[Event "Budapest zt-B"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.

dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Re8 14. h3 Bh5
15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. c4 h6

9. Nc3 g5 10. Qc2 Qh5 11. e3 Na6 12. a3 c6 13. Rae1 Rb8 14. d5 cxd5 15.
Nxd5
Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxd5 Qg6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. f4 Rbc8 20. Qb2 Qf6 21.
fxg5
hxg5 22. Bh3 Qe5 23. e4 Nc7 24. Bxf5 Nb5 25. Rd1 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 27.
Rxd4
Bxf5 28. exf5 Rc3 29. Rb4 b6 30. g4 Kf7 31. Re1 Rfc8 32. a4 Rd3 33. a5 Rxd5
34.
axb6 axb6 35. Rxb6 Rd4 36. h3 Rc7 37. Re2 Rd3 38. Kg2 Rcc3 39. Rb7 Rg3+
40. Kf2
Rcf3+ 41. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.

O-O Ne5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Bg1
Rad8
15. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]

[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. h4

cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Qxa5
Nxa5
15. b3 Bd7 16. h5 Nc6 17. h6 g6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. Be2 Nc8 21.
Ngf3
Nd6 22. Rhc1 Nc6 23. g4 Rc8 24. Kg2 Nf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Ne5+ Ke8 27. Rf1
Rf8
28. Rac1 Bd8 29. Bd3 Bb6 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Knaak"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.

Bd3
c4 $6 $14 (8... Ba4) (8... Qa5) 9. Be2 (9. Bf1 {/\ g3, h4, Bh3 (>< Pe6)}) 9...
Ba4 10. h4 (10. Rb1 $1) 10... h6 11. h5 $6 (11. Rb1) 11... Kd7 $1 12. Nh4 $6 (
12. g3 {/\ 13.Nh4 g5 14.Ng2+/=}) 12... g5 $1 $10 13. hxg6 (13. Nf3 Nec6 {
/\ f5|^}) 13... fxg6 14. g4 g5 15. Ng2 Nbc6 16. Be3 Qg8 17. Rh3 Qg6 18. Rc1
a5
$1 19. Qd2 b5 20. Kf1 Rab8 21. Ne1 Rhf8 22. Kg1 Rf7 23. Ng2 b4 24. axb4
axb4
25. cxb4 Rxb4 26. c3 Rb1 (26... Rb8 $13) 27. Kh2 $5 Ng8 $6 (27... Rxc1 28.
Qxc1
Bc2 29. f4 Bd3 (29... Be4 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Ne1 $13) 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. fxg5
hxg5 $13) 28. Bd3 $1 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 cxd3 30. Rxb1 $14 d2 $5 (30... Kc8 31. f4
$16) 31. Bxd2 Rxf2 32. Bc1 Ra2 33. Rf3 $1 Bd1 34. Rf8 Nce7 35. Rb2 (35. Bxg5
Bc2 36. Rb7+ Kc6 37. Bxe7 Kxb7 38. Rxg8 Be4 $13) 35... Rxb2 $6 (35... Ra1 $5
36. Be3 Bxg4 37. Rb7+ Kc6 38. Rbb8 Ra2 $13) 36. Bxb2 Bxg4 37. Ba3 Be2
(37...
Bh5 38. Ne3 Bg6 39. Ng4 h5 40. Nf6+ Nxf6 41. exf6 $18) 38. Ne3 h5 39. Rf7 $1
Ke8 (39... Bd3 40. Rg7 Bg6 41. c4 dxc4 42. d5 Ke8 43. d6 Kf8 44. Rxe7 Nxe7
45.
d7 $18) 40. Rg7 g4 41. Kg3 $18 Bd3 42. Kh4 Bg6 43. Kg5 Bf7 44. Rh7 Nc8 45.
Nf1
Nb6 46. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2

Re8 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rfe1 Bb7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Bf3 Qd6 17. h3 Qb8 18. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]

[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]

[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 8. g3

Qd8 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 a4 14. Qc2
Qc7 15.
Nc3 a3 16. b3 Rd8 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. c5 Be8 20. Nc4 Nd7 21. Na4
Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sion Castro, Marcelino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+

8.

Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. f3
Bh5
15. Qe1 Bg6 16. Rd1 Nd5 17. Qf2 Nb6 18. Bc1 Rac8 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Bb2 Nd5
21.
Nxd4 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Nf4 23. Rd2 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Qg6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Kh1
Rc8 27.
Rd1 h5 28. Rd2 Re8 29. h3 Qg5 30. h4 Qg6 31. Kh2 Qf5 32. Qxa7 Nxg2 33. Qd4
1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.

O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14.
Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 Nd7
20. Bf1

Rfc8 21. Bf2 h6 22. b3 b6 23. Rd4 Kf8 24. Kb2 Nc5 25. Red1 Ke8 26. Rg4 Kf8
27.
Rc4 Bd5 28. Rcd4 Ke8 29. Bh4 Bc6 30. Rd6 Nb7 31. R6d4 Nc5 32. a3 Nd7 33.
Ba6
Rc7 34. Bf1 Rb8 35. Rd6 Rcc8 36. a4 Rc7 37. R1d4 g5 38. Bg3 Ke7 39. Rc4
Rbc8
40. h4 Bb7 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Rd4 Nc5 44. Be1 Rd7 45. Rxd7+
Kxd7
46. Kc3 Be4 47. Bb5+ Kc7 48. Be8 Bg6 49. b4 Nd7 50. Kd4 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5

Na6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Bxc3

15. Qxc3 Rc8 16. Rbc1 Rf6 17. a3 Kg7 18. Rfe1 Nb8 19. c5 Be4 20. Qe3 dxc5
21.
Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 a6 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd7 25. Qc3 Nxe5 26. Qxe5
Qc6+ 27.
Kg1 Qd6 28. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ribli"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.

