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Veselin Topalov

Veselin Topalov was born on 15 March 1975 in Bulgarian. Veselin Topalov is a chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. In the January 2008 FIDE rating list, he is ranked third in the world with an Elo rating of 2780.

Topalov became the FIDE World Chess Champion by winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005. Topalov was awarded the 2005 Chess Oscar. In October 2006, Topalov had the second highest Elo rating of all time (2813).

Topalov played Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in a twelve-game title unification match. The match was drawn at 6-6, but Topalov lost the tie-break 2.5-1.5.

Veselin Topalov Repertoire with White pieces

ECO Opening Games
C42 Petrov's defence 31 games
E15 Queen's Indian, 4.g3 23 games
B33 Sicilian defence 22 games
C88 Ruy Lopez, closed 19 games

Veselin Topalov Repertoire with Black pieces

ECO Opening Games
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 36 games
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack 17 games
A40 Queen's pawn 16 games
A57 Benko gambit 15 games
Name: Veselin Topalov
Federation:  BULGARIA
Born: 1975
Title: Grandmaster
ELO: 2777
Years: 1988 - 2007
Wins: 566 (37.83 %)
Draws: 639 (42.71 %)
Losses: 291 (19.45 %)
Score: 59.19 %

Games played by Veselin Topalov


White ELO W Black ELO B Result Moves ECO Date Tournamet View
Votruba, P 2345 Topalov, V 2300 ½-½ A41 1988 Forli op
Strikovic, A 2450 Topalov, V 2300 0-1 B22 1988 Forli op
Garcia Palermo, C 2505 Topalov, V 2300 ½-½ A48 1988 Forli op
Topalov, V 2300 Meduna, E 2505 ½-½ D18 1988 Forli op
Topalov, V 2300 Mantovani, R 2410 1-0 E12 1988 Forli op
Topalov, V 2300 Gonsior, E 2305 ½-½ D53 1988 Forli op
Topalov, V 2300 Granda Zuniga, J 2540 0-1 A69 1988 Forli op
Topalov, V 2300 Braga, F 2425 ½-½ D18 1988 Forli op
De Eccher, S 2290 Topalov, V 2300 0-1 A26 1988 Forli op
Hracek, Z 2390 Topalov, V 2460 ½-½ A22 1989 EU-ch U20
Kosic, D 2445 Topalov, V 2395 0-1 A53 1989 Balkaniad
Dreev, A 2570 Topalov, V 2460 ½-½ A52 1989 EU-ch U20
Claesen, P 2260 Topalov, V 2460 ½-½ A27 1989 EU-ch U20
Danailov, S 2385 Topalov, V 2395 0-1 A33 1989 BUL-ch
Lukov, V 2470 Topalov, V 2395 ½-½ A53 1989 BUL-ch
Ermenkov, E 2490 Topalov, V 2395 ½-½ C04 1989 BUL-ch
Popov, P 2375 Topalov, V 2395 0-1 A53 1989 BUL-ch
Grigorov, J 2360 Topalov, V 2395 1-0 C11 1989 BUL-ch
Zahariev, Z 2365 Topalov, V 2395 0-1 B53 1989 BUL-ch
Luther, T 2410 Topalov, V 2460 1-0 B99 1989 EU-ch U20
Cela, A Topalov, V 2395 0-1 C04 1989 Balkaniad
Donchev, D 2505 Topalov, V 2395 1-0 C04 1989 BUL-ch
Topalov, V 2460 Fogarasi, T 2395 ½-½ D39 1989 EU-ch U20
Topalov, V 2460 Norri, J 2370 1-0 B06 1989 EU-ch U20
Topalov, V 2460 Serper, G 2420 1-0 A55 1989 EU-ch U20
Markovic, I 2370 Topalov, V 2460 1-0 C10 1989 EU-ch U20
Topalov, V 2460 Demirel, T 1-0 D36 1989 EU-ch U20
Topalov, V 2460 Pedzich, D 2365 ½-½ A65 1989 EU-ch U20
Stangl, M 2375 Topalov, V 2460 0-1 A87 1989 EU-ch U20
Stefansson, H 2470 Topalov, V 2460 ½-½ C16 1989 EU-ch U20
Topalov, V 2395 Kocsis, J 2265 1-0 D85 1989 Balkaniad
Topalov, V 2395 Tzermiadianos, A 1-0 A57 1989 Balkaniad
Topalov, V 2460 Anagnostopoulos, D 2375 1-0 E99 1989 EU-ch U20
Zoler, D 2275 Topalov, V 2495 1-0 E61 1990 Wch U16
Wirthensohn, H 2430 Topalov, V 2475 1-0 A87 1990 Altensteig
Polgar, S 2410 Topalov, V 2495 0-1 C10 1990 Wch U16
Novkovic, M 2380 Topalov, V 2495 ½-½ A87 1990 Dornbirn op
Smejkal, J 2545 Topalov, V 2475 ½-½ A87 1990 Altensteig
Kranz, A Topalov, V 2495 0-1 A40 1990 Dornbirn op
Liss, E 2300 Topalov, V 2495 1-0 C04 1990 Wch U16
Parker, J 2325 Topalov, V 2495 0-1 E20 1990 Wch U16
Schlosser, P 2455 Topalov, V 2475 ½-½ E94 1990 Altensteig
Stangl, M 2435 Topalov, V 2475 ½-½ A54 1990 Altensteig
Markovic, I 2395 Topalov, V 2495 ½-½ B22 1990 Balkaniad U18
Tsorbatzoglou, T 2210 Topalov, V 2495 ½-½ E20 1990 Balkaniad U18
Skembris, S 2470 Topalov, V 2495 0-1 A46 1990 Balkaniad
Moldovan, D 2335 Topalov, V 2495 ½-½ C10 1990 Balkaniad U18
Kotronias, V 2500 Topalov, V 2495 1-0 B81 1990 Balkaniad
Chernin, A 2600 Topalov, V 2475 ½-½ A40 1990 Altensteig
Pandavos, E 2370 Topalov, V 2495 ½-½ C09 1990 Balkaniad
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