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interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AD" title="ভেসেলিন তোপালভ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভেসেলিন তোপালভ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Веселин Топалов – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Веселин Топалов" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Веселин Топалов – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Веселин Топалов" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vessel%C3%ADn_Top%C3%A0lov" title="Vesselín Topàlov – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Vesselín Topàlov" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesselin_Topalow" title="Wesselin Topalow – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wesselin Topalow" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BD_%CE%A4%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%86" title="Βεσελίν Τοπάλοφ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βεσελίν Τοπάλοφ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81" title="وسلین توپالف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="وسلین توپالف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EC%85%80%EB%A6%B0_%ED%86%A0%ED%8C%94%EB%A1%9C%ED%94%84" title="베셀린 토팔로프 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="베셀린 토팔로프" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%8F%D5%B8%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BE" title="Վեսելին Տոպալով – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վեսելին Տոպալով" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Veselin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%91" title="וסלין טופאלוב – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="וסלין טופאלוב" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98" title="ვესელინ ტოპალოვი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვესელინ ტოპალოვი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselins_Topalovs" title="Veselins Topalovs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Veselins Topalovs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesselin_Topalow" title="Wesselin Topalow – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Wesselin Topalow" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veselinas_Topalovas" title="Veselinas Topalovas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Veselinas Topalovas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veszelin_Topalov" title="Veszelin Topalov – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Veszelin Topalov" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Веселин Топалов – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Веселин Топалов" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D" title="വസലിൻ ടോപോലോഫ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വസലിൻ ടോപോലോഫ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5" title="वेसेलिन टोपालोव – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="वेसेलिन टोपालोव" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81" title="فيسيلين توبالوف – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فيسيلين توبالوف" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Bulgarian chess grandmaster (born 1975)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">In this <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_name" title="Bulgarian name">Bulgarian name</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Patronymic" title="Patronymic">patronymic</a> is <i> Aleksandrov</i> and the <a href="/wiki/Surname" title="Surname">family name</a> is <i> Topalov</i>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Veselin Topalov</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Veselin_Topalov_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Veselin_Topalov_2013.jpg/220px-Veselin_Topalov_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Veselin_Topalov_2013.jpg/330px-Veselin_Topalov_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Veselin_Topalov_2013.jpg/440px-Veselin_Topalov_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Veselin Topalov, Warsaw 2013</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1975-03-15</span>) </span>15 March 1975<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 49)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Ruse,_Bulgaria" title="Ruse, Bulgaria">Ruse</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Bulgaria" title="People's Republic of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a> (1992)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Champion</a></th><td class="infobox-data note">2005–06 (FIDE)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> <a href="/wiki/Elo_rating_system" title="Elo rating system">rating</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2900084">2717</a> (November 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating" title="List of chess players by peak FIDE rating">Peak rating</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2816 (July 2015)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ranking</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ratings.fide.com/toplist.phtml">No. 26</a> (November 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peak ranking</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIDE_chess_world_number_ones" title="List of FIDE chess world number ones">No. 1</a> (April 2006)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov</b> (pronounced <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="bg-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Bulgarian" title="Help:IPA/Bulgarian">[vɛsɛˈlin<span class="wrap"> </span>toˈpalof]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">Весели́н Алексáндров Топа́лов</span>; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">chess grandmaster</a> and former <a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Chess Champion</a>. </p><p>Topalov became FIDE <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="World Chess Champion">World Chess Champion</a> by winning the <a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2005" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 2005">FIDE World Chess Championship 2005</a>. He lost his title in the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2006" title="World Chess Championship 2006">World Chess Championship 2006</a> against <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kramnik" title="Vladimir Kramnik">Vladimir Kramnik</a>. He challenged <a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a> at the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2010" title="World Chess Championship 2010">World Chess Championship 2010</a>, losing 6½–5½. He won the 2005 <a href="/wiki/Chess_Oscar" title="Chess Oscar">Chess Oscar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was