[Event "Albacete m"]

[Site "Albacete"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Herraiz Lopez, Herminio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3

Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rb1 c6 13. b4 Nf7 14. b5 Qxd1
15.
Bxd1 cxb5 16. cxb5 Nc7 17. Bb3 Be6 18. b6 axb6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rxb6 Nc5
21.
Rb5 Na4 22. Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "CAN"]
[BlackTeam "BUL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nb3 d4 8. O-O

Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. N1d2 O-O 11. Rc1 a5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc5 Bg5 14. Nce4
Bh6
15. c5 Be6 16. Nd6 f5 17. f4 e4 18. Nxb7 Qd7 19. Nd6 g6 20. N2xe4 fxe4 21.
Bxe4
Rab8 22. Qa4 Nb4 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bd5+ Kg7 26. Nc4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dutreeuw, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]

[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "BUL"]
[BlackTeam "BEL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.

c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf3 f6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15.
Bxe4 fxe5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Rxe5 Qf7 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8
21. Qa4 a5 22. b3 Re4 23. Qb5 Rh4 24. g3 Rh5 25. Qc6 h6 26. Qe4 Qd7 27. h4
Qf7
28. Kg2 Rf5 29. Re1 Kh8 30. Re2 Kg8 31. Bd2 Rd5 32. a4 Rf5 33. Bc1 Rd5 34.
Re3
Rf5 35. Rf3 Rxf3 36. Qxf3 {# Thema: Der "gute" weie Lufer. Spielidee:
Lavieren unter Verbesserung der Figurenpositionen} Qe6 37. Bd2 Qg6 38. h5
Qc2
39. Qd5+ Kf8 40. Be3 Qd3 41. Qe6 Qe2 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qg6 Kh8 44. g4 Qd1
45.
Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qe6 Kh8 47. d5 Kh7 (47... Qd3 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Qxf5 50.
gxf5
$18) 48. Qe4+ Kh8 49. Bd4 Bf8 50. Be5 Bd6 51. Bb2 Bf8 (51... Kg8 52. Qe6+
Kf8

53. Qc8+ Ke7 54. Qf5 Qxb3 55. Bxg7 $18) 52. Qf3 $1 {
Nach dem Damentausch ist das Luferendspiel kinderleicht gewonnen.} 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "ARM"]
[BlackTeam "BUL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Bg5 ({

Another interesting possibility is} 5. c4 $5) 5... Ne4 (5... d6 6. e3 (6. Bxf6
exf6 7. Nbd2 (7. e4 g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Re1

Ne5 13. Nfxe5 fxe5 14. c3 $132 {1-0 Leyva,H-Farrand,T/Istanbul TUR 2000
(44)})
7... Be7 8. Nc4 f5 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Nfd2 Bf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1
Bxc4
14. Nxc4 Na6 $11 {0-1 Van der Erf,R-Markus,J/Hoogeveen NED 1999/ (60)}) 6...
g6
7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Bb5+ {see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Sokolov,I/
Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57 (51) [Stohl,I]}) (5... g6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf5 Re8+ 11. Kf1 Bxb2 $15 {
0-1 Porper,E-Alterman,B/Shitomir 1986/ (41)}) (5... Qb6 6. a5 Qb7 7. Bxf6 exf6
8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nfd2 Ba6 14. e4
Nd7
15. f4 Rfe8 $132 {0-1 Ostergaard,J-Brynell,S/Hillerod Politiken 1995/ (59)}) (
5... e6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. e4 Be7 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Ne5 Bxb5 11. axb5
Qc7
12. f4 O-O 13. O-O c4 $132 {
1-0 Auciello,S-German,G/Najdorf Open, Buenos Aires ARG 1997/ (40)}) 6. g3 $6
$15 {This move is mistake! Much better are Bg5 retreats:} (6. Bf4 Bb7 7. e3 g6
8. Be5 f6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. h4 d6 12. Qd3 f5 13. Qb3 $132 {
1-0 Minogina,T-Fatalibekova,E/Moscow ch wmn 1981 (33)}) ({or} 6. Bh4 g6 7.
Nbd2
(7. Qd3 Nd6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Ra2 b3 10. Qxb3 Na6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Qd1 Bxb2 $15
{
1-0 Tratar,M-Escobar Forero,A/Paranana Wtt-26 ,EXT 1993/(60)}) 7... Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 d6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. c3 a6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O a5 $132 {
1-0 Sultanov,A-Grechihin,V/Samara RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (25)})
6... g6
7. Bg2 d6 (7... Bg7 8. Bc1 $15) ({Quite good also} 7... Nxg5 8. Nxg5 d6 $15 (
8... Bg7 9. d6 Nc6 10. c3 O-O $132)) 8. Bc1 Bg7 9. Nfd2 (9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2
Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nd7 12. c4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 $15) 9... Nxd2 10. Nxd2 ({
It is very difficult to decide certainly, but maybe better is} 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11.
c4 Qa5 12. Ra2 b3 13. Ra3 (13. Qxa5 bxa2 $19) 13... Qa6 14. Qf4 Ne5 15. Nd2
Rb8

