Ovezdurdyyeva, Jemal

Jemal Ovezdurdyyeva, a 28-year-old Romanian Woman International Master, is rated 2220 — her current career high and ranked 6th among Romanian women, and in the top 3% worldwide. She is on a breakout run, having gained +83 Elo over the past 12 months. 53 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Women Championship 2026, Bucharest Scheveningen 7, and XXVIII. Caissa-A. Also played 18 rapid (including Craiova Grand Prix 2025) and 9 blitz events (including Five o'clock blitz - 60th ed.) recently. She had 4 career breaks: 13 months (2008–2009), 17 months (2011–2012), 19 months (2012–2014) and 36 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). She reached Romanian #100 in Sep 2025.

Competes for Romania since Nov 2025. Awarded WIM in 2025 (age 27) and WFM in 2016 (age 18). At junior level, she reached World #56 in U10 and #9, #13, #13, #5 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.