VESELIN TOPALOV

VESELIN TOPALOV
Born on March 15, 1975 FIDE World Chess Champion 2005 Runner-up FIDE World Championship 2005 July 1 2006 Rating – 2813 Assistants: Ruslan Ponomariov, Ivan Cheparinov Manager Silvio Danailov
Talent for bright combinations. Aggressive chess-player. Successor of famous masters of attack: Morphy – Chigorin – Alekhine – Tal – Kasparov. Having absorbed the best of his predecessors, Topalov added modern universalism and splendid openings to his style. Bulgarian grandmaster is distinguished by his maximalism. He spends more time at chess board than any other player. He finds resources to carry on fighting even in an absolute drawn position. Boundless span of energy which Veselin seems to have enables him to keep his opponents under constant pressure during the long hours of a game and long days of a tournament.Topalov evolved from a promising junior into an elite grandmaster slow and hard. In accordance with his aggressive style bright victories of a growing talent were followed by striking failures. Unstable performance didn’t allow Veselin to engage in a battle for world championship. Yet in a series of elite tournaments in the mid 90’s he broke through and scored a success. And as it turned out it was only the beginning of his career.At the dawn of a new century Topalov has made another breakthrough – he advanced in technique, deepened his openings and gained psychological stability. It is a rare case – a mature player improved his class of play, from a high class to the highest!Even so, Topalov preserved his youthful ardor and true fighting spirit. He still plays to win with either color and in any position, bravely upsets the balance in spite of any jeopardies. Such risky manner of playing is a real means to popularize chess in the world. Millions of chess fans all over the world watch exciting thrillers performed by a Bulgarian grandmaster.For today Topalov has practically no weak points. He is strong as never before! If previously his failures would negatively show in his following games, now the reverse is true – after losses he doesn’t look for a compromise and shows his best play. After the tournament in Sofia, 2006 Topalov for the first time in his career has surpassed great Kasparov in rating. Having crossed this symbolic Rubicon, Bulgarian grandmaster obtained the status of player number 1 in the world.What is Topalov’s objective in the match vs Kramnik? The main thing is to maintain high tension constantly making the opponent solve complicated non-trivial tasks. The more fierce the battle, the better are chances of the chess athlete to win.Veselin is likely to turn his endurance to the advantage. In the second half of the match Vladimir is to go through a hard test. Born on March 15, 1975 FIDE World Chess Champion 2005 Runner-up FIDE World Championship 2005 July 1 2006 Rating – 2813 Assistants: Ruslan Ponomariov, Ivan Cheparinov Manager Silvio Danailov
Talent for bright combinations. Aggressive chess-player. Successor of famous masters of attack: Morphy – Chigorin – Alekhine – Tal – Kasparov. Having absorbed the best of his predecessors, Topalov added modern universalism and splendid openings to his style. Bulgarian grandmaster is distinguished by his maximalism. He spends more time at chess board than any other player. He finds resources to carry on fighting even in an absolute drawn position. Boundless span of energy which Veselin seems to have enables him to keep his opponents under constant pressure during the long hours of a game and long days of a tournament.Topalov evolved from a promising junior into an elite grandmaster slow and hard. In accordance with his aggressive style bright victories of a growing talent were followed by striking failures. Unstable performance didn’t allow Veselin to engage in a battle for world championship. Yet in a series of elite tournaments in the mid 90’s he broke through and scored a success. And as it turned out it was only the beginning of his career.At the dawn of a new century Topalov has made another breakthrough – he advanced in technique, deepened his openings and gained psychological stability. It is a rare case – a mature player improved his class of play, from a high class to the highest!Even so, Topalov preserved his youthful ardor and true fighting spirit. He still plays to win with either color and in any position, bravely upsets the balance in spite of any jeopardies. Such risky manner of playing is a real means to popularize chess in the world. Millions of chess fans all over the world watch exciting thrillers performed by a Bulgarian grandmaster.For today Topalov has practically no weak points. He is strong as never before! If previously his failures would negatively show in his following games, now the reverse is true – after losses he doesn’t look for a compromise and shows his best play. After the tournament in Sofia, 2006 Topalov for the first time in his career has surpassed great Kasparov in rating. Having crossed this symbolic Rubicon, Bulgarian grandmaster obtained the status of player number 1 in the world.What is Topalov’s objective in the match vs Kramnik? The main thing is to maintain high tension constantly making the opponent solve complicated non-trivial tasks. The more fierce the battle, the better are chances of the chess athlete to win.Veselin is likely to turn his endurance to the advantage. In the second half of the match Vladimir is to go through a hard test.