Topalov, Veselin Age 49

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 #96 (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 
1Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2726Topalov, Veselin27271-053London14 Oct 2024
2Topalov, Veselin2727Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi27260-143London14 Oct 2024
3Topalov, Veselin2727Anand, Viswanathan27511/2-1/260Leon29 Jun 2024
4Topalov, Veselin2727Anand, Viswanathan27510-169Leon29 Jun 2024
5Anand, Viswanathan2751Topalov, Veselin27271/2-1/248Leon29 Jun 2024
6Ivanchuk, Vassily2655Topalov, Veselin27281/2-1/215Chartres2 Jun 2023
7Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat2490Topalov, Veselin27280-129Salamanca29 Apr 2023
8Topalov, Veselin2728Ivanchuk, Vassily26560-134Salamanca29 Apr 2023
9Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide2370Topalov, Veselin27280-126Salamanca28 Apr 2023
10Topalov, Veselin2728Santos Latasa, Jaime26561/2-1/247Salamanca27 Apr 2023
11Alekseenko, Kirill2686Topalov, Veselin27280-148Salamanca27 Apr 2023
12Topalov, Veselin2728Ushenina, Anna24491-040Salamanca26 Apr 2023
13Topalov, Veselin2728Mammadzada, Gunay Vuqar Qizi24491/2-1/240Salamanca26 Apr 2023
14Gara, Ticia2333Topalov, Veselin27280-158Salamanca29 Oct 2022
15Topalov, Veselin2728Socko, Monika24541-038Salamanca29 Oct 2022
16Santos Latasa, Jaime2677Topalov, Veselin27281/2-1/253Salamanca28 Oct 2022
17Topalov, Veselin2728Keymer, Vincent27000-142Salamanca28 Oct 2022
18Kamsky, Gata2666Topalov, Veselin27281/2-1/229Salamanca27 Oct 2022
19Topalov, Veselin2728Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide23611-044Salamanca26 Oct 2022
20Kosteniuk, Alexandra2521Topalov, Veselin27280-157Salamanca26 Oct 2022
21Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2759Topalov, Veselin27281-031Zagreb24 Jul 2022
22Topalov, Veselin2728Nepomniachtchi, Ian27661/2-1/270Zagreb24 Jul 2022
23Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2760Topalov, Veselin27281-058Zagreb24 Jul 2022
24Topalov, Veselin2728Dominguez Perez, Leinier27541-030Zagreb24 Jul 2022
25So, Wesley2773Topalov, Veselin27281-036Zagreb24 Jul 2022
26Topalov, Veselin2728Saric, Ivan26800-150Zagreb24 Jul 2022
27Topalov, Veselin2728Van Foreest, Jorden26781-073Zagreb24 Jul 2022
28Carlsen, Magnus2864Topalov, Veselin27281/2-1/259Zagreb24 Jul 2022
29Topalov, Veselin2728Firouzja, Alireza27931/2-1/257Zagreb24 Jul 2022
30Topalov, Veselin2728Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27591-028Zagreb23 Jul 2022
31Nepomniachtchi, Ian2766Topalov, Veselin27281-045Zagreb23 Jul 2022
32Topalov, Veselin2728Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27600-141Zagreb23 Jul 2022
33Dominguez Perez, Leinier2754Topalov, Veselin27281/2-1/268Zagreb23 Jul 2022
34Topalov, Veselin2728So, Wesley27731/2-1/216Zagreb23 Jul 2022
35Saric, Ivan2680Topalov, Veselin27281-032Zagreb23 Jul 2022
36Van Foreest, Jorden2678Topalov, Veselin27280-136Zagreb23 Jul 2022
37Topalov, Veselin2728Carlsen, Magnus28640-132Zagreb23 Jul 2022
38Firouzja, Alireza2793Topalov, Veselin27281/2-1/252Zagreb23 Jul 2022
39Nepomniachtchi, Ian2766Topalov, Veselin27281-024Zagreb22 Jul 2022
40Topalov, Veselin2728Saric, Ivan26801-036Zagreb22 Jul 2022
41Van Foreest, Jorden2678Topalov, Veselin27281-046Zagreb22 Jul 2022
42Topalov, Veselin2728So, Wesley27731/2-1/237Zagreb21 Jul 2022
43Dominguez Perez, Leinier2754Topalov, Veselin27281/2-1/236Zagreb21 Jul 2022
44Topalov, Veselin2728Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar27591/2-1/247Zagreb21 Jul 2022
45Firouzja, Alireza2793Topalov, Veselin27281-030Zagreb20 Jul 2022
46Topalov, Veselin2728Carlsen, Magnus28640-178Zagreb20 Jul 2022
47Topalov, Veselin2728Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27600-132Zagreb20 Jul 2022
48Topalov, Veselin2730Carlsen, Magnus28641/2-1/235Stavanger10 Jun 2022
49Topalov, Veselin2730Carlsen, Magnus28641/2-1/233Stavanger10 Jun 2022
50So, Wesley2776Topalov, Veselin27301/2-1/232Stavanger9 Jun 2022
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