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1. Topalov, a former World champion and reigning Linares champion, shares his thoughts on Anand and world chess in an email interview. (Web site)
2. Topalov is the magic man, however, and his ability to transform positions only needs to manifest once or twice to have a decisive impact on the match.
3. Topalov is a risky player v.s Anand Positional play is far better than his opponent. (Web site)
4. Topalov, a physically fit man of average size, is the federation's champion by virtue of having won a world championship tournament in Argentina last year. (Web site)
5. Topalov is a strong player but not on the same level with Vishy chess wise. (Web site)

Peter Svidler

1. But Morozevich and Kramnik went beyond Anand's reach by winning their final-round rapid matches against Peter Svidler and Veselin Topalov, respectively.

First Place

1. It was Topalov and FIDE that disrespected them in the first place. (Web site)

Press

1. Anand's opening was bad, Topalov didn't press very well and certainly didn't cause Anand's shocking blunder at the end.
2. There is no clear evidence that Mr. Veselin Topalov approved or knew exactly of the contents of this press release. (Web site)

Pressing

1. The body language tells all… Topalov will be pressing and Anand will be defending.

Loser

1. So does Gata Kamsky as the loser of the challenger match against Topalov. (Web site)

Winner

1. He will next defend his title in the World Chess Championship 2009 against the winner of the challenger match between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky. (Web site)
2. Topalov was given direct entry to a "Challenger Match" against the winner of the Chess World Cup 2007. (Web site)
3. Former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov gets to play an eight-game "Challenger's Match" against the winner of the 2007 World Cup. (Web site)

Chances

1. But since the match is to be in Bulgaria, it seems to me that Topalov has the better chances.
2. Topalov had some chances in an ending, but let it slip away.

Year

1. He may also have been lying low in preparation for his world championship match next year against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, who is ranked No.
2. Topalov won the match 4.5:2.5 and will play with the current world champion Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Champion title later in the year. (Web site)
3. The match of the year between World Champion Vishy Anand and his challenger Veselin Topalov went the full distance, i.e.

Mexico City

1. The only top player who didn't play in Mexico City was Veselin Topalov. (Web site)

Spain

1. It has just been announced that Kasparov and Topalov will play a highly unusual six-game match in Leon, Spain, from June 9 to 13. (Web site)
2. After eight rounds, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed, holds a one point lead in the annual Ciudad de Linares tournament in Spain.

Catalan

1. In fact, in 2005 at the Dortmund super tournament, Mr. Kramnik, playing White, beat Mr. Topalov in the Catalan. (Web site)
2. He defeated Veselin Topalov in 42 moves with the white pieces in a Catalan, to level the score.

Time

1. Of course now it's all over it's time for Anand and Topalov to engage in a post-mortem.
2. In October 2006, Topalov had the second highest Elo rating of all time (2813).
3. At the same time, in addition to being the official World Champion, Veselin Topalov is Number 1 in the World Ranking List of 1 January 2006. (Web site)

Final

1. The final two games between Anand and Topalov are on Sunday and Tuesday.
2. Viswanathan Anand won game two of the final against Veselin Topalov. (Web site)

Rematch

1. If Kramnik wins, he plays a rematch against Topalov and the winner of that plays a match against the Khanty-Mansyisk world cup winner in '09. (Web site)
2. Danilov expressed a desire for a rematch between Topalov and Kramnik, proposing a match in March 2007.
3. A rematch between Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik will not take place according to FIDE's President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

Career

1. Many of his wins were spectacular (in particular, his win over Topalov, detailed below, is considered possibly his finest throughout his career).

World Number

1. As for the match, Topalov is the World Number 1 and assumed the mantle as Kasparov's successor since his retirement.

Checkmate

1. All Anand's pieces, joined the party and threats of checkmate loomed large on Topalov.

Opponent

1. As for his opponent, Kramnik said, "I have definite admiration for the way he plays." He also said that he did not hold a grudge against Topalov. (Web site)
2. Before the match, Topalov had declared that he would follow the Sofia rules and that would not speak to his opponent.
3. Topalov then shook hands with his opponent once again before leaving the stage. (Web site)

Title Match

1. In telephone interviews, Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov discuss their title match that ended Tuesday.

