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GMDenis Lazavik

BLR Born 2006 (Age ≈20) Male
FIDE ID
13515110

About Denis Lazavik

Denis Lazavik was born in Minsk and gained early international experience with Belarus's youth team. He played in the 2018 World Youth Olympiad and helped the team win bronze the following year. He became an international master in 2021 and a grandmaster in 2022. Show more

Denis Lazavik was born in Minsk and gained early international experience with Belarus's youth team. He played in the 2018 World Youth Olympiad and helped the team win bronze the following year. He became an international master in 2021 and a grandmaster in 2022. Online speed chess brought him wider recognition, including victory in the second division of the 2023 Aimchess Rapid. He won the 2025 Abu Dhabi Masters unbeaten. At the finals of the 2025 Speed Chess Championship, held in February 2026, he defeated Hikaru Nakamura in the third-place match. He added victory in the 2026 Karpov International tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2642.2 +6.2

Live estimate

Rapid

2624

Published FIDE

Blitz

2644

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#85
National rank · BLR
#1

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2636 Oct 2026
Recorded years
2015–2026
Archived games
5588

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Live rankings

Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
5151 2020-10-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Oct chess.com INT 10 Yuriy Kuzubov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
5152 2020-10-24 84th ch-BLR 2020 Minsk BLR 7.1 Denis Lazavik Kirill Stupak Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
5153 2020-10-21 84th ch-BLR 2020 Minsk BLR 5.2 Denis Lazavik Aleksej Aleksandrov Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
5154 2020-10-20 84th ch-BLR 2020 Minsk BLR 4.3 Viachaslau Zarubitski Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 128 Open
5155 2020-10-19 84th ch-BLR 2020 Minsk BLR 3.3 Denis Lazavik Manvel Pogosian Won: 1-0 41 Open
5156 2020-10-17 84th ch-BLR 2020 Minsk BLR 2.2 Maksim Tsaruk Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
5157 2020-10-16 84th ch-BLR 2020 Minsk BLR 1.4 Denis Lazavik Mihail Nikitenko Won: 1-0 32 Open
5158 2020-10-13 Titled Tuesday 13th Oct chess.com INT 9 Israel Caspi Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
5159 2020-10-13 Titled Tuesday 13th Oct chess.com INT 7 Stephane Bressac Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 50 Open
5160 2020-10-13 Titled Tuesday 13th Oct chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Abilmansur Abdilkhair Won: 1-0 37 Open
5161 2020-10-13 Titled Tuesday 13th Oct chess.com INT 5 D. Yashas Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 64 Open
5162 2020-10-13 Titled Tuesday 13th Oct chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Bernardo Vainzoff Sztokbant Won: 1-0 85 Open
5163 2020-10-13 Titled Tuesday 13th Oct chess.com INT 3 Qiyu Zhou Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 25 Open
5164 2020-10-13 Titled Tuesday 13th Oct chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Karsten Hansch Lost: 0-1 64 Open
5165 2020-10-13 Titled Tuesday 13th Oct chess.com INT 1 Alex Garrido Outon Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 74 Open
5166 2020-10-13 Titled Tuesday 13th Oct chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik David Kalashian Draw: 1/2-1/2 127 Open
5167 2020-10-06 Titled Tuesday 6th Oct chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Vladimir Mikhailovsky Won: 1-0 64 Open
5168 2020-10-06 Titled Tuesday 6th Oct chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Daniel Dardha Won: 1-0 59 Open
5169 2020-10-06 Titled Tuesday 6th Oct chess.com INT 7 G.A. Stany Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 71 Open
5170 2020-10-06 Titled Tuesday 6th Oct chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Evgeny Sapunov Lost: 0-1 68 Open
5171 2020-10-06 Titled Tuesday 6th Oct chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Nikita Matinian Won: 1-0 36 Open
5172 2020-10-06 Titled Tuesday 6th Oct chess.com INT 4 Abilmansur Abdilkhair Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
5173 2020-10-06 Titled Tuesday 6th Oct chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Sven Tica Lost: 0-1 55 Open
5174 2020-10-06 Titled Tuesday 6th Oct chess.com INT 2 Sergei Iskusnyh Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 63 Open
5175 2020-10-06 Titled Tuesday 6th Oct chess.com INT 10 Aleksei Pridorozhni Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 70 Open
5176 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 9 Maxim Matlakov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
5177 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 8 Maxim Lugovskoy Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 71 Open
5178 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Ermes Espinosa Veloz Won: 1-0 44 Open
5179 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 6 Robert Piliposyan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
5180 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Anastasia Bodnaruk Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
5181 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 4 Sergey Karjakin Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 51 Open
5182 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Samuel Sevian Draw: 1/2-1/2 91 Open
5183 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Wagh Suyog Won: 1-0 75 Open
5184 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 1 Catalin-Lucian Patrascu Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 42 Open
5185 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 15 Denis Lazavik Victor Mikhalevski Won: 1-0 48 Open
5186 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 14 Mikhail Demidov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 69 Open
5187 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 13 Denis Lazavik Levy Rozman Won: 1-0 42 Open
5188 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 12 Jeffery Xiong Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 44 Open
5189 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Erigaisi Arjun Lost: 0-1 39 Open
5190 2020-10-03 Speed Chess Super Swiss chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Matthias Bluebaum Won: 1-0 64 Open
5191 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Ward Al-Tarboush Won: 1-0 38 Open
5192 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Simon K Williams Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
5193 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Maxim Matlakov Lost: 0-1 59 Open
5194 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 5 Narayanan S L Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
