[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2008.05.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Aronian, L"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2767"] [ECO "E00"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Bc3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 Bf6 14. N2f3 Bg4 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bxf3 17. exf3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qd7 19. b4 b6 20. Rac1 Rbc8 21. Bb2 Rfd8 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. b5 Ne7 25. Qb3 Nf5 26. a4 h5 27. h3 Qe6 28. Kg2 Qe2 29. g4 Nh4+ 30. Kg3 Ng6 31. gxh5 Ne7 32. Kg2 Nf5 33. Bd4 Qe7 34. Qd3 Qg5+ 35. Kh2 Re8 36. Bb2 Re3 37. fxe3 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxf3+ 39. Kg1 Nxe3 40. Rd2 Qg3+ 41. Kh1 Qxh3+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qxd2+ 45. Qxd2 Nf1+ 46. Kg2 Nxd2 47. Be5 Ne4 48. Kf3 Nc5 49. Ke3 Nxa4 50. Kd4 Nc5 51. Kxd5 a6 52. bxa6 Nxa6 53. Kc6 Nc5 54. Bc7 Kh7 55. Bxb6 Ne4 56. Be3 Nf6 57. Kd6 Nxh5 58. Ke5 Kg6 59. Bd2 f5 60. Be1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2008.05.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Ivanchuk, V"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2740"] [ECO "C11"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Bf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nb6 14. Ne2 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. b3 Bb5 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Be2 Nd7 20. Ra2 Nb8 21. O-O Nc6 22. Qd2 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Raa1 Rca8 26. Rad1 Rxa3 27. Bxb5 Nb4 28. c4 R8a5 29. f5 exf5 30. g4 Rxb3 31. gxf5 Re3 32. Rb1 Nd3 33. e6 d4 34. Be8 Nc5 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. f6 gxf6 37. Rxf6 Ke7 38. Rh6 d3 39. Rxh7 d2 40. Rg1 Re1 41. Bh5+ Kxe6 42. Rg7 Ne4 43. Rg6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2008.05.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Cheparinov, I"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2767"] [ECO "C11"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. g3 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nc5 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. c4 a5 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. g4 Rfd8 21. Qf2 Be8 22. f5 Qxe5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Rde1 Qxg4 26. Bd4 Qh4 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Re1 Qg5 29. Re5 Qc1+ 30. Re1 Qg5 31. Re5 f5 32. h4 Qg4 33. Kh2 dxc4 34. Bh3 Qd1 35. Re1 Rxd4 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 37. Bf1 Bf7 38. Be2 0-1

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2008.05.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Radjabov, T"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2767"] [ECO "A17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a3 Be7 8. Qa4 a6 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. O-O axb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nxb5 c5 16. dxc5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Bxc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5 22. Bb7 Bd4 23. Rc1 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rb8 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Bxc8 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2008.05.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Bu Xiangzhi"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2708"] [ECO "D19"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Na2 Be7 13. f3 Nf6 14. e4 Bg6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nc1 a5 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. g3 Bd6 20. Nf4 e5 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. f4 exd4 23. Bxd4 b6 24. f5 g5 25. Qh5 Nf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qxf6 Be5 29. Qxg5 Qe7 30. f6 Bd4+ 31. Rf2 1-0

