Topalov, VeselinAge 50

Source: chess-news.ru

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2717.0
Live Rank
#26
FIDE Rating
2717
World Rank
#26
Bulgaria Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2816 - Jul 2015 (Age 40)
FIDE Peak Rank
#1 (2813) - Jul 2006 (Age 31)
Rapid
2618 World #90, Peak 2790 (Jul 2013)
Blitz
2627 World #79, Peak 2752 (Jul 2012)
Born
15 Mar 1975
Ruse, Bulgaria
FIDE ID 2900084
Wikipedia
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Active Years:
1988 - 2025
Total Games:
2704
Wins:
916 (34%)
Losses:
628 (23%)
Draws:
1160 (43%)
Total score:
56%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2544
White:
E15 Queen's Indian Defense (44 games)
C42 Russian Game (42 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (38 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (58 games)
B51 Sicilian Defense (37 games)
C67 Ruy Lopez (31 games)

FIDE World Champion 2005-2006. World Championship Challenger 2010, World #1 for 27 months 2006-2007, 2008-2009. Chess Oscar 2005.

World U14 Champion 1989.

Competed in the World Championship Knockout Tournaments of 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 & 2004. Won the World Championship Tournament in San Luis in 2005.

Lost the Reunification Match with Kramnik in 2006.

Won the Challenger Match 2009 (vs Kamsky) that qualified him to contest the World Championship against incumbent Anand in 2010.

Lost the World Championship match 2010.

Played in the World Cup 2015.

Candidate in 2002 (Dortmund - PCA), 2011, 2014 & 2016. Winner of the Grand Prix Series 2012-2013.

Board one for Bulgaria in the Olympiads of 1994 (winning individual gold), 1996, 1998 (individual silver), 2000 (individual silver), 2008 (individual bronze), 2010, 2012 & 2014 (individual gold).

Board one for Bulgaria in the European Team Championships in 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011 & 2013 winning individual gold in 1999 and 2013.

Best tournament results include winning Amsterdam 1996, Vienna 1996, Novgorod 1996, Madrid 1996, Dos Hermanos 1996, Antwerp 1997, Madrid 1997, Monaco 2001, Dortmund 2001 (joint first), Cannes 2002 (joint first), Benidorm 2003, MTel Masters 2005, 2006 & 2007, Corus 2006 (joint first), Liga de Campeones 2007, Bilbao Masters 2008, Pearl Springs 2008, Linares 2010, Grand Prix Tournament in Zug 2013, Norway 2015.

Also placed equal first (lower on tiebreak) at Linares 2005, Corus 2007, London Grand Prix Tournament 2012, Kings' Tournament 2012

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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1
Deac, Bogdan Daniel
2668
Topalov, Veselin
27171-052Warsaw30 Apr 2025board
2
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Gavrilescu, David
25541-036Warsaw30 Apr 2025board
3
Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu
2758
Topalov, Veselin
27171-048Warsaw30 Apr 2025board
4
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR
27490-151Warsaw30 Apr 2025board
5
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Duda, Jan Krzysztof
27391-038Warsaw30 Apr 2025board
6
Fedoseev, Vladimir1
2739
Topalov, Veselin
27171-033Warsaw30 Apr 2025board
7
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
27220-155Warsaw30 Apr 2025board
8
Firouzja, Alireza
2757
Topalov, Veselin
27171-052Warsaw30 Apr 2025board
9
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Aronian, Levon
27470-152Warsaw30 Apr 2025board
10
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Deac, Bogdan Daniel
26680-138Warsaw29 Apr 2025board
11
Gavrilescu, David
2554
Topalov, Veselin
27171-026Warsaw29 Apr 2025board
12
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu
27580-136Warsaw29 Apr 2025board
13
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR
2749
Topalov, Veselin
27170-1100Warsaw29 Apr 2025board
14
Duda, Jan Krzysztof
2739
Topalov, Veselin
27170-168Warsaw29 Apr 2025board
15
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Fedoseev, Vladimir1
27390-137Warsaw29 Apr 2025board
16
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
2722
Topalov, Veselin
27171-053Warsaw29 Apr 2025board
17
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Firouzja, Alireza
27571-055Warsaw29 Apr 2025board
18
Aronian, Levon
2747
Topalov, Veselin
27171-046Warsaw29 Apr 2025board
19
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Fedoseev, Vladimir1
27391/2-1/280Warsaw28 Apr 2025board
20
Firouzja, Alireza
2757
Topalov, Veselin
27171-020Warsaw28 Apr 2025board
21
Aronian, Levon
2747
Topalov, Veselin
27171-037Warsaw28 Apr 2025board
22
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu
27581-039Warsaw27 Apr 2025board
23
Deac, Bogdan Daniel
2668
Topalov, Veselin
27171-064Warsaw27 Apr 2025board
24
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR
27490-142Warsaw27 Apr 2025board
25
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
2722
Topalov, Veselin
27170-154Warsaw26 Apr 2025board
26
Topalov, Veselin
2717
Duda, Jan Krzysztof
27390-152Warsaw26 Apr 2025board
27
Gavrilescu, David
2554
Topalov, Veselin
27171-069Warsaw26 Apr 2025board
28
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2726
Topalov, Veselin
27271-053London14 Oct 2024board
29
Topalov, Veselin
2727
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
27260-143London14 Oct 2024board
30
Topalov, Veselin
2727
Anand, Viswanathan
27511/2-1/260Leon29 Jun 2024board
31
Topalov, Veselin
2727
Anand, Viswanathan
27510-169Leon29 Jun 2024board
32
Anand, Viswanathan
2751
Topalov, Veselin
27271/2-1/248Leon29 Jun 2024board
33
Ivanchuk, Vassily
2655
Topalov, Veselin
27281/2-1/215Chartres2 Jun 2023board
34
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
2490
Topalov, Veselin
27280-129Salamanca29 Apr 2023board
35
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Ivanchuk, Vassily
26560-134Salamanca29 Apr 2023board
36
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide
2370
Topalov, Veselin
27280-126Salamanca28 Apr 2023board
37
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Santos Latasa, Jaime
26561/2-1/247Salamanca27 Apr 2023board
38
Alekseenko, Kirill
2686
Topalov, Veselin
27280-148Salamanca27 Apr 2023board
39
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Ushenina, Anna
24491-040Salamanca26 Apr 2023board
40
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Mammadzada, Gunay Vuqar Qizi
24491/2-1/240Salamanca26 Apr 2023board
41
Gara, Ticia
2333
Topalov, Veselin
27280-158Salamanca29 Oct 2022board
42
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Socko, Monika
24541-038Salamanca29 Oct 2022board
43
Santos Latasa, Jaime
2677
Topalov, Veselin
27281/2-1/253Salamanca28 Oct 2022board
44
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Keymer, Vincent
27000-142Salamanca28 Oct 2022board
45
Kamsky, Gata
2666
Topalov, Veselin
27281/2-1/229Salamanca27 Oct 2022board
46
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide
23611-044Salamanca26 Oct 2022board
47
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2521
Topalov, Veselin
27280-157Salamanca26 Oct 2022board
48
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2759
Topalov, Veselin
27281-031Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
49
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27661/2-1/270Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
50
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
2760
Topalov, Veselin
27281-058Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
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