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| Result | Moves |
Year |
Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. C Joecks vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 42 |
1990 |
Groningen op | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
| 2. M Schlosser vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 20 |
1990 |
Oakham | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 3. Akopian vs Svidler |
| 1-0 | 52 |
1990 |
Oakham | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 4. E Kengis vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 16 |
1991 |
x | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 5. E Kengis vs Svidler |
| 1-0 | 48 |
1991 |
Gausdal | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 6. M Dzhumaev vs Svidler |
| 0-1 | 53 |
1991 |
Chj-URS Alma-Ata | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 7. Kotronias vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 30 |
1991 |
Gausdal | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 8. V Dimitrov vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 27 |
1994 |
Linares op | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 9. Leko vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 39 |
1995 |
Groningen | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
| 10. Z Lanka vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 28 |
1997 |
EU-chT (Men) | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 11. Kasparov vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 64 |
1998 |
It (cat.21) | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 12. Kasparov vs Svidler |
| 1-0 | 54 |
1998 |
ICC blitz m | C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) |
| 13. Leko vs Svidler |
 | 0-1 | 35 |
1998 |
Dortmund GER | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 14. Topalov vs Svidler |
| 1-0 | 47 |
1998 |
Tilburg Fontys | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 15. Topalov vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 35 |
1999 |
It (cat.20), Linares (Spain) | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 16. Kasparov vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 31 |
1999 |
It (cat.20), Linares (Spain) | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 17. Anand vs Svidler |
 | 0-1 | 41 |
2000 |
Haifa Wydra | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 18. L Dominguez vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 82 |
2001 |
World Teams | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 19. Ponomariov vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 28 |
2001 |
ECC | C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 20. S Berndt vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 21 |
2001 |
ECC | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 21. S Sulskis vs Svidler |
| 1-0 | 58 |
2001 |
FIDE WCh KO | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 22. Ivanchuk vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 30 |
2001 |
World Teams | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 23. Ponomariov vs Svidler |
 | ½-½ | 60 |
2002 |
Russia vs The Rest of the World | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 24. Short vs Svidler |
| 1-0 | 46 |
2002 |
FIDE GP | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 25. Shirov vs Svidler |
| ½-½ | 53 |
2002 |
European Club Cup | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
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