Nc3 Ng4 $5 9. e3 d6 10. Nce2 $5 Bd7 (10... Nge5 {
Wojtkiewicz,A-Tolnai,T/Katerini-op/1992/EXP32/}) 11. b3 Nxd4 (11... a6 $6 $14
{
Pein,M-Nicholson,J/Lugano-op/1989/}) 12. Nxd4 Rb8 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. h3 (14.
Qe2

$5) 14... Ne5 15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. Nb5 $1 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 a6 19. Nc3
Qe5
20. Rac1 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qd2 Kf8 (22... b4 23. Nd5 $14) 23. f4 $1 $14
Qg7
24. Ne4 (24. Nd5 $5) 24... Rd8 25. Nxd6 Bxh3 (25... exd6 $2 26. Qxd6+ Ne7
27.
Rc7 $18) 26. Rxc6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qf6 $1 28. Kf3 (28. e4 $1 Rxd6 29. Rxd6
Qxd6
30. Qxd6 exd6 31. Rxd6 Ra8 32. Rb6 Rxa2+ 33. Kf3 $16) 28... Ra8 29. Qd4 $6
(29.
e4 $5) 29... Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd6 31. Rdxd6 exd6 32. Rxd6 Rxa2 33. Rb6 h5 34.
Rxb5 Rb2 35. b4 $2 (35. e4 $1) 35... f5 36. Rb7 Kg8 37. b5 Kf8 38. b6 Kg8 39.
g4 hxg4+ 40. Kg3 Kf8 41. Kh4 Rb3 42. Kg5 g3 43. Kxg6 Rxe3 44. Kf6 Kg8 45.
Rg7+
Kh8 46. Rg5 Kh7 $1 (46... Rb3 $2 47. Kf7 $18) 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Kf7 Rd3 49.
b7
Rd8 50. Rxg3 Rd7+ 51. Kf8 Rxb7 52. Rh3+ Rh7 53. Rxh7+ Kxh7 54. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ernst"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]

[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7.

Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 a5 (12... Kf7
13.
Bf4 Rc8 14. Nc3 g5 15. Bg3 h5 $10 {Benjamin,J-Nikolic,Pr/Buenos Aires/1992/})
(
12... Bd6 13. Nc3 Kf7 14. Nd5 (14. a5 {Wedberg} c4 15. Nd4 b5 16. Nxe6 Kxe6
{
= Schmittdiel-Psakhis, Groningen 1990}) 14... Rb8 15. Nd2 Ne7 $10 {
Longwitz,A-Netz,E/CC-BdF-Meisterkl-VorrJ5/1986/}) (12... Ne7 {Wedberg} 13.
Bf4
c4 14. Nd4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Bd7 {= Matanovic}) 13. Nc3 (13. Na3 Bd6 $6 14.
Nb5 Rd8
15. Rd2 $16 {De la Villa,J-Garcia,G/Salamanca/1989/}) 13... c6 $1 14. Nc1 g6
15. N1e2 Nh6 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Rd6 Bd7 18. Rad1 (18. Rxf6 Ke7 19. e5 Bg7
20.
Rf4 Bxe5 21. Re4 Kf6 $15) 18... Rd8 19. Rxf6 Ke7 20. Rfd6 Be3+ 21. Kf1 Bd4
22.
R6xd4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 $14 Be8 24. Ke2 Rf8 25. Ke3 c5 26. Ndb5 Rxd1 27. Nxd1
Bf7
28. Ndc3 Kd7 29. f4 Be6 30. g3 h5 31. h4 Rd8 32. e5 Kc6 33. Nd6 (33. Ne4 Rd1
$132) 33... Rxd6 $1 34. exd6 Kxd6 35. Ne4+ Kd5 36. Nd2 Bf5 37. c4+ Kc6 38.
Ne4
Be6 39. Nd2 Kd6 $10 40. Ne4+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]

[White "Topalov, Veselin"]

[Black "Garcia Ilundain, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O e4 8.
Ne1
Re8 9. d3 Nxd5 10. cxd5 exd3 11. Nxd3 Ne5 12. e4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bc5 14. Be3
Bxe3
15. Qxe3 d6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Qf4 Re5 18. Rfd1 c5 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Rd4 Qe7
21.
Rcd1 Re8 22. Rxd6 Bxe4 23. Rd7 Qe6 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qf3 h6 26. Rxb7 Qc4
27. h4
Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. Rxa7 Re5 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Qd3+ f5
33. Qf3
Re4 34. Ra5 f4 35. g4 Rd4 36. b3 Qe1 37. Rf5 Qd2 38. a4 Qc2 39. h5 Rd3 40.
Qxf4
Rxb3 41. Re5 Rb4 42. Qf7 Rxg4 43. Re8 Rg2+ 44. Kxg2 Qc6+ 45. Qf3 Qxe8 46.
Qf5+
Kh8 47. a5 Qc6+ 48. f3 Qd6 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qc2+ Kh8 51. Qe2 Qd8 52. Qe5
Qd2+
53. Kg3 Qc1 54. f4 Qg1+ 55. Kf3 Qf1+ 56. Ke4 Qc4+ 57. Kf3 Qd3+ 58. Kg4
Qd1+ 59.
Kh4 Qd8+ 60. Kg3 Qd3+ 61. Kg4 Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nh3

