[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A43l"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Cc3 exd5 5.Cxd5 Cxd5 6.Dxd5 Fe7 7.e4 O-O 8.Fe2
d6 9.O-O Cc6 10.c3 Fe6 11.Dh5 h6 12.Td1 Te8 13.Ff4 Ff8 14.Cd2 g6 15.Df3 d5
16.Dg3 De7 17.exd5 Fxd5 18.Ff1 Df6 19.Cb3 Tad8 20.Td2 Fe6 21.Fc7 Txd2 22.
Cxd2 Ff5 23.Cc4 Te4 24.Ce3 Fc8 25.Td1 Te8 26.h3 Dg5 27.Df3 Rg7 28.Ff4 De7 
29.Cd5 De4 30.Cf6 Rxf6 31.Fe5+ Rxe5 32.Dxe4+ Rxe4 33.Te1+ Rf5 34.Txe8 Fe6 
35.Txf8 Fxa2 36.Tc8 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Garcia Palermo, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D36u"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 Fe7 5.e3 O-O 6.Cf3 Cbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Fd3 
c6 9.Dc2 Te8 10.O-O Cf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A59q"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.e4 Fxf1 8.Rxf1 
d6 9.g3 Fg7 10.Rg2 Cbd7 11.Cf3 O-O 12.Te1 Da5 13.h3 Tfb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.
Cxe5 Cxe5 16.Txe5 Tb7 17.De2 Dd8 18.a4 Ce8 19.Te3 Fd4 20.Td3 Cf6 21.Fe3 
Tb4 22.Tad1 Db6 23.Df3 Td8 24.T1d2 Rg7 25.Te2 Td7 26.Ff4 Txb2 27.a5 Db4 
28.Txb2 Dxb2 29.Ca4 Db5 30.Cb6 Ta7 31.Fd2 Da6 32.g4 Cd7 33.Tb3 Ce5 34.De4 
Cc4 35.Cxc4 Dxc4 36.Tf3 f6 37.g5 f5 38.De6 Da6 39.Tb3 Dxe6 40.dxe6 c4 41.
Tb4 Tc7 42.a6 Tc6 43.a7 Fxa7 44.Fc3+ Rf8 45.Tb7 Tb6 46.Tc7 Txe6 47.Txa7 
1-0

[Event "6. Pedro Zabala Memorial"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B27d"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 b6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Fb7 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.Dd2 Dc7 8.f3 Fb4
9.Cb3 Cf6 10.a3 Fxc3 11.Dxc3 Dxc3+ 12.bxc3 d5 13.exd5 Cxd5 14.Fd4 Cc6 15.
Fxg7 Tg8 16.Fd4 Cxd4 17.cxd4 Ce3 18.Rf2 Cxf1 19.Thxf1 Tc8 20.Tfc1 Tc3 21.
Cd2 Re7 22.Tab1 b5 23.a4 Td8 24.Tb4 Tdc8 25.Tb2 Fd5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Cf1 
T8c4 28.Ce3 Txd4 29.Txb5 Fc6 30.Ta5 Td2+ 31.Re1 Td7 32.Re2 f5 33.Cd1 Tc4 
34.Cb2 Tc3 35.Cd3 Tdxd3 36.cxd3 Txc1 37.g4 Tc2+ 38.Re3 fxg4 39.fxg4 Txh2 
40.d4 Tg2 41.Rf4 Rf6 42.Th5 Td2 43.Th6+ Rg7 44.Txe6 Txd4+ 45.Re3 Tc4 46.g5
Fd5 47.Td6 Ff7 48.Rf3 Tc5 49.Rf4 Td5 50.Tb6 Td4+ 51.Re5 Tg4 52.Rf5 Tg1 53.
Tb7 Rf8 54.Tb8+ Fe8 55.Ta8 Tf1+ 56.Rg4 Re7 57.Ta7+ Fd7+ 58.Rg3 Tf5 59.Rh4 
Td5 60.Rh5 Rd6 61.Ta6+ Re5 62.Rh6 Ff5 63.Tf6 Td6 64.Rg7 Fg6 65.Tf1 Td4 66.
Tg1 Rf5 67.Tg2 Tg4 68.Tf2+ Rxg5 69.Tf6 Fe4 70.Th6 Fg6 71.Th1 h5 72.Ta1 h4 
73.Ta3 Ff5 74.Tc3 Tg3 75.Tc1 h3 76.Rf7 Tg2 77.Th1 h2 78.Re7 Fe4 79.Re6 Te2
80.Txh2 Txh2 81.Re5 Fa8 82.Rd6 Te2 83.Rc5 Rf5 84.Rb6 Re5 85.Rc7 Td2 86.Rb6
Tc2 87.Rb5 Rd5 88.Rb6 Tc5 89.Ra7 Fb7 90.Rxb7 Rd6 91.Rb6 Tc1 92.Rb5 Tc5+ 
93.Rb4 Rd5 94.Rb3 Tc4 95.Ra3 Rc5 96.Rb3 Rb5 97.Ra3 Tb4 98.Ra2 Rc4 99.Ra3 
Rc3 100.Ra2 Tb3 101.Ra1 Rc2 102.Ra2 Tc3 103.Ra1 Ta3# 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C91g"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.d4 Fg4 10.d5 Ca5 11.Fc2 Dc8 12.h3 Fd7 13.Cbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Dxc6 15.Cf1 
Tfe8 16.Cg3 Tac8 17.a4 Cc4 18.De2 Fd8 19.Td1 Cb6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Fd3 Ca4 
22.Fg5 h6 23.Fxf6 Fxf6 24.Td2 Cc5 25.Fc2 Fe6 26.Tad1 Tcd8 27.De3 Cb3 28.
Fxb3 Fxb3 29.Te1 Fe6 30.Ch5 Fe7 31.Cg3 Ff6 32.Ch5 Fe7 33.Cg3 Tb8 34.Cf5 
Fxf5 35.exf5 b4 36.Tc1 e4 37.Cd4 Dd7 38.Dxe4 Fg5 39.Dd3 bxc3 40.bxc3 Tbc8 
41.g3 Fxd2 42.Dxd2 De7 43.h4 Tc5 44.Dd3 De4 45.Dd2 Rh7 46.Rh2 Ta5 47.Tf1 
Dd5 48.Rg1 Ta2 49.Dd3 Tb2 50.Ta1 Rg8 51.Tb1 Tee2 52.Cxe2 Dxd3 53.Txb2 Dxf5
54.Td2 De4 55.Rf1 Db1+ 56.Rg2 De1 57.Ta2 d5 58.Ta8+ Rh7 59.Te8 Dd2 60.Te3 
g6 61.Cd4 Rg7 62.Ce2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A62"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Fg7 8.Fg2 O-O 
9.O-O Te8 10.Ff4 Ca6 11.Cd2 Ch5 12.Fe3 Cc7 13.a4 b6 14.Ff3 Fa6 15.Te1 Txe3
16.fxe3 Cf6 17.Dc2 De7 18.e4 h5 19.e3 Fh6 20.Cd1 Te8 21.Cf2 Cd7 22.b4 Ce5 
23.b5 Fc8 24.Fg2 h4 25.Ta2 hxg3 26.hxg3 Dg5 27.Cf1 Fg7 28.De2 a6 29.Tb1 
Dd8 30.Fh3 Fb7 31.Cd3 f5 32.Cxe5 Fxe5 33.exf5 Dg5 34.Td2 axb5 35.axb5 gxf5
36.Df3 Tf8 37.Fg2 Rg7 38.Tc1 Tf7 39.Tc4 Cxb5 40.Th4 Cc3 41.Fh3 Ce4 42.Tg2 
Dg6 43.g4 Cg5 44.Dxf5 Cf3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A70v"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.h3 g6 6.Cc3 exd5 7.cxd5 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fd3 b5 10.Fxb5 Cxe4 11.Cxe4 Da5+ 12.Cfd2 Dxb5 13.Cxd6 Da6 14.C2c4 Cd7 
15.O-O Cb6 16.Cxb6 Dxb6 17.Cxc8 Taxc8 18.Tb1 Tfd8 19.Ff4 Db7 20.d6 Ff8 21.
Dd3 Fxd6 22.Fxd6 Tc6 23.Tfd1 Dd7 24.Da3 Txd6 25.Txd6 Dxd6 26.Dxa7 Te8 27.
Da3 Te2 28.Dc3 Db6 29.a4 c4 30.Tf1 Db3 31.Tc1 Dxa4 32.Dd4 Da6 33.Txc4 Txb2
34.Dd8+ Rg7 35.Tc8 Tb1+ 36.Rh2 De6 37.Dd4+ Rh6 38.Tg8 De7 39.h4 f6 40.Dd2+
g5 41.f4 gxh4 42.f5+ Rh5 43.g4+ hxg3+ 44.Txg3 De5 45.Dd7 De2+ 46.Tg2 De5+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E15n"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb7 6.Fg2 Fb4+ 7.Fd2 a5 8.O-O O-O 
9.Dc2 Ca6 10.Cc3 d5 11.Tfd1 De7 12.Fg5 h6 13.Fxf6 Dxf6 14.Ce5 Tfd8 15.cxd5
exd5 16.a3 Ff8 17.e4 c6 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Td3 Df5 20.Db2 f6 21.Tf3 De6 22.
Cd3 Cc7 23.Te3 Dd6 24.Cf4 Te8 25.Fh3 Txe3 26.fxe3 Te8 27.Rf2 Fc8 28.Fxc8 
Txc8 29.Db1 Dd7 30.Rg2 f5 31.Dd3 Te8 32.Ta2 Df7 33.h4 Fd6 34.Tf2 Fxa3 35.
h5 Fb4 36.Cg6 De6 37.Ce5 Tf8 38.Ce2 Fd6 39.Cf4 Dc8 40.Cfg6 Tf6 41.g4 f4 
42.exf4 Ce6 43.f5 Cf8 44.Db5 Rh7 45.Dxd5 Fb8 46.Cxf8+ Txf8 47.De4 Fxe5 48.
dxe5 Rh8 49.e6 Dc5 50.g5 De7 51.f6 gxf6 52.gxf6 Tg8+ 53.Rh2 Dc5 54.Df5 Dc1
55.Df4 Dg1+ 56.Rh3 Tg5 57.Df3 De1 58.Te2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B80m"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Fe3 b5 8.Dd2 Cbd7
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Fb7 11.h4 b4 12.Ca4 Da5 13.b3 Cc5 14.a3 Cxa4 15.axb4 Dc7 
16.bxa4 d5 17.e5 Cd7 18.f4 Cb6 19.f5 Cxa4 20.fxe6 O-O-O 21.exf7 Cc3 22.e6 
Fxb4 23.Dd3 Ca2+ 24.Rb2 Fc3+ 25.Rb1 Cb4 26.Ff4 Dc5 27.Df5 g6 28.De5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C11r"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cf3 Cgf6 6.Fg5 Fe7 7.Cxf6+ Fxf6 8.
h4 O-O 9.Fxf6 Dxf6 10.De2 b6 11.De4 Tb8 12.Fd3 g6 13.Ce5 c5 14.Fb5 Cxe5 
15.Dxe5 Dxe5+ 16.dxe5 Fb7 17.O-O Tfd8 18.Tfd1 Rf8 19.f3 Re7 20.Rf2 Td5 21.
c4 Txe5 22.Td7+ Rf6 23.Tad1 a6 24.Tc7 axb5 25.Tdd7 Tf8 26.Txb7 bxc4 27.
Txb6 Th5 28.g3 g5 29.hxg5+ Txg5 30.a4 Ta8 31.Tbb7 Tg7 32.Tdc7 Txa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B90u"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.Dd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Cd5 Fxd5 12.exd5 Cb6 13.Fxb6 Dxb6 14.a5 Db7 15.
Fc4 Tc8 16.Dd3 Txc4 17.Dxc4 Cxd5 18.De2 Fe7 19.O-O-O Cf4 20.Dd2 O-O 21.g3 
Ce6 22.f4 Tc8 23.Rb1 g6 24.The1 exf4 25.gxf4 Fh4 26.Tf1 Cg7 27.f5 Dc7 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29.Ra2 Ce8 30.Dd4 Fg5 31.Tf2 Fh6 32.Tdf1 f5 33.Tg1 Df7 34.Dd3 
Fg7 35.Dxa6 Tc7 36.Db5 Cf6 37.Tfg2 Cg4 38.h3 Ce5 39.Dxb4 Rh7 40.Dh4+ Fh6 
41.Td1 Cc4 42.Te2 Cxa5 43.Txd6 Cxb3 44.cxb3 Ta7+ 45.Rb1 Dc7 46.Td1 Df4 47.
Te7+ Txe7 48.Dxe7+ Fg7 49.Td7 Df1+ 50.Ra2 Da6+ 51.Rb1 Df1+ 52.Rc2 Dg2+ 53.
Rd3 Df3+ 54.Rc4 Dc6+ 55.Rd3 Df3+ 56.Rc2 Dg2+ 57.Td2 Dc6+ 58.Rb1 Dh1+ 59.
Ra2 Da8+ 60.Da3 De4 61.Td7 De5 62.Te7 Df6 63.Te3 f4 64.Tf3 g5 65.b4 Ff8 
66.Dd3+ Rh6 67.Dc4 De5 68.b5 Fc5 69.Tb3 Dd6 70.b6 Fxb6 71.Da6 Fc5 72.Dxd6+
Fxd6 73.Tb6 Rh5 74.Txd6 Rh4 75.Td5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E97j"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 a5 10.Fa3 b6 11.bxa5 Ch5 12.Cb5 Txa5 13.Fb4 Ta6 14.Cd2 Cf4 15.Te1 
Cxe2+ 16.Dxe2 f5 17.a4 fxe4 18.Cxe4 Cf5 19.Dd1 Tf7 20.a5 bxa5 21.Txa5 h6 
22.Da1 Txa5 23.Dxa5 Ff8 24.Da8 Cd4 25.Ca7 Cc2 26.Dxc8 Dxc8 27.Cxc8 Cxb4 
28.Tb1 Cd3 29.Tb7 h5 30.g3 Fh6 31.Rf1 h4 32.Tb3 Cc1 33.Ta3 hxg3 34.hxg3 g5
35.g4 Ff8 36.Re1 c6 37.Ccxd6 cxd5 38.cxd5 Tf4 39.Ta8 Cd3+ 40.Re2 Cb4 41.f3
Cxd5 42.Cf5 Cc7 43.Td8 Ce6 44.Td7 Fg7 45.Cxg5 Cd4+ 46.Cxd4 Txd4 47.Txg7+ 
1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D30m"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c6 4.Dc2 dxc4 5.Dxc4 Cf6 6.Fg5 Fe7 7.Cbd2 b6 8.e4 
Fa6 9.Dc2 Fxf1 10.Txf1 h6 11.Fxf6 Fxf6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Rb1 Dc8 14.e5 Fe7 
15.Ce4 Ca6 16.Dd2 Td8 17.g4 c5 18.g5 h5 19.Cf6+ Rf8 20.g6 fxg6 21.Df4 gxf6
22.exf6 Fd6 23.Dh6+ Re8 24.Ce5 Td7 25.dxc5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D58h"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Fd3 Fb7 
9.O-O Cbd7 10.Fg3 Ce4 11.Fxe4 dxe4 12.Cd2 f5 13.Cb5 e5 14.dxe5 Cc5 15.Cd4 
Dc8 16.Dh5 Rh7 17.f3 exf3 18.C2xf3 g6 19.Dh3 Ce4 20.Tad1 c5 21.Cb5 g5 22.
Dh5 Rg7 23.Cd6 Fxd6 24.exd6 Cxg3 25.hxg3 De6 26.Tf2 Tad8 27.Tfd2 Td7 28.
Rh1 Dxe3 29.Td3 De8 30.Dh2 De6 31.Te1 Df6 32.Ted1 Tfd8 33.g4 f4 34.Dg1 Fe4
35.T3d2 Txd6 36.Txd6 Txd6 37.Txd6 Dxd6 38.De1 Dd3 39.b3 Db1 40.Dxb1 Fxb1 
41.a3 Rf6 42.Rg1 Fc2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A37p"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 Cc6 5.O-O e6 6.Cc3 Cge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Fd2 b6 
9.a3 d5 10.Tb1 a5 11.b3 d4 12.Cb5 e5 13.b4 a4 14.Dc1 f6 15.Fh6 Fxh6 16.
Dxh6 Fe6 17.Dc1 Dd7 18.Dc2 Rg7 19.Tb2 g5 20.Tfb1 h6 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Cd2 f5
23.Cc7 Dxc7 24.Tb7 Dd6 25.Fxc6 Rg6 26.Fg2 Ta6 27.g4 Cg8 28.gxf5+ Fxf5 29.
Ce4 Fxe4 30.Fxe4+ Rh5 31.e3 De6 32.Rh1 Cf6 33.De2+ Rh4 34.Tg1 Cxe4 35.dxe4
d3 36.De1 Tf3 37.Tg3 Df6 38.Df1 g4 39.Dg2 h5 40.Th7 Rg5 41.Dh3 Dh6 42.Txh6
Txh6 43.Df1 Td6 44.Txf3 gxf3 45.h4+ Rh6 46.Dd1 d2 47.Rh2 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42r"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Fd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Cc3 Cxc3 11.bxc3 Fg4 12.Tb1 Cd7 13.h3 Fh5 14.Tb5 Cb6 15.c4 
Fxf3 16.Dxf3 dxc4 17.Fc2 Dd7 18.a4 g6 19.Fd2 c3 20.Dxc3 Tac8 21.Db3 Fb8 
22.Fd1 Dxd4 23.Fe3 Dg7 24.Fg4 Tc7 25.Td1 Te8 26.a5 Tc3 27.Db4 Cc4 28.Fh6 
Df6 29.Txb7 De5 30.f4 De3+ 31.Rh1 Fd6 32.Db5 Ff8 33.Tb8 Cd6 34.Txe8 Cxe8 
35.Fxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B80j"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Fe3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.
Dd2 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Fb7 11.h4 b4 12.Ca4 d5 13.Fh3 g5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.e5 Cxe5
16.Fxg5 Cc4 17.De2 Tg8 18.Fh4 Fh6+ 19.Rb1 De7 20.The1 Fe3 21.Ff2 Fxf2 22.
Dxf2 O-O-O 23.b3 Ca3+ 24.Rb2 Rb8 25.Ff1 Tc8 26.Dh2+ Ra7 27.Tc1 Cd7 28.c3 
bxc3+ 29.Cxc3 Db4 30.Dd2 Ra8 31.Cb1 Cc4+ 32.Fxc4 Txc4 33.Txc4 Dxd2+ 34.
Cxd2 dxc4 35.Cxc4 Fd5 36.Td1 Fxc4 37.bxc4 Ce5 38.c5 Tc8 39.Cb3 Cxf3 40.Td6
Ce5 41.Rc3 Cxg4 42.Txa6+ Rb7 43.Td6 Ce5 44.Ca5+ Rc7 45.Ta6 Rd7 46.Rd4 Cc6+
47.Cxc6 Txc6 48.Ta8 f5 49.a4 f4 50.Rc4 Tc8 51.Txc8 Rxc8 52.a5 Rb7 53.Rd4 
e5+ 54.Re4 Rc7 55.a6 Rc6 56.Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A43i"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.d5 d6 5.e4 e6 6.Cc3 exd5 7.cxd5 a6 8.a4 Fg4 9.
Fe2 Fxf3 10.Fxf3 Cf6 11.Db3 De7 12.O-O O-O 13.a5 Cbd7 14.Ff4 Tab8 15.Dc2 
Ce8 16.Tfe1 Cc7 17.Fe2 b5 18.axb6 Txb6 19.Ta2 Tfb8 20.Fd2 Fd4 21.Cd1 Df6 
22.Rh1 h5 23.f4 De7 24.Cc3 Cf6 25.Ff3 Dd7 26.Te2 Cg4 27.Fc1 Dd8 28.g3 Cf6 
29.Rg2 Cd7 30.e5 dxe5 31.f5 Df6 32.fxg6 Dxg6 33.Fe4 Dg7 34.Ff3 h4 35.Te4 
f5 36.Txh4 e4 37.Fe2 Ce5 38.Th5 Tf8 39.Ff4 Cg6 40.Fxc7 Dxc7 41.Fc4 Rg7 42.
Ce2 De5 43.b3 Df6 44.Cf4 Cxf4+ 45.gxf4 Th8 46.Tg5+ Rf8 47.Rh1 Fe3 48.Tg2 
Fxf4 49.Df2 Fd6 50.Dg1 De5 51.Tg6 e3 52.Te6 Dd4 53.Tg2 Fxh2 54.Txh2 Txe6 
55.dxe6 De4+ 56.Dg2 Txh2+ 57.Rxh2 Dh4+ 58.Rg1 De1+ 59.Rh2 Dh4+ 60.Rg1 De1+
61.Ff1 Re7 62.De2 Dg3+ 63.Dg2 De1 64.De2 Dg3+ 65.Dg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D46m"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 d5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 c6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.Fe2 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Fxc4 b5 10.Fe2 Fb7 11.Fd2 a6 12.Ce4 Cxe4 13.Dxe4 Tb8 14.Dg4 De7 15.
Tfd1 c5 16.dxc5 Cxc5 17.Fc3 f6 18.Fb4 Tbc8 19.Cd4 f5 20.Dh3 Tf6 21.g3 Th6 
22.Df1 Tf8 23.Ff3 Fxf3 24.Cxf3 Ce4 25.Fxd6 Cxd6 26.Ce5 Ce4 27.Tac1 Db4 28.
De2 Da5 29.a3 b4 30.Cc6 Db6 31.Cxb4 e5 32.Cd5 De6 33.Tc6 Df7 34.Txh6 gxh6 
35.Dxa6 Rg7 36.De2 Tc8 37.Cb4 Db7 38.Df3 Df7 39.g4 Cg5 40.Dxf5 Dxf5 41.
gxf5 Cf3+ 42.Rg2 Ch4+ 43.Rf1 Rf6 44.Cd5+ Rg5 45.f6 e4 46.Cc3 Rxf6 47.Cxe4+
Re5 48.Cc3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "E16k"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fe7 6.Fg2 Fb7 7.Cc3 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Ff4 Cbd7 11.Db3 c5 12.Tfd1 c4 13.Dc2 a6 14.a4 Cb8 15.b3 
cxb3 16.Dxb3 Cc6 17.Ce5 Cb4 18.Tac1 Tc8 19.Fh3 Tc7 20.Cg4 Tc6 21.Ce3 Fc8 
22.Fxc8 Txc8 23.Fe5 a5 24.Fxf6 Fxf6 25.Cexd5 Cxd5 26.Dxd5 Dxd5 27.Cxd5 
Txc1 28.Cxf6+ gxf6 29.Txc1 Rg7 30.Rg2 Td8 31.Rf3 Txd4 32.Tc6 Txa4 33.Txb6 
Ta1 34.Ta6 a4 35.Rg4 Ta2 36.Rf3 Ta1 37.h4 h5 38.Rf4 Ta2 39.f3 Txe2 40.Txa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B20"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Cc6 3.Fb2 a6 4.f4 e6 5.Cf3 Cf6 6.d3 d5 7.Cbd2 Fe7 8.g3 O-O 9.
e5 Cd7 10.Fg2 b5 11.O-O c4 12.Rh1 cxd3 13.cxd3 a5 14.De2 a4 15.Tfc1 Db6 
16.a3 b4 17.axb4 Fa6 18.bxa4 Cxb4 19.Fd4 Fc5 20.De3 Cxd3 21.Tcb1 Dc7 22.
Ff1 Fxd4 23.Cxd4 C3c5 24.Fb5 g6 25.a5 Tfb8 26.Fxd7 Txb1+ 27.Txb1 Dxd7 28.
Rg1 Tc8 29.Tc1 Cd3 30.Txc8+ Dxc8 31.C2f3 Dc3 32.h4 Da1+ 33.Rh2 Dxa5 34.h5 
Da2+ 35.Rh3 Db1 36.Dg1 Db2 37.Rh4 Cc5 38.hxg6 hxg6 39.Dh2 Da1 40.Rg4 Ce4 
41.Dg1 Db2 42.Dh2 Dc1 43.Dg1 Ff1 44.Rh4 Dd1 45.g4 Rh8 46.Dh2 Dc1 47.g5 Rg8
48.Rg4 Fd3 49.Dg1 Db2 50.Dh2 Da3 51.Rh4 Cc5 52.Dg1 Fe4 53.Ch2 Ff5 54.Cxf5 
exf5 55.Dg2 Ce4 56.Df3 Dc1 57.Cf1 d4 58.Rh3 d3 59.e6 fxe6 60.Cg3 De1 61.
Cxe4 fxe4 62.Dg2 De2 0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "C11u"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Fe7 6.Fxf6 gxf6 7.Dd2 b6 8.g3 
Fb7 9.Fg2 Dc8 10.f4 O-O 11.Ff3 Cc6 12.O-O-O Td8 13.Dg2 Cxd4 14.Cxf6+ Fxf6 
15.Fxb7 Dd7 16.Cf3 Tab8 17.c3 Txb7 18.Cxd4 Dd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C11v"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Fe7 6.Fxf6 gxf6 7.Cf3 a6 8.c4 
f5 9.Cc3 Ff6 10.Dd2 c5 11.d5 O-O 12.O-O-O e5 13.h4 b5 14.d6 Cc6 15.d7 Fb7 
16.Dd6 e4 17.Cd5 Fg7 18.Cg5 Cd4 19.Ce7+ Rh8 20.Th3 f4 21.Rb1 b4 22.Fe2 f3 
23.gxf3 Cxe2 24.Dxc5 Cf4 25.Df5 Cg6 26.h5 Dxe7 27.hxg6 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A33j"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.Cf3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.Cdb5 d5 7.Ff4 e5 8.cxd5 
exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Dxd8+ Rxd8 11.Td1+ Fd7 12.Cd6 Fxd6 13.Txd6 Tb8 14.b3 
Tb4 15.g3 Re7 16.Td2 h5 17.Fg2 h4 18.O-O hxg3 19.fxg3 fxg3 20.hxg3 Th5 21.
Tf3 Te5 22.Cd1 c5 23.Te3 Txe3 24.Cxe3 Fe6 25.Rf2 a5 26.Cd5+ Cxd5 27.Fxd5 
g6 28.Fxe6 Rxe6 29.Re3 a4 30.Td3 f5 31.Rf2 Re5 32.Te3+ Rd5 33.Td3+ Rc6 34.
Re1 axb3 35.axb3 Tg4 36.Rd2 Rb5 37.Tf3 Td4+ 38.Td3 Te4 39.Td8 Tg4 40.Td3 
Rb4 41.Tf3 Td4+ 42.Rc2 Te4 43.Tf4 Txf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E94o"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Fe3 Cg4 
9.Fg5 De8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Fd2 Cf6 13.Fe3 De7 14.a3 c6 15.b4 Ch5 
16.Te1 Cf4 17.Ff1 Df6 18.Ta2 Te8 19.Td2 Cc7 20.Rh2 g5 21.g3 Cg6 22.c5 Ce6 
23.Ca4 Td8 24.Txd8+ Cxd8 25.Cb2 Fe6 26.Cd2 Ff8 27.Cdc4 Fxc4 28.Cxc4 Ce6 
29.Dg4 Td8 30.Df5 Rg7 31.Dxf6+ Rxf6 32.Fe2 Cd4 33.Td1 Fe7 34.Fg4 Cb5 35.
Txd8 Fxd8 36.Fc8 Ce7 37.Fxb7 Re6 38.f3 f5 39.exf5+ Rd5 40.Cd6 Cxd6 41.cxd6
Cxf5 42.Fxa7 Cxd6 43.Fa6 Cb5 44.Fc5 Cxa3 45.Fd3 h5 46.Rg2 Re6 47.Fe4 Rd7 
48.Ff5+ Rc7 49.Rf2 Cc4 50.Ff8 Ff6 51.Fe6 Cd6 52.Re3 h4 53.g4 Cb5 54.Fc4 
Cd6 55.Fd3 Rd7 56.Fe4 Rc7 57.Rd3 Rd7 58.Rc3 Rc7 59.Rd2 Rd7 60.Ff5+ Rc7 61.
Rd3 Cb7 62.Rc2 Cd6 63.Fd3 Rd7 64.Rb3 Fe7 65.Fg7 Re6 66.Fh7 Ce8 67.Ff5+ Rd6
68.Fh8 Cc7 69.Rc4 Cd5 70.Fg7 Cf4 71.Fh8 Cxh3 72.Rd3 Cf4+ 73.Re4 Ff6 74.
Fxf6 h3 75.Fxg5 h2 76.Ff6 Cd3 77.Rxd3 h1=D 78.Fe4 Re6 79.Fg5 Da1 80.Fd2 
Da6+ 81.Rc2 Dc4+ 82.Rb2 Rd6 83.g5 De2 84.Rc3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A41u"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.d4 d6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 c5 5.dxc5 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 dxc5 7.Dxd8+ Rxd8 
8.Ce5 Fe6 9.g3 Cd7 10.Cxd7 Rxd7 11.Fg2 Cf6 12.Tb1 b6 13.Fxa8 Txa8 14.f3 
Ce8 15.Ff4 Fxc4 16.Tb2 Rc6 17.Td2 Cd6 18.Fxd6 exd6 19.Rf2 d5 20.e4 dxe4 
21.fxe4 Te8 22.Te1 Fe6 23.Rf3 Rb5 24.Rf4 Rc4 25.Te3 a5 26.Rg5 b5 27.Rh6 b4
28.cxb4 axb4 29.Rxh7 Ta8 30.Rg7 Rb5 31.h4 c4 32.g4 c3 33.Tg2 Txa2 0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "C89o"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.exd5 Cxd5 10.Cxe5 Cxe5 11.Txe5 c6 12.d4 Fd6 13.Te1 Dh4 14.g3 Dh3 15.Te4 
g5 16.Df3 Ff5 17.Fc2 Fxe4 18.Fxe4 De6 19.Fxg5 f5 20.Fxd5 cxd5 21.Cd2 f4 
22.Fxf4 Fxf4 23.gxf4 Ta7 24.Rh1 Te7 25.Tg1+ Rh8 26.Cf1 De4 27.Rg2 Dxf3+ 
28.Rxf3 Te1 29.Th1 Te4 30.Cd2 Texf4+ 31.Re3 Txf2 32.a4 Tg2 33.axb5 axb5 
34.b3 Tff2 35.Cf3 Tb2 36.b4 Tgc2 37.Rd3 Tf2 38.Re3 Tbe2+ 39.Rd3 Ta2 40.Re3
Tae2+ 41.Rd3 Te4 42.Ce5 Tfe2 0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.c4 g6 2.Cc3 Fg7 3.g3 e5 4.Fg2 f5 5.d4 exd4 6.Cb5 Cc6 7.Cf3 Cf6 8.Ff4 d6 
9.Cfxd4 Cxd4 10.Dxd4 O-O 11.c5 Ce4 12.Dc4+ d5 13.Db4 a5 14.Da3 Tf7 15.Td1 
g5 16.Fe3 De8 17.Cc3 Cxc3 18.bxc3 f4 19.gxf4 gxf4 20.Fd4 Fg4 21.O-O Ta6 
22.f3 Ff5 23.Tf2 Tg6 24.Rf1 Fxd4 25.Txd4 Tfg7 26.Txd5 Fh3 27.Db3 Rh8 28.
Dd1 Fxg2+ 29.Re1 Fh3 30.Dd4 Tg1+ 31.Rd2 De3+ 32.Dxe3 fxe3+ 33.Rxe3 Fe6 34.
Td4 T7g5 35.Te4 Fg8 36.f4 Txc5 37.f5 Rg7 38.f6+ Rg6 39.Te7 Ff7 40.Rd4 Tc4+
41.Rd3 Tc6 0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A57g"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Cf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Dc2 axb5 7.e4 Da5+ 8.Fd2 Da4
9.Dxa4 bxa4 10.Cc3 Fg7 11.e5 Cg4 12.Ff4 f6 13.exf6 Cxf6 14.a3 O-O 15.O-O-O
d6 16.Te1 Ta7 17.Fb5 Fa6 18.Fxa4 Fc4 19.Fg5 Cxd5 20.Fb5 Fxb5 21.Cxd5 Fc4 
22.Txe7 Ta6 23.Td1 Cc6 24.Tb7 Ca5 25.Tb6 Cb3+ 26.Rc2 Cd4+ 27.Cxd4 Txf2+ 
28.Td2 Txd2+ 29.Rxd2 Fxd4 30.Tb8+ Rf7 31.Tb7+ Rg8 32.Tb8+ Rf7 33.Tb7+ Rg8 
34.Cf6+ Fxf6 35.Fxf6 h5 36.Tg7+ Rf8 37.Txg6 Rf7 38.Th6 d5 39.Fg5 Txh6 40.
Fxh6 Ff1 41.g3 d4 42.a4 Re6 43.Re1 Fd3 44.Rf2 Rd5 45.Rf3 c4 46.Fd2 c3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D36h"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 Cbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Fg5 Fe7 7.e3 c6 8.Dc2 
Ch5 9.Fxe7 Dxe7 10.h3 Cb6 11.O-O-O g6 12.g4 Cg7 13.Ce5 f6 14.Cd3 Fe6 15.
Te1 O-O-O 16.Ca4 Cxa4 17.Dxa4 Rb8 18.Fe2 Ff7 19.Db4 Dxb4 20.Cxb4 h5 21.Cd3
hxg4 22.hxg4 g5 23.f4 gxf4 24.Cxf4 Tdg8 25.Ch5 Ce8 26.Thf1 Fe6 27.Cxf6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A42c"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cc3 Da5 6.d5 Fxc3+ 7.bxc3 Cf6 8.Cd2 
Dxc3 9.Tb1 Cxe4 10.Fb2 Dxd2+ 11.Dxd2 Cxd2 12.Fxh8 Cxb1 13.Fd3 f6 14.Fxb1 
Rf7 15.Rd2 Ff5 16.Fxf5 gxf5 17.Te1 Cd7 0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D02i"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.d4 d5 2.Cf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.c4 dxc4 5.Da4+ Cc6 6.dxc5 Fxc5 7.Fg2 Da5+ 8.
Dxa5 Cxa5 9.Cbd2 Ce7 10.Ce4 Fb4+ 11.Fd2 Cec6 12.O-O Fxd2 13.Cfxd2 Re7 14.
Tfc1 Fd7 15.Cxc4 Cxc4 16.Txc4 Tac8 17.Td1 Ce5 18.Tcd4 Fc6 19.Cd6 Tcd8 20.
Fxc6 Cxc6 21.T4d2 b6 22.f4 g6 23.Rf2 e5 24.e3 f6 25.a3 Re6 26.b4 Td7 27.
Ce4 Txd2+ 28.Txd2 Td8 29.Tc2 Tc8 30.g4 exf4 31.exf4 Ce7 32.Te2 Cd5 33.Cc3+
Rd6 34.Cb5+ Rd7 35.Td2 Re6 36.Te2+ Rd7 37.Td2 Re6 38.Te2+ Rd7 39.Td2 Tc4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A38q"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Fg2 Fg7 4.Cc3 Cc6 5.a3 d6 6.Cf3 Cf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Fd7 
9.Tb1 Tb8 10.b4 b6 11.b5 Cd4 12.Cxd4 cxd4 13.Ca2 h5 14.Cb4 h4 15.Da4 hxg3 
16.hxg3 Ta8 17.Cc6 Fxc6 18.Fxc6 Dc7 19.Fxa8 Txa8 20.Rg2 Te8 21.f3 Db7 22.
Dc2 Cg4 23.Th1 f5 24.Rg1 Cf6 25.Dd2 e5 26.Dg5 Df7 27.Dh4 f4 28.Fd2 Ch5 29.
g4 Ff6 30.Dh3 Cg3 31.Th2 Dg7 32.a4 Fg5 33.a5 Rf7 34.axb6 axb6 35.Ta1 Rf6 
36.Rf2 1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D35i"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Cbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Fg5 Fe7 7.e3 O-O 8.Fd3 
Te8 9.Dc2 Cf8 10.h3 Fe6 11.O-O c6 12.a3 Tc8 13.b4 C6d7 14.Ff4 Cg6 15.Fg3 
Cdf8 16.Ca4 Fd6 17.Fxd6 Dxd6 18.Cc5 Tc7 19.Tac1 Fc8 20.Tfe1 Df6 21.Dd1 Ce6
22.Cxe6 Fxe6 23.b5 Tec8 24.bxc6 Txc6 25.Txc6 Txc6 26.Db3 b6 27.Da4 Tc7 28.
De8+ Cf8 29.Fxh7+ Rxh7 30.Dxf8 Ff5 31.Db8 Tc2 32.h4 Fc8 33.Dxa7 Df5 34.
Dxb6 f6 35.Db1 Fa6 36.e4 Dc8 37.e5 Fd3 38.exf6 gxf6 39.Db6 Df5 40.Db7+ Rh6
41.Db8 Fe4 42.Dh8+ Rg6 43.h5+ Rf7 44.h6 Dg6 45.Ch4 Dg5 46.Dg7+ Dxg7 47.
hxg7 Rxg7 48.f3 Fd3 49.Ta1 Td2 50.a4 Rh6 51.Rh2 Rg5 52.Rg3 f5 53.f4+ Rf6 
54.Cf3 Tb2 55.a5 Fb5 56.Tc1 Fc4 57.Ce5 Tb3+ 58.Rh4 Fb5 59.Tc5 Tb1 60.a6 
Fe2 61.a7 Ta1 62.Tc6+ Re7 63.Tc7+ Rd6 64.Tg7 Fb5 65.Rg5 Re6 66.Tg6+ Re7 
67.Rxf5 Ta2 68.g4 Fa4 1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A42c"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.c4 c5 2.Cf3 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.d5 Cd4 7.Cxd4 cxd4 8.Cb5 Db6
9.c5 dxc5 10.Ff4 Rf8 11.Tc1 a6 12.Fc7 Df6 13.Ca3 b5 14.Txc5 d3 15.Fxd3 
Dxb2 16.Db3 Dxb3 17.axb3 Fd4 18.b4 f5 19.f3 Cf6 20.Cc2 Fxc5 21.bxc5 e6 22.
d6 Cd7 23.c6 Ce5 24.d7 Cxd3+ 25.Re2 Fxd7 26.cxd7 Re7 27.Rxd3 Rxd7 28.Fa5 
Thc8 29.h4 Tc5 30.Ce3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E15n"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb7 6.Fg2 Fb4+ 7.Fd2 a5 8.O-O O-O 
9.Dc2 d6 10.Cc3 Cbd7 11.Tfe1 Fxc3 12.Fxc3 Fe4 13.Db2 a4 14.Ff1 c5 15.Cd2 
Fb7 16.b4 a3 17.Db3 cxd4 18.Fxd4 e5 19.Fe3 Dc7 20.Tac1 Dc6 21.f3 Da4 22.
Db1 d5 23.Ff2 e4 24.Fd4 Tfe8 25.cxd5 Fxd5 26.f4 e3 27.Cc4 Fe4 28.Da1 Dxb4 
29.Cxe3 b5 30.Fh3 Tad8 31.Ted1 Fa8 32.Tb1 Da4 33.Dc3 Cf8 34.Fe5 Txd1+ 35.
Txd1 Cd5 36.Txd5 Fxd5 37.Fxg7 Txe3 38.Dxe3 Dd1+ 39.Rf2 Rxg7 40.De5+ f6 41.
De7+ Ff7 42.Dxa3 Dd4+ 43.De3 Dxe3+ 44.Rxe3 Fxa2 45.Rd4 Fc4 46.e3 Ce6+ 47.
Rc3 Cc5 48.Ff5 h6 49.h4 Fe6 50.Fc2 Ca6 51.Fd3 b4+ 52.Rd4 Cc7 53.e4 b3 54.
Rc3 Rf8 55.Fe2 Re7 56.g4 Rd6 57.g5 hxg5 58.fxg5 fxg5 59.hxg5 Rc5 60.Rb2 
Rb4 61.g6 Cb5 62.g7 Cc3 63.Fg4 Ca4+ 64.Rb1 Fg8 65.e5 Fh7+ 0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C11b"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fd3 c5 5.Cf3 c4 6.Fe2 dxe4 7.Ce5 Cbd7 8.Cxc4 
Fe7 9.O-O b6 10.d5 exd5 11.Cxd5 Cc5 12.Cxe7 Dxd1 13.Txd1 Rxe7 14.Ff4 Fa6 
15.Fd6+ Re8 16.Fe5 Re7 17.Fd6+ Re8 18.Fe5 Re7 19.a4 Re8 20.Fd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "B81e"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Cf5 g6 
9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.gxf6 d4 12.Fc4 Dc7 13.Dd3 dxe3 14.O-O-O exf2 15.
Fxf7+ Rxf7 16.Dd5+ Rxf6 17.Ce4+ Re7 18.Cd6 Fh6+ 19.Rb1 Rf6 20.Thf1 Tf8 21.
Txf2 Cc6 22.Dc4 Rg7 23.Tg1+ Rh8 24.Tfg2 Fg7 25.Txg7 Dxg7 26.Txg7 Rxg7 27.
Dg4+ Rh8 28.Dg5 Fe6 29.b3 Tad8 30.Dh6 Fxf5 31.Cxb7 Tc8 32.Cd6 Fg6 33.Cxc8 
Txc8 34.Rb2 Cd4 35.c4 Cf5 36.Dg5 Rg7 37.h4 h5 38.Dg2 Te8 39.De4 Ch6 40.
Db7+ Cf7 41.c5 e4 42.Dd7 Te5 43.c6 Ff5 44.Dd1 e3 45.Dg1+ Rf6 46.c7 e2 47.
De1 Fg4 48.b4 Te7 49.Dc3+ Ce5 50.Rb3 Txc7 51.De3 Te7 52.Dxe5+ Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C03e"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 a6 4.Cgf3 Cf6 5.e5 Cfd7 6.c4 dxc4 7.Fxc4 Cb6 8.Fb3 
Fd7 9.O-O Fc6 10.Te1 Fb4 11.a3 Fxd2 12.Fxd2 Fd5 13.Fc2 Cc6 14.Fe3 De7 15.
Cg5 O-O-O 16.Dh5 Tdf8 17.Ce4 Rb8 18.Cc3 Dd7 19.Tad1 Ce7 20.Cxd5 Cbxd5 21.
Dg4 Cf5 22.Fc1 Tfg8 23.Df3 g5 24.Dh5 h6 25.Fe4 Cg7 26.Df3 Cf5 27.Dh5 Cg7 
28.Df3 Tf8 29.Fd2 f5 30.exf6 Txf6 31.Db3 Cf5 32.Fe3 Thf8 33.Tc1 Df7 34.f3 
Cd6 35.Fd3 g4 36.fxg4 Cxe3 37.Txe3 Tf2 38.Dxe6 Df4 39.De5 Dxg4 40.Tg3 Df4 
41.Dxf4 T8xf4 42.Tf1 Txf1+ 43.Fxf1 Txd4 44.Th3 Td2 45.b4 Cf5 46.g4 Cd4 47.
Txh6 Cf3+ 48.Rh1 b5 49.Th3 Cg5 50.Te3 Tf2 51.Fg2 c5 52.bxc5 Tc2 53.h4 Cf7 
54.Te8+ 1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D43n"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Fg3 b5 9.
Fe2 Fb7 10.Ce5 Cbd7 11.Dc2 Tg8 12.Td1 Cxe5 13.Fxe5 Cd7 14.Fg3 Db6 15.O-O 
a6 16.d5 O-O-O 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Fg4 c5 19.e5 Fe7 20.Dh7 Tge8 21.Df7 Dc6 22.
Ff3 Dc7 23.Dxe6 Ff6 24.Txd7 Txe6 25.Txc7+ Rxc7 26.exf6+ Rb6 27.Fxb7 Rxb7 
28.f3 Txf6 29.Ce4 Tc6 30.Rf2 Rb6 31.Tc1 Td5 32.Re2 Te6 33.h3 Rc6 34.Ff2 
Tee5 35.g4 Rb6 36.Fe3 Te6 37.Th1 b4 38.h4 a5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Th5 a4 41.
Cxg5 a3 42.bxa3 b3 43.axb3 cxb3 44.Cxe6 Txh5 45.Cxc5 Th2+ 46.Rd3 b2 47.
Ca4+ Rc6 48.Cc3 Rd6 49.Ff4+ 1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D40e"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5.Cc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Fe2 Cc6 8.O-O Fd6
9.dxc5 Fxc5 10.b3 O-O 11.Fb2 Fa7 12.Tc1 Fg4 13.Cd4 Fxd4 14.Fxg4 Fe5 15.Ff3
Dd6 16.g3 Tad8 17.Fg2 Tfe8 18.Te1 h5 19.Dd2 h4 20.f4 Fxc3 21.Dxc3 hxg3 22.
hxg3 De6 23.e4 dxe4 24.Txe4 Df5 25.Txe8+ Txe8 26.Fxc6 bxc6 27.Dxc6 Te6 28.
Da8+ Te8 29.Df3 Cg4 30.Fd4 Dh5 31.Dh1 Da5 32.Dc6 Te1+ 33.Txe1 Dxe1+ 34.Rg2
De2+ 35.Rh3 Ch6 36.a4 Df1+ 37.Dg2 Dd1 38.Da8+ Rh7 39.De4+ f5 40.Dd5 Df1+ 
41.Rh4 Dd1 42.Rh3 Rg6 43.Dc6+ Rh7 44.Dd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C90c"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.a3 d6 
9.c3 Fe6 10.d4 Fxb3 11.Dxb3 Te8 12.Dc2 Dd7 13.Cbd2 Ff8 14.d5 Ce7 15.Cf1 h6
16.b3 c6 17.c4 Tac8 18.Dd1 cxd5 19.cxd5 Ch7 20.a4 f5 21.Cg3 Cf6 22.axb5 
fxe4 23.Cxe4 Cxe4 24.Txe4 Dxb5 25.Tg4 Rh7 26.Fd2 Dxd5 27.Db1+ Rh8 28.Txa6 
Cc6 29.Taa4 Tb8 30.h3 Dxb3 31.Dxb3 Txb3 32.Ta6 Cb8 33.Ta7 Te7 34.Ta8 Rh7 
35.Ch4 Tf7 36.Cg6 Tbb7 37.Cxf8+ Txf8 38.Tb4 Cc6 39.Txf8 Cxb4 40.Td8 d5 41.
Fxb4 Txb4 42.Txd5 Tb1+ 43.Rh2 Te1 44.Td6 Rg8 45.Td7 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B51p"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Cc6 4.O-O Fd7 5.Te1 a6 6.Fxc6 Fxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Cxd4 Cf6 9.Cxc6 bxc6 10.Df3 Dc7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Txe5 e6 13.Te1 Fd6 14.g3 O-O
15.Cd2 Cd7 16.De2 Cb6 17.b3 a5 18.Fb2 a4 19.Dg4 e5 20.Cc4 Cxc4 21.Dxc4 
Tfb8 22.Fc3 Db6 23.Fxe5 Fxe5 24.Txe5 Da6 25.Dxa6 Txa6 26.Td1 g6 27.Td6 
axb3 28.axb3 Rf8 29.Rg2 h5 30.h3 Te8 31.Tc5 Tc8 32.Td4 Re7 33.b4 Td8 34.
Te4+ Rf6 35.Tec4 Td6 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Te6 38.Rg3 Ta3+ 39.f3 Ta6 40.Rf4 
Rg7 41.c3 Rf6 42.Te4 Td6 43.Re3 Ta1 44.Tec4 Te1+ 45.Rf4 Tee6 46.Te4 Txe4+ 
47.Rxe4 Re6 48.Tc4 Re7 49.Re3 Rf8 50.Td4 Tf6 51.f4 Te6+ 52.Rd3 Te1 53.g5 
Tf1 54.Tc4 Re7 55.Txc6 Txf4 56.Tc5 Rd6 57.Ta5 Tg4 58.Rc2 Rc6 59.Rb3 Tg3 
60.Tc5+ Rb6 1-0

[Event "Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "D07j"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Cc6 3.Cf3 Fg4 4.Cc3 e6 5.Ff4 Fb4 6.e3 Cge7 7.Tc1 O-O 8.Fd3 
dxc4 9.Fxh7+ Rh8 10.Fb1 Cd5 11.Fg3 Cce7 12.O-O c6 13.Dc2 Ff5 14.e4 Fg6 15.
Ce5 Fh7 16.Cxc4 Cf6 17.Db3 a5 18.a3 Fxc3 19.bxc3 Cxe4 20.Fxe4 Fxe4 21.Cd6 
Fg6 22.Dxb7 Tb8 23.Cxf7+ 1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "D37l"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Fd3 Cbd7 8.c5 Ch5 
9.Fe5 f5 10.b4 a6 11.h3 Cxe5 12.dxe5 f4 13.e4 a5 14.a3 g6 15.O-O b6 16.Ca4
axb4 17.axb4 bxc5 18.Cxc5 Txa1 19.Dxa1 Db6 20.Dd4 Db8 21.Tc1 Td8 22.Dc3 
Cg7 23.Fc2 Fd7 24.Dd4 Fe8 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Dxf4 Db6 27.Fd3 Ta8 28.g4 Fb5 
29.Rg2 Tb8 30.Cd4 Fxd3 31.Cxd3 Fg5 32.Dxg5 Dxd4 33.De3 De4+ 34.Rg3 h5 35.
Dxe4 dxe4 36.Cf4 hxg4 37.hxg4 g5 38.Ch3 Txb4 39.Cxg5 Tb8 40.Cxe4 1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B27s"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.h3 exd5 7.cxd5 Ce7 8.Cc3 O-O 
9.Ff4 h6 10.g4 g5 11.Fe3 Cg6 12.h4 Fxg4 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Fe2 Fxf3 15.Fxf3 
Cd7 16.Fg4 Cde5 17.Ff5 Te8 18.Dh5 Cd3+ 19.Rd2 Cgf4 20.Dg4 Df6 21.Fxf4 Cxf4
22.Tag1 Dd4+ 23.Rc2 Dxf2+ 24.Rb1 Ff6 25.Th6 Cd3 26.Ce2 Ce5 27.Dh5 Df3 28.
Txg5+ Rf8 29.Txf6 Dd3+ 30.Rc1 Re7 31.Tg3 Th8 32.Te6+ 1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Corral Blanco, Juan Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "B60c"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fg5 Da5 7.Fb5 Fd7 8.Cb3 
Dd8 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Dh5 Tg8 11.g3 Tg5 12.De2 a6 13.Fd3 e6 14.f4 Tg7 15.Dh5 
Db6 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Dh4 Fe8 19.Dxf6 Tg4 20.Dh8 Fg7 21.Dxh7 
Fxc3 22.bxc3 a5 23.Fe2 Tg6 24.f5 Tg5 25.Dh6 Tg8 26.fxe6 Tg6 27.exf7 Txh6 
28.f8=D Te6 29.Df5 Te5 30.Df6 a4 31.Txd6 Txd6 32.Dxd6+ Ra7 33.Fd3 Ff7 34.
Rb2 Ta5 35.Tf1 Fg8 36.h4 axb3 37.axb3 De3 38.Df4 Dc5 39.Df2 Dxf2 40.Txf2 
Fe6 41.Fe2 Te5 42.Tf4 Fg8 43.Fg4 Te7 44.Ff5 Ce5 45.g4 b5 46.h5 Cf7 47.g5 
1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodriguez, Amador"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B08f"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.Cf3 c6 5.a4 Fg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Fe3 b6 8.Fe2 Dc7 9.
O-O Cbd7 10.Te1 Td8 11.Dd2 Fb7 12.Fh6 a6 13.Fxg7 Rxg7 14.De3 e5 15.Ff1 b5 
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.b3 h6 18.g3 Cf8 19.Cb1 Ce6 20.c3 Fc8 21.Cbd2 Fd7 22.Ta2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Orestes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "D38p"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 Fb4 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fxf6 Dxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Tc1 c6
9.Fd3 Cd7 10.O-O De7 11.Dc2 Fd6 12.c5 Fc7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Cxe4 Td8 15.Tfe1 
Cf6 16.Cxf6+ Dxf6 17.b4 Fd7 18.a3 Fe8 19.Dc3 a5 20.g3 b6 21.Te3 Ta7 22.h4 
axb4 23.axb4 Tda8 24.Fc2 g6 25.Rg2 Ta2 26.Td1 bxc5 27.bxc5 Tb8 28.Fb1 Tab2
29.Fe4 Dd8 30.Ta1 T8b4 31.Fc2 Tb5 32.Rg1 Dd5 33.Ta8 Tb8 34.Fe4 Dd8 35.Dxb2
Txa8 36.Tb3 Tb8 37.Rg2 Rf8 38.Txb8 Dxb8 39.Dd2 Rg7 40.Dc3 Rf8 41.De3 Rg7 
42.Dc3 Rf8 43.Ce5 Db5 44.De3 Fxe5 45.dxe5 h5 46.Dd4 Db7 47.Dd6+ Rg7 48.Dd8
Dd7 49.Dxd7 Fxd7 50.Rf3 f6 51.Rf4 Rf7 52.f3 Rg7 53.g4 hxg4 54.fxg4 f5 55.
Fd3 fxg4 56.Rxg4 Rh6 57.Fa6 1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A46d"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.c3 b6 4.Fg5 Fb7 5.Cbd2 e6 6.e4 h6 7.Fxf6 Dxf6 8.Fd3 
cxd4 9.cxd4 Cc6 10.e5 Dd8 11.a3 Ce7 12.De2 Cd5 13.g3 Fe7 14.h4 Tc8 15.h5 
Dc7 16.O-O O-O 17.Tae1 f5 18.exf6 Cxf6 19.Ce5 Dd6 20.Cg6 Tfe8 21.De5 Dd5 
22.Cxe7+ Txe7 23.Dxd5 Fxd5 24.Fg6 d6 25.Tc1 Tec7 26.Txc7 Txc7 27.f3 b5 28.
Ce4 Tc6 29.Cc3 Fc4 30.Tc1 Rf8 31.Rf2 Re7 32.Re3 Tb6 33.g4 a5 34.Fd3 Rd7 
35.b3 Fxd3 36.Rxd3 Tb8 37.b4 a4 38.Tg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "D25c"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Fxc4 b5 6.Fd3 Fb7 7.a4 b4 8.Cbd2 
Cbd7 9.O-O e6 10.De2 c5 11.e4 cxd4 12.e5 Cd5 13.Cb3 Cc5 14.Fg5 Dd7 15.
Cfxd4 h6 16.Cxc5 Fxc5 17.Cb3 Fb6 18.Fd2 De7 19.a5 Fa7 20.Tac1 O-O 21.De4 
f5 22.exf6 Txf6 23.Dh7+ Rf7 24.Tc4 Re8 25.Cd4 g5 26.Dxe7+ Rxe7 27.Tfc1 
Taf8 28.Fe3 Cxe3 29.fxe3 Tb8 30.Txb4 Fd5 31.Txb8 Fxb8 32.Tc8 Fd6 33.Fxa6 
e5 34.Cc2 Fe4 35.Fe2 Tf8 36.Txf8 Rxf8 37.Ca3 Re7 38.Rf2 Fc5 39.a6 Rd7 40.
Cc4 Rc7 41.Cxe5 Fc2 42.b4 Fa7 43.b5 Fc5 44.Cf7 Rb6 45.Cxh6 Fg6 46.g4 Fd6 
47.h3 1-0

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez, JC"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A31"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e5 5.Cf3 Cc6 6.Cc3 Fb4 7.Fd2 O-O 8.e3 
e4 9.Cd4 Cxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.Db3 Fxc3 12.bxc3 Fe6 13.c5 Dc7 14.Tb1 Tab8 15.
Fe2 b6 16.c6 Dxc6 17.O-O Fg4 18.Fa6 Dd6 19.a4 b5 20.axb5 Fe2 21.Tfe1 Cg4 
22.g3 Fc4 23.Dd1 Dg6 24.f3 Cf6 25.Ff4 Tb6 26.Tb4 Te8 27.Te3 Tbe6 28.Fb7 
exf3 29.Dxf3 Txe3 30.Fxe3 Dd3 31.Txc4 dxc4 32.Ff2 Ce4 33.Fxe4 Dxe4 34.Dxe4
Txe4 35.d5 Te7 36.d6 Tb7 37.Fc5 f5 38.Rf2 Rf7 39.Re3 Re6 40.Rd4 Txb5 41.
Rxc4 Tb7 42.Rd4 a5 43.c4 a4 44.Rc3 Tb3+ 45.Rc2 g5 46.Rd2 a3 47.Rc2 a2 48.
Fd4 Tb1 49.Fe5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gonzalez Aguirre, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "D36l"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]

1.c4 e6 2.Cc3 d5 3.d4 Cf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Fg5 Fe7 6.e3 O-O 7.Fd3 c6 8.Cge2 
Cbd7 9.Dc2 Te8 10.O-O-O Cf8 11.h3 Ce4 12.Fxe7 Dxe7 13.Fxe4 dxe4 14.g4 f5 
15.Tdg1 Fe6 16.gxf5 Fxf5 17.Cg3 Fg6 18.h4 h6 19.Cge2 Fh5 20.Cf4 Ff3 21.Th3
Dd7 22.Thg3 Te7 23.Cb1 De8 24.Cd2 Df7 25.Rb1 Df6 26.Cxf3 exf3 27.Ch5 Dxh4 
28.Cxg7 1-0

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.g3 Fg4 3.Fg2 Cd7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Cgf6 6.Cbd2 Fc5 7.e4 Ce5 8.De2 
O-O 9.Cb3 Cxf3+ 10.Fxf3 Fxf3 11.Dxf3 Fe7 12.Te1 c6 13.Fd2 Cd7 14.exd5 cxd5
15.Tad1 Cc5 16.Fc1 Cxb3 17.axb3 Fg5 18.d4 Fxc1 19.Txc1 Df6 20.De3 Tac8 21.
h4 h5 22.c3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Fb7 4.Fg2 e6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Cc3 O-O 7.Te1 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.d4 Ca6 10.Ff4 c5 11.Tc1 Te8 12.dxc5 Cxc5 13.Cd4 Dd7 14.Dc2 Tac8 15.
Df5 Cce4 16.Dxd7 Cxd7 17.Fh3 Cef6 18.Ccb5 Txc1 19.Txc1 Fc5 20.b4 Fxd4 21.
Cxd4 Tc8 22.Txc8+ Fxc8 23.a4 Fb7 24.f3 g6 25.Cb5 Fc6 26.Cxa7 Fxa4 27.Fe3 
Rf8 28.Rf2 Re8 29.Cc8 b5 30.Ca7 Ce5 31.Fd4 Cfd7 32.f4 Cc4 33.Fg2 Cdb6 34.
Cc6 Rd7 35.Ce5+ Cxe5 36.fxe5 Cc4 37.Fxd5 Re7 38.Fc5+ Re8 39.e6 fxe6 40.
Fxe6 Fb3 41.Fd5 Rd7 42.Fg8 Cd2 43.Fxh7 Ce4+ 44.Re3 Cxc5 45.bxc5 Ff7 46.Rd4
b4 47.e4 b3 48.Rc3 Rc6 49.e5 Rxc5 50.e6 Fxe6 51.Fxg6 Rd6 52.Fh5 Re5 53.Fd1
Fh3 54.Fxb3 Re4 55.Fd1 Re3 56.Fh5 Rf2 57.g4 Fxg4 58.Fxg4 Re3 59.h4 Rf4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A48d"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.c3 b6 5.Fd3 Fb7 6.Cbd2 Fg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 d6 
9.Te1 Dc7 10.h3 Cbd7 11.d5 Tfe8 12.a4 e6 13.c4 Te7 14.Tb1 Tae8 15.b3 Cb8 
16.Fb2 Ca6 17.Tc1 Cb4 18.Fb1 e5 19.Cf1 Ch5 20.g3 Fc8 21.Rg2 Tf8 22.Cg1 Dd7
23.Fc3 De8 24.Ch2 f5 25.Chf3 Fh6 26.Fd2 Fxd2 27.Dxd2 Rh8 28.exf5 gxf5 29.
Ch4 Tg7 30.Rh2 f4 31.Tc3 De7 32.Cg2 Tfg8 33.g4 Fxg4 34.hxg4 Txg4 35.Fe4 
Dg7 36.Dd1 Txg2+ 37.Rh1 Cf6 38.Ch3 Cxe4 39.Dd2 0-1

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Komljenovic, Davorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D43n"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Fg3 b5 9.
Fe2 Fb7 10.Ce5 Cbd7 11.Dc2 Fg7 12.Td1 Cxe5 13.Fxe5 Da5 14.O-O O-O 15.f4 
Ch7 16.Fxg7 Rxg7 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.e5 c5 19.d5 exd5 20.Cxd5 Fxd5 21.Txd5 
Tad8 22.Td6 Txd6 23.exd6 Db6 24.Dc3+ Rg8 25.De5 Td8 26.Fh5 f6 27.Txf6 Cxf6
28.Dxg5+ Rh7 29.Dg6+ Rh8 30.Dxf6+ Rh7 31.Fg6+ Rh6 32.Ff5+ Rh5 1-0

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B50s"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.c3 Cf6 4.Fe2 Fd7 5.Dc2 Dc7 6.O-O g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Fg7 9.Fe3 O-O 10.c4 Cg4 11.Fxg4 Fxg4 12.Cb5 Da5 13.C1c3 Cc6 14.Cd5 Tfc8 
15.Fd2 Dd8 16.Fc3 a6 17.Fxg7 Rxg7 18.Dc3+ e5 19.Ca3 Cd4 20.Rh1 b5 21.b3 
Fe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albacete ESP"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "2000.09.10"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cb4 6.Fc4 Cd3+ 7.Re2 Cf4+ 8.
Rf1 Ce6 9.h4 Cc6 10.Cg5 Cxg5 11.hxg5 g6 12.d3 Fg7 13.Fe3 Fd4 14.Dd2 Fe6 
15.Fb5 Tc8 16.Fxd4 Dxd4 17.Tc1 c4 18.Cd5 cxd3 19.Tc4 Dg7 20.Tc3 a6 21.Fxd3
Dd4 22.Tc4 De5 23.Dc3 Dxc3 24.Txc3 Rf8 25.a3 Rg7 26.Cf4 Cd4 27.Txc8 Txc8 
28.Ce2 b5 29.Re1 Fc4 30.Th3 Ce6 31.f4 Fxd3 32.Txd3 Tc2 33.Td2 Tc4 34.Rf2 
Txe4 35.g3 Tc4 36.Re3 Cc5 37.Cc3 b4 38.axb4 Txb4 39.Td5 Cb7 40.Td2 Cd6 41.
Rf3 a5 42.Te2 e6 43.Tc2 Tb3 44.Rf2 h6 45.gxh6+ Rxh6 46.Te2 Cc4 47.Cd1 Td3 
0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albacete ESP"]
[Date "2000.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E94o"]
[EventDate "2000.09.10"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Fe3 Cg4 
9.Fg5 De8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Fd2 Cf6 13.Fe3 De7 14.Cd5 Dd8 15.Dc2 c6
16.Cxf6+ Dxf6 17.c5 Cc7 18.Tad1 Fe6 19.Dc1 g5 20.Fc4 Dg6 21.Fxe6 Cxe6 22.
Dc4 Tfd8 23.Td6 Txd6 24.cxd6 Td8 25.Fxa7 Txd6 26.a4 Cd4 27.Fxd4 exd4 28.
Dd3 De6 29.Cd2 Td8 30.a5 Te8 31.Ta1 De5 32.g3 Db5 33.Cc4 Tf8 34.Ta3 Db4 
35.Rg2 Te8 36.Tb3 De7 37.Tb6 Ta8 38.Rg1 Dc7 39.Db3 Ta7 40.Rg2 De7 41.Df3 
De6 42.Dd3 De7 43.b4 Dd7 44.Ce3 Fe5 45.Cg4 Fg7 46.b5 cxb5 47.Txh6 Txa5 48.
e5 Dd5+ 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albacete ESP"]
[Date "2000.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A30f"]
[EventDate "2000.09.10"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Fg2 Fb7 5.Cc3 g6 6.O-O Fg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Dxd4 d6
9.Td1 Cbd7 10.b3 a6 11.Fb2 O-O 12.Ce1 Ce4 13.De3 Cxc3 14.Fxc3 Fxg2 15.Fxg7
Rxg7 16.Rxg2 Cf6 17.Cd3 Dc7 18.Tac1 Tfd8 19.f3 Db7 20.Dd4 Tac8 21.e4 b5 
22.Td2 bxc4 23.bxc4 Tb8 24.Tb2 Dc6 25.Tb3 Rg8 26.Rf2 Cd7 27.Tc2 e6 28.Re2 
Tbc8 29.Ta3 Cc5 30.Td2 e5 31.Dd5 Ce6 32.Dxc6 Txc6 33.c5 Cd4+ 34.Rf2 f6 35.
cxd6 Cb5 36.Cb4 Tc4 37.Tb3 Cd4 38.Tbb2 Txd6 39.Cc2 h5 40.Cxd4 Tdxd4 41.
Txd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albacete ESP"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E94m"]
[EventDate "2000.09.10"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Fe3 Cg4 
9.Fg5 f6 10.Fc1 Ch6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Tb1 c6 13.b4 Cf7 14.b5 Dxd1 15.Fxd1 
cxb5 16.cxb5 Cc7 17.Fb3 Fe6 18.b6 axb6 19.Fxe6 Cxe6 20.Txb6 Cc5 21.Tb5 Ca4
22.Cxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cf3 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.g3 d5 6.Fg2 e5 7.Cb3 d4 8.O-O Cc6 
9.Fg5 Fe7 10.C1d2 O-O 11.Tc1 a5 12.Fxf6 Fxf6 13.Cc5 Fg5 14.Cce4 Fh6 15.c5 
Fe6 16.Cd6 f5 17.f4 e4 18.Cxb7 Dd7 19.Cd6 g6 20.C2xe4 fxe4 21.Fxe4 Tab8 
22.Da4 Cb4 23.Dxd7 Fxd7 24.a3 Cc6 25.Fd5+ Rg7 26.Cc4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 b6 11.Ce5 Fb7 12.Te1 Te8 13.Ff3 f6 14.Cxd5 Cxd5 15.
Fxe4 fxe5 16.cxd5 Fxd5 17.Fxd5+ Dxd5 18.Txe5 Df7 19.Fe3 Fd6 20.Txe8+ Txe8 
21.Da4 a5 22.b3 Te4 23.Db5 Th4 24.g3 Th5 25.Dc6 h6 26.De4 Dd7 27.h4 Df7 
28.Rg2 Tf5 29.Te1 Rh8 30.Te2 Rg8 31.Fd2 Td5 32.a4 Tf5 33.Fc1 Td5 34.Te3 
Tf5 35.Tf3 Txf3 36.Dxf3 De6 37.Fd2 Dg6 38.h5 Dc2 39.Dd5+ Rf8 40.Fe3 Dd3 
41.De6 De2 42.Df5+ Rg8 43.Dg6 Rh8 44.g4 Dd1 45.De8+ Rh7 46.De6 Rh8 47.d5 
Rh7 48.De4+ Rh8 49.Fd4 Ff8 50.Fe5 Fd6 51.Fb2 Ff8 52.Df3 1-0

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A43n"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 b4 5.Fg5 Ce4 6.g3 g6 7.Fg2 d6 8.Fc1 Fg7 9.
Cfd2 Cxd2 10.Cxd2 Cd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Te1 a5 13.e4 Cb6 14.Ta2 e6 15.b3 exd5 
16.exd5 Fb7 17.Cf1 Te8 18.Txe8+ Dxe8 19.h4 f5 20.Ff4 Fe5 21.Ce3 Fxf4 22.
gxf4 De7 23.h5 Dh4 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Df3 Df6 26.c4 bxc3 27.Te2 Fa6 28.Cc4 
Cxc4 29.bxc4 Tb8 30.Te6 Dxe6 31.dxe6 c2 32.De3 Tb1+ 33.Rh2 c1=D 34.Dg3 Rg7
35.Dh4 Dg1+ 36.Rh3 0-1

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E97q"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 Ch5 10.Te1 Cf4 11.Ff1 a5 12.bxa5 c5 13.a4 Txa5 14.Ta3 Ta6 15.Cb5 Fd7 
16.Rh1 h6 17.Cd2 Dc8 18.g3 Ch5 19.Fb2 Cf6 20.f4 Cg4 21.De2 h5 22.h3 Ch6 
23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Rh2 f6 25.Cb3 Cf7 26.Df2 b6 27.a5 f5 28.axb6 Fxb5 29.cxb5 
Txb6 30.Dxc5 Dd8 31.Cd2 Cd6 32.exf5 Cexf5 33.Cf3 h4 34.gxh4 Cxh4 35.Cxe5 
Txf1 36.Txf1 Txb5 37.Df2 Txb2 38.Dxb2 Cc4 39.Cf7 Dc7+ 40.d6 Cxd6 41.Dc1 
Dxc1 42.Txc1 Cxf7 43.Tc8+ Rh7 44.Ta7 Cd6 45.Tcc7 Cdf5 46.Txg7+ Cxg7 47.Rg3
Cf5+ 48.Rg4 Rh6 49.h4 Ch5 50.Ta6 Ce3+ 51.Rf3 Cd5 52.Rg4 Chf6+ 53.Rh3 Ce4 
54.Rg4 Cef6+ 55.Rh3 Ch5 56.Rg4 Ce3+ 57.Rf3 Cc4 58.Rg4 Ce5+ 59.Rh3 Rg7 60.
Tb6 Rf7 61.Ta6 Cg7 62.Txg6 Rxg6 63.h5+ Rh6 64.Rg3 Cf7 65.Rf4 Cg5 66.Re5 
Ch7 67.Rf4 Ce6+ 68.Rf5 Ceg5 69.Rf4 Rg7 70.Rf5 Rf7 71.h6 Re7 72.Re5 Cf7+ 
73.Rd5 Rd7 74.Rd4 Rd6 75.Rc4 Cxh6 76.Rd4 Cf6 77.Rc4 Cf5 78.Rd3 Rd5 79.Rc3 
Ch5 80.Rd3 Cf4+ 81.Rc3 Rc5 82.Rb3 Cd5 83.Rc2 Rd4 84.Rb2 Rd3 85.Rb3 Cd4+ 
86.Rb2 Cb6 87.Rb1 Cc4 88.Ra2 Rc3 89.Ra1 Cd2 90.Ra2 Cb5 91.Ra1 Rc2 92.Ra2 
Cb1 93.Ra1 Cd4 94.Ra2 Cb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A43q"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Fg5 Ce4 5.h4 g6 6.Cbd2 Cxg5 7.hxg5 Fg7 8.e4 
Ca6 9.a4 Fxb2 10.axb5 Cc7 11.Ta2 Fg7 12.c4 d6 13.Db3 e6 14.Fd3 Rf8 15.Ta3 
exd5 16.exd5 a6 17.O-O Tb8 18.Te1 h6 19.gxh6 Txh6 20.Ce4 Tb6 21.Da2 Fg4 
22.Ceg5 Ff6 23.Dd2 Th5 24.Da5 Ca8 25.Ce4 Fxf3 26.gxf3 Fd4 27.Rf1 Th2 28.
Re2 f5 29.Cd2 Fxf2 30.Tea1 Fe3+ 31.Rxe3 Dg5+ 0-1

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D17s"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.Ce5 e6 7.f3 Fb4 8.e4 Fxe4 
9.fxe4 Cxe4 10.Fd2 Dxd4 11.Cxe4 Dxe4+ 12.De2 Fxd2+ 13.Rxd2 Dd5+ 14.Rc2 Ca6
15.Cxc4 O-O 16.De5 Tab8 17.a5 Tfd8 18.Fe2 f6 19.Dxd5 cxd5 20.Cd2 Tdc8+ 21.
Rb3 Rf7 22.Thc1 Re7 23.Ra3 Cc5 24.b4 Cd7 25.Cb3 g6 26.a6 bxa6 27.Cd4 Rd6 
28.Txc8 Txc8 29.Rb3 Cb6 30.Fxa6 Tb8 31.Cb5+ Rd7 32.Cxa7 e5 33.Fb5+ Rd6 34.
Tc1 e4 35.Tc6+ Re5 36.Tc7 Rf4 37.Txh7 Re3 38.Cc6 Tc8 39.Th6 Tg8 40.Ce7 Tg7
41.Cxg6 d4 42.Th3+ Rd2 43.Cf4 Tg5 44.Fa6 Tf5 45.Ce6 Td5 46.Fb7 Td6 47.Fxe4
Txe6 48.Td3+ Re2 49.Txd4 Re3 50.Ff5 Te5 51.Td6 Cd5 52.g4 Rd4 53.Fe6 Te3+ 
54.Ra4 Re5 55.Txd5+ Rxe6 56.Th5 Rd6 57.Th6 1-0

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 De7 9.
g3 Fg7 10.Fg2 O-O 11.O-O Cbd7 12.Ff4 Tb8 13.Tb1 Ce8 14.Dd2 Cb6 15.Fh6 Cc4 
16.Dc1 Fxh6 17.Dxh6 Ce5 18.b4 Cxf3+ 19.Fxf3 Ff5 20.e4 cxb4 21.Txb4 Fxh3 
22.Dxh3 Df6 23.Rg2 Dxc3 24.Tfb1 Cf6 25.Dh4 Cd7 26.Fe2 Tfe8 27.Txb7 Txb7 
28.Txb7 Cc5 29.Te7 Txe7 30.Dxe7 De5 31.Dxe5 dxe5 32.a5 Rf8 33.f4 f6 34.Rf3
Re7 35.Re3 Rd6 36.Ff1 Rc7 37.Rf3 Rd6 38.Fc4 Cb7 39.Fxa6 Cxa5 40.Fc8 Cb3 
41.Re3 Cc5 42.Fh3 Rc7 43.Fe6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Huebner, Robert Dr"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A43q"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Fg5 Ce4 5.Fh4 Fb7 6.Dd3 f5 7.Cbd2 Ca6 8.c3 c4 
9.Dd4 Cxd2 10.Cxd2 Db6 11.De5 Cc5 12.Dxf5 Dg6 13.Dxg6+ hxg6 14.Fg5 Fxd5 
15.f3 e5 16.e4 Fc6 17.Fe2 Fe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B33w"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.c3 Fg7 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 O-O 14.Cce3 Fe6 15.
Fd3 f5 16.O-O Ta7 17.a4 Ce7 18.Cxe7+ Txe7 19.axb5 axb5 20.Fc2 d5 21.Fb3 f4
22.Cxd5 Td7 23.Cb4 Txd1 24.Fxe6+ Rh8 25.Taxd1 De7 26.Fd5 e4 27.Tfe1 e3 28.
Ff3 Fe5 29.Cc6 Df6 30.Cxe5 Dxe5 31.fxe3 fxe3 32.Td4 Te8 33.Te4 Db8 34.
T1xe3 Txe4 35.Fxe4 Df4 36.Te2 Dc1+ 37.Rf2 b4 38.cxb4 Df4+ 39.Ff3 Dxh2 40.
Te4 Dc7 41.Re3 Dc1+ 42.Rd4 Dxb2+ 43.Rc4 Da2+ 44.Rb5 Dd5+ 45.Rb6 Dd8+ 46.
Rc6 Da8+ 47.Rc5 Da7+ 48.Rb5 Db7+ 49.Rc4 Dc6+ 50.Rb3 Db5 51.Td4 Rg7 52.Td5 
Db6 53.b5 Rf6 54.Rc4 Re7 55.Td3 Da7 56.Rb4 Df2 57.Td1 h5 58.Fc6 Db6 59.
Td7+ Re6 60.Th7 Rd6 61.Ff3 Dd4+ 62.Ra5 h4 63.Fc6 Df2 64.Ra6 Rc5 65.Rb7 Df6
66.Td7 Dh6 67.Td5+ Rb4 68.b6 h3 69.gxh3 Dxh3 70.Ra7 Da3+ 71.Rb7 Dh3 72.
Tb5+ Rc4 73.Ra6 Da3+ 74.Ta5 Dd6 75.Fd5+ Rb4 76.Tb5+ Rc3 77.Fa2 Dc6 78.Fd5 
Dd6 79.Ff3 Df6 80.Ra5 Df8 81.b7 Da3+ 82.Rb6 Dd6+ 83.Fc6 Dd4+ 84.Rc7 Df4+ 
85.Rd7 Df7+ 86.Rd6 Df6+ 87.Rc7 Df4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D27o"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Fxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Dxd1 8.Txd1 
Fxc5 9.b3 b6 10.Cc3 Cbd7 11.Fb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "34. Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D41j"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.g3 Cc6 5.Fg2 d5 6.cxd5 Cxd5 7.O-O Fe7 8.d4 
O-O 9.Cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Fxc5 11.Fg5 Dd7 12.Ce1 d4 13.Cd3 Fb6 14.a4 Df5 15.
Fd2 Fd7 16.b4 a6 17.Cf4 De5 18.Cd5 Fd8 19.Ff4 De6 20.Te1 Dg6 21.b5 axb5 
22.axb5 Txa1 23.Dxa1 Ce7 24.Dxd4 Fxb5 25.Cxe7+ Fxe7 26.De5 Fb4 27.Fe4 Te8 
28.Dxb5 Dxe4 29.f3 De7 30.Tc1 h6 31.Rf1 g5 32.Fc7 De3 33.Tc2 Ff8 34.Rg2 
Fg7 35.Fb6 De6 36.Ff2 Tc8 37.Td2 Dc6 38.Df5 Te8 39.e4 b5 40.Td7 De6 41.
Dxb5 g4 42.Dd5 Dxd5 43.Txd5 Te6 44.Fe3 Rh7 45.h3 gxf3+ 46.Rxf3 Rg6 47.h4 
Ff6 48.h5+ Rg7 49.Ff4 Fe7 50.Tb5 Fd8 51.e5 Fe7 52.Rg4 Fd8 53.Rf5 Fe7 54.
Tb7 Fd8 55.Tb8 Fa5 56.Ta8 Fc3 57.Td8 Fb4 58.g4 Fc5 59.g5 hxg5 60.Fxg5 Fe7 
61.h6+ Rh7 62.Fxe7 Txe7 63.Tf8 Rxh6 64.Rf6 Te6+ 65.Rxf7 Txe5 66.Rf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B52n"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Fd7 4.Fxd7+ Dxd7 5.O-O Cf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Cxe5 Dc8 8.
Df3 Cbd7 9.Cc4 e6 10.Cc3 Fe7 11.d3 O-O 12.Ff4 Cb6 13.Cd6 Fxd6 14.Fxd6 Te8 
15.Fg3 a6 16.Tad1 Cbd7 17.Ce4 Cxe4 18.dxe4 b5 19.Td6 Db7 20.De3 Tac8 21.
Tfd1 Cf8 22.f3 h6 23.Da3 b4 24.Dxa6 De7 25.a4 bxa3 26.Dxa3 Cg6 27.De3 Df6 
28.b3 Db2 29.Dc1 Df6 30.Da1 Dg5 31.Dc1 Df6 32.Dd2 Ta8 33.h3 Tec8 34.Rh1 c4
35.b4 c3 36.Dd3 Dg5 37.Rh2 h5 38.h4 Cxh4 39.Ta6 Cxg2 40.Txa8 Txa8 41.Rxg2 
h4 42.f4 Dxg3+ 43.Dxg3 hxg3 44.Td3 Ta4 45.Txc3 Txb4 46.Te3 Tc4 47.c3 f5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D26t"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Cf6 5.Fxc4 c5 6.O-O Cc6 7.De2 cxd4 8.Td1 
Fe7 9.Cc3 O-O 10.Cxd4 Cxd4 11.exd4 De8 12.Cb5 Dd8 13.Cc3 De8 14.Cb5 Dd8 
15.Ff4 Fd7 16.Cc7 Tc8 17.d5 Txc7 18.d6 Tc6 19.dxe7 Dxe7 20.Fb5 Tb6 21.Fxd7
Cxd7 22.Dd2 e5 23.Fe3 Cc5 24.b4 Ce4 25.Dc2 Txb4 26.a3 Td4 27.Fxd4 exd4 28.
Te1 d3 29.Dc4 Cd6 30.Dxd3 Df6 31.Tad1 Cf5 32.Dd7 g6 33.Dxb7 a6 34.Tc1 Cd4 
35.Tc8 Txc8 36.Dxc8+ Rg7 37.Dc5 Cc6 38.h3 h5 39.Td1 Ce5 40.Td5 Cc6 41.Td6 
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.f4 Fe7 8.O-O O-O
9.Rh1 Dc7 10.a4 Cc6 11.Fe3 Te8 12.Ff3 Fd7 13.Cb3 b6 14.g4 Fc8 15.g5 Cd7 
16.Fg2 Ff8 17.Dh5 g6 18.Dh3 Cb4 19.Fg1 Cc5 20.Cxc5 bxc5 21.Tf2 d5 22.Taf1 
Tb8 23.Td2 Fg7 24.e5 Da5 25.Cd1 Cc6 26.c3 Ce7 27.Ce3 Fb7 28.Ta1 Fc6 29.Ff3
Tb3 30.Dg2 Teb8 31.Cc4 dxc4 32.Fxc6 Cxc6 33.Dxc6 Ff8 34.Ta2 Td8 35.Td7 
Txd7 36.Dxd7 Tb8 37.Rg2 Td8 38.Db7 Td1 39.Db8 Td8 40.Db7 Td2+ 41.Ff2 Dd8 
42.Ta1 Dd3 43.a5 Df5 44.Df3 Dc2 45.Tf1 Dxb2 46.Rg1 Td5 47.Fe1 Db1 48.Ff2 
Dc2 49.Fe1 h5 50.Tf2 Dc1 51.De4 Td3 52.Te2 Txc3 53.Rg2 Td3 54.Ff2 Dd1 55.
h3 c3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "E94l"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Fe3 c6 
9.d5 Cg4 10.Fg5 f6 11.Fh4 c5 12.Ce1 h5 13.h3 Ch6 14.a3 Cf7 15.Cd3 Fh6 16.
b4 Rg7 17.Dc2 De7 18.Db2 Ff4 19.Fg3 Fxg3 20.fxg3 Tb8 21.bxc5 Cxc5 22.Cxc5 
dxc5 23.Fd3 b6 24.a4 a5 25.Ta3 Td8 26.Tb3 Td6 27.Db1 Fa6 28.Tf2 Dd8 29.
Tfb2 Rf8 30.Fe2 Ch6 31.Rh2 Rg7 32.Fd3 Cf7 33.Fe2 Ch6 34.Fd3 Rh7 35.Rg1 Rg7
36.Rh2 Cf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D11s"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 a6 5.b3 Fg4 6.Cbd2 Cbd7 7.Fb2 e6 8.Fd3 Fd6 
9.Dc2 Dc7 10.O-O Fh5 11.h3 O-O 12.c5 Fe7 13.Ce5 Rh8 14.f4 Cxe5 15.fxe5 Cd7
16.Fxh7 g6 17.g4 f5 18.gxh5 Rxh7 19.hxg6+ Rg7 20.Rh2 Cf6 21.Tf4 Ce4 22.
Cxe4 dxe4 23.Tg1 Th8 24.Dc4 Da5 25.Tf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D43n"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Fg3 b5 9.
Fe2 Fb7 10.Ce5 Fg7 11.h4 Cbd7 12.Dc2 c5 13.hxg5 cxd4 14.Cxb5 Cxe4 15.Cxc4 
Cxg3 16.Cbd6+ Rf8 17.Cxb7 Dc7 18.fxg3 Dxb7 19.O-O d3 20.Dxd3 Ce5 21.Cxe5 
Db6+ 22.Tf2 Fxe5 23.Df3 f5 24.Dxa8+ Re7 25.Df3 hxg5 26.Td1 Rf6 27.Fc4 g4 
28.Dd3 Rg5 29.Te1 Dc5 30.b4 Dd4 31.Txe5 Da1+ 32.Tf1 Dxe5 33.Dd2+ Rg6 34.
Te1 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B19b"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.h4 h6 7.Cf3 e6 8.Ce5 Fh7
9.Fd3 Fxd3 10.Dxd3 Cd7 11.f4 Cgf6 12.Fd2 Fe7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Rb1 c5 15.
dxc5 Cxc5 16.Df3 Dc7 17.Fc3 Tac8 18.Fd4 Tfd8 19.c3 Ca4 20.Ce2 Da5 21.b3 
Cc5 22.g4 Ccd7 23.g5 Cxe5 24.fxe5 Dd5 25.Dd3 Cg4 26.Cf4 Dc6 27.De2 Fa3 28.
Th3 Fc5 29.Thd3 Fxd4 30.cxd4 Da6 31.Dxg4 Tc2 32.a4 h5 33.Cxh5 Tdc8 34.Cf6+
Rf8 35.Cd7+ Re7 36.Cc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E81d"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Cge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Cg3 exd5 
9.cxd5 h5 10.Fe2 Ch7 11.Fe3 a6 12.a4 h4 13.Cf1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Ff4 Cd7 
16.Fxd6 Te8 17.Dd2 Ce5 18.Fxc5 h3 19.Rf2 hxg2 20.Rxg2 f4 21.Dxf4 Cg6 22.
Dg3 Ch4+ 23.Rf2 Cf5 24.Df4 b6 25.Fa3 Fe5 26.Dc4 Cg5 27.h4 Fd4+ 28.Re1 
Cxf3+ 29.Rd1 Ce5 30.Db3 Rh8 31.Rc2 Fc5 32.Td1 Cd4+ 33.Txd4 Fxd4 34.Rb1 
Ff5+ 35.Ra1 Df6 36.Cg3 Fh7 37.Cce4 Fxe4 38.Cxe4 Df4 39.Cg5 Dd2 40.Td1 Dxe2
41.Txd4 Tac8 42.Ra2 b5 43.d6 bxa4 44.Dxa4 Dc2 45.Dxc2 Txc2 46.Te4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B19b"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.h4 h6 7.Cf3 e6 8.Ce5 Fh7
9.Fd3 Fxd3 10.Dxd3 Cd7 11.f4 Cgf6 12.Fd2 Fe7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Df3 Dc7 15.c4
a5 16.Rb1 Tad8 17.Fc1 Tfe8 18.Ce2 c5 19.g4 cxd4 20.g5 Cxe5 21.fxe5 Ch7 22.
gxh6 Dxe5 23.hxg7 f5 24.Cg3 Dc7 25.De2 Fc5 26.Ch5 e5 27.Cg3 Df7 28.Df1 f4 
29.Ce4 Df5 30.Dd3 Fe7 31.Tdg1 Td6 32.c5 Te6 33.h5 Fg5 34.Ra1 Fh6 35.Df3 
Cg5 36.Cxg5 Fxg5 37.Dd5 Fh6 38.Tg6 Df7 39.De4 Tc8 40.Thg1 Txc5 41.Fd2 Tec6
42.a3 Tc8 43.Txh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E81d"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Cge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Cg3 exd5 
9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 h5 11.Fg5 Dc7 12.Dd2 Te8 13.Fe2 Ch7 14.Fh6 Fd4 15.Fe3 Fh8 
16.O-O Cd7 17.f4 Cdf6 18.e5 h4 19.Cge4 dxe5 20.d6 Da5 21.Cxf6+ Cxf6 22.
fxe5 Txe5 23.Ff4 Te8 24.Fc4 Db4 25.b3 Fe6 26.Dd3 Ff5 27.Df3 Fg4 28.Dd3 Ff5
29.Df3 Fg4 30.Cd5 Fxf3 31.Cxb4 Fe2 32.Cd3 Ce4 33.d7 Ted8 34.Ce5 Fxe5 35.
Fxe5 Fxf1 36.Txf1 Txd7 37.h3 Cd2 38.Tf4 Cxc4 39.bxc4 Te8 40.Fc3 Te3 41.Ff6
Te6 42.a5 b6 43.Fc3 Td3 44.Fb2 Tb3 45.Ff6 bxa5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.Fe2 Dc7 8.a3 b5 
9.Dd2 Fb7 10.f3 Cbd7 11.O-O-O d5 12.exd5 Cxd5 13.Cxd5 Fxd5 14.Rb1 Cf6 15.
g4 Fc4 16.Ff4 Db6 17.Fe5 Cd5 18.The1 O-O-O 19.Fd3 Fc5 20.Cb3 Ff2 21.Tf1 
Fxd3 22.cxd3 Fe3 23.Dc2+ Rb7 24.d4 f6 25.Fg3 Ra7 26.Tfe1 g6 27.Dd3 Fh6 28.
Te2 The8 29.Tc2 Tc8 30.Te1 Txc2 31.Dxc2 Ff8 32.Tc1 Fd6 33.Dc6 Td8 34.Fxd6 
Txd6 35.De8 Dd8 36.Dxd8 Txd8 37.Tc6 Cf4 38.Cc5 Txd4 39.Txa6+ Rb8 40.Cxe6 
Cxe6 41.Txe6 Tf4 42.Tb6+ Ra7 43.Txb5 Txf3 44.Tc5 Rb6 45.Tc3 Tf4 46.h3 f5 
47.gxf5 Txf5 48.Ra2 Rb5 49.Tb3+ Ra5 50.Tb4 Tf3 51.h4 h5 52.Te4 Tg3 53.Te5+
Rb6 54.a4 Th3 55.Te4 Ra5 56.b3 Th1 57.Rb2 Tg1 58.Te5+ Rb6 59.Ra3 Tg4 60.
Te6+ Rc5 61.Tf6 Txh4 62.Txg6 Th1 63.Tg5+ Rb6 64.a5+ Rc6 65.Ra4 h4 66.Tg6+ 
Rc7 67.Th6 h3 68.Rb5 h2 69.b4 Rd7 70.Th7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Ff5 11.a3 Cxc3 12.bxc3 Cc6 13.Te1 dxc4 14.Fxc4 Fd6 
15.Cg5 Dd7 16.Df3 Tae8 17.Txe8 Txe8 18.Fd2 Cd8 19.Fd3 Fxd3 20.Dxd3 f5 21.
c4 Fe7 22.Cf3 Ff6 23.Tb1 b6 24.c5 Dd5 25.cxb6 cxb6 26.Tb5 De4 27.Dc4+ Rh8 
28.h3 h6 29.Tb3 Dc6 30.Dd3 Dd5 31.Db5 Dxb5 32.Txb5 Ce6 33.Td5 Rg8 34.Td7 
Td8 35.Txa7 Cxd4 36.Cxd4 Fxd4 37.Rf1 Fxf2 38.Fxh6 Fd4 39.Fd2 Te8 40.Td7 
Te4 41.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B81e"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Cf5 g6 
9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.Df3 d4 12.O-O-O Cbd7 13.Fd2 Dc7 14.gxf6 dxc3 15.
Fxc3 Dc6 16.Dg3 Fh6+ 17.Rb1 Ff4 18.Dd3 Tg8 19.Fh3 Rd8 20.Fb4 Dxf6 21.Dc4 
Tg5 22.Td6 Dg7 23.f6 Tg1+ 24.Ff1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E15n"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb7 6.Fg2 Fb4+ 7.Fd2 a5 8.O-O O-O 
9.Dc2 d6 10.Fc3 d5 11.a3 Fd6 12.Fb2 Cbd7 13.Cc3 Te8 14.Tfd1 Db8 15.Cb5 a4 
16.bxa4 dxc4 17.Cd2 Fxg2 18.Rxg2 Db7+ 19.f3 Tec8 20.Cxc4 Ff8 21.Tac1 Da6 
22.e4 c6 23.Ccd6 cxb5 24.Cxc8 b4 25.Dc4 bxa3 26.Dxa6 Txa6 27.Fa1 Txa4 28.
d5 Fc5 29.dxe6 fxe6 30.Cd6 h5 31.Cb7 Ta7 32.Cd8 Cf8 33.Cc6 Tb7 34.Td3 C6d7
35.Tb3 Tc7 36.Cb4 Ta7 37.Cc2 e5 38.Fc3 Ce6 39.Ta1 Cd4 40.Fxd4 exd4 41.Cxa3
Ce5 42.f4 Cc4 43.Cc2 Td7 44.Td1 Ta7 45.Rh3 Cd6 46.e5 Ce4 47.Txd4 Cf2+ 48.
Rg2 Fxd4 49.Cxd4 Ta2 50.Rf3 Cg4 51.h3 Ch2+ 52.Re4 Cf1 53.Rf5 Tg2 54.g4 
hxg4 55.hxg4 g6+ 56.Rxg6 Txg4+ 57.Rf5 Tg7 58.e6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A43q"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Fg5 Ce4 5.Fh4 Fb7 6.e3 g6 7.c3 Da5 8.Cbd2 Cxd2
9.Dxd2 Fg7 10.e4 d6 11.Fd3 Cd7 12.O-O a6 13.Tfc1 Tc8 14.h3 Db6 15.Ff1 Cf6 
16.Te1 O-O 17.a4 Tfe8 18.a5 Dc7 19.c4 b4 20.e5 dxe5 21.Cxe5 Ch5 22.Cg4 Fd4
23.Tad1 e6 24.Te4 f5 25.Ch6+ Rg7 26.Txe6 Txe6 27.dxe6 Cf4 28.Te1 Rxh6 29.
Fg3 g5 30.h4 Te8 31.e7 Fe4 32.hxg5+ Rxg5 33.Rh1 Txe7 34.f3 Te6 35.Fh2 Th6 
36.fxe4 Rg6 37.g3 Ch5 38.exf5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D39k"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.e4 Fb4 6.Fg5 c5 7.Fxc4 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Fxc3+ 9.bxc3 Da5 10.Fb5+ Cbd7 11.Fxf6 Dxc3+ 12.Rf1 gxf6 13.h4 a6 14.Th3 
Da5 15.Fe2 Cc5 16.Cb3 Cxb3 17.Dxb3 b6 18.Td1 Fb7 19.Db2 De5 20.Dxb6 Fxe4 
21.Tg3 f5 22.Rg1 h6 23.Db4 f4 24.Tg4 Tb8 25.Da3 a5 26.Ff3 Tb4 27.Dc1 Re7 
28.Txf4 Fxf3 29.Txf3 Txh4 30.g3 Te4 31.Tc3 Tg8 32.Tc7+ Rf6 33.Dxh6+ Tg6 
34.Dh8+ Tg7 35.Tcc1 Rg6 36.Rg2 Th7 37.Dg8+ Tg7 38.Dd8 Te2 39.Tc4 f5 40.Th4
Db2 41.Rg1 Dc3 42.a4 Df3 43.Tf4 Dc6 44.Dd3 Th7 45.Tg4+ Rf7 46.Dd7+ Dxd7 
47.Txd7+ Rf6 48.Txh7 fxg4 49.Ta7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B51q"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Cc6 4.O-O Fd7 5.Te1 Cf6 6.h3 Ce5 7.a4 Cxf3+ 8.Dxf3
a6 9.Fxd7+ Cxd7 10.b3 g6 11.Fb2 e5 12.Dd3 Fe7 13.Cc3 O-O 14.a5 Cf6 15.Tf1 
Tc8 16.Cd5 Cxd5 17.Dxd5 Dc7 18.f4 Ff6 19.d3 Rg7 20.Dc4 Dd8 21.f5 Fg5 22.
Tf3 Fd2 23.Fc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Fb7 4.Fg2 e6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Cc3 O-O 7.Te1 Ce4 8.Cxe4 
Fxe4 9.d3 Fb7 10.d4 Fe4 11.Ch4 Fxg2 12.Cxg2 d5 13.cxd5 Dxd5 14.e4 Dd7 15.
Cf4 Td8 16.Fe3 Cc6 17.Ce2 Ff6 18.e5 Fe7 19.a3 Ff8 20.Dc2 Ce7 21.Fg5 Tdc8 
22.Fxe7 Fxe7 23.Tad1 c5 24.Db3 cxd4 25.Txd4 Dc7 26.Cf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B80j"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.
Dd2 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Fb7 11.h4 b4 12.Ca4 Da5 13.b3 Cc5 14.a3 Cxa4 15.axb4 Dc7
16.bxa4 d5 17.e5 Cd7 18.f4 Cb6 19.Th3 Cc4 20.Dc3 Tc8 21.Fd2 Fe7 22.Fe1 Tb8
23.f5 Fc8 24.Fxc4 dxc4 25.Df3 Fd7 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.g5 hxg5 28.hxg5 Txh3 29.
Dxh3 Dxe5 30.Dh5+ Rf8 31.Cf3 De3+ 32.Rb2 Fe8 33.Dh8+ Rf7 34.Fc3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C78d"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fc5 6.c3 b5 7.Fc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4 
9.Cbd2 exf3 10.Dxf3 Fe7 11.Dxc6+ Fd7 12.Df3 exd4 13.cxd4 O-O 14.Ce4 Fe6 
15.Cxf6+ Fxf6 16.Fe4 Fxd4 17.Td1 c5 18.Fxa8 Dxa8 19.Fe3 Dxf3 20.gxf3 Fxb2 
21.Fxc5 Tc8 22.Tab1 h6 23.Fb4 Fe5 24.a3 Tc6 25.Tbc1 Fc4 26.Td8+ Rh7 27.Te1
Fc7 28.Td7 Fe6 29.Td3 Ff5 30.Td5 Fh3 31.Rh1 Tf6 32.Td3 Fe6 33.Fc3 Tf5 34.
Txe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E31m"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Fg5 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e3 h6 7.Fh4 Fxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5 
9.Fd3 e4 10.Fc2 Cbd7 11.f4 Cb6 12.De2 Fg4 13.Df1 g5 14.fxg5 Ch5 15.a4 hxg5
16.Ff2 Cf6 17.Fg3 De7 18.h3 Fh5 19.a5 Cbd7 20.Ce2 Fg6 21.Fh2 Ce5 22.Fa4+ 
Rd8 23.Fxe5 Dxe5 24.Rd2 Rc7 25.Df2 De7 26.Taf1 Cd7 27.Fxd7 Dxd7 28.Df6 
Tae8 29.Ta1 De7 30.Thf1 Rd7 31.Cg3 Dxf6 32.Txf6 Re7 33.Tf2 f6 34.Re1 Th7 
35.Tb1 Tb8 36.Tfb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D37t"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.Dc2 Da5 10.Cd2 Fb4 11.cxd5 Cxd5 12.Cxd5 exd5 13.Fd3 g6 14.Tc1 Fe7 15.O-O
Ff6 16.Cb3 Db6 17.Cc5 Dxb2 18.Da4 Db6 19.Fd6 Fe7 20.Fxe7 Cxe7 21.Cd7 Fxd7 
22.Dxd7 Db3 23.Dxe7 Dxd3 24.Tfd1 Db3 25.Tb1 Da4 26.Txd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B36j"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.c4 Cf6 6.Cc3 d6 7.Fe2 Cxd4 8.Dxd4 
Fg7 9.O-O O-O 10.De3 Fe6 11.Fd2 Db6 12.Dxb6 axb6 13.a4 Cd7 14.Ta3 Cc5 15.
Tfa1 Fxc3 16.Fxc3 Cxe4 17.Fd4 Tfc8 18.Te3 Fxc4 19.Txe4 Fxe2 20.Fc3 Fb5 21.
Txe7 Fxa4 22.Txb7 Fc6 23.Tba7 Txa7 24.Txa7 g5 25.f3 h6 26.Rf2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B34u"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Fg7 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fe2 O-O 8.Cb3 
d6 9.f4 b6 10.O-O Fb7 11.Dd2 Dc8 12.Rh1 Fa6 13.Tad1 Fxe2 14.Dxe2 Dg4 15.
De1 Tac8 16.h3 De6 17.Fg1 Tfe8 18.a3 Cd7 19.Cd4 Cxd4 20.Fxd4 Fxd4 21.Txd4 
Tc5 22.Tf2 Tec8 23.Tdd2 Tc4 24.Tfe2 T4c5 25.Cd5 Cf6 26.c3 Tc4 27.b3 T4c5 
28.a4 b5 29.axb5 Txb5 30.b4 a5 31.bxa5 Txa5 32.Rh2 Tac5 33.Td4 Rg7 34.Te3 
Cxd5 35.exd5 Df6 36.Txe7 Txc3 37.De6 T3c7 38.Dxf6+ Rxf6 39.Txc7 Txc7 40.g4
Tc2+ 41.Rg3 Tc3+ 42.Rg2 h5 43.Td2 h4 44.Td4 Ta3 45.Rh2 Tg3 46.Td2 Tf3 47.
Td4 g5 48.fxg5+ Rxg5 49.Rg2 Tf4 50.Td2 f5 51.gxf5 Rxf5 52.Te2 Te4 53.Ta2 
Re5 54.Rf3 Tf4+ 55.Re3 Tb4 56.Rf3 Rxd5 57.Ta8 Rd4 58.Th8 Rd3 59.Td8 Td4 
60.Td7 d5 61.Td8 Rc3 62.Td7 Rc4 63.Tc7+ Rb5 64.Re3 Tc4 65.Th7 Rc6 66.Rd3 
Ta4 67.Th8 Rc5 68.Tc8+ Rd6 69.Th8 Tb4 70.Th7 Tb3+ 71.Rd4 Re6 72.Th6+ Rf5 
73.Th5+ Rg6 74.Txd5 Txh3 75.Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D97j"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.Db3 dxc4 6.Dxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5 
9.Db3 Cfd7 10.h4 Cb6 11.h5 c5 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.dxc5 Fe6 14.Dc2 Ff5 15.Db3 
Fe6 16.Da3 Cc4 17.Fxc4 Fxc4 18.Fh6 Fxh6 19.Td1 Dc7 20.Txh6 Cc6 21.Cd5 Fxd5
22.Txd5 Tfd8 23.Cg5 Txd5 24.Th8+ Rg7 25.Th7+ Rg8 26.Th8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B33q"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Fe7 10.Fxf6 Fxf6 11.c3 Fg5 12.Cc2 O-O 13.Fe2 Ce7 14.Ccb4 a5 15.
Cxe7+ Dxe7 16.Cd5 Db7 17.Dd3 Tb8 18.O-O Fe6 19.Tfd1 Tfc8 20.a3 h6 21.g3 
Fd8 22.Td2 Da7 23.Rg2 Tc5 24.Ce3 Fg5 25.h4 Fxe3 26.Dxe3 Dc7 27.Tad1 Tc6 
28.Rh2 Fb3 29.Tg1 Fc4 30.Tgd1 Fxe2 31.Dxe2 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Td3 bxc3 34.
bxc3 Tb3 35.Dd2 Db6 36.Rg2 Tb2 37.De3 Dxe3 38.Txe3 Rf8 39.Ted3 Re7 40.Te3 
Tc2 41.Tdd3 h5 42.Rf3 g6 43.Rg2 Re6 44.Rf1 Tc4 45.Re1 f5 46.f3 Tg2 47.
exf5+ gxf5 48.f4 e4 49.Td2 Tg1+ 50.Rf2 Tc1 51.Ta2 T4xc3 52.Txc3 Txc3 53.
Ta8 d5 54.Te8+ Rd6 55.Te5 d4 56.Txf5 Tc2+ 57.Re1 e3 58.Te5 Tg2 59.Rf1 Txg3
60.Re2 Tg2+ 61.Rf3 Td2 62.Te8 Rd5 63.Te5+ Rc4 64.f5 Tf2+ 65.Rg3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C78d"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fc5 6.c3 b5 7.Fc2 d5 8.d4 dxe4 
9.dxe5 Dxd1 10.Txd1 Fxf2+ 11.Rf1 exf3 12.exf6 Fh4 13.fxg7 fxg2+ 14.Rxg2 
Tg8 15.Fh6 Fg5 16.Te1+ Fe6 17.Fxg5 Txg7 18.h4 h6 19.Fe4 Rd7 20.Td1+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A79"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Cf3 g6 7.Cd2 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fe2 Te8 10.O-O Ca6 11.f3 Cc7 12.a4 Cd7 13.Rh1 b6 14.Cc4 Ce5 15.Ce3 f5 
16.f4 Cf7 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Fd3 Ch6 19.Dc2 Df6 20.Fd2 Fd7 21.Tf3 Rh8 22.Taf1
Te7 23.Th3 Df7 24.Cc4 Dg6 25.Tg3 Cg4 26.h3 h5 27.Ce3 Cxe3 28.Txg6 Cxc2 29.
Fxc2 Ce8 30.Tg5 Cf6 31.Fxf5 Fxf5 32.Txf5 Tae8 33.Rh2 Rh7 34.Rg3 a6 35.Rh4 
Rg6 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 b5 38.axb5 axb5 39.Tg5+ Rf7 40.Cxb5 Th8+ 41.Th5 
Cxh5 42.Cxd6+ Rf8 43.gxh5 Ff6+ 44.Rg4 Tg7+ 45.Rf5 Fxb2 46.Th1 Td7 47.Re6 
Te7+ 48.Rf5 Td7 49.Fe3 Fd4 50.Fxd4 cxd4 51.Re5 d3 52.Cf5 d2 53.h6 Rf7 54.
Td1 Te8+ 55.Rd4 Te2 56.h7 Td8 57.Cg3 Tf2 58.Ce4 Txf4 59.Txd2 Th4 60.Tf2+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C92u"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Fb7 10.d4 Te8 11.Cbd2 Ff8 12.a4 h6 13.Fc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Cb4 15.Fb1 c5 
16.d5 Cd7 17.Ta3 f5 18.Ch2 Cf6 19.Tg3 Rh8 20.b3 fxe4 21.Cxe4 Fxd5 22.Cxf6 
Dxf6 23.Fd2 Txe1+ 24.Fxe1 De6 25.Te3 Dg8 26.Cg4 Cc6 27.Tg3 De6 28.Fc3 Fe4 
29.Fxe4 Dxe4 30.Cxh6 Cd4 31.Fxd4 cxd4 32.Cf7+ Rg8 33.Dh5 Tc8 34.Tf3 Dh7 
35.Dd5 Db1+ 36.Rh2 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B35r"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.Cc3 Fg7 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Fb3 
d6 9.f3 Fd7 10.h4 h5 11.De2 Ca5 12.O-O-O Tc8 13.g4 Cxb3+ 14.axb3 hxg4 15.
h5 gxf3 16.Cxf3 Txc3 17.bxc3 Da5 18.Fd4 e5 19.Ff2 Da1+ 20.Rd2 Fh6+ 21.Rd3 
Da6+ 22.c4 Cxe4 23.hxg6 Cxf2+ 24.Dxf2 e4+ 25.Rxe4 Fg7 26.Dh2 d5+ 27.Txd5 
Dxg6+ 28.Re3 Te8+ 29.Rd2 Df6 30.Txd7 Dc3+ 31.Rc1 Da1+ 32.Rd2 Dc3+ 33.Rc1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D37t"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.Dc2 Da5 10.Cd2 Fb4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Fd3 d4 13.O-O Fxc3 14.Cc4 Dh5 15.bxc3
Cd5 16.Fg3 dxe3 17.Tae1 Fe6 18.fxe3 Tad8 19.Cd6 Ce5 20.Fxh7+ Dxh7 21.Dxh7+
Rxh7 22.Fxe5 f6 23.e4 Cb6 24.Fg3 Ca4 25.e5 f5 26.Fh4 Td7 27.Te3 f4 28.Tef3
Fd5 29.Th3 Fe6 30.Fe7+ Fxh3 31.Fxf8 Fe6 32.Ce4 Rg8 33.Cg5 Rxf8 34.Cxe6+ 
Re7 35.Cxf4 Td2 36.Tf3 Cc5 37.h4 Ce6 38.Rh2 Ta2 39.Cxe6 Rxe6 40.Tg3 Rf7 
41.e6+ Rxe6 42.Txg7 Txa3 43.Txb7 Rf5 44.Tb5+ Rg4 45.Tb4+ Rh5 46.g3 Ta1 47.
Rh3 a5 48.g4+ Rh6 49.Tb6+ Rg7 50.h5 a4 51.Ta6 a3 52.Rh4 a2 53.Rg5 Rh7 54.
Ta7+ Rg8 55.Rg6 Rf8 56.g5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "C42r"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Fd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Dc2 Ca6 10.a3 Te8 11.Cc3 Fg4 12.c5 Fc7 13.Cxe4 dxe4 14.Fxe4 Fxf3 15.Fxf3
Dxd4 16.Fe3 Txe3 17.fxe3 Dxe3+ 18.Df2 Dxf2+ 19.Txf2 Cxc5 20.Td1 a5 21.g3 
Td8 22.Txd8+ Fxd8 23.Rf1 a4 24.Tc2 Fb6 25.Fd1 Rf8 26.Tc4 Fa7 27.Th4 Fb8 
28.Txh7 Fe5 29.Th8+ Re7 30.Ta8 b5 31.Ff3 Rd7 32.Ta7+ Rd6 33.Ta8 Rc7 34.
Ta7+ Rb6 35.Ta8 Cb7 36.Fd1 Fxb2 37.Fxa4 bxa4 38.Txa4 c5 39.Re2 Cd6 40.h4 
f5 41.Ta8 Fe5 42.Rf3 c4 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D37q"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.cxd5 
Cxd5 9.Cxd5 exd5 10.a3 Cc6 11.Fd3 Fb6 12.O-O Fg4 13.h3 Fh5 14.b4 Te8 15.
Fe2 Fg6 16.Ta2 h6 17.Td2 Fe4 18.Da1 De7 19.Tfd1 Tac8 20.Ce1 g5 21.Fg3 Ce5 
22.Fb5 Cc6 23.Fa4 a5 24.Fb3 axb4 25.Fxd5 Fxd5 26.Txd5 bxa3 27.Td7 De4 28.
Dxa3 Tcd8 29.Db3 De6 30.Dxe6 Txe6 31.Cf3 Txd7 32.Txd7 Te7 33.Td5 Fc7 34.
Fxc7 Txc7 35.g4 f6 36.Cd2 Rf7 37.Ce4 Ce7 38.Tb5 Cc8 39.Rg2 b6 40.Rf3 Tc6 
41.Td5 Re7 42.h4 Cd6 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Cxd6 Txd6 45.Tb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "A30f"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Fg2 Fb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Dxd4 Fg7 8.Cc3 d6
9.Fe3 Cbd7 10.Tac1 a6 11.Tfd1 Tb8 12.b3 O-O 13.Dh4 Te8 14.Fh6 Fh8 15.Fh3 
b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Db4 Fxf3 18.exf3 Ce5 19.Fg2 Cc6 20.Dh4 Da5 21.Fd2 Da6 
22.Ff1 Ce5 23.Df4 Da8 24.Fe2 Tec8 25.Rg2 Fg7 26.De3 Tc5 27.Rg1 Tbc8 28.h3 
b4 29.Ca4 Txc1 30.Txc1 Txc1+ 31.Fxc1 Cd5 32.Dd2 Dc8 33.Fb2 e6 34.f4 Cd7 
35.Fxg7 Rxg7 36.Ff3 C7f6 37.Rg2 Dc7 38.g4 Cc3 39.Dd4 e5 40.fxe5 dxe5 41.
Dxb4 Cfd5 42.Fxd5 Cxd5 43.Dc5 Db7 44.Rg3 f6 45.f3 h5 46.Dd6 Cf4 47.Cc5 h4+
48.Rxh4 Dxf3 49.De7+ Rh6 50.g5+ fxg5+ 51.Dxg5+ Rh7 52.De7+ Rh6 53.Df8+ Rh7
54.De7+ Rh6 55.Dg5+ Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E37"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 d5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 Ce4 7.Dc2 c5 8.dxc5 
Cc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Cf3 O-O 11.b4 Ff5 12.Fb2 Te8 13.Td1 b6 14.e3 bxc5 15.
Fb5 Db6 16.Da4 Tac8 17.Txd5 Fe6 18.Fxc6 Dxc6 19.Dxc6 Txc6 20.Te5 Fd7 21.
bxc5 Txc5 22.Txc5 Cxc5 23.O-O Cd3 24.Fd4 a6 25.Tb1 f6 26.Fa7 Fb5 27.Cd4 
Tc8 28.g4 Tc3 29.Ta1 Fd7 30.h3 h5 31.gxh5 Fxh3 32.Rh2 Fd7 33.Rg3 Fe8 34.h6
gxh6 35.Cf5 Fd7 36.Ce7+ Rf7 37.Cd5 Tc2 38.f3 Fc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E15o"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Cc3 O-O 8.Dc2 d5 
9.cxd5 Cxd5 10.Fg2 c5 11.O-O Cd7 12.Tfd1 Tc8 13.Db2 Fb7 14.e4 C5f6 15.d5 
exd5 16.exd5 Fd6 17.Fh3 h6 18.Cb5 Fb8 19.Fc3 a6 20.Ca3 b5 21.Cc2 Te8 22.
Ce3 b4 23.Fxf6 Cxf6 24.Tac1 Ce4 25.Fxc8 Fxc8 26.Tc4 Fd6 27.Dc2 Cg5 28.Cxg5
Dxg5 29.Te4 Td8 30.Cc4 Ff8 31.Te5 Df6 32.De2 g6 33.d6 Fb7 34.De3 g5 35.f4 
g4 36.Dxc5 Ff3 37.Td2 Dg6 38.Te1 Fg7 39.Dc7 Ff6 40.Ce5 Dh5 41.d7 Rg7 42.
Dc2 Fa8 43.Dd1 Ff3 44.Dc2 Fa8 45.Dc4 a5 46.Cc6 Dg6 47.Td6 Fxc6 48.Dxc6 
Fd4+ 49.Rg2 Dd3 50.De4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D58b"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Db3 Fb7 
9.Fxf6 Fxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Td1 Te8 12.a3 c6 13.Fd3 Cd7 14.O-O g6 15.Tfe1 
Cf8 16.Fb1 Fg7 17.Fa2 Ce6 18.h3 Dd6 19.e4 Tad8 20.exd5 cxd5 21.Te3 a6 22.
Tde1 b5 23.Fb1 Te7 24.Dd1 Tde8 25.Fa2 h5 26.g3 h4 27.gxh4 Cf4 28.Txe7 Txe7
29.Txe7 Dxe7 30.Dd2 Fh6 31.Rf1 Fc8 32.Cxd5 Fxh3+ 33.Rg1 De6 34.Ce5 Ff5 35.
Rh2 Rg7 36.Cxf4 Dxa2 37.Cf3 f6 38.Rg3 Df7 39.d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C11r"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cf3 Cgf6 6.Fg5 Fe7 7.Cxf6+ Fxf6 8.
h4 c5 9.Dd2 cxd4 10.Cxd4 O-O 11.O-O-O h6 12.Fxf6 Cxf6 13.Fe2 e5 14.Cb5 Db6
15.De3 Dxe3+ 16.fxe3 Cg4 17.Fxg4 Fxg4 18.Td5 a6 19.Cd6 Tfd8 20.c4 b6 21.b3
Td7 22.Ce4 Txd5 23.cxd5 f5 24.Cf2 Fh5 25.e4 fxe4 26.Cxe4 Td8 27.Cc3 Rf7 
28.Te1 Rf6 29.Ce4+ Rf5 30.Cg3+ Rg4 31.Cxh5 Rxh5 32.Txe5+ Rxh4 33.Rd2 Rg3 
34.Re3 Rxg2 35.Rf4 Rf2 36.Th5 g5+ 37.Re5 g4 38.Txh6 Tf8 39.d6 g3 40.d7 g2 
41.Tg6 g1=D 42.Txg1 Rxg1 43.Re6 Th8 44.Re7 Th7+ 45.Rd6 Th8 46.Rc7 Rf2 47.
d8=D Txd8 48.Rxd8 Re3 49.Rc7 b5 50.Rb6 Rd4 51.Rxa6 Rc5 52.Ra5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A43i"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.Cc3 exd5 7.cxd5 a6 8.Ff4 b5 9.
h3 Cf6 10.Fd3 O-O 11.O-O Te8 12.Te1 Ta7 13.a3 Tae7 14.Dd2 Db6 15.b4 Cbd7 
16.Tac1 Fb7 17.Fh2 c4 18.Fc2 Ce5 19.Cxe5 dxe5 20.De3 Dxe3 21.fxe3 Tb8 22.
a4 Fc8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Ta1 Ce8 25.Ta5 Teb7 26.Fg3 f6 27.Tb1 Ff8 28.Fe1 Fe7
29.Cd1 Fd8 30.Ta3 Fb6 31.Fc3 Te7 32.Tba1 Fb7 33.Rf2 Cd6 34.Re2 f5 35.Fe1 
fxe4 36.Cc3 Fd4 37.exd4 exd4 38.Fg3 d3+ 39.Re1 Td7 40.Fd1 Te8 41.Fxd6 Txd6
42.Ta7 Fxd5 43.Cxb5 Tdd8 44.Cc7 Te5 45.Cxd5 Texd5 46.Te7 Tg5 47.g4 Tb5 48.
Taa7 Txb4 49.Tg7+ Rf8 50.Txh7 Rg8 51.Tag7+ Rf8 52.Tc7 Rg8 53.The7 Tb2 54.
Txc4 Th2 55.Tcxe4 d2+ 56.Rf1 Th1+ 57.Re2 Te1+ 58.Rf2 Txd1 59.Te8+ Txe8 60.
Txe8+ Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C92n"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Te8 10.d4 Fb7 11.Cg5 Tf8 12.Cf3 Te8 13.Cbd2 Ff8 14.d5 Cb8 15.Cf1 Cbd7
16.C3h2 Cc5 17.Fc2 c6 18.b4 Ccd7 19.dxc6 Fxc6 20.Fg5 h6 21.Fxf6 Cxf6 22.
Cg4 Cxg4 23.Dxg4 Tc8 24.Fb3 Fd7 25.Df3 Fe6 26.Tac1 Fe7 27.Tc2 a5 28.Dd3 
Fxb3 29.axb3 axb4 30.Ce3 bxc3 31.Txc3 Txc3 32.Dxc3 Fg5 33.Cd5 Dd7 34.Dd3 
Dc6 35.g3 Ta8 36.Rg2 Rf8 37.h4 Fd8 38.Dd2 Db7 39.De2 Dc6 40.Dd2 Db7 41.De2
Dc6 42.Dd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B27s"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fe2 Cc6 6.d5 Cd4 7.Cxd4 cxd4 8.O-O Db6
9.Db3 Cf6 10.Cd2 O-O 11.Td1 Cd7 12.Dxb6 axb6 13.Cb3 Cc5 14.Cxc5 bxc5 15.
Fd3 Fd7 16.Fg5 Ff6 17.Fxf6 exf6 18.Tdb1 b6 19.a3 Tfb8 20.b4 Rf8 21.f4 Tc8 
22.bxc5 bxc5 23.Tb7 Re8 24.Rf2 Rd8 25.Re2 Tcb8 26.Txb8+ Txb8 27.Fc2 Tb2 
28.Rd1 d3 29.Fxd3 Txg2 30.Tb1 Rc7 31.h4 Tg4 32.Rd2 Txf4 33.a4 Txh4 34.a5 
Th2+ 35.Rc3 Ta2 36.Tf1 Txa5 37.Txf6 Fe8 38.e5 dxe5 39.Fe4 h5 40.Rb3 Ta1 
41.d6+ Rd7 42.Fd5 h4 43.Fxf7 Fxf7 44.Txf7+ Rxd6 45.Tf6+ Re7 46.Txg6 h3 47.
Th6 Th1 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B33v"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.c3 Fg7 12.Fd3 Fe6 13.Dh5 O-O 14.O-O f4 15.Tad1
Rh8 16.g3 Tg8 17.Rh1 Ff8 18.Fe2 Tg5 19.Df3 f5 20.gxf4 exf4 21.Cxf4 Fxa2 
22.exf5 Txf5 23.De4 Tf7 24.Fh5 Tf6 25.c4 Ce5 26.c5 Tc8 27.cxd6 Fxd6 28.Fe2
Df8 29.Ch5 Txf2 30.Cc2 Cd3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C42r"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Fd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Te1 Ff5 10.Dc2 Fg6 11.c5 Fc7 12.Cc3 f5 13.Ce2 Cd7 14.Ff4 Fh5 15.Fxc7 
Dxc7 16.Cd2 Tae8 17.f3 Cxd2 18.Dxd2 f4 19.Cc3 g5 20.g4 Fg6 21.Fxg6 hxg6 
22.Te2 Txe2 23.Dxe2 Cf6 24.Dd3 Dg7 25.Te1 Te8 26.Te2 Rf7 27.Dd2 Dh8 28.
Txe8 Cxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D58p"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Tc1 Fb7 
9.Fe2 dxc4 10.O-O a6 11.Fxc4 Cbd7 12.a4 c5 13.De2 cxd4 14.exd4 Te8 15.Tfe1
Cf8 16.Tcd1 Cg6 17.Fg3 Fb4 18.Ce5 Cxe5 19.dxe5 Cd5 20.Cxd5 Fxd5 21.Fxd5 
exd5 22.Tf1 Dd7 23.Dc2 d4 24.Db3 Fc5 25.Td3 b5 26.axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C10l"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cf3 Cgf6 6.Cxf6+ Cxf6 7.g3 b6 8.
Fg2 Fb7 9.O-O Fe7 10.De2 O-O 11.Td1 Dc8 12.c4 Te8 13.b3 a5 14.Fh3 Cd7 15.
Dd3 Dd8 16.Fg2 Cf6 17.Ce5 Fxg2 18.Rxg2 a4 19.Ff4 Ta6 20.Cc6 Da8 21.Df3 
axb3 22.Cxe7+ Txe7 23.Dxa8+ Txa8 24.axb3 Td8 25.Ta7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C78k"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Fb6 
9.a4 Tb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.Ca3 O-O 12.Cxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Fg4 14.Fg5 h6 15.Fh4
Te8 16.Te1 g5 17.Fg3 Fa5 18.Cc3 Fxc3 19.bxc3 Txe4 20.Fc2 Txe1+ 21.Dxe1 De7
22.h4 Dxe1+ 23.Cxe1 Cd5 24.Ta3 Fe2 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Cd3 Rg7 27.Cc1 Fc4 28.
Ta4 Tb2 29.Fe4 Fb5 30.Ta2 Txa2 31.Cxa2 Cce7 32.f4 Fc4 33.Fxd5 Cxd5 34.Cb4 
Cxc3 35.Rf2 Ce2 36.d5 gxf4 37.Fh4 f6 38.Rf3 Rg6 39.Re4 Fb5 40.Ff2 Rg5 41.
Rf3 Cc3 42.Fd4 Cxd5 43.Cxd5 Fc6 44.Fa7 Fxd5+ 45.Rf2 c5 46.Fb8 c4 47.Fxd6 
c3 48.Fb4 c2 49.Fd2 Rg4 50.Fc1 f5 51.Fd2 f3 52.gxf3+ Fxf3 53.Fc1 f4 54.Fd2
Fe4 55.Fc1 Rf5 56.Re2 Re5 57.Re1 f3 58.Fe3 Rd5 59.Rd2 Rc4 60.Ff2 Rb3 61.
Fd4 Fc6 62.Rc1 Rc4 63.Fb6 Rd3 64.Fc5 Fe4 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "E15g"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.Cbd2 Fb4 6.Dc2 Fb7 7.Fg2 Fe4 8.Db3 
Fxd2+ 9.Fxd2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Tac1 Cbd7 12.Tfd1 De7 13.Da3 a5 14.Fh3 h6 
15.Ce5 Tfe8 16.Cxd7 Cxd7 17.f3 Fb7 18.e4 e5 19.Fe3 exd4 20.Fxd4 Cc5 21.Te1
f6 22.Dc3 Df7 23.b3 Te7 24.Ff5 h5 25.a3 a4 26.b4 Cb3 27.Ff2 Cxc1 28.Txc1 
Fc8 29.Fxc8 Txc8 30.Dc2 Ta8 31.h3 De6 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Rf7 34.Rg2 Tee8 
35.Td1 Th8 36.Fg3 The8 37.Td5 Ted8 38.Td1 Th8 39.Td5 Thd8 40.Td1 Te8 41.
Td5 Th8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "B48g"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Dd2 b5 8.O-O-O 
Cf6 9.Ff4 Ce5 10.Cf3 Cfg4 11.Fg3 f6 12.Cxe5 Cxe5 13.f4 Cc4 14.Fxc4 Dxc4 
15.f5 Rf7 16.e5 b4 17.Cb1 exf5 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Fd6 Fxd6 20.Dxd6 Te8 21.b3 
Db5 22.The1 Fb7 23.a4 Dc6 24.Dxb4 Txe1 25.Dxe1 Tc8 26.Ca3 d5 27.Dh4 Rg8 
28.Td3 De6 29.Dg3+ Rf7 30.Te3 Db6 31.Dh3 Dc5 32.Dxh7+ Rf8 33.Tg3 1-0

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D29m"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Fxc4 b5 7.Fb3 Fb7 8.O-O c5 
9.De2 Cbd7 10.Td1 Db8 11.d5 Cxd5 12.Fxd5 Fxd5 13.Cxd5 exd5 14.Txd5 Db7 15.
e4 Fe7 16.Fg5 f6 17.Tad1 Cb6 18.Ff4 O-O 19.T5d2 Tfe8 20.e5 Ff8 21.Dd3 Cc4 
22.Te2 fxe5 23.Fxe5 Cxe5 24.Cxe5 c4 25.Df5 De7 26.Te3 Tad8 27.Tde1 De6 28.
Dxe6+ Txe6 29.Cxc4 Tc6 30.Ce5 Tc2 31.Tb3 Tdd2 32.g3 Txf2 0-1

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B19b"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.h4 h6 7.Cf3 e6 8.Ce5 Fh7
9.Fd3 Fxd3 10.Dxd3 Cd7 11.f4 c5 12.Fe3 Da5+ 13.Fd2 Da4 14.Df3 Cgf6 15.Dxb7
Tb8 16.Dc7 cxd4 17.b3 Da6 18.Dc6 Tb6 19.Da8+ Tb8 20.Dc6 Tb6 21.Da8+ Tb8 
22.Dc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.O-O Fe7 8.f4 O-O
9.Rh1 Dc7 10.a4 Cc6 11.Fe3 Te8 12.Fd3 Cb4 13.a5 Fd7 14.De1 Cxd3 15.cxd3 
Fc6 16.Dg3 Cd7 17.f5 Ff6 18.Cde2 Fe5 19.Dh3 exf5 20.Dxf5 Ff6 21.d4 Cf8 22.
Df3 Cg6 23.Cg3 Dd7 24.Tad1 Fd8 25.b4 Tc8 26.Tc1 Tc7 27.Cf5 Ch4 28.Cxh4 
Fxh4 29.d5 Fb5 30.Cxb5 Txc1 31.Fxc1 axb5 32.Fb2 Fg5 33.h3 f6 34.Fc1 h6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B12h"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 g6 4.c3 Fg7 5.Cgf3 Cd7 6.h3 e6 7.Fd3 Ce7 8.O-O O-O 
9.Te1 c5 10.exd5 Cxd5 11.Ce4 cxd4 12.Cxd4 Ce5 13.Ff1 h6 14.Fd2 Db6 15.Cb3 
Dc7 16.Dc1 f5 17.Cec5 b6 18.Ca6 Fxa6 19.Fxa6 g5 20.Cd4 Df7 21.f4 gxf4 22.
Fxf4 Cxf4 23.Dxf4 Cg6 24.Dd6 Tad8 25.Dxe6 Fxd4+ 26.cxd4 Txd4 27.Tac1 Rh7 
28.Dxf7+ Txf7 29.Tc2 h5 30.Fc4 Tf6 31.Fb5 Rh6 32.Te8 Tfd6 33.Tf2 Td2 34.
Txf5 Txb2 35.Fe2 h4 36.a4 Tb4 37.Tg8 Cf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D27l"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Cf3 e6 4.e3 Cf6 5.Fxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.Dxd8+
Rxd8 9.Fe2 Re7 10.Cbd2 Fd7 11.Cb3 Fb6 12.Fd2 Cc6 13.Fc3 Thg8 14.Tfd1 Tac8 
15.Cg5 Tgd8 16.Ff3 Fe8 17.Txd8 Txd8 18.Tc1 h6 19.Ce4 Cxe4 20.Fxe4 f6 21.g4
h5 22.h3 hxg4 23.hxg4 Fd7 24.Rg2 Th8 25.Rg3 Fc7+ 26.f4 Fb6 27.Fd2 Rd6 28.
Td1 Re7 29.Tc1 Rd6 30.Fg2 Tc8 31.a3 Td8 32.Cd4 Fxd4 33.exd4 Fe8 34.Fc3 Fg6
35.Rf2 Fd3 36.Re3 Fg6 37.Fe1 Ff7 38.Tc5 Rd7 39.b4 Tc8 40.b5 axb5 41.Txb5 
Rc7 42.f5 Ta8 43.Fg3+ e5 44.dxe5 Txa3+ 45.Rf2 fxe5 46.Fxe5+ Cxe5 47.Txe5 
Rd6 48.Tb5 Tb3 49.Txb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "B28j"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 a6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Dxd5 5.d4 Cf6 6.Fe2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Cc3 
Dd6 9.Ce5 Cc6 10.Cxc6 bxc6 11.Ff3 Fe7 12.Ff4 Dd7 13.O-O Cd5 14.Fe5 O-O 15.
Ca4 Da7 16.Tc1 Fd7 17.Fe4 Fe8 18.Te1 f6 19.Fxd5 fxe5 20.Fxc6 Td8 21.Fxe8 
Txd4 22.Db3 Txe8 23.Txe5 Rh8 24.Txe6 Tf8 25.De3 Fh4 26.g3 Dd7 27.Cc5 Dd8 
28.gxh4 Tg4+ 29.Rf1 Tgf4 30.Ce4 Dxh4 31.h3 h6 32.Tc3 Dh5 33.Tc5 Df7 34.
Tce5 Tf3 35.Dc5 Rh7 36.Rg2 Db7 37.Txh6+ Rg8 38.Dc4+ T3f7 39.Tc6 Dxb2 40.
Tf5 1-0

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D15k"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Cc3 a6 5.c5 Cbd7 6.Ff4 Ch5 7.e3 g6 8.Fd3 Fg7 
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Cxf4 11.exf4 b6 12.cxb6 Dxb6 13.Ca4 Da7 14.Tc1 Fxd4 15.
Fxg6 Fxf2+ 16.Txf2 hxg6 17.Cd4 Fb7 18.f5 Db8 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Dg4 Txf2 21.
Dxg6+ Rh8 22.Dh6+ Rg8 23.Dg6+ Rh8 24.Dh5+ Rg8 25.Dg5+ Rf7 26.Dh5+ Rg8 27.
Dg4+ Rf7 28.Rxf2 Dd6 29.Cf5 Dg6 30.Dxg6+ Rxg6 31.g4 Rf6 32.Rg3 a5 33.h4 e6
34.Cd6 Fa6 35.Txc6 Ce5 36.Tb6 Cd7 37.Tc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bosnia 2001"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D85v"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Cf3 c5 8.Fe3 
Da5 9.Dd2 Cc6 10.Tc1 Fg4 11.d5 Td8 12.Db2 Fxf3 13.gxf3 Cd4 14.Fxd4 cxd4 
15.Db5+ Dxb5 16.Fxb5+ Rf8 17.cxd4 Fxd4 18.Tc7 Fe5 19.Txb7 Tb8 20.Txb8+ 
Fxb8 21.O-O Ff4 22.Te1 Rg7 23.e5 Tc8 24.Fc6 e6 25.Te4 g5 26.h4 h6 27.hxg5 
hxg5 28.Rg2 exd5 29.Fxd5 Te8 30.e6 fxe6 31.Fxe6 Rf6 32.Fb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C11r"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Cbd7 6.Cf3 Fe7 7.Cxf6+ Fxf6 8.
h4 c5 9.Dd2 cxd4 10.Cxd4 O-O 11.O-O-O h6 12.Cf3 Db6 13.c3 e5 14.Fe3 Da5 
15.g4 e4 16.g5 Fe7 17.gxh6 Dxa2 18.Dd4 Cf6 19.hxg7 Te8 20.Fc4 Da1+ 21.Rc2 
Da4+ 22.Fb3 Dxd4 23.Cxd4 Rxg7 24.Tdg1+ Rh7 25.Fxf7 Tf8 26.Fg6+ Rh8 27.Cf5 
Fxf5 28.Fxf5 Cd5 29.Fxe4 Cxe3+ 30.fxe3 Tf2+ 31.Rb1 Fc5 32.Tg5 Fxe3 33.Th5+
Rg7 34.Te1 Fb6 35.Tg5+ 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B33u"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.Fxb5 axb5 12.Cxb5 Ta4 13.b4 Txb4 14.Cbc7+ Rd7 
15.O-O Dxc7 16.c3 Txe4 17.Dh5 Rd8 18.Cxc7 Rxc7 19.Dxf7+ Fe7 20.Tab1 Fa6 
21.Tfd1 Tf8 22.Db3 Tb8 23.De6 Txb1 24.Txb1 Fd3 25.Td1 f4 26.Dd5 Fc2 27.Tc1
Te2 28.a4 e4 29.a5 Fd3 30.Ta1 Tb2 31.c4 Tb7 32.a6 Ta7 33.f3 Ce5 34.fxe4 
Fxc4 35.Tc1 Txa6 36.Txc4+ Cxc4 37.Dxc4+ Tc6 38.Df7 Rd8 39.Dg8+ Rd7 40.Dxh7
Tc5 41.Df7 Tc1+ 42.Rf2 Tc8 43.Df5+ Rc7 44.De6 1-0

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "C11q"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Cbd7 6.Cf3 h6 7.Cxf6+ Cxf6 8.
Fxf6 Dxf6 9.Fb5+ c6 10.Fd3 a6 11.c3 c5 12.Ce5 Fd6 13.Da4+ Re7 14.O-O Fxe5 
15.dxe5 Dxe5 16.Tae1 Dc7 17.Dh4+ g5 18.Dh5 Fd7 19.f4 c4 20.fxg5 Dc5+ 21.
Rh1 cxd3 22.Txf7+ Rd8 23.Dg6 Dd6 24.Td1 Rc8 25.Txd3 De5 26.h3 Fe8 27.Dg7 
Dxg7 28.Txg7 hxg5 29.Td6 Fc6 30.Rg1 Te8 31.Rf2 e5 32.g4 e4 33.Tf6 e3+ 34.
Re2 Fb5+ 35.Re1 Rb8 36.b3 Ra7 37.Td6 Th8 38.c4 Fe8 39.Re2 Txh3 40.Txg5 Fc6
41.Te5 Ff3+ 42.Rxe3 Fxg4+ 43.Rd4 Th2 44.Tg6 Fd1 45.Ta5 Td8+ 46.Rc3 Tdd2 
47.Tg1 Ff3 48.a4 Tc2+ 49.Rd4 Th4+ 0-1

[Event "Advanced Chess"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.06.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2001.06.08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.Fe2 Dc7 8.Dd2 b5
9.a3 Fe7 10.g4 Fb7 11.f3 O-O 12.O-O-O Cc6 13.g5 Cxd4 14.Dxd4 Cd7 15.h4 
Tac8 16.h5 e5 17.Dd2 Cb6 18.g6 Cc4 19.Fxc4 Dxc4 20.Fg5 Fxg5 21.gxh7+ Rxh7 
22.Dxg5 De6 23.Thg1 Tg8 24.Rb1 Tcd8 25.Cd5 Fxd5 26.Txd5 Tc8 27.Tgd1 Tc6 
28.f4 exf4 29.Dxf4 Td8 30.Tg5 Tg8 31.Tgd5 Td8 32.Tg5 Tg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Db3 c5 5.g3 Cc6 6.a3 Fa5 7.Fg2 O-O 8.O-O d5 
9.d3 h6 10.Ff4 Te8 11.Ca4 b6 12.Ce5 Fd7 13.e3 g5 14.Cxc6 Fxc6 15.Fe5 Cg4 
16.Fc3 Fxc3 17.Cxc3 dxc4 18.dxc4 Fxg2 19.Rxg2 De7 20.Ce4 f5 21.h3 Ce5 22.
Dc3 Cd7 23.Cd2 Tad8 24.Tad1 Cf6 25.Cf3 Txd1 26.Txd1 e5 27.Dc2 e4 28.Cg1 
Td8 29.Ce2 Txd1 30.Dxd1 Dd7 31.Dxd7 Cxd7 32.b3 Ce5 33.Cc3 Rf7 34.g4 fxg4 
35.hxg4 Cxg4 36.Cxe4 Re6 37.Cc3 Ce5 38.f4 gxf4 39.exf4 Cc6 40.Cb5 h5 41.
Rg3 a5 42.Cc7+ Rf5 43.Cd5 Cd4 44.Rh4 Cxb3 45.Rxh5 Cd2 46.Cxb6 Rxf4 47.Ca4 
Ce4 0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "C42j"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.Fd3 Cf6 6.h3 Fe7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 
c5 9.Fc2 Cc6 10.d4 Fe6 11.Te1 h6 12.Fe3 Te8 13.Cbd2 Ff8 14.Ce4 Cd5 15.dxc5
Cxe3 16.Txe3 dxc5 17.De2 Dc7 18.Te1 Tad8 19.Ceg5 Td6 20.Ce4 Tdd8 21.Cfg5 
Fd5 22.Dh5 Te5 23.f4 Tf5 24.g3 g6 25.Dh4 c4 26.Rh2 Rg7 27.Dg4 hxg5 28.Cxg5
Txg5 29.Dxg5 Db6 30.f5 Fe7 31.Df4 Dxb2 32.Txe7 Dxc2+ 33.T1e2 Dxf5 34.Dxf5 
gxf5 35.Te8 Td7 36.Td2 Rf6 37.Rg1 Ce5 38.Rf2 Cd3+ 39.Re3 Fc6 40.Tb8 Te7+ 
0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[ECO "C11q"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Cbd7 6.Cf3 h6 7.Cxf6+ Cxf6 8.
Fxf6 Dxf6 9.Fb5+ c6 10.Fd3 a6 11.c3 c5 12.Ce5 Fd6 13.De2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Fd7 
15.O-O Df4 16.g3 Dxd4 17.Cxd7 Rxd7 18.Df3 Re7 19.Dxb7+ Rf6 20.Tad1 Da7 21.
Df3+ Re7 22.Dg4 g5 23.Fc4 Db6 24.Td3 Tad8 25.Tf3 Fe5 26.Te1 f6 27.Dh5 Db4 
28.Txe5 Dxc4 29.Te1 Dxa2 30.Dg6 Thf8 31.Dxh6 Dxb2 32.Dg7+ Tf7 33.Txe6+ 
Rxe6 34.Te3+ De5 35.Txe5+ fxe5 36.Dxg5 Tdf8 37.Dg4+ Rd5 38.Dd1+ Rc5 39.
Dc2+ Rb4 40.Db2+ Rc5 41.Dxe5+ Rb6 42.h4 a5 43.h5 Td7 44.De6+ Rc7 45.h6 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "C78m"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.d3 d6 
9.c3 Fg4 10.Cbd2 O-O 11.h3 Fd7 12.Te1 Fb6 13.Cf1 Ce7 14.Cg3 Cg6 15.d4 c5 
16.Fe3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Fa5 18.Te2 Fb4 19.a5 Fc6 20.Fd2 Fxd2 21.Dxd2 b4 22.
Tee1 Dc7 23.h4 Tfd8 24.Tac1 Db7 25.h5 Cf4 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.De3 Cg4 28.Dc5 
Fe8 29.Fc4 Tdc8 30.Dd6 Da7 31.Dd2 Td8 32.Fd5 Cxd5 33.exd5 Txd5 34.Dxd5 
Dxf2+ 35.Rh1 Dxg3 36.Tc2 Fb5 37.Rg1 h6 38.Tec1 Te8 39.Tc8 Df2+ 40.Rh1 Dxb2
41.Txe8+ Fxe8 42.Tc8 Da1+ 43.Cg1 Cf6 44.Dc6 b3 45.Txe8+ Cxe8 46.Dxe8+ Rh7 
47.Dxf7 Db1 48.Rh2 b2 49.Ce2 Dd3 50.Cc3 Dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E15q"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.O-O d5 
9.Cc3 Cbd7 10.Ff4 Tc8 11.Dd3 O-O 12.Tfd1 c5 13.Cb5 Fxb5 14.cxb5 Ch5 15.Fd2
Chf6 16.Ce5 Cxe5 17.dxe5 Cd7 18.f4 c4 19.bxc4 Txc4 20.Tac1 Cc5 21.Db1 Ta4 
22.Fe3 a6 23.bxa6 Txa6 24.Fd4 Da8 25.Td2 Ce4 26.Fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "A79"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Cd2 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fe2 Te8 10.O-O Ca6 11.f3 Cc7 12.a4 Cd7 13.Rh1 b6 14.Ta3 De7 15.Cb5 Cxb5 
16.Fxb5 Td8 17.a5 a6 18.Fc6 Tb8 19.axb6 Cxb6 20.b3 Fe5 21.f4 Fg7 22.f5 Cd7
23.Fxd7 Fxd7 24.Df3 Fd4 25.f6 Df8 26.Cc4 Fb5 27.Fe3 Fxe3 28.Dxe3 h5 29.h4 
Rh7 30.Tfa1 Fxc4 31.bxc4 Tb4 32.Tc3 Te8 33.Txa6 Tb1+ 34.Rh2 Tf1 35.Tca3 
Txf6 36.e5 Tf5 37.e6 fxe6 38.Ta7+ Rg8 39.Dg3 Df6 40.Ta8 Txa8 41.Txa8+ Rg7 
42.Ta7+ Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B33b"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Db6 5.Cb3 Cf6 6.Cc3 e6 7.a3 Fe7 8.Ff4 
O-O 9.Fd6 Cg4 10.Fg3 Cge5 11.f4 De3+ 12.Fe2 Cg6 13.Dd3 Dxd3 14.Fxd3 a6 15.
O-O-O f6 16.Ce2 b5 17.Ff2 Tb8 18.g3 Ch8 19.Td2 Cf7 20.Thd1 Te8 21.c3 e5 
22.c4 b4 23.a4 Ff8 24.c5 exf4 25.gxf4 d6 26.Rb1 h5 27.Tc1 Fb7 28.Fc4 Txe4 
29.Fd5 Ce7 30.Fxf7+ Rxf7 31.cxd6 Cd5 32.Cc5 Cc3+ 33.bxc3 bxc3 34.Txc3 Tb4+
35.Ra2 Fe4 36.Ra3 a5 37.Cd7 T8b7 38.Cxf8 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "B51t"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.O-O Fd7 5.Te1 Cf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ff1 Fg4 8.d3 e6 
9.Cbd2 Cd7 10.h3 Fh5 11.g4 Fg6 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.d5 Ccb8 15.b4 h5 
16.g5 a5 17.bxa5 Fe7 18.Cb3 O-O 19.Dd2 Ca6 20.Ch4 Cac5 21.Fg2 b6 22.Cf5 f6
23.Ch4 De8 24.Cxc5 Cxc5 25.axb6 fxg5 26.Cxg6 Dxg6 27.De2 Tfb8 28.Tb1 Fd8 
29.Fe3 Fxb6 30.Tec1 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Tb4 Fa5 33.Txb8+ Txb8 34.Fxc5 dxc5 
35.d6 Dxd6 36.Dc4+ Rh8 37.Dxc5 Dh6 38.Td1 Fb6 39.Dxe5 Tf8 40.Tf1 Dh4 41.
Dh2 Fxf2+ 42.Rh1 Dxh2+ 43.Rxh2 g5 44.Fh1 g3+ 45.Rg2 g4 46.Td1 Rg7 47.Rf1 
Fd4+ 48.Re2 Fe5 49.Td2 Ta8 50.Fg2 Rf6 51.Rd3 Rg5 52.Re2 Rf4 53.Tc2 Ta3 54.
Td2 Te3+ 55.Rd1 Ta3 56.Te2 Ta7 57.Tc2 Tb7 58.Te2 Tb1+ 59.Rc2 Tg1 60.Rd3 
Tc1 61.Td2 Tc3+ 62.Re2 Tf3 63.Rd1 Fc3 64.Te2 Re5 65.Rc2 Fd4 66.Rd1 Tf8 67.
Td2 Tb8 68.Re2 Fc3 69.Td5+ Re6 70.Rd3 Fe5 71.Tc5 Tb1 72.Tc6+ Rd7 73.Tc2 
Tg1 74.a4 Ta1 75.Rc4 Re6 76.Rb3 Fd4 77.Ta2 Tg1 78.a5 Ff2 79.a6 Re5 80.Ta5+
Rf6 81.e5+ Re6 82.Fd5+ Rxe5 83.Fb7+ Rf6 84.Ta4 g2 0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "B51q"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.O-O Fd7 5.Te1 Cf6 6.h3 a6 7.Ff1 e6 8.c3 Fe7 
9.Ca3 O-O 10.Cc2 Ce5 11.d3 Cxf3+ 12.Dxf3 Fa4 13.De2 Fc6 14.g3 d5 15.e5 Cd7
16.h4 Db6 17.Fg2 Tae8 18.Tb1 Fd8 19.b4 Dc7 20.Ff4 Fe7 21.Ce3 cxb4 22.cxb4 
Db6 23.Cg4 Tc8 24.Fe3 d4 25.Fxc6 Txc6 26.Fg5 Fxg5 27.hxg5 Tfc8 28.De4 Tc2 
29.a4 a5 30.bxa5 Dxa5 31.Dxd4 Dc7 32.Tb5 Td8 33.Dd6 Dxd6 34.exd6 b6 35.d4 
Tc6 36.d5 Txd6 37.dxe6 fxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Cat XXI"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "C42t"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Te1 Cxd3 10.Dxd3 c6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Db5+ Dd7 13.Db3 O-O 14.Cc3 Cxc3 
15.bxc3 Td8 16.Fa3 Ff6 17.Te3 Dc7 18.Dxd5 Fe6 19.Db5 h6 20.h3 Tac8 21.Db2 
b6 22.Tae1 Dc4 23.T1e2 Da4 24.Rh2 Td5 25.Fb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pierrot, Facundo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B51q"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Cc6 4.O-O Fd7 5.Te1 Cf6 6.h3 e6 7.c3 a6 8.Ff1 Fe7 
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ce4 12.Cbd2 Cxd2 13.Fxd2 Tc8 14.Db3 b5 15.Tac1 
O-O 16.De3 Db6 17.Fd3 f5 18.exf6 Fxf6 19.Ce5 Cxe5 20.dxe5 Dxe3 21.Txe3 
Txc1+ 22.Fxc1 Tc8 23.Fd2 Fd8 24.Te1 Fb6 25.Fe3 Fxe3 26.fxe3 Fe8 27.Rf2 Fg6
28.Fxg6 hxg6 29.e4 Rf7 30.Re3 dxe4 31.Te2 g5 32.Rxe4 a5 33.Td2 Tc4+ 34.Re3
g4 35.Td4 Tc2 36.Tf4+ Rg8 37.Tf2 Tc5 38.Rd4 Tc4+ 39.Rd3 gxh3 40.gxh3 Th4 
41.Tf3 Rh7 42.Tg3 Rh6 43.b3 a4 44.Te3 axb3 45.axb3 Tb4 46.Rc3 Tf4 47.Rd3 
g5 48.Tg3 Rg6 49.Te3 Rf5 50.Rc3 Th4 51.Rd3 Rf4 52.Rd4 Th8 53.Te4+ Rf5 54.
Te3 Td8+ 55.Rc5 Td5+ 56.Rb4 Rf4 57.Te1 Td3 58.Th1 Rxe5 59.h4 gxh4 60.Tb1 
h3 61.Rxb5 h2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pierrot, Facundo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "A30d"]
[EventDate "2001.11.28"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Da4+ Fd7 6.Dxc4 cxd4 7.Fg2 Cc6 8.
Cxd4 Tc8 9.O-O e6 10.Cc3 Fe7 11.Td1 Da5 12.Cb3 Dc7 13.Ff4 e5 14.Fg5 Fe6 
15.Da4 O-O 16.Fxf6 Fxf6 17.Cc5 De7 18.Cxe6 Dxe6 19.Fxc6 Txc6 20.Dxa7 e4 
21.Cd5 Fxb2 22.Tab1 Fe5 23.Dxb7 Tc2 24.Db4 Txe2 25.Ce7+ Rh8 26.Cc6 Te8 27.
Db5 Txa2 28.Cd8 De7 29.Dd5 Tf8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C92u"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Fb7 10.d4 Te8 11.Cbd2 Ff8 12.a4 h6 13.Fc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Cb4 15.Fb1 c5 
16.d5 Cd7 17.Ta3 f5 18.Ch2 Cf6 19.Tg3 De7 20.Chf3 fxe4 21.Cxe4 Fxd5 22.
Cxf6+ Dxf6 23.Fd2 Ff7 24.Fc3 Txe1+ 25.Dxe1 De6 26.Ce5 Cd5 27.De4 Cf6 28.
Dxa8 dxe5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Db8 Dd6 31.Dxb5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42j"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.Fd3 Cf6 6.h3 Cbd7 7.O-O Cc5 8.Fe2
d5 9.d4 Cce4 10.c4 Fe7 11.Cc3 O-O 12.cxd5 Cxc3 13.bxc3 Cxd5 14.Db3 Ff6 15.
c4 Ce7 16.Fb2 Cg6 17.Tfd1 b6 18.Ff1 Ff5 19.Ce5 Te8 20.a4 Dc8 21.Cc6 Ce7 
22.d5 Cxc6 23.Fxf6 gxf6 24.dxc6 De6 25.Dg3+ Fg6 26.Dxc7 Tec8 27.Df4 Txc6 
28.a5 De5 29.Df3 Tac8 30.axb6 axb6 31.Da3 Dc5 32.Dg3 Dg5 33.Db3 Fe4 34.Td4
De5 35.Tad1 Rg7 36.Db4 Te6 37.Da3 Ta8 38.Db3 Tae8 39.Db4 Dc5 40.Dd2 Dg5 
41.Db2 h5 42.Da3 Dc5 43.Dc3 Da5 44.Db2 De5 45.Te1 Dc5 46.Te3 Fg6 47.Td5 
Dc7 48.Txe6 Txe6 49.Dd2 Te5 50.Td4 Dc5 51.Td8 De7 52.Td7 Dc5 53.Td8 De7 
54.Tb8 Te1 55.Txb6 De5 56.Ta6 De4 57.Dc3 De5 58.Dxe5 fxe5 59.Ta3 Tc1 60.f4
exf4 61.Tf3 Fe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B51t"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.O-O Fd7 5.Te1 Cf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ff1 Fg4 8.d3 Cd7 
9.Cbd2 e6 10.h3 Fh5 11.g4 Fg6 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.d5 Ccb8 15.b3 h5 
16.g5 Fe7 17.Fa3 b5 18.De2 O-O 19.De3 h4 20.Fd3 Fh5 21.Rh1 g6 22.Tg1 Da5 
23.Fb2 Fd8 24.Cxh4 Fb6 25.De1 Fc5 26.a4 Db6 27.Tf1 Fb4 28.axb5 Cc5 29.Fc4 
Cbd7 30.bxa6 Cxa6 31.Dc1 Cac5 32.Fc3 Tfc8 33.Txa8 Txa8 34.Dc2 Da5 35.Ta1 
Dxa1+ 36.Fxa1 Txa1+ 37.Rg2 f6 38.gxf6 Cxf6 39.f3 Rh7 40.Ff1 g5 41.Cf5 Fxd2
42.Dxd2 Fxf3+ 43.Rg1 Ccxe4 44.Dd3 g4 45.hxg4 Cg5 46.Cg3+ Cfe4 47.Dc2 Rg6 
48.Rh2 Fd1 49.Db2 Cf3+ 50.Rg2 Ce1+ 51.Rh2 Cf3+ 52.Rh3 Cfg5+ 53.Rg2 Ff3+ 
54.Rg1 Td1 55.Cxe4 Cxe4 56.Dh2 Rg5 57.Dh5+ Rf4 58.Dh6+ Rxg4 59.Dh3+ Rf4 
60.Dh6+ Rf5 61.Dh7+ Rg5 62.Dg7+ Rf4 63.Dh6+ Cg5 64.Rf2 Td2+ 65.Re1 Td1+ 
66.Rf2 Td2+ 67.Re1 Td1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "B90o"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 Cf6 4.Cc3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 Fe7
9.Dd2 h5 10.Fe2 Cbd7 11.Cd5 Cxd5 12.exd5 Ff5 13.O-O Dc7 14.c4 b6 15.f4 g6 
16.Tad1 a5 17.fxe5 Cxe5 18.Txf5 gxf5 19.Cd4 Cg4 20.Cc6 Tg8 21.Tf1 Ce5 22.
Txf5 Cxc6 23.dxc6 O-O-O 24.Dd5 Tde8 25.Txf7 Rb8 26.Ff4 Ra7 27.c5 bxc5 28.
Fxd6 Fxd6 29.Txc7+ Fxc7 30.Db3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Fe6 11.Ce5 c5 12.Cxe4 dxe4 13.d5 Fc8 14.a3 Ca6 15.Dc2
f6 16.Cg4 Fd6 17.f4 exf3 18.Fxf3 Dc7 19.g3 Fd7 20.Cf2 b5 21.b3 Tae8 22.Rg2
Fe5 23.Tb1 Fd4 24.Fd2 b4 25.a4 Dc8 26.Tbe1 Ff5 27.Fe4 Txe4 28.Cxe4 Fh3+ 
29.Rh1 Fxf1 30.Txf1 Dg4 31.Cd6 Td8 32.Df5 h5 33.Dxg4 hxg4 34.Cb5 Td7 35.
Ff4 Te7 36.Cxd4 cxd4 37.c5 g5 38.Fd6 Te3 39.c6 Rf7 40.Fb8 Cxb8 41.c7 Te8 
42.cxb8=D Txb8 43.Td1 f5 44.Txd4 Rf6 45.Tc4 Re5 46.Tc7 Rxd5 47.Txa7 Tc8 
48.Td7+ Re4 49.Td1 Tc3 50.a5 Txb3 51.a6 Ta3 52.Tb1 f4 53.Txb4+ Re3 54.Tb1 
Txa6 55.Tb3+ Re2 56.Tb2+ Rd3 57.gxf4 gxf4 58.Tb4 Ta1+ 59.Rg2 f3+ 60.Rf2 
Ta2+ 61.Rg1 Tg2+ 62.Rh1 Td2 63.Rg1 Re3 64.Tb3+ Td3 65.Tb1 Td4 66.Tb3+ Rf4 
67.Tb8 Td1+ 68.Rf2 Td2+ 69.Rg1 Tg2+ 70.Rh1 Te2 71.Rg1 Re3 72.Te8+ Rd2 73.
Ta8 Tg2+ 74.Rh1 Re3 75.Ta3+ Rf4 76.Ta4+ Rg5 77.Ta8 g3 78.hxg3 Rg4 79.Tg8+ 
Rh3 80.Th8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42t"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 Fe6 10.Cc3 O-O 11.Fe3 Ff5 12.Db3 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Tac1 a5 15.
Ca4 Tb8 16.Cc5 Fd6 17.Tfd1 b6 18.Cxe4 dxe4 19.Ce5 De8 20.Cc4 Fc7 21.Ca3 
Tb7 22.Cb5 Fb8 23.d5 Fd7 24.a4 Fe5 25.d6 Db8 26.Tc7 Td8 27.Dc4 Ca6 28.Tc1 
Cxc7 29.dxc7 Txc7 30.Cxc7 Tc8 31.Dd5 Txc7 32.Td1 De8 33.Fxb6 Fxa4 34.Dxe5 
Dxe5 35.Td8+ Fe8 36.Fxc7 De7 37.Fxa5 h6 38.Fb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Fe6 11.Fe3 Ff5 12.Db3 c6 13.Ce5 a5 14.g4 Fe6 15.Cxe4 
dxe4 16.a3 f6 17.axb4 fxe5 18.d5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Fxd5 20.Fc4 Fxc4 21.Dxc4+ 
Rh8 22.bxa5 Txa5 23.Dxe4 Tb5 24.Tfd1 De8 25.h3 Txb2 26.Dxe5 Tb5 27.De6 Fg5
28.Dxe8 Txe8 29.Fxg5 Txg5 30.Ta7 h5 31.Txb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B77g"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.Cc3 Fg7 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Fb3 
d6 9.f3 Fd7 10.Dd2 Cxd4 11.Fxd4 b5 12.h4 a5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Cxa4 Fe6 15.Cb6 
Ta6 16.Cd5 Fxd5 17.exd5 Dc7 18.Ta4 Tb8 19.Rf2 h5 20.Te1 Ce8 21.Fxg7 Cxg7 
22.g4 Dd8 23.Rg2 Ta7 24.De3 Tab7 25.Te4 Tb4 26.Dg5 Txe4 27.Txe4 Tb4 28.
Txb4 axb4 29.De3 Dc7 30.Dd4 Da5 31.De3 Dc7 32.Dd4 Da5 33.De3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B78c"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.Cc3 Fg7 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Fb3 
d6 9.f3 Fd7 10.Dd2 Tc8 11.O-O-O Cxd4 12.Fxd4 b5 13.Cd5 Cxd5 14.exd5 Fxd4 
15.Dxd4 a5 16.a3 b4 17.a4 De8 18.h4 Fxa4 19.Rb1 Fxb3 20.cxb3 a4 21.h5 f6 
22.hxg6 Dxg6+ 23.Dd3 axb3 24.Th4 Dxd3+ 25.Txd3 Tb8 26.Txb3 Tb5 27.Td4 Tfb8
28.Rc2 Rf7 29.g4 f5 30.gxf5 Rf6 31.Te3 b3+ 32.Rd3 T8b7 33.Te6+ Rxf5 34.Th6
Tb4 35.Te4 T4b5 36.Re3 Rg5 37.Teh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Fe6 11.Fe3 Ff5 12.Db3 c6 13.g4 Fxg4 14.c5 a5 15.a3 
Ca6 16.Dxb7 Cc7 17.Ce5 Fxe2 18.Cxc6 Dd7 19.Cxe2 Ta6 20.Ce5 Dd8 21.Cg3 Ff6 
22.Cxe4 dxe4 23.Dxe4 Te6 24.c6 Fxe5 25.dxe5 f5 26.Dc4 f4 27.Fb6 Dd5 28.
Dxd5 Cxd5 29.Fxa5 f3 30.c7 Cf4 31.Tac1 Ce2+ 32.Rh1 Cxc1 33.Txc1 Tc8 34.Td1
Rf7 35.Td8 Tc6 36.h3 T8xc7 37.Fxc7 Txc7 38.Td3 Tc2 39.Txf3+ Re6 40.b4 Rxe5
41.Rg2 Tb2 42.Tf7 Rd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Fe6 11.Fe3 Ff5 12.Db3 c6 13.g4 Fxg4 14.c5 a5 15.a3 
Ca6 16.Dxb7 Cxc3 17.bxc3 Cc7 18.Tab1 Cb5 19.Ce5 Fxe2 20.Cxc6 De8 21.Cxe7+ 
Rh8 22.Tfe1 Tb8 23.Dxd5 Dxe7 24.Fd2 Cc7 25.Dd6 Dxd6 26.cxd6 Txb1 27.Txb1 
Cb5 28.d7 Cxa3 29.Tb7 h6 30.Ff4 Fg4 31.Fd6 Td8 32.Fxa3 Txd7 33.Tb8+ Rh7 
34.Ta8 Td5 35.Rg2 Fe2 36.f3 Tf5 37.f4 Fc4 38.Rg3 Tb5 39.Fc5 Tb3 40.Txa5 
Txc3+ 41.Rf2 Tc2+ 42.Re3 Te2+ 43.Rf3 Txh2 44.Fd6 Td2 45.Re3 Td3+ 46.Re4 
Td1 47.Tc5 Te1+ 48.Rf3 Fd3 49.d5 Fe4+ 50.Rf2 Td1 51.Re3 Fxd5 52.Re2 Ff3+ 
53.Rxf3 Txd6 0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C78m"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.c3 d6 
9.d4 Fb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Ca3 O-O 12.Cxb5 Fg4 13.Fc2 h6 14.dxe5 Cxe5 15.
Cbd4 d5 16.exd5 Dxd5 17.h3 Fh5 18.g4 Cfxg4 19.Cxe5 Cxe5 20.Dxh5 Fxd4 21.
Df5 Cf3+ 22.Rh1 Dxf5 23.Fxf5 Ff6 24.Ta7 c5 25.Fe4 Ce5 26.Td1 Cc4 27.Fb7 
Fg5 28.Fxg5 hxg5 29.b3 Ce5 30.Td5 Tfe8 31.Txc5 Te7 32.Tb5 Cd3 33.Fe4 1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E13g"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 b6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 Fb7 7.e3 c5 8.Fd3 cxd4 
9.exd4 Fxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Da4+ Cbd7 12.Db4 Dc7 13.Fg3 e5 14.Ch4 Fe4 15.
Fxe4 Cxe4 16.Cf5 g6 17.Ce3 O-O 18.Cd5 Dd8 19.O-O Te8 20.Tad1 exd4 21.Fxd6 
Cxc3 22.Cxc3 dxc3 23.Dxc3 Df6 24.Dh3 Ce5 25.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "C92e"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Cd7 10.d4 Cb6 11.Cbd2 Ff6 12.Cf1 Te8 13.C1h2 exd4 14.cxd4 Ca5 15.Fc2 
c5 16.Cg4 Fxg4 17.hxg4 cxd4 18.g5 Fe5 19.Cxd4 g6 20.Cf3 Fg7 21.Tb1 Tc8 22.
b3 d5 23.Fe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nataf, Igor-Alexandre"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42t"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 Fe6 10.c5 a5 11.Ce5 f6 12.Cd3 O-O 13.Cf4 Ff7 14.Fg4 g6 15.Ce6 
Fxe6 16.Fxe6+ Rg7 17.a3 Cc6 18.Cc3 Te8 19.Cxd5 Fxc5 20.dxc5 Txe6 21.Ff4 
Ce5 22.Tc1 c6 23.Cb6 Dxd1 24.Tfxd1 Tae8 25.Fxe5 Txe5 26.Cc4 Txc5 27.f3 Cg5
28.h4 Ce6 29.Td7+ Rf8 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Td5 32.Txb7 Cf4 33.Ta1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C11q"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Cbd7 6.Cf3 h6 7.Cxf6+ Cxf6 8.
Fxf6 Dxf6 9.Fb5+ c6 10.Fd3 Fd7 11.De2 c5 12.De4 Tb8 13.Ce5 Fd6 14.f4 cxd4 
15.O-O Fxe5 16.fxe5 Dg5 17.Dxd4 Fc6 18.Fe4 O-O 19.Fxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A40w"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.d5 d6 5.e4 e6 6.h3 exd5 7.exd5 Ch6 8.De2+ Rf8 
9.Fg5 f6 10.Ff4 Cf7 11.Cc3 g5 12.Fd2 h6 13.g3 Ca6 14.Fg2 Ff5 15.O-O Dd7 
16.Rh2 Te8 17.Dd1 Fd3 18.Te1 Fxc4 19.b3 Fd3 20.Txe8+ Dxe8 21.Fxg5 Fe2 22.
Cxe2 hxg5 23.Dd2 f5 24.Te1 Dd8 25.Rg1 Cc7 26.h4 Fh6 27.hxg5 Cxg5 28.Dd3 
Cxf3+ 29.Dxf3 Df6 30.g4 Fd2 31.Td1 Fg5 32.Cg3 fxg4 33.Dxg4 Ff4 34.Te1 Fe5 
35.Te3 Th4 36.Dc8+ Ce8 37.Ce4 Dg6 38.Rf1 Ff4 39.Th3 Txh3 40.Dxh3 Fe5 41.
Ff3 1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B17n"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cg5 Cgf6 6.Fd3 e6 7.C1f3 Fd6 8.De2
h6 9.Ce4 Cxe4 10.Dxe4 Dc7 11.Dg4 Rf8 12.O-O c5 13.b3 e5 14.dxc5 Cxc5 15.
Ff5 h5 16.Dh3 Ce6 17.Td1 Fe7 18.Dg3 Cf4 19.Fxf4 exf4 20.Dh3 Ff6 21.Tac1 g6
22.Fxc8 Dxc8 23.Dxc8+ Txc8 24.Td7 Tb8 25.c4 Rg7 26.Rf1 g5 27.Tcd1 The8 28.
T1d5 Rg6 29.h3 a6 30.T5d6 Te6 31.Txe6 fxe6 32.Cd2 g4 33.Ce4 b6 34.f3 gxf3 
35.gxf3 Fb2 36.Te7 Rf5 37.Ta7 a5 38.c5 bxc5 39.Txa5 Fd4 40.Cxc5 Tc8 41.b4 
e5 42.Ce4 Re6 43.Re2 Tc2+ 44.Rd3 Th2 45.Ta6+ Rd7 46.Cg5 Tg2 47.h4 Th2 48.
Ce6 Ff2 49.Cf8+ Rc7 50.Cg6 Fe1 51.b5 Tb2 52.a4 Tb3+ 53.Re4 Te3+ 54.Rf5 
Txf3 55.Cxe5 Tb3 56.Rxf4 Fxh4 57.Re4 Fg3 58.Tc6+ Rd8 59.Cd3 h4 60.Th6 Ta3 
61.Cc5 Ff2 62.Rd5 Fxc5 63.Rxc5 Txa4 64.Rc6 Tc4+ 65.Rb7 Rd7 66.b6 Tb4 67.
Ra7 Ta4+ 68.Rb8 Tb4 69.b7 Ta4 70.Th7+ Rd8 71.Th8+ Rd7 72.Th6 Rd8 73.Th7 
Tb4 74.Ra7 Ta4+ 75.Rb6 1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A33e"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.Cc3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.a3 Cxd4 7.Dxd4 b6 8.Df4 
Fb7 9.e4 d6 10.Fd3 Cd7 11.Dg3 a6 12.O-O g6 13.Ff4 Dc7 14.Fc2 h5 15.Fa4 Fc6
16.Fxc6 Dxc6 17.h4 Fe7 18.Tad1 Ce5 19.Fxe5 dxe5 20.Dxe5 O-O 21.Df4 Dxc4 
22.Td7 Fxa3 23.bxa3 Dxc3 24.Dd6 b5 25.Td1 Df6 26.g3 Tfc8 27.Rg2 Tc2 28.Db6
Tac8 29.T1d3 T8c3 30.De3 Txd3 31.Txd3 De5 32.Df3 Tc4 33.Te3 Rg7 34.De2 Dd4
35.e5 Tc3 36.Db2 Dd5+ 37.Rh2 Txe3 38.fxe3 Dc5 39.e4 De3 40.Db4 Df2+ 41.Rh3
Dg1 0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E32r"]
[EventDate "2002.02.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Fg5 Fb7 8.f3 
h6 9.Fh4 d5 10.e3 Cbd7 11.cxd5 Cxd5 12.Fxd8 Cxc3 13.Fh4 Cd5 14.Ff2 c5 15.
e4 Ce7 16.Fb5 Fc6 17.Fxc6 Cxc6 18.Ce2 cxd4 19.Cxd4 Cxd4 20.Fxd4 Tac8 21.
Rd2 Cc5 22.Fxc5 Txc5 23.Tac1 Td8+ 24.Re3 Tdc8 25.Txc5 Txc5 26.Td1 Rf8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B27s"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.h3 exd5 7.exd5 Ch6 8.De2+ Rf8 
9.Ff4 f5 10.Cg5 Cf7 11.Dd2 De7+ 12.Fe2 Ce5 13.O-O h6 14.Ce6+ Fxe6 15.dxe6 
Cbc6 16.Cc3 Dxe6 17.Cd5 Td8 18.Fe3 Rg8 19.Tae1 Rh7 20.b4 cxb4 21.f4 Cd7 
22.Ff3 Df7 23.Cxb4 Cxb4 24.Dxb4 Cc5 25.Fd5 Dc7 26.Fxc5 dxc5 27.Dxb7 Dxb7 
28.Fxb7 The8 29.Fd5 Fc3 30.Txe8 Txe8 31.Tb1 Te1+ 32.Txe1 Fxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B22p"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.c3 Cf6 4.e5 Cd5 5.Fc4 Cb6 6.Fb3 d5 7.exd6 Dxd6 8.O-O 
Fe6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Ca3 dxc3 11.Cb5 Dxd1 12.Txd1 Tc8 13.Fxe6 fxe6 14.bxc3 Cc4
15.Tb1 e5 16.Te1 b6 17.Te4 Cd6 18.Ta4 Cxb5 19.Txb5 Td8 20.Fd2 e6 21.Rf1 
Fc5 22.Re2 Tf8 23.Fe3 Fxe3 24.fxe3 Re7 25.Tg4 g6 26.Th4 h5 27.Te4 Tc8 28.
c4 Rd6 29.h3 Tf6 30.c5+ bxc5 31.Tc4 Tb8 32.Tbxc5 Tb2+ 33.Cd2 Cb4 34.a3 
Tf2+ 35.Rxf2 Cd3+ 36.Rf3 Cxc5 37.Ce4+ Cxe4 38.Txe4 Rd5 39.Ta4 e4+ 40.Rg3 
e5 41.Txa7 Te2 42.a4 Txe3+ 43.Rf2 Ta3 44.a5 e3+ 45.Rf3 e4+ 46.Re2 Rd4 47.
Td7+ Re5 48.Te7+ Rf4 49.Tf7+ Rg5 50.Ta7 Rh4 51.Tg7 g5 52.g3+ Rxg3 53.Txg5+
Rf4 54.Txh5 Ta2+ 55.Re1 Ta1+ 56.Re2 Ta2+ 57.Re1 Ta1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.d4 c5 5.g3 Ce4 6.Dd3 Da5 7.Dxe4 Fxc3+ 8.Fd2 
Fxd2+ 9.Cxd2 Cc6 10.dxc5 b6 11.Fg2 Fb7 12.De3 Cb4 13.O-O Cc2 14.Dg5 Fxg2 
15.Cb3 Da4 16.Dxg7 Tf8 17.Rxg2 Cxa1 18.Txa1 bxc5 19.Tc1 d6 20.Cd2 O-O-O 
21.Ce4 Dc6 22.f3 f5 23.Cf6 Dc7 24.Dxc7+ Rxc7 25.Cxh7 Tg8 26.h4 Tb8 27.b3 
a5 28.Cg5 Rd7 29.Tc3 a4 30.f4 axb3 31.axb3 Tb6 32.Te3 Te8 33.Rf2 e5 34.
fxe5 dxe5 35.Tf3 Tf8 36.Ce4 Tc6 37.g4 f4 38.h5 Re6 39.Td3 Tg8 40.Rf3 Tb8 
41.e3 Tf8 42.Td5 Tb8 43.Txc5 Tcb6 44.Cg5+ Rf6 45.exf4 Txb3+ 46.Re4 exf4 
47.Rxf4 T3b6 48.Tc7 T8b7 49.Ce4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C42r"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Fd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.Te1 Fg4 10.Fxe4 dxe4 11.Txe4 f5 12.Te1 Fxf3 13.Dxf3 Dh4 14.g3 Dxd4 15.
Db3 Db6 16.Fe3 Dxb3 17.axb3 Ca6 18.Cc3 Fc5 19.Tad1 Tfe8 20.Fxc5 Txe1+ 21.
Txe1 Cxc5 22.b4 Cd3 23.Te7 Tb8 24.b3 Cxb4 25.Ce2 Ca6 26.Cd4 Rf8 27.Td7 Cc5
28.Tc7 Td8 29.Cxf5 g6 30.Ce3 a5 31.Txh7 Td3 32.Th8+ Re7 33.Ta8 Cxb3 34.h4 
b5 35.g4 Txe3 36.fxe3 bxc4 37.Tc8 c5 38.Rf2 c3 39.Re2 c2 40.Txc5 Cxc5 41.
Rd2 Cd3 42.Rxc2 Ce5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C42r"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Fd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Cc3 Te8 11.Te1 Cxc3 12.Txe8+ Dxe8 13.bxc3 Fg4 14.Tb1 De7 
15.h3 Fh5 16.Tb5 Dd7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Fxh7+ Rxh7 19.Cg5+ Rg6 20.Dc2+ f5 21.
Dxc4 Cc6 22.g4 Cxd4 23.gxh5+ Rxh5 24.Td5 Tc8 25.Dxd4 Txc1+ 26.Rg2 Rxg5 27.
Txd6 De7 28.Td7 De4+ 29.Dxe4 fxe4 30.Txg7+ Rf6 31.Txb7 Tc2 32.Txa7 e3 33.
Ta3 Txf2+ 34.Rg3 Rf5 35.Txe3 Txa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B67p"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Fd7 9.f4 b5 10.Fxf6 gxf6 11.Cxc6 Fxc6 12.De1 Ta7 13.Fd3 Db6 14.Rb1 h5 15.
Dh4 Th6 16.f5 Dc5 17.The1 e5 18.Fe2 Tc7 19.Td2 b4 20.Cd5 Fxd5 21.exd5 a5 
22.Ff1 Th7 23.De4 Fh6 24.Td4 Tg7 25.Tc4 Db6 26.Txc7 Dxc7 27.Fe2 Dc5 28.
Fxh5 a4 29.Ff3 Re7 30.Dd3 Tg8 31.Da6 a3 32.Db7+ Rf8 33.Fh5 Tg7 34.Td1 axb2
35.g3 Fe3 36.Td3 Th7 37.g4 Ff4 38.Td1 De3 39.Rxb2 e4 40.Dxb4 Fe5+ 41.Rb1 
Rg7 42.Te1 Da7 43.Txe4 Th8 44.Rc1 Tb8 45.Dc4 Tb1+ 46.Rd2 Dg1 47.De2 Dc1+ 
48.Rd3 Da3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 Cf6 3.Cc3 e6 4.e4 Cc6 5.Fe2 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.d4 Fe6 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Fe3 cxd4 10.Cxd4 Cxd4 11.Fxd4 Fe7 12.Da4+ Dd7 13.Dxd7+ Cxd7 14.Fxg7
Tg8 15.Fd4 O-O-O 16.Tac1 Fh3 17.Ff3 Txg2+ 18.Rh1 Tg5 19.Tfe1 Fc5 20.Ce4 
Tf5 21.Txc4 Txf3 22.Fxc5 Cxc5 23.Cg5 Tf5 24.Cxh3 Rb8 25.Th4 Cd3 26.Te2 h5 
27.b3 Tg8 28.Td4 Tf3 29.Th4 Tf5 30.The4 a5 31.T4e3 Td5 32.Tg3 Tc8 33.Rg2 
f6 34.Tee3 Cb4 35.a4 Td4 36.Tef3 h4 37.Tg7 Cd5 38.Th7 Tc1 39.Tg7 Tb1 40.
Tg8+ Ra7 41.Tg7 Ra6 42.Tg8 Rb6 43.Tg7 Rc6 44.Tg8 Rc5 45.Tf5 Rb4 46.Tb8 b6 
47.Txd5 Txd5 48.Txb6+ Ra3 49.Txf6 Txb3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C78m"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.c3 d6 
9.d4 Fb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Ca3 O-O 12.Cxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Fg4 14.Fg5 Fxf3 15.
gxf3 Cxd4 16.Cxd4 Fxd4 17.Fxf7+ Txf7 18.Dxd4 Dd7 19.Ta3 Ch5 20.Tfa1 h6 21.
Fd2 Rh7 22.e5 dxe5 23.Dxd7 Txd7 24.Fc3 Tb5 25.h4 Cf4 26.Ta5 Ce2+ 27.Rg2 
Tdd5 28.Txb5 Txb5 29.Te1 Cxc3 30.bxc3 Tc5 31.h5 Rg8 32.Te4 Rf7 33.c4 g6 
34.f4 exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B04i"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.e4 Cf6 2.e5 Cd5 3.d4 d6 4.Cf3 dxe5 5.Cxe5 g6 6.Fc4 c6 7.O-O Fg7 8.Fb3 
O-O 9.Te1 Fe6 10.c3 Cd7 11.Cf3 Fg4 12.Cbd2 e6 13.h3 Fxf3 14.Cxf3 a5 15.Fg5
Dc7 16.a4 Tfe8 17.Fh4 C7f6 18.Fg3 De7 19.Ce5 Ch5 20.Fh2 Fh6 21.Df3 Df6 22.
Dxf6 Chxf6 23.Cd3 Ff8 24.g4 Ted8 25.Rg2 Fd6 26.Fxd6 Txd6 27.f3 Tdd8 28.Rg3
Rg7 29.h4 Tac8 30.Tad1 Tc7 31.Cc5 b6 32.Cd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A33i"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.Cf3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.Cdb5 d5 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.e4
Cxc3 9.Dxd8+ Rxd8 10.Cxc3 Fc5 11.h4 Re7 12.Th3 Cb4 13.Tb1 Td8 14.Fc4 a6 
15.a3 Cc6 16.Fg5+ f6 17.Fe3 Fxe3 18.Txe3 b5 19.Fd5 Fb7 20.Fxc6 Fxc6 21.Td1
a5 22.Txd8 Txd8 23.Cb1 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Cd2 Fb5 26.Tb3 Td4 27.Te3 e5 28.
h5 Fe8 29.g4 Fa4 30.Tg3 Fc2 31.Te3 Rd6 32.Re2 Fa4 33.Tg3 h6 34.Te3 Rc5 35.
Re1 Td8 36.Tg3 Fc2 37.Re2 Ta8 38.Cb3+ Fxb3 39.Txb3 Ta2 40.Rd2 Rc4 41.Rc2 
Ta1 42.Te3 Tg1 43.f3 b3+ 44.Rd2 Tb1 45.Tc3+ Rb4 46.Tc7 Txb2+ 47.Rc1 Tf2 
48.Tb7+ Rc3 49.Tc7+ Rd3 50.Txg7 Txf3 51.Rb2 Rxe4 52.Tg6 f5 53.gxf5 Txf5 
54.Txh6 Rf3 55.Rxb3 e4 56.Rc4 e3 57.Te6 Txh5 58.Rd4 e2 59.Tf6+ Rg2 60.Tg6+
Rf2 61.Tf6+ Re1 62.Rc3 Tc5+ 63.Rd4 Tc8 64.Ta6 Rd2 65.Ta2+ Tc2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B36j"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.e4 Cf6 6.Cc3 d6 7.Fe2 Cxd4 8.Dxd4 
Fg7 9.O-O O-O 10.De3 Fe6 11.Fd2 Db6 12.b3 Dxe3 13.Fxe3 Tfc8 14.Tac1 Rf8 
15.f4 Fd7 16.Ff3 Fc6 17.e5 Ce8 18.Fxc6 Txc6 19.exd6 Cxd6 20.Tfd1 a6 21.Cd5
Td8 22.Cb4 Tcc8 23.Fb6 Te8 24.Cd5 Tc6 25.Fe3 h5 26.c5 Cf5 27.Ff2 Fh6 28.g3
e5 29.b4 exf4 30.gxf4 g5 31.fxg5 Fxg5 32.Tc3 Te2 33.a4 Tb2 34.Tf3 Ch4 35.
Th3 Cf5 36.Txh5 Tg6 37.Rf1 Ce7 38.Th8+ Cg8 39.c6 Txc6 40.Fc5+ Txc5 41.bxc5
Tb3 42.Rg2 Tb2+ 43.Rh1 Rg7 44.Txg8+ Rxg8 45.Tg1 f6 46.h4 Rf7 47.hxg5 fxg5 
48.Txg5 Tc2 49.Cb6 Re6 50.Rg1 Te2 51.Tg7 Tc2 52.Tc7 Rf5 53.Cc8 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E13e"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 b6 5.Fg5 Fb7 6.Cd2 h6 7.Fh4 Fxc3 8.bxc3 
d6 9.f3 Cbd7 10.e4 e5 11.Da4 O-O 12.Fe2 De8 13.g4 Ch7 14.O-O-O a6 15.Cf1 
b5 16.Dc2 Cb6 17.Ce3 bxc4 18.Cxc4 Fc6 19.Cxb6 cxb6 20.Db2 d5 21.dxe5 Dxe5 
22.Fg3 De6 23.e5 Fb5 24.f4 Fxe2 25.Dxe2 Tfc8 26.Rb2 Tc4 27.Df3 Tac8 28.f5 
De8 29.Dxd5 Cg5 30.Dd7 Dxd7 31.Txd7 Txg4 32.Td4 Te4 33.Thd1 Te2+ 34.T1d2 
Txd2+ 35.Txd2 Ce4 36.Td4 Cxc3 37.Fe1 Cb5 38.Te4 Te8 39.Ff2 g6 40.fxg6 fxg6
41.Rc2 Te6 42.a4 Cc7 43.Rd3 Tc6 44.Td4 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B33r"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Fe7 10.Fxf6 Fxf6 11.c3 Fg5 12.Cc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Txa4 a5 15.
Fc4 Tb8 16.b3 Rh8 17.O-O f5 18.exf5 Fxf5 19.Cce3 Fg6 20.Fd3 Ff7 21.Fe4 Fg8
22.Ta3 Ca7 23.Dd3 Fxe3 24.Dxe3 Cb5 25.Ta4 Cc7 26.Cxc7 Dxc7 27.c4 Tb6 28.
Fc2 d5 29.Txa5 dxc4 30.bxc4 Tc6 31.Dxe5 Txc4 32.Dxc7 Txc7 33.Fe4 h6 34.f3 
Fh7 35.Ta8 Txa8 36.Fxa8 Tc8 37.Ta1 Td8 38.Rf2 Fg6 39.Fe4 Fxe4 40.fxe4 Td2+
41.Rf3 Rg8 42.h4 Rf7 43.h5 Tb2 44.Ta6 Tb1 45.g4 Tf1+ 46.Re3 Tg1 47.Rf4 Tb1
48.Ta7+ Rf8 49.e5 Tb6 50.Rf5 Tc6 51.Td7 Ta6 52.g5 hxg5 53.e6 g4 54.h6 gxh6
55.Rf6 Rg8 56.Tg7+ Rh8 57.Txg4 Rh7 58.Tg7+ Rh8 59.Td7 Rg8 60.Td8+ Rh7 61.
Rf7 Ta7+ 62.e7 h5 63.Rf6 Txe7 64.Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B30q"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 e6 4.Fxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ce7 6.De2 Cg6 7.h4 h5 8.e5 f6 
9.De4 Rf7 10.Ca3 d5 11.exd6 Dxd6 12.Cc4 Dd5 13.Ce3 Dxe4 14.dxe4 e5 15.g3 
Fe6 16.Cd2 Ce7 17.b3 Cc8 18.Fb2 Cd6 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 g6 21.O-O-O Fh6 22.
Thf1 The8 23.e5 fxe5 24.Fxe5 Tad8 25.Cf3 Cf5 26.Cxf5 Fxf5 27.Txd8 Txd8 28.
Te1 Fg4 29.Cg5+ Fxg5 30.fxg5 Ff5 31.Ff6 Te8 32.Txe8 Rxe8 33.c4 Rd7 34.Rb2 
a6 35.Fg7 Rc7 36.Ff8 Rb6 37.Fe7 Fe4 38.Fd8+ Rb7 39.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A13m"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Fe7 4.Fb2 Ff6 5.Cc3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Ce7 9.e3 O-O 10.Fd3 Fxd4 11.exd4 Ff5 12.Fe2 Cbc6 13.O-O Te8 14.Dd2 Dd6 15.
Cb5 Dd7 16.Fa3 Fe6 17.Df4 Cg6 18.Dg3 Ted8 19.Tfd1 Cce7 20.Tac1 Cf5 21.Dc7 
a6 22.Dxd7 Fxd7 23.Cc3 Cf4 24.Ff1 Fc6 25.Fc5 Ce6 26.Fb6 Td7 27.g3 Cd6 28.
Fg2 Cb5 29.Ca4 Cbc7 30.Cb2 a5 31.Cd3 f6 32.Te1 Rf7 33.Fh3 Te7 34.Cc5 Cxc5 
35.Txe7+ Rxe7 36.Fxc5+ Rf7 37.Te1 Ca6 38.Te7+ Rg6 39.Ff1 Cxc5 40.dxc5 f5 
41.f4 Rf6 42.Te5 b6 43.cxb6 Tb8 44.Fg2 Txb6 45.Fxd5 Fxd5 46.Txd5 a4 47.Td3
axb3 48.axb3 h6 49.Rf2 g5 50.Re3 Tb4 51.fxg5+ hxg5 52.Rd2 f4 53.Rc3 Tb8 
54.b4 Rf5 55.gxf4 gxf4 56.Rc4 Tc8+ 57.Rd4 Td8+ 58.Rc3 Th8 59.Rd2 Txh2+ 60.
Re1 Tb2 61.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "E15d"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.Db3 c6 6.Ff4 Fe7 7.Cc3 d5 8.cxd5 Cxd5
9.Fg2 Cxf4 10.gxf4 O-O 11.Tc1 Fb7 12.O-O Cd7 13.Tfd1 Db8 14.e3 c5 15.d5 e5
16.d6 Fxd6 17.Cb5 c4 18.Dc2 e4 19.Cg5 Fe7 20.Txd7 Fxg5 21.fxg5 Fc6 22.Td4 
Fxb5 23.Fxe4 g6 24.a4 Fa6 25.Fxa8 Dxa8 26.De4 Fb7 27.Df4 Fd5 28.Tcd1 Fe6 
29.e4 Dc8 30.Df6 Fh3 31.f3 Dc5 32.Rh1 c3 33.bxc3 Dxc3 34.Td8 Dxf3+ 35.Dxf3
1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B52k"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Fd7 4.Fxd7+ Dxd7 5.c4 Cc6 6.Cc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.
Cxd4 Fg7 9.Cde2 Cf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O e6 12.Fg5 h6 13.Fh4 Tfd8 14.f4 a6 15.
a4 Dc7 16.Rh1 Da5 17.b3 Tac8 18.De1 Te8 19.Tb1 Cd7 20.Dg3 Cd4 21.Cxd4 Fxd4
22.Ce2 Fg7 23.Df3 b5 24.Fe1 Dc7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Cc3 bxc4 27.Cb5 Db6 28.
bxc4 Da6 29.Fb4 Ff8 30.Tfc1 Tc6 31.h3 Tec8 32.Td1 Txc4 33.Fxd6 Cf6 34.Fxf8
Txf8 35.Cd6 Tc2 36.Dd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D27l"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Cf3 e6 4.e3 Cf6 5.Fxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.Dxd8+
Rxd8 9.Fe2 Re7 10.Cbd2 Fd7 11.a3 Fa7 12.b3 Td8 13.Fb2 Fc6 14.Tfc1 Cbd7 15.
a4 Fd5 16.Fc4 Fxf3 17.Cxf3 Fc5 18.Fe2 Tac8 19.Cd4 Fd6 20.Ff3 Txc1+ 21.Txc1
Tb8 22.Rf1 g6 23.Fe2 Ce4 24.Fd1 Cec5 25.Re2 e5 26.Cf3 e4 27.Ce1 b5 28.axb5
Txb5 29.Fd4 f5 30.Ta1 a5 31.f4 Cf6 32.h3 Cd5 33.g4 Ce6 34.Fb2 Fb4 35.Cg2 
Cc3+ 36.Fxc3 Fxc3 37.Tc1 Tc5 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Rf1 Ff6 40.Tb1 Tb5 41.Fe2 Tb4
42.Ce1 a4 43.Fc4 a3 44.Cc2 a2 45.Ta1 Txc4 46.bxc4 Fxa1 47.Cxa1 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C11q"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Cbd7 6.Cf3 h6 7.Cxf6+ Cxf6 8.
Fxf6 Dxf6 9.Fb5+ c6 10.Fd3 Fd7 11.De2 c5 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Fe4 Rb8 14.Ce5 
cxd4 15.Fxb7 Df4+ 16.Rb1 Rxb7 17.g3 Df5 18.Txd4 Fc5 19.Tf4 Dg5 20.h4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D37j"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 Cbd7 7.c5 c6 8.Fd3 b6 
9.b4 a5 10.a3 Fa6 11.O-O Dc8 12.h3 Db7 13.Dc2 Fxd3 14.Dxd3 h6 15.Cd2 Tfc8 
16.Tfc1 Fd8 17.Tab1 axb4 18.axb4 Fc7 19.Fxc7 Dxc7 20.Dc2 bxc5 21.bxc5 e5 
22.Tb4 exd4 23.exd4 Cf8 24.Tcb1 Ce6 25.Cf3 Df4 26.Ce2 De4 27.Dxe4 Cxe4 28.
Cg3 Cc3 29.T1b3 Cb5 30.Cf5 Tc7 31.Cd6 Cxd6 32.cxd6 Td7 33.Tb8+ Txb8 34.
Txb8+ Td8 35.Txd8+ Cxd8 36.Ce5 f6 37.Cd3 Rf7 38.Cc5 Re8 39.f4 g6 40.Rf2 
Cf7 41.d7+ Re7 42.g4 g5 43.Re3 Cd6 44.f5 Cc4+ 45.Rd3 Cb6 46.Rc3 Cxd7 47.
Ce6 Cf8 48.Cc5 Cd7 49.Ce6 Rd6 50.Rb4 Cb6 51.Cd8 Cc4 52.Cf7+ Re7 53.Cxh6 
Rf8 54.Rc5 Rg7 55.Rxc6 Ce3 56.Rd6 Rxh6 57.Re7 Rg7 58.Re6 Cc2 59.Rxd5 Rf7 
60.Rc5 Re7 61.Rd5 Rd7 62.Re4 Rd6 63.Rd3 Ce1+ 64.Re2 Cg2 65.Rf3 Ch4+ 66.Re4
Rc6 67.Rd3 Rd5 68.Re3 Cg2+ 69.Rf3 Ce1+ 70.Rg3 Rxd4 71.h4 gxh4+ 72.Rxh4 
Cf3+ 73.Rh5 Re5 74.Rg6 Cg5 75.Rg7 Ce4 76.Rg6 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "A42p"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Fg7 3.e4 d6 4.Cf3 e5 5.Cc3 Fg4 6.d5 a5 7.Fe2 Ca6 8.O-O Fxf3 
9.Fxf3 Rf8 10.a3 h5 11.Tb1 Fh6 12.b4 Cf6 13.Fxh6+ Txh6 14.Ca4 axb4 15.axb4
Rg7 16.c5 Th8 17.c6 bxc6 18.dxc6 De7 19.b5 Cc5 20.Cxc5 dxc5 21.Dc2 Thd8 
22.Tfc1 Td6 23.h4 Ta3 24.Tb3 Txb3 25.Dxb3 Td4 26.b6 Tb4 27.bxc7 Dxc7 28.
Dc3 Cxe4 29.Fxe4 Txe4 30.Dxc5 Txh4 31.Td1 Ta4 32.g3 Ta5 33.Dc4 Ta7 34.Td7 
Dxd7 35.cxd7 Txd7 36.Dc5 f6 37.Dc6 Ta7 38.De6 Tf7 39.f4 exf4 40.gxf4 Ta7 
41.f5 gxf5 42.Dxf5 Te7 43.Dxh5 Te5 44.Dh4 Tg5+ 45.Rf2 Te5 46.Rf3 Tf5+ 47.
Re4 Te5+ 48.Rf4 Tg5 49.Dh3 Te5 50.Dc8 Tg5 51.Dd7+ Rg6 52.De8+ Rg7 53.De7+ 
Rg6 54.Df8 Tf5+ 55.Re4 Te5+ 56.Rd4 Tg5 57.Dg8+ Rh6 58.Df7 Tf5 59.Re4 Te5+ 
60.Rd4 Tf5 61.Df8+ Rg6 62.Dg8+ Rh6 63.Df7 Tf4+ 64.Rd5 Tf5+ 65.Rd6 Tg5 66.
Dg7+ Txg7 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.Cc3 Cb6 6.Cf3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.b3 
O-O 9.Fb2 Fg4 10.Tc1 Dd7 11.d3 Tad8 12.Ce4 f6 13.Dc2 Rh8 14.a3 a5 15.Tfd1 
De6 16.Te1 Df7 17.Cfd2 Cd7 18.Dc4 Fe6 19.Db5 f5 20.Dxb7 fxe4 21.Dxc6 Fd5 
22.Dxc7 Fg5 23.Cxe4 Fxc1 24.Dxc1 Fxe4 25.Fxe4 Dxf2+ 26.Rh1 Cc5 27.Fxe5 
Cxe4 28.dxe4 Tfe8 29.Tf1 Dxe2 30.Fxg7+ Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B51h"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Cd7 4.d4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fxd7+ Cxd7 7.O-O e6 8.Fg5 
Dc7 9.d5 e5 10.a4 h6 11.Fh4 g6 12.Cd2 Fg7 13.Cc4 Cb6 14.Ce3 O-O 15.a5 Cd7 
16.Dd3 b5 17.axb6 Cxb6 18.g4 a5 19.Cb5 Dd7 20.c4 a4 21.b3 axb3 22.Txa8 
Cxa8 23.Ta1 Fb7 24.Dxb3 Tb8 25.Cc3 Cc7 26.Db6 Ta8 27.Txa8+ Cxa8 28.Dd8+ 
Dxd8 29.Fxd8 Ff8 30.h4 Rg7 31.Cb5 Fc8 32.f3 f6 33.h5 g5 34.Rf2 Rf7 35.Re2 
Fe7 36.Fa5 Re8 37.Ca7 Fd7 38.Cc6 Fc8 39.Rd3 Ff8 40.Rc3 Rd7 41.Cb8+ Re8 42.
Rb3 Fe7 43.Cc6 Ff8 44.Ra4 Fa6 45.Cb8 Fb7 46.Rb5 Re7 47.Cc6+ Re8 48.Cd8 Fc8
49.Cf5 Fe7 50.Ce6 Fd7+ 51.Ra6 Fxe6 52.Cg7+ Rd7 53.Cxe6 Rc8 54.Ra7 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B53x"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Dxd4 Fd7 6.Fxc6 Fxc6 7.Cc3 Cf6 8.
Fg5 e6 9.O-O-O Fe7 10.The1 O-O 11.Dd2 h6 12.Ff4 e5 13.Fg3 Tc8 14.Rb1 b5 
15.De2 b4 16.Cd5 Cxd5 17.exd5 Fd7 18.Cd2 Dc7 19.Tc1 Ff5 20.Ra1 Da5 21.f4 
Dxd5 22.Cf1 Fe6 23.Da6 exf4 24.Fxf4 Ff6 25.Ted1 De4 26.Fxd6 Txc2 27.Tb1 
Dxg2 28.Td2 Txd2 29.Cxd2 Dxd2 30.Fxf8 Rxf8 31.Dxa7 g5 32.a3 Rg7 33.Da5 Fa2
0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D37d"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Dc2 c5 6.dxc5 d4 7.Cb5 e5 8.Cxe5 a6 
9.Ca3 O-O 10.g3 Da5+ 11.Fd2 Dxc5 12.Cd3 Dc6 13.Tg1 Ff5 14.Fg2 Dc8 15.c5 
Cbd7 16.c6 Fxa3 17.bxa3 Ce5 18.Cxe5 Fxc2 19.cxb7 De6 20.bxa8=D Txa8 21.
Fxa8 Dxe5 22.Ff4 Da5+ 23.Rf1 g5 24.Fc1 Dc3 25.Rg2 Dc8 26.Fxg5 Dxa8+ 27.f3 
De8 28.Tge1 Cd5 29.Tac1 Da4 30.Rg1 f6 31.Fd2 Rf7 32.Rg2 Cb6 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "A55p"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]

