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Hungarian chess player

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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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Péter Lékó
date of birth
1979-09-08
name in native language
Lékó Péter
Elo rating
2666
ranking
73
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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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