Veselin Topalov
Modern era · Bulgaria · b. 1975
FIDE world champion in 2005 and world number one, with a relentless attacking style.
Career In The Collection
1322Games
302Wins
608Draws
412Losses
46%Score
1991–2025Active
Head-to-Head Records
1322 Games · Page 3 of 7
- 2013 vs Sergey Karjakin Black FIDE GP Beijing B48 0-1
- 2013 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black FIDE GP Beijing E32 1-0
- 2013 vs Alexander Grischuk White FIDE GP Beijing C67 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White FIDE GP Beijing B32 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Gata Kamsky Black FIDE GP Beijing D37 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Peter Leko White FIDE GP Beijing E15 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Boris Gelfand Black FIDE GP Beijing D97 0-1
- 2013 vs Peter Leko White Sberbank GM Rapid E15 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Sergey Karjakin Black Sberbank GM Rapid C11 1-0
- 2013 vs Anatoly Karpov White Sberbank GM Rapid B01 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Fabiano Caruana White Makedonia Palace GP C78 0-1
- 2013 vs Alexander Morozevich Black Makedonia Palace GP B12 0-1
- 2013 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Makedonia Palace GP B92 1-0
- 2013 vs Peter Svidler Black Makedonia Palace GP D37 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Makedonia Palace GP B30 1-0
- 2013 vs Gata Kamsky White Makedonia Palace GP E60 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Alexander Grischuk White Makedonia Palace GP E21 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Sergey Karjakin Black Supreme Masters 2013 B96 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Levon Aronian White Supreme Masters 2013 E53 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Peter Svidler Black Supreme Masters 2013 B51 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Supreme Masters 2013 B84 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Supreme Masters 2013 B90 1-0
- 2013 vs Magnus Carlsen Black Supreme Masters 2013 A30 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Viswanathan Anand White Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013 A05 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Levon Aronian White Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013 A06 0-1
- 2013 vs Magnus Carlsen White Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013 A06 0-1
- 2013 vs Sergey Karjakin White Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013 A06 0-1
- 2013 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013 A11 1-0
- 2013 vs Peter Svidler Black Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013 B10 1-0
- 2013 vs Sergey Karjakin White Renova FIDE GP Zug A64 1-0
- 2013 vs Fabiano Caruana Black Renova FIDE GP Zug B90 0-1
- 2013 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White Renova FIDE GP Zug B19 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Alexander Morozevich Black Renova FIDE GP Zug A33 0-1
- 2013 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Renova FIDE GP Zug C84 1-0
- 2013 vs Gata Kamsky Black Renova FIDE GP Zug B51 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Peter Leko White Renova FIDE GP Zug D38 1-0
- 2013 vs Anish Giri Black Renova FIDE GP Zug D76 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 6th Kings Tournament D47 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 6th Kings Playoff A34 0-1
- 2012 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 6th Kings Playoff E73 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Fabiano Caruana Black 6th Kings Tournament B51 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 6th Kings Tournament C84 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Fabiano Caruana White 6th Kings Tournament A15 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Anish Giri Black 1st FIDE GP London 2012 D37 0-1
- 2012 vs Michael Adams White 1st FIDE GP London 2012 D30 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 1st FIDE GP London 2012 A07 0-1
- 2012 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White 1st FIDE GP London 2012 B19 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Peter Leko White 1st FIDE GP London 2012 E15 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 1st FIDE GP London 2012 B22 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Boris Gelfand Black 1st FIDE GP London 2012 D37 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Alexander Grischuk White 1st FIDE GP London 2012 A35 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Anish Giri White 40th Olympiad Open D37 1-0
- 2012 vs Wesley So Black 40th Olympiad Open E32 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black 40th Olympiad Open E68 1-0
- 2012 vs Magnus Carlsen White World Blitz Final C95 0-1
- 2012 vs Boris Gelfand White World Blitz Final B90 1-0
- 2012 vs Alexander Grischuk White World Blitz Final C88 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black World Blitz Final B36 1-0
- 2012 vs Sergey Karjakin Black World Blitz Final C03 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black World Blitz Final E75 1-0
- 2012 vs Alexander Morozevich White World Blitz Final C02 1-0