ranked <a href="/wiki/List_of_FIDE_chess_world_number_ones" title="List of FIDE chess world number ones">world number one</a> from April 2006 to January 2007. He regained the top ranking in October 2008 until January 2010. His peak rating was 2816 in July 2015, placing him joint-tenth on the list of <a href="/wiki/List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating" title="List of chess players by peak FIDE rating">highest FIDE-rated players</a> of all time. </p><p>Topalov has competed at nine Chess Olympiads (1994–2000, 2008–2016), winning board one gold in 2014 and scoring best overall performance in 1994. He also won in <a href="/wiki/Linares_International_Chess_Tournament" title="Linares International Chess Tournament">Linares</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tata_Steel_Chess_Tournament" title="Tata Steel Chess Tournament">Corus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dortmund_Sparkassen_Chess_Meeting" title="Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting">Dortmund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway_Chess" title="Norway Chess">Stavanger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Spring_chess_tournament" title="Pearl Spring chess tournament">Pearl Spring</a> tournaments. </p><p>Topalov is married and has two daughters. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Topalov was born in <a href="/wiki/Ruse,_Bulgaria" title="Ruse, Bulgaria">Ruse, Bulgaria</a>. His father taught him to play chess at the age of eight. Topalov quickly established himself as a <a href="/wiki/Chess_prodigy" title="Chess prodigy">chess prodigy</a>. At age 12, Topalov began working with the controversial <a href="/wiki/Silvio_Danailov" title="Silvio Danailov">Silvio Danailov</a>, a relationship that continues today. </p><p>In 1989 he won the <a href="/wiki/World_Youth_Chess_Championship" title="World Youth Chess Championship">World Under-14 Championship</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aguadilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Aguadilla">Aguadilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, and in 1990 won the silver medal at the World Under-16 Championship in <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>. He became a <a href="/wiki/International_Grandmaster" class="mw-redirect" title="International Grandmaster">Grandmaster</a> in 1992 and won in Terrassa. He shared first at the Budapest Zonal group B in 1993 but struggled at the Biel Interzonal, scoring 5.5/13.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his Olympiad debut in Moscow 1994, leading Bulgaria to a fourth-place, defeating <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a> on board one.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the next ten years Topalov ascended the world chess rankings. He played in Linares 1994 (6½/13), Linares 1995 (8/13), Amsterdam 1995. In a strong run of tournament performances in 1996 he placed third at Wijk aan Zee, tied for first at Amsterdam, Vienna and Madrid,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> won outright at Novgorod and shared first in Dos Hermanas.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As early as 1996, he was being invited to events for the world's elite such as <a href="/wiki/Las_Palmas" title="Las Palmas">Las Palmas</a> (5/10), the first category 21 tournament, played in December 1996, with Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik and Karpov participating. The next year he won at Antwerp and Madrid. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Topalov_Veselin_(30651645392).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Topalov_Veselin_%2830651645392%29.jpg/220px-Topalov_Veselin_%2830651645392%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Topalov_Veselin_%2830651645392%29.jpg/330px-Topalov_Veselin_%2830651645392%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Topalov_Veselin_%2830651645392%29.jpg/440px-Topalov_Veselin_%2830651645392%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4016" /></a><figcaption>Against <a href="/wiki/Baadur_Jobava" title="Baadur Jobava">Baadur Jobava</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Topalov's loss to reigning Classical World Champion <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a> at the 1999 <a href="/wiki/Tata_Steel_Chess_Tournament" title="Tata Steel Chess Tournament">Corus chess tournament</a> is generally hailed as one of the greatest games ever played. Kasparov later said, "He looked up. Perhaps there was a sign from above that Topalov would play a great game today. It takes two, you know, to do that."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, he shared the overall title at Amber Melody and won at Dortmund. </p><p>In the knockout tournaments for the <a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Chess Championship</a>, he reached the last 16 in 1999, the quarter-finals in 2000, the final 16 in 2001, and the semifinals in the <a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2004" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 2004">2004 tournament</a>. In 2002, he lost the final of the Dortmund <a href="/wiki/Candidates_Tournament" title="Candidates Tournament">Candidates Tournament</a> (for the right to challenge for the rival Classical World Chess Championship) to <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A9ter_L%C3%A9k%C3%B3" class="mw-redirect" title="Péter Lékó">Peter Leko</a>. </p><p>Topalov tied for first at the 2002 NAO Chess Masters in Cannes and won at Benidorm in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Topalov scored his first major success at <a href="/wiki/Linares_chess_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Linares chess tournament">Linares</a> 2005, tying for first place with <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a> (though losing on tiebreak rules), and defeating Kasparov in the last round, in what was to be Kasparov's last tournament game before his retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He followed this up with a one-point victory at Mtel Masters. In 2006 he tied for first at Corus with Anand. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005–2006:_FIDE_world_chess_champion"><span id="2005.E2.80.932006:_FIDE_world_chess_champion"></span>2005–2006: FIDE world chess champion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2005–2006: FIDE world chess champion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2005" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 2005">FIDE World Chess Championship 2005</a> and <a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 2006">FIDE World Chess Championship 2006</a></div><p>Based on his rating, Topalov was invited to the eight-player, double round-robin <a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2005" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 2005">FIDE World Chess Championship</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Luis,_Argentina" title="San Luis, Argentina">San Luis, Argentina</a>, in September–October 2005. Scoring 6½/7 in the first cycle, Topalov had virtually clinched the tournament at the halfway mark, before drawing every game in the second cycle to win by 1½ points to become FIDE World Chess Champion. The average rating of the field in the championship was 2739, and Topalov's performance rating was 2890.