|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 29 OF 29 ·
Later Kibitzing > |
Mar-18-09
 |
| whatthefat: <What about your results in Mexico? Mexico was important – actually immediately after Mexico I had some good results. For me Mexico was a huge disappointment because this was the first time, perhaps in my life, where I felt I was really, really well prepared. You could probably even see it from the games. I got myself into shape, I started working out, and I came there with about three new openings, and with ideas in practically every single critical line. But I just couldn’t play, which was very surprising for me. I just couldn’t understand it. I still don’t really know what happened. Somehow the one time I really felt I could actually do well I did incredibly badly. This led me to question some of the things I’ve been doing. I hope I am on the right track now, but you never know. I think I know what is wrong and I am trying to rectify it. What is missing in your play?
I think that what is lacking is not even chess related. I think I was somewhat more mellow than is necessary to be really at the top. That was completely obvious in Mexico in the second half of the event. My problem was always not even offering draws, it was saying no to a draw offer. This was always a huge problem for me. For me the Corsica/Sofia rules are a godsend. People would not normally think of me as a fan, but I am a fan of the rules, because they give me no choice. If you force me to play I am a decent player. So it was not all about opening preparation. Of course there are places where I am not as well prepared as Anand, Topalov or Kramnik, but that applies to everybody else. There are three or four guy, if you include Ivanchuk, who know a lot more than everybody else. But I always felt that if I survive the opening I can play against anybody. It is more of a mental thing, and I am trying to adjust mentally to what is needed. And also I suppose it is an age thing. It seems mildly ridiculous to say this at 32, but I’m now constantly ending up second or third in everything I play, so it becomes obviously harder to compete with younger people. Still, I am not 65 and it is not that critical.> I found this really fascinating. I cannot imagine many other top level players being this frank about such a weakness. In my own games I've found a similar thing to be the case - in tournaments where I have not allowed myself to offer a draw (except in a dead drawn position) I have been playing at a slightly higher level. I believe part of the reason for this is that at the point where you begin to consider a draw offer you momentarily exit the conflict and become complacent (similarly in the last round of a tournament when midway through your game you start considering what your final placing will be). Consistent with this, I have found that I am significantly more likely to make a serious analytical error on a move on which I offer the draw. And worse still, if I have a draw offer rejected then my play can start to drift. So I find it is better to simply not let the prospect of a draw offer my mind until the game has reached an obvious conclusion. |
 |
| Mar-18-09 |
| VaselineTopLove: GM Svidler is cool! I hope he is able to bounce back into the top. |
|
| Mar-18-09 |
| Jim Bartle: "If you force me to play I am a decent player."
OK, it's not fair to take that statement out of context. But it is still curious. |
|
| Mar-18-09 |
| slomarko: its not curious its plain stupid. what excuse will these drawing masters think of next? |
|
| Mar-18-09 |
| Jim Bartle: I was trying to be diplomatic. |
|
Mar-19-09
 |
| Ken MacGillivray: The interviews of Peter Svidler on chessbase.com today are brilliant; not only has he a chess talent I would kill for; but his command of the English language beats me and English is my native language. He talked of upsides and downsides; well the only upside for me is I reckon I had more skill at cricket than Peter; well that's my opinion anyway. |
|
Mar-19-09
 |
| positionalgenius: <<<<<I feel that one crazy person is enough in a family.>>>> Svidler is hilarious. He's one of my favorite players. |
|
Mar-19-09
 |
| JointheArmy: Very impressed by Svidler's English.
PS Who did the English transcription? It was terrible and I haven't even finished listening to it, yet. |
|
Mar-28-09
 |
| acirce: Svidler-Nikolic 1-0 http://www.schachbundesliga.info/ba... |
|
| Mar-28-09 |
| falso contacto: thxs acirce did you see anand's victory? |
|
Apr-21-09
 |
| timhortons: [Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix Nalchik"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Rac8 14. Rac1
Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. g4 Be6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. Ne4 Bxd4 22. Rcd1 Rcd8 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. f3 f5 26. gxf5 gxf5
27. Be3 Rd3 28. Bh6 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rd8 30. Rf5 Nd4 31. Rg5+ Kf7 32. Rg7+ Kf6 33.
Kf2 Nc6 34. h4 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Rd3+ 36. Kg2 Rxa3 37. Rxh7 Kg6 38. Rh8 Ra4 39. Bf4
Rxe4 40. Kf3 Rc4 41. h5+ Kg7 42. Ra8 a5 43. Bd2 a4 44. Ke2 b5 45. Ra6 Nd4+ 46.
