Artikelnummer
LXLOVPL
Autor
Peter Leko
131 Seiten, kartoniert, Caissa Chess Books, 1. Auflage 2007
Aus der Reihe »The Chess Greats of the World«
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This book contains 50 chess diagrams, each showing a critical position in which a very strong move follows. You can also take part in the interesting chess fights by trying to find the moves in question. The game itself is shown on the page after the diagram. And the chess great whose games you can review is Peter Leko, the most successful Hunarian chess player of our days.
The Career of Peter Leko
Peter Leko was born in 1979 in Szabadka, Vajdasag territory, but was brought up from his childhood in Szeged in Southern HunIt was here, in Geza Maroczy's native town, that he and his family found a home, and some years ago he was elected a honcitizen. He learned to play chess at age seven, and his special talent blossomed out very quickly. His parents did their best to help his development, engaging coaches for him and taking him even to remote countries to play in tournaments there. For years he was living in Kecskemet, a town known for its teeming chess life, where he found excelcoaches and played the first serious tournament games of his life in Caissa Chess Centre. Before long, the wunderkind winning strong adults' tournaments figured on the front-page of the newspapers from Austo South America. In 1994, at the age of fourteen, he was awarded the title InterGrandmaster, breaking herewith Fischer's record.
The young grandmaster became a coninvitee of the strongest tournaments and he moved forward rapidly on the world ranking list. In 1995 he took a sensational 3rd place at the Grandmaster event in Dortand, at age 16, he won the World Champion title in his age group. Then he won Gradmaster events in Copenhagen, Haand Yopal. In 1997 in Tilburg and Madrid he came third, in 1998 in Tilburg second. The next great breakthrough came in 1999, at age 20. In the Category 19 Dortevent he came first ahead of Kramnik, Anand, Adams and Karpov.
In the Hungarian Olympic team he made his debut at the Moscow Olympiad. In Baku he was already the determinant personality of the silver-medalist Hungarian team of the European Championship, whilst at the Bled Chess Olympiad he was the unbeaten top-board player of the silver-medalist Hungateam.
The incredibly quick career did not make the young grandmaster's life one-sided. Once he expressed his views on sports like this: ,,I am almost as fond of taking exercise as playing chess." His favourite completive sports are football and tennis. Besides, his life is filled by music, reading and domesIn 2000 he married the daughter of the captain of the Armenian chess team. By now, Sophie is already a Hungarian citizen, and her father, Arshak Petrosian, is also a frequent visitor in the Szeged home of the Leko family. For many years now the Armenian grandmaster has been the director of Peter's preparations and the leader of the Leko team doing all the professional backwork.
Peter Leko started his march for the world title in 2000. In Budapest in a six-game match he defeated Khalifman, the winner of the Las Vegas World Champiof FIDE, by 4.5-1.5. In January of 2001, he played a 12-game rapid match with Vladimir Kramnik, which he then lost in a great struggle by 7-5. One year later, in Dortmund, he won the Candidates' Tourbecoming the challenger of Kramofficially, too. Their match took place in 2004 in Brissago, Italy. In the beginning Leko wavered but was able to recover from the shock of losing the first game. In the fifth he equalized, and with his splendid win scored in game eight he was in the lead all along until game 14 and needed only half a point to win the world title. But his experiopponent mustered all his strength, and in a dramatic fight won the last game. Thus, with a 7-7 draw, Vladimir Kramnik defended his throne.
But Leko was not left without a world title, either. As far back as 2001, he beat Michael Adams in an eight-game match in Fischer Random Chess, at the Chess Classic tournament in Mainz. It was then that he was awarded - being the first to earn it - the Fischer Random World Chess Champion title.
