In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Aleksandrov and the family name is Topalov.
Veselin Topalov
Veselin Topalov, Warsaw 2013
Full name
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov
Country
Bulgaria
Born
(1975-03-15) 15 March 1975 (age 49) Ruse, Bulgaria
Title
Grandmaster (1992)
World Champion
2005–06 (FIDE)
FIDE rating
2727 (May 2024)
Peak rating
2816 (July 2015)
Ranking
No. 25 (May 2024)
Peak ranking
No. 1 (April 2006)
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced [vɛsɛˈlintoˈpalof]; Bulgarian: Весели́н Алексáндров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Champion.
Topalov became FIDE World Chess Champion by winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005. He lost his title in the World Chess Championship 2006 against Vladimir Kramnik. He challenged Viswanathan Anand at the World Chess Championship 2010, losing 6½–5½. He won the 2005 Chess Oscar.[1]
He was ranked world number one from April 2006 to January 2007. He regained the top ranking in October 2008 until January 2010. His peak rating was 2816 in July 2015, placing him joint-tenth on the list of highest FIDE-rated players of all time.
Topalov has competed at nine Chess Olympiads (1994–2000, 2008–2016), winning board one gold in 2014 and scoring best overall performance in 1994. He also won in Linares, Corus, Dortmund, Stavanger and Pearl Spring tournaments.
Topalov is married and has two daughters.[2]
^"Chess Oscar 2005 for Veselin Topalov". 30 April 2006. ChessBase
^"Veselin Topalov Became a Father | chess-news.ru".
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 VeselinTopalov, for the title of World Chess Champion. The match took place in Sofia...
in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. It was won by VeselinTopalov. In the face of criticism of the knockout FIDE World Chess Championships...
World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik and FIDE World Chess Champion VeselinTopalov. The title of World Chess Champion had been split for 13 years. This...
champion in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, VeselinTopalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012. In 2013, he lost the title to challenger...
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contract, and all accepted even though VeselinTopalov was open in his dislike of Moscow as a location. Topalov did not attend the opening ceremony, leaving...
Bulgarian composer Veselin Stoykov (born 1986), Bulgarian footballer VeselinTopalov (born 1975), Bulgarian chess grandmaster Veselin Tsvetkovski (born...
Linares chess tournament, Carlsen played against top-rated players VeselinTopalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Levon Aronian...
half a point ahead of Teimour Radjabov and then-World Chess Champion VeselinTopalov. In November 2006 he tied for first in the Tal Memorial chess competition...
against Peter Leko, and defeated the reigning FIDE World Champion VeselinTopalov in a unification match in 2006. As a result, Kramnik became the first...
the Chess World Cup 2007. This earned him a Candidates Match against VeselinTopalov, which he lost. Kamsky also competed in the Candidates Tournament in...
(peak years 2000–2007) Viswanathan Anand, 2780 (peak years 2007–2014) VeselinTopalov, 2773 (peak years 2005–2009) Anatoly Karpov, 2746 (peak years 1974–1984)...
defended it in 2008 (against Vladimir Kramnik) and in 2010 (against VeselinTopalov). Boris Gelfand became the challenger after winning the eight-player...
Vasyl Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, VeselinTopalov, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, and Magnus Carlsen. Of the ten World...
Champion Vladimir Kramnik played a match against the FIDE Champion VeselinTopalov to reunify the World Championship. Since then, the championship has...
Classical champion (Kramnik) defeated FIDE Champion VeselinTopalov, Kramnik would take Topalov's place in the 2007 tournament. The 2007 tournament would...
FIDE World Championship cycle 2012–2014 "Mamedyarov first in Beijing, Topalov wins Grand Prix overall". Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved...
with a 2-game rapid chess playoff in the event of a tie. Topalov–Bareev was tied 2–2; Topalov won the rapid playoff 1½–½. Game 1 – as black, Kramnik sacrifices...
Kramnik defeated the winner of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005, VeselinTopalov. The event attracted many controversies. One source of criticism, in...
tournament was convincingly won by the Bulgarian VeselinTopalov, and negotiations began for a Kramnik–Topalov match to unify the title. The World Chess Championship...
Champion VeselinTopalov, but not "Classical" World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. FIDE later organized a reunification match between Kramnik and Topalov (the...
Ghaem Maghami, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Zoltán Almási, Alexander Grischuk and VeselinTopalov to meet Michael Adams to play for the title and the right to face world...
Wijk aan Zee in January 2007 and was won jointly by Levon Aronian, VeselinTopalov, and Teimour Radjabov. Staff writer(s) (29 January 2007). "Standings...
preparation for the World Chess Championship 2010 against challenger VeselinTopalov. Anand won the match 6½–5½ to retain the title. Kasparov began training...
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