Topalov, VeselinAge 50


Source: chess-news.ru

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2717.0
Live Rank
#27
FIDE Rating
2717
World Rank
#27
Bulgaria Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2816 - Jul 2015 (Age 40)
FIDE Peak Rank
#1 (2813) - Jul 2006 (Age 31)
Rapid
2632 World #95 (all players), Peak 2790 (Jul 2013)
Blitz
2657 World #62 (all players), Peak 2752 (Jul 2012)
Born
15 Mar 1975
Ruse, Bulgaria
FIDE ID 2900084
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Active Years:
1988 - 2025
Total Games:
2677
Wins:
909 (34%)
Losses:
609 (23%)
Draws:
1159 (43%)
Total score:
56%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2501
White:
E15 Queen's Indian Defense (44 games)
C42 Russian Game (42 games)
C88 Ruy Lopez (38 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (58 games)
B51 Sicilian Defense (36 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
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2726
Topalov, Veselin
27271-053London14 Oct 2024board
2
Topalov, Veselin
2727
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
27260-143London14 Oct 2024board
3
Topalov, Veselin
2727
Anand, Viswanathan
27511/2-1/260Leon29 Jun 2024board
4
Topalov, Veselin
2727
Anand, Viswanathan
27510-169Leon29 Jun 2024board
5
Anand, Viswanathan
2751
Topalov, Veselin
27271/2-1/248Leon29 Jun 2024board
6
Ivanchuk, Vassily
2655
Topalov, Veselin
27281/2-1/215Chartres2 Jun 2023board
7
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
2490
Topalov, Veselin
27280-129Salamanca29 Apr 2023board
8
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Ivanchuk, Vassily
26560-134Salamanca29 Apr 2023board
9
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide
2370
Topalov, Veselin
27280-126Salamanca28 Apr 2023board
10
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Santos Latasa, Jaime
26561/2-1/247Salamanca27 Apr 2023board
11
Alekseenko, Kirill
2686
Topalov, Veselin
27280-148Salamanca27 Apr 2023board
12
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Ushenina, Anna
24491-040Salamanca26 Apr 2023board
13
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Mammadzada, Gunay Vuqar Qizi
24491/2-1/240Salamanca26 Apr 2023board
14
Gara, Ticia
2333
Topalov, Veselin
27280-158Salamanca29 Oct 2022board
15
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Socko, Monika
24541-038Salamanca29 Oct 2022board
16
Santos Latasa, Jaime
2677
Topalov, Veselin
27281/2-1/253Salamanca28 Oct 2022board
17
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Keymer, Vincent
27000-142Salamanca28 Oct 2022board
18
Kamsky, Gata
2666
Topalov, Veselin
27281/2-1/229Salamanca27 Oct 2022board
19
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide
23611-044Salamanca26 Oct 2022board
20
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2521
Topalov, Veselin
27280-157Salamanca26 Oct 2022board
21
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2759
Topalov, Veselin
27281-031Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
22
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27661/2-1/270Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
23
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
2760
Topalov, Veselin
27281-058Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
24
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
27541-030Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
25
So, Wesley
2773
Topalov, Veselin
27281-036Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
26
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Saric, Ivan
26800-150Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
27
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Van Foreest, Jorden
26781-073Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
28
Carlsen, Magnus
2864
Topalov, Veselin
27281/2-1/259Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
29
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Firouzja, Alireza
27931/2-1/257Zagreb24 Jul 2022board
30
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
27591-028Zagreb23 Jul 2022board
31
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2766
Topalov, Veselin
27281-045Zagreb23 Jul 2022board
32
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
27600-141Zagreb23 Jul 2022board
33
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2754
Topalov, Veselin
27281/2-1/268Zagreb23 Jul 2022board
34
Topalov, Veselin
2728
So, Wesley
27731/2-1/216Zagreb23 Jul 2022board
35
Saric, Ivan
2680
Topalov, Veselin
27281-032Zagreb23 Jul 2022board
36
Van Foreest, Jorden
2678
Topalov, Veselin
27280-136Zagreb23 Jul 2022board
37
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Carlsen, Magnus
28640-132Zagreb23 Jul 2022board
38
Firouzja, Alireza
2793
Topalov, Veselin
27281/2-1/252Zagreb23 Jul 2022board
39
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2766
Topalov, Veselin
27281-024Zagreb22 Jul 2022board
40
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Saric, Ivan
26801-036Zagreb22 Jul 2022board
41
Van Foreest, Jorden
2678
Topalov, Veselin
27281-046Zagreb22 Jul 2022board
42
Topalov, Veselin
2728
So, Wesley
27731/2-1/237Zagreb21 Jul 2022board
43
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2754
Topalov, Veselin
27281/2-1/236Zagreb21 Jul 2022board
44
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
27591/2-1/247Zagreb21 Jul 2022board
45
Firouzja, Alireza
2793
Topalov, Veselin
27281-030Zagreb20 Jul 2022board
46
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Carlsen, Magnus
28640-178Zagreb20 Jul 2022board
47
Topalov, Veselin
2728
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
27600-132Zagreb20 Jul 2022board
48
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Carlsen, Magnus
28641/2-1/235Stavanger10 Jun 2022board
49
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Carlsen, Magnus
28641/2-1/233Stavanger10 Jun 2022board
50
So, Wesley
2776
Topalov, Veselin
27301/2-1/232Stavanger9 Jun 2022board