1.Cf3 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 Cbd7 4.Cc3 e5 5.e4 c6 6.Fe2 Fe7 7.O-O a6 8.Dc2 O-O 
9.Td1 Dc7 10.Fg5 Te8 11.Tac1 Cf8 12.h3 Cg6 13.a3 Ch5 14.Fe3 Chf4 15.Ff1 h6
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Ca4 Fe6 18.Rh2 Tac8 19.g3 Ch5 20.Cc5 Fxc5 21.Fxc5 Tcd8 22.
Db3 b5 23.Txd8 Dxd8 24.Td1 Dc8 25.De3 bxc4 26.Cd2 Td8 27.Tc1 Db8 28.Cxc4 
Fxc4 29.Fxc4 Dxb2 30.Dc3 Dxc3 31.Txc3 Cf6 32.Fd3 Tb8 33.Fb4 Td8 34.Rg2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B45m"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cf6 6.Cxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Cd5 8.Ce4
Fb7 9.Fe2 c5 10.O-O Dc7 11.Cd6+ Fxd6 12.exd6 Dc6 13.f3 c4 14.Dd4 O-O 15.
Fxc4 Dxd6 16.Tf2 Db6 17.Dh4 Tac8 18.b3 Ce3 19.Fd3 Cf5 20.Df4 Dd4 21.Dxd4 
Cxd4 22.Fe3 Cc6 23.Fc5 Tfe8 24.Fd6 Ce7 25.Td2 Cf5 26.Fxf5 exf5 27.c4 a6 
28.Rf2 g5 29.h4 f6 30.Fb4 Fc6 31.Td6 Te6 32.Txe6 dxe6 33.hxg5 fxg5 34.Fe7 
h6 35.Td1 Rf7 36.Fd8 Re8 37.Fa5 Re7 38.Th1 Th8 39.Fb4+ Rf6 40.Td1 Tc8 41.
Fa5 f4 42.Fc3+ Rf7 43.Th1 Rg6 44.Te1 Fd7 45.Te5 h5 46.Ta5 Tc6 47.Fb4 Rf6 
48.Fc3+ Rg6 49.Fe5 Fc8 50.c5 Rf5 51.Fd6 Fb7 52.b4 e5 53.a4 Tc8 54.Fxe5 Fd5
55.Fd6 g4 56.c6 Re6 57.Fxf4 gxf3 58.c7 fxg2 59.Txa6+ Rf5 60.Fh2 Rg4 61.Tf6
Rh3 62.Fd6 Tg8 63.Tg6 Te8 64.Tg3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42t"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 Fe6 10.Cc3 O-O 11.Ce5 c5 12.Cxe4 dxe4 13.d5 Fc8 14.a3 Ca6 15.f3 
Fd6 16.f4 f6 17.Cg4 f5 18.Ce5 Cb8 19.b4 Cd7 20.bxc5 Fxc5+ 21.Rh1 Fd6 22.
Fb2 Te8 23.Tb1 De7 24.Db3 b6 25.Fh5 Tf8 26.Dg3 Fb7 27.a4 Tac8 28.a5 Cf6 
29.Fe2 Fc5 30.Dg5 Tce8 31.Fd1 e3 32.Ff3 Ce4 33.Dxe7 Txe7 34.Fxe4 fxe4 35.
g3 b5 36.cxb5 Fxd5 37.Tfc1 Fd6 38.Td1 Fxe5 39.Txd5 Fxb2 40.Txb2 Tc8 41.Rg2
Tec7 42.Rf1 Tc2 43.Txc2 Txc2 44.Td8+ Rf7 45.Td7+ Re6 46.Txa7 Rf5 47.h3 e2+
48.Re1 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D58n"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Fe2 Fb7 
9.Fxf6 Fxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Tb1 Fc6 14.O-O Cd7 15.
Fb5 Dc7 16.Dc2 Tab8 17.dxc5 Fxc3 18.Fxc6 Dxc6 19.Dxc3 Dxc5 20.Dxc5 Cxc5 
21.Cd4 Tfc8 22.Tfc1 Txb1 23.Txb1 Ce6 24.Cf5 Tc2 25.a3 Ta2 26.Ce7+ Rh7 27.
Cxd5 Txa3 28.h4 Ta5 29.e4 f5 30.exf5 Cd4 31.Ce3 Cxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E15d"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.Db3 c6 6.Ff4 d5 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.Fg5 Fe7
9.Fxe7 Dxe7 10.Cbd2 O-O 11.e4 Cf6 12.Tc1 Tc8 13.e5 Cd5 14.Ce4 Fxf1 15.Rxf1
Cd7 16.Cd6 Tc7 17.Rg2 c5 18.Da4 a6 19.dxc5 Cxc5 20.Dd4 Cb7 21.Cf5 exf5 22.
Dxd5 Td8 23.Db3 b5 24.Thd1 Txd1 25.Txd1 g6 26.Dd5 Rg7 27.h4 Cc5 28.Tc1 Ce6
29.Txc7 Dxc7 30.Cd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.Fg2 Cb6 7.O-O Fe7 8.d3 
O-O 9.a3 Fe6 10.b4 f6 11.Fb2 a5 12.b5 Cd4 13.Cd2 c6 14.bxc6 Cxc6 15.Cb5 a4
16.Tc1 Ta5 17.Cc3 Tf7 18.f4 exf4 19.Txf4 f5 20.Rh1 Fg5 21.Tf1 Fxd2 22.Dxd2
Cc4 23.Dc2 Ce3 24.Dd2 Cxf1 25.Txf1 h6 26.Tf4 Fb3 27.De1 Ce7 28.Df2 Cd5 29.
Dd4 Dd7 30.Cxd5 Fxd5 31.e4 Fc6 32.Dc3 Tb5 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D13l"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Cf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Cc3 a6 6.Ff4 Cc6 7.Tc1 Ce4 8.e3 
Cxc3 9.bxc3 Ff5 10.Ce5 Cxe5 11.Fxe5 e6 12.Db3 f6 13.Fg3 b5 14.a4 bxa4 15.
Dxa4+ Dd7 16.Ta1 Dxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C10l"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cf3 Cgf6 6.Cxf6+ Cxf6 7.c3 c5 8.
Ce5 Dc7 9.Fb5+ Fd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Fe3 O-O-O 12.O-O Cf6 13.Df3 Fd6 14.g3 
Rb8 15.Tfd1 Cd5 16.dxc5 Fxc5 17.Fxc5 Dxc5 18.Ff1 Dc7 19.c4 Cf6 20.Fg2 h5 
21.c5 Cd5 22.Tac1 h4 23.a3 hxg3 24.hxg3 g5 25.Db3 Ce7 26.Dc3 Cf5 27.c6 
bxc6 28.Df6 Txd1+ 29.Txd1 Tc8 30.Dxg5 Ce7 31.b4 Cd5 32.Tc1 De7 33.De5+ Dc7
34.Dh5 Dd7 35.De5+ Dc7 36.Dd4 Dd7 37.Ff3 Tc7 38.Dh8+ Tc8 39.De5+ Dc7 40.
Dd4 Dd7 41.Rg2 Tc7 42.Th1 Tc8 43.Th7 Te8 44.Fxd5 cxd5 45.Df4+ Dc7 46.Dxf7 
Dxf7 47.Txf7 e5 48.Td7 d4 49.Rf3 e4+ 50.Re2 d3+ 51.Re3 a6 52.f3 Rc8 53.Td4
exf3+ 54.Rxf3 Tf8+ 55.Rg2 Rc7 56.Txd3 Tg8 57.Td5 Rc6 58.Ta5 Rb6 59.Tf5 Td8
60.g4 Td3 61.Tf3 Rb5 62.g5 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D27t"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Cf6 4.Fxc4 e6 5.Cf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Cc6 8.De2 Fe7 
9.Td1 O-O 10.Cc3 Dc7 11.d5 exd5 12.Cxd5 Cxd5 13.Fxd5 Ff6 14.h3 Cb4 15.e4 
Cxd5 16.exd5 Dd6 17.a5 Fd7 18.Fe3 b5 19.axb6 Dxb6 20.Td2 Fb5 21.Dd1 Dd6 
22.Dc2 Tac8 23.Tc1 c4 24.Fd4 Tcd8 25.Tcd1 Tfe8 26.Dc3 Fa4 27.Ta1 Fb5 28.
Fxf6 Dxf6 29.Dxf6 gxf6 30.g4 Rf8 31.Ch4 Te5 32.d6 h5 33.Cf5 hxg4 34.hxg4 
Fd7 35.Txa6 Fxf5 36.gxf5 Txf5 37.Tc6 Tf4 38.Rg2 Te4 39.Rf3 Te6 40.Txc4 
Texd6 41.Txd6 Txd6 42.Re3 Td1 43.b4 f5 44.Td4 Tb1 45.Rd3 Rg7 46.Rc4 Rg6 
47.f4 Rh5 48.b5 Rg4 49.Rc5 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A57g"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Cf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Cc3 Cbd7 8.e4 Fg7 9.
a4 Dxb6 10.Cd2 O-O 11.Fe2 Tb8 12.O-O Da7 13.Cc4 Cb6 14.Ca5 Fd7 15.Dc2 Dc7 
16.Fd2 e6 17.dxe6 Fxe6 18.b3 d5 19.exd5 Cfxd5 20.Cxd5 Cxd5 21.Tac1 Fd4 22.
Cc4 Cf4 23.Fxf4 Dxf4 24.Fd3 Rg7 25.Tce1 Df6 26.Fe4 h5 27.Rh1 Tb4 28.f4 
Fxc4 29.bxc4 Te8 30.f5 g5 31.Fd5 Txe1 32.Txe1 Tb2 33.De4 Tf2 34.Dd3 Txf5 
35.Dd1 g4 36.g3 Tf2 37.Fe4 Fc3 38.Tg1 Fd4 39.Te1 Dg5 40.Tf1 Dd2 41.Dxd2 
Txf1+ 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "E94o"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Fe3 Cg4 
9.Fg5 De8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Fd2 Cf6 13.Fe3 Ch5 14.c5 Cf4 15.Fxa6 
bxa6 16.Fxf4 exf4 17.Cd5 Tb8 18.Te1 c6 19.Cxf4 Txb2 20.e5 Tb7 21.Tb1 Txb1 
22.Dxb1 De7 23.e6 g5 24.exf7+ Dxf7 25.Cg6 Te8 26.Cge5 Dd5 27.Td1 Dxc5 28.
Dg6 De7 29.Cg4 Fxg4 30.hxg4 Df7 31.Dxc6 Te6 32.Td8+ Rh7 33.Dc2+ Dg6 34.Dc4
Db1+ 35.Rh2 De4 36.Dxe4+ Txe4 37.Rh3 Ta4 38.Td7 Txa2 39.Cd4 Rg6 40.Cf5 Ff6
41.f3 h5 42.g3 Ta4 43.Txa7 hxg4+ 44.fxg4 Ta1 45.Cd6 Fd4 46.Tb7 Ta2 47.Cf5 
Fg1 48.Ch4+ gxh4 49.gxh4 Ta3+ 50.Rg2 Fd4 51.Td7 Fe5 52.Td5 Rf6 53.h5 Re6 
54.Tc5 Tg3+ 55.Rf1 Fd6 56.Ta5 Ta3 57.Tg5 a5 58.h6 Fe5 59.Tg6+ Rd5 60.g5 
Th3 61.Ta6 Fc3 62.Rg2 Th4 63.Rg3 Fe1+ 64.Rf3 Rc5 65.g6 Txh6 66.g7 Th3+ 67.
Re2 Tg3 68.Rxe1 Rb5 69.Ta7 Tg2 70.Rd1 Rb4 71.Rc1 a4 72.Rb1 Ra3 73.Tb7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B51n"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.O-O Fd7 5.c3 a6 6.Fxc6 Fxc6 7.d4 Fxe4 8.Te1 
Cf6 9.Fg5 Fd5 10.Cbd2 e6 11.c4 Fxf3 12.Dxf3 cxd4 13.Dxb7 Fe7 14.Dc6+ Cd7 
15.Fxe7 Rxe7 16.Cf3 Db6 17.Dxb6 Cxb6 18.b3 Thc8 19.Cxd4 d5 20.cxd5 Cxd5 
21.Cf5+ Rf6 22.Ce3 Cxe3 23.Txe3 Tc2 24.b4 Td8 25.g3 g5 26.h3 Tdd2 27.Tf3+ 
Rg6 28.a3 h5 29.Te1 Td4 30.Tfe3 Ta2 31.T1e2 Td1+ 32.Rg2 Taa1 33.g4 Th1 34.
f3 h4 35.Tb3 Tag1+ 36.Rf2 Tg3 37.a4 Th2+ 38.Rf1 Thxh3 39.Tf2 Th1+ 40.Re2 
h3 41.b5 axb5 42.axb5 h2 43.b6 Te1+ 44.Rxe1 h1=D+ 45.Tf1 Tg1 46.Txg1 Dxg1+
47.Rd2 Dh2+ 48.Rc1 Df4+ 49.Rc2 Db8 50.b7 Rf6 51.Rd3 Re5 52.Re3 Rd5 53.Tb1 
Rc6 54.Tc1+ Rd7 55.Tb1 Rc7 56.Tc1+ Rd6 57.Td1+ Re7 58.Tb1 f5 59.gxf5 exf5 
60.Re2 Rd6 61.Td1+ Re5 62.Tb1 Rf4 63.Tb3 Rg3 64.Rf1 f4 65.Re2 g4 66.fxg4+ 
Rxg4 67.Tb6 De5+ 68.Rf1 Db8 69.Tb3 f3 70.Tb6 Rg3 71.Tg6+ Rf4 72.Tb6 Re4 
73.Tb4+ Re3 74.Tb3+ Re4 75.Tb4+ Rd5 76.Tb3 Rc4 77.Txf3 Dxb7 78.Rf2 Rd4 79.
Te3 Df7+ 80.Tf3 Da2+ 81.Rg3 Re4 82.Tf4+ Re5 83.Tf3 De2 84.Tf2 Dh5 85.Tf3 
Dg5+ 86.Rh2 Re4 87.Tg3 Dh4+ 88.Rg2 Dh5 89.Tg8 Re3 90.Tg3+ Rf4 91.Tg7 Dd5+ 
92.Rh2 Rf3 93.Tg2 Dh5+ 94.Rg1 Dh4 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E70d"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 c6 6.Fe2 d5 7.e5 Ce4 8.O-O Cxc3 
9.bxc3 b6 10.a4 Fa6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Fb5 Dc8 13.Fa3 Db7 14.e6 Cc6 15.exf7+ 
Txf7 16.De2 Fxb5 17.axb5 Ca5 18.Cg5 Tf6 19.Dxe7 Dxe7 20.Fxe7 Tf5 21.Cf3 
Cc4 22.Ta2 Tf7 23.Fb4 Tc7 24.h4 Ff8 25.Fxf8 Rxf8 26.Cg5 Te8 27.Tfa1 Tee7 
28.Ch3 Ted7 29.Cf4 Rf7 30.Te2 Td6 31.Tae1 Ca3 32.Ce6 Txe6 33.Txe6 Cxb5 34.
g4 Cxc3 35.g5 Ce4 36.Te5 Td7 37.Rg2 b5 38.T1xe4 dxe4 39.Txb5 Re6 40.Rg3 
Txd4 41.Ta5 Td7 42.Rf4 Rd6 43.Rxe4 Rc6 44.f4 Te7+ 45.Rf3 Rb6 46.Ta1 a5 47.
f5 gxf5 48.h5 Te4 49.Tg1 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C67s"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Ce7 10.h3 Cg6 11.Ce4 h6 12.Te1 Fe6 13.Cd4 Fd5 14.Cf5 Cxe5
15.Ff4 Cd7 16.Cc3 g6 17.Cd4 Fb4 18.Cxd5 Fxe1 19.Fxc7+ Rc8 20.Txe1 cxd5 21.
Fd6 a5 22.Te7 Ta6 23.Cb5 a4 24.Fa3 f6 25.Cc3 Ce5 26.Cxd5 Td8 27.Ce3 Tc6 
28.b3 axb3 29.axb3 Td7 30.Te8+ Td8 31.Te7 Td7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.05.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B51l"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.Fxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O Fg4 6.c3 Cf6 7.h3 Fh5 8.Te1 
e6 9.d3 Fe7 10.Cbd2 Cd7 11.Cf1 O-O 12.g4 Fg6 13.Cg3 d5 14.c4 Fd6 15.De2 a5
16.Rg2 a4 17.Fg5 f6 18.exd5 Fxg3 19.fxg3 cxd5 20.Fd2 e5 21.Ch4 Ff7 22.Cf5 
Tb8 23.Tab1 Rh8 24.Rh2 Fg8 25.b3 axb3 26.axb3 Te8 27.Dg2 Cf8 28.b4 dxc4 
29.dxc4 Fxc4 30.bxc5 Txb1 31.Txb1 Dd3 32.Tb6 Td8 33.Td6 Txd6 34.cxd6 Fd5 
35.Df2 De4 36.Df1 Fc4 37.Dg2 Dxg2+ 38.Rxg2 Rg8 39.Rf2 Rf7 40.d7 Cxd7 41.
Cd6+ Rg6 42.Cxc4 h5 43.gxh5+ Rxh5 44.Cd6 Rg6 45.g4 Cb6 46.Rf3 Cd5 47.Re4 
Cc7 48.Cf5 Rf7 49.h4 g6 50.Ch6+ Re6 51.h5 gxh5 52.gxh5 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B48g"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Dd2 Cf6 8.O-O-O
Fb4 9.f3 Ce5 10.Cb3 b5 11.Rb1 Cc4 12.Fxc4 bxc4 13.Cc1 Db7 14.C1e2 Tb8 15.
b3 O-O 16.Ff4 Ta8 17.Fd6 Fxd6 18.Dxd6 cxb3 19.axb3 a5 20.Td4 Ta6 21.Da3 d5
22.exd5 exd5 23.Cf4 Fe6 24.Thd1 h6 25.Ccxd5 Cxd5 26.Cxd5 Tb8 27.Cf6+ gxf6 
28.Td8+ Txd8 29.Txd8+ Rh7 30.Df8 Rg6 31.Dg8+ Rh5 32.Dg7 f5 33.Td4 Fc8 34.
g3 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B12x"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ff5 4.Cc3 e6 5.g4 Fg6 6.Cge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Cf4 Fh7 9.
Cxh5 Cc6 10.dxc5 Fxc5 11.Fb5 Dc7 12.Fxc6+ Dxc6 13.Df3 O-O-O 14.Cxg7 d4 15.
Dxc6+ bxc6 16.Ca4 Ff8 17.Ch5 Fxc2 18.b3 Td5 19.Ff4 Fb4+ 20.Re2 d3+ 21.Rf3 
d2 22.Tad1 Ce7 23.Cf6 Td3+ 24.Re2 Cd5 25.Fg5 Fxd1+ 26.Txd1 Th3 27.h5 Fe7 
28.Txd2 Fxf6 29.Fxf6 Cf4+ 30.Rd1 Tg8 31.Cc5 Txg4 32.Td8+ Rc7 33.Td7+ Rb6 
34.Fe7 Cd5 35.Tb7+ Ra5 36.Txa7+ Rb5 37.Tb7+ Cb6 38.a4+ Ra5 39.Rc2 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B33t"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Ff4 e5 8.Fg5 
a6 9.Ca3 b5 10.Fxf6 gxf6 11.Cd5 Fg7 12.Fd3 Ce7 13.Cxe7 Dxe7 14.c4 f5 15.
O-O O-O 16.Df3 bxc4 17.Cxc4 d5 18.exd5 e4 19.De3 Fb7 20.d6 Df6 21.Fc2 f4 
22.Dh3 Tac8 23.b3 Dg5 24.Tad1 f5 25.d7 Tcd8 26.Cd6 Fa8 27.f3 Txd7 28.fxe4 
f3 29.Dg3 De3+ 30.Df2 Dxf2+ 31.Rxf2 fxg2 32.Rxg2 Tfd8 33.Cc4 Fxe4+ 34.Fxe4
Txd1 35.Txf5 Te1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "C99o"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Ca5 10.Fc2 c5 11.d4 Dc7 12.Cbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Cc6 14.Cb3 a5 15.Fe3 a4 
16.Cbd2 Fd7 17.Tc1 Tac8 18.Fd3 Db8 19.De2 Cb4 20.Fb1 Txc1 21.Txc1 Tc8 22.
Txc8+ Fxc8 23.Cf1 Fd7 24.Dd2 exd4 25.Cxd4 Cc6 26.Cg3 Cxd4 27.Fxd4 Ce8 28.
a3 Ff6 29.Cf5 Fxd4 30.Cxd4 Db6 31.De3 Dc5 32.Fd3 Cc7 33.Rf1 Ce6 34.Cxe6 
fxe6 35.e5 h6 36.Re2 b4 37.Dxc5 dxc5 38.Fa6 Fc6 39.f3 Rf7 40.Rd3 Fd5 41.
Fb5 Rg6 42.Re3 Fb3 43.Fe8+ Rg5 44.g3 h5 45.f4+ Rh6 46.Rd2 h4 47.gxh4 g6 
48.Rc1 Rh5 49.Ff7 Rxh4 50.Fxg6 Rg3 51.f5 exf5 52.Fxf5 bxa3 53.bxa3 Rf4 54.
Fc2 Fe6 55.h4 Rg4 56.Fxa4 Rxh4 57.Rc2 Rg5 58.Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A33o"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Cc3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.g3 Db6 7.Cdb5 a6 8.Cd6+ 
Fxd6 9.Dxd6 Db4 10.Dxb4 Cxb4 11.Tb1 d5 12.Fg2 dxc4 13.b3 cxb3 14.Txb3 Cc2+
15.Rf1 Cd4 16.Tb4 Cc6 17.Tb1 O-O 18.Fe3 e5 19.Ca4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C67w"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Re8 10.h3 Fe7 11.Fg5 Fxg5 12.Cxg5 h6 13.Cge4 b6 14.Tfd1 
Re7 15.Rh2 g5 16.Ce2 Fe6 17.g4 Ch4 18.Cd4 Fd7 19.Cg3 The8 20.Td3 Rf8 21.
Te1 Tad8 22.Ted1 c5 23.Ce6+ Txe6 24.Txd7 Txd7 25.Txd7 Txe5 26.Txc7 Te1 27.
Txa7 Tc1 28.Ta8+ Re7 29.Ta7+ Re6 30.Ta6 Txc2 31.Txb6+ Re5 32.Rg1 Tc1+ 33.
Rh2 Cf3+ 34.Rg2 Ch4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1 playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D43t"]
[EventDate "2002.07.12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fxf6 Dxf6 7.e3 Cd7 8.Dc2 g6 
9.e4 dxe4 10.Cxe4 Fb4+ 11.Re2 De7 12.c5 O-O 13.a3 Fa5 14.Ce5 Td8 15.f4 Cf6
16.Td1 Cd5 17.g3 Fc7 18.Fg2 Fd7 19.The1 b6 20.Rf2 Tab8 21.b4 Fe8 22.Cc4 b5
23.Ce5 a5 24.Cc3 Fxe5 25.fxe5 axb4 26.Cxd5 exd5 27.axb4 Fd7 28.Ta1 Ta8 29.
Rg1 Dg5 30.Dc3 h5 31.h4 Dg4 32.De3 Ta4 33.Txa4 bxa4 34.Ff1 Tb8 35.Fe2 Dh3 
36.Ff1 Dg4 37.Fe2 Dh3 38.Ff1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1 playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C42n"]
[EventDate "2002.07.12"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.De2 De7 6.d3 Cf6 7.Cc3 Dxe2+ 8.
Fxe2 g6 9.Fe3 Fg7 10.h3 O-O 11.O-O-O Te8 12.The1 a6 13.g4 h6 14.Cd2 Cc6 
15.Ff3 Fd7 16.Cde4 Cxe4 17.Fxe4 Tac8 18.Cd5 Cb8 19.f4 Fc6 20.h4 Cd7 21.g5 
hxg5 22.hxg5 Cc5 23.Ff3 Ce6 24.c3 Fxd5 25.Fxd5 c6 26.Ff3 Te7 27.Te2 Tce8 
28.Tde1 d5 29.Fc5 Cxc5 30.Txe7 Txe7 31.Txe7 Ff8 32.Te8 Cxd3+ 33.Rc2 Cxf4 
34.Fg4 Ce6 35.Fxe6 fxe6 36.Tb8 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A67r"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Fg7 8.Fb5+ Cfd7
9.a4 O-O 10.Cf3 Ca6 11.O-O Cb4 12.h3 a6 13.Fc4 f5 14.Cg5 Cb6 15.Fb3 a5 16.
Fe3 fxe4 17.Rh1 Cd3 18.Dd2 Te8 19.Tab1 Ff5 20.g4 h6 21.gxf5 hxg5 22.fxg5 
gxf5 23.Txf5 Dd7 24.Tbf1 Te5 25.Tf7 Dxh3+ 26.Dh2 Dxh2+ 27.Rxh2 Tf8 28.
Txf8+ Fxf8 29.Tf6 c4 30.Fd1 Cd7 31.Tg6+ Rh7 32.Te6 C7c5 33.Tf6 Rg8 34.Fh5 
Fe7 35.Th6 Rf8 36.Th8+ Rg7 37.Te8 Fxg5 38.Txe5 Fxe3 39.Te7+ Rf6 40.Tf7+ 
Rg5 41.Fd1 Fd4 42.Rg2 Cxb2 43.Cb5 Fe5 44.Fc2 Cbd3 45.Rf1 Cb4 46.Fb1 Cxd5 
0-1

[Event "Sparkassen sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B19l"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.h4 h6 7.Cf3 Cd7 8.h5 Fh7
9.Fd3 Fxd3 10.Dxd3 e6 11.Ff4 Cgf6 12.O-O-O Fe7 13.Rb1 O-O 14.Ce5 Da5 15.
Ce4 Cxe4 16.Dxe4 Tad8 17.c4 Cxe5 18.Fxe5 Fd6 19.f3 Td7 20.Fxd6 Txd6 21.De5
Dd8 22.Td3 b5 23.b3 bxc4 24.bxc4 De7 25.Rc2 Tfd8 26.Dc5 T8d7 27.Thd1 Dh4 
28.g4 f6 29.Db4 f5 30.Db8+ Rh7 31.De8 Df6 32.c5 Td5 33.Te1 Te7 34.Dxc6 
fxg4 35.fxg4 Df2+ 36.Rd1 Txd4 37.Txd4 Dxd4+ 38.Rc2 Dc4+ 39.Rd2 Dxa2+ 40.
Re3 Db3+ 41.Re2 Dc2+ 42.Re3 Dc3+ 43.Re2 De5+ 44.Rd2 Dd4+ 45.Rc2 Dc4+ 46.
Rd2 Db4+ 47.Re2 Db2+ 48.Re3 Dc3+ 49.Re2 De5+ 50.Rd2 Dd4+ 51.Rc2 Dc4+ 52.
Rd2 Db4+ 53.Re2 Tf7 54.Dxe6 Tf6 55.Dd5 Dxg4+ 56.Rd3 Tf5 57.Te5 Dg3+ 58.Rd4
Df2+ 0-1

[Event "Sparkassen sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E97s"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fe2 O-O 6.Cf3 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 Ch5 10.Te1 f5 11.Cg5 Cf6 12.f3 c6 13.Rh1 h6 14.Ce6 Fxe6 15.dxe6 Ce8 
16.Db3 Cc7 17.c5 d5 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Fb2 De8 20.Tad1 Td8 21.a4 a6 22.b5 Rh7
23.Fa3 Cxe6 24.bxa6 Cd4 25.Dxb7 Tb8 26.Dc7 Cc2 27.Cb5 Dd8 28.Dxd8 Tfxd8 
29.c6 Cxc6 30.Tc1 Cxe1 31.Txc6 d4 32.a7 Tb7 33.Fc5 d3 34.Fd1 e4 35.Fb6 
Txb6 36.Txb6 e3 37.Te6 Cc2 38.g3 e2 39.Fxe2 dxe2 40.Txe2 Cd4 41.Cxd4 Fxd4 
42.Td2 Ta8 43.Txd4 Txa7 44.Rg2 g5 45.Rf2 Rg6 46.Re2 Te7+ 47.Rd2 Te5 48.Td3
f4 49.g4 Rf7 50.Ta3 Ta5 51.Rc3 Re6 52.Rb4 Ta8 53.Rc5 Rd7 54.a5 Rc7 55.a6 
Te8 56.Ta2 Rb8 57.Tb2+ Ra8 58.Tb6 h5 59.gxh5 Te3 60.h6 Txf3 61.h4 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen sf"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B12w"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ff5 4.Cc3 e6 5.g4 Fg6 6.Cge2 Ce7 7.f4 c5 8.h4 h5 9.f5
exf5 10.g5 Cec6 11.Fg2 cxd4 12.Cxd5 Cd7 13.Cxd4 Cdxe5 14.Cb5 Tc8 15.De2 
Fd6 16.Cxd6+ Dxd6 17.Ff4 O-O 18.O-O-O Dc5 19.Th3 Tfe8 20.Tc3 Da5 21.Ta3 
Dc5 22.Te3 Cd4 23.Txd4 Dxd4 24.Txe5 Rh7 25.Dd1 Df2 26.Ff3 Txe5 27.Fxe5 f4 
28.Fc3 Td8 29.b3 Rh8 30.Fe1 Dc5 31.Rb2 Ff5 32.c4 b5 33.Fb4 Df2+ 34.De2 
Dxe2+ 35.Fxe2 bxc4 36.bxc4 Fg4 37.Fd3 f3 38.Rc3 Fe6 39.Ce3 Fh3 40.Cd1 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen sf playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2002.07.17"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.Cc3 Cb6 6.Cf3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.a3 
O-O 9.b4 Fe6 10.Tb1 f6 11.d3 Cd4 12.Cd2 c6 13.Fb2 Tf7 14.e3 Cf5 15.Dc2 Ff8
16.Tfd1 Cd5 17.Cc4 b5 18.Ca5 Cdxe3 19.fxe3 Cxe3 20.Df2 Cxg2 21.Dxg2 Tc8 
22.d4 Db6 23.Ce2 Td7 24.Tbc1 c5 25.dxc5 Fxc5+ 26.bxc5 Txc5 27.Cd4 exd4 28.
Txc5 Dxc5 29.Dc6 De5 30.Dc1 De4 31.Te1 Dd5 32.Dc6 d3 33.Dxd5 Fxd5 34.Td1 
Fe6 35.Rf2 Rf7 36.Re3 Ff5 37.Rd2 Te7 38.Te1 Txe1 39.Rxe1 Re6 40.Cc6 Rd5 
41.Ce7+ Re4 42.Cxf5 Rxf5 43.Rf2 Rg4 44.Fd4 a6 45.Fb6 Rh3 46.Re3 Rxh2 47.
Fc7 Rg2 48.Rxd3 h5 49.Re4 g6 50.Rf4 g5+ 51.Rf5 h4 52.gxh4 gxh4 53.Rxf6 h3 
54.Re6 a5 55.Rd5 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen sf playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C11r"]
[EventDate "2002.07.17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Cbd7 6.Cf3 Fe7 7.Cxf6+ Fxf6 8.
h4 c5 9.Dd2 cxd4 10.Cxd4 h6 11.Fxf6 Cxf6 12.Db4 Cd5 13.Da3 De7 14.Fb5+ Fd7
15.Fxd7+ Rxd7 16.Da4+ Rc7 17.Th3 a6 18.Tb3 Dc5 19.O-O-O b5 20.Da5+ Db6 21.
De1 Rb7 22.De2 Ra7 23.Cxb5+ axb5 24.Txb5 Dc6 25.Tdxd5 exd5 26.De7+ Ra6 27.
Tb3 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Final"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B45m"]
[EventDate "2002.07.18"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Cxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Cd5 8.Ce4
Fb7 9.Fe2 c5 10.O-O Dc7 11.Cd6+ Fxd6 12.exd6 Dc6 13.f3 c4 14.Dd4 O-O 15.
Fxc4 Tfc8 16.b3 Dxd6 17.Tf2 Db6 18.Fb2 Dxd4 19.Fxd4 Cb4 20.c3 d5 21.Ff1 
Cc6 22.Fe3 Ce7 23.Tc1 a5 24.Tfc2 e5 25.c4 f6 26.cxd5 Txc2 27.Txc2 Cxd5 28.
Fd2 a4 29.bxa4 Txa4 30.Fb5 Ta8 31.a4 Rf8 32.a5 Fa6 33.Fa4 Tb8 34.Rf2 Tb1 
35.Tc1 Tb2 36.Tc2 Tb1 37.Rg3 Ce7 38.Fd7 Rf7 39.Tc7 Tb2 40.Fc3 Ta2 41.Fh3 
Ta4 42.Ta7 Fb5 43.Ff5 h5 44.h4 Rf8 45.Ta8+ Rf7 46.Fc2 Tf4 47.a6 Fc6 48.Td8
Cf5+ 49.Fxf5 Txf5 50.Tc8 Fd5 51.a7 Tf4 52.a8=D Fxa8 53.Txa8 Tc4 54.Fd2 Rg6
55.Ta7 Td4 56.Fe3 Tc4 57.Tb7 Tc3 58.Fd2 Tc2 59.Fa5 Ta2 60.Fd8 Ta8 61.Fb6 
Tc8 62.Tc7 Tb8 63.Fc5 Te8 64.Rf2 Th8 65.Re3 Ta8 66.Rd3 Ta4 67.g3 Ta8 68.
Re4 Th8 69.Rd5 Td8+ 70.Re6 Ta8 71.Fd6 Te8+ 72.Fe7 Ta8 73.Tb7 Ta6+ 74.Fd6 
Ta8 75.f4 exf4 76.gxf4 Ta6 77.Td7 Ta8 78.f5+ Rh7 79.Rf7 Ta4 80.Ff8 Tg4 81.
Fxg7 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Final"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B33y"]
[EventDate "2002.07.18"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.Fd3 Fe6 12.O-O Fxd5 13.exd5 Ce7 14.c3 Fg7 15.
Dh5 e4 16.Fc2 O-O 17.Tae1 Dc8 18.Rh1 Tb8 19.g4 b4 20.cxb4 Cxd5 21.gxf5 Rh8
22.Tg1 Fxb2 23.Dh6 Dc3 24.Txe4 Df6 25.Dh3 Tg8 26.Tf1 Fxa3 27.Dxa3 Tbc8 28.
Fd1 Cc3 29.Te3 d5 30.Tg3 d4 31.Ff3 d3 32.Db2 Dd4 33.Td1 Txg3 34.hxg3 Tc4 
35.Tf1 d2 36.f6 Dxf6 37.Rg2 Dd4 38.Dc2 Tc7 39.Df5 f6 40.Th1 d1=D 41.Fxd1 
Cxd1 42.Th4 Dd8 43.Th6 Tf7 44.De6 Tf8 45.De4 Dd7 46.Df3 Rg7 47.Th5 Cb2 48.
Td5 De6 49.Td4 Tc8 50.Te4 Dc6 51.Rh2 Rf8 52.Df4 Rf7 53.Df5 Tg8 54.Dxh7+ 
Tg7 55.Dh5+ Rf8 56.Df5 Cc4 57.Te2 Tg5 58.Dh7 Ce5 59.Dh6+ Rg8 60.Dxg5+ fxg5
61.Txe5 Df6 62.Te2 Df3 63.Td2 Rf7 64.a4 Db3 65.Td6 Dxa4 66.Tb6 Da2 0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Final"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B42f"]
[EventDate "2002.07.18"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Fd3 Fc5 6.Cb3 Fe7 7.O-O d6 8.c4 b6 
9.Cc3 Ff6 10.Dc2 Ce7 11.Fe3 Dc7 12.Tfd1 Cd7 13.Dd2 Fb7 14.Fe2 Fe5 15.Fd4 
Td8 16.Tac1 Fxd4 17.Dxd4 Cf6 18.Ca4 Cc8 19.e5 dxe5 20.Dxd8+ Dxd8 21.Txd8+ 
Rxd8 22.c5 b5 23.c6 Fa8 24.Cac5 Rc7 25.Cxa6+ Rb6 26.Fxb5 Cd6 27.Fe2 Fxc6 
28.Cb4 Fd5 29.Cd2 Cf5 30.Cc4+ Fxc4 31.Txc4 Cd4 32.Ff1 Td8 33.Cd3 Cc6 34.a4
e4 35.Cc5 Ca5 36.Tb4+ Rxc5 37.Tb5+ Rc6 38.Txa5 Cd5 39.Tb5 Cf4 40.Tb4 f5 
41.Tc4+ Rb7 42.g3 Cd3 43.a5 g5 44.Fe2 Td5 45.b4 Ce5 46.a6+ Rb8 47.Tc2 g4 
48.Tc5 Cf3+ 49.Rf1 Cxh2+ 50.Re1 Cf3+ 51.Fxf3 exf3 52.Tc6 Te5+ 53.Rd1 h5 
54.b5 Txb5 55.Txe6 Tb2 56.Re1 Tb1+ 57.Rd2 Tf1 58.Te5 f4 59.gxf4 Txf2+ 60.
Re3 Te2+ 61.Rd3 Ta2 0-1

[Event "Sparkassen Final"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E27"]
[EventDate "2002.07.18"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.f3 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ce8 7.e4 b6 8.Fd3 
Fa6 9.Ch3 Cc6 10.e5 Ca5 11.De2 f6 12.O-O c5 13.Fe3 Tc8 14.Tac1 d5 15.Cf4 
Cc7 16.exf6 Dxf6 17.cxd5 Fxd3 18.Dxd3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Cxd5 20.Cxd5 exd5 21.
Ff2 Cc4 22.Tfe1 Tfe8 23.Fg3 Dg6 24.Db3 h6 25.Db5 Df7 26.a4 Rh7 27.h3 Ta8 
28.Fe5 a6 29.Db3 Dg6 30.f4 Tf8 31.Tc3 Ta7 32.Tg3 Df5 33.Rh2 Taf7 34.Tg4 
Td7 35.Tc1 Tff7 36.Tc3 Tb7 37.Dd1 De4 38.Tgg3 Df5 39.Tb3 b5 40.axb5 Txb5 
41.Txb5 axb5 42.Tb3 Tb7 43.De1 De4 44.Dxe4+ dxe4 45.d5 g5 46.g4 e3 47.Rg3 
e2 48.Rf2 Te7 49.Re1 Cxe5 50.d6 Te6 51.fxe5 Txe5 52.Tb2 Te8 53.Txb5 Rg7 
54.Tb6 Te3 55.d7 Td3 56.Tb7 Rf8 57.Rxe2 Td6 58.Re3 Re7 59.Re4 Te6+ 60.Rf3 
Td6 61.Re4 Te6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B33r"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Fe7 10.Fxf6 Fxf6 11.c3 Fg5 12.Cc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Txa4 a5 15.
Fc4 Tb8 16.b3 Rh8 17.O-O f5 18.exf5 Fxf5 19.De2 Fg6 20.Fd3 Fe8 21.Ta3 Ce7 
22.Fe4 Cxd5 23.Fxd5 Db6 24.b4 axb4 25.Cxb4 Dc5 26.Da2 Fb5 27.c4 Fxc4 28.
Fxc4 Txb4 29.Ta8 Tbb8 30.Txb8 Txb8 31.Fd5 g6 32.g3 Rg7 33.Rg2 Dd4 34.Fc6 
Dc5 35.Ff3 Te8 36.Tb1 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C42t"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cf6 9.h3 Cb4 10.Fe2 dxc4 11.Fxc4 O-O 12.Cc3 c6 13.Te1 Cbd5 14.Db3 Cb6 15.
Fd3 Fe6 16.Dc2 h6 17.Txe6 fxe6 18.De2 Dd7 19.Fd2 Fd6 20.Ce4 Cbd5 21.Cxd6 
Dxd6 22.Te1 Tad8 23.a3 Tfe8 24.Fb1 c5 25.Ce5 cxd4 26.Dd3 Ce3 27.Cf3 Ced5 
28.Fxh6 Cf4 29.Fxf4 Dxf4 30.Fa2 Td6 31.h4 Dh6 32.Fc4 Dh7 33.Db3 d3 34.Td1 
d2 35.Db4 Ted8 36.Cg5 Dc2 37.Fb3 Dc6 38.g3 Db6 39.Cxe6 Dxb4 40.axb4 Tc8 
41.Rf1 Rh8 42.Cg5 Td4 43.Cf7+ Rh7 44.Cg5+ Rh6 45.Cf7+ Rg6 46.Ce5+ Rh7 47.
Cf3 Txb4 48.Cxd2 Td8 49.Fc2+ Rh8 50.b3 Tbd4 51.Re1 b5 52.Cb1 Te8+ 53.Rf1 
Txd1+ 54.Fxd1 Ce4 55.Fc2 a5 56.Ca3 Cd2+ 57.Rg2 Tb8 58.g4 b4 59.Cb1 Cxb1 
60.Fxb1 Tc8 61.Ff5 Tc3 0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E11i"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fe7 6.Fg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Dc2 b6 
9.Ff4 Fa6 10.Cbd2 Cbd7 11.Tfd1 Tc8 12.Tac1 Ch5 13.e4 Cxf4 14.gxf4 Cf6 15.
Ce5 Ch5 16.Da4 Fxc4 17.Cxc6 b5 18.Da6 Txc6 19.Dxc6 Cxf4 20.Cxc4 bxc4 21.
exd5 exd5 22.Tc3 Fh4 23.Tg3 Te8 24.Tg4 Te6 25.Dc5 Cxg2 26.Txg2 a6 27.Da3 
g6 28.Dc3 De7 29.b3 Da3 30.Dc2 De7 31.Rf1 cxb3 32.Dxb3 Dd6 33.Dd3 Df4 34.
Dd2 Df5 35.Dd3 Te4 36.Db3 Rg7 37.Dd3 h5 38.Db3 Ff6 39.Tg3 Tf4 40.De3 h4 
41.Tg2 Tf3 42.De2 a5 43.Rg1 Tf4 44.Rh1 Te4 45.Df1 a4 46.Td2 Fxd4 47.Dd1 
Fe5 48.f3 Tb4 49.Td3 h3 50.Te2 d4 51.Tf2 Ff4 52.De2 Tb1+ 53.Td1 d3 54.Df1 
Txd1 55.Dxd1 d2 56.Te2 Dd3 57.Tf2 Fe3 58.Tf1 Fd4 59.a3 Rg8 60.f4 De4+ 61.
Tf3 Ff2 0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 d5 5.cxd5 Dxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Fd2 Fxc3 8.bxc3 
b6 9.Cf3 Cbd7 10.c4 Dd6 11.Fe2 Fb7 12.Td1 Tc8 13.O-O Dc7 14.dxc5 Cxc5 15.
Cd4 O-O 16.f3 Tfd8 17.Fe1 De7 18.Fh4 Fc6 19.Cb5 h6 20.Txd8+ Txd8 21.e4 
Fxb5 22.cxb5 e5 23.Td1 Ce6 24.Txd8+ Dxd8 25.Dc1 Dd6 26.Ff2 Cd7 27.Fc4 Cd4 
28.h3 Cc5 29.Rh2 g5 30.Da3 Dd7 31.Fg3 De7 32.Db4 h5 33.Rh1 Df6 34.Da3 Rg7 
35.Dxa7 h4 36.Fxe5 Dxe5 37.Dxf7+ Rh6 38.Df8+ Dg7 39.Dd6+ Rh7 40.Dxb6 Cxf3 
41.gxf3 Da1+ 42.Rg2 Db2+ 43.Rf1 Dc1+ 44.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B30j"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Fc4 Fe7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Cf6 7.Cg5 O-O 8.f4 exf4
9.Fxf4 Ca5 10.Dd2 Cxc4 11.dxc4 Fg4 12.Cf3 Te8 13.Df2 Db6 14.b3 Fh5 15.Tae1
Dc6 16.h3 Tad8 17.Ch4 Fg6 18.Cxg6 fxg6 19.Df3 h6 20.Cd5 Rh7 21.Fd2 Dd7 22.
Cf4 g5 23.Ce2 Tf8 24.Dd3 g6 25.Cc3 De6 26.Cd5 Cd7 27.Cc7 Dg8 28.Fc3 Ff6 
29.Fxf6 Txf6 30.Dd5 b6 31.Db7 Dg7 32.Dxa7 Tdf8 33.Cb5 T8f7 34.Dc7 g4 35.
hxg4 Ce5 36.Dxb6 Cxg4 37.e5 Txf1+ 0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B53w"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Dxd4 Fd7 6.Fxc6 Fxc6 7.Cc3 Cf6 8.
Fg5 e6 9.O-O-O Fe7 10.The1 O-O 11.Rb1 h6 12.Fh4 Da5 13.Dd2 Dh5 14.h3 g5 
15.Fg3 e5 16.Dd3 Tad8 17.Cd2 d5 18.Fxe5 dxe4 19.De3 Cd5 20.Cxd5 Txd5 21.
Fd4 f5 22.f3 Tfd8 23.c3 Txd4 24.cxd4 f4 25.Db3+ Fd5 26.Dc2 e3 27.Ce4 Df7 
28.Cc3 Fe6 29.d5 Ff5 30.Ce4 Txd5 31.Txd5 Dxd5 32.Td1 De6 33.Ra1 h5 34.a3 
Rf7 35.Da4 Fxe4 36.fxe4 Ff6 37.Dc2 Dc6 38.Rb1 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Dd3 De6 
41.g3 f3 42.Dxe3 Fe5 43.Dg5 Fxg3 44.Dh5+ Rg7 45.Dg5+ Rf7 46.Dh5+ Rg7 47.
Ra1 f2 48.Dg5+ Rf7 49.Dh5+ Rg7 50.Th1 Fe5 51.Dh7+ Rf8 52.Dxb7 g3 53.Tc1 
Dc4 54.Da8+ Re7 55.Dxa7+ Fc7 0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Fg2 cxd4 7.Cxd4 d5 8.cxd5 
Cxd5 9.Db3 Db6 10.Fxd5 exd5 11.Fe3 Da5 12.Tc1 Cc6 13.a3 Fxc3+ 14.Dxc3 Da6 
15.Cxc6 Dxc6 16.Dxc6 bxc6 17.Rd2 Fd7 18.Tc3 Tfb8 19.b3 f6 20.Td1 Tb7 21.
Rc2 a6 22.Fc5 Te8 23.e3 Fg4 24.Td4 Te4 25.Td2 Rf7 26.Fd4 Te6 27.a4 Tb8 28.
Tc5 Re7 29.Ta5 Ta8 30.Rb2 Rd7 31.Ra3 Tee8 32.Tc5 Tab8 33.Tdc2 Tec8 34.Tc1 
h5 35.Ta5 Ta8 36.Tc2 Te8 37.h4 Ff3 38.Tac5 Tec8 39.Td2 Rd6 40.Rb4 Tcb8+ 
41.Rc3 Tc8 42.b4 Rd7 43.Ta5 Te8 44.Rb2 Rc7 45.Tc5 Rd7 46.Fc3 Rd6 47.Ta5 
Rc7 48.Rc1 Te4 49.Fd4 Tee8 50.Tc5 Rd7 51.Tdc2 Tec8 52.Rd2 Tab8 53.Fc3 Te8 
54.Re1 Ta8 55.Ta5 Rd6 56.Td2 Rc7 57.Td3 Te4 58.Fd4 Tee8 59.Rd2 Fg4 60.Tc5 
Rd7 61.Tdc3 Tec8 62.Ta5 Ff3 63.Fb6 Tcb8 64.Fc5 Te8 65.Td3 Rc7 66.Fd4 Rd7 
67.Fc3 Rc7 68.Fb2 Te4 69.Fd4 Tee8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B51l"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.Fxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O Fg4 6.d3 Cf6 7.Fg5 Cd7 8.
Cbd2 f6 9.Fh4 e5 10.Cc4 Fe7 11.Ce3 Fe6 12.c3 Tb8 13.b3 d5 14.Cd2 g6 15.Fg3
d4 16.Cc2 g5 17.f3 Cf8 18.Fe1 Cg6 19.Cc4 Dd7 20.Cb2 O-O 21.Ca3 f5 22.Cac4 
g4 23.cxd4 cxd4 24.exf5 Txf5 25.Fg3 Tbf8 26.De2 gxf3 27.Txf3 Txf3 28.gxf3 
Fd5 29.Cd2 Df5 30.Cbc4 Fb4 31.Tf1 h5 32.h4 Rh7 33.Ce4 Fe7 34.Dh2 Cf4 35.
Fxf4 exf4 36.Tf2 a5 37.Rf1 a4 38.bxa4 Fxc4 39.dxc4 Da5 40.Tb2 Dxa4 41.De2 
Da3 42.Tb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "C67s"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Fe7 10.Td1+ Re8 11.g3 h6 12.b3 Fe6 13.Fb2 Td8 14.h3 g5 
15.g4 Cg7 16.Ce4 Fd5 17.Cf6+ Fxf6 18.exf6 Ce6 19.Ce5 Cf4 20.Te1 Fe6 21.Fc1
Cd5 22.Cd3 b6 23.c4 Cxf6 24.Cb4 c5 25.Fb2 cxb4 26.Fxf6 Tf8 27.Fxd8 Rxd8 
28.c5 Rd7 29.Tac1 Rc6 30.Te5 b5 31.Td1 a5 32.Td4 Ta8 33.f4 gxf4 34.Txf4 a4
35.Txb4 axb3 36.axb3 Ta3 37.h4 Fxb3 38.h5 Fc4 39.Rf2 Ta1 40.Tb2 f6 41.Te7 
f5 42.Th7 fxg4 43.Txh6+ Rxc5 44.Tg6 Th1 45.Tg5+ Rb6 46.Rg3 c6 47.Txg4 Fd3 
48.Th2 Txh2 49.Rxh2 c5 50.Tg6+ Ra5 51.Tc6 c4 52.h6 Rb4 53.Rg3 Rc3 54.Rf4 
b4 55.Tc7 b3 56.h7 Fxh7 57.Txh7 Rc2 58.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A58q"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Fg2 Cbd7
9.Cf3 Fg7 10.Tb1 O-O 11.O-O Da5 12.Fd2 Tfb8 13.Dc2 Ce8 14.Tfe1 Cc7 15.a4 
Db6 16.b3 Fxc3 17.Fxc3 Cxd5 18.Ce5 Cxe5 19.Fxd5 Fb7 20.Fxb7 Txb7 21.Fxe5 
dxe5 22.Tec1 f6 23.De4 Rg7 24.Tc3 Tab8 25.Dc2 De6 26.a5 Rf7 27.Ta1 Txb3 
28.Txb3 Dxb3 29.Dxc5 Db2 30.Dc4+ Rg7 31.Da2 Dxa2 32.Txa2 Ta8 33.a6 Ta7 34.
Rg2 Rf7 35.Rf3 Re6 36.g4 Rd6 37.h4 h6 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 f5 40.e4 e6 41.
Ta5 Rc7 42.Re3 Rb8 43.Txe5 Txa6 44.Tc5 Rb7 45.Rf4 Rb6 46.Tc8 fxe4 47.Rxe4 
Rb7 48.Tg8 Rc6 49.Txg6 Rd6 50.f4 Ta4+ 51.Rf3 Re7 52.Tg7+ Rf8 53.Tb7 Tc4 
54.g6 Tc1 55.Rg4 Tc5 56.Tf7+ Re8 57.f5 1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C67w"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Re8 10.h3 Fe7 11.Fg5 Fxg5 12.Cxg5 h6 13.Cf3 Fe6 14.Tad1 
Td8 15.b3 g5 16.Ce4 Fd5 17.Cf6+ Re7 18.Cd4 Cxd4 19.Txd4 Fe6 20.Ta4 a6 21.
f4 Td2 22.Tf2 Thd8 23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Ce4 Txf2 25.Rxf2 Ff5 26.Cxg5 Td2+ 27.
Rf3 Fxc2 28.g4 Td5 29.Rf4 c5 30.h4 Rf8 31.h5 Rg7 32.e6 f6 33.Ce4 Te5 34.g5
Txe6 35.Cxf6 b5 36.Ta5 Tc6 37.h6+ Rg6 38.Cd7 Td6 39.Cxc5 Td4+ 40.Re5 Td2 
41.Txa6+ Rxg5 42.Ce6+ Rxh6 43.Cxc7+ Rg7 44.Cxb5 Rf7 45.Cd4 Fd3 46.Ta7+ Re8
47.a4 Rd8 48.b4 Rc8 49.b5 Th2 50.Rd6 Th6+ 51.Rc5 Fe4 52.Te7 Fg2 53.a5 Fb7 
54.Ce6 Rb8 55.a6 Fc8 56.Cd4 Fxa6 57.Cc6+ Rc8 58.Rb6 1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B12x"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ff5 4.Cc3 e6 5.g4 Fg6 6.Cge2 c5 7.Fe3 Cc6 8.dxc5 h5 
9.Cf4 d4 10.Cxg6 fxg6 11.Dd3 Rf7 12.O-O-O dxc3 13.Dxc3 Dc7 14.Fc4 Dxe5 15.
Fd4 Df4+ 16.Rb1 Te8 17.g5 Dxg5 18.Thg1 Dh4 19.Tge1 Cf6 20.Db3 Cd8 21.Fe5 
Rg8 22.Fg3 Dg5 23.Te5 Dh6 24.h4 Rh7 25.Tg5 e5 26.Fd3 Ce6 27.Txg6 Dxg6 28.
Fxg6+ Rxg6 29.Fxe5 Cxc5 30.Dg3+ Rf7 31.b4 Cce4 32.Db3+ Rg6 33.Fxf6 Cxf6 
34.Tg1+ Rh7 35.Dd3+ Rg8 36.Dc4+ Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B33v"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.c3 Fg7 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 Fe6 14.a4 O-O 15.
axb5 axb5 16.Txa8 Dxa8 17.Cce3 Cd4 18.Cc7 Da2 19.Cxe6 Cxe6 20.Fd3 Dxb2 21.
O-O Cc5 22.Ff5 e4 23.Cd5 Te8 24.Dg4 Rf8 25.Fxh7 Te5 26.Dc8+ Te8 27.Dc6 Fe5
28.g3 Dd2 29.Ff5 Td8 30.Fg4 Fxc3 31.Td1 Dg5 32.Db6 Ff6 33.Fe2 Rg7 34.h4 
De5 35.Fxb5 Ce6 36.Fc4 Db2 37.Dxb2 Fxb2 38.Ce3 Fe5 39.Fd5 Cc5 40.Tb1 Rg6 
41.g4 Ff4 42.Rg2 Th8 43.Cf5 Rf6 44.Tb6 Tg8 45.f3 e3 46.Fc4 Td8 47.Rf1 Ce6 
48.Fxe6 fxe6 49.Tb4 d5 50.Re2 exf5 51.Txf4 d4 52.Txf5+ Rg7 53.Te5 d3+ 54.
Rd1 e2+ 55.Rd2 Rf6 56.Te4 Td6 57.f4 Rg6 58.h5+ Rh6 59.Te7 Td4 60.Te6+ Rh7 
61.g5 Txf4 62.Rxd3 Tf5 63.Th6+ Rg7 64.Tg6+ Rh7 65.Rxe2 Ta5 66.Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bjornsson, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[ECO "D11j"]
[EventDate "2003.03.03"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Dc2 g6 5.Ff4 Fg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Cc3 dxc4 8.Fxc4 b5
9.Fe2 Fb7 10.O-O Cbd7 11.Tfd1 Ch5 12.Fg5 Tc8 13.b4 Te8 14.Tac1 Db6 15.Ce4 
Chf6 16.Cfd2 a5 17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 Ta8 19.Ff3 Ta4 20.Cc4 Txb4 21.Ca5 Da7 
22.Cxc6 Fxc6 23.Dxc6 Tb8 24.Ff4 Tf8 25.Cxf6+ Cxf6 26.h3 Da4 27.Ta1 Db3 28.
Db7 De6 29.Ta7 Ch5 30.Fxh5 gxh5 31.Dxe7 Db3 32.Tf1 Tc4 33.Fg3 Ff6 34.Fe5 
Fxe5 35.Dxe5 Tc6 36.Dxh5 b4 37.Tb7 Dc3 38.Db5 Tc4 39.Dg5+ Rh8 40.Df6+ Rg8 
41.Tb5 1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "E13e"]
[EventDate "2003.03.03"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.Cc3 h6 5.Fg5 Fb4 6.Fh4 Fxc3+ 7.bxc3 Fb7 8.Cd2 
d6 9.f3 Cc6 10.e4 De7 11.c5 bxc5 12.Tb1 g5 13.Ff2 Fa6 14.Fe2 Fc8 15.Fb5 
Fd7 16.Da4 Cd8 17.dxc5 O-O 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.O-O Fxb5 20.Txb5 Cc6 21.Tfb1 
Tfc8 22.Tb7 Dd8 23.Da3 Tc7 24.h4 Ce8 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Txc7 Dxc7 27.c4 Tb8 
28.Tb5 f6 29.Db3 a6 30.Txb8 Cxb8 31.Fb6 Dc8 32.c5 Cc6 33.cxd6 Cxd6 34.Fc5 
Ce8 35.Cf1 Rf7 36.Fd4 Cb8 37.Db4 Cd7 38.a4 g4 39.Ce3 gxf3 40.gxf3 Cd6 41.
Cg4 Cb7 42.Rf2 Rg7 43.Rf1 Rf7 44.Rf2 Cbc5 45.Re3 Dc6 46.Rd2 Cxa4 47.Db3 
Rg7 48.Ff2 e5 49.Fe3 Cac5 50.Fh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B51t"]
[EventDate "2003.03.03"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.O-O Fd7 5.Te1 Cf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ff1 Fg4 8.d3 Cd7 
9.h3 Fxf3 10.Dxf3 g6 11.Cd2 Fg7 12.Dd1 b5 13.Cf3 O-O 14.d4 b4 15.Fg5 bxc3 
16.bxc3 Te8 17.Da4 Dc7 18.Tac1 e6 19.d5 exd5 20.exd5 Txe1 21.Txe1 Cce5 22.
Cxe5 Fxe5 23.Dc6 Dxc6 24.dxc6 Cf8 25.Fc4 h6 26.Fxh6 Tc8 27.f4 Ff6 28.Fd5 
Fxc3 29.Te2 Ce6 30.Txe6 fxe6 31.Fxe6+ Rh7 32.Fxc8 Rxh6 33.Fxa6 d5 34.h4 c4
35.g4 Rg7 36.Rf2 Rf6 37.Rf3 Fa5 38.Fb5 Re7 39.g5 Rd6 40.Fa4 d4 41.Re4 Fe1 
42.h5 1-0

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2003.03.03"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Fe6 11.Fe3 Ff5 12.Db3 c6 13.c5 Cxc3 14.bxc3 Cc2 15.
Dxb7 Cxa1 16.Txa1 Dd7 17.Dxd7 Fxd7 18.Ce5 Tfd8 19.Cxd7 Txd7 20.Tb1 Fd8 21.
Fa6 Fc7 22.Rf1 Te7 23.Tb7 Tb8 24.Txa7 Fd8 25.Txe7 Fxe7 26.a4 Rf8 27.Ff4 
Tb1+ 28.Re2 Re8 29.Fe3 Ta1 30.c4 dxc4 31.Fxc4 Txa4 32.Rd3 Ta3+ 33.Rc2 h6 
34.Rb2 Ta5 35.Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edda Rapid"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B22k"]
[EventDate "2003.03.03"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Dxd5 4.d4 Cf6 5.Cf3 Fg4 6.dxc5 Dxc5 7.Ca3 a6 8.Fe3 
Dc7 9.Da4+ Fd7 10.Cb5 Dc8 11.Ce5 Cd5 12.O-O-O Cxe3 13.fxe3 Cc6 14.Cxd7 
axb5 15.Db3 Dc7 16.Fxb5 e6 17.Td3 Fd6 18.Thd1 Fxh2 19.a4 h5 20.Rb1 h4 21.
Dc4 O-O-O 22.Dc5 g6 23.Fxc6 Dxc6 24.Cb6+ Rc7 25.De7+ Rxb6 26.Txd8 De4+ 27.
T1d3 Fe5 28.Rc1 h3 29.a5+ Rb5 30.Dd7+ Rxa5 31.Txh8 hxg2 32.Ta8+ Rb6 33.
Dd8+ Fc7 34.Td6+ Rb5 35.Dd7+ Dc6 36.Txc6 g1=D+ 37.Rc2 Dg2+ 38.Rb3 Dxc6 39.
c4+ Rb6 40.Dxf7 Dd6 41.Dxg6 De5 42.Dd3 Rc6 43.Te8 Fd6 44.Dd4 Df5 45.Td8 
Fc5 46.Dd7+ Rb6 47.Db5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B32v"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e5 5.Cb5 d6 6.c4 Fe7 7.C1c3 a6 8.Ca3 f5
9.exf5 Fxf5 10.Cc2 Cf6 11.Ce3 Fe6 12.g3 Dd7 13.Fg2 Fd8 14.O-O Fb6 15.Ced5 
Fd4 16.Fe3 Fxc3 17.Cb6 Dd8 18.bxc3 Tb8 19.Tb1 O-O 20.Cd5 Rh8 21.Tb2 Cd7 
22.Fe4 Ca5 23.Dh5 Fg8 24.Fg5 De8 25.Dh4 Cc5 26.Fb1 e4 27.Cf6 Txf6 28.Fxf6 
Fxc4 29.Te1 gxf6 30.Dxf6+ Rg8 31.Dxd6 Df8 32.Dc7 Cc6 33.Fxe4 Cxe4 34.Txe4 
Df3 35.Txc4 Dd1+ 36.Rg2 Dd5+ 37.Rg1 Dxc4 38.Txb7 Txb7 39.Dxb7 Dxc3 40.Dxa6
Cd4 41.Da8+ Rf7 42.Dd5+ Rf6 43.Rg2 Rg7 44.a4 Cc6 45.h4 Ca5 46.g4 Cc6 47.h5
Ce7 48.De6 Rf8 49.De4 h6 50.Df3+ Dxf3+ 51.Rxf3 Cc6 52.Re4 Re7 53.Rd5 Cb4+ 
54.Rc4 Cc6 55.Rb5 Ce5 56.a5 Rd7 57.g5 hxg5 58.h6 Rc7 59.h7 Cg6 60.Rc5 Rb7 
61.Rd5 Ra6 62.Re4 Rxa5 63.Rf5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B82"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.f4 a6 8.Df3 Dc7
9.O-O-O Fd7 10.Cb3 Tc8 11.Rb1 b5 12.Fd3 Cb4 13.g4 Fc6 14.g5 Cd7 15.Df2 g6 
16.Thf1 Fg7 17.f5 Ce5 18.Fb6 Dd7 19.Fe2 Db7 20.Ca5 Db8 21.f6 Ff8 22.a3 
Cxc2 23.Rxc2 Fxe4+ 24.Rb3 Fa8 25.Fa7 Dc7 26.Db6 Dxb6 27.Fxb6 h6 28.Cxb5 
Rd7 29.Fd4 Fd5+ 30.Ra4 axb5+ 31.Fxb5+ Fc6 32.Fxe5 Fxb5+ 33.Rxb5 Tc5+ 34.
Rb6 Txe5 35.Tc1 Txa5 36.Tc7+ Rd8 37.Tfc1 Tc5 38.T1xc5 dxc5 39.Rc6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C11t"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Fe7 6.Fxf6 Fxf6 7.Cf3 Cd7 8.
Dd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Fe7 10.Fd3 c5 11.Cxc5 Cxc5 12.dxc5 Dd5 13.Rb1 Dxc5 14.h4 
b6 15.Cg5 h6 16.Fh7+ Rh8 17.Fe4 Tb8 18.Df4 Fb7 19.Fxb7 Txb7 20.De4 Fxg5 
21.Dxb7 Ff6 22.Df3 Tc8 23.c3 b5 24.Tc1 a5 25.g4 Rg8 26.De4 Dc4 27.Tce1 a4 
28.Dxc4 Txc4 29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Fxg5 31.Te5 Fh4 32.Txb5 g5 33.f3 Tf4 34.
Th3 f5 35.Rc2 Rf7 36.Rd3 Rf6 37.Tb4 Re5 38.a3 Ff2 39.Re2 Fc5 40.Txf4 Rxf4 
41.Th6 e5 42.Tc6 Fg1 43.Tc4+ Rg3 44.Txa4 Rg2 45.Ta8 g4 46.fxg4 f4 47.Tf8 
Fh2 48.g5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B17n"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cg5 Cgf6 6.Fd3 e6 7.C1f3 Fd6 8.De2
h6 9.Ce4 Cxe4 10.Dxe4 Dc7 11.Dg4 Rf8 12.O-O c5 13.b3 e5 14.c3 b6 15.Te1 
Fb7 16.Dh3 Td8 17.Fb2 g6 18.dxe5 Cxe5 19.c4 Fxf3 20.gxf3 Th7 21.Fe4 f5 22.
Fd5 Cd3 23.Dh4 g5 24.Dh3 Fxh2+ 25.Dxh2 Dxh2+ 26.Rxh2 Cxb2 27.Te5 Cd3 28.
Txf5+ Re7 29.Rg3 Cf4 30.Rg4 Td7 31.Te1+ Rd8 32.Tf8+ Rc7 33.Fe4 h5+ 34.Rf5 
Thg7 35.Tf6 Cg2 36.Tc6+ Rd8 37.Th1 h4 38.Th6 Cf4 39.Te1 Tdf7+ 40.Rg4 Rc7 
41.Ff5 Tf8 42.Te5 Td8 43.Fe4 Td1 44.Te8 Td8 45.Te5 Td6 46.Th8 Td8 47.Th6 
Td6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 c5 5.g3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 Da5 7.Fd2 b6 8.Fg2 
Fb7 9.O-O O-O 10.Db3 Da6 11.Fg5 Ce4 12.d5 d6 13.Tad1 Te8 14.Ff4 Cd7 15.
dxe6 Txe6 16.Fh3 Te7 17.Ch4 Fc6 18.Cf5 Tee8 19.f3 Cef6 20.Cxd6 Txe2 21.Tf2
Txf2 22.Rxf2 Cf8 23.Fg5 Ce8 24.Cf5 Cg6 25.Te1 h6 26.Fc1 Td8 27.Ff1 Db7 28.
Td1 Td7 29.Fe2 Ce5 30.Dc2 Cf6 31.Ff4 Cg6 32.Fc1 Ce5 33.Txd7 Dxd7 34.Ff4 
De6 35.g4 Cxc4 36.Dd1 Fd5 37.Da4 g6 38.Cxh6+ Rg7 39.Dxa7 Ce4+ 40.fxe4 Dxe4
41.Dc7 Dg2+ 42.Re1 Dh1+ 43.Rf2 Dg2+ 44.Re1 Dh1+ 45.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D11s"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 a6 5.Dc2 Fg4 6.Cbd2 e6 7.Fd3 Cbd7 8.b3 c5 
9.h3 Fh5 10.g4 Fg6 11.Fxg6 hxg6 12.g5 Ch5 13.dxc5 Fxc5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Dd3
d4 16.De4+ Rf8 17.exd4 Dc7 18.Dc2 Te8+ 19.Rd1 Fd6 20.Dxc7 Fxc7 21.Fa3+ Rg8
22.Tc1 Fb8 23.Te1 Txe1+ 24.Cxe1 Cf4 25.Tc8+ Rh7 26.Txh8+ Rxh8 27.h4 Fa7 
28.Cdf3 f6 29.Rd2 Rg8 30.Fd6 Cd5 31.Cd3 Rf7 32.Cc5 Fxc5 33.dxc5 Cb4 34.a3 
Cc6 35.Rd3 Re6 36.Cd4+ Rd5 37.Cxc6 Rxc6 38.Rc4 a5 39.f4 fxg5 40.hxg5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe2 a6 7.O-O Cf6 8.Fe3 
Fe7 9.f4 d6 10.Rh1 O-O 11.a4 Te8 12.Ff3 Fd7 13.Cb3 b6 14.g4 Fc8 15.g5 Cd7 
16.Fg2 Ff8 17.Dh5 g6 18.Dh4 Cb4 19.Tac1 Fg7 20.Tf3 Fb7 21.Th3 Cf8 22.Df2 
Cd7 23.Dh4 Cf8 24.Df2 Cd7 25.Tf1 Tac8 26.Fd4 Fxd4 27.Cxd4 Dc5 28.f5 exf5 
29.exf5 Fxg2+ 30.Rxg2 Cf8 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Df7+ Rh8 33.Df6+ Rg8 34.Df7+ Rh8
35.Cf5 De5 36.Te3 Dxf5 37.Txf5 Txe3 38.Df6+ Rg8 39.Df7+ Rh8 40.Tf2 Te5 41.
h4 Cc6 42.Df6+ Rg8 43.Dxd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B33w"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.c3 Fg7 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 O-O 14.Cce3 Fe6 15.
Fd3 f5 16.O-O Rh8 17.Dh5 Ff7 18.Dh3 e4 19.Fc2 Ce5 20.Tfd1 Fxd5 21.Txd5 Df6
22.Tad1 Tad8 23.f4 exf3 24.Cxf5 fxg2 25.Dxg2 Tg8 26.Rh1 Ff8 27.Dh3 Cg6 28.
Cd4 Te8 29.Th5 Tg7 30.Tg1 Df7 31.Df5 Db7+ 32.Df3 Dxf3+ 33.Cxf3 Te6 34.Cd4 
Tf6 35.Cf5 Tc7 36.Ce3 Cf4 37.Th4 Tcf7 38.Fb3 Tg7 39.Thg4 Txg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "A30d"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 Cf6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Da4+ Fd7 6.Dxc4 cxd4 7.Fg2 Cc6 8.
Cxd4 Tc8 9.Cc3 e6 10.O-O Cxd4 11.Dxd4 Fc5 12.Dh4 Fc6 13.Td1 Db6 14.Fxc6+ 
Txc6 15.Fh6 Ff8 16.Td3 e5 17.Fe3 Da5 18.Fg5 Fe7 19.Tad1 O-O 20.Fxf6 Fxf6 
21.De4 Tb6 22.b3 Tb4 23.Df5 Da6 24.Cd5 Td4 25.Txd4 exd4 26.Cxf6+ Dxf6 27.
Dxf6 gxf6 28.Txd4 Tc8 29.Tc4 Td8 30.e3 Td2 31.a4 Ta2 32.Tc7 b6 33.Txa7 Tb2
34.Ta6 Txb3 35.a5 bxa5 36.Txf6 a4 37.Ta6 Ta3 38.Rg2 Ta1 39.g4 a3 40.h4 a2 
41.h5 h6 42.Rf3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A70r"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Fg7 8.Cf3 O-O 
9.Fd3 a6 10.a4 Te8 11.O-O Ch5 12.Fg5 Ff6 13.Fe3 Cd7 14.g4 Cg7 15.g5 Fe7 
16.Fe2 f6 17.gxf6 Fxf6 18.Cd2 Fd4 19.Cc4 Ce5 20.Fxd4 cxd4 21.Dxd4 Dg5+ 22.
Rh2 Df4+ 23.Rg2 Dg5+ 24.Rh2 Df4+ 25.Rg2 Cxc4 26.Dxc4 Te5 27.Th1 Fd7 28.Th2
Ch5 29.Fxh5 Txh5 30.Dd3 Tf8 31.Tf1 Fg4 32.f3 Fxf3+ 33.Txf3 Tg5+ 34.Rh1 
Dxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Ff5 11.a3 Cxc3 12.bxc3 Cc6 13.Te1 Te8 14.Ff4 dxc4 15.
Fxc4 Fd6 16.Txe8+ Dxe8 17.Cg5 Fg6 18.Fxd6 cxd6 19.h4 De7 20.Dg4 h6 21.Ch3 
De4 22.Dg3 Tc8 23.Ff1 Ce7 24.Dxd6 Cf5 25.Db4 Cxh4 26.d5 Ff5 27.Dxe4 Fxe4 
28.c4 Cf5 29.f3 Fc2 30.Tc1 Fa4 31.Rf2 b6 32.Fd3 Cd6 33.Re3 Fb3 34.Rd4 Cb5+
35.Re3 Cd6 36.Rd4 Cb5+ 37.Re3 Cd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C92u"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Fb7 10.d4 Te8 11.Cbd2 Ff8 12.a4 h6 13.Fc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Cb4 15.Fb1 c5 
16.d5 Cd7 17.Ta3 c4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Cd4 Ce5 20.Txa8 Dxa8 21.Cxb5 Da1 22.
Ca3 Fa6 23.Cc2 Cxc2 24.Fxc2 Tc8 25.Cb1 g6 26.Fd2 Dxb2 27.Fc3 Db6 28.Fd4 
Da5 29.Cc3 Fg7 30.Dd2 Cd3 31.Fxg7 Rxg7 32.Tb1 Tc7 33.h4 h5 34.g3 Dc5 35.
Ta1 Fc8 36.Cd1 Ce5 37.De3 Dxe3 38.Cxe3 c3 39.f4 Cf3+ 40.Rf2 Cd4 41.Ta4 
Cxc2 42.Cxc2 Fd7 43.Ta5 Tc4 44.Re3 f5 45.e5 dxe5 46.Ta7 exf4+ 47.gxf4 Te4+
48.Rd3 Te7 49.Rxc3 Tf7 50.Rd4 g5 51.fxg5 f4 52.Ce1 Fc8 53.Txf7+ Rxf7 54.
Cd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B33y"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.Fd3 Fe6 12.O-O Fxd5 13.exd5 Ce7 14.c4 e4 15.
Fe2 Fg7 16.Tb1 O-O 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Fxb5 Fxb2 19.Cc4 Fg7 20.a4 Dc7 21.Dd2 
Txa4 22.Fxa4 Dxc4 23.Fc6 Dd4 24.Dg5 Df6 25.Dxf6 Fxf6 26.Tb7 Td8 27.Tfb1 
Rg7 28.g3 Cg6 29.Fd7 Ce7 30.Fc6 Cg6 31.Tb8 Txb8 32.Txb8 Fd4 33.Tb7 Fc5 34.
Rg2 f4 35.f3 exf3+ 36.Rxf3 fxg3 37.hxg3 Ce5+ 38.Rf4 Rf6 39.Fd7 Cg6+ 40.Re4
Ce5 41.Fh3 Ff2 42.Rf4 Cg6+ 43.Rf3 Fc5 44.Re4 Ff2 45.Tb3 Ce5 46.Rf4 h5 47.
Ff5 h4 48.gxh4 Fxh4 49.Tb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E48"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Fd3 c5 6.Ce2 d5 7.a3 cxd4 8.exd4 
dxc4 9.Fxc4 Fe7 10.Cf4 Cc6 11.Fe3 Fd6 12.Ch5 Cxh5 13.Dxh5 Da5 14.Dxa5 Cxa5
15.Fa2 b6 16.b4 Cc6 17.d5 Ce7 18.dxe6 Fxe6 19.Fxe6 fxe6 20.Re2 Fe5 21.Tac1
Tfc8 22.Cb5 a6 23.Cd4 Rf7 24.Cf3 Fb2 25.Cg5+ Rg6 26.Txc8 Txc8 27.Cxe6 Cd5 
28.Cf4+ Cxf4+ 29.Fxf4 Tc2+ 30.Fd2 Fc3 31.Td1 Ta2 32.Rd3 Ff6 33.Re4 Txa3 
34.f4 a5 35.f5+ Rh5 36.bxa5 bxa5 37.h3 a4 38.Ff4 Ta1 39.Td7 a3 40.Ta7 a2 
41.Fe3 h6 42.Ff2 Rg5 43.Fe3+ Rh4 44.Ff2+ Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B48g"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Dd2 Ce5 8.O-O-O
Cf6 9.f4 Cc4 10.Fxc4 Dxc4 11.e5 Cd5 12.Cxd5 Dxd5 13.Rb1 b5 14.Df2 Fb7 15.
Cf3 Dc6 16.Td3 b4 17.Thd1 Fc8 18.f5 Fe7 19.f6 gxf6 20.exf6 Fxf6 21.Cg5 
Fxg5 22.Fxg5 f5 23.Dd4 Tf8 24.Dg7 Tf7 25.Dg8+ Tf8 26.Dxh7 Tf7 27.Dg8+ Tf8 
28.Dg6+ Tf7 29.Td6 De4 30.Txe6+ Dxe6 31.Dxe6+ dxe6 32.Td8# 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A31"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.g3 Db6 6.Cb3 e6 7.Fg2 Ce5 8.Dc2 
Da6 9.c5 d5 10.cxd6 Fxd6 11.Cc3 Fd7 12.Fg5 Tc8 13.Fxf6 gxf6 14.O-O Fc6 15.
Fxc6+ Dxc6 16.Cd4 Da6 17.Tfd1 O-O 18.Dc1 Cg6 19.De3 Tfd8 20.Cdb5 Fb8 21.
Td4 Fe5 22.Ta4 Db6 23.Dxb6 axb6 24.f4 Fxc3 25.Cxc3 Ce7 26.Rf2 Cd5 27.Td1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B51r"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.O-O Fd7 5.Te1 Cf6 6.c3 a6 7.Fxc6 Fxc6 8.d4 
Fxe4 9.Fg5 Fd5 10.c4 Fxf3 11.Dxf3 cxd4 12.Dxb7 Dc8 13.Df3 e5 14.Cd2 Cd7 
15.Cb3 f6 16.Fd2 Fe7 17.De2 Cb6 18.Tac1 Ta7 19.f4 O-O 20.c5 dxc5 21.fxe5 
fxe5 22.Dxe5 Df5 23.Cxc5 Df2+ 24.Rh1 Dxd2 25.De6+ Rh8 26.Dxb6 Fxc5 27.Dxc5
Taf7 28.h3 Dxb2 29.Tcd1 Dxa2 30.Dxd4 Db3 31.Dd5 Tf1+ 32.Txf1 Txf1+ 33.Rh2 
Db8+ 34.Dd6 Tf8 35.Dxb8 Txb8 36.Ta1 Ta8 37.Ta5 Rg8 38.Rg3 Rf7 39.Rf4 Re6 
40.Re4 Rd6 41.h4 Ta7 42.g4 Rc6 43.Rd4 Rb6 44.Tg5 a5 45.Rc3 a4 46.Rb2 Rc6 
47.Th5 g6 48.Tg5 Tb7+ 49.Ra3 Tb5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "C87g"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 d6 7.c3 Fg4 8.h3 Fh5 
9.Fxc6+ bxc6 10.d4 Cd7 11.g4 Fg6 12.Da4 h5 13.Dxc6 hxg4 14.hxg4 Rf8 15.
Cbd2 Tb8 16.Cf1 Tb6 17.Dc4 exd4 18.Dxd4 Ff6 19.De3 Ce5 20.C3h2 d5 21.g5 
Cc4 22.Dg3 Fe5 23.f4 Fd6 24.b3 Fc5+ 25.Rg2 Fxe4+ 26.Txe4 dxe4 27.bxc4 Dd1 
28.Dg4 Dc2+ 29.Fd2 Te6 30.Df5 Fe3 31.Tc1 Dxa2 32.Td1 Dxc4 33.Fxe3 De2+ 34.
Ff2 Dxd1 35.Dc5+ Dd6 36.Da7 Rg8 37.Fe3 Te8 38.Db7 Dd3 39.Dc6 Te6 40.Dc5 
De2+ 41.Rg1 Tb6 42.Dxc7 Txh2 43.Dc8+ Rh7 44.Df5+ Tg6 45.Cxh2 Dxe3+ 46.Rg2 
f6 47.Cg4 Df3+ 48.Rg1 fxg5 49.Ce5 Dg3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B33h"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Cd5 Cxd5 8.
exd5 Cb8 9.c4 Fe7 10.Fd3 O-O 11.O-O Fd7 12.a4 f5 13.c5 Fxb5 14.axb5 e4 15.
c6 Cd7 16.Fe2 Ce5 17.f4 exf3 18.gxf3 Ff6 19.Rh1 b6 20.Ta2 Dc7 21.f4 Cg6 
22.b3 Ce7 23.Fc4 Tae8 24.Te1 Cc8 25.Tae2 Txe2 26.Txe2 Df7 27.Te6 Te8 28.
De2 Rf8 29.Fa3 Txe6 30.dxe6 De7 31.Fd5 g6 32.Dc2 Dc7 33.Fb2 Dg7 34.Fxf6 
Dxf6 35.c7 Dd4 36.Fb7 Dxf4 37.Dc4 Df2 38.Fxc8 De1+ 39.Rg2 Dd2+ 40.Rf3 d5 
41.Df4 Dc3+ 42.Rg2 Dc2+ 43.Rh3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B42c"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Fd3 Db6 6.c3 d6 7.Fe3 Dc7 8.c4 Cf6 
9.Cc3 Fe7 10.Tc1 O-O 11.O-O Te8 12.f4 Ff8 13.Df3 Cc6 14.Rh1 Cd7 15.Cxc6 
bxc6 16.e5 Fb7 17.Ce4 c5 18.Dh3 g6 19.Cg5 h6 20.Cxf7 Rxf7 21.Dg3 Re7 22.
Fxg6 Rd8 23.Tcd1 Dc6 24.Fxe8 Rxe8 25.f5 exf5 26.e6 Ce5 27.Txf5 De4 28.Tdf1
Re7 29.h3 Cxc4 30.Fc1 Tb8 31.Dg8 Dxg2+ 32.Dxg2 Fxg2+ 33.Rxg2 Ce5 34.b3 a5 
35.Fa3 Tc8 36.h4 h5 37.Tf6 a4 38.bxa4 Fg7 39.Tf7+ Cxf7 40.Txf7+ Rxe6 41.
Txg7 Ta8 42.Tg6+ Rd7 43.Fc1 Txa4 44.Fg5 Txa2+ 45.Rf3 Ta1 46.Th6 c4 47.Ff4 
Td1 48.Re2 Td5 49.Fd2 Rc6 50.Fb4 Rb5 51.Fxd6 c3 52.Ff4 c2 53.Th8 Rc4 54.
Tc8+ Rb3 55.Fg5 Td1 56.Rf3 Te1 57.Rf2 Te4 58.Rg3 Rb2 59.Ff6+ Rb1 60.Tb8+ 
Rc1 61.Rf3 Rd1 62.Td8+ Re1 63.Tc8 Te2 64.Fg5 Rd1 65.Td8+ Re1 66.Ta8 Tf2+ 
67.Re4 Tf8 68.Txf8 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B12l"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ff5 4.g4 Fg6 5.Ch3 e6 6.Cf4 Fe4 7.f3 Dh4+ 8.Re2 Fg6 
9.Fe3 Cd7 10.c3 Dd8 11.h4 Fxb1 12.Txb1 c5 13.Rf2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Ce7 15.Db3 
Tb8 16.Da4 a6 17.Tc1 Cc6 18.g5 Fe7 19.Fd3 Cb6 20.Dd1 Cb4 21.Ch5 Rf8 22.Cf6
h5 23.Tg1 Cxa2 24.Tc2 Cb4 25.Te2 g6 26.Fb1 Cc4 27.Fc1 Cc6 28.f4 Tc8 29.b3 
Ca3 30.Fe3 Cb5 31.Td2 Fb4 32.Td3 Rg7 33.Df3 Ce7 34.Tdd1 Tc3 35.f5 exf5 36.
Fd3 Cc7 37.Fe2 Ce6 38.Td3 Txd3 39.Fxd3 Fc3 40.Td1 Cxd4 41.Dg3 Ce6 42.Fc4 
Dc7 43.Fxd5 Fxe5 44.Df3 Cxd5 45.Txd5 Fxf6 46.gxf6+ Rxf6 47.Fd2 Tc8 48.Rf1 
Rg7 49.De3 Dc6 50.De5+ Rg8 51.Fh6 f4 52.b4 Dc1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C65j"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.d3 Fc5 5.Fxc6 dxc6 6.Fe3 Fxe3 7.fxe3 De7 8.
Cbd2 O-O 9.De2 Cd7 10.O-O a5 11.d4 c5 12.c3 b6 13.Df2 Fa6 14.Tfe1 Tae8 15.
Dg3 Rh8 16.Tad1 g6 17.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Ff5 11.a3 Cxc3 12.bxc3 Cc6 13.Te1 Te8 14.Ff4 dxc4 15.
Fxc4 Fd6 16.Txe8+ Dxe8 17.Cg5 Fg6 18.Fxd6 cxd6 19.Dg4 h6 20.Cf3 De4 21.Dg3
Dc2 22.Ch4 Fe4 23.Te1 d5 24.Ff1 Dd2 25.Te3 Tc8 26.h3 Dc1 27.Dg4 Td8 28.a4 
Ce7 29.c4 Cg6 30.cxd5 Fxd5 31.Cxg6 fxg6 32.Dxg6 Ff7 33.De4 Da1 34.Te1 Dxd4
35.Dxb7 Tf8 36.De4 Dxe4 37.Txe4 Te8 38.f3 Txe4 39.fxe4 Fg6 40.Fc4+ Rf8 41.
e5 Ff7 42.e6 Fe8 43.a5 Re7 44.Rf2 Rd6 45.Re3 Fc6 46.g3 g5 47.Rd4 Fb7 48.h4
gxh4 49.gxh4 Fc6 50.Fd5 Fxd5 51.e7 Fc6 0-1

[Event "16. Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A31"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1.c4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.g3 Db6 6.Cb5 a6 7.C5c3 g6 8.Fg2 
d6 9.O-O Fg7 10.b3 O-O 11.Fb2 Da5 12.Cd2 Dh5 13.e4 Dxd1 14.Tfxd1 Cd7 15.
Tab1 Cc5 16.Cd5 Fe6 17.Fxg7 Rxg7 18.Cf1 b5 19.b4 Cd7 20.Cfe3 bxc4 21.Cxc4 
Tab8 22.a3 Tfc8 23.Cce3 Cb6 24.Ff1 Fxd5 25.exd5 Ce5 26.Tbc1 Txc1 27.Txc1 
Ta8 28.Tc7 Rf8 29.Tb7 Ca4 30.Rg2 Re8 31.f4 Cd7 32.Tc7 Rd8 33.Tc2 a5 34.b5 
Cab6 35.Rf2 Cc5 36.Rf3 Rc7 37.g4 e6 38.dxe6 fxe6 39.Fg2 Tf8 40.Rg3 Rd7 41.
h4 Tg8 42.Ff3 Tg7 43.g5 Tf7 44.h5 Re7 45.hxg6 hxg6 46.Cc4 Cxc4 47.Txc4 Rd7
48.Tc2 Th7 49.Fc6+ Rc7 50.Fe8 Tg7 51.Th2 Tg8 52.Th7+ Rb6 53.Ff7 Tb8 54.
Fxg6 Rxb5 55.Ff7 Ra4 56.g6 Ce4+ 57.Rf3 Cf6 58.Fxe6 d5 59.Tf7 Tb3+ 60.Re2 
Ce4 61.g7 Tg3 62.Fxd5 Cc3+ 63.Rf2 Txg7 64.Txg7 Cxd5 65.Rf3 Rxa3 66.Tg5 
Cxf4 67.Rxf4 a4 68.Re3 Rb2 69.Rd2 a3 70.Tb5+ Ra1 71.Rc3 Ra2 72.Tb3 1-0

[Event "16. Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Ff5 11.a3 Cxc3 12.bxc3 Cc6 13.Te1 Te8 14.Ff4 dxc4 15.
Fxc4 Fd6 16.Txe8+ Dxe8 17.Cg5 Fg6 18.Fxd6 cxd6 19.Dg4 h6 20.Cf3 De4 21.Dg3
Dc2 22.Ch4 Fe4 23.Te1 d5 24.Ff1 Db2 25.a4 Td8 26.h3 Da3 27.Te3 Dd6 28.Dg4 
Df6 29.Cf3 Ce7 30.Cd2 Fg6 31.De2 Cc6 32.Cb3 b6 33.Cc1 Rf8 34.Cd3 Fe4 35.
Dg4 g6 36.Cf4 h5 37.Dg3 Ce7 38.Te1 Cf5 39.Dh2 Tc8 40.f3 Txc3 41.Ce2 Fd3 
42.Cxc3 Dxd4+ 43.Rh1 Dxc3 44.Td1 Fxf1 45.Txf1 h4 46.Db8+ Rg7 47.Td1 Ce3 
48.Tg1 Cf5 49.Tb1 Dc2 50.Te1 Df2 51.De5+ Rg8 52.Rh2 Cg3 53.Da1 d4 54.Dc1 
Rg7 55.Td1 a6 56.Dc4 Cf5 57.Dxa6 Ce3 58.Tg1 Dc2 59.Dxb6 Dxa4 60.Dd6 Dc4 
61.De5+ Rh7 62.Df4 Cf5 63.Te1 Dc2 64.Te8 Df2 65.De5 Dg3+ 66.Rg1 Dxe5 67.
Txe5 Rg7 68.Rf2 Rf6 69.Te4 Rg7 70.Re1 Rf6 71.Rd2 Rg7 72.Rd3 Rf6 73.Te8 Rg5
74.Te4 Rf6 75.f4 Rg7 76.Te5 f6 77.Ta5 Rf7 78.Re4 Re6 79.Ta6+ Re7 80.Rd5 
Ce3+ 81.Rxd4 Cxg2 82.Re4 g5 83.fxg5 fxg5 84.Rf5 Cf4 85.Ta3 1-0

[Event "16. Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.g3 Cd4 5.Fg2 Cxf3+ 6.Fxf3 Fb4 7.Db3 De7 8.
O-O O-O 9.d3 c6 10.Fg5 Fxc3 11.Dxc3 d6 12.b4 h6 13.Fxf6 Dxf6 14.b5 c5 15.
Fg2 De7 16.e3 Fg4 17.f4 f5 18.Tae1 g5 19.e4 gxf4 20.gxf4 exf4 21.Txf4 Dg5 
22.Dd2 Tae8 23.Tef1 fxe4 24.Txf8+ Txf8 25.Dxg5+ hxg5 26.Fxe4 Txf1+ 27.Rxf1
b6 28.Rf2 Rg7 29.Re3 Fe6 30.Ff3 Rf6 31.Re4 Ff5+ 32.Re3 Re5 33.Fd5 Fd7 34.
Ff7 Fc8 35.Fd5 Fh3 36.a3 Fd7 37.Ff7 Fc8 38.Fd5 Fh3 39.Ff3 Fe6 40.Fe2 d5 
41.Ff1 Fg4 42.Fg2 Fe6 43.Ff1 Ff7 44.Fe2 Fe6 45.Ff1 Fg4 46.Fg2 d4+ 47.Rf2 
Ff5 48.Ff1 Rf4 49.Fe2 Fg6 50.Ff1 Fh7 51.Fe2 Ff5 52.Ff1 Fc8 53.Fg2 a6 54.
bxa6 Fxa6 55.Fc6 Fc8 56.Fe4 Fg4 57.Fh7 Fh5 58.Fe4 Fd1 59.Fh7 Rg4 60.Fe4 
Fb3 61.Fc6 Rf4 62.Ff3 Fa4 63.Fe4 Fd7 64.Fd5 Ff5 65.Re2 Rg4 66.Fg2 Rh4 67.
Rd2 Rg4 68.Re2 Rf4 69.Fc6 Re5 70.Ff3 Rd6 71.Rd2 Rc7 72.Fg2 Rb8 73.Fc6 Ra7 
74.Fe8 Ra6 75.Re2 Ra5 76.Fc6 Fg6 77.Fd7 Fh7 78.Fe8 Ff5 79.Fc6 Ra6 80.Fe8 
Rb7 81.Fb5 Rc7 82.Fe8 Rd6 83.Fh5 Re5 84.Ff3 Rf4 85.Fc6 Rg4 86.Fg2 Rh4 87.
Rd2 Fg4 88.Re1 Ff5 89.Rd2 Fh3 90.Fe4 g4 91.Re2 g3 92.hxg3+ Rxg3 93.Rd2 Rf4
94.Fc6 Re5 95.Fe8 Rd6 96.Fb5 Rc7 97.Re2 Fg4+ 98.Rd2 Fd7 99.Rc2 Fxb5 100.
cxb5 Rd6 101.a4 Rd5 102.Rd2 c4 103.dxc4+ Rxc4 104.a5 Rxb5 105.axb6 Rxb6 
106.Rd3 Rc5 107.Rd2 Rc4 108.Rc2 d3+ 109.Rd2 Rd4 110.Rd1 Re3 111.Re1 d2+ 
112.Rd1 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.Fg2 Cb6 7.O-O Fe7 8.a3 
O-O 9.b4 Fe6 10.Tb1 f6 11.d3 Cd4 12.Ce4 Cxf3+ 13.Fxf3 Fd5 14.Dc2 a5 15.Fe3
axb4 16.axb4 c6 17.b5 Ta2 18.Dc1 Ca4 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Ta1 Txa1 21.Dxa1 Da5 
22.Fd2 Da8 23.Tb1 Cc5 24.Fb4 Dxa1 25.Txa1 Cb3 26.Fxe7 Cxa1 27.Fxf8 Rxf8 
28.Fg2 Cb3 29.Cc3 Fxg2 30.Rxg2 Re7 31.Rf1 Re6 32.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B67e"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Fd7 9.f3 Fe7 10.Rb1 Tc8 11.h4 h6 12.Fe3 h5 13.Cxc6 Fxc6 14.Ce2 d5 15.e5 
Cd7 16.f4 Fb5 17.g3 g6 18.Fg2 Fxe2 19.Dxe2 Dc7 20.Td3 Cc5 21.Tc3 Dd7 22.
Fxc5 Fxc5 23.Td1 b5 24.Ff1 Re7 25.Tcd3 Fb6 26.Dd2 Rf8 27.Tb3 Fc5 28.c4 
bxc4 29.Fxc4 Da7 30.Fe2 Rg7 31.Dd3 a5 32.Da6 Dxa6 33.Fxa6 Tb8 34.Fb7 Fb4 
35.Fc6 Thc8 36.Tc1 Tb6 37.Fa4 Txc1+ 38.Rxc1 Fc5 39.Tf3 Tb4 40.Fc2 a4 41.b3
axb3 42.axb3 Tb7 43.Rd1 Ta7 44.Re2 Fb4 45.Tf2 Tc7 46.Fd3 Tc3 47.Tf1 Txb3 
48.Tb1 Txb1 49.Fxb1 Rf8 50.Fc2 Re7 51.Fa4 d4 52.Fb5 Fa5 53.Fd3 Rd8 54.Fb5 
Fb4 55.Fd3 Rc7 56.Fb5 Rd8 57.Fd3 Fa5 58.Fb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C18j"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ce7 7.Dg4 Da5 8.Fd2 
O-O 9.Fd3 Cbc6 10.Cf3 f5 11.exf6 Txf6 12.Dh5 Cf5 13.Ce5 c4 14.Fxf5 Txf5 
15.De8+ Tf8 16.Cxc6 bxc6 17.Dxc6 Tb8 18.O-O Tb2 19.Ff4 Dxc3 20.Fd6 Tb6 21.
Dc7 Tb7 22.Dc5 Te8 23.Dc6 Td8 24.Tab1 Txb1 25.Txb1 Dxc2 26.Tf1 Dg6 27.Dc7 
De8 28.Fe5 Dd7 29.Dc5 Db7 30.h3 Te8 31.Te1 Fd7 32.Da5 Tc8 33.Te3 Fe8 34.
Tg3 Fg6 35.h4 Db6 36.Da4 Db7 37.h5 Fe8 38.Dd1 g6 39.Dg4 Db1+ 40.Rh2 Df5 
41.Dh4 c3 42.Tg5 De4 43.Tg4 Df5 44.Tg5 De4 45.Dh3 Tc6 46.hxg6 Fxg6 47.Dh6 
Rf7 48.f3 De1 49.Txg6 Dxe5+ 50.dxe5 hxg6 51.Dh7+ Rf8 52.Dd7 Tc4 53.Dd8+ 
Rg7 54.Df6+ Rh7 55.Df7+ Rh6 56.Df8+ Rh7 57.De7+ Rh8 58.Df6+ 0-1

[Event "16. Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E91h"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Cc3 Fg7 5.e4 d6 6.Cf3 O-O 7.Fe2 e6 8.O-O Ca6 9.
dxe6 Fxe6 10.Ff4 Da5 11.Te1 Tfe8 12.Ff1 Fg4 13.h3 Fxf3 14.Dxf3 Cb4 15.Tac1
Cd7 16.Fxd6 Cxa2 17.Ta1 Db6 18.Cb5 Cb4 19.Fc7 Dc6 20.Tad1 Cc2 21.Te2 a6 
22.Txc2 axb5 23.Ff4 b4 24.Td6 Dxe4 25.Dxe4 Txe4 26.Txd7 Txf4 27.g3 Td4 28.
Txb7 Td1 29.Rg2 Tb1 30.Fd3 Te8 31.Te2 Txe2 32.Tb8+ Ff8 33.Fxe2 Txb2 34.Ff3
Rg7 35.Fd5 f5 36.g4 Te2 37.Rf3 Te1 38.g5 Te7 39.h4 Tc7 40.Re2 Ta7 41.Rd3 
Tc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Da4+ Cbd7 8.Ff4 
a6 9.e4 Tb8 10.h3 b5 11.Dc2 De7 12.O-O-O Fg7 13.Te1 O-O 14.g4 Cb6 15.Fg2 
b4 16.Cd1 a5 17.Ce3 Cfd7 18.Fg5 f6 19.Ff4 Ce5 20.Cd2 Fa6 21.Ff1 c4 22.Fxe5
fxe5 23.Fxc4 Tbc8 24.Thf1 Fh6 25.b3 Cxc4 26.Cdxc4 Fxc4 27.bxc4 Da7 28.Rd2 
Dd4+ 29.Re2 Fxe3 30.fxe3 Txc4 31.Txf8+ Rxf8 32.Tf1+ Re7 33.Da4 Db2+ 34.Rf3
Dh2 35.Tf2 Dxh3+ 36.Re2 Dxg4+ 37.Rd2 Dh4 38.Tf1 Dxe4 0-1

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C96n"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Ca5 10.Fc2 c5 11.d4 Cd7 12.Cbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Cc6 14.d5 Cce5 15.a4 Fb7
16.Cxe5 Cxe5 17.f4 Cd7 18.Cf3 Te8 19.Fd2 Ff6 20.Ta2 g6 21.Rh2 Fg7 22.b3 
Dc7 23.Fd3 c4 24.bxc4 Cc5 25.Fc2 bxc4 26.Ta3 a5 27.Fc3 Fa6 28.Fxg7 Rxg7 
29.Cd4 Cd3 30.Fxd3 cxd3 31.Cc6 Rg8 32.Dd2 Tac8 33.Tb3 f5 34.exf5 Df7 35.
Te6 Fc4 36.Txd3 Fxd3 37.Dxd3 gxf5 38.Cd4 Tf8 39.Cb5 Tcd8 40.Cxd6 Dc7 41.
Dg3+ Dg7 42.De3 Rh8 43.Ce8 Db2 44.d6 Tg8 45.De5+ Dxe5 46.fxe5 Tgxe8 47.
Txe8+ Txe8 48.d7 1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90k"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cf3 Fe7 8.Fc4 
O-O 9.O-O Fe6 10.Fb3 b5 11.De2 h6 12.a3 Cbd7 13.Ch4 Te8 14.Cf5 Ff8 15.Tfd1
Dc7 16.Df3 Rh7 17.Cd5 Fxd5 18.Fxd5 Cxd5 19.Txd5 Cf6 20.Td2 Te6 21.g4 Db7 
22.Cg3 Tc8 23.h4 g6 24.g5 Ce8 25.h5 Cg7 26.hxg6+ fxg6 27.gxh6 Ch5 28.Cxh5 
gxh5 29.Df5+ Tg6+ 30.Rh1 De7 31.f3 Df6 32.Dxh5 Tg3 33.Tf2 d5 34.Tg1 Txg1+ 
35.Rxg1 d4 36.Fg5 Dg6 37.Dxg6+ Rxg6 38.Tg2 Rh7 39.Ff6 Fd6 40.Fg7 a5 41.Rf1
a4 42.Re1 Tb8 43.Rd1 b4 44.axb4 Txb4 45.Rc1 Tb7 46.Tg5 a3 47.bxa3 Fxa3+ 
48.Rd2 Fb2 49.Txe5 d3 50.Tg5 dxc2 51.Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "C41k"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Fe7 6.g3 d5 7.e5 Cg4 8.Ff4 g5 
9.h3 Cxf2 10.Rxf2 gxf4 11.Dh5 Fc5 12.Td1 fxg3+ 13.Rg2 Fxd4 14.Txd4 Fe6 15.
Ce4 Cd7 16.Fb5 dxe4 17.Fxd7+ Fxd7 18.Thd1 Tf8 19.e6 Df6 20.exd7+ Rd8 21.
De2 Df2+ 22.Dxf2 gxf2 23.Txe4 a5 24.Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90u"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.Dd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Cd5 Fxd5 12.exd5 Cb6 13.Fxb6 Dxb6 14.a5 Db7 15.
Fc4 g6 16.Ta4 Tb8 17.Cc1 h5 18.Ca2 Fh6 19.De2 O-O 20.Cxb4 e4 21.O-O Dd7 
22.Cc6 Txb2 23.fxe4 Cg4 24.Ta3 Te8 25.Fxa6 f5 26.e5 Cxe5 27.Cxe5 Txe5 28.
Dc4 Da7+ 29.Rh1 Rh7 30.Dc6 Te7 31.Tb3 Tc7 32.Dxd6 Tbxc2 33.Db6 Da8 34.Fb7 
De8 35.d6 Td7 36.a6 De2 37.Db5 Dxb5 38.Txb5 Fe3 39.Td5 Rg7 40.g3 Rf6 41.
Te1 Fa7 42.Te8 Tc1+ 43.Rg2 g5 44.Tf8+ Re6 45.Tdxf5 Tc2+ 46.Rf1 Rxd6 47.
Td5+ Re6 48.Txd7 Rxd7 49.Tf5 Txh2 50.Fg2 Re6 51.Tf2 Re5 52.Tf7 Fd4 53.a7 
Fxa7 54.Txa7 h4 55.Ta5+ Rd4 56.Ta4+ Re5 57.g4 h3 58.Fa8 Tb2 59.Rg1 Te2 60.
Fb7 Tb2 61.Te4+ Rd6 62.Fc8 Rd5 63.Te3 h2+ 64.Rh1 Rd4 65.Te7 Tc2 66.Ff5 Tb2
67.Te4+ Rd5 68.Te3 Rd4 69.Te7 Ta2 70.Fc8 Tb2 71.Fb7 Tf2 72.Fg2 Tf4 73.Fh3 
Tf2 74.Tg7 Re3 75.Txg5 Ta2 1-0

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B12m"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ff5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Cc3 Fe7 7.g3 dxc4 8.Fxc4 Cd7 9.
Fe2 c5 10.Cf3 Ch6 11.d5 exd5 12.Fxh6 Txh6 13.Dxd5 Dc7 14.Cg5 Fe6 15.Cxe6 
fxe6 16.De4 Cxe5 17.O-O-O Rf8 18.Cb5 Db8 19.f4 Cc6 20.Td7 De8 21.Txb7 Cd4 
22.Cxd4 cxd4 23.Fd3 a5 24.Rb1 Tc8 25.Tc1 Txc1+ 26.Rxc1 e5 27.fxe5 Dc6+ 28.
Rd1 Dxe4 29.Fxe4 g5 30.Tb8+ Rg7 31.hxg5 Fxg5 32.Fd5 Tg6 33.Tb7+ Rf8 34.Ff7
Tg7 35.e6 h4 36.gxh4 Fxh4 37.Tb8+ Re7 38.Tb5 d3 39.Rd2 Tg3 40.Txa5 Rd6 41.
b4 Fg5+ 42.Txg5 Txg5 43.Rxd3 Tg3+ 44.Rc2 Ta3 45.Rb2 Te3 46.a4 Rc7 47.Rc2 
Rd6 48.a5 Tg3 49.Rb2 Te3 50.a6 Rc7 51.b5 Rb6 52.Rc2 Te5 53.Rd3 Txb5 54.Rd4
Rxa6 55.e7 Tb8 56.Rc5 Tc8+ 57.Rd6 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C91c"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.d4 Fg4 10.Fe3 Fh5 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ce4 14.Cc3 Cxc3 15.bxc3 
Ca5 16.Fc2 Cc4 17.g4 Fg6 18.Ff5 a5 19.Cd2 Cxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA P/O Blitz"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E94o"]
[EventDate "2003.10.26"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 Ca6 8.O-O Cg4 
9.Fg5 De8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Cd2 f6 12.Fh4 h5 13.h3 Ch6 14.Te1 c6 15.a3 Fe6 
16.b4 Td8 17.Dc2 g5 18.Fg3 Dg6 19.c5 h4 20.Fh2 g4 21.hxg4 Cxg4 22.Fxg4 
Fxg4 23.f3 Fh6 24.Tad1 Fxd2 25.Txd2 Fxf3 26.Te3 Fg4 27.Ted3 Txd3 28.Txd3 
Cc7 29.Df2 Dg5 30.Dd2 Ce6 31.Dxg5+ Cxg5 32.b5 cxb5 33.Cxb5 Cxe4 34.Cxa7 
Cxc5 35.Tc3 Ce4 36.Tc4 Ff5 37.Rh1 Td8 38.Fg1 Td1 39.Rh2 Td2 40.Cc8 Rf8 41.
Fe3 Te2 42.Fc5+ Rf7 43.Cd6+ Cxd6 44.Fxd6 h3 0-1

[Event "GpA P/O Blitz"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D43t"]
[EventDate "2003.10.26"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 c6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fxf6 Dxf6 7.e3 Cd7 8.Dc2 g6 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Fd3 Fg7 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Dd6 14.Tab1 Cb6 15.h3 Fe6
16.Tfc1 Tac8 17.Ce2 Cc4 18.Fxc4 dxc4 19.a5 g5 20.Cd2 f5 21.Cxc4 De7 22.Ce5
De8 23.Te1 Tc7 24.b5 axb5 25.Txb5 Te7 26.Tc5 Fc8 27.f4 Ff6 28.a6 bxa6 29.
Txc6 Fb7 30.Tb6 Fe4 31.Db3+ Rh7 32.Cg3 gxf4 33.exf4 Fa8 34.Cxf5 Tc7 35.Dd3
Rh8 36.Cd6 Da4 37.Txa6 Dc2 38.Dxc2 Txc2 39.Cg6+ Rg7 40.Txa8 Fxd4+ 41.Rh2 
Txa8 42.Cf5+ Rxg6 43.Cxd4 Tb2 44.Te6+ Rf7 45.Te3 Ta4 46.Cf5 h5 47.Tf3 Rf6 
48.Ch4 Tc2 49.Rg3 Tcc4 50.Tf2 Tc3+ 51.Rh2 Tb4 52.Tf1 Tb2 53.Te1 Tf2 54.Te4
Ta2 55.Te1 Tc4 56.Rg3 Ta3+ 57.Cf3 Taa4 58.Te5 Rg6 59.Tg5+ Rh6 60.Tf5 Tc2 
61.Tf6+ Rg7 62.Tf5 Rg6 63.Tg5+ Rh6 64.Ch4 Ta3+ 65.Rh2 Tf2 66.Cf5+ Rh7 67.
Txh5+ Rg6 68.Tg5+ Rf6 69.Cg3 Txf4 70.Tg8 Rf7 71.Tb8 Ta2 72.Tb1 Tff2 73.Tg1
Rg6 74.Ce4 Tfe2 75.Cg3 Teb2 76.Ce4 Rf5 77.Cg3+ Rf4 78.Ch5+ Re3 79.Cg3 Tb8 
80.Te1+ Rd3 81.Td1+ Rc4 82.Tc1+ Rd5 83.Td1+ Re5 84.Te1+ Rf6 85.Tf1+ Rg6 
86.Te1 Tbb2 87.Tg1 Tc2 88.Ch1 Rg5 89.Cg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "KO Rapid"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B33x"]
[EventDate "2003.10.28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.Fd3 Fe6 12.c3 Fg7 13.Dh5 O-O 14.O-O f4 15.Tad1
Ta7 16.Cc2 Rh8 17.Ccb4 Cxb4 18.Cxb4 Dd7 19.Fe2 f5 20.exf5 Txf5 21.Dh4 Ff6 
22.Dh6 Fg7 23.Dh4 Ff6 24.Dh6 Fg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "KO Rapid"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C88m"]
[EventDate "2003.10.28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fb7 7.d3 Fe7 8.a4 O-O 
9.Te1 h6 10.c3 b4 11.Cbd2 d5 12.exd5 Cxd5 13.Ce4 Rh8 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 
Cf6 16.Cg3 Fd6 17.Ce5 Fxe5 18.dxe5 Dxd1 19.Fxd1 Cd5 20.f4 f5 21.Fd2 Cd4 
22.Ce2 Ce6 23.Tc1 a5 24.Fb3 Tad8 25.Rf2 c5 26.Fe3 Cxe3 27.Rxe3 Fd5 28.Fxd5
Txd5 29.Ted1 Tfd8 30.Txd5 Txd5 31.h4 h5 32.Cg3 g6 33.Cf1 Td4 34.g3 c4 35.
Re2 Te4+ 36.Ce3 c3 37.bxc3 b3 38.c4 Cc5 39.Td1 Cxa4 40.Td8+ Rg7 41.Rd2 Cc5
42.Tc8 Td4+ 43.Rc1 Cd3+ 44.Rb1 Te4 45.Tc7+ Rf8 46.Tc8+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "E94j"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.d4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Te1 De8 
9.Ff1 Fg4 10.d5 Cb4 11.Fe2 a5 12.h3 Fd7 13.Ch2 Rh8 14.Fe3 Ca6 15.b3 Cg8 
16.Dd2 Cc5 17.Rh1 b6 18.Tf1 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.f4 Cf6 21.Ff3 Ch5 22.Fxh5 
Dxh5 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.d6 cxd6 25.Dxd6 Tf6 26.Dd1 Df7 27.Cd5 Tg6 28.Dc2 f4 
29.Fxc5 bxc5 30.Tae1 Ff5 31.De2 Tg8 32.Cf3 e4 33.Ch4 f3 34.Cxf3 exf3 35.
Dxf3 Tg5 36.g4 Tf8 37.gxf5 Fd4 38.f6 Tfg8 39.Ce7 Tg3 40.Df5 T3g5 41.De6 
Tg1+ 42.Txg1 Txg1+ 43.Rh2 Dxe6 44.Txe6 Tf1 45.Cd5 Rg8 46.Rg3 h5 47.Ta6 Rf7
48.Txa5 Rg6 49.Ta8 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B42f"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Fd3 Fc5 6.Cb3 Fe7 7.O-O d6 8.Dg4 g6
9.De2 Cd7 10.Cc3 b6 11.Fd2 Fb7 12.Tae1 Cgf6 13.Fh6 Ff8 14.Fxf8 Rxf8 15.f4 
e5 16.Cd2 Rg7 17.Cc4 b5 18.Ce3 b4 19.Cb1 Fxe4 20.fxe5 Cxe5 21.Fxe4 Cxe4 
22.Tf4 Cg5 23.Txb4 Te8 24.Cc3 a5 25.Tb5 h5 26.h3 Dd7 27.Df1 f5 28.Ccd5 f4 
29.Dxf4 Cef3+ 30.Rh1 Tf8 31.Dc4 Cxe1 32.Cb6 De6 33.Dc3+ Rh6 34.Dxe1 Tae8 
35.Cbd5 Cxh3 36.Dd2 Cf2+ 37.Rg1 Rh7 38.Tb7+ Rg8 39.Dc3 De5 40.Dxe5 dxe5 
41.Ce7+ Rh7 42.C7f5+ Rh8 43.Ce7 Rg7 44.C7f5+ Rf6 45.Cd6 Te6 46.Cd5+ Rg5 
47.Cf7+ Txf7 48.Txf7 Cg4 49.c4 e4 50.Rf1 Ce5 51.Tc7 Cd3 52.b3 e3 53.Te7 
e2+ 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C11q"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Cbd7 6.Cf3 h6 7.Cxf6+ Cxf6 8.
Fxf6 Dxf6 9.Fd3 Fd7 10.De2 c5 11.Ce5 O-O-O 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Fb4+ 14.Rf1 
Rb8 15.h4 Fc8 16.De4 Td6 17.Cf3 Fa5 18.h5 Fb6 19.Th4 Thd8 20.Tf4 De7 21.
Fc4 Dc7 22.b3 f6 23.Te1 a6 24.Rg1 Fa5 25.Tb1 b5 26.Fe2 Fb7 27.De3 Tc6 28.
Tg4 Fb6 29.Dd3 e5 30.Dh7 Tc1+ 31.Txc1 Dxc1+ 32.Ff1 e4 33.Txg7 Fd5 34.Ch4 
Fxd4 35.Cf5 Fb6 36.Dg6 Df4 37.Dg3 Dxg3 38.Txg3 Fe6 39.Cxh6 Td1 40.Cg4 Fc7 
41.Ce3 Td8 42.Tg6 Ff7 43.Txf6 Fxh5 44.Txa6 b4 45.Th6 Ff7 46.g3 Td2 47.Th7 
Fe6 48.Te7 Fg8 49.Fg2 Td8 50.Fxe4 Fd6 51.Tb7+ Rc8 52.Ta7 Fc5 53.Ta8+ Rc7 
54.Txd8 Rxd8 55.Rf1 Rc7 56.Re2 Rd6 57.f4 Ff7 58.Cc4+ Re7 59.Rf3 Fd4 60.g4 
Fe8 61.Ce5 Rd6 62.Cd3 Fc3 63.g5 Fh5+ 64.Rg3 Fd2 65.Ff3 Fg6 66.Ce5 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A36g"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Fg2 Fg7 4.Cc3 Cc6 5.a3 b6 6.e4 e6 7.Cge2 Cge7 8.d3 d6 9.
Tb1 O-O 10.b4 Fb7 11.O-O Dd7 12.Fg5 h6 13.Fd2 Rh7 14.f4 f5 15.Fe3 Cd4 16.
Dd2 Cec6 17.h3 Tae8 18.Rh2 Cxe2 19.Cxe2 Cd4 20.bxc5 Cxe2 21.Dxe2 dxc5 22.
e5 Fxg2 23.Rxg2 Da4 24.Dd1 Dc6+ 25.Df3 Da4 26.Dd1 Dc6+ 27.Rf2 Tf7 28.Tb3 
Td7 29.Df3 Da4 30.Tc3 Ted8 31.Dd1 Dc6 32.Db3 g5 33.Tg1 h5 34.Dd1 g4 35.De2
Rg6 36.h4 Ff8 37.Tb1 Fe7 38.Tbb3 Dh1 39.De1 Dc6 40.Rg1 Rf7 41.De2 Re8 42.
Dg2 Da4 43.Rf2 Rf7 44.Re2 Re8 45.Dh1 Rf7 46.Rd2 Txd3+ 47.Txd3 Dxb3 48.Txd8
Fxd8 49.Db7+ Fe7 50.Dxa7 Db2+ 51.Rd3 Db3+ 52.Rd2 Db2+ 53.Rd3 Db3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Ca5 11.Fa2 c5 12.Cbd2 Fc8 13.c3 Cc6 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 cxd4 
16.Cb3 Fe6 17.Cbxd4 Cxd4 18.Cxd4 Fxa2 19.Txa2 Tc8 20.Cf5 g6 21.Cxe7+ Dxe7 
22.b3 De6 23.Tae2 Cd7 24.Fb2 Tc6 25.f4 Tfc8 26.Te3 Tc2 27.Fa1 Ta2 28.T1e2 
Txa3 29.Fb2 Ta2 30.f5 De7 31.Ff6 Txe2 32.Fxe7 Txe3 33.Dxd6 Cc5 34.Dd2 Td3 
35.Dh6 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B22p"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.c3 Cf6 4.e5 Cd5 5.Fc4 Cb6 6.Fb3 d5 7.exd6 Dxd6 8.O-O 
Fe6 9.Ca3 Fxb3 10.axb3 Dd3 11.Te1 e6 12.Te3 Dd7 13.Cc4 Cxc4 14.bxc4 Td8 
15.b3 Fe7 16.Fb2 O-O 17.Dc2 Dc7 18.d4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Ff6 20.Td1 Ce7 21.De2 
b5 22.Fa3 bxc4 23.bxc4 Tfe8 24.d5 Cf5 25.Te4 Cd6 26.Fxd6 Txd6 27.Te1 h6 
28.g3 a5 29.Da2 Te7 30.dxe6 Texe6 31.Txe6 Txe6 32.Txe6 fxe6 33.Da4 Db6 34.
h4 Rf8 35.Dd7 Dc5 36.Dxe6 a4 37.g4 a3 38.Da6 Fb2 39.Rg2 Dc7 40.g5 Df4 41.
Dc8+ Re7 42.c5 h5 43.Db7+ Re6 44.Db3+ Rd7 45.Dd5+ Rc7 46.g6 a2 47.Df7+ Rc8
48.Dxf4 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B77g"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Fg7 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Fb3 
d6 9.f3 Fd7 10.Dd2 Cxd4 11.Fxd4 b5 12.Cd5 Cxd5 13.Fxg7 Rxg7 14.Fxd5 Tc8 
15.O-O-O Db6 16.h4 h6 17.h5 g5 18.f4 f6 19.fxg5 fxg5 20.Tdf1 b4 21.e5 dxe5
22.Fb3 Dd4 23.De2 Tf6 24.Txf6 exf6 25.Td1 Fg4 26.Txd4 Fxe2 27.Td7+ Rh8 28.
Ff7 Fg4 29.Txa7 e4 30.Rd2 f5 31.Fg6 Td8+ 32.Re3 Tc8 33.Rd2 Td8+ 34.Re3 Tc8
35.Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C84f"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.d3 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.a4 Tb8 
9.axb5 axb5 10.h3 d6 11.Fe3 Fe6 12.Fxe6 fxe6 13.Cbd2 Dd7 14.c3 b4 15.Cc4 
Ta8 16.Db3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Tfb8 18.Dc2 Cd8 19.Ta2 Txa2 20.Dxa2 Cf7 21.Da6 h6 
22.Ta1 c5 23.g3 Rh7 24.Rg2 Tb3 25.Fd2 Fd8 26.Da4 Db7 27.Da8 Fe7 28.Ta7 
Dxa8 29.Txa8 Tb7 30.Rf1 Cd7 31.Ta6 Rg8 32.Re2 g6 33.Rd1 Rg7 34.Rc2 Cb8 35.
Ta8 Cd7 36.Ca5 Tc7 37.Ta6 Cb8 38.Tb6 Cd7 39.Tb7 Txb7 40.Cxb7 d5 41.Fe3 Rf8
42.c4 dxe4 43.dxe4 Re8 44.Rb3 Cf6 45.Cd2 Cd7 46.Ra4 h5 47.Rb5 h4 48.gxh4 
Fxh4 49.Cxc5 Re7 50.Cb7 Cd6+ 51.Cxd6 Rxd6 52.c5+ Rc7 53.Cc4 Cf6 54.f3 Fg3 
55.c6 Ce8 56.Fd2 Rc8 57.Fc3 Cc7+ 58.Ra5 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E37"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 d5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 Ce4 7.Dc2 c5 8.dxc5 
Cc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Cf3 Ff5 11.b4 d4 12.g4 Fg6 13.Dc4 d3 14.Fe3 Df6 15.Td1 
Td8 16.g5 Df5 17.Fg2 d2+ 18.Cxd2 Cxd2 19.Fxd2 O-O 20.Df4 De6 21.Fxc6 bxc6 
22.Tc1 f6 23.Tg1 fxg5 24.Dc4 Td5 25.Txg5 Te8 26.Fe3 Fe4 27.Txd5 Fxd5 28.
Dd4 h6 29.Tc3 Dg6 30.f3 Dh5 31.h4 Te6 32.Rf2 Rh7 33.a4 a6 34.Df4 Tf6 35.
Dg3 Tg6 36.Df4 Tf6 37.Dg3 Tg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90u"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.Dd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Cd5 Fxd5 12.exd5 Cb6 13.Fxb6 Dxb6 14.a5 Db7 15.
Fc4 g6 16.Ta4 Tb8 17.Cc1 h5 18.Ca2 Fh6 19.De2 Dd7 20.b3 O-O 21.O-O e4 22.
fxe4 Cg4 23.Cxb4 f5 24.Cc6 fxe4 25.Cxb8 Da7+ 26.Rh1 Txf1+ 27.Dxf1 Cf2+ 28.
Rg1 Ch3+ 29.Rh1 Cf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90s"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.g4 Cb6 10.g5 Ch5 11.Dd2 Fe7 12.O-O-O Tc8 13.Tg1 g6 14.Rb1 O-O 15.h4
Dc7 16.Df2 Fd8 17.Cc1 f6 18.gxf6 Txf6 19.Th1 Cc4 20.Fxc4 Fxc4 21.Cd3 Df7 
22.Ce1 Fa5 23.Cd5 Fxd5 24.Txd5 Fxe1 25.Txe1 Txf3 26.Dd2 Tc6 27.Txd6 Txd6 
28.Dxd6 Txe3 29.Db8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B48g"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Dd2 Cf6 8.O-O-O
Fb4 9.f3 Ca5 10.a3 Fxc3 11.Dxc3 Dxc3 12.bxc3 d5 13.e5 Cd7 14.f4 b5 15.Cb3 
Cc4 16.Fxc4 bxc4 17.Cc5 Tb8 18.Rd2 Tb5 19.Cxd7 Fxd7 20.a4 Tb8 21.Tb1 O-O 
22.a5 Tb5 23.Txb5 Fxb5 24.Fd4 f5 25.exf6 gxf6 26.g4 Rf7 27.h4 h5 28.g5 
fxg5 29.fxg5 Rg6 30.Ff6 Te8 31.Te1 e5 32.Fxe5 Rf5 33.Fg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C77f"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Fd7 7.O-O g6 8.Te1 Fg7 
9.Fg5 h6 10.Fh4 g5 11.Fg3 Ch5 12.Cxe5 Cxe5 13.Fxd7+ Dxd7 14.Fxe5 dxe5 15.
Dxh5 Dxd3 16.Ca3 Dd6 17.Cc4 De6 18.Ce3 O-O-O 19.Cf5 Ff6 20.g3 Td7 21.Te2 
Thd8 22.Rg2 a5 23.b3 Rb8 24.Tae1 c6 25.Te3 Th8 26.T1e2 Fd8 27.Tf3 Fb6 28.
Ce3 Fxe3 29.Texe3 f6 30.Dg6 Td6 31.Tf5 h5 32.h3 h4 33.Tef3 hxg3 34.fxg3 
Td2+ 35.Tf2 Txf2+ 36.Rxf2 Txh3 37.Rg2 g4 38.Dxf6 Dxf6 39.Txf6 Th7 40.Tg6 
Td7 41.Txg4 Td2+ 42.Rh3 Txa2 43.Tg5 Tb2 44.Txe5 b5 45.Te8+ Rc7 46.e5 Txb3 
47.Te7+ Rb6 48.Rg4 Txc3 49.e6 Te3 50.Rf4 Te1 51.Rf5 a4 52.Te8 a3 53.Ta8 b4
54.g4 Rc7 55.g5 b3 56.Ta7+ Rd6 57.Txa3 b2 58.Td3+ Re7 59.Td7+ Re8 60.Tb7 
b1=D+ 61.Txb1 Txb1 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B50k"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Cxe5 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Fc4 e6 8.O-O Fg7 
9.d3 O-O 10.Te1 Dc7 11.Df3 Cbd7 12.Ff4 Da5 13.h4 Cb6 14.Fd2 Cxc4 15.Cxc4 
Dd8 16.Ff4 Cd5 17.Fe5 Dxh4 18.Fxg7 Rxg7 19.Cxd5 exd5 20.Dxd5 Fe6 21.Dxc5 
Tac8 22.De5+ Rg8 23.Te4 Dh6 24.Tae1 Tfd8 25.b3 Td5 26.Df4 Dg7 27.Cb6 Tf5 
28.Dd2 Tc6 29.Cc4 h5 30.De3 Dc3 31.Te2 b5 32.Ce5 Td6 33.Cxg6 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C67s"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Ce7 10.h3 Cg6 11.Fg5+ Re8 12.Tad1 Fd7 13.a3 h6 14.Fc1 Td8
15.Tfe1 Fe7 16.Ce4 Fe6 17.Txd8+ Rxd8 18.Cd4 Fd7 19.f4 Ch4 20.Rf2 h5 21.g3 
Cf5 22.Cf3 c5 23.Td1 Re8 24.Cc3 Cd4 25.Cd5 Fd8 26.Cxd4 cxd4 27.Txd4 Fxh3 
28.Ce3 Fd7 29.Cg2 Th6 30.Fe3 Tc6 31.c3 a5 32.Ch4 Fxh4 33.gxh4 Tg6 34.f5 
Fxf5 35.Fg5 Fd7 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Te6 38.Td5 b6 39.b5 c6 40.bxc6 Txc6 41.
Td6 Txd6 42.exd6 f6 43.Fe3 b5 44.Rg3 Rf7 45.Rf4 Re6 46.Fc5 Rd5 47.Fb4 Rc4 
48.Fa5 Rc5 49.Fb4+ Rd5 50.Fa3 Rc4 51.Fb4 Rd3 52.Fa5 Fe6 53.Fb4 Fc8 54.Fa5 
Fg4 55.Fb4 Fh3 56.Fa5 Fd7 57.Fb4 Re2 58.Fc5 Rf1 59.Rg3 Re1 60.Rf4 Rf1 61.
Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D15p"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.Ce5 Cbd7 6.Cxc4 b5 7.Ce3 Fb7 8.g3 
c5 9.d5 a6 10.Fg2 g6 11.O-O Fg7 12.a4 b4 13.Cb1 a5 14.Dc2 O-O 15.Cd2 Ce8 
16.Cec4 Cd6 17.e4 Fa6 18.Td1 Tc8 19.f4 Cb6 20.Ff1 Fd4+ 21.Rg2 Cdxc4 22.
Cxc4 Cxd5 23.Fe2 Cf6 24.Ff3 Dc7 25.Fd2 Fxc4 26.Dxc4 Fxb2 27.Tab1 Fd4 28.
Tbc1 Cd7 29.Fxb4 axb4 30.Txd4 Da7 31.Td2 Cb6 32.Db5 Cxa4 33.Ta1 Cc3 34.Df1
Dc7 35.e5 c4 36.Ta6 Dc5 37.e6 f5 38.h4 Ce4 39.Td7 c3 40.Taa7 c2 0-1

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "B90k"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cf3 Dc7 8.Fg5 
Cbd7 9.a4 h6 10.Fh4 g5 11.Fg3 Cc5 12.Cd2 Fe6 13.Fe2 O-O-O 14.O-O h5 15.h4 
Fh6 16.Ta3 g4 17.Fd3 Rb8 18.Te1 Ff4 19.Cf1 d5 20.exd5 Cxd5 21.Cxd5 Fxd5 
22.Ce3 Fc6 23.b4 Cxd3 24.cxd3 Dd6 25.Db1 The8 26.Rh2 Fxe3 27.fxe3 f5 28.
Tf1 Tf8 29.Dc1 Dxb4 30.Fxe5+ Ra8 31.Fg3 De7 32.Tc3 De6 33.a5 Dd5 34.Tf2 
Tf6 35.Da3 Te8 36.Tc5 Dd7 37.e4 Tef8 38.Tcxf5 Txf5 39.Dxf8+ Txf8 40.Txf8+ 
De8 41.Txe8+ Fxe8 42.Fc7 b5 43.axb6 Rb7 44.Rg3 a5 45.Rf4 a4 46.Fd6 Rxb6 
47.g3 Rc6 48.Fa3 Ff7 49.Rg5 Rd7 50.Rf6 Fb3 51.d4 Fc2 52.Re5 Rc6 53.d5+ Rd7
54.Rd4 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E25"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.dxc5
Da5 9.e4 Cc7 10.Dd4 f6 11.Db4 Cc6 12.Dxa5 Cxa5 13.Tb1 e5 14.f4 exf4 15.
Fxf4 Ce6 16.Fd6 Fd7 17.Cf3 Tc8 18.Cd4 Cxc5 19.Cb5 Cxe4 20.Fb4 Cc6 21.Fd3 
a6 22.Fxe4 axb5 23.O-O Cxb4 24.cxb4 Fc6 25.Ff5 Td8 26.Tbe1+ Rf8 27.Tf2 g6 
28.Fb1 Td6 29.Fa2 h5 30.h4 Th7 31.Fb1 f5 32.Rh2 Thd7 33.Rg3 Rg7 34.Tfe2 
Td4 35.Rh3 Tc4 36.Te3 Td2 37.Te7+ Rf8 38.T7e2 Tc3+ 39.Rh2 Td4 40.g3 Txa3 
41.Tf2 Txb4 42.Fxf5 gxf5 43.Txf5+ Rg7 44.g4 Tb2+ 45.Rg1 Tg3+ 46.Rf1 Fg2+ 
0-1

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "E91x"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]

1.Cf3 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 g6 4.Cc3 Fg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Fe2 Fg4 7.Fe3 Cfd7 8.Tc1 c5
9.d5 b5 10.cxb5 a6 11.bxa6 Cxa6 12.O-O Da5 13.Cd2 Fxe2 14.Dxe2 Tfb8 15.Cc4
Db4 16.a3 Db3 17.Tc2 Cc7 18.Fg5 Rf8 19.f4 h6 20.Fh4 Cb6 21.Cxb6 Txb6 22.e5
Cxd5 23.Cxd5 Dxd5 24.Td2 De6 25.Df3 Tab8 26.Te1 dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ce2 d5 6.a3 Fd6 7.Cg3 b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Fe2 Te8 10.O-O c6 11.b4 a6 12.Fb2 Cbd7 13.Dc2 b5 14.Fd3 Cb6 15.e4 dxe4 
16.Ccxe4 Cxe4 17.Fxe4 Fe6 18.Fxh7+ Rh8 19.Fe4 Tc8 20.Cf5 Fd5 21.Tae1 Ff8 
22.Dd3 g6 23.Fxd5 Cxd5 24.Dh3+ Rg8 25.Ch6+ Fxh6 26.Dxh6 Df6 27.Te5 Df4 28.
Dh3 f6 29.Txe8+ Txe8 30.Dd7 Te2 31.Dxc6 De4 32.Fc1 Te1 33.Dc8+ Rf7 34.Db7+
Rg8 35.Da8+ Rf7 36.Db7+ Rg8 37.Da8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "A30f"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Fg2 Fb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Dxd4 Fg7 8.Cc3 d6
9.Td1 Cbd7 10.Fe3 a6 11.Tac1 Tb8 12.b3 O-O 13.Dh4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Cd4 
b4 16.Fxb7 Txb7 17.Cc6 De8 18.Cxb4 Da8 19.Cc6 Cb8 20.Cxb8 Tfxb8 21.Da4 h5 
22.f3 Cd7 23.Dxa8 Txa8 24.Ca4 Ff8 25.Tc2 e6 26.Tdc1 Tbb8 27.Tc7 Cf6 28.Fa7
Tb4 29.Ff2 Cd5 30.Tc8 Tbb8 31.Txb8 Txb8 32.Rf1 f5 33.Tc4 Fh6 34.Cc3 Ce3+ 
35.Fxe3 Fxe3 36.Tc6 Fc5 37.Ca4 Fa3 38.Cb6 Rf7 39.Tc7+ Rg8 40.Cd7 Tb5 41.h4
Rf7 42.Ta7 Fc1 43.a4 Tb4 44.Ce5+ Rf6 45.Cd3 Txb3 46.Cxc1 Tb1 47.Tc7 Ta1 
48.Tc4 d5 49.Tc6 Re7 50.f4 Rd7 51.Tc2 1-0

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "D17h"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.Ce5 Cbd7 7.Cxc4 Cb6 8.Ce5 
a5 9.f3 Cfd7 10.e4 Cxe5 11.dxe5 Dxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Fe6 13.Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C15u"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Ce2 dxe4 5.a3 Fe7 6.Cxe4 Cf6 7.C2g3 Cbd7 8.Fd3
b6 9.Df3 Tb8 10.O-O O-O 11.Ff4 Fb7 12.De2 Cxe4 13.Fxe4 Fxe4 14.Cxe4 Cf6 
15.Cxf6+ Fxf6 16.Tad1 Dd7 17.c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hotel Bali Stars"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D14h"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Ff4 Cc6 6.e3 Ff5 7.Cf3 e6 8.Fd3 
Fxd3 9.Dxd3 Fe7 10.Db5 Dd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Tfc1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C88n"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.a4 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.Cbd2 Dd7 11.c3 Tfe8 12.Cf1 h6 13.Cg3 Ca5 14.Fc2 c5 15.d4 Ff8 
16.d5 c4 17.Fe3 Dc7 18.Cd2 Fc8 19.h3 Fd7 20.Df3 Fe7 21.Ta2 Teb8 22.axb5 
axb5 23.Tea1 Dd8 24.Cf5 Fxf5 25.exf5 Cb7 26.Fa7 Tc8 27.Ce4 Cxe4 28.Fxe4 
Cc5 29.Fxc5 Txa2 30.Txa2 Txc5 31.Dd1 Tc8 32.Da1 h5 33.Ff3 h4 34.Ta7 Tc7 
35.Fh5 Txa7 36.Dxa7 De8 37.Dc7 Ff8 38.Rf1 De7 39.Dxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D15j"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 a6 5.c5 Fg4 6.Ce5 Fh5 7.Db3 Ta7 8.e4 e6 9.
exd5 exd5 10.Fd3 Cbd7 11.Ff4 Cxe5 12.Fxe5 Fe7 13.O-O O-O 14.Tfe1 Fg6 15.
Fxg6 hxg6 16.Te2 Cg4 17.Db6 Da8 18.Fc7 Ff6 19.Fd6 Td8 20.Ca4 Ch6 21.Da5 
Dc8 22.h3 Df5 23.Tae1 Dd3 24.Te8+ Txe8 25.Txe8+ Rh7 26.Fe5 Fxe5 27.dxe5 
Db1+ 28.Rh2 De4 29.g3 Dc2 30.Rg2 Cf5 31.Dd8 Ce3+ 32.Rg1 Dd1+ 33.Rh2 Cf1+ 
34.Rg2 Ce3+ 35.fxe3 De2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B92n"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.Fe2 
Fe7 9.O-O O-O 10.Dd2 Cbd7 11.a4 Tc8 12.a5 Cc5 13.Cxc5 dxc5 14.Dxd8 Tfxd8 
15.f3 c4 16.Rf2 Rf8 17.Ca4 Cd7 18.Tfd1 Tc6 19.Cc3 Cf6 20.Txd8+ Fxd8 21.Ta4
Ce8 22.Cd5 Cd6 23.Fd2 Re8 24.Fb4 Cb5 25.Fd2 Cd6 26.Fc3 f6 27.Fb4 Cb5 28.
Fd2 Cd6 29.Fb4 Cb5 30.Fd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B19l"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.h4 h6 7.Cf3 Cd7 8.h5 Fh7
9.Fd3 Fxd3 10.Dxd3 e6 11.Ff4 Cgf6 12.O-O-O Fe7 13.Rb1 O-O 14.Ce4 Cxe4 15.
Dxe4 Cf6 16.De2 Dd5 17.Ce5 De4 18.Dxe4 Cxe4 19.The1 Cf6 20.g4 Tfd8 21.f3 
Tac8 22.c3 c5 23.dxc5 Fxc5 24.Txd8+ Txd8 25.c4 Rf8 26.Rc2 Re8 27.Cd3 Fd4 
28.b3 Tc8 29.a4 a6 30.a5 Cd7 31.Te4 Fa1 32.Fd6 Cf6 33.Te1 Fd4 34.Fb4 Cd5 
35.Fd2 Cf6 36.Fc3 Fxc3 37.Rxc3 Re7 38.b4 Cd7 39.Te2 Tf8 40.b5 g5 41.Tb2 
Rd6 42.bxa6 bxa6 43.Tb7 Ta8 44.Cb4 f5 45.gxf5 exf5 46.Rd4 g4 47.fxg4 fxg4 
48.c5+ Re6 49.c6 Cf6 50.c7 Tc8 51.Cxa6 g3 52.Tb3 Cxh5 53.Rc5 g2 54.Tb1 Cf4
55.Rc6 h5 56.Rb7 Tg8 57.Cc5+ Rd5 58.Cd7 Re6 59.c8=D 1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E35"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Fg5 c5 7.a3 Fxc3+ 8.Dxc3
cxd4 9.Dxd4 Cc6 10.Df4 d4 11.Fxf6 gxf6 12.Cf3 Da5+ 13.Dd2 Dxd2+ 14.Rxd2 
Ff5 15.b4 O-O-O 16.Tc1 Rb8 17.g3 a5 18.Fg2 Fe4 19.Ch4 Fxg2 20.Cxg2 axb4 
21.axb4 Cxb4 22.Tc4 Cc6 23.Tb1 Ce5 24.Tcb4 Td7 25.Cf4 Tc8 26.Ta4 Cc4+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C88n"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.a4 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.Fd2 Cd7 11.Cc3 Cd4 12.Cxd4 exd4 13.Ce2 Ff6 14.Cg3 g6 15.Fh6 Te8
16.f4 Cc5 17.Df3 Cxb3 18.cxb3 Dd7 19.Tf1 c5 20.Tf2 Fh8 21.f5 d5 22.Dg4 Fc6
23.Taf1 dxe4 24.Cxe4 c4 25.Cc5 Dc8 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Dg3 Fd5 28.b4 Dc6 29.
Fg5 cxd3 30.Ff6 d2 31.Fxh8 Rxh8 32.Txd2 Fc4 33.Tc1 Df6 34.Df2 Dxf2+ 35.
Rxf2 Te3 36.a5 Tae8 37.Tcd1 Te2+ 38.Rg1 Fd5 39.Cxa6 Fxg2 40.Cc7 T8e5 41.
Txe2 Txe2 42.Cxb5 Txb2 43.Txd4 Rg7 44.a6 Ff3 45.Cc3 Tg2+ 46.Rf1 Txh2 47.b5
Tb2 48.a7 Fb7 49.Td7 Fa8 50.Td8 Fb7 51.Tb8 Ff3 52.b6 1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90s"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.Fe3 
Cbd7 9.g4 Cb6 10.g5 Ch5 11.Dd2 Fe7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Tg1 Tc8 14.Df2 Txc3 15.
Fxb6 Fxg5+ 16.Rb1 Fh4 17.Tg3 Fxg3 18.hxg3 Tc7 19.Cc5 De7 20.Cxe6 fxe6 21.
Fxc7 Dxc7 22.Fh3 Te8 23.Td3 Cf6 24.Da7 Rf7 25.Tc3 Dd7 26.Db6 Te7 27.Td3 d5
28.exd5 Cxd5 29.Dc5 Db5 30.Dd6 Cb4 31.Td2 Dc4 32.b3 Dc3 33.f4 Dxg3 34.Dxb4
Dxh3 35.fxe5 De3 36.Dd6 h5 37.Td1 Df2 38.Dd3 Dg2 39.Tf1+ Rg8 40.Dd8+ Rh7 
41.Tf8 Dg1+ 42.Rb2 Dg5 43.Dd3+ g6 44.Dd6 Rg7 45.Db8 Dh6 46.Dd8 1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42r"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Fd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Cc3 Cxc3 11.bxc3 Fg4 12.Tb1 Cd7 13.h3 Fh5 14.Tb5 Cb6 15.c4 
Fxf3 16.Dxf3 dxc4 17.Fc2 Dd7 18.a4 g6 19.Fe3 Tac8 20.Tfb1 c3 21.a5 Cc4 22.
Txb7 De6 23.Ta1 Tc7 24.a6 Cxe3 25.fxe3 Rg7 26.e4 f6 27.Dxc3 Tff7 28.Db3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B51t"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.O-O Fd7 5.Te1 Cf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ff1 Fg4 8.d3 e6 
9.Cbd2 Cd7 10.h3 Fh5 11.g4 Fg6 12.d4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Fe7 14.d5 Cce5 15.Cxe5 
dxe5 16.Cf3 Tc8 17.b3 exd5 18.Dxd5 f6 19.Ch4 Cc5 20.Dxd8+ Txd8 21.Cf5 Fxf5
22.exf5 Cd3 23.Fxd3 Txd3 24.Fe3 Fa3 25.Tad1 Txd1 26.Txd1 Re7 27.f4 exf4 
28.Fxf4 Tc8 29.Td2 Tc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C19e"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 Ce7 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.a4 Dc7 8.Cf3 h6 
9.Fd3 b6 10.a5 bxa5 11.O-O c4 12.Fe2 O-O 13.Te1 Cbc6 14.Ff1 f6 15.Fa3 fxe5
16.Fxe7 Dxe7 17.Cxe5 Cxe5 18.Txe5 Dc7 19.g3 Fd7 20.Fh3 Tf6 21.Dc1 a4 22.
Da3 Tb8 23.f4 Tb6 24.Rf2 Db8 25.Tae1 Df8 26.Dxf8+ Rxf8 27.Re3 g5 28.Fg4 
gxf4+ 29.gxf4 Tb2 30.f5 exf5 31.Ff3 Txc2 32.Rf4 Txc3 33.Fh5 Th3 34.Txd5 
Th4+ 35.Rg3 Txh5 36.Txd7 f4+ 37.Rg4 Tg5+ 38.Rf3 Tf7 39.Td8+ Rg7 40.Tc8 Tb5
41.Txc4 Tb3+ 42.Rf2 a3 43.Ta4 f3 44.Ta1 Tb2+ 45.Rg1 Tg2+ 46.Rh1 a2 47.Tg1 
Rf8 48.Txg2 f2 49.Tg1 f1=D 0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B92q"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Rh1 Cc6 10.f4 b5 11.Ff3 Ca5 12.Cxa5 Dxa5 13.Cd5 Cxd5 14.exd5 exf4 
15.Fxf4 Ff5 16.Fg4 Fxg4 17.Dxg4 Dd8 18.c3 Ff6 19.a4 Dc7 20.Fg3 Fe5 21.Fxe5
dxe5 22.De2 Tab8 23.axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B80j"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Fe3 b5 8.g4 Cfd7 
9.Dd2 Cb6 10.a4 bxa4 11.Cxa4 Cxa4 12.Txa4 Fe7 13.g5 O-O 14.h4 Fd7 15.Ta1 
Cc6 16.Txa6 Dc7 17.Rf2 Cxd4 18.Fxd4 e5 19.Fe3 Txa6 20.Fxa6 f5 21.gxf6 Fxf6
22.Dd5+ Rh8 23.Fc4 Fe8 24.Fe2 Ff7 25.Dd2 Fh5 26.b3 De7 27.Rg2 Df7 28.Th3 
Fe7 29.b4 h6 30.b5 Dg6+ 31.Rh2 De6 32.Dd3 Fe8 33.Db3 Dc8 34.b6 Ff7 35.Db1 
Dc3 36.Fd3 Tb8 37.Dg1 Fc4 38.Dg6 Fxd3 39.Tg3 Ff6 40.cxd3 Txb6 41.Fxb6 Db2+
42.Tg2 Dxb6 43.Tc2 Fd8 44.h5 1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B27s"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Fg7 4.d4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.Cc3 exd5 7.exd5 Fg4 8.Fe2 Ce7 
9.O-O O-O 10.Db3 b6 11.Cg5 Fxe2 12.Cxe2 Cd7 13.Dh3 Cf6 14.Fd2 h6 15.Cf3 g5
16.Ce1 Ce4 17.Fc1 f5 18.Dd3 Dd7 19.Tb1 Tae8 20.b3 Cg6 21.Fb2 Fxb2 22.Txb2 
Dg7 23.Tc2 f4 24.Cc3 Cxc3 25.Dxc3 Dxc3 26.Txc3 Te2 27.a3 Tfe8 28.Cd3 Td2 
29.Te1 Txe1+ 30.Cxe1 Ce5 31.h3 Rg7 32.Rf1 Rf6 33.g4 fxg3 34.Txg3 Rf5 35.
Te3 h5 36.a4 Tb2 37.Cg2 h4 38.Tc3 Re4 39.Te3+ Rf5 40.Tc3 Tb1+ 41.Re2 Th1 
42.Te3 a5 43.Tc3 Cg6 44.Tf3+ Cf4+ 45.Cxf4 gxf4 46.Tc3 Re4 47.Rd2 Tb1 48.
f3+ Rf5 49.Tc1 Txb3 50.Te1 Txf3 51.Te6 Txh3 52.Txd6 Te3 53.Txb6 Te4 54.Rc3
f3 55.Tb8 h3 56.Tf8+ Rg4 57.Rd3 Te1 0-1

[Event "TV Blitz"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B48g"]
[EventDate "2004.01.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Dd2 Cf6 8.O-O-O
Fb4 9.f3 Ca5 10.Cb3 d5 11.Rb1 Cxb3 12.axb3 dxe4 13.Cb5 De7 14.Cc7+ Dxc7 
15.Dxb4 Cd5 16.Dxe4 Cxe3 17.Dxe3 Fd7 18.Dd4 e5 19.Db4 O-O-O 20.Fd3 Fe6 21.
The1 f6 22.Fc4 Ff5 23.g4 Fg6 24.h4 h5 25.Fe6+ Rb8 26.Ff5 Ff7 27.Fe4 hxg4 
28.fxg4 Fe6 29.Ff3 a5 30.De4 Txd1+ 31.Txd1 Txh4 32.Td8+ Fc8 33.Td3 Th8 34.
b4 a4 35.De3 Td8 36.Tc3 Dd6 37.De4 Db6 38.Tc4 Fe6 39.Tc5 Td4 40.De3 Txb4 
41.Dc3 Tb5 42.Txb5 Dg1+ 0-1

[Event "TV Blitz"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2004.01.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B33w"]
[EventDate "2004.01.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 Fg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 O-O 14.Cce3 Fe6 15.
Fd3 f5 16.O-O Rh8 17.Dh5 e4 18.Fc2 Ce7 19.Tad1 Tc8 20.f3 Ff7 21.Dh3 Cxd5 
22.Cxd5 b4 23.fxe4 bxc3 24.bxc3 Fxd5 25.exd5 Txc3 26.Fd3 Fd4+ 27.Rh1 Dg5 
28.Txf5 Txf5 29.Dxf5 Dxf5 30.Fxf5 Fe3 31.g3 Tc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D43t"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fxf6 Dxf6 7.e3 Cd7 8.Dc2 Dd8
9.Fd3 Fe7 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 b6 12.Tac1 Fb7 13.Tfd1 Fd6 14.De2 De7 15.cxd5 
exd5 16.Fa6 Cf6 17.Tc2 Tab8 18.Fxb7 Dxb7 19.g3 Tfe8 20.Dd3 Ted8 21.Rg2 Ff8
22.Df5 c5 23.h4 Td6 24.Ce5 Te6 25.Ce2 Fd6 26.Cd3 g6 27.Df3 c4 28.Cdf4 Fxf4
29.Cxf4 Td6 30.b3 b5 31.Tb1 Dc8 32.Cd3 Tbb6 33.Cc5 De8 34.Df4 h5 35.f3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E11h"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fe7 6.Fg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Db3 b6 
9.Cc3 Fa6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Ce5 Fb7 12.Tac1 Cc6 13.Cb5 Cxe5 14.dxe5 Cd7 15.
De3 Cc5 16.Fb4 a5 17.Fa3 Dd7 18.Cd4 Tac8 19.f4 b5 20.Fxc5 Txc5 21.f5 Txc1 
22.Dxc1 exf5 23.Cxf5 g6 24.Cd4 Dd8 25.h4 b4 26.Df4 f6 27.Fh3 fxe5 28.Dxe5 
Ff6 29.De6+ Rh8 30.e3 Fg7 31.Txf8+ Dxf8 32.Dd7 Fh6 33.Ce6 Dc8 34.De7 d4 
35.e4 Fxe4 36.Cc5 Dxh3 37.De8+ Rg7 38.De7+ Rg8 39.De8+ Ff8 40.Cxe4 Df5 41.
b3 d3 42.Dc6 Rh8 43.Rg2 h6 44.Dc4 Dd7 45.Cf6 Dg7 46.Ce4 Db2+ 47.Rf3 De2+ 
48.Rf4 Fg7 49.Dc8+ Rh7 50.Dd7 Df1+ 51.Re3 De2+ 52.Rf4 Df1+ 53.Re3 De2+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B33t"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 Fg7 11.Fd3 Ce7 12.Cxe7 Dxe7 13.c4 f5 14.O-O O-O 15.
Df3 d5 16.cxd5 fxe4 17.Fxe4 Tb8 18.Tfd1 Dh4 19.g3 Dg5 20.Db3 Fg4 21.Ff3 f5
22.Fxg4 Dxg4 23.d6+ Rh8 24.Dd5 f4 25.Cc2 Dg6 26.Cb4 Dg4 27.Cc6 f3 28.Cxe5 
Dh5 29.Cxf3 Dxf3 30.Dxf3 Txf3 31.d7 Td8 32.Td2 Rg8 33.Rg2 Tf5 34.Tc1 Rf7 
35.f4 b4 36.Tc4 Tb5 37.Rf3 b3 38.Ta4 bxa2 39.Txa6 Txb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90s"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.g4 Cb6 10.g5 Ch5 11.Dd2 Fe7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Tg1 Tc8 14.Rb1 Dc7 15.
Df2 Fd8 16.h4 g6 17.Dd2 Fe7 18.Dh2 Cc4 19.Fxc4 Fxc4 20.Ca4 b5 21.Cb6 Tb8 
22.Cd5 Fxd5 23.Txd5 f6 24.De2 fxg5 25.hxg5 Tf7 26.Cd2 Cf4 27.Fxf4 Txf4 28.
Tg3 Th4 29.Dg2 Th5 30.f4 exf4 31.Tc3 Dd7 32.a3 Tc8 33.Tcd3 De6 34.Cf3 Dxe4
35.T5d4 Df5 36.Td1 Ff8 37.Dd2 Tc4 38.Te1 Th3 39.Txc4 bxc4 40.Cd4 Dd5 41.
Dxf4 Th1 42.Txh1 Dxh1+ 43.Ra2 Dd5 44.c3 Fe7 45.Cf3 De6 46.Dd4 d5 47.Da7 
Dd6 48.Db7 a5 49.Db5 Fd8 50.Db7 Fe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[ECO "D15k"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 a6 5.c5 Cbd7 6.Ff4 Ch5 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fd2 Chf6
9.Dc2 Dc7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Cxe4 Cxe4 12.Dxe4 Cf6 13.Dc2 Fe6 14.Fd3 Cd7 15.O-O
Fd5 16.Tfe1 e6 17.Ce5 Cxe5 18.dxe5 Fe7 19.Tac1 O-O 20.Da4 f5 21.exf6 Fxf6 
22.Dg4 Fe5 23.h3 Fh2+ 24.Rf1 Dg3 25.Dxg3 Fxg3 26.Te2 Fxa2 27.Fc4 Fxc4 28.
Txc4 Tad8 29.Fe1 Tf6 30.Tce4 Td5 31.Txe6 Txe6 32.Txe6 Fe5 33.Te7 Txc5 34.
Txb7 Tc1 35.Tb6 a5 36.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90u"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.Dd2 b5 10.O-O-O h5 11.Cd5 Fxd5 12.exd5 g6 13.Rb1 Cb6 14.Dc3 Fe7 15.
Dc6+ Cbd7 16.Fb6 Dxb6 17.Dxa8+ Cb8 18.Ca5 Cd7 19.Cc6 Fg5 20.Da7 Cxc6 21.
Dxb6 Cxb6 22.dxc6 Re7 23.Td3 Tc8 24.Ta3 Ca4 25.c4 Txc6 26.Fe2 Tb6 27.cxb5 
axb5 28.Fxb5 Txb5 29.Txa4 f5 30.Td1 Fe3 31.a3 d5 32.b4 d4 33.Ta5 Txa5 34.
bxa5 Rd6 35.Rc2 e4 36.fxe4 fxe4 37.Te1 1-0

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B33x"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.Fd3 Fe6 12.c3 Fg7 13.Cxb5 axb5 14.Fxb5 Fd7 15.
exf5 O-O 16.Dg4 Cb8 17.O-O h5 18.Df3 Dg5 19.a4 Ta7 20.De3 Dxe3 21.fxe3 Fh6
22.e4 Fg5 23.b4 Fxb5 24.axb5 Tb7 25.f6 Rh7 26.Ta5 Cd7 27.Ta6 Cb6 28.Td1 
Cc4 29.Tc6 Ce3 30.Td3 Cxd5 31.Txd5 Ta8 32.Ta6 Tc8 33.Tc6 Ta8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C97b"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Ca5 10.Fc2 c5 11.d4 Dc7 12.d5 Cc4 13.b3 Cb6 14.a4 Fd7 15.a5 Cc8 16.c4
g6 17.Cc3 Ch5 18.Ce2 Te8 19.Ta2 Ff8 20.g4 Cg7 21.Cg3 f6 22.Ch2 Te7 23.h4 
Tf7 24.f4 exf4 25.Fxf4 Dd8 26.Tf1 De7 27.h5 Ce8 28.Fd3 Fg7 29.Rg2 Df8 30.
Dc1 bxc4 31.bxc4 Tb8 32.Taf2 Tb3 33.Tf3 Ce7 34.Fd2 Fc8 35.Dc2 Tb8 36.Rh1 
gxh5 37.Cxh5 Cg6 38.e5 dxe5 39.Fxg6 hxg6 40.Dxg6 e4 41.Th3 Tfb7 42.Cf4 Tb1
43.Dh7+ Rf7 44.Dh5+ Rg8 45.Cg6 1-0

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E04g"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Fg2 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ce5 Cd5 8.e4 Cf6 
9.a4 Fb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Txa8 Fxa8 12.Cc3 c6 13.Ff4 Fe7 14.Da1 Cbd7 15.d5 
Cxe5 16.Fxe5 cxd5 17.exd5 Fxd5 18.Fxf6 Fxf6 19.Fxd5 exd5 20.Te1+ Rf8 21.
Da3+ Fe7 22.Da7 g6 23.Cxb5 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B30j"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Fc4 d6 5.d3 Fe7 6.O-O Cf6 7.Cg5 O-O 8.f4 Fg4 
9.De1 exf4 10.Fxf4 Cd4 11.Dd2 h6 12.Cf3 Cxf3+ 13.gxf3 Fe6 14.Tae1 Rh7 15.
Rh1 Ch5 16.Fg3 Fh4 17.Tg1 Cxg3+ 18.hxg3 Ff6 19.Rg2 Da5 20.Te2 Fxc3 21.Dxc3
Dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C88n"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.a4 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.Cbd2 Cd7 11.c3 Cc5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Txa8 Dxa8 14.Fc2 b4 15.d4 
bxc3 16.bxc3 Cd7 17.Cf1 Ff6 18.d5 Ccb8 19.h4 Cc5 20.Cg3 Fc8 21.Cg5 h6 22.
Ch5 Fe7 23.Ch3 Da2 24.Te3 g6 25.Tg3 Cbd7 26.Fxh6 Fxh4 27.Tg4 Fe7 28.Fg5 
Fxg5 29.Cxg5 f5 30.exf5 gxh5 31.Tg3 Cf6 32.Ce6+ Rf7 33.Tg7+ Re8 34.Cxc7+ 
Rd8 35.Ce6+ Re8 36.Cc7+ Rd8 37.Ce6+ Re8 38.Cc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B30j"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Fc4 d6 5.d3 Fe7 6.O-O Cf6 7.Cg5 O-O 8.f4 Fg4 
9.De1 exf4 10.Fxf4 Cd4 11.Dd2 Dd7 12.h3 Fh5 13.g4 h6 14.gxh5 hxg5 15.Fxg5 
Dxh3 16.Dg2 Dxg2+ 17.Rxg2 Cxc2 18.Tac1 Cd4 19.h6 Tae8 20.Fd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A67e"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Fg7 8.Fb5+ Cfd7
9.Fd3 Dh4+ 10.g3 De7 11.Cf3 O-O 12.O-O Cb6 13.Rg2 Fg4 14.h3 Fxf3+ 15.Dxf3 
C8d7 16.Fe3 c4 17.Fc2 Tac8 18.Tad1 Cc5 19.Fxc5 Txc5 20.e5 f5 21.e6 Cc8 22.
g4 Dh4 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Rh2 Ce7 25.Tg1 Rh8 26.Ce2 Fh6 27.b4 cxb3 28.Fxb3 
Cg6 29.Dg3 Dxg3+ 30.Rxg3 b5 31.Tc1 Tfc8 32.Txc5 Txc5 33.Rf3 Rg7 34.h4 Rf6 
35.h5 Cxf4 36.Cxf4 Tc3+ 37.Rf2 Fxf4 38.Tg8 Tc7 39.a4 b4 40.a5 Fg5 41.Tb8 
Re5 42.Txb4 Fd2 43.Tb5 a6 44.Tb6 Fxa5 45.Txa6 Fd2 46.Ta8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B48g"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Dd2 Cf6 8.O-O-O
Fb4 9.f3 Ca5 10.Cb3 d5 11.Ff4 Cxb3+ 12.cxb3 Da5 13.e5 Cd7 14.a3 Fe7 15.Rb1
b5 16.b4 Dd8 17.Ce2 Cb6 18.Cd4 Fd7 19.b3 O-O 20.Ra2 Db8 21.Tc1 Da7 22.Fe3 
Tac8 23.Fd3 Db8 24.f4 Tfd8 25.Df2 Txc1 26.Txc1 Tc8 27.Txc8+ Cxc8 28.Dc2 h6
29.Cc6 Db7 30.Cxe7+ Cxe7 31.Dc5 Cf5 32.Fd4 Dc6 33.Rb2 Dxc5 34.Fxc5 Fc6 35.
a4 h5 36.g3 f6 37.exf6 gxf6 38.Fxf5 exf5 39.a5 Rf7 40.Rc3 Re6 41.Rd4 Fe8 
42.Re3 Rf7 43.Fb6 Re6 44.Rd4 Rd6 45.Fd8 Re6 46.Rc5 Fd7 47.Fb6 Fe8 48.Fa7 
d4 49.Rxd4 Rd6 50.Fc5+ Rc6 51.Fe7 Ff7 52.Fxf6 Rd6 53.Fe5+ Rc6 54.Fg7 Fxb3 
55.Re5 Fc2 56.Rf6 Rd7 57.Rg5 Fd1 58.Rxf5 Fg4+ 59.Rg5 Re6 60.f5+ Rf7 61.Fd4
1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C42s"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.Cc3 
Ff5 9.De1 Fb4 10.De3 O-O 11.Cxe4 dxe4 12.Fxe4 Te8 13.Fxf5 Txe3 14.fxe3 Ce7
15.Fd3 f6 16.e4 Rh8 17.e5 c5 18.exf6 gxf6 19.a3 Fa5 20.dxc5 Fc7 21.b4 Cc6 
22.Fb2 Ce5 23.Fe4 Cxf3+ 24.Fxf3 Tb8 25.Fxb7 Fxh2+ 26.Rxh2 Dc7+ 27.Rg1 Dxb7
28.Txf6 Rg8 29.Taf1 Td8 30.T1f3 Dc7 31.T6f4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B33x"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.Fd3 Fe6 12.c3 Fg7 13.Dh5 O-O 14.O-O f4 15.Tfd1
Tb8 16.Cc2 Dd7 17.Dh4 f5 18.Ccb4 Cxb4 19.Cxb4 Ff6 20.Dh5 a5 21.exf5 Ff7 
22.Dh6 Fg7 23.Dh4 axb4 24.f6 Fg6 25.fxg7 Rxg7 26.cxb4 Tbc8 27.Dg5 De6 28.
Fe4 Tf6 29.Fd5 Dd7 30.Tac1 h6 31.Dh4 Fc2 32.Te1 Fd3 33.h3 Txc1 34.Txc1 e4 
35.b3 Df5 36.Tc7+ Rf8 37.a4 e3 38.fxe3 fxe3 39.Ff3 e2 40.Tc1 bxa4 41.bxa4 
Df4 42.Dxf4 Txf4 43.b5 Txa4 44.b6 Tc4 45.Ta1 Ta4 46.Te1 Tb4 47.Fxe2 Fxe2 
48.Txe2 Txb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B33t"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 Fg7 11.Fd3 Ce7 12.Cxe7 Dxe7 13.O-O O-O 14.c4 f5 15.
Df3 d5 16.cxd5 fxe4 17.Fxe4 Dd7 18.d6 Tb8 19.Tad1 Tb6 20.Dc3 Txd6 21.Ff5 
Txd1 22.Fxd7 Txd7 23.Cc2 Tfd8 24.Ce3 Td2 25.h4 Fe6 26.a3 f5 27.Dc6 T2d6 
28.Dc2 Td2 29.Td1 Txd1+ 30.Cxd1 Ff6 31.g3 Tc8 32.Dd2 Td8 33.De2 Fc4 34.Dc2
f4 35.Cc3 Fd3 36.Dd1 fxg3 37.fxg3 e4 38.Dg4+ Rh8 39.De6 Fd4+ 40.Rh2 Tf8 
41.Cxe4 Fxe4 42.Dxe4 Fxb2 43.Db4 Fg7 44.g4 h6 45.De4 a5 46.g5 b4 47.axb4 
axb4 48.Dxb4 Rh7 49.De4+ Rh8 50.Rg3 Td8 51.De6 hxg5 52.hxg5 Td4 53.Rf3 Rh7
54.Df5+ Rh8 55.Rg3 Rg8 56.Rf2 Rh8 57.Re2 Rg8 58.Dg6 Rh8 59.Df7 Rh7 60.Rf3 
Rh8 61.De7 Rh7 62.De6 Rh8 63.Dc6 Rh7 64.Db6 Td3+ 65.Rg4 Tc3 66.De6 Tc7 67.
g6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B81h"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.Fe3 e5 8.Fb5+ Fd7
9.Cb3 Fxb5 10.Cxb5 d5 11.exd5 a6 12.Cc3 Fb4 13.d6 Dxd6 14.Dxd6 Fxd6 15.
O-O-O Fe7 16.h3 Cbd7 17.f4 exf4 18.Fxf4 O-O 19.Ca5 Fb4 20.Cxb7 Fxc3 21.
bxc3 Tfc8 22.Td3 Tc4 23.Fh2 Cc5 24.Cxc5 Txc5 25.Te1 h5 26.gxh5 Txh5 27.Te5
Th4 28.Ta5 Ce4 29.c4 Tc8 30.c5 Txc5 31.Txa6 Cf2 32.Tf3 Cxh3 33.Ta8+ Rh7 
34.Txf7 Thc4 35.Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E35"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Fg5 h6 7.Fh4 c5 8.dxc5 
g5 9.Fg3 Ce4 10.e3 Da5 11.Ce2 Ff5 12.Fe5 O-O 13.Cd4 Te8 14.Fxb8 Fg6 15.Fc7
Dxc7 16.Fd3 Fxc5 17.Fxe4 dxe4 18.O-O-O Tac8 19.Rb1 Ted8 20.Cb3 Fe7 21.
Txd8+ Txd8 22.h3 Ff6 23.Ce2 Db6 24.Td1 Td3 25.Cec1 Txd1 26.Dxd1 h5 27.Ce2 
Db5 28.Ced4 Dc4 29.De2 Dxe2 30.Cxe2 h4 31.Rc2 Ff5 32.Cd2 Rg7 33.Cc3 Fe5 
34.Ccxe4 Rg6 35.f3 b6 36.b3 Fc8 37.Cf2 Fg3 38.Cd3 f5 39.e4 Fh2 40.exf5+ 
Rxf5 41.Ce4 Fb7 42.Cc3 Fb8 43.Cb5 a6 44.Cd4+ Rf6 45.Cf2 Re5 46.Rd3 Rf6 47.
Cg4+ Rg6 48.a4 Fd5 49.Ce3 Fg8 50.Re4 Fd6 51.Cef5 Fa3 52.Ce3 Fc5 53.Cd5 a5 
54.Re5 Fxd4+ 55.Rxd4 Fe6 56.Re5 Ff7 57.f4 gxf4 58.Cxf4+ Rg5 59.Ce6+ Rg6 
60.Cd4 Rg5 61.Re4 Fg8 62.Re5 Ff7 63.Ce6+ Rg6 64.Cf4+ Rg5 65.Cd5 Fg8 66.Rd6
Ff7 67.Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.Cf3 Cc6 6.O-O Cb6 7.d3 Fe7 8.a3 
O-O 9.Cbd2 a5 10.b3 Fe6 11.Dc2 f6 12.Ce4 Dd7 13.Fe3 Cd5 14.Fc5 b6 15.Fxe7 
Cdxe7 16.Tac1 Tac8 17.Ced2 Fd5 18.e3 Tfd8 19.Tfd1 Rh8 20.Db2 Fe6 21.Ff1 
Fg4 22.Te1 Df5 23.Ch4 Dd7 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Cd5 26.b5 Ca5 27.Chf3 De7 28.
Tb1 c5 29.bxc6 Cxc6 30.Tec1 Cdb4 31.Ce1 Ff5 32.Tc3 Cd5 33.Tb3 Ca5 34.Ta3 
Fe6 35.e4 Cc7 36.Tc3 Tb8 37.Tcc1 Fg8 38.Cef3 Ce6 39.Db4 Cc5 40.Db5 Ff7 41.
Tc3 Fe8 42.Db4 Cc6 43.Da3 Ta8 44.Dc1 Tab8 45.h3 Dd6 46.Cc4 Dc7 47.Cxb6 
Cxe4 48.dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C45p"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Cxd4 Fc5 5.Cb3 Fb6 6.De2 d6 7.Fe3 Cf6 8.Cc3 
O-O 9.O-O-O Te8 10.f3 Ce5 11.Dd2 Fe6 12.Fe2 Fc4 13.g4 Fxe3 14.Dxe3 c6 15.
g5 Ch5 16.f4 Fxe2 17.Cxe2 Cc4 18.Df3 g6 19.Cg3 Cg7 20.h4 a5 21.h5 Db6 22.
Dc3 Db4 23.Td3 Dxc3 24.Txc3 d5 25.Cd4 Ce6 26.exd5 cxd5 27.Cge2 Cxd4 28.
Cxd4 Te4 29.Cb5 Txf4 30.Cc7 Td8 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Tch3 Rf8 33.Ce6+ fxe6 34.
Th8+ Re7 35.T1h7+ Rd6 36.Txd8+ Re5 37.Th1 Ce3 38.Te1 Re4 39.Td6 e5 40.Txg6
Tf2 41.c3 Tc2+ 42.Rb1 Tg2 43.Tg8 Rd3 44.g6 d4 45.cxd4 exd4 46.g7 Rd2 47.
Tc1 d3 48.Tf8 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E15o"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Cc3 O-O 8.Tc1 c6 
9.e4 d5 10.Fd3 dxe4 11.Cxe4 Cbd7 12.Cxf6+ Cxf6 13.Fc3 c5 14.dxc5 Fxc5 15.
De2 Fb7 16.O-O h6 17.b4 Fe7 18.Tfd1 Dc7 19.Fxf6 Fxf6 20.Fe4 Fxe4 21.Dxe4 
a5 22.b5 Dc5 23.Cd4 Fxd4 24.Txd4 Ta7 25.Tcd1 Tc7 26.Td8 Tc8 27.Txf8+ Txf8 
28.Td7 g6 29.Rg2 h5 30.h4 Tc8 31.Db7 Dxc4 32.Txf7 Dd5+ 33.Dxd5 exd5 34.Tf6
Rg7 35.Tc6 Te8 36.Txb6 Te2 37.Tb7+ Rh6 38.a3 Ta2 39.Td7 Txa3 40.Txd5 Tb3 
41.f3 a4 42.Td4 a3 43.Ta4 Tb2+ 44.Rh3 Txb5 45.Txa3 Tb2 46.Ta7 Tf2 47.Tf7 
Ta2 48.g4 hxg4+ 49.fxg4 Ta3+ 50.Rg2 Ta2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C67t"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 h6 10.h3 Ce7 11.Ce4 b6 12.b3 Fd7 13.Fb2 c5 14.Cg3 Fe6 15.
Ch5 g5 16.Cd2 Cg6 17.c4 Rd7 18.Ce4 Rc6 19.g4 a6 20.a4 Td8 21.Tfd1 Fe7 22.
f3 Txd1+ 23.Txd1 b5 24.axb5+ axb5 25.Cg7 bxc4 26.Cxe6 fxe6 27.bxc4 Tb8 28.
Fc3 Cf4 29.Rf2 Cxh3+ 30.Re3 Cf4 31.Th1 Ff8 32.Ta1 Td8 33.Cf2 Fg7 34.Ta6+ 
Rb7 35.Ta5 Rb6 36.Ta2 Cg2+ 37.Re2 Tf8 38.Ce4 Ch4 39.Tb2+ Rc6 40.Ta2 Rb6 
41.Tb2+ Rc6 42.Ta2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C11t"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Fe7 6.Fxf6 Fxf6 7.Cf3 O-O 8.
Dd2 Cd7 9.O-O-O Fe7 10.Fd3 b6 11.h4 Fb7 12.c3 c5 13.Ceg5 h6 14.Fh7+ Rh8 
15.Fc2 Dc7 16.Dd3 Cf6 17.Ce5 Fd6 18.Tde1 cxd4 19.Cg4 Fa6 20.Dxa6 Cxg4 21.
Dd3 Ff4+ 22.Rb1 g6 23.g3 Fe5 24.h5 Cxf2 25.Df3 Cxh1 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Dxh1 
Fg7 28.Cxe6 Dd6 29.Db7 Tg8 30.Cf4 Tae8 31.Txe8 Txe8 32.a3 g5 33.Cg6+ Rg8 
34.Da6 Dd5 35.c4 Dh1+ 36.Ra2 d3 37.Fxd3 Dc6 38.c5 Dxc5 39.Da4 Td8 40.Db3+ 
Rh7 41.Ce7+ Rh8 42.Cg6+ Rh7 43.Fb1 Dd4 44.Ce5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 De7 9.
Ff4 Ch5 10.Fh2 f5 11.e3 f4 12.Fd3 Fh6 13.O-O O-O 14.exf4 Cxf4 15.Te1 Dd8 
16.Fc4 b6 17.Fg3 Ta7 18.Ce4 Tg7 19.Ta3 g5 20.Ch2 Tg6 21.Tae3 Fg7 22.Cc3 
Cd7 23.Cg4 Cf6 24.Te6 Cxg4 25.hxg4 Rh8 26.Fxf4 gxf4 27.Txg6 hxg6 28.Df3 
Dh4 29.Dh3 Dxh3 30.gxh3 Fe5 31.f3 Rg7 32.Ce4 Fd7 33.Cg5 b5 34.axb5 axb5 
35.Ff1 Ta8 36.b3 Ta3 37.Tb1 Fd4+ 38.Rh1 Rf6 39.Ce6 Ff2 40.Cxf4 g5 41.Ce6 
Fe8 42.Cc7 Fg6 43.Cxb5 Ta2 44.Td1 Fg3 45.Fd3 Fe5 46.Fxg6 Rxg6 47.Td3 Ta5 
48.Cc7 Ta7 49.Cb5 Ta5 50.Cc7 Ta3 51.Cb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B07t"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.Fe3 c6 5.h3 Cbd7 6.Cf3 Dc7 7.Dd2 b5 8.Fd3 Fb7 
9.O-O Fg7 10.Ce2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Cg3 O-O 13.c4 a6 14.Tfd1 Tfd8 15.Dc2 
Ce8 16.b4 Cb6 17.c5 Cd7 18.a4 Cf8 19.Cd2 Td7 20.Cb3 Tad8 21.axb5 axb5 22.
Fe2 Txd1+ 23.Txd1 Txd1+ 24.Fxd1 Fc8 25.Dd2 Fe6 26.Ca5 Cd7 27.Fg4 Fxg4 28.
hxg4 Ff8 29.g5 Cg7 30.Cf1 Ce6 31.Ch2 Fe7 32.g3 Fd8 33.Cb3 Cb8 34.Cf3 Fe7 
35.Cc1 Cd7 36.Cd3 Ff8 37.Da2 Fg7 38.Da8+ Cdf8 39.Rg2 f6 40.gxf6 Fxf6 41.
Fh6 Rf7 42.Fxf8 Cxf8 43.Dxc6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B27s"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.h3 Ce7 7.Cc3 h6 8.Fd3 g5 9.O-O
Fxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.h4 Fg4 12.Fe2 Cd7 13.hxg5 Cg6 14.g3 De7 15.gxh6 O-O-O 
16.Ch4 Fxe2 17.Cxg6 fxg6 18.Dxe2 g5 19.Dg4 Tdg8 20.Rg2 Txh6 21.Fe3 Rc7 22.
Th1 Thg6 23.Th2 Cb6 24.Tah1 Cxc4 25.Fc1 T6g7 26.Th8 Dd7 27.Dxd7+ Rxd7 28.
T1h7 Txh7 29.Txg8 g4 30.Txg4 b5 31.Tg8 Rc7 32.g4 Td7 33.g5 Td8 34.Tg6 a5 
35.Tf6 b4 36.cxb4 cxb4 37.g6 Tg8 38.Fh6 Cb6 39.g7 Cd7 40.Tf3 a4 41.Rf1 Rb6
42.Re2 a3 43.Rd1 Rb5 44.Rc2 Tc8+ 45.Rb1 Ra4 46.Tf8 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Cb8 11.Cbd2 Cbd7 12.Cf1 Te8 13.Cg3 c6 14.Cf5 Ff8 15.Ch2 d5 
16.Df3 dxe4 17.dxe4 c5 18.c4 Db6 19.Cg4 Cxg4 20.hxg4 b4 21.Fa4 Ted8 22.Fg5
f6 23.Fe3 De6 24.g5 Cb6 25.Fb3 a5 26.axb4 axb4 27.Dg4 fxg5 28.Fxg5 Dg6 29.
Ch4 Df7 30.Fxd8 Txd8 31.Cf5 g6 32.Tad1 Txd1 33.Txd1 Df6 34.Ce3 h5 35.Df3 
Dxf3 36.gxf3 Rf7 37.Ta1 Cc8 38.Fa4 Cd6 39.Fd7 Re7 40.Fh3 Rd8 41.Fe6 Rc7 
42.Fd5 Fh6 43.Fxb7 Fxe3 44.fxe3 Rxb7 45.b3 g5 46.Rg2 g4 47.Th1 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D17h"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.Ce5 Cbd7 7.Cxc4 Cd5 8.g3 
e5 9.Fg2 exd4 10.Dxd4 Df6 11.Dxf6 C7xf6 12.Cxd5 cxd5 13.Ce3 Fb4+ 14.Fd2 
Fxd2+ 15.Rxd2 Fe4 16.Ff3 O-O-O 17.Thd1 d4 18.Cg4 Fxf3 19.exf3 Cd7 20.f4 f6
21.f3 Rb8 22.Cf2 The8 23.Te1 Cc5 24.Txe8 Txe8 25.Ta3 Te3 26.Cd3 Ca6 27.a5 
Rc7 28.Ta1 Rd6 29.Tc1 Txf3 30.Tc8 Rd5 31.b4 b6 32.Ta8 Rc4 33.Ce1 Tf2+ 34.
Rd1 Cxb4 35.Txa7 bxa5 36.Txa5 d3 37.Ta7 Cd5 38.Ta4+ Rb3 39.Td4 Cc3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C78m"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.c3 d6 
9.d3 O-O 10.Cbd2 Fb6 11.h3 Ce7 12.Te1 Cg6 13.Cf1 h6 14.Cg3 Te8 15.d4 Fb7 
16.Fc2 d5 17.Cxe5 Cxe5 18.dxe5 Cxe4 19.Cxe4 dxe4 20.Dh5 g6 21.Dxh6 Txe5 
22.Fe3 Df6 23.Fxb6 Dxb6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Df4 Tbe8 26.Te3 Rg7 27.Td1 Fd5 28.
h4 b4 29.Tde1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E15o"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Cc3 O-O 8.Tc1 Fb7
9.Fg2 d5 10.Ce5 Ca6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.O-O c5 13.Fe3 Te8 14.Cd3 Dd7 15.Ca4 
cxd4 16.Fxd4 Ce4 17.Cf4 Ff8 18.Cc3 Tad8 19.e3 Cb4 20.Fh3 De7 21.Cb5 Cc6 
22.Fb2 d4 23.Cxd4 Cxf2 24.Txf2 Dxe3 25.Fg2 Cxd4 26.Fxb7 Fc5 27.b4 Ce2+ 28.
Dxe2 Dxf2+ 29.Dxf2 Fxf2+ 30.Rxf2 Td2+ 31.Rf3 Txb2 32.Fd5 Rf8 33.Fb3 Txh2 
34.Cd5 Th5 35.g4 Th3+ 36.Rg2 Td3 37.Tc7 Td8 38.Cf4 T3d7 39.Tc6 Td6 40.Tc7 
T6d7 41.Tc6 Td6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90m"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.Dd2 b5
9.O-O-O Cbd7 10.f4 Fe7 11.Rb1 Tc8 12.f5 Fc4 13.g4 Cxg4 14.Tg1 Cxe3 15.Dxe3
g6 16.Fxc4 bxc4 17.Cd2 Cf6 18.Dh3 Dd7 19.Cf1 gxf5 20.Ce3 Cxe4 21.Ccd5 Cf2 
22.Dh5 Cxd1 23.Txd1 Tc5 24.Cxe7 Dxe7 25.Cxf5 e4 26.Cg7+ Rf8 27.Dh6 De5 28.
Cf5+ Re8 29.Cxd6+ Re7 30.Cf5+ Re8 31.Dg5 Dc7 32.Cg7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B33w"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.c3 Fg7 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 O-O 14.Cce3 Fe6 15.
Fd3 f5 16.O-O Ta7 17.a4 Ce7 18.axb5 Cxd5 19.Fc4 Cf4 20.Fxe6+ Cxe6 21.Dd5 
De8 22.Txa6 Taf7 23.Dc4 f4 24.Cd5 e4 25.Txd6 Cg5 26.h4 De5 27.Tc6 Ce6 28.
b6 Rh8 29.Tc8 Txc8 30.Dxc8+ Tf8 31.b7 Dxd5 32.b8=D Txc8 33.Dxc8+ Ff8 34.
Te1 Rg8 35.c4 De5 36.Da8 e3 37.fxe3 fxe3 38.Df3 Fc5 39.Rh1 Dxb2 40.Tf1 Dg7
41.Da8+ Ff8 42.De4 Dh6 43.g3 Fc5 44.Da8+ Ff8 45.Df3 Rh8 46.De4 Fd6 47.Tf3 
Fc5 48.De5+ Dg7 49.Dxe6 Db7 50.Rg2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "C78m"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.c3 d6 
9.d4 Fb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Ca3 O-O 12.Cxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Fg4 14.Fa4 d5 15.e5 
Ce4 16.Fe3 f6 17.Dc2 Cb4 18.Db3 Fa5 19.Cd2 c6 20.Ca7 Ff5 21.Cxe4 Fxe4 22.
f3 Fg6 23.Da3 fxe5 24.Cxc6 Cxc6 25.Fxc6 Fb4 26.Da7 e4 27.Da2 Rh8 28.Dxd5 
Dc7 29.fxe4 Ff7 30.Dd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Abulhul, Tarik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Db3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.a3 Fxc3 7.Dxc3 b6 8.Fg2 
Fb7 9.b4 d6 10.O-O Cbd7 11.d3 Tc8 12.e4 Dc7 13.b5 Tfe8 14.Te1 h6 15.Fh3 
Tcd8 16.Ta2 Fc8 17.a4 e5 18.a5 Cf8 19.Fxc8 Txc8 20.Fb2 Dd7 21.axb6 axb6 
22.Ch4 Dh3 23.f3 Ce6 24.Dd2 Ch5 25.Cf5 Cg5 26.De3 Te6 27.Tf1 Rh7 28.Fc1 
Tg6 29.Df2 Te8 30.Dg2 Dxg2+ 31.Rxg2 Ce6 32.Rf2 Cg5 33.Fxg5 hxg5 34.Ta7 Tf6
35.Ce3 Tb8 36.Tfa1 Rg6 37.Td7 Te6 38.Taa7 Tf8 39.Tdb7 Cf6 40.Txb6 Th8 41.
Rg2 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E48"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Fd3 c5 6.Ce2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 
Cxd5 9.O-O Cc6 10.Fe4 h6 11.Cxd5 exd5 12.Fc2 Fd6 13.Ff4 Te8 14.Fxd6 Dxd6 
15.Dd3 g6 16.Dd2 Rg7 17.Cf4 Fd7 18.Tfe1 Tad8 19.Fb3 Df6 20.Ted1 Ce7 21.
Tac1 Fc6 22.Fc2 Cc8 23.b3 Cd6 24.f3 Cb5 25.Ce2 Te7 26.Te1 Tde8 27.Rf1 Te3 
28.a4 Cc7 29.Da5 Ce6 30.Dxa7 Dh4 31.Da5 Dxh2 32.Dd2 Cg5 33.Cg1 Txf3+ 34.
Cxf3 Cxf3 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "C78q"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fb7 7.d3 Fe7 8.Te1 O-O
9.a3 Te8 10.Cbd2 Ff8 11.Cf1 h6 12.Fa2 d6 13.c3 Cb8 14.Ch4 d5 15.Df3 c6 16.
Cf5 Cbd7 17.g4 Ch7 18.Dg3 Cc5 19.h4 a5 20.Fd2 a4 21.Tad1 Cb3 22.Fxb3 axb3 
23.Ch2 c5 24.Cf3 Df6 25.exd5 Fxd5 26.Cxe5 Tad8 27.c4 bxc4 28.Fa5 Ta8 29.
Fc3 Da6 30.Cd7 Fe6 31.Cxf8 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B48g"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Dc7 5.Cc3 e6 6.Fe3 a6 7.Dd2 Cf6 8.O-O-O
Fb4 9.f3 Ce5 10.Cb3 b5 11.Rb1 Fe7 12.Df2 d6 13.Fb6 Db8 14.Fd4 Cc6 15.Fe3 
Cd7 16.g4 O-O 17.g5 b4 18.Ca4 Cce5 19.Tg1 Fb7 20.Ca5 Tc8 21.b3 Fc6 22.Cxc6
Cxc6 23.f4 Cc5 24.Cxc5 dxc5 25.f5 Ce5 26.Fh3 exf5 27.exf5 Te8 28.Ff4 Fd6 
29.g6 hxg6 30.fxg6 Ta7 31.Dg2 Cc4 32.Txd6 Cxd6 33.Dd5 Td8 34.gxf7+ Txf7 
35.Fe6 Db7 36.Dg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C54f"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fc4 Cf6 4.d3 Fc5 5.c3 d6 6.Fb3 a6 7.Cbd2 O-O 8.h3 Fa7 
9.Cf1 d5 10.De2 Fe6 11.Fg5 dxe4 12.dxe4 Fxb3 13.axb3 Dd6 14.Cg3 De6 15.b4 
Ce8 16.O-O f6 17.Fe3 Fxe3 18.fxe3 Cd6 19.Tf2 a5 20.bxa5 Cxa5 21.Ch4 g6 22.
Taf1 Cb3 23.Dc2 Ta1 24.Cf3 Txf1+ 25.Cxf1 Cc5 26.C3d2 b5 27.Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E00r"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Cbd2 dxc4 6.Fg2 b5 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 c6
9.e4 c3 10.Cb3 Fa6 11.a5 Cxe4 12.Dc2 cxb2 13.Fxb2 Cf6 14.Ce5 Cd5 15.Tfc1 
Fb7 16.Cc5 Fxc5 17.dxc5 f6 18.Cd3 Ca6 19.Te1 Fc8 20.Fe4 h6 21.Tad1 Dc7 22.
De2 e5 23.f4 Fe6 24.fxe5 f5 25.Fxd5 cxd5 26.Cf4 Dc6 27.Dh5 Cc7 28.Dg6 De8 
29.Fa3 Tb8 30.Td4 Ff7 31.Dd6 Ce6 32.Cxe6 Fxe6 33.c6 Tf7 34.Tc1 Tc8 35.Txd5
f4 36.Txb5 fxg3 37.hxg3 Td8 38.Db4 Tf3 39.c7 Txg3+ 40.Rf2 Df7+ 41.Rxg3 
Td3+ 42.Rg2 Df3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "B67e"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Fd7 9.f3 Fe7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.h4 Db8 12.g4 Tc8 13.Cxc6 Fxc6 14.Fd3 b5 15.Ce2 
b4 16.Cd4 Fe8 17.h5 a5 18.Fe3 Cd7 19.Fb5 Ce5 20.Fxe8 Txe8 21.b3 Db7 22.g5 
a4 23.Dg2 Tec8 24.g6 axb3 25.gxf7+ Rxf7 26.cxb3 Tc3 27.Thg1 Ff8 28.Fd2 Td3
29.Fc1 Da7 30.Txd3 Cxd3 31.Fe3 Da6 32.Td1 Cc5 33.De2 Dxe2 34.Cxe2 Cd7 35.
Tc1 Cf6 36.Tc7+ Rg8 37.Cf4 e5 38.Ce6 Cxh5 39.Fd2 Tb8 40.Tc4 Fe7 41.Txb4 
Te8 42.Tb7 Fh4 43.Cc7 Tf8 44.a4 Txf3 45.a5 Ff2 46.a6 Cf6 47.Ce6 Cxe4 48.
Fe1 h5 49.Fxf2 Txf2 50.a7 Cc3+ 51.Rc1 Ta2 52.Txg7+ Rh8 53.Tc7 h4 54.Tc8+ 
Rh7 55.a8=D Txa8 56.Txa8 Ce4 57.b4 Rg6 58.b5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "D20w"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Cf3 Fb4+ 5.Cc3 exd4 6.Cxd4 Ce7 7.Fxc4 Cbc6 8.
Fe3 Cxd4 9.Dxd4 Dxd4 10.Fxd4 O-O 11.a3 Fxc3+ 12.Fxc3 Fe6 13.Fe2 Fb3 14.h4 
Tfe8 15.Th3 Cg6 16.Fd2 Fa4 17.h5 Cf8 18.b3 Fc6 19.f3 Ce6 20.Tg3 f5 21.Fc3 
fxe4 22.fxe4 Tad8 23.Fc4 Fxe4 24.Fxg7 Rf7 25.Fc3 Fd5 26.Rf2 Tg8 27.Txg8 
Rxg8 28.Td1 Fxc4 29.Txd8+ Cxd8 30.bxc4 a6 31.Re3 Rf7 32.g4 Ce6 33.Re4 Cc5+
34.Rd5 Cd7 35.g5 Cb6+ 36.Rd4 Ca4 37.Fa1 Cb6 38.c5 Cc8 39.Re4 c6 40.Ff6 b5 
41.Fd8 Re6 42.h6 Rf7 43.Rf5 a5 44.Fxa5 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C24"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Fc4 Cf6 3.d3 c6 4.Cf3 Fe7 5.O-O d6 6.a4 O-O 7.Te1 Cbd7 8.Cc3 Cc5
9.d4 exd4 10.Cxd4 a5 11.Ff4 Cg4 12.Fe2 Cf6 13.Ff3 Te8 14.Dd2 g6 15.h3 Cfd7
16.Tad1 Ff8 17.g4 Db6 18.Fg2 Ce5 19.b3 Db4 20.Cde2 f6 21.Fe3 h5 22.f4 Cxg4
23.hxg4 Fxg4 24.Dc1 f5 25.Td4 Db6 26.Dd2 Dc7 27.Ff2 Te6 28.Tc4 Tae8 29.Cd4
Txe4 30.Cxe4 Cxe4 31.Fxe4 fxe4 32.Tc3 d5 33.Tg3 Fd6 34.Fe3 Dd7 35.c3 Tf8 
36.Tf1 b6 37.Tf2 c5 38.Cb5 Fb8 39.Tfg2 g5 40.Tf2 Rg7 41.Dc1 Rg6 42.Df1 Tf5
43.Tgg2 Df7 44.fxg5 Ff3 45.Th2 Fxh2+ 46.Txh2 Tf4 47.Fxf4 Dxf4 48.Tg2 h4 
49.De1 e3 50.Th2 Dxg5+ 51.Rf1 h3 52.Db1+ Fe4 53.Db2 Fd3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D27s"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Fxc4 Cc6 8.O-O Fe7 
9.De2 cxd4 10.Td1 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.Cxd4 Cxd4 13.De5 Dd6 14.Dxd6 Fxd6 15.
Txd4 Fc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B41l"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.c4 Cf6 6.Cc3 Dc7 7.a3 b6 8.Fe3 Fb7 
9.f3 d6 10.Fe2 Fe7 11.O-O O-O 12.Dd2 Cbd7 13.Tac1 Tac8 14.Tfd1 Db8 15.Ff1 
Tfe8 16.Rh1 Fd8 17.Fg1 h5 18.Df2 Ce5 19.b3 Cg6 20.b4 h4 21.Cb3 h3 22.g3 
Ce5 23.Td4 Cc6 24.Tdd1 Ce5 25.Td4 Cc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B52n"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Fd7 4.Fxd7+ Dxd7 5.O-O Cf6 6.De2 Cc6 7.c3 e6 8.d4 
cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Cg8 11.Td1 Cge7 12.Cc3 Cc8 13.Fe3 Cb6 14.b3 Tc8 15.
Db2 Fe7 16.Ce2 O-O 17.Cf4 Tc7 18.De2 Tfc8 19.Ce1 Dd8 20.Dg4 Cd7 21.Ced3 
Cf8 22.g3 Fa3 23.Ch5 Cg6 24.h4 Df8 25.Fg5 h6 26.Fe3 Rh8 27.Dh3 Cb4 28.Cxb4
Fxb4 29.Td3 Tc2 30.a4 T8c3 31.Tad1 Txd3 32.Txd3 Ce7 33.g4 Fa3 34.Rg2 Cc6 
35.Df3 Fe7 36.g5 g6 37.Cf6 h5 38.Fd2 Fxf6 39.gxf6 Cb4 40.Dd1 Tc8 41.Tg3 
Cc6 42.Fe3 b6 43.Tg5 Dg8 44.Dd2 Tc7 45.Tg3 Rh7 46.Tg5 Rh8 47.Rh2 Tc8 48.
Tg1 Rh7 49.Tg5 Rh8 50.Tg1 Rh7 51.Rh3 a5 52.Tc1 g5 53.Dc2+ Dg6 54.Dxg6+ 
Rxg6 55.Fxg5 Rf5 56.Fe3 Re4 57.Rh2 Tc7 58.Rg3 Tc8 59.Rh2 Tc7 60.Rg2 Tc8 
61.Rh3 Tc7 62.Rg2 Tc8 63.Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E11f"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Fb4+ 4.Cbd2 O-O 5.a3 Fxd2+ 6.Fxd2 Ce4 7.e3 b6 8.Fd3
Fb7 9.O-O Cxd2 10.Cxd2 f5 11.De2 Cc6 12.Tac1 Df6 13.c5 Tae8 14.b4 Rh8 15.
f4 g5 16.b5 Ca5 17.fxg5 Dxg5 18.Cf3 Dg7 19.cxb6 cxb6 20.Tc7 Tc8 21.Tfc1 
Txc7 22.Txc7 Tc8 23.Txc8+ Fxc8 24.e4 Fb7 25.h3 d6 26.Dc2 Df6 27.Rf2 fxe4 
28.Fxe4 Fxe4 29.Dxe4 Rg7 30.Dc2 Df7 31.Re2 h6 32.a4 Db7 33.g4 Df7 34.Dc3 
Rh7 35.h4 Rg7 36.h5 Rg8 37.Dc1 e5 38.Dxh6 e4 39.Cg5 Da2+ 40.Re3 Cc4+ 41.
Rxe4 Dg2+ 42.Rf4 Df2+ 43.Re4 Dg2+ 44.Rf4 Df2+ 45.Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E17c"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fb7 5.Fg2 Fe7 6.Cc3 O-O 7.d5 Fb4 8.O-O Ca6 
9.Cd4 Fxc3 10.bxc3 Cc5 11.Cb3 Cce4 12.f3 Cxc3 13.Dc2 Ca4 14.e4 d6 15.Cd4 
Cc5 16.Fb2 Dd7 17.Fh3 Tfe8 18.a4 a5 19.Tfe1 De7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Txe5 Ccd7 
22.Te3 Dc5 23.Tae1 e5 24.Cb3 Dd6 25.Fxd7 Cxd7 26.f4 f6 27.Cd2 Df8 28.fxe5 
Cxe5 29.Fxe5 Txe5 30.Txe5 fxe5 31.Txe5 Dc5+ 32.Rg2 Tf8 33.Cf3 h6 34.Dd3 
Fa6 35.Te4 Db4 36.Ce5 Dxa4 37.h4 Da2+ 38.Te2 Da1 39.Rh2 Df1 40.De3 Fc8 41.
g4 Te8 42.Rg3 h5 43.Te1 Df6 44.gxh5 Df5 45.Rh2 Dxh5 46.Dg3 a4 47.Cg4 Fxg4 
48.Txe8+ Dxe8 49.Dxg4 De5+ 50.Rg2 a3 51.Dc8+ Rh7 52.Da6 Db2+ 53.Rf3 a2 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B40c"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Fb7 6.Fd3 Fc5 7.Fe3 Df6 8.c3 Cc6
9.Fc2 Cxd4 10.cxd4 Fb4+ 11.Rf1 Tc8 12.a3 Fe7 13.h4 e5 14.dxe5 Dxe5 15.Fd4 
Dc7 16.Cc3 Cf6 17.Th3 O-O 18.e5 Cd5 19.Dg4 g6 20.h5 f5 21.Fxf5 Cf4 22.Tg3 
Txf5 23.hxg6 h5 24.Dxf5 Tf8 25.Dc2 Fa6+ 26.Re1 h4 27.g7 Tc8 28.De4 hxg3 
29.Dxf4 Dc6 30.Dxg3 Dh6 31.Dh3 Dg6 32.Dxd7 Txc3 33.Dd5+ Rxg7 34.Fxc3 Dc2 
35.Dd2 Dh7 36.e6+ Rg8 37.De3 Dh1+ 38.Rd2 Dh4 39.Dg3+ Fg5+ 40.Rd1 Dh5+ 41.
f3 Dg6 42.Db8+ 1-0

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "JUNIOR"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C65j"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.d3 Fc5 5.c3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Fb4+ 8.Rf1 
d5 9.e5 Ce4 10.a3 Fe7 11.Dc2 O-O 12.Fe3 f5 13.Cc3 Rh8 14.Ce2 g5 15.h3 f4 
16.Fd2 Ff5 17.Dd1 a6 18.Fa4 Dd7 19.Tc1 Rg7 20.Fe1 h5 21.Ch2 h4 22.Rg1 b5 
23.Fc2 Cd8 24.Fb4 Fxb4 25.axb4 c6 26.Cf3 De7 27.De1 Ce6 28.Fd1 Tac8 29.Ta1
Da7 30.Fc2 Tf7 31.Ta3 Tg8 32.Da1 Ta8 33.Fd3 Rg8 34.Db1 Taf8 35.Dc2 Db6 36.
Ta1 Tg7 37.Tc1 Tc8 38.Td1 Tf8 39.Rf1 Tgf7 40.Tc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "HYDRA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[ECO "D00b"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c3 Cf6 3.Ff4 e6 4.e3 Fd6 5.Fg3 O-O 6.Cd2 b6 7.Cgf3 c5 8.Ce5 a5 
9.Fh4 Fe7 10.Fd3 Cfd7 11.Fg3 Cxe5 12.dxe5 Fa6 13.Fc2 Ta7 14.Dg4 d4 15.h4 
d3 16.Fb3 Dc7 17.a4 Dc8 18.Fc4 Td8 19.Fxa6 Dxa6 20.Dc4 Dc8 21.O-O-O Dc6 
22.f3 Da8 23.Cb1 Tad7 24.Td2 Cc6 25.Ca3 Td5 26.f4 T5d7 27.Rb1 Ca7 28.e4 
Dc6 29.Thd1 Tb7 30.Cb5 Cxb5 31.axb5 Dc8 32.Ff2 h5 33.Txd3 Tbd7 34.Txd7 
Txd7 35.Txd7 Dxd7 36.Rc2 Rf8 37.De2 g6 38.c4 Dd8 39.g3 Re8 40.Df3 Ff8 41.
De3 Dc7 42.Fe1 Dd7 43.Fd2 Fh6 44.Rd1 Rf8 45.Re2 Dd8 46.Fc3 Dd7 47.Df3 Re8 
48.g4 hxg4 49.Dxg4 Dc7 50.Rf3 Dd8 51.Re3 De7 52.h5 gxh5 53.Dxh5 Df8 54.Rf3
Dg7 55.Dg4 Dh7 56.f5 Rd7 57.Dh5 Dg7 58.b3 Fc1 59.Fe1 Fb2 60.Fg3 Fc3 61.Ff4
Fd4 62.Fh2 Dg8 63.Dh6 Fc3 64.Fg3 Rc7 65.Df6 Rd7 66.Ff4 Dh8 67.Rg4 Dg8+ 68.
Fg5 Fd2 69.Dh6 Fc3 70.Df6 Fd2 71.Rh5 Fxg5 72.fxe6+ fxe6 73.Dxg5 Dh8+ 74.
Rg4 Dh7 75.Df4 Re8 76.Rg5 Dg7+ 77.Rh5 Dh8+ 78.Rg4 Dh7 79.Df6 Dxe4+ 80.Rg5 
Dg2+ 81.Rh6 Dh1+ 82.Rg7 Db7+ 83.Rg8 Dg2+ 84.Dg7 Df3 85.Dg6+ Re7 86.Dg7+ 
Re8 87.Dg6+ Re7 88.Dg7+ Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fritz"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C03e"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 a6 4.Cgf3 Cf6 5.e5 Cfd7 6.Fd3 c5 7.c3 Cc6 8.O-O g5 
9.Fb1 g4 10.Ce1 h5 11.Cb3 a5 12.Cxc5 Cxc5 13.dxc5 Fxc5 14.Cd3 Fa7 15.Da4 
Fd7 16.Df4 Fb8 17.Td1 f5 18.c4 d4 19.Te1 De7 20.Fc2 h4 21.Fd2 Fc7 22.Fd1 
Tg8 23.a3 a4 24.f3 gxf3 25.Fxf3 Fa5 26.Fxa5 Txa5 27.Dd2 Dg5 28.Df2 Tg7 29.
c5 Rf8 30.Tac1 Rg8 31.Rh1 Ta8 32.Tc4 Fe8 33.Fd1 Dh6 34.Cf4 Td8 35.Txa4 d3 
36.Fb3 Ff7 37.De3 Dg5 38.Td1 Rh7 39.Td2 Dh6 40.Rg1 Dg5 41.Fc4 Fe8 42.Fxe6 
Te7 43.Txd3 Txd3 44.Dxd3 Cxe5 45.Dxf5+ Dxf5 46.Fxf5+ Rh6 47.Cd5 1-0

[Event "Human vs Computer"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "JUNIOR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[ECO "B50i"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Fd7 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.f3 e6 8.g4 h6 
9.Dd2 a6 10.O-O-O b5 11.h4 b4 12.Cce2 Da5 13.Rb1 Tc8 14.Tg1 Ce5 15.Cc1 g6 
16.g5 hxg5 17.hxg5 Ch5 18.a3 Cc4 19.Fxc4 Txc4 20.Ca2 Tc8 21.Cxb4 Da4 22.
Ra2 Da5 23.Dd3 Cg7 24.c3 e5 25.Cb3 Db5 26.Cd5 Dxd3 27.Txd3 Fb5 28.Td2 Th3 
29.Tf2 Fd7 30.Ca5 Fe6 31.c4 Ch5 32.b3 Fxd5 33.exd5 Cg3 34.Cc6 Rd7 35.b4 
Cf5 36.Fd2 Ce7 37.Ca5 Cf5 38.Te1 Fg7 39.Cc6 Cd4 40.Cxd4 exd4 41.Rb3 d3 42.
Te4 Th1 43.Tf4 Fe5 44.Txf7+ Re8 45.Tb7 Tb1+ 46.Ra4 Tb2 47.Th7 Ff4 48.Fxf4 
Txf2 49.Th8+ Rd7 50.Th7+ Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Massoni, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[ECO "A39c"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Cc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 g6 6.Fg2 Fg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Cc3 
e5 9.Cdb5 a6 10.Cd6 Ce8 11.Fe3 Cd4 12.Cxc8 Dxc8 13.Cd5 Dd8 14.Dd3 Cc7 15.
Tad1 Cce6 16.Fxd4 exd4 17.b4 Te8 18.h4 Cc7 19.Cb6 Tb8 20.a4 De7 21.Dd2 
Dxe2 22.Dxe2 Txe2 23.Cxd7 Td8 24.Cc5 b6 25.Cd3 Tde8 26.c5 bxc5 27.bxc5 Tc2
28.Tfe1 Txe1+ 29.Txe1 Ce6 30.c6 Ff8 31.Rf1 Tc3 32.Td1 Fd6 33.Re2 Rf8 34.
Tb1 Re7 35.Tb7+ Cc7 36.Ce1 Re6 37.Rd2 Ta3 38.Cc2 Txa4 39.Rd3 Ta2 40.Cxd4+ 
Re5 41.Cc2 a5 42.Ce3 Ta3+ 43.Rc2 Rd4 44.Rb2 Td3 45.Ta7 Td2+ 46.Cc2+ 1-0

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "A09p"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Ca3 a6 4.Cxc4 b5 5.Ce3 Fb7 6.g3 Cd7 7.Fg2 c5 8.d4 
cxd4 9.Cxd4 Fxg2 10.Cxg2 e5 11.Cb3 Fb4+ 12.Fd2 Fxd2+ 13.Dxd2 Cgf6 14.O-O 
O-O 15.Tfd1 De7 16.Dd6 Dxd6 17.Txd6 a5 18.Ce3 a4 19.Cd2 Tfc8 20.Cf3 Tc7 
21.Tad1 Tac8 22.Rg2 Rf8 23.g4 h6 24.h4 Re8 25.a3 Tc6 26.T6d2 T8c7 27.Cf5 
g6 28.Cd6+ Re7 29.Cxb5 Tb7 30.Cc3 Cxg4 31.Cd5+ Re8 32.Rg3 f5 33.Cb4 Tc4 
34.Td6 Cgf6 35.Rg2 Tg4+ 36.Rf1 e4 37.Ce5 Txh4 38.Cxg6 Th1+ 39.Rg2 Txd1 40.
Txd1 Rf7 41.Cf4 Ce5 42.Td6 Cc4 43.Tc6 Cxb2 44.Ce6 Td7 45.Cf4 Td1 46.Tc7+ 
Td7 47.Tc2 Cd1 48.e3 Cg4 49.Cfd5 Re6 50.Tc6+ Re5 51.Cf4 Cdxe3+ 52.fxe3 
Cxe3+ 53.Rg3 Cf1+ 54.Rf2 Rxf4 55.Rxf1 e3 56.Txh6 Re4 57.Te6+ Rf3 58.Re1 
Th7 59.Rd1 Th1+ 60.Rc2 f4 61.Cd3 Ta1 62.Rb2 Td1 63.Rc3 Ta1 64.Rb4 Td1 65.
Rc3 Ta1 66.Rb2 Td1 67.Rc2 Ta1 68.Tf6 Txa3 69.Txf4+ Re2 70.Cc1+ Re1 71.Rb2 
Tb3+ 72.Cxb3 axb3 73.Rxb3 e2 74.Te4 Rd2 75.Txe2+ Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A00q"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]

1.b4 d5 2.a4 c5 3.f4 b5 4.e4 dxe4 5.d4 Cf6 6.Cf3 e6 7.Cc3 g6 8.d5 Fg7 9.
Cd2 O-O 10.Fe2 Te8 11.O-O Cfd7 12.Cc4 Ce5 13.Ce3 f5 14.Cxf5 exf5 15.Rh1 
Df6 16.Fh5 Cf7 17.Cxb5 Te7 18.Ta3 a6 19.h3 Ch6 20.Tb3 Cg4 21.Fd2 Te8 22.
Db1 Ch2 23.Rxh2 gxh5 24.Rh1 a5 25.bxa5 De7 26.a6 h4 27.Rh2 Fxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D15k"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 a6 5.c5 Cbd7 6.Ff4 Ch5 7.Fd2 Chf6 8.Dc2 g6
9.h3 Dc7 10.e4 Cxe4 11.Cxe4 dxe4 12.Dxe4 Cf6 13.De5 Dxe5+ 14.dxe5 Cd5 15.
Fc4 Fe6 16.Cd4 Fg7 17.Cxe6 fxe6 18.f4 O-O 19.Fxd5 exd5 20.h4 h5 21.Re2 Fh6
22.Taf1 Tf5 23.Tf3 Rf7 24.Thf1 Td8 25.Tb3 Td7 26.Tb4 e6 27.Tf3 Ff8 28.Tfb3
b5 29.cxb6 Fxb4 30.Txb4 Tb7 31.a4 c5 32.Tb3 Re7 33.a5 Tf8 34.Tc3 c4 35.Tg3
Rf7 36.Re3 Tc8 37.Rd4 c3 38.Txc3 Txc3 39.Fxc3 Re8 40.b4 Tf7 41.g3 Rd7 42.
b5 axb5 43.Rc5 g5 44.a6 gxf4 45.a7 Tf8 46.b7 1-0

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C54f"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Fc4 Cf6 3.d3 Fc5 4.Cf3 d6 5.c3 Cc6 6.Fb3 a6 7.Cbd2 O-O 8.Cf1 d5 
9.exd5 Cxd5 10.Cg3 h6 11.O-O Te8 12.Te1 Cf6 13.Fe3 Fxe3 14.fxe3 Ca5 15.Fc2
c5 16.De2 Db6 17.Fa4 Te7 18.Tf1 e4 19.dxe4 Cxe4 20.Cxe4 Txe4 21.Fc2 Te7 
22.Tad1 Fe6 23.b3 Td8 24.Df2 Cc6 25.Dh4 Ted7 26.Txd7 Txd7 27.De4 g6 28.Df4
Rh7 29.h4 Dc7 30.Df6 Td6 31.Df4 Td7 32.Df6 Td6 33.Df4 Td7 34.Dxc7 Txc7 35.
Cd2 Rg7 36.Rf2 Td7 37.Ce4 b6 38.Re2 Ce5 39.Cf2 a5 40.Te1 h5 41.Tb1 Td8 42.
Fe4 b5 43.Fc2 b4 44.c4 a4 45.Tc1 Rf8 46.Ce4 Tc8 47.Cd6 Tc6 48.Cb5 Re7 49.
Fe4 Ta6 50.Cc7 Ta7 51.Cb5 Ta5 52.Tc2 axb3 53.axb3 Ta1 54.Tb2 Fg4+ 55.Rf2 
Fe6 56.Re2 f6 57.Rf2 g5 58.hxg5 fxg5 59.Cc7 h4 60.Fd5 Cd3+ 61.Re2 Cxb2 62.
Cxe6 Ta2 63.Rf3 Cd3 64.Cxg5 Tb2 0-1

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B46e"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Cxc6 bxc6 7.Fd3 d5 8.O-O 
Dc7 9.De2 Cf6 10.Fd2 Fe7 11.Tae1 O-O 12.Rh1 Fb7 13.f4 Cd7 14.Ca4 Tfe8 15.
b3 c5 16.c4 d4 17.e5 Ff8 18.Fe4 a5 19.Df3 Fxe4 20.Txe4 Cb6 21.Tb1 Dc6 22.
Te3 Dxf3 23.Txf3 Teb8 24.Tff1 Ta7 25.Cxb6 Txb6 26.a4 h5 27.g3 g6 28.Rg2 
Fe7 29.Tf3 Rg7 30.h3 Tb8 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Th8 33.Th1 Txh1 34.Rxh1 Fd8 
35.Rg2 Fc7 36.g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B22c"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.c3 Cf6 4.e5 Cd5 5.Fc4 b6 6.Fxd5 exd5 7.O-O Fa6 8.d3 Fe7
9.Te1 O-O 10.d4 d6 11.exd6 Fxd6 12.Fg5 Dd7 13.Cbd2 Cc6 14.Da4 Fd3 15.dxc5 
bxc5 16.Cb3 Tab8 17.Tad1 Fb5 18.Dh4 Tfe8 19.Fe3 c4 20.Cbd4 Fa4 21.Td2 f6 
22.Dh5 Ce5 23.Cxe5 fxe5 24.Cf3 Fc6 25.Ted1 a6 26.h3 Df7 27.Dg4 De6 28.Dh5 
h6 29.Te1 Df6 30.Ch2 Tf8 31.Cg4 Df7 32.Dh4 Dg6 33.Tde2 h5 34.Ch2 d4 35.Dg5
Tf6 36.Fc1 d3 37.Dxg6 Txg6 38.Te4 d2 39.Fxd2 Txb2 40.Cf3 Txa2 41.Fg5 Fc5 
42.Txe5 Fxf2+ 43.Rf1 Fxf3 44.gxf3 Fxe1 45.Rxe1 Rf7 46.Rf1 Td6 0-1

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "C11q"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cf3 Cgf6 6.Fg5 h6 7.Cxf6+ Cxf6 8.
Fh4 c5 9.Ce5 Da5+ 10.c3 cxd4 11.Dxd4 Fc5 12.Cc4 Fxd4 13.Cxa5 Fb6 14.Cc4 
Fc7 15.Fe2 Fd7 16.Fg3 Fxg3 17.hxg3 Re7 18.Ff3 Tac8 19.Ce5 Tc7 20.O-O-O Td8
21.Th4 Fe8 22.Txd8 Rxd8 23.Tb4 b6 24.Rc2 Re7 25.Td4 Ch7 26.Fe4 Cg5 27.Fd3 
f6 28.Cg6+ Fxg6 29.Fxg6 f5 30.f3 Tc8 31.f4 Ce4 32.g4 Cd6 33.gxf5 exf5 34.
a4 Re6 35.Fh5 g5 36.Ff3 gxf4 37.Txf4 Rf6 38.Td4 Re5 39.Th4 Th8 40.Rd3 Td8 
41.Td4 Cf7 42.Txd8 Cxd8 43.b4 Cf7 44.c4 Cg5 45.Fb7 Ce6 46.Re3 h5 47.g3 f4+
48.gxf4+ Cxf4 49.a5 bxa5 50.bxa5 Ce6 51.Ff3 h4 52.Fg4 Cc5 53.Fh3 Cb3 54.a6
Cc5 55.Fc8 Rd6 56.Rf4 Rc7 57.Ff5 Cxa6 58.Rg4 Rd6 59.Rxh4 Re5 60.Fc2 Rf4 
61.Fa4 Cc5 62.Fb5 a5 63.Fe8 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]
[Site "Ajaccio FRA"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ce2 d5 6.a3 Fd6 7.c5 Fe7 8.b4 b6 9.
Cf4 c6 10.Fe2 Cbd7 11.Fb2 bxc5 12.bxc5 Dc7 13.O-O Tb8 14.Tb1 e5 15.Cd3 
exd4 16.exd4 a5 17.Dc2 Te8 18.Fc1 Txb1 19.Cxb1 Fa6 20.Cc3 Cf8 21.Fe3 C6d7 
22.Dd2 Ff6 23.Cf4 Fxe2 24.Ccxe2 g6 25.Tb1 h5 26.h3 Fg7 27.Dd3 Ta8 28.Cc3 
Ch7 29.Cfe2 Chf8 30.Ff4 Da7 31.Ca4 Ce6 32.Fd6 Te8 33.Cac3 h4 34.Tb3 Ff6 
35.Tb1 Cg7 36.Ff4 Cf5 37.Rf1 Rg7 38.Fh2 Tc8 39.Ff4 Cf8 40.Ca4 Ce6 41.Fe3 
Te8 42.Rg1 Cg5 43.Ff4 De7 44.Cac3 Ce4 45.Cxe4 Dxe4 46.Dxe4 Txe4 47.Rf1 
Cxd4 48.Cxd4 Txd4 49.Fe3 Tc4 50.Re2 d4 51.Fd2 Txc5 52.Rd3 Fg5 53.Fe1 Ff6 
54.Tb6 Tc1 55.Fxa5 c5 56.Tc6 Tg1 57.Txc5 Txg2 58.Tc2 Th2 59.a4 Txh3+ 60.
Rc4 Ta3 61.Rb5 h3 62.Fc7 Tc3 63.Txc3 dxc3 64.a5 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A46q"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]

1.d4 e6 2.Cf3 c5 3.c3 Cf6 4.Ff4 b6 5.e3 Fb7 6.h3 Fe7 7.Cbd2 cxd4 8.cxd4 
O-O 9.a3 d6 10.Fe2 a6 11.O-O Cbd7 12.Tc1 b5 13.b4 Cb6 14.Cb3 Dd7 15.Ca5 
Fd5 16.Cd2 Tac8 17.Fd3 Txc1 18.Dxc1 Tc8 19.Da1 Fc4 20.Caxc4 bxc4 21.Fe2 d5
22.Tc1 Ta8 23.Tb1 h6 24.Fd1 Ce8 25.a4 Fd6 26.a5 Cc8 27.Fa4 Dd8 28.Fc6 Ta7 
29.b5 axb5 30.Txb5 Fxf4 31.exf4 Ced6 32.Tc5 Ce7 33.Da4 Ta6 34.Fd7 Cb7 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "E11c"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Fb4+ 4.Cbd2 b6 5.a3 Fxd2+ 6.Dxd2 Fb7 7.e3 d6 8.Fe2 
Cbd7 9.b4 a5 10.Fb2 O-O 11.O-O De7 12.Tfd1 Ce4 13.Dc2 f5 14.d5 e5 15.Cd2 
Cdf6 16.f3 Cg5 17.Fc3 a4 18.Tf1 b5 19.e4 bxc4 20.Fxc4 f4 21.b5 Ch5 22.Rf2 
Tf6 23.Re2 Tg6 24.Tf2 Cf7 25.Rd3 Cf6 26.Fb4 Cd7 27.Rc3 Cb6 28.Tc1 Dh4 29.
Cf1 Tc8 30.g3 fxg3 31.hxg3 Txg3 32.Cxg3 Dxg3 33.Fa2 Cg5 34.Tcf1 Tf8 35.Rb2
Txf3 36.Txf3 Cxf3 37.Tc1 Ca8 38.b6 Cd4 39.Dxa4 Df2+ 40.Rb1 Cxb6 41.De8+ 
Df8 42.Dxf8+ Rxf8 43.Txc7 Fa6 44.Fxd6+ Rg8 45.Fxe5 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B22c"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.c3 Cf6 4.e5 Cd5 5.Fc4 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Cb6 8.Fd3 
dxe5 9.dxe5 Ca6 10.De2 Cc5 11.Fc2 Cd5 12.O-O Fd7 13.Cc3 Cxc3 14.bxc3 Fe7 
15.Td1 Tc8 16.Cd4 O-O 17.Dh5 g6 18.Dh6 Te8 19.Cf3 Ff8 20.Dh3 Fg7 21.Fh6 
De7 22.Te1 Df8 23.Fxg7 Dxg7 24.Tad1 Fa4 25.Fxa4 Cxa4 26.Td7 Cc5 27.Td4 b6 
28.Dh4 h6 29.h3 Tc7 30.Ch2 h5 31.Cf3 Cd7 32.Df4 Cb8 33.Cg5 Cc6 34.Td6 Rh8 
35.Ted1 Tf8 36.Td7 Txd7 37.Txd7 Cxe5 38.Txa7 Rg8 39.Cxe6 Cd3 40.Dd2 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "B46e"]
[EventDate "2004.11.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Cxc6 bxc6 7.Fd3 d5 8.O-O 
Dc7 9.Te1 Cf6 10.Df3 Fe7 11.Ff4 e5 12.Fd2 d4 13.Ca4 O-O 14.b3 Fe6 15.c3 c5
16.Tac1 Db8 17.De2 Db7 18.Cb2 Cd7 19.Fc4 Fxc4 20.Cxc4 Db5 21.Dd3 Tfd8 22.
Dg3 f6 23.f4 exf4 24.Fxf4 Cf8 25.Dg4 Cg6 26.Fg3 Dc6 27.h4 dxc3 28.Txc3 Ta7
29.h5 Cf8 30.e5 Td4 31.Dh3 Tad7 32.Rh2 Td1 33.Tce3 Txe1 34.Fxe1 Td5 35.Fc3
fxe5 36.Fxe5 Ff6 37.Df3 Cd7 38.Td3 Cb6 39.Fg3 De6 40.Te3 Df7 41.Cxb6 Txh5+
42.Rg1 Fd4 43.Dxf7+ Rxf7 44.Ff2 Fxe3 45.Fxe3 Re6 46.Rf2 Tf5+ 47.Re2 h5 48.
Rd3 Re5 0-1

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E37"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 d5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 Ce4 7.Dc2 e5 8.e3 
exd4 9.cxd5 Dxd5 10.Cf3 Cd6 11.Cxd4 Fd7 12.f3 Cc6 13.Cxc6 Fxc6 14.a4 Dh5 
15.Fe2 Dh4+ 16.g3 Dh3 17.Rf2 O-O-O 18.Ta3 The8 19.Ff1 De6 20.Fe2 g5 21.Tf1
g4 22.fxg4 Dh6 23.Rg1 Dh3 24.Fd3 Ce4 25.Tf4 Cxg3 26.Tc3 Te6 27.e4 Ch5 28.
Fc4 Dh4 29.Fxe6+ fxe6 30.gxh5 Dxh5 31.Td3 Tg8+ 32.Tg3 Td8 33.Fe3 e5 34.Tf1
h6 35.b4 a6 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 Fxb5 38.Tg7 c6 39.Da2 Fa6 40.De6+ Rb8 41.
Dd6+ 1-0

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B80j"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.
Dd2 b4 10.Ca4 Cbd7 11.O-O-O Ce5 12.b3 d5 13.Ff4 Fd6 14.Fxe5 Fxe5 15.Cc6 
Dc7 16.Cxe5 Dxe5 17.Dxb4 dxe4 18.Cb6 Tb8 19.Rb1 Dc7 20.Da4+ Rf8 21.Cxc8 
Txc8 22.Dc4 Dxc4 23.Fxc4 a5 24.Fa6 Tb8 25.fxe4 h5 26.gxh5 Cxe4 27.Td4 Cf6 
28.Fe2 Cxh5 29.Th4 g6 30.Tg1 Re7 31.Ta4 Ta8 32.Ff3 Ta7 33.Tg5 f5 34.Txg6 
Rf7 35.Tg2 Cf6 36.Te2 Th3 37.Fh1 Cg4 38.Rb2 Rf6 39.Fg2 Txh2 40.Ff3 Txe2 
41.Fxe2 Ce3 42.c4 e5 43.c5 e4 44.b4 Tc7 45.bxa5 Txc5 46.a6 Cd5 47.a7 Cc7 
48.a8=D Cxa8 49.Txa8 f4 50.Tf8+ Re5 51.Fg4 f3 52.Tf5+ Rd4 53.Txc5 Rxc5 54.
Rc3 Rb5 55.Rd2 f2 56.Fe2+ Rb4 57.Rc2 Ra3 58.Rb1 e3 59.Ra1 1-0

