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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
1651 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Matvey Galchenko Won: 1-0 19 Open
1652 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen Won: 1-0 42 Open
1653 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 8 Levon Aronian Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 43 Open
1654 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 7 Renato Terry Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 75 Open
1655 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Luca Jr Moroni Won: 1-0 49 Open
1656 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 6 Alexander Donchenko Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 38 Open
1657 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Ihor Samunenkov Won: 1-0 61 Open
1658 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 5 Alexei Shirov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 35 Open
1659 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Vugar Rasulov Won: 1-0 57 Open
1660 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Artom Andriienko Won: 1-0 42 Open
1661 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Nitzan Steinberg Won: 1-0 51 Open
1662 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 3 Roman Pyrih Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 32 Open
1663 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 3 Viktor Skliarov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 81 Open
1664 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik David L Haydon Won: 1-0 25 Open
1665 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Le Thao Nguyen Pham Draw: 1/2-1/2 55 Open
1666 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 1 Caleb Levi Levitan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 26 Open
1667 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 1 Mehran Azamikia Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 49 Open
1668 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 11 Mustafa Yilmaz Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 53 Open
1669 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Sanan Sjugirov Won: 1-0 32 Open
1670 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Late chess.com INT 10 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
1671 2025-05-27 Titled Tue 27th May Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Wesley So Lost: 0-1 45 Open
1672 2025-05-20 Chess.com Classic Winners chess.com INT 1.4 Denis Lazavik Nodirbek Abdusattorov Lost: 0-1 63 Open
1673 2025-05-20 Chess.com Classic Losers chess.com INT 1.3 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 67 Open
1674 2025-05-20 Chess.com Classic Winners chess.com INT 1.3 Nodirbek Abdusattorov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 72 Open
1675 2025-05-20 Chess.com Classic Losers chess.com INT 1.2 Denis Lazavik Vladislav Artemiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
1676 2025-05-20 Chess.com Classic Winners chess.com INT 1.2 Denis Lazavik Nodirbek Abdusattorov Lost: 0-1 65 Open
1677 2025-05-20 Chess.com Classic Losers chess.com INT 1.1 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
1678 2025-05-20 Chess.com Classic Winners chess.com INT 1.1 Nodirbek Abdusattorov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
1679 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Play-In chess.com INT 9 Maxim Matlakov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 49 Open
1680 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Play-In chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Haik M. Martirosyan Won: 1-0 62 Open
1681 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Play-In chess.com INT 7 Grigoriy Oparin Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
1682 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Play-In chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Alan Pichot Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
1683 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Play-In chess.com INT 5 Xiangyu Xu Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1684 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Play-In chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Evgeny Alekseev Won: 1-0 21 Open
1685 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Play-In chess.com INT 3 Alexey Sarana Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
1686 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Play-In chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Shamsiddin Vokhidov Won: 1-0 58 Open
1687 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Play-In chess.com INT 1 Vladislav Kovalev Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
1688 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Pl/In m chess.com INT 1.2 Denis Lazavik Nihal Sarin Won: 1-0 72 Open
1689 2025-05-19 Chess.com Classic Pl/In m chess.com INT 1.1 Nihal Sarin Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 89 Open
1690 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Early chess.com INT 9 Saidakbar Saydaliev Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
1691 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Late chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Javokhir Sindarov Won: 1-0 46 Open
1692 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Late chess.com INT 8 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 83 Open
1693 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Daniel Naroditsky Draw: 1/2-1/2 73 Open
1694 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Early chess.com INT 7 Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
1695 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Late chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Johan-Sebastian Christiansen Won: 1-0 33 Open
1696 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Late chess.com INT 6 Hans Moke Niemann Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 75 Open
