Player: Veselin Topalov
Player profile: Loek Van Wely

Classical games: Veselin Topalov beat Loek Van Wely 11 to 2, with 6 draws. Including rapid/exhibition games: Veselin Topalov beat Loek Van Wely 20 to 5, with 14 draws. Only rapid/exhibition games: Veselin Topalov beat Loek Van Wely 9 to 3, with 8 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 39  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Topalov vs Van Wely   1-0 50 1996 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B23 Sicilian, Closed 2. Van Wely vs Topalov   1-0 39 1997 6th Amber Blind, Monaco A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 3. Van Wely vs Topalov 0-1 35 1997 Lost Boys Crown, Antwerp BEL A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 4. Topalov vs Van Wely 1-0 79 1997 6th Amber Rapid, Monaco B01 Scandinavian 5. Topalov vs Van Wely   1-0 46 1998 Monaco D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 6. Topalov vs Van Wely   ½-½ 77 1998 Tilburg Fontys A20 English 7. Van Wely vs Topalov   0-1 46 1998 It (blitz) E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 8. Van Wely vs Topalov   ½-½ 41 1998 Monaco E10 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Van Wely vs Topalov 0-1 48 1998 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 10. Van Wely vs Topalov 0-1 79 1999 8th Amber Tournament A61 Benoni 11. Topalov vs Van Wely 1-0 32 1999 It (cat.17), Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) B33 Sicilian 12. Topalov vs Van Wely   1-0 18 1999 8th Amber Tournament B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Van Wely vs Topalov   0-1 46 1999 Hoogovens Blitz A15 English 14. Van Wely vs Topalov   1-0 47 2000 Amber-rapid 9th E97 King's Indian 15. Van Wely vs Topalov 0-1 17 2000 Fujitsu Siemens Masters A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 16. Topalov vs Van Wely   ½-½ 56 2000 Amber-blind 9th B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Topalov vs Van Wely   1-0 52 2001 Amber Blindfold C10 French 18. Van Wely vs Topalov   ½-½ 45 2001 Amber Rapidplay D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Topalov vs Van Wely ½-½ 49 2001 Corus D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 20. Topalov vs Van Wely   ½-½ 36 2002 Amber Rapidplay B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 21. Van Wely vs Topalov   0-1 76 2002 Amber Blindfold D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. Topalov vs Van Wely 0-1 37 2003 Wijk aan Zee B30 Sicilian 23. Van Wely vs Topalov   ½-½ 44 2003 Amber Rapid E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 24. Topalov vs Van Wely 1-0 42 2003 Amber Blindfold A04 Reti Opening 25. Topalov vs Van Wely   ½-½ 48 2004 13th Amber Rapid B33 Sicilian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 39    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Topalov wins | Topalov loses