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B33r"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Fe7 10.Fxf6 Fxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Cc2 Fg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Txa4 a5 15.
Fc4 Tb8 16.b3 Rh8 17.Cce3 g6 18.h4 Fxh4 19.g3 Fg5 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Fh4+ 
22.Rd2 Ce7 23.Rc1 Cxd5 24.Cxd5 Fe6 25.Dd4+ Rg8 26.Ta2 Fxd5 27.Dxd5 Df6 28.
Dd2 Fg3 29.Tf1 h5 30.Txa5 Ta8 31.e5 Df5 32.Txa8 Txa8 33.Rb2 h4 34.Dxd6 Te8
35.Fb5 Tf8 36.Fd3 De6 37.Dd4 De7 38.Fc4 Rh7 39.b4 h3 40.Dd3 Dh4 41.f5 Ff4 
42.e6 fxe6 43.Dd7+ Rh6 44.fxe6 Fc1+ 45.Txc1 Dxc4 46.e7 Ta8 47.Dxh3+ Rg7 
48.e8=C+ Rg8 49.Cf6+ Rf7 50.Dd7+ Rxf6 51.Dd4+ Dxd4 52.cxd4 g5 53.Tc6+ Rf5 
54.b5 g4 55.Rb3 g3 56.Tc1 Re4 57.Tg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E94j"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Te1 De8 
9.Ff1 Fg4 10.d5 Cb4 11.Fe2 a5 12.Tb1 Ca6 13.Fg5 Fd7 14.Cd2 Rh8 15.Fxf6 
Fxf6 16.Fg4 Fg5 17.Fxd7 Dxd7 18.Cf3 Fh6 19.a3 Cc5 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Ca4 
22.Dd3 Cxc3 23.Dxc3 f5 24.c5 Db5 25.h4 fxe4 26.Txe4 Ta2 27.Tbe1 Da4 28.
cxd6 cxd6 29.Dc7 Dc2 30.Db6 Fg7 31.De3 b5 32.Tc1 Db2 33.Tf1 Ta1 34.Txa1 
Dxa1+ 35.Rh2 Db1 36.De2 h6 37.Tg4 h5 38.Te4 Fh6 39.Cg5 Fxg5 40.hxg5 Txf2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B90r"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.f3 Fe6
9.Dd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Cbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ce2 Ce8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.
fxe6 axb3 17.exf7+ Txf7 18.Rb1 bxc2+ 19.Rxc2 Cb6 20.Cc1 d5 21.exd5 Cd6 22.
Rb1 Tf3 23.h4 Ca4 24.De2 Tg3 25.Ff2 Tc3 26.Dxe5 Cxb2 27.Fd4 Ff8 28.Rxb2 
Tf3 29.Fd3 Rh8 30.De2 Tf4 31.Dh5 Cf5 32.g6 1-0

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Ca5 11.Fa2 c5 12.Cbd2 Cc6 13.Cf1 Fc8 14.c3 Fe6 15.Fxe6 fxe6 
16.Cg3 Cd7 17.Fe3 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.a4 Tb8 20.axb5 axb5 21.b3 Ta8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.Fe2 Cbd7 8.g4 h6
9.f4 g6 10.h3 b5 11.Ff3 Fb7 12.e5 Fxf3 13.Dxf3 b4 14.Cc6 Dc8 15.Cxb4 dxe5 
16.Cd3 exf4 17.Fxf4 Fg7 18.Fd6 Ff8 19.Fxf8 Rxf8 20.Tf1 Rg7 21.h4 Tf8 22.g5
hxg5 23.hxg5 Ch7 24.De3 Dd8 25.Tg1 Db6 26.Dg3 Tac8 27.O-O-O Tc4 28.Tdf1 
Da5 29.Dd6 Dc7 30.Dxc7 Txc7 31.Ce4 Tc4 32.Tf4 Td4 33.b3 Td5 34.Rb2 a5 35.
Tg3 Ce5 36.Cdf2 f5 37.gxf6+ Cxf6 38.Cg5 Te8 39.Tg1 Ced7 40.Tf3 e5 41.Tfg3 
e4 42.Cgxe4 Cxe4 43.Txg6+ Rh7 44.Tg7+ Rh8 45.T7g4 Cef6 46.Th4+ Ch7 47.Ch3 
Tg8 48.Cf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C42m"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.Cc3 Cxc3 6.dxc3 Fe7 7.Fe3 Cc6 8.
Dd2 Fe6 9.O-O-O a6 10.Cg5 Fxg5 11.Fxg5 Dd7 12.b3 f6 13.Fe3 O-O-O 14.h3 Df7
15.Fe2 h5 16.The1 The8 17.f3 Dg6 18.Ff1 Ff5 19.Rb2 Te5 20.Ff4 Txe1 21.Txe1
Te8 22.Td1 Fd7 23.c4 Df5 24.Fd3 Dc5 25.Fg6 Th8 26.Fe4 Te8 27.c3 g5 28.Fe3 
De5 29.Ff2 f5 30.Fd3 Dg7 31.c5 dxc5 32.Fxc5 Rb8 33.Fc4 Fc8 34.Fd5 De5 35.
Fxc6 bxc6 36.Ff2 De2 37.Ra3 Dxd2 38.Txd2 Rb7 39.h4 g4 40.f4 Te7 41.c4 Td7 
42.Te2 Td3 43.Rb4 g3 44.Fc5 Td7 45.Fe7 Td4 46.Fg5 Te4 47.Td2 Rb6 48.Td3 
c5+ 49.Ra3 Te2 50.Txg3 Fb7 51.Ff6 Txg2 52.Tg5 Txg5 53.fxg5 f4 54.Fe5 f3 
55.Fg3 Fe4 56.Rb2 Rc6 57.Ra3 Fb1 58.Ff2 Rd6 59.Rb2 Fe4 60.Rc1 Fg6 61.Rd2 
Fb1 62.a3 Fg6 63.Fg3+ Rd7 64.Re3 Fc2 65.Rxf3 Re6 66.Re3 c6 67.b4 cxb4 68.
axb4 Rf5 69.Rd4 Fd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.Fe2 Fe7 8.f4 O-O
9.g4 d5 10.e5 Ce4 11.Cxe4 dxe4 12.g5 Db6 13.Cf5 Da5+ 14.Fd2 Fb4 15.Ce3 Td8
16.c3 Fe7 17.Dc2 b5 18.a4 Fb7 19.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B48g"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Dd2 Cf6 8.O-O-O
Fb4 9.f3 Ce5 10.Cb3 b5 11.Rb1 Cc4 12.Fxc4 bxc4 13.Cc1 Db7 14.C1e2 O-O 15.
Dd4 Tb8 16.Fc1 d6 17.Dxc4 Fd7 18.b3 Tfc8 19.Dd3 a5 20.a3 Fc5 21.a4 Fe8 22.
Fb2 Fb4 23.Ca2 Fc5 24.Fxf6 gxf6 25.Cec3 Fc6 26.The1 Db6 27.f4 Rh8 28.Te2 
Tg8 29.g3 Tbd8 30.Dc4 Td7 31.Ted2 Fb7 32.De2 Dc6 33.Dh5 Db6 34.Dh4 Dd8 35.
f5 exf5 36.exf5 Tg5 37.Df4 Te7 38.Cd5 Te5 39.g4 Fxd5 40.Txd5 Txd5 41.Txd5 
De7 42.Df3 De1+ 43.Td1 Dh4 44.h3 h5 45.Cc3 hxg4 46.hxg4 Txg4 47.Cd5 Rg7 
48.Th1 Tg3 49.Dd1 Dd4 50.Dxd4 Fxd4 51.Rc1 Tg5 52.Tf1 Tg2 53.c3 Fe5 54.Td1 
Rf8 55.Td2 Tg1+ 56.Rc2 Re8 57.b4 Rd7 58.bxa5 Rc8 59.Cb4 Tg5 60.Td5 Txf5 
61.Tb5 Tf2+ 62.Rb3 Tf3 63.Cd5 Td3 64.Rc4 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B80j"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.
Dd2 b4 10.Ca4 Cbd7 11.O-O-O Ce5 12.Dxb4 Fd7 13.Cb3 Tb8 14.Da3 Cxf3 15.h3 
Cxe4 16.Fe2 Ce5 17.The1 Dc7 18.Fd4 Cc6 19.Fc3 d5 20.Cbc5 Da7 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B30h"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fb5 Dc7 5.O-O Cd4 6.Te1 a6 7.Fc4 d6 8.Cd5 
Cxd5 9.exd5 g6 10.Cxd4 cxd4 11.d3 h6 12.a4 Fg7 13.a5 O-O 14.Fd2 Te8 15.Df3
e5 16.dxe6 Fxe6 17.Fxe6 Txe6 18.Txe6 fxe6 19.Tc1 Df7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.Fe2 Cbd7 8.g4 h6
9.f4 g6 10.f5 Ce5 11.h3 b5 12.a3 De7 13.Dd2 Fb7 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.O-O-O Tc8 
16.Thf1 Fg7 17.g5 hxg5 18.Fxg5 Cf7 19.Rb1 Tc5 20.Fxf6 Fxf6 21.Fg4 Fc8 22.
Dg2 Ce5 23.Cce2 g5 24.Cg3 Cxg4 25.hxg4 Fb7 26.Ch5 Fe5 27.De2 Tc4 28.De3 
Tg8 29.Tf2 Tf8 30.Txf8+ Rxf8 31.b3 Txd4 32.Txd4 Fxd4 33.Dxd4 e5 34.Df2+ 
Re8 35.Cf6+ Rd8 36.Df5 Fc8 37.Dxg5 Fe6 38.Dh6 Rc7 39.g5 Rc6 40.Dh8 Rb7 41.
g6 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a4 h6 11.Fd2 b4 12.c3 a5 13.d4 bxc3 14.Fxc3 exd4 15.Cxd4 Cxd4 
16.Dxd4 c5 17.Dd3 d5 18.exd5 Fxd5 19.Fc4 Fxc4 20.Dxc4 Cd5 21.Te5 Cxc3 22.
Cxc3 Ta7 23.Tae1 Td7 24.Db5 Ff6 25.Txc5 Te8 26.Txe8+ Dxe8 27.Rh2 De6 28.
Dxa5 Rh7 29.Tf5 Td2 30.Db5 Fd4 31.Tf3 Fxf2 32.Df5+ Dxf5 33.Txf5 Fd4 34.Cb5
Fxb2 35.a5 f6 36.a6 Fe5+ 37.Rg1 Ta2 38.a7 Txa7 39.Cxa7 Fd4+ 40.Rf1 Fxa7 
41.h4 Fd4 42.g4 Fe5 43.h5 Fa1 44.Re2 Fb2 45.Rd3 Fa1 46.Re4 Fb2 47.Tb5 Fa1 
48.Rf5 Fd4 49.Re6 Fc3 50.Rf7 Fd4 51.Tb8 f5 52.gxf5 Fe5 53.Tb6 Fd4 54.Ta6 
Fc3 55.Re6 Fb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B33q"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Fe7 10.Fxf6 Fxf6 11.c3 Fg5 12.Cc2 O-O 13.g3 Ce7 14.h4 Fh6 15.Fh3 
Fxh3 16.Txh3 a5 17.Rf1 Tc8 18.Cce3 Fxe3 19.Cxe3 Dd7 20.g4 Tfd8 21.h5 Dc6 
22.Df3 d5 23.exd5 Cxd5 24.Cxd5 Txd5 25.Te1 h6 26.Rg2 De6 27.Df5 Dxf5 28.
gxf5 f6 29.Te2 Tc4 30.a3 a4 31.The3 Tf4 32.Tf3 Rf7 33.Rg3 Tc4 34.Tfe3 Td1 
35.Te4 Tg1+ 36.Rh4 Tg5 37.Txc4 bxc4 38.Te4 Txf5 39.Txc4 Txf2 40.Txa4 Txb2 
41.Ta7+ Re6 42.Txg7 Th2+ 43.Rg3 Txh5 44.Tc7 Th1 45.a4 Ta1 46.Tc6+ Rf5 47.
Tc4 h5 48.Rf3 Rg5 49.Re4 h4 50.Tc8 h3 51.Tg8+ Rh4 52.Rf3 Tf1+ 53.Re2 Tf4 
54.a5 h2 55.a6 Ta4 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C67l"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Fe7 6.De2 Cd6 7.Fxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Cb7 9.Cc3 O-O 10.Te1 Te8 11.Fe3 d5 12.exd6 cxd6 13.Fg5 Fe6 14.Fxe7 
Txe7 15.Da6 Cc5 16.De2 Tb7 17.b3 Fg4 18.h3 Fxf3 19.Dxf3 d5 20.Tad1 Ce6 21.
Ca4 Df8 22.h4 h6 23.g3 Db4 24.Te5 Te7 25.c3 Dd6 26.De2 Tae8 27.Te1 Rf8 28.
Dg4 g6 29.T5e3 h5 30.Df3 Cg7 31.Txe7 Txe7 32.Txe7 Dxe7 33.c4 dxc4 34.Dxc6 
cxb3 35.axb3 Ce6 36.Rg2 Db4 37.Dd5 Dd4 38.Dc6 Rg7 39.Df3 Df6 40.De4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B30e"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d3 Cc6 4.g3 g6 5.Fg2 Fg7 6.c3 Cge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Te1 e5 
9.Ca3 d6 10.Fe3 b6 11.Dd2 Fg4 12.h3 Fxf3 13.Fxf3 Dd7 14.Fg2 f5 15.exf5 
gxf5 16.f4 Tad8 17.Te2 De6 18.Dc2 Dg6 19.Rh2 Rh8 20.Da4 d5 21.fxe5 Fxe5 
22.Ff4 Df6 23.Fxe5 Cxe5 24.d4 C5g6 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.Tf1 f4 27.gxf4 Cf5 28.
Dxa7 Dh4 29.Dxc5 Cxf4 30.Td2 Cxh3 31.Dc7 Td6 32.Cc2 Dg3+ 33.Rh1 Th6 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Ff5 11.a3 Cxc3 12.bxc3 Cc6 13.Te1 Te8 14.Fe3 Ff6 15.
Cd2 Ca5 16.cxd5 Dxd5 17.Da4 Fd7 18.Db4 Fe7 19.Db2 Fc6 20.Ff3 Dd7 21.Da2 
Tad8 22.a4 b6 23.h3 Fxf3 24.Cxf3 Dd5 25.Dxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "E15o"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Cc3 O-O 8.Tc1 d5 
9.cxd5 Cxd5 10.Cxd5 exd5 11.Fg2 Te8 12.Tc2 Fd6 13.Fg5 Fb4+ 14.Rf1 f6 15.
Ff4 Cd7 16.Ce1 c6 17.Cd3 Fxd3 18.Dxd3 Tc8 19.Fh3 g6 20.a3 Ff8 21.e3 De7 
22.Fg4 g5 23.Df5 gxf4 24.gxf4 Rh8 25.Tg1 Tc7 26.Ff3 Cb8 27.Tg3 Dd6 28.b4 
b5 29.Tc1 a5 30.bxa5 Dxa3 31.Tc5 Tg7 32.Fh5 Td8 33.Dxf6 Dxa5 34.Tc2 b4 35.
Ta2 Dc7 36.Fe2 De7 37.Df5 De4 38.Dxe4 dxe4 39.Ta8 b3 40.Fc4 b2 41.Fa2 c5 
42.dxc5 b1=D+ 43.Fxb1 Td1+ 44.Rg2 Txb1 45.Ta4 Te7 46.Tg5 Cc6 47.Ta6 Te6 
48.h4 Fe7 49.f5 Tf6 50.Tg4 Tb4 51.Ta8+ Tf8 52.Txf8+ Fxf8 53.f6 Ce5 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E70p"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fd3 O-O 6.Cge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O Cg4 
9.Fc2 Ce5 10.b3 exd5 11.exd5 Te8 12.Ff4 Ca6 13.a3 f5 14.Dd2 Fd7 15.Tae1 
Cf7 16.Dc1 Cc7 17.a4 Ca6 18.Cb5 Fe5 19.Fd2 Cb4 20.Fxb4 cxb4 21.Dd2 a6 22.
Cbd4 Db6 23.Td1 Te7 24.h4 Tae8 25.Cf4 a5 26.g3 Fg7 27.Rg2 Fh6 28.Th1 Fg7 
29.Fb1 Dxd4 30.Dxd4 Fxd4 31.Txd4 b6 32.Tdd1 Cd8 33.Cd3 Cb7 34.Td2 Rg7 35.
Fc2 h6 36.Fd1 Te4 37.Cf4 Cc5 38.Fc2 T4e7 39.Cd3 Ca6 40.Cf4 Rf6 41.Fd1 Te4 
42.Ff3 Cc5 43.Fxe4 fxe4 44.Tb1 Fg4 45.Ce2 Ff5 46.Tbb2 e3 47.Td4 exf2 48.
Rxf2 g5 49.Cc1 Re5 50.Td1 gxh4 51.gxh4 Tg8 52.Th1 Ce4+ 53.Re1 Tg3 54.h5 
Fg4 55.Rf1 Tc3 56.Ce2 Te3 57.Cg1 Cc5 58.Th4 Ff5 59.Rf2 Txb3 60.Txb3 Cxb3 
61.Cf3+ Rf6 62.Re3 Fd7 63.Tf4+ Rg7 64.Cd4 Cc5 65.Rd2 Rg8 66.Ce6 Cxe6 67.
dxe6 Fxe6 68.Td4 Rf7 69.Txd6 Fxc4 70.Txh6 b5 71.axb5 Fxb5 72.Tg6 Fe8 73.
Tg1 Rf6 74.h6 Fg6 75.Tf1+ Rg5 76.Ta1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E32p"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Fg5 Fb7 8.Cf3 
d6 9.Cd2 Cbd7 10.e3 Tc8 11.f3 c5 12.dxc5 Txc5 13.Fh4 d5 14.b4 Tc8 15.Db2 
Dc7 16.Fg3 e5 17.Fd3 Fa6 18.b5 Fb7 19.O-O Dc5 20.Tfe1 e4 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.
Cb3 Dg5 23.Ff4 Dg6 24.Ff1 Tfe8 25.Tad1 Cf8 26.a4 Ce6 27.Fg3 Ch5 28.Fh4 Cg5
29.Rh1 Cf6 30.a5 Cf3 31.gxf3 exf3 32.Ff2 Txc4 33.e4 Tcxe4 34.Txe4 Fxe4 35.
Cd2 Fd5 36.h3 Te2 37.Tc1 h5 38.Dd4 Dg5 39.axb6 axb6 40.Td1 Dg6 41.Rh2 Dg5 
42.Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Ff5 11.a3 Cxc3 12.bxc3 Cc6 13.Te1 Te8 14.Ff4 dxc4 15.
Fxc4 Fd6 16.Txe8+ Dxe8 17.Dd2 Dd7 18.Fxd6 cxd6 19.Te1 Te8 20.Txe8+ Dxe8 
21.Df4 Dd7 22.Ch4 Fc2 23.Dd2 Ff5 24.Df4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D37t"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fe7 4.Cf3 Cf6 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.Dc2 Da5 10.Cd2 Fb4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Fd3 d4 13.O-O Fxc3 14.Cc4 Dh5 15.bxc3
Cd5 16.Fg3 dxe3 17.Tae1 Fe6 18.fxe3 Cde7 19.Cd6 b6 20.Tb1 f6 21.Tb5 Ce5 
22.Tf4 C7g6 23.Td4 Fd7 24.Tbd5 Fe6 25.Fe2 Dh6 26.Ff4 Cxf4 27.exf4 g6 28.
De4 Fxd5 29.Dxd5+ Rh8 30.Te4 Cd7 31.Cf7+ Txf7 32.Dxf7 1-0

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D53f"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fxf6 Fxf6 7.Dc2 dxc4 8.e3 
c5 9.dxc5 Da5 10.Fxc4 Dxc5 11.Ce4 Da5+ 12.Re2 Fe7 13.Dc3 Dxc3 14.Cxc3 a6 
15.Thd1 Cd7 16.Ce4 b5 17.Fb3 Fb7 18.Cd6+ Fxd6 19.Txd6 Re7 20.Tad1 Thd8 21.
T6d4 Tac8 22.Ce1 a5 23.f3 Tc7 24.e4 Tdc8 25.a3 g5 26.Re3 Ce5 27.T4d2 Fa6 
28.Td6 Ta7 29.T6d2 b4 30.axb4 Tb8 31.Ta1 Txb4 32.Ta3 a4 33.Fa2 Fc4 34.Fb1 
Ff1 35.Fa2 Tab7 36.Cc2 Txb2 37.Txa4 Tc7 38.Rf2 Fb5 0-1

[Event "XXII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2005.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B30j"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Fc4 d6 5.d3 Fe7 6.O-O Cf6 7.Ch4 Cd4 8.g3 Fg4 
9.f3 Fe6 10.Fg5 Cg8 11.Fxe7 Cxe7 12.f4 exf4 13.Fxe6 fxe6 14.Txf4 Rd7 15.
Cf3 Tf8 16.Txf8 Dxf8 17.Cxd4 cxd4 18.Ce2 Df6 19.c3 Tf8 20.Cxd4 Cc6 21.Df1 
Dxf1+ 22.Txf1 Txf1+ 23.Rxf1 Cxd4 24.cxd4 d5 25.Rf2 Re7 26.Rf3 Rf6 27.h4 g6
28.b4 b5 29.Rf4 h6 30.Rg4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D39e"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.e4 Fb4 6.Fg5 c5 7.e5 h6 8.exf6 hxg5
9.fxg7 Tg8 10.a3 Fxc3+ 11.bxc3 Da5 12.dxc5 Cc6 13.Cd2 Dxc5 14.Fxc4 Txg7 
15.O-O Fd7 16.Ce4 De7 17.Te1 Rf8 18.Dh5 Rg8 19.Te3 g4 20.Tg3 b5 21.Fb3 Ca5
22.Fa2 Fc6 23.Txg4 Fxe4 24.Txe4 Dg5 25.Dh3 Td8 26.Tae1 Tg6 27.Fb1 Dd2 28.
Rf1 Tf6 29.Dg3+ Rf8 30.Th4 Re7 31.Dc7+ Td7 32.Dc5+ Dd6 33.Dxb5 Cc6 34.Fe4 
Ce5 35.Db4 a5 36.Dxd6+ Txd6 37.Fc2 Cd7 38.Tc4 Cb6 39.Tc7+ Rf8 40.Td1 Cd5 
41.Tc8+ Rg7 42.Td3 Th6 43.c4 Ce7 44.Tc7 Txd3 45.Fxd3 Rf6 46.h3 Th8 47.Tc5 
a4 48.Re2 e5 49.Fc2 Tb8 50.Tb5 Tc8 51.Tb6+ Rg5 52.Fxa4 Txc4 53.Fb3 Te4+ 
54.Rf1 f5 55.g3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 d5 5.cxd5 Dxd5 6.Cf3 Df5 7.Dxf5 exf5 8.a3
Fe7 9.Ff4 c6 10.e3 Cbd7 11.Fc4 Cb6 12.Fa2 Cfd5 13.Cxd5 Cxd5 14.Fxd5 cxd5 
15.Tc1 f6 16.Rd2 Fd7 17.Tc7 g5 18.Fg3 Fc6 19.Tc1 Rd8 20.T1xc6 bxc6 21.Txc6
Rd7 22.Ta6 Thc8 23.Ce1 Tc6 24.Ta5 Fd8 25.Txd5+ Re6 26.Tb5 Tb6 27.Txb6+ 
Fxb6 28.Cc2 Tg8 29.f3 f4 30.Ff2 g4 31.exf4 gxf3 32.g3 Rf5 33.Rd3 Rg4 34.
Ce3+ Rh3 35.Re4 Td8 36.d5 Fxe3 37.Fxe3 Rg2 38.Fxa7 Ta8 39.Fd4 h5 40.d6 f2 
41.Fxf2 Rxf2 42.b4 Rg2 43.b5 Rxh2 44.b6 Rxg3 45.b7 Th8 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Cb8 11.Cbd2 Cbd7 12.Cf1 Te8 13.Ce3 Cc5 14.Fa2 h6 15.Ch2 Fc8 
16.b4 Ce6 17.Cf5 Ff8 18.Cg4 c6 19.Fd2 Rh7 20.Df3 Cxg4 21.hxg4 Df6 22.Dh3 
Cf4 23.Dh2 g6 24.Ce3 Fe6 25.Fb1 d5 26.g3 dxe4 27.dxe4 Tad8 28.Fc3 Dg5 29.
f3 Fd6 30.Rh1 c5 31.gxf4 exf4 32.Cf5 Ff8 33.Tg1 Tc8 34.Fd2 Df6 35.c3 gxf5 
36.gxf5 Fc4 37.Fxf4 Dxc3 38.Dg3 Dg7 39.Dxg7+ Fxg7 40.f6 Ff8 41.e5+ Rh8 42.
Ff5 Fe6 43.Fxe6 Txe6 44.Tg4 cxb4 45.axb4 Tc4 46.Td1 Te8 47.Td7 h5 48.Tg5 
Txf4 49.Txh5+ Rg8 50.Td1 Tg4 51.fxg4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "D12n"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Ff5 5.Cc3 e6 6.Ch4 Fg6 7.Cxg6 hxg6 8.Fd2 
Cbd7 9.g3 Fe7 10.Tc1 a6 11.Fg2 Cb6 12.b3 dxc4 13.Ce2 cxb3 14.Dxb3 a5 15.
Cf4 Fb4 16.Fxb4 axb4 17.Dxb4 Txa2 18.O-O Ta4 19.Db3 Ta7 20.Ta1 Txa1 21.
Txa1 O-O 22.Tb1 Cfd7 23.Cd3 Dc7 24.h4 Tb8 25.Db4 Cd5 26.Fxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67t"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 h6 10.h3 Fd7 11.Ff4 Rc8 12.Tad1 b6 13.Td3 Fe6 14.Tfd1 Rb7
15.b3 g5 16.Fc1 c5 17.Cd5 Ce7 18.Cxe7 Fxe7 19.c4 Tag8 20.Cd2 g4 21.hxg4 
Txg4 22.Cf1 Thg8 23.Tg3 h5 24.Te1 a6 25.Txg4 hxg4 26.Td1 Rc6 27.Ff4 Td8 
28.Txd8 Fxd8 29.Ce3 b5 30.Rf1 bxc4 31.bxc4 Rb6 32.Re2 Ra5 33.Rd3 c6 34.f3 
gxf3 35.gxf3 Ra4 36.Fh6 Ra3 37.f4 Rxa2 38.Rc2 f5 39.Ff8 Fb6 40.Fe7 a5 41.
Fh4 a4 42.Fe1 Fd8 43.Cd1 Ra3 44.Cb2 Fe7 45.Fc3 Ff8 46.Cd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "E32t"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Fg5 Fb7 8.e3 
d6 9.f3 Cbd7 10.Fd3 c5 11.Ce2 Tc8 12.b4 h6 13.Fh4 d5 14.bxc5 dxc4 15.Dxc4 
bxc5 16.O-O cxd4 17.Dxd4 Cc5 18.Fc4 Dxd4 19.Cxd4 Cd5 20.Ff2 Cc3 21.Tfc1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "D46k"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Cc3 c6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.Fd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Fxc4 a6 10.Fd3 e5 11.Fd2 h6 12.Tfe1 Te8 13.h3 De7 14.Ce4 Cxe4 15.
Fxe4 Cf6 16.dxe5 Cxe4 17.Dxe4 Fxe5 18.Cxe5 Dxe5 19.Dxe5 Txe5 20.Fc3 Te8 
21.a4 a5 22.Ted1 Fe6 23.f3 Fb3 24.Td7 b5 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Tb7 Fc4 27.Txa5 
Txa5 28.Fxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C67t"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 h6 10.b3 Fe6 11.Ce2 Fd5 12.Cfd4 Cxd4 13.Cxd4 Fc5 14.Cf5 
Tg8 15.Fe3 Fxe3 16.Cxe3 Re7 17.Tad1 Tad8 18.Td4 Fe6 19.Tfd1 Txd4 20.Txd4 
g5 21.f3 a5 22.Rf2 b6 23.g3 f6 24.exf6+ Rxf6 25.h4 c5 26.Te4 Td8 27.Re2 
Td4 28.hxg5+ hxg5 29.a4 Td8 30.f4 gxf4 31.Txf4+ Rg5 32.Te4 Rf6 33.Tf4+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E15o"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Cc3 c6 8.e4 d5 9.
Dc2 dxe4 10.Cxe4 Fb7 11.Fg2 c5 12.Ceg5 Cc6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Fc3 Cd4 15.Fxd4
cxd4 16.O-O O-O 17.Ce5 Fxg2 18.Rxg2 Fd6 19.Cg4 g6 20.Ch6+ Rg7 21.Chxf7 De7
22.Cxd6 Dxd6 23.Tae1 e5 24.Dd3 a5 25.f4 Cg4 26.De4 Dd7 27.fxe5 Ce3+ 28.Rg1
Cxf1 29.e6 Da7 30.e7 d3+ 31.Rh1 Df2 32.exf8=D+ Txf8 33.De7+ Rh6 34.Dxh7+ 
Rxg5 35.Dh4+ Rf5 36.g4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C42i"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cc4 Cxe4 5.Cc3 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Cd7 7.d4 d5 8.Ce3
Cf6 9.Fd3 c5 10.Fb5+ Fd7 11.De2 Fxb5 12.Dxb5+ Dd7 13.a4 a6 14.Dxd7+ Rxd7 
15.Tb1 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Txb5 Rc6 18.Tb1 c4 19.f3 g6 20.Fd2 Fd6 21.Rf2 
Ta2 22.Ta1 Tha8 23.Txa2 Txa2 24.g4 Ff4 25.Re2 Fd6 26.h3 Ce8 27.h4 Cg7 28.
h5 gxh5 29.Cf5 Cxf5 30.gxf5 Txc2 31.Rd1 Ta2 32.Txh5 Ta1+ 33.Re2 Ta2 34.Re3
Rd7 35.Txh7 Re7 36.Fe1 Tc2 37.f4 Tc1 38.Th1 Rd7 39.Tf1 Ta1 40.Re2 Fc7 41.
Tf3 Ta2+ 42.Fd2 Re7 43.Re3 Rf6 44.Th3 Rxf5 45.Th5+ Re6 46.f5+ Rf6 47.Fe1 
Th2 48.Fh4+ Rg7 49.Rf3 f6 50.Rg4 Tg2+ 51.Rf3 Th2 52.Rg4 Te2 53.Rf3 Tc2 54.
Fe1 Fa5 55.Th4 Fxc3 56.Tg4+ Rf7 57.Ff2 Td2 58.Th4 Td3+ 59.Re2 Re7 60.Tg4 
Rd6 61.Fe3 Fb2 62.Th4 Rc6 63.Tg4 Rb5 64.Th4 Ra4 65.Tg4 Rb3 66.Th4 Rc2 67.
Tg4 Rb3 68.Th4 Rc3 69.Tg4 Rc2 70.Th4 Fc3 71.Tg4 Fd2 72.Ff2 c3 73.Tg6 Fg5 
74.Txg5 fxg5 75.f6 Th3 76.Fe3 g4 77.f7 Tf3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D45l"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e3 e6 5.Cf3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.g4 h6 8.Tg1 a6 9.
h4 dxc4 10.Fxc4 b5 11.Fe2 c5 12.g5 hxg5 13.hxg5 Cd5 14.g6 f6 15.De4 C7b6 
16.Cxd5 Cxd5 17.dxc5 Fxc5 18.Fd2 Db6 19.Tc1 Fd7 20.b4 Fe7 21.Cd4 Tc8 22.
Txc8+ Fxc8 23.Th1 Txh1+ 24.Dxh1 Ff8 25.Dh8 Ce7 26.Fd1 e5 27.Fb3 Cxg6 28.
Dh5 exd4 29.Dxg6+ Rd8 30.Df7 Dd6 31.exd4 g5 32.a3 De7+ 33.Dxe7+ Rxe7 34.
Fe3 Rd6 35.f4 g4 36.Rf2 f5 37.d5 Fg7 38.Fc5+ Rc7 39.a4 Fd7 40.axb5 axb5 
41.Fc2 Fc3 42.Re2 Rb7 43.Fd3 Ff6 44.Re3 Fd8 45.Ff1 Ff6 46.Fg2 Fb2 47.Rd2 
Rc8 48.d6 Ff6 49.Fd5 Fb2 50.Rd3 Rb8 51.Fd4 Fc1 52.Fe5 Ra7 53.Re2 Rb8 54.
Rd1 Fe3 55.Re2 Fc1 56.Re1 Fe3 57.Rd1 Rc8 58.Re2 Fc1 59.Rd3 Rb8 60.Rc2 Fe3 
61.Rd3 Fc1 62.Fg2 Rc8 63.Rc2 Fe3 64.Rd3 Fc1 65.Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Cf3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 d5 6.Fg2 e5 7.Cf3 d4 8.O-O Cc6 
9.e3 Fe7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Ff4 Fe6 12.Cbd2 O-O 13.Te1 Db6 14.Db3 Cd7 15.Ce4 
h6 16.Tad1 Fb4 17.Fd2 a5 18.a3 Fxd2 19.Cfxd2 Dc7 20.Cf3 a4 21.Dc2 Fg4 22.
h3 Fxf3 23.Fxf3 Cce5 24.Fg2 f5 25.Cd2 d3 26.Dc3 f4 27.g4 Tae8 28.Ce4 b6 
29.Dd4 Rh8 30.Cd6 Td8 31.Cb5 Db8 32.Fd5 Tde8 33.Fh1 Tf6 34.Cc3 Cc5 35.Cd5 
Dd6 36.Dc3 Tff8 37.Db4 Tb8 38.Dc3 Tbe8 39.Db4 Tb8 40.Dc3 Ced7 41.Te7 Cf6 
42.Tde1 Tbd8 43.Ff3 Td7 44.Txd7 Cfxd7 45.Te7 Cf6 46.Dd4 d2 47.Dxd2 Cxd5 
48.Te2 Df6 49.cxd5 Cb3 50.Dc3 Cd4 51.Td2 Cb5 52.Db4 Cd6 53.Te2 Td8 54.Te6 
Df8 55.Dxb6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D15k"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 a6 5.c5 Cbd7 6.Ff4 Ch5 7.Fd2 Chf6 8.Dc2 g6
9.h3 Fg7 10.Ff4 O-O 11.e3 Ce8 12.Fe2 Cc7 13.O-O e5 14.dxe5 Ce6 15.b4 a5 
16.b5 Cdxc5 17.Fg3 Fd7 18.Tfd1 Tc8 19.bxc6 Fxc6 20.Tac1 Dd7 21.Db1 Tfd8 
22.Fh4 Te8 23.Db6 Ca4 24.Dxa5 Ta8 25.Db4 Cxc3 26.Dxc3 Txa2 27.Fc4 Ta4 28.
Fb3 Te4 29.Fg3 Ff8 30.Dd2 Fb4 31.Da2 Td8 32.Fh4 g5 33.Fxg5 Cxg5 34.Cxg5 
Txe5 35.Cf3 Tf5 36.Td4 Fe7 37.Tg4+ Rh8 38.Fc2 Th5 39.Db2+ f6 40.Td1 Tg8 
41.Tdd4 Dd6 42.Txg8+ Rxg8 43.Tg4+ Rf7 44.Db1 Fd7 45.Tf4 Rg7 46.Dxb7 Dc6 
47.Dxc6 Fxc6 48.Cd4 Fd7 49.Ff5 Fe8 50.Tg4+ Rh8 51.Fe6 Fg6 52.Ce2 Te5 53.
Cf4 d4 54.Txg6 hxg6 55.Cxg6+ Rg7 56.Cxe5 fxe5 57.exd4 exd4 58.Fc4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C78m"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.c3 d6 
9.d4 Fb6 10.Ca3 O-O 11.axb5 axb5 12.Cxb5 exd4 13.cxd4 Fg4 14.Fa4 Fxf3 15.
gxf3 d5 16.e5 Ch5 17.Rh1 f6 18.f4 g6 19.Tg1 Cg7 20.Fe3 Ce7 21.Cc3 Fa5 22.
Fc2 c6 23.Ta2 Rh8 24.Ce2 Fb4 25.Cg3 Dd7 26.Dd3 Dg4 27.De2 Dh4 28.Ta7 f5 
29.Df3 Ce6 30.Ce2 Cc8 31.Ta6 Cb6 32.Fd3 De7 33.Tc1 Tfc8 34.Taa1 Tc7 35.Tc2
Cc8 36.Tac1 Ca7 37.Cg3 Df8 38.h4 Fa5 39.h5 Tb4 40.Rg2 Txd4 41.Fxd4 Cxd4 
42.De3 Ce6 43.hxg6 hxg6 44.Th1+ Rg8 45.Ce2 c5 46.Tcc1 Cc6 47.Th4 Tg7 48.
Tch1 Rf7 49.Th8 De7 50.Fb5 Db7 51.Fxc6 Dxc6 52.Df3 Tg8 53.Txg8 Rxg8 54.Td1
Cc7 55.Cc3 Fxc3 56.bxc3 c4 57.Rg3 Rg7 58.De3 Da4 59.Tb1 Ce6 60.Tb7+ Rf8 
61.Db6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D08"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Cf3 Cc6 5.a3 Cge7 6.b4 Cg6 7.Fb2 a5 8.b5 Ccxe5
9.Cxe5 Cxe5 10.e3 Fe6 11.Fxd4 Cxc4 12.Dc2 Cd6 13.Fd3 Dg5 14.f4 Dh4+ 15.g3 
Dh5 16.Cc3 Cf5 17.O-O O-O-O 18.Fa7 Dg4 19.Ce4 Td7 20.Tfd1 Df3 21.Cg5 Cxe3 
22.Cxf3 Cxc2 23.Fxc2 b6 24.Ce5 Txd1+ 25.Txd1 Fxa3 26.f5 Fa2 27.Ta1 Fc5+ 
28.Rf1 Te8 29.Te1 f6 30.Cd3 Txe1+ 31.Rxe1 Fd6 32.Cc1 Fd5 33.Fb3 Fe4 34.
Fxb6 cxb6 35.Fe6+ Rc7 36.Re2 Fe5 37.Cd3 Rd6 38.Re3 Fd5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 d5 5.cxd5 c5 6.Fg5 Dxd5 7.Fxf6 gxf6 8.
dxc5 Dxc5 9.Tc1 Cc6 10.Cf3 Fd7 11.g3 Fxc3+ 12.Dxc3 Dxc3+ 13.Txc3 Re7 14.
Fg2 Tac8 15.O-O Cb4 16.Tb3 a5 17.a3 Fa4 18.Te3 Cd5 19.Te4 Fc2 20.Th4 Thd8 
21.Ta1 Fg6 22.Ce1 b5 23.Ff1 Cb6 24.e3 Td5 25.b4 a4 26.e4 Td4 27.Fxb5 Txe4 
28.Txe4 Fxe4 29.Cd3 Fxd3 30.Fxd3 Tc3 31.Fb5 e5 32.Rf1 f5 33.Re1 e4 34.Fe2 
Rd6 35.Rd2 Tb3 36.Ta2 h6 37.Fd1 Td3+ 38.Re1 Re5 39.Re2 Cd5 40.Ta1 Cc3+ 41.
Re1 Cxd1 42.Txd1 Txa3 43.b5 Tb3 44.Ta1 a3 45.Rd2 Rd5 46.Rc2 Tf3 47.Tb1 Rc5
48.b6 Txf2+ 49.Rc3 a2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D39k"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.e4 Fb4 6.Fg5 c5 7.Fxc4 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Fxc3+ 9.bxc3 Da5 10.Fb5+ Fd7 11.Fxf6 gxf6 12.Fxd7+ Cxd7 13.O-O a6 14.Tb1 
Dc7 15.Dd2 h5 16.f4 Tc8 17.Tf3 b5 18.Te1 Cb6 19.Df2 h4 20.Th3 Ca4 21.Txh4 
Tg8 22.Th7 Dxc3 23.e5 f5 24.Cf3 Cc5 25.Td1 Ce4 26.Da7 Dc5+ 27.Dxc5 Txc5 
28.h4 Tc2 29.Cg5 b4 30.Td4 a5 31.Rh2 Cxg5 32.fxg5 Tc6 33.g6 fxg6 34.Tdd7 
Th8 35.The7+ Rf8 36.Tf7+ Re8 37.g3 g5 38.Tfe7+ Rf8 39.Tf7+ Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "A30f"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 Cf6 3.g3 b6 4.Fg2 Fb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Dxd4 Fg7 8.Cc3 d6
9.Td1 Cbd7 10.Fe3 Tc8 11.Tac1 O-O 12.Dh4 a6 13.b3 Tc7 14.Fh3 Db8 15.Fh6 
Fxh6 16.Dxh6 Fxf3 17.exf3 b5 18.Fxd7 Txd7 19.Td4 e6 20.Tf4 Ch5 21.Th4 d5 
22.cxd5 exd5 23.Ce2 Tc8 24.Td1 De5 25.Cd4 Tdc7 26.Rg2 Tc3 27.Dd2 b4 28.Te1
Df6 29.Dh6 Dg7 30.Dg5 Df6 31.Txh5 Dxd4 32.Th4 Dg7 33.Dxd5 Df8 34.Te2 Tc2 
35.The4 Txe2 36.Txe2 Dc5 37.Te5 Dxd5 38.Txd5 f5 39.g4 f4 40.h4 h6 41.Td6 
Rg7 42.Txa6 g5 43.Ta7+ Rf6 44.h5 Tc6 45.Tb7 Ta6 46.Txb4 Txa2 47.Tb7 Ta6 
48.Th7 Re5 49.Tg7 Tb6 50.Tg6 Txb3 51.Txh6 Tb5 52.Tg6 Rd4 53.h6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "C65i"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.Cbd2 Fg7 7.Cf1 O-O 8.Fg5 h6 
9.Fh4 Ce7 10.Ce3 c6 11.Fa4 Dc7 12.Fb3 a5 13.O-O Fd7 14.d4 exd4 15.Dxd4 Ch5
16.Dd1 Tae8 17.Cd4 Ff6 18.Fg3 Cxg3 19.hxg3 c5 20.Ce2 Fc6 21.f3 b5 22.a4 c4
23.axb5 Fxb5 24.Fc2 Db6 25.Cd4 d5 26.exd5 Td8 27.Fe4 Fxd4 28.Dxd4 Dxd4 29.
cxd4 a4 30.f4 Tfe8 31.Tfe1 Rg7 32.Ff3 h5 33.Rf2 Tb8 34.g4 hxg4 35.Fxg4 
Ted8 36.Ff3 Cc8 37.g4 Cd6 38.g5 Fd7 39.Ta2 Tb3 40.Fd1 Tb4 41.Fc2 Th8 42.
Rg2 Thb8 43.Cd1 Fg4 44.Fxa4 Cf5 45.Fd7 Fxd1 46.Fxf5 Txb2+ 47.Rg3 Txa2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D17h"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Cf3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.Ce5 Cbd7 7.Cxc4 Cb6 8.Ce5 
a5 9.e3 h6 10.Fd3 Fxd3 11.Cxd3 Cbd5 12.Db3 Db6 13.Dxb6 Cxb6 14.f3 Cfd5 15.
Cxd5 cxd5 16.b3 e6 17.Re2 Fd6 18.Fd2 f5 19.Tac1 Re7 20.h3 Cd7 21.Tc2 g5 
22.Thc1 Thb8 23.h4 gxh4 24.Fe1 h3 25.gxh3 Tg8 26.Fh4+ Rf7 27.Rf2 Tab8 28.
f4 Rg6 29.Rf3 Rh5 30.Fe1 Ta8 31.Ce5 Cf6 32.Cf7 Fa3 33.Ta1 Fb4 34.Fxb4 axb4
35.Cd6 Tg7 36.Tg2 Txg2 37.Rxg2 Tg8+ 38.Rh2 Ce4 39.Cxb7 Cd2 40.a5 Cxb3 41.
Tg1 Ta8 42.Tb1 Cxa5 43.Ta1 b3 44.Cxa5 b2 45.Tb1 Txa5 46.Txb2 Ta3 47.Te2 
Rh4 48.Rg2 Tb3 49.Rf3 Tb1 50.Tg2 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D39f"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.e4 Fb4 6.Fg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Da5 9.exf6 Fxc3+ 10.bxc3 Dxg5 11.fxg7 Dxg7 12.Dd2 O-O 13.Fxc4 Td8 14.De3 
Fd7 15.O-O Cc6 16.Cf3 Ce7 17.Ce5 Fc6 18.Cxc6 Cxc6 19.Fd3 Ce7 20.Fe4 Cd5 
21.Fxd5 Txd5 22.Tad1 De5 23.Df3 Tad8 24.Txd5 Txd5 25.c4 Td2 26.a4 Ta2 27.
Dxb7 Txa4 28.Db3 Ta1 29.g3 Txf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.g3 e5 3.Fg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.Cf3 Fe7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.O-O 
Cc6 9.Da4 O-O 10.Fe3 Ce4 11.Td1 Ff6 12.Da3 Te8 13.Cbd2 Cd6 14.Fc5 Cb5 15.
Dd3 Cc7 16.Fa3 g6 17.Tac1 Ff5 18.Db3 Tb8 19.e3 Dd7 20.Fb4 Cxb4 21.Dxb4 Db5
22.Dxb5 Cxb5 23.Tc5 a6 24.a4 Ca7 25.Cd4 Fxd4 26.exd4 Cc6 27.Fxd5 Cxd4 28.
Cf1 Ce6 29.Tcc1 Fg4 30.f3 Fh3 31.Ce3 b6 32.Rf2 h5 33.Tc6 Rg7 34.Cc4 b5 35.
Cd6 Te7 36.a5 Tc7 37.Tdc1 Td7 38.Fxe6 Fxe6 39.Txa6 Tbd8 40.Tcc6 Fd5 41.
Tcb6 b4 42.f4 Rf8 43.f5 gxf5 44.Re3 Fg2 45.Cxf5 Td5 46.Rf4 Fh3 47.Tf6 Fxf5
48.Txf5 Txf5+ 49.Rxf5 Td2 50.b3 Tb2 51.Rf6 Tf2+ 52.Rg5 Tb2 53.Rf6 Tf2+ 54.
Re5 Tb2 55.Rd4 Txb3 56.Rc5 Tb1 57.Tb6 b3 58.Tb5 1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B80j"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.
Dd2 b4 10.Ca4 Cbd7 11.O-O-O Ce5 12.b3 Fd7 13.Cb2 d5 14.Ff4 Cxf3 15.Cxf3 
Cxe4 16.Dd4 f6 17.Fd3 Fc5 18.Fxe4 Fxd4 19.Fg6+ Rf8 20.Txd4 a5 21.Te1 Fe8 
22.Ch4 e5 23.Td2 a4 24.bxa4 Rg8 25.Fg3 d4 26.Td3 h5 27.Fxe8 Dxe8 28.g5 Tc8
29.g6 Th6 30.Txd4 Txg6 31.Cxg6 Dxg6 32.Td2 Tc3 33.Ted1 Rh7 34.Rb1 Df5 35.
Fe1 Ta3 36.Td6 Th3 37.a5 Txh2 38.Tc1 De4 39.a6 Da8 40.Fxb4 h4 41.Fc5 h3 
42.Cd3 Td2 43.Tb6 h2 44.Cf2 Dd5 45.Fe3 Te2 46.Tb3 f5 47.a7 Txe3 48.Txe3 
Db7+ 49.Tb3 Dxa7 50.Ch1 f4 51.c4 e4 52.c5 e3 53.c6 e2 54.c7 Dxc7 55.Txc7 
e1=D+ 56.Tc1 De4+ 57.Ra1 Dd4+ 58.Rb1 De4+ 59.Ra1 Dd4+ 60.Rb1 De4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C88h"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 Te8 10.a4 d6 11.Fd2 b4 12.c3 d5 13.exd5 Cxd5 14.Cxe5 Cxe5 15.Txe5 Ff6
16.Txe8+ Dxe8 17.cxb4 Fxb2 18.Ta2 Fe5 19.Tc2 Fd6 20.Df3 De5 21.g3 Tb8 22.
De4 Dh5 23.Dg4 De5 24.De4 Dh5 25.Dg4 De5 26.De4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C67s"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Ce7 10.h3 Cg6 11.Fg5+ Re8 12.Tad1 Fd7 13.Td2 Fe6 14.Tfd1 
Fe7 15.Fe3 a6 16.Ce2 Td8 17.Txd8+ Fxd8 18.b3 Fe7 19.c4 h5 20.Cfd4 Fc8 21.
f4 h4 22.Cc3 Th5 23.Ce4 c5 24.Ce2 b6 25.C2c3 Fb7 26.Cd5 Fxd5 27.cxd5 Cxe5 
28.fxe5 Txe5 29.d6 cxd6 30.Cxd6+ Fxd6 31.Ff4 Re7 32.Fxe5 Fxe5 33.Td5 f6 
34.Rf1 g5 35.a4 Fd6 36.Re2 Rd7 37.Re3 Rc6 38.Re4 b5 39.axb5+ axb5 40.Td1 
Fe5 41.Td8 c4 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.Tc8+ Rb5 44.Rd5 c3 45.Tc4 Rb6 46.Tc5 Rb7 47.
Tc6 Fd4 48.Rd6 Fe5+ 49.Rc5 Ff4 50.Rd5 Fe5 51.Rc5 Ff4 52.Rb5 Fd2 53.Tc4 f5 
54.Ra4 g4 55.Rb3 gxh3 56.gxh3 f4 57.Tc5 Rb6 58.Th5 Fe1 59.Tf5 Fd2 60.Th5 
Fe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C42m"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.Cc3 Cxc3 6.dxc3 Fe7 7.Fe3 Cc6 8.
Dd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Ce5 10.h4 Fg4 11.Fe2 Dc8 12.b3 Te8 13.Rb1 Ff8 14.h5 a6 15.
Tde1 b5 16.Th4 Fe7 17.Thh1 Ff8 18.Ff4 Cd7 19.Cg5 Fxe2 20.Txe2 Cf6 21.Txe8 
Dxe8 22.h6 gxh6 23.Cf3 Ce4 24.De3 Fg7 25.Cd4 c5 26.Ce2 Cxc3+ 27.Cxc3 Dxe3 
28.fxe3 Fxc3 29.Fxd6 Tc8 30.Rc1 Tc6 31.Ff4 Rg7 32.Rd1 c4 33.Re2 Ff6 34.
Fxh6+ Rg6 35.Rf3 cxb3 36.cxb3 Tc2 37.a4 bxa4 38.bxa4 Ta2 39.Ff8 Fg5 40.Tb1
Txa4 41.Tb6+ f6 42.Tb7 Fh6 43.Fxh6 Rxh6 44.e4 Rg6 45.g4 Ta1 46.Rf4 a5 47.
Tb6 a4 48.e5 a3 49.Txf6+ Rg7 50.Rg5 a2 51.Tf2 Te1 52.Txa2 Txe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "E11h"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fe7 6.Fg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Ff4 b6 
9.Cc3 Fa6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Tc1 Cc6 12.Cxd5 Dxd5 13.Ce5 Cxd4 14.Fxd5 Cxe2+ 
15.Dxe2 Fxe2 16.Fxa8 Txa8 17.Tfe1 Fb5 18.Tc2 Cd5 19.Tec1 Fc5 20.Fd2 f6 21.
b4 Ff8 22.Cg4 Td8 23.Tc8 Td7 24.Ch6+ gxh6 25.Fxh6 Tf7 26.Td8 Ce7 27.Tc7 
Cg6 28.Tcc8 e5 29.f4 Fd7 30.Ta8 Fh3 31.Rf2 b5 32.Tdb8 exf4 33.gxf4 Fd7 34.
h4 Fc6 35.h5 Fxa8 36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Txa8 f5 38.Rg3 a6 39.Rh4 Tg7 40.Rg5 1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "E15o"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Cc3 c6 8.e4 d5 9.
Dc2 dxe4 10.Cxe4 Fb7 11.Ceg5 c5 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 h6 14.Cxf7 Rxf7 15.
O-O-O Fd6 16.Ch4 Fc8 17.Te1 Ca6 18.Te6 Cb4 19.Fxb4 cxb4 20.Fc4 b5 21.Fxb5 
Fe7 22.Cg6 Cxd5 23.Txe7+ Cxe7 24.Fc4+ Rf6 25.Cxh8 Dd4 26.Td1 Da1+ 27.Rd2 
Dd4+ 28.Re1 De5+ 29.De2 Dxe2+ 30.Rxe2 Cf5 31.Cf7 a5 32.g4 Ch4 33.h3 Ta7 
34.Td6+ Re7 35.Tb6 Tc7 36.Ce5 Cg2 37.Cg6+ Rd8 38.Rf1 Fb7 39.Txb7 Txb7 40.
Rxg2 Td7 41.Cf8 Td2 42.Ce6+ Re7 43.Cxg7 Txa2 44.Cf5+ Rf6 45.Cxh6 Tc2 46.
Ff7 Tc3 47.f4 a4 48.bxa4 b3 49.g5+ Rg7 50.f5 b2 51.f6+ Rh7 52.Cf5 1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B91g"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Cb3 Cbd7 8.Fg2 b5
9.O-O Fe7 10.a4 b4 11.Ca2 a5 12.c3 bxc3 13.Cxc3 Cb6 14.Cb5 O-O 15.Fd2 Cc4 
16.Fc3 Fe6 17.Te1 Db8 18.Cd2 Tc8 19.b3 Cxd2 20.Dxd2 Cd7 21.Teb1 Cc5 22.Dd1
Ta6 23.b4 axb4 24.Fxb4 Da8 25.Cc3 Fd8 26.Ff1 Ta7 27.Cb5 Td7 28.Cxd6 Tc6 
29.Fxc5 Txc5 30.Fb5 Tdc7 31.a5 g6 32.a6 Fg5 33.h4 Fe7 34.Ce8 Ta7 35.Dd2 
Txb5 36.Txb5 Dxe8 37.Tb7 Fc5 38.Ta5 Dc8 39.Txa7 Fxa7 40.Rh2 Dc7 41.Rg2 h5 
42.Ta1 Dc4 43.De1 Dd3 44.Ta5 Fg4 45.Rh2 Rh7 46.Ta2 Ff3 47.Ta5 Dc2 48.Rg1 
Rg7 49.Td5 Fxe4 50.Td2 Dc4 51.Rh2 Dc3 52.De2 Fd4 53.Ta2 Fa8 54.Dd1 Dc4 0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B48g"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Dd2 Cf6 8.O-O-O
Fb4 9.f3 Ce7 10.Cde2 b5 11.Rb1 Fa5 12.Dd4 Cc6 13.Dc5 Fb4 14.Dg5 O-O 15.Dg3
Ce5 16.h4 Fb7 17.h5 Ce8 18.a3 Fd6 19.Ff4 f6 20.Ca2 Tc8 21.Cec3 Fc6 22.Fe2 
a5 23.h6 g6 24.Txd6 Dxd6 25.Cxb5 Fxb5 26.Fxb5 Cc7 27.Fe2 Tb8 28.a4 Dd4 29.
b3 d6 30.Fc1 Dxa4 31.Fb2 De8 32.f4 Cc6 33.Td1 a4 34.f5 axb3 35.cxb3 Ce5 
36.Txd6 De7 37.fxg6 hxg6 38.Cc1 Rh7 39.Fxe5 fxe5 40.Dxe5 Tbd8 41.Tc6 Tf7 
42.Cd3 Tb8 43.Rb2 Dd8 44.b4 Tb7 45.Tc2 Ca6 46.Rb3 Tfd7 47.Tc3 Td6 48.Cc5 
Cxc5+ 49.Txc5 Ta7 50.Ta5 Tc7 51.Tc5 Ta7 52.Ta5 Tad7 53.Tc5 Td2 54.Fc4 Txg2
55.Fxe6 Te7 56.Dc3 Da8 57.Ta5 Dxe4 58.Fd5 Db1+ 59.Ra3 Tg1 60.Fg8+ Rxg8 61.
Ta8+ Rf7 62.Dc4+ Te6 63.Ta7+ Rf6 64.Df4+ Df5 65.Dd4+ De5 66.Df2+ Df5 67.
Dd4+ De5 68.Df2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E15o"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Cc3 O-O 8.Tc1 c6 
9.e4 d5 10.e5 Ce4 11.Fd3 Cxc3 12.Txc3 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.h4 h6 15.Fb1 f5 
16.exf6 Fxf6 17.Dc2 d4 18.Cg5 hxg5 19.hxg5 dxc3 20.Ff4 Rf7 21.Dg6+ Re7 22.
gxf6+ Txf6 23.Dxg7+ Tf7 24.Fg5+ Rd6 25.Dxf7 Dxg5 26.Th7 De5+ 27.Rf1 Rc6 
28.De8+ Rb6 29.Dd8+ Rc6 30.Fe4+ 1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B80k"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Dd2 b4 
9.Cce2 e5 10.Cb3 Cc6 11.c4 Fe7 12.Cg3 g6 13.Fd3 Cd7 14.Td1 O-O 15.Df2 a5 
16.O-O a4 17.Cc1 Cc5 18.Fb1 Dc7 19.Cce2 Fe6 20.Fh6 Tfe8 21.Cf5 Fxc4 22.Ce3
Fa6 23.f4 exf4 24.Fxf4 Ce5 25.Cd5 Da7 26.Fxe5 dxe5 27.Rh1 Fg5 28.Cxb4 Fc4 
29.Tfe1 Db7 30.Cd5 Dxb2 31.Cc7 Ce6 32.Cxe8 Txe8 33.Tf1 Tf8 34.Cc1 Dxb1 0-1

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sanchez Lopez, Sergio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A57a"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.b3 e6 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.Cf3 d5 7.e3 bxc4 8.bxc4 Fd6
9.Cc3 Fc7 10.Fe2 O-O 11.O-O Cc6 12.Fa3 Cb4 13.Cb5 Fa5 14.Ce5 a6 15.Cc3 Dd6
16.f4 Fb7 17.Da4 Fb6 18.Tad1 De7 19.Ff3 Tad8 20.Tf2 a5 21.Tfd2 d4 22.exd4 
cxd4 23.Cb5 Fxf3 24.Cxf3 d3+ 25.Rf1 Cg4 26.Te1 Txf4 27.c5 Dxc5 0-1

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Panelo, Marcelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[ECO "D56"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 Ce4 8.Fxe7 
Dxe7 9.Tc1 c6 10.a3 Cd7 11.Dc2 Cxc3 12.Dxc3 dxc4 13.Dxc4 e5 14.Fe2 exd4 
15.Cxd4 Ce5 16.Dc5 Dg5 17.g3 Df6 18.f4 Cg4 19.e4 b6 20.Dc3 c5 21.Cb5 Dc6 
22.Df3 Td8 23.O-O Fa6 24.a4 Cf6 25.e5 Cd5 26.Fd3 Fxb5 27.axb5 De6 28.Fc4 
Td7 29.Tce1 g6 30.g4 Tad8 31.f5 De8 32.e6 fxe6 33.Txe6 1-0

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C67n"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.dxe5 Cxb5 7.a4 Cbd4 8.
Cxd4 d5 9.exd6 Cxd4 10.Dxd4 Dxd6 11.De4+ De6 12.Dd4 Fd6 13.Dxg7 Fe5 14.Dg5
f6 15.Dh5+ Df7 16.Dxf7+ Rxf7 17.Cd2 Ff5 18.Cc4 Fxc2 19.Cxe5+ fxe5 20.Fd2 
Thd8 21.Fc3 e4 22.a5 c5 23.Tfe1 b5 24.axb6 axb6 25.Tac1 Fd3 26.Te3 Td7 27.
f3 Te8 28.Tce1 Tde7 29.fxe4 Txe4 30.Tf3+ Rg8 31.Tg3+ Rf8 32.Tf3+ Rg8 33.
Tg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIX Vicente Bonil"]
[Site "Albox ESP"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krivoshey, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A37c"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 Cc6 5.Cc3 Ch6 6.h4 d6 7.h5 Fg4 8.d3 Dd7 9.
Cg5 Fxh5 10.f3 f6 11.Ch3 e5 12.Cf2 f5 13.Fxh6 Fxh6 14.g4 Tg8 15.Cd5 Df7 
16.gxh5 gxh5 17.Fh3 Tg3 18.e3 Rf8 19.De2 Te8 20.Rd1 b5 21.Rc2 bxc4 22.dxc4
f4 23.Ce4 fxe3 24.Cxg3 Cd4+ 25.Rd3 Cxe2 26.Rxe2 Db7 27.b3 Da6 28.Ce4 Da3 
29.Thb1 Td8 30.Rd3 h4 31.Fe6 Te8 32.Fd7 Td8 33.Fa4 a6 34.Rc2 Tb8 35.Tg1 
Tb4 36.Cec3 Fg7 37.Tae1 e4 38.fxe4 e2 39.Txe2 Fd4 40.Tf1+ Rg7 41.Tg2+ Rh6 
42.Ce7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D17r"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.Ce5 e6 7.f3 Fb4 8.e4 Fxe4 
9.fxe4 Cxe4 10.Fd2 Dxd4 11.Cxe4 Dxe4+ 12.De2 Fxd2+ 13.Rxd2 Dd5+ 14.Rc2 Ca6
15.Cxc4 b5 16.axb5 Cb4+ 17.Rc3 cxb5 18.Td1 bxc4 19.Txd5 Cxd5+ 20.Rc2 O-O 
21.De4 Tfc8 22.h4 Tc5 23.Th3 Tac8 24.Ta3 a5 25.Rc1 h5 26.Dd4 c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90d"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 b5 7.a4 b4 8.Cd5 Cxd5 
9.exd5 g6 10.Fe3 Fb7 11.Fc4 Dc7 12.Fb3 Cd7 13.Dd2 Cf6 14.Ce2 a5 15.O-O-O 
Tc8 16.Cd4 Fg7 17.Cb5 Dd8 18.g4 Cd7 19.Rb1 Cc5 20.h4 h5 21.Fd4 Rf8 22.Thg1
Dd7 23.Fxg7+ Rxg7 24.Cd4 Cxb3 25.cxb3 Rf8 26.Cc2 hxg4 27.fxg4 Txh4 28.Ce3 
e5 29.Df2 De7 30.Th1 Txh1 31.Txh1 Dg5 32.Th7 Tc7 33.Ra2 Fa6 34.Dh2 Fd3 35.
Th8+ Re7 36.Ta8 Df6 37.g5 Dg7 38.Dd2 e4 39.Cg4 Td7 40.Cf6 Td8 41.Dc1 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B17o"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cg5 Cgf6 6.Fd3 e6 7.C1f3 Fd6 8.De2
h6 9.Ce4 Cxe4 10.Dxe4 Cf6 11.De2 Dc7 12.Fd2 b6 13.O-O-O Fb7 14.Rb1 Td8 15.
Thg1 c5 16.dxc5 Dxc5 17.a3 O-O 18.g4 Dd5 19.g5 Dxf3 20.gxf6 g6 21.Fxh6 
Fxh2 22.Th1 Dxe2 23.Fxe2 Txd1+ 24.Txd1 Tc8 25.f3 Fg3 26.Fg7 g5 27.Td7 Fc6 
28.Txa7 Td8 29.a4 Fe5 30.a5 Td2 31.Fc4 b5 32.Fb3 Fxf3 33.Te7 Td6 34.Te8+ 
Rh7 35.Ff8 Td1+ 36.Ra2 Fxf6 37.a6 g4 38.c4 Td2 39.cxb5 g3 40.b6 g2 41.Fc5 
Fxb2 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B81g"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 b5 9.
Fg2 Fb7 10.g5 hxg5 11.fxg5 b4 12.Ca4 Ch5 13.O-O Cd7 14.g6 Chf6 15.c3 Ce5 
16.gxf7+ Rxf7 17.cxb4 Th4 18.Db3 De8 19.Tac1 Fxe4 20.Tc7+ Rg8 21.Cxe6 Tg4 
22.Txf6 Txg2+ 23.Rf1 Db5+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B46l"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fd3 d6 8.f4 e5 
9.Cxc6 bxc6 10.Dd2 Cg4 11.f5 Cxe3 12.Dxe3 Fe7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rh1 Fd7 15.
Tad1 a5 16.Fc4 a4 17.Td3 Fc8 18.De2 Rh8 19.Cd1 g6 20.Ce3 Fg5 21.Tfd1 Db6 
22.b3 Ta7 23.f6 axb3 24.cxb3 Fxf6 25.Txd6 Fg5 26.Cd5 Dc5 27.Cf6 Da3 28.h3 
Rg7 29.Df3 Dxa2 30.Txc6 Db2 31.Tf1 Dd4 32.Td1 Ta1 33.Txa1 Dxa1+ 34.Rh2 
Ff4+ 35.g3 Db2+ 36.Dg2 Dxg2+ 37.Rxg2 Fg5 38.Cd5 Fe6 39.h4 Fd2 40.Rf3 Tb8 
41.Re2 Fb4 42.Cxb4 Txb4 43.Rd2 Fxc4 44.bxc4 f5 45.exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "D27i"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Fxc4 c5 6.O-O Cf6 7.Fb3 Cc6 8.De2 
cxd4 9.Td1 d3 10.Txd3 Dc7 11.Cc3 Fe7 12.e4 Cd7 13.Fe3 Cc5 14.Tdd1 O-O 15.
Tac1 Cxb3 16.axb3 Td8 17.Ca4 Txd1+ 18.Dxd1 Fd7 19.Fb6 Dc8 20.Ce5 Fe8 21.
Cd3 e5 22.Cc3 De6 23.Cd5 Tc8 24.h3 f6 25.Dg4 Dxg4 26.hxg4 Rf7 27.Cxe7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A70v"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Fg7 8.h3 O-O 
9.Fd3 b5 10.Fxb5 Cxe4 11.Cxe4 Da5+ 12.Cfd2 Dxb5 13.Cxd6 Da6 14.C2c4 Cd7 
15.O-O Cb6 16.Cxb6 Dxb6 17.Cxc8 Taxc8 18.Tb1 Tfd8 19.Ff4 Db7 20.d6 Ff8 21.
Dd2 Fxd6 22.Fxd6 Tc6 23.Tfd1 Da6 24.Dg5 Tdxd6 25.Txd6 Txd6 26.Dxc5 Dxa2 
27.Te1 Td8 28.b4 a6 29.Dg5 Tf8 30.h4 Dc4 31.De7 h5 32.g3 Tc8 33.Td1 Dc6 
34.Td6 Da8 35.De1 Db7 36.Dd2 Te8 37.Dc3 Tc8 38.Dd2 Te8 39.Td5 Dc6 40.Rh2 
Df6 41.Td4 Dc6 42.Td6 Df3 43.Dd4 De4 44.Dc3 Db7 45.Tc6 Db5 46.Tf6 Te7 47.
Dc8+ Te8 48.Dxa6 Dxb4 49.Da2 Te6 50.Txe6 fxe6 51.Dxe6+ Rg7 52.Dd7+ Rf6 53.
Dc6+ Rg7 54.Dd5 Dc3 55.Rg2 Df6 56.Dd7+ Rg8 57.Dc7 De6 58.Df4 Dc6+ 59.Rf1 
De6 60.De3 Dc4+ 61.Re1 Dc2 62.Rf1 Dd1+ 63.Rg2 Dd5+ 64.f3 Da2+ 65.Rh3 Db1 
66.g4 hxg4+ 67.fxg4 Df1+ 68.Rg3 Df6 69.Dc5 De6 70.Dc3 De4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D31f"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fe7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Ff4 c6 6.Dc2 g6 7.e3 Ff5 8.Dd2 Cf6
9.f3 h5 10.Fd3 Fxd3 11.Dxd3 Ca6 12.Cge2 Cc7 13.O-O Ce6 14.Fe5 h4 15.Tae1 
O-O 16.g4 hxg3 17.hxg3 Cd7 18.Rg2 Cxe5 19.dxe5 Dd7 20.f4 f5 21.g4 Tf7 22.
Th1 Ff8 23.gxf5 Cc5 24.Dd1 Dxf5 25.Cd4 Dd7 26.Teg1 Te8 27.Th3 Ce6 28.Tgh1 
Fg7 29.Dc2 Cf8 30.Cce2 De7 31.Cf3 Db4 32.Tg3 c5 33.Ch4 Te6 34.Cc3 d4 35.
Cd5 Db5 36.e4 c4 37.Cf3 d3 38.Dc3 Ta6 39.Cd4 Dc5 40.Txd3 Txa2 41.Tdh3 b5 
42.Cf3 Ce6 43.Rg3 b4 44.Dd2 Tf8 45.Cf6+ Txf6 46.exf6 Fxf6 47.e5 Fg7 48.Th7
Df8 49.Cg5 Ta6 50.Th8+ 1-0

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "B81g"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 Cc6 
9.Fe2 e5 10.Cf5 g6 11.Cg3 exf4 12.Fxf4 Fe6 13.Tf1 Tc8 14.h3 Db6 15.Dd2 Fg7
16.Fxd6 Cxg4 17.Fxg4 Dxb2 18.e5 Cxe5 19.Tb1 Dxc3 20.Dxc3 Txc3 21.Fxe6 fxe6
22.Txb7 Cc4 23.Fb4 Te3+ 24.Ce2 Fe5 25.Tff7 Txh3 26.Cd4 Te3+ 27.Rf1 Te4 28.
Tfe7+ Rd8 29.Cc6+ Rc8 30.Ca7+ Rd8 31.Tbd7# 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "E11i"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Fb4+ 4.Fd2 Fe7 5.Fg2 d5 6.Cf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Dc2 b6 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cd3 Fb7 11.Td1 a5 12.a3 Fa6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Fe3 Ta7 15.Cc3 
Tc7 16.Ff4 Tc8 17.Fxb8 Cxb8 18.Tac1 Cc6 19.e3 Fc4 20.Ff1 Dd7 21.Cf4 b5 22.
Fxc4 bxc4 23.e4 Ff6 24.exd5 Cxd4 25.De4 e5 26.Ch5 Fg5 27.f4 f5 28.Dg2 Df7 
29.Cxg7 Dxg7 30.fxg5 Dxg5 31.Rh1 e4 32.g4 Rh8 33.gxf5 Dxg2+ 34.Rxg2 Cxf5 
35.Rh1 Cd6 36.Te1 Tf4 37.a4 Tb8 38.Te2 Rg7 39.Tce1 Tb4 40.Cb5 Cxb5 41.axb5
Rf7 42.d6 Re6 43.Td2 Rd7 44.Tg1 Tf7 45.Te1 a4 46.Te3 Tg7 47.Txe4 a3 48.
Te7+ Txe7 49.dxe7+ Rxe7 50.bxa3 Tb1+ 51.Rg2 c3 52.Te2+ Rd6 53.Rf3 Rd5 54.
a4 Rd4 55.a5 Txb5 56.a6 Ta5 57.Te4+ Rd5 58.Te3 c2 59.Tc3 Tc5 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C45t"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Cxd4 Fc5 5.Cxc6 Df6 6.Dd2 dxc6 7.Cc3 Ce7 8.
Df4 Cg6 9.Dxf6 gxf6 10.Fd2 Tg8 11.Ca4 Fd6 12.O-O-O Fe6 13.Cc3 O-O-O 14.g3 
Fg4 15.Fe2 Ce5 16.Ff4 Fh3 17.Fh5 Fc5 18.Txd8+ Txd8 19.Cd1 Fg2 20.Te1 Cf3 
21.Te2 Cg1 22.Fg4+ Rb8 23.Td2 Txd2 24.Rxd2 Fxe4 25.Cc3 Fg2 26.Fe3 Fe7 27.
Fh5 Cf3+ 28.Re2 Cg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B07v"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.Fe3 Fg7 5.Dd2 c6 6.f3 b5 7.Cge2 Cbd7 8.Fh6 
Fxh6 9.Dxh6 Fb7 10.a3 e5 11.O-O-O De7 12.Rb1 a6 13.Cc1 O-O-O 14.Cb3 exd4 
15.Txd4 c5 16.Td1 Cb6 17.g3 Rb8 18.Ca5 Fa8 19.Fh3 d5 20.Df4+ Ra7 21.The1 
d4 22.Cd5 Cbxd5 23.exd5 Dd6 24.Txd4 cxd4 25.Te7+ Rb6 26.Dxd4+ Rxa5 27.b4+ 
Ra4 28.Dc3 Dxd5 29.Ta7 Fb7 30.Txb7 Dc4 31.Dxf6 Rxa3 32.Dxa6+ Rxb4 33.c3+ 
Rxc3 34.Da1+ Rd2 35.Db2+ Rd1 36.Ff1 Td2 37.Td7 Txd7 38.Fxc4 bxc4 39.Dxh8 
Td3 40.Da8 c3 41.Da4+ Re1 42.f4 f5 43.Rc1 Td2 44.Da7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "A30f"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Fb7 4.Fg2 c5 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Dxd4 Fg7 8.Cc3 d6
9.Td1 Cbd7 10.Fe3 O-O 11.Dh4 Tc8 12.Fh3 Fxf3 13.exf3 Ce5 14.Rg2 Txc4 15.
Td4 Txc3 16.bxc3 Da8 17.Rf1 Cxf3 18.Fg2 Cxh4 19.Fxa8 Cf5 20.Fb7 Cxd4 21.
cxd4 Tb8 22.Fa6 Cd5 23.Tc1 h5 24.Re2 e6 25.a3 b5 26.Tc8+ Txc8 27.Fxc8 Cxe3
28.fxe3 d5 29.Fa6 Ff8 30.Fxb5 Fxa3 31.h3 f5 32.Fa6 g5 33.Rf3 g4+ 34.hxg4 
hxg4+ 35.Rf2 Rf7 36.Re2 Fd6 37.Rf2 Fb4 38.Rf1 Fd2 39.Re2 Fb4 40.Rf1 Re7 
41.Rf2 Fa5 42.Rf1 Fb6 43.Rf2 Rf6 44.Re2 e5 45.dxe5+ Rxe5 46.Rd3 Fc7 47.Re2
Rf6 48.Rf2 Fe5 49.Rg2 d4 50.exd4 Fxd4 51.Rf1 Rg5 52.Rg2 f4 53.gxf4+ Rxf4 
54.Rf1 Re3 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E97k"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 a5 10.Fa3 axb4 11.Fxb4 Cd7 12.a4 Fh6 13.a5 f5 14.Cd2 Rh8 15.Fd3 Tf6 
16.Ca4 Tf7 17.c5 dxc5 18.Fc3 fxe4 19.Fxe4 Cf5 20.Cc4 Fg7 21.Fxf5 Txf5 22.
d6 Tb8 23.dxc7 Dxc7 24.Dd6 Dxd6 25.Cxd6 Tf8 26.Tfd1 b5 27.axb6 Cxb6 28.
Cxc5 Fg4 29.f3 Cd7 30.Ca6 Tb3 31.Tac1 Fe6 32.Cc7 Ff7 33.Ce4 Cb8 34.Cg5 Cc6
35.Td7 Fe8 36.Txg7 Rxg7 37.Cce6+ Rg8 38.Cxf8 Rxf8 39.Cxh7+ Re7 40.Cg5 Fd7 
41.Fd2 Tb2 42.Ce4 Cd4 43.Te1 Fc6 44.Fg5+ Re6 45.Cd2 Cc2 46.Tc1 Cd4 47.Te1 
Cc2 48.Td1 Cd4 49.h4 Ce2+ 50.Rh2 Cd4 51.Rh3 Rd5 52.Te1 Ta2 53.Ce4 Tc2 54.
Ta1 Fd7+ 55.Rg3 Fb5 56.Ta8 Ff1 57.Td8+ Re6 58.Fd2 Fd3 59.Te8+ Rf7 60.Cd6+ 
Rg7 61.Te7+ Rf8 62.Fg5 Ff1 63.Txe5 Txg2+ 64.Rf4 Te2 65.Ce4 Fg2 66.Fe7+ Rf7
67.Fc5 Ce6+ 68.Rg3 Ff1 69.Ff2 Cg7 70.Rg4 Ce6 71.Td5 Tc2 72.Td7+ Re8 73.
Cf6+ Rf8 74.Fg3 Tc4+ 75.Ce4 Re8 76.Ta7 Fd3 77.Fd6 Fxe4 78.fxe4 Txe4+ 79.
Rf3 Te1 80.Rf2 Te4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E92h"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 c6 8.d5 Cg4 9.
Fg5 f6 10.Fh4 c5 11.O-O Ch6 12.Ce1 Cd7 13.Tb1 b6 14.a3 g5 15.Fg3 f5 16.
exf5 Cxf5 17.Ce4 h6 18.Cc2 Cf6 19.Fd3 De8 20.Ce3 Cxe4 21.Fxe4 h5 22.Dd3 
Df7 23.f3 Cxe3 24.Dxe3 Fh6 25.Fe1 Dg7 26.Fd2 Tf6 27.Dd3 g4 28.Fxh6 Dxh6 
29.fxg4 Fxg4 30.Txf6 Dxf6 31.Tf1 Dg7 32.h3 Fd7 33.Df3 Fe8 34.Df5 Df7 35.
Dg5+ Dg7 36.Dh4 Dh6 37.Tf6 De3+ 38.Rh2 Rg7 39.Tf3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.d4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e3 Fg7 8.Fd3 
O-O 9.O-O Dc7 10.De2 Td8 11.Td1 b6 12.Fb2 Cc6 13.Tac1 Fb7 14.e4 e6 15.h4 
Tac8 16.h5 Df4 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Fb1 Ca5 19.Te1 Dg4 20.Tcd1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Cc4
22.Fc1 b5 23.g3 Te8 24.Rg2 f5 25.Cg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D15j"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 a6 5.c5 Ff5 6.Ff4 Cbd7 7.e3 e6 8.Fe2 Fe7 
9.Cd2 Fg6 10.b4 Dc8 11.O-O Fd8 12.Tc1 Fc7 13.Fxc7 Dxc7 14.f4 Cg8 15.e4 Ce7
16.f5 exf5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.b5 O-O 19.b6 Dd8 20.Cb3 Cf6 21.Ca5 Tb8 22.a4 
Ce4 23.Ca2 f6 24.Cb4 Fe8 25.Dc2 g6 26.Tb1 Tf7 27.Cxb7 Txb7 28.a5 Cc6 29.
Cxc6 Fxc6 30.Fxa6 Tb8 31.Fb5 Dc8 32.Fxc6 Dxc6 33.a6 Rg7 34.Tb4 Cd6 35.Da4 
Dxa4 36.Txa4 Cc8 37.Tb4 Ca7 38.bxa7 Ta8 39.c6 Taxa7 40.Tc1 1-0

[Event "Rapid 45"]
[Site "Oviedo ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B66g"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
h6 9.Ff4 Fd7 10.Cxc6 Fxc6 11.De1 Dc7 12.h4 b5 13.Cd5 Fxd5 14.exd5 e5 15.
Rb1 Fe7 16.Fc1 O-O 17.g4 Cxg4 18.Tg1 h5 19.f3 Cf6 20.Fd3 Rh8 21.Txg7 Rxg7 
22.Dg3+ Cg4 23.fxg4 Tg8 24.Tf1 Rf8 25.g5 Re8 26.Df3 Tf8 27.Dxh5 Dc5 28.g6 
Dxd5 29.g7 Tg8 30.Dh7 Rd7 31.Df5+ Rc7 32.Fe4 1-0

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B15l"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Fg7 3.Cc3 c6 4.Cf3 d5 5.h3 Ch6 6.Ff4 f6 7.Fe2 Cf7 8.Fh2 O-O 
9.O-O b6 10.Te1 Fb7 11.Ff1 Cd7 12.a4 a6 13.a5 b5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Te6 Tc8 
16.Cxb5 axb5 17.Fxb5 f5 18.De2 Cf6 19.a6 Fa8 20.Txe7 Txc2 21.Dxc2 Dxe7 22.
Da4 De6 23.b4 Ce4 24.Ff1 g5 25.b5 g4 26.Ce1 Db6 27.Cc2 Tc8 28.Ff4 Fh6 29.
Fxh6 Dxh6 30.hxg4 Dd2 31.f3 Df2+ 32.Rh2 Cfg5 33.Ce1 Dh4+ 34.Rg1 Ch3+ 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "B70d"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.g3 g6 7.Cde2 Fg7 8.Fg2 
Tb8 9.b3 b5 10.Fb2 O-O 11.Dd2 Ce5 12.f4 Ced7 13.O-O-O Fb7 14.Cd5 a5 15.
The1 Cxd5 16.exd5 Fxb2+ 17.Rxb2 b4 18.Cd4 Cc5 19.f5 a4 20.Rb1 Cd7 21.fxg6 
hxg6 22.Dh6 axb3 23.axb3 e5 24.dxe6 Fxg2 25.e7 Da5 26.Ce6 1-0

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E63f"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Cf3 Cc6 7.O-O a6 8.b3 Tb8 
9.Fb2 b5 10.Ce1 Ca5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Cd3 b4 13.Ce4 Cd5 14.e3 Fa6 15.Te1 e6 
16.a3 Cxb3 17.Dxb3 bxa3 18.Dxa3 Fxd3 19.Dxd3 Txb2 20.Teb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B76p"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 Cc6 8.Dd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.De1 e6 11.h4 Dc7 12.exd5 Cxd5 13.Cxd5 exd5 14.Dd2 Te8 
15.h5 Txe3 16.Dxe3 Cxd4 17.Txd4 Ff5 18.Fd3 Db6 19.Thh4 Fe4 20.Tdxe4 Dxb2+ 
21.Rd1 dxe4 22.Txe4 Dxa2 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Te7 Db1+ 25.Re2 Ff6 26.Td7 a5 27.
Fxg6 Db5+ 28.Dd3 Te8+ 29.Fe4 Dxd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B72"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.Fe2 O-O 8.Dd2 
Cc6 9.O-O-O Cxd4 10.Fxd4 Fe6 11.h4 Da5 12.Dg5 b5 13.Dxb5 Dc7 14.e5 Ce8 15.
exd6 Cxd6 16.Dc5 Dxc5 17.Fxc5 Fxc3 18.bxc3 Tfc8 19.Fxd6 exd6 20.Txd6 Txc3 
21.h5 Tc5 22.Rb2 Tf5 23.Tb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E94h"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fe2 O-O 6.Cf3 e5 7.Fe3 c6 8.O-O exd4 
9.Cxd4 Te8 10.Dc2 De7 11.f3 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Fd3 Ca6 14.a3 Fd7 15.Tfe1 
dxe4 16.Cxe4 Cxe4 17.Fxe4 Tac8 18.Df2 Cc5 19.Fc2 Df6 20.Tad1 b6 21.Dd2 Ce6
22.Fe4 Tcd8 23.Dc1 Fa4 24.b3 Fd7 25.Cc6 Fxc6 26.Dxc6 Cc5 27.Fxc5 Dxc6 28.
Fxc6 Txe1+ 29.Txe1 bxc5 30.Te8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E92h"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fe2 O-O 6.Cf3 e5 7.Fe3 c6 8.Dd2 De7 
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Cg4 11.Fg5 f6 12.Fh4 Ca6 13.O-O Ch6 14.Ce1 Cf7 15.Fxa6 
bxa6 16.Cc2 Tb8 17.Ce3 a5 18.Tfc1 h5 19.f3 Fh6 20.Ccd1 Cg5 21.Dxa5 f5 22.
De1 fxe4 23.fxe4 Tf4 24.Fxg5 Dxg5 25.Tc4 Fa6 26.Tc6 Fd3 27.Tac1 Tbf8 28.
Tc8 Fxe4 29.Cf2 Tf7 30.Txf8+ Txf8 31.Tc3 Df4 32.De2 Fb1 33.a3 Dd4 34.g3 a5
35.De1 e4 36.Rg2 Fd3 37.Cfd1 Df6 38.h4 g5 39.Cf2 Df3+ 40.Rg1 gxh4 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C02p"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Cc6 5.Cf3 Fd7 6.Fe2 Ch6 7.O-O Cf5 8.Ca3 cxd4 
9.cxd4 Fxa3 10.bxa3 Db6 11.Fe3 Cxe3 12.fxe3 Dd8 13.Fd3 Tc8 14.Tc1 De7 15.
Tc5 O-O 16.Db1 b6 17.Tc2 h6 18.Fa6 Tcd8 19.Fb5 Ca5 20.Tc7 a6 21.Txd7 Txd7 
22.Fxd7 Dxd7 23.Dxb6 Db5 24.Dxb5 axb5 25.Tb1 Tc8 26.Txb5 Tc1+ 27.Rf2 Tc2+ 
28.Rf1 Cc4 29.Tb3 Txa2 30.Tc3 g6 31.h4 Rg7 32.e4 dxe4 33.Txc4 exf3 34.gxf3
Txa3 35.Rf2 Ta2+ 36.Rg3 Td2 37.Ta4 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.f4 Rg6 40.fxg5 Rxg5 
41.Ta7 Txd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Magistral"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C68o"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Fg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Df6 8.Fe3 
Fxf3 9.Dxf3 Dxf3 10.gxf3 Fd6 11.Cd2 Ce7 12.Tfb1 Cg6 13.b4 f6 14.a4 Rf7 15.
Rf1 Cf8 16.Re2 Ce6 17.c3 Thd8 18.Cc4 b6 19.Rd2 Fe7 20.Rc2 Td7 21.Td1 Tad8 
22.Td2 g6 23.Tad1 Ff8 24.Rb3 c5 25.b5 a5 26.Rc2 Fg7 27.Th1 f5 28.Tdd1 f4 
29.Fc1 Ff6 30.h4 Rg7 31.Th2 Rh7 32.Tg2 Rh6 33.Tdg1 Tg7 34.Th1 Rh7 35.Thg1 
Tdg8 36.Th1 Rh6 37.Rd2 g5 38.hxg5+ Cxg5 39.Re2 Ce6 40.Tgh2 h4 41.Txh4+ 
Fxh4 42.Txh4+ Rg5 43.Th1 Rf6 44.Fb2 Tg5 45.Th7 Te8 46.Td7 Te7 47.Td5 Th7 
48.d4 exd4 49.e5+ Rf5 50.cxd4 Tg2 51.Cd6+ cxd6 52.exd6+ Rg6 53.d7 Cd8 54.
dxc5 bxc5 55.Fc3 Rf7 56.Fxa5 Re6 57.Txc5 Txd7 58.Fc7 Tgg7 59.Fxf4 Cb7 60.
Tc6+ Rd5 61.Fe3 Tg1 62.Th6 Rc4 63.Tc6+ Rb3 64.b6 Rxa4 65.f4 Rb5 66.Tc2 Cd6
67.Tc5+ Ra6 68.Td5 Tgg7 69.Rf3 Cc4 70.Tc5 Cxb6 71.Tc6 Tb7 72.f5 Tgc7 73.
Te6 Rb5 74.Te5+ Rc4 75.Re4 Cd7 76.Ta5 Cf6+ 77.Re5 Tc6 78.Fg5 Tb5+ 79.Txb5 
Cd7+ 80.Re4 Rxb5 81.Rd5 Tc5+ 82.Re6 Cf8+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A70r"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6 8.h3 Fg7 9.
a4 O-O 10.Fd3 Te8 11.O-O c4 12.Fc2 Cbd7 13.Fe3 Dc7 14.De2 Tb8 15.Fa7 Ta8 
16.Fe3 Tb8 17.a5 b5 18.axb6 Cxb6 19.Tfc1 Cbd7 20.Cd2 Tb4 21.Ta4 a5 22.Cxc4
Fa6 23.Fd3 Fxc4 24.Fxc4 Cxe4 25.Txb4 axb4 26.Cxe4 Txe4 27.Dd3 Txe3 28.Dxe3
Fxb2 29.Tc2 Fc3 30.Fb5 Cf6 31.Ta2 Dc8 32.Fc6 Df5 33.Ta8+ Rg7 34.De7 Ce4 
35.Df8+ Rf6 36.Dd8+ Rg7 37.Df8+ Rf6 38.Dd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B42c"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Fd3 Db6 6.Cb3 Dc7 7.De2 Cf6 8.Cc3 
d6 9.f4 Fe7 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Cfd7 12.Ff4 Cc6 13.O-O Cdxe5 14.Tae1 Db6+ 
15.Rh1 Cxd3 16.Dxd3 O-O 17.Dg3 Rh8 18.Fc7 Da7 19.Ca4 f6 20.Fb6 Db8 21.Fc7 
Da7 22.Cb6 e5 23.Cxa8 Dxa8 24.Td1 Te8 25.Fd6 Fd8 26.Cc5 b6 27.Ce4 Cd4 28.
Fxe5 Cf5 29.Dg4 Ce3 30.Dh5 Tg8 31.Df3 Cxd1 32.Cd6 Da7 33.Cxc8 Dd7 34.Cd6 
1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D85f"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Fb5+ c6 8.Fa4
O-O 9.Ce2 Cd7 10.O-O e5 11.f3 De7 12.Fe3 Td8 13.Dc2 Cb6 14.Fb3 Fe6 15.Tad1
Cc4 16.Fc1 b5 17.f4 exd4 18.Cxd4 Fg4 19.Tde1 Dc5 20.Rh1 a5 21.h3 Fd7 22.a4
bxa4 23.Fa2 Fe8 24.e5 Cb6 25.f5 Cd5 26.Fd2 Cb4 27.Dxa4 Cxa2 28.Dxa2 Fxe5 
29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Fg5 Td5 31.Te3 Dd6 32.De2 Fd7 33.c4 Fxd4 34.cxd5 Fxe3 35.
Dxe3 Te8 36.Dc3 Dxd5 37.Fh6 Te5 38.Tf3 Dc5 39.Da1 Ff5 40.Te3 f6 41.Txe5 
Dxe5 42.Da2+ Dd5 43.Dxd5+ cxd5 44.Fd2 a4 45.Fc3 Rf7 46.h4 Re6 47.Rg1 Fh3 
48.gxh3 Rf5 49.Rf2 Re4 50.Fxf6 d4 51.Fe7 Rd3 52.Fc5 Rc4 53.Fe7 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C11k"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e5 Cfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Cf3 Cc6 7.Fe3 a6 8.Dd2 b5 9.
Fe2 Fb7 10.a3 Tc8 11.Cd1 cxd4 12.Cxd4 Fc5 13.c3 Ca5 14.Dc2 Cc6 15.Dd3 g5 
16.Cxc6 Txc6 17.Cf2 Fxe3 18.Dxe3 Db6 19.Dxb6 Txb6 20.Cd3 gxf4 21.O-O Tg8 
22.Tf2 Tg5 23.h4 Tg3 24.Ff3 Tc6 25.Tc1 Re7 26.Rh2 Tg8 27.Tcf1 Tc4 28.Fh5 
f6 29.exf6+ Cxf6 30.Fd1 f3 31.Fxf3 Txh4+ 32.Rg1 Rd6 33.Fd1 Ce4 34.Tf8 Cg3 
35.Txg8 Th1+ 36.Rf2 Txf1+ 37.Re3 Cf5+ 38.Rd2 Tg1 39.Ff3 Ch4 40.Td8+ Rc7 
41.Th8 Cxf3+ 42.gxf3 Th1 43.Re3 a5 44.f4 Fc6 45.Ce5 b4 46.axb4 axb4 47.
cxb4 Fa4 48.Ta8 Fc2 49.Ta6 Ff5 50.b5 Tc1 51.Cf3 Td1 52.Tc6+ Rb7 53.Ce5 d4+
54.Re2 Th1 55.b4 h5 56.Cc4 d3+ 57.Rf3 Rb8 58.Cd6 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C19j"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ce7 7.Cf3 Fd7 8.Fd3 c4
9.Fe2 Fa4 10.h4 h6 11.h5 Rd7 12.Ch4 g5 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.g4 g5 15.Cg2 Cbc6 
16.Fe3 Dg8 17.Th3 Dg6 18.Tc1 a5 19.Dd2 b5 20.Rf1 Tab8 21.Ce1 Thf8 22.Rg1 
Tf7 23.Cg2 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.cxb4 Txb4 26.c3 Tb1 27.Rh2 Cg8 28.Fd3 Dxd3 
29.Dxd3 cxd3 30.Txb1 d2 31.Fxd2 Txf2 32.Fc1 Ta2 33.Tf3 Fd1 34.Tf8 Cce7 35.
Tb2 Txb2 36.Fxb2 Fxg4 37.Fa3 Fe2 38.Ce3 h5 39.Tf7 Re8 40.Tg7 g4 41.Rg3 Fd3
42.Rh4 Fg6 43.Rg5 Ff7 44.Th7 Cc8 45.Cf1 Cb6 46.Cg3 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C78b"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fc5 6.d3 d6 7.Cc3 b5 8.Fb3 Ca5 
9.Rh1 c6 10.h3 Ta7 11.Ch2 O-O 12.f4 Cxb3 13.axb3 Te8 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.De1 
Cd7 16.Cf3 Cf8 17.Fe3 Fxe3 18.Dxe3 Td7 19.Tf2 f6 20.Ch4 Ce6 21.Cf5 Cd4 22.
Dg3 Cxf5 23.Txf5 c5 24.Tf2 Fb7 25.Taf1 Tf7 26.Cd5 Fxd5 27.exd5 Dxd5 28.
Txf6 Txf6 29.Txf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.O-O Cc6 8.Fe3 
Fe7 9.f4 Dc7 10.Rh1 O-O 11.Ff3 Te8 12.a4 Fd7 13.Dd2 Tab8 14.Cb3 b6 15.g4 
Fc8 16.Df2 Ca5 17.Tad1 Cc4 18.Fc1 b5 19.g5 Cd7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Fg2 b4 22.
Ce2 Cc5 23.f5 Ff8 24.g6 Cxb3 25.cxb3 Ce5 26.gxf7+ Dxf7 27.Cd4 exf5 28.exf5
Fb7 29.Ce6 Tbc8 30.Cg5 De7 31.Dd2 Rh8 32.Tde1 Dd7 33.Ce6 Db5 34.Td1 Fe7 
35.Fxb7 Dxb7+ 36.Dd5 Dxd5+ 37.Txd5 Cf7 38.Fd2 Ff6 39.Fxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A70x"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fd3 b5 10.Cxb5 Te8 11.Cd2 Cxe4 12.Fxe4 Fa6 13.a4 Da5 14.Cxd6 Cd7 15.Dc2 
f5 16.Cxe8 Txe8 17.Rd1 fxe4 18.Ta3 c4 19.Te3 Dxd5 20.Txe4 Tf8 21.f3 Cc5 
22.Te7 Ff6 23.Txa7 c3 24.Txa6 cxd2 25.Txf6 dxc1=D+ 26.Rxc1 Txf6 27.Td1 Dc6
28.Rb1 Cxa4 29.Dxc6 Txc6 30.Td8+ Rg7 31.Td7+ Rh6 32.h4 Cc5 33.Tf7 Ce6 34.
Ra2 Ta6+ 35.Rb1 Cd4 36.Tf4 Cf5 37.Te4 Td6 38.Rc2 Cg3 39.Tg4 Cf1 40.Rc3 Ce3
41.Tg5 Cf5 42.Tg4 Rh5 43.b4 Ce3 44.Td4 Txd4 45.Rxd4 Cc2+ 46.Re5 Cxb4 47.
Rf6 Cd5+ 48.Rg7 Ce3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B96e"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fg5 e6 7.f4 Fd7 8.f5 Fe7 
9.fxe6 fxe6 10.Fc4 Dc8 11.Fb3 Cc6 12.Cxc6 Dxc6 13.Dd3 Dc5 14.Fe3 Dh5 15.
Ff4 Td8 16.O-O O-O 17.h3 Rh8 18.Tad1 Fc8 19.Dg3 Dc5+ 20.Fe3 Dc6 21.e5 dxe5
22.Dxe5 Fd6 23.Txd6 Txd6 24.Ce4 Td5 25.Fxd5 Dxd5 26.Fd4 Dxe5 27.Fxe5 Fd7 
28.Fxf6 gxf6 29.Txf6 Txf6 30.Cxf6 Fc6 31.Rf2 Rg7 32.Cg4 Fe4 33.c3 h5 34.
Ce5 Rf6 35.Cd7+ Rf5 36.b4 Fc6 37.Cc5 Re5 38.g3 Rd5 39.Re3 Rc4 40.Ce4 e5 
41.g4 h4 42.g5 Fd7 43.g6 Fxh3 44.Cg5 Fg2 45.Cf3 Fh3 46.Rd2 Fe6 47.Cxh4 Rb5
48.Cf3 Fxa2 49.Cxe5 Fe6 50.Rc2 a5 51.bxa5 Rxa5 52.g7 Rb5 53.Rd3 Ra5 54.Rd4
b6 55.Cc6+ Ra4 56.Ce7 b5 57.g8=D 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C78m"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.c3 d6 
9.d4 Fb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.h3 O-O 12.Te1 Te8 13.Ca3 b4 14.Cc4 bxc3 15.bxc3 
exd4 16.Cxb6 Txb6 17.cxd4 Cxe4 18.Fxf7+ Rxf7 19.Txe4 Txe4 20.Cg5+ Rg8 21.
Cxe4 Ff5 22.Cg5 Ce7 23.g4 Fg6 24.Ce6 Dc8 25.d5 Ff7 26.Cxg7 Rxg7 27.Dd4+ 
Rf8 28.Fh6+ Re8 29.Te1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Db6 6.Fg2 Fc5 7.e3 Cc6 8.Cxc6 
dxc6 9.O-O e5 10.Cc3 Dc7 11.Dc2 O-O 12.b3 Fe6 13.Fb2 Tad8 14.h3 Cd7 15.
Tad1 f5 16.Tfe1 a5 17.Rh2 h5 18.Rh1 Tde8 19.a3 Fa7 20.Td2 Cf6 21.Dd1 h4 
22.gxh4 e4 23.Ce2 Ch5 24.Tg1 Fb8 25.Cg3 Cf6 26.f4 Td8 27.Ff1 Txd2 28.Dxd2 
Fa7 29.Fe2 Dd7 30.Dxd7 Fxd7 31.Ch5 Ce8 32.c5 g6 33.b4 Rh7 34.Td1 Fe6 35.
Td8 gxh5 36.Fxh5 axb4 37.axb4 b6 38.Fd4 bxc5 39.bxc5 Rg8 40.Fxe8 Fc4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D39i"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.e4 Fb4 6.Fg5 c5 7.Fxc4 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Da5 9.Fd2 Dc5 10.Fb5+ Fd7 11.Cb3 De7 12.Fd3 Cc6 13.a3 Fd6 14.O-O Td8 15.f4
Fc8 16.e5 Fc5+ 17.Rh1 Txd3 18.exf6 gxf6 19.De2 Dd8 20.Tad1 Fe7 21.Fe3 Td7 
22.f5 Txd1 23.Txd1 Dc7 24.fxe6 Fxe6 25.Cd4 Cxd4 26.Fxd4 Tg8 27.Df2 Tg5 28.
Ce4 Tf5 29.De3 Dc4 30.Rg1 Td5 31.b3 Dc7 32.Tf1 f5 33.Cf6+ Fxf6 34.Fxf6 Dc5
35.Dxc5 Txc5 36.Td1 Td5 37.Txd5 Fxd5 38.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A59l"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.e4 Fxf1 8.Rxf1 
d6 9.g3 Fg7 10.Rg2 Cbd7 11.Cf3 O-O 12.Te1 Da5 13.e5 Cg4 14.exd6 exd6 15.
Ff4 Tfb8 16.Te2 Da6 17.Tc1 Cge5 18.Cxe5 Cxe5 19.Fxe5 Fxe5 20.b3 Tb4 21.Td2
c4 22.Ce2 Rg7 23.bxc4 Txc4 24.Txc4 Dxc4 25.Dc2 Db4 26.Cg1 Ta3 27.Cf3 Ff6 
28.Td3 De4 29.Tc3 Dxc2 30.Txc2 Ta5 31.Td2 Fc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E97q"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fe2 O-O 6.Cf3 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 Ch5 10.Te1 Cf4 11.Ff1 a5 12.bxa5 Txa5 13.a4 c5 14.Ta3 h6 15.Cd2 Ta6 
16.Cb5 Fd7 17.g3 Ch5 18.Fb2 Fe8 19.Fe2 Cf6 20.f4 Cd7 21.Da1 f5 22.Rh1 g5 
23.Tf1 Fg6 24.Fd3 g4 25.exf5 Cxf5 26.Db1 exf4 27.Fxg7 Rxg7 28.Txf4 Ce5 29.
Fxf5 Txf5 30.Txf5 Dd7 31.Te3 Dxf5 32.Dxf5 Fxf5 33.Cxd6 Txd6 34.Txe5 Rf6 
35.Te8 Ta6 36.Ce4+ Fxe4+ 37.Txe4 h5 38.h3 gxh3 39.Rh2 Txa4 40.Rxh3 Rf5 41.
Th4 Rg5 42.Tf4 Tb4 43.Te4 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B53e"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Dxd4 Fd7 5.c4 Cc6 6.Dd2 g6 7.Fe2 Fg7 8.O-O 
Fg4 9.Cc3 Cf6 10.Tb1 O-O 11.b3 Cd7 12.Fb2 Cc5 13.Tfd1 a6 14.De3 Fxf3 15.
Fxf3 e6 16.g3 Dc7 17.Fg2 Tfd8 18.Ce2 Fxb2 19.Txb2 Tac8 20.Cc3 Da5 21.Tbd2 
b5 22.cxb5 axb5 23.Ff1 Ca7 24.Txd6 Txd6 25.Txd6 b4 26.Ca4 Cb5 27.Fxb5 Dxb5
28.Cb6 Tb8 29.Cc4 Ca4 30.Dd3 Cc3 31.a4 Dg5 32.Rg2 Dc1 33.a5 Da1 34.a6 Tf8 
35.Ce5 Ce2 36.Dxe2 Dxe5 37.Dd3 Da5 38.Dc4 h5 39.h4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B97v"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fg5 e6 7.f4 Db6 8.Dd2 
Dxb2 9.Tb1 Da3 10.f5 Cc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Cxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Fxf6 gxf6
15.Ce4 Dxa2 16.Td1 Fe7 17.Fe2 O-O 18.O-O Ta7 19.Dh6 Td7 20.Td3 Txd3 21.
Fxd3 f5 22.Cg5 Fxg5 23.Dxg5+ Rh8 24.De7 Tg8 25.Df6+ Tg7 26.Df8+ Tg8 27.
Df6+ Tg7 28.Td1 Dd5 29.Df8+ Tg8 30.Df6+ Tg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B35m"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 g6 3.Cf3 Fg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Fb3 
a5 9.a4 Cg4 10.Dxg4 Cxd4 11.Dh4 d6 12.Cd5 Te8 13.Td1 Cxb3 14.Fb6 Dd7 15.
cxb3 Ta6 16.Fd4 Dd8 17.Fxg7 Rxg7 18.Dg3 Fe6 19.O-O Tc6 20.De3 Fxd5 21.exd5
Tc5 22.h4 Dd7 23.Dd4+ Rg8 24.h5 Df5 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Tfe1 b5 27.Td3 f6 28.
axb5 Txb5 29.Th3 g5 30.Dc4 Tb4 31.De2 Dg6 32.De6+ Rg7 33.Dd7 Df7 34.The3 
Rf8 35.Th3 Rg7 36.The3 Rf8 37.Th3 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B33w"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.c3 Fg7 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 O-O 14.Cce3 Fe6 15.
Fd3 f5 16.O-O e4 17.Cf4 Ff7 18.Fc2 Fe5 19.Cfd5 Dg5 20.f4 exf3 21.Txf3 Fh5 
22.Cc7 Ff4 23.Dd5+ Rh8 24.Txf4 Dxf4 25.Te1 Tac8 26.Ce6 Dh4 27.g3 Tg8 28.
Cxf5 Dc4 29.Dxd6 Tg6 30.Ce7 Cxe7 31.De5+ Rg8 32.Fxg6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E97d"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.Fg5 Ch5 10.Ce1 Cf4 11.Cd3 Cxe2+ 12.Dxe2 h6 13.Fd2 f5 14.f4 exf4 15.Cxf4 
g5 16.Ce6 Fxe6 17.dxe6 f4 18.g3 fxg3 19.hxg3 Cg6 20.Cd5 c6 21.Dh5 cxd5 22.
Dxg6 Db6+ 23.Rh1 Dxb2 24.e7 Tfe8 25.Fxg5 hxg5 26.Df7+ Rh8 27.Tae1 dxc4 28.
Dh5+ Rg8 29.Te2 Dxe2 30.Dxe2 Txe7 31.Dxc4+ Rh7 32.Dd5 Tae8 33.Tf7 Txf7 34.
Dxf7 Te5 35.Dxb7 Ta5 36.Db3 Fe5 37.g4 Ff4 38.a4 Rg6 39.Dg8+ Rh6 40.Dd8 Tc5
41.Df6+ Rh7 42.Df7+ Rh6 43.Dxa7 Rg6 44.a5 Rf6 45.a6 Tc1+ 46.Rg2 Tc2+ 47.
Rf3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "B38z"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Cc6 9.Fe3 Fd7 10.Dd2 Cxd4 11.Fxd4 Fc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Cd7 14.Fe3 Cc5 15.
Tab1 e6 16.Tfd1 Fe5 17.Fd4 De7 18.Ff1 Tfd8 19.De3 Fxd4 20.Txd4 e5 21.Td2 
Ce6 22.Tbd1 Rg7 23.g3 h6 24.h4 g5 25.h5 g4 26.fxg4 Cg5 27.Tf2 Dc7 28.Tf5 
f6 29.Fe2 Tf8 30.Rh2 Tad8 31.Tff1 Fd7 32.Cd5 Dc5 33.Dd3 Fe6 34.Ce3 Tf7 35.
Td2 Dc6 36.Ff3 Dc5 37.Fg2 Dc8 38.De2 Dc5 39.Tfd1 b6 40.Df2 Rf8 41.Td5 Dc7 
42.Tb5 Tb8 43.Td3 Rg7 44.a4 Rf8 45.b4 axb4 46.Txb4 Ta8 47.Tdb3 Ta6 48.Cf5 
Fxf5 49.Dxf5 Dd7 50.Dg6 Dxg4 51.Txb6 Txb6 52.Txb6 Dd7 53.Tb8+ Re7 54.a5 
Da7 55.Dg8 Re6 56.Fh3+ f5 57.exf5+ Rf6 58.Dg6+ Re7 59.f6+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A58q"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.Cf3 Fg7 8.g3 d6 
9.Fg2 Cbd7 10.Tb1 O-O 11.O-O Cb6 12.b3 Ta7 13.a4 Da8 14.Ch4 Tb8 15.Fb2 
Cbd7 16.Fa1 Ce5 17.Dc2 Tab7 18.Tfd1 Da7 19.Ff1 Ce8 20.Ce4 Tb6 21.Cd2 Cd7 
22.Fxg7 Rxg7 23.Chf3 Cef6 24.e4 Tb4 25.Fxa6 Dxa6 26.Cc4 Cb6 27.Cfd2 Cfd7 
28.Ca3 Cf6 29.Dc3 Cd7 30.Cc2 T4b7 31.Cc4 Rg8 32.f3 Ta8 33.Tb2 Cb6 34.C2e3 
Cxc4 35.Cxc4 Tb4 36.e5 dxe5 37.Dxe5 Db7 38.d6 Dxf3 39.Tf1 De4 40.dxe7 Dxe5
41.Cxe5 Te4 42.Td2 Te8 43.Cc4 Te6 44.Txf6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B53u"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Dxd4 Cc6 5.Fb5 Fd7 6.Fxc6 Fxc6 7.Cc3 Cf6 8.
Fg5 e6 9.O-O-O Fe7 10.Dd3 Da5 11.Fd2 Dc7 12.Cd4 a6 13.f4 b5 14.e5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 Cd7 16.Cxc6 Dxc6 17.Dg3 g6 18.Fg5 Fxg5+ 19.Dxg5 b4 20.Ce2 Tc8 21.Cd4 
Dc4 22.Rb1 O-O 23.h4 f6 24.exf6 e5 25.Cf3 Cxf6 26.Tc1 e4 27.Cd2 De6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C67x"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Re8 10.h3 a5 11.Te1 Fb4 12.Fd2 Fe6 13.Tad1 Td8 14.a3 Fxc3
15.Fxc3 Txd1 16.Txd1 Fd5 17.Cd4 Cxd4 18.Txd4 b6 19.f4 f5 20.exf6 gxf6 21.
f5 Tg8 22.g4 h5 23.Rf2 hxg4 24.hxg4 Rf7 25.Fd2 Te8 26.Ff4 Te4 27.Txe4 Fxe4
28.Fxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E94u"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cbd7 8.Fe3 De7
9.d5 c5 10.Fg5 h6 11.Fd2 Ce8 12.g3 Cdf6 13.Ch4 Fh3 14.Te1 Rh7 15.Tb1 b6 
16.a3 Fd7 17.b4 Dd8 18.Fd3 Cg8 19.Dc2 Tc8 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.f4 Cd6 22.a4 Ce7
23.Cb5 Fxb5 24.axb5 Dd7 25.fxe5 Fxe5 26.Cf3 f6 27.Cxe5 fxe5 28.Fc3 Cf7 29.
Tf1 Tce8 30.Rh1 g5 31.Tf6 Cg6 32.Tbf1 Cd6 33.Txf8 Cxf8 34.Fe2 Rg7 35.Fh5 
Te7 36.De2 Ch7 37.Fg4 De8 38.Ff5 Cf6 39.Rg2 Dg8 40.h4 g4 41.Fxg4 Cfxe4 42.
Fe1 Dh7 43.Rh3 Tf7 44.Txf7+ Cxf7 45.Fe6 Ced6 46.Fxf7 Cxf7 47.Df3 Dg6 48.
Fc3 Df6 49.Dg4+ Rh7 50.Rg2 Dg6 51.Dxg6+ Rxg6 52.g4 Rf6 53.Rf3 Cd6 54.Fd2 
Rg7 55.Fc1 Rg6 56.h5+ Rg7 57.Re3 Cf7 58.Rd3 Rf6 59.Fd2 Rg7 60.Fe1 Cd6 61.
Fg3 Rf6 62.Fh4+ Rf7 63.g5 e4+ 64.Rc3 Cf5 65.g6+ Rg7 66.Fd8 e3 67.Rd3 Rf8 
68.Fc7 Cg7 69.Rxe3 Re7 70.Fe5 1-0

[Event "EU Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90d"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 Db6 7.Cb3 e6 8.g4 Cc6 
9.De2 Dc7 10.Fe3 b5 11.O-O-O Fe7 12.Rb1 Cd7 13.Df2 Fb7 14.g5 Tc8 15.Tg1 
O-O 16.h4 b4 17.Ca4 Cce5 18.Cb6 Cxb6 19.Fxb6 Db8 20.Fh3 Cc4 21.Fa7 Dc7 22.
h5 a5 23.g6 Ff6 24.Fd4 e5 25.gxf7+ Rxf7 26.Fxc8 Txc8 27.Fa7 a4 28.Cc1 d5 
29.Cd3 d4 30.Fc5 Ce3 31.Fxb4 Db6 32.Tc1 Fa6 33.Dd2 Db5 34.a3 Rg8 35.Cf2 h6
36.Tg6 De2 37.Cg4 Cxg4 38.Txg4 Dxf3 39.Tcg1 Rf7 40.De1 Fe2 41.T4g2 d3 42.
cxd3 Fxd3+ 43.Ra1 Tc2 44.Txc2 Fxc2 45.Dd2 Dxe4 46.Dd7+ Rg8 47.Fe7 De3 48.
Dc8+ Rf7 49.Fc5 Dd3 50.Tc1 Fb3 51.Df8+ 1-0

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B13h"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Fd3 Cc6 5.c3 Cf6 6.Fg5 Fg4 7.Ce2 e6 8.Dc2 
Fxe2 9.Dxe2 h6 10.Fh4 Db6 11.Fg3 Fe7 12.O-O O-O 13.b3 Tac8 14.Cd2 a6 15.a4
Dd8 16.Tac1 Te8 17.Rh1 Fd6 18.f4 Ce7 19.Cf3 Cf5 20.Ce5 Fe7 21.Tc2 g6 22.
Fe1 h5 23.h3 h4 24.Fxf5 exf5 25.Fxh4 Ce4 26.Fe1 Fh4 27.g4 fxg4 28.hxg4 Rg7
29.f5 Tc7 30.Rg2 Fxe1 31.Dxe1 Dg5 32.Dc1 Dxc1 33.Tcxc1 gxf5 34.Txf5 f6 35.
Cd3 Txc3 36.Txc3 Cxc3 37.Cf4 Te4 38.Rf3 Rh7 39.Txf6 b5 40.Txa6 Txd4 41.
Ta7+ Rg8 42.a5 Tb4 43.g5 Txb3 44.Ce6 b4 45.Rf4 Ce2+ 46.Re5 Te3+ 47.Rf6 
Tf3+ 48.Rg6 Cf4+ 49.Cxf4 Txf4 50.Ta8+ Tf8 51.Txf8+ Rxf8 52.a6 b3 53.a7 b2 
54.a8=D+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E92g"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Fg7 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 h6 8.O-O Cg4 
9.Fc1 Ca6 10.Tb1 f5 11.dxe5 Cxe5 12.Cxe5 dxe5 13.b4 c6 14.b5 cxb5 15.Cxb5 
Fe6 16.Fa3 Dxd1 17.Tfxd1 Tfd8 18.Txd8+ Txd8 19.Cxa7 Ff8 20.Fxf8 Rxf8 21.
exf5 gxf5 22.Tb2 Cc5 23.f3 Ca4 24.Tc2 f4 25.Rf1 Ff5 26.Tc1 Td2 27.c5 e4 
28.c6 bxc6 29.Cxc6 exf3 30.Fxf3 Txa2 31.Cd4 Fd7 32.Fc6 Cb6 33.Fxd7 Cxd7 
34.Ce6+ Rf7 35.Cxf4 Ce5 36.h3 Ta4 37.Cd5 Re6 38.Td1 Ta3 39.Rf2 Cd3+ 40.
Txd3 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A61"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Cd2 Fg7 8.Cc4 O-O
9.g3 b6 10.a4 Fa6 11.Cb5 Ce8 12.Fg2 Fxb5 13.axb5 Cd7 14.Ff4 De7 15.O-O g5 
16.Fd2 Cc7 17.Db3 f5 18.Tae1 f4 19.gxf4 gxf4 20.Rh1 Ce5 21.Ff3 Dd7 22.Tg1 
Dxb5 23.Dxb5 Cxb5 24.Cxe5 dxe5 25.Fg4 Rh8 26.Fd7 Cc7 27.Fc6 Tad8 28.e4 
fxe3 29.Txe3 Cxd5 30.Teg3 Ce7 31.Txg7 Cxc6 32.Fe3 Td6 33.Tc7 Tg8 34.Txg8+ 
Rxg8 35.Rg2 e4 36.Rg3 Tf6 37.Fg5 Tf3+ 38.Rg2 Cd4 39.Txa7 Cf5 40.Ta4 Tb3 
41.Txe4 Txb2 42.Tf4 Cg7 43.Tf6 Tb4 44.Rf3 h5 45.h4 b5 46.Tc6 Tc4 47.Tc8+ 
Rf7 48.Tc7+ Rg6 49.Tc6+ Rf5 50.Tf6+ Re5 51.Th6 Cf5 52.Txh5 b4 53.Th8 Cd4+ 
54.Rg4 Ce6+ 55.Rh5 b3 56.Tb8 Tb4 57.Txb4 cxb4 58.Fc1 Cf4+ 59.Rg5 Cd3 60.h5
Re6 0-1

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B78p"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 Cc6 8.Dd2 
O-O 9.Fc4 Fd7 10.h4 Tc8 11.Fb3 h5 12.O-O-O Ce5 13.Fg5 Tc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.f4
Cc4 16.De2 Dc8 17.Fxf6 Fxf6 18.Cd5 Txd5 19.exd5 b5 20.h5 g5 21.fxg5 Fxg5+ 
22.Rb1 f5 23.Td3 f4 24.Fxc4 Dxc4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B97c"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fg5 e6 7.f4 Db6 8.a3 Cc6 
9.Cb3 Fe7 10.Df3 Dc7 11.Fe2 Tb8 12.Dg3 h6 13.Fh4 O-O 14.O-O b5 15.Rh1 Cd7 
16.Fxe7 Cxe7 17.Tad1 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Cd4 Cb6 20.Fh5 f6 21.b3 Rh8 22.h3 
Tb7 23.Cde2 Fe6 24.De3 Tbb8 25.Td3 Fg8 26.Fg4 Fh7 27.Tfd1 f5 28.exf5 Cxf5 
29.Fxf5 Fxf5 30.T3d2 Fh7 31.Ce4 Tbd8 32.C2c3 Txd2 33.Txd2 Cd7 34.Rh2 Db7 
35.Td6 Tc8 36.Dd2 Fxe4 37.Txd7 Dc6 38.Cxe4 Dxe4 39.Txg7 Rxg7 40.Dd7+ Rf6 
41.Dxc8 Df4+ 42.Rg1 De3+ 43.Rf1 Df4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Fe6 11.Fe3 Ff5 12.Tc1 dxc4 13.Fxc4 c6 14.Ce5 Cxc3 15.
bxc3 Cd5 16.Df3 Fe6 17.Fd2 f6 18.Cd3 Dd7 19.Tfe1 Fd6 20.h3 Ff7 21.Fb3 Tae8
22.Dg4 Txe1+ 23.Txe1 Td8 24.Dxd7 Txd7 25.Ce5 Fxe5 26.dxe5 fxe5 27.Txe5 Cf6
28.Fg5 Fxb3 29.axb3 Td1+ 30.Rh2 Rf7 31.Te3 h6 32.Fxf6 Rxf6 33.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.O-O Fe7 8.f4 O-O
9.Rh1 Dc7 10.a4 Cc6 11.Fe3 Te8 12.Ff3 Tb8 13.g4 Ff8 14.g5 Cd7 15.Fg2 Cxd4 
16.Fxd4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ta7 Dd8 19.b4 e5 20.Fe3 exf4 21.Fxf4 Ce5 22.Cd5
Fg4 23.Dd2 Cc6 24.g6 Cxa7 25.gxf7+ Rh8 26.Fg5 Dd7 27.fxe8=C Txe8 28.Df2 
Rg8 29.e5 h6 30.Cb6 Dc7 31.Fd5+ Rh7 32.Fe4+ Rg8 33.Cd5 Dd7 34.Ce7+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B23e"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.Fb5+ Fd7 6.a4 Cc6 7.O-O e6 8.Fxc6 
Fxc6 9.d4 Cf6 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Fd7 12.Te1+ Rf8 13.b3 h6 14.Fb2 a6 15.a5 
Rg8 16.Dd2 Fg4 17.Tf1 Rh7 18.Ce5 Te8 19.Cxg4 Cxg4 20.Ca4 Fxb2 21.Cxb2 Dh4 
22.g3 Df6 23.Cc4 h5 24.Tae1 Ch6 25.Rg2 Cf5 26.Tf2 Cd4 27.Te3 Df5 28.Rg1 
Txe3 29.Dxe3 Dd7 30.Cb6 De8 31.Dd3 Td8 32.Rg2 Rg8 33.b4 Db5 34.Dxb5 axb5 
35.c3 Cf5 36.Te2 Rf8 37.Rf2 c4 38.h3 h4 39.g4 Cg3 40.Te3 f5 41.g5 Ce4+ 42.
Re2 Te8 43.Rd1 Re7 44.Re1 Rd8 45.Rd1 Cf2+ 46.Re2 Txe3+ 47.Rxe3 Ce4 48.Rd4 
Rc7 49.Ca8+ Rd7 50.Cb6+ Rd8 51.Ca8 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90p"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 Fe7
9.Dd2 Cbd7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Rb1 Cb6 13.Ca5 Dc7 14.Fxb6 Dxb6 15.Cd5 
Fxd5 16.exd5 Tc8 17.b4 O-O 18.h4 Tc7 19.Fh3 Ch7 20.Fg2 Tfc8 21.Cc6 Cf6 22.
f4 Cxg4 23.Fh3 h5 24.Thg1 f5 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Tgf1 Tf8 27.Cxe7+ Txe7 28.d6 
Tef7 29.Fxg4 hxg4 30.Dd5 f4 31.Dxe5 g3 32.Dd5 Db7 33.Dxb7 Txb7 34.d7 Txd7 
35.Txd7 f3 36.Tdd1 f2 37.Tg1 fxg1=D 38.Txg1 Tf3 39.Rc1 Rh7 40.Rd1 Rh6 41.
Re2 Tc3 42.Rd2 Ta3 43.c3 g2 44.Re2 Txa2+ 45.Rf3 Rh5 46.Rg3 Tc2 47.Ta1 
Txc3+ 48.Rxg2 Tc4 49.Txa6 Txh4 50.Ta7 g6 51.Th7+ Rg5 52.Txh4 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.Fe2 Dc7 8.a4 b6 
9.f4 Fb7 10.Ff3 Cbd7 11.De2 e5 12.Cf5 g6 13.fxe5 Cxe5 14.Fg5 Dd8 15.Ce3 
Fg7 16.O-O h6 17.Fh4 O-O 18.Ccd5 g5 19.Cxf6+ Dxf6 20.Fg4 Dd8 21.Fg3 Cxg4 
22.Dxg4 De7 23.Cf5 Dxe4 24.Dxe4 Fxe4 25.Cxg7 Rxg7 26.Fxd6 Tfe8 27.c3 f5 
28.a5 Te6 29.Fc7 b5 30.Tad1 Rg6 31.Td6 Txd6 32.Fxd6 h5 33.Td1 Td8 34.Td4 
h4 35.Rf2 h3 36.g4 f4 37.Fe7 Txd4 38.cxd4 Fd5 39.b4 Fb3 40.Re2 Fe6 41.Rf3 
Fd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B07r"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.g3 Fg7 5.Fg2 O-O 6.Cge2 e5 7.h3 Cc6 8.Fe3 a6 
9.O-O exd4 10.Cxd4 Fd7 11.Te1 Te8 12.Rh2 Ce5 13.f4 Cc4 14.Fc1 c5 15.Cde2 
Fc6 16.Dd3 Cb6 17.Fe3 c4 18.Dd4 Cg4+ 19.hxg4 Fxd4 20.Cxd4 Fd7 21.g5 Fg4 
22.a4 Tc8 23.Ff2 Cd7 24.Cd5 f6 25.Fe3 fxg5 26.fxg5 Tc5 27.Ff4 Txd5 28.exd5
Ce5 29.Te4 Db6 30.Tae1 Fd7 31.Fxe5 Txe5 32.Txe5 dxe5 33.Cf3 Dxb2 34.Cxe5 
Ff5 35.Cxc4 Dc3 36.Te8+ Rg7 37.Cd6 Fxc2 38.Te7+ Rg8 39.Ce8 Rf8 40.d6 Fxa4 
41.Cf6 Dc5 42.Cxh7+ Rg8 43.Fd5+ Rh8 44.Cf6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B90s"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.g4 Cb6 10.Dd2 d5 11.O-O-O d4 12.Cxd4 exd4 13.Fxd4 Fe7 14.De3 Cbd7 
15.h3 Da5 16.f4 Fxa2 17.g5 Ch5 18.h4 Tg8 19.Fh3 Cc5 20.Fg4 g6 21.Cxa2 Dxa2
22.Fxc5 Da1+ 23.Rd2 Td8+ 24.Re2 Dxb2 25.Rf3 Dxc2 26.Txd8+ Fxd8 27.Tc1 Dh2 
28.Tg1 Fa5 29.Fd6 Dd2 30.Dxd2 Fxd2 31.Td1 Fa5 32.Tb1 b5 33.Ta1 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E11h"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fe7 6.Fg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Db3 b6 
9.Cc3 Cbd7 10.Tac1 Fa6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ff4 Fb7 13.Cb5 Ce4 14.Fc7 De8 15.
Ff4 Dd8 16.Tc7 Fa6 17.Da4 Fxb5 18.Dxb5 Cdf6 19.Da4 a6 20.Dc6 Fd6 21.Fxd6 
Cxd6 22.Tc1 Cb5 23.Tb7 Cd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E81k"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Fe3 a6 7.Dd2 Cbd7 8.Ch3 c6 
9.Cf2 b5 10.b3 e5 11.d5 cxd5 12.Cxd5 Cxd5 13.Dxd5 Da5+ 14.Dd2 Dxd2+ 15.
Rxd2 Tb8 16.Td1 bxc4 17.Fxc4 Cb6 18.Fd3 Fe6 19.Tc1 d5 20.Re2 a5 21.Fb5 
Tfd8 22.h3 Ff8 23.Cd3 f6 24.Cc5 Fxc5 25.Txc5 dxe4 26.fxe4 Cd7 27.Tc6 Txb5 
28.Txe6 Cc5 29.Te7 Cxe4 30.Tc1 Cg3+ 31.Rf2 Cf5 32.Ta7 h5 33.Tc6 Tf8 34.Fc5
Cd4 35.Fxd4 exd4 36.Tcc7 Tf5+ 37.Rg1 Td8 38.Tg7+ Rh8 39.Th7+ Rg8 40.Tag7+ 
Rf8 41.Txg6 Td6 42.Tgg7 Tfd5 43.Tc7 Rg8 44.Thg7+ Rh8 45.Tge7 Td8 46.Te2 d3
47.Td2 Tf5 48.Tc3 Tfd5 49.Rf2 Rh7 50.Re1 Te8+ 51.Rd1 Te3 52.Tf2 Tg3 53.Tc6
Tdg5 54.Tcxf6 Txg2 55.Rd2 T5g3 56.h4 Tg4 57.Rxd3 Txf2 58.Txf2 Txh4 59.Tf7+
Rg6 60.Ta7 Th1 61.Txa5 h4 62.Re2 h3 63.Rf2 Tc1 64.Rg3 Tc3+ 65.Rh2 Rf6 66.
b4 Re6 67.a4 Rd6 68.b5 Rc7 69.Ta7+ Rb6 70.Th7 Ta3 71.Th6+ Rb7 72.Th4 Ra7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A43l"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Cc3 Cxd5 5.Cxd5 exd5 6.Dxd5 Fe7 7.e4 O-O 8.Fe2
d6 9.O-O Cc6 10.c3 Fe6 11.Dh5 h6 12.Td1 Te8 13.Ff4 Ff8 14.Cd2 g6 15.Df3 d5
16.Dg3 De7 17.exd5 Fxd5 18.Ff1 Df6 19.Cb3 Tad8 20.Td2 Fe6 21.Fc7 Txd2 22.
Cxd2 Ff5 23.Cc4 Te4 24.Ce3 Fc8 25.Td1 Te8 26.h3 Dg5 27.Df3 Rg7 28.Ff4 De7 
29.Cd5 De4 30.Cf6 Rxf6 31.Fe5+ Rxe5 32.Dxe4+ Rxe4 33.Te1+ Rf5 34.Txe8 Fe6 
35.Txf8 Fxa2 36.Tc8 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D26i"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Cc3 dxc4 6.Fxc4 a6 7.a4 Fe7 8.O-O O-O 
9.De2 Cc6 10.Td1 Dc7 11.h3 Td8 12.d5 exd5 13.Cxd5 Cxd5 14.Txd5 Ca5 15.Fa2 
Fe6 16.Txd8+ Txd8 17.Fxe6 fxe6 18.Dc2 Db6 19.Fd2 Db3 20.Db1 Cc4 21.Fc3 Ff6
22.De4 Td1+ 23.Txd1 Dxd1+ 24.Rh2 Dd5 25.Dc2 Fxc3 26.Dxc3 Dd6+ 27.Rg1 Dd1+ 
28.Rh2 Dd6+ 29.Rg1 Dd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E86d"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Fg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cge2 c6 8.Dd2 Ca6 
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Fd7 11.Cg3 h5 12.Fb5 Fxb5 13.Cxb5 Dd7 14.Cc3 Cc5 15.O-O 
a5 16.Tfc1 Ch7 17.Ch1 f5 18.Cf2 b6 19.De2 Cf6 20.Tab1 De7 21.Fg5 Rh7 22.b3
Fh6 23.Fxh6 Rxh6 24.a3 Ce8 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Cd7 27.Cb5 Rg7 28.Tc6 Tf7 
29.Tbc1 Ta4 30.Dc4 h4 31.Tc8 Cdf6 32.Db3 Ta6 33.Dd3 fxe4 34.fxe4 Ta2 35.
Tf1 Dd7 36.Tcc1 Ch5 37.Cc3 Cf4 38.De3 Tb2 39.Tb1 Tc2 40.Tbc1 Txc1 41.Txc1 
b5 42.Ce2 Cxe2+ 43.Dxe2 Da7 44.h3 Dd4 45.Tb1 Cf6 46.Rh2 Cxd5 47.exd5 Txf2 
48.Dxb5 Rh6 49.Tg1 Tb2 50.Db8 Df4+ 51.Rh1 Df6 52.b5 e4 53.b6 e3 54.b7 Dg7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B17u"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Fc4 Cgf6 6.Cg5 e6 7.De2 Cb6 8.Fd3 
h6 9.C5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Fxc5 11.Ce5 Cbd7 12.Cgf3 Dc7 13.Ff4 Fb4+ 14.Cd2 Fxd2+
15.Rxd2 O-O 16.Thd1 Cc5 17.Re1 Cd5 18.Fg3 Cxd3+ 19.Txd3 b5 20.a4 Fa6 21.
Dd2 b4 22.Cg6 Dc6 23.Cxf8 Fxd3 24.Dxd3 Txf8 25.f3 Tc8 26.Rd2 Td8 27.Re1 
Tc8 28.Rd2 Dc5 29.Te1 Db6 30.Db3 Dd4+ 31.Re2 a5 32.h3 h5 33.Rf1 Dd2 34.Te2
Dd1+ 35.Fe1 h4 36.Td2 Da1 37.Dd3 Dxb2 38.c4 De5 39.cxd5 Tc1 40.De2 1-0

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E89h"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Fg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cge2 c6 8.Dd2 Cbd7 
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.g4 h5 12.g5 Ch7 13.Tg1 f6 14.gxf6 Txf6 15.O-O-O b5
16.b3 Cb6 17.Rb2 Fd7 18.Cc1 Fe8 19.Fe2 b4 20.Cb1 a5 21.Cd3 Tf8 22.Cf2 Cf6 
23.Tc1 Tb8 24.Tc2 De7 25.Ch3 Ch7 26.Dd3 a4 27.Rc1 axb3 28.axb3 Ca8 29.Da6 
Dd7 30.Cf2 Cc7 31.Da7 Tc8 32.Db7 Cxd5 33.Dxd5+ Ff7 34.Dd3 Txc2+ 35.Rxc2 
Ta8 36.Tc1 Cf6 37.Rd1 d5 38.Re1 De6 39.Fd2 dxe4 40.fxe4 Ff8 41.Fg5 Ch7 42.
Fe3 Df6 43.Cd2 Cg5 44.Db5 Ce6 45.Fc4 Td8 46.Db6 Td6 47.Da7 Dh4 48.Cf3 Df6 
49.Cd2 Fe7 50.Fd5 Cf4 51.Tc8+ Rg7 52.Fxf7 Ta6 53.Dd7 Ta1+ 54.Cd1 Dh4+ 55.
Ff2 Cg2+ 56.Re2 Cf4+ 57.Re3 Dg5 58.h4 Cg2+ 59.Rf3 Cxh4+ 60.Re2 Cg2 61.Cf3 
Cf4+ 62.Rd2 Dg2 63.Dxe7 Txd1+ 64.Rxd1 Dxf3+ 65.Rc1 Cd3+ 66.Rd2 Dxf2+ 67.
Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B17u"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cg5 Cgf6 6.Fc4 e6 7.De2 Cb6 8.Fd3 
h6 9.C5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Fxc5 11.Ce5 Cbd7 12.Cgf3 Dc7 13.Ff4 Fb4+ 14.Cd2 Fxd2+
15.Rxd2 O-O 16.Rc1 Td8 17.Td1 Cc5 18.Fc4 Txd1+ 19.Rxd1 a6 20.Cd3 Dc6 21.
Cxc5 Dxc5 22.Fd3 Fd7 23.Fe5 Fc6 24.Fxf6 gxf6 25.Dg4+ Rf8 26.Df4 Rg7 27.
Dg3+ Dg5 28.f3 f5 29.Re2 f4 30.Dxg5+ hxg5 31.a4 a5 32.h3 f5 33.c3 Rf6 34.
Fb5 Fd5 35.Td1 Tc8 36.Td4 Re5 37.Rd2 Tc7 38.Fe2 Fc6 39.Re1 Td7 40.Txd7 
Fxd7 41.b3 Rd6 42.Rf2 e5 43.Fd3 Rd5 44.Fc4+ Rc5 45.Fd3 Fe6 46.Fc2 e4 47.
Re2 b6 48.Rd2 Rd5 49.Re2 Re5 50.Rf2 Fd5 51.Re2 Rf6 52.Re1 exf3 53.gxf3 
Fxf3 54.Rf2 g4 0-1

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A31"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cf3 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e5 5.Cb5 d5 6.cxd5 Fc5 7.e3 O-O 8.C5c3 
e4 9.a3 Te8 10.Cd2 Ff5 11.b4 Ff8 12.Cc4 Cbd7 13.Fb2 Cb6 14.Cxb6 Dxb6 15.
Fe2 a5 16.b5 Tad8 17.O-O Cd7 18.Ca4 Dg6 19.Te1 Ce5 20.Fxe5 Txe5 21.Cc3 Fd6
22.Dd4 Fh3 23.Ff1 h5 24.b6 h4 25.Rh1 Fd7 26.Ta2 Tde8 27.Cb5 Fxb5 28.Fxb5 
Tg5 29.Ff1 Tee5 30.Td1 Rh7 31.Tc2 Df6 32.Rg1 Df5 33.g3 hxg3 34.hxg3 Txd5 
35.Dxd5 Dxd5 36.Txd5 Txd5 37.a4 f5 38.Tc8 Fe5 39.Te8 Ff6 40.Tb8 Td6 41.
Txb7 Fd8 42.Fb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna rap m"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B12q"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ff5 4.Cf3 e6 5.Fe2 Ce7 6.O-O Cd7 7.Ch4 a6 8.Cd2 c5 9.
c3 Tc8 10.Cxf5 Cxf5 11.Cf3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Db6 13.Tb1 Fe7 14.b4 O-O 15.Da4 
Dc7 16.Fd3 Cb6 17.Dd1 g6 18.Tb3 Ca4 19.g4 Cg7 20.Dd2 f5 21.exf6 Fxf6 22.
Dh6 Ce8 23.Cg5 De7 24.Fe3 Cb6 25.Te1 Cc4 26.Ff4 Fxd4 27.Fxg6 Cf6 28.Ff5 e5
29.Cf3 Fxf2+ 30.Rxf2 Ce4+ 31.Txe4 dxe4 32.Fg5 Dg7 33.Fxc8 Txc8 34.De6+ 1-0

[Event "Gran Canaria"]
[Site "Gran Canaria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A70v"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Fg7 8.h3 O-O 
9.Fd3 b5 10.Fxb5 Cxe4 11.Cxe4 Da5+ 12.Cfd2 Dxb5 13.Cxd6 Da6 14.C2c4 Cd7 
15.O-O Cb6 16.Cxb6 Dxb6 17.Cxc8 Taxc8 18.Tb1 Tfd8 19.Ff4 Db7 20.d6 Ff8 21.
Dd2 Fxd6 22.Fxd6 Tc6 23.Tfd1 Da6 24.Dg5 Tdxd6 25.Txd6 Txd6 26.Dxc5 Dxa2 
27.Te1 Td8 28.b4 a6 29.Dg5 Tf8 30.h4 Dc4 31.De7 h5 32.g3 Tc8 33.Td1 Dc6 
34.Td6 Da8 35.De1 Db7 36.Dd2 Te8 37.Dc3 Tc8 38.Dd2 Te8 39.Td5 Dc6 40.Rh2 
Df6 41.Td4 Dc6 42.Td6 Df3 43.Dd4 De4 44.Dc3 Db7 45.Tc6 Db5 46.Tf6 Te7 47.
Dc8+ Te8 48.Dxa6 Dxb4 49.Da2 Te6 50.Txe6 fxe6 51.Dxe6+ Rg7 52.Dd7+ Rf6 53.
Dc6+ Rg7 54.Dd5 Dc3 55.Rg2 Df6 56.Dd7+ Rg8 57.Dc8+ Rg7 58.Dc7+ Rg8 59.Df4 
Dc6+ 60.Rf1 De6 61.De3 Dc4+ 62.Re1 Dc2 63.Rf1 Dd1+ 64.Rg2 Dd5+ 65.f3 Da2+ 
66.Rh3 Db1 67.g4 hxg4+ 68.fxg4 Df1+ 69.Rg3 Df6 70.Dc5 De6 71.Dc3 De4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.g3 b6 5.Fg2 Fb7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d5 8.cxd5 
Cxd5 9.Dc2 Fe7 10.Td1 Cxc3 11.bxc3 c5 12.d4 Dc8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Tb1 Fc6 
15.Fg5 f6 16.Ff4 Cd7 17.Fd6 Tf7 18.Fxe7 Txe7 19.Td6 Cf8 20.Txc6 Dxc6 21.
Cd2 De8 22.Fxa8 Dxa8 23.De4 Dd5 24.Dxd5 exd5 25.Rf1 Rf7 26.Tb5 Tc7 27.a4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "B17m"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cg5 Cgf6 6.Fd3 e6 7.C1f3 Fd6 8.De2
h6 9.Ce4 Cxe4 10.Dxe4 c5 11.O-O Cf6 12.Fb5+ Re7 13.De2 Dc7 14.dxc5 Dxc5 
15.Fe3 Dc7 16.Fd4 Td8 17.c3 Fd7 18.Fc4 Fc6 19.Ce5 Fe4 20.Cg4 Cxg4 21.Dxe4 
Fxh2+ 22.Rh1 Fe5 23.Fxe6 fxe6 24.Dxg4 Fxd4 25.cxd4 Rf7 26.Tac1 Db6 27.Df4+
Rg8 28.Tc7 Dxd4 29.Dxd4 Txd4 30.Txb7 a5 31.Tc1 Tad8 32.f3 Td1+ 33.Txd1 
Txd1+ 34.Rh2 a4 35.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D78n"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Fg2 c6 5.O-O Fg7 6.Cbd2 O-O 7.c4 Ff5 8.b3 Ce4 
9.Fb2 Cd7 10.Ch4 Cxd2 11.Dxd2 Fe6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Db4 Tb8 14.Tfc1 Te8 15.
e3 Ff8 16.Da4 a6 17.Fc3 Cf6 18.Cf3 Fd7 19.Da5 e6 20.Dxd8 Texd8 21.a4 Ce4 
22.Fa5 b6 23.Fe1 Tdc8 24.Ce5 Fe8 25.f3 Cd6 26.g4 a5 27.Cd3 Txc1 28.Txc1 
Tc8 29.Txc8 Cxc8 30.Rf2 Ce7 31.Ff1 Cc6 32.Fc3 g5 33.e4 f6 34.exd5 exd5 35.
f4 Cb4 36.Fxb4 Fxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A80v"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]

1.Cf3 f5 2.d4 Cf6 3.Fg5 e6 4.Cbd2 Fe7 5.Fxf6 Fxf6 6.e4 O-O 7.Fd3 g6 8.De2 
Fg7 9.c3 Cc6 10.O-O-O d5 11.e5 b6 12.h4 h6 13.Tdg1 Ce7 14.g4 f4 15.h5 g5 
16.Cxg5 hxg5 17.h6 Fh8 18.Cf3 c5 19.Cxg5 cxd4 20.Fh7# 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E69h"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cf3 Fg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Fg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.Cc3 Da5 8.e4 e5 9.
h3 Cbd7 10.Te1 exd4 11.Cxd4 Ce5 12.Ff1 Te8 13.Fe3 c5 14.Cf3 Cxf3+ 15.Dxf3 
Fe6 16.Ff4 Cd7 17.Fxd6 Ce5 18.De3 Tad8 19.Tad1 b6 20.a3 Cxc4 21.Fxc4 Fxc4 
22.e5 Da6 23.Df4 Fb3 24.Td2 Dc8 25.Rh2 f6 26.Tde2 fxe5 27.Fxe5 Tf8 28.De4 
Fxe5 29.Dxe5 Fc4 30.Te4 Txf2+ 31.Rg1 Tf5 32.De7 Fb3 33.g4 Tf7 34.Dh4 Tdf8 
35.Te7 Dd8 36.Dg5 Dd4+ 37.T7e3 Dd2 38.Ce4 Dxb2 39.Tf3 Txf3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D37j"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 Cbd7 7.c5 c6 8.Fd3 b6 
9.b4 a5 10.a3 Fa6 11.O-O Dc8 12.h3 Fxd3 13.Dxd3 axb4 14.axb4 Db7 15.Dc2 
Tfc8 16.Tfb1 Fd8 17.Cd2 Txa1 18.Txa1 Ta8 19.Txa8 Dxa8 20.Da2 Dxa2 21.Cxa2 
Ce8 22.Cb3 Cc7 23.cxb6 Cxb6 24.Ca5 Cb5 25.Cxc6 Ff6 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Re2 Re8 
28.Rd3 Rd7 29.Ca5 Fe7 30.f3 Cc8 31.Rc2 h5 32.Rb3 Fd6 33.Fxd6 Ccxd6 34.g4 
hxg4 35.hxg4 f5 36.Rc2 fxg4 37.fxg4 Ce4 38.Cb3 Cf6 39.Cc5+ Rd6 40.g5 Ch7 
41.g6 Cf8 42.Rb3 Cxg6 43.Ra4 Ca7 44.b5 Cc8 45.Ra5 e5 46.b6 Cxb6 47.Rxb6 
exd4 48.exd4 Ch4 49.Cc3 Cf3 50.Cb5+ Re7 51.Cd3 g5 52.Rc5 Re6 53.Cc3 Rf5 
54.Cf2 g4 55.Ch1 Rf4 56.Ce2+ Re3 57.Chg3 Rd3 58.Cf4+ Re3 59.Cfe2 Rd3 60.
Rxd5 Cxd4 61.Cxd4 Rc3 62.Rc5 Rd3 63.Cde2 Rd2 64.Rc4 Rc2 65.Cd4+ Rb2 66.Rb4
Ra2 67.Cdf5 Rb2 68.Ce3 Ra2 69.Cc4 Rb1 70.Rc3 Rc1 71.Cb2 Rb1 72.Cd3 Ra1 73.
Rb3 Rb1 74.Ce2 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[ECO "D43b"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.g3 Cbd7 6.Fg2 dxc4 7.a4 Fe7 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Cg4 11.Ff4 Da5 12.e6 fxe6 13.e5 Cdxe5 14.Cxe5 Cxe5 15.Dh5 
Fd6 16.Ce4 Tf5 17.De8+ Tf8 18.Dh5 Tf5 19.De8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 c5 3.Cf3 e6 4.g3 Fe7 5.Fg2 O-O 6.O-O a6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Dxd4 
Dc7 9.Ca4 Da5 10.b3 Cc6 11.Db6 Dh5 12.h3 Ce4 13.De3 f5 14.Cd2 d5 15.Cxe4 
fxe4 16.Tb1 b5 17.g4 Df7 18.Cb6 Tb8 19.Fb2 Fd6 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Cxd5 Fb7 
22.Tbd1 Tbd8 23.Dxe4 Cb4 24.Cf6+ Dxf6 25.Fxf6 Fxe4 26.Fxd8 Fxg2 27.Txd6 
Fxf1 28.Rxf1 Cxa2 29.Fa5 Cc1 30.b4 Ta8 31.h4 Te8 32.Td8 Txd8 33.Fxd8 Cb3 
34.e3 Cd2+ 35.Re2 Cc4 36.Fc7 Rf7 37.Rd3 Re6 38.Rd4 g6 39.Fg3 h5 40.gxh5 
gxh5 41.e4 a5 42.bxa5 Cxa5 43.f4 Cb3+ 44.Re3 1-0

[Event "It 94-95"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E66h"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.d4 O-O 6.Fg2 d6 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ca5 
9.Cd2 a6 10.Dc2 e6 11.b3 exd5 12.cxd5 b5 13.Fb2 Te8 14.Tae1 Fd7 15.Cce4 
Cxe4 16.Cxe4 Cb7 17.Fxg7 Rxg7 18.Db2+ f6 19.f4 De7 20.e3 Tac8 21.Cd2 c4 
22.bxc4 Cc5 23.Dd4 bxc4 24.Cxc4 Fb5 25.Tf2 Cd3 26.Dxd3 Txc4 27.Dd2 Tec8 
28.e4 Da7 29.Rh1 Fa4 30.Fh3 T8c7 31.De3 Txe4 32.Dxe4 Dxf2 33.De2 Dxe2 34.
Txe2 Fb5 35.Te1 Fc4 36.Rg1 Fxa2 37.Te6 Fxd5 38.Txd6 Fc4 39.Ff1 Fxf1 40.
Rxf1 Ta7 41.Td4 a5 42.Ta4 Rf7 43.Re2 Re6 44.Rd3 h5 45.h3 Rd5 46.g4 hxg4 
47.hxg4 Rc5 48.Rc3 Rb5 49.Te4 a4 50.Rb2 a3+ 51.Ra2 Ta4 52.Te6 Txf4 53.g5 
fxg5 54.Te5+ Rb4 55.Txg5 Tf2+ 56.Rb1 Tf6 57.Tg4+ Rc3 58.Tg3+ Rd2 59.Txa3 
g5 60.Tg3 Tb6+ 61.Ra2 Tg6 62.Tb3 g4 0-1

[Event "Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A10"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]

1.Cf3 d6 2.c4 Fg4 3.e4 c5 4.Cc3 Fxf3 5.Dxf3 Cc6 6.d3 g6 7.g3 Fg7 8.Fg2 e6 
9.O-O Cge7 10.Fe3 O-O 11.De2 Tb8 12.Dd2 Cd4 13.Rh1 Cec6 14.f4 f5 15.Tae1 
Da5 16.Fg1 Rh8 17.h3 a6 18.g4 Tbe8 19.Fh2 Dd8 20.exf5 gxf5 21.gxf5 Cxf5 
22.Ce4 Ccd4 23.Dd1 Ch4 24.Tg1 Cdf5 25.Cg5 Fd4 26.Cxh7 Rxh7 27.Dh5+ Rg8 28.
Fe4+ Fg7 29.Txg7+ Rxg7 30.Tg1+ Rf6 31.Fg3 Cg6 32.Fe1 Re7 33.Txg6 Rd7 34.
Dg4 Rc8 35.Txe6 Txe6 36.Fxf5 Txf5 37.Dxf5 Dd7 0-1

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A57g"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Cf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Dc2 Fg7 7.e4 axb5 8.Fxb5 
Da5+ 9.Cc3 Fa6 10.Fxa6 Cxa6 11.O-O Cb4 12.De2 O-O 13.Fe3 Cg4 14.Fg5 f6 15.
Fd2 Da6 16.Dxa6 Txa6 17.h3 Ch6 18.Tfd1 Cf7 19.Ce1 Taa8 20.Fe3 Tfc8 21.a3 
Ca6 22.Ca4 Tab8 23.Tac1 d6 24.Cd3 Tb3 25.Tc3 Tbb8 26.Tc4 Tb3 27.Cc1 Tbb8 
28.f4 f5 29.exf5 gxf5 30.Td2 h5 31.Ff2 Ch6 32.Ce2 Rf7 33.Fh4 Ff6 34.Fg5 
Cg8 35.Rh2 Cc7 36.Cg1 Tb3 37.Cf3 Tcb8 38.Ch4 Fxb2 39.Cxf5 Ff6 40.Cg3 Cb5 
41.Cxh5 Fd4 42.Cg3 Cxa3 43.Tcxd4 cxd4 44.Txd4 Cc2 45.Td2 Ce3 46.f5 Cf6 47.
Fxf6 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 d5 5.cxd5 Dxd5 6.Cf3 Df5 7.Dxf5 exf5 8.
Ff4 Fe6 9.a3 Fd6 10.Fxd6 cxd6 11.e3 Cbd7 12.Tc1 Re7 13.Fd3 Tac8 14.Re2 Cb6
15.Cd2 a6 16.Tc2 Tc7 17.Thc1 Thc8 18.h3 h5 19.h4 Rd8 20.Rf3 g6 21.Rg3 Rd7 
22.Ce2 Txc2 23.Txc2 Txc2 24.Fxc2 Re7 25.Cf4 Fd7 26.f3 Fc6 27.Rf2 Cfd5 28.
Cxd5+ Fxd5 29.e4 fxe4 30.fxe4 Fe6 31.Re3 Cc4+ 32.Cxc4 Fxc4 33.Rf4 a5 34.
Rg5 b6 35.g3 Re6 36.Rh6 Re7 37.Rg7 Fe6 38.b3 b5 39.b4 axb4 40.axb4 Fc4 41.
Fd1 Fd3 42.Ff3 Fc4 43.Fg2 Fd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Cf3 c5 6.Fe2 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Fxc4 
Cbd7 9.Fd3 b6 10.a3 cxd4 11.axb4 dxc3 12.bxc3 Fb7 13.Fb2 Dc7 14.De2 Cg4 
15.e4 Tfd8 16.Tfd1 Cde5 17.Cxe5 Cxe5 18.f3 a5 19.bxa5 Cxd3 20.Txd3 bxa5 
21.Txd8+ Txd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E86d"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cge2 c6 8.Dd2 a6 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10.Dxd8 Txd8 11.Ca4 Cbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B56n"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.Fe3 
Fe6 9.Cd5 Fxd5 10.exd5 Cb4 11.c4 a5 12.Cd2 Cd7 13.Ce4 f5 14.Cc3 O-O 15.Fe2
Fg5 16.Ff2 Df6 17.O-O Ca6 18.Fd3 Dh6 19.De2 Tae8 20.Fc2 Cac5 21.g3 e4 22.
f4 Fd8 23.a3 Cf6 24.Rg2 Fb6 25.Fg1 Ccd7 26.Cb5 Fxg1 27.Txg1 Dg6 28.b4 Tc8 
29.Cxd6 Cxd5 30.Cxc8 Cxf4+ 31.Rf1 Df6 32.Ce7+ Rh8 33.Dd1 Ch3 34.Cd5 Db2 
35.Tg2 f4 36.gxf4 De5 37.Ta2 Cb6 38.Da1 Txf4+ 39.Re1 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B65f"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 Fe7 8.O-O-O
Cxd4 9.Dxd4 O-O 10.f4 Da5 11.Fc4 Fd7 12.Fb3 Fc6 13.h4 h6 14.Rb1 Dc5 15.Dd3
b5 16.a3 a5 17.f5 b4 18.Fxf6 Fxf6 19.Dxd6 Dxd6 20.Txd6 bxc3 21.Txc6 a4 22.
Fc4 exf5 23.exf5 Tfb8 24.b4 axb3 25.Fxb3 Txa3 26.Th3 Tba8 27.Thxc3 Fxc3 
28.Txc3 Ta1+ 29.Rb2 Tf1 30.g4 Tg1 31.Tc4 Tb8 32.Rc3 Rh7 33.Td4 Tb7 34.h5 
Tf1 35.Fc4 Tf3+ 36.Fd3 Tb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A30k"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Fg2 Fb7 6.O-O d6 7.b3 Cbd7 8.Fb2 Fe7 
9.d4 O-O 10.d5 exd5 11.Ch4 g6 12.cxd5 Ce8 13.f4 Cc7 14.e4 b5 15.e5 f5 16.
a4 b4 17.Cb5 Cxb5 18.axb5 Db6 19.Te1 Dxb5 20.Ff1 Db6 21.Fc4 Dd8 22.exd6 
Ff6 23.Dd2 Fxb2 24.Dxb2 Df6 25.Df2 Cb6 26.Tad1 Tfe8 27.Txe8+ Txe8 28.Dxc5 
Dc3 29.Cg2 Te2 30.d7 Cxd7 31.Db5 Txg2+ 32.Rxg2 Dc2+ 33.Fe2 Cb6 34.Rf2 Rg7 
35.d6 Fc6 36.Dxb4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B57f"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fc4 Db6 7.Cdb5 Fg4 8.f3 
Fd7 9.De2 a6 10.Fe3 Da5 11.Cd4 b5 12.Fb3 e6 13.O-O-O b4 14.Cb1 Fe7 15.g4 
Cxd4 16.Txd4 e5 17.Tdd1 Fe6 18.Cd2 Fxb3 19.cxb3 d5 20.exd5 Dxa2 21.Cc4 
Dxb3 22.Rb1 Tc8 23.Td3 Dxc4 24.Tc1 Dxc1+ 25.Fxc1 Fd6 26.f4 e4 27.g5 O-O 
28.Td1 Cd7 29.Dxa6 Fc5 30.Db5 Tc7 31.d6 Ta7 32.b3 e3 33.Fb2 Te8 34.f5 Fxd6
35.g6 hxg6 36.fxg6 Te6 37.gxf7+ Rxf7 38.Dh5+ Rg8 39.Fxg7 e2 40.Dh8+ Rf7 
41.Te1 Ta3 42.Dh5+ Rxg7 43.Tg1+ Fg3 44.Dg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D44r"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Fh4 g5 9.
Cxg5 hxg5 10.Fxg5 Cbd7 11.exf6 Fb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Db6 14.Fg2 O-O-O 15.O-O 
b4 16.Tb1 Da6 17.dxe6 Fxg2 18.e7 Fxf1 19.Dd5 Fxe7 20.fxe7 Fd3 21.Ce4 Fxb1 
22.Cd6+ Rc7 23.Ff4 Rb6 24.Cxc4+ Rb5 25.Cd6+ Rb6 26.exd8=F+ Txd8 27.Cc4+ 
Rb5 28.Cd6+ Rb6 29.Cc4+ Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E97r"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 Ch5 10.Te1 f5 11.c5 Cf6 12.Fg5 h6 13.Fxf6 Fxf6 14.Tc1 Rh8 15.a4 a6 
16.a5 Fd7 17.Fd3 Cg8 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Ca4 Tc8 20.Txc8 Fxc8 21.Cb6 fxe4 22.
Txe4 Ff5 23.Tc4 Tf7 24.Dc2 Fg7 25.Cd2 Ff8 26.h3 Rg7 27.Ce4 Cf6 28.Cg3 Fxd3
29.Dxd3 h5 30.Ce4 Cxe4 31.Dxe4 Rh7 32.Dc2 Fh6 33.Ca4 Df6 34.Tc7 Txc7 35.
Dxc7+ Fg7 36.Cc3 Df4 37.g3 Dc1+ 38.Rg2 Dc2 39.h4 e4 40.Cb5 Dd2 41.Cxd6 e3 
42.Df7 exf2 43.Ce8 f1=D+ 44.Rxf1 Dd1+ 45.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B57g"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fc4 Db6 7.Cxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O e6 9.De2 Cd7 10.b3 Fe7 11.Fb2 O-O 12.Ca4 Dc7 13.f4 Fb7 14.Tad1 Tae8 
15.Td3 c5 16.Fb5 Fc6 17.Fxc6 Dxc6 18.c4 Td8 19.Tfd1 Tfe8 20.Df3 Dc7 21.Dg3
Cf6 22.Cc3 a6 23.Dh3 Dc6 24.Tg3 Rh8 25.Te1 Dc8 26.Tee3 Tg8 27.Cd1 Td7 28.
f5 e5 29.Cc3 Fd8 30.Cd5 h6 31.Fc1 Cxd5 32.exd5 Ff6 33.Te4 Df8 34.Teg4 1-0

[Event "Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A24"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.Fg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 h6 8.Tb1 a5 9.
a3 Te8 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 e4 12.Ce1 Ff5 13.Cc2 exd3 14.exd3 Dc8 15.Ce3 Fe6
16.Fb2 Cc6 17.Ccd5 Fxd5 18.cxd5 Ca7 19.Ta1 Cb5 20.Ta5 b6 21.Txa8 Dxa8 22.
Dc2 Te7 23.d4 Ca7 24.Ta1 b5 25.Dc6 Db8 26.Da6 Cc8 27.Da8 Dxa8 28.Txa8 Te8 
29.Ff1 Cb6 30.Txe8+ Cxe8 31.Fxb5 Cf6 32.Fc6 h5 33.Rf1 Cg4 34.h3 Cxe3+ 35.
fxe3 f5 36.Re2 Fh6 37.Rd3 Rf7 38.Fc3 Fg5 39.Fe1 Rf6 40.Ff2 Rf7 41.Fe1 Re7 
42.e4 fxe4+ 43.Rxe4 Cd7 44.Rd3 Cb6 45.Fb7 Fh6 46.Re4 Cd7 47.Fc6 Fg5 48.Rf3
Cb6 49.Fc3 h4 50.gxh4 Fxh4 51.Rf4 Rf6 52.Re4 Fg5 53.Fb5 Fc1 54.Fe1 Re7 55.
Fh4+ g5 56.Fe1 Rf6 57.Fe2 Rg6 58.Fg4 Rf6 59.Ff3 Rg6 60.Rd3 Ff4 61.Re4 Fc1 
62.Fg4 Rf6 63.Fe6 Rg6 64.Rd3 Rf6 65.b5 Ff4 66.Rc3 Fe3 67.Rd3 Fc1 68.Rc2 
Ff4 69.Rb3 Re7 70.Rb4 Re8 71.Rb3 Fe3 72.Rc3 Re7 73.Rd3 Fc1 74.Fa5 Rf6 75.
Re4 Rg6 76.Rf3 Fb2 77.Rg4 Fc1 78.Ff5+ Rf6 79.Fe4 Fe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D46k"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.Fd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Fxc4 a6 10.Fd2 c5 11.Fd3 h6 12.Tad1 cxd4 13.exd4 Dc7 14.Tc1 Db8 15.
Tfe1 b5 16.Ce4 Fb7 17.Cxd6 Dxd6 18.Dc7 Dxc7 19.Txc7 Tab8 20.Fa5 Tfc8 21.
Tec1 Cd5 22.Txc8+ Txc8 23.Txc8+ Fxc8 24.Ce5 Cb8 25.Fe4 f6 26.Fxd5 exd5 27.
Fc7 fxe5 28.Fxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E94m"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Fe3 Cg4 
9.Fg5 f6 10.Fc1 Rh8 11.h3 Ch6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Dxd8 Txd8 14.Fe3 Fe6 15.a3 
Cf7 16.b4 c6 17.Tfd1 Txd1+ 18.Txd1 Cc7 19.Cd2 Ff8 20.Tb1 b6 21.c5 b5 22.a4
bxa4 23.Cxa4 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Cc4 Cd5 26.Fd2 e4 27.Ca5 Tc8 28.Fa6 Tc7 
29.Cc3 Cxc3 30.Fxc3+ Fg7 31.Fd2 Fa2 32.Tc1 Fe5 33.Cc4 Fxc4 34.Fxc4 Rg7 35.
b5 cxb5 36.Fxb5 Fd4 37.c6 Rf6 38.Td1 Fe5 39.Fa5 Te7 40.Fc4 f4 41.Td7 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B57h"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fc4 Db6 7.Cxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.De2 Dd4 11.Fe3 Dd6 12.Tad1 Dc7 13.f4 Fg4 14.Df2 e4 15.
Tde1 Ff5 16.h3 h5 17.Fd4 Fg7 18.b3 O-O 19.Fxf6 Fxf6 20.Cxe4 Fxe4 21.Txe4 
Db6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E97k"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 a5 10.Fa3 axb4 11.Fxb4 Cd7 12.a4 Fh6 13.a5 f5 14.Cd2 Rh8 15.Fd3 Tf6 
16.Ca4 Tf7 17.c5 dxc5 18.Fc3 fxe4 19.Fxe4 Cf5 20.Cc4 Cd6 21.Cxe5 Cxe5 22.
Fxe5+ Fg7 23.Fxg7+ Txg7 24.Cxc5 b6 25.Ce6 Fxe6 26.dxe6 Cxe4 27.axb6 cxb6 
28.Te1 Cc3 29.e7 Cxd1 30.exd8=F Txd8 31.Texd1 Txd1+ 32.Txd1 Tb7 33.Rf1 b5 
34.Tb1 Rg7 35.Re2 Rf6 36.Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C01l"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Cf3 Cf6 5.Fg5 c6 6.Fd3 De7+ 7.Rf1 h6 8.Fh4 
Dd8 9.De2+ Fe6 10.Ce5 Fe7 11.Cg6 Tg8 12.Cf4 Dd7 13.Cxe6 Dxe6 14.Dxe6 fxe6 
15.Fg6+ Rd7 16.Cd2 c5 17.Te1 Tf8 18.dxc5 Fxc5 19.Cf3 Cc6 20.Fg3 Fd6 21.Fd3
a6 22.c3 Tae8 23.Fg6 Td8 24.Rg1 Fxg3 25.hxg3 Rd6 26.Fc2 b5 27.Ch4 b4 28.
Cg6 Tfe8 29.Fa4 bxc3 30.bxc3 Tc8 31.Th4 e5 32.c4 d4 33.c5+ Rxc5 34.Fxc6 
Txc6 35.Cxe5 Rd5 36.Txd4+ Rxd4 37.Cxc6+ Rc3 38.Tb1 Te6 39.Tb3+ Rd2 40.Tb2+
Rc1 41.Tc2+ Rd1 42.Tc4 h5 43.f3 Rd2 44.Cd4 Te1+ 45.Rh2 Rd3 46.Ta4 Cd5 47.
Cf5 Rc3 48.Txa6 Te2 49.Cxg7 Ce3 50.Cxh5 Txg2+ 51.Rh3 Tg1 52.Rh4 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "D58o"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Fe2 Fb7 
9.Fxf6 Fxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.b5 c5 14.Te1 Te8 15.Tc1 Cd7
16.g3 Cf8 17.Ca4 c4 18.Ff1 Dd6 19.Fg2 Tad8 20.h4 Ce6 21.Cc3 g6 22.Cd2 Fa8 
23.h5 g5 24.Cf1 Fe7 25.g4 Dd7 26.Cg3 Cg7 27.a4 Fb4 28.Fh3 Fb7 29.Dc2 Fd6 
30.Cf5 Cxf5 31.gxf5 Fb4 32.Rg2 Dd6 33.f3 Te7 34.Te2 Tde8 35.Tce1 Df6 36.
Fg4 Fd6 37.Dd1 Fb4 38.Dc2 Td8 39.Td1 Fc8 40.e4 Fxc3 41.e5 Txe5 42.dxe5 
Fxe5 43.Tde1 Fc7 44.Te8+ Rg7 45.Txd8 Fxd8 46.Td1 Fb7 47.f4 d4+ 48.Ff3 d3 
0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D85s"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.d4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e4 Fg7 8.Tb1 
O-O 9.Fe2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Da5+ 11.Fd2 Dxa2 12.O-O Fg4 13.Fe3 Cc6 14.d5 Fxf3 
15.Fxf3 Ce5 16.Fe2 Cc4 17.Fg5 Cd6 18.Fxe7 Cxe4 19.Ff3 Cd2 20.De2 Tfe8 21.
d6 Cxf3+ 22.Dxf3 Ff8 23.Txb7 a5 24.h4 a4 25.Td1 De6 26.Fg5 h6 27.d7 hxg5 
28.dxe8=D Txe8 29.hxg5 a3 30.g3 a2 31.Rg2 Td8 32.Te1 Dc4 33.Ta7 Td3 34.Da8
Td2 35.Df3 Td3 36.Da8 Td2 37.Ta4 Dc5 38.Tf1 Dc2 39.Ta7 Db3 40.Df3 Dxf3+ 
41.Rxf3 Fc5 42.Ta8+ Rg7 43.Ta1 Txf2+ 44.Rg4 Td2 45.Ta4 Fb6 46.T1xa2 Td5 
47.Rh4 Fd8 48.Tg4 Td1 49.Th2 Rg8 50.Te4 Td5 51.Te8+ Rg7 52.Tb2 Fxg5+ 53.
Rg4 Td4+ 54.Rh3 Td7 55.Tbb8 Ff6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "C42u"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 O-O 10.Cc3 Fe6 11.Fe3 Ff5 12.Db3 c6 13.c5 Cxc3 14.bxc3 Cc2 15.
Dxb7 Cxa1 16.Txa1 De8 17.Da6 f6 18.Ce1 Dc8 19.Dxc8 Fxc8 20.Ff4 Fd8 21.Cc2 
Te8 22.Fd3 a5 23.Ce3 Ta7 24.Cf5 Fxf5 25.Fxf5 a4 26.Rf1 Fa5 27.Tc1 a3 28.
Tc2 g6 29.Fd3 Tb7 30.Fc1 Tb1 31.g3 Teb8 32.Re2 T1b2 33.Rd2 Rf7 34.Fe2 f5 
35.Rd3 g5 36.Fd1 Rf6 37.h3 h6 38.Ff3 Rg6 39.g4 Fc7 40.gxf5+ Rf6 41.Te2 
Txe2 42.Fxe2 Ff4 43.Fxa3 Ta8 44.Fb2 Txa2 45.Rc2 Rxf5 46.Ff3 Ta6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A30f"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.c4 c5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.g3 b6 4.Fg2 Fb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Dxd4 Fg7 8.Cc3 d6
9.Td1 Cbd7 10.Fe3 O-O 11.Dh4 Tc8 12.Tac1 a6 13.b3 Tc7 14.Fh6 Da8 15.Fxg7 
Rxg7 16.Dd4 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Cxb5 Txc1 19.Txc1 Dxa2 20.Cc3 Da3 21.Tb1 
Tc8 22.Cd2 e5 23.Da4 Dxa4 24.Cxa4 Fxg2 25.Rxg2 d5 26.Cf3 d4 27.b4 Cd5 28.
Tb2 f6 29.h4 Rf7 30.Td2 Cxb4 31.Cxd4 Cc5 32.Cb5 Re7 33.Cd6 Tc6 34.Cxc5 
Txc5 35.Ce4 Tc4 36.f3 Cc6 37.Ta2 f5 38.Cg5 h6 39.Ch3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B66d"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Fe7 9.f4 Cxd4 10.Dxd4 b5 11.Fxf6 gxf6 12.Fe2 Dc7 13.f5 Dc5 14.Dxc5 dxc5 
15.Thf1 Ta7 16.a4 b4 17.Cb1 Td7 18.Txd7 Rxd7 19.Cd2 h5 20.Cc4 Rc7 21.b3 
exf5 22.exf5 Fd6 23.Cxd6 Rxd6 24.Tf4 a5 25.g3 Re5 26.Th4 Fxf5 27.Txh5 Txh5
28.Fxh5 Fg6 29.Fe2 f5 30.Rd2 f4 31.g4 Re4 32.h4 f3 33.Fd3+ Rf4 34.Fxg6 
fxg6 35.h5 Rg3 36.hxg6 f2 37.g7 f1=D 38.g8=D Df4+ 39.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A43q"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Fg5 Ce4 5.Fh4 Fb7 6.Dd3 f5 7.Cbd2 c4 8.Dd4 Ca6
9.c3 Cxd2 10.Dxd2 Db6 11.O-O-O g6 12.Dd4 Tg8 13.e4 Fg7 14.Dxb6 axb6 15.
exf5 gxf5 16.Te1 Cc5 17.Txe7+ Rf8 18.Cd4 Txa2 19.Cxf5 Fxd5 20.Cd6 Ta1+ 21.
Rc2 Fh6 22.Te8+ Rg7 23.Txg8+ Fxg8 24.Cf5+ Rg6 25.Cxh6 Cb3 26.Fxc4 Fxc4 27.
Txa1 Cxa1+ 28.Rb1 Cb3 29.Cg4 Rh5 30.Cf6+ Rxh4 31.Cxh7 Fd3+ 32.Ra2 Cc1+ 33.
Ra3 Fxh7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lizbov"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B92j"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.f4 Cbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Ff3 Fb7 12.De1 Tc8 13.Dg3 Txc3 14.bxc3 Cxe4 15.
Fxe4 Fxe4 16.Df2 Dc7 17.Te1 f5 18.Fb2 d5 19.Tad1 exf4 20.Cd4 Tf6 21.Rh1 
Tg6 22.Cf3 Cf6 23.h3 Tg3 24.Rh2 Dd6 25.c4 Cg4+ 26.Rh1 Cxf2+ 27.Rh2 Dg6 28.
Tg1 Fxf3 29.gxf3 Cxd1 0-1

[Event "SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A73"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Cc3 g6 7.Cd2 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fe2 Ca6 10.O-O De7 11.f4 Cc7 12.Te1 Te8 13.Rh1 b5 14.Cxb5 Ccxd5 15.Cf3 
a6 16.exd5 Ce4 17.Rg1 axb5 18.Fxb5 Fd7 19.Txe4 Dxe4 20.Fxd7 Teb8 21.Dd2 
Ta3 22.Rf2 c4 23.De2 Dxd5 24.Cd2 Fxb2 25.Cxc4 Fd4+ 26.Fe3 Tc3 27.Fc6 Txe3 
28.Cxe3 Dxc6 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Forli ITA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "A48x"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]

1.d4 d6 2.Fg5 g6 3.c3 Fg7 4.e4 Cf6 5.Cd2 O-O 6.Cgf3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Fc4 
Cc6 9.O-O Dc7 10.Te1 Ca5 11.Ff1 Fe6 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Cc6 14.b5 Ce5 15.
Tc1 Cxf3+ 16.Dxf3 Da5 17.Cb3 Dxa2 18.Cc5 Tac8 19.Te2 Da5 20.Cxe6 Txc1 21.
Fxc1 fxe6 22.Db3 Rf7 23.g3 Tc8 24.Fb2 Db6 25.e5 Cd5 26.Te4 Fh6 27.Fc4 a6 
28.Fxd5 exd5 29.Th4 Tc5 30.Df3+ Rg8 31.Txh6 Txb5 32.e6 Dxe6 33.Dc3 d4 34.
Dxd4 De1+ 35.Rg2 e5 36.Dd8+ Rg7 37.De7+ Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Forli ITA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "B22r"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Cf6 3.e5 Cd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cf3 b6 6.Cxd4 e6 7.c4 Cc7 8.Df3 Fc5 
9.Fe3 O-O 10.Fd3 d5 11.exd6 Dxd6 12.Cb5 Cxb5 13.Fxc5 Dxc5 14.Dxa8 Cc6 15.
Fe4 Cbd4 16.Fxc6 Cxc6 17.O-O Fa6 18.b4 Dxc4 19.Ca3 Txa8 20.Cxc4 Fxc4 21.
Tfc1 Fd5 22.a3 Rf8 23.f3 Re8 24.Rf2 Rd7 25.Re3 a5 26.b5 Ce7 27.Tc2 Tc8 28.
Tac1 Txc2 29.Txc2 Cf5+ 30.Rd3 Cd6 31.a4 Cb7 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Forli ITA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Braga, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D18r"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.e3 e6 7.Fxc4 Fb4 8.O-O 
Cbd7 9.Ch4 O-O 10.f3 Da5 11.Ca2 c5 12.Cxf5 exf5 13.Cxb4 Dxb4 14.b3 Tfe8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Forli ITA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A78"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Cc3 g6 7.Cd2 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fe2 Te8 10.O-O Ca6 11.f4 Tb8 12.Ff3 Cb4 13.Fe2 c4 14.Fxc4 Cg4 15.Da4 
Fd4+ 16.Rh1 Cxh2 17.g3 Cxf1 18.Fxf1 Fc5 19.a3 Ca6 20.Dc4 Df6 21.e5 Dg7 22.
Cf3 Fg4 23.Ch2 Ff5 24.g4 Fd7 25.Ce4 dxe5 26.Cxc5 Cxc5 27.Dxc5 exf4 28.Fxf4
Dxb2 29.Dc1 Dxc1 30.Txc1 Tbc8 31.Tb1 b6 32.d6 f6 33.Fb5 Fxb5 34.Txb5 g5 
35.Fg3 Te3 36.Rg2 Tc2+ 37.Rh3 Txa3 38.Tf5 Tcc3 39.Cf1 Rf7 40.Tf2 Tf3 41.
Rg2 Txf2+ 42.Rxf2 Re6 43.Ce3 Td3 44.Cf5 a5 45.Re2 Td5 46.Cg7+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Forli ITA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "E12u"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.a3 Fb7 5.Cc3 d5 6.cxd5 Cxd5 7.Dc2 Cxc3 8.bxc3 
Fe7 9.e3 O-O 10.Fd3 h6 11.O-O c5 12.De2 Dc8 13.Fb2 Cc6 14.Tad1 Te8 15.c4 
cxd4 16.exd4 Ff6 17.De4 g6 18.De3 Fg7 19.h4 Ce7 20.h5 Cf5 21.De2 g5 22.Ce5
Dc7 23.Dg4 Ch4 24.f4 f5 25.Dg3 Fxe5 26.dxe5 De7 27.Tf2 Tad8 28.Fc3 Td7 29.
Fb4 Dd8 30.Fd6 Tg7 31.Ff1 gxf4 32.Dxf4 Dg5 33.Td4 Fe4 34.Txe4 fxe4 35.Dxe4
Rh8 36.Dc6 Teg8 37.Ff8 Th7 38.Dxe6 Tc7 39.Fxh6 Dxh5 40.Df6+ Rh7 41.Fd2 Td7
42.e6 Cxg2 43.Fxg2 Tdg7 44.Df4 Dd1+ 45.Rh2 Txg2+ 46.Txg2 Dh5+ 47.Rg1 Dd1+ 
48.Rf2 Txg2+ 49.Rxg2 De2+ 50.Rg3 Dxe6 51.Dh4+ Rg6 52.Dg4+ Rf7 53.Dxe6+ 
Rxe6 54.Rf4 Rd6 55.Fe3 Rc6 56.Re5 b5 57.c5 a6 58.Rd4 a5 59.Fd2 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Forli ITA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D18s"]
[EventDate "1988.06.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.e3 e6 7.Fxc4 Cbd7 8.O-O 
Fb4 9.Ch4 O-O 10.Cxf5 exf5 11.f3 De7 12.Dc2 g6 13.a5 Tad8 14.Rh1 Ch5 15.
Df2 Cdf6 16.e4 f4 17.g4 fxg3 18.hxg3 Dd7 19.Ce2 Tfe8 20.Dg2 Cg7 21.g4 Ce6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "BG Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ninov, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D10o"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ca2 e6 7.Fxc4 Cf6 8.Cf3 Cbd7 
9.Fd2 a5 10.O-O Fb7 11.Cc1 Fe7 12.Cb3 O-O 13.De2 c5 14.Tfd1 Db6 15.Ce5 
Cxe5 16.dxe5 Cd7 17.f4 Fc6 18.Fe1 Db7 19.Cd2 Cb6 20.Fb5 c4 21.Fxc6 Dxc6 
22.Tdc1 Cxa4 23.Dxc4 Dd7 24.Dc7 Dxc7 25.Txc7 Fd8 26.Tc2 Cb6 27.e4 Cd7 28.
Cc4 Tc8 29.Tac1 f6 30.h4 fxe5 31.fxe5 Tc5 32.Ff2 Tb5 33.Fg3 Fb6+ 34.Rh2 b3
35.Td2 Cc5 36.Cxb6 Cxe4 37.Td7 Cxg3 38.Rxg3 Txb6 39.Tcc7 Rh8 40.h5 h6 41.
Txg7 Tg8 42.Txg8+ Rxg8 43.Tc5 a4 44.Ta5 Tb4 45.Rf3 Rf7 46.g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donchev, Dimitar I"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C04e"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cc6 4.Cgf3 Cf6 5.e5 Cd7 6.Fb5 a6 7.Fa4 b5 8.Fb3 f6 
9.exf6 Dxf6 10.Cf1 Fd6 11.Ce3 O-O 12.c3 Ce7 13.O-O Fb7 14.Te1 Cf5 15.Cg4 
Dg6 16.h3 Tae8 17.Fc2 Dh5 18.Cfe5 Fxe5 19.Ch6+ 1-0

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E12h"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Fa6 5.Dc2 Fb7 6.Cc3 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 
Cxd5 9.Fg5 Fe7 10.Ce4 O-O 11.O-O-O Ca6 12.h4 f6 13.Fd2 Cac7 14.e3 Ce6 15.
Fc3 f5 16.Ceg5 Fxg5 17.Cxg5 Cxg5 18.Fc4 Ce4 19.Fxd5+ Fxd5 20.Txd5 De7 21.
Fe5 Tad8 22.Ff4 d6 23.f3 Cf6 24.Txf5 h6 25.h5 d5 26.Td1 d4 27.exd4 cxd4 
28.Rb1 De6 29.Te5 Df7 30.Tf5 Td5 31.Txd5 Cxd5 32.Fc1 Ce3 33.Fxe3 dxe3 34.
De2 Te8 35.g4 Rh8 36.Tg1 Df4 37.Td1 De5 38.Te1 a5 39.Td1 b5 40.f4 Dxf4 41.
Dxb5 De4+ 42.Ra1 e2 43.Te1 Te5 44.Db8+ Rh7 45.Dd6 Te6 46.Dc5 Dxg4 47.Dc2+ 
Te4 48.Dd3 a4 49.Rb1 Rh8 50.Dd8+ Rh7 0-1

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "E94k"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Te1 c6 
9.Ff1 exd4 10.Cxd4 Cg4 11.Cf3 Db6 12.Te2 Fe6 13.h3 Ce5 14.Cxe5 dxe5 15.Fe3
Db4 16.c5 Tfd8 17.Td2 Da5 18.Fxa6 Txd2 19.Dxd2 Dxa6 20.Td1 Ff8 21.b3 Fe7 
22.Db2 f6 23.Ca4 Rf7 24.f4 exf4 25.Fxf4 b5 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Tf1 Dd3 28.Fg5 
Txa4 29.Txf6+ Rg8 30.bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zahariev, Zahari"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B53x"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Dxd4 Cc6 5.Fb5 Fd7 6.Fxc6 Fxc6 7.Cc3 Cf6 8.
Fg5 e6 9.O-O-O Fe7 10.The1 O-O 11.Dd2 Dc7 12.Cd4 Tfd8 13.Rb1 Tab8 14.f3 b5
15.Cce2 b4 16.g4 a5 17.h4 a4 18.Fe3 Ch5 19.g5 Te8 20.Cc1 Fd8 21.De2 De7 
22.c4 f5 23.Dg2 fxe4 24.Cxe6 Tf8 25.Ra1 Fb5 26.Tf1 Dc7 0-1

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

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 Fg4 4.Cc3 Cbd7 5.e4 e5 6.d5 Cc5 7.h3 Fh5 8.Dc2 Fxf3
9.gxf3 Ch5 10.Tg1 Fe7 11.Ce2 c6 12.Cg3 Cf4 13.Cf5 g6 14.Cxe7 Dxe7 15.Fe3 
cxd5 16.cxd5 O-O 17.b4 Cd7 18.Dd2 Tfc8 19.Fb5 Cb6 20.Fxf4 exf4 21.Td1 De5 
22.Tg4 h5 23.Tg1 Tc3 24.Tg5 Df6 25.Dd4 Dxd4 26.Txd4 a6 27.Fe2 Cd7 28.Tc4 
Txc4 29.Fxc4 Tc8 30.Fe2 Tc1+ 31.Fd1 Ce5 32.Re2 Tc3 0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Hania"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tzermiadianos, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[ECO "A57g"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Cf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.e3 Fg7 7.Cc3 O-O 8.a4 d6 9.
Ta3 Fb7 10.bxa6 Cxa6 11.Fc4 Cd7 12.e4 Cb6 13.Fe2 Cb4 14.O-O Fa6 15.Cb5 Dd7
16.h4 Tab8 17.b3 Ca8 18.Fc4 Cc7 19.Cxc7 Dxc7 20.h5 Tb7 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Cg5
Dd7 23.g3 Tc7 24.Rg2 Fxc4 25.bxc4 Ta7 26.Th1 Tfa8 27.Tf3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E98o"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.Ce1 Cd7 10.Cd3 f5 11.Fd2 c5 12.Tb1 Cf6 13.f3 f4 14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 
16.Da4 g5 17.Cd1 a5 18.Db3 Cg6 19.Cc3 De7 20.Ca4 Fd7 21.Cb6 Tab8 22.Dc2 
Txb6 23.Txb6 g4 24.Tb7 g3 25.h3 Dd8 26.Tc1 Ch4 27.Ce1 Fc8 28.Tb8 Dd7 29.
Ff1 h5 30.Fxa5 Ch7 31.Fc3 Cg5 32.a4 Ff6 33.a5 Rf7 34.Tcb1 Tg8 35.a6 Fe7 
36.Txc8 Dxc8 37.Da2 Cxh3+ 38.gxh3 g2 39.Fxg2 Dxh3 40.a7 Txg2+ 41.Cxg2 Dxf3
42.a8=D Dxc3 43.Dh8 1-0

[Event "Sofia BG Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D38m"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Cc3 Fb4 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fxf6 Dxf6 7.Db3 c5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.e3 O-O 10.Fe2 Cc6 11.O-O c4 12.Da4 Td8 13.a3 Fa5 14.b4 Fc7 15.Tfe1 
Fg4 16.b5 Ce7 17.Cd2 Fxe2 18.Cxe2 Cf5 19.Cf3 g5 20.Tab1 g4 21.Cd2 h5 22.e4
Cxd4 23.Cxd4 Dxd4 24.exd5 Dxd5 25.Cxc4 Dc5 26.Db3 Tac8 27.Ce3 Fb6 28.g3 
Fa5 29.Tf1 Fd2 30.Cg2 Td4 31.Ta1 Tcd8 32.a4 Tb4 33.Da3 Dc4 34.Ce3 De4 35.
Cg2 Tdd4 36.Tad1 Dc2 37.f3 Td3 38.Ce1 Dc5+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia BG Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zahariev, Zahari"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B53x"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Dxd4 Cc6 5.Fb5 Fd7 6.Fxc6 Fxc6 7.Cc3 Cf6 8.
Fg5 e6 9.O-O-O Fe7 10.The1 O-O 11.Dd2 Dc7 12.Cd4 Tfd8 13.Rb1 Tab8 14.f3 b5
15.Cce2 b4 16.g4 a5 17.h4 a4 18.Fe3 Cd7 19.g5 Ce5 20.Cc1 Cc4 21.Df2 Fd7 
22.Cd3 Tdc8 23.Fc1 e5 24.Ce2 Fe6 25.Ra1 Ca3 26.Tf1 Dxc2 0-1

[Event "Sofia BG Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C04i"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cc6 4.Cgf3 Cf6 5.e5 Cd7 6.Cb3 a5 7.a4 Fe7 8.c3 f6 9.
Fb5 fxe5 10.dxe5 O-O 11.De2 De8 12.Cbd4 Cc5 13.O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia BG Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 Ff5 4.Cc3 h6 5.Db3 Dc8 6.g3 Cbd7 7.Fg2 c6 8.O-O e5 
9.Te1 Fe7 10.e4 Fh7 11.h3 O-O 12.Dd1 Fd8 13.a3 Te8 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Dc2 b5 
16.Fe3 Fb6 17.Fxb6 Cxb6 18.c5 Cbd5 19.Cd2 Cc7 20.b4 a5 21.Db2 Ce6 22.Rh2 
Cd4 23.f3 De6 24.Ted1 Ch5 25.Cf1 f5 26.Ce2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia BG Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Petar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 Fg4 4.b3 Cbd7 5.Fb2 Fxf3 6.gxf3 e5 7.Cc3 g6 8.e3 
Fg7 9.Fh3 O-O 10.Dd2 De7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.O-O Tfd8 13.Dc2 c6 14.a4 Ch5 15.
Tfd1 f5 16.Ce2 Dg5+ 17.Fg2 f4 18.e4 Ff8 19.Fc3 a5 20.Rh1 Dh4 21.Cg1 Fc5 
22.Fh3 Chf6 23.Td2 Fd4 24.Fxd4 exd4 25.Txd4 Ce5 26.Dd2 Te8 27.c5 Cf7 28.
Ff1 Te5 29.Fc4 Rg7 30.Fxf7 Th5 31.h3 Rxf7 32.Te1 Te5 33.Dc2 Tae8 34.Ted1 
Th5 35.b4 Tee5 36.bxa5 Rg7 37.De2 Txc5 38.Tb4 Txa5 39.Txb7+ Rh6 40.Td4 
Tac5 41.Tf7 Tc1 42.Td1 Txd1 43.Dxd1 Dxf2 44.De2 Txh3+ 45.Cxh3 Dxe2 46.Cg1 
Db2 47.a5 Ch5 48.Ch3 Da1+ 49.Cg1 0-1

[Event "Sofia BG Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D95j"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.e3 Fg7 5.Db3 dxc4 6.Fxc4 O-O 7.Cf3 Cc6 8.Ce5 
Cxe5 9.dxe5 Cd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.O-O Ce5 12.Fxe6+ Rh8 13.Td1 Fxe6 14.Dxe6 Dc8
15.Dxe7 Dg4 16.h3 Dh5 17.f4 Cc6 18.Da3 Tad8 19.Tf1 Tfe8 20.Db3 Ca5 21.Db4 
b6 22.Rh2 Cb7 23.e4 Cc5 24.Fe3 Cd3 25.Db3 g5 26.fxg5 Fe5+ 27.Rh1 Dh4 28.
Fg1 Cf4 29.Cd5 Ce2 30.Ff2 Dxg5 31.Df3 Tg8 32.g4 Dh6 33.Ce7 Cg3+ 34.Rg2 
Cxf1 35.Cxg8 Txg8 36.Txf1 Tf8 37.Dd3 c5 38.b3 Te8 39.Fe3 Dh4 40.Ff4 Fd4 
41.e5 De7 42.De4 a5 43.Fg3 Dd7 44.Tf5 a4 45.Fh4 1-0

[Event "Wch junior"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Christian, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "D45h"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c6 4.e3 Cf6 5.Cf3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fb4 7.Fd2 O-O 8.O-O-O 
De7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.a3 Fd6 11.Cb5 Ce4 12.Cxd6 Cxd2 13.Rxd2 Dxd6 14.Fd3 Cf6 
15.Tc1 Fd7 16.Dc7 De7 17.Ce5 Tfc8 18.Da5 Ce8 19.Db4 Dxb4+ 20.axb4 Td8 21.
Tc5 f6 22.Cxd7 Txd7 23.Thc1 Cd6 24.f3 f5 25.Re2 Rf7 26.b5 g6 27.h3 h6 28.
h4 Rf6 29.Tf1 Re7 30.Rf2 Rf6 31.Rg3 Tc8 32.b4 Tdc7 33.Tfc1 Cc4 34.e4 b6 
35.e5+ Rg7 36.Txc7+ Txc7 37.f4 Rf7 38.Rf2 Re7 39.Fxc4 dxc4 40.Re3 Rf7 41.
Rd2 Re7 42.Rc3 Rf7 43.Td1 Td7 44.Rxc4 Re7 45.Td3 Td5 46.Ta3 Td7 47.Tc3 Td5
48.Tg3 Rf7 49.Ta3 Td7 50.Tc3 Re7 51.Rd3 Rf7 52.Tc8 Rg7 53.Rc4 Rf7 54.g3 
Re7 55.Th8 Tc7+ 56.Rd3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dornbirn AUT"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ortel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12e"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Cc3 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fd3 d6 10.O-O Fa6 11.Te1 Fxd3 12.Dxd3 a6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Cxe5 Cfd7 15.Cf3 
b5 16.Fg5 Cf6 17.Ce5 Dd6 18.Df3 Ta7 19.Cc6 Cxc6 20.dxc6 Ce8 21.Ce4 Dxc6 
22.Cf6+ Dxf6 23.Fxf6 Cxf6 24.Dc6 Cd7 25.Tad1 Fd4 26.b4 Ce5 27.Db6 Te7 28.
bxc5 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Dornbirn AUT"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kranz, Armin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A40p"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Fb4+ 3.Cc3 b6 4.Cf3 Fb7 5.Fg5 f6 6.Fh4 Ce7 7.e3 Cg6 8.Fg3 O-O
9.h4 Ce7 10.Fd3 f5 11.Rf1 Fxc3 12.bxc3 h6 13.h5 d6 14.Tb1 Cd7 15.Db3 Rh8 
16.Td1 De8 17.Fe2 Cf6 18.Cd2 Fc6 19.Da3 Cd7 20.Cf3 a5 21.Tb1 Tb8 22.Tb2 
Rh7 23.Ff4 Dc8 24.Th2 Tf7 25.Th1 Db7 26.Th2 Te8 27.Tb1 Da8 28.Db3 Cg8 29.
Fg3 Cgf6 30.Td1 Cg4 31.Th1 Cdf6 32.Rg1 Ce4 33.Fh4 Rh8 34.Th3 f4 35.Ce1 
fxe3 36.f3 Cgf2 37.fxe4 Cxh3+ 38.gxh3 Fxe4 39.d5 exd5 40.cxd5 Dc8 41.Da4 
Te5 42.Fg4 Df8 43.Cc2 Tf4 44.Fg3 Txg4 45.hxg4 Df3 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Dornbirn AUT"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novkovic, Milan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A88"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1.Cf3 f5 2.d4 Cf6 3.g3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Cc3 c6 8.Tb1 De8 
9.d5 Ca6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.b4 Fd7 12.a3 c5 13.b5 Cc7 14.e4 Cxe4 15.Cxe4 fxe4
16.Cg5 d5 17.cxd5 Cxb5 18.Fb2 Cd4 19.Cxe4 Ff5 20.Cxc5 Tb8 21.Cd3 Db5 22.
Fxd4 Dxb1 23.Dxb1 Txb1 24.Txb1 Fxd4 25.Tb4 Fb6 26.Fe4 Fxe4 27.Txe4 Tf3 28.
Cb4 Txf2 29.Rh1 Fc5 30.Cd3 Tf1+ 31.Rg2 Tg1+ 32.Rf3 Fxa3 33.Ta4 Fd6 34.Txa7
Td1 35.Re3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Dornbirn AUT"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Donev, Ivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E65g"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1.c4 c5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.g3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.Cf3 Cf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 d6 8.dxc5 
dxc5 9.Fe3 Fe6 10.Fxc5 Fxc4 11.Dxd8 Tfxd8 12.Tfd1 Txd1+ 13.Txd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Dornbirn AUT"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mayer, Dietmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[ECO "A57c"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Cd2 Da5 5.Dc2 bxc4 6.e4 g6 7.Fxc4 d6 8.Ce2 Fg7 
9.O-O O-O 10.Cc3 Cbd7 11.Fe2 Dc7 12.h3 Cb6 13.a4 a5 14.Td1 Fa6 15.Cb5 Dd8 
16.Ta3 c4 17.Cf3 Fxb5 18.axb5 Cfd7 19.Fe3 Cc5 20.Cd4 Fxd4 21.Fxd4 Dd7 22.
Fxc4 Cxc4 23.Dxc4 Tfb8 24.Fxc5 dxc5 25.Dxc5 Txb5 26.Dd4 Tab8 27.Td2 Tb4 
28.De5 a4 29.Te3 Dc8 30.Tc3 Db7 31.Tc7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A56p"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Cc3 d6 5.g3 Fe7 6.Fh3 O-O 7.Rf1 Ce8 8.Fxc8 Dxc8
9.Rg2 f5 10.e4 Cf6 11.f3 fxe4 12.fxe4 Fd8 13.h3 Fa5 14.Dd3 Fxc3 15.bxc3 
Cbd7 16.Cf3 De8 17.Fd2 Cb6 18.Thb1 Da4 19.Fg5 Dxc4 20.Dxc4 Cxc4 21.Fxf6 
Txf6 22.Txb7 Ce3+ 23.Rf2 Taf8 24.Rxe3 Txf3+ 25.Re2 c4 26.Tab1 Txg3 27.Txa7
Txh3 28.Tbb7 Tg3 29.Td7 h5 30.Txd6 h4 31.Te6 Tb8 32.Txe5 Tb2+ 33.Rf1 Txc3 
34.Ta8+ Rh7 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nutiu, Horia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fe2 Fe7 7.O-O a6 8.f4 Cc6
9.Rh1 O-O 10.Cxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Ce8 12.Fd3 Dc7 13.De1 c5 14.f5 exf5 15.Cd5 
Db7 16.exd6 Fxd6 17.Ce3 g6 18.Cc4 Fe7 19.Fh6 Cg7 20.Dc3 f6 21.Tae1 Ta7 22.
Te2 Dc7 23.Ff4 Dd8 24.Ca5 Dd7 25.Fc4+ Rh8 26.Td2 Da4 27.b3 De8 28.Te1 g5 
29.Fb8 Td7 30.Tde2 f4 31.Cc6 Fb7 32.Cxe7 Dxb8 33.Cg6+ hxg6 34.Dh3+ Ch5 35.
Dxd7 f3 36.Te8 f2 37.Txf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Paduch, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[ECO "E73p"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fe2 O-O 6.Fg5 Ca6 7.f4 c5 8.d5 Da5 9.
Dd2 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Cf3 Cb4 12.O-O Cc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Cxe5 Cd4 15.Tad1 
a6 16.Fd3 Cd7 17.Fe7 Te8 18.Fd6 Cf6 19.Ce4 Dxd2 20.Txd2 Cxe4 21.Fxe4 Ff8 
22.Fxf8 Txf8 23.b4 Cf5 24.bxc5 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "D45h"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c6 4.e3 Cf6 5.Cf3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fb4 7.Fe2 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Fxc4 Fd6 10.h3 e5 11.Fb3 Fc7 12.Fd2 exd4 13.exd4 Cb6 14.Tfe1 Dd6 
15.Tac1 Cfd5 16.Cxd5 Cxd5 17.Te5 Ce7 18.Cg5 Cg6 19.Tce1 Fd7 20.h4 Dxd4 21.
h5 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E94k"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 g6 4.d4 Fg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Te1 c6 
9.Ff1 Fg4 10.Fe3 exd4 11.Fxd4 Cb4 12.Tc1 c5 13.Fe3 Cd7 14.Fe2 Fxf3 15.Fxf3
Fe5 16.Fe2 Cc6 17.Tc2 Cf6 18.Ff1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Paehtz, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C08g"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Cgf3 c4 6.b3 cxb3 7.axb3 Cc6 8.Fe2 
Fb4 9.O-O Cge7 10.Ta4 a5 11.Fb2 Ff5 12.c3 Fd6 13.Te1 O-O 14.Cf1 Db8 15.Ce3
b5 16.Ta2 Fe4 17.g3 f5 18.Cg5 f4 19.Cg2 fxg3 20.fxg3 Ff5 21.Ff3 Tf6 22.Fg4
Fxg3 23.hxg3 Dxg3 24.Fxf5 Txf5 25.Fc1 Taf8 26.Dd2 h6 27.Ce6 T8f6 28.De2 
Cg6 29.Dxb5 Ch4 30.Te3 Cf3+ 31.Txf3 Dxf3 32.Cgf4 Txe6 33.Cxe6 Dg3+ 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.Cf3 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 g6 4.b3 Fg7 5.Fb2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d4 c6 8.Cbd2 De8 
9.c4 Ca6 10.Dc2 Tb8 11.a3 b5 12.b4 Cc7 13.Tac1 bxc4 14.Cxc4 Fh6 15.e3 Ccd5
16.Cfd2 Fd7 17.Tce1 g5 18.e4 fxe4 19.Cxe4 Dg6 20.Cxf6+ Txf6 21.Dxg6+ hxg6 
22.Ca5 Rf8 23.Fc1 Tf7 24.Fd2 Fg7 25.Tc1 Tb6 26.Cxc6 Fxc6 27.Fxd5 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E32p"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Fb4+ 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Fg5 Fb7 8.Ch3
h6 9.Fh4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e3 g5 12.Fg3 Ce4 13.Dc2 Da5+ 14.Re2 f5 15.f3 
Cxg3+ 16.hxg3 Cc6 17.Cf2 Ce5 18.Cd3 Cxd3 19.Dxd3 Tf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.Cf3 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 g6 4.b3 Fg7 5.Fb2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d4 De8 8.c4 Ca6 
9.Cbd2 c6 10.Dc2 h6 11.a3 g5 12.e3 Dh5 13.Tfe1 Tf7 14.Cf1 Fd7 15.Te2 Taf8 
16.Tae1 Ce4 17.C3d2 Cxd2 18.Cxd2 e5 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.b4 b6 21.Cf3 Te8 22.
Td2 Cb8 23.Ted1 e4 24.Ce1 Fxb2 25.Dxb2 Fe6 26.Td8 Tff8 27.Txe8 Dxe8 28.Td6
Df7 29.c5 bxc5 30.bxc5 Cd7 31.Ff1 Fd5 32.Txh6 Dg7 33.Dxg7+ Rxg7 34.Td6 
Cxc5 35.Cc2 Tf7 36.Td8 Ce6 37.Tc8 c5 38.Fb5 Tb7 39.a4 a6 40.Fxa6 Tb1+ 41.
Rg2 Fb3 42.Ca3 Ta1 43.Cc4 Fd1 44.Cd2 g4 45.h4 gxh3+ 46.Rxh3 Fg4+ 47.Rg2 
Td1 48.Cf1 Cg5 49.Txc5 Td6 50.Tc7+ Rf8 51.Fb5 Th6 52.Ch2 Cf3 53.Cxg4 fxg4 
54.Tc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rajkovic, Dusan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Dc7 5.Cc3 e6 6.Fe2 a6 7.O-O Cf6 8.Fe3 
Fe7 9.f4 d6 10.De1 O-O 11.Dg3 Cxd4 12.Fxd4 b5 13.Tf2 Fb7 14.a3 g6 15.f5 e5
16.Fe3 d5 17.exd5 Cxd5 18.Cxd5 Fxd5 19.f6 Fd6 20.Td1 Fe6 21.Fg4 Tfe8 22.
Tfd2 Fc5 23.h3 Tab8 24.b4 Ff8 25.Dh4 e4 26.Rh1 Dc3 27.Fd4 Dxa3 28.Fc5 Fxc5
29.bxc5 Dxc5 30.Td6 De5 31.Fxe6 Txe6 32.Td8+ Te8 33.T8d5 Dc3 34.Td6 h5 35.
Df4 Rh7 36.Td7 Tf8 37.Tc7 Db2 38.Tdd7 Da2 39.c4 Rg8 40.Dg5 Tfd8 41.Txf7 
1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "A56t"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Cc3 d6 5.e4 Fe7 6.g3 O-O 7.Fg2 Ce8 8.Cge2 Fd7 
9.O-O Cc7 10.a4 Cba6 11.h3 Cb4 12.Rh2 Tb8 13.f4 Ff6 14.Cg1 a6 15.a5 b5 16.
axb6 Ca8 17.Cf3 Cxb6 18.De2 De8 19.f5 Fd8 20.g4 f6 21.h4 a5 22.Tg1 a4 23.
Ff1 Fc8 24.Dd1 Ta8 25.Fe3 Rh8 26.Fe2 g6 27.Cb5 Dd7 28.Dd2 Fa6 29.Ca3 Fe7 
30.Tg3 gxf5 31.gxf5 Tg8 32.Tag1 Txg3 33.Txg3 Tg8 34.Txg8+ Rxg8 35.Cg1 Ff8 
36.Ch3 Dg7 37.Cf2 Rf7 38.Cd1 Re8 39.Cc3 Rd8 40.Dd1 Dd7 41.h5 Rc8 42.h6 Rb7
43.Rh3 Rc8 44.Rh4 Rd8 45.Dg1 Df7 46.Fd2 Rc8 47.Dg2 Rb7 48.Ccb5 Fxb5 49.
cxb5 Ra7 50.Fh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A46h"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.g3 d6 3.d4 Cbd7 4.Fg2 e5 5.c4 c6 6.O-O Fe7 7.Cc3 e4 8.Ch4 Cb6 
9.b3 O-O 10.Dc2 Te8 11.f3 exf3 12.exf3 g6 13.Fg5 d5 14.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D85p"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.e4 Cxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Tb1 
O-O 9.Fe2 Cc6 10.d5 Ce5 11.Cxe5 Fxe5 12.Dd2 b6 13.f4 Fg7 14.c4 e5 15.O-O 
exf4 16.Fb2 g5 17.Fxg7 Rxg7 18.a4 Dd6 19.a5 f6 20.Tb3 Tb8 21.Tfb1 Te8 22.
Fd3 Te7 23.axb6 axb6 24.Db2 Teb7 25.h3 Fd7 26.Df2 De5 27.Rh1 Fa4 28.T3b2 
Fe8 29.Tb3 Fg6 30.De2 Dd4 31.Fc2 Fe8 32.Fd3 Fd7 33.Dh5 Fe8 34.De2 Fd7 35.
Dh5 De5 36.Fc2 Fa4 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Altensteig GER"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A40p"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Fb4+ 3.Cd2 b6 4.Db3 c5 5.Cf3 Cf6 6.a3 Fa5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.g3 
Cc6 9.Fg2 O-O 10.O-O Tb8 11.Dc2 d6 12.e3 Ce8 13.Cb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C68g"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fxc6 dxc6 5.Cc3 Fg4 6.h3 Fxf3 7.Dxf3 Ce7 8.d3
Cg6 9.Fe3 Fb4 10.O-O Fxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.g3 Dd7 13.Fc5 Tfe8 14.Dg4 Dxg4 
15.hxg4 h6 16.f4 Cf8 17.Rg2 b6 18.Fe3 c5 19.Rf3 f6 20.a4 a5 21.d4 cxd4 22.
cxd4 exd4 23.Fxd4 Tad8 24.Tfd1 Td7 25.Td3 Ted8 26.Tad1 Rf7 27.Fe3 Re7 28.
Re2 Ce6 29.c3 Cf8 30.Fc1 Txd3 31.Txd3 Txd3 32.Rxd3 Cd7 33.Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pandavos, Emanouel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B22d"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Fb5+ Cc6 6.Cf3 Fd6 7.Cbd2 cxd4 8.
Cxd4 Ce7 9.O-O O-O 10.C2f3 Fg4 11.Da4 Fd7 12.Fg5 Dc7 13.Fe2 a6 14.Dd1 Tfe8
15.Te1 Cg6 16.Cb3 Cce5 17.h3 h6 18.Cxe5 Txe5 19.Fe3 Ch4 20.Dd2 Tae8 21.Cd4
Txe3 22.fxe3 Fh2+ 23.Rh1 Cxg2 24.Fg4 Cxe1 25.Fxd7 Dxd7 26.Rxh2 Dd6+ 27.Rh1
Dg3 28.Txe1 Te5 29.Te2 g6 30.h4 Dxh4+ 31.Rg1 h5 32.Tg2 Dh3 33.Cc2 Df3 34.
Df2 Dd1+ 35.Df1 Dxf1+ 36.Rxf1 Rh7 37.Rf2 g5 38.Cd4 Rg6 39.a4 h4 40.Cf3 Tf5
41.Re2 Rh5 42.Cd4 Te5 43.Cf3 Tf5 44.Cd4 Te5 45.Cf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gavrilakis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "D58r"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fe7 4.Cf3 Cf6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Tc1 Fb7 
9.Fxf6 Fxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Fd3 c5 12.O-O De7 13.Te1 Td8 14.e4 cxd4 15.Cb5
dxe4 16.Tc7 Df8 17.Txb7 exd3 18.Cc7 Cc6 19.Cxa8 Txa8 20.Dxd3 Dc8 0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B81d"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.g5 Cfd7 
9.a3 Fb7 10.h4 Cb6 11.h5 C8d7 12.Th3 Fe7 13.g6 Ff6 14.Dg4 De7 15.f4 Cc4 
16.Fxc4 bxc4 17.O-O-O Tc8 18.gxf7+ Rxf7 19.e5 dxe5 20.Cxe6 Fc6 21.f5 e4 
22.Fd4 Thg8 23.Cxe4 Fxe4 24.Dxe4 c3 25.b4 1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Skalkotas, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "C07o"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 c5 4.Cgf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Dxd5 6.Fc4 Dd6 7.O-O Cc6 8.Cb3
Cf6 9.De2 Fe7 10.Td1 e5 11.h3 O-O 12.c3 Fe6 13.Fxe6 Dxe6 14.cxd4 Tad8 15.
Fg5 e4 16.Ch2 Td5 17.Fe3 Tfd8 18.Cf1 h5 19.Cfd2 a5 20.a4 Fb4 21.Cc4 Tf5 
22.Dc2 Ff8 23.Cc5 Dc8 24.Cxe4 Cb4 25.Cxf6+ Txf6 26.Db3 Df5 27.Tac1 Fd6 28.
Ce5 Te8 29.Cf3 Cd5 30.Dd3 Dd7 31.Fg5 Tfe6 32.b3 f6 33.Fd2 Fa3 34.Tc4 Te4 
35.Te1 Txe1+ 36.Cxe1 Fb4 37.Cf3 Fxd2 38.Dxd2 b6 39.Dc2 Df7 40.Tc8 Dd7 41.
Txe8+ Dxe8 42.Df5 Df7 43.Cd2 g6 44.Dc8+ Rg7 45.Dc6 h4 46.Cc4 Cf4 47.De4 g5
48.Ce3 Dxb3 49.Cf5+ Rf7 50.Cd6+ Rg7 51.De7+ Rg6 52.De8+ Rg7 53.Cf5+ Rh7 
54.Dd7+ Rg6 55.Cxh4+ gxh4 56.Dg4+ Rf7 57.Dxf4 Dxa4 58.Dc7+ Rg6 59.Dxb6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A46g"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d6 3.Cbd2 Fg4 4.h3 Fh5 5.e4 e6 6.De2 c6 7.c3 Fe7 8.g3 d5 9.
Fg2 dxe4 10.Cxe4 Cxe4 11.Dxe4 Cd7 12.O-O O-O 13.Te1 Db6 14.Ch4 Tfe8 15.b3 
Tad8 16.Fb2 Cf6 17.Dc2 c5 18.dxc5 Fxc5 19.Tf1 Dc7 20.Rh1 Td7 21.c4 Ted8 
22.Fc3 Fd4 23.Tac1 b6 24.Db2 a5 25.Tfe1 Dc5 26.Tc2 Fxc3 27.Dxc3 Td3 28.Db2
Db4 29.Te5 Fd1 30.Tc1 a4 31.c5 a3 32.Db1 bxc5 33.Texc5 Dd2 34.Rh2 h6 35.
Tc8 g5 36.Da1 Rg7 37.Txd8 Txd8 38.Cf3 Fxf3 39.Fxf3 Dxf2+ 40.Fg2 Td2 41.Tg1
Txa2 42.De5 Te2 43.Da1 a2 44.b4 e5 45.Df1 Dxf1 46.Txf1 Cd5 0-1

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Markovic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 d6 4.Cc3 d5 5.Ch3 e6 6.O-O Fe7 7.Ff4 c6 8.f3 O-O 9.
e4 c5 10.exf5 exf5 11.Te1 Cc6 12.Cb5 Ce8 13.dxc5 Fxc5+ 14.Rh1 a6 15.Txe8 
Txe8 16.Cc7 Fe6 17.Cg5 Cd4 18.Cxa8 h6 19.Cxe6 Cxe6 20.Fe5 d4 21.Dd3 Dxa8 
22.Dxf5 1-0

