[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "User"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1996.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 (7...
b5) 8. f4 Nc5 9. O-O Ncxe4 (9... Be7) (9... Nxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. g4) 10. Nxe4
Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 Qe7 (12... d5 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Rxe4 O-O (14... Bxd4+ 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 f6 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. Rxd5 Bd7 21. h3
Re5 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Bf7 Be8 24. Bg6 h6 25. Bxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bd6
Rd8 28. Bxe5 Rd5 29. Bc3 Rxf5 30. Bd4 b5 31. c3 h5 32. Bf2 Kg8 33. Kf1 Kf7 34.
Ke2 Ke6 35. Bd4 g6 36. Bb6 Kd5 37. Bc7 Ke4 38. Bd8 Rd5 39. Bh4 Rd3 40. Bf2 a5
41. Be1 a4 42. Bd2 Rd7 43. Bh6 Rd5 44. Bc1 Rc5 45. Be3 a3 46. Bc1 b4 {0-1 (46)
Topalov,V (2700)-Short,N (2665) Amsterdam 1996}) 15. Rg4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 e4 17.
Bg5 Bf6 18. Rf1 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 Qf6 20. Bxd5 e3 21. Rg3 Be6 22. Be4 Rae8 23. Rxe3
Bc4 24. Rfe1 Qxb2 25. f6 g6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qh6 Qxf6 28. Rxe8 Bxa2 29. h3 Bd5
30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qg5 Bc6 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. Rd8 Qf5 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Kg1 f4 36.
Rd4 f3 37. Rg4+ Kh8 38. gxf3 Bxf3 39. Rg3 Bc6 40. Kf2 a5 41. Ke3 b5 42. Kd4 Be8
43. Kc5 b4 44. h4 h6 45. Rg2 Kh7 46. Re2 Bh5 47. Re1 Bg6 48. Re7+ Kg8 49. Re2
Kg7 50. Rg2 Kf6 51. Kb5 Be4 52. Rf2+ Kg6 53. Kxa5 Kh5 54. Kxb4 Bh7 55. Rh2 Kg4
56. c4 Kg3 57. Rh1 Be4 58. Rd1 {1-0 (58) Amin,B (2652)-Areshchenko,A (2720)
Antalya 2013}) 13. Qf3 Nc5 (13... exd4 $2 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Qxe4+ Be7 16. g4 $16)
14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Bd5 a5 (15... Bd7 16. Nb4 Be7 (16... Qb6 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nd5
Qd8 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. f6 $18) 17. Qh5 $13 (17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Qh5+
Kg8 $17)) 16. Bg5 (16. Be3 {Spanisch TV - Kasparow 1990}) (16. b4) 16... Ra6 $2
(16... Bd7 17. Ne7 (17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. f6 Be8 $1) 17... Bxe7 18.
Bxe7 f6 (18... Kxe7 19. f6+ Kd8 20. fxg7 Re8 21. Bxf7 $18) 19. Qg4 Be6 $1 $11)
17. Nd8 f6 18. Nf7 Rg8 19. Be3 g6 20. Ng5 Rg7 (20... fxg5 21. f6 Rh8 22. f7+
Kd8 23. Bxg5+ $18) 21. fxg6 Rxg6 22. Bf7+ Qxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25.
Rad1 Be7 26. Rd5 Bg4 27. Qe4 Kg7 28. Rfd1 $6 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Re6 30. Qf5 Kf7 31.
Re1 b6 32. h4 Rg7 33. Kf1 Bd6 34. Kf2 Bc7 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Re4 Kf7 37. Rg4 Re7
38. Ke4 Rxg4+ 39. Qxg4 Bd8 40. a4 Kf8 41. c3 Rg7 42. Qc8 Ke8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44.
g4 Rf7 45. h5 Rg7 46. h6 Rg6 47. Qd5 Be7 48. Kf5 Rxh6 49. Qb7 e4 50. Qb8+ Kf7
51. Qxb6 e3 52. Qe6+ Ke8 53. Qxe3 Rg6 54. Qe4 Rg5+ 55. Kf4 Kd7 56. Qb7+ Ke6 57.
Qc8+ Kf7 58. Qc7 h5 59. gxh5 Rxh5 60. Qxa5 Bd6+ 61. Ke4 f5+ 62. Kd5 Be7 63. Qc7
Rh6 64. a5 Rd6+ 65. Ke5 Rf6 66. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "User"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 (7. Bg2)
7... c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Neg5 (11. Bg2 c5 12. Neg5 Nc6 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. O-O O-O 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bd6 19.
Ng4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nhxf7 Qe7 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rae1 e5 24. Qd3 a5 25. f4
Ng4 26. Qe4 Qd7 27. fxe5 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Nxf1 29. e6 Qa7 30. e7 d3+ 31. Kh1 Qf2
32. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Qxh7+ Kxg5 35. Qh4+ Kf5 36. g4+ {1-0 (36)
Topalov,V (2757)-Leko,P (2749) Monte Carlo 2005}) 11... c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5
h6 (13... Bxd5 14. O-O-O $14) 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. O-O-O Bd6 (15... Nbd7 16. Nh4
Kg8 (16... c4 $5) 17. Bf4) 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. Re1 Na6 (17... Rf8 18. Qg6+ Kg8 19.