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2008.05.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Aronian, L"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2763"] [ECO "D47"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. h3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nge4 Bc7 16. Rfe1 Bb6 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. Nce2 a6 20. b4 h5 21. Bc3 h4 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bc7 25. Bb2 Bc8 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Bf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 Qe7 29. Nc3 Nxc3 30. Bxc3 Kg8 31. Qe4 Qe6 32. Qxh4 Qb3 33. Rc1 Qxa3 34. Qe4 a5 35. Qxc6 axb4 36. Bxb4 Qxb4 37. Qxc7 Rc8 38. Qa7 Re6 39. Red1 Qe4 40. Qd7 Rec6 41. Qb7 b4 42. Rd7 Qf5 43. Rd5 Rg6 44. Kf1 b3 45. Qxb3 Qg5 46. g3 Qf5 47. Kg2 Rf6 48. Rd2 Qf3+ 49. Kh2 Rd6 50. Qa2 Rxd2 51. Qxd2 Rc6 52. Kg1 Rh6 53. Qd1 Qc6 54. h4 Rf6 55. Qg4 g6 56. h5 Kg7 57. e4 Kh6 58. hxg6 fxg6 59. Kg2 Kg7 60. Qe2 Rf7 61. Rc4 g5 62. Qh5 Qf6 63. Rc2 Qd8 64. c6 Qd3 65. Qxg5+ Kf8 66. Qh6+ Kg8 67. Rd2 Qxe4+ 68. Kh2 Rf8 69. c7 Qf5 70. f3 1-0

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2008.05.15"] [Round "7"] [White "Ivanchuk, V"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2767"] [ECO "D43"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 a6 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Qc3 f6 17. Bb1 Kh8 18. a3 Bd7 19. Nfd2 f5 20. Ng3 Qf6 21. Nf3 Be8 22. Ba2 b6 23. Rc2 bxc5 24. Qxc5 Rab8 25. Rd2 a5 26. Qc3 Rd6 27. Rde2 Bb6 28. Re5 Bf7 29. Bb1 Qd8 30. Ba2 Rb7 31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Re3 a4 33. Qc2 Rc7 34. Qxa4 c5 35. dxc5 Rxc5 36. Rc3 Ne5 37. Ned4 Ng4 38. h3 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Ra5 40. Qc2 Rxd4 41. Kf1 Qd7 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Qc6 Qd6 44. Qxd6 Rxd6 45. Rf8 Ra7 46. Ne5 Rd2 47. Re2 Rd1+ 48. Re1 Rd2 49. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2008.05.16"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Cheparinov, I"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2696"] [ECO "D90"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 N8d7 9. a4 a5 10. e4 e5 11. d5 c6 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. d6 Qe6 15. b3 Bg7 16. h4 f5 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. b4 f4 19. Bxb6 Nxb6 20. bxa5 Nd7 21. a6 Kh8 22. Nb1 Bh6 23. Nf3 bxa6 24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Rc7 Bxe4 26. Rxd7 Qf5 27. Rc7 Bxb1 28. Ng5 Bg7 29. Bc4 Bc2 30. Qd5 h6 31. Rf7 Qc8 32. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2008.05.17"] [Round "9"] [White "Bu Xiangzhi"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2767"] [ECO "D23"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1 b5 15. a3 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. a4 Nd7 19. Bf4 b4 20. Nb1 Nf6 21. Be5 c5 22. Nd2 cxd4 23. Nb3 Qc6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. axb5 a4 26. Nxd4 Ng4 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bf3 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 gxf4 30. Nc6 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Bf8 32. Rd7 Bg6 33. e5 Bc5 34. Rc1 Be3 35. Rc4 a3 36. bxa3 bxa3 37. Ra4 Bc5 38. Ra6 a2 39. Rxa2 Kg7 40. Ra6 Rb8 41. Nxb8 Rxb8 42. Bc6 h5 43. Ra8 Rb6 44. Rdd8 h4+ 45. Kf4 Bh7 46. Be4 Be7 47. Rdb8 1-0

[Event "4th M-Tel Masters"] [Site "Sofia BUL"] [Date "2008.05.18"] [Round "10"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Radjabov, T"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2751"] [ECO "B32"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. c4 b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Qg6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. g3 Nd4 14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Nf5 Qxf5 16. exf5 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bf3 18. Qd3 d5 19. cxd5 Rc8 20. Be3 Nc2+ 21. Kf1 e4 22. Qxa6 O-O 23. Rb1 Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 Rc2 25. h4 Rd8 26. Qb7 Kf8 27. a4 Rd2 28. Rc1 R2xd5 29. Rc8 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Ke1 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2