[Event "11th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Bustamante Montoni,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nc6 10.Be3 a6 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nb3 Be6 14.Nd5 b5 15.Bg5 Ne5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nd4 c6 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Nf4 Re8 20.Qxd6 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Rbd8 22.Qb4 h6
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qb3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Nh3 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Nc4 28.b3 Ne3 29.Qc1 Bd4
30.b4 Qa7 31.a3 Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Hotel Opatija GM"]
[Site "Kastav CRO"]
[Date "2002.04.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalovic,Z"]
[Black "Ribli,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 dxe5
9.d5 Na5 10.Nc3 f6 11.Be3 g6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.h4 Nbc4 14.h5 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Nxb3
16.Qxb3 g5 17.Qxb7 Qb8 18.Qa6 Qxb2 19.O-O g4 20.Nh4 Bh6 21.Qd3 Qb6 22.Rce1 Rc8
23.d6 Qxd6 24.Nd5 O-O 25.e4 Kh8 26.Rd1 Qc5+ 27.Kh2 Bb5 28.Qb3 Bxf1 29.Rxf1 0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Tripoli LBA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Abulhul,T"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.e4 Nge7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.d3 d6
9.Rb1 a6 10.a3 Rb8 11.Bd2 b5 12.b3 h6 13.Qc1 Kh7 14.Ne2 e5 15.Nh4 b4 16.a4 Bg4
17.f3 Bd7 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 Bg4 20.Nf3 Qd7 21.Kh1 Rbe8 22.Be3 f5 23.Ng3 Bxf3
24.Rxf3 Nd4 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Ne2 Nc6 27.Bh3 Qb7 28.Ng3 Bg7 29.Qg1 Nd4 30.Rf2 Bf6
31.Bg2 Qd7 32.exf5 gxf5 33.Bd5 Bh4 34.Qd1 Re3 35.Rg2 Qe8 36.Qf1 Bxg3 37.Rxg3 Rxg3
38.hxg3 Qh5+ 39.Kg2 Re8 40.Rb2 a5 41.Qf2 Qd1 42.Bf3 Qxd3 43.Rd2 Qe3 44.Bd1 Kg6
45.Rb2 Qe4+ 46.Kh2 Qe1 47.Qxe1 Rxe1 48.Rd2 Re3 49.Kg2 Kf6 50.Kf2 Rc3 51.Kg2 Ke7
52.g4 fxg4 53.Bxg4 Rxb3 54.Kf1 Rc3 55.Ke1 Rc1+ 56.Kf2 b3 57.Kg3 Rxc4 58.f5 Kf6
59.Rh2 Ke5 0-1