[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"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[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 "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. c4 a5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
Be2 Bg5 16. Bf2 Qf6 17. O-O Na6 18. Bd3 Qh6 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. Bc2 Nac5 21. g3 e4
22. f4 Bd8 23. a3 Nf6 24. Kg2 Bb6 25. Bg1 Ncd7 26. Nb5 Bxg1 27. Rxg1 Qg6 28. b4
Rc8 29. Nxd6 Nxd5 30. Nxc8 Nxf4+ 31. Kf1 Qf6 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Qd1 Nh3 34. Nd5
Qb2 35. Rg2 f4 36. gxf4 Qe5 37. Ra2 Nb6 38. Qa1 Rxf4+ 39. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Bb3 Bc6 13. h4 h6 14. Kb1 Qc5
15. Qd3 b5 16. a3 a5 17. f5 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 bxc3 21.
Rxc6 a4 22. Bc4 exf5 23. exf5 Rfb8 24. b4 axb3 25. Bxb3 Rxa3 26. Rh3 Rba8 27.
Rhxc3 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Ra1+ 29. Kb2 Rf1 30. g4 Rg1 31. Rc4 Rb8 32. Kc3 Kh7 33. Rd4
Rb7 34. h5 Rf1 35. Bc4 Rf3+ 36. Bd3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Bd3 Neg4 11. Bc1 g6 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. f4 Nh5
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bd2 e6 17. Ba5 Qh4+ 18. g3 Nxg3 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21.
Kd1 Nf2+ 22. Kd2 Nxh1 23. Nxa8 Qxf4+ 24. Qe3 Qh2+ 25. Qe2 Qf4+ 26. Qe3 Qh2+ 27.
Qe2 Bh6+ 28. Kc3 Qe5+ 29. Kb4 Ng3 30. Qe1 Bg7 31. Nb6 d5 32. Ka4 Bd7+ 33. Nxd7
b5+ 34. Kb4 Kxd7 35. Bb6 Qxb2 36. exd5 Rc8 37. dxe6+ Ke8 38. Bc5 Bc3+ 39. Qxc3
a5+ 40. Kxb5 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam VSB Euwe mem"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. Nh4 g6 12. cxd5 Ne8 13. f4 Nc7 14. e4 b5 15. e5
f5 16. a4 b4 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. axb5 Qb6 19. Re1 Qxb5 20. Bf1 Qb6 21. Bc4 Qd8 22.
exd6 Bf6 23. Qd2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qf6 25. Qf2 Nb6 26. Rad1 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.
Qxc5 Qc3 29. Ng2 Re2 30. d7 Nxd7 31. Qb5 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qc2+ 33. Be2 Nb6 34.
Kf2 Kg7 35. d6 Bc6 36. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Bg4 8.
f3 Bd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 b5 12. Bb3 e6 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nb1 Be7 15.
g4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Rdd1 Be6 18. Nd2 Bxb3 19. cxb3 d5 20. exd5 Qxa2 21. Nc4
Qxb3 22. Kb1 Rc8 23. Rd3 Qxc4 24. Rc1 Qxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bd6 26. f4 e4 27. g5 O-O
28. Rd1 Nd7 29. Qxa6 Bc5 30. Qb5 Rc7 31. d6 Ra7 32. b3 e3 33. Bb2 Re8 34. f5
Bxd6 35. g6 hxg6 36. fxg6 Re6 37. gxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Bxg7 e2 40. Qh8+
Kf7 41. Re1 Ra3 42. Qh5+ Kxg7 43. Rg1+ Bg3 44. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Bd3 21. Ne4
Bxb1 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Kb6 24. Nxc4+ Kb5 25. Nd6+ Kb6 26. exd8=B+ Rxd8 27.
Nc4+ Kb5 28. Nd6+ Kb6 29. Nc4+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[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. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. a4
a6 16. a5 Bd7 17. Bd3 Ng8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Nb6 fxe4
22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. Rc4 Rf7 24. Qc2 Bg7 25. Nd2 Bf8 26. h3 Kg7 27. Ne4 Nf6 28. Ng3
Bxd3 29. Qxd3 h5 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Kh7 32. Qc2 Bh6 33. Na4 Qf6 34. Rc7 Rxc7
35. Qxc7+ Bg7 36. Nc3 Qf4 37. g3 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qc2 39. h4 e4 40. Nb5 Qd2 41.
Nxd6 e3 42. Qf7 exf2 43. Ne8 f1=Q+ 44. Kxf1 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O e6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Qc7 13. f4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rae8
