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Veselin Topalov
Number of games in database: 1,569
Years covered: 1988 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2813
Overall record: +453 -255 =578 (57.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      283 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (155) 
    B90 B33 B48 B46 B30
 Ruy Lopez (97) 
    C88 C84 C78 C92 C67
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (59) 
    C88 C84 C92 C87 C90
 French Defense (46) 
    C11 C10 C19 C18 C07
 Queen's Indian (44) 
    E15 E17 E16 E12
 King's Indian (43) 
    E94 E92 E97 E76 E91
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (224) 
    B90 B33 B51 B22 B30
 Sicilian Najdorf (91) 
    B90 B92 B91 B93 B97
 King's Indian (71) 
    E92 E97 E94 E81 E60
 Queen's Pawn Game (57) 
    A46 E10 E00 A40 A41
 Ruy Lopez (57) 
    C78 C67 C65 C88 C69
 Modern Benoni (52) 
    A57 A70 A58 A61 A67
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Topalov vs Aronian, 2006 1-0
   Anand vs Topalov, 2005 1/2-1/2
   Topalov vs Anand, 2005 1-0
   Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008 1-0
   Topalov vs Ponomariov, 2005 1-0
   Topalov vs Kasparov, 1996 1-0
   Kharlov vs Topalov, 2004 0-1
   Kramnik vs Topalov, 2005 0-1
   Topalov vs Anand, 2005 1/2-1/2
   Svidler vs Topalov, 2005 0-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2001)
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)
   FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005)
   Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match (2006)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Topalov Defeats the Best by Anatoly21
   Match Topalov! by amadeus
   2005 to 2008: Guess the Move Chess Training by Anatoly21
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   Topalov great games by Topzilla
   Topalov and the two bishops by OJC
   Classic Topalov by amadeus
   Najdorf, English Attack by AdrianP
   Najdorf - 6. Be3 by pcmvtal
   AdrianP's Bookmarked Games (2005) by AdrianP
   Topalov at Mtel Tournament by Topzilla
   WCC Index [Dortmund 2002] by suenteus po 147
   Topalov attacks! by MoonlitKnight
   fav Tal & Topalov games by guoduke

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VESELIN TOPALOV
(born Mar-15-1975) Bulgaria

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Veselin Topalov was born March 15, 1975, in Ruse, Bulgaria. He learned chess at eight years old and six years later won the World Under-14 championship in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. In 1990 he won a silver medal in the World Under-16 Championship in Singapore and became a grandmaster two years later. In 1996 he took a series of top-level tournament wins--Amsterdam in March, Madrid and Dos Hermanas in May, Novgorod in July, Vienna in August--to firmly establish himself among the world's leading players.

Topalov participated in four of FIDE's knockout World Championship events. His best result came in 2004, when he reached the quarterfinals before being eliminated by the eventual champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. He also took part in the 2002 Dortmund Candidates' tournament to determine a challenger for the world classical champion Vladimir Kramnik, but lost the finals match to the Hungarian Peter Leko.

He began 2005 by climbing to third place on FIDE's world ranking list, then upheld this position by tying for first at the Linares supertournament with Garry Kasparov. Two months later he won the inaugural MTel Masters (2005) event by a full point over Viswanathan Anand.

In Argentina that October, he put on a dominating performance to win the FIDE FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005), finishing a point and a half ahead of his nearest rivals. He followed up that victory with +5 and joint first at Corus Wijk aan Zee (2006). Although he now lives in Spain, Topalov still plays for Bulgaria and has enjoyed several athletic honors from his native country, including the Sportsman of the Year award for 2005. After Kasparov's retirement he topped the FIDE World Rating List from April 2006 to January 2007.

In 2006 he lost his title to Vladimir Kramnik in a unification match played in Elista, under the auspices of FIDE. He rebounded to finish equal first at Corus (2007), but then a poor performance at Linares-Morelia (2007) caused him to lose his #1 spot in the world rankings to Anand. The next year, he regained the provisional #1 position by convincingly winning the inaugural Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final (2008), scoring +4 -1 =5 in the category-22 tournament. In the next World Championship cycle he was given an automatic place in the semifinals, and defeated Gata Kamsky to gain another chance to play a match for the title, now held by Anand.


 page 1 of 63; games 1-25 of 1,573  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. A Strikovic vs Topalov 0-131 1988 Forli opB22 Sicilian, Alapin
2. C Garcia-Palermo vs Topalov ½-½37 1988 ForliA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
3. P Votruba vs Topalov ½-½66 1988 ForliB06 Robatsch
4. De Eccher vs Topalov 0-167 1988 ForliA25 English
5. Topalov vs F Braga ½-½14 1988 10s, Forli op [Hiarcs 7.32D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
6. Topalov vs Meduna  ½-½21 1988 ForliD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
7. Topalov vs G Minchev 0-154 1988 SofiaB57 Sicilian
8. Topalov vs R Mantovani 1-059 1988 ForliE12 Queen's Indian
9. Topalov vs V Lukov 0-127 1988 SofiaA61 Benoni
10. Lizbov vs Topalov 0-129 1988 MoskauB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
11. Topalov vs E Gonsior ½-½11 1988 ForliD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. Topalov vs Granda-Zuniga 0-146 1988 Forli op 88\10A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6
13. Topalov vs D Pedzich  ½-½41 1989 GroningenE73 King's Indian
14. Hracek vs Topalov ½-½63 1989 GroningenA22 English
15. Topalov vs T Fogarasi  ½-½23 1989 Ch Europe (juniors)D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
16. G Minchev vs Topalov 1-047 1989 SofiaA46 Queen's Pawn Game
17. Topalov vs A J Norris 1-035 1989 GroningenB06 Robatsch
18. M Stangl vs Topalov 0-123 1989 Arnhem Ech-jrA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
19. Topalov vs D Agnos 1-044 1989 Ch Europe (juniors)E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
20. Topalov vs T Demirel 1-040 1989 GroningenD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. S Danailov vs Topalov 0-138 1989 Sofia ch-BGA46 Queen's Pawn Game
22. Stefansson vs Topalov ½-½78 1989 ArnhemC16 French, Winawer
23. Shirov vs Topalov 1-024 1989 Corus Chess TournamentB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
24. P Claesen vs Topalov  ½-½27 1989 Ch Europe (juniors)A27 English, Three Knights System
25. M Markovic vs Topalov 1-030 1989 GroningenC10 French
 page 1 of 63; games 1-25 of 1,573  PGN Download
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Nov-10-09   19842009: "We will have a doctor, psychologist, nutritionist, fitnes instructor." - Silvio Danailov