16. O-O Rb4 17. Rxb3 Rxb3 18. Nxb3 Nxc4 $15) 10... Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1
({
Interesting also} 12. e4 a5 13. f4 Ba6 14. Rf3 e6 15. Nb3 exd5 $15) 12... a5
13. e4 (13. Nc4 Ba6 $15) 13... Nb6 14. Ra2 e6 15. b3 $2 $17 (15. Nf1 Re8 16.
dxe6 {this move permits to White to get rid of d5 weakness} (16. b3 $2 exd5
17.
exd5 Rxe1 18. Qxe1 Bb7 $1 {
like in this game - White remains with "bad" Ra2 and Pd5 weakness.} (18... Ba6
$2 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 c4 21. Rb1 c3 (21... Rc8 22. c3 $132) 22. Qe4 Rc8
23.
Ne3 Rc5 24. Qd4 $11) 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Bb2 Bh6 $1 $17) 16...
Bxe6 17.
b3 d5 $15) ({The only chance not to worsen position was} 15. dxe6 $5 {
-like in previous variation} Bxe6 $1 (15... fxe6 16. e5 d5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Be3
(18. Bf4 Bd7 $15) 18... d4 19. Bd2 Ra7 20. f4 Bd7 21. Qg4 Re8 (21... Rf5 22.
Be4) 22. Rea1 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Be1 Nc4 25. Bf2 $132) 16. b3 d5 17. exd5
Nxd5 18. Ne4 Nc3 19. Nxc3 Bxc3 $15) 15... exd5 16. exd5 Bb7 {White remains
with "bad" Ra2 and Pd5 weakness - as noted in one of commented variations
on
previous move.} 17. Nf1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. h4 ({Or} 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20.
Rxb2
Qe5 $17) 19... f5 20. Bf4 Be5 21. Ne3 (21. Qd2 Bxf4 $17) 21... Bxf4 22. gxf4
Qe7 23. h5 Qh4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qf3 Qf6 ({Strong also} 25... Re8 26. Ra1
Re4
$17) 26. c4 $2 $19 {
This R releaze desperate attempt makes position of White hopeless.} (26. Bf1
$142 $17) 26... bxc3 27. Re2 (27. Rc2 Qd4 28. Qg3 Kf7 $19) 27... Ba6 $1 28.
Nc4
Nxc4 ({Or} 28... Bxc4 29. bxc4 Nxc4 $19) 29. bxc4 Rb8 30. Re6 (30. Qd3 Qd4
$19)
30... Qxe6 $1 (30... Qg7 $2 31. Qd3 $17) 31. dxe6 c2 32. Qe3 Rb1+ 33. Kh2
c1=Q
34. Qg3 (34. e7 Qxe3 35. Bd5+ Kg7 36. fxe3 Rb8 $19) 34... Kg7 $1 35. Qh4
Qg1+

36. Kh3 (36. Kh3 Qh1+ $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "BUL"]
[BlackTeam "IND"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

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

Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 a5 12. bxa5 c5 13. a4 Rxa5 14. Ra3 Ra6 15.
Nb5 Bd7 16. Kh1 h6 17. Nd2 Qc8 18. g3 Nh5 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qe2 h5
22.
h3 Nh6 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Kh2 f6 25. Nb3 Nf7 26. Qf2 b6 27. a5 f5 28. axb6
Bxb5
29. cxb5 Rxb6 30. Qxc5 Qd8 31. Nd2 Nd6 32. exf5 Nexf5 33. Nf3 h4 34. gxh4
Nxh4

35. Nxe5 Rxf1 36. Rxf1 Rxb5 37. Qf2 Rxb2 38. Qxb2 Nc4 39. Nf7 Qc7+ 40. d6
Nxd6
41. Qc1 Qxc1 42. Rxc1 Nxf7 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Ra7 Nd6 45. Rcc7 Ndf5 46.
Rxg7+
Nxg7 47. Kg3 Nhf5+ 48. Kg4 Kh6 49. h4 Nh5 50. Ra6 Ne3+ 51. Kf3 Nd5 52.
Kg4
Nhf6+ 53. Kh3 Ne4 54. Kg4 Nef6+ 55. Kh3 Nh5 56. Kg4 Ne3+ 57. Kf3 Nc4 58.
Kg4
Ne5+ 59. Kh3 Kg7 60. Rb6 Kf7 61. Ra6 Ng7 62. Rxg6 Kxg6 63. h5+ Kh6 64.
Kg3 Nf7
65. Kf4 Ng5 66. Ke5 Nh7 67. Kf4 Ne6+ 68. Kf5 Neg5 69. Kf4 Kg7 70. Kf5 Kf7 71.
h6 Ke7 72. Ke5 Nf7+ 73. Kd5 Kd7 74. Kd4 Kd6 75. Kc4 Nxh6 76. Kd4 Nf6 77.
Kc4
Nf5 78. Kd3 Kd5 79. Kc3 Nh5 80. Kd3 Nf4+ 81. Kc3 Kc5 82. Kb3 Nd5 83. Kc2
Kd4
84. Kb2 Kd3 85. Kb3 Nd4+ 86. Kb2 Nb6 87. Kb1 Nc4 88. Ka2 Kc3 89. Ka1 Nd2
90.
Ka2 Nb5 91. Ka1 Kc2 92. Ka2 Nb1 93. Ka1 Nd4 94. Ka2 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]

