Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya ci wasannin sa biyu na karshe don raba nasara a Dortmund da 6/9. A lokacin gasar an tabbatar da cewa darajar Svidler ta tashi sama da 2700 a karon farko zuwa 2710. A watan Yuni ya gama maki daya a bayan Viktor Korchnoi a Bad Homburg tare da 6/9 kuma ya gama na biyu a kan wasan kwaikwayo a gasar zakarun Rasha a bayan Morozevich tare da 7.5/11. Svidler ya jagoranci Rasha zuwa zinare a gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 33
, ya lashe gasar a zagaye na karshe tare da cin nasara 3.5-0.5 na Netherlands, ya tura Amurka zuwa azurfa. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya gama na takwas a Tilburg tare da 5/11, sannan ya zo na uku a Wydra Memorial Rapid, yana bayan Anand da Judit Polgar.