Hungarian chess grandmaster Peter Leko (Lékó Péter in Hungarian) was born on 8 September 1979 in Subotica (in former Yugoslavia, now Serbia). He was one year old when they moved to Szeged, Hungary. His peak World Ranking was 4th (April 2003). His current rating is 2705 (April 2016).

He played World Championship match in the 2004 cycle for the first time (it was the PCA classical championship). After several postponements the match against Vladimir Kramnik was held from 25 September to 18 October 2004. Leko tied to 7-7 thus Kramnik could defend his World Championship title.

Between 1994 and 2014 he participated in eight Chess Olympiads representing Hungary. He won two team silver medals in 1994 and 2014 and won individual gold in 2008.

Interesting facts:

He has been married since September 2000 to Sofia Petrosian, daughter of Armenian Grandmaster Arshak Petrosian.

His merits:

Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Knight’s Cross, civilian, in 2002 for his victory in the 2002 Candidates Tournament

Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Knight’s Cross 2003

Hungarian chess player of the year in 1996, 1998-2008, 2011, 2012