[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]

[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comp Junior"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.

Kf1 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. a3 Be7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Be3 f5 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Ne2 g5
15.
h3 f4 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Qd1 a6 18. Ba4 Qd7 19. Rc1 Kg7 20. Be1 h5 21. Nh2 h4
22.
Kg1 b5 23. Bc2 Nd8 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. axb4 c6 26. Nf3 Qe7 27. Qe1 Ne6 28.
Bd1
Rac8 29. Ra1 Qa7 30. Bc2 Rf7 31. Ra3 Rg8 32. Qa1 Ra8 33. Bd3 Kg8 34. Qb1
Raf8
35. Qc2 Qb6 36. Ra1 Rg7 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Rd1 Rf8 39. Kf1 Rgf7 40. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]

[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "2"]

[White "Topalov, Veselin"]

[Black "Comp Hydra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nd2 b6 7. Ngf3 c5 8. Ne5

a5 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bd3 Nfd7 11. Bg3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ba6 13. Bc2 Ra7 14. Qg4 d4
15.
h4 d3 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. a4 Qc8 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. Qc4 Qc8 21. OO-O
Qc6 22. f3 Qa8 23. Nb1 Rad7 24. Rd2 Nc6 25. Na3 Rd5 26. f4 R5d7 27. Kb1
Na7 28.
e4 Qc6 29. Rhd1 Rb7 30. Nb5 Nxb5 31. axb5 Qc8 32. Bf2 h5 33. Rxd3 Rbd7 34.
Rxd7
Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Kc2 Kf8 37. Qe2 g6 38. c4 Qd8 39. g3 Ke8 40. Qf3 Bf8
41.
Qe3 Qc7 42. Be1 Qd7 43. Bd2 Bh6 44. Kd1 Kf8 45. Ke2 Qd8 46. Bc3 Qd7 47.
Qf3 Ke8
48. g4 hxg4 49. Qxg4 Qc7 50. Kf3 Qd8 51. Ke3 Qe7 52. h5 gxh5 53. Qxh5 Qf8
54.
Kf3 Qg7 55. Qg4 Qh7 56. f5 Kd7 57. Qh5 Qg7 58. b3 Bc1 59. Be1 Bb2 60. Bg3
Bc3
61. Bf4 Bd4 62. Bh2 Qg8 63. Qh6 Bc3 64. Bg3 Kc7 65. Qf6 Kd7 66. Bf4 Qh8 67.
Kg4
Qg8+ 68. Bg5 Bd2 69. Qh6 Bc3 70. Qf6 Bd2 71. Kh5 Bxg5 72. fxe6+ fxe6 73.
Qxg5

Qh8+ 74. Kg4 Qh7 75. Qf4 Ke8 76. Kg5 Qg7+ 77. Kh5 Qh8+ 78. Kg4 Qh7 79.
Qf6
Qxe4+ 80. Kg5 Qg2+ 81. Kh6 Qh1+ 82. Kg7 Qb7+ 83. Kg8 Qg2+ 84. Qg7 Qf3
85. Qg6+
Ke7 86. Qg7+ Ke8 87. Qg6+ Ke7 88. Qg7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]

[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comp Fritz"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O

g5 9. Bb1 g4 10. Ne1 h5 11. Nb3 a5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd3 Ba7
15.
Qa4 Bd7 16. Qf4 Bb8 17. Rd1 f5 18. c4 d4 19. Re1 Qe7 20. Bc2 h4 21. Bd2 Bc7
22.
Bd1 Rg8 23. a3 a4 24. f3 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Ba5 26. Bxa5 Rxa5 27. Qd2 Qg5 28. Qf2
Rg7 29. c5 Kf8 30. Rac1 Kg8 31. Kh1 Ra8 32. Rc4 Be8 33. Bd1 Qh6 34. Nf4 Rd8
35.
Rxa4 d3 36. Bb3 Bf7 37. Qe3 Qg5 38. Rd1 Kh7 39. Rd2 Qh6 40. Kg1 Qg5 41.
Bc4 Be8