c6 9. Nf2 b5 10. b3 e5 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qa5+ 14. Qd2
Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Rb8 16. Rd1 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Rc1 d5 20. Ke2 a5
21.
Bb5 Rfd8 22. h3 Bf8 23. Nd3 f6 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 dxe4 26. fxe4 Nd7 27.
Rc6
Rxb5 28. Rxe6 Nc5 29. Re7 Nxe4 30. Rc1 Ng3+ 31. Kf2 Nf5 32. Ra7 h5 33. Rc6
Rf8
34. Bc5 Nd4 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Rcc7 Rf5+ 37. Kg1 Rd8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+
Kg8
40. Rag7+ Kf8 41. Rxg6 Rd6 42. Rgg7 Rfd5 43. Rc7 Kg8 44. Rhg7+ Kh8 45.
Rge7 Rd8

46. Re2 d3 47. Rd2 Rf5 48. Rc3 Rfd5 49. Kf2 Kh7 50. Ke1 Re8+ 51. Kd1 Re3 52.
Rf2 Rg3 53. Rc6 Rdg5 54. Rcxf6 Rxg2 55. Kd2 R5g3 56. h4 Rg4 57. Kxd3 Rxf2
58.
Rxf2 Rxh4 59. Rf7+ Kg6 60. Ra7 Rh1 61. Rxa5 h4 62. Ke2 h3 63. Kf2 Rc1 64.
Kg3
Rc3+ 65. Kh2 Kf6 66. b4 Ke6 67. a4 Kd6 68. b5 Kc7 69. Ra7+ Kb6 70. Rh7 Ra3
71.
Rh6+ Kb7 72. Rh4 Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.

Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. g4 hxg4
15.

f4 Nc4 (15... Nc6 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. e5 Bg7 (17... dxe5 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19.
Qxd7 $18) 18. Ne4 $1 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. h5 Bf5 21. h6 Bh8 22. h7+ Kg7
23.
Qf2 $1 {/\ Qh4-h6 /Kalmar-Tiepelke/corr/1986-87/}) 16. Qe2 b5 17. f5 Qb6 18.
h5
Nxh5 19. Qxg4 Nxb2 $5 20. Kxb2 Rxc3 21. Kxc3 Qc5+ 22. Kb2 Bxd4+ 23. Kb1
Bg7 (
23... Qc3 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Be3 $1 Qxe3 $140 (25... Bxf5 26. Qxh5 gxh5 27.
Bxd4
Bxe4 28. Rxh5 e5 29. Bxa7 $18) (25... Qg7 26. Qxg6 Qxg6 (26... Nf6 27. Qxg7+
Kxg7 28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Rg1+ $18) 27. fxg6 Nf6 (27... Ng3 28. gxf7+ Rxf7 29.
Rg1
$18) 28. Bh6 Nxe4 (28... Rb8 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Bf8+ $18) 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30.
Rh8+
Kg7 31. gxf7 $18) 26. Qxg6+ Ng7 27. Qh7#) 24. Bh6 $1 Qc3 (24... Bxh6 25.
Qxg6+
Bg7 26. Rxh5 $18) 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Rdg1 (26. Rdg1 Nf6 27. Qxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]

[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3

d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1 c5 14. cxd5
exd5
15. e4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]

[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nbd2

Be6 (8... Qxb2 $2 9. Nc4 Qb5 (9... Qb4 10. c3 $1 Qb5 (10... Qxc3 11. Rc1 Qb4

12. Rb1 Qc3 13. Rb3 $18) 11. Nxd6 $16) (9... Qc3 10. Rb1 $1 {/\ Rb3}) 10.
Nxd6
$16) 9. Ng5 Bd7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. c3 h6 12. Nf3 b6 {During the game I thought
that Artur stood better but that doesn't seem to be the case} 13. Bd3 (13. a4
Bc6 14. a5 $140 Nbd7) 13... Qb7 14. Re1 Bc6 $1 15. Ncd2 Ne4 $1 16. Nxe4
Bxe4
$10 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Ba6 (18. a4) 18... Qc7 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Bxb7 (20. a4 Nf6)
20... Qxb7 21. e4 {I'm not so happy with this move. It doesn't spoil much
though-White's mistake comes later} cxd4 22. cxd4 Rac8 $1 {Black has
equalised}
23. Nf3 Rc7 24. Qe3 Kh7 25. Qb3 Nf6 $1 26. e5 (26. d5 Rfc8 {
And White will find it difficult to control Black's activity along the c-file})
26... dxe5 27. Nxe5 Rcc8 28. a4 Nd5 $10 {
The knight on d5 solves Black's problems} 29. Bd2 e6 30. h4 h5 31. a5 Rc7 32.
a6 $6 {White is overreaching} (32. axb6) 32... Qc8 33. Qd3 Rd8 34. Bg5 Rd6
35.
Qa3 Bxe5 $1 36. dxe5 Rdc6 $17 37. Qb3 Rc2 38. Ra4 R7c4 39. Re4 Rxa4 40.
Rxa4
Re2 41. Qf3 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Kg8 $1 (42... Qc7 43. Rc4 $1 Qxe5+ 44. g3) 43. Bf6
Qc7
44. g3 Qc2 $19 45. b3 Re3 46. Qg2 Rxb3 47. Rd4 Rd3 48. Re4 Rd2 49. Rf4 Kh7
50.
Rf3 Ne3 $1 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]

