Veselin Topalov

FIDE world champion in 2005 and world number one, with a relentless attacking style.

Career In The Collection

Head-to-Head Records

1322 Games · Page 2 of 7

• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand White Champions Showdown Blitz D37 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Champions Showdown Blitz C65 1-0
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Champions Showdown Blitz B51 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand White Champions Showdown Blitz D38 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana Black Champions Showdown Blitz B54 1-0
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana Black Champions Showdown Blitz C77 1-0
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana White Champions Showdown Blitz D11 1-0
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana White Champions Showdown Blitz D78 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Champions Showdown Blitz E83 0-1
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Champions Showdown Blitz B54 0-1
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Champions Showdown Blitz B90 1-0
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Champions Showdown Blitz A45 1-0
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand White Champions Showdown Rapid A21 0-1
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Champions Showdown Rapid C78 1-0
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana Black Champions Showdown Rapid D12 1-0
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana White Champions Showdown Rapid D12 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Champions Showdown Rapid E32 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Champions Showdown Rapid E81 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Champions Showdown 60m C53 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Champions Showdown 60m C67 1-0
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana Black Champions Showdown 60m A09 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Champions Showdown 60m E35 1-0
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand White Champions Showdown 60m A21 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana White Champions Showdown 60m D37 1-0
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian White 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 C65 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand Black 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 C67 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Anish Giri White 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 A20 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Wesley So Black 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 A20 1-0
• 2016 vs Ding Liren White 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 C92 1-0
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 D37 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave White 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 B90 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana Black 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 C84 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Peter Svidler White 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 C88 1-0
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand Black GCT Blitz YourNextMove B90 1-0
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian White GCT Blitz YourNextMove A28 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Magnus Carlsen Black GCT Blitz YourNextMove D80 1-0
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana White GCT Blitz YourNextMove A30 0-1
• 2016 vs Anish Giri Black GCT Blitz YourNextMove D78 1-0
• 2016 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black GCT Blitz YourNextMove A07 0-1
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black GCT Blitz YourNextMove D02 1-0
• 2016 vs Wesley So White GCT Blitz YourNextMove C53 0-1
• 2016 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave White GCT Blitz YourNextMove A20 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand White GCT Blitz YourNextMove A21 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian Black GCT Blitz YourNextMove A14 1-0
• 2016 vs Magnus Carlsen White GCT Blitz YourNextMove B90 0-1
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana Black GCT Blitz YourNextMove B90 0-1
• 2016 vs Anish Giri White GCT Blitz YourNextMove A09 1-0
• 2016 vs Vladimir Kramnik White GCT Blitz YourNextMove A13 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura White GCT Blitz YourNextMove A13 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Wesley So Black GCT Blitz YourNextMove B54 1-0
• 2016 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black GCT Blitz YourNextMove D78 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian White GCT Rapid YourNextMove A28 1-0
• 2016 vs Magnus Carlsen Black GCT Rapid YourNextMove E21 1-0
• 2016 vs Wesley So White GCT Rapid YourNextMove A10 0-1
• 2016 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black GCT Rapid YourNextMove B51 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand White GCT Rapid YourNextMove A20 0-1
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana Black GCT Rapid YourNextMove C65 1-0
• 2016 vs Anish Giri Black GCT Rapid YourNextMove C50 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black GCT Rapid YourNextMove A07 0-1
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura White GCT Rapid YourNextMove C53 1-0
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian White GCT Blitz Paris 2016 A20 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Magnus Carlsen Black GCT Blitz Paris 2016 B51 0-1