15. Rd3 c5 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. Qf3 Qc7 21.
Qg3 Nf6 22. Nc3 a6 23. Qh3 Qc6 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Re1 Qc8 26. Ree3 Rg8 27. Nd1 Rd7
28. f5 e5 29. Nc3 Bd8 30. Nd5 h6 31. Bc1 Nxd5 32. exd5 Bf6 33. Re4 Qf8 34. Reg4
1-0

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 Re8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 e4 12. Ne1 Bf5 13. Nc2 exd3 14. exd3 Qc8 15. Ne3
Be6 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. Ncd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Na7 19. Ra1 Nb5 20. Ra5 b6 21. Rxa8 Qxa8
22. Qc2 Re7 23. d4 Na7 24. Ra1 b5 25. Qc6 Qb8 26. Qa6 Nc8 27. Qa8 Qxa8 28. Rxa8
Re8 29. Bf1 Nb6 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Bxb5 Nf6 32. Bc6 h5 33. Kf1 Ng4 34. h3 Nxe3+
35. fxe3 f5 36. Ke2 Bh6 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. Bc3 Bg5 39. Be1 Kf6 40. Bf2 Kf7 41. Be1
Ke7 42. e4 fxe4+ 43. Kxe4 Nd7 44. Kd3 Nb6 45. Bb7 Bh6 46. Ke4 Nd7 47. Bc6 Bg5
48. Kf3 Nb6 49. Bc3 h4 50. gxh4 Bxh4 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. Ke4 Bg5 53. Bb5 Bc1 54.
Be1 Ke7 55. Bh4+ g5 56. Be1 Kf6 57. Be2 Kg6 58. Bg4 Kf6 59. Bf3 Kg6 60. Kd3 Bf4
61. Ke4 Bc1 62. Bg4 Kf6 63. Be6 Kg6 64. Kd3 Kf6 65. b5 Bf4 66. Kc3 Be3 67. Kd3
Bc1 68. Kc2 Bf4 69. Kb3 Ke7 70. Kb4 Ke8 71. Kb3 Be3 72. Kc3 Ke7 73. Kd3 Bc1 74.
Ba5 Kf6 75. Ke4 Kg6 76. Kf3 Bb2 77. Kg4 Bc1 78. Bf5+ Kf6 79. Be4 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

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. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Bd3
Rf6 16. Na4 Rf7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bc3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Nc4 Bg7 21. Bxf5 Rxf5
22. d6 Rb8 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Rf8 26. Rfd1 b5 27. axb6 Nxb6
28. Nxc5 Bg4 29. f3 Nd7 30. Na6 Rb3 31. Rac1 Be6 32. Nc7 Bf7 33. Ne4 Nb8 34.
Ng5 Nc6 35. Rd7 Be8 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Nce6+ Kg8 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39. Nxh7+ Ke7 40.
Ng5 Bd7 41. Bd2 Rb2 42. Ne4 Nd4 43. Re1 Bc6 44. Bg5+ Ke6 45. Nd2 Nc2 46. Rc1
Nd4 47. Re1 Nc2 48. Rd1 Nd4 49. h4 Ne2+ 50. Kh2 Nd4 51. Kh3 Kd5 52. Re1 Ra2 53.
Ne4 Rc2 54. Ra1 Bd7+ 55. Kg3 Bb5 56. Ra8 Bf1 57. Rd8+ Ke6 58. Bd2 Bd3 59. Re8+
Kf7 60. Nd6+ Kg7 61. Re7+ Kf8 62. Bg5 Bf1 63. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 64. Kf4 Re2 65. Ne4
Bg2 66. Be7+ Kf7 67. Bc5 Ne6+ 68. Kg3 Bf1 69. Bf2 Ng7 70. Kg4 Ne6 71. Rd5 Rc2
72. Rd7+ Ke8 73. Nf6+ Kf8 74. Bg3 Rc4+ 75. Ne4 Ke8 76. Ra7 Bd3 77. Bd6 Bxe4 78.
fxe4 Rxe4+ 79. Kf3 Re1 80. Kf2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O Nh6 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. a3 g5 15. Bg3 f5
16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ne4 h6 18. Nc2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qe8 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 h5 22.
