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{{Short description|Russian chess grandmaster (born 1976)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Veniaminovich|Svidler|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Peter Svidler
| image = Peter Svidler 2013.jpg
| caption = Svidler at the [[European Team Chess Championship|European Team Championship]] in Warsaw, November 2013
| birth_name = Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler
| country = {{ubl|[[Soviet Union]] (until 1992)|[[Russia]] (1992–2022)|[[FIDE]] (since 2022)}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (1994)
| peakrating = 2769 (May 2013)
| peakranking   = No. 4 (January 2004)
| FideID = 4102142
}}

'''Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler''' ({{langx|ru|Пётр Вениами́нович Сви́длер}}; born 17 June 1976), commonly known as '''Peter Svidler''', is a Russian [[Grandmaster (chess)|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 [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2005|2005]], and after reunification the [[World Chess Championship 2007]]. He also played in three [[Candidates Tournament]]s, in [[Candidates Tournament 2013|2013]], [[Candidates Tournament 2014|2014]] and [[Candidates Tournament 2016|2016]]. His best results at this level have been third in 2005 and 2013.

Eight-time [[Russian Chess Championship|Russian Champion]] (1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4011527/russian-super-final-svidler-gunina-win-141013.aspx |title=ChessBase News &#124; Russian Super Final: Svidler, Gunina win |publisher=Chessbase.com |date=2013-10-14 |access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref> he has represented Russia at the [[Chess Olympiad]] ten times (1994–2010; 2014) winning five team gold medals, two team silvers and an individual bronze. Svidler won the [[Chess World Cup 2011]], was runner-up in the [[World Blitz Championship]] in 2006 and won at [[Tilburg chess tournament|Fontys Tilburg]], [[Biel Chess Festival|Biel]] and [[Gibraltar Chess Festival|Gibraltar]]. Svidler also tied for first at [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting|Dortmund]], [[Aeroflot Open]] and Karpov Poikovsky. He also assisted [[Vladimir Kramnik]] at the Classical World Championship matches in [[Classical World Chess Championship 2000|2000]] and [[Classical World Chess Championship 2004|2004]].
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==Chess career==

=== Early years ===
Svidler learned to play chess when he was six years old. His first trainer was Viacheslav Stjazhkin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/che-conference-with-peter-svidler|title=Chess conference with Peter Svidler|date=2010-12-02|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/lectures/stjazhkin.html|title=WELCOME TO BS CHESS.|website=www.bs-chess.com|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> He made his tournament debut in 1989, scoring 5 points from 11 games at the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] Junior Championship in Pinsk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1989/ch_jun89.html|title=Championship of USSR(juniors)- Pinsk 5-18.1.1989(swiss-11 games)|website=RusBase|access-date=2 August 2016}}</ref> He scored 7/11 for tied eighth place in the USSR Juniors in 1990 and 5/9 in Oakland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1990/ch_jun90.html|title=Championship of USSR juniors- Simferopol January 1990(swiss-11 games)|website=RusBase|access-date=2 August 2016}}</ref> He became an [[International Master]] in 1991 and the following year tied for first place with Ragim Gasimov and [[Vadim Zvjaginsev]] in the last USSR Junior Championship in Yurmala, scoring 8/11.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1992/ch_jun92.html|title=URS-ch U18 Jurmala 1992|website=al20102007.narod.ru|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref>

Svidler twice attended the [[Mikhail Botvinnik|Botvinnik]]–[[Garry Kasparov|Kasparov]] School. One of those sessions was during the Baleares Open in Mallorca in December 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/svidler-you-can-only-envy-sergey-s-nervous-system|title=Svidler: You can only envy Sergey's nervous system|website=chess24.com|access-date=2016-04-12}}</ref> He transferred to the [[Mark Dvoretsky|Dvoretsky]]–[[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Yusupov]] School upon the former's closure. Mark Dvoretsky said that Svidler had to get written consent from Kasparov's mother in order to avoid accusations of taking students from that school.<ref>{{Cite book|title = For Friends & Colleagues: Volume 1|last = Dvoretsky|first = Mark|year = 2014|isbn = 978-1-941270-02-8|pages = Kindle 6548–9| publisher=Russell Enterprises, Incorporated }}</ref>

In 1993, he started work with coach and [[FIDE titles|International Master]] [[Andrey Lukin|Andrei Lukin]]. In a 2011 question & answer session, Svidler said of Lukin, "''The real breakthrough, however, coincided very closely with the moment I started to work with Andrey Mikhailovich Lukin – without him I really might have come to nothing.''"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crestbook.com/node/1390|title=KC-Conference with Peter Svidler: Part 2 {{!}} Crestbook|website=www.crestbook.com|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref>

Svidler enjoyed multiple breakout performances in 1994. He won the [[Russian Chess Championship|Russian Championship]] held in [[Elista]] with a score of 8/11, and the under-18 section of the [[World Youth Chess Championship|World Youth Championship]] in [[Szeged]], achieving all three of his Grandmaster [[Norm (chess)|norm]]s in the process.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Week in Chess 10 |url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic10.html |access-date=2016-02-18 |website=theweekinchess.com}}</ref>   He debuted for the Russian team at the [[31st Chess Olympiad|Chess Olympiad]] in [[Moscow]], scoring 5.5/8 on the second reserve board.<ref>{{Cite web|title = A New Star Is Rising Quickly Over Russia|url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/11/09/a-new-star-is-rising-quickly-over-russia/|website = tribunedigital-chicagotribune| date=9 November 1997 |access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> Svidler also won the Linares Anibal Open, running alongside the [[Linares International Chess Tournament|invitational event]], and finished in a five-way tie for first place at the [[Chigorin Memorial]] in [[St. Petersburg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/linares-the-anibal-hall-of-fame|title=Linares: The Anibal Hall of Fame|date=2009-03-05|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1994/petera94.html|title=St Petersburg op 1994|website=al20102007.narod.ru|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> In October 1994, the short-lived [[Professional Chess Association]] ranked him world number 165, rated 2542.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 6|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic06.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref>

