe6+ Kf8 41.Bg5 Qc7 42.Bh6+ Rg7
43.e5 Nc3 44.d4 cxd4 45.exd4 Qf7 46.Qc8+ Ke7 47.Qb7+ Ke6 48.Qc6+ Ke7 49.Bxg7 Qxg7
50.Qb7+ Kf8 51.Qxb4+  1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 O-O 8.Re1 Ba7
9.Nbd2 Ng4 10.Re2 Kh8 11.h3 f5 12.exf5 Nxf2 13.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 d5 15.Bb3 Bxf5
16.Kg1 Bxd3 17.Ne1 Bg6 18.Ndf3 e4 19.Nh2 Ne7 20.Be3 Qd6 21.Nc2 Rad8 22.Qd2 c5
23.Rd1 h6 24.Ng4 Bh5 25.Ba2 a5 26.Qe1 Be8 27.b3 b6 28.Bf2 Bh5 29.Bh4 Rd7
30.b4 axb4 31.cxb4 d4 32.Nce3 Bxg4 33.hxg4 Ng6 34.Bg3 Qf6 35.Nf5 e3 36.bxc5 bxc5
37.Qe2 Ne5 38.Bb1 Rfd8 39.Bxe5 Qxe5 40.Nh4 Qg5 41.Ng6+ Kg8 42.Qc4+ Rd5 43.Be4 Qxg4
44.Bxd5+ Kh7 45.Qd3  1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nh6 5.O-O Nf5 6.c3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 Nd6 8.Re1 Nf6
9.Ne5 O-O 10.f3 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 b6 14.Nf2 c5 15.Bg5 Re8
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Qxd6 Bf8 19.Qd2 Be6 20.Qf4 Qb6 21.Re2 Bf5 22.Rxe7 Bxe7
23.Re1 Bd6 24.Qc4 Qxb2 25.f4 Rf8 26.Bd5 Kg7 27.a4 h5 28.Be4 Be6 29.Qd3 Rd8
30.Bxg6 c4 31.Qc2 Ba3 32.Re2 Qxc2 33.Bxc2 Bb2 34.Bf5 Bxf5 35.Rxb2 Re8 36.Rb4 Re1+
37.Kg2 Be6 38.Rb5 Kg6 39.Rg5+ Kh6 40.Rc5 Ra1 41.a5 Kg6 42.h3 Ra3 43.Ne4 f6
44.Kf2 Bxh3 45.Rc6 Rxa5 46.Rxf6+ Kg7 47.Rc6 Ra2+ 48.Ke3 Rg2 49.Rc7+ Kg6 50.Rxa7 Bf5
51.Ra6+ Kg7 52.Nd6 Bd3 53.f5 Rxg3+ 54.Kf4 Rg1 55.Ra7+ Kh6 56.Nf7+ Kg7 57.Ng5+ Kg8
58.f6 Rg4+ 59.Ke5 Rxg5+ 60.Ke6 Be4 61.Rc7 Bd5+ 62.Ke7 Rf5 63.Rd7 Kh7 64.Rd6 h4
65.Kf8 h3 66.Rd7+ Kg6 67.Rg7+ Kxf6 68.Rf7+  0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 h6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.Nf1 Bb6 10.Ng3 Na5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxd7 Qxd7 13.d4 Nc6 14.h3 Rad8 15.d5 Ne7
16.Nh4 c6 17.c4 cxd5 18.cxd5 Rc8 19.Qd3 Kh7 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 a6 22.Rac1 Red8
23.b3 Ng6 24.Nxg6 fxg6 25.f3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Rc3 Qd8 28.Ne2 Rxc3 29.Qxc3 Qb6+
30.Kf1 Nh5 31.b4 Qb5 32.Ke1 g5 33.a3 Nf4 34.Nxf4 gxf4 35.Qc8 Qd3 36.Qf5+ Kg8
37.Qe6+ Kh7 38.Qf5+ Kg8 39.Qe6+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.e4 Qd6
9.h3 O-O 10.Rc1 a5 11.Be2 Be6 12.Be3 Rfd8 13.O-O a4 14.Qc2 Bb3 15.Qc3 Ne8
16.Nd2 Be6 17.Rfd1 Ra6 18.Bc5 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Qc5 Rb6 21.Qc2 Ra8 22.Rf1 Rb5
23.Nc4 Qc5 24.Qd1 Nd6 25.Nd2 Qb6 26.Bg4 Ba2 27.Re1 Rxb2 28.e5 Nb5 29.Nc4 Bxc4
30.Rxc4 Nc3 31.Qf3 Re8 32.Qf4 c5 33.e6 fxe6 34.Kh2 Qc6 35.Bf3 Qc8 36.Qd6 b6
37.Bg4 Qb8 38.Bxe6+ Kh8 39.Qxb8 Rxb8 40.f4 Re8 41.Re5 g6 42.Bd7 Rxe5 43.fxe5 Kg7  0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 O-O 8.Bg5 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.e3 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Ncd7 13.f3 Rc8 14.Be2 Ne5 15.Qb2 Ng6
16.Rc1 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Kf2 Rfd8 20.Rhd1 Bc6 21.Nb1 Kf8 22.Nc3 f5
23.Rd4 Ke7 24.Rcd1 Rd7 25.g3 Rcd8 26.h3 Kf6 27.f4 Ne7 28.g4 Kg7 29.Bf3 Rc8
30.Be2 Rcd8 31.b5 Bb7 32.a4 a5 33.bxa6 Bxa6 34.Bf3 fxg4 35.hxg4 f5 36.Rb1 Rc8
37.Rxb6 Bxc4 38.Rdxd6 Rxd6 39.Rxd6 Bb3 40.Ne2 Rc2 41.Ke1 fxg4 42.Bxg4 h5
43.Bxe6 Bxe6 44.Rxe6 Nf5 45.Re5 Nd6 46.Rxh5 Ra2 47.Nc3  1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5 Nxe4 5.Qd4 Nc5 6.Nc3 Ne6 7.Qe4 Bg7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.f4 O-O 10.O-O-O d6 11.c5 Ne7 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.Rxd6 Qc7 14.g4 Nc5 15.Qc4 b6
16.Bxc5 bxc5 17.h3 Rb8 18.Qe2 Rb4 19.Qd2 Rd4 20.Rxd4 cxd4 21.Qxd4 Rd8 22.Qf2 Nd5
23.Ne2 Nb4 24.Kb1 Nd3 25.Qh4 Bb7 26.Rh2 Rb8 27.b3 Nxf4 28.Nxf4 Qxc3  0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c3 b5 8.Bc2 c4
9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.Na3 Be7 13.Nxb5 O-O 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.Na3 Ba6
16.d4 cxd3 17.Bxd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nc5 19.Qe2 Ncxe4 20.Ng5 d5 21.Nc2 Nc5 22.Be3 Qa6
23.Qxa6 Nxa6 24.Ra1 Nc7 25.Nd4 Bd6 26.Ngf3 Ne4 27.Nd2 Nxd2 28.Bxd2 Kf8 29.Kf1 Ke8
30.Ke2 Kd7 31.Kd3 g6 32.b4 e5 33.Nb3 e4+ 34.Kc2 Ra8 35.Rxa8 Nxa8 36.Be3 Nc7
37.Nd4 Be5 38.c4 dxc4 39.Kc3 Nd5+ 40.Kxc4 Nxe3+ 41.fxe3 Bxh2 42.Kd5 f5 43.b5 Bg1
44.Nc2 Kc7 45.Ke5 Kb6 46.Nd4 Kc5 47.Kf4 Bh2+ 48.g3 h5 49.Kg5 Bxg3 50.Kxg6 f4
51.Kf5 f3 52.Kxe4 f2 53.Nb3+ Kxb5 54.Nd2 Kc6 55.Kf3 h4 56.Nf1 Kd5 57.Nd2 Kc6
58.Nf1 Kc5 59.Nd2 Kd5 60.Kg2 Ke6 61.Ne4 Ke5 62.Nxf2 Bxf2 63.Kxf2 Ke4 64.Kg2 Kxe3
65.Kh3 Kf3 66.Kxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d3 h6 9.Nd2 Ne7
10.b4 c6 11.e4 Be6 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Ne2 Qd7 14.d4 Rfd8 15.Qc2 Bh3 16.Rad1 Bxg2
17.Kxg2 exd4 18.Bxd4 c5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.b5 a6 21.a4 axb5 22.axb5 Ra8 23.Nf3 Bg7
24.Nf4 Ra3 25.Rd3 Rxd3 26.Qxd3 Nc8 27.Rd1 Re8 28.Nd5 Qg4 29.Re1 Kh8 30.h3 Qd7
31.Rd1 Qd8 32.Rd2 Nb6 33.Ra2 Nxd5 34.Qxd5 Qd7 35.Ra7 Re7 36.h4 Bf6 37.h5 g5
38.Nh2 Kg7 39.f3 Bd4 40.Ng4 Qe6 41.Qxe6 fxe6 42.Ra8 Rd7 43.Rc8 Bc3 44.Kf1 Ba5
45.Ke2 Rd8 46.Rxd8 Bxd8 47.f4 Bf6 48.Kf3 Bd4 49.f5 d5 50.cxd5 exd5 51.exd5 c4
52.Ke4 Bc5 53.f6+ Kf7 54.Ne5+ Kxf6 55.Nd7+  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nc3 d6 6.e3 Bb4 7.Qc2 Nf6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Qxc3 O-O 10.d3 Re8 11.Be2 e4 12.Nd2 d5 13.O-O exd3 14.Bxd3 Nbd7 15.cxd5 Ne5
16.Be2 Nxd5 17.Qc2 Bg4 18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.Nf3 Qf6 20.Bd2 Qg6 21.Qb3 Rab8 22.Rad1 Ngf6
23.Bc1 h6 24.Rd4 Ne4 25.Rfd1 Re6 26.Qc2 Rbe8 27.b4 Rf6 28.Nh4 Rxf2 29.Rxe4 Rxg2+
30.Qxg2 Qxe4 31.Qxe4 Rxe4 32.Nf5 Re5 33.Rf1 f6 34.Kg2 Nb6 35.Nd6 Re7 36.Rd1 Rd7
37.Rd2 Nd5 38.Nf5 g6 39.Nxh6+ Kg7 40.e4 Ne3+ 41.Kf3 Rxd2 42.Bxd2 Nc4 43.Bc1 Nxa3
44.Nf5+ gxf5 45.Bxa3 fxe4+ 46.Kxe4 Kg6 47.Kf4 b6 48.Bc1 a5 49.bxa5 bxa5 50.Ba3 Kh5
51.Kg3 f5 52.Be7 a4 53.h3 Kg6 54.Kf4 Kh5 55.Kg3 Kg6 56.Ba3 Kg5 57.Bc1+ Kh5
58.Ba3 Kg5 59.Bc1+ Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Rg1 g6 15.h4 Qc7
16.Qf2 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Nc1 b5 19.Nb3 b4 20.Na4 Rc7 21.Nb6 Qb5 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.Rxd5 Qd7 24.Qe2 Rfc8 25.Rc1 Qh3 26.Qf2 f5 27.gxf6 Nxf6 28.Ra5 Nh5 29.Bg5 Rf8
30.Qd2 Qxf3 31.Bxe7 Rxe7 32.Qxd6 Qf6 33.Qxb4 Qxh4 34.Rxa6 Nf4 35.a4 Ref7
36.Qc4 Kg7 37.a5 h5 38.Rb6 Qf2 39.Nc5 h4 40.Qc3 Re7 41.a6 Ne2 42.Qb4 Nxc1
43.Rb7 Rff7 44.Rxe7 Rxe7 45.Nd3 Qf6 46.Nxc1 h3 47.Qc3 h2 48.Qh3 Qf2  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Bf5 8.Bb2 Nbd7
9.e3 Ne4 10.Qe2 a5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Bh3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 e6 15.Rfd1 Nf6
16.Qe2 Ne4 17.Bb2 Re8 18.Bg2 Nd6 19.Rac1 h5 20.a4 Bf6 21.h4 Kg7 22.Ba3 Nf5
23.Rd3 Be7 24.Bb2 Bf6 25.Rcd1 Nd6 26.R3d2 Qd7 27.Kh2 Qd8 28.f3 Nf5 29.e4 dxe4
30.fxe4 Nh6 31.e5 Be7 32.Bh3 Qb6 33.Rd3 Rad8 34.Qf3 Kg8 35.Bc1 Bf8 36.Bg5 Rd7
37.Qf4 Nf5 38.Bxf5 exf5 39.Bf6 Bg7 40.Bxg7 Kxg7 41.Re1 Qc7 42.d5 cxd5 43.cxd5 Qc2+
44.Qd2 Qxd2+ 45.Rxd2 Rc8 46.Re3 Rc5 47.Red3 Kf8 48.Kg2 b5 49.Kf3 bxa4 50.bxa4 Rc4
51.Rd4 Rc5 52.Kf4 Ke7 53.Kg5 Rd8 54.R2d3 Rd7 55.Kh6 Rd8 56.Kg7 Rd7 57.e6 fxe6
58.d6+ Kd8+ 59.Kxg6 Rb7 60.d7 e5 61.Rd6 f4 62.gxf4 exf4 63.Rf6 Rxd7 64.Rf8+ Kc7
65.Rxd7+ Kxd7 66.Rxf4 Ke6 67.Rf6+ Ke7 68.Rf7+ Ke6 69.Rf6+ Ke7 70.Rf5 Rc4
71.Rxa5 Rxh4 72.Rxh5 Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 d4 8.Bb5 Bd6
9.exd4 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.O-O cxd4 12.Bxd4 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nc3 Re8 15.d3 Bc7
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Ne4 Qf4 18.Qc1 Rad8 19.Qxf4 Bxf4 20.Rad1 f5 21.Ng3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 g6
23.Kg2 Kf7 24.d4 Bg5 25.Rd3 h5 26.Rfd1 h4 27.Nf1 Re2 28.Nd2 Rd5 29.Kf1 Rxd2
30.R1xd2 Bxd2 31.Rxd2 c5 32.Ke2 cxd4 33.Kd3 g5 34.b4 Kf6 35.Re2 Rd7 36.a4 g4
37.fxg4 fxg4 38.Re4 Rg7 39.Kxd4 g3 40.fxg3 hxg3 41.Re1 Kg5 42.b5 Kh4 43.a5 g2
44.Rg1 Kxh3 45.b6 a6 46.Kc5 Rg5+ 47.Kc6 Rxa5 48.Kb7 Ra2 49.Ka7 Kh2 50.Rxg2+ Kxg2
51.b7 Rb2 52.Kxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 Be7
9.Bg2 b5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.a3 Rc8 14.Rfd1 Rc4 15.f3 Qa8
16.b3 Rc7 17.g4 Rfc8 18.g5 Nh7 19.h4 Nhf8 20.Rac1 Ng6 21.Qe1 Ndf8 22.Bh3 Ne6
23.Rd3 Bf8 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Nc5 26.Bxc5 Rxc5 27.Bxc8 Qxc8 28.c3 a5 29.Re3 a4
30.bxa4 bxa4 31.Re4 Rxd5 32.Kg2 Rb5 33.Rb4 Rc5 34.Rxa4 d5 35.Rd1 Qc6 36.Rb4 d4
37.cxd4 Rc2 38.Rd2 Bxb4 39.axb4 Nxh4+ 40.Kh3 Qxf3+ 41.Ng3 Qg4+  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 a5 7.Na3 Bc5 8.Nb5 O-O
9.Bg5 Be7 10.e3 dxe3 11.Bxe3 Bf5 12.d4 exd4 13.Nfxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Be4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4
16.Qc2 Ng5 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Qf5 Bf6 19.Bxg5 Qxf5 20.Nxf5 Bxg5 21.Rd7 Rac8 22.Rfd1 Rfd8
23.R7d5 a4 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.Rxg5+ Kf6 26.Rgd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Re8 28.Kf1 Re4
29.b3 axb3 30.axb3 Re6 31.h4 Rb6 32.Rb5 Rxb5 33.cxb5 Ke5 34.h5 Kd4 35.g4 Ke4
36.Kg2 Kf4 37.f3 h6 38.Kf2 f5 39.gxf5 Kxf5 40.Ke3 Kg5 41.Ke4 Kxh5 42.Kf5 Kh4
43.f4 h5 44.Ke5 Kg3 45.f5 h4 46.f6 h3 47.f7 h2 48.f8=Q h1=Q 49.Qf4+ Kh3 50.Qh6+ Kg2
51.Qxh1+ Kxh1 52.Ke6 Kg2 53.Kd7  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Be6 7.c4 Nbd7 8.Be3 Rc8
9.Nc3 Bxc4 10.Bxc4 Rxc4 11.Qd3 Rc6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.g4 O-O 14.Kb1 a6 15.h4 Nc5
16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Rxd8+ Bxd8 19.Rd1 Bc7 20.g5 Ne8 21.Rd7 Rd6 22.Re7 Kf8
23.Rxe5 b6 24.Kc2 g6 25.a4 Rc6 26.Rd5 Bd6 27.Rd1 Nc7 28.a5 Be7 29.axb6 Rxb6
30.b3 Ke8 31.Ra1 Kd7 32.Na4 Rb5 33.Nb2 Ke8 34.Nc4 Kd7 35.Bf4 Ne6 36.Be5 Nd4+
37.Bxd4 cxd4 38.Rxa6 Bc5  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 d4 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.e3 Be7 8.exd4 cxd4
9.d3 O-O 10.Re1 Ne8 11.a3 a5 12.Nbd2 f6 13.Rb1 e5 14.Nh4 Nc7 15.Qh5 Qe8 16.Qxe8 Rxe8
17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 Bd7 19.Kf2 Na6 20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.Ne4 f5 22.Ng5 Bxg5 23.fxg5 Nc5
24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Nf3 Nxd3+ 26.Kg3 b6 27.Bf4 Ne7 28.Bf7 Rf8 29.Bd5 Nxf4 30.Kxf4 Ng6+
31.Kg3 d3 32.Rd1 f4+ 33.Kf2 Bf5 34.h4 Re8 35.Nd4 Nxh4 36.Nxf5 Nxf5 37.Rxd3 g6
38.b4 axb4 39.axb4 h6 40.gxh6 g5 41.Bf3 Ne3 42.c5 bxc5 43.bxc5 g4 44.c6 gxf3
45.Kxf3 Nc4 46.Kxf4 Rc8 47.Ke4 Na5 48.Rd6 Nxc6 49.Kd5 Ne7+ 50.Ke6 Ng8 51.Kd7 Ra8
52.Kc7 Ra7+ 53.Kb6 Rf7 54.Rc6 Rf1 55.Kc7 Kh7 56.Kb6 Nf6 57.Kb7 Kxh6 58.Kc8 Kg6
59.Rc7 Ra1 60.Rc2 Nd5 61.Kd7 Kf5 62.Kd6 Ne3 63.Rc8 Rd1+ 64.Kc6 Nd5 65.Re8 Kf6
66.Re2 Ne7+ 67.Kc5 Ng6 68.Re8 Ne5 69.Kb5 Rc1 70.Kb4 Nc6+ 71.Kb3 Rc5 72.Re1 Nd4+
73.Kb4 Rc8 74.Re4 Ne6 75.Re1 Nf4 76.Kb5 Nd5 77.Rh1 Ke5 78.Rh5+ Kd4 79.Rh4+ Kd3
80.Rh3+ Ne3 81.Kb6 Rc3 82.Kb7 Kd4 83.Rh4+ Kc5 84.Rh3 Rb3+ 85.Kc8 Kd6 86.Rh6+ Ke5
87.Kd7 Nf5 88.Rh5 Rc3 89.Rg5 Kf4 90.Rg1 Ne3 91.Kd6 Ke4 92.Re1 Kd4 93.Rh1 Nf5+
94.Ke6 Rf3 95.Rd1+ Ke4 96.Re1+ Ne3 97.Ra1 Nc2 98.Ra4+ Nd4+ 99.Ke7 Rh3 100.Kd6 Rh6+
101.Ke7 Kd5 102.Ra5+ Kc4 103.Kf7 Nc6 104.Ra1 Ne5+ 105.Ke7 Kd5 106.Rd1+ Kc5
107.Rc1+ Nc4 108.Kf7 Kd5 109.Rd1+ Kc6 110.Rc1 Rh4 111.Kf6 Kd7 112.Rd1+ Nd6
113.Kg5 Re4 114.Ra1 Ke6 115.Ra6 Rd4 116.Kg6 Rg4+ 117.Kh5 Rg1 118.Kh4 Ke5
119.Kh3 Ne4 120.Kh2 Rg8 121.Ra7 Nd2 122.Ra3 Kf4 123.Ra4+ Ke3 124.Kh3 Ne4
125.Kh2 Nc3 126.Ra7 Rg5 127.Kh3 Ne4 128.Ra3+ Kf4 129.Kh2 Nd2 130.Kh3 Rh5+
131.Kg2 Rg5+ 132.Kh3 Rg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qxc4 b6 11.Ne5 Ra7 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Bxb7 Rxb7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nd3 Qd4 18.Qb3 Be7 19.e3 Qg4 20.Ne5 Qh5 21.f4 Bf6 22.Nc4 Bxc3
23.Qxc3 Qc5 24.Qd4 Nd7 25.Rf2 Qxd4 26.Rxd4 Nc5 27.Rc2 Nxa4 28.Nd6 Rd7 29.Rc6 Nxb2
30.Rxb6 Rfd8 31.Rxa6 Na4 32.Nxf7 Rxd4 33.Nxd8 Rxd8 34.Rxa4 Rd2 35.Rd4 Ra2
36.h3 Kf7 37.Kf1 Rh2 38.h4 h5 39.e4 g6 40.Rd3 Kf8 41.Re3 Ra2 42.Re2 Ra3 43.Kf2 Kf7
44.Re3 Ra1 45.Rd3 Rb1 46.Rd7+ Kf8 47.Ke3 Rb4 48.Rc7 Ra4 49.Kd3 Rb4 50.Rc4 Rb3+
51.Kd4 Ke7 52.Rc7+ Kd6 53.Rc3 Rb4+ 54.Kd3 Ra4 55.Rb3 Ke7 56.Ke3 Kf6 57.Rd3 Rb4
58.Rd7 Ra4 59.e5+ Kf5 60.Rf7+ Kg4 61.Rf6 Kxg3 62.Rxg6+ Kxh4 63.Rxe6 Ra3+
64.Ke4 Ra4+ 65.Kf5 Kg3 66.Rg6+ Kf3 67.Kg5 h4 68.Rh6 Rxf4 69.Rf6 Rxf6 70.exf6 h3
71.f7 h2 72.f8=Q+ Kg2 73.Qa8+  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.Qxd5 Nd7 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Qd1 Be6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Be2 g6 15.O-O Rc8
16.Nd5 Bg5 17.c3 O-O 18.a4 Kg7 19.a5 h4 20.Ra4 Rc5 21.b4 Rc6 22.c4 Bf4 23.Ra3 Qg5
24.Nb6 f5 25.b5 axb5 26.cxb5 Rc1 27.Qxd6 Rxf1+ 28.Bxf1 Bf7 29.a6 bxa6 30.bxa6 Rd8
31.Nd7 fxe4 32.a7 e3 33.a8=Q exf2+ 34.Kh1  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.cxd5 c5 7.dxc5 Nd7 8.e3 Nxc5
9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Nge2 Qb6 11.a4 Qa5 12.O-O Kg7 13.Nd4 Rd8 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Rc1 a6
16.b4 axb5 17.Ncxb5 Qe5 18.Rxc5 b6 19.Rc1 Bb7 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.Rxc6 Rxd5 22.Qb3 Rb8
23.h3 Rd2 24.Rc2 Rbd8 25.Nd4 Rxc2 26.Qxc2 Qd6 27.Nc6 Rd7 28.b5 Qa3 29.Rb1 Rd5
30.g3 h5 31.Kg2 h4 32.g4 Qd6 33.Qe4 Rd2 34.Qf3 Qd3 35.Rc1 Ra2 36.Nb4  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 Ne7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.e4 c5 8.Nc3 d6 9.a3 Nbc6
10.Rb1 f5 11.b4 f4 12.bxc5 dxc5 13.Nd5 Qd6 14.Bb2 b6 15.Bc3 h6 16.a4 g5 17.Nd2 Ng6
18.Qh5 Rb8 19.a5 Nd4 20.axb6 axb6 21.Rb2 Ne7 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Rfb1 Nxd5 24.exd5 Bf5
25.Ne4 Qd8 26.Bh3 Bxe4 27.dxe4 d3 28.Rd2 fxg3 29.hxg3 b5 30.cxb5 c4 31.Bf5 Qa5
32.Qg6 Qxd2 33.Qh7+ Kf7 34.Qg6+ Kg8 35.Qh7+ Kf7 36.Qg6+ Kg8 37.Qh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Qa4 d4 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d3 Nh6 7.b4 O-O 8.O-O Nf5 9.Nbd2 Nd7
10.Rb1 Re8 11.Ne4 Nd6 12.Nxd6 exd6 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Re1 Nf8 15.Bb2 Ne6 16.e3 dxe3
17.Rxe3 Bd7 18.Rbe1 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.Bxg7 Nxg7 21.axb4 Rxe3 22.fxe3 Qb6 23.Qb2 Ra4
24.b5 d5 25.Qf6 Be8 26.cxd5 Qxb5 27.dxc6 Qxc6 28.Qxc6 Bxc6 29.Rb1 Ra2 30.e4 Ne6
31.Bh3 Nc5 32.Ne5 Rd2 33.Bf1 Ne6 34.Nf3 Ra2 35.Rc1 f6 36.Bh3 Kf7 37.Bxe6+ Kxe6
38.Nd4+ Kd6 39.Rf1 Ke5 40.Nf3+ Ke6 41.Nd4+ Ke5 42.Nf3+ Kd6 43.Nd4 Ba4 44.Rb1 Kc5
45.Ne6+ Kd6 46.Nf8 b5 47.Nxh7 Ke5 48.d4+ Kxe4 49.Nxf6+ Kxd4 50.h4 Ke3 51.Nd5+ Kf3
52.Nc3 Rc2 53.Nxb5 Kxg3 54.Kf1 Rh2 55.Rb4 Bd1 56.Ke1 Bg4 57.Nc3 Kxh4 58.Ne4 g5
59.Nf2 Rg2 60.Nxg4 Rxg4 61.Rb3 Rg3 62.Rb8 Kh3 63.Kf1 Kh2 64.Rh8+ Rh3 65.Rg8 Rf3+
66.Ke2 Rg3 67.Kf2 g4 68.Rg7 Rg2+ 69.Kf1 Rg1+ 70.Kf2 g3+ 71.Kf3 Rf1+ 72.Ke2 Rf6
73.Rh7+ Kg1 74.Rg7 g2 75.Rg8 Rf5 76.Rg7 Kh2 77.Rh7+ Kg3 78.Rg7+ Kh2 79.Rh7+ Kg1
80.Rh8 Rf4 81.Rh7 Re4+ 82.Kf3 Re8 83.Rg7 Kf1  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O Qa5
9.Nb3 Qh5 10.e4 d6 11.Qxh5 Nxh5 12.Nd5 a5 13.Rb1 a4 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Re1 Nxd5
16.exd5 Nb4 17.a3 Nd3 18.Rd1 Bh6 19.f4 Bg7 20.Ne4 Nxc1 21.Rdxc1 Bf5 22.Bf3 Rfc8
23.g4 Bd7 24.Kg2 f5 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.b4 b6 27.Kg3 Rc7 28.b5 Bd4 29.h4 h6 30.Rc2 Kf7
31.Rd1 Bg7 32.Rb1 Ra5 33.Rb4 Bd4 34.Ra2 Ra8 35.Rd2 Bg7 36.Rd3 Rac8 37.Rxa4 Rxc4
38.Rxc4 Rxc4 39.Re3 Bd4 40.Re2 Ra4 41.h5 Rxa3 42.Kg2 Be3 43.hxg6+ Bxg6 44.Nd2 Bxf4
45.Nc4 Rb3 46.Nxb6 Rxb5 47.Nc8 Be5 48.Bg4 Rb4 49.Be6+ Kf6 50.Rf2+ Rf4  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d5 6.c4 c6 7.b3 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5
9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Qb3 Ne4 11.e3 Nc6 12.Ne5 Ng5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Bxc6 Ra6
16.Nd2 Bh3 17.Rfc1 Rd8 18.Nb3 Bg4 19.h4 Rd6 20.Bb7 Ra7 21.hxg5 Rxb7 22.dxc5 bxc5
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Nxc5 Rb2 25.Nb3 Ra6 26.c5 Rc6 27.Rcb1 Rxb1+ 28.Rxb1 e5 29.f4 f6
30.Rc1 h5 31.gxh6+ Kxh6 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.e4 Kg5 34.a4 Be6 35.Rc3 Kg4 36.a5 g5
37.Kg2 Bxb3 38.Rxb3 Rxc5 39.Ra3 Rc2+ 40.Kf1 Rc1+ 41.Ke2 Rc2+ 42.Kd1 Rc7 43.a6 Ra7
44.Ke2 Kh3 45.Kf2 g4 46.Kg1 Ra8 47.a7  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.a4 Ba7 7.O-O d6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5
10.Bg3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Kg7 12.Re1 Be6 13.b4 g4 14.Nh4 Ne7 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Nc4 b5
17.Ne3 h5 18.Kh1 Ng6 19.Nxg6 Kxg6 20.Bh4 Nxe4 21.Nxg4 Nxf2+ 22.Bxf2 Bxf2
23.Nxf2 Rxf2 24.Re3 Qf6 25.Rg3+ Kh6 26.Rh3 Qf7 27.Qc1+ Kg6 28.Rg3+ Kh7 29.h3 Rf8
30.Kh2 Qf4 31.Qxf4 exf4 32.Rg5 Kh6 33.h4 f3 34.axb5 axb5 35.Re1 e5 36.Kh3 fxg2
37.Rxg2 R8f3+ 38.Rg3 Rxg3+ 39.Kxg3 Rc2 40.Kf3 Rxc3 41.Ke4 Rb3 42.Rg1 Rxb4+  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O b6
9.b3 Ne4 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Bb7 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.h3 Ba3
16.Rb1 a5 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.Bc1 Be7 19.Bb2 Ba6 20.Rbc1 Rc7 21.Qb1 Qb8 22.Ne5 Rfc8
23.e3 Bb7 24.c5 Ba6 25.Ba3 bxc5 26.Bxc5 Bxc5 27.Rxc5 Qb4 28.Rdc1 a4 29.Nxc6 Qb6
30.Ne7+ Rxe7 31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.Rxc8+ Ne8 33.Bf1 Qb7 34.Qc2 axb3 35.axb3 g5
36.Qc5 Kg7 37.b4 Nf6 38.Bd3 Nd7 39.Qxe7 Qxc8 40.b5 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 Qd2 42.Bf5 Nf8
43.b6 exf5 44.Qe5+ f6 45.Qc7+ Kg6 46.b7 Ne6 47.b8=Q  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz YourNextMove"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.e3 Re8 7.Be2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Rc1 Bg4 11.O-O Qd6 12.a3 Rad8 13.b4 a6 14.Bb2 Qh6 15.Qb3 Rd6
16.Rc5 Nb6 17.Qc2 Nd7 18.Rc4 Be6 19.Rc3 Bg4 20.Rc4 Be6 21.Rc3 Bg4 22.Rc4 Be6
23.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nbd2 d5 13.c3 Bd6 14.d4 bxc3 15.bxc3 exd4
16.cxd4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Bb4 18.Bd2 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Qd5 20.Bxb4 Qxe4 21.Bxf8 Rxf8
22.Rc1 h6 23.Qd2 Rb8 24.Qe3 Qd5 25.h3 Rb4 26.Qc3 Nxd4 27.Qxb4 Ne2+ 28.Kh1  1-0

[Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7
9.c3 Na5 10.Ba2 c5 11.Bg5 O-O 12.axb5 axb5 13.Na3 Qb8 14.Nc2 h6 15.Bh4 c4
16.Nb4 Be6 17.Re1 Qb7 18.d4 Bg4 19.Bb1 Nb3 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Ba2 Nxe4 22.Bxe7 Ned2
23.Bxb3 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Bxf3 25.Bxd6 Bxd1 26.Bxd1 exd4 27.cxd4 Qd7 28.Bg3 Qxd4
29.Bf3 Qd2 30.Rd1 Qxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Ra1 32.Kg2 Rxd1 33.Be5 f6 34.Bc3 Kf7 35.Nc2 g5
36.h3 Kg6 37.Na3 Rd5 38.Kf3 f5 39.Kg3 f4+ 40.Kg2 Kf5 41.f3 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.f3 e5
9.Nb3 Be6 10.Be3 Be7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.g4 b5 14.g5 b4 15.gxf6 bxc3
16.Qxc3 Nxf6 17.Na5 Rc8 18.Nc6 Qe8 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Qa5 Rc6 21.Rg1 Rfc8 22.Rg2 Bh3
23.Rgd2 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Qe6 25.Rff2 h6 26.Kb1 Qh3 27.Rd3 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Qf1+ 29.Bc1 Qxd3
30.Qd2 Qxc2+ 31.Qxc2 Rxc2 32.Kxc2 Kf8 33.Kb3 Ke7 34.Kc4 Ke6 35.b4 d5+ 36.exd5+ Nxd5
37.Bd2 f5 38.b5 axb5+ 39.Kxb5 Kd6 40.a4 g5 41.a5 f4 42.Kc4 Nc7 43.Bb4+ Ke6
44.h3 h5 45.Bc5 e4 46.fxe4 g4 47.hxg4 hxg4 48.Kd3 Na6 49.Bd4 Nb4+ 50.Ke2 Na6
51.Kf2 Kd6 52.Kg2 Ke6 53.Kf2 Kd6 54.Kg2 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.Rd1 Nxc5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.e4 Nxf4 11.Rxd8 Rxd8 12.Ne5 Bf6 13.Nb5 b6 14.b4 Bxe5 15.bxc5 a6
16.Nd6 bxc5 17.Nc4 Bd4 18.g3 Ng6 19.Be2 Bd7 20.O-O Bb5 21.Na5 Ne5 22.Rd1 Rab8
23.Kg2 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 Rb5 25.Nb3 h6 26.Rd2 Nc6 27.Qc4 e5 28.a4 Rb4 29.Qxa6 Rxb3
30.Qxc6 Ra3 31.Qa6 Rb8 32.a5 c4 33.Qxc4 Rxa5 34.Kh3 Rc5 35.Qe2 Rcb5 36.f4 Rb4
37.Qd1 Rb1 38.Qh5 R1b5 39.Qe2 Rb4 40.Qd1 Rb1 41.Qh5 R1b5 42.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b3 Nbd7 15.Bb2 Rc8
16.a4 b4 17.cxb4 exd4 18.Bxd4 c5 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.Qb1 a5 21.b4 axb4 22.Qxb4 Ba8
23.a5 d5 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.e5 Qa6 26.Qg4 Ne6 27.Bf5 Rc5 28.Bxe6 Rxe6 29.Nb3 Rc4
30.Nfd4 Bb7 31.Qf5 Re7 32.e6 Bc8 33.exf7+ Rxf7 34.Qxd5 Bb7 35.Qe6 Rb4 36.Re3 Qa8
37.Rc1 Bd5 38.Rc8 Bxe6 39.Rxa8 Bc4 40.Rc8 Kh7 41.Rc3 Ba6 42.Rd8 Ra4 43.Ne6 Bb4
44.Rc6 Bb5 45.Rc1 Ra2 46.f3 Ba4 47.Nbd4 Bxa5 48.Ra8 Bb6 49.Kh1 Bb3 50.Rb8 Bxe6
51.Rxb6 Bf5 52.Rd6 Bg6 53.Rd8 Bf5 54.Rd6 Bg6 55.Rc8 Rb7 56.Rdd8 Bd3 57.Ne6 Bf1
58.Nf8+ Kg8 59.Ng6+ Kh7 60.Nf8+ Kg8 61.Ne6+ Kh7 62.Rh8+ Kg6 63.Nf4+ Kg5 64.Rhf8 Rbb2
65.Rc7 g6 66.g3  1-0

[Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O
9.a3 Be6 10.Be3 Nd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qa4 Re8 13.Rac1 a6 14.Nd2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd4
16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Qb3 Rb8 18.e4 dxe3 19.fxe3 Rf8 20.Ne4 Qd7 21.Rf3 Rbd8 22.d4 c6
23.Rcf1 Qd5 24.Qc2 g6 25.g4 Rde8 26.h3 Bd8 27.Nc3 Qe6 28.Na4 b6 29.Rc1 c5
30.dxc5 b5 31.Nc3 Qc6 32.Qd2 Re5 33.b4 Bg5 34.Rd1 Bxe3 35.Qd7 Qa8 36.Nd5 Bg5
37.c6 Bh4 38.Rd2 Re1 39.Rc2 Kg7 40.Nb6 Qb8 41.Qd4+  1-0

[Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.08.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.e4 Qd6
9.h3 a5 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nc5 12.Be3 Ne6 13.O-O O-O 14.b3 Rd8 15.Rfc1 Bd7
16.Qb2 Be8 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 b5 20.Qa3 Qxb4 21.Qxb4 Nxb4 22.Nxe5 f6
23.Bg4 Nd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Nf3 Nxd3 26.Rxc7 Rd6 27.Rb7 h5 28.Bf5 g6 29.e5 Nxe5
30.Nxe5 gxf5 31.Rb8 Kf8 32.Ng6+ Kf7 33.Nf4 h4 34.g3 Bc6 35.gxh4 Rd4 36.Rb6 Rc4
37.h5 Kg7 38.Kh2 b4 39.Nd3 Rc3 40.Nxb4 Be4 41.Rd6 Rf3 42.Nd5 Rxf2+ 43.Kg3 Rf3+
44.Kh4 Bxd5 45.Rxd5 Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 b6 10.Nc3 Ke8 11.Rd1 Bb4 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.Ned4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bc5 15.Nf5 Rg8
16.g4 h5 17.Be3 g6 18.Nh6 Rh8 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.g5 Bc8 21.h4 Ke7 22.f4 Be6
23.Rf1 Rad8 24.c3 Bh3 25.Rf2 Ke6 26.Re1 Rd3 27.Re4 Rhd8 28.Ra4 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 R8d3
30.f5+ gxf5 31.Raf4 Bg4 32.Kg2 Bh3+ 33.Kh2 Bg4 34.Nxg4 hxg4 35.Kg2 g3 36.Re2 Rb1
37.h5 Rdd1 38.Kxg3 Rh1 39.Rc4 Kd5 40.Rf4 Rbg1+ 41.Rg2 Rxg2+ 42.Kxg2 Rxh5
43.Rxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Bc4 Qd6 8.Qe2 O-O
9.Nbd2 a5 10.Ng5 Bf5 11.Nde4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.dxe4 Nd8 14.Bd2 c6 15.a4 Ne6
16.Rd1 Qe7 17.g3 Rad8 18.O-O Rd7 19.Bc1 Rfd8 20.Rxd7 Rxd7 21.Kg2 g6 22.Bh6 Qf6
23.Qg4 Rd8 24.Bxe6 Qxe6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Kf3 Kf7 27.Ke2 Rd7 28.h4 Bf8 29.Be3 Be7
30.Rb1 c5 31.g4 h5 32.gxh5 gxh5 33.Rh1 Rd8 34.Rh3 Rg8 35.Rf3+ Ke8 36.Rg3 Kf7
37.Kd3 b6 38.Kc4 Bxh4 39.Rh3 Bg5 40.Bxg5 Rxg5 41.Kb5 Rg2 42.Rf3+ Ke7 43.Kxb6 Rg8
44.Rh3 c4 45.Rxh5 Rb8+ 46.Kc6 Rxb2 47.Rxe5 Rc2 48.Rxa5 Rxc3 49.Rc5 Rc2 50.Kb5 c3
51.Kb4 Rxf2 52.Rxc3 Kd6 53.Rc4 Rf8 54.a5 Rb8+ 55.Ka3 Ra8 56.Ka4 Ra7 57.Rd4+ Kc5
58.Rd8 Rb7 59.Rc8+ Kd4 60.a6 Re7 61.Kb5 Kxe4 62.Rc4+ Kd3 63.Ra4 e5 64.Ra3+ Kd4
65.a7 Rb7+ 66.Kc6 Rxa7 67.Rxa7 e4 68.Ra4+ Kd3 69.Kd5 e3 70.Ra3+ Kd2 71.Kd4 e2
72.Ra2+ Kd1 73.Kd3 e1=N+ 74.Kc3 Nf3 75.Rf2 Ne1 76.Rd2+ Kc1 77.Rh2 Kd1 78.Rf2 Kc1
79.Rd2 Nf3 80.Rd5 Ne1 81.Rd8 Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nadir,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bb2 Ne4
10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Rc1 Qf6 12.Rc2 Ng5 13.Ne1 Qh6 14.g3 Nf6 15.f3 Bd7 16.Qc1 Nf7
17.f4 a5 18.a4 g5 19.Nf3 Ne4 20.Ba3 Be8 21.Bxe4 Bxa3 22.Qxa3 fxe4 23.Ne5 Nxe5
24.dxe5 Bh5 25.Nd4 gxf4 26.Rxf4 Rxf4 27.exf4 dxc4 28.bxc4 Rd8 29.Rd2 Qg6
30.Nxe6 Re8 31.Nc5  1-0

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Ziska,H"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.a5 d6 10.c3 Rb8 11.Nbd2 d5 12.Ba4 Bb7 13.Re1 bxc3 14.bxc3 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nd7
16.Qe2 Nc5 17.Bc2 Bc8 18.Ba3 Ne6 19.Qc4 Bxa3 20.Qxc6 Bd7 21.Qd5 Rb5 22.Qa2 Bb2
23.Ba4 Bxa1 24.Bxb5 Bxc3 25.Bxa6 Qa8 26.Rc1 Bxd2 27.Qxd2 Qxa6 28.Qxd7 Qxa5
29.Qd5 Qa3 30.Rf1 Rd8 31.Qxe5 h6 32.Qa1 Qb4 33.Qb1 c5 34.Qxb4 cxb4 35.Rb1 b3
36.Kf1 Rb8 37.Ke2 Nf4+ 38.Kd2 Nxg2 39.Kc3 Nf4 40.Nd4 b2 41.f3 Rc8+ 42.Kd2 Rc4
43.Nc2 g6 44.Rxb2 Kg7 45.Ra2 Kf6 46.Ke3 Ne6 47.Kf2 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Predojevic,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.a4 Rc8 15.Bd3 a5
16.Ra3 h6 17.h3 Qc7 18.Qb2 Rfd8 19.Rb3 Bc6 20.Rc3 Qb8 21.Ra3 Qd6 22.Ba6 Ra8
23.Bf1 Rac8 24.Ree3 Qb4 25.Reb3 Qd6 26.Ba6 Bxe4 27.Bxc8 Rxc8 28.Rc3 Rd8 29.Qc1 Nf6
30.Rc8 Rxc8 31.Qxc8+ Kh7 32.Re3 Bxf3 33.Rxf3 Qxd4 34.Qc7 Kg8 35.Qc8+ Kh7
36.Qf8 Qxa4 37.Qxf7 Qa1+ 38.Kh2 Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Na6 5.a3 c6 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.e3 Nc7 8.Nf3 Bxf4
9.exf4 Qd6 10.Ne5 b6 11.Qf3 c5 12.Nb5 Nxb5 13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.O-O-O O-O
16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.f5 Qe7 18.Rhe1 cxd4 19.Rxd4 Qf6 20.Qf4 Rae8 21.Re5 exf5 22.Rdxd5 Rxe5
23.Rxe5 g6 24.Re2 Rd8 25.Qe5 Qc6 26.f3 a5 27.b3 b5 28.Kb2 a4 29.b4 Qc4 30.Re3 Qf1
31.Re2 Rd1 32.Qxb5 Rb1+ 33.Kc3 Kg7 34.Qe5+ Kh6 35.Qe3+ Kg7 36.Qf2 Qh1 37.Qd4+ Kh6
38.Re7 Qxg2 39.Qd2+ Qxd2+ 40.Kxd2 Ra1 41.Re1 Rxa3 42.b5  1-0

