Paris NAO in 2003 and Saint Petersburg in 2011. Second-placed with Chigorin St Petersburg in 2000, Baden-Baden in 2008, Saint Petersburg in 2012 and Mednyi Vsadnik (from Saint Petersburg) in 2016, 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, second-place twice and placing third seven times. 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 Bundesliga, Svidler lost with Baden-Baden in the play-off in May 2004, but has won every season from 2005/06 up to and including 2014/15. He also won the German Team Cup in 2003 and 2005. He won the French Team Championship with Paris NAO in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Svidler won the league in 2009 with Évry Grand Roque and came second in 2010. Svidler played in the 2001 Four Nations Chess League final, losing to Morozevich, but his team took the title. He also played in the 2002-03 Belgian Team Championships. Personal life Svidler is married and has two sons. Outside of chess he is a fan of cricket, and is a supporter of the England cricket team. 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 Ukrainian people. Svidler is a frequent commentator on important chess tournaments and matches on the chess website Chess24. He received praise for his online real-time analysis and solo post-game summaries of the 2018 World Chess Championship final. References External links (Tendulkar) (p-svidler) Interview with Peter Svidler (2005) KC-Conference with Peter Svidler: Part 1 (2010) Crestbook KC-Conference with Peter Svidler: Part 2 (2011) Crestbook 1976 births Living people Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Russian chess players Russian people of Jewish descent World Youth Chess Champions Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine