Topalov, Veselin Age 49

Source: chess-news.ru

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2727.0
Live Rank
#22
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 
151So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27361-028Saint Louis3 Sep 2019
152Topalov, Veselin2736So, Wesley27761/2-1/251Saint Louis3 Sep 2019
153Topalov, Veselin2736So, Wesley27761/2-1/269Saint Louis3 Sep 2019
154Topalov, Veselin2736So, Wesley27761-060Saint Louis2 Sep 2019
155Topalov, Veselin2736So, Wesley27761/2-1/246Saint Louis2 Sep 2019
156So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27361-070Saint Louis2 Sep 2019
157So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27361-037Saint Louis2 Sep 2019
158Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2775Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/212Riga16 Jul 2019
159Topalov, Veselin2740Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27750-157Riga15 Jul 2019
160Topalov, Veselin2740Nakamura, Hikaru27541-047Riga14 Jul 2019
161Nakamura, Hikaru2754Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/250Riga14 Jul 2019
162Topalov, Veselin2740Nakamura, Hikaru27541/2-1/225Riga13 Jul 2019
163Nakamura, Hikaru2754Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/239Riga12 Jul 2019
164Wei, Yi2736Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/239Abidjan12 May 2019
165Topalov, Veselin2740Ding, Liren28051/2-1/229Abidjan12 May 2019
166Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2780Topalov, Veselin27401-037Abidjan12 May 2019
167Topalov, Veselin2740Amin, Bassem27041/2-1/260Abidjan12 May 2019
168Nakamura, Hikaru2761Topalov, Veselin27401-055Abidjan12 May 2019
169Topalov, Veselin2740Carlsen, Magnus28610-128Abidjan12 May 2019
170So, Wesley2754Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/250Abidjan12 May 2019
171Topalov, Veselin2740Nepomniachtchi, Ian27730-137Abidjan12 May 2019
172Karjakin, Sergey2752Topalov, Veselin27401-018Abidjan12 May 2019
173Topalov, Veselin2740Wei, Yi27360-147Abidjan11 May 2019
174Ding, Liren2805Topalov, Veselin27401-054Abidjan11 May 2019
175Topalov, Veselin2740Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27801-036Abidjan11 May 2019
176Amin, Bassem2704Topalov, Veselin27401-030Abidjan11 May 2019
177Topalov, Veselin2740Nakamura, Hikaru27611/2-1/256Abidjan11 May 2019
178Carlsen, Magnus2861Topalov, Veselin27401-027Abidjan11 May 2019
179Topalov, Veselin2740So, Wesley27541/2-1/230Abidjan11 May 2019
180Nepomniachtchi, Ian2773Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/276Abidjan11 May 2019
181Topalov, Veselin2740Karjakin, Sergey27521-054Abidjan11 May 2019
182Ding, Liren2805Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/244Abidjan10 May 2019
183Topalov, Veselin2740Amin, Bassem27040-181Abidjan10 May 2019
184Topalov, Veselin2740Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27800-129Abidjan10 May 2019
185Carlsen, Magnus2861Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/241Abidjan9 May 2019
186Topalov, Veselin2740Karjakin, Sergey27521/2-1/230Abidjan9 May 2019
187Nakamura, Hikaru2761Topalov, Veselin27401-044Abidjan9 May 2019
188Topalov, Veselin2740Nepomniachtchi, Ian27731/2-1/242Abidjan8 May 2019
189So, Wesley2754Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/245Abidjan8 May 2019
190Topalov, Veselin2740Wei, Yi27361/2-1/233Abidjan8 May 2019
191Anand, Viswanathan2779Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/231Shamkir9 Apr 2019
192Topalov, Veselin2740Ding, Liren28120-1110Shamkir8 Apr 2019
193Radjabov, Teimour2756Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/238Shamkir7 Apr 2019
194Topalov, Veselin2740Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27901-033Shamkir6 Apr 2019
195Grischuk, Alexander2771Topalov, Veselin27401-069Shamkir4 Apr 2019
196Topalov, Veselin2740Carlsen, Magnus28451/2-1/236Shamkir3 Apr 2019
197Karjakin, Sergey2753Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/232Shamkir2 Apr 2019
198Topalov, Veselin2740Navara, David27391/2-1/255Shamkir1 Apr 2019
199Giri, Anish2797Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/250Shamkir31 Mar 2019
200Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Topalov, Veselin27401/2-1/2107Saint Louis24 Feb 2019
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