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Ismayil, Malak
WIM🇦🇿FIDE 13412604· Female· Azerbaijan· Born in 2004
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Malak Ismayil, a 22-year-old Azerbaijani Woman International Master, is rated 2122 and sitting in the top 3% of women worldwide. She has held steady between 2100 and 2150 for 19 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈44/year long-term). Recent appearances: Azerbaijan Women's Chess Championship-2026 and 9th Batumi Int.Festival (Open-A). Also played 6 rapid (including FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. Her peak of 2200 was reached at age 20 (Jan 2024, Azerbaijani #64 at the time).
Awarded WIM in 2025 (age 21), WFM in 2023 (age 19), and WCM in 2013 (age 9). At junior level, she reached #8, #11, #11, #14, #13 and #7 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2122
Standard
Rpd1995·Blz2179
All-time high
2200
−78 pts below
Jan 2024 · age 20
Jan 2024 · age 20
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#642 · women worldwide · of 22,864
Career timeline
23 entries2025
WIM title awardedWIM
at age 21 · 2025 3rd FIDE Council
Nov 2025
2024
500 career games
at age 20
Apr 2024
Peak Azerbaijani rank: #64
at age 20 · rated 2200
Jan 2024
8th Azerbaijani U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2200
Jan 2024
Crossed 2200
at age 20
Jan 2024
All-time peak 2200
at age 20 · −78 from today
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-22
2144 → 2122
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
3/ 1127.3%
2W2D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knockout | Feb 2026 | 0/2 | R16 | 1416 | -15.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/9 | #51 | 2124 | -6.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSabina RzaliWCM
🇦🇿AZE·2023
+5 −7 =5
17 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGovhar BeydullayevaWGM
🇦🇿AZE·2368
+3 −5 =4
12 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsLaman HajiyevaWFM
🇦🇿AZE·2072
+2 −7 =3
12 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAyan AllahverdiyevaWIM
🇦🇿AZE·2249
+2 −7 =2
11 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGulnar MammadovaIM
🇦🇿AZE·2325
+0 −5 =4
9 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Azerbaijan
#91
out of 1,281 players
Europe
#9,716
in continent
World
#13,447
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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