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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
1551 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Late chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Olexandr Bortnyk Won: 1-0 62 Open
1552 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early chess.com INT 6 Vasif Durarbayli Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
1553 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Late chess.com INT 5 Rinat Jumabayev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 31 Open
1554 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Alexander Rustemov Won: 1-0 42 Open
1555 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early chess.com INT 4 Felix-Antonio Ilinca Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 84 Open
1556 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Late chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Alexandros Papasimakopoulos Won: 1-0 61 Open
1557 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early chess.com INT 3 Raven Sturt Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 47 Open
1558 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Late chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Alexey Reshetnikov Won: 1-0 50 Open
1559 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Late chess.com INT 2 Dylan Tang Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 38 Open
1560 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Henrik Cernov Won: 1-0 36 Open
1561 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early chess.com INT 1 Vinuka Dihain Wijerathna Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 46 Open
1562 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Late chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Esteban Horacio Deichmann Won: 1-0 28 Open
1563 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Late chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Volodar Murzin Won: 1-0 72 Open
1564 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Erik R. Gasparyan Won: 1-0 68 Open
1565 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Early chess.com INT 10 Jeffery Xiong Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 26 Open
1566 2025-06-24 Titled Tue 24th Jun Late chess.com INT 10 Parham Maghsoodloo Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
1567 2025-06-20 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 4.5 Denis Lazavik Hans Moke Niemann Draw: 1/2-1/2 76 Open
1568 2025-06-20 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 4.4 Hans Moke Niemann Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
1569 2025-06-20 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 4.3 Denis Lazavik Hans Moke Niemann Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
1570 2025-06-20 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 4.2 Hans Moke Niemann Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 29 Open
1571 2025-06-20 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 4.1 Denis Lazavik Hans Moke Niemann Lost: 0-1 70 Open
1572 2025-06-20 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 3.2 Vladimir Fedoseev Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 99 Open
1573 2025-06-20 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 3.1 Denis Lazavik Vladimir Fedoseev Won: 1-0 32 Open
1574 2025-06-19 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 2.2 Quang Liem Le Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
1575 2025-06-19 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 2.1 Denis Lazavik Quang Liem Le Won: 1-0 33 Open
1576 2025-06-19 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 1.5 Denis Lazavik Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Won: 1-0 40 Open
1577 2025-06-19 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 1.4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 71 Open
1578 2025-06-19 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 1.3 Denis Lazavik Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 64 Open
1579 2025-06-19 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 1.2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 29 Open
1580 2025-06-19 Las Vegas Play-In KO chess.com INT 1.1 Denis Lazavik Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Won: 1-0 61 Open
1581 2025-06-18 Las Vegas Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Pranesh M Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
1582 2025-06-18 Las Vegas Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 8 Nodirbek Yakubboev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 40 Open
1583 2025-06-18 Las Vegas Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Won: 1-0 92 Open
1584 2025-06-18 Las Vegas Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 6 Peter Svidler Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1585 2025-06-18 Las Vegas Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Jonas Buhl Bjerre Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
1586 2025-06-18 Las Vegas Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 4 Jakhongir Vakhidov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 25 Open
1587 2025-06-18 Las Vegas Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Cristobal Henriquez Villagra Won: 1-0 34 Open
1588 2025-06-18 Las Vegas Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 2 Semyon Puzyrevsky Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 36 Open
1589 2025-06-18 Las Vegas Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Victor Mikhalevski Won: 1-0 31 Open
1590 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Nikita Matinian Won: 1-0 41 Open
1591 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 8 Moksh Amit Doshi Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 32 Open
1592 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 7 Oleksii Nakonechnyi Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 30 Open
1593 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Late chess.com INT 7 Rohan Rajaram Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 47 Open
1594 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Late chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Henry Deng Won: 1-0 56 Open
1595 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Rosh Jain Won: 1-0 15 Open
1596 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 5 Ashvin Balavignan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 27 Open
