Peter Leko
Chess Player
Chess Grandmaster who is consistently ranked very highly in International competition.
He and his family immigrated to Hungary when he was a child.
He became a chess Grandmaster at the young age of 14 and he won 1st prize board one at 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden in 2008.
As a chess prodigy, he was highly encouraged to play chess by his family.
He tied Vladimir Kramnik in the Classical Chess Championship of 2004.