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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.

Rating history

FIDE rating history

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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
2201 2024-09-29 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT 2.1 Benjamin Bok Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
2202 2024-09-28 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 2.4 Denis Lazavik Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Lost: 0-1 61 Open
2203 2024-09-28 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 2.3 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 49 Open
2204 2024-09-28 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 2.2 Denis Lazavik Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Lost: 0-1 36 Open
2205 2024-09-28 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 2.1 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 76 Open
2206 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 1.3 Grigoriy Oparin Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
2207 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 1.2 Denis Lazavik Grigoriy Oparin Won: 1-0 56 Open
2208 2024-09-27 Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT 1.1 Grigoriy Oparin Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 83 Open
2209 2024-09-26 Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2 chess.com INT 2.3 Gadir Guseinov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 24 Open
2210 2024-09-26 Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2 chess.com INT 2.2 Denis Lazavik Gadir Guseinov Won: 1-0 37 Open
2211 2024-09-26 Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2 chess.com INT 2.1 Gadir Guseinov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 29 Open
2212 2024-09-26 Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2 chess.com INT 1.2 David Navara Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 72 Open
2213 2024-09-26 Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2 chess.com INT 1.1 Denis Lazavik David Navara Won: 1-0 36 Open
2214 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Marin Bosiocic Won: 1-0 38 Open
2215 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 8 Shant Sargsyan Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
2216 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik V Pranav Won: 1-0 61 Open
2217 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Pranesh M Won: 1-0 75 Open
2218 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 5 Khagan Ahmad Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 34 Open
2219 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik S.P. Sethuraman Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
2220 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 3 Karthik Venkataraman Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
2221 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 2 Grzegorz Nasuta Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
2222 2024-09-25 Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Johan-Sebastian Christiansen Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
2223 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 9 Daniil Dubov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
2224 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 9 Hikaru Nakamura Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 36 Open
2225 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 8 Magnus Carlsen Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 41 Open
2226 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Maksim Chigaev Won: 1-0 30 Open
2227 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 7 Andrew Hong Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
2228 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Guha Mitrabha Won: 1-0 68 Open
2229 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Gata Kamsky Won: 1-0 64 Open
2230 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Sergei Zhigalko Won: 1-0 35 Open
2231 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 5 Luca Jr Moroni Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
2232 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Mahel Boyer Won: 1-0 49 Open
2233 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Roberto Junio Brito Molina Won: 1-0 29 Open
2234 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 4 Lucas Liascovich Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 75 Open
2235 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 3 Saidakbar Saydaliev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 51 Open
2236 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Pawel Sowinski Won: 1-0 33 Open
2237 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 2 Artem Odegov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 35 Open
2238 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Alexei Belov Won: 1-0 48 Open
2239 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 1 Igor Glek Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 24 Open
2240 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Frankie Badacsonyi Won: 1-0 19 Open
2241 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 11 Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 29 Open
2242 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 11 Matthias Bluebaum Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 120 Open
2243 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Andrew Hong Won: 1-0 83 Open
2244 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Magnus Carlsen Draw: 1/2-1/2 81 Open
2245 2024-09-10 Titled Tue 10th Sep Early chess.com INT 9 Rasmus Svane Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
2246 2024-09-10 Titled Tue 10th Sep Late chess.com INT 9 Alexander Rustemov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 47 Open
2247 2024-09-10 Titled Tue 10th Sep Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Konstantin Popov Won: 1-0 39 Open
2248 2024-09-10 Titled Tue 10th Sep Late chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Roman Pyrih Won: 1-0 40 Open
2249 2024-09-10 Titled Tue 10th Sep Early chess.com INT 7 Marco Materia Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 66 Open
2250 2024-09-10 Titled Tue 10th Sep Late chess.com INT 7 Dmitry Panchenko Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 45 Open
  1. vs Benjamin BokDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-29 · Round 2.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
  2. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-28 · Round 2.4Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  3. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-28 · Round 2.3Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  4. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-28 · Round 2.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  5. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-28 · Round 2.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  6. vs Grigoriy OparinDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.3Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  7. vs Grigoriy OparinWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  8. vs Grigoriy OparinWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
  9. vs Gadir GuseinovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-26 · Round 2.3Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2
  10. vs Gadir GuseinovWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-26 · Round 2.2Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2
  11. vs Gadir GuseinovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-26 · Round 2.1Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2
  12. vs David NavaraDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-26 · Round 1.2Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2
  13. vs David NavaraWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-26 · Round 1.1Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2
  14. vs Marin BosiocicWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-25 · Round 9Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  15. vs Shant SargsyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 8Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  16. vs V PranavWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-25 · Round 7Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  17. vs Pranesh MWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-25 · Round 6Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  18. vs Khagan AhmadWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 5Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  19. vs S.P. SethuramanDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-25 · Round 4Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  20. vs Karthik VenkataramanDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 3Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  21. vs Grzegorz NasutaDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 2Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  22. vs Johan-Sebastian ChristiansenDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-25 · Round 1Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
  23. vs Daniil DubovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 9Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  24. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 9Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  25. vs Magnus CarlsenWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 8Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  26. vs Maksim ChigaevWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 8Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  27. vs Andrew HongDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  28. vs Guha MitrabhaWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  29. vs Gata KamskyWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  30. vs Sergei ZhigalkoWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  31. vs Luca Jr MoroniDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  32. vs Mahel BoyerWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  33. vs Roberto Junio Brito MolinaWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  34. vs Lucas LiascovichDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  35. vs Saidakbar SaydalievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  36. vs Pawel SowinskiWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  37. vs Artem OdegovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  38. vs Alexei BelovWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  39. vs Igor GlekWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 1Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  40. vs Frankie BadacsonyiWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 1Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  41. vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 11Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  42. vs Matthias BluebaumDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 11Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  43. vs Andrew HongWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 10Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
  44. vs Magnus CarlsenDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-17 · Round 10Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  45. vs Rasmus SvaneWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-10 · Round 9Titled Tue 10th Sep Early
  46. vs Alexander RustemovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-10 · Round 9Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
  47. vs Konstantin PopovWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-10 · Round 8Titled Tue 10th Sep Early
  48. vs Roman PyrihWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-10 · Round 8Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
  49. vs Marco MateriaLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-10 · Round 7Titled Tue 10th Sep Early
  50. vs Dmitry PanchenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-10 · Round 7Titled Tue 10th Sep Late

FIDE tournaments

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

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