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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
2851 2024-01-30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Early chess.com INT 2 Semen Novozhilov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
2852 2024-01-30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Late chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Tuna Ozates Won: 1-0 19 Open
2853 2024-01-30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Late chess.com INT 1 Richard Leyva Proenza Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 50 Open
2854 2024-01-30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Alberto Santos Flores Won: 1-0 42 Open
2855 2024-01-30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Late chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Hans Moke Niemann Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
2856 2024-01-30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Early chess.com INT 11 Hovik Hayrapetyan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 25 Open
2857 2024-01-30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Nikita Matinian Won: 1-0 18 Open
2858 2024-01-30 Titled Tue 30th Jan Late chess.com INT 10 Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 29 Open
2859 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Andrew Hong Won: 1-0 88 Open
2860 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Alan Pichot Won: 1-0 46 Open
2861 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 8 Dmitriy Kushko Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
2862 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Cristobal Henriquez Villagra Won: 1-0 75 Open
2863 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 7 Rasmus Svane Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 69 Open
2864 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 7 Ruben Gideon Koellner Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 33 Open
2865 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Xavier Martinez Pla Won: 1-0 50 Open
2866 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Pavel Eljanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
2867 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Vugar Rasulov Lost: 0-1 63 Open
2868 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 5 Sergei Zhigalko Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 77 Open
2869 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 4 Bartlomiej Niedbala Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 66 Open
2870 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 4 David Brodsky Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 40 Open
2871 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Nikolaos Aggelis Won: 1-0 18 Open
2872 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Ernesto J. Fernandez Guillen Won: 1-0 31 Open
2873 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 2 Alex Bullen Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 33 Open
2874 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 2 Danyil Mosesov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 28 Open
2875 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Asish Panda Lost: 0-1 32 Open
2876 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Jens Hirneise Won: 1-0 71 Open
2877 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Leinier Dominguez Perez Won: 1-0 57 Open
2878 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 11 Aleks Sahakyan Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 51 Open
2879 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 10 Hikaru Nakamura Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 44 Open
2880 2024-01-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Maksim Chigaev Won: 1-0 54 Open
2881 2024-01-18 90th ch-BLR 2024 Minsk BLR 9.3 Denis Lazavik Aliaksei Kramich Won: 1-0 63 Open
2882 2024-01-17 90th ch-BLR 2024 Minsk BLR 8.3 Artsiom Bialiauski Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 26 Open
2883 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Valery Kazakouski Lost: 0-1 40 Open
2884 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 8 Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 37 Open
2885 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Kirill Klukin Won: 1-0 32 Open
2886 2024-01-16 90th ch-BLR 2024 Minsk BLR 7.4 Denis Lazavik Alexander Bystrov Won: 1-0 23 Open
2887 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 6 Saidakbar Saydaliev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 26 Open
2888 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Artiom Stribuk Lost: 0-1 41 Open
2889 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 4 Artin Ashraf Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 74 Open
2890 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Arthur De Winter Won: 1-0 25 Open
2891 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 2 Roman Ovetchkin Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 36 Open
2892 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Timofey Iljin Won: 1-0 45 Open
2893 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Tejas Rama Won: 1-0 40 Open
2894 2024-01-16 Titled Tue 16th Jan Early chess.com INT 10 Qilin Bao Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 40 Open
2895 2024-01-15 90th ch-BLR 2024 Minsk BLR 6.2 Maksim Tsaruk Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
2896 2024-01-14 90th ch-BLR 2024 Minsk BLR 5.5 Denis Lazavik Mihail Nikitenko Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
2897 2024-01-13 90th ch-BLR 2024 Minsk BLR 4.1 Aleksej Aleksandrov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
2898 2024-01-12 90th ch-BLR 2024 Minsk BLR 3.5 Timur Gvozdev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 42 Open
2899 2024-01-11 90th ch-BLR 2024 Minsk BLR 2.2 Denis Lazavik Viachaslau Zarubitski Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
2900 2024-01-10 90th ch-BLR 2024 Minsk BLR 1.4 Andrey Gorovets Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 36 Open
  1. vs Semen NovozhilovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-01-30 · Round 2Titled Tue 30th Jan Early
  2. vs Tuna OzatesWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-30 · Round 2Titled Tue 30th Jan Late
