Peter Svidler
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Peter Veniaminovich Svidler (Пётр Вениаминович Свидлер; Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler, born June 17, 1976, in Leningrad
) is a Russian chess
grandmaster
.
He is six-time Russian champion
(1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2011).
He placed shared second (together with Viswanathan Anand
) in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
with 8.5 points out of 14 games, finishing 1.5 points behind the winner, Veselin Topalov
.
In the World Chess Championship 2007
, he placed 5th among the eight players.
Svidler learned to play chess when he was six years old. In 1992, he tied for 1st–2nd with Ragim Gasimov in the USSR Junior Open Chess Championship. He became Grandmaster
in 1994.
In 2001, he reached the semi-finals of the FIDE World Championship
. Andrei Lukin is his coach.
Svidler is a noted exponent of Fischer Random Chess (also called Chess960). He won the first edition of the Chess960 Open held in Mainz
, Germany. At the 2003 Mainz Chess Classic, he became Chess960 World Champion by beating Péter Lékó
in an eight-game match. He successfully defended his title twice, defeating Levon Aronian
in 2004 and Zoltán Almási
in 2005, before losing it to Aronian in 2006.
In an interview http://chesslodge.blogspot.com/2006/01/exclusive-interview-gm-peter-svidler.html given for World Chess Network
after the World Chess Championship 2005 held in San Luis, 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.
In 2006 he went second behind Alexander Grischuk
at the World Blitz Championship in Rishon Lezion, Israel, with 10.5 points out of 15 games.
He also finished tied for first with Vladimir Kramnik
at the Dortmund
2006.
In February 2009 he came first at the 7th Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar
.
Svidler is a fan of cricket
; his handle on the Internet Chess Club
server is Tendulkar.
Recently Svidler won the Chess World Cup 2011
in Khanty-Mansiysk
, defeating Alexander Grischuk
in the finals 2.5-1.5.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) is a Russian chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
.
He is six-time Russian champion
Russian Chess Championship
-Imperial Russia:In 1874, Emanuel Schiffers defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg with five wins and four losses. Schiffers was considered the first Russian champion until his student, Mikhail Chigorin, defeated him in a match held in St. Petersburg in 1879...
(1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2011).
He placed shared second (together with Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand
V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
) in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in Potrero de los Funes, San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. It was won by Veselin Topalov.-Background:...
with 8.5 points out of 14 games, finishing 1.5 points behind the winner, Veselin Topalov
Veselin Topalov
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
.
In the World Chess Championship 2007
World Chess Championship 2007
The World Chess Championship 2007 was held in Mexico City, from September 12, 2007 to September 30, 2007 to decide the world champion in the board game chess. It was an eight-player, double round robin tournament....
, he placed 5th among the eight players.
Svidler learned to play chess when he was six years old. In 1992, he tied for 1st–2nd with Ragim Gasimov in the USSR Junior Open Chess Championship. He became Grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
in 1994.
In 2001, he reached the semi-finals of the FIDE World Championship
World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest this title....
. Andrei Lukin is his coach.
Svidler is a noted exponent of Fischer Random Chess (also called Chess960). He won the first edition of the Chess960 Open held in Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
, Germany. At the 2003 Mainz Chess Classic, he became Chess960 World Champion by beating Péter Lékó
Péter Lékó
On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
in an eight-game match. He successfully defended his title twice, defeating Levon Aronian
Levon Aronian
Levon Grigor Aronian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. On the September 2011 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2807, making him number three in the world and Armenia's number one...
in 2004 and Zoltán Almási
Zoltan Almasi
Zoltán Almási is a Grandmaster of chess from Hungary. He is a seven-time Hungarian Chess Champion, winning in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2008...
in 2005, before losing it to Aronian in 2006.
In an interview http://chesslodge.blogspot.com/2006/01/exclusive-interview-gm-peter-svidler.html given for World Chess Network
World Chess Network
The World Chess Network was a commercial Internet chess server devoted to the play and discussion of chess that launched in 1997 and closed ten years later in 2007 when it was bought by Internet Chess Club and merged with Chess Live to form World Chess Live...
after the World Chess Championship 2005 held in San Luis, 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.
In 2006 he went second behind Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Igorevich Grischuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Russian Champion in 2009.-Chess career:In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000, Grischuk he made it to the semifinals, losing to Alexei Shirov....
at the World Blitz Championship in Rishon Lezion, Israel, with 10.5 points out of 15 games.
He also finished tied for first with Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
at the Dortmund
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany.Dortmund is an invite-only event, and only the strongest grandmasters are invited...
2006.
In February 2009 he came first at the 7th Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
.
Svidler is a fan of cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
; his handle on the Internet Chess Club
Internet Chess Club
The Internet Chess Club is a commercial Internet chess server devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants. ICC currently has over 30,000 subscribing members...
server is Tendulkar.
Recently Svidler won the Chess World Cup 2011
Chess World Cup 2011
The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 26 August and 21 September 2011, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia...
in Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk
Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...
, defeating Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Grischuk
Alexander Igorevich Grischuk is a Russian chess grandmaster and Russian Champion in 2009.-Chess career:In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000, Grischuk he made it to the semifinals, losing to Alexei Shirov....
in the finals 2.5-1.5.
External links
- Official homepage (Tendulkar) (p-svidler)
- Interview with Peter Svidler (2005)