Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced [vɛsɛˈlin toˈpalof]; Bulgarian: Весели́н Алексáндров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster...

the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess Champion. The match took place in Sofia...

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...

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...

preparation for the World Chess Championship 2010 against challenger Veselin Topalov. Anand won the match 6½–5½ to retain the title. Kasparov began training...

Linares chess tournament, Carlsen played against top-rated players Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Levon Aronian...

against Peter Leko, and defeated the reigning FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a unification match in 2006. As a result, Kramnik became the first...

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...

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...

Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Boris Spassky, Vasily Smyslov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, and Rustam...

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...

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...

Champion Vladimir Kramnik played a match against the FIDE Champion Veselin Topalov to reunify the World Championship. Since then, the championship has...

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...

Anand (IND), 2766  Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2739  Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2737  Veselin Topalov (BUL), 2735  Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2732  Michael Adams (ENG), 2725...

(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)...

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...

Pearl of Wijk aan Zee"". www.chessgames.com. "Veselin Topalov vs Vladimir Kramnik (1995) "Toppling Topalov"". www.chessgames.com. Content (ColinStapczynski)...

Bulgarian composer Veselin Stoykov (born 1986), Bulgarian footballer Veselin Topalov (born 1975), Bulgarian chess grandmaster Veselin Tsvetkovski (born...

each) and 14 blitz games (counting 1 point each). Players and scores: Veselin Topalov (14½–11½) defeated Garry Kasparov. Hikaru Nakamura (14–12) defeated...

occasionally referenced also as a Women Chess Oscar. "Chess "Oscar" to Veselin Topalov". 64.ru. 2006-04-30. Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved...

strong tournament (average Elo 2747) behind Vasyl Ivanchuk, winner, and Veselin Topalov, runner-up. In February–March, Caruana won with four points out of...

2008), formerly youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating 10  Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2816 2015-07 1975 Highest-ranked Bulgarian player (since 1993), former...

2004 Vladimir Kramnik 2005 Garry Kasparov (with the same score as Veselin Topalov; won on tiebreak because of more wins with black) 2006 Levon Aronian...

the participation of top chess players such as Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams, Judit Polgár and Ruslan Ponomariov...

in Budapest and Leon (sharing third place with Anatoly Karpov and Veselin Topalov) in 1993, and shared third place at Hoogovens in 1994. Leko showed...

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...

Anand India 9/13 69.2 Veselin Topalov Bulgaria 69 2007 Levon Aronian Armenia 8½/13 65.4 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan Veselin Topalov Bulgaria 70 2008 Levon...