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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
1901 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 8 Shanglei Lu Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
1902 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Jan-Krzysztof Duda Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
1903 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Nodirbek Yakubboev Won: 1-0 41 Open
1904 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 5 Shant Sargsyan Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
1905 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Yuriy Kuzubov Won: 1-0 64 Open
1906 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 3 Evgeny Alekseev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 82 Open
1907 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 2 Yahli Sokolovsky Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
1908 2025-02-17 Chessable Masters Play-In chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Aleksandr Rakhmanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
1909 2025-02-17 Chessable Play-In Match chess.com INT 1.3 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 86 Open
1910 2025-02-17 Chessable Play-In Match chess.com INT 1.2 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 71 Open
1911 2025-02-17 Chessable Play-In Match chess.com INT 1.1 Denis Lazavik Vladislav Artemiev Lost: 0-1 93 Open
1912 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 9 Pranesh M Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 59 Open
1913 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik A.R. Saleh Salem Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
1914 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Benjamin Bok Won: 1-0 39 Open
1915 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 6 Eray Kilic Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 125 Open
1916 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov Won: 1-0 47 Open
1917 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 4 Sergei Lobanov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 45 Open
1918 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Garg Aradhya Won: 1-0 29 Open
1919 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 2 Nicolas Perossa Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 30 Open
1920 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Ivan Kochiev Won: 1-0 22 Open
1921 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 11 Cem Kaan Gokerkan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 60 Open
1922 2025-02-11 Titled Tue 11th Feb Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Magnus Carlsen Lost: 0-1 77 Open
1923 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Egor Baskakov Won: 1-0 37 Open
1924 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Adam Kozak Lost: 0-1 44 Open
1925 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 7 Jan Malek Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 57 Open
1926 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Krzysztof Raczek Won: 1-0 25 Open
1927 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 5 Kacper Drozdowski Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 55 Open
1928 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Cem Kaan Gokerkan Won: 1-0 33 Open
1929 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 3 Leonardo Tristan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 33 Open
1930 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Mateu Boci Won: 1-0 42 Open
1931 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 1 Zahar Hilkevich Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
1932 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Ihor Samunenkov Won: 1-0 85 Open
1933 2025-02-04 Titled Tue 4th Feb Early chess.com INT 10 Felix-Antonio Ilinca Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 48 Open
1934 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Anton Demchenko Won: 1-0 48 Open
1935 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Late chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Parham Maghsoodloo Won: 1-0 41 Open
1936 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Maksim Chigaev Won: 1-0 36 Open
1937 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Late chess.com INT 8 Kacper Drozdowski Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 66 Open
1938 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Early chess.com INT 7 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 67 Open
1939 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Late chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Varuzhan Akobian Won: 1-0 73 Open
1940 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Late chess.com INT 6 Krzysztof Raczek Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 48 Open
1941 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Garg Aradhya Won: 1-0 66 Open
1942 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Early chess.com INT 5 David Kaufman Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 63 Open
1943 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Late chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Lkhagvajamts Ochirbat Won: 1-0 82 Open
1944 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Late chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Piotr Brzezina Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
1945 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Early chess.com INT 4 Eltaj Safarli Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 70 Open
1946 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Late chess.com INT 3 Diego Zilleruelo Irizarry Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 21 Open
1947 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Arad Nazari Won: 1-0 33 Open
1948 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Early chess.com INT 2 Jiner Zhu Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 56 Open
1949 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Late chess.com INT 2 Patrick Perry Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 14 Open