Qd3 Qf7 23. f3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bh6 25. Be1 Qg7 26. Bd2 Rf6 27. Qd3 g4 28. Bxh6
Qxh6 29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qg7 32. h3 Bd7 33. Qf3 Be8 34. Qf5 Qf7
35. Qg5+ Qg7 36. Qh4 Qh6 37. Rf6 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Nge5 14. Nd4 Nd3 15.
Nxe6 Rf6 16. Bc7 Qb4 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Nc2 Qxb2 19. Nd1 Qb3 20. Nde3 N7e5 21. h3
Be6 22. Kh2 Rh6 23. Rab1 Bg4 24. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 25. Qxg4 Qxc2 26. Qg5 Nxf2 27. Rxf2
Qxf2 28. Rf1 Qd4 29. Be5 Qd7 30. Qc1 Qe6 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg5+ Rg6 33. Qxc5
Qd6 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bd2 c5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb8
15. Rfe1 b5 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Rab8 20. Ba5 Rfc8
21. Rec1 Nd5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Ne5 Nb8 25. Be4 f6 26. Bxd5 exd5
27. Bc7 fxe5 28. Bxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nd7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O c6 11. h4 b5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Qe4 g6 16. h5 Bb7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Bxe5 20. dxe5
Qxe5 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rde1 Qf5 23. Qh4 Kf7 24. Qh7+ Kf6 25. g4 Qxg4 26. Qxb7
Rh8 27. Rhg1 Qf5 28. Qxc6 Rhe8 29. Qc3+ e5 30. f4 Rac8 31. fxe5+ Kg7 32. Qd2
Rcd8 33. Qe3 Rc8 34. Rg2 Re7 35. Rf2 Qh5 36. Qf4 Kg8 37. a3 Rce8 38. e6 Rd8 39.
Qf6 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 41. Ka2 Qd8 42. Rh2 Qd5+ 43. b3 Rg7 44. e7 Qf7 45. Rh8+
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 6th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Qa4 Bh3 12. Bg2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd7 14. Rb1
Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Rfc8 16. c5 dxc5 17. Be3 c4 18. Bxa7 Rb4 19. Nc3 e6 20. Bd4 Nd5
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rfc1 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Rcb8 24. Rc2 g5 25. a3 Rb3 26. Rxc4 Rxb2
27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. e3 Ra2 29. Ra4 h5 30. h3 f5 31. Ra7+ Kf6 32. Ra8 g4 33. hxg4
hxg4 34. a4 Ra1 35. a5 Ke5 36. a6 Ke4 37. a7 Ke5 38. Kh2 Ke4 39. Kg2 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.10.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 Be6
15. a3 Nf7 16. b4 c6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nc7 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Rb1 b6 21. c5
b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nxa4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Bd2 e4 27. Na5 Rc8 28.
Ba6 Rc7 29. Nc3 Nxc3 30. Bxc3+ Bg7 31. Bd2 Ba2 32. Rc1 Be5 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34.
Bxc4 Kg7 35. b5 cxb5 36. Bxb5 Bd4 37. c6 Kf6 38. Rd1 Be5 39. Ba5 Re7 40. Bc4 f4
41. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.10.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qe2 Qd4 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qf2 e4
15. Rde1 Bf5 16. h3 h5 17. Bd4 Bg7 18. b3 O-O 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.10.13"]

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. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5 f5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Bd3
Rf6 16. Na4 Rf7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bc3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. Nc4 Nd6 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5+ Bg7 23. Bxg7+ Rxg7 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Nxe4 27. axb6
cxb6 28. Re1 Nc3 29. e7 Nxd1 30. exd8=B Rxd8 31. Rexd1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rb7 33.
Kf1 b5 34. Rb1 Kg7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. e4 e6
15. h4 Rac8 16. h5 Qf4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bb1 Na5 19. Re1 Qg4 20. Rcd1 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Nc4 22. Bc1 b5 23. g3 Re8 24. Kg2 f5 25. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Bd3 Qe7+ 7. Kf1 h6 8.
Bh4 Qd8 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Ng6 Rg8 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qxe6
fxe6 15. Bg6+ Kd7 16. Nd2 c5 17. Re1 Rf8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Bg3 Bd6
21. Bd3 a6 22. c3 Rae8 23. Bg6 Rd8 24. Kg1 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Kd6 26. Bc2 b5 27. Nh4
b4 28. Ng6 Rfe8 29. Ba4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rc8 31. Rh4 e5 32. c4 d4 33. c5+ Kxc5 34.
Bxc6 Rxc6 35. Nxe5 Kd5 36. Rxd4+ Kxd4 37. Nxc6+ Kc3 38. Rb1 Re6 39. Rb3+ Kd2
40. Rb2+ Kc1 41. Rc2+ Kd1 42. Rc4 h5 43. f3 Kd2 44. Nd4 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Kd3 46.
Ra4 Nd5 47. Nf5 Kc3 48. Rxa6 Re2 49. Nxg7 Ne3 50. Nxh5 Rxg2+ 51. Kh3 Rg1 52.
Kh4 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O a5 13. b5 c5 14. Re1 Re8 15.
