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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.

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
3801 2022-12-20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late chess.com INT 11 Gata Kamsky Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 38 Open
3802 2022-12-20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Magnus Carlsen Lost: 0-1 50 Open
3803 2022-12-20 Titled Tue 20th Dec Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Mihnea Costachi Won: 1-0 50 Open
3804 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Liam Putnam Won: 1-0 39 Open
3805 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 8 Artyom Timofeev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 52 Open
3806 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Alireza Firouzja Lost: 0-1 54 Open
3807 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 6 Alexandr Fier Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 24 Open
3808 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Alexander A. Kopylov Won: 1-0 25 Open
3809 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 4 Avinash Ramesh Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
3810 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 3 Zhongyi Tan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 51 Open
3811 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Aleks Sahakyan Won: 1-0 49 Open
3812 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 1 Namitbir Singh Walia Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 36 Open
3813 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Khazar Babazada Won: 1-0 59 Open
3814 2022-12-13 Titled Tue 13th Dec Early chess.com INT 10 Pablo Salinas Herrera Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 42 Open
3815 2022-12-07 The Game has begun! Boys Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 9.4 Denis Lazavik Andrey Tsvetkov Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
3816 2022-12-06 The Game has begun! Boys Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 8.2 Kirill Shubin Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
3817 2022-12-05 The Game has begun! Boys Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 7.5 Denis Lazavik Volodar Murzin Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
3818 2022-12-04 The Game has begun! Boys Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 6.1 Khazar Babazada Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
3819 2022-12-03 The Game has begun! Boys Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 5.5 Shant Sargsyan Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
3820 2022-12-02 The Game has begun! Boys Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 4.2 Denis Lazavik Aleksey Grebnev Won: 1-0 52 Open
3821 2022-12-01 The Game has begun! Boys Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 3.4 Arseniy Nesterov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
3822 2022-11-30 The Game has begun! Boys Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2.3 Denis Lazavik Ruslan Sezdbekov Lost: 0-1 39 Open
3823 2022-11-29 The Game has begun! Boys Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 1.3 Rudik Makarian Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
3824 2022-11-19 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 9 Mahammad Muradli Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
3825 2022-11-19 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Mustafa Yilmaz Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
3826 2022-11-19 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 7 Murali Karthikeyan Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 109 Open
3827 2022-11-19 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Wenjun Ju Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
3828 2022-11-19 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 4 Haik M. Martirosyan Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
3829 2022-11-19 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Yi Wei Won: 1-0 42 Open
3830 2022-11-19 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Mikhail Kobalia Won: 1-0 39 Open
3831 2022-11-19 SCO National Chess Online chess.com INT 1 Parham Maghsoodloo Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 25 Open
3832 2022-11-13 chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO chess.com INT 1.9 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 102 Open
3833 2022-11-13 chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO chess.com INT 1.8 Denis Lazavik Vladislav Artemiev Lost: 0-1 35 Open
3834 2022-11-13 chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO chess.com INT 1.7 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 32 Open
3835 2022-11-13 chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO chess.com INT 1.6 Denis Lazavik Vladislav Artemiev Lost: 0-1 62 Open
3836 2022-11-13 chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO chess.com INT 1.5 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 52 Open
3837 2022-11-13 chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO chess.com INT 1.4 Denis Lazavik Vladislav Artemiev Won: 1-0 43 Open
3838 2022-11-13 chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO chess.com INT 1.3 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 66 Open
3839 2022-11-13 chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO chess.com INT 1.2 Denis Lazavik Vladislav Artemiev Lost: 0-1 45 Open
3840 2022-11-13 chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO chess.com INT 1.1 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 63 Open
3841 2022-11-12 chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Mikhail Demidov Won: 1-0 59 Open
3842 2022-11-12 chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw chess.com INT 8 Zhongyi Tan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 61 Open
3843 2022-11-12 chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw chess.com INT 7 Velimir Ivic Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 17 Open
3844 2022-11-12 chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Bobir Sattarov Won: 1-0 45 Open
3845 2022-11-12 chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw chess.com INT 5 Vugar Rasulov Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 48 Open
3846 2022-11-12 chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Ernesto J. Fernandez Guillen Won: 1-0 41 Open
3847 2022-11-12 chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw chess.com INT 3 Maksym Goroshkov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 47 Open
3848 2022-11-12 chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Yair Parkhov Won: 1-0 71 Open
3849 2022-11-12 chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw chess.com INT 1 Kamal Aghasiyev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 101 Open
