Topalov, Veselin Age 49

Source: chess-news.ru

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2727.0
Live Rank
#25
FIDE Rating
2727
World Rank
#25
Bulgaria Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2816 - Jul 2015 (Age 40)
FIDE Peak Rank
#1 (2813) - Jul 2006 (Age 31)
Rapid
2632 World #75, Peak 2790 (Jul 2013)
Blitz
2657 World #65 (all players), Peak 2752 (Jul 2012)
Born
15 Mar 1975
Ruse, Bulgaria
FIDE ID 2900084
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Active Years:
1988 - 2024
Total Games:
2672
Wins:
909 (34%)
Losses:
606 (23%)
Draws:
1157 (43%)
Total score:
56%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2655
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 (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 
101Topalov, Veselin2730Sebag, Marie24471-047Cap d'Agde29 Oct 2021
102Topalov, Veselin2735Vocaturo, Daniele26170-153Chalons en Champagne3 Jul 2021
103Oparin, Grigoriy2654Topalov, Veselin27351/2-1/246Chalons en Champagne30 Jun 2021
104Cheparinov, Ivan2667Topalov, Veselin27350-159Chalons en Champagne27 Jun 2021
105Topalov, Veselin2735Bauer, Christian26391/2-1/244Chalons en Champagne25 Jun 2021
106Salimova, Nurgyul2397Topalov, Veselin27351/2-1/233Salamanca6 Feb 2021
107Topalov, Veselin2735Anton Guijarro, David26790-180Salamanca6 Feb 2021
108Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo2635Topalov, Veselin27071-070Salamanca5 Feb 2021
109Topalov, Veselin2735Shirov, Alexei26621/2-1/235Salamanca4 Feb 2021
110Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide2392Topalov, Veselin27351/2-1/233Salamanca4 Feb 2021
111Topalov, Veselin2735Skripchenko, Almira24181-033Salamanca3 Feb 2021
112Topalov, Veselin2735Paehtz, Elisabeth24671-055Salamanca3 Feb 2021
113Deac, Bogdan Daniel2626Topalov, Veselin27381/2-1/232Caleta30 Jan 2020
114Topalov, Veselin2738Basso, Pier Luigi26001-050Caleta29 Jan 2020
115Antipov, Mikhail Al2546Topalov, Veselin27381/2-1/247Caleta28 Jan 2020
116Topalov, Veselin2738Kotronias, Vasilios25261-065Caleta27 Jan 2020
117Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2602Topalov, Veselin27381-033Caleta26 Jan 2020
118Topalov, Veselin2738Cheparinov, Ivan26861/2-1/233Caleta25 Jan 2020
119Santos Latasa, Jaime2586Topalov, Veselin27380-164Caleta24 Jan 2020
120Topalov, Veselin2738Libiszewski, Fabien25221-034Caleta23 Jan 2020
121Barbosa, Evandro Amorim2501Topalov, Veselin27381/2-1/231Caleta22 Jan 2020
122Topalov, Veselin2738Sankalp, Gupta24001-025Caleta21 Jan 2020
123Topalov, Veselin2737Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27800-140Jerusalem13 Dec 2019
124Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2780Topalov, Veselin27371-032Jerusalem13 Dec 2019
125Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2780Topalov, Veselin27371/2-1/226Jerusalem12 Dec 2019
126Topalov, Veselin2737Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27801/2-1/236Jerusalem11 Dec 2019
127Topalov, Veselin2736Hou, Yifan26590-138Salamanca30 Nov 2019
128Cyfka, Karina2412Topalov, Veselin27361/2-1/230Salamanca30 Nov 2019
129Topalov, Veselin2736Ponomariov, Ruslan26481/2-1/239Salamanca29 Nov 2019
130Santos Ruiz, Miguel2583Topalov, Veselin27360-152Salamanca28 Nov 2019
131Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo2597Topalov, Veselin27361-026Salamanca28 Nov 2019
132Topalov, Veselin2736Milliet, Sophie23941/2-1/257Salamanca27 Nov 2019
133Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide2374Topalov, Veselin27360-135Salamanca27 Nov 2019
134Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2777Topalov, Veselin27361/2-1/226Hamburg9 Nov 2019
135Topalov, Veselin2736Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27770-144Hamburg8 Nov 2019
136Topalov, Veselin2736Nakamura, Hikaru27411/2-1/225Hamburg7 Nov 2019
137Nakamura, Hikaru2741Topalov, Veselin27360-166Hamburg7 Nov 2019
138Topalov, Veselin2736So, Wesley27761/2-1/224Saint Louis5 Sep 2019
139So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27361/2-1/253Saint Louis5 Sep 2019
140Topalov, Veselin2736So, Wesley27761-053Saint Louis5 Sep 2019
141So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27361-040Saint Louis5 Sep 2019
142So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27361/2-1/224Saint Louis5 Sep 2019
143Topalov, Veselin2736So, Wesley27760-138Saint Louis5 Sep 2019
144So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27361-046Saint Louis5 Sep 2019
145Topalov, Veselin2736So, Wesley27761/2-1/254Saint Louis5 Sep 2019
146Topalov, Veselin2736So, Wesley27760-136Saint Louis4 Sep 2019
147Topalov, Veselin2736So, Wesley27760-113Saint Louis4 Sep 2019
148So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27361/2-1/237Saint Louis4 Sep 2019
149So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27361/2-1/242Saint Louis4 Sep 2019
150So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27361-035Saint Louis3 Sep 2019
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