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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 2150 and sitting in the top 2% of women worldwide. She has fluctuated between 2113 and 2167 over the past 2 years. 29 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent appearances: Azerbaijan Women's Chess Championship-2026 and 9th Batumi Int.Festival (Open-A). Also played 7 rapid (including FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship 2025) and 4 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
2150
Standard
Rpd1994·Blz2175
All-time high
2200
−50 pts below
Jan 2024 · age 20
Jan 2024 · age 20
Activity
39
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#519 · women worldwide · of 23,136
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 · −50 from today
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+6
2144 → 2150
Tournaments
4
31 games
Score
12.5/ 3140.3%
9W7D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/11 | #64 | 2306 | +53.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/9 | #75 | 2254 | +27.6 |
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·2374
+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·2254
+2 −7 =2
11 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGulnar MammadovaIM
🇦🇿AZE·2324
+0 −5 =5
10 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Azerbaijan
#79
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#8,054
in continent
World
#11,243
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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