1597 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Late chess.com INT 5 Samandar Shermuhammadov Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 54 Open
1598 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Late chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Antonios Gkavardinas Won: 1-0 31 Open
1599 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Rafael A Vaganian Lost: 0-1 30 Open
1600 2025-06-17 Titled Tue 17th Jun Late chess.com INT 3 Evan Yin Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 25 Open
  1. vs Olexandr BortnykWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-24 · Round 6Titled Tue 24th Jun Late
  2. vs Vasif DurarbayliDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-06-24 · Round 6Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
  3. vs Rinat JumabayevWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-24 · Round 5Titled Tue 24th Jun Late
  4. vs Alexander RustemovWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-24 · Round 5Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
  5. vs Felix-Antonio IlincaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-24 · Round 4Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
  6. vs Alexandros PapasimakopoulosWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-24 · Round 4Titled Tue 24th Jun Late
  7. vs Raven SturtWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-24 · Round 3Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
  8. vs Alexey ReshetnikovWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-24 · Round 3Titled Tue 24th Jun Late
  9. vs Dylan TangWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-24 · Round 2Titled Tue 24th Jun Late
  10. vs Henrik CernovWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-24 · Round 2Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
  11. vs Vinuka Dihain WijerathnaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-24 · Round 1Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
  12. vs Esteban Horacio DeichmannWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-24 · Round 1Titled Tue 24th Jun Late
  13. vs Volodar MurzinWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-24 · Round 11Titled Tue 24th Jun Late
  14. vs Erik R. GasparyanWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-24 · Round 11Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
  15. vs Jeffery XiongLost · 1-0Black · 2025-06-24 · Round 10Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
  16. vs Parham MaghsoodlooDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-06-24 · Round 10Titled Tue 24th Jun Late
  17. vs Hans Moke NiemannDraw · ½–½White · 2025-06-20 · Round 4.5Las Vegas Play-In KO
  18. vs Hans Moke NiemannDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-06-20 · Round 4.4Las Vegas Play-In KO
  19. vs Hans Moke NiemannDraw · ½–½White · 2025-06-20 · Round 4.3Las Vegas Play-In KO
  20. vs Hans Moke NiemannWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-20 · Round 4.2Las Vegas Play-In KO
  21. vs Hans Moke NiemannLost · 0-1White · 2025-06-20 · Round 4.1Las Vegas Play-In KO
  22. vs Vladimir FedoseevDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-06-20 · Round 3.2Las Vegas Play-In KO
  23. vs Vladimir FedoseevWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-20 · Round 3.1Las Vegas Play-In KO
  24. vs Quang Liem LeDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-06-19 · Round 2.2Las Vegas Play-In KO
  25. vs Quang Liem LeWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-19 · Round 2.1Las Vegas Play-In KO
  26. vs Maxime Vachier-LagraveWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-19 · Round 1.5Las Vegas Play-In KO
  27. vs Maxime Vachier-LagraveDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-06-19 · Round 1.4Las Vegas Play-In KO
  28. vs Maxime Vachier-LagraveDraw · ½–½White · 2025-06-19 · Round 1.3Las Vegas Play-In KO
  29. vs Maxime Vachier-LagraveLost · 1-0Black · 2025-06-19 · Round 1.2Las Vegas Play-In KO
  30. vs Maxime Vachier-LagraveWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-19 · Round 1.1Las Vegas Play-In KO
  31. vs Pranesh MDraw · ½–½White · 2025-06-18 · Round 9Las Vegas Play-In Swiss
  32. vs Nodirbek YakubboevWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-18 · Round 8Las Vegas Play-In Swiss
  33. vs Samvel Ter-SahakyanWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-18 · Round 7Las Vegas Play-In Swiss
  34. vs Peter SvidlerDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-06-18 · Round 6Las Vegas Play-In Swiss
  35. vs Jonas Buhl BjerreDraw · ½–½White · 2025-06-18 · Round 5Las Vegas Play-In Swiss
  36. vs Jakhongir VakhidovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-18 · Round 4Las Vegas Play-In Swiss
  37. vs Cristobal Henriquez VillagraWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-18 · Round 3Las Vegas Play-In Swiss
  38. vs Semyon PuzyrevskyWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-18 · Round 2Las Vegas Play-In Swiss
  39. vs Victor MikhalevskiWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-18 · Round 1Las Vegas Play-In Swiss
  40. vs Nikita MatinianWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-17 · Round 9Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  41. vs Moksh Amit DoshiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-17 · Round 8Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  42. vs Oleksii NakonechnyiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  43. vs Rohan RajaramLost · 1-0Black · 2025-06-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Jun Late
  44. vs Henry DengWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Jun Late
  45. vs Rosh JainWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  46. vs Ashvin BalavignanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  47. vs Samandar ShermuhammadovLost · 1-0Black · 2025-06-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Jun Late
  48. vs Antonios GkavardinasWon · 1-0White · 2025-06-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Jun Late
  49. vs Rafael A VaganianLost · 0-1White · 2025-06-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
  50. vs Evan YinWon · 0-1Black · 2025-06-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Jun Late

FIDE tournaments

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

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