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Peter Leko

1979 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Leko is the 113th most popular chess player (up from 265th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 422nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Serbian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Peter Leko ranks 113 out of 461. Before him are Jacques Mieses, André Chéron, Veselin Topalov, Philipp Stamma, Grigory Levenfish, and Vasja Pirc. After him are Erich Eliskases, Oscar Panno, Ernst Grünfeld, Igor Bondarevsky, Eugenio Torre, and Wolfgang Uhlmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Peter Leko ranks 76. Before him are Maggie Q, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, Adam Brody, Adam Levine, Mýa, and Rob Bourdon. After him are Jennifer Carpenter, Kristanna Loken, JoAnna Garcia, Dan Balan, Ali Carter, and Barry Jenkins.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Peter Leko ranks 208 out of 661. Before him are Mateja Kežman (1979), Mika Antić (1932), Dragana Mirković (1968), Milovan Glišić (1847), Želimir Žilnik (1942), and Goran Paskaljević (1947). After him are Zoran Lilić (1953), Mirjana Karanović (1957), Mihailo Petrović (1868), Đorđe Vujadinović (1909), Jovan Sterija Popović (1806), and Lazar Ristovski (1952).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Serbia

Among chess players born in Serbia, Peter Leko ranks 4. Before him are Borislav Ivkov (1933), Svetozar Gligorić (1923), and Ljubomir Ljubojević (1950). After him are Boris Kostić (1887), Boško Abramović (1951), Milunka Lazarević (1932), Aleksandar Matanović (1930), and Andrija Fuderer (1931).

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