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 April 2006, <a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> President <a href="/wiki/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov" title="Kirsan Ilyumzhinov">Kirsan Ilyumzhinov</a> announced that a match between Classical and FIDE World Champions Kramnik and Topalov would be held in September–October 2006 to re-unify the Championships after thirteen years of separation. Kramnik defeated Topalov to become the first undisputed champion in thirteen years. </p><p>On 28 September 2006, Topalov's manager <a href="/wiki/Silvio_Danailov" title="Silvio Danailov">Silvio Danailov</a> published a press release, casting suspicion on Kramnik's behaviour during the games. The Bulgarian team made a public statement that Kramnik visited his private bathroom (the only place without any audio or video surveillance) unreasonably often, about fifty times per game (a number that FIDE officials later claimed to be exaggerated<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and made the most significant decisions in the game in the bathroom. </p><p>They also demanded that the organizers of the tournament allow journalists access to the surveillance video from Kramnik's room for games 1 through 4. The organizers made parts of the video available, explaining that other parts of it were missing due to technical issues. Danailov demanded to stop the use of private restrooms and bathrooms, and threatened to reconsider Topalov's participation in the match.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Appeals Committee that governed the match agreed, and ruled that the players' private restrooms should be closed and replaced with a shared one. </p><p>Kramnik refused to play game 5 and was forfeited. On 1 October, the restroom issue was resolved in Kramnik's favour and the Appeals Committee resigned and were replaced. The FIDE president <a href="/wiki/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov" title="Kirsan Ilyumzhinov">Kirsan Ilyumzhinov</a> decided that the current score of 3–2 should be preserved. He also indicated that this was not a compromise decision but his own.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The match resumed on 2 October 2006. </p><p>On 1 October, the Association of Chess Professionals released a statement denouncing Danailov for publicly accusing his opponent without evidence, and calling for him to be investigated by the FIDE Ethics Committee. </p><p>On 3 October, Topalov said in a press conference, "I believe that his (Kramnik's) play is fair, and my decision to continue the match proves it".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the next day, the crisis escalated, with Topalov's manager strongly implying that Kramnik was receiving computer assistance.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 December 2006, Topalov directly accused Kramnik of using computer assistance in their World Championship match.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 February 2007, Topalov's manager released pictures, purporting to show cables in the ceiling of a toilet used by Kramnik during the World Championship match in Elista. They were supposedly reported to the authorities, who Danailov claims suppressed the information. The Topalov team claims they were pressured by officials to keep their allegations quiet.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 July 2007, following a complaint by Kramnik's manager Carsten Hensel, the FIDE Ethics Commission sanctioned Topalov with "a severe reprimand" because of the accusations made in the interview of 14 December. According to the Ethics Commission, "these statements were clearly defamatory and damaged the honour of Mr. Vladimir Kramnik, harming his personal and professional reputation".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006–2010"><span id="2006.E2.80.932010"></span>2006–2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2006–2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soon after losing the match, Topalov finished third of four players in Essent with only 2½/6, losing both games against <a href="/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r" title="Judit Polgár">Judit Polgár</a> and one against <a href="/wiki/Shakhriyar_Mamedyarov" title="Shakhriyar Mamedyarov">Shakhriyar Mamedyarov</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2006, Topalov defended his M-Tel Masters title, coming first with 6½/10, a half point ahead of <a href="/wiki/Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Gata Kamsky</a>. </p><p>In January 2007, Topalov finished in joint first place at <a href="/wiki/Corus_Chess_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Corus Chess Tournament">Corus</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Levon_Aronian" title="Levon Aronian">Levon Aronian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teimour Radjabov</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2007, Topalov won the M-Tel Masters tournament for a third consecutive time with 5½/10, defeating then- leader Sasikiran in the final round.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2007, Topalov won the Vitoria Gasteiz charity event.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Topalov won the 14th Ciudad Dos Hermanas Rapid, 17–21 April 2008, defeating GM <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Vallejo_Pons" title="Francisco Vallejo Pons">Francisco Vallejo Pons</a> of Spain 2½–1½ in the final match by winning the first game and drawing the remaining three.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2008, Topalov won the Bilbao 2008 tournament. Following this victory, he became the world number one on the official October 2008 ratings list. He also won the <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Spring_chess_tournament" title="Pearl Spring chess tournament">Pearl Spring</a> event held in Nanjing as well as Villarobledo Chess Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Topalov lost his chance to compete in the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2007" title="World Chess Championship 2007">2007 world championship tournament</a> when he lost the 2006 reunification match. Danailov expressed a desire for a rematch between Topalov and Kramnik, proposing a match in March 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though no such match took place. The issue was settled in June 2007, when Topalov and Kramnik were granted special privileges in the 2008–09 championship cycle.