Rc1 Nd7 16. g3 Nf8 17. Na4 c4 18. Bf1 Qd6 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. h4 Ne6 21. Nc3 g6
22. Nd2 Ba8 23. h5 g5 24. Nf1 Be7 25. g4 Qd7 26. Ng3 Ng7 27. a4 Bb4 28. Bh3 Bb7
29. Qc2 Bd6 30. Nf5 Nxf5 31. gxf5 Bb4 32. Kg2 Qd6 33. f3 Re7 34. Re2 Rde8 35.
Rce1 Qf6 36. Bg4 Bd6 37. Qd1 Bb4 38. Qc2 Rd8 39. Rd1 Bc8 40. e4 Bxc3 41. e5
Rxe5 42. dxe5 Bxe5 43. Rde1 Bc7 44. Re8+ Kg7 45. Rxd8 Bxd8 46. Rd1 Bb7 47. f4
d4+ 48. Bf3 d3 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Nc4 17. Bg5 Nd6 18. Bxe7 Nxe4 19. Bf3 Nd2 20. Qe2
Rfe8 21. d6 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bf8 23. Rxb7 a5 24. h4 a4 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. Bg5 h6 27.
d7 hxg5 28. dxe8=Q Rxe8 29. hxg5 a3 30. g3 a2 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Re1 Qc4 33. Ra7
Rd3 34. Qa8 Rd2 35. Qf3 Rd3 36. Qa8 Rd2 37. Ra4 Qc5 38. Rf1 Qc2 39. Ra7 Qb3 40.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Bc5 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Ra1 Rxf2+ 44. Kg4 Rd2 45. Ra4 Bb6 46.
R1xa2 Rd5 47. Kh4 Bd8 48. Rg4 Rd1 49. Rh2 Kg8 50. Re4 Rd5 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. Rb2
Bxg5+ 53. Kg4 Rd4+ 54. Kh3 Rd7 55. Rbb8 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bd2 Be6 8.
O-O-O Nd7 9. Ng5 Bxc4 10. e4 Bxf1 11. Rhxf1 Nh6 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5 Ke7 14. Nf3
Ng4 15. Bg5+ Ke8 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rd6 Nf8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. e5 Bxg5+ 20. Nxg5
Nxe5 21. Nxe6 Ke7 22. Nd8 Rb8 23. Ne4 Nfd7 24. Re6+ Kxd8 25. Rxe5 Rf8 26. Nc5
Rf7 27. Re3 b6 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29. Nxd7 Rf2 30. Nxb8+ Kc7 31. Na6+ Kb7 32. Nb4 c5
33. Nc2 Kc6 34. Rd2 Rf1+ 35. Rd1 Rf2 36. Rg1 g5 37. h3 h5 38. Ne1 c4 39. Nf3 c3
40. bxc3 Rxa2 41. Kb1 Rf2 42. Nxg5 Kd5 43. g4 h4 44. Rd1+ Kc4 45. Ne4 Rh2 46.
g5 Kb3 47. Rg1 a5 48. g6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 7th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. Ne2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. O-O Nc7 19. Bc4 e5 20. Nf5 Ba6 21.
Bxa6 N7xa6 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nc6 Re8 24. b4 Re6 25. bxc5 Rxc6 26. cxb6 axb6 27.
e4 Nc5 28. Rfc1 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

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 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qb3 c6 13. c5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc2 15.
Qxb7 Nxa1 16. Rxa1 Qe8 17. Qa6 f6 18. Ne1 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Bxc8 20. Bf4 Bd8 21. Nc2
Re8 22. Bd3 a5 23. Ne3 Ra7 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 a4 26. Kf1 Ba5 27. Rc1 a3 28.
Rc2 g6 29. Bd3 Rb7 30. Bc1 Rb1 31. g3 Reb8 32. Ke2 R1b2 33. Kd2 Kf7 34. Be2 f5
35. Kd3 g5 36. Bd1 Kf6 37. h3 h6 38. Bf3 Kg6 39. g4 Bc7 40. gxf5+ Kf6 41. Re2
Rxe2 42. Bxe2 Bf4 43. Bxa3 Ra8 44. Bb2 Rxa2 45. Kc2 Kxf5 46. Bf3 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. Re2 Bf5 14. Nd4
Bxe4 15. Rxe4 c5 16. a3 cxd4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rxd4 Be7 19. Be3 a6 20. Rad1 h5
21. c3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. f4 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Kf2 g6 26. Kf3 Ke7 27.
Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 a5 29. Rd5 b6 30. Ke4 a4 31. Re5+ Kf6 32. f5 gxf5+ 33. Rxf5+
Kg6 34. Rd5 Rf8 35. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qh4 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13. b3 Rc7 14. Bh6 Qa8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qxa2 20. Nc3 Qa3 21.
