Peter Svidler

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Peter Svidler

Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер; Pyotr Svidler, born June 17, 1976 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess grandmaster. In the October 2005 FIDE rating list, he has an ELO rating of 2740, making him number six 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.

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. Since then, he has defended his title twice, defeating Levon Aronian in 2004 and Zoltan Almasi in 2005.

He became shared second (together with Vishwanathan Anand) in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 with 8.5 points out of 14 games, lagging 1.5 points behind the winner, Veselin Topalov.

Svidler is a fan of Test Cricket. His handle on the Internet Chess Club server is Tendulkar. He is also a fan of Bob Dylan.

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