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Kramnik was familiar with. Kramnik allowed himself to enter a Rook and Bishop endgame a pawn down but with the likely result a draw. Leko used his pawns to press through the centre. Kramnik believed he could construct a fortress and save a draw but Leko managed to find a way to convert the
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2004 started brightly for Leko with shared second place (8/13) with Adams in Corus, half a point behind Anand and sharing second place (6½/12) with
Kasparov in Linares, half a point behind Kramnik. He competed as part of an Armenia vs Rest of the World match, scoring 4/6 and finished in fourth place
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Leko finished the year at the World Mind Games with tied first in the Rapid section (losing out on head-to-head tiebreak) but tired with a 16th placed 11/30 in the Blitz section. In April 2014, Leko played in the
Russian Team Championships for Malachite scoring 5/7, in July tied for second with 4/7
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commented, "Peter Leko has three essential qualities (that I know about). He has a great opening repertoire, he is a greatly gifted technical player and a very nice guy. If he had a good understanding of dynamics as well, he would have been one of the greatest players of our time (rather than just
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Peter Leko is known for playing in a solid and steady manner, avoiding risks. In his words, "I like to play in a “clean and clear” way, and I am definitely not the type of guy who takes unnecessary risks. I believe much more in the logic of our game rather than gambling on your opponent's nerves."
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held in Eilat, Israel in
October 2012, with a score of 3/6. Leko also took part in the World Mind Games finishing seventh with 3½/7 in the Rapid section and 6½/15 in the Blitz. He placed a strong fifth place at the Tata Steel Chess (formerly Corus) event in January 2013 with 7½/13. In April, he
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Kramnik declined a pawn sacrifice. In game seven, Leko was surprised by an unusual move order in the opening and simplified the position leading to a draw soon after, closing out the first half of the match with the score 3½–3½.
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Under the terms of the Prague
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variation of the Ruy Lopez. Kramnik played a queen sacrifice and continuation which his team had believed via computer analysis to be fine for him. However, Leko exploited a hole in the preparation and by sacrificing material created a decisive advantage.
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and launched a kingside attack in the middlegame while Leko's pieces were on the queenside. Leko managed to liquidate the position to a tense Rook and pawn endgame where Leko's precise defence nullified
Kramnik's advantage, leading to a draw.
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Leko has acted as a second in World
Championship matches (for Anand vs Karpov in Lausanne 1997, for Kramnik vs Anand in Bonn 2008, for Anand vs Carlsen in Chennai 2013) due to his theoretical understanding in the openings phase of the game.
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under pressure after making a blunder in an unbalanced endgame where his Queen was slowly outmanoeuvred by Kramnik's pair of Rooks. Then followed two short draws and a hard-fought draw in Game 4 where Leko over-pressed with Black in a
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In a dramatic final game, with Leko needing only a draw to secure the Championship, Kramnik chose the Advance variation against Leko's Caro-Kann and placed immediate pressure on Leko using a line played during the Tal–Botvinnik
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one game away from being World Champion!)." Despite criticism that his style leads to drawish chess, his consistent style has seen him remain in the elite since he was a teenager and win multiple elite-level tournaments.
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began work with him in 1989, ending three months before Leko became a grandmaster. They later reunited in 1998 until the end of 2000. Leko also worked with International Master Gaspar Mathe when he was ten years old.
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7½/11) a point behind Anand, and a solid result (5/9) in Budapest. At Dortmund, Leko disappointed with 4/10, considered to be due to the difficulties regarding the organising of the match with Kramnik.
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title in 1992. In 1994 he became a Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 4 months and 22 days, at the time the youngest to have done so, breaking the record previously held by
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in which Leko lost the first three games, won the next three and drew out the remaining two, ending the match 4-4. A 4/9 at Dortmund was followed by competing for the FIDE
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from 12–30 September as an 8-player double round robin. Leko finished in fourth place with 7/14 and rounded off the year tying for third place (4½/9) at the Tal Memorial.
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In April 2012, Leko scored 4/6 for Moscow's SHSM-64 team at the Russian Team Championships then came second with 5/7 at Sigeman & Co Tournament, half a point behind
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Leko started 2002 solidly with a sixth-place finish (7/13) at Corus, sharing third place (4½/9) in the NAO Masters held in Cannes and second place (7/9) at Essen behind
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833:, Game 10 saw Leko eventually finding a successful defence to Kramnik's opening advantage. That was enough to persuade Leko to change his opening with Black to the
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which selected two players for the 2011 Candidates Tournament, electing to play in the four later tournaments in the 6-tournament cycle. In
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Leko showed his class in winning at Copenhagen in 1995 with 8 points out of 11 games. Soon after, Leko competed at
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in Moscow. He won two team silver medals and an individual gold medal representing Hungary at eight
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Peter Leko was born into an ethnic Hungarian family in the city of
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Leko also took part in numerous Team Chess Championships, both at
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Anand-Carlsen World Championship match opens in 8000 seat stadium
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1763:"Peter Leko: 'I'm not the kind who takes unnecessary risks...'"
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in the city of Szeged in Hungary. He lost the match +0-2=4.
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where he shared third place (5 points out of 9 games) with
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in a six-game match held in Budapest, which he won 4½-1½.
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Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture
2739:"A Top-10 Player Whose Style Lacks Flash, but Wins Games"
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Eljanov wins final GP, Radjabov qualifies for Candidates
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New York Times (Robert Byrne) Published 10 October 2004
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the Telegraph (Malcolm Pein) Published 8 October 2004
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in September he took several months away from chess.
