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Péter Lékó is a Hungarian chess player born in Subotica on September 8, 1979. He holds the titles of Grandmaster, International Master, and FIDE Master. Lékó has represented Hungary in the sport and participated in the 31st, 32nd, 34th, and 35th Chess Olympiads.
His career includes an Elo rating of 2763 and a ranking of 73. Lékó speaks Hungarian.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1979-09-08 ) September 8, 1979 (age 46) , Subotica , Yugoslavia
- Country
- Hungary
- Title
- Grandmaster (1994)
- Fide rating
- 2676 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2763 (April 2005)
- Ranking
- No. 45 (June 2026)
- Peak ranking
- No. 4 (April 2003)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Péter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Subotica
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Participant in
- 41st Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Hungary
- Official website
- lekochess.com_OUTDATED_INVALID
- Image
- PeterLeko19.jpg
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- Commons category
- Péter Lékó
- date of birth
- 1979-09-08
- title of chess person
- FIDE Master
- name in native language
- Lékó Péter
- Elo rating
- 2666
- ranking
- 73
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Leko (Hungarian: Lékó Péter; born September 8, 1979) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster 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.
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.
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