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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
3951 2022-10-17 TCh-RUS Blitz 2022 Sochi RUS 10.13 Denis Lazavik Roman Kezin Won: 1-0 39 Open
3952 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 9 Yi Xu Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
3953 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 9 Hrant Melkumyan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 62 Open
3954 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Rasmus Svane Draw: 1/2-1/2 87 Open
3955 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Hikaru Nakamura Lost: 0-1 45 Open
3956 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Steven Zierk Won: 1-0 59 Open
3957 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 7 Rauf Mamedov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 25 Open
3958 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 6 Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 66 Open
3959 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 6 Sergei Zhigalko Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 62 Open
3960 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Alexander Donchenko Won: 1-0 65 Open
3961 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Thomas Beerdsen Won: 1-0 37 Open
3962 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 4 Ronen Har-Zvi Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
3963 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Alexandr Predke Won: 1-0 36 Open
3964 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 3 Martin Horak Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 35 Open
3965 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Joseph Girel Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
3966 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Jerzy Slaby Won: 1-0 27 Open
3967 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 2 Pawel Jaracz Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 28 Open
3968 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 1 Erik Ronka Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
3969 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Sebastian Poltorak Won: 1-0 28 Open
3970 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 11 Magnus Carlsen Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 44 Open
3971 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Makhnev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 50 Open
3972 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Vjacheslav Weetik Won: 1-0 50 Open
3973 2022-10-11 Titled Tue 11th Oct Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Eric Hansen Draw: 1/2-1/2 65 Open
3974 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Hikaru Nakamura Lost: 0-1 45 Open
3975 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Hrant Melkumyan Lost: 0-1 36 Open
3976 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 8 Vladimir Zakhartsov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 58 Open
3977 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 8 Frederik Svane Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 40 Open
3978 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 7 Alexander Rustemov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
3979 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Ivan Ivanisevic Won: 1-0 31 Open
3980 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 6 Gata Kamsky Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 63 Open
3981 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Ihor Samunenkov Won: 1-0 37 Open
3982 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 5 Saidakbar Saydaliev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 42 Open
3983 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Alan Pichot Won: 1-0 42 Open
3984 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 4 Zachary Tanenbaum Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 51 Open
3985 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Rudik Makarian Won: 1-0 69 Open
3986 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Denes Boros Won: 1-0 54 Open
3987 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Meri Arabidze Won: 1-0 39 Open
3988 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 2 Santiago Avila Pavas Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 27 Open
3989 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 2 Beloslava Krasteva Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
3990 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Gerson Principe Won: 1-0 65 Open
3991 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Rushaan Mahajan Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
3992 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 11 Alexei Gubajdullin Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 38 Open
3993 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Renato Terry Won: 1-0 66 Open
3994 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Early chess.com INT 10 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 54 Open
3995 2022-10-04 Titled Tue 4th Oct Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Conrad Holt Lost: 0-1 60 Open
3996 2022-09-27 Titled Tue 27th Sep Late chess.com INT 9 Nikolai Vlassov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 40 Open
3997 2022-09-27 Titled Tue 27th Sep Early chess.com INT 9 Manuel Petrosyan Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 46 Open
3998 2022-09-27 Titled Tue 27th Sep Late chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Nikita Matinian Draw: 1/2-1/2 95 Open
3999 2022-09-27 Titled Tue 27th Sep Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Paulius Pultinevicius Won: 1-0 53 Open
4000 2022-09-27 Titled Tue 27th Sep Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Patrick Zelbel Won: 1-0 36 Open
  1. vs Roman KezinWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-17 · Round 10.13TCh-RUS Blitz 2022
  2. vs Yi XuDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 9Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  3. vs Hrant MelkumyanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 9Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  4. vs Rasmus SvaneDraw · ½–½White · 2022-10-11 · Round 8Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  5. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1White · 2022-10-11 · Round 8Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  6. vs Steven ZierkWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-11 · Round 7Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  7. vs Rauf MamedovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 7Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  8. vs Jose Carlos Ibarra JerezDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 6Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  9. vs Sergei ZhigalkoWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 6Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  10. vs Alexander DonchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-11 · Round 5Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  11. vs Thomas BeerdsenWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-11 · Round 5Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  12. vs Ronen Har-ZviWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 4Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  13. vs Alexandr PredkeWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-11 · Round 4Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  14. vs Martin HorakWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 3Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  15. vs Joseph GirelDraw · ½–½White · 2022-10-11 · Round 3Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  16. vs Jerzy SlabyWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-11 · Round 2Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  17. vs Pawel JaraczWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 2Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  18. vs Erik RonkaDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 1Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  19. vs Sebastian PoltorakWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-11 · Round 1Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  20. vs Magnus CarlsenLost · 1-0Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 11Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  21. vs Denis MakhnevWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-11 · Round 11Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  22. vs Vjacheslav WeetikWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-11 · Round 10Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
  23. vs Eric HansenDraw · ½–½White · 2022-10-11 · Round 10Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
  24. vs Hikaru NakamuraLost · 0-1White · 2022-10-04 · Round 9Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  25. vs Hrant MelkumyanLost · 0-1White · 2022-10-04 · Round 9Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  26. vs Vladimir ZakhartsovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-04 · Round 8Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  27. vs Frederik SvaneWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-04 · Round 8Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  28. vs Alexander RustemovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-04 · Round 7Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  29. vs Ivan IvanisevicWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-04 · Round 7Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  30. vs Gata KamskyLost · 1-0Black · 2022-10-04 · Round 6Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  31. vs Ihor SamunenkovWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-04 · Round 6Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  32. vs Saidakbar SaydalievLost · 1-0Black · 2022-10-04 · Round 5Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  33. vs Alan PichotWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-04 · Round 5Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  34. vs Zachary TanenbaumWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-04 · Round 4Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  35. vs Rudik MakarianWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-04 · Round 4Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  36. vs Denes BorosWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-04 · Round 3Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  37. vs Meri ArabidzeWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-04 · Round 3Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  38. vs Santiago Avila PavasWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-04 · Round 2Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  39. vs Beloslava KrastevaWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-04 · Round 2Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  40. vs Gerson PrincipeWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-04 · Round 1Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  41. vs Rushaan MahajanDraw · ½–½White · 2022-10-04 · Round 1Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  42. vs Alexei GubajdullinWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-04 · Round 11Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  43. vs Renato TerryWon · 1-0White · 2022-10-04 · Round 11Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  44. vs Gawain C B Maroroa JonesWon · 0-1Black · 2022-10-04 · Round 10Titled Tue 4th Oct Early
  45. vs Conrad HoltLost · 0-1White · 2022-10-04 · Round 10Titled Tue 4th Oct Late
  46. vs Nikolai VlassovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-09-27 · Round 9Titled Tue 27th Sep Late
  47. vs Manuel PetrosyanLost · 1-0Black · 2022-09-27 · Round 9Titled Tue 27th Sep Early
  48. vs Nikita MatinianDraw · ½–½White · 2022-09-27 · Round 8Titled Tue 27th Sep Late
  49. vs Paulius PultineviciusWon · 1-0White · 2022-09-27 · Round 8Titled Tue 27th Sep Early
  50. vs Patrick ZelbelWon · 1-0White · 2022-09-27 · Round 7Titled Tue 27th Sep Early

FIDE tournaments

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

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