[Event "42nd Olympiad 2016"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Arenas,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.a3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6
9.O-O Nd7 10.Re1 Rc8 11.b4 a6 12.Ng5 dxe5 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Qh5+ Ke7 15.dxe5 h6
16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.Bg5+ hxg5 18.Qxg5+ Nf6 19.exf6+ gxf6 20.Rxe6+ Kxe6 21.Qg4+ Ke7
22.Re1+ Ne4 23.Bxe4 Qd2 24.Kf1 Kd8 25.Rd1 Bb5+  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bd6
9.Re1 O-O 10.Qd3 Nd7 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Nb6 13.Qg3 Nxc4 14.Bh6 g6 15.Rad1 Bd7
16.h4 Nb6 17.h5 Qe7 18.Rd4 Be8 19.Bg5 f6 20.exf6 Qc5 21.Rxe6 Qf5 22.Re5 Qb1+
23.Kh2 gxh5 24.Bh6+ Bg6 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Qg5 Qxa2 27.Re7 Qxf2 28.Rg7+ Kh8
29.Rxg6  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 Nf6 7.e3 e4 8.Nd4 O-O
9.d3 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Be2 Qe7 12.b4 Bb6 13.O-O Rd8 14.Ra2 Bxd4 15.exd4 Nc6
16.Be3 Bf5 17.dxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Qd2 Qe6 20.f3 Bg6 21.Re1 Re8 22.Bf1 Qd7
23.Raa1 a6 24.b5 axb5 25.Bxb5 h5 26.a4 Qd6 27.Bf4 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Qf6 29.Be5 Qf5
30.Bxc6 bxc6 31.a5 Qd3 32.Qxd3 Bxd3 33.Bc7 f6 34.Re3 Bc4 35.Re6 Kf7 36.Rxc6 Re8
37.Bg3 Kg6 38.h4 Re2 39.Rc7 Ra2 40.Be1 Ra1 41.Kf2 Ra2+ 42.Kg1 Ra1 43.Re7 Kf5
44.Kh2 g6 45.Kg3 Ra2 46.Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.e3 Bf5 11.Bxb8 Nxc3 12.Qxf5 Ne4+ 13.Ke2 Qxb8 14.Qxd5  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 f6 4.e3 e5 5.c5 a5 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.b5 Bxc5 8.Bc4 Ne7 9.exd4 exd4
10.Ba3 Bxa3 11.Nxa3 Bg4 12.Nxd4 Nd7 13.Nac2 Nb6 14.Qb3 Qd6 15.O-O a4 16.Qc3 O-O-O
17.h3 Bd7 18.Rfe1 Ned5 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Qa5 Nb6 21.Re3 Rhe8 22.Rb1 Re5 23.Ra3 Rde8
24.Re3 Kb8 25.Rd3 Bf5 26.Re3 Bg6 27.Rbe1 Rd8 28.d3 Nd5 29.Rxe5 fxe5 30.Nf3 Bxd3
31.Nxe5 Bxc2 32.Nf7 Qg6 33.Nxd8 Nf4 34.g3 Nxh3+ 35.Kg2 Nf4+ 36.Kg1 Nh3+ 37.Kg2 Nf4+
38.Kg1 Nh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a5
9.b5 Ne7 10.Bb3 c6 11.O-O Ng6 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bg5 h6 15.b6 Bb8 16.Bxf6 Qxf6
17.Rb1 Ra6 18.g3 Be6 19.Ncd2 d5 20.exd5 cxd5 21.c4 Rxb6 22.cxd5 Bg4 23.Kg2 Rb4
24.Re4 Bd6 25.Rxg4 Rxg4 26.Ne4 Rxe4 27.dxe4 Bc5 28.Qe2 b6 29.Ne1 Ne7 30.Nd3 Bd4
31.Nb2 Nc8 32.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.d4 d5 10.c3 Bd6 11.Bd3 Nce7 12.Nbd2 c6 13.Qc2 g6 14.Nf1 Ng7 15.Ng3 f6 16.Bh6 Re8
17.Nh4 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Nef5 19.Qd2 g5 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Re1 Qd8 22.Nxf5 Nxf5
23.Bxf5 Bxf5 24.Qe2 Kf7 25.g4 Bd7 26.f4 Kg6 27.fxg5 fxg5 28.Qe5 Qf6 29.Qh2 Bxg4
30.Re5 Bf5 31.g4 Bxg4 32.Rxg5+ Qxg5 33.Bxg5 Kxg5 34.Qxh7 b6 35.Qb7 Rc8 36.Qxa7 b5
37.b3 Kf4 38.Kf2 Bf5 39.a4 bxa4 40.bxa4 Ke4 41.a5 Rh8 42.Qc7 Kd3 43.a6  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.O-O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 a6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Kb1 b5 14.Be2 Nbd7 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.fxe4 e5 17.Bc3 Bd6 18.h4 Nf6 19.Bf3 Qe7 20.g4 Nd7 21.g5 a5 22.Qc2 b4 23.Be1 c5
24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.Rd5 Rc8 26.Bg3 Rc6 27.Qe2 Qc7 28.Rhd1 Ke7 29.Qh2 Rc8 30.Bxe5 Bxe5
31.Qxe5+ Qxe5 32.Rxe5+ Kf8 33.Bg4 Nd3 34.Bxc8 Nxe5 35.Bb7 Rc7 36.Bd5 Ke7
37.Bb3 Rc5 38.Rf1 f6 39.gxf6+ gxf6 40.Bd5 Rc8 41.Rh1 Nf3 42.a4 bxa3 43.bxa3 Rc3
44.Kb2 Rxe3 45.h5 gxh5 46.Rxh5 Kd6 47.Rh8 Nd4 48.Ra8 f5 49.Rxa5 f4 50.Bc4 f3
51.e5+ Kc6 52.e6 f2 53.Rh5 Re1 54.Rh8 Nxe6 55.Rh2 f1=Q 56.Bxf1 Rxf1 57.a4 Kc5
58.a5 Nd4 59.Kc3 Rf3+ 60.Kd2 Ra3 61.Rh8 Rxa5 62.Rh5+ Kb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.e3 Nf6 5.b4 Be7 6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.a3 d6
9.d3 c5 10.Ne2 b6 11.bxc5 bxc5 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.Rb1 Re8 14.e4 Nc6 15.Be2 Nd4
16.O-O Rab8 17.Bc1 Bc6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.f4 Qa5 20.Rc1 Qxa3 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Rxf6 gxf6
23.Bh6 Re6 24.Bh5 f5 25.Be3 f4 26.Bf2 Rh6 27.Bg4 Rg6 28.h3 f3 29.Bxd4 cxd4
30.Nd5 fxg2  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Nb5 Be4 11.Qd1 Nb7 12.a3 Be7 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.Rc1 a6 15.Nc3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Na5 17.b4 Nxc4 18.Bb7 Nh5 19.Bxc8 Qxc8 20.Bd2 b5 21.e4 Nf6 22.Bg5 h6
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.a4 Qb7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Qe2 Rc8 27.Rfd1 Bg5 28.Rb1 Bf6 29.Rb3 g6
30.Nb1 h5 31.Nd2 Kg7 32.Nf3 d6 33.h4 Ra8 34.Ng5 Qe7 35.Nf3 Ra4 36.e5 Bxe5
37.Nxe5 dxe5 38.Qe1 Qb7 39.Rbd3 Ra2 40.Ra1 Rb2 41.Qc3 Qb6 42.Rf1 Ra2 43.Qb3 Re2
44.Qd1 Rb2 45.g4 e4 46.Rg3 e3 47.Qd3 exf2+ 48.Kh2 Rd2 49.Qc3+ Qd4 50.gxh5 Qxc3
51.Rxc3 gxh5 52.Kg2 Rd4 53.Rg3+ Kf8 54.Rxf2 Rxh4 55.Ra2 Nd6 56.Rd3 Nf5 57.Ra7 Rxb4
58.Rdd7 Nh6 59.Rdb7 Kg7 60.Ra5 Kg6 61.Rbxb5 Rxb5 62.Rxb5 f6 63.Rb8 e5 64.Kf3 Nf7
65.Kg3 Nd6 66.Rg8+ Kf7 67.Rh8 Nf5+ 68.Kf3 Kg6 69.Rg8+ Kh7 70.Ra8 Kg7 71.Rb8 Nh4+
72.Ke4 Kh6 73.Rb1 Kg6 74.Rh1 Kg5 75.Rg1+ Kh6 76.Rh1 Kg5 77.Rg1+ Kh6 78.Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 Qe7 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Rd1 Ne4 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.f3 Bg6 15.Bd3 O-O
16.Bd2 Nf6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Kg2 b6 19.Re1 c5 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.Bb5 Red8 22.Bc3 Qc7
23.Qf2 Qb7 24.b3 a6 25.Bd3 Rbc8 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.Rad1 Re8 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Qf1 Qb6
30.e4 dxe4 31.Bxe4 Kg7 32.Qc4 Re7 33.Bd3 Rxe1 34.Rxe1 a5 35.Re2 Rd8 36.Be4 Qb4
37.Bd5 Qxc4 38.Bxc4 f5 39.f4 Kf6 40.Kf3 Bc7 41.Rc2 Bb6 42.h3 Rd1 43.Be2 Rd4
44.h4 Ba7 45.Bc4 Bb6 46.Rh2 Rd7 47.h5 Kg7 48.hxg6 fxg6 49.Re2 Bd8 50.Re6 Bf6
51.Ra6 Bc3 52.g4 fxg4+ 53.Kxg4 Bd2 54.Kg5 Kh7 55.Rf6 Bc1 56.a4 Re7 57.Ra6 Re5+
58.Kg4 Rf5 59.Rxa5 Rxf4+ 60.Kg3 Rf5 61.Ra8 Bf4+ 62.Kg2 Be3 63.a5 Rf2+ 64.Kg3 Ra2
65.a6 Kh6 66.Kf3 Bd4 67.Ke4 g5 68.Rg8 Ra5 69.Kd5 Kh5 70.Kc6 g4 71.Kb6 Ra3
72.a7  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.a4 O-O
9.Nc3 Na5 10.Ba2 b4 11.Ne2 d5 12.Nxe5 dxe4 13.d4 Bb6 14.Bg5 b3 15.cxb3 Nc6
16.b4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Bxf6 Qxd1 19.Raxd1 gxf6 20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.Rd7 Rf8
22.a5 Ba7 23.Rc1 Bb8 24.Rcd1 Kg7 25.Rxf7+ Rxf7 26.Bxf7 Kxf7 27.Rd8 e3 28.fxe3 Ba7
29.Kf2 Ke7 30.Rg8 Be4 31.g4 Kd7 32.h4 Ke7 33.h5 Kd7 34.Rg7+ Kc6 35.Re7 Bc2
36.h6 Kd6 37.Rf7 Be4 38.Rxf6+ Ke7 39.Rxa6 Bb8 40.g5  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 c6 8.Nge2 b5 9.O-O bxc4
10.Bxc4 d5 11.Bb3 a5 12.Kh1 Ba6 13.Rc1 e6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bf2 Nbd7
17.e5 Nh5 18.Na4 Bb5 19.Re1 f6 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Nec3 Ba6 22.Ne2 g4 23.Ng1 Nf4
24.Rxc6 Nd3 25.Bg3 Nxe1 26.Qxe1 Rfe8 27.Nc3 Qf7 28.fxg4 Bxd4 29.Nf3 Bg7 30.g5 h5
31.Bc2 Nf8 32.h3 Rec8 33.Rd6 Rd8 34.g6 Qe8 35.Ba4 Qxg6 36.Nxd5 Kh8 37.Nf4 Qf5
38.Nh4 Qf7 39.Rb6 Bd4 40.Rc6 Rdc8 41.Qe4 Bg7 42.Nhg6+ Nxg6 43.Nxg6+ Kg8 44.Ne5 Qf5
45.Qxf5 exf5 46.Rb6 Rcb8 47.Rg6 Kh7 48.Rg5 Bf6 49.Rxf5 Kg7 50.Rxf6 Kxf6 51.Nd7+ Kf5
52.Nxb8 Bc4 53.b3 Bd3 54.Nc6 Bb1 55.a3 Kf6 56.Bb5 Re8 57.Kh2 Re3 58.Nxa5 Rc3
59.Bc4 Be4 60.Bf1 Rc1 61.Nc4 Ba8 62.Ne3 Rc3 63.Bf4 Rxb3 64.a4 Rb4 65.Bc4 Rxa4
66.h4 Ra3 67.Be2 Kg6 68.Kg3 Be4 69.Bf3 Bb1 70.Nc4 Rc3 71.Ne5+ Kf6 72.Kh2 Kf5
73.Bg3 Be4 74.Bxh5 Rxg3 75.Kxg3 Kxe5 76.Bf3 Bf5 77.Kf2 Bd7 78.Ke3 Be6 79.g3 Bd7
80.Bh5 Be6 81.Be8 Kf5 82.Bh5 Ke5 83.Be2 Bd7 84.Kd2 Be6 85.Kc3 Ke4 86.Bd1 Ke5
87.Kb4 Kd4 88.Kb5 Ke5 89.Kc5 Bd7 90.Be2 Be8 91.g4 Kf4 92.g5 Ke5 93.Bd1 Bf7
94.Be2 Be8 95.Kb6 Kd6 96.Bd3 Bh5 97.Bc2 Be8 98.Bd1 Bf7 99.h5 Ke5 100.g6 Be8
101.h6 Bxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.d4 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 a5 8.b3 a4 9.Ba3 Bf5
10.e3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Re8 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Rfc1 Qb6 14.Bf1 e5 15.Qb5 Ne4 16.Qxb6 Nxb6
17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.bxa4 Rxa4 21.Bc5 Bxa1 22.Rxa1 Nc4
23.Bd4 b5 24.Be2 Ra6 25.f3 Bc2 26.Kf2 f6 27.g4 Kf7 28.h4 Ra4 29.h5 g5 30.Ke1 Ra3
31.Bc5 Ra8 32.Kf2 f5 33.a3 fxg4 34.fxg4 Ke6 35.Kg3 Nd2 36.Bb4 Nc4 37.Bc5 Rc8
38.Bd4 Ra8 39.Bc5 Be4 40.Kf2 Rc8 41.Bd4 Ra8 42.Bc5 Kd7 43.Bb4 Ra6 44.Kg3 Rf6
45.Rf1 Rxf1 46.Bxf1 Ke6 47.Kf2 Bc2 48.Be2 Be4 49.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bxc4 Qc7
9.O-O a6 10.Bb3 b5 11.Qe2 b4 12.Na4 Bb7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.Bc2 h6
16.Rd1 a5 17.Rd4 Ne7 18.Bd2 O-O 19.Rc1 Rfd8 20.Be3 Nd5 21.Bd2 Ba6 22.Qe1 Qb6
23.Bb1 Rac8 24.h3 h5 25.Qd1 Nd7 26.Be4 Rxc1 27.Bxc1 Nc5 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Rxd5 Rxd5
30.Qxd5 Bb7 31.Qd4 Bxf3 32.gxf3 Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.g3 Nbd7 10.Bg2 Be7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.a4 Rc4 13.b3 Rc5 14.Be3 Rc7 15.f4 Nb8
16.Bb6 Qc8 17.Bxc7 Qxc7 18.f5 Bd7 19.O-O Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Bc6 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Nbd7
23.c4 a5 24.Nc3 Bd8 25.Nb5 Bb6 26.Rab1 Ke7 27.Qg5 Qe3 28.Qxe3 Bxe3 29.b4 axb4
30.Rxb4 Ra8 31.Ra1 Ra5 32.Rb3 Bc5 33.Nc3 b6 34.Nb5 Nf8 35.Bf3 N8h7 36.h4 Kd7
37.Kg2 Nf8 38.Nc3 Ke7 39.Rb5 Ra7 40.a5 Bd4 41.Ra3 bxa5 42.Ne4 Nxe4 43.Bxe4 Nd7
44.Rbxa5 Rc7 45.Bd3 Kf6 46.Be2 Nc5 47.Bxh5 Kxf5 48.Rf3+ Ke4 49.Bxf7 Bb2 50.Rb5 Bc1
51.Rb1 Bh6 52.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 Nd7 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.a4 b6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nd2 c5 12.Nc4 Nb8 13.f4 exf4 14.Qf3 Ra7 15.Nxd6 cxd6
16.Bxf4 Be6 17.Qg3 Rd7 18.Nd5 Nc6 19.Bg5 f6 20.Nxf6+  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 Bd6 7.Nc3 c5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nd2 Be6 10.Nc4 Nd7 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.f4 f5 13.exf5 Rxf5 14.g4 Rf8 15.f5 Bf7
16.Qf3 c4 17.Be3 cxd3 18.cxd3 Rc8 19.d4 b5 20.Nxb5 exd4 21.Nxd4 Ne5 22.Qg3 Qd7
23.Bf4 Qb7 24.b3 Qb4 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Qxe5 Rfe8 27.Qf4 Rc3 28.Kh2 Bd5 29.f6 Ree3
30.f7+  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Na5
9.b3 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.Rc1 c6 12.Ng3 h5 13.Bd3 e5 14.Nge2 b4 15.Na4 exd4
16.Bxd4 c5 17.Bf2 Nd7 18.O-O Ne5 19.Rfd1 Be6 20.Nf4 Bxb3 21.axb3 Nxb3 22.Qc2 Nxc1
23.Rxc1 Bh6  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Ne5 e6 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bg2 Bd6 11.O-O g5 12.Re1 Nf8 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Nd7 17.Bg2 Qf6 18.d5 cxd5 19.cxd5 e5 20.Be3 a6 21.Ba7 O-O 22.Rac1 g6
23.a4 Kg7 24.a5 Qe7 25.Rc4 Nf6 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Qc3 Nd7 28.Re2 Qd8 29.b4 Qe7
30.Rb2 Rd8 31.b5 Bc5 32.bxa6 bxa6 33.Rb7 Bd4 34.Qd2 Qf6 35.Rc6 Qe7 36.Rcc7 Kf8
37.d6 Qxd6 38.Qxg5 Bxf2+ 39.Kxf2 Qd4+ 40.Kg3 Ke8 41.Qxd8+  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.e3 Nxc3
9.Qc2 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nd6 11.c5 Nf5 12.O-O h6 13.Rb1 O-O 14.Qc3 Nfe7 15.Bd2 b6
16.Rfc1 Na5 17.Qc2 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.Qxc4 Bb7 20.Ne1 Be4 21.Rb2 Ng6 22.f3 Bd5
23.Qc3 f5 24.Nd3 Rf7 25.Be1 Qg5 26.Kf1 Re8 27.Re2 Bb7 28.Qc4 Qd8 29.Bg3 Qc8
30.Kf2 Ba6 31.Qc3 f4 32.exf4 Bxd3 33.Qxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 e6 4.c4 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nc6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Qe2 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Ncxe7 15.Bxd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qd3 Qb6 18.Ne5 Be6 19.Re2 Rc7 20.Rae1 Rfc8 21.f4 Qa6 22.Qf3 Qb6
23.Qd3 Qa6 24.Qf3 Rc1 25.Re3 Qb6 26.f5 Qxd4 27.Kf1 Bxf5 28.Qxf5 R8c7 29.Re2 Rxe1+
30.Rxe1 Qxb2 31.Nd3 Qb5 32.Kg1 g6 33.Qf6 Qb6+ 34.Qxb6 axb6 35.Nb4 d4 36.Nd5 Rc2
37.Rd1 Rxa2 38.Nxb6 Ra6 39.Nd5 Rd6 40.Rxd4 Kg7 41.Kf2 b5 42.Ke3 g5 43.Ke4 Re6+
44.Kd3 Kg6 45.Ne3 f5 46.Rd5 f4 47.Ng4 b4 48.Rb5 Kh5 49.Ne5 b3 50.Kc3 Rd6
51.Rxb3 Rd5 52.Nd3 Ra5 53.Kd2 Ra1 54.Ke2 Rh1 55.h3 Kh4 56.Ne5 Ra1 57.Kf2 Ra2+
58.Kg1 Re2 59.Nf3+ Kh5 60.Rb6 Ra2 61.Ne5 Rc2 62.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.Nc3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 Be6 10.Nd5 a5 11.c4 a4 12.Nc1 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Nd4 14.Ne2 Nxe2 15.Bxe2 Nd7
16.O-O h6 17.Bb5 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Qc2 Qb6 20.Bc4 Qa5 21.d6 Bxd6 22.Rad1 Qc7
23.a3 Be7 24.g3 Rfd8 25.Bd5 c4 26.Kg2 Ra5 27.f4 Bf6 28.Rf2 Kh8 29.Qe2 Rc5
30.Qh5 c3 31.bxc3 Rxc3 32.fxe5 Qxe5 33.Qxf7 Rc7 34.Qg6 b5 35.Be6 Rf8 36.Bf5 Kg8
37.Rd5 Qc3 38.e5 Qc6 39.Be4  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 e5 8.Qd3 Be7
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 h6 11.a4 O-O 12.b3 Be6 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Rfd1 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Rc8
16.Nxe5 Bg5 17.f4 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 dxe5 19.Rxd8 exf4 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Nd5 Bxd5
22.exd5 Kf8 23.Re1 a5 24.Kf2 Rd8 25.Kf3 g5 26.Rd1 Re8 27.Rd3 Ke7 28.c5 Kd7
29.g3 fxg3 30.hxg3 f5 31.Rd4 Re5 32.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 d5 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.exd5 Qxd5 10.Qxd5 Bxd5 11.Bb5+ Bc6 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.N1d2 a5 14.a3 a4 15.Nc1 Nc5
16.Bf5 Rg8 17.O-O Rg5 18.Be4 O-O-O 19.Nd3 Bb5 20.h4 Rh5 21.g4 Rxh4 22.Kg2 Bh6
23.Kg3 Bg5 24.Bf5+ Kb8 25.Ne4 Nxe4+ 26.Bxe4 h5 27.Rh1 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 hxg4 29.fxg4 Rd4
30.Kf3 Rc4 31.Nb4 Bd7 32.Rg1 Rd4 33.Rg2 Rd1 34.Nd3 Rh1 35.Nf2 Re1 36.Rh2 Re3+
37.Kg2 Bf4 38.Rh8+ Kc7 39.Rg8 Rg3+ 40.Kf1 Bb5+ 41.Nd3 Re3 42.Bf5  0-1

[Event "8th London Classic 2016"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Na3 c3
9.Nb5 cxb2 10.Bxb2 Bd7 11.Qb3 Bc6 12.Rfd1 Qc8 13.Rac1 Nbd7 14.Nbd4 Bd5 15.Qa3 Re8
16.c6 Nb6 17.c7 Nc4 18.Qb4 Nxb2 19.Qxb2 b6 20.Qa3 e6 21.Nb5 Bf8 22.Qb2 Bg7
23.Qd2 Qd7 24.a4 Ne4 25.Qf4 a6 26.Qxe4 axb5 27.Qd3 f5 28.Ng5  1-0

[Event "8th London Classic 2016"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.h4 Qb6 8.Na3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nb4 10.h5 h6 11.Bd2 a6 12.Bc3 Nec6 13.Rh3 O-O-O 14.Kf1 Kb8 15.Qd2 f6
16.exf6 gxf6 17.Rg3 Be8 18.Nh4 Bd6 19.Rg7 e5 20.dxe5 fxe5 21.Ng6 Bxg6 22.hxg6 e4
23.Rf7 Rhg8 24.g7 Ka7 25.Qxh6 Nd3 26.Bxd3 exd3 27.Re1 Bc5 28.Re6 Rc8 29.Qg5 Bd4
30.Re1 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Qb2 32.Nb1 Rce8 33.Qd2 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 d4 35.Nd2 dxc3 36.Nc4 Re8
37.Rxb7+ Qxb7 38.Qxe8 Qb1+  0-1

[Event "8th London Classic 2016"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.d4 d5 10.g3 Re8 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Ne2 g5 13.h3 h6 14.Bg2 Ng7 15.Ne5 f6 16.Nxc6 bxc6
17.c4 Qd7 18.Kh2 Bb4 19.Bd2 Bxd2 20.Qxd2 dxc4 21.Nc3 Bd5 22.Ne4 Qf7 23.Qa5 f5
24.Nc3 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 f4 26.Qc5 fxg3 27.fxg3 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Rf8 29.d5 Nh5 30.Rg1 cxd5
31.Qxd5 Qxd5+ 32.Nxd5 Rd8 33.Rd1 Kg7 34.Kf3 c6 35.Ne3 Rd3 36.Rxd3 cxd3 37.Nf1 Kf6
38.Ke3 Ke5 39.Kxd3 Nf6 40.Ne3 h5 41.Nc4+ Kd5 42.Ne3+ Ke5 43.Nc4+ Kd5 44.Ne3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th London Classic 2016"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.12"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.c3 e6 7.b4 a6 8.Nbd2 Nxe5
9.Qa4+ Nd7 10.Ne5 Nf6 11.c4 a5 12.Nb3 axb4 13.Qb5 Be7 14.c6 bxc6 15.Nxc6 Qc7
16.f3 Bf5 17.Nxe7 Rb8 18.Nxf5 Rxb5 19.Nxg7+ Ke7 20.cxb5 Nc5 21.Bb2 Nxb3 22.axb3 Qf4
23.Be2 Rc8 24.Rd1 Qg5 25.b6 Rc2 26.Bxf6+ Qxf6 27.Nh5 Qc3+ 28.Kf1 Qe3 29.Re1 Qxb6
30.Nf4 Qe3 31.g3 Qxb3 32.Kg2 Kf8 33.Kh3 Qb2 34.Rb1 Qf6 35.Rhe1 e5 36.Nxd5 Qe6+
37.Kg2 Qxd5 38.Rxb4 Qd2 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.Kf1 Qh6 41.Kg2 e4 42.Rb3 Qe6 43.Re3 exf3+
44.Kxf3 Qh3 45.Rd1 Qh5+ 46.Kf2 Qxh2+ 47.Kf3 Rc6 48.Rd4 Rg6 49.g4 Rf6+ 50.Ke4 Qh1+
51.Kd3 Qb1+ 52.Kd2 Qb2+ 53.Kd3 Rc6  0-1

[Event "8th London Classic 2016"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d4 Nd7
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Bxe5 11.f4 Bd4+ 12.Kh1 f6 13.c3 Bb6 14.f5 Bf7 15.e5 fxe5
16.Qg4 Qd3 17.Qxg7 Rg8 18.Qxe5+ Kd7 19.Qe4 Qa6 20.f6 Rae8 21.Qf5+ Kd8 22.c4 Qa5
23.Qh3 Qb4 24.Qxh7 Qf8 25.b3 Bd4 26.Qd3 Qd6 27.Ne4 Qd7 28.Rd1 Kc8 29.Qxd4 Qg4
30.Bg5 Rxe4 31.Qxa7 Bd5 32.Qa8+ Kd7 33.Rxd5+  1-0

[Event "8th London Classic 2016"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.a4 d6 7.Bg5 Ba7 8.Nbd2 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 O-O 11.O-O Nh7 12.h3 h5 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 g4 15.hxg4 hxg4
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.e5 d5 18.Be2 Qg5 19.a5 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Ra4 Rf7 22.Re1 Nh5
23.Bxg4 Nxg3 24.Re8+ Kg7 25.Rxc8 Bxf2+ 26.Kh2 Qe5 27.Kh3 Ne2  0-1

[Event "8th London Classic 2016"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5
10.a3 h6 11.Be2 Ba6 12.O-O Qc8 13.Rb1 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 axb4 15.axb4 Qb7 16.Rfc1 Rfc8
17.Ne1 Bd8 18.Qd1 Bc7 19.Nd3 b5 20.Ra1 Ne4 21.Ne2 Bd8 22.f3 Nef6 23.Nc3 Nf8
24.Rc2 Ng6 25.Rca2 Rxa2 26.Rxa2 Ra8 27.Qa1 Rxa2 28.Qxa2 Nxf4 29.exf4 Nd7
30.Ne2 Bc7 31.h4 Nb8 32.h5 Qa6 33.Qb2 f6 34.g4 Nd7 35.Kf2 Qa8 36.Ke1 Kf7
37.Kd2 Kg8 38.Kd1 Kf7 39.Kc2 Qa4+ 40.Kc1 Qa8 41.Kb1 Qa7 42.Qc1 Qa8 43.Kb2 Bd8
44.Qg1 Be7 45.Nec1 Bd8 46.Nb3 Qb7 47.Qe3 Qa8 48.Qc1 Qa4 49.Qe1 Qa8 50.Qd2 Qa4
51.Nf2 Qa8 52.Nh3 Qc8 53.Qc2 Nf8 54.Nc1 Kg8 55.Nd3 Nh7 56.Qe2 Nf8 57.Qe3 Qd7
58.Ng1 Qe8 59.Ne2 Bc7 60.Nec1 Kf7 61.Nb3 Ke7 62.Qe1 Kd7 63.Nbc1 Kc8 64.Ne2 Nd7
65.Ng3 Qf7 66.Qe3 Kb7 67.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th London Classic 2016"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O-O e5 11.Bg5 d4 12.Nd5 b5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.cxb5 Na5 15.exd4 exd4
16.Nb4 Bxb4 17.axb4 Be6 18.Nxd4 Rc8 19.Nc6 Nxc6 20.bxc6 Qb6 21.Qa4 Rxc6+
22.Kb1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Be2 Bf5+ 25.Ka2 Rc2 26.Rd1 Qb6 27.Bg4 Qe6+ 28.Ka3 Qe5
29.Qb3 Bg6 30.Bf3 Rxf2 31.h4 Bc2 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Qc3 Qb5 34.Qc6 Rxf3+  0-1

[Event "8th London Classic 2016"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e6 7.e3 Nge7 8.d4 O-O
9.Re1 a6 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Rc1 b6 12.Ne2 e5 13.Bc3 h6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Ra1 b5 16.a3 bxc4
17.axb4 cxb4 18.Bd2 Nxd5 19.Qc1 c3 20.bxc3 b3 21.Qb1 Nf6 22.Qb2 Qc7 23.c4 Qxc4
24.Nc3 Be6 25.Rec1 Nd7 26.e4 Nc5 27.Bf1 Qb4 28.Be3 Rfc8 29.Nd2 a5 30.Bxc5 Rxc5
31.Ra4 Qb7 32.Bc4 Qc6 33.Bd5 Bxd5 34.exd5 Qd7 35.Ra3 a4 36.Nxa4 Rxd5 37.Nxb3 e4
38.Qa2 Qf5 39.Re1 Rdb5 40.Rc1 d5 41.Nac5 d4 42.Ra7 d3 43.Rc7 h5 44.Qa4 h4
45.Qxe4 Qxe4 46.Nxe4 Rxb3 47.gxh4 Bh6 48.Rf1 R3b4 49.f3 Rb2 50.Nf6+ Kg7 51.Ng4 d2
52.Rd7 Re8 53.Nf2 Re1  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Paehtz,T sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Ne4 8.Nfd2 Nxd2
9.Nxd2 O-O 10.Bf3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Rc1 c6 13.Qa4 b5 14.Qb3 Nd7 15.Bxd5+ cxd5
16.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Riff,JN"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.f4 Nb6 10.Be2 Qd7 11.a4 Nbd5 12.Ng5 Bd6 13.c4 Ne7 14.Nf3 Rd8 15.Ne5 Qc7
16.Qb3 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5+ 18.Be3 O-O 19.Bf3 b6 20.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21.Kh1 Rd4 22.Ne2 Rd2
23.Qc3 Rfd8 24.b4 Qc7 25.Ng3 a5 26.Rfc1 Nf5 27.Nxf5 Bxf5 28.c5 axb4 29.Qxb4 bxc5
30.Qxc5 Qxc5 31.Rxc5 g5 32.fxg5 Ne4 33.Rcc1 Nxg5 34.Bc6 f6 35.Nf3 Nxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Krysa,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 e6 7.Nbc3 exd5 8.cxd5 O-O
9.Ng3 a6 10.Be2 b5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 h5 14.Qd2 Nh7 15.a3 c4 16.f4 h4
17.Nh1 f5 18.Nf2 fxe4 19.Ncxe4 Ndf6 20.Ng5 Re8 21.Bf3 Bf5 22.Ne6 Bxe6 23.dxe6 d5
24.Rad1 Rxe6 25.Bd4 Ne4 26.Qc2 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Nhf6 28.Nxe4 Nxe4 29.Rfd1 Qb6
30.g3 Rae8 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.gxh4 Qc7 33.Bxe4 Rxe4 34.Qc3 Kh7 35.Rxe4 Rxe4 36.Rxd5 Qc6
37.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Kantor,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 O-O 13.Be3 Bf6 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Rad1 Be6
16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Qxb7 Rfb8 18.Qc7 Bxb2 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Rc8 21.Qg3 Nxd4
22.Rxd4 g6 23.Rfd1 Rc4 24.Qd3 Rac8 25.h3 Kg7 26.Rxc4 Rxc4 27.a5 h5 28.Qd6 Qf5
29.a6 Ra4 30.Qc6 Qa5 31.g3 Qxa6 32.Qxa6 Rxa6 33.h4 Rb6 34.Rd7 a6 35.Ra7 Kf6
36.Kg2 Ke6 37.Kf3 f5 38.Kf4 Kd5 39.Kg5 Ke4 40.Rd7 Kf3 41.Rd2 a5 42.Ra2 Ra6
43.Rb2 a4 44.Rc2 a3 45.Ra2 Ke4 46.Re2+ Kd3 47.Ra2 Kd4 48.Kh6 Ke4 49.Kg5 Kf3
50.Kh6 f4  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Deac,Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.Ne5 Bc6 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.e3 Qd7
9.O-O Rd8 10.Qe2 e5 11.Nc3 Be7 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Bxb7 Bb4 14.Rd1 Nd3 15.e4 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Qb5 17.e5 Nd5 18.Rb1 Nxc3 19.Qf3 Qxe5 20.Qc6+ Kf8 21.Bb2 Ne2+ 22.Kg2 c3
23.Ba3+ Kg8 24.Qe4 c2 25.Rxd3  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.h3 Bb6 8.Nc4 Ne7
9.O-O Ng6 10.Ba4 Be6 11.Bc2 h6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.d4 c5 14.a3 Re8 15.Be3 Qc7
16.d5 Bd7 17.Nd2 b5 18.Qf3 Nh7 19.Qg3 Qd8 20.f4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Qg5 22.Rf3 Qxg3
23.Rxg3 Kh8 24.Rf1 Ne5 25.Bd1 Re7 26.Bf4 f6 27.h4 Be8 28.Be2 Ra4 29.Re3 Nf8
30.Bg3 Kg8 31.c4 Nfd7 32.cxb5 Nb6 33.Rc1 Ra5 34.Be1 Ra4 35.Bf2 Bd7 36.Rg3 Nc8
37.Ra1 Na7 38.b3 Ra5 39.b4 Bxb5 40.bxa5 Bxe2 41.Rb1 Ba6 42.Rgb3 Nc8 43.Bg3 Ng4
44.h5 Kf7 45.Re1 Ne5 46.Bxe5 Rxe5 47.Nf3 Re7 48.Nh4 Rd7 49.Nf5 Ne7 50.Ne3 Ke8
51.Kf2 Kf8 52.a4 Kf7 53.Reb1 Ke8 54.g4 Kd8 55.Rc3 Kc7 56.Kf3 Nc8 57.Nc2 Kd8
58.Rc1 Ne7 59.Kf2 Ke8 60.Ne3 Rc7 61.Rb1 Kd8 62.Kf3 Rd7 63.Kf4 Rc7 64.Rcb3 Rd7
65.Ng2 Nc8 66.Kf3 Ke8 67.Nf4 Rc7 68.Ne6 Re7 69.Kf4 Rd7 70.Ke3 Re7 71.R3b2 Rf7
72.Rf2 Bc4 73.Kd2 Ba2 74.Rb2 Bc4 75.Kc3 Ba6 76.Rb1 Na7 77.Rb6 Nc8 78.Rxa6 bxa6
79.Rb2  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 a6 7.a4 e6 8.Nge2 exd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7
10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 h5 12.Nf4 Ne5 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Rb8 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.a5 Ne8
17.Na4 Qxa5 18.b4 Bxa4 19.Rxa4 Qd8 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.Qxc5 Nd6 22.Qb4 Re8 23.Rc1 Qf6
24.Ne6 fxe6 25.Qxd6 Nf7 26.Qc5 b6 27.Qc7 exd5 28.Rxa6 dxe4 29.Rc6 Rbc8 30.Qxc8 Rxc8
31.Rxf6 Bxf6 32.fxe4 Nd6 33.Rxb6 Be5 34.Rb3 Nxe4 35.Bd3 Nc5 36.Bc4+ Kg7 37.Rb5 Bd6
38.Rb6 Be5 39.Rb5 Bd6 40.Bd4+ Kf8 41.Rb1 Nd7 42.Be6 Rc7 43.Rf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.31"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nf3 Nh6
9.Bxh6 Rxh6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.c3 c5 12.a3 Rc8 13.b4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nb6 15.O-O Bxh4
16.Nxh4 Qxh4 17.Rac1 Qd8 18.Qb5+ Qd7 19.Rxc8+ Nxc8 20.Qa5 b6 21.Qa6 Ne7 22.Rc1 Kd8
23.b5 Nf5 24.Nb3 Rh8 25.a4 Ke7 26.a5 Rb8 27.axb6 axb6 28.Rc6 Qb7 29.Qa3+ Kd7
30.g3 Ke8 31.Qc1 Qe7 32.Rc7 Qd8 33.Qc6+ Kf8 34.Rd7 Qc8 35.Na5 bxa5 36.Rc7 Qd8
37.b6 Ne7 38.Qc5 a4 39.b7 a3 40.Qd6 a2 41.Rc1 Qxd6 42.exd6 Rxb7  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.a4 Bb7
16.Qe2 Rb8 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nf1 Re8 20.Ne3 Bf6 21.Bd2 Bc8 22.Ba5 Qe7
23.Bc3 Ng6 24.Qf3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Qg5 26.Kh2 h5 27.Ra7 Re7 28.Rxe7 Nxe7 29.Ra1 Ng6
30.Qg3 Qf6 31.Nf5 Bxf5 32.exf5 Ne5 33.Rb1 h4 34.Qf4 g5 35.Qe3 Nc4 36.Qc1 Kg7
37.Bd3 Ne5 38.Be4 g4 39.hxg4 Nxg4+ 40.Kg1 Qh6 41.Qxh6+ Kxh6 42.Kf1 Kg5  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Gledura,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bb4 10.Bg2 Nb6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.O-O O-O 13.Qd3 Re8 14.a3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qd7
16.f3 Na4 17.g4 Re7 18.Rb1 b5 19.Bd2 Rae8 20.Rfe1 Qd6 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.Qd3 a6
23.Re2 Qd6 24.Rbe1 Nb2 25.Qc2 Nc4 26.e4 dxe4 27.fxe4 c5 28.e5 Qb6 29.Kf1 cxd4
30.cxd4 Qxd4 31.Bc3 Qf4+ 32.Rf2 Ne3+ 33.Rxe3 Qxe3 34.exf6 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4
9.d3 d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.c3 Qe8 14.d4 bxc3 15.bxc3 exd4
16.cxd4 Rb5 17.Nc4 Qg6 18.Qe2 Nd7 19.Bd2 Bf6 20.Bc3 Rb3 21.Qc2 Rb5 22.Na3 Rb7
23.Qe2 Ra8 24.Rac1 Nd8 25.Nc4 Rb5 26.e5 Be7 27.exd6 cxd6 28.Bd2 Qf7 29.g3 Rab8
30.Bf4 Qf8 31.h4 h6 32.Kg2 Nf6 33.Bd2 Nd5 34.Ne3 Nxe3+ 35.fxe3 Qe8 36.e4 Nb7
37.Qc4 Bd8 38.Qc6 Bxa5 39.Bxa5 Rxa5 40.Re2 Qxc6 41.Rxc6 Rf8 42.Rb6 Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd3 c5
9.Qb3 Qd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.dxc5 Nc6 12.Bd2 Bxc5 13.Rc1 Rd8 14.Na4 Bd6 15.Nc5 Bxc5
16.Rxc5 d4 17.Bb5 O-O 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.f3 Qe7 20.Rc2 Nd5 21.Kf2 Rb8 22.Qa3 Rxb2
23.Qxb2 dxe3+ 24.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 25.Kg3 Qf4+ 26.Kf2 Rb8 27.Qc1 Qd4+ 28.Kg3 Ne3
29.Rc5 Rb2 30.Rg1 Rxa2 31.h3 Qd6+ 32.f4 Qd3 33.Kh2 Qe4 34.Rg5 Rc2  0-1

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Rc1 c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.cxd5 g5 11.Bg3 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 exd5 14.Be2 Bd7 15.O-O Rac8
16.Be5 g4 17.Nd4 h5 18.Nb5 f6 19.Bd4 Ne6 20.Nxa7 Ra8 21.Nb5 Rxa2 22.Bc3 Kf7
23.Rcd1 Bc6 24.f3 Bc5 25.Kh1 Bxe3 26.Nd6+ Kg8 27.fxg4 Nf4 28.Nf5 Nxe2 29.Nxe3 Nxc3
30.bxc3 hxg4 31.Rd4 f5 32.Kg1 Bb5 33.Rb1 Bc6 34.Rf1 Bb5 35.Rb1 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.c3 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.Bf4 d5 14.Bd3 g6 15.Nd2 c6
16.Nf3 Ng7 17.Qe2 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.Re1 Ng7 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.Qxe5 f6 22.Qe7 Qxe7
23.Rxe7 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.Kf1 Kf7 26.Ke2 h5 27.a4 g5 28.Bb8 a6 29.h3 Ng7
30.a5 Kg6 31.g4 f5 32.f3 Ne6 33.b4 Nd8 34.Bc7 Nf7 35.Kf2 hxg4 36.hxg4 Kf6
37.Kg3 Ke6 38.Bb8 Nh6 39.Kh3 fxg4+ 40.fxg4 Ng8 41.Ba7 Nf6 42.Bc5 Ne4 43.Kg2 Nxc3
44.Kf3 Ne4 45.Kg2 Nf6 46.Kf3 Kd7 47.Kg3 Kc7 48.Kf3 Ne4 49.Bb6+ Kd7 50.Bc5 Nd6
51.Ke3 Kc7 52.Bb6+ Kc8 53.Bc5 Nc4+ 54.Ke2 Kd7 55.Kd3 Ke6 56.Ke2 Kf6 57.Kf3 Nd2+
58.Ke2 Ne4 59.Ke3 Kg6 60.Ke2 Nf6 61.Kf3 Kf7 62.Kg3 Ke6 63.Kf3 Kf7 64.Kg3 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Bd3 Ng6 8.O-O Nc6
9.b4 Bb6 10.Bb2 Nf4 11.c4 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Ne7 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.Qg4 Bc6
16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Ng5 Qxe5 18.b5 h5 19.Qh4 Bxb5 20.Rfe1 Qf5 21.Nxb5 Qxb5 22.Bxg7 Nf5
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Rxe6+ Kf7 25.Qf6+ Kg8 26.Bxh8 Bxf2+ 27.Kh1 Qa4 28.Red6 Rf8
29.Qg6+ Kxh8 30.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.Qc2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 d6 10.h4 Nd7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.Qc2 c6 13.e4 Qc7 14.Ng5 e5 15.d5 h6 16.Nf3 a6
17.dxc6 Qxc6 18.Bf1 Rfc8 19.a4 Nc5 20.Nd2 Ne6 21.Qb1 Nd4 22.Bh3 Rf8 23.Rc1 Bd8
24.O-O f5 25.Kh2 f4 26.Qd3 Kh8 27.b3 Bc8 28.Bxc8 Qxc8 29.Ne2 Nxe2 30.Qxe2 Ra7
31.Rc3 b5 32.Rd3 bxa4 33.bxa4 Raf7 34.Rxd6 Bxh4 35.Rd5 f3 36.Qd3 Qg4 37.Rh1 Bg5
38.c5 Rb8 39.Nc4 Rfb7 40.Nb6 Rxb6 41.cxb6 Rxb6 42.Rxe5 Bh4 43.Qc3 Rg6 44.Qe1 Bg5
45.Rf5 Rd6 46.Rf8+ Kh7 47.e5 Rd3 48.e6 Be7 49.Rf4 Qh5+ 50.Kg1 Qd5 51.Qe4+ Qxe4
52.Rxe4 Kg6 53.Kh2 Rd2 54.Rf1 Kf5 55.Re3 Kg4 56.Kg1 g5 57.Rc1 Ra2 58.Kf1 Rxa4
59.Rc7 Bb4 60.Rc4+  1-0

