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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
3901 2022-11-08 Titled Tue 8th Nov Early chess.com INT 11 Cem Kaan Gokerkan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 94 Open
3902 2022-11-08 Titled Tue 8th Nov Early chess.com INT 10 Parham Maghsoodloo Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 50 Open
3903 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 9 Velimir Ivic Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 45 Open
3904 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 9 Yusup Atabayev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 41 Open
3905 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Aleksandr Rakhmanov Lost: 0-1 50 Open
3906 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Reza Mahdavi Won: 1-0 26 Open
3907 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 7 Tsvetan Stoyanov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 31 Open
3908 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 7 Sergei Zhigalko Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 42 Open
3909 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Cem Kaan Gokerkan Won: 1-0 49 Open
3910 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Sergei Shipov Draw: 1/2-1/2 95 Open
3911 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 5 Velimir Ivic Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 34 Open
3912 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 5 Ben Li Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 45 Open
3913 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Graham Horobetz Won: 1-0 26 Open
3914 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Vahe Danielyan Won: 1-0 22 Open
3915 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 3 Ramil Faizrakhmanov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
3916 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 3 Mateusz Bartel Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 59 Open
3917 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Benik Agasarov Won: 1-0 37 Open
3918 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Pouria Darini Won: 1-0 64 Open
3919 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 1 Carlos Alberto Martinez Molina Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 29 Open
3920 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 1 Daniel Barria Zuniga Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 29 Open
3921 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 11 Cem Kaan Gokerkan Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 37 Open
3922 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 11 Vjacheslav Weetik Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 51 Open
3923 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Sergei Azarov Won: 1-0 31 Open
3924 2022-11-01 Titled Tue 1st Nov Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Vugar Rasulov Draw: 1/2-1/2 130 Open
3925 2022-10-30 Chigorin Memorial 2022 St Petersburg RUS 9.2 Roman Yanchenko Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 42 Open
3926 2022-10-29 Chigorin Memorial 2022 St Petersburg RUS 8.3 Denis Lazavik Aleksei Pridorozhni Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
3927 2022-10-28 Chigorin Memorial 2022 St Petersburg RUS 7.1 Mihail Nikitenko Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
3928 2022-10-27 Chigorin Memorial 2022 St Petersburg RUS 6.2 Denis Lazavik Evgeny E. Vorobiov Won: 1-0 61 Open
3929 2022-10-26 Chigorin Memorial 2022 St Petersburg RUS 5.1 Aleksej Aleksandrov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
3930 2022-10-25 Chigorin Memorial 2022 St Petersburg RUS 4.2 Denis Lazavik Dmitry Elizarov Won: 1-0 42 Open
3931 2022-10-24 Chigorin Memorial 2022 St Petersburg RUS 3.4 Anna Zhurova Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 27 Open
3932 2022-10-23 Chigorin Memorial 2022 St Petersburg RUS 2.6 Denis Lazavik Alexey Popovich Won: 1-0 30 Open
3933 2022-10-22 Chigorin Memorial 2022 St Petersburg RUS 1.6 Boris Nikitinyh Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 54 Open
3934 2022-10-21 Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022 St Petersburg RUS 9.1 Tamerlan Chyndygyr Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 41 Open
3935 2022-10-21 Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022 St Petersburg RUS 8.1 Denis Lazavik Sergey Volkov Won: 1-0 35 Open
3936 2022-10-21 Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022 St Petersburg RUS 7.1 Denis Lazavik Oleg Gavrilov Won: 1-0 45 Open
3937 2022-10-21 Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022 St Petersburg RUS 6.2 Artyom Zubritskiy Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
3938 2022-10-21 Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022 St Petersburg RUS 5.4 Denis Lazavik Viktor Solovyov Won: 1-0 49 Open
3939 2022-10-21 Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022 St Petersburg RUS 4.5 Timur Khakimov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 48 Open
3940 2022-10-21 Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022 St Petersburg RUS 3.7 Denis Lazavik Alexey Popovich Won: 1-0 37 Open
3941 2022-10-21 Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022 St Petersburg RUS 2.7 Andrey Postemskiy Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 21 Open
3942 2022-10-21 Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022 St Petersburg RUS 11.1 Denis Khismatullin Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
3943 2022-10-21 Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022 St Petersburg RUS 10.1 Denis Lazavik Zhamsaran Tsydypov Won: 1-0 50 Open
3944 2022-10-19 TCh-RUS Rapid 2022 Sochi RUS 6.13 Denis Lazavik Boris Savchenko Won: 1-0 66 Open
3945 2022-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2022 Sochi RUS 5.1 Pavel Ponkratov Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 43 Open
3946 2022-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2022 Sochi RUS 4.9 Denis Lazavik Nikita Petrov Won: 1-0 56 Open
3947 2022-10-18 TCh-RUS Rapid 2022 Sochi RUS 2.1 Denis Lazavik Vladimir Malakhov Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
3948 2022-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2022 Sochi RUS 5.5 Aleksey Dreev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 50 Open
3949 2022-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2022 Sochi RUS 3.9 Maksim Chigaev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 70 Open
