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Md. Shaiful Azam, Chowdhury
🇧🇩FIDE 10227601· Male· Bangladesh· Born in 1982
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Chowdhury Md. Shaiful Azam, a 44-year-old Bangladeshi player, is rated 1821 — just 24 short of his peak of 1845 (Jul 2025, age 43). He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 2 years. 20 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Chess Code Bijoy Dibos Chess Tournament-2025, Divisional Series FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025, Chattogram, and 49th National Zonal Chess Tournament, Zone-2, Chattogram Division. Also played 2 rapid events (including 2nd CUCC International Open Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2025) recently.
Current rating
1821
Standard
Rpd1895·Blz1856
All-time high
1845
−24 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 43
Jul 2025 · age 43
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#69,867
#69,867 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
38th Bangladeshi 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 1845
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1845
at age 43 · −24 from today
Jul 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+109 Elo)
1732 → 1841
Apr 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 42
Mar 2024
100 career games
at age 42
Feb 2024
2022
44th Bangladeshi 35-40 player
at age 40 · rated 1741
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-24
1845 → 1821
Tournaments
6
31 games
Score
19/ 3161.3%
17W4D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMajumder ( Jit) Suvrajit1,660·49th National Zonal Chess Tournament, Zone-2, Chattogram Division·R2·-13.9
2.[L]vsChowdhury Sudipta Roy1,666·49th National Zonal Chess Tournament, Zone-2, Chattogram Division·R4·-13.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/4 | #24 | 1930 | +13.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/3 | #75 | 2133 | +3.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/5 | #32 | 1784 | -36.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/5 | #29 | 2453 | -4.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/2 | #16 | 2675 | +11.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 1/1 | #44 | 2829 | -5.0 |
Worst Elo result: 49th National Zonal Chess Tournament, Zone-2, Chattogram Division (-36.6 Elo, finished #32).
Most-Played Opponents
vsM.Shahin Karim
🇧🇩BAN·1845
+2 −10 =1
13 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAhmed Hossain Majumder
🇧🇩BAN·1916
+1 −7 =2
10 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsRahman Mirza Arifur
🇧🇩BAN·1833
+4 −4 =2
10 games·last met May 2024
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vsDas Gupta Dibya
🇧🇩BAN·2031
+1 −7 =0
8 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMd. Mujibur Rahman
🇧🇩BAN·1874
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Jul 2025
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Bangladesh
#380
out of 2,324 players
Asia-Pacific
#8,455
in continent
World
#69,866
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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