[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]

[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Anand"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 {Ribli Kortschnoj Topalov has a broad repertoire with both colours. In

Madrid he predominantly played 1.e4 but right after in Las Palmas kept trying
1.c4} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 d6 7. Bg2 $1 {
A real improvement (if you can call a move like Bg2 earth-shattering!).Topalov
shows that g5 is not athreat} (7. Nxb4 Nxb4 8. a3 $1 (8. d3 exd3 9. exd3 O-O
10. Be2 Bh3 {Korchnoi-Adams Wijk aan Zee 1993. White was blown off the
board
in 26 moves after some inaccurate play but anyway has no advantage at this
point}) 8... Nc6 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 {is Gurevich-Adams Munich 1993. White
won
a long ending but Michael was doing quite well out of the opening (full
compensation for the exchange).}) (7. a3 {Kortschnoj} Ba5 $1 $13) 7... g5 {
Show me!} 8. Qa4 $1 Bd7 (8... gxh4 9. Nxb4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qb3 $14 {
/\ Qc3,b3,Bb2}) (8... Bc5 $5 9. d4 $1 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1
Bd7
$19) 9... Bxd4 10. Bxg5 Bxb2 11. Rb1 h6 $1 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
Bxe4 $14) (8... Ba5 {Ribli} 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bxe4 gxh4 11. Bxc6+ $16) 9.
Nxb4
Nd4 (9... gxh4 $5 {Ribli}) 10. Qd1 gxh4 11. Nc2 $1 {
The knight on d4 has to be eliminated.} h3 $2 (11... c5 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. d3
$1

$14) (11... Nxc2+ $1 12. Qxc2 Qe7 (12... Bc6 {Kortschnoj} 13. O-O (13. b4 {
Ribli} a6 14. Bb2 $16) 13... Qe7 $14) 13. d3 {
and white is a little better but not more}) 12. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 13. Nxd4 Qf6 14.
Nf3 $16 Bc6 15. O-O h6 16. d4 $1 (16. d3 Ng5 (16... Nc5 17. d4 $16) 17. Nxg5
hxg5 18. e4 $16) 16... d5 (16... O-O-O 17. d5 Bd7 18. Be3 {/\ Ba7,Bd4}) 17. c5
O-O-O 18. Ne5 {this looks like a Petroff with White having a pawn on e2 !!}
Rhg8 19. a4 h5 20. Ra3 $1 {Overprotecting g3} Qe6 (20... h4 {Ribli} 21. b4
$36)
21. b4 f6 22. Nd3 $1 $18 (22. Nxc6 $5 $16 {Kortschnoj}) 22... h4 23. Nf4 Qf5
24. b5 Be8 25. Qd3 Rd7 $6 26. Qb3 Rg5 27. c6 $1 Rdg7 28. cxb7+ Kxb7 29.
Qf3 Qd7
(29... hxg3 {Ribli} 30. fxg3 Nxg3 31. hxg3 Rxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 33. Rxg3
$18)
30. Nd3 Bh5 (30... hxg3 31. hxg3 (31. Bxg5 $18) (31. Bxg5 $18 {Ribli}) 31...
Rxg3+ 32. fxg3 Rxg3+ 33. Qxg3 Nxg3 34. Nc5+ $18) 31. Nc5+ Nxc5 32. dxc5
Kb8 (
32... Bxf3 {Kortschnoj} 33. c6+ $18) (32... Qe7 $5 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 33. Qxf6
Rf5 34. Qd4 Bxe2 35. Re1 hxg3 36. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 37. fxg3 Qe8 38. Rxe2 (38.
Rxe2
Qxe2 39. Qh8+ Kb7 40. c6+ Kb6 41. Qd4+ $1 (41. Qb8+ $4 Kc5 42. Qxa7+
Kc4) 41...
Ka5 42. Bd2+ Qxd2 43. Qxd2+ Kxa4 44. Qc2+) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]

[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]

[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.

O-O a6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Ng3 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Nge2 Na5 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. a4 b6
15.
Be3 Bb7 16. Qd4 d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qd4 Bc5 20. Qd3 Nxb3 21.
cxb3
Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rac1 Qe7 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. bxc3 O-O
27.
Rfd1 Rfd8 28. Qe3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rd4 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qe5
Rxd4 33.
Qxd4 e5 34. Qd5 Qg5 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ g6 37. c4 bxc4 38. bxc4 f5 39.
f4
exf4 40. Qf3 Qe7 41. Qxf4 Kg7 42. Qf2 Qe4 43. Qb2+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]

[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]

[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 e4 5. d4 Be7 6. Nd2 c6 7. Nxe7 Qxe7 8.

e3
f5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O d6 11. Nb1 O-O 12. Nc3 Be6 13. f4 exf3 14. Rxf3 d5 15.
b3
Re8 16. Bd2 Nbd7 17. Qf1 Rf8 18. Rc1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Rf2 Qg5 21. a4 h5
22. Rc3 Rxf2 23. Qxf2 Rf8 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 g6 26. Bc1 Rf6 27. Ba3 Kf7
28.
Bb4 Ke8 29. Ba5 Rf5 30. Bc7 Nf6 31. c5 Kd7 32. Bf4 g5 33. Bb8 a6 34. b4 Kc8
35.
Bd6 Bd7 36. Be7 Ng8 37. Bd6 Nh6 38. Ra3 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]

