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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
3001 2023-11-14 Titled Tue 14th Nov Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Bharath Subramaniyam H Won: 1-0 84 Open
3002 2023-11-14 Titled Tue 14th Nov Early chess.com INT 4 Antoni Kozak Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 41 Open
3003 2023-11-14 Titled Tue 14th Nov Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Alen Yeremyan Won: 1-0 36 Open
3004 2023-11-14 Titled Tue 14th Nov Early chess.com INT 2 Siar Yaran Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 30 Open
3005 2023-11-14 Titled Tue 14th Nov Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Matthew Herman Won: 1-0 55 Open
3006 2023-11-14 Titled Tue 14th Nov Early chess.com INT 11 Bardiya Daneshvar Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 3 Open
3007 2023-11-14 Titled Tue 14th Nov Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Hikaru Nakamura Draw: 1/2-1/2 85 Open
3008 2023-11-05 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 11.5 Denis Lazavik Sandro Mareco Won: 1-0 48 Open
3009 2023-11-04 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 10.49 Murali Karthikeyan Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
3010 2023-11-03 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 9.53 Denis Lazavik Vahap Sanal Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
3011 2023-11-02 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 8.53 Dennis Wagner Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
3012 2023-11-01 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 7.52 Denis Lazavik Cristobal Henriquez Villagra Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
3013 2023-10-30 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 6.47 Raunak Sadhwani Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 58 Open
3014 2023-10-29 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 5.45 Denis Lazavik Pouya Idani Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
3015 2023-10-28 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 4.49 Jaime Santos Latasa Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
3016 2023-10-27 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 3.34 Denis Lazavik Radoslaw Wojtaszek Lost: 0-1 34 Open
3017 2023-10-26 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 2.41 Mateusz Bartel Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
3018 2023-10-25 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 Douglas IOM 1.45 Denis Lazavik Anton Korobov Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
3019 2023-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2023 Sochi RUS 9.21 Artem Uskov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 94 Open
3020 2023-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2023 Sochi RUS 8.25 Denis Lazavik Savva Vetokhin Won: 1-0 45 Open
3021 2023-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2023 Sochi RUS 7.17 Ivan Rozum Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
3022 2023-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2023 Sochi RUS 6.9 Denis Lazavik Evgeny Alekseev Draw: 1/2-1/2 55 Open
3023 2023-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2023 Sochi RUS 5.1 Alexander Grischuk Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 87 Open
3024 2023-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2023 Sochi RUS 4.5 Denis Lazavik Vladimir Malakhov Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
3025 2023-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2023 Sochi RUS 3.9 Denis Lazavik Pavel Ponkratov Won: 1-0 35 Open
3026 2023-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2023 Sochi RUS 2.9 Artyom Timofeev Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
3027 2023-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2023 Sochi RUS 9.21 Denis Lazavik Dmitry Bocharov Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
3028 2023-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2023 Sochi RUS 7.21 Denis Lazavik Maxim Lugovskoy Draw: 1/2-1/2 19 Open
3029 2023-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2023 Sochi RUS 4.17 Pavel Ponkratov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
3030 2023-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2023 Sochi RUS 2.1 Alexander Grischuk Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 8 Open
3031 2023-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2023 Sochi RUS 12.17 Zhamsaran Tsydypov Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 85 Open
3032 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Alen Yeremyan Won: 1-0 40 Open
3033 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 8 Alexander Rustemov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
3034 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Tuna Ozates Won: 1-0 40 Open
3035 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 6 Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 111 Open
3036 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Roman Komov Won: 1-0 39 Open
3037 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Amanmuhammet Hommadov Won: 1-0 19 Open
3038 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 3 Valerio Carnicelli Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 53 Open
3039 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Vladimir Goncharov Won: 1-0 55 Open
3040 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 1 Pavel Toropov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
3041 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik John Veny Akkarakaran Won: 1-0 46 Open
3042 2023-10-10 Titled Tue 10th Oct Early chess.com INT 10 Bharath Subramaniyam H Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 42 Open
3043 2023-10-03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Artem Galaktionov Won: 1-0 32 Open
3044 2023-10-03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early chess.com INT 8 Antoni Kozak Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 29 Open
3045 2023-10-03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Ivan Zemlyanskii Lost: 0-1 82 Open
3046 2023-10-03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Arman Mikaelyan Won: 1-0 57 Open
3047 2023-10-03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early chess.com INT 5 Vladimir Zakhartsov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 39 Open
3048 2023-10-03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Alexei Gubajdullin Won: 1-0 27 Open