42. Bxe6 Re7 43. Rxd3 Rxd3 44. Qxd3 Nxe5 45. Qxf5+ Qxf5 46. Bxf5+ Kh6 47.
Nd5
1-0

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]

[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Comp Junior"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 e6 8. g4

h6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. h4 b4 12. Nce2 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 Ne5
15.
Nc1 g6 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh5 18. a3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Na2 Rc8 21.
Nxb4
Qa4 22. Ka2 Qa5 23. Qd3 Ng7 24. c3 e5 25. Nb3 Qb5 26. Nd5 Qxd3 27. Rxd3
Bb5 28.
Rd2 Rh3 29. Rf2 Bd7 30. Na5 Be6 31. c4 Nh5 32. b3 Bxd5 33. exd5 Ng3 34.
Nc6 Kd7
35. b4 Nf5 36. Bd2 Ne7 37. Na5 Nf5 38. Re1 Bg7 39. Nc6 Nd4 40. Nxd4 exd4
41.

Kb3 d3 42. Re4 Rh1 43. Rf4 Be5 44. Rxf7+ Ke8 45. Rb7 Rb1+ 46. Ka4 Rb2 47.
Rh7
Bf4 48. Bxf4 Rxf2 49. Rh8+ Kd7 50. Rh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pedro Zabala mem"]

[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Boudre, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O

Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. a3 a5 12. Re1 h6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 Bg6
15.
Bc3 Qe7 16. Qb2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. b4 axb4
21.
axb4 Ree8 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. d4 Nf6 24. Rec1 Ne4 25. h4 Nd6 26. Ra5 Rxa5 27.
bxa5
Rb8 28. g4 f6 29. f3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. h5 Be8 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Kg3 Ra8 34.
Kf4
Be6 35. Rb1 Bf7 36. Bf5 Nc4 37. Bd3 Nd6 38. Ra1 Kd8 39. Rc1 Kc7 40. Bg6 Be6
41.

Ra1 Nc4 42. Bd3 Nd6 43. Ra4 Ra7 44. Nc5 Bc8 45. e4 Nf7 46. exd5 cxd5 47.
Bf5
Bxf5 48. Kxf5 Nd6+ 49. Kg6 Kc6 50. a6 b6 51. Ne6 b5 52. Ra1 b4 53. Nc5 Nb5
54.
Nb3 Kb6 55. Ra4 Nc7 56. Rxb4+ Kc6 57. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Pedro Zabala mem"]

[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 Bb6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Ng6 10. g3 d6 11. f4 Bh3 12. Rf2 Rae8 13. Nd2 Qd8 14. Bxb6
axb6
15. Ne3 Kh8 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bd3 f6 18. a4 Bg8 19. b4 d5 20. Nxd5 f5 21. b5
fxe4
22. Bxe4 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27.
Nf3 Re4
28. Rd2 h6 29. Nd4 Rd8 30. Rad1 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Rdxd4 32. cxd4 Re2 33. Rc1
c6 34.

Rb1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pedro Zabala mem"]

[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Li Shilong"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8.

Nc3
d6 9. Be3 b5 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kb1 O-O
15.
f5 Rfe8 16. h4 Ne5 17. h5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 gxf5 19. exf5 e5 20. g4 Bxh1 21. Rxh1
Qb7 22. Rg1 Nd5 23. g5 Nxc3+ 24. bxc3 Qd5 25. Kb2 Rac8 26. f6 Bd8 27. g6
Bxf6
28. Rf1 Re6 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nd2 Qc6 31. Ne4 d5 32. Ng5+ Ke7 33. Nxe6
Qxe6
34. Qf2 Rc6 35. Bc5+ Kd7 36. Bb4 Qh3 37. Qa7+ Rc7 38. Qf2 Bg5 39. Rd1 Bf4
40.
Qb6 Qe6 41. Qb8 Qg4 42. Re1 Qg2+ 43. Kb3 Qf2 44. Ba5 e4 45. Qf8 Qxe1 46.
Qf5+

Kc6 47. Qe6+ Bd6 0-1

[Event "Pedro Zabala mem"]

[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. f3

Bb4 9. Nb3 Nf6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Bd4 Nc6
15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Ne3 18. Kf2 Nxf1 19. Rhxf1 Rc8 20. Rfc1
Rc3
21. Nd2 Ke7 22. Rab1 b5 23. a4 Rd8 24. Rb4 Rdc8 25. Rb2 Bd5 26. axb5 axb5
27.
Nf1 R8c4 28. Ne3 Rxd4 29. Rxb5 Bc6 30. Ra5 Rd2+ 31. Ke1 Rd7 32. Ke2 f5 33.
Nd1
Rc4 34. Nb2 Rc3 35. Nd3 Rdxd3 36. cxd3 Rxc1 37. g4 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 fxg4 39.
fxg4
Rxh2 40. d4 Rg2 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Rh5 Rd2 43. Rh6+ Kg7 44. Rxe6 Rxd4+ 45.
Ke3 Rc4

46. g5 Bd5 47. Rd6 Bf7 48. Kf3 Rc5 49. Kf4 Rd5 50. Rb6 Rd4+ 51. Ke5 Rg4 52.
Kf5
Rg1 53. Rb7 Kf8 54. Rb8+ Be8 55. Ra8 Rf1+ 56. Kg4 Ke7 57. Ra7+ Bd7+ 58.
Kg3 Rf5
59. Kh4 Rd5 60. Kh5 Kd6 61. Ra6+ Ke5 62. Kh6 Bf5 63. Rf6 Rd6 64. Kg7 Bg6
65.
Rf1 Rd4 66. Rg1 Kf5 67. Rg2 Rg4 68. Rf2+ Kxg5 69. Rf6 Be4 70. Rh6 Bg6 71.
Rh1
h5 72. Ra1 h4 73. Ra3 Bf5 74. Rc3 Rg3 75. Rc1 h3 76. Kf7 Rg2 77. Rh1 h2 78.
Ke7
Be4 79. Ke6 Re2 80. Rxh2 Rxh2 81. Ke5 Ba8 82. Kd6 Re2 83. Kc5 Kf5 84. Kb6
Ke5
85. Kc7 Rd2 86. Kb6 Rc2 87. Kb5 Kd5 88. Kb6 Rc5 89. Ka7 Bb7 90. Kxb7 Kd6
91.
Kb6 Rc1 92. Kb5 Rc5+ 93. Kb4 Kd5 94. Kb3 Rc4 95. Ka3 Kc5 96. Kb3 Kb5 97.
Ka3
Rb4 98. Ka2 Kc4 99. Ka3 Kc3 100. Ka2 Rb3 101. Ka1 Kc2 102. Ka2 Rc3 103. Ka1
Ra3# 0-1

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]

[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Massoni, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

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

Nc3 e5 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Nd6 Ne8 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14.
Qd3 Nc7
15. Rad1 Nce6 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. b4 Re8 18. h4 Nc7 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. a4 Qe7
21.
Qd2 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Nxd7 Rd8 24. Nc5 b6 25. Nd3 Rde8 26. c5 bxc5
27.
bxc5 Rc2 28. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Ne6 30. c6 Bf8 31. Kf1 Rc3 32. Rd1 Bd6 33.
Ke2
Kf8 34. Rb1 Ke7 35. Rb7+ Nc7 36. Ne1 Ke6 37. Kd2 Ra3 38. Nc2 Rxa4 39. Kd3
Ra2
40. Nxd4+ Ke5 41. Nc2 a5 42. Ne3 Ra3+ 43. Kc2 Kd4 44. Kb2 Rd3 45. Ra7
Rd2+ 46.
Nc2+ 1-0

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]

[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]

