Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te tukinga a Svidler i te Ipu o te Ao (he huihuinga tere tere) me te Eurotel Knockout, i whakaputaina he reta tuwhera me te hainatanga a Svidler e whakahe ana i te "Whakaaetanga Prague" i whakahehia ai "ko te nuinga o nga tohunga tuuturu o te kaitakaro ka kore e whai waahi ki te whai waahi ki te Whakataetae o te Ao tae noa ki te 2005" me te karanga mo te whakatu i tetahi Komiti o nga Kaiwhakaako Nui i whakaritea i mua. Katahi ka whakataetae ia i te Moscow (tere) Grand Prix, i tohaina ki te tuarua i te Ordix Open, i wikitoria i te waahanga Chess960 me te wikitoria i te tukinga takirua takirua ki a Junior 7 me Eckhard Freise, me te tuatoru i te Moscow Blitz Championship. I roto i te "Match of the New Century" i waenga i a Russia me te Roto o te Ao i eke ia ki te 5/9, i ngaro ia ki a Anand me Teimour Radjabov, I riro ia i te whakataetae Moscow-Saint Petersburg i mua i te whakataetae i te whakataetae o te Ao.
Chess Olympiad scoring 6/9 mō te koura rōpū. I rite ia mo te tuarua, he hawhe tohu i muri o Igor Khenkin, i Santo Domingo i te marama o Tihema me te 7/9.