- 2012 vs Peter Svidler White World Blitz Final B43 1-0
- 2012 vs Magnus Carlsen Black World Blitz Final B36 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Boris Gelfand Black World Blitz Final A28 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Alexander Grischuk Black World Blitz Final B36 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White World Blitz Final A04 0-1
- 2012 vs Sergey Karjakin White World Blitz Final C88 0-1
- 2012 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White World Blitz Final A04 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Alexander Morozevich Black World Blitz Final E61 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Peter Svidler Black World Blitz Final A04 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Magnus Carlsen White World Rapid Final D15 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Boris Gelfand White World Rapid Final B30 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Alexander Grischuk Black World Rapid Final B30 0-1
- 2012 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black World Rapid Final D45 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Peter Svidler White World Rapid Final C88 1-0
- 2012 vs Sergey Karjakin White World Rapid Final A15 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black World Rapid Final D80 0-1
- 2012 vs Alexander Morozevich White World Rapid Final C11 1-0
- 2012 vs Richard Rapport White Topalov Vienna Clock Simul E98 0-1
- 2012 vs Gata Kamsky Black 74th Tata Steel GMA A46 1-0
- 2012 vs Anish Giri White 74th Tata Steel GMA C42 1-0
- 2012 vs Magnus Carlsen Black 74th Tata Steel GMA B51 1-0
- 2012 vs Fabiano Caruana White 74th Tata Steel GMA B42 0-1
- 2012 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 74th Tata Steel GMA A23 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Levon Aronian White 74th Tata Steel GMA D37 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Sergey Karjakin Black 74th Tata Steel GMA B23 1-0
- 2012 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 74th Tata Steel GMA C67 1/2-1/2
- 2012 vs Boris Gelfand Black 74th Tata Steel GMA D45 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Peter Leko Black 18th European Teams D85 1-0
- 2011 vs Peter Svidler White 18th European Teams C88 1-0
- 2011 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 18th European Teams D37 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Gata Kamsky White WCh Candidates A15 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Gata Kamsky Black WCh Candidates B90 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Gata Kamsky White WCh Candidates A15 0-1
- 2011 vs Gata Kamsky Black WCh Candidates B90 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 20th Amber Blindfold E61 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 20th Amber Rapid C99 1-0
- 2011 vs Levon Aronian Black 20th Amber Rapid A25 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Levon Aronian White 20th Amber Blindfold D38 0-1
- 2011 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 20th Amber Blindfold D72 1-0
- 2011 vs Hikaru Nakamura White 20th Amber Rapid C11 1-0
- 2011 vs Magnus Carlsen Black 20th Amber Rapid B23 1-0
- 2011 vs Magnus Carlsen White 20th Amber Blindfold C95 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Anish Giri Black 20th Amber Blindfold E98 0-1
- 2011 vs Anish Giri White 20th Amber Rapid E52 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Alexander Grischuk Black 20th Amber Rapid A80 1-0
- 2011 vs Alexander Grischuk White 20th Amber Blindfold B90 1-0
- 2011 vs Boris Gelfand White 20th Amber Rapid D43 1-0
- 2011 vs Boris Gelfand Black 20th Amber Blindfold E60 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black 20th Amber Blindfold A09 1-0
- 2011 vs Vladimir Kramnik White 20th Amber Rapid D38 1-0
- 2011 vs Sergey Karjakin White 20th Amber Blindfold E54 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Sergey Karjakin Black 20th Amber Rapid B12 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Viswanathan Anand White 20th Amber Rapid D57 1/2-1/2
- 2011 vs Viswanathan Anand Black 20th Amber Blindfold C67 1-0
- 2010 vs Judit Polgar Black Ajedrez UNAM KO C33 1-0
- 2010 vs Judit Polgar White Ajedrez UNAM KO A81 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Judit Polgar Black Ajedrez UNAM KO C67 1-0
- 2010 vs Judit Polgar White Ajedrez UNAM KO A85 0-1
- 2010 vs Magnus Carlsen White 3rd Pearl Spring E00 0-1
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand Black 3rd Pearl Spring E10 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Magnus Carlsen Black 3rd Pearl Spring C84 1-0
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand White 3rd Pearl Spring D57 0-1
- 2010 vs Hikaru Nakamura White 39th Olympiad Men D56 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Wesley So White 39th Olympiad Men D86 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand White WCh D56 0-1
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand Black WCh A29 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand White WCh D86 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand Black WCh E53 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand White WCh D17 1-0
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand Black WCh E10 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand Black WCh E04 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand White WCh D17 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand Black WCh E04 1-0
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand White WCh D17 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand Black WCh E04 1-0
- 2010 vs Viswanathan Anand White WCh D86 1-0
- 2010 vs Boris Gelfand White XXVII SuperGM C42 1-0
- 2010 vs Alexander Grischuk Black XXVII SuperGM E15 1-0
- 2010 vs Levon Aronian White XXVII SuperGM D43 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Alexander Grischuk White XXVII SuperGM B90 1-0
- 2010 vs Boris Gelfand Black XXVII SuperGM E05 1/2-1/2
- 2010 vs Levon Aronian Black XXVII SuperGM A64 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Michael Adams White 17th TCh-Eur C95 1-0
- 2009 vs Peter Leko Black 2nd Pearl Spring D72 0-1
- 2009 vs Magnus Carlsen White 2nd Pearl Spring B33 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Peter Leko White 2nd Pearl Spring C88 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Magnus Carlsen Black 2nd Pearl Spring E90 1-0
- 2009 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Champions Rapid C67 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Champions Rapid A30 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Champions Rapid E04 0-1
- 2009 vs Judit Polgar Black Champions Rapid C48 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 5th MTel Masters C97 1-0
- 2009 vs Alexei Shirov White 5th MTel Masters D44 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Magnus Carlsen White 5th MTel Masters D56 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 5th MTel Masters B99 0-1
- 2009 vs Alexei Shirov Black 5th MTel Masters C64 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Magnus Carlsen Black 5th MTel Masters D43 1-0
- 2009 vs Levon Aronian White 18th Amber Blindfold D43 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Levon Aronian Black 18th Amber Rapid E10 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Gata Kamsky White 18th Amber Rapid B42 0-1
- 2009 vs Gata Kamsky Black 18th Amber Blindfold B43 0-1
- 2009 vs Viswanathan Anand Black 18th Amber Rapid C65 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Viswanathan Anand White 18th Amber Blindfold B12 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Magnus Carlsen Black 18th Amber Blindfold A33 1-0
- 2009 vs Magnus Carlsen White 18th Amber Rapid D37 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 18th Amber Blindfold E04 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 18th Amber Rapid C85 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Peter Leko White 18th Amber Rapid C90 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Peter Leko Black 18th Amber Blindfold B19 1-0
- 2009 vs Vladimir Kramnik White 18th Amber Blindfold D12 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black 18th Amber Rapid D37 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Alexander Morozevich Black 18th Amber Blindfold E36 1-0
- 2009 vs Alexander Morozevich White 18th Amber Rapid C92 1-0
- 2009 vs Sergey Karjakin White 18th Amber Blindfold C64 1-0
- 2009 vs Sergey Karjakin Black 18th Amber Rapid C43 1-0
- 2009 vs Gata Kamsky White World Chess Challenge C07 1-0
- 2009 vs Gata Kamsky Black World Chess Challenge B12 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Gata Kamsky White World Chess Challenge C07 1-0
- 2009 vs Gata Kamsky Black World Chess Challenge C92 1-0
- 2009 vs Gata Kamsky White World Chess Challenge D81 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs Gata Kamsky Black World Chess Challenge C65 0-1
- 2009 vs Gata Kamsky White World Chess Challenge D86 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Peter Svidler Black Pearl Spring B12 0-1
- 2008 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Pearl Spring B45 1-0
- 2008 vs Levon Aronian White Pearl Spring D47 1-0
- 2008 vs Peter Svidler White Pearl Spring D86 1-0
- 2008 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Pearl Spring B10 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Levon Aronian Black Pearl Spring D12 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Alexei Shirov Black 38th Olympiad B12 1-0
- 2008 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Grand Slam Final D47 1-0
- 2008 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Grand Slam Final B18 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Magnus Carlsen White Grand Slam Final B78 1-0
- 2008 vs Levon Aronian Black Grand Slam Final E36 1-0
- 2008 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Grand Slam Final E34 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Viswanathan Anand White Grand Slam Final E15 1-0
- 2008 vs Magnus Carlsen Black Grand Slam Final D58 0-1
- 2008 vs Levon Aronian White Grand Slam Final D11 1/2-1/2
- 2008 vs Alexei Shirov White XXIII Rapid Open A16 1-0
- 2008 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White XXIII Rapid Open B06 1/2-1/2
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