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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
2151 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 3.3 Kirill Kozionov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
2152 2024-10-15 ch-RUS Rapid 2024 Sochi RUS 2.4 Denis Lazavik Alexandr Truskavetsky Won: 1-0 35 Open
2153 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 9.3 Boris Savchenko Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
2154 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 7.1 Pavel Ponkratov Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 64 Open
2155 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 6.2 Denis Lazavik Artem Odegov Won: 1-0 46 Open
2156 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 5.1 Ramil Faizrakhmanov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
2157 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 4.1 Denis Lazavik Ivan Rozum Won: 1-0 83 Open
2158 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 3.1 Alexander Khripachenko Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 70 Open
2159 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 2.3 Denis Lazavik Matvei Shcherbin Won: 1-0 40 Open
2160 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 13.4 Denis Lazavik Ivan Zemlyanskii Lost: 0-1 39 Open
2161 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 12.4 Zhamsaran Tsydypov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 16 Open
2162 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 11.1 Denis Lazavik Nikita Afanasiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
2163 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 10.3 Denis Lazavik Andrey Tsvetkov Won: 1-0 43 Open
2164 2024-10-14 ch-RUS Blitz 2024 Sochi RUS 1.3 Argisht Voskanyan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 66 Open
2165 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 9 V Pranav Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 51 Open
2166 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Early chess.com INT 9 Jeffery Xiong Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 33 Open
2167 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Marco Materia Won: 1-0 43 Open
2168 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Hamidreza Ebrahimi Herab Won: 1-0 61 Open
2169 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Early chess.com INT 7 Kirill Shevchenko Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 37 Open
2170 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Won: 1-0 46 Open
2171 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 6 Mendes Aaron Reeve Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 46 Open
2172 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Early chess.com INT 6 Reza Mahdavi Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 35 Open
2173 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Murad Ibrahimli Won: 1-0 68 Open
2174 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Vasif Durarbayli Won: 1-0 33 Open
2175 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Early chess.com INT 4 Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 40 Open
2176 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 4 Tanitoluwa Adewumi Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 35 Open
2177 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Daniil Manelyuk Won: 1-0 35 Open
2178 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik James Morris Won: 1-0 21 Open
2179 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Early chess.com INT 2 Daniel Barria Zuniga Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 31 Open
2180 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 2 Eelke De Boer Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 35 Open
2181 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Jose Camacho Collados Won: 1-0 57 Open
2182 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Early chess.com INT 11 Dmitry Andreikin Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 39 Open
2183 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 11 Frederik Svane Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
2184 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik David Paravyan Won: 1-0 54 Open
2185 2024-10-08 Titled Tue 8th Oct Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Andriy Klymchuk Won: 1-0 42 Open
2186 2024-10-01 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 5.5 Wesley So Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 45 Open
2187 2024-10-01 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 5.4 Denis Lazavik Wesley So Draw: 1/2-1/2 66 Open
2188 2024-10-01 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 5.3 Wesley So Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 45 Open
2189 2024-10-01 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 5.2 Denis Lazavik Wesley So Lost: 0-1 53 Open
2190 2024-10-01 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 5.1 Wesley So Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
2191 2024-09-30 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 6.2 Denis Lazavik Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Won: 1-0 96 Open
2192 2024-09-30 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 6.1 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
2193 2024-09-30 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 5.3 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 41 Open
2194 2024-09-30 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 5.2 Denis Lazavik Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Draw: 1/2-1/2 78 Open
2195 2024-09-30 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 5.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
2196 2024-09-30 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 4.2 Shant Sargsyan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 81 Open
2197 2024-09-30 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 4.1 Denis Lazavik Shant Sargsyan Won: 1-0 51 Open
2198 2024-09-29 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 3.2 Denis Lazavik Olexandr Bortnyk Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
2199 2024-09-29 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 3.1 Olexandr Bortnyk Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 58 Open
2200 2024-09-29 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 2.2 Denis Lazavik Benjamin Bok Won: 1-0 56 Open
  1. vs Kirill KozionovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-15 · Round 3.3ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  2. vs Alexandr TruskavetskyWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-15 · Round 2.4ch-RUS Rapid 2024
  3. vs Boris SavchenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 9.3ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  4. vs Pavel PonkratovLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 7.1ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  5. vs Artem OdegovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 6.2ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  6. vs Ramil FaizrakhmanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 5.1ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  7. vs Ivan RozumWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 4.1ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  8. vs Alexander KhripachenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 3.1ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  9. vs Matvei ShcherbinWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 2.3ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  10. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiLost · 0-1White · 2024-10-14 · Round 13.4ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  11. vs Zhamsaran TsydypovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 12.4ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  12. vs Nikita AfanasievDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-14 · Round 11.1ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  13. vs Andrey TsvetkovWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-14 · Round 10.3ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  14. vs Argisht VoskanyanWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-14 · Round 1.3ch-RUS Blitz 2024
  15. vs V PranavLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 9Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  16. vs Jeffery XiongLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 9Titled Tue 8th Oct Early
  17. vs Marco MateriaWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-08 · Round 8Titled Tue 8th Oct Early
  18. vs Hamidreza Ebrahimi HerabWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-08 · Round 8Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  19. vs Kirill ShevchenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 7Titled Tue 8th Oct Early
  20. vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-08 · Round 7Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  21. vs Mendes Aaron ReeveWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 6Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  22. vs Reza MahdaviWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 6Titled Tue 8th Oct Early
  23. vs Murad IbrahimliWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-08 · Round 5Titled Tue 8th Oct Early
  24. vs Vasif DurarbayliWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-08 · Round 5Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  25. vs Rodrigo Vasquez SchroederWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 4Titled Tue 8th Oct Early
  26. vs Tanitoluwa AdewumiWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 4Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  27. vs Daniil ManelyukWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-08 · Round 3Titled Tue 8th Oct Early
  28. vs James MorrisWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-08 · Round 3Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  29. vs Daniel Barria ZunigaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 2Titled Tue 8th Oct Early
  30. vs Eelke De BoerWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 2Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  31. vs Jose Camacho ColladosWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-08 · Round 1Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  32. vs Dmitry AndreikinLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 11Titled Tue 8th Oct Early
  33. vs Frederik SvaneDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-08 · Round 11Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  34. vs David ParavyanWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-08 · Round 10Titled Tue 8th Oct Late
  35. vs Andriy KlymchukWon · 1-0White · 2024-10-08 · Round 10Titled Tue 8th Oct Early
  36. vs Wesley SoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 5.5Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  37. vs Wesley SoDraw · ½–½White · 2024-10-01 · Round 5.4Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  38. vs Wesley SoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 5.3Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  39. vs Wesley SoLost · 0-1White · 2024-10-01 · Round 5.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  40. vs Wesley SoDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-10-01 · Round 5.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  41. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-30 · Round 6.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
  42. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-30 · Round 6.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
  43. vs Santosh Gujrathi ViditWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-30 · Round 5.3Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
  44. vs Santosh Gujrathi ViditDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-30 · Round 5.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
  45. vs Santosh Gujrathi ViditDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-30 · Round 5.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
  46. vs Shant SargsyanWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-30 · Round 4.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
  47. vs Shant SargsyanWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-30 · Round 4.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
  48. vs Olexandr BortnykDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-29 · Round 3.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
  49. vs Olexandr BortnykWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-29 · Round 3.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
  50. vs Benjamin BokWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-29 · Round 2.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L

FIDE tournaments

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

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