[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2790"] [ECO "E15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Bf1 bxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. Nxe4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bb7 22. Qe5 Bf6 23. Qc5 Bxd4 24. Qxc8 Rfxc8 25. Rxd4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Leko, P"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2679"] [ECO "B10"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 d4 5. Ne2 f6 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. c3 a5 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Nd2 Be6 12. f4 a4 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. b4 Qb6 16. fxg5 fxg5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Nd8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. h4 Rh6 21. a3 Ke7 22. Rf5 Qc6 23. Qd2 Qe8 24. Raf1 Rc8 25. Bh3 Rc7 26. Qa2 Rd7 27. Kh2 Kd8 28. Ng1 Kc8 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Nc6 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. b5 Ne7 34. Qd2 Ng8 35. Qa5 Qd6 36. Bxe6+ Rxe6 37. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Gelfand, B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2712"] [ECO "E05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Nxc5 14. Qe3 Qa5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qa3 Ne4 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. e3 Rac8 20. Nd4 Rc4 21. b3 Rcc8 22. b4 Qb6 23. a5 Qd6 24. Rc1 g6 25. Qb2 Qd7 26. b5 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxb5 28. Bxe4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Ivanchuk, V"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2679"] [ECO "B17"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qf3 e5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd7 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. h3 O-O 18. O-O f5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Re1 Rae8 21. Qh5 c5 22. c3 Qd6 23. Bxh6 Bb3 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Rxe8 Qxd3 26. Rae1 Bd6 27. a5 bxa5 28. Qg6 a4 29. g4 Bf7 30. Qxf5 Qxf5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. gxf5 Bb3 33. Kg2 Bf4 34. Kf3 Bd2 35. Ra1 Kf7 36. Ke4 Bg5 37. Ke5 Ke7 38. Ke4 Bf6 39. Re1 Kd6 40. Kd3 Bd5 41. Ra1 Bb3 42. Re1 a5 43. Re8 Ba2 44. Ra8 Bb1+ 45. Kc4 Ba2+ 46. Kd3 c4+ 47. Kd2 Bg5+ 48. Kc2 Bb3+ 49. Kb1 a3 50. Rxa5 a2+ 51. Ka1 Bf6 52. f4 Kc6 53. h4 Bxh4 54. Ra7 Bf6 55. Ra6+ Kd5 56. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Ljubojevic, L"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2566"] [ECO "E92"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Nh6 12. h4 c6 13. h5 Nf7 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Be3 Bd7 17. c5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 dxc5 20. Nh4 Rfd8 21. Qb3 b5 22. Nxg6 c4 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Qa3 Nd6 25. Nd5 Qc6 26. Nb4 Qc7 27. Na6 Qc6 28. Nb4 Qc7 29. Na6 Qc6 30. O-O-O Bc8 31. Nb4 Qc7 32. Nd5 Qc6 33. Qc5 Bb7 34. Nc7 Rac8 35. Ne6+ Kf7 36. Nxd8+ Rxd8 37. Bh5+ Ke7 38. Bg6 Ke6 39. Qxc6 Bxc6 40. Rh7 Rd7 41. Bf5+ Nxf5 42. exf5+ Kf7 43. Rxd7+ Bxd7 44. Bh6 Bxf5 45. Rxg7+ Ke6 46. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2679"] [ECO "E15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. a4 c5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bc3 Re8 16. a5 Rc8 17. Qb2 Bf8 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 Bc6 20. Nh4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5 22. Nf3 Ra8 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Rxb7 Nxb7 25. Bc3 Ba3 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Bxd5 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxb7 Re8 30. Bc6 Re6 31. b4 g6 32. Bd5 Re7 33. e4 Qb2 34. Qxb2 Bxb2 35. Bc6 Ba3 36. b5 Bc5 37. Kg2 f5 38. exf5 Re2 39. fxg6 Rxf2+ 40. Kh3 hxg6 41. Rd7 Kf8 42. Be4 Rf7 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Kg4 Rf6 45. Rc8 Rd6 46. h4 Re6 47. Bd5 Rd6 48. Rc7+ Kf6 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Bf3 Be3 51. Re7+ Re6 52. Rd7 Bc5 53. Rc7 Rd6 54. Rc6 Rd4+ 55. Kg5 Rd3 56. Kg4 Rd4+ 57. Kh3 Rd3 58. Be2 Rd6 59. Kg4 Rd2 60. Kf3 Rd6 61. g4 Rf6+ 62. Kg3 Bf2+ 63. Kh3 Rd6 64. g5 Rd4 65. Rxg6 Rxh4+ 66. Kg2 Bd4 67. Rc6 Re4 68. Bf3 Re1 69. g6 Rg1+ 70. Kh2 Rg5 71. Kh3 Kf4 72. Be2 Rg3+ 73. Kh2 Bg1+ 74. Kh1 Bd4 75. Kh2 Bg1+ 76. Kh1 Bd4 77. Re6 Rh3+ 78. Kg2 Rg3+ 79. Kh2 Re3 80. Rxe3 Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Shirov, A"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2718"] [ECO "D12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. g3 Bd6 