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Veselin Topalov is one player who has always looked at competitions as a source of entertainment and chess as a game to develop oneself. Attacking and aggressive, Topalov is merciless when it comes to chess. It is style of playing that has made him immensely popular with the chess lovers around the world.
Veselin Topalov was born in the year 1975 on the 15th of March in Rousse, Bulgaria. It was his father who taught him to play chess. At the age of 8, he was introduced to chess. His first important win was at the World Under-14 Championship in the year 1989, which was held in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. His performance was exceptionally brilliant in the World Under-16 Championship1990, held in Singapore where he won a silver medal. Topalov was awarded the title of ‘Grandmaster’ in the year 1992. His reign as the leader of Bulgarian National Team from the year 1994 had been immensely impressive. He won the World Chess Championship in the year 2005.
Early Career:
Veselin Topalov came into the limelight with his performance at the Chess Olympiad 1994, held in Moscow. After this, Topalov won numerous tournaments all over the world. His FIDE ranking started going up as a result. Topalov was the eye catcher at Linares 2005 as he fought for the ‘super-tournament’ success. He tied it with Garry Kasparov for the first position. He has some fabulous victories in his bag against renowned players like Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Michael Adams, Judit Polgar and Ruslan Ponomariov.
World Chess Championship:
Topalov won the FIDE World Chess Championship in the year 2005 on September to October. The tournament was held in San Luis, Argentina. Topalov’s rating in the World Championship 2005 was 2890. It was in the year 2006 that Topalov lost his crown to Kramnik. |