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.e5 Bb7 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Qe3 Bc5 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nd5 Qe5
16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Nc7+ Ke7 18.Nxa8 Bxg2 19.Rhe1 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Nf3 21.Rxe6+ fxe6
22.Rg4 Rxa8 23.Rxg2 Kf7 24.Rg3 Nd4 25.Rh3 Kg6 26.Rg3+ Kf7 27.Rh3 Kg6 28.Rg3+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7
9.c3 Na5 10.Ba2 bxa4 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Re1 c5 13.Bb1 Qc7 14.Bc2 c4 15.Nxc4 Nxc4
16.dxc4 Qxc4 17.Bxa4 Be6 18.Nd2 Qc7 19.Bb3 Bxb3 20.Qxb3 Rfb8 21.Qc4 Qb7 22.Qe2 Qb5
23.Nc4 Rc8 24.Ne3 Qxe2 25.Rxe2 g6 26.Ra4 Rc5 27.Rc2 Rac8 28.Kf1 a5 29.Rd2 Kf8
30.Rd1 Ke8 31.f3 h5 32.Ke2 Kd7 33.Bd2 Ke6 34.Be1 Rb8 35.b4 axb4 36.cxb4 Rc6
37.Rda1 d5 38.Ra6 Rd6 39.R1a5 dxe4 40.Nc4 exf3+ 41.gxf3 Rxa6 42.Rxa6+ Kf5
43.Ra5 Ke6 44.Rxe5+ Kd7 45.b5 Bd8 46.Bh4 Bc7 47.Bxf6 Bxe5 48.Nxe5+ Kd6 49.Bh4 Rb7
50.Bg3 Ke6 51.Nc6 Kd5 52.Nd8 Rxb5 53.Nxf7 Ke6 54.Nd8+ Kd7 55.Nf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 h6 13.Nxd4 Qh4 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.Bh7+ Kh8
16.Qf5 Qxf5 17.Bxf5 Nf6 18.Bc2 b6 19.Rd1 Bb7 20.Bb3 Rad8 21.Be3 Be7 22.Rd3 Nxd5
23.Rad1 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Bxf7 g5
29.f4 gxf4 30.exf4 Kg7 31.Bd5 Bc7 32.Kg2 Bxf4 33.h3 Kf6 34.Kf3 Be5 35.b3 a5
36.a4 Bd6 37.Ke4 Be5 38.Kf3 Bd6 39.Ke4 Be5 40.Kf3 Bd6 41.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.h3 a5 8.Bg5 Ba7
9.Nbd2 Ne7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nh4 c6 12.Qh5 d5 13.Bb3 Ng6 14.Nf5 Kh8 15.g3 Be6
16.Bd1 Ne7 17.Bg4 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.Qxf5 Qe7 20.Nf3 Rg8 21.Kg2 Rad8 22.Rad1 Qe6
23.Nh4 Qxf5 24.Nxf5 Rd7 25.exd5 cxd5 26.d4 h5 27.Rfe1 Bb8 28.dxe5 fxe5 29.Rd2 Rgd8
30.Red1 Kh7 31.Kf3 Bc7 32.Ne3 d4 33.cxd4 exd4 34.Nc2 Be5 35.Ne1 Rc7 36.Nd3 Bf6
37.Re2 a4 38.a3 Rd5 39.Rdd2 Rc6 40.Rc2 Rb6 41.Rc5 Rxc5 42.Nxc5 Rc6 43.Nd3 Kg7
44.Kg2 Kf8 45.f4 Bg7 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Rg6 48.Kg3 Rc6 49.g5 f6 50.Kg4 fxg5
51.fxg5 Rb6 52.Kf5 Kf7 53.Rc2 Rb5+ 54.Kg4 Rb3 55.Rf2+ Kg8 56.Rf3 Kh7 57.Rh3+ Kg8
58.Rf3 Kh7 59.Rg3 Kg8 60.Kf5 Rb5+ 61.Ke6 Kh7 62.Rg2 Kg8 63.Nf4 Re5+ 64.Kd6 Re3
65.Nd5 Rf3 66.Kc5 Kf7 67.g6+ Ke6 68.Nb4 d3 69.Kc4 Kf5 70.Rd2 Kxg6 71.Nxd3 Rf5
72.Nc5 b6 73.Nd7 b5+ 74.Kb4 Kf7 75.Nc5 Bf8 76.Rc2 Kf6 77.Kxb5 Bxc5 78.Rxc5 Rf2
79.Kxa4 Rxb2 80.Ka5 Ke6 81.a4 Kd6 82.Rb5 Ra2 83.Rb4 Kc6 84.Ka6 Ra1 85.a5 Kc7
86.Rb5 Rc1 87.Ka7 Rc2 88.a6 Rc1 89.Ka8 Kc8 90.a7 Kc7 91.Rc5+ Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Nb5 Na6 8.a3 Bd7
9.c4 Qe5+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Bxb5 12.cxb5 Nc5 13.O-O Nd5 14.Nc4 Nb3 15.Rb1 Rc8
16.Rd1 Bc5 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 Ke7 19.Bf1 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Bxb6 21.Rd3 Nd4 22.Bg3 e5
23.Kh1 Nf5 24.f4 Nxg3+ 25.Rxg3 g6 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Bd3 Bd4 28.Rf3 Rhf8 29.Rxf8 Rxf8
30.g3 Rf2 31.b3 Kd6 32.Re1 Rf3 33.Bc4 Kc5 34.Rc1 Rf2 35.Bd3+ Kd5 36.Bc4+ Kd6
37.Re1 g5 38.Re2 Rf3 39.Kg2 Rc3 40.Kh3 h5 41.Bf7 Be3 42.a4 e4 43.Bxh5 Ke5
44.Bf7 Kf5 45.Bd5 g4+ 46.Kg2 Ke5 47.Bxb7 Kd4 48.b4 Kd3 49.Ra2 Bd4 50.a5 Rc1
51.h3 gxh3+ 52.Kxh3 e3 53.Bf3 Rb1 54.b6 Rxb4 55.b7 Be5 56.a6 Rb6 57.Ra5 Bb8
58.Rd5+ Kc4 59.Rd8 Be5 60.Kg4 Kc3 61.Kf5 Bxg3 62.Be2 Kc2 63.Ke4 Re6+ 64.Kf3 Bh2
65.b8=Q Rf6+ 66.Kxe3  1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nxe4 6.Qxe4 Qd5 7.Qh4 Qe6+ 8.Be2 Qg4
9.Qg3 Qxg3 10.hxg3 g6 11.d4 Bg7 12.Bh6 Bf6 13.Ne5 Be6 14.O-O-O Nd7 15.f4 Rg8
16.g4 Rd8 17.c4 Bxe5 18.fxe5 Nb6 19.b3 g5 20.Kc2 f6 21.exf6 exf6 22.Kc3 Kf7
23.Rdf1 Rg6 24.Bd3 Bxg4 25.Bxg6+ Kxg6 26.Re1 Nc8 27.c5 Rg8 28.a4 a5 29.b4 axb4+
30.Kxb4 Rd8 31.Kc3 b6 32.Kc4 Bf5 33.Re3 Bc2 34.Bxg5 Kxg5 35.Rg3+ Kf5 36.Rxh7 Bxa4
37.Rh5+ Ke6 38.Re3+ Kf7 39.Rh7+ Kg6 40.Rc7 Bb5+ 41.Kc3 bxc5 42.dxc5 Kf5 43.g3 Kg6
44.Kb4 Rd4+ 45.Kc3 Rd8 46.Kb4 Rd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6 13.Rb3 Qe7 14.Ba4 Qd8 15.Bb6 Qh4+
16.g3 Qg4 17.O-O Be7 18.f5 O-O 19.Rf4 Bg5 20.Rxg4 Bxd2 21.Bxd7 Bxd7 22.f6 g6
23.Nd1 Rfc8 24.c3 h5 25.Rd4 Bh6 26.Kf2 a5 27.Rb2 a4 28.Rd3 a3 29.Rb1 Ba4
30.Ne3 Rc6 31.Bd4 b5 32.h4 Rac8 33.Ke2 Kf8 34.Kf2 Ke8 35.Ke2 Kd7 36.Kf2 Kc7
37.Kf3 Kb7 38.Kf2 Ka6 39.Kf3 R8c7 40.Kf2 Rb7 41.g4 hxg4 42.Kg3 Bf8 43.Kxg4 b4
44.cxb4 Rxb4 45.Rxb4 Bxb4 46.Kg5 Bf8 47.h5 gxh5 48.Kxh5 Rc1 49.Rd2 Rh1+ 50.Kg4 Bb4
51.Rg2 Bb5 52.Rc2 Kb7 53.Bc5 Bxc5 54.Rxc5 Be2+ 55.Kg3 Ra1 56.Rc2 Bb5 57.Kf4 d4
58.Nc4 Bxc4 59.Rxc4 Rxa2 60.Rxd4 Ra1 61.Rd2 a2 62.Rf2 Kc6 63.Rc2+ Kd5 64.Rd2+ Kc4
65.Rf2 Kd3 66.Rf3+ Ke2 67.Re3+ Kd2 68.Rf3 Re1  0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.d5 Na5 10.e4 c6 11.Bf4 Nac4 12.Qe2 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 cxd5 15.exd5 Re8
16.Rac1 e5 17.dxe6 Rxe6 18.Qc2 g5 19.Rfd1 Qe7 20.Bd2 Rd8 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Qxc4 Red6
23.Re1 Qf6 24.Qg4 h6 25.Rc8 Bf8 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Bc3 Qg6 28.Re8 Rxe8 29.Rxe8 Qb1+
30.Kh2 Qf1 31.Be1 Kg7 32.Qf3  1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 g6 12.Be2 Bg7 13.O-O b6 14.c4 O-O 15.Rac1 a5
16.Qd1 a4 17.Nd2 Nc5 18.Nb1 Re8 19.Nc3 e4 20.f4 Nd3 21.Bxd3 Ng4 22.Bf2 exd3
23.Qxd3 Ra7 24.Bd4 Rae7 25.Bxg7 Re3 26.Qd2 Kxg7 27.f5 Qh4 28.g3 Qg5 29.Qd4+ f6
30.Qf4 Qxf4 31.gxf4 h4 32.Nxa4 h3 33.Rc3 gxf5 34.Rxe3 Rxe3 35.Nc3 Kh6 36.a4 Kh5
37.a5 bxa5 38.c5 dxc5 39.d6 Re8 40.Rd1 Rg8 41.Re1 Ne5+ 42.Kf1 Nf3 43.Re2 Rd8
44.Nb5 Kg4 45.Re7 Nxh2+ 46.Kf2 Kxf4  0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 a5
9.d3 Be6 10.Be3 O-O 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 c6 14.f4 f5 15.e4 Rf7
16.Bh3 Nc4 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 Rxf5 19.Qd3 Qxd4+ 20.Qxd4 Bc5 21.Rfd1 Bxd4+
22.Rxd4 Ne3 23.Kf2 Ng4+ 24.Kg2 Re8 25.h3 Nf6 26.g4 Rc5 27.Rbd1 b5 28.a3 Re3
29.g5 Nd5 30.Nxd5 Rxd5 31.Rxd5 cxd5 32.Rxd5 Re2+ 33.Kf3 Rxb2 34.f5 Rb3+ 35.Kg4 Rxa3
36.Rxb5 a4 37.Ra5 Ra1 38.g6 hxg6 39.fxg6 Kf8 40.Ra8+ Ke7 41.Ra7+ Kf8 42.Ra8+ Ke7
43.Ra7+ Kf8 44.Kh5 a3 45.Ra8+ Ke7 46.Ra7+ Kf8 47.Rf7+ Kg8 48.Rf3 a2 49.Rf2 Rb1
50.Rxa2 Rb5+ 51.Kg4 Rb4+ 52.Kg3 Rb3+ 53.Kg4 Rb4+ 54.Kf5 Rb5+ 55.Ke4 Kf8 56.Rf2+ Ke7
57.Rf5 Rxf5 58.Kxf5 Kf8 59.h4 Kg8 60.h5 Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Nf6
9.Nge2 Nbd7 10.h3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.f3 b5 13.a3 a5 14.e4 Nb6 15.e5 Nfd7 16.Bc1 b4
17.axb4 axb4 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.Nd1 c5 20.f4 Bf8 21.Kh2 Qa2 22.Ne3 c4 23.Qd1 Qb3
24.Qe1 f6 25.Rf3 Qa4 26.Qh4 Qc6 27.Rg3 g6 28.f5 fxe5 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Nf5 Qf6
31.Qh5 Re6 32.Nh4 Bg7 33.Nxg6 Qf7 34.Bh6 Nf8 35.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Nd2 Bb4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nb3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qd8 14.Be2 Ne4 15.f3 Nf6
16.g4 Be6 17.O-O Rc8 18.Qd2 Qe7 19.a4 Nd7 20.a5 h5 21.h3 g5 22.Bg3 f5 23.Nd4 Nxd4
24.exd4 f4 25.Bf2 Qd6 26.Rfe1 Bf7 27.Bb5 Rfe8 28.Bxd7 Qxd7 29.Re5 Rxe5 30.dxe5 Re8
31.Bd4 Re6 32.Rb1 Be8 33.Qb2 b5 34.axb6 axb6 35.Ra1 hxg4 36.hxg4 Qh7 37.Ra8 Rh6
38.Qg2 Qb1+ 39.Kf2 Qc2+ 40.Kf1 Qd1+ 41.Kf2 Kf7 42.Ra2 Rh1 43.e6+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e3 a6 6.Nge2 Ba7 7.b3 Nge7 8.Bb2 h5
9.h4 Bg4 10.d3 Qd7 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Rc1 O-O 13.Ne4 f6 14.N2c3 Nd8 15.Nd5 Ng6
16.Ba3 Ne6 17.f3 Bf5 18.O-O Kh8 19.Qe2 Rbd8 20.Kh2 Nc5 21.Rcd1 c6 22.Ndc3 b5
23.d4 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Qe6 25.dxe5 Bxe4 26.fxe4 Nxe5 27.Qxh5+ Kg8 28.Bh3 Qf7
29.Qxf7+ Nxf7 30.cxb5 axb5 31.Rc1 Bc5 32.Bxc5 dxc5 33.Be6 Rfe8 34.Bxf7+ Kxf7
35.Rxc5 Rxe4 36.Rf2 Rxe3 37.Rxc6 Rdd3 38.Rg2 Kg6 39.Rc5 Re5 40.Rxe5 fxe5
41.Rf2 e4 42.Kg2 b4 43.g4 Rc3 44.Re2 e3 45.Kf3 Kf6 46.Kf4 g5+ 47.hxg5+ Kg6
48.Rxe3 Rc1 49.Re6+ Kg7 50.Re4 Rf1+ 51.Ke5  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Rb1 Nc6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Qa4 Qd7 10.d4 Nxd4 11.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bxd7 13.Rxb7 Bxc3+ 14.Bd2 Be5
15.Bf4 Bxf4 16.gxf4 Rab8 17.Rxc7 Be6 18.Rxa7 Rb1+ 19.Kd2 Rb2+ 20.Kc3 Rxa2
21.Rxa2 Bxa2 22.Ra1 Be6 23.Kd2 Rd8+ 24.Ke3 Kg7 25.Be4 Rc8 26.f3 Rc4 27.Bd3 Rc5
28.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 e6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bg3 Nge7 7.Bd3 h6 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.O-O Nf5 11.Bxf5 exf5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Qd3 Be6 14.Rfd1 Qf6 15.Qb5 Qe7
16.a4 Rfc8 17.a5 Bd8 18.a6 Bb6 19.axb7 Qxb7 20.Nc5 Qe7 21.Nd3 g5 22.Nde5 Nd8
23.h4 f6 24.Nd3 Nc6 25.Ra6 Qe8 26.Rda1 f4 27.exf4 g4 28.f5 Bxf5 29.Nd2 Qf7
30.Nf4 Ne7 31.Re1 Re8 32.c4 Rad8 33.c5 Bd7 34.Qb4 Nc6 35.Rxe8+ Rxe8 36.Qc3 d4
37.Qc1 Bd8 38.Nc4 Bc7 39.Nd6 Bxd6 40.cxd6 d3 41.Nxd3 Nd4 42.Nf4 Bb5 43.Ra3 a6
44.Kh2 Nf5 45.Qc7 Nd4 46.Rc3 Ne6 47.Nxe6 Qxe6 48.Bf4 Qf5 49.Kg3 h5 50.Rc5 Qd3+
51.Kh2 Qg6 52.d7  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Ne5 f5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qc2 Qd7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bf4 c6 14.Rfc1 Bb7 15.e3 a5
16.h4 Rfc8 17.Qd1 Ba6 18.Rc2 a4 19.Rac1 Bd3 20.Rc3 Bb5 21.Bf1 Bb4 22.R3c2 Bxf1
23.Kxf1 Ra6 24.Kg2 h6 25.Rb1 Kh7 26.b3 a3 27.Rbc1 Qe6 28.Qh5 Rb6 29.Be5 Ra6
30.Qe2 Raa8 31.Bf4 Ra5 32.Qd1 Qd7 33.Qe2 Qe6 34.Qd1 Qd7 35.Qe2 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rd1 b5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.d4 a6 11.Nb1 c5 12.c3 Nc6 13.Qg4 g6 14.Bh6 Qb6 15.Na3 b4 16.Nc2 bxc3
17.bxc3 Qb2 18.Rac1 Qxc3 19.Ne3 Qa3 20.Bf3 Nxd4 21.Bxd5 Rd8 22.Nc4 Qa4 23.Bf3 Rb8
24.Rxd4 cxd4 25.Qxd4 Qb5 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.a4 Qc5 28.Qe4 Rc8 29.Rc1 Rb8 30.Qd3 Rd8
31.Nd6+ Bxd6 32.Rxc5 Bxc5 33.Bc6 g5 34.Bxg5 Be7 35.Be3 a5 36.Bb6  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Be2 d4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.d3 Bd5 10.O-O Nc6 11.a3 a5 12.Bf4 a4 13.Nd2 Be7 14.Bg3 O-O 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.Bg4 Be6
17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qc2 Rfc8 19.Rce1 Na5 20.Re4 c5 21.Nc4 Qc6 22.Nd6 Rf8 23.Rg4 b5
24.h3 Nb3 25.Qe2 Kh8 26.Re1 Rab8 27.Bh4 Qd7 28.Qe4 Nd2 29.Qe2 Nb3 30.Rd1 Na5
31.Qe4 Nc6 32.Bxe7 Nxe7 33.Rc1 Qa7 34.Rh4 Nf5 35.Nxf5 exf5 36.Qc6 Qe7 37.Rf4 Qxe5
38.g3 Rfc8 39.Qd7 Rf8 40.h4 g6 41.Qa7 Rfc8 42.Kh2 Qd6 43.h5 Qc6 44.Qe7 Qc7
45.Qe6 Rb6 46.Qd5 Kg7 47.Rxd4 Qe7 48.Qd7 Qxd7 49.Rxd7+ Kh6 50.hxg6 Kxg6 51.Kg2 c4
52.dxc4 bxc4 53.Rd4 Rbc6 54.Rc3 h5 55.Kh3 Kg5 56.Rf4 Rc5 57.Kg2 R8c7 58.Kf1 Rc8
59.Kg2 R8c7 60.Kh2 Rc8 61.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g6 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be3 Bg4
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Ne5 12.Qb3 c5 13.f4 c4 14.Qc2 Nd3+ 15.Bxd3 cxd3
16.Qxd3 Rc8 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Nc4 19.b3 Nd6 20.O-O Qd7 21.Qe3 Rc7 22.Ne2 Rfc8
23.f3 Qh3 24.Rf2 Rc2 25.a4 a6 26.Raf1 h5 27.Kh1 Rb2 28.f5 Rcc2 29.Rg1 Nxf5
30.exf5 Qxf5 31.Rfg2 Qxd5 32.Qf4 Kh7 33.Rg5 Qe6 34.Qd4 Qf6 35.Rxh5+ gxh5
36.Qd3+ Kh6 37.Qe3+ Kh7 38.Qd3+ Kh6 39.Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Qb6 6.Nb3 a5 7.d3 a4 8.N3d2 d5 9.dxe4 dxe4
10.e3 Bg4 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Ndxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4+ Be6 15.O-O O-O 16.Qh4 Ne5
17.Nd5 cxd5 18.cxd5 Bg4 19.f4 Be2 20.fxe5 Bxf1 21.Bxf1 Qc5 22.Qd4 Rfd8 23.d6 Qa5
24.Kg2 Rac8 25.Bd3 g6 26.Be4 Rd7 27.Bd3 Re8 28.a3 Be1 29.b4 axb3 30.Bb2 Qd2+
31.Kh3 Re6 32.Bb5 Rd8 33.Rd1 Qf2 34.Qf4 Qxb2 35.Bc4 Qxe5  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.d4 e6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 c5
9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qg3 Ncxe5 11.Bb5 a6 12.Ba4 Nc6 13.Be3 Qa5 14.a3 Qd8 15.O-O h5
16.Rfe1 h4 17.Qg4 Nf6 18.Qg5 Rh5 19.Qf4 Be7 20.Rad1 Kf8 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Bd4 Kg8
23.b4 Nd7 24.Na4 Rf5 25.Qh2 a5 26.Nb2 axb4 27.axb4 e5 28.Be3 Bf6 29.b5 d4
30.bxc6 Nxc5 31.c7 Qc8 32.Bc1 Ne6 33.g4 hxg3 34.fxg3 Qxc7 35.Qg2 Rc8 36.g4 Rg5
37.Bxg5 Bxg5 38.Nd3 Be3+ 39.Kh1 Qxc2 40.Qxc2 Rxc2 41.Nxe5 Ng5 42.Rxe3 dxe3
43.Re1 f6 44.h4 Ne4 45.Nd3 Ng3+ 46.Kg1 Ne2+ 47.Kf1 Ng3+ 48.Kg1 Rc4 49.Kg2 Rxg4
50.Kh3 Rg6 51.Rg1 Rh6 52.Rxg3 g5 53.Rxe3 Rxh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bb3 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.Rfd1 h6
16.Qe3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Ne7 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Nxe5 Qc7 20.Nec4 Rbd8 21.Qg3 Bxc4 22.Nxc4 Qc6
23.h3 d5 24.exd5 Nxd5 25.Qf3 Rfe8 26.Na5 Qf6 27.Nxb7 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Rb8 29.Rxd5 Rxb7
30.Rxa6 Re2 31.Rc6 Rbe7 32.Kg2 Re1 33.h4 Rb1 34.h5 Rxb2 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Rdd8 g5
37.Rh8+ Kg7 38.Rcg8+ Kf6 39.Rxh6+ Kf5 40.Rc6 Rb1 41.Rc5+ Kf6 42.Rgxg5  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Qc2 g6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Qxe4 Bg7 7.Nc3 Nh6 8.Bg5 Nf5
9.O-O-O Nd7 10.g4 Nd6 11.Qe3 Nf6 12.h3 h5 13.gxh5 Rxh5 14.h4 Bg4 15.Be2 Nf5
16.Qd3 b5 17.Rhg1 bxc4 18.Qxc4 Nd6 19.Qa4 Qc8 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxg4 Qxg4 22.Qxc6+  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.f4 f5 13.g3 Rd8 14.h3 Nxe3 15.Bxe3 d4
16.Bd2 dxc3 17.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 18.Qxc3 c5 19.O-O-O b6 20.g4 Bb7 21.Rhg1 Qh4 22.Bc2 Rxd1+
23.Bxd1 Qf2 24.Qg3 Qxa2 25.Qc3 Qf2 26.Qg3 Qd4 27.gxf5 Qa1+ 28.Kd2 Rd8+ 29.Ke2 Qb2+  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Nd5 Rc8 12.c3 a6 13.Re1 Nd7 14.a4 Ne5 15.Qd1 Re8
16.h3 Nc4 17.Kh2 Bd7 18.Re2 b5 19.axb5 Bxb5 20.Rc2 e6 21.Ne3 Rb8 22.b3 Ne5
23.c4 Bc6 24.Ra3 Qc7 25.Bb2 Qb7 26.f4 Nd7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qxd6 Rbd8 29.Qd4+ Kg8
30.Ng4 e5 31.fxe5 Nxe5 32.Nf6+ Kh8 33.Qe3 Re6 34.Nd5 Kg7 35.Qc3 f6 36.Rca2 Be8
37.b4 Rc8 38.c5 Bb5 39.Rf2 Rf8 40.Raa2 h5 41.Rf4 Qb8 42.Raf2 Nd7 43.h4 Qe5
44.Bh3 Qxc3 45.Nxc3 Re7 46.Nxb5 axb5 47.Bf1 Ne5 48.Rc2 Rd8 49.Kg2 Rd4 50.Rb2 Rb7
51.Rff2 Rxe4 52.Rfe2 Rd4 53.Red2 Re4 54.Be2 f5 55.Rdc2 f4 56.gxf4 Rxf4 57.c6 Rc7
58.Rc5 Kf6 59.Bxb5 Rxh4 60.Ba4 Rg4+ 61.Kf1 Nd3 62.Rcc2 Nxb2 63.Rxb2 Rc4 64.Bb5 R4xc6
65.Bxc6 Rxc6 66.Kg2 Ke5 67.b5 Rb6 68.Kg3 g5 69.Rh2 Rh6 70.b6 Kd6 71.Rb2 Rh8
72.b7 Rb8 73.Rb5 Kc6 74.Rxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.b3 Bd6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bb2 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Rc1 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Ne4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.g4 Bg6
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Rxc5 c6 18.Qd2 Qe7 19.Rc2 Rad8 20.Qf4 Qd6 21.Qxd6 Rxd6 22.Bf3 f6
23.a4 Bf7 24.Ba3 Rd7 25.Rb1 Bd5 26.a5 Bxf3 27.axb6 Bd5 28.Bc5 a6 29.f3 h5
30.Kf2 Kf7 31.b4 Rh8 32.Rg1 hxg4 33.hxg4 Rh2+ 34.Kg3 Rh8 35.Rcc1 Rdd8 36.Rh1 Rhe8
37.Kf2 Re6 38.Rh2 Bb3 39.Ke1 Re5 40.Kd2 Ba4 41.Rc4 Red5 42.Rh5 R5d7 43.Rc1 Bb5
44.Rf5 Rd5 45.Rf4 R8d7 46.Re4 Ba4 47.f4 Bb3 48.Ra1 f5 49.gxf5 Rxf5 50.Rg1 g6
51.Rg5 Be6 52.Rxf5+ gxf5 53.Rxd4 Rxd4 54.Bxd4 Bd5 55.Bc5 Ke6 56.Kc3 Bg2 57.Kd4 Bf1
58.e4 Be2 59.Ke3 Bf1 60.Bf8 Bg2 61.Kd4 Bf1 62.Bg7 Be2 63.Bh6 Bg4 64.Kc5 Bh3
65.Bg5 Bg4 66.Bh4 Bh3 67.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Bd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.d4 e6
9.Nd2 Bd6 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Ne4 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.a3 a6 15.Bd3 Qe7
16.f4 Rfc8 17.Qd1 Rc7 18.b3 Rac8 19.Bb2 a5 20.g4 Ne8 21.g5 Ng7 22.Qe2 Nf5
23.Nf3 Qf8 24.Qd2 Qe7 25.Rfe1 Qf8 26.Kh1 Be7 27.e4 dxe4 28.Bxe4 Rd8 29.d5 exd5
30.Bxf5 gxf5 31.Nh4 d4 32.Nxf5 Bc5 33.Qd3 b6 34.Re4 f6 35.Re6 fxg5 36.fxg5 Kh8
37.Rf1 Qg8 38.Qe4  1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Ne7 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 c5 7.a3 Nbc6 8.Rb1 Be6 9.b4 Qd7
10.Nf3 h6 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.Nd5 g5 13.O-O O-O 14.Be3 b6 15.h4 g4 16.Nh2 h5
17.Rb2 Nd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.f4 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Rac8 21.Rbf2 exf4 22.Rxf4 Qd6
23.Nxg4 hxg4 24.Qxg4 Ng6 25.Rxf7 Rxf7 26.Qxc8+ Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Qxf8 28.Qe6+ Qf7
29.Qc8+ Qf8 30.Qe6+ Qf7 31.Qc8+ Nf8 32.Bh3 Qf3 33.Qb8 Qe3+ 34.Kg2 Qd2+ 35.Kh1 Qxd3
36.Be6+ Kh8 37.Bf5 Qf3+ 38.Kh2 d3 39.Qf4 Qe2+ 40.Kh3 d2 41.Bg4 d1=Q 42.Bxe2 Qxe2
43.d6 Qd1 44.e5 Ng6 45.Qf5 Qh1+ 46.Kg4 Nxe5+  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.h3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Nb3 a6 12.Kb1 b5 13.Qe1 Qc7 14.Bd3 Nb4 15.Rc1 Nxd3
16.cxd3 Qb8 17.g4 b4 18.Ne2 a5 19.Qd2 a4 20.Nbd4 Qb7 21.Ng3 Rfd8 22.f5 Qa6
23.g5 Ne8 24.h4 a3 25.b3 Bb5 26.Rc4 d5 27.exd5 Rxd5 28.Nxb5 Rxb5 29.fxg6 fxg6
30.Qc2 Rbb8 31.Ne4 Qe6 32.Bf4 Ra8 33.Re1 Qg4 34.Bd2 Rxc4 35.Qxc4+ Kh8 36.Bxb4 Qxh4
37.Bc3 Bxc3 38.Qxc3+ Ng7 39.Rf1 e5 40.Qxe5 Qh3 41.Qf6 Qxd3+ 42.Ka1 Qd8 43.b4 Qxf6+
44.gxf6 Nf5 45.b5 Rb8 46.Nc3 Kg8 47.Rb1 Kf7 48.b6 Kxf6 49.Rb4 Ke5 50.Kb1 Nd6
51.Kc2 h5 52.Kb3 g5 53.Na4 Nb7 54.Rb5+ Kf4 55.Rd5 h4 56.Rd7 h3 57.Rh7 g4
58.Kc4 Kg3 59.Kd5 h2 60.Nc3 Na5 61.Ne2+ Kg2 62.Nf4+ Kf3 63.Rxh2 Kxf4 64.Kc5 g3
65.Rh4+ Kf3 66.Kb5 g2 67.Rh3+ Kf2 68.Rh2 Nb7 69.Kc6 Nd8+ 70.Kc7 Rb7+  0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 a5 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Rb1 Re8
10.e4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd4 13.Bg2 Nd7 14.Be3 c6 15.h4 h5 16.Bh3 Kh7
17.Kh2 Qe7 18.Ne2 Ne6 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Rf8 21.Ng1 Bh6 22.Bxh6 Kxh6 23.Nf3 f5
24.exf5 gxf5 25.d4 e4 26.d5 exf3 27.dxe6 Ne5 28.c5 Rad8 29.Qc1+ Kg6 30.Qf4 Ng4+
31.Kg1 dxc5 32.bxc5 Rd3 33.Rfe1 Kh7 34.Bxg4 hxg4 35.Re5 Rd5 36.Rxd5 cxd5
37.Qd6 Qg7 38.Qd7  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 Nd7 7.O-O h6 8.Nbd2 g5 9.Re1 Qc7
10.Nf1 Bh7 11.Ng3 Nf5 12.Bd3 Nxg3 13.Bxh7 Rxh7 14.fxg3 Be7 15.Qd3 Rg7 16.a4 O-O-O
17.a5 c5 18.Be3 h5 19.Rf1 Kb8 20.Qd2 Rdg8 21.b4 c4 22.Rae1 Qd8 23.Re2 Ka8
24.Ne1 f6 25.exf6 Nxf6 26.Nf3 Ne4 27.Qc2 Rf7 28.Rfe1 Bd6 29.Nd2 Nf6 30.Nf3 Ne4
31.Nd2 Nf6 32.Nf3 Ne4 33.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.d3 a6 6.Nge2 d6 7.h3 Be6 8.f4 h6 9.f5 Bd7
10.b3 Nd4 11.Bb2 Bc6 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Qe2 b5 14.Nd1 Nd7 15.c3 Bb6 16.Nf2 a5
17.O-O b4 18.Kh2 bxc3 19.Bxc3 h5 20.Nd1 Nf6 21.Ne3 Bb5 22.Qd2 c6 23.Rfe1 Qc7
24.Kh1 Rd8 25.Nc2 O-O 26.a4 Ba6 27.b4 axb4 28.Nxb4 Ra8 29.Bf3 Bc5 30.g4 hxg4
31.hxg4 Rfb8 32.g5 Nh7 33.g6 Nf6 34.Nxa6 Rxa6 35.Reb1 Rxb1+ 36.Rxb1 Rxa4
37.Bd1 Ra8 38.Bb3 d5 39.Qh2 Re8 40.Bd2 fxg6 41.fxg6 Qd7 42.Rf1 Rb8 43.Rb1 Re8
44.Qh4 Qg4 45.Qxg4 Nxg4 46.exd5 cxd5 47.Bxd5+ Kf8 48.Rb5 Bd6 49.Kg2 Nf6 50.Bf7 Rc8
51.Bg5 Rb8 52.Ra5 e4 53.dxe4 Nxe4 54.Be3 Nf6 55.Bd4 Be7 56.Kf3 Rd8 57.Be5 Bd6
58.Bxf6 gxf6 59.Rh5 f5 60.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 h6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nbd2 Qc7
9.Nb3 g5 10.Ne1 c5 11.Bh5 Bg6 12.f4 c4 13.Nd2 gxf4 14.Rxf4 Bg7 15.Nf1 O-O
16.Ng3 Kh7 17.Rh4 Qd8 18.Nf3 Bd3 19.Bg4 Rh8 20.Nh5 Kg8 21.Rh3 Ng6 22.Be3 Qe7
23.Qd2 Bf8 24.Nf4 Nxf4 25.Bxf4 Bg7 26.Re1 Be4 27.Bxh6 Bxh6 28.Rxh6 Kg7 29.Rxh8 Rxh8
30.Ng5 Bd3 31.g3 Nf8 32.h4 Nh7 33.Nh3 Rg8 34.Kh2 Kh8 35.Bh5 Qf8 36.Nf4 Bf5
37.Qe3 f6 38.Rf1 Qh6 39.Be2 Qg7 40.Nxd5 fxe5 41.dxe5 b5 42.Nf4 Qh6 43.Bh5 Rd8
44.Rd1 Rxd1 45.Bxd1 Ng5 46.Qxa7 Ne4 47.Qa8+ Kh7 48.Bf3 Ng5 49.Qa7+ Kh8 50.Qa8+ Kh7
51.Qb7+ Kh8 52.Qb8+ Kh7 53.Qc7+  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Ne2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Be6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.a4 b6 11.Bb5 Na5 12.d4 e4 13.c4 Ne7 14.d5 Bg4 15.Ba6 c6 16.h3 Bc8
17.Bxc8 Rxc8 18.d6 Ng6 19.c5 Nb7 20.Be3 bxc5 21.a5 Qd7 22.a6 Nxd6 23.Bxc5 Rfd8
24.Ng3 Qe6 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.Qg4 c5 27.Qxe4 Rxa6 28.Qxe6 Rxe6 29.Rxa7 Ne7 30.Rd1 g6
31.c3 Nc6 32.Rb7 Na5 33.Ra7 Nc6 34.Ra6 h5 35.Ra4 Rce8 36.Nf1 Kg7 37.Ne3 Re5
38.Ra6 Ne7 39.Nc4 Re2 40.Ne3 Rb8 41.Ra5 Rbb2 42.Rf1 Ng8 43.Rxc5 Nf6 44.Re5 Nd7
45.Rd5 Nf6 46.Rd4 Ra2 47.c4 Ra5 48.Rc1 Rc5 49.Ra1 Rb2 50.Ra7 Rb1+ 51.Kh2 Rb2
52.Rf4 Rb6 53.h4 Re6 54.Nd5 Rec6 55.Ne3 Re6 56.Kg3 Ne4+ 57.Kf3 Nd6 58.Rd7 Kf8
59.Rd4 Rc6 60.Ra7 Kg7 61.g3 Rf6+ 62.Ke2 Re6 63.Kd3 Rf6 64.Rf4 Re6 65.Rd7 Kf8
66.Ra7 Ke8 67.Nd5 Re1 68.Nf6+ Kf8 69.Ra8+ Ke7 70.Nd5+ Kd7 71.Ra7+ Ke8 72.Ne3 Rb1
73.Rd4 Nb7 74.Ra8+ Ke7 75.Kc2 Re1 76.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 h5 8.Bc4 Qc7
9.Bb3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.O-O-O Na5 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.g3 b5 14.h3 b4 15.Nce2 e5
16.Nf5 Nxb3 17.cxb3 Bxf5 18.exf5 Qb7 19.Rhf1 d5 20.f4 d4 21.Bg1 Ne4 22.Qe1 f6
23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Nc1 O-O 25.g4 a5 26.Bh2 Bd6 27.Qe2 h4 28.Rde1 Ng3 29.Bxg3 hxg3
30.Qe4 Qxe4+ 31.Rxe4 g6 32.Nd3 g2 33.Rg1 gxf5 34.gxf5 Rxf5 35.Rxg2+ Kf7 36.Rge2 Kf6
37.Nf2 Rc8 38.h4 Rf3 39.Rg4 Re3 40.Re4 Rxe2 41.Rxe2 Kf5 42.Ne4 Be7 43.Ng3+ Ke6
44.h5 Bg5 45.Rc2 Rf8 46.a4 Kd5 47.Rc7 Rf3  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.exd5 e4 6.d4 exd3 7.cxd3 O-O 8.d4 Re8+
9.Nge2 Bd6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.h3 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bf8 13.f5 Nfxd5 14.Nf4 c6 15.Nfxd5 Nxd5
16.Qg4 Nf6 17.Qh4 h6 18.Rf3 b5 19.Rg3 Re1+ 20.Kh2 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Bd6 22.Ne4 Bxg3+
23.Nxg3 Qd6 24.Rf1 Bd7 25.Qf4 Qxf4 26.Rxf4 Re8 27.Kg1 a5 28.a3 Re3 29.Rf3 Rxf3
30.gxf3 Kf8 31.Kf2 Ne8 32.Bc2 Nd6 33.Bd3 f6 34.b4 a4 35.h4 Be8 36.Nf1 Ke7
37.Ne3 Bf7 38.Ke2 Kd7 39.Kd2 Bd5 40.Nxd5 cxd5 41.h5 Kc6 42.Ke3 Nc8 43.Kd2 Nb6
44.Ke3 Nc4+ 45.Bxc4 dxc4 46.Kd2 Kd6 47.Kc2 Kc6 48.Kd2 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 h5 8.Qd2 Be7
9.Be2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 d5 12.e5 Nfd7 13.f4 Nc5 14.O-O Ne4 15.Qe1 Qb6 16.c3 Nc6
17.a5 Nxa5 18.Nxb4 Bc5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.b4 Nc4 21.Bxc4 dxc4 22.bxc5 Nxc5 23.f5 h4
24.Qe2 h3 25.Qg4 Qb2 26.Bf2 Qb7 27.Nf3 Nb3 28.Rfb1 O-O 29.Qxc4 hxg2 30.Ng5 Nd2
31.Qd3 Qd7 32.Bd4 Nxb1 33.e6 fxe6 34.Qh3 Rxf5 35.Qh7+ Kf8 36.Qh8+ Ke7 37.Qxg7+ Ke8
38.Qg8+ Ke7 39.Rxb1 Rf1+ 40.Rxf1 gxf1=Q+ 41.Kxf1 Qb5+ 42.Kf2 Qb2+ 43.Ke3 Qc1+
44.Ke2 Qc2+ 45.Ke3 Qc1+ 46.Ke2 Qc2+ 47.Ke3 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.b4 b6 9.h3 a5
10.a3 h6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.O-O Qc8 13.Qc2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qb7 15.Nd2 Rfe8 16.Rfc1 Bd8
17.Rab1 axb4 18.axb4 Bc7 19.Bxc7 Qxc7 20.Nb3 b5 21.f4 Ra3 22.Qc2 Ne4 23.Nxe4 dxe4
24.Qxe4 Nf6 25.Qc2 Nd5 26.Qd2 Rea8 27.Ra1 R8a4 28.Rxa3 Rxa3 29.e4 Nxf4 30.Rc3 g5
31.h4 Qe7 32.g3 Nh5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Qb2 Ra4 35.Na5 Nf6 36.Ra3 Qc7 37.d5 exd5
38.Qxf6 Rxa3 39.e5 Rxa5 40.bxa5 Qxa5 41.Qxg5+ Kf8 42.Qh6+ Kg8 43.Qg5+ Kf8
44.Qh6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 h5 8.Qd2 Be7
9.Be2 Qc7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rad1 b6 12.f4 Bb7 13.Bf3 Ng4 14.Kh1 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 b5
16.a3 Rb8 17.h3 Nb6 18.Qc1 g6 19.Rd3 e5 20.Nde2 Nd7 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Rc8
23.Nc3 Nb6 24.Rd3 Kf8 25.Be2 Kg7 26.f5 Bf6 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Rdf3 Rcf8 29.Qe3 Be7
30.Bd3 Qc5 31.Qe2 Rxf3 32.Rxf3 Rf8 33.Rxf8 Bxf8 34.h4 Be7 35.g3 Bd8 36.Kg2 Nd7
37.Nd5 Nf6 38.b4 Qa7 39.Nxf6 Bxf6 40.c4 bxc4 41.Bxc4 a5 42.b5 Qc5 43.a4 Bd8
44.Bb3 Bb6 45.Qf3 Qg1+ 46.Kh3 Qf2 47.Qxf2 Bxf2 48.Kg2 Bb6 49.Kf3 g5 50.hxg5 Kg6
51.Be6 Kxg5 52.Ke2 Kf6 53.Bd7 d5 54.exd5 e4 55.Be8 Bc7 56.Kf2 Ke5 57.Bxh5 Kxd5
58.g4 Bf4 59.Bg6 Bg5 60.Ke2 Bd8 61.Be8 Ke5 62.Bd7 Kf4 63.Bf5 Bb6 64.Kd2 Bd4
65.Kc2 e3 66.Bd3 Kxg4 67.Be2+ Kf4 68.Kd3 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Rc8 11.Nh3 h6 12.Bh4 c5 13.O-O d5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bc2 Ncd7
16.b3 b5 17.Qb2 bxc4 18.bxc4 Ba6 19.cxd5 Bxf1 20.dxe6 Qb6 21.exf7+ Kh8 22.Qxb6 axb6
23.Nf4 Rxf7 24.Bg6 Bc4 25.Bxf7 Bxf7 26.Bf2 g5 27.Ne2 g4 28.e4 gxf3 29.gxf3 Ne5
30.Nd4 Bh5 31.Bg3 Nd3 32.Rb1 Nd7 33.Rb3 Rc1+ 34.Kg2 N3c5 35.Re3 Kh7 36.Re1 Rc4
37.Bf2 Ne5 38.Rb1 Ncd7 39.Rb3 Bf7 40.Rb2 Nd3 41.Rd2 N7e5 42.Kg3 Rc3 43.Rc2 Rxc2
44.Nxc2 b5 45.Bd4 Nc4 46.Bc3 Bg6 47.Bb4 Kg8 48.Nd4 Be8 49.f4 Kf7 50.e5 Bd7
51.Kf3 h5 52.Ke4 Nf2+ 53.Kd5 Ne3+ 54.Kd6 Ke8 55.e6 Nc4+ 56.Kc7  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 h5 8.Qd2 Be7
9.Be2 Bd7 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.g3 b5 12.a3 Rc8 13.Kb1 Na5 14.h3 g6 15.g4 e5 16.Nb3 Be6
17.Nxa5 Qxa5 18.g5 Nd7 19.Nd5 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Nc5 22.h4 O-O 23.c3 Ne6
24.Bd1 f6 25.Rd2 fxg5 26.Bb3 Rc4 27.Bxg5 Nxg5 28.hxg5 Rxf3 29.a4 Kg7 30.Bxc4 bxc4
31.Rd5 Rf8 32.Ka2 Rb8 33.Rg1 Kf7 34.Rd2 Ke6 35.Rf2 Rh8 36.Kb1 h4 37.Kc2 h3
38.Rh2 Rh4 39.Rg3 Rxe4 40.Rhxh3 d5 41.Rh6 Kf5 42.Rh7 Bxg5 43.Rf7+ Bf6 44.a5 Re2+
45.Kd1 Rf2 46.Ke1 Rf4 47.Rg2 d4 48.Ra7 d3 49.Rxa6 e4 50.Rc6 e3 51.Rc5+ Ke6
52.Rc6+ Kd7  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.e3 Ne7
9.Bd3 b6 10.Nf3 Ba6 11.O-O Bxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.e4 Nd7 14.Rfe1 Rfe8 15.Rac1 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Qd5 17.Nc3 Qd6 18.Qc4 Nf6 19.Ne5 Rf8 20.g4 Rac8 21.h3 Nfd5 22.Ne4 Qh6
23.Qb3 Nf4 24.Kh2 Ned5 25.Qg3 f6 26.Rxc6 Rxc6 27.Nxc6 f5  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 a6 12.Nd2 b5 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bg5 Be6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Rac8 19.Bd3 Nb4 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Qd1 Nxd5
22.Qh5 Bg5 23.Be4+ Qh6 24.Qxh6+ Bxh6 25.Bxd5 Rcd8 26.e4 f5 27.Nc5 fxe4 28.Bxe4 Rxf2
29.Nd3 Rf6 30.Ne5 Re8 31.Ng6+ Kg8 32.Bc2 Re2 33.Bd3 Rxg2  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.a3 d4 13.Na4 Be7 14.e4 Nd7 15.Nf5 Nde5
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rc1 Rad8 18.Re1 b6 19.b4 Qf6 20.Bg3 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Qxe5
23.Nb2 Rc8 24.Rcd1 Rfd8 25.g3 Qf6 26.e5 Qf5 27.Qxf5 Bxf5 28.Nd3 Rc3 29.Nf4 Rxa3
30.e6 fxe6 31.Nxe6 Bxe6 32.Rxe6 Rd7 33.Re4 d3 34.Kf1 Ra4 35.Ke1 a5 36.Rb1 h6
37.h4 Rd5 38.Kd2 Ra2+ 39.Ke1 Rb5 40.Rd1 Ra4 41.Rxd3 Raxb4 42.Re8+ Kf7 43.Rde3 Rb1+
44.Ke2 R5b2+ 45.Kf3 Rb3 46.Re7+ Kg6 47.h5+ Kh7 48.Ra7 Rxe3+ 49.fxe3 Rb4 50.e4 a4
51.e5 Kg8 52.e6 Kf8 53.g4 b5 54.Rf7+ Ke8 55.Rxg7 a3  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 h5 8.Qd2 Be7
9.Be2 Bd7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Nb3 Rc8 12.a5 O-O 13.O-O Ne5 14.Rfd1 h4 15.h3 Ng6
16.f4 Rxc3 17.Qxc3 Nxe4 18.Qd3 Ng3 19.Bf3 Qc8 20.Nc5 Bc6 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.Qxg6 Rf6 24.Qd3 Nf5 25.Bf2 Rg6 26.Qf1 d5 27.c3 Bd6 28.Bd4 Qc7 29.Bb6 Qb8
30.Ra4 Qe8 31.Ra2 Qb8 32.Ra4 Qe8 33.Ra2 Qc6 34.Rd3 Qc4 35.b3 Qxb3 36.Rf2 Ng3
37.Qd1 Qxd1+ 38.Rxd1 Bxf4 39.Rb1 e5 40.Rd1 Rc6 41.Rxd5 Rxc3 42.Rd1 Kh7 43.Rb2 Ra3
44.Re1 Kg6 45.Bd8 Kh5 46.Rxb7 g5 47.Rh7+ Kg6 48.Rb7 Be3+ 49.Kh2 Bf4 50.Bb6 e4
51.Kg1 Bd2 52.Rd1 e3 53.Rd7 Ra2 54.Rd3 e2 55.R3xd2 Rxd2 56.Re1 Ra2 57.Kf2 Kf5
58.Bc7 Ne4+ 59.Kf3 Nd2+ 60.Kxe2 Ne4+ 61.Kf1 Rf2+ 62.Kg1 Rc2 63.Bb6 Ng3 64.Rd1 Ke4
65.Ba7 Ne2+ 66.Kh2 Nf4 67.Rg1 Ra2 68.Bb6 g4 69.hxg4 h3 70.Bc7 Rxg2+ 71.Rxg2 Nxg2
72.Kxh3 Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.g4 Nxg4
9.Qxd5 Qc8 10.a3 Nf6 11.Qg2 O-O 12.Bc4 Na5 13.Ba2 c5 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Nge2 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Nd4 Bg6 18.Qxb7 Rfe8 19.Qb5 Qc8 20.Qc6 Qh3 21.Qf3 Qd7 22.O-O Bf8
23.Bg3 Ne4 24.Rfd1 Nxc3 25.bxc3 Qc8 26.a4 Be4 27.Qe2 Qxc3 28.Nb5 Qc6 29.Nc7 Bf3
30.Qb5 Qxb5 31.axb5 Bxd1 32.Nxa8 Rxa8 33.Rxd1 Bc5 34.Rd7 f6 35.Kg2 Re8 36.Bd6 Bxd6
37.Rxd6 Rb8 38.Rd7 Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 g6 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.Be2 Qc7 13.c4 a5 14.Rc1 a4 15.Na1 Qa5
16.Nc2 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Bh6 18.Bxh6 Rxh6 19.Ne3 Ke7 20.h4 Rhh8 21.Rhf1 Nc5 22.Nd1 Ne8
23.Nc3 Ng7 24.Rh1 Nf5 25.Rce1 Nd4 26.Bd1 f5 27.f4 Kf6 28.g3 Rhb8 29.fxe5+ dxe5
30.d6 Ke6 31.d7 Kd6 32.Re3 e4 33.Nd5 Nxd7 34.Kc3 Kc5 35.b4+ axb3 36.axb3 Ra3
37.Kb2 Rba8 38.b4+ Kxc4 39.Rxa3 Rxa3 40.Kxa3 Kxd5 41.Re1 Kc4 42.Kb2 Ne5 43.Bc2 Nd3+
44.Bxd3+ Kxd3 45.Rd1+ Ke3 46.Kc3 Ne2+ 47.Kc4 b5+ 48.Kc5 Nxg3 49.Kxb5 f4 50.Kc5 Ne2
51.Kc4 f3 52.b5 f2 53.b6 Nd4 54.b7 Nc6 55.Kd5 Nb8 56.Rf1 Ke2 57.Rxf2+ Kxf2
58.Kxe4 Kg3 59.Ke5 Kxh4 60.Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Ne2 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nbc3 Nge7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Qd2 Bxe2 13.Nxe2 Nf5 14.Bh3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qd6
16.Nf4 Bh6 17.Rac1 Rae8 18.Rc5 Bxf4 19.Rxf4 b6 20.Rc3 f5 21.Bg2 Ne7 22.Rf1 Rc8
23.Rfc1 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Nxc8 26.Qc3 Ne7 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Ke2 Qd7 29.Kd2 Ng8
30.Kc2 Nf6 31.Kb3 Ke6 32.a4 a5 33.Bf1 Ne4 34.Qc2 Nd6 35.Ba6 Ke7 36.Ka2 Kd8
37.Qb3 Qc6 38.Bf1 Ke7 39.Bg2 Ke6 40.Bf1 Ne4 41.Bb5 Qc7 42.Bd3 Nd6 43.g4 fxg4
44.e4 Qc6 45.e5 Nf5 46.Bxf5+ gxf5 47.Qe3 Qxa4+ 48.Kb1 Kd7 49.Qh6 Qd1+ 50.Ka2 Qa4+
51.Kb1 Qd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.e3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Ra2 Be7 11.b4 Qd8 12.h3 b6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Be2 Be6 15.Ng5 Rc8
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Ba6 Bxb4 18.Bxc8 Qxc8 19.O-O Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Ne4 21.Qc1 Qd7
22.Rc2 Nc5 23.Rd1 Na5 24.Rxc5 bxc5 25.Qxc5 Nc6 26.Bg3 Rc8 27.Qb5 Ne5 28.Qa6 Nc4
29.Rb1 Nb6 30.Be5 Rc6 31.Bd4 Qc7 32.f4 h6 33.Kh2 Rc2 34.Bxb6 axb6 35.Rxb6 Qc3
36.Rb8+ Kf7 37.Rb7+ Kf6 38.Qa8 Kf5 39.Qf8+ Ke4 40.Rxg7 Qxe3 41.Qf6 Qxf4+
42.Qxf4+ Kxf4 43.a4 d4 44.Rd7 e5 45.Rd6 Ra2 46.h4 h5 47.Rf6+ Ke3 48.Rf5 e4
49.Rxh5 d3 50.Rd5 Kd2 51.h5 e3 52.h6 Rxa4 53.Kg3 e2  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Bb7
9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Ne2 Re8 13.f4 Ne4 14.Ng3 Nf8 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Bc4 Re7 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh6 Bxe5 19.dxe5 b5 20.Rad1 Qe8 21.f5 bxc4 22.f6 Ne6
23.Rf4 Qf8 24.Qxf8+ Kxf8 25.fxe7+ Kxe7 26.Ba3+ c5 27.Rf2 cxb3 28.Rfd2 Bc6
29.axb3 Rb8 30.Rc2 Rxb3 31.Bxc5+ Nxc5 32.Rxc5 Bb5 33.Rd6 Rxe3 34.Rc7+ Kf8
35.e6 Rd3 36.Rxf7+ Ke8 37.Rb6 Rd1+ 38.Kf2 Rf1+ 39.Ke3 Rxf7 40.exf7+ Kxf7
41.Kxe4 Kg7 42.Ke5 g5 43.Kf5  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Ne8 10.c5 f5 11.a4 Nf6 12.Bg5 Nh5 13.g3 f4 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Nc4 Bh3 16.Re1 Qd7
17.Nb5 fxg3 18.fxg3 Nxe4 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Qc2 Ng5 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Nbxd6 e4
23.Rad1 Qf6 24.Rf1 Bxf1 25.Bxf1 e3 26.Bg2 Nf3+ 27.Kh1 Nd4 28.Qb1 e2 29.Re1 Qf2
30.Ne4 Qf5 31.d6 Rae8 32.Ne3 Qd7 33.h4 Kh8 34.Qd3 Rxe4 35.Qxe4 Qxd6 36.Nc2 Nxc2
37.Qxc2 Qxg3  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.d3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Re8 11.d4 a5 12.a4 Ne4 13.e3 e6 14.c4 Ndc5 15.Ne5 Na6 16.Nd3 Nd6
17.Qc2 Rc8 18.c5 Ne4 19.Kh2 Qc7 20.Rac1 h5 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Ne5 f5 23.Nxg6 Kf7
24.Nf4 h4 25.Bc3 Rh8 26.f3 hxg3+ 27.Kg2 exf3+ 28.Rxf3 Qd7 29.e4 Nb4 30.Qe2 Bh6
31.Rcf1 Rce8 32.Bxb4 axb4 33.exf5 exf5 34.Qc4+ Kf6 35.Nh5+ Kg6 36.Rxf5 Bg5
37.Nxg3 Re3 38.d5  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Ba3 Qa5+ 8.Qd2 Qxd2+
9.Nbxd2 Bf8 10.Bxf8 Kxf8 11.Ke2 Nbd7 12.Rhc1 Kg7 13.b4 b6 14.c5 Bb7 15.a4 Rhb8
16.Nb3 bxc5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Rxc5 Nd7 19.Ra5 Bc8 20.Rb1 Kf6 21.g4 h6 22.h4 Ke7
23.g5 hxg5 24.hxg5 Rb6 25.Kd2 Kd6 26.e4 e5 27.exd5 cxd5 28.dxe5+ Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Kxe5
30.Rc5 Kd6 31.Kc3 Rab8 32.f4 Bd7 33.Ra5 d4+ 34.Kc4 Be6+ 35.Kxd4 Rxb4+ 36.Rxb4 Rxb4+
37.Ke3 Rb7 38.Kd4 Rb4+ 39.Ke3 Rb7 40.Kd4 Ke7 41.Be4 Rb4+ 42.Ke5 Bd7 43.Rxa7 Rxa4
44.Rxa4 Bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.d4 a5 8.c3 b6
9.Re1 Bb7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf6 13.Re1 Ne7 14.Qc2 Bd5 15.Nd2 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Nd5 17.Nf3 Rc8 18.Re4 c5 19.dxc5 Rxc5 20.Qe2 Qc8 21.Bd2 Rd8 22.a4 Qb7
23.Re1 Qc6 24.h4 h6 25.Kg1 Ne7 26.Nh2 h5 27.Nf3 b5 28.Bg5 Qb7 29.Bxf6 gxf6
30.Nd4 bxa4 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Rxe6 Ng6 33.Rxf6 Nf8 34.Kh2 Rcd5 35.Qe3 Qg7 36.Qf3 Rd3
37.Qf4 Rd2 38.Re5 Ng6 39.Rxg6 Qxg6 40.Rg5 R2d6 41.Qxa4 Qxg5 42.hxg5  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.e3 Nc6
9.b4 Be7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O Ne4 13.Rc1 Bf6 14.Na4 Rc8 15.Nc5 Nc3
16.Qd3 Bf5 17.Qd2 d4 18.Nxb7 dxe3 19.Qxe3 Qb6 20.Rxc3 Qxb7 21.Rc5 Rfe8 22.Qc1 Rxe2
23.Rxf5 Nd4 24.Rc5 Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Rce8 26.Rc6 Bd4 27.Qc4 Bb6 28.Bg3 h5 29.a4 R2e6
30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.a5 Bd8 32.Rd1 Be7 33.Qd5 Qxd5 34.Rxd5 h4 35.Bb8 Bxb4 36.Kg2 a6
37.Bc7 Be7 38.Bb6 Rg6+ 39.Kh3 Rf6 40.Rd7 Bb4 41.Kg4 Rg6+ 42.Kxh4 Rh6+ 43.Kg3 Rh5
44.Ra7 Bxa5 45.Rxa6 Bb4 46.Be3 Rd5 47.h4 Bd6+ 48.Kg2 f5 49.Bg5 Kf7 50.h5 f4
51.Bh4 Bf8 52.Kh3 Rxh5 53.Kg4 Rb5 54.Kxf4 Rb4+ 55.Kg3 Bc5 56.Bg5 Bd4 57.Be3 Be5+
58.f4 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6
9.Ngf3 Bh5 10.O-O Be7 11.Rae1 a6 12.Qc2 Bg6 13.Ne5 Nxd4 14.Qa4+ Nc6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Nf3 b5 17.Qd1 Qd7 18.a4 bxa4 19.Qxa4 O-O 20.Ra1 Bd6 21.Bg5 Qb7 22.Qh4 Be7
23.b4 e5 24.Be2 e4 25.Nd2 Nd8 26.Qh3 Ne6 27.Be3 Qc7 28.Rfc1 Nf4 29.Bxf4 Qxf4
30.Nb3 Qc7 31.Bxa6 Bd6 32.Be2 Rxa1 33.Rxa1 Be5 34.Nc5 Bd6 35.Na6 Qe7 36.Rd1 Be5
37.b5 Qa3 38.Qe3 Qb2 39.Qd2 Qxd2 40.Rxd2 Bxc3 41.Ra2 Bd4 42.Nb4 Bc5 43.Nc6 d4
44.Bc4 d3 45.h3 e3 46.fxe3 d2 47.Bb3 Bxe3+ 48.Kf1 Ne4 49.Ke2 Bg5 50.Ra7 Nc5
51.Bd1 Re8+ 52.Kf3 Re1 53.Be2 d1=Q 54.Ra8+ Kh7 55.Bxd1 Rxd1 56.b6 Rb1 57.Ra5 Ne6
58.Ra6 Bf6 59.Na5 Nc5 60.Ra7 Rxb6 61.Rxf7 Ra6 62.Nc4 Ne6 63.Rb7 Ra4 64.Nd6 Rd4
65.Ne8 Be5 66.Re7 Ng5+ 67.Ke3 Re4+ 68.Kd3 Rd4+ 69.Ke3 Rd5 70.h4 Kg8 71.Rb7 Nf7
72.Nc7 Rd7 73.Rb8+ Kh7 74.Ne6 Bxb8 75.Nf8+ Kg8 76.Nxd7 Ne5 77.Nxb8 g5 78.hxg5 Kf7
79.Kf4 Nd3+ 80.Ke4 Ne1 81.Nc6 Nxg2 82.Ne5+ Ke6 83.Nf3 Nh4 84.Nxh4  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Ne8 10.a4 h6 11.c5 f5 12.a5 Nf6 13.Nd2 f4 14.Ba3 g5 15.b5 g4 16.b6 axb6
17.axb6 cxb6 18.cxd6 Rxa3 19.Rxa3 Ng6 20.g3 f3 21.Bd3 h5 22.Ra8 h4 23.Nb5 Kh7
24.Qc2 Nh5 25.d7 Qxd7 26.Rc1 hxg3 27.hxg3 Ngf4 28.gxf4 Nxf4 29.Qc7 Qe8 30.Rxc8 Qh5
31.Rxf8 Qh3 32.Rh8+ Kxh8 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Qf5+ Kh6 35.Qxf4+ exf4 36.Bf1 Qh5
37.Nd6 g3 38.Nf5+ Kg5 39.fxg3 fxg3 40.Nxf3+ Qxf3 41.Bg2 Bd4+  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 c6 5.Qa4 Nd7 6.cxd5 Nb6 7.Qb3 cxd5 8.O-O e6
9.a4 Ne7 10.a5 Nd7 11.d4 Nc6 12.Qa4 a6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Bf4 Qd8 15.Nc3 O-O 16.e4 dxe4
17.Nxe4 h6 18.Rfd1 g5 19.Bd6 Re8 20.Ne5 Ndb8 21.Ba3 Bd7 22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.d5 exd5
24.Rxd5 Qc7 25.Rad1 b5 26.axb6 Qxb6 27.h4 gxh4 28.Nd6 Re2 29.Qf4 hxg3 30.Qxf7+ Kh8
31.Bc5 gxf2+ 32.Bxf2 Qxf2+ 33.Qxf2 Rxf2 34.Kxf2 Ra7 35.Re1 Ne7 36.Rd3 Nbc6
37.Nc8 Rc7 38.Nxe7 Nxe7 39.Rd8+ Kh7 40.Be4+ Ng6 41.Rg1 Rf7+ 42.Ke2 Re7 43.Kd3  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 h5 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O b5 10.g3 Bb7 11.Bh3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Kb1 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Nd4 Bd7
16.Bg2 g6 17.f4 e5 18.Nf3 Qc7 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Nxe5 Be6 21.Bf4 Rd8 22.Nd3 Qc4
23.b3 Qc8 24.Be5 O-O 25.Qg5 Nd5 26.Qh6 Nc3+ 27.Ka1 f6 28.Qxg6+ Kh8 29.Nf4 Nxd1
30.Qxh5+ Kg7 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown G5"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb6
9.a3 Nc5 10.Ba2 Ne6 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Qc7 14.Nh4 Qd8 15.Nf3 Bd7
16.Ng3 g6 17.d4 Qc7 18.Nh4 Qd8 19.Qf3 Kg7 20.Nhf5+ gxf5 21.Nxf5+ Kg6 22.Bxe6  1-0

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C67"]

