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Azhar, Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa
WIM🇲🇾FIDE 5709040· Female· Malaysia· Born in 2001
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Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar, a 25-year-old Malaysian Woman International Master, is rated 1996 and ranked 3rd among Malaysian women. She has slipped back 36 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include MALAYSIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 (WOMEN), 1st FUJAIRAH Global Chess Championships-Youth-Open, and 31stAbuDhabiInternationalChess Festival-Open A. Also played 3 rapid events (including SEA GAMES Thailand 2025 - FIDE Chess Rapid Women's Double) recently. She took a 15-month break between Mar 2012 and Jul 2013. Her peak of 2059 was reached at age 21 (Feb 2022, Malaysian #9 at the time).
Awarded WIM in 2019 (age 18). At junior level, she reached World #60 in U10 and #3, #3, #7, #6 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1996
Standard
Rpd1882·Blz1893
All-time high
2059
−63 pts below
Feb 2022 · age 21
Feb 2022 · age 21
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#3
#3 · Malaysian women · of 268
Career timeline
20 entries2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 22
Apr 2023
2022
Peak Malaysian rank: #9
at age 21 · rated 2059
Feb 2022
All-time peak 2059
at age 21 · −63 from today
Feb 2022
2021
3rd Malaysian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2052
Dec 2021
2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
2019
3rd Malaysian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2046
Oct 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-36
2032 → 1996
Tournaments
5
43 games
Score
18.5/ 4343.0%
19W10D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #6 | 1974 | -2.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/8 | #57 | 1827 | -36.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #76 | 2025 | +0.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/9 | #22 | 2083 | +6.0 |
Knockout | Jul 2025 | 0/2 | R128 | 1599 | -4.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPuteri Rifqah Fahada AzharWFM
🇲🇾MAS·1917
+3 −3 =7
13 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSivanesan NithyalakshmiWCM
🇲🇾MAS·1860
+5 −0 =4
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLi Ting TanWFM
🇲🇾MAS·2067
+0 −3 =4
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMuhd Syakir Shazmeer AzharCM
🇲🇾MAS·2099
+0 −3 =4
7 games·last met Feb 2024
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vsNur Najiha Azman HishamWFM
🇲🇾MAS·1974
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met May 2019
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Rankings
/
Malaysia
#45
out of 2,302 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,496
in continent
World
#28,128
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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