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Zulkipli, Zaidan

CM🇲🇾

FIDEFIDE 5704154· Male· Malaysia· Born in 1984

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Zaidan Zulkipli, a 42-year-old Malaysian Candidate Master, is rated 2061 and ranked 32nd among Malaysian players, and in the top 9% worldwide. He has slipped back 90 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Russian Chess Crown standard A, COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Open Event, and National Interstate Chess Championship 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including Russian Chess Crown rapid B (27.02)) and 2 blitz events (including Russian Chess Crown blitz C) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2017–2018) and 53 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2210 was reached at age 34 (Nov 2018); he also reached Malaysian #4 in Jan 2022 and spent 32 months in Malaysian top 10.

Awarded CM in 2018 (age 34).

Current rating

2061

Standard

Rpd2015·Blz2096

All-time high

2210

−149 pts below
Nov 2018 · age 34

Activity

21

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#32

#32 · Malaysian players · of 1,243
32 months in National top 10 (2018–2024)

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
1st Malaysian 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2187
Feb 2025
2024
32 months in national top 10
longest streak 12 months · since Feb 2018
Sep 2024
2022
Peak Malaysian rank: #4
at age 38 · rated 2198
Jan 2022
2020
Inactive for 53 months
paused at 2198 → returned at 2176
Feb 2020
2018
All-time peak 2210
at age 34 · −149 from today
Nov 2018
CM title awardedCM
at age 34
Jun 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Andrei ObodchukIM 2,172
Russian Chess Crown standard A · Feb 2026 · +13.1 Elo
Evolution
-83
2144 → 2061
Tournaments
4
24 games
Score
9/ 2437.5%
7W4D13L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Russian Chess Crown standard A
Open Swiss
Feb 20263.5/10#1421961-37.0
COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Open Event
Open Swiss
Nov 20254/8#582079-7.2
National Interstate Chess Championship 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20251.5/3#302042-5.8
CHESS HUB - MCF MALAYSIAN MASTERS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 (Open)
Round-Robin
Jun 20250/3#101315-32.6
Worst Elo result: Russian Chess Crown standard A (-37.0 Elo, finished #142).

Rankings

/
Malaysia
#32
out of 2,185 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,598
in continent
World
#19,428
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Malaysia
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2
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3
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2,404
4
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2,360
5
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2,327
6
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2,309
7
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2,299
8
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2,286
9
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2,252
10
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2,250
...
32🇲🇾Zulkipli, Zaidan2,061
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
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2,731
10
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2,729
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2598🇲🇾Zulkipli, Zaidan2,061
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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19428🇲🇾Zulkipli, Zaidan2,061