[Event "Bulgarian Championship"] [Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"] [Date "1989"] [Round "1"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Kiril Georgiev"] [Result "0-1"] 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 [Site "Elenite"] [Date "1992"] [Round "3"] [White "Kiril Georgiev"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 [Site "Las Palmas, Spain"] [Date "1993"] [Round "2"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Michael Adams"] [Result "1-0"] 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 [Site "Madrid, Spain"] [Date "1993"] [Round "5"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Judit Polgar"] [Result "1-0"] 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 [Site "Las Palmas, Spain"] [Date "1993"] [Round "6"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 [Site "Cap d'Agde"] [Date "1994"] [Round "4"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Michael Adams"] [Result "0-1"] 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 [Site "Cap d'Agde"] [Date "1994"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Peter Leko"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Moscow ol (Men)"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1994"] [Round "4"] [White "Boris Gelfand"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Belgrade Invest"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1995"] [Round "3"] [White "Peter Leko"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "6"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Varna rap m"] [Site "Varna"] [Date "1995"] [Round "2"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Anatoly Karpov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Anatoly Karpov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Anatoly Karpov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Amsterdam VSB"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1996"] [Round "2"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Groningen, Netherlands"] [Date "1997.12.12"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Jeroen Piket"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Hoogovens Tournament Blitz"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "1998.01.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Las Vegas, United States"] [Date "1999.08.03"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Las Vegas, United States"] [Date "1999.08.04"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 World Championship Knockout g/15+10"] [Site "Las Vegas, United States"] [Date "1999.08.05"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 World Championship Knockout g/15+10"] [Site "Las Vegas, United States"] [Date "1999.08.05"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 World Championship Knockout g/25+10"] [Site "Las Vegas, United States"] [Date "1999.08.05"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Ruslan Ponomariov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 World Championship Knockout g/25+10"] [Site "Las Vegas, United States"] [Date "1999.08.11"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "FIDE World Championship Knockout g/25+10"] [Site "Las Vegas, United States"] [Date "1999.08.11"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 World Championship Knockout"] [Site "New Delhi IND"] [Date "2000.12.06"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Alexey Dreev"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Bb2 e6 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Qc2 Qc7 10.O-O Bh5 11.h3 O-O 12.c5 Be7 13.Ne5 Kh8 14.f4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7 16.Bxh7 g6 17.g4 f5 18.gxh5 Kxh7 19.hxg6+ Kg7 20.Kh2 Nf6 21.Rf4 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Rg1 Rh8 24.Qc4 Qa5 25.Rf2 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "New Delhi IND"] [Date "2000.12.07"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexey Dreev"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Ne5 Bg7 11.h4 Nbd7 12.Qc2 c5 13.hxg5 cxd4 14.Nxb5 Nxe4 15.Nxc4 Nxg3 16.Nbd6+ Kf8 17.Nxb7 Qc7 18.fxg3 Qxb7 19.O-O d3 20.Qxd3 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Qb6+ 22.Rf2 Bxe5 23.Qf3 f5 24.Qxa8+ Ke7 25.Qf3 hxg5 26.Rd1 Kf6 27.Bc4 g4 28.Qd3 Kg5 29.Re1 Qc5 30.b4 Qd4 31.Rxe5 Qa1+ 32.Rf1 Qxe5 33.Qd2+ Kg6 34.Re1 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "New Delhi IND"] [Date "2000.12.08"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Alexey