3049 2023-10-03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early chess.com INT 3 Srihari L R Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 76 Open
3050 2023-10-03 Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Tigran R. Sargsyan Won: 1-0 40 Open
  1. vs Bharath Subramaniyam HWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-14 · Round 5Titled Tue 14th Nov Early
  2. vs Antoni KozakWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-14 · Round 4Titled Tue 14th Nov Early
  3. vs Alen YeremyanWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-14 · Round 3Titled Tue 14th Nov Early
  4. vs Siar YaranWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-14 · Round 2Titled Tue 14th Nov Early
  5. vs Matthew HermanWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-14 · Round 1Titled Tue 14th Nov Early
  6. vs Bardiya DaneshvarDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-11-14 · Round 11Titled Tue 14th Nov Early
  7. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½White · 2023-11-14 · Round 10Titled Tue 14th Nov Early
  8. vs Sandro MarecoWon · 1-0White · 2023-11-05 · Round 11.5FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  9. vs Murali KarthikeyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-11-04 · Round 10.49FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  10. vs Vahap SanalDraw · ½–½White · 2023-11-03 · Round 9.53FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  11. vs Dennis WagnerDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-11-02 · Round 8.53FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  12. vs Cristobal Henriquez VillagraDraw · ½–½White · 2023-11-01 · Round 7.52FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  13. vs Raunak SadhwaniLost · 1-0Black · 2023-10-30 · Round 6.47FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  14. vs Pouya IdaniDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-29 · Round 5.45FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  15. vs Jaime Santos LatasaDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-28 · Round 4.49FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  16. vs Radoslaw WojtaszekLost · 0-1White · 2023-10-27 · Round 3.34FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  17. vs Mateusz BartelDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-26 · Round 2.41FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  18. vs Anton KorobovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-25 · Round 1.45FIDE Grand Swiss 2023
  19. vs Artem UskovWon · 0-1Black · 2023-10-19 · Round 9.21TCh-RUS Rapid 2023
  20. vs Savva VetokhinWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-19 · Round 8.25TCh-RUS Rapid 2023
  21. vs Ivan RozumDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-19 · Round 7.17TCh-RUS Rapid 2023
  22. vs Evgeny AlekseevDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-19 · Round 6.9TCh-RUS Rapid 2023
  23. vs Alexander GrischukLost · 1-0Black · 2023-10-18 · Round 5.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2023
  24. vs Vladimir MalakhovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-18 · Round 4.5TCh-RUS Rapid 2023
  25. vs Pavel PonkratovWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-18 · Round 3.9TCh-RUS Rapid 2023
  26. vs Artyom TimofeevDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-18 · Round 2.9TCh-RUS Rapid 2023
  27. vs Dmitry BocharovDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-17 · Round 9.21TCh-RUS Blitz 2023
  28. vs Maxim LugovskoyDraw · ½–½White · 2023-10-17 · Round 7.21TCh-RUS Blitz 2023
  29. vs Pavel PonkratovWon · 0-1Black · 2023-10-17 · Round 4.17TCh-RUS Blitz 2023
  30. vs Alexander GrischukDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-17 · Round 2.1TCh-RUS Blitz 2023
  31. vs Zhamsaran TsydypovLost · 1-0Black · 2023-10-17 · Round 12.17TCh-RUS Blitz 2023
  32. vs Alen YeremyanWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-10 · Round 9Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  33. vs Alexander RustemovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-10 · Round 8Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  34. vs Tuna OzatesWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-10 · Round 7Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  35. vs Rodrigo Vasquez SchroederLost · 1-0Black · 2023-10-10 · Round 6Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  36. vs Roman KomovWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-10 · Round 5Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  37. vs Amanmuhammet HommadovWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-10 · Round 4Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  38. vs Valerio CarnicelliWon · 0-1Black · 2023-10-10 · Round 3Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  39. vs Vladimir GoncharovWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-10 · Round 2Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  40. vs Pavel ToropovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-10 · Round 1Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  41. vs John Veny AkkarakaranWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-10 · Round 11Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  42. vs Bharath Subramaniyam HLost · 1-0Black · 2023-10-10 · Round 10Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
  43. vs Artem GalaktionovWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-03 · Round 9Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early
  44. vs Antoni KozakWon · 0-1Black · 2023-10-03 · Round 8Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early
  45. vs Ivan ZemlyanskiiLost · 0-1White · 2023-10-03 · Round 7Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early
  46. vs Arman MikaelyanWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-03 · Round 6Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early
  47. vs Vladimir ZakhartsovWon · 0-1Black · 2023-10-03 · Round 5Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early
  48. vs Alexei GubajdullinWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-03 · Round 4Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early
  49. vs Srihari L RDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-10-03 · Round 3Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early
  50. vs Tigran R. SargsyanWon · 1-0White · 2023-10-03 · Round 2Titled Tue 3rd Oct Early

FIDE tournaments

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

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