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana White GCT Blitz Paris 2016 A13 0-1
• 2016 vs Anish Giri White GCT Blitz Paris 2016 A36 1-0
• 2016 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black GCT Blitz Paris 2016 D02 0-1
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura White GCT Blitz Paris 2016 A15 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Wesley So White GCT Blitz Paris 2016 A30 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black GCT Blitz Paris 2016 B51 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian Black GCT Blitz Paris 2016 D12 1-0
• 2016 vs Magnus Carlsen White GCT Blitz Paris 2016 C84 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana Black GCT Blitz Paris 2016 D73 1-0
• 2016 vs Anish Giri Black GCT Blitz Paris 2016 D78 1-0
• 2016 vs Vladimir Kramnik White GCT Blitz Paris 2016 C24 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black GCT Blitz Paris 2016 E46 1-0
• 2016 vs Wesley So Black GCT Blitz Paris 2016 D12 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave White GCT Blitz Paris 2016 A20 1-0
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian Black GCT Rapid Paris 2016 A09 1-0
• 2016 vs Magnus Carlsen White GCT Rapid Paris 2016 C84 0-1
• 2016 vs Wesley So Black GCT Rapid Paris 2016 D37 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave White GCT Rapid Paris 2016 B51 0-1
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana White GCT Rapid Paris 2016 C45 0-1
• 2016 vs Anish Giri White GCT Rapid Paris 2016 C24 1-0
• 2016 vs Vladimir Kramnik White GCT Rapid Paris 2016 C65 0-1
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black GCT Rapid Paris 2016 A29 1-0
• 2016 vs Vladimir Kramnik White 4th Norway Chess 2016 C65 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black 4th Norway Chess 2016 C67 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Anish Giri White 4th Norway Chess 2016 A29 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Magnus Carlsen White 4th Norway Chess 2016 D37 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian Black 4th Norway Chess 2016 A29 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian White 4th Norway Blitz 2016 D38 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Magnus Carlsen White 4th Norway Blitz 2016 C76 0-1
• 2016 vs Anish Giri Black 4th Norway Blitz 2016 B30 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Vladimir Kramnik White 4th Norway Blitz 2016 D35 0-1
• 2016 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave White 4th Norway Blitz 2016 B51 1-0
• 2016 vs Anish Giri Black FIDE Candidates 2016 E06 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura White FIDE Candidates 2016 D37 0-1
• 2016 vs Sergey Karjakin Black FIDE Candidates 2016 B90 1-0
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana White FIDE Candidates 2016 A33 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian Black FIDE Candidates 2016 A29 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Peter Svidler White FIDE Candidates 2016 C88 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand White FIDE Candidates 2016 D37 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black FIDE Candidates 2016 D12 1-0
• 2016 vs Anish Giri White FIDE Candidates 2016 E60 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Sergey Karjakin White FIDE Candidates 2016 E15 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Fabiano Caruana Black FIDE Candidates 2016 C50 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Levon Aronian White FIDE Candidates 2016 A29 0-1
• 2016 vs Peter Svidler Black FIDE Candidates 2016 C67 1/2-1/2
• 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand Black FIDE Candidates 2016 C65 1-0
• 2015 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 7th London Classic 2015 C67 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Magnus Carlsen White 7th London Classic 2015 D41 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Levon Aronian Black 7th London Classic 2015 A34 1-0
• 2015 vs Michael Adams White 7th London Classic 2015 D37 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Viswanathan Anand Black 7th London Classic 2015 B90 1-0
• 2015 vs Fabiano Caruana White 7th London Classic 2015 C65 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black 7th London Classic 2015 B90 1-0
• 2015 vs Alexander Grischuk White 7th London Classic 2015 C65 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Anish Giri White 7th London Classic 2015 E60 0-1
• 2015 vs Peter Svidler Black 31st ECC Open 2015 D10 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black 31st ECC Open 2015 A46 1-0
• 2015 vs Peter Leko White 31st ECC Open 2015 E15 1-0
• 2015 vs Boris Gelfand White 31st ECC Open 2015 B33 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Peter Svidler White FIDE World Cup 2015 C84 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Peter Svidler Black FIDE World Cup 2015 B51 1-0
• 2015 vs Levon Aronian White 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015 D39 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Wesley So Black 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015 E46 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Anish Giri White 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015 A15 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015 C67 1-0
• 2015 vs Fabiano Caruana White 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015 C65 0-1
• 2015 vs Alexander Grischuk Black 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015 B90 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Viswanathan Anand Black 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015 B51 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Hikaru Nakamura White 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015 C65 1-0