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 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.a3 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Ne7 17.Nf3 Rh8 18.Nd4 Nd5 19.Bg5 Nxc3 20.Rd3 Na4 21.f4 Nc5 22.Rc3 Na4
23.Rg3 c5 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.f5 Kf7 26.Bh4 Rag8 27.Rb1 Nb6 28.fxe6+ Kxe6 29.Rg6+ Kf7
30.Rg5 Ke6 31.a4 Nxa4 32.Rxb7 Nc3 33.Rxc7 Ne4 34.Rg6+ Kf5 35.Ra6 g5 36.Be1 Re8
37.Raxa7 Rxe5 38.Rf7+ Ke6 39.c4 Re8 40.Rg7 Kf5 41.Rgf7+ Ke6 42.Rg7 Kf5 43.Rgf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Bd6 8.e4 O-O
9.Bc4 Qe7 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.O-O-O Be6 12.Bd5 f6 13.Be3 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 Ne7 15.Rdd1 Qc6
16.Nd2 a5 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.Qc4 Qd7 19.a4 b6 20.f3 Rab8 21.Kc2 b5 22.axb5 Rxb5
23.Ra1 Rfb8 24.b3 Ng6 25.Qa4 Qe7 26.Nc4 Bc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc5 28.Rhd1 Nf4 29.Rd2 h6
30.Qa3 a4 31.bxa4 Rb4 32.Rb1 Qxc4 33.Rxb4 Rxb4 34.Qxb4 Qa2+ 35.Qb2 Qxa4+
36.Qb3 Qa6 37.g3 Ne6 38.Qd5 Ng5 39.f4 Nf3 40.Rd1 Qe2+ 41.Kb3 Nd4+ 42.Rxd4 exd4
43.Qxd4 Qxh2 44.Qd8+ Kh7 45.Qd3 Kh8 46.e5 fxe5 47.fxe5 Qg2 48.Qd8+ Kh7 49.Qd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6
9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rfe1 Rfe8 12.Rad1 Rad8 13.Bf1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.g3 a6
16.Bg2 Rc8 17.Qb1 h6 18.Nh4 c4 19.Nf5 Qf8 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.bxc4 Rxc4 22.a4 Rec8
23.Rc1 h5 24.h3 Nf8 25.Qa2 Ne6 26.Qb3 Qd8 27.Re2 Bc6 28.Rec2 b5 29.axb5 axb5
30.Nb1 Ng5 31.h4 Nge4 32.Na3 Qe7 33.Qd3 Rxc2 34.Nxc2 Bd7 35.Qa3 Qe8 36.Nb4 Rc4
37.Rxc4 bxc4 38.Bc1 Be6 39.Na6 Qb5 40.Nc5 Kh7 41.Nxe6 fxe6 42.Bf1 Nxf2 43.Kxf2 Ne4+
44.Ke2 c3+ 45.Ke1 Qb1 46.Bg2 Qc2 47.Bxe4+ dxe4 48.Kf1 Kg6 49.Kg1 Kh7 50.Kh1 Kh6
51.Kg1 Kg6 52.Kh1 Qd1+ 53.Kh2 Qe2+ 54.Kg1 Qd1+ 55.Kh2 Qe2+ 56.Kg1 Qe1+ 57.Kg2 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[ECO "C80"]

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.Be3 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Na5 13.Bc2 Nc4 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bh6 Nxb2
16.Qe2 Re8 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.f4 c5 19.Nf3 Qb6 20.Qf2 d4 21.Bg5 dxc3 22.Qh4 c4+
23.Kh1 Bf8 24.f5 Nd3 25.e6 Bxe6 26.fxe6 Rxe6 27.Rad1 Rae8 28.Bxd3 cxd3 29.Rxd3 Re4
30.Bf4 Be7 31.Qg3 b4 32.Ng5 Bxg5 33.Bxg5 Qe6 34.h3 Qe5 35.Kh2 Qxg3+ 36.Kxg3 h6
37.Bxh6 Re1 38.Rf6 R1e6 39.Rf2 Re2 40.Rd5 Rxf2 41.Kxf2 f6 42.Be3  1-0

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc4 e5 8.Qc2 h6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.b3 Bc5 12.Na4 Be7 13.Nh4 g6 14.h3 Kf8 15.Bb2 Re8
16.e4 Kg8 17.Rac1 Kh7 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Ne3 Nb6 20.Qc3 Nxa4 21.Qxe5 Bd6 22.Qxf6 Nxb2
23.Qxb2 Qe7 24.Qc3 Bb4 25.Qe5 Qg5 26.Qb2 Rd8 27.a3 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Bc5 29.Nf1 Rd8
30.h4 Qe7 31.Rxd8 Qxd8 32.b4 Qd4 33.Qc2 Be7 34.c5 a5 35.bxa5 Bxc5 36.a4 Kg7
37.Nh2 Bb3 38.Qe2 Qxa4 39.Nf3 Qa1+ 40.Bf1 Qc3 41.Kg2 Ba4 42.Qc4 Qxc4 43.Bxc4 Bc2
44.Nd2 Bb4 45.Bb3 Bxb3 46.Nxb3 c5 47.Kf3 c4 48.Nd4 Bxa5 49.Nb5 c3 50.Nd4 b5
51.Ke2 b4 52.f4 Bb6 53.Nb3 h5  0-1

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Re1 Bg7 15.c3 O-O
16.Nc2 Re8 17.Qh5 e4 18.Bf1 Nxd5 19.Qxf5 Re5 20.Qh3 Qb6 21.Rad1 Rae8 22.Rxe4 Rxe4
23.Rxd5 h6 24.Qd3 R8e6 25.g3 R4e5 26.Bg2 b4 27.cxb4 Re2 28.Rf5 Qc7 29.Ne3 Qc1+
30.Bf1 Rxb2 31.a3 Ra2 32.Qd5 Rxa3 33.Kg2 Raxe3 34.fxe3 Qxe3 35.Bxa6 Qe4+
36.Qxe4 Rxe4 37.Rb5 Kf8 38.Bb7 Re2+ 39.Kh3 Bd4 40.Bf3 Rb2 41.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.bxc3 d6 7.e4 O-O 8.g3 Ne8
9.Nh4 Ne7 10.d3 f5 11.exf5 Nxf5 12.Nxf5 Bxf5 13.Bg2 c6 14.h3 Nc7 15.O-O Ne6
16.Be3 Nc5 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.Kh2 Bg6 19.Rd2 Rae8 20.Qd1 b6 21.Re1 h6 22.Bxc5 dxc5
23.Re3 Re6 24.Kg1 Rd6 25.h4 Rd8 26.Rxe5 Bxd3 27.Be4 Bxc4 28.Rxd6 Qxd6 29.Re8+ Rxe8
30.Qxd6 Rxe4 31.Qxc6 Re1+ 32.Kh2 Bxa2 33.g4 Kh7 34.f4 h5 35.f5 hxg4 36.h5 Bf7
37.Qb7 Kg8 38.Qxa7 Bxh5 39.Qxb6 c4 40.Qd8+ Be8 41.Kg3 Kh7 42.Qc7 Kg8 43.Qxc4+ Bf7
44.Qd4 Re8 45.c4 Rf8 46.c5 Be8 47.Qd5+ Kh7 48.Qe6 Bb5 49.c6 Bxc6 50.Qg6+ Kg8
51.Qxc6 Rf6 52.Qe8+ Kh7 53.Kxg4 Rh6 54.Kf4 Rf6 55.Ke5 Rh6 56.Qe6  1-0

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 Ba7 8.Re1 b5
9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bb7 11.a4 Ne7 12.Bc2 Ng6 13.Na3 c6 14.Bd3 Re8 15.Nc2 h6 16.dxe5 dxe5
17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Nf4 19.Bc2 Qc7 20.Nf5 Rad8 21.Qc1 Bc8 22.Nh2 Bxf5 23.exf5 e4
24.axb5 axb5 25.Nf1 c5 26.b3 Nd3 27.Bxd3 exd3 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.c4 Re2 30.cxb5 Qe5
31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Qc4 Qxf5 33.f3 Rc2 34.Qxf7 Qg5 35.g4 Qh4  0-1

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.a3 O-O 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nh4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.d4 c6 15.Re1 b5
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qh5 e4 18.f3 b4 19.fxe4 dxe4 20.Rxe4 Ra5 21.Qh6 Qd5 22.Rf4 bxa3
23.bxa3 Qg5 24.Qxf6 Qxf6 25.Rxf6 Rc8 26.Rf2 b5 27.Rd2 b4 28.a4 Bd7 29.Kf2 Rxa4
30.Rb1 Rc4 31.Rb2 Kf8 32.g3 Bh3 33.Nf3 f6 34.Ke3 Bg4 35.Ne1 Ke7 36.Ng2 Bh3
37.Nf4 Be6 38.d5 Bf5 39.d6+ Kd8 40.Nd5 Ra3+ 41.Kf2 Be4 42.Nb6 Rc5 43.Rxb4 Rh5
44.Ke1 Bc6 45.Re2 Ra6 46.c4 Ra1+ 47.Kd2 Rf5 48.Re7 Ra2+ 49.Kc3  1-0

[Event "Ding vs Topalov Match"]
[Site "Wenzhou CHN"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Qb3 b6 8.d5 a5 9.Nd4 Bd7
10.O-O Na6 11.Qd1 Nc5 12.Bf3 Rc8 13.a3 e5 14.dxe6 Nxe6 15.Re1 Nxd4 16.exd4 Re8
17.Be3 Be6 18.d5 Bd7 19.h3 Re7 20.Qd2 Qf8 21.Bd4 Rce8 22.Rxe7 Qxe7 23.b4 h5
24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Rc1 Kh7 26.Be3 a4 27.Bf4 Bf5 28.Nb5 Be4 29.Re1 Qd7 30.Be2 Bf5
31.Bf1 Ne4 32.Qe3 Nf6 33.Qc1 Ne4 34.Re3 g5 35.Bh2 Bh6 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Bxg4
38.Bd3 f5 39.Qe1 Bh5 40.Bxe4 fxe4 41.Nd4 Bf7 42.Bg3 Bg7 43.Nb5 Bg6 44.Qe2 Re7
45.f3 Qh3 46.Qh2 Qxh2+ 47.Kxh2 Bb2 48.c5 Bc1 49.cxd6 cxd6 50.Rc3 Bd2 51.Bxd6 Rb7
52.Rc7+ Rxc7 53.Bxc7 exf3 54.Kg3 Be4 55.Bb6 Bxd5 56.Bf2 Bc1  0-1

[Event "Ding vs Topalov Match"]
[Site "Wenzhou CHN"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 Be6
9.b4 Nd4 10.Rb1 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 c6 12.d3 O-O 13.Bb2 f5 14.Na4 Nd7 15.Qc2 Qc7
16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.bxc5 Rad8 18.Ba1 Rd7 19.Rb4 a5 20.Ra4 Bd5 21.e4 Be6 22.exf5 Rxf5
23.Be4 Rd5 24.d4 Qd7 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Re1 Kf7 27.Re2 h5 28.dxe5 Qf3 29.Re3 Qd5
30.Re2 Qf3 31.Re3 Qd5 32.Rf4 Rxf4 33.gxf4 g6 34.Rg3 Bf5 35.Qb3 Bxc5 36.Qxb7+ Ke8
37.Qb8+ Ke7 38.Qb7+ Ke8 39.Qb8+ Ke7 40.Qb7+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ding vs Topalov Match"]
[Site "Wenzhou CHN"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "E21"]

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.cxd5 g5 10.Bg3 Qxd5 11.e3 Qxa2 12.Bd3 Qxb2 13.O-O Bxc3 14.Rc2 Qb4 15.Nb5 e5
16.Rxc3 Nc6 17.f4 Bg4 18.Qc2 exf4 19.exf4 Rac8 20.Bc4 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Qf5 22.Bd3 Qd7
23.fxg5 Nb4 24.Qf2 Nxd3 25.Qxf6 Qxb5 26.gxh6 Nf2+ 27.Rxf2 Qb1+ 28.Rf1 Qg6
29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Qe7 Be6 31.Qxb7 Qxh6 32.Qxa7 Rc1 33.Rg1 Rxg1+ 34.Qxg1 Bd5
35.Qd1 Qe6 36.Qd2 Qf5 37.Kg1 Qb1+ 38.Be1 Qb6+ 39.Kh1 Qf6 40.h3 Qf5 41.Kh2 f6
42.Bf2 Kf7 43.Bd4 Ke6 44.Qe3+ Qe4 45.Qf2 Qf5 46.Qg3 Qe4 47.Bc3 Kf5 48.Qf2+ Qf4+
49.Qxf4+ Kxf4 50.Bxf6 Kf5 51.Bc3 Kg6 52.g4 Be6 53.Kg3 Bd7 54.h4 Be6 55.h5+ Kh7
56.Kf4 Bd7 57.g5 Be8 58.Kg4 Bf7 59.g6+ Bxg6 60.hxg6+ Kxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ding vs Topalov Match"]
[Site "Wenzhou CHN"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Bg2 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.O-O Qd8 11.c5 Bc7 12.e4 b6 13.b4 bxc5 14.bxc5 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Ba6
16.Re1 Bc4 17.Qa4 Bd5 18.Re3 Qc8 19.Nc3 Bd8 20.Rb1 Bf6 21.Bf1 Rd8 22.Nxd5 cxd5
23.Reb3 Re8 24.Rb7 Re7 25.Rxe7 Bxe7 26.Ne5 Bf6 27.f4 g6 28.h4 h5 29.Kf2 Kg7
30.Ke3 a6 31.Rb6 Ra7 32.Bd3 Ra8 33.Qc2 Nd7 34.Rc6 Qe8 35.Rc7 Nxe5 36.fxe5 Bd8
37.Rb7 Qc6 38.Qb1 Bc7 39.Bxg6 Rg8 40.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "8th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Atalik,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Qe2 Nbd7
9.e4 c5 10.d5 e5 11.b3 Rc8 12.O-O Be7 13.Bb2 O-O 14.Rac1 Qc7 15.Nd1 Ne8 16.Ne3 g6
17.a4 c4 18.bxc4 bxa4 19.Ra1 f6 20.Rxa4 Nc5 21.Ra2 Nd6 22.Nd2 a5 23.Rfa1 Ra8
24.Bc2 Ra7 25.Ba3 Rfa8 26.Bxc5 Qxc5 27.Nb3 Qc8 28.c5 Ba6 29.Qe1 Nc4 30.d6 Bd8
31.Nxc4 Bxc4 32.Qc3 Qe6 33.Ra4 Bb5 34.Bd3 Bxd3 35.Qxd3 Rb8 36.Nd2 Kg7 37.Qd5 Qxd5
38.exd5 Rab7 39.c6 Rb2 40.c7  1-0

[Event "8th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Santos Ruiz,Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.b3 c5 10.Bb2 b6 11.Rac1 Bb7 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Qb1 dxc4 14.Nxc4 b5 15.Nce5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 cxd4 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Bxd4 Qa8 19.Nf3 Rc8 20.Qb2 Ne8 21.Bxg7 Nxg7
22.b4 Nf5 23.Rc1 Nd6 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.Nd2 Bd5 26.a3 Qc6 27.Bf1 h5 28.Qe5 e6
29.h4 Bc4 30.Qc5 Qd5 31.Nxc4 bxc4 32.f3 Qd2 33.Bxc4 Nxc4 34.Qc8+ Kh7 35.Qxc4 Qxe3+
36.Kh2 Qxa3 37.Qc7 Kg7 38.Qe5+ Kh7 39.Qc7 Kg7 40.Qe5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 Nb8 13.Ng5 Re7 14.Ndf3 Nbd7 15.Nxf7 Rxf7
16.Ng5 d5 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.f4 exd4 19.e5 dxc3 20.bxc3 Kg8 21.exf6 Nxf6 22.Be3 c5
23.a4 b4 24.cxb4 c4 25.Bc2 Bxb4 26.Re2 a5 27.Bd4 Ne4 28.Re3 Qd7 29.Qe2 Rc8
30.Rd1 Qf7 31.Rf3 Re8 32.Re3 Qxf4 33.Bxe4 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 Qxe4 35.Qf2 Bc6 36.Qg3 Qg6
37.Qc7 Bxa4 38.Rf1 h5 39.Rf3 Bd6  1-0

[Event "8th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Matnadze,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 a6 4.Nd2 g6 5.Nb3 h5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.Bd2 Nd7
10.c4 Ne7 11.Be2 Nf5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Rc1 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Rxh6 15.Bd3 Kf8 16.O-O Kg7
17.Bxf5 gxf5 18.Rc3 Nb6 19.Nc5 Nc4 20.Qf4 Rg6 21.b3 Na5 22.Rg3 b6 23.Rxg6+ Kxg6
24.Nd3 Rc8 25.h4 Kh7 26.Re1 Qg8 27.Rc1 Rxc1+ 28.Qxc1 Qg4 29.Nf4 Nc6 30.Nxe6 Nxd4
31.Ng5+ Kg7 32.Qc7 Ne2+ 33.Kf1 Ng3+ 34.fxg3 Qd1+ 35.Kf2 Qd4+ 36.Ke2 Qb2+
37.Kf3  1-0

[Event "8th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Calzetta Ruiz,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 d6 8.e6 Bxe6
9.axb5 Ne5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.f4 Ng4 12.Re1+ Be7 13.Qe2 Kf8 14.Nc3 Bh4 15.g3 Bf6
16.Nf3 h5 17.Nd5 c6 18.bxc6 Bxc6 19.c4 a6 20.h3 Bxd5 21.cxd5 Nh6 22.Be3 Qd7
23.Kg2 Nf5 24.Bf2 g6 25.Rac1 Ne7 26.Qd2 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Qxc8 28.Bd4 Nxd5 29.Bxf6 Nxf6
30.Qxd6+ Kg7 31.Re7 Qc2+ 32.Kf1  0-1

[Event "8th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 Nd7 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.Nd4 Bxb1 10.Rxb1 Bxc5 11.f4 O-O 12.Kh1 Rc8 13.Be3 Qe7 14.a3 a6 15.Bd3 g6
16.Qg4 Rc7 17.Qg3 Rfc8 18.Rbe1 Kh8 19.Qh3 Rg8 20.Bf2 Qd8 21.g4 Be7 22.Nf3  1-0

[Event "8th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Skripchenko,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O Nb6 8.Bb3 c5
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 N6d7 11.Ng5 Nxc5 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.Nc3 h6 14.Be3 hxg5 15.Bxc5 g4
16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.f3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bf5 19.Bb5 Rfc8 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.Bxe7 Bxc2
22.Rd7 b6 23.Rc1 Bf5 24.Rd6 Rac8 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.g4 Re6 27.gxf5 Rxe7 28.fxg6 fxg6
29.Kf2 Re5 30.Rd1 Ra5 31.Rd2 Kf7 32.Ke3 Ra4 33.c4 Ke6 34.Rg2 Kf5 35.Rc2 Ra3+
36.Kd4 Kf4 37.c5 Ra4+ 38.Kc3 bxc5 39.Rg2 Ra6 40.Kc4 Kxf3 41.Rg1 Kf4 42.Rf1+ Ke5
43.Rg1 Kf6 44.Rg2 g5 45.Kxc5 Kf5 46.Kb5 Rb6+ 47.Kc5 g4 48.a4 Rg6 49.Kd4 g3
50.Ke3 Kg4 51.Rg1 Re6+ 52.Kd4  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 a5 8.a4 O-O
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Nxe5 Nc6 11.f4 Re8 12.O-O Nxe5 13.fxe5 Rxe5 14.Nc3 h6 15.Rae1 Rg5
16.d4 Bh3 17.Re2 Be6 18.Ref2 Rc8 19.Rf4 Nh5 20.R4f3 Nf6 21.Rf4 Bh3 22.R1f2 Be6
23.Qd3 Qd6 24.Rf1 b6 25.Nd1 Re8 26.c3 Bd7 27.Ne3 Bh3 28.Rxf6 gxf6 29.Rf2 Bd7
30.Rf3 Qe6 31.h4 Rg7 32.Bxd5 Qd6 33.c4 Rg3 34.Nf1 Rg7 35.Ng3 f5 36.Nxf5 Bxf5
37.Qxf5 Qe7 38.Rf4 Qe1+ 39.Rf1 Qe3+ 40.Kh1 Kh8 41.Qf6 Kh7 42.Bxf7 Qg3 43.Bd5 Re3
44.Qf5+ Kh8 45.Qf4 Qxf4 46.Rxf4 Rg6 47.c5 bxc5 48.dxc5 Re1+ 49.Kh2 Rc1 50.c6 Rd6
51.Bf3 Rd2 52.b4 axb4 53.Rxb4 Kg7 54.a5 Ra2 55.Rb5 Ra4 56.Kg3 Kf6 57.h5 Rc3
58.Rb6 Kg5 59.a6 Ra2 60.c7 Rxc7 61.Rg6+ Kf5 62.Rxh6 Rg7+ 63.Kh3 Ra1 64.Kh2 Kg5
65.Rb6 Ra5 66.Rb7 Kh6 67.Be2 Rg8 68.Kh3 Re8 69.Rb6+ Kg5 70.Bf3 Rg8 71.Rd6 Ra4
72.Kh2 Ra3 73.Kg3 Ra5 74.Kf2 Ra3 75.Ke2 Rb8 76.Rg6+ Kf5 77.Kf2 Rh8 78.Kg1 Ra4
79.Kh2 Ra3 80.Rb6 Kg5 81.Rg6+ Kf5 82.Kg1 Ra2 83.Rb6 Kg5 84.Kh2 Rh6 85.Rxh6 Kxh6
86.Bb7 Kxh5 87.Kg3 Kg5 88.Kf3 Kf5 89.Ke3 Ke5 90.Kd3 Ra4 91.Kc3 Kd6 92.Kb3 Ra1
93.Kc4 Ra5 94.Kb4 Ra1 95.Kb5 Rb1+ 96.Kc4 Ra1 97.Kd4 Ra4+ 98.Ke3 Ke5 99.Kf3 Kf5
100.Bc8+ Kg5 101.Ke3 Kh4 102.Kf3 Ra3+ 103.Kf4 Ra4+ 104.Ke5 Kg3 105.Bb7 Rxa6
106.Bxa6 Kxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4 Qe6
9.Nd2 Nf4 10.Qe4 Ng6 11.f4 d5 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Nf3 c5 14.Bb5 c6 15.Be2 Be7 16.h5 Nf8
17.Bd2 c4 18.O-O-O c5 19.Qa3 Qb6 20.Ba5 Qb7 21.Nh4 Ne6 22.Nf5 Nxf4 23.Nxe7 Nxe2+
24.Kd2 c3+ 25.Kxe2 Bg4+ 26.Kf2 Qxe7 27.Rxd5 O-O 28.Bxc3 Qg5 29.Qxc5 Qf4+
30.Kg1 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Qf4+ 32.Kg1 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Qf4+ 34.g3 Qe4 35.Rd2 Rad8 36.Rf2 Bxh5
37.Re1 Qg6 38.Rf4 Qxc2+ 39.Qf2 Qg6 40.Qxa7 Bg4 41.Qf2 Rd3 42.Kg1 Be6 43.Rf3 Rfd8
44.Rxd3 Rxd3 45.Re3 Rxe3 46.Qxe3 Bxa2 47.Kf2 h6 48.Qd4 Be6 49.Qf4 Bd5 50.Ke3 Qb6+
51.Qd4 Qc6 52.Kd2 Be6 53.Qd8+ Kh7 54.Qd3+ g6 55.Qe3 Qg2+ 56.Ke1 Bc4 57.Qf2 Qe4+
58.Kd2 Qd3+ 59.Ke1 Be6 60.Qf4 g5 61.Qf2 Kg6 62.Bd4 Bc4 63.Qe3 Qc2 64.Bc3 Qg2
65.Qf2 Qe4+ 66.Kd2 Kh5 67.Qe3 Qg2+ 68.Kc1 Be6 69.Be1 Bf5 70.Qd2 Qe4 71.Qc3 Kg4
72.b4 Qe2 73.Qd4+ Kh3 74.Qc3 Be6 75.Bd2 Kg2 76.Be1 Kf1 77.Bd2 Kf2 78.Qa3 Qc4+
79.Kb2 Qd4+ 80.Bc3 Qd1 81.b5 Qe2+ 82.Kc1 Qxb5 83.Bd4+ Kg2 84.Qe3 Qf1+ 85.Kd2 Bg4
86.Bc5 Qd1+ 87.Kc3 Qf3 88.Kd2 Kxg3 89.Bf8 Qxe3+ 90.Kxe3 h5 91.Be7 h4 92.Bxg5 h3
93.Bf4+ Kg2  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.O-O a6 8.Bb3 Re8
9.Ng5 Re7 10.h3 h6 11.Ngf3 Be6 12.Nh4 d5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Qe2 Bxb3 15.Nxb3 Bb6
16.Nf5 Re6 17.Be3 Nd4 18.cxd4 exd4 19.Nbxd4 Bxd4 20.Qf3 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Qxd3
22.Qxb7 Rae8 23.Qxc7 Nd5 24.Qg3 Rg6 25.Qf3 Qe4 26.Rad1 Nxe3 27.Rd8 Rxg2+
28.Kh1 Kh7 29.Rxe8 Qxe8 30.Nxe3 Rxb2 31.Nf5 Qe5 32.Ng3 Rxa2 33.Qd3+ Kg8 34.Qb3 Qb2
35.Qxf7+ Kh7 36.Qf5+ Kh8 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Qf5+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Qe2 a5 8.a4 Nb4
9.Bf4 Nf6 10.O-O-O Qe7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.f3 Be6 13.Nd4 d5 14.e5 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Nd7
16.Nb5 c5 17.Qf2 d4 18.Qg3 Bf5 19.Rd2 Nd5 20.Nd6 Bg6 21.Nc4 Nxf4 22.Qxf4 f6
23.exf6 Rxf6 24.Qc7 Re6 25.Bd3 Ne5 26.Qxe7 Nxd3+ 27.cxd3 Rxe7 28.Kc2 Bf7
29.b3 Ra6 30.Rdd1 Rg6 31.g3 Bd5 32.Rhe1 Rge6 33.Rxe6 Rxe6 34.f4 Bxc4 35.bxc4 Rh6
36.Rd2 Rb6 37.Re2 Rb4 38.Re7 h5 39.h3 b6 40.Rb7 Kh7 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Kg6
43.Rc7 Rxa4 44.Rc6+ Kf7 45.Rxb6 Ra2+ 46.Rb2 Ra3 47.Rb5 a4 48.Rxc5 Ra2+ 49.Kc1 Rg2
50.Rd5 Rxg4 51.Rxd4 g5 52.Rd7+ Ke6 53.Rg7 Rxf4 54.Rxg5 Rf2 55.Ra5 Ra2 56.d4 a3
57.Re5+ Kd7 58.Re3 Kd6 59.Rc3 Kc6 60.Rc2 Ra1+ 61.Kd2 Rh1 62.Kc3 Rd1 63.Rh2 Kb6
64.Ra2 Rc1+ 65.Kb4 Rd1 66.d5 Rb1+ 67.Kc3 Rc1+ 68.Kd3 Rd1+ 69.Kc2 Rh1 70.Rxa3 Kc5
71.Ra4 Rh3 72.Kb2 Rg3 73.Ra3 Rg2+ 74.Kb3 Rg3+ 75.Ka4 Rg8 76.Rc3 Rb8 77.Ka3 Rb7
78.Rc2 Rb8 79.Rb2 Rh8 80.Rc2 Rb8 81.Rc1 Rb7 82.Ka4 Rb8 83.Rc2 Rb7 84.Ka3 Rb8
85.Rb2 Rh8 86.Rb4 Rh3+ 87.Rb3 Rh8 88.Rb4 Rh3+ 89.Ka4 Rh8 90.Ka3 Rh3+ 91.Rb3 Rh8
92.Rc3 Rb8 93.Ka2 Rb7 94.Rc2 Rb8 95.Rb2 Rh8 96.Kb3 Rh3+ 97.Ka4 Kxc4 98.Rd2 Rh8
99.Ka5 Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Nbd2 d6
9.a4 Nh5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nb8 12.O-O Nd7 13.Re1 c6 14.d4 Qc7 15.Bb3 g6
16.Nc4 Kg7 17.Qd2 Rd8 18.Qc2 Nb6 19.Ne3 Nd7 20.Rad1 Nf6 21.Nh2 h5 22.f4 h4
23.fxe5 dxe5 24.gxh4 exd4 25.cxd4 Qg3 26.Nf3 Nh5 27.Nf1 Qf4 28.Qf2 Bg4 29.Rd3 Rf8
30.g3 Qf6 31.N1h2 Be6 32.Bxe6 Qxe6 33.b3 Rad8 34.Kg2 a5 35.Qe3 Nf6 36.Ng5 Qd7
37.Rf1 Ng4 38.Nxg4 Qxg4 39.Nf3 Bd6 40.Qe1 Rh8 41.Nh2 Qe6 42.Rf2 Rhe8 43.Re2 f5
44.Rde3 f4 45.gxf4 Bxf4 46.Rd3 Bxh2 47.Kxh2 Rxd4 48.Rxd4 Qe5+ 49.Kg2 Qxd4
50.Qxa5 Rxe4 51.Rxe4 Qxe4+ 52.Kg3 Qe3+ 53.Kg4 Qe4+ 54.Kg3 Qd3+ 55.Kg4 Qd1+
56.Kf4 Qd4+ 57.Kg5 Qg1+ 58.Kf4 Qd4+ 59.Kg5 Qe3+ 60.Kg4 Qxb3 61.Qe5+ Kf8 62.Qb8+ Ke7
63.Qc7+ Ke6 64.Qc8+ Kd6 65.Qd8+ Kc5 66.Qf8+ Kb6 67.Qd8+ Ka6 68.Qa8+ Kb6 69.Qd8+ Ka6
70.Qa8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qb6 8.Bb3 e6
9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O Nc5 11.Rhe1 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.g3 Qc7 14.f4 b5 15.e5 dxe5
16.fxe5 Nh7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nc6 Qg5 19.Re3 Bb7 20.h4 Qg4 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Qd6 Nxb3+
23.axb3 Rfe8 24.Ne2 Nf8 25.Nf4 g5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Ne2 Rad8 28.Qxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxd8 Kg7
30.c3 Qh3 31.Nd4 Be4 32.Nc8 Bg6 33.Nd6 Qf1+ 34.Kd2 Qf2+ 35.Ne2 Nh7 36.g4 Qf1
37.Rg3 f6 38.Rd7+ Kg8 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.Rd7+ Kg8 41.Rd8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 g6
9.h3 Bg7 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Bxb7 Rb8 14.Bd5 c5 15.Nb3 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Bc6 17.Nf4 a5 18.O-O-O a4 19.Na5 Rb5 20.Nxc6 Nxc6 21.c3 a3 22.Rd2 Kd7
23.Nd5 axb2+ 24.Rxb2 Rxb2 25.Kxb2 Ke6 26.Nf4+ Kd7 27.Ra1 Rb8+ 28.Kc2 Nb4+
29.Kd2 Nc6 30.Rc1 Ra8 31.Rc2 Ne5 32.d4 Nc4+ 33.Kd3 Ra4 34.Bc1 Nb6 35.dxc5 dxc5
36.c4 Kc6 37.g3 Ra8 38.h4 Rd8+ 39.Ke2 Re8+ 40.Kf3 Ra8 41.Nd3 Bd4 42.Be3 Bxe3
43.fxe3 Kd6 44.Nf2 f5 45.e4 Ra4 46.exf5 gxf5 47.Nd3 Nxc4 48.Kf2 Kd5 49.Nf4+ Kc6
50.Nd3 Kd5 51.Nf4+ Kd6 52.Nd3 Ra3 53.Ke2 Ra4 54.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Kf8 8.Nb5 Bb6
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bb2 a5 11.Nbxd4 axb4 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.axb4 Rxa1+ 14.Bxa1 c5 15.bxc5 Bxc5
16.Bd3 Qa5+ 17.Ke2 Nh6 18.Qf4 Ba6 19.Rb1 Rg8 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Bxd3+ 22.cxd3 g5
23.g4 Kg7 24.Kf1 Rc8 25.Qe3 Qd8 26.h3 Ng8 27.Nxg5 h6 28.Nf3 Ne7 29.h4 Ra8
30.h5 Ra4 31.d4 Nc6 32.Qf4 Qe7 33.Kg2 Rc4 34.Rb2 Rc3 35.Ra2 Rc4 36.Ra8 f6
37.exf6+ Qxf6 38.Rg8+  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.Qxe5 O-O 7.Nf3 Ne8 8.d4 Nf6
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qf4 d5 11.Ne5 Na5 12.Re1 c6 13.Qg3 Bf5 14.Re2 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.Bf4 Bh4 17.Qg4 Nxb3 18.axb3 Be7 19.Rae1 Bd6 20.f3 Bg6 21.h4 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Qc8
23.Qg3 h5 24.Kh2 Kh7 25.Re7 Qf5 26.R1e2 f6 27.Rxb7 Rfe8 28.Rd2 a5 29.Bd6 a4
30.bxa4 Rxa4 31.Qf4 Qxf4+ 32.Bxf4 Ra1 33.Kg3 Rae1 34.Kf2 Rh1 35.Bg3 Bf5 36.Rc7 Re6
37.Re2 Rxe2+ 38.Kxe2 Rc1 39.Rxc6 Rxc2+ 40.Rxc2 Bxc2 41.Kd2 Bf5 42.Kc3 Kg8
43.Kb4 Kf7 44.Kc5 Ke8 45.b4 Kd7 46.Bd6 Bd3 47.Bf8 g6 48.Bg7 Bf1 49.g4 hxg4
50.fxg4 Be2 51.Bxf6 Bxg4 52.b5 Be2 53.b6 Bc4 54.Bg5 Ba6 55.Kxd5 Bb7+ 56.Ke5 Bf3
57.d5 Bg2 58.Bf4 Kc8 59.Ke6 Kb7 60.d6 Bh3+ 61.Ke7  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Na4 Bb6 8.c3 h6
9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Re1 Re8 11.h3 Bd7 12.Ba4 Ne7 13.Bc2 Ng6 14.d4 b5 15.Bd2 b6
16.Nh2 d5 17.dxe5 Rxe5 18.exd5 Rxd5 19.Nf3 c5 20.Qb1 Nh4 21.Nxh4 Rxd2 22.Qc1 Be6
23.Nf3 Rd6 24.a3 Nd5 25.Be4 Qf6 26.Qc2 Rad8 27.Rad1 Nf4 28.Rxd6 Rxd6 29.Rd1 Bc4
30.Rxd6 Qxd6 31.Qd2 Qxd2 32.Nxd2 Bd3 33.Bc6 Kf8 34.h4 Ke7 35.g3 Ng6 36.f4 Kd6
37.Be8 Ke7 38.Bc6 Kd6 39.Be8 Ke7 40.Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.Qxe5 O-O 7.Nf3 Ne8 8.d4 Nf6
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qf4 d5 11.Ne5 Na5 12.Re1 c6 13.Qf3 Nxb3 14.axb3 Ne8 15.Bf4 Nd6
16.Ne2 Bf5 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Bxd6 Bxc2 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Qc3 Bg6 21.Qxc6 Rfe8
22.h3 Rac8 23.Qxd5 Red8 24.Qa5 Qf6 25.Rac1 Rb8 26.Rc3 a6 27.Re3 h6 28.Rc1 Kh7
29.Rc5 Rd7 30.Qc3 Rdd8 31.d5 Qf5 32.Nd4 Qb1+ 33.Re1 Qd3 34.Nc6 Qxc3 35.Rxc3 Re8
36.Rxe8 Rxe8 37.Re3 Rc8 38.g4 f6 39.Re7 Be8 40.Nd4 Kg8 41.d6 Rd8 42.Rxg7+ Kxg7
43.Ne6+ Kg6 44.Nxd8 Bb5 45.Ne6 Kf7 46.Nc7 Bd3 47.b4 f5 48.Kg2 Kf6 49.Nd5+  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Ba4 h6
9.h3 b5 10.Bc2 Re8 11.Re1 Bb6 12.Nf1 d5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Ng3 Bb7 15.Bd2 Rad8
16.Qe2 Qd7 17.Rad1 Bc5 18.b4 Bf8 19.a4 bxa4 20.Ne4 Nd5 21.Qf1 a3 22.Ra1 Ncxb4
23.cxb4 Nxb4 24.Bxb4 Bxb4 25.Reb1 a5 26.Nc5 Bxc5 27.Rxb7 Bb4 28.Qd1 Qc6 29.Rxb4 axb4
30.Ba4 Qd6 31.Bxe8 Rxe8 32.Qc2 c5 33.Kf1 Rd8 34.Ke2 e4 35.dxe4 Qa6+ 36.Ke3 c4
37.Nd4 b3 38.Qc3 b2 39.Rd1 Qb6  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Bb3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.h3 Bf5 15.Re1 Re8
16.Qd2 a5 17.a3 Qd6 18.Re3 Rxe3 19.Qxe3 Rd8 20.Re1 Nd5 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Ne5 Be6
23.Qd3 Qb6 24.Na4 Qd6 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.Qb5 Qc7 27.Ncd3 Bf5 28.Nf4 Be4 29.f3 Bxe5
30.dxe5 Bf5 31.Nxd5 Qd7 32.Qxd7 Rxd7 33.Nc3 Kf8 34.Kf2 g5 35.Rd1 Rc7 36.Rd5 b6
37.Ke3 Be6 38.Rd6 Rb7 39.Kd4 Ke7 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 f6 42.Nd5+ Bxd5 43.Kxd5 fxe5
44.Rxh6 Rd7+ 45.Kxe5 Rd2 46.g4 Rf2 47.Kf5 Rxf3+ 48.Kxg5 Rb3 49.Rxb6 Rxh3
50.Kg6  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 a6 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Nf1 d5
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ng3 f6 11.O-O Be6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Qd7 14.Qe2 Rad8 15.Rad1 Rfe8
16.Kh1 Qe7 17.Nh4 g6 18.Nf3 Kg7 19.Qf2 Rf8 20.d4 exd4 21.exd4 Na5 22.Bc2 Nc4
23.Rde1 Qd7 24.Bd3 Nd6 25.Qd2 b5 26.b3 Nb6 27.Re2 Rde8 28.Ref2 Bd5 29.h3 a5
30.Kh2 a4 31.Bc2 axb3 32.axb3 Ne4 33.Nxe4 Bxe4 34.Bxe4 Rxe4 35.Ne5 Qd6 36.Kh1 Nd5
37.Ng4 f5 38.Ne5 b4 39.cxb4 Qxb4 40.Qg5 Qxd4 41.Ng4 Ne3 42.Nxe3 Qxe3 43.Qxe3 Rxe3
44.Rc2 Rf7 45.Rfc1 Rxb3 46.Rxc7 Rxc7 47.Rxc7+ Kh6 48.Kh2 f4 49.Rc5 g5 50.Rc7 Kg6
51.Kg1 h6 52.Rc6+ Kh5 53.Kf2 Ra3 54.Rd6 Ra2+ 55.Kf3 Ra1 56.Kf2 Ra3 57.Rc6 Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.e4 d6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.Rfe1 Rb8 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Rad1 Qc5 20.Qe5 Qxe5 21.Rxe5 b6 22.c5 Ba6
23.h4 Rfd8 24.Rb1 Bc4 25.cxb6 Rxb6 26.Rb4 Bxa2 27.Ra5 Bd5 28.Bxd5 exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Bb3 h6
9.Re1 Re8 10.Nf1 Ba7 11.Ng3 Be6 12.Bc2 d5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.h3 Qd7 15.Nh4 Bc5
16.Nhf5 Bf8 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Qd2 Be6 19.Nxh6+ gxh6 20.Bxh6 Nh7 21.d4 f5 22.Rad1 f4
23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Ne4 Qg7 25.Kh2 exd4 26.Nc5 Bd5 27.Be4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 dxc3 29.Qc2 Rxd1
30.Qxd1 cxb2 31.Ne6 Qg6 32.f3 Ng5 33.Nxg5 Qxg5 34.Qb3+ Rf7 35.Qxb2 Rg7 36.Re2 b6
37.Qc2 Ne7 38.Qxc7 Nf5 39.Qxb6 Ne3 40.Qe6+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.Rd1 b5
9.dxc5 Qc7 10.Bd3 Nb4 11.a4 bxa4 12.Nc3 Bxc5 13.Nxa4 Be7 14.Bb1 O-O 15.e4 Bb7
16.Bg5 Rfd8 17.Rc1 Qa5 18.e5 Qb5 19.Qe1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nfd5 21.Nc3 Nxc3 22.Bxe7 Ne2+
23.Kg2 Nxc1 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Qxc1 Qxe5 26.Ra3 Nd5 27.Ra4 g6 28.Ba2 Ne7 29.Rxa6 Rb8
30.Qc3 Qg5+ 31.Kf1 Rc8 32.Qe3 Qb5+  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Bd3 Be7 5.O-O b6 6.b3 Bb7 7.c4 Nbd7 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 c5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Nc5 14.Bxc5 Bxc5 15.Rfd1 Qe7
16.Ba6 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Rad8 18.g3 g6 19.Kg2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Bc4 Kg7
23.h4 h5 24.Qb7 Qe7 25.Qc6 Qd6 26.Qb7 Qe7 27.Qe4 a5 28.a4 Qf6 29.Bb5 Qb2
30.Bc4 Qf6 31.Bb5 Qb2 32.Qd3 Bb4 33.Bc4 Be1 34.Qf1 Bb4 35.Qd1 Qd2 36.Qxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 e4 7.dxe4 Nxe4 8.e3 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bd3 d5 11.Rd1 Bg4 12.Bc3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ng5 14.cxd5 Nxf3+ 15.Kf1 Nce5
16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Qh4 18.Bxf3 Nxf3 19.Qf5 Qc4+ 20.Qd3 Qg4 21.h3 Qh5 22.Qc4 Nh2+
23.Ke1 Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Ne5 25.Qe2 Nf3 26.Qc4 Ne5 27.Qe2 Nf3 28.Qc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Nbd2 Re8
9.h3 Be6 10.Bc2 h6 11.Re1 d5 12.exd5 Bxd5 13.Nh2 Qd7 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.dxe4 Be6
16.Qf3 Ne7 17.Ng4 Ng6 18.Ne3 Rad8 19.Nf5 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Rad1 Qc6 22.Qxf4 Qb6
23.b4 Bf8 24.e5 Bxa2 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Re3 Kh8 27.Nd4 c5 28.bxc5 Bxc5 29.e6 Bxd4
30.exf7 Bxf7 31.cxd4 Bg8 32.Re7 Qd6 33.Qxd6 Rxd6 34.Rxb7 g5 35.Rb4 Kg7 36.Kf1 Bd5
37.f3 Bc6 38.Kf2 Bb5 39.Ke3 Re6+ 40.Be4 Kf6 41.d5 Rb6 42.Rb2 Ke5 43.g3 Rb8
44.f4+ Kd6 45.fxg5 hxg5 46.Rf2 Rc8 47.Rf6+ Kc5 48.Rf5 a5 49.d6+ Kb6 50.Rxg5 a4
51.Bd5 Rd8 52.Kd4 Rxd6 53.Ke5 Rd8 54.Rf5 Kc5 55.Be6 a3 56.Rf3 Kb4 57.Rb3+ Ka4
58.Rb1 Re8 59.Kf6 Rd8 60.g4 Rd6 61.Ke5 Rd3 62.g5 Re3+ 63.Kf6 Rf3+ 64.Kg7 Re3
65.Bf7 Rxh3 66.g6 Rg3 67.Kf6 Bd3 68.Re1 a2 69.g7 Bb1 70.Bxa2 Bxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.a3 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Re8 8.e3 Bf8
9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.d4 Qc7 12.Rc1 a6 13.h3 b6 14.Bg3 Bb7 15.b4 Rad8 16.c5 bxc5
17.bxc5 dxc5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Qc2 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Qa5 21.Qa4 Qxa4 22.Nxa4 Ne4
23.Bxe4 Rxe4 24.Nxc5 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 Ra4 26.Rb1 Rd7 27.Rb3 f6 28.Kh2 Kf7 29.f3 Re7
30.e4 Rd4 31.Bf4 Rd1 32.h4 Ra1 33.Rd3 Ra2 34.h5 Rb2 35.a4 Rb4 36.Ra3 Rb1
37.e5 fxe5 38.Bxe5 Bc8 39.Bd6 Reb7 40.Rxc6 Bd7 41.Rxa6 R1b2 42.Be5 Re2 43.f4 Rc2
44.Rg3 Ke8 45.Ra8+ Rc8 46.Rxc8+ Bxc8 47.Rxg7 Rb3 48.Rh7 Rb6 49.Rh8+ Kd7 50.a5 Ra6
51.Bc3 Rc6 52.Bd4 Bb7 53.Rh7+ Kc8 54.Be5 Rc2 55.Rg7 Ra2 56.Rc7+ Kb8 57.Rc2+  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nb4
9.Bb5+ c6 10.Be2 c5 11.a3 N4a6 12.Bb5+ Kf8 13.Nc3 Nc7 14.Be2 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nc6
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Bf4 Qxd1 18.Rfxd1 Ne8 19.Rac1 Nf6 20.Bf3 Nd7 21.Ne2 Ba4 22.b3 Bb5
23.a4 Bxe2 24.Rxd7 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Bc5 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.fxe3 g5 28.Rcc7 Kg7 29.Rxf7+ Kg6
30.Rg7+ Kh6 31.Rge7 Rae8 32.Rxa7  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.O-O Ne5 11.b3 a6 12.Rfd1 Qa5 13.Rdc1 Nc6 14.e3 Ba3 15.Rd1 Bb4
16.Nde2 Qc7 17.a3 Be7 18.Ne4 Na5 19.Rab1 d6 20.h4 Rd8 21.N2c3 Rb8 22.Rdc1 b6
23.Qe2 Bb7 24.Nd5 Qd7 25.Nxb6 Qc7 26.Nd5 exd5 27.cxd5 Qb6 28.b4 Bxd5 29.bxa5 Qxa5
30.Qd2 Qxd2 31.Nxd2 Be6 32.Nf3 d5 33.a4 Bd7 34.a5 Bb4 35.Nd4 Bxa5 36.Bxd5 Rxb1
37.Rxb1 Bc3 38.Rb7 Bxd4 39.exd4 Be6 40.Bxe6 fxe6 41.Rb6 Kf7 42.Rxa6 Rxd4
43.Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bg6 6.Ne5 e6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.c4 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.h3 O-O 11.Nf3 Qe7 12.a3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.cxd5 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Nxd5
16.Bd2 Rad8 17.Qc2 Rfe8 18.Rac1 Rd7 19.e4 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Bxf4 21.Rce1 Bc7 22.g3 Qe6
23.Kg2 Red8 24.Re3 Bb6 25.Rc3 Ba5 26.b4 Bb6 27.Re1 a5 28.Re2 axb4 29.axb4 Rd1
30.h4 R1d7 31.e5 Rd1 32.Ng5 Qd5+ 33.Rf3 Rd3 34.Qxd3 Qxd3 35.Rxd3 Rxd3 36.e6 fxe6
37.Rxe6 Rd8 38.Re7 Bd4 39.Rxb7 Bf6 40.Ne6 Re8 41.Nf4 g5 42.hxg5 Bxg5 43.Nh5 Re7
44.Rb6 Bd2 45.f4 Kf7 46.g4 g6 47.Ng3 Bxf4 48.Rxc6 Rb7 49.Rc4 Bd6 50.Ne4 Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.O-O Qa5
9.e3 d6 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.b3 Rfc8 12.Rc1 Rab8 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.e4 Qa3 15.Rc2 a6
16.Bc1 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qd8 18.Be3 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Qd2 b4 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bc3
23.Qc1 Bb5 24.Rd1 Bf6 25.Bh3 Rxc2 26.Qxc2 Qa5 27.Bd2 Qa3 28.Bc1 Qa6 29.Bd2 Be2
30.Re1 Bf3 31.Qc7 Ra8 32.Bg2 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Qxa2 34.Qb7 Rf8 35.Qxb4 Qa8 36.Qc4 Rc8
37.Qd3 Rc5 38.Be3 Rxd5 39.Qe4 e6 40.Rc1 h5 41.h4 Qb7 42.Qf3 Bg7 43.Bg5 Rb5
44.Qxb7 Rxb7 45.Rb1 Bc3 46.Kf3 f6 47.Be3 d5 48.Ke2 e5 49.Kd3 d4 50.Bc1 Kf7
51.f4 Ke6 52.fxe5 fxe5 53.Ke4 Rf7 54.Bg5 Rf2 55.b4 Re2+ 56.Kd3 Rg2 57.Kc4 Ra2
58.b5 Ra8 59.b6 Kd6 60.b7 Rb8 61.Kd3 Kc6 62.Bf6 Rxb7 63.Rxb7 Kxb7 64.Bxe5 Kc6
65.Bxd4 Be1 66.Be5 Kd5 67.Bf4 Bb4 68.Bb8 Bc5 69.Bf4 Ke6 70.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O Ne7 8.d4 exd4
9.cxd4 Bb6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.a4 a6 13.Bf1 Nc6 14.a5 Nxa5 15.d5 c5 16.b3 Bc7
17.Bb2 b5 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nh4 Nxe4 20.Nxg6 Nxd2 21.Nxf8 Naxb3 22.Ne6 fxe6 23.dxe6 Qe7
24.Bg2 Rf8 25.Rxa6 c4 26.Bc3 Nc5 27.Ra7 Ndb3 28.Qd5 Kh8 29.Rxc7 Qxc7 30.e7 Re8
31.Qf7  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc5
9.e3 Qxc4 10.Ndb5 O-O 11.b3 Qg4 12.Bb2 d6 13.Bf3 Qh3 14.Bg2 Qh5 15.Qxh5 Nxh5
16.Rac1 Bd7 17.Ba3 Nf6 18.Nc7 Rac8 19.N7d5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Rfe8 21.Rfd1 Kf8
22.h3 h5 23.f4 Be6 24.Kf2 Red8 25.Rc2 Na5 26.Nc7 Bf5 27.Rcc1 Bd7 28.b4 Nc6
29.Nd5 Nb8 30.Re1 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.b5 Nd7 34.Bb4 Nc5 35.b6 axb6
36.Nxb6 Nd3+ 37.Ke2 Bxh3 38.Bxh3 Nxb4 39.a3 Nc2 40.a4 e6 41.Bg2 d5 42.e4 Bd4
43.Nc8 Ne3 44.Bh1 dxe4 45.Bxe4 Nd5 46.a5 Bc3 47.Nb6 Nxb6 48.axb6 Bd4 49.Bxb7 Bxb6
50.Kf3 Kg7 51.g4 hxg4+ 52.Kxg4 f5+ 53.Kf3 Kf6 54.Ba6 Bc7 55.Bb5 Bxf4 56.Kxf4 e5+
57.Kf3 e4+ 58.Kf4 g5+ 59.Ke3 Ke5 60.Bd7 g4 61.Kf2 Kf4 62.Bc8 Kg5 63.Bb7 Kf6
64.Bc8 Ke5 65.Bd7 Kf4 66.Bc8 g3+ 67.Kg2 Kg4 68.Bd7 Kf4 69.Bxf5 Kxf5 70.Kxg3 Ke5
71.Kf2 Kd4 72.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bc2 Bb6 10.Re1 Ng4 11.Re2 Ne7 12.h3 Nf6 13.Re1 Ng6 14.Nf1 Re8 15.Ng3 h6
16.d4 c5 17.a4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Rb8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Be3 Be6 21.Qd2 Rc8 22.d5 Bd7
23.Bd3 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Nf4 25.Bf1 Rc2 26.Rec1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Qb8 28.Ne2 Nxe2+
29.Bxe2 Rc8 30.Ra1 b4 31.Nd2 Bb5 32.Bd3 Bxd3 33.Qxd3 Qc7 34.b3 Qc3 35.Qxc3 bxc3
36.Nc4 Nxe4 37.Rc1 Rb8 38.f3 Nd2 39.Rxc3 Nxb3 40.Nxd6 Nd4 41.Rc7 Rd8 42.Nxf7 Rxd5
43.Re7 Nf5 44.Rxe5 Rd1+ 45.Kh2 Kxf7 46.Rxf5+ Kg6 47.g4 Rd3 48.Kg3 Ra3 49.Re5 Rb3
50.Kf2 Ra3 51.Re3 Ra2+ 52.Kg3 Ra4 53.f4 Kh7 54.f5 Kg8 55.Kf3 Rb4 56.Re4 Rb3+
57.Re3 Rb4 58.Rc3 Ra4 59.Kg3 Rb4 60.Kh4 Kh7 61.Rc7 Kg8 62.Kh5 Rb6 63.Re7 Ra6
64.Re6 Ra8 65.Kg6 Rb8 66.Rc6 Rd8 67.h4 Rb8 68.g5 hxg5 69.hxg5 Kh8 70.Re6 Rg8
71.Kf7 Ra8 72.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.h3 Na6 9.Bg5 Qe8
10.Nd2 Nd7 11.a3 Nb6 12.b3 Bd7 13.O-O Nc5 14.Rc1 f5 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Nca4
17.Nb5 Rc8 18.Qc2 h6 19.Bh4 g5 20.Bg3 f4 21.Bh2 h5 22.f3 Rf6 23.Ra1 c6 24.dxc6 bxc6
25.Nxd6 Rxd6 26.c5 Rg6 27.cxb6 Nxb6 28.Nb3 g4 29.fxg4 hxg4 30.hxg4 Bxg4 31.Nc5 Bf8
32.Qb3+ Qf7 33.Qxf7+ Kxf7 34.Ra7+ Kg8 35.Bxg4 Rxg4 36.Rc1 Rd8 37.Rc2 Bxc5+
38.bxc5 Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Nd7 40.g3 Rd3 41.gxf4 exf4 42.Rb2 Kf7 43.Rbb7 Ke6 44.Rxd7 Rxd7
45.Rxd7 Kxd7 46.Kf3 Rg5 47.Bxf4 Rxc5 48.Ke2 Rc3  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.Ba4 Ba7
9.h3 Ne7 10.d4 Ng6 11.Re1 c5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bc2 b5 14.Nf1 h6 15.Qe2 Bb7
16.g3 Qc7 17.Kh2 Rad8 18.a4 Bc6 19.axb5 axb5 20.b3 Bb6 21.Bb2 Qb7 22.N3d2 Rd7
23.Red1 Rfd8 24.f3 Nh5 25.Ne3 c4 26.Ndf1 cxb3 27.Bxb3 Nf6 28.Nf5 Bc5 29.N1e3 Qb6
30.Ng4 Nxg4+ 31.hxg4 Ne7 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.Rd1 Qd8 34.Kh3 Kf8 35.Bc1 Nxf5 36.gxf5 Rxd1
37.Bxd1 Qd6 38.Bb3 Ba3 39.Be3 Bc5 40.Qd1 Ke7 41.Bd2 Bd7 42.Kg2 Bc6 43.Qc2 f6
44.Be1 Kd8 45.Kf1 Kc7 46.Ke2 Kb6 47.Be6 Kc7 48.Qa2 Kb6 49.Bd2 Kc7 50.Bg8 Kb6
51.Qf7 Qe7 52.Qb3 Qd6 53.Bf7 Qe7 54.Be6 Qd6 55.Qa2 Kc7 56.Bf7 Kb7 57.Bd5 Bxd5
58.exd5 e4 59.Bf4 exf3+ 60.Kxf3 Qd7 61.g4 h5 62.Qd2 hxg4+ 63.Kxg4 g6 64.Qd3 Kb6
65.Qe4 b4 66.cxb4 gxf5+ 67.Qxf5 Qxf5+ 68.Kxf5 Bxb4 69.Kxf6 Kb5 70.Ke6 Kc4
71.Bd6 Be1 72.Ba3 Bg3 73.Bb2 Kc5 74.Be5 Bh4 75.d6 Kc6 76.d7 Bd8 77.Bd6 Ba5
78.Ke7 Bb6 79.Ba3 Kd5 80.Bc1 Ba5 81.Bf4 Bb6 82.Bg5 Ba5 83.Ke8 Ke6 84.Bd8 Be1
85.Bc7 Bh4 86.Bb6 Bg5 87.Bc5 Bh4 88.Bb6 Bg5 89.Bd8 Bd2 90.Bh4 Ba5 91.Bf2 Bc7
92.Bc5 Ba5 93.Ba7 Bc7 94.Bb8 Ba5 95.Bf4 Bb6 96.Bg5 Ba5 97.Bd8 Be1 98.Bc7 Bh4
99.Bb6 Bg5 100.Bc5 Bh4 101.Be3 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "19.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be3 a6 6.Qd2 h6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 b5
9.a4 b4 10.Nd1 a5 11.c3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Ba6 13.Nf2 Qc8 14.O-O Nb6 15.Rfe1 Nc4
16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.d5 c5 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Nd4 Qc8 20.Nb5 h5 21.Bd4 O-O 22.Nd1 Rb8
23.Ne3 Bxb5 24.axb5 Rxb5 25.c4 Rb3 26.Rxa5 Bh6 27.Qc2 Qb7 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.exd5 Qb4
30.Rea1 Be3+ 31.Bxe3 Rxe3 32.Rb5 Re1+ 33.Kf2 Qxb5 34.Rxe1 Qc5+ 35.Kg3 Re8
36.Re4 Qa3 37.Qe2 Kf8 38.h4 Qc3 39.Kh3 Qf6 40.Qe3 Ra8 41.Qh6+ Ke8 42.Qd2 Ra1
43.Kg3 Rb1 44.Qa2 Ra1 45.Qe2 Kf8 46.Qd2 Rh1 47.Qh6+ Ke8 48.Qd2 Rb1 49.Qa2 Ra1
50.Qe2 Ra8 51.Qe3 Kf8 52.Qh6+ Ke8 53.Qe3 Rc8 54.Qa7 Kf8 55.Qe3 Rc5 56.Qh6+ Kg8
57.Qe3 Rc7 58.Qb6 Rc8 59.Qb7 Re8 60.Qb6 Qc3 61.Qc7 Kf8 62.Qb6 Rc8 63.Qb7 Re8
64.Qb6 Qa1 65.Qe3 Qf6 66.Qh6+ Qg7 67.Qe3 Qf6 68.Qh6+ Kg8 69.Qe3 Kg7 70.Qe2 Kf8
71.Qe3 Rc8 72.Qh6+ Ke8 73.Qe3 Rc7 74.Qb6 Rc5 75.Qb8+ Kd7 76.Qb7+ Kd8 77.Qb8+ Rc8
78.Qb6+ Ke8 79.Qb5+ Kf8 80.Qb7 Re8 81.Qb6 Ra8 82.Qe3 Ra2 83.Qh6+ Kg8 84.Qe3 Qb2
85.Qg1 Kf8 86.Kh3 Qd2 87.Qf1 Rc2 88.Kg3 Rb2 89.Kh3 Rc2 90.Kg3 g5 91.hxg5 Qxg5+
92.Kh2 f5 93.Rd4 Kf7 94.Kh3 f4 95.Kh2 Qg3+ 96.Kh1 h4 97.Re4 h3 98.Re2 hxg2+
99.Rxg2 Qh4+ 100.Kg1 Rxg2+ 101.Qxg2 Qe1+ 102.Kh2 Kf6 103.Qg4 Qf2+ 104.Kh1 Qf1+
105.Kh2 Qe2+ 106.Kh3 Qe5 107.Kh4 Qe1+ 108.Kh3 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "20.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 a6 8.Ba4 Ne7
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Ba7 11.Re1 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bc2 Nc6 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nf1 d5
16.e5 Bxc2 17.Qxc2 Ne4 18.Be3 f6 19.Rad1 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nxf2 22.Bxa7 Rxa7
23.Qc5 Nxd1 24.Qxa7 Nf2 25.Qe3 Qh4 26.Qg3 Nxh3+ 27.Kh2 Qxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Ng5
29.Nd2 Re8 30.b4 Ne4+ 31.Nxe4 Rxe5 32.Rc1 Rxe4 33.Rxc7 Rxb4 34.g5 b5 35.Rd7 Ra4
36.Rxd5 Kf7 37.Rd6 Rxa2 38.Kf4 Ra4+ 39.Kf5 Ke7 40.Rb6 Kd7 41.Rb7+ Kc6 42.Rxg7 Rh4
43.Rf7 b4  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "21.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qa5
9.e3 d6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.Rc1 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.e4 Ne5 15.Rc2 Nd3
16.Qe2 Nc5 17.Be3 Be6 18.f4 Na6 19.Rfc1 Nb4 20.Rd2 Bd7 21.h3 Rab8 22.Kh2 c5
23.a3 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Nc6 25.Qd1 Be6 26.g4 f6 27.a4 Bf7 28.h4 Rb6 29.g5 fxg5
30.hxg5 Be6 31.Rcd3 Nd4 32.Rxd4 cxd4 33.Rxd4 Qb8 34.Rd3 Rb4 35.Bd2 Qb6 36.Bxb4 Qxb4
37.Qf3 Qe1 38.Qg3 Qc1 39.Re3 Qd2 40.e5 Bf5 41.exd6 Qxd6 42.Bd5+ e6 43.Bg2 Qd2
44.Qe1 Qb2 45.Qc3 Qf2 46.Qe5 Rd8 47.Re2 Qh4+ 48.Kg1 Rd1+ 49.Bf1 Qg3+ 50.Rg2 Qf3
51.Qb8+ Kf7 52.Qa7+ Kf8 53.Qc5+ Ke8 54.Qc8+ Rd8 55.Qc5 Qxf4 56.Qf2 Qc1 57.c5 Rd1
58.Rg3 Rd2 59.Qe3 Rc2 60.Qxc1 Rxc1 61.b4 axb4 62.Rb3 Rxc5 63.Rxb4 Rc1 64.Kf2 Ra1
65.Rb8+ Ke7 66.Rb7+ Kd6 67.Bb5 Ke5 68.Rxh7 Kf4 69.Re7 Ra2+ 70.Ke1 Ke3 71.Kf1 Be4
72.Kg1 Ra1+ 73.Kh2 Kf2 74.Rf7+ Bf3  0-1

