Alexander Grischuk
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Date of birth: October 31, 1983
Current FIDE rating: 2717
Current position in FIDE list: 16
Highest FIDE rating: 2732
Highest position in the list: 6th place (July, 2003)
Most important achievements:
2000: World Chess Championship in New Delhi, he got to the semifinal (he lost against Shirov)
2004: Russian Championship Finalist; there he lost to Kasparov.
2006: He won the Quick Chess World Championship in Rishon Lezion, Israel
Latest results in 2007:
Tal Memorial, Moscow (2006): 6th place, 4.5 out of 9
Quick Chess Calatrava Festival: 7th place
He qualifies for the World Chess Championship in Mexico by defeating Malakhov and Rublevsky
Information from the official website.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
his real elo , on july, was 2726 (with -1.4 for october)
Dario P.
Nobody is talking of Grischuk and of Svidler as possible winners of World title. However they can surprise us all and take the whole cash box as the proverb says ( in Hebrew at least there is a proverb like this).