Rb1 Rc8 22. Nd2 e5 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 d5 26. Nf3 d4 27. b4 Nd5
28. Rb2 f6 29. h4 Kf7 30. Rd2 Nxb4 31. Nxd4 Nc5 32. Nb5 Ke7 33. Nd6 Rc6 34.
Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Ne4 Rc4 36. f3 Nc6 37. Ra2 f5 38. Ng5 h6 39. Nh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Ndb4 8. e3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nxd4 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. a3 O-O 14. Bf4 Nc6
15. b4 Qf5 16. b5 Na5 17. Bc7 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Nb3 19. Rab1 Nc5 20. a4 a5 21. b6
f6 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 e5 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Rb5 Nd3 26. Be4 Nb4 27. Nd5 Nc6
28. Nc7 Rb8 29. Kg2 f5 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rxe5 f4 32. gxf4 Rxb6 33. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. Nc3 c5 6. Bc4+ Be6 7. Bxe6+ Kxe6
8. d4 Kf7 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Be3 dxc5 12. f4 Re8 13. e5 Ng4 14. Rd1
Qf5 15. O-O h5 16. Bc1 Nd4 17. Qc4+ Kg6 18. h3 Nh6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21.
Qxd4 Rc8 22. Qb6+ Kh7 23. Qxb7 Rxc2 24. Be3 Qg6 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nf5 27.
Bf2 h4 28. Rc7 Ng3 29. Kh2 Nf1+ 30. Kg1 Qb1 31. Bxh4 Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 8th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. Qb3 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Rb1 Nd7
15. O-O Be7 16. a4 Bd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bc7 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Bd3 c5 21.
dxc5 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxc5 24. g3 Qf6 25. Kg2 Rc3 26. Qd1 Qc6 27.
Qe2 Rc2 28. Qe3 Rc3 29. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 8th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.05.10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qb6 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bg4 9. b4 Qb6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Ra2 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rd2 Nd7 14. Qb3 a5 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 axb4 17. axb4 b6 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Be2 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. f4 Ra1
22. e5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nxb4 24. Bf3 Qb8 25. Qa4 dxe5 26. Rxd7 exf4 27. Bf2 e5
28. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. a3 e5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Bd7 15. Bd3
Qc7 16. Nb3 b6 17. Bd2 Nh5 18. Rc1 Ra3 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Nxa1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. Nc2 Ba4 23. Qd2 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Ra8 25. Qb2 Qa7 26. Rd1 Be5 27. f3 Qa4 28.
Rd2 Ra7 29. Rc2 h5 30. Kf1 Qe8 31. c5 bxc5 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Qa8 34. Rc1
Ra2 35. Qb3 Kg7 36. Rd1 Qa5 37. Qb5 Qa3 38. d6 Bxd6 39. e5 Bb4 40. e6 Ra1 41.
Qe5+ f6 42. Qc7+ Be7 43. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 44. Ke2 Qa2+ 45. Kf1 Qxe6 46. Qxf4 Bd6 47.
Qxd4 Bxh2 48. Qe4 Qf7 49. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Nd2 Bg6 10. b4 Qc8 11. O-O Bd8 12. Rc1 Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. f4 Ng8 15.
e4 Ne7 16. f5 exf5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. b5 O-O 19. b6 Qd8 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Na5 Rb8
22. a4 Ne4 23. Na2 f6 24. Nb4 Be8 25. Qc2 g6 26. Rb1 Rf7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. a5
Nc6 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Bxa6 Rb8 31. Bb5 Qc8 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. a6 Kg7 34. Rb4 Nd6
35. Qa4 Qxa4 36. Rxa4 Nc8 37. Rb4 Na7 38. bxa7 Ra8 39. c6 Raxa7 40. Rc1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

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. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Ba3 Bf6 17. Re3 Qc6 18. Be7 Re8 19. Rae1 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Bd7 21.
h3 f6 22. Qa3 a6 23. Nd2 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Re8 25. Nf1 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Qe6 27. Qd8+
Qe8 28. Qb6 Bc6 29. Ne3 h5 30. Qc7 Qe4 31. g3 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Bb5 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34.