Moves

1. Garry added he had no idea why Kramnik declined to exchange queens on move 34 or why Topalov then allowed the queens to be forced off on a few moves later. (Web site)
2. It took only 30 moves of a Grünfeld Defence for Anand to go down because he had nothing to offer against the uncompromising attack on the king by Topalov.

Pieces

1. This variation exchanged a lot of pieces but because Topalov played for a win the game became very sharp. (Web site)
2. Veselin Topalov will start with the white pieces on Saturday in game 1 of the World Championship match against World Champion Viswanathan Anand.
3. Then came the cruncher in game 12 where Topalov held the advantage of white pieces, but Anand came out with flying colours.

Second

1. With a handshake being mandatory, Cheparinov, who is a second for Topalov, with whom Short has had run-ins before, was deemed to have forfeited the game.
2. GM Magnus Carlsen, who tied first at Corus and finished second in Linares, and GM Veselin Topalov, second from the Mtel Masters, are also invited.
3. Neither would offer a draw until Kramnik looked up from the board for a second, Topalov nodded, then they wordlessly signed the scoresheets. (Web site)

Score

1. In any case, it's a big blow for Topalov, who started with a lead but now looks at a 1.5-2.5 score for Anand going into the second rest day.
2. Topalov took the lead for the first time in the match, with the score now 5-4. (Web site)
3. With a 5:5 score, Topalov refused a draw in the decisive final game only to lose it eventually.

Challenge

1. This earned him a match against Veselin Topalov in 2008, for the right to challenge for the World Chess Championship 2009.

World Title

1. Q: In the near future, in April next year, Anand and Topalov will meet for the world title.
2. Viswanathan Anand of India successfully defended his world title by winning the 12th game against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
3. Anand, who will turn 41 during the tournament, recently retained his world title by defeating Veselin Topalov in the latter's home city of Sofia. (Web site)

First Game

1. Anand is second along with Polgar, Topalov and Adams with half-point from the first game.
2. Anand lost the first game to Topalov, but quickly found his feet, bounced back and won the next two games.
3. Veselin Topalov defeated the world champion in the first game almost straight out of the opening book.

First

1. At first his choice seemed justified as Topalov found himself in trouble in an ultra-complicated endgame, but Anand faltered at the last moment. (Web site)
2. Missing Topalov, Kramnik, and Anand is a big deal for fans and for the Elo average, but in the last two editions only Topalov had a share of first, in 2007. (Web site)
3. In October, Kramnik defeated Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, becoming the first universally recognized world chess champion since 1993. (Web site)

World Champion

1. Viswanathan Anand defeated Veselin Topalov 6,5:5,5 last week to retain the title of the World Champion. (Web site)
2. In 2005, Topalov won the FIDE title, and will now play Kramnik to determine the World Champion after FIDE agreed a game.
3. Viswanathan Anand has again become the World Champion of Chess after he defeated Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.

Restroom

1. Topalov is playing blitz to keep Kramnik out of the restroom. (Web site)
2. One of the possibilities is that a member of the Topalov Team may plant an electronic device or something similar in the restroom or toilet of Mr. Kramnik. (Web site)

Chance

1. Kramnik stuck to his choice of Petroff Defense as black against Topalov who did not get much chance.
2. By losing the 2006 reunification match, Topalov lost his chance to compete in the 2007 world championship tournament.
3. Topalov lost the chance to regain his title anytime in the near future.

