Given Topalov's virtuosity, the comparisons are not with Garry Kasparov - merely the greatest chess player ever - but with Bobby Fischer, the only modern giant capable of such thorough annihilation.

This is how The Guardian commented the play of the world's new chess king, Bulgarian Veselin Topalov.

"The only time he has looked in danger was during the first round, against Peter Leko. He took a calculated risk and it paid off, although not without a few scares."

The article describes the World Chess Championship in Argentina as "the most thrilling chess spectacle of recent decades".

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