[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Khalifman"]
[PlyCount "45"]

[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nf3 g6 $6 (5... e6) 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O

O-O 8. Ne2 $14 Ne4 9. c4 Kh8 $6 (9... e6) 10. Be5 e6 11. b4 Nd6 12. Bxg7+
(12.
Qb3 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd7 $14) 12... Kxg7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. a4 Qf6 15. cxd5 $1
(15.
b5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 e5 $14) 15... exd5 16. b5 Ne4 (16... Nb6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18.
Ne5
$16) 17. Rac1 Qd6 (17... g5 18. Rfd1 (18. Qb2 $6 c5 $1) 18... g4 19. Ne5 $1
Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 $16) 18. Qc2 Rf6 (18... c5 19. Bxe4
fxe4 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 exf3 23. gxf3 $16) 19. Rfd1 $16 a6
20. Nf4 h6 21. Qb2 $1 Kh7 22. Ne5 Nec5 $4 (22... Rb8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qa1
$16)
23. Rxc5 $1 (23. Rxc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Nd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]

[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]

[Annotator "Wedberg"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3
Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f4 Kh8 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21.
Qg2 $5
(21. a4 bxa4 (21... g5 22. axb5 axb5 23. fxg5 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 f4 25. gxf4 Bxf4
26. Rg3 Qxg5 27. Kh1 Bd6 28. Qg2 Bxg3 29. Qxg3 h5 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1
Qc1
32. Kg1 Qxb2 33. h3 Bd1 34. Ne3 Qb1 35. Kg2 {+/-/+- Nunn}) 22. Rxa4 g5 23.
Raa1
Re6 24. fxg5 Rfe8 25. Qf2 h6 {Nunn}) 21... Re4 22. h4 h6 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24.
Rf1
Rf6 $5 $146 (24... g5 25. Qh2 $1 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxf4 28. gxf4 e3
29. Qg3 e2 30. Kf2 Qf5 31. h5 {+- Klover-Kant, Ostrava 1981}) 25. a4 Rg6 26.
axb5 axb5 $5 27. f5 $5 (27. Ra7 Bf3 28. Qh3 (28. Qh2 $2 Qg4 29. Kf2 Be2 $40)
28... Bg4 29. Qh2 Bf3 {/\ Qg4} 30. Re1 (30. Qh3 Bg4 $10) 30... Qg4 31. Kf2
Bd1
32. Qg2 Bf3 33. Qg1 $13) 27... Bxf5 28. Bf4 Be7 29. Be5 Bxh4 30. Ra7 Bxg3 $1
(
30... Bf6 $6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 (31... gxf6 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Rfa1 $40) 32. g4 $1
Bxg4 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34. Qg3 Qg5 35. Qb8+ Qg8 36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 37. Kf2 $18)
(30...
e3 $2 31. Qxd5 $18) 31. Bxg3 e3 32. Re7 Be4 33. Re8+ $1 Kh7 34. Rxe4 dxe4
35.

Qxe4 (35. Re1 $2 Qf3 $17) (35. Rf4 $5 Qg5 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Rh4 Qf3 38. Qxf3
exf3 39. Rf4 f2 40. Rf3 Re6 41. d5 e2 42. Bxf2 e1=Q 43. Bxe1 Rxe1 $10) 35...
Qh3 $2 (35... e2 $1 36. Re1 (36. Rf3 $4 Qxf3 37. Qxf3 e1=Q+ $19) (36. Rf8
Qh3
37. Rh8+ (37. Rf3 $6 h5 38. Kf2 Qf1+ 39. Ke3 e1=Q+ 40. Bxe1 Qxe1+ {
With at least a draw}) 37... Kxh8 38. Qxg6 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 e1=Q 40. Bxe1 Qxe1
$10)
36... Qh3 37. Rxe2 Qxg3+ 38. Rg2 Qxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 $10) 36.
Rf3 e2
{/\ h5-h4} 37. Qb1 $1 $18 {/\ Kf2} (37. Kf2 $2 Qf1+ $10) 37... h5 38. Kf2 h4
39. Be5 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]

[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 Nc6
8.
Nf3 Bf5 9. d4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Rc7
15.
Rfd1 Rd7 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Bxa4 Be4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Bxc6 Bxc6
21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bg3 e5 24. Qc3 exd4 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Rd2 Qb6 27.
f3
Rfd8 28. Bf2 Bb5 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qb3 Qc6 31. Qd1 d3 32. Rc1 Qe6 33. a4 Bc4
34.
Rc3 h6 35. Qe1 Qxe1+ 36. Bxe1 Ba6 37. Bg3 Re8 38. Rc7 Rd5 39. Rc3 Re6 40.
Bf2
Rde5 41. Rc1 Kh7 42. Bd4 Re2 43. Bc3 Rxd2 44. Bxd2 Re2 45. Bc3 Bc4 46. Re1
Rc2
47. Rd1 b6 48. Kh2 Kg6 49. Bd4 Kf5 50. Bxb6 Rxb2 51. Bxa5 Kf4 52. Kg1 Ke3
53.
Re1+ Kd4 54. Rd1 Ra2 55. Bd2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]

[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]

[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2

c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qa4 a6 11. Ne4 b5 12. Qd1 Be7 13. Bg5 f6 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Qb3 f5 19. Ne5 Qe7 20. Nd3 Bd6 21.
e4
fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nc3 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxc3 e5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rf8 27.
Be3
Ba8 28. Ne1 Kh8 29. Qd3 Bb4 30. Ng2 Qb7 31. Qf1 Rd8 32. Bg5 Bd2 33. Bxd8
Bxc1
34. b3 Bd2 35. h4 Qd7 36. Bg5 Bxg5 37. hxg5 Qh3 38. f4 Qxg3 39. fxe5 Be4
40.
Qe2 Qxe5 41. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]

[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]

[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3

Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.

