[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"] [Site "Villarrobledo ESP"] [Date "2008.08.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Guerra Reig, J"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2078"] [ECO "A00"] 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. Ngf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 Qc7 8. Re1 Rd8 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nf1 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Bf4 h5 13. c3 b6 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 17. Re2 Nf8 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Ng5 g6 20. g4 Qd7 21. Rac1 Ne7 22. gxh5 Nf5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qb3 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"] [Site "Villarrobledo ESP"] [Date "2008.08.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Garcia Jimenez, F"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2297"] [BlackElo "2777"] [ECO "B10"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. c3 Rc8 12. f4 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rf3 f6 15. Nd3 Nd6 16. Rh3 b6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qe2 a5 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. g4 Ne4 21. Re3 Rc7 22. Nf2 f5 23. g5 Qd6 24. Rf3 Rec8 25. Qe3 Bb5 26. Rh3 Ba6 27. Nf3 b5 28. Nd3 b4 29. Nc5 bxc3 30. bxc3 Bb5 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Ne5 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Qxd4+ 35. Rce3 Qd2 36. a3 a4 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"] [Site "Villarrobledo ESP"] [Date "2008.08.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Rivas Pastor, M"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2508"] [ECO "E16"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Rac1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 c6 14. Ne5 a5 15. Rfe1 Qb4 16. e4 f6 17. Nd3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Re7 Rf7 22. Re6 Nf8 23. Rd6 Rc8 24. Rb1 Ba6 25. Nf4 Bb5 26. Nd5 cxd5 27. Rxb5 Kg7 28. Bxd5 Re7 29. c4 Nd7 30. c5 Nb8 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"] [Site "Villarrobledo ESP"] [Date "2008.08.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Palac, M"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2587"] [BlackElo "2777"] [ECO "B12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O Ncb6 9. Ne1 Be7 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nd3 Nc4 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. c3 a5 15. Rd1 Qb5 16. g3 a4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 c5 19. h4 Rc8 20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb8 22. Qe3 Nc6 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 O-O 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"] [Site "Villarrobledo ESP"] [Date "2008.08.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Mamedyarov, S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2742"] [ECO "B06"] 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Rd1 Qe7 9. b3 c5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd4 12. Qd3 Bg4 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 Bc8 17. c3 dxc3 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxc3 Be6 20. Rd6 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rac8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bxe6 Qb6+ 25. Kf1 Qxe6 26. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"] [Site "Villarrobledo ESP"] [Date "2008.08.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Malakhov, V"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2777"] [ECO "B08"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Bf1 e6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bh6 Qe7 13. h3 Qf8 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e5 Nh5 17. Nh2 Qf8 18. Qe3 Ng7 19. g4 f6 20. exd6 cxd6 21. d5 e5 22. Na2 f5 23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Nxa6 Rxc2 25. Nb4 Rc5 26. Bb5 Qf7 27. Bc6 Bc8 28. Nd3 Rc4 29. b3 Re4 30. Qd2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rf8 32. b4 e4 33. Nf4 Ne5 34. g5 Nh5 35. Rd1 Qe7 36. h4 Nxf4 37. Qxf4 Nd3 38. Qe3 Nxb4 39. Qxb6 Nd3 40. Bb5 Nc5 41. a5 e3 42. Re1 f4 43. a6 Qe5 44. Nf3 Qe4 45. Be2 Bxa6 46. Nh2 exf2+ 47. Kxf2 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"] [Site "Villarrobledo ESP"] [Date "2008.08.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Ponomariov, R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2718"] [ECO "D11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Nd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. a3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba2 e5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 Re8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Bd2 exd4 18. exd4 Qe2 19. Bc3 Re4 20. Qg5 Rf4 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Qa5 Re8 23. Rf1 Bb8 24. d5 b6 25. Qa6 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Re4 28. Qb5 h6 29. Qd7 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxe7 R8xe7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd2 Re2 34. Rfd1 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"] [Site "Villarrobledo ESP"] [Date "2008.08.03"] [Round "8"] [White "Paunovic, D"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2777"] [ECO "A20"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. Na5 Bd7 14. Qxa4 Qe8 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Nc4 c5 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Rfe1 Qf7 21. Nd1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Nc3 Qf7 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 h6 26. e3 Be6 27. Nb5 Bc4 28. Nd4 c5 29. Nc6 Nd7 30. Qc3 Bd3 31. Ra1 Qe6 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. fxe5 c4 34. Qd4 Re8 35. Ra5 Kh7 36. h3 Be2 37. Rd5 Qe7 38. Kh2 Qh4 39. f4 Bf3 40. Qd2 Ra8 41. Rd7 Ra6 42. Rd6 Ra2 43. Rd8 Bxg2 44. Kxg2 c3 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"] [Site "Villarrobledo ESP"] [Date "2008.08.03"] [Round "9"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Shirov, A"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2741"] [ECO "A16"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d3 Bg7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Bc6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Qb4 Nb6 14. Qb3 a5 15. Be3 Nfd5 16. Bc5 Nd7 17. Ba3 N5b6 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Ne4 a4 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. Nc3 Nb4 23. Qd2 e6 24. d4 Red8 25. e3 Nd5 26. Qc2 Nb4 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Qc4 Bf8 29. Kg2 Qa5 30. Qe2 Nbd5 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. a3 Kg7 33. Na2 Qb6 34. Rc2 Qb3 35. Nc1 Qb6 36. Nd3 Ra5 37. Rdc1 Raa8 38. Rc4 Qb5 39. Qc2 Ra7 40. Nc5 Rda8 41. e4 Nb6 42. Rb4 Qa5 43. Qc3 Rc8 44. g4 Nfd7 45. h4 Kg8 46. Qe3 e5 47. Be2 Rd8 48. Qg5 Re8 49. Qe3 Nf6 50. dxe5 Nbd5 51. exd5 Nxd5 52. Qd4 Nxb4 53. axb4 Qd8 54. Nd7 b6 55. Rd1 c5 56. bxc5 bxc5 57. Qd6 Kh8 58. Bc4 Re7 59. Nf6 Qf8 60. Kg3 Rab7 61. Rd2 Qb8 62. Qxb8+ Rxb8 63. f4 Reb7 64. h5 Rxb2 65. Rd6 R2b7 66. Ra6 Kg7 67. g5 gxh5 68. Nxh5+ Kf8 69. Nf6 Kg7 70. Kg4 Rb4 71. Bd5 Rd4 72. Ra7 Rbb4 73. Rxf7+ Kg6 74. Rf8 Rxf4+ 75. Kg3 Rfd4 76. e6 Rd3+ 77. Bf3 Rbb3 78. Ng4 Kxg5 79. e7 Rxf3+ 80. Rxf3 Rb8 81. Nf6 1-0