GMDenis Lazavik
- 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
Rapid
2624Published FIDE
Blitz
2644Published 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- vs Benjamin BokDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-29 · Round 2.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L
- vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-28 · Round 2.4Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
- vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-28 · Round 2.3Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
- vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-28 · Round 2.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
- vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-28 · Round 2.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
- vs Grigoriy OparinDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.3Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
- vs Grigoriy OparinWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.2Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
- vs Grigoriy OparinWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-27 · Round 1.1Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W
- vs Gadir GuseinovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-26 · Round 2.3Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2
- vs Gadir GuseinovWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-26 · Round 2.2Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2
- vs Gadir GuseinovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-26 · Round 2.1Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2
- vs David NavaraDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-26 · Round 1.2Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2
- vs David NavaraWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-26 · Round 1.1Julius Baer Gen Cup P/I m D2
- vs Marin BosiocicWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-25 · Round 9Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
- vs Shant SargsyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 8Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
- vs V PranavWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-25 · Round 7Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
- vs Pranesh MWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-25 · Round 6Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
- vs Khagan AhmadWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 5Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
- vs S.P. SethuramanDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-25 · Round 4Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
- vs Karthik VenkataramanDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 3Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
- vs Grzegorz NasutaDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-25 · Round 2Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
- vs Johan-Sebastian ChristiansenDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-25 · Round 1Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In
- vs Daniil DubovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 9Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 9Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Magnus CarlsenWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 8Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Maksim ChigaevWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 8Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Andrew HongDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Guha MitrabhaWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Gata KamskyWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Sergei ZhigalkoWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Luca Jr MoroniDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Mahel BoyerWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Roberto Junio Brito MolinaWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Lucas LiascovichDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Saidakbar SaydalievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Pawel SowinskiWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Artem OdegovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Alexei BelovWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Igor GlekWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 1Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Frankie BadacsonyiWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 1Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 11Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Matthias BluebaumDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 11Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Andrew HongWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 10Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
- vs Magnus CarlsenDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-17 · Round 10Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
- vs Rasmus SvaneWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-10 · Round 9Titled Tue 10th Sep Early
- vs Alexander RustemovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-10 · Round 9Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
- vs Konstantin PopovWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-10 · Round 8Titled Tue 10th Sep Early
- vs Roman PyrihWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-10 · Round 8Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
- vs Marco MateriaLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-10 · Round 7Titled Tue 10th Sep Early
- vs Dmitry PanchenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-10 · Round 7Titled Tue 10th Sep Late
FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | 46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open | Classical | 7½ |