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Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер; Pyotr Svidler, born June 17, 1976 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess player. In the January 2005 FIDE rating list, he has an ELO rating of 2735, making him number eight in the world.
Peter Svidler learned to play chess when he was six years old. He became Grandmaster in 1994. He is four-time Russian champion (1994, 1995, 1997, 2003). In 2001, he reached the semifinals of the FIDE World Championship.
Andrei Lukin is his coach.
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