Péter Lékó

Péter Lékó (born September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). There are 114 days remaining. Events 1331 - Stefan Dusan declares himself king of Serbia 1380 - Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitrii Ivanovich defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance. 1449... September 8, 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January January 1 - United States and the Peoples Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 - State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. January 7 - Vietnam and Vietnam... 1979 in Subotica (Суботица, Hungarian: Szabadka, German: Mariatheresiopel) is a city in northern Serbia and Montenegro, in the autonomous region of Vojvodina of the Republic of Serbia. It is located at 46.07° North, 19.68° East, about 10 km from the border with Hungary... Subotica) is a The Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság) or Hungary (Magyarország) is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars. National motto: (none current) historical: Regnum... Hungarian For other meanings, see Chess (disambiguation). From left, a white king, black rook and queen, white pawn, black knight, and white bishop. Chess (from the Persian word Shah) is a board game and mental sport for two players. It is played on a square board of 8 rows (called ranks... chess player. He became a grandmaster in 1994 at the age of 14 years (a world record at the time). In the April 2005 The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. It is usually referred to as FIDE (pronounced fee day), its French acronym. FIDE was founded in Paris, France on July 24... FIDE list, he has an The ELO rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. It was originally invented as an improved chess rating system. ELO is often written in capital letters, but is not an acronym. It is the family... ELO rating of 2763, making him number four in the world, and Hungary's number one.

In 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millenium. Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction. 2001 is also the year... 2001, Lékó narrowly defeated Grandmaster Michael Adams (born November 17, 1971) is a British chess player. On the January 2005 FIDE rating list he is number seven in the world with an Elo rating of 2741, making him the English number one. Adams won the British Championship in 1989 at the age of 17. He... Michael Adams in an eight game Fischer Random Chess (also called Chess 960, Fischerandom chess, FR chess, or FRC) is a chess variant created by Grandmaster Bobby Fischer (who was world chess champion from 1972 until 1975). It was originally announced on June 19, 1996, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fischers goal was to create a... Fischer Random Chess (Chess960) match played as part of the Mainz Chess Classic. As a result, Lékó was hailed by many as the first Fischer Random Chess world champion. This claim is not universally accepted, since there were no open qualifying matches. Many do accept the claim, however, since this was also true of the first orthodox world chess champion titleholders, and both players were in the top five in the January 2001 world rankings for orthodox chess.

Lékó won the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting in 2002, the The annual Linares chess tournament takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain in which it is held. Its importance is such that it is sometimes described as the Wimbledon of chess. It is perenially one of the strongest annual tournaments held... Linares tournament in 2003 (tied with Vladimir Kramnik (Владимир Крамник), born June 25, 1975, is a Russian chess player. In 2000, he beat Garry Kasparov in a 16 game match played in London. In the eyes of the participants and many observers, this... Vladimir Kramnik) and the The Corus chess tournament takes place every year in a small town Wijk aan Zee in the province North Holland of the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens tournament before the Dutch steel and aluminium producer Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel into the Corus group (2000 was the first... Corus tournament in 2005.

Under the terms of the so-called "Prague Agreement", masterminded by Yasser Seirawan (born March 24, 1960) is a chess grandmaster and 4-time US-champion. He was winner of the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. He was born in Damascus, Syria. When he was seven his family emigrated to Seattle (USA). He is married to Yvette Nagel, daughter of... Yasser Seirawan, and intended to unite the two The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (left) and Garry Kasparov (right). The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game, chess. As of early 2005, there was no consensus on who owns the title. Vladimir Kramnik is considered by many to... World Chess Championships, Lékó's 2002 win at Dortmund qualified him to play a match against Vladimir Kramnik (Владимир Крамник), born June 25, 1975, is a Russian chess player. In 2000, he beat Garry Kasparov in a 16 game match played in London. In the eyes of the participants and many observers, this... Vladimir Kramnik. It was intended that the winner of this match would play the winner of a match between Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Гарри Кимович Каспаров) (born April 13, 1963) is a chess grandmaster and the strongest chess player in the world. He is highest rated on the FIDE January 2005 list at... Garry Kasparov and the The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. It is usually referred to as FIDE (pronounced fee day), its French acronym. FIDE was founded in Paris, France on July 24, 1924. Its motto... FIDE World Chess Champion (first Ruslan Ponomariov (Русла́н Пономарёв) (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian chess player. Ponomariov was born in Gorlovka in Ukraine. In 1994 he came third in the World Under-12 Championship at the age of ten... Ruslan Ponomariov, then Rustam Kasimdzhanov stares at Michael Adams as they begin to play their championship match Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born December 5, 1979) is a chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan, and the current FIDE world champion. In the Uzbek language, which officially uses Latin script since 1992, his name is written Qosimjonov. His best... Rustam Kasimdzhanov) to decide the undisputed world champion. After several delays, the match was held from September 25-October 18, 2004. It ended in a 7-7 tie, which entitled Kramnik to remain the reigning "classical" world champion.

External link

• Lékó's games at muljadi.org (http://www.muljadi.org/Leko.htm)