Veselin
Veselin (Cyrillic script: Веселин) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to: *Veselin Beshevliev (1900–1992), Bulgarian historian and philologist *Veselin Bliznakov (born 1944), Bulgarian politician *Veselin Branimirov (born 1975), Bulgarian retired football defender *Veselin Čajkanović (1881–1946), Serbian classical and religious history scholar, Greek and Latin translator *Veselin Đoković (born 1976), Serbian/Montenegrin retired football player who is a manager *Veselin Đuho (born 1960), former water polo player and current coach from Croatia, twice Olympic gold medalist *Veselin Đuranović (1925–1997), communist politician from Montenegro *Veselin Đurasović (born 1957), former Bosnian football player, from the late 1970s and the 1980s *Veselin Ganev (born 1987), Bulgarian footballer *Veselin Jelušić, Serbian football manager who has managed a number of national teams in Africa, including Angola and Botswana *Veselin Marchev (born 1990), Bu ...
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Veselin Topalov
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced ; bg, Весели́н Александров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess International Grandmaster, grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion. Topalov became FIDE World Chess Champion by winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005. He lost his title in the World Chess Championship 2006 against Vladimir Kramnik. He challenged Viswanathan Anand at the World Chess Championship 2010, losing 6½–5½. He won the 2005 Chess Oscar. He was ranked List of FIDE chess world number ones, world number one from April 2006 to January 2007. He regained the top ranking in October 2008 until January 2010. His peak rating was 2816 in July 2015, placing him joint-tenth on the list of List of chess players by peak FIDE rating, highest FIDE-rated players of all time. Topalov has competed at nine Chess Olympiads (1994–2000, 2008–2016), winning board one gold in 2014 and scoring best over ...
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