[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "CRO"]
[BlackTeam "BUL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 $6 $146 {In my opinion, this

novelty don't change position evaluation, but bring new colours to this quite
complicated position.} ({mainlines are:} 5. Bf4) (5. Bh4) (5. Qd3 {-see
comment
s to the game 0-1 Reinderman,D-Sambuev,B/Marbella 1999/CBM 73 (36)
[Avrukh,B,
Alterman,B]}) 5... g6 (5... Bb7 6. Qd3 Nxg5 7. hxg5 c4 $13) 6. Nbd2 Nxg5 7.
hxg5 {White implemented the main idea of 5.h4, but pressure on h-file is not
serious. Pair of BB maybe already permits to say: Black equalized.} Bg7 8. e4
Na6 $5 (8... Bxb2 $6 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. Bxb5 Qa5 11. e5 $14 {
Black has certain difficulties with queenside pieces development.}) ({
In my opinion, quite good is} 8... a6 $132) 9. a4 ({After} 9. Bxb5 $5 {
also Black neutralizes White little advantage:} Rb8 (9... Nc7 10. Ba4 Bxb2 11.
Rb1 Bg7 12. c4 $14) (9... Bxb2 10. Rb1 Bc3 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. O-O Bg7 13. Nc4
$14)
10. a4 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. d6 $5 (12. e5 $6 Nc7 $132) 12... exd6 13. Nc4 OO
14. Qxd6 (14. Nxd6 Nc7 15. Rb3 Nxb5 16. axb5 a6 $132) 14... Re8 $132) 9...
Bxb2
10. axb5 (10. Rb1 Bg7 $132) 10... Nc7 11. Ra2 (11. Ra4 Bg7 12. c4 d6 13. Bd3 (
13. e5 $132)) 11... Bg7 12. c4 d6 13. Qb3 $6 $15 ({Necessary was} 13. e5 $1
Bf5
(13... dxe5 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nxc5 Qd6 16. Na6 e4 $132) 14. Qa4 O-O $132) 13...
e6 $1 {

Black must attack strong White center and to open the game for another B c8.}
14. Bd3 Kf8 $1 {Black doesn't need castle! Rh8 will be released after h7-h6.}
15. Ra3 exd5 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 Bd7 $1 17. O-O h6 $15) 16... a6 17. O-O (17.
b6
$2 Rb8 18. O-O (18. bxc7 Qe7+ $1 $19) 18... Na8 $17) 17... Rb8 (17... axb5 18.
Rxa8 Nxa8 19. Qxb5 Nc7 20. Qc6 h6 $15) 18. Re1 h6 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Ne4
(20.
Rb1 Rb6 $17) 20... Rb6 21. Qa2 (21. Nc3 Bg4 $17) 21... Bg4 22. Neg5 (22. Re3
axb5 23. cxb5 Rh5 $17) 22... Bf6 23. Qd2 (23. Nh2 Bc8 24. Ne4 axb5 25. cxb5 (
25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. cxb5 Qh4 $19) 25... Bg7 $17) 23... Rh5 24. Qa5 {Here Black
d to decide, what to do. One of two alternatives is to send Nc7 to offside but
to remain Qd8 on attack position.} Na8 ({
The second alternative is to keep harmony and to play} 24... Qb8 25. Ne4 Bg7
26. Nh2 Bc8 27. bxa6 Rxa6 28. Rb3 $3 Qa7 $15) 25. Ne4 $4 $19 ({
The only chance was} 25. Re4 $1 {and after expected} Bf5 (25... Qd7 26.
Ne6+
fxe6 27. Rxg4 Qh7 (27... exd5 28. Rxg6 $14) 28. Kf1 exd5 29. Bxg6 Rh1+ 30.
Ke2
$14) 26. g4 $1 {
this material sacrifice would permit to White to continue resistance:} Bxe4 27.
Nxe4 (27. gxh5 Bxd3 28. Nh7+ Kg7 29. Nxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxd3 gxh5 31. Nd2 h4
$15)
27... Rh8 28. bxa6 Bg7 $15) 25... Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bd4 {
Position of White is hopeless.} 27. Kf1 ({Or} 27. Ra2 Qh4 28. Kf1 Qf4 29. Ng3
Rh3 30. Be4 f5 31. Rae2 Qh4 $19) 27... Rh2 28. Ke2 f5 29. Nd2 Bxf2 30. Rea1
Be3+ 31. Kxe3 Qg5+ (31... Qg5+ 32. f4 Qg3+ 33. Nf3 Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]

[White "Topalov, Veselin"]

[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "BUL"]
[BlackTeam "RUS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4

Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2
Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. a5 Rfd8 18. Be2 f6 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20.
Nd2
Rdc8+ 21. Kb3 {In der Partie Bareev-Ribli, Neum 2000, geschah} (21. Kb1 {
Der Textzug ist meines Erachtens strker.}) 21... Kf7 22. Rhc1 Ke7 23. Ka3 Nc5
24. b4 Nd7 25. Nb3 {Schwarz hat keinerlei Gegenspiel; die Stellung des Weien
ist recht gewinntrchtig.} g6 (25... Ne5 $5) 26. a6 bxa6 {
Schwarz mu schlagen, denn nach} (26... b6 {erreicht Wei mit} 27. Nd4 Ne5
28.
Nb5 {eine Gewinnstellung.}) 27. Nd4 Kd6 (27... Ne5 28. Bxa6 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 {
ist nicht gnstiger fr Schwarz; nach} Kd7 30. Kb3 g5 31. Ra1 {

wird der a-Bauer fallen.}) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Kb3 Nb6 30. Bxa6 Rb8 31. Nb5+
Kd7
32. Nxa7 $18 e5 33. Bb5+ Kd6 34. Rc1 e4 35. Rc6+ Ke5 36. Rc7 Kf4 37. Rxh7
Ke3
38. Nc6 Rc8 39. Rh6 Rg8 40. Ne7 Rg7 41. Nxg6 d4 42. Rh3+ (42. Nh4 Rg5 43.
Bc6 {
ist vielleicht noch einfacher.}) 42... Kd2 43. Nf4 Rg5 44. Ba6 Rf5 45. Ne6 Rd5
46. Bb7 Rd6 47. Bxe4 Rxe6 48. Rd3+ Ke2 49. Rxd4 Ke3 50. Bf5 Re5 51. Rd6
Nd5 52.
g4 Kd4 53. Be6 Re3+ 54. Ka4 Ke5 55. Rxd5+ Kxe6 56. Rh5 Kd6 57. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "UKR"]
[BlackTeam "BUL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]

[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 {Bangiev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3

a6
{One of the best ways to avoid the unpleasant A70 line} (7... Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9.
Bd3) 8. a4 Qe7 {Bangiev: 'Eine interessante Idee mit dem Ziel den Vorstoss 9.
e4 und damit die ganze Variante zu vermeinden.'} (8... Bg7 {Bangiev} 9. e4 {
In dieser Variante hat Weiss in der letzten Zeit gute Ergebnisse erreicht.}) 9.
g3 ({The most often played alternative is} 9. Bg5 {
but even here White finds it difficult to get a tangible edge after} Bg7 10. e3
h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Bf5 16. a5 Rae8
17.
Ra4 Nfd7 18. e4 Bg6 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Nf1 c4 $1 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23.
Rxc4 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nxe4 25. Rb3 Re7 $132 {Danailov,S-Marin,M/Benasque
op/2000/}
) 9... Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O (10... Ne4 $5 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Qe7
14.
Nc4 Nd7 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. a5 Bd7 19. Rac1 Bb5 20.
Rfe1
Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 f5 24. e4 Rbe8 25. exf5 Qxf5 26.
Qd2
Qd3 {1/2,Atalik,S-Ionescu,C/Balkaniad Mangalia/1992/}) 11. O-O (11. Nd2 Nbd7
12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. O-O Nfd7 15. Nxc8 Rfxc8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6
18.
Ra4 Nf8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Qd3 Rb4 21. Rxb4 cxb4 $13 {
Lipinsky,F-Cebalo,M/Bled op/1997/}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 {More active than} (12.
Nd2 Nh5 $5 13. Kh2 f5 14. f4 $6 Ndf6 15. Nc4 Bd7 16. Nb6 Rae8 17. e3 Qd8
18. a5
Bb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. g4 $2 Nxg4+ 21. hxg4 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 fxg4 23. Bd2 g3
24. Rf3
Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Nxf4 26. exf4 Bd4 27. Be3 Bxe3 {
0-1,Arbakov,V-Milov,V/Bad Ragaz op/1994/}) 12... Rb8 (12... h6 13. e4 $5 g5
14.

Be3 Rb8 (14... Nxe4 $142 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxg5 Qg6 $13) 15. a5 b5 16.
axb6
Rxb6 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Nd2 Rb4 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. Na5 Bd7 21. f4 Nc4 22. Nxc4
Rxc4
23. Rxa6 $16 {Alburt,L-Fedorov,V/New York/1992/}) 13. Rb1 {Bangiev: '/\b4'}
Ne8
$5 $146 {A typical Benoni move, the N is better placed here, than on h5.
Bangiev: 'Ein neuer Plan an dieser Stelle, der allerdings fr vielen Abspiele
der Benoni-Verteidigung typisch ist.'} (13... Nh5 14. Bg5 Bf6 (14... f6 15. Bd2
f5 16. Qc1 $14) 15. Bxf6 Nhxf6 16. Qd2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 Ba6 19. Qa2
Rb6
20. Rfc1 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Ng5 Qe5 23. Ne4 Rc8 24. Qa5 c4 25. Qa1 f5
26.
Qxe5 dxe5 27. Nc3 e4 28. Ra1 Nf6 29. f3 $16 {
><b5,Ba6,Shipov,S-Rustemov,A/Orel/1997/}) (13... h6 14. Qc1 (14. b4
{Bangiev}
Nh5 15. Qc1 Nxf4 16. gxf4 $36) 14... g5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. h4 g4 17. Nh2 Kh7 18.
b4 $1 (18. Qc2+ Kh8 19. b3 Nbd7 20. Qc1 Kh7 21. Qc2+ {
1/2,Itkis,B-Marin,M/Bucharest/1999/}) 18... c4 19. b5 $36) 14. Qd2 {
Bangiev: 'Weiss strebt danach, den Bg7 abzutauschen.'} ({
Perhaps more testing was} 14. Bg5 $5 f6 15. Bf4 f5 (15... b5 16. axb5 axb5 17.
b4 $16) 16. Qc1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 $13) 14... Nb6 (14... Nc7 {Bangiev} 15.
Qe3
Qxe3 16. fxe3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxd5 18. Bxd6 Nxc3 19. Rb3 Ne4 20. Bxb8 Nxb8
21.
Rc1 Nc6 $13 {1-0 Najer,E-Khomyakov,V/Moscow 1994/(58)}) 15. Bh6 (15. e4
Bd7 (
15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxa4 17. e5 $40) 16. Qc2 Nc4 {/\b5<=>} (16... f5 17. Rfe1
$36 {<->e})) 15... Nc4 16. Qc1 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Ne5 {Bangiev: 'Schwarz
versucht
durch den angebotenen Abtausch von Springer, die schwarzen Felder zu
strken.'}
(17... b5 $142 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 Nf6 $5 $132) 18. b4 (18. Nxe5 dxe5 $5 {
/\Nd6=} (18... Qxe5 19. Qd2 {/\b4|^})) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bf5 20. e4 $2 {

