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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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Li Chao2 vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
4th Norway Chess 2016 2016 D43
Topalov,V vs Grandelius,N
1-0
4th Norway Chess 2016 2016 C84
Eljanov,P vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
4th Norway Chess 2016 2016 D59
Harikrishna,P vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
4th Norway Chess 2016 2016 E53
Topalov,V vs Carlsen,M
0-1
4th Norway Blitz 2016 2016 C76
Topalov,V vs Kramnik,V
0-1
4th Norway Blitz 2016 2016 D35
Topalov,V vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
4th Norway Blitz 2016 2016 D38
Giri,A vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
4th Norway Blitz 2016 2016 B30
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Topalov,V
1-0
7th London Classic 2015 2015 B90
Svidler,P vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
31st ECC Open 2015 2015 D10
Kramnik,V vs Topalov,V
1-0
31st ECC Open 2015 2015 A46
Topalov,V vs Leko,P
1-0
31st ECC Open 2015 2015 E15
Topalov,V vs Gelfand,B
1/2-1/2
31st ECC Open 2015 2015 B33
Topalov,V vs Svidler,P
1/2-1/2
FIDE World Cup 2015 2015 C84
Svidler,P vs Topalov,V
1-0
FIDE World Cup 2015 2015 B51
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Topalov,V
1-0
3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015 2015 C67
Hammer,J vs Topalov,V
0-1
3rd Norway Chess 2015 2015 D12
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Topalov,V
0-1
3rd Norway Chess 2015 2015 D47
Topalov,V vs Caruana,F
0-1
3rd Norway Blitz 2015 2015 A05
Nakamura,Hi vs Topalov,V
1-0
3rd Norway Blitz 2015 2015 A01
Topalov,V vs Aronian,L
0-1
3rd Norway Blitz 2015 2015 C53
Giri,A vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
3rd Norway Blitz 2015 2015 C00
Topalov,V vs Carlsen,M
0-1
3rd Norway Blitz 2015 2015 B06
Grischuk,A vs Topalov,V
0-1
3rd Norway Blitz 2015 2015 D00
Topalov,V vs Anand,V
1/2-1/2
3rd Norway Blitz 2015 2015 E10
Nakamura,Hi vs Topalov,V
1-0
Gibraltar Masters 2015 2015 B51
Topalov,V vs Svidler,P
1-0
30th ECC Open 2014 2014 C88
Topalov,V vs Grischuk,A
1/2-1/2
30th ECC Open 2014 2014 E17
Topalov,V vs Nakamura,Hi
1-0
30th ECC Open 2014 2014 E97
Navara,D vs Topalov,V
0-1
30th ECC Open 2014 2014 D45
Topalov,V vs Morozevich,A
1-0
30th ECC Open 2014 2014 A56
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 2014 A07
Topalov,V vs Vachier Lagrave,M
1-0
2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 2014 B90
Zhigalko,S vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
41st Olympiad Open 2014 2014 B52
Topalov,V vs Wojtaszek,R
1-0
41st Olympiad Open 2014 2014 B90
Ivanisevic,I vs Topalov,V
0-1
41st Olympiad Open 2014 2014 A29
Topalov,V vs Lupulescu,C
1-0
41st Olympiad Open 2014 2014 C11
Topalov,V vs Vallejo Pons,F
1-0
41st Olympiad Open 2014 2014 A85
Agdestein,S vs Topalov,V
0-1
2nd Norway Chess 2014 2014 A29
Topalov,V vs Caruana,F
1/2-1/2
2nd Norway Blitz 2014 2014 A08
Topalov,V vs Carlsen,M
0-1
2nd Norway Blitz 2014 2014 C44
Karjakin,Sergey vs Topalov,V
1-0
2nd Norway Blitz 2014 2014 A07
Grischuk,A vs Topalov,V
1/2-1/2
2nd Norway Blitz 2014 2014 C46
Topalov,V vs Giri,A
1/2-1/2
2nd Norway Blitz 2014 2014 B50
Svidler,P vs Topalov,V
1-0
2nd Norway Blitz 2014 2014 A20
Topalov,V vs Aronian,L
0-1
2nd Norway Blitz 2014 2014 C44
Topalov,V vs Kramnik,V
1/2-1/2
2nd Norway Blitz 2014 2014 B01
Topalov,V vs Caruana,F
1/2-1/2
19th European Teams 2013 C88
Mamedyarov,S vs Topalov,V
0-1
19th European Teams 2013 D31
Topalov,V vs Aronian,L
1/2-1/2
19th European Teams 2013 A29
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