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 5 of 7
- 2005 vs Garry Kasparov White XXII SuperGM B30 1-0
- 2005 vs Peter Leko Black XXII SuperGM B90 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Viswanathan Anand White XXII SuperGM C42 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Michael Adams Black XXII SuperGM B90 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Garry Kasparov Black XXII SuperGM C88 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Peter Leko White XXII SuperGM B33 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Viswanathan Anand Black XXII SuperGM B90 1-0
- 2005 vs Michael Adams White XXII SuperGM E37 1-0
- 2005 vs Peter Svidler Black Corus A C42 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Peter Leko White Corus A E32 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Judit Polgar White Corus A E15 0-1
- 2005 vs Viswanathan Anand White Corus A C42 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Alexander Morozevich White Corus A C67 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Nigel Short Black Corus A B33 0-1
- 2005 vs Alexander Grischuk White Corus A C88 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Michael Adams Black Corus A B90 1-0
- 2005 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Corus A B90 0-1
- 2004 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber Rapid C78 1-0
- 2004 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber Blindfold E15 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Peter Leko Black Amber Blindfold C78 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Peter Leko White Amber Rapid B33 1-0
- 2004 vs Alexander Morozevich Black Amber Rapid B90 1-0
- 2004 vs Alexander Morozevich White Amber Blindfold D17 0-1
- 2004 vs Alexei Shirov Black Amber Blindfold C67 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Alexei Shirov White Amber Rapid C88 1-0
- 2004 vs Boris Gelfand White Amber Blindfold E15 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Boris Gelfand Black Amber Rapid A40 1-0
- 2004 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber Blindfold C45 1-0
- 2004 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber Rapid B07 1-0
- 2004 vs Peter Svidler Black Amber Blindfold C42 1-0
- 2004 vs Peter Svidler White Amber Rapid B81 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber Blindfold B48 1-0
- 2004 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber Rapid B33 1-0
- 2004 vs Vladimir Kramnik White XXI SuperGM B30 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Garry Kasparov Black XXI SuperGM C88 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Peter Leko White XXI SuperGM B30 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Alexei Shirov White XXI SuperGM C97 1-0
- 2004 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black XXI SuperGM B90 1-0
- 2004 vs Garry Kasparov White XXI SuperGM D15 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Peter Leko Black XXI SuperGM B90 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Alexei Shirov Black XXI SuperGM E11 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Jan Timman Black GMA A40 0-1
- 2004 vs Viswanathan Anand White GMA B80 1-0
- 2004 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black GMA B92 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Alexei Shirov White GMA C42 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Peter Svidler Black GMA B90 1-0
- 2004 vs Peter Leko Black GMA B92 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Michael Adams White GMA C88 1/2-1/2
- 2004 vs Viswanathan Anand White TV Blitz B48 0-1
- 2004 vs Viswanathan Anand Black TV Blitz B33 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Viswanathan Anand White Hotel Bali Stars D17 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Judit Polgar White Hotel Bali Stars A30 1-0
- 2003 vs Sergey Karjakin White Hotel Bali Stars B90 1-0
- 2003 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black Hotel Bali Stars D15 0-1
- 2003 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Corsica Masters KO B90 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Viswanathan Anand White Corsica Masters KO E37 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Corsica Masters KO B50 1-0
- 2003 vs Viswanathan Anand White Corsica Masters KO B48 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Viswanathan Anand White Corsica Masters KO C77 0-1
- 2003 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Corsica Masters KO B90 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Alexei Shirov Black Corsica Masters KO B77 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Alexei Shirov White Corsica Masters KO C88 1-0
- 2003 vs Alexei Shirov Black Corsica Masters KO B22 1-0
- 2003 vs Alexei Shirov White Corsica Masters KO C84 1-0
- 2003 vs Peter Svidler White KO Rapid C88 0-1
- 2003 vs Peter Svidler Black KO Rapid B33 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Boris Gelfand White GpA P/O Blitz D43 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Boris Gelfand Black GpA P/O Blitz E94 0-1
- 2003 vs Boris Gelfand Black GpA B90 1-0
- 2003 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black GpA B90 1-0
- 2003 vs Michael Adams White GpA C96 1-0
- 2003 vs Sergey Karjakin Black 16th Ciudad C42 0-1
- 2003 vs Sergey Karjakin White 16th Ciudad A29 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Sergey Karjakin Black 16th Ciudad C42 1-0
- 2003 vs Sergey Karjakin White 16th Ciudad A31 1-0
- 2003 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber Blindfold B33 1-0
- 2003 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber Rapid C65 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Alexander Morozevich Black Amber Rapid B12 0-1
- 2003 vs Alexander Morozevich White Amber Blindfold C87 0-1
- 2003 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber Blindfold B51 0-1
- 2003 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber Rapid B42 1-0
- 2003 vs Boris Gelfand White Amber Blindfold C42 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Boris Gelfand Black Amber Rapid A31 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Peter Leko Black Amber Rapid B33 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Peter Leko White Amber Blindfold B33 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber Blindfold B82 1-0
- 2003 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber Rapid E20 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Alexei Shirov Black Amber Rapid B17 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Alexei Shirov White Amber Blindfold B32 1-0
- 2003 vs Alexander Grischuk White GMA B33 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Alexei Shirov Black GMA B12 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black GMA A58 1-0
- 2003 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black GMA B51 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Anatoly Karpov White GMA E20 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs Jan Timman Black GMA B53 0-1
- 2003 vs Viswanathan Anand White GMA C42 0-1
- 2003 vs Judit Polgar Black GMA B33 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Leko White Sparkassen Final E27 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Leko Black Sparkassen Final B42 0-1
- 2002 vs Peter Leko White Sparkassen Final B33 0-1
- 2002 vs Peter Leko Black Sparkassen Final B45 1-0