3850 2022-11-12 chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw chess.com INT 14 Yangyi Yu Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 60 Open
  1. vs Gata KamskyLost · 1-0Black · 2022-12-20 · Round 11Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
  2. vs Magnus CarlsenLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-20 · Round 10Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
  3. vs Mihnea CostachiWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-20 · Round 10Titled Tue 20th Dec Early
  4. vs Liam PutnamWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-13 · Round 9Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  5. vs Artyom TimofeevLost · 1-0Black · 2022-12-13 · Round 8Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  6. vs Alireza FirouzjaLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-13 · Round 7Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  7. vs Alexandr FierWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-13 · Round 6Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  8. vs Alexander A. KopylovWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-13 · Round 5Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  9. vs Avinash RameshDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-13 · Round 4Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  10. vs Zhongyi TanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-13 · Round 3Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  11. vs Aleks SahakyanWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-13 · Round 2Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  12. vs Namitbir Singh WaliaWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-13 · Round 1Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  13. vs Khazar BabazadaWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-13 · Round 11Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  14. vs Pablo Salinas HerreraWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-13 · Round 10Titled Tue 13th Dec Early
  15. vs Andrey TsvetkovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-12-07 · Round 9.4The Game has begun! Boys
  16. vs Kirill ShubinDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-06 · Round 8.2The Game has begun! Boys
  17. vs Volodar MurzinDraw · ½–½White · 2022-12-05 · Round 7.5The Game has begun! Boys
  18. vs Khazar BabazadaDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-04 · Round 6.1The Game has begun! Boys
  19. vs Shant SargsyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-03 · Round 5.5The Game has begun! Boys
  20. vs Aleksey GrebnevWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-02 · Round 4.2The Game has begun! Boys
  21. vs Arseniy NesterovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-01 · Round 3.4The Game has begun! Boys
  22. vs Ruslan SezdbekovLost · 0-1White · 2022-11-30 · Round 2.3The Game has begun! Boys
  23. vs Rudik MakarianDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-11-29 · Round 1.3The Game has begun! Boys
  24. vs Mahammad MuradliDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-11-19 · Round 9SCO National Chess Online
  25. vs Mustafa YilmazDraw · ½–½White · 2022-11-19 · Round 8SCO National Chess Online
  26. vs Murali KarthikeyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-11-19 · Round 7SCO National Chess Online
  27. vs Wenjun JuDraw · ½–½White · 2022-11-19 · Round 5SCO National Chess Online
  28. vs Haik M. MartirosyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-11-19 · Round 4SCO National Chess Online
  29. vs Yi WeiWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-19 · Round 3SCO National Chess Online
  30. vs Mikhail KobaliaWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-19 · Round 2SCO National Chess Online
  31. vs Parham MaghsoodlooWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-19 · Round 1SCO National Chess Online
  32. vs Vladislav ArtemievDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-11-13 · Round 1.9chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO
  33. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 0-1White · 2022-11-13 · Round 1.8chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO
  34. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-13 · Round 1.7chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO
  35. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 0-1White · 2022-11-13 · Round 1.6chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO
  36. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-13 · Round 1.5chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO
  37. vs Vladislav ArtemievWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-13 · Round 1.4chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO
  38. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-13 · Round 1.3chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO
  39. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 0-1White · 2022-11-13 · Round 1.2chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO
  40. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-13 · Round 1.1chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO
  41. vs Mikhail DemidovWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-12 · Round 9chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw
  42. vs Zhongyi TanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-12 · Round 8chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw
  43. vs Velimir IvicLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-12 · Round 7chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw
  44. vs Bobir SattarovWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-12 · Round 6chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw
  45. vs Vugar RasulovLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-12 · Round 5chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw
  46. vs Ernesto J. Fernandez GuillenWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-12 · Round 4chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw
  47. vs Maksym GoroshkovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-12 · Round 3chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw
  48. vs Yair ParkhovWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-12 · Round 2chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw
  49. vs Kamal AghasiyevLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-12 · Round 1chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw
  50. vs Yangyi YuWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-12 · Round 14chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw

FIDE tournaments

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

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