Qf5+ Qxf5 35. Nxf5 g6 36. Ne3 g5 37. h4 Kg6 38. f3 Bc6 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. a3 Ke6
41. Ke2 Bb5+ 42. Kd2 Bc6 43. Kc2 Ba4+ 44. Kb2 Bb5 45. Kc2 Be2 46. f4 gxh4 47.
gxh4 Bb5 48. Kb3 Bd3 49. Kb4 b6 50. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1
b5 9. d5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Bd6 12. exd5+ Ne7 13. a4 b4 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
Nc4 Re8 16. Bg5 a5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Qe4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qc7 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21. b3
Bf6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. g3 g6 25. Kg2 Qd6 26. Qe4 Bc3 27. Rd3 Kg7
28. h4 h5 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. a3
cxd4 9. Rd1 b5 10. Ba2 d3 11. Rxd3 Qc7 12. e4 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Be3 Bb7 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Rad1 O-O 18. f4 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Qb8 20. Rd7 Bc8 21. R7d6
Ne7 22. Kh1 Qc7 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. h4 Ng8 25. Bb1 Bb7 26. Rd7 Qc6 27. e5 Qc8 28.
f5 exf5 29. Bxf5 Qb8 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Qe8 32. R1d6 Ne7 33. Nf6 Nf5 34. Qf4
gxf6 35. Qxf5 Qxe5 36. Qxf6+ Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Kg7 38. Rf5 h6 39. Kh2 Rad8 40.
Rfxf7+ Rxf7 41. Rxd8 Re7 42. Rd6 Re3 43. Rxa6 Rb3 44. Rb6 Rxb2 45. a4 b4 46.
Kg3 b3 47. Kf4 Ra2 48. Kf5 Rxa4 49. Rb7+ Kg8 50. g4 Ra6 51. Rxb3 Kg7 52. Rb7+
Kg8 53. Re7 Ra5+ 54. Re5 Ra4 55. Re4 Ra7 56. Kf6 Rg7 57. Re8+ Kh7 58. Re7 Rxe7
59. Kxe7 Kg7 60. h5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rac1
Nh5 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 Be6 20. b3 h6 21.
a4 b6 22. Rc2 Be7 23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. f3 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. a5 d5
28. Bb6 e4 29. Qxb5 Rd6 30. fxe4 Bd8 31. exd5 Bxb6+ 32. axb6 Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Rf6+
34. Ke1 Rfxb6 35. Qc5 Qe4 36. Kf2 Rxb3 37. d6 R8b5 38. Rc4 Rf3+ 39. Kg1 Qxe2
40. Qd4 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blind 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]

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 Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. f5 Qc5 14. Qxc5
dxc5 15. Rhf1 Ra7 16. a4 b4 17. Nb1 Rd7 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. Nd2 h5 20. Nc4 Kc7
21. b3 exf5 22. exf5 Bd6 23. Nxd6 Kxd6 24. Rf4 a5 25. g3 Ke5 26. Rh4 Bxf5 27.
Rxh5 Rxh5 28. Bxh5 Bg6 29. Be2 f5 30. Kd2 f4 31. g4 Ke4 32. h4 f3 33. Bd3+ Kf4
34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. h5 Kg3 36. hxg6 f2 37. g7 f1=Q 38. g8=Q Qf4+ 39. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bb7 6. Qd3 f5 7. Nbd2 c4 8. Qd4
Na6 9. c3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O g6 12. Qd4 Rg8 13. e4 Bg7 14. Qxb6 axb6
15. exf5 gxf5 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Nd4 Rxa2 19. Nxf5 Bxd5 20. Nd6 Ra1+
21. Kc2 Bh6 22. Re8+ Kg7 23. Rxg8+ Bxg8 24. Nf5+ Kg6 25. Nxh6 Nb3 26. Bxc4 Bxc4
27. Rxa1 Nxa1+ 28. Kb1 Nb3 29. Ng4 Kh5 30. Nf6+ Kxh4 31. Nxh7 Bd3+ 32. Ka2 Nc1+
33. Ka3 Bxh7 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Rc1 Be7
15. O-O Bf6 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Nc5 Qxb2 18. Qa4 Qb6 19. Bd6 Be7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Nd7 Bxd7 22. Qxd7 Qb3 23. Qxe7 Qxd3 24. Rfd1 Qb3 25. Rb1 Qa4 26. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 d4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Nc4 Qh5
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bg3 dxe3 17. Rae1 Be6 18. fxe3 Rad8 19. Nd6 Ne5 20. Bxh7+ Qxh7
21. Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. Bxe5 f6 23. e4 Nb6 24. Bg3 Na4 25. e5 f5 26. Bh4 Rd7 27. Re3
f4 28. Ref3 Bd5 29. Rh3 Be6 30. Be7+ Bxh3 31. Bxf8 Be6 32. Ne4 Kg8 33. Ng5 Kxf8
34. Nxe6+ Ke7 35. Nxf4 Rd2 36. Rf3 Nc5 37. h4 Ne6 38. Kh2 Ra2 39. Nxe6 Kxe6 40.
Rg3 Kf7 41. e6+ Kxe6 42. Rxg7 Rxa3 43. Rxb7 Kf5 44. Rb5+ Kg4 45. Rb4+ Kh5 46.
g3 Ra1 47. Kh3 a5 48. g4+ Kh6 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. h5 a4 51. Ra6 a3 52. Kh4 a2 53.