Dreev"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 9.cxd5 h5 10.Be2 Nh7 11.Be3 a6 12.a4 h4 13.Nf1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bf4 Nd7 16.Bxd6 Re8 17.Qd2 Ne5 18.Bxc5 h3 19.Kf2 hxg2 20.Kxg2 f4 21.Qxf4 Ng6 22.Qg3 Nh4+ 23.Kf2 Nf5 24.Qf4 b6 25.Ba3 Be5 26.Qc4 Ng5 27.h4 Bd4+ 28.Ke1 Nxf3+ 29.Kd1 Ne5 30.Qb3 Kh8 31.Kc2 Bc5 32.Rd1 Nd4+ 33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Kb1 Bf5+ 35.Ka1 Qf6 36.Ng3 Bh7 37.Nce4 Bxe4 38.Nxe4 Qf4 39.Ng5 Qd2 40.Rd1 Qxe2 41.Rxd4 Rac8 42.Ka2 b5 43.d6 bxa4 44.Qxa4 Qc2 45.Qxc2 Rxc2 46.Re4 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "New Delhi IND"] [Date "2000.12.08"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Alexey Dreev"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 h5 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Be2 Nh7 14.Bh6 Bd4 15.Be3 Bh8 16.O-O Nd7 17.f4 Ndf6 18.e5 h4 19.Nge4 dxe5 20.d6 Qa5 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.fxe5 Rxe5 23.Bf4 Re8 24.Bc4 Qb4 25.b3 Be6 26.Qd3 Bf5 27.Qf3 Bg4 28.Qd3 Bf5 29.Qf3 Bg4 30.Nd5 Bxf3 31.Nxb4 Be2 32.Nd3 Ne4 33.d7 Red8 34.Ne5 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Bxf1 36.Rxf1 Rxd7 37.h3 Nd2 38.Rf4 Nxc4 39.bxc4 Re8 40.Bc3 Re3 41.Bf6 Re6 42.a5 b6 43.Bc3 Rd3 44.Bb2 Rb3 45.Bf6 bxa5 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "New Delhi IND"] [Date "2000.12.08"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexey Dreev"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.f4 Ngf6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Qf3 Qc7 15.c4 a5 16.Kb1 Rad8 17.Bc1 Rfe8 18.Ne2 c5 19.g4 cxd4 20.g5 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Nh7 22.gxh6 Qxe5 23.hxg7 f5 24.Ng3 Qc7 25.Qe2 Bc5 26.Nh5 e5 27.Ng3 Qf7 28.Qf1 f4 29.Ne4 Qf5 30.Qd3 Be7 31.Rdg1 Rd6 32.c5 Re6 33.h5 Bg5 34.Ka1 Bh6 35.Qf3 Ng5 36.Nxg5 Bxg5 37.Qd5 Bh6 38.Rg6 Qf7 39.Qe4 Rc8 40.Rhg1 Rxc5 41.Bd2 Rec6 42.a3 Rc8 43.Rxh6 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "New Delhi IND"] [Date "2000.12.08"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexey Dreev"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 11.f4 Ngf6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Kb1 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Qf3 Qc7 17.Bc3 Rac8 18.Bd4 Rfd8 19.c3 Na4 20.Ne2 Qa5 21.b3 Nc5 22.g4 Ncd7 23.g5 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Qd5 25.Qd3 Ng4 26.Nf4 Qc6 27.Qe2 Ba3 28.Rh3 Bc5 29.Rhd3 Bxd4 30.cxd4 Qa6 31.Qxg4 Rc2 32.a4 h5 33.Nxh5 Rdc8 34.Nf6+ Kf8 35.Nd7+ Ke7 36.Nc5 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.11.03"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexei Shirov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne5 c5 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.d5 Bc8 14.a3 Na6 15.Qc2 f6 16.Ng4 Bd6 17.f4 exf3 18.Bxf3 Qc7 19.g3 Bd7 20.Nf2 b5 21.b3 Rae8 22.Kg2 Be5 23.Rb1 Bd4 24.Bd2 b4 25.a4 Qc8 26.Rbe1 Bf5 27.Be4 Rxe4 28.Nxe4 Bh3+ 29.Kh1 Bxf1 30.Rxf1 Qg4 31.Nd6 Rd8 32.Qf5 h5 33.Qxg4 hxg4 34.Nb5 Rd7 35.Bf4 Re7 36.Nxd4 cxd4 37.c5 g5 38.Bd6 Re3 39.c6 Kf7 40.Bb8 Nxb8 41.c7 Re8 42.cxb8=Q Rxb8 43.Rd1 f5 44.Rxd4 Kf6 45.Rc4 Ke5 46.Rc7 Kxd5 47.Rxa7 Rc8 48.Rd7+ Ke4 49.Rd1 Rc3 50.a5 Rxb3 51.a6 Ra3 52.Rb1 f4 53.Rxb4+ Ke3 54.Rb1 Rxa6 55.Rb3+ Ke2 56.Rb2+ Kd3 57.gxf4 gxf4 58.Rb4 Ra1+ 59.Kg2 f3+ 60.Kf2 Ra2+ 61.Kg1 Rg2+ 62.Kh1 Rd2 63.Kg1 Ke3 64.Rb3+ Rd3 65.Rb1 Rd4 66.Rb3+ Kf4 67.Rb8 Rd1+ 68.Kf2 Rd2+ 69.Kg1 Rg2+ 70.Kh1 Re2 71.Kg1 Ke3 72.Re8+ Kd2 73.Ra8 Rg2+ 74.Kh1 Ke3 75.Ra3+ Kf4 76.Ra4+ Kg5 77.Ra8 g3 78.hxg3 Kg4 79.Rg8+ Kh3 80.Rh8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.05"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Alexei Shirov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.O-O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 a5 16.a3 b4 17.a4 Qe8 18.h4 Bxa4 19.Kb1 Bxb3 20.cxb3 a4 21.h5 f6 22.hxg6 Qxg6+ 23.Qd3 axb3 24.Rh4 Qxd3+ 25.Rxd3 Rb8 26.Rxb3 Rb5 27.Rd4 Rfb8 28.Kc2 Kf7 29.g4 f5 30.gxf5 Kf6 31.Re3 b3+ 32.Kd3 R8b7 33.Re6+ Kxf5 34.Rh6 Rb4 35.Re4 R4b5 36.Ke3 Kg5 37.Reh4 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.05"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Alexei Shirov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rac1 a5 15.Na4 Rb8 16.Nc5 Bd6 17.Rfd1 b6 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Ne5 Qe8 20.Nc4 Bc7 21.Na3 Rb7 22.Nb5 Bb8 23.d5 Bd7 24.a4 Be5 25.d6 Qb8 26.Rc7 Rd8 27.Qc4 Na6 28.Rc1 Nxc7 29.dxc7 Rxc7 30.Nxc7 Rc8 31.Qd5 Rxc7 32.Rd1 Qe8 33.Bxb6 Bxa4 34.Qxe5 Qxe5 35.Rd8+ Be8 36.Bxc7 Qe7 37.Bxa5 h6 