Whole Match

1. The result has been to plunge the whole match into crisis, since now that Topalov has been awarded Game 5 by default, it is hard to see him playing it again. (Web site)
2. Topalov lost, but he was attacking and was creative during the whole match. (Web site)

Cycle

1. The loser of the match, Topalov, was eliminated from the 2007 World Championship cycle.
2. The second letter expresses the well known position of the Bulgarian Chess Federation on the absence of Topalov from the World Championship Cycle. (Web site)

Blitz Games

1. Knowing Anand's reputation in rapid and blitz games, Topalov couldn't afford to play a tiebreaker and had to find a way to win today, even risking defeat.
2. Oct-13-06 dan5791: See, these blitz games prove Kramnik doesn't need toilet or cheat computer help to beat Topalov. (Web site)

Position

1. The third time this position is reached in the match, and Topalov tries yet a third line, this time going into a Bogo-Indian kind of Catalan.
2. Sometimes, if the opponent gets some symbolic counterplay in a basically lost position, Topalov starts becoming less confident. (Web site)
3. In an extremely difficult position, Topalov made one final blunder, and the match was over. (Web site)

Extra Pawn

1. In the previous game, computers kept saying that Topalov had a winning edge when he had an extra pawn in an endgame with bishops of opposite color. (Web site)
2. Of all the Slav games, this is the most difficult for Anand, and Topalov will have some winning chances with his extra pawn.} Rd8 33.

Fritz

1. Vladimir Kramnik, fresh from his controversial match against Veselin Topalov is playing against Deep Fritz in Bonn, Germany.
2. You didn't need Fritz to beat Topalov in those games. (Web site)

Last Game

1. If the last game was any indication, Anand had indeed reserved his best as he knew Topalov will go all out for a win.
2. Vishy was very calm and just kept blitzing out moves the same way he did when Topalov didn't resign in the last game. (Web site)

Karpov

1. He is the sixth person to head the rating list since its inception in 1970; the other five being Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik and Topalov.
2. Another group of eight champions Anand,Karpov,Kramnik,J.Polgar,Topalov,Khalifman, Ponomariov and Hug played yesterday in the round robin rapid event. (Web site)

Upcoming Match

1. The challengers math was won by Topalov, who thus qualified for the upcoming match for the highest title. (Web site)
2. American Gata Kamsky will play Veselin Topalov in an upcoming match for the right to challenge Anand for the title.

President

1. Apparently, the President didn't trust Vishy Anand and Veselin Topalov to do it the way only he can. (Web site)

Catalan Opening

1. Repeating the Catalan Opening which he used to good effect in his recent match with Veselin Topalov.

Peter Leko

1. Playing inspired chess the Armenian number one claimed first place 2,5(!) points ahead of Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko and Magnus Carlsen.
2. Peter Leko has also voiced his suspicions that Topalov has used unfair advantage by sitting on the same place during the entire championship. (Web site)
3. He successfully defended his title in 2004 against Peter Leko and 2006 against FIDE champion Veselin Topalov. (Web site)

Last Round

1. In 2005, Topalov came close to winning when he beat legendary Russian chess player Garry Kasparov in the last round, and equalized his score.
2. Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria won the M-Tel Masters yet again by beating Krishnan Sasikiran of India in the last round.

Point

1. If Topalov still has a fire in his belly by Tuesday, however, he will continue to fight for the win, as he has nothing to lose but the match at this point. (Web site)
2. At 16:22h, one hour after he had started the clocks, Chief Arbiter Geurt Gijssen stopped the game and awarded the point to Veselin Topalov. (Web site)
3. The sixth game between Topalov and Anand ended with a draw and Anand now has a 1 point lead (3.5:2.5). (Web site)

Full Point

1. Most commentators and fans were worried that Anand's plan was flawed and that Topalov would score the full point.
2. But the Israeli played the endgame inaccurately, allowing Topalov to take the full point and tournament victory. (Web site)

Final Game

1. I held my nerve while Topalov succumbed to the pressure in the 12th and final game of the match.
2. Topalov takes the white pieces into the final game of regulation on Tuesday.

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