Topalov, VeselinAge 50

Source: chess-news.ru

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2717.0
Live Rank
#26
FIDE Rating
2717
World Rank
#26
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
2627 World #79, Peak 2752 (Jul 2012)
Born
15 Mar 1975
Ruse, Bulgaria
FIDE ID 2900084
Wikipedia
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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 PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
101
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Matnadze, Ana
24230-163Salamanca18 Dec 2021board
102
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide
2385
Topalov, Veselin
27301/2-1/238Salamanca18 Dec 2021board
103
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Edouard, Romain
25880-155Salamanca17 Dec 2021board
104
Shirov, Alexei
2704
Topalov, Veselin
27301/2-1/244Salamanca17 Dec 2021board
105
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Cramling, Pia
24521-081Salamanca16 Dec 2021board
106
Santos Latasa, Jaime
2639
Topalov, Veselin
27301-087Salamanca15 Dec 2021board
107
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Javakhishvili, Lela
24791-029Salamanca15 Dec 2021board
108
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Dardha, Daniel
25250-155Cap d'Agde6 Nov 2021board
109
Sengupta, Deep
2506
Topalov, Veselin
27301/2-1/255Cap d'Agde6 Nov 2021board
110
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Bellahcene, Bilel
25281-038Cap d'Agde6 Nov 2021board
111
Dardha, Daniel
2525
Topalov, Veselin
27300-148Cap d'Agde6 Nov 2021board
112
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Sengupta, Deep
25061-035Cap d'Agde6 Nov 2021board
113
Bellahcene, Bilel
2528
Topalov, Veselin
27301-029Cap d'Agde6 Nov 2021board
114
Moroni, Luca Jr
2580
Topalov, Veselin
27301/2-1/257Cap d'Agde5 Nov 2021board
115
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Moroni, Luca Jr
25801-041Cap d'Agde5 Nov 2021board
116
Dardha, Daniel
2525
Topalov, Veselin
27301/2-1/263Cap d'Agde4 Nov 2021board
117
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Dardha, Daniel
25251-044Cap d'Agde4 Nov 2021board
118
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Dardha, Daniel
25251-034Cap d'Agde4 Nov 2021board
119
Dardha, Daniel
2525
Topalov, Veselin
27301-026Cap d'Agde4 Nov 2021board
120
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Moroni, Luca Jr
25751/2-1/211Cap d'Agde3 Nov 2021board
121
Salimova, Nurgyul
2364
Topalov, Veselin
27301/2-1/240Cap d'Agde3 Nov 2021board
122
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Kamsky, Gata
26621/2-1/234Cap d'Agde2 Nov 2021board
123
Dardha, Daniel
2527
Topalov, Veselin
27300-184Cap d'Agde2 Nov 2021board
124
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Bulmaga, Irina
23961-043Cap d'Agde1 Nov 2021board
125
Gozzoli, Yannick
2602
Topalov, Veselin
27301/2-1/232Cap d'Agde1 Nov 2021board
126
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Salimova, Nurgyul
23641-050Cap d'Agde31 Oct 2021board
127
Sebag, Marie
2447
Topalov, Veselin
27301-026Cap d'Agde31 Oct 2021board
128
Moroni, Luca Jr
2575
Topalov, Veselin
27301/2-1/229Cap d'Agde31 Oct 2021board
129
Kamsky, Gata
2662
Topalov, Veselin
27301/2-1/269Cap d'Agde30 Oct 2021board
130
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Dardha, Daniel
25271/2-1/239Cap d'Agde30 Oct 2021board
131
Bulmaga, Irina
2396
Topalov, Veselin
27301-029Cap d'Agde29 Oct 2021board
132
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Gozzoli, Yannick
26021-064Cap d'Agde29 Oct 2021board
133
Topalov, Veselin
2730
Sebag, Marie
24471-047Cap d'Agde29 Oct 2021board
134
Topalov, Veselin
2735
Vocaturo, Daniele
26170-153Chalons en Champagne3 Jul 2021board
135
Oparin, Grigoriy
2654
Topalov, Veselin
27351/2-1/246Chalons en Champagne30 Jun 2021board
136
Cheparinov, Ivan
2667
Topalov, Veselin
27350-159Chalons en Champagne27 Jun 2021board
137
Topalov, Veselin
2735
Bauer, Christian
26391/2-1/244Chalons en Champagne25 Jun 2021board
138
Salimova, Nurgyul
2397
Topalov, Veselin
27351/2-1/233Salamanca6 Feb 2021board
139
Topalov, Veselin
2735
Anton Guijarro, David
26790-180Salamanca6 Feb 2021board
140
Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo
2635
Topalov, Veselin
27071-070Salamanca5 Feb 2021board
141
Topalov, Veselin
2735
Shirov, Alexei
26621/2-1/235Salamanca4 Feb 2021board
142
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina Neide
2392
Topalov, Veselin
27351/2-1/233Salamanca4 Feb 2021board
143
Topalov, Veselin
2735
Skripchenko, Almira
24181-033Salamanca3 Feb 2021board
144
Topalov, Veselin
2735
Paehtz, Elisabeth
24671-055Salamanca3 Feb 2021board
145
Deac, Bogdan Daniel
2626
Topalov, Veselin
27381/2-1/232Caleta30 Jan 2020board
146
Topalov, Veselin
2738
Basso, Pier Luigi
26001-050Caleta29 Jan 2020board
147
Antipov, Mikhail Al
2546
Topalov, Veselin
27381/2-1/247Caleta28 Jan 2020board
148
Topalov, Veselin
2738
Kotronias, Vasilios
25261-065Caleta27 Jan 2020board
149
Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu
2602
Topalov, Veselin
27381-033Caleta26 Jan 2020board
150
Topalov, Veselin
2738
Cheparinov, Ivan
26861/2-1/233Caleta25 Jan 2020board
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