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: 2618 World #90, Peak 2790 (Jul 2013)
Blitz: 2657 World #64 (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:: 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 Player	Rating	Black Player	Rating	Result	Moves	Site	Date
51	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2754	1-0	30	Zagreb	24 Jul 2022
52	So, Wesley	2773	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1-0	36	Zagreb	24 Jul 2022
53	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Saric, Ivan	2680	0-1	50	Zagreb	24 Jul 2022
54	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Van Foreest, Jorden	2678	1-0	73	Zagreb	24 Jul 2022
55	Carlsen, Magnus	2864	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1/2-1/2	59	Zagreb	24 Jul 2022
56	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Firouzja, Alireza	2793	1/2-1/2	57	Zagreb	24 Jul 2022
57	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2759	1-0	28	Zagreb	23 Jul 2022
58	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2766	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1-0	45	Zagreb	23 Jul 2022
59	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2760	0-1	41	Zagreb	23 Jul 2022
60	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2754	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1/2-1/2	68	Zagreb	23 Jul 2022
61	Topalov, Veselin	2728	So, Wesley	2773	1/2-1/2	16	Zagreb	23 Jul 2022
62	Saric, Ivan	2680	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1-0	32	Zagreb	23 Jul 2022
63	Van Foreest, Jorden	2678	Topalov, Veselin	2728	0-1	36	Zagreb	23 Jul 2022
64	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Carlsen, Magnus	2864	0-1	32	Zagreb	23 Jul 2022
65	Firouzja, Alireza	2793	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1/2-1/2	52	Zagreb	23 Jul 2022
66	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2766	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1-0	24	Zagreb	22 Jul 2022
67	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Saric, Ivan	2680	1-0	36	Zagreb	22 Jul 2022
68	Van Foreest, Jorden	2678	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1-0	46	Zagreb	22 Jul 2022
69	Topalov, Veselin	2728	So, Wesley	2773	1/2-1/2	37	Zagreb	21 Jul 2022
70	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2754	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1/2-1/2	36	Zagreb	21 Jul 2022
71	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2759	1/2-1/2	47	Zagreb	21 Jul 2022
72	Firouzja, Alireza	2793	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1-0	30	Zagreb	20 Jul 2022
73	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Carlsen, Magnus	2864	0-1	78	Zagreb	20 Jul 2022
74	Topalov, Veselin	2728	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2760	0-1	32	Zagreb	20 Jul 2022
75	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Carlsen, Magnus	2864	1/2-1/2	35	Stavanger	10 Jun 2022
76	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Carlsen, Magnus	2864	1/2-1/2	33	Stavanger	10 Jun 2022
77	So, Wesley	2776	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1/2-1/2	32	Stavanger	9 Jun 2022
78	So, Wesley	2776	Topalov, Veselin	2730	0-1	42	Stavanger	9 Jun 2022
79	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Wang, Hao	2744	1/2-1/2	82	Stavanger	7 Jun 2022
80	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Wang, Hao	2744	0-1	33	Stavanger	7 Jun 2022
81	Radjabov, Teimour	2753	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1/2-1/2	31	Stavanger	6 Jun 2022
82	Radjabov, Teimour	2753	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1/2-1/2	37	Stavanger	6 Jun 2022
83	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2750	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1/2-1/2	35	Stavanger	5 Jun 2022
84	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2750	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1-0	53	Stavanger	5 Jun 2022
85	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Tari, Aryan	2654	1/2-1/2	51	Stavanger	3 Jun 2022
86	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Tari, Aryan	2654	1-0	32	Stavanger	3 Jun 2022
87	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2759	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1/2-1/2	57	Stavanger	2 Jun 2022
88	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2759	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1-0	61	Stavanger	2 Jun 2022
89	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Anand, Viswanathan	2751	0-1	37	Stavanger	1 Jun 2022
90	Giri, Anish	2761	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1/2-1/2	32	Stavanger	31 May 2022
91	Giri, Anish	2761	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1-0	33	Stavanger	31 May 2022
92	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Radjabov, Teimour	2753	1/2-1/2	47	Stavanger	30 May 2022
93	Carlsen, Magnus	2864	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1-0	30	Stavanger	30 May 2022
94	So, Wesley	2776	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1-0	27	Stavanger	30 May 2022
95	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Tari, Aryan	2654	1-0	39	Stavanger	30 May 2022
96	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2750	Topalov, Veselin	2730	0-1	40	Stavanger	30 May 2022
97	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2759	0-1	41	Stavanger	30 May 2022
98	Anand, Viswanathan	2751	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1-0	41	Stavanger	30 May 2022
99	Topalov, Veselin	2730	Wang, Hao	2744	1-0	38	Stavanger	30 May 2022
100	Giri, Anish	2761	Topalov, Veselin	2730	1-0	41	Stavanger	30 May 2022

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