In January 1995, Svidler broke into the top 100 players rated by [[FIDE]] at number 86 with a rating of 2585. He started with 0/3 at the Vidra Memorial in [[Haifa]] but recovered to 6/11 for tied fourth,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 19|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic19.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> shared second with 7/9 in April's New York Open,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 29|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic29.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> then won the St Petersburg Championship in April. At the Novgorod Open in May–June he scored 6/9 for eighth place on tiebreak.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 38|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic38.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> He tied for first place with three players at Novosibirsk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessintranslation.com/2010/11/your-questions-for-gm-peter-svidler/|title=Your questions for GM Peter Svidler|website=www.chessintranslation.com|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> A last round victory against [[Alexander Morozevich]] secured his second consecutive Russian Championship on tiebreak from five players with 7.5/11.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 57|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic57.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> Svidler rounded off his year placing fourth with 6.5/11 at the strong Groningen Invitational. His success pushed him to 33rd in the world rankings and third strongest junior and 2635 rating.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 64|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic64.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref>

In 1996, Svidler scored 2.5/5 for fourth place at the Kloosters event in [[Ter Apel]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 76|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic76.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> failed to qualify for the quarter finals of the PCA Rapidplay in April,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 81|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic81.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> came fourth with 6.5/11 at [[Yerevan]] in May and fifth on tiebreaks with 3.5/7 at Vidra Memorial.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 84|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic84.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 87|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic87.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> At the Tal Blitz Memorial just before the Olympiad, he was mid-table with 9.5/18.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 107|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic107.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> His 8.5/11 contribution, including wins in his first four games for Russia, helped win team gold as well as individual bronze on board four at the [[32nd Chess Olympiad]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 100|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic100.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> but at [[Tilburg chess tournament|Fontys Tilburg]] a couple of losses saw him drop to tenth place on tiebreak with 4.5/11.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 103|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic103.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> At Groningen in November, he scored 5.5/11 for seventh place.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 112|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic112.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref>

Svidler won the Torshavn Open in February 1997, half a point ahead of [[Ivan Sokolov (chess player)|Ivan Sokolov]] with 7.5/9, and in March was sixth on tiebreak, with [[Vladimir Epishin]] and Valery Loginov scoring 5.5/9 in the St Petersburg Championship,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 119|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic119.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 124|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic124.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> before slipping to eighth place with 5/11 at a closed event in the same city.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 130|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic130.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> He came back with team silver and board-three bronze medals at the European Team Championships, England, victorious on tiebreaks.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 132|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic132.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> His form continued into the Russian Championship (held as a knockout format) where he won his third title after a long match against [[Evgeny Bareev]], decided after a third pair of tiebreak games. Along the way he defeated [[Vladimir Malakhov (chess player)|Vladimir Malakhov]], Ruslan Sherbakov, [[Semen Dvoirys]] and [[Alexey Dreev]] in the semi-finals.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 135|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic135.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> In July–August he tied for second place with 5.5/9 in [[Bad Homburg vor der Höhe|Bad Homburg]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 143|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic143.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref>

Svidler was a signatory of a letter published in September which protested the decision of FIDE President [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]] to change the format of the World Championship. Under the proposals, [[Anatoly Karpov]] and [[Garry Kasparov]] would be seeded directly to the semi-finals of the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 1998]], Kasparov's refusal to participate meant that Karpov was seeded to the final. The letter also complained about the proposed schedule.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 148|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic148.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref>

At Fontys Tilburg in October 1997, Svidler's last round win against [[Alexander Onischuk]] enabled him to tie for first with [[Vladimir Kramnik]] and Kasparov, scoring 8/11.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic153.html#2)|title=The Week in Chess 152|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> He also defeated an overly ambitious Kasparov—who had started with 5.5/6—in their individual game. This results propelled him to 9th in the PCA rankings. In October at the [[World Team Chess Championship|World Team Championship]] in [[Lucerne]], Svidler claimed board two gold with 4.5/7 for the gold medallists Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|title = OlimpBase :: 4th World Team Chess Championship, Lucerne 1997, Russia|url = http://www.olimpbase.org/1997t/1997rus.html|website = www.olimpbase.org|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> At the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 1998|World Championship]] in December, Svidler defeated both [[Utut Adianto]] and Epishin 1.5–0.5, before taking [[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]] to rapid tiebreaks in the third round,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 162|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic162.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> where he would lose the last three games to crash out of the event.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 163|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic163.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-18}}</ref> His successes over the past year saw him given fourth place in the Chess Oscars voting, ahead of Karpov but behind winner Anand, Kasparov and Kramnik.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 185|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic185.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref>

=== Entering FIDE top 10 ===
[[File:Svidler 1998 Dortmund.jpg|thumb|181x181px|Svidler at Dortmund, June 1998]]
Svidler entered the FIDE top 10 for the first time in January 1998, at ninth with a rating of 2690.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 167|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic167.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> At [[Linares International Chess Tournament|Linares]], with the support of English Grandmaster [[Nigel Short]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 172|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic172.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> he produced a final score of 5.5/12, demonstrating the ability to compete at his new rating bracket.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 174|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic174.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> He finished second in [[Madrid]] with 5.5/9 in May, a point behind [[Viswanathan Anand]].<ref name=":0" /> He lost an exhibition internet blitz match against Kasparov 2–0 immediately after. It was revealed that Kasparov had accidentally played him two days before in a training match online, Kasparov winning 3–1.<ref>{{Cite web|title = ICC News Item #990|url = https://www.chessclub.com/user/news/990|website = www.chessclub.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 186|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic186.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref>

He won his last two games to share victory at [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting|Dortmund]] with 6/9.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 191|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic191.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> During the tournament it was confirmed that Svidler's rating had risen above 2700 for the first time to 2710.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 190|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic190.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> In June he finished a point behind [[Viktor Korchnoi]] at Bad Homburg with 6/9 and finished second on tiebreak at the Russian Championship behind Morozevich with 7.5/11.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 194|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic194.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 196|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic196.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> Svidler led Russia to gold at the [[33rd Chess Olympiad]], winning the event in the last round with a 3.5–0.5 defeat of the [[Netherlands]], pushing the [[United States]] into silver.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 205|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic205.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> Soon after he finished eighth at Tilburg with 5/11,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 209|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic209.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> then came third at the Wydra Memorial Rapid, well behind Anand and [[Judit Polgár|Judit Polgar]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 212|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic212.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref>

In January 1999, Svidler participated in the [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament|Hoogovens Tournament]], finishing in ninth place in the Group A main event and in a tie for sixth place in the blitz, with scores of 6.5/13 in both events.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 220|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic220.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 221|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic221.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> He lost five games in Linares to finish a disappointing seventh with 5.5/13,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 227|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic227.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> then scored 3.5/9 for ninth on tiebreak at [[Dos Hermanas]] in April.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 232|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic232.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> In early June, Nigel Short introduced Svidler to [[cricket]], of which Svidler would become an avid fan, especially of the [[England cricket team|England national team]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/peter-svidler-a-russian-grandmaster-who-loves-cricket-and-sachin-tendulkar|title=Peter Svidler - A Russian Grandmaster who loves cricket and Sachin Tendulkar!|date=2015-11-21|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref>

At Frankfurt in June–July, Svidler came fourth in the West Masters with 7.5/14 and fifteenth on tiebreak in the Ordix Open (both rapid events).<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 243|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic243.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> Seeded to round two, he defeated [[Aleksej Aleksandrov|Alexej Alexandrov]] 1.5–0.5 but lost to [[Kiril Georgiev]] by the same score.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 248|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic248.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-20}}</ref> In November, he drew an internet rapid match with Morozevich 1–1.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 261|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic261.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-20}}</ref> Svidler rounded off his year with third place at the St. Petersburg Blitz Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 269|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic269.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-20}}</ref>

Svidler placed tenth on tiebreak at the World Blitz Cup with 16.5/22 in January 2000,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 270|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic270.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-20}}</ref> came third on tiebreak at the Wydra Rapidplay with 9/14,<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 274|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic274.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-20}}</ref> before being beaten by Jeroen Piket 1.5–0.5 in the semi-final of the Kasparovchess Grand Prix.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Week in Chess 276|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic276.html|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-02-20}}</ref> he came third at the Ordix Open with 11.5/15,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic293.html|title = The Week in Chess 293|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-03-05}}</ref> scored 15/16 in a simul in [[Mainz]], and shared first scoring 6.5/9 with [[Mikhail Gurevich (chess player)|Mikhail Gurevich]] at July's North Sea Open,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic294.html|title = The Week in Chess 294|website = theweekinchess.com|access-date = 2016-03-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic297.html|title=The Week in Chess 297|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> Svidler dominated at [[Biel Chess Festival]], finishing two points ahead of joint runners-up [[Loek van Wely]] and [[Ruslan Ponomariov]], followed by [[Boris Gelfand]], before his form collapsed with 3.5/9 at [[Polanica-Zdrój|Polanica Zdroj]], [[Rubinstein Memorial]] in August (Gelfand won).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic300.html|title=The Week in Chess 300|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic303.html|title=The Week in Chess 303|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> After tying for second place in the C group of the preliminary stage of the 1st FIDE World Cup, held in [[Shenyang]], Svidler was eliminated after losing a [[Armageddon (chess)|sudden death]] tiebreak game against Movsesian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic305.html|title=The Week in Chess 305|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> He won the Abihome rapid with 9.5/10 in October,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic309.html|title=The Week in Chess 309|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> before joining Kramnik's team facing Kasparov at the [[Classical World Chess Championship 2000|Classical World Championship]] match in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic313.html|title=The Week in Chess 313|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> He scored 4.5/8 on board three for the gold-medallist Olympiad team in Istanbul,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2000/2000rus.html|title=OlimpBase :: 34th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2000, Russia|website=www.olimpbase.org|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> then competed at the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2000|FIDE World Championship]], eliminated in rapid tiebreaks by Michael Adams in the third round.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic318.html|title=The Week in Chess 318|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> He finished second with 4.5/7 at December's [[Paul Keres|Keres]] Memorial Rapid, a point behind [[Jan Timman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic322.html|title=The Week in Chess 322|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref>

At the Rapid World Cup in March 2001 Svidler was eliminated at the group stage, finishing fourth in Group A,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic333.html|title=The Week in Chess 333|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-19}}</ref> qualified from the group stage of the [[Viktor Korchnoi]] 70th Anniversary Tournament but was knocked out in the quarter finals by Piket.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic338.html|title=The Week in Chess 338|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-19}}</ref> He came 11th with 8.5/11 in the Ordix Open,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic346.html|title=The Week in Chess 346|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-19}}</ref> second at Biel, half a point behind Korchnoi,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic352.html|title=The Week in Chess 352|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> second at Moscow's Lightning event,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic356.html|title=The Week in Chess 356|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> competed in the China-Russia Summit and won team silver and board one bronze at the [[World Team Chess Championship|World Team Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic358.html|title=The Week in Chess 358|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic360.html|title=The Week in Chess 360|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2001t/2001rus.html|title=OlimpBase :: 5th World Team Chess Championship, Yerevan 2001, Russia|website=www.olimpbase.org|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> Svidler reached the semifinals of the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2002|World Championship 2002]], after defeating along the way Alejandro Hoffman, [[Šarūnas Šulskis|Sarunas Sulkis]], [[Vadim Milov]], Michael Adams and Boris Gelfand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic369.html|title=The Week in Chess 369|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic370.html|title=The Week in Chess 370|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> He was eliminated by eventual winner Ruslan Ponomariov after losing the third game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic371.html|title=The Week in Chess 371|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref>

After Svidler played in the World Cup (a rapid knockout event) and Eurotel Knockout,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic387.html|title=The Week in Chess 387|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic391.html|title=The Week in Chess 391|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> an open letter was published with Svidler's signature decrying the proposed "[[Classical World Chess Championship 2004|Prague Agreement]]" in which it argued "most of the top chess professionals will have no opportunity to take part in the World Championship until 2005" and called for the establishment of a Grandmasters' Committee as previously agreed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic394.html|title=The Week in Chess 394|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> He then competed at the Moscow (rapid) Grand Prix,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic395.html|title=The Week in Chess 395|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> tied for second at the Ordix Open, won the [[Chess960]] section and won a two-game handicap match against [[Junior (chess program)|Junior 7]] and Eckhard Freise, and tied for third at the Moscow Blitz Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic406.html|title=The Week in Chess 406|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic408.html|title=The Week in Chess 408|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> In the "Match of the New Century" between [[Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World|Russia and Rest of the World]] he scored 5/9, losing to Anand and [[Teimour Radjabov]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic410.html|title=The Week in Chess 410|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref>  He took in a tied Moscow–Saint Petersburg match before competing in the [[35th Chess Olympiad|Chess Olympiad]] scoring 6/9 for team gold.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic416.html|title=The Week in Chess 416|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic418.html|title=The Week in Chess 418|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic419.html|title=The Week in Chess 419|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> He tied for second, half a point behind [[Igor Khenkin]], at [[Santo Domingo]] in December with 7/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic422.html|title=The Week in Chess 422|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref>

