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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
2101 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 4 Elliot Papadiamandis Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 52 Open
2102 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Alberto Atoyan Won: 1-0 41 Open
2103 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 2 Karina Ambartsumova Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
2104 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Rustum Tolentino Won: 1-0 36 Open
2105 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Kacper Drozdowski Won: 1-0 32 Open
2106 2024-11-05 Titled Tue 5th Nov Early chess.com INT 10 Benjamin Bok Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 41 Open
2107 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Jonas Buhl Bjerre Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
2108 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 8 Sergei Zhigalko Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
2109 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Magnus Carlsen Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
2110 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 6 Alexandr Triapishko Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 33 Open
2111 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Klementy Sychev Won: 1-0 29 Open
2112 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 4 Luca Jr Moroni Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 23 Open
2113 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Artur Gabrielian Won: 1-0 42 Open
2114 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 2 Allahverdi Hamidov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 41 Open
2115 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Yakov Ginzburg Won: 1-0 34 Open
2116 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 11 Daniel Naroditsky Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 51 Open
2117 2024-10-29 Titled Tue 29th Oct Early chess.com INT 10 Dmitry Andreikin Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
2118 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 9 Kayden Troff Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 45 Open
2119 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Eray Kilic Won: 1-0 100 Open
2120 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 7 Arturs Neiksans Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 38 Open
2121 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Almas Rakhmatullaev Won: 1-0 45 Open
2122 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Aman Hambleton Won: 1-0 39 Open
2123 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 4 Evsuld Myagmarsuren Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 34 Open
2124 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 3 David Gavrilescu Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
2125 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Eelke De Boer Won: 1-0 41 Open
2126 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 1 Yaroslav Shevchenko Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 42 Open
2127 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Hikaru Nakamura Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
2128 2024-10-22 Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Magnus Carlsen Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
2129 2024-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 8.17 Denis Lazavik Dmitry Rostovtsev Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
2130 2024-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 7.13 Andrey Rychagov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 85 Open
2131 2024-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 6.9 Denis Lazavik Savva Vetokhin Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
2132 2024-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 5.13 Roman Kezin Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 119 Open
2133 2024-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 4.17 Denis Lazavik Nikita Nagornov Won: 1-0 61 Open
2134 2024-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 3.5 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
2135 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 9.5 Denis Lazavik Aleksandr Shimanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
2136 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 8.1 Andrey Esipenko Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 64 Open
2137 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 7.5 Denis Lazavik Nikita Afanasiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 117 Open
2138 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 6.9 Dmitry Rostovtsev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 50 Open
2139 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 5.1 Daniil Lintchevski Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 16 Open
2140 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 4.1 Denis Lazavik Vladislav Artemiev Won: 1-0 41 Open
2141 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 11.5 Denis Lazavik Ivan Zemlyanskii Won: 1-0 24 Open
2142 2024-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 10.5 Dmitry Kokarev Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
2143 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 9.1 Nikita Afanasiev Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 3 Open
2144 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 8.4 Denis Lazavik Miran Oganian Won: 1-0 38 Open
2145 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 7.3 Ilia Iljiushenok Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 67 Open
2146 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 6.5 Denis Lazavik Dmitry Rostovtsev Won: 1-0 85 Open
2147 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 11.5 Denis Lazavik Arsen Kukhmazov Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
2148 2024-10-16 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 10.3 Denis Lazavik Dmitry Kokarev Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
2149 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 5.4 Alexander Khlebovich Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
2150 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 4.7 Denis Lazavik Evgeny A. Levin Won: 1-0 48 Open
  1. vs Elliot PapadiamandisWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 4Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  2. vs Alberto AtoyanWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 3Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  3. vs Karina AmbartsumovaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 2Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  4. vs Rustum TolentinoWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 1Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  5. vs Kacper DrozdowskiWon · 1-0White · 2024-11-05 · Round 11Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  6. vs Benjamin BokWon · 0-1Black · 2024-11-05 · Round 10Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
  7. vs Jonas Buhl BjerreDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-29 · Round 9Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  8. vs Sergei ZhigalkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-29 · Round 8Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  9. vs Magnus CarlsenDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-29 · Round 7Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  10. vs Alexandr TriapishkoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-29 · Round 6Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  11. vs Klementy SychevWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-29 · Round 5Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  12. vs Luca Jr MoroniWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-29 · Round 4Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  13. vs Artur GabrielianWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-29 · Round 3Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  14. vs Allahverdi HamidovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-29 · Round 2Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  15. vs Yakov GinzburgWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-29 · Round 1Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  16. vs Daniel NaroditskyWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-29 · Round 11Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  17. vs Dmitry AndreikinDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-29 · Round 10Titled Tue 29th Oct Early
  18. vs Kayden TroffWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-22 · Round 9Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  19. vs Eray KilicWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-22 · Round 8Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  20. vs Arturs NeiksansWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-22 · Round 7Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  21. vs Almas RakhmatullaevWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-22 · Round 6Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  22. vs Aman HambletonWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-22 · Round 5Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  23. vs Evsuld MyagmarsurenWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-22 · Round 4Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  24. vs David GavrilescuDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-22 · Round 3Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  25. vs Eelke De BoerWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-22 · Round 2Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  26. vs Yaroslav ShevchenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-22 · Round 1Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  27. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-22 · Round 11Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  28. vs Magnus CarlsenDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-22 · Round 10Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early
  29. vs Dmitry RostovtsevDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-19 · Round 8.17TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  30. vs Andrey RychagovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-19 · Round 7.13TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  31. vs Savva VetokhinDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-19 · Round 6.9TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  32. vs Roman KezinDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-18 · Round 5.13TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  33. vs Nikita NagornovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-18 · Round 4.17TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  34. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-18 · Round 3.5TCh-RUS Rapid 2024
  35. vs Aleksandr ShimanovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-17 · Round 9.5TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  36. vs Andrey EsipenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-17 · Round 8.1TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  37. vs Nikita AfanasievDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-17 · Round 7.5TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  38. vs Dmitry RostovtsevWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-17 · Round 6.9TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  39. vs Daniil LintchevskiDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-17 · Round 5.1TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  40. vs Vladislav ArtemievWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-17 · Round 4.1TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  41. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-17 · Round 11.5TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  42. vs Dmitry KokarevDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-17 · Round 10.5TCh-RUS Blitz 2024
  43. vs Nikita AfanasievDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-16 · Round 9.1ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  44. vs Miran OganianWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-16 · Round 8.4ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  45. vs Ilia IljiushenokDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-16 · Round 7.3ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  46. vs Dmitry RostovtsevWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-16 · Round 6.5ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  47. vs Arsen KukhmazovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-16 · Round 11.5ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  48. vs Dmitry KokarevDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-16 · Round 10.3ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  49. vs Alexander KhlebovichDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 5.4ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  50. vs Evgeny A. LevinWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-15 · Round 4.7ch-RUS Rapid 2024

FIDE tournaments

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

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