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Topalov, Veselin

GM🇧🇬

FIDEFIDE 2900084· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1975

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Veselin Topalov, a 51-year-old Bulgarian Grandmaster, is rated 2695 and ranked 1st among Bulgarian players, and 36th worldwide. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 15 months (2023–2024) and 17 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: Match Topalov - Erdogmus. Also played 1 rapid event (including European Corporate Chess Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2816 was reached at age 40 (Jul 2015); he also reached World #1 in Jul 2006 and spent 33 months in the world top 3.

Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018. Awarded GM in 2001 (age 26).

Current rating

2695

Standard

Rpd2607·Blz2627

All-time high

2816

−121 pts below
Jul 2015 · age 40

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#1

#1 · Bulgarian players · of 701
33 months in World top 3 (2005–2015)

Career timeline

24 entries
2026
1st 50-55 player worldwide
at age 51 · rated 2695
May 2026
2025
1st 45-50 player worldwide
at age 50 · rated 2717
Oct 2025
2024
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2717 → returned at 2695
Nov 2024
2023
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2727 → returned at 2717
Jul 2023
2020
1st 40-45 player worldwide
at age 45 · rated 2735
Mar 2020
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 43
Oct 2018

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Evolution
-22
2717 → 2695
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
1/ 616.7%
0W2D4L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYagiz Kaan ErdogmusGM2,687·Match Topalov - Erdogmus·R2·-5.1
2.[L]vsYagiz Kaan ErdogmusGM2,687·Match Topalov - Erdogmus·R3·-5.1
3.[L]vsYagiz Kaan ErdogmusGM2,687·Match Topalov - Erdogmus·R5·-5.1

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Match Topalov - Erdogmus
Match
Apr 20261/6lost2407-22.4
Worst Elo result: Match Topalov - Erdogmus (-22.4 Elo, finished #2).

Rankings

/
Bulgaria
#1
out of 1,171 players
Europe
#12
in continent
World
#36
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Bulgaria
12,695
2
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World
1
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7
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