38.Bb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.05"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Alexei Shirov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.h4 a5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 Be6 15.Nb6 Ra6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qc7 18.Ra4 Rb8 19.Kf2 h5 20.Re1 Ne8 21.Bxg7 Nxg7 22.g4 Qd8 23.Kg2 Ra7 24.Qe3 Rab7 25.Re4 Rb4 26.Qg5 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Rb4 28.Rxb4 axb4 29.Qe3 Qc7 30.Qd4 Qa5 31.Qe3 Qc7 32.Qd4 Qa5 33.Qe3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.05"] [Round "4.6"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexei Shirov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.g4 Bxg4 14.c5 a5 15.a3 Na6 16.Qxb7 Nc7 17.Ne5 Bxe2 18.Nxc6 Qd7 19.Nxe2 Ra6 20.Ne5 Qd8 21.Ng3 Bf6 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe4 Re6 24.c6 Bxe5 25.dxe5 f5 26.Qc4 f4 27.Bb6 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Nxd5 29.Bxa5 f3 30.c7 Nf4 31.Rac1 Ne2+ 32.Kh1 Nxc1 33.Rxc1 Rc8 34.Rd1 Kf7 35.Rd8 Rc6 36.h3 R8xc7 37.Bxc7 Rxc7 38.Rd3 Rc2 39.Rxf3+ Ke6 40.b4 Kxe5 41.Kg2 Rb2 42.Rf7 Kd5 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.05"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexei Shirov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2001.12.05"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexei Shirov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.Ne5 a5 14.g4 Be6 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.a3 f6 17.axb4 fxe5 18.d5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4+ Kh8 22.bxa5 Rxa5 23.Qxe4 Rb5 24.Rfd1 Qe8 25.h3 Rxb2 26.Qxe5 Rb5 27.Qe6 Bg5 28.Qxe8 Rxe8 29.Bxg5 Rxg5 30.Ra7 h5 31.Rxb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Tripoli, Libya"] [Date "2004.07.01"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qe5 Qd6 14.Qxd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Tripoli, Libya"] [Date "2004.07.02"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7 9.f3 d6 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.Bf1 Rfe8 16.Kh1 Bd8 17.Bg1 h5 18.Qf2 Ne5 19.b3 Ng6 20.b4 h4 21.Nb3 h3 22.g3 Ne5 23.Rd4 Nc6 24.Rdd1 Ne5 25.Rd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Tripoli, Libya"] [Date "2004.07.03"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ng8 11.Rd1 Nge7 12.Nc3 Nc8 13.Be3 Nb6 14.b3 Rc8 15.Qb2 Be7 16.Ne2 O-O 17.Nf4 Rc7 18.Qe2 Rfc8 19.Ne1 Qd8 20.Qg4 Nd7 21.Ned3 Nf8 22.g3 Ba3 23.Nh5 Ng6 24.h4 Qf8 25.Bg5 h6 26.Be3 Kh8 27.Qh3 Nb4 28.Nxb4 Bxb4 29.Rd3 Rc2 30.a4 R8c3 31.Rad1 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Ne7 33.g4 Ba3 34.Kg2 Nc6 35.Qf3 Be7 36.g5 g6 37.Nf6 h5 38.Bd2 Bxf6 39.gxf6 Nb4 40.Qd1 Rc8 41.Rg3 Nc6 42.Be3 b6 43.Rg5 Qg8 44.Qd2 Rc7 45.Rg3 Kh7 46.Rg5 Kh8 47.Kh2 Rc8 48.Rg1 Kh7 49.Rg5 Kh8 50.Rg1 Kh7 51.Kh3 a5 52.Rc1 g5 53.Qc2+ Qg6 54.Qxg6+ Kxg6 55.Bxg5 Kf5 56.Be3 Ke4 57.Kh2 Rc7 58.Kg3 Rc8 59.Kh2 Rc7 60.Kg2 Rc8 61.Kh3 Rc7 62.Kg2 Rc8 63.Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Tripoli, Libya"] [Date "2004.07.04"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Ne4 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O Nxd2 10.Nxd2 f5 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Rac1 Qf6 13.c5 Rae8 14.b4 Kh8 15.f4 g5 16.b5 Na5 17.fxg5 Qxg5 18.Nf3 Qg7 19.cxb6 cxb6 20.Rc7 Rc8 21.Rfc1 Rxc7 22.Rxc7 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.e4 Bb7 25.h3 d6 26.Qc2 Qf6 27.Kf2 fxe4 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Kg7 30.Qc2 Qf7 31.Ke2 h6 32.a4 Qb7 33.g4 Qf7 34.Qc3 Kh7 35.h4 Kg7 36.h5 Kg8 37.Qc1 e5 38.Qxh6 e4 39.Ng5 Qa2+ 40.Ke3 Nc4+ 41.Kxe4 Qg2+ 42.Kf4 Qf2+ 43.Ke4 Qg2+ 44.Kf4 Qf2+ 45.Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Tripoli, Libya"] [Date "2004.07.05"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "FIDE World Championship Knockout"] [Site "Tripoli, Libya"] [Date "2004.07.05"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "World Championship-FIDE"] [Site "San Luis, Argentina"] [Date "2005.09.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Peter Leko"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "World Championship-FIDE"] [Site "San Luis, Argentina"] [Date "2005.09.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "World Championship-FIDE"] [Site "San Luis, Argentina"] [Date "2005.09.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Alexander Morozevich"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "World Championship-FIDE"] [Site "San Luis, Argentina"] [Date "2005.10.