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tsorbatzoglou, Theodoros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "A00t"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.g3 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Cf3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.O-O Cc6 6.De1 Cf6 7.d3 O-O 8.c3 Ce8 
9.Ca3 Cc7 10.Tb1 Fe6 11.b3 Tb8 12.Cc2 Dc8 13.e4 Fh3 14.Fxh3 Dxh3 15.f5 Ce5
16.Cxe5 dxe5 17.Fe3 b6 18.De2 Fh6 19.a4 Tbd8 20.b4 cxb4 21.Cxb4 Td6 22.d4 
exd4 23.cxd4 gxf5 24.Txf5 Tg6 25.Tf3 Dd7 26.d5 Fg7 27.Ff4 Ce8 28.Cc6 e6 
29.Td1 exd5 30.exd5 Txc6 31.dxc6 Dxc6 32.Fg5 Cc7 33.Tdf1 Ce6 34.Ff6 Cd4 
35.Fxd4 Fxd4+ 36.Rg2 a5 37.Da2 Rg7 38.Dd2 Dc5 39.Tf5 Dc6+ 40.T1f3 Fc5 41.
h4 f6 42.h5 Fd6 43.h6+ Rh8 44.Dd4 Fe7 45.Rh3 De6 46.g4 Td8 47.De3 Dxe3 48.
Txe3 Fc5 49.Te6 Fd4 50.Td5 1-0

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C10d"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.Cf3 Cf6 5.Fg5 Fe7 6.e5 Ce4 7.Fxe7 Dxe7 8.Fd3 
Cxc3 9.bxc3 Fd7 10.h4 O-O-O 11.De2 f6 12.Tb1 Ca5 13.O-O c5 14.Fb5 c4 15.
Tfe1 f5 16.a4 Cc6 17.Dd2 h6 18.g3 Fe8 19.Rg2 Tf8 20.Th1 Fh5 21.Fxc6 bxc6 
22.Tb4 a5 23.Tb6 Rc7 24.Thb1 Tb8 25.Txb8 Txb8 26.Txb8 Fxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Markovic, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "B22d"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Fe3 c4 6.b3 cxb3 7.axb3 Fd6 8.Fd3 
Cf6 9.h3 O-O 10.Df3 Cc6 11.Ce2 h6 12.Cd2 Te8 13.O-O Ch7 14.Ff4 Cg5 15.Dg3 
Fe7 16.Cf3 Ff6 17.Cxg5 Fxg5 18.Fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsorbatzoglou, Theodoros"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.Fd3 Cfd7 8.Ce2 exd5 
9.cxd5 Ce5 10.Fc2 Dh4+ 11.Cg3 c4 12.Fe3 Ca6 13.Dd2 h6 14.O-O Fc5 15.Cb5 
Dd8 16.Cd4 Cb4 17.a3 Cxc2 18.Cxc2 Fb6 19.Fxb6 Dxb6+ 20.Dd4 Cd3 21.Dxb6 
axb6 22.Tab1 Fd7 23.Ce3 b5 24.Ce2 f5 25.Cc3 g6 26.exf5 gxf5 27.f4 Rf7 28.
Cc2 Tfc8 29.Cb4 Cc5 30.Tfe1 Tg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad-J"]
[Site "Kavala GRE"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "E91h"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Cc3 g6 5.e4 Fg7 6.Fe2 e6 7.Cf3 O-O 8.Cd2 Ca6 9.
O-O Cc7 10.a4 Te8 11.Rh1 Tb8 12.f3 a6 13.a5 exd5 14.cxd5 Fd7 15.Cc4 Fb5 
16.Ca4 Fxc4 17.Fxc4 Cb5 18.Fd2 Cd7 19.Tc1 b6 20.axb6 Cxb6 21.Fa5 Cxa4 22.
Fxd8 Cxb2 23.Dd2 Texd8 24.Da5 Cd4 25.f4 Te8 26.Dxa6 Tb4 27.e5 dxe5 28.fxe5
Fxe5 29.Da7 Cf5 30.Dxc5 Fd6 31.Dc6 Td8 32.Tfe1 Ff4 33.Df6 Tbb8 34.Tc2 Cxc4
35.Txc4 Fd2 36.Tc7 Tf8 37.Tf1 Fh6 38.g3 Ce3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dochev, Dimitar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[ECO "A70r"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Cc3 d6 5.e4 Fg7 6.Cf3 O-O 7.h3 a6 8.a4 e6 9.Fd3
exd5 10.cxd5 Ch5 11.O-O Cd7 12.Fg5 Ff6 13.Fe3 Te8 14.a5 Tb8 15.Dc2 Ce5 16.
Fe2 Cg7 17.Cd2 g5 18.Ca4 g4 19.hxg4 Fxg4 20.Dd1 Fxe2 21.Dxe2 Dd7 22.Ff4 
Tbd8 23.Cb6 De7 24.Tab1 Cg6 25.Fe3 Fe5 26.f4 Fd4 27.Fxd4 cxd4 28.f5 1-0

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pantev, Veselin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E67f"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 Cbd7 4.Cf3 e5 5.g3 g6 6.Fg2 Fg7 7.O-O O-O 8.dxe5 
dxe5 9.Dc2 c6 10.b3 e4 11.Cg5 De7 12.a4 Te8 13.Fa3 Cc5 14.b4 h6 15.Ch3 Ca6
16.c5 Ff5 17.e3 g5 18.Rh1 Cc7 19.Tac1 Cfd5 20.Cxd5 Cxd5 21.Cg1 h5 22.Db3 
h4 23.Tfe1 hxg3 24.fxg3 Rh7 25.Fb2 Fxb2 26.Dxb2 De5 27.De2 Rg7 28.Tc4 Th8 
29.Df2 Cf6 30.h4 Cg4 0-1

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kurtenkov, Atanas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "E11b"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 Fb4+ 4.Cbd2 d5 5.Da4+ Cc6 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 Fxd2+ 8.
Fxd2 Ce4 9.Dc2 Cxd2 10.Dxd2 Dd6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Fe2 Fg4 13.O-O a5 14.Tac1 
Ce7 15.Tc3 c6 16.Tfc1 Fxf3 17.Fxf3 f5 18.Tc5 b6 19.T5c3 Rh8 20.Dc2 Tf6 21.
Fe2 a4 22.Fd3 b5 23.f4 g6 24.h3 Te6 25.Df2 Dd8 26.Df3 Df8 27.T3c2 Te8 28.
Ff1 Df6 29.Tc3 Tb8 30.T1c2 Cc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grigorov, Jordan N"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B56j"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.Cge2 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cf6 6.g3 Fg4 7.f3 Fd7 8.Fe3 
a6 9.g4 e6 10.g5 Ch5 11.f4 Cxd4 12.Dxd4 h6 13.h4 Cg3 14.Tg1 Cxf1 15.Txf1 
hxg5 16.hxg5 Da5 17.O-O-O Th4 18.Th1 Txh1 19.Txh1 O-O-O 20.a4 Dc7 21.Th8 
Dc5 22.Th7 Te8 23.e5 Fc6 24.exd6 Dxd4 25.Fxd4 Fxd6 26.Fe5 Fxe5 27.fxe5 Tg8
28.b4 Rd8 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 Fd7 31.Rb2 Re7 32.Rb3 Tc8 33.Rb4 b6 34.Txg7 
Tc5 35.g6 Fe8 36.gxf7 Fxf7 37.Ca4 Txc2 38.Cxb6 Re8 39.Cc4 Fh5 40.b6 Fe2 
1-0

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

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Cf3 Fe7 5.Fg5 O-O 6.e3 Cbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Dc2 
h6 9.Fh4 Te8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E60q"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Fg7 5.Fg2 O-O 6.O-O Cbd7 7.Dc2 e5 8.Td1 
exd4 9.Cxd4 a6 10.e4 Te8 11.h3 Cc5 12.Cc3 Fd7 13.Tb1 Dc8 14.b4 Ce6 15.Cde2
h6 16.f4 c5 17.Fe3 Cd4 18.Cxd4 cxd4 19.Fxd4 Dxc4 20.Db2 Fc6 21.Tbc1 De6 
22.a4 Rh7 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Fxe4 25.Fxe4 Cxe4 26.Fxg7 Cxc3 27.Dxc3 Ta2 
28.Ta1 Te2 29.Fd4 Dxh3 30.Df3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D06u"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Ff5 3.cxd5 Fxb1 4.Da4+ c6 5.Txb1 Dxd5 6.Cf3 Cd7 7.a3 Cgf6 8.
e3 e6 9.Dc2 Fd6 10.Fd3 Dh5 11.O-O g5 12.Ce5 Cxe5 13.dxe5 Fxe5 14.f4 gxf4 
15.exf4 Cg4 16.h3 Fd4+ 17.Rh1 Dh4 18.Fe2 Cf2+ 19.Rh2 Tg8 20.Db3 O-O-O 21.
Df3 e5 22.Fe3 Cg4+ 23.Dxg4+ Txg4 24.Fxg4+ Rb8 25.Tbe1 e4 26.Fxd4 Txd4 27.
Te2 Df6 28.g3 Dg6 29.f5 Dd6 30.Tf4 De5 31.Rg2 c5 32.Fh5 f6 33.Ff7 e3 34.
Rf3 Td1 35.Txe3 Tf1+ 36.Re2 Te1+ 0-1

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrov, Marijan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C02o"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Cc6 5.Cf3 Fd7 6.a3 c4 7.Fe2 Ca5 8.Cbd2 Dc7 9.
O-O O-O-O 10.Tb1 f6 11.Te1 Ce7 12.g3 h6 13.Dc2 f5 14.h4 Tg8 15.Fd1 g5 16.
hxg5 hxg5 17.Cf1 f4 18.Dh7 Tg7 19.Dh5 Fe8 20.Dg4 Fg6 21.Dxe6+ Rb8 22.Ta1 
Ff5 23.Dh6 Tg6 24.Dh5 Fg7 25.Cxg5 Th8 26.Df3 Txg5 27.Fxf4 Fg4 28.Dg2 Fh3 
29.Df3 Tf5 30.Ce3 Db6 31.Cxf5 Fxf5 32.De2 Dg6 33.Df1 Fh3 34.De2 Dh7 35.f3 
Ff1 36.Txf1 Dh1+ 37.Rf2 Th2+ 38.Re1 Txe2+ 39.Fxe2 Dh7 40.Tf2 Cg6 41.Fe3 
Cb3 42.Td1 Dh3 43.g4 Rc7 44.Tb1 Fh6 45.g5 Fxg5 46.Fxg5 Df5 47.Td1 Dxg5 48.
Ff1 Cf4 49.Th2 Dg3+ 50.Tf2 Dg1 0-1

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Genov, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "E15i"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.Da4 c6 6.Cc3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Fg2 Fd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Ce5 Fb7 11.Fg5 h6 12.Fxf6 Dxf6 13.e4 Fxe5 14.dxe5 Dxe5 15.
exd5 cxd5 16.Tfe1 Df5 17.Tad1 Fc6 18.Dd4 Ca6 19.Cxd5 Fxd5 20.Dxd5 Dxd5 21.
Txd5 Tad8 22.Te7 Cb4 23.Tdd7 Cxa2 24.Txf7 Txd7 25.Txd7 Cb4 26.Txa7 Cd3 27.
Fd5+ Rh8 28.b3 Cxf2 29.Tb7 Cg4 30.Txb6 Ce5 31.Fc4 Cxc4 32.bxc4 Tf3 33.Te6 
Tc3 34.Te4 Tc2 35.h4 g6 36.Rf1 Rg7 37.Re1 Rf6 38.Rd1 Tg2 39.Te3 Ta2 40.c5 
Ta6 41.Tb3 Ta5 42.Tc3 Re7 43.Re2 Ta4 44.Rf3 h5 45.Te3+ Rf6 46.Tc3 Re7 47.
Td3 Tc4 48.Td5 Tc3+ 49.Rf2 Tc2+ 50.Re1 Re6 51.Tg5 Rf6 52.Rd1 Ta2 53.c6 Ta8
54.Rd2 Tc8 55.Tc5 Re7 56.Re3 Rd6 57.Tc3 Rc7 58.Rf4 Te8 59.Te3 Td8 60.Rg5 
Td6 61.Tc3 Te6 62.Rh6 Tf6 63.Tc5 1-0

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Janev, Evgeni"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B80p"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Fg2 Fe7 8.O-O Dc7
9.Fe3 O-O 10.g4 Cc6 11.g5 Cd7 12.f4 Te8 13.De2 Ff8 14.Tad1 Tb8 15.a4 Cb4 
16.Tf3 g6 17.Df2 Fg7 18.f5 Ce5 19.Th3 Dd8 20.f6 Ff8 21.Dh4 h6 22.gxh6 Rh7 
23.Ff4 Db6 24.Rh1 Cbc6 25.Fxe5 Cxe5 26.b3 Dc5 27.Cce2 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.
Cg1 Tb7 30.Tg3 d5 31.Ch3 dxe4 32.Cg5+ Rh8 33.Cxe4 Dc7 34.Dg5 Td8 35.h4 b4 
36.h5 Td5 37.c4 bxc3 38.Cxc3 Ta5 39.Ce4 Tb4 40.Tc1 Dd8 41.Cc6 Cxc6 42.hxg6
Txg5 43.g7+ Fxg7 44.fxg7+ Txg7 45.hxg7+ Rg8 46.Rg1 Txe4 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B08p"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Fg7 3.Cf3 d6 4.Fe2 Cf6 5.Cc3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Fg5 Dc7 8.a4 Cbd7
9.Dd2 e5 10.Tfe1 a5 11.Tad1 Te8 12.d5 cxd5 13.Cxd5 Cxd5 14.Dxd5 h6 15.Fe3 
Cf6 16.Dc4 De7 17.Cd2 Fd7 18.Db3 Fc6 19.Ff3 Dd7 20.Cc4 Fxa4 21.Da2 Fxc2 
22.Txd6 Db5 23.Tb6 Da4 24.Dxa4 Fxa4 25.Txb7 Ta6 26.Fd2 Cd7 27.Cxa5 Cc5 28.
Tc7 Ff8 29.Fe2 Tf6 30.Fe3 Ce6 31.Tc4 Fb5 32.Tcc1 Fxe2 33.Txe2 Cd4 34.Fxd4 
exd4 35.Td1 Fc5 36.Cb3 Fb6 37.Td3 Tfe6 38.f3 f5 39.Cd2 Tc6 40.Rf2 Tc2 41.
e5 Tec8 42.Cb3 T2c4 43.f4 Rf7 44.Rf3 Re6 45.g4 Tb4 46.gxf5+ gxf5 47.Tg2 
Rd5 48.Ca1 Tbc4 49.Tb3 T8c6 50.Cc2 Txc2 51.Txc2 Txc2 52.Txb6 Txh2 53.Td6+ 
Rc4 54.e6 Txb2 55.Ta6 Tb3+ 56.Re2 Te3+ 57.Rd2 Rd5 58.e7 Txe7 59.Txh6 Re4 
1-0

[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 "E61c"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.Fg5 d6 5.Dd2 Cbd7 6.Fh6 Fxh6 7.Dxh6 c5 8.Cf3 
Da5 9.Dd2 cxd4 10.Cxd4 Ce5 11.e3 O-O 12.Fe2 Fd7 13.f4 Cc6 14.Cb3 Db4 15.
Tc1 Fe6 16.Cb5 Dxd2+ 17.Cxd2 Tac8 18.Rf2 a6 19.Cd4 Cxd4 20.exd4 Tc7 21.a4 
a5 22.b4 axb4 23.Tb1 Ta8 24.Txb4 Fd7 25.Ta1 Fc6 26.Ff3 Ta7 27.Cb1 Fxf3 28.
Rxf3 Ta6 29.Ta2 b6 30.Cc3 Rf8 31.Tab2 Cd7 32.g4 Tc8 33.Cb5 Re8 34.h4 Rd8 
35.f5 Tca8 36.Ta2 Cb8 37.fxg6 fxg6 38.c5 bxc5 39.dxc5 dxc5 40.Te4 Cc6 41.
Td2+ 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 "B53i"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Dxd4 a6 5.c4 Cc6 6.Dd2 Cf6 7.Cc3 e6 8.b3 Fe7 
9.Fb2 O-O 10.Fe2 Tb8 11.Cd4 Fd7 12.O-O b5 13.cxb5 Cxd4 14.Dxd4 axb5 15.b4 
Db6 16.Dxb6 Txb6 17.a4 bxa4 18.b5 d5 19.Tfd1 Cxe4 20.Cxe4 Fxb5 21.Fxb5 
Txb5 22.Fxg7 Rxg7 23.Cc3 Tb3 24.Cxa4 Ta8 25.Ta2 f5 26.Rf1 Rf6 27.Re2 h5 
28.Td3 Txd3 29.Rxd3 e5 30.Cc3 Txa2 31.Cxa2 Fc5 32.f3 e4+ 33.Rc3 Re5 34.Cc1
Fe3 35.Ce2 d4+ 36.Rc4 d3 37.Cc3 Fg1 38.h3 h4 39.fxe4 fxe4 40.Cd1 Fd4 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 "B33c"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Db6 5.Cb3 Cf6 6.Cc3 e6 7.Fd3 a6 8.O-O 
Fe7 9.a4 Dc7 10.f4 d6 11.a5 b5 12.axb6 Dxb6+ 13.Rh1 O-O 14.De2 Cb4 15.Ca5 
Cxd3 16.cxd3 Tb8 17.Fe3 Dxb2 18.Cc6 Dxc3 19.Cxb8 Dc7 20.Cxa6 Dd7 21.Cb8 
De8 22.Ta7 e5 23.Cc6 Dxc6 24.Txe7 exf4 25.Txf4 Fe6 26.h3 Cd7 27.d4 d5 28.
e5 Dc3 29.Th4 Tb8 30.Df2 Da3 31.Fg5 h6 32.Tf4 Tf8 33.Ff6 gxf6 34.exf6 Cxf6
35.Txf6 Dxe7 36.Dg3+ Rh7 37.Dh4 Dxf6 38.Dxf6 Ta8 39.Df2 Tg8 40.g4 Tg6 41.
Df4 Rg7 42.Rh2 Rh7 43.Dc7 Rg7 44.De7 Rh7 45.Rg3 Rg7 46.Rf4 Tg5 47.Re3 Tg6 
48.Dc7 Rh7 49.Df4 Rg7 50.Rd2 Rh7 51.Rc3 Rg7 52.Rb4 Rh7 53.Rc5 Rg7 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 "A40r"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Fb4+ 3.Fd2 a5 4.Cc3 f5 5.e4 Fxc3 6.Fxc3 fxe4 7.Dg4 Cf6 8.Dxg7
Tg8 9.Dh6 d5 10.f3 Cc6 11.O-O-O Tg6 12.De3 Cb4 13.Rb1 Dd7 14.b3 dxc4 15.
fxe4 cxb3 16.axb3 Tg4 17.Df3 Cxe4 18.Fxb4 axb4 19.Dxg4 Cc3+ 20.Rc2 Ta2+ 
21.Rd3 Db5+ 22.Re3 Cxd1+ 23.Dxd1 Dg5+ 24.Rd3 Db5+ 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 "A81"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 d6 4.Cf3 g6 5.O-O Fg7 6.b3 O-O 7.Fb2 De8 8.Cbd2 h6 
9.c4 g5 10.Dc2 Ca6 11.d5 Dh5 12.e3 Fd7 13.Tae1 c6 14.e4 Cb4 15.Db1 fxe4 
16.Cxe4 Ff5 17.Fxf6 Fxf6 18.a3 cxd5 19.Cxf6+ Txf6 20.Dd1 Cd3 21.Txe7 dxc4 
22.bxc4 Taf8 23.h3 g4 24.Ch2 Dg6 25.Fd5+ Rh8 26.hxg4 Fe6 27.Txe6 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"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d6 3.c4 Fg4 4.Db3 Dc8 5.g3 Cc6 6.Cbd2 e5 7.d5 Cd8 8.Fg2 Fe7
9.e4 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.De3 b6 12.Ce1 Da6 13.Cd3 c6 14.b3 Fd7 15.Fa3 Cg4 16.
De2 cxd5 17.cxd5 Te8 18.Tfc1 Cb7 19.Ff1 Cf6 20.De3 b5 21.b4 Fd8 22.Fb2 Fb6
23.De1 Da7 24.h3 axb4 25.Cxb4 Fd4 26.Tab1 Cc5 27.Tc2 Da4 28.a3 Tac8 29.Rg2
Fxb2 30.Tcxb2 Dxa3 31.Cc6 Ch5 32.Fxb5 Cf4+ 33.gxf4 Dxh3+ 34.Rg1 Dg4+ 35.
Rf1 exf4 36.f3 Dh3+ 37.Re2 Dh5 38.Rd1 Cxe4 39.Cxe4 Dxf3+ 40.De2 Dxe4 41.
Dxe4 Txe4 42.Fd3 Te3 43.Rd2 g5 44.Th1 Tce8 45.Tb7 Fc8 46.Tc7 Fh3 47.Ce7+ 
T8xe7 48.Txe7 Fg2 49.Th5 Txe7 50.Txg5+ Rf8 51.Txg2 Te5 52.Fc4 f5 53.Tf2 
Te4 54.Rc3 Rg7 55.Fd3 Te5 56.Rd4 h5 57.Tg2+ Rf6 58.Tg8 f3 59.Td8 Te1 60.
Tf8+ Rg5 61.Fxf5 Td1+ 62.Fd3 Rg4 63.Re3 Te1+ 64.Rf2 Te5 65.Fc4 Te4 66.Fa6 
Tf4 67.Fc8+ Rg5 68.Tg8+ Rf6 69.Tg3 Re5 70.Tg5+ 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 "E11w"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Fb4+ 4.Fd2 De7 5.g3 Cc6 6.Fg2 Fxd2+ 7.Cbxd2 a5 8.
O-O d6 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Cb8 11.Ce1 h5 12.Cef3 Fg4 13.Db3 b6 14.De3 Ca6 15.Ch4
Cc5 16.Tae1 g5 17.Chf3 Fxf3 18.Fxf3 h4 19.b3 Dd7 20.Dxg5 Re7 21.Df5 Dxf5 
22.exf5 Tag8 23.Fd1 Cd3 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"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Fe2 Fe7 8.O-O O-O
9.Rh1 Dc7 10.a4 Cc6 11.Fe3 Te8 12.De1 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Dg3 Cxd4 15.Fxd4 
Fd8 16.Fe3 Fe6 17.Fh6 g6 18.Tad1 Tc8 19.Fg5 Cd7 20.Fxd8 Tcxd8 21.Fg4 Fc4 
22.Tf2 Cc5 23.Tfd2 Txd2 24.Txd2 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.De3 b4 27.Cd5 Fxd5 28.
Txd5 Ce6 29.Fxe6 Txe6 30.Dc5 Tc6 31.Dxb4 Tc4 32.Da3 Txc2 33.h3 Te2 34.Df3 
Dc1+ 35.Rh2 Df4+ 36.Dxf4 exf4 37.Td3 Txb2 38.Tf3 g5 39.h4 f6 40.Rh3 h5 41.
g4 fxg3 42.hxg5 fxg5 43.Tf5 g4+ 44.Rxg3 Tb3+ 45.Rg2 Th3 46.e5 Rg7 47.e6 
Te3 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 "A70o"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Cc3 g6 7.e4 Fg7 8.h3 O-O 
9.Fd3 Te8 10.O-O c4 11.Fc2 b5 12.a3 Ca6 13.Te1 Tb8 14.Ff4 Ch5 15.Fe3 Cc5 
16.e5 Ff8 17.Fxc5 dxc5 18.Dd2 b4 19.Ce4 c3 20.bxc3 b3 21.Fd1 Ff5 22.Tb1 
Fxe4 23.Txe4 Cf6 24.Te1 Dxd5 25.Fxb3 c4 26.Fxc4 Dxc4 27.Txb8 Txb8 28.exf6 
Fxa3 29.Ce5 Dc7 30.Cd7 Ff8 31.Cxf8 Dd8 32.Cd7 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"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.g3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Cbd2 d6 7.c3 Rh8 8.Dc2 Cc6
9.b4 a6 10.Te1 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.e4 f4 13.a4 Ch5 14.Fa3 b5 15.c4 fxg3 16.
hxg3 Df6 17.Fb2 bxa4 18.Dxa4 Tb8 19.b5 axb5 20.cxb5 Fg4 21.Tac1 Cd4 22.
Fxd4 exd4 23.e5 Db6 24.Cxd4 Tbd8 25.C2b3 Fe6 26.Cc5 Fd5 27.Fxd5 Txd5 28.
Cde6 Te8 29.g4 Fh6 30.Dc4 Txc5 31.Cxc5 Fxc1 32.Txc1 Cg7 33.Cd7 De6 34.Cf6 
Te7 35.b6 cxb6 36.Dc8+ Ce8 37.Dxe6 Txe6 38.Tc8 Txe5 39.Cxe8 h5 40.gxh5 
Tg5+ 41.Rf1 gxh5 42.Tc6 b5 43.Th6+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Simic, Radoslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D85n"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.e4 Cxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Tb1 
O-O 9.Fe2 b6 10.O-O Fa6 11.d5 Fxe2 12.Dxe2 Fxc3 13.Td1 Fg7 14.e5 Dc8 15.
Fg5 f6 16.Fh4 Ca6 17.Dc4 Rh8 18.d6 exd6 19.Txd6 Df5 20.Te1 Cc7 21.Tc6 Tac8
22.Fg3 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E81m"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Fg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Fe3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Dd2 exd5 9.
cxd5 Fd7 10.Cge2 b5 11.Cg3 a6 12.Fe2 b4 13.Cd1 Fb5 14.O-O Cbd7 15.Fh6 Cb6 
16.Fxg7 Rxg7 17.Ce3 Cfd7 18.f4 Rh8 19.Tae1 Dh4 20.b3 Tfe8 21.Tf3 Dh6 22.
Cg4 Dg7 23.Te3 Dd4 24.Td1 h5 25.De1 Dg7 26.Cf2 Dh6 27.Ch3 Cf6 28.Ff3 Cg4 
29.Fxg4 hxg4 30.Cg5 Rg8 31.Ch1 Fd7 32.Dg3 c4 33.bxc4 Cxc4 34.Tee1 Tac8 35.
Cf2 Dh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A43w"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 Fg7 6.Fb5+ Cfd7 7.a4 Ca6 8.O-O Cc7
9.Fc4 O-O 10.Te1 a6 11.Ff4 Tb8 12.Dd3 b5 13.axb5 Cb6 14.bxa6 Cxc4 15.Dxc4 
Txb2 16.a7 Fa6 17.Txa6 Cxa6 18.Ca4 Tb4 19.Dxa6 Dc8 20.Cxc5 Fc3 21.Td1 dxc5
22.Dc6 Rg7 23.h3 Dxc6 24.dxc6 Tc8 25.c7 e5 26.Td8 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E14k"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Fd3 Fb7 5.O-O Fe7 6.c4 d5 7.b3 O-O 8.Fb2 Cbd7 
9.Cc3 Ce4 10.Ce2 Fd6 11.Tc1 De7 12.Cg3 f5 13.De2 Tad8 14.Tfd1 c6 15.Ce5 
Cxe5 16.dxe5 Fa3 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Cxf5 Txf5 19.Fxe4 Fxb2 20.Fxf5 Fxc1 21.
Txc1 g6 22.Fg4 Dxe5 23.Ff3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Marinkovic, Slavisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "D95g"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Db3 e6 7.Fe2 Cc6 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.O-O Ce7 10.Fd2 Cf5 11.Dc2 Cd6 12.b4 Ff5 13.Db3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.O-O Fe7 8.f4 O-O
9.Rh1 Dc7 10.a4 Cc6 11.Fe3 Te8 12.Ff3 Tb8 13.Cb3 b6 14.De2 Ca5 15.Tad1 Cc4
16.Fc1 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Cd4 b4 19.Ccb5 Dc5 20.b3 Ce5 21.c4 bxc3 22.Fa3 
Db6 23.Fxd6 Fxd6 24.Cxd6 Fa6 25.Da2 Cxf3 26.Cxf3 Fxf1 27.Cxe8 Fxg2+ 28.
Dxg2 Txe8 29.e5 Cd5 30.Tg1 g6 31.Cg5 Cxf4 32.Df3 Dd4 33.Tf1 c2 34.Cxf7 
c1=D 35.Txc1 Rxf7 36.Tf1 g5 37.Dh5+ Rg7 38.Dxg5+ Cg6 39.Df6+ Rh6 40.Tf3 
Dh4 41.b4 Tc8 42.Dxe6 De1+ 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C68i"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fxc6 dxc6 5.Cc3 f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Cxd4 c5 8.Cde2
Dxd1+ 9.Cxd1 Fe6 10.Ff4 O-O-O 11.Ce3 Ce7 12.Td1 Txd1+ 13.Rxd1 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B50j"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 e6 3.Cf3 d6 4.g3 Cf6 5.Fg2 Fe7 6.O-O O-O 7.e5 dxe5 8.Cxe5 
Dc7 9.Cc4 Fd7 10.d3 Fc6 11.Ff4 Dd8 12.Ce4 Cd5 13.Fd2 Dc7 14.Dh5 Cd7 15.Ca5
C7f6 16.De2 Fd7 17.c4 Cb4 18.Fxb4 cxb4 19.Cb3 Tad8 20.d4 b5 21.Cxf6+ Fxf6 
22.c5 a5 23.c6 Fxc6 24.Tfc1 Td6 25.Fxc6 Txc6 26.Dxb5 Tc2 27.Dd3 Txc1+ 28.
Txc1 Db6 29.Tc5 a4 30.Ca5 Td8 31.Db5 Dxb5 32.Txb5 Txd4 33.Tb8+ Td8 34.Txb4
h5 35.Cc4 Td1+ 36.Rg2 a3 37.Cxa3 Ta1 38.Cc4 Txa2 39.f4 Ta1 40.h4 Tc1 41.
Rf3 Rh7 42.Cd6 Rg6 43.Tb7 Tf1+ 44.Rg2 Td1 45.Cxf7 Td2+ 46.Rf3 Txb2 47.Txb2
Fxb2 48.Cd6 Fd4 49.g4 hxg4+ 50.Rxg4 Fa1 51.Ce4 Fb2 52.Cd6 Fa1 53.h5+ Rf6 
54.Ce4+ Rf7 55.Rf3 Fb2 56.Cd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C04e"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cc6 4.Cgf3 Cf6 5.e5 Cd7 6.Fb5 a5 7.O-O Ca7 8.Fd3 c5 
9.c4 cxd4 10.cxd5 Cc5 11.dxe6 Fxe6 12.Cb3 Fxb3 13.axb3 Fe7 14.Fc4 b5 15.
Fd3 Tb8 16.Ff4 Tb7 17.Tc1 Dd5 18.De2 O-O 19.Tfd1 Cxb3 20.Tc3 Td7 21.Fc2 
Ca1 22.Txd4 De6 23.Fxh7+ Rxh7 24.Dd3+ Rg8 25.Txd7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.g3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.e3 d6 6.Cge2 h5 7.d4 h4 8.d5 Cb8 9.
e4 Fg4 10.Da4+ Rf8 11.Cg1 Ca6 12.f3 Fd7 13.Dd1 Fh6 14.Fxh6+ Cxh6 15.Dd2 
Rg7 16.O-O-O Cc5 17.Fh3 f5 18.exf5 Cxf5 19.Fxf5 gxf5 20.Cge2 hxg3 21.hxg3 
Df6 22.De3 a5 23.Rb1 a4 24.Cc1 a3 25.Cd3 Cxd3 26.Dxd3 axb2 27.Rxb2 Dg6 28.
f4 e4 29.Dd4+ Df6 30.Dxf6+ Rxf6 31.Rb3 Tag8 32.Ce2 Fe8 33.Tde1 Fh5 34.Rb4 
c5+ 35.dxc6 bxc6 36.a4 Re7 37.a5 Rd7 38.Th4 c5+ 39.Ra4 Tb8 40.Cc1 Ff7 41.
Txh8 Txh8 42.g4 Fxc4 43.gxf5 d5 44.Cb3 Rc6 45.Tg1 Fxb3+ 46.Rxb3 Rb5 47.f6 
d4 48.Tg5 e3 49.Te5 Tf8 50.Te6 c4+ 51.Rb2 Rxa5 52.Te4 d3 53.Txe3 Rb4 54.
Te6 c3+ 55.Rb1 Rc5 56.Te5+ Rd4 57.Te6 Tb8+ 58.Ra1 c2 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E11m"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.c4 Fb4+ 4.Fd2 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Fg2 Fa6 7.Dc2 O-O 8.O-O c6 
9.Ff4 Fe7 10.Cbd2 d5 11.b3 Cbd7 12.e4 Tc8 13.e5 Ch5 14.Fe3 g6 15.Tfd1 Cg7 
16.g4 f5 17.exf6 Fxf6 18.Tac1 Fe7 19.Db2 Fd6 20.Ce5 De7 21.Tc2 Cxe5 22.
dxe5 Fc5 23.Cf1 Fxe3 24.Cxe3 Fb7 25.a3 Tf4 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 h5 28.h3 
hxg4 29.hxg4 Rh7 30.b5 c5 31.cxd5 exd5 32.Fxd5 Td8 33.f3 Ce6 34.Tcc1 Cg5 
35.Rg2 Cxf3 36.Th1+ Rg7 37.Rg3 Tb4 38.Dc3 Cd4 39.Rg2 Txd5 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D20f"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Fxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Fb4+ 6.Cc3 Cf6 7.Cf3 O-O 8.
O-O Fg4 9.a3 Fxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.h3 Fh5 12.g4 Fg6 13.dxc5 Da5 14.Fe3 Dxc3 
15.Da4 Cc6 16.Tac1 Da5 17.Dxa5 Cxa5 18.Ce5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A43m"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Cc3 Fg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Fe2 b5 7.e5 Cg4 8.Ff4 b4 9.
Ce4 d6 10.exd6 exd6 11.O-O Cf6 12.Cfd2 Cxd5 13.Fxd6 Te8 14.Cc4 Cb6 15.Cxc5
Cc6 16.Ff3 Cd4 17.Cxb6 axb6 18.Fxa8 bxc5 19.Fxc5 Ce2+ 20.Rh1 Da5 21.Fc6 
Te6 22.Fd5 Te8 23.Te1 Fa6 24.Fxf7+ Rxf7 25.Dd7+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A55n"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Cf3 Cbd7 5.e4 Fe7 6.Fe2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Fe3 a6 
9.d5 g6 10.Fh6 Te8 11.Cd2 cxd5 12.cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iruzubieta, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C16g"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 Dd7 5.Fd2 b6 6.Fb5 c6 7.Fa4 a5 8.a3 Ff8 9.
Cce2 Fa6 10.c3 Fb5 11.Fc2 a4 12.Cf3 c5 13.O-O Cc6 14.Te1 Ca5 15.Cf4 O-O-O 
16.Fe3 Cc4 17.Cd2 Cxe3 18.Txe3 g6 19.Df3 Rb8 20.Tee1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Ce7 22.
Cb1 Fc4 23.Cc3 b5 24.Dd1 Cc6 25.b3 axb3 26.Fxb3 Ca5 27.Fc2 Ra8 28.Cd3 Tc8 
29.Dd2 Dc7 30.Teb1 Fh6 31.Dxh6 Fxd3 32.Fxd3 Dxc3 33.Fxb5 Dxd4 34.Dg5 Tc2 
35.Tf1 Tb8 36.Tab1 Ra7 37.Df6 Tb7 38.a4 Dc5 39.Tbd1 Cb3 40.Df4 Tc7 41.g3 
Cc1 42.Td2 Txd2 43.Dxd2 Cb3 44.Df4 Dd4 45.Df6 Cd2 46.Td1 Dxe5 47.Dd8 Ce4 
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A70b"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 Fg4 9.
h3 Fxf3 10.Dxf3 Cbd7 11.Fe2 Fg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Ff4 De7 14.Tfe1 Tae8 15.Ff1 
Ch5 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alvarez Ibarra, Rafael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A46n"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Fg2 Fb7 5.O-O Fe7 6.Fg5 a6 7.Cbd2 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.a4 Cbd7 10.e3 c5 11.Ce1 Db6 12.Fxb7 Dxb7 13.Fxf6 Cxf6 14.Cef3 d5 15.axb5
axb5 16.Dc2 c4 17.b3 Fd6 18.bxc4 bxc4 19.Tfb1 Dc6 20.Rg2 h6 21.Cg1 g6 22.
Ce2 e5 23.Txa8 Txa8 24.Tb2 e4 25.Ta2 Tb8 26.Tb2 Td8 27.Db1 h5 28.Tb7 Dc8 
29.Cg1 h4 30.Ch3 Ce8 31.Db5 hxg3 32.hxg3 Fxg3 33.fxg3 Cd6 34.Dxd5 Dxb7 35.
Dxb7 Cxb7 36.Cxe4 f5 37.Ceg5 Cd6 38.Cf4 Ta8 39.Rf3 Ta3 40.Cxg6 Txc3 41.Rf4
Tc1 42.e4 c3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 d6 4.Cf3 g6 5.O-O Fg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Cc3 De8 8.d5 Fd7 
9.Cg5 Ca6 10.e4 fxe4 11.Cgxe4 Cxe4 12.Cxe4 c5 13.Tb1 b5 14.b3 h6 15.Fb2 
Df7 16.Fxg7 Dxg7 17.Dd2 Tab8 18.a3 Cc7 19.Da5 Tfc8 20.h4 Ff5 21.b4 Dd4 22.
Tfd1 De5 23.f4 Dg7 24.bxc5 dxc5 25.cxb5 c4 26.a4 Ce8 27.Tbc1 Cd6 28.Cxd6 
exd6 29.Dc3 a6 30.bxa6 Da7+ 31.Rh2 Dxa6 32.Te1 Tb3 33.Df6 Tf8 34.Dd4 Td3 
35.Dxc4 Da7 36.Te2 Tf7 37.Te8+ Rh7 38.Tce1 Df2 39.T8e7 Rg8 40.Te8+ Rg7 41.
T8e3 Rh7 42.Txd3 Dxe1 43.Dc3 De8 44.Td4 Te7 45.Tc4 Fd7 46.Tc7 Fxa4 47.Tc8 
Te3 48.Dc4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "A30d"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.g3 Cc6 4.Fg2 d5 5.O-O e5 6.Da4 Fd6 7.Cg5 Fe7 8.Cc3 d4 
9.Cd5 Fd7 10.Cxe7 Dxe7 11.d3 O-O 12.e3 a6 13.Dd1 Tad8 14.e4 h6 15.Cf3 Ce8 
16.Ch4 Cd6 17.Dh5 g5 18.Cf5 Cxf5 19.exf5 Fxf5 20.Dxh6 Td6 21.Dh5 Fxd3 22.
Fxg5 De6 23.Tfe1 Dg6 24.Dxg6+ Txg6 25.Fd2 Te8 26.Fd5 e4 27.Rg2 Rg7 28.Tad1
f5 29.f3 Fc2 30.Tc1 Fd3 31.Tcd1 Fc2 32.Tc1 Fd3 33.Tcd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Fd3 c5 5.c4 cxd4 6.exd4 d6 7.O-O Fe7 8.Cc3 O-O
9.Cg5 Fb7 10.d5 e5 11.f4 Cbd7 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Rh1 h6 14.Ch3 Cc5 15.Fc2 Fc8
16.b4 Ca6 17.a3 Cg4 18.Cb5 Fd6 19.Ff5 h5 20.Fxc8 Txc8 21.Dd3 Dd7 22.Cg5 f5
23.Fb2 e4 24.Dh3 g6 25.Cxd6 Dxd6 26.Ce6 Txc4 27.Cxf8 Rxf8 28.Tac1 b5 29.
Dh4 Cc7 30.g3 e3 31.Txc4 bxc4 32.h3 Dxd5+ 33.Rg1 e2 34.Te1 Dd2 35.Rg2 Dxe1
36.Dd8+ Ce8 37.Fg7+ Rxg7 38.De7+ Rh6 39.Df8+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Cruz-Lopez Claret, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "D10j"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 e5 4.e3 e4 5.Db3 Cf6 6.Fd2 Db6 7.cxd5 Dxb3 8.axb3 
cxd5 9.Cb5 Ca6 10.f3 Fe7 11.Ce2 O-O 12.Cec3 exf3 13.gxf3 Ff5 14.Ca2 Ch5 
15.Tc1 Tfc8 16.Tc3 Fc2 17.Cc1 Fh4+ 18.Re2 Tc6 19.Ca3 Fg6 20.Txc6 bxc6 21.
Rd1 Cc7 22.Cc2 Ce6 23.b4 Cf6 24.Cd3 Cd7 25.Fe2 Fd8 26.Cc5 Cf6 27.Cb7 Fc7 
28.Fc3 Te8 29.Ca5 Cf4 30.exf4 Fxa5 31.bxa5 Fxc2+ 32.Rd2 Ff5 33.Fa6 Ch5 34.
Fb7 Fd7 35.f5 Cf4 36.Te1 Txe1 37.Rxe1 Fxf5 38.Fxc6 Fd3 39.Fd2 Ce6 40.Fxd5 
Cxd4 41.Fe3 Cc2+ 42.Rd2 Cxe3 43.Rxe3 Ff1 44.Rd4 Rf8 45.Rc5 Re7 46.Rc6 f5 
47.b4 g5 48.b5 Rf6 49.a6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E97n"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 Ch5 10.g3 h6 11.Ch4 Cf6 12.Fe3 Ch7 13.Dd2 g5 14.Cg2 f5 15.f4 exf4 16.
gxf4 Cg6 17.exf5 Fxf5 18.fxg5 Cxg5 19.Tac1 Ce5 20.Rh1 De7 21.c5 Fh3 22.
Fxg5 hxg5 23.De3 Ff5 24.Cb5 a6 25.cxd6 cxd6 26.Cd4 Fd7 27.Txf8+ Txf8 28.
Tc7 Cg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E92f"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Dxd8 
Txd8 9.Fg5 Te8 10.Cd5 Cxd5 11.cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E60k"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.g3 g6 3.Fg2 Fg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Cfd7 7.Cc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Cxd4 Cc5 10.Te1 Te8 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D58r"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Tc1 Fb7 
9.Fxf6 Fxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Fd3 c5 12.O-O Te8 13.Fb5 Te7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.
Ca4 Ca6 16.Cxc5 Cxc5 17.Txc5 Fxb2 18.Dc2 Ff6 19.Cd4 Db6 20.Cf5 Te4 21.Tb1 
a6 22.Cg3 Tc4 23.Txc4 dxc4 24.Fxc4 Dc6 25.Fxf7+ Rf8 26.Dxc6 Fxc6 27.Fc4 a5
28.f3 Tc8 29.Fa6 Td8 30.Cf1 Fd5 31.a4 Fc6 32.Fb5 Tb8 33.Cd2 Fxb5 34.axb5 
a4 35.Cc4 Re7 36.Tb4 Re6 37.b6 Rd5 38.Txa4 Rc5 39.Cd2 Txb6 40.Ce4+ Rb5 41.
Ta2 Fe7 42.Tc2 g6 43.Rf2 Ta6 44.f4 h5 45.Tc7 Fd8 46.Cc3+ Ra5 47.Td7 Fb6 
48.Rf3 Fc5 49.Tb7 Tc6 50.Ce4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Santo-Roman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D26n"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Cf6 4.Fxc4 e6 5.Cf3 a6 6.De2 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.O-O 
Cc6 9.e4 Dc7 10.e5 Cd7 11.Ff4 Cd4 12.Cxd4 Fxd4 13.Tc1 O-O 14.Fd3 Db6 15.
Cd2 Cc5 16.Cc4 Da7 17.Fc2 f6 18.exf6 Txf6 19.Fe3 Fxe3 20.Dxe3 b6 21.b4 Cd7
22.Cd6 Fb7 23.Cxb7 Dxb7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B25s"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Fg2 Fg7 4.d3 Cc6 5.f4 e6 6.Cc3 d6 7.Cf3 Cge7 8.O-O O-O 
9.Fe3 b6 10.d4 Fa6 11.Tf2 Ca5 12.Ff1 Fxf1 13.Dxf1 Dc7 14.Td1 a6 15.g4 cxd4
16.Cxd4 Cc4 17.Fc1 e5 18.Cde2 exf4 19.Cxf4 Fxc3 20.bxc3 Ce5 21.Dh3 Tac8 
22.Dh4 Dd7 23.h3 f6 24.Dg3 Tc4 25.Cd3 Txe4 26.Cxe5 Txe5 27.Fh6 Tf7 28.Df3 
Cc6 29.Dd3 d5 30.c4 Te8 31.cxd5 Ce5 32.Dd4 Tc8 33.d6 Tc4 34.Dd5 Tc5 35.
Da8+ Tc8 36.Dd5 Tc5 37.Da8+ Tc8 38.De4 Te8 39.Dd5 De6 40.Dxe6 Txe6 41.Fe3 
Tb7 42.Td5 Cd7 43.Tf3 Tb8 44.Ff2 Tc8 45.Td2 Tc6 46.Fg3 Rf7 47.g5 f5 48.Tf4
Tc3 49.Th4 Rg8 50.Rg2 Te8 51.Tf4 Tec8 52.Tff2 Te3 53.Tfe2 Tce8 54.Txe3 
Txe3 55.Ff2 Te4 56.Fxb6 Cxb6 57.d7 Cxd7 58.Txd7 Te2+ 59.Rf3 Txc2 60.Td8+ 
Rf7 61.Td7+ Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B07p"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Cf6 3.Cc3 c6 4.f4 Da5 5.Fd2 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.f5 Dc7 8.Df3 b5 
9.g4 Cfd7 10.a4 b4 11.Cd1 Fa6 12.Ce2 Cc5 13.b3 Cbd7 14.Cg3 Fxf1 15.Rxf1 
Cb7 16.Rg2 Fc5 17.Tc1 Dd6 18.De2 Fd4 19.Ce3 a5 20.g5 h6 21.Cc4 Df8 22.g6 
De7 23.Thf1 f6 24.Ch5 Cdc5 25.Tf3 Dc7 26.De1 O-O-O 27.Cxa5 Cxa5 28.Fxb4 
Cab7 29.c3 Cxb3 30.Tb1 C3c5 31.cxd4 Txd4 32.Fxc5 Cxc5 33.Cxg7 Txe4 34.Dc1 
Dd6 35.Tb2 Dd5 36.Ch5 Cd3 37.Df1 Txa4 38.Dxd3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia Padron, Jose"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E92d"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Dxd8 
Txd8 9.Fg5 c6 10.Cxe5 Te8 11.O-O-O Ca6 12.Cf3 h6 13.Ff4 Cxe4 14.Cxe4 Txe4 
15.Td8+ Rh7 16.Fe3 Ff6 17.Td2 Fg4 18.b3 Fc3 19.Td3 Fb4 20.h3 Fa3+ 21.Rd1 
Fxf3 22.Fxf3 Te7 23.Te1 Tae8 24.Te2 Cc5 25.Td4 Ce6 26.Td3 Fc5 27.Fxc5 Cxc5
28.Txe7 Txe7 29.Td4 Ce6 30.Td3 a5 31.h4 Rg7 32.Rd2 h5 33.g3 c5 34.Td5 Cd4 
35.Fd1 b6 36.a3 Cc6 37.Td6 Te6 38.Txe6 fxe6 39.Re3 Rf6 40.Re4 Ce7 41.Rf4 
Cf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D14l"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Cc3 Cc6 5.Cf3 Cf6 6.Ff4 Ff5 7.e3 e6 8.Fd3 
Fxd3 9.Dxd3 Fd6 10.Fxd6 Dxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Tac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pomata, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[ECO "C18c"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 Dc7 7.Cf3 Cc6 8.a4 
Cge7 9.Fb5 Fd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Fa3 cxd4 12.Fd6 Dd8 13.cxd4 Te8 14.Fd3 Cc8 
15.Fc5 b6 16.Fa3 h6 17.c3 C8e7 18.Fc2 Ca5 19.Dd3 Cg6 20.h4 Cc4 21.Fc1 Cf8 
22.g3 f5 23.exf6 Dxf6 24.Ff4 Df5 25.Dxf5 exf5 26.h5 Te7 27.Tfe1 Tae8 28.
Txe7 Txe7 29.Ce5 Cxe5 30.Fxe5 Ch7 31.Fb3 Fe6 32.f3 Cg5 33.Rf2 Cf7 34.f4 
Rh7 35.Fc2 Fd7 36.g4 g6 37.hxg6+ Rxg6 38.gxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carbonell Bofill, Carlos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A41f"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.Cf3 d6 2.d4 Fg4 3.Cbd2 e6 4.h3 Fh5 5.c3 Cd7 6.Db3 Tb8 7.e4 c6 8.a4 d5 9.
e5 f6 10.g4 Fg6 11.h4 h5 12.exf6 Dxf6 13.g5 Df7 14.c4 Fd6 15.Fd3 Ce7 16.c5
Fc7 17.Fe2 O-O 18.Cf1 e5 19.Fe3 exd4 20.Fxd4 Cf5 21.Dc3 Cxd4 22.Dxd4 Tbe8 
23.Ta3 Fa5+ 24.b4 Te4 25.Da1 Fxb4+ 26.C1d2 Tfe8 27.Te3 Txe3 28.fxe3 Txe3 
29.Rd1 Fxd2 30.Cxd2 Df2 31.Te1 Fd3 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leskovar, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B07m"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Cf6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Cge2 c6 5.f3 Cbd7 6.g4 d5 7.g5 Ch5 8.exd5 Fe7 
9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Ce4 f5 11.gxf6 Cdxf6 12.C4g3 O-O 13.dxe5 Db6 14.exf6 Fc5 
15.Ce4 Td8 16.Fd2 Fe3 17.Fxe3 Txd1+ 18.Txd1 Dxe3 19.Td8+ Rf7 20.Cd6+ Rxf6 
21.Tf8+ Rg5 22.Tg1+ Rh4 23.Txc8 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kleinplatz, Sam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C01m"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Cf3 Cf6 5.Fd3 Fe7 6.O-O O-O 7.Fg5 Fe6 8.Cbd2
Cbd7 9.c3 c5 10.Dc2 g6 11.dxc5 Cxc5 12.Cd4 Dc7 13.Fh4 Cxd3 14.Dxd3 Cg4 15.
Fg3 Db6 16.Tfe1 Tae8 17.Db5 Fc5 18.C2b3 Dxb5 19.Cxb5 Fb6 20.C5d4 Fd7 21.
Fd6 Txe1+ 22.Txe1 Tc8 23.f3 Cf6 24.Fe5 Ce8 25.Ff4 Fd8 26.Te5 Cf6 27.Fg5 
Fc6 28.h4 Rg7 29.Te2 Fa4 30.Td2 a5 31.Cc1 h6 32.Fxf6+ Fxf6 33.g3 Fd7 34.
Cce2 g5 35.h5 g4 36.f4 Fd8 37.Cc2 Fb6+ 38.Ced4 Te8 39.Rf2 Te4 40.Ce3 Fc5 
41.a3 Fe6 42.Re2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Komljenovic, Davorin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E11m"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Fb4+ 4.Fd2 a5 5.g3 O-O 6.Fg2 d5 7.Dc2 Cc6 8.O-O Fe7
9.Td1 Ta6 10.a3 Fd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Cc3 g6 13.Fg5 Ff5 14.Da4 Cd7 15.Fxe7 
Cxe7 16.Ce5 c6 17.Cxd7 Dxd7 18.Db3 Cc8 19.Ca4 De7 20.e3 Cd6 21.Cc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Boyd, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[ECO "E86d"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Fg7 3.c4 d6 4.Cc3 Cf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cge2 c6 8.Dd2 exd4 
9.Cxd4 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e5 Cfd7 12.f4 Cc6 13.Fb5 Cxd4 14.Fxd4 a6 15.Fe2 
Cb6 16.b3 Fe6 17.O-O Tc8 18.Ff3 Tc6 19.Rh1 Cc8 20.Tad1 Ce7 21.b4 Tc4 22.
Fc5 d4 23.Ce4 b6 24.Fxe7 Dxe7 25.Cd6 Tc7 26.Dxd4 f6 27.exf6 Dxf6 28.Dxb6 
Tc2 29.Ce4 De7 30.Tfe1 Fxa2 31.Cc3 Dxe1+ 32.Txe1 Fxc3 33.Tf1 Fc4 34.Fe4 
Te2 35.Fb7 Tb2 36.Dc5 Txb4 37.Td1 Txf4 38.g3 Tf7 39.Fxa6 Fxa6 40.Td8+ 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D45x"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Cc3 c6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.Fe2 O-O 8.O-O De7
9.c5 Fc7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Cxe4 Cxe4 12.Dxe4 e5 13.Fg5 De6 14.Fd3 Dg6 15.De3 
exd4 16.Dxd4 Dh5 17.Tfe1 Fxh2+ 18.Rf1 f6 19.Fh4 Fe5 20.Dc4+ Rh8 21.g4 Dh6 
22.Rg2 Fxb2 23.Th1 b5 24.cxb6 Fxa1 25.Fg3 Cxb6 26.Db4 Dxh1+ 27.Rxh1 c5 28.
De4 f5 29.De7 Fd7 30.gxf5 Fc6 31.Rg2 Tac8 32.Fe5 Fxe5 33.Dxe5 c4 34.Fc2 
Tfe8 35.Dd6 Ted8 36.De5 Cd7 37.Da5 Cf6 38.Rg3 Fxf3 39.Rxf3 Td7 40.Da6 Tcc7
41.Db5 h6 42.a4 c3 43.a5 Rh7 44.a6 Td2 45.Da5 Tc8 46.Da4 Te8 47.Db3 Tee2 
0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Alicante ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D58r"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Tc1 Fb7 
9.Fxf6 Fxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Fd3 c5 12.O-O Te8 13.Fb5 Tf8 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.
Db3 d4 16.Fe2 Fxf3 17.Fxf3 dxc3 18.Fxa8 cxb2 19.Tc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Aviles ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Campos Moreno, Javier B"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A57j"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Dxb6 6.Cc3 g6 7.e4 d6 8.a4 Fg7 9.
a5 Db4 10.Ta4 Db7 11.Cf3 O-O 12.Fe2 Fd7 13.Ta3 Fb5 14.O-O Cbd7 15.Te1 Ce8 
16.Fg5 Cdf6 17.Tb3 Cc7 18.Cd2 Tad8 19.Cc4 e6 20.Ca3 exd5 21.exd5 Tde8 22.
Caxb5 axb5 23.Fxb5 Txe1+ 24.Dxe1 Cfxd5 25.Fa4 Da8 26.Cxd5 Cxd5 27.Fb5 Cb4 
28.Fd2 Cc2 29.Df1 Cd4 30.Tg3 Cxb5 31.Dxb5 Tb8 32.Dd3 Txb2 33.h4 d5 34.Fc3 
c4 35.Dd1 Fxc3 36.Txc3 Dxa5 37.Te3 Dd2 38.Df3 Dd4 39.g3 Tb1+ 40.Rh2 Dd1 
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Aviles ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B27h"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.Cf3 g6 2.e4 c5 3.d4 Fg7 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.h3 Cf6 7.Cc3 O-O 8.Fe2 a6 
9.O-O b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Dxd1 12.Txd1 Cfd7 13.Cd5 Cc6 14.e6 Cde5 15.
exf7+ Cxf7 16.a4 bxa4 17.Cb6 Tb8 18.Cxc8 Tfxc8 19.Txa4 Fxb2 20.Fxa6 Td8 
21.Txd8+ Ccxd8 22.Fe3 Cd6 23.Fe2 Ff6 24.g4 Cc6 25.Rg2 Ce5 26.Cd4 Tb2 27.
Ff1 Rf7 28.Cf3 Cxf3 29.Rxf3 Tb3 30.Rg2 Tb2 31.Fd3 Rg7 32.g5 Fe5 33.Ta5 Tb3
34.Fc2 Tb5 35.Txb5 Cxb5 36.f4 Fd4 37.Fd2 Cd6 38.Rf3 e5 39.Fb4 Cf7 40.fxe5 
Fxe5 41.Re4 Fb2 42.h4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Aviles ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fernandez Ponce, LM"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B09m"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.f4 Fg7 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fd3 Ca6 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Tb8 
9.Fd2 b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.Cxb5 e4 12.Cxa7 c4 13.Cxc8 cxd3 14.Ce5 Txc8 15.cxd3
Dxd5 16.Fc3 exd3 17.Dxd3 Dxd3 18.Cxd3 Tfd8 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Aviles ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gallego Jimenez, Victoriano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A80k"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 d5 3.Ff4 Cf6 4.e3 e6 5.Cf3 a6 6.Ce5 c5 7.g4 fxg4 8.h3 g3 9.
Fxg3 Cc6 10.Dd2 cxd4 11.exd4 Fb4 12.Cxc6 bxc6 13.Fd3 O-O 14.a3 Fe7 15.Tg1 
Ta7 16.O-O-O c5 17.Fb8 Tb7 18.Fe5 Rh8 19.Dg5 Tf7 20.Dh4 Ce4 21.Dg4 Fg5+ 
22.f4 Cxc3 23.bxc3 Fh6 24.Dh5 c4 25.Fxh7 Tf6 26.Fg6 Df8 27.Tg4 Fd7 28.Tdg1
Fa4 29.Th4 Rg8 30.Tg5 Dxa3+ 31.Rd2 Tb1 32.Ff7+ 0-1

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

1.b3 e5 2.Fb2 Cc6 3.e3 Cf6 4.Fb5 d6 5.Cf3 Fd7 6.O-O Fe7 7.d4 e4 8.Cfd2 a6 
9.Fe2 Ff5 10.c4 O-O 11.d5 Ce5 12.Fxe5 dxe5 13.Cc3 Fb4 14.Dc2 Fxc3 15.Dxc3 
Cd7 16.Tfd1 De7 17.b4 b6 18.Cb3 Tfd8 19.a4 Fg6 20.a5 f5 21.axb6 cxb6 22.c5
bxc5 23.bxc5 f4 24.d6 Dg5 25.c6 f3 26.Fc4+ Rh8 27.g3 Cb6 28.Ff1 Df5 29.Dc5
Fh5 30.c7 Td7 31.Dxb6 Fg4 32.Db8+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Burgas BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.Cf3 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 g6 4.O-O Fg7 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Cc3 De8 8.Cd5 Cxd5
9.cxd5 Db5 10.Cg5 h6 11.a4 Dc4 12.Ce6 Fxe6 13.dxe6 d5 14.Fe3 c6 15.Dd2 Ca6
16.Fxh6 Db4 17.Df4 Fxh6 18.Dxh6 Tf6 19.Df4 Tc8 20.Tfc1 Cc7 21.Tc2 Rg7 22.
e3 Cxe6 23.Df3 Th8 24.h4 g5 25.hxg5 Cxg5 26.Df4 Th5 27.Rf1 Db3 28.Te2 Dd3 
29.Te1 Tfh6 30.g4 fxg4 31.Dxg4 Rf7 32.f3 Ch7 33.Df4+ Cf6 34.Rg1 Tg6 35.Tf2
Tg7 36.b4 Dh7 37.Rf1 Th2 0-1

[Event "Memorial Angel Rodrigues Open"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C61j"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Fc5 4.O-O Cd4 5.Cxd4 exd4 6.d3 Ce7 7.Dh5 Fb6 8.Fc4
O-O 9.Cd2 c6 10.Cf3 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Fb3 h6 13.Ce5 Fe6 14.Fd2 Cf5 15.
Tae1 Dh4 16.Dxh4 Cxh4 17.Fb4 Tfc8 18.g3 a5 19.gxh4 axb4 20.Cg6 Fh3 21.Ce7+
Rf8 22.Cxc8 Txc8 23.Te5 Tc6 24.h5 Fxf1 25.Rxf1 Tc5 26.Txd5 Txd5 27.Fxd5 
Fc7 28.Fxb7 Fxh2 29.Rg2 Ff4 30.a4 bxa3 31.bxa3 g6 32.Rf3 Fd6 33.a4 f5 34.
hxg6 Rg7 35.a5 Rxg6 36.a6 Fb8 37.Rg2 Rg5 38.Rh3 h5 39.Ff3 h4 40.Fc6 Fa7 
41.Ff3 Fc5 42.Fd1 Fa7 43.Ff3 Fb6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cf3 g6 4.g3 Fg7 5.Fg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Cc3 De8 8.b3 Ca6 
9.Fa3 c6 10.Dd3 h6 11.Tae1 g5 12.Cd2 Dg6 13.e3 Fd7 14.f4 Rh8 15.b4 Cc7 16.
b5 cxb5 17.cxb5 Tab8 18.Tb1 gxf4 19.exf4 Df7 20.d5 a6 21.bxa6 bxa6 22.Cc4 
Cb5 23.Fb2 Tfc8 24.Ca4 Tc7 25.Cab6 Fe8 26.a4 Ce4 27.Tfe1 Cbc3 28.Fxc3 Cxc3
29.Tb3 Fxa4 30.Txc3 Txb6 31.Ce5 dxe5 32.Txc7 e4 33.Da3 Fb3 34.Txe7 Dxd5 
35.Te8+ Rh7 36.T8xe4 Fd4+ 37.Rh1 fxe4 38.Fxe4+ Rg7 39.De7+ Df7 40.Dd8 Fc5 
41.Dc8 Ff8 42.Tb1 Fd5 43.Txb6 Fxe4+ 44.Rg1 Dd5 45.Dc3+ Rh7 46.Dc7+ Rh8 47.
Tb8 Dd1+ 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E31m"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Fg5 h6 5.Fh4 c5 6.d5 Fxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.e3 e5 
9.Fd3 e4 10.Fc2 Cbd7 11.Db1 De7 12.Ce2 g5 13.Fg3 Cf8 14.h4 Tg8 15.hxg5 
hxg5 16.Db5+ Rd8 17.Cc1 Cg4 18.Tb1 f5 19.Da5+ Dc7 20.Dxc7+ Rxc7 21.Rd2 Fd7
22.f3 Cxe3 23.Rxe3 f4+ 24.Rd2 exf3 25.gxf3 fxg3 26.Th6 Tg7 27.Ce2 Tf7 28.
Fe4 g2 29.Tg1 Te8 30.Txg2 g4 31.Tg3 Te5 32.Cc1 gxf3 33.Txf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "A57g"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Cf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 Dxb6 7.Cc3 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fe2 d6 10.Cd2 Cbd7 11.O-O Tb8 12.Cc4 Dc7 13.Ff4 Cb6 14.e5 Ce8 15.exd6 
exd6 16.Dd2 Cxc4 17.Fxc4 Cf6 18.Tfe1 Cg4 19.Tad1 Fd4 20.Fg3 f5 21.Te2 Tb4 
22.b3 Dg7 23.Fxd6 Fxc3 24.Df4 Td8 25.Te7 Df6 26.Fxc5 Tb7 27.Txb7 Fe5 28.
d6+ Rh8 29.Df3 Fxh2+ 30.Rf1 Fe5 31.Dd5 Fxb7 32.Dxb7 Dh4 33.d7 Ff6 34.a4 
Dh5 35.Td6 Ce5 36.Dd5 Cxc4 37.bxc4 Fg7 38.Te6 g5 39.Fb6 1-0

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

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Cc3 exd4 4.Dxd4 Cc6 5.Dd1 g6 6.Cf3 Fg7 7.Fg5 Cge7 8.Cd5 
f5 9.e3 h6 10.Ff6 Fxf6 11.Cxf6+ Rf7 12.Cd5 Ce5 13.Cd4 c6 14.Cc3 a6 15.Fe2 
c5 16.Cf3 Fe6 17.b3 Da5 18.Dd2 Tad8 19.Td1 Cxf3+ 20.Fxf3 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 
22.O-O d5 23.b4 Dxb4 24.Tb1 Da5 25.Txb5 Da7 26.Ce2 Tb8 27.Ta5 Db6 28.Cf4 
Ta8 29.Txa8 Txa8 30.Td1 Db4 31.Dc2 Ta3 32.h4 Dc3 33.De2 De5 34.Dd2 c4 35.
Tb1 c3 36.Dc2 d4 37.Cxe6 Dxe6 38.exd4 Dc4 39.Fe2 Dxd4 40.h5 Rf6 41.Dc1 
Txa2 42.Dxh6 Dc5 43.Te1 Td2 44.Rh1 Db4 45.f4 Td8 46.Fc4 c2 47.Dg5+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E70h"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cge2 O-O 6.Cg3 c6 7.Fe2 a6 8.Fg5 b5 
9.cxb5 axb5 10.a3 Fb7 11.O-O Cbd7 12.Dd2 Db6 13.b4 Dd8 14.f4 h6 15.Fh4 Cb6
16.Rh1 Fc8 17.Fd3 e5 18.Dc2 exd4 19.Cce2 Cc4 20.Fxc4 bxc4 21.Cxd4 Db6 22.
Cge2 Cg4 23.Dd2 c3 24.Dxc3 c5 25.bxc5 dxc5 26.Db3 Dxb3 27.Cxb3 Fxa1 28.
Txa1 Fa6 29.Cc3 c4 30.Cd4 Rg7 31.h3 Cf6 32.e5 Ch5 33.Tf1 Rh7 34.Rh2 Fb7 
35.g4 Cxf4 36.Txf4 g5 37.Fxg5 hxg5 38.Tf5 Txa3 39.Ce6 fxe6 40.Txf8 Rg7 41.
Td8 Txc3 42.Td7+ Rf8 43.Txb7 Te3 44.Tc7 c3 45.Rg2 Re8 46.Tc6 Rd7 47.Tc5 
Td3 48.Tc4 Td2+ 49.Rg3 Td3+ 50.Rg2 1/2-1/2

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

1.c4 f5 2.Cf3 g6 3.g3 Cf6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Cc3 d6 7.d4 De8 8.Cd5 Cxd5
9.cxd5 Db5 10.Cg5 h6 11.a4 Dc4 12.Ce6 Fxe6 13.dxe6 d5 14.Fe3 c6 15.Dd2 Ca6
16.Fxh6 Db4 17.Df4 Fxh6 18.Dxh6 Tf6 19.Df4 Tc8 20.Tfc1 Cc7 21.Tc2 Rg7 22.
e3 Cxe6 23.Df3 Th8 24.h4 g5 25.hxg5 Cxg5 26.Df4 Th5 27.Rf1 Db3 28.Te2 Dd3 
29.Te1 Tfh6 30.g4 fxg4 31.Dxg4 Rf7 32.f3 Ch7 33.Df4+ Cf6 34.Rg1 Tg6 35.Tf2
Tg7 36.b4 Dh7 37.Rf1 Th2 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B42g"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Fd3 Fc5 6.Cb3 Fa7 7.De2 Cc6 8.O-O 
d6 9.Fe3 Cf6 10.c4 O-O 11.Td1 Fxe3 12.Dxe3 e5 13.Cc3 Fe6 14.Cd5 Cd7 15.Fe2
a5 16.Cc3 a4 17.Cd2 Cd4 18.Tac1 Cc5 19.Cf3 Cxf3+ 20.Dxf3 Db6 21.Cb5 Tfd8 
22.De3 Dc6 23.f3 b6 24.Td2 Td7 25.b4 axb3 26.axb3 Cb7 27.b4 h6 28.Tdd1 Ta4
29.Dc3 Ta2 30.Ff1 Td8 31.Ta1 Tda8 32.Txa2 Txa2 33.Rh1 Rf8 34.Db3 Ta8 35.
Cc3 Cd8 36.h3 f6 37.Rh2 Ff7 38.Td2 Ce6 39.Cb5 Td8 40.Da3 Re7 41.Da7+ Rf8 
42.Ta2 Td7 43.Da8+ Cd8 44.Ta7 Dxa8 45.Txa8 Re7 46.Ca7 Tb7 47.Cc8+ Rd7 48.
Cxd6 Rxd6 49.Txd8+ Re7 50.Ta8 Rd6 51.Rg3 Td7 52.Ta6 Rc7 53.c5 bxc5 54.Fb5 
Te7 55.bxc5 Rb8 56.Fc6 Fe6 57.Rh4 Ff7 58.Fd5 Fe8 59.c6 Rc7 60.Ta7+ Rd6 61.
Txe7 Rxe7 62.c7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B04f"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 Cf6 2.e5 Cd5 3.d4 d6 4.Cf3 dxe5 5.Cxe5 Cd7 6.Cf3 g6 7.c4 C5f6 8.Cc3 
Fg7 9.Fd3 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.d5 Ce8 12.Te1 Cd6 13.Fg5 Ff6 14.Dd2 Cb6 15.Df4 
Fxg5 16.Cxg5 f6 17.Ce6 Fxe6 18.Txe6 Cd7 19.Tae1 Ce5 20.Dg3 Tf7 21.b3 b5 
22.Cxb5 Cxb5 23.cxb5 g5 24.T1xe5 fxe5 25.Dxg5+ Tg7 26.Fxh7+ Rh8 27.Dxe5 
Db8 28.Dxb8+ Txb8 29.Fd3 Tg4 30.g3 Td4 31.Fc4 Td1+ 32.Rg2 Td2 33.Txe7 Txa2
34.Tf7 Td8 35.h4 Td6 36.g4 Rg8 37.Tf5 Rg7 38.g5 Rg6 39.Tf8 Td2 40.Rg3 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Manolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "A56t"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Cc3 d6 5.e4 Fe7 6.g3 O-O 7.Fg2 Ce8 8.Cge2 g6 9.
Fh6 Cg7 10.Dd2 Cd7 11.O-O Cf6 12.h3 Rh8 13.Fe3 Cd7 14.Tad1 f5 15.Fh6 Cf6 
16.f4 exf4 17.Cxf4 fxe4 18.Cxe4 Cxe4 19.Fxe4 Ff6 20.g4 Fd7 21.Fb1 Rg8 22.
Ce2 De7 23.Rg2 b5 24.Cc3 bxc4 25.Ce4 Fh4 26.Dc3 Fa4 27.Tc1 Txf1 28.Txf1 
Tb8 29.Cxd6 Tf8 30.Txf8+ Dxf8 31.Ce4 Fd1 32.Dxg7+ Dxg7 33.Fxg7 Rxg7 34.Cc3
Fxg4 35.hxg4 Rf6 36.Rf3 Re5 37.Fe4 Fg5 38.Cb5 a6 39.Cc7 Fc1 40.Cxa6 Fxb2 
41.Cxc5 h5 42.gxh5 gxh5 43.Cd7+ Rd4 44.a4 c3 45.Cf6 c2 46.Fxc2 Re5 47.Cxh5
Rxd5 48.a5 Rc5 49.Fd3 Fc3 50.a6 Rb6 51.Cf4 Fd4 52.Re4 Fg1 53.Rd5 Ff2 54.
Ce6 Fg1 55.Rd6 Ff2 56.Cd8 Fg3+ 57.Rd7 Ra7 58.Cc6+ Ra8 59.Re8 1-0

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

1.Cf3 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 g6 4.b4 Fg7 5.Fb2 d6 6.d4 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.c4 Ca6 9.
Db3 Cc7 10.a4 h6 11.Cc3 De8 12.d5 cxd5 13.cxd5 Fd7 14.b5 Df7 15.Cd4 Cg4 
16.Cd1 f4 17.Tc1 Tac8 18.h3 Ce5 19.a5 g5 20.b6 axb6 21.axb6 Ca6 22.Txc8 
Txc8 23.Cc3 Cc5 24.Dd1 Ced3 25.exd3 Fxd4 26.gxf4 gxf4 27.Ca4 Fxb2 28.Cxb2 
Dg7 29.d4 Fxh3 30.Df3 Fxg2 31.Dxg2 Dxg2+ 32.Rxg2 Cd7 33.Cd3 Tc4 34.Cxf4 
Txd4 35.Rf3 Cxb6 36.Re3 Tb4 37.Th1 Rg7 38.Ce6+ Rf7 39.Cf4 Tb5 40.Rd4 Rf6 
41.Re4 Rg7 42.f3 Cd7 43.Rf5 Rf7 44.Re4 Cf6+ 45.Rd4 Tb4+ 46.Re3 Tb3+ 47.Rf2
Tb5 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C47w"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Cxd4 Fb4 6.Cxc6 bxc6 7.Fd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Fg5 c6 11.Ca4 h6 12.Fh4 Te8 13.c4 Fe6 14.Tc1 Tb8 
15.cxd5 Fxd5 16.Fc4 Te6 17.b3 Da5 18.Fxf6 Txf6 19.Fxd5 cxd5 20.Dd4 Te8 21.
g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Cruz-Lopez Claret, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[ECO "B10i"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 Cf6 4.dxc6 Cxc6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cf3 Fc5 7.Fe2 O-O 8.O-O 
a6 9.d3 b5 10.a3 De7 11.Fg5 Fe6 12.Tc1 Tac8 13.Fxf6 gxf6 14.Cd5 Fxd5 15.
exd5 Cd4 16.b4 Fb6 17.Cxd4 Fxd4 18.Fg4 Txc1 19.Dxc1 f5 20.Fxf5 Df6 21.Fe4 
Td8 22.g3 h5 23.h4 Dg7 24.Rg2 Rh8 25.Dd1 Dh6 26.Df3 Rg7 27.Df5 Td6 28.Ff3 
Tf6 29.Dxh5 Dd2 30.Dg5+ Dxg5 31.hxg5 Tg6 32.Tc1 Fb2 33.Tc6 Fxa3 34.Fe4 
Txg5 35.d6 Fxb4 36.d7 Fe7 37.Tc8 f5 38.Te8 Rf6 39.Fb7 a5 40.d8=D Fxd8 41.
Txd8 e4 42.dxe4 fxe4 43.Fxe4 a4 44.Ta8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iruzubieta, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B87"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fc4 e6 7.Fb3 b5 8.O-O Fe7
9.Df3 Db6 10.Fe3 Db7 11.Dg3 O-O 12.Fh6 Ce8 13.Tfe1 Rh8 14.Fg5 Cf6 15.Tad1 
Cbd7 16.Te3 Db6 17.f4 Ch5 18.Dh4 Fxg5 19.fxg5 g6 20.Rh1 Fb7 21.Th3 Cc5 22.
g4 b4 23.Cd5 exd5 24.gxh5 Dc7 25.Fxd5 Tae8 26.Te1 De7 27.Fxb7 Dxb7 28.The3
Txe4 29.Txe4 Te8 30.Rg1 Cxe4 31.Df4 Rg8 32.c3 bxc3 33.bxc3 Te5 34.Cf3 Cxg5
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lakunza, Juan Carlos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A88"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Cf6 3.g3 d6 4.Cf3 g6 5.Fg2 Fg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Cc3 c6 8.d5 Fd7 9.
Cg5 Ca6 10.De1 Cc7 11.f4 h6 12.Ch3 cxd5 13.cxd5 Cb5 14.Fe3 Cg4 15.Fd2 Db6+
16.Rh1 Cxc3 17.bxc3 Ce3 18.Fxe3 Dxe3 19.Tf3 Dc5 20.Dd2 Tac8 21.Tc1 Da5 22.
Cf2 Tc4 23.Cd1 Tfc8 24.h4 h5 25.Td3 b5 26.Rh2 Rf8 27.Ff3 Dc7 28.a3 Ta4 29.
Db2 a5 30.Db3 Tc4 31.Rg2 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Ta1 bxc3 34.Ce3 Tc5 35.Cc2 Tb5
36.Da3 Tb2 37.Tc1 Db6 38.Ce3 Tb3 39.Da2 Db4 40.Cc2 Da4 41.Dxa4 Fxa4 42.Cd4
Fxd4 43.Txd4 Fb5 44.Rf2 Ta8 45.Tc2 Ta1 46.Re3 Re8 47.Rf2 Rd8 48.e3 Tb2 49.
Tdd2 Taa2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Suarez, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Cf6 3.Cc3 d6 4.Fg5 Cbd7 5.Dc2 g6 6.e4 fxe4 7.Cxe4 Fg7 8.Cg3 
O-O 9.Cf3 De8 10.Fe2 Df7 11.O-O c5 12.Tad1 b6 13.Fc1 e5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.
Cg5 De7 16.Ff3 Tb8 17.Tfe1 Fb7 18.Fxb7 Txb7 19.f4 Tbb8 20.f5 De8 21.Ce6 
Tf7 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Cc7 Dd8 24.Dxg6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Elgoibar ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D10g"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Cc3 Cc6 5.Ff4 Cf6 6.e3 a6 7.Fd3 Fg4 8.Cge2 
e6 9.O-O Fd6 10.Dd2 Fxe2 11.Cxe2 O-O 12.Tac1 Fxf4 13.Cxf4 Dd6 14.Ce2 Tac8 
15.Tc3 Cb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D51"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Cbd7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 Fe7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 
c6 9.Fd3 Ce4 10.Fxe7 Dxe7 11.Dc2 Cdf6 12.O-O Ff5 13.Ce5 O-O 14.Tab1 Tfe8 
15.b4 Cxc3 16.Dxc3 Fxd3 17.Cxd3 Ce4 18.Dc2 Cd6 19.a4 a6 20.Cc5 Tad8 21.
Tfe1 Dg5 22.Te2 Te7 23.Tbe1 Tde8 24.Dd3 Dh4 25.Cb3 Te6 26.Cc5 T6e7 27.Cb3 
Dh5 28.Cd2 Te6 29.f3 f5 30.f4 g5 31.Cf3 Te4 32.Ce5 gxf4 33.exf4 Te7 34.
Dg3+ Tg7 35.Df2 Rh7 36.g3 De8 37.Txe4 Cxe4 38.Dg2 Dd8 39.Dh3 Df8 40.Te3 
Dc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ibercaja Open"]
[Site "Zaragoza ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dominguez Velazquez, J"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C02n"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Cc6 5.Cf3 Fd7 6.Ca3 f6 7.Cc2 fxe5 8.dxe5 Dc7 
9.Ff4 O-O-O 10.Fe2 Ch6 11.Dd2 Cf7 12.De3 Fe7 13.Fb5 h6 14.h4 g6 15.b4 cxb4
16.Fxc6 Dxc6 17.Cxb4 Dc4 18.Cd2 Dc5 19.Df3 Thf8 20.Cb3 Db6 21.De3 Dxe3+ 
22.Fxe3 Cxe5 23.Fxa7 Cc4 24.Fc5 Ff6 25.Tc1 Tf7 26.Cd2 Fb5 27.Cf3 b6 28.Fe3
Fg7 29.Cd4 Fd7 30.O-O e5 31.Ce2 Fg4 32.Cg3 Rb7 33.Tfe1 Ff6 34.h5 gxh5 35.
Cf1 Fh4 36.g3 Fg5 37.Fxg5 hxg5 38.Ce3 Cxe3 39.Txe3 e4 40.Cc2 Tdf8 41.Cb4 
Txf2 42.Cxd5 Td2 43.c4 Tff2 44.Tb1 Tg2+ 45.Rf1 Tdf2+ 46.Re1 Txa2 0-1

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

1.b3 e5 2.Fb2 d6 3.e3 g6 4.d4 Fg7 5.dxe5 Cd7 6.Cf3 dxe5 7.Cbd2 Ce7 8.Cc4 
f6 9.h4 b6 10.h5 Fb7 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Txh8+ Fxh8 13.Ch4 Cc5 14.Dg4 Dc8 15.
Dxc8+ Txc8 16.Fa3 g5 17.Fxc5 gxh4 18.Fa3 Fg7 19.Td1 Fe4 20.Td2 Fc6 21.Fe2 
b5 22.Fh5+ Rf8 23.Ca5 Fxg2 24.f3 h3 25.Rf2 c5 26.Fxc5 Fh6 27.b4 Tc7 28.Cb3
Rg7 29.Fxe7 Txe7 30.Cc5 f5 31.Cd7 Fxe3+ 32.Rxe3 Rh6 33.Cf6 Te6 34.Fg4 h2 
35.Txg2 h1=D 36.Cg8+ Rg7 37.Fxf5+ Dxg2 38.Fxe6 Dxc2 39.Fb3 Dc3+ 40.Rf2 
Dxb4 41.Rg3 a5 0-1

[Event "Ibercaja Open"]
[Site "Zaragoza ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C03d"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 a6 4.e5 Fd7 5.Ce2 c5 6.Cf3 Fb5 7.c3 Cc6 8.Fe3 cxd4 
9.Cexd4 Fxf1 10.Rxf1 Cge7 11.g3 Cxd4 12.cxd4 Cc6 13.Rg2 Fe7 14.Te1 Db6 15.
Te2 Tc8 16.Tc1 O-O 17.h4 h6 18.h5 Db5 19.Tec2 Ca7 20.Ch2 Txc2 21.Txc2 Tc8 
22.Txc8+ Cxc8 23.b3 Ca7 24.Cg4 Cc6 25.Dd2 Db4 26.Dc1 Da3 27.Dc2 Db4 28.Dc1
Da3 29.Dc2 Db4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ibercaja Open"]
[Site "Zaragoza ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tejero Lamana, Santiago"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A40m"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.c3 Cf6 3.Cd2 d5 4.Cgf3 Fe7 5.e3 O-O 6.Fd3 b6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Cxe4 
Cbd7 9.O-O Fb7 10.De2 c5 11.dxc5 Cxc5 12.Cxc5 bxc5 13.Fg5 Dc7 14.h3 Tad8 
15.Tad1 Cd5 16.De4 g6 17.Dh4 f6 18.Fc1 Cb6 19.Dh6 Tf7 20.De3 Dc6 21.Tfe1 
e5 22.Ff1 Txd1 23.Txd1 Da4 24.De2 Dxa2 25.Db5 Rg7 26.Fe3 Fd5 27.Cd2 Da4 
28.Dxa4 Cxa4 29.Ta1 Cxb2 30.Fb5 f5 31.f3 Ff8 32.Tb1 Tb7 33.Txb2 a6 34.c4 
Fe6 35.Tb1 axb5 36.Txb5 Td7 37.f4 g5 38.g3 gxf4 39.gxf4 e4 40.Tb6 Ff7 41.
Tc6 Fe7 42.Cb3 Td3 43.Fxc5 Ff6 44.Ca5 e3 45.Td6 e2 46.Rf2 Fh4+ 0-1

[Event "Ibercaja Open"]
[Site "Zaragoza ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sanchez Herrera, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[ECO "D58t"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Fg5 Fe7 6.e3 h6 7.Fh4 O-O 8.Fd3 b6
9.Cf3 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Fxf6 Fxf6 12.Cxd5 Fxb2 13.Tb1 Fb7 14.Fe4 Fxd5 15.
Dxd5 Da5+ 16.Re2 Td8 17.Dc4 Cd7 18.Txb2 Cb6 19.Db5 Da3 20.Fxa8 Cc4 21.Td1 
1-0

[Event "Ibercaja Open"]
[Site "Zaragoza ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E94u"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Cf3 Cbd7 5.e4 g6 6.Fe2 Fg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Fe3 a5 
9.Dc2 Cg4 10.Fg5 f6 11.Fd2 Ch6 12.Tad1 Cf7 13.Fe3 c6 14.c5 dxc5 15.dxe5 
De7 16.exf6 Dxf6 17.Ca4 Te8 18.Fc4 Rh8 19.Cxc5 Cxc5 20.Fxc5 Fg4 21.Fd4 Df4
22.Dc3 Fxd4 23.Txd4 Ce5 24.Cxe5 Dxe5 25.f4 Dg7 26.f5 De5 27.h3 c5 28.Td5 
Dxc3 29.bxc3 Txe4 30.Fd3 Fxf5 31.Fxe4 Fxe4 32.Txc5 a4 33.Tc7 a3 34.Tff7 g5
35.Tfe7 Fb1 36.Txb7 Fxa2 37.Txh7+ Rg8 38.Tbg7+ 1-0

[Event "Ibercaja Open"]
[Site "Zaragoza ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Cf6 4.Fg2 c6 5.Ch3 d6 6.O-O Fe7 7.b3 O-O 8.Fb2 Dc7 9.
Cd2 e5 10.Dc2 Cg4 11.e4 f4 12.c5 fxg3 13.hxg3 dxc5 14.dxc5 Fe6 15.Dc3 Ff6 
16.Cc4 Cd7 17.b4 b6 18.Cd6 a5 19.a3 bxc5 20.bxc5 Tab8 21.Tab1 Da7 22.Tfc1 
Tb3 23.Dc2 Tfb8 24.Ff1 Rh8 25.Rg2 Dxc5 26.Dxc5 Cxc5 27.Txc5 Txb2 28.Txb2 
Txb2 29.Txa5 h5 30.Rg1 Ch6 31.Cg5 Fxg5 32.Txe5 Ff6 33.Txe6 Fd4 34.Te8+ Rh7
35.e5 Txf2 36.Fd3+ g6 37.Rh1 Cg4 38.Te7+ Rh8 39.Te8+ Rg7 40.Te7+ Rh8 41.
Te8+ Rh7 42.Te7+ Rh6 43.Cf7+ Rg7 44.Cd6+ Rh6 45.Cf7+ Txf7 46.Txf7 Cxe5 47.
Tf4 Fb2 48.Fe4 Fxa3 49.Tf6 c5 50.Rg2 Fb2 51.Ta6 Fd4 52.Tb6 Rg7 53.Tb7+ Rf6
54.Tb6+ Rg5 55.Td6 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ibercaja Open"]
[Site "Zaragoza ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B33l"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Da5+ 10.Fd2 Dd8 11.Fg5 Da5+ 12.Fd2 Dd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D96"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.Db3 dxc4 6.Dxc4 O-O 7.Ff4 c6 8.e4 
Ca6 9.Fe2 Da5 10.O-O Cxe4 11.Cxe4 Df5 12.Fg5 Dxe4 13.Fd3 Dg4 14.Fxe7 Te8 
15.Fd6 Fe6 16.Dc3 Fd5 17.Fxa6 bxa6 18.Fg3 Fxf3 19.gxf3 Dxd4 20.Dxc6 Dxb2 
21.Tae1 Db5 22.Tc1 Tad8 23.a4 Db6 24.Rg2 Te6 25.Dc7 Ff6 26.Tc4 h5 27.Tfc1 
Dxc7 28.Txc7 h4 29.Ff4 Td4 30.T1c4 Te1 31.Fe3 1/2-1/2

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

1.Cf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Fg2 f5 4.O-O Cf6 5.c4 Fe7 6.b3 O-O 7.Fb2 Rh8 8.Cc3 c6 
9.d3 Fe6 10.Dd2 Cbd7 11.d4 e4 12.Cg5 Fg8 13.Ch3 d5 14.c5 De8 15.f3 h6 16.
b4 g5 17.fxe4 fxe4 18.Cd1 Fe6 19.Chf2 Dg6 20.Ce3 h5 21.a4 g4 22.Fh1 h4 23.
Cg2 hxg3 24.hxg3 Ch5 25.Ch4 Fxh4 26.gxh4 Rg8 27.Fg2 Cf4 28.Ch1 Ch5 29.Fc1 
Txf1+ 30.Fxf1 Tf8 31.Dg5 Rh7 32.Dxg6+ Rxg6 33.Fg5 Cdf6 34.e3 Tf7 35.Fxf6 
Cxf6 36.Rh2 Th7 37.Rg3 Ch5+ 38.Rg2 Cg7 39.Cg3 Txh4 40.b5 Cf5 41.Cxf5 Fxf5 
42.a5 cxb5 43.a6 bxa6 44.Txa6+ Rg5 45.Fxb5 Th3 46.Ta3 Rh4 47.c6 Tg3+ 48.
Rh2 Tf3 49.c7 Tf2+ 50.Rg1 Tc2 51.Txa7 g3 52.Ff1 Tc1 53.Ta6 g2 54.Rxg2 Fh3+
55.Rg1 Txf1+ 56.Rh2 Tf2+ 57.Rg1 Tc2 58.Th6+ Rg3 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A57o"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Cc3 Fg7 8.a4 O-O 9.
Fe3 Cbd7 10.Ch3 Ce5 11.Cf2 e6 12.dxe6 Fxe6 13.Tc1 axb5 14.Fxb5 Cc4 15.Fxc4
Fxc4 16.b3 Fa6 17.Cd3 Da5 18.O-O Tfe8 19.Tf2 Cg4 20.fxg4 Fxc3 21.Cf4 Txe4 
22.Cd5 Txe3 23.Cxe3 Fd4 24.Df3 Ta7 25.Rh1 Te7 26.Da8+ Rg7 27.Cc4 Db4 28.
Dd8 De1+ 29.Tf1 De6 30.h3 d5 31.Cb6 Fxf1 32.Txf1 De2 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gonzalez, L"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D02p"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Ff4 c5 4.c3 Cc6 5.e3 d5 6.Cbd2 Fd6 7.Ce5 Dc7 8.Cdf3 
cxd4 9.Cxc6 bxc6 10.Fxd6 Dxd6 11.exd4 O-O 12.Fd3 c5 13.O-O Tb8 14.Tb1 a5 
15.Te1 Fd7 16.Ce5 Tb7 17.Te3 Tfb8 18.Tg3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Txb2 20.Txb2 Txb2 
21.Df3 Db4 22.Cxd7 De1+ 23.Ff1 Cxd7 24.Df4 Cf8 25.Tf3 f6 26.Te3 Dd2 27.a3 
Tb1 28.Dd6 Dxd4 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C18h"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ce7 7.h4 Dc7 8.Cf3 Fd7
9.a4 Cbc6 10.Fa3 b6 11.h5 h6 12.Dd2 Ca5 13.Fd3 O-O 14.Th4 f5 15.exf6 Txf6 
16.Ce5 Cf5 17.Tf4 cxd4 18.Cxd7 Dxd7 19.g4 dxc3 20.Dxc3 Tc8 21.Dd2 Ch4 22.
Txf6 gxf6 23.Dxh6 Dg7 24.Dxg7+ Rxg7 25.Re2 Cc4 26.Fb4 a5 27.Fc3 e5 28.Th1 
Cg2 29.h6+ Rh8 30.Rf3 Cf4 31.g5 fxg5 32.Fxc4 Txc4 33.Fxe5+ Rh7 34.Tb1 Rxh6
35.Txb6+ Rh5 36.Fxf4 Txf4+ 37.Rg3 Txa4 38.Tb5 d4 39.f4 Ta3+ 40.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "B35m"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.Cc3 Fg7 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Fb3 
a5 9.a4 Cg4 10.Dxg4 Cxd4 11.Dh4 Cxb3 12.cxb3 Ta6 13.O-O Te6 14.Tfe1 b6 15.
Fh6 Fb7 16.Fxg7 Rxg7 17.Te3 f5 18.Tae1 fxe4 19.Cxe4 h6 20.Cd2 Txe3 21.Dd4+
e5 22.Dxe3 d6 23.Cc4 Tf4 24.Td1 Te4 25.Dc3 Dg5 26.g3 Td4 27.Txd4 exd4 28.
Dxd4+ Rh7 29.Ce3 De7 30.f4 h5 31.Rf2 De6 32.Dc4 Dd7 33.Re1 Fc6 34.Rd2 b5 
35.axb5 Fxb5 36.Dd5 a4 37.bxa4 Fc4 38.Cxc4 Dh3 39.Dh1 De6 40.Db7+ Rg8 41.
Db8+ Rh7 42.Da7+ 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A51i"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ce4 4.Cf3 Fb4+ 5.Cbd2 Cc6 6.e3 De7 7.Fe2 Cxe5 8.
O-O Cxf3+ 9.Cxf3 O-O 10.Cd4 Fc5 11.Dc2 c6 12.b3 d5 13.Fb2 Fd7 14.Fd3 Tfe8 
15.f3 Cf6 16.Tae1 dxc4 17.bxc4 Tad8 18.Ff5 Fxd4 19.Fxd4 Fxf5 20.Dxf5 Cd7 
21.Da5 c5 22.Fa1 Cb6 23.e4 Td3 24.Tc1 Cc8 25.Fc3 Dd6 26.Fe1 b6 27.Da6 Dd7 
28.a4 Ta3 29.Db5 Dxb5 30.axb5 Td8 31.Fh4 f6 32.e5 Rf7 33.Tfe1 Td2 34.Tcd1 
Taa2 35.Txd2 Txd2 36.exf6 gxf6 37.Te4 Cd6 38.Tf4 f5 39.Fg3 Rg6 40.Th4 Td1+
41.Rf2 Cf7 42.Fb8 Ta1 43.g4 fxg4 44.Txg4+ Rf6 45.Tf4+ Rg6 46.Te4 Rf6 47.
Te8 Ta4 48.Tc8 Ce5 49.Th8 Cxc4 50.Txh7 a6 51.bxa6 Txa6 52.h4 Rg6 53.Tb7 
Ca5 54.Tc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B33t"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 Fg7 11.Fd3 Ce7 12.Cxe7 Dxe7 13.c3 f5 14.O-O O-O 15.
Cc2 Fb7 16.exf5 Dg5 17.Ce3 h5 18.Fe2 d5 19.Ff3 Tad8 20.Db3 e4 21.Fe2 d4 
22.cxd4 Txd4 23.Tad1 Tfd8 24.Txd4 Txd4 25.Dc2 h4 26.Dc7 Fd5 27.Dc8+ Rh7 
28.Dxa6 Td2 29.Dxb5 Fxa2 30.Fc4 Fd4 31.Fxa2 Txf2 32.Txf2 Dxe3 33.Df1 Rg8 
34.h3 Rg7 35.Fc4 Rf6 36.b3 Rg7 37.Fe2 Dxb3 38.Rh1 Fxf2 39.Dxf2 Db1+ 40.Dg1
Db2 41.De1 e3 42.Fg4 Df2 43.Dc3+ f6 44.Dc7+ Rh6 45.Dd6 Rg5 46.Rh2 De1 47.
Db8 Df2 48.Dc7 De1 49.Dd6 e2 50.Fxe2 Dxe2 51.De6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Mesa"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zak, Uriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D31q"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c6 4.Cf3 dxc4 5.g3 Cf6 6.Fg2 b5 7.Ce5 Db6 8.O-O Fb7 
9.e4 Cfd7 10.Cf3 Fb4 11.Fe3 c5 12.d5 Fxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.dxe6 Dxe6 15.Db1 
Fc6 16.Cg5 De5 17.Ff4 Dxc3 18.e5 Dd3 19.e6 Fxg2 20.Rxg2 fxe6 21.Dxb5 Dd5+ 
22.f3 Cc6 23.Tac1 Cd4 24.Dxc4 Dxc4 25.Txc4 e5 26.Fe3 Tab8 27.Ce4 Tb2+ 28.
Tf2 Cf5 29.Fxc5 Cxc5 30.Txc5 Ce3+ 31.Rh3 Txf2 32.Cxf2 Txf3 33.Ce4 Tf5 34.
Tc8+ Tf8 35.Tc3 Cd1 36.Tc7 Cf2+ 37.Cxf2 Txf2 38.Txa7 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Orense ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glavina, Pablo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A41f"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 d6 2.Cf3 Fg4 3.Fg5 Fxf3 4.gxf3 c6 5.c4 Db6 6.Dd2 Cd7 7.Cc3 Cgf6 8.Fh3
g6 9.O-O Fg7 10.Tfd1 Td8 11.Tab1 O-O 12.b4 Dc7 13.Ce4 Tfe8 14.Tb3 Db8 15.
b5 Cxe4 16.fxe4 Dc7 17.bxc6 Dxc6 18.e5 Cb6 19.Fg2 Dxc4 20.Tc1 De6 21.Fxb7 
dxe5 22.d5 Dd6 23.Fc6 Tf8 24.Fe3 e4 25.Fc5 Dxc6 26.dxc6 Txd2 27.Fxb6 axb6 
28.c7 Tc8 29.Txb6 Fe5 30.Tb8 Txb8 31.cxb8=D+ Fxb8 32.Tc8+ Rg7 33.Txb8 Txe2
34.a4 Ta2 0-1

[Event "Rapid 45"]
[Site "Oviedo ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodriguez, JA"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B96h"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fg5 e6 7.f4 Dc7 8.Df3 b5 
9.a3 Fb7 10.O-O-O Cbd7 11.Rb1 Fe7 12.g4 Tc8 13.Fxf6 gxf6 14.Fg2 Cb6 15.Ff1
d5 16.Fd3 Fc5 17.Cde2 b4 18.axb4 Fxb4 19.exd5 Cxd5 20.Fe4 Fxc3 21.Cxc3 
Cxc3+ 22.bxc3 Fxe4 23.Dxe4 Dxc3 24.Da4+ Rf8 25.Db3 Rg7 26.Dxc3 Txc3 27.Td4
Tb8+ 28.Rc1 Tbc8 29.Td2 Tf3 30.f5 e5 31.Te1 a5 32.Td3 Tf4 33.h3 h5 34.Tg3 
hxg4 35.Txg4+ Txg4 36.hxg4 Tc4 37.Tg1 Rh6 38.Th1+ Rg5 39.Th7 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Rapid 45"]
[Site "Oviedo ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lozano, C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[ECO "C10w"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Fd7 5.Cf3 Fc6 6.Fd3 Cd7 7.O-O Cgf6 8.
Ceg5 Fxf3 9.Dxf3 c6 10.Te1 Fe7 11.Dh3 Cf8 12.c3 Dc7 13.Fd2 Fd6 14.b4 O-O-O
15.c4 Cg6 16.g3 The8 17.Fc3 Rb8 18.Cf3 e5 19.Fxg6 exd4 20.Fxd4 hxg6 21.c5 
Ff8 22.Fe5 Txe5 23.Cxe5 1-0

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

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Cf6 3.Cc3 d6 4.Fg5 Cbd7 5.Dc2 g6 6.e3 Fg7 7.Cge2 e5 8.dxe5 
dxe5 9.O-O-O c6 10.g4 fxg4 11.Cg3 Da5 12.h4 e4 13.Cgxe4 O-O 14.Cd6 Ce5 15.
Fe2 Ch5 16.Db3 Dc7 17.c5+ Rh8 18.Td4 b6 19.cxb6 axb6 20.Thd1 h6 21.Ff4 
Cxf4 22.Txf4 Ff5 23.Cxf5 gxf5 24.Dc2 Dc8 25.e4 fxe4 26.Dxe4 Txf4 27.Dxf4 
De6 28.De4 Tf8 29.Rb1 Df6 30.Fxg4 Dxh4 31.f3 b5 32.a3 Df6 33.Fd7 Cxd7 34.
Txd7 Dxf3 35.Td6 Df1+ 36.Ra2 Dh3 37.De6 Dxe6+ 38.Txe6 0-1

[Event "Rapid 45"]
[Site "Oviedo ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A25"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Fg2 Cf6 4.d3 Cc6 5.Cc3 Fb4 6.Ch3 O-O 7.O-O Fxc3 8.bxc3 
b6 9.f4 exf4 10.Cxf4 Fb7 11.Fa3 Tf7 12.Cd5 g6 13.Dd2 Ca5 14.Df4 c6 15.
Cxf6+ Dxf6 16.Fb4 c5 17.Fxa5 Fxg2 18.Rxg2 bxa5 19.Tac1 Dc6+ 20.Df3 Te8 21.
Dxc6 dxc6 22.Rf3 Tb7 23.Tb1 Teb8 24.Tb3 Tb6 25.Ta3 Ta6 26.Tb3 Tab6 27.Ta3 
Ta6 28.g4 fxg4+ 29.Rxg4 Tb2 30.Rf3 Rg7 31.Re3 a4 32.h4 Ta5 33.d4 cxd4+ 34.
cxd4 Tb4 35.Rd3 Tf5 36.Txf5 gxf5 37.Tc3 Rf6 38.e4 fxe4+ 39.Rxe4 Re6 40.h5 
Tb2 41.Ta3 Tb4 42.c5 a5 43.h6 Tb1 44.Txa4 Te1+ 45.Rf4 Tf1+ 46.Re3 Te1+ 47.
Rd2 Th1 48.Txa5 Rd5 49.Rc3 Tc1+ 50.Rb2 Th1 51.Ta7 Rxd4 52.Txh7 Rxc5 53.Ra3
Rb6 54.Th8 Th4 55.h7 Ra7 56.Rb3 c5 57.a4 Rb7 58.a5 Ra7 59.a6 Tb4+ 60.Rc2 
Tc4+ 61.Rd2 Td4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid 45"]
[Site "Oviedo ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A80g"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.Fg5 g6 3.Cd2 Fg7 4.c3 Cf6 5.h4 d5 6.e3 Cbd7 7.Cgf3 c6 8.Ff4 Cg4 
9.h5 e5 10.dxe5 Cdxe5 11.Db3 Cf7 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Txh8+ Fxh8 14.Fg3 De7 15.
O-O-O a5 16.a4 Ff6 17.Fe2 Rf8 18.Cd4 Rg7 19.Te1 Cge5 20.Dc2 Fd7 21.Th1 c5 
22.Cb5 Fxb5 23.axb5 a4 24.Cb1 Cd6 25.Td1 Ce4 26.Txd5 Cxg3 27.fxg3 Cd7 28.
Dd3 Cb6 29.Td6 c4 30.Dd1 Dxe3+ 31.Dd2 De7 32.Rd1 Th8 33.Ff3 Th1+ 34.Rc2 
Fg5 35.Dd4+ Rh7 36.Fd1 De2+ 0-1

[Event "Rapid 45"]
[Site "Oviedo ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B67m"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Fd7 9.f4 b5 10.Fxf6 gxf6 11.g3 Db6 12.Cce2 O-O-O 13.Fg2 Rb8 14.Rb1 Tc8 15.
Thf1 Tc7 16.c3 h5 17.h4 Cxd4 18.Cxd4 Tg8 19.Ce2 Fc6 20.Ff3 Fb7 21.Dd3 Dc5 
22.Td2 Th8 23.Cd4 Dc4 24.Te1 Dxd3+ 25.Txd3 Fe7 26.f5 e5 27.Cc2 Tcc8 28.Cb4
Tcg8 29.Fd1 Tg7 30.Tee3 a5 31.Cd5 Fd8 32.a3 a4 33.Rc1 Ra7 34.Rd2 Fxd5 35.
Txd5 Fb6 36.Ted3 Fc5 37.Re1 Thg8 38.Fxh5 Txg3 39.Txg3 Txg3 40.Td2 Th3 41.
Fxf7 Txh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pons Morro, Pedro"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.Cf3 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Cg5 d5 4.d3 Dd6 5.dxe4 h6 6.Dh5+ g6 7.Dh4 Fg7 8.Cf3 
g5 9.Dh5+ Rf8 10.e5 Fxe5 11.Fd3 Cc6 12.O-O Cf6 13.Dg6 Fg4 14.Fxg5 hxg5 15.
Cxg5 Fxh2+ 16.Rh1 Ff4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Ponferrada ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A41b"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 d6 2.Fg5 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 f6 5.Fh4 e5 6.e3 Cd7 7.Fd3 Ch6 8.Cge2 O-O 
9.f3 c6 10.O-O De8 11.b4 f5 12.Dd2 Cf7 13.b5 Fh6 14.f4 Cb6 15.c5 dxc5 16.
dxe5 c4 17.Fc2 Cxe5 18.fxe5 Dxe5 19.Tf3 cxb5 20.Fg3 Df6 21.Td1 Fe6 22.Cxb5
Tad8 23.Ced4 Cd5 24.De1 a6 25.Fh4 g5 26.Cxe6 Dxe6 27.Cd4 Db6 28.Cxf5 gxh4 
29.Txd5 Txd5 30.Ce7+ Rg7 31.Cxd5 Db2 32.Txf8 Rxf8 33.Df1+ Re8 34.Dxc4 Rd7 
35.Dc7+ Re6 36.Cf4+ Fxf4 37.Fb3+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Ponferrada ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A65l"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Cc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f3 Fg7 8.Cge2 O-O 
9.Cg3 Te8 10.Fe2 a6 11.a4 Cbd7 12.O-O Tb8 13.Fe3 h5 14.Dd2 h4 15.Ch1 Ch7 
16.Cf2 Dc7 17.Rh1 c4 18.Fa7 Ta8 19.Fd4 Cdf6 20.a5 Fd7 21.Ca4 Fb5 22.Cb6 
Tad8 23.Tac1 De7 24.Fxc4 Fxc4 25.Txc4 Df8 26.Df4 g5 27.Dd2 Cd7 28.Cxd7 
Txd7 29.Fe3 De7 30.Cg4 Tc7 31.Fxg5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Terrassa ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E60r"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cf3 Fg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Fg2 d6 6.O-O Cbd7 7.Dc2 e5 8.Td1 Te8
9.Cc3 c6 10.e4 De7 11.d5 c5 12.a3 Cb6 13.Cd2 Fh6 14.b4 Fd7 15.bxc5 dxc5 
16.Tb1 Tab8 17.Dd3 Cc8 18.Cb5 Fxb5 19.cxb5 b6 20.Fb2 Cd6 21.Cc4 Cxc4 22.
Dxc4 Dd6 23.Te1 Te7 24.f4 Ce8 25.Fh3 Fg7 26.f5 Dd8 27.Tf1 Cd6 28.De2 Tc7 
29.a4 Ta8 30.Tf3 a6 31.bxa6 Tca7 32.Tbf1 De8 33.a5 Txa6 34.axb6 Txb6 35.
fxg6 hxg6 36.Ta3 Tab8 37.Fc1 Df8 38.Fg2 Fh6 39.Fxh6 Dxh6 40.De3 Dxe3+ 41.
Txe3 c4 42.Tc1 Tb2 43.Ff1 Td2 44.Te2 Tbb2 45.Txd2 Txd2 46.Fxc4 Cxe4 47.Ff1
Cd6 48.g4 Rg7 49.h4 Txd5 50.Rf2 Ce4+ 51.Re3 Cf6 52.Fe2 Td4 53.Tg1 Cd5+ 54.
Rf2 Cf4 55.Ff1 Rh6 56.Tg3 Td2+ 57.Re3 Tc2 58.Re4 Tc1 59.Fb5 Te1+ 60.Rf3 
Th1 61.Fc4 Rg7 62.Re4 f6 63.g5 Txh4 64.gxf6+ Rxf6 65.Tf3 g5 66.Fa6 g4 67.
Txf4+ exf4 68.Rxf4 Rg6 69.Fe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Terrassa ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E97z"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.Cd2 a5 10.a3 Cd7 11.Tb1 f5 12.b4 Rh8 13.Dc2 Cg8 14.Cb5 axb4 15.axb4 Cdf6
16.f3 Ch5 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Terrassa ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Garcia, David"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A88"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1.d4 d6 2.Cf3 f5 3.g3 Cf6 4.Fg2 g6 5.O-O Fg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Cc3 c6 8.b3 Ca6 9.
Fb2 De8 10.Te1 h6 11.e4 fxe4 12.Cxe4 Df7 13.Cxf6+ Fxf6 14.Dd2 Dg7 15.Te2 
Ff5 16.Tae1 Tae8 17.b4 Cc7 18.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Alvarez de Toledo, Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[ECO "B29k"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.e5 Cd5 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fc4 Cb6 6.Fe2 d5 7.exd6 Fxd6 8.O-O 
Cc6 9.Ce4 Fe7 10.c3 f5 11.Cg3 O-O 12.Fb5 Fd7 13.Te1 Dc8 14.d3 Cd5 15.De2 
Cc7 16.Fxc6 Fxc6 17.Ff4 Cd5 18.Fd2 f4 19.Ce4 Tf5 20.c4 Cc7 21.d4 Df8 22.
Fc3 Te8 23.Tad1 h6 24.Ce5 cxd4 25.Fxd4 Fb4 26.Tf1 a6 27.f3 Fxe4 28.fxe4 
Tg5 29.Rh1 Fe7 30.Cd3 Td8 31.Fb6 Txd3 32.Txd3 Ca8 33.Fg1 e5 34.Td7 Fd8 35.
Txb7 Cc7 36.c5 Ce6 37.Dc4 Tg6 38.c6 Rh7 39.c7 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B53e"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Dxd4 Fd7 5.Fe3 Cc6 6.Dd2 g6 7.c4 Fg7 8.Cc3 
Cf6 9.Fe2 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Tac1 Cg4 12.Fg5 h6 13.Fh4 g5 14.Fg3 Da5 15.h4 
gxh4 16.Fxh4 Tae8 17.c5 Dxc5 18.Cd5 Da7 19.Cxe7+ Cxe7 20.Dxd6 Cg6 21.Dxd7 
Txe4 22.Fg3 Txe2 23.Dxg4 Txb2 24.Tfd1 Db6 25.Td6 Db5 26.a4 Da5 27.Tc4 Tb6 
28.Td7 h5 29.De4 Te6 30.Dxb7 Df5 31.Td5 Df6 32.Txh5 Tb6 33.De4 Da1+ 34.Rh2
Tb1 35.Rh3 Th1+ 36.Ch2 Da3 37.Tc6 Td8 38.Txa6 Dc3 39.Ta8 Cf4+ 40.Rg4 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jimenez Morales, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[ECO "A60b"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 Fe7 6.e4 e5 7.Fd3 O-O 8.h3 Ce8 9.
g4 g6 10.Fh6 Cg7 11.Dd2 a6 12.a4 Da5 13.Re2 Cd7 14.Dc2 f6 15.Fd2 Dc7 16.a5
b5 17.axb6 Cxb6 18.Thg1 Fd7 19.Cd1 Tfb8 20.Ce3 Dc8 21.h4 Rh8 22.h5 g5 23.
h6 Ce8 24.Cf5 Dd8 25.Ta2 Cc7 26.Fa5 Ta7 27.Cd2 Tab7 28.Tb1 Cba8 29.b4 cxb4
30.Tab2 Df8 31.Cxe7 Fxg4+ 32.f3 Fxf3+ 33.Cxf3 Dxe7 34.Txb4 Txb4 35.Fxb4 
Tg8 36.c5 g4 37.Ch4 g3 38.cxd6 Dd7 39.dxc7 Dh3 40.Ff8 Txf8 41.Tb8 Dh2+ 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Seville ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gomez, M"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E71f"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Fe3 e5 7.d5 Ca6 8.g4 Cc5 9.
f3 a5 10.Dd2 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.O-O-O Cb7 13.c5 d5 14.exd5 Cxd5 15.Fc4 
Cxe3 16.Dxe3 De7 17.Ca4 Fe6 18.Fxe6 Dxe6 19.Rb1 Tad8 20.Ce2 Dc4 21.De4 Db4
22.a3 Db3 23.Cec3 Td4 24.Dxc6 Tfd8 25.Txd4 Txd4 26.Tc1 Ff8 27.De8 Tc4 28.
Cb6 Cxc5 29.Cxc4 Dxc4 30.Td1 Df4 31.Dc6 Rg7 32.Td8 Fe7 33.Te8 Dd2 34.Txe7 
Dd3+ 35.Ra2 Dc4+ 36.Rb1 Df1+ 37.Rc2 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cockcroft"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A40r"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Fb4+ 3.Fd2 a5 4.Cf3 d6 5.g3 Cc6 6.a3 Fxd2+ 7.Dxd2 e5 8.dxe5 
dxe5 9.Dxd8+ Rxd8 10.Cc3 Fe6 11.Td1+ Rc8 12.e3 f6 13.h4 Ch6 14.Fh3 Fxh3 
15.Txh3 a4 16.Re2 Te8 17.Thh1 e4 18.Cd2 f5 19.Cd5 Ce5 20.Cf4 Ta6 21.Tc1 
Chg4 22.c5 Ta5 23.Tc3 Td8 24.Cc4 Txc5 25.Cxe5 Txc3 26.bxc3 Cxe5 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Barcelo, Pedro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[ECO "C02t"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Cc6 5.Cf3 Db6 6.Fe2 Ch6 7.Ca3 cxd4 8.cxd4 
Fxa3 9.bxa3 Cf5 10.Fe3 Cxe3 11.fxe3 Da5+ 12.Dd2 Fd7 13.O-O Dxd2 14.Cxd2 
Tc8 15.Cb3 b6 16.Fa6 Tc7 17.Tac1 Re7 18.Tc2 Fc8 19.Fd3 Fb7 20.e4 dxe4 21.
Fxe4 Thc8 22.Tfc1 Rd8 23.Fxh7 g6 24.Tf2 Re7 25.Tcf1 Cd8 26.h4 Fa6 27.Td1 
Tc2 28.h5 Txf2 29.Rxf2 Tc2+ 30.Cd2 Fd3 31.h6 Rf8 32.g4 Cc6 33.Rg3 Tc3 34.
Rf2 Tc2 35.Rg3 Tc3 36.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Reyes, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A65q"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Fg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Dd2 exd5 9.
cxd5 a6 10.a4 Da5 11.Ta3 Te8 12.Cge2 Cbd7 13.Cg3 Tb8 14.Fe2 Dc7 15.O-O c4 
16.Fe3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.b4 Ce5 19.Ta7 Dd8 20.Ta5 Fd7 21.f4 Ceg4 22.Fd4 
h5 23.Ff3 h4 24.Cge2 h3 25.gxh3 Ch6 26.Fg2 Rh7 27.Cg3 Cfg8 28.Ta7 Ce7 29.
Fxg7 Rxg7 30.f5 Cc8 31.f6+ Rh7 32.Ta6 Te5 33.Cce2 Cb6 34.Cd4 Dc8 35.Ta3 
Ca4 36.Cge2 Th5 37.Cf3 Dc7 38.Rh1 Tc8 39.Cg5+ Rg8 40.Ff3 c3 41.Cxc3 Fxh3 
42.Cxb5 Db6 43.Cxh3 Txh3 44.Fe2 Cc3 45.Txc3 Tcxc3 46.Cxc3 Dxb4 47.Tf3 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E81c"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Cge2 e5 7.Fg5 c6 8.Dd2 Cbd7 
9.O-O-O Da5 10.Rb1 Cb6 11.b3 exd4 12.Cxd4 Cbd7 13.h4 Ce5 14.g4 Db6 15.h5 
a5 16.Dh2 Cfd7 17.Ca4 Da7 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Fh6 Te8 20.Fxg7 Rxg7 21.g5 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Campos, Jose Felix"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A65w"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Fg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Dd2 h6 9.
Fe3 exd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.a4 h5 12.Fe2 Te8 13.Fd1 Cbd7 14.Cge2 Ce5 15.b3 Da5 
16.Ta2 c4 17.O-O cxb3 18.Fxb3 Cfd7 19.Cb1 b6 20.Dxa5 bxa5 21.Cd2 Tb8 22.
Fc2 Tb4 23.Cb3 Cc4 24.Ff2 Cdb6 25.Fe1 Cxd5 26.exd5 Txe2 27.Cc1 Te3 28.Fxb4
axb4 29.Cb3 Tc3 30.Te1 Ce3 31.Ca1 Cxd5 32.Fb3 Fd4+ 33.Rh1 Ce3 34.Td2 Fe5 
35.Fc2 Fe6 36.Fd3 a5 37.g3 b3 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sanchez Almeyra, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D87d"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Fc4 c5 8.Ce2 
O-O 9.Fe3 Cc6 10.Tc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Da5+ 12.Rf1 Fg4 13.f3 Fd7 14.h4 Tfd8 15.
h5 Fe8 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Rf2 Tac8 18.Fb3 e6 19.Dg1 Cxd4 20.Txc8 Txc8 21.Cxd4
Fxd4 22.Fxd4 Dd2+ 23.Rg3 Dg5+ 24.Rf2 Dd2+ 25.Rg3 Dg5+ 26.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D86"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Ce2
Cc6 9.O-O e5 10.Fa3 Te8 11.Fxf7+ Rxf7 12.Db3+ Rf6 13.f4 Fh6 14.fxe5+ Rg7 
15.Tf6 Fg4 16.Tf7+ Rh8 17.Dxb7 Cxe5 18.Txc7 Cd7 19.Fd6 Tc8 20.Cg3 Txc7 21.
Fxc7 Dg5 22.h3 De3+ 23.Rh2 Dxc3 24.Tf1 Fe6 25.d5 Fg8 26.Ff4 Fxf4 27.Txf4 
Cf6 28.Da6 Rg7 29.Dxa7+ Ff7 30.Ce2 De5 31.Rg1 Te7 32.Dd4 Dxd4+ 33.Cxd4 
Cxe4 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baena, Jesus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C04c"]
[EventDate "1992.06.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cc6 4.Cgf3 Cf6 5.e5 Cd7 6.Fd3 f6 7.De2 Cb4 8.O-O 
Cxd3 9.cxd3 f5 10.Cb3 Fe7 11.Fe3 O-O 12.Cc5 Cb8 13.Dd2 b6 14.Ca4 h6 15.h4 
Fd7 16.Cc3 Fe8 17.g3 Fh5 18.Rg2 c5 19.Ce2 Cc6 20.Dc3 Tc8 21.Db3 Fxf3+ 22.
Rxf3 cxd4 23.Fxd4 De8 24.Rg2 f4 25.gxf4 Dg6+ 26.Rf3 Dh5+ 27.Re3 Dxe2+ 28.
Rxe2 Cxd4+ 29.Re3 Cxb3 30.axb3 a5 31.h5 Tc2 32.Tab1 Fb4 33.Tfd1 Tf5 34.
Tbc1 Fd2+ 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Glimbrant, Torbjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[ECO "D61"]
[EventDate "1992.06.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Cf6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Fg5 Fe7 5.e3 O-O 6.Dc2 Cbd7 7.Cf3 c6 8.O-O-O 
a6 9.Rb1 dxc4 10.Fxc4 b5 11.Fd3 Fb7 12.Ce5 h6 13.Fxf6 Fxf6 14.Cxd7 Dxd7 
15.Ce4 Fe7 16.Thg1 Dc7 17.g4 c5 18.Cxc5 Fxc5 19.dxc5 Tac8 20.g5 h5 21.g6 
Dxh2 22.gxf7+ Txf7 23.Fh7+ Rf8 24.Fg6 Tf6 25.Fe4 Txf2 26.Tgf1 Fxe4 27.Dxe4
Te8 28.Dc2 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlier, Bruno"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B51g"]
[EventDate "1992.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Cd7 4.d4 Cf6 5.O-O a6 6.Fxd7+ Cxd7 7.e5 e6 8.c4 
dxe5 9.dxe5 Fe7 10.Cc3 b6 11.Ce4 Fb7 12.De2 Dc7 13.Ff4 Dc6 14.Tfe1 Dxe4 
15.Dxe4 Fxe4 16.Txe4 h6 17.h4 g6 18.a4 O-O-O 19.Fd2 Cb8 20.Fc3 Cc6 21.Rf1 
Td7 22.Tf4 Fd8 23.Re2 Fc7 24.Te4 Thd8 25.Tc1 Rb7 26.Tc2 h5 27.Td2 Ca7 28.
Txd7 Txd7 29.Te3 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.b3 bxc4 32.bxc4 Cc6 33.Td3 Te7 34.Re3 
Rc8 35.Re4 Fd8 36.Td1 Tb7 37.Ta1 Tb3 38.Fd2 Fe7 39.Fe3 Cb4 40.Cd2 Tb2 41.
Tb1 Txb1 42.Cxb1 Cc6 43.f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "A54"]
[EventDate "1992.06.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Cf3 Cbd7 5.Fg5 Fe7 6.e3 c6 7.Dc2 h6 8.Fh4 Ch5 
9.Fxe7 Dxe7 10.O-O-O Chf6 11.Tg1 a6 12.g4 e4 13.Cd2 d5 14.Db3 Dd6 15.g5 
hxg5 16.Txg5 Txh2 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Cxd5 b5 19.Cc3 Rf8 20.Cdxe4 Cxe4 21.Cxe4
Dc6+ 22.Cc3 Txf2 23.Db4+ Rg8 24.Fd3 Cf6 25.Tdg1 Fg4 26.e4 Td8 27.Rb1 a5 
28.Dxa5 Txd4 29.Cd5 De8 30.Dc3 Txd5 31.exd5 Tf4 32.T1xg4 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A41f"]
[EventDate "1992.06.??"]

1.Cf3 d6 2.d4 Fg4 3.e3 Cd7 4.Fe2 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Cxe5 Fb4+ 7.c3 Cxe5 8.
Dxd8+ Txd8 9.cxb4 Cd3+ 10.Fxd3 Txd3 11.Cc3 Ce7 12.f3 Fe6 13.e4 Cc6 14.a3 
Cd4 15.Rf2 Cc2 16.Tb1 O-O 17.Ff4 Cxa3 18.Tbd1 Txd1 19.Txd1 Cc4 20.b3 Cb6 
21.Fxc7 Fxb3 22.Tb1 Tc8 23.Fxb6 Txc3 24.Fxa7 h5 25.b5 Fc4 26.Fd4 Tc2+ 27.
Rg3 h4+ 28.Rh3 Fe6+ 29.g4 hxg3+ 30.Rxg3 f6 31.Ta1 Fa2 32.h4 Rf7 33.Rf4 Rg6
34.h5+ Rh6 35.Rf5 Th2 36.Fe3+ Rh7 37.h6 Fc4 38.Tc1 Fxb5 39.hxg7 Th3 40.Fd4
Txf3+ 41.Re6 Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sanchez Guirado, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "E30"]
[EventDate "1992.06.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Fg5 h6 5.Fh4 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Fd3 c6
9.Ce2 Te8 10.Dc2 Cbd7 11.O-O-O Cf8 12.Thg1 Dd6 13.h3 b5 14.g4 Fxc3 15.Cxc3
b4 16.Fg3 Dd8 17.Ca4 Ce4 18.Rb1 Da5 19.Tc1 Fe6 20.Cc5 Tac8 21.Cb7 Db6 22.
Cd6 Da5 23.Fxe4 dxe4 24.b3 Fd5 25.Cxe8 Txe8 26.Fd6 Ce6 27.Dd2 Db5 28.Dxb4 
Dd3+ 29.Rb2 a5 30.Dxa5 c5 31.Tgd1 De2+ 32.Td2 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Benidorm ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A14"]
[EventDate "1992.06.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Fg2 Fe7 5.b3 O-O 6.Fb2 c5 7.O-O Cc6 8.e3 dxc4 
9.bxc4 Db6 10.Db3 Ca5 11.Dxb6 axb6 12.Tc1 Td8 13.Ca3 Fd7 14.d3 Fc6 15.Ce1 
Ce8 16.Fc3 Ff6 17.Fxf6 Cxf6 18.Tcb1 Cd7 19.Ff1 Rf8 20.Tb2 Fa4 21.Cb1 Fd1 
22.Cc3 Fh5 23.f4 Cc6 24.Fg2 Fg6 25.Fxc6 bxc6 26.a4 Ta5 27.e4 Re7 28.Rf2 
Fh5 29.h3 f6 30.g4 Ff7 31.Cf3 h6 32.h4 Tg8 33.Th1 Taa8 34.Re3 Rd6 35.Tg2 
Rc7 36.h5 Tae8 37.e5 fxe5 38.Cxe5 Cxe5 39.fxe5 Tgf8 40.Ce4 Fg8 41.g5 Tf5 
42.gxh6 gxh6 43.Cf6 Txe5+ 44.Rd2 Ff7 45.Cxe8+ Fxe8 46.Tg7+ Rd6 47.Tb1 Fxh5
48.Txb6 Te2+ 49.Rc3 Ta2 50.Tb1 Ta3+ 51.Rd2 Ta2+ 52.Rc3 Ta3+ 53.Rb2 Txa4 
54.Th1 Fe2 55.Th2 Tb4+ 56.Rc3 Fd1 57.Txh6 Fa4 58.Tgg6 Tb3+ 59.Rd2 Tb2+ 60.
Re3 Tb1 61.Txe6+ Rd7 62.Teg6 Te1+ 63.Rd2 Td1+ 64.Re2 1-0

[Event "Memorial Angel Rodrigues Open"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "De Prado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[ECO "A89"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 g6 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.O-O d6 6.d4 O-O 7.b3 Cc6 8.Cc3 Ce4 
9.Fb2 Cxc3 10.Fxc3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Dd5+ Rh8 13.Dxd8 Txd8 14.Cg5 Tf8 15.
Fxc6 bxc6 16.Tad1 Ff6 17.Cf3 Te8 18.Fa5 c5 19.Fc3 a5 20.Td5 a4 21.Txc5 
axb3 22.axb3 Tb8 23.Tb1 Fe6 24.Fxe5 1-0

[Event "Memorial Angel Rodrigues Open"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nedobora, Mikhail"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A86"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 d6 4.c4 g6 5.Ch3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Dxd8+ Rxd8 8.Cc3 
h6 9.b3 c6 10.Fb2 Fe6 11.f3 Cbd7 12.Cf2 Rc7 13.Cd3 Te8 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.
The1 h5 16.e4 h4 17.exf5 Fxf5 18.g4 Fxd3 19.Txd3 h3 20.Ff1 Cc5 21.Tdd1 
Fh6+ 22.Rb1 Ff4 23.Fd3 Cxd3 24.Txd3 Fxh2 25.Ce2 e4 26.Te3 exf3 27.Txf3 Ce4
28.Rc2 Cg5 29.Tf2 Fe5 30.Fxe5 Txe5 31.Th1 Te4 32.Tg1 Cf3 33.Th1 Ce5 34.Rd2
0-1

[Event "Memorial Angel Rodrigues Open"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B36m"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.c4 Cf6 6.Cc3 d6 7.Fe2 Cxd4 8.Dxd4 
Fg7 9.Fg5 O-O 10.Dd2 a6 11.f3 Fe6 12.Tc1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.a3 Cd7 15.b4 
Txa3 16.Cxb5 Ta2 17.De3 h6 18.Fh4 g5 19.Ff2 Db8 20.O-O Tc8 21.h4 Ff6 22.
hxg5 hxg5 23.Txc8+ Dxc8 24.Fd3 Ce5 25.Fb1 Tb2 26.Tc1 Db8 27.Cd4 Dxb4 28.
Cxe6 Txb1 29.Cc7 Cc4 30.De1 Dxe1+ 31.Txe1 Txe1+ 32.Fxe1 Fd4+ 33.Ff2 Fxf2+ 
34.Rxf2 Rg7 35.g3 e6 36.f4 Rg6 37.Rf3 Cd2+ 38.Re3 Cf1+ 39.Rf2 Cd2 40.Re3 
Cc4+ 41.Rd4 Cb6 42.Cb5 Cc8 43.Re3 g4 44.Rd3 f5 45.exf5+ Rxf5 46.Cd4+ Rf6 
47.Cc2 Ce7 48.Ce3 Cf5 49.Cxg4+ Re7 50.Ch2 Cxg3 51.Cf3 Rf6 52.Cd4 Cf5 53.
Cf3 Cg7 54.Cd4 d5 55.Re2 Re7 56.Rd3 Rd6 57.Cb5+ Rc6 58.Cd4+ Rc5 59.Cb3+ 
Rd6 60.Cd4 Cf5 61.Cxf5+ exf5 62.Rd4 Rc6 63.Re5 Rc5 64.Rxf5 d4 65.Rg6 d3 
66.f5 d2 67.f6 d1=D 68.f7 Dd8 69.Rg7 Dg5+ 70.Rh8 Df6+ 71.Rg8 Dg6+ 72.Rh8 
Dxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Angel Rodrigues Open"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 d6 4.b3 g6 5.Fb2 Fg7 6.Cd2 O-O 7.Ch3 De8 8.d5 c6 9.
c4 Ca6 10.O-O h6 11.Cf4 g5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Cd3 e5 14.e4 Dg6 15.f3 c5 16.
exf5 Fxf5 17.Cf2 Tad8 18.g4 Fc8 19.Te1 Cb4 20.Ff1 h5 21.a3 Cc6 22.h3 Dh6 
23.Fg2 Cd4 24.Fxd4 exd4 25.Te7 Cd7 26.Cde4 Ce5 27.Txa7 Tf4 28.Cg3 hxg4 29.
fxg4 Dh4 30.Fd5+ Rh8 31.Rg2 Tdf8 32.Ta2 Fxg4 33.Cxg4 Cxg4 34.hxg4 Txg4 35.
Dxg4 Dxg4 36.Ta1 Fh6 37.Th1 Tf6 38.Ta8+ Rg7 39.Te1 Tf7 40.Fxf7 Rxf7 41.
Ta7+ Rg6 42.Tae7 Rf6 43.T7e4 Dd7 44.a4 g4 45.Tf1+ Rg6 46.Tf5 d3 47.Txg4+ 
Rh7 48.Th4 d2 49.Td5 Rg6 50.Te4 Rf7 51.Cf5 Rg6 52.Cxd6 Ff8 53.Txd2 Fxd6 
54.Td5 Rf6 55.Te3 Dg4+ 56.Rf2 Fh2 57.Tf3+ Rg6 58.Re2 Dg2+ 59.Re3 Dc2 60.
Td3 Db2 61.Tf1 Dg2 62.Tf3 Dg5+ 63.Re2 Ff4 64.Tf2 De5+ 65.Rf1 Fe3 66.Tf3 
Fd4 67.Td2 Rh5 68.Tg2 De6 69.a5 Ff6 70.Te2 Dd6 71.Tee3 Dd1+ 72.Rg2 Dd2+ 
73.Rh3 Dd1 74.Rg2 Dd2+ 75.Rh3 Dd4 76.Tf5+ Rg6 77.Tef3 Fe5 78.a6 Da1 79.a7 
Fd4 80.Rg4 Dg1+ 81.Tg3 Da1 82.Tgf3 Dg1+ 83.Tg3 Da1 84.Rf4+ Rh6 85.Tfg5 
Dc1+ 86.Rf5 Df1+ 87.Re4 De1+ 88.Rd5 De8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Angel Rodrigues Open"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A56k"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Cc3 g6 5.e4 Fg7 6.Cge2 O-O 7.Cg3 e6 8.Fe2 exd5 
9.exd5 Ce8 10.h4 f5 11.h5 Cd7 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Fh6 Fxh6 14.Txh6 Dg5 15.Dd2 
Dxd2+ 16.Rxd2 Rg7 17.Tah1 Cdf6 18.T6h2 Fd7 19.a3 Cc7 20.b4 Th8 21.Txh8 
Txh8 22.Tb1 b6 23.f4 Te8 24.Ff3 Rf7 25.Cge2 Rg7 26.bxc5 dxc5 27.Cc1 Td8 
28.Cd3 Cfe8 29.Ce5 Cd6 30.a4 Fe8 31.Fe2 Tb8 32.g4 Td8 33.Fd3 fxg4 34.Tg1 
Rf6 35.Cxg4+ Rg7 36.Ce5 Rh7 37.Ce4 Cxe4+ 38.Fxe4 Td6 39.Re3 Tf6 40.Tg5 Rh6
41.Cg4+ 1-0

[Event "Memorial Angel Rodrigues Open"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Cf6 3.Cc3 d6 4.Fg5 Cbd7 5.Dc2 g6 6.e4 fxe4 7.Cxe4 Fg7 8.Cf3 
c5 9.Cc3 O-O 10.Fe2 Da5 11.Fd2 Db6 12.d5 Cg4 13.O-O Cde5 14.Cxe5 Fxe5 15.
Fxg4 Fxg4 16.Fh6 Tf7 17.b3 Ff5 18.Dd2 Db4 19.Tac1 a6 20.Tfe1 b5 21.Txe5 
dxe5 22.d6 Fe6 23.dxe7 Te8 24.Dd6 Tfxe7 25.Ce4 Tf7 26.Dc6 Tfe7 27.Cf6+ Rf7
28.Cxe8 Txe8 29.Df3+ Ff5 30.g4 e4 31.Df4 e3 32.gxf5 e2 33.fxg6+ Rxg6 34.
Dg5+ Rf7 35.Dh5+ Re7 36.Dxe2+ Rd7 37.Dd2+ 1-0

[Event "Memorial Angel Rodrigues Open"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D31q"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 e6 4.Cf3 dxc4 5.g3 Cf6 6.Fg2 Cbd7 7.a4 a5 8.O-O Fe7 
9.e4 Cb6 10.Fe3 O-O 11.De2 Cg4 12.Fd2 c5 13.dxc5 Fxc5 14.e5 Dd3 15.Dxd3 
cxd3 16.h3 Ch6 17.Ce4 Fe7 18.Tfd1 Fd7 19.b3 Cd5 20.Fe1 Cb4 21.Fxb4 Fxb4 
22.Txd3 Fc6 23.Cd4 Tfd8 24.Tad1 Cf5 25.Cxf5 Txd3 26.Ch6+ Rf8 27.Txd3 Fxe4 
28.Fxe4 gxh6 29.Fxb7 Tb8 30.Td7 Te8 31.Ff3 Te7 32.Td3 Tc7 33.Fh5 Fc3 34.
Te3 Tc5 35.Tf3 Fxe5 36.Txf7+ Rg8 37.Tb7 Tc7 38.Tb6 Fd4 39.Txe6 Tc2 40.Fe2 
Tc3 41.Te4 Fc5 42.Rg2 Rg7 43.Fc4 Tc2 44.Tf4 Fb4 45.h4 1-0

[Event "Memorial Angel Rodrigues Open"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Komljenovic, Davorin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A41i"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]

1.d4 d6 2.Cf3 Fg4 3.c4 Fxf3 4.exf3 c6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fd3 Fg7 7.d5 Cf6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Te1 Cbd7 10.f4 Cb6 11.f5 Tc8 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Fg5 Te8 14.Db3 Cfd7 15.
Ff1 Cc5 16.Da3 cxd5 17.cxd5 a6 18.Tad1 Dd7 19.Db4 Cba4 20.Cxa4 Cxa4 21.Td3
Cxb2 22.Th3 Cc4 23.Fxc4 Dg4 24.f4 f6 25.Tg3 Df5 26.Fd3 Dxd5 27.Fxg6 Tc4 
28.Db3 Tec8 29.Fd3 fxg5 30.Fxc4 Txc4 31.Txg5 Dd4+ 32.Rh1 Dxf4 33.Tf5 Dh4 
34.Tef1 e6 35.T5f3 b5 36.Dd3 De7 37.Dg6 Tc7 38.Th3 Df6 39.Dh7+ 1-0

[Event "Memorial Angel Rodrigues Open"]
[Site "Candas ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D34u"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Cc6 6.Fg2 Cf6 7.O-O Fe7 8.Cc3 
O-O 9.Fg5 cxd4 10.Cxd4 h6 11.Fe3 Te8 12.Da4 Fd7 13.Tad1 Cb4 14.Db3 a5 15.
a4 Tc8 16.Cc2 b5 17.Cxb4 bxa4 18.Cxa4 Tb8 19.Cb6 Txb6 20.Fxb6 Dxb6 21.Fxd5
Cxd5 22.Txd5 Fh3 23.Da4 Tc8 24.Cd3 Fxf1 25.Rxf1 Fb4 26.Dd7 Tb8 27.h4 Db7 
28.h5 a4 29.Dxb7 Txb7 30.Td8+ Rh7 31.Ta8 Tb5 32.Txa4 Fe7 33.Ta7 Ff6 34.
Txf7 Fxb2 35.Cxb2 Txb2 36.f4 Tb5 37.g4 Rg8 38.Tf5 Tb2 39.Rf2 g6 40.hxg6 
Rg7 41.g5 Tb6 42.Tf7+ 1-0

[Event "BG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Genov, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "B90i"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Dd2 Cc6 11.Cb3 Fe6 12.f3 Cge5 13.Cd5 b5 14.Ff2 Tb8 15.Cd4 
Cxd4 16.Fxd4 Tg8 17.O-O-O Fxd5 18.exd5 Tc8 19.Rb1 Dc7 20.h4 Ff6 21.hxg5 
hxg5 22.Fd3 Cc4 23.Fxc4 Fxd4 24.Fd3 Ff6 25.Ff5 Tb8 26.Tde1 Dc5 27.Te4 Tb7 
28.a3 Db6 29.g3 Tc7 30.Th6 Tc4 31.Te1 Rf8 32.Txf6 exf6 33.Dh2 Dd8 34.Dh6+ 
Tg7 35.Te6 Rg8 36.Dxf6 1-0

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A80k"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 d5 3.Ff4 Cf6 4.e3 c6 5.Cf3 g6 6.Fd3 Fg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ce2 Ce4 
9.c4 Rh8 10.Fe5 e6 11.b4 Cd6 12.Fxg7+ Rxg7 13.Db3 Cd7 14.a4 Df6 15.cxd5 
exd5 16.b5 Ce4 17.Tac1 Dd6 18.Dc2 Tf6 19.Tfd1 a6 20.Cf4 h6 21.Db2 Rh7 22.
Ce5 Cec5 23.Txc5 Cxc5 24.dxc5 Dxc5 25.Cd7 1-0

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gazik, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B06o"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Fg7 3.Cc3 d6 4.Fe3 Cd7 5.h4 Cgf6 6.f3 e5 7.Dd2 O-O 8.O-O-O h5
9.Cge2 c6 10.Fh6 b5 11.Fxg7 Rxg7 12.Cg3 Tb8 13.Fe2 b4 14.Ca4 Da5 15.dxe5 
dxe5 16.b3 Cb6 17.Dg5 Th8 18.Cb2 Dxa2 19.Td6 Fe6 20.Cf5+ Fxf5 21.Dxf6+ Rg8
22.exf5 Da1+ 23.Rd2 Dxb2 24.Fd3 Cd5 25.Txd5 cxd5 26.fxg6 Dc3+ 27.Re2 Dc7 
28.Th3 fxg6 29.Tg3 Th7 30.Dxg6+ Tg7 31.Dh7+ 1-0

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sznapik, Aleksander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C92f"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Cd7 10.d4 Ff6 11.Fe3 Ca5 12.Fc2 Cc4 13.Fc1 Fb7 14.b3 Ccb6 15.Cbd2 Te8
16.a4 b4 17.a5 bxc3 18.Cb1 exd4 19.axb6 c5 20.Ca3 Cxb6 21.Cc4 Cxc4 22.bxc4
Ta7 23.Dd3 g6 24.Ff4 Fe5 25.Fg5 Ff6 26.h4 Fc6 27.Fa4 Fxa4 28.Txa4 a5 29.g3
Fxg5 30.hxg5 Te6 31.Rg2 Tae7 32.Ta2 Te8 33.Tea1 Da8 34.Te2 a4 35.Tae1 a3 
36.Ta1 Tb8 37.Ch2 h5 38.gxh6 f5 39.h7+ Rh8 40.f3 Tb2 41.Rh3 a2 42.g4 fxe4 
43.Txe4 Txe4 44.fxe4 Df8 45.Cf3 Df4 46.e5 dxe5 47.Te1 Tf2 0-1

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B33t"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 Fg7 11.Fd3 Ce7 12.Cxe7 Dxe7 13.c3 f5 14.Cc2 Fb7 15.
exf5 Dg5 16.Ce3 d5 17.O-O O-O 18.f4 exf4 19.Dg4 Dxg4 20.Cxg4 f6 21.Txf4 
Tfe8 22.a4 Fc6 23.axb5 axb5 24.Txa8 Txa8 25.Rf2 h5 26.Ce3 Ff8 27.Cd1 Ta4 
28.Txa4 bxa4 29.Fe2 Fc5+ 30.Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D48f"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c6 4.e3 Cf6 5.Cf3 Cbd7 6.Fd3 dxc4 7.Fxc4 b5 8.Fd3 
Fb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Fc2 Dc7 13.Cd4 Cc5 14.Fg5 O-O-O 15.Fxf6 
gxf6 16.b4 cxb3 17.Fxb3 Rb8 18.Tc1 Fd6 19.Dh5 Ff4 20.Ccxb5 Db6 21.Cc6+ 
Fxc6 22.dxc6 Cxb3 23.Tb1 axb5 24.Txb3 Fe5 25.Tfb1 Dxc6 26.Txb5+ Rc8 27.Tb6
Dc2 28.g3 Td7 29.Dg4 Thd8 30.Rg2 Td2 31.Tf1 Fd4 32.Tbb1 Txf2+ 33.Txf2 Dxb1
34.Tf1 Dxa2+ 35.Rh3 Rd7 36.Tc1 Re7 37.Dg7 Fe5 0-1

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C82h"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Fb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Fe6 9.Cbd2 Cc5 10.c3 Fe7 11.Fc2 Fg4 12.Te1 O-O 13.Cf1 Te8 14.h3 Fh5 15.Cg3
Fg6 16.Fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A41d"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.Cf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.g3 Cf6 4.Fg2 g6 5.b3 Fg7 6.Fb2 O-O 7.O-O De8 8.c4 h6 9.
Cc3 g5 10.Dc2 Dh5 11.e3 Ca6 12.a3 c6 13.Tae1 Tb8 14.d5 cxd5 15.Cxd5 Cxd5 
16.Fxg7 Rxg7 17.cxd5 Dg6 18.Cd4 Fd7 19.f4 Tbc8 20.Db2 Df6 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.
Fh3 De5 23.e4 Cc7 24.Fxf5 Cb5 25.Td1 Cxd4 26.Dxd4 Dxd4+ 27.Txd4 Fxf5 28.
exf5 Tc3 29.Tb4 b6 30.g4 Rf7 31.Te1 Tfc8 32.a4 Td3 33.a5 Txd5 34.axb6 axb6
35.Txb6 Td4 36.h3 Tc7 37.Te2 Td3 38.Rg2 Tcc3 39.Tb7 Tg3+ 40.Rf2 Tcf3+ 41.
Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B48v"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Dc7 5.Cc3 e6 6.Fe3 a6 7.Fd3 Cf6 8.O-O 
Ce5 9.h3 Fc5 10.Rh1 d6 11.f4 Cg6 12.Dd2 Fd7 13.Tae1 O-O 14.Fg1 Tad8 15.e5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C05j"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cf6 4.e5 Cfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Cc6 7.Cdf3 Db6 8.h4 cxd4 
9.cxd4 Fb4+ 10.Rf2 f6 11.Fe3 Fe7 12.Dd2 Da5 13.Fd3 Cb6 14.Dxa5 Cxa5 15.b3 
Fd7 16.h5 Cc6 17.h6 g6 18.exf6 Fxf6 19.Ce5 Cb4 20.Fe2 Cc8 21.Cgf3 Cd6 22.
Thc1 Cc6 23.g4 Tc8 24.Rg2 Cf7 25.Cxf7 Rxf7 26.Ce5+ Re8 27.Tf1 Tf8 28.Tac1 
Fd8 29.Fd3 Fb6 30.Cxc6 Txc6 31.Txc6 bxc6 32.b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D45t"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c6 4.e3 Cf6 5.Cf3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Fe2 Te8 
9.O-O De7 10.Fb2 b6 11.Tfe1 Fb7 12.Cd2 Tac8 13.e4 e5 14.dxe5 Fxe5 15.exd5 
cxd5 16.Ff3 Dd6 17.h3 Db8 18.cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal B"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "D43q"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fxf6 Dxf6 7.Db3 a5 8.g3 Dd8 
9.Fg2 Fe7 10.O-O O-O 11.Tfd1 Cd7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Cxe4 a4 14.Dc2 Dc7 15.Cc3 
a3 16.b3 Td8 17.Tac1 Cf6 18.Ce5 Fd7 19.c5 Fe8 20.Cc4 Cd7 21.Ca4 Ff6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B45w"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Cdb5 Fb4 7.a3 Fxc3+ 8.
Cxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Fd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ce2 Fg4 13.Fg5 Dd6 14.f3 Fh5 
15.De1 Fg6 16.Td1 Cd5 17.Df2 Cb6 18.Fc1 Tac8 19.b3 Tfd8 20.Fb2 Cd5 21.Cxd4
Fxd3 22.Txd3 Cf4 23.Td2 Cxd4 24.Txd4 Dg6 25.Txd8+ Txd8 26.Rh1 Tc8 27.Td1 
h5 28.Td2 Te8 29.h3 Dg5 30.h4 Dg6 31.Rh2 Df5 32.Dxa7 Cxg2 33.Dd4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B65g"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 Fe7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 Cxd4 10.Dxd4 Da5 11.Fc4 Fd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Fc6 14.Fd2 Cd7 15.
Cd5 Dd8 16.Cxe7+ Dxe7 17.The1 Dc5 18.Dxc5 Cxc5 19.Fe3 Cd7 20.Ff1 Tfc8 21.
Ff2 h6 22.b3 b6 23.Td4 Rf8 24.Rb2 Cc5 25.Ted1 Re8 26.Tg4 Rf8 27.Tc4 Fd5 
28.Tcd4 Re8 29.Fh4 Fc6 30.Td6 Cb7 31.T6d4 Cc5 32.a3 Cd7 33.Fa6 Tc7 34.Ff1 
Tb8 35.Td6 Tcc8 36.a4 Tc7 37.T1d4 g5 38.Fg3 Re7 39.Tc4 Tbc8 40.h4 Fb7 41.
Txc7 Txc7 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Td4 Cc5 44.Fe1 Td7 45.Txd7+ Rxd7 46.Rc3 Fe4 47.
Fb5+ Rc7 48.Fe8 Fg6 49.b4 Cd7 50.Rd4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]

1.Cf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.g3 Cf6 4.Fg2 g6 5.O-O Fg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Cc3 De8 8.d5 Ca6 
9.Tb1 Fd7 10.b4 c6 11.dxc6 Fxc6 12.Db3 Ce4 13.Fb2 Cxc3 14.Fxc3 Fxc3 15.
Dxc3 Tc8 16.Tbc1 Tf6 17.a3 Rg7 18.Tfe1 Cb8 19.c5 Fe4 20.De3 dxc5 21.Txc5 
Txc5 22.Dxc5 a6 23.Ce5 Fxg2 24.Rxg2 Cd7 25.Dc3 Cxe5 26.Dxe5 Dc6+ 27.Rg1 
Dd6 28.Dxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A39i"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Fg2 Fg7 4.Cf3 Cc6 5.O-O Cf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Cxd4 O-O 8.Cc3 
Cg4 9.e3 d6 10.Cce2 Fd7 11.b3 Cxd4 12.Cxd4 Tb8 13.Fb2 Da5 14.h3 Ce5 15.De2
Tfc8 16.Tfd1 Cc6 17.Cb5 Fxb2 18.Dxb2 a6 19.Cc3 De5 20.Tac1 b5 21.cxb5 axb5
22.Dd2 Rf8 23.f4 Dg7 24.Ce4 Td8 25.Cxd6 Fxh3 26.Txc6 Fxg2 27.Rxg2 Df6 28.
Rf3 Ta8 29.Dd4 Dxd4 30.Txd4 Txd6 31.Tdxd6 exd6 32.Txd6 Txa2 33.Tb6 h5 34.
Txb5 Tb2 35.b4 f5 36.Tb7 Rg8 37.b5 Rf8 38.b6 Rg8 39.g4 hxg4+ 40.Rg3 Rf8 
41.Rh4 Tb3 42.Rg5 g3 43.Rxg6 Txe3 44.Rf6 Rg8 45.Tg7+ Rh8 46.Tg5 Rh7 47.
Tg7+ Rh8 48.Rf7 Td3 49.b7 Td8 50.Txg3 Td7+ 51.Rf8 Txb7 52.Th3+ Th7 53.
Txh7+ Rxh7 54.Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C69n"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Cxd4 c5 8.Cb3 
Dxd1 9.Txd1 Fg4 10.f3 Fe6 11.Fe3 b6 12.a4 a5 13.Cc3 c6 14.Cc1 g6 15.C1e2 
Ch6 16.Fxh6 Fxh6 17.Td6 Fd7 18.Tad1 Td8 19.Txf6 Re7 20.Tfd6 Fe3+ 21.Rf1 
Fd4 22.T6xd4 cxd4 23.Cxd4 Fe8 24.Re2 Tf8 25.Re3 c5 26.Cdb5 Txd1 27.Cxd1 
Ff7 28.Cdc3 Rd7 29.f4 Fe6 30.g3 h5 31.h4 Td8 32.e5 Rc6 33.Cd6 Txd6 34.exd6
Rxd6 35.Ce4+ Rd5 36.Cd2 Ff5 37.c4+ Rc6 38.Ce4 Fe6 39.Cd2 Rd6 40.Ce4+ Re7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 e5 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 Fb4 5.Cd5 Fd6 6.Fg2 O-O 7.O-O e4 8.Ce1 
Te8 9.d3 Cxd5 10.cxd5 exd3 11.Cxd3 Ce5 12.e4 Cxd3 13.Dxd3 Fc5 14.Fe3 Fxe3 
15.Dxe3 d6 16.Tac1 Fd7 17.Df4 Te5 18.Tfd1 c5 19.dxc6 Fxc6 20.Td4 De7 21.
Tcd1 Te8 22.Txd6 Fxe4 23.Td7 De6 24.Fxe4 Txe4 25.Df3 h6 26.Txb7 Dc4 27.h4 
Te1+ 28.Txe1 Txe1+ 29.Rh2 De6 30.Txa7 Te5 31.Ta8+ Rh7 32.Dd3+ f5 33.Df3 
Te4 34.Ta5 f4 35.g4 Td4 36.b3 De1 37.Tf5 Dd2 38.a4 Dc2 39.h5 Td3 40.Dxf4 
Txb3 41.Te5 Tb4 42.Df7 Txg4 43.Te8 Tg2+ 44.Rxg2 Dc6+ 45.Df3 Dxe8 46.Df5+ 
Rh8 47.a5 Dc6+ 48.f3 Dd6 49.Dc8+ Rh7 50.Dc2+ Rh8 51.De2 Dd8 52.De5 Dd2+ 
53.Rg3 Dc1 54.f4 Dg1+ 55.Rf3 Df1+ 56.Re4 Dc4+ 57.Rf3 Dd3+ 58.Rg4 Dd1+ 59.
Rh4 Dd8+ 60.Rg3 Dd3+ 61.Rg4 Dd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[ECO "B78p"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Dd2 
Cc6 9.Fc4 Fd7 10.h4 Ce5 11.Fb3 h5 12.O-O-O Tc8 13.Fg5 Tc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.f4
Cc4 16.De2 b5 17.f5 Db6 18.h5 Cxh5 19.Dxg4 Cxb2 20.Rxb2 Txc3 21.Rxc3 Dc5+ 
22.Rb2 Fxd4+ 23.Rb1 Fg7 24.Fh6 Dc3 25.Fxg7 Dxg7 26.Tdg1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E15s"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Cd2 O-O 12.O-O Tc8 13.Te1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.e4
cxd4 16.Fxd4 dxe4 17.Cxe4 Cf6 18.Cxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A48l"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.Ff4 Fg7 4.e3 d6 5.Fe2 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.O-O Db6 8.Cbd2 Fe6
9.Cg5 Fd7 10.Cc4 Dc7 11.c3 h6 12.Cf3 b6 13.Fd3 Db7 14.Te1 Fc6 15.Ccd2 Ce4 
16.Cxe4 Fxe4 17.De2 Cd7 18.Fa6 Dc7 19.Cd2 Fb7 20.Fxb7 Dxb7 21.e4 cxd4 22.
cxd4 Tac8 23.Cf3 Tc7 24.De3 Rh7 25.Db3 Cf6 26.e5 dxe5 27.Cxe5 Tcc8 28.a4 
Cd5 29.Fd2 e6 30.h4 h5 31.a5 Tc7 32.a6 Dc8 33.Dd3 Td8 34.Fg5 Td6 35.Da3 
Fxe5 36.dxe5 Tdc6 37.Db3 Tc2 38.Ta4 T7c4 39.Te4 Txa4 40.Txa4 Te2 41.Df3 
Te1+ 42.Rh2 Rg8 43.Ff6 Dc7 44.g3 Dc2 45.b3 Te3 46.Dg2 Txb3 47.Td4 Td3 48.
Te4 Td2 49.Tf4 Rh7 50.Tf3 Ce3 0-1

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 e5 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 Fb4 5.Cd5 e4 6.Ch4 d6 7.Fg2 g5 8.Da4 Fd7 
9.Cxb4 Cd4 10.Dd1 gxh4 11.Cc2 h3 12.Fxe4 Cxe4 13.Cxd4 Df6 14.Cf3 Fc6 15.
O-O h6 16.d4 d5 17.c5 O-O-O 18.Ce5 Thg8 19.a4 h5 20.Ta3 De6 21.b4 f6 22.
Cd3 h4 23.Cf4 Df5 24.b5 Fe8 25.Dd3 Td7 26.Db3 Tg5 27.c6 Tdg7 28.cxb7+ Rxb7
29.Df3 Dd7 30.Cd3 Fh5 31.Cc5+ Cxc5 32.dxc5 Rb8 33.Dxf6 Tf5 34.Dd4 Fxe2 35.
Te1 hxg3 36.Txg3 Txg3+ 37.fxg3 De8 38.Txe2 1-0

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B57e"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fc4 Db6 7.Cde2 e6 8.O-O 
a6 9.Fb3 Fe7 10.Cg3 h5 11.h3 h4 12.Cge2 Ca5 13.Rh1 Dc7 14.a4 b6 15.Fe3 Fb7
16.Dd4 d5 17.exd5 Fc5 18.Df4 Fd6 19.Dd4 Fc5 20.Dd3 Cxb3 21.cxb3 Fxd5 22.
Cxd5 Cxd5 23.Fxc5 Dxc5 24.Tac1 De7 25.Cc3 Cxc3 26.bxc3 O-O 27.Tfd1 Tfd8 
28.De3 Txd1+ 29.Txd1 Td8 30.Td4 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.De5 Txd4 33.Dxd4 e5 34.
Dd5 Dg5 35.Da8+ Rh7 36.De4+ g6 37.c4 bxc4 38.bxc4 f5 39.f4 exf4 40.Df3 De7
41.Dxf4 Rg7 42.Df2 De4 43.Db2+ Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Fb4 3.Cd5 Fc5 4.Cf3 e4 5.d4 Fe7 6.Cd2 c6 7.Cxe7 Dxe7 8.e3 f5
9.Fe2 Cf6 10.O-O d6 11.Cb1 O-O 12.Cc3 Fe6 13.f4 exf3 14.Txf3 d5 15.b3 Te8 
16.Fd2 Cbd7 17.Df1 Tf8 18.Tc1 Ce4 19.Cxe4 fxe4 20.Tf2 Dg5 21.a4 h5 22.Tc3 
Txf2 23.Dxf2 Tf8 24.Dg3 Dxg3 25.hxg3 g6 26.Fc1 Tf6 27.Fa3 Rf7 28.Fb4 Re8 
29.Fa5 Tf5 30.Fc7 Cf6 31.c5 Rd7 32.Ff4 g5 33.Fb8 a6 34.b4 Rc8 35.Fd6 Fd7 
36.Fe7 Cg8 37.Fd6 Ch6 38.Ta3 Cg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C89r"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.exd5 Cxd5 10.Cxe5 Cxe5 11.Txe5 c6 12.d4 Fd6 13.Te1 Dh4 14.g3 Dh3 15.Fe3 
Fg4 16.Dd3 Tae8 17.Cd2 f5 18.Df1 Dh5 19.f4 Rh8 20.Fxd5 cxd5 21.Dg2 Te4 22.
h4 h6 23.Cxe4 fxe4 24.Tf1 Tf6 25.a4 Tg6 26.axb5 axb5 27.f5 Fxf5 28.Ff4 Fe7
29.Fe5 Fxh4 30.Ta7 Fxg3 31.Fxg3 e3 32.Te7 Fe4 33.Te8+ Rh7 34.Txe4 dxe4 35.
Dxe4 Dh3 36.Tf3 e2 37.Db1 h5 38.Rf2 h4 39.Fe5 Dg2+ 40.Re3 1-0

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B10n"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cxd5 6.Fc4 Cb6 7.Fb3 Cc6 8.
Cf3 Ff5 9.d4 e6 10.O-O Fe7 11.h3 O-O 12.a3 Ff6 13.Fe3 Tc8 14.De2 Tc7 15.
Tfd1 Td7 16.Dd2 Db8 17.Ca4 Cxa4 18.Fxa4 Fe4 19.Ff4 Dd8 20.Fxc6 Fxc6 21.Ce5
Fxe5 22.Fxe5 f6 23.Fg3 e5 24.Dc3 exd4 25.Dc4+ Rh8 26.Td2 Db6 27.f3 Tfd8 
28.Ff2 Fb5 29.Db4 a5 30.Db3 Dc6 31.Dd1 d3 32.Tc1 De6 33.a4 Fc4 34.Tc3 h6 
35.De1 Dxe1+ 36.Fxe1 Fa6 37.Fg3 Te8 38.Tc7 Td5 39.Tc3 Te6 40.Ff2 Tde5 41.
Tc1 Rh7 42.Fd4 Te2 43.Fc3 Txd2 44.Fxd2 Te2 45.Fc3 Fc4 46.Te1 Tc2 47.Td1 b6
48.Rh2 Rg6 49.Fd4 Rf5 50.Fxb6 Txb2 51.Fxa5 Rf4 52.Rg1 Re3 53.Te1+ Rd4 54.
Td1 Ta2 55.Fd2 Txd2 0-1

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry M"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E01"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Cf6 5.Fg2 Cbd7 6.Cbd2 b6 7.O-O Fb7 8.Dc2 c5 
9.cxd5 Cxd5 10.Da4 a6 11.Ce4 b5 12.Dd1 Fe7 13.Fg5 f6 14.dxc5 Cxc5 15.Cxc5 
Fxc5 16.Tc1 Tc8 17.Fd2 O-O 18.Db3 f5 19.Ce5 De7 20.Cd3 Fd6 21.e4 fxe4 22.
Fxe4 Cc3 23.Fxh7+ Rxh7 24.Txc3 e5 25.Txc8 Txc8 26.Tc1 Tf8 27.Fe3 Fa8 28.
Ce1 Rh8 29.Dd3 Fb4 30.Cg2 Db7 31.Df1 Td8 32.Fg5 Fd2 33.Fxd8 Fxc1 34.b3 Fd2
35.h4 Dd7 36.Fg5 Fxg5 37.hxg5 Dh3 38.f4 Dxg3 39.fxe5 Fe4 40.De2 Dxe5 41.
Dg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It A"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D58j"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Fd3 Fb7 
9.O-O Cbd7 10.De2 c5 11.Tfd1 Ce4 12.Fxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B66h"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
h6 9.Ff4 Fd7 10.Cxc6 Fxc6 11.f3 d5 12.De1 Fb4 13.a3 Fa5 14.Fd2 De7 15.e5 
Cd7 16.Rb1 Fb6 17.f4 h5 18.Ce2 g6 19.g3 Dc5 20.Fc3 Df2 21.Dxf2 Fxf2 22.Fd4
Fxd4 23.Cxd4 Tc8 24.b3 Cc5 25.Fg2 b5 26.h3 Re7 27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Fb7 29.
Rb2 Cd7 30.g5 Cc5 31.Txh8 Txh8 32.Th1 Txh1 33.Fxh1 Rd7 34.Ff3 Rc7 35.Rc3 
Rb6 36.b4 Ca4+ 37.Rd2 Fc6 38.c3 Rc7 39.Fd1 Cb6 40.Fb3 Fd7 41.Re3 Cc8 42.
Fc2 Ce7 43.Cb3 Rb6 44.Fd3 Fe8 45.Cd4 Cc6 46.Cc2 a5 47.Fe2 Fd7 48.Rd3 axb4 
49.axb4 Fc8 50.Ff3 Fb7 51.Ce3 Rc7 52.Cg4 Rd7 53.Rd2 Fa6 54.Fe2 Rd8 55.Cf2 
Rc7 56.Ff1 Ce7 57.Cg4 Rd8 58.Ce3 Cc6 59.Cc2 Rc7 60.Fd3 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B77i"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Dd2 
Cc6 9.Fc4 Fd7 10.h4 Ce5 11.Fb3 h5 12.Fh6 Tc8 13.Fxg7 Rxg7 14.O-O-O Cc4 15.
Dd3 Ca5 16.Cde2 Cxb3+ 17.cxb3 b5 18.Rb1 Db6 19.Cf4 Fc6 20.De2 Db7 21.The1 
e5 22.Cfd5 b4 23.Cxf6 bxc3 24.Txd6 Db4 25.Txc6 Txc6 26.Cd5 c2+ 27.Rc1 Da5 
28.a3 Tb8 29.b4 Da4 30.Dd3 Td8 31.Te2 a5 32.b5 Tc4 33.Td2 Td4 34.Dc3 Dxb5 
35.Txd4 exd4 36.Dxd4+ Rh6 37.Dd2+ Rg7 38.Dd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B07l"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 Cbd7 4.h3 e5 5.g4 h6 6.Fg2 exd4 7.Dxd4 g6 8.Fe3 Fg7
9.Dd2 Cb6 10.b3 d5 11.Td1 c6 12.Cge2 Fe6 13.Cf4 g5 14.Cxe6 fxe6 15.O-O De7
16.exd5 Cbxd5 17.Cxd5 Cxd5 18.c4 Cxe3 19.fxe3 Tf8 20.Dd3 Tf6 21.Txf6 Fxf6 
22.Dg6+ Df7 23.Dxf7+ Rxf7 24.Td7+ Fe7 25.Txb7 Td8 26.Fxc6 Td1+ 27.Rf2 Td2+
28.Rf3 Txa2 29.Re4 Rf6 30.Fe8 Ta5 31.b4 Ta3 32.c5 a5 33.c6 Tc3 34.bxa5 Fc5
35.Tf7+ Rg6 36.Tf5+ Rg7 37.Txc5 Txc5 38.a6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E06"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.g3 d5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Fg2 e6 4.d4 Fe7 5.c4 O-O 6.Cc3 c6 7.O-O b6 8.b3 Fa6 9.
Fb2 Cbd7 10.Cd2 Tc8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Cdxe4 b5 13.cxb5 cxb5 14.Te1 b4 15.Ca4 
Fb5 16.Cec5 Cxc5 17.Cxc5 Fc6 18.a3 Fxg2 19.Rxg2 a5 20.axb4 axb4 21.Ta7 Ta8
22.Da1 Fxc5 23.dxc5 Dd5+ 24.Rg1 Ce4 25.Txa8 Txa8 26.Dd1 Dxd1 27.Txd1 Cxc5 
28.Fe5 f6 29.Fc7 Cxb3 30.Rf1 e5 31.f4 Ta2 32.Td8+ Rf7 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Tb8 
Cd2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B81h"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Fe3 Cc6 8.f3 a6 
9.Fc4 Ca5 10.Fd3 b5 11.Dd2 Dc7 12.O-O-O Tb8 13.Rb1 g6 14.h4 Cd7 15.f4 Cc4 
16.Fxc4 Dxc4 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Txh1 19.Txh1 Fb7 20.b3 Dc7 21.Th8 e5 22.
Cdxb5 axb5 23.Cxb5 Dc6 24.Cxd6+ Re7 25.fxe5 Re6 26.Cb5 Dxb5 27.Txf8 Dc6 
28.Txb8 Cxb8 29.Dd8 Ca6 30.Df6+ Rd7 31.Dxf7+ Rc8 32.Df8+ Rc7 33.Df7+ Rb8 
34.e6 Dxe4 35.e7 Fc6 36.e8=D+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E98g"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.Ce1 Ce8 10.Fe3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Ff2 h5 13.c5 g5 14.a4 Rh8 15.a5 dxc5 16.
Fxc5 Cd6 17.Cd3 Cg8 18.b4 Ch6 19.Cf2 Tg8 20.Ta3 Ff8 21.h3 b6 22.axb6 cxb6 
23.Fxd6 Fxd6 24.Cb5 Fxb4 25.Txa7 Txa7 26.Cxa7 Fc5 27.Cc6 Df6 28.Da1 Cf7 
29.Tc1 g4 30.hxg4 hxg4 31.fxg4 Fxg4 32.Fxg4 Fxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Txg4 34.Th1+ Rg7
35.Da3 Dg6 36.Dh3 Tg3 37.Df5 Txg2+ 38.Rf1 Dxf5 39.exf5 Td2 40.Tg1+ Rf6 41.
Tg6+ Rxf5 42.Ce7+ Re4 43.Txb6 Cg5 44.Tb3 f3 45.Tb4+ Rd3 46.d6 Rc3 47.Ta4 
Txd6 48.Cf5 Td2 49.Cg3 Rd3 50.Ta5 Ce4 51.Ta3+ Cc3 52.Ta8 Re3 53.Cf5+ Rf4 
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B48r"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Fd3 Cf6 8.O-O 
Fd6 9.h3 Ff4 10.Fxf4 Dxf4 11.Cxc6 dxc6 12.a4 Dc7 13.a5 e5 14.Dd2 Fe6 15.
Ca4 Td8 16.Dc3 O-O 17.Cc5 Fc8 18.Tad1 Ch5 19.Fc4 Cf4 20.b4 De7 21.Df3 h5 
22.c3 g5 23.Cd3 Cxd3 24.Fxd3 h4 25.Fc4 Rg7 26.Txd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B66h"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
h6 9.Ff4 Fd7 10.Cxc6 Fxc6 11.f3 d5 12.De1 Fb4 13.a3 Fa5 14.Fd2 Tc8 15.Rb1 
dxe4 16.fxe4 De7 17.e5 Cd7 18.Dg3 Fc7 19.Dxg7 Fxe5 20.Dg4 Cf6 21.Dh3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B06q"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.Fe3 c6 5.Dd2 Cd7 6.f3 b5 7.h4 b4 8.Cd1 Da5 9.
Cf2 Tb8 10.h5 gxh5 11.Ce2 Cgf6 12.Cg3 Tg8 13.Cd3 Fa6 14.Rf2 Fxd3 15.Fxd3 
c5 16.Cf5 Dc7 17.c3 bxc3 18.Cxg7+ Txg7 19.bxc3 e5 20.Tab1 Re7 21.Txb8 Dxb8
22.dxc5 Cxc5 23.Fxc5 dxc5 24.Tb1 Dd6 25.Tb7+ Cd7 26.De3 a6 27.Ta7 Db6 28.
Txa6 Db2+ 29.Fe2 Tg6 30.Ta7 Db6 31.Ta8 Df6 32.Ta7 Db6 33.Ta6 Db2 34.Ta8 h6
35.Ta7 Tc6 36.a4 c4 37.a5 Db5 38.Rg3 Ta6 39.Rh2 Dxa5 40.Tb7 Tc6 41.Fxc4 
Tc7 42.Txc7 Dxc7 43.Fd5 Dd6 44.Df2 Df6 45.c4 Df4+ 46.Dg3 Dg5 47.Rh3 f5 48.
Dxg5+ hxg5 49.exf5 Cf6 50.Fe6 Rd6 51.Ff7 Rc5 52.Rg3 Rd4 53.Rf2 h4 54.Fe6 
Ch5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B70k"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe2 Fg7 7.Cb3 O-O 8.O-O 
a6 9.Fg5 Cbd7 10.Te1 b5 11.Fd3 Tb8 12.Dd2 Ce5 13.Cd5 Cxd5 14.exd5 Te8 15.
Ca5 Dc7 16.Ff1 b4 17.Cb3 a5 18.Tac1 a4 19.Cd4 Fd7 20.b3 Da5 21.Ce2 axb3 
22.axb3 Fc8 23.Ted1 Fb7 24.h3 Tbc8 25.Fh6 Tc5 26.Fxg7 Rxg7 27.Cf4 Rg8 28.
Ta1 Dc7 29.Dxb4 Txc2 30.Ta7 Tb8 31.Tda1 Dc3 32.Dxc3 Txc3 33.b4 Tb3 34.b5 
Cd7 35.h4 h6 36.g3 Rg7 37.Td1 Cc5 38.Te1 Rf6 39.Fc4 Tb4 40.Tc1 Ta8 41.Txa8
Fxa8 42.Tc2 Ca4 43.Fd3 Cc5 44.Fc4 Fb7 45.f3 Cd7 46.Ff1 Cb6 47.Td2 Fc8 48.
Ta2 Tb1 49.Rf2 Fb7 50.Td2 Tb3 51.g4 e6 52.g5+ hxg5 53.hxg5+ Re7 54.Ta2 
Fxd5 55.Cxd5+ exd5 56.Ta7+ Rf8 57.Ta6 Cc4 58.Fxc4 dxc4 59.Txd6 Txb5 60.Tc6
Tb2+ 61.Re3 Tc2 62.Rd4 Re7 63.f4 Tc1 64.Txc4 Txc4+ 65.Rxc4 Re6 66.Rd4 Rf5 
67.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C16d"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 b6 5.Dg4 Ff8 6.Fg5 Dd7 7.f4 h6 8.Fh4 h5 9.
Dh3 Fa6 10.Cf3 Ch6 11.O-O-O Fxf1 12.Thxf1 Cc6 13.Cg1 Cf5 14.Ff2 g6 15.Df3 
Ca5 16.g3 c5 17.h3 cxd4 18.Fxd4 Tc8 19.Ff2 b5 20.g4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Ce7 22.
Dd3 Tc4 23.b3 Txf4 24.Cxb5 Cec6 25.Dg3 Tb4 26.Cd4 Cxd4 27.Fxd4 Cc6 28.Fb2 
Te4 29.Rb1 Fh6 30.Tde1 Txe1+ 31.Txe1 d4 32.Cf3 d3 33.Dg2 Cb4 34.Cd4 dxc2+ 
35.Cxc2 Cd5 36.Ca3 Ff4 37.Th1 Txh1+ 38.Dxh1 Dc6 39.Dh8+ Rd7 40.Df8 Ce7 41.
Ra1 Dc5 42.Dxf7 Fxe5 43.Df1 Fxb2+ 44.Rxb2 Dd4+ 45.Rb1 De4+ 46.Rb2 Dd4+ 47.
Rb1 e5 48.Df6 De4+ 49.Rb2 Df4 50.Da6 Dd4+ 51.Rb1 e4 52.Cc2 Dd1+ 53.Rb2 Cc6
54.Db7+ Rd6 55.Dc8 Df3 56.b4 Df6+ 57.Rb3 Df3+ 58.Rb2 e3 59.De8 Dxg4 60.
Dxe3 Df5 61.a4 De5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.Cf3 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 d6 4.d4 g6 5.b3 Fg7 6.Fb2 O-O 7.O-O Ce4 8.c4 Cc6 
9.Cbd2 Cxd2 10.Dxd2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Dd5+ Rh8 13.Dxd8 Txd8 14.Tfd1 Txd1+
15.Txd1 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B14t"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.Cf3 Fb4 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.Dc2 
Cc6 9.a3 Fe7 10.Fd3 Cf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Td1 Fd7 13.Ce5 a6 14.Fe3 Dc7 15.Cxd7
Dxd7 16.d5 exd5 17.Ff5 Dd6 18.Ce4 De5 19.Cxf6+ Fxf6 20.Fxh7+ Rh8 21.Fd3 
Dxb2 22.Tab1 Dxc2 23.Fxc2 d4 24.Ff4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D42r"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.Cf3 Fe7 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.Fd3 
Cc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Te1 Ff6 11.Fe4 Cce7 12.Ce5 Fd7 13.Dd3 g6 14.Fh6 Fg7 15.
Fxg7 Rxg7 16.Fxd5 exd5 17.Te2 f6 18.Cxd7 Dxd7 19.Tae1 Cc6 20.g3 Tf7 21.Ca4
b6 22.Cc3 Td8 23.Rg2 Df5 24.Td2 Dd7 25.h3 Te7 26.Txe7+ Cxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A80p"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Fg5 d5 4.Fxf6 exf6 5.e3 Fe6 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.Df3 Dd7 8.a3 
O-O-O 9.Cge2 g6 10.h3 h5 11.O-O-O Ce7 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Cc1 Cc8 14.Cb3 b6 15.
The1 Te8 16.Fa6 h4 17.De2 Th7 18.Dd3 The7 19.Ca2 Cd6 20.Cb4 c6 21.f3 Ff7 
22.Dc3 Rc7 23.a4 Fh6 24.e4 fxe4 25.Fb5 Cxb5 26.axb5 exf3 27.Txe7 Txe7 28.
Dxf3 Dd6 29.Cxc6 Te3 30.Df2 Fg5 31.Ce5 Fe8 32.Cf3 Df4 33.Df1 Fd7 34.Cc1 
Ff5 35.Cd3 De4 36.Te1 Txe1+ 37.Cdxe1 Fe3 38.De2 Fg5 39.Dd1 Fh6 40.Cd3 Fd7 
41.Cf2 Df4 42.Cd3 Dg3 43.De2 Ff8 44.Cc1 g5 45.Ca2 Df4 46.Cc3 Df5 47.Ch2 
De6 48.Df3 Rd6 49.Cg4 Df5 50.Dxf5 Fxf5 51.Cxf6 Fe6 52.Rc1 Fe7 53.Cg4 Ff8 
54.b3 Fg7 55.Ce2 Fd7 56.c4 Fe6 57.Ce3 g4 58.hxg4 Fh6 59.Rd2 dxc4 60.bxc4 
Fxc4 61.Rc3 Fxe2 62.Cf5+ Re6 63.Cxh6 Rf6 64.d5 Fxb5 65.Cf5 Rg5 66.Cd6 Fa6 
67.Rd4 Rxg4 68.Re5 b5 69.Cf5 b4 70.d6 Fc8 71.Ce7 Fd7 72.Rd4 Rg3 73.Cg6 a5 
74.Ce5 Fe6 75.Re3 Fc8 0-1

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B33t"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 Fg7 11.Fd3 Ce7 12.Cxe7 Dxe7 13.c3 f5 14.Cc2 Db7 15.
Df3 O-O 16.Ce3 f4 17.Cd5 Fe6 18.g4 b4 19.c4 Fxd5 20.cxd5 Ff6 21.g5 Fd8 22.
Ff1 Rh8 23.h4 Tc8 24.Fh3 Tc2 25.Ff5 Fb6 26.Th2 f6 27.Rf1 Fd8 28.Rg1 Tg8 
29.Rh1 Dc7 30.Tg1 Tc1 31.Tg2 Txg1+ 32.Rxg1 fxg5 33.Dh5 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B48l"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Dc7 7.Fd3 b5 8.O-O 
Fb7 9.Rh1 Cf6 10.De2 Fb4 11.a4 Fxc3 12.bxc3 Cxd4 13.cxd4 Cxe4 14.axb5 axb5
15.Txa8+ Fxa8 16.Fxb5 O-O 17.Fd3 Cc3 18.Dd2 Fe4 19.Fxe4 Cxe4 20.Dd3 d5 21.
Tc1 Db7 22.c4 dxc4 23.Dxc4 Ta8 24.h3 h6 25.Dc6 Dxc6 26.Txc6 Ta1+ 27.Rh2 
Td1 28.g4 Rh7 29.Tc7 Rg6 30.h4 Cf6 31.h5+ Rh7 32.Rh3 Rg8 33.Tc8+ Rh7 34.
Tc7 Tg1 35.f3 Td1 36.Ff2 Rg8 37.Tc8+ Rh7 38.Tf8 Td2 39.Rg3 Td3 40.Rg2 Cd5 
41.Txf7 Rg8 42.Ta7 Cf4+ 43.Rg3 Ce2+ 44.Rg2 Cf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 g6 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.c4 O-O 6.Cc3 d6 7.O-O De8 8.d5 a5 9.
Ce1 Ca6 10.Cd3 Fd7 11.Te1 Df7 12.Cf4 Tab8 13.Fe3 h6 14.Fa7 Tbd8 15.Fd4 b6 
16.e4 fxe4 17.Cxe4 g5 18.Ce6 Fxe6 19.dxe6 Dg6 20.Cc3 c5 21.Fe3 Cc7 22.Tb1 
Rh8 23.Cd5 Cfxd5 24.cxd5 Cb5 25.Dg4 Cd4 26.Fe4 Df6 27.Rh1 b5 28.f4 Cf5 29.
Fd2 gxf4 30.gxf4 h5 31.Dxh5+ Dh6 32.Dg4 Ch4 33.Te2 Tg8 34.f5 Dh7 35.Dh3 
Ff6 36.Fxa5 Ta8 37.Fc3 Dh6 38.Fd2 Dh5 39.Tf2 Dg4 40.Dxg4 Txg4 41.Fd3 Txa2 
42.Fxb5 c4 43.Tf4 Txf4 44.Fxf4 Fxb2 45.Fxc4 Ta4 46.Fxd6 Txc4 47.Fxe7 Cxf5 
48.d6 Cxe7 49.d7 Td4 50.Txb2 Rg8 51.Tb8+ 1-0

[Event "PCA"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B14t"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.Cf3 Fb4 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.Dc2 
Cc6 9.a3 Fa5 10.Fd3 Cxc3 11.bxc3 Cxd4 12.Cxd4 Dxd4 13.Fb5+ Fd7 14.O-O Dd5 
15.c4 Df5 16.Fxd7+ Rxd7 17.Db2 b6 18.Td1+ Re7 19.Fe3 f6 20.c5 Thd8 21.h3 
Rf7 22.Db5 a6 23.Da4 Fc3 24.Tac1 Fb2 25.cxb6 Fxc1 26.Txc1 Rg6 27.Dh4 Td7 
28.Tc7 Tad8 29.b7 e5 30.g4 Db1+ 31.Tc1 Dxc1+ 32.Fxc1 Rf7 33.Fe3 h6 34.g5 
Txb7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E17h"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Fg2 Fb7 5.c4 Fe7 6.Cc3 Ce4 7.Fd2 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Ce5 O-O 10.O-O Cd7 11.Ff4 Cdf6 12.Da4 c5 13.Cxe4 dxe4 14.dxc5 Fxc5 
15.b4 Fe7 16.b5 Fc5 17.Cc6 Dd5 18.Tad1 Df5 19.Fd6 Tfe8 20.Fxc5 Dxc5 21.Tc1
Dh5 22.Dc4 Fc8 23.Tfe1 Fe6 24.Da4 h6 25.a3 Fh3 26.Dc4 Fe6 27.Db4 a6 28.
bxa6 Txa6 29.Fxe4 Cxe4 30.Dxe4 Txa3 31.Cd4 Ta2 32.Cxe6 fxe6 33.Tc7 Dd5 34.
Dg6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B60d"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fg5 Db6 7.Cb3 e6 8.Ff4 
Ce5 9.Fe3 Dc7 10.f4 Cc6 11.g4 d5 12.e5 Cd7 13.Cb5 Db8 14.g5 a6 15.C5d4 Dc7
16.Df3 Cxd4 17.Cxd4 Fb4+ 18.Rf2 Fe7 19.h4 Cc5 20.Rg1 Fd7 21.Th2 h6 22.c4 
dxc4 23.Tc2 hxg5 24.hxg5 f6 25.exf6 gxf6 26.gxf6 Fxf6 27.Txc4 Dd6 28.b4 
Ca4 29.Te1 Rf7 30.Dxb7 Cb6 31.Cf3 Cxc4 32.Fxc4 Dc6 33.Dxc6 Fxc6 34.Tf1 Fb5
35.Cg5+ Rg6 36.f5+ Rh5 37.Fxb5 axb5 38.Ce4 Fh4 39.f6 Tag8+ 40.Rh2 Tg4 41.
f7 Fe7 42.Fd4 Tf8 43.Fc5 Rg6 44.Rh3 Th4+ 45.Rg3 Txe4 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A39i"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.g3 g6 5.Fg2 Fg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Cg4 9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Fb2 Cxd4 12.exd4 Tb8 13.a4 Ch6 14.Cd5 Cf5 15.a5 b5
16.Cb6 bxc4 17.bxc4 Txb6 18.axb6 Dxb6 19.Tb1 Cxd4 20.Dd3 Ff5 21.Fe4 Dc6 
22.Dxd4 Fxd4 23.Fxc6 Fxb1 24.Fxd4 Fd3 25.Te1 e6 26.Ff6 Fxc4 27.Td1 d5 28.
Tb1 h6 29.h4 Rh7 30.f3 g5 31.h5 g4 32.f4 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ermenkov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C17n"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Fa5 6.b4 cxb4 7.Cb5 Cc6 8.axb4 
Fxb4+ 9.c3 Fe7 10.Fa3 Ch6 11.Fxe7 Dxe7 12.Cd6+ Rf8 13.Fb5 f5 14.Fxc6 bxc6 
15.Da4 Fd7 16.Tb1 Cf7 17.Da3 Cd8 18.Ce2 h6 19.Cf4 Fe8 20.Cd3 Rg8 21.O-O 
Rh7 22.Tb2 Tf8 23.f4 Fh5 24.Cc5 Rg8 25.Da6 Dc7 26.Tfb1 Ff7 27.g3 De7 28.
Cdb7 Tb8 29.Dxa7 Cxb7 30.Txb7 Txb7 31.Txb7 De8 32.Cd7 Fh5 33.Cf6+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A35i"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.e3 e5 5.d4 e4 6.Ce5 cxd4 7.exd4 Fb4 8.Fe2 
De7 9.Ff4 Fd6 10.Cxc6 dxc6 11.Dd2 O-O 12.Fxd6 Dxd6 13.O-O Fg4 14.Tad1 Tad8
15.h3 Fxe2 16.Dxe2 Tfe8 17.d5 a6 18.De3 cxd5 19.Cxd5 h6 20.b3 De5 21.Cxf6+
Dxf6 22.Tfe1 h5 23.c5 h4 24.b4 g6 25.a4 Txd1 26.Txd1 Db2 27.Td4 Dc2 28.a5 
Db1+ 29.Rh2 Db2 30.Dd2 Da1 31.De3 Db2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B07v"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.Fe3 Fg7 5.f3 c6 6.Dd2 b5 7.h4 h5 8.a4 b4 9.Cd1
a5 10.Cf2 Fa6 11.Fxa6 Cxa6 12.Ce2 Cd7 13.O-O c5 14.Tad1 cxd4 15.Fxd4 Fxd4 
16.Cxd4 Db6 17.b3 Cac5 18.Rh1 Cf6 19.Ch3 Tc8 20.Tfe1 Ccd7 21.Cf4 Tc5 22.
Cd3 Tc8 23.Cb2 Dc5 24.Cc4 Ce5 25.Ce3 O-O 26.Df2 Cc6 27.Ce2 e6 28.Cf4 Ce5 
29.Td2 Tc6 30.Ted1 Tfc8 31.Ce2 Db6 32.Cd4 Tc3 33.Te1 T3c7 34.Cb5 Tc6 35.
Dg3 Dc5 36.Dg5 Rg7 37.Ted1 Ch7 38.Df4 g5 39.Cf5+ exf5 40.Dxf5 Cg6 41.hxg5 
Ce7 42.Dxc5 Txc5 43.Cxd6 T8c6 44.f4 Txc2 45.Ce8+ Rf8 46.Td8 Tc1 47.Cd6+ 
Rg7 48.Txc1 Txc1+ 49.Rh2 Tc6 50.e5 Tc5 51.Td7 Cg6 52.e6 Tc6 53.Cf5+ Rg8 
54.e7 Te6 55.Td8+ Chf8 56.e8=D Txe8 57.Txe8 Cxf4 58.Ta8 Cd3 59.Txa5 Ce6 
1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A57n"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Cc3 Fg7 7.a4 O-O 8.Ta3 d6 9.
Cge2 Cbd7 10.Cf4 Ce8 11.h4 axb5 12.Cxb5 Cc7 13.h5 Cxb5 14.Fxb5 Fa6 15.hxg6
hxg6 16.Fe2 Db6 17.O-O Fxe2 18.Cxe2 Tfb8 19.Ta2 Db3 20.Ta3 Db4 21.a5 Db5 
22.Cc3 Da6 23.Dc2 Ce5 24.Ta2 Cd3 25.De2 Cb4 26.Dxa6 Txa6 27.Ta3 Tba8 28.
Cb5 Cc2 29.Td3 Txa5 30.Cc3 Cb4 31.Td2 f5 32.e4 f4 33.Tdd1 Fe5 34.Rh2 c4 
35.Rh3 Cd3 36.Rg4 Fxc3 37.bxc3 Ta1 38.Rg5 T8a2 39.Fxf4 Txd1 40.Txd1 Txf2 
41.g3 Rf7 42.Th1 Cxf4 43.gxf4 Tg2+ 44.Rh4 Te2 45.Rg4 Te3 46.e5 dxe5 47.
fxe5 Txe5 48.Tf1+ Rg7 49.Tf4 Txd5 50.Txc4 Rf6 51.Tc8 Td1 52.c4 Re5 53.c5 
Tg1+ 54.Rf3 Tf1+ 55.Re3 Rd5 56.Tc7 Te1+ 57.Rf4 e5+ 58.Rf3 Rd4 59.c6 e4+ 
60.Rf2 Tc1 61.Td7+ Re5 62.c7 Tc3 63.Te7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B76s"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 Cc6 8.Dd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Cxd5 11.Cxc6 bxc6 12.Fd4 Cxc3 13.Dxc3 Fh6+ 14.Fe3 
Fxe3+ 15.Dxe3 Db6 16.Dxe7 Fe6 17.Df6 Fxa2 18.b3 Fxb3 19.cxb3 Dxb3 20.Td3 
Db6 21.Db2 Tfe8 22.Dxb6 axb6 23.Td1 Ta1+ 24.Rc2 Ta2+ 25.Rb3 Tea8 26.Td8+ 
Txd8 27.Rxa2 Td1 28.g3 g5 29.Rb3 Td2 30.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D40e"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Cc3 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Fe2 Fd6 8.dxc5 
Fxc5 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Cc6 11.Fb2 Fg4 12.Cd4 Fxd4 13.Fxg4 Fe5 14.Ff3 Da5 15.
De1 Dc7 16.g3 Tad8 17.Tc1 Tfe8 18.Ca4 b5 19.Fxe5 Cxe5 20.De2 Da7 21.Cc5 d4
22.exd4 Txd4 23.Tfe1 Cxf3+ 24.Dxf3 Txe1+ 25.Txe1 Dxc5 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B17n"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cg5 Cgf6 6.Fd3 e6 7.C1f3 Fd6 8.De2
h6 9.Ce4 Cxe4 10.Dxe4 Dc7 11.O-O b6 12.Dg4 g5 13.Dh3 Tf8 14.Cd2 Fb7 15.Cc4
O-O-O 16.c3 c5 17.Fe3 Ff4 18.Tfd1 Cf6 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Ff1 Cd5 21.Fxf4 gxf4
22.Te1 f3 23.g3 Cf4 24.Dh4 Ce2+ 25.Rh1 Td5 26.Ce3 Te5 27.Dxh6 Tg5 28.Tad1 
De5 29.Dh4 Th5 30.Cc4 Dh8 31.Cd6+ Rb8 32.Cxf7 Txh4 33.Cxh8 Thxh8 0-1

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.Ff4 b6 4.e3 Fb7 5.Cbd2 Fe7 6.Fd3 Ch5 7.Fg3 d6 8.c3 Cd7
9.Dc2 g6 10.a4 a6 11.O-O O-O 12.h3 Cxg3 13.fxg3 c5 14.Tf2 Dc7 15.Taf1 d5 
16.g4 Tae8 17.c4 cxd4 18.exd4 e5 19.cxd5 Dxc2 20.Fxc2 exd4 21.Cxd4 Fxd5 
22.Rh1 Fc5 23.Tf4 Te3 24.C4f3 Tc8 25.Ce4 Fd6 26.Cxd6 Txc2 27.Cxf7 Te7 28.
Ch6+ Rg7 29.g5 Txb2 30.Td1 Fa2 31.Rh2 a5 32.Cd4 Cc5 33.Tf6 Te8 34.h4 Rh8 
35.Tdf1 Tb4 36.T1f4 Cxa4 37.h5 gxh5 38.Tf8+ Txf8 39.Txf8+ Rg7 40.Tf6 Txd4 
41.Cf5+ Rg8 42.Cxd4 Cc5 43.Txb6 a4 44.Rg3 Ff7 45.Tc6 Cd3 46.Ta6 Cb2 47.Rf4
Cd3+ 48.Rf5 1-0

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D41b"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Dxd4 Cxd5 7.e4 Cxc3 8.
Dxc3 Cc6 9.Fb5 Fd7 10.O-O Db6 11.a4 Dc5 12.Fd2 Dxc3 13.Fxc3 a6 14.Fc4 Tg8 
15.Tfd1 Fb4 16.Fxb4 Cxb4 17.Ce5 Fc6 18.Fb3 Re7 19.f3 Tgd8 20.Rf2 Fe8 21.
Re2 f6 22.Cc4 b5 23.Ce3 Cc6 24.Txd8 Txd8 25.Fd1 Cd4+ 26.Re1 Tc8 27.axb5 
Fxb5 28.h4 Rd6 29.Fa4 f5 30.Fxb5 axb5 31.Td1 Re5 32.Rf2 Ta8 33.exf5 exf5 
34.g3 Ta2 35.Td2 h5 36.Cd1 b4 37.Ce3 Ta6 38.Cg2 Ce6 39.Tc2 Rd4 40.Ce3 Rd3 
41.Tc1 Rd4 42.Tc4+ Rd3 43.Txb4 Cd4 44.Tc4 Ce2 45.Tc2 f4 46.gxf4 Cxf4 47.
Tc3+ Rd2 48.Cc4+ Rd1 49.Te3 Rc2 50.Te4 Cd3+ 51.Re3 Cxb2 52.Cxb2 Rxb2 53.
Te5 g6 54.Rf4 Rc3 55.Rg5 Rd4 56.Te8 Tb6 57.Te4+ Rd3 58.Rh6 Ta6 59.Te7 Ta4 
60.Rg5 Ta6 61.Tf7 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B70s"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe2 Fg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Fg5 
a6 9.a4 Cc6 10.Cb3 Fe6 11.Rh1 Tc8 12.f4 Ca5 13.Cxa5 Dxa5 14.Fd3 Tfe8 15.
De2 Db4 16.a5 Fg4 17.Dd2 Fd7 18.De2 Dxb2 19.Fxf6 Fxf6 20.Cd5 Fb5 21.Fxb5 
Dxb5 22.Dxb5 axb5 23.Tab1 Tc5 24.Tfd1 Rg7 25.Cb6 Txc2 26.Txb5 Te2 27.Cd5 
Txe4 28.Txb7 Ta8 29.g4 Txa5 30.g5 Fa1 31.Cxe7 Txf4 32.Cc6 Ta8 33.Txd6 Ta2 
34.Td1 Tff2 35.Cd8 Rg8 36.Tb8 h5 37.gxh6 Fe5 38.Tb7 Txh2+ 39.Rg1 Thg2+ 40.
Rh1 Th2+ 41.Rg1 Thg2+ 42.Rh1 Tg4 0-1

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 c5 3.Cf3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Dxd4 Cxc3 7.Dxc3 Cc6 8.
e4 Fg4 9.Fb5 Tc8 10.Fe3 a6 11.Td1 Dc7 12.Fa4 b5 13.Fb3 e6 14.O-O Fxf3 15.
gxf3 Fd6 16.Dxg7 Fxh2+ 17.Rh1 Fe5 18.Dh6 De7 19.Fg5 Df8 20.Dh5 Cd4 21.Fh6 
Dd6 22.Fe3 Tc5 23.Dh3 Tg8 24.f4 Ff6 25.Tg1 Tg6 26.Txg6 hxg6 27.e5 Dc6+ 28.
Dg2 Cxb3 29.axb3 Fd8 30.Fxc5 Dxc5 31.Da8 De7 32.Rg2 a5 33.Dc6+ Rf8 34.Dc8 
Re8 35.Dc6+ Rf8 36.Td7 Dh4 37.Df3 Fb6 38.Dg3 Dh5 39.Tb7 Fd4 40.Dg5 Dxg5+ 
41.fxg5 1-0

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A40h"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Cc3 Fb7 4.a3 f5 5.d5 Cf6 6.g3 g6 7.Fg2 Fg7 8.e3 O-O 9.
Cge2 e5 10.O-O d6 11.e4 fxe4 12.Cxe4 Cxe4 13.Fxe4 Cd7 14.Cc3 Fc8 15.Fg2 
Cf6 16.h3 Tf7 17.Fe3 Df8 18.Dd2 a5 19.b4 Fa6 20.Cb5 Rh8 21.Tfc1 Cg8 22.Ta2
Fh6 23.Tac2 Fxe3 24.Dxe3 axb4 25.axb4 Fxb5 26.cxb5 Ta7 27.Dc3 Dg7 28.Ta1 
Txa1+ 29.Dxa1 h5 30.Dc1 Df6 31.h4 Df5 32.Rh2 Cf6 33.Fh3 Cg4+ 34.Fxg4 hxg4 
35.Rg1 Rg7 36.Dd2 g5 37.hxg5 Rg6 38.Tc4 Th7 39.Dd1 Rxg5 40.Dc1+ Rg6 41.
Txc7 Txc7 42.Dxc7 Db1+ 43.Rh2 Dxb4 44.Dxb6 Rf5 45.Da7 Dxb5 46.Dh7+ Rf6 47.
Dh6+ Rf5 48.Dxd6 De2 49.Df8+ Rg5 50.d6 Dd2 51.Dg7+ Rf5 52.Df7+ Rg5 53.d7 
Dd4 54.Dg7+ Rh5 55.Dh7+ Rg5 1-0

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "C11t"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Fe7 6.Fxf6 Fxf6 7.c3 Cd7 8.Dc2
e5 9.dxe5 Cxe5 10.f4 Cg6 11.g3 O-O 12.Fd3 Dd5 13.a3 Cxf4 14.Cxf6+ gxf6 15.
Fxh7+ Rg7 16.De4 Te8 17.Dxe8 Ff5 18.Dxa8 De4+ 19.Rf2 Dg2+ 20.Re3 Cd5+ 21.
Rd4 Dd2+ 22.Rc5 De3+ 23.Rc4 Cb6+ 0-1

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.g3 Cc6 6.Fg2 Cc7 7.d3 e5 8.O-O 
Fe7 9.Cd2 Fd7 10.Cc4 f6 11.f4 b5 12.Ce3 Tc8 13.fxe5 Cxe5 14.Cf5 O-O 15.Rh1
Te8 16.Ce4 Fc6 17.Ff4 Ff8 18.a4 a6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Tc1 Dd7 21.Fe3 Ce6 22.
Fg1 Db7 23.Ch4 Rh8 24.Cd2 Tcd8 25.Cdf3 Cxf3 26.Cxf3 Cd4 27.Fxd4 Txd4 28.
Dc2 Td6 29.Ch4 Tde6 30.Fxc6 Dxc6+ 31.e4 Dd7 32.Cg2 c4 33.dxc4 Txe4 34.cxb5
Dxb5 35.Tf2 Te2 36.Txe2 Txe2 37.Dc8 Rg8 38.Cf4 Txb2 39.De6+ Rh8 40.Dc8 Db4
41.Cg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B90k"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cf3 Fe7 8.Fc4 
O-O 9.O-O Cc6 10.Te1 Ca5 11.Ff1 Fe6 12.Cd5 Fxd5 13.exd5 b5 14.b3 Cg4 15.
Fd2 Db6 16.h3 Cxf2 17.Fxa5 Dxa5 18.Rxf2 Db6+ 19.Rg3 f5 20.Rh2 Ff6 21.c3 b4
22.Cd2 bxc3 23.Cc4 Dc5 24.a3 a5 25.Ta2 Tab8 26.Rh1 Tb7 27.Df3 e4 28.Dxf5 
Te7 29.Dh5 Fd4 30.Dd1 Ff2 31.Tee2 Fg3 32.Te3 Dd4 33.Ta1 Fe5 34.Dc2 Ff4 35.
Txc3 Tef7 36.Fe2 Fg5 37.Td1 Df2 38.Fh5 g6 39.Dxf2 Txf2 40.Fg4 h5 41.Fe6+ 
Rh8 42.h4 Fh6 43.Te1 Tf1+ 44.Txf1 Txf1+ 45.Rh2 Te1 46.g3 e3 47.Rg2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 Fb4 5.Cd5 Fc5 6.d3 h6 7.a3 a5 8.Fg2 d6 9.
O-O O-O 10.Cxf6+ Dxf6 11.Cd2 Dd8 12.e3 Ce7 13.Ce4 Fa7 14.Cc3 c6 15.d4 Fe6 
16.b3 f5 17.a4 Dc7 18.Fa3 Tad8 19.f4 Ff7 20.Rh1 exd4 21.exd4 Rh8 22.Ta2 
Cg8 23.Fh3 Fg6 24.Td2 Cf6 25.Dc2 Tde8 26.d5 Ce4 27.Cxe4 fxe4 28.Tdd1 Tf6 
29.Fb2 e3 30.De2 Fe4+ 31.Fg2 Tf7 32.Fxe4 Txe4 33.f5 De7 34.Tf3 Fc5 35.Fc3 
Rg8 36.Tdf1 cxd5 37.f6 gxf6 38.cxd5 Te5 39.Fxe5 Dxe5 40.Tf5 De4+ 41.Rg1 
Rg7 42.h4 Fb6 43.Rh2 Tc7 44.Txf6 Fd4 45.T6f4 Dc2 46.Tg4+ Rh7 47.Tf7+ Rh8 
48.Tf2 Dxe2 49.Txe2 Fc5 50.Te4 b5 51.Rh3 bxa4 52.bxa4 Rh7 53.Tb2 Rg6 54.
Te6+ Rg7 55.Tb5 Fd4 56.Te4 Tc4 57.Txa5 Rf6 58.Ta8 Rf5 59.Tae8 Txa4 60.T8e6
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C41v"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 Cf6 4.Cc3 Cbd7 5.Fc4 Fe7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 a6 8.a5 exd4
9.Dxd4 b5 10.axb6 Cxb6 11.Fa2 Fb7 12.Te1 Cfd7 13.Ff4 Ff6 14.e5 dxe5 15.
Cxe5 Cxe5 16.Dxd8 Taxd8 17.Fxe5 Fxe5 18.Txe5 Tfe8 19.Tae1 Rf8 20.f3 f6 21.
Txe8+ Txe8 22.Td1 Re7 23.Ce2 f5 24.Rf2 Rf6 25.h4 g6 26.Cf4 a5 27.Td3 Te7 
28.Ta3 a4 29.Tc3 Td7 30.Tc5 h6 31.g4 fxg4 32.fxg4 g5 33.hxg5+ hxg5 34.Tf5+
Re7 35.Te5+ Rd6 36.Te6+ Rc5 37.Cd3+ Rb5 38.Te5+ Fd5 39.Txg5 c5 40.c4+ Fxc4
41.Txc5+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A89"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 g6 4.c4 Fg7 5.Cc3 O-O 6.Cf3 d6 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ca5 
9.Da4 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.c5 dxc5 12.Ce5 Db6 13.Dc2 Dc7 14.Cd3 c4 15.Cc5 
Tb8 16.Fd2 Td8 17.C3a4 Cd5 18.Tad1 e5 19.e4 Cb4 20.Fxb4 Txb4 21.Txd8+ Dxd8
22.Td1 Df8 23.Dd2 Tb5 24.Dd8 Ff6 25.Dc7 Fe7 26.Fh3 Rg7 27.exf5 gxf5 28.
Dxe5+ Rg6 29.Dc7 a6 30.Cd7 Fxd7 31.Dxd7 Df6 32.Te1 Tb7 33.Dc8 Rg7 34.Fxf5 
Dd4 35.Fb1 Fb4 36.Tf1 Tf7 37.Dh3 h6 38.Dh5 Tf6 39.Cc3 Fxc3 40.bxc3 Dxc3 
41.Td1 Df3 42.Td7+ Rf8 43.Td8+ Rg7 44.Td7+ Rf8 45.Dc5+ Rg8 46.Fh7+ Rh8 47.
Da7 Tf8 48.Fc2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C90l"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.d3 Ca5 10.Fc2 c5 11.Cbd2 Cc6 12.Cf1 Te8 13.h3 Dc7 14.Ce3 Ff8 15.a4 Tb8 
16.Ch2 Fe6 17.Chg4 Cxg4 18.hxg4 b4 19.De2 bxc3 20.bxc3 Ca5 21.g3 Cb3 22.
Fxb3 Txb3 23.c4 Teb8 24.Rg2 Tb1 25.Txb1 Txb1 26.Th1 f6 27.Cd5 Fxd5 28.exd5
g6 29.Fb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D48p"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c6 3.Cc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.d4 Cbd7 6.Fd3 dxc4 7.Fxc4 b5 8.Fd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 c4 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Fc2 Dc7 13.O-O Fb7 14.Cg5 Cc5 15.e5 Dxe5 
16.Te1 Dd6 17.Dxd6 Fxd6 18.Fe3 O-O 19.Tad1 Fe7 20.Fxc5 Fxc5 21.Cxe6 Tfc8 
22.h3 Tab8 23.g4 Ff3 24.Td2 b4 25.Ca4 Fa7 26.g5 Cd5 27.Te5 Tb5 28.Tf5 Cc7 
29.Cxg7 Fc6 30.Td6 Cd5 31.Ce6 Ce7 32.Txb5 Fxb5 33.h4 Cg6 34.h5 Ce5 35.g6 
hxg6 36.hxg6 Cf3+ 37.Rh1 Fc6 38.Cac5 Cd4+ 39.Fe4 Cxe6 40.Txe6 Fxc5 41.Txc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C02p"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Cc6 5.Cf3 Fd7 6.Fe2 f6 7.O-O Db6 8.dxc5 Fxc5 
9.b4 Fe7 10.Ff4 fxe5 11.Cxe5 Cxe5 12.Fxe5 Cf6 13.a4 a5 14.bxa5 Txa5 15.Cd2
O-O 16.Tb1 Da7 17.Fb5 Fxb5 18.axb5 Ta2 19.Fd4 Db8 20.Te1 Df4 21.Te2 Fd6 
22.g3 Df5 23.f4 Dd3 24.Tf2 Tfa8 25.De1 Df5 26.Td1 Dg4 27.Rg2 Ch5 28.Rh1 
Tc2 29.De2 Dh3 30.De3 Cf6 31.Te1 Ff8 32.Fxf6 gxf6 33.Ce4 Taa2 34.Cxf6+ Rh8
35.De5 Txf2 36.Cg4+ Rg8 37.Dxe6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C19i"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ce7 7.Cf3 b6 8.Fb5+ 
Fd7 9.Fd3 Fa4 10.h4 h6 11.h5 Dc7 12.O-O Cd7 13.Te1 Dc6 14.Tb1 a6 15.Cd2 
cxd4 16.cxd4 Fb5 17.Txb5 axb5 18.De2 Ta4 19.Cb3 Tc4 20.Fd2 Cf5 21.Fb4 Cxd4
22.Cxd4 Txd4 23.Fxb5 Dc8 24.Td1 Txb4 25.axb4 Dc3 26.Dg4 Dxe5 27.c4 f5 28.
Dg6+ Re7 29.cxd5 exd5 30.Fxd7 Rxd7 31.Df7+ Rc8 32.Da7 Te8 33.Tc1+ Rd8 34.
Db7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E12i"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.a3 Fa6 5.Dc2 Fb7 6.Cc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Cxd4 Cc6
9.Cxc6 Fxc6 10.Ff4 Ch5 11.Fd2 Db8 12.g3 f5 13.Fg2 Fd6 14.f4 Cf6 15.O-O-O 
O-O 16.Fe3 fxe4 17.Cxe4 Cxe4 18.Fxe4 Fxe4 19.Dxe4 Dc7 20.Td2 Tfd8 21.Thd1 
Ff8 22.Rb1 Tac8 23.f5 exf5 24.Dd5+ Rh8 25.Dxf5 Dxc4 26.Txd7 Txd7 27.Txd7 
Fxa3 28.Fd4 Ff8 29.Txa7 Te8 30.Fc3 b5 31.Df7 Dxf7 32.Txf7 b4 33.Fd2 Rg8 
34.Tb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B51i"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Cd7 4.d4 Cf6 5.Cc3 cxd4 6.Dxd4 g6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Cxe5
Fg7 9.Fg5 a6 10.Cxd7 Fxd7 11.Fxd7+ Dxd7 12.Dxd7+ Cxd7 13.Cd5 Tc8 14.O-O-O 
e6 15.The1 h6 16.Fd2 Tc4 17.Fb4 Td4 18.Txd4 Fxd4 19.f4 Ff2 20.Te4 Rd8 21.
Fe7+ Rc8 22.Tc4+ Rb8 23.Fd6+ Ra7 24.Tc7 Cb8 25.Ce7 Td8 26.c4 a5 27.Rc2 Ra6
28.c5 Cd7 29.c6 Cb8 30.Fe5 Fb6 31.Txb7 Cxc6 32.Cxc6 Rxb7 33.Cxd8+ Fxd8 34.
Rb3 f5 35.Rc4 Rc6 36.b3 g5 37.fxg5 Fxg5 38.h3 h5 39.Fc3 Fd8 40.Fe5 Fe7 41.
Fc3 Rb6 42.Fd2 Fd6 43.Fg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B42a"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Fd3 Ce7 6.O-O g6 7.c4 Fg7 8.Fe3 
Cbc6 9.Cxc6 bxc6 10.c5 Fxb2 11.Cd2 O-O 12.Tb1 Fg7 13.Cc4 f5 14.Dd2 fxe4 
15.Fxe4 Cd5 16.Fg5 Dc7 17.Tb3 a5 18.Cd6 a4 19.Th3 Da5 20.Dc2 Cb4 21.Db1 
Fa6 22.Tc1 Txf2 23.Rxf2 Fd4+ 24.Fe3 Cd3+ 25.Rg1 Dd2 26.Fxd4 Cxc1 27.Rh1 
Dxd4 28.Dxc1 Tb8 29.Tf3 Tb2 30.h4 Td2 31.Rh2 Fe2 32.Tf2 Dxf2 33.Dxd2 Dxh4+
34.Rg1 Fc4 35.a3 Fd5 36.Df2 De7 37.Fc2 Dg7 38.Df4 g5 39.De3 h5 40.Dd3 Da1+
41.Rh2 De5+ 42.g3 Df6 43.Dg6+ Dxg6 44.Fxg6 Rg7 45.Fxh5 Rf6 46.Cc8 Re5 47.
Cb6 Rd4 48.Cxd7 e5 49.Rg1 Fe6 50.Fe8 e4 51.Rf2 Rc3 52.Re3 Rb3 53.Cb6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B22l"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Dxd5 4.d4 Cf6 5.Cf3 Fg4 6.Fe2 e6 7.h3 Fh5 8.Fe3 
cxd4 9.cxd4 Cc6 10.Cc3 Dd6 11.g4 Fg6 12.Ce5 Fe7 13.O-O O-O 14.Ff4 Dd8 15.
Ff3 Tc8 16.Cxg6 hxg6 17.Fe3 Fd6 18.g5 Cd7 19.d5 exd5 20.Dxd5 Cb6 21.Fxb6 
axb6 22.Tfd1 Fe5 23.Dxd8 Tfxd8 24.Rg2 Txd1 25.Txd1 Td8 26.Txd8+ Cxd8 27.
Fd5 Rf8 28.Rf3 Fd4 29.Cd1 f6 30.Re4 Fc5 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.a3 f5+ 33.Rd3 Re7 
34.b4 Fd6 35.Rc4 Rd7 36.Cc3 Cc6 37.Fg2 Fc7 38.Cd5 Fd8 39.Cf4 g5 40.Cd5 Rd6
41.f4 Ce7 42.Cc3 gxf4 43.Cb5+ Re5 44.Fxb7 f3 45.Fxf3 Cc8 46.Cd4 Cd6+ 47.
Rd3 Rf4 48.Fc6 Rg3 49.Fd7 Rxh3 50.Fxf5+ Rg3 51.Fd7 Fh4 52.a4 Rg2 53.Fc6+ 
Rf1 54.Cc2 Ff2 55.Ce3+ Re1 56.Cg4 Fg1 57.Ff3 Rf1 58.Fd5 Re1 59.Fb3 Rf1 60.
Ce5 Rg2 61.Cc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A70y"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Cc3 g6 7.e4 Fg7 8.h3 O-O 
9.Fd3 b5 10.Cxb5 Te8 11.O-O Cxe4 12.Te1 a6 13.Ca3 Cf6 14.Txe8+ Cxe8 15.Fg5
Ff6 16.Dd2 Fb7 17.Te1 Cd7 18.Fe4 Cb6 19.b3 Fxg5 20.Cxg5 Cf6 21.Cc4 Cxc4 
22.bxc4 Fc8 23.Fc2 Ta7 24.De3 Tb7 25.Fa4 Fd7 26.Fc6 Fxc6 27.dxc6 Tc7 28.
Df3 h6 29.Ce4 Cxe4 30.Dxe4 Da8 31.Df4 Df8 32.Df3 Da8 33.Df6 Txc6 34.Te7 
Df8 35.Td7 Dg7 36.Dd8+ Df8 37.Df6 Dg7 38.Df3 Tb6 39.Da8+ Rh7 40.De8 Da1+ 
41.Rh2 De5+ 42.Dxe5 dxe5 43.Txf7+ Rg8 44.Te7 Tb2 45.Rg3 Txa2 46.Txe5 Rf7 
47.Txc5 a5 48.h4 h5 49.Rf3 a4 50.Ta5 a3 51.Re3 Tc2 52.Txa3 Txc4 53.g3 Rf6 
54.f3 Tb4 55.Td3 Ta4 56.Td4 Ta5 57.Tc4 Re5 58.Te4+ Rf5 59.Rd4 Rf6 60.Te8 
Ta4+ 61.Re3 Rf5 62.Tf8+ Re5 63.f4+ Re6 64.f5+ gxf5 65.Th8 f4+ 66.gxf4 Ta3+
67.Re2 Ta2+ 68.Rd3 Ta3+ 69.Rd2 Ta2+ 70.Rc3 Ta3+ 71.Rd4 Ta4+ 72.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B51j"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Cd7 4.d4 Cf6 5.Cc3 cxd4 6.Dxd4 e5 7.Dd3 h6 8.Fe3 
Fe7 9.Fc4 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Fb3 b5 12.Cd5 Cxd5 13.Fxd5 Tb8 14.Fa7 Tb7 15.
Fxb7 Fxb7 16.Cd2 Cf6 17.f3 d5 18.Ff2 Dc7 19.The1 Td8 20.Db3 d4 21.Rb1 Cd7 
22.c3 Cc5 23.Dc2 d3 24.Dc1 Fc8 25.Fxc5 Dxc5 26.Cb3 Dc4 27.g3 Fe6 28.Dd2 b4
29.Tc1 Db5 30.Ted1 a5 31.cxb4 axb4 32.De3 Da6 33.Tc7 Fxb3 34.axb3 Ta8 35.
Dxd3 Da2+ 36.Rc2 Fd8 37.Tc6 Fb6 38.Txb6 Tc8+ 39.Rd2 Dxb2+ 40.Re1 Dxh2 41.
Txb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B80t"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.g3 a6 7.Fg2 Cf6 8.O-O d6
9.Fe3 Fe7 10.f4 O-O 11.Rh1 Tb8 12.a4 Te8 13.De2 Fd7 14.Cb3 Ca5 15.g4 Cxb3 
16.cxb3 Fc6 17.g5 Cd7 18.b4 b5 19.axb5 Fxb5 20.Cxb5 Txb5 21.Fd2 Dc2 22.De3
Dc6 23.Ta3 Db7 24.Tfa1 Tb6 25.De2 Cb8 26.Th3 g6 27.De1 Cd7 28.Fc3 e5 29.
Dh4 h5 30.Ff3 Fd8 31.f5 Txb4 32.Te1 Cc5 33.Fxb4 Dxb4 34.Te2 Dd4 35.Fxh5 
Dd1+ 36.Rg2 Cd3 37.Txd3 Dxd3 38.fxg6 fxg6 39.Fg4 Dc4 40.Dh6 Df7 41.Tf2 Dg7
42.Dh3 Dh7 43.Fe6+ Rh8 44.Dg4 Dh5 45.Dxh5+ gxh5 46.Ff7 Tf8 47.h4 Fb6 48.
Tf3 Rg7 49.Fxh5 Th8 50.Tf7+ Rg8 51.Tb7 Txh5 52.Txb6 Txh4 53.Rf3 Tf4+ 54.
Re3 Tg4 55.b4 Txg5 56.Rd3 d5 57.exd5 Tg4 58.Rc3 Td4 59.Txa6 Rf7 60.b5 Txd5
61.Rc4 Td1 62.Rc5 e4 63.Ta4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "B17n"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cg5 Cgf6 6.Fd3 e6 7.C1f3 Fd6 8.De2
h6 9.Ce4 Cxe4 10.Dxe4 Dc7 11.O-O b6 12.Dg4 g5 13.Dh3 Tg8 14.Cd2 Fb7 15.Cc4
O-O-O 16.c3 c5 17.Fe3 Ff4 18.Tfd1 Cf6 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.Ff1 Cd5 21.Fxf4 gxf4
22.Te1 f3 23.g3 Cf4 24.Dh4 Ce2+ 25.Rh1 Td5 26.Ce3 Te5 27.Dxh6 Teg5 28.Tad1
De5 29.Dh4 Th5 30.Cc4 Dh8 31.Cd6+ Rb8 32.Cxf7 Txh4 33.Cxh8 Thxh8 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A46m"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Dd3 Fa6 5.a3 c5 6.dxc5 Fxc5 7.b4 Fb6 8.Fg2 d5 
9.O-O O-O 10.Fb2 Cc6 11.Cbd2 Tc8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Cxe4 Dxd3 14.Cxf6+ gxf6 15.
cxd3 f5 16.Tac1 Tfd8 17.Tfd1 Cd4 18.Cxd4 Fxd4 19.Fxd4 Txd4 20.Txc8+ Fxc8 
21.f4 Fd7 22.Rf2 Td6 23.Re3 Fc6 24.Ff1 Rf8 25.Tc1 Re7 26.d4 Rd8 27.Tc5 a6 
28.h3 Fd5 29.g4 fxg4 30.hxg4 h6 31.Fd3 Re7 32.Fe4 Fxe4 33.Rxe4 Rf6 34.Th5 
Rg7 35.f5 Td8 36.Th3 Td6 37.Tc3 Rf6 38.Tf3 Rg5 39.fxe6 fxe6 40.Th3 Td8 41.
Th5+ Rg6 42.Tc5 Rf6 43.Tc6 Tg8 44.Rf4 Td8 45.Re4 Tg8 46.Rf4 Td8 47.Re3 Td5
48.Txa6 Tg5 49.Rf4 Td5 50.Re3 Tg5 51.Tb6 h5 52.gxh5 Txh5 53.Ta6 Th3+ 54.
Re2 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zadrima, Aldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "D80"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Fg5 Ce4 5.Fh4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Fe6 8.Db1 
Dc8 9.Cf3 h6 10.Fe2 Cd7 11.O-O Fg7 12.Cd2 Cb6 13.a4 a5 14.Ce4 Ff5 15.Db5+ 
Dd7 16.Cc5 Dxb5 17.axb5 a4 18.Ff3 Ta5 19.Cxb7 Ta7 20.Cc5 g5 21.Fc6+ Rd8 
22.Fg3 Fc2 23.f4 gxf4 24.Txf4 Ff6 25.e4 a3 26.e5 Fg5 27.Txf7 a2 28.Ce6+ 
Rc8 29.Cxg5 hxg5 30.Txe7 Fb1 31.e6 Ca4 32.Fe5 Tg8 33.d5 1-0

