Peter Leko

Peter Leko (Hungarian: Lékó Péter; born 8 September 1979) in Subotica, Yugoslavia is the leading Hungarian chess grandmaster.

Peter Leko
Full name	Péter Lékó
Country	Hungary
Born	(1979-09-08) September 8, 1979 (age 45) Subotica, Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2735 (#19 in the January 2013 FIDE world rankings)
Peak rating	2763 (April 2005)

He became a grandmaster in 1994 at the age of 14 years (a world record at the time). He was the challenger in the Classical World Championship 2004 against Vladimir Kramnik. He tied with Kramnik 7-7, so Kramnik kept his title.^[1] Leko's best world ranking was fourth, first achieved in April 2003.