~ Where Is The SIMPLE Chess*Player? ~

Nov-10-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  badest: <KamikazeAttack: Badest, when is your boy playing again?> Linares is all I know...

<I understand he now has a girl freind, even him ... damn.> Good for him - I think. Life > just chess ... ;)

Nov-10-09   Atking: <"We will have a doctor, psychologist, nutritionist, fitnes instructor." - Silvio Danailov> <I understand he now has a girl friend, even him ...> Kamikaze :( damn.
Nov-12-09   Tamerlan: I want to see Topalov as the world chess champion. But i have to admit - Anand is in his best form now.
Nov-12-09   GalileoPiccolino: <"We will have a doctor, psychologist, nutritionist, fitnes instructor." - Silvio Danailov>

To ensure everything is covered, the Sofia Team is also looking for highly trained, intelligence specialist - to monitor Bathroom activities.

Nov-13-09   KamikazeAttack: Topalov works for Danailov, that much is clear. What % he gets paid by his boss is open to conjecture.

Pono managed to escape from the clutches Danailov, good for him.

Nov-13-09   walker: <KamikazeAttack>: <...Pono managed to escape from the clutches Danailov, good for him.>

Ha ha...are you Russian? Nothing derogatory about that, but please confess if you are and don't be ashamed...lol

Carlsen vs Ponomariov, 2009

Nov-14-09   VaselineTopLove: Topalov should consider employing Aronian as a second. He might do it secretly and then announce it right before the match to unsettle Anand.

I don't know how Aronian feels about Topalov & Co. as many Super GMs dislike him...

Nov-14-09   Atking: <VaselineTopLove> May be Danialov could buy the title to FIDE but I doubt I could buy Aronian. The guy is fair.
Nov-14-09   VaselineTopLove: <Topalov works for Danailov>

I agree. Danailov pulls the strings and Topalov is the puppet. I have a feeling Topalov may secretly dislike Danailov but finds that his hands are tied. I think Danailov may be black-mailing Topalov or using his relationship with him as a leverage to carry out his plans even if Topalov does not always agree with him.

For instance, Topalov may have realized after Elista that Danailov's tactics there (and elsewhere) were wrong and as a result his reputation suffered, but can't severe the relationship as Danailov may have threatened to spill dirty secrets (like admitting that there was no substance in their accusations and that it was pre-planned, or accusing Topalov of cheating - even if not true).

Danailov spreading false stuff about Topalov is a threat and he (Topa) knows that the chess world will buy into such accusations against him if Topalov and Danailov part ways. So Topalov maybe feeling pressured to continue working with Danailov even if he may not agree with the latter's ways.

Topalov's and Danailov's fates are intertwined.

Nov-18-09   KamikazeAttack: <VaselineTopLove: > U painted a scenario which could be true, quite plausible indeed.

Inherently, Topalov is no saint, am sure badest thinks otherwise.

Nov-19-09   watermate: We're at page 666 !!!!!

That proves Danilov is the devil!

Nov-19-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: A Chessic Devil.
Nov-19-09   abscissa: @#$%! I was just thinking about Anand when I came to page 666. Do you know what this means? My boy Anand is going down :(
Nov-19-09   jmi: <watermate: We're at page 666 !!!!! >

No I'm not. I'm on page 627 (page no. depends on your profile settings).

Nov-20-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  badest: <KamikazeAttack: <VaselineTopLove: > U painted a scenario which could be true, quite plausible indeed.

Inherently, Topalov is no saint, am sure badest thinks otherwise.>

Haha ... no ... no man (or woman) is a "saint". Not even Topa ... like the rest of us he has many flaws.

His relationship with Danailov is complex. He almost grew up in his care. Also, at least financially, Danailov has seemed to provide for Topa quite well (rumors are that Danailov is getting a decent %, of course).

I think it is almost impossible for them to part ways now. I also think that Topa, with a more "normal" manager would have been quite different... but we will never know.

Nov-20-09   KamikazeAttack: <(rumors are that Danailov is getting a decent %, of course). >

60 / 70%?

Nov-20-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  badest: No ... more like 30-40%, which is still a lot of $$$
Nov-20-09   TheGladiatres: 30-40% ?? Unbelievable, sounds like a good deal for Danailov though!
Nov-20-09   KamikazeAttack: Danny is a slave driver.
Nov-20-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  badest: Well ... it is just a rumor ... it might only be 25%! ;)

Anyway, Topa has never complained about the financial part of their relation...

Nov-20-09   KamikazeAttack: <Anyway, Topa has never complained about the financial part of their relation... >

Servants don't complain about their pay Badest:)

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