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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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FCGFCG
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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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Linares 1995 E92
Topalov, Veselin vs Beliavsky, Alexander G★
1-0
Linares 1995 B07
Short, Nigel D vs Topalov, Veselin★
0-1
Linares 1995 B78
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1995 A59
Khalifman, Alexander vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1995 E92
Topalov, Veselin vs Karpov, Anatoly★
0-1
Linares 1995 D42
Anand, Viswanathan vs Topalov, Veselin★
0-1
Linares 1994 B70
Topalov, Veselin vs Beliavsky, Alexander G★
1-0
Linares 1994 A34
Topalov, Veselin vs Kramnik, Vladimir★
1-0
Linares 1994 B56
Topalov, Veselin vs Ivanchuk, Vassily★
1-0
Linares 1994 B13
Topalov, Veselin vs Gelfand, Boris★
1-0
Linares 1994 B90
Topalov, Veselin vs Shirov, Alexei★
0-1
Linares 1994 B15
Topalov, Veselin vs Kasparov, Gary★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1994 E76
Polgar, Judit vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Linares 1994 A47
Kamsky, Gata vs Topalov, Veselin★
1/2-1/2
Linares 1994 A34
Karpov, Anatoly vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Linares 1994 A33
Topalov, Veselin vs Paduch, A.★
1-0
Wch U16 1990 E73
Topalov, Veselin vs Sakaev, Konstantin★
1/2-1/2
Wch U16 1990 E32
Polgar, Sofia vs Topalov, Veselin★
0-1
Wch U16 1990 C10
Parker, Jonathan vs Topalov, Veselin★
0-1
Wch U16 1990 E20
Topalov, Veselin vs Nutiu, Horia★
1-0
Wch U16 1990 B85
Zoler, Dan vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Wch U16 1990 E61
Topalov, Veselin vs Votava, Jan★
1/2-1/2
Wch U16 1990 A43
Liss, Eran vs Topalov, Veselin★
1-0
Wch U16 1990 C04
Topalov, Veselin vs Desbones, Samy★
1-0
Wch U16 1990 B70
Topalov, Veselin vs Miladinovic, Igor★
1-0
Wch U16 1990 B85
Praggnanandhaa,R vs Topalov,V
1-0
Superbet POL Blitz 2025 2025 A01
Firouzja,Alireza vs Topalov,V
1-0
Superbet POL Blitz 2025 2025 B30
Topalov,V vs Duda,J
1-0
Superbet POL Blitz 2025 2025 C65
Topalov,V vs Aronian,L
0-1
Superbet POL Blitz 2025 2025 A13
Topalov,V vs Firouzja,Alireza
1-0
Superbet POL Blitz 2025 2025 A20
Topalov,V vs Praggnanandhaa,R
0-1
Superbet POL Blitz 2025 2025 A05
Aronian,L vs Topalov,V
1-0
Superbet POL Blitz 2025 2025 B30
Duda,J vs Topalov,V
0-1
Superbet POL Blitz 2025 2025 A43
Aronian,L vs Topalov,V
1-0
Superbet POL Rapid 2025 2025 C55
Firouzja,Alireza vs Topalov,V
1-0
Superbet POL Rapid 2025 2025 C55
Topalov,V vs Praggnanandhaa,R
1-0
Superbet POL Rapid 2025 2025 B12
Topalov,V vs Duda,J
0-1
Superbet POL Rapid 2025 2025 C44
Anand,V vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
37th Leon GM 2024 2024 C03
Anand,V vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
37th Leon GM 2024 2024 C84
Topalov,V vs Anand,V
0-1
37th Leon GM 2024 2024 C88
Topalov,V vs Anand,V
1/2-1/2
37th Leon GM 2024 2024 C26
Ivanchuk,V vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023 2023 D37
Topalov,V vs Ivanchuk,V
0-1
6th Salamanca Masters 2023 B48
Topalov,V vs Keymer,Vincent
0-1
Salamanca Uni Masters 2022 C50
Kamsky,G vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
Salamanca Uni Masters 2022 A46
Carlsen,M vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
SuperUnited Blitz 2022 2022 B23
Topalov,V vs Firouzja,Alireza
1/2-1/2
SuperUnited Blitz 2022 2022 A20
So,W vs Topalov,V
1-0
SuperUnited Blitz 2022 2022 B51
Mamedyarov,S vs Topalov,V
1-0
SuperUnited Blitz 2022 2022 D35
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