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.Ba4 Ne7
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Ba7 11.Re1 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bc2 Nc6 14.g4 Bg6 15.d5 Nb8
16.b3 c6 17.Bb2 cxd5 18.exd5 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 Nbd7 20.Qf5 Rc8 21.Nc4 Rc5 22.Rad1 Bb8
23.Ba3 b5 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Ncd2 g6 26.Qg5 Bc7 27.Re3 Bb6 28.Nd4 Ncd7 29.N2f3 Qa8
30.Re7 Bd8 31.Ree1 Nxd5 32.Qh6 Bf6 33.Ng5 Bxg5 34.Qxg5 Ne5 35.Qh4 Rc8 36.Rc1 Rxc1
37.Rxc1 Nf4 38.Qg3 Qe4 39.Rd1 Ned3 40.Kh2 Qxd4 41.Qe3 Qd5 42.f3 Kg7 43.Kg3 g5
44.Rd2 Qc5 45.Rxd3 Nxd3 46.Qxd3 Qe5+ 47.Kg2 Qb2+ 48.Kg3 Qe5+ 49.Kg2 Qb2+
50.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "23.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Be3 a6 6.f4 O-O 7.Bd3 b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5
10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Nf3 c5 12.O-O Bb7 13.c3 Nd7 14.a4 Qc6 15.Qe2 bxa4 16.Bc2 Nb6
17.f5 Qb5 18.Qf2 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Bxe5 20.Be4 Rad8 21.Bh6 Bg7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rf2 Nd7
24.Re1 Qb8 25.Bc2 Qd6 26.Bxa4 Nf6 27.Bb3 Rd7 28.Bc4 Rfd8 29.Rfe2 a5 30.b3 Qc7
31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Re5 Rd1 33.Rxe7 Qxe7 34.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35.Qxd1 Qe3+ 36.Kh1 Qxc3
37.Qf1 Qe5 38.Qf3 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qe5+ 40.Kh1 Qc7 41.Qc3 Qd8 42.Qe5 Qd1+ 43.Kh2 Qd4
44.Qc7 Nd5 45.Bxd5 Qxd5 46.Qxa5 Qe5+ 47.Kh1 Kf6 48.Qb5 Kf5 49.Qc4 Qa1+ 50.Kh2 Qe5+
51.Kh1 Kf6 52.Kg1 Ke7 53.Kf1 f6 54.Kf2 g5 55.Kf3 Kd6 56.Qd3+ Kc6 57.Qc4 Kb6
58.g3 Qf5+ 59.Kg2 Qe5 60.h4 Qf5 61.b4 cxb4 62.Qxb4+ Kc6 63.Qc4+ Kd6 64.Qd4+ Ke7
65.hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 g6 6.b3 Bh6 7.f4 e5 8.Nb5 Bxf4
9.Qxd6 Qxd6 10.Nxd6+ Kf8 11.Ba3 Nge7 12.Nf3 Kg7 13.g3 Be3 14.Nc4 Bh6 15.Ncxe5 Re8
16.Bb2 f6 17.Nc4 Nf5 18.Bd3 b5 19.Ncd2 Nd6 20.O-O a6 21.Rfe1 Nf7 22.a4 Rb8
23.axb5 axb5 24.Nf1 Nfe5 25.Nxe5 Nxe5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Kf2 Rb7 28.Ne3 Rbe7
29.Nd5 Rf7 30.Ne3 Bb7 31.Ng4 Rh5 32.Nxh6 Rxh2+ 33.Kg1 Rxh6 34.Bxb5 Rh5 35.Bd3 f5
36.exf5 gxf5 37.Bc4 Rd7 38.Bd3 Kf6 39.Ra5 Rg7 40.Kf2 Rh2+ 41.Ke3 Re7+ 42.Kd4 Rxe1
43.Rxf5+ Kg7 44.Rg5+ Kf6 45.Rf5+ Ke7 46.Ra5 Kd6 47.Ra7 Re7 48.b4 Rg2 49.c4 Rxg3
50.c5+ Kc7 51.Bb5 Rg4+ 52.Kc3 Kb8 53.Ra1 Re3+ 54.Kd2 Rxb4 55.Kxe3 Rxb5 56.Rc1 Kc7
57.Rc2 Bc8 58.Kf4 Bd7 59.Rh2 Rb4+ 60.Ke5 Rc4 61.Rxh7 Rxc5+ 62.Kf4 Kd6 63.Rh6+ Be6
64.Rh8 Rc4+ 65.Kg3 Ke5 66.Rf8 Rb4 67.Rf1 Bf5 68.Re1+ Be4 69.Re3 Kf5 70.Rc3 Ke5
71.Re3 Ra4 72.Rc3 Kd4 73.Rb3 Bd5 74.Rb2 Ra3+ 75.Kf4 Rf3+ 76.Kg4 Be4 77.Rb4+ Ke5
78.Rb5+ Kd6 79.Rb6+ Kc5 80.Rb8 Rf7 81.Rd8 Bd5 82.Kg5 Kd4 83.Kg4 Ke5 84.Re8+ Be6+
85.Kg3 Rf6 86.Rb8 Rg6+ 87.Kf2 Bd5 88.Rb4 Be4 89.Rb8 Rg2+ 90.Ke3 Rg3+ 91.Kf2 Ra3
92.Rb2 Kf4 93.Rd2 Bd3 94.Ke1 Kf3 95.Rf2+ Ke4 96.Rb2 Kd4 97.Kd2 Bc4 98.Rc2 Rh3
99.Rb2 Bb3 100.Kc1 Rh1+ 101.Kd2 Kc4 102.Ke3 Kc3 103.Rg2 Bc2 104.Rg7 Re1+
105.Kf4 Bd3 106.Rc7+ Bc4 107.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Qe7 7.Nbd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.a3 Nd7 10.b4 Bd6 11.Nc4 f6 12.Ne3 Nf8 13.Nf5 Qd7 14.Be3 Ne6 15.c3 O-O-O
16.Ng3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Kb8 18.Rfd1 g6 19.d4 exd4 20.cxd4 Rhf8 21.Bh6 Rf7 22.d5 cxd5
23.Rxd5 Qe8 24.Rad1 Rc8 25.Qg4 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Nxf8 27.Ne2 h5 28.Qf3 Nd7 29.Nc3 Ne5
30.Qe2 Re7 31.f4 Nf7 32.R5d4 Nd6 33.Qd3 Re6 34.b5 b6 35.a4 g5 36.f5 Re5 37.Rf1 Rd8
38.Rd1 Rc8 39.Ra1 g4 40.hxg4 hxg4 41.Rd1 Kb7 42.Rd5 Rxd5 43.Qxd5+ Kb8 44.Qd4 Qh5
45.Nd5 g3 46.Nxf6 Qh2+ 47.Kf1 Qh1+ 48.Qg1 Qh4 49.Qd4 Qh1+ 50.Qg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 Bxc5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qb6 8.Bd3 Nbc6
9.O-O Ng6 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Qh5 Bd7 13.b4 Be7 14.Bd2 f5 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.Rac1 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Nd1 Qb6 19.Be3 e5 20.c3 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 Rae8 22.Bb1 d4
23.cxd4 exd4 24.Nc4 Qf6 25.f3 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Bf5 27.Bxf5 Qxf5 28.Qxf5 Rxf5
29.Re8+ Rf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Nd6 Nf4 32.Kf2 d3 33.Ke3 Nxg2+ 34.Kxd3 Ne1+
35.Ke4 Nc2 36.Nxb7 Nxa3 37.Nd8 Nc2 38.Nc6 a6 39.Kd3 Ne1+ 40.Ke2 Nc2 41.Kd2 Na3
42.Kd3 Nb5 43.Nb8 Nc7 44.Ke4 Ke7 45.Ke5 Kd8 46.h4 g6 47.f4 Ke7 48.Nc6+ Kd7
49.Nd4 Ke7 50.Nc2 Ne8 51.Ne3 Nf6 52.f5 Kf7 53.Nc4 gxf5 54.Kxf5 Nd5 55.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 Ba5 11.Qb3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Na5 13.Qb4 b6 14.O-O Bf5 15.Rfc1 Rc8
16.Ba6 Rb8 17.Bd3 Re8 18.h3 c6 19.Bf4 Rb7 20.Qb2 b5 21.Qe2 Nc4 22.Ng5 Nxg5
23.Bxf5 Ne6 24.Bg3 b4 25.Qg4 Qb8 26.h4 a5 27.h5 Qa7 28.Rab1 Nd2 29.Rb2 Nc4
30.Rb3 Nd2 31.Rb2 Nc4 32.Rb3 Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5
9.Ne5 c5 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.exd4 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Qd6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.O-O Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Re8
16.Rac1 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Rxc6 Re2 20.Ra6 Rxb2 21.g3 Re8 22.Rxa7 Ree2
23.Ra5 Rxa2 24.Rxd5 Red2 25.h4 Ra4 26.Kg2 Raxd4 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Kf3 h5 29.Kg2 g6
30.Kf3 Kg7 31.Kg2 Rd5 32.Kf3 Rf5+ 33.Kg2 Rd5 34.Kf3 Rf5+ 35.Kg2 Rd5 36.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D37"]

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 b6 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Qc8 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nd6 Bxd6 15.Bxd6 Rd8
16.Rac1 Nce4 17.Bb4 Rxd1+ 18.Qxd1 Qe8 19.Be2 Rd8 20.Qb3 Bd5 21.Qa3 a5 22.Be1 h6
23.Ne5 Rc8 24.b3 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Qb8 26.Qb2 Nc5 27.f3 Nfd7 28.Bg3 Qc8 29.Nc4 Bxc4
30.Bxc4 Qc6 31.Qe2 f6 32.Bb5 Qd5 33.Bc4 Qc6 34.Qb2 Kf7 35.h3 Nb7 36.Qd4 Ke7
37.Qg4 Kf7 38.Kh2 Ndc5 39.a3 g6 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 h5 42.Qf4 Nd7 43.Ba6 Nd8
44.Qh6 Nf8 45.Bd3 f5 46.e4 Qd7 47.Qe3 Qc6 48.Qd4 Qd7 49.Qc3 g5 50.exf5 exf5
51.Bc4+ Nde6 52.Qh8 Kg6 53.Be5 Qe7 54.Qg8+ Ng7 55.Qd5 Qd7 56.Bd6 Nfe6 57.Qe5 h4
58.Bb5 Qc8 59.Qd5 Qc3 60.Be8+ Kh7 61.Bd7 Qe1 62.Be5 f4 63.Qd3+ Kh6 64.Bc3 Qe3
65.Qc4 Kg6 66.Bc6 Kf7 67.Bd5 Ne8 68.Bd4 b5 69.Qc6  1-0

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.a3 g6 15.Ba2 Bg7
16.b4 exd4 17.cxd4 a5 18.Rb1 axb4 19.d5 Ne5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Rxb4 c6 22.dxc6 Bxc6
23.Qf3 Bf8 24.Rb1 Ra4 25.Nf1 Rxe4 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.Bg5 Bg7 28.Ne3 Qxa3 29.Ra1 Qc5
30.Rdc1 Rc4 31.Qd1 Ne4 32.Bxc4 bxc4 33.Rxc4  1-0

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6
9.Nc3 a5 10.Bd2 g6 11.Ne4 Bg7 12.Nf6+ Kd8 13.O-O-O Ba6 14.Qg4 Kc8 15.Bxa5 h5
16.Qg3 h4 17.Qg4 Qxe5 18.Bc3 Qf5 19.Qxf5 gxf5 20.Nxd7 Bxc3 21.Nxb6+ cxb6
22.bxc3 Kc7 23.Be2 Rag8 24.Rhg1 c5 25.g3 hxg3 26.hxg3 Rh2 27.Rgf1 f4 28.Rd2 Bc8
29.Bf3 fxg3 30.fxg3 Rxd2 31.Kxd2 Rxg3 32.Bd5 Be6 33.Bxe6 fxe6 34.Rf7+ Kd6
35.Rb7 Kc6 36.Re7 Kd6 37.Rb7 Kc6 38.Re7 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Qc2 d5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Nc6 11.Qc3 Re8 12.Ne5 Rb8 13.g3 Rd8 14.e3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qf3
16.Rg1 Qc6 17.Qxc6 bxc6 18.Rb1 c5 19.Be2 Kf8 20.f3 Ke7 21.Bc4 Rb6 22.Ke2 Bd7
23.b3 Rdb8 24.Rbc1 Bb5 25.Rgd1 Ra6 26.Bxb5 Rxb5 27.Rd3 Rxa3 28.Rcd1 Ra2+
29.Ke1 Rb8 30.Rd7+ Kf8 31.Rxc7 Kg8 32.Rd2 Rxd2 33.Kxd2 Rxb3 34.Rxc5 Rb2+
35.Kd3 Rxh2 36.g4 Ra2 37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.Rc7 Kg6 39.f4 Rg2 40.Ke4 Rxg4 41.Kf3 Rg1
42.Rxa7 h5 43.Ra8 Kh7 44.Rf8 Kg6 45.Rh8 Ra1 46.Kg2 Ra5 47.Kf3 Rb5 48.Re8 Rb7
49.Rh8 Ra7 50.Kg2 f6 51.exf6 gxf6 52.Re8 Kf7 53.Rh8 Ra5 54.Kf3 Kg7 55.Re8 e5
56.Ke4 h4 57.fxe5 fxe5 58.Kf5 h3 59.Re7+ Kh6 60.Re8 Ra7 61.Rb8 h2 62.Rb6+ Kh5
63.Rb1 Kh4 64.e4 Re7 65.Ra1 Re8 66.Rb1 Kg3 67.Rb3+ Kg2 68.Rb2+ Kh3 69.Rb3+ Kh4
70.Rb1 Rh8 71.Kxe5 Kg3 72.Rh1 Kg2 73.Rxh2+ Rxh2 74.Kf6 Kf3 75.e5 Kf4 76.e6 Rh6+
77.Kf7 Kf5 78.e7 Rh7+ 79.Kf8 Kf6 80.e8=N+ Kg6 81.Nd6 Rd7 82.Ne8 Rf7+ 83.Kg8 Ra7
84.Kf8 Rd7 85.Kg8 Rf7 86.Nd6 Rd7 87.Ne8 Kf5 88.Kf8 Kg5 89.Kg8 Kg6 90.Kf8 Rf7+
91.Kg8 Rf1 92.Ng7 Kf6 93.Nh5+ Kg5 94.Ng7 Kg6 95.Ne8 Rf3 96.Ng7 Kf6 97.Nh5+ Ke6
98.Kh7 Kf5 99.Ng7+ Kf6 100.Nh5+ Kg5 101.Ng7 Rh3+ 102.Kg8 Kf6 103.Ne8+ Ke6
104.Ng7+ Ke7 105.Nf5+ Kf6 106.Nd6 Rh5 107.Nf7 Rd5 108.Nh6 Rd8+ 109.Kh7 Rd7+
110.Kg8  0-1

[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a6 7.b4 Ba7 8.a4 O-O 9.Nbd2 Ne7
10.h3 c6 11.Re1 Ng6 12.d4 Re8 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.a5 Bd7 15.Nf1 d5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5
17.Bf4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Rxe4 f6 20.dxe5 fxe5 21.Bg3 Bf5 22.Re2 Qf7 23.Ne3 Rad8
24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Be6 26.Re1 e4 27.Qe2 Qf6 28.Qc2 Qg6 29.Qd2 Qf6 30.Qc2 Qg6
31.Qd2 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nd7
9.Qe2 Nc5 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.O-O-O Bd6 12.Rhe1 Qf6 13.Kb1 Be6 14.Nd2 Rae8 15.Ne4 Qh6
16.Qf3 Bd5 17.Qf5 Be6 18.Qg5 Qxg5 19.Nxg5 g6 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.g3 Rfe8 22.Rxe6 Rxe6
23.Bc4 Re4 24.Bd5 Re2 25.Rf1 b6 26.Bf3 Re5 27.Kc1 c4 28.Kd2 Ra5 29.a3 Rb5
30.Kc1 Re5 31.Kd2 Rb5 32.Kc1 Re5 33.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nb3 Be7
9.d4 f6 10.Na5 Rb8 11.dxe5 fxe5 12.Ng5 Bxg5 13.Qh5+ Bf7 14.Qxg5 Qf6 15.Be3 O-O
16.Rad1 Qe6 17.f3 Rfe8 18.Rd2 h6 19.Qg3 Nf8 20.Nb3 b6 21.Rfd1 c5 22.Nc1 Qf6
23.b3 a5 24.Ne2 Ne6 25.Qe1 Rbc8 26.Bf2 a4 27.Bh4 Qg6 28.c3 axb3 29.axb3 Nf8
30.b4 Qc6 31.Nc1 Ng6 32.Bg3 Ra8 33.Nd3 cxb4 34.cxb4 Qb5 35.h4 Ra3 36.h5 Nf8
37.Nxe5 Rxe5 38.Bxe5 Qxe5 39.Rd8 Qg5 40.Qd2 Qg3 41.Qf2 Qe5 42.Qd4 Qg3 43.Qf2 Qe5
44.Qd4 Qg3 45.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Ng5 Bxc4
9.dxc4 a5 10.Be3 Nb4 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Nh3 c6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Rd2 Nc5 15.f4 exf4
16.Nxf4 Rae8 17.Qg4 Qc8 18.Qg3 Ne6 19.Nh5 Kh8 20.Nd5 cxd5 21.cxd5 g6 22.dxe6 fxe6
23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Bd4+ Kg8 25.e5 Nxc2 26.Bf2 dxe5 27.h3 Rf5 28.Qd3 Nb4 29.Qd7 Qxd7
30.Rxd7 Nd5 31.Ng3 Rf4 32.Rxb7 Rxa4 33.b3 Ra1+ 34.Kh2 Rb1 35.Ba7 Bb4 36.Ne4 Rxb3
37.Ng5 Nf4 38.Bc5 Rc3 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.Rb7+ Kg8 41.Rb8+ Kg7 42.Rb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.a3 Bd6 8.d4 O-O
9.Bd3 h6 10.O-O exd4 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Be2 Re8 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.Bf3 Ne4
16.Bb4 Be5 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Qb3 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 a5 20.Qxd5 Bb5 21.Bxe4 Bxf1 22.Bc5 Qa6
23.Qf5 Rxe4 24.Qxe4 Rc8 25.h4 b6 26.Rd6 Qb5 27.Bd4 Bd3 28.Qg4 Rc1+ 29.Kh2 Bg6
30.Rxb6 Qd5 31.h5 Qxh5+ 32.Qxh5 Bxh5 33.Rb5 Bg6 34.Rxa5 Rc2 35.Kg3 h5 36.Rg5 Kh7
37.f3 Rd2 38.a4 f6 39.Rxg6 Kxg6 40.a5 Rd1 41.a6 Ra1 42.a7 Kf7 43.b4 Ra2 44.b5  1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5
9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 c6 13.O-O a5 14.Rac1 Re8 15.Rc2 Qb6
16.Nd2 Ne4 17.f3 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 a4 19.Rb1 Qa6 20.h3 Nb6 21.Qc3 Nc4 22.e4 Qa5
23.Qd3 Qb6 24.Bf2 Ra5 25.Re2 Rb5 26.Qc3 Qa5 27.Qc2 Qb6 28.Qc3 Qa5 29.Qc2 Qb6
30.Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 h6 12.Bf4 g5 13.Be5 Ng4 14.Bd4 Qd6 15.Qg3 Qxg3
16.hxg3 f6 17.Na4 Re8 18.f4 Kf7 19.Nc5 a5 20.Rf3 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Ba6 22.Bf5 Bc8
23.Bd3 Ba6 24.Bf5 Bc8 25.Bxg4 Bxg4 26.Rf2 a4 27.Raf1 f5 28.Rd2 Re4 29.b3 Kg6
30.Bd4 Be2 31.Rc1 gxf4 32.gxf4 Rxf4 33.Rxe2 Rxd4 34.Re6+ Kg5 35.Rxc6 axb3
36.axb3 Rd2 37.Rf1 Ra2 38.Rf2 Ra1+ 39.Rf1 Ra2 40.Rf2 Ra1+ 41.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.f3 Nbc6 12.Bf2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be6 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.a3 Rc8
16.Qf2 Rc6 17.h4 O-O 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Be2 Rfc8 20.Rh5 Ng6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qd4+ f6
23.g3 Bc4 24.f4 e5 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.Rd1 Bxe2 27.Kxe2 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Rxc3 29.Rd2 Qb5+  0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Amin,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C95"]

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.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Qe2 Nb6 22.axb5 axb5
23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Ng5 Qf6 25.Rf1 Nbd7 26.h4 Qe7 27.Ra1 Bb7 28.Ra5 Ba6 29.Nxh5 gxh5
30.Qxh5 Bg7 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Qf5 Kg8 33.Bd1 Qf6 34.Qh7+ Kf8 35.Bh5 Ke7 36.Nxf7 Nf8
37.Qf5 Qxf5 38.exf5 Nfd7 39.Nxd6 Rh8 40.f6+ Bxf6 41.Nf5+ Kd8 42.Bf7 Kc7 43.Be6 Bb7
44.Rxb5 Nxe6 45.dxe6 Bc6 46.Rb4 Rg8 47.g3 Ra8 48.f3 Bxf3 49.Rxc4+ Kd8 50.exd7 Kxd7
51.Bg5 Ke6 52.Ne3 Bg7 53.Kf2 Rf8 54.Rb4 Bc6+ 55.Ke2 Kd7 56.g4 Rf3 57.Rb8 e4
58.h5 Be5 59.Rg8 Rh3 60.h6 Rh2+ 61.Kf1 Rxb2 62.c4 Rh2 63.Kg1 Rh3 64.Rg7+ Kc8
65.Nf5 e3 66.Ne7+ Kb7 67.Nxc6+ Kxc6 68.Re7 Kd6 69.Kf1 Rh2 70.c5+ Kd5 71.Rxe5+ Kxe5
72.c6 Ke4 73.Kg1 e2 74.Bd2 Rxh6 75.Kf2 Rh2+ 76.Kg3 Rh7 77.g5 Kd3 78.Be1 Rc7
79.Kg4 Rxc6 80.Kf5 Rc1 81.Bb4 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.b3 e6 6.Ba3 Qa5 7.Bb2 Nge7 8.h4 h6
9.Qb1 O-O 10.Ne4 f5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qb2+ e5 13.Nd6 Qc7 14.Nxc8 Raxc8 15.d3 Rcd8
16.Rc1 b6 17.Nf3 d5 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.a3 a5 20.e3 Nf6 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 e4
23.dxe4 fxe4 24.Ng5 Qe7 25.Bxe4 Ne5 26.Nf3 Nxe4 27.Qxe5+ Qxe5 28.Nxe5 Rxf2
29.Rc4 Ra2 30.O-O Nxg3 31.Rf7+ Kg8 32.Rf2 Ra1+ 33.Kg2 Nf5 34.Re4 Re8 35.h5 Ra4
36.Kf3 Rxb4 37.Rxb4 cxb4 38.Nxg6 Nxe3 39.Rb2 Nd5 40.Rd2 Nf6 41.Rd6 Nxh5 42.Rxb6 Kg7
43.Nf4 Nxf4 44.Kxf4 Rf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Be7 8.e4 Qd6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Bc4 Qg6 11.O-O Bh3 12.Ne1 Rad8 13.b4 Kh8 14.f3 Bg5 15.Bxg5 Qxg5
16.Nd3 Bc8 17.Rad1 f6 18.Nc5 Qe3+ 19.Kh1 b6 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.Bxe6 Ne7 22.Rfe1 Qg5
23.Rd3 h5 24.Red1 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Ng6 26.Qd2 Nf4 27.Bc4 h4 28.Bf1 f5 29.exf5 Qxf5
30.Qe3 Qc2 31.Qe1 h3 32.Qh4+ Qh7 33.Qxh7+ Kxh7 34.g3 Ng6 35.Be2 Rf7 36.Kg1 Nf8
37.Kf2 e4 38.f4 g5 39.Ke3 gxf4+ 40.gxf4 Ng6 41.Bh5 Kh6 42.Bxg6 Kxg6 43.Rg1+ Kf6
44.Rg3 Rh7 45.Kxe4 Rh8 46.b5 Rh5 47.c4 Rc5 48.Kd4 Rf5 49.Rf3 Rh5 50.Ke4 Rc5
51.Rc3 Rh5 52.a4 Rc5 53.Kd4 Rh5 54.Re3 Rh4  1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.d4 d5 10.c3 Bd6 11.b3 g6 12.Na3 a6 13.Nc2 Nce7 14.c4 c6 15.Qd2 f6 16.Ba3 Bxa3
17.Nxa3 Rf7 18.Nc2 Bd7 19.Bd3 Qc7 20.Rac1 Rd8 21.Nb4 Qd6 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Nc2 Nc6
24.b4 Ng7 25.a3 Bg4 26.Be2 Re7 27.Ne3 Be6 28.Rc5 Nf5 29.Bd1 Rde8 30.Ba4 Nxe3
31.Rxe3 Kg7 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.h3 Bd7 34.Rcc3 Re4 35.Qe2 Qf4 36.Rxe4 dxe4 37.Nd2 Qd6
38.Nb3 Bc8 39.Rc1 Qd5 40.Qe3 g5 41.Na5 Bd7 42.Nc4 Be6 43.Nd2 Bf7 44.Rc5 Qd7
45.Ra5 Rd8 46.Nxe4 Qxd4 47.Qxd4 Rxd4 48.Nc5 Rd1+ 49.Kh2 Rd2 50.f3 Bd5 51.Kg1 Rd1+
52.Kf2 Rd2+ 53.Kf1 Bc4+ 54.Kg1 Rd1+ 55.Kh2 Rd2 56.Kg1 Rd1+ 57.Kf2 Rd2+ 58.Ke3 Rxg2
59.Nxa6 Rg3 60.Nc7 Rxh3 61.Rc5 Bf7 62.Kf2 Rh2+ 63.Kg3 Ra2 64.Rxc6 h5 65.b5 h4+
66.Kh3 Rxa3 67.Kg2 Bh5 68.Ne6+ Kg6 69.Nd4 h3+ 70.Kg3 Rd3 71.Rc4 h2 72.Kxh2 Bxf3
73.Nxf3 Rxf3 74.Rb4 Rd3 75.b6 Rd8 76.b7 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.a3 g6 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 d6 6.Nf3 f5 7.e3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne7
10.d4 e4 11.Nd2 d5 12.b5 Be6 13.a4 Rf7 14.O-O g5 15.Ba3 Ng6 16.Rc1 c6 17.bxc6 bxc6
18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Nb3 f4 20.Nc5 Bf5 21.g3 f3 22.Ba6 Bc8 23.Bb5 a6 24.Bc6 Rb8
25.Rb1 Rxb1 26.Qxb1 Ne7 27.Bb7 Ng6 28.Bc6 Ne7 29.Bb7 Ng6 30.Bc6 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 Be6
9.b4 O-O 10.Rb1 f6 11.b5 Nd4 12.e3 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Rb8 14.d4 Bd6 15.a4 exd4
16.exd4 Bf7 17.Qc2 Kh8 18.a5 Nc4 19.a6 bxa6 20.bxa6 Qd7 21.Rb7 Rxb7 22.axb7 c6
23.Ne4 Be7 24.Be2 Na5 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.Qxc5 Qe8 27.b8=Q  1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.a3 Nf6 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nf6 7.Be2 a5 8.O-O Bc5
9.Be3 Bb6 10.Nbd2 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Ng4 12.Nc4 b5 13.h3 bxc4 14.hxg4 Bxg4 15.Qa4 Bd7
16.Qxc4 O-O 17.Qc5 Re8 18.Rac1 a4 19.Bd1 Re6 20.Rf2 h6 21.b4 Qe8 22.Nh4 Rd6
23.Qc3 Na7 24.Be2 Nb5 25.Qb2 g6 26.Rc5 Qe7 27.Nf3 f6 28.d4 exd4 29.Bxb5 Bxb5
30.Rxb5 dxe3 31.Re2 Qxe4 32.Qc1 Qd3 33.Rb7 Qd1+ 34.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 35.Kh2 Rd3
36.Rxc7 Rxa3 37.b5 Rb8 38.Nd4 Rd3 39.Rc4 a3 40.Ra4 Rd8 41.Ne6 R8d6 42.Nc5 R3d5
43.Ne4 Re6 44.Nc3 Rc5 45.Rxa3 f5 46.Rb3 f4 47.b6 Re8 48.b7 Rb8 49.Ne4 Rc7
50.Nd6 Rc6 51.Rd3 Kf8 52.g3 g5 53.gxf4 gxf4 54.Kg2 Ke7 55.Ne4 Rxb7 56.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Amin,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e6 6.e4 Bd6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Re1 Ne7
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.d4 a5 11.c4 Bb4 12.a3 Bxd2 13.Bxd2 dxe4 14.Rxe4 b5 15.cxb5 cxb5
16.Bg5 Nb6 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Re5 Bg6 19.Rxb5 Nc4 20.Ne5 Rac8 21.Nc6 Qd6 22.Rc1 Rxc6
23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Rc5 Qb7 25.R1xc4 Qxb2 26.Qc1 Qe2 27.Rc8 Be4 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8
29.Rc8+ Ke7 30.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.b3 Nf6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.e3 e6 8.Nge2 d5
9.O-O Re8 10.d3 d4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Rb8 15.b4 b6
16.a4 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Qf3 Rbe7 19.a5 e5 20.axb6 Qxb6 21.Rfe1 e4 22.dxe4 Qc6
23.c5 Rxe4 24.Kg2 d3 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Rxa7 Qd5 27.Rd1 Rd4 28.Qxd5 Rxd5 29.c6 Rc8
30.Rd7 Rb5 31.Rb7 Rd5 32.b5 Kf6 33.c7 Ke7 34.b6 Kd7 35.Rb8 Rd6 36.Kf3  1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Bf4 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Ba6 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Bd2 Nhf6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Be5 Nhf6
16.e3 h6 17.Qd1 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bd6 19.f4 Bb7 20.Rc2 a6 21.Rac1 Qe7 22.Na4 Qd8
23.Qd3 Ne4 24.Nc6 Bxc6 25.Rxc6 b5 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Be7 28.e4 dxe4 29.Qxd8 Rfxd8
30.Bxe4 Ra7 31.Rc2 g5 32.Rb6 Rd4 33.Rb7 Rxb7 34.Bxb7 Bd8 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.Bxa6 b4
37.Kf2 Kg7 38.Ke3 e5 39.Bd3 Rd5 40.c6 Bb6+ 41.Ke2 Bc7 42.g4 Rd4 43.Rc4 Rxc4
44.Bxc4 e4 45.Ke3 Bxh2 46.Kxe4 Kf6 47.Kd5 Ke7 48.Kc5 Bd6+ 49.Kb6 Kd8 50.Bxf7 Kc8
51.Be6+ Kb8 52.Bf5 Bc7+ 53.Kc5 Be5 54.b3  1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.b3 d6 6.Bb2 e5 7.e3 Nge7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.d3 a6 10.Qd2 Rb8 11.O-O b5 12.Nd5 Be6 13.Rae1 Qd7 14.f4 f5 15.Nec3 Kh8
16.Nxe7 Nxe7 17.Nd5 Rbe8 18.Qa5 Nc6 19.Qd2 Ne7 20.Kh1 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Bg8 22.e4 exf4
23.gxf4 fxe4 24.dxe4 Bxb2 25.Qxb2+ Qg7 26.Qd2 g5 27.fxg5 Re5 28.h4 h6 29.gxh6 Rxf1+
30.Rxf1 Qg6 31.Qf4 Rh5 32.Qf6+ Kh7 33.Qe7+ Kh8 34.e5 Qxh6 35.Qf6+ Qxf6 36.Rxf6 dxe5
37.d6 Rxh4+ 38.Kg1 Rd4 39.Rf5 c4 40.bxc4 Bxc4 41.Rxe5 Rxd6 42.a3 Rd1+ 43.Kf2 Rd2+
44.Kg1 Rd3 45.Re8+ Kg7 46.Re7+ Kf6 47.Ra7 Rxa3  0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Bd3 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Ne8 12.Nc3 d6 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6 dxe5 15.Bg5 Qd7
16.Ne4 f6 17.Bc4+ Rf7 18.Nxf6+  1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 Bg4
9.Qb3 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O-O Qd6 12.Kb1 a5 13.h3 Be6 14.Qc2 a4 15.Ng5 b5
16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.Rhe1 Rfd8 18.Ne2 b4 19.Nf4 b3 20.Qc5 bxa2+ 21.Ka1 Qd7 22.Kxa2 Rdb8
23.Qc4 Rb5 24.Nd3 Rab8 25.Re2 Nc8 26.Rc1 Nd6 27.Qxc6 Qe6+ 28.Ka1 a3 29.bxa3 Rb3
30.Rb2 Rxa3+ 31.Kb1 Qa2+ 32.Kc2 Rxb2+ 33.Nxb2 Rb3 34.Rb1 Nc4 35.Qe8+ Bf8
36.Bh6 Na3+ 37.Kd2 Nxb1+  0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qe1 exf4 10.Rxf4 Bh5 11.Nf3 a6 12.a4 Bxf3 13.Rxf3 Nd4 14.Rf2 Ng4 15.Rf4 Ne5
16.Qd1 Bg5 17.Rf2 Bxc1 18.Qxc1 Qh4 19.Rf4 Qg5 20.Rf2 Qh5 21.Qf4 b5 22.Bd5 Rab8
23.axb5 axb5 24.Re1 b4 25.Nd1 b3 26.c3 Nxd3 27.Qd2 Nxf2 28.Qxf2 Ne6 29.Ne3 Qg5
30.Rf1 Nc7 31.h4 Qe5 32.Bxf7+ Kh8 33.Nc4 Qe7 34.Qf4 Rbd8 35.e5 dxe5 36.Nxe5 Rd6
37.Qe3 Qd8 38.Bxb3 Rxf1+ 39.Kxf1 Rf6+ 40.Kg1 Qf8 41.Kh2 g6 42.Kh3 Qc8+ 43.Kh2 Qf8
44.Kh3 Qc8+ 45.Kh2 Qf5 46.Qxc5 Qf4+ 47.Kh3 Qf5+ 48.Kh2 Qf4+ 49.Kh3 Qf5+ 50.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[ECO "B33"]

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.O-O e4 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Bc2 Be5 19.Nfd5 Kh8 20.f4 exf3 21.Qxf3 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Qh4
23.g3 Rg8 24.Nf4 Qh6 25.Bxf5 Raf8 26.Ne6 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Rxf5 28.Qxf5 Rxg3+  0-1

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Be6 7.c5 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O
10.b4 Bc8 11.f4 Ne8 12.Qe1 a5 13.Na4 axb4 14.Nb6 Ra7 15.Qxb4 Na6 16.Qc3 Nf6
17.Nxc8 Qxc8 18.Rb1 Nc7 19.Qc2 Ne4 20.Nf3 Qd7 21.a3 Rfa8 22.Rb3 f5 23.Bb2 Ne6
24.Rb1 Nd8 25.Bc1 Bf6 26.g3 Kg7 27.Qg2 Ra4 28.h3 h5 29.g4 fxg4 30.hxg4 Qxg4
31.Qxg4 hxg4 32.Bxe4 gxf3 33.Bxf3 g5 34.f5 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke8 36.Ke2 Kd7 37.Kd3 Kc7
38.Bh5 R4a7 39.Bb2 Ra6 40.Kc2 b6 41.cxb6+ Rxb6 42.Rxb6 Kxb6 43.Bc3+ Kc7 44.Ra1 Nb7
45.a4 Nd6 46.Bg4 Nc4 47.Kd3 c5 48.Bf3 cxd4 49.Bxd4 Ne5+ 50.Bxe5+ Bxe5 51.Ra2 Kd6
52.a5 Ra7 53.a6 Kc5 54.e4 d4 55.Ra5+  1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Amin,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1 Re8
9.h3 b5 10.Bc2 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 Nb8 13.Nf1 c5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Nbd7
16.Ne3 Qc7 17.Bg3 g6 18.Bh2 Bg7 19.Nd2 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Bb3 Qc6
23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Qe2 f5 25.Qf3 e4 26.dxe4 Qxd2 27.Rad1 Qxb2 28.Rxd7 Qxc3 29.Qd1 fxe4
30.Bf4 Qf6 31.Qd5+ Kh8 32.Rf7 Qd4 33.Qc6 Rf8 34.Rd7 Qf6 35.Qxf6 Bxf6 36.Bxh6 Rfe8
37.axb5 axb5 38.Be3 c4 39.Rf7 Bc3 40.Rc1 b4 41.Rd7 Red8 42.Re7 Re8 43.Rd7 Reb8
44.Bf4 Rf8 45.Rxc3 Rxf4 46.Rxc4 Rb8 47.Rd1 b3 48.Rb1 Rf5 49.Rxe4 b2 50.Re2 Rfb5
51.Rd2 Kg7 52.g3 Rb3 53.Kg2 R8b7 54.h4 Kh6 55.Rc2 R7b6 56.Rd2 Rb7 57.Kh3 R7b4
58.Kg2 Rb5 59.Rc2 Rb7 60.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e6 7.d3 Bd6 8.e4 Ngf6
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.a4 Rdg8 12.Rb1 g5 13.Bg2 a5 14.exd5 exd5 15.d4 Kb8
16.Qd3 h6 17.Re1 Nf8 18.Na2 Ne4 19.b4 f5 20.bxa5 Qxa5 21.Ba3 Bxa3 22.Qxa3 Nd7
23.Nb4 Kc7 24.c4 dxc4 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Re8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Qc3 Nb6 29.d5 Nxd5
30.Nxd5+ Qxd5 31.Qg7+ Kd6 32.Qxb7 Qd2 33.Kg2 Qd5+ 34.Kh2 Qd4 35.Qf7 Re7 36.Qf8 Kd5
37.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.e3 Na5 8.Ne5 c5
9.Nxc4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.exd4 Nxc4 12.Bxc4 Be7 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.d5 Rc8 15.dxe6 Rxc4
16.exd7+ Kxd7 17.O-O-O+ Kc6 18.Be5 Rd8 19.Rxd8 Bxd8 20.b3 Rc5 21.Bd4 Rf5
22.f3 Bb6 23.Bxb6 Kxb6 24.Re1 Rc5 25.Kd2 Nd5 26.Nxd5+ Rxd5+ 27.Kc3 Rc5+ 28.Kd2 Rd5+
29.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Abidjan CIV"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 e5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4 Bd6 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 Bxe5 10.Qe4 Qe7 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bb5+ Kf8 13.Qxd5 g6 14.O-O Kg7 15.Bd2 Rd8
16.Qxe5+ Qxe5 17.Bc3 Qxc3 18.bxc3 Be6 19.Ba4 Rd3 20.Rab1 b6 21.Bb3 Bxb3 22.Rxb3 Rc8
23.Rc1 Rd2 24.Ra3 Rc7 25.Kf1 Rb2 26.c4 Rd7 27.e4 Rdd2 28.Rf3 Rxa2 29.g3 Rdc2
30.Rd1 Rd2 31.Rxd2 Rxd2 32.Rc3 Rd7 33.e5 Re7 34.f4 f6 35.exf6+ Kxf6 36.Kf2 Rc7
37.Ke3 b5 38.c5 b4 39.Rb3 Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.c3 Nc5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.Bc2 b4 15.d4 bxc3
16.bxc3 Nd7 17.Nf1 Bf6 18.d5 Ncb8 19.h4 Qa1 20.Re3 Nc5 21.c4 Qa6 22.N1d2 Qb6
23.Ra3 Bc8 24.Nb3 Nba6 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.Qe1 Bg4 27.Nh2 Bd7 28.g3 Rb8 29.Nf3 h6
30.Be3 Qb2 31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.Rxc3 Ra8 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Rb3 Bg4 35.Kg2 Bxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Be7
37.h5 Bd6 38.Bd1 g6 39.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Ne4 Be7
9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 Bf5 11.a4 a5 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Be3 Rad8 14.Bxb6 cxb6 15.Bc4 Bg6
16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Re3 h6 18.Rae1 Kh8 19.Bd5 f6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.d4 Bf7 22.Qc2 exd4
23.Nxd4 Rfe8 24.Ng3 Bd6 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.c4 b6 6.Be2 c5 7.a3 Bb7 8.O-O d6 9.d3 Nbd7
10.Nc3 e6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.d4 Rab8 13.a4 d5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Ba3 Rfc8 16.cxd5 Nxd5
17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qd1 Qd8 19.Ba6 Rc7 20.Bb5 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Nb6 22.Rc1 Rxc1 23.Bxc1 Rc8
24.Ba6 Rb8 25.Re1 Nd7 26.Bb5 Nc5 27.Ba3 Bf8 28.Qc2 Rc8 29.Rc1 Bb7 30.Qb1 Be4
31.Qa2 Bd5 32.Qc2 Qg5 33.Bf1 Qd8 34.Qd1 h5 35.Nb5 a6 36.Nd4 Bb7 37.Rb1 Be4
38.Rc1 e5 39.Nf3 Qxd1 40.Rxd1 Bxf3 41.gxf3 Nxa4 42.Bxa6 Ra8 43.Bb7 Rb8 44.Bxf8 Kxf8
45.Bc6 Nb6 46.Ra1 Rc8 47.Be4 Nd7 48.Ra7 Nf6 49.Ra5 Nxe4 50.fxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.O-O d6
9.Bg3 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Re1 Nh5 14.Nf1 Nxg3 15.hxg3 g6
16.Ne3 Bg7 17.a4 Rb8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bb3 Rf8 20.d4 b4 21.Bd5 Bd7 22.Ra6 Ne7
23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Bc4 bxc3 25.bxc3 Bc6 26.Qc2 Ra8 27.Rea1 Rxa6 28.Rxa6 Kh7
29.Ra5 f6 30.Nd2 Qd7 31.Nb3 Ra8 32.Nc5 Qd6 33.Rxa8 Bxa8 34.Ne6 h5 35.Qb1 Qb6
36.Qxb6 cxb6 37.Bd5 Bc6 38.Bxc6 Nxc6 39.Nd5 b5 40.Kf1 f5 41.Ke2 Bh6 42.Nec7 Na7
43.exf5 gxf5 44.Ne7 f4 45.gxf4 exf4 46.Kf3 Nc6 47.Nxc6  1-0

