Péter Lékó (b. September 8, 1979 in Subotica, Serbia and Montenegro) is a Hungarian chess player. He became a grandmaster in 1994 at the age of 14 years (a world record at the time). In the October 2005 FIDE list, he has an ELO rating of 2751, making him number four in the world, and Hungary's number one. He is considered to be one of the most important opening theorists in the professional circuit [1]. September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search This page refers to the year 1979. ... Subotica city hall Subotica (Serbian: Суботица or Subotica, Hungarian: Szabadka, Croatian: Subotica, German: Mariatheresiopel) is a city and municipality in northern Serbia and Montenegro, in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. ... A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search The ELO rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ...

Under the terms of the so-called "Prague Agreement", masterminded by Yasser Seirawan, and intended to unite the two World Chess Championships, Lékó's 2002 win at Dortmund qualified him to play a match against Vladimir Kramnik. It was intended that the winner of this match would play the winner of a match between Garry Kasparov and the FIDE World Chess Champion (first Ruslan Ponomariov, then 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. Yasser Seirawan Yasser Seirawan (born March 24, 1960) is a chess grandmaster and 4-time US-champion. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (right) and Garry Kasparov (left). ... Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik (Владимир Крамник), born June 25, 1975, is a Russian chess player. ... Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (, pronounced with stress falling on the second syllable: kas-PA-rov) (born April 13, 1963) is a chess grandmaster and one of the strongest chess players in history. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Руслан Пономарьов; Russian: Русла́н Пономарёв) (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian chess player. ... Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Rustam Qosimjonov in Uzbek, born December 5, 1979) is a chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan. ...

In 2001, Lékó narrowly defeated Grandmaster Michael Adams in an eight game 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. Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search Michael Adams was born on October 17, 1971 in Truro, England. ... One of 960 possible starting positions (#177). ...

In September-October 2004, Lékó played and drew (+2 -2 =10) a match against Vladimir Kramnik in Brissago, Switzerland for the World Chess Championship. Since the match was a draw, Kramnik retained the title. Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik (Владимир Крамник), born June 25, 1975, is a Russian chess player. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (right) and Garry Kasparov (left). ...

In October 2005, Lékó played for the FIDE World Chess Championship title in San Luis, Argentina, along with other notable players such as Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov, and was ranked 5th with 6.5 points. For more information, see FIDE World Chess Championship 2005. Jump to: navigation, search The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (right) and Garry Kasparov (left). ... San Luis is a city in Argentina and is the capital of San Luis Province. ... Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan Anand (pronounced ViswahnÉ™hthÉ™n AhnÉ™nd) (born December 11, 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. ... Jump to: navigation, search Veselin Topalov Veselin Topalov (Bulgarian: ; born Ruse, Bulgaria, March 15, 1975) is a Bulgarian chess player. ... Jump to: navigation, search The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. ...

Notable accomplishments

• 2005: 1st Corus chess tournament
• 2004: Drew title match (+2 -2 =10) versus Vladimir Kramnik
• 2004: 2nd Linares chess tournament (Cat 20)
• 2004: 2nd Wijk aan Zee (Cat 19)
• 2003: 2nd Monaco
• 2003: 1st Linares (Cat 20)
• 2002: 1st Candidates Tournanent at Dortmund chess tournament

  Won the right to challenge Vladimir Kramnik for the World Chess Championship

• 2002: 2nd place at Essen (Cat.17)
• 2002: 3rd place at Monaco
• 2002: 1st Rapid Grand Prix at Dubai
• 2001: 1st Rapid Master Event in Nordhorn (Germany)
• 2001: 3rd Dortmund (Cat. 21)
• 2001: Defeated Michael Adams in a Fischer Random Chess match, Mainz, Germany
• 2000: Defeated Alexander Khalifman in match play, Budapest
• 1999: 1st Dortmund (Cat. 19)
• 1999: 1st the Rapid Grand Prix in Bordeaux (France)
• 1998: 2nd place at Tilburg (Cat. 18)
• 1996: 1st World Junior Chess Championship U16
• 1995: 3rd Dortmund (Cat. 17)

  At the age of 15

• 1994: Awarded International Grandmaster title

  At then-record age of 14 years old

• 1992: Awarded International Master title

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Sample game

In this position after move 26 in the 2005 Corus tournament game between Viswanathan Anand and Peter Leko, Leko (Black) punishes Anand's erroneous 26th move with a strong combination.

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Algebraic chess notation is the method used today by all competition chess organizations and most books, magazines, and newspapers to record and describe the play of chess games. ...

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 d5 21. Ra6 f4 22. Nc2 Bc8 23. Ra8 Qd6 24. Nb4 Bb7 25. Ra7 d4 26. Ba6? (Better is 26. Bc6 Bxc6 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Nxc6 with approximate equality. See diagram) Bxg2! 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28. Ra6 Qc5 29. Kxg2 f3+ 30. Kh1 Qxc4 31. Rc6 Qb5 32. Rd6 e4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. Qxd4+ Qe5 35. Qxe5+ Rxe5 36. Nc2 Rb8 37. Ne3 Rc5 38. h3 Rxb2 39. c4 Rg5 40. Kh2 Kg8 41. h4 Rg6 42. Kh3 Kf7 43. Nf5 Rc2 44. Ne3 Rd2 45. c5 Ke6 46. c6 Rg8 47. c7 Rc8 48. Kg3 Rxc7 49. Kf4 Rd4 50. Ra1 Rf7+ 51. Kg3 Rd8 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Ng4+ Kd5 54. Nf6+ Rxf6 55. Rxf6 Ke5 56. Rh6 Rg8+ 57. Kh3 e3 0-1

Brissago Championship Match, Game 8, Kramnik-Lékó

This is the position after move 25...Qd3! in game 8 of the Brissago match.

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Nd2 Bf5 18.f3 Nf6 19.Re1 Rae8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.a4 Qg6 22.axb5 Bd3 23.Qf2 Re2 24.Qxe2 Bxe2 25.bxa6 Qd3 26.Kf2 Bxf3 27.Nxf3 Ne4+ 28.Ke1 Nxc3 29.bxc3 Qxc3+ 30.Kf2 Qxa1 31.a7 h6 32.h4 g4 0-1

External links

• Official homepage
• FIDE rating card for Péter Lékó
• Lékó's games at ChessGames.com
• 25 Crucial Positions from His Games
• Classical World Championship 2004