3950 2022-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2022 Sochi RUS 11.9 Vladislav Artemiev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 36 Open
  1. vs Cem Kaan GokerkanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-08 · Round 11Titled Tue 8th Nov Early
  2. vs Parham MaghsoodlooLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-08 · Round 10Titled Tue 8th Nov Early
  3. vs Velimir IvicLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 9Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  4. vs Yusup AtabayevWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 9Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  5. vs Aleksandr RakhmanovLost · 0-1White · 2022-11-01 · Round 8Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  6. vs Reza MahdaviWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-01 · Round 8Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  7. vs Tsvetan StoyanovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 7Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  8. vs Sergei ZhigalkoLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 7Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  9. vs Cem Kaan GokerkanWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-01 · Round 6Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  10. vs Sergei ShipovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-11-01 · Round 6Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  11. vs Velimir IvicLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 5Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  12. vs Ben LiWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 5Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  13. vs Graham HorobetzWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-01 · Round 4Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  14. vs Vahe DanielyanWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-01 · Round 4Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  15. vs Ramil FaizrakhmanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 3Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  16. vs Mateusz BartelLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 3Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  17. vs Benik AgasarovWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-01 · Round 2Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  18. vs Pouria DariniWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-01 · Round 2Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  19. vs Carlos Alberto Martinez MolinaWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 1Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  20. vs Daniel Barria ZunigaWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 1Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  21. vs Cem Kaan GokerkanLost · 1-0Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 11Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  22. vs Vjacheslav WeetikWon · 0-1Black · 2022-11-01 · Round 11Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  23. vs Sergei AzarovWon · 1-0White · 2022-11-01 · Round 10Titled Tue 1st Nov Early
  24. vs Vugar RasulovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-11-01 · Round 10Titled Tue 1st Nov Late
  25. vs Roman YanchenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-30 · Round 9.2Chigorin Memorial 2022
  26. vs Aleksei PridorozhniDraw · ½–½White · 2022-10-29 · Round 8.3Chigorin Memorial 2022
  27. vs Mihail NikitenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-10-28 · Round 7.1Chigorin Memorial 2022
  28. vs Evgeny E. VorobiovWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-27 · Round 6.2Chigorin Memorial 2022
  29. vs Aleksej AleksandrovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-10-26 · Round 5.1Chigorin Memorial 2022
  30. vs Dmitry ElizarovWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-25 · Round 4.2Chigorin Memorial 2022
  31. vs Anna ZhurovaWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-24 · Round 3.4Chigorin Memorial 2022
  32. vs Alexey PopovichWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-23 · Round 2.6Chigorin Memorial 2022
  33. vs Boris NikitinyhWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-22 · Round 1.6Chigorin Memorial 2022
  34. vs Tamerlan ChyndygyrWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-21 · Round 9.1Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022
  35. vs Sergey VolkovWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-21 · Round 8.1Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022
  36. vs Oleg GavrilovWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-21 · Round 7.1Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022
  37. vs Artyom ZubritskiyDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-10-21 · Round 6.2Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022
  38. vs Viktor SolovyovWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-21 · Round 5.4Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022
  39. vs Timur KhakimovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-21 · Round 4.5Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022
  40. vs Alexey PopovichWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-21 · Round 3.7Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022
  41. vs Andrey PostemskiyWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-21 · Round 2.7Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022
  42. vs Denis KhismatullinDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-10-21 · Round 11.1Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022
  43. vs Zhamsaran TsydypovWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-21 · Round 10.1Chigorin Mem Blitz 2022
  44. vs Boris SavchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-19 · Round 6.13TCh-RUS Rapid 2022
  45. vs Pavel PonkratovLost · 1-0Black · 2022-10-18 · Round 5.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2022
  46. vs Nikita PetrovWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-18 · Round 4.9TCh-RUS Rapid 2022
  47. vs Vladimir MalakhovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-10-18 · Round 2.1TCh-RUS Rapid 2022
  48. vs Aleksey DreevLost · 1-0Black · 2022-10-17 · Round 5.5TCh-RUS Blitz 2022
  49. vs Maksim ChigaevWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-17 · Round 3.9TCh-RUS Blitz 2022
  50. vs Vladislav ArtemievLost · 1-0Black · 2022-10-17 · Round 11.9TCh-RUS Blitz 2022

FIDE tournaments

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

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