[Event "Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 b4 10.Nce2 h6 11.Nf4 Bb7 12.Qxb4 Qc8 13.Qd2 e5 14.Nf5 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5
16.Be2 Qc7 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Kb1 g6 19.Ne3 Be7 20.c4 Kb8 21.Rc1 Nxe4 22.fxe4 Bxe4+
23.Ka1 Bxh1 24.Rxh1 Bg5 25.Nd5 Bxf4 26.Qxf4 Qa7 27.Rc1 Rhe8 28.a3 Nc6 29.Bf3 g5
30.Qg3 Qc5 31.Bh1 Re2 32.Nc3 Re3 33.Qg2 Rc8 34.Nd5 Rb3 35.Ka2 Rb7 36.b3 a5
37.Nc3 Qe3 38.Rc2 Qd3 39.Qd2 Qxd2 40.Rxd2 Re7 41.Rxd6 Rd8 42.Rxd8+ Nxd8 43.Be4 h5
44.gxh5 f5 45.Bxf5 Rf7 46.Bg6 Rf2+ 47.Kb1 Rxh2 48.Ne4 g4 49.Kc1 Nc6 50.Kd1 Nd4
51.Ke1 Nxb3 52.Kf1 Nd4 53.Ng3 Kc7 54.Be4 Nf3 55.c5 Nd2+ 56.Kg1 Rh3 57.Kg2 Nxe4  0-1

[Event "Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O e5 6.c3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.d4 Qc7
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.c4 Be6 12.Qe2 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 Nd7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Bxe3
9.fxe3 Qe7 10.Nc3 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Nh4 g6 13.Qe1 O-O-O 14.a3 Kb8 15.b4 c5
16.Na4 Bc6 17.Nb2 Rhg8 18.Rd1 Rdf8 19.c4 f5 20.b5 Bb7 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Rd2 Qg5
23.e4 fxe4 24.Rxf8+ Nxf8 25.dxe4 Ne6 26.Nf3 Qh5 27.Kh2 Nd4 28.Qe3 Bc8 29.Ne1 Qg6
30.Ned3 Re8 31.Nd1 Qg8 32.N3b2 Be6 33.Qd3 Rd8 34.Qc3 h5 35.Rf2 h4 36.a4 Qg6
37.Qe3 Rg8 38.Kh1 Qh5 39.a5 Kc8 40.Qe1 Rg3 41.Qf1 Kd7 42.Nd3 Ke7 43.N1b2 Rg8
44.a6 Qg5 45.Qg1 c6 46.bxc6 Nxc6 47.Rf1 Qg3 48.Qf2 Qxf2 49.Nxf2 Rd8 50.Nfd1 Rd2
51.Rf2 Rxf2 52.Nxf2 Na5 53.Kh2 Nxc4 54.Na4 Kd6 55.Nc3 Kc6 56.g3 hxg3+ 57.Kxg3 b5
58.Nd3 b4 59.Na4 b3 60.h4 Bf7 61.Kg4 Bg6 62.Nc3 b2 63.Kf3 Kd6 64.Nb5+ Kd7
65.Nxb2 Nxb2 66.Nxa7 Bh5+  0-1

[Event "Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.e4 cxd4
9.e5 Ng4 10.Re1 Nc5 11.h3 Nh6 12.Nxd4 Nxb3 13.axb3 Nf5 14.Be3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bd7
16.Nc3 Bc6 17.Re3 Qh4 18.Bb6 Be7 19.Rg3 Bd8 20.Bc5 Bc7 21.Rg4 Qh5 22.Bd6 Rd8
23.Rxg7 Qxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Bxd6 25.exd6 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Nc3 e6 8.Nd2 Na6 9.O-O Re8
10.e4 Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Re1 Na6 13.h3 Nb4 14.Ra3 exd5 15.cxd5 a6 16.Bf1 Nd7
17.Na2 Ra7 18.Nc4 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Nxb4 cxb4 21.Rf3 Bd7 22.b3 b5 23.Be3 Ra8
24.axb5 axb5 25.Bd4 Ra2 26.Re2 Rxe2 27.Bxe2 Qe7 28.Re3 Bf4 29.Bf3 Bxe3 30.Bxe3 Rc8
31.Qd4 Qe5 32.Qa7 Be8 33.g3 Rc3 34.Bd4 Qg5 35.Be2 Qd2 36.Bf1 Rxb3 37.Kg2 Ra3
38.Qb6 Ra6 39.Qxa6 Qxd4 40.Qc8 Qxe4+ 41.f3 Qe3 42.Bxb5 b3 43.Bxe8 Qe2+ 44.Kg1 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 Nf6 6.c5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bd3 Ne4
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 f5 11.Ne5 Bf6 12.f4 Be6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Rad1 Nd7 15.Nxe4 fxe4
16.Be2 g6 17.b4 a6 18.Qb3 Kg7 19.Qc3 h5 20.a4 Kh7 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Bxe5
23.fxe5 Bg4 24.Bxg4 hxg4 25.Qb2 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vega Gutierrez,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg5 f6 6.Be3 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.d4 c4 9.Bg2 Bd6
10.Nh4 Nge7 11.Bh6 Kf7 12.O-O Be6 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.a3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qd7 16.f4 Nf5
17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Bf3 Rae8 19.g4 Be4 20.f5 Rhg8 21.Kh1 gxf5 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.gxf5 Rh4
24.Be3 Qe8 25.Qf3 Qe4 26.Rab1 b6 27.a4 Ne7 28.Qxe4 dxe4 29.Rb5 Rh3 30.Bd2 Rf3
31.Rxf3 exf3 32.Rb1 Rg2 33.Bf4 Nd5 34.Bb8 Rxc2 35.Rf1 Ne3  0-1

[Event "9th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Milliet,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2394"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.exd5 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nfd7 12.Ne4 Ne5 13.Qd1 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Nd7 15.Bg5 Qb6
16.Bf4 Ne5 17.Qc2 Rfe8 18.Rae1 h6 19.Bg3 f5 20.Nd2 Qc7 21.Qb3 b6 22.f4 Nd7
23.Bh4 Nf8 24.Qc2 Qd7 25.Nf3 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.b3 Rxe1+ 28.Bxe1 Qe8 29.Kf2 Nd7
30.Qe2 Qxe2+ 31.Kxe2 Nf6 32.b4 Ne4 33.Kd3 Kf7 34.b5 Bb2 35.Kc2 Bf6 36.a4 Bd8

37.Kd3 g5 38.fxg5 hxg5 39.g4 Kg6 40.Nh2 Nf6 41.Bc3 Ne4 42.Be1 Nf6 43.Ke3 Ne4
44.gxf5+ Kxf5 45.Ng4 Nf6 46.Nxf6 Bxf6 47.a5 Bd8 48.a6 Bf6 49.Kf3 Be7 50.Bg3 Bf8
51.Be1 Be7 52.Bc3 Bd8 53.Be1 Be7 54.Bg3 Bf8 55.Bf2 Be7 56.Be1 Bd8 57.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Qc2 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.Nd5 c6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.e3 Bc5
9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O a5 11.b3 dxe3 12.fxe3 Qh6 13.Bb2 O-O 14.Rf3 f6 15.Raf1 Be6
16.Rg3 Rae8 17.Rff3 Qh4 18.Kf1 h6 19.Rf4 Qxh2 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Rxg7 Qh1+ 22.Kf2 Kxg7
23.Qg6+ Kh8 24.Bg8 Re7 25.Rxf6 Qh4+ 26.Kg1  1-0

[Event "9th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Santos Ruiz,Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qd1 e6 10.Bd3 Nc4 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Nf3 Bb4 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 f6
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Bb5 19.c4 Bxc4 20.Rfe1 O-O 21.Qb4 b5 22.Rc2 a5
23.Qd2 h5 24.h4 a4 25.Qb4 Rc6 26.a3 Re8 27.Kh2 Kf7 28.Rh1 Qd7 29.Qd2 Rd8
30.Qa5 Rdc8 31.Rg1 Ke8 32.Rgc1 Qd8 33.Qe1 Kf7 34.f3 Qd5 35.Qg3 Bd3 36.Rxc6 Rxc6
37.Rxc6 Qxc6 38.Bd6 exf3 39.gxf3 Be2 40.Bc5 Bxf3 41.Kg1 Qe4 42.Kf2 Bg4 43.Qf4 Bf5
44.Qxe4 Bxe4 45.Kg3 g5 46.Bb4 Kg6 47.Be7 Kf5 48.Kh3 Bd5 49.Kg3 Ke4 50.Kh3 g4+
51.Kg3 Kxe3 52.Bxf6 b4  0-1

[Event "9th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.29"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.Bg5 Bg7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.Be2 Ne7
9.d4 Nf5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qe7 12.Qa4+ c6 13.d5 Bd7 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Rd1 O-O
16.Qa3 e4 17.Nd4 Qe5 18.Nb3 d5 19.Qa5 Rfc8 20.cxd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.Rd2 Be6
23.O-O Qc7 24.Qa4 Qb6 25.Rb1 Rc7 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Qb3 Qxb3 28.Nxb3 Rb8 29.Bd1 Be6
30.Nd4 a5 31.Ne2 d4 32.Nxd4 Bxd4 33.exd4 Bxa2 34.Ra1 Bb3 35.Bxb3 Rxb3 36.Rxa5 Rd3
37.Re2 Rxd4 38.g4 Rb4 39.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Cyfka,Karina"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Rc1 Bb4 12.Qa4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Na5 14.h4 f6 15.Nd2 Nxd2
16.Bxd2 Bc6 17.Qc2 Nc4 18.e4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 c6 21.Rce1 Rf7 22.Bf4 Qd7
23.Qe2 b5 24.Re8+ Rxe8 25.Qxe8+ Qxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2019.11.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 O-O-O 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.Bb5 Qd7
15.Rhe1 Rde8 16.f4 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 Re8 18.a3 a6 19.Bc4 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 d5 21.Bd3 h6
22.Qg3 f6 23.h4 Kb8 24.h5 Qe7 25.Qg4 Qe1+ 26.Ka2 Qe7 27.Qf5 Qd6 28.g3 Nd8
29.c4 dxc4 30.Bxc4 Nc6 31.c3 Ka7 32.Qg4 Qe7 33.Bd5 Qc5 34.Be6 Qe7 35.b4 Qd6
36.Qe2 a5 37.Kb3 axb4 38.Qe3+ Kb8  0-1

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Bf5 7.b3 Nf6 8.Bb2 Ne4
9.Na4 Bxb2 10.Nxb2 Qd7 11.Nh4 Nf6 12.Nxf5 Qxf5 13.e3 O-O 14.Na4 Rad8 15.a3 Qc8
16.Rc1 Kg7 17.Qc2 h5 18.h3 b6 19.Nc3 Rfe8 20.f4 e6 21.Qb2 Kg8 22.Ne2 Nh7
23.d4 cxd4 24.Nxd4 Nxd4 25.exd4 Nf6 26.Kh2 Kg7 27.b4 Qc7 28.a4 e5 29.fxe5 dxe5
30.c5 h4 31.cxb6 hxg3+ 32.Kh1 Qxb6 33.Rc6 Qxd4 34.Qxd4 Rxd4 35.Rcxf6 Re7
36.R6f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Kc8 11.g4 Ne7 12.Ng5 Be8 13.f4 h6 14.Ne4 h5 15.Kg2 b6 16.c4 Ng6
17.Nbc3 Be7 18.Be3 Kb7 19.Ng3 hxg4 20.hxg4 Rh4 21.Nf5 Rxg4+ 22.Kf3 Rh4 23.Nxh4 Nxh4+
24.Kg4 g6 25.Bf2 Nf5 26.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Nd2 Kc8 14.Nf3 Be7 15.Bg5 Bc5
16.Rd3 b6 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 h6 19.Rd1 c5 20.Nh4 g5 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.gxf5 Kb7
23.Kg2 Rad8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Kf3 c4 26.Re4 b5 27.Kg4 Kc8 28.e6 fxe6 29.fxe6 Rh8
30.Kf5 Kd8 31.e7+ Ke8 32.Kg6  1-0

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be2 e5
9.Nb3 Be7 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Nc4 Nd4 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.f3 Be6 14.Ne3 O-O 15.O-O Nd7
16.Ncd5 Bg5 17.c3 Nc6 18.Kh1 Rc8 19.Nc4 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Nf6 21.Nce3 Bxd5 22.exd5 Ne7
23.c4 a5 24.Qd2 Nd7 25.Bb1 Nc5 26.f4 exf4 27.Rxf4 Ng6 28.Rff1 Qg5 29.Qf2 Ne5
30.h4 Qd8 31.Qg3 g6 32.Nf5 Kh8 33.Nd4 f5 34.b3 Qf6 35.Rcd1 Rce8 36.a3 Ng4
37.Nxf5 gxf5 38.Rxf5 Qg7 39.Rg5 Nf2+ 40.Kh2 Qh6  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sankalp,Gupta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Qf2 Qa5 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.f5 exf5 14.Rxd5 Ne4 15.Rxa5 Nxf2
16.Rd5 Nxh1 17.Rxd7 b5 18.Bd3 f4 19.Bb6 Rab8 20.Nd5 Rfe8 21.Nd4 Nxe5 22.Rxe7 f6
23.Bc7 Ra8 24.Bxh7+ Kh8 25.Bf5  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Barbosa,Ev"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Rb8 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.Bxf6 Bxf3 14.Bxd8 Bxe2 15.Bxe2 Rfxd8
16.Rad1 a5 17.Rd3 Re8 18.Bf3 g6 19.g3 Re6 20.Kg2 Kg7 21.Rc1 Bc5 22.b3 h5
23.h4 a4 24.Rd2 Kf6 25.c4 d4 26.bxa4 Ke7 27.Rcc2 Ra8 28.Rb2 Rxa4 29.Rb7+ Kf6
30.Rc7 Rxc4 31.Rxc6 Rxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.23"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Libiszewski,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "C11"]

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.Qc2 Bd7 13.h4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Rc8 15.Bd3 h6
16.g4 Ba4 17.b3 Bb5 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Ng5 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.O-O-O Bd3 22.Rxd3 exd3
23.Qxd3 g6 24.Ne4 Qd5 25.Rd1 Rfd8 26.Kb2 Kg7 27.h5 Bc5 28.Qe3 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Qc6
30.Rd6 Rxd6 31.exd6 Rf8 32.Qd4+ f6 33.c4 g5 34.d7  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Santos Latasa,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.e3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 c5 6.Bxb4 cxb4 7.Be2 a5 8.a3 Na6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Ne5 Qe7 12.Nd3 d5 13.Nf4 Rfd8 14.Nf3 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Nc7
16.Ne5 bxa3 17.bxa3 b5 18.Be2 b4 19.Bf3 Ncd5 20.Nfd3 Rdc8 21.Nc5 Nc3 22.Qd3 Bxf3
23.Nxf3 Nd7 24.axb4 axb4 25.Nb3 Qd6 26.Rfc1 Qd5 27.Nfd2 h6 28.h3 Nb6 29.Rxa8 Rxa8
30.Rxc3 bxc3 31.Qxc3 Rc8 32.Qb4 Nc4 33.Nf3 Nd6 34.Nc5 Ra8 35.Qb6 Ne4 36.Nxe4 Qxe4
37.Qb2 Kh7 38.Kh2 Rc8 39.Qb5 Qc2 40.Qd7 Rc7 41.Qd6 Ra7 42.Qc5 Qxc5 43.dxc5 Ra5
44.Ne5 Kg8 45.Nd7 Ra7 46.Ne5 f6 47.Nd3 Kf7 48.g4 Ra3 49.Nf4 Rc3 50.Kg2 Rxc5
51.h4 g6 52.Kf3 Ra5 53.Kg2 e5 54.Ne2 Ra4 55.Kg3 Ke6 56.Ng1 h5 57.gxh5 gxh5
58.Ne2 Ra2 59.Nc3 Rc2 60.Ne4 Rc4 61.f3 f5 62.Nf2 Rc3 63.e4 f4+ 64.Kg2 Kd6  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 h6 6.a3 a6 7.Be3 d6 8.Bxc5 dxc5
9.Nd5 Be6 10.Ne3 Bxc4 11.Nxc4 Qe7 12.O-O Nd7 13.c3 Nb6 14.Ne3 O-O-O 15.Qc2 a5
16.Rfd1 Qe6 17.b4 cxb4 18.axb4 axb4 19.d4 b3 20.Qb1 exd4 21.cxd4 b2 22.Qxb2 Qxe4
23.d5 Nxd5 24.Ra8+ Nb8 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Re1 Qg6 27.Qa2 Qd6 28.Qa7 c6 29.g3 Kc7
30.Kg2 Rd8 31.Rb1 Rb5 32.Rxb5 cxb5 33.Qa5+ Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be3 b6 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nb8 13.Bf2 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.f5 exf5
16.Nxd5 Nb4 17.c4 Rc8 18.a3 Nc6 19.Rfe1 Bc5 20.b4 Bxf2+ 21.Qxf2 Qd7 22.Qh4 Qd8
23.Nf6+ gxf6 24.Rad1 Nxe5 25.Rxd8 Rfxd8 26.Qxf6 Ng6 27.h4 h5 28.Rf1 f4 29.g4 Rd3
30.gxh5 Rg3+ 31.Kf2 Nxh4 32.Qxh4 Rxc4 33.Re1  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.27"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kotronias,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Bb7
9.O-O e6 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.h3 h6 14.Bh4 Nge5 15.Qe3 Qc5
16.Nd4 g5 17.Bg3 Be7 18.Ra3 h5 19.a5 b5 20.Na2 Qc7 21.Nb4 Nc5 22.Nxa6 Bxa6
23.b4 Ncd7 24.Nxb5 Bxb5 25.Bxb5 O-O 26.c4 h4 27.Bh2 Rfd8 28.Rc3 Nf8 29.f4 gxf4
30.Bxf4 Nfg6 31.Bh2 Bf6 32.Rc2 Rb8 33.Rf2 Qe7 34.a6 Rdc8 35.Kh1 Ra8 36.Qe2 Bg5
37.Rff1 Kg7 38.Rd4 Qc7 39.Qf2 Rd8 40.Rfd1 Qb6 41.Qe2 Bf4 42.Bg1 Qc7 43.c5 d5
44.exd5 Rxd5 45.Rxd5 exd5 46.Bd3 Nxd3 47.Qxd3 Be5 48.b5 Qa5 49.Qxd5 Re8 50.c6 Nf4
51.Qc4 Qa3 52.Bh2 Qe3 53.Rf1 Ne6 54.Qg4+ Ng5 55.Bxe5+ Qxe5 56.b6 Qb5 57.Qf4 Ne4
58.Qxf7+ Kh6 59.Qf4+ Kg6 60.Qg4+ Ng5 61.Rc1 Qa5 62.Qxh4 Qxb6 63.c7 Qxa6 64.Qg4 Rc8
65.h4  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.28"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Antipov,M2"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Ndb5 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Nd7
15.Nd5 Bc5 16.Qf4 Nb6 17.Ndc7 Qe7 18.Kb1 Be3 19.Qd6 Qxd6 20.Nxd6 Rb8 21.Bd3 Bf4
22.Be4 Rd8 23.Ncb5 a6 24.g3 Bg5 25.Nxc8 Rdxc8 26.Nd6 Rc7 27.Rhe1 g6 28.Bc2 Kf8
29.Bb3 Rd8 30.f4 Bf6 31.Ne4 Rxd1+ 32.Rxd1 Be7 33.Ng5 Bxg5 34.fxg5 Nc4 35.Rd4 Ne5
36.h4 Nc6 37.Rf4 Ne5 38.a3 Kg7 39.Bd5 Rd7 40.Be4 b5 41.Kc2 Rc7+ 42.Kb3 a5
43.Ka2 Rd7 44.Bg2 Rd2 45.Bf1 Nd3 46.Bxd3 Rxd3 47.Re4 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Basso,Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Nbd2 d6
9.a4 Nh5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nb8 12.Ba2 Nd7 13.d4 c6 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.g4 c5
16.g5 hxg5 17.O-O-O Bf6 18.Rh2 g6 19.Rdh1 cxd4 20.Rh6 Kg7 21.Nb1 Nc5 22.Nxd4 Bd7
23.Rh7+ Kg8 24.Nb5 Qd8 25.Nxd6 Be6 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.Qd1 g4 28.Na3 Nf4 29.Nac4 Nh3
30.Rxf7 Rxf7 31.gxh3 Rh7 32.Qxg4 Bg5+ 33.Kb1 Qf6 34.Rg1 Bf4 35.Qxg6+ Qxg6
36.Rxg6+ Kh8 37.Re6 Rd8 38.h4 Rc7 39.Kc2 Kh7 40.Kb3 a6 41.Nf5 b5 42.axb5 axb5
43.Ncd6 Rb8 44.Ne8 Ra7 45.Nf6+ Kh8 46.h5 Rba8 47.Nd5 Bc1 48.Kc2 Ra1 49.Rxe5 Kg8
50.Nb4  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2020"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2020.01.30"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Deac,Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Bb4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qd3 g6 12.f3 Qe7 13.e4 Rad8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 g5
16.Bf2 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 fxe4 18.fxe4 Nb6 19.Bd3 Nxe4 20.Rae1 f5 21.Qc2 Nd5 22.Bg3 Qe6
23.Be5 g4 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Qxe4 h5 26.h3 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.hxg4 Qxg4
30.Qh7 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Qg4 32.Qxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.f3 O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.O-O a6 12.Qd3 Ne5 13.Qe2 Rac8 14.b3 b5 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.cxd5 e6 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Rad1 Rc3 19.Kh1 Nc6 20.h3 Rc8 21.f4 d5 22.Nf3 Qe8
23.Bf2 Ne7 24.Ng5 R3c6 25.Qg4 dxe4 26.Nxe4 Nf5 27.Rfe1 Rc2 28.Re2 e5 29.Rde1 Rxe2
30.Qxe2 Qc6 31.fxe5 Bxe5 32.Kg1 Rd8 33.Ng5 Bf6 34.Nf3 Qd5 35.Qe6+ Qxe6 36.Rxe6 Rd6
37.Re1 Kf7 38.Kf1 Rd5 39.Ke2 Ke6 40.Rc1 Kd7 41.a4 Ne7 42.axb5 axb5 43.Rc2 Nc6
44.Ra2 h5 45.Be1 Nd4+ 46.Nxd4 Bxd4 47.Bd2 Bb6 48.Bf4 Rf5 49.Rd2+ Ke7 50.Bg3 g5
51.Rd3 Bc5 52.Rf3 Ke6 53.Rd3 Ke7 54.Rf3 Ke6 55.Rd3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 cxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O e6 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Rd1 O-O 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.Be1 a6 14.Rac1 Qe7 15.Qe2 Rc7
16.f4 Nd7 17.f5 g6 18.fxe6 Qxe6 19.Qf3 Nb6 20.Bf2 f5 21.a3 Ne7 22.Rc2 Rfc8
23.Rdc1 Kg7 24.g4 Rf8 25.Ne2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 fxg4 27.Qxg4 Nf5 28.e4 dxe4 29.Qxe4 Qf7
30.Qf3 Nd5 31.Bc4 Nfe3 32.Qxf7+ Rxf7 33.Bxe3 Nxe3 34.Bxf7 Nxc2 35.Bd5 Nxd4
36.Nxd4 Bc5 37.Bxb7 Bxd4+ 38.Kg2 Bxb2 39.Bxa6 Bxa3 40.Bd3 h5 41.Bc2 g5 42.Bd1 g4
43.hxg4 hxg4 44.Bxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be3 b6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.h4 Nc6 10.h5 f5 11.O-O-O c4 12.Bxc4 dxc4 13.d5 Ndxe5 14.fxe5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Be6
16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.h6 g6 19.Bf6 Rc8 20.Ng5 c3 21.Qd6 cxb2+ 22.Kxb2 Bf7
23.e6 Bxe6 24.Bg7 Bf7 25.Qxf8+ Qxf8 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Rd7  1-0

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d5
9.b4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Be2 Rc8 13.b5 Nb6 14.a4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4
16.Qxc4 Ne4 17.O-O Bd5 18.Qc2 c4 19.Bd4 Qe7 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 Rfd8 22.Qb2 Qg5
23.f4 Qg6 24.Rac1 Rd7 25.Rc3 f6 26.a5 Rb7 27.Rf2 Rcb8 28.b6 axb6 29.axb6 e5
30.fxe5 fxe5 31.Qb5 Qe4 32.Bc5 Rf7 33.Rd2 h6 34.h3 Qh4 35.Rc1 Qe4 36.Kh2 Rc8
37.Bd6 Bb7 38.Qxe5 Qc6 39.Bc7 Re8 40.Qd6 Qb5 41.Qg3 Rf5 42.Rd4 Rg5 43.Rg4 Rxg4
44.Qxg4 Rxe3 45.Qxc4+ Qxc4 46.Rxc4 Re2 47.Rg4 Kf7 48.Kg1 g5 49.Kf1 Ra2 50.g3 Bc8
51.Rb4 Bb7 52.Rd4 Rc2 53.Rd7+ Kg6 54.g4 Rc6 55.Be5 Ba6+ 56.Kf2 h5 57.b7 Rc2+
58.Kf3 Bxb7+ 59.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.d4 d5 10.c3 Re8 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.Nbd2 Bd7 14.Qb3 Ne3 15.a4 h6
16.Nf1 Nxf1 17.Bxf1 Be6 18.a5 b6 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ra2 Ne7 21.Qb5 Qd8 22.Rxa8 Qxa8
23.Qa6 Qxa6 24.Bxa6 f6 25.h3 Kf7 26.Kf1 g5 27.Bd3 Bf5 28.Ke2 Bxd3+ 29.Kxd3 h5
30.g3 Nf5 31.b3 b5 32.Ne1 Ke6 33.Ng2 c6 34.Bd2 Bc7 35.Bc1 Bd6 36.Bd2 Bc7
37.Bc1 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g4 h6
9.f4 g5 10.f5 e5 11.Nb3 b5 12.Qd3 Bb7 13.O-O-O Rc8 14.Kb1 Be7 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nb6 17.Bf3 Nc4 18.Nd2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Qc7 20.c3 Qc5 21.Qxc5 Rxc5 22.h3 Kd7
23.Rc1 Rhc8 24.a3 Bd8 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Bf6 27.Rhe1 Rc4 28.Re3 Rh8 29.b3 Rc7
30.Bf3 e4 31.Bxe4 Re8 32.c4 bxc4 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.bxc4 Rb8+ 35.Kc1 Be5 36.Rf3 Ke7
37.Bc2 Kf6 38.Rb3 Rxb3 39.Bxb3 Bd4 40.Ba4 Bc5 41.Kb2 Ke7 42.Bd1 f6 43.Ba4 Kd8
44.Bd1 Ke7 45.Ba4 Kd8 46.Bd1 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Bd6 8.e4 O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Be2 a5 11.O-O a4 12.Nd2 Na5 13.Bb5 Nb3 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.Bxa4 Rxa4
16.Nxb3 Bxb3 17.Qxb3 Rxe4 18.Qd5 Ra4 19.c4 Re8 20.c5 Bf8 21.Rd2 Ra5 22.Qc4 Qe6
23.Qxe6 Rxe6 24.Rd7 Re7 25.Rd8 c6 26.Rfd1 f6 27.Rb8 g5 28.Rdd8 Rf7 29.h4 h6
30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Kf1 Ra4 32.Ke2 Kg7 33.Kd3 g4 34.g3 f5 35.Rxf8 Rxf8 36.Bh6+ Kxh6
37.Rxf8 Rd4+ 38.Ke3 Re4+ 39.Kd3 Rd4+ 40.Ke3 Re4+ 41.Kd3 Rd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Be5 f6
9.Bg3 c6 10.Bd3 g6 11.b4 e5 12.Be2 e4 13.Nd2 Nxg3 14.hxg3 f5 15.Nb3 Nf6 16.Qd2 h5
17.a4 a6 18.f4 Kg7 19.Kd1 Bd7 20.Kc2 b6 21.cxb6 Qxb6 22.a5 Qxb4 23.Rhb1 Rfb8
24.Na4 Qxd2+ 25.Kxd2 Bd8 26.Kc2 Kf7 27.Nc3 Bc8 28.Nc5 Rxb1 29.Kxb1 Nd7 30.Nb3 Ke7
31.Kc2 Kd6 32.Na4 Rb8 33.Nac5 Nxc5 34.Nxc5 Ra8 35.Kc3 Kc7 36.Rb1 Kd6 37.Ra1 Kc7
38.Rb1 Kd6 39.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D19"]

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.Bd3 Bxc3 11.Bxe4 Bb4 12.Bd2 Bxd2 13.Nxd2 a5 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.Nb3 Na6
16.Rac1 Nb4 17.Nc5 Qe7 18.g3 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 g6 20.Qf3 h5 21.h4 Kg7 22.Nd3 Qe6
23.Nc5 Qe7 24.Qf4 Rd5 25.Nd3 Rad8 26.b3 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 c5 28.Rcd1 b6 29.Qf3 Qe4
30.Qe2 Kg8 31.f3 Qe7 32.dxc5 Qxc5 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.Kf2 Qd6 35.Rxd5 Qxd5 36.Qc2 Qd6
37.Qc8+ Kg7 38.Qc3+ Kg8 39.Qc8+ Kg7 40.Qc3+ Kg8 41.Qc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.07"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Ne7 13.O-O Nc8 14.Qb3 Nd6 15.a4 Rfc8
16.a5 c5 17.Ne5 Qd8 18.Bf3 c4 19.Qb4 g6 20.Bd1 Kg7 21.Bc2 h5 22.Rfb1 Rc7
23.Rb2 Bf5 24.Bxf5 Nxf5 25.Qb5 Qd6 26.Rab1 Qe6 27.Qa4 Nd6 28.Qa3 Re8 29.h3 f6
30.Nf3 g5 31.e4 dxe4 32.d5 Qxd5 33.Rd2 Nb5 34.Rxd5 Nxa3 35.Re1 Nc2 36.Re2 Rce7
37.Rxc2 exf3 38.gxf3 Kg6 39.Kg2 Re1 40.h4 gxh4 41.Rd4 Ra1 42.Rxh4 Ree1 43.f4 Rxa5
44.Rd2 Rc5 45.Rd7 Rb1 46.Rh3 a5 47.Kf3 a4 48.Rg3+ Kf5 49.Rh7 Rh1 50.Rxb7 Ra5
51.Rf7 Ra8 52.Rg5+ Ke6 53.Rgg7 a3 54.Ra7 Rxa7 55.Rxa7 Ra1 56.Ra6+ Kf5 57.Ra5+ Kg6
58.Kg2 h4 59.Ra4 a2 60.Ra5 f5 61.Kh2 Kf6 62.Kg2 Ke6 63.Kh2 Kd6 64.Kg2 Kc6
65.Kh2 Kb6 66.Ra8 Kb5 67.Kg2 h3+ 68.Kh2 Rc1 69.Rxa2 Rxc3 70.Re2 Rf3 71.Re5+ Kb4
72.Rxf5 c3 73.Rf8 c2 74.Rc8 Rc3  0-1

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.08"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.c3 d5 5.Nbd2 a5 6.Be2 g6 7.b3 Bg4 8.O-O Bxf3
9.Nxf3 dxe4 10.Ng5 exd3 11.Bxd3 h6 12.Ne6 Qd6 13.Nxf8 Kxf8 14.Qe2 Kg7 15.Bc4 Rad8
16.a4 Nd5 17.Qf3 Nce7 18.Re1 g5 19.Ba3 Qf6 20.Qe4 c6 21.Qxe5 Qxe5 22.Rxe5 Ng6
23.Ree1 Rd7 24.Bd3 Nde7 25.Bf1 b6 26.b4 Ra8 27.g3 f6 28.Bh3 Rc7 29.bxa5 Rxa5
30.Bb4 Ra8 31.Bd6 Rb7 32.c4 h5 33.c5 Nd5 34.Bg2 Rd7 35.Reb1 bxc5 36.Bxc5 Ne5
37.a5 Nc3 38.Re1 Ra6 39.Re3 Nb5 40.Bb6 Nd4 41.Rc1 g4 42.Bf1 Ra8 43.Kg2 Ndf3
44.h4 Rd2 45.Re2 Rd5 46.Ra2 Nd3 47.Bxd3 Rxd3 48.a6 Ne5 49.a7 Rb3 50.Bd4 Nf3
51.Be3 Ne5 52.Raa1 Kg6 53.Rcb1 Rb5 54.Rxb5 cxb5 55.Rb1 Nc4 56.Bc5  1-0

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.08"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be2 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 dxc4
9.Nxc6 Qd2+ 10.Qxd2  1-0

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.09"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.f3 e5
9.Nb3 Be6 10.Be3 h5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nbd7 13.Qd2 g6 14.Be2 Bg7 15.O-O b6
16.c4 O-O 17.Rac1 a5 18.Na1 Nc5 19.Nc2 h4 20.Na3 Qd7 21.Nb5 Rae8 22.Rfe1 e4
23.f4 Re7 24.Rf1 h3 25.g3 Nd3 26.Bxd3 exd3 27.Qxd3 Ng4 28.Bd4 Rfe8 29.Bxg7 Re3
30.Qd1 Kxg7 31.f5 R8e4 32.Nc3 Rxc4 33.b3 Rcxc3 34.Rxc3 Rxc3 35.Qd4+ f6 36.Qxc3 gxf5
37.Rc1 Kg6 38.Qc8 Qe7 39.Qg8+ Kh6 40.Qe6 Qa7 41.Qxd6 b5+ 42.Qc5 Qb8 43.d6 Qe8
44.Rd1 Kg6 45.Qd4 Qc6 46.Qd5 Qc2 47.Qg8+ Kh5 48.Qe8+ Kg5 49.Qg8+ Kh5 50.Qe8+ Kg5
51.Qg8+ Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.09"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 exd4 5.e5 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7 7.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 8.Qd2 Qxd2+
9.Nbxd2 Nh5 10.Nxd4 b6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Bxh5 gxh5 13.f3 Na6 14.Nf1 O-O-O 15.Ng3 Rde8
16.Kf2 Rxe5 17.Rhe1 f6 18.h4 Nb4 19.Red1 Rhe8 20.Rd2 a5 21.b3 Na6 22.Nde2 d5
23.Rc1 dxc4 24.Rxc4 Nc5 25.Nf4 Ba6 26.Rc3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Kxd8 28.Ngxh5 Ke7
29.g4 Bc8 30.Kg3 Bd7 31.a3 c6 32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 Na6 34.Rc4 c5 35.bxc5 Nxc5
36.Rd4 Bc6 37.Ng7 Kf7 38.Nf5 Ne6 39.Nxe6 Rxe6 40.h5 b5 41.Rd8 Re8 42.Rd6 Re6
43.Rd4 Re5 44.Rd8 Re8 45.Rd6 Re6 46.Rd8 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.02.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 b6 5.c3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Bc5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bf1 Bc8
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Qe2 Bxb5 11.Qxb5+ Nbd7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 O-O 14.O-O Be7 15.Qe2 Nc5
16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Rd1 b5 18.Qxb5 Nxc3 19.Rxd8 Nxb5 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Be3 Bxe3
22.fxe3 a5 23.a4 Na7 24.Rc1 Nc8 25.e4 Nb6 26.b3 Ra7 27.Kf2 h6 28.Nd4 Nd7
29.Nb5 Rb7 30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.Nxc7 Nxe5 32.Ke3 Nc6 33.Kd3 Kf8 34.Kc4 Ke7 35.Kc5 Kd7
36.Na8 g5 37.Nb6+ Kc7 38.Nc4 f5 39.exf5 exf5 40.Kd5 f4 41.Ke4 Kd7 42.h4 Ke6
43.h5 Kf6 44.Nd6 Ne5 45.Nf5 Nd7 46.Nxh6 Nc5+ 47.Kd5 Nxb3 48.Ng4+ Kf5 49.Ne5 Kf6
50.h6 Nd2 51.Kc6 Nb3 52.Kb5 Nd4+ 53.Kxa5 Ne6 54.Kb6 Kxe5 55.h7 Kd5  1-0

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.02.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Skripchenko,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.a4 b6
9.h3 Bb7 10.d5 Kh8 11.b3 Nc5 12.b4 Ncd7 13.Nd2 Ne8 14.a5 Bg5 15.Bd3 g6 16.Ne2 Ng7
17.c4 f5 18.Nc3 bxa5 19.Rxa5 c5 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Nd5 Nf6 22.Bb2 fxe4 23.Nxe4 Bxd5
24.Nxg5 Bb7 25.c5 Nd5 26.Be4 Nxb4 27.Bxb7 Qxa5 28.Bxa8 Nd3 29.Re3 Nxb2 30.Qxd6 Rxa8
31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.Qd5  1-0

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.02.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vega Gutierrez,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nge2 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 e5 6.d3 Be7 7.O-O b5 8.h3 h5 9.f4 Nbd7
10.Nd5 Bb7 11.Ne3 g6 12.a4 Bc6 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8+ Bxa8 16.c4 b4
17.f5 g5 18.Qb3 Qa7 19.Rb1 Bc6 20.Qd1 g4 21.Ra1 Qb7 22.hxg4 Nxg4 23.Nxg4 hxg4
24.Nc1 Rg8 25.Nb3 Qc7 26.Kf2 Nf6 27.Ra2 Qb8 28.Na5 Bd7 29.Qa1 Bd8 30.Nb3 Bc6
31.Na5 Bd7 32.Nb3 Bc6 33.Na5 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.02.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D12"]

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 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Be2 a6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Qc2 c5 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Qc6 17.Kb1 Qxe4+ 18.fxe4 Nd7 19.e5 cxd4 20.Bf3 Rb8 21.exd4 O-O 22.Rc1 Nb6
23.Rc7 Nc4 24.Bc3 Bg5 25.d5 Rfc8 26.Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.dxe6 fxe6 28.Bg4 Na3+ 29.bxa3 Rxc3
30.Bxe6+ Kh7 31.Bb3 Be7 32.Re1 Bxa3 33.e6 Be7 34.Rc1 Rxc1+ 35.Kxc1 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.02.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 e6 11.e4 Bh7 12.f3 Be7 13.Bf2 O-O 14.Be2 Nfd7 15.Nd3 Rc8
16.O-O c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.Rfd1 Rxd1+
22.Rxd1 Kf8 23.Rd8+ Ke7 24.Rb8 Rc7 25.Kf2 f5 26.Ke3 fxe4 27.fxe4 Bg6 28.Nb5 Rd7
29.Nd4 e5 30.Nb3 Rc7 31.Bb5 Nc4+ 32.Bxc4 Rxc4 33.Rxb7+ Kf8 34.Nd2 Rxa4 35.Rb5 Be8
36.Rxe5 Rb4 37.Rxa5 Rxb2 38.h4 Bc6 39.Rc5 Rxd2 40.Kxd2 Bxe4 41.g3 Kf7 42.Ke3 Bb1
43.Kf4 Kg6 44.Rc6+ Kf7 45.Ke5 Ba2 46.g4 Bb1 47.Rb6 Bd3 48.Rd6 Bb1 49.Rd2 Ke7
50.Rb2 Bd3 51.Rb3 Bc4 52.Rb7+ Kf8 53.Rb4 Ba2 54.Kd6 Ke8 55.Re4+ Kf7 56.Kd7 Kf6
57.Re2 Bb3 58.Rf2+ Kg6 59.Ke7 Bd1 60.Rf4 Kh7 61.Kf8 Kh8 62.g5 Bh5 63.Rf5 Kh7
64.Ra5 hxg5 65.Rxg5 Bg6 66.Ra5 Kh6 67.Ra6 Kh5 68.Kxg7 Bd3 69.Rh6+ Kg4 70.Rh8  1-0

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.02.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Nbd2 h5 8.c4 dxc4
9.Nxc4 Nb6 10.Na5 Rb8 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Qd5 13.Nb3 Nh6 14.Bg5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 Nf5
16.Rac1 Qd8 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Na5 O-O 20.Qf3 g6 21.g3 Kg7 22.a3 Rfd8
23.Rd3 Nc7 24.Rcd1 Rd5 25.Nb3 Rbd8 26.Nc3 R5d7 27.h3 Nb5 28.Ne2 Rd5 29.Qe4 b6
30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Qg5 32.Qf4 Qxf4 33.Nxf4 Ne7 34.Nxd5 Nxd5 35.Rf3 g5 36.a4 Nbc7
37.Rc1 Ne7 38.Rh3 Ncd5 39.Rh2 Nf4 40.f3 Rd7 41.Rd2 Rd8 42.Rcc2 Rh8 43.Rh2 Rd8
44.Kf1 Rd5 45.Ke1 c5 46.dxc5 bxc5 47.Rhd2 Rxe5+ 48.Kf2 Ned5 49.Nxc5 Ne3 50.Rc1 Ned5
51.Nd3 Re3 52.Nxf4 gxf4 53.Rc6 Rb3 54.Ra6 Rb7 55.Ke2 Nb4 56.Rad6 Nd5 57.Rc6 Rb3
58.Ra6 Rb7 59.Ra5 Kf6 60.Rb5 Rc7 61.a5 Ke5 62.Kd1 Kd6 63.Rd4 f6 64.Kd2 Rh7
65.Kd3 Rh1 66.Kc2 Rf1 67.Rb3 Kc5 68.Re4 e5 69.Rb7 Ne3+ 70.Kb3 Rxf3 71.Ka2 a6
72.Rf7 Nd5 73.g5 fxg5 74.Rxe5 Kd4 75.Rxd5+ Kxd5 76.Rf5+ Kc4 77.Rxg5 Re3 78.Rf5 f3
79.Kb1 Kd3 80.b4 Ke2  0-1

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.02.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Salimova,Nurgyul"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Be3 d5 10.Rc1 dxc4 11.Rxc4 Bd5 12.Rc1 Nd7 13.b3 Rc8 14.Qd2 e6 15.Bh6 Qe7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rfe1 Nf6 18.Ne5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 c5 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Nd3 Rd5 22.Qb2 Rfd8
23.Rc2 e5 24.Rec1 R8d7 25.h4 Ne8 26.a3 f6 27.Nb4 R5d6 28.e4 Qe6 29.Nd5 f5
30.Nf4 Qf6 31.Nd5 Qe6 32.Nf4 Qf6 33.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2021"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B03"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Be6 8.b3 O-O 9.Be2 dxe5
10.fxe5 c5 11.d5 Bf5 12.Rc1 Na6 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Bf4 Qb8 15.d6 exd6 16.exd6 Nb4
17.a3 Nc6 18.O-O Qd8 19.Nd5 Nf6 20.Bg5 h6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Bxh6 Re8 23.Bf4 Bb2
24.Qd2 Qf6 25.Rcd1 Bc3 26.Bg5 Bxd2 27.Bxf6 Be3+ 28.Kh1 Re6 29.Bh4 Bf4 30.Bd3 Bxd3
31.Rxd3 Rxd6 32.Rd5 Rxd5 33.cxd5 Ne5 34.Nxe5 Bxe5 35.Be7 f6 36.g4 g5 37.h4 gxh4
38.g5 fxg5 39.d6 Bxd6 40.Bxd6 Rd8 41.Bxc5 b6 42.Be7 Rd3 43.Rg1 Rh3+ 44.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2021"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D43"]

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.Qc2 Nh5 11.Rd1 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Na6 13.b3 cxb3 14.Qxb3 Bg7 15.e5 g4 16.Nh4 h5
17.O-O Qb6 18.Ng6 Rh6 19.Nf4 O-O-O 20.Ne4 Bf8 21.a4 Nc7 22.Qe3 Kb8 23.Nc5 Bc8
24.Rc1 Rh8 25.Rfd1 Be7 26.Qe4 a5 27.Rc2 b4 28.Rdc1 Bxc5 29.Rxc5 Bb7 30.f3 Rd7
31.fxg4 hxg4 32.Bxg4 Rhd8 33.Ne2 Na6 34.Rxc6 Bxc6 35.Rxc6 Qa7 36.Qd3 Nc7
37.Rc4 Rc8 38.Nc1 Nd5 39.Rxc8+ Kxc8 40.Nb3 Qb6 41.Bf3 Kb8 42.Qh7 Nc3 43.Qg8+ Qd8
44.Qg4 Ka7 45.Bc6 Rc7 46.Bf3 Kb6 47.Qf4 Nxa4 48.d5 exd5 49.Qd4+ Rc5 50.Nxc5 Nxc5
51.Bxd5 Qd7 52.g4 b3 53.g5 a4 54.g6 fxg6 55.e6 Qd6 56.Qb4+ Ka7 57.Bf3 Qxe6
58.Qa5+ Qa6 59.Qc7+ Nb7  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2021"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne FRA"]
[Date "2021.06.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.e3 Nd7 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Na3 a6 13.Rac1 Qa5 14.Qe1 Qb6 15.Qe2 Rad8
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Ne5 h5 18.f3 Nef6 19.h3 g5 20.g4 Bh7 21.Nb1 e6 22.Qf2 hxg4
23.hxg4 Rc8 24.Nxd7 Nxd7 25.Nc3 Qa5 26.Qd2 Bg6 27.e4 dxe4 28.Nxe4 Qxa2 29.Nd6 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Rf8 31.Rc7 Nf6 32.Rxb7 Rd8 33.Nc4 Nh7 34.Bf1 Bxd4+ 35.Bxd4 Qxd2 36.Nxd2 Rxd4
37.Nc4 Rd5 38.Ra7 Bd3 39.Rxa6 Bxf1 40.Kxf1 Rd3 41.Kf2 Rxb3 42.Ra7 Rb8 43.Ne5 Rf8
44.Nd7 Rc8 45.Ne5 Rf8 46.Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 12 2021"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne FRA"]
[Date "2021.07.03"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vocaturo,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Qe2 c5
9.dxc5 b4 10.Na4 Nbd7 11.e4 Bc6 12.b3 Bxa4 13.bxa4 Nxc5 14.Bc2 Be7 15.O-O Qa5
16.Qc4 O-O 17.e5 Nd5 18.Qg4 f5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Rb1 Rae8 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Qc7
23.Rbd1 a5 24.Rd4 Qe5 25.Qh4 g6 26.Bh6 Rf7 27.Rg4 Ne7 28.Rd4 Nf5 29.Rd8 Rff8
30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Bxf5 exf5 32.Qc4+ Ne6 33.Rd1 Kf7 34.Bg5 f4 35.h4 Kf8 36.Bh6+ Kf7
37.Rd7+ Re7 38.Rd5 Qe1+ 39.Qf1 Qe4 40.Qd1 Rc7 41.Rd2 Qe5 42.Rd3 Qe4 43.g3 fxg3
44.Rxg3 Nd4 45.Be3 Ne2+ 46.Kh2 Nxg3 47.Kxg3 Qf5 48.Qd6 Rd7 49.Qb6 h5 50.f3 Qe6
51.Qxe6+ Kxe6 52.Bb6 Rd5 53.Kf4 Rd2  0-1

[Event "12th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.09.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.Bf3 Qc8
9.d5 Na6 10.b4 Ne8 11.Rc1 Bf6 12.Bg3 Nd6 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.Ne2 Be7
16.O-O Nc7 17.Nbc3 g5 18.g3 e5 19.g4 f4 20.Kg2 Rf6 21.Ne4 Rh6 22.N2c3 Qf8
23.h3 Ba6 24.Qd3 Rg6 25.a4 Rg7 26.Ra1 Rf7 27.exf4 Rxf4 28.b5 Bb7 29.Ne2 Rf7
30.N2g3 a5 31.Nd2 Rb8 32.Be4 Ne8 33.f3 Nf6 34.Qe3 Kh8 35.Rac1 Bd8 36.Nf5 Ng8
37.Rf2 Nh6 38.Nf1 Nxf5 39.Bxf5 Rxf5 40.gxf5 Qxf5 41.Ng3 Qg6 42.Ne4 Bc7 43.Kh2 Rg8
44.Rg1 Bd8 45.Rfg2 h6 46.h4 Rf8 47.Rg4 Kh7 48.hxg5 h5 49.Rh4 Rh8 50.Rg2 Kg7
51.f4 Rf8 52.Nf6 Qf5 53.Nxh5+ Kg6 54.Ng3 exf4 55.Rh6+ Kf7 56.Nxf5 fxe3 57.g6+  1-0

[Event "12th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.09.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 Bf5
9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nbd7 11.Be2 c6 12.Nd2 Ne4 13.Bxd8 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Rfxd8
15.Nf1 b5 16.f3 Nb6 17.Kf2 a5 18.g4 Bd7 19.Ng3 c5 20.Bxb5 cxd4 21.cxd4 Bxb5
22.Rhb1 Rdc8 23.Rxb5 Rc2+ 24.Ne2 Na4 25.Rb3 Rac8 26.Ke1 Nc3 27.Rxc3 R8xc3
28.Nxc3 Rxc3 29.Kf2 g5 30.a4 Rc2+ 31.Kg3 Rc3 32.Rb1 Rxe3 33.Rb5 Ra3 34.Rxa5 Kg7
35.h4 Ra2 36.hxg5 hxg5 37.Rxd5 Rxa4 38.Rxg5+ Kf6 39.Rf5+ Ke6 40.d5+ Ke7 41.Kh4 Rd4
42.Kg5 Rd1 43.Re5+ Kf8 44.Kf6 Rd3 45.f4 Rd4 46.f5 Rxg4 47.Re7 Rd4 48.Rxf7+ Ke8
49.Re7+ Kf8 50.Re5 Rh4 51.Ke6  1-0