In January 2003, Svidler finished second behind [[Giovanni Vescovi]] with 7.5/11 at the Bermuda A Group before tying for first at Aeroflot, the invitation to Dortmund going to tiebreak winner [[Victor Bologan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic431.html|title=The Week in Chess 431|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic433.html|title=The Week in Chess 433|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> He won the 4th Karpov tournament in Poikovsky on tiebreak with [[Joël Lautier|Joel Lautier]] with 6/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic443.html|title=The Week in Chess 443|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> He defeated [[Konstantin Chernyshov]] 2.5-1.5 in a standard match and 3–1 in a rapid match in Voronezh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic450.html|title=The Week in Chess 450|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> Svidler's surge in form saw him climb to 8th place in the FIDE rankings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic452.html|title=The Week in Chess 452|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> At the Mainz Chess Classic in August, he won an eight-game Chess960 match against [[Péter Lékó|Peter Leko]] 4.5–3.5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic458.html|title=The Week in Chess 458|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> Svidler claimed his fourth Russian Championship in September on tiebreak over Morozevich, scoring 7/9 and scored 5/8 for Russia winning the European Team Championship, ahead of Israel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic462.html|title=The Week in Chess 462|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic467.html|title=The Week in Chess 467|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> At Cap d'Agde rapid in October, he won the qualifying Group A with 5/7. After beating Topalov, he lost a blitz playoff against Anand in the semi-finals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic468.html|title=The Week in Chess 468|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref>

Svidler started 2004 fourth in the FIDE rankings and subsequently voted second in the Chess Oscar behind Anand,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic478.html|title=The Week in Chess 478|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic495.html|title=The Week in Chess 495|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> but slipped to ninth after tiebreak at Corus Group A scoring 6/13,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic481.html|title=The Week in Chess 481|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> then came seventh and fourth respectively in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid sections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic491.html|title=The Week in Chess 491|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> He lost to [[Alexei Shirov]] in the final of the Leon knockout 3.5-0.5,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic500.html|title=The Week in Chess 500|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> scored 4/6 for the Rest of World against Armenia and came third at Dortmund after coming second in group A, losing to Kramnik after a long tiebreak semi-final but defeating Leko.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic502.html|title=The Week in Chess 502|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic508.html|title=The Week in Chess 508|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> He defended his Mainz Chess960 title in August against Aronian 4.5-3.5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic509.html|title=The Week in Chess 509|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> He seconded Kramnik during his successful [[Classical World Chess Championship 2004|World Championship defence]] against Leko in September then played at the Olympiad in Calvia, winning team silver and scoring 6.5/9 on board two.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/it-s-a-matter-of-seconds|title=It's a matter of seconds|date=2004-09-17|website=Chess News|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic521.html|title=The Week in Chess 521|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> He took sixth place on tiebreak at the Russian Championship in November.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic525.html|title=The Week in Chess 525|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> He ended the year with second on tiebreak at the [[Konstantin Aseev]] Memorial rapid and playing for third placed Russia in the Petrosian Internet Memorial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic527.html|title=The Week in Chess 527|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic529.html|title=The Week in Chess 529|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref>

At Corus in January 2005,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic534.html|title=The Week in Chess 534|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> after a difficult start Svidler recovered to 11th with 6/13 before placing a solid fifth with 5/9 at Poikovsky.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic539.html|title=The Week in Chess 539|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> At Amber, he came seventh in both Rapid and Blindfold sections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic543.html|title=The Week in Chess 543|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref>  In July, Svidler finished fifth on tiebreak at Dortmund after tying with Topalov, Bacrot and van Wely on 5/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic558.html|title=The Week in Chess 558|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> Russia disappointed at the European Team Championships in August, drifting to 14th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic561.html|title=The Week in Chess 561|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> Svidler scored 5.5/8 for board one silver medal before successfully defending his Mainz Chess960 title against [[Zoltán Almási]] 5–3.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic562.html|title=The Week in Chess 562|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref>

=== World Championship 2005 ===
At the [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2005]] held in San Luis, Argentina between September and October, Svidler placed shared second with Anand (third on number of wins tiebreak) scoring 8½/14 games, 1½ points behind the winner, [[Veselin Topalov]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/san-luis-r14-topalov-wins-anand-second|title=San Luis R14: Topalov wins, Anand second|date=2005-10-15|website=Chess News|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> [[Alexander Motylev]] acted as his second. Shortly after the tournament Svidler 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chesslodge.blogspot.com/2006/01/exclusive-interview-gm-peter-svidler.html |title=Chess News & Events: Exclusive Interview: GM Peter Svidler |publisher=Chesslodge.blogspot.com |date=2006-01-25 |access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref> Crushing China in the last round secured Svidler-led Russia gold at the World Team Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic575.html|title=The Week in Chess 575|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> He came sixth on tiebreak at the Russian Superfinal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic582.html|title=The Week in Chess 582|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> His success in 2005 earned him fourth place in the Chess Oscar voting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic599.html|title=The Week in Chess 599|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref>

Svidler followed third place in the Moscow Superblitz in January 2006 before slipping in the final rounds to sixth place on tiebreak with 6.5/14 at Morelia-Linares.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic583.html|title=The Week in Chess 583|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic592.html|title=The Week in Chess 592|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> His form collapsed at Amber in March finishing last in the Rapid and sixth on tiebreak in the Blindfold,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic595.html|title=The Week in Chess 595|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref>  and put in solid performances in Mtel Masters and Olympiad held in May.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic602.html|title=The Week in Chess 602|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic604.html|title=The Week in Chess 604|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> After a short rest, Svidler returned to strength with second on tiebreak at Dortmund with 4.5/7, Kramnik catching him in the last round .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic613.html|title=The Week in Chess 613|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> He was defeated 5–3 by Aronian in the Mainz Chess 960 match after losing the last two games but beat [[Magnus Carlsen]] 1.5–0.5 in Spitsbergen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic615.html|title=The Week in Chess 615|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic617.html|title=The Week in Chess 617|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> Svidler lost an armageddon play-off game against [[Alexander Grischuk]] at the [[World Blitz Championship]] in September, after tying on 10.5/15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic618.html|title=The Week in Chess 618|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref>

