was one of the strongest players at the Gibraltar Masters in 2015, Svidler slipped to twelfth place scoring 7/10 and slumped to eleventh place at the FIDE Grand Prix in Tbilisi, scoring 4.5/11. In May he scored 5.5/11 at the FIDE Grand Prix held in Khanty-Mansiysk for sixth place on tiebreak. He scored 3/5 at the China-Russia Summit in July and came ninth with 5/11 in the Russian Superfinal. He played at the St Petersburg Summer Rapid, finishing in tenth place. Svidler reached the final of Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku having defeated Emre Can 1.5-0.5, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 3.5-2.5 after tiebreaks, Radjabov 2.5-1.5 after tiebreaks, top-seeded Veselin Topalov 1.5-0.5, Chinese prodigy Wei Yi, 3.5-2.5 after tiebreaks, and Anish Giri 1.5-0.5 in the semi-finals. He won the first two games against compatriot Sergey Karjakin but dramatically lost the remaining two games, forcing a tiebreak match, formed of mini-matches of shortening time control. Advantage switched between the players but eventually at the blitz time control (5 minutes + 2 seconds per move) Karjakin won both games to take the title. However, having reached the final, Svidler qualified for the 2016 Candidates Tournament. At the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Berlin in October 2015 he finished 34th in the Rapid and seventh on tiebreak in the Blitz. He ended his year with team victory at the European Team Championship held in Reykjavik in November. Svidler came seventh on tiebreak at the 2016 Paul Keres Memorial scoring 8/11, before competing at the Candidates Tournament in March. Svidler failed to convert several promising positions and finished fourth out of eight players with 7/14. He lost with Black against Anand in round 6 but defeated Aronian with the same colour in round 11. In June, Svidler came sixth at the Eurasian Blitz Cup in Almaty. Svidler lost a mixed time control match in Biel against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1.5-2.5 in rapid and 1-3 in classic games. During the match Svidler was announced as replacement for Kramnik at the Sinquefield Cup. After overcoming visa difficulties, he struggled to ninth place with 3.5/9. Svidler served as second to Kirill Alekseenko during the Candidates Tournament 2020. Team Results Chess Olympiads Other International Team Championships Svidler competed in World and European Team Championships (ETCC) with results as follows: Club results Svidler played in the European Chess Club Cup 20 times between 1995-2003 and 2006-2016, winning with Ladya in 1997,