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov White Sparkassen Gp 1 Playoff D43 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov Black Sparkassen Gp 1 Playoff C42 1-0
- 2002 vs Boris Gelfand Black Sparkassen Gp 1 A33 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov White Sparkassen Gp 1 C99 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov Black Sparkassen Gp 1 B33 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Boris Gelfand White Sparkassen Gp 1 B12 1-0
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov White Eurotel Trophy C67 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov Black Eurotel Trophy B51 1-0
- 2002 vs Peter Svidler White Eurotel Trophy E70 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Svidler Black Eurotel Trophy B30 0-1
- 2002 vs Anatoly Karpov White FIDE GP E15 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Anatoly Karpov Black FIDE GP D58 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Anatoly Karpov Black FIDE GP A57 1-0
- 2002 vs Anatoly Karpov White FIDE GP B17 0-1
- 2002 vs Peter Leko White FIDE GP B19 0-1
- 2002 vs Peter Leko White FIDE GP B45 1-0
- 2002 vs Peter Leko Black FIDE GP B80 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Leko Black FIDE GP C42 1-0
- 2002 vs Sergey Karjakin White FIDE GP B51 1-0
- 2002 vs Sergey Karjakin Black FIDE GP B53 0-1
- 2002 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber Rapidplay B04 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber Blindfold A13 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov Black Amber Rapidplay C78 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexei Shirov White Amber Blindfold B30 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Leko Black Amber Blindfold B33 1-0
- 2002 vs Peter Leko White Amber Rapidplay A34 0-1
- 2002 vs Boris Gelfand Black Amber Blindfold B36 1-0
- 2002 vs Boris Gelfand White Amber Rapidplay C42 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexander Morozevich White Amber Blindfold C42 0-1
- 2002 vs Alexander Morozevich Black Amber Rapidplay B22 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber Blindfold E20 1-0
- 2002 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber Rapidplay A40 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Peter Leko White NAO Masters E32 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Anatoly Karpov White NAO Masters B17 1-0
- 2002 vs Boris Gelfand Black NAO Masters A40 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Alexander Morozevich White NAO Masters C78 1-0
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov Black FIDE WCh KO C42 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov Black FIDE WCh KO B77 1-0
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov Black FIDE WCh KO B77 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov White FIDE WCh KO C42 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov White FIDE WCh KO C42 0-1
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov White FIDE WCh KO C42 1-0
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov White FIDE WCh KO C42 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Michael Adams White Sparkassen Cat XXI C42 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Peter Leko Black Sparkassen Cat XXI B51 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Sparkassen Cat XXI B51 0-1
- 2001 vs Alexander Morozevich White Sparkassen Cat XXI B33 1-0
- 2001 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Sparkassen Cat XXI A79 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Peter Leko White Sparkassen Cat XXI E15 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Michael Adams Black Sparkassen Cat XXI C78 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Viswanathan Anand White Sparkassen Cat XXI C10 1-0
- 2001 vs Alexander Morozevich Black Sparkassen Cat XXI C42 0-1
- 2001 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Sparkassen Cat XXI A17 0-1
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov White Advanced Chess C11 1-0
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov White Advanced Chess C10 0-1
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov Black Advanced Chess B33 1-0
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov Black Advanced Chess B33 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Peter Leko White Amber Rapidplay C42 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Peter Leko Black Amber Blindfold C78 0-1
- 2001 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber Rapidplay B33 0-1
- 2001 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber Blindfold C10 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Amber Blindfold A40 0-1
- 2001 vs Anatoly Karpov White Amber Rapidplay E15 1-0
- 2001 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber Blindfold C92 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber Rapidplay E37 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Boris Gelfand Black Amber Blindfold A70 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Boris Gelfand White Amber Rapidplay A30 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Amber Rapidplay A79 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Amber Blindfold D37 1-0
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov Black Amber Blindfold B76 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov White Amber Rapidplay C78 1-0
- 2001 vs Peter Leko White Corus D97 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Alexander Morozevich Black Corus B36 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Corus D37 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Corus E31 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Viswanathan Anand White Corus C78 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Garry Kasparov Black Corus B80 1-0
- 2001 vs Michael Adams Black Corus B51 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Jan Timman Black Corus A43 1-0
- 2001 vs Alexei Shirov Black Corus B81 1-0
- 2000 vs Michael Adams White FIDE WCh KO C42 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Michael Adams Black FIDE WCh KO B84 1-0
- 2000 vs Peter Leko White 34th Olympiad B33 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 34th Olympiad A63 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Michael Adams Black Masters B51 1-0
- 2000 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Masters C90 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Michael Adams White Masters E15 0-1
- 2000 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Masters A42 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Michael Adams White Bosna SuperGM C89 0-1
- 2000 vs Garry Kasparov White Bosna SuperGM E07 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Alexei Shirov Black Bosna SuperGM C11 1-0
- 2000 vs Alexander Morozevich White Bosna SuperGM C11 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Nigel Short Black Bosna SuperGM B20 0-1
- 2000 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Amber Blindfold E69 0-1
- 2000 vs Anatoly Karpov White Amber Rapidplay D37 1-0
- 2000 vs Alexei Shirov White Amber Blindfold C42 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Alexei Shirov Black Amber Rapidplay B90 1-0
- 2000 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber Blindfold A37 1-0
- 2000 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber Rapidplay C11 1/2-1/2
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