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Color Music of Chess -- Kramnik, Vladimir Vs. Topalov, Veselin, 1-0, 1999.08.11, FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10

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[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 a6 8.a3 cxd4
9.Rd1 b5 10.Ba2 d3 11.Rxd3 Qc7 12.e4 Ng4 13.h3 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Be3 Bb7
16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Rad1 O-O 18.f4 Bxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Qb8 20.Rd7 Bc8 21.R7d6 Ne7 22.Kh1 Qc7
23.Qg3 Kh8 24.h4 Ng8 25.Bb1 Bb7 26.Rd7 Qc6 27.e5 Qc8 28.f5 exf5 29.Bxf5 Qb8
30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Nxe4 Qe8 32.R1d6 Ne7 33.Nf6 Nf5 34.Qf4 gxf6 35.Qxf5 Qxe5 36.Qxf6+ Qxf6
37.Rxf6 Kg7 38.Rf5 h6 39.Kh2 Rad8 40.Rfxf7+ Rxf7 41.Rxd8 Re7 42.Rd6 Re3 43.Rxa6 Rb3
44.Rb6 Rxb2 45.a4 b4 46.Kg3 b3 47.Kf4 Ra2 48.Kf5 Rxa4 49.Rb7+ Kg8 50.g4 Ra6
51.Rxb3 Kg7 52.Rb7+ Kg8 53.Re7 Ra5+ 54.Re5 Ra4 55.Re4 Ra7 56.Kf6 Rg7 57.Re8+ Kh7
58.Re7 Rxe7 59.Kxe7 Kg7 60.h5 1-0

Music of Chess -- Topalov, Veselin Vs. Kramnik, Vladimir, 1/2-1/2, 1999.08.09, FIDE-Wch k.o.

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[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Re1 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 c6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb5+ Qd7 13.Qb3 O-O 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Rd8
16.Ba3 Bf6 17.Re3 Qc6 18.Be7 Re8 19.Rae1 Bxe7 20.Rxe7 Bd7 21.h3 f6 22.Qa3 a6
23.Nd2 Rxe7 24.Rxe7 Re8 25.Nf1 Rxe7 26.Qxe7 Qe6 27.Qd8+ Qe8 28.Qb6 Bc6 29.Ne3 h5
30.Qc7 Qe4 31.g3 Qb1+ 32.Kg2 Bb5 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Qf5+ Qxf5 35.Nxf5 g6 36.Ne3 g5
37.h4 Kg6 38.f3 Bc6 39.Kf2 Kf7 40.a3 Ke6 41.Ke2 Bb5+ 42.Kd2 Bc6 43.Kc2 Ba4+
44.Kb2 Bb5 45.Kc2 Be2 46.f4 gxh4 47.gxh4 Bb5 48.Kb3 Bd3 49.Kb4 b6 50.Kb3 1/2-1/2

Music of Chess -- Kramnik, Vladimir Vs. Topalov, Veselin, 1-0, 1997.??.??, Novgorod

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[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.h3 Nh6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Be3 Be6 15.a3 Nf7
16.b4 c6 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Nc7 19.Nd2 Bf8 20.Rb1 b6 21.c5 b5 22.a4 bxa4
23.Nxa4 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Nc4 Nd5 26.Bd2 e4 27.Na5 Rc8 28.Ba6 Rc7 29.Nc3 Nxc3
30.Bxc3+ Bg7 31.Bd2 Ba2 32.Rc1 Be5 33.Nc4 Bxc4 34.Bxc4 Kg7 35.b5 cxb5 36.Bxb5 Bd4
37.c6 Kf6 38.Rd1 Be5 39.Ba5 Re7 40.Bc4 f4 41.Rd7 1-0

Music of Chess -- Anand, Viswanathan Vs. Topalov, Veselin, 0-1, 1996.??.??, Amsterdam VSB

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[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Bf3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 b5 13.O-O-O O-O 14.g4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 exf4 17.Bxf4 a5 18.Rhe1 Bh4 19.Rg1 a4 20.Qd2 Rb8 21.Kb1 Re8 22.Rg2 Bd7
23.Re2 a3 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.g5 f6 26.Be4 axb2 27.Qd3 g6 28.Qa6 Rb6 29.Qa8 Rb8
30.Qa6 Rd8 31.Rd4 f5 32.Bd3 Qe7 33.Bd2 Be1 34.Be2 Bxd2 35.Rxd2 Qxg5 36.Rd1 Qe3
37.Bc4 f4 38.Bb3 f3 39.Qd3 Qe2 40.Bc4 Qxd3 41.Rxd3 Rc8 42.Ba6 Rc3 43.Kxb2 Bd7
44.Rd4 Bf5 45.Rxb4 Rxc2+ 46.Kb3 Rxh2 47.Rf4 f2 48.a4 Bh3 49.a5 g5 50.Rf3 g4
51.Rf5 g3 0-1