Very natural, but now a clever tactical blow gives Black an advantage. Topalov
exploits the unprotected white minor pieces to win material.} (20. Rb2 cxb4 (
20... Qe5 21. Rc1 Rc8 (21... cxb4 {Bangiev} 22. Rxb4 Nf6 23. Bg2 Rfc8 24. Qd2
Bd7 $14) 22. b5 $14) 21. Rxb4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rc5 23. g4 (23. e4 Bxh3 $1 24.
Qxh3
Qf6 25. Kg2 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxc3 27. Rxb7 Nf6 $11) 23... Bc8 24. Ne4 $14) (20.
Rb3 $5) 20... cxb4 21. Rxb4 Bxh3 $1 22. Qxh3 Qf6 $15 23. Kg2 Qxc3 24. Rfb1
Nf6
25. Qh4 $5 (25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Qd4 27. Qh4 Rc8 $17) 25... Nd7 26. Be2
(26.
Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Nc5 28. Rb1 (28. Re7 Nd3 $40) 28... Re8 $5 $15) 26...
Rfe8
$6 (26... Nc5 $142 27. Rh1 Qg7 28. Rb6 Rfe8 $15) 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Nc5
29.
Re7 $1 Rxe7 (29... Rb8 $2 30. Qf4 $16) 30. Qxe7 Qe5 (30... Qc2 31. Qxd6 Qxe2
32. Qxc5 Qxe4+ 33. Kg1 Qxa4 34. d6 {
and it's Black who must try to scrape a draw by giving a perpetual.}) 31. Qxe5
dxe5 32. a5 $8 Kf8 33. f4 f6 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Bf1 Kc7 37. Kf3 Kd6 {
Black can't improve his position.} (37... Kb7 {/\Nb3} 38. Bc4 Ka7 {/\Nb7} 39.
d6 Kb7 40. Bg8 h6 41. Bf7 $132) 38. Bc4 Nb7 39. Bxa6 Nxa5 40. Bc8 Nb3 41.
Ke3
Nc5 42. Bh3 Kc7 43. Be6 Kd6 (43... Kd6 44. Bg8 h6 45. Bf7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]

[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "GER"]
[BlackTeam "BUL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bb7 6. Qd3 f5 7. Nbd2 Na6 8. c3

c4 9. Qd4 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qb6 11. Qe5 Nc5 12. Qxf5 Qg6 13. Qxg6+ hxg6 14.
Bg5
Bxd5 15. f3 e5 16. e4 Bc6 17. Be2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Rogozenko"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "BUL"]
[BlackTeam "HUN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.

Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 (14... Bg6 {is another option which Leko played before.}) 15. Bd3 f5 16.
O-O Ra7 17. a4 {This pawn advance played first in 1998 by GM Mikhail Golubev
became the most serious attempt to play for advantage.} (17. Qh5 Raf7 18. g4
e4
19. Bc2 Ne5 (19... fxg4 {0,5 Svidler-Kramnik/Linares 1998 (30)}) 20. Nf4 Bd7
21. Bb3 fxg4 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Qf6 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. h3 Qe6 26. hxg4
Rf6
27. Kg2 Nd3 28. Qh4 Nf4+ 29. Kg1 h5 30. g5 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Rf3 32. Qxh5
Nxf2+ 33.
Kg2 Rh3 34. Qe2 Qe5 35. Rg1 Rh2+ 36. Kf1 Nh3 37. Qg4 Nxg1 38. Kxg1 Rxb2
$19 {
0-1 Svidler,P-Kasparov,G/ICC m1 1998}) 17... Ne7 (17... bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 $14)
(
17... b4 18. Qh5 (18. cxb4 $5) 18... e4 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bc4 $14 {
Golubev - Nechaev, Donetzk (zt.) 98}) 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 (18... Qxe7 $2 19. axb5
axb5 20. Rxa7 Qxa7 21. Bxb5 Qc5 22. Ba4 d5 (22... f4 23. Bb3 $1 $16) 23. b4
Qd6
24. Bb3 $16) 19. axb5 axb5 {This is one of the main positions in Sveshnikov
Sicilian these days. White tried different ways here, but it is rather unclear
which one is the best, because altogether the practical results for Black were
good. Topalov tries a new plan and gets a slight edge, but I wouldn't say that

