Peter Svidler is a Russian chess grandmaster and eight-time Russian Chess Champion, who has been a member of the world's top 10 for more than 15 years. He competed in three World Championship tournaments (FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 and 2005 and World Chess Championship Tournament in 2007, as well as in three Candidates Tournaments (in 2013, 2014 and 2016).
He has been a member of the Russian National Team for 20 years and played in a total of 10 Olympiads. He has also won the World Cup in 2011, won numerous chess tournaments and served as a second for Vladimir Kramnik in his World Championship matches in 2000 and 2004.
Nowadays, Svidler is well-known as a chess commentator as he regularly provides coverage of major chess tournaments on live broadcasts on chess 24.
Svidler joined the ranks of Chessable authors in April 2021. when his Lifetime Repertoires: Grünfeld - Part 1 got published, thus fulfilling his lifelong wish to collaborate on a project with Mr. Dodgy.