[Event "12th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.09.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Nf3 Qc7 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.c4 Rfe8 14.Nd2 Rad8 15.Re1 Nf8
16.Bf1 Ng6 17.a4 a5 18.Ra3 Rd7 19.h3 Red8 20.Qa1 Nh4 21.d5 exd5 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Qxf6 Ng6 24.cxd5 Bxd5 25.Nc4 Bxc4 26.Bxc4 Rd6 27.Qg5 Rd1 28.Ra1 Qe5 29.Qxe5 Rxe1+
30.Rxe1 Nxe5 31.Bb5 Rd2 32.Rb1 Kf8 33.Kf1 Kg7 34.Rb3 Ra2 35.Rc3 Ra1+ 36.Ke2 Ra2+
37.Kf1 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Ra2+ 39.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.09.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.e3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Be2 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Be6 12.Rd1 Nc6 13.Qc5 Rc8 14.O-O b6 15.Qa3 a5
16.Bf3 Nb4 17.Qa4 Rc5 18.Rd2 Qe8 19.a3 Nc6 20.Bxd5 Ne5 21.Qxe8 Rxe8 22.Bxe6 fxe6
23.Ne4 Rc6 24.b3 Rec8 25.h3 h6 26.a4 Kf8 27.Rfd1 Rc1 28.Kf1 Ke7 29.Ke2 R8c6
30.f4 Rxd1 31.Kxd1 Ng6 32.g3 Rc7 33.Rc2 Rb7 34.Ke2 Nf8 35.Rc8 b5 36.Nc5 Rb6
37.Rxf8 Rc6 38.Ra8  1-0

[Event "12th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.a3 e5 8.b4 f6
9.b5 Nd4 10.a4 Be6 11.Rb1 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.e3 Nf5 14.d4 cxd4 15.exd4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Ne2 Bf5 18.Rb3 Ne6 19.Bxb7 Rb8 20.Bc6 Kh8 21.Nf4 Bd6 22.Nxe6 Bxe6
23.Rd3 Bc5 24.Bf4 Rc8 25.Qh5 g5 26.Rc1 Bf5 27.Rb3 Bg6 28.Qf3 Bb6 29.Bd2 d3
30.Rd1 Ba5 31.Be4 g4 32.Qxd3 Bxe4 33.Qxe4 Re8 34.Qb1 Bxd2 35.Rd3 Qa5 36.R3xd2 Qxa4
37.Rd7 Qc2 38.Rxa7 Re2 39.b6 Qxb1 40.Rxb1 Rb8 41.Rc7  1-0

[Event "12th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.09.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 c4 8.a3 b5 9.Bg2 Bd6
10.O-O O-O 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Bd2 Nbd7 13.f4 Nb6 14.g4 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Ba5 Bc7
17.g5 Nd5 18.Bxc7 Qxc7 19.Qd2 f6 20.Ng4 Rae8 21.gxf6 gxf6 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.Nf5 Qd7
24.Ng3 Qg4 25.Kh1 f5 26.Rf2 Qh4 27.Rg1 Rf6 28.Bf1 Bc6 29.Qe1 Bb7 30.Rfg2 Nxf4
31.exf4 e3 32.d5 Bxd5 33.Qc3 Re6 34.Qd4 Bxg2+ 35.Rxg2 Rd6 36.Qe5 Qg4 37.Be2 Rd1+
38.Nf1  1-0

[Event "12th Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2021.09.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ju,Wenjun"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O e4 7.Ne1 d5 8.Nc3 Be7
9.Bf4 O-O 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 a6 12.f3 exf3 13.Nxf3 Nb6 14.Qb3 h6 15.Ne5 Be6
16.a4 Ra7 17.Rfd1 Nc8 18.Nd3 b6 19.Ne5 Rc7 20.Nd3 Nd6 21.Nb4 Kh8 22.Nbxd5 Rc6
23.Qa3 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 b5 27.axb5 Nxb5 28.Qf3 Qc7
29.Bf4 Qb6 30.Be3 Bf6 31.Qf2 Nc7 32.Be4 Re8 33.Bb1 Qb3 34.Rc1 Qxe3 35.Qxe3 Rxe3
36.Rxc7 Bxd4 37.Kf1 g5 38.Rxf7 Re6 39.b3 Rf6+ 40.Rxf6 Bxf6 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Kf3 Bc3
43.Ke4 Kf6 44.Kd5 a5 45.g4 Bb2 46.Bd3 Bc3 47.h3 Bb2 48.Bc2 Bc3 49.Bd3 Bb2
50.Bc2 Bc3 51.Bd3 Bb2 52.Bc2 Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.10.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sebag,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 g6 12.O-O-O Bg7 13.Kb1 Qc7 14.Be2 a5 15.a4 O-O
16.Bb5 Nb6 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Rhe1 Ne8 19.g4 h4 20.g5 Nc7 21.Bf1 Qa7 22.Re4 Rfb8
23.Rxh4 b5 24.Re4 bxa4 25.Rxa4 e4 26.fxe4 Rb4 27.Qxb4 axb4 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.h4 Be5
30.Nd2 Bg3 31.Nf3 Rb7 32.Bc4 Kf8 33.Ka2 Na8 34.Kb3 Re7 35.Bd3 Nb6 36.Kxb4 Nd7
37.Rg1 Bf4 38.Rg4 Bc1 39.b3 Nc5 40.e5 Nxd3+ 41.cxd3 dxe5 42.d6 Rb7+ 43.Kc5 Rxb3
44.Nxe5 Ba3+ 45.Kc6 Bb2 46.d7 Ke7 47.Re4  1-0

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.10.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gozzoli,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C92"]

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.a3 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.c4 h6 14.Nc3 c6 15.Be3 Nbd7 16.Rc1 Qb8
17.Nd2 Rc8 18.Qe2 Be7 19.Ba2 Bd8 20.Red1 Bb6 21.Nf1 cxd5 22.exd5 bxc4 23.Bxc4 Qa7
24.Ba2 Rab8 25.Bxb6 Qxb6 26.Ne3 Qd8 27.Nc4 Nb6 28.Na5 Nbxd5 29.Nxb7 Nxc3
30.Bxf7+ Kh8 31.Rxc3 Rxb7 32.Rxd6 Qf8 33.Rxc8 Qxc8 34.Bc4 e4 35.Bxa6 Qc1+
36.Rd1 Qxb2 37.Qxb2 Rxb2 38.a4 Ra2 39.Bb5 Kh7 40.Rc1 Kg6 41.Rc5 Ra1+ 42.Kh2 Ra2
43.a5 Rxf2 44.a6 Ra2 45.Re5 Ra3 46.Re7 Nd5 47.Rxe4 Nc7 48.Bf1 Kf7 49.Rb4 Ke7
50.Rb6 Ra1 51.Kg1 Nd5 52.Rb7+ Kd6 53.Kf2 Nc7 54.Rb6+ Kc5 55.Rg6 Ra2+ 56.Kg3 Ra3+
57.Kh4 Ra1 58.Rxg7 Nxa6 59.Ra7 Rxf1 60.Rxa6 Kd5 61.Rxh6 Ke5 62.g4 Rf3 63.Rh8 Ra3
64.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.10.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bulmaga,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6
9.O-O d6 10.f3 O-O 11.Nd2 d5 12.Kh1 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bb6 14.Qb3 c5 15.Nb5 Be6
16.c4 Rac8 17.Nbd6 Rc6 18.Nxb7 Nf5 19.Bxc5 Rb8 20.Nbd6 Bc7 21.Qa3 Nxd6 22.Bxd6 Bxd6
23.Nxd6 Qc2 24.Qxa7 Qxb2 25.Nb5 Rcc8 26.Rfe1 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 Bxc4 28.Nd6 Rc6
29.Qd7  1-0

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.10.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dardha,Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.e5 Nxb5 6.Nxb5 Nd5 7.Ng5 f6 8.Qh5+ g6
9.Qf3 fxg5 10.Qxd5 a6 11.Nc3 e6 12.Qe4 Bg7 13.d3 O-O 14.O-O Rb8 15.f4 b6
16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Ne4 gxf4 18.Bxf4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Qh4 20.a4 g5 21.Bg3 Qxe4 22.dxe4 h5
23.h3 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 b5 25.a5 h4 26.Bh2 b4 27.Kf2 Rb5 28.Ra1 c4 29.Ke3 Kf7
30.Ra4 c3 31.b3 Bf8 32.Kd3 Bc5 33.Kc4 Be7 34.Ra1 Rc5+ 35.Kd4 Rb5 36.Kc4 Rc5+
37.Kd4 Rc8 38.Kd3 Rc5 39.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.10.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 c6 7.O-O Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6
9.c4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rad1 a6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Rad8 15.Rd2 Rfe8
16.h3 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Nf6 18.Qe5 Rd6 19.a4 a5 20.c5 Rd7 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Ne5 Nd5
23.Nc4 Ra8 24.Rd3 Kf8 25.Rb3 Ke7 26.h4 g6 27.g3 h5 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.Re1 Ne7
30.Re4 Nf5 31.Rd3 Rd8 32.Nxa5 Ra8 33.b4 Ne7 34.Rf3 Nd5 35.Rxe6 Nxb4 36.Nc4 Nc2
37.Rf4 Rxa4 38.Nd6 Rd7 39.Ref6 Rxd4 40.Rxf7+ Rxf7 41.Rxf7+ Kg8 42.Rxb7 Ne1+
43.Kf1 Nd3 44.Rc7 Nxc5 45.Rxc6 Nd7 46.Nb5 Rg4 47.Kg2 Ne5 48.Re6 Nd3 49.Re3 Rb4
50.Nc7 Rd4 51.Ne6 Rd5 52.Ng5 Ne5 53.f4 Rd2+ 54.Kf1 Ng4 55.Re6 Kg7 56.Re7+ Kg8
57.Re8+ Kg7 58.Re2 Rxe2 59.Kxe2 Nh6 60.Ne6+ Kf6 61.Nd4 Ng4 62.Kf3 Nh6 63.Nc2 Nf5
64.Ne3 Nd6 65.g4 hxg4+ 66.Kxg4 Nf7 67.h5 gxh5+ 68.Kxh5 Nd6 69.f5 Nxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.10.31"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Salimova,Nurgyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.a3 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Ba2 b6
10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bb7 12.Qf3 O-O 13.O-O-O a6 14.g4 Nd7 15.Rhg1 Kh7 16.Nf5 gxf5
17.gxf5 Ng8 18.Kb1 Qe7 19.Rxg7+ Kxg7 20.Bd4+ f6 21.Rg1+ Kh8 22.Rg6 Rf7 23.Bd5 c6
24.Bxf7 Qxf7 25.Qh5 Ne5 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Nd1 Rd8 28.Ne3 c5 29.f3 Bc6 30.b3 Be8
31.Ng4 Qh7 32.Rxg8+ Kxg8 33.Nxf6+ Kh8 34.Nxe8 c4 35.bxc4 Rd1+ 36.Kb2 Rd8
37.f6 Kg8 38.Ng7 Rf8 39.Qxe5 Qg6 40.Qe6+ Kh7 41.e5 Rd8 42.Qe7 Rd2 43.Nf5+ Kh8
44.f7 Rxc2+ 45.Kb3 Rb2+ 46.Kxb2 Qg2+ 47.Kc3 Qxf3+ 48.Kb4 a5+ 49.Kb5 Qb3+
50.Qb4  1-0

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.10.31"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Moroni,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Nh5 4.Bc1 c6 5.c4 g6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O Nf6 11.b3 Ne4 12.Bb2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Qd6 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.b4 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 e6 17.b5 Ne7 18.Bb4 Qd7 19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.Rc1 Qd7
23.Be2 Rc7 24.Bd3 Qc8 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Qc2 Qxc2 27.Bxc2 b6 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Ke2 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.10.31"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sebag,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.h3 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Be3 e6 12.Qd3 Qc7 13.Rac1 Nbd7 14.b3 Rfe8 15.Rfd1 Nc5
16.Qc2 b6 17.Nde2 Rac8 18.Bf4 Qb7 19.Ng3 b5 20.b4 Ncd7 21.cxb5 Nh5 22.bxa6 Qxb4
23.Nd5 Rxc2 24.Nxb4 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Nxg3 26.fxg3 Bf8  1-0

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Gozzoli,Y"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.e4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Re1 e5 13.d5 Rd8 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Bb3 Bd7
16.Rad1 Rac8 17.Re3 h5 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Red3 Rxd3 20.Qxd3 Qe7 21.Qe3 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.h4 a6 24.Qc5 Be8 25.Nxe5 Nd7 26.Nxd7 Qxd7 27.Nd5 Kh7 28.Nc7 Qc6 29.Qxc6 Bxc6
30.Bxf7 Bxe4 31.b3 Be5 32.Ne6 Bb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.01"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bulmaga,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.g4 h6
9.Qf3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Bd2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Nc6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Qe4 Be7 15.h4 O-O
16.Bd3 f5 17.gxf5 Bxf5 18.Qc4+ Kh8 19.Bxf5 Rxf5 20.Qg4 Rf7 21.Rd7 Qb6 22.Rg2 Rd8
23.h5 Rxd7 24.Qxd7 Qd8 25.Qxb7 Qd5 26.Qc8+ Kh7 27.Qg4 Bg5 28.Kf1 Rf4 29.Qe2 Rh4
30.Qd3+ Qxd3+ 31.cxd3 Rxh5 32.Nc5 a5 33.Rg4 Rh1+ 34.Kg2 Rd1 35.Rc4 Nd4 36.Ne4 Bc1
37.Nc5 Bg5 38.Bxa5 Ne2 39.Kf3 Nd4+ 40.Ke4 Nc6 41.Bc3 Rf1 42.Kf3 h5 43.Ne4  1-0

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.02"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Dardha,Daniel"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Ne5 Qd6 14.O-O Ba6 15.Re1 c5
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Qa4 Qb6 19.Qb3 Qd6 20.Rad1 Rab8 21.Qa3 Rfe8
22.Qxd6 cxd6 23.Nc6 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rxb2 25.f3 Bc4 26.Ne7+ Kf8 27.Nf5 Rc2 28.Nd1 Bxa2
29.Nde3 Rb2 30.Rc1 Rb1 31.Rxb1 Bxb1 32.Nxd6 a5 33.Nb5 a4 34.Na3 d4 35.Nec4 Ba2
36.Nd6 d3 37.Kf2 Nd5 38.Ke1 Ke7 39.Ne4 Ne3 40.Nc3 Bb3 41.Kd2 Nxg2 42.Kxd3 Kd6
43.Kd4 Nh4 44.Ne4+ Kc6 45.Nd2 Bd5 46.f4 Nf3+ 47.Nxf3 Bxf3 48.Nc4 Kb5 49.Kc3 Kc5
50.h4 Bd5 51.Ne3 Be6 52.h5 h6 53.f5 Bd7 54.Kd3 Be8 55.Ng4 Bxh5 56.f6 gxf6
57.Nxh6 Kb4 58.Kc2 Ka3 59.Kb1 Kb3 60.Nf5 Bf7 61.Nd6 Bg6+ 62.Ka1 Kb4 63.Kb2 Bd3
64.Ka2 Bc4+ 65.Kb2 Bd5 66.Nf5 a3+ 67.Ka1 Kc5 68.Ng3 Kc6 69.Nf5 Be6 70.Ne7+ Kd6
71.Ng6 f5 72.Nf4 Bf7 73.Ne2 Ke5 74.Kb1 Bc4 75.Nc3 f4 76.Kc2 f3 77.Nd1 Kd4
78.Nf2 Be6 79.Nd1 Bd5 80.Nf2 Ke3 81.Ng4+ Ke2 82.Nf6 a2 83.Kb2 f2 84.Nh5 Kf3  0-1

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.02"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.Bb3 Ne7 6.c3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Nf1 h6 11.Ng3 c5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Qe2 Ng8
16.h3 Ngf6 17.Bc2 e5 18.d5 Ng8 19.c4 Ndf6 20.Rf1 Bc8 21.a3 Kh8 22.b4 Bd7
23.Rb1 Ne7 24.Qd2 Nfg8 25.Nh2 f5 26.exf5 Nxf5 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Ng4 Kh7 29.Bd3 Rf7
30.Ne4 Rdf8 31.Rb2 Bc8 32.Rbb1 Bd7 33.Rb2 Bc8 34.Rbb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.03"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Salimova,Nurgyul"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Na6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 c5 8.O-O Bd7
9.a4 Bc6 10.h3 Nd7 11.c3 h6 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Rfd1 Bf8 14.Nd6 Bxd6 15.Bxd6 c4
16.Bg3 Rc8 17.Nd2 Nc7 18.Bf3 a6 19.e4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Bd5 21.Re1 Nf6 22.Bh4 g5
23.Bxd5 Ncxd5 24.Bg3 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 b4 28.Be5 bxc3 29.bxc3 Qd7
30.Qf3 f6 31.Bg3 Ra8 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Qe2 Rc8 34.Qf3 Kg7 35.h4 Qf7 36.Ra1 Qd7
37.Ra6 Rc6 38.Ra8 Rc8 39.Ra6 Rc6 40.Ra8 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Anatoly Karpov Trophy"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.03"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Moroni,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C49"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nxe5 Qe8 8.Nd3 Bxc3
9.dxc3 Qxe4 10.Re1 Qh4 11.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov Trophy Final 2021"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dardha,Daniel"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 Nxb5 5.Nxb5 a6 6.Nc3 e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Ne7
9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Qd3 f6 11.Bf4 b5 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Nd5 exd5 15.exd5 Ne7
16.Rhe1 Kf7 17.d6 Nd5 18.Qxd5+ Qxd5 19.Rxd5 Bb7 20.Rc5 g5 21.Bg3 h5 22.h4 Bxf3
23.gxf3 gxh4 24.Bxh4 Bxd6 25.Rd5 Rae8 26.Red1 Be5 27.Rxd7+ Kg6 28.Rb7 Rb8
29.Ra7 Ra8 30.Rdd7 Rhd8 31.Bg3 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Rh8 33.f4 h4 34.Bh2 Bb8 35.c4 bxc3
36.bxc3 Kf5 37.Rd3 Rg8 38.Rh3 Kg4 39.Re3 Kf5 40.Rh3 Kg4 41.Rd3 Kf5 42.Rd5+ Kg4
43.Rd1 Kh3 44.Bg1 Kg2 45.f3 h3 46.c4 Kxf3 47.c5 Bxf4 48.Kc2 h2 49.Bxh2 Bxh2
50.Rf1+ Ke4 51.Rxf6 Rc8 52.Rxa6 Rxc5+ 53.Kb3 Be5 54.a4 Rc3+ 55.Kb4 Rc1 56.Ra8 Bd4
57.a5 Rb1+ 58.Kc4 Rc1+ 59.Kb5 Rb1+ 60.Ka6 Kd5 61.Rd8+ Kc4 62.Rc8+ Bc5 63.Rb8 Rxb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov Trophy Final 2021"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dardha,Daniel"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.Nf3 f5
9.Qc2 Nd7 10.h3 g6 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.g4 Nb6 13.Bb3 fxg4 14.hxg4 Kg7 15.Rh4 Rh8
16.Rdh1 a5 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Ng5 h6 20.Rxh6 Rxh6 21.Rxh6 Qf6 22.Rh7+ Kg8
23.f4 a4 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Rxf7 Qa6 26.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "Karpov Trophy Final 2021"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dardha,Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.a4 Nf6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.Nd5 Be6 10.c3 a6 11.h4 Kh8 12.Ne3 Ne7 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.hxg5 Qe8
16.g3 Qg6 17.Qg4 d5 18.Rh2 c4 19.O-O-O cxd3 20.Rdh1 dxe4 21.Rxh7+ Kg8 22.Nc4 d2+
23.Kd1 Qxh7 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 25.Rxh7+ Kxh7 26.Qxe7 Rxf2 27.Nxe5 e3 28.g6+ Kh8
29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Qxe3 Rh2 31.Qe6 Rf8 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.Qg8+ Rxg8 34.Nf7+  1-0

[Event "Karpov Trophy Final 2021"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dardha,Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.a4 Nf6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.Nd5 Be6 10.c3 Rb8 11.Ne3 O-O 12.O-O Bd7 13.g3 g6 14.Nd2 Bg7 15.Bb3 Kh8
16.Ndc4 Bh3 17.Re1 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nd2 Qd7 20.Ra6 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Qh5 f4
23.Nd5 Bg4 24.Qh4 fxg3 25.hxg3 Bf5 26.Ne4 c4 27.dxc4 bxc4 28.Ba4 Qf7 29.Nxd6 Qxd5
30.Nxf5 Rxf5 31.Bxc6 Qd2 32.Rf1 Qe2 33.Qe4 Qh5 34.g4 Rg5 35.Bd7 Qf7 36.Ra8 Rf8
37.Rxf8+ Bxf8 38.Bf5 h5 39.f3 Bc5+ 40.Kg2 Qe7 41.Re1 Rg7 42.Qxe5 Qh4 43.Qxc5 Qxe1
44.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Karpov Trophy Final 2021"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Moroni,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nxc5 12.Ng5 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 g6 14.O-O Qa5 15.Qe2 b6
16.Rfd1 f6 17.Nf3 Ba6 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.h4 Bc4 20.a4 Qc5 21.e4 Rfe8 22.Nd2 Ba6
23.Be3 Qd6 24.exd5 Qxd5 25.c4 Qe6 26.h5 gxh5 27.Nf3 h4 28.Nxh4 Ne5 29.Bd4 Rxc4
30.Qb1 Rxc1 31.Qxc1 Qg4 32.Bxe5 fxe5 33.g3 Bb7 34.Rd6 Rf8 35.Qh6 Be4 36.Qe3 Bb7
37.Qxe5 Qe4 38.Qxe4 Bxe4 39.Rd4 Bg6 40.f4 Rc8 41.f5 Be8 42.Nf3 h5 43.Kf2 Rc5
44.Rd8 Kf7 45.Nd4 Bxa4 46.Ke3 Rc4 47.Ke4 Ke7 48.Rh8 Bc2+ 49.Ke5 Rc5+ 50.Kf4 Rc4
51.Ke3 Rc3+ 52.Ke2 Be4 53.Rh6 Kf7 54.Rxh5 Rxg3 55.Rh7+ Kf6 56.Rxa7 Bxf5 57.Nxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Karpov Trophy Final 2021"]

[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2021.11.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Moroni,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Bh6 9.Qd2 Bxe3
10.Qxe3 Qe7 11.Nbd2 Kf8 12.Bb3 Kg7 13.O-O-O Na5 14.Bc2 b5 15.h3 Nh6 16.d5 Nb7
17.a3 a5 18.b4 Nd8 19.Kb2 Ndf7 20.g4 Ng5 21.Ne1 axb4 22.cxb4 c5 23.f3 Rhc8
24.Nb1 cxb4 25.axb4 Rc4 26.Bb3 Rxb4 27.Nc2 Rc4 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Nc3 Rb8+ 30.Kc1 Rb3
31.Kd2 f5 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Rdg1 f4 34.Qe2 Kh8 35.h4 Nh3 36.Ra1 Qd8 37.Ra7 Rb8
38.Qg2 Ng8 39.Rxh3 Nf6 40.Rh1 Qb6 41.Qg1  1-0

[Event "4th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.12.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Javakhishvili,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "B47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g4 a6 7.Be3 Bb4 8.Nxc6 Qxc6
9.Qd4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.f3 d6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.c4 Rd8 14.Qb6 Rd7 15.Be2 a5
16.Rd2 Ra6 17.Qxc6 Rxc6 18.Rhd1 h6 19.h4 Rdc7 20.c5 d5 21.g5 hxg5 22.hxg5 Nd7
23.exd5 exd5 24.Rxd5 Nf8 25.Bb5 Ne6 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Re5 Ba6 28.g6 Bc4 29.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "4th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Santos Latasa,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 c6 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.a3 Rc8 14.Nc3 exd4 15.Nxd4 g6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Rad1 c5 18.Nf3 b4 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Bf8 21.Bf4 Nb6 22.Bc4 Nxc4
23.Qxc4 bxa3 24.bxa3 Qa5 25.Rb1 Rb8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.e5 dxe5 28.Bxe5 Re8 29.Re3 Bg7
30.d6 Qb5 31.Qxb5 axb5 32.Bxf6 Rxe3 33.Bxg7 Re6 34.Be5 Kf8 35.Bf4 b4 36.axb4 cxb4
37.Nd2 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Ke8 39.Nb3 f6 40.h4 Rd1 41.Bd2 h5 42.f3 Kd7 43.Bxb4 Rb1
44.Nc5+ Kxd6 45.Ne4+ Ke6 46.Bc3 f5 47.Ng5+ Ke7 48.Kg3 Rc1 49.Be5 Rc2 50.Nh3 Kf7
51.Nf4 Ra2 52.Bd4 Rd2 53.Be3 Ra2 54.Bf2 Rd2 55.Nh3 Kf6 56.Kf4 Kg7 57.Kg5 Kh7
58.g3 Rd3 59.Kf6 Rd6+ 60.Kf7 Rd7+ 61.Ke6 Rc7 62.Bd4 Rc6+ 63.Kd5 Ra6 64.Ng5+ Kg8
65.Ke5 Kg7 66.Bc5 Kg8 67.Bd6 Kg7 68.Ke6 Rb6 69.Kd7 Rb7+ 70.Kc6 Ra7 71.Be5+ Kg8
72.Kd6 Kf8 73.Bd4 Ra6+ 74.Kd7 Ra4 75.Bc5+ Kg7 76.Ke7 Rc4 77.Bd4+ Kg8 78.Be5 Rc6
79.Ne6 Ra6 80.Nf4 Kh7 81.Kf7 Ra7+ 82.Kf6 Kh6 83.Ne6 Ra6 84.Bd4 Kh7 85.Kf7 Rd6
86.Ng5+ Kh6 87.Bg7+  1-0

[Event "4th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Cramling,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "B29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Re1 Rb8 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Be3 e5
16.Bg5 Ne8 17.Ne4 b6 18.a4 Be7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.a5 Bf5 21.axb6 axb6 22.Nc3 f6
23.f4 Nc7 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Qe2 Rbe8 26.Kh1 Qd6 27.Ne4 Qg6 28.c3 Bg4 29.Qe3 h6
30.Nd2 Qh5 31.Ra7 Re7 32.Rb7 Bh3 33.Bf3 Bg4 34.Be4 Ref7 35.Kg1 Ne6 36.Rxb6 Rf2
37.h4 Ng5 38.Bg6 Rxd2 39.Bxh5 Nf3+ 40.Qxf3 Bxf3 41.Bxf3 Rxf3 42.Rxe5 Rxg3+
43.Kf1 Rh3 44.Kg1 Rg3+ 45.Kf1 Rh3 46.Kg1 Rhxd3 47.Rxc5 Rg3+ 48.Kf1 Rh3 49.Ke1 Rg2
50.Rf5 Rxh4 51.Rf2 Re4+ 52.Kf1 Rg5 53.b4 Rg3 54.Rc6 Rd3 55.b5 Re5 56.c4 Rd1+
57.Kg2 Rg5+ 58.Kf3 Rc1 59.Ke4 Re1+ 60.Kd3 Rg3+ 61.Kd4 Rg4+ 62.Kc5 Rc1 63.Kb4 Rb1+
64.Ka5 Rc1 65.b6 Rg5+ 66.Ka6 Ra1+ 67.Kb7 h5 68.c5 h4 69.Rh2 Ra4 70.Rc8+ Kh7
71.c6 Rg6 72.c7 Rb4 73.Rh8+ Kxh8 74.c8=Q+ Kh7 75.Qc5 Rbxb6+ 76.Qxb6 Rxb6+
77.Kxb6 g5 78.Kc5 Kg6 79.Kd4 Kf5 80.Ke3 Kg4 81.Rg2+  1-0

[Event "4th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.12.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C42"]

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 c6 10.c4 Re8 11.h3 Nb6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Qc3 c5 14.Rhe1 d5 15.Qe5 Bf6
16.Qf4 d4 17.Qe4 g6 18.Bh6 Bxc4 19.Qxb7 Be6 20.Bb5 Re7 21.Qa6 Rb8 22.Bf4 Rc8
23.Be5 Bxe5 24.Nxe5 Bd5 25.g3 Kg7 26.f4 Qc7 27.Qa5 Rd8 28.Bf1 f6 29.Nd3 Rxe1
30.Rxe1 c4 31.Qc5 Rd7 32.Re8 Rf7 33.Qxc7 Rxc7 34.Nf2 f5 35.c3 dxc3 36.bxc3 Bf7
37.Re5 Nd7 38.Ra5 Nc5 39.Kd2 h6 40.Ke3 Re7+ 41.Kd2 Rd7+ 42.Ke3 Re7+ 43.Kd2 Rd7+
44.Ke3 Re7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.12.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 g6 10.d3 Bg7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Qd1 Nd7 13.Nf3 Nde5 14.Nh2 e6 15.f4 Nd7
16.Nf3 b5 17.a3 a5 18.d4 b4 19.Be3 bxc3 20.bxc3 cxd4 21.cxd4 d5 22.e5 Nb6
23.Rc1 Ne7 24.Bf2 Qd7 25.Rc5 Nc4 26.Qc1 Rfc8 27.Ng5 Nb6 28.Bb5 Qb7 29.a4 Rxc5
30.dxc5 Rc8 31.cxb6 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Nc8 33.Be8 Nxb6 34.Bxf7+ Kh8 35.Bxe6 h6
36.Nf7+ Kh7 37.Nd6 Qe7 38.Bg4 d4 39.Bxd4 Nd5 40.g3 h5 41.Bf3 Qe6 42.h4 Nf6
43.exf6 Qxd6 44.Be5 Qa3 45.Rc3 Qa1+ 46.Kh2 Qa2+ 47.Bg2 Bf8 48.Rc7+ Kh6 49.Rc8 Qa3
50.Kh3 Kh7 51.Ra8 Qb4 52.f7 Qe7 53.Rxa5 Qxf7 54.Rb5 Kh6 55.a5 Qd7+  0-1

[Event "4th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Vega Gutierrez,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 d5 7.Bg5 d4 8.c3 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6
10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 O-O 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.Qd4 Qe7 14.O-O-O Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Be6
16.Kb1 Rc8 17.Qe3 Nc6 18.Be2 Nb4 19.Rc1 Nd5 20.Qd2 Rd8 21.exd5 Rxd5 22.Qe1 Re5
23.Nd4 Rd8 24.Qc3 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Rxe2 26.g4 b5 27.Ka1 Bc4 28.h4 a5 29.Qc3 a4
30.Rhe1 Qe6 31.Rxe2 Qxe2 32.Re1 Qf2 33.Qe3 Qxh4 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qe4+ g6 36.Rd1 Qf6
37.a3 Bb3 38.Rh1 Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2021.12.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Matnadze,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Nb3 a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Kb1 h5 13.h4 Rg8 14.Rh3 Qa7 15.Re3 b5
16.g3 b4 17.Ne2 e5 18.Bg2 a5 19.Bf3 a4 20.Nbc1 Na5 21.b3 Rh8 22.Rd3 Bc6 23.Bg2 Nb7
24.Bh3 Rc7 25.Bf5 Be7 26.Rd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Qa5 28.Nd3 axb3 29.cxb3 Qxd5 30.Nxb4 Qxd2
31.Rxd2 Nc5 32.Nd5 Ra7 33.b4 Ne6 34.Rc2 Kf8 35.Rc8+ Kg7 36.Rxh8 Kxh8 37.Kb2 Bd8
38.Kb3 Ng7 39.Bc8 Ra8 40.Bd7 f5 41.a4 Ne6 42.Bc6 Rc8 43.Bb5 exf4 44.Ndxf4 Bf6
45.Bc4 Re8 46.Nd5 Nd4+ 47.Nxd4 Bxd4 48.a5 Rg8 49.Bd3 Rxg3 50.Kc4 Rg4 51.Bxf5 Rxh4
52.Kb5 Rh2 53.Kc6 Rf2 54.Bd7 h4 55.a6 f5 56.Ne7 h3 57.Kxd6 h2 58.Bc6 f4 59.Ng6+ Kg7
60.Nh4 f3 61.Nf5+ Kf6 62.Nxd4 h1=Q 63.a7  0-1

[Event "10th Norway Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B67"]

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.Kb1 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 h6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.f3 b5 13.Bd3 e5 14.Qf2 Be6 15.g4 Nd7
16.h4 Rc8 17.Nd5 Nc5 18.Be3 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Qd7 21.Rg1 g5 22.hxg5 hxg5
23.Rdd1 Kf8 24.Rh1 Kg7 25.Qd2 f6 26.Qd3 Rce8 27.a3 Bd8 28.Qe4 Qf7 29.a4 Ba5
30.Qd3 Qd7 31.Rh5 bxa4 32.Rdh1 Rxh5 33.gxh5 Qf7 34.Qf5 a3 35.b3 Rb8 36.Bxg5 fxg5
37.h6+ Kf8 38.h7 Rxb3+ 39.Kc1 Qxf5 40.h8=Q+ Ke7 41.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "10th Norway Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 d6 6.d4 Bg7 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.Nc3 Ngxe5
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Qd2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Ne5 13.Be2 Be6 14.Rad1 Nd7 15.Nd5 Bxb2
16.Qxb2 a5 17.a3 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Qf6 19.Qc2 Nc5 20.Rd4 Re7 21.Bb5 Qe5 22.b4 axb4
23.axb4 Na6 24.h3 Kg7 25.Ra1 h5 26.Qc4 Qf6 27.Bxa6 bxa6 28.Rxa6 Rxa6 29.Qxa6 Re5
30.Qc4 Rf5 31.f4 Qe7 32.Qc3 Kh7 33.b5 h4 34.Rc4 Rxd5 35.Rxc7 Qe6 36.b6 Rd1+
37.Kh2 Rb1 38.Rc8  1-0

[Event "10th Norway Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B67"]

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 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.Kb1 b5 12.g4 h5 13.gxh5 Nxh5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Rg1 Bc6
16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Rc8 18.a4 Ke7 19.Rd4 Nf4 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rd2 b4 22.Na2 Rb8
23.Bc4 Ng6 24.Rg5 Rb6 25.Rc5 Kf6 26.b3 Ne5 27.Rf2 Rh3 28.Be2 Rh4 29.Kb2 Rf4
30.Rf1 g5 31.Nc1 Rh4 32.Rf2 Rf4 33.Rg2 g4 34.fxg4 Bxe4 35.Rg3 Rc6 36.Rxc6 Bxc6
37.h4 Rf2 38.g5+ Kf5 39.h5 Kf4 40.g6 fxg6 41.hxg6  1-0

[Event "10th Norway Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 f5 7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 Nf6 9.a3 O-O
10.Nc3 Ne7 11.d5 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.b4 g5 14.Nb3 f4 15.Qd2 Kh8 16.O-O-O d5
17.Na4 Nf5 18.g4 fxe3 19.fxe3 Nh4 20.h3 Qe8 21.Qc2 Be6 22.Nac5 Bg8 23.Na5 Rc8
24.Rhf1 Qg6 25.Kb1 dxc4 26.Nxc4 Nd5 27.Nxe4 Ng2 28.Ned6 Qxc2+ 29.Kxc2 Ndxe3+
30.Kb1 Nxd1 31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.Rxd1 Rcd8 33.Nf5+ Kh8 34.Ncd6 Nf4 35.Bf1 Nd5
36.Kb2 Rxd6 37.Nxd6 Ne3 38.Re1 Nxf1 39.Nf5 Nd2 40.Kc3 Nc4 41.a4 Nb6  0-1

[Event "10th Norway Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O g6
9.b3 Bg7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.f4 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Bd3 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Qb6+
16.Kh1 Qxa6 17.Qxe7 d4 18.Qe2 Qc6 19.Nb5 Rfe8 20.Qd3 Ng4 21.Nxd4 Qc5 22.c3 Re3
23.Qd2 Rae8 24.h3 Qh5 25.Rae1 Bxd4 26.cxd4 Rxh3+ 27.gxh3 Qxh3+ 28.Kg1 Rxe1
29.Rxe1 Qg3+ 30.Kf1 Nh2+ 31.Qxh2 Qxh2 32.Ba1 Qxf4+ 33.Ke2 h5 34.Kd3 h4 35.d5 Qf3+
36.Kc4 g5 37.Be5 h3 38.d6 f6 39.Bd4 Qc6+ 40.Bc5 h2 41.Kd4  0-1

[Event "10th Norway Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Tari,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Qd2 Bg7 7.Bg2 d6 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 a6 10.Nh3 Bd7 11.Nf4 Rb8 12.Rc1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.O-O Ne5 15.Ncd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 e6 17.Nb4 d5 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.f4 Ng4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.h3 Nf6 22.Qd4 Kg8
23.Rc2 Rfc8 24.Rdc1 Nh5 25.Kh2 Ng7 26.g4 Ne8 27.Nd3 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8
30.Qe5 Bd7 31.Bxd5 Qa3 32.Bf3 Qxa2 33.Nc5 Qd2 34.Kg2 b4 35.g5 Bb5 36.Qb8 Qd4
37.Qxb5 Nd6 38.Qb8+ Kg7 39.Nd7  1-0

[Event "10th Norway Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Be3 Nh6 10.h3 f5 11.Bxh6 Bxd4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 fxe4 14.Qe2 O-O-O 15.Rab1 Ne5
16.Bg7 Qc6 17.Bxh8 Rxh8 18.Rfd1 Nxc4 19.Qg4+ Kb8 20.Qe6 Re8 21.Rd4 Ne5 22.a4 e3
23.f4 e2 24.fxe5 Qxc3 25.Re4 Qd3 26.Rxb7+ Kxb7 27.exd6 Qxd6  1-0

[Event "10th Norway Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 Be7 6.Ngf3 b6 7.c3 O-O 8.Bd3 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.h4 g6 12.Ne4 Bg7 13.d5 exd5 14.Qxd5 Nc7 15.Qd6 Re8
16.Ng3 Re6 17.Qd3 d5 18.h5 Qf6 19.O-O Rae8 20.a4 g5 21.Rfd1 Bf8 22.Nh2 Rc6
23.Ng4 Qe6 24.Nf5 Qe4 25.Qxe4 Rxe4 26.f3 Re8 27.Kf2 Kh7 28.e4 dxe4 29.Rd7 exf3
30.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "10th Norway Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.b3 e5 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nf3 d6 6.d3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Re8 8.a3 a5
9.Be2 Bf8 10.O-O g6 11.Ng5 Bg7 12.Nge4 Nd7 13.Nc3 f5 14.Nd5 Nf6 15.Qc2 Be6
16.Bf3 Kh8 17.Bc3 g5 18.g3 g4 19.Bg2 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Ne7 21.e4 f4 22.Rfe1 Ng6
23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Rb8 25.Nc4 h5 26.d4 Nd7 27.dxe5 Ndxe5 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.Bxe5+ Rxe5
30.Rec1 f3 31.Bf1 Re7 32.e5 Nxe5 33.Ra3 h4 34.Rc3 hxg3 35.hxg3 c6 36.Bd3 Kg7
37.dxc6 bxc6 38.Rxc6 Nxc6 39.Qxc6 Qe8 40.Qxd6 Re1+ 41.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 42.Bf1 Rxb4
43.Qc7+ Kf6 44.Qd6+ Kf5 45.Qd7+ Kf6 46.Qd6+ Kf5 47.Qd7+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Bf4 b6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.e3 Bb7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.h4 Rc8 14.Nb1 Nxf4 15.exf4 c5
16.Nc3 Nf6 17.Rad1 a6 18.dxc5 Rxc5 19.Rfe1 Re8 20.Qb3 h6 21.Nd4 Bf8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8
23.Nc2 Nf6 24.Ne3 b5 25.Ncxd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Qc7 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Nd5 Qc6 29.Qf3 Rc2
30.a3 Bc5 31.b4 Bf8 32.Kg2 Qc4 33.Ne3  1-0

[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.05.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Bf4 b6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.e3 Nxf4 12.exf4 Bb7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rfc1 Rc8 15.Qa4 a6
16.Qb3 b5 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.a4 bxa4 19.Qxa4 Nb6 20.Qd1 Nc4 21.Rc1 Qb8 22.Nxc4 dxc4
23.Qe2 Bf6 24.Rxc4 Bd5 25.Rc1 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 Bxd4 27.Ra1 Qxb2 28.Qxb2 Bxb2
29.Rxa6 g6 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Ra8 Rxa8 32.Bxa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.01"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.Nc3 b4 6.Nb1 Ba6 7.Qc2 Qxd4 8.Nf3 Qd7
9.Bxc4 Bxc4 10.Qxc4 e6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.Nbd2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfd1 c5 15.Bxc5 Rc8
16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Qb5 a6 18.Qxb4 Nc6 19.Qe1 Rab8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Nfd2 Qb4 22.Qe2 Nd4
23.Nxd4 Qxd4 24.b3 h6 25.Ra2 a5 26.h3 Qb4 27.Qe1 Rc3 28.Rb2 Rd8 29.Rdb1 Nd7
30.Qe2 Rb8 31.Rd1 Nc5 32.Rbb1 Rd3 33.e5 Rd5 34.Nc4 Rxd1+ 35.Qxd1 Nxa4 36.Ra1 Nc3
37.Qd6  0-1

[Event "10th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qe7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Qc2 Nf6 14.Ne4 Nbd7 15.Nc6 Bxc6
16.Qxc6 Rab8 17.Rfd1 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Nf6 19.Bf3 h6 20.Kg2 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Be5 Bc5 24.h4 Nd5 25.Qb7 a5 26.a4 f6 27.Bb2 Kf8 28.Qc6 Kf7 29.Bh5+ g6
30.Bf3 h5 31.Qb7+ Ne7 32.Bc3 Qd1 33.Qe4 Qxb3 34.Bd2 Qb2 35.Be3 Qe5 36.Qxe5 fxe5
37.Bd2 Nd5 38.e3 Bb4 39.Bc1 Ke7 40.Be4 Kf6 41.Bb2 Bc3 42.Bc1 Bb4 43.Kf1 Kf7
44.Bc2 Kf6 45.Ke2 e4 46.Bb3 Kf5 47.Bc2 Nc3+ 48.Kf1 Kf6 49.Bb2 Ke5 50.Kg2 Kd5
51.g4 Ke5 52.Kg3 Kf6 53.Bxe4 Bd6+ 54.f4 Bb4 55.Bc2 hxg4 56.Kxg4 Kf7 57.e4 b5
58.Bxc3 Bxc3 59.axb5 Bd4 60.e5 Bc5 61.Bb3 Bb6  1-0

[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 dxc4 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bxc4 Nb6 10.Bf1 Bd6 11.Bg2 O-O 12.Qd3 g6 13.Bd2 Re8 14.O-O-O Qe7 15.f3 c5
16.Kb1 cxd4 17.exd4 Qd7 18.Rhe1 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Bc5 20.f4 Bf8 21.Qb5 Qxd4 22.Be3 Qd6
23.Rd1 Qe6 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.Bxb7 Ra5 26.Qc6 Rc5 27.Qxe6 fxe6 28.Bf3 Rc7 29.a3 Kf7
30.Na4 Nd7 31.Be2 Rb7 32.b4 e5 33.Bb5 Ke6 34.Kc2 exf4 35.gxf4 Bh6 36.Rd4 Nf6
37.Kb3 Nh5 38.Rc4 Bxf4 39.Rc6+ Ke5 40.Nxb6 Bxh2 41.a4 Bg1 42.Nc4+ Kf4 43.Nd6 Re7
44.a5 Nf6 45.Rc1 Bf2 46.Rc2 Kg3 47.Bc6 Re6 48.Rd2 f4 49.b5 Bc5 50.Rd3+ Re3
51.Ne4+ Nxe4 52.Bxe4 f3 53.Kc4 Rxd3 54.Bxd3 Be3 55.b6 h5 56.Kb5 h4 57.a6 Bxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Tari,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 h6 6.h3 a6 7.Be3 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 Re8 10.Nd5 Be6 11.Bxc5 dxc5 12.Ne3 Qd7 13.a5 Rad8 14.Nd2 Bxc4 15.Ndxc4 Qe6
16.Qe1 Nd4 17.Kh2 Nh5 18.f3 Nf4 19.Qf2 g6 20.Rfd1 h5 21.h4 Qf6 22.c3 Nc6
23.g3 Nxd3 24.Qf1 Nf4 25.gxf4 Qxf4+ 26.Kh3 Ne7 27.Qf2 g5 28.Qg3 Ng6 29.hxg5 c6
30.Nf5 h4 31.Qxf4 Nxf4+ 32.Kxh4  1-0

[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Tari,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 h6 6.h3 a6 7.a4 d6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3
10.bxc3 O-O 11.a5 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bd2 Bf5 14.Re1 Re8 15.Qb1 Qd6 16.Qb3 Rad8
17.d4 Bc8 18.Re4 Kh8 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Qxe5 22.Re1 Qd6 23.Bd3 c6
24.c4 Nf4 25.Bxf4 Qxf4 26.Qb6 Qd6 27.Re3 Qd7 28.Qc5 Re8 29.f4 Qd8 30.Kf2 Kg8
31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Qd6 g6 33.Qf6 Qf8 34.Qe5 Qd8 35.Ke3 f6 36.Qd4 Qe7+ 37.Qe4 Qc5+
38.Kf3 Bf5 39.Qe8+ Kg7 40.g4 Bxd3 41.Qd7+ Kf8 42.Qc8+ Ke7 43.Qxb7+ Kd6 44.Qb8+ Kd7
45.cxd3 Qg1 46.Qb2 Qf1+ 47.Ke4 Qe1+ 48.Kd4 Qxa5 49.Qb7+ Kd6 50.Qb8+ Kd7 51.Qb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne8 10.d4 Bf6 11.Re1 d5 12.b3 c6 13.Ba3 Nd6 14.Qf3 Be6 15.Qf4 Be7 16.Bd3 g6
17.h4 Ne8 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.h5 Qf6 20.Qxf6 Nxf6 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Bxg6 Kg7 23.Bd3 Rh8
24.f3 Rh4 25.Ne2 Ne8 26.Kf2 Nd6 27.Rh1 Rah8 28.Rxh4 Rxh4 29.g4 b6 30.Kg3 Rh8
31.Nf4 Bd7 32.Re1 Kf8 33.c4 dxc4 34.bxc4 Rg8 35.c5 bxc5 36.dxc5 Nb7 37.Re5 f6
38.Rh5 Rg5 39.Rh8+ Rg8 40.Rh6 Ke7 41.Bc4 Re8 42.Rh7+ Kd8 43.Rf7 Nxc5 44.Rxf6 Re3
45.Kf2 Rc3 46.Bg8 Rc2+ 47.Kg3 Rc3 48.Bh7 Ra3 49.g5 a5 50.Bb1 Ke7 51.Ng6+ Kd8
52.Ne5 Be8 53.g6  1-0

[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 h6 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nbd2 a6
9.a4 Ne7 10.d4 exd4 11.Nb3 Ba7 12.Nbxd4 Ng6 13.Qc2 Re8 14.h3 c5 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.exf5 Rxe1+ 17.Nxe1 Ne5 18.Be2 Qe7 19.Bf4 Re8 20.Nf3 c4 21.Kf1 b5 22.axb5 axb5
23.b3 Nxf3 24.Bxf3 d5 25.bxc4 bxc4 26.g4 Bb8 27.Qc1 Qb7 28.Kg2 Bxf4 29.Qxf4 Qb2
30.Qc1 Rb8 31.Qxb2 Rxb2 32.Ra8+ Kh7 33.Rf8 Rb7 34.h4 g5 35.fxg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Ne5 h6 12.Bh4 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.dxc5 Qc7
16.h4 Rfd8 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Rh3 Rd5 19.Rg3+ Kf8 20.Rc3 Rxc5 21.Qb4 Kg7 22.Rxc5 bxc5
23.Qc3 Qh2 24.Qxc5 Bxg2 25.Bxg2 Qxg2 26.Qxa7 Qh1+ 27.Kd2 Qd5+ 28.Kc3 Qc6+
29.Kd2 Qd5+ 30.Kc3 Qc6+ 31.Kd2 Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.e5 Nh5 11.a4 a6 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.O-O Nxg3 15.hxg3 Be7 16.Rfe1 O-O-O
17.b3 cxb3 18.Qxb3 Kb8 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Bf1 g4 21.Nh4 Rc8 22.d5 Bxh4 23.gxh4 g3
24.Rd2 gxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Qd4 26.Ne2 Qxd5 27.Qb2 Qc5 28.Nd4 Nb6 29.Nb3 Qc3 30.Qb1 Rc7
31.Rc1 Qxe5 32.Rxc7 Qxc7 33.Rc2 Qe5 34.Nc5 Qd4+ 35.Kh2 Qxh4+ 36.Kg1 Qd4+
37.Kh2 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nde2 Bc5 7.Ng3 d6 8.Na4 Bb4+
9.c3 Ba5 10.b4 Bc7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Be3 h6 14.a3 b5 15.Nb2 Bb6 16.c4 Nd4
17.a4 Bb7 18.Bd3 Rc8 19.axb5 axb5 20.cxb5 d5 21.Na4 dxe4 22.Bb1 Ra8 23.Ba2 Rxa4
24.Qxa4 Nd5 25.Rac1 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Nf3+ 27.gxf3 Bxe3+ 28.Kh1 Bxc1 29.Rxc1 exf3
30.Qa7 Qd2 31.Rg1 f2+ 32.Qxb7 fxg1=Q+ 33.Kxg1 Qxa2  0-1