Leko had real problems in holding the position.} 20. Bc2 (20. Bxb5 d5 $44 21.
Ra6 $5) (20. Bxf5 $5) (20. Ra6 $5) 20... d5 21. Bb3 $146 {This is the new
move.
Probably Topalov analyzed the Queen sacrifice and came to the conclusion that
White has no risks at all. The question remains how big the winning chances
are?} (21. Qh5 Qe8 22. Qxe8 Rexe8 23. Rfd1 d4 {
1/2-1/2 Golubev,M-Wiersma,E/Dieren 1999}) 21... f4 (21... d4 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6
23.
Qb3 $14) 22. Nxd5 Rd7 23. Nb4 Rxd1 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Raxd1 $14 {White
has enoug
h material compensation for the Queen. Also he has a better control over the
white squares and the pawn b5 is a potential target. He would be much better
if the Bishop would stay on e4, blockading black center. But Black has time to
advance his pawn to e3 and open the position, which is very important for the
side having the Queen.} Qe7 26. Bd5 e4 $1 27. Rfe1 e3 {Even if Black is going
to lose that pawn, more important is to activate the pieces and get
counterplay.} 28. Bf3 Be5 29. Nc6 Qf6 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 {In the next part White
tries to convert his slight material advantage, but black Queen is strong
enough to keep the balance. Maybe White's play can be improved a bit, but I
think Black is out of real danger anyway.} 31. fxe3 fxe3 32. Rd4 Re8 33. Re4
Qb8 34. R1xe3 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Qf4 36. Re2 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 b4 38. cxb4 Qf4+ 39.
Bf3
Qxh2 40. Re4 Qc7 41. Ke3 Qc1+ 42. Kd4 Qxb2+ 43. Kc4 Qa2+ 44. Kb5 Qd5+
45. Kb6
Qd8+ 46. Kc6 Qa8+ 47. Kc5 Qa7+ 48. Kb5 Qb7+ 49. Kc4 Qc6+ 50. Kb3 Qb5
51. Rd4
Kg7 52. Rd5 Qb6 53. b5 Kf6 54. Kc4 Ke7 55. Rd3 Qa7 56. Kb4 Qf2 57. Rd1 h5
58.
Bc6 Qb6 59. Rd7+ Ke6 60. Rh7 Kd6 61. Bf3 Qd4+ 62. Ka5 h4 63. Bc6 Qf2 64.
Ka6
Kc5 65. Kb7 Qf6 66. Rd7 Qh6 67. Rd5+ Kb4 68. b6 h3 69. gxh3 Qxh3 70. Ka7
Qa3+

71. Kb7 Qh3 72. Rb5+ Kc4 73. Ka6 Qa3+ 74. Ra5 Qd6 75. Bd5+ Kb4 76. Rb5+
Kc3 77.
Ba2 Qc6 78. Bd5 Qd6 79. Bf3 Qf6 80. Ka5 Qf8 81. b7 Qa3+ 82. Kb6 Qd6+ 83.
Bc6
Qd4+ 84. Kc7 (84. Rc5+ Kb4 85. b8=Q Qxc5+ 86. Kc7+ Kc3) 84... Qf4+ 85.
Kd7 Qf7+
86. Kd6 Qf6+ 87. Kc7 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "GEO"]
[BlackTeam "BUL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.

Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 b6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]

[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[WhiteTeam "BUL"]
[BlackTeam "DEN"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.

d4
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 ({Mainlines are:} 11... f6) (11...
Qb6) 12. Ne1 ({Interesting also} 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. e3 Bf5 15. Bc3
Be4
16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rcd1 $14 {
1-0 Miles,A-Podlesnik,B/Nova Gorica 1999/CBM 68 ext (51)}) 12... d4 13. Nd3
Bb6

