(1) Topalov,Veselin (2640) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2710) [B13] 12th Closed GM Linares ESP (1), 1994
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Ne2 e6 8.Qc2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 h6 10.Bh4 Qb6 11.Bg3 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.b3 Rac8 14.Nd2 a6 15.a4 Qd8 16.Rac1 Re8 17.Kh1 Bd6 18.f4 Ne7 19.Nf3 Nf5 20.Ne5 Be7 21.Rc2 g6 22.Be1 h5 23.h3 h4 24.Bxf5 exf5 25.Bxh4 Ne4 26.Be1 Bh4 27.g4 fxg4 28.hxg4 Kg7 29.f5 Rc7 30.Kg2 Bxe1 31.Qxe1 Qg5 32.Qc1 Qxc1 33.Rcxc1 gxf5 34.Rxf5 f6 35.Nd3 Rxc3 36.Rxc3 Nxc3 37.Nf4 Re4 38.Kf3 Kh7 39.Rxf6 b5 40.Rxa6 Rxd4 41.Ra7+ Kg8 42.a5 Rb4 43.g5 Rxb3 44.Ne6 b4 45.Kf4 Ne2+ 46.Ke5 Re3+ 47.Kf6 Rf3+ 48.Kg6 Nf4+ 49.Nxf4 Rxf4 50.Ra8+ Rf8 51.Rxf8+ Kxf8 52.a6 b3 53.a7 b2 54.a8Q+ 1-0
(2) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2700) - Topalov,Veselin (2630) [E92] 13rd Closed GM Linares ESP (6), 1995
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6 8.0-0 Ng4 9.Bc1 Na6 10.Rb1 f5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.b4 c6 14.b5 cxb5 15.Nxb5 Be6 16.Ba3 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1 Rfd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Nxa7 Bf8 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Rb2 Nc5 23.f3 Na4 24.Rc2 f4 25.Kf1 Bf5 26.Rc1 Rd2 27.c5 e4 28.c6 bxc6 29.Nxc6 exf3 30.Bxf3 Rxa2 31.Nd4 Bd7 32.Bc6 Nb6 33.Bxd7 Nxd7 34.Ne6+ Kf7 35.Nxf4 Ne5 36.h3 Ra4 37.Nd5 Ke6 38.Rd1 Ra3 39.Kf2 Nd3+ 40.Rxd3 1-0
(3) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2700) - Topalov,Veselin (2630) [A61] Closed GM Novgorod RUS (9), 05.06.1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.Nc4 0-0 9.g3 b6 10.a4 Ba6 11.Nb5 Ne8 12.Bg2 Bxb5 13.axb5 Nd7 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.0-0 g5 16.Bd2 Nc7 17.Qb3 f5 18.Rae1 f4 19.gxf4 gxf4 20.Kh1 Ne5 21.Bf3 Qd7 22.Rg1 Qxb5 23.Qxb5 Nxb5 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Bg4 Kh8 26.Bd7 Nc7 27.Bc6 Rad8 28.e4 fxe3 29.Rxe3 Nxd5 30.Reg3 Ne7 31.Rxg7 Nxc6 32.Be3 Rd6 33.Rc7 Rg8 34.Rxg8+ Kxg8 35.Kg2 e4 36.Kg3 Rf6 37.Bg5 Rf3+ 38.Kg2 Nd4 39.Rxa7 Nf5 40.Ra4 Rb3 41.Rxe4 Rxb2 42.Rf4 Ng7 43.Rf6 Rb4 44.Kf3 h5 45.h4 b5 46.Rc6 Rc4 47.Rc8+ Kf7 48.Rc7+ Kg6 49.Rc6+ Kf5 50.Rf6+ Ke5 51.Rh6 Nf5 52.Rxh5 b4 53.Rh8 Nd4+ 54.Kg4 Ne6+ 55.Kh5 b3 56.Rb8 Rb4 57.Rxb4 cxb4 58.Bc1 Nf4+ 59.Kg5 Nd3 60.h5 Ke6 0-1
(4) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2740) - Topalov,Veselin (2670) [B78] Investbank GM Belgrade YUG (9), 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 h5 12.0-0-0 Ne5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.g4 hxg4 15.f4 Nc4 16.Qe2 Qc8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Rxd5 19.exd5 b5 20.h5 g5 21.fxg5 Bxg5+ 22.Kb1 f5 23.Rd3 f4 24.Bxc4 Qxc4 0-1
(5) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2735) - Topalov,Veselin (2700) [A26] Closed GM 1996 Wijk aan Zee NED (13), 28.01.1996
1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 f5 6.0-0 d6 7.Rb1 a5 8.a3 Nf6 9.d3 0-0 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 h6 12.b5 Ne7 13.Bb2 Be6 14.Ra1 Rc8 15.c5 Nd7 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Na4 d5 18.Nd2 Qe8 19.e3 g5 20.Qe2 Qf7 21.f4 Ng6 22.fxe5 Ndxe5 23.Nf3 Nxf3+ 24.Bxf3 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 f4 26.Bg2 Qe7 27.Nb6 Rcd8 28.Qd4 Qd6 29.exf4 gxf4 30.Rae1 Kh7 31.Kh1 Bg8 32.Rf3 fxg3 33.Rxg3 Rf4 34.Qe3 Rdf8 35.Rg1 d4 36.Qd2 Ne5 37.Be4+ Rxe4 38.dxe4 Nf3 39.Rxf3 Rxf3 40.Qg2 1-0
