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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pyotr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 41st Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Official website
- www.psvidler.net
- Image
- PeterSvidler19.jpg
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- Commons category
- Peter Svidler
- date of birth
- 1976-06-17
- title of chess person
- International Master
- social media followers
- 31872
- Elo rating
- 2682
- name in native language
- Пётр Свидлер
- ranking
- 45
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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.