During the period of the great march for the classic world title the Hungarian grandachieved splendid results in the world's strongest chess events. In 2002, he won the Grand Prix rapid tournament in Dubai, in Essen he came second. In 2003, he finished first in Linares, where his comapproach compelled general admiraFrom January 2004 he soared again. In Wijk aan Zee he finished second behind Anand, undefeated. He was for long in the lead at the Linares super-tournament, too, but his ill-fated loss to Kramnik kept him from repeating his former success. In Janu2005 his old dream was fulfilled when he came first undefeated in Wijk aan Zee ahead of Kramnik, Anand and Topalov. Thus he joined the five players who could win in the three greatest world events: Wijk aan Zee, Linares and Dortmund. In the Fall of 2006 he also came first in the Tal Memorial in Moscow.
On the FIDE ranking list the Hungarian grandmaster can be long since found among the best 10; in the January 2007 list he was ranked 6th with his 2749 Elo-points. Chess competitors seldom receive high state awards, but Peter Leko is an exception even in this. The President of the Hungarian Rerewarded him, as the best native chess player, with the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of the Republic.
Leko made a good start in the year 2007, too. He won in Odessa, at the first rapid World Cup of PCA. In the knock-out system event, to get among the best eight he won against Sokolov, beat Rubevsky 2-0, and then, in the 'sudden death' game against Gelfand, he succeeded in fighting his way to qualifying for the final. There he faced Ivanchuk of Ukraine, with whom, after three draws, he won the fourth game and with it the tournament, too.
In the years past, in Miskolc, a city in Northern Hungary, Leko started a series of rapid match-tournaments exciting keen inIn the first match in 2005, against Adams of England, he equalized with a stormy finish. In the end, after further excitgames, their duel resulted in a 4-4 draw. His next opponent in 2006 was ex World Champion Karpov, whom he defeated by 4.5-3.5. And in 2007, Peter Leko's opponent will be none other than Vladimir Kramnik. At the time of the agreement about the match in Miskolc the organizers could not yet know that Kramnik would acquire the overall world title by beating Topalov. And Leko, for his part, started this year by winthe rapid World Cup. So the rapid match organized in April 2007 in Miskolc promises to be one of the highest-ranking chess encounters of the year.
The Career of Peter Leko
Peter Leko was born in 1979 in Szabadka, Vajdasag territory, but was brought up from his childhood in Szeged in Southern HunIt was here, in Geza Maroczy's native town, that he and his family found a home, and some years ago he was elected a honcitizen. He learned to play chess at age seven, and his special talent blossomed out very quickly. His parents did their best to help his development, engaging coaches for him and taking him even to remote countries to play in tournaments there. For years he was living in Kecskemet, a town known for its teeming chess life, where he found excelcoaches and played the first serious tournament games of his life in Caissa Chess Centre. Before long, the wunderkind winning strong adults' tournaments figured on the front-page of the newspapers from Austo South America. In 1994, at the age of fourteen, he was awarded the title InterGrandmaster, breaking herewith Fischer's record.
The young grandmaster became a coninvitee of the strongest tournaments and he moved forward rapidly on the world ranking list. In 1995 he took a sensational 3rd place at the Grandmaster event in Dortand, at age 16, he won the World Champion title in his age group. Then he won Gradmaster events in Copenhagen, Haand Yopal. In 1997 in Tilburg and Madrid he came third, in 1998 in Tilburg second. The next great breakthrough came in 1999, at age 20. In the Category 19 Dortevent he came first ahead of Kramnik, Anand, Adams and Karpov.
In the Hungarian Olympic team he made his debut at the Moscow Olympiad. In Baku he was already the determinant personality of the silver-medalist Hungarian team of the European Championship, whilst at the Bled Chess Olympiad he was the unbeaten top-board player of the silver-medalist Hungateam.
The incredibly quick career did not make the young grandmaster's life one-sided. Once he expressed his views on sports like this: ,,I am almost as fond of taking exercise as playing chess." His favourite completive sports are football and tennis. Besides, his life is filled by music, reading and domesIn 2000 he married the daughter of the captain of the Armenian chess team. By now, Sophie is already a Hungarian citizen, and her father, Arshak Petrosian, is also a frequent visitor in the Szeged home of the Leko family. For many years now the Armenian grandmaster has been the director of Peter's preparations and the leader of the Leko team doing all the professional backwork.
