1. Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler, commonly known as Peter Svidler, is a Russian chess grandmaster and commentator who is an eight-time Russian Chess Champion.
41 Facts About Peter Svidler
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Peter Svidler played in three Candidates Tournaments, in 2013,2014 and 2016.
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Peter Svidler won the Chess World Cup 2011, was runner-up in the World Blitz Championship in 2006 and won at Fontys Tilburg, Biel and Gibraltar.
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Peter Svidler tied for first at Dortmund, Aeroflot Open and Karpov Poikovsky.
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Peter Svidler assisted Vladimir Kramnik at the Classical World Championship matches in 2000 and 2004.
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Peter Svidler learned to play chess when he was six years old.
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Peter Svidler made his tournament debut in 1989, scoring 5 points from 11 games at the USSR Junior Championship in Pinsk.
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Mark Dvoretsky said that Peter Svidler had to get written consent from Kasparov's mother in order to avoid accusations of taking students from that school.
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In January 1995, Peter Svidler broke into the top 100 players rated by Federation Internationale des Echecs at number 86 with a rating of 2585.
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Peter Svidler tied for first place with three players at Novosibirsk.
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Peter Svidler's success pushed him to 33rd in the world rankings and third strongest junior and 2635 rating.
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Peter Svidler came back with team silver and board-three bronze medals at the European Team Championships, England, victorious on tiebreaks.
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Peter Svidler's form continued into the Russian Championship where he won his third title after a long match against Evgeny Bareev, decided after a third pair of tiebreak games.
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Peter Svidler entered the FIDE top 10 for the first time in January 1998, at ninth with a rating of 2690.
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At the Rapid World Cup in March 2001 Peter Svidler was eliminated at the group stage, finishing fourth in Group A, qualified from the group stage of the Viktor Korchnoi 70th Anniversary Tournament but was knocked out in the quarter finals by Piket.
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Peter Svidler reached the semifinals of the World Championship 2002, after defeating along the way Alejandro Hoffman, Sarunas Sulkis, Vadim Milov, Michael Adams and Boris Gelfand.
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Peter Svidler was eliminated by eventual winner Ruslan Ponomariov after losing the third game.
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Peter Svidler then competed at the Moscow Grand Prix, tied for second at the Ordix Open, won the Chess960 section and won a two-game handicap match against Junior 7 and Eckhard Freise, and tied for third at the Moscow Blitz Championship.
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Peter Svidler ended the year with second on tiebreak at the Konstantin Aseev Memorial rapid and playing for third placed Russia in the Petrosian Internet Memorial.
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Peter Svidler came sixth on tiebreak at the Russian Superfinal.
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In October 2006 Peter Svidler visited Kramnik during the World Championship match in Elista and released a joint open letter with Evgeny Bareev protesting against the handling of the controversy and calling for the dismissal of FIDE Vice-presidents Georgios Makropoulos and Zurab Azmaiparashvili, who sat on the Appeals Committee at the event.
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Peter Svidler said in an interview that although he prepared deeply for the event he was "hugely disappointed".
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In 2008 Peter Svidler lost to Grischuk in the quarter finals of the ACP World Rapid Cup.
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Peter Svidler ended the year with fourth place on tiebreak in the Russian Superfinal.
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Peter Svidler placed third, behind winner Dmitry Andreikin and Karjakin.
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In February 2013, Peter Svidler came second in the Aeroflot Blitz and fifth in the Rapid.
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Peter Svidler played in the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London from 15 March to 1 April, having qualified as winner of the World Cup in 2011.
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Peter Svidler finished seventh at the 2014 Candidates Tournament in March.
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Peter Svidler played at the St Petersburg Summer Rapid, finishing in tenth place.
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Peter Svidler won the first two games against compatriot Sergey Karjakin but dramatically lost the remaining two games, forcing a tiebreak match, formed of mini-matches of shortening time control.
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Peter Svidler lost with Black against Anand in round 6 but defeated Aronian with the same colour in round 11.
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Peter Svidler served as second to Kirill Alekseenko during the Candidates Tournament 2020 and as second to Praggnanandhaa in the Candidates Tournament 2024.
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Peter Svidler competed in World and European Team Championships with results as follows:.
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Peter Svidler won individual gold for first board in 2000,2001 and 2005, silver for board two in 1996 and 2011 and bronze for board one in 2009 and 2015.
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Peter Svidler won the German Team Cup in 2003 and 2005.
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Peter Svidler won the French Team Championship with Paris NAO in 2003,2004,2005 and 2006.
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Peter Svidler won the league in 2009 with Evry Grand Roque and came second in 2010.
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Peter Svidler played in the 2001 Four Nations Chess League final, losing to Morozevich, but his team took the title.
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Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Peter Svidler signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
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Peter Svidler is a frequent commentator on important chess tournaments and matches on the chess website Chess24.
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Peter Svidler received praise for his real-time online analysis and solo post-game summaries of the 2018 World Chess Championship final.