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2763 -lrb- april 2005 -rrb- hungary subotica , yugoslavia -lrb- now serbia -rrb- -lrb- rankings -rrb- no. 33 in the august 2015 fide world grandmaster 703303 8 september 1979 peter leko peterleko13a.jpg peter leko
 peter leko
peter leko

peter leko -lrb- ; -rrb- ; born september 8 , 1979 in subotica , yugoslavia -rrb- is a hungarian chess grandmaster .
he became the world 's youngest grandmaster in 1994 .
a two-time world championship candidate , he challenged vladimir kramnik in the classical world chess championship 2004 and drew the match 7 -- 7 , with kramnik retaining the title .
leko has achieved victories in many major chess tournaments , including the annual tournaments at dortmund , linares , wijk aan zee and the tal memorial in moscow .
he won two team silver medals and an individual gold medal representing hungary at eight chess olympiads as well as team bronze and silver and an individual silver medal at three european team championships .
leko has been ranked as high as fourth in the fide world rankings , which he first achieved in april 2003 .
he is married to sofia petrosian , daughter of armenian grandmaster arshak petrosian who is also leko 's trainer .