10. Kf2 Nbd7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. c5 Bc7 13. f4 b6 14. b4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Ba5 16. Bd3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4+ 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qa4 Qc8 20. Rab1 Nf6 21. h3 Nd5 22. Bd2 g5 23. fxg5 e5 24. Kg2 Qf5 25. Rhf1 Qxg5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxc6 Rad8 28. Qb5 Nc3 29. Qb2 Rxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Nxb1 31. Rxb1 Qxc5 32. Rb7 Rc8 33. g4 a5 34. Rd7 Qc2 35. Kg3 Qc5 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kh7 38. Kf4 f6 39. Qd4 Qc7+ 40. Kxe4 Qc2+ 41. Kf3 Qxa2 42. Qe4+ Kg8 43. h4 Qh2 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Qd5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2679"] [ECO "E15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 c5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. e4 N5f6 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bd6 17. Bh3 h6 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bc3 a6 20. Na3 b5 21. Nc2 Re8 22. Ne3 b4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rac1 Ne4 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. Rc4 Bd6 27. Qc2 Ng5 28. Nxg5 Qxg5 29. Re4 Rd8 30. Nc4 Bf8 31. Re5 Qf6 32. Qe2 g6 33. d6 Bb7 34. Qe3 g5 35. f4 g4 36. Qxc5 Bf3 37. Rd2 Qg6 38. Re1 Bg7 39. Qc7 Bf6 40. Ne5 Qh5 41. d7 Kg7 42. Qc2 Ba8 43. Qd1 Bf3 44. Qc2 Ba8 45. Qc4 a5 46. Nc6 Qg6 47. Rd6 Bxc6 48. Qxc6 Bd4+ 49. Kg2 Qd3 50. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Almasi, Z"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2640"] [ECO "E32"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Nd4 10. Qe4 c5 11. h3 f5 12. Qd3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nh6 14. Be2 Nf7 15. h4 Qc7 16. O-O-O Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. g4 fxg4 19. Bxg4 Rad8 20. Rhg1 Bc8 21. Qg3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nd8 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Bh5 Rd7 25. Be8 Re7 26. Ba4 Nc6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. h5 Rf7 29. Be3 Qa5 30. Kb1 Qd8 31. Kc1 Qa5 32. a3 Bd7 33. h6 Be8 34. Qg4 Bd7 35. hxg7 Qc7 36. Qh4 Qc8 37. Bxc5 Rf5 38. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Van Wely, L"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2679"] [ECO "D37"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Qb7 13. Qe2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Ra8 17. Qb1 Bd8 18. Nd2 h6 19. Ra2 bxc5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. bxc5 Qa3 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. Qc2 Ne8 24. Nc1 Ba5 25. N3a2 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 g5 27. Nd3 Qf1 28. Bg3 h5 29. Nab4 h4 30. Bd6 Bxb4 31. Nxb4 Qb5 32. Nd3 Ndf6 33. Be5 Nh5 34. Qd1 Nhg7 35. Kg1 f6 36. Bh2 Nf5 37. Ne1 Neg7 38. Nf3 Kf7 39. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Piket, Je"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2632"] [ECO "D36"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O Be6 15. Rfc1 Re7 16. Rab1 Rae8 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Bd7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Ne4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 f5 24. Ne2 h6 25. Nf1 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Almasi, Z"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2718"] [ECO "B33"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 Ne7 14. Ncb4 a5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. O-O Be6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. a3 h6 21. g3 Bd8 22. Rd2 Qa7 23. Kg2 Rc5 24. Ne3 Bg5 25. h4 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qc7 27. Rad1 Rc6 28. Kh2 Bb3 29. Rg1 Bc4 30. Rgd1 Bxe2 31. Qxe2 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rd3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Rb3 35. Qd2 Qb6 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Rxe3 Kf8 39. Red3 Ke7 40. Re3 Rc2 41. Rdd3 h5 42. Kf3 g6 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. Kf1 Rc4 45. Ke1 f5 46. f3 Rg2 47. exf5+ gxf5 48. f4 e4 49. Rd2 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 Rc1 51. Ra2 R4xc3 52. Rxc3 Rxc3 53. Ra8 d5 54. Re8+ Kd6 55. Re5 d4 56. Rxf5 Rc2+ 57. Ke1 e3 58. Re5 Rg2 59. Kf1 Rxg3 60. Ke2 Rg2+ 61. Kf3 Rd2 62. Re8 Kd5 63. Re5+ Kc4 64. f5 Rf2+ 65. Kg3 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Shirov, A"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2718"] [ECO "C78"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4 dxe4 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 exf3 12. exf6 Bh4 13. fxg7 fxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Rg8 15. Bh6 Bg5 16. Re1+ Be6 17. Bxg5 Rxg7 18. h4 h6 19. Be4 Kd7 20. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, V"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2718"] [ECO "A79"] 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 "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Piket, Je"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2632"] [ECO "C42"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nxc5 20. Rd1 a5 21. g3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Kf1 a4 24. Rc2 Bb6 25. Bd1 Kf8 26. Rc4 Ba7 27. Rh4 Bb8 28. Rxh7 Be5 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Ra8 b5 31. Bf3 Kd7 32. Ra7+ Kd6 33. Ra8 Kc7 34. Ra7+ Kb6 35. Ra8 Nb7 36. Bd1 Bxb2 37. Bxa4 bxa4 38. Rxa4 c5 39. Ke2 Nd6 40. h4 f5 41. Ra8 Be5 42. Kf3 c4 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Van Wely, L"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2718"] [ECO "D37"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 Re8 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Ra2 h6 17. Rd2 Be4 18. Qa1 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Ne1 g5 21. Bg3 Ne5 22. Bb5 Nc6 23. Ba4 a5 24. Bb3 axb4 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 bxa3 27. Rd7 Qe4 28. Qxa3 Rcd8 29. Qb3 Qe6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. Nf3 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Re7 33. Rd5 Bc7 34. Bxc7 Rxc7 35. g4 f6 36. Nd2 Kf7 37. Ne4 Ne7 38. Rb5 Nc8 39. Kg2 b6 40. Kf3 Rc6 41. Rd5 Ke7 42. h4 Nd6 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Nxd6 Rxd6 45. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Gelfand, B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2712"] [ECO "A30"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 a6 11. Rfd1 Rb8 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Bh3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. exf3 Ne5 19. Bg2 Nc6 20. Qh4 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. Bf1 Ne5 23. Qf4 Qa8 24. Be2 Rec8 25. Kg2 Bg7 26. Qe3 Rc5 27. Kg1 Rbc8 28. h3 b4 29. Na4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Nd5 32. Qd2 Qc8 33. Bb2 e6 34. f4 Nd7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Bf3 N7f6 37. Kg2 Qc7 38. g4 Nc3 39. Qd4 e5 40. fxe5 dxe5 41. Qxb4 Nfd5 42. Bxd5 Nxd5 43. Qc5 Qb7 44. Kg3 f6 45. f3 h5 46. Qd6 Nf4 47. Nc5 h4+ 48. Kxh4 Qxf3 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. g5+ fxg5+ 51. Qxg5+ Kh7 52. Qe7+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ Kh7 54. Qe7+ Kh6 55. Qg5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Ivanchuk, V"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2718"] [ECO "E37"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. b4 Bf5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rd1 b6 14. e3 bxc5 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. Re5 Bd7 21. bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. O-O Nd3 24. Bd4 a6 25. Rb1 f6 26. Ba7 Bb5 27. Nd4 Rc8 28. g4 Rc3 29. Ra1 Bd7 30. h3 h5 31. gxh5 Bxh3 32. Kh2 Bd7 33. Kg3 Be8 34. h6 gxh6 35. Nf5 Bd7 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nd5 Rc2 38. f3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2718"] [ECO "B33"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. g3 Rg8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Be2 Rg5 19. Qf3 f5 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Bxa2 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Qe4 Rf7 24. Bh5 Rf6 25. c4 Ne5 26. c5 Rc8 27. cxd6 Bxd6 28. Be2 Qf8 29. Nh5 Rxf2 30. Nc2 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Leko, P"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2745"] [ECO "C42"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 f5 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bh5 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 f4 19. Nc3 g5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Nf6 24. Qd3 Qg7 25. Re1 Re8 26. Re2 Kf7 27. Qd2 Qh8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"] [Site "Monaco MNC"] [Date "2001.03.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Ljubojevic, L"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2718"] [ECO "D58"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. a4 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 Re8 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Rcd1 Ng6 17. Bg3 Bb4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rf1 Qd7 23. Qc2 d4 24. Qb3 Bc5 25. Rd3 b5 26. axb5 1/2-1/2