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Drasko, Milan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A62"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Cc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Cf3 g6 7.g3 Fg7 8.Fg2 O-O 
9.O-O Ca6 10.Cd2 Cc7 11.Cc4 Ch5 12.a4 b6 13.Dc2 Fa6 14.b3 f5 15.Fb2 Dd7 
16.Tfe1 Tae8 17.e3 g5 18.Tad1 Te7 19.Fh3 Tef7 20.Td2 Dd8 21.Dd1 g4 22.Fg2 
Te7 23.e4 Fxc4 24.bxc4 Tfe8 25.f4 gxf3 26.Dxf3 Cf6 27.Dxf5 Tf8 28.Dg5 Te5 
29.De3 Cg4 30.Dd3 Th5 31.De2 Dg5 32.h4 Dg6 33.Cd1 Fxb2 34.Txb2 Ce8 35.Tb3 
Ce5 36.Tf1 Txf1+ 37.Dxf1 Dg7 38.a5 Th6 39.axb6 axb6 40.Ce3 Dxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "A46m"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Fg5 Fb7 5.Cbd2 Fe7 6.e3 a6 7.a4 b4 8.Cb3 d6 9.
Fg2 Cbd7 10.c3 bxc3 11.bxc3 Ta7 12.O-O Da8 13.Te1 h6 14.Fxf6 Cxf6 15.Ch4 
Fxg2 16.Cxg2 O-O 17.Dd3 c5 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Cd2 Td8 20.Dc2 Dd5 21.Ta2 Tad7 
22.Te2 Cg4 23.h3 Ce5 24.Ce1 c4 25.a5 Cd3 26.Cef3 e5 27.e4 De6 28.Rg2 Tb7 
29.Cf1 Fc5 30.Ce3 Fxe3 31.Txe3 Tdb8 32.Da4 Tb2 33.Te2 Txa2 34.Txa2 Tb3 35.
Tc2 Cc5 36.Da1 Cxe4 37.De1 Dd5 38.De3 f6 39.Te2 Cxc3 40.Td2 Db7 41.Dc5 Ce4
42.Dxc4+ Rh7 43.Td7 Dxd7 44.Dxb3 Dc6 45.Db6 Dc2 46.Ch4 De2 47.Cf5 Cd2 48.
Ce3 Df3+ 49.Rg1 Ce4 50.Cg2 Dd1+ 51.Rh2 Df1 52.De3 Cxf2 53.g4 h5 54.g5 fxg5
55.Dxe5 Dd3 56.Dxg5 Dxh3+ 57.Rg1 Ce4 58.Df4 De6 59.Df3 g6 60.Ce3 Cg5 61.
Dg3 De5 0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C07e"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 a6 4.Cgf3 c5 5.dxc5 Fxc5 6.Fd3 Ce7 7.O-O Cbc6 8.c3 
O-O 9.Dc2 h6 10.Te1 Fa7 11.Cb3 e5 12.exd5 Dxd5 13.Fe3 Fxe3 14.Txe3 Dd6 15.
Tae1 f6 16.h3 Dc7 17.Fh7+ Rh8 18.Fe4 Cd8 19.Dd2 Cf7 20.Fb1 Ff5 21.Dc1 Fxb1
22.Dxb1 Cd6 23.Td1 Tad8 24.Tee1 g5 25.Cbd2 Dc6 26.Cf1 Cdf5 27.Ce3 Cxe3 28.
Txe3 b5 29.Ted3 Txd3 30.Txd3 e4 31.Cd4 Dd6 32.Td1 De5 33.a4 f5 34.axb5 
axb5 35.Da2 g4 36.De6 Dxe6 37.Cxe6 Tf6 38.Td8+ Rh7 39.Cf4 Cg6 40.Td7+ Rg8 
41.Ch5 Ta6 42.hxg4 f4 43.Td4 Ta1+ 44.Rh2 e3 45.fxe3 fxe3 46.Te4 Ta2 47.
Txe3 Txb2 48.Te6 Rh7 49.Tb6 Ce5 50.Tb7+ Rg8 51.Cf6+ Rf8 52.Rg3 Cd3 53.Cd5 
Cc5 54.Tc7 Ce6 55.Tc6 Td2 56.Ce3 Re7 57.Tb6 Td3 58.Rf2 Cc7 59.Cf5+ Rd7 60.
Cxh6 Txc3 61.Tb8 Tc5 62.Cf5 Re6 63.Rg3 Re5 64.Ch4 Rd4 65.Cf3+ Rc3 66.g5 b4
67.g6 Ce6 68.Te8 Tc6 69.Ce5 Tb6 70.Tc8+ Rd4 71.Tc6 Txc6 72.Cxc6+ Re4 73.
Cxb4 Rf5 74.Cd3 Rg5 75.Rf3 Rf5 76.Cf4 Cg7 77.g3 Rf6 78.Rg4 Cf5 79.Rh5 
Cxg3+ 80.Rh6 Cf5+ 81.Rh7 Re7 82.Cd5+ Rf8 83.Rh8 Cg7 84.Cf6 Ce6 85.Cd7+ Re7
86.Ce5 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Arduman, Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "B06d"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.c4 d6 4.Cc3 Cd7 5.Cf3 Fg7 6.Fe2 e5 7.d5 c5 8.Fg5 Cgf6 9.
Cd2 h6 10.Fh4 a6 11.a3 O-O 12.b4 Dc7 13.O-O Ch7 14.Cb3 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.
Dd2 Cdf6 17.Tfb1 Fd7 18.Tb2 Tfb8 19.Tab1 Tb7 20.Fd1 Tab8 21.Cc1 Ff8 22.Fg3
Cg5 23.f3 Ch5 24.Fe1 Rg7 25.Cd3 Txb2 26.Txb2 Fe7 27.h4 Ch7 28.g4 C5f6 29.
Txb8 Dxb8 30.Fc2 Dd8 31.Df2 Cg8 32.Cd1 f6 33.Ce3 Cf8 34.Fc3 g5 35.h5 Db6 
36.Cf5+ Fxf5 37.exf5 Cd7 38.Dd2 Fd8 39.Cf2 Ce7 40.Ce4 Cc8 41.Rf2 Rf7 42.
Fa4 Cb8 43.Dc2 Db7 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B87"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fc4 e6 7.Fb3 b5 8.O-O Fe7
9.Df3 Db6 10.Fe3 Db7 11.Dg3 b4 12.Ca4 Cbd7 13.f3 O-O 14.Tad1 Rh8 15.Rh1 
Tb8 16.De1 Da8 17.c4 bxc3 18.Dxc3 Fb7 19.Dd2 Tfc8 20.Tc1 Txc1 21.Txc1 Te8 
22.Ce2 d5 23.exd5 Cxd5 24.Cf4 C5f6 25.Rg1 Db8 26.Df2 Fd6 27.Fa7 Da8 28.Cd3
e5 29.Fc5 Cxc5 30.Cdxc5 e4 31.Cxb7 Dxb7 32.Te1 Dc7 33.g3 e3 34.Dg2 Fb4 35.
Te2 g6 36.Dh3 Dc6 37.Rg2 Db5 38.Rf1 Rg7 39.Cc3 Fxc3 40.bxc3 Dc6 41.Rg2 Cd5
42.Fxd5 Dxd5 43.Dh4 De6 44.Dd4+ Rg8 45.c4 h5 46.h4 Rh7 47.c5 Te7 48.Dc3 
Dd5 49.c6 Tc7 50.Dxe3 Txc6 51.Td2 Da5 52.Dd4 Tc1 53.Dd7 Tc7 54.Dd4 Te7 55.
Rf2 Df5 56.Rg2 Db5 57.Df2 Da4 58.Tb2 Tc7 59.Dd2 Td7 60.De2 Da3 61.Tb3 Dc1 
62.Tb2 Te7 63.Dd2 Da1 64.Tc2 Te1 65.Df2 Tb1 66.Td2 a5 67.Da7 Rg7 68.De3 a4
69.g4 Tb4 70.De2 hxg4 71.fxg4 Df6 72.Rh3 Df4 73.Td3 Te4 74.Df3 De5 75.Ta3 
Te2 76.Dg3 De4 77.Df3 Dxf3+ 78.Txf3 Txa2 79.g5 Tb2 80.Tf6 a3 81.Ta6 a2 82.
Ta8 f5 83.gxf6+ Rxf6 84.Rg4 Re5 85.Rg5 Tg2+ 86.Rh6 Rd4 87.Ta4+ Rc3 88.Txa2
Txa2 89.Rxg6 Rd4 90.h5 Re5 91.h6 Re6 92.Rg7 Tg2+ 93.Rf8 Tf2+ 94.Rg7 Tg2+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Xu Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C88p"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.a4 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.c3 Ca5 11.Fa2 c5 12.Ca3 Db6 13.Ch4 Fc8 14.Df3 Fe6 15.Cf5 Db7 
16.axb5 axb5 17.Fxe6 fxe6 18.Cxe7+ Dxe7 19.Cxb5 Dd7 20.c4 d5 21.De2 h6 22.
h3 Cc6 23.Txa8 Txa8 24.Fe3 Cd4 25.Cxd4 cxd4 26.Fd2 dxc4 27.dxc4 Ta2 28.Fb4
d3 29.De3 Da4 30.Fc3 Dxc4 31.f3 Cd7 32.Td1 Cc5 33.Fxe5 Dc2 34.Td2 Dc1+ 35.
Rh2 Ta1 36.Fc3 Ca4 37.Txd3 Dh1+ 38.Rg3 Tc1 39.Fd4 Df1 40.Td2 e5 41.Fxe5 
Tc5 42.f4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B36g"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 c5 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.f3 Fg7 8.Fe3 O-O
9.Dd2 Cxd4 10.Fxd4 Fe6 11.Fe2 Da5 12.Tc1 a6 13.b3 Tfc8 14.Db2 Ch5 15.Fxg7 
Rxg7 16.O-O De5 17.Tfd1 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Dd2 Tab8 20.Cxb5 Txc1 21.Txc1 
Txb5 22.f4 Cxf4 23.Fxb5 Dg5 24.Rh1 Dxb5 25.Dxf4 De2 26.Ta1 Fd7 27.Df3 Db2 
28.Tf1 f6 29.Df2 De5 30.Dc2 Fb5 31.Td1 Fa6 32.Dc6 Fe2 33.Te1 Fb5 34.Dd5 
Dc3 35.Td1 Dc2 36.h3 Fa6 37.a4 Fb7 38.Dd3 Dc5 39.Dd4 Dc2 40.Dd3 Dc5 41.b4 
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B07p"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 c6 4.f4 Da5 5.Fd3 e5 6.Cf3 Cbd7 7.Fe3 Fe7 8.Dd2 O-O
9.O-O Dc7 10.Rh1 b5 11.Tae1 Fb7 12.a3 a6 13.h3 Ch5 14.Ce2 c5 15.c3 f5 16.
d5 c4 17.Fc2 fxe4 18.Fxe4 exf4 19.Fxf4 Cc5 20.Fc2 Cd3 21.Fh2 Cxe1 22.Txe1 
Dd7 23.Fe4 Cf6 24.Cf4 Cxe4 25.Txe4 Tf5 26.Fg3 Ff6 27.Fh4 Fxh4 28.Cxh4 Te5 
29.Td4 Tae8 30.Cf3 Tf5 31.Rh2 h6 32.Ch4 Tfe5 33.Chg6 Df7 34.Dd1 Tf5 35.Dg4
Tg5 36.Df3 Txg6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B70d"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.g3 Cc6 7.Cde2 Tb8 8.Fg2 
b5 9.O-O Fg7 10.Cd5 Cd7 11.c3 a5 12.Cd4 Cxd4 13.cxd4 e6 14.Cf4 b4 15.Fe3 
Fa6 16.Te1 O-O 17.Dd2 Cb6 18.b3 Cc8 19.Tac1 Dd7 20.h4 Ca7 21.a4 bxa3 22.
Dxa5 Cb5 23.e5 Fb7 24.Ff1 Fc6 25.d5 exd5 26.e6 Db7 27.exf7+ Txf7 28.Ce6 
Fb2 29.Cd8 Txd8 30.Txc6 Dxc6 31.Dxd8+ Tf8 32.Fxb5 Dxb5 33.Dxd6 Te8 34.Rh2 
Fc3 35.Fc5 Rh8 36.Txe8+ Dxe8 37.Fxa3 Df7 38.Fc5 h5 39.b4 Rh7 40.b5 Fb4 41.
b6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B90i"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Dd2 Cc6 11.Cb3 Fe6 12.h4 gxh4 13.Fxh4 Db6 14.O-O-O Tc8 15.f3 
Fxc3 16.Dxc3 Cce5 17.Dd4 Dxd4 18.Cxd4 Ce3 19.Te1 Cxf1 20.Texf1 Fd7 21.b3 
f6 22.Rd2 Rf7 23.Ff2 Tcg8 24.Th2 Cc6 25.Ce2 f5 26.exf5 Fxf5 27.Tfh1 h5 28.
g4 Fg6 29.gxh5 Fh7 30.Cd4 Tg5 31.Cxc6 bxc6 32.h6 Thg8 33.c4 Tf5 34.Th3 a5 
35.T1h2 a4 36.Fe3 axb3 37.axb3 c5 38.Rc3 Tf6 39.Rb2 Te6 40.Fd2 Tg1 41.Th4 
Tf6 42.Tf2 Tfg6 43.Tf4+ Re8 44.Rc3 Txh6 45.Tg4 Txg4 46.fxg4 Th3+ 47.Rb2 
Tg3 48.g5 Fe4 49.Tf4 Tg2 50.Rc3 Tg3+ 51.Rb2 Tg2 52.Rc1 Tg1+ 53.Rb2 Tg2 54.
Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C80q"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Fb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Fe6 9.Cbd2 Fc5 10.Cxe4 dxe4 11.Fxe6 Dxd1 12.Txd1 fxe6 13.Cg5 O-O 14.Cxe4 
Fb6 15.b3 Cxe5 16.Rf1 Cg4 17.f3 Cf6 18.Cg3 Cd5 19.c4 bxc4 20.bxc4 Cf6 21.
Fb2 Tad8 22.Re2 Rf7 23.Tab1 Tfe8 24.Fe5 Cd7 25.Fxc7 Fxc7 26.Tb7 Ce5 27.
Txd8 Txd8 28.Txc7+ Rg6 29.Ce4 Tb8 30.Re3 Tb2 31.Rd4 Cf7 32.Tc6 Rf5 33.Cg3+
Rf6 34.Ch5+ Rg5 35.Cxg7 e5+ 36.Re3 Txg2 37.Txa6 Txh2 38.Ce6+ Rf5 39.Cc5 
Cg5 40.Cd7 Ce6 41.Ta5 Cd8 42.Txe5+ Rg6 43.a4 Ta2 44.Cb6 h5 45.Rf4 Cf7 46.
Te6+ Rg7 47.c5 h4 48.c6 Tc2 49.Cd5 h3 50.c7 h2 51.Te1 Cd6 52.Th1 Ce8 53.
Txh2 Tc4+ 54.Re5 Cxc7 55.Cxc7 Txc7 56.Ta2 Tc5+ 57.Rd6 Ta5 58.Rc6 Rf6 59.
Rb6 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B33w"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 Fg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 O-O 14.Cce3 Fe6 15.
Fd3 f5 16.Fc2 b4 17.O-O bxc3 18.bxc3 Rh8 19.Dh5 e4 20.f3 Da5 21.fxe4 Fxc3 
22.Tab1 Fg7 23.exf5 Fg8 24.f6 Fxf6 25.Txf6 Txf6 26.Cxf6 Dxh5 27.Cxh5 Fxa2 
28.Tb7 Ta7 29.Tb6 Ff7 30.Txc6 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A59o"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.Cf3 d6 8.e4 Fxf1
9.Rxf1 Fg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Rg2 Cbd7 12.h3 Ta6 13.Te1 Da8 14.Te2 Cb6 15.a4 
Cfd7 16.Fg5 Te8 17.h4 Fxc3 18.bxc3 Txa4 19.Txa4 Dxa4 20.Db1 f6 21.Fh6 Dc4 
22.Tb2 Rf7 23.Cd2 Da6 24.Ta2 De2 25.Df1 Dxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Ce5 27.Re2 Tb8 28.
Tb2 Ced7 29.Ta2 Ta8 30.Txa8 Cxa8 31.Ff4 Cab6 32.c4 Rg7 33.g4 h6 34.Fg3 g5 
35.h5 Cb8 36.Rd3 Ca6 37.Rc3 Cb4 38.Cf1 Ca2+ 39.Rb2 Cb4 40.Ce3 Rh7 41.Rb3 
Cd3 42.Cf5 Cc1+ 43.Rc2 Ce2 44.Rd3 Cxg3 45.fxg3 Cd7 46.Cxe7 Ce5+ 47.Rc3 Cf7
48.Rb3 Rg7 49.Cf5+ Rf8 50.Ra4 Re8 51.Rb5 Rd7 52.Rb6 Ce5 53.Cxh6 Cxc4+ 54.
Rb5 Ce5 55.Cf5 Cxg4 56.h6 Ce5 57.h7 Cf7 58.Ch6 Ch8 59.Cg8 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B46g"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.Cc3 a6 6.g3 Cge7 7.Cb3 d6 8.a4 Fd7
9.Fg2 Cc8 10.O-O Fe7 11.De2 O-O 12.Fe3 Dc7 13.f4 Tb8 14.g4 Te8 15.g5 Cb4 
16.Df2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.f5 Cxc2 19.Dxc2 b4 20.g6 e5 21.Cc5 bxc3 22.Ca6 
Txb2 23.Cxc7 Txc2 24.Cxe8 Fxe8 25.f6 Txg2+ 26.Rxg2 Fxf6 27.Ta8 Fd7 28.Tc1 
1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A67c"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Fg7 8.Fb5+ Cbd7
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Ch5 11.e6 Dh4+ 12.g3 Cxg3 13.hxg3 Dxh1 14.Fe3 Fxc3+ 15.
bxc3 a6 16.Fxd7+ Fxd7 17.exd7+ Rxd7 18.Df3 Dxf3 19.Cxf3 The8 20.Rf2 Rd6 
21.c4 f6 22.Tb1 b5 23.Cd2 g5 24.Rf3 Tad8 25.Td1 h5 26.Ce4+ Txe4 27.Rxe4 
Te8+ 28.Rf3 bxc4 29.Fd2 Te5 30.Fc3 Tf5+ 31.Re4 Tf2 32.Re3 Tf5 33.Re4 Tf2 
34.Re3 Tf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B80r"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 a6 6.g3 d6 7.Fg2 Fd7 8.O-O Cf6
9.a4 Fe7 10.Fe3 O-O 11.f4 Tc8 12.Cb3 Ca5 13.Cxa5 Dxa5 14.Dd2 Tfe8 15.h3 h5
16.Rh2 Tc4 17.De2 Txc3 18.bxc3 Dxc3 19.Fd2 Dxc2 20.Tfc1 Db3 21.Tcb1 Dc2 
22.Txb7 e5 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.De3 Fxa4 25.Fc3 Fb5 26.Fxe5 Dc6 27.Tb8 De6 28.
Txe8+ Cxe8 29.Dd4 h4 30.Dd5 Dh6 31.Ff4 hxg3+ 32.Fxg3 Fg5 33.Ta3 Cf6 34.
Da8+ Rh7 35.e5 Cg4+ 36.Rh1 Ce3 37.De4+ g6 38.e6 Cxg2 39.Rxg2 fxe6 40.Tf3 
Dg7 41.h4 Fh6 42.h5 Fe8 43.Dxe6 Dg8 44.De4 Fg5 45.Fd6 Da2+ 46.Tf2 Dg8 47.
Ff8 Fd8 48.Db7+ Rh8 49.Fh6 gxh5+ 50.Rh1 Fg5 51.Fxg5 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A39i"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Cf3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.Fg2 Fg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Cc3 
Cg4 9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Fb2 Cxd4 12.exd4 Tb8 13.a4 Ch6 14.Cd5 Cf5 15.a5 b5
16.axb6 e6 17.Cb4 Txb6 18.Cc6 Dc7 19.Ca5 d5 20.Fa3 Td8 21.Fc5 Tb8 22.cxd5 
exd5 23.b4 Fd7 24.Te1 Fb5 25.Dd2 Dd7 26.Df4 Te8 27.h4 Fd3 28.Dd2 Fb5 29.
Df4 Fd3 30.Dd2 Fb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42t"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cf6 9.Cc3 O-O 10.Te1 Fe6 11.cxd5 Cxd5 12.a3 Ff6 13.Fe4 h6 14.h3 Dd7 15.Fc2
Ff5 16.Ce4 Tae8 17.Cxf6+ Cxf6 18.Txe8 Txe8 19.Fa4 Dd6 20.Fe3 Te7 21.Tc1 
Cd5 22.Fxc6 bxc6 23.Ce5 Cxe3 24.fxe3 Fe4 25.Dg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Burgas BUL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B48p"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Dc7 5.Cc3 e6 6.Fe3 a6 7.Fd3 Cf6 8.O-O 
h5 9.h3 b5 10.Cxc6 Dxc6 11.a3 Fb7 12.Te1 Fe7 13.Fd4 e5 14.Fe3 b4 15.axb4 
Fxb4 16.Fd2 O-O 17.Df3 Tfe8 18.Tad1 Fxc3 19.Fxc3 De6 20.b3 Tac8 21.Fb2 h4 
22.De3 Ch5 23.Dg5 Cf4 24.Fc4 Txc4 25.bxc4 Fc6 26.c5 Cg6 27.De3 a5 28.Dc3 
a4 29.Td6 De7 30.Fc1 Ta8 31.f3 Rh7 32.Fe3 De8 33.Ta1 Tb8 34.Tdd1 De6 35.
Rh2 f6 36.Tdb1 Ta8 37.Tb4 Df7 38.De1 f5 39.exf5 Dxf5 40.Dc3 Te8 41.Tg4 Te6
42.Tb1 Te8 43.Tbb4 e4 44.f4 Df7 45.Fd4 Fd5 46.f5 Dxf5 47.Txa4 Fc6 48.Tb4 
e3 49.Fxe3 Dd5 50.Tg5 Te5 51.Tbg4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Fg2 g6 4.Cc3 Fg7 5.d3 f5 6.e4 Cf6 7.Cge2 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.
exf5 gxf5 10.d4 Ca6 11.b3 Fd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Dd6 De8 14.Fg5 h6 15.Fh4 Td8
16.Tad1 Fc8 17.Da3 Txd1 18.Txd1 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B90s"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.g4 Fe7 10.Dd2 O-O 11.O-O-O b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ce2 Ch5 14.Cg3 Cf4 15.h4 
a5 16.Rb1 a4 17.Cd4 exd4 18.Fxf4 Da5 19.Cf5 Fxf5 20.exf5 Dxf5 21.Dxd4 b3 
22.Fd3 bxa2+ 23.Ra1 Dc5 24.De4 g6 25.Fe3 De5 26.Fd4 Dxe4 27.Fxe4 Ta5 28.
Fc3 Tc5 29.Fb4 Tc4 30.Fxd6 Fxd6 31.Txd6 Cc5 32.Tc6 Td8 33.h5 Rf8 34.hxg6 
hxg6 35.Rxa2 Re7 36.Fd3 Rd7 37.Fxc4 Rxc6 38.Fxf7 Tf8 39.Fxg6 Txf3 40.Tg1 
Rd6 41.Fh7 Tf7 42.Fg8 Tg7 43.Fc4 Re5 44.g6 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97y"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.d4 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.Cd2 a5 10.a3 Fd7 11.b3 c6 12.Fb2 Fh6 13.Tb1 Cc8 14.dxc6 Fxc6 15.Fd3 Cb6 
16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Ch5 18.g3 Fd7 19.De2 Tc8 20.Cb3 Ca4 21.Cxa4 Fxa4 22.Fc1
Fxc1 23.Tfxc1 Fxb3 24.Txb3 Cg7 25.c5 Ce6 26.Tbc3 dxc5 27.bxc5 Da5 28.Dc2 
Rg7 29.Rg2 Tc6 30.Db2 Dc7 31.Fc4 Cxc5 32.Fb5 Db6 33.T1c2 Tc7 34.Dc1 Tfc8 
35.Ff1 Ce6 36.Txc7 Txc7 37.Txc7 Dxc7 38.Db2 Cd4 39.Fd3 Dc6 40.f4 Df6 41.
Fc4 b5 42.Fxb5 exf4 43.gxf4 Cxb5 44.Dxb5 Dxf4 45.Db2+ Rh6 46.Db7 f6 47.Rg1
Df3 48.De7 Dg4+ 49.Rf2 Df4+ 50.Rg1 Dg5+ 51.Rh1 De5 52.Db7 Dg5 53.Dc8 De3 
54.Dc4 Df2 55.Dd3 Rg5 56.Dc4 h5 57.Dd3 Rh4 58.Dd1 De3 59.Rg2 Dxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B48l"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Fd3 b5 8.O-O 
Fb7 9.De2 Cf6 10.Rh1 Fe7 11.f4 d6 12.a4 b4 13.Ca2 d5 14.e5 Ce4 15.c3 bxc3 
16.Cxc3 Cb4 17.Tac1 Cxd3 18.Dxd3 Db8 19.f5 Dxe5 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Ccb5 Cc5 
22.De2 Tc8 23.Ca7 Tc7 24.b4 Cxa4 25.Cac6 De4 26.Tf4 Dg6 27.Tg4 Df7 28.Txg7
Dxg7 29.Cxe6 Db2 30.Cxc7+ Rd7 31.Dxb2 Cxb2 32.Ce5+ Rd6 33.Cf7+ Rd7 34.Ce5+
Rd6 35.Ff4 Tf8 36.Cc4+ Rd7 37.Cb6+ 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A59j"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.e4 Fxf1 8.Rxf1 
d6 9.Cf3 Fg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Rg2 Cbd7 12.De2 Db6 13.Te1 Tfb8 14.e5 Cxe5 15.
Cxe5 dxe5 16.Dxe5 Tb7 17.De2 Ce8 18.Fd2 Cd6 19.b3 Da6 20.Tac1 Dxe2 21.Txe2
c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B80h"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cc6 7.f3 e6 8.g4 Fe7 
9.Dd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Cxd4 11.Fxd4 b5 12.Rb1 Fb7 13.h4 Tc8 14.g5 Cd7 15.a3 
Dc7 16.Tg1 Rh8 17.h5 e5 18.Fe3 f5 19.exf5 Txf5 20.Cd5 Fxd5 21.Dxd5 Dxc2+ 
22.Ra2 Tff8 23.Tc1 Da4 24.De6 Txc1 25.Fxc1 Dd4 26.Tg4 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert Dr"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A39i"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.Fg2 O-O 6.O-O cxd4 7.Cxd4 Cc6 8.Cc3 
Cg4 9.e3 d6 10.b3 a6 11.Fb2 Cxd4 12.exd4 Tb8 13.a4 Ch6 14.a5 Cf5 15.Cd5 b5
16.axb6 e6 17.Ce3 Ce7 18.Fa3 Dxb6 19.c5 dxc5 20.Fxc5 Dc7 21.Tc1 Td8 22.b4 
Dd7 23.De2 Fb7 24.Tfd1 Fxg2 25.Rxg2 Db7+ 26.Rg1 Cd5 27.Cxd5 Txd5 28.Ta1 
Ta8 29.Ta3 h5 30.h4 Rh7 31.Df3 Rg8 32.Tda1 Ff8 33.Ta5 Fxc5 34.bxc5 Db2 35.
T5a4 Tad8 36.Txa6 Dxd4 37.c6 Tf5 38.c7 Txf3 39.cxd8=D+ Dxd8 40.Ta8 Dxa8 
41.Txa8+ Rg7 42.Rg2 Tb3 43.f4 Tb7 44.Ta5 Rf6 45.Rf2 Td7 46.Re3 Td5 47.Ta7 
Tb5 48.Rf3 Tb3+ 49.Rf2 Tc3 50.Tb7 Tc5 51.Rf3 e5 52.fxe5+ Txe5 53.Ta7 Re6 
54.Ta6+ Rf5 55.Ta7 f6 56.Ta4 g5 57.hxg5 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B78f"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.Cc3 Fg7 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Fb3 
d6 9.f3 Fd7 10.Dd2 Tc8 11.O-O-O Ce5 12.Rb1 Cc4 13.Fxc4 Txc4 14.g4 b5 15.b3
Tc8 16.Cdxb5 Da5 17.a4 a6 18.Cd5 Dxd2 19.Cxe7+ Rh8 20.Txd2 Tce8 21.Cxg6+ 
fxg6 22.Cxd6 Te6 23.Cb7 Fc8 24.Cc5 Tc6 25.h3 g5 26.Thd1 Cg8 27.Tf2 Th6 28.
Th1 Thf6 29.Thf1 Th6 30.Th1 Thf6 31.Thf1 1/2-1/2

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

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Fg7 3.Fg2 e5 4.Cc3 d6 5.d3 f5 6.e4 Cf6 7.Cge2 O-O 8.O-O c6 9.
exf5 gxf5 10.d4 Ca6 11.b3 Fd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Dd6 De8 14.Fg5 h6 15.Fh4 Td8
16.Tad1 Fc8 17.Da3 Txd1 18.Txd1 f4 19.Dd6 Cg4 20.Fe4 fxg3 21.Fxg3 Cf6 22.
Fg2 Ch5 23.Ce4 Ff5 24.Dd2 Dg6 25.De3 Cc7 26.Td6 Df7 27.Td2 Ce8 28.Cd6 Cxd6
29.Txd6 Fg4 30.h3 Fc8 31.Fh4 Cf4 32.Cxf4 exf4 33.Df3 Dc7 34.Td2 Ff5 35.Te2
Tf7 36.Td2 Rh7 37.Ff1 De5 38.Td1 De6 39.Fd3 Dg6+ 40.Rh2 Fxd3 41.Dxd3 c5 
42.Df3 Fd4 43.Tg1 Df5 44.Dg2 Tg7 45.Df3 Tf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E92m"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 Cg4 8.Fg5 f6 
9.Fh4 Cc6 10.d5 Ce7 11.Cd2 f5 12.Fxg4 fxg4 13.Fg5 h6 14.Fe3 c5 15.Tb1 g5 
16.b4 b6 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.O-O Tf7 19.Tb3 Cg6 20.Db1 Ff8 21.Db2 Cf4 22.Tb1 
h5 23.Tb8 Txb8 24.Dxb8 h4 25.g3 h3 26.Rf1 Cd3 27.Tb3 Cb4 28.Re2 Cc2 29.Da8
Cd4+ 30.Fxd4 exd4 31.Cd1 De8 32.Tb8 Tc7 33.Cb2 Rh7 34.Cd3 Fg7 35.Tb1 De7 
36.Rf1 Fa6 37.Re2 Fc8 38.Rd1 Fd7 39.Tb8 Rg6 40.Rc1 Rf7 41.Tb3 Df8 42.Dxf8+
Fxf8 43.e5 Ff5 44.e6+ Re7 45.Rd1 Rd8 46.Re2 Rc8 47.f3 gxf3+ 48.Rxf3 Tb7 
49.Txb7 Rxb7 50.Ce4 Fe7 51.g4 Fg6 52.Cdf2 Rb6 53.Ch1 Rc7 54.Chg3 Fxe4+ 55.
Cxe4 Rd8 56.Cf2 Re8 57.Re4 Rf8 58.Cxh3 Rg7 59.Cf2 Rg6 60.Ch1 Rf6 61.Cg3 
Ff8 62.Cf5 Fe7 63.h4 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A46z"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.Fg5 h6 4.Fxf6 Dxf6 5.e4 d6 6.c3 Cd7 7.Cbd2 g6 8.Fd3 
Fg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Te1 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B33v"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.c3 Fg7 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 Fe6 14.g3 O-O 15.
Fg2 a5 16.O-O f5 17.Dh5 b4 18.Cce3 bxc3 19.bxc3 Rh8 20.Tad1 Tb8 21.Fh3 Dd7
22.f4 e4 23.Rh1 Tb2 24.Cc4 Txa2 25.Cde3 Ff7 26.Dg5 Fxc4 27.Cxc4 d5 28.Ce5 
De6 29.g4 Fxe5 30.fxe5 Dxe5 31.Fg2 f4 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42t"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Fe7 7.O-O Cc6 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 Fe6 10.Cc3 O-O 11.Fe3 Ff5 12.Tc1 dxc4 13.Fxc4 c6 14.Ce5 Cxc3 15.
bxc3 Cd5 16.Df3 Fe6 17.Fd2 Fg5 18.Fxg5 Dxg5 19.Tfe1 Tae8 20.g3 Df5 21.Dd1 
Cb6 22.Fd3 Df6 23.Dc2 g6 24.Tb1 Fc8 25.Te2 Te7 26.Tbe1 Tfe8 27.Db3 Fe6 28.
Da3 Cc8 29.Te3 Dg7 30.Db4 Df8 31.a4 Tc7 32.Db2 Cd6 33.c4 Td8 34.h4 Cf5 35.
Te4 Cg7 36.Tf4 Ch5 37.Tf3 Dd6 38.g4 Fxg4 39.Cxg4 Dxd4 40.Ch6+ Rg7 41.Dc1 
f6 42.Te4 Dc5 43.Cg4 Tf7 44.Tfe3 Tfd7 45.Fe2 Tf8 46.Dc3 Df5 47.Ch2 Dc5 48.
Fg4 Tdd8 49.Cf3 Rh8 50.Fxh5 Dxh5 51.Tf4 Rg8 52.Rh2 Td6 53.c5 Dh6 54.Rg3 
1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B78d"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 Cc6 8.Dd2 
O-O 9.Fc4 Fd7 10.O-O-O Ce5 11.Fb3 Tc8 12.g4 b5 13.g5 Ch5 14.Ccxb5 Cc4 15.
Fxc4 Txc4 16.Dd3 Tb4 17.Cc3 Db8 18.Cb3 Fe6 19.Da6 Fxc3 20.bxc3 Tb7 21.Td4 
Tc8 22.Rd2 Dc7 23.Dd3 d5 24.Rc1 dxe4 25.fxe4 Fc4 26.Dd2 e5 27.Td6 Cf4 28.
Fxf4 exf4 29.Td1 f3 30.Df4 De7 31.h4 Fe2 32.T1d5 Tbc7 33.Cd4 Fc4 34.Dxf3 
Fxd5 35.Txd5 Txc3 36.Df6 Dc7 37.Df2 Dc4 38.Rb2 Db4+ 39.Ra1 Th3 40.Df1 Te3 
0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C88k"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 
9.c3 d5 10.exd5 Cxd5 11.Cxe5 Cxe5 12.Txe5 c6 13.d4 Fd6 14.Te1 Dh4 15.g3 
Dh3 16.Fe3 Fg4 17.Dd3 bxc3 18.Cxc3 Tfb8 19.Fd1 Txb2 20.Fxg4 Dxg4 21.Cxd5 
cxd5 22.Teb1 Txb1+ 23.Txb1 a5 24.Tb5 Df3 25.Db3 Fb4 26.Dxd5 Dd1+ 27.Rg2 
Tf8 28.Dc4 h6 29.d5 Dxa4 30.d6 Da1 31.d7 Df6 32.Fb6 Fe7 33.Fxa5 Da6 34.Dd5
Rh7 35.De4+ g6 36.Te5 Fd6 37.Td5 Da8 38.f3 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E92i"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 exd4 8.Cxd4 
Te8 9.f3 Cc6 10.Dd2 Ch5 11.Fg5 f6 12.Cxc6 bxc6 13.Fh6 Fxh6 14.Dxh6 Tb8 15.
O-O-O De7 16.g4 Cg7 17.f4 Ce6 18.f5 Df8 19.De3 Cc5 20.Thf1 gxf5 21.gxf5 
Rh8 22.Tf3 Fd7 23.Df4 De7 24.Tg1 Cxe4 25.Te3 d5 26.Cxe4 dxe4 27.Tg4 Db4 
28.Tb3 De1+ 29.Fd1 e3 30.Td3 Db4 31.Dd4 Te5 32.Tb3 Dd2+ 33.Dxd2 exd2+ 34.
Rxd2 Txb3 35.axb3 Fxf5 36.Td4 Rg7 37.Ff3 c5 38.Td8 Rh6 39.Tf8 Rg5 40.Tf7 
h5 41.Tg7+ Rh4 42.Tf7 Fg4 43.Fxg4 Rxg4 44.Txf6 Rh3 45.Ta6 Rxh2 46.Txa7 h4 
47.Txc7 Tg5 48.Rc2 Tg2+ 49.Rd3 Tg3+ 50.Re4 Txb3 51.Txc5 Txb2 52.Th5 h3 53.
c5 Rg3 54.Rd5 h2 55.Th8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C74"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Fxf5 7.O-O Fd3 8.Te1 
Fe7 9.c4 Tb8 10.Db3 e4 11.Cg5 Cf6 12.Cc3 O-O 13.Ccxe4 Cxe4 14.Cxe4 Ce5 15.
Te3 b5 16.cxb5+ d5 17.Txd3 Cxd3 18.Dxd3 dxe4 19.Dxe4 Ff6 20.bxa6 Fd4 21.d3
Txf2 22.Fe3 Tbxb2 23.Fb3+ Rh8 24.Te1 Txg2+ 25.Dxg2 Txg2+ 26.Rxg2 Da8+ 27.
Rf2 Fc3 28.a7 Fxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Dh1+ 30.Rd2 Dxh2+ 31.Rc3 Dg2 32.Rd4 Da8 33.Re5
De8+ 34.Rf4 c6 35.Fc5 h5 36.Fd6 Dd8 37.Fb8 Dd4+ 38.Rf5 Dxd3+ 39.Re6 Da6 
40.Rd7 g5 41.Rc7 g4 42.Fc4 Da4 43.Fb3 Da6 44.Fc4 Da4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "B33w"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 Fg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 O-O 14.Cce3 Fe6 15.
Fd3 f5 16.Fc2 Fh6 17.O-O Ta7 18.f4 Dh4 19.g3 Tg7 20.Cc7 exf4 21.Cg2 Dh3 
22.Txf4 Fxf4 23.Cxf4 Txg3+ 24.Rh1 Dh6 25.Dxd6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B07t"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.Fe3 c6 5.f3 Cbd7 6.g4 b5 7.h4 Fb7 8.h5 Tg8 9.
Dd2 Dc7 10.Ch3 a6 11.O-O-O e6 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Cg5 Fe7 14.Rb1 Tf8 15.Ch7 
Cxh7 16.Txh7 Cf6 17.Th2 O-O-O 18.g5 Cd7 19.Th7 Cb6 20.Df2 c5 21.b3 cxd4 
22.Fxd4 Cd7 23.De3 Rb8 24.a4 b4 25.Ca2 Tc8 26.Td2 Da5 27.Fg7 Tfe8 28.Fh6 
Ce5 29.Fe2 Th8 30.Txh8 Txh8 31.Dd4 Tc8 32.Dxb4 Dxb4 33.Cxb4 d5 34.Fg7 Fxb4
35.Fxe5+ Ra8 36.Td1 dxe4 37.fxe4 Fxe4 38.Fd3 Fxd3 39.Txd3 Fe7 40.Td7 Fxg5 
41.Txf7 Tc5 42.Fb2 Fh4 43.Tf8+ Rb7 44.Te8 Tc6 45.c4 Fg3 46.Rc2 Ff4 47.Ff6 
g5 48.Te7+ Rc8 49.Tg7 Tc5 50.Rd3 a5 51.Fe7 Tf5 52.c5 Rd7 53.Fxg5+ Rc6 54.
Fxf4 Txf4 55.Ta7 Tf3+ 56.Rc4 Tf4+ 57.Rc3 Tf3+ 58.Rb2 Rxc5 59.Txa5+ Rd4 60.
Ta8 e5 61.a5 Tf6 62.Te8 e4 63.b4 e3 64.Rb3 Tf1 65.Td8+ Re4 66.a6 Ta1 67.b5
e2 68.Te8+ Rd3 69.Rb4 Rd2 70.Rc5 e1=D 71.Txe1 Rxe1 72.Rb6 Rd2 73.Ra7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A59o"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.Cf3 d6 8.e4 Fxf1
9.Rxf1 Fg7 10.g3 Cbd7 11.Rg2 O-O 12.Te1 Ta6 13.h3 Da8 14.Fg5 h6 15.Fd2 e6 
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Dc2 d5 18.a4 g5 19.Ta3 Tb6 20.Fc1 Tf7 21.Cd2 Tb4 22.Tb3 
Txb3 23.Dxb3 c4 24.Cxc4 dxc4 25.Dxc4 Ce5 26.Dxe6 Cd3 27.Tf1 Cc5 28.Dc4 
Ccxe4 29.Cxe4 Cxe4 30.f3 Cd6 31.De6 Cf5 32.De4 Dc8 33.Te1 Tc7 34.Fd2 Tc2 
35.Te2 Txb2 36.Fe1 Txe2+ 37.Dxe2 Cd4 38.Dd3 De6 39.Fd2 Da2 40.a5 Cc6 41.h4
gxh4 42.gxh4 Ce5 43.Dd8+ Rh7 44.f4 Ff6 45.Dd4 Dg8+ 46.Rf1 Dc4+ 47.Dxc4 
Cxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C11t"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Fe7 6.Fxf6 Fxf6 7.Cf3 O-O 8.
Dd2 Cd7 9.O-O-O Fe7 10.Fd3 b6 11.h4 Fb7 12.c3 Cf6 13.Ceg5 Fxf3 14.gxf3 Rh8
15.Rb1 Dd6 16.Tdg1 h6 17.Ce4 Cxe4 18.fxe4 e5 19.f4 exd4 20.Dg2 Tg8 21.e5 
De6 22.De4 f5 23.De2 dxc3 24.Fc4 Dc6 25.Fxg8 Txg8 26.Th3 cxb2 27.Td1 Da4 
28.Tf3 Fxh4 29.Dc2 Dxc2+ 30.Rxc2 Te8 31.Td7 Te7 32.Td1 Te6 33.Rxb2 Rg8 34.
Rb3 Rf7 35.a4 Fe7 36.Td7 Tc6 37.Tc3 Txc3+ 38.Rxc3 g5 39.Txc7 gxf4 40.Txa7 
h5 41.Tb7 f3 42.Rd3 h4 43.Txb6 h3 44.a5 Fd8 45.Tb7+ Rg8 46.a6 h2 47.Tb1 
Fb6 48.Th1 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B93c"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f4 Cbd7 7.a4 g6 8.Fd3 Fg7
9.Cf3 O-O 10.O-O Cc5 11.De1 b6 12.Fd2 Fb7 13.b4 Cxd3 14.cxd3 Tc8 15.Tc1 e6
16.Rh1 Cd7 17.f5 Ce5 18.Cxe5 Fxe5 19.Fh6 Te8 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Df2 f5 22.d4 
Fg7 23.Fxg7 Rxg7 24.d5 Tc4 25.dxe6 Fxe4 26.Cxe4 Txe4 27.Tc6 T8xe6 28.Txb6 
Df6 29.Txa6 Txb4 30.a5 Dd4 31.h3 Dxf2 32.Txf2 Ta4 33.Td2 Ta1+ 34.Rh2 Rh6 
35.Tdxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C92m"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Fb7 10.d4 Te8 11.Cbd2 h6 12.Fc2 Ff8 13.d5 Ce7 14.c4 c6 15.b3 cxd5 16.
cxd5 Tc8 17.Cf1 Ch5 18.a4 Dc7 19.Fd3 f5 20.axb5 fxe4 21.Txe4 Dc3 22.Fa3 
Cf6 23.Fxd6 Cxe4 24.Fxe4 axb5 25.Ta7 Tcd8 26.Txb7 Txd6 27.Txb5 Cc6 28.De2 
Cd4 29.Cxd4 Dxd4 30.Cg3 Tf6 31.Cf5 Da7 32.b4 Tc8 33.d6 g6 34.Fd5+ Rh8 35.
Dxe5 Fg7 36.Cxg7 Dxg7 37.d7 Tc1+ 38.Rh2 Tf8 39.f4 Td1 40.Tb8 1-0

[Event "Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A36i"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Cc6 3.Fg2 g6 4.Cc3 Fg7 5.a3 d6 6.Tb1 h5 7.h3 Ch6 8.e3 e5 9.d3
f5 10.Cd5 Fe6 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 Ce7 13.Da4+ Rf7 14.e4 Cxd5 15.exd5 Fd7 
16.Db3 Ff6 17.Cf3 Rg7 18.h4 Cf7 19.Fe3 De7 20.c5 f4 21.cxd6 Cxd6 22.Fc5 e4
23.dxe4 Dxe4+ 24.Rf1 Fa4 25.Cd2 Fxb3 26.Cxe4 Fc4+ 27.Rg1 Cxe4 28.Fxe4 The8
29.f3 b6 30.Tc1 bxc5 31.Txc4 cxb4 32.Txb4 fxg3 33.Rg2 Fe5 34.Tb7+ Rh6 35.
Tc1 Tac8 36.Txc8 Txc8 37.Te7 Ff6 38.Te6 Rg7 39.Rxg3 Tc1 40.Ta6 Tg1+ 41.Rh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A59q"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.e4 Fxf1 8.Rxf1 
d6 9.g3 Fg7 10.Rg2 Cbd7 11.Cf3 O-O 12.Te1 Da5 13.h3 Tfb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.
Cxe5 Cxe5 16.Txe5 Tb7 17.d6 exd6 18.Dxd6 Tc8 19.Cd5 Cxd5 20.Dxd5 Da6 21.
Te4 c4 22.Ff4 Fxb2 23.Tae1 Db5 24.Te8+ Txe8 25.Dxb5 Txb5 26.Txe8+ Rg7 27.
Tc8 Tb4 28.Fd6 Ta4 29.a3 Rf6 30.Fb4 Fxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B48c"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.Dd2 Fb7
9.O-O-O Cxd4 10.Fxd4 Tc8 11.g4 d6 12.Rb1 Cf6 13.a3 Cd7 14.h4 Ce5 15.De3 
Cc4 16.Fxc4 Dxc4 17.Th2 e5 18.Fa7 Fe7 19.h5 h6 20.Db6 Dc7 21.Dxc7 Txc7 22.
Fb6 Tc6 23.Fa5 Fg5 24.a4 bxa4 25.Cxa4 Re7 26.b3 Tb8 27.Cc3 Fa8 28.Cd5+ Rd7
29.Fd2 f6 30.Rb2 Tf8 31.Ta1 Fb7 32.Fe3 Re6 33.Td2 Tf7 34.Td3 Fxe3 35.Cxe3 
Fc8 36.Tad1 Tfc7 37.c4 a5 38.Cf5 Td7 39.Ta1 Ta6 40.Rc3 Tc7 41.Td5 Tca7 42.
Tad1 Td7 43.Tb5 Tc7 44.Tb8 a4 45.bxa4 Txa4 46.Cxd6 Fd7 47.Tb6 Re7 48.Tdb1 
Fe6 49.Rb3 Tca7 50.Rc3 Tc7 51.T1b4 Ta3+ 52.Tb3 Ta4 53.Rb2 Fxc4 54.Tc3 Ta2+
55.Rc1 Ta1+ 56.Rd2 Td7 57.Txc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 d5 6.Fg2 e5 7.Cf3 d4 8.O-O Cc6 
9.e3 Fc5 10.exd4 exd4 11.Te1+ Fe6 12.Cg5 O-O 13.Cxe6 fxe6 14.Cd2 Dd6 15.
Ce4 Cxe4 16.Fxe4 h6 17.Fd3 Tf6 18.a3 a5 19.De2 a4 20.Fd2 Fb6 21.Ff4 Dd7 
22.De4 g5 23.Fd2 Fa5 24.Tad1 Fxd2 25.Txd2 Ta5 26.f4 gxf4 27.gxf4 Rf8 28.
Tg2 Taf5 29.Tf1 Df7 30.Tgf2 Re7 31.Rh1 Rd8 32.Fc2 Rc7 33.Fxa4 e5 34.Fxc6 
bxc6 35.Tg1 Dxc4 36.Tc2 Db5 37.a4 Dxa4 38.fxe5 Tf4 39.Dg2 T6f5 40.b3 Db5 
41.Dg8 Tg5 42.Txg5 hxg5 43.Dxg5 Dd5+ 44.Rg1 d3 45.Txc6+ Rxc6 46.Dxf4 d2 
47.Da4+ Rb7 48.Db4+ Rc8 49.Dg4+ Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C75"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 d6 5.c3 Fd7 6.d4 Cge7 7.Fe3 Cg6 8.h4 h5 
9.g3 Fe7 10.d5 Cb8 11.Fxd7+ Cxd7 12.Cfd2 Cf6 13.f3 O-O 14.c4 c5 15.Cc3 Dd7
16.a4 a5 17.De2 Rh7 18.O-O-O Th8 19.Cf1 Rg8 20.Fd2 Ce8 21.Ce3 Cf8 22.b3 g6
23.f4 Ff6 24.Tdf1 De7 25.f5 Cg7 26.Cb5 b6 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.g4 Fxh4 29.Cxd6 
Dxd6 30.Txh4 Cd7 31.gxh5 Txh5 32.Txh5 Cxh5 33.Cf5 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B22l"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Dxd5 4.d4 Cf6 5.Cf3 Fg4 6.Fe2 e6 7.h3 Fh5 8.O-O Cc6
9.a3 Fe7 10.c4 Dd8 11.dxc5 Dxd1 12.Txd1 a5 13.Fe3 Ce4 14.Cc3 Cxc3 15.bxc3 
Fg6 16.Cd4 O-O-O 17.Cxc6 bxc6 18.Ff3 Ff6 19.Tac1 Txd1+ 20.Txd1 Td8 21.
Txd8+ Rxd8 22.Fxc6 Fxc3 23.Fb5 e5 24.f3 Rc8 25.Rf2 Fb2 26.a4 Fd4 27.Fxd4 
exd4 28.Re2 Rc7 29.Fe8 Fb1 30.h4 f6 31.Rd2 h6 32.h5 d3 33.Fb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C10n"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cf3 Cgf6 6.Cxf6+ Cxf6 7.Fd3 b6 8.
De2 Fb7 9.Fg5 Fe7 10.O-O-O Dd6 11.Ce5 O-O 12.Rb1 Tad8 13.c4 h6 14.Ff4 Dxd4
15.Fh7+ Rxh7 16.Txd4 Txd4 17.Fe3 Te4 18.Cf3 Td8 19.h3 Rg8 20.b3 a5 21.Td1 
Txd1+ 22.Dxd1 b5 23.Cd2 Th4 24.f3 Th5 25.Df1 bxc4 26.bxc4 a4 27.Ff4 Tc5 
28.Dd3 Tc6 29.a3 Fa6 30.Fe5 Fd6 31.Fb2 Tb6 32.Dc3 Ff8 33.Ra2 Cd7 34.Da5 
Cc5 35.Fd4 Cb3 36.Cxb3 axb3+ 37.Rb2 Tc6 38.c5 Fc4 39.Da8 Ta6 40.Dd8 Fd5 
41.Dxc7 f6 42.Dd7 Tc6 43.De8 Ta6 44.a4 Ta8 45.Db5 Td8 46.a5 Fa8 47.Fc3 Rf7
48.a6 Td5 49.Db8 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A35k"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]

1.c4 c5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Cxd4 dxc4 7.Cxc6 Dxd1+ 8.
Cxd1 bxc6 9.Fg2 Cd5 10.Ce3 e6 11.Cxc4 Fa6 12.b3 Fb4+ 13.Fd2 Fxd2+ 14.Cxd2 
Cb4 15.Fe4 Re7 16.a3 Cd5 17.Tc1 Thc8 18.f4 c5 19.Rf2 Tab8 20.Tc2 Cf6 21.
Ff3 Td8 22.Thc1 Fb7 23.Re3 Fxf3 24.exf3 Cd7 25.Tc3 Tb5 26.Re2 h5 27.a4 Tb4
28.Cc4 h4 29.Ca5 Tc8 30.Tc4 Txc4 31.Txc4 hxg3 32.hxg3 a6 33.Tc1 Th8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E76l"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Cf3 c5 7.dxc5 Da5 8.Fd3 Dxc5
9.De2 Fg4 10.Fe3 Da5 11.O-O Cc6 12.Tac1 Cd7 13.Df2 Fxf3 14.gxf3 Cc5 15.Fb1
Ca4 16.Cxa4 Dxa4 17.Tfd1 Tac8 18.b3 Da5 19.Td5 Dc7 20.Tcd1 b6 21.a3 Tfd8 
22.h4 e6 23.Tg5 De7 24.h5 Df6 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.f5 Fh6 27.Tg2 Fxe3 28.Dxe3 
Tc7 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.e5 dxe5 31.Txd8+ Dxd8 32.Txg6+ Tg7 33.Dh6 Df6 34.Rf2 
Txg6 35.Fxg6 Cd4 36.Fh7+ Rf7 37.Dxf6+ Rxf6 38.b4 Re7 39.Re3 Rd6 40.Fe4 
Cf5+ 41.Rd3 Cd4 42.a4 Cb3 43.Rc3 Cd4 44.a5 bxa5 45.c5+ Rd7 46.bxa5 Cb5+ 
47.Rd3 Cc7 48.Fb7 Re7 49.Fc6 Ca6 50.Rc4 Cc7 51.Fa4 Rd8 52.Fc2 Re7 53.Fd3 
Rd7 54.Fc2 Re7 55.Fe4 Rd7 56.Fb7 Re7 57.Rd3 Rf6 58.Re4 Cb5 59.Fa6 Cc7 60.
Fc4 Ce8 61.Ff1 Cc7 62.Fe2 Ce8 63.f4 exf4 64.Rxf4 Cc7 65.Fc4 Re7 66.Re5 Rd7
67.Fd3 Rc6 68.Rd4 e5+ 69.Rc4 Rb7 70.Fe4+ Rb8 71.c6 Ca8 72.Rd5 Cc7+ 73.Rc5 
Ca8 74.Rd6 Cc7 75.Rd7 Ca8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B22e"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Cf6 4.dxc5 Cc6 5.Fc4 Cxe4 6.Fxf7+ Rxf7 7.Dd5+ e6 8.
Dxe4 d5 9.Df3+ Df6 10.Fe3 b6 11.cxb6 axb6 12.Fd4 Cxd4 13.cxd4 Ta4 14.Dxf6+
gxf6 15.Ce2 Fb4+ 16.Cbc3 Fxc3+ 17.bxc3 Fa6 18.Rd2 Fxe2 19.Rxe2 Tha8 20.
Thb1 Txa2+ 21.Txa2 Txa2+ 22.Re3 Tc2 23.Txb6 Txc3+ 24.Rd2 Ta3 25.Td6 Ta2+ 
26.Re3 Ta1 27.Re2 Th1 28.h3 h5 29.Td7+ Rg6 30.Te7 Rf5 31.g4+ hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B81g"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 Cc6 
9.Df3 Cxd4 10.Fxd4 e5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Fxe5 Cxg4 13.Fg3 Fb4 14.a3 Fxc3+ 15.
Dxc3 O-O 16.Fd3 Dg5 17.Dd2 Ce5 18.Dxg5 Cxd3+ 19.cxd3 hxg5 20.Rd2 Fd7 21.
Tac1 Tac8 22.d4 Tfe8 23.Txc8 Txc8 24.d5 f6 25.Te1 Td8 26.Rc3 Fh3 27.Rd4 
Fg2 28.Fc7 Td7 29.d6 Rf7 30.Te3 Re6 31.e5 f5 32.Tg3 Fc6 33.Txg5 f4 34.h4 
f3 35.Re3 Tf7 36.Rf2 Fd7 37.Fa5 Rd5 38.Fc3 Fe6 39.h5 Rc6 40.Tg1 Rd7 41.Fd4
Fd5 42.Tg6 Fe6 43.Tg5 Fd5 44.e6+ Rxe6 45.Fxg7 Rxd6 46.Txd5+ Rxd5 47.h6 Re4
48.h7 Txg7 49.h8=D Tg2+ 50.Rf1 b5 51.Da8+ Re3 52.Da7+ Rd3 53.Dxa6 Txb2 54.
a4 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A27"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.Cf3 Fb4 4.d3 Fxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Tb1 Cge7 7.e3 O-O 8.Fe2
b6 9.Cd2 Fe6 10.O-O Dd7 11.d4 Ca5 12.Tb2 f5 13.d5 Ff7 14.f4 e4 15.Cb3 Cb7 
16.Td2 Tac8 17.g4 c6 18.dxc6 Dxc6 19.Td4 fxg4 20.f5 Tce8 21.Fa3 Dc8 22.
Fxg4 h5 23.Fh3 Cc6 24.Td2 Fxc4 25.Tf4 Tf6 26.Tg2 Ff7 27.De1 Fxb3 28.axb3 
Ce5 29.Dg3 Te7 30.c4 Cc5 31.Rh1 Da6 32.Fb2 Ccd3 33.Fxe5 dxe5 34.Tf1 b5 35.
Dh4 bxc4 36.bxc4 Cc5 37.Tfg1 Tef7 38.Tg5 Da2 39.Dg3 Rf8 40.Txg7 Cd3 41.
Txf7+ Txf7 42.Dg8+ Re7 43.f6+ Rd6 44.Db8+ Rc6 45.Dc8+ Rb6 46.Tf1 Cf2+ 47.
Rg1 Cxh3+ 48.Dxh3 Dxc4 49.Df5 a5 50.Dxe5 Dc6 51.Tf5 Dc1+ 52.Rg2 Dd2+ 53.
Rh3 Dxe3+ 54.Rh4 Tc7 55.f7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C88h"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 Te8 10.c3 Ff8 11.Fg5 h6 12.Fh4 d6 13.Cbd2 g6 14.Cf1 Fg7 15.Dd2 De7 
16.Ce3 Df8 17.a4 Ce7 18.Fxf6 Fxf6 19.Cg4 Fg7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Txa8 Fxa8 22.
d4 Cc8 23.Dd3 exd4 24.Cxd4 h5 25.Ch2 d5 26.Cxb5 Dc5 27.Ta1 Cb6 28.exd5 
Fxd5 29.Fxd5 Cxd5 30.Cf3 Tb8 31.Cbd4 Txb2 32.Ta8+ Ff8 33.Ce5 Dxc3 34.Dxc3 
Cxc3 35.Cd7 Rg7 36.Cxf8 Td2 37.Cb3 Td5 38.Rh2 h4 39.Te8 Cb5 40.Tc8 Cd4 41.
Cd2 c5 42.Ce4 Cb3 43.Ch7 Cd2 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D76j"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.Fg2 O-O 7.O-O Cc6 8.Cc3 
Cb6 9.d5 Ca5 10.Dc2 Cxd5 11.Td1 c6 12.Ce1 Fd7 13.Cxd5 cxd5 14.Txd5 e6 15.
Td3 Tc8 16.Dd1 Tc7 17.Ff4 e5 18.Fg5 De8 19.Tc1 Txc1 20.Fxc1 Ff5 21.e4 Fe6 
22.b3 Db5 23.Fa3 Te8 24.Td8 Ff6 25.Dd3 Dc6 26.Txe8+ Dxe8 27.Cc2 Fe7 28.Fc1
Dc8 29.Fe3 b6 30.Ff1 h5 31.h4 Dc7 32.Rh2 f6 33.Fd2 Dc5 34.Ce3 Cc6 35.Fh3 
Ff7 36.Dd7 Rg7 37.Rg2 Dd6 38.Cd5 f5 39.Dxd6 Fxd6 40.Rf1 Fxd5 41.exd5 Ce7 
42.Fg2 e4 43.f3 exf3 44.Fxf3 Fxg3 45.Fg5 Cc8 46.Re2 Cd6 47.Rd3 Cf7 48.Fe7 
Ce5+ 49.Re3 Cxf3 50.Rxf3 Fe5 51.Fb4 Rf7 52.a4 a6 53.Fd2 Re7 54.Fe3 b5 55.
axb5 axb5 56.Fc5+ Rd7 57.Fb4 Ff6 58.Rg3 f4+ 59.Rxf4 Fxh4 60.Re4 Fe7 61.Fd2
g5 62.Rf5 g4 63.Rf4 Fd6+ 64.Rg5 g3 65.Fe3 Fe5 66.Rxh5 g2 67.Fg1 Rd6 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B13y"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fg5 e6 7.c5 Fd7 8.Fb5 b6 
9.Fxc6 Fxc6 10.b4 bxc5 11.bxc5 Da5 12.Fd2 Da6 13.Cf3 Cd7 14.De2 Dxe2+ 15.
Rxe2 Fe7 16.Fe3 f6 17.Ce1 O-O 18.Cd3 Tab8 19.Tab1 a5 20.f4 g5 21.fxg5 fxg5
22.Txb8 Txb8 23.Tf1 Ff6 24.g4 Rg7 25.h3 Te8 26.Rd1 Rg6 27.Rc1 h5 28.gxh5+ 
Rxh5 29.Rd2 Rg6 30.Tg1 Th8 31.Tg3 Th4 32.Cf4+ Rf5 33.Cg2 Txd4+ 34.Fxd4 
Fxd4 35.h4 gxh4 36.Cxh4+ Rf6 37.Tg8 Cxc5 38.Cf3 Fxc3+ 39.Rxc3 e5 40.Tc8 
Ce4+ 41.Rb2 Fd7 42.Ta8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D77d"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.d4 Cc6 7.Cbd2 a5 8.b3 Ce4 
9.Fb2 Fe6 10.e3 f5 11.De2 Ff7 12.cxd5 Fxd5 13.Cxe4 Fxe4 14.a3 Dd5 15.Dc4 
e6 16.Ce1 Fxg2 17.Cxg2 g5 18.Tac1 Tfd8 19.Tfd1 Ta6 20.Fa1 Tb6 21.Tb1 e5 
22.Dc2 e4 23.Dc4 Td7 24.Fc3 Ta6 25.De2 h6 26.b4 axb4 27.Fxb4 Cxb4 28.axb4 
Ff8 29.b5 Ta2 30.Td2 Txd2 31.Dxd2 Dc4 32.Dd1 Rg7 33.h3 Dd5 34.De2 Fd6 35.
Ta1 Td8 36.Db2 b6 37.De2 Ta8 38.Ta6 Th8 39.Ta7 Rf6 40.Rh2 Db3 41.Ta1 Dc3 
42.Da2 Tf8 43.Td1 Re7 44.Rg1 Da3 45.Dd5 Db2 46.Tf1 De2 47.Tc1 Tf7 48.Ta1 
Dh5 49.Rh2 Df3 50.Rg1 Rf6 51.Ta8 Rg7 52.Ta1 Dh5 53.Rh2 De2 54.Rg1 Tf8 55.
Ta7 Dd1+ 56.Rh2 Tf7 57.Ta2 Df1 58.h4 Tf8 59.Ta7 Tf6 60.Ta8 Tf7 61.Th8 Dxf2
62.Th7+ Rxh7 63.Dxf7+ Rh8 64.Df6+ Rh7 65.Df7+ Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "B48p"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Dc7 5.Cc3 e6 6.Fe3 a6 7.Fd3 Cf6 8.O-O 
h5 9.h3 b5 10.Cxc6 Dxc6 11.a3 Fb7 12.Te1 Fd6 13.Fd4 e5 14.Fe3 b4 15.axb4 
Fxb4 16.Fd2 O-O 17.Df3 Tfe8 18.Tad1 Fxc3 19.Fxc3 De6 20.b3 Tac8 21.Fb2 h4 
22.De3 Ch5 23.Dg5 Cf4 24.Fc4 Txc4 25.bxc4 Fc6 26.c5 Cg6 27.De3 a5 28.Dc3 
a4 29.Td6 De7 30.Fc1 Ta8 31.f3 Rh7 32.Fe3 De8 33.Ta1 Tb8 34.Tdd1 De6 35.
Rh2 f6 36.Tdb1 Ta8 37.Tb4 Df7 38.De1 f5 39.exf5 Dxf5 40.Dc3 Te8 41.Tg4 Te6
42.Tb1 Te8 43.Tbb4 e4 44.f4 Df7 45.Fd4 Fd5 46.f5 Dxf5 47.Txa4 Fc6 48.Tb4 
e3 49.Fxe3 Dd5 50.Tg5 Te5 51.Tbg4 1-0

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C92h"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Cd7 10.d4 Ff6 11.a4 Fb7 12.Ca3 Cb6 13.d5 Ca5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Fe3 Cbc4
16.Fxc4 bxc4 17.Cd2 c6 18.Caxc4 Cxc4 19.Txa8 Fxa8 20.Cxc4 cxd5 21.exd5 Fe7
22.Dd2 f5 23.f4 Dc7 24.b3 Ff6 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Fb6 Db7 27.d6 f4 28.Tf1 Dd7 
29.Fc7 Db5 30.Cb6 Fb7 31.b4 f3 32.c4 De8 33.Cd5 Fh4 34.d7 Dg6 35.b5 Rh8 
36.Ce3 Fg5 37.Tf2 De4 38.Txf3 Db1+ 39.Cf1 Fxf3 40.Dxg5 Fe2 1-0

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B93d"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f4 Cbd7 7.Fe2 g6 8.O-O 
Fg7 9.a4 O-O 10.Ff3 e5 11.fxe5 Cxe5 12.Rh1 h6 13.Ff4 Fd7 14.Fe2 Tc8 15.Dd2
Rh7 16.Tad1 Fg4 17.Fxg4 Cfxg4 18.Cd5 Cc4 19.De2 Cge5 20.b3 Cb6 21.Cf3 Cxd5
22.Txd5 Dc7 23.c4 Tfe8 24.Tfd1 Db6 25.Fxe5 dxe5 26.Dd3 Te7 27.Td6 Dc5 28.
h3 Tb8 29.Dc3 Tc8 30.T6d5 Dc6 31.Db4 De8 32.Db6 f5 33.Te1 Df7 34.exf5 Dxf5
35.Cd2 Tf8 36.Ce4 Dh5 37.Rg1 Tf4 38.De3 Df5 39.b4 De6 40.b5 axb5 41.axb5 
Tef7 42.Dd3 Db6+ 43.c5 Da5 44.De2 Db4 45.Rh2 Te7 46.Tdd1 Da4 47.Ta1 Dd4 
48.Tad1 Db4 49.Tb1 Dd4 50.Tbc1 Tc7 51.Tc4 Dd7 52.Tb1 Ff8 53.Rh1 Tc8 54.Dc2
Tf7 55.c6 bxc6 56.Txc6 Txc6 57.bxc6 Da7 58.Dc4 1-0

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B90s"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.g4 h6 10.Dd2 Fe7 11.O-O-O b5 12.Rb1 Cb6 13.Df2 Tb8 14.Cc5 b4 15.
C3a4 Cxa4 16.Cxa4 Dc7 17.b3 d5 18.exd5 Cxd5 19.Fc1 Cc3+ 20.Cxc3 bxc3 21.f4
a5 22.f5 Fd7 23.Fd3 a4 24.De2 Fg5 25.The1 f6 26.Fa3 Da5 27.Fd6 Tc8 28.a3 
axb3 29.cxb3 Fd2 30.Fc2 Fb5 31.Df3 Fc6 32.Dh3 Fd5 33.Fb4 Dc7 34.Te2 Rf7 
35.Dh5+ Rg8 36.Tdxd2 cxd2 37.Txd2 Dc6 38.Rb2 Ff7 39.Dh3 h5 40.g5 fxg5 41.
De3 g4 42.Fc3 Te8 43.Fe4 Db5 44.Fb4 Th6 45.Dc5 Df1 46.Tf2 Dd1 47.Fc2 Dh1 
48.De3 Tc8 49.Fc3 Thc6 50.Fxe5 Te8 51.Dd4 De1 52.Ff4 Tec8 53.Td2 Tc3 54.
Fe5 Tf3 55.Fg3 Df1 56.Fd1 Txf5 57.Dd7 Te8 58.Fc2 Tf3 59.Fd3 Dg1 60.Fc4 De3
61.Fxf7+ Txf7 62.Dd5 Te6 63.a4 Tf5 64.Dd8+ Rh7 65.Tc2 De4 66.Dd7 Td5 67.
Df7 Dd4+ 68.Ra3 Tf6 69.Dc7 Tf3 70.Dc6 Dd1 71.Dc4 Td4 72.Dc6 Tdd3 73.De4+ 
Rg8 74.Tc8+ Td8 75.De6+ Rh8 76.Txd8+ Dxd8 77.Fe5 Df8+ 78.Fd6 Tf6 79.Fxf8 
Txe6 80.Fc5 h4 81.Ff2 g3 82.Fxg3 hxg3 83.hxg3 Tg6 84.a5 Txg3 85.Ra4 Tg1 
86.b4 g5 87.b5 g4 88.b6 Tb1 0-1

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E92k"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fe2 O-O 6.Cf3 e5 7.Fe3 Cg4 8.Fg5 f6 
9.Fc1 Cc6 10.h3 exd4 11.Cxd4 Cge5 12.Cxc6 Cxc6 13.O-O f5 14.exf5 Fxf5 15.
Fe3 Df6 16.Dd2 Cd4 17.Fg4 c5 18.Cd5 Df7 19.Fxd4 Fxd4 20.Fxf5 gxf5 21.Tae1 
Tae8 22.b3 Te5 23.g3 Tfe8 24.Rg2 b5 25.Dg5+ Rh8 26.Txe5 dxe5 27.Ce3 f4 28.
Df5 Dg7 29.Dh5 Tf8 30.Cf5 Df6 31.g4 bxc4 32.bxc4 e4 33.Te1 e3 34.fxe3 fxe3
35.Dh6 Dxh6 36.Cxh6 Tf2+ 37.Rg3 Fe5+ 38.Rh4 e2 39.Cf5 Fc3 40.Tb1 Txf5 41.
gxf5 0-1

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D18h"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Cf3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.e3 e6 7.Fxc4 Fb4 8.O-O 
Cbd7 9.Ch4 Fg6 10.h3 Fh5 11.g4 Cd5 12.Cg2 Fg6 13.Ca2 Fe7 14.De2 C5b6 15.
Fb3 c5 16.Cc3 O-O 17.a5 cxd4 18.exd4 Cc8 19.Cf4 Cd6 20.Cxg6 hxg6 21.Ff4 
Ce8 22.Df3 Fd6 23.Fe3 Cdf6 24.g5 Ch5 25.Tfd1 Cc7 26.Fc2 f5 27.h4 b5 28.
axb6 axb6 29.Txa8 Dxa8 30.Dxa8 Txa8 31.d5 Cxd5 32.Cxd5 exd5 33.Fb3 Rf8 34.
Fxd5 Ta4 35.Fxb6 Txh4 36.Fc6 Fe7 37.Ta1 Cf4 38.Ta8+ Rf7 39.Fe8+ Re6 40.Ta6
Rd5 41.Ff7+ Re4 42.Fe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B17u"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Fc4 Cgf6 6.Cg5 e6 7.De2 Cb6 8.Fd3 
h6 9.C5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Fxc5 11.Ce5 Cbd7 12.Cgf3 Dc7 13.Ff4 Fb4+ 14.Cd2 Fxd2+
15.Rxd2 O-O 16.Thd1 Cd5 17.Fg3 Cxe5 18.Fxe5 Da5+ 19.Rc1 f6 20.Fg3 Fd7 21.
c4 Cb4 22.Fb1 Fa4 23.Td2 Tad8 24.Fd6 Tfe8 25.h4 Cd5 26.c5 f5 27.a3 Fb5 28.
De5 Fc4 29.g4 Fb3 30.a4 Da6 31.Fd3 Fc4 32.Fc2 Cb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A45m"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Fg5 e6 3.c3 h6 4.Fh4 b6 5.Cd2 Fb7 6.Cgf3 d6 7.Fxf6 Dxf6 8.e4 
Cd7 9.a4 a6 10.Fd3 g6 11.a5 b5 12.c4 bxc4 13.Cxc4 De7 14.O-O Fg7 15.Tc1 
O-O 16.Te1 Tfb8 17.Dc2 Ta7 18.Da4 Fa8 19.Da3 Dd8 20.Fc2 Ff8 21.De3 Tab7 
22.h4 Tb4 23.b3 Fg7 24.Dd2 T4b5 25.Ca3 T5b7 26.Dd3 Ta7 27.De3 d5 28.exd5 
Fxd5 29.Cc4 Tb5 30.Fe4 Cf6 31.Fxd5 Cxd5 32.De4 Df6 33.Cce5 Df5 34.Cc6 Dxe4
35.Txe4 Ta8 36.Cd2 Rf8 37.Tc5 Re8 38.Txb5 axb5 39.Te1 Ff8 40.Ce4 f6 41.g4 
Ta6 42.Tc1 f5 43.gxf5 gxf5 44.Cd2 Cb4 45.Cxb4 Fxb4 46.Cf3 Fxa5 47.Ta1 Ta7 
48.h5 Rd7 49.Rh2 Rd6 50.Tg1 c6 51.Tg6 Th7 52.Rg3 Rd5 53.Rf4 Fc7+ 54.Re3 
Fb6 55.Rd3 c5 56.dxc5 Fxc5 57.Re2 Ta7 58.Txh6 Ta2+ 59.Rd1 Txf2 60.Ch4 Th2 
61.Cf3 Th1+ 62.Re2 e5 63.Th8 e4 64.Td8+ Re6 65.Cg5+ Rf6 66.Ch7+ Re5 67.
Te8+ Rf4 68.Cf6 Th2+ 69.Rd1 Fd4 70.Cd5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C76"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 d6 5.c3 Fd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Fg7 8.Fe3 Cf6 
9.Cbd2 O-O 10.dxe5 Cxe5 11.Cxe5 dxe5 12.f3 Fxa4 13.Dxa4 Dd3 14.Tfe1 Tfd8 
15.Db3 Db5 16.Cc4 Ce8 17.Tad1 Ff6 18.Ff2 Cg7 19.Ce3 Dxb3 20.axb3 Ce6 21.
Cg4 Fg7 22.Fh4 g5 23.Ff2 Cf4 24.g3 Cd3 25.Te2 Cxf2 26.Txd8+ Txd8 27.Rxf2 
f6 28.Ce3 Rf7 29.Tc2 Ff8 30.Re2 h5 31.Tc1 Fh6 32.Cf5 Rg6 33.Tf1 Td7 34.b4 
Rh7 35.Ce3 Rg6 36.Cd5 Rf7 37.h3 c6 38.Cb6 Td8 39.Cc4 Re6 40.Ca5 g4 41.Cb3 
h4 42.fxg4 hxg3 43.Cc5+ Re7 44.Cd3 b6 45.Tf3 c5 46.bxc5 bxc5 47.Rf1 a5 48.
Cxc5 Td1+ 49.Rg2 Ff4 50.b4 Td2+ 51.Rf1 Td1+ 52.Rg2 Td2+ 53.Rf1 Td1+ 54.Rg2
Td2+ 55.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.f4 Fe7 8.Fe3 Dc7
9.Ff3 Cc6 10.De2 Cxd4 11.Fxd4 e5 12.Fe3 b5 13.O-O-O O-O 14.g4 b4 15.Cd5 
Cxd5 16.exd5 exf4 17.Fxf4 a5 18.The1 Fh4 19.Tg1 a4 20.Dd2 Tb8 21.Rb1 Te8 
22.Tg2 Fd7 23.Te2 a3 24.Txe8+ Fxe8 25.g5 f6 26.Fe4 axb2 27.Dd3 g6 28.Da6 
Tb6 29.Da8 Tb8 30.Da6 Td8 31.Td4 f5 32.Fd3 De7 33.Fd2 Fe1 34.Fe2 Fxd2 35.
Txd2 Dxg5 36.Td1 De3 37.Fc4 f4 38.Fb3 f3 39.Dd3 De2 40.Fc4 Dxd3 41.Txd3 
Tc8 42.Fa6 Tc3 43.Rxb2 Fd7 44.Td4 Ff5 45.Txb4 Txc2+ 46.Rb3 Txh2 47.Tf4 f2 
48.a4 Fh3 49.a5 g5 50.Tf3 g4 51.Tf5 g3 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B86"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fc4 e6 7.Fb3 Cbd7 8.f4 
Cc5 9.O-O Cfxe4 10.Cxe4 Cxe4 11.f5 e5 12.Dh5 d5 13.Te1 Fc5 14.Txe4 Fxd4+ 
15.Fe3 O-O 16.Txd4 exd4 17.Fxd4 f6 18.Fc5 Te8 19.Td1 Rh8 20.Txd5 Fd7 21.h3
Te5 22.Txe5 fxe5 23.Ff7 Fe8 24.Fg6 h6 25.Fxe8 Dxe8 26.Dxe8+ Txe8 27.Fd6 
Td8 28.Fxe5 Td5 29.Fc3 Txf5 30.Fd4 b5 31.c3 h5 32.Ff2 Rg8 33.Rf1 Rf7 34.
Re2 Re6 35.Fd4 g6 36.Fb6 Rd5 37.Fc7 Re4 38.Fd8 Td5 39.Fh4 Td3 40.Ff2 a5 
41.Fe1 a4 42.Fd2 Td7 43.Fh6 Td5 44.Fc1 Tc5 45.Fe3 a3 46.Fc1 b4 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32r"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Fg5 Fb7 8.f3 
h6 9.Fh4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e3 Te8 12.Fb5 c6 13.Fa4 Cbd7 14.Ce2 De7 15.Ff2
Fa6 16.b4 Tec8 17.Db2 Fc4 18.Fb3 b5 19.Fxc4 bxc4 20.O-O a5 21.Cc3 Tcb8 22.
Tab1 axb4 23.axb4 Tb7 24.Tfe1 Df8 25.e4 Tab8 26.b5 dxe4 27.fxe4 cxb5 28.
Db4 Dxb4 29.Txb4 Ta8 30.Teb1 Ta3 31.Fe1 Cf8 32.Cxb5 Td3 33.e5 Cd5 34.Txc4 
Ce6 35.Tcc1 Cxd4 36.Cxd4 Txb1 37.Txb1 Txd4 38.Tb8+ Rh7 39.Td8 Rg6 40.Fg3 
Td2 41.Td6+ Rf5 42.Td7 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D26n"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Cf6 5.Fxc4 c5 6.De2 a6 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.O-O 
Cc6 9.a3 Fd6 10.Cbd2 O-O 11.Fd3 b5 12.Ce4 Cxe4 13.Fxe4 Fb7 14.Td1 f5 15.
Fb1 Dc7 16.a4 bxa4 17.Txa4 Cb4 18.e4 a5 19.h3 Fc5 20.Fe3 Fxe3 21.Dxe3 Tad8
22.Tc1 f4 23.Dc3 Dxc3 24.bxc3 Cd3 25.Fxd3 Txd3 26.Ce5 Td2 27.Tb1 Fa8 28.f3
Tc2 29.c4 Td8 30.Txa5 h6 31.Cg6 Fc6 32.h4 Txc4 33.Cxf4 Rf7 34.Tb6 Td7 35.
h5 Tb7 36.Tba6 Rf6 37.Rh2 Tc3 38.Ta8 Re7 39.Tg8 Rf6 40.Cg6 Tf7 41.Ce5 Tc7 
42.Tf8+ Re7 43.Tf7+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E98p"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.Ce1 Cd7 10.Cd3 f5 11.Fd2 Rh8 12.Tc1 Cf6 13.f3 c6 14.Fe3 a6 15.b4 cxd5 
16.cxd5 Fd7 17.Cb2 b5 18.a4 bxa4 19.Cbxa4 Tb8 20.Tb1 fxe4 21.fxe4 Ceg8 22.
Dd3 Fh6 23.Rh1 Fxe3 24.Dxe3 Cg4 25.Txf8 Dxf8 26.Fxg4 Fxg4 27.h3 Fd7 28.Cb6
Dd8 29.Cxd7 Dxd7 30.Dd3 Da7 31.b5 axb5 32.Txb5 Txb5 33.Cxb5 Dc5 34.Cc3 Cf6
35.Df3 Rg7 36.g4 Da3 37.Rg2 Db2+ 38.Rg1 Dc1+ 39.Rg2 Dd2+ 40.Rf1 h6 41.Ce2 
Dd1+ 42.Rf2 Dc2 43.Re3 Db1 44.Cg3 De1+ 45.Rd3 Dg1 46.h4 Db1+ 47.Re2 Dc2+ 
48.Rf1 Dc8 49.h5 Cxg4 50.De2 Dc1+ 51.Rg2 Df4 52.hxg6 Rxg6 53.Df3 Rg5 54.
Cf5 Dd2+ 55.Rg1 h5 56.Cg7 Dc1+ 57.Rg2 Db2+ 58.Rg1 Da1+ 59.Rg2 Da2+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C92m"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Fb7 10.d4 Te8 11.Cbd2 Ff8 12.d5 Ce7 13.c4 c6 14.Fc2 bxc4 15.dxc6 Cxc6
16.Cxc4 Cd4 17.Cxd4 exd4 18.Fg5 d5 19.Fxf6 Dxf6 20.e5 Dh6 21.Cd2 Fb4 22.
Te2 Fxd2 23.Dxd2 Dxd2 24.Txd2 Txe5 25.b4 a5 26.b5 Tc8 27.Fd3 Rf8 28.Ff1 
Re7 29.Txd4 Te4 30.Td3 Rd6 31.Ta3 a4 32.Tb1 g6 33.f3 Td4 34.Fd3 Rc5 35.Ff1
Rb6 36.Tb2 f5 37.Te3 Td1 38.Rf2 Tdc1 39.Te6+ Ra5 40.Fd3 a3 41.Tb3 T8c3 42.
Txc3 Txc3 43.Re3 Tb3 44.Rd4 Tb2 45.Te2 f4 46.Rc5 Txe2 47.Fxe2 g5 48.b6 h5 
49.Fb5 d4 50.Fd3 h4 51.Ff1 Fa8 52.Fc4 Fb7 53.Fd3 Fc8 54.Fe4 Ra6 55.Rc6 Ra5
56.Fd3 Rb4 57.Rc7 Rc5 58.Ff1 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C11t"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Fe7 6.Fxf6 Fxf6 7.Cf3 O-O 8.
Dd2 Cd7 9.O-O-O b6 10.Fd3 Fb7 11.c3 Fe7 12.h4 c5 13.dxc5 Dc7 14.Ceg5 Cf6 
15.Dc2 h6 16.Tde1 Fxf3 17.Cxf3 Fxc5 18.Ce5 Fd6 19.f4 Tad8 20.De2 Cd5 21.
Fc2 Tfe8 22.De4 f5 23.Df3 Fxe5 24.fxe5 Dc4 25.Rb1 Df4 26.De2 Tc8 27.Th3 
Ted8 28.Tf1 Dc4 29.Fd3 Da4 30.Fb5 Da5 31.Fc4 b5 32.Fb3 b4 33.cxb4 Dxb4 34.
a3 Db6 35.Td1 Cf4 36.Txd8+ Txd8 37.Df3 Cxh3 38.gxh3 Tb8 39.Ra2 f4 0-1

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A57k"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Cc3 Cbd7 7.e4 g6 8.Cf3 Fg7 9.
Fe2 O-O 10.O-O Cxb6 11.Ff4 Ce8 12.h3 Cc7 13.Dd2 Fb7 14.Fh6 f5 15.Fxg7 Rxg7
16.b4 Cd7 17.bxc5 Cxc5 18.Dd4+ Rg8 19.e5 Tc8 20.Tad1 Ce8 21.Tfe1 Cg7 22.
Ff1 Tc7 23.Tc1 Dc8 24.exd6 exd6 25.Cg5 Te8 26.Dh4 Ch5 27.Txe8+ Dxe8 28.Db4
De7 29.Cf3 Cf6 30.Te1 Dd7 31.Cg5 Tc8 32.Dd4 Dg7 33.Ce6 Cxe6 34.Txe6 Cxd5 
35.Dxg7+ Rxg7 36.Cxd5 Fxd5 37.Txd6 Fxa2 38.Txa6 Tc2 39.g3 Tb2 40.Fg2 h5 
41.h4 Tb1+ 42.Rh2 Tb2 43.Rg1 Fc4 44.Tc6 Fe2 45.Tc7+ Rh6 46.Fd5 Tb8 47.Te7 
Fd1 48.f4 Td8 49.Fc4 Fc2 50.Rf2 Fe4 51.Re3 Tc8 52.Rd4 Fc2 53.Fd5 Td8 54.
Re5 Fb1 55.Ff7 Fc2 56.Rf6 Fb1 57.Te8 Td6+ 58.Te6 Td8 59.Te8 Td6+ 60.Fe6 
Rh7 61.Te7+ Rh6 62.Te8 Rh7 63.Rg5 Rg7 64.Tg8+ Rh7 65.Txg6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B53e"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Dxd4 Fd7 5.c4 Cc6 6.Dd2 g6 7.b3 Fg7 8.Cc3 Cf6
9.Fb2 Fg4 10.Fe2 O-O 11.h3 Fxf3 12.Fxf3 Cd7 13.O-O Da5 14.Tab1 Tfd8 15.
Tfc1 a6 16.a3 Ff6 17.Fg4 e6 18.b4 Dg5 19.f4 Dh6 20.Ce2 Cde5 21.Tc2 Cxg4 
22.hxg4 Fxb2 23.Tbxb2 Dh4 24.g5 e5 25.b5 axb5 26.cxb5 Cd4 27.Cxd4 exd4 28.
Tb3 Te8 29.g3 Dg4 30.Dxd4 Ta4 31.Tc4 Txc4 32.Dxc4 Tc8 33.Dd3 Tc1+ 34.Rg2 
Dh5 35.e5 Td1 36.Df3 Dh1+ 37.Rf2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D17l"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.Ce5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4 
9.exf5 Cc6 10.Cxc6 bxc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.De2 dxc3 13.Dxe6+ De7 14.Fxc4 
Dxe6+ 15.Fxe6 cxb2 16.Fxb2 Fb4+ 17.Re2 Re7 18.Fc4 Thd8 19.Thd1 Tab8 20.g3 
h5 21.Td4 Fa5 22.Fa3+ Re8 23.Tad1 Txd4 24.Txd4 Tb1 25.Fd3 Te1+ 26.Rf2 Rf7 
27.Fc5 Ta1 28.Fc4+ Re8 29.Fd3 Rf7 30.Fxa7 Ta2+ 31.Rg1 Ta1+ 32.Rg2 Ta2+ 33.
Rh3 Ta3 34.f4 Fe1 35.Fc5 Tc3 36.Fc4+ Re8 37.Fb4 Tc1 38.Fxe1 Txe1 39.a5 Ta1
40.a6 Re7 41.Td2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A62"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Fg7 8.Fg2 O-O 
9.O-O Ca6 10.h3 Te8 11.Cd2 Cc7 12.a4 b6 13.e4 Fa6 14.Te1 Cd7 15.Cf3 De7 
16.Ff4 Df8 17.Dc2 h6 18.Tab1 g5 19.Fd2 Fb7 20.Ch2 Ce5 21.Cg4 Cc4 22.Ce3 
Cxe3 23.Fxe3 Ca6 24.Cb5 Cb4 25.Dd2 Ted8 26.Rh2 a6 27.Cc3 Te8 28.f4 gxf4 
29.Fxf4 Fc8 30.Te2 Fd7 31.Tbe1 c4 32.e5 dxe5 33.Fxe5 Txe5 34.Txe5 Cd3 35.
Te7 Cxe1 36.Dxe1 Td8 37.De4 b5 38.d6 bxa4 39.Dxc4 Fe6 40.Dxa4 Fe5 41.Ce4 
Fxd6 42.Ta7 Fe5 43.b3 Dg7 44.Dxa6 Td4 45.b4 Ff5 46.De2 Fxe4 47.Ta3 Fxg2 
48.Rxg2 Txb4 49.Ta8+ Rh7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C80u"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Fb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Fe6 9.Cbd2 Cc5 10.c3 d4 11.Fxe6 Cxe6 12.cxd4 Ccxd4 13.a4 Fc5 14.Ce4 O-O 
15.Cxc5 Cxf3+ 16.Dxf3 Cxc5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Fg5 Txa1 19.Fxd8 Txf1+ 20.Rxf1 
Txd8 21.g3 Ce6 22.Db7 g6 23.Dxb5 c5 24.h4 h5 25.b4 cxb4 26.Dxb4 Rg7 27.Rg2
Rg8 28.Dc3 Ta8 29.Df3 Tb8 30.De3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B33w"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 Fg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 O-O 14.Cce3 Fe6 15.
Fd3 f5 16.Fc2 f4 17.Dh5 Tf7 18.Fxh7+ Rf8 19.Ff5 De8 20.Fxe6 Dxe6 21.Dg4 
Dh6 22.Cf5 De6 23.Cfe3 Dh6 24.Cf5 De6 25.Cfe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B71"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.f4 Cc6 7.Cf3 Fg7 8.Fd3 
O-O 9.O-O Fg4 10.De1 Fxf3 11.Txf3 e6 12.Rh1 Tc8 13.Tf1 Te8 14.Df2 a6 15.f5
Cd7 16.Dg3 Db6 17.Cd1 Cce5 18.Fe3 Da5 19.Fg5 h6 20.Fe3 Rh7 21.Dh3 exf5 22.
exf5 Db4 23.Cf2 Cc5 24.a3 Da4 25.Tae1 Ccxd3 26.cxd3 h5 27.Fd2 Cg4 28.Ce4 
Dc2 29.Tc1 Dxb2 30.Df3 Ce5 31.De3 Dxa3 32.Fc3 Rg8 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Db6 Tf8 
35.Dxb7 Da2 36.Fxe5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B33v"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.c3 Fg7 12.exf5 Fxf5 13.Cc2 Fe6 14.g3 O-O 15.
Fg2 a5 16.O-O f5 17.De2 Tb8 18.Tfd1 Rh8 19.Td2 Dd7 20.Tad1 Df7 21.b3 Ca7 
22.Rh1 Cc8 23.Ca3 Ca7 24.f4 Fxd5 25.Txd5 exf4 26.gxf4 Fxc3 27.Dd3 Fb2 28.
Cc2 Cc6 29.Txb5 Cb4 30.Cxb4 axb4 31.Txb8 Txb8 32.Dxd6 Df8 33.Dd7 Dc5 34.
Fd5 Tf8 35.De6 Fg7 36.Tg1 Dc7 37.Tg3 Dd8 38.Dc6 De7 39.Fe6 h6 40.Rg2 Tf6 
41.Da8+ Ff8 42.Fd5 Rh7 43.Fg8+ Rh8 44.Rh3 Td6 45.Fc4 Td8 46.Da5 Fg7 47.
Dxf5 Tf8 48.Dd5 Df6 49.Dd7 Df5+ 50.Dxf5 Txf5 51.Rg4 Ta5 52.Tg2 Ff6 53.Rf3 
Fg7 54.Re4 Rh7 55.h3 Rh8 56.Fe6 Rh7 57.Tc2 Fc3 58.Rd3 Rg7 59.f5 Rf6 60.Tg2
Re5 61.Rc4 Ta7 62.h4 Tc7+ 63.Rd3 Rf4 64.Tg6 Tg7 65.a4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A57g"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Cf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Cc3 Cbd7 8.a4 Dxb6 
9.a5 Da7 10.e4 Fg7 11.Fe2 O-O 12.O-O Tb8 13.Cd2 Ce8 14.Cc4 Cc7 15.Fg5 Te8 
16.Ca4 Cb5 17.Cab6 Db7 18.Ta2 Cf6 19.Fxf6 Fxf6 20.Cxc8 Tbxc8 21.Cb6 Tb8 
22.Fc4 Cc7 23.Dd3 Da7 24.b3 Ca8 25.Cxa8 Txa8 26.g3 Teb8 27.Rg2 Rg7 28.h4 
h5 29.Te1 Fd4 30.Tb1 Tb4 31.De2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.f4 Cbd7 8.Ff3 
Db6 9.a3 e5 10.Cde2 Dc5 11.g4 exf4 12.Cxf4 Ce5 13.h3 Fe6 14.g5 Cfd7 15.
Cfd5 g6 16.Fe2 Fg7 17.Fe3 Dc6 18.Dd2 Cc4 19.Fxc4 Dxc4 20.O-O-O Tc8 21.Rb1 
Td8 22.b3 Dc6 23.Fd4 Fxd4 24.Dxd4 Ce5 25.Df2 Rd7 26.Td4 f5 27.gxf6 Thf8 
28.Thd1 Re8 29.De3 Tc8 30.T1d2 Dc5 31.Rb2 b5 32.Dg3 Tf7 33.h4 a5 34.a4 b4 
35.Cb5 Tb7 36.Rb1 Txb5 37.axb5 Dxb5 38.Df4 Cf7 39.Df2 Tc5 40.Cf4 Te5 41.
Txd6 Cxd6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B46g"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 a6 6.g3 Cge7 7.Fe3 b5 8.Cb3 d6
9.f4 Fd7 10.Fg2 Cc8 11.Cd4 Cb6 12.Cxc6 Fxc6 13.Fd4 b4 14.Ce2 Cd7 15.Dd3 e5
16.Ff2 Db8 17.O-O-O Fe7 18.The1 O-O 19.Rb1 a5 20.Cc1 Db7 21.De2 Tfc8 22.
Cd3 Tc7 23.Td2 Ff6 24.f5 Fg5 25.Fe3 Fe7 26.Ff2 Cb6 27.b3 Cd7 28.h4 Fb5 29.
g4 Tac8 30.g5 f6 31.g6 h6 32.Dd1 Tc3 33.Cb2 Rh8 34.Ff3 Ff8 35.Fe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B12u"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ff5 4.Cf3 e6 5.Fe2 c5 6.Fe3 Db6 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.Fxc5 
Dxc5 9.Dd4 Cd7 10.Cc3 a6 11.Dxc5 Cxc5 12.Cd4 Ce7 13.f4 h5 14.O-O-O Tc8 15.
The1 Fg6 16.Fd3 Fxd3 17.cxd3 Cc6 18.Cxc6 Txc6 19.Rd2 g6 20.Tc1 Re7 21.Ce2 
Thc8 22.Cd4 T6c7 23.h4 Ca4 24.Txc7+ Txc7 25.b3 Cb6 26.a4 Cc8 27.b4 Rd7 28.
Tb1 Ca7 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 Tc5 31.Re3 b6 32.Tb3 Re7 33.Rf3 f5 34.exf6+ 
Rxf6 35.Re3 Cc8 36.Tb1 Cd6 37.Rd2 e5 38.fxe5+ Rxe5 39.Tb4 Cc4+ 40.dxc4 
Rxd4 41.cxd5+ Rxd5 42.Rd3 Tc1 43.Tf4 Re5 44.Te4+ Rf5 45.Td4 Tc5 46.Tb4 Te5
47.g3 Te1 48.Tf4+ Re5 49.Tf3 Tc1 50.Tf4 Tg1 51.Tf3 Rd5 52.Re3 Re5 53.Rd3 
Rd5 54.Re3 Re5 55.Rd3 Ta1 56.Rc4 Ta4+ 57.Rb3 Tg4 58.Td3 Td4 59.Tc3 Tg4 60.
Td3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A70y"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fd3 b5 10.Cxb5 Te8 11.O-O Cxe4 12.Te1 a6 13.Da4 Cd7 14.Txe4 Txe4 15.Dxe4
Cf6 16.Dh4 axb5 17.Fxb5 Db6 18.a4 Fb7 19.Fh6 Fxd5 20.Cd2 Db7 21.Fxg7 Rxg7 
22.Dg3 Ch5 23.Dc3+ Rg8 24.f3 De7 25.Ce4 Fxe4 26.fxe4 Dxe4 27.Te1 Db7 28.
Tf1 Cg7 29.Df6 Cf5 30.Te1 Dd5 31.b3 Dd2 32.Tf1 De3+ 33.Rh2 Dg3+ 34.Rg1 
Dxb3 35.Txf5 gxf5 36.Dg5+ Rf8 37.Dh6+ Re7 38.Dh4+ f6 39.Dxh7+ Df7 40.Dxf5 
Rd8 41.Fc6 Ta7 42.Fd5 De7 43.Db1 Rc8 44.Df5+ Rc7 45.Db1 De3+ 46.Rh1 Dd2 
47.Db3 Dc1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D43n"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Fg3 b5 9.
Fe2 Fb7 10.O-O Cbd7 11.a4 b4 12.e5 Ch5 13.Ce4 c5 14.Cfd2 Cxg3 15.fxg3 Fe7 
16.Cd6+ Fxd6 17.exd6 c3 18.bxc3 bxc3 19.Cc4 O-O 20.Tc1 f5 21.dxc5 Tc8 22.
Ff3 Fa6 23.c6 Fxc4 24.c7 Df6 25.Te1 Cc5 26.Te3 Ce4 27.h3 Fd5 28.Fxe4 fxe4 
29.Texc3 Tf7 30.Rh2 De5 31.Tc6 e3 32.De2 Fxc6 33.Txc6 Dd5 34.Da6 Tff8 35.
Tc3 Rg7 36.Td3 De4 37.Dxc8 Txc8 38.d7 Txc7 39.d8=D Tf7 40.Dd4+ Dxd4 41.
Txd4 Tb7 42.Te4 Rf6 43.Txe3 Tb4 44.Tf3+ Re7 45.Tc3 Txa4 46.Tc7+ Rd6 47.Th7
a5 48.Txh6 Tc4 49.Th8 a4 50.h4 g4 51.h5 Re7 52.h6 Rf7 53.Te8 Tc5 54.Ta8 
Th5+ 55.Rg1 Txh6 56.Txa4 Tg6 57.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B23x"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.f4 g6 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.Fb5 Cd4 6.Fd3 d6 7.Cxd4 cxd4 8.Ce2 
Cf6 9.O-O O-O 10.De1 Cd7 11.Fc4 d5 12.exd5 Cb6 13.d3 Cxc4 14.dxc4 b5 15.
Df2 bxc4 16.Cxd4 Dxd5 17.Fe3 a5 18.c3 Td8 19.Dc2 e6 20.Tad1 Dh5 21.Cc6 
Txd1 22.Txd1 Fb7 23.Ce7+ Rh8 24.Td7 Db5 25.Dd2 Fd5 26.Tc7 Fe4 27.Cc8 Dd5 
28.Cd6 Rg8 29.Cxc4 Tb8 30.Dxd5 exd5 31.Fa7 Ta8 32.Cd6 Fb1 33.Cxf7 Fxa2 34.
Cg5 Te8 35.Fd4 Fh6 36.Cxh7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A41h"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.Cf3 d6 2.d4 Fg4 3.c4 Cd7 4.e4 Fxf3 5.Dxf3 g6 6.Cc3 Fg7 7.Dd1 c5 8.d5 
Fxc3+ 9.bxc3 Cgf6 10.f3 Da5 11.Db3 O-O-O 12.Fe2 Tdg8 13.Tb1 Dc7 14.Fe3 Rb8
15.Dc2 g5 16.O-O Tg6 17.Tb2 Ra8 18.Tfb1 Tb8 19.Rh1 h5 20.Dd2 g4 21.Dc2 
gxf3 22.gxf3 Ce5 23.f4 Dc8 24.Ff1 Cxc4 25.Fxc4 Dh3 26.Tf1 Dxe3 27.Dd3 
Dxe4+ 28.Dxe4 Cxe4 29.Fd3 f5 30.Fxe4 fxe4 31.Te2 a6 32.Txe4 Tg7 33.a4 Ra7 
34.Tfe1 Tf8 35.a5 Tff7 36.T1e3 Tg4 37.Txe7 Txe7 38.Txe7 Txf4 39.Te6 Tc4 
40.Txd6 Txc3 41.Th6 Td3 42.Txh5 c4 43.Th4 c3 44.Tc4 Txd5 45.Txc3 Txa5 46.
h4 Th5 47.Th3 b5 48.Rg2 Rb6 49.Rf3 a5 50.Re2 b4 51.Rd2 Rb5 52.Rc2 a4 53.
Rb2 Tf5 54.h5 a3+ 55.Rb1 Tf1+ 56.Ra2 Ra4 57.Th4 Tf2+ 58.Ra1 a2 59.h6 Ra3 
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.Cc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.Fe2 d6 7.O-O Cf6 8.Fe3 
Fe7 9.f4 O-O 10.a4 Dc7 11.Rh1 Te8 12.Ff3 Ca5 13.g4 Cd7 14.Fg2 Ff8 15.De1 
b6 16.Td1 Fb7 17.Dh4 Cc6 18.Cde2 Cb4 19.Td2 Dd8 20.g5 f6 21.Cd4 fxg5 22.
fxg5 Cc6 23.Tdf2 Tc8 24.Cce2 Cc5 25.Cxc6 Fxc6 26.Cd4 Fd7 27.e5 dxe5 28.Cf3
Fc6 29.Cxe5 Fxg2+ 30.Txg2 Tc7 31.Cg4 Rh8 32.Dh3 Dd5 33.g6 h6 34.Fxh6 gxh6 
35.g7+ Fxg7 36.Cxh6 Dxg2+ 37.Dxg2 Fxh6 38.Dg6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B89"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fc4 e6 7.Fe3 Fe7 8.De2 
O-O 9.O-O-O Fd7 10.f4 Tc8 11.e5 Ce8 12.Cxc6 Fxc6 13.f5 exf5 14.e6 Rh8 15.
exf7 Cf6 16.Fe6 Fd7 17.Fb3 f4 18.Fxf4 Fg4 19.De3 Fxd1 20.Txd1 a6 21.Fe6 
Tc5 22.g4 b5 23.h4 b4 24.Ce2 Dc7 25.g5 Txc2+ 26.Rb1 Ch5 27.Fh2 g6 28.Fb3 
Tc5 29.Cf4 Te5 30.Dd4 Cxf4 31.Fxf4 Dc5 32.Fxe5+ dxe5 33.De4 Rg7 34.Fd5 Dd6
35.Fb3 Dc5 36.Tc1 Dd4 37.Db7 Fd8 38.Td1 Db6 39.De4 Fc7 40.Fc4 a5 41.Td7 a4
42.Df3 Fd8 43.Dg3 Fc7 44.b3 a3 45.Df3 Fd8 46.Rc2 Rh8 47.Rd3 Rg7 48.Re2 Rh8
49.Dd5 Fc7 50.Td8 Fxd8 51.Dxe5+ Ff6 52.Dxf6+ Dxf6 53.gxf6 h5 54.Rf3 Rh7 
55.Rf4 Rh6 56.Re5 g5 57.Re6 Tb8 58.Fb5 Th8 59.Re7 Rg6 60.Fd3+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert Dr"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D73"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Fg7 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Cf3 O-O 5.g3 d5 6.Fg2 dxc4 7.Da4 Cfd7 8.Dxc4 
Cb6 9.Dd3 Cc6 10.Ff4 Cxd4 11.Cxd4 e5 12.Cdb5 Dxd3 13.exd3 exf4 14.Cxc7 Tb8
15.O-O fxg3 16.hxg3 Td8 17.Tfe1 Ff5 18.Fe4 Fxe4 19.dxe4 Fxc3 20.bxc3 Tbc8 
21.Cb5 a6 22.Cd4 Txc3 23.Cb3 Cc4 24.Ted1 Txd1+ 25.Txd1 a5 26.Td8+ Rg7 27.
Tc8 a4 28.Cd4 Rf6 29.Tc5 g5 30.e5+ Rg6 31.Tc8 g4 32.Tg8+ Rh5 33.Tc8 a3 34.
Rh2 Tc1 35.Tc7 Rg6 36.Tc8 h5 37.Tg8+ Rh7 38.Tc8 Tc3 39.Rg1 b5 40.Cxb5 Tc1+
41.Rh2 Tc2 42.Rg1 Tc1+ 43.Rh2 Tc2 44.Rg1 Ce3 45.Td8 Tc1+ 46.Rh2 Tc2 47.Rg1
Cf5 48.Cxa3 Txa2 49.Cb5 h4 50.Cd6 Ta1+ 51.Rh2 hxg3+ 52.fxg3 Ta2+ 53.Rg1 
Cxg3 54.Cxf7 Cf5 55.e6 Ta1+ 56.Rg2 Ta2+ 57.Rg1 g3 58.Cg5+ Rg7 59.Ce4 Te2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B35o"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 g6 3.Cf3 Fg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Fb3 
d6 9.h3 Ca5 10.O-O b6 11.Dd3 Fb7 12.Fg5 Cxb3 13.axb3 a6 14.Tfe1 h6 15.Fd2 
b5 16.f4 e6 17.Rh2 Tc8 18.Te2 Dc7 19.b4 Tfd8 20.Cb3 e5 21.fxe5 d5 22.exd5 
Cxd5 23.Dg3 Cxb4 24.Tf1 Te8 25.Ff4 g5 26.Cd4 gxf4 27.Txf4 Txe5 28.Txe5 
Dxe5 29.Cf5 Tc4 30.Cxh6+ Rh7 31.Txc4 bxc4 32.Cxf7 Dxg3+ 33.Rxg3 Rg6 34.Cd8
Fc8 35.Ca4 Fe5+ 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "C87h"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 d6 7.c3 Fg4 8.d3 Cd7 
9.Cbd2 Cc5 10.Fc2 Ce6 11.h3 Fh5 12.Cf1 Cg5 13.Fxg5 Fxg5 14.Cg3 Fxf3 15.
Dxf3 g6 16.Tad1 Df6 17.De2 O-O 18.Cf1 Dg7 19.Ch2 f5 20.Cf3 Ff6 21.d4 exd4 
22.cxd4 Tae8 23.Dc4+ Rh8 24.Rf1 fxe4 25.Fxe4 Cd8 26.b4 Te7 27.Te3 Tfe8 28.
Tde1 Dh6 29.a4 c6 30.d5 b5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Da2 Dg7 33.Dxa6 Fc3 34.Tc1 Fxb4
35.Dxb5 Fc5 36.Te2 Df6 37.Fd3 Txe2 38.Fxe2 Te4 39.Fd3 Te7 40.Da6 Ta7 41.
Dc4 Cf7 42.Dc3 Ce5 43.Db2 Te7 44.Te1 Rg7 45.Cd4 h5 46.Cf3 Tf7 47.Fe4 Cxf3 
48.Dxf6+ Rxf6 49.Fxf3 Te7 50.Tb1 Ta7 51.Tb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B48k"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Fd3 b5 8.Cxc6 
Dxc6 9.O-O Fb7 10.a3 Cf6 11.Te1 Fe7 12.Df3 d6 13.Dh3 h5 14.Fg5 Dc5 15.Fe3 
Dc6 16.f3 g5 17.a4 b4 18.Ca2 g4 19.fxg4 d5 20.c3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Cxg4 22.Fd4 
Fc5 23.Fe2 Cf6 24.e5 Ce4 25.Cb4 Fxd4+ 26.cxd4 Db6 27.Cc2 Tc8 28.Tab1 Da7 
29.Fd3 Tg8 30.a5 Fc6 31.Tb6 Fb5 32.Fxe4 dxe4 33.Txe6+ Rf8 34.Da3+ Rg7 35.
Te7 Tc7 36.Txc7 Dxc7 37.Ce3 Rh8 38.Tc1 Dd8 39.d5 Dg5 40.Dc3 Rh7 41.Dd4 Fd3
42.d6 h4 43.Tc7 Tb8 44.Txf7+ Rg8 45.e6 Dxe3+ 46.Dxe3 Tb1+ 47.Dc1 Txc1+ 48.
Rf2 Tc6 49.Td7 Fb5 50.Re3 Tc2 51.Tc7 Te2+ 52.Rf4 Tf2+ 53.Rxe4 Te2+ 54.Rf5 
Tf2+ 55.Re5 Te2+ 56.Rf6 Tf2+ 57.Re7 Te2 58.d7 Fxd7 59.Rxd7 Td2+ 60.Re8 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97s"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 Ch5 10.Te1 f5 11.Cg5 Cf6 12.Ff3 fxe4 13.Ccxe4 Cf5 14.Cxf6+ Fxf6 15.
Ce4 Cd4 16.Fe3 Cxf3+ 17.Dxf3 Fh4 18.De2 Ff5 19.Cc3 Fg5 20.a3 Fxe3 21.Dxe3 
Tf7 22.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B78c"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Dd2 
Cc6 9.Fc4 Fd7 10.O-O-O Tc8 11.Fb3 Cxd4 12.Fxd4 b5 13.Cd5 Cxd5 14.Fxd5 Fxd4
15.Dxd4 Dc7 16.c3 a5 17.Rb1 Dc5 18.The1 Tfd8 19.a3 Dxd4 20.Txd4 Rf8 21.Te3
Tc7 22.g3 Tb8 23.f4 Fc6 24.Fxc6 Txc6 25.e5 dxe5 26.Txe5 e6 27.a4 bxa4 28.
Ra2 Tcb6 29.Td2 Ta6 30.Te4 Tb5 31.Txa4 Tab6 32.c4 Tb4 33.Txb4 Txb4 34.b3 
a4 35.Ra3 Txb3+ 36.Rxa4 Tc3 37.Rb4 Tc1 38.c5 Re7 39.Rb5 f6 40.c6 e5 41.
fxe5 fxe5 42.Rb6 e4 43.Td7+ Rf6 44.Td8 e3 45.Te8 Tb1+ 46.Ra7 Ta1+ 47.Rb7 
Tb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B80t"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.g3 a6 7.Fg2 Cf6 8.O-O d6
9.Te1 Tb8 10.Cxc6 bxc6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Txe5 Dxe5 13.Ff4 Dc5 14.Fxb8 Fe7 15.
Ff4 O-O 16.Ca4 Db5 17.b3 e5 18.c4 Db8 19.Fe3 e4 20.Ff4 Da7 21.Dc2 Ff5 22.
h3 h5 23.Td1 Te8 24.De2 Db7 25.Rh2 Dc8 26.Fd6 h4 27.Fxe7 Txe7 28.Cb6 Dc7 
29.De3 hxg3+ 30.fxg3 Fg4 31.Td2 Ff3 32.c5 Fxg2 33.Rxg2 De5 34.b4 Da1 35.a3
Te5 36.g4 Rh7 37.Tf2 Dd1 38.Tf1 Dc2+ 39.Tf2 Dd1 40.Tf1 Dc2+ 41.Tf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A58h"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Ch3 Fg7 
9.Cf4 Cbd7 10.h4 h5 11.Fh3 O-O 12.Dc2 Ce5 13.O-O Db6 14.Tb1 Fc8 15.Fxc8 
Tfxc8 16.b3 Cfg4 17.Rg2 c4 18.Ce4 Da7 19.a3 cxb3 20.Dxb3 Cc4 21.Cg5 Cxa3 
22.Dxa3 Dxa3 23.Fxa3 Txa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E92h"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 c6 8.d5 Ca6 9.
a3 Ch5 10.g3 cxd5 11.Cxd5 Cf6 12.Cxf6+ Dxf6 13.b4 De7 14.O-O b6 15.Da4 Cc7
16.Dc6 Fa6 17.Tfd1 Tfd8 18.Tac1 Ce6 19.Da4 Fb7 20.Dc2 Tf8 21.Ch4 Cd4 22.
Fxd4 exd4 23.Fd3 Tae8 24.Rf1 Dd7 25.Te1 f5 26.exf5 g5 27.Cg2 Dc6 28.f3 
Dxf3+ 29.Rg1 Te3 30.Txe3 dxe3 31.Tf1 Dg4 32.f6 Txf6 33.Txf6 Fxf6 34.Fxh7+ 
Rh8 35.Fd3 Fd4 36.De2 Ff3 0-1

[Event "Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B13x"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fg5 Fe6 7.a3 Dd7 8.Fxf6 
gxf6 9.g3 O-O-O 10.Fg2 Fg4 11.f3 Fe6 12.c5 Ff5 13.b4 e5 14.Cge2 De6 15.
dxe5 d4 16.Ce4 d3 17.Cf4 d2+ 18.Rf2 Dc4 19.Fh3 Fxh3 20.Cxh3 Dd4+ 21.Rg2 
Cxe5 22.Db3 Cc4 23.Thd1 f5 24.Ceg5 Td7 25.f4 Fg7 26.Cf2 Dd5+ 27.Cf3 Fxa1 
28.Txa1 Te8 0-1

[Event "Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D37p"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.Fe2 dxc4 10.Fxc4 Ch5 11.Dxd8 Txd8 12.Fc7 Td7 13.Fe5 Cxe5 14.Cxe5 Td8 15.
O-O Cf6 16.Tfd1 Fd7 17.Cxd7 Txd7 18.Txd7 Cxd7 19.Td1 Cf6 20.Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Armbruster, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A18"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Cfd7 5.cxd5 Cxe5 6.d4 Cg6 7.dxe6 Fxe6 8.Cf3
Cd7 9.h3 Cb6 10.Fd3 Fd6 11.Cg5 Dd7 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Cxe6 Dxe6 14.Df3 Rb8 
15.Fg5 f6 16.Tfe1 Dg8 17.Fe3 Ch4 18.Dh5 g5 19.Tad1 Dg7 20.Fc1 Tdg8 21.a3 
f5 22.Cb5 Fe7 23.Te6 f4 24.Tde1 Fd8 25.T6e4 Cd5 26.Dd1 g4 27.hxg4 Dxg4 28.
Dxg4 Txg4 29.Te8 Txg2+ 30.Rf1 Thg8 31.Txg8 Txg8 32.Fxh7 Tf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Armbruster, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "B76b"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Dd2 a6
9.h4 h5 10.O-O-O b5 11.Fh6 Fb7 12.g4 Cc6 13.Fxg7 Rxg7 14.gxh5 Cxh5 15.Cf5+
Rg8 16.Dh6 e6 17.Cxd6 De7 18.Tg1 Cg7 19.h5 Dh4 20.Cxb7 Dxh5 21.Dxh5 Cxh5 
22.Cc5 Ce5 23.Fe2 Cf4 24.Cd3 Cxe2+ 25.Cxe2 Cxf3 26.Tg3 Ch4 27.Th1 Cf5 28.
exf5 exf5 29.Cef4 Tfd8 30.b3 Tac8 31.Rb2 a5 32.Cxg6 fxg6 33.Txg6+ Rf7 34.
Ce5+ Rf8 35.Th8+ 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Auslaender, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "D06k"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Cf6 3.cxd5 Cxd5 4.e4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.Cf3 Fe7 7.Fe2 O-O 8.O-O 
Cbd7 9.Fe3 b6 10.e5 Ce8 11.Dc2 Fb7 12.Tad1 f5 13.Fc4 c6 14.Fxe6+ Rh8 15.
Fxf5 h6 16.e6 Cdf6 17.Ce5 Cd6 18.Cg6+ Rg8 19.Cxf8 Dxf8 20.Fg6 Td8 21.Tfe1 
Tc8 22.Ff4 Cd5 23.Fe5 Cc4 24.Fg3 Df6 25.Ff7+ Rh8 26.Ce4 Df5 27.Dxc4 Cf6 
28.Cxf6 Dxf6 29.Fe5 Dg5 30.Dc1 c5 31.Dxg5 Fxg5 32.d5 Fe7 33.d6 Fh4 34.d7 
Fxf2+ 35.Rxf2 Tf8 36.d8=D 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bloessl, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "E92h"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 c6 8.d5 Cg4 9.
Fg5 f6 10.Fh4 Ca6 11.O-O Ch6 12.Ce1 Cf7 13.Cd3 c5 14.a3 Fd7 15.b4 b6 16.
Tb1 Dc8 17.Db3 h5 18.f3 Rh7 19.Ff2 Fh6 20.Da2 Cc7 21.a4 a5 22.bxa5 bxa5 
23.Db3 Ca6 24.Cb5 f5 25.exf5 Fxf5 26.h3 Cb4 27.Tbe1 Cxd3 28.Fxd3 Fxh3 29.
Fh4 Dd7 30.f4 Fxg2 31.Fxg6+ Rxg6 32.f5+ Rh7 33.Rxg2 Tg8+ 34.Rh1 Tg4 35.Dh3
Ff4 36.Cc3 Dxf5 37.Tf3 Tag8 38.Ff2 Dg6 39.Ce4 Cg5 40.Cxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bonnaire, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A09a"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.c4 Cf6 3.cxd5 Cxd5 4.e4 Cb6 5.d4 e6 6.Cc3 Fe7 7.Fe2 Fd7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Fe3 c6 10.a3 f6 11.Dc2 Fe8 12.Tad1 Ff7 13.Cd2 Dc7 14.Cb3 a6 15.Cc5 
C8d7 16.b4 a5 17.f4 Tfd8 18.e5 Cxc5 19.bxc5 Cd5 20.Cxd5 Txd5 21.Fc4 Tdd8 
22.Tb1 Tab8 23.Db3 Tf8 24.Fxe6 Fxe6 25.Dxe6+ Tf7 26.Tb2 Dc8 27.Dxc8+ Txc8 
28.Txb7 Fd8 29.Tfb1 Txb7 30.Txb7 Tc7 31.Tb8 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dahlmann, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "B01z"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Cf6 3.d4 Cxd5 4.Cf3 g6 5.c4 Cb6 6.Cc3 Fg7 7.c5 Cd5 8.Fd3 c6
9.Db3 O-O 10.O-O Cxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Fd2 Fe6 13.Dd1 Cd7 14.a4 a6 15.Te1 Te8
16.Txe6 fxe6 17.Cg5 Cf6 18.Cxe6 Dd7 19.Cxg7 Rxg7 20.Ff4 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dege, C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "D00f"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.Fg5 b5 3.e3 Fd7 4.Cf3 Cf6 5.Fxf6 exf6 6.Fd3 c5 7.dxc5 b4 8.a3 
Fxc5 9.axb4 Fxb4+ 10.c3 Fa5 11.Cbd2 Cc6 12.O-O Ce5 13.Fc2 Fb5 14.Fa4 Dd7 
15.Fxb5 Dxb5 16.Cd4 Dxb2 17.Txa5 Dxc3 18.Da4+ Cd7 19.Txd5 O-O 20.Cb1 Cb6 
21.Cxc3 Cxa4 22.Cxa4 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dressler, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "B38e"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 d6 5.c4 g6 6.Cc3 Fg7 7.Fe3 Cf6 8.f3 O-O
9.Dd2 Te8 10.Fe2 a6 11.O-O e6 12.Tfd1 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.c5 Fe6 15.Ff1 Dd7
16.a3 Cxd4 17.Fxd4 Ted8 18.b4 Ce8 19.Ce2 Cc7 20.a4 Tdb8 21.Fxg7 Rxg7 22.
Cd4 b5 23.axb5 Cxb5 24.Fxb5 axb5 25.Df4 De8 26.c6 Ta4 27.Txa4 bxa4 28.b5 
Tb6 29.Ta1 Da8 30.Cxe6+ Rg8 31.Dd4 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Franz, B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.d3 d6 5.g3 Fd7 6.Fg2 Fe7 7.a3 Dc8 8.O-O Fh3 
9.Cd5 Fxg2 10.Rxg2 h6 11.e4 Cxd5 12.cxd5 Cb8 13.Fe3 O-O 14.Cd2 f5 15.f3 
Cd7 16.Tc1 b6 17.b4 Dd8 18.Tc3 f4 19.Ff2 Cf6 20.Dc2 Ce8 21.Cc4 fxg3 22.
hxg3 Fg5 23.d4 Ff6 24.dxe5 Fxe5 25.Cxe5 dxe5 26.Tc6 Tf6 27.Tc1 a5 28.b5 
De7 29.a4 Td8 30.Db3 Rh8 31.T1c4 Tdd6 32.Txd6 Txd6 33.Fe1 Tg6 34.De3 Cd6 
35.Tc6 Tf6 36.Fc3 Cf7 37.f4 Txc6 38.bxc6 exf4 39.gxf4 Cd6 40.Fe5 Cc4 41.
Dd4 Cxe5 42.Dxe5 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Goebel, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A39o"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Fg7 6.Fg2 Cc6 7.O-O O-O 8.Cc3 
Cxd4 9.Dxd4 d6 10.Dd3 Tb8 11.Fe3 Ff5 12.Dd2 a6 13.Fa7 Ta8 14.Fd4 Dd7 15.
Tfd1 Tab8 16.Tac1 Tfc8 17.b3 b5 18.Cd5 Cxd5 19.cxd5 Fxd4 20.Dxd4 Db7 21.h4
Txc1 22.Txc1 Tc8 23.Tc6 Fd7 24.Txc8+ Fxc8 25.Ff3 Dc7 26.Rg2 Dc5 27.Dd2 b4 
28.h5 Dc3 29.Dg5 Df6 30.De3 Rf8 31.Db6 Dc3 32.Dd8+ Rg7 33.Dxe7 De5 34.h6+ 
Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Goettsche, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "B53u"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Dxd4 Cc6 5.Fb5 Fd7 6.Fxc6 Fxc6 7.Cc3 Cf6 8.
Fg5 e6 9.O-O-O Fe7 10.Dd3 h6 11.Fh4 a6 12.Cd4 Tc8 13.f4 Dc7 14.f5 Fd7 15.
fxe6 Fxe6 16.Cxe6 fxe6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Dg6+ Rf8 19.Thf1 Tg8 20.Tf2 Dc6 21.
Tdf1 De8 22.Dh7 Txc3 23.Fxf6 Fxf6 24.Txf6+ Re7 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grimme, W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "C25c"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cc3 d6 3.Fc4 Cf6 4.d3 Fe7 5.f4 Cc6 6.Cf3 Fg4 7.h3 Fxf3 8.Dxf3 
Cd4 9.Dd1 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Fe3 c5 12.Cd5 b5 13.Cxf6+ Fxf6 14.Fd5 Tb8 15.c3
Ce6 16.fxe5 Fxe5 17.Dg4 Te8 18.Tf5 g6 19.Taf1 Te7 20.Txf7 De8 21.Txe7 Dxe7
22.Fh6 Fg7 23.Fxe6+ Rh8 24.Tf7 Dxf7 25.Fxf7 Fxh6 26.Dd7 Tf8 27.g3 Fe3+ 28.
Rg2 Fh6 29.d4 cxd4 30.cxd4 Fg7 31.De7 g5 32.e5 dxe5 33.dxe5 b4 34.e6 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Henrici, C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.a3 a5 5.d3 h6 6.g3 Fc5 7.Fg2 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.
b3 Cd4 10.Cd2 Ce6 11.e3 c6 12.Cf3 Fb6 13.Tb1 Tb8 14.b4 Cd7 15.d4 axb4 16.
axb4 Fc7 17.d5 cxd5 18.Cxd5 b5 19.cxb5 Txb5 20.Cd2 Cf6 21.Cxf6+ Dxf6 22.
Ce4 De7 23.Cc3 Tb8 24.Cd5 Dd7 25.Dd3 Fb7 26.Td1 Tfd8 27.Fd2 Fxd5 28.Fxd5 
Db5 29.Db3 De8 30.Tdc1 Fb6 31.Tc6 Cc7 32.Tbc1 Cxd5 33.Dxd5 Dd7 34.b5 Fc5 
35.Fa5 Tdc8 36.T1xc5 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Henrici, W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A45j"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Fg5 d6 3.Cc3 h6 4.Fxf6 exf6 5.e3 Fd7 6.Fd3 Fe7 7.Cd5 c6 8.Cxe7 
Dxe7 9.Ce2 Fe6 10.c4 d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.O-O O-O 13.Cf4 Dd7 14.Tc1 Cc6 15.
Fb5 Tac8 16.Da4 a6 17.Fxc6 Txc6 18.Txc6 Dxc6 19.Dxc6 bxc6 20.Tc1 Fd7 21.
Cd3 Tb8 22.Cc5 Fe8 23.b3 Tb6 24.Rf1 Rf8 25.Re2 Re7 26.Rd3 f5 27.Rc3 Rd6 
28.b4 f6 29.a4 Tb8 30.Cxa6 Ta8 31.Cc5 Ta7 32.Tb1 g5 33.a5 f4 34.exf4 gxf4 
35.Te1 Ff7 36.f3 Te7 37.Txe7 Rxe7 38.a6 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Imperatori, K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A45n"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Fg5 e6 3.e4 Fe7 4.Cc3 h6 5.Fe3 d5 6.e5 Cfd7 7.f4 O-O 8.Cf3 f5 
9.exf6 Cxf6 10.Fd3 c6 11.Ce5 Cbd7 12.O-O Cxe5 13.fxe5 Ch7 14.Txf8+ Dxf8 
15.Dh5 Rh8 16.Tf1 Dg8 17.Fxh7 Rxh7 18.Fxh6 g6 19.Dh3 De8 20.Fg5+ Rg8 21.
Fxe7 Dxe7 22.Tf6 Dg7 23.Ce2 Fd7 24.Cf4 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Koch, Hans Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[ECO "A41d"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 d6 2.d4 e6 3.e4 Cd7 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fc4 c6 6.O-O b5 7.Fb3 Cb6 8.a4 b4 9.
Ce2 a5 10.Cg3 g6 11.Dd2 Fa6 12.Te1 Fc4 13.Fxc4 Cxc4 14.Dd3 Cb6 15.Cf1 h6 
16.c4 Cc8 17.b3 g5 18.d5 exd5 19.cxd5 Cb6 20.Cg3 Rf8 21.Fe3 Cf6 22.Tac1 
Cg4 23.Cf5 Cxe3 24.fxe3 g4 25.Cd2 f6 26.Tc2 Rf7 27.Txc6 Rg6 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Koernlein, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A09a"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.c4 Cf6 3.cxd5 Cxd5 4.e4 Cb6 5.d4 e6 6.Cc3 c5 7.Fg5 Dd6 8.dxc5 
Dxd1+ 9.Txd1 C6d7 10.Cb5 Ca6 11.Cd6+ Fxd6 12.cxd6 O-O 13.Fe2 b6 14.O-O f6 
15.Fe3 e5 16.Fc4+ Rh8 17.Fd5 Tb8 18.a3 Td8 19.b4 Fb7 20.Fxb7 Txb7 21.Tc1 
Cf8 22.b5 Cc5 23.Fxc5 bxc5 24.Txc5 Txd6 25.Tc8 Rg8 26.a4 Rf7 27.g3 Td3 28.
Rg2 Ta3 29.Tc4 a6 30.bxa6 Ta7 31.Tb1 Txa6 32.Tb7+ Rg6 33.Ch4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kolb, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A50f"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 Cc6 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.a3 d5 5.Cc3 Fe7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ff4 Fd6 8.Fg3 
Ff5 9.e3 a6 10.Fe2 Ce4 11.Fh4 Dd7 12.Cxd5 O-O 13.Cc3 Ce7 14.O-O b5 15.Tc1 
Tac8 16.Cxe4 Fxe4 17.Fg3 Fxf3 18.Fxf3 Fxg3 19.hxg3 c6 20.Tc5 h6 21.Dc2 Tc7
22.Tc1 Tfc8 23.d5 Df5 24.d6 Dxc2 25.T1xc2 Td7 26.dxe7 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Korfmacher, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "E11c"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Fb4+ 4.Cbd2 b6 5.a3 Fe7 6.e4 O-O 7.e5 Ce8 8.Fd3 Fb7
9.Dc2 h6 10.O-O c5 11.Fh7+ Rh8 12.Fe4 Dc7 13.d5 exd5 14.Fxd5 Fxd5 15.cxd5 
d6 16.Cc4 dxe5 17.Ccxe5 Cf6 18.Db3 Fd6 19.Cc4 Td8 20.Td1 Cxd5 21.Txd5 
Fxh2+ 22.Cxh2 Txd5 23.Df3 Dc6 24.Fe3 f6 25.Cf1 Td7 26.Dh3 Ca6 27.Cg3 Tad8 
28.Cf5 Td1+ 29.Txd1 Txd1+ 30.Rh2 Dc7+ 31.Ccd6 Tb1 32.Ff4 Txb2 33.Fxh6 gxh6
34.Dxh6+ Rg8 35.Dg6+ Rf8 36.Dxf6+ Rg8 37.Ce7+ Dxe7 38.Dxe7 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Link, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A28"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.d3 d6 5.g3 Fe7 6.Fg2 h6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 a5 9.
Tb1 Fd7 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Dc8 12.b5 Cd4 13.Cd2 Fh3 14.e3 Fxg2 15.Rxg2 Ce6
16.Cf3 Te8 17.e4 Dd7 18.h3 Ta5 19.Fe3 Tea8 20.Dc2 Ch7 21.Cd5 Fd8 22.Th1 
Chf8 23.d4 exd4 24.Cxd4 Ta2 25.Tb2 Txb2 26.Dxb2 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lukas, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "D44r"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Cf6 4.Cc3 c6 5.Fg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Fh4 g5 9.
Cxg5 hxg5 10.Fxg5 Cbd7 11.exf6 Fb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Db6 14.Fg2 O-O-O 15.O-O 
b4 16.Tb1 Fh6 17.Fxh6 Txh6 18.dxe6 Cxf6 19.Fxb7+ Dxb7 20.exf7 Tf8 21.Dd6 
Txf7 22.De6+ Rb8 23.Tbd1 Tfh7 24.Td8+ Rc7 25.Dd6# 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Meyer, Armin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "E91e"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Fg7 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 c6 7.O-O Fg4 8.Fe3 Cbd7
9.h3 Fxf3 10.Fxf3 Dc7 11.Dd2 Tfe8 12.Tfd1 Tad8 13.b4 Cb6 14.De2 h6 15.Tac1
Db8 16.a4 e5 17.d5 Cbd7 18.a5 Rh7 19.Tb1 Tc8 20.dxc6 Txc6 21.Cd5 Ff8 22.
Fg4 Cxd5 23.cxd5 Tc7 24.Df3 Rg7 25.Tbc1 Cf6 26.Txc7 Dxc7 27.Tc1 De7 28.Fc8
a6 29.Fb6 Txc8 30.Txc8 Ce8 31.Db3 Cf6 32.Tc7 De8 33.b5 axb5 34.Txb7 Ch5 
35.g3 Dc8 36.a6 Dxh3 37.a7 Cf4 38.Df3 g5 39.a8=D g4 40.Dxf4 exf4 41.Fd4+ 
1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morgenstern, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "C24"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Fc4 Cf6 3.d3 Cc6 4.f4 d6 5.Cf3 Fg4 6.h3 Fxf3 7.Dxf3 Dd7 8.Cc3 
O-O-O 9.O-O Cd4 10.Df2 c6 11.Fe3 c5 12.Cd5 Cxd5 13.Fxd5 f6 14.c3 Cc6 15.b4
exf4 16.Fxf4 Ce5 17.De2 cxb4 18.cxb4 Db5 19.Tfc1+ Rb8 20.a4 Dxd3 21.Df2 
Fe7 22.Fe3 Tc8 23.Fxa7+ Ra8 24.Db6 Cc6 25.Fxc6 Txc6 26.Txc6 bxc6 27.Da5 
Dxe4 28.Fb6+ 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Moroder, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.g3 Cf6 6.Fg2 Fc5 7.Cb3 Fb4+ 8.Cc3 
Fxc3+ 9.bxc3 O-O 10.O-O d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Fg5 h6 13.Fxf6 Dxf6 14.Dxd5 Fe6
15.Df3 De7 16.Cd4 Tac8 17.Tfb1 Tfd8 18.Cxe6 fxe6 19.Td1 Txd1+ 20.Txd1 Tf8 
21.De4 Df6 22.f4 Td8 23.Txd8+ Cxd8 24.Dd3 De7 25.h4 b6 26.Rh2 Cf7 27.De4 
Cd6 28.Da8+ Rh7 29.h5 Df7 30.Fe4+ Cxe4 31.Dxe4+ Rh8 32.De5 De7 33.Rh3 Rg8 
34.e4 Rf7 35.f5 exf5 36.Dxe7+ Rxe7 37.exf5 Rf6 38.g4 Re5 39.Rg3 a6 40.Rf3 
b5 41.Re3 a5 42.a3 a4 43.Rf3 Rd5 44.Rf4 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Petry, J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "B38w"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Fg7 6.e4 d6 7.Fe2 O-O 8.O-O 
Cc6 9.Fe3 Cxd4 10.Fxd4 Fd7 11.Dd2 a6 12.f3 Da5 13.Tfd1 Tfc8 14.Tab1 Fe6 
15.b4 Dd8 16.c5 Ce8 17.Fxg7 Rxg7 18.Cd5 Fxd5 19.exd5 Cf6 20.De3 Tc7 21.
Tbc1 Tac8 22.a3 Dd7 23.c6 bxc6 24.Fxa6 Cxd5 25.Dd4+ e5 26.Fxc8 Dxc8 27.Df2
Cf4 28.Db2 f6 29.g3 Ce6 30.Rg2 d5 31.b5 cxb5 32.Txc7+ Dxc7 33.Txd5 Cd4 34.
Txd4 exd4 35.Dxd4 Dc2+ 36.Rh3 Df5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Plaumann, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "D35n"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Fg5 Cbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Fd3 Fd6 8.Cge2 
O-O 9.Dc2 h6 10.Fh4 Dc7 11.O-O-O Te8 12.h3 Rh8 13.g4 Cg8 14.Rb1 Fe7 15.
Cxd5 Da5 16.Cxe7 Cxe7 17.Thg1 g6 18.Cc3 Rg7 19.e4 Cf8 20.f4 Rh7 21.f5 b6 
22.Tgf1 g5 23.Fg3 Fa6 24.Fxa6 Dxa6 25.e5 Rg8 26.e6 fxe6 27.f6 Rf7 28.fxe7+
Rxe7 29.Ce4 Tad8 30.Df2 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pollmann, H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "D06k"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Cf6 3.cxd5 Cxd5 4.e4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.Cf3 Fb4 7.Fd3 O-O 8.O-O 
c6 9.Fg5 Fe7 10.Dc2 Cfd7 11.Ff4 c5 12.d5 Cf6 13.d6 Fxd6 14.Fxd6 Dxd6 15.e5
De7 16.exf6 Dxf6 17.Fxh7+ Rh8 18.Fe4 Cc6 19.Fxc6 bxc6 20.Tfd1 e5 21.Ce4 
Dg6 22.Cxe5 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Populoh, S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "E90p"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Fg5 h6 9.
Fe3 Te8 10.Cd2 Ch7 11.g4 g5 12.Fe2 a6 13.Cf1 Cf8 14.Cg3 Cg6 15.f3 c5 16.a3
Fd7 17.b4 b6 18.Th2 a5 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Ff1 Ca6 21.Tb2 Tb8 22.Tab1 Txb2 23.
Txb2 Da8 24.Tb6 Ff8 25.Cf5 Tb8 26.Db1 Da7 27.Txb8 Dxb8 28.Dxb8 Cxb8 29.Fd2
Cf4 30.Cb5 Fxf5 31.exf5 a4 32.Cc3 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Raab, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "B33y"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Fxf6 gxf6 10.Cd5 f5 11.Fd3 Fe6 12.O-O f4 13.c4 b4 14.Cc2 a5 15.b3 Tg8
16.Rh1 Tg6 17.f3 Th6 18.De1 Fe7 19.Cxe7 Dxe7 20.a3 Dg5 21.Tf2 Dg3 22.Dg1 
bxa3 23.Txa3 Tb8 24.Td2 a4 25.Txa4 Txb3 26.Ta1 Tb2 27.Te2 Cb4 28.Cxb4 Txb4
29.c5 dxc5 30.Ta8+ Re7 31.Dxc5+ Rf6 32.Dg1 Td4 33.Ta3 Td7 34.Tb2 Txh2+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rauschenbach, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "B06r"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Cc3 c6 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.Fe2 Cd7 6.O-O Dc7 7.a4 Cgf6 8.h3 O-O 
9.Fg5 e5 10.Te1 Te8 11.Ff1 Cf8 12.d5 h5 13.Fc4 c5 14.Cd2 C8h7 15.Fe3 g5 
16.Fe2 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Cc4 Dd8 19.g3 Rh8 20.Rg2 Tg8 21.Th1 Ff8 22.Dd2 
Tg6 23.Th2 Fe7 24.Tah1 Dg8 25.Fd3 Fd7 26.Cb5 Db8 27.Fg5 Rg7 28.Txh7+ Cxh7 
29.Fxe7 Fxb5 30.axb5 Dc7 31.Fh4 Th8 32.c3 f6 33.Ce3 Dd7 34.Fe2 Rf8 35.b4 
b6 36.bxc5 bxc5 37.Cf5 Rf7 38.Ta1 Tb8 39.c4 Cg5 40.Fxg4 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Richtscheid, J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A30n"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 c5 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fb7 5.Fg2 e6 6.O-O Fe7 7.Te1 O-O 8.e4 d6 
9.d4 cxd4 10.Cxd4 Dc8 11.b3 a6 12.Fb2 Cbd7 13.Dd2 Dc7 14.f4 Tac8 15.h3 Cc5
16.Rh2 Tfd8 17.Tac1 Db8 18.Cd5 exd5 19.exd5 Te8 20.Cf5 Ff8 21.Fxf6 gxf6 
22.Dd4 Fg7 23.b4 Cd7 24.Ce7+ Rf8 25.Cxc8 Dxc8 26.Dd3 h6 27.Fe4 Te7 28.Fg2 
Txe1 29.Txe1 Dd8 30.a3 Cb8 31.De4 a5 32.h4 Ca6 33.Tb1 axb4 34.axb4 Da8 35.
Rh3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Scherbel, K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "B12i"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 e6 4.Cf3 h6 5.Fd3 Fb4+ 6.c3 Fe7 7.O-O a6 8.Cbd2 c5 9.
Te1 c4 10.Fc2 b5 11.Cf1 Fh4 12.a4 Fd7 13.axb5 Fe7 14.bxa6 Txa6 15.Txa6 
Cxa6 16.b4 Fb5 17.h4 Dd7 18.h5 Fd8 19.C3h2 Cc7 20.Dg4 Rf8 21.Fd2 Dc6 22.
Ta1 Ce7 23.Cg3 Tg8 24.f4 Re8 25.Fh7 Rf8 26.Fxg8 Cxg8 27.f5 f6 28.fxe6 Cxe6
29.Cf3 Fe7 30.Cf5 Fd8 31.Ta7 Fc7 32.Cd6 Cd8 33.Cxb5 Ce6 34.Cxc7 Cxc7 35.
Dc8+ De8 36.Dxc7 Ce7 37.exf6 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Schmalfuss, K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "C02p"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Cc6 5.Cf3 Fd7 6.Fe2 Tc8 7.O-O Ch6 8.Fxh6 gxh6
9.Dd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Ce7 11.Cc3 a6 12.Fd3 Cg6 13.Ce2 f5 14.exf6 Dxf6 15.Tac1
Tg8 16.Txc8+ Fxc8 17.Tc1 Fd7 18.Fxg6+ Dxg6 19.Cf4 Df5 20.Ce5 Fd6 21.De3 
Tg5 22.h4 Tg7 23.g3 Rd8 24.Te1 Fb4 25.Cxd7 Rxd7 26.Dxe6+ Dxe6 27.Txe6 Fd2 
28.Tf6 Fxf4 29.Txf4 Re6 30.Tf3 Tc7 31.Tc3 Tc4 32.Txc4 dxc4 33.f4 Rd5 34.f5
b5 35.Rf2 b4 36.Re3 a5 37.g4 a4 38.Rd2 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Schmid, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "D35k"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 Fe7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 O-O 7.Fd3 h6 8.Ff4 c6
9.Cf3 Fg4 10.h3 Fh5 11.g4 Fg6 12.Fxg6 fxg6 13.Ce5 g5 14.Fg3 Fd6 15.h4 Ch7 
16.hxg5 Cxg5 17.f4 Ce4 18.Cxe4 dxe4 19.Db3+ Rh7 20.O-O-O Dc7 21.Dc2 Fxe5 
22.dxe5 Rg8 23.g5 Df7 24.gxh6 Dxa2 25.hxg7 Da1+ 26.Rd2 Td8+ 27.Re2 Txd1 
28.Txd1 Da6+ 29.Rf2 Rxg7 30.e6 Rf6 31.Dxe4 c5 32.Fh4+ 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Schmitt, HW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "B01v"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Cf6 3.d4 Fg4 4.f3 Ff5 5.c4 e6 6.dxe6 Cc6 7.d5 Fb4+ 8.Cc3 
De7 9.dxc6 Fxe6 10.Fe3 O-O 11.Rf2 Tfe8 12.Ce4 Cxe4+ 13.fxe4 Dh4+ 14.g3 
Dxe4 15.Fg2 De5 16.Cf3 Dxb2+ 17.De2 Da3 18.Thd1 Fxc4 19.Dxc4 Dxe3+ 20.Rf1 
Fc5 21.Dc2 b6 22.Te1 Dh6 23.Df5 Te6 24.Txe6 fxe6 25.Dg5 Dxg5 26.Cxg5 Tf8+ 
27.Cf3 g5 28.h3 h5 29.g4 hxg4 30.hxg4 Tf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Schutzmann, H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "C85i"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.De1 Cd7 8.b3 
O-O 9.Fb2 f6 10.d4 exd4 11.Cxd4 Ce5 12.Cd2 Fb4 13.Td1 De8 14.f4 Cf7 15.h3 
Fc5 16.Rh1 Fxd4 17.Fxd4 b6 18.Dg3 Cd6 19.Tfe1 c5 20.Fb2 Df7 21.e5 Cf5 22.
Df2 fxe5 23.Fxe5 Fb7 24.Cf3 h6 25.Fb2 Cd6 26.Fe5 Ce4 27.De3 Tae8 28.Rh2 
Te7 29.Dd3 Cf2 30.De3 Cxd1 31.Txd1 Td7 32.Te1 Tfd8 33.Fc3 Td1 34.Ce5 Txe1 
35.Fxe1 Dd5 36.Dg3 0-1

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Snuverink, Jochem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "D19a"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.e3 e6 7.Fxc4 Fb4 8.O-O O-O
9.De2 Te8 10.e4 Fg6 11.Fg5 h6 12.Fh4 Fxc3 13.Fxf6 Dxf6 14.bxc3 Cd7 15.De3 
Tad8 16.a5 e5 17.d5 Df4 18.Dxa7 Fxe4 19.dxc6 Fxf3 20.gxf3 bxc6 21.Ta4 Dxf3
22.De3 e4 23.Dxf3 exf3 24.Tb1 Cc5 25.Ta2 Te4 26.Ff1 Tg4+ 27.Rh1 Ta4 28.
Txa4 Cxa4 29.Tc1 Cxc3 30.Txc3 Td5 31.a6 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zielke, W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.Fg2 Fe6 7.O-O g6 8.d4 
Fg7 9.Cxe5 Cxe5 10.dxe5 Cxc3 11.bxc3 Fxe5 12.Fxb7 Fxc3 13.Da4+ Fd7 14.De4+
De7 15.Dxe7+ Rxe7 16.Fa3+ Re6 17.Tac1 Tab8 18.Fa6 Fe5 19.Fc4+ Rf6 20.Fb3 
Fe6 21.Fxe6 Rxe6 22.Tc6+ Rd7 23.Ta6 Tb7 24.Td1+ Rc8 25.f4 Fg7 26.Fc5 Te8 
27.Rf1 Te6 28.Txe6 fxe6 29.Rf2 Tb2 30.a3 Tb5 31.Fe7 Td5 32.Txd5 exd5 33.
Fc5 a6 34.e4 dxe4 35.Re3 Rd7 36.Rxe4 Rc6 37.Fb4 Rb5 38.Fe7 c5 39.g4 Fb2 
40.f5 gxf5+ 41.gxf5 Fxa3 42.f6 Fb2 43.f7 Fg7 44.Rd3 a5 45.f8=D Fxf8 46.
Fxf8 Rb4 47.Rc2 Rc4 48.Rb2 a4 49.Ra3 Rb5 50.Fe7 h5 51.h4 Rc4 52.Rxa4 Rd4 
53.Rb3 c4+ 54.Rb4 Rd5 55.Ff6 Re6 56.Fd4 Rf5 57.Rxc4 Rg4 58.Ff2 Rf3 59.Fe1 
Re2 60.Rd4 Rxe1 61.Re3 Rd1 62.Rf4 Re2 63.Rg5 Rf3 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zweschper, Erich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[ECO "B22m"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Dxd5 4.d4 Cf6 5.Cf3 e6 6.Fe3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Fb4+ 8.Cc3
Da5 9.Dc2 O-O 10.Fd3 h6 11.O-O Cc6 12.a3 Fd6 13.Tad1 a6 14.Ce4 Cxe4 15.
Fxe4 Ce7 16.Ce5 Fb8 17.Tfe1 Cd5 18.Fd2 Dd8 19.Db3 Dd6 20.Tc1 Td8 21.Fa5 
Fc7 22.Fxc7 Cxc7 23.Df3 f6 24.Fxb7 Tb8 25.Fxc8 Tdxc8 26.Cg6 Txb2 27.Dc6 
Dxc6 28.Txc6 Rf7 29.Cf4 Tb7 30.Tec1 Re7 31.Cxe6 Cxe6 32.Txc8 Td7 33.Te1 
Rd6 34.Ta8 Cxd4 35.Txa6+ Rc5 36.h3 Rb5 37.Ta8 Rc4 38.Tae8 g6 39.Tg8 g5 40.
Tg6 Td6 41.Txh6 Cc2 42.Tc1 Rb3 43.Tb1+ Ra2 44.Tf1 Rxa3 45.Th8 Rb2 46.Tc8 
Cb4 47.g3 Cd5 48.Td1 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Abreu, Jorge D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "B38p"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Fe2 Fg7 8.Fe3 
O-O 9.O-O a6 10.Dd2 Tb8 11.f3 Cxd4 12.Fxd4 Da5 13.Tab1 Fe6 14.b4 Dh5 15.f4
Fg4 16.Fxg4 Cxg4 17.h3 Fxd4+ 18.Dxd4 Cf6 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Tbd8 21.De3 
Cd7 22.Tbe1 f5 23.Cd5 Tfe8 24.Cxe7+ Rh8 25.e6 Cf6 26.Cxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pereda, E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "D80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Fg5 Ce4 5.Fh4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.e3 Fg7 8.cxd5 
Dxd5 9.Cf3 Cc6 10.Fe2 O-O 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 Ff5 13.Db3 Dxb3 14.axb3 e5 
15.d5 e4 16.dxc6 exf3 17.Fxf3 bxc6 18.Ta3 Tfc8 19.Fg3 a5 20.h3 Fc2 21.Fd6 
a4 22.bxa4 Txa4 23.Tc1 Txa3 24.Fxa3 Fa4 25.g4 Fb5 26.h4 h6 27.h5 gxh5 28.
gxh5 Ta8 29.Fd6 Ta1 30.Txa1 Fxa1 31.Fe4 Fg7 32.f4 Ff8 33.Fe5 Fg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rodriguez, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "D46h"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c6 4.e3 Cf6 5.Cf3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.Fd3 O-O 8.O-O De7
9.c5 Fc7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Cxe4 Cxe4 12.Fxe4 h6 13.Te1 Cf6 14.Fd3 Cd5 15.Fd2 
Df6 16.Ce5 Cf4 17.Fxf4 Dxf4 18.Te4 Dg5 19.Tae1 Fd8 20.h4 De7 21.b4 De8 22.
Tf4 b5 23.Fh7+ Rh8 24.Fg6 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Martin, C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 g6 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.b3 d6 6.Fb2 Ce4 7.Cbd2 Cxd2 8.Dxd2 
Cc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.h4 h6 11.c4 Fe6 12.Dc3 Dd6 13.Ce5 Cxe5 14.dxe5 d4 15.
Dxd4 Dxd4 16.Fxd4 O-O-O 17.f4 Rb8 18.Fc5 Txd1+ 19.Txd1 Te8 20.e3 c6 21.Fb4
Rc7 22.Rc2 Fc8 23.h5 g5 24.a4 Fe6 25.a5 Ff7 26.Ta1 gxf4 27.gxf4 e6 28.Fd6+
Rd7 29.Fc5 a6 30.Ff3 Ff8 31.Td1+ Rc8 32.Fxf8 Txf8 33.Tg1 Tg8 34.Txg8+ Fxg8
35.e4 c5 36.exf5 Fh7 37.Fe4 exf5 38.Fd5 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morcuende, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "E71a"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 Cf6 5.h3 c6 6.Cf3 Cbd7 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fe3 Dc7 
9.Fe2 a6 10.Tc1 O-O 11.O-O e5 12.Dd2 Rh7 13.Tfd1 Ce8 14.Dc2 exd4 15.Cxd4 
Cdf6 16.b4 Fd7 17.c5 d5 18.exd5 Cxd5 19.Cxd5 cxd5 20.a4 f5 21.c6 bxc6 22.
Cxc6 Dxc6 23.Dxc6 Fxc6 24.Txc6 Tf6 25.Tc5 Tb6 26.b5 axb5 27.Fxb5 Cf6 28.
Tc7 Te6 29.Fd4 Td8 30.a5 g5 31.a6 Rg6 32.a7 Ce8 33.Fxe8+ Tdxe8 34.Txg7+ 
1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Alonso, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "A39f"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Cxd4 Fg7 7.Fg2 O-O 8.O-O 
a6 9.c5 Dc7 10.Fe3 d6 11.cxd6 exd6 12.h3 Fd7 13.Tc1 Tac8 14.Dd2 Da5 15.
Tfd1 Tfd8 16.Cb3 Dh5 17.g4 De5 18.Ff4 De8 19.Fg5 Fe6 20.Df4 De7 21.Ce4 Cd5
22.Txd5 f6 23.Cxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Moreira Romero, Jairo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "D38h"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.d4 Cf6 4.Cc3 Fb4 5.Fg5 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Tc1 h6 8.Fxf6 Dxf6
9.Fd3 Cd7 10.O-O Td8 11.Db3 De7 12.a3 Fa5 13.Tfd1 Cf6 14.Dc2 Fd7 15.b4 Fc7
16.Db2 Tac8 17.h3 Ce8 18.a4 Cf6 19.Ce5 Fb8 20.f4 dxc4 21.Fxc4 Cd5 22.Fxd5 
exd5 23.Te1 Fd6 24.Cxd7 Dxd7 25.Cd1 De7 26.Cf2 Fxb4 27.Te2 Fa3 0-1

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Reyes, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "B05h"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 Cf6 2.e5 Cd5 3.d4 d6 4.Cf3 Fg4 5.Fe2 c6 6.h3 Fxf3 7.Fxf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 
e6 9.O-O Cd7 10.De2 Dc7 11.Te1 Fc5 12.Cd2 Cf4 13.De4 Cg6 14.Cc4 O-O 15.h4 
Tad8 16.h5 Ce7 17.h6 Cg6 18.hxg7 Rxg7 19.Fg5 Tde8 20.Tad1 f5 21.exf6+ Cxf6
22.De2 Cd5 23.Ce3 De5 24.Fh6+ Rg8 25.Cxd5 Dxe2 26.Txe2 exd5 27.Fxf8 Txf8 
28.Tde1 Rg7 29.Te8 Tf7 30.T1e2 Cf4 31.Td2 Tf6 32.g3 Ch3+ 33.Rg2 Cg5 34.Td3
h6 35.Tb3 b6 36.Te2 a5 37.Fh5 a4 38.Td3 Ce4 39.Tf3 Txf3 40.Fxf3 Cg5 41.Fg4
a3 42.bxa3 Fxa3 43.Fd7 c5 44.Fc6 d4 45.Te7+ Rf6 46.Tb7 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Arnaiz, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "A39p"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 c5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Cxd4 Cxd4 7.Dxd4 Fg7 8.Fg2
O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Dd3 a6 11.Ff4 Da5 12.Tac1 Fe6 13.b3 Tab8 14.Tfd1 Cd7 15.
Dd2 b5 16.cxb5 Tfc8 17.Cd5 Dxd2 18.Txc8+ Txc8 19.Cxe7+ Rf8 20.Fxd2 Rxe7 
21.bxa6 d5 22.Fb4+ Re8 23.e4 d4 24.e5 Fxe5 25.Fb7 Cb6 26.Te1 Fb8 27.Fa5 d3
28.Fxb6 d2 29.Td1 Tc1 30.Ff3 Fd5 31.Fe2 Fe5 32.Fe3 Txd1+ 33.Fxd1 Fc3 34.
Rf1 Fc6 35.a7 Rd7 36.a4 Fb7 37.f4 Rc7 38.Re2 Fa6+ 39.Rf2 Fb7 40.Fc5 Rc6 
41.b4 Rd5 42.Fb3+ Re4 43.Re2 f5 44.b5 h6 45.Fe3 Fa5 46.Fxd2 Fb6 47.Fc2+ 
Rd5 48.Fe3 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Garcia, Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 d6 3.Cf3 f5 4.g3 Cf6 5.Fg2 c6 6.d4 e4 7.Cg5 d5 8.Db3 Db6 9.
O-O Dxb3 10.axb3 h6 11.Ch3 g5 12.f3 exf3 13.exf3 Fe6 14.Te1 Rd7 15.Ff1 Fb4
16.Cf2 c5 17.Cd3 Cc6 18.Cxc5+ Fxc5 19.dxc5 Cd4 20.cxd5 Ff7 21.Td1 Cxf3+ 
22.Rg2 Ce5 23.Fe3 Fh5 24.Fb5+ Rc8 25.Tf1 f4 26.gxf4 gxf4 27.Fxf4 Tg8+ 28.
Fg3 Ceg4 29.Tae1 Cd7 30.b4 a5 31.Fxd7+ Rxd7 32.b5 Tae8 33.c6+ Rc8 34.Rh3 
Ce3 35.Txe3 Txe3 36.d6 Ff3 37.d7+ Rd8 38.Tg1 Tg5 39.Tf1 bxc6 40.b6 Th5+ 
41.Fh4+ Rxd7 42.Th1 0-1

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Espinola, Maria Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 d6 6.Fe2 Cf6 7.O-O Fe7 8.Fe3 
O-O 9.f4 a6 10.De1 Dc7 11.Dg3 Te8 12.Rh1 Cxd4 13.Fxd4 b5 14.a3 Fb7 15.Fd3 
Rh8 16.Tae1 Ch5 17.Dh3 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Dxh5 exd4 20.Cd5 Fxd5 21.exd5 g6
22.De5+ Dxe5 23.Txe5 Rg7 24.Tfe1 Rf8 25.g3 Fd6 26.Txe8+ Txe8 27.Txe8+ Rxe8
28.Rg2 Re7 29.Rf3 f5 30.h3 Rf6 31.a4 bxa4 32.Fxa6 Re5 33.Fb5 a3 34.Fa6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Ja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "D85d"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Cf6 3.cxd5 Cxd5 4.e4 Cb6 5.Cc3 g6 6.h3 Fg7 7.Cf3 O-O 8.Fe2 e6
9.O-O Cc6 10.Fg5 Dd7 11.a3 Cxd4 12.Cxd4 Fxd4 13.Cd5 exd5 14.Dxd4 dxe4 15.
Dxe4 Te8 16.Df3 Df5 17.Fh6 Dxf3 18.Fxf3 c6 19.a4 Cc4 20.b3 Ce5 21.Fe2 Fe6 
22.Tfe1 Fxb3 23.Teb1 Fc4 24.Fxc4 Cxc4 25.Txb7 Cd6 26.Td7 Ted8 27.Txd8+ 
Txd8 28.Tc1 Cf5 29.Fg5 Td6 30.Ff4 Te6 31.Tc5 f6 32.g4 Cd4 33.Fe3 Cb3 34.
Tc3 Ca5 35.Fxa7 Te1+ 36.Rg2 Ta1 37.Tf3 Rg7 38.Fd4 Txa4 39.Fxf6+ Rg8 40.Fg5
Rg7 41.Td3 Rf7 42.Td7+ Rg8 43.Ff6 Tf4 44.Fc3 Cc4 45.Tg7+ Rf8 46.Txh7 Tf7 
47.Th6 Cd6 48.Txg6 Ce4 49.Fe1 c5 50.Te6 Te7 51.Txe7 Rxe7 52.f3 Cd6 53.f4 
c4 54.Rf3 Cb5 55.Re4 c3 56.Rd3 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Izquierdo Arruzeria, Joseba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "A45n"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Fg5 e6 3.e4 Fe7 4.e5 Cd5 5.Fxe7 Cxe7 6.Cf3 O-O 7.Fd3 b6 8.Fe4 
Cbc6 9.Cc3 Fb7 10.a3 Tb8 11.Dd3 h6 12.O-O-O Ca5 13.The1 Fxe4 14.Dxe4 Cb7 
15.d5 exd5 16.Cxd5 Cxd5 17.Dxd5 d6 18.g3 dxe5 19.Dxe5 Cd6 20.h4 Dd7 21.Df4
Tfe8 22.Ce5 Df5 23.Dxf5 Cxf5 24.Cc6 Txe1 25.Txe1 Ta8 26.h5 Rf8 27.b4 a6 
28.a4 Te8 29.Txe8+ Rxe8 30.Rd2 Cd6 31.Rd3 b5 32.a5 Rd7 33.Cb8+ Rc8 34.Cxa6
1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gonzalez, J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "E92g"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.Cd2 a5 10.g4 Cd7 11.h4 Cc5 12.h5 c6 13.Cb3 Cxb3 14.axb3 b5 15.dxc6 bxc4 
16.Fxc4 Cxc6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Df3 Cd4 19.Dh3 Te8 20.Cd5 Cc2+ 21.Rd2 Cxe3 
22.fxe3 Fa6 23.Taf1 Fxc4 24.Dh7+ Rf8 25.bxc4 Ta7 26.Dxg6 Te6 27.Dxe6 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Correa Fo, Sidney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "B53s"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Dxd4 Fd7 6.Fxc6 Fxc6 7.Cc3 Cf6 8.
Fg5 e5 9.Dd3 h6 10.Fxf6 Dxf6 11.Cd5 Fxd5 12.Dxd5 O-O-O 13.O-O-O Fe7 14.Td3
g5 15.h3 Dg6 16.Tb3 Td7 17.Td1 g4 18.hxg4 Dxg4 19.g3 Thd8 20.Rb1 f5 21.
exf5 e4 22.Ch2 Dh5 23.Cf1 De2 24.Ce3 Dxf2 25.Dxe4 Dxg3 26.Cd5 De5 27.Dc4+ 
Rb8 28.Te3 Dg7 29.Txe7 Txe7 30.f6 Tc7 31.fxg7 Txc4 32.Cf6 Tcc8 33.Rc1 Rc7 
34.Te1 Tg8 35.Te7+ Rc6 36.Rd2 d5 37.Re3 a5 38.Rf4 b5 39.Rf5 h5 40.Rg6 Rd6 
41.Cxg8 Txg8 42.Te3 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Trujillo Delgado, Dafnae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "B80d"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.f3 e6 7.Fe3 Fe7 8.Dd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O Dc7 10.g4 Ce5 11.Rb1 b5 12.Fd3 Cc4 13.Fxc4 bxc4 14.g5 Cd7 15.
h4 Tb8 16.h5 Db7 17.b3 cxb3 18.axb3 Ce5 19.De2 Dc7 20.Ca4 Da5 21.Cb2 Fd7 
22.f4 Cc6 23.Cc4 Cxd4 24.Fxd4 Db5 25.h6 e5 26.Fb2 gxh6 27.Txh6 Tfd8 28.
fxe5 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Tenerife"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rodriguez, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[ECO "D35k"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 Fe7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 O-O 7.Fd3 Cc6 8.Cge2 
Fe6 9.a3 h6 10.Fh4 Ca5 11.O-O Cd7 12.Fxe7 Dxe7 13.b4 Cc4 14.Fxc4 dxc4 15.
Cf4 c6 16.Df3 Cf6 17.h3 Tfd8 18.Tfe1 Tac8 19.Tad1 Cd5 20.Cfxd5 cxd5 21.e4 
Dd6 22.exd5 Fd7 23.Te5 Te8 24.Ce4 Dg6 25.Cc5 Txe5 26.dxe5 Ff5 27.d6 b6 28.
g4 Fe6 29.Cxe6 Dxe6 30.Db7 Rh7 31.d7 Td8 32.Dc7 De7 33.Td5 c3 34.Dxc3 h5 
35.Dd4 Dg5 36.Rg2 hxg4 37.hxg4 Dc1 38.De4+ Rg8 39.e6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B23r"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 e6 3.f4 Cc6 4.Cf3 d5 5.Fb5 Ce7 6.Ce5 Fd7 7.Cxd7 Dxd7 8.exd5 
exd5 9.O-O O-O-O 10.a3 Cf5 11.Fe2 c4 12.Ff3 Fc5+ 13.Rh1 h5 14.Fxd5 h4 15.
h3 Cg3+ 16.Rh2 Cxf1+ 17.Dxf1 The8 18.Fxc4 Dd4 19.d3 Df2 20.Dxf2 Fxf2 21.
Fd2 f5 22.Fb5 Td6 23.Tf1 Fg3+ 24.Rg1 a6 25.Fxc6 Txc6 26.Tc1 b5 27.Rf1 Tce6
28.Td1 Rb7 29.d4 Td6 30.d5 Rb6 31.b4 Rb7 32.Fc1 Td7 33.Ce2 Ted8 34.Cc3 Tc8
35.Td3 Te7 36.Fe3 Tce8 37.Cd1 Te4 38.d6 Rc6 39.d7 Td8 40.Cc3 Te6 41.Ce2 
Txd7 42.Tc3+ Rb7 43.Cxg3 hxg3 44.Re2 Tc7 45.Txc7+ Rxc7 46.Rf3 Rd7 47.Fd4 
Tg6 48.Re3 Re8 49.Rf3 Rf7 50.c3 Re6 51.Re3 Rd5 52.Rd3 Te6 53.Fxg7 Te1 54.
Fd4 Re6 55.Rd2 Ta1 56.Re2 Txa3 57.Fe5 a5 58.bxa5 Txa5 59.h4 Ta3 60.h5 Rf7 
61.Fd4 Rg8 62.h6 Rh7 63.Fg7 Rg6 64.Rd2 Ta2+ 65.Re3 Tf2 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B07j"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Cf6 4.Fd3 Fg7 5.Cf3 O-O 6.O-O Cc6 7.Te1 Fg4 8.Cbd2 e5
9.h3 Fd7 10.dxe5 Cxe5 11.Cxe5 dxe5 12.Cc4 Te8 13.a4 Ch5 14.Ff1 Cf4 15.Fe3 
De7 16.Rh2 a5 17.Dc2 h5 18.Tad1 h4 19.Td2 Fc6 20.Ca3 Ted8 21.Fb5 Txd2 22.
Fxd2 Fxb5 23.Cxb5 Ce6 24.Ca3 Ff6 25.Cc4 Fg5 26.Fe3 Ff4+ 27.Rg1 Fxe3 28.
Cxe3 Td8 29.Td1 c6 30.Rf1 Rg7 31.Cg4 Txd1+ 32.Dxd1 Cc5 33.Dc2 Dg5 34.b4 
axb4 35.cxb4 Ce6 36.Dc3 f6 37.De3 Rf7 38.Re1 Dxe3+ 39.Cxe3 Cf4 40.Rd2 Re6 
41.a5 f5 42.f3 Ch5 43.Rd3 Cf6 44.Cd1 Rd6 45.Cb2 Ch5 46.Cc4+ Re6 47.Rc3 Cg3
48.Rd3 Ch5 49.Ce3 Cf6 50.Cf1 Cd7 51.Cd2 Rf6 52.Cb3 Rg5 53.Re3 Rf6 54.Cc1 
Re7 55.Rd3 Rd6 56.Cb3 Rc7 57.Cd2 Rd6 58.Cc4+ Re6 59.Cb2 Rd6 60.Ca4 Rc7 61.
Cb2 Rd6 62.Cc4+ Re6 63.Re3 Cf6 64.Cb2 Cd7 65.Cd3 Rd6 66.f4 fxe4 67.fxe5+ 
Cxe5 68.Cc5 Rd5 69.Cxb7 Cc4+ 70.Re2 Ca3 71.a6 Cb5 72.Re3 Ca7 73.Ca5 g5 74.
Cb7 Rc4 75.Rxe4 Rxb4 76.Rf5 Rb5 77.Rxg5 Rxa6 78.Cd6 c5 79.Rxh4 Cb5 80.Cc4 
Cd4 81.Rg5 Rb5 82.Ce3 c4 83.h4 c3 84.h5 Ce6+ 85.Rf5 Cg7+ 86.Rg6 Ce6 87.Rf5
Cg7+ 88.Rg4 Ce6 89.h6 Cf8 90.Rf5 Rc5 91.g4 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E92i"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 exd4 8.Cxd4 
Te8 9.f3 c6 10.Ff2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Cc6 13.c5 Ch5 14.Dd2 Fe5 15.g3 
Cg7 16.Tfd1 a6 17.Ff1 Fe6 18.Cxe6 fxe6 19.f4 Ff6 20.Tab1 g5 21.Ce2 Tf8 22.
b4 gxf4 23.gxf4 Fh4 24.Fg3 Tc8 25.Tb3 Tc7 26.Fh3 Cf5 27.Fxf5 Txf5 28.Fxh4 
Dxh4 29.Tg3+ Tg7 30.Txg7+ Rxg7 31.Cg3 Dg4 32.Tf1 Tf6 33.a4 Ce7 34.De2 Tg6 
35.Dxg4 Txg4 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 Rf7 38.Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E15n"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb7 6.Fg2 Fb4+ 7.Fd2 a5 8.O-O O-O 
9.Dc2 Fxd2 10.Cbxd2 d5 11.Tfd1 Ca6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Cf1 Ce4 14.Ce5 De7 15.
Fxe4 dxe4 16.a3 c5 17.Cc4 Tad8 18.d5 b5 19.d6 De6 20.Cxa5 Fa8 21.a4 bxa4 
22.bxa4 Txd6 23.Txd6 Dxd6 24.Td1 Dc7 25.Dc3 Td8 26.Txd8+ Dxd8 27.Cb3 h6 
28.Ce3 Dc8 29.h4 h5 30.a5 g6 31.Df6 Dc6 32.Dd8+ Rg7 33.Cd2 Cc7 34.Cdc4 Ce6
35.Db8 Da6 36.Cd6 Fc6 37.Db6 Da8 38.a6 Cd4 39.Rf1 Ce6 40.a7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1997.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C78d"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fc5 6.c3 b5 7.Fc2 d6 8.a4 Fg4 
9.h3 Fh5 10.axb5 axb5 11.Txa8 Dxa8 12.d3 O-O 13.b4 Fb6 14.Ca3 Da6 15.Fb3 
Cd8 16.g4 Fg6 17.Ch4 Ce6 18.Cf5 c5 19.Cc2 Fd8 20.c4 cxb4 21.Cxb4 Db6 22.
Fe3 Cc5 23.Db1 Fxf5 24.gxf5 Db7 25.Fa2 g6 26.Fh6 Te8 27.cxb5 Dxb5 28.Rh2 
Dd7 29.Tg1 Rh8 30.Fc4 Tg8 31.Cd5 gxf5 32.Cxf6 Fxf6 33.Txg8+ Rxg8 34.exf5 
Db7 35.Da2 De7 36.Fxf7+ Rh8 37.Fc4 Dd8 38.Da7 e4 39.Df7 Cxd3 40.Fd5 Ce5 
41.Db7 De7 42.Dc8+ Dd8 43.Db7 De7 44.Db1 Cd7 45.Rh1 Fg7 46.Fe3 Cf6 47.Fe6 
De8 48.Fd4 Da8 49.Rg1 Dd8 50.Db2 Df8 51.Rf1 Dd8 52.Dc3 Df8 53.h4 h6 54.Db3
Ch7 55.Fe3 Cf6 56.Dc4 Dd8 57.Dc6 De7 58.Fb6 Rh7 59.Re1 Rh8 60.Dc8+ De8 61.
Fd8 Cg4 62.Fd7 Dg8 63.Fe6 De8 64.Dc7 Db5 65.Fg5 De8 66.Fd2 Ce5 67.Rf1 Cf3 
68.Fc3 Cd4 69.Fxd4 Fxd4 70.Dc4 Fg7 71.Dxe4 Df8 72.Rg2 Ff6 73.Rh3 Fg7 74.
Dc6 Ff6 75.Rg4 Fe7 76.Rh5 Rh7 77.Dc4 Df6 78.Dg4 Dg7 79.De4 Df6 80.f3 Fd8 
81.Dg4 Dg7 82.Dxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E12o"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Cc3 Fb7 5.a3 d5 6.Fg5 Fe7 7.Da4+ c6 8.Fxf6 
Fxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 O-O 11.Fg2 c5 12.Td1 De7 13.O-O Td8 14.e3 Ca6 15.
Td2 Cc7 16.Tfd1 Ce6 17.h4 g6 18.Db3 h5 19.Da2 a6 20.dxc5 Fxc3 21.bxc3 Dxc5
22.Cd4 Cxd4 23.cxd4 Dd6 24.Tc1 Tac8 25.Tdc2 Txc2 26.Txc2 Fc6 27.Tc3 Fb5 
28.Db2 De6 29.Dc1 Fc4 30.e4 b5 31.e5 Te8 32.Rh2 Db6 33.Df4 Tf8 34.Tf3 a5 
35.Fh3 Fe2 36.Te3 Fc4 37.Tf3 Fe2 38.Te3 Fc4 39.Dg5 Dxd4 40.e6 Db2 41.Tf3 
d4 42.Txf7 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C02p"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Fd7 5.Cf3 Cc6 6.Fe2 Ch6 7.Fxh6 gxh6 8.O-O Db6
9.Dd2 Fg7 10.Ca3 O-O 11.Cc2 cxd4 12.cxd4 f6 13.exf6 Txf6 14.b4 Taf8 15.b5 
Ce7 16.Ce5 Fe8 17.g3 h5 18.a4 h4 19.Fd3 hxg3 20.hxg3 h5 21.Ce3 Fh6 22.a5 
Dd8 23.f4 Rh8 24.Dh2 Dd6 25.a6 b6 26.Tab1 Dc7 27.Cc2 Dc3 28.Tf3 Dc7 29.
Tbf1 Cg6 30.Dxh5 Dg7 31.Cxg6+ Fxg6 32.Fxg6 Txg6 33.De5 Tc8 34.Cb4 Tc4 35.
Cc6 Rh7 36.Dxg7+ Txg7 37.Rg2 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B90j"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Fe2 h5 11.Fxg4 Fxg4 12.f3 Fd7 13.Ff2 Cc6 14.O-O e6 15.Cxc6 
Fxc6 16.Fd4 Fe5 17.Dd2 Df6 18.Fxe5 dxe5 19.a4 O-O 20.b3 Tfd8 21.De3 Df4 
22.Dxf4 gxf4 23.Tfd1 h4 24.Txd8+ Txd8 25.Td1 Tc8 26.Td2 Rf8 27.Cd1 Re7 28.
Cf2 f5 29.Rf1 fxe4 30.fxe4 a5 31.Re2 Fe8 32.Rd1 Fh5+ 33.Rc1 Tg8 34.Cd3 h3 
35.gxh3 Tg1+ 36.Rb2 Ff3 37.Cxe5 Fxe4 38.Tf2 Rf6 39.Cc4 Rg5 40.h4+ Rg4 41.
h5 f3 42.h6 Rf4 43.Cd2 Tg6 44.h7 Th6 45.h8=D Txh8 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 e5 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 Fb4 5.Fg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Cg5 Fxc3 8.bxc3 
Te8 9.f3 e3 10.dxe3 b6 11.e4 h6 12.Cxf7 Rxf7 13.f4 Rg8 14.e5 Ch7 15.Fa3 
Fb7 16.Fe4 Rh8 17.Fc2 Cxe5 18.fxe5 Txe5 19.Fxh7 Rxh7 20.c5 De8 21.Dd3+ Fe4
22.Dd2 De6 23.Tf2 bxc5 24.Taf1 Te8 25.c4 Dh3 26.Fb2 Tg5 27.Dc3 Te6 28.De3 
Tg4 29.Tc1 h5 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B40n"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Db6 5.Cc3 Fc5 6.Ca4 Da5+ 7.c3 Fxd4 8.
Dxd4 Cf6 9.Cc5 Cc6 10.De3 O-O 11.Cb3 Da4 12.Fd3 b6 13.O-O Fa6 14.Fxa6 Dxa6
15.Te1 d5 16.e5 Cd7 17.Dg3 Rh8 18.Cd4 Tac8 19.Cxc6 Txc6 20.Fg5 Tfc8 21.Df3
Rg8 22.a3 Db5 23.Te2 h6 24.Ff4 Tc4 25.Td2 Te4 26.Dg3 Dc4 27.Fe3 Tg4 28.Dh3
Cxe5 29.f4 Txf4 30.Fxf4 Dxf4 31.Tf2 Dg5 32.Taf1 Tc4 33.Te2 a5 34.De3 Dxe3+
35.Txe3 Cg4 36.Td3 Tc7 37.a4 f5 38.b3 Rf7 39.c4 dxc4 40.Tc3 Ce5 41.Tfc1 
Tc6 42.h4 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.bxc4 Cd7 45.Rf2 Cc5 46.Ta3 g4 47.Re2 Rf6 48.
Td1 Ce4 49.Tc1 f4 50.Tb3 Cc5 51.Ta3 e5 52.Th1 Rf5 53.Th5+ Re4 54.Th4 Tg6 
55.Th1 g3 56.Th5 Rd4 57.Ta2 Te6 58.Th1 Cd3 59.Tc2 e4 60.Th8 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E97p"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 Ch5 10.Te1 a5 11.Fa3 Cf4 12.Ff1 Fg4 13.h3 Fxf3 14.Dxf3 axb4 15.Fxb4 
c5 16.dxc6 Cxc6 17.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert Dr"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D77i"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Ca3 c3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e3 Cc6 10.De2 Ff5 11.Td1 Fe4 12.Fb2 Db6 13.Cc4 Da6 14.Ff1 Tfd8 15.Cfd2 
Fc2 16.Tdc1 Fa4 17.Cb3 Cd7 18.dxc5 Cce5 19.Cxe5 Dxe2 20.Fxe2 Cxe5 21.Cd4 
e6 22.Tab1 Ff8 23.Fa1 Tab8 24.c4 Cd7 25.c6 bxc6 26.Fd1 Txb1 27.Txb1 Fxd1 
28.Txd1 Cb6 29.Tc1 c5 30.Cb3 Fg7 31.Fxg7 Rxg7 32.Cxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 d5 3.cxd5 Cxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Fg2 c6 6.Cf3 Fg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 
Fe6 9.Ca4 Ca6 10.Fd2 Tc8 11.e3 b5 12.Cc3 Cxc3 13.Fxc3 c5 14.a3 Fd5 15.b4 
cxb4 16.axb4 Db6 17.Ta3 Cb8 18.Da1 Tc7 19.Ch4 Fc4 20.Td1 Tfc8 21.Ff3 e6 
22.Cg2 Ff8 23.Fd2 Cc6 24.Ta6 Db8 25.Da3 Ce7 26.Ce1 Cd5 27.e4 Cb6 28.Ff4 
Db7 29.Fxc7 Txc7 30.Ta5 Ca4 31.Cd3 Fxd3 32.Txd3 Tc4 33.e5 Db6 34.Txa4 bxa4
35.Dxa4 Txd4 36.Ta3 Txb4 37.De8 Tb1+ 38.Rg2 Tb2 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E92h"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 c6 8.d5 Ca6 9.
O-O Cg4 10.Fg5 f6 11.Fh4 c5 12.Ce1 h5 13.a3 De7 14.Tb1 b6 15.b4 Fd7 16.Cd3
g5 17.Fg3 f5 18.h3 Cf6 19.bxc5 Cxc5 20.Cxc5 bxc5 21.Fxh5 Cxh5 22.Dxh5 Fe8 
23.Df3 f4 24.Fh2 Ff6 25.g4 Dh7 26.Cb5 Td8 27.Rg2 Td7 28.De2 Fd8 29.f3 Fa5 
30.Tb3 Tf6 31.Db2 Tb7 32.Th1 Tb6 33.Cc3 Fg6 34.Tf1 Dh4 35.Txb6 axb6 36.Cb5
Ff7 37.Df2 Dh7 38.Th1 Fe8 39.Db2 Fxb5 40.Dxb5 Dh4 41.De8+ Rg7 42.De7+ Rg6 
43.De8+ Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B43c"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.Cc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 b5 6.g3 Fb7 7.Fg2 Cf6 8.a3 d6 
9.O-O Dc7 10.Te1 Fe7 11.a4 b4 12.Ca2 O-O 13.Fg5 Cbd7 14.Dd2 a5 15.Cb5 Db6 
16.c3 Cc5 17.Fxf6 gxf6 18.Cd4 bxc3 19.Cxc3 Tab8 20.Ccb5 Tfd8 21.Dh6 d5 22.
e5 Cd7 23.exf6 Fxf6 24.Tad1 Fg7 25.Dh4 Tbc8 26.b3 Cc5 27.Te3 Ce4 28.Ff1 
Fa6 29.Fd3 f5 30.Fb1 Td7 31.Dh5 Tf7 32.Cf3 Fxb5 33.axb5 h6 34.Fd3 Tc3 35.
Dg6 Tf6 36.De8+ Tf8 37.Dg6 Tf6 38.De8+ Tf8 39.Dg6 Txb3 40.Fxe4 Txe3 41.
Fxd5 Tf6 42.De8+ Tf8 43.Dg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B96f"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fg5 e6 7.f4 Dc7 8.Fxf6 
gxf6 9.Dd2 Cc6 10.O-O-O Fd7 11.Rb1 h5 12.Fc4 O-O-O 13.Cxc6 Dxc6 14.Fb3 Rb8
15.Thf1 Dc5 16.Dd3 h4 17.Dh3 Fe7 18.f5 De5 19.Tde1 Tde8 20.Ce2 Ff8 21.Cf4 
Th6 22.a3 Fb5 23.Cd3 Fxd3 24.cxd3 Th8 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.d4 Dxd4 27.Fxe6 Fg7 
28.Fd5 Te7 29.Td1 Da4 30.Td3 Tc8 31.Tb3 Tc5 32.Ra2 Dd4 33.Td3 Da4 34.Tb3 
Dd4 35.Tff3 f5 36.Tb4 Dd1 37.Td3 De1 38.Dxf5 a5 39.Tb6 Tc1 40.Df4 Ta1+ 41.
Rb3 Td7 42.Txd6 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C18o"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 Ce7 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Dg4 O-O 8.Fd3 f5
9.exf6 Txf6 10.Fg5 Tf7 11.Dh5 g6 12.Dd1 Da5 13.Fd2 Cbc6 14.Cf3 c4 15.Fe2 
Fd7 16.O-O Rg7 17.Dc1 Cg8 18.Ff4 Taf8 19.Fd6 Dxc3 20.a4 Cf6 21.Td1 Ce4 22.
Ta3 Da5 23.Fxf8+ Txf8 24.c3 Db6 25.Te1 Cd6 26.Fd1 Tf6 27.Ta2 Cf7 28.Da3 
Ca5 29.Ce5 Cxe5 30.Txe5 Dd8 31.Te3 Df8 32.Dc1 Cb3 33.Db1 Ca5 34.h3 b6 35.
Fg4 Dd6 36.De1 Cc6 37.h4 Cd8 38.g3 Cf7 39.Tae2 Cd8 40.Da1 Cc6 41.Tf3 Txf3 
42.Fxf3 Cd8 43.Fg4 Cf7 44.Te1 Rf6 45.Dc1 Re7 46.h5 Rf6 47.hxg6 hxg6 48.Rg2
Rg7 49.Fd1 De7 50.Fc2 Dg5 51.Dd1 Ch6 52.De2 Df6 53.Th1 Fe8 54.f4 g5 55.Tf1
Ff7 56.fxg5 Dxg5 57.Tf4 Fg8 58.De3 Rh8 59.Dc1 Rg7 60.Da3 Ff7 61.Dd6 Cg4 
62.Rf3 Cf6 63.De7 Dh5+ 64.Re3 Dg5 65.Re2 a6 66.Rd1 Dh5+ 67.Rc1 Cg8 68.Dc7 
b5 69.axb5 axb5 70.g4 Dh1+ 71.Rb2 Ch6 72.De5+ Rg8 73.Dg5+ Rf8 74.Dd8+ Rg7 
75.Df6+ 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C95o"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Cb8 10.d4 Cbd7 11.Cbd2 Fb7 12.Fc2 Te8 13.Cf1 Ff8 14.Cg3 g6 15.a4 c5 
16.d5 c4 17.Fg5 h6 18.Fe3 Cc5 19.Dd2 h5 20.Fg5 Fe7 21.Ta3 Tb8 22.Tea1 Ch7 
23.Fe3 Ff6 24.Ce2 Cf8 25.Cc1 Cfd7 26.axb5 axb5 27.b4 cxb3 28.Cxb3 Dc7 29.
Cxc5 Cxc5 30.De2 Fc8 31.Ta7 Dd8 32.T1a5 Te7 33.Txe7 Fxe7 34.Txb5 Fa6 35.
Txb8 Dxb8 36.Dd1 Dc7 37.Da1 Fc8 38.Da3 Cd7 39.Cd2 Rg7 40.Fa4 f5 41.Fxd7 
Fxd7 42.Db4 Fc8 43.c4 Fa6 44.Da4 Dc8 45.f3 Rf7 46.Rf1 Fh4 47.Re2 Rg7 48.
Db4 Dc7 49.Rd1 Fd8 50.Rc2 f4 51.Ff2 Da5 52.Dxd6 Da2+ 53.Rc1 Da1+ 54.Cb1 
Fa5 55.Da3 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E81g"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Fg5 a6 7.Dd2 c5 8.Cge2 Cc6 
9.d5 Ce5 10.Cg3 b5 11.cxb5 Db6 12.a4 axb5 13.Fxb5 Fa6 14.O-O Da5 15.Fxa6 
Txa6 16.Cb5 Dxd2 17.Fxd2 Cc4 18.Fc3 Cd7 19.Fxg7 Rxg7 20.Tfb1 Cd2 21.Td1 
Cb3 22.Ta3 c4 23.Cf1 Cdc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C83"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Fb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Fe6 9.Cbd2 Cc5 10.c3 Fe7 11.Fc2 d4 12.Cb3 d3 13.Fb1 Cxb3 14.axb3 Ff5 15.
Fe3 O-O 16.Fd4 Dd5 17.Te1 Tfd8 18.Te3 Cxd4 19.cxd4 c5 20.Fxd3 cxd4 21.Te2 
De6 22.h3 Td5 23.Ce1 a5 24.Fxf5 Dxf5 25.Cd3 h5 26.Tc2 f6 27.exf6 Fxf6 28.
De2 Ta7 29.Tac1 Te7 30.Dd1 Rh7 31.Tc5 g6 32.Txd5 Dxd5 33.Tc5 Db7 34.Dc2 
Fg7 35.Txh5+ 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ye Rongguang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C42t"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Fe2 Fe6 10.c5 a5 11.a3 Cc6 12.Fb5 O-O 13.Fxc6 bxc6 14.Ce5 Ff6 15.Ff4
Fd7 16.f3 Cg5 17.Cc3 Tb8 18.Tf2 Ce6 19.Fg3 Te8 20.f4 Fxe5 21.fxe5 Dg5 22.
Rh1 Tb7 23.Td2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C82h"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Fb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Fe6 9.Cbd2 Cc5 10.c3 Fe7 11.Fc2 Fg4 12.Te1 O-O 13.Cb3 Te8 14.Cxc5 Fxc5 15.
Ff4 Dd7 16.h3 Fxf3 17.Dxf3 Cd8 18.Tad1 c6 19.h4 Ce6 20.Fc1 Tf8 21.Dg4 f5 
22.exf6 Txf6 23.Fe3 Taf8 24.Fxc5 Cxc5 25.Dxd7 Cxd7 26.Td2 Cc5 27.Tde2 a5 
28.g3 Tf3 29.Td1 a4 30.a3 Cb7 31.h5 Cd6 32.Fb1 T8f6 33.Rg2 Tf8 34.Tf1 Cc4 
35.Tfe1 Cd6 36.Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp BEL"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A70b"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 Fg4 9.
Db3 Fxf3 10.Dxb7 Cbd7 11.gxf3 Fg7 12.Ff4 Tb8 13.Dxa6 Ch5 14.Fc1 O-O 15.Fe2
Fe5 16.h4 Cf4 17.Fb5 f5 18.Fxf4 Fxf4 19.Fxd7 Dxd7 20.De2 Fe5 21.Cb5 Rh8 
22.O-O-O fxe4 23.fxe4 Dd8 24.Td3 Da5 25.Ta3 Db4 26.f3 c4 27.Dc2 Tfc8 28.
Tf1 Tf8 29.Rb1 Ta8 30.Tc1 Tf4 31.De2 Tc8 32.Ca7 c3 33.Db5 c2+ 34.Ra2 Dd2 
35.Df1 Dd4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A80g"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]