14. a4 (14. Bf3 {see comments to the game 1/2-1/2 Kalinin,A-Atalik,S/Wijk aan
Zee 1997/CBM 57 (39)[Atalik,S, Tsesarsky,I]}) (14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Nf4 Be6 16.
Qa4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 46 ext (51)}) 14... Qf5
15.
Bd2 Bd7 16. b4 a6 17. Nf4 {Threatening Bh3} (17. Rb1 $14) (17. Rc1 $14) 17...
Qe5 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Re1 {Good preventive move} Qg6 21. b5
axb5 22.
axb5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Ne7 24. Qxd4 Bxb5 25. Nxe7+ Bxe7 26. Qe5 $2 $11 {
Dropping an advantage - based on tactical blunder.} ({Simply to take P by} 26.
Bxb7 $16 {was much better - White has serious chances to win.}) 26... Bb4 $8
27. Be4 Re8 $1 {
This very strong unexpected move was probably missed by Topalov.} (27... Qb6
28. Bxh7+ $1 $18) (27... Bc3 28. Bxg6 Bxe5 29. Bxf7+ $16) 28. Qxb5 (28.
Bxg6
Rxe5 29. Bxe5 Bxe1 30. Be4 Bxe2 31. Bxb7 $11) (28. Qxe8+ Bxe8 29. Bxg6
Bxe1 $11
) 28... Qxe4 29. f3 Qe7 30. Rc1 h6 $5 (30... Ba3 31. Rc7 $16) ({
Equal position after} 30... b6 $1 31. Qxb6 (31. Rc7 Bc5+ 32. Kh1 Qe6 33. e4
$132) 31... g5 32. Rc7 Qxe2 33. Qxb4 Qxf3 (33... gxf4 34. Qxf4 $16) 34. Re7
$11
(34. Bxg5 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Kxh5 Rxh2+
$19)) 31.
Kf1 (31. Rc7 Qxe2 32. Qxe2 ({It is very dangerous to take a piece:} 32. Qxb4
Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Re2+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kg4 h5+ $1 36. Kh4 $8 (36. Kg5 Qxf3
$19)
36... Rxh2+ 37. Kg5 Qxf3 38. Rc8+ $8 Kh7 39. Qb1+ $8 g6 40. Re8 (40. Kf6
Qd5
41. Re8 Ra2 42. Qb4 Ra6+ 43. Ke7 Kg7 $1 $19) 40... Re2 41. Rxe2 Qxe2 42.
Qb6
Qg4+ 43. Kf6 Qf5+ 44. Ke7 h4 45. Qxb7 g5 $1 $17) 32... Rxe2 33. Rxb7 Bc5+
34.
Kh1 g5 35. Bb8 $11) 31... g5 32. Bc7 Qe3 33. Rc2 Bf8 34. Kg2 (34. Qxb7 $2
Bc5

$1) 34... Bg7 (34... Re6 $2 35. Qxb7 Bc5 36. Kh3 Qg1 37. Qd5 Qf1+ 38. Kg4
Be3
39. Be5 $1 $16) 35. Bb6 Qe6 36. Bf2 Rc8 37. Rd2 Qc6 38. Qf5 Re8 ({After}
38...
b5 {also Black equalize:} 39. Rd7 Bf6 $1 40. Bd4 Rd8 $1 41. Rxd8+ Bxd8 42.
Qe5
Kf8 $11) 39. e4 b5 40. Rd7 Qe6 $2 $16 ({Why not} 40... Bf6 $1 $11) 41. Qxb5
g4
42. Qd5 Qxd5 (42... gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 $16) 43. Rxd5 Re6 44. Be3 Kh7 45. h3
gxf3+
46. Kxf3 Kg6 47. h4 $1 Bf6 $2 $18 {Positional mistake. Now White wins by
force.
} ({Necessary was} 47... h5 $1 48. Rg5+ Kh6 49. g4 (49. Re5+ $6 Kg6 50.
Rxe6+
fxe6 51. g4 hxg4+ $1 ({After} 51... Bf6 52. g5 $1 {
seems position of Black is hopeless:} Bc3 53. Bf4 Kf7 54. Ke2 Bd4 55. Bg3 Bb6
56. Kd3 Bg1 57. Kc4 Be3 58. Kb5 {White's plan is to bring K to d7, to play
g5-g6 and to take Pe6, then to push forward Pe4.} Bd4 59. Kc6 Be3 60. Kd7
Bd4
61. g6+ Kxg6 62. Kxe6 Bc3 63. e5 $18) 52. Kxg4 Bb2 53. h5+ Kf6 54. Bf4 Kg7
{
and Black survives}) 49... hxg4+ 50. Rxg4+ Kh7 51. Rg5 $16 {
This position much better for Black than position from the game after 59
move.}
) 48. h5+ Kg7 49. Bf4 Be7 50. Rb5 Bd8 51. e5 Be7 52. Kg4 Bd8 53. Kf5 Be7 54.
Rb7 Bd8 55. Rb8 Ba5 56. Ra8 Bc3 57. Rd8 Bb4 58. g4 Bc5 59. g5 hxg5 60.
Bxg5 {
Threatening Bf6+} Be7 61. h6+ Kh7 62. Bxe7 Rxe7 63. Rf8 Kxh6 (63... Ra7 64.
Kf6
Ra1 65. Kxf7 Kxh6 66. e6 $18) 64. Kf6 Re6+ 65. Kxf7 $1 Rxe5 66. Kf6 {
instructive endgame!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]

[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5

Qc8
8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Nc4 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14.
Bxd6
Re8 15. Bg3 a6 16. Rad1 Nbd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 b5 19. Rd6 Qb7 20. Qe3
Rac8
21. Rfd1 Nf8 22. f3 h6 23. Qa3 b4 24. Qxa6 Qe7 25. a4 bxa3 26. Qxa3 Ng6 27.
Qe3
Qf6 28. b3 Qb2 29. Qc1 Qf6 30. Qa1 Qg5 31. Qc1 Qf6 32. Qd2 Ra8 33. h3 Rec8
34.
Kh1 c4 35. b4 c3 36. Qd3 Qg5 37. Kh2 h5 38. h4 Nxh4 39. Ra6 Nxg2 40. Rxa8
Rxa8
41. Kxg2 h4 42. f4 Qxg3+ 43. Qxg3 hxg3 44. Rd3 Ra4 45. Rxc3 Rxb4 46. Re3
Rc4
47. c3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]

