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Nik Norhisham, Nik Muhd Haziq
🇲🇾FIDE 5718830· Male· Malaysia· Born in 2003
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Nik Muhd Haziq Nik Norhisham, a 23-year-old Malaysian player, is rated 1854 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +105 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include MALAYSIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 (OPEN), FESTIVAL CATUR ANTARABANGSA PAHANG 2026, and 10th Johor Chess Open 2025. Also played 3 blitz events (including COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Blitz Open Event) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 32 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 42 months (2022–2025). He reached Malaysian #51 in Apr 2022.
At junior level, he reached #9, #17, #20, #27 and #16 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1854
Standard
Rpd1674·Blz1756
All-time high
1854
at best
May 2026 · age 23
May 2026 · age 23
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#60,289
#60,289 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 1854
at age 23
May 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 23
Feb 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 21
Mar 2024
2022
Peak Malaysian rank: #51
at age 19 · rated 1581
Apr 2022
9th Malaysian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1581
Apr 2022
Inactive for 42 months
paused at 1581 → returned at 1780
Mar 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+105
1749 → 1854
Tournaments
5
42 games
Score
21.5/ 4251.2%
17W9D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/8 | #34 | 1990 | +34.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/8 | #29 | 1778 | -7.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #24 | 1965 | +40.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #34 | 1823 | +6.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/8 | #73 | 1941 | +31.0 |
Rankings
/
Malaysia
#110
out of 2,302 players
Asia-Pacific
#7,175
in continent
World
#60,288
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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