[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2690"] [ECO "C78"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 Bg4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Bc2 d5 14. Bg5 exd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxd4 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Be4 Nf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ra7 Rfe8 23. Bd3 Re7 24. Rb1 Nb3 25. h3 Nd2 26. Rc1 Rb3 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Nb3 29. Ra4 Nc5 30. Rg4+ Kh8 31. Bc4 h6 32. Bd5 Nd7 33. Kh2 Ne5 34. Rg3 Rd7 35. Bb3 Rd2 36. f4 Nd3 37. Bxf7 Nxf4 38. Rg4 Ne2 39. Rc4 Rc2 40. Bh5 Nxc3 41. Bg6 Rc1 42. Bd3 Na2 43. Rxc1 Nxc1 44. Bc4 f5 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Kf4 c6 48. h4 Kg6 49. Ke5 Kh5 50. g3 Kg4 51. h5 Kxg3 52. Kxf5 Kf2 53. Kg6 Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2700"] [ECO "B76"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e6 11. h4 Qc7 12. h5 Nxh5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ndb5 Qg3 15. Bf2 Qf4+ 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Rxd5 Nf4 18. Rd6 Be6 19. Qd2 Nh5 20. Bg5 Qe5 21. g4 Ng3 22. Bf4 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Qc5 24. Be3 Qc4 25. Rh1 Nb4 26. Bd4 Nxa2+ 27. Nxa2 Qxa2 28. Qh2 h5 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Nc3 Qa1+ 32. Nb1 Ba2 33. Kd2 Rfe8 34. Qf6 Bxb1 35. Rxh5 gxh5 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qh6+ Ke7 38. Qf6+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qf6+ Kf8 41. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2670"] [ECO "C07"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Bb3 Nf6 8. Nc4 Qd8 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nbd6 Nc7 14. Nxc8 Rfxc8 15. Ne5 Ncd5 16. Bg3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2700"] [ECO "A67"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. e6 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxh1 14. Be3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 a6 16. exd7+ Bxd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qb3 b5 19. O-O-O Rhe8 20. Bxc5 Rac8 21. Bd4 Qg2 22. Qa3 Qxg3 23. Qxa6 Rxc3+ 24. Kb2 Rcc8 25. Qxb5+ Kd6 26. Ka1 Qa3 27. Bb2 Qc5 28. Qa6+ Kd7 29. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "C92"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. N3h2 Nd7 15. a3 Nc5 16. Ba2 Nf4 17. c4 c6 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Bb1 a5 20. h4 g6 21. g3 Nh5 22. Ng4 Qe7 23. Bc2 Bc8 24. b3 Bd7 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qf3 f6 27. Bd2 Rec8 28. Rec1 Be8 29. Ng4 Bg7 30. Qe2 Qb7 31. Nge3 Bf8 32. Qe1 Qb6 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Na4 36. Ra3 Bd7 37. Rb3 Be7 38. Bd3 Ng7 39. Nh2 Bd8 40. Qe2 Qa6 41. Kg2 Nb6 42. Rc3 Rxc3 43. Bxc3 Na4 44. Be1 Kg8 45. Nhg4 h5 46. Nh2 Bb6 47. Nhf1 Kf7 48. Nd1 Ba7 49. Nfe3 Qb6 50. f3 Qb7 51. Nc2 Ne8 52. Kh2 Qa6 53. Nce3 Bd4 54. f4 Qb6 55. f5 Ng7 56. fxg6+ Kxg6 57. Nf5 Nxf5 58. exf5+ Bxf5 59. Bxf5+ Kxf5 60. Qc2+ e4 61. Qc8+ Kg6 62. Qg8+ Kf5 63. Qh7+ Ke5 64. Qxh5+ f5 65. Qf7 Be3 66. Kg2 f4 67. gxf4+ Bxf4 68. Nf2 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2700"] [ECO "E98"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 h5 13. c5 g5 14. a4 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Rf6 16. Nd3 Rg6 17. Bf2 g4 18. Bh4 a6 19. g3 Qd6 20. fxg4 Bxg4 21. Bxg4 Rxg4 22. Nf2 Rg6 23. Qxh5 Nf6 24. Qe2 Kf7 25. Kh1 Rh8 26. Rg1 fxg3 27. Bxg3 Nh5 28. Ng4 Ke8 29. Bf2 Nf4 30. Qd1 Qd7 31. Rg3 Rh3 32. Qf3 Rxg3 33. hxg3 Qxg4 34. Qxg4 Rxg4 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Rg1 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Nc8 38. Bc5 Kd7 39. Kg2 Nd6 40. Bxd6 Kxd6 41. Ne2 Bxb2 42. Nxf4 b5 43. Nd3 Be5 44. axb5 a5 45. Kf3 a4 46. Ke2 a3 47. b6 cxb6 48. Nc1 Kc5 49. Kd3 Bf4 50. Kc2 Kc4 51. Kb1 b5 52. d6 Bxd6 53. Ka2 Kd4 54. Nb3+ Kxe4 55. Nc1 Kd4 56. Nb3+ Kc3 57. Nc1 Kb4 58. Nb3 Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Huebner, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2635"] [ECO "B48"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. f4 Bc5 10. Nf5 Ne7 11. Nxg7+ Kf8 12. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 Kxg7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Nf6 Qd8 18. f5 exf5 19. Qxf5 d5 20. Qg5 Be6 21. Rae1 Qa5 22. Nh5+ Kf8 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Nf4 Bf5 25. e6 Qc7 26. exf7 Kxf7 27. g4 Qxc2 28. Re2 Qc6 29. gxf5 d4+ 30. Kg1 d3 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Re6 Rh7 33. Nxg6 Rxe7 34. Nxe7+ Kf7 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. Re3 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2700"] [ECO "A31"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. e3 Qe7 9. Be2 e4 10. a3 Rd8 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 a5 13. bxa5 Be5 14. Qa4 Na6 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qb4 Bg4 17. Nc4 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Qd7 20. Rhd1 Rac8 21. Kf1 Nd3 22. Qb3 Qf5 23. Rxd3 exd3 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rd1 Qa6 26. Nd2 Qxa5 27. e4 Qa6 28. a4 Rc5 29. g3 Rdc8 30. Kg2 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Qb4 Qf6 33. Qxb7 g6 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. e5 Qf5 36. Nf3 Rc2 37. Qb4 Re2 38. Qc3 Kh6 39. Qd4 Qe4 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. d6 Rxa4 42. Nd2 Kg5 43. f4+ Kf5 44. Kf3 f6 45. exf6 Kxf6 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Kxd3 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 Ra2 49. Ke3 Kxd6 50. Ne4+ Ke7 51. h3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 h6 53. Kg2 Ke6 54. g4 h5 55. Ng5+ Kd5 56. Kf2 Kd4 57. Kg2 Ke3 58. Kg3 Ra6 59. gxh5 gxh5 60. Kh4 Kxf4 61. Kxh5 Kf5 62. h4 Ra8 63. Kh6 Kg4 64. Kg6 Kxh4 65. Ne6 Kg4 66. Kf6 Ra5 67. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2570"] [ECO "B23"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1 h6 9. Bb3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Kh1 f5 13. Ng1 Kh8 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qg3 fxe4 17. dxe4 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nh4 Rf6 20. Nf3 Nf5 21. Qf2 Bb5 22. Rfe1 Bc4 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. c3 Nxd4 25. Be3 Rf7 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Rad1 Re8 28. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxb2 31. h3 Qb5 32. Qe6 Kg7 33. Rxc4 h5 34. a4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qc1 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Qd5 Re7 38. Qd4 Rf7 39. Qxa7 Qe1 40. Qg1 Qe2 41. Qd4 Qf1 42. Rb4 Re7 43. Qf6 Rg7 44. Re4 Qf2 45. Qd4 Qc2 46. Re5 Qa2 47. Qe4 Kh6 48. Re8 Kh7 49. Rf8 Rf7 50. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2700"] [ECO "B44"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 a6 8. N5c3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd6 b5 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nb7 Be7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nb4 19. Be4 f5 20. a3 fxe4 21. axb4 Bxb4+ 22. c3 Rf7 23. cxb4 Rxb7 24. Ke2 Rd7 25. Rhd1 Rad8 26. Rxa6 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rb6 Kg7 29. h4 h5 30. g3 Kf7 31. Ke3 Kg7 32. Kxe4 Rd4+ 33. Kxe5 Rxb4 34. Rb7+ Kh6 35. f3 Rxb2 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 Rh2 38. g5+ Kh5 39. Rh7+ Kg4 40. Kf6 Rxh4 41. Rb7 Kh5 42. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2625"] [ECO "B77"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 e5 15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Ra3 Qb4 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Ra5 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Rfd8 22. Ke2 Nh5 23. Rc1 f5 24. Rc7 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf4+ 26. Kd2 Ne6 27. Re7 Re8 28. Nd5 Rxe7 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 30. Nd5 Rb7 31. Ra6 Rd7 32. Rb6 Nf4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Nxf4 Bh6 35. Ke3 d5 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Rxb4 Rd1 38. g4 Kg8 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41. g5 Bg7 42. b4 Bxb2 43. Nd3 Bc3 44. b5 Rh1 45. Nf4 Rxh4 46. Nd5 Bd4+ 47. Kd3 Kf8 48. Nf6 h6 49. Rh7 Be5 50. b6 Rb4 51. Nd7+ Kg8 52. Re7 Bg7 53. gxh6 Bxh6 54. Nf6+ Kf8 55. Re4 Rb1 56. Nd5 Bg5 57. Nb4 Be7 58. b7 Bd6 59. Kc2 Ra1 60. Nc6 Ra6 61. Nd8 Ra5 62. Re6 Bh2 63. Kc3 Rb5 64. Kc4 Rb2 65. Re1 Bc7 66. Ne6+ Kf7 67. Nxc7 Rxb7 68. Ne8 Rd7 69. Kc5 Rd2 70. Nd6+ Kg7 71. Kc6 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2725"] [ECO "B86"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Kb1 Be7 15. h4 O-O-O 16. a3 Nb8 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Ba2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc6 20. Rhf1 Rhf8 21. g3 Kb8 22. Rf4 f5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. b4 e5 25. bxc5 Rxd4 26. Rfxd4 exd4 27. Qxe7 Re8 28. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2700"] [ECO "A26"] 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 f5 6. O-O d6 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 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