Re6 $13 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qe8 21. e7 Bxe7 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Qf5) 18. Re6 Nb4 19.
Bxb4 (19. Qg6+ Kg8 20. Bc4 Qf8 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf4 Qf8 23. d6+ Nfd5 24. Re1
$13) 19... cxb4 20. Bc4 b5 (20... Kg8 21. Nf5 b5 22. Rxd6 Qf8 23. Bd3 Bxf5 24.
Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxf5 Qc3 26. Qxc3 bxc3 27. Bg6) 21. Bxb5 Be7 (21... Kg8 22. Bc4
Rh7 23. Rhe1 Bb7 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. d6 $18) 22. Ng6 Nxd5 23. Rxe7+ (23. Re5 $1 $18
) 23... Nxe7 24. Bc4+ Kf6 25. Nxh8 Qd4 (25... Qxh8 26. Rd1 Nf5 27. Qe4 Rb8 28.
Qc6+ Ke7 29. Qc5+ Ke8 30. Qd5 $18) 26. Rd1 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qd4+ 28. Ke1 Qe5+ 29.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Nf5 31. Nf7 a5 32. g4 Nh4 33. h3 Ra7 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rb6
Rc7 36. Ne5 Ng2 37. Ng6+ Kd8 38. Kf1 Bb7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Kxg2 Rd7 41. Nf8 Rd2
42. Ne6+ Ke7 43. Nxg7 Rxa2 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nxh6 Rc2 46. Bf7 Rc3 47. f4 a4 48.
bxa4 b3 49. g5+ Kg7 50. f5 b2 51. f6+ Kh7 52. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "User"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
(8. Bg2) (8. e4) 8... c6 9. e4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. dxc5
bxc5 (13... d4 $1 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. cxb6 axb6 16. O-O Rxa2) 14. h4 h6 15. Bb1 f5
(15... Nd7 16. Qc2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bxh6 Ne4 (18... gxh6 $2 19. Qg6+ Kh8
20. Ng5 Qd7 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5+ Kg8 24. Bxe6+) 19. Bd2 $14) 16.
exf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 d4 18. Ng5 hxg5 19. hxg5 dxc3 20. Bf4 (20. Rh8+ Kf7 21. Qg6+
Ke7 22. gxf6+ Kd7 (22... gxf6 23. Rh7+ Kd6 24. Bf4+ e5 25. Qe4 Nd7 26. Qd5+ Kc7
27. Be4) 23. Qd3+ Kc7 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bf4+ Kc8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. fxg7)
20... Kf7 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. gxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qxg7+ Rf7 24. Bg5+ Kd6 25. Qxf7 Qxg5
26. Rh7 Qe5+ 27. Kf1 Kc6 28. Qe8+ Kb6 29. Qd8+ Kc6 30. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "User"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Ke7 (14...
Qb6 15. Nd6+ {1/2-1/2 (36) Shirov,A (2740)-Karjakin,S (2732) Foros 2008}) 15.
Nd6 Qb6 16. Bg4 (16. a4 Raf8 17. Bf3 a6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Kh1 Bc6
21. f4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Kd8 24. Qg4 Rf8 25. Bd2 Kc7 26. h3 b4 27.
Qxg7 Qxd4 28. Bxb4 Qxb2 29. Ba5+ Kb8 30. Rg1 c3 31. Qe7 c2 32. Bd2 Qxe5 33.
Bxh6 Rg8 34. Nf7 Qc3 35. Qd6+ Kb7 36. Qxe6 d4 37. Nd6+ Kb6 38. Ne4 Nc5 39. Qxg8
Nxe4 40. Kh2 d3 41. Be3+ Kb5 42. Qb8+ Kc4 43. Qc7 Qf6 44. Rf1 Qd6+ 45. Qxd6
Nxd6 46. Rf6 Kd5 47. Rxd6+ Kxd6 48. Kg3 Kd5 49. Kf2 Kc4 50. Bd2 Kb3 51. Ke3
Bxg2 {1/2-1/2 (51) Grischuk,A (2767)-Ding,L (2769) Berlin 2018}) 16... Raf8 (
16... h5 17. Bxh5 Raf8 18. Qg4 Bh6 19. h4 $6 (19. b4) 19... Rhg8 (19... c5 $1
20. hxg5 Bg7 21. g6 N7f6 $1 $19 {Rogos - Borzenko email 2012}) 20. hxg5 Bxg5
21. Ne4 Ne3 22. Qxg5+ Rxg5 23. Bh4 Kd8 24. fxe3 Rh8 25. Bxg5+ Kc7 26. Bg4 c5
27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Rf7+ Kb8 29. Nd6 Rg8 30. Raf1 Rxg5 31. Rf8+ Kc7 32. R1f7+ Nd7
33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Rf7+ Kd8 35. Rf8+ Kd7 36. Rf7+ {1/2-1/2 (36) Shirov,A (2740)
