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Topalov, Veselin

World Champion

modern era

Veselin Topalov became FIDE World Champion in 2005 by winning the World Championship tournament in San Luis, Argentina, dominating a field of the world's top eight players. The Bulgarian grandmaster reached a peak rating of 2816 and is renowned for his aggressive, uncompromising attacking style that produced some of the most spectacular games of the modern era.

Total Games

2643

Wins

884

Draws

1144

Losses

615

33.4% wins43.3% draws23.3% losses

Most Played Openings

B90 - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation126D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack60C42 - Petrov's Defense57E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation52B33 - Sicilian Defense: Open49C67 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Berlin Wall46C65 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense46C88 - Ruy Lopez: Closed44B51 - Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation37C11 - French Defense: Steinitz Variation32

Most Faced Opponents

Anand,V102 gamesNakamura,Hi77 gamesKramnik,V64 gamesCarlsen,M58 gamesIvanchuk,V56 gamesLeko,P55 gamesAronian,L54 gamesShirov,A48 gamesDominguez Perez,L45 gamesSvidler,P42 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
0-1

Topalov,V vs Shirov,A

FIDE WCh KO

2001

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1-0

Topalov,V vs Kramnik,V

2nd Norway Chess 2014

2014

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0-1

Topalov,V vs Morozevich,A

Amber Blindfold

2003

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FCGFCG
1-0

Topalov,V vs Zhang Zhong

FIDE WCh KO

2001

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FCGFCG
0-1

Topalov,V vs Morozevich,A

Amber Blindfold

2002

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FCGFCG
1-0

Anand,V vs Topalov,V

20th Amber Blindfold

2011

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FCGFCG
0-1

Topalov, Veselin vs Leko, Peter

Tilburg Fontys

1998

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FCGFCG
0-1

Topalov,V vs Svidler,P

Amber Blindfold

2006

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FCGFCG
0-1

Kharlov,A vs Topalov,V

FIDE WCh KO

2004

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FCGFCG
1-0

Topalov,V vs Leko,P

Amber Blindfold

2005

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Games (2643)

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Topalov, Veselin vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1-0
Amber-blind 7th 1998 B56
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Amber-rapid 7th 1998 B92
Topalov, Veselin vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 7th 1998 E32
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Amber-blind 7th 1998 A41
Topalov, Veselin vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1998 B84
Svidler, Peter vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Linares 1998 C67
Topalov, Veselin vs Shirov, Alexei★
0-1
Linares 1998 D85
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin★
0-1
Linares 1998 B90
Topalov, Veselin vs Anand, Viswanathan★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1998 B17
Kasparov, Gary vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1998 B91
Shirov, Alexei vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Linares 1998 B42
Topalov, Veselin vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
0-1
Linares 1998 D58
Gelfand, Boris vs Topalov, Veselin★
0-1
Linares 14th 1997 E92
Topalov, Veselin vs Shirov, Alexei★
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 6th 1997 C78
Topalov, Veselin vs Polgar, Judit★
1/2-1/2
Linares 14th 1997 B48
Topalov, Veselin vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
0-1
Amber-rapid 6th 1997 D46
Karpov, Anatoly vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 6th 1997 E65
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin★
0-1
Linares 14th 1997 D40
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Topalov, Veselin★
0-1
Amber-blind 6th 1997 D75
Anand, Viswanathan vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 6th 1997 C10
Topalov, Veselin vs Karpov, Anatoly★
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 6th 1997 A29
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 6th 1997 A49
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 6th 1997 E65
Kramnik, Vladimir vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1997 E97
Topalov, Veselin vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
0-1
Linares 14th 1997 E07
Shirov, Alexei vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 6th 1997 C11
Topalov, Veselin vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir★
1-0
Amber-rapid 6th 1997 E15
Topalov, Veselin vs Anand, Viswanathan★
1/2-1/2
Amber-blind 6th 1997 D20
Topalov, Veselin vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
1-0
Amber-blind 6th 1997 C11
Gelfand, Boris vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1997 E94
Topalov, Veselin vs Piket, Jeroen★
1/2-1/2
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997 C96
Piket, Jeroen vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997 D39
Topalov, Veselin vs Jussupow, Artur★
1-0
Dortmund 1997 C18
Topalov, Veselin vs Anand, Viswanathan★
1-0
Dortmund 1997 B96
Karpov, Anatoly vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1997 D78
Topalov, Veselin vs Short, Nigel D★
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1997 B43
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1997 B23
Topalov, Veselin vs Polgar, Judit★
0-1
Dortmund 1997 D74
Topalov, Veselin vs Adams, Michael★
1/2-1/2
Linares 14th 1997 A34
Topalov, Veselin vs Kasparov, Gary★
0-1
Linares 14th 1997 D35
Anand, Viswanathan vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Linares 14th 1997 C78
Shirov, Alexei vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Linares 14th 1997 C69
Topalov, Veselin vs Adams, Michael★
0-1
Dortmund 1996 A41
Topalov, Veselin vs Leko, Peter★
1-0
Dortmund 1996 B89
Topalov, Veselin vs Gelfand, Boris★
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1996 D43
Anand, Viswanathan vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Dortmund 1996 B85
Shirov, Alexei vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1996 E94
Topalov, Veselin vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
1/2-1/2
Dortmund 1996 D44
Polgar, Judit vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Dortmund 1996 B23
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Linares 1995 E92
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