O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd2
Qe7
15. e5 Nd7 16. Kb1 Bb6 17. f4 h5 18. Ne2 g6 19. g3 Qc5 20. Bc3 Qf2 21. Qxf2
Bxf2 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rc8 24. b3 Nc5 25. Bg2 b5 26. h3 Ke7 27. g4 hxg4
28.
hxg4 Bb7 29. Kb2 Nd7 30. g5 Nc5 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Rh1 Rxh1 33. Bxh1 Kd7
34. Bf3

Kc7 35. Kc3 Kb6 36. b4 Na4+ 37. Kd2 Bc6 38. c3 Kc7 39. Bd1 Nb6 40. Bb3 Bd7
41.
Ke3 Nc8 42. Bc2 Ne7 43. Nb3 Kb6 44. Bd3 Be8 45. Nd4 Nc6 46. Nc2 a5 47. Be2
Bd7
48. Kd3 axb4 49. axb4 Bc8 50. Bf3 Bb7 51. Ne3 Kc7 52. Ng4 Kd7 53. Kd2 Ba6
54.
Be2 Kd8 55. Nf2 Kc7 56. Bf1 Ne7 57. Ng4 Kd8 58. Ne3 Nc6 59. Nc2 Kc7 60. Bd3
Kb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.

Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 h5 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O-O
Nc4

15. Qd3 Na5 16. Nde2 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 b5 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Nf4 Bc6 20. Qe2
Qb7 21.
Rhe1 e5 22. Nfd5 b4 23. Nxf6 bxc3 24. Rxd6 Qb4 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd5 c2+
27.
Kc1 Qa5 28. a3 Rb8 29. b4 Qa4 30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Re2 a5 32. b5 Rc4 33. Rd2
Rd4 34.
Qc3 Qxb5 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Qxd4+ Kh6 37. Qd2+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. h3 e5 5. g4 h6 6. Bg2 exd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8. Be3

Bg7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. b3 d5 11. Rd1 c6 12. Nge2 Be6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15.
O-O Qe7 16. exd5 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rf8 20. Qd3 Rf6
21.

Rxf6 Bxf6 22. Qg6+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rd7+ Be7 25. Rxb7 Rd8 26. Bxc6
Rd1+
27. Kf2 Rd2+ 28. Kf3 Rxa2 29. Ke4 Kf6 30. Be8 Ra5 31. b4 Ra3 32. c5 a5 33. c6
Rc3 34. bxa5 Bc5 35. Rf7+ Kg6 36. Rf5+ Kg7 37. Rxc5 Rxc5 38. a6 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Ba6

9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Re1 b4
15.
Na4 Bb5 16. Nec5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bc6 18. a3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a5 20. axb4 axb4
21.
Ra7 Ra8 22. Qa1 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 Ne4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Qd1
Qxd1 27.
Rxd1 Nxc5 28. Be5 f6 29. Bc7 Nxb3 30. Kf1 e5 31. f4 Ra2 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. fxe5

fxe5 34. Rb8 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f3

a6 9. Bc4 $146 (9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bg2 Nxd4 13.
Qxd4
Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7 15. f4 Rc8 $10 {
Frolov,A-Poluljahov,A Kobanya op (10) 1992 1/2 54 -Inf.55/239}) (9. Qe2 Nxd4
10. Bxd4 e5 11. Bf2 Be6 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Qd2 Be7 14. h4 Qc7 $10 {
Nunn,J-Jansa,V BL 1991 -Inf.51/216}) 9... Na5 (9... d5 $5 10. exd5 exd5 $13)
10. Bd3 b5 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O Rb8 (12... Nc4 $5 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 $13) 13.
Kb1

g6 14. h4 Nd7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. g5 (17. f5 b4 18. Na4 e5 $15) 17...
hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Bb7 20. b3 Qc7 21. Rh8 e5 (21... b4 22. Ndb5 $1
axb5 23. Nxb5 Qc6 24. Nxd6+ Ke7 25. e5 $16) 22. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 23. Nxb5
Qc6 24.
Nxd6+ Ke7 25. fxe5 Ke6 (25... Nxe5 26. Qb4 Ke6 (26... Qxd6 27. Bc5 Ke6 28.
Rxf8
$18) 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Nxb7 $18) 26. Nb5 $1 Qxb5 27. Rxf8 Qc6 (27... Rxf8 $4
28. Qd6#) 28. Rxb8 Nxb8 29. Qd8 Na6 (29... Nd7 $4 30. Qe8#) (29... Qxe4 30.
Qf6+ (30. Qxb8 Qxe3 31. Qxb7 Qe1+ 32. Kb2 Qxe5+ 33. c3 Qxg5 $14) 30...
Kd7 (
30... Kd5 $4 31. Qd6#) 31. Qxf7+ Kc8 32. Qe8+ Kc7 33. Bc5 $16) 30. Qf6+
Kd7 31.
Qxf7+ Kc8 32. Qf8+ Kc7 33. Qf7+ Kb8 34. e6 $18 Qxe4 35. e7 Bc6 (35... Nc7
36.
Bf4 $18) 36. e8=Q+ $1 (36. e8=Q+ Bxe8 37. Qa7+ Kc8 38. Qxa6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]

