African Chess Magazine March 2014 | Page 8

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Veselin Topalov

Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian

chess grandmaster. Topalov became the FIDE World Chess Champion by winning the

FIDE World Chess Championship 2005. He

lost his title in the World Chess Championship 2006 match against Vladimir Kramnik

Topalov, V. - Eljanov, P.

28th European Club Cup, Eilat ISR

2012.10.11, 0-1, Opening: D11

1. ♘f3 d5 2. d4 ♘f6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 ♗g4 5. h3 ♗h5 6. ♘c3 e6 7. g4 ♗g6 8. ♘e5 ♘bd7 9. ♘xg6 hxg6 10. ♗d2 g5 A very interesting position.Black has the better structure and white's h3 pawn is a course for concern.White has the two bishops and will try to open up the central position to create targets . White's plan is a short-term one that will either succeed or lead to his demise in the endgame.

Pavel Elijanov

Pavel Eljanov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He has won two team gold medals and one individual silver medal at Chess Olympiads. In 1999, he was a member of the Ukrainian national youth team, which won the U-16 Chess Olympiad in Artek, Ukraine