[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 (2... Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c6 7. O-O

dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Qf3
Nxc3
14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. c4 Ba4 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Bf6
20.
Qf5 Kf8 21. Ba3+ {1-0 Coret,J-Benavent,V/Valencia 1991 (21)}) 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3
Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 cxd4 8. Rd1 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxd4 Nxd4
11.
exd4 Qe8 (11... Qa5 12. Bf4 Bb4 (12... Qh5 13. f3 g5 14. Bg3 g4 15. f4 Bd7 16.
Rac1 Bc6 17. Rf1 Rad8 18. f5 Rxd4 19. fxe6 Bc5 20. exf7+ Kg7 21. Kh1 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qd3 Re3 24. Qf5 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxg3+ 26. Kxg3 Bd6+ {
0-1 Lujambio,A-Roman/CADAP zt8 sf corr 1982/Corr 2000 (26)}) 13. Be5 Nd7
14.
Rd3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Bd7 17. Rh3 Bc6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Rg3 Rfd8 20.
f4

Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rd4 22. Qg4 Qf8 $11 {

1/2-1/2 Freeman,M-Rocha,A/Lugano 1968/MCD (44)}) (11... Nd5 12. Qf3 Nxc3
13.
bxc3 Qc7 (13... Bd7 14. d5 Ba4 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 exd5 17. Rxd5 Qc8 18.
c4
Bf6 19. Ra2 Rd8 20. Rad2 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Raetsky,A/Biel SUI 2000/ (47)}) 14. Bb3 Bd6 15. c4 Bxh2+ (
15... Qe7 16. c5 Bc7 17. Ba3 Rb8 18. Rac1 Re8 19. g3 Qg5 20. c6 Qa5 21. Bb2
Qb6
22. d5 exd5 23. Bd4 Qa5 24. Bxd5 Be6 25. Bxe6 {
1-0 Mikhalevski,V-Peng Zhaoqin/Hoogeveen NED 2000/The Week in Chess 310
(25)})
16. Kh1 Bd6 17. c5 Be7 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Ba4 Bd7 21. Rab1 Rfd8
22.
Rb7 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Adianto,U/Cap d'Agde 1998/EXT 99 (36)}) 12. Nb5 Qd8
13.
Nc3 Qe8 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Bf4 Bd7 (15... a6 $2 16. Nc7 Ra7 17. d5 $16) 16. Nc7
$1
Rc8 17. d5 $1 Rxc7 $2 (17... exd5 $8 18. Nxd5 Re8 (18... Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe8
20.
Re5 Bg4 21. Qe4 $18) 19. Qd3 (19. Ne3 Qa5 20. Rac1 Ba4 21. b3 Bc6 $11) (19.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 (19... Qxe7 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Rac1 Re4 22. Bb3 $14) 20. Qd3 (20.
Be3
Ng4 $11) 20... Re4 21. Bb5 $11) 19... Ba4 20. b3 (20. Rd2 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bb4
22.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qf5+ Qf6 24. Qxf6+ gxf6 25. Rd4 Bc5 26. Rxa4 Re2 $15) 20...
Bc6
21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rac1 $14 (22. Bd6 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Bb4 $14)) 18.
d6 Rc6
19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Bb5 $1 Rb6 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qd2 $1 e5 (22... Nf6 $142
23.
Bd6 Qd8 24. Bxf8 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Kxf8 26. Rc1 Nd5 $16 {was best practical
chance}
) 23. Be3 Nc5 24. b4 Ne4 25. Qc2 Rxb4 26. a3 $18 Rd4 27. Bxd4 (27. Re1 $1 f5

28. Bxd4 exd4 29. f3 d3 30. Qc4+ $18) 27... exd4 28. Re1 d3 29. Qc4 (29.
Qxd3
Re8 30. Re2 $18) 29... Nd6 30. Qxd3 Qf6 31. Rad1 Nf5 32. Qd7 g6 33. Qxb7 a6
34.
Rc1 Nd4 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kg7 37. Qc5 Nc6 38. h3 h5 39. Rd1 Ne5 40.
Rd5
Nc6 41. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]

[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. O-O

O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15.
g5
Nd7 16. Bg2 Bf8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 Nb4 19. Bg1 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rf2 d5
22.
Raf1 Rb8 23. Rd2 Bg7 24. e5 Qa5 25. Nd1 Nc6 26. c3 Ne7 27. Ne3 Bb7 28. Ra1
Bc6

29. Bf3 Rb3 30. Qg2 Reb8 31. Nc4 dxc4 32. Bxc6 Nxc6 33. Qxc6 Bf8 34. Ra2
Rd8
35. Rd7 Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Rb8 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Qb7 Rd1 39. Qb8 Rd8 40. Qb7
Rd2+ 41.
Bf2 Qd8 42. Ra1 Qd3 43. a5 Qf5 44. Qf3 Qc2 45. Rf1 Qxb2 46. Kg1 Rd5 47. Be1
Qb1
48. Bf2 Qc2 49. Be1 h5 50. Rf2 Qc1 51. Qe4 Rd3 52. Re2 Rxc3 53. Kg2 Rd3 54.
Bf2
Qd1 55. h3 c3 0-1