Kd1 Rc5 47. h6+ Kh7 48. Ra7 Nf5 49. Ra6 Rd5 50. Kc1 Rd6 51. Ra7 Rd3 52. Rb7 a3
53. Ra7 Rb3 54. Ra6 Nd4 55. Ra7 Nc6 56. Ra8 b4 57. Ra6 Rh3 58. Rxc6 Rh1+ 59.
Kc2 a2 60. Ra6 a1=Q 61. Rxa1 Rxa1 62. Bxb4 Ra7 63. Bd2 Ra3 64. Kd1 Rh3 65. Ke2
Kg6 66. Bc1 Kf5 67. Kf2 e5 68. Be3 Kg4 69. Ke2 Rh2+ 70. Kd3 Kf3 71. Bg5 Rh1 72.
Kc4 e4 73. Kd4 Rg1 0-1
click for larger view |
|
| May-23-09 |
| DCP23: Peter Svidler advances to the FINAL of the 2009 ACP Rapid Cup! 1/4th Final matches:
P.Svidler - S.Movsesian
A.Grischuk - A.Moiseenko
D.Jakovenko - A.Naiditsch
B.Gelfand - V.Gashimov
1/2 Final matches:
B.Gelfand - D.Jakovenko
A.Grischuk - P.Svidler
FINAL:
B.Gelfand - P.Svidler
Official site:
http://worldcup.pivdenny.com/ru/ind... |
|
| May-23-09 |
| DCP23: And, for the sake of completeness of records, 1/8th final matches: S.Movsesian - P.Tregubov
A.Karpov - P.Svidler
E.Najer - B.Gelfand
V.Gashimov - Z.Efimenko
M.Gurevich - D.Jakovenko
Y.Drozdovsky - A.Naiditsch
A.Grischuk – P.Eljanov
A.Moiseenko - E.Bacrot |
|
| May-23-09 |
| DCP23: Some games from the ACP Rapid Cup:
P. Svidler Russia (2726) - A. Karpov Russia (2644) [B42]
3rd ACP World Rapid Cup 1/8 final Odessa/Ukraine (1.3), 22.05.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4 Bf6 8.Qg3 Nc6 9.Nc3 d6 10.Bf4 Ne5 11.0-0-0 Ne7 12.Be2 N7g6 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.h4 b5 15.h5 Ne7 16.a3 h6 17.Be3 Rb8 18.f4 Nc4 19.Bd4 e5 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Bc5 Rb7 1-0 S. Movsesian Slovakia (2747) - P. Svidler Russia (2726) [B04]
3rd ACP World Rapid Cup 1/4 final Odessa/Ukraine (2.4), 23.05.2009 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bc4 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Nd2 0-0 9.Ndf3 Nd7 10.h3 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Be6 12.Bb3 Nc7 13.Re1 Bxb3 14.axb3 c5 15.Be3 Nb5 16.c3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qd5 18.Nf3 e6 19.Qd3 Rac8 20.Rec1 a6 21.Rc4 Nd6 22.Rc3 Rxc3 23.bxc3 Qxb3 24.Rb1 Qd5 25.Bf4 Nc4 26.Ra1 e5 27.Nd2 Nxd2 28.Bxd2 exd4 29.c4 Qc6 30.Bb4 Re8 31.c5 h5 32.Rb1 Rd8 33.Ba3 Rd7 34.Rb6 Qd5 35.h4 Qf5 36.Qxf5 gxf5 37.Bc1 d3 38.Bd2 Bd4 39.c6 Bxb6 40.cxd7 f6 41.Be3 Bd8 42.Kf1 Kf7 43.Ke1 Ke6 44.Kd2 Kxd7 45.Kxd3 b5 46.f3 Ke6 47.Bd2 a5 48.Kc3 Bb6 49.Kb3 Kd5 50.Bc3 Bd8 51.Bd2 b4 52.Ka4 Kc4 53.Bc1 b3 54.Bb2 f4 55.Ka3 f5 56.Ka4 Bxh4 57.Kxa5 Be1+ 58.Ka4 Bc3 0-1 A. Grischuk Russia (2748) - P. Svidler Russia (2726) [B03]
3rd ACP World Rapid Cup semi final Odessa/Ukraine (3.1), 23.05.2009 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 Nb4 12.Nd4 Bd7 13.e6 fxe6 14.dxe6 Bc6 15.Qg4 Bh4+ 16.g3 0-0 17.0-0-0 Bxh1 18.gxh4 Qf6 19.Bb5 c6 20.Bg5 Qe5 21.e7 Rfe8 22.Rxh1 cxb5 23.Nf3 Nd3+ 24.Kc2 Qd6 25.Rd1 Nf2 26.Rxd6 Nxg4 27.Rd4 Nf6 28.h5 Rxe7 29.h6 Rd7 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Rg4+ Kf7 32.Nxb5 Rc8+ 33.Nc3 Rg8 34.Rf4 Nd5 0-1 |
|
| May-23-09 |
| unsound: That's a pretty interesting Alekhine's/4 pawns attack that Svidler beat Grischuk in. |
|
May-28-09
|
| timhortons: [Event "FFe Top 16 phase finale"]
[Site "Port-Marly/France"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. Nh3 Bxh3 7. Rxh3 Nd7 8. Qd2
c5 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Ngf6 1/2-1/2
My bad,draw in the 12th move?