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "World Championship-FIDE"] [Site "San Luis, Argentina"] [Date "2005.10.05"] [Round "7"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship-FIDE"] [Site "San Luis, Argentina"] [Date "2005.10.09"] [Round "10"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexander Morozevich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "World Championship-FIDE"] [Site "San Luis, Argentina"] [Date "2005.10.13"] [Round "13"] [White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Elista, Russia"] [Date "2006.09.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Elista, Russia"] [Date "2006.09.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Elista, Russia"] [Date "2006.09.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Elista, Russia"] [Date "2006.10.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Elista, Russia"] [Date "2006.10.07"] [Round "9"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Elista, Russia"] [Date "2006.10.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship Playoffs"] [Site "Elista, Russia"] [Date "2006.10.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship Playoffs"] [Site "Elista, Russia"] [Date "2006.10.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship Playoffs"] [Site "Elista, Russia"] [Date "2006.10.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Corus Tournament A"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2007.01.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexei Shirov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Tournament A"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2008.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Levon Aronian"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"] [Date "2010.04.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"] [Date "2010.04.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"] [Date "2010.04.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"] [Date "2010.04.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"] [Date "2010.04.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"] [Date "2010.05.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"] [Date "2010.05.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"] [Date "2010.05.04"] [Round "8"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship"] [Site "Sofia, Bulgaria"] [Date "2010.05.11"] [Round "12"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Kazan, Russia"] [Date "2011.05.05"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.a5 e6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O c5 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.e5 Qc6 14.f3 Nh5 15.Bd2 c4 16.Bxc4 dxe5 17.b3 Rd8 18.Rad1 Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Nf4 20.Na4 Nxe2 21.Nxc5 Bxc5 22.Bxe2 Ke7 23.b4 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Bxb4 25.Rd3 Bd5 26.Rb1 Bxa5 27.Ra3 Bd2 28.Rxa6 Rc8 29.Ra7+ Kf6 30.Bd3 Be3 31.Ra4 h5 32.Rab4 Rc3 33.h4 g6 34.Kh2 Kg7 35.Ra4 f5 36.Re1 Bc5 37.Re2 Kf6 38.Re1 Bf2 39.Re2 Bc5 40.Re1 Bf2 41.Re2 Bc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Kazan, Russia"] [Date "2011.05.06"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [Result "0-1"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bf4 Be6 8.Qa3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Nd5 10.Bg3 Bh6+ 11.e3 a5 12.h4 Ncb4 13.h5 c6 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Rd2 f6 16.Ne4 b6 17.Be2 Qc8 18.Rh4 Kf7 19.Rd1 g5 20.Rh2 g4 21.Nfd2 c5 22.dxc5 f5 23.Rxh6 Rxh6 24.Ng5+ Kf8 25.Nxe6+ Qxe6 26.Bc4 Rc8 27.Bf4 Rf6 28.e4 Rxc5 29.exd5 Qxd5 30.b3 Qd4 31.Be3 Qc3+ 0-1 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Kazan, Russia"] [Date "2011.05.07"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Bc4 Rc8 12.b3 Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Bg5 15.Kd1 h5 16.Re1 h4 17.h3 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Nf3 Rg8 21.c4 f5 22.exf5 exf5 23.Ke2 Be7 24.Kf1 Kf7 25.Rad1 Rc5 26.b4 Rxc4 27.Rxe5 dxe5 28.Nxe5+ Ke6 29.Nxc4 Bxb4 30.Rb1 a5 31.Rd1 Rc8 32.Rd4 Bc3 33.Rxh4 Bf6 34.Rf4 Bg5 35.Rd4 Bf6 36.Rf4 Bg5 37.Rd4 Bf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Kazan, Russia"] [Date "2011.05.08"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"] [Date "2012.01.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Sergey Karjakin"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "19th European Teams"] [Site "Warsaw POL"] [Date "2013.11.09"] [Round "2.10"] [White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.h4 h5 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Ngxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qb3 b5 15.Rc1 O-O 16.g3 Nf6 17.a4 a6 18.Na2 Rfc8 19.O-O Bf5 20.Nb4 Be6 21.Qa3 Qd7 22.axb5 axb5 23.Qc3 Bc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Kg2 Rcb8 26.Ra1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Nd5 28.Nxd5 cxd5 29.Qd2 Qg4 30.Re1 Qf3+ 31.Kh2 Kh7 32.Qe2 Kg6 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates 2014"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia"] [Date "2014.03.13"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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, Russia"] [Date "2014.03.14"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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, Russia"] [Date "2014.03.17"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Sergey Karjakin"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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, Russia"] [Date "2014.03.18"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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, Russia"] [Date "2014.03.19"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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, Russia"] [Date "2014.03.23"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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, Russia"] [Date "2014.03.27"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Peter Svidler"] [Result "1-0"] 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, Russia"] [Date "2014.03.29"] [Round "13.4"] [White "Vladimir Kramnik"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "3rd Norway Chess 2015"] [Site "Stavanger, Norway"] [Date "2015.06.16"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "FIDE Candidates 2016"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "2016.03.11"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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, Russia"] [Date "2016.03.13"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Levon Aronian"] [Result "0-1"] 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, Russia"] [Date "2016.03.25"] [Round "12.3"] [White "Sergey Karjakin"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "GCT Blitz Paris 2017"] [Site "Paris, France"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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, France"] [Date "2017.06.25"] [Round "16.4"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Wesley So"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018"] [Site "Shamkir, Azerbaijan"] [Date "2018.04.22"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 2019"] [Site "Shamkir, Azerbaijan"] [Date "2019.04.04"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Alexander Grischuk"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "11th Hainan Danzhou GM"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2020.12.07"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Anish Giri"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "TCh-FRA Top 12 2021"] [Site "Chalons en Champagne, France"] [Date "2021.06.27"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Ivan Cheparinov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "10th Norway Chess 2022"] [Site "Stavanger, Norway"] [Date "2022.05.31"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Anish Giri"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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, Norway"] [Date "2022.06.01"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "0-1"] 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 Chess 2022"] [Site "Stavanger, Norway"] [Date "2022.06.02"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Chess 2022"] [Site "Stavanger, Norway"] [Date "2022.06.06"] [Round "6.5"] [White "Teimour Radjabov"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Chess 2022"] [Site "Stavanger, Norway"] [Date "2022.06.09"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Wesley So"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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, Norway"] [Date "2022.06.10"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 "37th Leon GM 2024"] [Site "Leon, Spain"] [Date "2024.06.29"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "0-1"] 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
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