1.d4 f5 2.Fg5 g6 3.h4 h6 4.Ff4 d6 5.e3 Cf6 6.c3 Fg7 7.Fc4 e6 8.Cd2 De7 9.
Fg3 Cc6 10.Ce2 e5 11.Dc2 Fe6 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Fb5 Fd7 14.c4 Rb8 15.d5 Cb4
16.Db3 Fxb5 17.Dxb4 Fe8 18.Cc3 g5 19.f3 c5 20.dxc6 Fxc6 21.Cb3 g4 22.Thf1 
gxf3 23.gxf3 Td7 24.Rb1 Tc8 25.Ca5 Ra8 26.Td2 h5 27.Cxc6 bxc6 28.Tfd1 Ff8 
29.e4 fxe4 30.fxe4 Dh7 31.Ra1 d5 32.Da4 d4 33.Da6 Tb7 34.Fxe5 dxc3 35.Fxc3
Cxe4 36.Td8 Dc7 37.Txc8+ Dxc8 38.Fe5 De8 39.Da5 Td7 40.Te1 Cc5 41.Fg3 Dd8 
42.Dxd8+ Txd8 43.a3 Fg7 44.Te2 Cb3+ 45.Rb1 Td2 46.Te8+ Rb7 47.Tb8+ Ra6 48.
Txb3 Td1+ 49.Ra2 Tg1 50.Ff4 Tg4 51.Fg5 Txc4 52.Tb8 Tc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B30f"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 d5 5.Cbd2 g6 6.Fg2 Fg7 7.c3 Cge7 8.h4 h6 9.
O-O b6 10.Te1 Fa6 11.exd5 exd5 12.Da4 Fb7 13.d4 O-O 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Cb3 
Db6 16.Fe3 d4 17.cxd4 Db4 18.Cxc5 Dxa4 19.Cxa4 Tab8 20.Cc5 Fa8 21.Cd7 Cf5 
22.Cfe5 Cxe5 23.dxe5 Fxg2 24.Rxg2 Txb2 25.Cxf8 Fxf8 26.Fxa7 Tb7 27.Fe3 Fb4
28.Tab1 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E38f"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 c5 5.dxc5 Fxc5 6.Cf3 Db6 7.e3 Dc7 8.Fe2 
b6 9.a3 a6 10.O-O Fb7 11.b4 Fe7 12.Fb2 d6 13.Tac1 Cbd7 14.Tfd1 Tc8 15.Db3 
O-O 16.h3 Db8 17.Td2 Tc7 18.Tcd1 Tfc8 19.Fa1 Fxf3 20.gxf3 Ce5 21.Td4 Da8 
22.Rg2 Cg6 23.Ce4 Cxe4 24.Txe4 Db7 25.Rh2 b5 26.cxb5 axb5 27.Tg1 Tc2 28.
Dd3 d5 29.Teg4 Ff8 30.T1g2 Dc7+ 31.f4 Ta2 32.Fd4 e5 33.fxe5 Cxe5 34.Fxe5 
Dxe5+ 35.f4 Df6 36.Dxd5 Txa3 37.Fxb5 Txe3 38.Fc4 Td8 39.Dh5 Td4 40.Fa2 h6 
41.b5 Tdd3 42.T2g3 Txg3 43.Txg3 Td2+ 44.Tg2 Dxf4+ 45.Rg1 Fc5+ 46.Dxc5 Td1#
0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E92l"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Fg7 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 Cg4 8.Fg5 f6 
9.Fh4 De8 10.O-O Rh8 11.h3 Ch6 12.Dd2 g5 13.Fg3 g4 14.hxg4 Cxg4 15.Cd5 Df7
16.Ce3 Fh6 17.Dc3 Cxe3 18.fxe3 Dg7 19.Fh4 Cc6 20.Tf2 Fg4 21.Taf1 Dg6 22.
Ch2 Fxe2 23.Txe2 Fg5 24.Fxg5 fxg5 25.Dd3 Txf1+ 26.Cxf1 Tf8 27.Cg3 Dh6 28.
Cf5 Dh5 29.d5 Cb4 30.Dd2 Dg4 31.Tf2 Dxe4 32.Cg3 Db1+ 33.Rh2 Tg8 34.Dxb4 
1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D85f"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Fb5+ c6 8.Fa4
O-O 9.Ce2 c5 10.O-O Cc6 11.Fe3 Ca5 12.Tb1 Cc4 13.Fg5 h6 14.Fh4 b6 15.Fc6 
Tb8 16.Fd5 Fa6 17.Dd3 b5 18.a4 cxd4 19.Cxd4 Fxd4 20.cxd4 Cd6 21.Tfc1 Tb6 
22.a5 Tb8 23.Tc6 Fb7 24.e5 Cf5 25.Txg6+ Rh8 26.Fxf7 Txf7 27.e6 Tf8 28.Fg3 
Rh7 29.Tg4 Tc8 30.Fe5 Tc5 31.Tg7+ Rh8 32.dxc5 Cxg7 33.Dg6 Tf6 34.Fxf6 exf6
35.Dxh6+ Rg8 36.Te1 Cxe6 37.h4 Cg7 38.Df4 Dd5 39.Dg3 Rf7 40.Dc7+ Rg6 41.
Dg3+ Rf7 42.Dc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "B17n"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cg5 e6 6.Fd3 Cgf6 7.C1f3 Fd6 8.De2
h6 9.Ce4 Cxe4 10.Dxe4 Dc7 11.Dg4 Rf8 12.O-O c5 13.Te1 b6 14.c3 Fb7 15.h4 
Te8 16.h5 Fd5 17.Fd2 Td8 18.Te2 Rg8 19.Dh3 Dc6 20.Te3 Fxf3 21.Txf3 Cf6 22.
Dh4 Fe7 23.Th3 cxd4 24.cxd4 Dd6 25.Fe3 Rf8 26.Tc1 Db4 27.b3 Cd5 28.De4 Ff6
29.Fc4 Dd6 30.Fxd5 Dxd5 31.Dxd5 Txd5 32.Tc7 a5 33.a4 Rg8 34.Tb7 Rh7 35.
Txf7 Tb8 36.Ta7 b5 37.Ff4 Tf8 38.Fe5 Fxe5 39.dxe5 bxa4 40.bxa4 Txe5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C67v"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Re8 10.Td1 Ce7 11.Cd4 Cg6 12.f4 Fc5 13.Ce4 Fxd4+ 14.Txd4 
b6 15.Fe3 h5 16.Te1 Fe6 17.Cg5 Ff5 18.Tc4 Ce7 19.Td1 a5 20.Ff2 c5 21.Tc3 
Cg6 22.Te1 Tg8 23.a3 a4 24.e6 f6 25.Ce4 h4 26.Tc4 Re7 27.Cxc5 bxc5 28.Txc5
Cxf4 29.Txf5 Cxe6 30.Fxh4 Tgb8 31.Tc5 Rd6 32.Tc3 Txb2 33.Fg3+ Rd7 34.Td1+ 
Re8 35.Tc6 Rf7 36.Td7+ Re8 37.Td1 Rf7 38.Te1 Te8 39.Te4 Ta2 40.Txa4 Td8 
41.Te4 Td1+ 42.Rf2 Cd4 43.Txc7+ Rg6 44.Tg4+ Rf5 45.Tc5+ Re6 46.Te4+ Rf7 
47.Tc7+ Rg6 48.Tg4+ Rf5 49.Tc5+ Re6 50.Txg7 Cxc2 51.Tc6+ Rf5 52.Tc5+ Re6 
53.Rf3 Cd4+ 54.Rg4 Txa3 55.Tc8 Ta4 56.Te8+ Rd5 57.Td7+ Rc4 58.Ff2 Rc3 59.
Fxd4+ Tdxd4+ 60.Txd4 Rxd4 61.Rf5 Ta2 62.g4 Tf2+ 63.Rg6 Tf4 64.Rh5 f5 65.g5
Te4 66.Tf8 Re5 67.Rg6 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90i"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Fc4 Cc6 11.Cxc6 bxc6 12.h4 Db6 13.Fb3 Fd7 14.hxg5 O-O-O 15.
Dd2 hxg5 16.Txh8 Txh8 17.O-O-O Ce5 18.f3 Da5 19.Rb1 Ff6 20.De3 Rb7 21.Ff2 
Tb8 22.g3 Rc8 23.De2 Cg6 24.Fe1 Db6 25.Ca4 Db5 26.c4 Db7 27.Fa5 c5 28.Cb6+
Dxb6 29.Fxb6 Txb6 30.Td2 Fe5 31.Dh2 Rc7 32.Tf2 Tb8 33.f4 Th8 34.fxe5 Txh2 
35.exd6+ Rxd6 36.Txh2 Fc6 37.Fc2 Ce5 38.b3 Cf3 39.Th7 f6 40.Rc1 a5 41.Rd1 
Re6 42.Fd3 Rd6 43.Re2 Ce5 44.Rd2 Fb7 45.Rc3 Cc6 46.Th8 Rc7 47.Ff1 Ce5 48.
Fg2 Fc6 49.a3 Fb7 50.Th7 Rd7 51.b4 axb4+ 52.axb4 cxb4+ 53.Rxb4 Fa6 54.Fh3+
g4 55.Ff1 Fb7 56.Fg2 Fa6 57.Th5 Re6 58.Rc3 Rd6 59.Ff1 Fb7 60.Fd3 Fc6 61.
Th7 Fd7 62.Fe2 Fe6 63.Ff1 Ff7 64.Fd3 Fe6 65.Th8 Cc6 66.Fc2 Rc5 67.Fb3 Ff7 
68.Fa4 Ce5 69.Tc8+ Rb6 70.c5+ Rb7 71.Th8 Fg6 72.Rd4 Ff7 73.Th7 Rc7 74.Fb5 
Cf3+ 75.Re3 Ce5 76.Th8 Fg6 77.Ta8 Rb7 78.Ta6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B45c"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.Fe3 Fd7 8.Dd2 b5 
9.g5 Cge7 10.O-O-O Cxd4 11.Dxd4 Cc6 12.Dd2 Fe7 13.f4 O-O 14.Rb1 Ca5 15.Df2
Tb8 16.h4 b4 17.Ce2 Cc4 18.Cd4 Cxe3 19.Dxe3 Db6 20.Dd2 a5 21.f5 e5 22.Cf3 
Tfc8 23.f6 Ff8 24.fxg7 Fxg7 25.Fh3 Fxh3 26.Txh3 Tc4 27.g6 hxg6 28.h5 Tbc8 
29.Tc1 a4 30.hxg6 b3 31.Dd5 T4c7 32.gxf7+ Rf8 33.Ch4 bxc2+ 34.Ra1 Dg1 35.
Dxd6+ Rxf7 36.Dd5+ Re7 37.Cf5+ Rf8 38.Dd6+ Rf7 39.Dd2 Dd1 40.Dg5 Ff6 41.
Th7+ Re6 42.Cd4+ Dxd4 43.Df5+ Rd6 44.Dxf6+ Rc5 45.Txc2+ Rb4 46.a3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ce2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Fe7 8.d5 
exd5 9.cxd5 Fc5 10.b4 Fd6 11.g3 Te8 12.Fg2 Fe5 13.O-O a5 14.b5 d6 15.h3 
Cfd7 16.f4 Ff6 17.Ta2 Cc5 18.g4 g6 19.Tc2 Fg7 20.Cg3 Cbd7 21.Rh2 Cb6 22.
Cce4 Cxe4 23.Cxe4 f5 24.Cg5 fxg4 25.hxg4 Fd7 26.Ce6 Dh4+ 27.Rg1 Fxe6 28.
dxe6 Txe6 29.Tc7 Te7 30.Txb7 Txb7 31.Fxb7 Dg3+ 32.Rh1 Dh3+ 33.Rg1 Dg3+ 34.
Rh1 Dh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C90n"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 
9.c3 Ca5 10.Fc2 c5 11.Cbd2 Te8 12.Cf1 h6 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Cxd4 
Ff8 16.b3 Fb7 17.Cg3 Cc6 18.Fb2 Cxd4 19.Fxd4 Tc8 20.Fd3 d5 21.e5 Ce4 22.
Dg4 Dg5 23.Dxg5 Cxg5 24.Tad1 Ce6 25.Fb2 g6 26.Ce2 Fb4 27.Tf1 d4 28.Fb1 Fc3
29.Fc1 b4 30.Fxh6 a5 31.Fd3 Cc5 32.Fc4 Tcd8 33.Fg5 Td7 34.Ff6 Fc6 35.f3 d3
36.Cxc3 bxc3 37.e6 Cxe6 38.Fxc3 Cf4 39.Fd2 Ce2+ 40.Rf2 Cd4 41.Fe3 Cc2 42.
Fc1 Te2+ 43.Rg1 Cd4 44.a4 d2 45.Fb2 Tee7 46.Rf2 Cc2 47.Ff6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B80j"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.
Dd2 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Fb7 11.h4 b4 12.Cb1 d5 13.Fh3 Ce5 14.g5 Cfd7 15.De2 dxe4
16.f4 Cd3+ 17.cxd3 exd3 18.Dxd3 Cc5 19.Dc2 Fe4 20.Cxe6 fxe6 21.Txd8+ Txd8 
22.Fxc5 Fxc2 23.Fxf8 Rxf8 24.Rxc2 hxg5 25.fxg5 Txh4 26.Cd2 Re7 27.Cf3 Tc4+
28.Rb1 Te4 29.Tc1 Td3 30.Fg2 Tee3 31.Ch4 Td2 32.Ff1 a5 33.Fc4 Rd6 34.Cg6 
Te4 35.Cf8 e5 36.Cg6 Tg4 37.Ch8 e4 38.Cf7+ Re7 39.Te1 Rf8 40.Ce5 Txg5 41.
Tf1+ Re8 42.Fb5+ Re7 43.Cc4 Th2 44.Fa4 Tc5 45.Ce3 g6 46.Te1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E94k"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Te1 c6 
9.Ff1 Fg4 10.d5 c5 11.h3 Fd7 12.a3 Rh8 13.b4 Cg8 14.Tb1 Fh6 15.Fxh6 Cxh6 
16.Dd2 Rg7 17.Tb3 b6 18.Fd3 De7 19.Fc2 f6 20.Tb2 Tac8 21.b5 Cc7 22.a4 Cf7 
23.a5 Tb8 24.Ta2 Tb7 25.axb6 axb6 26.Ch2 Rh8 27.Cf1 Ce8 28.Ta8 Cc7 29.Ta3 
Dd8 30.Cg3 Ce8 31.Tea1 Cg7 32.Cce2 h5 33.Fb1 Rh7 34.Cf1 f5 35.exf5 Fxf5 
36.Ceg3 Fxb1 37.Txb1 Dh4 38.Dd3 Cg5 39.Cd2 Tf4 40.Te1 Tbf7 41.Cde4 Cxe4 
42.Cxe4 Txe4 43.Txe4 Dxf2+ 44.Rh2 Db2 45.Db3 Dc1 46.De3 Db2 47.Db3 Dc1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B33v"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Ff4 e5 8.Fg5 
a6 9.Ca3 b5 10.Fxf6 gxf6 11.Cd5 Fg7 12.c3 f5 13.exf5 Fxf5 14.Cc2 Fe6 15.g3
O-O 16.Fg2 a5 17.O-O f5 18.De2 Tb8 19.Tfd1 Rh8 20.Ca3 b4 21.Cb5 bxc3 22.
bxc3 Fg8 23.Cdc7 Ca7 24.Fd5 Cxb5 25.Cxb5 Db6 26.a4 Tf6 27.Ta2 f4 28.Tad2 
fxg3 29.hxg3 Fh6 30.Tc2 Txf2 31.Dxf2 Fe3 32.Rg2 Fxf2 33.Txf2 De3 34.Cxd6 
Tb1 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B19f"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.h4 h6 7.Cf3 Cf6 8.Ce5 
Fh7 9.Fd3 Fxd3 10.Dxd3 e6 11.Ff4 Da5+ 12.c3 Da6 13.Df3 Cbd7 14.Cxd7 Rxd7 
15.Fe5 Fe7 16.b3 Thd8 17.c4 Da5+ 18.Re2 Re8 19.The1 Rf8 20.Rf1 Td7 21.a4 
Tad8 22.Tad1 Rg8 23.Td3 Ce8 24.Ch5 Fd6 25.Fxg7 Cxg7 26.c5 Cxh5 27.Dxh5 Da6
28.Te3 Ff4 29.Dg4+ Rf8 30.Dxf4 Txd4 31.Dxh6+ Re8 32.Rg1 Txd3 33.Txe6+ Rd7 
34.Tf6 Rc8 35.Txf7 Td1+ 36.Rh2 De2 37.Df4 T1d7 38.Txd7 Txd7 39.Df8+ Rc7 
40.Df4+ Rc8 41.Df8+ Td8 42.Df5+ Rb8 43.Df4+ Ra8 44.g4 De7 45.g5 Tf8 46.De3
Dxe3 47.fxe3 Rb8 48.g6 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B43d"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 e6 3.Cf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 b5 6.Fd3 Fb7 7.O-O Db6 8.Cf3 
Dc7 9.Te1 Fc5 10.e5 f5 11.exf6 Cxf6 12.Ce4 Fxe4 13.Fxe4 Cc6 14.Fxc6 Dxc6 
15.Ce5 Dc7 16.Ff4 O-O 17.Fg3 Db7 18.De2 Fb6 19.Rh1 Tac8 20.Tad1 Cd5 21.c3 
Fa7 22.Td2 a5 23.De4 a4 24.a3 Fb8 25.f3 Fxe5 26.Fxe5 Dc6 27.Fd4 Tce8 28.h3
Tf4 29.De5 Tf7 30.Dg3 h6 31.Te4 Rh7 32.Tg4 Tg8 33.De1 Tf5 34.Db1 Ce7 35.
Te2 Db7 36.Tf4 Rh8 37.Th4 Rh7 38.Rg1 Dc7 39.Te5 g6 40.Te2 Txf3 41.De4 Tf5 
42.Txh6+ Rxh6 43.Dh4+ Th5 44.Dxe7 Dd8 45.Fe3+ g5 46.Db4 De8 47.Dxb5 d5 48.
Db4 Rh7 49.Fd4 Dd7 50.b3 axb3 51.Dxb3 g4 52.Db1+ Tf5 53.hxg4 Txg4 54.Tb2 
Dd6 55.Tb7+ Rh6 56.Tb6 Txg2+ 57.Rxg2 Tg5+ 58.Rf1 Df4+ 59.Re1 Dh4+ 60.Rd1 
Dh3 61.Rc2 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg NED"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Cf6 3.Fg2 c6 4.d4 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fxd2+ 6.Dxd2 d6 7.Cc3 O-O 8.e3 
exd4 9.Dxd4 Db6 10.Dxb6 axb6 11.Cge2 Cbd7 12.Td1 Ce5 13.b3 Td8 14.h3 Rf8 
15.f4 Cg6 16.Rf2 Re7 17.Td2 Cd7 18.Thd1 Cc5 19.g4 f6 20.Ce4 Cxe4+ 21.Fxe4 
Cf8 22.Cc3 Fe6 23.Ff3 g6 24.h4 h6 25.Rg3 Ff7 26.Fg2 Td7 27.Fh3 Ce6 28.Ce4 
Tad8 29.Cc3 Ta8 30.Fg2 Cc5 31.Ff3 Tdd8 32.Ce2 Ta3 33.h5 gxh5 34.gxh5 f5 
35.Rh4 Ce6 36.Cg3 Cg7 37.Te1 Rf8 38.Fg2 Tda8 39.Tee2 Fe6 40.Fh3 Td8 41.e4 
fxe4 42.Fxe6 Cxe6 43.Cxe4 Cg7 44.Rg4 Ce8 45.c5 bxc5 46.Cxc5 Rf7 47.Rf3 Tb8
48.Ce4 Td8 49.Cc5 Tb8 50.Cd7 Tba8 51.Cb6 Td8 52.Cc4 Taa8 53.Tg2 b5 54.Ce3 
Cg7 55.Tg6 Cxh5 56.Txh6 Cf6 57.Cg4 Cxg4 58.Rxg4 b4 59.f5 Tg8+ 60.Rf4 Tg1 
61.Tdxd6 Tf1+ 62.Re4 Txa2 63.Td7+ Rg8 64.Txc6 Te2+ 65.Rd3 Te8 66.Tg6+ Rf8 
67.Tf6+ Rg8 68.Tff7 Tg1 69.f6 Tc8 70.Th7 Td1+ 71.Re2 Txd7 72.Txd7 Tc3 73.
Td3 Tc2+ 74.Rd1 Tf2 75.Td4 Rf7 76.Txb4 Rxf6 77.Te4 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Fritz 6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[ECO "D37p"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.Tc1 a6 10.b4 Fe7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Fe2 Ff5 13.O-O a5 14.b5 Fxa3 15.bxc6 
bxc6 16.Cd4 Fxc1 17.Dxc1 Fd7 18.Da3 Te8 19.Ca4 Ce4 20.Tc1 Dh4 21.Fg3 De7 
22.Dxe7 Txe7 23.Fd3 Cxg3 24.hxg3 Fe8 25.Ta1 f6 26.Cc5 Tea7 27.Fc2 Tb8 28.
Fa4 Tb4 29.Tc1 Tc4 30.Txc4 dxc4 31.Rf1 Te7 32.Cf3 c3 33.Re2 Fg6 34.Cd4 Te5
35.Cd7 Th5 36.g4 Th1 37.Cc5 h5 38.gxh5 Txh5 39.Fb3+ Rh7 40.Cde6 Ff5 41.g4 
Fxg4+ 42.Rd3 Fxe6 43.Cxe6 Th2 44.f4 Th3 45.f5 Rh6 46.Fa4 Th4 47.Fc2 a4 48.
Rxc3 a3 49.Rb3 Th2 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fritz 6"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B22l"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Dxd5 4.d4 Cf6 5.Cf3 Fg4 6.Fe2 e6 7.h3 Fh5 8.O-O Cc6
9.Fe3 cxd4 10.Cxd4 Fxe2 11.Dxe2 Fe7 12.Td1 O-O 13.Cd2 Cxd4 14.Fxd4 Tfd8 
15.Fxf6 Fxf6 16.Ce4 De5 17.Cxf6+ Dxf6 18.De4 De7 19.Td4 g6 20.Tad1 b6 21.
c4 h5 22.b3 Tac8 23.T1d3 Txd4 24.Dxd4 Da3 25.Dd7 Tf8 26.Td2 Dc1+ 27.Td1 
Da3 28.Dd2 Tc8 29.De2 De7 30.Dd3 Da3 31.Td2 Dc1+ 32.Rh2 Da3 33.Dd7 Dc5 34.
Dxa7 h4 35.Db7 De5+ 36.g3 Tb8 37.Df3 Tc8 38.a4 hxg3+ 39.fxg3 Dc7 40.Df6 
Te8 41.Td4 De7 42.Dxe7 Txe7 43.Td8+ Rg7 44.Tb8 Td7 45.Txb6 Td2+ 46.Rg1 Rf6
47.a5 Re5 48.Rf1 Ta2 49.b4 Rd4 50.c5 e5 51.a6 Re3 52.h4 f5 53.Txg6 Rf3 54.
Re1 e4 55.Tf6 Ta1+ 56.Rd2 e3+ 57.Rd3 Td1+ 58.Rc4 e2 59.Txf5+ Re4 60.Tf8 
Td4+ 61.Rb5 Txb4+ 62.Rc6 Rd3 63.a7 e1=D 64.Td8+ Rc4 65.a8=D De4+ 66.Rc7 
De7+ 67.Td7 De5+ 68.Td6 De7+ 69.Rc8 De8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E91x"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Fe2 Fg4 7.Fe3 Cfd7 8.Tc1 
Fxf3 9.Fxf3 e5 10.d5 f5 11.b4 a5 12.a3 Ca6 13.Db3 Dh4 14.c5 Cf6 15.h3 f4 
16.Fd2 g5 17.Re2 Dh6 18.Cb5 Dg6 19.Dd3 h5 20.cxd6 cxd6 21.Cxd6 g4 22.hxg4 
hxg4 23.Cf5 Tfe8 24.b5 Cb8 25.d6 Df7 26.Rf1 Cbd7 27.Fd1 a4 28.Tc7 Da2 29.
Th4 Da1 30.Tc1 Da2 31.Fxg4 Db3 32.Fe2 Rf7 33.Dxb3+ axb3 34.Fc4+ Rg6 35.
Ce7+ Rg5 36.Th3 Cxe4 37.Fb4 b2 38.Tb1 Cb6 39.Ff7 Th8 40.Txb2 Txh3 41.gxh3 
f3 42.Tb3 Td8 43.Txf3 Cxd6 44.Fb3 Ff6 45.Tg3+ Rf4 46.Tg4+ Rf3 47.Fd1# 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D59f"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Tc1 Fb7 
9.cxd5 Cxd5 10.Cxd5 Fxd5 11.Fxe7 Dxe7 12.Fe2 Td8 13.Dc2 Db4+ 14.Dd2 Dxd2+ 
15.Rxd2 c5 16.Thd1 cxd4 17.exd4 Fxa2 18.Ce5 Fd5 19.Tc7 f6 20.Cg6 Fe4 21.
Cf4 Ff5 22.g4 Txd4+ 23.Re3 Te4+ 24.Rf3 e5 25.Ch5 Ca6 26.Fxa6 Txg4 27.Fc4+ 
Rh8 28.Cg3 Tf4+ 29.Re3 Fg4 30.Td6 Tf3+ 31.Re4 Txf2 32.b3 Te8 33.Re3 Tf3+ 
34.Rd2 h5 35.Txa7 h4 36.Ce2 Tf2 37.Re3 Txh2 38.Txb6 Th3+ 39.Rf2 Tf3+ 40.
Rg1 Td8 41.Tbb7 Td1+ 42.Rg2 h3+ 43.Rh2 Tf2+ 44.Rg3 Tg2+ 45.Rh4 g5# 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 b6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 a6 6.Fd3 d6 7.O-O Cbd7 8.a3 g6 9.
b4 Fg7 10.Fb2 O-O 11.De2 Fb7 12.Tfd1 Tc8 13.Tac1 Te8 14.Fb1 cxd4 15.Txd4 
d5 16.cxd5 Cxd5 17.Td3 Cxc3 18.Fxc3 Fe4 19.Tdd1 Fxf3 20.Dxf3 Fxc3 21.Db7 
Tc7 22.Dxa6 De7 23.Fd3 Tb8 24.Fb5 Cf6 25.g3 Fe5 26.Fe2 Ta7 27.Dd3 h5 28.
Db3 Tc7 29.Ff3 Rg7 30.a4 h4 31.Rg2 hxg3 32.hxg3 Tbc8 33.Txc7 Txc7 34.a5 
bxa5 35.bxa5 Tc3 36.Db6 Dc5 37.Td8 g5 38.g4 Tc2 39.Db1 Tb2 40.Dh1 Ch7 41.
Fe4 Cf8 42.De1 Cg6 43.Fxg6 Rxg6 44.Dd1 Dxe3 45.Dd3+ Dxd3 46.Txd3 Ta2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E97k"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 e5 6.Fe2 O-O 7.O-O Cc6 8.b4 Ce7 
9.d5 a5 10.Fa3 Cd7 11.bxa5 Txa5 12.Fb4 Ta8 13.a4 Fh6 14.a5 f5 15.Cd2 Cf6 
16.c5 Fxd2 17.Dxd2 fxe4 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Tfe1 Cf5 20.Cb5 e3 21.fxe3 Ce4 22.
Dd3 Dg5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B06h"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Fg7 4.Cf3 Cf6 5.Dc2 O-O 6.Fe2 b6 7.Fg5 c5 8.O-O Fb7 
9.d5 h6 10.Fh4 Cbd7 11.Cbd2 Te8 12.Cc4 Dc7 13.a4 e6 14.Fg3 Cxe4 15.Dxe4 
exd5 16.Dc2 dxc4 17.Fxc4 Fe4 18.Db3 Ce5 19.Cxe5 Fxe5 20.f4 Fg7 21.Tae1 Ff5
22.Fd5 Tad8 23.Fh4 Tb8 24.h3 h5 25.Db5 Rf8 26.Dc4 Txe1 27.Txe1 Te8 28.
Txe8+ Rxe8 29.De2+ Rf8 30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Fc8 32.Rf2 Fb7 33.De4 Fxd5 34.
Dxd5 Rg8 35.f5 gxf5 36.gxf5 Dd7 37.f6 Dg4 38.Dg5 Dxg5 39.Fxg5 Fh8 40.Rf3 
Rh7 41.Re4 Rg6 42.Ff4 Rxf6 43.Fxd6 Re6 44.Fb8 f5+ 45.Rd3 a6 46.Fa7 Rd5 47.
Fxb6 c4+ 48.Re3 Fg7 49.Rf4 Re6 50.Rg5 Ff6+ 51.Rf4 Fg7 52.Rg5 Ff8 53.Fd4 
Fd6 54.Fe3 Fg3 55.Fd4 Fe1 56.Rf4 Fd2+ 57.Rf3 Fc1 58.Re2 Fxb2 59.Rd2 Fa3 
60.Re3 Rd5 61.Rf4 Re6 62.Rf3 Fd6 63.Re3 Rd5 64.Rf3 Re6 65.Re3 Fh2 66.Rf3 
Rd5 67.Fg7 Fe5 68.Fh6 Fxc3 69.Fc1 Fe5 70.Fa3 c3 71.Fc1 Rc4 72.Fa3 c2 73.
Fc1 Rd3 74.Fa3 f4 75.Fc1 Fd6 76.Fb2 Rd2 77.Re4 Fc5 78.Rxf4 Fd4 79.Fa3 Rd1 
80.Re4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "E91x"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Fg7 4.Cc3 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 Fg4 7.Fe3 Cfd7 8.Tc1 a6
9.d5 Fxf3 10.Fxf3 b5 11.Fe2 b4 12.Ca4 c5 13.h4 Cb6 14.Cxb6 Dxb6 15.Dd2 Cd7
16.h5 Tae8 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Fg4 Cf6 19.Fe6+ Tf7 20.f3 Tf8 21.Re2 Ce8 22.Th3
Cc7 23.Tch1 h5 24.g4 hxg4 25.Fxg4 b3 26.a3 Db8 27.Fh6 Fd4 28.Dg5 De8 29.
Dxg6+ Tg7 30.Dxe8 Txe8 31.Fxg7 Fxg7 32.Fh5 Tf8 33.Tg1 Rh7 34.Ff7+ Fh6 35.
Tg6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "E17t"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Fb7 4.Fg2 e6 5.O-O Fe7 6.d4 O-O 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Cc3 Ce4 10.Fb2 Cxc3 11.Fxc3 Cd7 12.b4 Fd6 13.Db3 De7 14.e3 Tab8 15.a4 c5
16.b5 a5 17.Tfe1 Tfe8 18.Ch4 De6 19.Tad1 c4 20.Dc2 Cf6 21.f3 Fb4 22.Ff1 
Tbd8 23.Cg2 Dd6 24.Tb1 Te7 25.Dd2 Fxc3 26.Dxc3 Tde8 27.Tb2 Fc8 28.Cf4 g5 
29.Cg2 g4 30.Fe2 gxf3 31.Fxf3 Fg4 32.Tf2 Ce4 33.Fxe4 Txe4 34.Tef1 Fh5 35.
Tf6 T8e6 36.Txe6 fxe6 37.De1 e5 38.Df2 exd4 39.exd4 Te8 40.Ch4 Fg6 41.Df3 
Tf8 42.Dxf8+ Dxf8 43.Txf8+ Rxf8 44.Cxg6+ hxg6 45.Rf2 Rf7 46.g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Fb2 De8 8.Cbd2 Cc6
9.Te1 e5 10.e4 f4 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Cc4 Fg4 13.a4 Td8 14.De2 Cd4 15.Fxd4 
exd4 16.Tad1 c5 17.Dd3 Rh8 18.Td2 Fh6 19.Tde2 De7 20.h3 Fxf3 21.Fxf3 fxg3 
22.fxg3 Ch5 23.Fxh5 gxh5 24.e5 h4 25.g4 Ff4 26.Tf2 Fg3 27.Txf8+ Txf8 28.
Tf1 Txf1+ 29.Rxf1 Fxe5 30.De4 Df7+ 31.Df5 Dxf5+ 32.gxf5 Fd6 33.Re2 Fc7 34.
Rf3 Rg7 35.Re4 Rf6 36.Cb2 b6 37.Cd3 a6 38.a5 Rg5 39.axb6 c4 40.bxc4 Fxb6 
41.Cb2 a5 42.Ca4 Rf6 43.c5 Fc7 44.c6 h5 45.Cb2 Rg5 46.Ca4 Rf6 47.Cc5 Fd6 
48.Ca6 a4 49.c7 Fxc7 50.Cxc7 a3 51.Cd5+ Rf7 52.Cb4 Rf6 53.Ca2 Rg5 54.Re5 
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C63m"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 f5 4.Cc3 Cf6 5.exf5 Fc5 6.O-O O-O 7.Fxc6 dxc6 8.
Cxe5 Fxf5 9.d3 De8 10.De2 Fd6 11.f4 Cd7 12.Cc4 Dg6 13.Cxd6 cxd6 14.Fd2 Cf6
15.Tae1 d5 16.Df2 b6 17.Ce2 c5 18.Cg3 Fd7 19.f5 Df7 20.Df3 h6 21.h3 Tfe8 
22.Ff4 Txe1 23.Txe1 Te8 24.Fe5 d4 25.b3 Cd5 26.Ch5 Cb4 27.Cxg7 Txe5 28.
Txe5 Rxg7 29.Dg3+ Rh7 30.Te2 Fxf5 31.Dd6 Cd5 32.Te5 Fxh3 33.Dxd5 Dxd5 34.
Txd5 Fg4 35.Rf2 Rg6 36.Td6+ Rg5 37.b4 cxb4 38.Txd4 Fd1 39.Txb4 Fxc2 40.Re3
h5 41.Tc4 Fb1 42.a3 Fa2 43.Tc7 a5 44.Tb7 1-0

[Event "EU Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A18"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]

1.c4 e6 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ce4 5.Cf3 Fe7 6.h4 Cxc3 7.dxc3 dxc4 8.Da4+ 
Fd7 9.Dxc4 Fc6 10.Dg4 Fxf3 11.gxf3 Ff8 12.f4 Cd7 13.Fe3 c6 14.O-O-O Da5 
15.f5 Dxa2 16.fxe6 Dxe6 17.Df4 Td8 18.Fc4 De7 19.The1 h5 20.Dg3 Cxe5 21.
Txd8+ Rxd8 22.Ff4 Cxc4 23.Txe7 Rxe7 24.Dd3 1-0

[Event "EU Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C78q"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fb7 7.d3 Fe7 8.Cc3 d6 
9.a4 Ca5 10.Fa2 b4 11.Ce2 c5 12.Cg3 O-O 13.Fd2 Tb8 14.Cf5 Fc8 15.C3h4 Fe6 
16.Df3 Ce8 17.Cxe7+ Dxe7 18.Cf5 Dd7 19.Dg4 Rh8 20.f4 Cc6 21.fxe5 Cxe5 22.
Dg3 Fxa2 23.Txa2 b3 24.cxb3 Txb3 25.Fc3 f6 26.Taa1 Cc7 27.d4 cxd4 28.Cxd4 
Tbb8 29.Cf5 g6 30.Ce3 Tf7 31.Tad1 Dc6 32.h3 Te8 33.Dh4 Rg7 34.Rh1 Te6 35.
Cd5 Dxa4 36.Cf4 Te8 37.Txd6 Dc4 38.Ch5+ gxh5 39.Tfxf6 Cb5 40.Dg5+ Rf8 41.
Dh6+ Rg8 42.Fxe5 1-0

[Event "EU Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90s"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.Fe3 
Cbd7 9.g4 b5 10.g5 b4 11.Ce2 Ch5 12.Dd2 Fe7 13.Cg3 Cf4 14.h4 h6 15.Fxf4 
exf4 16.Ch5 Fxb3 17.axb3 g6 18.Cxf4 hxg5 19.Cd5 Ce5 20.Fe2 g4 21.f4 Fxh4+ 
22.Rf1 Cf3 23.Dxb4 Ff6 24.Fxf3 gxf3 25.Rf2 a5 26.Db7 O-O 27.Rxf3 Rg7 28.f5
Tb8 29.Da7 Ta8 30.De3 Th8 31.Rg2 Th5 32.Txh5 gxh5 33.Dg3+ Rh6 34.De3+ Fg5 
35.Df3 Fc1 36.f6 Dg8+ 37.Rf2 Dg5 38.Ce3 Dh4+ 39.Rf1 Fxe3 40.Dxe3+ Rh7 41.
Re2 Tg8 42.Tf1 Tg2+ 43.Rd3 Dg4 44.Tf3 h4 45.Df4 Rg6 46.Dxg4+ Txg4 47.Rd4 
Tg3 48.Tf1 h3 49.e5 dxe5+ 50.Rxe5 h2 51.Th1 Tg2 52.c4 Te2+ 53.Rf4 Txb2 54.
Rg3 Txb3+ 55.Rxh2 Tb4 56.Ta1 a4 57.c5 Rxf6 58.c6 Re7 59.Td1 Tc4 60.Td7+ 
Re6 61.Ta7 f5 62.c7 Rd7 63.Rg3 Rc8 64.Rf3 Te4 65.Rg3 Tc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D31f"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]

1.c4 e6 2.Cc3 d5 3.d4 Fe7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Ff4 c6 6.Dc2 Cf6 7.e3 Cbd7 8.h3 
Cf8 9.Fd3 Cg6 10.Fh2 Fd6 11.Fxd6 Dxd6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.g4 Te8 14.Cge2 Fd7 
15.Cg3 Txe3 16.fxe3 Dxg3 17.e4 dxe4 18.Cxe4 Cxe4 19.Fxe4 Fe6 20.Rb1 Td8 
21.Dc5 De3 22.Ff5 a6 23.Db6 Td7 24.The1 Df3 25.d5 cxd5 26.Fxe6 fxe6 27.
Dxe6+ Df7 28.Td4 Dxe6 29.Txe6 Ce7 30.Tf4 g6 31.Tff6 Rg7 32.Td6 Tc7 33.Tf2 
Cc6 34.Txd5 Te7 35.a3 h6 36.Td6 Ce5 37.Te2 Rf7 38.Tb6 1-0

[Event "EU Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A56m"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Cc3 Fg7 5.e4 d6 6.Fd3 e6 7.Cf3 exd5 8.exd5 O-O 
9.O-O Fg4 10.h3 Fxf3 11.Dxf3 Cbd7 12.Dd1 Ce8 13.Fe3 a6 14.Dd2 Da5 15.Ce4 
Dxd2 16.Fxd2 f5 17.Cg5 Cc7 18.Tae1 Ce5 19.Fe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A30b"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]

1.Cf3 b6 2.g3 Fb7 3.Fg2 c5 4.c4 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Dxd4 Cf6 7.O-O Fg7 8.Cc3 d6
9.Fe3 Cbd7 10.Tac1 Tc8 11.b3 a6 12.Tfd1 O-O 13.Dh4 Tc7 14.Fh3 Db8 15.Fh6 
b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32t"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Fg5 Fb7 8.e3 
d6 9.Ce2 Cbd7 10.Dc2 c5 11.Cc3 cxd4 12.exd4 Dc7 13.Fd3 Tac8 14.O-O Fa6 15.
Da4 Fxc4 16.Cb5 Fxb5 17.Fxb5 h6 18.Ff4 Cb8 19.Tac1 De7 20.Db4 Txc1 21.Txc1
Td8 22.Da4 Cd5 23.Fg3 Dg5 24.Tc2 a5 25.Dc4 De7 26.Te2 Df8 27.Tc2 Cd7 28.
Dc6 C7f6 29.f3 De7 30.Fa6 Ch5 31.Ff2 Chf4 32.Rh1 Dg5 33.Ff1 Df5 34.Td2 Cg6
35.Dc1 Cge7 36.Tc2 Dg5 37.g3 Df6 38.Rg2 Cf5 39.Dd2 Dg5 40.f4 De7 41.Rg1 
Cf6 42.d5 Ce4 43.Dd3 Cxf2 44.Txf2 Df6 45.dxe6 fxe6 46.Fh3 Tc8 47.Fxf5 Dxf5
48.Dxd6 Tc1+ 49.Rg2 De4+ 50.Rh3 Tg1 51.Td2 Df5+ 52.Rh4 Df6+ 53.Rg4 Df5+ 
54.Rf3 Dh5+ 55.Re3 Dh3 56.Dxb6 Te1+ 57.Te2 Txe2+ 58.Rxe2 Dxh2+ 59.Rf3 Dh1+
60.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A30b"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.g3 Fb4+ 6.Cc3 Da5 7.Cb5 d5 8.a3 
Fxc3+ 9.bxc3 Cf6 10.Fg2 O-O 11.Db3 dxc4 12.Dxc4 e5 13.Cd6 Fe6 14.Dd3 e4 
15.Cxe4 Cxe4 16.Fxe4 Tad8 17.Dc2 Cd4 18.Db2 Cxe2 19.Rxe2 Tfe8 20.Db4 Dh5+ 
21.f3 f5 22.g4 Dh3 23.gxf5 Fxf5 24.Dc4+ Rh8 25.Te1 Txe4+ 0-1

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "B80j"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Fe3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.
Dd2 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Fb7 11.h4 b4 12.Ca4 Da5 13.b3 Cc5 14.a3 Cxa4 15.axb4 Dc7
16.bxa4 d5 17.e5 Cd7 18.f4 Cb6 19.a5 Cc4 20.Dc3 De7 21.Fxc4 dxc4 22.Fd2 
Fxh1 23.Txh1 Db7 24.Td1 Fe7 25.Df3 O-O-O 26.Dc6+ Dxc6 27.Cxc6 Td7 28.Cxe7+
Txe7 29.Te1 h5 30.g5 Rb7 31.Fe3 Td7 32.Fc5 Rc6 33.Fd6 f6 34.gxf6 gxf6 35.
Tg1 f5 36.Rd2 Rd5 37.Re3 Thh7 38.Ff8 Thf7 39.Fh6 Th7 40.Tg6 Tb7 41.Ff8 
Thf7 42.Fd6 Tg7 43.Tg5 Tbf7 44.c3 Rc6 45.Rf3 Rb5 46.Fc5 Ra4 47.Fd4 Td7 48.
Re3 Rb3 49.Re2 Txg5 50.fxg5 Txd4 51.cxd4 c3 52.g6 c2 53.g7 c1=D 54.g8=D 
Dc4+ 55.Re3 Rc3 56.Dd8 Dd3+ 57.Rf4 Dd2+ 58.Rf3 Dd1+ 59.Re3 Dg1+ 60.Re2 
Dg2+ 61.Re3 f4+ 0-1

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E68f"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Cc3 e5 7.d4 Cbd7 8.h3 exd4
9.Cxd4 Te8 10.e4 a6 11.Te1 Tb8 12.a4 c6 13.Cc2 Ce5 14.Ce3 Fe6 15.b3 Cfd7 
16.Fd2 Cc5 17.Tf1 Ced3 18.Tb1 a5 19.f4 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Rh2 Fd7 22.Cc2 
Ce6 23.Ca2 Cdc5 24.Fc3 Fxc3 25.Cxc3 Df6 26.Dd2 Ta8 27.Tfe1 Cc7 28.Txe8+ 
Txe8 29.b4 axb4 30.Cxb4 Td8 31.Cc2 Fe6 32.Ce3 Ff7 33.g4 Fg6 34.g5 Dg7 35.
Ce2 C7e6 36.a5 Dc7 37.Td1 Ta8 38.Cg3 Dxa5 39.Df2 Cg7 40.Txd6 Te8 41.h4 Te6
42.Td1 Dc7 43.Cexf5 Cxf5 44.Dxc5 b6 45.Df2 Cxh4 46.Fh3 Td6 47.Txd6 Dxd6 
48.Fg4 Fd3 49.f5 h6 50.g6 h5 51.c5 bxc5 52.Da2+ c4 53.Da8+ Df8 54.Da7 Cxg6
55.fxg6 Fxg6 56.Fe6+ Ff7 57.Ff5 Dd6 58.Rh3 Fg6 59.Da8+ Rg7 60.Db7+ Rg8 61.
Dc8+ Rg7 62.Db7+ Rg8 63.Da8+ Rg7 64.Da5 Df4 65.Da7+ Rh6 66.Dc5 Fxf5+ 67.
Cxf5+ Rg6 68.Ch4+ Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D41c"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 Cf6 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Cxd5 7.Fg2 Cdb4 8.e3 
cxd4 9.exd4 Cxd4 10.O-O Cxf3+ 11.Dxf3 Fe7 12.Td1 Da5 13.a3 O-O 14.Ff4 Cc6 
15.b4 Df5 16.b5 Ca5 17.Fc7 Dxf3 18.Fxf3 Cb3 19.Tab1 Cc5 20.a4 a5 21.b6 f6 
22.Fd6 Fxd6 23.Txd6 e5 24.Fd5+ Rh8 25.Tb5 Cd3 26.Fe4 Cb4 27.Cd5 Cc6 28.Cc7
Tb8 29.Rg2 f5 30.Fxc6 bxc6 31.Txe5 f4 32.gxf4 Txb6 33.Ce6 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42h"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cxf7 Rxf7 5.Cc3 c5 6.Fc4+ Fe6 7.Fxe6+ Rxe6 
8.d4 Rf7 9.dxc5 Cc6 10.De2 Dd7 11.Fe3 dxc5 12.f4 Te8 13.e5 Cg4 14.Td1 Df5 
15.O-O h5 16.Fc1 Cd4 17.Dc4+ Rg6 18.h3 Ch6 19.Cb5 a6 20.Cxd4 cxd4 21.Dxd4 
Tc8 22.Db6+ Rh7 23.Dxb7 Txc2 24.Fe3 Dg6 25.Tc1 Txc1 26.Txc1 Cf5 27.Ff2 h4 
28.Tc7 Cg3 29.Rh2 Cf1+ 30.Rg1 Db1 31.Fxh4 Fc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "E32m"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3 6.Dxc3 b6 7.d4 Fb7 8.e3 d6
9.b4 a5 10.Fb2 Cbd7 11.Fe2 Ce4 12.Db3 axb4 13.axb4 Txa1+ 14.Fxa1 Cg5 15.d5
Cxf3+ 16.Fxf3 e5 17.e4 Dg5 18.O-O Ta8 19.g3 Fc8 20.h4 Dg6 21.Te1 h6 22.Fb2
f5 23.exf5 Dxf5 24.Fe4 Dg4 25.Ff3 Df5 26.Fe4 Dg4 27.Fg2 Cf6 28.c5 Rh7 29.
cxd6 cxd6 30.b5 Ff5 31.Fa3 Ce8 32.Fb4 Tc8 33.Fd2 Dc4 34.Dxc4 Txc4 35.f4 e4
36.g4 Fxg4 37.Txe4 Txe4 38.Fxe4+ Rg8 39.Fe3 Cf6 40.Fg2 Cd7 41.Rf2 Rf7 42.
Fd4 Ff5 43.Re3 h5 44.Ff3 g6 45.Fg2 Re7 46.Ff3 Rd8 47.Fg2 Rc7 48.Ff3 Cc5 
49.Fg2 Cd3 50.Fc3 Cc5 51.Fd4 Cd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B08s"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.Fe2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a4 Cbd7 8.a5 Dc7 
9.Fe3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Td8 12.Db1 Cf8 13.Da2 Fe6 14.Da3 h6 15.Tfd1 
C8d7 16.Cd2 Ff8 17.b4 c5 18.b5 c4 19.Db2 b6 20.axb6 axb6 21.Cf3 Txa1 22.
Dxa1 Tc8 23.Cd5 Fxd5 24.exd5 Ce4 25.Cd2 Cd6 26.g4 Fg7 27.Db1 f5 28.Cf3 f4 
29.Fc1 g5 30.Fa3 Cc5 31.Cd2 c3 32.Cc4 e4 33.Cxd6 Dxd6 34.Fxc5 bxc5 35.f3 
Tb8 36.Db3 Fd4+ 37.Rg2 Rg7 38.Dc4 De5 39.d6 Dxd6 40.Ta1 De7 41.Dd5 exf3+ 
42.Dxf3 Te8 43.Fd3 Dc7 44.b6 Dxb6 45.Dd5 Dc7 46.Tb1 Te7 47.Df5 f3+ 48.Dxf3
c4 49.Fe4 De5 50.Te1 Tf7 51.De2 Tf2+ 52.Dxf2 Fxf2 53.Rxf2 Dd4+ 54.Rf1 Dd2 
55.Te2 Df4+ 56.Rg2 Dc1 57.Ff3 Rf6 58.Tf2 Re5 59.Te2+ Rd4 60.Te4+ Rc5 61.
Te2 Rb4 62.Tf2 Ra3 63.Fe4 Rb2 64.Ff5 De3 65.Fg6 De5 66.Ff5 Dd5+ 67.Rg1 Rc1
68.Tf1+ Rd2 69.Tf2+ Re3 70.Tf1 Dd2 71.Rh1 De2 72.Ta1 Rf4 73.Tg1 h5 74.Fc8 
h4 75.Ff5 Rf3 76.Fc8 Dxc2 77.Fb7+ Rf4 78.Fc6 Re5 79.Fg2 Dd2 80.Tf1 c2 81.
Ta1 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C88k"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 
9.d3 a5 10.Cbd2 h6 11.Cc4 d6 12.Ce3 Fe6 13.Cd5 Te8 14.Fe3 Ff8 15.Cd2 Cd7 
16.f4 exf4 17.Cxf4 Fxb3 18.Cxb3 Cf6 19.Cd4 Ce5 20.Cf3 c5 21.Ff2 g6 22.b3 
Fg7 23.Cxe5 Txe5 24.Fg3 Dd7 25.Df3 Tae8 26.h3 T5e7 27.Tad1 Db7 28.Tf1 d5 
29.exd5 Te3 30.Df2 Cxd5 31.Cxd5 Dxd5 32.Rh2 Txg3 33.Dxg3 Fe5 34.Tf4 g5 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B80j"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Fe3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.
Dd2 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Fb7 11.Fd3 Tc8 12.Rb1 Ce5 13.The1 Cfd7 14.f4 Cc4 15.De2 
Cxe3 16.Dxe3 b4 17.Cd5 g5 18.Cf5 Tg8 19.Da7 Cc5 20.Fxa6 Fxa6 21.e5 dxe5 
22.Cde7 Dxe7 23.Cxe7 Fxe7 24.Txe5 gxf4 25.Txc5 Fxc5 26.Dxa6 Re7 27.Db7+ 
Rf6 28.Td7 Tcf8 29.h3 h5 30.Dc7 Fe3 31.Dd6 hxg4 32.hxg4 Th8 33.De7+ Rg6 
34.a4 bxa3 35.g5 Rf5 36.Df6+ Rg4 37.Td1 Thg8 38.Dh6 Tb8 39.b3 Txg5 40.Dh1 
Tbg8 41.Ra2 Rf5 42.Td7 Rg6 43.De4+ Rf6 44.Db4 Tg2 45.De7+ Re5 46.Tc7 f5 
47.Tc6 T8g6 48.Rxa3 f3 49.Dc7+ Rf6 50.Dd8+ Re5 51.Dh8+ Rf4 52.Dh4+ T2g4 
53.Tc4+ Re5 54.Dh8+ Tg7 55.Txg4 fxg4 56.Dxg7+ Rf4 57.Df6+ Rg3 58.Dxe6 Fc5+
59.b4 f2 60.Df5 Fd6 61.Rb3 Ff4 62.Dd3+ Rg2 63.De2 g3 64.b5 Rg1 65.Dg4 f1=D
66.c4 Dd3+ 67.Rb4 Fd2+ 68.Rc5 g2 69.b6 Fe3+ 70.Rc6 Fxb6 71.Rxb6 Rf2 72.
Df4+ Df3 73.Dd4+ De3 74.Dxe3+ Rxe3 75.c5 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E97j"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.b4 a5 10.Fa3 Ch5 11.c5 Cf4 12.b5 b6 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Tc1 Fh6 15.Cd2 f5 
16.Te1 Fb7 17.Ff1 Tc8 18.Cc4 Tf6 19.Tc2 Tc7 20.Cxe5 Cexd5 21.Cxd5 Cxd5 22.
Cc6 Fxc6 23.bxc6 Cb4 24.Fxb4 axb4 25.e5 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B07x"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.Fg5 Fg7 5.Dd2 h6 6.Fh4 g5 7.Fg3 Ch5 8.O-O-O 
Cc6 9.De3 Fd7 10.Cge2 e6 11.h4 De7 12.Fh2 gxh4 13.Fg1 O-O-O 14.g4 Cf6 15.
f3 Ch7 16.Ff2 e5 17.d5 Cd4 18.Cxd4 exd4 19.Txd4 Fxd4 20.Dxd4 b6 21.Cb5 Rb7
22.Dc3 Tc8 23.Cd4 Df6 24.Dd3 Ra8 25.Fxh4 Df4+ 26.Rb1 Cf8 27.Dc3 Cg6 28.Fa6
Cxh4 29.Fxc8 Txc8 30.Txh4 Rb7 31.a3 Tg8 32.Ce2 Dg5 33.Th5 De7 34.Txh6 f5 
35.gxf5 Fxf5 36.Cd4 Fd7 37.Ce6 Fc8 38.f4 Tg4 39.Dc6+ Rb8 40.Th8 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90a"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Tg1 b5 7.g4 Fb7 8.Fg2 
Cfd7 9.Fe3 e6 10.f4 Fe7 11.g5 Cb6 12.b3 C8d7 13.Dd2 b4 14.Cce2 Cc5 15.Cg3 
d5 16.e5 g6 17.h4 Dc7 18.Tc1 Ce4 19.Cxe4 dxe4 20.c4 Cd7 21.Cc2 Cc5 22.Fxc5
Fxc5 23.Th1 e3 24.De2 O-O-O 25.Th3 Td2 26.Fxb7+ Dxb7 27.Df3 Thd8 28.Dxb7+ 
Rxb7 29.Cxe3 T8d3 30.Cg4 Txh3 31.Rxd2 Tg3 32.Ch6 Fe3+ 33.Rc2 Fxc1 34.Rxc1 
Tf3 35.Cxf7 Txf4 36.Cd8+ Rc8 37.Cxe6 Txh4 38.Rd2 Te4 39.Cf8 Txe5 40.Cxh7 
a5 41.Rd3 Rb7 42.Rd4 Tf5 43.Re3 Rc6 44.Re2 Rd6 45.Cf6 Re5 46.c5 Txg5 47.
Cd7+ Rd5 48.Rf3 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B81f"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Fg2 Cc6 
9.h3 Fd7 10.f4 Tc8 11.O-O Cxd4 12.Fxd4 Fc6 13.Df3 Da5 14.Df2 e5 15.Fb6 Db4
16.Tab1 Cd7 17.Fe3 exf4 18.Fxf4 Fe7 19.Fd2 Dc5 20.Fe3 Dc4 21.Ce2 O-O 22.
Cd4 Ff6 23.b3 Db4 24.Cf5 Tce8 25.Tbd1 Txe4 26.Cxd6 Te6 27.Fxc6 bxc6 28.Cf5
Db7 29.c4 c5 30.Td5 Fe5 31.Tfd1 Cf6 32.Td8 Tee8 33.T8d3 Ce4 34.Dg2 Dc7 35.
Td7 Td8 36.Txd8 Txd8 37.Txd8+ Dxd8 38.Dxe4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90a"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 d6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fc1 Cf6 8.Tg1 
b5 9.g4 Fb7 10.f3 g6 11.Fe3 Cbd7 12.g5 Ch5 13.Fh3 h6 14.gxh6 e5 15.Fxd7+ 
Dxd7 16.Cb3 Fe7 17.Dd2 Fh4+ 18.Ff2 Fxf2+ 19.Dxf2 Cf4 20.O-O-O Tc8 21.Db6 
Dc7 22.Dxc7 Txc7 23.Ca5 b4 24.Txd6 bxc3 25.Tg5 cxb2+ 26.Rxb2 Txh6 27.Txe5+
Ce6 28.f4 Txh2 29.f5 gxf5 30.exf5 Thxc2+ 31.Ra3 T2c5 32.Txc5 Cxc5 33.Rb4 
Re7 34.Cxb7 a5+ 35.Rb5 Cxb7 36.Td5 Td7 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D07e"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Cc6 3.cxd5 Dxd5 4.e3 e5 5.Cc3 Fb4 6.Fd2 Fxc3 7.Fxc3 exd4 8.
Ce2 Fg4 9.f3 O-O-O 10.Cxd4 Cf6 11.Da4 Dg5 12.Cxc6 Dxe3+ 13.Fe2 The8 14.Ce5
Ff5 15.Td1 Txd1+ 16.Dxd1 Txe5 17.Fd4 Df4 18.Fxe5 Dxe5 19.O-O Dxb2 20.Fc4 
Fe6 21.Dd3 Db6+ 22.Rh1 Fxc4 23.Dxc4 De6 24.Db4 Dd6 25.Dxd6 cxd6 26.Rg1 Rd7
27.Rf2 Cd5 28.Re2 Cf4+ 29.Rf2 b5 30.g3 Cd5 31.Re2 a5 32.Rd2 a4 33.a3 Cb6 
34.Rc3 Rc6 35.Rb4 Cd5+ 36.Ra5 Ce3 37.Tc1+ Cc4+ 38.Rb4 d5 39.Td1 Ce3 40.
Tc1+ Cc4 41.f4 d4 42.Txc4+ bxc4 43.Rxc4 d3 44.Rxd3 Rd5 45.Rc3 Rc5 46.g4 f6
47.f5 h5 48.gxh5 Rd5 49.Rb4 Re5 50.Rxa4 Rxf5 51.Rb4 Rg4 52.Rc3 f5 53.Rd2 
f4 54.Re2 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90a"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Tg1 b5 7.g4 Fb7 8.Fg2 
Cfd7 9.a4 bxa4 10.Txa4 Cb6 11.Tb4 e6 12.Fe3 C8d7 13.Cxe6 fxe6 14.Fxb6 Cxb6
15.Dd4 Cd7 16.Txb7 Cc5 17.Tb4 Dg5 18.Dd2 Dxg4 19.Ca4 Dh5 20.Cxc5 dxc5 21.
Tb6 Td8 22.De2 Dxh2 23.Rf1 Dh6 24.Ff3 Fe7 25.Fh5+ g6 26.Fg4 O-O 27.Fxe6+ 
Rh8 28.Fd5 Dh3+ 29.Re1 Txf2 30.Dxf2 Fh4 31.Tf6 Tb8 32.b3 Fxf2+ 33.Txf2 Dh6
34.Re2 Tf8 35.Txf8+ Dxf8 36.Tf1 Dd6 37.Tf7 h5 38.Ta7 g5 39.Fc4 Dh2+ 40.Rd3
Dg3+ 41.Re2 h4 42.Ta8+ Rg7 43.Ta7+ Rf6 44.Txa6+ Re5 45.Te6+ Rd4 46.c3+ 
Dxc3 47.Td6+ Rxe4 48.Te6+ Rf4 49.Fd3 Db2+ 50.Re1 g4 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C65p"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Fc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Fb6 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 d6 
9.Dd3 Fd7 10.Cbd2 a6 11.Fc4 exd4 12.cxd4 g5 13.Cxg5 hxg5 14.Fxg5 Rg7 15.
Cb3 Ce7 16.Tae1 Ch7 17.Fh4 f6 18.Te3 Cg6 19.Fg3 f5 20.exf5 Fxf5 21.Dd2 Cf6
22.Tfe1 Ch5 23.Fd5 Tb8 24.Fe4 Dd7 25.Fxf5 Dxf5 26.f3 Cxg3 27.hxg3 Tf7 28.
Dc3 Th8 29.Cc5 Fxc5 30.dxc5+ Df6 31.Db4 Ce5 32.cxd6 cxd6 33.Te4 Th6 34.Td1
Rg8 35.Db3 Tg6 36.g4 Th6 37.De3 Dh4 38.Te1 Cxf3+ 0-1

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C88h"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 h6 10.Cbd2 Te8 11.c3 Ff8 12.a3 d6 13.Fa2 Cb8 14.Ch4 d5 15.Df3 c6 16.
b4 Cbd7 17.Cb3 Tc8 18.Cf5 Fa8 19.Fe3 Rh7 20.Cc5 Cxc5 21.Fxc5 g6 22.Cg3 
Fxc5 23.bxc5 Rg7 24.d4 Dc7 25.Te3 exd4 26.cxd4 Cxe4 27.Cxe4 Txe4 28.Txe4 
dxe4 29.Dxe4 Fb7 30.Te1 Td8 31.Df3 Fc8 32.Dc3 f6 33.Te3 h5 34.Fb1 Df7 35.
h4 Te8 36.Fe4 Fd7 37.Dd3 f5 38.Ff3 Df6 39.Txe8 Fxe8 40.g3 f4 41.Rg2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B80j"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.
Dd2 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Fb7 11.h4 b4 12.Cb1 d5 13.Fh3 g5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.exd5 
Cxd5 16.Fxg5 Da5 17.Fg2 Txh1 18.Txh1 Dxa2 19.Th8 Tc8 20.Cf5 Cc5 21.Txf8+ 
Rxf8 22.Fh6+ Re8 23.Cd6+ Rd7 24.Cxc8 Rxc8 25.Dd4 Da5 26.Ff8 Cd7 27.Fd6 Fc6
28.Ff1 Rb7 29.Cd2 Da1+ 30.Cb1 Da5 31.Fd3 Dd8 32.Cd2 e5 33.Dc4 Db6 34.Rb1 
a5 35.Ce4 Cf4 36.Cc5+ Cxc5 37.Fxc5 Fd5 38.Fxb6 Fxc4 39.Fxc4 Rxb6 40.Fxf7 
Ch3 41.c3 Cg5 42.Fd5 bxc3 43.bxc3 Rc5 44.Fb7 Rd6 45.Rb2 Ce6 46.Ra3 Cc5 47.
Fe4 Re7 48.g5 Ce6 49.g6 Cc5 50.Fd5 Rf6 51.Ff7 Rg7 52.Rb2 Rf6 53.Rc2 Rg7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Dd7 11.Cbd2 Tae8 12.c3 d5 13.Fa2 dxe4 14.dxe4 Ch5 15.Cb3 
Dxd1 16.Txd1 Cf6 17.Te1 Cb8 18.Cxe5 Fd6 19.Cd3 Fxe4 20.Cbc5 Fd5 21.Txe8 
Txe8 22.Fxd5 Cxd5 23.Rf1 f6 24.a4 Rf7 25.Fd2 g5 26.a5 Ce7 27.Tc1 Cec6 28.
c4 b4 29.Ta1 Fxc5 30.Cxc5 Te5 31.Cb3 Cd7 32.Fe3 Re7 33.g3 Te4 34.Cd2 Te5 
35.Cb3 Te4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90j"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Fe2 h5 11.Fxg4 Fxg4 12.f3 Fd7 13.Ff2 Cc6 14.Dd2 Da5 15.O-O-O 
Tc8 16.Rb1 Fe6 17.Cxc6 bxc6 18.Fd4 f6 19.b3 g4 20.The1 c5 21.Ff2 Fh6 22.
Fe3 Fg7 23.Ff2 Fh6 24.Fe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C65p"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Fc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Fb6 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 d6 
9.Fxc6 bxc6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Da4 Dd6 12.Td1 De6 13.Cbd2 Cd7 14.b4 a5 15.Db3
Te8 16.Dxe6 Txe6 17.Cc4 f6 18.a3 Fa6 19.Cfd2 axb4 20.axb4 Tee8 21.Cxb6 
Cxb6 22.f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B35l"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 g6 3.Cf3 Fg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Fb3 
a5 9.O-O a4 10.Cxa4 Cxe4 11.Cb5 Ta6 12.De2 d6 13.c4 Cf6 14.Tfd1 Fd7 15.
Cac3 Db8 16.h3 Tc8 17.a3 Ce5 18.Tac1 Fxb5 19.cxb5 Ta8 20.b6 Tc6 21.Cb5 Dd8
22.Cc7 Tb8 23.Db5 Txc1 24.Txc1 e6 25.a4 d5 26.a5 Ce4 27.Td1 Cd6 28.Dc5 Cf5
29.Fc1 Ff8 30.Dc2 Cc6 31.Fd2 Fd6 32.Fa4 Cb4 33.Db3 Cd4 34.De3 Cf5 35.Db3 
Dh4 36.Tc1 Cd4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C67w"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Re8 10.h3 Ce7 11.Te1 Cd5 12.Ce4 Cb4 13.Te2 Ff5 14.Cd4 
Fxe4 15.Txe4 c5 16.a3 cxd4 17.axb4 Fxb4 18.Txd4 Fe7 19.Fe3 a6 20.Tad1 h5 
21.c3 Td8 22.Txd8+ Fxd8 23.f4 f5 24.exf6 Fxf6 25.Rf2 g6 26.Rf3 Re7 27.Fd4 
Fxd4 28.Txd4 a5 29.Td5 b6 30.Re4 a4 31.Te5+ Rf6 32.f5 gxf5+ 33.Txf5+ Rg6 
34.Td5 Tf8 35.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B80k"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Fe3 b5 8.Dd2 b4 
9.Ca4 Cbd7 10.O-O-O d5 11.exd5 Cxd5 12.Fc4 C7f6 13.Fg5 Dc7 14.Fxd5 Cxd5 
15.The1 Fb7 16.De2 Dd6 17.Rb1 h6 18.Fh4 Cf4 19.Df2 Dc7 20.Cf5 g5 21.Fg3 
Tc8 22.Dd4 Tg8 23.c3 Td8 24.Dxd8+ Dxd8 25.Txd8+ Rxd8 26.Ce3 Fc6 27.Cb6 
bxc3 28.bxc3 Fg7 29.Fxf4 gxf4 30.Cd1 Fb5 31.a4 Fd3+ 32.Rc1 Rc7 33.a5 Fh8 
34.Rd2 Fb5 35.Tg1 Fc6 36.Re2 Fe5 37.c4 Fd4 38.Cf2 Fc3 39.Ce4 Fxa5 40.c5 f5
0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B52n"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Fd7 4.Fxd7+ Dxd7 5.O-O Cf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Cxe5 Dc8 8.
Df3 e6 9.d3 Fe7 10.Cc3 O-O 11.Ff4 Cfd7 12.Cc4 Cc6 13.Tae1 Cd4 14.Dd1 Dc6 
15.a4 b6 16.Te3 f6 17.Th3 Tf7 18.Fe3 Td8 19.Te1 Cf8 20.b3 a6 21.Ce2 b5 22.
axb5 axb5 23.Cd2 Dc7 24.c4 Cc6 25.cxb5 Cb4 26.Db1 Cxd3 27.Td1 Cb4 28.Cc4 
Cd5 29.Fd2 Db8 30.Fa5 Td7 31.b6 Fd8 32.Thd3 Cxb6 33.Fxb6 Txd3 34.Dxd3 Fxb6
35.De3 Fc7 36.g3 Db5 37.h4 Dc6 38.f4 Td7 39.Te1 Fd8 40.Cc3 Fe7 41.Ce4 Td4 
42.Cf2 Dd5 43.Cb6 Db7 44.Cc4 f5 45.Rf1 Ff6 46.Re2 Td7 47.Df3 Db4 48.Td1 
Fd4 49.g4 h6 50.h5 Db8 51.Td2 Tf7 52.g5 hxg5 53.fxg5 Dh2 54.Rd3 Dh4 55.g6 
Ta7 56.Cd1 Dg5 57.Cc3 Dg1 58.Td1 Dh2 59.Cb5 Td7 60.Cxd4 Da2 61.Cd2 Db2 62.
Re2 Dxd4 63.De3 Dd6 64.Df3 Dh2+ 65.Re1 Td4 66.Db7 Td7 67.Df3 Td5 68.Cf1 
Te5+ 69.Ce3 f4 70.Td3 Dg1+ 71.Rd2 fxe3+ 72.Txe3 Dxe3+ 73.Dxe3 Txe3 74.Rxe3
Cd7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A30n"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Fg2 Fb7 6.O-O Fe7 7.Te1 Ce4 8.d4 Cxc3
9.bxc3 Fe4 10.Ff1 d6 11.h4 Cd7 12.d5 O-O 13.a4 h6 14.Fh3 exd5 15.cxd5 Ff6 
16.Ta3 b5 17.axb5 Cb6 18.c4 Fxf3 19.Txf3 Cxc4 20.Da4 Ce5 21.Ta3 Te8 22.h5 
Te7 23.Ff4 Tb8 24.Ff5 De8 25.Fc2 Dd7 26.De4 Cg6 27.Dd3 c4 28.Dxc4 Cxf4 29.
Dxf4 Te5 30.Df3 Dh3 31.Txa7 Txh5 32.e3 Dh2+ 33.Rf1 Dh3+ 34.Re2 Te5 35.Tc7 
Tc8 36.Ff5 Txf5 37.Txc8+ Rh7 38.Th1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B90i"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.h3 Ce5 11.Cf5 Fxf5 12.exf5 Cbc6 13.Cd5 e6 14.Ce3 Da5+ 15.c3 
Cf3+ 16.Dxf3 Fxc3+ 17.Rd1 Da4+ 18.Cc2 Fxb2 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Db3 Dxb3 21.
axb3 Fxa1 22.Cxa1 Re7 23.Fd3 Tac8 24.Te1 Cd4 25.f3 Tc3 26.Rd2 Thc8 27.Tb1 
T3c5 28.b4 Td5 29.Ff2 Rd7 30.Fe3 Cf5 31.Ff2 Ch4 32.Fxh4 gxh4 33.Cc2 h5 34.
Te1 Tg8 35.Rc3 a5 36.Fc4 Tc8 37.Ce3 Tb5 38.Rd3 Txb4 39.Fxe6+ Rxe6 40.Cc2+ 
Rd5 41.Cxb4+ axb4 42.Te7 b5 43.Th7 Tc3+ 44.Rd2 Tc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C67s"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Ce7 10.h3 Cg6 11.Ce4 h6 12.b3 c5 13.Fe3 b6 14.Tad1+ Fd7 
15.Cc3 Rc8 16.Cd5 Fe6 17.c4 Rb7 18.Fc1 a5 19.a4 Td8 20.g4 h5 21.Ce3 Te8 
22.Tfe1 Cf4 23.Cg5 Fe7 24.Cxe6 fxe6 25.gxh5 Cxh3+ 26.Rf1 Txh5 27.Cg4 Fg5 
28.Fxg5 Txg5 29.f3 Tf8 30.Rg2 Cf4+ 31.Rg3 Th5 32.Rf2 Cg6 33.Td7 Th3 34.Te3
Ch4 35.Tdd3 Rc6 36.Tc3 Th1 37.Ted3 Cf5 38.Ce3 Cd4 39.Cf1 Th5 40.Te3 Tf4 
41.Tcd3 g5 42.Te4 Rb7 43.Rg3 Txe4 44.fxe4 Th4 45.Cd2 Rc8 46.Te3 Rd7 47.Te1
Re7 48.Cf3 Cxf3 49.Rxf3 Rf7 50.Td1 Tf4+ 51.Re3 Rg7 52.Td7+ Tf7 53.Td1 Rg6 
54.Td8 g4 55.Tg8+ Rh5 56.Th8+ Rg5 57.Tg8+ Rh4 58.Tg6 Tf3+ 59.Re2 Rg3 60.
Txe6 Rf4 61.Te8 Te3+ 62.Rf2 g3+ 63.Rg2 Rxe4 64.e6 Rd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Ca5 11.Fa2 c5 12.Cbd2 Cc6 13.Cf1 Fc8 14.c3 Fe6 15.Fxe6 fxe6 
16.b4 Dd7 17.Db3 Tfb8 18.C1h2 a5 19.Fd2 h6 20.Cg4 Cxg4 21.hxg4 axb4 22.
axb4 cxb4 23.cxb4 Ff6 24.Tec1 Rf7 25.g3 Db7 26.Rg2 Txa1 27.Txa1 Ta8 28.Th1
Cd4 29.Cxd4 exd4 30.Ff4 d5 31.e5 Fe7 32.Dd1 Fg5 33.Fxg5 hxg5 34.Th5 De7 
35.Dh1 Tf8 36.Th7 Re8 37.Da1 Rf7 38.Dc1 Re8 39.Da1 Rf7 40.Dxd4 Rg8 41.Th1 
Df7 42.De3 d4 43.De2 Db7+ 44.De4 Dxe4+ 45.dxe4 Tc8 46.Tb1 Tc3 47.Tb2 Rf7 
48.Rf1 Tc1+ 49.Re2 Tc3 50.Ta2 Tb3 51.Ta7+ Rf8 52.Tb7 Txb4 53.Rd3 Tb2 54.f4
Tb3+ 55.Rxd4 Txg3 56.f5 Txg4 57.f6 Tg1 58.Txg7 b4 59.Rc5 b3 60.Tb7 Ta1 61.
Txb3 Ta5+ 62.Rd4 Ta4+ 63.Re3 Ta5 64.Tb8+ Rf7 65.Tb7+ Rf8 66.Rd4 Ta4+ 67.
Rc5 Ta5+ 68.Rd4 Ta4+ 69.Re3 Ta3+ 70.Rf2 Ta5 71.Rg3 Txe5 72.Rg4 Txe4+ 73.
Rh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E15s"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 O-O 10.O-O Fb7 11.Cd2 Ca6 12.e4 Tc8 13.Te1 Tc7 14.Cd3 dxe4 15.Cxe4 
c5 16.Cxf6+ Fxf6 17.Fxb7 Txb7 18.Ce5 Fxe5 19.dxe5 Td7 20.De2 Dc7 21.Tad1 
Tfd8 22.Txd7 Dxd7 23.De4 Cb8 24.Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D37p"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.cxd5 Cxd5 10.Cxd5 exd5 11.Fd3 Fb6 12.O-O d4 13.e4 Fc7 14.Fxc7 Dxc7 15.h3
Db6 16.b4 Fe6 17.Tc1 h6 18.Dd2 Tfd8 19.Df4 Ce7 20.Tc5 Cg6 21.Dg3 a5 22.Tb5
Dc6 23.e5 b6 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Tfb1 Cf8 26.Cd2 Fd5 27.f4 Dc3 28.T1b2 Dc1+ 
29.Rh2 Tac8 30.f5 Tc3 31.Cb1 Tc5 32.Txc5 Dxc5 33.Tc2 Db6 34.Cd2 Te8 35.e6 
Ch7 36.Tc7 Tf8 37.Cc4 Fxc4 38.Fxc4 Cf6 39.De5 d3 40.exf7+ Rh7 41.Fxd3 Db3 
42.Dd6 Db8 43.Fc4 Ce4 44.De5 Cd2 45.Fa2 Db6 46.Tc2 Df2 47.Txd2 Dxd2 48.Fd5
Dg5 49.Dd6 Dd8 50.Dxd8 Txd8 51.Fc6 g6 52.Fe8 Rg7 53.fxg6 h5 54.a4 h4 55.
Rg1 Td2 56.g3 hxg3 57.h4 Th2 58.h5 Rf8 59.Rf1 Rg7 60.Rg1 Rf8 61.Rf1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.O-O Fe7 8.a4 Cc6
9.Fe3 O-O 10.f4 Dc7 11.Rh1 Te8 12.Ff3 Ff8 13.Cb3 b6 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Cd7
16.Fxc6 Dxc6 17.Cd4 Db7 18.Dh5 g6 19.Dh4 Cxe5 20.Ce4 Fe7 21.Cg5 Fxg5 22.
Fxg5 f5 23.Tae1 Dd5 24.Ce2 Cf7 25.Cf4 Dc6 26.Ch5 Cxg5 27.Cf6+ Rf7 28.Cxe8 
Fb7 29.Cd6+ Dxd6 30.Dxg5 Tc8 31.Tf2 Tc4 32.Dh6 Rg8 33.Td2 Fd5 34.b3 Tc3 
35.Dh4 Dc5 36.Txe6 Fxe6 37.Df6 Fd5 38.Dd8+ Rg7 39.Txd5 Df2 40.Td7+ Rh6 41.
Df8+ Rg5 42.De7+ Rf4 43.Dd6+ Rg5 44.De7+ Rf4 45.Dd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Dd7 11.Cc3 Cd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Cxd4 Te8 14.Cf5 Ce6 15.Cxe7+ 
Txe7 16.f3 Td8 17.Fxe6 fxe6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Dxd7 Tdxd7 20.Txe5 Td6 21.Ff4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C67s"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Ce7 10.h3 Cg6 11.Fe3 Fe7 12.Tad1+ Re8 13.a3 h5 14.Tfe1 h4
15.Cd4 a6 16.f4 Th5 17.Ce4 Fd7 18.c4 a5 19.c5 a4 20.Tc1 f5 21.exf6 Fxf6 
22.f5 Ce7 23.Cxf6+ gxf6 24.Ff4 Rf7 25.Fxc7 Cxf5 26.Tc4 Cxd4 27.Txd4 Fe6 
28.Fd6 Ta5 29.Tde4 Fd5 30.Te7+ Rg6 31.Txb7 Tb5 32.Tb6 Tg5 33.Te2 Tb3 34.
Rh2 Te3 35.Td2 Teg3 36.Fxg3 hxg3+ 37.Rh1 Tf5 38.Td1 Tf2 39.Tb8 f5 40.Td8 
Fxg2+ 41.Rg1 Fd5 42.T8xd5 cxd5 43.Tc1 Txb2 44.c6 Tb8 45.Rg2 f4 46.Rf3 Rg5 
47.h4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E15r"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Cbd2 Cbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Te1 Fb7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Ce5 c5 14.Cxe4 Cxe4 15.
Fxe4 Fxe4 16.Txe4 Cxe5 17.dxe5 Dxd1+ 18.Txd1 Tfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B01w"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cxd5 4.d4 Ff5 5.Fd3 Fxd3 6.Dxd3 e6 7.O-O Cc6 8.c4
Cb6 9.Cc3 Fe7 10.Ff4 g5 11.Fg3 g4 12.Ce5 Cxd4 13.c5 Fxc5 14.Tad1 O-O 15.
Ce4 Fe7 16.Cxg4 c5 17.b4 Cd5 18.bxc5 Cf5 19.Df3 Tc8 20.Fd6 Cxd6 21.cxd6 
Fh4 22.d7 Tc6 23.Ce5 Tc7 24.Dg4+ Rh8 25.Cd6 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.O-O Fe7 8.a4 Cc6
9.Fe3 O-O 10.f4 Dc7 11.Rh1 Te8 12.Ff3 Ff8 13.Dd2 Ca5 14.b3 Tb8 15.Tad1 Cc6
16.Ff2 Cd7 17.Fg3 Cxd4 18.Dxd4 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.b4 g6 21.e5 d5 22.f5 
gxf5 23.Cxd5 Dc4 24.Dd2 h6 25.h3 exd5 26.Fxd5 Dxb4 27.c3 Dc5 28.Txf5 Te6 
29.Txf7 Cb6 30.Tdf1 Cxd5 31.Txf8+ Dxf8 32.Txf8+ Rxf8 33.Dxd5 Re8 34.Fh4 
Fd7 35.Ff6 b4 36.De4 Fc8 37.cxb4 Tb7 38.Dg6+ Rd7 39.Dxh6 Rc7 40.Df4 Rb8 
41.h4 Tc7 42.h5 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D15n"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Fg5 h6 7.Fh4 dxc4 8.e3 b5 9.
axb5 cxb5 10.Fxf6 gxf6 11.Cxb5 axb5 12.Txa8 Fb4+ 13.Re2 Fb7 14.Ta1 f5 15.
Ce5 Tg8 16.f4 Cc6 17.Cf3 Ca5 18.Rf2 Cb3 19.Ta7 Fe4 20.Ta2 e5 21.fxe5 f4 
22.Fe2 fxe3+ 23.Rxe3 Dd5 24.g3 Cxd4 25.Cxd4 Fxh1 26.Ff3 Dxe5+ 27.Rf2 Fc5 
28.Fxh1 Fxd4+ 29.Rf1 Tg5 30.Ff3 Rf8 31.Rg2 De3 32.Rh3 Rg7 33.b3 cxb3 34.
Ta3 b4 35.Txb3 Fc3 36.De2 Dc5 37.Dd3 Dc8+ 38.Rg2 Ta5 39.Dc2 De6 40.Db1 Ta1
41.Dc2 Fd4 42.Fd1 De1 43.Ff3 Df1# 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C87h"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 d6 7.c3 Fg4 8.d3 Cd7 
9.h3 Fh5 10.Fe3 h6 11.g4 Fg6 12.Cbd2 h5 13.g5 Cb6 14.Fb3 h4 15.a4 d5 16.a5
d4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Ff4 Cd7 19.Tc1 Cc5 20.Txc5 Fxc5 21.Fa4 Rf8 22.Fxc6 bxc6
23.Da4 Rg8 24.Dxc6 Fb4 25.Tc1 Fxa5 26.Cc4 Fb6 27.Cxb6 cxb6 28.Fc7 Dc8 29.
Rg2 b5 30.Cxd4 De8 31.Dxe8+ Txe8 32.Ta1 Tc8 33.Fd6 Rh7 34.Txa6 Tc1 35.Cxb5
Td1 36.Ta3 Tc8 37.Ff4 Tc2 38.Tb3 Txd3 39.Txd3 Fxe4+ 40.Tf3 Txb2 41.Cd6 Fd5
42.Cf5 Tb4 43.Fd6 Ta4 44.Fe7 Rg6 45.Cxh4+ Txh4 46.Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B22u"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Cf6 3.e5 Cd5 4.Cf3 Cc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Fc4 Cb6 8.Fb5 d5
9.O-O Fg4 10.Fe3 e6 11.Cbd2 Fe7 12.De2 Tc8 13.Tfc1 O-O 14.a3 Dd7 15.h3 Ff5
16.Cb3 Cc4 17.Fxc4 dxc4 18.Txc4 b6 19.Cbd2 b5 20.Tcc1 Dd5 21.Dd1 a5 22.Db3
Fe4 23.Dxd5 Fxd5 24.Ce1 f5 25.Cd3 g5 26.f3 h5 27.Cc5 Tc7 28.Tc2 Tfc8 29.
Tac1 Cb8 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Cc6 32.Tb2 Ta7 33.Ff2 Rf7 34.Cf1 Tca8 35.Ce3 
Ta1 36.Txa1 Txa1+ 37.Rh2 Ta2 38.Txa2 Fxa2 39.Cc2 Fb1 40.d5 exd5 41.Cd4 
Cxe5 42.Cxb5 Cd3 43.Cc3 Cxf2 44.Cxb1 Fxc5 45.bxc5 Re6 46.Cd2 f4 47.h4 gxh4
48.Cb3 Rd7 49.Cd4 Rc7 50.Ce6+ Rc6 51.Cxf4 d4 52.g4 hxg3+ 53.Rxg3 Cd1 54.
Rh4 Cb2 55.Rxh5 Ca4 56.Rg4 Cxc5 57.Rg3 Rb5 58.Rf2 Rc4 59.Re2 Rc3 60.Rd1 d3
61.Cxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C78m"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.c3 O-O 
9.d4 Fb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.dxe5 Cg4 12.Ca3 De8 13.Cd4 Cgxe5 14.Caxb5 d6 15.
Fa4 Fd7 16.b3 Ce7 17.Rh1 d5 18.f4 Cg4 19.e5 f6 20.h3 Cxe5 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.
Txf8+ Dxf8 23.Cf3 e4 24.Ce5 Fxh3 25.gxh3 Df5 26.Cg4 h5 27.Ch2 Dxh3 28.Fg5 
Cf5 29.Dxd5+ Rh8 30.Ff4 Ff2 31.Ta2 Fg3 32.Fxg3 Cxg3+ 33.Rg1 Tf8 34.Cd4 c5 
35.Fd7 Dh4 36.Ce6 Tf1+ 37.Rg2 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42m"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.Cc3 Cxc3 6.dxc3 Fe7 7.Ff4 O-O 8.
Dd2 Cd7 9.O-O-O Cc5 10.h4 c6 11.Fxd6 Dxd6 12.Dxd6 Fxd6 13.Txd6 Ce4 14.Td4 
Cxf2 15.Tg1 Cg4 16.Fc4 Ff5 17.Fd3 Fxd3 18.cxd3 Cf6 19.Te1 Tfe8 20.Txe8+ 
Txe8 21.Rd2 Rf8 22.a4 Re7 23.b4 Tc8 24.b5 c5 25.Tf4 Ce8 26.Te4+ Rf8 27.Ce5
Td8 28.Tf4 Cd6 29.c4 Re7 30.Cg4 h5 31.Ce3 Re6 32.a5 f6 33.Rc3 g5 34.Tf1 
gxh4 35.Te1 Cf5 36.Cd5+ Rf7 37.Tf1 Rg6 38.Cf4+ Rf7 39.Cxh5 Rg6 40.Cf4+ Rf7
41.Cd5 Rg6 42.Te1 Rf7 43.Te2 Td7 44.Te4 Td8 45.Tf4 Rg6 46.Tf2 Te8 47.Rd2 
Rg5 48.Te2 Txe2+ 49.Rxe2 Cd4+ 50.Rf2 Rf5 51.Ce7+ Re6 52.Cg6 Cb3 53.a6 bxa6
54.bxa6 Cd4 55.Cxh4 Cc2 56.Cf3 Cb4 57.Re3 Cxa6 58.Cd2 Cb8 59.Rf4 Cd7 60.
Cb3 a6 61.g3 Rd6 62.Rf5 Re7 63.g4 Rd6 64.Ca5 Ce5 65.Cb3 Cd7 66.Re4 Re6 67.
Ca5 Rd6 68.Rf4 Ce5 69.Rf5 Cd7 70.Re4 Cf8 71.Rf5 Cd7 72.Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42m"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.Cc3 Cxc3 6.dxc3 Fe7 7.Ff4 O-O 8.
Dd2 Cd7 9.O-O-O Cc5 10.h4 Ff6 11.Cg5 h6 12.Fd3 Cxd3+ 13.Dxd3 g6 14.Cf3 h5 
15.Tde1 Ff5 16.Dd2 Te8 17.Fg5 Fxg5 18.Cxg5 Df6 19.f3 Te5 20.Txe5 dxe5 21.
Td1 Dc6 22.b3 Te8 23.Rb2 e4 24.fxe4 Fxe4 25.Df4 Ff5 26.Td2 Dc5 27.Cf3 Fg4 
28.a4 Fxf3 29.Dxf3 c6 30.Td7 Te7 31.Dd3 Txd7 32.Dxd7 Db6 33.b4 c5 34.a5 
Dc6 35.Dxc6 bxc6 36.Rb3 Rf8 37.Rc4 cxb4 38.cxb4 Re7 39.Rc5 Rd7 40.c4 f6 
41.b5 g5 42.b6 axb6+ 43.Rxb6 Rc8 44.Rxc6 gxh4 45.c5 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B33r"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Fe7 10.Fxf6 Fxf6 11.c3 Fg5 12.Cc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Txa4 a5 15.
Fc4 Tb8 16.Ta2 Rh8 17.Cce3 Fxe3 18.Cxe3 Ce7 19.b3 f5 20.exf5 Cxf5 21.Cd5 
Fb7 22.O-O Tc8 23.Dd3 Ch4 24.Td1 h6 25.Dg3 Cf5 26.Dg4 Tc5 27.Tad2 Fc8 28.
De4 Fb7 29.h3 Ch4 30.Fd3 Tf5 31.Fb1 Txc3 32.Dg4 h5 33.De2 Dg5 34.f4 Txf4 
35.Rh1 Cxg2 36.Dxg2 Tg3 37.Cxf4 Fxg2+ 38.Cxg2 Txh3+ 39.Rg1 Tg3 40.Tf2 Rg8 
41.Txd6 h4 42.Tc6 Dg4 43.Ff5 Txg2+ 44.Txg2 Dxf5 45.Tcg6 Df7 46.T6g4 Df6 
47.Rh2 Rf7 48.Rh3 e4 49.Tg5 e3 50.Rxh4 g6 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E15s"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Cd2 O-O 12.O-O Cf6 13.e4 b5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Te1
Tb8 16.c5 Fc8 17.Cf3 Ce4 18.Txe4 dxe4 19.Ce5 Dd5 20.De1 Ff5 21.g4 Fg6 22.
f3 b4 23.fxe4 De6 24.Fb2 Ff6 25.Cxc6 Dxc6 26.e5 Da6 27.exf6 Tfe8 28.Df1 
De2 29.Df2 Dxg4 30.h3 Dg5 31.Fc1 Dh5 32.Ff4 Tbd8 33.c6 Fe4 34.c7 Tc8 35.
Te1 Dg6 36.Txe4 Txe4 37.d5 Tce8 38.d6 Te1+ 39.Rh2 Df5 40.Dg3 g6 41.Dg5 
Dxg5 42.Fxg5 Td1 43.Fc6 Te2+ 44.Rg3 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Fg2 cxd4 7.Cxd4 d5 8.Db3 
Fxc3+ 9.Dxc3 e5 10.Cb3 Cc6 11.Fg5 d4 12.Df3 Fe6 13.Tc1 Tc8 14.O-O b6 15.
Cd2 h6 16.Fxf6 Dxf6 17.Dxf6 gxf6 18.Ce4 f5 19.Cd6 Tc7 20.Cb5 Tcc8 21.Cd6 
Tc7 22.Cb5 Tcc8 23.b3 e4 24.f3 a6 25.Cd6 Tcd8 26.c5 e3 27.f4 Cb4 28.Cb7 
Tb8 29.c6 Cxa2 30.Ff3 Cxc1 31.Txc1 Fxb3 32.c7 Tbe8 33.Cd6 Fe6 34.Fb7 Fc8 
35.Cxc8 Txc8 36.Fxa6 Tfe8 37.Fxc8 Txc8 38.Rg2 b5 39.Rf3 b4 40.Tc4 b3 41.
Txd4 Txc7 42.Tb4 Tc3 43.Tb5 Rf8 44.Txf5 Re7 45.g4 Rd6 46.Tb5 Rc6 47.Tb8 
Rd5 48.h4 f6 49.h5 Rd4 50.Tb4+ Rc5 51.Tb7 Rd5 52.g5 fxg5 53.fxg5 hxg5 54.
Tb8 Tc4 55.Txb3 Re5 56.Txe3+ Rf5 57.Rg2 Tg4+ 58.Tg3 Te4 59.Rf2 Th4 60.Tf3+
Re4 61.Te3+ Rf5 62.Tf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C78m"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.c3 O-O 
9.d4 Fb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.dxe5 Cg4 12.Ca3 Ccxe5 13.h3 d6 14.De2 Cxf3+ 15.
Dxf3 Ce5 16.Dg3 Fe6 17.Fxe6 fxe6 18.Cxb5 Txf2 19.Txf2 Fxf2+ 20.Dxf2 Txb5 
21.De2 Tb8 22.Ff4 Df6 23.Tf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B91h"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.Fg2 O-O
9.O-O Fe6 10.a4 Cbd7 11.a5 Dc7 12.Te1 Tfc8 13.h3 h6 14.Fe3 b5 15.axb6 Cxb6
16.Ca5 Cc4 17.Cxc4 Fxc4 18.Ca4 Tab8 19.b3 Fb5 20.c4 Fxa4 21.Txa4 Db7 22.
Da1 Dxb3 23.Tc1 Tc6 24.c5 Cd7 25.Txa6 Txa6 26.Dxa6 Cxc5 27.Fxc5 dxc5 28.
Ff1 h5 29.h4 Df3 30.De2 Dxe2 31.Fxe2 g6 32.Fc4 Tb2 33.Ta1 Tc2 34.Fb3 Tc3 
35.Fd5 c4 36.Ta7 Rf8 37.Ta8+ Rg7 38.Ta7 Rf8 39.Ta8+ Rg7 40.Ta7 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C67s"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Ce7 10.h3 Cg6 11.Fg5+ Re8 12.Tad1 Fd7 13.Cd4 h6 14.Fe3 h5
15.f4 h4 16.f5 Cxe5 17.f6 Th5 18.Ce4 g6 19.Ff4 c5 20.Cf3 Cxf3+ 21.Txf3 Fe6
22.Tfd3 c4 23.T3d2 c6 24.Cg5 Fc5+ 25.Rh2 Fd5 26.Te2+ Rf8 27.Tde1 b5 28.c3 
a5 29.a3 Tc8 30.g4 hxg3+ 31.Rxg3 Fe6 32.h4 Rg8 33.Te5 Ff8 34.Cxe6 fxe6 35.
Td1 Th7 36.Txe6 Tb7 37.Te4 Rf7 38.Fg5 Te8 39.Txe8 Rxe8 40.Rg4 Th7 41.Te1+ 
Rd7 42.a4 bxa4 43.Te5 c5 44.Ff4 Th8 45.Fg3 Fh6 46.Te7+ Rc6 47.Ff4 Fxf4 48.
Rxf4 Th5 49.Te5 Txh4+ 50.Rg5 Th5+ 51.Rxg6 Txe5 52.f7 Te6+ 53.Rg5 Te5+ 54.
Rg4 Te4+ 55.Rg3 Te3+ 56.Rf2 a3 57.f8=D axb2 58.Dc8+ Rb5 59.Db7+ Ra4 60.
Rxe3 Ra3 61.Db5 a4 62.Dxc5+ Rb3 63.Db4+ Rc2 64.Dxa4+ Rxc3 65.Da5+ Rc2 66.
Df5+ Rc1 67.Df1+ 1-0

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "C42s"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.Cc3 
Ff5 9.Te1 Cxc3 10.bxc3 Fxd3 11.Dxd3 O-O 12.Ff4 Fd6 13.Cg5 g6 14.Dh3 h5 15.
Dg3 Df6 16.Fxd6 cxd6 17.Ch3 Tae8 18.Df4 Txe1+ 19.Txe1 Rg7 20.Dg3 Df5 21.
Cf4 b5 22.h4 Td8 23.Dg5 Dxg5 24.hxg5 b4 25.cxb4 Cxb4 26.c3 Cxa2 27.Cxd5 
Tb8 28.Te2 Cc1 29.Te7 a5 30.Ta7 Tc8 31.Txa5 Ce2+ 32.Rh2 Cxc3 33.Cf6 Tb8 
34.d5 Cb5 35.Ta4 Cc7 36.Ta7 Ce8 37.Ce4 Td8 38.f3 Rf8 39.g4 hxg4 40.fxg4 
Tb8 41.Rg3 Tb3+ 42.Rf4 Tb4 43.Re3 Tb3+ 44.Rd4 Tb4+ 45.Rd3 Tb3+ 46.Rc4 Tf3 
47.Td7 Tf4 48.Rd3 f6 49.Cxf6 Cxf6 50.gxf6 Txg4 51.Txd6 Rf7 52.Te6 Ta4 53.
Te4 Txe4 54.Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Fd3 c5 6.Cf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Fxc4 
Cbd7 9.a3 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Dc7 12.Fe2 Cd5 13.Fd3 Dxc3 14.Ta3 Df6 
15.Dc2 h6 16.b5 Cb4 17.Fh7+ Rh8 18.Db1 a5 19.Fe4 Cc5 20.Fd2 Fd7 21.Fxb4 
axb4 22.Dxb4 Txa3 23.Dxc5 Tfa8 24.Ce5 b6 25.Dc7 Fxb5 26.Fxa8 Txa8 27.Td1 
Fa4 28.Td4 Fe8 29.g3 Rh7 30.Rg2 Ta5 31.Cc4 Ta2 32.Tf4 Dc3 33.Dxb6 Ta1 34.
Db7 Dc1 35.Rh3 f6 36.Tg4 Fg6 37.Txg6 Rxg6 38.De4+ Rf7 39.Cd6+ Re7 40.Cf5+ 
Rd7 41.Cxg7 Df1+ 42.Rh4 Dxf2 43.Dxe6+ Rc7 44.Dc4+ Rb7 45.De4+ Rb8 46.Df4+ 
Dxf4+ 47.exf4 Ta2 48.h3 Rc8 49.Rh5 Ta3 50.Cf5 Rd7 51.Rxh6 Re6 52.Rg6 Ta5 
53.Cg7+ Re7 54.h4 Ta6 55.Ch5 Ta8 56.Cg7 Ta6 57.g4 f5+ 58.Rxf5 Rf7 59.Ch5 
Ta5+ 60.Re4 Ta3 61.g5 Th3 62.Rf5 Txh4 63.g6+ Rg8 64.Rg5 Th1 65.Cf6+ Rf8 
66.Ch5 Tg1+ 67.Rh6 Th1 68.f5 Rg8 69.Rg5 Tg1+ 70.Rf6 Tg4 71.Cg7 Ta4 72.Ce6 
Ta5 73.Cc7 Rf8 74.Re6 Ta7 75.Cb5 Te7+ 76.Rf6 Td7 77.Cc3 Td6+ 78.Rg5 Rg7 
79.Cb5 Td5 80.Cc7 Te5 81.Ce6+ Rg8 82.Rf6 Ta5 83.Cc7 Tc5 84.Ce8 Tc1 85.Cd6 
Rf8 86.Ce4 Tc6+ 87.Rg5 Tc4 88.Cg3 Tc3 89.Ce4 Tc4 90.Cf6 Tc1 91.Cd7+ Rg8 
92.f6 Tf1 93.Ce5 Tg1+ 94.Rf5 Tf1+ 95.Re6 Te1 96.Rd6 Te2 97.Cc6 Tg2 98.Re6 
Te2+ 99.Rd7 Rf8 100.Rd6 Tg2 101.Ce5 Td2+ 102.Re6 Te2 103.Rf5 Tf2+ 104.Rg5 
Tg2+ 105.Rh4 Tf2 106.Cg4 Tg2 107.Ce5 Tf2 108.Rg5 Tg2+ 109.Rf4 Tf2+ 110.Cf3
Tf1 111.Re3 Rg8 112.Rf4 Rf8 113.Re4 Rg8 114.Re3 Ta1 115.Rf4 Tf1 116.Rg4 
Tf2 117.Rg3 Tf1 118.Rf4 Tf2 119.Re4 Tf1 120.Re3 Ta1 121.Rd4 Tf1 122.Re4 
Tf2 123.g7 Tg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E70p"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fd3 O-O 6.Cge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.h3 exd5 
9.exd5 Cfd7 10.f4 f5 11.O-O Ca6 12.Fe3 Cc7 13.Dd2 Te8 14.Ff2 Cf6 15.a3 a5 
16.Fh4 Fd7 17.Rh1 De7 18.Tae1 Df7 19.a4 Ca6 20.g4 Cb4 21.Fb1 fxg4 22.f5 
Fxf5 23.Fxf5 gxf5 24.Txf5 Dg6 25.Tef1 Tf8 26.Cg3 Ch5 27.Cce4 Cxg3+ 28.Cxg3
gxh3 29.b3 Tae8 30.Rh2 Txf5 31.Txf5 Te5 32.Dg5 Dxg5 33.Fxg5 Cc2 34.Fd8 Cd4
35.Tf4 Te3 36.Tg4 Rf7 37.Te4 Txb3 0-1

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D13e"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Db3 Cc6 7.Fg5 e6 8.e3 h6 
9.Fxf6 Dxf6 10.Fd3 Fd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Tac1 b5 13.Fb1 Fd7 14.Dc2 g6 15.Dd2 
Tac8 16.Tfd1 Tc7 17.De1 b4 18.Ce2 a5 19.Dd2 Tfc8 20.Ce1 a4 21.Cd3 Ca5 22.
Txc7 Txc7 23.Tc1 Cc4 24.De1 Dd8 25.g3 Fb5 26.h4 g5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rg2 Dc8
29.Cg1 f6 30.Dd1 Fe8 31.Cf3 Fh5 32.Tc2 Fg6 33.Te2 g4 34.Ch4 Fe4+ 35.Rh2 f5
36.Ce1 Cxe3 37.Txe3 Tc1 38.Dd2 Txb1 39.Txe4 dxe4 40.Dg5+ Rf7 41.d5 Txe1 
42.Dg6+ Re7 43.Dg5+ Rd7 44.dxe6+ Rc6 45.e7 e3 46.Dxf5 Dxf5 47.e8=D+ Dd7 
48.De4+ Rc7 0-1

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D43n"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Cf3 e6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Fg3 b5 9.
Fe2 Fb7 10.O-O Cbd7 11.Ce5 h5 12.Cxd7 Dxd7 13.Fe5 Th6 14.f3 De7 15.a4 a6 
16.Dc2 Td8 17.Tad1 Cd7 18.Fc7 Tc8 19.Fg3 e5 20.d5 b4 21.dxc6 Thxc6 22.Cd5 
De6 23.Dd2 h4 24.Ff2 c3 25.bxc3 bxc3 26.Dxg5 c2 27.Tc1 h3 28.g3 Dh6 29.Df5
Dd2 30.Tfe1 Fa3 31.f4 Fxc1 32.Fh5 Tg6 33.Fxg6 Fxd5 34.exd5 Dxe1+ 35.Fxe1 
Fe3+ 36.Rf1 c1=D 37.Dxf7+ Rd8 38.Re2 Fb6 39.Fd2 Dc4+ 40.Rf3 e4+ 41.Rg4 Rc7
42.a5 Fd4 43.Ff5 Tg8+ 44.Rh4 Th8+ 45.Rg5 Db5 46.Fe6 e3 47.Fe1 e2 48.g4 Tf8
49.Dh7 Fe3 50.Rh4 Fxf4 51.g5 Da4 52.Rh5 Fxh2 53.Fxh3 Fe5 54.Dd3 Th8+ 55.
Rg6 Cf8+ 56.Rf7 Rd8 0-1

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B80g"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Fe3 h5 8.Fc4 Cc6 
9.Dd2 Ca5 10.Fb3 Fe7 11.O-O-O b5 12.Rb1 Fd7 13.The1 b4 14.Cce2 g6 15.Cc1 
e5 16.Cde2 Cxb3 17.Cxb3 a5 18.Fg5 a4 19.Fxf6 Fxf6 20.Cbc1 Tb8 21.Dxd6 Tb6 
22.Dc5 Db8 23.Cd3 Tb5 24.Df2 Fe6 25.f4 O-O 26.fxe5 Fxe5 27.Cxe5 Dxe5 28.
Cd4 Tc5 29.Dg3 Dxg3 30.hxg3 Fg4 31.Td3 Te8 32.Tde3 f6 33.a3 bxa3 34.bxa3 
Fc8 35.Rc1 Fb7 36.Cf3 Tec8 37.T1e2 Tc4 38.Rb2 Tb8 39.Rc1 Tbc8 40.Rb2 Tb8 
41.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D87i"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Fc4 c5 8.Ce2 
Cc6 9.Fe3 O-O 10.O-O Ca5 11.Fd3 b6 12.Tc1 e5 13.dxc5 Fe6 14.c4 bxc5 15.
Fxc5 Te8 16.Fe3 Te7 17.Dc2 Td7 18.Tfd1 Cc6 19.a3 Da5 20.Cc3 Dxa3 21.Cd5 
Tc8 22.Ta1 Df8 23.Ta6 Cb4 24.Cxb4 Dxb4 25.Tb1 Df8 26.c5 Fh6 27.Fxh6 Dxh6 
28.c6 Tdc7 29.Tb5 Td8 30.Tb7 Txd3 31.Dxd3 Dc1+ 32.Df1 Txc6 33.Ta1 Df4 34.
De1 Tc4 35.Tb4 Tc2 36.Tbb1 Fg4 37.h3 Fe2 38.Ta3 a6 39.Te3 Fb5 40.Tc1 Ta2 
41.Tc8+ Rg7 42.Tc7 Fe8 43.Tf3 Dg5 44.Dc3 1-0

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D11s"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 a6 5.Fd3 Fg4 6.Cbd2 e6 7.O-O Cbd7 8.b3 c5 
9.cxd5 Cxd5 10.Fb2 Fe7 11.Db1 cxd4 12.Fxd4 Ff6 13.Tc1 Fh5 14.Tc4 De7 15.h3
Td8 16.Fe4 Fxd4 17.Cxd4 C7f6 18.Fxd5 Cxd5 19.Db2 O-O 20.Tac1 Fg6 21.C4f3 
f6 22.g3 e5 23.a3 De6 24.e4 Ce7 25.Tc7 Td7 26.h4 Tfd8 27.b4 h6 28.Txd7 
Txd7 29.b5 axb5 30.Dxb5 Cc6 31.Rg2 Rh7 32.Dc4 Dxc4 33.Txc4 Td3 34.a4 Ta3 
35.Cb1 Ta2 36.Cc3 Tc2 37.Tc5 Cb4 38.Ce1 Tc1 0-1

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Cxd4 O-O 7.Fg2 d5 8.cxd5 
Cxd5 9.Db3 Db6 10.Fxd5 exd5 11.Fe3 Fh3 12.Tc1 Cc6 13.Cxc6 Dxc6 14.f3 Dc4 
15.Rf2 Fe6 16.Dxc4 dxc4 17.Thd1 Fxc3 18.bxc3 b6 19.Td4 Tfd8 20.g4 Td5 21.
g5 Tad8 22.h4 Rf8 23.Tb1 Re7 24.Tb2 T8d6 25.Txd5 Txd5 26.Fd4 f6 27.e4 Ta5 
28.f4 Fd7 29.Re3 Tb5 30.Tg2 Rf7 31.h5 fxg5 32.fxg5 g6 33.Tf2+ Re8 34.hxg6 
hxg6 35.Ff6 Tb1 36.Rd4 Td1+ 37.Rxc4 Fe6+ 38.Rb5 Ta1 39.Th2 Txa2 40.Th7 
Fd7+ 41.Rc4 Td2 42.Fd4 Fe6+ 43.Rb5 Fd7+ 44.Ra6 Fc6 45.Rxa7 Fxe4 46.Rxb6 
Tb2+ 47.Rc5 Tb7 48.Th4 Tc7+ 49.Rb4 Tb7+ 50.Rc4 Ff5 51.Rc5 Tc7+ 52.Rd6 Td7+
53.Rc6 Te7 54.Ff6 Te4 55.Th8+ Rf7 56.Th7+ Rg8 57.Tg7+ Rf8 58.Rb5 Te8 59.c4
Tb8+ 60.Ra5 Ta8+ 61.Rb4 Tb8+ 62.Rc3 Tc8 63.Ta7 Fe6 64.Fe7+ Rg8 65.c5 Fd5 
66.Rd4 Fg2 67.Re5 Ta8 68.Tc7 Ta1 69.Rf6 Fe4 70.Tc8+ Rh7 71.Td8 Ta6+ 72.Rf7
Ff5 73.Td4 Fe6+ 74.Rf8 Ta8+ 75.Fd8 Fg4 76.c6 1-0

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C65j"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.d3 Fc5 5.Fxc6 dxc6 6.De2 Fg4 7.Cbd2 Cd7 8.h3
Fxf3 9.Cxf3 De7 10.c3 O-O 11.O-O Tfe8 12.Te1 Tad8 13.Fd2 Cf8 14.Tad1 Fb6 
15.Fe3 c5 16.a3 Td7 17.b4 f6 18.Dc2 Ce6 19.Db3 Df7 20.Dc4 Ted8 21.Td2 cxb4
22.axb4 h6 23.Rf1 c6 24.Ted1 Fxe3 25.fxe3 Te8 26.Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a4 Cb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Txa8 Fxa8 13.Ca3 c6 14.c4 bxc4 15.Cxc4 
Cbd7 16.Fd2 Te8 17.Dc2 Ff8 18.Fa2 Db8 19.Fc3 h6 20.Ce3 Fb7 21.b4 d5 22.Cg4
Fd6 23.Db2 Cxg4 24.hxg4 c5 25.g5 hxg5 26.Cxg5 Dd8 27.bxc5 Cxc5 28.Fd2 f6 
29.Fe3 fxg5 30.Fxc5 Fxc5 31.Dxb7 Tf8 32.Dxd5+ Dxd5 33.Fxd5+ Rh7 34.Te2 g4 
35.g3 Rh6 36.Rg2 Rg5 37.Tc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E32p"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Fg5 Fb7 8.Cf3 
d6 9.Cd2 Cbd7 10.f3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e3 Te8 13.Fe2 Tc8 14.O-O De7 15.Fb5
c6 16.Fa4 h6 17.Fxf6 Cxf6 18.Tfe1 b5 19.Fc2 c5 20.Ff5 Tc7 21.dxc5 Txc5 22.
Dd4 a6 23.a4 bxa4 24.Txa4 Tc6 25.b4 De5 26.Dxe5 Txe5 27.Fd3 Tb6 28.Rf2 Fc8
29.Tb1 Ff5 30.Fxf5 Txf5 31.Ta5 g6 32.Re2 h5 33.g3 Rg7 34.h3 Cd7 35.g4 hxg4
36.hxg4 Te5 37.Rf2 Tc6 38.Tb3 Tb6 39.f4 Tee6 40.g5 Ted6 41.e4 Tb5 42.Txb5 
axb5 43.Td3 Cb6 44.Cb1 Tc6 45.exd5 Tc4 46.Rf3 Txb4 47.Cd2 f6 48.Ce4 fxg5 
49.Cxg5 Rf6 50.Rg4 Cc4 51.Ce4+ Re7 52.d6+ Rd8 53.Rg5 Cb2 54.Te3 Td4 55.Cf6
Txd6 56.Te8+ Rc7 57.Te2 Td1 58.Txb2 Tg1+ 59.Rh6 Rc6 60.Ce4 Rd5 61.Tb4 Rc6 
62.Td4 Tg4 63.Cf2 Rc5 64.Td1 Tg2 65.Cd3+ Rc4 66.Ce5+ Rc3 67.Tc1+ Rb2 68.
Tc6 Rb3 69.Txg6 Tf2 70.Tg3+ Rc2 71.Cd3 1-0

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D39k"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.e4 Fb4 6.Fg5 c5 7.Fxc4 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Fxc3+ 9.bxc3 Da5 10.Fb5+ Fd7 11.Fxf6 gxf6 12.Db3 O-O 13.O-O Fxb5 14.Cxb5 
Cc6 15.c4 Tad8 16.Dg3+ Rh8 17.Dh4 Rg7 18.Dg3+ Rh8 19.Dh4 Rg7 20.f4 Dd2 21.
e5 fxe5 22.Dg5+ Rh8 23.Df6+ Rg8 24.Dg5+ Rh8 25.Df6+ Rg8 26.Tf3 Td3 27.Dg5+
Rh8 28.Df6+ Rg8 29.Dg5+ Rh8 30.Df6+ Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D15n"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Fg5 h6 7.Fh4 dxc4 8.e4 g5 9.
Fg3 b5 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Cxb5 axb5 12.Txa8 Fb4+ 13.Re2 Cc6 14.Ce5 Ca5 15.Tb8
Cxe4 16.f3 Cd6 17.h4 f6 18.hxg5 Cf5 19.Fe1 Fxe1 20.Dxe1 fxe5 21.Txc8 Dxc8 
22.Dxa5 O-O 23.Txh6 Dd7 24.Th3 exd4 25.Rd2 Ce3 26.Fe2 Cxg2 27.Da3 Dg7 28.
Tg3 Cf4 29.Fd1 c3+ 30.Rc1 b4 31.Da5 d3 32.Dxb4 c2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "A03"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.f4 d5 2.Cf3 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 c6 5.O-O Fg4 6.Ce5 h5 7.h3 Fe6 8.d3 Ch6 9.
De1 Cd7 10.Cf3 Db6+ 11.Rh1 d4 12.Cbd2 Cf5 13.Ce4 Fd5 14.c4 dxc3 15.bxc3 
Cc5 16.Ch4 Cxh4 17.gxh4 Cxe4 18.dxe4 Fc4 19.Fa3 Da5 20.Fb4 Dc7 21.Fc5 b6 
22.Fe3 c5 23.a4 O-O 24.Tg1 e6 25.Ff3 Fh6 26.Df2 Rh7 27.f5 exf5 28.Fxh6 
Rxh6 29.exf5 Df4 30.Taf1 Tae8 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Dg2 Dd6 33.Fxh5 Txf1 34.Txf1
Te5 35.Dg3 Fd5+ 36.Rg1 Fe4 37.Tf7 Dd1+ 38.Rf2 Tf5+ 39.Txf5 Fxf5 40.Dg5+ 
Rh7 41.De7+ Rh6 42.Fg4 Dd2 43.De5 Dd8 44.Df4+ Rh7 45.Fxf5 gxf5 46.Dxf5+ 
Rh6 47.Dg5+ Dxg5 48.hxg5+ Rxg5 49.Rf3 Rf5 50.h4 c4 51.Re3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A35l"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.c4 c5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.Fg2 g6 7.d3 Fg7 8.Fd2 
O-O 9.Dc1 b6 10.h4 h5 11.Fh6 Fb7 12.Fxg7 Rxg7 13.O-O Tc8 14.Cg5 e6 15.Te1 
Te8 16.Cge4 Cf6 17.Cg5 De7 18.b3 Cd4 19.Fxb7 Dxb7 20.Db2 e5 21.Tac1 Ted8 
22.a3 Cd5 23.e3 Cc6 24.Cce4 De7 25.Cf3 Cf6 26.Ted1 Cxe4 27.dxe4 De6 28.b4 
Txd1+ 29.Txd1 Dg4 30.Rg2 Dxe4 31.bxc5 bxc5 32.Db7 Tb8 33.Dc7 g5 34.hxg5 h4
35.Th1 Th8 36.Th3 hxg3 37.g6 Txh3 38.Dxf7+ Rh6 39.Dh7# 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D45e"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.b3 c5 7.Fb2 cxd4 8.Cxd4 Cc6 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Fe2 Fd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Tc1 Te8 13.Cxc6 bxc6 14.Ff3 Ff5 15.
Ce2 Tc8 16.Cd4 Fd7 17.Dd3 c5 18.Dxa6 Fe5 19.Dd3 Db6 20.Tcd1 Db8 21.Cf5 
Fxb2 22.Fxd5 Cxd5 23.Dxd5 Fe6 24.Df3 Fe5 25.h3 c4 26.Cd4 Fxd4 27.Txd4 cxb3
28.axb3 Dxb3 29.Tfd1 h6 30.Df4 Tc4 31.Dd6 Txd4 32.Txd4 Tc8 33.Tb4 Tc1+ 34.
Rh2 Dc2 35.Df4 Tf1 36.Db8+ Rh7 37.Tb2 Dc1 38.De5 Th1+ 39.Rg3 Dg1 40.De4+ 
g6 41.Rf3 Th2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90m"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.Dd2 
Cbd7 9.O-O-O b5 10.f4 Tc8 11.Rb1 Dc7 12.h3 h5 13.Fd3 h4 14.Cd5 Fxd5 15.
exd5 e4 16.The1 Fe7 17.Fe2 Cb6 18.Fg4 Cc4 19.Df2 Cxg4 20.hxg4 h3 21.Fd4 h2
22.c3 Db7 23.De2 Rf8 24.g5 a5 25.Dxe4 a4 26.Cc1 Fxg5 27.g3 Ff6 28.Fxf6 
gxf6 29.Cd3 Dd7 30.Dg2 Dh3 31.Dxh3 Txh3 32.Th1 Te8 33.Cf2 Txg3 34.Txh2 Te2
35.Cg4 Txh2 36.Cxh2 Tg2 37.Cf3 Txb2+ 38.Ra1 a3 39.Cd4 Ce3 40.Tb1 Tf2 41.
Txb5 Txf4 42.Tb1 Tf2 43.Tc1 f5 44.Cb5 Cc4 45.Cd4 f4 46.Cf5 Ce3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B90n"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.Fe3 h5 
9.Dd2 Cbd7 10.a4 Tc8 11.a5 Txc3 12.Dxc3 d5 13.O-O-O Fe7 14.exd5 Cxd5 15.
Txd5 Fxd5 16.Fc4 Fxc4 17.Dxc4 Fg5 18.f4 exf4 19.Fxf4 O-O 20.Td1 Dc8 21.Dd4
Cc5 22.Cxc5 Fxf4+ 23.Rb1 Fxh2 24.Dd5 Dg4 25.Th1 Fc7 26.Dxh5 Dxh5 27.Txh5 
Fxa5 28.Cxa6 Fd8 29.Cc5 b6 30.Cd7 Te8 31.Te5 Txe5 32.Cxe5 f5 33.c3 Fc7 34.
Cf3 Rf7 35.Rc2 Rf6 36.Rd3 g5 37.b4 g4 38.Cd4 Fd6 39.Cb5 Fe7 40.Cd4 Ff8 41.
Cc6 Re6 42.Cd4+ Re5 43.Cc6+ Rf4 44.Cd4 Fd6 45.Ce2+ Re5 46.Cd4 f4 47.Cc6+ 
Rd5 48.Cd4 Ff8 49.c4+ Re5 50.Cc6+ Rd6 51.Cd4 Re5 52.Cc6+ Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C67e"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 a6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.De2 Ff5 8.Td1
De7 9.dxe5 Td8 10.Td4 Fg6 11.c3 Txd4 12.cxd4 Db4 13.De3 Fe7 14.b3 Da5 15.
Cfd2 Dd5 16.Fa3 Fg5 17.De1 Dxd4 18.Cxe4 Dxa1 19.e6 fxe6 20.Cec3 Fxb1 21.h4
Ff6 22.Cxb1 Rf7 23.g3 Td8 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E16g"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.g3 b6 3.d4 Fb7 4.c4 e6 5.Fg2 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 a5 7.O-O O-O 8.Cc3 Te8
9.Tc1 d6 10.Fg5 Fxc3 11.Txc3 Cbd7 12.Te1 h6 13.Fc1 c5 14.b3 Dc7 15.Fb2 a4 
16.bxa4 Ta6 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 Tea8 19.Ch4 Txa4 20.a3 b5 21.Cf5 b4 22.axb4
Txb4 23.Tb3 Db6 24.Txb4 Dxb4 25.Db1 Tb8 26.Fa1 Fa8 27.Dc1 c4 28.Fc3 Db3 
29.Da1 Rh7 30.Cd4 Db6 31.Cc6 Te8 32.Tb1 Dc7 33.Da6 Ce5 34.Cxe5 dxe5 35.e4 
Tb8 36.Txb8 Dxb8 37.Dxc4 Db1+ 38.Df1 Dc2 39.De1 Cd7 40.h4 Fb7 41.Dd2 Db1+ 
42.Rh2 Fa6 43.Db2 Dxb2 44.Fxb2 f6 45.Fa3 g5 46.Fh3 Fb5 47.h5 Rg7 48.f3 Cb6
49.Rg1 Fe8 50.Fg4 Fd7 51.Fxd7 Cxd7 52.Rf2 Rf7 53.Re2 Re8 54.Rd3 Rd8 55.Rc4
Re8 56.Rb5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E94k"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Te1 c6 
9.Ff1 exd4 10.Cxd4 Cg4 11.h3 Db6 12.hxg4 Dxd4 13.g5 Dxd1 14.Txd1 Cc5 15.f3
Fe5 16.Fe3 a5 17.Td2 a4 18.Tc1 a3 19.b4 Ca4 20.Cd1 Fe6 21.Fd4 Ff4 22.Fe3 
Fe5 23.Fd4 Tfd8 24.Rf2 c5 25.Fxe5 dxe5 26.Txd8+ Txd8 27.Re1 cxb4 28.Tb1 
Cc3 29.Cxc3 bxc3 30.Td1 Td4 31.Fe2 Rf8 32.Tc1 Td2 33.Txc3 Txa2 34.Tb3 
Txe2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E48"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Fd3 c5 6.Ce2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 
Cxd5 9.O-O Cc6 10.Dc2 h6 11.Td1 Fd6 12.Fe4 Cce7 13.Db3 Cf6 14.Ff3 a6 15.
Ff4 Fxf4 16.Cxf4 Dd6 17.Ch5 Cxh5 18.Fxh5 Fd7 19.Dxb7 Tab8 20.Da7 Txb2 21.
Ce4 Cc8 22.Cxd6 Cxa7 23.Tdc1 Fc6 24.Cc4 Tbb8 25.Ce5 Fe8 26.a4 Cc8 27.Fe2 
a5 28.Tc5 Cb6 29.Tb1 Fxa4 30.Txa5 Cc4 31.Txb8 Cxa5 32.Tb4 Fc2 33.Ff3 Tc8 
34.h4 f6 35.Cd7 Cc6 36.Tc4 Ce7 37.Txc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C88h"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 Te8 10.a4 h6 11.c3 Fc5 12.Cbd2 Fb6 13.Fa2 Tf8 14.Cf1 d6 15.Cg3 Ce7 
16.Ch4 Rh7 17.Df3 bxa4 18.Fb1 Fc6 19.Fc2 a5 20.Td1 De8 21.Chf5 Cfg8 22.d4 
Cxf5 23.Dxf5+ g6 24.Dg4 Fd7 25.Df3 Fc6 26.h4 f5 27.h5 fxe4 28.Dg4 d5 29.
Fe3 g5 30.c4 exd4 31.Txd4 Cf6 32.De2 Fxd4 33.Fxd4 Tb8 34.Te1 Tb4 35.Fxf6 
Txf6 36.cxd5 Fxd5 37.Fxe4+ Fxe4 38.Cxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROM"]
[Date "2006.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "C67s"]
[EventDate "2006.04.06"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Ce7 10.Ce4 h6 11.Cd4 b6 12.Td1 Re8 13.Ff4 Cg6 14.Fg3 Fb7 
15.f4 a6 16.f5 c5 17.fxg6 cxd4 18.Txd4 fxg6 19.e6 Td8 20.Tad1 Txd4 21.Txd4
Fxe4 22.Txe4 Fc5+ 23.Rf1 Tf8+ 24.Re1 Fd6 25.Fxd6 cxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROM"]
[Date "2006.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D37h"]
[EventDate "2006.04.06"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 c5 6.dxc5 Ca6 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.Cxd5
exd5 9.e4 O-O 10.exd5 Fxc5 11.Fe2 Fb4+ 12.Rf1 Fd6 13.Fg5 Da5 14.a3 Cc7 15.
Fc4 b5 16.b4 Db6 17.Fb3 a5 18.Fe3 Db7 19.Fc5 Fxc5 20.bxc5 a4 21.Fa2 b4 22.
axb4 Dxb4 23.Dd4 Ca6 24.c6 Dxd4 25.Cxd4 Cb4 26.Re2 Cxa2 27.Txa2 Fa6+ 28.
Rd2 Fc4 29.Ta3 Fxd5 30.c7 Fe6 31.Cb5 Fd7 32.Cd6 g6 33.Tc1 Rg7 34.Tc4 Ta6 
35.Td4 Ta7 36.Ce8+ Txe8 37.Txd7 Taa8 38.Rc3 Rf6 39.Rb4 Re6 40.Td4 Re5 41.
Tc4 Tec8 42.Rb5 Rd5 43.Tc2 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROM"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "B90k"]
[EventDate "2006.04.06"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cde2 Cbd7 8.Cg3 
g6 9.a4 Dc7 10.Dd3 Cc5 11.Dc4 Fe6 12.Cd5 Fxd5 13.exd5 Tc8 14.b4 Ccd7 15.
Dxc7 Txc7 16.c4 h5 17.f3 a5 18.bxa5 Fh6 19.Fb6 Cxb6 20.axb6 Tc5 21.Fd3 Fe3
22.a5 Fd4 23.Ta3 Txa5 24.Txa5 Fc3+ 25.Re2 Fxa5 26.Tb1 Cd7 27.Ce4 Re7 28.c5
Cxc5 29.Cxc5 dxc5 30.Ta1 Fxb6 31.Tb1 Fc7 32.Txb7 Rd6 33.Ta7 Tb8 34.Fc4 f5 
35.Rd3 Tb4 36.Ta6+ Fb6 37.Rc3 e4 38.fxe4 fxe4 39.Ta8 Rd7 40.Tg8 Fa5 41.
Tg7+ Rc8 42.Tg8+ Rc7 43.Ta8 Ta4+ 44.Rb3 Tb4+ 45.Rc3 Ta4+ 46.Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Bucharest ROM"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B65c"]
[EventDate "2006.04.06"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Fg5 e6 7.Dd2 Fe7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 Cxd4 10.Dxd4 Da5 11.h4 e5 12.De3 exf4 13.Fxf4 Fe6 14.Fxd6 Fxd6 
15.Txd6 Tac8 16.a3 Tc6 17.Txc6 bxc6 18.Fe2 Cd7 19.Td1 Dc7 20.g3 Tb8 21.Dd4
Dxg3 22.Dxa7 Cf6 23.Rb1 h5 24.a4 Fg4 25.Fxg4 hxg4 26.Dd4 Dxh4 27.e5 Cd5 
28.Cxd5 cxd5 29.Tg1 Dh2 30.Txg4 Tc8 31.Txg7+ Rh8 32.Tg4 Tc4 33.Dd1 Txg4 
34.Dxg4 Dxe5 35.c3 Rh7 36.Dd4 De6 37.a5 f5 38.b4 De2 39.Dxd5 Rg6 40.Dd6+ 
Rg5 41.a6 f4 42.Dc5+ Rg4 43.a7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C43t"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.d4 Cxe4 4.Fd3 d5 5.Cxe5 Cd7 6.Cxd7 Fxd7 7.O-O Fd6 8.
Cc3 Cxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Dh5 f5 11.Te1 c6 12.Fg5 Dc7 13.c4 Fe8 14.Dh3 h6 15.
Fd2 Df7 16.c5 Fc7 17.Tab1 Dd7 18.Df3 Fg6 19.h4 Df7 20.Ff4 Fa5 21.Tec1 Fh5 
22.Dg3 b5 23.cxb6 Fxb6 24.c3 Rh7 25.Fe5 Dg6 26.Df4 Tae8 27.Te1 Rg8 28.f3 
Df7 29.Fd6 Txe1+ 30.Txe1 Te8 31.Txe8+ Dxe8 32.Fe5 Fg6 33.Fxf5 Df7 34.Fc8 
Dxf4 35.Fxf4 Fa5 36.Fb8 a6 37.Fxa6 Fb1 38.a3 Fxc3 39.Fa7 Fc2 40.h5 Rf7 41.
Rf2 Fb2 42.Fc5 Fc1 43.Re1 Ff4 44.Fe2 Fb3 45.g4 Fa4 46.Fd1 Fg3+ 47.Re2 Fb5+
48.Re3 Fc7 49.a4 Fc4 50.Fb4 Fh2 51.Rf2 g6 52.hxg6+ Rxg6 53.Fe2 Fg1+ 54.
Rxg1 Fxe2 55.Rf2 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D39f"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e4 Fb4 6.Fg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Fxc3+ 9.bxc3 Da5 10.exf6 Dxg5 11.fxg7 Dxg7 12.Dd2 O-O 13.Fxc4 a6 14.O-O 
Td8 15.Df4 b5 16.Dc7 Df8 17.Fd3 Td7 18.Df4 Fb7 19.Tae1 Dg7 20.Fe4 Rh8 21.
Te3 Fxe4 22.Dxe4 Td5 23.Cxe6 fxe6 24.Dxe6 Td7 25.Tg3 Df8 26.Te1 Taa7 27.
Df6+ 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E11h"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fe7 6.Fg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Ff4 b6 
9.Cc3 Fa6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Tc1 Cc6 12.Cxd5 Dxd5 13.Ce5 Cxd4 14.Fxd5 Cxe2+ 
15.Dxe2 Fxe2 16.Fxa8 Txa8 17.Tfe1 Fb5 18.Tc2 Cd5 19.Tec1 Fa6 20.Fd2 f6 21.
Cc4 Td8 22.a3 Rf7 23.Ce3 h5 24.Cxd5 Txd5 25.Fb4 Fd8 26.Tc6 Fe2 27.Td6 Txd6
28.Fxd6 Re8 29.Fb8 a5 30.Fc7 Ff3 31.Tc3 Fd5 32.f4 Rd7 33.Fxd8 Rxd8 34.Rf2 
Rd7 35.Re3 e5 36.fxe5 fxe5 37.Tc1 a4 38.Tf1 Re6 39.Tf8 b5 40.Tg8 Rf6 41.
Tb8 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D63"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 Cbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Tc1 a6 8.c5 c6 
9.Fd3 e5 10.dxe5 Ce8 11.Fxe7 Dxe7 12.Dc2 h6 13.e4 Cxe5 14.Cxe5 Dxe5 15.O-O
dxe4 16.Cxe4 Cf6 17.Tfe1 Cxe4 18.Txe4 Dc7 19.Tce1 Fe6 20.Dc3 Tad8 21.T1e3 
Ff5 22.Te7 Td7 23.Tg3 g6 24.Txd7 Dxd7 25.Te3 Fxd3 26.Txd3 De6 27.a3 Te8 
28.g3 h5 29.Dd4 Dh3 30.Td1 Df5 31.h4 Df3 32.Tf1 Te2 33.Db4 Te7 34.Te1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E90w"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Cc3 d6 5.e4 Fg7 6.Cf3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Fd3 Ca6 9.
O-O Cc7 10.dxe6 Cxe6 11.Fe3 Cd7 12.Fe2 Ce5 13.Cxe5 dxe5 14.Dxd8 Txd8 15.
Fg4 h5 16.Fxe6 Fxe6 17.Cd5 b6 18.a4 f5 19.f3 Fxd5 20.cxd5 Ff8 21.Tfc1 Rf7 
22.Tc3 Tdc8 23.Tac1 Tc7 24.b4 Tac8 25.Tc4 Fd6 26.bxc5 Fxc5 27.Rf1 Fd6 28.
Txc7+ Txc7 29.Txc7+ Fxc7 30.a5 bxa5 31.Fxa7 Rf6 32.Re2 Fd6 33.Fe3 a4 34.
Rd3 Re7 35.Rc4 Rf6 36.Fd2 fxe4 37.fxe4 Ff8 38.Fa5 Rg5 39.g3 Rf6 40.Fc7 a3 
41.Rb3 Fc5 42.Fd8+ Rf7 43.Fg5 Ff2 44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Re8 46.Ff6 Fd4 47.
Rxa3 Rd7 48.Rb4 Rd6 49.Fg7 Fe3 50.Rc4 Fc1 51.Ff8+ Rd7 52.Fc5 Rc7 53.Rd3 
Rd7 54.Fe3 Fa3 55.Fd2 Fc5 56.Rc4 Ff2 57.Fb4 Fe3 58.Fc3 Rd6 59.Rb5 Ff2 60.
Ra6 Fd4 61.Fa5 Rd7 62.Fb6 Fb2 63.Rb7 Fc3 64.Fc7 Fb2 65.Fb8 Fd4 66.Ra6 Rc8 
67.Fd6 Rd7 68.Ff8 Fc3 69.Rb5 Fb2 70.Fc5 Fc1 71.Rc4 Fd2 72.Fa3 Fe3 73.Fb4 
Fc1 74.d6 Rc6 75.d7 Rxd7 76.Rd5 Fg5 77.Rxe5 Fh4 78.Rd5 Fg5 79.e5 Fh4 80.
Fc5 Fg5 81.Ff2 Re7 82.e6 Re8 83.Re5 Re7 84.Fc5+ Re8 85.Re4 Rd8 86.Fd6 Re8 
87.Ff4 Ff6 88.Fe3 Re7 89.Rd5 Re8 90.Rd6 Rd8 91.Fd2 Re8 92.Ff4 Rd8 93.Fe5 
Fg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B46e"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Cxc6 bxc6 7.Fd3 d5 8.O-O 
Dc7 9.Te1 Fb7 10.Df3 Fd6 11.e5 Ff8 12.Ce2 Ce7 13.Cf4 g6 14.c4 Fg7 15.De2 
O-O 16.Fd2 dxc4 17.Fxc4 c5 18.Tac1 Tfd8 19.Cd3 Cf5 20.f3 Td4 21.Fg5 a5 22.
Df2 h5 23.b3 Db6 24.a4 Tc8 25.Tc3 Fd5 26.Fb5 Db8 27.Db2 c4 28.bxc4 Txd3 
29.Txd3 Txc4 30.Dd2 Tb4 31.f4 Ff8 32.Rh1 Db6 33.Tc1 Cd4 34.Df2 Da7 35.Fe8 
Fc5 36.Tdc3 Cb3 37.Txc5 Cxc1 38.Fxf7+ Rxf7 39.Txd5 Dxf2 40.Td7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B82"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 d6 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.f4 e5 8.Cf3 Cg4
9.Dd2 Cxe3 10.Dxe3 exf4 11.Dxf4 Fe7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Cd5 Fe6 14.Rb1 Tc8 15.
g4 Fxd5 16.exd5 Ce5 17.Cxe5 dxe5 18.De4 Dd6 19.h4 g6 20.h5 Fg5 21.Dg2 Tc5 
22.Fd3 b5 23.Tdf1 Dxd5 24.Fe4 Dd6 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Td1 De7 27.Dh3 Tf6 28.
Dxh7+ Dxh7 29.Td8+ Tf8 30.Txf8+ Rxf8 31.Txh7 Tc4 32.Fxg6 Txg4 33.a3 Fe3 
34.Fd3 b4 35.axb4 Txb4 36.c3 Tf4 37.Fc2 e4 38.Th8+ Re7 39.Th7+ Rf6 40.Th6+
Rf5 41.Th5+ Rg4 42.Te5 Rf3 43.Fd1+ Rf2 44.Fc2 Rf3 45.Fd1+ Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C02o"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Cc6 5.Cf3 Fd7 6.a3 f6 7.Fd3 Dc7 8.Ff4 O-O-O 
9.O-O c4 10.Fc2 Db6 11.b3 cxb3 12.Fxb3 g5 13.Fe3 g4 14.Ce1 Ca5 15.Fc2 f5 
16.Cd3 Rb8 17.a4 Tc8 18.De2 Da6 19.De1 b6 20.Ca3 Fxa3 21.Txa3 Ce7 22.Cb4 
Db7 23.Fd3 Cc4 24.Fxc4 dxc4 25.a5 b5 26.a6 Da8 27.De2 Cd5 28.Cxd5 Dxd5 29.
f4 h5 30.Tb1 h4 31.Rf1 Fc6 32.Fg1 Ra8 33.Tb4 Tb8 34.Ta2 Tb6 35.Re1 h3 36.
g3 Tc8 37.Fe3 Fd7 38.Ta5 Dh1+ 39.Rd2 Fc6 40.Df2 Fd5 41.Dg1 De4 42.Rc1 Tcc6
43.Df2 Txa6 44.Taxb5 Ta1+ 45.Tb1 Txb1+ 46.Txb1 Ta6 47.Dd2 Dh1+ 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B33o"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Fe7 10.Fxf6 Fxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Cc2 Tb8 13.h4 Fe7 14.a3 Fe6 15.Ccb4
Cxb4 16.axb4 Ta8 17.g3 Dd7 18.Fg2 Fd8 19.O-O Dc6 20.Ce3 a5 21.bxa5 Fxa5 
22.Cf5 Dd7 23.Dd2 Fc7 24.Ce3 Dc6 25.Cf5 Dd7 26.Dg5 f6 27.Dd2 d5 28.Ce3 d4 
29.cxd4 Dxd4 30.Dc2 Txa1 31.Txa1 Fb6 32.Td1 Dc5 33.De2 Fb3 34.Td3 Fc4 35.
Cxc4 Dxc4 36.b3 Db4 37.Fh3 Fd4 38.Rg2 g6 39.Fe6+ Rh8 40.h5 De7 41.Dg4 Te8 
42.Fd5 f5 43.Dh3 fxe4 44.Fxe4 gxh5 45.Dxh5 Tf8 46.Td2 Df7 47.Dh6 Dg7 48.
Dc6 b4 49.Dd6 Fc3 50.Ta2 Df6 51.Dc5 Rg7 52.Ta7+ Tf7 53.Fd5 Txa7 54.Dxa7+ 
Rf8 55.Dxh7 Fd4 56.Dc2 Fc3 57.Da2 Dd8 58.Fc4 Re7 59.Da7+ Dd7 60.Da8 Rd6 
61.Fd5 Rc5 62.Ff3 Rd6 63.Db8+ Re7 64.Da8 Dd8 65.De4 Dd7 66.Dh4+ Rd6 67.
Df6+ De6 68.Dd8+ Rc5 69.Da5+ Rd4 70.Da7+ Rd3 71.Da2 Rd4 72.Rf1 e4 73.Da7+ 
Re5 74.Dc7+ Rd4 75.Da7+ Re5 76.De3 Dxb3 77.Dxe4+ Rf6 78.Rg2 De6 79.Dd3 De5
80.Fd5 Df5 81.Fe4 Dc5 82.Fd5 Re5 83.De4+ Rd6 84.De6+ Rc7 85.f4 Dd6 86.De4 
Dd7 87.Rf3 Rd6 88.g4 Db5 89.De6+ Rc5 90.Re4 De2+ 91.Rf5 Dd3+ 92.Fe4 Dd8 
93.g5 Df8+ 94.Rg4 Dd6 95.Dxd6+ Rxd6 96.Fc2 Re7 97.Rh5 Rf7 98.Rh6 Rg8 99.f5
Rh8 100.Rg6 Fd4 101.f6 Fe3 102.Rf5 Rg8 103.Fb3+ Rh8 104.g6 Fh6 105.Re6 Fg7
106.fxg7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A45o"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Fg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Fxf6 Dxf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Dd2 g5 7.O-O-O Fg7 8.g3 
Cc6 9.Cb5 Dd8 10.Ce2 a6 11.Cbc3 b5 12.Fg2 Fb7 13.f4 Ce7 14.h4 g4 15.h5 b4 
16.Cb1 a5 17.De3 O-O 18.Cd2 f5 19.Thg1 fxe4 20.Fxe4 Cf5 21.Db3 d5 22.Fxf5 
exf5 23.Tge1 Te8 24.Cf1 Fa6 25.Cg1 Fc4 26.Da4 Fxf1 27.Txf1 Te6 28.Db3 c6 
29.Tfe1 Txe1 30.Txe1 Fxd4 31.Ce2 De7 32.Rd1 Ff2 33.Tf1 Fc5 34.Dd3 Te8 35.
Te1 De6 36.c3 bxc3 37.bxc3 d4 38.cxd4 Fb4 39.d5 Dxd5 40.Dxd5+ cxd5 41.Tg1 
Te3 42.Cc1 d4 43.Cb3 a4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B76p"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 Cc6 8.Dd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.De1 e6 11.h4 Dc7 12.h5 Cxh5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Cdb5 Dg3 15.
Ff2 Df4+ 16.Fe3 Df6 17.Txd5 Cf4 18.Td6 Fe6 19.Dd2 Ch5 20.Fg5 De5 21.g4 Cg3
22.Ff4 Cxf1 23.Txf1 Dc5 24.Fe3 Dc4 25.Th1 Cb4 26.Fd4 Cxa2+ 27.Cxa2 Dxa2 
28.Dh2 h5 29.Fxg7 Rxg7 30.De5+ Rg8 31.Cc3 Da1+ 32.Cb1 Fa2 33.Rd2 Tfe8 34.
Df6 Fxb1 35.Txh5 gxh5 36.Dg5+ Rf8 37.Dh6+ Re7 38.Df6+ Rf8 39.Dh8+ Re7 40.
Df6+ Rf8 41.Dh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D41b"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Dxd4 Cxd5 7.e4 Cxc3 8.
Dxc3 Cc6 9.a3 Fd7 10.Fe2 Tc8 11.O-O Ca5 12.De3 Fc5 13.Df4 Cb3 14.Dg3 Cxc1 
15.Taxc1 O-O 16.Ce5 f6 17.Cxd7 Dxd7 18.Db3 Rh8 19.Fc4 e5 20.Tfd1 De7 21.
Fe6 Tcd8 22.Fd5 b6 23.Dh3 Fd4 24.Td2 f5 25.Tdc2 Dg5 26.Dg3 Dh6 27.Tf1 g6 
28.Rh1 Tc8 29.Dd3 Tcd8 30.b4 Dh4 31.f3 fxe4 32.Fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B26c"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 d6 3.g3 Cc6 4.Fg2 g6 5.d3 Fg7 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.h3 e5 8.Cge2 O-O 
9.O-O b5 10.Cxb5 Tb8 11.Cec3 a6 12.Ca3 Txb2 13.Cc4 Tb8 14.Fg5 h6 15.Fxf6 
Fxf6 16.Cd5 Fg7 17.Tb1 Txb1 18.Dxb1 Ca5 19.Db6 Cxc4 20.Dxd8 Txd8 21.dxc4 
Td7 22.Cb6 Tc7 23.Cxc8 Txc8 24.Tb1 Tc7 25.h4 Ta7 26.Fh3 Rf8 27.a4 a5 28.
Fc8 Ff6 29.Tb8 Rg7 30.Fb7 Fe7 31.Rg2 Ff6 32.Rh3 Fe7 33.Fd5 Ff6 34.Rg4 Fe7 
35.h5 g5 36.Rf5 Ff6 37.Tb5 Fd8 38.Fb7 Fe7 39.Tb2 Fd8 40.Tb1 Ff6 41.Fd5 Fd8
42.Tb3 Te7 43.Tb1 Fc7 44.Tb7 Fd8 45.Tb8 Fc7 46.Ta8 Fb6 47.f3 Fc7 48.Ta6 
Te8 49.Tc6 Te7 50.f4 gxf4 51.gxf4 exf4 52.Rxf4 Fd8 53.Tc8 Fc7 54.Ta8 Fb6 
55.Ta6 Fc7 56.Tc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3 6.Dxc3 b6 7.g3 Fb7 8.b4 d5
9.Fb2 dxc4 10.Dxc4 Fxf3 11.exf3 Dd5 12.Dxd5 Cxd5 13.Tc1 c6 14.Fc4 Td8 15.
h4 Ce7 16.h5 Cf5 17.Re2 a5 18.b5 c5 19.f4 Cd4+ 20.Rf1 Td6 21.Rg2 Cd7 22.a4
Td8 23.Tce1 Rf8 24.Fc3 Cf6 25.d3 h6 26.Td1 Cc2 27.Rf3 T6d7 28.Fb2 Cd5 29.
Td2 Cdb4 30.g4 Te8 31.Rg3 f6 32.Te2 Cd4 33.Te3 e5 34.fxe5 Txe5 35.Txe5 
fxe5 36.Te1 Te7 37.Fxd4 exd4 38.Txe7 Rxe7 39.Rf4 Cc2 40.Re5 Ca3 41.Fb3 Cb1
42.f4 Cd2 43.Fd5 Cf1 44.g5 Cg3 45.Ff3 Cf1 46.gxh6 gxh6 47.f5 Ce3 48.f6+ 
Rf7 49.Fe2 Cg2 50.Fg4 Ce3 51.Fe6+ Rf8 52.Fb3 Cg4+ 53.Rf5 Cf2 54.Fc4 Cd1 
55.Fb3 Cf2 56.Fc2 Rf7 57.Fb1 Rf8 58.Rg6 Cg4 59.Fa2 Ce5+ 60.Rxh6 Cxd3 61.
Rg5 1-0

[Event "Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E15g"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.Cbd2 Fb4 6.Dc2 Fb7 7.Fg2 Fe4 8.Dd1 
Fxd2+ 9.Dxd2 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.b3 a4 12.Fa3 d6 13.Tfd1 Cbd7 14.Ff1 Te8 15.
Ch4 Fb7 16.f3 d5 17.Dc2 c5 18.Fb2 cxd4 19.Fxd4 Dc7 20.Tac1 e5 21.Ff2 axb3 
22.axb3 d4 23.Db2 Cc5 24.e3 dxe3 25.Fxe3 e4 26.Ff4 Dc8 27.fxe4 Cfxe4 28.
Fe5 f6 29.Fd4 Cg5 30.b4 Cce4 31.Fg2 Dg4 32.Db3 Rh8 33.Fxb6 Ch3+ 34.Fxh3 
Dxh3 35.c5 g5 36.c6 Fxc6 37.Txc6 gxh4 38.Fd4 hxg3 39.hxg3 Tg8 40.Td3 Tg6 
41.Txf6 Cxf6 42.Tf3 Tf8 43.b5 Th6 44.Dc3 Rg7 45.Fe5 Dh2+ 46.Rf1 Dh1+ 47.
Rf2 Th2+ 48.Re3 Dg1+ 49.Rf4 Db1 0-1

[Event "6. Magistral"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42r"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Fd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Cc3 Cxc3 11.bxc3 Fg4 12.Tb1 Cd7 13.h3 Fh5 14.Tb5 Cb6 15.c4 
Fxf3 16.Dxf3 dxc4 17.Fc2 Dd7 18.a4 g6 19.Fd2 c3 20.Fxc3 Tac8 21.Fe4 Tc4 
22.Tfb1 Tfc8 23.T5b3 Cxa4 24.Fd2 Txd4 25.Fe3 Txe4 26.Dxe4 Cc3 27.Txc3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90j"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Fe2 h5 11.Fxg4 Fxg4 12.f3 Fd7 13.Ff2 Cc6 14.Dd2 Da5 15.Td1 
Tc8 16.O-O Cxd4 17.Fxd4 Fxd4+ 18.Dxd4 Dc5 19.Tf2 Dxd4 20.Txd4 Fe6 21.Cd5 
f6 22.Tfd2 b5 23.a4 h4 24.c3 Rf7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Tb4 Tc5 27.Ce3 Ta8 28.Rf2
Ta1 29.Td1 Ta2 30.Re1 Re8 31.g3 hxg3 32.hxg3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fc4 e6 7.Fb3 Cbd7 8.f4 
Cc5 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Cfd7 11.Ff4 b5 12.De2 Fb7 13.O-O-O Db6 14.Rb1 Fe7 
15.h4 O-O-O 16.a3 Cb8 17.Fe3 Cc6 18.Fa2 Cxd4 19.Fxd4 Dc6 20.Thf1 Thf8 21.
g3 Rb8 22.Tf4 f5 23.exf6 gxf6 24.b4 e5 25.bxc5 Txd4 26.Tfxd4 exd4 27.Dxe7 
Te8 28.Df7 1-0

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C78i"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fc5 6.Cxe5 Cxe5 7.d4 b5 8.Fb3 
Fxd4 9.Dxd4 d6 10.f4 Cc6 11.Dc3 Fb7 12.e5 Ce4 13.De3 Ca5 14.Cd2 Cxb3 15.
cxb3 Cxd2 16.Fxd2 O-O 17.Fc3 Dh4 18.Tae1 Tfe8 19.Df2 Dxf2+ 20.Txf2 dxe5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B90j"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fc1 Cf6 8.Fe3 
Cg4 9.Fg5 h6 10.Fh4 g5 11.Fg3 Fg7 12.Fe2 h5 13.Fxg4 Fxg4 14.f3 Fd7 15.Ff2 
Cc6 16.O-O e6 17.Cde2 Dc7 18.Dd2 g4 19.f4 h4 20.Fe3 b5 21.Tad1 Ff8 22.e5 
dxe5 23.Ce4 O-O-O 24.De1 f5 25.Cg5 h3 26.g3 Te8 27.Df2 Rb8 28.fxe5 Fc8 29.
Cf4 Tg8 30.Ch5 Txg5 31.Fxg5 Cxe5 32.Ff4 Fc5 33.Tfe1 Fxf2+ 34.Rxf2 Dxc2+ 
0-1

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B50h"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fc4 Cf6 4.d3 e6 5.Fb3 Fe7 6.O-O O-O 7.Te1 Cc6 8.c3 d5 
9.e5 Cd7 10.d4 b6 11.a3 Fa6 12.Cbd2 Fd3 13.Cf1 Fg6 14.Cg3 Tc8 15.Fe3 b5 
16.Ce2 cxd4 17.cxd4 Cb6 18.Cf4 Ff5 19.De2 Cc4 20.Tac1 Db6 21.Fc2 Fe4 22.
Fd3 g6 23.Fxc4 Fxf3 24.Dxf3 bxc4 25.Dg4 Dxb2 26.h4 Fxa3 27.h5 Ce7 28.Ta1 
Tc7 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Teb1 Dc2 31.De2 Dc3 32.Da2 Fc5 33.dxc5 Cf5 34.Ce2 Dd3 
35.Fg5 c3 36.Td1 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D20y"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Cf3 exd4 5.Fxc4 Cc6 6.O-O Fe6 7.Fxe6 fxe6 8.
Db3 Dd7 9.Dxb7 Tb8 10.Da6 Cf6 11.Dd3 Fd6 12.Cbd2 O-O 13.Cc4 Cg4 14.h3 Txf3
15.Dxf3 Ch2 16.Dd3 Cxf1 17.Rxf1 Cb4 18.Db3 Cc6 19.Da4 Tb4 20.Dc2 Ce5 21.
Cxe5 Fxe5 22.Dd3 c5 23.b3 c4 24.bxc4 Dc6 25.Fd2 Txc4 26.Tb1 Fc7 27.Tb2 Fb6
28.Re2 h6 29.g3 Tc5 30.h4 Dd7 31.Rf3 Tc8 32.Rg2 Da4 33.Fb4 Tc1 34.h5 De8 
35.Df3 Db5 36.De2 d3 37.Dg4 Dc6 38.Fd2 Tc4 39.Fxh6 Dxe4+ 40.Dxe4 Txe4 41.
Rf3 Te5 42.Fe3 Fxe3 43.fxe3 Txh5 44.Td2 Ta5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C10l"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cf3 Cgf6 6.Cxf6+ Cxf6 7.g3 b6 8.
Fg2 Fb7 9.O-O Fe7 10.De2 O-O 11.Td1 Te8 12.c4 Dc8 13.Fh3 Fe4 14.Cg5 Ff5 
15.Fg2 h6 16.Cf3 Fe4 17.b3 c5 18.Fb2 cxd4 19.Txd4 Db7 20.Te1 Fc6 21.Ch4 
Fxg2 22.Cxg2 Tad8 23.Ted1 Txd4 24.Fxd4 Ce4 25.f3 e5 26.Dxe4 Dxe4 27.fxe4 
exd4 28.Rf2 Fc5 29.Rf3 a5 30.Cf4 g6 31.Cd3 h5 32.e5 f6 33.exf6 Te3+ 34.Rf2
Rf7 35.Cf4 Tc3 36.Re2 Te3+ 37.Rf1 g5 38.Cd5 Tf3+ 39.Re2 g4 40.Td3 Tf5 41.
a3 Fxa3 42.Txd4 Fc5 43.Tf4 Txf4 44.Cxf4 Rxf6 45.Cxh5+ Re5 46.Cf4 Rd4 47.
Cd5 b5 48.Ce3 bxc4 49.Cxc4 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C42t"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Fe6 9.Te1 Cf6 10.cxd5 Fxd5 11.Cc3 O-O 12.Cxd5 Dxd5 13.Ff4 Dd8 14.a3 Cd5 
15.Fg3 Ff6 16.Fe4 Cce7 17.Db3 Dd7 18.Ce5 Fxe5 19.dxe5 c6 20.Tad1 Tfe8 21.
Dc2 g6 22.Db3 b6 23.h3 De6 24.Td2 Tad8 25.Ted1 Td7 26.Df3 Cf5 27.Ff4 Ted8 
28.Fg5 Cfe7 29.Fxd5 cxd5 30.Ff6 d4 31.De4 d3 32.Txd3 Txd3 33.Txd3 Txd3 34.
Dxd3 Cd5 35.Dd4 h6 36.h4 Rh7 37.g3 Dd7 38.Dc4 Cc7 39.Dc2 h5 40.De4 Cd5 41.
b4 De6 42.Dc4 Rg8 43.Dd4 Cxf6 44.exf6 Rh7 45.a4 Df5 46.b5 Db1+ 47.Rg2 Df5 
48.Dc3 g5 49.hxg5 Dxg5 50.Dd3+ Rh6 51.Dd6 Rg6 52.Dd7 De5 53.Dxa7 De4+ 54.
Rh2 Dd4 55.Rg1 Dd1+ 56.Rg2 Dd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90i"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Fc4 Cc6 11.Cxc6 bxc6 12.Df3 Tf8 13.Fb3 Ce5 14.De3 Tb8 15.O-O 
Db6 16.De2 Th8 17.Rh1 h5 18.f4 gxf4 19.Fxf4 Fg4 20.Dd2 Fe6 21.Tad1 Da5 22.
De1 h4 23.h3 Cc4 24.Fc1 Rd7 25.Df2 Tb7 26.Ce2 Cxb2 27.Fxb2 Fxb2 28.Tb1 Da3
29.Cf4 Fxb3 30.axb3 Ff6 31.Cd3 Da5 32.e5 Fxe5 33.Df5+ Rc7 34.Ta1 Dd5 35.
Cxe5 Dxe5 36.Dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C07e"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 a6 3.Cd2 d5 4.Cgf3 c5 5.dxc5 Fxc5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Cge7 8.exd5
exd5 9.Cb3 Fb6 10.Te1 O-O 11.Fe3 Fc7 12.h3 h6 13.c3 Te8 14.Dc2 Dd6 15.Tad1
Df6 16.Cbd4 Fd7 17.Dd2 Cg6 18.Cxc6 bxc6 19.Fd4 Dd6 20.b4 a5 21.a3 axb4 22.
axb4 Txe1+ 23.Txe1 Te8 24.Txe8+ Fxe8 25.De3 Fd7 26.Ff1 f6 27.g3 Rf7 28.Fg2
Ce5 29.Cd2 Ff5 30.Cb3 Cc4 31.Dc1 De7 32.Fc5 Dd7 33.h4 Fe4 34.Cd4 Fxg2 35.
Rxg2 Fe5 36.Cf3 Dg4 37.Dd1 De4 38.Fd4 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Rg1 Fd6 41.Cd2 
Cxd2 42.Dxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[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.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.O-O Fe7 8.a4 Cc6
9.Fe3 O-O 10.f4 Dc7 11.Rh1 Te8 12.Ff3 Fd7 13.Cb3 b6 14.Dd2 Tab8 15.Ff2 Fc8
16.Fg3 Cd7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Tae1 Fb7 19.fxe5 Ccxe5 20.Fxb7 Txb7 21.De2 f6 22.
Dxa6 Fb4 23.Cb5 Dc8 24.c3 Ff8 25.C5d4 Cb8 26.Db5 Cf7 27.Cd2 e5 28.Cf5 Td8 
29.Ce4 De6 30.Fh4 Dc6 31.b3 Dxb5 32.axb5 h6 33.g4 Cg5 34.Fxg5 hxg5 35.Ta1 
Tbd7 36.Ce3 Td3 37.Cc4 Cd7 38.b4 Tc8 39.Ccd2 Fe7 40.Ta7 Rf8 41.Rg2 Re8 42.
Rf2 g6 43.Re2 Th3 44.Cc4 Txh2+ 45.Rd3 Td8 46.Ccd6+ Fxd6 47.Cxd6+ Re7 48.
Ce4 f5 49.gxf5 gxf5 50.Txf5 Re6 51.Tf2 Cf6+ 52.Re2 Txf2+ 53.Cxf2 g4 54.Tg7
Rf5 55.c4 Td4 56.Cd1 Te4+ 57.Ce3+ Rf4 58.Tf7 Txe3+ 59.Rd2 Re4 60.Txf6 Td3+
61.Re2 Td4 62.c5 Txb4 63.Txb6 g3 64.Tg6 Tb2+ 65.Rf1 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "16. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B12w"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ff5 4.Cc3 e6 5.g4 Fg6 6.Cge2 Ce7 7.Cf4 c5 8.h4 cxd4 
9.Cb5 Cec6 10.h5 Fe4 11.f3 a6 12.Cd6+ Fxd6 13.exd6 g5 14.Ch3 h6 15.fxe4 
dxe4 16.Fg2 f5 17.O-O O-O 18.c3 Dxd6 19.gxf5 exf5 20.Db3+ Rh8 21.Fxe4 fxe4
22.Txf8+ Dxf8 23.De6 Cd7 24.Dxd7 Td8 25.Dg4 e3 26.b3 Ce5 27.De4 Df6 28.Rg2
e2 29.Fxg5 hxg5 30.cxd4 Dc6 31.d5 Dxd5 32.Dxd5 Txd5 33.Te1 Td2 34.Rf2 Txa2
35.Txe2 Cd3+ 36.Re3 Txe2+ 37.Rxe2 g4 38.Cg5 Cc1+ 39.Re3 Cxb3 40.h6 a5 41.
Rf4 Cd4 42.Rxg4 a4 43.Rh5 Cc6 0-1

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "B19b"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.h4 h6 7.Cf3 e6 8.Ce5 Fh7
9.Fd3 Fxd3 10.Dxd3 Cd7 11.Ff4 Cgf6 12.Db3 Db6 13.Cc4 Db5 14.Fd6 Fe7 15.O-O
Cb6 16.Dxb5 cxb5 17.Cxb6 axb6 18.Fxe7 Rxe7 19.a3 Thd8 20.c3 h5 21.f3 g6 
22.Tae1 Td5 23.Rf2 Rf8 24.Ce4 Rg7 25.Te2 Cg8 26.Tfe1 Ce7 27.Cg5 Cf5 28.g3 
Ce7 29.Ch3 Cc6 30.Cf4 Td6 31.g4 hxg4 32.fxg4 Tad8 33.Rg3 Th8 34.Tf1 Td7 
35.h5 g5 36.Cd3 Te8 37.Ce5 Cxe5 38.Txe5 f6 39.Txb5 Td6 40.Te1 Rf7 41.a4 
Ta8 42.Ta1 Rg7 43.Ta3 Rh6 44.Tab3 Ta6 45.T3b4 f5 46.Tc4 Ta8 47.Tcb4 Ta6 
48.Te5 Ta8 49.gxf5 exf5 50.Txf5 Rxh5 51.Tbb5 Tg8 52.Tf7 Te6 53.Th7+ Rg6 
54.Txb7 Te3+ 55.Rg4 Te4+ 56.Rf3 Tf4+ 57.Rg3 Tgf8 58.T5xb6+ Rf5 59.Te7 Tg4+
60.Rf3 Tf4+ 61.Re2 Rg4 62.a5 Rg3 63.a6 1-0

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E94k"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.Te1 c6 
9.Fe3 Cg4 10.Fg5 f6 11.Fh4 Ch6 12.h3 Cf7 13.Tb1 Cc7 14.b4 Ce6 15.d5 Cd4 
16.Cxd4 exd4 17.Dxd4 g5 18.Fg3 f5 19.Dd2 f4 20.Fh2 Ce5 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.b5 
f3 23.Fxe5 Fxe5 24.Fxf3 Fxh3 25.Te3 Fe6 26.bxc6 g4 27.Fd1 Tc8 28.Tb7 Txc6 
29.Cd5 Rh8 30.Teb3 g3 31.Dh6 gxf2+ 32.Rf1 Fg8 33.Txh7+ Fxh7 34.Tb7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C78d"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fc5 6.c3 b5 7.Fc2 d6 8.a4 Fg4 
9.b4 Fb6 10.h3 Fd7 11.d3 h6 12.axb5 axb5 13.Txa8 Dxa8 14.Ca3 Da6 15.Fb2 
O-O 16.Dd2 Ce7 17.d4 Cg6 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.c4 bxc4 20.Cxe5 Cxe5 21.Fxe5 Fe6 
22.Dc3 Ta8 23.Cb1 Ce8 24.Td1 Db5 25.Db2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90j"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Fe2 h5 11.Fxg4 hxg4 12.Cd5 Cc6 13.Cf5 Fxf5 14.exf5 Fxb2 15.
Tb1 Da5+ 16.Dd2 Fd4 17.Dxa5 Cxa5 18.Cc7+ Rd7 19.Cxa8 Txa8 20.Rd1 Fc3 21.h4
gxh3 22.Txh3 Tc8 23.f4 gxf4 24.Fxf4 b5 25.Tf3 Tc4 26.Fd2 Fxd2 27.Rxd2 Ta4 
28.Ta1 f6 29.g3 Cc4+ 30.Re2 d5 31.c3 Rd6 32.Td3 Ta3 33.Tf3 a5 34.Td3 Rc5 
35.g4 Ta4 36.Tg3 Cd6 37.a3 Ce4 38.Te3 Tc4 39.Rf3 Rd6 40.Tae1 Ta4 41.Ta1 
Tc4 42.Tae1 Rd7 43.T1e2 Rc6 44.Te1 Rd6 45.T1e2 Cxc3 46.Te6+ Rc5 47.Te1 Ta4
48.Txe7 Ce4 49.Tc1+ Rd4 50.Td1+ Rc5 51.Tc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A46h"]

1.Cf3 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.g3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.O-O Ff5 6.Te1 O-O 7.Cbd2 Dc8 8.e4 
Fg4 9.c3 Cc6 10.Dc2 Fh3 11.Cc4 Fxg2 12.Rxg2 e6 13.Fg5 b5 14.Fxf6 Fxf6 15.
Ce3 Fg7 16.a4 a6 17.axb5 axb5 18.d5 exd5 19.Cxd5 Txa1 20.Txa1 Te8 21.Db3 
Db7 22.Da2 Db8 23.Da6 Cd8 24.Da7 Dxa7 25.Txa7 c6 26.Cb4 Txe4 27.Ta8 Te8 
28.Cxc6 Cxc6 29.Txe8+ 1-0

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B46l"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fd3 d5 8.O-O 
Fd6 9.exd5 exd5 10.h3 O-O 11.Te1 Te8 12.Cxc6 bxc6 13.Fd4 Txe1+ 14.Dxe1 Fe6
15.Ca4 Fc7 16.Fe5 Cd7 17.Fxc7 Dxc7 18.De3 a5 19.b3 Da7 20.Df4 Db8 21.Dh4 
h6 22.Dd4 Db4 23.c3 Dd6 24.Te1 c5 25.De3 Td8 26.Td1 Tc8 27.Fe4 Cf6 28.Ff3 
Fd7 29.Cb2 Fc6 30.Cc4 Dc7 31.Cb2 Fb7 32.Dd2 Te8 33.Ca4 Tc8 34.Te1 Fa8 35.
Dd3 Fb7 36.h4 Fa8 37.Df5 Fb7 38.h5 Td8 39.De5 Tc8 40.De7 Fa6 41.Te5 Dc6 
42.c4 Te8 43.Dxc5 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32m"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Cf3 Fb7 8.e3 
d6 9.b3 Ce4 10.Dc2 f5 11.Fb2 Cg5 12.d5 exd5 13.O-O-O c5 14.cxd5 Fa6 15.h4 
Cxf3 16.gxf3 Fxf1 17.Tdxf1 Cd7 18.Tfg1 Tf7 19.Tg5 c4 20.bxc4 Tc8 21.Txf5 
Txc4 22.Dxc4 Txf5 23.Fxg7 Rxg7 24.Dg4+ Rf6 25.e4 Te5 26.f4 Dc7+ 27.Rb1 Dc3
28.fxe5+ Cxe5 29.De6+ Rg7 30.Tg1+ Cg6 31.De7+ Rg8 32.De8+ Rg7 33.De7+ Rg8 
34.De8+ Rg7 35.Db5 Rf7 36.h5 Ce5 37.Db2 Df3 38.Dc2 Rf6 39.Ra2 b5 40.Tg3 
Df4 41.De2 Dc1 42.f4 Dxf4 43.Tg2 1-0

[Event "6. Magistral"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E15l"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Fxb5 7.Fg2 d5 8.O-O Cbd7
9.Cc3 Fa6 10.Ce5 Fd6 11.Cc6 Dc8 12.a3 O-O 13.Fg5 De8 14.Dd2 Cb6 15.Ca5 c5 
16.dxc5 Fxc5 17.Fxf6 gxf6 18.Tfc1 Tc8 19.e4 d4 20.Cd1 d3 21.e5 Fd4 22.Txc8
Dxc8 23.Tc1 Dd7 24.Fc6 De7 25.Fe4 fxe5 26.Cc6 Df6 27.Fxd3 Fb7 28.Fe4 Fxc6 
29.Txc6 Td8 30.Cc3 Cc8 31.Fg2 Rg7 32.Ce4 Dg6 33.Da5 Td5 34.Db4 Cb6 35.De7 
Fb2 36.h4 Td1+ 37.Rh2 Cd5 38.De8 Cf6 39.Cxf6 Dxf6 40.Tc8 Rh6 41.Df8+ Dg7 
42.Dc5 Dg6 43.Ff3 Td7 44.g4 f6 45.Df8+ Dg7 46.De8 Df7 47.Dh8 e4 48.Fxe4 
Dg7 49.Dxg7+ Rxg7 50.Tc6 Fxa3 51.Txe6 Te7 52.Ta6 Fc5 53.f3 Fb6 54.Ta2 Fc7+
55.Rh3 Ff4 56.Ta5 h6 57.Tf5 Fd2 58.Rg2 Te5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A52h"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Cg4 4.Ff4 g5 5.Fd2 Cxe5 6.e4 Fg7 7.Cc3 d6 8.Cf3 h6
9.Fe2 Cbc6 10.h4 Cxf3+ 11.Fxf3 Fe6 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Txh8+ Fxh8 14.Cd5 Ce5 
15.Fe2 c6 16.Ce3 Db6 17.Db3 Cd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C07o"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 c5 4.exd5 Dxd5 5.Cgf3 cxd4 6.Fc4 Dd6 7.Fb3 Cf6 8.Cc4
Dd8 9.Dxd4 Dxd4 10.Cxd4 Fc5 11.Cb5 Ca6 12.Ff4 O-O 13.Cbd6 Cc7 14.Cxc8 
Tfxc8 15.Ce5 Ccd5 16.Fg3 Ce7 1/2-1/2

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E81g"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Fg5 a6 7.Dd2 c5 8.Cge2 Da5 
9.d5 b5 10.Cc1 Cbd7 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Cxb5 Cb6 13.Dxa5 Txa5 14.Fd2 Ta8 15.
Ce2 Cc4 16.Cec3 Cxb2 17.a4 c4 18.Ta2 Cd3+ 19.Fxd3 cxd3 20.Fg5 Fa6 21.Cc7 
Cd7 22.Ta3 Tfc8 23.C3b5 Fxb5 24.Cxb5 Tc5 25.Tb3 Txa4 26.O-O Ta2 27.Rh1 d2 
28.Ca3 Fd4 29.Td3 Tc1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E81d"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Cge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Cg3 exd5 
9.cxd5 h5 10.Fg5 Db6 11.Db3 Dc7 12.Fe2 a6 13.a4 Ch7 14.Fe3 De7 15.O-O Cd7 
16.f4 Fd4 17.Ff2 h4 18.Ch1 g5 19.Dd1 Df6 20.fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "32. Olympiad"]
[Site "Erevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A24"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Cc3 e5 7.d3 c6 8.Tb1 Te8 
9.e4 a5 10.a3 Ca6 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 h6 13.Fe3 Cc7 14.b5 Ce6 15.bxc6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A70y"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fd3 b5 10.Cxb5 Te8 11.O-O Cxe4 12.Te1 a6 13.Ca3 Cf6 14.Txe8+ Cxe8 15.Fg5
Dc7 16.Dd2 Fb7 17.Te1 Cd7 18.Fc2 Cef6 19.Fb3 Te8 20.Txe8+ Cxe8 21.Cc4 Cef6
22.Ff4 Ff8 23.Ce3 Cb6 24.Dd3 Dd7 25.Fc4 Cxc4 26.Dxc4 Db5 27.b3 Db4 28.Fg5 
Fg7 29.a4 Ce4 30.Fd8 f5 31.g4 f4 32.Cc2 Dxc4 33.bxc4 Fc8 34.a5 h6 35.Rf1 
Rf7 36.Re2 Re8 37.Fc7 Rd7 38.Fb6 Re7 39.Cd2 Cc3+ 40.Rf3 g5 41.Ce4 Fd7 42.
Cxc3 Fxc3 43.Re2 Ff6 44.Ca3 Fa4 45.Cb1 Fc2 46.Cd2 Fc3 47.Cf3 Fb4 48.Fc7 
Rd7 49.Fb6 Fb3 50.Rd3 Re8 51.Fc7 Re7 52.Fb6 Rd7 53.Cg1 Fe1 54.f3 Fa2 55.
Re2 Fb4 56.Rd3 Fb1+ 57.Re2 Fc3 58.h4 gxh4 59.Ch3 Fe5 60.Cf2 Fg6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90s"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.g4 b5 10.g5 Ch5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Txa4 Fe7 13.Cd5 Fxg5 14.Fxg5 Dxg5 15.
Cc7+ Re7 16.Cxa8 Dh4+ 17.Rd2 Dg5+ 18.Re1 Dh4+ 19.Rd2 Dg5+ 20.Re1 Dh4+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E92h"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 c6 8.d5 Ca6 9.
O-O Cg4 10.Fg5 f6 11.Fd2 f5 12.Cg5 Cf6 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 e4 15.Fe3 c5 16.
Ch3 Cg4 17.Fxg4 fxg4 18.Cf2 Fxc3 19.bxc3 h5 20.De2 Ff5 21.Fd2 Cc7 22.Cd1 
Tf7 23.Ce3 Df6 24.Tab1 Ce8 25.Dd1 Tc8 26.Tb2 Cg7 27.Fe1 Te8 28.Da4 b6 29.
Te2 Tee7 30.Db3 Fc8 31.Dc2 Cf5 32.Cxf5 Fxf5 33.Te3 Te8 34.Ff2 Th7 35.Dd2 
Dd8 36.Dc2 Tf8 37.Ta1 Fg6 38.g3 Ff5 39.Db3 Tb7 40.Te2 e3 41.Txe3 Te8 42.
Txe8+ Dxe8 43.Db5 Te7 44.Dc6 Dxc6 45.dxc6 Fc2 46.Tc1 Fa4 47.Te1 Rf7 48.Fe3
Fxc6 49.Rf2 Fe4 50.Td1 Te6 51.Td2 Re7 52.a4 Rd8 53.a5 Rc7 54.axb6+ Rxb6 
55.Tb2+ Rc7 56.Ta2 Rb8 57.Td2 a6 58.f5 Fxf5 59.Ff4 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E98g"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.Ce1 Ce8 10.Fe3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Ff2 h5 13.c5 g5 14.a4 dxc5 15.Fxc5 Tf6 16.
Cd3 Tg6 17.Ff2 g4 18.Fh4 a6 19.g3 Dd6 20.fxg4 Fxg4 21.Fxg4 Txg4 22.Cf2 Tg6
23.Dxh5 Cf6 24.De2 Rf7 25.Rh1 Th8 26.Tg1 fxg3 27.Fxg3 Ch5 28.Cg4 Re8 29.
Ff2 Cf4 30.Dd1 Dd7 31.Tg3 Th3 32.Df3 Txg3 33.hxg3 Dxg4 34.Dxg4 Txg4 35.
gxf4 exf4 36.Tg1 Txg1+ 37.Rxg1 Cc8 38.Fc5 Rd7 39.Rg2 Cd6 40.Fxd6 Rxd6 41.
Ce2 Fxb2 42.Cxf4 b5 43.Cd3 Fe5 44.axb5 a5 45.Rf3 a4 46.Re2 a3 47.b6 cxb6 
48.Cc1 Rc5 49.Rd3 Ff4 50.Rc2 Rc4 51.Rb1 b5 52.d6 Fxd6 53.Ra2 Rd4 54.Cb3+ 
Rxe4 55.Cc1 Rd4 56.Cb3+ Rc3 57.Cc1 Rb4 58.Cb3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E92i"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 exd4 8.Cxd4 
Te8 9.f3 c6 10.Ff2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Cc6 13.c5 Ch5 14.g3 Fh3 15.Te1 
Dg5 16.Cdb5 Tad8 17.Cd6 Fd4 18.Dc1 Fe3 19.Fxe3 Txe3 20.Rf2 d4 21.Cd1 Txe2+
22.Txe2 Dd5 23.Ce4 Ce5 24.Dg5 Te8 25.Td2 Dc4 26.Cdc3 h6 27.Dh4 dxc3 28.Td8
cxb2 29.Txe8+ Rg7 30.Td1 Dc2+ 31.Td2 b1=D 32.Dxh3 Dcc1 0-1

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E15e"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.Cbd2 d5 6.Fg2 Fe7 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.Ce5 Fb7 10.b3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Fb2 Cbd7 13.Cxd7 Dxd7 14.e4 Tfd8 
15.exd5 Fxd5 16.Cc4 Fxg2 17.Rxg2 Db7+ 18.Df3 Dxf3+ 19.Rxf3 Cd5 20.Tfd1 Cb4
21.Txd8+ Txd8 22.Te1 Ff8 23.a3 Cc6 24.Te2 f6 25.Td2 Tb8 26.Td3 Rf7 27.g4 
Re6 28.h4 g6 29.Te3+ Rd5 30.Fxf6 Tb7 31.g5 Fg7 32.Fxg7 Txg7 33.Rg4 Tb7 34.
f4 Te7 35.Txe7 Cxe7 36.h5 Rd4 37.Cd6 Rc3 38.f5 gxf5+ 39.Cxf5 Cg8 40.Rf4 
Rxb3 41.Re5 Rxa3 42.Re6 a5 43.Rf7 a4 44.Rxg8 Rb2 45.g6 h6 46.g7 a3 47.Rh7 
a2 48.g8=D a1=D 49.Dg7+ 1-0

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D37p"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.Tc1 a6 10.b4 Fa7 11.c5 h6 12.Fe2 Fb8 13.O-O e5 14.Fg3 Fe6 15.Fh4 g5 16.
Cxg5 hxg5 17.Fxg5 Rg7 18.f4 exf4 19.exf4 d4 20.Ce4 Cxe4 21.Fxd8 Txd8 22.
Fd3 Cf6 23.De1 Th8 24.Dg3+ Rf8 25.Tce1 Ce7 26.Df2 Fc7 27.Dxd4 Th6 28.Fc4 
Td8 29.Dc3 Ced5 30.Dc1 b5 31.Fxd5 Fxd5 32.Td1 Te8 33.Tfe1 Txe1+ 34.Txe1 
Fc6 35.g3 Ce4 36.Dd1 Te6 37.Dh5 Re7 38.Dh8 Cxc5 39.Dh4+ Re8 40.Txe6+ Cxe6 
41.f5 Cf8 42.Df6 Fb7 43.Dh8 Re7 44.f6+ Re8 45.g4 Ff4 46.h4 Fc1 47.Dh5 Ce6 
48.Dh8+ Cf8 49.g5 Fxa3 50.g6 fxg6 51.Dg7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Cf3 b6 2.e4 Fb7 3.Cc3 c5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 a6 6.Fd3 g6 7.f4 Fg7 8.Cf3 d6 
9.O-O Cf6 10.De1 O-O 11.Dh4 Cbd7 12.f5 b5 13.Fh6 Fxh6 14.Dxh6 Cg4 15.Dh4 
Cde5 16.Cg5 h6 17.Cf3 e6 18.Dxd8 Taxd8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Cd4 Tde8 21.Txf8+ 
Rxf8 22.a4 b4 23.Ca2 a5 24.Cc1 Re7 25.Ccb3 Ta8 26.h3 Cf6 27.Te1 Cfd7 28.
Fb5 Cb6 29.Cd2 Tc8 30.Te2 Fa8 31.Rf2 Cbc4 32.Cxc4 Cxc4 33.b3 Ce5 34.Fa6 
Tf8+ 35.Re3 Tf1 36.Fc8 Tf6 37.c3 bxc3 38.Tc2 Tf1 39.Cf3 Cxf3 40.gxf3 d5 
41.Txc3 dxe4 42.fxe4 Te1+ 43.Rd3 Txe4 44.Tc5 Th4 45.Txa5 Txh3+ 46.Rd2 Fd5 
47.b4 Ta3 48.Ta7+ Rd6 49.b5 Rc5 50.Ta6 g5 51.b6 Tb3 52.a5 g4 53.b7 Fxb7 
54.Fxb7 Txb7 55.Txe6 g3 56.Tg6 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B90i"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.h3 Ce5 11.f3 Cbc6 12.Ff2 Fe6 13.Dd2 Tc8 14.O-O-O Da5 15.Cb3 
Dc7 16.a3 Fxb3 17.cxb3 Ca5 18.Dc2 Cg6 19.Rb1 b5 20.Tc1 Db7 21.b4 Cc4 22.
Fxc4 Txc4 23.Dd2 O-O 24.Cd5 Tfc8 25.Txc4 Txc4 26.Ce3 Tc7 27.h4 e6 28.hxg5 
hxg5 29.Cg4 Dc6 30.Fd4 Fxd4 31.Dxd4 Dc2+ 32.Ra1 Dxg2 33.Cf6+ Rf8 34.Dxd6+ 
Te7 35.Dd1 Rg7 36.Ch5+ Rf8 37.Ra2 g4 38.fxg4 Df2 39.Dd8+ Te8 40.Dd6+ Te7 
41.Tc1 Rg8 42.Tc8+ Rh7 43.g5 1-0

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B14t"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.Cf3 Fb4 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.Dc2 
Cc6 9.a3 Fe7 10.Fd3 Ff6 11.O-O Cde7 12.Fe3 h6 13.Tad1 O-O 14.Dd2 Fd7 15.
Fb1 Tc8 16.Dd3 Cg6 17.Ce4 Fe7 18.b4 a6 19.Cc5 Dc7 20.g3 Tfd8 21.Ff4 Db6 
22.h4 Fe8 23.h5 Cf8 24.Fa2 Ff6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert Dr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "B48r"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Fd3 Cf6 8.O-O 
Fd6 9.f4 Fc5 10.Cf5 Ce7 11.Cxg7+ Rf8 12.Fxc5 Dxc5+ 13.Rh1 Rxg7 14.e5 Ce8 
15.Ce4 Dc7 16.Dh5 Cg6 17.Cf6 Dd8 18.f5 exf5 19.Dxf5 d5 20.Dg5 Fe6 21.Tae1 
Da5 22.Ch5+ Rf8 23.Fxg6 hxg6 24.Cf4 Ff5 25.e6 Dc7 26.exf7 Rxf7 27.g4 Dxc2 
28.Te2 Dc6 29.gxf5 d4+ 30.Rg1 d3 31.De7+ Rg8 32.Te6 Th7 33.Cxg6 Txe7 34.
Cxe7+ Rf7 35.Cxc6 bxc6 36.Td1 Td8 37.Te3 1-0

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 c5 5.e3 d6 6.Cge2 O-O 7.O-O Cc6 8.d3 Fd7 
9.a3 Dc8 10.Cf4 Tb8 11.b4 Ch5 12.Cfe2 cxb4 13.axb4 a6 14.b5 axb5 15.cxb5 
Cd8 16.d4 Te8 17.Db3 Fh3 18.e4 Fxg2 19.Rxg2 e5 20.d5 f5 21.f3 Cf7 22.b6 
Ff6 23.Cb5 Dd7 24.Cc7 Te7 25.Ta2 Cg7 26.Da4 Ce8 27.Dxd7 Txd7 28.Cxe8 Txe8 
29.Fe3 h5 30.Tc1 fxe4 31.fxe4 Fg5 32.Tc3 Fxe3 33.Txe3 Cg5 34.h4 Ch7 35.Cg1
Tc8 36.Cf3 Tc4 37.Tee2 Tf7 38.Tac2 Tb4 39.Tb2 Tc4 40.Tbc2 Tb4 41.Tb2 Ta4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D79n"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 O-O 5.d4 c6 6.Cf3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ce5 e6
9.O-O Cfd7 10.f4 Cc6 11.Fe3 Cb6 12.Ff2 Fd7 13.e4 Ce7 14.Cxd7 Dxd7 15.e5 
Tfc8 16.Te1 Cc4 17.De2 Tc7 18.Tad1 Tac8 19.Td3 Cb6 20.g4 Ca4 21.Dd2 Ff8 
22.Tf3 b5 23.a3 a6 24.Tf1 Tc6 25.f5 exf5 26.Fh4 Cb6 27.Fxe7 Dxe7 28.gxf5 
Td8 29.Df2 Fh6 30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Tf7 Dg5 32.Rh1 De3 33.Cxd5 Dxf2 34.T7xf2 
Cxd5 35.Tf7 Tc1 36.Txc1 Rxf7 37.Tc6 Cf4 38.Tc7+ Rg8 39.d5 Cxd5 40.Ta7 Cf4 
0-1

[Event "6. Magistral"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D46l"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 e6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.Fd3 O-O 8.O-O 
dxc4 9.Fxc4 b5 10.Fd3 Fb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Cxe5 13.Cxe5 Fxe5 14.h3 b4 15.
Ce2 c5 16.f3 c4 17.Dxc4 Db6+ 18.Rh1 Tfd8 19.Db5 Dxb5 20.Fxb5 a6 21.Fa4 a5 
22.Ff4 Fxf4 23.Cxf4 g5 24.e5 gxf4 25.exf6 Ta6 26.Tfd1 Txd1+ 27.Txd1 Txf6 
28.a3 bxa3 29.bxa3 Tf5 30.Td4 Rg7 31.Rh2 Fc8 32.Fc2 Tc5 33.Fd3 Fe6 34.Fa6 
Tf5 35.a4 h6 36.Fb5 Rf6 37.Td8 Rg7 38.Ta8 Fb3 39.Rg1 Tc5 40.Txa5 Fxa4 41.
Txa4 Txb5 42.Txf4 Tb2 43.Rh2 Ta2 44.Tf5 Rg6 45.Tb5 Rg7 46.h4 Ta4 47.Rh3 
Ta2 48.g4 Ta1 49.g5 hxg5 50.Txg5+ Rf6 51.Tg2 Rf5 52.Rg3 Ta8 53.Tb2 Tg8+ 
54.Rf2 Th8 55.Tb5+ Rf4 56.Tb4+ Rf5 57.Rg3 Tg8+ 58.Tg4 Ta8 59.Tf4+ Rg6 60.
Rg4 Ta5 61.Tb4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D13l"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Ff4 a6 7.Tc1 Ff5 8.e3 e6
9.Db3 Ta7 10.Ce5 Fe7 11.Cxc6 bxc6 12.Fe2 Cd7 13.O-O c5 14.Da4 Db6 15.dxc5 
Fxc5 16.b4 Dxb4 17.Dxb4 Fxb4 18.Cxd5 Fc5 19.Cc7+ Re7 20.Cxa6 Fa3 21.Tc3 
Fb2 22.Tb3 Fe5 23.Cb4 Tc8 24.Fxe5 Cxe5 25.f4 Cd7 26.Ff3 Rf8 27.e4 Fg6 28.
Td1 f6 29.a3 Tac7 30.Tbd3 Cc5 31.Te3 Ca4 32.e5 Cb2 33.Ta1 Tc1+ 34.Te1 Txa1
35.Txa1 fxe5 36.fxe5 Tc5 37.a4 Tc4 38.a5 Txb4 39.a6 Ta4 40.Txa4 Cxa4 41.a7
Cb6 42.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP Team Ch Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B45m"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 Cc6 6.Cxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Cd5 8.Ce4
Fb7 9.c4 Cb4 10.c5 Db8 11.f4 Fa6 12.a3 Fxf1 13.Txf1 Cd5 14.Dd4 Fe7 15.f5 
exf5 16.Txf5 O-O 17.Fd2 f6 18.O-O-O fxe5 19.Txe5 Db3 20.Fg5 Tae8 21.Fxe7 
Ce3 22.Cf6+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.g3 e5 2.c4 Cc6 3.Fg2 g6 4.Cc3 Fg7 5.Cf3 f5 6.O-O d6 7.Tb1 a5 8.a3 Cf6 9.
d3 O-O 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 h6 12.b5 Ce7 13.Fb2 Fe6 14.Ta1 Tc8 15.c5 Cd7 16.
cxd6 cxd6 17.Ca4 d5 18.Cd2 De8 19.e3 g5 20.De2 Df7 21.f4 Cg6 22.fxe5 Cdxe5
23.Cf3 Cxf3+ 24.Fxf3 Fxb2 25.Dxb2 f4 26.Fg2 De7 27.Cb6 Tcd8 28.Dd4 Dd6 29.
exf4 gxf4 30.Tae1 Rh7 31.Rh1 Fg8 32.Tf3 fxg3 33.Txg3 Tf4 34.De3 Tdf8 35.
Tg1 d4 36.Dd2 Ce5 37.Fe4+ Txe4 38.dxe4 Cf3 39.Txf3 Txf3 40.Dg2 1-0

[Event "32. Olympiad"]
[Site "Erevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E73t"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Fg7 3.e4 d6 4.Cc3 Cf6 5.Fe2 O-O 6.Fg5 c6 7.Dd2 e5 8.d5 Ca6 9.
h4 cxd5 10.cxd5 De8 11.f3 Fd7 12.Ch3 Cc5 13.g4 h5 14.Cf2 hxg4 15.fxg4 Tc8 
16.Fe3 Ch7 17.Cd3 Cxd3+ 18.Dxd3 a6 19.a4 Dd8 20.a5 Ff6 21.Ff2 Fe7 22.Rd2 
Cf6 23.Thg1 Ce8 24.Fb6 Cc7 25.g5 De8 26.De3 Cb5 27.Fxb5 Fxb5 28.h5 Rg7 29.
Df3 Fc4 30.Tg2 Th8 31.Th1 Fb5 32.Fe3 Fd7 33.Tgh2 Dd8 34.Rd3 Dc7 35.hxg6 
Dc4+ 36.Rc2 fxg6 37.Txh8 Txh8 38.Txh8 Rxh8 39.Df7 Fa4+ 40.Rd2 Db4 41.Re1 
1-0

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D40r"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.b4 Fa7 
9.Fb2 O-O 10.Fd3 De7 11.O-O Td8 12.De2 Fd7 13.Tac1 Tac8 14.cxd5 exd5 15.h3
h6 16.Tfd1 Fe6 17.b5 axb5 18.Cxb5 Fb8 19.Fb1 Ce4 20.Fa2 Cg5 21.Cfd4 Cxd4 
22.Fxd4 Ce4 23.a4 Tc6 24.Fa7 Tdc8 25.Db2 Dh4 26.Txc6 bxc6 27.Tc1 Cxf2 28.
Dxf2 Fh2+ 29.Rf1 Dxa4 0-1

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D46h"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 e6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.Fd3 O-O 8.O-O h6 
9.b3 b6 10.Fb2 Fb7 11.Tfd1 De7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Cb5 Tfc8 14.De2 Fb8 15.Fa3 
Dd8 16.Tac1 Txc1 17.Txc1 Ce8 18.g3 a6 19.Cc3 Fd6 20.Fxd6 Cxd6 21.Ce5 Tc8 
22.Cxd7 Dxd7 23.Fxa6 Ce4 24.Fxb7 Cxc3 25.Txc3 Txc3 26.Fa6 Dc7 27.Db5 g6 
28.a4 Tc2 29.Dd3 Tb2 30.Dd1 Dc3 31.Fb5 Rg7 32.Df3 Dc7 33.e4 Dc1+ 34.Rg2 
Tb1 35.Rh3 Dc2 36.Fe8 f6 37.Df4 Dc8 38.Fxg6 Rxg6 39.Dg4+ Rf7 40.exd5 Dd7 
41.Dh5+ Re7 42.Dg6 e5+ 43.Rg2 Dxd5+ 0-1

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Cc3 d5 7.Te1 Ff5 8.Ch4 Fg4
9.Fg5 c6 10.Dd2 Cbd7 11.f3 Fe6 12.e4 c5 13.exd5 cxd4 14.dxe6 dxc3 15.bxc3 
Db6+ 16.Rh1 fxe6 17.Tab1 Dc7 18.Txe6 Cc5 19.Ff4 Dd8 20.Te2 Dxd2 21.Fxd2 
Cd5 22.f4 Tad8 23.c4 Cc3 24.Fxc3 Fxc3 25.Fxb7 Cxb7 26.Txb7 e5 27.Tb3 Td1+ 
28.Rg2 Fa5 29.Txe5 Td2+ 30.Rh3 Fc7 31.Te7 Fb6 32.Td3 Txd3 33.cxd3 Td8 34.
Cf3 Txd3 35.Cg5 h6 36.Ce4 Rf8 37.Tb7 Td4 38.c5 Txe4 39.cxb6 axb6 40.Txb6 
Rf7 41.Tb2 Ta4 42.Rg2 Ta3 43.Rf2 Rf6 44.Re2 Rf5 45.Rd2 g5 46.fxg5 hxg5 47.
Rc2 Rg4 48.Rb1 Ta5 49.Tb8 Ta7 50.Tb5 Th7 51.Tb2 Ta7 52.Tf2 Rh3 53.Rb2 g4 
54.a3 Tb7+ 55.Ra2 Tb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B56f"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 Cf6 4.Cc3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Fd7 6.f3 e5 7.Cb3 a5 8.a4 Fe7 
9.Fe3 Ca6 10.Fb5 O-O 11.Fxd7 Dxd7 12.Cxa5 d5 13.Cxd5 Cxd5 14.exd5 Tfc8 15.
c3 Fh4+ 16.g3 Fd8 17.Cb3 b5 18.O-O bxa4 19.Cd2 Cc5 20.c4 Db7 21.Fxc5 Txc5 
22.Txa4 Tca5 23.Txa5 Fxa5 24.Dc2 Tb8 25.Ta1 Fb6+ 26.c5 1-0

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B92o"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Rh1 b6 10.f3 Fb7 11.a4 Cc6 12.Fg5 Cb4 13.Cb1 h6 14.Fxf6 Fxf6 15.Ca3 
Dc7 16.Dd2 Cc6 17.Cc4 Tfd8 18.a5 bxa5 19.Cbxa5 Cd4 20.Cxb7 Dxb7 21.Fd3 Fg5
22.Df2 a5 23.Ta4 Ce6 24.Tfa1 Cc5 25.Txa5 Txa5 26.Txa5 Cxd3 27.cxd3 d5 28.
Txd5 Txd5 29.exd5 Dxd5 30.De2 Ff6 31.g3 h5 32.Rg2 g6 33.h3 Fg7 34.g4 hxg4 
35.hxg4 f5 36.Rf1 Rf7 37.De3 Ff6 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Re2 Rg6 40.Rd1 Da8 41.Re2
Dd5 42.b4 Rf7 43.Da7+ Fe7 44.Ce3 De6 45.b5 e4 46.Da4 exd3+ 47.Rxd3 Dd7+ 
48.Re2 Rg6 49.Dc4 Fd6 50.b6 De7 51.Rd3 Fc5 52.Dg8+ Rh5 53.Dh8+ Rg6 54.Cd5 
Df7 55.Cf4+ Rg5 56.Dd8+ Rh6 57.Cd5 Dg7 58.Dh4+ Rg6 59.Dg3+ 1-0

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D37v"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.Dc2 Da5 10.O-O-O Fe7 11.Rb1 Td8 12.Cd2 e5 13.Fg3 Fe6 14.Fe2 Tac8 15.The1
g6 16.Cb3 Db6 17.c5 Dc7 18.Ra1 b6 19.Cd4 bxc5 20.Cxc6 Dxc6 21.Fxe5 Cd7 22.
Fg3 Cb6 23.Fa6 Ta8 24.Cb5 Ff5 25.Cd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Db3 a5 5.g3 Cc6 6.a3 Fxc3 7.bxc3 b6 8.Fg2 
Fb7 9.O-O d6 10.d3 Ce7 11.Fg5 a4 12.Db5+ Cd7 13.Cd4 Fxg2 14.Rxg2 Ta5 15.
Fxe7 Da8+ 16.Dc6 Rxe7 17.Dxa8 Taxa8 18.Cc6+ Re8 19.d4 f5 20.f3 Cf6 21.Tab1
Rd7 22.Cb4 h5 23.h4 Tag8 24.Cd3 g5 25.hxg5 Txg5 26.Rf2 h4 27.gxh4 Txh4 28.
Th1 Tgh5 29.Txh4 Txh4 30.Tg1 Ch5 31.Re3 Th2 32.Rd2 c5 33.Tg8 Cf6 34.Tg7+ 
Rd8 35.Ta7 Th1 36.Cf4 e5 37.Ce6+ Rc8 38.dxe5 dxe5 39.Tc7+ Rb8 40.Tf7 Th6 
41.Cg7 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D42q"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.Cf3 Fe7 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.Fd3 
Cc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Te1 Ff6 11.Fe4 Cce7 12.Dd3 h6 13.Ce5 Cxc3 14.Dxc3 Cf5 15.
Fe3 a5 16.Tac1 a4 17.Ted1 Cxe3 18.Dxe3 Db6 19.Cg4 Fg5 20.f4 Fe7 21.Fb1 Fd7
22.Dg3 f5 23.Cxh6+ Rh7 24.Cg4 Tfd8 25.Ce5 Fe8 26.De3 Ff6 27.g4 g6 28.gxf5 
exf5 29.Dc3 Tac8 30.Dh3+ Rg7 31.Txc8 Txc8 32.Dg2 Td8 33.Df2 Fe7 34.h4 Df6 
35.Tc1 Dxh4 36.Tc7 Rf8 37.De3 Fd6 38.Txb7 Fxe5 39.Dxe5 Dg3+ 40.Rf1 Df3+ 
41.Re1 Dxb7 42.Df6+ Ff7 43.Dxd8+ Rg7 44.d5 Db4+ 45.Rd1 Dd4+ 46.Rc2 De4+ 
47.Rc3 Dxb1 48.d6 De1+ 49.Rd4 Db4+ 50.Re3 De4+ 51.Rd2 Dxf4+ 52.Rc2 De4+ 
53.Rd2 Dd4+ 54.Rc1 f4 0-1

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E76l"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Fg7 3.d4 d6 4.Cc3 Cf6 5.f4 O-O 6.Cf3 c5 7.dxc5 Da5 8.Fd3 Dxc5
9.De2 Fg4 10.Fe3 Da5 11.O-O Cc6 12.Tac1 Cd7 13.Df2 Fxf3 14.gxf3 Cc5 15.Fb1
Ca4 16.Cxa4 Dxa4 17.b3 Da3 18.c5 dxc5 19.Fxc5 Dxc5 20.Txc5 Fd4 21.Td1 
Fxf2+ 22.Rxf2 Tfd8 23.Tcd5 e6 24.Txd8+ Txd8 25.Txd8+ Cxd8 26.Re3 Rf8 27.f5
e5 28.f4 f6 29.fxe5 fxe5 30.fxg6 hxg6 31.h4 Rg7 32.Rd3 Rf6 33.Rc4 Re6 34.
Rc5 b6+ 35.Rb5 Rd6 36.b4 Rc7 37.a4 Ce6 38.Fa2 Cd4+ 39.Ra6 Rb8 40.Ff7 Cf3 
41.Fxg6 Cxh4 42.Ff7 Cf3 43.a5 bxa5 44.bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "B80d"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.f3 Fe7 8.g4 O-O
9.Dd2 a6 10.O-O-O Cxd4 11.Fxd4 b5 12.Rb1 Fb7 13.h4 Tc8 14.g5 Cd7 15.Tg1 b4
16.Ce2 Ce5 17.Tg3 Cc4 18.Dc1 e5 19.Ff2 a5 20.Fg2 Fa6 21.Te1 a4 22.Fh3 Tc6 
23.Dd1 d5 24.exd5 Td6 25.f4 Txd5 26.Td3 Ca3+ 27.bxa3 Fxd3 28.cxd3 Txd3 0-1

[Event "Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B76s"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 Cc6 8.Dd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Cxd5 11.Cxc6 bxc6 12.Fd4 Cxc3 13.Dxc3 Fh6+ 14.Fe3 
Fxe3+ 15.Dxe3 Db6 16.Dxe7 Fe6 17.Da3 Tfd8 18.Fa6 c5 19.Fe2 c4 20.f4 Td4 
21.Txd4 Dxd4 22.g3 c3 23.Dxc3 Dxc3 24.bxc3 Fxa2 25.Rb2 Fe6 26.c4 Rf8 27.
Ta1 a5 28.c5 Re7 29.c4 Fd7 30.Ff3 Tb8+ 31.Rc3 a4 32.Ta3 Tc8 33.Rd4 h5 34.
Fb7 Td8 35.Rc3 h4 36.gxh4 Th8 37.Fd5 Txh4 38.Rb4 Txh2 39.c6 Fe6 40.Fxe6 
fxe6 41.Rc5 Rd8 42.Txa4 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "B80d"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.f3 Fe7 8.Dd2 
O-O 9.g4 a6 10.O-O-O Cxd4 11.Fxd4 b5 12.Rb1 Fb7 13.h4 Tc8 14.g5 Cd7 15.a3 
Ce5 16.De3 Cc4 17.Fxc4 Txc4 18.Thg1 b4 19.axb4 Txb4 20.Tg2 Fa8 21.b3 a5 
22.h5 Dc7 23.Ff6 Tfb8 24.Fxe7 Dxe7 25.Td4 e5 26.Txb4 axb4 27.Ca2 Dc7 28.
Dd3 Rf8 29.g6 fxg6 30.hxg6 h6 31.f4 exf4 32.Tf2 Rg8 33.Txf4 Dc5 34.Tf1 Db5
35.Tc1 De5 36.Dc4+ Rh8 37.Th1 Fxe4 38.Dc7 Tf8 39.Txh6+ Rg8 40.Cc1 Fxc2+ 
0-1

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fc4 e6 7.Fb3 Cbd7 8.f4 
Cc5 9.O-O Ccxe4 10.Cxe4 Cxe4 11.f5 e5 12.Dh5 De7 13.Df3 Cc5 14.Cc6 Dc7 15.
Fd5 a5 16.Fg5 Ta6 17.Cd8 f6 18.Cf7 Tg8 19.Fe3 g6 20.Cg5 Tg7 21.fxg6 Txg6 
22.Ff7+ Dxf7 23.Cxf7 Rxf7 24.Fxc5 dxc5 25.Tad1 Fe7 26.Td5 Fg4 27.De4 Rg7 
28.Tfd1 Fxd1 29.Txd1 Te6 30.Df5 Rf7 31.Te1 b6 32.h4 Tg7 33.Rf1 Fd6 34.Rf2 
Fc7 35.Rf3 Re7 36.Te4 Rf7 37.Tg4 Te7 38.Re4 Txg4+ 39.Dxg4 Fd8 40.a4 Rf8 
41.c3 Tg7 42.Dc8 Re8 43.De6+ Rf8 44.g4 Tf7 45.h5 Tg7 46.h6 Tg6 47.Dd5 Fe7 
48.Rf5 Txh6 49.Db7 e4 50.Db8+ Rf7 51.Dxb6 e3 52.De6+ Re8 53.Dxe3 Tg6 54.
De4 Tg5+ 55.Rf4 Rd7 56.Db7+ Re6 57.Dc8+ Rf7 58.Dc7 h5 59.gxh5 Txh5 60.Dxa5
Fd6+ 61.Re4 f5+ 62.Rd5 Fe7 63.Dc7 Th6 64.a5 Td6+ 65.Re5 Tf6 66.Dc8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.O-O Fe7 8.a4 Cc6
9.Fe3 O-O 10.f4 Dc7 11.Rh1 Te8 12.Ff3 Ca5 13.Fg1 Ff8 14.De1 Tb8 15.h3 Cd7 
16.Fh2 Cc6 17.Td1 Cxd4 18.Txd4 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.e5 f5 21.exd6 Fxd6 22.
Cd5 Da7 23.Td1 b4 24.Fg1 Da5 25.Fh5 g6 26.Dg3 Rf7 27.Ff3 Ff8 28.Tfe1 Fg7 
29.Ce3 Rf8 30.Cc4 Dc7 31.Cd6 Te7 32.Fd4 Fxd4 33.Txd4 Cf6 34.Ted1 Fa6 35.
Dh4 Cd7 36.De1 e5 37.fxe5 Cxe5 38.Dg3 Cxf3 39.gxf3 Ta8 40.Df4 Fe2 41.T1d2 
Ta1+ 42.Rg2 Ff1+ 43.Rg3 Fa6 44.Td1 Txd1 45.Txd1 Dxc2 46.Dd4 Rg8 47.Dd5+ 
Rg7 48.Dd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B90j"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Fe2 h5 11.h4 gxh4 12.Txh4 Cc6 13.Cb3 Fe6 14.Dd2 Db6 15.Cd5 
Fxd5 16.exd5 Cce5 17.c3 Cg6 18.Th3 h4 19.Fxg4 hxg3 20.Txh8+ Fxh8 21.De3 
gxf2+ 22.Rxf2 Dxe3+ 23.Rxe3 Ce5 24.Fe2 Rd7 25.Cd2 Tg8 26.Th1 Ff6 27.Rf2 
Cg4+ 28.Fxg4+ Txg4 29.Th7 Re8 30.Rf3 Tg5 31.Ce4 Tf5+ 32.Re3 Txd5 33.Cxf6+ 
exf6 34.Th8+ Rd7 35.Tb8 Te5+ 36.Rf3 Rc7 37.Tf8 Te7 38.g4 Rd7 39.Rf4 Re6 
40.c4 Tc7 41.b3 b5 42.Te8+ Rd7 43.Ta8 bxc4 44.bxc4 Txc4+ 45.Rf5 Ta4 46.
Rxf6 Txg4 47.Ta7+ Rc6 48.Txa6+ Rc5 49.Rxf7 d5 50.Ta5+ Rd6 51.Rf6 Tf4+ 52.
Rg5 Tf1 53.a4 Re5 54.Ta8 Tg1+ 55.Rh6 d4 56.a5 d3 57.Td8 Re4 58.a6 Ta1 59.
Td6 Re3 60.Te6+ Rf2 61.Td6 Re2 62.Te6+ Rd1 63.Rg5 d2 64.Rf4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B22d"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 a6 6.Ff4 Cc6 7.Fe2 Cf6 8.O-O Fe7
9.dxc5 Fxc5 10.Cbd2 O-O 11.Cb3 Fb6 12.Cfd4 Ce4 13.f3 Cd6 14.Rh1 Df6 15.Dc1
Te8 16.Fd3 h6 17.Fe3 Fd7 18.Fg1 Ce5 19.Fc2 Cdc4 20.Cd2 Tac8 21.Te1 Cd6 22.
Cf1 Cec4 23.Txe8+ Txe8 24.b3 Ca5 25.Dd2 Fc7 26.Te1 Txe1 27.Dxe1 Cc6 28.Dd1
g6 29.Ce3 Ce7 30.De1 h5 31.Ff2 Cb5 32.Fh4 g5 33.Cxb5 axb5 34.Ff2 Fe6 35.
Cf1 Cc6 36.De3 h4 37.Dd3 h3 38.Cg3 hxg2+ 39.Rxg2 Ce5 40.Dh7+ Rf8 41.Ff5 
Cxf3 42.Fxe6 Ch4+ 43.Rf1 Dxe6 44.Fc5+ Re8 45.Dg8+ Rd7 46.Dxg5 Dh3+ 47.Re2 
Dxh2+ 48.Ff2 Fxg3 49.Dxg3 Dxg3 50.Fxg3 Cf5 51.Fh2 Ce7 52.Rd3 Cc6 53.c4 
Cb4+ 54.Rd4 bxc4 55.bxc4 Rc6 56.cxd5+ Cxd5 57.Re5 b5 58.Rf5 Rc5 59.Fg3 Rc4
60.Fd6 Rd4 61.a3 Rd3 62.Ff8 Cb6 63.Fc5 Cd7 64.Fe7 Rd4 65.Fb4 Rc4 66.Fd6 
Rb3 67.Rg5 Cb6 68.Rf6 Cc4 69.Ff8 Cxa3 70.Rxf7 Cc2 71.Re6 Rc4 72.Rd7 Cd4 
73.Fe7 Rd5 74.Rc7 Cc6 75.Rb6 Cd4 76.Fc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "32. Olympiad"]
[Site "Erevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e6 7.a4 Cc6 8.O-O Fe7
9.Fe3 O-O 10.f4 Dc7 11.Rh1 Te8 12.Ff3 Tb8 13.g4 Cxd4 14.Fxd4 e5 15.fxe5 
dxe5 16.Fa7 Ta8 17.g5 Td8 18.De2 Ce8 19.Fe3 Fe6 20.Df2 Dc4 21.Fb6 Tdc8 22.
Fe3 Fc5 23.Tad1 Fxe3 24.Dxe3 Db4 25.Td3 Td8 26.b3 Td4 27.Tfd1 Tc8 28.T1d2 
Dc5 29.Rg2 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Cd1 Txd3 32.Dxd3 f6 33.gxf6 Cxf6 34.Ce3 Rh8 
35.c4 bxc4 36.Cxc4 h6 37.Tc2 Db5 38.Tc1 Dc5 39.Tc2 Db5 40.Tc1 Db4 41.Dc3 
De7 42.De3 Cd7 43.Fe2 Tb8 44.Cd2 Cf8 45.Rh1 Cg6 46.Cc4 Fg8 47.Tf1 Dc7 48.
Dg3 Fh7 49.Tf2 Cf4 50.De3 Fg8 51.Ff1 Tf8 52.Cd2 Dc1 53.Cc4 Da1 54.Dc5 Ce6 
55.De3 Cf4 56.Dc5 Te8 57.De3 Fxc4 58.bxc4 Td8 59.Df3 De1 60.Dg3 Td1 61.h4 
Td3 62.Dg1 Dxe4+ 63.Rh2 De3 0-1

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "D31e"]

1.c4 e6 2.Cc3 d5 3.d4 Fe7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Ff4 Cf6 6.e3 Ff5 7.Db3 Cc6 8.g4 
Cxg4 9.Cxd5 O-O 10.Fg2 Fh4 11.Fg3 Fe6 12.Rf1 a5 13.Ch3 a4 14.Dc4 Ca5 15.
Dc5 b6 16.Fxh4 bxc5 17.Fxd8 Taxd8 18.Ce7+ Rh8 19.d5 Fd7 20.Tc1 c4 21.Cg5 
h6 22.Cf3 Tb8 23.h3 Cf6 24.Cd4 Txb2 25.Ff3 Txa2 26.Rg2 Te8 27.Cec6 Fxc6 
28.Cxc6 Cxc6 29.dxc6 Txe3 30.Txc4 Tb3 31.Td4 Tbb2 32.Tf1 Td2 33.Tb4 Rh7 
34.Tb7 Ce8 35.Rg3 g6 36.Te1 Cd6 37.Txc7 Rg7 38.Td7 Cf5+ 39.Rf4 Txf2 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B97f"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fg5 e6 7.f4 Db6 8.Cb3 Fe7
9.Df3 Dc7 10.O-O-O Cbd7 11.g4 b5 12.Fxf6 Cxf6 13.g5 Cd7 14.a3 Tb8 15.h4 b4
16.axb4 Txb4 17.Ca2 Tb6 18.Dc3 Dxc3 19.Cxc3 h6 20.Fe2 Fb7 21.Ca5 Fa8 22.
Cc4 Tc6 23.Rb1 Cb6 24.b3 Cxc4 25.Fxc4 Tc5 26.Rb2 a5 27.Fd3 Fc6 28.Ca4 Fxa4
29.bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C78m"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.axb5 
axb5 9.Cxe5 Cxe5 10.d4 Fxd4 11.Dxd4 d6 12.f4 Cc6 13.Dc3 Ce7 14.Dd3 O-O 15.
Cc3 c5 16.Cxb5 Cxe4 17.Dxe4 Txb5 18.Ta7 c4 19.Fxc4 d5 20.Dxe7 dxc4 21.Dxd8
Txd8 22.Ta8 Tf8 23.Ta4 Fe6 24.f5 Fd5 25.Te1 h5 26.h3 Tc8 27.Rh2 h4 28.f6 
gxf6 29.b3 f5 30.bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B91k"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Cde2 Cbd7 8.a4 b6
9.Fg2 Fb7 10.h3 Fe7 11.g4 Cc5 12.Cg3 g6 13.Fh6 Ce6 14.Dd2 Tc8 15.O-O-O Tc4
16.Rb1 Dc7 17.The1 Td4 18.Dc1 Tb4 19.Fd2 Td4 20.Fh6 Tb4 21.Fd2 Td4 22.Fh6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1998.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "D58n"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Fh4 b6 8.Fe2 Fb7 
9.Fxf6 Fxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Tb1 Fc6 14.O-O Cd7 15.
Fb5 Dc7 16.Dd3 Tfc8 17.h3 cxd4 18.Cxd4 Fb7 19.Tfc1 Cc5 20.Dd1 De7 21.Dg4 
g6 22.Ff1 Fg7 23.Dd1 Tab8 24.Tc2 Fa8 25.Tbc1 Td8 26.g3 Fxd4 27.exd4 Ce6 
28.h4 Df6 29.Ce2 Tb4 30.Tc8 Fb7 31.Txd8+ Cxd8 32.Dd2 Ta4 33.Dxh6 Txa2 34.
De3 Ce6 35.Tb1 Fc6 36.Dh6 Dd8 37.De3 Df6 38.Db3 Td2 39.De3 Cxd4 40.Cf4 De5
41.Da3 Rg7 42.Tc1 Fb5 43.Tc8 Fe8 44.Dc3 Fd7 45.Td8 Td1 46.Txd7 De4 47.Txd5
Txf1+ 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B33r"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Fe7 10.Fxf6 Fxf6 11.c3 Fg5 12.Cc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Txa4 a5 15.
Fc4 Tb8 16.b3 Rh8 17.O-O Fd7 18.Dd3 f5 19.Ta2 g6 20.f3 Fh6 21.Td1 Dh4 22.
Cde3 Tf6 23.Fd5 Tbf8 24.Cf1 Ce7 25.Cce3 Cxd5 26.Cxd5 fxe4 27.Dxe4 Dxe4 28.
fxe4 T6f7 29.Txa5 Fg4 30.Tda1 Fe6 31.Cfe3 Fxe3+ 32.Cxe3 Fxb3 33.c4 Tc8 34.
Tc1 Tb7 35.Ta6 Tb4 36.Txd6 Fa4 37.Te6 Tb3 38.Cd5 Fb5 39.Te7 Fa6 40.c5 Tf8 
41.c6 Tb2 42.h4 Fd3 43.Txe5 1-0

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D79m"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Fg2 c6 6.Cc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ce5 e6
9.O-O Cfd7 10.f4 Cc6 11.Fe3 f6 12.Cf3 f5 13.Ce5 Cb6 14.b3 Fd7 15.Dd3 Cc8 
16.Fc1 Cxe5 17.dxe5 Tf7 18.Fe3 Fc6 19.Tfc1 Da5 20.a3 a6 21.Fd4 Ff8 22.e3 
Fe8 23.Dd2 Dd8 24.Ff1 Tc7 25.Db2 Tc6 26.Ca4 Txc1 27.Txc1 Fc6 28.Cc5 De8 
29.a4 a5 30.Dc3 Df7 31.Fb5 Fxb5 32.axb5 h6 33.Ca4 Fa3 34.Dxc8+ Txc8 35.
Txc8+ Rh7 36.b6 1-0

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B90p"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 Fe7
9.Dd2 Cbd7 10.g4 O-O 11.O-O-O Dc7 12.Rb1 Tfc8 13.g5 Ch5 14.Tg1 Cb6 15.Df2 
Fd8 16.h4 g6 17.Td2 Dc6 18.f4 exf4 19.Fxf4 Cxf4 20.Dxf4 De8 21.Cd4 Txc3 
22.bxc3 Ca4 23.Tg3 Fa5 24.Cxe6 Dxe6 25.Td4 Cxc3+ 26.Txc3 Fxc3 27.Fc4 De7 
28.Dxd6 Te8 29.Dxe7 Txe7 30.Td8+ Rg7 31.Fd5 Fe1 32.h5 gxh5 33.Tb8 b5 34.
Tb7 Txb7 35.Fxb7 a5 36.Rc1 h4 37.Rd1 Fg3 38.Re2 h3 39.Rf3 h2 40.Rg2 b4 41.
Fd5 Fe5 42.Fb3 Rg6 43.Rh1 h6 44.gxh6 f6 45.Rg2 Rxh6 46.Fa4 Rg5 47.Fc6 Rg4 
48.Fa4 Fg3 49.Fb5 Rf4 50.Fc6 Re3 51.Rh1 Fe5 52.Rg2 Rd2 53.Fa4 Rc3 54.Rh1 
Rb2 55.Fb3 Ra3 56.Fd5 Rb2 57.Fb3 Rc3 58.Fa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E60j"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.g3 c5 5.Fg2 Da5+ 6.Cc3 Ce4 7.Dd3 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Cc5 9.Dd1 Cc6 10.e3 Ce6 11.O-O Dc5 12.Cdb5 a6 13.Ca4 Dxc4 14.Cbc3 Tb8 15.
Cb6 Dc5 16.Ccd5 O-O 17.b4 Dd6 18.Tb1 Cc7 19.Cc4 De6 20.e4 d6 21.Fe3 Dd7 
22.Ccb6 Dd8 23.f4 Cxd5 24.exd5 Ca7 25.Tc1 Ff5 26.g4 Cc8 27.Cc4 Fd7 28.De2 
Fb5 29.Df2 e6 30.Tfd1 e5 31.f5 gxf5 32.gxf5 Df6 33.a4 Fxc4 34.Txc4 Ce7 35.
Tf1 Rh8 36.Dg3 b5 37.Th4 Cxf5 38.Txh7+ Rxh7 39.Fe4 Rg8 40.Fxf5 e4 41.Dh3 
1-0

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B90p"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 
Cbd7 9.Dd2 Fe7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Rb1 Cb6 13.Ca5 Dc7 14.Fxb6 Dxb6 15.
Cd5 Cxd5 16.exd5 Fd7 17.h4 b4 18.Cc6 Fxc6 19.dxc6 Dxc6 20.Dxb4 d5 21.Db3 
Td8 22.c4 O-O 23.Txd5 Txd5 24.cxd5 Dd6 25.Dc4 e4 26.Dxe4 Tb8 27.Fd3 g6 28.
h5 Df6 29.Th2 Fa3 30.b3 Tb7 31.De3 Te7 32.Fe4 Tc7 33.Tc2 g5 34.Dd2 Txc2 
35.Rxc2 Da1 36.Rd3 Df1+ 37.Rd4 Da1+ 38.Rc4 Df1+ 39.Dd3 Df2 40.b4 Dxa2+ 41.
Db3 Dxb3+ 42.Rxb3 Fc1 43.Fd3 Ff4 44.Fxa6 Rf8 45.Rc4 Re7 46.Fc8 Fd6 47.Ff5 
Rf8 48.Fh7 Re7 49.b5 Rd7 50.Fg8 Re7 51.b6 1-0

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Db6 6.Fg2 Fc5 7.e3 Cc6 8.Cf3 
O-O 9.O-O Td8 10.Cc3 Da6 11.e4 Dxc4 12.Fg5 Fe7 13.e5 Ce8 14.Fxe7 Cxe7 15.
Cg5 h6 16.Cge4 Cc6 17.Cd6 Dc5 18.Te1 Cxd6 19.exd6 b6 20.Tc1 Da5 21.b4 Dxb4
22.Te4 Da5 23.Ta4 De5 24.Te4 Da5 25.Ta4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 Fe7 8.De2 
a6 9.Fb3 Dc7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Thg1 Cd7 12.Rb1 Cc5 13.Dh5 Cxb3 14.axb3 Da5 
15.g4 Dxh5 16.gxh5 Te8 17.Fh6 g6 18.Ca4 Cxd4 19.Txd4 b5 20.Cb6 Tb8 21.Cxc8
Texc8 22.Td3 Tc5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Ff4 Th5 25.Fxd6 Fxd6 26.Txd6 Txh2 27.Tf1 
Ta8 28.Tb6 Rg7 29.c4 bxc4 30.bxc4 a5 31.Ra2 Th3 32.f3 g5 33.Tb5 Rf6 34.b3 
a4 35.b4 Th2+ 36.Ra3 Tc2 37.c5 Tc3+ 38.Rb2 Te3 39.Tf2 Re5 40.c6+ Rd6 41.
Tc5 Tb3+ 42.Ra2 Txb4 43.Tc3 Rc7 44.Td2 Td8 45.Txd8 Rxd8 46.Td3+ Rc7 47.
Td7+ Rxc6 48.Txf7 g4 49.fxg4 Txe4 50.Tg7 Te3 51.Tg8 Tg3 52.g5 Rd5 53.g6 
Re5 54.g7 Rf6 55.Ta8 Txg7 56.Txa4 Tb7 57.Tf4+ Rg5 58.Tf1 e5 59.Tg1+ Rf5 
60.Tf1+ Re4 61.Te1+ Rd4 62.Td1+ Rc3 63.Te1 Te7 64.Th1 e4 65.Rb1 e3 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E68i"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.g3 d6 5.Fg2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.d4 Cbd7 8.e4 a6 
9.h3 exd4 10.Cxd4 Te8 11.Te1 Tb8 12.Fg5 h6 13.Fe3 Ce5 14.b3 c5 15.Cf3 
Cxf3+ 16.Dxf3 b5 17.Tad1 bxc4 18.Ff4 Te6 19.bxc4 Tb4 20.e5 De8 21.Cd5 Cxd5
22.cxd5 Txe5 23.Fxe5 Fxe5 24.Df6 Fd7 25.Df3 h5 26.Da3 Fb5 27.Rh1 Dd7 28.
Txe5 dxe5 29.De3 Dd6 30.Te1 Tb2 31.Dxe5 Dxe5 32.Txe5 Txa2 33.d6 Td2 34.
Txc5 Txd6 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Td4 37.g5 Tc4 38.Te5 Tf4 39.Rg1 Rf8 40.Fe4 
Fd7 41.f3 Ff5 42.Fb7 Ta4 43.Rf2 Fe6 44.Re3 Ta1 45.Rf4 a5 46.Fc6 Re7 47.Tb5
Rd6 48.Fe8 a4 49.Ta5 a3 50.Ta6+ Re7 0-1

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B18j"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.Fc4 e6 7.C1e2 Fd6 8.Cf4 
Dh4 9.Cgh5 Fxh5 10.Dxh5 Dxh5 11.Cxh5 g6 12.Cf4 Cf6 13.Cd3 Cbd7 14.O-O a5 
15.a4 Cd5 16.c3 O-O 17.Fh6 Tfe8 18.Tfe1 Cc7 19.g3 b5 20.Fb3 Cb6 21.Ce5 
Fxe5 22.dxe5 Ccd5 23.h4 Teb8 24.Te4 Cxa4 25.Fxa4 bxa4 26.Texa4 Txb2 27.
Txa5 Txa5 28.Txa5 Tb8 29.c4 Cb6 30.Tc5 Tc8 31.g4 Cd7 32.Ta5 Cb6 33.Tc5 Cd7
34.Ta5 Cb6 35.Tc5 Cd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon Man+Comp m"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "B33r"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Fe7 10.Fxf6 Fxf6 11.c3 Fg5 12.Cc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Txa4 a5 15.
Fc4 Tb8 16.b3 Rh8 17.O-O g6 18.Dd3 Fd7 19.Ta2 f5 20.f3 Fh6 21.Td1 Dh4 22.
Cce3 Fe6 23.Cf1 fxe4 24.Dxe4 Dxe4 25.fxe4 Tf7 26.Tf2 Rg7 27.Txf7+ Fxf7 28.
Rf2 Cd8 29.Ta1 Ce6 30.Txa5 Cc5 31.Cg3 Cxb3 32.Ta7 Cd2 33.Fa2 Tb2 34.Re1 
Rf8 35.Cb4 Cb3 36.Cd3 Txg2 37.Txf7+ Rxf7 38.Fxb3+ Rg7 39.Cf1 Ff4 40.h3 
Fg3+ 41.Rd1 h5 42.Fe6 Ff4 43.Ce1 Tf2 44.Fc4 g5 45.Fe2 g4 46.Cd3 Tg2 47.
hxg4 h4 48.Ff3 h3 49.Re1 Tc2 50.Cxf4 exf4 51.Cd2 h2 52.Cb1 0-1

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "D85f"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Fb5+ c6 8.Fa4
O-O 9.Ce2 c5 10.O-O Cc6 11.Fe3 Ca5 12.dxc5 Cc4 13.Dxd8 Txd8 14.Fg5 Fd7 15.
Fb3 Ca5 16.Fxe7 Te8 17.Fd6 Txe4 18.Cd4 Cxb3 19.axb3 Fxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[ECO "D58k"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Fe2 Cbd7 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Fb7 11.Tc1 c5 12.Da4 a6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Tfd1 Db6 15.Db3
Da7 16.Fg3 Tad8 17.Td2 Tfe8 18.Dd1 Ff8 19.Fh4 Da8 20.Ce1 Fe7 21.Fg3 Cf8 
22.Cf3 Ce6 23.Fh4 d4 24.exd4 cxd4 25.Ca4 Cf4 26.Cc5 Fxc5 27.Fxf6 d3 28.
Fxd3 Fxf3 29.gxf3 Td5 30.Fh4 Fb4 31.Tc3 Fxc3 32.bxc3 Ted8 0-1

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90j"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Fe2 h5 11.Cf5 Fxf5 12.exf5 Da5 13.O-O Fxc3 14.bxc3 Dxf5 15.
Tb1 Cd7 16.Txb7 Cgf6 17.Te1 Rf8 18.h3 Te8 19.Fxa6 h4 20.Fd3 Dd5 21.Tb5 Cc5
22.Fh2 Tg8 23.Tb4 Cxd3 24.cxd3 Dxa2 25.Tb5 Tg6 26.Tf5 g4 27.hxg4 Cxg4 28.
Df3 f6 29.Th5 Cxh2 30.Rxh2 Dd2 31.Te4 Dxc3 32.Texh4 Tg8 33.Tg4 Db3 34.
Txg8+ Dxg8 35.Dh3 Dg6 36.Th6 Dg5 37.Th8+ Rf7 38.Dh7+ Re6 39.Txe8 1-0

