[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Radjabov, T"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "C42"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Rhe1 Qf6 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Qg5 Be7 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qg5 Be7 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2706"] [ECO "C64"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. a5 Ba7 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 exd4 13. Rd1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. cxd4 Rfd8 17. Ra4 f5 18. exf5 Rd5 19. Nc3 Rxf5 20. g4 Rf6 21. Rb4 b5 22. axb6 cxb6 23. Ra4 a5 24. Ne4 Rf4 25. Ng3 Rd8 26. Kg2 Rf6 27. Nf5 Bb8 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Rac4 Rc8 30. b4 axb4 31. Rxb4 Bc7 32. Ra4 Ke8 33. Ra7 Bf4 34. Rb1 b5 35. d5 cxd5 36. Rxb5 Kf8 37. Rxd5 Re8 38. h4 Kg8 39. h5 Bc1 40. Rb7 Ba3 41. Rbd7 Bf8 42. Rd8 Rfe6 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Ne3 Rxd8 45. Rxd8 Rb1 46. Nf5 Rb6 47. Rc8 Rb3+ 48. Kh4 Rb6 49. f4 Ra6 50. g5 hxg5+ 51. Kxg5 Re6 52. h6 Rg6+ 53. Kh5 Rf6 54. Ne7+ Kh7 55. Rxf8 Rxf4 56. Kg5 Rf1 57. Nf5 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rg6+ 59. Kxf7 Ra6 60. Ke7 Kg6 61. Kd7 Rb6 62. Kc7 Ra6 63. Kb8 Rb6+ 64. Ka7 Re6 65. Kb7 Re1 66. Kc6 Rc1+ 67. Kd6 Rd1+ 68. Ke5 Re1+ 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Kg3 Rh1 71. Kf3 Rh2 72. Kg4 Rg2+ 73. Kf4 Rg1 74. Rg8+ Kh5 75. h7 Rxg8 76. Ng3+ Kh6 77. hxg8=R 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Wang Yue"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "D30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Bb1 d3 16. Bxd3 Rd8 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qxd5 20. Re8+ Rxe8 21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxd5 Be6 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. Re4 Rad8 25. Qb1 Rd6 26. Re1 Red8 27. b3 b5 28. Qc2 Bf6 29. Qc5 a6 30. Qc7 Kg7 31. Kh2 R8d7 32. Qc5 Rd5 33. Qc2 Bf5 34. Qc7 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Morozevich, A"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "E36"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. e4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 g5 14. Bg3 cxd4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Bxb8 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Raxb8 19. Rxd4 Rbc8 20. Rfd1 Rc2+ 21. R1d2 Rfc8 22. Ne5 Rc1 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Ra8 Rc5 26. Nd3 Rc2+ 27. Kd1 Rc7 28. f3 h5 29. Kd2 Nd7 30. b3 h4 31. g3 hxg3 32. hxg3 Kf6 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 e5 35. Re8 exf4 36. Nxf4 Rc6 37. b4 Kg7 38. Kd3 Rd6+ 39. Ke3 a6 40. e5 Rh6 41. e6 Ne5 42. e7 Kf6 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Rd8 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kramnik, V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2759"] [ECO "D12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Rg1 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Ke2 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. Bg2 exd4 17. exd4 O-O 18. Rgd1 Rfe8+ 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. b3 a5 21. g5 Nh5 22. c5 Nd7 23. Ne4 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Nf4 25. Nd6 Reb8 26. Bf3 Ra6 27. Bg4 f5 28. Be2 b5 29. h4 a4 30. Bd1 Rba8 31. bxa4 bxa4 32. Ra3 Nf8 33. Rb2 N8e6 34. Rb4 Nd5 35. Rc4 Rb8 36. Raxa4 Rxa4 37. Bxa4 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Ke1 Nb4 40. Kd1 Nf4 41. Bc2 Kf8 42. Rc3 Nfd5 43. Rc4 Nf4 44. Rc3 Nfd5 45. Rc4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Leko, P"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "B19"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 f5 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. c4 Qd6 20. Ne5 Qxd4 21. Nxg4 fxg4 22. Rxg4 Qxf2 23. Qxe6+ Rf7 24. Rf4 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Ivanchuk, V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2779"] [ECO "E04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. a4 a6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. h4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. e4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne7 19. Bb4 Nbc6 20. Bd6 Qb6 21. b3 Ra8 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qc1 Ng6 24. Qxc4 Ncxe5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qc3 Qd4 27. Rc1 g5 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 g4 30. Be2 Kg7 31. f4 gxf3+ 32. Bxf3 Ra2+ 33. Kf1 Ra4 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. Ke3 Nc4+ 36. Kd3 Ne5+ 37. Ke3 Nc4+ 38. Kd3 Ne5+ 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Carlsen, M"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "A33"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc2 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qe2 d6 12. O-O Na5 13. Be3 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. b4 Nc6 17. f5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ba8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Qb7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Be4 Qc7 25. Nd5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qxc4 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Nf4 b5 30. h3 Bf2 31. Qe7 Qc8 32. Ne6 Rg8 33. Ng5 Rf8 34. Ne6 Rg8 35. Ng5 Rf8 36. Rd1 Re8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nd6 Rxe7 41. Nxc8 Re8 42. Bxa8 Rxc8 43. Bd5+ Kh8 44. Bb7 Rb8 45. Bxa6 g6 46. Rd6 Bg3 47. Rd3 Be5 48. g4 Rb6 49. Bc8 Kg7 50. Kg2 Kf6 51. Kf3 Rb8 52. Bd7 Bb2 53. Ke4 Rd8 54. Rf3+ Ke7 55. Bxb5 Rd4+ 56. Ke3 Rd6 57. Ke2 Rf6 58. Rb3 Bd4 59. Kd3 Rf3+ 60. Kc4 Rxb3 61. Kxb3 Kd6 62. a4 Bf2 63. Kc4 g5 64. Be8 h6 65. Kb5 Be1 66. Kb6 Bxb4 67. a5 Bc5+ 68. Kb7 Ke7 69. Bh5 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2791"] [ECO "B12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Rd1 Bd3 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Rxd3 Bc5 15. Ne4 Bxd4 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Rxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. Rc1 Rhd8 21. Qh4+ Kf8 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. Qxh7 b5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Kamsky, G"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "B43"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 Bb7 12. Rf2 Qc7 13. Bf1 Rac8 14. Qe1 Ne5 15. Rd2 Nfd7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Qg3 Nc5 19. Nd4 Qb8 20. Rf2 Ncd7 21. Bc1 Nf6 22. Re2 Ng6 23. Ree1 Be7 24. Qf2 Bd8 25. Nde2 Bc7 26. Qg1 d5 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Nc3 Bb7 30. Be3 Ne5 31. Be2 Bc6 32. Bxa6 Nxf3 33. gxf3 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Blindfold"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Aronian, L"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2750"] [ECO "D43"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Rab8 18. f4 Be8 19. Rc2 Nh7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. a3 Bf8 22. g3 Kg7 23. Kg2 a5 24. Kf3 b6 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Nxc6 a4 27. Nxd8 axb3 28. Rc7+ Kg8 29. Nxe6 g5 30. e4 Bd7 31. Nxf8 Bg4+ 32. Ke3 Re8 33. e5 Nd5+ 34. Ke4 Nxc7 35. Rxc7 Rxf8 36. d5 Bf5+ 37. Kd4 Bh3 38. fxg5 Rf2 39. e6 Rd2+ 40. Ke5 Rxb2 41. Rb7 Rb1 42. e7 Re1+ 43. Kf6 Rf1+ 44. Ke5 Re1+ 45. Kf6 Rf1+ 46. Ke5 Re1+ 1/2-1/2