• 2015 vs Magnus Carlsen Black 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015 B51 0-1
• 2015 vs Anish Giri Black 3rd Norway Chess 2015 E10 1-0
• 2015 vs Fabiano Caruana White 3rd Norway Chess 2015 E60 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Alexander Grischuk Black 3rd Norway Chess 2015 E20 0-1
• 2015 vs Levon Aronian White 3rd Norway Chess 2015 D38 1-0
• 2015 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black 3rd Norway Chess 2015 D47 0-1
• 2015 vs Hikaru Nakamura White 3rd Norway Chess 2015 C78 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Magnus Carlsen Black 3rd Norway Chess 2015 D43 0-1
• 2015 vs Viswanathan Anand White 3rd Norway Blitz 2015 E10 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Levon Aronian White 3rd Norway Blitz 2015 C53 0-1
• 2015 vs Magnus Carlsen White 3rd Norway Blitz 2015 B06 0-1
• 2015 vs Fabiano Caruana White 3rd Norway Blitz 2015 A05 0-1
• 2015 vs Anish Giri Black 3rd Norway Blitz 2015 C00 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Alexander Grischuk Black 3rd Norway Blitz 2015 D00 0-1
• 2015 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 3rd Norway Blitz 2015 A01 1-0
• 2015 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black 3rd Norway Blitz 2015 A07 1-0
• 2015 vs Wei Yi White Gibraltar Masters 2015 D71 1/2-1/2
• 2015 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Gibraltar Masters 2015 B51 1-0
• 2014 vs Peter Svidler White 30th ECC Open 2014 C88 1-0
• 2014 vs Alexander Grischuk White 30th ECC Open 2014 E17 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Hikaru Nakamura White 30th ECC Open 2014 E97 1-0
• 2014 vs Alexander Morozevich White 30th ECC Open 2014 A56 1-0
• 2014 vs Magnus Carlsen White 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 C67 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 A07 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 C67 0-1
• 2014 vs Levon Aronian White 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 D37 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Fabiano Caruana Black 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 B46 1-0
• 2014 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave White 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 B90 1-0
• 2014 vs Magnus Carlsen Black 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 E21 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Hikaru Nakamura White 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 C78 1-0
• 2014 vs Levon Aronian Black 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 D15 1-0
• 2014 vs Fabiano Caruana White 2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014 A35 0-1
• 2014 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 41st Olympiad Open 2014 D11 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Anish Giri White 41st Olympiad Open 2014 D02 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black 41st Olympiad Open 2014 D37 1-0
• 2014 vs Levon Aronian White 2nd Norway Chess 2014 C65 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Fabiano Caruana Black 2nd Norway Chess 2014 B90 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Vladimir Kramnik White 2nd Norway Chess 2014 E21 1-0
• 2014 vs Anish Giri Black 2nd Norway Chess 2014 B67 1-0
• 2014 vs Magnus Carlsen White 2nd Norway Chess 2014 D38 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Peter Svidler Black 2nd Norway Chess 2014 B90 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Alexander Grischuk White 2nd Norway Chess 2014 B90 0-1
• 2014 vs Sergey Karjakin Black 2nd Norway Chess 2014 E10 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Levon Aronian White 2nd Norway Blitz 2014 C44 0-1
• 2014 vs Magnus Carlsen White 2nd Norway Blitz 2014 C44 0-1
• 2014 vs Fabiano Caruana White 2nd Norway Blitz 2014 A08 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Anish Giri White 2nd Norway Blitz 2014 B50 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Alexander Grischuk Black 2nd Norway Blitz 2014 C46 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Sergey Karjakin Black 2nd Norway Blitz 2014 A07 1-0
• 2014 vs Vladimir Kramnik White 2nd Norway Blitz 2014 B01 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Peter Svidler Black 2nd Norway Blitz 2014 A20 1-0
• 2014 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black FIDE Candidates 2014 D43 1-0
• 2014 vs Peter Svidler White FIDE Candidates 2014 B49 1-0
• 2014 vs Sergey Karjakin White FIDE Candidates 2014 A15 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Levon Aronian Black FIDE Candidates 2014 D15 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Viswanathan Anand Black FIDE Candidates 2014 B90 1-0
• 2014 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White FIDE Candidates 2014 B90 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Vladimir Kramnik White FIDE Candidates 2014 D37 1-0
• 2014 vs Peter Svidler Black FIDE Candidates 2014 C78 1-0
• 2014 vs Sergey Karjakin Black FIDE Candidates 2014 A29 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Levon Aronian White FIDE Candidates 2014 C88 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Viswanathan Anand White FIDE Candidates 2014 A09 1/2-1/2
• 2014 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black FIDE Candidates 2014 D11 1/2-1/2
• 2013 vs Fabiano Caruana White 19th European Teams C88 1/2-1/2
• 2013 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black 19th European Teams D31 0-1
• 2013 vs Levon Aronian White 19th European Teams A29 1/2-1/2
• 2013 vs Richard Rapport White 2nd Danube Rapid Cup 2013 C03 1/2-1/2
• 2013 vs Alexander Morozevich White FIDE GP Beijing C41 1-0
• 2013 vs Anish Giri Black FIDE GP Beijing B12 1-0

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