In October 2006 Svidler visited Kramnik during the [[World Chess Championship 2006|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/open-letter-by-gms-bareev-and-svidler|title=Open letter by GMs Bareev and Svidler|date=2006-10-05|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-01}}</ref> He scored 4.5/9 for seventh place on tiebreak at the Tal Memorial and fourth in the Blitz event in November.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic628.html|title=The Week in Chess 628|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> He finished fourth at the Russian Superfinal in December with 6.5/11.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic632.html|title=The Week in Chess 632|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> His poor results since September dropped him from fourth to 12th in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic634.html|title=The Week in Chess 634|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref>

In January 2007, Svidler lost his last two games to finish sixth at Corus with 7/13.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic638.html|title=The Week in Chess 638|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> Losing against Morozevich in the last round cost Svidler a share of second place at Morelia-Linares, instead placing fifth on tiebreak with 7/14, then took overall fourth on tiebreak at Amber in March (seventh in Rapid, fifth on tiebreak in Blindfold).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic644.html|title=The Week in Chess 644|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> At Aerosvit in June he finished fourth on tiebreak with a solid 6/11<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic660.html|title=The Week in Chess 660|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref>

Svidler's third place in San Luis two years before earned him a place in the [[World Chess Championship 2007|next World Championship]], held in [[Mexico City]] in September 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic673.html|title=The Week in Chess 673|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> Struggling with losses in rounds three and five, he came back to win in the last round, scoring 6.5/14 for fifth place. He said in an interview that although he prepared deeply for the event he was "hugely disappointed".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/svidler-i-am-a-better-player-than-my-current-results-show|title=Svidler: I am a better player than my current results show|date=2009-03-18|website=Chess News|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> Svidler's 6/7 on first board regained the European Team Championship for Russia as well as individual gold.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic679.html|title=The Week in Chess 679|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> At the [[Chess World Cup 2007|Chess World Cup]] he defeated both [[Eduardo Iturrizaga]] and [[Duško Pavasovič|Dusko Pavasovic]] 2–0, Rublevsky 2.5–1.5 before losing to [[Gata Kamsky]] by the same score.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic683.html|title=The Week in Chess 683|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> He finished ninth at the Russian Superfinal in December after losing to [[Evgeny Tomashevsky]] and Morozevich, on 5/11.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic686.html|title=The Week in Chess 686|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref>

In 2008 Svidler lost to Grischuk in the quarter finals of the ACP World Rapid Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic687.html|title=The Week in Chess 687|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> He won at Bunratty in February with 5.5/6, half a point ahead of Alexander Baburin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic694.html#12|title=The Week in Chess 694|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> Svidler finished seventh in the inaugural [[FIDE Grand Prix 2008–10|FIDE Grand Prix]] event in Baku (invited as presidential nominee) between April–May with 6.5/13 and ninth on tiebreak with 5/11 at Aerosvit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic704.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 704|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic711.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 711|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> He rebounded after a poor start in the second Grand Prix event held in Sochi in August, winning his last three games, to finish fifth on tiebreak with 7/13.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic719.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 719|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> He came fourth on tiebreak at the Tal Memorial Blitz,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic721.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 721|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> before playing in the China–Russia Summit and Russian Superfinal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic725.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 725|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> He won his fifth Russian Championship after a play-off with Jakovenko and [[Evgeny Alekseev (chess player)|Evgeny Alekseev]], having scored 7/9 in the main event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic730.html#4|title=The Week in Chess 730|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> He tied with Grischuk for third at the World Blitz Championship in November, played in the Dresden Chess Olympiad and ended the year with fourth place, scoring 4.5/10, at Nanjing's Pearl Spring event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic731.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 731|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic737.html#2|title=The Week in Chess 737|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref>

Entering 2009, Svidler defeated Carlsen in the Aker Chess Challenge final<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic739.html#3|title=The Week in Chess 739|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> before winning the [[Gibraltar Chess Festival|Gibraltar Masters]] after a play-off match against Milov, having tied on 8/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5199|title=Peter Svidler wins the 7th Gibtelecom tournament in Gibraltar|date=2009-02-06|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=29 March 2011}}</ref>  His participation in Gibraltar instead of Tata Steel was secured after organisers offered him a session at the local cricket nets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2009/|title=7th Gibraltar Chess Festival: 27 January - 5 February 2009|website=www.gibraltarchesscongress.com|access-date=2016-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603234340/http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2009/|archive-date=3 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He successfully defended his Bunratty title scoring 5.5/6,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic746.html#13|title=The Week in Chess 746|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> but fell well out of contention at the Aeroflot Blitz, placing 47th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic747.html|title=The Week in Chess 747|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> He finished tenth on tiebreak in the Nalchik Grand Prix scoring 6/13.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic756.html|title=The Week in Chess 756|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> Svidler defeated Karpov, Movsesian and Grischuk on the way to the ACP Rapid Cup final in May, losing to Gelfand 3–1, though he had decisive chances in two games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic759.html|title=The Week in Chess 759|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> In July he came third in Donostia Chess Festival with 5.5/9, behind [[Hikaru Nakamura]] and Ponomariov.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic767.html|title=The Week in Chess 767|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> Svidler scored 6/10 for the "Experience" team as they defeated the "Rising Stars" in a Scheveningen match held in Amsterdam in August.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic773.html|title=The Week in Chess 773|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> Svidler scored 5/7 to win team silver at the European Team Championships in Novi Sad in October,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic782.html|title=The Week in Chess 782|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> stumbled to 3.5/9 and eighth place at the Tal Memorial, though he finished sixth at the World Blitz Championship in November.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic784.html|title=The Week in Chess 784|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic785.html|title=The Week in Chess 785|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> Soon after, he knocked [[Jean Hébert|Jean Hebert]], [[Tomi Nybäck|Tomi Nyback]], [[Arkadij Naiditsch]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic786.html|title=The Week in Chess 786|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> and Shirov before being eliminated by [[Vladimir Malakhov (chess player)|Vladimir Malakhov]] in the quarter finals of the [[Chess World Cup 2009]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic787.html|title=The Week in Chess 787|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> He finished second behind Grischuk at the year-ending Russian Superfinal, scoring 6/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic791.html|title=The Week in Chess 791|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>
[[File:PetrSvidler10.jpg|left|thumb|Svidler in 2010]]
2010 was a much quieter year for Svidler with eighth place at Amber (5.5/11 Blindfold, 6/11 Rapid).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic803.html|title=The Week in Chess 803|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> At the Astrakhan Grand Prix held in May, Svidler came 11th with 6/13.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/gp-in-astrakhan-eljanov-wins-by-a-full-point|title=GP in Astrakhan: Eljanov wins by a full point|date=2010-05-25|website=Chess News|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> He won matches against [[Peter Heine Nielsen]], 4.5–1.5 at rapid, 7–3 blitz ([[Larsen's Opening|1.b3]] the starting position), then drew 5–5 at regular blitz as part of the [[Xtracon Chess Open|Politiken Cup]] in August.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic822.html|title=The Week in Chess 822|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> He scored 5.5/10 for the losing "Experienced" team at NH Chess Tournament,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic824.html|title=The Week in Chess 824|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> then led Russia to team silver at the Chess Olympiad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic830.html|title=The Week in Chess 830|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> In November, Svidler finished ninth in the World Blitz Championship with 19.5/38.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic837.html|title=The Week in Chess 837|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> Svidler ended the year with fourth place on tiebreak in the Russian Superfinal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic842.html|title=The Week in Chess 842|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>

