Peter Svidler

Russian chess player

Peter Svidler belongs to the record of chess as a competitor whose results still define part of the sport.

The record lists Peter Svidler as Russian chess player.

Peter Svidler was born at Saint Petersburg in 1976. His recorded nationality is Russia.

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Modern sport is measured to the hundredth of a second, watched globally and supported by full-time coaching, medicine and analytics.

He competed at 31st Chess Olympiad, 32nd Chess Olympiad and 33rd Chess Olympiad.

Sport is the rare field that publishes its own evidence: the result is the argument.

His record includes the Honoured Master of Sports of Russia.

That the career was built from Russia matters: facilities, coaching and funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide who ever reaches the start line.

Peter Svidler is still competing or recently retired, and the final placing in the sport's history is not yet settled.

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