[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 a6 4. Nxc4 b5 5. Ne3 Bb7 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 c5 8. d4

cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 e5 11. Nb3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Ngf6
14. O-O
O-O 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 a5 18. Ne3 a4 19. Nd2 Rfc8 20. Nf3
Rc7
21. Rad1 Rac8 22. Kg2 Kf8 23. g4 h6 24. h4 Ke8 25. a3 Rc6 26. R6d2 R8c7 27.
Nf5
g6 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29. Nxb5 Rb7 30. Nc3 Nxg4 31. Nd5+ Ke8 32. Kg3 f5 33. Nb4
Rc4
34. Rd6 Ngf6 35. Kg2 Rg4+ 36. Kf1 e4 37. Ne5 Rxh4 38. Nxg6 Rh1+ 39. Kg2
Rxd1
40. Rxd1 Kf7 41. Nf4 Ne5 42. Rd6 Nc4 43. Rc6 Nxb2 44. Ne6 Rd7 45. Nf4 Rd1
46.
Rc7+ Rd7 47. Rc2 Nd1 48. e3 Ng4 49. Nfd5 Ke6 50. Rc6+ Ke5 51. Nf4 Ndxe3+
52.
fxe3 Nxe3+ 53. Kg3 Nf1+ 54. Kf2 Kxf4 55. Kxf1 e3 56. Rxh6 Ke4 57. Re6+ Kf3
58.
Ke1 Rh7 59. Kd1 Rh1+ 60. Kc2 f4 61. Nd3 Ra1 62. Kb2 Rd1 63. Kc3 Ra1 64.
Kb4 Rd1
65. Kc3 Ra1 66. Kb2 Rd1 67. Kc2 Ra1 68. Rf6 Rxa3 69. Rxf4+ Ke2 70. Nc1+
Ke1 71.
Kb2 Rb3+ 72. Nxb3 axb3 73. Kxb3 e2 74. Re4 Kd2 75. Rxe2+ Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]

[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. b4 d5 2. a4 c5 3. f4 b5 4. e4 dxe4 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 g6 8. d5 Bg7

9. Nd2 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Ne3 f5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15.
Kh1 Qf6 16. Bh5 Nf7 17. Nxb5 Re7 18. Ra3 a6 19. h3 Nh6 20. Rb3 Ng4 21. Bd2
Re8
22. Qb1 Nh2 23. Kxh2 gxh5 24. Kh1 a5 25. bxa5 Qe7 26. a6 h4 27. Kh2 Bxa6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]

[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "91"]

[EventDate "2004.10.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2

g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe5 Qxe5+ 14. dxe5
Nd5
15. Bc4 Be6 16. Nd4 Bg7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f4 O-O 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. h4 h5 21.
Ke2 Bh6 22. Raf1 Rf5 23. Rf3 Kf7 24. Rhf1 Rd8 25. Rb3 Rd7 26. Rb4 e6 27. Rf3
Bf8 28. Rfb3 b5 29. cxb6 Bxb4 30. Rxb4 Rb7 31. a4 c5 32. Rb3 Ke7 33. a5 Rf8
34.
Rc3 c4 35. Rg3 Kf7 36. Ke3 Rc8 37. Kd4 c3 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Bxc3 Ke8 40. b4
Rf7
41. g3 Kd7 42. b5 axb5 43. Kc5 g5 44. a6 gxf4 45. a7 Rf8 46. b7 1-0

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]

[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]

[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1

d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ng3 h6 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3
Na5
15. Bc2 c5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Ba4 Re7 18. Rf1 e4 19. dxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4
21.
Bc2 Re7 22. Rad1 Be6 23. b3 Rd8 24. Qf2 Nc6 25. Qh4 Red7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27.
Qe4
g6 28. Qf4 Kh7 29. h4 Qc7 30. Qf6 Rd6 31. Qf4 Rd7 32. Qf6 Rd6 33. Qf4 Rd7
34.
Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Nd2 Kg7 36. Kf2 Rd7 37. Ne4 b6 38. Ke2 Ne5 39. Nf2 a5 40. Re1
h5
41. Rb1 Rd8 42. Be4 b5 43. Bc2 b4 44. c4 a4 45. Rc1 Kf8 46. Ne4 Rc8 47. Nd6
Rc6
48. Nb5 Ke7 49. Be4 Ra6 50. Nc7 Ra7 51. Nb5 Ra5 52. Rc2 axb3 53. axb3 Ra1
54.
Rb2 Bg4+ 55. Kf2 Be6 56. Ke2 f6 57. Kf2 g5 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. Nc7 h4 60. Bd5
Nd3+ 61. Ke2 Nxb2 62. Nxe6 Ra2 63. Kf3 Nd3 64. Nxg5 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]

[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]

[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.