Svidler came eighth on tiebreak at the European Individual Championship in March 2011 with 8/11, half a point behind winner [[Vladimir Potkin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic856.html|title=The Week in Chess 856|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> At the World Team Championships in July Russia slipped to fourth place after losing to India in the last round, Svidler losing to [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]] on board three.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic873.html|title=The Week in Chess 873|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> In a shortened Russian Championship in August Svidler won his sixth title with 5/7, though he lost his last game against Morozevich.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic875.html|title=The Week in Chess 875|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>

=== World Cup 2011 winner ===
At the Chess World Cup held in September in Khanty-Mansiysk, Svidler beat [[Darcy Lima]] 1.5–0.5, Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen 4–2 after blitz tiebreaks, [[Fabiano Caruana]] 4–2 after rapid tiebreaks, Kamsky 2–0, and then [[Judit Polgár|Judit Polgar]] 1.5–0.5 to reach the semi-finals. After avenging his 2001 World Championship loss against Ponomariov 1.5–0.5, he defeated Grischuk in the final 2.5–1.5 to claim the World Cup title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic880.html|title=The Week in Chess 880|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> Svidler struggled at the European Team Championships in November, scoring 3.5/8 as Russia finished fifth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic888.html|title=The Week in Chess 888|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> He came seventh in the Tal Memorial with 4,5/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic890.html|title=The Week in Chess 890|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>

Svidler finished 12th at the Gibraltar Masters in January–February 2012, part of a 17-player group on 7/10,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic900.html|title=The Week in Chess 900|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> then defeated [[David Navara]] 3–1 in a Cez Trophy match held in Prague in June.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic920.html|title=The Week in Chess 920|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> In July's World Rapid and Blitz Championships held in Astana, Svidler finished eighth in both sections scoring 7.5/15 and 15/30 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic922.html|title=The Week in Chess 922|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic923.html|title=The Week in Chess 923|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> At the Russian Superfinal in August, Svidler shared first place with five other players on 5/9 after defeating Grischuk in the final round, leading to a play-off round-robin (25m+10s games). He placed third, behind winner [[Dmitry Andreikin]] and Karjakin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic927.html|title=The Week in Chess 927|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> In October he was pipped to first place at the St Petersburg Rapid Cup by [[Leinier Domínguez|Lenier Dominguez Perez]] on tiebreak, both having tied on 7.5/11.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic935.html|title=The Week in Chess 935|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> He ended the year with solid 5.5/11 for eighth place at the FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic944.html|title=The Week in Chess 944|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref>

In February 2013, Svidler came second in the Aeroflot Blitz and fifth in the Rapid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic954.html|title=The Week in Chess 954|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> Svidler played in the [[World Chess Championship 2013#Candidates Tournament|2013 Candidates Tournament]] in [[London]] from 15 March to 1 April, having qualified as winner of the World Cup in 2011. He finished third with 8/14, winning against Radjabov, Aronian, Ivanchuk and in a dramatic last round, Carlsen, which led to his rating rising to a record 2769.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://london2013.fide.com/en/component/turnuva/?task=fileview&kid=2|title=Tournament standings|publisher=FIDE|access-date=6 April 2013}}</ref> Although he finished in last place with 3/9 at the [[Alekhine Memorial]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4009694/aronian-and-gelfand-win-alekhine-memorial-2013-020513.aspx |title=Aronian and Gelfand win Alekhine Memorial 2013 |publisher=ChessBase News |date=1 May 2013 |access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref> he recovered with 5/9 for fourth place at Norway Chess—a late replacement for Kramnik—scoring 5.5/9 for fifth place in the Blitz event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/|title=Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013 - Chessdom|website=www.chessdom.com|date=13 April 2013 |access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic967.html|title=The Week in Chess 967|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> At June's FIDE Grand Prix in Thessaloniki, Svidler came ninth on tiebreak with 4.5/11.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic969.html|title=The Week in Chess 969|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> In August he competed in the [[Chess World Cup 2013|2013 World Cup]]. He defeated [[Anna Ushenina]] 3–1 after rapid tiebreaks, Bologan 2.5–1.5 after rapid tiebreaks and Radjabov 1.5–0.5,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic980.html|title=The Week in Chess 980|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> before being knocked out by eventual finalist Andreikin 2.5–1.5 after rapid tiebreaks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic981.html|title=The Week in Chess 981|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> He reached the semi-finals of the ACP Rapid Cup in September, losing to Grischuk,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic984.html|title=The Week in Chess 984|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> then won his seventh Russian Championship in October after winning a rapid tiebreak match against [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] 1.5–0.5, having scored 6.5/8 in the main event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic988.html|title=The Week in Chess 988|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> He won team bronze at the European Team Championships in November.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic993.html|title=The Week in Chess 993|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> At the 5th London Chess Classic in December, held in a qualifying group then knockout format, Svidler qualified top of Group B but was knocked out in the first round by Adams 3–1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic997.html|title=The Week in Chess 997|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref>

