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* San Sebastián Chess Tournament (July 6 - 16 / San Sebastián, SPAIN)

Participants: Svidler, Ponomariov, Movsesian, Nakamura, Vachier- Lagrave, Vallejo, Kasimdzhanov, Granda, Karpov & San Segundo / Official site

* French Chess League - Top 16 (May 28 - 31 / Le Port-Marly, FRANCE)

Round
Day
Player
Player
Result
8
28
Meier
Svidler
9
29
Svidler
Cossin
10
30
Kazhgaleyev
Svidler
11
31
Svidler
Prie

Replay the games / Live games / Official site

* 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup (May 22 - 24 / Odessa, UKRAINE)

Boris Gelfand beat Peter Svidler (3-1) in the final, Peter missed some chances during the last two games

Round
 Day
White
Black
Result
1/8
22
Karpov
Svidler
1/2
1/8
22
Svidler
Karpov
1/2
1/8
22
Svidler
Karpov
1-0
1/8
22
Karpov
Svidler
1/2
1/4
23
Svidler
Movsesian
1/2
1/4
23
Movsesian
Svidler
1/2
1/4
23
Svidler
Movsesian
1/2
1/4
23
Movsesian
Svidler
0-1
SF
23
Grischuk
Svidler
0-1
SF
23
Svidler
Grischuk
1/2
FINAL
24
Gelfand
Svidler
1/2
FINAL
24
Svidler
Gelfand
1/2
FINAL
24
Gelfand
Svidler
1-0
FINAL
24
Svidler
Gelfand
0-1

Official site


Svidler - Grischuk

* French Chess League - Top 16 (May 2 / Mulhouse, FRANCE)

Round
Day
Player
Player
Result
6
2
Svidler
Jakovenko

Replay the games / Official site

* FIDE Grand Prix (April 15 - 29 / Nalchik, RUSSIA)

Round
 Day
White
Black
Result
1
15
Alekseev
Svidler
1/2
2
16
Svidler
Ivanchuk
1-0
3
17
Bacrot
Svidler
1/2
4
18
Kamsky
Svidler
5
19
Svidler
Gelfand
1/2
6
21
Eljanov
Svidler
0-1
7
22
Svidler
Kasimdzhanov
1/2
8
23
Aronian
Svidler
1/2
9
24
Svidler
Leko
1/2
10
26
Mamedyarov
Svidler
1-0
11
27
Svidler
Akopian
1/2
12
28
Karjakin
Svidler
1-0
13
29
Svidler
Grischuk
1/2

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Round 13: Press conference (Courtesy of FIDE)

* Russian Team Chess Championship (April 4 - 10 / Dagomys, RUSSIA): Peter Svidler played for St. Petersburg Chess Federation Team (Svidler, Movsesian, Vitiugov, Zvjaginsev, Sakaev, Efimenko, Yemelin & Turov); Tomsk-400 won the championship

Round
Player
Player
Result
1
Svidler
Moiseenko
2
Svidler
Belov
3
Grischuk
Svidler
4
-
-
-
5
Ivanchuk
Svidler
6
Svidler
Jakovenko
7
Gelfand
Svidler

Official site / Replay Svidler´s games

* German Bundesliga (March 28 - 29): OSG Baden-Baden retained the national title after beating SG Solingen on Saturday

Round
Day
Player
Player
Result
14
28
Svidler
Nikolic
15
29
Rustemov
Svidler

Official site // Replay the games


4th consecutive Bundesliga title (© Christian Bossert)

* French Chess League - Top 16 (March 20 - 22 / Mulhouse, FRANCE)

Round
Day
Player
Player
Result
2
21
Svidler
Dreev
3
22
Komarov
Svidler

Replay the games / Official site


Dreev & Svidler (© Marc Schaub)

* Interview for Europe Echecs: During the European Women´s Championship (St. Petersburg), Robert Fontaine interviewed Peter Svidler for the French chess magazine. You can watch the video and read a transcript here

* German Bundesliga (February 28 - March 1): Rounds 12 & 13 will be played this weekend. Current leader, OSG Baden-Baden, faced SK Turm Emsdetten (Saturday) and Werder Bremen (Sunday)

Round
Day
Player
Player
Result
12
28
Svidler
Janssen
13
1
Eljanov
Svidler

Official site // Replay the games

* Aeroflot Blitz Qualifier (February 26 / Moscow, RUSSIA): 165 players played this qualification blitz tournament for Tal Bliz Cup 2009. Sergey Karjakin won the tournament while Peter Svidler finished in 47th place // Official site

Round
Player
Player
Result
1
Pridorozhni
Svidler
0-2
2
Svidler
Zhigalko
1.5-0.5
3
Korotylev
Svidler
0.5-1.5
4
Svidler
Van Wely
2-0
5
Mamedov
Svidler
1-1
6
Svidler
Dreev
1-1
7
Svidler
Karjakin
0.5-1.5
8
Bareev
Svidler
1.5-0.5
9
Bartel
Svidler
2-0

* Bunratty Chess Festival (February 20 - 22 / Bunratty, IRELAND): Peter Svidler beat Alexander Baburin to retain the Bunratty Masters title he won last year

Round
 Day
White
Black
Result
1
20
Heinrich
Svidler
2
21
Svidler
Baker
3
21
Williams
Svidler
4
21
Svidler
Wells
5
22
Lalic
Svidler
6
22
Svidler
Baburin

Replay Svidler´s games / Download all the games / Official site

* Gibtelecom Masters (January 27 - February 5 / Gibraltar)

Veni, vidi, vici...Peter Svidler won the tournament after beating Vadim Milov in the two-game play-off for first place

Round
 Day
White
Black
Result
1
27
Svidler
Van Eijk
1-0
2
28
Berczes
Svidler
0-1
3
29
Svidler
Ganguly
1/2
4
30
Lopez Martinez
Svidler
1/2
5
31
Svidler
Gurevich
1-0
6
1
Socko
Svidler
1/2
7
2
Svidler
Stefanova
1-0
8
3
Svidler
Gashimov
1/2
9
4
Beliavsky
Svidler
0-1
10
5
Svidler
Harikrishna
TB 1
5
Milov
Svidler
TB 2
5
Svidler
Milov

Official site / Replay Svidler´s games / Watch Svidler & Krush playing cricket / Pairings & results
 ! 
MORE NEWS

* FIDE rating list (July 2009): Veselin Topalov keeps the first place; Svidler´s in 12th place (having gained 13 ELO points)

Svidler´s rating progress chart - FIDE top players & statistics

* FIDE Grand Prix (Nalchik, RUSSIA) - Levon Aronian won the tournament after defeating Peter Leko during the last round. Peter Svidler shared the 8-11th place

Official site / Final standings

* German Bundesliga (March 28 - 29): OSG Baden-Baden retained the title / Official site

* Amber Chess Tournament (March 14 - 26): Levon Aronian won the tournament, Vladimir Kramnik & Vishwanathan Anand shared the 2nd place / Official site

* Linares Chess Tournament (February 19 - March 8): Alexander Grischuk & Vassily Ivanchuk shared the first place; Grischuk won the tournament having scored more wins / Official site

* Corus Chess Tournament (January 16 - February 1): Sergey Karjakin won the tournament while Aronian, Radjabov & Movsesian shared the second place / Official site

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