(6) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2735) - Topalov,Veselin (2700) [B97] Closed GM Dos Hermanas ESP (1), 21.05.1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Nb3 Be7 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.Be2 Rb8 12.Qg3 h6 13.Bh4 0-0 14.0-0 b5 15.Kh1 Nd7 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Rad1 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Nd4 Nb6 20.Bh5 f6 21.b3 Kh8 22.h3 Rb7 23.Nde2 Be6 24.Qe3 Rbb8 25.Rd3 Bg8 26.Bg4 Bh7 27.Rfd1 f5 28.exf5 Nxf5 29.Bxf5 Bxf5 30.R3d2 Bh7 31.Ne4 Rbd8 32.N2c3 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 Nd7 34.Kh2 Qb7 35.Rd6 Rc8 36.Qd2 Bxe4 37.Rxd7 Qc6 38.Nxe4 Qxe4 39.Rxg7 Kxg7 40.Qd7+ Kf6 41.Qxc8 Qf4+ 42.Kg1 Qe3+ 43.Kf1 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2
(7) Topalov,Veselin (2750) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2730) [C42] Closed GM 1996 Novgorod RUS (3), 1996
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c6 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Bd2 f6 18.Nd3 Qd7 19.Rfe1 Bd6 20.h3 Bf7 21.Bb3 Rae8 22.Qg4 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Rd8 24.Qxd7 Rxd7 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 fxe5 27.Rxe5 Nf6 28.Bg5 Bxb3 29.axb3 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Kf7 31.Re3 h6 32.Bxf6 Kxf6 33.h4 1/2-1/2
(8) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2730) - Topalov,Veselin (2750) [B85] Closed GM 1996 Novgorod RUS (8), 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.g4 Bf8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bg2 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra7 Qd8 19.b4 e5 20.Be3 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Nd5 Bg4 23.Qd2 Nc6 24.g6 Nxa7 25.gxf7+ Kh8 26.Bg5 Qd7 27.fxe8N Rxe8 28.Qf2 Kg8 29.e5 h6 30.Nb6 Qc7 31.Bd5+ Kh7 32.Be4+ Kg8 33.Nd5 Qd7 34.Ne7+ 1-0
(9) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2730) - Topalov,Veselin (2750) [E73] Olympiad (Men) Yerevan ARM (13), 1996
1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Na6 9.h4 cxd5 10.cxd5 Qe8 11.f3 Bd7 12.Nh3 Nc5 13.g4 h5 14.Nf2 hxg4 15.fxg4 Rc8 16.Be3 Nh7 17.Nd3 Nxd3+ 18.Qxd3 a6 19.a4 Qd8 20.a5 Bf6 21.Bf2 Be7 22.Kd2 Nf6 23.Rhg1 Ne8 24.Bb6 Nc7 25.g5 Qe8 26.Qe3 Nb5 27.Bxb5 Bxb5 28.h5 Kg7 29.Qf3 Bc4 30.Rg2 Rh8 31.Rh1 Bb5 32.Be3 Bd7 33.Rgh2 Qd8 34.Kd3 Qc7 35.hxg6 Qc4+ 36.Kc2 fxg6 37.Rxh8 Rxh8 38.Rxh8 Kxh8 39.Qf7 Ba4+ 40.Kd2 Qb4 41.Ke1 1-0
(10) Topalov,Veselin (2750) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2730) [B17] Closed GM 1996 Las Palmas ESP (4), 12.12.1996
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 b6 13.0-0-0 Bb7 14.Kb1 Rd8 15.Rhg1 c5 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.a3 0-0 18.g4 Qd5 19.g5 Qxf3 20.gxf6 g6 21.Bxh6 Bxh2 22.Rh1 Qxe2 23.Bxe2 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rc8 25.f3 Bg3 26.Bg7 g5 27.Rd7 Bc6 28.Rxa7 Rd8 29.a4 Be5 30.a5 Rd2 31.Bc4 b5 32.Bb3 Bxf3 33.Re7 Rd6 34.Re8+ Kh7 35.Bf8 Rd1+ 36.Ka2 Bxf6 37.a6 g4 38.c4 Rd2 39.cxb5 g3 40.b6 g2 41.Bc5 Bxb2 0-1
(11) Ivanchuk,Vassily (2730) - Topalov,Veselin (2750) [B81] Closed GM 1996 Las Palmas ESP (10), 21.12.1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.g5 hxg5 11.fxg5 b4 12.Na4 Nh5 13.0-0 Nd7 14.g6 Nhf6 15.c3 Ne5 16.gxf7+ Kxf7 17.cxb4 Rh4 18.Qb3 Qe8 19.Rac1 Bxe4 20.Rc7+ Kg8 21.Nxe6 Rg4 22.Rxf6 Rxg2+ 23.Kf1 Qb5+ 0-1
