 Complete the following phrase:  Svidler placed tenth on tiebreak at the World Blitz Cup with 16.522 in January 2000, came third on tiebreak at the Wydra Rapidplay with 914, before being beaten by Jeroen Piket 1.5-0.5 in the semi-final of the Kasparovchess Grand Prix. he came third at the Ordix Open with 11.515, scored 1516 in a simul in Mainz and shared first scoring 6.59 with Mikhail Gurevich at Julys North Sea Open, Svidler dominated at Biel Chess Festival, finishing two points ahead of joint runners-up Loek van Wely and Ruslan Ponomariov, followed by Boris Gelfand, before his form collapsed with 3.59 at Polanica Zdroj, Rubinstein Memorial in August Gelfand won. After tying for second place in the C group of the preliminary stage of the 1st FIDE World Cup, held in Shenyang, Svidler was eliminated after losing a sudden death tiebreak game against Movsesian. He won the Abihome rapid with 9.510 in October, before joining Kramniks team facing Kasparov at the 