-Karjakin,S (2732) Foros 2008}) 17. Qc2 Qxd4 (17... Rhg8 18. a4 $2 (18. Qg6 Nc7
19. Qe4 c5 (19... Ba8 20. f4 Kd8 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. h3 $14) 20. Nxb7 cxd4) 18...
Ba8 $2 (18... Qxd4) 19. Rfe1 (19. Rfd1) 19... Nc7 20. d5 cxd5 21. axb5 a5 (
21... Nc5) 22. b3 cxb3 23. Qh7 d4 24. Bh5 Nxb5 25. Nf7 b2 26. Rab1 Nc3 27. Nxh6
Rh8 28. Qxg7+ Kd8 29. Nf7+ Kc7 30. Nxh8 Nxb1 31. Ng6 Rd8 32. h4 Nd2 33. hxg5
b1=Q 34. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kh2 Nf1+ 36. Kh3 Ne3 37. fxe3 Qh1+ 38. Kg4 Qxg2 39. Qf7
dxe3 40. Nh4 Qe4+ 41. Qf4 a4 42. Bf7 Nc5 {0-1 (42) Timman,J (2561)-Ljubojevic,
L (2543) Wijk aan Zee 2008}) 18. Qg6 Qxg4 19. Qxg7+ Kd8 20. Nxb7+ Kc8 (20...
Kc7 21. Nc5 Rd8 22. Nxd7 $18) 21. a4 b4 (21... Rfg8 22. Qf7 Rf8 23. Nd6+ Kc7
24. Qg6 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rhg8 26. axb5 Rxg6 27. Rxa7+ Kd8 28. bxc6 Rg7 29. Bd2 $18)
22. Rac1 (22. Nd6+ Kd8 23. Rac1) 22... c3 (22... Rfg8 23. Qf7 Rf8 24. Nd6+ Kc7
25. Qg6 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Rhg8 27. Qc2 gxf4 28. f3 $16) 23. bxc3 b3 (23... Nxc3 24.
Qe7) 24. c4 Rfg8 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Qf7 Rf8 27. cxd5 (27. h3 $1) 27... Rxf7 28.
Rxc6+ Kb8 29. Nxf7 Re8 $2 (29... Qe2 $1 30. dxe6 Qxf1+ 31. Kxf1 b2 32. exd7
b1=Q+ 33. Ke2 Qe4+ 34. Kd2 Qxc6 35. e6+ Ka8 36. Nxh8 Qd5+ $11) 30. Nd6 Rh8 31.
Rc4 Qe2 32. dxe6 Nb6 33. Rb4 Ka8 34. e7 (34. Rxb3) 34... Nd5 35. Rxb3 Nxe7 36.
Rfb1 Nd5 37. h3 h5 38. Nf7 Rc8 39. e6 a6 40. Nxg5 h4 41. Bd6 Rg8 42. R3b2 Qd3
43. e7 Nf6 44. Be5 Nd7 45. Ne6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "User"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 (6... b6) (6...
c5) 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be5 (8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7
13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 16. Rfc1 Rfa8 17. Qd1 b5 18. Rab1 axb4 19.
axb4 Ra3 20. Rb3 R3a7 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. h4 h5 23. Rc2 g6 24. Ra2 Rxa2 25. Nxa2
Qa7 26. Rb2 Qa3 27. Qd2 Qa6 28. Nc1 Qb7 29. Nd3 Ra7 30. Nde5 Qa8 31. Qe3 Kg7
32. Rb3 Kg8 33. Ng5 Nxe5 34. fxe5 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Ra3 36. Rxa3 Qxa3 37. Qd8+ Kg7
38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qf6+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 (40) Giri,A (2797)-Radjabov,T 
(2756) Shamkir 2019}) 8... c6 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4 f5 (10... b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3) (
10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 f5 (11... Bxc5 12. g4 Ng7 13. h5) 12. b4) 11. Bh2 b6 (11...
Bxh4 12. Qc2 Bf6 13. Bd6 Rf7) 12. b4 f4 (12... a5 13. b5 bxc5 (13... Bb7 14.
cxb6 Qxb6 (14... Nxb6 15. O-O) 15. O-O) 14. bxc6 Ndf6 15. c7) 13. O-O a5 (13...
Bxh4 14. b5 Bb7 15. Qa4 Nb8 16. Rab1 $14) 14. b5 bxc5 (14... Bb7 15. bxc6 Bxc6
16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Ne5 $16) 15. bxc6 Nb8 16. Bb5 Ba6 17. a4 Qc8 18. dxc5 Nxc6
19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. axb5
Bxc5 25. Rxa5 fxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rc2 28. Rb1 Rfc8 29. Raa1 Bb6 30.
Be5+ Kg8 31. Ra6 Be3 32. b6 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Rb1 35. g4 Bf4+ 36. Kg2
Bxe5 37. Nxe5 Nf4+ 38. Kf3 Ne6 39. b7 Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 1-0