Kg5 Kh7 54. Ra7+ Kg8 55. Kg6 Kf8 56. g5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 10th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Ne3
f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bd3 Nh6 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Rf3 Kh8 22.
Raf1 Re7 23. Rh3 Qf7 24. Nc4 Qg6 25. Rg3 Ng4 26. h3 h5 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. Rxg6
Nxc2 29. Bxc2 Ne8 30. Rg5 Nf6 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Rae8 33. Kh2 Kh7 34. Kg3
a6 35. Kh4 Kg6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rg5+ Kf7 40. Nxb5 Rh8+
41. Rh5 Nxh5 42. Nxd6+ Kf8 43. gxh5 Bf6+ 44. Kg4 Rg7+ 45. Kf5 Bxb2 46. Rh1 Rd7
47. Ke6 Re7+ 48. Kf5 Rd7 49. Be3 Bd4 50. Bxd4 cxd4 51. Ke5 d3 52. Nf5 d2 53. h6
Kf7 54. Rd1 Re8+ 55. Kd4 Re2 56. h7 Rd8 57. Ng3 Rf2 58. Ne4 Rxf4 59. Rxd2 Rh4
60. Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. d3 h6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Na4 b6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. e3 g5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Be5
Ng4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 dxc4 18. dxc4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe7 20. Ne4 f5 21. h3 Ne5
22. Qc3 Nd7 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. Nf3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 e5 27. Qc2 e4 28.
Ng1 Rd8 29. Ne2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. b3 Ne5 33. Nc3 Kf7 34. g4
fxg4 35. hxg4 Nxg4 36. Nxe4 Ke6 37. Nc3 Ne5 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Nc6 40. Nb5 h5
41. Kg3 a5 42. Nc7+ Kf5 43. Nd5 Nd4 44. Kh4 Nxb3 45. Kxh5 Nd2 46. Nxb6 Kxf4 47.
Na4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Ra3 Qe7 15. Nb5
Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Rd8 17. a5 a6 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. b3 Be5 21. f4 Bg7 22.
f5 Nd7 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. f6 Qf8 26. Nc4 Bb5 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3
h5 29. h4 Kh7 30. Rfa1 Bxc4 31. bxc4 Rb4 32. Rc3 Re8 33. Rxa6 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1
35. Rca3 Rxf6 36. e5 Rf5 37. e6 fxe6 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. Ra8 Rxa8 41.
Rxa8+ Kg7 42. Ra7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 11th"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 Qa5 7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Qe3 Nb4 13. O-O Nc2 14. Qg5
Bxg2 15. Nb3 Qa4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Kxg2 Nxa1 18. Rxa1 bxc5 19. Rc1 d6 20. Nd2
O-O-O 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. f3 f5 23. Nf6 Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. Nxh7 Rg8 26. h4 Rb8
27. b3 a5 28. Ng5 Kd7 29. Rc3 a4 30. f4 axb3 31. axb3 Rb6 32. Re3 Re8 33. Kf2
e5 34. fxe5 dxe5 35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Ne4 Rc6 37. g4 f4 38. h5 Ke6 39. Rd3 Rg8 40.
Kf3 Rb8 41. e3 Rf8 42. Rd5 Rb8 43. Rxc5 Rcb6 44. Ng5+ Kf6 45. exf4 Rxb3+ 46.
Ke4 exf4 47. Kxf4 R3b6 48. Rc7 R8b7 49. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 11th"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. h3 exd5 7. exd5 Nh6 8. Qe2+
Kf8 9. Bf4 f5 10. Ng5 Nf7 11. Qd2 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O h6 14. Ne6+ Bxe6 15.
dxe6 Nbc6 16. Nc3 Qxe6 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Be3 Kg8 19. Rae1 Kh7 20. b4 cxb4 21. f4
Nd7 22. Bf3 Qf7 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5 25. Bd5 Qc7 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Qxb7
Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Rhe8 29. Bd5 Bc3 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rb1 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7
15. a4 Qb6 16. b3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7
21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rec1 f6 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Rc3 Rab8 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. a5 Kf7 27.