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Topalov was given direct entry to a "<a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2010#Challenger_Match" title="World Chess Championship 2010">Challenger Match</a>" against the winner of the <a href="/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2007" title="Chess World Cup 2007">Chess World Cup 2007</a>. </p><p>The 2007 Chess World Cup was won by <a href="/wiki/Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Gata Kamsky</a>. The <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2010#Challenger_Match" title="World Chess Championship 2010">Challenger Match</a> between Topalov and Kamsky took place in February 2009 in Sofia. Topalov won the match 4½–2½. </p><p>Topalov won the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Linares_chess_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Linares chess tournament">Linares chess tournament</a> held in February, defeating <a href="/wiki/Boris_Gelfand" title="Boris Gelfand">Boris Gelfand</a> in the last round.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_World_Championship">2010 World Championship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010 World Championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2010" title="World Chess Championship 2010">World Chess Championship 2010</a></div><p>Before the 2010 World Chess Championship match with Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, who had booked on the flight Frankfurt–Sofia on 16 April, was stranded due to the cancellation of all flights following the volcano ash cloud from <a href="/wiki/2010_eruptions_of_Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull" title="2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull">Eyjafjallajökull</a>. Anand asked for a three-day postponement, which the Bulgarian organisers refused on 19 April. Anand eventually reached Sofia on 20 April, after a 40-hour road journey.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, the first game was delayed by one day.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The match consisted of 12 games. In Game 1, Topalov quickly defeated Anand in 30 moves, utilizing a very sharp line of attack that broke through Anand's <a href="/wiki/Grunfeld_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Grunfeld Defence">Grunfeld Defence</a>. It was revealed afterwards that Topalov had found the line during his opening preparation, with the help of a powerful supercomputer loaned to him by Bulgaria's Defense Department.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anand quickly responded with a win in Game 2, employing a novelty out of the <a href="/wiki/Catalan_Opening" title="Catalan Opening">Catalan Opening</a> that was not easily recognized by computers at the time (15. Qa3!?, followed by 16. bxa3!). Anand would win again with the Catalan in Game 4, only to drop Game 8 and leave the score level once again.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After 11 games the score was tied at 5½–5½. Anand won game 12 on the Black side of a <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit_Declined" title="Queen's Gambit Declined">Queen's Gambit Declined</a> to win the game and the match. Topalov chose to accept a pawn sacrifice by Anand, hoping to force a result and avoid a rapid chess tiebreak round. But after Topalov's dubious 31st and 32nd moves, Anand used the sacrifice to obtain a strong attack against Topalov's relatively exposed king. Topalov subsequently <a href="/wiki/Resign_(chess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Resign (chess)">resigned</a>, allowing Anand to retain the World Championship. </p> <dl><dd><table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>World Chess Championship Match 2010 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>Rating</th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> <th>9</th> <th>10</th> <th>11</th> <th>12</th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><b>Viswanathan Anand</b> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="India">India</abbr>)</span></td> <td><b>2787</b> </td> <td style="background:black; color:white">0</td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:black; color:white">½</td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:black; color:white">½</td> <td>½</td> <td>½</td> <td style="background:black; color:white">0</td> <td>½</td> <td style="background:black; color:white">½</td> <td>½</td> <td style="background:black; color:white">1</td> <td><b>6½</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Veselin Topalov <span style="font-size:90%;">(<abbr title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</abbr>)</span></td> <td>2805 </td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:black; color:white">0</td> <td>½</td> <td style="background:black; color:white">0</td> <td>½</td> <td style="background:black; color:white">½</td> <td style="background:black; color:white">½</td> <td>1</td> <td style="background:black; color:white">½</td> <td>½ </td> <td style="background:black; color:white">½</td> <td>0</td> <td>5½ </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <p>As runner-up in the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2010" title="World Chess Championship 2010">World Chess Championship 2010</a>, Topalov automatically qualified for the <a href="/wiki/Candidates_Tournament" title="Candidates Tournament">Candidates Matches</a> for the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2012" title="World Chess Championship 2012">World Chess Championship 2012</a>, where he was the top seed. However, he lost to newly crowned U.S. champion Gata Kamsky in the quarterfinals. Later that year he won the King's Tournament in Romania. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013">2013</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Topalov competed in the <a href="/wiki/FIDE_Grand_Prix_2012%E2%80%9313" title="FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13">FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13</a>. Having won in London's Grand Prix event in 2012, in April 2013, he won the <a href="/wiki/FIDE_Grand_Prix_2012%E2%80%932013#Zug_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="FIDE Grand Prix 2012–2013">2013 Renova Grand Prix in Zug</a>, 1.5 points ahead of second-place <a href="/wiki/Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Hikaru Nakamura</a>. This marked his comeback as one of the top five players in the world, as this victory propelled him to the fourth place on the FIDE rating list.