5195 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 4 Ali Mortazavi Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 73 Open
5196 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Pawel Jaracz Won: 1-0 76 Open
5197 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 2 David Shapiro Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 92 Open
5198 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Wojciech Przybylski Won: 1-0 62 Open
5199 2020-09-29 Titled Tuesday 29th Sept chess.com INT 10 Aziz Mert Erdogdu Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 62 Open
5200 2020-09-22 Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Jeffery Xiong Lost: 0-1 38 Open
  1. vs Yuriy KuzubovDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-10-27 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 27th Oct
  2. vs Kirill StupakDraw · ½–½White · 2020-10-24 · Round 7.184th ch-BLR 2020
  3. vs Aleksej AleksandrovDraw · ½–½White · 2020-10-21 · Round 5.284th ch-BLR 2020
  4. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-10-20 · Round 4.384th ch-BLR 2020
  5. vs Manvel PogosianWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-19 · Round 3.384th ch-BLR 2020
  6. vs Maksim TsarukDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-10-17 · Round 2.284th ch-BLR 2020
  7. vs Mihail NikitenkoWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-16 · Round 1.484th ch-BLR 2020
  8. vs Israel CaspiDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-10-13 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 13th Oct
  9. vs Stephane BressacLost · 1-0Black · 2020-10-13 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 13th Oct
  10. vs Abilmansur AbdilkhairWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-13 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 13th Oct
  11. vs D. YashasDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-10-13 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 13th Oct
  12. vs Bernardo Vainzoff SztokbantWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-13 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 13th Oct
  13. vs Qiyu ZhouWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-13 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 13th Oct
  14. vs Karsten HanschLost · 0-1White · 2020-10-13 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 13th Oct
  15. vs Alex Garrido OutonDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-10-13 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 13th Oct
  16. vs David KalashianDraw · ½–½White · 2020-10-13 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 13th Oct
  17. vs Vladimir MikhailovskyWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-06 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 6th Oct
  18. vs Daniel DardhaWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-06 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 6th Oct
  19. vs G.A. StanyWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-06 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 6th Oct
  20. vs Evgeny SapunovLost · 0-1White · 2020-10-06 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 6th Oct
  21. vs Nikita MatinianWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-06 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 6th Oct
  22. vs Abilmansur AbdilkhairWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-06 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 6th Oct
  23. vs Sven TicaLost · 0-1White · 2020-10-06 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 6th Oct
  24. vs Sergei IskusnyhWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-06 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 6th Oct
  25. vs Aleksei PridorozhniWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-06 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 6th Oct
  26. vs Maxim MatlakovDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-10-03 · Round 9Speed Chess Super Swiss
  27. vs Maxim LugovskoyWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-03 · Round 8Speed Chess Super Swiss
  28. vs Ermes Espinosa VelozWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-03 · Round 7Speed Chess Super Swiss
  29. vs Robert PiliposyanWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-03 · Round 6Speed Chess Super Swiss
  30. vs Anastasia BodnarukDraw · ½–½White · 2020-10-03 · Round 5Speed Chess Super Swiss
  31. vs Sergey KarjakinLost · 1-0Black · 2020-10-03 · Round 4Speed Chess Super Swiss
  32. vs Samuel SevianDraw · ½–½White · 2020-10-03 · Round 3Speed Chess Super Swiss
  33. vs Wagh SuyogWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-03 · Round 2Speed Chess Super Swiss
  34. vs Catalin-Lucian PatrascuWon · 0-1Black · 2020-10-03 · Round 1Speed Chess Super Swiss
  35. vs Victor MikhalevskiWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-03 · Round 15Speed Chess Super Swiss
  36. vs Mikhail DemidovDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-10-03 · Round 14Speed Chess Super Swiss
  37. vs Levy RozmanWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-03 · Round 13Speed Chess Super Swiss
  38. vs Jeffery XiongLost · 1-0Black · 2020-10-03 · Round 12Speed Chess Super Swiss
  39. vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 0-1White · 2020-10-03 · Round 11Speed Chess Super Swiss
  40. vs Matthias BluebaumWon · 1-0White · 2020-10-03 · Round 10Speed Chess Super Swiss
  41. vs Ward Al-TarboushWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-29 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  42. vs Simon K WilliamsDraw · ½–½White · 2020-09-29 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  43. vs Maxim MatlakovLost · 0-1White · 2020-09-29 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  44. vs Narayanan S LDraw · ½–½Black · 2020-09-29 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  45. vs Ali MortazaviWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-29 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  46. vs Pawel JaraczWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-29 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  47. vs David ShapiroWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-29 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  48. vs Wojciech PrzybylskiWon · 1-0White · 2020-09-29 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  49. vs Aziz Mert ErdogduWon · 0-1Black · 2020-09-29 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 29th Sept
  50. vs Jeffery XiongLost · 0-1White · 2020-09-22 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-09-1646th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 OpenClassical7½

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