1950 2025-01-28 Titled Tue 28th Jan Late chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Sebastian Zsombor Peczely Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
  1. vs Shanglei LuDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 8Chessable Masters Play-In
  2. vs Jan-Krzysztof DudaDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-17 · Round 7Chessable Masters Play-In
  3. vs Nodirbek YakubboevWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-17 · Round 6Chessable Masters Play-In
  4. vs Shant SargsyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 5Chessable Masters Play-In
  5. vs Yuriy KuzubovWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-17 · Round 4Chessable Masters Play-In
  6. vs Evgeny AlekseevWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 3Chessable Masters Play-In
  7. vs Yahli SokolovskyWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 2Chessable Masters Play-In
  8. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-17 · Round 1Chessable Masters Play-In
  9. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 1.3Chessable Play-In Match
  10. vs Vladislav ArtemievWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-17 · Round 1.2Chessable Play-In Match
  11. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 0-1White · 2025-02-17 · Round 1.1Chessable Play-In Match
  12. vs Pranesh MWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-11 · Round 9Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  13. vs A.R. Saleh SalemDraw · ½–½White · 2025-02-11 · Round 8Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  14. vs Benjamin BokWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-11 · Round 7Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  15. vs Eray KilicDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-02-11 · Round 6Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  16. vs Mukhammadzokhid SuyarovWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-11 · Round 5Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  17. vs Sergei LobanovWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-11 · Round 4Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  18. vs Garg AradhyaWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-11 · Round 3Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  19. vs Nicolas PerossaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-11 · Round 2Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  20. vs Ivan KochievWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-11 · Round 1Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  21. vs Cem Kaan GokerkanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-11 · Round 11Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  22. vs Magnus CarlsenLost · 0-1White · 2025-02-11 · Round 10Titled Tue 11th Feb Early
  23. vs Egor BaskakovWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-04 · Round 9Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  24. vs Adam KozakLost · 0-1White · 2025-02-04 · Round 8Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  25. vs Jan MalekWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-04 · Round 7Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  26. vs Krzysztof RaczekWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-04 · Round 6Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  27. vs Kacper DrozdowskiLost · 1-0Black · 2025-02-04 · Round 5Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  28. vs Cem Kaan GokerkanWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-04 · Round 4Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  29. vs Leonardo TristanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-04 · Round 3Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  30. vs Mateu BociWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-04 · Round 2Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  31. vs Zahar HilkevichWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-04 · Round 1Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  32. vs Ihor SamunenkovWon · 1-0White · 2025-02-04 · Round 11Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  33. vs Felix-Antonio IlincaWon · 0-1Black · 2025-02-04 · Round 10Titled Tue 4th Feb Early
  34. vs Anton DemchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2025-01-28 · Round 9Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
  35. vs Parham MaghsoodlooWon · 1-0White · 2025-01-28 · Round 9Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
  36. vs Maksim ChigaevWon · 1-0White · 2025-01-28 · Round 8Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
  37. vs Kacper DrozdowskiWon · 0-1Black · 2025-01-28 · Round 8Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
  38. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-01-28 · Round 7Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
  39. vs Varuzhan AkobianWon · 1-0White · 2025-01-28 · Round 7Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
  40. vs Krzysztof RaczekWon · 0-1Black · 2025-01-28 · Round 6Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
  41. vs Garg AradhyaWon · 1-0White · 2025-01-28 · Round 6Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
  42. vs David KaufmanWon · 0-1Black · 2025-01-28 · Round 5Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
  43. vs Lkhagvajamts OchirbatWon · 1-0White · 2025-01-28 · Round 5Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
  44. vs Piotr BrzezinaDraw · ½–½White · 2025-01-28 · Round 4Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
  45. vs Eltaj SafarliDraw · ½–½Black · 2025-01-28 · Round 4Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
  46. vs Diego Zilleruelo IrizarryWon · 0-1Black · 2025-01-28 · Round 3Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
  47. vs Arad NazariWon · 1-0White · 2025-01-28 · Round 3Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
  48. vs Jiner ZhuWon · 0-1Black · 2025-01-28 · Round 2Titled Tue 28th Jan Early
  49. vs Patrick PerryWon · 0-1Black · 2025-01-28 · Round 2Titled Tue 28th Jan Late
  50. vs Sebastian Zsombor PeczelyDraw · ½–½White · 2025-01-28 · Round 1Titled Tue 28th Jan Late

FIDE tournaments

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

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