Wesselin Topalov, born on 15 March 1975 in ruse, a border city in northeastern Bulgaria, is the 6th world chess champion of the FIDE Chess Championship (held from 2005-2006). The rating has long been in the top ten in the world.
He began learning chess at the age of eight. Participated in the World Junior Championships, and won the 14-year-old group championship in 1989; In 1990, at the age of 15, he finished second in the 16-year-old group. In 1992, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster. In 1994, he became the number one player in Bulgaria and led the team to fourth place in the Orsay, in which he defeated the world champion Kasparov, causing a sensation.
Participated in the world championships since the implementation of the new format, reaching the top eight in 2000 and the top four in 2004. In 2002, it played a useful role in helping Ponomalev win the world championship in victory over Ivanchuk.
In 2005, he won the third place in the Super Grand Prix of Vic Anze; he won another kasparov super competition in Linares, tied for first place with Kasparov in points, and finished second due to a slightly lower score; and at the World Championship in San Luís, Argentina, he won the championship with 6 wins and 8 and an absolute advantage. He became the 6th champion of the Fide Chess Championship and surpassed 2800 points in the rank score, becoming the third player in history to exceed the 2800 mark. And won the 2005 Chess Academy Award. His coach and agent is the international master Silvio Danailov . In 2005, Toppalov was awarded the title of Bulgarian Athlete of the Year.
In 2006, it remained strong, with the Vic Anzer Super Competition tied for first place with Anand; Runner-up in the Linares Super Competition; Replacing Kasparov with a rating score of 2804 points to take the top spot. In October 2006, he lost to Kramnick in the Quick Chess Tournament with 1 win and 2 losses, losing the world championship title. Sofia SuperMatch 2005-2007 three-time champion, 2008 runner-up. 2007 Spanish Champions League. In 2008, in the first Grand Slam Finals, he surpassed Anand, Ivanchuk and other famous players, won the first place in the world with a huge advantage of 1.5 points, and once again ranked first in the world on the FIDE rankings in October; In the same year, he won the first bronze medal at the Olympiad; He also won the Nanjing Master Championship.
In February 2009, the World Champion candidate Sai Sofia matchup defeated Kamski 4.5:2.5 to qualify for world champion Anand. 2009 Super Competition China (Nanjing) Station Runner-up. On May 25, 2009, Wesselin Topalov entered the "Bulgarian Avenue of Fame" in the residential area of "Youth" in Sofia. Wesselring Topalov is the 16th Bulgarian celebrity to enter the avenue.
He challenged Anand in the 2010 World Championships, losing 5.5:6.5 to become the world runner-up. Winner of the 2012 "Copa del Rey" in Romania. Winner of the 2012-2013 Grand Prix Renova Series. Third in the 2014 Singlefield Cup. The 2015 Gibraltar Masters tied for 3rd place. In July 2015, the international rating score was 2816, ranking 3rd in the world.
Topalov, an indomitable fighter from Bulgaria, regarded the chessboard as a battlefield, "every loss is equal to a small death"; he was both good at the magnificent tactical combination and the subtle and subtle situation scheduling; he often seized the fatal changes in a seemingly bland situation, step by step, until he captured the opponent's royal city; he was a passionate all-round chess player, fierce, calculating, tactical sense of smell, tenacious will and never accept defeat.
Part of it was transferred from the Chinese Chess Association
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