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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
4051 2022-08-16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early chess.com INT 7 Adham Fawzy Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
4052 2022-08-16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Gombosuren Munkhgal Draw: 1/2-1/2 102 Open
4053 2022-08-16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Thomas Beerdsen Lost: 0-1 47 Open
4054 2022-08-16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early chess.com INT 4 Daniel Taboas Rodriguez Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 47 Open
4055 2022-08-16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early chess.com INT 3 Sergio E Barrientos Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 32 Open
4056 2022-08-16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Ivan Khabinets Won: 1-0 58 Open
4057 2022-08-16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early chess.com INT 1 Alexei Saveliev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 45 Open
4058 2022-08-16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early chess.com INT 11 Harshavardhan G B Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 36 Open
4059 2022-08-16 Titled Tue 16th Aug Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Arad Nazari Won: 1-0 29 Open
4060 2022-08-11 Minsk-2022 Minsk BLR 9.2 Ekaterina Smirnova Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 60 Open
4061 2022-08-10 Minsk-2022 Minsk BLR 8.1 Denis Lazavik Mikhail Bryakin Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
4062 2022-08-09 Minsk-2022 Minsk BLR 7.1 Viachaslau Zarubitski Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 30 Open
4063 2022-08-08 Minsk-2022 Minsk BLR 6.2 Denis Lazavik Andrey Gorovets Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
4064 2022-08-07 Minsk-2022 Minsk BLR 5.1 Mihail Nikitenko Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
4065 2022-08-06 Minsk-2022 Minsk BLR 4.1 Denis Lazavik Artiom Stribuk Won: 1-0 48 Open
4066 2022-08-05 Minsk-2022 Minsk BLR 3.1 Denis Trifonov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 29 Open
4067 2022-08-04 Minsk-2022 Minsk BLR 2.2 Denis Lazavik Aliaksandr Hvozdz Won: 1-0 35 Open
4068 2022-08-03 Minsk-2022 Minsk BLR 1.2 Makar Navumenka Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 47 Open
4069 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Harsh Suresh Won: 1-0 66 Open
4070 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 8 Alexey Sarana Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 31 Open
4071 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Hikaru Nakamura Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
4072 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 6 Gata Kamsky Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 57 Open
4073 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Aleksandr Shimanov Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
4074 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 4 Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
4075 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Dmitry Goltsev Won: 1-0 34 Open
4076 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 2 Ori Taichman Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 41 Open
4077 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Evgenij Shuvalov Won: 1-0 31 Open
4078 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 11 Dimitar Mardov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 48 Open
4079 2022-07-26 Titled Tue 26th Jul Early chess.com INT 10 Sergei Zhigalko Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
4080 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Igor L. Vakhlamov Won: 1-0 58 Open
4081 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Alejandro Ramirez Won: 1-0 109 Open
4082 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 7 Sergei Zhigalko Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
4083 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Alexandra Kosteniuk Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
4084 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 5 Levy Rozman Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 28 Open
4085 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Nikolaos Aggelis Won: 1-0 29 Open
4086 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 3 Dmitry Maximov Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 48 Open
4087 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Artem Chernobay Won: 1-0 59 Open
4088 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 1 Anton Isajevsky Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 24 Open
4089 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 11 Dmitry Andreikin Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 56 Open
4090 2022-07-05 Titled Tue 5th Jul Early chess.com INT 10 Vladislav Kovalev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 39 Open
4091 2022-06-21 Titled Tue 21st Jun Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Tykhon Cherniaiev Won: 1-0 78 Open
4092 2022-06-21 Titled Tue 21st Jun Early chess.com INT 8 David Paravyan Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 45 Open
4093 2022-06-21 Titled Tue 21st Jun Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Bharath Subramaniyam H Won: 1-0 47 Open
4094 2022-06-21 Titled Tue 21st Jun Early chess.com INT 6 Matthias Bluebaum Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 38 Open
4095 2022-06-21 Titled Tue 21st Jun Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Artiom Stribuk Won: 1-0 36 Open
4096 2022-06-21 Titled Tue 21st Jun Early chess.com INT 4 Marco Riehle Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 79 Open
4097 2022-06-21 Titled Tue 21st Jun Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Nikita Matinian Won: 1-0 54 Open
4098 2022-06-21 Titled Tue 21st Jun Early chess.com INT 2 Uurtsaikh Agibileg Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 62 Open
4099 2022-06-21 Titled Tue 21st Jun Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Terry Luo Won: 1-0 42 Open
4100 2022-06-21 Titled Tue 21st Jun Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Nitzan Steinberg Won: 1-0 30 Open
  1. vs Adham FawzyDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-08-16 · Round 7Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
  2. vs Gombosuren MunkhgalDraw · ½–½White · 2022-08-16 · Round 6Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
  3. vs Thomas BeerdsenLost · 0-1White · 2022-08-16 · Round 5Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
  4. vs Daniel Taboas RodriguezWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-16 · Round 4Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
  5. vs Sergio E BarrientosWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-16 · Round 3Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
  6. vs Ivan KhabinetsWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-16 · Round 2Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
  7. vs Alexei SavelievWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-16 · