[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Navara, D"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2770"] [ECO "A20"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kh8 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rfc1 c6 20. a4 f4 21. b5 cxb5 22. axb5 Nd5 23. Nxd4 Rae8 24. Nf3 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qe6 26. Qd4 fxg3 27. hxg3 Qxe2 28. Qxd5 Re3 29. Re1 Qxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Rexf3 31. Rb2 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Van Wely, L"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2692"] [ECO "E81"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. Qd2 e5 10. Nge2 Na6 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. b3 Qb6 15. O-O Qb4 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. Qc1 Nh5 19. Na2 Qb6 20. Bg1 Qc7 21. Nac3 Qe7 22. Qd2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. g3 Be5 26. Nd4 Rde8 27. Nce2 Qd8 28. Rbd1 Ng7 29. Qc2 Qc7 30. Nf4 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Rf6 32. Bf2 Qf7 33. Rg1 Rg6 34. Qd2 Qc7 35. Rg3 Nce6 36. Rdg1 Nxd4 37. Bxd4 Ree6 38. Bb2 b6 39. Qd4 Qb7 40. Qd3 Qf7 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 42. Qd4+ Qf6 43. Qxb6 Re2 44. Rg5 c5 45. Qxa5 Qb2 46. Qc7+ Kh8 47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Rxg6+ hxg6 49. Qh4 Qxb3 50. Qh3 d5 51. Qg3 Re6 52. cxd5 Qxd5 53. Qf2 Qd3 54. Qb2+ Kf7 55. Qb7+ Re7 56. Qc6 Re6 57. Qb7+ Re7 58. Qc6 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Gelfand, B"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2770"] [ECO "D45"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qh4 b4 17. e4 Rfe8 18. Bb5 Be7 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Red8 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Bf6 23. b3 h6 24. d6 Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd2 Be5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Ne4 f5 29. f4 Nd3 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Rxd3 Kxf6 32. d7 Rc7 33. Rcd1 Ke7 34. Re1+ Kf7 35. Red1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Gashimov, V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2761"] [ECO "D16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Qd2 hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qf6 20. Rxb7 Rab8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rb1 Qe6 23. Qxg5 Qa2 24. Rd1 Qxa4 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ Kh7 27. Qd3+ g6 28. b3 Qa1+ 29. Qf1 Qd4 30. g3 Qd5 31. Qb1 a5 32. h4 Kg8 33. Qc2 Kh7 34. Kh2 Qf3 35. Kg1 Qd5 36. Kf1 Kg8 37. Ke2 Qe5+ 38. Kf3 Qd5+ 39. Ke3 Qe5+ 40. Qe4 Qc3+ 41. Qd3 Qe5+ 42. Kf3 Qf6+ 43. Kg2 a4 44. bxa4 Qc6+ 45. f3 Qxa4 46. Qe4 Qa2+ 47. Kh3 Qa1 48. Qc4 Kg7 49. Qd5 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qa1 51. Qd6 Qc3 52. Qd5 Qc8+ 53. Kf4 Qc1+ 54. Ke5 Qe1+ 55. Kf4 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Radjabov, T"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2770"] [ECO "D37"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Be2 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. O-O Ba4 16. Qd4 Rac8 17. Qb4 b6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Ba4 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Qh4 h6 22. Nd4 a5 23. Red1 Rfe8 24. Qg3 Qf6 25. Qf3 Qe5 26. Qg3 Qf6 27. Qf3 Qe5 28. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Ivanchuk, V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2766"] [ECO "C67"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Ne2 a5 13. a4 b6 14. b3 c5 15. Bb2 Be7 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Nf4 h5 18. g3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Ke2 Kd7 25. Kd3 Ne7 26. f4 Nd5 27. c3 Be7 28. Bc1 Bd8 29. Bd2 Kc6 30. c4 Ne7 31. Ng5 Kd7 32. Ke4 Nf5 33. Nf3 Ke8 34. Be1 Kf7 35. h3 Nh6 36. Bf2 Be7 37. Be3 g6 38. Nh2 Ke8 39. Nf3 Kf7 40. Ng1 Bd8 41. Ne2 Ke8 42. Nc3 Kd7 43. Kf3 Nf5 44. Ne2 Ne7 45. Ke4 Nf5 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Nh6 48. Kf3 Bh4 49. Nc3 Be1 50. Ne4 Nf7 51. Ke2 Bh4 52. g5 Nd8 53. Nf6+ Ke7 54. Ng4 Nc6 55. Nh2 Kd7 56. Nf3 Bg3 57. Kd3 Ne7 58. Ke4 Nf5 59. Kd3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2770"] [ECO "B23"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Na5 8. Be2 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 Nd4 12. Bd1 Rc8 13. Kh1 b5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb1 Rc5 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Nb3 Rxc2 18. Bxc2 Qxc2 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. f5 Qe2 21. Bg5 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Nxd4 Qa4 24. Ne2 Rc2 25. Qf3 gxf5 26. Ng3 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. dxe4 f6 29. Ra1 Ra2 30. Rac1 Rc2 31. Ra1 Qd4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Bf4 Qe6 34. Qg3 Kf8 35. Rxa7 b4 36. Rb7 Re2 37. Qf3 Rc2 38. Rxb4 Qg4 39. Rb7 Qxf3 40. gxf3 Be8 41. Rc1 Rxc1+ 42. Bxc1 Bg6 43. Bf4 Bf7 44. Kg2 Be6 45. Bd2 Ke8 46. Rb5 Kf7 47. f4 Bd7 48. Ra5 f5 49. exf5 Bf6 50. Kf3 h5 51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Kd3 Bg2 53. Be3 Bf1+ 54. Kd2 Bg2 55. Bb6 Be4 56. Ke3 Bc2 57. Bd4 Bxd4+ 58. Kxd4 Kf6 59. Ra8 Bxf5 60. Rf8+ Ke6 61. Ke3 Bg6 62. Kf3 Bf7 63. f5+ Kf6 64. Kf4 Kg7 65. Rb8 Kf6 66. Rd8 e5+ 67. fxe6 Bxe6 68. Rxd6 h4 69. Rb6 h3 70. Rc6 Kf7 71. Ke5 Bg4 72. Rc4 Bd7 73. Rc7 Ke8 74. Kd6 Bg4 75. Re7+ Kf8 76. Re4 Bc8 77. Kc7 Ba6 78. Re3 Kg7 79. Rxh3 Kg6 80. Kd6 Kg5 81. Ke5 Be2 82. Rg3+ Kh6 83. Kf5 Bd1 84. Rh3+ Kg7 85. Kg5 Be2 86. Re3 Bd1 87. Re7+ Kf8 88. Kf6 Kg8 89. Kg6 Bc2+ 90. Kh6 Kf8 91. Rg7 Bd3 92. Rg5 Kf7 93. Rg3 Bc2 94. Rg7+ Kf8 95. Rg2 Be4 96. Rg4 Bc2 97. Rg5 Kf7 98. Kh5 Kf6 99. Kg4 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Aronian, L"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2805"] [ECO "D37"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e3 Qa5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rd8 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 Kf8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 g6 21. Kf1 Ke8 22. Ke2 a6 23. g4 Rd6 24. Be5 Rd5 25. f4 f6 26. Bc3 f5 27. h3 Kd7 28. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Nakamura, Hi"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2770"] [ECO "A23"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. Nd2 exd3 9. exd3 Bc5 10. Qe2+ Kd8 11. Nde4 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 a3 14. Rb1 d5 15. c5 Qb4 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Qd2 axb2 18. Nd1 Qxc5 19. d4 Qd6 20. Rxb2 b5 21. Bd3 Bh3 22. Nc3 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. a4 Nxa4 25. Ra1 Re7 26. Rba2 Rea7 27. Qc2 h6 28. Nxa4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 31. Qxa4 Ke7 32. Qa7+ Kf8 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. dxc5 Bg4 35. Bc2 Ke7 36. Ba4 Kd7 37. Ke1 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Caruana, F"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2736"] [ECO "B42"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Ncd5 Qd8 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ng4 O-O 15. Ngf6+ Kg7 16. c3 Be6 17. f4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 exf4 19. Rxf4 Qg5 20. Qf1 Ne5 21. Rd1 Rae8 22. Bc2 h5 23. Bb3 Ng4 24. g3 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf2+ 26. Qxf2 Bxf2 27. Kg2 Bc5 28. h4 Qf5 29. Re2 Qg4 30. Rde1 g5 31. Re4 Qf5 32. R1e2 gxh4 33. Nf4 Qg5 34. Kh1 d5 35. Bxd5 hxg3 36. c4 Qh4+ 37. Kg2 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Kxg3 h4+ 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.27"] [Round "11"] [White "Carlsen, M"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2835"] [BlackElo "2770"] [ECO "B51"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 Qc7 7. O-O e5 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nh4 Nc4 20. Nf5 Nxb2 21. Bh4 Nxd1 22. Bxf6 Nxc3 23. Qg4 Bxe4 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Bxf7 Qxf7 26. Nxf7 gxf6 27. f4 Bg6 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. fxe5 Ne4 30. Rxf6 Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Nxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Ng5+ Kh6 34. Ne6 Rxe6 35. Qxe6 Re8 36. Qf6 Be7 37. Qxa6 b4 38. Qc4 Bf8 39. g4 Kh7 40. e6 Bd6+ 41. Kg2 Be7 42. Qc7 Kg8 43. Kg3 Kf8 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kg8 46. h4 Rd8 47. Qc4 Bd3 48. Qc6 Bb1 49. h5 Bxa2 50. Qe4 Kh8 51. h6 Bf6 52. e7 Re8 53. Qf4 Bg7 54. hxg7+ Kxg7 55. g5 Kg8 56. Qf6 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.28"] [Round "12"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Giri, A"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2714"] [ECO "C42"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qf4 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 O-O 16. Rde1 Qd7 17. f3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rf5 20. Re2 e5 21. Rd1 Qf7 22. Qb4 Qd7 23. Qa4 Kh8 24. c4 Qe8 25. Rd3 Rf4 26. Qa5 Qe7 27. c5 Rf6 28. Qc3 Qe8 29. b3 Rb8 30. a4 Ra8 31. Re4 Qc8 32. Qd2 Qf8 33. Qa5 Qe7 34. Rde3 Qd7 35. Re1 Rf5 36. Qc3 Rd8 37. g3 Rf7 38. cxd6 cxd6 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 c5 41. Re6 Rxf4 42. Rxh6+ Kg8 43. Qd2 Rf7 44. Rg1 c4 45. Qg5 Rdf8 46. Qh5 Rf1+ 47. Kb2 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2012.01.29"] [Round "13"] [White "Kamsky, G"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2770"] [ECO "A46"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Qc2 c5 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. a4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. h4 Qc7 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nc4 a4 21. Re1 Qb5 22. Na3 Qa6 23. Rad1 Rab8 24. c4 Nxe3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxe3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qb7+ 28. Kg1 Qb4 29. Rc3 Qb8 30. Re3 Qb4 31. Rc3 Rd7 32. Nb5 Qa5 33. Qe2 Qd8 34. Ra3 Rd2 35. Qf3 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd2 37. Rxa4 Qe1 38. Nc3 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Re1 40. Ra7 Qf1+ 41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Bf8 43. f4 g5 44. h5 gxf4 45. gxf4 Kg7 46. Rd7 Re3 47. Rb7 Re1 48. b3 Re3 49. Nd1 Re2+ 50. Nf2 Rc2 51. Kf3 Rc3+ 52. Ke2 Rg3 53. Ne4 Rh3 54. Nf6 Rh1 55. Rd7 Rh2+ 56. Kd3 Rh3+ 57. Kc2 Rh4 58. Ne8+ Kg8 59. f5 Rh2+ 60. Rd2 Rxd2+ 61. Kxd2 exf5 62. Nf6+ Kg7 63. Ke3 Be7 64. Nd7 Bg5+ 65. Kf3 Bd2 66. Nxc5 f6 67. e6 Kf8 68. Nd3 Ke7 69. Nf4 Kd6 70. c5+ Kc6 71. Nd5 1-0