[Event "Sparkassen sf Playoff"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2002.07.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2745"] [ECO "A29"] [EventDate "2002.07.17"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2002.07.22"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Bb2 Rf7 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Bf8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Nc4 b5 18. Na5 Ndxe3 19. fxe3 Nxe3 20. Qf2 Nxg2 21. Qxg2 Rc8 22. d4 Qb6 23. Ne2 Rd7 24. Rbc1 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5+ 26. bxc5 Rxc5 27. Nd4 exd4 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Qc6 Qe5 30. Qc1 Qe4 31. Re1 Qd5 32. Qc6 d3 33. Qxd5 Bxd5 34. Rd1 Be6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ke3 Bf5 37. Kd2 Re7 38. Re1 Rxe1 39. Kxe1 Ke6 40. Nc6 Kd5 41. Ne7+ Ke4 42. Nxf5 Kxf5 43. Kf2 Kg4 44. Bd4 a6 45. Bb6 Kh3 46. Ke3 Kxh2 47. Bc7 Kg2 48. Kxd3 h5 49. Ke4 g6 50. Kf4 g5+ 51. Kf5 h4 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. Kxf6 h3 54. Ke6 a5 55. Kd5 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen sf Playoff"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2002.07.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2726"] [ECO "C13"] [EventDate "2002.07.17"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2002.07.22"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qb4 Nd5 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qa4+ Kc7 17. Rh3 a6 18. Rb3 Qc5 19. O-O-O b5 20. Qa5+ Qb6 21. Qe1 Kb7 22. Qe2 Ka7 23. Nxb5+ axb5 24. Rxb5 Qc6 25. Rdxd5 exd5 26. Qe7+ Ka6 27. Rb3 1-0