Léo Battesti (born 6 November 1953) is a Corsican chess enthusiast, activist, and retired politician and militant.

He first served as a member of Muvimentu Corsu per l'Autodeterminazione [fr][2] before later joining A Cuncolta Naziunalista,[3] both Corsican nationalist parties led by Alain Orsoni.

He is vice-president of French Chess Federation[4] since January 2005, in charge of communication and thus, chief-editor of the quarterly "Échec & Mat".

[5] This bid sparked a debate on one side with a certain enthusiasm from aficionados who are amazed by the spectacular success of chess in Corsica.

Whose dithyrambic échecsinfos.com[6] And on the other side, measured circumspection, which worries about a democratic deficit for some time in the organs of the FFE directional.