Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Svidler gụsịrị na World Cup (ihe omume ngwa ngwa) na Eurotel Knockout, e bipụtara akwụkwọ ozi mepere emepe na mbinye aka Svidler na-akatọ "Nkwekọrịta Prague" a na-atụ aro nke ọ na-arụ ụka na "ọtụtụ n'ime ndị ọkachamara chess kachasị elu agaghị enwe ohere isonye na World Championship ruo 2005" ma kpọọ maka nguzobe nke Kọmitii Grandmasters dị ka e kwenyere na mbụ. Mgbe ahụ, ọ gbara asọmpi na Moscow (ngwa ngwa) Grand Prix, jikọtara ya na nke abụọ na Ordix Open, merie ngalaba Chess960 wee merie egwuregwu egwuregwu abụọ megide Junior 7 na Eckhard Freise, ma jikọta ya na nke atọ na Moscow Blitz Championship. Na "Egwuregwu nke Narị Afọ Ọhụrụ" n'etiti Russia na Ndị ọzọ nke World ọ gbatara 5/9, na-efunahụ Anand na Teimour Radjabov, O were egwuregwu Moscow-Saint Petersburg tupu asọmpi na
Chess Olympiad na-enweta 6/9 maka ọla edo otu. O jikọtara na nke abụọ, ọkara isi n'azụ Igor Khenkin, na Santo Domingo na Disemba na 7/9.