</li> <li>By scoring 100 points in the <a href="/wiki/FIDE_Grand_Prix_2012%E2%80%932013#ZBeijing_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="FIDE Grand Prix 2012–2013">2013 Grand Prix in Beijing</a>, he guaranteed himself a first-place finish with one tournament to spare, thus qualifying for the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2014" title="World Chess Championship 2014">2014 Candidates Tournament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Topalov played in the 2013 edition of the Norway Chess Tournament. He placed 8th with 4 out of 9 possible points +0-1=8.</li> <li>From 18 to 25 September 2013, Topalov played a 6-game match with <a href="/wiki/Viktor_L%C3%A1zni%C4%8Dka" title="Viktor Láznička">Viktor Láznička</a>. Time control was 40/90 + G/30 with 30 seconds increment per move. Topalov won the match 4-2.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014">2014</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Topalov competed at the <a href="/wiki/Candidates_Tournament_2014" title="Candidates Tournament 2014">Candidates Tournament 2014</a> in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. He finished in last place, scoring +2-4=7.</li> <li>Topalov played in the 2014 edition of the Norway Chess Tournament. He placed 5th with 4.5 out of 9 possible points.</li> <li>Topalov played in the <a href="/wiki/41st_Chess_Olympiad" title="41st Chess Olympiad">41st Chess Olympiad</a> in <a href="/wiki/Troms%C3%B8" title="Tromsø">Tromsø</a>, where he won the gold medal on board one, with the second best overall tournament performance of 2872.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In August–September 2014, Topalov played in the Sinquefield Cup 2014, where he came in 3rd place behind winner Fabiano Caruana and runner-up Magnus Carlsen.</li> <li>Topalov participated in the 2014 European Club Cup in mid-September 2014.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015">2015</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Topalov came third at the Gibraltar Masters.</li> <li>Topalov competed in the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Grand_Chess_Tour" title="Grand Chess Tour">Grand Chess Tour</a>, consisting of <a href="/wiki/Norway_Chess" title="Norway Chess">Norway Chess</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sinquefield_Cup" title="Sinquefield Cup">Sinquefield Cup</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/London_Chess_Classic" title="London Chess Classic">London Chess Classic</a>. At Norway Chess 2015, Topalov won clear first place with 6.5/9, earning him 13 Grand Chess Tour points. He scored +5-1=3. At the 2015 Sinquefield Cup, Topalov finished in a tie for sixth place with a score of +2-2=5.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the London Chess Classic in December 2015, he came in last, scoring +0-4=5.</li> <li>He played in the <a href="/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2015" title="Chess World Cup 2015">Chess World Cup 2015</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> as the top seed. He was eliminated by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Svidler" title="Peter Svidler">Peter Svidler</a> in the fourth round.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016">2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Topalov participated in the Candidates Tournament, held in Moscow, Russia from 10–30 March 2016, as a rating qualifier. Topalov finished in last place, losing 5 games (+0-5=9).</li> <li>Topalov participated in the Paris Grand Prix, part of the Grand Prix cycle. Topalov scored 12/36 for ninth place.</li> <li>Topalov participated in the Leuven leg of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour. 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You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2018</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018">2018</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2018, he participated in the <a href="/wiki/Shamkir_Chess#2018" title="Shamkir Chess">fifth edition</a> of Shamkir Chess, finishing eighth with a score of 4/9 (+2–3=4).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_results">Team results</h2><span 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<td><a href="/wiki/34th_Chess_Olympiad" title="34th Chess Olympiad">Istanbul 2000</a> </td> <td>First </td> <td>8/11 </td> <td>14th </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/38th_Chess_Olympiad" title="38th Chess Olympiad">Dresden 2008</a> </td> <td>First </td> <td>6.5/8 </td> <td>14th </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/39th_Chess_Olympiad" title="39th Chess Olympiad">Khanty-Mansiysk 2010</a> </td> <td>First </td> <td>5/9 </td> <td>31st </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/40th_Chess_Olympiad" title="40th Chess Olympiad">Istanbul 2012</a> </td> <td>First </td> <td>7/10 </td> <td>20th </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/41st_Chess_Olympiad" title="41st Chess Olympiad">Tromso 2014</a> </td> <td>First </td> <td>6.5/9 </td> <td>23rd </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/42nd_Chess_Olympiad" title="42nd Chess Olympiad">Baku 2016</a> </td> <td>First </td> <td>3/5 </td> <td>66th </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_games">Notable games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Veselin_Topalov&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb noviewer tright"><div class="center" style="line-height:130%;margin:0 auto;max-width:222px"> </div><div class="thumbinner" style="width:214px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:88%;border:1px #c8ccd1 solid;padding:0;margin:auto"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">a</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">b</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">c</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">d</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">e</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">f</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">g</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:18px;width:22px">h</td><td style="vertical-align:inherit;padding:0"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:22px">8</td><td colspan="8" rowspan="8" style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit"><div class="chess-board notheme" style="position:relative"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chessboard480.svg/176px-Chessboard480.svg.png" decoding="async" width="176" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chessboard480.svg/264px-Chessboard480.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chessboard480.svg/352px-Chessboard480.