[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5

Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 h5 13. c5 g5 14. a4 Kh8 15. a5
dxc5
{TN} 16. Bxc5 Nd6 17. Nd3 $6 (17. Nb5 $1 Ng8 18. Nxa7 Bd7 19. a6 $16) 17...
Ng8
18. b4 $6 (18. Nf2 Nh6 19. Nb5 $14) (18. Bf2 $5 Nh6 19. Nc5 Rf6 20. Ne6
$146)
18... Nh6 19. Nf2 Rg8 20. Ra3 Bf8 21. h3 b6 $1 $15 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Bxd6
Bxd6
24. Nb5 Bxb4 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Nxa7 Bc5 27. Nc6 Qf6 28. Qa1 Nf7 29. Rc1 g4
30.
hxg4 hxg4 31. fxg4 Bxg4 32. Bxg4 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rxg4 (33... Qh4+ 34. Ke2
Qxg4+
35. Kd3 $13) 34. Rh1+ Kg7 35. Qa3 $2 (35. Qa7 Qg5 36. Rh7+ $15) (35. Qa7
Qd6
36. Rh7+ Kxh7 37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Kf1 $1 $15) 35... Qg6 36. Qh3 Rg3 $19 37.
Qf5
Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Qxf5 39. exf5 Rd2 40. Rg1+ Kf6 41. Rg6+ Kxf5 42. Ne7+ Ke4
43.
Rxb6 Ng5 44. Rb3 f3 45. Rb4+ Kd3 46. d6 Kc3 47. Ra4 Rxd6 48. Nf5 Rd2 49.
Ng3
Kd3 50. Ra5 Ne4 51. Ra3+ Nc3 52. Ra8 Ke3 53. Nf5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.

O-O Bd6 9. h3 Bf4 10. Bxf4 Qxf4 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. a4 Qc7 13. a5 e5 14. Qd2
Be6
15. Na4 Rd8 16. Qc3 O-O 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Bc4 Nf4 20. b4 Qe7 21.
Qf3
h5 22. c3 g5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 h4 25. Bc4 Kg7 26. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]

[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.

O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd2
Rc8
15. Kb1 dxe4 16. fxe4 Qe7 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qg3 Bc7 19. Qxg7 Bxe5 20. Qg4 Nf6
21.
Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2 a6

9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Na4 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]

[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ambroz"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Rb1 f5 (6... a5 $6

{Ribli}) 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Ne7 $1 (9... a5 $6 {Ribli} 10. b3 $1 $14)
(9... g5 {Ribli} 10. f4 $1 $13 {Georgadze,GVyzmanavin,A/Podolsk/1992/CBM33/})
10. f4 (10. b3 $5 {Ribli Csom,I-Bhend,E/SWZ-GP Suhr/1992/EXP27/}) 10... c6
11.
b3 $5 (11. b4 Be6 12. b5 Nd7 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rae8 $10 {
Hanken-Anderson,M, Los Angeles 1991}) 11... Be6 12. h3 (12. Kh1 $5 {Ribli}
Qc7

13. e4 h5 14. Be3 $13) 12... Qc7 (12... Qd7 $5 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. e4 $13) 13. e4
h5 $5 (13... Rad8 14. Be3 b6 $13) 14. Be3 h4 15. c5 $5 Nh5 (15... hxg3 16.
cxd6
Qxd6 17. fxe5 (17. Nxg3 exf4) (17. d4 {Ribli} Nxe4 18. fxe5 Qd7 $13) 17...
Qxe5
18. Bf4 Qc5+ $1 19. d4 Qa5 $36) 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. d4 (17. fxe5 Bxe5 18.
gxh4 f4
$17) 17... exd4 (17... exf4 18. gxf4 $13 (18. e5 $2 Bxe5 $1)) (17... fxe4 {
Ribli} 18. fxe5 Qd7 19. g4 $16) 18. e5 Qd7 19. Bxd4 Nxg3 20. Nxg3 hxg3 21.
Bc5
$1 Qxd1 (21... Rfd8 $142 22. Qf3 Nd5 23. Qxg3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Bf8 25. Bxf8
Kxf8
$15 {/\ Qd4 _|_} (25... Rxf8 26. Rfd1 Bd5 27. Rd3 Qe6 28. Rbd1 Rad8 (28...
Bxg2
29. Rd6) 29. Qd2 $16)) 22. Rbxd1 Kf7 23. Rd3 Rfd8 24. Rxg3 Bf8 (24... Rd2 $1
25. Rf2 (25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Rxg6 Kf7 27. Rg3 Bf8 $5 $44 {^^}) 25... Rxf2 26.
Kxf2 Rd8 $10) 25. Ne2 $1 Rd2 (25... Bd5 {Ribli} 26. Rf2 $14) 26. Nd4 Bd5 27.
e6+ Bxe6 (27... Kf6 28. Bd6 $5 Rxd4 (28... Bxe6 29. Be5+ Kf7 30. Nf3 $16 {
/\ Ng5}) (28... Kg7 29. Bxd5 (29. Be5+ Kh7) 29... Nxd5 30. Nxf5+ Kf6 31. Nh4
Kxe6 32. Rxg6+ Kf7 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. Rg2 $14) 29. Be5+ Kxe6 30. Bxd4 Bxg2
31.
Kxg2 Kf7 $14 {/\ Nd5}) 28. Nf3 Rad8 (28... Re2 $2 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Bf3 $18)
29.
Ng5+ (29. Nxd2 Rxd2 30. Rf2 Rd1+ 31. Rf1 Rd2 $10) 29... Kf6 30. Bb4 (30. Re1
Rd1 31. Rge3 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Bg8 $17) 30... Rc2 31. Bc3+ (31. Nh7+ $142 Kf7
32.
Ng5+ $10) 31... Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Bg8 $1 33. Rc2 Nd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Re2
Bc5+ 36.
Kh2 Rd4 37. Kg3 Bd5 38. Nh7+ Kg7 39. Ng5 Kf6 40. Nh7+ Kg7 $22 41. Ng5
Rd3+ 42.
Kh4 (42. Kh2 {Ribli} Be3 $13) 42... Kh6 (42... a5 $5) 43. b4 Be3 44. a4 a6 $1
45. Rb2 Bd4 46. Re2 Bf6 47. Rfe1 (47. Re8 Bg2) (47. Rff2 Rd4 48. Kg3 Rxb4)
47... Rf3 0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]