1697 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Egor A. Koshulyan Won: 1-0 39 Open
1698 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Late chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Daniel Naroditsky Won: 1-0 46 Open
1699 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Early chess.com INT 5 Miroslaw Lewicki Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 63 Open
1700 2025-05-13 Titled Tue 13th May Late chess.com INT 4 Jakub Pulpan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 62 Open
  1. vs Matvey GalchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 9Titled Tue 27th May Late
  2. vs Ngoc Truong Son NguyenWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 8Titled Tue 27th May Early
  3. vs Levon AronianLost · 1-0Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 8Titled Tue 27th May Late
  4. vs Renato TerryWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 7Titled Tue 27th May Early
  5. vs Luca Jr MoroniWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 7Titled Tue 27th May Late
  6. vs Alexander DonchenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 6Titled Tue 27th May Late
  7. vs Ihor SamunenkovWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 6Titled Tue 27th May Early
  8. vs Alexei ShirovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 5Titled Tue 27th May Early
  9. vs Vugar RasulovWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 5Titled Tue 27th May Late
  10. vs Artom AndriienkoWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 4Titled Tue 27th May Early
  11. vs Nitzan SteinbergWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 4Titled Tue 27th May Late
  12. vs Roman PyrihWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 3Titled Tue 27th May Late
  13. vs Viktor SkliarovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 3Titled Tue 27th May Early
  14. vs David L HaydonWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 2Titled Tue 27th May Late
  15. vs Le Thao Nguyen PhamDraw · ½–½White · 2025-05-27 · Round 2Titled Tue 27th May Early
  16. vs Caleb Levi LevitanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 1Titled Tue 27th May Early
  17. vs Mehran AzamikiaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 1Titled Tue 27th May Late
  18. vs Mustafa YilmazWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 11Titled Tue 27th May Early
  19. vs Sanan SjugirovWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-27 · Round 11Titled Tue 27th May Late
  20. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-27 · Round 10Titled Tue 27th May Late
  21. vs Wesley SoLost · 0-1White · 2025-05-27 · Round 10Titled Tue 27th May Early
  22. vs Nodirbek AbdusattorovLost · 0-1White · 2025-05-20 · Round 1.4Chess.com Classic Winners
  23. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2025-05-20 · Round 1.3Chess.com Classic Losers
  24. vs Nodirbek AbdusattorovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-20 · Round 1.3Chess.com Classic Winners
  25. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½White · 2025-05-20 · Round 1.2Chess.com Classic Losers
  26. vs Nodirbek AbdusattorovLost · 0-1White · 2025-05-20 · Round 1.2Chess.com Classic Winners
  27. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-20 · Round 1.1Chess.com Classic Losers
  28. vs Nodirbek AbdusattorovDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-20 · Round 1.1Chess.com Classic Winners
  29. vs Maxim MatlakovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-19 · Round 9Chess.com Classic Play-In
  30. vs Haik M. MartirosyanWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-19 · Round 8Chess.com Classic Play-In
  31. vs Grigoriy OparinDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-19 · Round 7Chess.com Classic Play-In
  32. vs Alan PichotDraw · ½–½White · 2025-05-19 · Round 6Chess.com Classic Play-In
  33. vs Xiangyu XuDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-19 · Round 5Chess.com Classic Play-In
  34. vs Evgeny AlekseevWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-19 · Round 4Chess.com Classic Play-In
  35. vs Alexey SaranaDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-19 · Round 3Chess.com Classic Play-In
  36. vs Shamsiddin VokhidovWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-19 · Round 2Chess.com Classic Play-In
  37. vs Vladislav KovalevDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-19 · Round 1Chess.com Classic Play-In
  38. vs Nihal SarinWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-19 · Round 1.2Chess.com Classic Pl/In m
  39. vs Nihal SarinDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-19 · Round 1.1Chess.com Classic Pl/In m
  40. vs Saidakbar SaydalievDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-13 · Round 9Titled Tue 13th May Early
  41. vs Javokhir SindarovWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-13 · Round 9Titled Tue 13th May Late
  42. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraLost · 1-0Black · 2025-05-13 · Round 8Titled Tue 13th May Late
  43. vs Daniel NaroditskyDraw · ½–½White · 2025-05-13 · Round 8Titled Tue 13th May Early
  44. vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-13 · Round 7Titled Tue 13th May Early
  45. vs Johan-Sebastian ChristiansenWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-13 · Round 7Titled Tue 13th May Late
  46. vs Hans Moke NiemannDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-05-13 · Round 6Titled Tue 13th May Late
  47. vs Egor A. KoshulyanWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-13 · Round 6Titled Tue 13th May Early
  48. vs Daniel NaroditskyWon · 1-0White · 2025-05-13 · Round 5Titled Tue 13th May Late
  49. vs Miroslaw LewickiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-13 · Round 5Titled Tue 13th May Early
  50. vs Jakub PulpanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-05-13 · Round 4Titled Tue 13th May Late

FIDE tournaments

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

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