Peter Leko

Peter Leko is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and commentator, born in 1979, who became the youngest grandmaster in the world in 1994. He narrowly missed winning the Classical World Chess Championship in 2004, when his match with Vladimir Kramnik was drawn seven points to seven and Kramnik kept the title. He also came fifth in the FIDE World Chess Championship of 2005 and fourth in the World Chess Championship of 2007. He won major tournaments at Dortmund, Linares, Wijk aan Zee and the Tal Memorial in Moscow, took team silver medals and an individual gold at the Chess Olympiad for Hungary, and has been ranked as high as fourth in the world.