Veselin Topalov

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Veselin Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Champion known for his aggressive, dynamic playing style.

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Veselin Topalov canonical 4
Topalov 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf FIDE World Chess Champion
chess grandmaster
chess player
human
chessTitleYear 1992
coachOrSecond Silvio Danailov
competedIn Chess Olympiad
countryOfCitizenship Bulgaria
dateOfBirth 1975-03-15
defeatedInMatchBy Vladimir Kramnik
EloRatingOver2700 true
familyName Veselin Topalov self-linksurface differs
surface form: Topalov
FIDEID 2900084
firstReachedWorldNumberOne 2006
gender male
givenName Veselin
knownFor aggressive playing style
dynamic playing style
languageSpoken Bulgarian
managedBy Silvio Danailov
match World Chess Championship 2006
surface form: World Chess Championship 2006 reunification match
name Veselin Topalov self-link
nationality Bulgarian
notableGame Kasparov–Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999
notableGameAgainst Garry Kasparov
openingSpecialty Sicilian Defence
Spanish Game
participatedIn Candidates Tournament
surface form: Candidates Tournament 2014

Candidates Tournament
surface form: Candidates Tournament 2016

World Chess Championship 2010
peakFIDERating 2816
peakFIDERatingDate 2015-07
peakWorldRanking 1
placeOfBirth Ruse
surface form: Ruse, Bulgaria
playedWorldChampionshipMatchAgainst Viswanathan Anand
playsForNationalTeam Bulgarian national chess team
residence Spain
resultOf2010WorldChampionshipMatch lost
styleOfPlay attacking
tactical
title Grandmaster
won Corus chess tournament 2006
FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
Linares chess tournament
surface form: Linares tournament 2004

Linares chess tournament
surface form: Linares tournament 2005

M-Tel Masters 2005
M-Tel Masters 2006
M-Tel Masters 2007
Pearl Spring tournament 2009
worldChampionTitle World Chess Championship 2006
surface form: FIDE World Chess Champion 2005

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Garry Kasparov playedMatchAgainst Veselin Topalov
Chess Oscar notableRecipient Veselin Topalov
Veselin Topalov name Veselin Topalov self-link
Veselin Topalov familyName Veselin Topalov self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Topalov