Svidler finished seventh at the [[World Chess Championship 2014#Candidates Tournament|2014 Candidates Tournament]] in March. He scored 6.5/14 and won games against Kramnik, Andreikin and Topalov.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1012.html|title=The Week in Chess 1012|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> He took part in Norway Chess in June, coming fifth in the Blitz with 5/9 and seventh with 4/9 in the main event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1023.html|title=The Week in Chess 1023|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> At the World Rapid and Blitz Championships the same month, Svidler came tenth with 10/15 in the Rapid and eleventh with 13/21 in the Blitz.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1024.html|title=The Week in Chess 1024|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> In July, he defeated Gelfand in a rapid match 5–3 as part of the Gideon Japhet Memorial held in Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1029.html|title=The Week in Chess 1029|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> In October he finished seventh on tiebreak with 6/11 at the FIDE Grand Prix held in Baku.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1041.html|title=The Week in Chess 1041|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> Svidler finished sixth with 12/22 at the Tal Memorial Blitz in November,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1045.html|title=The Week in Chess 1045|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> before coming fifth on tiebreak, scoring 4.5/9, at the Russian Superfinal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1048.html|title=The Week in Chess 1048|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>

=== World Cup 2015 finalist ===
Although he was one of the strongest players at the Gibraltar Masters in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1057.html|title=The Week in Chess 1057|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> Svidler slipped to twelfth place scoring 7/10 and slumped to eleventh place at the FIDE Grand Prix in Tbilisi, scoring 4.5/11.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1060.html|title=The Week in Chess 1060|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> In May he scored 5.5/11 at the FIDE Grand Prix held in Khanty-Mansiysk for sixth place on tiebreak.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1073.html|title=The Week in Chess 1073|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> He scored 3/5 at the China-Russia Summit in July and came ninth with 5/11 in the Russian Superfinal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1080.html|title=The Week in Chess 1080|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1085.html|title=The Week in Chess 1085|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> He played at the St Petersburg Summer Rapid, finishing in tenth place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1086.html|title=The Week in Chess 1086|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>

Svidler reached the final of [[Chess World Cup 2015]] in Baku having defeated Emre Can 1.5–0.5, [[Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu]] 3.5–2.5 after tiebreaks, [[Teimour Radjabov|Radjabov]] 2.5–1.5 after tiebreaks, top-seeded Veselin Topalov 1.5–0.5, Chinese prodigy [[Wei Yi]], 3.5–2.5 after tiebreaks, and [[Anish Giri]] 1.5–0.5 in the semi-finals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1090.html|title=The Week in Chess 1090|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> He 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. Advantage switched between the players but eventually at the blitz [[time control]] (5 minutes + 2 seconds per move) Karjakin won both games to take the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/baku-finals-tb-karjakin-wins|title=Baku Finals TB: Karjakin Wins|publisher=Chessbase|date=5 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/svidler-and-karjakin-on-the-world-cup-final-part-2|title=Svidler and Karjakin on the World Cup final: Part 2|website=chess24.com|access-date=2016-08-03}}</ref> However, having reached the final, Svidler qualified for the [[Candidates Tournament 2016|2016 Candidates Tournament]].

At the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Berlin in October 2015 he finished 34th in the Rapid and seventh on tiebreak in the Blitz.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1093.html|title=The Week in Chess 1093|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> He ended his year with team victory at the European Team Championship held in Reykjavik in November.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1098.html|title=The Week in Chess 1098|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref>

Svidler came seventh on tiebreak at the 2016 [[Paul Keres Memorial Tournament|Paul Keres Memorial]] scoring 8/11,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1105.html|title=The Week in Chess 1105|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-31}}</ref> before competing at the [[World Chess Championship 2016|Candidates Tournament]] in March. Svidler failed to convert several promising positions and finished fourth out of eight players with 7/14. He lost with Black against Anand in round 6 but defeated Aronian with the same colour in round 11.

In June, Svidler came sixth at the Eurasian Blitz Cup in Almaty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/farrukh-amonatov-wins-eurasian-blitz-chess-cup|title=Farrukh Amonatov wins Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup|date=2016-06-27|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> Svidler lost a mixed time control match in Biel against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1.5–2.5 in rapid and 1–3 in classical games. During the match Svidler was announced as replacement for Kramnik at the [[Sinquefield Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/mvl-beats-svidler-in-biel-match-pushes-rating-to-2819-9199|title=MVL Beats Svidler In Biel Match, Pushes Rating To 2819|date=30 July 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> After overcoming visa difficulties, he struggled to ninth place with 3.5/9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/sinquefield-rd9-wesley-so-takes-first|title=Sinquefield Rd9: Wesley So takes first|date=2016-08-15|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-19}}</ref>

Svidler served as [[Second (chess)|second]] to [[Kirill Alekseenko]] during the [[Candidates Tournament 2020]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Candidates 2020: A day of draws in Yekaterinburg|url=https://www.fide.com/news/457|date=21 March 2020|website=www.fide.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> and as second to [[R Praggnanandhaa|Praggnanandhaa]] in the Candidates Tournament 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-02 |title=Russian Grandmaster Peter Svidler to assist R. Praggnanandhaa in maiden candidates tournament |url=https://sportslumo.com/other-sports/russian-grandmaster-peter-svidler-to-assist-r-praggnanandhaa-in-maiden-candidates-tournament/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Sportslumo |language=en}}</ref>

== Team Results ==

=== Chess Olympiads ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Olympiad
! Board
! Individual result
! Team result
|-
| [[31st Chess Olympiad|Moscow 1994]] || 2nd reserve  || 5.5/8 (7th) || Gold
|-
| [[32nd Chess Olympiad|Yerevan 1996]] || Fourth || 8.5/11 (Bronze) || Gold
|-
| [[33rd Chess Olympiad|Elista 1998]] || First || 5.5/9 (18th) || Gold
|-
| [[34th Chess Olympiad|Istanbul 2000]] || Third ||4.5/8 || Gold
|-
| [[35th Chess Olympiad|Bled 2002]] || Reserve || 6/9 (18th) ||Gold
|-
| [[36th Chess Olympiad|Calvia 2004]] || Second || 6.5/9 (5th) || Silver
|-
| [[37th Chess Olympiad|Turin 2006]] || Second || 5/9 (42nd) || 6th
|-
| [[38th Chess Olympiad|Dresden 2008]] || Second || 4.5/9 (16th) || 5th
|-
| [[39th Chess Olympiad|Khanty-Mansiysk 2010]] || Third || 5.5/10 (7th) || Silver
|-
| [[41st Chess Olympiad|Tromsø 2014]] || Third || 4/8 (33rd) || 4th
|}