[Event "Sofia m 25'"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B43j"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe2 b5 7.O-O b4 8.Ca4 Fb7
9.c3 Cf6 10.cxb4 Fxb4 11.Fe3 O-O 12.Tc1 Cc6 13.Dd3 Da5 14.Cc5 Ce5 15.Db1 
Fxc5 16.Cb3 Dc7 17.Txc5 Db8 18.f3 d5 19.Ca5 Tc8 20.b4 Cc6 21.Cxb7 Dxb7 22.
Tfc1 dxe4 23.fxe4 Cd7 24.T5c3 Cde5 25.a4 Td8 26.b5 axb5 27.Dxb5 Dxb5 28.
axb5 Cb4 29.Tb1 Ta2 30.Ff1 Tc2 31.Txc2 Cxc2 32.Fc5 Cd4 33.b6 Cdc6 34.b7 h5
35.Fb6 Td2 36.Fa5 Td4 37.Fc3 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "D97n"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.Db3 dxc4 6.Dxc4 O-O 7.Ff4 Ca6 8.e4 
c5 9.dxc5 Fe6 10.Db5 Fd7 11.Dxb7 Cxc5 12.Db4 Ce6 13.Fe5 a5 14.Da3 Db6 15.
Fc4 Tfc8 16.Fxf6 Fxf6 17.Cd5 Db8 18.Cxf6+ exf6 19.Fxe6 Fxe6 20.O-O Db4 21.
Dxb4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A59f"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Cf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.bxa6 Fg7 7.Cc3 Fxa6 8.e4 
Fxf1 9.Rxf1 d6 10.h3 Cbd7 11.g3 Cb6 12.Rg2 Dd7 13.Db3 Db7 14.Db5+ Cfd7 15.
a4 Da6 16.Fd2 Cc4 17.Thc1 Cxd2 18.Cxd2 Dc8 19.De2 O-O 20.Cc4 Db7 21.Cb5 f5
22.Td1 f4 23.Td3 fxg3 24.fxg3 Ce5 25.Cxe5 Fxe5 26.Tb3 Da6 27.Taa3 Da5 28.
Tf3 c4 29.h4 Tac8 30.Txf8+ Txf8 31.Tf3 Txf3 32.Rxf3 Dxa4 33.Cc3 Da1 34.Cd1
Dc1 35.Rg2 Fd4 36.Rh3 Fxb2 37.Cxb2 c3 38.Cd3 Dh1+ 39.Rg4 c2 40.Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C80u"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Fb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Fe6 9.Cbd2 Cc5 10.c3 d4 11.Fxe6 Cxe6 12.cxd4 Ccxd4 13.a4 Fe7 14.Cxd4 Dxd4 
15.axb5 Dxe5 16.bxa6 O-O 17.Da4 Cc5 18.Dc4 Tfb8 19.Ta5 Dd6 20.Ce4 Cxe4 21.
Dxe4 Db4 22.Dxb4 Fxb4 23.Ta4 Tb6 24.a7 Fc5 25.Td1 h6 26.b4 Txb4 27.Txb4 
Fxb4 28.Fe3 Rf8 29.Tb1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C11h"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e5 Cfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Cf3 a6 7.Fe3 Db6 8.a3 Cc6 9.
Fe2 cxd4 10.Cxd4 Fc5 11.Ca4 Da5+ 12.c3 Fxd4 13.Fxd4 Cxd4 14.Dxd4 b6 15.Fd1
Db5 16.b4 a5 17.Cb2 Dc6 18.Ff3 axb4 19.cxb4 b5 20.Rf2 Db6 21.Re3 Db8 22.
Thc1 O-O 23.Tc6 Db7 24.Td6 Ta6 25.Txa6 Dxa6 26.Cd3 Cb6 27.Cc5 Da8 28.Rf2 
Dc6 29.Rg1 Fb7 30.Tc1 Dc7 31.Tc3 De7 32.g3 Fa8 33.h4 Cc4 34.Rh2 Tc8 35.Rh3
Fc6 36.g4 Dc7 37.Ca6 Db7 38.Cc5 Dc7 39.g5 Ta8 40.h5 Txa3 41.Txa3 Cxa3 42.
g6 hxg6 43.hxg6 Cc4 44.Fg4 Fd7 45.gxf7+ Rxf7 46.Dd3 g6 47.Fh5 Cxe5 48.fxe5
gxh5 49.Dh7+ Re8 50.Dxh5+ Rd8 51.Dh8+ Re7 52.Dg7+ Re8 53.Rg4 Dc6 54.Dg8+ 
Re7 55.Dg5+ Re8 56.Rh5 d4 57.Rh6 Df3 58.Dg8+ Re7 59.Dg5+ Re8 60.Dg8+ Re7 
61.Dg7+ Df7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B57f"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Fc4 Db6 7.Cdb5 a6 8.Fe3 
Da5 9.Cd4 Ce5 10.Fd3 Ceg4 11.Fc1 g6 12.Cb3 Db6 13.De2 Fg7 14.f4 Ch5 15.Cd5
Dd8 16.Fd2 e6 17.Fa5 Dh4+ 18.g3 Cxg3 19.Cc7+ Re7 20.hxg3 Dxg3+ 21.Rd1 Cf2+
22.Rd2 Cxh1 23.Cxa8 Dxf4+ 24.De3 Dh2+ 25.De2 Df4+ 26.De3 Dh2+ 27.De2 Fh6+ 
28.Rc3 De5+ 29.Rb4 Cg3 30.De1 Fg7 31.Cb6 d5 32.Ra4 Fd7+ 33.Cxd7 b5+ 34.Rb4
Rxd7 35.Fb6 Dxb2 36.exd5 Tc8 37.dxe6+ Re8 38.Fc5 Fc3+ 39.Dxc3 a5+ 40.Rxb5 
Dxc3 0-1

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D43b"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.g3 Cbd7 6.Fg2 dxc4 7.a4 Fe7 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Cg4 11.Ff4 Da5 12.e6 fxe6 13.De2 Cge5 14.Cd4 Cd3 15.Cxe6 
Tf6 16.Fc7 Db4 17.Cd4 Fc5 18.Cc2 Dxb2 19.Cd1 Db3 20.Cde3 C7e5 21.h3 Fe6 
22.Rh2 Th6 23.Tab1 Fg4 24.Cxg4 Cxg4+ 25.Dxg4 Dxc2 26.Dg5 Cxf2 27.Txf2 Dxf2
28.Tf1 Dd4 29.Fe5 Dd7 30.Dc1 De6 31.Fxg7 Rxg7 32.Dg5+ Tg6 33.Dxc5 Dd6 0-1

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C11t"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 dxe4 5.Cxe4 Fe7 6.Fxf6 Fxf6 7.Cf3 O-O 8.
Fc4 Cd7 9.De2 Fe7 10.O-O-O c6 11.h4 b5 12.Fd3 Dc7 13.Rb1 Cf6 14.Cxf6+ Fxf6
15.De4 g6 16.h5 Fb7 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Ce5 Tfd8 19.Dg4 Fxe5 20.dxe5 Dxe5 21.
Fxg6 fxg6 22.Tde1 Df5 23.Dh4 Rf7 24.Dh7+ Rf6 25.g4 Dxg4 26.Dxb7 Th8 27.
Thg1 Df5 28.Dxc6 The8 29.Dc3+ e5 30.f4 Tac8 31.fxe5+ Rg7 32.Dd2 Tcd8 33.
De3 Tc8 34.Tg2 Te7 35.Tf2 Dh5 36.Df4 Rg8 37.a3 Tce8 38.e6 Td8 39.Df6 Td1+ 
40.Txd1 Dxd1+ 41.Ra2 Dd8 42.Th2 Dd5+ 43.b3 Tg7 44.e7 Df7 45.Th8+ 1-0

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A39g"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.g3 g6 5.Fg2 Fg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Cxd4 O-O 8.O-O 
d6 9.Cxc6 bxc6 10.Fxc6 Tb8 11.Da4 Fh3 12.Fg2 Fxg2 13.Rxg2 Dd7 14.Tb1 Dxa4 
15.Cxa4 Tfc8 16.c5 dxc5 17.Fe3 c4 18.Fxa7 Tb4 19.Cc3 e6 20.Fd4 Cd5 21.Fxg7
Rxg7 22.Tfc1 Cxc3 23.Txc3 Tcb8 24.Tc2 g5 25.a3 Tb3 26.Txc4 Txb2 27.Txb2 
Txb2 28.e3 Ta2 29.Ta4 h5 30.h3 f5 31.Ta7+ Rf6 32.Ta8 g4 33.hxg4 hxg4 34.a4
Ta1 35.a5 Re5 36.a6 Re4 37.a7 Re5 38.Rh2 Re4 39.Rg2 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A41u"]

1.Cf3 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Dxd8+ Rxd8 7.Fd2 Fe6 8.
O-O-O Cd7 9.Cg5 Fxc4 10.e4 Fxf1 11.Thxf1 Ch6 12.f4 c6 13.fxe5 Re7 14.Cf3 
Cg4 15.Fg5+ Re8 16.e6 fxe6 17.Td6 Cf8 18.Tfd1 Ff6 19.e5 Fxg5+ 20.Cxg5 Cxe5
21.Cxe6 Re7 22.Cd8 Tb8 23.Ce4 Cfd7 24.Te6+ Rxd8 25.Txe5 Tf8 26.Cc5 Tf7 27.
Te3 b6 28.Tf3 Txf3 29.Cxd7 Tf2 30.Cxb8+ Rc7 31.Ca6+ Rb7 32.Cb4 c5 33.Cc2 
Rc6 34.Td2 Tf1+ 35.Td1 Tf2 36.Tg1 g5 37.h3 h5 38.Ce1 c4 39.Cf3 c3 40.bxc3 
Txa2 41.Rb1 Tf2 42.Cxg5 Rd5 43.g4 h4 44.Td1+ Rc4 45.Ce4 Th2 46.g5 Rb3 47.
Tg1 a5 48.g6 1-0

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "E32r"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Fg5 Fb7 8.f3 
h6 9.Fh4 d5 10.e3 Cbd7 11.cxd5 Cxd5 12.Fxd8 Cxc3 13.Fh4 Cd5 14.Ff2 c5 15.
Fb5 Tfd8 16.Ce2 cxd4 17.Cxd4 Cc5 18.O-O Cc7 19.Fc4 e5 20.Cf5 Fa6 21.Fxa6 
C7xa6 22.Ce7+ Rf8 23.Cc6 Te8 24.b4 Te6 25.bxc5 Txc6 26.cxb6 axb6 27.e4 Cc5
28.Tfc1 Tac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B27s"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.e4 Db6 5.dxc5 Dxc5 6.Fe2 d6 7.O-O Cc6 8.a3 Fg4
9.b4 Db6 10.Fe3 Dd8 11.Ta2 Cf6 12.Cc3 O-O 13.Td2 Cd7 14.Db3 a5 15.h3 Fxf3 
16.Fxf3 axb4 17.axb4 b6 18.Tfd1 Te8 19.Fe2 Dc7 20.Cb5 Db7 21.f4 Ta1 22.e5 
Txd1+ 23.Dxd1 Cxb4 24.Ff3 Db8 25.Da4 dxe5 26.Txd7 exf4 27.Ff2 e5 28.Cd6 
1-0

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D58o"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Fe2 Fb7 
9.Fxf6 Fxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.Db3 a5 13.bxa5 Txa5 14.Tb1 Cd7 15.O-O
Fe7 16.a4 Fd6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Cxe4 Fc7 19.Tfe1 Cf6 20.Fd3 c5 21.dxc5 Cxe4 
22.Fxe4 Fxe4 23.Txe4 Txc5 24.g3 Df6 25.Rg2 Tc3 26.Dd1 Dc6 27.De2 Tc2 28.
De3 Tc3 29.De2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B27s"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fe2 Cc6 6.d5 Cd4 7.Cxd4 cxd4 8.O-O Db6
9.Cd2 Cf6 10.Tb1 a5 11.b3 O-O 12.a3 e5 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Fd7 15.Fd3 Dc7 
16.Cb3 b6 17.Fd2 Ch5 18.Tc1 Ta3 19.Ta1 Txa1 20.Cxa1 Cf4 21.Fxf4 exf4 22.
Cc2 Fa4 23.Dd2 Fxc2 24.Dxc2 Ta8 25.Db2 Da7 26.Td1 Fe5 27.f3 Da4 28.Td2 Ta7
29.Tc2 h5 30.Rf1 De8 31.c5 bxc5 32.bxc5 dxc5 33.Txc5 Da8 34.Tc1 Ta2 35.Db3
Rg7 36.Td1 Da5 37.Db5 Da3 38.d6 Fxd6 39.e5 Fb4 40.e6 Ta1 41.De5+ f6 42.
Dc7+ Fe7 43.Txa1 Dxa1+ 44.Re2 Da2+ 45.Rf1 Dxe6 46.Dxf4 Fd6 47.Dxd4 Fxh2 
48.De4 Df7 49.g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C42t"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.c4 
Cb4 9.Te1 Cxd3 10.Dxd3 c6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Db5+ Dd7 13.Db3 O-O 14.Cc3 Cxc3 
15.bxc3 Td8 16.Fa3 Ff6 17.Te3 Dc6 18.Fe7 Te8 19.Tae1 Fxe7 20.Txe7 Fd7 21.
h3 f6 22.Da3 a6 23.Cd2 Txe7 24.Txe7 Te8 25.Cf1 Txe7 26.Dxe7 De6 27.Dd8+ 
De8 28.Db6 Fc6 29.Ce3 h5 30.Dc7 De4 31.g3 Db1+ 32.Rg2 Fb5 33.Dc8+ Rh7 34.
Df5+ Dxf5 35.Cxf5 g6 36.Ce3 g5 37.h4 Rg6 38.f3 Fc6 39.Rf2 Rf7 40.a3 Re6 
41.Re2 Fb5+ 42.Rd2 Fc6 43.Rc2 Fa4+ 44.Rb2 Fb5 45.Rc2 Fe2 46.f4 gxh4 47.
gxh4 Fb5 48.Rb3 Fd3 49.Rb4 b6 50.Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D28c"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Cf3 e6 4.e3 Cf6 5.Fxc4 c5 6.O-O Cc6 7.De2 a6 8.Td1 b5 
9.d5 exd5 10.Fxd5 Cxd5 11.e4 Fd6 12.exd5+ Ce7 13.a4 b4 14.Cbd2 O-O 15.Cc4 
Te8 16.Fg5 a5 17.Te1 Fa6 18.De4 Fxc4 19.Dxc4 Dc7 20.Fxe7 Fxe7 21.b3 Ff6 
22.Txe8+ Txe8 23.Td1 Td8 24.g3 g6 25.Rg2 Dd6 26.De4 Fc3 27.Td3 Rg7 28.h4 
h5 29.Td1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D28c"]

1.d4 d5 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Cf6 5.Fxc4 c5 6.O-O Cc6 7.De2 a6 8.a3 cxd4
9.Td1 b5 10.Fa2 d3 11.Txd3 Dc7 12.e4 Cg4 13.h3 Cge5 14.Cxe5 Dxe5 15.Fe3 
Fb7 16.Cc3 Fc5 17.Tad1 O-O 18.f4 Fxe3+ 19.Dxe3 Db8 20.Td7 Fc8 21.T7d6 Ce7 
22.Rh1 Dc7 23.Dg3 Rh8 24.h4 Cg8 25.Fb1 Fb7 26.Td7 Dc6 27.e5 Dc8 28.f5 exf5
29.Fxf5 Db8 30.Fe4 Fxe4 31.Cxe4 De8 32.T1d6 Ce7 33.Cf6 Cf5 34.Df4 gxf6 35.
Dxf5 Dxe5 36.Dxf6+ Dxf6 37.Txf6 Rg7 38.Tf5 h6 39.Rh2 Tad8 40.Tfxf7+ Txf7 
41.Txd8 Te7 42.Td6 Te3 43.Txa6 Tb3 44.Tb6 Txb2 45.a4 b4 46.Rg3 b3 47.Rf4 
Ta2 48.Rf5 Txa4 49.Tb7+ Rg8 50.g4 Ta6 51.Txb3 Rg7 52.Tb7+ Rg8 53.Te7 Ta5+ 
54.Te5 Ta4 55.Te4 Ta7 56.Rf6 Tg7 57.Te8+ Rh7 58.Te7 Txe7 59.Rxe7 Rg7 60.h5
1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[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.Cf3 Cf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.g3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 Cc6 8.Ff4 
O-O 9.Cc3 a6 10.O-O Cxd4 11.Dxd4 d6 12.Dd3 Dc7 13.Tfd1 Td8 14.Tac1 Ch5 15.
Fd2 Tb8 16.Ce4 Cf6 17.Cxf6+ Fxf6 18.Ff4 e5 19.Fe3 Fe6 20.b3 h6 21.a4 b6 
22.Tc2 Fe7 23.Fd5 Dd7 24.Fxe6 Dxe6 25.f3 b5 26.cxb5 axb5 27.a5 d5 28.Fb6 
e4 29.Dxb5 Td6 30.fxe4 Fd8 31.exd5 Fxb6+ 32.axb6 De3+ 33.Rf1 Tf6+ 34.Re1 
Tfxb6 35.Dc5 De4 36.Rf2 Txb3 37.d6 T8b5 38.Tc4 Tf3+ 39.Rg1 Dxe2 40.Dd4 Tb2
0-1

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D58a"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Tb1 Ce4 
9.Fxe7 Dxe7 10.cxd5 Cxc3 11.bxc3 exd5 12.Fd3 c5 13.O-O Cc6 14.Te1 Df6 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16.e4 dxe4 17.Fxe4 Td8 18.Da4 Fd7 19.Dc4 Tac8 20.Dxc5 Fe6 21.a4 
Ce7 22.Dxa7 Cd5 23.Tbd1 Cxc3 24.Txd8+ Txd8 25.Fb7 g5 26.Da5 g4 27.Ce5 Td2 
28.Dc5 Ce2+ 29.Rh1 Cd4 30.Dc1 Dxf2 31.Tf1 De2 32.Te1 Tc2 33.Dd1 Dxd1 34.
Txd1 Ta2 35.Cc6 Cb3 36.a5 Cxa5 37.Cxa5 Txa5 38.g3 Rg7 39.Tf1 h5 40.Rg2 Rg6
41.Tf2 Rg5 42.Tb2 Tc5 43.Fe4 f5 44.Fb7 h4 45.Rf2 Tc3 46.Td2 Fc4 47.Fg2 Fd3
48.Ta2 Fc4 49.Tb2 Tc1 50.Td2 Fa6 51.Ta2 Fd3 52.Td2 Fc4 53.Tb2 f4 0-1

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D27g"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Cf6 4.Fxc4 e6 5.Cf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Fb3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.
Cbd2 Fb7 10.e4 cxd4 11.e5 Cfd7 12.Cc4 Cc6 13.Fg5 Dc7 14.Tc1 Fc5 15.Cxd4 
Cdxe5 16.Cxe5 Dxe5 17.Cf3 Dd6 18.Dc2 Fa7 19.Tfd1 Dc7 20.De4 O-O 21.Ff4 Db6
22.Fe3 Da5 23.Cg5 Df5 24.Dxf5 exf5 25.Fxa7 Txa7 26.Cxf7 Ca5 27.Fe6 Fa8 28.
Tc5 Cc6 29.Ce5+ Rh8 30.Cxc6 Tc7 31.Txf5 1-0

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 Fc5 5.Fg2 d6 6.d3 h6 7.O-O a6 8.a3 O-O 9.
b4 Fa7 10.Fb2 Fg4 11.h3 Fe6 12.Tc1 Dd7 13.Rh2 Ce7 14.e3 Cg6 15.Ce2 c6 16.
Dc2 Tad8 17.e4 b5 18.cxb5 cxb5 19.Dc6 Dc8 20.Dc7 Da8 21.Dc6 Dc8 22.Dc7 Db8
23.Dxb8 Fxb8 24.Tc6 d5 25.exd5 Fxd5 26.Txa6 Fxf3 27.Fxf3 Txd3 28.Cg1 h5 
29.Td1 Tb3 30.Td2 h4 31.Fd1 hxg3+ 32.fxg3 Txg3 33.Txf6 e4 34.Txg6 fxg6 35.
Rh1 Tf1 36.Fd4 e3 37.Fb3+ Rh7 38.Tg2 Txh3+ 0-1

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B22l"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Dxd5 4.Cf3 Cf6 5.d4 Fg4 6.Fe2 e6 7.h3 Fh5 8.O-O Cc6
9.Fe3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Fe7 11.Cc3 Dd6 12.Db3 O-O 13.Tfd1 Tfd8 14.a3 a6 15.Ca4 
Cd5 16.Cc5 b6 17.Cb7 Ca5 18.Cxa5 bxa5 19.Da4 Tab8 20.Td2 Dc7 21.Tc2 Db6 
22.Dc4 Fg6 23.Td2 Ta8 24.Tc1 Fd6 25.Dc6 Tdb8 26.Ce5 Dd8 27.Dd7 Cxe3 28.
fxe3 Fxe5 29.dxe5 Dxd7 30.Txd7 Txb2 31.Ff3 Tab8 32.Tc5 T2b5 33.Tb7 T5xb7 
34.Fxb7 Fd3 35.Tc7 g5 36.Rf2 Rg7 37.Rg3 a4 38.h4 gxh4+ 39.Rxh4 Td8 40.Rg3 
Fb5 41.Ff3 Td3 42.Rf4 Txa3 43.Fh5 Fe8 44.Ta7 Tc3 45.Txa6 a3 46.e4 Fc6 47.
Ta7 Tc4 48.Fxf7 Txe4+ 49.Rg3 Ta4 50.Txa4 Fxa4 51.Fxe6 Rf8 52.Fa2 Re7 53.e6
Rf6 54.Rf4 Fc6 55.g4 h6 56.g5+ hxg5+ 57.Rg4 Fb7 58.e7 Fc8+ 59.Rh5 Fd7 60.
Fb1 g4 61.e8=D Fxe8+ 62.Rxg4 Fg6 63.Fa2 Ff7 64.Fb1 Re5 0-1

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D41f"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 Cf6 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Cxd5 7.Fg2 Fe7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.e4 Cb6 10.dxc5 Fxc5 11.e5 Dxd1 12.Txd1 Cc4 13.Ce4 Fe7 14.Cd6 C6xe5 
15.Cxe5 Cxd6 16.Fd2 f6 17.Fb4 Cf5 18.Fxe7 Cxe7 19.Cd7 Te8 20.Tac1 Cd5 21.
Cc5 Tb8 22.Cxe6 Fxe6 23.Fxd5 Fxd5 24.Txd5 Te7 25.h4 Tbe8 26.Rg2 Rf7 27.Rf3
Te5 28.Td7+ T8e7 29.Txe7+ Txe7 30.a4 Td7 31.b4 Re7 32.Re4 Rd8 33.Tc4 Te7+ 
34.Rd5 Rd7 35.Tc2 Te5+ 36.Rd4 Te1 37.Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ce2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Fe7 8.d5 
exd5 9.cxd5 Fc5 10.Cd4 d6 11.Fe2 a6 12.O-O Cbd7 13.Fe3 Ce5 14.h3 Te8 15.b4
Fb6 16.Db3 Fd7 17.a4 Tc8 18.Tac1 Cg6 19.Tfd1 Txe3 20.fxe3 De7 21.Ca2 Txc1 
22.Cxc1 Fxa4 23.Dxa4 Dxe3+ 24.Rh1 Ce4 25.Cf5 Cf2+ 26.Rh2 De5+ 27.Cg3 Ce4 
28.Db3 Ff2 29.Td3 h5 30.Fxh5 Cxg3 31.Txg3 Dxh5 32.Txg6 Dxg6 33.Df3 Fd4 34.
Cd3 Dg5 35.De4 De3 36.Dxe3 Fxe3 37.Rg3 g6 38.Rf3 Fd4 39.Re2 Rg7 40.Ce1 Rf6
41.Rd3 Ff2 42.Cf3 Rf5 43.Re2 Fa7 0-1

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D37p"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.b4 Cxb4 10.axb4 Fxb4 11.Db3 a5 12.Fe5 Cd7 13.Tc1 f6 14.Fg3 Cc5 15.Dc2 
Ce4 16.Db2 e5 17.Re2 Cxc3+ 18.Txc3 Fg4 19.h3 Fh5 20.Td3 Dc8 21.Da2 dxc4 
22.e4 Ff7 23.Te3 c3 24.Dc2 a4 25.Cxe5 fxe5 26.Fxe5 Fc4+ 27.Re1 Fb3 28.Tg3 
g6 29.Dc1 c2+ 30.Re2 Dc4+ 0-1

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E32r"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Fg5 Fb7 8.f3 
h6 9.Fh4 d5 10.e3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.cxd5 g5 13.Ff2 Cxd5 14.Dd2 Cc6 15.Ce2
Ce5 16.Cc3 c4 17.Cxd5 Dxd5 18.e4 Dxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Tfd8+ 20.Rc3 Cd3 21.Fe3 Fa6
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP Team Ch Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A57k"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Cc3 g6 7.Cf3 Fg7 8.e4 Cbd7 9.
Fe2 O-O 10.h3 Cxb6 11.Ff4 Ce8 12.Dd2 Cc7 13.Fh6 f5 14.h4 fxe4 15.Fxg7 Rxg7
16.Cg5 e3 17.fxe3 h6 18.Cf3 e6 19.dxe6 Fxe6 20.e4 De7 21.O-O-O Tad8 22.Cd4
Fd7 23.Cc2 Fe6 24.Cd4 Fd7 25.Cc2 Fe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B44m"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cb5 d6 6.Ff4 e5 7.Fe3 a6 8.C5c3 
Cf6 9.Fg5 Fe7 10.Cd2 O-O 11.Cc4 Fe6 12.Fxf6 Fxf6 13.Dxd6 Dxd6 14.Cxd6 b5 
15.Fd3 g6 16.Cb7 Fe7 17.Cd5 Fxd5 18.exd5 Cb4 19.Fe4 f5 20.a3 fxe4 21.axb4 
Fxb4+ 22.c3 Tf7 23.cxb4 Txb7 24.Re2 Td7 25.Thd1 Tad8 26.Txa6 Txd5 27.Txd5 
Txd5 28.Tb6 Rg7 29.h4 h5 30.g3 Rf7 31.Re3 Rg7 32.Rxe4 Td4+ 33.Rxe5 Txb4 
34.Tb7+ Rh6 35.f3 Txb2 36.g4 hxg4 37.fxg4 Th2 38.g5+ Rh5 39.Th7+ Rg4 40.
Rf6 Txh4 41.Tb7 Rh5 42.Th7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90a"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Tg1 b5 7.g4 Fb7 8.Fg2 e6 
9.a3 Cfd7 10.g5 g6 11.f4 e5 12.Cde2 Cb6 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Dxd8+ Rxd8 15.Fe3 
C8d7 16.O-O-O Re8 17.Fh3 h6 18.Fxd7+ Cxd7 19.Cd5 Tc8 20.h4 hxg5 21.hxg5 
Th2 22.Td2 Th3 23.Tg3 Th4 24.Cec3 Fc5 25.Fxc5 Cxc5 26.b4 Fxd5 27.Txd5 Ce6 
28.Txe5 Th2 29.Td5 Cf4 30.Td2 Th3 31.Txh3 Cxh3 32.Rb2 Cxg5 33.Td5 f6 34.
Td1 Tc6 35.Rb3 Re7 36.Tg1 Rf7 37.Td1 Re6 38.Td8 Re5 39.Tg8 Rd4 40.Cd1 Cxe4
41.Txg6 Td6 42.Tg8 f5 43.a4 f4 44.axb5 axb5 45.Tf8 f3 46.Rb2 Tf6 47.Td8+ 
Re5 48.Ce3 Td6 49.Tf8 Cf6 50.c4 Td3 51.cxb5 Txe3 52.b6 Te2+ 53.Rc3 Cd5+ 
54.Rd3 Cf4+ 55.Rc3 Te3+ 56.Rc2 Cd5 57.b7 Cxb4+ 58.Rd2 Td3+ 59.Re1 Cc6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C65p"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Fc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Fb6 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 d6 
9.Dd3 Fd7 10.Cbd2 a6 11.Fc4 exd4 12.cxd4 g5 13.Cxg5 hxg5 14.Fxg5 Rg7 15.
Cb3 Ce7 16.Fxf6+ Rxf6 17.f4 Fe6 18.Rh1 Fxc4 19.Dxc4 Rg7 20.f5 f6 21.Tf3 
Th8 22.Tg3+ Rf8 23.De6 Cg8 24.Te1 De8 25.Dc4 Df7 26.Dc3 Te8 27.Tg4 Dh5 28.
Dg3 Ce7 29.h3 Cxf5 30.Df4 Tg8 31.Txg8+ Rxg8 32.Tf1 Cg7 33.Dxf6 Txe4 34.Rh2
De8 35.Dg5 c6 36.Dg3 De6 37.Cd2 Txd4 38.Cf3 Td5 39.Te1 Df7 40.Dg4 Fd8 41.
Dc8 Dc7 42.Dxc7 Fxc7 43.Te7 Fb6 44.g4 Tb5 45.b3 Rf8 46.Td7 Ce6 47.Ch4 Re8 
48.Th7 Cf8 0-1

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15s"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Cd2 O-O 12.O-O b5 13.c5 e5 14.dxe5 Cxc5 15.a3 
Fb7 16.Fb2 a5 17.Tc1 Tc8 18.f4 f5 19.exf6 Fxf6 20.Fxf6 Dxf6 21.Rh1 De7 22.
Te1 Tcd8 23.Dc2 Cd7 24.e4 Dxa3 25.e5 De7 26.Cf3 g6 27.Cd4 Tc8 28.Dd2 Db4 
29.Dxb4 axb4 30.Cxc6 Rg7 31.Cd4 Txc1 32.Txc1 Tc8 33.Txc8 Fxc8 34.Fxd5 Cc5 
35.Cxb5 g5 36.Rg2 Rg6 37.Rf3 h5 38.Cd4 Fg4+ 39.Re3 h4 40.Cc6 Fd1 41.Cxb4 
hxg3 42.hxg3 gxf4+ 43.gxf4 Fxb3 44.Rd4 Ce6+ 45.Fxe6 Fxe6 46.Cc2 Rf5 47.Re3
Fc8 48.Cd4+ Rg6 49.Rd3 Fa6+ 50.Rc3 Rh5 51.Rb4 Rg4 52.f5 Rg5 53.Rc5 Fc8 54.
Rd5 1-0

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.Fg2 Cxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Cf3
c5 9.O-O Cc6 10.e3 Da5 11.Db3 Dc7 12.Fa3 b6 13.dxc5 Tb8 14.Tfc1 Fe6 15.
cxb6 axb6 16.Db5 Fd7 17.Dc4 Tfc8 18.Dh4 Fe8 19.Cd4 Ff6 20.Df4 Ce5 21.Ff1 
Db7 22.Fb4 Rg7 23.Td1 Fa4 24.Td2 Td8 25.Fg2 Da7 26.De4 Dc7 27.f4 Cc4 28.
Te2 Fe8 29.g4 h6 30.a4 e5 31.Cb5 Fxb5 32.axb5 exf4 33.exf4 Te8 34.Dxe8 
Txe8 35.Txe8 Cd6 36.Tea8 Cxb5 37.Fd5 Dd7 38.Ff3 Fxc3 39.Td1 Dc7 40.Ff8+ 
Rh7 41.Rg2 Cd4 42.Te8 Cxf3 43.Rxf3 Dc6+ 44.Te4 f5 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Td7+ Rg8
0-1

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E69o"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 O-O 5.Cc3 d6 6.Cf3 Cbd7 7.O-O e5 8.h3 c6 
9.e4 Te8 10.Tb1 a6 11.a3 Tb8 12.Te1 b5 13.c5 exd4 14.Cxd4 Ce5 15.f4 dxc5 
16.fxe5 cxd4 17.exf6 Fxf6 18.Ff4 Db6 19.Ca2 Fe6 20.Cb4 Tbc8 21.e5 Fg7 22.
Tc1 Fd7 23.Df3 a5 24.Cd3 c5 25.Db7 Dxb7 26.Fxb7 c4 27.Fxc8 Txc8 28.Cf2 h6 
29.h4 c3 30.Ted1 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Fxg5 Ff5 33.g4 Fg6 34.Txd4 c2 35.Td5 
b4 36.Txa5 bxa3 37.bxa3 Tb8 38.Rf1 Te8 39.Tc5 Txe5 40.Txe5 Fxe5 41.Te1 Fc3
42.Te8+ Rg7 43.Tc8 Fb2 44.a4 1-0

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D43u"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fxf6 Dxf6 7.e3 Cd7 8.Fd3 g6 
9.e4 dxe4 10.Cxe4 Fb4+ 11.Re2 Dg7 12.c5 Fa5 13.Cd6+ Re7 14.Db3 Fc7 15.The1
Fxd6 16.cxd6+ Rxd6 17.Rf1 Rc7 18.Tac1 Cb6 19.Ce5 Fd7 20.Fe4 g5 21.Dg3 Rd8 
22.Ff3 Te8 23.a4 a5 24.Fxc6 bxc6 25.Cxc6+ Fxc6 26.Txc6 Cd7 27.Dc7+ Re7 28.
Dd6+ Rd8 29.Tc7 f6 30.Tec1 g4 31.Tb7 Te7 32.Dc6 Dg5 33.Tc7 Cb6 34.Dxb6 
Txc7 35.Txc7 1-0

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A33i"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.Cc3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.Cdb5 d5 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.
Cxd5 exd5 9.Dxd5 Fb4+ 10.Fd2 De7 11.Cc3 Fe6 12.De4 f5 13.Db1 O-O 14.e3 
Tad8 15.Fe2 Ce5 16.Dc2 Fc4 17.Fxc4+ Cxc4 18.Db3 b5 19.Td1 Rh8 20.Fc1 Txd1+
21.Dxd1 Td8 22.Db3 f4 23.O-O fxe3 24.fxe3 a6 25.e4 h6 26.Dc2 Dc5+ 27.Rh1 
Tf8 28.Txf8+ Dxf8 29.De2 Fxc3 30.bxc3 Df6 31.De1 De5 32.h3 Cd6 33.Dd1 Cxe4
34.Dd8+ Rh7 35.Dd3 Rg8 36.Dd8+ Rf7 37.Dd7+ Rf6 38.Dd8+ Re6 39.De8+ Rd5 40.
Dg8+ Rc6 41.Dc8+ Rd5 42.Dg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E16k"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fe7 6.Fg2 Fb7 7.Cc3 d5 8.cxd5 
exd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Ff4 a6 11.Db3 Cc6 12.Tad1 Ca5 13.Dc2 Cc4 14.Ce5 Cd6 15.
Fg5 Cfe4 16.Fxe7 Dxe7 17.e3 Tad8 18.Cxe4 dxe4 19.Tc1 c5 20.dxc5 Dxe5 21.
cxd6 Txd6 22.Dc7 Dd5 23.Fh3 f5 24.b3 Tf7 25.Dc3 Tfd7 26.Tfe1 h5 27.Ff1 Rh7
28.Fc4 Dd2 29.De5 g6 30.a4 Db4 31.Fe6 Tg7 32.Ted1 Txd1+ 33.Txd1 b5 34.axb5
axb5 35.Td8 Da5 36.Fg8+ Rh8 37.Td7 1-0

[Event "It 94-95"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B52g"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Fd7 4.Fxd7+ Dxd7 5.c4 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Cxd4 Fg7 8.
O-O Cc6 9.Ce2 Ce5 10.Cbc3 Cxc4 11.b3 Cb6 12.a4 Dd8 13.Fe3 Cf6 14.Tc1 O-O 
15.h3 Cbd7 16.g4 Ce5 17.f4 Cc6 18.f5 Tc8 19.Cf4 Cd7 20.g5 Cb4 21.Cce2 Cc5 
22.Tc4 a5 23.Cg3 Fe5 24.Dg4 Cxb3 25.fxg6 Txc4 26.gxh7+ Rh8 27.g6 Cc2 28.
Cf5 Fg7 29.gxf7 Txf7 30.Dh5 Tf6 31.Cg6+ Txg6+ 32.Dxg6 Df8 33.Fh6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E04n"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Fg2 c5 6.O-O Cc6 7.Ce5 Fd7 8.Ca3 
cxd4 9.Caxc4 Cxe5 10.Cxe5 Db6 11.Cxd7 Cxd7 12.Da4 O-O-O 13.Td1 Fe7 14.Txd4
Fc5 15.Tc4 Rb8 16.Rf1 e5 17.Fg5 Dxb2 18.Tcc1 Cb6 19.De4 Td7 20.Tab1 Dd4 
21.Dxd4 Fxd4 22.e3 h6 23.Fh3 hxg5 24.Fxd7 Fxe3 25.fxe3 Cxd7 26.Rg2 b6 27.
Tb5 f6 28.Tc6 Te8 29.Td5 Cc5 30.Rf3 Rb7 31.Tcd6 Rc7 32.Rg4 Th8 33.h3 a5 
34.Td1 a4 35.a3 Ce4 36.Td7+ Rc6 37.Rf3 f5 38.Rg2 Tc8 39.Tf7 Cc3 40.Tc1 Rd5
41.Txf5 Rc4 42.Txg5 Rb3 43.Txg7 Rxa3 44.h4 Rb2 45.Tf1 Th8 46.Rh3 a3 47.Ta7
b5 48.g4 b4 49.g5 Tg8 50.Tg1 a2 51.Tg2+ Rb1 52.g6 b3 53.h5 b2 54.Ta3 Td8 
55.Txc3 a1=D 56.Tb3 Da6 57.Tbxb2+ Rc1 58.Ta2 De6+ 59.Rh2 Rb1 60.Tab2+ Rc1 
61.Ta2 Rb1 62.Taf2 Rc1 63.g7 Dg8 64.Tf1+ Td1 65.Txd1+ Rxd1 66.h6 Re1 67.
Rg1 Db3 68.g8=D Dxe3+ 69.Rh1 Dxh6+ 70.Th2 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C11n"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e5 Cfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Cf3 Cc6 7.Fe3 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Fc5 9.Dd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.h4 Cxd4 12.Fxd4 b5 13.h5 b4 14.Ce2 a5 15.De3 
Dc7 16.Rb1 Fa6 17.Fxc5 Cxc5 18.Cg3 Tfc8 19.Tc1 a4 20.Fxa6 Txa6 21.Thd1 a3 
22.b3 Tc6 23.Dd4 Ca6 24.Td2 De7 25.Dd3 Dh4 26.Df3 Tc3 27.Td3 h6 28.f5 Dg5 
29.Df1 Txd3 30.Dxd3 Cc5 31.Df3 Cd7 0-1

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C19j"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ce7 7.Cf3 Fd7 8.Fd3 c4
9.Ff1 Da5 10.Fd2 Cbc6 11.g3 O-O-O 12.h4 f5 13.h5 h6 14.Ch4 Rb8 15.Fh3 Tdf8
16.a4 Fe8 17.f4 g5 18.hxg6 Cxg6 19.Cxg6 Fxg6 20.Fg2 Tfg8 21.Rf2 Th7 22.Ff3
Ra8 23.Th3 Fe8 24.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A41r"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Fg7 3.Cf3 d6 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.cxb5 a6 7.bxa6 Cf6 8.Cc3 O-O 
9.Fg2 Ff5 10.O-O Cxa6 11.Ce1 Dd7 12.e4 Fh3 13.Tb1 Tfb8 14.b3 Fxg2 15.Cxg2 
Cg4 16.Fb2 Cc7 17.Dc2 Fd4 18.Rh1 Ce5 19.De2 Dc8 20.f4 Cg4 21.Df3 Tb4 22.h3
Ce5 0-1

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A37l"]

1.Cf3 g6 2.c4 Fg7 3.g3 c5 4.Fg2 Cc6 5.O-O e6 6.Cc3 Cge7 7.a3 O-O 8.Tb1 d6 
9.b4 b6 10.Db3 Tb8 11.d3 Cd4 12.Cxd4 cxd4 13.Ce4 h6 14.b5 Fb7 15.a4 f5 16.
Cd2 Fxg2 17.Rxg2 Dd7 18.Fb2 Rh7 19.e3 dxe3 20.Fxg7 Db7+ 21.Cf3 e2 22.Tfe1 
Rxg7 23.d4 g5 24.Rg1 Cg6 25.Txe2 Tf6 26.c5 bxc5 27.dxc5 dxc5 28.Ce5 Te8 
29.Td1 Cxe5 30.Txe5 Dc7 31.Dc3 c4 32.Td4 Te7 33.Txc4 Dd7 34.Td4 Db7 35.Td6
Rf7 36.Tc5 f4 37.Tdc6 fxg3 38.hxg3 Dd7 39.Dc2 Tf5 40.Tc7 Dd6 41.Txf5+ exf5
42.Dxf5+ Rg7 43.Tc6 1-0

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C02q"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Cc6 5.Cf3 Fd7 6.Fe2 Cge7 7.h4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Db6
9.Ca3 Cf5 10.Cc2 Fb4+ 11.Rf1 h5 12.a3 Fe7 13.b4 Tc8 14.g3 f6 15.Fd3 fxe5 
16.Fxf5 exf5 17.dxe5 d4 18.Ccxd4 Cxd4 19.Cxd4 a5 20.Fe3 axb4 21.axb4 Dxb4 
22.Rg2 Dc5 23.Db3 Db4 24.Thb1 Dxb3 25.Txb3 Tc7 26.Ta8+ Tc8 27.Ta5 b6 28.
Ta7 Td8 29.e6 Fc8 30.Cc6 Ff6 31.Cxd8 Fxd8 32.Fxb6 Ff6 33.Fc5 1-0

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A41r"]

1.d4 g6 2.Cf3 Fg7 3.c4 d6 4.g3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.cxb5 a6 7.bxa6 Cf6 8.Fg2 O-O 
9.O-O Ff5 10.h3 Cxa6 11.g4 Fxb1 12.Txb1 Cc7 13.a3 Cfxd5 14.Ch2 e6 15.g5 
Tb8 16.Dd3 f5 17.Fxd5 Cxd5 18.e4 fxe4 19.Dxe4 Dd7 20.Cg4 Ce7 21.Te1 e5 22.
b4 d5 23.Cxe5 Dxh3 24.Dg4 Dxg4+ 25.Cxg4 Cc6 26.Fb2 cxb4 27.Fxg7 Rxg7 28.
axb4 Tf5 29.b5 Txg5 30.bxc6 Txg4+ 31.Rf1 Tc8 32.Tb7+ Rf6 33.Td7 Txc6 34.
Txd5 h5 35.Ted1 Tcc4 36.T5d3 h4 37.Tf3+ Rg7 38.Te1 Rh6 39.Td1 Ta4 40.Te1 
Ta5 41.Td1 Tag5 42.Td8 Tg1+ 43.Re2 Ta5 44.Th8+ Rg5 45.Td3 Te5+ 46.Rf3 Tf5+
47.Re2 Ta1 48.Td4 Ta2+ 49.Re3 Taxf2 50.Tdxh4 T5f3+ 51.Re4 Tf4+ 52.Txf4 
Txf4+ 53.Re3 Rg4 54.Th1 Tf3+ 55.Re2 g5 56.Tg1+ Tg3 57.Ta1 Tg2+ 58.Rf1 Rh3 
59.Ta3+ Rh2 60.Ta5 g4 61.Th5+ Rg3 62.Ta5 Tb2 63.Ta3+ Rh2 64.Ta8 Tb1+ 65.
Rf2 g3+ 66.Rf3 g2 67.Th8+ Rg1 68.Re2 Tb5 69.Te8 Th5 0-1

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E11c"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Fb4+ 4.Cbd2 b6 5.a3 Fxd2+ 6.Dxd2 O-O 7.e3 Ce4 8.Dc2
Fb7 9.Fe2 d6 10.O-O Cd7 11.Ce1 c5 12.f3 Cef6 13.b4 Tc8 14.Db3 cxd4 15.exd4
e5 16.Fb2 Te8 17.Cc2 d5 18.Ce3 exd4 19.Fxd4 dxc4 20.Fxc4 Ce5 21.Fxe5 Txe5 
22.Fxf7+ Rh8 23.Tfd1 De7 24.Cf1 b5 25.Da2 Te2 26.Td2 Txd2 27.Cxd2 De3+ 28.
Rh1 Dd3 29.Fb3 Fd5 30.Tg1 h6 31.Fxd5 Cxd5 32.Ce4 Tc2 33.Da1 Ce3 34.De5 Rh7
35.Cc5 Dc3 36.De4+ Rh8 37.h3 Tc1 38.De8+ Rh7 39.De4+ Rh8 40.Cd3 Txg1+ 41.
Rxg1 Dd2 42.f4 Cxg2 43.De8+ Rh7 44.De4+ Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[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 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Fg7 8.Fg2 O-O 
9.O-O Te8 10.Cd2 a6 11.a4 Cbd7 12.a5 Tb8 13.Cc4 Ce5 14.Cb6 Ced7 15.Cc4 Ce5
16.Cb6 Ced7 17.Cc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D26t"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Fxc4 c5 6.O-O Cc6 7.De2 Dc7 8.Cc3 a6
9.Fb3 Fd6 10.dxc5 Fxc5 11.h3 O-O 12.Td1 Ce5 13.e4 Cg6 14.Fe3 Cf4 15.Dd2 
Fxe3 16.Dxe3 e5 17.Tac1 De7 18.Cd5 C6xd5 19.exd5 Df6 20.Rh2 Te8 21.d6 Fd7 
22.Tc7 Tad8 23.Txb7 e4 24.Ce1 h5 25.Txd7 Txd7 26.Fa4 Ted8 27.Fxd7 Txd7 28.
Dxe4 Txd6 29.Txd6 Dxd6 30.g3 Ce6 31.Cf3 g6 32.Rg2 Db6 33.b4 Db5 34.a3 Rh7 
35.h4 Rg8 36.Ce5 Cf8 37.Cc6 Ch7 38.De8+ Rg7 39.De5+ Dxe5 40.Cxe5 Cf8 41.
Rf3 Rf6 42.Re4 Re6 43.Cd3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D44q"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Cc3 c6 5.Fg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Fh4 g5 9.
Cxg5 hxg5 10.Fxg5 Cbd7 11.exf6 Fb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Cxf6 14.Fg2 Fe7 15.O-O 
Cxd5 16.Fxe7 Rxe7 17.Cxb5 Db6 18.Ca3 Th4 19.Dd2 Cf4 20.Cxc4 Dc7 21.f3 Cxg2
22.Dg5+ Rf8 23.gxh4 Cf4 24.Rh1 Td8 25.Ce5 Td5 26.Tae1 Cd3 27.Dh6+ 1-0

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B78p"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe3 Fg7 7.f3 Cc6 8.Dd2 
O-O 9.Fc4 Fd7 10.h4 Ce5 11.Fb3 h5 12.O-O-O Tc8 13.Fg5 Tc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.f4
Cc4 16.De2 Dc8 17.f5 Cxb2 18.Fxf6 Cxd1 19.Dxg4 exf6 20.Tg1 Tc4 21.Cxd1 d5 
22.h5 Txd4 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.Dxg6 Tf7 25.Cf2 Dc3 26.Rb1 De3 27.Tg2 Rf8 28.
exd5 De1+ 29.Rb2 De5 30.Rb1 Dxf5 0-1

[Event "6. Magistral"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D38p"]

1.c4 e6 2.Cc3 d5 3.d4 Fb4 4.Cf3 Cf6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fxf6 Dxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Tc1 
dxc4 9.Fxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Cc6 12.Ce4 Dd8 13.a3 Fa5 14.Dd3 Fb6 15.
Tfd1 De7 16.Fb5 Fd7 17.Cc5 Fe8 18.Dc3 Tc8 19.b4 a5 20.Fd3 axb4 21.axb4 Tc7
22.De1 Rh8 23.h4 Dd6 24.Fb1 Df4 25.Fe4 Ce7 26.g3 Df6 27.Ce5 Cf5 28.Cg4 Dd8
29.d5 Cd6 30.dxe6 f5 31.Cxb7 De7 32.Txd6 Txb7 33.Fxb7 Dxd6 34.e7 Dxg3+ 35.
Fg2 Tg8 36.Ce5 Dxh4 37.Tc8 Rh7 38.Cc4 Fd4 39.Cd6 Dh5 40.Cxe8 Txe8 41.Txe8 
Dxe8 42.De6 Ff6 43.Dxf5+ Rg8 44.Fd5+ Rh8 45.Fe4 1-0

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B48k"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Fd3 b5 8.Cxc6 
Dxc6 9.O-O Fb7 10.Dd2 Cf6 11.f3 Dc7 12.a4 b4 13.Ce2 Fd6 14.h3 O-O 15.a5 
Fc5 16.Fxc5 Dxc5+ 17.Rh1 Fc6 18.c3 bxc3 19.Dxc3 Dxc3 20.Cxc3 Tfb8 21.Tf2 
Rf8 22.Ca4 Fb5 23.Fc2 d5 24.Cb6 dxe4 25.fxe4 Ta7 26.e5 Cd7 27.Cxd7+ Txd7 
28.Fxh7 Tbd8 29.Fg6 Re8 30.Fh5 g6 31.Ff3 Td2 32.Rg1 Txf2 33.Rxf2 Td2+ 34.
Re3 Txb2 35.Rf4 Tc2 36.Td1 Re7 37.Td4 Ta2 38.h4 Txa5 39.g4 Ta3 40.Fe4 Fe2 
41.Td2 Fc4 42.Fc6 Td3 43.Tb2 Tb3 44.Txb3 Fxb3 45.g5 Fd5 46.Fa4 Fb7 47.Re3 
Fc8 48.Rd4 Fd7 49.Fd1 a5 50.Rc5 Rd8 51.h5 gxh5 52.Fxh5 Fe8 53.Fd1 Rc7 54.
Fh5 Rb7 55.Ff3+ Rc8 56.Fd1 Rd8 57.Fe2 Re7 58.Fd1 Rf8 59.Fc2 Rg8 60.Fd1 Rg7
61.Fc2 Rf8 62.Fd1 a4 63.Rb4 Re7 64.Fc2 Rd8 65.Fd1 Rc7 66.Fh5 a3 67.Rxa3 
Rc6 68.Rb4 Rd5 69.Fg4 Rxe5 70.Rc3 Fc6 71.Fh5 Fe8 72.Fg4 Rf4 73.g6 fxg6 74.
Fxe6 Re3 75.Fc8 Fc6 76.Fe6 Fe4 77.Ff7 g5 78.Fe6 Rf4 79.Rd2 Ff5 80.Ff7 g4 
81.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92o"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Rh1 b6 10.a4 Fb7 11.f3 Cc6 12.Cd5 Cxd5 13.exd5 Cb4 14.c4 a5 15.Fd2 
Ca6 16.Fc3 Fg5 17.Fd3 Fc8 18.Dc2 g6 19.g3 Fh3 20.Tf2 Cb4 21.De2 Dd7 22.Cd2
f5 23.Fxb4 axb4 24.b3 Dc7 25.De1 e4 26.fxe4 Dg7 27.e5 dxe5 28.Ff1 Fg4 29.
Fe2 h5 30.Fxg4 hxg4 31.c5 bxc5 32.Cc4 e4 33.Td1 Ff6 34.d6 Fd4 35.Ta2 Tae8 
36.a5 e3 37.Df1 g5 38.Dg2 f4 39.Dd5+ Rh8 40.gxf4 gxf4 41.d7 Td8 42.Txd4 
cxd4 43.Dh5+ Rg8 44.Tg2 g3 45.Dd5+ Rh7 46.Dh5+ Dh6 47.Dd5 Dg6 48.a6 f3 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "E32r"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Fg5 Fb7 8.f3 
h6 9.Fh4 d5 10.e3 Cbd7 11.Ch3 c5 12.cxd5 Cxd5 13.Fxd8 Cxc3 14.Fe7 Tfe8 15.
Fd6 Cd5 16.Rd2 cxd4 17.exd4 Ted8 18.Fc4 Cb8 19.Fxd5 Fxd5 20.Fxb8 Taxb8 21.
Re3 Td7 22.Tac1 Tbd8 23.Cf2 f6 24.Tc3 Fb7 25.Tc4 Te8 26.Cd3 e5 27.dxe5 Fa6
28.Tc3 Fxd3 29.Txd3 Txe5+ 30.Rd2 Tde7 31.Rc3 Te2 32.Td2 Tc7+ 33.Rd3 Te6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A46x"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Fg5 e6 3.Cf3 h6 4.Fh4 g5 5.Fg3 Ce4 6.Cbd2 Cxg3 7.hxg3 Fg7 8.c3 
d6 9.e4 a6 10.Fd3 Cd7 11.De2 De7 12.Cc4 b6 13.Ce3 Fb7 14.a4 Rf8 15.Cd2 c5 
16.d5 Ce5 17.Fc2 a5 18.Fb3 Fa6 19.Cdc4 f5 20.Cxe5 Fxe5 21.Fc4 f4 22.gxf4 
gxf4 23.Cg4 Fxc4 24.Dxc4 Fg7 25.dxe6 h5 26.Dd5 Te8 27.Df5+ Rg8 28.Txh5 
Txh5 29.Dxh5 Dxe6 30.O-O-O Dxe4 31.Ch6+ Fxh6 32.Dxh6 Te6 33.Dg5+ Rf7 34.
Th1 Tf6 35.Dg4 Df5 36.Df3 d5 37.Th5 De4 38.Txd5 Dxa4 39.Dh5+ Re6 40.De5+ 
Rf7 41.Dc7+ Rg6 42.Dc8 Da1+ 43.Rc2 Da4+ 44.Rc1 Da1+ 45.Rc2 Da4+ 46.Rd2 Dc6
47.Dg8+ Rh6 48.Dh8+ Rg6 49.Dg8+ Rh6 50.c4 De6 51.Dh8+ Rg6 52.Th5 Dd7+ 53.
Rc1 De7 54.Rb1 De4+ 55.Ra1 Te6 56.f3 1-0

[Event "6. Magistral"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[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 Cf6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 c5 5.Fd3 O-O 6.a3 Fxc3+ 7.bxc3 Cc6 8.Cf3 
d6 9.e4 h6 10.h3 e5 11.d5 Ce7 12.Cd2 Ch7 13.g4 Cg6 14.Cf1 Cf4 15.Df3 Df6 
16.Fc2 Cxd5 17.Dxf6 Cdxf6 18.f3 Cg5 19.Rf2 Rh7 20.Ce3 g6 21.a4 b6 22.a5 
bxa5 23.Txa5 Ce6 24.Td1 Td8 25.h4 Rg7 26.Fd2 Cf4 27.Tda1 Td7 28.Fa4 Tc7 
29.Fb5 Fd7 30.Ta6 Tb7 31.T1a5 Ce8 32.Fxd7 Txd7 33.Cd5 Cxd5 34.cxd5 f6 35.
Re2 g5 36.h5 Tb7 37.c4 Rf7 38.Ta2 Re7 39.Rd3 Cc7 40.T6a3 Rd7 41.Rc2 Rc8 
1/2-1/2

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

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.g3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.e3 d6 6.Tb1 f5 7.d3 Cf6 8.Cge2 O-O 
9.O-O Ce7 10.f4 c6 11.b3 Fe6 12.h3 Dc7 13.e4 h5 14.Fe3 h4 15.c5 Ch5 16.
cxd6 Dxd6 17.d4 exd4 18.e5 Dd7 19.Fxd4 Cxg3 20.Cxg3 hxg3 21.Fc5 Dxd1 22.
Tbxd1 Rf7 23.Td3 Tfd8 24.Txg3 Ff8 25.Ce2 Td2 26.Cd4 Fd5 27.e6+ Fxe6 28.Cf3
Tad8 29.Cg5+ Rf6 30.Fb4 Tc2 31.Fc3+ Txc3 32.Txc3 Fg8 33.Tc2 Cd5 34.Fxd5 
Txd5 35.Te2 Fc5+ 36.Rh2 Td4 37.Rg3 Fd5 38.Ch7+ Rg7 39.Cg5 Rf6 40.Ch7+ Rg7 
41.Cg5 Td3+ 42.Rh4 Rh6 43.b4 Fe3 44.a4 a6 45.Tb2 Fd4 46.Te2 Ff6 47.Tfe1 
Tf3 0-1

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A55p"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cf3 Cbd7 4.Cc3 c6 5.e4 e5 6.Fe2 Fe7 7.O-O O-O 8.Dc2 a6 
9.Td1 Dc7 10.Fg5 Te8 11.Tac1 h6 12.Fh4 Cf8 13.c5 exd4 14.cxd6 Fxd6 15.Txd4
Cg4 16.Fg3 Fxg3 17.hxg3 Da5 18.Dd1 Dh5 19.Ch4 g5 20.Cd5 cxd5 21.Txc8 gxh4 
22.Fxg4 De5 23.Txd5 Dxe4 24.Txa8 Txa8 25.gxh4 Te8 26.g3 Db4 27.Td2 Cg6 28.
a3 Dc5 29.Ff3 Te7 30.Rg2 Rg7 31.Td5 Db6 32.Dd2 Te6 33.Dc3+ Rg8 34.h5 Cf8 
35.Td4 Te5 36.Dd2 Df6 37.Tf4 De7 38.Tb4 b5 39.Dxh6 Ce6 40.Tg4+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78m"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.c3 d6 
9.d4 Fb6 10.Ca3 Fg4 11.axb5 axb5 12.Cxb5 O-O 13.Fc2 d5 14.Fg5 exd4 15.cxd4
Fxf3 16.Dxf3 Fxd4 17.exd5 Dxd5 18.Dxd5 Cxd5 19.Cxd4 Cxd4 20.Fe4 Cf6 21.
Fxf6 gxf6 22.Ta7 Tfe8 23.Fd3 Te7 24.Tb1 Cb3 25.h3 Cd2 26.Tc1 Tb3 27.Tc3 
Txc3 28.bxc3 Cb3 29.Ta4 Cc5 30.Tg4+ Rh8 31.Fc4 h6 32.Fd5 Cd7 33.Rh2 Ce5 
34.Tg3 Td7 35.Fb3 Td2 36.f4 Cd3 37.Fxf7 Cxf4 38.Tg4 Ce2 39.Tc4 Tc2 40.Fh5 
Cxc3 41.Fg6 Tc1 42.Fd3 Ca2 43.Txc1 Cxc1 44.Fc4 f5 45.Rg3 Rg7 46.Rf3 Rf6 
47.Rf4 c6 48.h4 Rg6 49.Re5 Rh5 50.g3 Rg4 51.h5 Rxg3 52.Rxf5 Rf2 53.Rg6 Ce2
1/2-1/2

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C69e"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Fg4 7.dxe5 Dxd1 8.
Txd1 fxe5 9.Cbd2 O-O-O 10.Te1 Fd6 11.h3 Fh5 12.g4 Ff7 13.Cf1 h6 14.Cg3 Te8
15.Fd2 g6 16.Rg2 Cf6 17.g5 hxg5 18.Cxg5 Fg8 19.Te3 Fe7 20.Tf3 b6 21.Th1 
Th4 22.Td3 Fd6 23.Tf3 Fe7 24.Td3 Tf8 25.Cf3 Txe4 26.Cxe4 Cxe4 27.Fh6 Tf5 
28.Te3 Cd6 29.Cxe5 Fd5+ 30.f3 Ff6 31.The1 Fxe5 32.Txe5 Fxf3+ 33.Rh2 Txe5 
34.Txe5 Fe4 35.c3 Fb1 36.a3 Cf7 37.Te1 Ff5 38.Ff4 Cd8 39.Te7 Ce6 40.Fe5 c5
41.c4 a5 42.a4 Rd8 43.Ff6 Rc8 44.Rg3 Rb7 45.h4 Rc8 46.Rf2 Rb7 47.Re3 Rb8 
48.Fe5 Rc8 49.Tf7 Fc2 50.Tf6 Rd7 51.Rd2 Fe4 52.Txe6 Rxe6 53.Fxc7 Rd7 54.
Fxb6 Rc6 55.Fxa5 Ff5 56.Rc3 Fh3 57.Fd8 Rd6 58.Fg5 Fd7 59.a5 Fc8 60.Fe3 Rc6
61.Fxc5 Rxc5 62.b4+ Rd6 63.Rd4 Fh3 64.b5 Ff1 65.a6 Rc7 66.Rc5 Fe2 67.Rb4 
Ff1 68.c5 Fe2 69.Ra5 Ff3 70.c6 Rb8 71.Rb6 Fe2 72.a7+ Ra8 73.Ra6 Ff3 74.c7 
Fb7+ 75.Ra5 Fc8 76.b6 1-0

[Event "playoff 20'"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C68p"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Fg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Df6 8.Cbd2 
Ce7 9.Te1 Cg6 10.d4 Cf4 11.dxe5 Dg6 12.Ch4 Fxd1 13.Cxg6 Cxg6 14.Txd1 O-O-O
15.Te1 Cxe5 16.Cf3 Cxf3+ 17.gxf3 Fb4 18.c3 Fc5 19.Rf1 Td3 20.Re2 Thd8 21.
Tg1 g6 22.Ff4 b5 23.Tac1 Rb7 24.Tc2 a5 25.Tf1 a4 26.Td2 Txd2+ 27.Fxd2 Fe7 
28.Fe3 Ff6 29.Fc5 Fg5 30.Td1 Txd1 31.Rxd1 Rc8 32.b3 axb3 33.axb3 Rd7 34.
Re2 Re6 35.Fe3 Fe7 36.c4 Fd6 37.Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "playoff 20'"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78m"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Tb8 8.c3 d6 
9.d4 Fb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.h3 O-O 12.Te1 Fb7 13.Ca3 exd4 14.cxd4 Ca5 15.Fc2 
b4 16.Cb1 c5 17.Fg5 h6 18.Fh4 g5 19.Cxg5 hxg5 20.Fxg5 b3 21.Fd3 c4 22.e5 
dxe5 23.Txe5 Dxd4 24.Te3 Cg4 25.Txa5 cxd3 26.Ff6 Dxf6 27.Dxg4+ Dg6 28.Tg5 
Fxe3 29.Txg6+ fxg6 30.Dxg6+ Rh8 31.fxe3 Tbd8 32.Dh6+ Rg8 33.Dg6+ Rh8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "playoff 5'-6'"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C88i"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Cb8 11.Cbd2 Cbd7 12.Cf1 h6 13.Cg3 Te8 14.Cf5 Ff8 15.Ch2 d5 
16.Cg4 c6 17.Df3 Rh8 18.c3 Te6 19.Fc2 Dc7 20.b4 c5 21.Fb2 Tae8 22.Tad1 c4 
23.dxc4 dxe4 24.De2 bxc4 25.Fa4 Tc8 26.Td2 Cb6 27.Fc2 Cbd5 28.g3 Dc6 29.
Cfe3 Cxe3 30.Dxe3 Cd5 31.Dxe4 g6 32.Cxe5 Txe5 33.Dxe5+ Fg7 34.De4 f5 35.
Df3 Td8 36.Ted1 Rh7 37.h4 h5 38.a4 De6 39.a5 Fc6 40.De2 Dxe2 41.Txe2 Cxc3 
42.Fxc3 Txd1+ 43.Fxd1 Fxc3 44.Tc2 Fe1 45.Txc4 Fb5 46.Td4 Fc3 47.Tf4 Fd2 
48.Ff3 Rg7 49.Fd5 Rf6 50.Rg2 Re5 51.Ff7 Fxf4 52.gxf4+ Rxf4 53.Fxg6 Rg4 54.
f3+ Rxh4 55.Fxf5 Rg5 56.Fc8 Rf4 57.Fb7 Re5 58.Rg3 Rd4 59.f4 Rc4 60.Rh4 
Rxb4 61.Rxh5 Fd3 62.Rg5 Rxa5 63.Rf6 Rb4 64.Re5 a5 65.Fe4 Fxe4 66.Rxe4 Rc5 
67.Re5 a4 68.f5 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C10q"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cf3 Cgf6 6.Cxf6+ Cxf6 7.Fg5 c5 8.
Fc4 Da5+ 9.c3 Fe7 10.O-O O-O 11.Te1 Td8 12.Te5 Db6 13.De2 cxd4 14.Cxd4 h6 
15.Fh4 Cd5 16.Fxe7 Cxe7 17.Te1 Fd7 18.Fd3 Cc6 19.Cxc6 Fxc6 20.Fb1 Td6 21.
Dc2 Rf8 22.Dh7 Td2 23.Tf5 Fe4 24.Txf7+ Rxf7 25.Dxe4 Dxf2+ 26.Rh1 Rf8 27.
Db4+ Rg8 28.De4 Tad8 29.Dxe6+ Df7 30.Fh7+ Rf8 31.De4 T8d6 32.h4 Td1 33.
Txd1 Txd1+ 34.Rh2 Dc7+ 35.g3 Td2+ 36.Rh3 Dd7+ 37.Ff5 Dc6 38.Df4 Dd6 39.Df3
Df6 40.Df4 Td6 41.h5 a5 42.De4 Td8 43.g4 b6 44.a4 Rg8 45.Rg3 Rh8 46.Rf3 
Dh4 47.De6 Dh3+ 48.Rf4 Dh2+ 49.Rf3 Dd6 50.Dxd6 Txd6 51.Re4 Td2 52.b4 Rg8 
53.bxa5 bxa5 54.c4 Rf7 55.Re5 Re7 56.c5 Td1 57.c6 Tc1 58.Rd5 Tc3 59.Fd7 
Rd8 60.Re6 Tc5 61.Rd6 Tc4 62.Fe6 Td4+ 63.Fd5 Td1 64.c7+ Rc8 65.Rc6 Tc1+ 
66.Rb6 Txc7 67.Fe6+ Rb8 68.Rxa5 Tb7 69.Ra6 Tb2 70.Ff5 Rc7 71.a5 Rc6 72.
Fe4+ Rc5 73.Ra7 Ta2 74.a6 Rd6 75.Rb7 Tb2+ 76.Rc8 Ta2 77.Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C78l"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.a4 Fb7 8.d3 O-O 
9.Cc3 Ca5 10.axb5 Cxb3 11.cxb3 axb5 12.Txa8 Fxa8 13.Cxe5 d5 14.Fg5 dxe4 
15.dxe4 Dxd1 16.Txd1 b4 17.Cd5 Fxf2+ 18.Rxf2 Cxe4+ 19.Rg1 Cxg5 20.Cd7 Td8 
21.Cxc7 Rh8 22.Cxa8 Txa8 23.Td4 Ta1+ 24.Rf2 Tb1 25.Txb4 Txb2+ 26.Re3 h5 
27.h4 Ce6 28.g3 Tg2 29.Rf3 Tb2 30.Re3 Tg2 31.Rf3 Tb2 32.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A40a"]

1.d4 0-1

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B80b"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 Cf6 4.Cc3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 e6 6.Fe3 Fe7 7.f3 O-O 8.Dd2 
Cc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Cxd5 11.Cxd5 Dxd5 12.Cb3 Dxd2+ 13.Txd2 Cb4 14.Rb1 
Cd5 15.Ff2 Fg5 16.Td3 b6 17.g3 Fb7 18.Fe2 Tfd8 19.h4 Fh6 20.c4 Cb4 21.
Txd8+ Txd8 22.c5 Fd5 23.Td1 Tb8 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Fe1 Cxa2 26.Cd4 g6 27.b3 
Ta8 28.Fc4 Fxc4 29.bxc4 Td8 30.Rc2 Ff8 31.Cc6 Tc8 32.Ce5 Cb4+ 33.Fxb4 Fxb4
34.Td7 Fe1 35.Cxf7 Txc4+ 36.Rd3 Tc3+ 37.Re2 Fxg3 38.Cg5 Fxh4 39.Cxe6 Tc2+ 
40.Rd3 Tc6 41.Cf4 Tf6 42.Re4 Tf7 43.Td5 Fg3 44.Ce2 Te7+ 45.Rd3 Ff2 46.f4 
Rf7 47.Cc3 Te3+ 48.Rd2 Tf3 49.Td7+ Re6 50.Txh7 Txf4 51.Tg7 Rf5 52.Ce2 Tf3 
53.Tf7+ Rg4 54.Te7 Fc5 55.Te4+ Rf5 56.Te8 g5 57.Cc1 Rg4 58.Cd3 Tf5 59.Re2 
Rg3 60.Te6 g4 61.Te4 Rh3 62.Cf4+ Rh2 63.Cd3 g3 64.Th4+ Rg1 65.Cf4 Te5+ 66.
Rd3 Rf2 0-1

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B81g"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 e5 9.
Cf5 h5 10.Cd5 Cxd5 11.Dxd5 Cc6 12.O-O-O Fe6 13.Cxd6+ Fxd6 14.Dxd6 Fxg4 15.
Dxd8+ Cxd8 16.Td6 exf4 17.Fxf4 Ce6 18.Fe5 Ff3 19.Tg1 Fxe4 20.Fh3 Td8 21.
Tb6 Fc6 22.Tb3 Tg8 23.Te3 g6 24.Ff6 Td6 25.c4 Rf8 26.Tf1 Fd7 27.b3 g5 28.
Fe5 Tc6 29.Fg2 g4 30.Td3 Fe8 31.Fd6+ Rg7 32.Tf5 Rg6 33.Ta5 f5 34.Td2 Cg5 
35.Fxc6 Fxc6 36.Ff4 Ce4 37.Td4 h4 38.b4 g3 39.hxg3 hxg3 40.b5 g2 41.Fe3 
axb5 42.cxb5 Fe8 43.b6 Fc6 44.Td1 Th8 45.Te5 Cc3 46.Td6+ Rf7 47.Txf5+ Re7 
48.Tg6 Th1+ 49.Rd2 Tf1 50.Th5 Ce4+ 51.Rc2 Cf6 52.Th4 Rf7 53.Tg5 Cd5 54.Fd4
Cf6 55.Th6 Fe4+ 56.Rd2 Ce8 57.Tg4 Th1 58.Tf4+ Rg8 59.Te6 Fc6 60.Txc6 bxc6 
61.Tg4+ Rf7 62.Txg2 Cd6 63.Rc2 Re6 64.a4 Rd5 65.Fg1 c5 66.a5 Rc6 67.Tg6 
Rb7 68.Txd6 Txg1 69.Td7+ Rc8 70.Tc7+ Rb8 71.a6 1-0

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B09k"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 g6 4.f4 Fg7 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 
Cd5 9.O-O Ccb4 10.Fe4 c6 11.De1 Db6+ 12.Rh1 Fg4 13.Ca4 Da6 14.b3 b5 15.Cb2
Fxf3 16.Txf3 f5 17.exf6 exf6 18.f5 Tae8 19.Fxd5+ Cxd5 20.Df2 Db6 21.Cd3 
Dxf2 22.Txf2 Cb4 23.Fa3 Cxd3 24.cxd3 Tf7 25.g3 Te5 26.Tc1 Txf5 27.Txf5 
gxf5 28.Txc6 Td7 29.Fd6 Rf7 30.Rg2 Re6 31.Fb8+ Rf7 32.Fd6 Re6 33.Fc5+ Re5 
34.d4+ Re4 35.Te6+ Rd3 36.Rf3 a5 37.Te3+ Rc2 38.Te7 Txe7 39.Fxe7 Fh6 40.d5
Fd2 41.Fc5 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Fb6 Fb4 44.Fc7 Fc3 45.d6 Fe5 46.Fb8 Fd4 47.
d7 Fb6 48.Fd6 Fd8 49.Rf4 1-0

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A30d"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 Cf6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Fg2 Da5+ 6.Cbd2 Cc6 7.O-O e5 8.Cb3 
Dd8 9.cxd5 Cxd5 10.Cxe5 Cdb4 11.Cxc6 Cxc6 12.Fxc6+ bxc6 13.Dxd4 Dxd4 14.
Cxd4 c5 15.Cc6 Rd7 16.Ce5+ Re6 17.Cd3 Fd6 18.Fe3 c4 19.Cc5+ Fxc5 20.Fxc5 
Td8 21.Fb4 Fb7 22.Fc3 f6 23.Tfd1 Fc6 24.Fa5 Txd1+ 25.Txd1 Tc8 26.f3 Fa4 
27.Td4 Tc5 28.Fb4 Tc7 29.Rf2 Fb5 30.Td6+ Rf7 31.Td5 a6 32.h4 Tb7 33.a3 Tb8
34.g4 h6 35.Tc5 Td8 36.Tc7+ Td7 37.Tc8 Rg6 38.Th8 f5 39.h5+ Rg5 40.Rg3 
fxg4 41.fxg4 Rf6 42.Tf8+ Re6 43.Fc3 Te7 44.Tg8 Rd5 45.Txg7 Txe2 46.Tg6 Te6
47.Txe6 Rxe6 48.Fd2 Fa4 49.Fxh6 Fd1 50.Fg7 Fe2 51.Fc3 Fd1 52.Rh4 Ff3 53.
Rg5 Rf7 54.Rh4 Re6 55.g5 Rf5 56.g6 Fd5 57.Rg3 Rg5 58.g7 Rh6 59.Rf4 Rh7 60.
h6 Rxh6 61.Re5 Ff7 62.Rd6 Rh7 63.Rc5 Fe6 64.Rb6 Fc8 65.Rc6 Rg8 66.Rd5 Fd7 
67.Rxc4 Rf7 68.Rb4 Fe6 69.Ra5 Fc4 70.a4 Fb3 71.Rxa6 Fxa4 72.b4 Fc2 73.b5 
Fd3 74.Rb6 Fe2 75.Rc6 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92m"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fc1 Cf6 8.Fe2 
e5 9.Cb3 Fe7 10.O-O O-O 11.Fe3 Fe6 12.Cd5 Cbd7 13.Dd3 Fxd5 14.exd5 Cc5 15.
Dd2 Cfe4 16.Db4 b6 17.f3 Cf6 18.Dd2 Dd7 19.f4 Cfe4 20.Db4 Tfb8 21.Cxc5 
Cxc5 22.fxe5 dxe5 23.Tad1 Fd6 24.Dh4 Tf8 25.g4 Da4 26.c4 Dc2 27.Td2 De4 
28.Dh3 a5 29.b3 Dg6 30.Rh1 De4+ 31.Rg1 Dg6 32.g5 Ce4 33.Fd3 Cxg5 34.Fxg5 
e4 35.Tg2 exd3 36.Ff6 gxf6 37.Dxd3 Tae8 38.Txf6 Fc5+ 39.Rh1 Te3 40.Dd1 
Tfe8 41.Tgxg6+ hxg6 42.Tf1 T8e7 43.Dg4 Rg7 44.Dh4 f5 45.Td1 T3e4 46.Dg3 
Rf7 47.Db8 Te8 48.Dc7+ T4e7 49.Dg3 Te3 50.Dh4 T3e4 51.Dh7+ Rf6 52.Dc7 g5 
53.Dc6+ Rg7 54.d6 g4 55.Tf1 Tf4 56.Tg1 Fxg1 57.Dxe8 Fd4 58.De2 Te4 59.Dd2 
Rf7 60.d7 Re7 61.Dg5+ Rxd7 62.Dxf5+ Te6 63.Dxg4 Fc5 64.h4 Re7 65.Dg7+ Re8 
66.h5 Ff8 67.Db7 Tf6 68.Rg2 Fe7 69.Rg3 Rf8 70.Rg4 Th6 71.Da8+ Rf7 72.Dd5+ 
Rf8 73.Dd2 Td6 74.De3 Rf7 75.c5 bxc5 76.Dxc5 1-0

[Event "It 94-95"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B14i"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.a3 dxc4 7.Fxc4 Fe7 8.Cf3 
O-O 9.O-O Fd7 10.De2 Fc6 11.Td1 Fd5 12.Cxd5 Cxd5 13.Fd3 Cd7 14.De4 g6 15.
Fh6 Te8 16.Ce5 Ff8 17.Fd2 Fg7 18.Fb5 C7f6 19.Df3 Tf8 20.Fc4 Dd6 21.Tac1 
Tac8 22.g4 De7 23.h4 Tfd8 24.Fa5 b6 25.Fd2 Tc7 26.Fa6 Txc1 27.Txc1 Tf8 28.
Fb5 a5 29.h5 Cc7 30.Fd3 Cfd5 31.Rg2 f6 32.Cc6 De8 33.b4 axb4 34.Fxb4 Fh6 
35.Ce7+ Rg7 36.Cxd5 Cxd5 37.Fxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It 94-95"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A57f"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Cf3 g6 5.Dc2 bxc4 6.e4 Fg7 7.Fxc4 d6 8.O-O O-O 
9.h3 Cbd7 10.Td1 Cb6 11.Fe2 e6 12.dxe6 Fxe6 13.Cc3 De7 14.Fg5 h6 15.Fh4 
Tad8 16.Te1 g5 17.Fg3 Ch5 18.Fh2 f5 19.exf5 Fxf5 20.Dd1 d5 21.g4 Fe4 22.
gxh5 Df7 23.Cxe4 dxe4 24.Dc2 exf3 25.Ff1 Dxh5 26.Te7 Tf7 27.Tae1 Fd4 28.
Fc7 Tdf8 29.Fxb6 axb6 30.Fc4 Dh4 31.Fxf7+ Rh8 32.T1e3 Dxh3 33.Dh7+ Rxh7 
34.Fe6+ Rg6 35.Fxh3 Fxe3 36.Txe3 h5 37.Fd7 g4 38.Te6+ Rg5 39.Txb6 Tf4 40.
Tc6 Tc4 41.b4 Txb4 42.Txc5+ Rh4 43.Fe8 g3 44.Txh5+ Rg4 45.Tb5 Td4 46.Fh5+ 
Rf4 47.fxg3+ Rxg3 48.Tg5+ Rh4 49.Tg4+ 1-0

[Event "6. Magistral"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C87d"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 d6 7.Fxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 
exd4 9.Cxd4 Fd7 10.Cc3 O-O 11.h3 c5 12.Cf3 Te8 13.e5 dxe5 14.Cxe5 Fd6 15.
Ff4 Ff5 16.Tc1 Te6 17.Df3 De8 18.Cd3 c4 19.Txe6 Fxe6 20.Ce5 Tb8 21.Te1 Df8
22.b3 cxb3 23.axb3 Te8 24.Cd3 c5 25.Fxd6 Dxd6 26.Df4 Dxf4 27.Cxf4 Ff5 28.
Tc1 c4 29.bxc4 Tc8 30.Ccd5 Cxd5 31.Cxd5 Rf8 32.Ta1 Fxc2 33.Cb6 Tc7 34.Txa6
g6 35.f3 Rg7 36.Ta3 Tc6 37.Tc3 Txb6 38.Txc2 Rf6 39.Rf2 Re5 40.Te2+ Rd6 41.
Rg3 Tc6 42.Td2+ Re5 43.Td5+ Re6 44.Td4 Ta6 45.Te4+ Rd6 46.h4 Ta2 47.c5+ 
Rd7 48.c6+ Rd6 49.Tc4 Rc7 50.Tf4 f5 51.Tc4 h5 52.Tc5 Ta4 53.Te5 f4+ 54.Rh3
Td4 55.Te6 Td6 56.Txd6 Rxd6 57.g3 Rxc6 58.gxf4 Rd5 59.Rg3 Re6 60.Rf2 Rf6 
61.Re2 Re6 62.Rd3 Rd5 63.Re3 Re6 64.Re4 Rf6 65.f5 g5 66.hxg5+ Rxg5 67.Re5 
h4 68.f6 Rg6 69.Re6 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B23j"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d3 Cc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Fg2 Cf6 7.Cge2 d4 8.Ce4 
Cxe4 9.dxe4 Fe7 10.O-O O-O 11.Cf4 Fg5 12.c3 Fxf4 13.Fxf4 Fe6 14.Dh5 b6 15.
e5 Fd5 16.Fg5 Dd7 17.Ff6 Rh8 18.Fh3 Fe6 19.Fxg7+ Rxg7 20.Dg5+ Rh8 21.Df6+ 
Rg8 22.Dg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "C90h"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 
9.c3 Ca5 10.Fc2 c5 11.Cbd2 Fb7 12.Cf1 Te8 13.a4 h6 14.Cg3 Ff8 15.d4 Dc7 
16.d5 Cc4 17.b3 Cb6 18.Fe3 bxa4 19.bxa4 Cc4 20.Fc1 Fc8 21.Dd3 Ca5 22.c4 
Fd7 23.Fd2 Tab8 24.Tab1 Fe7 25.Fc3 Fd8 26.Fxa5 Txb1 27.Fxc7 Txe1+ 28.Cxe1 
Fxc7 29.Dc3 g6 30.Cd3 h5 31.f3 1-0

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15p"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 Fb7 8.Cc3 O-O
9.O-O Ca6 10.Fg5 d5 11.Ce5 h6 12.Fxf6 Fxf6 13.e3 c6 14.Dh5 Cc7 15.Tac1 Ce8
16.Fh3 De7 17.Ce2 Cd6 18.Fg2 Tac8 19.Tfd1 Tfd8 20.Cf4 dxc4 21.bxc4 c5 22.
Fxb7 Cxb7 23.d5 Fxe5 24.Dxe5 Dg5 25.Db2 e5 26.Ce2 Cd6 27.Rg2 e4 28.a4 Tb8 
29.Cf4 Dg4 30.De2 Df5 31.Ta1 g5 32.Ch5 Rh7 33.g4 De5 34.Cg3 Tf8 35.Dc2 Rg7
36.a5 b5 37.cxb5 Txb5 38.Ta3 Tfb8 39.a6 T8b6 40.h3 Rf6 41.Ta4 Rg7 42.Cxe4 
Tb2 43.Dc3 Txf2+ 44.Rg1 Dxc3 45.Cxc3 Tf3 46.Ce4 Txe3 47.Cxd6 Txd6 48.Tc4 
Txh3 49.Txc5 Tg3+ 50.Rh1 Txg4 51.Tc7 Ta4 52.Tf1 Taxa6 53.Tfxf7+ Rg6 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A67c"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Fg7 8.Fb5+ Cbd7
9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Ch5 11.e6 Dh4+ 12.g3 Cxg3 13.hxg3 Dxh1 14.Fe3 Fxc3+ 15.
bxc3 a6 16.exd7+ Fxd7 17.Fxd7+ Rxd7 18.Db3 b5 19.O-O-O The8 20.Fxc5 Tac8 
21.Fd4 Dg2 22.Da3 Dxg3 23.Dxa6 Txc3+ 24.Rb2 Tcc8 25.Dxb5+ Rd6 26.Ra1 Da3 
27.Fb2 Dc5 28.Da6+ Rd7 29.Da4+ 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D11e"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Fe6 5.a4 Cf6 6.Cc3 h6 7.Ce5 Cbd7 8.Cxc4 
Ff5 9.Db3 Dc7 10.f3 e5 11.dxe5 Cc5 12.Da2 Cd5 13.Cxd5 cxd5 14.Cd6+ Fxd6 
15.exd6 Dxd6 16.Fb5+ Fd7 17.b4 Ce6 18.Fxd7+ Dxd7 19.O-O O-O 20.Td1 Tfd8 
21.Fb2 Tac8 22.Tac1 Txc1 23.Txc1 d4 24.Fxd4 Cxd4 25.exd4 Dxd4+ 26.Df2 Dxb4
27.Dxa7 Td2 28.Rh1 Ta2 29.Db8+ Rh7 30.De5 Txg2 31.Rxg2 Dd2+ 32.Rg3 Dxc1 
33.De4+ g6 34.Dxb7 Dg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "D06p"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Ff5 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Cc6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Ff4 Fb4 7.e3 Cge7 8.Fe2 
O-O 9.Tc1 Fd6 10.Fg3 a6 11.O-O Cc8 12.Db3 Cb6 13.Cd2 Te8 14.Ff3 Fxg3 15.
hxg3 Ce7 16.Fe2 Cec8 17.Ff3 c6 18.e4 dxe4 19.Cdxe4 Fe6 20.Dc2 Cd6 21.Cc5 
Ff5 22.Db3 Tb8 23.d5 Cbc4 24.g4 Fg6 25.Tfe1 Cd2 26.Txe8+ Dxe8 27.Dd1 Cxf3+
28.Dxf3 Tc8 29.Df4 Df8 30.Te1 Dd8 31.dxc6 Txc6 32.Cd5 Rh8 33.b4 b6 34.Ce7 
Tc7 35.Cf5 bxc5 36.Cxd6 Te7 37.Txe7 Dxe7 38.bxc5 Dc7 39.De5 f6 40.Dd5 h6 
41.c6 Fc2 42.Ce8 De7 43.Dd7 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Speelman, Jon S"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A48v"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.d4 g6 3.Fg5 Fg7 4.Cbd2 O-O 5.c3 h6 6.Fxf6 Fxf6 7.e4 d6 8.Fc4 
Fg7 9.De2 c5 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.O-O Cc6 12.h3 Dc7 13.Tfe1 Td8 14.e5 Tb8 15.e6
f5 16.h4 Ca5 17.Fd3 Td6 18.Cc4 Txe6 19.Dxe6+ Fxe6 20.Txe6 Rf7 21.Tae1 Cc6 
22.h5 g5 23.Fxf5 Ff6 24.Ce3 Td8 25.Cg4 Rg7 26.Cxf6 exf6 27.b4 cxb4 28.Cd4 
Td6 29.Te8 Ce5 30.Ce6+ Txe6 31.Fxe6 bxc3 32.Fb3 Dd7 33.Ta8 b6 34.Td1 De7 
35.Tdd8 f5 36.Tg8+ Rh7 37.Th8+ Rg7 38.Tag8+ Rf6 39.Txh6+ Cg6 40.Tgxg6+ Re5
1-0

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

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.d5 Cbd7 8.Fg5 h6 
9.Fh4 g5 10.Fg3 Ch5 11.Cd2 Cf4 12.O-O f5 13.exf5 Cxe2+ 14.Dxe2 Cf6 15.Cde4
Fxf5 16.f3 b6 17.b4 a5 18.a3 Ch5 19.Ff2 Cf4 20.Dd2 De8 21.Fe3 Dg6 22.g4 
Fd7 23.c5 axb4 24.axb4 Txa1 25.Txa1 bxc5 26.bxc5 h5 27.Fxf4 exf4 28.c6 
Fxg4 29.fxg4 hxg4 30.Ta7 f3 31.Txc7 Fe5 32.Te7 Ff4 33.Df2 Dh6 34.c7 Ta8 
35.Cd1 Rf8 36.Td7 Re8 37.Th7 1-0

[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Speelman, Jon S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B13p"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 h6 6.cxd5 Cxd5 7.Fc4 Cxc3 8.
bxc3 Dc7 9.Dd3 Cc6 10.Cf3 e6 11.O-O Fd6 12.Te1 a6 13.a4 Ca5 14.Fa2 Fd7 15.
Ce5 Tc8 16.Fd2 b6 17.Dg3 Fxe5 18.Txe5 Rf8 19.d5 f6 20.dxe6 fxe5 21.e7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B81g"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 e5 9.
Cf5 h5 10.Cd5 Cxd5 11.Dxd5 g6 12.O-O-O gxf5 13.exf5 Cc6 14.Fc4 Df6 15.fxe5
Cxe5 16.g5 Dxf5 17.Fb3 Df3 18.Dd2 Dc6 19.Thf1 Fe6 20.Fxe6 fxe6 21.Tf6 
O-O-O 22.Txe6 Fg7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Da4+ Fd7 5.Db3 dxc4 6.Dxc4 a6 7.g3 Cc6 8.Fg2 
Fg7 9.O-O e5 10.d3 h6 11.Td1 Fe6 12.Da4 O-O 13.Fe3 Cd5 14.Fc5 Cb6 15.Da3 
Te8 16.Tac1 Cd4 17.Cd2 Cb5 18.Db4 c6 19.Da5 Cd7 20.Dxd8 Taxd8 21.Fb4 Cf6 
22.Fa5 Tb8 23.Cc4 Cd5 24.Cxd5 cxd5 25.Cb6 e4 26.e3 Fxb2 27.Tc2 Fg7 28.a4 
exd3 29.Tcc1 Ca7 30.Txd3 Cc6 31.Fc3 Ce5 32.Fxe5 Fxe5 33.Fxd5 Tbd8 34.e4 
Te7 35.Rg2 Fc7 36.Tb1 Rg7 37.Cc4 Fd7 38.Txb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E87k"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Fg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Fe3 e5 7.d5 Ch5 8.Dd2 f5 9.
O-O-O a6 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Cge2 b5 12.Cg3 Cf6 13.Fg5 b4 14.Cb1 De8 15.Dxb4 
h6 16.Fd2 a5 17.Da3 Ca6 18.Cc3 Fd7 19.Fd3 Dg6 20.Fb1 Cb4 21.Thg1 h5 22.
Cge2 Df7 23.Cg3 Ch7 24.Cb5 Tfc8 25.Db3 Ff8 26.a3 c6 27.Cc3 cxd5 28.cxd5 
Tab8 29.axb4 axb4 30.Dc2 bxc3 31.bxc3 Tc4 32.Dd3 Ta4 33.Fe3 f4 34.Dxh7+ 
Dxh7 35.Fxh7+ Rxh7 36.Ce4 Ta1+ 37.Rd2 Tb2+ 38.Rd3 Fb5+ 39.c4 Ta3+ 40.Cc3 
Fe8 0-1

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade SCG"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A48x"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.d4 g6 3.Fg5 Fg7 4.c3 d6 5.Cbd2 O-O 6.e4 c5 7.Fd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 
h6 9.Fh4 Ch5 10.O-O g5 11.Fg3 g4 12.Ch4 Cxg3 13.hxg3 Fxd4 14.Cf5 Fxf5 15.
exf5 h5 16.f6 Cd7 17.fxe7 Dxe7 18.Ff5 Cc5 19.Cc4 Df6 20.Dd2 d5 21.Ce3 Ce4 
22.Fxe4 dxe4 23.Cd5 De5 24.Tfd1 Dxd5 25.Dxd4 Dxd4 26.Txd4 f5 27.Tc1 Tac8 
28.Txc8 Txc8 29.Td5 Tc1+ 30.Rh2 Rf7 31.Txf5+ Re6 32.Txh5 Tc2 33.Tg5 Txf2 
34.Txg4 Rd5 35.Tg7 e3 36.Te7 Rd4 37.g4 Rd3 38.g5 Txb2 39.g6 Tb6 40.g7 Tg6 
41.Txb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod RUS"]
[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.Cc3 Cc6 3.Cf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Fg7 6.Fe3 d6 7.Fe2 Cf6 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Dd2 Cg4 10.Fxg4 Fxg4 11.Cxc6 bxc6 12.Fh6 Fxh6 13.Dxh6 Tb8 14.b3 Da5 
15.De3 Tfd8 16.h3 Fe6 17.Tfd1 f6 18.Td3 Db6 19.Dh6 Dc5 20.Tad1 Rh8 21.T1d2
Tg8 22.De3 Dxe3 23.Txe3 g5 24.Ce2 Rg7 25.Cd4 Fd7 26.Cf5+ Fxf5 27.exf5 Rf7 
28.Tde2 Tb7 29.g4 h5 30.Rg2 hxg4 31.hxg4 Th8 32.Te4 a5 33.Te1 Th7 34.Te6 
a4 35.bxa4 Th8 36.T1e3 Ta8 37.Th3 Txa4 38.Th7+ Rf8 39.Rg3 Txa2 40.Txf6+ 
exf6 41.Txb7 Txc2 42.Tb8+ Re7 43.Tb7+ Re8 44.Tb8+ Rd7 45.Tb7+ Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B12r"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Ff5 4.Cf3 e6 5.Fe2 Cd7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 Ce7 8.c4 Cg6 9.
Ca3 Cf4 10.Fxf4 Fxa3 11.Fd3 Fg4 12.Tb1 Fe7 13.h3 Fh5 14.De2 O-O 15.De3 a5 
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Fxh6 Fxf3 18.gxf3 Fh4 19.Rh1 f5 20.Tg1 Tf7 21.Fxg7 Txg7 
22.Dh6 Fg5 23.Dxe6+ Rh8 24.Dxf5 De7 25.Dg4 Cxe5 26.dxe5 Dxe5 27.Tbe1 Df4 
28.Dh5+ Rg8 29.Txg5 Txg5 30.Dh7+ Rf8 31.Dh6+ Rf7 32.Fg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cf3 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e5 5.Cb5 d5 6.cxd5 Fc5 7.C5c3 O-O 8.e3 
De7 9.Fe2 e4 10.a3 Td8 11.b4 Fd6 12.Fb2 a5 13.bxa5 Fe5 14.Da4 Ca6 15.Cd2 
Cc5 16.Db4 Fg4 17.Cc4 Fxc3+ 18.Dxc3 Fxe2 19.Rxe2 Dd7 20.Thd1 Tac8 21.Rf1 
Cd3 22.Db3 Df5 23.Txd3 exd3 24.Fxf6 Dxf6 25.Td1 Da6 26.Cd2 Dxa5 27.e4 Da6 
28.a4 Tc5 29.g3 Tdc8 30.Rg2 Tc1 31.Txc1 Txc1 32.Db4 Df6 33.Dxb7 g6 34.Db8+
Rg7 35.e5 Df5 36.Cf3 Tc2 37.Db4 Te2 38.Dc3 Rh6 39.Dd4 De4 40.Dxe4 Txe4 41.
d6 Txa4 42.Cd2 Rg5 43.f4+ Rf5 44.Rf3 f6 45.exf6 Rxf6 46.Re3 Re6 47.Rxd3 
Ta3+ 48.Re2 Ta2 49.Re3 Rxd6 50.Ce4+ Re7 51.h3 Ta3+ 52.Rf2 h6 53.Rg2 Re6 
54.g4 h5 55.Cg5+ Rd5 56.Rf2 Rd4 57.Rg2 Re3 58.Rg3 Ta6 59.gxh5 gxh5 60.Rh4 
Rxf4 61.Rxh5 Rf5 62.h4 Ta8 63.Rh6 Rg4 64.Rg6 Rxh4 65.Ce6 Rg4 66.Rf6 Ta5 
67.Cd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D43n"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Fg3 b5 9.
Fe2 Fb7 10.Ce5 Fg7 11.h4 Cfd7 12.Cg4 Da5 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Txh8+ Fxh8 15.Rf1
Ca6 16.e5 O-O-O 17.a4 Db4 18.Ff3 Dxb2 19.axb5 Dxc3 20.bxa6 Fa8 21.Tc1 Db3 
22.Ch6 Tf8 23.Fh5 Dxd1+ 24.Txd1 f5 25.exf6 Fxf6 26.Cf7 Fe7 27.Cd6+ Fxd6 
28.Fxd6 Tf5 29.Fg4 Td5 30.Fg3 c5 31.Fxe6 Txd4 32.Txd4 cxd4 33.Fxc4 Fe4 34.
f3 Ff5 35.Ff2 Ce5 36.Fb5 Fd7 37.Fxd7+ Rxd7 38.Fxd4 Cc6 39.Fc5 g4 40.Re2 
Re6 41.f4 Cb8 42.Fxa7 Cxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "C02p"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Cc6 5.d4 Fd7 6.Fe2 Db6 7.O-O Ch6 8.b3 cxd4 
9.cxd4 Cf5 10.Fb2 Fe7 11.a3 a5 12.h3 Tc8 13.g4 Ch4 14.Cbd2 Cg6 15.Te1 O-O 
16.Ff1 f6 17.Tc1 fxe5 18.dxe5 Cf4 19.Tc2 Fe8 20.Fd4 Dd8 21.Fc5 Fg6 22.Tc1 
Cxe5 23.Fxe7 Txc1 24.Fxd8 Txd1 25.Txd1 Cxf3+ 26.Cxf3 Txd8 27.Ce5 Fc2 28.
Tc1 Fxb3 29.Tc7 d4 30.Cd3 Cxd3 31.Fxd3 Fd5 32.f4 Tf8 33.f5 exf5 34.gxf5 
Fc6 35.Rf2 g6 36.Rg3 gxf5 37.Rf4 Rh8 38.h4 h5 39.Te7 Te8 40.Txe8+ Fxe8 41.
Fxf5 Rg7 42.Fe4 b6 43.Re5 Fg6 44.Rxd4 Fxe4 45.Rxe4 Rf6 46.a4 Re6 47.Rf4 
Rd6 48.Rg5 b5 49.axb5 a4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B17n"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cg5 Cgf6 6.Fd3 e6 7.C1f3 Fd6 8.De2
h6 9.Ce4 Cxe4 10.Dxe4 Dc7 11.Dg4 Rf8 12.O-O c5 13.Dh4 b6 14.Fe4 Fb7 15.
Fxb7 Dxb7 16.b3 Fe7 17.Dg3 Ff6 18.Fe3 g6 19.Tad1 Rg7 20.c4 Tad8 21.d5 exd5
22.Txd5 Cf8 23.Txd8 Fxd8 24.h4 h5 25.Td1 Ff6 26.Fg5 Ch7 27.Td5 Te8 28.Ff4 
Td8 29.Fd6 Dc6 30.Rh2 Rg8 31.Cd2 Fxh4 32.Dd3 Cf6 33.Fe7 Dc7+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[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 Cf6 3.Fg2 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.Cf3 Cc6 6.O-O Fe7 7.d4 e4 8.Ce5 f5
9.Cxc6 bxc6 10.Da4 Dd7 11.Td1 c5 12.Dxd7+ Fxd7 13.dxc5 Fe6 14.Cd2 O-O-O 
15.a3 e3 16.Cf1 exf2+ 17.Rxf2 Fxc5+ 18.Re1 The8 19.Fg5 Td6 20.Tac1 Fb6 21.
Ff3 h6 22.Ff4 Td7 23.Fe5 g5 24.Fd4 g4 25.Fh1 Ff7 26.Fxb6 axb6 27.Tc6 f4 
28.Rf2 h5 29.Td4 fxg3+ 30.Cxg3 Te5 31.Th6 Td8 32.Re1 Td6 33.Th8+ Rd7 34.
Th7 Re8 35.Ta4 Cf4 36.Txf4 1-0

[Event "SuperGM"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D15p"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.Ce5 Cbd7 6.Cxc4 b5 7.Ce3 Fb7 8.g3 
c5 9.Fg2 Fxg2 10.Cxg2 Db6 11.dxc5 Cxc5 12.Fe3 e6 13.O-O Db7 14.Tc1 Ccd7 
15.a4 a6 16.axb5 axb5 17.Dd3 Tb8 18.Tfd1 Fe7 19.Ta1 Dc6 20.Ff4 e5 21.Fg5 
O-O 22.Ce3 Fc5 23.Tac1 e4 24.Cxe4 Cxe4 25.Dxd7 Dxd7 26.Txd7 Tbc8 27.Ff4 g5
28.Fc7 Fxe3 29.fxe3 Tfe8 30.Tf1 f6 31.Tf5 Ta8 32.Txb5 Ta1+ 33.Rg2 Te1 34.
Rf3 Tf1+ 35.Rg4 f5+ 36.Txf5 h5+ 37.Rxh5 Txf5 0-1

[Event "Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B81g"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 e5 9.
Cf5 h5 10.Dd2 Cxg4 11.O-O-O g6 12.Cd5 Cxe3 13.Cfxe3 Fh6 14.Rb1 Cc6 15.Dc3 
O-O 16.f5 Rh7 17.Cc4 Tb8 18.Cdb6 Cd4 19.Fh3 g5 20.Dd3 g4 21.Fg2 Fd7 22.c3 
Cb5 23.h3 g3 24.Dxg3 Fc6 25.Ff3 Tg8 26.Df2 Dg5 27.Cd5 Fxd5 28.Txd5 Tbd8 
29.De2 Cc7 30.Tdd1 Df6 31.h4 Tg3 32.Cb6 d5 33.Cxd5 Cxd5 34.exd5 b5 35.a3 
a5 36.De4 Ff8 37.Thg1 Txg1 38.Txg1 b4 39.cxb4 axb4 40.a4 b3 41.Fe2 Tb8 42.
Fb5 Rh8 43.Tg3 Fh6 44.Txb3 Tg8 45.Fe2 Ff4 46.Fxh5 1-0

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90o"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.Fe3 Fe7
9.Dd2 h5 10.Cd5 Cxd5 11.exd5 Ff5 12.Fe2 Dc7 13.Tc1 a5 14.a4 Cd7 15.Fd3 
Fxd3 16.Dxd3 O-O 17.Db5 Fh4+ 18.g3 Fe7 19.O-O f5 20.f4 Rh7 21.Cd2 e4 22.
Cc4 Fd8 23.Rh1 Tf7 24.c3 Tc8 25.b3 g6 26.Tfd1 Cc5 27.Fxc5 Dxc5 28.Dxc5 
Txc5 29.Ca3 Td7 30.Cb5 Fb6 31.Rg2 Tc8 32.Tc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA Open"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B70j"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fc1 Cf6 8.Fe2 
g6 9.O-O Fg7 10.a4 O-O 11.Fg5 Cc6 12.Cb3 Fe6 13.Rh1 Ca5 14.Cd4 Fc4 15.Fxc4
Cxc4 16.b3 Ca5 17.Cd5 Cxd5 18.exd5 Tc8 19.Tb1 Dd7 20.Te1 Tfe8 21.c4 b6 22.
Dd3 Cb7 23.Cc6 e6 24.b4 a5 25.Fe3 axb4 26.Txb4 exd5 27.cxd5 Cc5 28.Dc2 Ta8
29.Td1 Ta6 30.Dc4 Tea8 31.a5 bxa5 32.Tb8+ Txb8 33.Cxb8 Dc8 34.Fxc5 dxc5 
35.Cxa6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B77g"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 g6 5.Cc3 Fg7 6.Fe3 Cf6 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Fb3 
d6 9.f3 Fd7 10.Dd2 Cxd4 11.Fxd4 b5 12.h4 a5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Cxa4 e5 15.Fb6 
Db8 16.Fe3 Fe6 17.Ta3 Db4 18.Cb6 Tab8 19.Dxb4 axb4 20.Ta5 Fxb3 21.cxb3 
Tfd8 22.Re2 Ch5 23.Tc1 f5 24.Tc7 fxe4 25.fxe4 Cf4+ 26.Rd2 Ce6 27.Te7 Te8 
28.Cd5 Txe7 29.Cxe7+ Rf8 30.Cd5 Tb7 31.Ta6 Td7 32.Tb6 Cf4 33.Fxf4 exf4 34.
Cxf4 Fh6 35.Re3 d5 36.exd5 Txd5 37.Txb4 Td1 38.g4 Rg8 39.Tb8+ Rf7 40.Tb7+ 
Rg8 41.g5 Fg7 42.b4 Fxb2 43.Cd3 Fc3 44.b5 Th1 45.Cf4 Txh4 46.Cd5 Fd4+ 47.
Rd3 Rf8 48.Cf6 h6 49.Th7 Fe5 50.b6 Tb4 51.Cd7+ Rg8 52.Te7 Fg7 53.gxh6 Fxh6
54.Cf6+ Rf8 55.Te4 Tb1 56.Cd5 Fg5 57.Cb4 Fe7 58.b7 Fd6 59.Rc2 Ta1 60.Cc6 
Ta6 61.Cd8 Ta5 62.Te6 Fh2 63.Rc3 Tb5 64.Rc4 Tb2 65.Te1 Fc7 66.Ce6+ Rf7 67.
Cxc7 Txb7 68.Ce8 Td7 69.Rc5 Td2 70.Cd6+ Rg7 71.Rc6 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Markovic, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C10c"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.e5 f6 5.f4 fxe5 6.dxe5 Ch6 7.Dh5+ g6 8.Dh3 Cb4
9.Fd3 c5 10.Fb5+ Rf7 11.Rd1 Rg7 12.a3 Cc6 13.Cf3 Cf5 14.g4 Cfd4 15.Fe2 
Cxe2 16.Cxe2 d4 17.Cg3 Dd5 18.Tf1 d3 19.f5 exf5 20.Fh6+ Rg8 21.Fxf8 Fd7 
22.Fd6 fxg4 23.Dh6 dxc2+ 24.Rc1 gxf3 25.Ch5 Dd1+ 26.Txd1 cxd1=D+ 27.Rxd1 
gxh5 28.Dg5+ Rf7 29.Df6+ Rg8 30.e6 1-0

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B98j"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fg5 e6 7.f4 Fe7 8.Df3 h6 
9.Fh4 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Dc7 11.Fe2 g5 12.fxg5 Ce5 13.De3 Ch7 14.Cf3 hxg5 15.
Fg3 Fd7 16.Dd4 f6 17.Cxe5 fxe5 18.Fh5+ Rd8 19.Dd3 Dc6 20.Thf1 Cf6 21.Fe2 
b5 22.a3 Tb8 23.De3 a5 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Tc8 26.Td3 Da6 27.Rb2 Ta8 28.Cb1
Dc6 29.Cd2 Ta4 30.Tb3 Tg8 31.Cb1 d5 32.exd5 Cxd5 33.Dxe5 Ta8 34.Cc3 Cb6 
35.Fxb5 Cc4+ 36.Fxc4 Dxc4 37.Td1 Fxb4 38.Dc7+ Dxc7 39.Fxc7+ Rxc7 40.Txb4 
Fc6 41.Cb5+ Rc8 42.Td2 Tb8 43.Ca7+ Rc7 44.Cxc6 Rxc6 45.Txb8 Txb8+ 46.Rc3 
e5 47.Rd3 Rd5 48.c4+ Re6 49.Ta2 Tb1 50.Tc2 Tb3+ 51.Re4 Tb4 52.Rf3 Rf5 53.
c5 Tf4+ 54.Re2 Te4+ 55.Rf1 Re6 56.c6 Tf4+ 57.Re2 Tf8 58.Re3 Rd6 59.c7 1-0

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A23"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.g3 d6 4.Fg2 c6 5.Cf3 Fe7 6.O-O O-O 7.Dc2 Fg4 8.h3 Fe6 
9.b3 Dc8 10.Rh2 Cfd7 11.d4 f6 12.Fa3 Dc7 13.Tad1 Te8 14.Ch4 Da5 15.Fb2 
exd4 16.Txd4 f5 17.Tfd1 Ca6 18.a3 g6 19.Dd2 Dc7 20.b4 Ce5 21.f4 Cf7 22.e4 
Ff6 23.Te1 Tad8 24.Df2 Ch6 25.Td2 Dg7 26.Cd1 Fxc4 27.Dxa7 fxe4 28.Fxf6 
Dxf6 29.Dxb7 d5 30.Db6 Tb8 31.De3 Cc7 32.Cb2 Fb5 33.Tc1 Cf7 34.a4 Fd3 35.
Cxd3 exd3 36.Dxd3 Txb4 37.a5 Ta4 38.Tdc2 Cd8 39.Cf3 Txa5 40.Ce5 Te6 41.Dd4
Tb5 42.Da7 Tb7 43.Da5 Td6 44.Da4 Tb5 45.Ff1 Tb6 46.Dd4 Tb3 47.Da4 Tb6 48.
Da5 Tb7 49.Te1 Te6 50.Tce2 Cf7 51.h4 Cxe5 52.fxe5 Df3 53.Fg2 Dd3 54.Tf2 
Te8 55.Dc5 Tb3 56.Tf3 Db5 57.Dd6 Txf3 58.Fxf3 Ce6 59.Dd7 Cg7 60.e6 Dc5 61.
Df7+ Rh8 62.e7 Df2+ 63.Rh3 h5 1/2-1/2

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

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.Cf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Cxd4 Fg7 6.Cxc6 bxc6 7.g3 Ce7 8.Fg2
O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Dd2 Fe6 11.b3 Dd7 12.Fb2 f5 13.f4 Rh8 14.Tad1 Cg8 15.e4 
Tad8 16.Df2 fxe4 17.Cxe4 Fg4 18.Tde1 c5 19.h3 Ff5 20.g4 Fxe4 21.Txe4 Tde8 
22.Tfe1 Txe4 23.Txe4 Ff6 24.De2 Dg7 25.Fxf6 Dxf6 26.Ff3 c6 27.Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Pedzich, Dominik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "E74m"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Fe2 O-O 6.Fg5 h6 7.Fe3 c5 8.d5 e6 9.
Dd2 exd5 10.cxd5 Te8 11.f3 Cbd7 12.Ch3 Ce5 13.Cf2 Rh7 14.O-O a6 15.a4 Tb8 
16.Tfb1 Da5 17.Dd1 g5 18.Dc2 Cfd7 19.Cfd1 Cg6 20.Ff2 Fd4 21.g3 Cde5 22.Ce3
Dd8 23.Cf5 Fxf2+ 24.Rxf2 Df6 25.b4 Ce7 26.Cxe7 Txe7 27.Rg2 cxb4 28.Txb4 
Tc7 29.Tc1 Fd7 30.Db2 Cg6 31.a5 Fe8 32.Dd2 Tbc8 33.Ca2 Txc1 34.Cxc1 Tc7 
35.Cb3 Ce5 36.Cd4 Fd7 37.Tb3 Fc8 38.Tc3 Dd8 39.Dc1 Txc3 40.Dxc3 Fd7 41.Cc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Norri, Joose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "B08j"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Fg7 3.Cf3 d6 4.Cc3 a6 5.a4 Cf6 6.Fe2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Fg5 De8 10.Dd2 Fg4 11.Fxf6 Fxf6 12.Cd5 Fd8 13.Ta3 Cc6 14.Fc4 Rg7 15.Td3 
h6 16.c3 Ca5 17.Fa2 b5 18.De3 Tb8 19.axb5 Fxf3 20.Dxf3 axb5 21.Tfd1 Cc4 
22.De2 c6 23.Cb4 Fa5 24.Td7 Fxb4 25.cxb4 De6 26.Fb3 Tfc8 27.h3 c5 28.bxc5 
Txc5 29.Ta7 Tc6 30.Tdd7 Tf8 31.Td5 Tb8 32.Rh2 Ta6 33.Txb5 Txb5 34.Txa6 
Dxa6 35.Fxc4 1-0

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D39j"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Fg5 Fb4+ 5.Cc3 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Fxc4 cxd4 8.Cxd4
Fxc3+ 9.bxc3 Da5 10.Fxf6 Dxc3+ 11.Rf1 gxf6 12.Tc1 Da5 13.h4 Re7 14.Th3 Cc6
15.Cxc6+ bxc6 16.Td3 Tb8 17.Rg1 Tb4 18.Dd2 Ta4 19.De3 Td8 20.Fb3 Txd3 21.
Dxd3 Da6 22.De3 Ta5 23.Td1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Demirel, Tolga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[ECO "D36l"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Fg5 c6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Fd3 Fe7 8.Dc2 
O-O 9.Cge2 Te8 10.O-O-O h6 11.Ff4 Cf8 12.f3 Fd6 13.Dd2 Fxf4 14.Cxf4 Da5 
15.Rb1 b6 16.g4 Ce6 17.Cxe6 Fxe6 18.Tdg1 Te7 19.Dg2 Ce8 20.g5 h5 21.g6 f5 
22.Dg5 Cf6 23.Dh4 Db4 24.Tg5 Dd6 25.Ce2 Rf8 26.Cg3 Re8 27.Fxf5 Rd7 28.Td1 
Rc7 29.Fc2 Td8 30.Df4 Dxf4 31.exf4 h4 32.Ch5 Tf8 33.f5 Fc8 34.Rc1 Cxh5 35.
Txh5 h3 36.Rd2 Tfe8 37.Fd3 Te3 38.f6 gxf6 39.g7 Txf3 40.Th8 1-0

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anagnostopoulos, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "E98o"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.d5 Ce7 
9.Ce1 Cd7 10.Cd3 f5 11.Fd2 c5 12.Tb1 Cf6 13.f3 f4 14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 
16.Da4 g5 17.Cd1 a5 18.Db3 Cg6 19.Cc3 De7 20.Ca4 Fd7 21.Cb6 Tab8 22.Dc2 
Txb6 23.Txb6 g4 24.Tb7 g3 25.h3 Dd8 26.Tfb1 Ch4 27.Ce1 Fc8 28.Tb8 Dd7 29.
Ff1 h5 30.Fxa5 Ch7 31.Fc3 Cg5 32.a4 Ff6 33.a5 Rf7 34.T1b6 Tg8 35.a6 Fe7 
36.Txc8 Dxc8 37.Da2 Cxh3+ 38.gxh3 g2 39.Fxg2 Dxh3 40.a7 Txg2+ 41.Dxg2 Cxg2
42.Cxg2 Dxf3 43.a8=D Dxc3 44.Dh8 1-0

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C16g"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 Dd7 5.Fd2 b6 6.Fb5 c6 7.Fa4 a5 8.a3 Fxc3 9.
Fxc3 Fa6 10.Dg4 f5 11.Dg3 Df7 12.Fd2 Ce7 13.Ch3 h6 14.c3 Fc4 15.Fd1 a4 16.
Cf4 g6 17.h4 Cd7 18.Cd3 Rd8 19.Fc2 Rc7 20.O-O-O Fb3 21.Fxb3 axb3 22.Rb1 c5
23.dxc5 bxc5 24.c4 dxc4 25.Cf4 Thd8 26.Fc3 Cc6 27.Td6 Cf8 28.De3 Txd6 29.
exd6+ Rb6 30.Te1 e5 31.Fxe5 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Ch3 Dg6 34.f4 g4 35.Cf2 Te8
36.Dc3 Df7 37.Cd1 Cd7 38.Ce3 Ccxe5 39.fxe5 Txe5 40.Td1 Te4 41.Cd5+ Ra6 42.
Cc7+ Rb6 43.Dh8 Df8 44.Cd5+ Rc6 45.Ce7+ Rb5 46.Dh7 c3 47.bxc3 Te2 48.Cxf5 
Cb6 49.Cd4+ cxd4 50.Dd3+ Cc4 51.a4+ Ra5 52.Dxe2 Df5+ 53.Ra1 b2+ 54.Ra2 Dc5
55.d7 Da3+ 56.Rb1 Da1+ 57.Rc2 Dxa4+ 58.Rd3 Dxd7 59.cxd4 Db5 60.De1+ Ra4 
61.Re4 Cd6+ 62.Re3 Dg5+ 63.Rf2 g3+ 64.Rf3 Df5+ 65.Rxg3 Ce4+ 66.Rh2 Dh5+ 
67.Rg1 Cc3 68.Ta1+ bxa1=D 69.Dxa1+ Rb3 70.De1 Rc2 71.Df2+ Rd1 72.Df3+ Ce2+
73.Rf2 Dh4+ 74.g3 Dxd4+ 75.De3 Dc4 76.De5 Cd4 77.De1+ Rc2 78.De4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem NED"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.Cf3 f5 2.c4 Cf6 3.g3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 d6 7.Cc3 c6 8.d5 Fd7 9.
Tb1 Ca6 10.b4 De8 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.b5 cxb5 13.cxb5 Cc5 14.Cd4 Cfe4 15.Cxe4 
Cxe4 16.Db3+ Df7 17.Fe3 Dxb3 18.Txb3 Tfc8 19.Tb4 d5 20.Td1 e5 21.Cb3 d4 
22.Fxe4 fxe4 23.Cc1 dxe3 0-1

[Event "Balkaniad"]
[Site "Hania"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cela, Altin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C04a"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cc6 4.Cgf3 Cf6 5.Fd3 Cb4 6.De2 Cxd3+ 7.Dxd3 Fe7 8.
O-O O-O 9.c4 dxc4 10.Dxc4 Fd7 11.Te1 a6 12.Cf1 Fb5 13.Dc2 c5 14.Fe3 Tc8 
15.Tac1 cxd4 16.Dxc8 Dxc8 17.Txc8 Txc8 18.Fxd4 Fb4 19.Fc3 Fxc3 20.bxc3 
Txc3 21.Cg3 Tc2 22.Cd4 Txa2 23.Cxb5 axb5 24.Tb1 Cg4 25.Txb5 Cxf2 26.Txb7 
g6 27.Tb3 h5 28.Tf3 Cg4 29.h3 Ce5 30.Tc3 Rg7 31.Cf1 Rf6 32.Ch2 Te2 0-1

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Krum"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E97c"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.Fe3 Cg4 
9.Fg5 Ff6 10.Fxf6 Cxf6 11.d5 Ce7 12.c5 Ch5 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Ce1 Cf4 15.Cd3 
Cxe2+ 16.Dxe2 Db6 17.Rh1 Fd7 18.f4 f6 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Cf2 Rg7 21.Tab1 Tf7 
22.Cg4 Taf8 23.Txf7+ Txf7 24.Ce3 Dc5 25.Tf1 Txf1+ 26.Cxf1 b5 27.De3 b4 28.
Dxc5 dxc5 29.Cd1 Cc8 30.Cd2 Cd6 31.b3 Cb5 32.Cb2 Cc3 33.Cd3 Rf6 34.Cxc5 
Fb5 35.d6 Cxa2 36.Cf3 Cc3 37.h4 a5 38.g4 a4 1/2-1/2

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

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 Dc7 7.O-O Cf6 8.Fe3 
Fe7 9.f4 d6 10.De1 O-O 11.Dg3 Fd7 12.Cf3 b5 13.e5 Ce8 14.Tad1 f5 15.exf6 
Cxf6 16.Cg5 d5 17.Dh3 h6 18.Cxe6 Dc8 19.f5 Fxe6 20.fxe6 d4 21.Fxh6 dxc3 
22.Fxg7 Rxg7 23.Tf5 Ch7 24.Th5 Cg5 25.Dxc3+ Rg6 26.Td7 Tf5 27.g4 Cd4 28.
Dxd4 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Desbonnes, Samy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[ECO "B70v"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.Fe2 Fg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Fg5 
Cc6 9.Cb3 Fe6 10.f4 Dc8 11.Ff3 a5 12.Cd5 Fxd5 13.exd5 Cb4 14.c3 Ca6 15.a4 
Cc5 16.Te1 Te8 17.Rh1 h6 18.Fh4 Rh7 19.Cd4 Ca6 20.Db3 Cc5 21.Dc2 e5 22.
dxe6 Cxe6 23.Cb5 Cxf4 24.Cxd6 Txe1+ 25.Txe1 Dd7 26.Td1 De6 27.Cxb7 C4d5 
28.Dd2 Ce3 29.Te1 Cc4 30.Df4 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "A43q"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Fg5 Ce4 5.Fh4 Da5+ 6.c3 b4 7.Dc2 bxc3 8.Cxc3 
Cxc3 9.Dxc3 Dxc3+ 10.bxc3 Fa6 11.e4 d6 12.Rd2 e5 13.Fxa6 Cxa6 14.Tab1 c4 
15.Rc2 Cc5 16.Cd2 Fe7 17.Fxe7 Rxe7 18.Tb4 g6 19.Txc4 f5 20.Tb1 Tac8 21.f3 
h5 22.Tbb4 a5 23.Tb1 a4 24.Te1 f4 25.Tb4 g5 26.Cc4 g4 27.Cb2 Thg8 28.Te2 
gxf3 29.gxf3 Tg1 30.Cxa4 Ta8 31.Cxc5 Txa2+ 32.Rd3 Td1+ 33.Rc4 Txe2 34.Tb7+
Re8 35.Tb8+ Rf7 36.Tb7+ Re8 37.Tb8+ Rf7 38.Tb7+ Rg6 39.Tb6 Te3 40.Txd6+ 
Rg5 41.Te6 Txf3 42.d6 Te3 43.Txe5+ Rg4 44.d7 f3 45.h3+ Rg3 46.Td5 Txd5 47.
Rxd5 Te1 48.Ce6 f2 49.d8=D Td1+ 50.Cd4 f1=D 51.Dg5+ Rh2 52.h4 Db5+ 53.Rd6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zoler, Dan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 Cbd7 4.g3 e5 5.e3 g6 6.Fg2 Fg7 7.Cge2 O-O 8.O-O Te8
9.b3 c6 10.Dc2 Da5 11.Fb2 Cf8 12.a3 h5 13.b4 Dc7 14.Tfe1 C8h7 15.Tad1 Cg5 
16.f3 Ch3+ 17.Rf1 h4 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Cg1 Cxg1 20.Rxg1 Ff5 21.e4 Fe6 22.c5 
Ch5 23.Df2 hxg3 24.hxg3 Fb3 25.Td3 Tad8 26.Cb5 cxb5 27.Txb3 Fh6 28.Fc3 Dd7
29.Ff1 a6 30.Tbb1 Fd2 31.Ted1 Fxc3 32.Txd7 Txd7 33.Dc2 Fd4+ 34.Rg2 Fe3 35.
Td1 Ted8 36.Txd7 Txd7 37.Dc3 Fd4 38.c6 Td8 39.Dc2 bxc6 40.Dxc6 Fe3 41.Dc3 
Fd4 42.Dc7 Te8 43.Fd3 Ta8 44.Fb1 Ta7 45.Dd8+ Rg7 46.f4 Cf6 47.Rf3 Cd7 48.
Fa2 Fb2 49.De7 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C04i"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cc6 4.Cgf3 Cf6 5.e5 Cd7 6.Cb3 a5 7.a4 Fe7 8.Fb5 Ccb8
9.h4 f6 10.exf6 Fxf6 11.Cg5 De7 12.f4 h6 13.Dh5+ Rf8 14.Fd3 b6 15.Fg6 Cc6 
16.c3 e5 17.O-O exd4 18.Ch7+ Txh7 19.Fxh7 Dd6 20.Te1 Fa6 21.Ff5 Cc5 22.
Cxc5 Dxc5 23.Fd7 Ce7 24.Fe6 g6 25.Dxh6+ Fg7 26.Dh7 dxc3+ 27.Fe3 d4 28.f5 
Cxf5 29.Dg8+ Re7 30.Df7+ Rd6 31.Dd7+ 1-0

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

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 Fb4+ 4.Cc3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Cxd4 Ce4 7.Dd3 Cxc3 8.
bxc3 Fe7 9.Fg2 O-O 10.O-O Ca6 11.Cb5 Cc5 12.Dd4 d6 13.Td1 e5 14.Dd2 Da5 
15.Fa3 Fe6 16.Fb4 Db6 17.De3 Tac8 18.Fd5 Tfd8 19.Tab1 Da6 20.Tb2 h6 21.
Tbd2 Fxd5 22.Txd5 Dxa2 23.Cxd6 Txd6 24.Txd6 Fxd6 25.Txd6 Dxc4 26.Dxe5 Ce6 
27.Td7 Dc6 28.Td6 De8 29.h4 b6 30.c4 Cf8 31.Dd4 f6 32.e3 Cg6 33.f4 Cf8 34.
Fc3 Df7 35.Td5 Dg6 36.Rh2 Dc2+ 37.Rh3 Ce6 38.Dd2 De4 39.f5 Txc4 40.Td6 De5
41.Rh2 Cc5 42.Td8+ Rh7 43.Td4 Ce4 44.Dc2 Txc3 45.Dxe4 Dxe4 46.Txe4 a5 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Singapore SIN"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "C10c"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.e5 f6 5.exf6 Cxf6 6.Ff4 Fd6 7.Fxd6 cxd6 8.g3 
e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Fg2 d4 11.Ce4 O-O 12.Ce2 Ff5 13.Cxf6+ Dxf6 14.O-O Cb4 
15.Tc1 Tad8 16.Dd2 Cc6 17.f3 Fg6 18.Tcd1 De6 19.Cc1 Ce7 20.c3 Cf5 21.cxd4 
exd4 22.Fh3 Dd5 23.Fxf5 Txf5 24.Ce2 Txf3 25.Txf3 Dxf3 26.Cxd4 De4 27.Dc3 
Ff7 28.Td3 Fd5 29.Cf3 Tf8 30.Dd4 Fc6 31.Te3 Db1+ 32.Ce1 Df5 33.Dc4+ Rh8 
34.Df4 Dxf4 35.gxf4 Txf4 36.Cd3 Tg4+ 37.Rf1 g6 38.Ce5 Tf4+ 39.Rg1 Fe4 40.
Tc3 Rg7 41.h3 Rf6 42.Cg4+ Rg5 43.Cf2 Fc6 44.a3 h5 45.Te3 Rh4 46.Cd3 Tf5 
47.Ce5 Tg5+ 48.Rf1 Tg3 49.Te1 Rxh3 50.Cxc6 bxc6 51.Te6 g5 52.Txc6 g4 53.a4
h4 54.b4 Tb3 55.b5 g3 0-1

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Gisbergen, Stan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "C85i"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.De1 Cd7 8.b3 
O-O 9.Fb2 Fd6 10.Cc3 De7 11.Td1 c5 12.Cd5 De6 13.Ce3 b5 14.d3 Fb7 15.g3 a5
16.Cg5 Dg6 17.h4 a4 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 h6 20.f5 Dh5 21.Ch3 axb3 22.axb3 
Ta2 23.Tb1 c4 24.Cf4 Fxf4 25.Txf4 cxd3 26.cxd3 Rh7 27.Dg3 f6 28.Tg4 Tf7 
29.Rh1 Txb2 30.Tg1 Rg8 31.Dxc7 Te2 32.Dd8+ Cf8 33.Dxf6 Dxg4 34.Cxg4 Txf6 
35.Cxf6+ Rf7 36.Ch5 Fc6 37.Txg7+ Re8 38.f6 Te3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Holst, Allan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A40r"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Fb4+ 3.Fd2 a5 4.g3 d6 5.Cf3 Cc6 6.Fg2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Cxd4 
Cxd4 9.Fxb4 axb4 10.Dxd4 Cf6 11.Cd2 O-O 12.Tfe1 De7 13.Cf1 c5 14.Dd2 Fe6 
15.Ce3 Ta6 16.a4 bxa3 17.Txa3 Tb6 18.Dc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E60r"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Fg7 5.Fg2 O-O 6.O-O Cbd7 7.Dc2 e5 8.Td1 Te8
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e4 c6 11.h3 Dc7 12.c5 Ff8 13.Fe3 b6 14.b4 bxc5 15.bxc5 Da5 
16.Tc1 Fa6 17.Cbd2 Tab8 18.Cb3 Dc7 19.Cfd2 Tb4 20.Ff1 Fxf1 21.Rxf1 Teb8 
22.Rg2 Ce8 23.Cc4 T4b5 24.Tab1 Cg7 25.Cb2 Ce6 26.Cd3 Fe7 27.Tf1 Dd8 28.
Tfd1 Df8 29.a4 T5b7 30.Ca5 Txb1 31.Txb1 Txb1 32.Dxb1 Fxc5 33.Cxc5 Cexc5 
34.Db4 Ce6 35.Db7 Cdc5 36.Dxc6 Cd3 37.Cb3 Db4 38.Fh6 Db8 39.Cd2 Cd4 40.Da6
Cc5 41.Df6 Cde6 42.Cf3 Cxe4 43.De7 C4c5 44.Cxe5 Db7+ 45.Dxb7 Cxb7 46.Cc6 
f5 47.Rf3 a5 48.Fe3 Rf7 49.g4 Rf6 50.Fb6 Cbc5 51.Fxa5 Cxa4 52.Fb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christensen, Tobias"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C01k"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Cf3 Cc6 5.Fb5 Fd6 6.Cc3 Ce7 7.Fe3 O-O 8.Dd2 
Ff5 9.Ch4 Fe6 10.Ff4 a6 11.Fe2 f6 12.O-O-O Ca7 13.The1 Fb4 14.a3 Fa5 15.
De3 Ff7 16.Dg3 Cg6 17.Fd2 Cxh4 18.Dxh4 Fg6 19.Fh5 Fxc3 20.Fxc3 Dd7 21.Fg4 
Dc6 22.f4 Tfe8 23.Dh3 Da4 24.Fe6+ Txe6 25.Dxe6+ Ff7 26.Dh3 Cc6 27.f5 a5 
28.Dg3 Tc8 29.Td3 b5 30.Dg4 h5 31.Df3 b4 32.axb4 Cxb4 33.Fxb4 axb4 34.Te7 
Da1+ 35.Rd2 Dxb2 36.De3 Tf8 37.Tb3 Da1 38.Txb4 Df1 39.Df3 Dg1 40.Txf7 Te8 
41.Te7 1-0

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Antonsen, Mikkel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[ECO "C03k"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Fe7 4.Cgf3 Cf6 5.Fd3 c5 6.e5 Cfd7 7.c3 b6 8.Cf1 Fa6 
9.Fxa6 Cxa6 10.Cg3 Dc7 11.Fg5 Fxg5 12.Cxg5 cxd4 13.cxd4 Dc4 14.a3 Tc8 15.
Dh5 g6 16.Df3 O-O 17.Ce2 h6 18.Ch3 Dc2 19.b3 Cab8 20.De3 Rg7 21.O-O Cc6 
22.Tfc1 De4 23.Dxe4 dxe4 24.Chf4 Ca5 25.Tab1 Tfd8 26.Cc3 g5 27.Ch5+ Rg6 
28.g4 Cb8 29.Cb5 Txc1+ 30.Txc1 Cxb3 31.Tc4 Cd2 32.Tc7 Cf3+ 33.Rg2 Cxd4 34.
Cxd4 Txd4 35.Tc8 Cd7 36.Tg8+ Rh7 37.Td8 e3 38.fxe3 Txg4+ 39.Rf1 Rg6 40.
Txd7 Rxh5 41.Txf7 Ta4 42.Tf6 Txa3 43.Re2 Ta2+ 44.Rd3 Txh2 45.Txe6 Tf2 46.
Te8 Tf7 47.Tg8 a5 48.Re4 Ta7 49.e6 a4 50.Td8 Rg6 51.Td7 Ta8 52.Rd5 Te8 53.
Rd6 g4 54.Te7 Ta8 55.Td7 a3 56.e7 Te8 57.Re6 b5 58.Td8 Txe7+ 59.Rxe7 b4 
60.Re6 a2 61.Tg8+ Rh5 62.Ta8 b3 63.Rf5 0-1

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ciemniak, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B32j"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e5 5.Cb5 Cf6 6.Fg5 d6 7.Fxf6 gxf6 8.Fc4
Fe7 9.Dh5 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.exf5 d5 12.Td1 Da5 13.Txd5 De1+ 14.Ff1 De4 15.
Cc7 Tb8 16.g4 Cd4 17.Cd2 Dxc2 18.Txd4 exd4 19.Cd5 Fd8 20.Cf3 f6 21.Te1 Dc5
22.Cd2 b5 23.Fg2 Dd6 24.Ce4 Dd7 25.Cexf6+ Fxf6 26.Cxf6+ Txf6 27.Fd5+ Dxd5 
28.Te8+ Rg7 29.Dg5+ Tg6 30.f6+ Rf7 31.Te7+ Rf8 32.Dxd5 Txg4+ 33.Rf1 1-0

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[ECO "D45u"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Cf3 c6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.Fd2 O-O 8.O-O-O 
Te8 9.e4 dxe4 10.Cxe4 Cxe4 11.Dxe4 e5 12.Fg5 Cf6 13.Dh4 e4 14.Fxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jepson, Christian"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C10d"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cc6 4.Cf3 Cf6 5.e5 Ce4 6.Fd3 Fb4 7.Fd2 Cxd2 8.Dxd2 
f6 9.exf6 Dxf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Fb5 Ce7 12.Ce5 c5 13.f4 a6 14.Fd7 Td8 15.Fxc8
Taxc8 16.a3 Fa5 17.b4 cxd4 18.Ca4 Fc7 19.Cc5 Cf5 20.Tae1 b6 21.Cb3 Fxe5 
22.fxe5 Dg6 23.Tf4 Tc4 24.g4 Tdc8 25.Tc1 h5 26.h3 Tc3 27.Cxd4 Cxd4 28.Dxd4
Txh3 29.c4 Tg3+ 30.Rh1 hxg4 0-1

[Event "EU Ch U20"]
[Site "Aalborg DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zjukin, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C04g"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cc6 4.Cgf3 Cf6 5.e5 Cd7 6.Fe2 f6 7.exf6 Dxf6 8.Cf1 
Fd6 9.Ce3 O-O 10.O-O Dg6 11.c4 Cf6 12.g3 b6 13.cxd5 Cxd5 14.Cxd5 exd5 15.
Ce5 Fxe5 16.dxe5 Fh3 17.Te1 Df7 18.f4 Cxe5 19.Fb5 Cg6 20.g4 Tae8 21.Fd2 
Txe1+ 22.Dxe1 Df6 23.f5 Ce5 24.Dg3 Cxg4 25.Fc3 Dg5 26.Te1 c5 27.f6 Dh5 28.
fxg7 Tc8 29.Te7 Ch6 0-1

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andreasen, Per"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E92c"]

1.c4 g6 2.Cc3 Fg7 3.d4 Cf6 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Dxd8 
Txd8 9.Fg5 Tf8 10.Cd5 Cxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Fc4 cxd5 13.Fxd5 Cc6 14.O-O-O Fd7
15.Rb1 h6 16.Fe3 Tfd8 17.Td2 Ff8 18.Thd1 Fe8 19.Fb3 Txd2 20.Txd2 Rg7 21.
Cg1 Fe7 22.Ce2 Fg5 23.Fxg5 hxg5 24.h3 Rf8 25.Fa4 a6 26.Fxc6 Fxc6 27.Cc3 
Tc8 28.f3 Re7 29.Rc2 f5 30.Rd3 Re6 31.Re3 a5 32.a3 Fd7 33.Td5 b5 34.Td2 
Tc4 35.g4 Fc6 36.gxf5+ gxf5 37.exf5+ Rxf5 38.Td6 e4 39.fxe4+ Re5 40.Tg6 
Fxe4 41.Txg5+ Ff5 42.Cxb5 Th4 43.Cd6 Txh3+ 44.Re2 Th2+ 45.Rd1 Rxd6 46.Txf5
Txb2 47.Txa5 Rc6 48.Rc1 Rb6 49.Rxb2 Rxa5 50.Rb3 Ra6 51.Rb4 Ra7 52.Rb5 Rb8 
53.Rb6 Ra8 54.a4 Rb8 55.a5 Ra8 56.a6 Rb8 57.a7+ Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jensen, Jacob Bjerre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B16j"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cf6 5.Cxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Ff5 7.Fc4 e6 8.Df3
Tg8 9.Ff4 Cd7 10.h3 Cb6 11.Fb3 Cd5 12.Fg3 a5 13.Ce2 a4 14.Fc4 Fd6 15.Fxd6 
Dxd6 16.Cg3 Fg6 17.O-O Cf4 18.Tfe1 Ta5 19.Ff1 Rf8 20.Tad1 Fh5 21.Cxh5 Txh5
22.Rh1 Thg5 23.g3 Ch5 24.g4 f5 25.Te5 fxg4 26.hxg4 Txg4 27.Fh3 T4g5 28.
Fxe6 De7 29.Fh3 Txe5 30.dxe5 Dxe5 31.Td8+ 1-0

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Fries-Nielsen, Jens Ove"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "C08m"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Cgf3 Cf6 6.Fb5+ Fd7 7.Fxd7+ Cbxd7 
8.O-O Fe7 9.dxc5 Cxc5 10.Cb3 Cce4 11.Cfd4 Dd7 12.Df3 g6 13.Fh6 Cg4 14.Ff4 
O-O 15.h3 Cgf6 16.c3 Tfe8 17.Tfc1 Fd8 18.Cc2 Fb6 19.Cbd4 Te7 20.Ce3 Tae8 
21.Cg4 Cxg4 22.hxg4 Dc8 23.g3 a6 24.Rg2 Dc5 25.Fe3 Dc7 26.Th1 f6 27.Tad1 
Td7 28.The1 Dd8 29.Cc2 Fc7 30.Td3 De7 31.Ted1 Ted8 32.Cb4 De6 33.c4 d4 34.
Txd4 Txd4 35.Txd4 Txd4 36.Fxd4 Fd8 37.Cd5 Rf7 38.b3 Cg5 39.Df4 De4+ 40.
Dxe4 Cxe4 41.f3 Cg5 42.a4 Ce6 43.Fe3 Re8 44.b4 Rd7 45.f4 Rd6 46.Cc3 Rd7 
47.Rf3 f5 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Re2 a5 50.b5 Rd6 51.Rd3 h5 52.Fc1 Fb6 53.Fa3+ 
Fc5 54.Fxc5+ Cxc5+ 55.Rc2 Re6 56.Rd2 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Christensen, Tobias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[ECO "D20g"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Fxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Cf6 6.Cf3 Fe7 7.O-O O-O 8.Cc3
Cc6 9.h3 Ff5 10.a3 Ce4 11.Cd5 Fd6 12.Te1 Te8 13.b4 Dd7 14.Ce3 Fg6 15.Fb2 
Ff4 16.Db3 Fh5 17.Cg4 Cd2 18.Cxd2 Fxd2 19.Txe8+ Txe8 20.d5 Ce7 21.Fxg7 
Fxg4 22.hxg4 Dxg4 23.Fb2 Cf5 24.Ff1 Ff4 25.Dc3 Fe5 26.Dd2 Fxb2 27.Dxb2 Cd4
28.Dc3 Dg7 29.Tc1 Te1 30.Txe1 Ce2+ 31.Txe2 Dxc3 32.Te3 Dd2 33.Td3 Dc1 34.
g3 Rf8 35.Te3 Dd2 36.Fg2 Dd1+ 37.Rh2 Dh5+ 1/2-1/2

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

1.Cf3 f5 2.b4 d6 3.Fb2 e5 4.e3 Cf6 5.c4 Cc6 6.b5 Ce7 7.Fe2 g6 8.Cc3 Fg7 9.
Db3 h6 10.c5 Ce4 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.d4 Cxc3 13.Fxc3 e4 14.Cd2 d5 15.f3 exf3 
16.Fxf3 O-O 17.O-O Rh7 18.g3 Fe6 19.Tac1 Cg8 20.Tc2 Cf6 21.Tfc1 Tf7 22.Fb4
De8 23.a4 Td8 24.Da3 g5 25.Fd6 Tfd7 26.Fc7 Tc8 27.a5 Ce4 28.Cxe4 fxe4 29.
Fe2 Fh3 30.Db3 De6 31.b6 Tf8 32.Db4 a6 33.De1 Tdf7 34.g4 Fxg4 35.Fxa6 bxa6
36.h3 Fxh3 37.Rh2 Ff1 38.Dg3 Tf3 39.Txf1 Txg3 40.Fxg3 Txf1 41.b7 Dg4 0-1

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kristensen, Jorgen Juul"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "B90b"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.a4 Cc6 7.Fe2 e5 8.Cb3 Fe7
9.O-O O-O 10.Fe3 Fe6 11.Dd2 Tc8 12.a5 Cb4 13.Tfc1 d5 14.exd5 Cfxd5 15.Cxd5
Cxd5 16.Td1 De8 17.Fa7 f5 18.Ff3 Cb4 19.Cc5 Txc5 20.Dxb4 Txc2 21.Dxb7 e4 
22.Fe2 Ff6 23.Dxa6 f4 24.Fb5 Df7 25.Tac1 Txc1 26.Txc1 Ta8 27.Dd6 Fe7 28.
Dd4 Ff6 29.Dd6 Fxb2 30.Tc7 Df5 31.Fd4 Fxd4 32.Dxd4 Dg6 33.Fc4 Te8 34.a6 e3
35.Fxe6+ Txe6 36.Tc8+ Rf7 37.Dxf4+ Df6 38.Tc7+ Rg6 39.Dg4+ Rh6 40.Dh3+ Rg6
41.Dg3+ Rh6 42.Dh3+ Rg6 43.Dg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C78s"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fb7 7.c3 Cxe4 8.d4 Ca5
9.Fc2 exd4 10.b4 Cc4 11.Fxe4 Fxe4 12.Te1 d5 13.Cxd4 c5 14.bxc5 Fxc5 15.f3 
O-O 16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Txe4 Dd5 18.Df3 b4 19.Cd2 Ce5 20.Df5 Tae8 21.Fb2 g6 
22.Df2 f5 23.Txe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politicen Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meyer, Lars A"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A55k"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 Cbd7 4.Cf3 e5 5.e4 Fe7 6.Fe2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.b3 a6 
9.Dc2 b5 10.d5 cxd5 11.Cxd5 Cxd5 12.cxd5 Fb7 13.Td1 Tc8 14.Db1 De8 15.a4 
Cc5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Fe3 Fd8 18.Ta7 Dd7 19.Ce1 g6 20.Tc1 Fb6 21.Txb7 Dxb7 
22.Fxb5 f5 23.Fc6 Da7 24.exf5 Txf5 25.g4 Tf7 26.Tc2 Ca6 27.Cg2 Tcf8 28.b4 
Fxe3 29.Cxe3 Txf2 30.Txf2 Dxe3 31.Db2 Cxb4 32.Dd2 Dxf2+ 33.Dxf2 Txf2 34.
Rxf2 Rf7 35.Fb7 Re7 36.Re3 Rd7 37.Rd2 Rc7 38.Fa8 Rb8 39.Rc3 Ca2+ 40.Rb2 
Rxa8 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Las Palmas ESP"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D03l"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.Fg5 Fg7 4.Cbd2 d5 5.c3 Cbd7 6.b4 a5 7.b5 Ce4 8.Cxe4 
dxe4 9.Cd2 h6 10.Fh4 g5 11.Fg3 f5 12.e3 e5 13.Fc4 De7 14.Dh5+ Rf8 15.O-O 
f4 16.f3 fxg3 17.fxe4+ Ff6 18.h4 Rg7 19.Tf5 De8 20.Df3 gxh4 21.Tf1 Tf8 22.
Fd5 c6 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Fxc6 Ta6 25.d5 De7 26.Dg4+ Rh7 27.Cc4 Dg7 28.Df3 
Rg8 29.Cd6 Cc5 30.Cxc8 Txc8 1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja YUG"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "C89x"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fe7 7.Te1 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.exd5 Cxd5 10.Cxe5 Cxe5 11.Txe5 c6 12.d4 Fd6 13.Te1 Dh4 14.g3 Dh3 15.Fe3 
Fg4 16.Dd3 Tae8 17.Cd2 Te6 18.a4 Dh5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Fxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BUL Ch"]
[Site "BUL"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D15i"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e3 a6 5.Cf3 b5 6.b3 Ff5 7.Ce5 e6 8.g4 Fg6 9.h4
Ce4 10.Cxe4 Fxe4 11.f3 f6 12.Cxc6 Cxc6 13.fxe4 dxe4 14.Dc2 f5 15.gxf5 exf5
16.Fd2 Tc8 17.Fc3 Fb4 18.O-O-O Da5 19.Fa1 Fa3+ 20.Rb1 Cb4 21.Dc3 O-O 22.d5
Tf7 23.Tg1 Dc7 24.Fh3 bxc4 25.d6 Cxa2 26.Rxa2 Fxd6 27.Txd6 cxb3+ 28.Dxb3 
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.Cf3 Cf6 3.c4 Fb4+ 4.Cc3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Cxd4 O-O 7.Fg2 d5 8.cxd5 
Cxd5 9.Fd2 Fxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Cb3 Cb6 12.Ca5 Dc7 13.O-O Ca6 14.c4 Td8 15.
Dc2 Tb8 16.Tfc1 Cc5 17.Tab1 Ff5 18.Dxf5 Txd2 19.Tb5 Txe2 20.Cc6 bxc6 21.
Txc5 Dd6 22.Txc6 Dd2 23.Tf1 g6 24.Df6 e4 25.Td6 Db2 26.Dxb2 Txb2 27.c5 Cc4
28.Td7 e3 29.c6 Ce5 30.Tb7 T8xb7 31.cxb7 Cc4 32.Fd5 e2 33.Te1 Cd6 34.Txe2 
Tb5 35.Te7 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 "D43l"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c6 4.Cc3 Cf6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Fg3 b5 9.
e5 Ch5 10.Fe2 Fb7 11.O-O Fe7 12.a4 a6 13.Ce4 Cd7 14.Cd6+ Fxd6 15.exd6 Cg7 
16.Ce5 h5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Txa8 Fxa8 19.Cxd7 Dxd7 20.h4 gxh4 21.Fxh4 Dxd6 
22.Ff6 Tg8 23.Da1 Db8 24.Ff3 Rd7 25.Da3 Cf5 26.Ta1 Fb7 27.Db4 Dd6 28.Dc3 
Ta8 29.Txa8 Fxa8 30.Fe5 Df8 31.Da5 Dc8 32.Fxh5 Re7 33.Da3+ c5 34.Da7+ Fb7 
35.Ff3 f6 36.Fxb7 Dd7 37.Dxc5+ Rf7 38.Fc6 De7 39.Fb8 Dxc5 40.dxc5 Cd4 41.
Ff4 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 "B25s"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.d3 Cc6 6.f4 e6 7.Cf3 Cge7 8.O-O O-O 
9.Fe3 b6 10.d4 Fa6 11.Tf2 Ca5 12.Ff1 Fxf1 13.Dxf1 d5 14.Td1 Tc8 15.dxc5 
bxc5 16.exd5 exd5 17.Ca4 d4 18.Fd2 Cb7 19.c3 Cd6 20.cxd4 cxd4 21.Dd3 Dd7 
22.b3 Db5 23.Dxb5 Cxb5 24.Fb4 Tfe8 25.Fxe7 Txe7 26.Rf1 Ff6 27.Cb2 Cc3 28.
Tc1 Td8 29.Cc4 Te6 30.Cce5 Ta6 31.Cxd4 Cxa2 32.Tc6 Cb4 33.Txa6 Cxa6 34.
Cdc6 Td1+ 35.Rg2 Fxe5 36.Cxe5 Cb4 37.Cc4 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 "E15s"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Cd2 O-O 12.O-O b5 13.Te1 bxc4 14.bxc4 Cb6 15.c5
Cc4 16.Ff1 Cxd2 17.Fxd2 e5 18.dxe5 Fxc5 19.Dc2 De7 20.Tad1 Tac8 21.Fh3 Tc7
22.Ff5 h6 23.Da4 Fc8 24.e4 Fe6 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Dg4 Fxf5 27.Dxf5 De6 28.Dd3
Fb6 29.Fe3 d4 30.Fxd4 Td8 31.De3 Txd4 32.Txd4 Tc4 33.Td6 Fxe3 34.Txe6 
Fxf2+ 35.Rxf2 fxe6 36.Te2 Ta4 37.Re3 Rf7 38.Tc2 Rg6 39.Tc7 Txa2 40.Rf4 
Ta4+ 41.Rf3 a5 42.g4 Ta3+ 43.Rf4 Ta4+ 44.Rf3 h5 45.gxh5+ Rf5 46.Tf7+ Rxe5 
47.Txg7 Th4 48.Tg5+ Rf6 49.Txa5 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 Cf6 3.Fg2 g6 4.Cf3 Fg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Cbd2 De8 7.b3 d6 8.Fb2 Cc6
9.Te1 e5 10.e4 Cxe4 11.dxe5 d5 12.c4 Fe6 13.cxd5 Fxd5 14.Cxe4 Fxe4 15.Cg5 
Fxg2 16.Rxg2 f4 17.Te4 Td8 18.Dc2 fxg3 19.hxg3 h6 20.Dc4+ Rh8 21.Cf3 g5 
22.Th1 Dg6 23.g4 Txf3 24.Rxf3 Td2 25.Fc3 b5 26.Dc5 Tc2 27.De3 Ce7 28.Fe1 
Cd5 29.Dd3 Dc6 30.Rg3 Cf4 31.Df3 Dd5 32.Te3 Dg8 33.e6 Cxe6 34.Fc3 Txc3 35.
Txc3 Fe5+ 36.Rg2 Cf4+ 37.Rf1 Dg6 38.Tc1 Rh7 39.Te1 Fd4 40.Te7+ Fg7 41.De4 
Dxe4 42.Txe4 Cd5 43.Rg2 Ff8 44.Td1 c6 45.Rf3 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 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Fc4 O-O 8.Ce2
Cc6 9.h4 e5 10.Fe3 exd4 11.cxd4 De7 12.Fd3 Cxd4 13.Tc1 c5 14.h5 b6 15.hxg6
hxg6 16.Cf4 Fb7 17.f3 Ce6 18.Cxe6 Dxe6 19.Fc4 De5 20.De2 Tad8 21.Df2 Tfe8 
22.Dh4 Rf8 23.Fb5 Db2 24.Fxe8 Fa6 25.Fb5 Ff6 26.Dh6+ Fg7 27.Fxa6 Fxh6 28.
Fxh6+ Rg8 29.O-O Dd4+ 30.Tf2 Da4 31.Ff1 Td1 32.Txd1 Dxd1 33.Td2 Da1 34.Rf2
Rh7 35.Fe3 Dc3 36.Fe2 Db4 37.Td7 Rg7 38.Txa7 Db2 39.Tb7 Dxa2 40.Txb6 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 "C78s"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fb7 7.c3 Cxe4 8.d4 Ca5
9.Cxe5 Cxb3 10.Dxb3 Df6 11.f3 Cc5 12.Cg4 Cxb3 13.Cxf6+ gxf6 14.axb3 d6 15.
Cd2 Rd7 16.Ce4 Fe7 17.b4 The8 18.Fh6 Fd8 19.Fg7 Te6 20.Cg3 f5 21.Cxf5 Fg5 
22.h4 Ff4 23.Tfe1 Tg8 24.Rf2 h5 25.g3 Fxg3+ 26.Cxg3 Txg7 27.Cxh5 Th7 28.
Txe6 Rxe6 29.Cf4+ Rf5 30.Cg2 Rf6 31.Th1 Th5 32.Cf4 Th8 33.h5 Rg5 34.Rg3 
Tg8 35.Cd3 Rh6+ 36.Rf2 Tg5 37.Cf4 Tf5 38.Re3 Tg5 39.Td1 Tg3 40.d5 Tg5 41.
b3 Te5+ 42.Rf2 Fc8 43.c4 Ff5 44.Td2 Rg5 45.Ce2 Rxh5 46.Cd4 Fc8 47.Cc6 Tg5 
48.Ta2 Rh6 49.Te2 Fh3 50.Re3 Rg7 51.Th2 Fc8 52.Ta2 Tg1 53.cxb5 axb5 54.Ta7
Ff5 55.Cd4 Fg6 56.Cxb5 Tb1 57.Txc7 Txb3+ 58.Tc3 Txb4 59.Cxd6 Rf6 60.Cc4 
Tb1 61.Rd4 Fh5 62.Rc5 Tf1 63.Cd2 Td1 64.Td3 Re7 65.Te3+ Rd7 66.Ce4 Tc1+ 
67.Rd4 Fg6 68.Ta3 Fxe4 69.fxe4 f6 70.Ta7+ Rd6 71.Ta6+ Re7 72.Te6+ Rf7 73.
Tc6 Ta1 74.Tc7+ Re8 75.d6 Ta5 76.Tc5 Ta7 77.Rd5 Ta4 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 "D34l"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Cf3 Cc6 6.g3 Cf6 7.Fg2 Fe7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.dxc5 Fxc5 10.Fg5 d4 11.Ce4 Fe7 12.Fxf6 Fxf6 13.Ce1 Ff5 14.Cd3 Fxe4 
15.Fxe4 Te8 16.Fxc6 bxc6 17.Tc1 Db6 18.Te1 Te6 19.Da4 Tae8 20.Tc2 g6 21.
Cf4 Td6 22.Tec1 Tc8 23.Da3 Fe7 24.Tc4 Td7 25.Df3 Dxb2 26.Cd3 Db5 27.a4 Dd5
28.Dxd5 Txd5 29.Txc6 Txc6 30.Txc6 Td7 31.Rf1 Rg7 32.Re1 h5 33.Rd2 Tb7 34.
Tc4 Ff6 35.Rc2 g5 36.Cc5 Tb6 37.Cb3 d3+ 38.exd3 g4 39.a5 Te6 40.Rd2 Fg5+ 
41.Rd1 Rg6 42.Cc5 Te5 43.d4 Td5 44.Re2 Ff6 45.Cb3 Tb5 46.Tc3 Fd8 47.a6 Tb6
48.Cc5 Tb2+ 49.Re3 Fg5+ 50.f4 gxf3+ 51.Rxf3 Txh2 52.Ce4 Ta2 53.Tc6+ f6 54.
d5 Ta3+ 55.Rg2 Td3 56.d6 Rf5 57.Cc5 Td2+ 58.Rf3 Fh6 59.Tc7 Txd6 60.Txa7 
Tc6 61.Ce4 Tb6 62.Cc5 Tc6 63.Cd3 Tc3 64.Re2 Tc2+ 65.Rf3 Tc3 66.Re2 Tc2+ 
67.Rf3 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 "C89n"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 
9.exd5 Cxd5 10.Cxe5 Cxe5 11.Txe5 c6 12.g3 Fd6 13.Te1 Dd7 14.d4 Dh3 15.Fxd5
cxd5 16.Df3 Ff5 17.Dg2 Dh5 18.Dxd5 Tfe8 19.Fd2 Txe1+ 20.Fxe1 Dd1 21.Dxa8+ 
Ff8 22.Dg2 Fd3 23.h3 Dxe1+ 24.Rh2 h5 25.h4 Dc1 26.Df3 Dxb2 27.Dxd3 Dxf2+ 
28.Rh1 Db2 29.a4 Dxa1 30.axb5 axb5 31.Dxb5 Da8+ 32.d5 Da2 33.Dd3 Df2 34.d6
Fxd6 35.Dxd6 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.Fg2 Cf6 4.Ch3 Fg7 5.Cf4 c6 6.Cc3 d5 7.h4 O-O 8.h5 De8 9.
hxg6 hxg6 10.Cd3 Cbd7 11.Fh6 e5 12.Fxg7 Rxg7 13.dxe5 Cxe5 14.Dd2 Cxd3+ 15.
cxd3 Fe6 16.d4 Th8 17.O-O-O De7 18.Dg5 Rf7 19.Df4 Ch5 20.De3 Dd6 21.Th4 
Cf6 22.Tdh1 Txh4 23.Txh4 Tg8 24.Cb1 g5 25.Th1 Cg4 26.Df3 Rg6 27.e3 Df8 28.
De2 Th8 29.Tg1 Db4 30.f3 Cf6 31.Cc3 Th2 32.a3 Dd6 33.De1 Rf7 34.Ff1 b5 35.
Ca2 Fd7 36.Cb4 c5 37.Cd3 c4 38.Ce5+ Re6 39.g4 fxg4 40.fxg4 Ce4 41.Fg2 c3 
42.b4 Da6 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 "E92f"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Fg7 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Dxd8 
Txd8 9.Fg5 Te8 10.Cd5 Cxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Fc4 cxd5 13.Fxd5 Ca6 14.O-O-O Cc7
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 "A57m"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Fxb5 Da5+ 7.Cc3 Fb7 8.Ce2 
Fxd5 9.O-O Fc6 10.a4 e6 11.e4 Fxb5 12.Cxb5 Cxe4 13.Ff4 Ca6 14.Cec3 Cxc3 
15.bxc3 d5 16.Te1 Fe7 17.Dh5 Rf8 18.Te3 Dd8 19.Tf3 Rg8 20.Fe5 f6 21.Dg4 
Rf7 22.Dh5+ g6 23.Dh6 c4 24.g4 Rg8 25.Cd4 Cc5 26.Cc6 Ff8 27.Df4 Cd3 28.
Dxf6 Dxf6 29.Fxf6 Fg7 30.Tb1 Cc5 31.Ce7+ Rf7 32.Fd4+ Rxe7 33.Fxc5+ Re8 34.
Tb7 Ff8 35.Fd4 Tg8 36.Tf6 Rd8 37.Txe6 Txa4 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca ESP"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C08h"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 a6 4.Cgf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Fxc5 7.Cb3 Fb6 8.Fg5
Ce7 9.Dd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Cbc6 11.h3 Te8 12.Fe3 Ff5 13.Cfd4 Fg6 14.h4 Tc8 15.
h5 Fe4 16.f3 Cxd4 17.Cxd4 Fxd4 18.fxe4 Fxe3 19.Dxe3 Dc7 20.Fd3 Cf5 21.Dg5 
Cg3 22.h6 De5 23.Dxe5 Txe5 24.Th3 Cxe4 25.Fxe4 dxe4 26.hxg7 Tg5 27.Td2 
Rxg7 28.Te3 Te8 29.g3 Te7 30.c4 h5 31.b4 f5 32.Td4 Rf6 33.a4 Teg7 34.Td6+ 
Re5 35.Td5+ Re6 36.Tdd3 h4 37.gxh4 Tg1+ 38.Rb2 T7g2+ 39.Rc3 Re5 40.Td5+ 
Rf4 41.Th3 Tc1+ 42.Rb3 Tb1+ 43.Rc3 Tgb2 44.Rd4 Txb4 45.h5 Tc1 46.Tc5 b5 
47.axb5 axb5 48.Txb5 Tbxc4+ 49.Rd5 T4c3 50.Th2 T3c2 51.Th3 Td2+ 52.Re6 
Tc6+ 53.Re7 Ta2 54.Tb7 Th6 55.Th1 Th7+ 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[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.Cc3 Cf6 4.Cf3 Fe7 5.Fg5 O-O 6.e3 Cbd7 7.Dc2 c6 8.O-O-O 
a6 9.Rb1 dxc4 10.Fxc4 Cd5 11.Fxe7 Dxe7 12.Ce4 b5 13.Fe2 Fb7 14.Cc5 Cxc5 
15.Dxc5 Dxc5 16.dxc5 Tfd8 17.Td4 Rf8 18.Thd1 Re7 19.Cg5 f5 20.e4 Cf4 21.
Ff3 Txd4 22.Txd4 Tf8 23.Cxh7 Th8 24.Cg5 Txh2 25.exf5 Cxg2 26.Cxe6 Ch4 27.
Fg4 Txf2 28.Cxg7 Cf3 29.Te4+ Rf7 30.Fxf3 Txf3 31.Ce8 Fc8 32.Cd6+ Rf6 33.
Cxc8 Txf5 34.Cb6 Tf1+ 35.Rc2 Tf2+ 36.Rc3 Tf3+ 37.Rb4 Tf2 38.Ra5 Txb2 39.
Rxa6 Rf5 40.Te3 Tc2 41.Cd7 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B06i"]

1.Cf3 g6 2.e4 Fg7 3.d4 e6 4.c4 Ce7 5.Cc3 O-O 6.d5 d6 7.dxe6 Fxe6 8.Fe2 
Cbc6 9.O-O f5 10.Cg5 Fd7 11.c5 dxc5 12.Db3+ Rh8 13.Cf7+ Txf7 14.Dxf7 Ce5 
15.Db3 C7c6 16.Fe3 Cd4 17.Dd1 fxe4 18.Cxe4 b6 19.f3 Fc6 20.Rh1 De8 21.Te1 
Td8 22.Fg5 Fxe4 23.fxe4 Td6 24.Dc1 Ff6 25.Ff4 Fh4 26.g3 Ff6 27.Fxe5 Dxe5 
28.Ff1 Rg7 29.Tb1 Cf3 30.Te2 Td2 31.Dc3 Dh5 32.Dxd2 Cxd2 33.Txd2 Fd4 34.
Fg2 De5 35.b3 b5 36.Tbd1 a5 37.Tc2 h5 38.Ff3 Rh6 39.Rg2 g5 40.Rh1 g4 41.
Fg2 h4 42.gxh4 Df6 43.e5 Fxe5 44.Txc5 Df4 45.Tc6+ Rh5 46.Rg1 Dxh2+ 47.Rf1 
Df4+ 48.Re2 Fd4 49.Tf1 De3+ 50.Rd1 Dd3+ 51.Re1 a4 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Glavina, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "E81p"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Cge2 c5 7.Fe3 Cc6 8.d5 Ce5 
9.Cg3 e6 10.Fe2 exd5 11.cxd5 h5 12.O-O Te8 13.Dd2 h4 14.Ch1 Ch7 15.Cf2 f5 
16.Tae1 a6 17.a3 Df6 18.Ch3 Cf7 19.Cf4 b5 20.exf5 Fxf5 21.Fd3 Ce5 22.Ce4 
Dd8 23.Fe2 Cf7 24.h3 Cf6 25.Fd3 Ce5 26.Cxf6+ Dxf6 27.Fxf5 Cc4 28.Df2 Dxf5 
29.Ce6 Fxb2 30.Dxh4 Cxe3 31.Txe3 Dxd5 32.Tfe1 Fe5 33.Cc7 Dd4 34.Dg5 Rg7 
35.Cxa8 Ff6 36.Rh1 Fxg5 37.Txe8 Rf7 38.Cc7 Dc3 39.f4 Fd8 40.Rh2 Dd2 41.
T1e4 Ff6 42.T8e6 c4 43.Rg3 g5 44.Rf3 d5 45.Te3 Dd1+ 46.Rg3 gxf4+ 47.Rxf4 
Dh5 48.g4 Dg5+ 49.Rf3 c3 50.Ce8 c2 51.Cxf6 c1=D 52.Te7+ Rg6 53.Ch5 Dxe7 
54.Txe7 Dxa3+ 55.Te3 Da1 56.Cf4+ Rg5 57.Rg3 Dg1+ 58.Cg2 a5 59.Te6 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Danailov, Silvio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C78p"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fb7 7.d3 Fd6 8.a4 Ca5 
9.Fa2 O-O 10.Cc3 b4 11.Ce2 h6 12.Cg3 Te8 13.Fd2 Ff8 14.Te1 c5 15.h3 Tb8 
16.Fc4 Dc7 17.Ch2 d5 18.exd5 Cxd5 19.b3 Cxc4 20.bxc4 Cf4 21.Cf3 g6 22.Fxf4
exf4 23.Ce4 Fg7 24.Tb1 Fc6 25.Cfd2 Fxa4 26.Cb3 Fxb3 27.cxb3 Te6 28.Cd2 
Tbe8 29.Txe6 Txe6 30.Cf3 Fc3 31.Dc2 De7 32.Rf1 g5 33.Td1 Rg7 34.Dc1 Te2 
35.d4 Ta2 36.Rg1 De2 37.Tf1 cxd4 38.Dd1 d3 39.Ch2 Ta1 40.Dxa1 Fxa1 41.Txa1
d2 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lacasa Diaz, Jose Antonio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C02p"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Cc6 5.Cf3 Fd7 6.Fe2 f6 7.O-O Db6 8.dxc5 Fxc5 
9.b4 Fe7 10.Ff4 fxe5 11.Cxe5 Cxe5 12.Fxe5 Cf6 13.Cd2 O-O 14.a4 a5 15.b5 
Tac8 16.c4 Fe8 17.cxd5 Cxd5 18.Cc4 Dd8 19.Dd2 Fb4 20.Db2 De7 21.Db3 Cf4 
22.Fxf4 Txf4 23.Tac1 Tc5 24.Ce3 Ff7 25.g3 Td4 26.Txc5 Fxc5 27.Fc4 Te4 28.
Td1 Fh5 29.Tc1 b6 30.Cg2 Dd6 31.Dc2 Td4 32.Te1 Ff7 33.Ce3 Td2 34.De4 g6 
35.Cg4 Rg7 36.Fxe6 Fxe6 37.Dxe6 Dxe6 38.Txe6 Td4 39.Ce5 Txa4 40.Cd7 Fd4 
41.Cxb6 Tb4 42.Td6 Rf7 43.Cc8 a4 44.b6 a3 45.Td7+ Re6 46.Ta7 Fc5 47.Rg2 
Tb2 48.Ta5 Rd5 49.Ca7 Txb6 50.Cb5 Fb4 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "St Cugat"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vidarte Morales, Arturo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "C42r"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Fd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B52n"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Fd7 4.Fxd7+ Dxd7 5.O-O e6 6.b3 Cf6 7.Te1 Cc6 8.Fb2
Fe7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Cxd4 O-O 11.c4 Tfd8 12.Cc3 Tac8 13.Dd2 b6 14.Tad1 a6 15.
a4 Ca5 16.De3 Ce8 17.f4 Db7 18.Rh1 Ff8 19.Dh3 Cc7 20.Td3 Cc6 21.Cxc6 Dxc6 
22.Dh4 Ce8 23.Th3 h6 24.Tg3 Rh7 25.f5 exf5 26.Cd5 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Df4 
bxc4 29.Dxf5+ Rg8 30.Fxg7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B07j"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Fg7 3.c3 Cf6 4.Fd3 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.a3 Cc6 8.d5 Ce5 9.
Cxe5 dxe5 10.c4 e6 11.Cc3 exd5 12.cxd5 Ce8 13.Fe3 b6 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 f5
16.f3 Cd6 17.De2 f4 18.Ff2 Tf7 19.Cb5 Ff8 20.Ta4 a5 21.Tfa1 Fd7 22.bxa5 
bxa5 23.Rf1 Fe8 24.Fe1 Cb7 25.T4a2 Fc5 26.Db2 Db6 27.Fc3 Fg1 28.Fxe5 Fxh2 
29.Dd4 Dd8 30.d6 Tc8 31.Cc7 Fg3 32.Tb1 Cc5 33.Fc4 Cd7 34.Fh8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo A"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B42m"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Fd3 Cf6 6.O-O Dc7 7.c4 d6 8.Cc3 
Cbd7 9.De2 Ce5 10.Cf3 Cg6 11.h3 Fe7 12.Fe3 O-O 13.Tac1 Fd7 14.b4 Tac8 15.
Tfd1 Db8 16.a4 Tfe8 17.a5 d5 18.c5 dxe4 19.Fxe4 Ted8 20.Fxg6 hxg6 21.Fd4 
Fc6 22.Ce5 Fd5 23.Td3 Ff8 24.Tcd1 Te8 25.De3 Fb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "C16d"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e5 b6 5.Dg4 Ff8 6.Fg5 Dd7 7.Fb5 Cc6 8.Cf3 a6 
9.Fa4 Fb7 10.O-O h6 11.Dh3 Cge7 12.Ce2 Tg8 13.Fd2 O-O-O 14.Tae1 Rb8 15.c3 
Cc8 16.Fc1 a5 17.Fb5 C8a7 18.Fd3 Dc8 19.Cd2 Fa6 20.Fxa6 Dxa6 21.Rh1 Td7 
22.f4 g6 23.g4 Ce7 24.Cg3 c5 25.f5 cxd4 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.cxd4 Cac6 28.Ce2 
Fg7 29.a3 g5 30.Tf7 Cd8 31.Tf2 Cg6 32.Cb1 Tf8 33.Txf8 Fxf8 34.b3 Tf7 35.
Cbc3 Cc6 36.Tf1 Txf1+ 37.Dxf1 Cxd4 38.Df6 Cxe2 39.Dd8+ Ra7 40.Dd7+ Db7 41.
Cb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A80g"]

1.d4 f5 2.Fg5 g6 3.e4 fxe4 4.Cc3 Fg7 5.Cxe4 d5 6.Cc5 b6 7.Cb3 Ch6 8.h4 Cf7
9.Ch3 Dd6 10.Dd2 e5 11.O-O-O Cxg5 12.hxg5 e4 13.Df4 Ff8 14.g3 c6 15.f3 
Fxh3 16.Fxh3 Dxf4+ 17.gxf4 Fd6 18.f5 Ff4+ 19.Rb1 gxf5 20.Fxf5 e3 21.Tdg1 
Rf8 22.g6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kalesis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "B48n"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Fd3 Cf6 8.O-O 
d6 9.Rh1 Fe7 10.f4 O-O 11.Df3 Fd7 12.a4 Tfe8 13.Dg3 Cb4 14.a5 Fc6 15.f5 e5
16.Cf3 Tac8 17.Fb6 Db8 18.Tad1 Fd8 19.Fe3 Fe7 20.Td2 Ff8 21.Fg5 Fe7 22.Fc4
Dc7 23.Fb3 Ted8 24.Ta1 b5 25.axb6 Dxb6 26.Tad1 Dc7 27.Fxf6 Fxf6 28.Cg5 Fe8
29.Ch3 De7 30.Cf2 Fg5 31.Te2 a5 32.Ta1 Ta8 33.Cd3 Fc6 34.Td1 Ff6 35.Cxb4 
axb4 36.Cd5 Fxd5 37.Fxd5 Ta6 38.Db3 Tb8 39.Fc4 Tc6 40.Ta1 Dc7 41.Fd5 Tc5 
42.Ta4 h6 43.g3 Fg5 44.h4 Ff6 45.Rg2 Fd8 46.Rh3 Tcb5 47.Te1 Tc5 48.Tea1 
Txc2 49.Ta7 Dc5 50.Txf7 1-0

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

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 b5 5.Fb3 Ca5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 Cxb3 8.axb3 f6
9.c4 b4 10.Fe3 Fb7 11.Cbd2 c5 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.De2 Fd6 14.Ce1 Ce7 15.Cd3 
Db6 16.Dg4 f5 17.exf5 O-O 18.f6 Txf6 19.f3 Tg6 20.Dh5 Tf8 21.Ce4 Cf5 22.
Tae1 Fc8 23.Rh1 Dd8 24.Fg5 Fe7 25.Fxe7 Dxe7 26.Tf2 Fd7 27.Cexc5 Th6 28.Dg4
Th4 29.Txe5 Dd8 30.Td5 Txg4 31.fxg4 Ch4 32.Cxd7 Txf2 33.Cxf2 Cg6 34.Cd3 
Dc7 35.C7e5 Cf8 36.Cxb4 Db6 37.Cbc6 Df2 38.Td1 h6 39.h3 Dxb2 40.Tf1 Ce6 
41.b4 Cf4 42.Tg1 De2 43.b5 axb5 44.cxb5 Dxb5 45.Rh2 Rh7 46.Rh1 Dd5 47.Rh2 
De4 48.h4 h5 49.gxh5 Cd3 50.g4 Cxe5 51.Cxe5 Dxe5+ 52.Rh3 De2 53.Tg2 Df3+ 
54.Rh2 Rg8 55.Tg3 De2+ 56.Rh3 Rf7 57.h6 Df1+ 58.Rh2 Df2+ 59.Rh3 Df1+ 60.
Rh2 Df2+ 61.Rh3 gxh6 62.g5 h5 63.g6+ Rg7 64.Tg5 Df3+ 65.Rh2 Df4+ 66.Rh3 
Df2 67.Tg2 Df1 68.Rh2 De1 69.Tg3 De4 0-1

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Moutousis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B23y"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 g6 3.f4 Fg7 4.Cf3 Cc6 5.Fb5 Cd4 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Ce7 8.Cxd4 
cxd4 9.Ce2 O-O 10.Fa4 d6 11.Fd2 Fd7 12.Fb3 Tc8 13.De1 Rh8 14.Rh1 f5 15.Cg3
Cc6 16.Df2 Ca5 17.Fxa5 Dxa5 18.exf5 exf5 19.Ce2 Dc5 20.Cg1 Ff6 21.Cf3 Tfe8
22.h4 Te3 23.Dg3 Rg7 24.h5 Tce8 25.Tf2 Fe6 26.Td1 a5 27.Fxe6 T3xe6 28.a4 
b5 29.axb5 a4 30.Ta1 Dxb5 31.Ta2 T6e7 32.Tf1 Dc6 33.Tf2 Db5 34.Tf1 Db4 35.
Rg1 Te2 36.Tf2 T8e3 37.b3 a3 38.Txe2 Txe2 39.c3 Txa2 40.cxb4 Te2 41.De1 
Txe1+ 42.Cxe1 a2 43.Cc2 Rf7 44.Rf2 d5 45.b5 Re8 46.h6 Rd7 47.b6 Fe7 48.g4 
Rc8 0-1

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Frolov, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C97j"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Ca5 10.Fc2 c5 11.d4 Dc7 12.Cbd2 Fd7 13.Cf1 Cc4 14.De2 Tfe8 15.b3 Cb6 
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.c4 Ch5 18.Fd2 Tab8 19.a4 bxc4 20.bxc4 Fd6 21.a5 Cc8 22.Fa4
Fxa4 23.Txa4 Ca7 24.g3 Cf6 25.Ta2 Cc6 26.Fg5 Cd7 27.Ch4 Cd4 28.Dg4 Dc6 29.
Ce3 h5 30.Dxh5 f6 31.Fh6 Ff8 32.Cef5 Cxf5 33.Cxf5 gxh6 34.Dg6+ Rh8 35.Td2 
De6 36.Ted1 Tbd8 37.h4 Te7 38.Cxe7 Fxe7 39.Txd7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C64t"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Fc5 4.O-O Cd4 5.Cxd4 Fxd4 6.c3 Fb6 7.d4 c6 8.Fc4 
d6 9.Db3 Dc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Cf6 12.Cd2 O-O 13.Dc2 Fd7 14.b3 Tfe8 15.
Fe2 Fe6 16.a4 Tad8 17.Cc4 Fxc4 18.Fxc4 Ch5 19.Rh2 Td6 20.g3 Ted8 21.De2 
Cf6 22.Ta2 h6 23.Rg2 T6d7 24.Df3 Ce8 25.Te1 a5 26.Fa3 Cf6 27.Tc2 Db8 28.
Fc1 Ce8 29.h4 Dc7 30.Tee2 Cd6 31.Fd3 Fc5 32.Tcd2 Cc8 33.Fc2 Txd2 34.Txd2 
Txd2 35.Fxd2 Dd7 36.Fc1 Cd6 37.Dh5 De6 38.De2 Cc8 39.Dd3 Dd6 40.Dxd6 Cxd6 
41.f4 f6 42.h5 Rf7 43.Rf3 Re6 44.Fd2 Fa7 45.Fd3 Fb6 46.Ff1 Fc5 47.Fe1 Fg1 
48.Fh3+ Re7 49.fxe5 fxe5 50.Ff5 Fc5 51.g4 Cf7 52.Fc8 b6 53.Ff5 Cg5+ 54.Re2
Fg1 55.b4 axb4 56.cxb4 b5 57.axb5 cxb5 58.Fc3 Rd6 59.Fg6 Fd4 60.Fd2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "GM tournament"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.Cf3 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.g3 Cc6 6.Fg2 Fc5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.Cc3 
O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Ff4 Ch5 11.e3 Cxf4 12.exf4 Fd7 13.Dd2 Db8 14.Tfe1 g6 15.h4
a6 16.h5 b5 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Cc5 dxc5 19.Dxd7 Tc8 20.Txe6 Ta7 21.Txg6+ fxg6
22.De6+ Rg7 23.Fxc6 Td8 24.cxb5 Ff6 25.Ce4 Fd4 26.bxa6 Db6 27.Td1 Dxa6 28.
Txd4 Txd4 29.Df6+ Rg8 30.Dxg6+ Rf8 31.De8+ Rg7 32.De5+ Rg8 33.Cf6+ Rf7 34.
Fe8+ Rf8 35.Dxc5+ Dd6 36.Dxa7 Dxf6 37.Fh5 Td2 38.b3 Tb2 39.Rg2 1-0

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B80l"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Dd2 Fb7 
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Cbd7 11.h4 b4 12.Cce2 d5 13.Fh3 dxe4 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 
exf3 16.Cg3 Ce4 17.Cxe4 Fxe4 18.Ff4 Cc5 19.De3 Da5 20.Rb1 Fd5 21.Cb3 Cxb3 
22.axb3 Dc5 23.Dd3 Dc6 24.g6 Fe4 25.gxf7+ Rxf7 26.Dd2 Tc8 27.Tc1 Fe7 28.
Th2 Dd5 29.De1 0-1

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B14t"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.Cf3 Fb4 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.Dc2 
Cc6 9.a3 Fe7 10.Fd3 Cf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Td1 a6 13.d5 exd5 14.Cxd5 Cxd5 15.
Fxh7+ Rh8 16.Fe4 Fe6 17.Fxd5 Fxd5 18.Df5 g6 19.Dxd5 Dxd5 20.Txd5 Tfd8 21.
Td2 Ff6 22.Tb1 Ca5 23.b3 Rg8 24.Rf1 Tac8 25.Txd8+ Txd8 26.Fd2 Td5 27.a4 
Cc6 28.Re2 Rf8 29.Fe3 Re7 30.Td1 Th5 31.h4 Re6 32.g3 Fe7 33.Cg5+ Fxg5 34.
Fxg5 Th8 35.Td3 f6 36.Fd2 Ce7 37.Te3+ Rf7 38.Tc3 Cd5 39.Tc5 Re6 40.Tc1 Re5
41.Rd3 Rd6 42.f3 f5 43.Fg5 Cb4+ 44.Rc4 Cd5 45.Rd4 b6 46.Te1 Tc8 47.Te5 Cc7
48.Fe7+ Rd7 49.Fa3 Ce6+ 50.Rd3 Te8 51.Td5+ Rc7 52.Td6 a5 53.Rc4 Rb7 54.
Td7+ Rc6 55.Tf7 Tc8 56.Te7 b5+ 57.axb5+ Rb6+ 58.Rd5 Cc7+ 59.Re5 Cxb5 60.
Te6+ Rb7 61.Fe7 Tc3 62.Txg6 Txb3 63.h5 Te3+ 64.Rf6 Cc7 65.Rf7 1-0

[Event "12. Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C41g"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 Cd7 4.Fc4 c6 5.c3 Cgf6 6.dxe5 Cxe4 7.De2 d5 8.Fd3 
Cdc5 9.Fc2 Ff5 10.O-O Fg6 11.c4 d4 12.Fxe4 Cxe4 13.Td1 Fc5 14.Fe3 Db6 15.
Fxd4 O-O-O 16.Cc3 Fxd4 17.Cxe4 Dxb2 18.Cxd4 Dxe2 19.Cxe2 Fxe4 20.c5 g5 21.
Cc3 Fd3 22.h4 h6 23.f3 The8 24.hxg5 Txe5 25.gxh6 Txc5 26.Ca4 Tc2 27.Tac1 
Th8 28.Cc5 Txc1 29.Txc1 Fg6 30.Te1 Txh6 31.Te7 Th5 32.Ce4 Td5 33.Cf6 Td6 
34.Te8+ Td8 35.Te5 b5 36.g4 Td1+ 37.Rf2 Td2+ 38.Re3 Txa2 39.f4 Fc2 40.Te7 
b4 41.Rd4 b3 42.Rc3 Ta4 43.f5 a5 44.Txf7 Tb4 45.Rb2 a4 46.Ta7 Td4 47.Cg8 
Rb8 48.Te7 Td2 49.Rc3 Tf2 50.Cf6 a3 51.Cd7+ Rc8 52.Cc5 a2 53.Ta7 Tf1 0-1

[Event "PCA Open"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E76l"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Cf3 c5 7.dxc5 Da5 8.Fd3 Dxc5
9.De2 Fg4 10.Fe3 Da5 11.O-O Cc6 12.Tac1 Tac8 13.Tfd1 Ch5 14.Fb1 Fh6 15.h3 
Fe6 16.Cd5 Fxd5 17.Txd5 Da6 18.Txh5 gxh5 19.Ch4 e6 20.Dxh5 Fg7 21.e5 f5 
22.exf6 Txf6 23.Dxh7+ Rf8 24.f5 exf5 25.Cxf5 Tc7 26.Cxg7 Txg7 27.Fh6 Txh6 
28.Tf1+ Re8 29.Dxg7 Db6+ 30.Rh1 1-0

[Event "It 94-95"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C41g"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 Cd7 4.Fc4 c6 5.O-O Fe7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Cg5 Fxg5 8.Dh5 
De7 9.Dxg5 Dxg5 10.Fxg5 Cgf6 11.f3 b5 12.Fe2 Cb6 13.Cd2 Fe6 14.b3 Cfd7 15.
Tfc1 f6 16.Fe3 Re7 17.c4 bxc4 18.Cxc4 Cxc4 19.Fxc4 Fxc4 20.Txc4 Thc8 21.
Tac1 Rd6 22.h4 Cb6 23.Tc5 Tc7 24.Ta5 Cd7 25.Rf2 a6 26.Td1+ Re6 27.g3 Tb7 
28.Ta4 a5 29.Tc4 Ta6 30.Td2 Tb4 31.Tc1 Tb7 32.h5 a4 33.bxa4 c5 34.Fxc5 
Cxc5 35.Txc5 Txa4 36.g4 h6 37.Rg3 Tba7 38.Tdc2 Rf7 39.Tc7+ Txc7 40.Txc7+ 
Rg8 41.Tc2 Ta3 42.Rf2 Rf7 43.Re2 g5 44.Tb2 Rf8 45.Rd2 Txf3 46.a4 Re7 47.a5
Rd6 48.Tb6+ Rc5 49.Rc2 Ta3 50.Ta6 Rb5 51.Txf6 Txa5 52.Txh6 Rc4 53.Tc6+ Rd4
54.Tg6 Ta2+ 55.Rb3 Th2 56.Txg5 Rxe4 57.Tg6 Rf3 58.h6 e4 59.g5 e3 60.Rc3 e2
61.Rd2 Th1 62.Te6 Rf4 63.g6 e1=D+ 64.Txe1 Txh6 65.g7 Tg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It 94-95"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B07p"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Cf6 3.Cc3 c6 4.f4 Db6 5.a3 Fg4 6.Dd2 e5 7.h3 exd4 8.Ca4 Dc7 
9.hxg4 b5 10.Dxd4 bxa4 11.g5 Cfd7 12.Dxa4 Cc5 13.Dd4 Cbd7 14.Cf3 Tb8 15.
Fc4 Ce6 16.Fxe6 fxe6 17.g6 h6 18.Cg5 hxg5 19.Txh8 Db6 20.Dxb6 Txb6 21.Fe3 
gxf4 22.Fxf4 e5 23.Fe3 1-0

[Event "It 94-95"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B14t"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.Cf3 Fb4 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.Dc2 
Cc6 9.a3 Fa5 10.Fd3 Cxc3 11.bxc3 Cxd4 12.Cxd4 Dxd4 13.Fb5+ Fd7 14.O-O Tc8 
15.Td1 Dxd1+ 16.Dxd1 Fxb5 17.Dh5 a6 18.Fb2 O-O 19.c4 Txc4 20.a4 Tb4 21.Fe5
Fc6 22.Fd6 Td4 23.Fxf8 Td5 24.Dh3 Rxf8 25.Dxh7 Fc3 26.Dh8+ Re7 27.Tc1 Ff6 
28.Dc8 a5 29.g3 g6 30.h4 Fe5 31.Txc6 bxc6 32.Dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It 94-95"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Lluis"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A59o"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.e4 Fxf1 8.Rxf1 
d6 9.g3 Fg7 10.Rg2 Cbd7 11.Cf3 O-O 12.h3 Ta6 13.Te1 Da8 14.Te2 Tb8 15.De1 
e6 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Cg5 Te8 18.f4 c4 19.Fe3 e5 20.Td1 h6 21.Cf3 exf4 22.
gxf4 Cxe4 23.Cd5 Db7 24.Fd4 Dxd5 25.Fxg7 Df5 26.Fxh6 Txa2 27.Txd6 Txb2 28.
Txb2 Cxd6 29.Dc3 Df6 30.Dxf6 Cxf6 31.Ce5 Cfe4 32.h4 c3 33.Tc2 Cf5 34.Rf3 
Cd2+ 35.Rf2 Cxh6 36.Re2 Cc4 0-1

[Event "It 94-95"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B22k"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Dxd5 4.d4 Cf6 5.Cf3 Fg4 6.Da4+ Fd7 7.Db3 cxd4 8.Fc4
De4+ 9.Rf1 e6 10.Cxd4 Cc6 11.Cd2 Dg6 12.Dxb7 Tb8 13.Dc7 Tc8 14.Dg3 Cxd4 
15.Dxg6 hxg6 16.cxd4 Fb4 17.b3 Fc3 18.Tb1 Fxd4 19.Cf3 Fb6 20.Fb2 Ce4 21.
Re2 Cxf2 22.Thc1 Cg4 23.Fxg7 Th5 24.h3 Ce3 25.g4 Txh3 26.Th1 Txh1 27.Txh1 
Cxg4 28.Th4 e5 29.Cg5 Re7 30.Th7 Ff5 31.Fh8 Tf8 32.Fxf7 Cf6 33.Tg7 Ch5 34.
Th7 Cf4+ 35.Rf3 Txh8 36.Txh8 Rf6 37.Fxg6 Cxg6 38.Th5 Cf4 39.Ch7+ Fxh7 40.
Txh7 Ce6 41.Th5 Cg5+ 42.Rg4 Cf7 43.a4 a5 44.Rf3 Re6 45.Re4 Cd6+ 46.Rd3 Rd5
47.Tg5 Fc5 48.Th5 Fb4 49.Tg5 Cb7 0-1

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B57g"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 Cf6 4.Cc3 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.Fc4 Db6 7.Cxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O e5 9.Fg5 Dxb2 10.Dd3 Db6 11.Fxf6 gxf6 12.Cd5 Dd8 13.Ce3 Fh6 14.Tad1 
Re7 15.Fb3 Fe6 16.Cc4 d5 17.Fa4 Tc8 18.Da3+ c5 19.exd5 Fg4 20.f3 Ff5 21.
d6+ Rf8 22.d7 Tc7 23.Td5 Rg7 24.Cd6 Fxd7 25.Tfd1 De7 26.Fxd7 Dxd7 27.Dd3 
De6 28.De4 Rg8 29.Cf5 1-0

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor1"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E61x"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Fg7 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Cf3 O-O 5.Fg5 d6 6.e3 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Fh4 e6 9.
Cd2 Ca6 10.e4 Cc7 11.a4 b6 12.Fe2 a6 13.O-O e5 14.a5 Tb8 15.axb6 Txb6 16.
Ta2 Fd7 17.Dc2 Db8 18.b3 Te8 19.Tb1 Ch7 20.Fd3 h5 21.f3 Fh6 22.Cf1 Tf8 23.
Ff2 Tb7 24.Tab2 Cf6 25.Ta2 Dd8 26.Ce2 De7 27.Fe1 Tfb8 28.Tab2 Fe8 29.Rh1 
Cd7 30.Ta2 h4 31.Cg1 Cf6 32.Fxh4 Rg7 33.Ta3 Fd7 34.Ce2 Rg8 35.g4 Fg7 36.h3
De8 37.Rg2 Ch7 38.Ff2 De7 39.Dd2 Ff6 40.De1 Dd8 41.h4 Fe7 42.Ce3 Tb6 43.
Fc2 Ce8 44.Dh1 Cg7 45.Tg1 Fc8 46.Rf1 Tb4 47.Fe1 T4b7 48.Fa5 De8 49.Dh2 Fd8
50.Fe1 Tb6 51.Fd2 De7 52.Th1 Df6 53.Df2 De7 54.Dh2 Df6 55.Rf2 De7 56.Cg3 
Ce8 57.Re2 T6b7 58.Dg2 Rf8 59.Th2 Df6 60.Dh1 Ta7 61.Cd1 Re7 62.g5 Dg7 63.
h5 Rf8 64.Cf2 Rg8 65.Dc1 a5 66.Cg4 Fxg4 67.fxg4 Df8 68.hxg6 fxg6 69.Th6 
Tg7 70.Fe3 De7 71.Cf5 gxf5 72.gxf5 Cxg5 73.f6 Cxf6 74.Fxg5 Dd7 75.Fxf6 
Tg2+ 76.Rd3 Tg3+ 77.Rd2 Fxf6 78.Txf6 Dg7 79.De1 Dg5+ 80.Rd1 Tf8 81.Txf8+ 
Rxf8 82.Df2+ Rg7 83.Df5 Tg1+ 84.Re2 Tg2+ 85.Rf1 Tg1+ 86.Re2 Tg2+ 87.Rf1 
Tg1+ 88.Re2 Tg2+ 89.Rf1 Tg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E92h"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 c6 8.d5 Ca6 9.
Cd2 Ce8 10.O-O f5 11.f3 f4 12.Ff2 c5 13.a3 b6 14.b4 h5 15.bxc5 Cxc5 16.a4 
a5 17.Ta3 Ff6 18.Cb3 Tf7 19.Rh1 Cc7 20.Cxc5 bxc5 21.Tg1 Ca6 22.g3 Tg7 23.
Rg2 Taa7 24.Rf1 Cb4 25.Re1 Taf7 26.Cb5 fxg3 27.hxg3 h4 28.Rd2 hxg3 29.Txg3
Fh4 30.Tg2 Fxf2 31.Txf2 Dg5+ 32.Te3 Tf6 33.Th2 Th7 34.Txh7 Rxh7 35.Ff1 Df4
36.Cc3 Fd7 37.Fg2 Rg7 38.Dg1 Dg5 39.Df2 Tf4 40.Ff1 Th4 41.Fe2 Df4 42.Dg1 
Dh6 43.Fd1 Th3 44.De1 Th2+ 45.Ce2 Th1 46.Df2 Fe8 47.Fb3 Tb1 48.f4 Dh1 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C92m"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Fb7 10.d4 Te8 11.Cbd2 Ff8 12.d5 Ce7 13.Cf1 Cg6 14.C3h2 Cd7 15.a3 Cc5 
16.Fa2 Cf4 17.c4 c6 18.cxb5 cxb5 19.Fb1 a5 20.h4 g6 21.g3 Ch5 22.Cg4 De7 
23.Fc2 Fc8 24.b3 Fd7 25.Ch6+ Rh8 26.Df3 f6 27.Fd2 Tec8 28.Tec1 Fe8 29.Cg4 
Fg7 30.De2 Db7 31.Cge3 Ff8 32.De1 Db6 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Txa1 35.Txa1 Ca4 
36.Ta3 Fd7 37.Tb3 Fe7 38.Fd3 Cg7 39.Ch2 Fd8 40.De2 Da6 41.Rg2 Cb6 42.Tc3 
Txc3 43.Fxc3 Ca4 44.Fe1 Rg8 45.Chg4 h5 46.Ch2 Fb6 47.Chf1 Rf7 48.Cd1 Fa7 
49.Cfe3 Db6 50.f3 Db7 51.Cc2 Ce8 52.Rh2 Da6 53.Cce3 Fd4 54.f4 Db6 55.f5 
Cg7 56.fxg6+ Rxg6 57.Cf5 Cxf5 58.exf5+ Fxf5 59.Fxf5+ Rxf5 60.Dc2+ e4 61.
Dc8+ Rg6 62.Dg8+ Rf5 63.Dh7+ Re5 64.Dxh5+ f5 65.Df7 Fe3 66.Rg2 f4 67.gxf4+
Fxf4 68.Cf2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B23p"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 d6 3.f4 Cc6 4.Cf3 g6 5.Fc4 Fg7 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Cge7 8.De1 h6 
9.Fb3 Cd4 10.Cxd4 cxd4 11.Ce2 O-O 12.Rh1 f5 13.Cg1 Rh8 14.Cf3 Fd7 15.Fd2 
Tc8 16.Dg3 fxe4 17.dxe4 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.Ch4 Tf6 20.Cf3 Cf5 21.Df2 Fb5 
22.Tfe1 Fc4 23.Cxd4 Db6 24.c3 Cxd4 25.Fe3 Tf7 26.Fxc4 dxc4 27.Tad1 Te8 28.
Fxd4 Txe1+ 29.Dxe1 Fxd4 30.Txd4 Dxb2 31.h3 Db5 32.De6 Rg7 33.Txc4 h5 34.a4
Db1+ 35.Rh2 Dc1 36.De5+ Rh7 37.Dd5 Te7 38.Dd4 Tf7 39.Dxa7 De1 40.Dg1 De2 
41.Dd4 Df1 42.Tb4 Te7 43.Df6 Tg7 44.Te4 Df2 45.Dd4 Dc2 46.Te5 Da2 47.De4 
Rh6 48.Te8 Rh7 49.Tf8 Tf7 50.Tb8 1-0

[Event "32. Olympiad"]
[Site "Erevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C82e"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Fb3 d5 8.dxe5 
Fe6 9.Cbd2 Cc5 10.c3 Fg4 11.Fc2 Dd7 12.Te1 Td8 13.b4 Ce6 14.Cf1 Fh5 15.a3 
Fg6 16.Ta2 a5 17.Fxg6 hxg6 18.De2 Ta8 19.Dxb5 axb4 20.cxb4 Fxb4 21.Td1 Fc5
22.Dd3 Ccd4 23.Cxd4 Fxd4 24.Rh1 Da4 25.f4 Fb6 26.Tb2 Fc5 27.Cg3 c6 28.Tf1 
Dd4 29.Dc2 O-O 30.Tb3 Da4 31.Db1 Dc4 32.Db2 Fd4 33.Db1 Fc5 34.Db2 Fd4 35.
Db1 Fc3 36.Fe3 d4 37.Ce4 Cc5 38.Cxc5 Dxc5 39.Fg1 Dc4 40.Tf3 Tfd8 41.Td3 c5
42.h3 Da4 43.e6 De8 44.exf7+ Dxf7 45.Tb7 Td7 46.Txd7 Dxd7 47.Db3+ Df7 48.
Txc3 dxc3 49.Dxc3 c4 50.Fd4 Tb8 51.Fe5 Tb3 52.Da5 Td3 53.Rh2 Rh7 54.Db4 
Da7 55.Dxc4 De3 0-1

[Event "32. Olympiad"]
[Site "Erevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.g3 Fb4 4.Fg2 O-O 5.Db3 a5 6.a3 Fxc3 7.Dxc3 Te8 8.d3 d5
9.Fg5 d4 10.Dc2 Cbd7 11.c5 c6 12.Cf3 h6 13.Fxf6 Cxf6 14.Cd2 Fe6 15.O-O a4 
16.Cc4 Fxc4 17.Dxc4 Ta5 18.Fh3 De7 19.Tfc1 Tea8 20.Tab1 Cd5 21.Tc2 Tb5 22.
Fg2 Cc7 23.b4 axb3 24.Txb3 Txb3 25.Dxb3 Cb5 26.a4 Cc3 27.Tb2 Txa4 28.Dxb7 
Ta1+ 29.Ff1 De6 30.Rg2 Dd5+ 31.f3 Rh7 32.h4 De6 33.Tb6 Txf1 34.Txc6 Da2 
35.Rxf1 Dxe2+ 36.Rg1 De1+ 0-1

[Event "32. Olympiad"]
[Site "Erevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "C10p"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cd7 5.Cf3 Cgf6 6.Cxf6+ Cxf6 7.Fd3 c5 8.
dxc5 Fxc5 9.De2 Dc7 10.Fd2 O-O 11.O-O-O b6 12.Ce5 Fb7 13.f4 Cd5 14.Rb1 f6 
15.Cf3 Cxf4 16.Fxf4 Dxf4 17.Dxe6+ Rh8 18.Thf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "32. Olympiad"]
[Site "Erevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fc4 e6 7.a3 Fe7 8.Fa2 Cc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Fe3 Dc7 11.De2 b5 12.Tad1 Tb8 13.f3 Ca5 14.Fc1 b4 15.axb4 
Txb4 16.Rh1 Db6 17.Fe3 Db7 18.b3 Dc7 19.Dd2 Tb8 20.Ca4 Cc6 21.Cxc6 Dxc6 
22.Fa7 Tb7 23.Fd4 Td8 24.c4 Fd7 25.De3 Fe8 26.Tfe1 Cd7 27.f4 Tdb8 28.Dg3 
Ff8 29.Td3 e5 30.fxe5 dxe5 31.Fxe5 Cxe5 32.Dxe5 De6 33.Dxe6 fxe6 34.Cc3 
Fc5 35.Tf1 Fc6 36.h3 Tf7 37.Tff3 Tf6 38.Rh2 Rf7 39.Rg3 Fb6 40.Txf6+ gxf6 
41.Rf4 h5 42.g4 hxg4 43.hxg4 Fc7+ 44.Rf3 Fe5 45.Cd1 a5 46.Cf2 Re7 47.Re2 
Fd6 48.Td1 Fg3 49.Ch1 Fh4 50.Rf3 Tb4 51.Td2 Tb7 52.Th2 Fg5 53.Th7+ Rd6 54.
Txb7 Fxb7 55.Cf2 Rc5 56.Fb1 Rd4 57.Cd1 f5 58.gxf5 exf5 59.Cf2 Fh4 60.c5 
Rxc5 61.Cd1 Rd4 62.Ce3 fxe4+ 63.Re2 Fa6+ 64.Cc4 a4 65.Rd1 Fxc4 66.bxc4 Fe7
67.c5 Fxc5 68.Rc2 e3 0-1

[Event "32. Olympiad"]
[Site "Erevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E68g"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Fg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Fg2 d6 6.O-O Cbd7 7.Cc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Cxd4 Te8 10.h3 Cc5 11.Te1 Fd7 12.Ff4 a6 13.Dd2 Tb8 14.Tad1 Dc8 15.Rh2 b5
16.b4 Ce6 17.Cxe6 Fxe6 18.c5 dxc5 19.bxc5 Cd7 20.Cd5 Ce5 21.Fg5 Fxd5 22.
exd5 Df5 23.d6 cxd6 24.cxd6 Ff6 25.Fxf6 Dxf6 26.Df4 Dxf4 27.gxf4 Cc4 28.
Txe8+ Txe8 29.d7 Td8 30.Fb7 Cb6 31.Fxa6 Txd7 32.Txd7 Cxd7 33.Fxb5 Cc5 34.
a4 Cb3 35.Fc4 Ca5 36.Fd5 Rf8 37.Rg3 Re7 38.Rf3 f6 39.Re4 Rd6 40.Rd4 g5 41.
fxg5 fxg5 42.Re4 Rc5 43.f3 h6 44.Re5 Rb4 45.Rf6 Rxa4 46.Rg6 Rb4 47.Rxh6 
Rc5 48.Fa2 Cc6 49.Rxg5 Rd6 50.h4 1-0

[Event "32. Olympiad"]
[Site "Erevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D67"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 Cbd7 5.Fg5 Fe7 6.e3 O-O 7.Tc1 c6 8.Fd3 
dxc4 9.Fxc4 Cd5 10.Fxe7 Dxe7 11.Ce4 C5f6 12.Cg3 e5 13.O-O exd4 14.Cf5 Dd8 
15.C5xd4 Cb6 16.Fd3 De7 17.Dc2 Fg4 18.a3 Tad8 19.Tfe1 Cbd7 20.Cg5 h6 21.
Ch7 Tfe8 22.h3 Fe6 23.Cxf6+ Dxf6 24.Ff1 Fd5 25.f3 Ce5 26.Df2 a6 27.b4 b5 
28.Ted1 Cc4 29.e4 Fe6 30.Fxc4 Fxc4 31.Td2 Td7 32.Tcd1 Ted8 33.f4 g5 34.
fxg5 Dxg5 35.Cf3 Txd2 36.Txd2 Txd2 37.Dxd2 De7 38.Dd4 a5 39.De5 Da7+ 40.
Cd4 axb4 41.axb4 Fe6 42.Rh2 Dd7 43.Rg3 Rh7 44.Rf4 Da7 45.Dc5 Dc7+ 46.Rf3 
Dd7 47.De5 Rg8 48.Rg3 Rh7 49.Rh4 De7+ 50.Rg3 Dd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "32. Olympiad"]
[Site "Erevan ARM"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E92h"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 c6 8.Dd2 De7 
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Cg4 11.Fg5 f6 12.Fh4 Ch6 13.O-O Cf7 14.Ce1 h5 15.f3 Fh6 
16.Dd1 Ca6 17.Rh1 Fd7 18.Fxa6 bxa6 19.De2 Tab8 20.Tb1 Fc8 21.Cc2 a5 22.Dc4
Tb6 23.Da4 Fa6 24.Tfd1 Tfb8 25.Dxa5 Fc8 26.Da3 Ta6 27.Ca4 Db7 28.b3 Fd7 
29.Ta1 Rg7 30.Fe1 Fxa4 31.bxa4 Db2 32.Dxb2 Txb2 33.Cb4 Txa4 34.Tab1 Te2 
35.Fg3 f5 36.exf5 gxf5 37.Rg1 h4 38.Ff2 a5 39.Cd3 Taxa2 40.Te1 Ted2 41.
Tbd1 h3 42.gxh3 Ta3 0-1

[Event "14. Ciudad de Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D36q"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 Cbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Fg5 Fe7 7.e3 O-O 8.Fd3 
Te8 9.Dc2 c6 10.h3 Cf8 11.Ff4 Fd6 12.Fxd6 Dxd6 13.O-O-O a5 14.Rb1 Fe6 15.
g4 Tac8 16.Cg5 b5 17.f4 Fd7 18.De2 a4 19.Tc1 a3 20.b3 Cg6 21.Dd2 h6 22.Cf3
Ce4 23.Fxe4 dxe4 24.Ce5 Cxe5 25.fxe5 Txe5 26.Dh2 Te6 27.Dxd6 Txd6 28.Cxe4 
Td5 29.Cc5 Te8 30.The1 Fc8 31.Cd3 h5 32.Cf4 hxg4 33.Cxd5 Ff5+ 34.Ra1 cxd5 
35.hxg4 Fxg4 36.Tc5 Ff3 37.Txb5 g5 38.Ta5 g4 39.Txa3 f5 40.b4 g3 41.b5 g2 
42.b6 Te7 43.Ta8+ Rf7 44.Ta7 1-0

[Event "6. Magistral"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E97c"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.Fe3 Cg4 
9.Fg5 f6 10.Fc1 f5 11.Fg5 De8 12.Cd5 Df7 13.dxe5 Cgxe5 14.exf5 Fxf5 15.Dd2
Tae8 16.Tae1 Rh8 17.b3 a6 18.Rh1 Cxf3 19.Fxf3 Cd4 20.Txe8 Txe8 21.Fd1 Fe4 
22.Cc3 Fc6 23.Fg4 Ff3 24.Fh3 Fe2 25.Te1 Dxf2 26.Fg4 Cc2 27.Tc1 Fxc3 28.
Dxc3+ Cd4 29.Fd7 Te5 30.Dg3 Df7 31.Fh3 Te4 32.Tg1 Rg8 33.Fd2 Ff1 34.Fg4 
Fe2 35.Fh3 h5 36.Fc3 Df6 37.c5 h4 38.Fxd4 Txd4 39.De3 De5 40.Dh6 Fd3 41.
cxd6 cxd6 42.Tc1 Ff5 43.Fxf5 Dxf5 44.h3 Te4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D39k"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.e4 Fb4 6.Fg5 c5 7.Fxc4 cxd4 8.Cxd4 
Fxc3+ 9.bxc3 Da5 10.Fb5+ Fd7 11.Fxf6 gxf6 12.Db3 a6 13.Fe2 Cc6 14.O-O Dc7 
15.Da3 Tc8 16.Tad1 Ca5 17.Dc1 Re7 18.Dh6 Fc6 19.Cxe6 De5 20.Cd4 Tcg8 21.f4
Dc5 22.Rh1 Tg6 23.Dh3 Fxe4 24.Ff3 Fxf3 25.Txf3 Dc7 26.Cf5+ Rf8 27.Tfd3 Cc6
28.Td7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1997.??.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C96k"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Ca5 10.Fc2 c5 11.d4 Fb7 12.d5 Cc4 13.a4 Cb6 14.De2 Cxa4 15.Fxa4 bxa4 
16.Txa4 Cd7 17.c4 Cb6 18.Ta3 a5 19.Cc3 a4 20.Fe3 Fc8 21.Cd2 Fg5 22.Tb1 
Fxe3 23.Dxe3 Fd7 24.b4 axb3 25.Taxb3 Ta6 26.Dd3 h6 27.Rh2 Dc7 28.Cf1 Tfa8 
29.Cb5 Dd8 30.Cc3 Cc8 31.Ce3 Ta3 32.Tb7 T8a7 33.Dc2 Rh7 34.Txa7 Txa7 35.g3
g6 36.h4 Ta6 37.Tf1 Cb6 38.h5 Fc8 39.Dd2 Cd7 40.hxg6+ fxg6 41.Cg4 g5 42.
Rg2 Cf6 43.Cxf6+ Dxf6 44.Db2 Ta8 45.Db6 Ta3 46.Dc7+ Rg6 47.Dxc8 Txc3 48.
Dg8+ Dg7 49.De6+ Df6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A45o"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Fg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Fxf6 Dxf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Dd2 g5 7.g3 Fg7 8.O-O-O 
Fd7 9.f4 gxf4 10.gxf4 Cc6 11.Cf3 O-O-O 12.De3 Rb8 13.Tg1 Thg8 14.a3 a6 15.
e5 De7 16.Fd3 Fh8 17.Tg3 dxe5 18.fxe5 Txg3 19.hxg3 f6 20.exf6 Fxf6 21.Ce4 
Fg7 22.c3 Fc8 23.Fc2 b6 24.Cf2 Dd6 25.Fe4 Fb7 26.Cd3 Ra7 27.Rb1 Tf8 28.De2
a5 29.Cf4 Tg8 30.Fh7 Th8 31.Fc2 Cd8 32.Ch5 Ff8 33.Ce5 Tg8 34.g4 Fe7 35.Cf4
Fg5 36.Cfg6 Dd5 37.Te1 Tg7 38.Fd3 Cc6 39.Fc4 Dd6 40.Tf1 Cd8 41.Tf8 c5 42.
dxc5 Dxc5 43.Txd8 Fxd8 44.Cf4 Fc7 45.Cfd3 De7 46.Fb5 Dd6 47.De3 Th7 48.Fc4
h5 49.g5 h4 50.g6 Tg7 51.Dh6 De7 52.Dh5 Df6 53.Fb5 Df5 54.De2 De4 55.Dh5 
h3 56.Ra2 Df5 57.De2 De4 58.Dh5 Fd6 59.c4 h2 0-1

[Event "Chess Classics 3. place"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15l"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Fxb5 7.Fg2 Fb4+ 8.Fd2 a5
9.O-O O-O 10.Fg5 d5 11.a3 Fe7 12.Cc3 Fa6 13.Dc2 Cbd7 14.Tfd1 Tc8 15.b4 c6 
16.e3 h6 17.Fxf6 Fxf6 18.Cd2 e5 19.Cb3 exd4 20.exd4 axb4 21.axb4 Fc4 22.
Ca5 Cb6 23.Fh3 Tc7 24.Cxc4 Cxc4 25.Ff1 Cd6 26.Ta6 Dd7 27.Tb6 Tb7 28.Txb7 
Dxb7 29.Ca4 Dxb4 30.Dxc6 Tc8 31.Da6 Fxd4 32.Fd3 g6 33.Rg2 Rg7 34.Tf1 Tc7 
35.Tb1 Da3 36.Da5 Dxd3 0-1

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E12e"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Fa6 6.b3 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Fb2 Fg7 
9.e4 Fxf1 10.Rxf1 d6 11.Cbd2 O-O 12.Dc2 Te8 13.Te1 Cbd7 14.g3 b5 15.Rg2 
Cg4 16.Fxg7 Rxg7 17.h3 Cgf6 18.Te3 Db6 19.The1 Rg8 20.Db2 a5 21.Cg5 a4 22.
b4 Tac8 23.bxc5 Txc5 24.Cdf3 Ce5 25.Cxe5 dxe5 26.Tc3 Tec8 27.Txc5 Txc5 28.
Cf3 b4 29.axb4 Tc4 30.Dxe5 Tc2 31.Cd4 Td2 32.Tc1 Dxd4 0-1

[Event "Chess Classics 3. place"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Cc3 e5 7.d3 Cc6 8.Tb1 h6 
9.b4 a6 10.a4 Fe6 11.b5 axb5 12.axb5 Ce7 13.Fb2 b6 14.Ta1 Tc8 15.Ce1 d5 
16.cxd5 Cexd5 17.Cc2 Cxc3 18.Fxc3 Cd5 19.Fb4 Te8 20.e4 Cxb4 21.Cxb4 Dd6 
22.Cc6 Ta8 23.Dc2 Fd7 24.Txa8 Txa8 25.Tc1 Ta3 26.Ff1 h5 27.Db2 Fe6 28.d4 
Ta2 29.dxe5 Dxc6 0-1

[Event "Chess Classics 3. place"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A80a"]

