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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
1801 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Derek Wu Won: 1-0 28 Open
1802 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 1 Fabian Pereira Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 47 Open
1803 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 1 Adrian Martinez Fernandez Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
1804 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 11 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 80 Open
1805 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 11 Hans Moke Niemann Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
1806 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Jan-Krzysztof Duda Draw: 1/2-1/2 64 Open
1807 2025-03-25 Titled Tue 25th Mar Early chess.com INT 10 Tuan Minh Le Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
1808 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 9 Artin Ashraf Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
1809 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Etienne Bacrot Won: 1-0 28 Open
1810 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Olexandr Bortnyk Lost: 0-1 79 Open
1811 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 8 Mamikon Gharibyan Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 50 Open
1812 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 7 V Pranav Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 39 Open
1813 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Magnus Carlsen Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
1814 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Vojtech Plat Won: 1-0 50 Open
1815 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Vugar Rasulov Won: 1-0 31 Open
1816 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 5 Cristobal Henriquez Villagra Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 57 Open
1817 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 5 Mahdi Gholami Orimi Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 24 Open
1818 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Mikhail Bryakin Won: 1-0 46 Open
1819 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Johan-Sebastian Christiansen Won: 1-0 70 Open
1820 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 3 Alexandra Kosteniuk Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 42 Open
1821 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 3 Pavel Eljanov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 74 Open
1822 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Alexander Gelman Won: 1-0 50 Open
1823 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Leonid Starozhilov Won: 1-0 43 Open
1824 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 1 Daaevik Wadhawan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 47 Open
1825 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 1 Nick Figorito Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 49 Open
1826 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Magnus Carlsen Won: 1-0 29 Open
1827 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Olexandr Bortnyk Won: 1-0 47 Open
1828 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Early chess.com INT 10 Artin Ashraf Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 87 Open
1829 2025-03-18 Titled Tue 18th Mar Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Alexei Shirov Draw: 1/2-1/2 128 Open
1830 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Tong(QD) Xiao Lost: 0-1 66 Open
1831 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 5 Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 51 Open
1832 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Rauf Mamedov Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
1833 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 3 Jubin Jimmy Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
1834 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Shetty Pranav Won: 1-0 34 Open
1835 2025-03-12 Paris Play-In Swiss chess.com INT 1 Sreyas Payyappat Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 29 Open
1836 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Raunak Sadhwani Lost: 0-1 38 Open
1837 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 9 Vugar Rasulov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 61 Open
1838 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Hikaru Nakamura Draw: 1/2-1/2 122 Open
1839 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 8 Dmitrij Kollars Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 67 Open
1840 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik David Paravyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 70 Open
1841 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Hamidreza Ebrahimi Herab Won: 1-0 64 Open
1842 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 6 Havard Haug Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 50 Open
1843 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Mukhiddin Madaminov Won: 1-0 18 Open
1844 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 5 Cristobal Henriquez Villagra Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 36 Open
1845 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Daniil Plyasunov Won: 1-0 33 Open
1846 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 4 Bojan Maksimovic Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 66 Open
1847 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Artem Dyachuk Won: 1-0 31 Open
1848 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Late chess.com INT 3 Johan-Sebastian Christiansen Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 21 Open
1849 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Daniel Gutierrez Olivares Won: 1-0 34 Open
1850 2025-03-11 Titled Tue 11th Mar Early chess.com INT 2 Erick Zhao Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
  1. vs Derek WuWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-25 · Round 2Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  2. vs Fabian PereiraWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 1Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  3. vs Adrian Martinez FernandezWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 1Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  4. vs Maxime Vachier-LagraveDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 11Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  5. vs Hans Moke NiemannDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 11Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  6. vs Jan-Krzysztof DudaDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-25 · Round 10Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
  7. vs Tuan Minh LeDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-25 · Round 10Titled Tue 25th Mar Early
  8. vs Artin AshrafWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 9Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  9. vs Etienne BacrotWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 9Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  10. vs Olexandr BortnykLost · 0-1White · 2025-03-18 · Round 8Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  11. vs Mamikon GharibyanLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 8Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  12. vs V PranavWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 7Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  13. vs Magnus CarlsenDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-18 · Round 7Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  14. vs Vojtech PlatWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 6Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  15. vs Vugar RasulovWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 6Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  16. vs Cristobal Henriquez VillagraWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 5Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  17. vs Mahdi Gholami OrimiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 5Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  18. vs Mikhail BryakinWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 4Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  19. vs Johan-Sebastian ChristiansenWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 4Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  20. vs Alexandra KosteniukWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 3Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  21. vs Pavel EljanovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 3Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  22. vs Alexander GelmanWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 2Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  23. vs Leonid StarozhilovWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 2Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  24. vs Daaevik WadhawanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 1Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  25. vs Nick FigoritoWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 1Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  26. vs Magnus CarlsenWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 11Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  27. vs Olexandr BortnykWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-18 · Round 11Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  28. vs Artin AshrafWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-18 · Round 10Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
  29. vs Alexei ShirovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-18 · Round 10Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
  30. vs Tong(QD) XiaoLost · 0-1White · 2025-03-12 · Round 6Paris Play-In Swiss
  31. vs Ngoc Truong Son NguyenLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-12 · Round 5Paris Play-In Swiss
  32. vs Rauf MamedovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-12 · Round 4Paris Play-In Swiss
  33. vs Jubin JimmyWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-12 · Round 3Paris Play-In Swiss
  34. vs Shetty PranavWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-12 · Round 2Paris Play-In Swiss
  35. vs Sreyas PayyappatWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-12 · Round 1Paris Play-In Swiss
  36. vs Raunak SadhwaniLost · 0-1White · 2025-03-11 · Round 9Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  37. vs Vugar RasulovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 9Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  38. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-11 · Round 8Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  39. vs Dmitrij KollarsWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 8Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  40. vs David ParavyanDraw · ½–½White · 2025-03-11 · Round 7Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  41. vs Hamidreza Ebrahimi HerabWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 7Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  42. vs Havard HaugWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 6Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  43. vs Mukhiddin MadaminovWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 6Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  44. vs Cristobal Henriquez VillagraWon · 0-1Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 5Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  45. vs Daniil PlyasunovWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 5Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  46. vs Bojan MaksimovicDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 4Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  47. vs Artem DyachukWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 4Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  48. vs Johan-Sebastian ChristiansenLost · 1-0Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 3Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
  49. vs Daniel Gutierrez OlivaresWon · 1-0White · 2025-03-11 · Round 3Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
  50. vs Erick ZhaoDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-03-11 · Round 2Titled Tue 11th Mar Early

FIDE tournaments

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

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