[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Radjabov, T"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2761"] [ECO "B30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Nd5 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Ne3 O-O 8. c3 Rb8 9. a4 Ng4 10. O-O Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Kh8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qxd8 Rbxd8 16. Bd5 Nb4 17. Bxb7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rd7 19. Bd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Ra3 f5 24. Rb3 h6 25. Rb7 Bf6 26. Rxa7 Bxb2 27. a5 Bd4 28. a6 Bxe3 29. fxe3 c4 30. Rc7 Ra5 31. a7 Kh7 32. Kf2 c3 33. Ke2 Ra2+ 34. Kd3 c2 35. Kd2 Kg6 36. h4 h5 37. e4 fxe4 38. fxe4 Kf6 39. e5+ Kxe5 40. Rxg7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "C43"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. f4 g6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Be3 c6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 d4 15. Bd2 Qd5 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Bd8 18. Rb1 Bxa5 19. Rxb7 O-O 20. f5 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxa2 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Rfb1 c5 24. Rb8 Ra8 25. R8b6 Rfe8 26. h4 c4 27. Rd6 Qc5 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. e6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rb7 Qf8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qd5+ Kh8 41. Qxd4+ Kg8 42. Qxc4+ Kh8 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Rf7 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Wang Yue"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2739"] [ECO "D18"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qh3 Nf8 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nh3 Rec8 22. Nf4 g5 23. Nh3 h6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Bg5 26. Ra3 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Rc2 28. Rf2 Rac8 29. Rb3 Nd7 30. Rb5 h5 31. a5 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Bg5 Ke8 35. h3 Rc4 36. Ke3 Rc2 37. g3 Rc7 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Bd2 Kf7 40. axb6 Rc6 41. Ba5 Kg6 42. Rb3 Kf5 43. Ke2 Ke4 44. g4 hxg4 45. Rg3 gxh3 46. Rxg7 h2 47. Rg4+ Kf5 48. Rh4 Rc2+ 49. Bd2 Nxb6 50. b3 Rb2 51. Rxh2 Rxb3 52. Rf2+ Kg4 53. Rf4+ Kg3 54. Rf6 Nc4 55. Be1+ Kg4 56. Rxe6 Re3+ 57. Kf1 Rf3+ 58. Ke2 Re3+ 59. Kf1 Re4 60. Rg6+ Kh5 61. Rg7 b5 62. Rb7 Kg4 63. Bf2 Nd2+ 64. Kg2 Re2 65. e6 Rxe6 66. Rxb5 Re2 67. Rb8 Ne4 68. Rf8 Rd2 69. Kf1 Ra2 70. Be3 Ng3+ 71. Kg1 Nf5 72. Bf2 Kf4 73. Kg2 Rb2 74. Rf6 Kg5 75. Rf8 Kf4 76. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Morozevich, A"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2771"] [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. a3 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Qf3 Nbd7 17. Ng4 a5 18. Ba2 Qe7 19. Nf1 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Nc5 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Qb7 23. Ng3 a4 24. Rad1 Nb3 25. Nf5 Re6 26. Rd3 f6 27. Bc1 Kf7 28. Qh5+ g6 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Qxg6+ Qf7 31. Qg4 Kd7 32. Qd1 Kc7 33. Bxb3 axb3 34. Qxb3 Ra4 35. f3 Re7 36. Qxf7 Rxf7 37. Bh6 Bxh6 38. Nxh6 Rd7 39. Ng4 Rf7 40. Red1 Bd7 41. Ne3 Ra6 42. Nd5+ Kd8 43. Nb4 1-0

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, V"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "D37"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Be2 O-O 14. a5 b5 15. Rdc1 Be7 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Ne4 Nfd5 19. Nc5 Bf6 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxb4 Bxe5 22. e4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Nd3 Bf6 25. Bd6 Ra8 26. e5 Bd8 27. Nc5 f6 28. b4 fxe5 29. Bxe5 Ra7 30. Rac1 Rf7 31. Rd4 Be7 32. Rcd1 h6 33. f4 Kh7 34. h3 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Kh2 Kg6 37. R1d2 Rf1 38. Re2 Rc1 39. Nd3 Rc4 40. Ree4 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Bxd8 43. g4 Be7 44. Kg3 Bf8 45. Nc5 Be7 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. Ke3 Kg6 48. Kf3 Bf8 49. Ke3 Be7 50. Kd4 Bf8 51. Ke4 Be7 52. Kd4 Bf8 53. Ke4 Be7 54. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Leko, P"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2751"] [ECO "C90"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. a3 Be6 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 g6 20. Bd2 Bg7 21. Bc3 Nh5 22. Qd2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Rad1 Qg5 25. Kh1 Nf4 26. Bd3 d5 27. e5 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Qxe5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxd5 Re4 33. Rd6 Ra4 34. c4 bxc4 35. Rd4 g5 36. h4 Kg7 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. g4 Kf6 39. Re4 Rxa3 40. Rxc4 Ke5 41. Kg2 Rd3 42. Ra4 Rd6 43. Ra5+ Kf4 44. Rf5+ Kxg4 45. Rxf7 a5 46. f3+ Kh5 47. Ra7 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Ra2 49. Ra6 Ra1 50. Kh3 Ra3 51. Kg2 a4 52. Kf2 Ra1 53. Kg3 a3 54. Kh3 a2 55. Kg2 g4 56. Ra5+ Kh4 57. Ra4 Kh5 58. fxg4+ Kh4 59. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Ivanchuk, V"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "C85"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. a4 c5 10. a5 f6 11. Nh4 Rf7 12. Nf5 Nf8 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. b3 g5 18. f3 Rd8 19. Bf2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 c6 21. Rab1 h5 22. Be3 h4 23. Rb6 Rd7 24. Rfb1 Rg7 25. Qf2 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke2 Kd8 28. Kd2 Kc8 29. Kc3 Qd6 30. Kb2 Rdf7 31. h3 Rh7 32. Ka2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Carlsen, M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2776"] [ECO "D37"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O a6 11. a3 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. Ne2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Qg4 Rac8 19. Qd7 Rb8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rfd8 22. Rxf6 Rxd7 23. Rxa6 Bxb2 24. Rd1 d4 25. h4 Rbd8 26. exd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "C65"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 Qe7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Nd5 c6 11. Nxe7 Kxe7 12. Re1+ Kd8 13. Bf1 Re8 14. Re3 d6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Kamsky, G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2725"] [ECO "B42"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 bxa5 11. Qa4+ Nbd7 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nxa5 Qc7 14. f3 Rab8 15. b4 Ba8 16. Kh1 d5 17. c5 Qe5 18. Bd2 Qd4 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bxa6 dxe4 21. Ne2 Qd8 22. f4 Nf3 23. Bc3 Ng4 24. c6 Nfxh2 25. Rfd1 Bd6 26. Be1 Qf6 27. Rxd6 Nf3 28. Ng1 Nxe1 29. Qe2 Qxf4 30. g3 Qh6+ 0-1

[Event "18th Amber Rapid"] [Site "Nice FRA"] [Date "2009.03.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Aronian, L"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2796"] [ECO "E10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Ne5 Qb7 13. Qc7 Qxc7 14. Rxc7 Bd6 15. Rc2 Nh5 16. Be3 f6 17. Nd3 1/2-1/2