What is Peter Leko?
{{Infobox chess player |playername = Peter Leko |image= Peter Leko 06 08 2006.jpg |image_size=250px |caption= |birthname = Péter Lékó |country = {{HUN}} |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|9|8}} |birth_place = [[Subotica]], [[Yugoslavia]] (now [[Serbia]]) |death_date = |death_place = |title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] |worldchampion = |womensworldchampion = |rating = 2735 <br /><small>(#19 in the January 2013 [[FIDE]] world rankings)</small> |peakrating = 2763 (April 2005) }}'''Peter Leko''' ({{lang-hu|Lékó Péter}}; born 8 September 1979) in [[Subotica]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] is the leading [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]. He became a grandmaster in 1994 at the age of 14 years (a world record at the time). He was the challenger in the [[List of World Chess Champions#Classical world champions 1993–2006|Classical World Championship 2004]] against [[Vladimir Kramnik]]. He tied with Kramnik 7-7, so Kramnik kept his title.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kramnik - Leko Classical World Championship Match (2004)|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=41138|access-date=2021-02-18|website=www.chessgames.com}}</ref> Leko's best world ranking was fourth, first achieved in April 2003. == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leko, Peter}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Hungarian chess players]] [[Category:Chess grandmasters]]