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Svidler, Peter

contemporary era

Peter Svidler is a Russian grandmaster who holds the all-time record of eight Russian Chess Championship titles, a remarkable feat spanning from 1994 to 2017. Also a World Cup winner and five-time Olympiad team gold medalist, Svidler is equally respected as one of chess's finest commentators, bringing deep analytical insight and wit to major tournament broadcasts worldwide.

Total Games

4442

Wins

1644

Draws

1989

Losses

809

37.0% wins44.8% draws18.2% losses

Most Played Openings

D85 - Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation165B90 - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation163C88 - Ruy Lopez: Closed102B12 - Caro-Kann Defense95A15 - English Orangutan83E60 - Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack76C84 - Ruy Lopez: Closed74B40 - Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation73A07 - King's Indian Attack72C65 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense65

Most Faced Opponents

Gelfand,B99 gamesGrischuk,A93 gamesKramnik,V73 gamesNakamura,Hi73 gamesKarjakin,Sergey69 gamesAronian,L64 gamesAnand,V62 gamesCarlsen,M60 gamesNepomniachtchi,I60 gamesIvanchuk,V55 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Nakamura,Hi vs Svidler,P

Saint Louis Rapid 2021

2021

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FCGFCG
1-0

Gelfand,B vs Svidler,P

6th Zurich Opening Blitz

2017

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FCGFCG
1-0

Svidler, Peter vs Almasi, Zoltan

Wch U16

1992

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FCGFCG
1-0

Svidler,P vs Morozevich,A

Tal Memorial Blitz

2008

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kamsky,G vs Svidler,P

38th Olympiad

2008

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FCGFCG
1-0

Kramnik, Vladimir vs Svidler, Peter

Linares

1998

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FCGFCG
1-0

Ponomariov,R vs Svidler,P

19th Amber Rapid

2010

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FCGFCG
0-1

Svidler,P vs Gelfand,B

Amber Rapid

2006

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FCGFCG
0-1

Leko,P vs Svidler,P

Amber Blindfold

2005

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FCGFCG
0-1

Topalov,V vs Svidler,P

Amber Blindfold

2006

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Games (4442)

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Rublevsky, Sergei vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
RUS-chT 1996 B31
Anastasian, Ashot vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
Yerevan 1996 A36
Svidler, Peter vs Sakaev, Konstantin
1-0
St Petersburg-ch 1996 C07
Apicella, Manuel vs Svidler, Peter
0-1
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 B70
Epishin, Vladimir vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
EUCup f 1996 E95
Svidler, Peter vs Yemelin, Vasily
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 C95
Svidler, Peter vs Minasian, Artashes
1-0
Yerevan 1996 B08
Ivanov, Sergey vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 E73
Svidler, Peter vs Hjartarson, Johann
1/2-1/2
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 B85
Sivokho, Sergey vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 B22
Nijboer, Friso vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
Ter Apel 1996 B09
Svidler, Peter vs Akopian, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
Koop Tjuchem 1996 B85
Lugovoi, Aleksei vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 D79
Svidler, Peter vs Epishin, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
Yerevan 1996 B12
Svidler, Peter vs Xu Jun
1/2-1/2
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 B92
Alterman, Boris vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
Haifa 1996 A25
Svidler, Peter vs Akopian, Vladimir
1-0
Yerevan 1996 C42
Svidler, Peter vs Nepomnishay, Mikhail I
1-0
St Petersburg-ch 1996 B81
Magem Badals, Jorge vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 B07
Epishin, Vladimir vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 E94
Spasov, Vasil vs Svidler, Peter
0-1
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 B31
Yudasin, Leonid vs Svidler, Peter
1-0
Haifa 1996 B51
Gulko, Boris F vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
Yerevan 1996 E82
Svidler, Peter vs Sokolov, Ivan
0-1
Koop Tjuchem 1996 C89
Svidler, Peter vs Rahman, Ziaur
1-0
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 B47
Svidler, Peter vs Novikov, Igor A
1/2-1/2
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 B91
Van Wely, Loek vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
Koop Tjuchem 1996 E94
Svidler, Peter vs Orlov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1996 C70
Huzman, Alexander vs Svidler, Peter
1-0
Haifa 1996 E94
Greenfeld, Alon vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
Haifa 1996 E94
Svidler, Peter vs Ionov, Sergey
1-0
St Petersburg-ch 1996 C07
Svidler, Peter vs Loginov, Valery A
1-0
St Petersburg-ch 1996 B92
Norri, Joose vs Svidler, Peter
0-1
Yerevan ol (Men) 1996 E73
Ehlvest, Jaan vs Svidler, Peter
0-1
Yerevan 1996 E61
Svidler, Peter vs Hodgson, Julian M
1-0
Koop Tjuchem 1996 B74
Almasi, Zoltan vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
Groningen 1995 C92
Svidler, Peter vs Bareev, Evgeny
1/2-1/2
RUS-ch 1995 C08
Svidler, Peter vs Lautier, Joel
1-0
Groningen 1995 B93
Volkov, Sergey vs Svidler, Peter
0-1
Novgorod op 1995 A41
Lugovoi, Aleksei vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1995 D85
Svidler, Peter vs Smirin, Ilia
1/2-1/2
Novosibirsk 1995 B85
Orlov, Vassily vs Svidler, Peter
0-1
St Petersburg-ch 1995 B70
Solozhenkin, Evgeniy vs Svidler, Peter
0-1
St Petersburg-ch 1995 B07
Svidler, Peter vs Sokolov, Ivan
1/2-1/2
Groningen 1995 C45
Kharlov, Andrei vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
Novosibirsk 1995 C02
Svidler, Peter vs Shneider, Aleksandr
1-0
JUG-chT 1995 B80
Nepomnishay, Mikhail I vs Svidler, Peter
1/2-1/2
St Petersburg-ch 1995 A41
Svidler, Peter vs Sher, Miron N
1/2-1/2
Moscow PCA-Intel qual 1995 B66
Svidler, Peter vs Hansen, Curt
1-0
Groningen 1995 B90
Patterson, Tony M vs Svidler, Peter
0-1
World op 1995 A45
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