  3. vs Richard Leyva ProenzaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-30 · Round 1Titled Tue 30th Jan Late
  4. vs Alberto Santos FloresWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-30 · Round 1Titled Tue 30th Jan Early
  5. vs Hans Moke NiemannDraw · ½–½White · 2024-01-30 · Round 11Titled Tue 30th Jan Late
  6. vs Hovik HayrapetyanWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-30 · Round 11Titled Tue 30th Jan Early
  7. vs Nikita MatinianWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-30 · Round 10Titled Tue 30th Jan Early
  8. vs Ngoc Truong Son NguyenWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-30 · Round 10Titled Tue 30th Jan Late
  9. vs Andrew HongWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-23 · Round 9Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  10. vs Alan PichotWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-23 · Round 9Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  11. vs Dmitriy KushkoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-23 · Round 8Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  12. vs Cristobal Henriquez VillagraWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-23 · Round 8Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  13. vs Rasmus SvaneDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-01-23 · Round 7Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  14. vs Ruben Gideon KoellnerWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-23 · Round 7Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  15. vs Xavier Martinez PlaWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-23 · Round 6Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  16. vs Pavel EljanovDraw · ½–½White · 2024-01-23 · Round 6Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  17. vs Vugar RasulovLost · 0-1White · 2024-01-23 · Round 5Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  18. vs Sergei ZhigalkoWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-23 · Round 5Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  19. vs Bartlomiej NiedbalaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-23 · Round 4Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  20. vs David BrodskyWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-23 · Round 4Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  21. vs Nikolaos AggelisWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-23 · Round 3Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  22. vs Ernesto J. Fernandez GuillenWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-23 · Round 3Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  23. vs Alex BullenWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-23 · Round 2Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  24. vs Danyil MosesovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-23 · Round 2Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  25. vs Asish PandaLost · 0-1White · 2024-01-23 · Round 1Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  26. vs Jens HirneiseWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-23 · Round 1Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  27. vs Leinier Dominguez PerezWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-23 · Round 11Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  28. vs Aleks SahakyanLost · 1-0Black · 2024-01-23 · Round 11Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  29. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 1-0Black · 2024-01-23 · Round 10Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early
  30. vs Maksim ChigaevWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-23 · Round 10Titled Tue 23rd Jan Late
  31. vs Aliaksei KramichWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-18 · Round 9.390th ch-BLR 2024
  32. vs Artsiom BialiauskiWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-17 · Round 8.390th ch-BLR 2024
  33. vs Valery KazakouskiLost · 0-1White · 2024-01-16 · Round 9Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  34. vs Ngoc Truong Son NguyenLost · 1-0Black · 2024-01-16 · Round 8Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  35. vs Kirill KlukinWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-16 · Round 7Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  36. vs Alexander BystrovWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-16 · Round 7.490th ch-BLR 2024
  37. vs Saidakbar SaydalievWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-16 · Round 6Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  38. vs Artiom StribukLost · 0-1White · 2024-01-16 · Round 5Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  39. vs Artin AshrafDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-01-16 · Round 4Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  40. vs Arthur De WinterWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-16 · Round 3Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  41. vs Roman OvetchkinWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-16 · Round 2Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  42. vs Timofey IljinWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-16 · Round 1Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  43. vs Tejas RamaWon · 1-0White · 2024-01-16 · Round 11Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  44. vs Qilin BaoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-01-16 · Round 10Titled Tue 16th Jan Early
  45. vs Maksim TsarukDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-01-15 · Round 6.290th ch-BLR 2024
  46. vs Mihail NikitenkoDraw · ½–½White · 2024-01-14 · Round 5.590th ch-BLR 2024
  47. vs Aleksej AleksandrovDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-01-13 · Round 4.190th ch-BLR 2024
  48. vs Timur GvozdevWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-12 · Round 3.590th ch-BLR 2024
  49. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiDraw · ½–½White · 2024-01-11 · Round 2.290th ch-BLR 2024
  50. vs Andrey GorovetsWon · 0-1Black · 2024-01-10 · Round 1.490th ch-BLR 2024

FIDE tournaments

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

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