[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nde2 Bc5 7.Ng3 d6 8.Na4 Bb4+
9.c3 Ba5 10.b4 Bc7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Be3 h6 14.h3 Be6 15.Qc1 b5 16.Nb2 Bb6
17.a4 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Rb8 19.axb5 axb5 20.f4 Qb6 21.Qxb6 Rxb6 22.f5 Bc8 23.Rfd1 Rd8
24.Rd2 Bb7 25.Nd1 Ne7 26.Bf3 Rc8 27.Ra3 d5 28.exd5 Nexd5 29.Ra7 Bc6 30.Nh5 Rbb8
31.Nxf6+ Nxf6 32.Bxc6 Rxc6 33.Re7 e4 34.Re5 h5 35.Kf2 h4 36.Ke3 Rc4 37.Rd6 Rc7
38.Rc5 Ra7 39.Rd2 Ra1 40.Nf2 Re1+ 41.Re2 Rg1 42.Nxe4 Nxe4 43.Kxe4 Re8+ 44.Re5 Rc8
45.Kd3 Rd8+ 46.Kc2 Ra8 47.Kb2 Rb8 48.Kb3 f6 49.Rd5 Rb1+ 50.Kc2 Rg1 51.Kd3 Rf1
52.Rd2 Rf4 53.Re2 Kh7 54.Re4 Rxe4 55.Kxe4 Kh6 56.Kf4 Kh5 57.Rd7 Rc8 58.Rxg7 Rc4+
59.Kf3 Rxc3+ 60.Ke4 Rc2 61.Kd5 Re2 62.Kc6 Re5 63.Rd7 Kg5 64.Rb7 Re2 65.Kxb5 Kxf5
66.Rg7 Ke6 67.Kb6 f5 68.b5 Kf6 69.Rg8 Kf7 70.Rh8 Rxg2 71.Rxh4 Kf6 72.Rc4 Ke5
73.Kc6 Rg6+ 74.Kc5 f4 75.b6 f3 76.b7 Rg8 77.Kb6 f2 78.Rc1 Ke4 79.Rf1 Kf3
80.Ka7 Rg1 81.Rxf2+ Kxf2 82.b8=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Qd2 Qa5 7.e3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bd7
9.Rb1 O-O-O 10.Nf3 f5 11.Qb2 Qc7 12.Ng5 Rf8 13.f4 Nf6 14.O-O h6 15.Nf3 b6
16.a4 Na5 17.Qc2 Bc6 18.Rb5 Rhg8 19.Nd2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 e5 21.Kg1 Re8 22.fxe5 dxe5
23.e4 Qd7 24.Rxa5 bxa5 25.Nb3 Rd8 26.Nxc5 Qc6 27.Nb3 fxe4 28.d4 e3 29.d5 Qxc4
30.Rxf6 e2 31.Bd2 Rxd5 32.Be1 Rd1 33.Kf2 Rgd8 34.Qxg6 Qxb3 35.Qf5+ Kb8 36.Qxe5+ Ka8
37.Qxe2 Qb7 38.Rxh6 Rb1 39.Kg1 Rb2 40.Qf1 Re8 41.Rf6 Rb1 42.Kf2 Rbxe1  0-1

[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.c3 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.a4 a5 14.Bf4 d5 15.Nd2 c6 16.h3 g6
17.Nf3 Nd6 18.Bd3 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Qe2 Qe7 21.Re1 Qxe2 22.Rxe2 Ng7 23.Be5 Bxe5
24.Nxe5 f6 25.Nd3 Kf7 26.g4 Ne6 27.Kg2 h5 28.Re3 hxg4 29.hxg4 g5 30.Rh3 Kg6
31.Re3 Kf7 32.Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Norway Chess 2022"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Rxe3 Qd7 13.Rc1 a4 14.Ng3 Qf7 15.d4 h6
16.Qe2 Ra5 17.h3 Nh5 18.Nxh5 Qxh5 19.Rd1 Qf7 20.a3 exd4 21.cxd4 Ne7 22.g3 Nc8
23.Nh4 Nb6 24.e5 dxe5 25.Rf3 Qe8 26.Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.Ng6 Qe8 28.Nxe5 Rd5 29.Qc2 Qd8
30.Rd3 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Qxd4 32.Qxc7 Kh7 33.Qc2+ Kg8 34.Qe2 Nd7 35.Nxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2022.06.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Nf1 Ne7 10.Ng3 Ng6 11.Bb3 c6 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Qd3 d5 15.e5 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Rxe4 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Bxd4 19.Bf4 a4 20.Bc2 Nxf4 21.Qxf4 c5 22.Rd1 Ra6
23.g3 Re8 24.b4 axb3 25.Bxb3 Qe7 26.Bc4 Rf6 27.Qg4 Rg6 28.Qe2 Rb6 29.Kg2 Rb2
30.Rd2 Rxd2 31.Qxd2 b5 32.Bxb5 Qb7 33.Bxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 e6 7.Nc3 d6 8.e4 Na6 9.O-O Nc7
10.Be3 b6 11.h3 Nh5 12.dxe6 Nxe6 13.Qc1 Bb7 14.Rd1 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Bxe4 16.g3 Re8
17.Rd2 Nhg7 18.g4 Qe7 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Nh2 f5 21.Bh6 Nd4 22.Rxd4 cxd4 23.Rxd4 Ne6
24.Rd1 Qh4 25.Bc1 Ng5 26.Bf1 fxg4 27.hxg4 Rf8 28.f4 Ba8 29.c5 bxc5 30.Qb3+ Rf7
31.Bd2 Ne4 32.Ba5 Qf2+  0-1

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[ECO "B11"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d4 e6 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.Ne2 Nb4 10.Bb5+ Nd7 11.Ba4 b5 12.Bb3 Nc6 13.c3 Bd6 14.O-O Rc8 15.Qg4 O-O
16.Bh6 Qf6 17.Be3 Qg6 18.Nf4 Qxg4 19.hxg4 b4 20.Nd3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Na5 22.Rfc1 Rc7
23.Rab1 Rfc8 24.Bd2 Nb6 25.Be1 Nac4 26.Bd1 h6 27.g3 Nd7 28.Rb3 Nf6 29.Rcb1 Na3
30.Rc1 Nd7 31.Kf1 Nb6 32.Rb2 Nbc4 33.Rb3 Be7 34.Be2 Bg5 35.Rd1 Nc2 36.Nc5 Nxe1
37.Kxe1 Nb6 38.Ba6 Rd8 39.Bb5 Be7 40.Nd3 g6 41.Ke2 Nc4 42.Rc1 Kg7 43.Rbb1 Nd6
44.Ne5 Ne4 45.c4 dxc4 46.Nc6 Rd5 47.Bxc4 Rxc6 48.Bxd5 Rxc1 49.Bxe4 Rc4 50.Rb7 Rxd4
51.Bxg6 Kxg6 52.Rxe7 a5 53.f4 Ra4 54.Kf3 Ra3+ 55.Kg2 Rxa2+ 56.Kh3 a4 57.Ra7 a3
58.Ra5 Ra1 59.Kg2 a2 60.g5 h5 61.Kh2 h4 62.g4 Kg7 63.Ra7 Kg6 64.Ra5 Rf1 65.Rxa2 Rxf4
66.Kh3 Kxg5 67.Ra5+ f5 68.gxf5 Rf3+ 69.Kh2 Rxf5 70.Ra8 Rf4 71.Kh3 Kf5 72.Ra5+ e5
73.Rb5 Ra4 74.Rb8 Kf4 75.Kxh4 e4 76.Kh3 Kf3 77.Rf8+ Ke2 78.Kg2 e3  0-1

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Re1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.c5 Bc7 12.Nc3 Re8 13.g3 Ba5 14.Bf4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 f6
16.c4 Be6 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Rxe4 Na6 19.Rae1 Bf7 20.Bd6 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8
23.Bf4 h6 24.Be3 Qd7 25.Nd2 Bg6 26.f3 f5 27.Qb2 Kh7 28.Bf4 b6 29.cxb6 axb6
30.Qxb6  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.f4 c5 12.fxe5 Bg4 13.Re1 Bxe5 14.h3 Qh4 15.Kb1 Rfe8
16.Bd3 Bd7 17.Nf3 Nxf3 18.gxf3 Rac8 19.f4 Bd4 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Nb5 Qe7 22.d6 Qe6
23.e5 Qd5 24.Nc7 Rxc7 25.dxc7 Rc8 26.Be4 Qb5 27.Qxd4 Rxc7 28.Rc1 Rxc1+ 29.Rxc1 Qe2
30.h4 h5 31.b3 Qg4 32.Bxb7 Qxh4 33.a4 Qg3 34.Kb2 Be6 35.Rc3 Qh2+ 36.Ka3 Qh4
37.Bc6 Qe1 38.a5 Nc8 39.Kb4 Kg7 40.Qd8 a6 41.Qf6+ Kh7 42.f5 gxf5 43.Qg5 h4
44.Qh5+ Kg7 45.Qg5+ Kh7 46.Qh5+ Kg7 47.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a3 b5 8.g4 Bb7
9.Bg2 Nfd7 10.h4 Be7 11.g5 Nc5 12.f4 Nbd7 13.Qe2 g6 14.O-O-O Qc7 15.Rh3 Nb6
16.h5 O-O-O 17.f5 e5 18.f6 exd4 19.fxe7 Qxe7 20.Bxd4 Qxg5+ 21.Kb1 Rhf8 22.hxg6 hxg6
23.Qf2 Nbd7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Kb7 26.Rh7 Rc8 27.Bh3 Rc7 28.Rxf7 Qh5 29.Rh1 Rxf7
30.Qxf7 Ne5 31.Qf8 Ne4 32.Bg2 Qe2 33.Rh8 Qxc2+ 34.Ka1 Qc1+ 35.Ka2 Qc4+ 36.Ka1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.b4 Bg7 6.Bb2 d6 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 h6 9.O-O Nh7
10.Nc3 g5 11.b5 Ne7 12.d4 g4 13.Ne1 f5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.a4 Be6 16.e4 Ng5 17.Ba3 Rf7
18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.exf5 Qxd1 20.Rxd1 Bxf5 21.Nd5 Rf7 22.Ne3 h5 23.Nxf5 Rxf5
24.Nc2 Bf8 25.Ne3 Rf6 26.Nd5 Rf7 27.h4 Ne6 28.Nc3 Bc5 29.Ne4 Bd4 30.g3 a6
31.c5 axb5 32.Bxb5 Kg7 33.c6 b6 34.Bc4 Re7 35.Bb5 Rf7 36.Bc4 Re7 37.Bb5 Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.Re1 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.h3 Re8 13.a4 b4 14.Nc4 Be6 15.Bb3 h6 16.Ne3 Rb8
17.Bc4 Qc8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 bxc3 20.bxc3 Nxd5 21.exd5 Na5 22.Be3 c4 23.d4 Nb3
24.Rb1 e4 25.Nd2 Nxd2 26.Rxb8 Qxb8 27.Bxd2 f5 28.Qh5 Rf8 29.Bxh6 Qa8 30.Qg6 Bf6
31.f3 Qxd5 32.fxe4 fxe4 33.Rxe4 Qf7 34.Qg4 d5 35.Re6 Kh7 36.Bd2 a5 37.Qf5+ Qg6
38.Qxd5 Rb8 39.Bf4 Rb2 40.Kh2 Rc2 41.Qf3 Qf5 42.Re3 Ra2 43.Be5 Qxf3 44.Rxf3 Bxe5+
45.dxe5 Kg6 46.Rf4  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 Be6
9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Qf3 d5 12.O-O-O d4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.e5 O-O 15.Qh3 h6
16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Nge4 Rf5 18.Ne2 Nc6 19.Kb1 Rd8 20.c3 Qd5 21.f3 Qb5 22.Rhe1 Ba3
23.b3 d3 24.N2g3 d2 25.Re3 Qe5 26.Nf1 Rh5 27.Qg3 Qf5 28.Qc7 Qg6 29.Qxb7 Na5
30.Qxa6 Qxg2 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Kc2 Bc1 33.Qg4 Rxh2 34.Nxh2 Qxh2 35.f4 Nc6 36.Rh3  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.22"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.a4 Qb8 12.a5 Re8 13.f3 b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Rxa6 Rxa6
16.Bxa6 d5 17.exd5 Nbxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bf2 Nb4 20.Bf1 Nxc2 21.Qxc2 Bxb3
22.Qe4 Bb4 23.Ra1 g6 24.Ra6  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.h3 h6 14.Ne3 Be6 15.a3 Bf8 16.b4 Rb8
17.Rb1 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Be3 cxb4 21.axb4 a5 22.bxa5 Qxa5 23.Bd2 b4
24.Bb3 Bxb3 25.Rxb3 Qd5 26.Qc2 bxc3 27.Rxb8 Rxb8 28.Bxc3 f6 29.Re4 Qb3 30.Qd2 Rd8
31.Rg4 Qb1+ 32.Ne1 Kh7 33.Rc4 Qb5 34.Qe2 Qd5 35.Nc2 Ne7 36.d4 Ng6 37.Ne3 Qb5
38.Qc2 exd4 39.Bxd4 Rb8 40.Qd2 Qb1+ 41.Rc1 Qe4 42.f3 Qe6 43.Qd3 Rd8 44.h4 Kg8
45.Qxg6 Rxd4 46.Nf5 Rxh4 47.Kf2 Qb6+ 48.Kg3 Qb8+ 49.Kxh4 Qf4+ 50.Qg4 Qxc1
51.Ng3 Qc5 52.Kh3 Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.h3 Re8
9.Be3 Bf8 10.Re1 Ne7 11.d4 exd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.e5 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 dxe5 15.Qxd8 Rxd8
16.Nxe5 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nc4 Rd4 19.Na5 Rd2 20.Re2 Rxe2 21.Nxe2 Rd8 22.Kf1 Rd5
23.Nb3 Ne4 24.Nf4 Rf5 25.Nd3 c5 26.c4 Nd6 27.Rc1 b6 28.Ke2 Be7 29.g3 e5 30.g4 Rf6
31.Nxe5 Re6 32.f4 g5  0-1

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.23"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.a4 Be7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 a6 9.Re1 Rb8
10.Bf4 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nbd2 g6 14.Nc4 Bg7 15.Ne3 Kh7 16.h3 b6
17.Bd5 Ne7 18.Bc4 Bb7 19.b4 cxb4 20.cxb4 d5 21.exd5 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Bb3 Nxd5
24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Rc1 Bxf3 26.Qxf3 Rb6 27.Rc5 Qd4 28.Qe4 Qb2 29.Qd5 Rf6 30.Rc2 Qa3
31.Rxe5 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Rd6 33.Re4 Rxd5 34.Bxd5 Qf6 35.g3 Rd8 36.Rf4 Qxf4  0-1

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Saric,Iv"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Bxc6+ Bd7 12.Bxa8 Qxa8 13.Rg1 Qb7 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.b3 Bc6
16.Rg3 e4 17.Re3 O-O 18.Bb2 Bf4 19.O-O-O a5 20.Kb1 a4 21.h4 axb3 22.axb3 Ra8
23.g5 hxg5 24.hxg5 Bxg5 25.Rg1 Ra5 26.Reg3 Bh6 27.Nd1 Nh5 28.Rh3 Qb5 29.Qg4 Qf5
30.Qh4 Qf4 31.Qd8+ Kh7 32.Qxa5  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.23"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d3 Be7 7.e3 Be6 8.Be2 Qd7
9.Qc2 f5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.b4 e4 12.dxe4 Bxe4 13.Qb3 Bd5 14.Qc2 Be4 15.Qb3 Bd5
16.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Rb8 11.h3 Re8 12.b3 Bd7 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rfe1 Bb4 15.a3 Bxc3
16.Qxc3 g5 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.d4 f6 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Qd3 Bc8 21.Nh2 Nf4 22.Qc4 Rb6
23.Nf1 Be6 24.Qc3 Qf7 25.Ne3 Rg8 26.f3 exd4 27.Qxd4 c5 28.Qd2 Ng6 29.b4 cxb4
30.axb4 Ne5 31.c3 Nc4 32.Nxc4 Bxc4 33.Qe3 Re8 34.Qf2 Rb5 35.Ra1 Rbb8 36.Kh2 Re7
37.Qd4 Rbe8 38.Kg1 f5 39.exf5 Re2 40.Rxe2 Bxe2 41.f6 Kg6 42.Re1 Qxf6 43.Qd2 Bb5
44.Rxe8 Bxe8 45.Bf2 Qf5 46.Bd4 Qb1+ 47.Kh2 Qf5 48.Qe1 Kf7 49.Qe2 Bb5 50.Qe1 Qf4+
51.Kh1 Qf5 52.Kg1 Qd3 53.Kh2 Qf5 54.Kh1 Qd3 55.Qg3 Qb1+ 56.Kh2 Qf5 57.Be3 Qe5
58.f4 gxf4 59.Bxf4 Qf6 60.Qe3 h5 61.Bg3 Qf5 62.Qd4 Bc6 63.Qc4+ Qd5 64.Qxd5+ Bxd5
65.Bf2 Bc6 66.Bg3 Bd5 67.Bf2 Bc6 68.Bg3 Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 f6 8.Bc4 e5
9.Ke2 Nd7 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.f3 b5 13.Bd5 c6 14.Bb3 a5 15.a4 Nxb3 16.Nxb3 Be6
17.Nd2 Bd6 18.Rhc1 Ke7 19.c4 Rhb8 20.cxb5 cxb5 21.Rc2 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Rb5 23.Ra1 a4
24.Kf2 f5 25.g3 Kd7 26.h4 Rb4 27.Ke2 Ra5 28.Kd3 Rab5 29.Ke2 f4 30.gxf4 exf4
31.Bf2 Be5 32.Rd1 Ke8 33.Rc6 Bd7 34.Ra6 Bxb2 35.Ra8+ Rb8 36.Ra7 Rc8 37.Ra5 Bb5+
38.Ke1 Bc3 39.Rc1 Bxd2+ 40.Kxd2 Rb2+ 41.Kd1 Be2+  0-1

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C34"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 h6 5.h4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 Nh5 8.Nd5 Bg4
9.Qd3 Na5 10.Bb3 c6 11.Nxf4 Ng3 12.Rh2 Qe7 13.Nd2 Nxb3 14.axb3 Nh5 15.Nc4 g6
16.Nxh5 gxh5 17.Bf4 Qf6 18.g3 Be7 19.Nb6 Rd8 20.Rxa7 O-O 21.Kd2 Rfe8 22.Rxb7 Bf8
23.Rf2 Qg6 24.Na4 Rxe4 25.Nc3 Ree8 26.Qxg6+ fxg6 27.d5 c5 28.Nb5 Re4 29.c4 Rde8
30.Bxd6 Bg7 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Bxc5 Re2+ 33.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 34.Kc3 g5 35.Bd4+ Kg6
36.c5 Rg2 37.Be5 Kf5 38.Bb8 Ke4 39.d6 Rxg3+ 40.Kb4 gxh4 41.c6 Rd3 42.Kc5 Rd5+
43.Kb6 h3 44.d7 Bxd7 45.Nc3+  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd5
9.Qg4 Kf8 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Na4 f6 12.f4 Nb6 13.Ba5 Qe8 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.Bc3 Qg6
16.Qf3 c5 17.O-O-O Bb7 18.Qe3 Bc6 19.Bd3 Qh6 20.Be4 Kf7 21.Bxc6 dxc6 22.exf6 gxf6
23.Rhe1 e5 24.fxe5 Qxe3+ 25.Rxe3 fxe5 26.Rf1+ Kg6 27.Rg3+ Bg5+ 28.Bd2  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Firouzja,Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qc2 a5 10.O-O Nde7 11.Rb1 Be6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.Nge4 h6 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 b6
16.b5 Nb8 17.Bb2 Nd7 18.Ra1 g5 19.Ba3 Be6 20.Ng3 Re8 21.Bf3 Rc8 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.Bc6 Red8 24.e4 Nf6 25.Rfd1 Qc5 26.Rac1 Qb4 27.Rb1 Qe7 28.h3 g4 29.h4 Nh7
30.h5 Qg5 31.Nd5 Bf8 32.d4 exd4 33.Rxd4 Bc5 34.Rd3 Nf6 35.Rbd1 Bxd5 36.Bxd5 Nxd5
37.Rxd5 Rxd5 38.Rxd5 Qf4 39.Rf5 Qxg3 40.Rxc5 Qd6 41.Rc6 Qf4 42.g3 Qe5 43.Qc4 Kg7
44.Kg2 Re8 45.Rxc7 Qxe4+ 46.Qxe4 Rxe4 47.Rc6 Re5 48.Rxb6 Rxh5 49.f3 gxf3+
50.Kxf3 Rc5 51.Kf4 h5 52.Rb8 Rc4+ 53.Kf5 Rc3 54.Kf4 Kf6 55.Rb6+ Kg7 56.Rb8 Kf6
57.Rb6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.24"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 Nxb5 5.Nxb5 a6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6
9.Bg5 e6 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qxd6 Qxd6 13.Rxd6 Be7 14.Rd3 b5 15.Rhd1 Bb7
16.a3 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.Nd4 Bb6 19.f3 g5 20.b4 Ke7 21.h3 Rc8 22.Kb2 Rd8
23.Nb3 Rxd1 24.Nxd1 Kd6 25.Kc3 h5 26.Nb2 f5 27.Kd3 fxe4+ 28.fxe4 Ke5 29.Nd2 Kf4
30.c4 bxc4+ 31.Nbxc4 Bc7 32.Ke2 h4 33.Kf2 Bc6 34.Nb2 Bb6+ 35.Kf1 Bb5+ 36.Nbc4 Be3
37.Ke1 Bd4 38.Nd6 Bc6 39.Nf3 Bc3+ 40.Ke2 Bb2 41.Nc4 Bb5 42.Kd3 Bxa3 43.Kc3 Bc1
44.Nd4 Bxc4 45.Kxc4 Kxe4 46.Nxe6 Be3 47.Nc7 Kf4 48.Nd5+ Ke4 49.Nc7 Kf4 50.Kd3 Ba7
51.Ke2 g4 52.hxg4 Kxg4 53.Nxa6 Kg3 54.Kf1 h3 55.gxh3 Kxh3 56.Ke2 Kg4 57.Kd3 Kf5
58.Kc4 Ke6 59.Nc7+ Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.24"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Foreest,Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 b6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O g6
9.d4 Bg7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.e3 Re8 12.Rc1 c6 13.Rc2 a5 14.Qc1 Rc8 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Bh3 Rcd8
17.Ba3 c5 18.Nd2 h5 19.Na4 Ng4 20.Nf1 Qf6 21.Bb2 c4 22.Nc3 Bc6 23.bxc4 dxc4
24.d5 Bb7 25.Ne4 Qe7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Bg2 Ndf6 28.d6 Qxe4 29.Bxe4 Nxe4 30.Qb2+ Kh7
31.Qxb6 Rd7 32.h4 Ne5 33.Nh2 Re6 34.Rd4 c3 35.a3 Bc6 36.f3 Nxg3 37.f4 Be4
38.Rxe4 Nxe4 39.fxe5 Rxe5 40.Nf3 Rd5 41.Kg2 R5xd6 42.Qxa5 Rd2+ 43.Nxd2 cxd2
44.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 45.Kf3 f5 46.Kf4 Rd7 47.a4 Nf6 48.Qb5 Re7 49.a5 Re4+ 50.Kf3 Ng4
51.a6 Rxe3+ 52.Kf4 Kh6 53.a7 Re4+ 54.Kf3 Re3+ 55.Kg2 Ra3 56.Qb8 Ra2+ 57.Kf1 Ne3+
58.Ke1 Kh7 59.a8=Q Rxa8 60.Qxa8 Ng2+ 61.Kf2 Nxh4 62.Kg3 g5 63.Qd8 f4+ 64.Kh3 Kg6
65.Qd6+ Kg7 66.Qe7+ Kg6 67.Kh2 Nf3+ 68.Kg2 Nh4+ 69.Kf2 Kf5 70.Qf7+ Kg4 71.Qe6+ Nf5
72.Qd7 h4 73.Qd1+  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.24"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.d3 f5 6.e4 Nf6 7.exf5 gxf5 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O c6 10.d4 Na6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qe8 13.d5 c5 14.Nb5 Qe7 15.Re1 Nc7 16.Nf4 Nxb5
17.cxb5 Rf7 18.a4 a6 19.Ra3 axb5 20.axb5 Rxa3 21.bxa3 Qd7 22.Ne6 Qxb5 23.Bh3 Nh7
24.Qh5 Qd3 25.Qg6 Qxd5 26.Nxg7 Nf8 27.Qxh6 Rxg7 28.Qf6 Qe6 29.Qd8 Qd7 30.Qb6 Ng6
31.Bg5 Ne7 32.Qb3+ Qe6 33.Qe3 Qg6 34.Bxe7 Rxe7 35.Bg2 Be6 36.Rd1 Rd7 37.a4 Qf6
38.Qc3 Kg7 39.Rb1 e4 40.Qc1 c4 41.Rb6 d5 42.Bf1 c3 43.a5 Rc7 44.Qf4 Re7 45.Qd6 d4
46.Qc5 d3 47.h4 c2 48.Rd6 Rd7 49.Rxd7+ Bxd7 50.Qc7 Qc6  0-1

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.24"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a5 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Qc7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Rb8 12.Nb3 Rd8 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.Be3 Nfd7 15.Na4 Re8
16.Qe2 Bf6 17.Ba7 Ra8 18.Bd4 Nc6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.Nb6 Rad8 22.Rad1 Ne5
23.f4 Nxd3 24.cxd3 Bc6 25.Nd4 Nd7 26.Nxd7 Bxd7 27.Rc1 Qb8 28.Qb4 e5 29.Ne2 Bg4
30.Nc3 exf4 31.Nd5 f3 32.gxf3 Bxf3 33.Rc7 Bg4 34.Rec1 Rd7 35.Qc3 Qd8 36.Rc8  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.24"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.Bd3 d5 10.O-O d4 11.b4 Nxb4 12.axb4 Qxa1 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nc7 Rb8 15.e5 Ne8
16.Nxe8 Rxe8 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Bg5 Qc3 20.Qe4 Qxf3 21.Qxf3 Bxg5
22.Qxf7 Kxh7 23.Qxd7 Rbd8 24.Qxb7 d3 25.h4 Bh6 26.Rd1 d2 27.Qe4+ Kh8 28.g4 g6
29.Qxg6 Bg7 30.Rxd2  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.24"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.h3 Nh6 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 a6 10.a4 f6 11.Bc2 Nf7 12.Be3 e5 13.dxe5 fxe5 14.Bb3 Be6 15.Nbd2 Re8
16.Nf1 Rc8 17.Ng3 Na5 18.Ba2 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Qd2 Qc8 21.Ng5 Nxg5 22.Bxg5 h5
23.Re2 Kh7 24.Rae1 Bf7 25.Kh2 Qc6 26.a5 Qc7 27.h4 Qxa5 28.f3 Qc7 29.Nf1 d4
30.Ng3 dxc3 31.bxc3 e4 32.Rxe4 Rexe4 33.Rxe4 Rxe4 34.fxe4 Bxc3 35.Qf2 Be5
36.Bf6 Kg8 37.Bxe5 Qxe5 38.Qb6 Qe7 39.Kg1 Qxh4 40.Qc7 Qg5 41.Nf1 b5 42.Qc8+ Kg7
43.Qxa6 Qc5+ 44.Kh2 b4 45.Qa1+ Qc3 46.Qa5 Qd4 47.Qg5 Qf6 48.Qb5 b3 49.e5 Qf4+
50.Kg1 Bc4 51.Qd7+ Kh6 52.Nd2 b2 53.Qd8 Qe3+ 54.Kh1 Qe1+ 55.Kh2 Qxe5+ 56.Kg1 Ba2
57.Qf8+ Kg5 58.Nf3+  1-0

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.24"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.c4 h6 12.Bh4 Bf4 13.h3 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Bh5 15.Re1 Re8
16.g4 Rxe1+ 17.Nxe1 Bg6 18.Qf3 Bd6 19.Qxb7 Bxd3 20.Nxd3 Nb6 21.Nxb6 axb6
22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Qc6 Kg7 24.a4 h5 25.b4 hxg4 26.hxg4 Qh8 27.Qf3 Qh2+ 28.Kf1 Rh8
29.Ke2 c5 30.bxc5 bxc5 31.dxc5 Be5 32.Rb1 Bd4 33.Qe4 Bc3 34.c6 Qd6 35.Rc1 Ba5
36.Rh1 Rxh1 37.Qxh1 Qe6+ 38.Kf1 Qc4 39.Qf3 Qxa4 40.Kg2 Bc7 41.Nc1 Qc2 42.Ne2 Be5
43.Ng3 Bxg3 44.Kxg3 Qc4 45.Kh4 Qc2 46.Kg3 Qc1 47.Qe4 Qg1+ 48.Kf3 Qh1+ 49.Kf4 Qc1+
50.Kf3 Qc3+ 51.Ke2 Qc5 52.Kd3 Qa3+ 53.Kd4 Qa5 54.f3 Qb5 55.Qd5 Qb4+ 56.Qc4 Qd6+
57.Kc3 Qa3+ 58.Kc2 Qxf3 59.c7 Qf2+ 60.Kb3 Qb6+ 61.Kc3 Qe3+ 62.Kc2 Qf2+ 63.Kb1 Qg1+
64.Kb2 Qb6+ 65.Ka2 Qa7+ 66.Kb3 Qb6+ 67.Ka4 Qa7+ 68.Kb3 Qb6+ 69.Kc3 Qe3+ 70.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.24"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Re8
16.d5 exd5 17.Nd4 g6 18.Nb5 Nc5 19.e5 Ne4 20.Qf4 Qd7 21.Nxa7 Ra8 22.Rxe4 Rxa7
23.h4 Ra5 24.Re3 Qe7 25.h5 Rc5 26.h6 Rd8 27.Rf3 Bc8 28.Qb4 Qc7 29.Qh4 Rc6
30.Bxd5 Bf5 31.Qxd8+  1-0

[Event "CGC KO 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sadhwani,Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e3 Bf5
9.Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Qa3 Ndf6 13.O-O Re8 14.Rac1 c6 15.Ne5 g5
16.Bg3 Qe7 17.Qxe7 Rxe7 18.b4 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Bxd7 20.a4 a6 21.Rfd1 Be8 22.Bd3 f6
23.Re1 Kg7 24.f3 Nxg3 25.hxg3 h5 26.Kf2 Bg6 27.Bf1 f5 28.Rc3 Rf8 29.f4 Kf6
30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Be8 32.Rb1 h4 33.fxg5+ Kxg5 34.gxh4+ Kxh4 35.bxc6 Bxc6
36.g3+ Kg5 37.Bb5 Re6 38.Kf3 Rg8 39.Rb2 Rgg6 40.Bxc6 bxc6 41.Rb7 Rh6 42.Rc7 Rhg6
43.Rc1 Rh6 44.Rc2 Reg6 45.Ra2 Re6 46.Ra8 Rhg6 47.Rac8 Rh6 48.Rf8 Ref6 49.Rg8+ Rfg6
50.Re8 Re6 51.Rf8 Ref6 52.Rg7+ Rhg6 53.Rxf6 Kxf6 54.Rc7 Kg5 55.Re7 Kf6 56.Rc7 Kg5
57.Rc8 Re6 58.Rf8 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "CGC KO 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sadhwani,Raunak"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 h6 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 Re8
10.Nbd2 Ba7 11.b4 Ne7 12.Nf1 c6 13.Bb3 Ng6 14.Ng3 d5 15.Qc2 Be6 16.a5 Qd7
17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.dxe4 Bxb3 20.Qxb3 Rad8 21.Ra2 c5 22.Be3 Qc6 23.c4 Rc8
24.Rd2 Nf4 25.Bxf4 exf4 26.b5 Qe6 27.b6 Bb8 28.Rd5 Bd6 29.Qd3 Bf8 30.e5 g5
31.Rd7 Re7 32.Rd6  1-0

[Event "CGC KO 2022"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.09.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sadhwani,Raunak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 g5 7.h3 h5 8.Nc3 Nb6
9.Nd2 Bf5 10.Qc2 a5 11.b3 Qd7 12.Nce4 Be7 13.Bb2 O-O-O 14.g3 Kb8 15.Rc1 Bg6
16.Be2 g4 17.h4 f5 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 f4 20.gxf4 Bxd3 21.Bxd3 Qxd3 22.Qc3 Qd7
23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Qxd2+ 25.Kf1 Rhf8 26.Rh2 g3 27.Qxg3 Qxb2 28.Rxc7 Ka7
29.Rc5 Qb1+ 30.Kg2 Qe4+ 31.Kh3 Rd5 32.Rxd5 Qxd5 33.f4 Qe6+  0-1

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2022.10.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.a4 d6 6.a5 a6 7.c3 h6 8.O-O O-O 9.b4 Ba7
10.Nbd2 Ne7 11.Re1 Ng6 12.Nf1 c6 13.Bb3 d5 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Re8 16.Ng3 Be6
17.Qc2 Qc7 18.h3 Rad8 19.c4 d4 20.Ree1 Qc8 21.Kh2 Nf4 22.Ng1 c5 23.bxc5 Qxc5
24.Qd2 Qc8 25.Reb1 Bd7 26.Bd1 Bc6 27.N1e2 Ne6 28.Ba4 Bxa4 29.Rxa4 Nc5 30.Ra3 Kh7
31.f4 Qc7 32.Rf1 g6 33.fxe5 Qxe5 34.Nf4 Rf8 35.Kg1 Nfd7 36.Rf3 Qg5 37.Nf1 Ne5
38.Rg3 Qh4 39.Qb4 Rc8 40.Nd5 f5 41.exf5 Rxf5 42.Qe1 Rcf8 43.Nd2 Ncxd3 44.Raxd3 Nxd3
45.Qe7+ Qxe7 46.Nxe7 Re5 47.Nxg6 Re1+ 48.Kh2 Rg8 49.Rxd3 Rxg6 50.Nf3 Re2
51.Nh4 Rd6 52.Nf5 Rd7 53.Kg3 Rc2 54.Kf4 Rxg2 55.Nxd4 Rg5 56.Ke4 Rh5 57.Kf4 Rxa5  0-1

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2022.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vega Gutierrez,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.c3 Nf6 8.Nd2 d5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bb5+ Nd7 12.Qg4 Qc7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.O-O Bxd4 15.cxd4 O-O
16.Bh6 f5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Be3 Rc8 19.Rac1 Rff8 20.h4 Kh8 21.Qg3 h6 22.Bf4 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.Bb8 a6 26.Be5 Qd7 27.d5 exd5 28.Qg6 d4 29.Qxh6+ Kg8
30.Qxb6 d3 31.Bf4 d2 32.Bxd2 Qxd2 33.Qxb7 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.Kh3 Qf5+ 36.Kg3 Qg6+
37.Kh2 Qd6+ 38.g3 Qd2 39.Qa8+ Kf7 40.Qa7+ Kg8 41.a4 a5 42.Qc5 Kh8 43.Qh5+ Kg8
44.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2022.10.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 Be7 6.Nbd2 b6 7.h3 O-O 8.a4 d6
9.Bh2 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.O-O Nc7 12.Qe2 Qd7 13.c4 Na6 14.Nb1 Nb4 15.Nc3 d5
16.b3 Qb7 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Bf4 Nc6 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Qd3 Qe7 24.Re1 Qd6 25.g3 g6 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.Nb5 Qb4 28.Qc3 Qxc3 29.Rxc3 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2022.10.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Keymer,Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 h6 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 a6 8.a4 d6 9.Be3 Bxe3
10.fxe3 Be6 11.b3 Ne7 12.a5 Ng6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.d4 Qe8 15.d5 c6 16.dxe6 Qxe6
17.Qd3 Rad8 18.Nd2 Ne7 19.Na4 Nc8 20.b4 Kh8 21.c4 Qe8 22.Rab1 Ne7 23.b5 cxb5
24.cxb5 d5 25.Nc5 dxe4 26.Qe2 Ned5 27.Rfc1 axb5 28.Nxb7 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Qxc8
30.Nd6 Nc3 31.Qxb5 Qe6 32.Qb3 Nfd5 33.N6c4 Nxb1 34.Qxb1 Nc3 35.Qa1 Ne2+ 36.Kh2 Qg6
37.Qe1 Nc3 38.Nxe5 Qe6 39.Ndc4 Nd5 40.Qd2 Ne7 41.Qd4 Ng6 42.Qc5 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2022.10.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Santos Latasa,J"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6
10.Bb5 Ba7 11.Nf1 Ne7 12.Ng3 c6 13.Ba4 Ng6 14.d4 b5 15.Bc2 a4 16.Be3 c5 17.b3 axb3
18.axb3 Bb6 19.Qe2 cxd4 20.cxd4 Rb8 21.Qd2 Re8 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 Nf4 24.Bxf4 exf4
25.Qxf4 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Rc8 27.Bd3 Rc3 28.Bxb5 Rxb3 29.Bf1 Rc3 30.Rb1 Qc7 31.Ra1 Kh7
32.h4 Nd5 33.Qe4 Nf6 34.Qe2 Rc2 35.Qd3 Rc3 36.Qd1 Qc8 37.Qb1 Bd8 38.Bd3 Qc6
39.Qd1 Bb6 40.Qd2 Qc7 41.Rd1 Kg8 42.Qe2 Qc6 43.Qd2 Qc7 44.Rb1 Ba5 45.Qe2 Rc1+
46.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 47.Kh2 Qc3 48.g3 Bb6 49.Bc4 d5 50.Bxd5 Nxd5 51.Qe8+ Kh7 52.Qxf7 Qxf3
53.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2022.10.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Socko,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 c5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.Nxc5 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qxc5 11.Ne2 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.Nd4 Qb6 14.Nb3 c5 15.Be3 Rfc8
16.Re1 a5 17.Nxc5 Qc7 18.Bd4 Bg6 19.b3 Nf5 20.Qd2 Qe7 21.b4 axb4 22.cxb4 Qh4
23.Bb2 Rab8 24.a3 Qg4 25.h3 Qh5 26.Rac1 Nh4 27.Qf4 Bf5 28.g4 Qg6 29.Qg3 Qg5
30.f4 Qh6 31.gxf5 Nxf5 32.Qg4 d4 33.Kh2 Rd8 34.Qg5 Qxg5 35.fxg5 Nh4 36.Kg3 d3
37.Red1 Nf5+ 38.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Salamanca Uni Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2022.10.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gara,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e4 Qa5
9.Bd3 e5 10.Bg5 Rb8 11.Qc2 Be7 12.O-O h6 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Ne2 d6 15.Rac1 O-O
16.Ng3 a5 17.b3 Be6 18.Qc3 Ra8 19.Rfe1 Nd7 20.Bb1 Nc5 21.Nf5 Bg5 22.Bxg5 hxg5
23.Qg3 f6 24.h4 gxh4 25.Nxh4 g5 26.Nf5 Rad8 27.Rcd1 Bxf5 28.exf5 Kg7 29.Rd2 Rh8
30.Red1 Rh4 31.Qf3 Rdh8 32.g3 e4 33.Qg2 Rh2 34.Qxh2 Rxh2 35.Kxh2 Qf7 36.Rxd6 Qh5+
37.Kg1 e3 38.fxe3 Qf3 39.Kh2 Qe2+ 40.Kh3 Kh6 41.R1d2 Qxe3 42.Rxf6+ Kh5 43.Rdd6 g4+
44.Kg2 Qe2+ 45.Kg1 Qe1+ 46.Kg2 Qxb1 47.Rxc6 Qxa2+ 48.Kg1 Qb1+ 49.Kh2 Qc2+
50.Kg1 Qd1+ 51.Kg2 Qf3+ 52.Kh2 Qf2+ 53.Kh1 Qf1+ 54.Kh2 Qh3+ 55.Kg1 Qxg3+
56.Kf1 Qf3+ 57.Kg1 Ne4 58.Rh6+ Kg5  0-1

[Event "6th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mammadzada,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 Nc6 7.g4 g6 8.Be3 Nxd4
9.Bxd4 Bh6 10.Rg1 e5 11.Bxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.g5 Bg7 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Bh4
16.Rd1 Rb8 17.Bc4 b5 18.Bb3 Ke8 19.Ke2 Kf8 20.Rd3 Kg7 21.Rc3 a5 22.a3 Rb7
23.Ne3 Be7 24.Bd5 Ra7 25.Ng4 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Rf3 f6 28.Ne3 Ba6+ 29.Bc4 Bxc4+
30.Nxc4 Rc8 31.b3 Ra2 32.Rc1 Rd8 33.Rd3 Rxd3 34.Kxd3 Bc5 35.f3 Kh6 36.Ne3 Bxe3
37.Kxe3 Ra8 38.c4 bxc3 39.Rxc3 Rb8 40.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2023.04.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ushenina,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.a4 b6
9.Re1 a5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Nf1 Re8 12.c3 Ba6 13.h4 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.d4 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Nb8 18.Bd2 Nc6 19.Bc3 b5 20.axb5 Bxb5 21.Nh2 Qb6 22.Nf3 a4
23.Bh3 Na5 24.Rxa4 Bxa4 25.Qxa4 Nc6 26.Bxe6+ Kh8 27.Qd1 Rad8 28.Kg2 Re7 29.Bg4 Rxe1
30.Qxe1 h6 31.Qe6 Qc7 32.Bf5 Ne7 33.Bd3 Qd7 34.Qe3 Nf5 35.Qf4 Nd6 36.Ne5 Bxe5
37.dxe5 Nb5 38.e6 Qb7 39.Qxh6+ Kg8 40.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "6th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Alekseenko,K"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.a4 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Nd4 10.Qd1 c6 11.Ba2 Ne6 12.Ne2 d5 13.Ng3 dxe4 14.dxe4 Qxd1 15.Rxd1 Rfd8
16.Be3 Bc5 17.Bxe6 Bxe3 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.fxe3 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 a5 21.Rd3 g6
22.Nf1 Ke6 23.Nd2 b5 24.Rc3 Kd6 25.Rb3 Kc5 26.Kf2 bxa4 27.Rb7 Rd8 28.Ke2 Rd7
29.Rb8 h5 30.Rf8 Rd6 31.Ra8 Kb5 32.c3 Nd7 33.Nb1 Kc4 34.Rxa5 Kb3 35.Nd2+ Kc2
36.Nc4 Rf6 37.Rxa4 Nc5 38.Rb4 Re6 39.Na3+ Kc1 40.Rb8 Nxe4 41.Kd3 Nf2+ 42.Ke2 Ne4
43.Nc4 Kc2 44.h4 Rf6 45.Na3+ Kc1 46.Kd3 Nf2+ 47.Ke2 e4 48.Rb4  0-1

[Event "6th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Santos Latasa,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 b6 6.Qd2 Bb7 7.O-O-O Bb4 8.f3 Qg5
9.Nge2 Qxd2+ 10.Rxd2 Nc6 11.a3 Be7 12.h4 O-O-O 13.h5 Na5 14.Nf4 Bg5 15.g3 Nc6
16.d5 Ne7 17.Bh3 Kb8 18.Kd1 e5 19.Nd3 Bxd2 20.Kxd2 d6 21.f4 c6 22.fxe5 cxd5
23.exd6 Rxd6 24.e5 d4 25.Ne4 Bxe4 26.Re1 Rdd8 27.Rxe4 Rhf8 28.Nf4 a5 29.a4 Rfe8
30.e6 Ng8 31.Kd3 Nf6 32.Re5 fxe6 33.Rxe6 Kc7 34.Bf5 Rd6 35.Rxe8 Nxe8 36.Ne6+ Kc6
37.Nxd4+ Kd5 38.c3 Ke5 39.g4 Nc7 40.Kc4 Nd5 41.Kb5 Nc7+ 42.Kc4 Kf4 43.b4 axb4
44.cxb4 Ke5 45.Nf3+ Kf4 46.Nd4 Ke5 47.Nf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2023.04.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vega Gutierrez,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 e6 7.f4 g6 8.Qe2 Bg7
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Kh1 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Bd2 Rc8 14.Rae1 Nd7 15.Nd1 Nc5
16.Qf2 e5 17.b4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 f5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Ne3 Rxf4 21.Nd5 Rf7 22.Bg5 Qf8
23.Qa2 Kh8 24.Kg1 Rf5 25.Be3 Qg8 26.Ng5  0-1

[Event "6th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.a3 Nf6 8.f4 d6
9.Qf3 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.g4 d5 13.g5 Nd7 14.f5 Ne5 15.Qg2 exf5
16.exd5 Bb7 17.Be2 Rac8 18.d6 Bxd6 19.Qf2 g6 20.h4 Rfe8 21.h5 Ng4 22.Bxg4 Bg3
23.Qf1 Rxe3 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Qh3 Be5 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.Bxf5 gxf5 28.g6 Bg7 29.gxf7 Qxf7
30.Rdf1 f4 31.Qh4 f3 32.Nd1 Re6 33.Rh3 c5 34.Qg4 Rce8  0-1

[Event "6th Salamanca Masters"]
[Site "Salamanca ESP"]
[Date "2023.04.29"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Khademalsharieh,S"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Qc2 Nfd7 8.Be2 e5
9.O-O exd4 10.Nxd4 Bf6 11.N2f3 a5 12.Be3 a4 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Nb5 b6 15.Nfd4 Nc5
16.Nc3 c6 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Rxe3 19.fxe3 Be5 20.f6 g6 21.Ne4 Nbd7 22.Bg4 Nxf6
23.Rxd6 Bxh2+ 24.Kxh2 Nxg4+ 25.Kh3 Qc8 26.Kh4 Qc7 27.Nf6+ Nxf6 28.Rfxf6 Re8
29.Qf2 Ne4  0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2023.06.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 c5 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Be2 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 Bc6 15.Rfd1 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Leon GM 2024"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Nb8 10.a4 Bb7 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Na3 Qd7 14.Nc2 Na6 15.Ne3 Nc5
16.Ba2 g6 17.b4 Ne6 18.Re1 Bb7 19.Nd5 Bd8 20.c4 c6 21.Nc3 bxc4 22.dxc4 c5
23.Ba3 cxb4 24.Bxb4 Bc7 25.Nb5 Rd8 26.Bb1 Bb8 27.Nd2 Bc6 28.Nc3 Qb7 29.Ba5 Bc7
30.Bxc7 Qxc7 31.Bd3 Kg7 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.cxd5 Nc5 34.Bf1 Rb8 35.Qc2 Qa5 36.Rc1 Qa7
37.Kh2 Rc8 38.f3 Ncxe4 39.Qxc8 Nxd2 40.Qc3 Qf2 41.Bc4 e4 42.fxe4 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Nxe4
44.Qe1 h5 45.Bd3 Nc5 46.Bf1 Nfe4 47.Rc4 f5 48.Qe2 h4 49.Qf3 Qd2 50.Qe2 Qxd5
51.Qe1 g5 52.Qe3 Kf6 53.Qd4+ Qxd4+ 54.Rxd4 Ke5 55.Rb4 d5 56.Rb8 Ng3 57.Re8+ Kd4
58.Bb5 Nce4 59.Bc6 Kc5 60.Bb7 d4 61.Ba6 Kb4 62.Rd8 Nc5 63.Rxd4+ Kb3 64.Rd6 Nce4
65.Rc6 Kb4 66.Bd3 Nc5 67.Bb1 Kc4 68.Rd6 Nce4 69.Rd8 Kc5 70.Bd3 Kc6 71.Bxe4+ Nxe4
72.Kf1 Nd6 73.Rg8 Ne4 74.Ke2 Kd6 75.Ke3 Ke5 76.Re8+ Kd5 77.Ra8 Nc5 78.Ra5 Kd6
79.Rb5 Kd5 80.Rb8 Ne6 81.Ra8 Ke5 82.Ra5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Leon GM 2024"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Rb8
9.d3 d6 10.h3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.axb5 axb5 13.c3 Nc6 14.Na3 h6 15.Nc2 Re8 16.Ne3 Bf8
17.Bd2 Be6 18.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.Qb3 Qc8 20.Ra2 Re8 21.Rea1 Qe6 22.Nd5 Kh8 23.c4 bxc4
24.Qxc4 Rec8 25.Nxf6 Qxf6 26.Bc3 Nd4 27.Nd2 Ne2+ 28.Kf1 Nf4 29.Ra7 Kg8 30.R1a6 Re8
31.Rd7 Ra8 32.Raa7 Rxa7 33.Rxa7 Qg6 34.g3 Nxh3 35.Nf3 Qh5 36.Kg2 Re6 37.Nh4 Nf4+
38.gxf4 exf4 39.Nf5 Qd1 40.Rxf7 Kxf7 41.Qd5 Qg4+ 42.Kf1 f3 43.Ne3 Qg5 44.e5 dxe5
45.Qxf3+ Kg8 46.Qd5 Qg6 47.Nc4 Kh7 48.Nxe5 Qf5 49.Qe4 Qxe4 50.dxe4 Bd6 51.Nc4 Bf4
52.f3 h5 53.Be1 g5 54.Bf2 Ra6 55.Bxc5 Ra1+ 56.Kg2 Rc1 57.b3 Rc2+ 58.Kg1 h4
59.Bd6 h3 60.Bxf4 gxf4 61.Nd6 Rc3 62.Kh2 Rxf3 63.b4 Kg6 64.e5 Re3 65.b5 Rb3
66.e6 Kf6 67.Ne4+ Ke7 68.b6 Rxb6 69.Kxh3 Kxe6  0-1

[Event "37th Leon GM 2024"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.O-O dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Nd7 11.c3 Nf6 12.Bc2 Ng4 13.Rd2 b6 14.h3 Nf6 15.Ne5 Bb7
16.Rd1 Rc8 17.a4 Nd5 18.Bb3 f6 19.Nd3 Ke7 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.b4 Bb3
23.Re1 Rhd8 24.Be3 c4 25.b5 Ra8 26.bxa6 Rxa6 27.a5 Rd5 28.Bb6 Kd7 29.Re3 e5
30.Rae1 g5 31.h4 h6 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Rh3 Ke6 34.Rh8 Bc2 35.Rc1 Bd3 36.Kh2 Rb5
37.Rc8 Kf5 38.Kg3 Kg6 39.Rh1 Rb3 40.Rc1 Rb2 41.Rg8+ Kf5 42.Rf8 Be4 43.Rd1 Bd3
44.Rh1 Raxb6 45.axb6 Rxb6 46.Rh6 e4 47.Rc8 Ke6 48.Rc5  1/2-1/2
[Event "37th Leon GM 2024"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2024.06.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd3 Bc5 6.Qg3 d6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.Qxe3 O-O
9.O-O-O Re8 10.f3 a6 11.Nge2 b5 12.Nf4 Ne5 13.Be2 b4 14.Ncd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 a5
16.Kb1 Bb7 17.Rd2 Nd7 18.Qf4 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Qe7 20.Rhd1 Ne5 21.Qd2 Qh4 22.f4 Ng6
23.Bb5 Rxe4 24.Bc6 Ra7 25.Rb5 Re7 26.Rb8+ Nf8 27.g3 Qh5 28.Re1 Re6 29.Bd7 Rxe1+
30.Qxe1 g6 31.b3 Kg7 32.Bb5 Ne6 33.Bc4 d5 34.g4 Qxg4 35.Bxd5 Nxf4 36.Qe5+ Kh6
37.Bxf7 c5 38.Bc4 Qg5 39.Re8 Qxe5 40.Rxe5 Rc7 41.a3 Nh5 42.axb4 axb4 43.c3 bxc3
44.Kc2 Nf6 45.h3 Nh5 46.Kxc3 Nf4 47.Bf1 Rd7 48.Rxc5 Rd1 49.Bc4 Nxh3 50.b4 Nf2
51.Rc7 Ne4+ 52.Kc2 Rd4 53.b5 Nd6 54.Bd3 Rb4 55.Rc5 Ne4 56.Rc6 Kg5 57.b6 Nf6
58.Kd2 Nd7 59.Rc7 Ne5 60.Rc5 Rxb6  1/2-1/2