1.d4 f5 2.b3 Cf6 3.g3 e6 4.Fg2 d6 5.Ch3 Fe7 6.O-O O-O 7.Fb2 a5 8.c4 Ca6 9.
Cd2 c6 10.Cf4 g5 11.Cd3 Cb4 12.Ce1 De8 13.a3 Ca6 14.Cd3 Dg6 15.Dc2 Cc7 16.
e3 Ce4 17.a4 Fd7 18.c5 Cxd2 19.Dxd2 Cd5 20.cxd6 Fxd6 21.Fa3 Fxa3 22.Txa3 
f4 23.Ce5 Dg7 24.Taa1 Fe8 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.Ff3 Fg6 27.exf4 gxf4 28.Tae1 fxg3 
29.fxg3 Tf6 30.Fg2 Txf1+ 31.Txf1 Tf8 32.Txf8+ Dxf8 33.Dxa5 Fc2 34.Dd8 Dxd8
35.Cf7+ Rg8 36.Cxd8 Fxb3 37.a5 e5 38.dxe5 Ce3 39.Cxb7 1-0

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D46l"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e3 e6 5.Cf3 Cbd7 6.Fd3 Fd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Dc2 
dxc4 9.Fxc4 b5 10.Fd3 Fb7 11.Ce4 Cxe4 12.Fxe4 Cf6 13.Fd3 c5 14.dxc5 Fxc5 
15.Fxb5 Tc8 16.De2 Ce4 17.Fd3 Df6 18.Cd2 Cd6 19.e4 Dg6 20.g3 f5 21.e5 Ce4 
22.Cxe4 fxe4 23.Fc2 Fd5 24.Fb3 Tf3 25.Fe3 Fxe3 26.fxe3 Fxb3 27.axb3 Tcf8 
28.Tfd1 Dg4 29.Td2 h5 30.Rh1 Dh3 31.Tg1 Df5 32.Ta1 Dxe5 33.Txa7 h4 34.Tdd7
hxg3 35.Txg7+ Dxg7 36.Txg7+ Rxg7 37.Dc4 Th8 38.Dxe6 Tf1+ 39.Rg2 gxh2 40.
De7+ Tf7 41.De5+ Tf6 42.Rh1 Th6 43.b4 Rg8 44.Dd5+ Rh8 45.Dd8+ Rg7 46.De7+ 
Tf7 47.De5+ Rg8 48.Db5 Tg6 49.De8+ Rg7 50.De5+ Rg8 51.De8+ Rg7 52.De5+ 
Tff6 53.b5 Tg1+ 54.Rxh2 Tg6 55.b6 Th6+ 56.Rg3 Tg6+ 57.Rh4 Th6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classics"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A96"]

1.Cf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Cf6 4.Fg2 Fe7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 d6 7.Cc3 a5 8.Te1 Ce4 
9.Dc2 Cc6 10.a3 Cxc3 11.bxc3 e5 12.Tb1 Ff6 13.e3 De8 14.a4 Df7 15.Cd2 Dh5 
16.Tb5 Te8 17.Tf1 Cd8 18.Fa3 c6 19.Tbb1 Cf7 20.f4 exd4 21.exd4 De2 22.Ff3 
De7 23.Rg2 Dc7 24.Dd3 Fe6 25.Tfe1 Tad8 26.Te2 Fc8 27.Tbe1 Txe2+ 28.Dxe2 g5
29.Dd3 Rh8 30.Rh1 gxf4 31.gxf4 c5 32.Cf1 Fh4 33.Te2 b6 34.Ce3 Ch6 35.h3 
Tg8 36.Cd5 Dd8 37.Tg2 Fg3 38.Rg1 Dh4 39.Cxb6 Te8 40.Fe2 Fxf4 41.Cd5 Fb7 
42.dxc5 Fxd5 43.cxd5 De1+ 44.Ff1 Fe3+ 45.Rh1 f4 46.c4 Tb8 47.Fb2+ Txb2 48.
Txb2 Cf5 49.Tb8+ Rg7 50.Tb7+ Rh6 51.Txh7+ Rxh7 52.Dxf5+ Rh6 53.Df6+ Rh7 
54.Df7+ Rh6 55.Df6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Magistral"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A57n"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Cc3 Fg7 7.a4 O-O 8.Ta3 Fb7 9.
Cf3 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Fe2 d5 12.bxa6 Cxa6 13.O-O Cb4 14.Fd2 De7 15.Cb5 
Cc6 16.Db1 e5 17.h3 Rh8 18.Tc1 e4 19.Ch2 d4 20.exd4 cxd4 21.Da2 Tad8 22.a5
d3 23.Fg4 Cd5 24.a6 Ccb4 25.Db3 Cxa6 26.Cc7 Caxc7 27.Dxb7 Tb8 0-1

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A39g"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.O-O Cc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Cxd4 O-O 8.Cc3 
d6 9.Cxc6 bxc6 10.Fxc6 Tb8 11.Da4 Fb7 12.Fxb7 Txb7 13.Tb1 Dc8 14.Fd2 Dh3 
15.f3 Ch5 16.Tf2 De6 17.Rg2 Tc8 18.b3 Fd4 19.e3 Fxc3 20.Fxc3 Dxe3 21.Da5 
Cg7 22.Te1 Dc5 23.Td2 Dxa5 24.Fxa5 f6 25.Td5 Rf7 26.Fd2 a6 27.Ta5 Tc6 28.
Fe3 Ce6 29.Td1 Tbc7 30.h4 Cd8 31.g4 Cb7 32.Tad5 Tc8 33.h5 e6 34.T5d2 g5 
35.f4 gxf4 36.Fxf4 e5 37.Fe3 Tg8 38.Rh3 Re6 39.Tf1 Cc5 40.Te2 Tc7 41.Tf3 
Ce4 42.Tf1 d5 43.Fh6 Cc3 44.Tef2 Ce4 45.Te2 Cc3 46.Tef2 Ce4 47.Te2 Cc3 48.
Tef2 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 e5 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 Fc5 5.Cxe5 Fxf2+ 6.Rxf2 Cxe5 7.b3 d5 8.d4
Cc6 9.h3 O-O 10.Fg2 dxc4 11.d5 Ce5 12.Dd4 Cfd7 13.Ff4 Df6 14.Thd1 Cd3+ 15.
Txd3 cxd3 16.Dxf6 Cxf6 17.e4 c6 18.d6 Fe6 19.Td1 Cd7 20.Txd3 a5 21.Td2 
Tfe8 22.e5 h5 23.Te2 Ff5 24.Ff3 Fxh3 25.Fxh5 Fe6 26.Te3 Cb6 27.Ce4 Cd5 28.
Te2 Ff5 29.Cc5 b6 30.Ca4 Tab8 31.Ff3 Fe6 32.Td2 Ted8 33.Fxd5 cxd5 34.Fe3 
b5 35.Cc5 Tdc8 36.a3 b4 37.axb4 axb4 38.Ta2 Ta8 39.Txa8 Txa8 40.d7 d4 41.
Fg5 Fxd7 42.Cxd7 Ta2+ 43.Rf3 Tc2 44.Re4 Tc3 45.Rxd4 Txb3 46.Ff4 Tf3 47.Cb6
b3 48.Cc4 Rh7 49.e6 fxe6 50.Fe5 g5 51.Re4 Tf2 52.Re3 Tf5 53.Rd2 Rg6 54.Rc3
Tf3+ 55.Rb2 Rf5 56.Fc7 Td3 57.Fb8 g4 58.Ff4 Re4 59.Ce5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A59p"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Cc3 Fxa6 7.e4 Fxf1 8.Rxf1 
d6 9.g3 Fg7 10.Rg2 O-O 11.Cf3 Cbd7 12.h3 Db6 13.Te1 Tfb8 14.Te2 Da6 15.De1
Ce8 16.Ff4 Fxc3 17.bxc3 f6 18.a4 Ce5 19.Fxe5 dxe5 20.Tea2 Dd3 21.De3 Dxe3 
22.fxe3 Cd6 23.Cd2 Ta5 24.g4 Rf7 25.Rf3 h5 26.Re2 c4 27.Rf3 Tba8 28.Rg3 
hxg4 29.hxg4 g5 30.Rf3 Re8 31.Cf1 Rd7 32.Cg3 Tb8 33.Cf5 Cxf5 34.exf5 Tb3 
35.Ta3 Tb8 36.e4 Rd6 37.T3a2 Tb3 38.Ta3 Rc5 39.Re3 Tb8 40.Td1 Tba8 41.Tb1 
Txa4 42.Txa4 Txa4 43.Tb7 Ta3 44.Tc7+ Rb5 45.Tb7+ Rc5 46.Tc7+ Rb5 47.Tb7+ 
Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "C92e"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Cd7 10.d4 Cb6 11.Cbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Cb4 13.Cf1 c5 14.a3 Cc6 15.Fe3 a5 
16.Tc1 c4 17.Fc2 d5 18.Ce5 Fb7 19.Cxc6 Fxc6 20.e5 Ca4 21.Tb1 Ta6 22.Cg3 g6
23.Fh6 Te8 24.e6 Fg5 25.exf7+ Rxf7 26.Df3+ Ff6 27.Ch5 Te4 28.Cxf6 Dxf6 29.
Fxe4 dxe4 30.Dg3 Ta7 31.d5 Fxd5 32.Tbd1 Df5 33.Db8 Tb7 34.Df8+ Re6 35.Dc8+
Td7 36.g4 Df7 37.Txd5 1-0

[Event "6. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A41u"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Fg7 3.Cc3 d6 4.Cf3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Dxd8+ Rxd8 7.Fd2 Fe6 8.
O-O-O Cd7 9.e4 f6 10.h3 Fh6 11.Fe2 c6 12.a3 Re7 13.b4 a5 14.Rb2 Cb6 15.c5 
Fxd2 16.Cxd2 axb4 17.axb4 Ca4+ 18.Cxa4 Txa4 19.Ta1 Txb4+ 20.Rc3 Td4 21.
Thb1 Td7 22.Ta8 Rf7 23.Fc4 Fxc4 24.Cxc4 Rg7 25.Cd6 Ce7 26.Ce8+ Rf7 27.Cxf6
Td3+ 28.Rxd3 Txa8 29.Cxh7 Ta2 30.Re3 Ta3+ 31.Re2 Ta2+ 32.Rf3 Tc2 33.Txb7 
Txc5 34.Cg5+ Rf6 35.h4 Tc3+ 36.Rg4 Tc2 37.f4 exf4 38.e5+ Rxe5 39.Txe7+ 1-0

[Event "6. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B01m"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Dxd5 3.Cc3 Da5 4.d4 Cf6 5.Cf3 c6 6.Ce5 Fe6 7.Fc4 Fxc4 8.
Cxc4 Da6 9.De2 e6 10.Ff4 Cd5 11.Fd6 Cxc3 12.bxc3 Cd7 13.Fxf8 Rxf8 14.Dd3 
Re7 15.a4 Cb6 16.Ce5 Dxd3 17.cxd3 Cd7 18.Cf3 Thc8 19.Rd2 c5 20.Thb1 Tc7 
21.a5 Tac8 22.Ta3 cxd4 23.Cxd4 Cc5 24.Cb3 Cd7 25.c4 e5 26.Te1 Rd6 27.f4 f6
28.Rc3 Cc5 29.fxe5+ fxe5 30.Cxc5 Txc5 31.Te3 Tf8 32.Ta2 Tf6 33.Tg3 g6 34.
Th3 Tf7 35.Rb4 Tcc7 36.Te2 Tf1 37.The3 Tb1+ 38.Rc3 Tc5 39.Ta2 Tc1+ 40.Rd2 
Tf1 41.Te2 Th1 42.h3 Tf1 43.Re3 Tf7 44.g3 Re6 45.Teb2 Rd6 46.a6 b6 47.
Txb6+ axb6 48.a7 Tc8 49.a8=D Txa8 50.Txa8 Tf1 51.Td8+ Rc6 52.Th8 Tg1 53.
Rf2 Td1 54.Re2 Tg1 55.g4 Rc5 56.Txh7 e4 57.Tc7+ Rd6 58.Tg7 Rc5 59.dxe4 Tg3
60.Tc7+ Rd4 61.Tc6 g5 62.Txb6 Txh3 63.Tb5 Rxc4 64.Txg5 Rd4 65.e5 Te3+ 66.
Rf2 Txe5 67.Tg6 Rd5 68.Rg3 Te8 69.Rf4 Tf8+ 70.Rg5 Re5 71.Rh5 Rf4 72.g5 Rf5
73.Th6 Tf7 74.Th8 Rf4 75.g6 Tf5+ 76.Rh6 Rg4 77.g7 Th5+ 78.Rg6 Tg5+ 79.Rf6 
1-0

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D36m"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Fg5 Fe7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 c6 7.Fd3 O-O 8.Dc2 
Cbd7 9.Cge2 Te8 10.O-O Cf8 11.a3 Cg4 12.Fxe7 Dxe7 13.h3 Ch6 14.Cg3 Dh4 15.
Tfe1 Fe6 16.b4 a6 17.Ca4 Te7 18.Cc5 Tae8 19.Ff1 Fc8 20.a4 Cg6 21.b5 axb5 
22.axb5 Dg5 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Ta8 Ch4 25.Tb1 C6f5 26.Cxf5 Cxf5 27.Tbb8 Cd6 
28.Cd3 Tc7 29.Dc5 De7 30.Cb4 g6 31.Fa6 De6 32.Fxc8 Cxc8 33.Ta6 Rg7 34.Txc6
Txc6 35.Dxc6 Dxc6 36.Cxc6 Cd6 37.Txe8 Cxe8 38.g4 h6 39.f3 Rf6 40.Rf2 Re6 
41.h4 Cd6 42.Ce5 Cb5 43.Cd3 g5 44.h5 Ca3 45.Re2 Cc4 46.Cf2 Cd6 47.e4 Ce8 
48.Cd1 Cf6 49.e5 Cd7 50.Ce3 f6 51.exf6 Cxf6 52.Rd3 Cg8 53.Cf5 Rd7 54.Re3 
Re6 55.f4 Rf6 56.Rf3 Rf7 57.Cxh6+ Cxh6 58.fxg5 Cg8 59.Rf4 Re6 60.g6 Rf6 
61.g5+ Re6 62.g7 Ce7 63.h6 Cg6+ 64.Rg4 Rf7 65.Rf5 Rg8 66.Rf6 Ch4 67.h7+ 
1-0

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A70j"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fe3 Te8 10.Cd2 Fd7 11.a4 Ca6 12.Fe2 Cb4 13.O-O b6 14.Ff3 Fc8 15.Cc4 Fa6 
16.b3 Cd7 17.Tc1 Ce5 18.Cb5 Fxb5 19.axb5 a6 20.Cxe5 Fxe5 21.Fe2 Ff6 22.f3 
Dd7 23.bxa6 b5 24.Fd2 Cxa6 25.Rh1 Cc7 26.Fc3 Fxc3 27.Txc3 Ta2 28.Tc2 Ta3 
29.Td2 De7 30.Dc1 Txb3 31.Ta2 Df6 32.Td1 c4 33.Ta7 Te7 34.Dh6 Tb2 35.Ff1 
c3 36.Tc1 Dd4 37.Tca1 Dg7 38.Df4 Df8 39.Dxd6 c2 40.Dc6 Ce8 41.Txe7 Dxe7 
42.Fd3 Cd6 43.Fxc2 De5 44.f4 Dxf4 45.Dc3 1-0

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A46j"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c3 b6 4.Fg5 Fb7 5.Cbd2 h6 6.Fxf6 Dxf6 7.e4 g6 8.Fd3 
Fg7 9.e5 De7 10.Fe4 d5 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Da4+ Rf8 13.Fxb7 Dxb7 14.O-O Ff6 
15.Tfe1 Cd7 16.Ce4 Fe7 17.c4 Tc8 18.Tad1 Rg7 19.h4 a6 20.h5 b5 21.cxb5 
Dxb5 22.Dxb5 axb5 23.hxg6 Rxg6 24.Cc3 Tb8 25.d5 e5 26.Cd4 b4 27.Ca4 Fg5 
28.Cc6 Tb7 29.Te4 b3 30.Ca5 Ta7 31.Cxb3 Tc8 32.Cc3 Tb7 33.Ta4 f5 34.Ta6 
Fe7 35.Tc6 Ta8 36.Td2 Rf7 37.Tc2 Tab8 38.Rf1 h5 39.g3 Ff8 40.Cd1 Cf6 41.
Ce3 Rg6 42.Tc8 Fh6 43.Txb8 Txb8 44.Tc6 Fxe3 45.fxe3 Ce4 46.Re1 Rg5 47.Cd2 
Cxd2 48.Rxd2 Txb2+ 49.Rc3 Txa2 50.Txd6 Ta3+ 51.Rd2 Rg4 52.Tg6+ Rf3 53.Tg5 
Re4 54.d6 Td3+ 55.Re2 Txe3+ 56.Rf2 Td3 57.Txh5 Td2+ 58.Re1 Txd6 59.Re2 Tg6
60.Rf2 Ta6 61.Th4+ Rd3 62.Th5 Ta2+ 63.Rf1 Re4 64.Tg5 Tb2 65.Th5 Tb3 66.Rg2
Tf3 67.Th1 Ta3 68.Th5 f4 69.gxf4 exf4 70.Tb5 Ta2+ 71.Rf1 Rf3 72.Tb3+ Rg4 
73.Tc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D20o"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Cf6 4.e5 Cd5 5.Fxc4 Cc6 6.Cc3 Cb6 7.Fb5 Fd7 8.Cf3 
e6 9.a3 Ce7 10.Fd3 Fc6 11.O-O Dd7 12.Ce4 Cg6 13.h4 O-O-O 14.g3 Dd5 15.h5 
f5 16.exf6 gxf6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Te1 f5 19.Fg5 Td7 20.Tc1 Tdh7 21.Fh4 Fa4 
22.De2 fxe4 23.Fxe4 Dh5 24.Cg5 Fe7 25.Cxh7 Dxh7 26.Fxe7 Dh2+ 27.Rf1 Fb5 
28.Dxb5 1-0

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D41o"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.e4 Cxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Fb4+ 9.Fd2 Fxd2+ 10.Dxd2 O-O 11.Fc4 Cc6 12.O-O b6 13.Tad1 Fb7 14.Tfe1
Tc8 15.h4 h6 16.Df4 Df6 17.Dg3 Ca5 18.Fd3 Cc4 19.Fxc4 Txc4 20.Ce5 Tc7 21.
d5 exd5 22.Cg4 Dc3 23.Cxh6+ Rh7 24.Df4 Te7 25.e5 Fc8 26.Tc1 Dd3 27.Cg4 Df5
28.Dxf5+ Fxf5 29.Ce3 Fe6 30.Ted1 Td8 31.Td4 Tdd7 32.f4 g6 33.g4 Tc7 34.
Txc7 Txc7 35.f5 gxf5 36.gxf5 Fc8 37.Txd5 Tc3 38.Rf2 Ta3 39.Td8 Txa2+ 40.
Rf3 Fb7+ 41.Rf4 Ta4+ 42.Rg5 Ff3 43.Td7 Te4 44.Cd5 Txe5 45.Cf6+ Rg7 46.Td8 
1-0

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D40e"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5.Cc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Fe2 Cc6 8.O-O Fd6
9.b3 cxd4 10.Cxd4 O-O 11.Cxc6 bxc6 12.Fb2 Te8 13.Tc1 h5 14.Ca4 Cg4 15.Fxg4
Fxg4 16.Dd4 Fe5 17.Dd2 Df6 18.Fxe5 Txe5 19.f3 Ff5 20.Tc3 Tae8 21.Tfc1 De7 
22.Te1 Db4 23.Dc1 T8e6 24.Cc5 Tg6 25.Rh1 Dh4 26.Dd2 d4 27.Tc4 dxe3 28.Txe3
Td6 29.Dc1 De7 30.Txe5 Dxe5 31.Ce4 Td4 32.Txd4 Dxd4 33.Cg3 Fg6 34.Ce2 De5 
35.Cf4 Fh7 36.h3 h4 37.Dd2 g5 38.Ch5 Fg6 39.Dd8+ Rh7 40.Cf6+ Rg7 41.Cg4 
De1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7. Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D37v"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.Dc2 Da5 10.O-O-O Fe7 11.Rb1 Td8 12.Cd2 Db6 13.c5 Dxc5 14.Cb3 Cb4 15.axb4
Dxb4 16.Td4 Db6 17.Cb5 Ce8 18.Cc7 e5 19.Fxe5 Ff5 20.Fd3 Fxd3 21.Txd3 Tac8 
22.Tc3 Fb4 23.Cxd5 Txc3 24.Cxc3 De6 25.Fg3 Fxc3 26.Dxc3 De4+ 27.Dc2 Dxg2 
28.Td1 Ta8 29.Cc5 Cf6 30.Df5 h6 31.Cd7 Cxd7 32.Dxd7 Df3 33.Dd5 De2 34.Tc1 
Te8 35.h4 h5 36.b3 Dg4 37.Rb2 b6 38.Tc7 De2+ 39.Tc2 Dg4 40.Tc7 De2+ 41.Ra3
Da6+ 42.Rb4 Te6 43.Df5 1-0

[Event "7. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 Cf6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.d4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e3 Fg7 8.Fb5+
Fd7 9.Db3 O-O 10.O-O Dc7 11.Fa3 Fe6 12.d5 Fg4 13.Fe2 Cd7 14.h3 Fxf3 15.
Fxf3 Tab8 16.Fb2 b5 17.Tfd1 c4 18.Dc2 Cc5 19.Fa3 a5 20.Tab1 Tfd8 21.Fxc5 
Dxc5 22.Tdc1 Da3 23.h4 h5 24.g3 Tdc8 25.g4 hxg4 26.Fxg4 Td8 27.Ff3 Tb6 28.
Rg2 Rf8 29.Rh3 Tc8 30.h5 gxh5 31.Df5 Td8 32.Tc2 Tf6 33.De4 Dc5 34.Td1 Dc8+
35.Rg2 Tg6+ 36.Rf1 Dd7 37.Re2 Tg5 38.a4 bxa4 39.Dxc4 Tc8 40.Dd3 a3 41.c4 
Da4 42.Tdd2 Fb2 43.d6 exd6 44.Dxd6+ Rg8 45.Df4 Tg7 46.Fd5 Tf8 47.c5 Dxf4 
48.exf4 a2 49.Fxa2 Ff6 50.c6 Te8+ 51.Rf3 h4 52.c7 Tc8 53.Td6 Fe7 54.Tb6 
Rh8 55.Tcc6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B42b"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Fd3 g6 6.c4 Fg7 7.Fe3 Cc6 8.Cxc6 
bxc6 9.c5 Fxb2 10.Cd2 Fxa1 11.Dxa1 f6 12.Cc4 a5 13.Cd6+ Rf8 14.O-O Fa6 15.
Fxa6 Txa6 16.f4 h5 17.Tf3 h4 18.Th3 a4 19.Ff2 Ta8 20.Fxh4 Rg7 21.f5 Da5 
22.Dc1 Tb8 23.Fe1 Da6 24.Tg3 De2 25.Fd2 Ce7 26.h3 Tb5 27.Te3 Dh5 28.Cxb5 
cxb5 29.Td3 gxf5 30.Txd7 De8 31.c6 Rg6 32.Fb4 Cc8 33.De3 Th5 34.Dg3+ Tg5 
35.Dc7 Dh8 36.Td8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C92e"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Cd7 10.d4 Cb6 11.Cbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Cb4 13.Cf1 c5 14.a3 Cc6 15.Fe3 c4 
16.Fc2 d5 17.Ce5 Dc7 18.Cg3 g6 19.Df3 Fe6 20.Cxc6 Dxc6 21.Fh6 Tfe8 22.e5 
a5 23.Ch5 Cd7 24.Dg3 b4 25.Cg7 Ff8 26.Cxe8 Fxh6 27.Cd6 b3 28.Ff5 Cb6 29.f4
Fxf5 30.Cxf5 Ff8 31.Ch4 Ca4 32.f5 Cxb2 33.e6 Cd3 34.exf7+ Rxf7 35.Te6 b2 
36.Tf1 Db7 37.Cxg6 Fg7 38.De3 Ff6 39.Txf6+ Rxf6 40.De6+ Rg7 41.f6+ Rh6 42.
Ce7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B19f"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.h4 h6 7.Cf3 Cf6 8.Ce5 
Fh7 9.Fd3 Fxd3 10.Dxd3 e6 11.Ff4 Cbd7 12.O-O-O Fe7 13.Rb1 O-O 14.Ce4 Cxe4 
15.Dxe4 Cxe5 16.Fxe5 Dd5 17.De2 Tad8 18.c4 Dd7 19.Dg4 f6 20.Ff4 e5 21.Dxd7
Txd7 22.dxe5 Txd1+ 23.Txd1 fxe5 24.Fg3 Td8 25.Txd8+ Fxd8 26.f3 h5 27.Rc2 
Rf7 28.Rd3 Re6 29.Re4 g6 30.Ff2 a6 31.g3 b5 32.b3 Fa5 33.g4 bxc4 34.bxc4 
Fd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D37p"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.a3 Cc6
9.b4 Fe7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Fe2 Fe6 12.Cd4 Tc8 13.O-O a5 14.Cxc6 Txc6 15.Dd4 
axb4 16.axb4 Fd6 17.Fxd6 Dxd6 18.h3 Dc7 19.Cb5 De7 20.Df4 Ce4 21.Cd4 Tb6 
22.b5 h6 23.De5 Dd6 24.Dxd6 Cxd6 25.Tfc1 Td8 26.f3 Rf8 27.Rf2 Re7 28.Fd3 
Tc8 29.Re2 Fd7 30.Txc8 Cxc8 31.Rd2 g6 32.Rc3 Td6 33.Ce2 Te6 34.Rd4 Rd6 35.
Cc3 Cb6 36.Tc1 Te8 37.e4 Fe6 38.e5+ Rd7 39.f4 h5 40.Ta1 Tc8 41.h4 Tc7 42.
g3 Tc8 43.Cd1 Cc4 44.Ta2 Rc7 45.Cc3 Td8 46.Ca4 Ta8 47.Cc3 Td8 48.Tc2 Rb6 
49.Tc1 Ra5 50.Ta1+ Rb6 51.Fe2 Rc7 52.Tb1 Cd2 53.Tb2 Cc4 54.Tb1 Cd2 55.b6+ 
Rc6 56.Tb4 Cc4 57.Ca4 Ta8 58.Ff3 Cd2 59.Fd1 Cc4 60.Ff3 Cd2 61.Fd1 Cc4 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad (men)"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E94r"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Ca6 8.d5 Cc5 
9.Dc2 a5 10.Fg5 h6 11.Fe3 b6 12.Cd2 Cg4 13.Fxg4 Fxg4 14.b3 f5 15.f3 Fh5 
16.a3 f4 17.Ff2 Ca6 18.Db2 g5 19.b4 g4 20.fxg4 Fxg4 21.Cf3 Ff6 22.Rh1 Rh7 
23.Tab1 Tg8 24.Fg1 Dd7 25.De2 Tg7 26.Dd3 Tag8 27.Tb2 Fh5 28.Ce1 Fh4 29.Cf3
Ff6 30.Ce1 axb4 31.axb4 Fh4 32.Ff2 Fxf2 33.Tfxf2 Dc8 34.Cf3 Dd8 35.Ce2 Cb8
36.g3 Cd7 37.Tg2 Df6 38.Tb3 Dg6 39.Tb1 Cf6 40.Cc3 Dg4 41.Tf1 Dh3 42.Ce2 
fxg3 43.Cfg1 Fxe2 44.Cxe2 Ch5 45.Df3 Tg5 46.De3 T8g7 47.Tf5 Txf5 48.exf5 
Dxf5 49.hxg3 Cf6 50.Cc3 Df1+ 51.Dg1 Dxc4 52.Db1+ Tg6 53.Dc2 0-1

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A70y"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Fg7 8.e4 O-O 
9.Fd3 b5 10.Cxb5 Te8 11.O-O Cxe4 12.Fxe4 Txe4 13.Cg5 Tb4 14.Df3 Ff5 15.g4 
Ff6 16.gxf5 Fxg5 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.Cxd6 Dxd6 19.Fxg5 Cd7 20.Tfe1 Td4 21.Te7 
Dxd5 22.Dxd5 Txd5 23.Fe3 a5 24.Tc1 a4 25.Te4 Ta5 26.Te8+ Rg7 27.Td8 Rf6 
28.h4 Re7 29.Tc8 Tb5 30.Te1 Rf6 31.Tc7 Txb2 32.Ff4 Txa2 33.Te3 Rf5 34.Fg3 
f6 35.Rg2 Ce5 36.Fxe5 fxe5 37.Tc6 Td4 38.Txc5 Tg4+ 39.Rf3 Tf4+ 40.Rg3 Tg4+
41.Rf3 Txh4 42.Tcxe5+ Rf6 43.Te6+ Rg5 44.T3e5+ Rh6 45.Ta5 Ta3+ 46.Rg2 Tg4+
47.Rf1 Ta1+ 48.Re2 Tf4 49.Taa6 Ta2+ 50.Re3 Tg4 51.f3 Ta3+ 52.Rf2 Ta2+ 53.
Re3 Tg1 54.Rf4 Th2 55.Te4 Th4+ 56.Re5 Txe4+ 57.Rxe4 Ta1 58.Rf4 a3 59.Rg3 
Rg5 60.Rg2 Rf5 61.Rg3 Re5 62.Rg2 g5 63.Ta5+ Rf4 64.Ta4+ Re3 65.Ta5 Rd3 66.
Txg5 Rc3 67.Tg8 Tb1 68.Tc8+ Rb2 69.Tb8+ Ra1 70.Ta8 a2 71.Rg3 Rb2 72.Rf4 
a1=D 73.Txa1 Txa1 74.Re5 Te1+ 75.Rd5 Tf1 76.Re4 Rc3 77.f4 Rc4 78.Re5 Rc5 
79.f5 Te1+ 0-1

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B81f"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.h4 e5 9.
Cf5 g6 10.Cxh6 Fxh6 11.Fxh6 Fxg4 12.Dd2 Cbd7 13.Fg5 Db6 14.Tg1 Tc8 15.Tg3 
Dxb2 16.Tb1 Da3 17.Fxf6 Txc3 18.Txc3 1-0

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D58l"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Fe2 Fb7 
9.Fxf6 Fxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Db3 c6 12.O-O Cd7 13.Tfe1 Te8 14.Ff1 Cf8 15.
Tad1 Ce6 16.g3 c5 17.Fg2 cxd4 18.exd4 Dd6 19.h4 a6 20.Te2 b5 21.Ted2 b4 
22.Ce2 a5 23.Ch2 Fd8 24.Cg4 Fb6 25.Df3 Tad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D43b"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 e6 5.g3 Fb4 6.Db3 a5 7.a3 Fxc3+ 8.Dxc3 a4 
9.Fg5 Cbd7 10.e3 O-O 11.Fe2 h6 12.Fxf6 Cxf6 13.O-O Da5 14.Ce5 Cd7 15.Cf3 
Cf6 16.Tfc1 Fd7 17.Ce5 Tfc8 18.Dxa5 Txa5 19.f3 Fe8 20.Rf2 Rf8 21.h4 Td8 
22.Cd3 Cd7 23.cxd5 exd5 24.h5 Ta7 25.Tc3 Cb6 26.g4 Fd7 27.Cc5 Fc8 28.Tg1 
Cd7 29.Cd3 Cf6 30.Fd1 Cd7 31.Fc2 Cb6 32.Cc5 Cc4 33.Cxa4 b5 34.Cc5 Cxb2 35.
Tb1 Cc4 36.a4 Cd6 37.Tb4 Rg8 38.Cd3 bxa4 39.Ta3 Fa6 40.Tbxa4 Fxd3 41.Fxd3 
Txa4 42.Txa4 Tc8 43.Ta7 Rf8 44.e4 dxe4 45.fxe4 Tb8 46.Td7 Tb3 47.Re2 Cb5 
48.Fxb5 Txb5 49.Re3 Tb3+ 50.Rf4 Tb1 51.Tc7 Tc1 52.Re5 Tg1 53.Rd6 g5 54.
hxg6 Txg4 55.Txf7+ Rg8 56.Te7 h5 57.Rxc6 h4 58.Rd5 Txg6 59.Ta7 h3 60.Ta2 
Th6 61.Th2 Rf7 62.e5 Th4 1/2-1/2

[Event "8. Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D19d"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.e3 e6 7.Fxc4 Fb4 8.O-O O-O
9.De2 Fg6 10.Td1 Cbd7 11.Fd3 Fxd3 12.Txd3 Da5 13.Fd2 c5 14.Fe1 cxd4 15.
Txd4 e5 16.Tdd1 a6 17.Ce4 Fxe1 18.Cxf6+ Cxf6 19.Dxe1 Dxe1+ 20.Txe1 e4 21.
Cd4 Tfc8 22.Tec1 g6 23.Cb3 b6 24.h3 Cd7 25.Cd4 Ce5 26.b4 h5 27.b5 Txc1+ 
28.Txc1 axb5 29.axb5 h4 30.Rh2 Rg7 31.Tc2 Cd3 32.g3 hxg3+ 33.Rxg3 Cc5 34.
h4 Ta1 35.Ce2 Rf6 36.Td2 Re5 37.Cf4 Cd3 38.Cxd3+ exd3 39.Txd3 Tg1+ 40.Rf3 
Tb1 41.Rg4 Txb5 42.f4+ Re6 43.e4 Tb1 44.Rf3 Th1 45.Rg3 Tg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "8. Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 c5 5.g3 d5 6.Fg2 cxd4 7.Cxd4 O-O 8.cxd5 
Cxd5 9.Fd2 Fxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Cb5 Cc6 12.O-O Fe6 13.Fc1 a6 14.c4 Cb6 15.
Cd6 Dc7 16.c5 Cc4 17.Tb1 Tab8 18.Da4 Cd4 19.Cxc4 Cxe2+ 20.Rh1 Cc3 21.Db4 
Cxb1 22.Cb6 a5 23.Dxb1 Dxc5 24.a4 Tfd8 25.Fe3 Db4 26.Da1 f6 27.Tb1 Dg4 28.
h3 Dh5 29.Rh2 Td3 30.Tc1 Tbd8 31.Db2 g5 32.Dc2 Rh8 33.Th1 Fxh3 34.Fxh3 g4 
35.Rg2 Td1 36.Txd1 gxh3+ 37.Rh2 Dxd1 38.Df5 Rg7 39.Fh6+ Rxh6 40.Dxf6+ Rh5 
41.Cc4 Td4 42.Cxe5 Df1 43.g4+ Txg4 44.Df5+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D37d"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 d5 4.d4 Fe7 5.Dc2 Ca6 6.a3 c5 7.e3 cxd4 8.exd4 
dxc4 9.Fxc4 Cc7 10.O-O O-O 11.Td1 b6 12.Ce5 Fb7 13.Td3 b5 14.Fa2 a5 15.Fg5
b4 16.Th3 Cce8 17.Cb5 Tc8 18.De2 Ce4 19.Fxe7 Dxe7 20.Ca7 Tc7 21.Cb5 Tc8 
22.Ca7 Tc7 23.Cb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "1999.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A40s"]

1.d4 g6 2.g3 Fg7 3.Fg2 c5 4.c3 Da5 5.d5 d6 6.Cf3 Cf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Te1 Te8 
9.Ca3 Cbd7 10.h3 b5 11.e4 a6 12.Cc2 Fb7 13.Ff4 h6 14.h4 e5 15.Fd2 c4 16.b4
cxb3 17.axb3 Dc7 18.Ch2 Cc5 19.Tb1 a5 20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4 Ccxe4 22.Txe4 
Cxe4 23.Fxe4 f5 24.Fg2 Df7 25.Fc1 e4 26.Fb2 Fxb2 27.Txb2 Dxd5 28.Dxd5+ 
Fxd5 29.Cf1 h5 30.Cfe3 Fc4 31.Ff1 d5 32.Rg2 Teb8 33.Cd4 Tb6 34.Td2 Rf7 35.
Cdc2 Ta2 36.Fxc4 dxc4 37.Td5 Tb2 38.Rf1 Ta6 39.Txb5 Taa2 40.Tb7+ Rg8 41.
Tc7 Txc2 42.Cxc2 Txc2 43.b5 Tb2 44.Txc4 Txb5 45.Tc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90i"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 Cg4 7.Fg5 h6 8.Fh4 g5
9.Fg3 Fg7 10.Fc4 Cc6 11.Cxc6 bxc6 12.h4 Da5 13.Df3 Fe6 14.Fxe6 fxe6 15.
hxg5 hxg5 16.Txh8+ Fxh8 17.Rf1 Ce5 18.De2 Rd7 19.Cd1 Tb8 20.c3 Da4 21.Fxe5
Fxe5 22.g3 Ff6 23.Rg2 a5 24.f3 c5 25.Ce3 Rc7 26.Dd2 Db5 27.b3 a4 28.Tb1 
axb3 29.Txb3 Da4 30.Txb8 Rxb8 31.Cg4 Rc7 32.e5 Fxe5 33.Cxe5 dxe5 34.De2 
Rd6 35.c4 e4 36.Dxe4 Dxa2+ 37.Rh3 Db2 38.Rg4 Df2 39.f4 Rd7 40.fxg5 Db2 41.
g6 Df6 42.Db7+ Rd6 43.Db8+ Rd7 44.Rh5 e5 45.Db7+ Rd8 46.Dd5+ Re8 47.Dg8+ 
Rd7 48.Df7 Dh8+ 49.Rg4 Dh1 50.g7 De4+ 51.Rg5 De3+ 52.Rh4 De4+ 53.g4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D20r"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Cf6 4.e5 Cd5 5.Fxc4 Cb6 6.Fb3 Cc6 7.Ce2 Fg4 8.Cbc3 
e6 9.O-O Dd7 10.h3 Fxe2 11.Cxe2 Fe7 12.Fe3 Cb4 13.Cg3 O-O-O 14.De2 C4d5 
15.Ce4 Rb8 16.Tad1 h5 17.a3 De8 18.Fd2 a6 19.Tc1 Dg8 20.f4 f5 21.exf6 gxf6
22.f5 Th7 23.Cc5 Fd6 24.Cxe6 Dg3 25.Df3 Dxf3 26.Txf3 Te8 27.Te1 h4 28.Te4 
Fg3 29.Rf1 c6 30.Tg4 Rc8 31.a4 Cc7 32.Cxc7 Fxc7 33.Fe1 Cd5 34.Fxd5 cxd5 
35.Fxh4 The7 36.Tc3 Rb8 37.Fxf6 Tf7 38.Tg6 Tef8 39.Txc7 Rxc7 40.Fe5+ Rd7 
41.g4 Tc8 42.Tb6 Tc1+ 43.Rg2 Re8 44.h4 Tc6 45.Txc6 bxc6 46.h5 Tb7 47.h6 
Txb2+ 48.Rg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[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.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Cc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 e6 6.Fg2 Db6 7.Cc2 d5 8.O-O 
Fe7 9.cxd5 Cxd5 10.Ce3 Cxe3 11.Fxe3 Dxb2 12.Fxc6+ bxc6 13.Fd4 Db7 14.Fxg7 
Tg8 15.Fc3 c5 16.Dc2 Tg6 17.Cd2 Dc6 18.Cc4 Fb7 19.f3 f6 20.Ca5 Dc7 21.Cxb7
Dxb7 22.Da4+ Rf7 23.Tad1 a6 24.Td2 Td8 25.Txd8 Fxd8 26.Td1 Fe7 27.Dc4 Tg5 
28.a4 Td5 29.Ta1 h5 30.Rf2 Td7 31.e4 Dc6 32.f4 Ff8 33.Tb1 Dd6 34.Re3 Fh6 
35.a5 Rg6 36.Re2 h4 37.Tf1 f5 38.Tb1 Rh5 39.Tg1 Fg7 40.gxh4 Fh6 41.e5 Dd5 
42.Dxd5 Txd5 43.Fd2 Td4 44.Fe3 Ta4 45.Rf3 Txa5 46.Td1 Rg6 47.Td6 Rf7 48.h5
Tb5 49.Td7+ Rg8 50.Td6 Rf7 51.Txa6 Ff8 52.Ta7+ Rg8 53.Tc7 Tb3 54.h4 Tb5 
55.Re2 Tb2+ 56.Rd3 Tb3+ 57.Rd2 Tb2+ 58.Rc3 Th2 59.Fxc5 Fxc5 60.Txc5 Txh4 
61.Tc8+ Rg7 62.Rd4 Txf4+ 63.Rc5 Ta4 64.Tc6 Rh6 65.Rd6 Rxh5 66.Rxe6 Rg4 67.
Rf6 f4 68.e6 f3 69.e7 f2 70.Tc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B51p"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Cc6 4.O-O Fd7 5.Te1 a6 6.Ff1 Fg4 7.h3 Fxf3 8.Dxf3 
g6 9.c3 Fg7 10.Dd1 e6 11.d3 Cge7 12.Cd2 b5 13.Cf3 Db6 14.Fe3 O-O 15.Dd2 d5
16.Ff4 d4 17.e5 dxc3 18.bxc3 b4 19.cxb4 cxb4 20.Fe3 Db7 21.Fc5 Tfd8 22.d4 
Td7 23.Df4 Tad8 24.Tad1 Cf5 25.g4 Fh6 26.De4 Cfe7 27.h4 Cd5 28.g5 Ff8 29.
Fxf8 Txf8 30.Td2 Cc3 31.Df4 Tfd8 32.Te3 Ce7 33.Ted3 a5 34.Ch2 De4 35.Dxe4 
Cxe4 36.Tc2 Cc3 37.Cg4 Txd4 38.Cf6+ Rg7 39.Th3 Cc6 40.h5 Cxe5 41.hxg6 Rxg6
42.Cxh7 Th8 43.f4 Txh7 44.Txh7 Rxh7 45.fxe5 Tg4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B51s"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fb5+ Cc6 4.O-O Fd7 5.c3 a6 6.Fa4 Cf6 7.Te1 b5 8.Fc2 Fg4
9.h3 Fxf3 10.Dxf3 g6 11.d3 Fg7 12.Cd2 O-O 13.De2 Cd7 14.Cf3 b4 15.Fa4 Dc7 
16.Fd2 bxc3 17.bxc3 Tab8 18.Tab1 e6 19.g3 Cb6 20.Fc2 Cd7 21.a4 Txb1 22.
Txb1 Tb8 23.Dd1 Tb6 24.Rf1 Db7 25.Re2 h5 26.Txb6 Dxb6 27.Db1 Dxb1 28.Fxb1 
Cb6 29.Fc2 Rf8 30.Cg5 Re7 31.f4 Fh8 32.Cf3 Fg7 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Fh8 35.
Fe1 Ff6 36.Rd2 Rd7 37.Ff2 Fg7 38.d4 cxd4 39.cxd4 d5 40.e5 Fh6 41.Fg3 Cc4+ 
42.Rc3 Ce3 43.Fd3 Cxg4 44.Fxa6 Ce3 45.Fb5 Cf5 46.Fh2 Rc7 47.Fd3 Ff8 48.Fg1
Fb4+ 49.Rb3 Fa5 50.Fxf5 gxf5 51.Fe3 Rd7 52.Rc2 Re7 53.Fd2 Fb6 54.Rd3 f6 
55.exf6+ Rxf6 56.Fc3 Re7 57.Cd2 Fc7 58.Re3 Rd7 59.Cb3 Fd6 60.Fd2 Rc7 61.
Cc1 Fe7 62.Cb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D27l"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Fxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.Dxd8+
Rxd8 9.Cbd2 Re7 10.Fe2 Cbd7 11.b3 b6 12.Ce1 Ce5 13.Fb2 Td8 14.Td1 Fd6 15.
Cef3 Cc6 16.Cc4 Fc5 17.Txd8 Cxd8 18.Cfe5 Fb7 19.Cd3 Cc6 20.Tc1 Cd7 21.Cxc5
bxc5 22.Td1 Tb8 23.Fxg7 Tg8 24.Fb2 Cb4 25.f3 Cxa2 26.e4 Cb4 27.Rf2 Fc6 28.
Ce5 Tb8 29.Fc3 f6 30.Cxd7 Fxd7 31.Fxf6+ Rxf6 32.Txd7 Cc6 33.Txh7 Txb3 34.
Fxa6 Cd4 35.Tc7 Tc3 36.h4 e5 37.Rg3 Tc2 38.Tc8 Ce6 39.Tc6 Re7 40.h5 Cf4 
41.Rg4 Txg2+ 42.Rf5 Cxh5 43.Th6 Cf4 44.Rxe5 Cg6+ 45.Rf5 Rf7 46.Th7+ Rg8 
47.Th1 Rg7 48.f4 Ce7+ 49.Re6 Cc6 50.f5 Cd4+ 51.Re5 Cf3+ 52.Rf4 Cd4 53.Fc4 
Tc2 54.Fd5 Tf2+ 55.Re5 Cf3+ 56.Rd6 Cd4 57.Th5 Rf6 58.e5+ Rg7 59.f6+ Rg6 
60.Th1 Cf5+ 61.Re6 Cd4+ 62.Re7 Cf5+ 63.Rd7 Td2 64.Tg1+ Rh7 65.f7 Txd5+ 66.
Re6 Td8 67.Rxf5 c4 68.Re4 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A30f"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Fg2 Fb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Dxd4 Fg7 8.Cc3 d6
9.Td1 Cbd7 10.Fe3 Tc8 11.Tac1 O-O 12.Dh4 a6 13.b3 Tc7 14.Fh3 Db8 15.Fh6 
Fxf3 16.Fxg7 Rxg7 17.exf3 Ce5 18.Fg2 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Db4 Tfc8 21.f4 
Ced7 22.Ce2 Tc2 23.Txc2 Txc2 24.Td2 Tc5 25.Ff3 Db6 26.a3 Cb8 27.Dd4 Dc7 
28.Db2 b4 29.axb4 Tb5 30.Cc3 Txb4 31.Cd5 Da5 32.Te2 Tb5 33.b4 Dd8 34.Cxe7 
d5 35.Te5 Cbd7 36.Txd5 Tb6 37.Txd7 Dxd7 38.Cd5 Dd8 39.Cxb6 Dxb6 40.b5 Rg8 
41.Fc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas, NV USA"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B92o"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Rh1 b6 10.a4 Fb7 11.f3 Cc6 12.Fg5 Cb4 13.Cb1 h6 14.Fxf6 Fxf6 15.Ca3 
Dc7 16.c3 Cc6 17.Cc4 Tad8 18.Dd3 Fg5 19.Ce3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A43q"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Fg5 Ce4 5.Dd3 Cxg5 6.Cxg5 g6 7.e4 Fg7 8.c3 O-O
9.Fe2 e6 10.Cf3 exd5 11.Dxd5 Db6 12.Cbd2 Fb7 13.Db3 c4 14.Dd1 d6 15.a4 a6 
16.axb5 axb5 17.Txa8 Fxa8 18.O-O Cd7 19.Te1 Cc5 20.Ff1 Te8 21.Dc2 h6 22.g3
Fb7 23.Db1 h5 24.h4 Dc6 25.Fg2 Cd3 26.Tf1 d5 27.b3 Dc5 28.exd5 Fxd5 29.
bxc4 bxc4 30.Cg5 Fxg2 31.Rxg2 Dd5+ 32.Cgf3 Fxc3 33.Dc2 Fxd2 34.Dxd2 Te5 
35.Ta1 Tf5 36.De3 Ce5 0-1

[Event "ESP Team Ch Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B80m"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Fe3 b5 8.Dd2 Cbd7
9.O-O-O Fb7 10.g4 h6 11.Fd3 Ce5 12.The1 Tc8 13.Rb1 Cfd7 14.f4 Cc4 15.Fxc4 
Txc4 16.f5 e5 17.Cf3 Da8 18.b3 Txe4 19.Cxe4 Fxe4 20.Cg1 Fe7 21.Ff2 O-O 22.
De3 Cf6 23.Fh4 Dc6 24.Te2 Tc8 25.Rb2 d5 26.Fxf6 Fxf6 27.c3 Fg5 28.Dg3 d4 
29.cxd4 exd4 30.Tde1 d3 31.Txe4 Fc1+ 0-1

[Event "ESP Team Ch Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "E94e"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Cxd4 
Te8 9.f3 Cc6 10.Fe3 Ch5 11.Dd2 Cf4 12.Tfd1 Cxd4 13.Fxd4 Cxe2+ 14.Dxe2 
Fxd4+ 15.Txd4 Df6 16.Dd2 Fe6 17.Tc1 Tac8 18.Cd5 Dg7 19.c5 dxc5 20.Txc5 c6 
21.Cf4 Df6 22.Cxe6 Dxe6 23.Ta5 a6 24.Ta3 Te7 25.Td6 De5 26.Tad3 Tce8 27.
T3d4 a5 28.a3 Db5 29.Td7 Txd7 30.Txd7 Dc5+ 31.Rh1 b5 32.h3 a4 33.Df4 Te7 
34.Td6 Te6 35.Td7 Te7 36.Td8+ Rg7 37.Db8 Dc1+ 38.Rh2 Dxb2 39.Tg8+ Rf6 40.
Dd6+ Te6 41.Df4+ Re7 42.Dc7+ Rf6 43.Dd8+ Te7 44.f4 Df2 45.Dd6+ Te6 46.Dd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP Team Ch Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B25k"]

1.g3 c5 2.Fg2 g6 3.e4 Fg7 4.d3 Cc6 5.f4 d6 6.Cf3 e5 7.Cc3 Cge7 8.O-O O-O 
9.Cd2 exf4 10.gxf4 Fe6 11.Cf3 Dd7 12.Fe3 Fg4 13.Dd2 Tac8 14.Cd1 b6 15.c4 
Fxf3 16.Txf3 Cd4 17.Tg3 f5 18.Cc3 b5 19.Fh3 bxc4 20.dxc4 Db7 21.Cb5 Cxb5 
22.cxb5 Dxe4 23.Te1 Dd5 24.Fg2 Dxd2 25.Fxd2 Rf7 26.Ta3 Fd4+ 27.Fe3 Fxe3+ 
28.Taxe3 Tc7 29.a4 Tb8 30.Rf2 Tb6 31.Ff1 d5 32.a5 Td6 33.Fg2 c4 34.Te5 
Tdd7 35.b6 axb6 36.axb6 Tc5 37.Ta1 Cc6 38.Te2 Tb5 39.Ta6 Tb7 40.h4 Cb4 41.
Ta8 T7xb6 42.Tae8 Tb7 43.h5 Cd3+ 44.Rg3 gxh5 45.Ff3 h4+ 46.Rxh4 Cxf4 47.
Te1 Tb3 0-1

[Event "ESP Team Ch Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B50n"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.c3 Cf6 4.h3 g6 5.Fd3 Fg7 6.Fc2 e5 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O Cc6 9.
a3 a5 10.a4 d5 11.Ca3 h6 12.exd5 Cxd5 13.Te1 b6 14.Fb3 Fe6 15.Fc4 Dc7 16.
Fd2 Tad8 17.Db3 f5 18.Te2 Rh8 19.Tae1 g5 20.Dc2 Ff7 21.Db3 Ff6 22.Cb5 Db8 
23.g4 Dc8 24.Ch2 h5 25.Fc1 Dd7 26.f3 Rg7 27.Ca3 hxg4 28.hxg4 f4 29.Cf1 Th8
30.Th2 Txh2 31.Cxh2 Th8 32.Te2 Cce7 33.Fb5 Dd8 34.Dd1 Th3 35.Df1 Tg3+ 36.
Tg2 Cg6 37.De1 Cc7 38.Fc4 Fxc4 39.Cxc4 Dxd3 40.Cd2 Txg2+ 41.Rxg2 Dc2 42.
Cf1 e4 43.Dxe4 Dxc1 44.Dc6 Fe5 45.Dxb6 Dc2 46.Rg1 Dxa4 47.Dxc5 Db5 48.Ce4 
Dxb2 49.Dxa5 Cb5 50.Db6 Rh6 0-1

[Event "ESP Team Ch Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Lluis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B48v"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.Fd3 Cf6 8.O-O 
Ce5 9.h3 Fc5 10.Rh1 d6 11.f4 Cg6 12.f5 Ce5 13.Cce2 Cxd3 14.cxd3 e5 15.Cc2 
d5 16.Tc1 Db6 17.Fxc5 Dxc5 18.d4 De7 19.exd5 O-O 20.Cc3 b5 21.De1 e4 22.d6
Dxd6 23.Cxe4 Db6 24.Cxf6+ Dxf6 25.De4 Ta7 26.Cb4 Td7 27.Cc6 Fb7 28.d5 h6 
29.b3 Rh7 30.a4 bxa4 31.bxa4 Tc8 32.Tc5 Txd5 33.Dxd5 Fxc6 34.Dc4 Fxg2+ 35.
Rxg2 Dg5+ 36.Rf3 Dh5+ 37.Rf2 Txc5 38.Dxc5 Dxh3 39.De5 Dh4+ 40.Rf3 Dxa4 41.
De4 Db3+ 42.Rg2 Db2+ 43.Tf2 Df6 44.Rh3 a5 45.Tf3 Da1 46.Tg3 Dd1 47.Rh2 Dd6
48.Rg2 Dd2+ 49.Rh3 Dd1 50.Rh4 Dd6 51.Tg2 Df6+ 52.Rh3 Dc3+ 53.Tg3 Df6 54.
Dd5 Da1 55.De4 Dd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP Team Ch Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Corral Blanco, Juan Antonio"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ce2 d5 6.a3 Fe7 7.cxd5 Cxd5 8.Dc2 
Cd7 9.g3 Cxc3 10.Cxc3 e5 11.Fg2 exd4 12.exd4 Ff6 13.Fe3 Cb6 14.O-O c6 15.
Tad1 Fg4 16.f3 Fe6 17.Ce4 Te8 18.Ff2 Fd5 19.Tfe1 Fe7 20.Td2 Ff8 21.Tde2 
Te6 22.Cc5 Txe2 23.Dxe2 Dc7 24.g4 f6 25.Fg3 Df7 26.h4 Td8 27.Fh3 g6 28.Ff4
Fc4 29.De4 Fg7 30.Fg3 Cc8 31.Rg2 Ff8 32.De3 Cd6 33.Ce4 Ce8 34.Ff2 Cc7 35.
Fg3 Cd5 36.Dd2 b6 37.Rh2 Fa6 38.Dc2 Fb7 39.Ff1 h6 40.Fc4 f5 41.gxf5 Dxf5 
42.Fe5 Fg7 43.Cf6+ Fxf6 44.Dxf5 gxf5 45.Fxf6 Tf8 46.Tg1+ Rf7 47.Fg7 Tg8 
48.Fxh6 Txg1 49.Rxg1 Rg6 50.Fg5 Fc8 51.Rf2 Fe6 52.Fd3 b5 53.Re2 Cb6 54.Rd2
Cd5 55.Fc2 Cb6 56.Fd1 Ff7 57.b3 Cd5 58.f4 Ce7 59.Rc3 Cd5+ 60.Rd3 Rh7 61.
Ff3 Rg6 62.a4 a6 63.a5 Rg7 64.h5 Rh7 65.h6 Fg6 66.Fxd5 cxd5 67.Rc3 Fh5 68.
Rb4 Ff3 69.Rc5 b4 70.Rc6 Rg6 71.Fe7 Rxh6 72.Fxb4 Fd1 73.Ff8+ Rg6 74.b4 Fb3
75.Rd6 Fc4 76.Re6 Fd3 77.Fd6 Fc4 78.Fc5 Fd3 79.Rxd5 Rf7 80.Re5 Re8 81.b5 
Fxb5 82.Rxf5 Rd7 83.Re5 Rc6 84.d5+ Rxc5 85.f5 Fc4 86.d6 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP Team Ch Div 1"]
[Site "Cala Galdana ESP"]
[Date "1999.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "D38k"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fb4 5.Fg5 Cbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c5 8.Dc2 
O-O 9.Fd3 h6 10.Fh4 c4 11.Fh7+ Rh8 12.Ff5 Cb6 13.Fxc8 Txc8 14.O-O Fe7 15.
a4 a5 16.Ce5 Cfd7 17.Fg3 Rg8 18.Cb5 Fb4 19.f3 De7 20.Cxd7 Dxd7 21.e4 Tc6 
22.e5 Ca8 23.Fh4 Cc7 24.Cc3 Fe7 25.Fxe7 Dxe7 26.Tae1 Te6 27.Dd2 f5 28.exf6
Tfxf6 29.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Rapidplay Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roa Alonso, Santiago"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A75"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Cc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 Fg4 9.
Fe2 Fxf3 10.Fxf3 Fg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Ff4 De7 13.Db3 Cbd7 14.a5 Tab8 15.Ca4 
h5 16.Cb6 Ce8 17.Cxd7 Dxd7 18.Tfe1 Cc7 19.Fe2 Tfe8 20.Fc4 Cb5 21.Fxb5 axb5
22.Dg3 Ta8 23.Te2 b4 24.h3 Ta6 25.Tae1 c4 26.Rh2 Txa5 27.Fc1 c3 28.f4 Ta1 
29.e5 dxe5 30.fxe5 cxb2 31.e6 fxe6 32.dxe6 Txe6 33.Fxb2 Txe1 34.Txe1 Fxb2 
35.Db3 Dd6+ 36.Rh1 Fe5 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Abulhul, Tarik"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A30b"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Fg7 4.Fg2 Cc6 5.O-O e6 6.e4 Cge7 7.Cc3 O-O 8.d3 d6 
9.Tb1 a6 10.a3 Tb8 11.Fd2 b5 12.b3 h6 13.Dc1 Rh7 14.Ce2 e5 15.Ch4 b4 16.a4
Fg4 17.f3 Fd7 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 Fg4 20.Cf3 Dd7 21.Rh1 Tbe8 22.Fe3 f5 23.
Cg3 Fxf3 24.Txf3 Cd4 25.Fxd4 Fxd4 26.Ce2 Cc6 27.Fh3 Db7 28.Cg3 Fg7 29.Dg1 
Cd4 30.Tf2 Ff6 31.Fg2 Dd7 32.exf5 gxf5 33.Fd5 Fh4 34.Dd1 Te3 35.Tg2 De8 
36.Df1 Fxg3 37.Txg3 Txg3 38.hxg3 Dh5+ 39.Rg2 Te8 40.Tb2 a5 41.Df2 Dd1 42.
Ff3 Dxd3 43.Td2 De3 44.Fd1 Rg6 45.Tb2 De4+ 46.Rh2 De1 47.Dxe1 Txe1 48.Td2 
Te3 49.Rg2 Rf6 50.Rf2 Tc3 51.Rg2 Re7 52.g4 fxg4 53.Fxg4 Txb3 54.Rf1 Tc3 
55.Re1 Tc1+ 56.Rf2 b3 57.Rg3 Txc4 58.f5 Rf6 59.Th2 Re5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E15s"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Cd2 O-O 12.O-O Tc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.
dxc5 dxc4 16.c6 cxb3 17.Te1 b2 18.Fxb2 Cc5 19.Cc4 Fxc4 20.Dg4 Fg5 21.Dxc4 
Cd3 22.Fa3 Cxe1 23.Txe1 Te8 24.Txe8+ Dxe8 25.Fd5 h5 26.Rg2 Fe7 27.Fb2 Ff6 
28.Fc1 De7 29.Fe3 Tc7 30.h4 Fe5 31.Dd3 Fd6 32.Fg5 De8 33.Df3 b5 34.Fe3 De5
35.Dd1 De8 36.Dxh5 Txc6 37.Fxa7 Ta6 38.Fd4 Ff8 39.Fe5 b4 40.Df5 g6 41.Df4 
De7 42.Fd4 Ta5 43.Df3 Fg7 44.Fb6 Tb5 45.Fe3 Fc3 46.Fg5 Da7 47.Dd3 Tb6 48.
Fe3 Da6 49.Fxf7+ Rxf7 50.Dd7+ Rf8 51.Dd8+ Rf7 52.Dc7+ Rg8 53.Dxb6 Dxa2 54.
Dxg6+ Rh8 55.Dc6 Df7 56.g4 Fg7 57.h5 b3 58.De4 b2 59.h6 Ff6 60.Fd4 Rg8 61.
Fxf6 Dxf6 62.Rg3 Db6 63.Dc4+ Rh7 64.g5 Dg6 65.Dc7+ Rg8 66.Db8+ Rf7 67.Db7+
Rf8 68.Db8+ Rf7 69.Db3+ Rf8 70.Df3+ Re7 71.De3+ Rd7 72.Dd4+ Re6 73.Dxb2 
Dxg5+ 74.Rf3 Dh5+ 75.Re4 Df5+ 76.Re3 Dg5+ 77.f4 Dg3+ 78.Re4 De1+ 79.Rf3 
Df1+ 80.Rg3 Dg1+ 81.Dg2 Db1 82.Dc6+ Rf7 83.Dd7+ Rf6 84.Dg7+ Re6 85.De5+ 
Rf7 86.Dh5+ Rf6 87.Dg5+ Rf7 88.Dh5+ Rf6 89.Dh4+ Rf7 90.h7 De1+ 91.Rg4 Dd1+
92.Rg5 Dd8+ 93.Rh5 Dd5+ 94.Dg5 Dh1+ 95.Dh4 Dd5+ 96.Rg4 Dd1+ 97.Rg3 De1+ 
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "San Luis ARG"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C65j"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.d3 Fc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Fg5 h6 7.Fh4 g5 8.Fg3 d6 
9.Cbd2 a6 10.Fxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Fa7 12.d4 g4 13.Fh4 gxf3 14.Dxf3 Rg7 15.Dg3+
Rh7 16.Df3 Rg7 17.Dg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B80k"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Dd2 b4 
9.Cce2 e5 10.Cb3 Cc6 11.Cg3 Fe6 12.O-O-O Dc7 13.f4 h5 14.h4 a5 15.f5 Fd7 
16.Rb1 Tb8 17.Fe2 Ca7 18.Fxa7 Dxa7 19.Dd3 Fb5 20.Df3 Fc6 21.Cd2 Dc5 22.Cb3
Db6 23.Cd2 Fe7 24.Cc4 Dc5 25.Ce3 a4 26.Fc4 Fd8 27.b3 Fb6 28.Td3 axb3 29.
cxb3 Ta8 30.Tc1 Da5 31.Tc2 Re7 32.Cd5+ Fxd5 33.Fxd5 Tac8 34.Txc8 Txc8 35.
Fc4 Th8 36.Td2 Dc5 37.Dd1 Fa7 38.Tc2 De3 39.Fd3 Fc5 40.Df3 Td8 41.Fe2 Df4 
42.Cxh5 Dxh4 43.Cxf6 gxf6 44.g3 Dg5 45.Dg4 Th8 46.Dxg5 fxg5 47.Fg4 Rf6 48.
Tc1 Th2 49.Tc2 Th6 50.Tc1 Ff2 51.Td1 Rg7 52.Td3 Fd4 53.Rc2 Rf6 54.Td2 Th1 
55.Td1 Th8 56.Rd3 Tc8 57.Re2 Tc3 58.Td3 Tc5 59.Ff3 Re7 60.Td2 Tc3 61.Td3 
Tc8 62.Td2 Th8 63.Rf1 Tc8 64.Re2 Tg8 65.Rf1 Th8 66.Tc2 Fc5 67.Rg2 Rf6 68.
Fe2 Th7 69.Tc1 Th8 70.Tc2 Th7 71.Tc1 Th8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "C88h"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 Te8 10.c3 h6 11.Cbd2 Ff8 12.a3 d6 13.Fa2 Cb8 14.b4 c5 15.Cb3 Cc6 16.
Tb1 Fc8 17.Fe3 Fe6 18.Dc2 Tc8 19.Db2 c4 20.dxc4 Fxc4 21.Cbd2 Fxa2 22.Dxa2 
d5 23.Tbd1 d4 24.cxd4 exd4 25.Cb3 Cxe4 26.Fxd4 Cxd4 27.Txd4 Cg5 28.Ce5 
Cxh3+ 29.gxh3 Dg5+ 30.Rh2 Df5 31.Tde4 Txe5 32.Txe5 Fd6 33.Cc5 Fxe5+ 34.Rg2
Tc6 35.Db3 Tg6+ 36.Rf1 Fg3 0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "D45e"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Cbd7 8.Ca4 Cxb6 
9.Fd2 Cxa4 10.Dxa4 Fd7 11.Ce5 Ce4 12.Fa5 c5 13.Cxd7 Dxd7 14.Dxd7+ Rxd7 15.
f3 Cf6 16.Tc1 c4 17.b3 Tb8 18.bxc4 Fb4+ 19.Fxb4 Txb4 20.c5 Tb2 21.a4 Ta8 
22.Fe2 Rc7 23.Tf1 Tab8 24.Tf2 T8b3 25.Fxa6 Txe3+ 26.Rf1 Tb4 27.Ta2 Teb3 
28.Td1 Cg8 29.a5 Ce7 30.Fe2 Cc6 31.a6 Rb8 32.Tad2 Ta3 33.Rf2 g5 34.h4 gxh4
35.Th1 Txd4 36.Tb2+ Rc7 37.Thb1 Ce5 38.Tb8 Rc6 39.Tc8+ Rd7 40.Tg8 Re7 41.
Tb7+ Rf6 42.a7 Tda4 43.c6 Cxc6 44.Fb5 Ta2+ 45.Rg1 Txa7 46.Fxc6 Txb7 47.
Fxb7 h5 48.Rh2 Ta1 49.Fc6 Tc1 50.Fb5 Tb1 51.Fe2 Te1 52.Fa6 Ta1 53.Fd3 Td1 
54.Fh7 d4 55.Tb8 Rg7 56.Tb1 Td2 57.Fe4 f5 58.Fb7 e5 59.Tb5 Rf6 60.f4 e4 
61.Fc8 d3 62.Txf5+ Rg7 63.Tg5+ Rf6 64.Tf5+ Rg7 65.Tg5+ Rf6 66.Tf5+ Rg7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 c5 5.g3 Fxc3+ 6.bxc3 Da5 7.Fd2 O-O 8.Fg2 
Cc6 9.O-O Da6 10.Ce5 d5 11.Dc2 Te8 12.Ff4 cxd4 13.Cxc6 Dxc6 14.cxd4 b6 15.
Tfc1 Fa6 16.cxd5 Dxc2 17.Txc2 Cxd5 18.Fd6 Tac8 19.Tac1 Txc2 20.Txc2 Td8 
21.Fa3 f5 22.e3 Tc8 23.Txc8+ Fxc8 24.Fxd5 exd5 25.Fd6 Rf7 26.Fb8 a6 27.Fc7
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, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D15k"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 a6 5.c5 Cbd7 6.Ff4 Ch5 7.Fd2 Chf6 8.Tc1 g6
9.h3 Dc7 10.g3 Fg7 11.Ff4 Dd8 12.Fg2 Ch5 13.Fg5 h6 14.Fd2 O-O 15.e4 dxe4 
16.Cxe4 Chf6 17.Cc3 Te8 18.O-O Cf8 19.Db3 Ce6 20.Fe3 Cc7 21.Ce5 Cfd5 22.
Cxd5 Cxd5 23.Fd2 Fxe5 24.dxe5 h5 25.Tfe1 Dc7 26.e6 Fxe6 27.Txe6 fxe6 28.
Te1 Dd7 29.Dd3 Rh7 30.Te5 Cf6 31.De3 Rg7 32.Fe4 Rf7 33.Fc2 Tad8 34.Dh6 Tg8
35.Fa5 Dd4 36.Fc3 Dc4 37.Fb3 Dd3 38.Fxe6+ Re8 39.Rg2 Tf8 40.Dg7 Td5 41.Ff5
Tf7 42.Txe7+ 1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D87m"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Fc4 c5 8.Ce2 
Cc6 9.Fe3 O-O 10.O-O Dc7 11.Tc1 Td8 12.Ff4 Dd7 13.d5 Ca5 14.Fd3 b5 15.Tb1 
a6 16.c4 e6 17.Fg5 Te8 18.Dd2 Cxc4 19.Fxc4 bxc4 20.d6 Fb7 21.De3 f6 22.Fh4
g5 23.Fg3 f5 24.Dxg5 Fxe4 25.Tb6 Dd8 26.Dxd8 Taxd8 27.Td1 Td7 28.f3 Fc2 
29.Te1 Fd3 30.Txa6 c3 31.Ta3 Fxe2 32.Txe2 Tb8 33.Tb3 Txb3 34.axb3 Rf7 35.
Rf1 Tb7 36.Ta2 Ff6 37.Re2 c4 38.b4 Txb4 39.Ta7+ Rg6 40.Tc7 c2 41.Rd2 f4 
42.Fe1 Tb1 43.Txc4 Td1+ 44.Rxc2 Txe1 45.Txf4 Te2+ 46.Rd3 Te5 47.Tg4+ Rf7 
48.Ta4 Td5+ 49.Re3 Txd6 50.Ta7+ Rg6 51.Rf4 Td4+ 52.Rg3 Fh4+ 53.Rh3 Ff2 54.
g3 Th4+ 55.Rxh4 Fxa7 56.Rh3 Rf5 57.Rg2 Fe3 58.Rh3 Re5 59.Rg4 Fg1 60.h4 Ff2
61.h5 h6 0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B80k"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Fe3 b5 8.Dd2 b4 
9.Ca4 Cbd7 10.c4 bxc3 11.Cxc3 Fb7 12.Fe2 d5 13.exd5 Cxd5 14.Cxd5 Fxd5 15.
O-O Db8 16.Cf5 De5 17.Cg3 Fb4 18.Dxb4 Dxe3+ 19.Rh1 Tb8 20.Dd6 Tb6 21.Dc7 
Tc6 22.Db7 Tc2 23.Dxa6 O-O 24.b3 Ce5 25.Tae1 Dd2 26.Td1 Df4 27.Fb5 h5 28.
Ce2 De3 29.a4 Tb2 30.Dd6 Tc8 31.Tde1 Cxf3 32.gxf3 Fxf3+ 33.Txf3 Dxf3+ 34.
Rg1 De3+ 35.Rf1 Df3+ 36.Rg1 Dxb3 37.De5 Td8 38.Dc3 Dxc3 39.Cxc3 h4 40.Te4 
Tb3 41.Ce2 g5 42.Te5 Td5 43.Txd5 exd5 44.Fc6 Ta3 45.Cd4 Rg7 46.Fxd5 Td3 
47.Cf5+ Rf6 48.Fe4 Td1+ 49.Rg2 Td2+ 50.Rf3 Txh2 51.Ce3 Ta2 52.Fc6 Ta3 53.
Rf2 Ta1 54.Fd7 Re5 55.Rf3 Ta3 56.Rf2 Re4 57.Fc6+ Rf4 58.Cg2+ Re5 59.Ce3 
Ta2+ 60.Rf3 f5 61.Fd7 h3 0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a4 Ca5 11.Fa2 c5 12.Cbd2 Cd7 13.Cf1 Cb6 14.Fd2 b4 15.c3 bxc3 
16.Fxc3 Cc6 17.a5 Cc8 18.Ce3 C8a7 19.Cf5 Fc8 20.Cd2 Tb8 21.f4 Fxf5 22.exf5
exf4 23.Dg4 Cd4 24.Ce4 Cab5 25.Fd2 Cc2 26.Fxf4 Rh8 27.Dh5 Cxe1 28.Txe1 
Dxa5 29.Ta1 Tbd8 30.f6 gxf6 31.Rh2 d5 32.Cxf6 Fxf6 33.d4 Dxa2 34.Txa2 Cxd4
35.b4 Ce6 36.Fe5 Fg7 37.bxc5 Tc8 38.Fd6 Tfd8 39.Ta5 Rg8 40.Txa6 Td7 41.
Dxd5 Ff8 42.Df3 Fxd6+ 43.cxd6 Tcd8 44.Dd5 Cg7 45.Ta8 Ce6 46.Txd8+ Txd8 47.
g4 h6 48.h4 Tb8 49.Rg3 Te8 50.Rf3 Cf8 51.Dd2 Rg7 52.Dd4+ Rg8 53.Df6 Te6 
54.De7 Rg7 55.Dc7 Rg8 56.d7 Cxd7 57.Dxd7 Rg7 58.Dd4+ Rg8 59.Rf4 Tg6 60.Rf5
Te6 61.Dd7 Tg6 62.h5 Tg5+ 63.Rf6 Rh8 64.De8+ Tg8 65.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B97h"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fg5 e6 7.f4 Db6 8.Cb3 Fe7
9.Df3 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Dc7 11.Fd3 b5 12.The1 Fb7 13.Dh3 b4 14.Cb1 e5 15.C1d2 
a5 16.Rb1 a4 17.Cc1 O-O 18.Ce2 Tfc8 19.Cg3 g6 20.Cc4 Fa6 21.b3 axb3 22.
cxb3 Cc5 23.Ce2 Cfxe4 24.Fxe7 Dxe7 25.Fxe4 Cxe4 26.Cb6 Da7 27.Cxa8 Txa8 
28.a4 Fxe2 29.Tc1 Df2 0-1

[Event "Mtel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D15k"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 a6 5.c5 Cbd7 6.Ff4 Ch5 7.Fd2 Chf6 8.Tc1 e5
9.Cxe5 Cxe5 10.dxe5 Cg4 11.Ca4 Cxe5 12.Fc3 f6 13.Cb6 Tb8 14.Cxc8 Txc8 15.
g3 Dd7 16.h4 Df7 17.Fh3 Cd7 18.b4 Td8 19.f4 Fe7 20.h5 g6 21.Db3 Tg8 22.e4 
gxh5 23.exd5 cxd5 24.Rf2 h4 25.Fxd7+ Txd7 26.Txh4 d4 27.Dxf7+ Rxf7 28.Fd2 
Tg7 29.Th5 Ff8 30.c6 bxc6 31.Txc6 d3 32.Txa6 Rg8 33.Th1 Tde7 34.Rf3 Te2 
35.Td1 h5 36.Txf6 h4 37.gxh4 Tgg2 38.Fe3 Fe7 39.Ta6 Txa2 40.b5 Tab2 41.
Txd3 Fxh4 42.Td7 1-0

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B19l"]
[EventDate "2006.06.09"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.h4 h6 7.Cf3 Cd7 8.h5 Fh7
9.Fd3 Fxd3 10.Dxd3 e6 11.Ff4 Fb4+ 12.c3 Fe7 13.Ce4 Cgf6 14.Cxf6+ Cxf6 15.
Ce5 Da5 16.Dg3 Tg8 17.Dh3 Da6 18.Df3 Td8 19.b4 Cd7 20.Cd3 Dc4 21.Rd2 Dd5 
22.Re2 Cf6 23.Dxd5 cxd5 24.f3 Fd6 25.a4 Re7 26.Fd2 b6 27.g4 a5 28.Thb1 Td7
29.bxa5 bxa5 30.Tb5 Ta8 31.Cc1 Tda7 32.Tab1 Ce8 33.Cd3 Rd7 34.Fe3 Rc8 35.
T1b3 Tb8 36.Txb8+ Fxb8 37.Ce5 Fxe5 38.dxe5 Tb7 39.Txb7 Rxb7 40.Fc5 f6 41.
f4 Rc6 42.Ff8 fxe5 43.fxe5 Rd7 44.Rd3 Rc7 45.Re3 Rc6 46.Rf4 Rd7 47.g5 Rd8 
48.Fxg7 hxg5+ 49.Rxg5 Cxg7 50.h6 Re7 51.h7 1-0

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B91h"]
[EventDate "2006.06.09"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.Fg2 O-O
9.O-O Fg4 10.Ff3 Fe6 11.a4 Cbd7 12.Te1 Cb6 13.Cd2 Tc8 14.Cf1 Tc5 15.Fe3 
Tc8 16.Fg5 Cc4 17.b3 Cb6 18.Te3 Cbd7 19.Td3 Cc5 20.Fxf6 Fxf6 21.Txd6 De8 
22.Cd5 Fd8 23.b4 Cxa4 24.Cfe3 Fg5 25.Fg4 Fxe3 26.Cxe3 Cb2 27.De2 Fxg4 28.
Dxg4 Cc4 29.Cf5 g6 30.Tf6 Dd8 31.Dg5 Cd2 32.Ch6+ Rg7 33.Cf5+ Rh8 34.Dh4 
0-1

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D27s"]
[EventDate "2006.06.09"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Fxc4 Cc6 8.O-O Fe7 
9.De2 cxd4 10.Td1 O-O 11.Cxd4 Dc7 12.Cxc6 Dxc6 13.e4 b6 14.Fe3 Fb7 15.Fd3 
Fc5 16.Tac1 Tfd8 17.b4 Fxb4 18.Cd5 Cxd5 19.Txc6 Cxe3 20.Txb6 Cxd1 21.Txb7 
Cc3 22.Df3 Ff8 23.g3 Cxa4 24.e5 Txd3 25.Dxd3 Cc5 26.Df3 Cxb7 27.Dxb7 Td8 
28.Dxa6 g5 29.De2 Td5 30.De3 h6 31.Rg2 Fc5 32.De2 Fb4 33.h4 Fc3 34.hxg5 
hxg5 35.De3 Fxe5 36.Dxg5+ Rf8 37.De3 Fd4 38.De4 Re7 39.g4 Fc5 40.Dc4 Rd6 
41.f4 Re7 42.f5 Fd4 43.Rf3 Ff6 44.Dc7+ Re8 45.Dc6+ Re7 46.Dc7+ Re8 47.Dc6+
Re7 48.Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B43b"]
[EventDate "2006.06.09"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Cc3 d6 6.g4 Ce7 7.a3 Cbc6 8.Cb3 b5 
9.h4 Fb7 10.Ff4 Ce5 11.Fxe5 dxe5 12.Dxd8+ Txd8 13.Cc5 Tb8 14.Cxb7 Cc6 15.
a4 b4 16.Fxa6 bxc3 17.Fb5 Rd7 18.Ca5 cxb2 19.Td1+ Rc7 20.Cxc6 1-0

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "A30d"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]

1.Cf3 c5 2.c4 Cf6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Da4+ Fd7 6.Dxc4 Fc6 7.dxc5 e6 8.Cc3 
Cbd7 9.Fe3 Tc8 10.Fg2 Fxc5 11.Fxc5 Fxf3 12.Fxf3 Txc5 13.Db3 b6 14.O-O O-O 
15.Tfd1 Db8 16.Ce4 Tc7 17.Cxf6+ Cxf6 18.Rg2 h6 19.Da4 Td8 20.Df4 Tc2 21.b3
Tdc8 22.Dxb8 Txb8 23.a4 g5 24.Tac1 Tb2 25.Tc7 g4 26.Fc6 Tc2 27.Td4 a5 28.
e4 Ce8 29.Tb7 Txb7 30.Fxb7 Rf8 31.e5 Tc5 32.Txg4 Txe5 33.Th4 Rg7 34.Td4 
Tc5 35.b4 Tc7 36.Ff3 e5 37.Tg4+ Rf8 38.Te4 Cd6 39.Txe5 axb4 40.Te2 Tc4 41.
Td2 Re7 42.Fd5 Tc5 43.Td4 Ta5 44.Fb3 b5 45.Txb4 bxa4 46.Fxa4 Tc5 47.Fb3 
Tb5 48.Txb5 Cxb5 49.f4 f6 50.Rh3 Rf8 51.Rg4 Cd6 52.Rf3 Re7 53.g4 Ce8 54.
Re3 Cd6 55.Rd4 Ce8 56.h4 Cd6 57.Rd5 Ce8 58.Rc6 Cd6 59.Fd5 Ce8 60.Rc5 Cd6 
61.Fc6 Cf7 62.Fe4 Cd6 63.Fd3 Cf7 64.Rd5 Cd6 65.h5 Cf7 66.Fg6 Cd6 67.Rc5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "C67w"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.O-O Cxe4 5.d4 Cd6 6.Fxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Cf5 8.
Dxd8+ Rxd8 9.Cc3 Re8 10.h3 Ce7 11.Te1 Cg6 12.Fd2 Fe7 13.Tad1 Cf8 14.Cd4 
Fc5 15.Cb3 Fb6 16.Fe3 h5 17.Td2 Ce6 18.Ce4 Fxe3 19.Txe3 b6 20.Cd4 Cxd4 21.
Txd4 c5 22.Td2 Ff5 23.Cg5 Re7 24.Tf3 Fe6 25.Cxe6 Rxe6 26.Tfd3 Rxe5 27.Te3+
Rf6 28.Td7 Thf8 29.Txc7 g5 30.Rf1 h4 31.a4 Rg6 32.Tee7 Tad8 33.Re2 a5 34.
Tc6+ f6 35.Txb6 Td4 36.b3 c4 37.Tee6 cxb3 38.cxb3 Rf5 39.Te3 Tc8 40.Tf3+ 
Re4 41.Te6+ Rd5 42.Tfxf6 Tc2+ 43.Rf1 Td1+ 44.Te1 Tdd2 45.Rg1 Tb2 46.Tf5+ 
Rd4 47.Txg5 Txf2 48.Tg4+ Rd3 49.Te5 Tfc2 50.Txa5 1-0

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "C84f"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.d3 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.a4 Tb8 
9.axb5 axb5 10.Cc3 d6 11.Cd5 Cxd5 12.exd5 Cd4 13.Cxd4 exd4 14.Fd2 Fd7 15.
Ta7 Ta8 16.Da1 Db8 17.Txa8 Dxa8 18.Da5 Dxa5 19.Fxa5 Tc8 20.Ta1 Ta8 21.Rf1 
Rf8 22.Ta2 Ta7 23.Re2 f5 24.f4 Ff6 25.Rd1 h6 26.g3 g5 27.Fd2 Txa2 28.Fxa2 
gxf4 29.gxf4 Fe8 30.Fa5 Fd8 31.c4 dxc3 32.Fxc3 Ff7 33.d4 c6 34.Fb1 Fxd5 
35.Fxf5 Ff6 36.Rd2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIX Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[ECO "B92b"]
[EventDate "2006.06.11"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe2 Cbd7 7.O-O g6 8.Fe3 
b6 9.Cd5 Fb7 10.c4 e5 11.Cc2 Fxd5 12.exd5 Fg7 13.Cb4 O-O 14.Cc6 Dc7 15.b4 
h5 16.a4 a5 17.bxa5 bxa5 18.Tb1 Ce4 19.Dc2 f5 20.Tb5 Rh7 21.Tfb1 Cec5 22.
Fd2 e4 23.Fxa5 Dc8 24.Fb4 De8 25.a5 f4 26.Te1 Df7 27.Fxc5 Cxc5 28.Txc5 
dxc5 29.Dxe4 Tfe8 30.Df3 Df6 31.Td1 Dd6 32.Tb1 Dc7 33.Fd3 Rh6 34.h4 Ff8 
35.g4 fxg3 36.Df6 gxf2+ 37.Rg2 Dg7 38.Dg5+ Rh7 39.Dxh5+ Rg8 40.Dxg6 Dxg6+ 
41.Fxg6 Te1 42.Rxf2 Txb1 43.Fxb1 Fd6 44.Re3 Rg7 45.h5 Fc7 46.Fe4 Rh6 47.
Fg6 Rg5 48.Re4 Ta6 49.Fe8 Ta8 50.Fg6 Fd6 51.Re3 Ff4+ 52.Rf3 Fh2 53.Re3 Fd6
54.Re4 Fc7 55.Re3 Rf6 56.Re4 Fg3 57.Rf3 Fd6 58.Re3 Ta6 59.Re4 Fc7 60.Fe8 
Ta8 61.Fg6 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E04b"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Fg2 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 a5 7.Dc2 Fxd2+ 8.Dxd2
c6 9.a4 b5 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Dg5 O-O 12.Dxb5 Fa6 13.Da4 Db6 14.O-O Dxb2 15.
Cbd2 Fb5 16.Cxc4 Fxa4 17.Cxb2 Fb5 18.Ce5 Ta7 19.Ff3 Cbd7 20.Cec4 Tb8 21.
Tfb1 g5 22.e3 g4 23.Fd1 Fc6 24.Tc1 Fe4 25.Ca4 Tb4 26.Cd6 Ff3 27.Fxf3 gxf3 
28.Cc8 Ta8 29.Ce7+ Rg7 30.Cc6 Tb3 31.Cc5 Tb5 32.h3 Cxc5 33.Txc5 Tb2 34.
Tg5+ Rh6 35.Tgxa5 Txa5 36.Cxa5 Ce4 37.Tf1 Cd2 38.Tc1 Ce4 39.Tf1 f6 40.Cc6 
Cd2 41.Td1 Ce4 42.Tf1 Rg6 43.Cd8 Tb6 44.Tc1 h5 45.Ta1 h4 46.gxh4 Rh5 47.
Ta2 Rxh4 48.Rh2 Rh5 49.Tc2 Rh6 50.Ta2 Rg6 51.Tc2 Rf5 52.Ta2 Tb5 53.Cc6 Tb7
54.Ta5+ Rg6 55.Ta2 Rh5 56.d5 e5 57.Ta4 f5 58.Cxe5 Tb2 59.Cd3 Tb7 60.Td4 
Tb6 61.d6 Cxd6 62.Rg3 Ce4+ 63.Rxf3 Rg5 64.h4+ Rf6 65.Td5 Cc3 66.Td8 Tb1 
67.Tf8+ Re6 68.Cf4+ Re5 69.Te8+ Rf6 70.Ch5+ Rg6 71.Cg3 Tb2 72.h5+ Rf7 73.
Te5 Cd1 74.Ce2 Rf6 75.Td5 1-0

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D19o"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Cf3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.e3 e6 7.Fxc4 Fb4 8.O-O 
Cbd7 9.De2 Fg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Fd3 Fh5 12.e5 Cd5 13.Cxd5 cxd5 14.De3 Fg6 15.
Cg5 Te8 16.f4 Fxd3 17.Dxd3 f5 18.Fe3 Cf8 19.Rh1 Tc8 20.g4 Dd7 21.Tg1 Fe7 
22.Cf3 Tc4 23.Tg2 fxg4 24.Txg4 Txa4 25.Tag1 g6 26.h4 Tb4 27.h5 Db5 28.Dc2 
Txb2 29.hxg6 h5 30.g7 hxg4 31.gxf8=D+ Fxf8 32.Dg6+ Fg7 33.f5 Te7 34.f6 De2
35.Dxg4 Tf7 36.Tc1 Tc2 37.Txc2 Dd1+ 38.Rg2 Dxc2+ 39.Rg3 De4 40.Ff4 Df5 41.
Dxf5 exf5 42.Fg5 a5 43.Rf4 a4 44.Rxf5 a3 45.Fc1 Ff8 46.e6 Tc7 47.Fxa3 Fxa3
48.Re5 Tc1 49.Cg5 Tf1 50.e7 Te1+ 51.Rxd5 Fxe7 52.fxe7 Txe7 53.Rd6 Te1 54.
d5 Rf8 55.Ce6+ Re8 56.Cc7+ Rd8 57.Ce6+ Rc8 58.Re7 Th1 59.Cg5 b5 60.d6 Td1 
61.Ce6 b4 62.Cc5 Te1+ 63.Rf6 Te3 0-1

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E04v"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Fg2 Cc6 6.Da4 Fd7 7.Dxc4 Ca5 8.Dd3 
c5 9.O-O Fc6 10.Cc3 cxd4 11.Cxd4 Fc5 12.Td1 Fxg2 13.Db5+ Cd7 14.Rxg2 a6 
15.Dd3 Tc8 16.Fg5 Fe7 17.Fxe7 Dxe7 18.Tac1 Cc4 19.Ca4 b5 20.b3 O-O 21.bxc4
bxa4 22.Cc6 Txc6 23.Dxd7 Dc5 24.Tc3 g6 25.Tb1 h5 26.Tb7 e5 27.e4 Tf6 28.
Tc2 Da3 29.Dd1 Td6 30.Td2 Tfd8 31.Td5 Txd5 32.cxd5 Dxa2 33.Df3 Tf8 34.Dd3 
a3 35.Tb3 f5 36.Dxa6 Dxb3 37.Dxg6+ Rh8 38.Dh6+ Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D47m"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e3 e6 5.Cf3 Cbd7 6.Fd3 dxc4 7.Fxc4 b5 8.Fd3 
Fb7 9.a3 b4 10.Ce4 Cxe4 11.Fxe4 bxa3 12.O-O Fd6 13.b3 Cf6 14.Cd2 Dc7 15.
Ff3 Fxh2+ 16.Rh1 Fd6 17.Cc4 Fe7 18.Fxa3 O-O 19.Fxe7 Dxe7 20.Ta5 Tfd8 21.
Rg1 c5 22.Txc5 Ce4 23.Fxe4 Fxe4 24.Dg4 Fd3 25.Ta1 Tac8 26.Taa5 Tb8 27.Dd1 
Fe4 28.Da1 Tb7 29.Cd2 Fg6 30.Dc3 h6 31.Ta6 Rh7 32.Cc4 Fe4 33.f3 Fd5 34.Cd2
Tdb8 35.Dd3+ f5 36.Tc3 Dh4 37.Ta1 Dg3 38.Dc2 Tf7 39.Tf1 Dg6 40.Dd3 Dg3 41.
Tfc1 Tfb7 42.Dc2 Dg5 43.Ta1 Df6 44.Dd3 Td7 45.Ta4 Tbd8 46.Tc5 Rg8 47.Cc4 
Fxc4 48.Taxc4 f4 49.Tc6 fxe3 50.Dxe3 Txd4 51.Txe6 Dh4 52.Txd4 Dxd4 53.Te8+
Rh7 54.Dxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "A00a"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

0-1

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D17l"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.Ce5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Fg6 9.
Fe3 cxd4 10.Dxd4 Dxd4 11.Fxd4 Cfd7 12.Cxd7 Cxd7 13.Fxc4 a6 14.Re2 Tg8 15.
Thd1 Tc8 16.b3 Fc5 17.a5 Re7 18.Ca4 Fb4 19.Cb6 Cxb6 20.Fxb6 f6 21.Td3 Tc6 
22.h4 Tgc8 23.g4 Fc5 24.Tad1 Fxb6 25.Td7+ Rf8 26.axb6 Txb6 27.T1d6 Txd6 
28.Txd6 Tc6 29.Txc6 bxc6 30.b4 e5 31.Fxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D27h"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 e6 5.Fd3 dxc4 6.Fxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.Fb3 cxd4
9.exd4 Cc6 10.Cc3 Fe7 11.Te1 O-O 12.a4 Fd7 13.Ce5 Fe8 14.Fe3 Tc8 15.Tc1 
Cb4 16.Df3 Fc6 17.Dh3 Fd5 18.Cxd5 Cbxd5 19.Tcd1 Tc7 20.Fg5 Dc8 21.Df3 Td8 
22.h4 h6 23.Fc1 Fb4 24.Tf1 Fd6 25.g3 b6 26.De2 Ce7 27.Tfe1 Fxe5 28.dxe5 
Txd1 29.Dxd1 Cfd5 30.Fd2 Tc5 31.Dg4 Cf5 32.De4 b5 33.h5 bxa4 34.Dxa4 Tb5 
35.Tc1 Db7 36.Fc2 Cb6 37.Dg4 Txb2 38.Fe4 Dd7 39.Fe1 Cd5 40.Fd3 Cb4 41.Ff1 
Cd3 42.Dd1 Cxe5 43.Dxd7 Cxd7 44.Tc8+ Rh7 45.Tc7 Tb1 46.Txd7 Txe1 47.Txf7 
a5 48.Rg2 Rg8 49.Ta7 Te5 50.g4 Cd6 51.Fd3 Rf8 52.Fg6 Td5 53.f3 e5 54.Rf2 
Td2+ 55.Re1 Td5 56.Re2 Tb5 57.Td7 Td5 58.Ta7 Tb5 59.Fd3 Td5 60.Fg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D47f"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Fd3 dxc4 7.Fxc4 b5 8.Fe2 
Fb7 9.O-O b4 10.Ca4 c5 11.dxc5 Cxc5 12.Fb5+ Ccd7 13.Ce5 Dc7 14.Dd4 Td8 15.
Fd2 Da5 16.Fc6 Fe7 17.Tfc1 Fxc6 18.Cxc6 Dxa4 19.Cxd8 Fxd8 20.Dxb4 Dxb4 21.
Fxb4 Cd5 22.Fd6 f5 23.Tc8 C5b6 24.Tc6 Fe7 25.Td1 Rf7 26.Tc7 Ta8 27.Tb7 Re8
28.Fxe7 Rxe7 29.Tc1 a5 30.Tc6 Cd5 31.h4 h6 32.a4 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Rf1 g4
35.Re2 Cf6 36.b3 Ce8 37.f3 g3 38.Tc1 Cf6 39.f4 Rd6 40.Rf3 Cd5 41.Rxg3 Cc5 
42.Tg7 Tb8 43.Ta7 Tg8+ 44.Rf3 Ce4 45.Ta6+ Re7 46.Txa5 Tg3+ 47.Re2 Txe3+ 
48.Rf1 Txb3 49.Ta7+ Rf6 50.Ta8 Cxf4 51.Ta1 Tb2 52.a5 Tf2+ 0-1

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D12n"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 Ff5 5.Cc3 e6 6.Ch4 Fg6 7.Cxg6 hxg6 8.a3 
Cbd7 9.g3 Fe7 10.f4 dxc4 11.Fxc4 O-O 12.e4 b5 13.Fe2 b4 14.axb4 Fxb4 15.
Ff3 Db6 16.O-O e5 17.Fe3 Tad8 18.Ca4 Db8 19.Dc2 exf4 20.Fxf4 Db7 21.Tad1 
Tfe8 22.Fg5 Fe7 23.Rh1 Ch7 24.Fe3 Fg5 25.Fg1 Chf8 26.h4 Fe7 27.e5 Cb8 28.
Cc3 Fb4 29.Dg2 Dc8 30.Tc1 Fxc3 31.bxc3 Ce6 32.Fg4 Dc7 33.Tcd1 Cd7 34.Da2 
Cb6 35.Tf3 Cf8 36.Tdf1 Te7 37.Fe3 Ch7 38.Txf7 Cd5 39.T7f3 1-0

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E08g"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fe7 6.Fg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Ff4 
Cbd7 9.Dc2 a5 10.Td1 Ch5 11.Fc1 b5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e4 dxe4 14.Dxe4 Tb8 15.
De2 Chf6 16.Ff4 Tb6 17.Ce5 Cd5 18.Fxd5 exd5 19.Cc3 Cf6 20.Cxb5 Fa6 21.a4 
Ce4 22.Tdc1 De8 23.Tc7 Fd8 24.Ta7 f6 25.Cd7 Tf7 26.Cxb6 Txa7 27.Cxd5 Td7 
28.Cdc3 Txd4 29.Te1 f5 30.Dc2 Tb4 31.Cd5 Txb5 32.axb5 Dxb5 33.Cc7 Dc4 34.
Dd1 Fxc7 35.Dd7 h6 36.Dxc7 Db4 37.Db8+ Dxb8 38.Fxb8 Cd2 39.Ta1 g5 40.f4 
Cb3 41.Ta3 Fc4 42.Fc7 g4 43.Fxa5 1-0

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D12n"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 Ff5 5.Cc3 e6 6.Ch4 Fg6 7.Cxg6 hxg6 8.Tb1 
Cbd7 9.c5 a5 10.a3 e5 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 Dc7 13.f4 exf4 14.exf4 Fe7 15.Fe2
Cf8 16.O-O Ce6 17.g3 Dd7 18.Dd3 Ce4 19.Cxe4 dxe4 20.Dxe4 Dxd4+ 21.Dxd4 
Cxd4 22.Fc4 O-O 23.Rg2 Ta4 24.Td1 Td8 25.Fe3 Ff6 26.g4 Rf8 27.Ff2 Ce6 28.
Txd8+ Fxd8 29.f5 gxf5 30.gxf5 Cf4+ 31.Rf3 Ch5 32.Tb3 Fc7 33.h4 Cf6 34.Fd3 
Cd7 35.Fe4 Ce5+ 36.Rg2 Ta2 37.Fb1 Td2 38.Rf1 Cg4 39.Fg1 Fh2 40.Re1 Td5 41.
Ff2 Re7 42.h5 Cxf2 43.Rxf2 Rf6 44.Rf3 Td4 45.b5 Tc4 46.bxc6 bxc6 47.Tb6 
Txc5 48.Fe4 Rg5 49.Txc6 Ta5 50.Tb6 Ta3+ 51.Rg2 Fc7 52.Tb7 Tc3 53.Rf2 Rxh5 
54.Fd5 f6 55.Re2 Rg4 56.Fe4 Rf4 57.Fd3 Tc5 58.Tb4+ Rg3 59.Tc4 Te5+ 60.Te4 
Ta5 61.Te3+ Rg2 62.Fe4+ Rh2 63.Tb3 Ta2+ 64.Rd3 Ff4 65.Rc4 Te2 66.Rd5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D12n"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 Ff5 5.Cc3 e6 6.Ch4 Fg6 7.Cxg6 hxg6 8.g3 
Cbd7 9.Fd2 Fb4 10.Db3 Fxc3 11.Fxc3 Ce4 12.Fg2 Cxc3 13.Dxc3 f5 14.O-O De7 
15.cxd5 exd5 16.b4 Cf6 17.Tfc1 Ce4 18.Db2 O-O 19.b5 Tac8 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.
De2 g5 22.Tab1 Dd7 23.Tc2 Tf6 24.Tbc1 g4 25.Tb2 Th6 26.Da6 Tc7 27.Tb8+ Rh7
28.Da3 Tb7 29.Df8 Txb8 30.Dxb8 Df7 31.Dc8 Dh5 32.Rf1 Cd2+ 33.Re1 Cc4 34.
Ff1 Tf6 35.Fxc4 dxc4 36.Txc4 Dxh2 37.Re2 Dh1 38.Tc5 Db1 39.Da6 Db2+ 40.Rf1
Db1+ 41.Re2 Db2+ 42.Rf1 Th6 43.Dd3 g6 44.Db3 Th1+ 45.Rg2 Th2+ 46.Rxh2 
Dxf2+ 47.Rh1 Df1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Playoffs"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D19o"]
[EventDate "2006.10.13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.e3 e6 7.Fxc4 Fb4 8.O-O 
Cbd7 9.De2 O-O 10.e4 Fg6 11.Fd3 Fh5 12.e5 Cd5 13.Cxd5 cxd5 14.De3 Te8 15.
Ce1 Tc8 16.f4 Fxe1 17.Txe1 Fg6 18.Ff1 Tc2 19.b3 Da5 20.Fb5 Td8 21.Te2 Tcc8
22.Fd2 Db6 23.Tf2 a6 24.Ff1 Tc6 25.b4 Tc2 26.b5 a5 27.Fc3 Txf2 28.Dxf2 Da7
29.Dd2 Ta8 30.Tc1 Cb6 31.Fb2 Cxa4 32.Fa3 h6 33.h3 Fe4 34.Rh2 Cb6 35.Fc5 a4
36.Ta1 Cc4 37.Fxc4 b6 38.De3 Tc8 39.Ff1 bxc5 40.dxc5 Dxc5 41.Dxc5 Txc5 42.
b6 Tc6 43.b7 Tb6 44.Fa6 d4 45.Txa4 Fxb7 46.Fxb7 Txb7 47.Txd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Playoffs"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D45s"]
[EventDate "2006.10.13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Fe2 b6 
9.O-O Fb7 10.Fb2 Te8 11.Tad1 De7 12.Tfe1 Tac8 13.Fd3 e5 14.e4 dxc4 15.Fxc4
b5 16.Ff1 g6 17.Dd2 Tcd8 18.Dg5 a6 19.h3 exd4 20.Cxd4 De5 21.Dxe5 Cxe5 22.
Cc2 g5 23.Fc1 h6 24.Fe3 c5 25.f3 Ff8 26.Ff2 Fc8 27.Ce3 Fe6 28.Ced5 Fxd5 
29.exd5 Ced7 30.Txe8 Txe8 31.a4 b4 32.Ce4 Cxe4 33.fxe4 Cf6 34.d6 Cxe4 35.
d7 Td8 36.Fxa6 f5 37.a5 Fg7 38.Fc4+ Rf8 39.a6 Cxf2 40.Rxf2 Fd4+ 41.Txd4 
cxd4 42.a7 Re7 43.Fd5 Rxd7 44.a8=D Txa8 45.Fxa8 1-0

[Event "WCh Playoffs"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D12n"]
[EventDate "2006.10.13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 Ff5 5.Cc3 e6 6.Ch4 Fg6 7.Fe2 Cbd7 8.O-O Fd6
9.g3 dxc4 10.Fxc4 Cb6 11.Fe2 O-O 12.Cxg6 hxg6 13.e4 e5 14.f4 exd4 15.Dxd4 
De7 16.Rg2 Fc5 17.Dd3 Tad8 18.Dc2 Fd4 19.e5 Cfd5 20.Tf3 Cxc3 21.bxc3 Fc5 
22.Fd2 Td7 23.Te1 Tfd8 24.Fd3 De6 25.Fc1 f5 26.De2 Rf8 27.Td1 De7 28.h4 
Td5 29.Dc2 Cc4 30.Th1 Ca3 31.De2 Dd7 32.Td1 b5 33.g4 fxg4 34.Tg3 Re7 35.f5
gxf5 36.Fg5+ Re8 37.e6 Dd6 38.Fxf5 Txd1 39.Fg6+ Rf8 40.e7+ Dxe7 41.Fxe7+ 
Fxe7 42.Fd3 Ta1 43.Db2 Td1 44.De2 Ta1 45.Dxg4 Txa2+ 46.Rh3 Ff6 47.De6 Td2 
48.Fg6 T2d7 49.Tf3 b4 50.h5 1-0

[Event "WCh Playoffs"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D47f"]
[EventDate "2006.10.13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Fd3 dxc4 7.Fxc4 b5 8.Fe2 
Fb7 9.O-O Fe7 10.e4 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 Fxf6 13.bxc3 c5 14.dxc5 Cxc5 15.
Fb5+ Rf8 16.Dxd8+ Txd8 17.Fa3 Tc8 18.Cd4 Fe7 19.Tfd1 a6 20.Ff1 Ca4 21.Tab1
Fe4 22.Tb3 Fxa3 23.Txa3 Cc5 24.Cb3 Re7 25.Td4 Fg6 26.c4 Tc6 27.Cxc5 Txc5 
28.Txa6 Tb8 29.Td1 Tb2 30.Ta7+ Rf6 31.Ta1 Tf5 32.f3 Te5 33.Ta3 Tc2 34.Tb3 
Ta5 35.a4 Re7 36.Tb5 Ta7 37.a5 Rd6 38.a6 Rc7 39.c5 Tc3 40.Taa5 Tc1 41.Tb3 
Rc6 42.Tb6+ Rc7 43.Rf2 Tc2+ 44.Re3 Txc5 45.Tb7+ 1-0

[Event "10. Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D47s"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e3 e6 5.Cf3 Cbd7 6.Fd3 dxc4 7.Fxc4 b5 8.Fd3 
Fb7 9.e4 b4 10.Ca4 c5 11.e5 Cd5 12.Cxc5 Cxc5 13.dxc5 Fxc5 14.O-O h6 15.Cd2
O-O 16.Ce4 Fd4 17.Cd6 Fc6 18.Fh7+ Rxh7 19.Dxd4 f6 20.Fd2 Dd7 21.Tac1 a5 
22.Dd3+ f5 23.Tc5 Ce7 24.Tfc1 Ta7 25.Fe3 Tfa8 26.De2 Ta6 27.h4 Dd8 28.Fg5 
hxg5 29.Dh5+ Rg8 30.Df7+ Rh7 31.Dh5+ Rg8 32.Df7+ Rh7 33.hxg5 Cg6 34.Txc6 
Dxg5 35.Tc8 Cf4 36.g3 Txc8 37.Txc8 Dg4 38.Dg8+ Rg6 39.De8+ Rh7 40.Dh8+ Rg6
41.Tc7 Dd1+ 42.Rh2 Dh5+ 43.Dxh5+ Cxh5 44.Te7 Tc6 45.Txe6+ Rh7 46.Cf7 Txe6 
47.Cg5+ 1-0

[Event "10. Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "B81f"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Fg2 g5 
9.De2 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Ce5 11.h3 Cfd7 12.f4 gxf4 13.Fxf4 b5 14.Thf1 Fb7 15.
Df2 Tc8 16.Cce2 Fg7 17.Cg3 Th7 18.Ch5 Fh8 19.Rb1 Cc5 20.Fg3 Cxe4 21.Fxe4 
Fxe4 22.Fh4 Dc7 23.Ff6 Fg6 24.Fxh8 Txh8 25.Cf6+ Rd8 26.h4 Dc5 27.h5 Fh7 
28.Dh4 Fxc2+ 29.Cxc2 Dxc2+ 30.Ra1 Tc4 31.Ce4+ Rc7 32.Cxd6 Tf4 33.De7+ Rb6 
34.Db7+ Ra5 35.Da7 b4 36.Tfe1 Cf3 37.Tc1 Cxe1 38.Txc2 Cxc2+ 39.Rb1 1-0

[Event "10. Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D18k"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.e3 e6 7.Fxc4 Fb4 8.O-O 
Cbd7 9.De2 Fg4 10.Td1 Da5 11.e4 Dh5 12.Td3 e5 13.h3 Fxf3 14.Txf3 exd4 15.
g4 Dc5 16.Ca2 O-O 17.Tf5 De7 18.e5 d3 19.Fxd3 Cd5 20.Fg5 De6 21.Cxb4 Cxb4 
22.Fc4 Cd5 23.Td1 Tae8 24.Fxd5 cxd5 25.Db5 Cxe5 26.Dxd5 Dxd5 27.Txd5 f6 
28.Fe3 b6 29.g5 Rf7 30.gxf6 gxf6 31.Td6 Te6 32.Td1 Cc4 33.Td7+ Te7 34.
Txe7+ Rxe7 35.Th5 Tg8+ 36.Rf1 Cxe3+ 37.fxe3 Tg7 38.Rf2 Re6 39.Rf3 Tc7 40.
h4 f5 41.Th6+ Re5 42.h5 Tf7 43.b4 Rd5 44.Rf4 Rc4 45.b5 Rb4 46.Te6 Rxa4 47.
Te5 a5 48.bxa6 b5 49.Txf5 Ta7 50.Tf6 b4 51.e4 b3 52.Tb6 Ra3 53.e5 b2 54.e6
Ra2 55.Re5 b1=D 56.Txb1 Rxb1 57.Rf6 Txa6 58.Rf7 Ta2 59.e7 Tf2+ 60.Rg7 Te2 
61.Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "10. Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "C95j"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Cb8 10.d4 Cbd7 11.Cbd2 Fb7 12.Fc2 Te8 13.a4 Ff8 14.Fd3 c6 15.Tb1 Dc7 
16.Dc2 g6 17.axb5 axb5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Cb3 Teb8 20.c4 bxc4 21.Fxc4 Fa6 22.
Cbd2 Cc5 23.Fxa6 Txa6 24.Cc4 Cfd7 25.Td1 Ce6 26.Fe3 Taa8 27.Dd2 Td8 28.Dc3
c5 29.Cfxe5 Fg7 30.f4 g5 31.g3 gxf4 32.gxf4 Cxe5 33.Cxe5 Fxe5 34.fxe5 Rh8 
35.Ff2 De7 36.Df3 Tg8+ 37.Rh1 Tg6 38.Td5 Tag8 39.Tg1 Txg1+ 40.Fxg1 Tg6 41.
Rh2 Rg7 42.Fe3 c4 43.Td6 Dc7 44.h4 Da5 45.Td5 De1 46.Rh3 Rf8 47.Td7 Tg3+ 
48.Dxg3 Dh1+ 49.Rg4 Dxe4+ 50.Rh5 1-0

[Event "10. Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "A43w"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Cc3 Fg7 5.e4 d6 6.Fb5+ Cfd7 7.a4 Ca6 8.O-O Cc7
9.Te1 Cxb5 10.axb5 O-O 11.Ff4 Cb6 12.e5 Ff5 13.h3 h6 14.De2 g5 15.Fg3 Dd7 
16.h4 f6 17.e6 De8 18.Ch2 Fg6 19.f4 Fh5 20.Dd3 gxf4 21.Fxf4 Dg6 22.Cf1 f5 
23.Rh2 Dg4 24.Dg3 Dxg3+ 25.Cxg3 Fe8 26.Cge2 Rh7 27.Fg3 Cc4 28.b3 Ce3 29.
Tac1 Tg8 30.Cd1 Cxd5 31.c4 Cb4 32.Ce3 a6 33.bxa6 Txa6 34.Cxf5 Ff6 35.Cf4 
Ta2 36.Cd5 Cxd5 37.cxd5 Fh5 38.Tf1 Td2 39.Ce3 Fd4 40.Cc4 Td3 41.Ff4 Txb3 
42.Cd2 Tb2 43.Tb1 Fg6 44.Txb2 Fxb2 45.Tf3 Tf8 46.Cc4 Fe4 47.Fxd6 Fxf3 0-1

[Event "10. Essent"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E32m"]
[EventDate "2006.10.22"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 O-O 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 b6 7.Cf3 Fb7 8.e3 
c5 9.Fe2 cxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.b3 Cbd7 12.O-O dxc4 13.bxc4 Dc7 14.a4 Tac8 15.
Te1 Tfe8 16.Fb2 Cg4 17.g3 Cdf6 18.Cd2 h5 19.h3 Ch6 20.Ff3 Ted8 21.Te5 Cf5 
22.Fxb7 Dxb7 23.d5 h4 24.g4 Ce7 25.Ce4 Ce8 26.Te1 Cxd5 27.Df3 Txc4 28.Tg5 
De7 29.Fxg7 Cxg7 30.Txd5 Txd5 31.Cf6+ Rf8 32.Cxd5 Dd6 33.Cf6 Ce8 34.Da8 
De7 35.g5 Td4 36.Tc1 Td8 37.Df3 Td5 38.Rf1 Cxf6 39.gxf6 Dd8 40.Tc4 Tf5 41.
Da3+ Rg8 42.Tg4+ Rh7 43.Txh4+ Rg6 44.Tg4+ Rxf6 45.Dc3+ Re7 46.Td4 Td5 47.
Tc4 Rd7 48.h4 Db8 49.Df6 Tf5 50.Td4+ Rc6 51.Tc4+ Rb7 52.De7+ Ra6 53.Tc7 
Da8 54.Rg1 Tf4 55.f3 Txf3 56.Dg5 f5 0-1

[Event "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B80b"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e6 6.Fe3 Fe7 7.g4 h5 8.gxh5 
Txh5 9.h4 Cc6 10.Fe2 Te5 11.Cf3 Ta5 12.a3 d5 13.b4 Cxb4 14.axb4 Fxb4 15.
Fd2 dxe4 16.Cb5 Txa1 17.Dxa1 Fc5 18.Cg5 a6 19.De5 axb5 20.Dxc5 Ta1+ 21.Fd1
b6 22.Dxb5+ Fd7 23.Db2 Da8 24.O-O b5 25.Fb4 Ta2 26.De5 Dc6 27.h5 1-0

[Event "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "B33q"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Fg5 a6 8.Ca3 
b5 9.Cd5 Fe7 10.Fxf6 Fxf6 11.c3 Fg5 12.Cc2 O-O 13.h4 Fh6 14.g3 Tb8 15.Fh3 
Fxh3 16.Txh3 a5 17.Cce3 Fxe3 18.Cxe3 Ce7 19.h5 f5 20.exf5 Cxf5 21.Dd5+ Rh8
22.Cxf5 Txf5 23.h6 Df6 24.hxg7+ Rxg7 25.O-O-O Txf2 26.Dxd6 Dg5+ 27.Rb1 
Dg6+ 28.Dxg6+ hxg6 29.Td7+ Rf6 30.Thh7 Te2 31.Td6+ Rf5 32.a3 g5 33.Ta6 b4 
34.axb4 axb4 35.Tf7+ Rg4 36.Ta4 Rxg3 37.Txb4 Txb4 38.cxb4 Te4 39.b5 Tb4 
40.Tb7 e4 41.b6 g4 42.Rc2 e3 43.Rd3 Tb3+ 44.Re2 Rh2 45.Th7+ Rg2 46.b7 g3 
47.Tg7 Rh2 48.Th7+ Rg1 49.Tg7 g2 50.Th7 Txb2+ 51.Rxe3 Tb6 52.Rd4 Rf2 53.
Tf7+ Re2 54.Tg7 Txb7 55.Txg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B48c"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 Dc7 6.Fe3 a6 7.f3 Fb4 8.Cxc6 
Dxc6 9.Dd4 Fxc3+ 10.bxc3 f6 11.c4 b5 12.Tb1 Dc7 13.Dc5 Da5+ 14.Rf2 Ce7 15.
Fe2 Rf7 16.a4 d6 17.Dxd6 bxa4 18.Thd1 a3 19.Fc5 Te8 20.Fxa3 Ta7 21.Dc5 Dc7
22.Dxc7 Txc7 23.Fd6 Tc6 24.c5 Td8 25.Tb8 Re8 26.Ta1 e5 27.c3 Cg6 28.Fd1 
Fd7 29.Txd8+ Rxd8 30.Fa4 Tc8 31.Fxd7 Rxd7 32.Txa6 Cf4 33.Ta7+ Rc6 34.g3 
Cd3+ 35.Re3 Cb2 36.Txg7 Cc4+ 37.Rd3 Cb2+ 38.Rc2 Cc4 39.Txh7 Ta8 40.Rb3 
Cd2+ 41.Rb4 Tc8 42.Tf7 Cxf3 43.Txf6 Cd2 44.Fxe5+ Rb7 45.Tb6+ Ra7 46.Rb5 
1-0

[Event "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "B41j"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 d6 5.c4 a6 6.Cc3 Cf6 7.Fe2 Fe7 8.Fe3 O-O
9.g4 Cfd7 10.h4 b6 11.g5 Fb7 12.Dd2 Cc6 13.Tg1 Tc8 14.Cxc6 Fxc6 15.h5 b5 
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Cxb5 Fxe4 18.Cxd6 Tc2 19.Dd4 Fd5 20.Cf5 exf5 21.Dxd5 Fc5 
22.Td1 Fxe3 23.fxe3 Db8 24.Tg2 Ce5 25.Td2 Txb2 26.Txb2 Dxb2 27.Dd4 Db8 28.
h6 Td8 29.Dc3 Tc8 30.Dd4 Td8 31.Dc3 Tc8 32.Dd4 Td8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90m"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.Dd2 
Fe7 9.f4 exf4 10.Fxf4 O-O 11.O-O-O Ch5 12.Fe3 Cc6 13.Rb1 Cf6 14.Cd4 Cxd4 
15.Fxd4 Cd7 16.Fe3 Ff6 17.Cd5 Fe5 18.Fc4 b5 19.Fg5 Cf6 20.Fxf6 Fxf6 21.
Cxf6+ Dxf6 22.Fxe6 Dxe6 23.The1 Tad8 24.b3 Td7 25.Da5 Ta8 26.Td5 De8 27.
Dd2 Tad8 28.Da5 Ta8 29.g3 g6 30.Db6 De6 31.Td4 Dh3 32.Td2 h5 33.Dc6 Tdd8 
34.Ted1 Dg4 35.e5 d5 36.Txd5 Dxd1+ 37.Txd1 Txd1+ 38.Rb2 Tdd8 39.e6 fxe6 
40.Dxe6+ Rg7 41.De7+ Rh6 42.De3+ Rg7 43.De7+ Rh6 44.De3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold Rapid"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "B42a"]
[EventDate "2006.12.07"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Fd3 Ce7 6.O-O Cec6 7.c3 Fe7 8.Fe3 
O-O 9.Cd2 d6 10.f4 Cd7 11.Tf3 g6 12.Tg3 Cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.Cf3 exd4 15.
Cxd4 Cc5 16.Cf5 d5 17.Fd4 Fxf5 18.exf5 Cxd3 19.Txd3 Ff6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.
Db3 Te8 22.Tad1 b5 23.Dc3 Fxd4+ 24.Dxd4 Te6 25.Dxd5 De8 26.Dxa8 Dxa8 27.
Td8+ Dxd8 28.Txd8+ Rg7 29.Rf2 Te4 30.Rf3 Tc4 31.Td2 a5 32.Td5 Ta4 33.a3 b4
34.Td3 bxa3 35.bxa3 Tc4 36.g4 Rh6 37.h4 f5 38.Rg3 fxg4 39.Rxg4 a4 40.Td6 
Rg7 41.Ta6 Td4 42.Ta7+ Rf6 43.Ta5 Rg7 44.Rg5 Rf7 45.Ta7+ Rf8 46.Rxg6 Txf4 
47.Ta8+ Re7 48.h5 Tg4+ 49.Rf5 Tc4 50.h6 Tc5+ 51.Re4 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D12n"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 Ff5 5.Cc3 e6 6.Ch4 Fg6 7.Db3 Dc7 8.Fd2 Ce4 
9.Cxg6 Cxd2 10.Rxd2 hxg6 11.Tc1 Db6 12.c5 Dxb3 13.axb3 Cd7 14.b4 a6 15.Ta1
Tb8 16.Rc2 Fe7 17.Fe2 f5 18.h3 Rf7 19.f3 e5 20.dxe5 Cxe5 21.f4 Cd7 22.Fd3 
Tbe8 23.Thf1 Ff6 24.Rd2 Te7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B90l"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe7 8.Dd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O b5 10.f3 Fe6 11.Cd5 Fxd5 12.exd5 Dc7 13.g4 Tc8 14.Rb1 b4 15.g5
Cfd7 16.h4 a5 17.Fh3 a4 18.Cc1 Ca6 19.h5 Tcb8 20.g6 Ff6 21.gxf7+ Rxf7 22.
Fe6+ Rf8 23.b3 Cdc5 24.Thg1 De7 25.Ff5 Rg8 26.Fxc5 Cxc5 27.Dh6 Rf8 28.Dxh7
Df7 29.Cd3 axb3 30.cxb3 Cxd3 31.Txd3 e4 32.Fe6 exd3 33.Fxf7 Txa2 34.Dg8+ 
Re7 35.Rxa2 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90n"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 h5 
9.Dd2 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Fe7 11.Rb1 Dc7 12.h3 b5 13.Fd3 h4 14.f4 Tc8 15.The1 g6
16.Df2 Db7 17.Ca5 Db8 18.f5 gxf5 19.exf5 Fc4 20.Cxc4 bxc4 21.Fe4 Cxe4 22.
Cxe4 Cf6 23.Df3 Dc7 24.Cc3 Tg8 25.Ff2 Th8 26.Cd5 Cxd5 27.Txd5 f6 28.Te4 
Tb8 29.Txh4 Txh4 30.Fxh4 Db7 31.b3 Rd7 32.Fe1 Dc6 33.h4 Tc8 34.Dd1 Tg8 35.
g3 Ff8 36.Ff2 Fh6 37.Fc5 Ff8 38.Ff2 Fh6 39.Tc5 Dg2 40.Fe1 cxb3 41.axb3 Fd2
42.Tc4 d5 43.Ta4 Fxe1 44.Dxe1 Txg3 45.Txa6 Dg1 46.Dxg1 Txg1+ 47.Rb2 Re7 
48.Te6+ Rf7 49.Td6 e4 50.Rc3 Tf1 51.Td7+ Rf8 52.Td8+ Rf7 53.Td7+ Rf8 54.
Td8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D89g"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Fc4 c5 8.Ce2 
Cc6 9.Fe3 O-O 10.O-O Fg4 11.f3 Ca5 12.Fd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Fe6 14.d5 Fxa1 15.
Dxa1 f6 16.Dd4 Ff7 17.Fh6 Te8 18.Fb5 e5 19.Df2 Te7 20.f4 exf4 21.Dxf4 Db6+
22.Rh1 Fxd5 23.exd5 Dxb5 24.Dxf6 De8 25.Dd4 Td8 26.h3 Tf7 27.Txf7 Dxf7 28.
Dc3 b6 29.Cg3 Cb7 30.Ce4 De7 31.Cf6+ Rf7 32.Cxh7 Rg8 33.Cf6+ Rf7 34.Cg4 
Rg8 35.Dd2 Te8 36.Df4 Dd6 37.Df2 Dc5 38.Dg3 Dd4 39.Rh2 Cd8 40.Dd6 Ce6 41.
Fe3 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "C65j"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.d3 Fc5 5.Fxc6 dxc6 6.Fe3 De7 7.Fxc5 Dxc5 8.
Cc3 O-O 9.Dd2 a5 10.O-O De7 11.Dg5 Te8 12.a4 h6 13.De3 b6 14.b3 Fg4 15.Cd2
Fe6 16.h3 Ch5 17.Ce2 Df6 18.f4 exf4 19.Cxf4 Cxf4 20.Dxf4 Dc3 21.Ta2 Te7 
22.Cf3 Td8 23.Dd2 Dc5+ 24.Df2 Dxf2+ 25.Rxf2 f5 26.exf5 Fxf5 27.Taa1 Tde8 
28.Tae1 c5 29.Txe7 Txe7 30.Cd2 Rf7 31.Cc4 Fc8 32.Ce3 Re8 33.h4 Fb7 34.g3 
Te6 35.Re2 Tg6 36.g4 Re7 37.Cf5+ Re6 38.Tf4 Re5 39.Re3 Tf6 40.h5 Tf7 41.
Ch4 Txf4 42.Cg6+ Re6 43.Rxf4 Fc6 44.Ch4 Rf6 45.Cf5 Fe8 46.Cg3 g5+ 47.hxg6 
Fxg6 48.Ce4+ Re6 49.Cc3 Fe8 50.Ce4 Fg6 51.Cc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 e6 5.g3 Fb4+ 6.Cc3 Ce4 7.Dd3 Fxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Cc5 9.Df3 d6 10.Fg2 Cbd7 11.O-O Ce5 12.Df4 Fd7 13.Cb5 Fxb5 14.cxb5 
O-O 15.Td1 Tc8 16.Dd4 Dc7 17.f4 Cg4 18.c4 f5 19.h3 Cf6 20.Fb2 Cce4 21.De3 
Dxc4 22.Fxf6 gxf6 23.Fxe4 fxe4 24.Txd6 Dxb5 25.Tad1 Tc6 26.Rf2 Db6 27.Dxb6
axb6 28.Txc6 bxc6 29.Td6 Rf7 30.Txc6 h5 31.Txb6 Ta8 32.Tb4 Txa2 33.Txe4 
Ta3 34.Te3 Ta4 35.Rf3 f5 36.Tb3 Rf6 37.Tb8 Ta3+ 38.e3 Rg7 39.Te8 Ta6 40.
Tc8 Ta4 41.Tc6 Rf6 42.Tb6 Rf7 43.Tb8 Rg7 44.h4 Ta3 45.Te8 Ta6 46.Te7+ Rg6 
47.e4 Rf6 48.Th7 fxe4+ 49.Rxe4 Ta3 50.Th6+ Rf7 51.Txh5 Txg3 52.Th6 Th3 53.
h5 Rg7 54.Tg6+ Rf7 55.Tg5 Rf6 56.Tg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "E71o"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Fg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Fd3 exd5 9.
cxd5 Te8 10.Cge2 Cbd7 11.O-O h6 12.Fe3 Ce5 13.a4 Cxd3 14.Dxd3 b6 15.Cg3 
Ch7 16.f4 h5 17.f5 h4 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Cge2 g5 20.Tf2 a6 21.Taf1 Ta7 22.Cb1
g4 23.hxg4 Fxg4 24.Cd2 Fxb2 25.Cc3 Tg7 26.Cc4 Fxc3 27.Dxc3 Fh5 28.Ff4 Txe4
29.Ce3 Df6 30.Dc2 Fg6 31.Cg4 Dd4 32.Ch6+ Rh8 33.Fc1 Te1 34.Dd2 Txf1+ 35.
Rxf1 Fd3+ 36.Rg1 Cg5 37.Rh2 Ce4 38.Tf8+ Rh7 39.Df4 Cc3 40.Dxd4 cxd4 41.Cf7
Ce4 42.Fb2 Ff1 43.Th8+ Rg6 44.Txh4 Rxf7 45.Tf4+ Rg8 46.Txf1 Th7+ 47.Rg1 d3
48.Td1 Th1+ 49.Rxh1 Cf2+ 50.Rg1 Cxd1 51.Fc1 Cb2 52.Rf2 Cxa4 53.Ff4 Cc3 54.
Rf3 a5 55.Fd2 Cb1 56.Ff4 a4 57.Fxd6 d2 58.Re2 Cc3+ 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E15s"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Cd2 O-O 12.O-O Cf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.a4 Cd5 15.cxd5
Fxf1 16.d6 Fxg2 17.dxe7 Dxe7 18.Rxg2 f5 19.b4 Dd7 20.De2 Dd5 21.f3 exf3+ 
22.Cxf3 h6 23.Te1 Tfe8 24.Dc2 Tad8 25.Fd2 Dd7 26.Rf2 Tc8 27.Ff4 Dd5 28.Te5
Dd7 29.h4 Ta8 30.Fd2 Tac8 31.Dc4 Rh7 32.Fc3 Dd6 33.Ce1 b5 34.Dc5 Dd8 35.
Cd3 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.Fg2 Cb6 7.O-O Fe7 8.Tb1 
a5 9.d3 Fe6 10.Fe3 O-O 11.Fxb6 cxb6 12.e3 b5 13.Cxb5 Fxa2 14.Tc1 a4 15.Cc3
Fb3 16.De2 Fe6 17.Ta1 a3 18.bxa3 Txa3 19.Txa3 Fxa3 20.Cb5 Fe7 21.d4 Fg4 
22.h3 Fxf3 23.Fxf3 exd4 24.exd4 Ff6 25.Td1 Db6 26.Dc4 Td8 27.Rg2 Cxd4 28.
Cxd4 Txd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D38f"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Fg5 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.dxc5 
Cbd7 9.Tc1 Da5 10.a3 Fxc3+ 11.Txc3 Ce4 12.b4 Cxc3 13.Da1 Da4 14.Dxc3 a5 
15.b5 Cxc5 16.Dxc5 Fe6 17.Dc1 Tfc8 18.Da1 Dc2 19.Fe2 Dc1+ 20.Dxc1 Txc1+ 
21.Fd1 Ta1 22.a4 Tc8 23.Cd4 Tc4 24.O-O f6 25.Ff4 Ff7 26.h4 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90m"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.Dd2 
Cbd7 9.O-O-O Fe7 10.f3 h5 11.Rb1 Dc7 12.Fd3 b5 13.Fg5 Cb6 14.f4 Tb8 15.
The1 Cc4 16.Fxc4 bxc4 17.Cc1 Db7 18.b3 exf4 19.Fxf4 O-O 20.Fxd6 Fxd6 21.
Dxd6 Tfc8 22.Cd5 Cxd5 23.exd5 Ff5 24.Td2 Fg6 25.Te7 Db5 26.Tc7 Da5 27.
Txc8+ Txc8 28.Te2 cxb3 29.axb3 Dc3 30.Dg3 Fxc2+ 31.Ra2 Fb1+ 32.Rxb1 Dxc1+ 
33.Ra2 Tc5 34.Db8+ Rh7 35.Db4 f5 36.Dd2 Dxd2+ 37.Txd2 Rg6 38.b4 Tc8 39.Rb3
Rf7 40.Ta2 Ta8 41.h4 f4 42.Te2 Rf6 43.Rc4 Tc8+ 44.Rd4 Tb8 45.d6 Txb4+ 46.
Rc5 Tb1 47.Td2 Tb8 48.d7 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "D37v"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Fxc5 8.Dc2 
Cc6 9.a3 Da5 10.O-O-O Fe7 11.h4 Td8 12.Cd2 dxc4 13.Cxc4 Txd1+ 14.Dxd1 Dd8 
15.Dxd8+ Cxd8 16.Fe2 Fd7 17.e4 Fc6 18.f3 Ch5 19.Fc7 Tc8 20.Fe5 Ff6 21.Cd6 
Ta8 22.Fxf6 Cxf6 23.Td1 Rf8 24.Rd2 Ce8 25.Cc4 f6 26.Re3 b6 27.f4 Cf7 28.g4
h6 29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Re7 31.gxf6+ Cxf6 32.Tg1 Tg8 33.Tg6 Fb7 34.a4 Ch8 
35.Tg1 Cf7 36.a5 g5 37.fxg5 Txg5 38.Txg5 Cxg5 39.e5 Cd7 40.Cd6 Ff3 41.axb6
axb6 42.Fxf3 Cxf3 43.Cc8+ Rd8 44.Rxf3 Cxe5+ 45.Re4 Cc4 46.Rd4 Cxb2 47.Cxb6
Rc7 48.Cc4 Cxc4 49.Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "E08g"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fe7 6.Fg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Ff4 
Cbd7 9.Dc2 a5 10.Td1 Ch5 11.Fc1 b5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e4 dxe4 14.Dxe4 Tb8 15.
De2 Chf6 16.Ff4 Tb6 17.Ce5 Cd5 18.Fxd5 exd5 19.Cc3 Cxe5 20.dxe5 d4 21.Fe3 
dxe3 22.Dxe3 Fg5 23.Dc5 Fe7 24.De3 Fg5 25.Dc5 Fe7 26.De3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E15s"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Cd2 O-O 12.O-O Cf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Cxe4 b5 15.De2
bxc4 16.Tfd1 Cd5 17.Fe1 Cb6 18.Cc5 Dc8 19.Cxa6 Dxa6 20.a4 Tab8 21.Ff3 Ff6 
22.Tac1 Cd5 23.Dxc4 Db7 24.Dxc6 Dxb3 25.Fe4 Cb4 26.Dd7 a5 27.Tb1 Da2 28.
Da7 Dxa4 29.Ta1 Db5 30.Dxa5 Cd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90k"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cf3 Fe7 8.Fc4 
O-O 9.O-O Fe6 10.Fxe6 fxe6 11.Ca4 Cg4 12.Dd3 Cxe3 13.Dxe3 b5 14.Cb6 Ta7 
15.Cd5 Tb7 16.Dd2 Cc6 17.Tad1 Td7 18.Dc3 Cb8 19.Cxe7+ Dxe7 20.Td3 h6 21.
Tfd1 Tfd8 22.h4 Rh7 23.T1d2 Df8 24.Db3 De8 25.a4 Dg6 26.axb5 axb5 27.Te3 
Ca6 28.Dxb5 Cc5 29.Dc4 Ta7 30.Te1 De8 31.b4 Ca4 32.Db3 Cb6 33.Ted1 Tad7 
34.Dd3 Tc8 35.c3 Ta7 36.De3 Ta6 37.De2 Cc4 38.Ta2 Tac6 39.Ta7 T6c7 40.Tda1
Df7 41.Dxc4 1-0

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E15s"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Cd2 O-O 12.O-O Tc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.
dxc5 dxc4 16.c6 cxb3 17.Te1 b2 18.Fxb2 Cc5 19.Cb3 Cd3 20.Te2 Cxb2 21.Txb2 
Dxd1+ 22.Txd1 Tfd8 23.Tbd2 Txd2 24.Txd2 Td8 25.Txd8+ Fxd8 26.Cd4 Fc4 27.a4
Rf8 28.Cb5 Fxb5 29.axb5 Re7 30.f4 Fc7 31.Rf2 h6 32.h4 f5 33.h5 Rf6 34.Ff1 
Fd6 35.Re3 Fc7 36.Rd4 Fd6 37.Rd5 Fc7 38.Fd3 Fb8 39.Fc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.Da4+ Fd7 5.Db3 dxc4 6.Dxc4 a6 7.d4 b5 8.Db3 
c5 9.dxc5 Fg7 10.e4 O-O 11.Fe2 Fc6 12.e5 Cfd7 13.Fe3 Cxe5 14.Cxe5 Fxe5 15.
Td1 Da5 16.O-O e6 17.f4 Fg7 18.a3 Dc7 19.Dc2 b4 20.axb4 Db7 21.Td6 Dxb4 
22.Tfd1 Ta7 23.T1d2 Td7 24.Txd7 Cxd7 25.Td6 Db7 26.Dd2 Cf6 27.Ff1 Tb8 28.
Td8+ Ff8 29.Txb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "D45s"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 e6 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Dc2 Fd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Fe2 b6 
9.O-O Fb7 10.Fb2 Te8 11.Tad1 De7 12.Tfe1 Tac8 13.e4 Cxe4 14.Cxe4 dxe4 15.
Dxe4 Fb4 16.Tf1 Fa3 17.Fxa3 Dxa3 18.Dc2 Cf6 19.c5 Fa6 20.Fxa6 Dxa6 21.Ce5 
Cd5 22.Cc4 Ted8 23.a3 Tc7 24.Dc1 Ce7 25.Td2 Cf5 26.Tfd1 b5 27.Ce5 Dc8 28.
Td3 f6 29.Cf3 Tcd7 30.Df4 Td5 31.De4 Dd7 32.T3d2 h5 33.h4 a5 34.Rf1 Te8 
35.Te1 Rf7 36.Ted1 Ch6 37.Te1 Te7 38.Df4 Tf5 39.Dd6 Dc8 40.Tde2 Td5 41.Df4
Cf5 42.Te4 Td8 43.g4 hxg4 44.Dxg4 Dd7 45.h5 Rg8 46.Rg2 Dd5 47.Dg6 Tf8 48.
h6 Dd8 49.d5 Dxd5 50.Tg4 Dd7 51.Th1 De8 52.hxg7 Txg7 53.Dh7+ Rf7 54.Txg7+ 
Cxg7 55.Th6 Dd8 56.Dg6+ Rg8 57.Dh7+ Rf7 58.Dg6+ Rg8 59.Th7 Dd7 60.Cd2 f5 
61.Cf3 Tf6 62.Dxf6 Rxh7 63.Cg5+ Rg8 64.Dg6 1-0

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "D23p"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Dc2 dxc4 5.Dxc4 Ff5 6.g3 e6 7.Fg2 Cbd7 8.O-O 
Fe7 9.Cc3 O-O 10.Te1 Fg6 11.h3 h6 12.Ff4 Cd5 13.Fd2 Cb4 14.Tac1 Cc2 15.
Ted1 Cb6 16.Db3 Cxd4 17.Cxd4 Dxd4 18.Fxh6 Dc4 19.Fe3 Dxb3 20.axb3 Cd5 21.
Cxd5 cxd5 22.Tc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C11j"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e5 Cfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Cf3 Cc6 7.Fe3 a6 8.Ce2 Db6 
9.Dc1 g5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Fb4+ 12.Rf2 f6 13.g3 Tf8 14.Rg2 g4 15.Ch4 Tg8 
16.h3 h5 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Cc3 fxe5 19.fxe5 Ccxe5 20.dxe5 d4 21.Ca4 Da5 22.
Dc4 Cxe5 23.Dxd4 Cf3 24.Cxf3 gxf3+ 25.Rf2 Dxa4 26.Fd3 Dd7 27.De4 Fd6 28.
Tag1 Dg7 29.Th6 Dxb2+ 30.Rxf3 Tf8+ 31.Ff4 De5 32.Dg6+ Rd8 33.Rg2 Db2+ 34.
Rh1 Fxf4 35.gxf4 Fd7 36.Fe4 Rc7 37.Tb1 Df2 38.Txb7+ Rc8 39.Tb1 Ta7 40.f5 
Tc7 41.fxe6 Fe8 42.Dg5 Dd4 43.Fg2 Tf4 44.e7 Tc5 45.Dg3 Tc3 46.De1 Te3 47.
Da5 Fb5 48.Tc1+ 1-0

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90k"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cf3 Fe7 8.Fc4 
O-O 9.O-O Cc6 10.Te1 b5 11.Ff1 Tb8 12.Fg5 Cg4 13.Fd2 Fe6 14.Cd5 h6 15.h3 
Cf6 16.c4 Dd7 17.b3 Fd8 18.Tc1 Fxd5 19.cxd5 Ce7 20.Fd3 Fb6 21.Ch4 g5 22.
Cf3 Tfc8 23.Txc8+ Txc8 24.Ch2 Cg6 25.Cg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "B42g"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 a6 5.Fd3 Fc5 6.Cb3 Fa7 7.De2 d6 8.Fe3 
Cc6 9.f4 Cge7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 b5 12.C1d2 Fxe3+ 13.Dxe3 Tb8 14.Rh1 Db6 15.
De2 a5 16.a3 Fd7 17.Tf3 Cg6 18.g3 Tfd8 19.Td1 Cce7 20.h4 h6 21.Rh2 Fe8 22.
Tg1 Cc6 23.h5 Cf8 24.g4 e5 25.g5 hxg5 26.fxg5 Tb7 27.Df1 Ce6 28.h6 g6 29.
Cc1 Dc7 30.Df2 De7 31.Dh4 b4 32.Cc4 bxc3 33.bxc3 d5 34.exd5 Txd5 35.Te3 
Dc5 36.Tf1 Tb2+ 37.Tf2 Txf2+ 38.Dxf2 De7 39.Fe4 Td1 40.Dc2 Td8 41.Cd3 Cxg5
42.Fxc6 Fxc6 43.Cdxe5 Df6 44.Cxc6 Dxc6 45.De2 Dc7+ 46.Ce5 Td5 47.Rg2 Ce6 
48.Dc4 De7 49.Rg3 Dg5+ 50.Cg4 Tc5 51.De4 Tf5 52.Tf3 Rh7 53.c4 a4 54.De3 
De7 55.Dc3 Dc7+ 56.Rf2 Txf3+ 57.Dxf3 Dc5+ 58.Ce3 f5 59.Db7+ Rxh6 60.Dd5 
De7 61.De5 Dh4+ 62.Rf1 Cg5 63.Dh8+ Ch7 64.De5 Cf6 65.Re2 Rg5 66.c5 Dh5+ 
67.Rd3 Df3 68.Rc4 Db7 69.Dc3 Ce4 70.Db4 Da6+ 71.Rd4 Df6+ 72.Rd5 Rf4 73.Dd4
Df7+ 74.Rc6 De8+ 75.Rb6 Db8+ 76.Ra6 Da8+ 77.Rb6 Db8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90k"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cf3 Dc7 8.a4 Fe7
9.a5 O-O 10.Fe2 Fe6 11.O-O Tc8 12.Cd5 Cxd5 13.exd5 Fg4 14.c4 Cd7 15.Cd2 
Fxe2 16.Dxe2 f5 17.f3 Cf6 18.b4 Dd7 19.Tfd1 De8 20.Dd3 Dh5 21.c5 Td8 22.
Cc4 Tac8 23.Tac1 e4 24.fxe4 fxe4 25.Db3 Cg4 26.h3 Cxe3 27.Cxe3 Fg5 28.c6 
Tf8 29.Te1 Dh4 30.Da2 Ff4 31.De2 Dg3 32.Cf1 Dd3 33.Dxd3 exd3 34.Tc4 bxc6 
35.dxc6 d5 36.Td4 Txc6 37.Txd3 Tc4 38.b5 axb5 39.Txd5 b4 40.a6 Tc6 41.Tb5 
Fd6 42.Ta1 Ta8 43.a7 Tb6 44.Txb6 Fc5+ 45.Rh1 Fxb6 46.Ta4 Fc5 47.Ta5 Fxa7 
48.Cd2 Td8 49.Txa7 Txd2 50.Tb7 Td4 51.Rg1 Tf4 52.Rh2 h5 53.Rg3 Tc4 54.Rf3 
Rh7 55.Tb6 g5 56.Tb7+ Rg6 57.Tb6+ Rf7 58.g4 Tf4+ 59.Rg3 h4+ 60.Rg2 Tc4 61.
Rf3 Re7 62.Re3 Rd7 63.Rd2 Rc7 64.Tb5 Rc6 65.Txg5 b3 66.Tg8 Tc2+ 67.Rd1 Rc7
68.Tg7+ Rb6 69.Tg8 Ra7 70.Tg7+ Ra6 71.Tg8 Rb7 72.Tg7+ Rc6 73.Tg8 Th2 74.
Rc1 Txh3 75.g5 Rd7 76.Tf8 Re7 77.Tf6 Tg3 78.Th6 h3 79.Rb2 Rf7 80.Ra3 Rg7 
81.Rb2 Rg8 82.Ra3 Rf7 83.Rb2 Rg7 84.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B90n"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 h5 
9.Dd2 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Fe7 11.h3 Dc7 12.Fd3 h4 13.f4 b5 14.The1 Tb8 15.Rb1 
Cb6 16.Df2 b4 17.Ce2 Cc4 18.Cd2 Cxe3 19.Dxe3 a5 20.b3 a4 21.Fc4 axb3 22.
cxb3 Fd7 23.Cf3 O-O 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Cxh4 Fc6 26.Cg3 Cxe4 27.Cxe4 Fxh4 28.
g3 Fe7 29.Cf2 Tbd8 30.Txd8 Dxd8 31.Td1 Da5 32.Cg4 e4 33.Ch6+ gxh6 34.Dxh6 
Df5 35.g4 Dc5 36.Dg6+ Rh8 37.Dh6+ Rg8 38.Dg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A30o"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Fg2 Fb7 5.O-O e6 6.Cc3 Fe7 7.Te1 d5 8.d4 dxc4 
9.dxc5 Fxc5 10.Da4+ Cbd7 11.Dxc4 O-O 12.Td1 Tc8 13.Dh4 Fe7 14.Dh3 De8 15.
Cd4 Fxg2 16.Dxg2 Ce5 17.Db7 Fc5 18.Fg5 Cfg4 19.h3 Cc6 20.hxg4 Fxd4 21.Cb5 
Tb8 22.Dc7 Tc8 23.Db7 Tb8 24.Dc7 Tc8 25.Db7 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "B50s"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.c3 Cf6 4.Fe2 Fd7 5.d3 e6 6.Cbd2 Fe7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Fc6 
9.Te1 Cbd7 10.Ff1 Ce5 11.Cxe5 dxe5 12.Cc4 Dc7 13.b4 Tfd8 14.Db3 b5 15.Ca5 
Fe8 16.f3 Cd7 17.Fe3 Cb6 18.Tec1 Ca4 19.Dc2 h6 20.Df2 Fg5 21.Fxg5 hxg5 22.
Tc2 Tac8 23.Tac1 De7 24.De1 Tc7 25.c4 Tdc8 26.cxb5 Fxb5 27.bxc5 Txc5 28.
Txc5 Txc5 29.Db4 Fxd3 30.Txc5 Dxc5+ 31.Dxc5 Cxc5 32.Cc6 Rf8 33.Cxa7 Re7 
34.Cc6+ Rd6 35.Ca5 f6 36.Rf2 Fxf1 37.Rxf1 g4 38.Re2 gxf3+ 39.Rxf3 Cd3 40.
Cb3 Ce1+ 41.Rf2 Cc2 42.a4 Cd4 43.Cc1 Rc5 44.Cd3+ Rc4 45.Re3 Cc2+ 46.Re2 
Rd4 47.Cf2 Cb4 48.h4 Cc6 49.h5 Ca5 50.Cg4 Cc4 51.h6 gxh6 52.Cxf6 Rc3 53.
Cg4 h5 54.Ce3 Ca5 55.Rf3 Cb3 56.Cf1 Rd3 57.Rg3 Rxe4 58.Rh4 Rd3 59.Rxh5 e4 
60.g4 Cd2 61.Cxd2 Rxd2 62.a5 e3 63.a6 e2 64.a7 e1=D 65.a8=D De5+ 66.g5 Df5
67.Dd8+ Rc1 68.Df6 Dd5 69.Rh6 e5 70.g6 e4 71.g7 e3 72.Dc3+ Rb1 73.Dxe3 
Dh1+ 74.Rg6 Dg2+ 75.Dg5 Dc6+ 76.Rh7 Db7 77.Dg1+ Ra2 78.Dh2+ Ra1 79.Rh8 De4
80.g8=D 1-0

[Event "XXIV SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2007.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E15s"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Cd2 O-O 12.O-O Tc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.
dxc5 dxc4 16.cxb6 Cxb6 17.Te1 cxb3 18.Dxb3 Cd7 19.Ce4 Cc5 20.Cxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B01d"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Dxd5 3.Cc3 Dd6 4.g3 Cf6 5.Fg2 c6 6.d4 g6 7.Ff4 Db4 8.Ce2 
Fg7 9.Dc1 O-O 10.O-O Fg4 11.a3 Da5 12.h3 Fxe2 13.Cxe2 Cbd7 14.c4 e5 15.b4 
Dc7 16.dxe5 Cxe5 17.Dc2 a5 18.Tae1 axb4 19.axb4 Tfe8 20.c5 Cd5 21.Fd2 Cd7 
22.Dc4 C7f6 23.g4 h5 24.Cg3 hxg4 25.hxg4 Dd7 26.g5 Txe1 27.Txe1 Ce8 28.Ff3
Cec7 29.Fg4 Dd8 30.Rg2 Cb5 31.Td1 Ta1 32.Txa1 Fxa1 33.Ff3 Fe5 34.Ce2 Cdc7 
35.Fe3 Ce6 36.Fg4 Cbc7 37.De4 Fg7 38.f4 Dd1 39.Rf2 Fc3 40.b5 De1+ 41.Rg2 
Cd5 42.bxc6 bxc6 43.Dd3 Fd4 44.Fxe6 Cxe3+ 45.Rh2 Df2+ 46.Rh3 Df3+ 47.Cg3 
Dg2+ 0-1

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E15s"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cxd7 Cxd7 11.Cd2 O-O 12.O-O Tc8 13.Te1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.e3
Cf6 16.Db1 Dd7 17.Db2 cxd4 18.Fxd4 Fd3 19.Tac1 h5 20.Cf3 Fe4 21.Ce5 De6 
22.f3 Ff5 23.b4 Tfe8 24.b5 Txc1 25.Txc1 Fc5 26.Dc3 Fh3 27.Te1 h4 28.Cc6 
Cd7 29.Fxg7 hxg3 30.hxg3 Dg6 31.Fxh3 Dxg3+ 32.Fg2 Dxg7 33.Dxg7+ Rxg7 34.
Rf2 f5 35.f4 Cf6 36.Ff3 Ce4+ 37.Re2 Cc3+ 38.Rd3 Cxb5 39.Ce5 Rf6 40.a4 Cc7 
41.Th1 Txe5 42.fxe5+ Rxe5 43.Th7 Ce6 44.Txa7 b5 45.Ta8 bxa4 46.Txa4 f4 47.
exf4+ Cxf4+ 48.Txf4 Rxf4 49.Fxd5 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D43q"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 c6 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fxf6 Dxf6 7.Db3 Cd7 8.e4 
dxe4 9.Cxe4 Df4 10.Fd3 e5 11.O-O exd4 12.Cxd4 Cc5 13.Cxc5 Fxc5 14.Tae1+ 
Rf8 15.Te4 Df6 16.Dc3 a5 17.Tfe1 Fd7 18.T1e3 Fb4 19.Dc2 Dd6 20.Tf3 h5 21.
c5 Fxc5 22.Fc4 f6 23.Ce6+ Fxe6 24.Txe6 Dd7 25.Df5 Dd4 26.Te4 Dd1+ 27.Ff1 
Fd6 28.Td3 Fxh2+ 29.Rxh2 Dxf1 30.Td7 1-0

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E92l"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c4 Fg7 4.Cc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 Cg4 8.Fg5 f6 
9.Fh4 g5 10.Fg3 Ch6 11.d5 Cd7 12.h3 f5 13.exf5 Cc5 14.Cd2 Fxf5 15.O-O e4 
16.Cb3 b6 17.Cd4 Df6 18.Cc6 a5 19.f4 Fd7 20.Cb5 Fxc6 21.dxc6 Dxb2 22.Tb1 
Dxa2 23.Cxc7 Cf5 24.Ff2 e3 25.Fe1 Cd4 26.Cxa8 Cxe2+ 27.Rh2 Cxf4 28.Txf4 
gxf4 29.Txb6 f3 30.Dd5+ Ce6 31.Dxe6+ Rh8 32.Dg4 Fe5+ 33.Rh1 f2 0-1

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E15m"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 d5 6.Fg2 Fb4+ 7.Fd2 Fxd2+ 8.Dxd2 
c6 9.Ce5 Cfd7 10.Cc3 Cxe5 11.dxe5 Cd7 12.f4 De7 13.O-O Td8 14.Tfd1 O-O 15.
De3 Tfe8 16.a4 Db4 17.Ca2 Dc5 18.Td4 f6 19.cxd5 fxe5 20.fxe5 exd5 21.b4 
De7 22.b5 Fb7 23.bxc6 Fxc6 24.Cb4 Cxe5 25.Tc1 Rh8 26.Cxc6 Cxc6 27.Dxe7 
Cxe7 28.Tc7 Tc8 29.Txc8 Txc8 30.Fxd5 Cxd5 31.Txd5 Rg8 32.a5 bxa5 33.Txa5 
Tc7 34.e4 Rf7 35.Rg2 Tc2+ 36.Rh3 Tc4 37.Txa7+ Rf8 38.e5 Tc5 39.e6 Te5 40.
Tf7+ Rg8 41.Te7 Rf8 42.Tf7+ Rg8 43.Te7 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B90k"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cde2 Fe6 8.f4 g6
9.h3 h5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Dxd8+ Rxd8 12.O-O-O+ Cbd7 13.Cg1 Tc8 14.Fd3 Fh6 
15.Fxh6 Txh6 16.Cf3 Re7 17.Cg5 h4 18.Fe2 Tc5 19.Thf1 Th8 20.Td3 Thc8 21.
Rd2 b5 22.a3 a5 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 T5c6 25.Tdf3 Fc4 26.Fxc4 Txc4 27.Ta1 
Txb4 28.Cd5+ Cxd5 29.Txf7+ Rd6 30.exd5 Td4+ 31.Rc1 Cc5 32.Taa7 e4 33.Ce6 
Tc4 34.Cxc5 T8xc5 35.Tad7+ Re5 36.Tf2 b4 37.Te7+ Rd6 38.Tb7 Rxd5 39.Rb2 e3
40.Te2 Te4 41.Rb3 Re5 42.Tf7 g5 43.Tf8 Td5 44.c4 Td7 45.Te1 Td2 46.Rxb4 
Txg2 47.Rc3 Tg3 48.Te8+ Rf5 49.Tf1+ Rg6 50.Txe4 e2+ 51.Tf3 Txf3+ 52.Rd2 
Txh3 53.c5 Ta3 54.c6 Ta2+ 0-1

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B25c"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.Cge2 Cc6 6.d3 e5 7.a3 Cge7 8.Tb1 Fe6 
9.b4 Dd7 10.Cd5 Cd4 11.O-O b6 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Cxe7 Dxe7 14.Cxd4 cxd4 15.f4
f6 16.f5 Ff7 17.c3 dxc3 18.Da4+ Dd7 19.Dxd7+ Rxd7 20.Tb7+ Re8 21.Tc7 Td8 
22.Fh3 d5 23.exd5 Txd5 24.Txc3 gxf5 25.Fe3 Fe6 26.Fg2 Td6 27.Tc7 Fd7 28.
Tb1 Rf7 29.Tbb7 Td8 30.d4 Rg6 31.Txa7 Fh6 32.Fxh6 Rxh6 33.dxe5 fxe5 34.Ff1
f4 35.gxf4 exf4 36.Ta6 Txa6 37.Fxa6 Fg4 38.Tc2 Td1+ 39.Rf2 Ta1 40.Fe2 Fxe2
41.Txe2 Txa3 42.Te8 Rg5 43.Tg8+ Rh4 44.Tf8 Rg4 45.Tg8+ Rh3 46.Th8 Ta7 47.
Tf8 h5 48.Txf4 Ta2+ 49.Rg1 Ta1+ 50.Tf1 Txf1+ 51.Rxf1 Rxh2 52.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B46e"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cc6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Cxc6 bxc6 7.Fd3 d5 8.O-O 
Cf6 9.Te1 Fe7 10.Df3 O-O 11.Fg5 d4 12.Ca4 e5 13.b3 Cd7 14.Fxe7 Dxe7 15.c3 
c5 16.Tac1 Dd6 17.Dg3 Fb7 18.Tc2 Tac8 19.Tec1 Dh6 20.Cb2 f5 21.exf5 e4 22.
Fc4+ Rh8 23.cxd4 cxd4 24.Ff1 Dxc1 25.Txc1 Txc1 26.Df4 Tc5 27.g4 Ce5 28.Cc4
Cf3+ 29.Rg2 Ch4+ 30.Rh3 Cxf5 31.b4 Tc6 32.gxf5 Txf5 33.Db8+ Fc8 34.Rg2 Tf8
35.De5 Tg6+ 36.Rh1 e3 37.De7 Tgf6 38.Ce5 exf2 39.h4 Fe6 40.Rh2 Fxa2 41.Cd7
T6f7 42.Dc5 Te8 43.Dxd4 Td8 44.Db2 Tfxd7 45.Dxa2 Td4 46.Rg3 Txb4 47.Dxf2 
a5 48.h5 h6 49.Df7 a4 50.Fc4 a3 51.De7 Tdb8 52.Dd6 a2 53.Fxa2 T4b6 54.Dd3 
Tb2 55.Fc4 T2b4 56.Dd6 T4b6 57.Dd5 Tb4 58.Fd3 Tb3 59.Rf4 Txd3 60.Dxd3 Tf8+
61.Re5 Tf6 62.Dd8+ Rh7 63.Dxf6 gxf6+ 64.Rxf6 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A46p"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.Ff4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 b6 6.Cbd2 Fe7 7.h3 O-O 8.Fd3 
Fa6 9.Fxa6 Cxa6 10.O-O b5 11.c3 Cc7 12.a4 Ccd5 13.Fh2 a6 14.Db3 Db6 15.Ta2
d6 16.Tfa1 Tab8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ta6 Dd8 19.Ta7 Cc7 20.Ce1 Cfd5 21.Cd3 Dd7 
22.Cb4 Cxb4 23.Dxb4 Dc6 24.c4 Tfc8 25.cxb5 Dc2 26.Cf1 Cd5 27.Dd2 Db3 28.
Ce3 Ff8 29.Fg3 Cxe3 30.Dxe3 Dxb5 31.Df3 f6 32.T1a6 Tb6 33.Ta1 Dxb2 34.Ff4 
d5 35.Fe3 Dc2 36.Rh2 Dg6 37.g3 h5 38.Ta8 Tbc6 39.T1a6 Df7 40.Ff4 Tc3 41.
De2 Tc2 42.De1 Txa8 43.Txa8 Dd7 44.Db1 Tc8 45.Txc8 Dxc8 46.Dg6 Dc4 47.Fe3 
e5 48.dxe5 d4 49.e6 dxe3 50.Df7+ Rh7 51.Dxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MTel"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E52"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 b6 5.Fd3 Fb7 6.Cf3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.a3 Fd6 
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 Cbd7 11.b5 Ce4 12.Fb2 Te8 13.a4 Te6 14.Ce2 a5 15.Fa3 Tc8
16.Fxd6 cxd6 17.Tc1 Cdf6 18.h3 Te7 19.Db3 h6 20.Txc8 Dxc8 21.Tc1 Tc7 22.
Txc7 Dxc7 23.Dc2 De7 24.Dc1 g6 25.Ch2 Rg7 26.h4 Ce8 27.f3 C4f6 28.Cf1 h5 
29.Cf4 Cd7 30.De1 Cf8 31.Dg3 Rh6 32.Cxh5 gxh5 33.Dg8 f5 34.Cg3 Cg7 35.Fxf5
Cg6 36.Fxg6 Rxg6 37.Cxh5 Dxe3+ 38.Rh2 De7 39.Cf4+ Rf6 40.g4 Df7 41.Dd8+ 
De7 42.Dg8 Df7 43.Dd8+ De7 44.Dxe7+ Rxe7 45.Rg3 Ce6 46.Cxe6 Rxe6 47.f4 Fc8
48.f5+ Rf7 49.h5 Fd7 50.h6 Rg8 51.Rf4 Fe8 52.Rg5 Rf7 53.h7 Rg7 54.h8=D+ 
Rxh8 55.Rf6 Fxb5 56.Re7 Fd3 57.f6 Fg6 58.f7 Fxf7 59.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E06"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.g3 Fe7 5.Fg2 O-O 6.Dc2 Cc6 7.O-O Cb4 8.Db3 a5 
9.a3 Cc6 10.Ff4 a4 11.Dc2 dxc4 12.Dxc4 Cd5 13.Cc3 Cb6 14.Dd3 Fd7 15.Tad1 
Ca5 16.h4 Cac4 17.Cg5 Fxg5 18.Fxg5 De8 19.Fc1 Fc6 20.e4 Td8 21.Tfe1 f6 22.
g4 Df7 23.Dg3 Rh8 24.Td3 f5 25.Tf3 Txd4 26.gxf5 e5 27.Fg5 Cd7 28.Fc1 Cf6 
29.Td3 Tfd8 30.Ted1 De7 31.Cd5 Txd3 32.Txd3 Fxd5 33.exd5 Cd6 34.Fh3 Cde4 
35.De3 Cc5 36.Td1 Cb3 37.Fg2 c6 38.Da7 Cxc1 39.d6 Ce2+ 40.Rf1 Df7 41.Rxe2 
Dc4+ 42.Re1 Db5 43.Td2 e4 44.Ff1 De5 45.Fe2 h6 46.Dxb7 e3 47.fxe3 Dxe3 48.
De7 Dg1+ 49.Ff1 Td7 50.De6 Rh7 51.Td3 Dh2 52.Fe2 Dxh4+ 53.Rd1 Df4 54.Rc2 
c5 55.Td1 Df2 56.Td2 Df4 57.Fb5 Td8 58.d7 h5 59.De7 Db8 60.Tg2 Cg4 61.f6 
Tg8 62.f7 Tf8 63.Txg4 Dxb5 64.De4+ Rh8 65.Tg5 Db3+ 66.Rc1 Dxf7 67.Tf5 Dxf5
68.Dxf5 Txf5 69.d8=D+ Rh7 70.De8 1-0

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E81p"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Fe3 c5 7.Cge2 Cc6 8.d5 Ce5 
9.Cg3 e6 10.Fe2 exd5 11.cxd5 h5 12.O-O Ch7 13.Dd2 h4 14.Ch1 f5 15.Cf2 Fd7 
16.Tab1 Df6 17.f4 Cf7 18.Rh1 Tfe8 19.Cb5 Dd8 20.b4 b6 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Fd3 
Cf6 23.Cc3 Da5 24.Dc2 Cg4 25.Ccd1 Fa4 26.De2 Fxd1 27.Cxd1 Cfh6 28.Fd2 Dxa2
29.Tb7 Da3 30.e5 dxe5 31.d6 Rh8 32.d7 Te7 33.fxe5 Txe5 34.Df3 Td8 35.Fb5 
Da2 36.Fg5 Ff6 37.Ff4 a6 38.Fc6 g5 39.Fxe5 Cxe5 40.Fd5 Dd2 41.Db3 Rg7 42.
Fe6 De2 43.Tg1 f4 44.h3 c4 45.Db6 f3 46.Df2 Cd3 47.Dxf3 Dxe6 48.Tf1 Cf4 
49.Ce3 c3 50.Td1 Cf5 51.Te1 Cg3+ 52.Rh2 Fe5 53.Cg4 Cfe2 54.Dd3 Ff4 55.
Dxc3+ Rf7 56.Dd3 Cf5+ 57.g3 hxg3+ 58.Rg2 Ch4+ 59.Rf1 g2+ 60.Rf2 Fg3+ 61.
Dxg3 Cxg3 0-1

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D12n"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.d4 Cf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Ff5 5.Cc3 e6 6.Ch4 Fg6 7.Cxg6 hxg6 8.a3 
Cbd7 9.g3 Fd6 10.b3 O-O 11.Fg2 b5 12.O-O Tb8 13.c5 Fc7 14.f4 a5 15.b4 Ta8 
16.Fd2 De7 17.De2 Ta7 18.Tab1 Tfa8 19.g4 axb4 20.axb4 Ta3 21.Ff3 Ch7 22.g5
e5 23.dxe5 Cxe5 24.fxe5 Cxg5 25.h4 Ch3+ 26.Rg2 Dxe5 27.Th1 d4 28.exd4 Cf4+
29.Fxf4 Dxf4 30.Th3 Txc3 31.Tf1 Te3 32.Dd1 Td8 33.d5 Txd5 0-1

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E94o"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.Fe3 Ca6 8.O-O Cg4 
9.Fg5 De8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 f6 12.Fd2 Ch6 13.c5 Cxc5 14.Dc1 Cf7 15.Cd5 
Ce6 16.Cxc7 Cxc7 17.Dxc7 Cd8 18.Dc3 Fe6 19.Fe3 Tc8 20.Da3 Cc6 21.Tac1 Tf7 
22.Fc4 Fxc4 23.Txc4 Ff8 24.Da4 a6 25.Fb6 Td7 26.Tcc1 De6 27.a3 Ce7 28.Fe3 
Tc6 29.Txc6 Cxc6 30.Tc1 h5 31.b4 Da2 32.Rh2 Td3 33.b5 Txa3 34.Dd1 axb5 35.
Ch4 Df7 36.g4 g5 37.Cf5 b4 38.gxh5 Tc3 39.Ta1 Ta3 40.Tb1 Rh7 41.h4 Cd4 42.
Fxd4 exd4 43.Dxd4 Dc7+ 44.Rg2 Df4 45.Dd7+ Rh8 46.De8 Df3+ 47.Rg1 Dg4+ 48.
Rf1 Dh3+ 49.Re1 Dc3+ 50.Rf1 Dh3+ 51.Re1 Dc3+ 52.Rf1 Dh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C92a"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 d6 
9.c3 Tb8 10.d3 Ca5 11.Fc2 c5 12.Cbd2 Cc6 13.Cf1 Te8 14.a3 h6 15.Cg3 Fe6 
16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 cxd4 18.Ce2 d3 19.Fxd3 Ce5 20.Ced4 Cxd3 21.Dxd3 Tc8 22.
Cxe6 fxe6 23.e5 dxe5 24.Dg6 e4 25.Ce5 Fc5 26.Df7+ Rh7 27.Dg6+ Rg8 28.Fxh6 
Te7 29.Tad1 De8 30.Fg5 Dxg6 31.Cxg6 Tec7 32.b4 Fa7 33.Td6 Rh7 34.Ce5 Tc2 
35.Fh4 Tc1 36.Rf1 Cd5 37.Fg5 e3 38.fxe3 Fxe3 39.Cf3 Cf4 40.Fxf4 Fxf4 41.
Txe6 T8c6 42.Txc6 Txc6 43.h4 Fc1 44.g4 Fxa3 45.Te4 g6 46.Re2 Tc4 47.Cg5+ 
Rg7 48.Te7+ Rf8 49.Te6 Txg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B90n"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 h5 
9.Dd2 Cbd7 10.a4 Fe7 11.Fe2 Cb6 12.O-O d5 13.a5 d4 14.axb6 dxe3 15.Dxe3 
Cd7 16.Ca4 Tc8 17.Ca5 Fg5 18.Dd3 Tb8 19.Tfd1 O-O 20.Rh1 Df6 21.c4 h4 22.c5
Dh6 23.c6 bxc6 24.Cxc6 Cf6 25.f4 Fxf4 26.Cxb8 Txb8 27.Cc5 Cg4 28.Tf1 Ce3 
29.Dd6 Te8 30.Cxe6 Dg6 31.Tf2 h3 32.gxh3 fxe6 33.b7 Dxe4+ 34.Ff3 Dd4 35.
b8=D Txb8 36.Dxb8+ Rh7 37.Db7 Cd5 1-0

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Dd7 11.Cc3 Cd8 12.d4 exd4 13.Cxd4 Te8 14.Cf5 Ce6 15.Fd5 Cxd5
16.exd5 Cc5 17.Dg4 Ff6 18.Fg5 h5 19.Df4 Fe5 20.Df3 f6 21.Fd2 Df7 22.Tad1 
Cd7 23.Ff4 Fxc3 24.Dxc3 Cb6 25.Dg3 Rh7 26.Txe8 Txe8 27.Fxd6 Cxd5 28.Fc5 
Te5 29.Ch4 Rg8 30.Cf3 Te8 31.Cd4 Rh7 32.Dd3+ Dg6 33.Dxg6+ Rxg6 34.f3 Cf4 
35.Rf2 Rf7 36.Td2 Td8 37.Fb4 Ce6 38.Cxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XX Ciudad de Leon"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e6 7.Fe2 Cbd7 8.O-O 
b5 9.a4 b4 10.Cc6 Dc7 11.Cxb4 d5 12.Cxa6 Fxa6 13.exd5 Fd6 14.h3 exd5 15.
Cxd5 Cxd5 16.Dxd5 Fb7 17.Dc4 Fc6 18.b4 Db7 19.Tad1 Fe7 20.b5 Fxg2 21.Txd7 
Rxd7 22.Dg4+ Re8 23.Dxg2 Dxg2+ 24.Rxg2 Txa4 25.b6 Ta5 26.Td1 Fg5 27.b7 Re7
28.Fb6 Te5 29.Fd8+ 1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sanchez Delgado, Lidia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "A37g"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]

1.c4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.g3 g6 4.Fg2 Fg7 5.O-O d6 6.Cc3 e6 7.e3 Cge7 8.d4 O-O 
9.d5 exd5 10.cxd5 Cb8 11.h3 a6 12.a4 Cd7 13.e4 Tb8 14.a5 b6 15.axb6 Cxb6 
16.Te1 Cc4 17.De2 Ce5 18.Cd2 f6 19.f4 Cf7 20.Cc4 Te8 21.Dd3 Dc7 22.Fd2 Tb3
23.g4 Fd7 24.Txa6 Fb5 25.Cxb5 Txb5 26.Fc3 Cc8 27.e5 fxe5 28.fxe5 Tb3 29.e6
Fd4+ 30.Rh1 Ce5 31.Cxe5 dxe5 32.Dc4 Tb6 33.Fa5 1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Camarena Gimenez, Rufino"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E90b"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 Fg4 6.Fe2 Cfd7 7.Fe3 a6 8.Cg1 
Fxe2 9.Cgxe2 c5 10.O-O Cc6 11.Dd2 O-O 12.Tfd1 Da5 13.dxc5 Cxc5 14.Tab1 Db4
15.b3 b5 16.f3 bxc4 17.bxc4 Dxc4 18.Cd5 Tab8 19.Cb6 De6 20.Cf4 De5 21.De2 
Fh6 22.Cc4 Dg7 23.Cd5 Fxe3+ 24.Dxe3 Rh8 25.f4 Cd7 26.Cdb6 Cf6 27.e5 dxe5 
28.Cxe5 Cxe5 29.Dxe5 e6 30.Da5 Ce4 31.Tb3 Tbd8 0-1

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]

1.c4 e5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.Fg2 Cb6 7.O-O Fe7 8.d3 
O-O 9.Fe3 Te8 10.a3 Ff8 11.Tc1 Cd4 12.Ce4 c6 13.Fxd4 exd4 14.Dd2 Fg4 15.
Tfe1 a5 16.Df4 Fxf3 17.Fxf3 Cd5 18.Dd2 Cf6 19.Fg2 Cxe4 20.dxe4 Db6 21.Rh1 
a4 22.f4 Ta5 23.e5 Tb5 24.Tc2 Tb3 25.Td1 Td8 26.Ff3 g6 27.Rg2 Db5 28.Fe4 
Fe7 29.Dc1 Te3 30.Fd3 Dd5+ 31.Rf2 g5 32.Fc4 De4 33.Fd3 Dd5 34.Fc4 De4 35.
Fd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E21"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 O-O 5.Fg5 c5 6.Tc1 cxd4 7.Cxd4 Fe7 8.e3 
a6 9.Fe2 b6 10.O-O Fb7 11.Ff3 Cc6 12.Cxc6 Fxc6 13.Fxc6 dxc6 14.Dxd8 Tfxd8 
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D11t"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 Fg4 5.h3 Fxf3 6.Dxf3 e6 7.Cc3 Cbd7 8.Fd2 
Fd6 9.Fd3 De7 10.O-O O-O 11.Tae1 dxc4 12.Fxc4 e5 13.Fb3 Cb6 14.Df5 Dd7 15.
Dxd7 Cbxd7 16.g4 exd4 17.exd4 Cb6 18.Fg5 Fb4 19.a3 Fxa3 20.bxa3 Tfe8 21.f3
Txe1 22.Txe1 Te8 23.Rf2 Txe1 24.Rxe1 Rf8 25.Rd2 h6 26.Ff4 Ce8 27.Rd3 Re7 
28.a4 Cd7 29.h4 Cef6 30.h5 Cd5 31.Fd2 Cc7 32.Fc1 b6 33.Fa3+ c5 34.Re4 Cf6+
35.Rf5 Cd7 36.Fc1 Cf8 37.dxc5 bxc5 38.Fe3 Cfe6 39.Re5 Rd7 40.f4 Rc6 41.g5 
Rd7 42.gxh6 gxh6 43.f5 Cg7 44.Fxf7 1-0

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D37j"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Ff4 O-O 6.e3 Cbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 
Cxd5 9.Cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Cxc5 11.Fe5 Ff5 12.Fe2 Fe4 13.O-O Ce6 14.Cd4 Db6 
15.Dd2 Tac8 16.Tac1 h6 17.Fg4 Txc1 18.Txc1 Cc5 19.Fe2 a5 20.f3 Fg6 21.b4 
axb4 22.Dxb4 Dxb4 23.axb4 Cd3 24.Fxd3 Fxd3 25.Tc7 Fxb4 26.Txb7 Fc5 27.Rf2 
Te8 28.Cc6 Te6 29.Tc7 Fb6 30.Tc8+ Rh7 31.Fd4 Fa6 32.Ta8 Txc6 33.Txa6 Tc2+ 
34.Rg3 Fxd4 35.exd4 Td2 36.Ta4 g5 37.h4 Rg6 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Rh3 Rf5 40.Rg3
f6 41.Tb4 Td3 42.Rf2 Td2+ 43.Rg3 Td1 44.Ta4 g4 45.fxg4+ Rg5 46.Rf3 Tf1+ 
47.Re2 Tf4 48.g3 Txg4 49.Rf3 Te4 50.Tb4 f5 51.Ta4 Te3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXII Rapid"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Evdokimov, Alexander A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "A48w"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.c3 Fg7 4.Fg5 O-O 5.Cbd2 d6 6.e4 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Fc4 
Cc6 9.O-O De7 10.b4 Fe6 11.Te1 h6 12.Fh4 Tfd8 13.Dc2 Td7 14.Fb5 Tad8 15.
Cb3 Fxb3 16.axb3 Td6 17.Fxc6 Txc6 18.Txa7 Dxb4 19.cxb4 Txc2 20.Txb7 Td3 
21.Fg3 Cd7 22.h3 f6 23.Tb1 Tdc3 24.Rh2 Ff8 25.Td1 Cb6 26.Td8 Rf7 27.Tbb8 
Fg7 28.Cd2 Re7 29.Cf1 Txb3 30.Ce3 Txe3 31.fxe3 Tc4 32.b5 Txe4 33.Fe1 h5 
34.Td3 Fh6 35.Tb7 Tc4 36.Fa5 e4 37.Tb3 Cd5 38.b6 Fxe3 39.Txe3 Cxe3 40.bxc7
Rd7 41.Tb8 Txc7 42.Fxc7 Rxc7 43.Te8 Rd6 44.Txe4 Cf5 45.g3 Rd5 46.Te8 Rd6 
47.Rg2 Ce7 48.Rf3 Rd7 49.Tf8 Re6 50.Re4 Cf5 51.Rf4 Ce7 52.Th8 Cd5+ 53.Re4 
Cc3+ 54.Rf3 Cd5 55.Th7 Cc3 56.Tg7 Rf5 57.g4+ hxg4+ 58.hxg4+ Rg5 59.Tc7 Ca4
60.Tc6 f5 61.gxf5 gxf5 62.Re3 Cb2 63.Rd2 Rg4 64.Tc2 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A43h"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Cf3 Fg7 7.Fd3 a6 8.h3 Ce7 9.
O-O h6 10.Te1 O-O 11.a4 g5 12.Cbd2 Cd7 13.Cc4 Cf6 14.Fd2 Tb8 15.Fc3 g4 16.
hxg4 Fxg4 17.e5 dxe5 18.Fxe5 Cexd5 19.Fxb8 Dxb8 20.Cce5 Fe6 21.Db3 Ce3 22.
Db6 Ced5 23.Dxc5 Tc8 24.Dd4 Cg4 25.Tad1 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.De4 Cdf6 28.De2
Db6 29.Fb1 h5 30.Td2 Te8 31.Dd3 Fh6 32.Dd4 Db8 33.Tdd1 Fg7 34.Dd2 Db6 35.
Dd4 Db8 36.Dd2 Db6 37.Cxg4 hxg4 38.Dd4 Db8 39.Cg5 Fb3 40.Tc1 Td8 41.De3 
Fd5 42.Tcd1 Te8 43.Dd3 Txe1+ 44.Txe1 Fc4 45.De3 Fh6 46.De5 Dxe5 47.Txe5 g3
48.fxg3 Cg4 49.Tc5 Rg7 50.Fe4 Cf6 51.Rh1 Cd7 52.Tf5 Cf6 53.Fc2 Cg4 54.b3 
Ce3 55.Tc5 Fe2 56.Cf3 Cf1 57.Cd4 Cxg3+ 58.Rh2 Ff4 59.Cxe2 Cxe2+ 60.Rh3 Cd4
61.Rg4 Fd2 62.Td5 Fe3 63.Fe4 Rf6 64.Th5 Fd2 65.Td5 Fe3 66.Ff5 b4 67.Fd3 
Rg7 68.Td7 Rf8 69.Fe4 Re8 70.Tb7 Fd2 71.Fd5 f6 72.Rh5 Cf5 73.g4 Ce7 74.Fe6
Rf8 75.Tb8+ Rg7 76.Te8 Cc6 77.Tg8+ Rh7 78.Tc8 Ce5 79.Tc7+ Rh8 80.Tb7 Fe1 
81.g5 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C42s"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.Cc3 
Cxc3 9.bxc3 Fg4 10.Te1 O-O 11.Ff4 Fd6 12.Fxd6 cxd6 13.Te3 Dd7 14.h3 Fh5 
15.Dd2 Tae8 16.Ch4 Txe3 17.Dxe3 De6 18.Cf5 Td8 19.Dg5 Fg6 20.Ce3 Fe4 21.
Te1 h6 22.Dh4 Dg6 23.Fe2 Fxc2 24.Fh5 De4 25.Dg3 Fd3 26.f3 De7 27.Cg4 Dg5 
28.f4 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90n"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 h5 
9.Dd2 Cbd7 10.a4 Fe7 11.Fe2 Dc7 12.O-O O-O 13.Tfd1 Tfd8 14.a5 b5 15.Cd5 
Fxd5 16.exd5 Tac8 17.c3 Db7 18.Ta3 g6 19.Ca1 Te8 20.Cc2 Ff8 21.Cb4 Fg7 22.
Tc1 e4 23.f4 Cg4 24.Fxg4 hxg4 25.De2 Cf6 26.Td1 Tc4 27.Dd2 Dc8 28.Taa1 g3 
29.h3 Ch5 30.Tac1 Fh6 31.b3 Tc7 32.Cc6 Cg7 33.c4 bxc4 34.Txc4 Dd7 35.Dc2 
Tb7 36.b4 Cf5 37.Fc1 e3 38.Te1 Tb5 39.Dd3 f6 40.Te4 Txe4 41.Dxe4 Df7 42.
Cd4 Dxd5 43.De8+ Rh7 44.Cxf5 Dxf5 45.Dxe3 Txb4 46.Dxg3 Te4 47.Txe4 Dxe4 
48.De3 f5 49.Dxe4 fxe4 50.Rf2 d5 51.g4 d4 52.Fb2 Fg7 53.Fa3 Rg8 54.h4 Rf7 
55.Fc5 Re6 56.h5 gxh5 57.gxh5 d3 58.Re3 Fh6 59.Fb4 Rd5 60.Fd2 Ff8 61.Fc1 
Fc5+ 62.Rd2 Rc4 63.h6 Ff2 64.Rd1 e3 65.Fxe3 Fxe3 66.h7 Fd4 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C88i"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 O-O 8.h3 Fb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Ca5 11.Fa2 c5 12.Cc3 Cc6 13.Fd2 Cd4 14.Cxd4 cxd4 15.Ce2 d5 
16.Cg3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Fc8 18.c3 Fc5 19.Df3 Fe6 20.Cf5 Tc8 21.Ted1 Te8 22.
cxd4 Fxd4 23.Fe3 Fxf5 24.Dxf5 g6 25.Df3 Db6 26.Td2 Rg7 27.Fxd4 exd4 28.Te1
Dd6 29.g3 Te7 30.Dd3 Tce8 31.Dxd4 Dxd4 32.Txd4 Cxe4 33.Rg2 f5 34.Tc1 Cf6 
35.Td6 Te2 36.Tc7+ T8e7 37.Txe7+ Txe7 38.Fe6 Ce4 39.Tc6 a5 40.h4 Cd2 41.b3
a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Tb6 Ce4 44.f3 Cc5 45.Fc4 Te3 46.Tc6 Cd3 47.Tc7+ Rh8 48.
f4 Cb2 49.Ff7 Txa3 50.h5 gxh5 51.Rh3 Cd3 52.Rh4 Cf2 53.Fe6 Ce4 54.Fxf5 
Cxg3 55.Fxh7 Te3 56.Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90n"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 h5 
9.Cd5 Fxd5 10.exd5 Cbd7 11.Dd2 g6 12.O-O-O Cb6 13.Da5 Fh6 14.Fxh6 Txh6 15.
Rb1 Tc8 16.Db4 Rf8 17.c4 Rg7 18.g3 Th8 19.Tc1 Dc7 20.Fh3 Tce8 21.Thd1 Te7 
22.a3 Td8 23.Cd2 Cbd7 24.Dc3 a5 25.Fxd7 Cxd7 26.f4 Cf6 27.Tf1 b6 28.h3 Dd7
29.f5 Tf8 30.De3 e4 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Te5 33.Tf4 Dd8 34.g5 Ch5 35.f6+ Rg8
36.Txe4 Tfe8 37.Ra2 a4 38.Tc3 Dc7 39.Dd4 Dc5 40.Dxc5 1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B46c"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.Cf3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 a6 6.Cxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Dc7 8.De2 
a5 9.f4 d5 10.exd6 Fxd6 11.Ce4 Fxf4 12.Fxf4 Dxf4 13.g3 De5 14.O-O-O Re7 
15.Df3 Cf6 16.Da3+ c5 17.Cxc5 Cd5 18.Fg2 Cb4 19.Cd3 De3+ 20.Rb1 Tb8 21.
The1 Db6 22.c3 Fa6 23.Ce5 Thd8 24.cxb4 1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar, Ju"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C78k"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O b5 6.Fb3 Fc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Fb6 
9.Fe3 O-O 10.Cbd2 h6 11.Te1 Cg4 12.Cf1 Cxe3 13.Cxe3 Tb8 14.Fd5 Fg4 15.Cxg4
1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "C09d"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 c5 4.Cgf3 Cc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Fb5 Fd6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Cb3
Ce7 9.Fxc6+ bxc6 10.Dxd4 O-O 11.Ff4 Cf5 12.Da4 Db6 13.Tfe1 c5 14.Tad1 Fe6 
15.Cg5 Tae8 16.Fxd6 Cxd6 17.Da5 Cb7 18.Dc3 h6 19.Cxe6 fxe6 20.De3 a5 21.c4
a4 22.Cd2 Cd6 23.b3 axb3 24.axb3 d4 25.Dg3 e5 26.Txe5 Cf5 27.Df4 Db8 28.
Te4 Cd6 29.Txe8 Txe8 30.h3 Te6 31.Df3 Rh7 32.Dd5 Dc8 33.Cf3 Ce8 34.Df5+ 
Rg8 35.Dd3 Cf6 36.b4 cxb4 37.Dxd4 Ce4 38.Dd8+ Te8 39.Dd5+ Rh7 40.Te1 Cc3 
41.Dd3+ Rg8 42.Txe8+ Dxe8 43.c5 De6 44.Dd8+ Rh7 45.Db6 Dc4 46.c6 Ce2+ 47.
Rh2 Df4+ 48.Rh1 Dc1+ 49.Rh2 Df4+ 50.Rh1 Dc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, P"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B50g"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.Fc4 Cc6 4.d3 Cf6 5.O-O g6 6.h3 Fg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Fb3 b5 9.
Te1 a5 10.a3 e5 11.Fg5 a4 12.Fa2 h6 13.Fh4 De8 14.Cbd2 Fe6 15.Cf1 Fxa2 16.
Txa2 De6 17.Ta1 Cd7 18.Ce3 Cb6 19.Tc1 Ca5 20.g4 Cb3 21.Tb1 d5 22.De2 d4 
23.cxd4 cxd4 24.Cc2 Tfc8 25.Cb4 f6 26.Fg3 g5 27.Cd2 Ff8 28.Cf1 Fxb4 29.
axb4 Tc6 30.Df3 Cc8 31.Fh2 Ce7 32.Tbd1 Cg6 33.Cg3 Ch4 34.Dh1 Tac8 35.Cf5 
Cxf5 36.exf5 Dd6 37.h4 Tc2 38.Fg3 Dd7 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Dh6 Dg7 41.Dh1 Cd2 
42.Te2 Cb3 43.Txc2 Txc2 44.Dd5+ Df7 45.Dxb5 Cc5 46.bxc5 1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B27s"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]

1.Cf3 g6 2.c4 Fg7 3.d4 c5 4.e4 d6 5.Fe2 Cc6 6.d5 Cd4 7.Cxd4 cxd4 8.O-O e5 
9.dxe6 Fxe6 10.Ca3 Db6 11.Ff4 a6 12.Da4+ Rf8 13.c5 dxc5 14.Cc4 Fxc4 15.
Dxc4 Ce7 16.Tac1 Tc8 17.Fg4 Td8 18.Dxc5 Dxc5 19.Txc5 d3 20.Tc7 h5 21.Fd7 
Cc6 22.Txb7 Ce5 23.Fxe5 Fxe5 24.Td1 Fxb2 25.Txd3 Fe5 26.Td5 f6 27.Fe6 Txd5
28.exd5 h4 29.Tf7+ Re8 30.Ta7 Tf8 31.h3 f5 32.Rf1 Tf6 33.Re2 g5 34.Rd3 g4 
35.Rc4 gxh3 36.gxh3 Tg6 37.Ff7+ 1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D19o"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]

1.Cf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Ff5 6.e3 e6 7.Fxc4 Fb4 8.O-O 
Cbd7 9.De2 O-O 10.e4 Fg6 11.Fd3 Fh5 12.e5 Cd5 13.Cxd5 cxd5 14.De3 Fe7 15.
Cg5 Fxg5 16.Dxg5 Fg6 17.Fe2 Cb8 18.Dxd8 Txd8 19.Fd2 Cc6 20.Fc3 Tdc8 21.a5 
a6 22.Tfe1 Ca7 23.Fb4 Cc6 24.Fc3 Ca7 25.h4 Cb5 26.h5 Fc2 27.Fxb5 axb5 28.
Te2 Ff5 29.Te3 Tc4 30.b3 Tc6 31.Fb4 h6 32.f3 Tac8 33.g4 Tc1+ 34.Te1 Txe1+ 
35.Txe1 Fd3 36.Fc5 Ta8 37.Te3 Fb1 38.b4 Tc8 39.Rf2 g6 40.Te1 Fc2 41.Tc1 
Fb3 42.Th1 Rh7 43.Re3 Fc4 44.f4 Tg8 45.hxg6+ Txg6 46.g5 Rg8 47.Fe7 hxg5 
48.fxg5 Tg7 49.Rf4 Th7 50.Th6 Fd3 51.Ff6 Fg6 52.Rg3 Rf8 53.Rf4 Re8 54.Rg4 
Rd7 55.Txh7 Fxh7 56.Rh5 Re8 57.Rh6 Fg6 58.Rg7 Ff5 59.Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C84f"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.O-O Fe7 6.d3 b5 7.Fb3 d6 8.a4 Tb8 
9.axb5 axb5 10.h3 O-O 11.Fe3 h6 12.Cbd2 Cb4 13.Te1 c5 14.Cf1 Fe6 15.Fxe6 
fxe6 16.Cg3 Dd7 17.c3 Cc6 18.Dd2 Cd8 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, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B30m"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 Cf6 4.Cc3 g6 5.Fxc6 dxc6 6.h3 Fg7 7.d3 O-O 8.Fe3 
b6 9.Dd2 e5 10.Fh6 Dd6 11.Fxg7 Rxg7 12.O-O-O a5 13.g4 a4 14.Ce2 Ta7 15.Cg3
Te7 16.g5 Ce8 17.Dc3 Cc7 18.Tdf1 Cb5 19.Dd2 a3 20.b3 f6 21.c4 Cd4 22.gxf6+
Txf6 23.Ce1 Cf3 24.De3 Cxe1 25.Txe1 Tef7 26.Thg1 Tf3 27.Ch5+ Rh8 28.Dh6 
Dxd3 29.Te3 Txe3 30.fxe3 Dc3+ 31.Rd1 Da1+ 0-1

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, M"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E00r"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Cc3 dxc4 6.Fg2 Cc6 7.a3 Fe7 8.Da4 
O-O 9.Dxc4 e5 10.d5 Ca5 11.Da4 c6 12.b4 Cc4 13.dxc6 Dc7 14.O-O bxc6 15.Cd2
Cxd2 16.Fxd2 Fd7 17.Da6 Db6 18.Dc4 Dd4 19.Dxd4 exd4 20.Ca4 Cd5 21.Tac1 
Tfe8 22.Tfd1 Tad8 23.Ff3 Ff6 24.Cc5 Fc8 25.Ce4 Fe5 26.Txc6 h6 27.Tdc1 Fb7 
28.T6c2 Fc8 29.h4 Fd7 30.Tc5 Fe6 31.Ta5 Fb8 32.Cc5 Fc8 33.Cd3 Cb6 34.Ff4 
Fxf4 35.Cxf4 Te7 36.Cd5 Te5 37.Cxb6 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Blindfold World Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E17n"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Fb7 5.Fg2 Fe7 6.O-O O-O 7.Ff4 d5 8.Cc3 dxc4
9.Da4 Cbd7 10.Dxc4 c5 11.Tfd1 cxd4 12.Dxd4 Cc5 13.De3 De8 14.Ce5 Fxg2 15.
Rxg2 Tc8 16.Df3 b5 17.Tac1 b4 18.Cb1 Cd5 19.Cd2 Da4 20.Cec4 Cxf4+ 21.gxf4 
Tfd8 22.f5 exf5 23.Dxf5 g6 24.Df3 Ce6 25.b3 Db5 26.Ce4 Cg5 27.Cxg5 Dxg5+ 
28.Rf1 Rg7 29.e3 Db5 30.h3 a5 31.Rg2 a4 32.Txd8 Txd8 33.Td1 Txd1 34.Dxd1 
a3 35.Dd4+ Ff6 36.De4 Dd7 37.Df3 Dd3 38.e4 Dd4 39.De3 Dd7 40.e5 Fe7 41.De4
Dd1 42.e6 Dd8 43.exf7 Rxf7 44.Ce5+ Rf8 45.Dc4 De8 46.De6 Rg7 47.Cc6 Rf8 
48.Ce5 Rg7 49.Cc6 Rf8 50.Ce5 Rg7 51.Cc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sulskis, S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "B19f"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4 Ff5 5.Cg3 Fg6 6.h4 h6 7.Cf3 Cf6 8.Ce5 
Fh7 9.Fd3 Cbd7 10.Fxh7 Cxe5 11.dxe5 Dxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Cxh7 13.Re2 e6 14.Ce4 f5
15.Cd2 Fe7 16.h5 O-O-O 17.f4 Thg8 18.Cb3 g5 19.hxg6 Txg6 20.Th2 Cf8 21.Fe3
Cd7 22.Tg1 Cb6 23.Fxb6 axb6 24.g3 Fc5 25.Tgg2 Fd4 26.c3 Fc5 27.Th3 Fe7 28.
Tgh2 Ff8 29.Th1 b5 30.a3 Td7 31.Td1 Tdg7 32.Rf3 c5 33.Cc1 c4 34.Ce2 Fc5 
35.Thh1 Tg8 36.Td2 Rc7 37.Th3 T8g7 38.Th5 Rc8 39.Th1 Tg8 40.Ta1 h5 41.Th1 
Th6 42.Cd4 Td8 43.Thd1 Tg6 44.Cb3 Tdg8 45.Cxc5 Txg3+ 46.Rf2 Tg2+ 47.Re3 
T2g3+ 48.Rf2 Tg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Ana"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E36"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Dc2 d5 5.a3 Fxc3+ 6.Dxc3 dxc4 7.Dxc4 b6 8.Cf3
O-O 9.Fg5 Fa6 10.Dc2 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Td1 Da5+ 13.Fd2 Db6 14.Fc3 Cbd7 
15.e4 Fxf1 16.Rxf1 Db7 17.Te1 Ce8 18.h4 Cd6 19.Th3 Cb5 20.Tg3 f6 21.e5 f5 
22.Cg5 Tfe8 23.De2 Cf8 24.h5 h6 25.Ch3 Cc7 26.Dc4 Cd5 27.Fd2 Rh7 28.b3 Df7
29.De2 Tab8 30.Tc1 Cd7 31.a4 Tb7 32.Cf4 Cxf4 33.Fxf4 Teb8 34.Tcc3 Tb4 35.
Fd2 Th4 36.Rg1 Tbb4 37.f4 Te4 38.Df3 Txh5 39.Te3 Td4 40.Td3 Txd3 41.Dxd3 
Cb6 42.Dd6 Cd5 43.Td3 Cb4 44.Fxb4 cxb4 45.Dxb4 Th4 46.Th3 Tg4 47.Dd2 a5 
48.Df2 Dc7 0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E15s"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 b6 4.g3 Fa6 5.b3 Fb4+ 6.Fd2 Fe7 7.Fg2 c6 8.Fc3 d5 
9.Ce5 Ce4 10.O-O Cxc3 11.Cxc3 O-O 12.Tc1 Fb4 13.e3 De7 14.Te1 f6 15.Cd3 
Fa3 16.Tc2 dxc4 17.bxc4 Fxc4 18.Cb1 Fb5 19.Cxa3 Dxa3 20.Cf4 Te8 21.Dh5 Cd7
22.Fxc6 Fxc6 23.Txc6 Dxa2 24.Tc7 Te7 25.Tec1 e5 26.Df3 Td8 27.Cd5 Tf7 28.
Cc3 Db3 29.Tb1 De6 30.d5 De8 31.Txa7 f5 32.Rg2 Ta8 33.Tc7 Cc5 34.d6 e4 35.
Dd1 Cd3 36.Db3 Td8 37.Ta1 Rf8 38.Txf7+ Dxf7 39.Dxb6 Tc8 40.Ce2 Dh5 41.Cd4 
Cxf2 42.d7 1-0

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, LD"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B90k"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cde2 Fe6 8.f4 
Cbd7 9.f5 Fc4 10.Cc1 d5 11.Fxc4 dxc4 12.Df3 b5 13.C1e2 b4 14.Cd5 Cxd5 15.
exd5 Cf6 16.O-O-O Fd6 17.g4 b3 18.cxb3 cxb3 19.Rb1 bxa2+ 20.Ra1 e4 21.Dg2 
Fe5 22.Fd4 Fxd4 23.Cxd4 O-O 24.d6 Db6 25.g5 Cd5 26.g6 fxg6 27.fxg6 Dxd6 
28.gxh7+ Rh8 29.Thg1 Df6 30.Dxe4 Tad8 31.Ce6 Tfe8 32.Txd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D86"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5 Cxd5 5.e4 Cxc3 6.bxc3 Fg7 7.Fc4 c5 8.Ce2 
Cc6 9.Fe3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Da5+ 11.Fd2 Dd8 12.d5 Ce5 13.Fc3 Fd7 14.Fb3 Tc8 15.
Tc1 Db6 16.Fa4 O-O 17.Fxd7 Cxd7 18.Fxg7 Rxg7 19.O-O Cf6 20.Dd3 e6 21.Tb1 
Da6 22.Dxa6 bxa6 23.dxe6 Cxe4 24.Tb4 Cc5 25.exf7 Txf7 26.Td1 Te7 27.Cf4 
Td8 28.Tbb1 Txd1+ 29.Txd1 g5 30.Ch5+ Rf7 31.f4 gxf4 32.Cxf4 Te4 33.g3 Tc4 
34.Td5 Tc2 35.Tf5+ Rg8 36.a3 Cd7 37.Td5 Cf6 38.Td8+ Rf7 39.Ta8 Tc7 40.Rg2 
a5 41.Tb8 Tc3 42.Tb7+ Rg8 43.a4 Tc4 44.Ce6 h6 45.Txa7 Txa4 46.Rf3 Te4 47.
Cc5 Te5 48.Txa5 Tf5+ 49.Re2 Te5+ 50.Rf3 Tf5+ 51.Re3 Rf7 52.Ta7+ Rg6 53.Cd3
Cg4+ 54.Re4 Cf2+ 55.Cxf2 Txf2 56.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Djukic, Ni"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B90n"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 h5 
9.Dd2 Cbd7 10.O-O-O Dc7 11.Rb1 b5 12.Cd5 Fxd5 13.exd5 Cb6 14.Fxb6 Dxb6 15.
Da5 Cd7 16.c4 bxc4 17.Fxc4 g6 18.Dxb6 Cxb6 19.Ca5 Fh6 20.Td3 Rd7 21.Tb3 
Cxc4 22.Cxc4 Tab8 23.Txb8 Txb8 24.Rc2 f5 25.a3 Tc8 26.Rb3 Tc5 27.Td1 Rc7 
28.Td3 e4 29.fxe4 fxe4 30.Td1 e3 31.Rc3 Fg7+ 32.Rb3 Txd5 33.Te1 Tb5+ 34.
Rc2 d5 35.Txe3 Fd4 36.Te7+ Rd8 37.Te6 Rd7 38.Td6+ Rc7 39.b4 g5 40.h3 h4 
41.Rd2 Fa1 0-1

[Event "ETCC"]
[Site "Crete GRE"]
[Date "2007.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozul, Z"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E08g"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Fb4+ 5.Fd2 Fe7 6.Fg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Ff4 
Cbd7 9.Dc2 a5 10.Td1 h6 11.Ce1 b6 12.Cd2 Ch5 13.Fe5 Fa6 14.Cd3 Tc8 15.Tac1
Chf6 16.Fxf6 Cxf6 17.e3 Te8 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Db1 Fd6 20.Ff1 Txc1 21.Txc1 
Db8 22.Tc2 Tc8 23.Cf3 Fb5 24.Dc1 Txc2 25.Dxc2 Fe8 26.Cde5 Ce4 27.Fa6 f6 
28.Cd3 Da8 29.Fc8 Cc5 30.dxc5 Dxc8 31.Dc3 bxc5 32.Dxa5 e5 33.Ch4 g5 34.Cg2
Fe7 35.Cc1 d4 36.Dd2 Fc6 37.Ce1 De6 38.Dc2 Rg7 39.e4 c4 40.b3 Fb4 41.Cf3 
Dg4 0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C42s"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.Cxe5 d6 4.Cf3 Cxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Fd3 Cc6 7.O-O Fe7 8.Cc3 
Ff5 9.Te1 Cxc3 10.bxc3 Fxd3 11.Dxd3 O-O 12.Tb1 Tb8 13.c4 Ff6 14.c3 dxc4 
15.Dxc4 Dd7 16.Ff4 Tbd8 17.h3 b6 18.Te4 Ca5 19.Dxc7 Dd5 20.Tbe1 Cc4 21.
Dxa7 Ta8 22.Dc7 Fd8 23.Te5 Fxc7 24.Txd5 Fxf4 25.Te2 Ta3 26.Tc2 Tfa8 27.Rf1
Rf8 28.Re2 Txa2 29.Txa2 Txa2+ 30.Rd3 Cd2 31.Ce5 Fxe5 32.Txe5 Cb3 33.c4 Ca5
34.c5 Cc6 0-1

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, R"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E97b"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.e4 d6 5.Cf3 O-O 6.Fe2 e5 7.O-O Cc6 8.dxe5 
dxe5 9.Fg5 Fg4 10.Dxd8 Taxd8 11.Fxf6 Fxf6 12.Cd5 Fxf3 13.Fxf3 Fg5 14.Tad1 
Cd4 15.Cxc7 Tc8 16.Cb5 Txc4 17.Cxd4 Txd4 18.Txd4 exd4 19.Fe2 d3 20.Fxd3 
Td8 21.Td1 Tc8 22.g3 Tc1 23.Txc1 Fxc1 24.b3 a5 25.Rg2 b6 26.f4 g5 27.Rf3 
gxf4 28.gxf4 f6 29.Rg4 h6 30.Rf5 Rf7 31.Fc4+ Re7 32.h4 Fd2 33.h5 Fc1 34.a4
Fd2 35.e5 fxe5 36.fxe5 Fc1 37.Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karpov, Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E13e"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.Cf3 b6 5.Fg5 Fb7 6.Cd2 h6 7.Fh4 Fxc3 8.bxc3 
g5 9.Fg3 d6 10.e3 De7 11.h4 Tg8 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Th6 Cbd7 14.Da4 Rd8 15.
O-O-O Df8 16.Th1 Th8 17.Txh8 Dxh8 18.f3 Ch5 19.Ff2 g4 20.e4 Re7 21.Fh4+ 
Chf6 22.Fg5 Tg8 23.Dxa7 Txg5 24.Dxb7 Db8 25.Dxb8 Cxb8 26.c5 bxc5 27.Cb3 
gxf3 28.gxf3 Tg3 29.Fe2 c4 30.Ca5 d5 31.exd5 exd5 32.Te1 Rf8 33.Rd2 Cfd7 
34.Tb1 Re7 35.a4 Tg6 36.Tb5 c6 37.Tb7 c5 38.dxc5 Ta6 39.Cb3 Rd8 40.Cd4 Rc8
41.Tb5 Cc6 42.Fd1 Rc7 43.Fc2 Ca7 44.c6 Cb6 45.a5 Cxb5 46.Cxb5+ Rxc6 47.
Cd4+ Rc5 48.axb6 Rxb6 49.Ff5 Rc5 50.Fg4 Ta2+ 51.Re3 Ta3 52.Rd2 Ta2+ 53.Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D58h"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 d5 4.Cc3 Fe7 5.Fg5 h6 6.Fh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Fd3 Fb7 
9.O-O Cbd7 10.Fg3 c5 11.cxd5 Cxd5 12.Cxd5 Fxd5 13.e4 Fb7 14.Tc1 Cf6 15.
dxc5 Fxc5 16.De2 Ch5 17.Fe5 a5 18.Tfd1 De7 19.a3 Tfd8 20.h3 Cf6 21.Cd2 a4 
22.Fb1 Tac8 23.Cf3 Txd1+ 24.Txd1 Td8 25.Te1 Fc6 26.Fc3 De8 27.Ce5 Fb5 28.
Df3 De7 29.Tc1 Ch7 30.h4 Cf6 31.g3 Tc8 32.Te1 Td8 33.Rg2 Fe8 34.Tc1 Tc8 
35.Fd2 Td8 36.Fe3 Fxe3 37.Dxe3 Db7 38.g4 Db8 39.Dc3 Dd6 40.f3 Fb5 41.Dc7 
Dd2+ 42.Rg3 Fe8 43.Dc3 Dd6 44.Dc7 Dd2 45.Dc3 Dd6 46.Dc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D20y"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Cf3 exd4 5.Fxc4 Cc6 6.O-O Fe6 7.Fb5 Fc5 8.b4 
Fb6 9.a4 a6 10.Fxc6+ bxc6 11.Fb2 Cf6 12.a5 Fa7 13.Cbd2 O-O 14.Dc2 Cg4 15.
h3 Cf6 16.Ce5 Fd7 17.Tfe1 De7 18.Cdf3 c5 19.bxc5 Dxc5 20.Dd2 De7 21.Fa3 c5
22.Dxd4 Fb5 23.Dc3 Tfd8 24.Fb2 Ch5 25.Cc4 Tab8 26.Ce3 Dxe4 27.Cg4 Dg6 28.
Ch4 Dd3 29.De5 Dd5 30.Ch6+ Rh8 31.De7 Fc4 32.Tad1 Dxd1 33.Txd1 Txd1+ 34.
Rh2 Ta8 35.C4f5 f6 36.f4 Fd5 37.Cf7+ Fxf7 38.Dxf7 c4 39.Dxh5 Fg1+ 40.Rg3 
Td3+ 41.Rg4 Tf8 42.Ce7 Ff2 43.Cg6+ Rg8 44.Ce7+ Rh8 45.Cg6+ Rg8 46.Cxf8 
Tg3+ 47.Rf5 g6+ 48.Cxg6 hxg6+ 49.Dxg6+ Txg6 50.Rxg6 Fe1 51.Fxf6 1-0

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E55"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 Fb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Fd3 c5 6.Cf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Fxc4 
Cbd7 9.Db3 cxd4 10.exd4 Fxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Cg5 Te8 13.Te1 Cf8 14.f3 Fb7 
15.Ff1 Tc8 16.Fb2 Dc7 17.c4 Ted8 18.Tac1 Df4 19.Ch3 Dc7 20.Cf2 Td7 21.Ce4 
Dd8 22.Cxf6+ Dxf6 23.d5 Dg5 24.Te4 Dd8 25.Dc3 f6 26.dxe6 Te7 27.Tg4 Txe6 
28.Da3 h5 29.Td4 De7 30.Tcd1 Dxa3 31.Fxa3 Tee8 32.c5 bxc5 33.Th4 g6 34.Ta4
a6 35.Fc4+ Rg7 36.Tb1 Tc7 37.Fxc5 Txc5 38.Txb7+ Rh6 39.h4 a5 40.Ta7 Te1+ 
41.Rh2 Tee5 42.Tf7 Ch7 43.Fb3 Te8 44.Td4 Tf8 45.Ta7 f5 46.Td6 Cf6 47.a4 f4
48.Tb6 Tc1 49.Ff7 Rg7 50.Fe6+ Rh6 51.Txa5 Td8 52.Tb4 Td6 53.Fb3 Tb1 54.
Tab5 Td3 55.Fc2 Txb4 56.Txb4 Td2 57.Fb3 Tb2 58.Tb7 g5 1-0

[Event "Chess Champions League"]
[Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Ju"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B90n"]
[EventDate "2007.11.02"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cb3 Fe6 8.f3 h5 
9.Fe2 Cbd7 10.O-O Tc8 11.Dd2 Fe7 12.a4 Cb6 13.a5 Cc4 14.Fxc4 Txc4 15.Dd3 
Dc8 16.Ca4 Txc2 17.Cb6 Dc7 18.Tfc1 Txc1+ 19.Txc1 Db8 20.f4 O-O 21.f5 Fd7 
22.Fg5 Fc6 23.De2 Dd8 24.Fxf6 Fxf6 25.Td1 Fg5 26.Cc5 Ff4 27.Cd3 Dg5 28.
Cxf4 Dxf4 29.Te1 g6 30.Dd3 gxf5 31.Dxd6 fxe4 32.Cc4 Te8 33.Ce3 Dg5 34.Dc5 
f5 35.Cc4 e3 36.Cxe3 f4 37.Dc4+ Rg7 38.h4 Dg6 39.Cd5 De6 40.Cb6 Dg4 41.Cd5
Dxh4 42.Te2 Dg4 43.Td2 De6 44.Dc5 Dd7 45.Td3 Df7 46.Dd6 Dg6 47.Dc7+ Rh6 
48.Cxf4 exf4 49.Dxf4+ Rh7 50.Tg3 Tf8 51.De5 Tf5 52.Dc7+ Df7 53.Dd6 Td5 54.
Db8 Txa5 55.Dd8 Td5 56.Dh4 Tf5 57.Rh2 Df6 58.Dc4 Tg5 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "D71"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Fg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.Fg2 Cb6 7.Cf3 Cc6 8.Ff4 
O-O 9.e3 h6 10.h4 Fg4 11.Tc1 e5 12.dxe5 De7 13.Cd5 Cxd5 14.Dxd5 Cb4 15.Dc4
Fe6 16.Dxc7 Cd3+ 17.Rd2 Db4+ 18.Dc3 Dxc3+ 19.Txc3 Cxf2 20.Cd4 Cxh1 21.Fxh1
Tfd8 22.Tc7 Tac8 23.Txb7 Fxa2 24.Txa7 Fe6 25.Tb7 Ff5 26.Ff3 Tc2+ 27.Re1 
Tc1+ 28.Rf2 Fe6 29.g4 Fc8 30.Tb8 Tf8 31.h5 g5 32.Fg3 Ta1 33.Tb6 Te8 34.Fe2
Fxe5 35.Fxe5 Txe5 36.Txh6 Te4 37.Ff3 Te5 38.Tc6 Fe6 39.Cxe6 fxe6 40.Fe2 
Tb1 41.Tb6 Td5 42.Fc4 Td2+ 43.Rf3 Tbxb2 44.Txe6 Tbc2 45.Tg6+ Rh8 46.Fe6 
Tc6 47.Re4 Td8 48.Rf5 Tc5+ 49.Rf6 Tf8+ 50.Re7 Tf3 51.Ff5 Te5+ 52.Rf7 
Tfxf5+ 53.gxf5 Txf5+ 54.Re6 Ta5 55.e4 Rh7 56.e5 Ta1 57.Txg5 Rh6 58.Tg2 
Rxh5 59.Rf6 Tf1+ 60.Re7 Ta1 61.e6 Rh6 62.Rf7 1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A70j"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]

1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Fg7 8.Cf3 a6 9.
a4 Cbd7 10.Fe3 O-O 11.Fe2 De7 12.Cd2 Ce8 13.Cc4 Tb8 14.O-O Ce5 15.Cb6 Cd7 
16.Cxc8 Txc8 17.Te1 Cef6 18.Fg5 Tfe8 19.Ff1 h6 20.Fd2 c4 21.a5 Cc5 22.e5 
dxe5 23.Fxc4 Ted8 24.Tc1 Ce8 25.Ff1 Cd6 26.b4 Cd7 27.b5 axb5 28.Cxb5 Txc1 
29.Dxc1 Cxb5 30.Fxb5 Cf6 31.Db2 Cxd5 32.Db3 Dd6 33.Fc4 Td7 34.Fb5 Td8 35.
Fc4 Td7 36.Fb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B90k"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]

1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Fe3 e5 7.Cf3 Dc7 8.a4 h6 
9.a5 Fe6 10.Cd5 Cxd5 11.exd5 Fg4 12.Ta4 Fxf3 13.Dxf3 Cd7 14.Fd3 g6 15.Dg3 
Cc5 16.Fxc5 dxc5 17.f4 exf4 18.Dxf4 Dxf4 19.Txf4 Fd6 20.Te4+ Rf8 21.O-O 
Rg7 22.Tfe1 Thd8 23.Fc4 Td7 24.Fb3 Rf8 25.Fa4 Te7 26.Txe7 Fxe7 27.Te3 c4 
28.Tc3 Tc8 29.b3 Tc5 30.Txc4 Txa5 31.Tc8+ Rg7 32.Tc7 Fd6 33.Txb7 Txd5 34.
b4 h5 35.Fb3 Tf5 36.g3 Fe5 37.Rg2 Fd4 38.Td7 Tf2+ 39.Rg1 Fb6 40.Tb7 Tf6+ 
41.Rg2 Fd4 42.Td7 Fc3 43.b5 axb5 44.Td3 b4 45.Tf3 Txf3 1/2-1/2