Ra1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Qxb3 29. Qxc5 Qb2 30. Qc4+ Kg7 31. Qa2 Qxa2 32. Rxa2 Ra8 33.
a6 Ra7 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. g4 Kd6 37. h4 h6 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 f5 40.
e4 e6 41. Ra5 Kc7 42. Ke3 Kb8 43. Rxe5 Rxa6 44. Rc5 Kb7 45. Kf4 Kb6 46. Rc8
fxe4 47. Kxe4 Kb7 48. Rg8 Kc6 49. Rxg6 Kd6 50. f4 Ra4+ 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Rg7+ Kf8
53. Rb7 Rc4 54. g6 Rc1 55. Kg4 Rc5 56. Rf7+ Ke8 57. f5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blind 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 a6 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. g4 Bc6 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Qf2 g6 16. Rhf1 Bg7 17. f5 Ne5 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Be2 Qb7 20. Na5 Qb8 21. f6 Bf8
22. a3 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 24. Kb3 Ba8 25. Ba7 Qc7 26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Bxb6 h6 28.
Nxb5 Kd7 29. Bd4 Bd5+ 30. Ka4 axb5+ 31. Bxb5+ Bc6 32. Bxe5 Bxb5+ 33. Kxb5 Rc5+
34. Kb6 Rxe5 35. Rc1 Rxa5 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rfc1 Rc5 38. R1xc5 dxc5 39. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 12th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qa6 11. Bg5 Ne4 12. d5 d6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Bf4 Nd7
15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Bh3 Re7 17. Nh4 Bc6 18. Nf5 Ree8 19. f3 Nef6 20. Nxd6 Rxe2
21. Rf2 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Nf8 23. Bg5 Ne8 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. Re1 h6 26. Bc1 Rd8 27.
Bf1 Qb7 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Qc2 Nf6 31. Bf4 Ng6 32. Bc1 Ne5 33. Rxd7
Qxd7 34. Bf4 Qe6 35. g4 Nxc4 36. Qd1 Bd5 37. Qa4 g6 38. Nxh6+ Kg7 39. Qxa7 Ne4+
40. fxe4 Qxe4 41. Qc7 Qg2+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qg2+ 44. Ke1 Qh1+ 45. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 b5 11. Qe2 h6 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15.
Rfd1 Qc7 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. Rd2 Re6 21. g4
Qb7 22. Ng3 Rc8 23. h4 g6 24. g5 Ne8 25. h5 Ng7 26. hxg6+ fxg6 27. gxh6 Nh5 28.
Nxh5 gxh5 29. Qf5+ Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Qe7 31. f3 Qf6 32. Qxh5 Rg3 33. Rf2 d5 34. Rg1
Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 d4 36. Bg5 Qg6 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. Rg2 Kh7 39. Bf6 Bd6 40. Bg7 a5
41. Kf1 a4 42. Ke1 Rb8 43. Kd1 b4 44. axb4 Rxb4 45. Kc1 Rb7 46. Rg5 a3 47. bxa3
Bxa3+ 48. Kd2 Bb2 49. Rxe5 d3 50. Rg5 dxc2 51. Kxc2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 exf4
15. Bxf4 Bf5 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qd8 18. c3 Bf6 19. a4 Qc7 20. Bg3 Be5 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 21st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2004.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O h5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 g6 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Qc3 Be7
15. Qc6+ Nbd7 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Qxa8+ Nb8 18. Na5 Nfd7 19. Nc6 Bg5 20. Qa7 Nxc6
21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. dxc6 Ke7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Ra3 Na4 25. c4 Rxc6 26. Be2 Rb6 27.
cxb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Rxa4 f5 30. Rd1 Be3 31. a3 d5 32. b4 d4 33. Ra5
Rxa5 34. bxa5 Kd6 35. Kc2 e4 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Re1 1-0

[Event "Linares 21st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2004.03.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 h6 14. gxh5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 Qxh3 16. Qg2 Qxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. h6 Rae8 20. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blind 13th"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bg2 d5 10. Ne5 Na6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O c5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nd3 Qd7 15.
Na4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne4 17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. e3 Nb4 20. Bh3 Qe7 21. Nb5
Nc6 22. Bb2 d4 23. Nxd4 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Qxe3 25. Bg2 Nxd4 26. Bxb7 Bc5 27. b4
Ne2+ 28. Qxe2 Qxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. Bd5 Kf8 33.
Bb3 Rxh2 34. Nd5 Rh5 35. g4 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Rd3 37. Rc7 Rd8 38. Nf4 R3d7 39. Rc6
Rd6 40. Rc7 R6d7 41. Rc6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ba4 d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 f6 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qb3 Ba5 19. Nd2 c6 20. Na7 Bf5 21. Nxe4
Bxe4 22. f3 Bg6 23. Qa3 fxe5 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Bb4 26. Qa7 e4 27. Qa2 Kh8
28. Qxd5 Qc7 29. fxe4 Bf7 30. Qd7 1-0