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:0px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a8 black rook"><img alt="a8 black rook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/22px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/33px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/44px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:22px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b8 black knight"><img alt="b8 black knight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Chess_ndt45.svg/22px-Chess_ndt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Chess_ndt45.svg/33px-Chess_ndt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Chess_ndt45.svg/44px-Chess_ndt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:66px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d8 black queen"><img alt="d8 black queen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Chess_qdt45.svg/22px-Chess_qdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Chess_qdt45.svg/33px-Chess_qdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Chess_qdt45.svg/44px-Chess_qdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:110px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f8 black rook"><img alt="f8 black rook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/22px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/33px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Chess_rdt45.svg/44px-Chess_rdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:0px;left:132px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g8 black king"><img alt="g8 black king" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/22px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/33px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Chess_kdt45.svg/44px-Chess_kdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:22px;left:0px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a7 black pawn"><img alt="a7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/22px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/33px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/44px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:22px;left:132px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g7 black pawn"><img alt="g7 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/22px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/33px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/44px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:44px;left:0px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a6 black bishop"><img alt="a6 black bishop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/22px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/33px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/44px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:44px;left:88px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e6 black pawn"><img alt="e6 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/22px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/33px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/44px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:44px;left:110px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f6 black bishop"><img alt="f6 black bishop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/22px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/33px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Chess_bdt45.svg/44px-Chess_bdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:44px;left:154px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h6 black pawn"><img alt="h6 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/22px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/33px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/44px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:66px;left:44px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c5 black pawn"><img alt="c5 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/22px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/33px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/44px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:88px;left:44px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c4 white pawn"><img alt="c4 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/22px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/33px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/44px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:88px;left:66px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d4 black pawn"><img alt="d4 black pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/22px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/33px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Chess_pdt45.svg/44px-Chess_pdt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:88px;left:154px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h4 white pawn"><img alt="h4 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/22px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/33px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/44px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:110px;left:22px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b3 white pawn"><img alt="b3 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/22px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/33px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/44px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:110px;left:44px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c3 white rook"><img alt="c3 white rook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/22px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/33px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/44px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:110px;left:110px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f3 white knight"><img alt="f3 white knight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/22px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/33px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Chess_nlt45.svg/44px-Chess_nlt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:110px;left:132px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g3 white pawn"><img alt="g3 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/22px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/33px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/44px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:132px;left:0px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a2 white pawn"><img alt="a2 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/22px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/33px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/44px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:132px;left:44px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c2 white queen"><img alt="c2 white queen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Chess_qlt45.svg/22px-Chess_qlt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Chess_qlt45.svg/33px-Chess_qlt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Chess_qlt45.svg/44px-Chess_qlt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:132px;left:66px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d2 white bishop"><img alt="d2 white bishop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chess_blt45.svg/22px-Chess_blt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chess_blt45.svg/33px-Chess_blt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chess_blt45.svg/44px-Chess_blt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:132px;left:110px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f2 white pawn"><img alt="f2 white pawn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/22px-Chess_plt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/33px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chess_plt45.svg/44px-Chess_plt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:154px;left:22px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b1 white bishop"><img alt="b1 white bishop" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chess_blt45.svg/22px-Chess_blt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chess_blt45.svg/33px-Chess_blt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chess_blt45.svg/44px-Chess_blt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:154px;left:88px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e1 white king"><img alt="e1 white king" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Chess_klt45.svg/22px-Chess_klt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Chess_klt45.svg/33px-Chess_klt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Chess_klt45.svg/44px-Chess_klt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div><div style="position:absolute;z-index:3;top:154px;left:154px;width:22px;height:22px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h1 white rook"><img alt="h1 white rook" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/22px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/33px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chess_rlt45.svg/44px-Chess_rlt45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span></div></div></td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;width:18px;height:22px">8</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">7</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">7</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">6</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">6</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">5</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">5</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">4</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">4</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:middle"><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">3</td><td style="padding:0;vertical-align:inherit;text-align:center;height:22px">3</td></tr><tr 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former <a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a> world champion <a href="/wiki/Ruslan_Ponomariov" title="Ruslan Ponomariov">Ruslan Ponomariov</a> with the white pieces in a <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Indian_Defense" title="Queen's Indian Defense">Queen's Indian Defense</a>. </p> <dl><dd>Topalov vs. Ponomariov, Sofia 2005 <br />1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Rc1 c6 9.e4 d5 10.e5 (<dfn><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_chess#theoretical_novelty" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § theoretical novelty" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">N</span></a></dfn>) Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.h4 h6 15.Bb1 f5<a href="/wiki/Chess_annotation_symbols#?" title="Chess annotation symbols">?</a> 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qc2<a href="/wiki/Chess_annotation_symbols#!" title="Chess annotation symbols">!</a> d4 (<i>diagram</i>) 18.Ng5<a href="/wiki/Chess_annotation_symbols#!!" title="Chess annotation symbols">!!</a> hxg5 19.hxg5 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<li><a href="/wiki/FIDE_Grand_Swiss_Tournament" title="FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament">FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIDE_Grand_Prix" title="FIDE Grand Prix">FIDE Grand Prix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interzonal" class="mw-redirect" title="Interzonal">Interzonal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candidates_Tournament" title="Candidates Tournament">Candidates Tournament</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-FIDE</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1886" title="World Chess Championship 1886">1886</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1889" title="World Chess Championship 1889">1889</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1890%E2%80%931891" title="World Chess Championship 1890–1891">1890–1891</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1892" title="World Chess Championship 1892">1892</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Steinitz" title="Wilhelm Steinitz">Steinitz</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1894" title="World Chess Championship 1894">1894</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1896%E2%80%931897" title="World Chess Championship 1896–1897">1896–1897</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1907" title="World Chess Championship 1907">1907</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1908" title="World Chess Championship 1908">1908</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1910_(Lasker%E2%80%93Schlechter)" title="World Chess Championship 1910 (Lasker–Schlechter)">1910 (Jan–Feb)</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1910_(Lasker%E2%80%93Janowski)" title="World Chess Championship 1910 (Lasker–Janowski)">1910 (Nov–Dec)</a> (<a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker" title="Emanuel Lasker">Lasker</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1921" title="World Chess Championship 1921">1921</a> (<a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1948" title="World Chess Championship 1948">1948</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1951" title="World Chess Championship 1951">1951</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1954" title="World Chess Championship 1954">1954</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Botvinnik" title="Mikhail Botvinnik">Botvinnik</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1957" title="World Chess Championship 1957">1957</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vasily_Smyslov" title="Vasily Smyslov">Smyslov</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1958" title="World