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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...
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    players Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Levon Aronian, Peter Leko, and Vasyl Ivanchuk. Despite being rated significantly...
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    Brissago, Switzerland. Vladimir Kramnik, the defending champion, played Peter Leko, the challenger, in a fourteen-game match. The match ended 7–7, each player...
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    Classical World Chess Champion. He defended his title in 2004 against Peter Leko, and defeated the reigning FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov in a unification...
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    tournament was won by the 17-year-old Peter Leko, one of the two grandmasters participating in the event. Leko, who was born in the nearby town of Subotica...
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  • Kc6 If 18.Ka4?, 18...Bc4 and 19...b5#. 18... Bb7+ ½–½ Leko vs. Kramnik, 2008 In the game Peter Leko–Vladimir Kramnik, Corus 2008, Black was able to obtain...
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    2016. In October and November 2002, Polgár played on second board (with Péter Lékó on first) for Hungary in the 35th Chess Olympiad. While not having the...
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    U-18), Matthew Sadler (silver, U-16), Vladimir Kramnik (silver, U-14), Peter Leko (bronze, U-10). In the girls events, Tea Lanchava took silver in the U-16...
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    and 1999, he also stayed at the house of young Hungarian grandmaster Peter Leko. From 2000 to 2002, Fischer lived in Baguio in the Philippines, residing...
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    five highest rated players (average of July 2004 and January 2005 ratings): Leko, Adams, Polgar, Shirov and Bacrot. The remaining ten places went to the highest...
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     Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2732  Michael Adams (ENG), 2725  Peter Svidler (RUS), 2723  Peter Leko (HUN), 2722  Judit Polgár (HUN), 2722  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)...
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    Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, and his most recent challenger, Péter Lékó; The next four top-rated players, from the average of the July 2004 and...
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    would go on to play the winner of a match between Vladimir Kramnik and Péter Lékó as part of the so-called "Prague Agreement" to reunify the World Chess...
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    in the spring of 1996, and was won by International Grandmaster (GM) Péter Lékó with 9½/11, ahead of GM Stanimir Nikolić with 9 points. 2006–present –...
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    Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik 2001 Garry Kasparov 2002 Garry Kasparov 2003 Peter Leko (with the same score as Vladimir Kramnik; won on tiebreak because of more...
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  • Leko is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ivan Leko (born 1978), Croatian footballer Jerko Leko (born 1980), Croatian footballer Jonathan...
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    months, 1 day 1991 Judit Polgár  Hungary 15 years, 4 months, 28 days 1994 Péter Lékó  Hungary 14 years, 4 months, 22 days 1997 Étienne Bacrot  France 14 years...
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    contributions are from players such as Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Péter Lékó, Judit Polgár, Magnus Carlsen, and Sergey Karjakin. New In Chess also...
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    required for the title of International Master. He has been coached by Peter Leko of Hungary, who was himself once considered "the world's most promising...
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  • skating champion, two-time bronze, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame Péter Lékó (born 1979), chess player Imi Lichtenfeld, boxer and wrestler, developed...
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  • common lines include 4...0-0 5.c3 and 4...d5 5.e3 0-0. Loek Van Wely vs. Peter Leko, 1996 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 0-0 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5...
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  • include Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Loek van Wely, Peter Svidler, Peter Leko, Viswanathan Anand, Luke McShane, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Gata...
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  • (1997–1999), formerly highest-ranked Ukrainian player (2002–2005) 34  Hungary Peter Leko 2763 2005-04 1979 Formerly youngest grandmaster (1994–1997), formerly...
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  • Stefan Leko (born June 3, 1974) is a German heavyweight kickboxer. He is the current WKA Super-Heavyweight world champion in kickboxing, and former Muay...
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  • vs Peter Leko, Classical World Chess Championship 2004, 14th Match Game, Brissago. Needing only a draw to win the World Championship, Peter Leko plays...
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    round, Emanuel Berg in the seventh round, and Peter Leko in the eighth round. He lost to Aronian and Leko, and won against Adams, Korchnoi, and Berg. His...
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    Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler, Sergei Rublevsky  Hungary 37½ Péter Lékó, Judit Polgár, Zoltán Almási, Zoltán Gyimesi, Róbert Ruck, Péter Ács  Armenia 35...
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    Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, 0-1. Joel Lautier vs Peter Leko, Feb-10 , Ubeda 1997, round 5, Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Fianchetto...
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    Karjakin was half a point behind. In the last round, Carlsen drew with Peter Leko, while Karjakin won against Baadur Jobava. Thus, they both finished the...
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    winner of the 2002 Einstein tournament in Dortmund, who turned out to be Péter Lékó. The winners of these matches would then play each other to become undisputed...
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