Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan Svidler ya taka leda a gasar cin kofin duniya (wani gagarumin wasan bugun jini) da Eurotel Knockout, an buga wata wasika mai budewa tare da sa hannun Svidler wanda ke nuna rashin amincewa da shawarar "Yarjejeniyar Prague" wanda ya yi jayayya da cewa "mafi yawan manyan kwararrun 'yan wasan chess ba za su sami damar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ba har zuwa 2005" kuma ya yi kira da a kafa Kwamitin Grandmasters kamar yadda aka amince a baya. Daga nan ya yi gasa a Moscow (saurin) Grand Prix, ya daidaita a matsayi na biyu a Ordix Open, ya lashe sashin Chess960 kuma ya ci wasan wasan biyu na wasan kwaikwayo da Junior 7 da Eckhard Freise, kuma ya daidaita a matsayi na uku a Moscow Blitz Championship. A cikin "Match na Sabuwar Karni" tsakanin Rasha da Sauran Duniya ya ci 5/9, ya yi rashin nasara ga Anand da Teimour Radjabov, Ya ɗauki wasa a Moscow-Saint Petersburg kafin ya yi gasa a gasar cin kofin duniya na duniya.
Wasannin Chess Olympiad suna samun maki 6/9 don zinare na kungiya. Ya yi daidai a matsayi na biyu, rabin maki a bayan Igor Khenkin, a Santo Domingo a watan Disamba tare da 7/9.