Chess Championship 1958">1958</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Botvinnik" title="Mikhail Botvinnik">Botvinnik</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1960" title="World Chess Championship 1960">1960</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Tal" title="Mikhail Tal">Tal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1961" title="World Chess Championship 1961">1961</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Botvinnik" title="Mikhail Botvinnik">Botvinnik</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1963" title="World Chess Championship 1963">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1966" title="World Chess Championship 1966">1966</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tigran_Petrosian" title="Tigran Petrosian">Petrosian</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1969" title="World Chess Championship 1969">1969</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boris_Spassky" title="Boris Spassky">Spassky</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1972" title="World Chess Championship 1972">1972</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Fischer</a>)</li> <li><s><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1975" title="World Chess Championship 1975">1975</a></s>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1978" title="World Chess Championship 1978">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1981" title="World Chess Championship 1981">1981</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov" title="Anatoly Karpov">Karpov</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1984%E2%80%931985" title="World Chess Championship 1984–1985">1984–1985</a> (no result)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1985" title="World Chess Championship 1985">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1986" title="World Chess Championship 1986">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1987" title="World Chess Championship 1987">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1990" title="World Chess Championship 1990">1990</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Kasparov</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Split title</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Professional_Chess_Association" title="Professional Chess Association">PCA/Classical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1993" title="World Chess Championship 1993">1993</a>, <a href="/wiki/Classical_World_Chess_Championship_1995" title="Classical World Chess Championship 1995">1995</a> (<a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Kasparov</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classical_World_Chess_Championship_2000" title="Classical World Chess Championship 2000">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/Classical_World_Chess_Championship_2004" title="Classical World Chess Championship 2004">2004</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kramnik" title="Vladimir Kramnik">Kramnik</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">FIDE</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1993" title="World Chess Championship 1993">1993</a>, <a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_1996" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 1996">1996</a>, <a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_1998" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 1998">1998</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov" title="Anatoly Karpov">Karpov</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_1999" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 1999">1999</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alexander_Khalifman" title="Alexander Khalifman">Khalifman</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2000" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 2000">2000</a> (<a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Anand</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2002" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 2002">2002</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ruslan_Ponomariov" title="Ruslan Ponomariov">Ponomariov</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2004" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 2004">2004</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rustam_Kasimdzhanov" title="Rustam Kasimdzhanov">Kasimdzhanov</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIDE_World_Chess_Championship_2005" title="FIDE World Chess Championship 2005">2005</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Topalov</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">FIDE</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2006" title="World Chess Championship 2006">2006</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kramnik" title="Vladimir Kramnik">Kramnik</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2007" title="World Chess Championship 2007">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2008" title="World Chess Championship 2008">2008</a>, 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Petar Arnaudov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milko_Bobotsov" title="Milko Bobotsov">Milko Bobotsov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dejan_Bojkov" title="Dejan Bojkov">Dejan Bojkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Chatalbashev" title="Boris Chatalbashev">Boris Chatalbashev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Cheparinov" title="Ivan Cheparinov">Ivan Cheparinov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksander_Delchev" title="Aleksander Delchev">Aleksander Delchev</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radoslav_Dimitrov_(chess_player)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radoslav Dimitrov (chess player) (page does not exist)">Radoslav Dimitrov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Dimitrov_(chess_player)" title="Vladimir Dimitrov (chess player)">Vladimir Dimitrov</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dimitar_Donchev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dimitar Donchev (page does not exist)">Dimitar Donchev</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q3657326#sitelinks-wikipedia" class="extiw" title="d:Special:EntityPage/Q3657326"><span title=""Dimitar Donchev" in other languages">Wikidata</span></a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petar_Drenchev" title="Petar Drenchev">Petar Drenchev</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivajlo_Enchev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ivajlo Enchev (page does not exist)">Ivajlo Enchev</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; 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