===Other International Team Championships===

Svidler competed in [[World Team Chess Championship|World]] and [[European Team Chess Championship|European Team Championships]] (ETCC) with results as follows:

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Event
! Board
! Individual result
! Team result
|-
| 11th ETCC, Pula 1997 || Second || 6/9 (Bronze) || Silver
|-
| 4th WTCC, Lucerne 1997 || Second || 4.5/7 (Gold) || Gold
|-
| 5th WTCC, Yerevan 2001 || First || 4.5/8 (Third) || Silver
|-
| 14th ETCC, Plovdiv 2003 || First || 5/8 (6th) || Gold
|-
| 15th ETCC, Gothenburg 2005 || First || 5.5/8 (Silver) || 14th
|-
| 6th WTCC, Beersheva 2005 || First || 5/7 (Gold) || Gold
|-
| 16th ETCC, Heraklion 2007 || First || 6/7 (Gold) || Gold
|-
| 17th ETCC, Novi Sad 2009 || First || 5/8 (6th) || Silver
|-
| 18th ETCC, Porto Carras 2011 || First || 3.5/8 (16th) || 5th
|-
| 8th WTCC, Ningbo 2011 || Fourth || 3.5/7 (6th) || 4th
|-
| 19th ETCC, Warsaw 2013 || Second || 6.5/9 (Silver) || Bronze
|-
| 20th ETCC, Reykjavik 2015 || First || 5/8 (4th) || Gold
|-
|9th WTCC, Khanty-Mansiysk 2017
|First
|3/6 (6th)
|Silver
|}

=== Club results ===
Svidler played in the [[European Chess Club Cup]] 20 times between 1995–2003 and 2006–2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersc/ltx55jxe.html|title=OlimpBase :: European Men's Chess Club Cup :: Peter Svidler|website=www.olimpbase.org|access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref> winning with Ladya in 1997, Paris NAO in 2003 and Saint Petersburg in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic161.html|title=The Week in Chess 161|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic465.html|title=The Week in Chess 465|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic882.html|title=The Week in Chess 882|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref> Second-placed with Chigorin St Petersburg in 2000, Baden-Baden in 2008, Saint Petersburg in 2012 and Mednyi Vsadnik (from Saint Petersburg) in 2016,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/alkaloid-triumphs-at-the-european-club-cup-in-novi-sad|title=Alkaloid triumphs at the European Club Cup in Novi Sad|date=2016-11-15|newspaper=Chess News|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> he won individual silver for board two in 2003 and board one in 2009, and bronze for board two in 2000.

A frequent Russian club player, he competed 16 times, on all but two occasions for Saint Petersburg winning four times, placing second twice, and placing third seven times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersru/ltx55jxe.html|title=OlimpBase :: Russian Chess Premier League :: Peter Svidler|website=www.olimpbase.org|access-date=2016-04-03}}</ref> He 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.

In Germany's [[Chess Bundesliga|Bundesliga]], Svidler lost with [[Baden-Baden]] in the play-off in May 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic496.html|title=The Week in Chess 496|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> but he won every season from 2005/06 up to and including 2014/15. He also won the German Team Cup in 2003 and 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic437.html|title=The Week in Chess 437|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic546.html|title=The Week in Chess 546|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref>

He won the French Team Championship with Paris NAO in 2003,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic444.html|title=The Week in Chess 444|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic496.html|title=The Week in Chess 496|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref> 2005 and 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic549.html|title=The Week in Chess 549|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic600.html|title=The Week in Chess 600|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref> Svidler won the league in 2009 with Évry Grand Roque and came second in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic760.html|title=The Week in Chess 760|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic814.html|title=The Week in Chess 814|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>

Svidler played in the 2001 [[4NCL|Four Nations Chess League]] final, losing to Morozevich, but his team took the title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic340.html|title=The Week in Chess 340|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-19}}</ref> He also played in the 2002–03 Belgian Team Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic435.html|title=The Week in Chess 435|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Svidler is married and has two sons.<ref>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/che-conference-with-peter-svidler Chess conference with Peter Svidler] ChessBase</ref> Outside of chess, he is a fan of [[cricket]] and is a supporter of the [[England cricket team]].<ref>[https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/peter-svidler-a-russian-grandmaster-who-loves-cricket-and-sachin-tendulkar Peter Svidler - A Russian Grandmaster who loves cricket and Sachin Tendulkar!] Sportskeeda</ref>

Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Svidler signed an open letter to Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]], protesting against the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and expressing solidarity with the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] people.<ref>[https://www.chess.com/news/view/stop-the-war-44-top-russian-players-publish-open-letter-to-putin "'Stop the war.' 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin"], Chess.com, 3 March 2022</ref>

Svidler is a frequent commentator on important chess tournaments and matches on the chess website [[Chess24.com|Chess24]]. He received praise for his real-time online analysis and solo post-game summaries of the [[World Chess Championship 2018|2018 World Chess Championship final]].{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{FIDE}}
* {{Chessgames.com player|79968}}
* {{365Chess.com player|Peter_Svidler}}
* {{Chess.com player|peter-svidler|member=PSvidler}}
* {{Chessclub.com player|Tendulkar}} (Tendulkar)
* {{Chessclub.com player|p-svidler}} (p-svidler)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110509133033/http://mail.e3e5.com/article.php?id=1057 Interview with Peter Svidler (2005)]
* [http://www.crestbook.com/en/node/1364 KC-Conference with Peter Svidler: Part 1 (2010)] Crestbook
* [http://www.crestbook.com/en/node/1390 KC-Conference with Peter Svidler: Part 2 (2011)] Crestbook

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  title= [[Russian Chess Champion]] |
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  title= [[Russian Chess Champion]] |
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  title= [[Russian Chess Champion]] |
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  title= [[Russian Chess Champion]] |
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  title= [[Russian Chess Champion]] |
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  title= [[Russian Chess Champion]] |
  years=  2013 |
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  title= [[Russian Chess Champion]] |
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