[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 {Ambroz} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (4... Nxd7 5. O-O

Ngf6 6.
Re1 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. a4 a6 $10 {
Barua,D-Khalifman,A Biel izt (11) 1993 0-1 45}) 5. O-O e6 (5... Nf6 6. e5 $5
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd6 8. Nc4 Qd7 9. b3 $146 Nc6 10. Bb2 e6 11. f4 Be7 12. Ne5
Qc7
13. Na3 $10 {Georgiev,Kr-Genov,P/BLG-ch1992/}) 6. b3 (6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6
8.
d4 cxd4 9. Bg5 $146 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Be7 11. Rfd1 $44) 6... Nf6 7. Re1 Nc6 8.
Bb2
Be7 9. d4 (9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 $10) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. c4 Rfd8 (11...
Nxd4 $5 {Ambroz /\ b5}) 12. Nc3 Rac8 $10 (12... a6 {Ambroz} 13. Na4 Rab8
14.

Rc1 b5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. cxb5 Qxb5 $10 {Hjartarson-Watson, Brighton 1982})
13.
Qd2 (13. Rc1 {Ambroz} Ne8 $5 {/\ Bf6}) 13... b6 (13... a6 $142 $5 {Ambroz})
14.
Rad1 a6 (14... Qb7 $5) 15. a4 Na5 (15... g6 {Ambroz} 16. Qe3 Qb7 (16... Nxd4
$5
) 17. Qh3 $143 (17. Nxc6 $5 Qxc6 (17... Rxc6 18. Qf3 {/\ Nd5, /^ a1-h8}) 18.
Qh3 Bf8 19. Nd5 $1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 exd5 21. Qc3 $18) 17... Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bf8)
16.
Qe3 Ne8 (16... e5 $2 17. Nf5 Nxb3 18. Qg5 (18. Nd5 {Ambroz} Nxd5 19. Qxb3
$1 (
19. Rxd5 Na5 (19... Nd4 $5 20. Nxd4 (20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4 $13) 20... exd4
21.
Bxd4 Rxc4 22. Bxb6 Rdc8 $10) 20. Bxe5 Nxc4 21. Qg3 g6 22. Ba1 $44 (22.
Bxd6
Nxd6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. e5 Qe6)) 19... Nf6 20. Bxe5 Nxe4 (20... Rc6 21. Qg3 g6
(
21... Nh5 22. Qg4 $40) 22. Qg5 (22. Bb2 $36 {/^ a1-h8}) 22... Nd5 23. Qh6 $5
Bf8 24. Bg7 $1 gxf5 (24... Ne7 25. Bxf8 Nxf5 26. exf5) 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. cxd5 (
26. Rxd5) 26... Rc4 27. Rd3 f4 $8 28. Qxf4 $16) 21. Nxg7 Nf6 22. Qg3 Qg4 23.
Nf5 $1 $18) 18... g6 19. f4 $40) (16... Nc6 {Ambroz} 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 (17... Rxc6
18. e5 (18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Rc7 20. Qxb6 Rb7 $15) 18... Ne8 19. Qg3 $40)
18.
Nd5 exd5 19. exd5) 17. f4 Qb7 18. Kh1 Bf8 19. Qh3 (19. Qg3 $5 {Ambroz})
19...
Nc7 (19... Nc6 {Ambroz} 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. f5 $16) (19... e5 $5 {Ambroz} 20.
fxe5 (20. Nf3 $5) 20... dxe5 21. Nf5 Nxb3 (21... Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxb3 $2 23. Nd5
{/\ Nfe7}) 22. Nd5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bxd4 $36) 20. Rd3 Nc6 21. Nxc6
Qxc6
22. Qh4 Ne8 23. Rh3 h6 24. Rg3 Kh7 (24... g6 {Ambroz} 25. f5 Kh7 26. fxg6+
fxg6
27. Qg4) 25. f5 exf5 (25... Nf6 {Ambroz} 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Nd5 $1 exd5 (27...
Nxd5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Bxg7 $1 $18) 28. Bxf6 Re8 (28... gxf6 29. Qg4) 29.
cxd5

$16 Qxd5 $140 30. Rxg7+) 26. Nd5 $1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qf4 bxc4 (28...
Qd7 {
Ambroz} 29. exf5) 29. Qxf5+ Kg8 30. Bxg7 (30. Bxg7 Bxg7 (30... Nxg7 31.
Nf6+
Kh8 32. Qh7#) 31. Ne7+ $18) 1-0