O-O Qc7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Rae1 O-O 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. f4 Nd7 14. Na4
Rfe8
15. b3 c5 16. c4 d4 17. e5 Bf8 18. Be4 a5 19. Qf3 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nb6 21. Rb1
Qc6
22. Re3 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Reb8 24. Rff1 Ra7 25. Nxb6 Rxb6 26. a4 h5 27. g3 g6 28.
Kg2 Be7 29. Rf3 Kg7 30. h3 Rb8 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rh8 33. Rh1 Rxh1 34.
Kxh1
Bd8 35. Kg2 Bc7 36. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]

[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]

[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]

[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 b6 6. Bxd5 exd5 7. O-O Ba6 8. d3

Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. Qa4
Bd3 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Nb3 Rab8 17. Rad1 Bb5 18. Qh4 Rfe8 19. Be3 c4 20. Nbd4 Ba4
21.
Rd2 f6 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Red1 a6 26. h3 Qf7 27. Qg4
Qe6
28. Qh5 h6 29. Re1 Qf6 30. Nh2 Rf8 31. Ng4 Qf7 32. Qh4 Qg6 33. Rde2 h5 34.
Nh2
d4 35. Qg5 Rf6 36. Bc1 d3 37. Qxg6 Rxg6 38. Re4 d2 39. Bxd2 Rxb2 40. Nf3
Rxa2
41. Bg5 Bc5 42. Rxe5 Bxf2+ 43. Kf1 Bxf3 44. gxf3 Bxe1 45. Kxe1 Kf7 46. Kf1
Rd6
0-1

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]

[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "127"]

[EventDate "2004.10.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4

b6
9. Nf4 c6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qc7 13. O-O Rb8 14. Rb1 e5 15.
Nd3
exd4 16. exd4 a5 17. Qc2 Re8 18. Bc1 Rxb1 19. Nxb1 Ba6 20. Nc3 Nf8 21. Be3
N6d7
22. Qd2 Bf6 23. Nf4 Bxe2 24. Ncxe2 g6 25. Rb1 h5 26. h3 Bg7 27. Qd3 Ra8 28.
Nc3
Nh7 29. Nfe2 Nhf8 30. Bf4 Qa7 31. Na4 Ne6 32. Bd6 Re8 33. Nac3 h4 34. Rb3
Bf6
35. Rb1 Ng7 36. Bf4 Nf5 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Bh2 Rc8 39. Bf4 Nf8 40. Na4 Ne6 41.
Be3
Re8 42. Kg1 Ng5 43. Bf4 Qe7 44. Nac3 Ne4 45. Nxe4 Qxe4 46. Qxe4 Rxe4 47.
Kf1
Nxd4 48. Nxd4 Rxd4 49. Be3 Rc4 50. Ke2 d4 51. Bd2 Rxc5 52. Kd3 Bg5 53. Be1
Bf6
54. Rb6 Rc1 55. Bxa5 c5 56. Rc6 Rg1 57. Rxc5 Rxg2 58. Rc2 Rh2 59. a4 Rxh3+
60.
Kc4 Ra3 61. Kb5 h3 62. Bc7 Rc3 63. Rxc3 dxc3 64. a5 0-1

[Event "Aiacciu Masters"]

[Site "Ajaccio"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.10.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6

