Veselin Topalov
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Veselin Topalov is a Bulgarian chess Grandmaster who competed for the World Chess Championship. He won the 2005 FIDE World Championship Tournament, earning him the right to challenge for the unified title. In 2006, he played a unification match against Vladimir Kramnik, the "classical" world champion. Kramnik won this match, though it was marked by controversy. Topalov has been a prominent figure in international chess for many years.12
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