Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa binti Azhar (born 2001) is a Malaysian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (2019), making her the third Malaysian to earn that title, after Audrey Wong Su Yi (1985) and (2006).

Chess career

In 2019, she won the girls Under 16&18 category at the 4th Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championship in Bangkok, scoring 7½/9, becoming the third Malaysian WIM.

Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar

She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021, where she was defeated 1½-½ by Ana Matnadze in the first round.

Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar

In 2022, she finished as joint runner-up in Marienbad Open Chess Festival with a score of 6.5/9. Later in the same year, she took part in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, where Munajjah and her sister, Puteri Rifqah Fahada won a bronze medal for the Women’s Blitz Team event.

Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar

References

External links

2001 births

Living people

Malaysian chess players

Chess Woman International Masters

Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games