Peter Leko
Peter Leko (Hungarian: Lékó Péter; born September 8, 1979) is a Hungarian chess player and commentator. He became the world's youngest grandmaster in 1994. He narrowly missed winning the Classical World Chess Championship 2004: the match was drawn 7–7 and so Vladimir Kramnik retained the title. He also came fifth in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 and fourth in the World Chess Championship 2007.
| Peter Leko | |
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Leko in 2013 | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Born | September 8, 1979 Subotica, Vojvodina, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Title | Grandmaster (1994) |
| FIDE rating | 2666 (February 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2763 (April 2005) |
| Ranking | No. 67 (February 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 4 (April 2003) |
Leko has achieved victories in many major chess tournaments, including the annual tournaments at Dortmund, Linares, Wijk aan Zee and the Tal Memorial in Moscow. He won two team silver medals and an individual gold medal representing Hungary at eight Chess Olympiads as well as team bronze and silver and an individual silver medal at three European Team Championships.
Leko has been ranked as high as fourth in the FIDE world rankings, which he first achieved in April 2003.