Peter Svidler
Peter Svidler was born June 17, 1976, in Leningrad, Russian. On the January 2008 FIDE rating list he has an ELO rating of 2763, making him the number five in the world.
Peter Svidler learned to play chess when he was six years old. He became Grandmaster in 1994.
He is four-time Russian champion (1994, 1995, 1997, 2003). In 2001, he reached the semi-finals of the FIDE World Championship. Andrei Lukin is his coach.
He became shared second (together with Vishwanathan Anand) in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 in San Luis with 8.5 points out of 14 games, lagging 1.5 points behind the winner, Veselin Topalov. In an interview [1] given for World Chess Network he said: "I only prepared seriously for San Luis, and I think it has paid off. But in general I spend most of my spare time with my wife and kids, so my relative success in 2005 was a pleasant surprise."
His San Luis result earned him direct entry to the World Chess Championship 2007. In that tournament he scored 6.5 out of 14, placing 5th out of eight players.
Peter Svidler learned to play chess when he was six years old. He became Grandmaster in 1994.
He is four-time Russian champion (1994, 1995, 1997, 2003). In 2001, he reached the semi-finals of the FIDE World Championship. Andrei Lukin is his coach.
He became shared second (together with Vishwanathan Anand) in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 in San Luis with 8.5 points out of 14 games, lagging 1.5 points behind the winner, Veselin Topalov. In an interview [1] given for World Chess Network he said: "I only prepared seriously for San Luis, and I think it has paid off. But in general I spend most of my spare time with my wife and kids, so my relative success in 2005 was a pleasant surprise."
His San Luis result earned him direct entry to the World Chess Championship 2007. In that tournament he scored 6.5 out of 14, placing 5th out of eight players.
Peter Svidler Repertoire with White pieces
| ECO | Opening | Games |
| B12 | Caro-Kann defence | 40 games |
| B90 | Sicilian, Najdorf | 39 games |
| C88 | Ruy Lopez, closed | 35 games |
| C42 | Petrov's defence | 32 games |
Peter Svidler Repertoire with Black pieces
| ECO | Opening | Games |
| D85 | Gruenfeld, exchange variation | 56 games |
| A16 | English opening | 22 games |
| B07 | Pirc defence | 21 games |
| D97 | Gruenfeld, Russian variation with e4 | 21 games |
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