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Peter Svidler

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Peter Svidler

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Also known as Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler

Russian chess player

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  • Life and Games of Vasily Smyslov : Volume I - the Early Years

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Key facts

Born
Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler , ( 1976-06-17 ) 17 June 1976 (age 49) , Leningrad , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Country
Soviet Union (until 1991) Russia (1991–2022) FIDE (since 2022)
Title
Grandmaster (1994)
Fide rating
2682 (June 2026)
Peak rating
2769 (May 2013)
Ranking
No. 43 (June 2026)
Peak ranking
No. 4 (January 2004)

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Encyclopedic overview

Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler (Russian: Пётр Вениами́нович Сви́длер; born 17 June 1976), commonly known as Peter Svidler, is a Russian chess grandmaster and commentator who is an eight-time Russian Chess Champion.

Svidler has competed in three World Championship tournaments: in the period with split title the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 and 2005, and after reunification the World Chess Championship 2007. He also played in three Candidates Tournaments, in 2013, 2014 and 2016. His best results at this level have been third in 2005 and 2013.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Svidler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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