Svidlers english has no russian accent at all. |
|
May-29-09
|
| timhortons: [Event "FFe Top 16 phase finale"]
[Site "Port-Marly/France"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cossin, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8.
Qe2 Rb8 9. g3 Ne7 10. Ne4 Nf5 11. c3 Rb5 12. Bf4 Rxe5 13. Bh3 d5 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Nd2 Qe6 17. Nf3 Be7 18. Nd4 Qd6 19. O-O-O O-O 20. Nxc6 Bg5+
21. f4 Qxc6 22. fxg5 d4 23. c4 Be6 24. b3 Rd8 25. Rhf1 Qd6 26. Qd3 1-0 FFe Top 16 phase finale 2009
<rybka suggest 19...c5>
1.  (0.88): 20.Nxc6 Bg5+ 21.f4[] Bxf4+ 22.gxf4 Qxc6[] 23.Rhg1 g6 24.Kb1 Re8 25.Qd3 Qa4 26.Rge1 Be6 27.Qd4 Qb5 28.Qb4 Qc6 29.h4
2.  (0.45): 20.Rhe1 Re8
3. (0.29): 20.Qd3 g6
<Svidler improved his position strongly after the exchange in the 20th move,with a strong pawn chain on the Queen side and strong control of the center,further exchange of pieces will still be in his favor, considering the Queen side pawn chain> Final position
FFe Top 16 phase finale 2009
click for larger view1.  (2.32): 26...Qe7 27.Rf4
2. (2.48): 26...Qa3+ 27.Kb1 Rc8
3. (2.48): 26...Rf8 27.Rf4 Qa3+ 28.Kb1[] Qc5 29.Rxd4 f4 30.Kb2 Qxg5 31.Rd8 Qf6+ 32.Qd4 Rxd8 33.Qxf6 |
|
Jun-17-09
 |
| wordfunph: Happy Birthday GM Peter Svidler....four-time Russia's Champion! |
|
| Jun-17-09 |
| WhiteRook48: Happy birthday!! |
|
| Jul-29-09 |
| myschkin: . . .
http://www.psvidler.net/ |
|
| Aug-21-09 |
| DCP23: <wordfunph: Happy Birthday GM Peter Svidler....four-time Russia's Champion!> 5-time: 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2008. |
|
| Aug-21-09 |
| MaxxLange: hbd!!
I admire your play very much, Mr Svidler. |
|
| Oct-11-09 |
| WarrenHam: That win over Motylev was great! In no time the 3 pieces were directed towards the black king, like the "raptors" in Spielberg's movie. Isn't Motylev a friend and occasional helper of Svidler? |
|
| Nov-08-09 |
| coolthing76: I like how humble <Svidler> is. Back in 2002 I was in Dubai to watch the FIDE Grandprix. It's not so often when the top players in the world come to the middle east. So I went there the 2nd day. I guess <Svidler> was already eliminated in the 1st round. I knew his name and saw some of his games but never saw a picture of him. So I was watching and the games and he came stood next to me and asked me about who won some of the games and I answered him. He wasn't wearing a suit like most other grandmasters, just a t-shirt, a jeans and pair of slippers!
Later I knew it was him. I wish I knew before I would asked him for a picture like I did with other players. Mind you, you can never tell this guy is Russian from his English accent. |
|
| Nov-09-09 |
| KamikazeAttack: Peter is an anglophile, cricket mad and very articulate in English. He comes across as unassuming and very amiable. |
|
 |
|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 29 OF 29 ·
Later Kibitzing > |