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Leko Finally Breaks Through With an Opening Surprise
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USCF website (Ian Rogers) Published 13 October 2008
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13-Year-Old Keymer Wins Grenke Open Ahead Of 49 GMs
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2907:Interview ahead of the 2005 [Championship]
2639:Sam Shankland eliminates Peter Leko from World Cup
2255:Kramnik-Leko Anand Kasparov Draw, Leko Takes Title
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2830:A quick pre-match interview with Vladimir Kramnik
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1705:Leko is married to Sofia Petrosian, daughter of
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2519:Miskolc: Carlsen wins the rapid chess match 5-3
2507:Peter Leko wins first ACP World Rapid Chess Cup
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1066:scoring 5/11. After skipping the event held in
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2917:Portrait of a chessplayer - PETER LEKO part 2
2912:Portrait of a chessplayer - PETER LEKO part 1
2675:Beijing GP: Mamedyarov wins, 2847 performance
2629:Chess In Translation published 28 August 2011
2207:Chess Classic Mainz 2001:Fischer Random Chess
356:1½-½ but losing to eventual quarter-finalist
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2665:The Week In Chess Accessed 11 September 2014
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2844:The Week In Chess Published 7 November 2013
2231:Dortmund hosts world championship qualifier
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2107:"Fide Rating List - Archive: January 1998"
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2687:Dortmund Final - Adams emerges victorious
2495:Kramnik wins rapid chess match by 3.5 4.5
2303:Dortmund concludes:Vishy Anand Victorious
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228:, which he first achieved in April 2003.
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2713:, Olimpbase.com Accessed 20 August 2014.
2593:, Chessvibes, Accessed 14 September 2014
1931:"Fide Rating Lists - Archive: July 1995"
1835:"Hungarian Youth, 14, Sets Chess Record"
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2521:, Chessbase, Accessed 10 September 2014
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2209:ChessTigers.org Accessed 25 August 2014
1862:"Chess: Triumph of age over experience"
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1920:Teleschach.de Accessed 24 August 2014
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2423:Game 8: Leko wins to take the lead
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1798:Chessbase Accessed 23 August 2014
1042:In September 2012 he entered the
182:: the match was drawn 7–7 and so
3506:Category:Hungarian chess players
2663:20th Sigeman & Co Malmo 2012
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2770:. Quality Chess. p. 348.
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2569:, Chessbase, 14 September 2014
2315:So what's going to happen now?
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913:World Chess Championship 2007
901:World Chess Championship 2007
352:held in Las Vegas, defeating
192:World Chess Championship 2007
2885:player profile and games at
2856:. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
2567:FIDE Nalchik Grand Prix 2008
2243:Leko is Kramnik's challenger
969:, tie for second place with
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2894:chess games at 365Chess.com
2579:FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix 2008
2555:FIDE Elista Grand Prix 2008
2327:Kramnik vs Leko in jeopardy
1935:FIDE Rating Lists - Archive
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3501:List of chess grandmasters
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38:. This article uses
30:The native form of this
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3547:Hungarian chess players
2766:Aagaard, Jacob (2014).
2459:Leko vs Adams drawn 4-4
2183:"The Week In Chess 227"
2158:"The Week In Chess 191"
2133:"The Week In Chess 209"
2082:"The Week In Chess 152"
2057:"The Week In Chess 139"
2032:"The Week In Chess 133"
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516:Queen's Gambit Declined
2007:"The Week In Chess 96"
1982:"The Week In Chess 92"
1673:Corus chess tournament
1311:5th WTCC, Yerevan 2001
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1108:41st Chess Olympiad
1033:40th Chess Olympiad
987:39th Chess Olympiad
936:38th Chess Olympiad
875:San Luis, Argentina
454:35th Chess Olympiad
362:Alexander Khalifman
226:FIDE world rankings
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1898:The New York Times
1839:The New York Times
1814:The New York Times
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2219:Peace in our time
2187:The Week In Chess
2162:The Week In Chess
2137:The Week In Chess
2086:The Week In Chess
2061:The Week In Chess
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1212:7½/10 (Gold)
1208:Dresden 2008
1186:7½/12 (20th)
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1160:6½/10 (11th)
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1667:Sample game
1368:–Leko, 2005
1325:5½/9 (10th)
1247:Tromso 2014
1199:6/11 (48th)
1173:7/12 (33rd)
1156:Moscow 1994
1110:with 5/10.
1104:Georg Meier
917:Mexico City
485:Switzerland
243:Early years
176:grandmaster
113:Grandmaster
3521:Categories
3499:See also:
3368:Gábor Papp
3358:Gábor Nagy
3304:Peter Leko
3299:Ádám Kozák
3132:Péter Dely
3045:Imre Balog
3000:FIDE title
2988:Hungarian
2898:Peter Leko
2892:Peter Leko
2883:Peter Leko
2869:Peter Leko
2279:Amber 2003
1721:References
1715:vegetarian
1336:5½/9 (5th)
1292:5/9 (13th)
1064:Anish Giri
1035:, held in
1012:, Greece.
433:and faced
165:Lékó Péter
157:Peter Leko
81:1979-09-08
48:Peter Leko
36:Lékó Péter
18:Péter Lékó
3428:Gyula Sax
3363:Gyula Pap
3035:Emil Anka
3015:Péter Ács
2902:Chess.com
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509:Ruy Lopez
392:Chess 960
381:New Delhi
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1037:Istanbul
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249:Subotica
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109:Title
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2194:2015
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