8. Bh4 c5 9. Ne5 Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Nc4 Bxd4 13. Nxa5 Bb6
14.
Nc4 Bc7 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Ke7 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Ne5 Rc7 20.
O-O-O Rd8 21. Rh4 Be8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Rb4 b6 24. Kc2 Ke7 25. Rd4 Nh7 26.
Be4
Ng5 27. Bd3 f6 28. Ng6+ Bxg6 29. Bxg6 f5 30. f3 Rc8 31. f4 Ne4 32. g4 Nd6
33.
gxf5 exf5 34. a4 Ke6 35. Bh5 g5 36. Bf3 gxf4 37. Rxf4 Kf6 38. Rd4 Ke5 39. Rh4
Rh8 40. Kd3 Rd8 41. Rd4 Nf7 42. Rxd8 Nxd8 43. b4 Nf7 44. c4 Ng5 45. Bb7 Ne6
46.
Ke3 h5 47. g3 f4+ 48. gxf4+ Nxf4 49. a5 bxa5 50. bxa5 Ne6 51. Bf3 h4 52. Bg4
Nc5 53. Bh3 Nb3 54. a6 Nc5 55. Bc8 Kd6 56. Kf4 Kc7 57. Bf5 Nxa6 58. Kg4 Kd6
59.
Kxh4 Ke5 60. Bc2 Kf4 61. Ba4 Nc5 62. Bb5 a5 63. Be8 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 8th"]

[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.1"]

[White "Bagheri, Amir"]

[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. h3 Be7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4

O-O 9. a3 d6 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rc1 b5 13. b4 Nb6 14. Nb3 Qd7 15.
Na5
Bd5 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Bd3 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qa1 Bc4 20. Naxc4 bxc4 21.
Be2
d5 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Rb1 h6 24. Bd1 Ne8 25. a4 Bd6 26. a5 Nc8 27. Ba4 Qd8 28.
Bc6
Ra7 29. b5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Bxf4 31. exf4 Ned6 32. Rc5 Ne7 33. Qa4 Ra6 34. Bd7
Nb7
0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 8th"]

[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bagheri, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8.

Be2 Nbd7 9. b4 a5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 e5
15.
Nd2 Ndf6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Bc3 a4 18. Rf1 b5 19. e4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 f4 21. b5 Nh5
22. Kf2 Rf6 23. Ke2 Rg6 24. Rf2 Nf7 25. Kd3 Nf6 26. Bb4 Nd7 27. Kc3 Nb6 28.
Rc1
Qh4 29. Nf1 Rc8 30. g3 fxg3 31. hxg3 Rxg3 32. Nxg3 Qxg3 33. Ba2 Ng5 34.
Rcf1
Rf8 35. Kb2 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 Nxf3 37. Rc1 Na8 38. b6 Nd4 39. Qxa4 Qf2+ 40. Kb1
Nxb6 41. Qe8+ Qf8 42. Qxf8+ Kxf8 43. Rxc7 Ba6 44. Bxd6+ Kg8 45. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 8th"]

[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2757"]

[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nb6 8. Bd3

dxe5 9. dxe5 Na6 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Be7
15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Re8 19. Nf3 Bf8 20. Qh3 Bg7 21.
Bh6
Qe7 22. Re1 Qf8 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Rad1 Ba4 25. Bxa4 Nxa4 26. Rd7 Nc5 27.
Rd4 b6
28. Qh4 h6 29. h3 Rc7 30. Nh2 h5 31. Nf3 Nd7 32. Qf4 Nb8 33. Ng5 Nc6 34.
Rd6
Kh8 35. Red1 Rf8 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Nxe5 38. Rxa7 Kg8 39. Nxe6 Nd3 40.
Qd2
1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 8th"]

[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2004.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.10.31"]

[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]

[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.

O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bd2 d4 13. Na4 O-O 14. b3 Be6
15.
c3 c5 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Nb2 Nd7 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qb5 21.
Qd3
Rfd8 22. Qg3 f6 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nf8 25. Qg4 Ng6 26. Bg3 Qc6 27. h4 dxc3
28. Rxc3 Ra7 29. h5 Nf8 30. e5 Rd4 31. Qh3 Rad7 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Rce3 Rxe1
34.
Bxe1 Rd5 35. Bc3 fxe5 36. Bxe5 Bf6 37. Qf3 Nd7 38. Rd3 Nb6 39. Bg3 Qe6 40.
Re3
Qf7 41. Nxb6 Rxh5+ 42. Kg1 Bd4 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. Bf2 Bxe3 45. Bxe3 Ke6
46. Kf2
Rf5+ 47. Ke2 h5 48. Kd3 Ke5 0-1