Peter Leko started his march for the world title in 2000. In Budapest in a six-game match he defeated Khalifman, the winner of the Las Vegas World Champiof FIDE, by 4.5-1.5. In January of 2001, he played a 12-game rapid match with Vladimir Kramnik, which he then lost in a great struggle by 7-5. One year later, in Dortmund, he won the Candidates' Tourbecoming the challenger of Kramofficially, too. Their match took place in 2004 in Brissago, Italy. In the beginning Leko wavered but was able to recover from the shock of losing the first game. In the fifth he equalized, and with his splendid win scored in game eight he was in the lead all along until game 14 and needed only half a point to win the world title. But his experiopponent mustered all his strength, and in a dramatic fight won the last game. Thus, with a 7-7 draw, Vladimir Kramnik defended his throne.
But Leko was not left without a world title, either. As far back as 2001, he beat Michael Adams in an eight-game match in Fischer Random Chess, at the Chess Classic tournament in Mainz. It was then that he was awarded - being the first to earn it - the Fischer Random World Chess Champion title.
During the period of the great march for the classic world title the Hungarian grandachieved splendid results in the world's strongest chess events. In 2002, he won the Grand Prix rapid tournament in Dubai, in Essen he came second. In 2003, he finished first in Linares, where his comapproach compelled general admiraFrom January 2004 he soared again. In Wijk aan Zee he finished second behind Anand, undefeated. He was for long in the lead at the Linares super-tournament, too, but his ill-fated loss to Kramnik kept him from repeating his former success. In Janu2005 his old dream was fulfilled when he came first undefeated in Wijk aan Zee ahead of Kramnik, Anand and Topalov. Thus he joined the five players who could win in the three greatest world events: Wijk aan Zee, Linares and Dortmund. In the Fall of 2006 he also came first in the Tal Memorial in Moscow.
On the FIDE ranking list the Hungarian grandmaster can be long since found among the best 10; in the January 2007 list he was ranked 6th with his 2749 Elo-points. Chess competitors seldom receive high state awards, but Peter Leko is an exception even in this. The President of the Hungarian Rerewarded him, as the best native chess player, with the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of the Republic.
Leko made a good start in the year 2007, too. He won in Odessa, at the first rapid World Cup of PCA. In the knock-out system event, to get among the best eight he won against Sokolov, beat Rubevsky 2-0, and then, in the 'sudden death' game against Gelfand, he succeeded in fighting his way to qualifying for the final. There he faced Ivanchuk of Ukraine, with whom, after three draws, he won the fourth game and with it the tournament, too.
In the years past, in Miskolc, a city in Northern Hungary, Leko started a series of rapid match-tournaments exciting keen inIn the first match in 2005, against Adams of England, he equalized with a stormy finish. In the end, after further excitgames, their duel resulted in a 4-4 draw. His next opponent in 2006 was ex World Champion Karpov, whom he defeated by 4.5-3.5. And in 2007, Peter Leko's opponent will be none other than Vladimir Kramnik. At the time of the agreement about the match in Miskolc the organizers could not yet know that Kramnik would acquire the overall world title by beating Topalov. And Leko, for his part, started this year by winthe rapid World Cup. So the rapid match organized in April 2007 in Miskolc promises to be one of the highest-ranking chess encounters of the year.
| EAN | 9789638714169 |
|---|---|
| Gewicht | 110 g |
| Hersteller | Caissa Chess Books |
| Breite | 11,6 cm |
| Höhe | 15,4 cm |
| Medium | Buch |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2007 |
| Autor | Dániel Lovas |
| Reihe | The Chess Greats of the World |
| Sprache | Englisch, Figurinen |
| Auflage | 1 |
| ISBN-13 | 9789638714169 |
| Seiten | 131 |
| Einband | kartoniert |