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Leko, Peter

modern era

Peter Leko was the first Hungarian prodigy to reach the world elite, becoming a grandmaster at just 14. He challenged Vladimir Kramnik for the Classical World Championship in 2004, drawing the match 7-7 in a tense battle where Kramnik retained his title only by winning the dramatic final game.

Total Games

2696

Wins

692

Draws

1579

Losses

425

25.7% wins58.6% draws15.8% losses

Most Played Openings

E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation122B90 - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation107C42 - Petrov's Defense79B33 - Sicilian Defense: Open72C88 - Ruy Lopez: Closed64C67 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Berlin Wall57C65 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense55B12 - Caro-Kann Defense45E32 - Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation44E06 - Catalan Opening: Closed43

Most Faced Opponents

Kramnik,V106 gamesIvanchuk,V88 gamesAnand,V83 gamesGelfand,B76 gamesMorozevich,A71 gamesTopalov,V55 gamesSvidler,P45 gamesCarlsen,M41 gamesAronian,L41 gamesGrischuk,A38 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
0-1

Kramnik,V vs Leko,P

WCh

2004

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FCGFCG
1-0

Leko, Peter vs Mastrovasilis, Athanasios

Wch U14

1993

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FCGFCG
0-1

Baklan, Vladimir vs Leko, Peter

Wch U16

1994

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FCGFCG
0-1

Topalov, Veselin vs Leko, Peter

Tilburg Fontys

1998

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FCGFCG
0-1

Leko,P vs Svidler,P

Amber Blindfold

2005

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FCGFCG
0-1

Morozevich,A vs Leko,P

Tal Memorial Blitz 2014

2014

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FCGFCG
1-0

Leko,P vs Kramnik,V

WCh

2004

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FCGFCG
0-1

Baklan, Vladimir vs Leko, Peter

Wch U14

1992

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FCGFCG
1-0

Topalov,V vs Leko,P

Amber Blindfold

2005

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FCGFCG
0-1

Leko, Peter vs Gelfand, Boris

Dortmund

1996

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Games (2696)

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Stajcic, Nikola vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
Kecskemet GM 1991 A48
Borriss, Martin vs Leko, Peter
1-0
Kecskemet GM 1991 B63
Leko, Peter vs Ivanov, Oleg
1/2-1/2
Kecskemet GM 1991 C08
Leko, Peter vs Arkhipov, Sergey
1-0
Nettetal 1991 C06
Waqar, Mohamed vs Leko, Peter
0-1
Lloyds Bank op 1991 B63
Leko, Peter vs Backwinkel, Paul
1-0
Nettetal 1991 B33
Steffens, Georg vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
Nettetal 1991 D85
Leko, Peter vs Weindl, Alfred
1-0
Kecskemet GM 1991 B61
Arkhipov, Sergey vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
Kecskemet GM 1991 D85
Schneider, B. vs Leko, Peter
1-0
Nettetal 1991 D01
Leko, Peter vs Klaric, Zlatko
1-0
Kecskemet GM 1991 C61
Malaniuk, Vladimir P vs Leko, Peter
0-1
Kecskemet GM 1991 A48
Leko, Peter vs Tratar, Marko
1-0
Kecskemet GM 1991 B82
Leko, Peter vs Bozzo, Rodolfo
1-0
Lloyds Bank op 1991 B82
Leko, Peter vs Hracek, Zbynek
0-1
Kecskemet GM 1991 B82
Stebbings, Anthony vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
Lloyds Bank op 1991 D93
Leko, Peter vs Palac, Mladen
1/2-1/2
Kecskemet GM 1991 B82
Holzke, Frank vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
Nettetal 1991 D97
Leko, Peter vs Blatny, Pavel
0-1
Kecskemet GM 1991 C45
Leko, Peter vs Janetschek, Karl
1/2-1/2
AUT-chT 1991 B33
Siklosi, Zoltan vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
Nettetal 1991 A48
Leko, Peter vs Shabalov, Alexander
1/2-1/2
Lloyds Bank op 1991 B82
Leko, Peter vs Wirth, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2
Nuremberg op 1990 B88
Leko, Peter vs Alawieh, Amine
0-1
Paris-ch 1990 C41
Leko, Peter vs Pytel, Krzysztof
0-1
St Ingbert op 1990 B15
Leko, Peter vs Grunberg, Sergiu Henric
0-1
Spring op 1990 B02
Gretzer, M. vs Leko, Peter
0-1
Nuremberg op 1990 D85
Kusic, B. vs Leko, Peter
1-0
Nuremberg op 1990 D94
Gorgievski, Stojan vs Leko, Peter
0-1
Paris-ch 1990 A04
Dimitrov, Vladimir vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
St Ingbert op 1990 B57
Johann, Stefan vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
St Ingbert op 1990 D93
Hoefer, Ulrich vs Leko, Peter
0-1
St Ingbert op 1990 D85
Brionne, Thierry vs Leko, Peter
0-1
Paris-ch 1990 D87
Leko, Peter vs Labarthe, Arnaud
1-0
Paris-ch 1990 B01
Schmidt, Rainer vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
St Ingbert op 1990 D85
Leko, Peter vs Souche, Thierry
1-0
Paris-ch 1990 C41
Leko, Peter vs Meiser, Markus
1-0
St Ingbert op 1990 B07
Guthmann, Andreas vs Leko, Peter
0-1
St Ingbert op 1990 D91
Leko, Peter vs Von Alvensleben, Wolfram
1-0
Spring op 1990 B12
Koschka, Guenther vs Leko, Peter
0-1
Nuremberg op 1990 B54
Indjic, Dusan vs Leko, Peter
0-1
Werfen op 1989 D91
Hanel, Reinhard vs Leko, Peter
1-0
Werfen op 1989 A26
Leko, Peter vs Rotstein, Arkadij
0-1
Werfen op 1989 B26
Leko, Peter vs Heckel, W.
1-0
Nuremberg op 1989 B40
Seyb, Dieter vs Leko, Peter
1/2-1/2
Nuremberg op 1989 B22
Leko, Peter vs Jahr, Ulrich
0-1
Nuremberg op 1989 C08
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