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    Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced [vɛsɛˈlin toˈpalof]; Bulgarian: Весели́н Алексáндров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster...
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  • Topalova (born 1964), a Bulgarian gymnast Veselin Topalov (born 1975), Bulgarian chess grandmaster Vlad Topalov (born 1985), Russian singer, dancer and...
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    in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. It was won by Veselin Topalov. In the face of criticism of the knockout FIDE World Chess Championships...
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    the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess Champion. The match took place in Sofia...
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    World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik and FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov. The title of World Chess Champion had been split for 13 years. This...
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    champion in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012. In 2013, he lost the title to challenger...
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    Linares chess tournament, Carlsen played against top-rated players Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Levon Aronian...
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  • Bulgarian composer Veselin Stoykov (born 1986), Bulgarian footballer Veselin Topalov (born 1975), Bulgarian chess grandmaster Veselin Tsvetkovski (born...
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    against Peter Leko, and defeated the reigning FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a unification match in 2006, during which he faced cheating accusations...
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    Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Vasily Smyslov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, and Rustam...
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    the Chess World Cup 2007. This earned him a Candidates Match against Veselin Topalov, which he lost. Kamsky also competed in the Candidates Tournament in...
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  • (peak years 2000–2007) Viswanathan Anand, 2780 (peak years 2007–2014) Veselin Topalov, 2773 (peak years 2005–2009) Anatoly Karpov, 2746 (peak years 1974–1984)...
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    Champion Vladimir Kramnik played a match against the FIDE Champion Veselin Topalov to reunify the World Championship. Since then, the championship has...
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    immortal is a chess game played by Garry Kasparov as White against Veselin Topalov as Black at the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1999 chess...
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    Vasyl Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, and Magnus Carlsen. Of the ten World...
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    Ghaem Maghami, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Zoltán Almási, Alexander Grischuk and Veselin Topalov to meet Michael Adams to play for the title and the right to face world...
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  • On Kasparov's retirement, the world number one ranking passed to Veselin Topalov, since Kasparov was removed from the rating list in April 2006 due...
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    half a point ahead of Teimour Radjabov and then-World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov. In November 2006 he tied for first in the Tal Memorial chess competition...
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    Veselin Topalov (½) Levon Aronian (1) 0–1 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto Round 4 – 15 March 2016 Fabiano Caruana (1½) Veselin Topalov...
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    strong tournament (average Elo 2747) behind Vasyl Ivanchuk, winner, and Veselin Topalov, runner-up. In February–March, Caruana won with four points out of...
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    In April 2006, Nisipeanu played FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a four-game match. Topalov won by a score of 3:1. The match was not for any official...
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    the Classical Champion Vladimir Kramnik defeated the FIDE Champion Veselin Topalov in match play. (Full list...) Recently featured: Swiss Nobel laureates...
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    tournament was convincingly won by the Bulgarian Veselin Topalov, and negotiations began for a Kramnik–Topalov match to unify the title. The World Chess Championship...
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    Anand (IND), 2766  Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2739  Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2737  Veselin Topalov (BUL), 2735  Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2732  Michael Adams (ENG), 2725...
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    preparation for the World Chess Championship 2010 against challenger Veselin Topalov. Anand won the match 6½–5½ to retain the title. Kasparov began training...
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  • December 2008 was won by Veselin Topalov. According to ChessVibes website, Silvio Danailov - the manager and coach of Topalov - said the Pearl Spring tournament...
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    FIDE World Championship cycle 2012–2014 "Mamedyarov first in Beijing, Topalov wins Grand Prix overall". Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved...
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  • the participation of top chess players such as Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams, Judit Polgár and Ruslan Ponomariov...
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  • Pearl of Wijk aan Zee"". www.chessgames.com. "Veselin Topalov vs Vladimir Kramnik (1995) "Toppling Topalov"". www.chessgames.com. Content (ColinStapczynski)...
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    defeated FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov in 56 moves with the black pieces at the SuperGM Linares-Morelia chess tournament. Topalov vs. Vallejo 1.d4 d5 2...
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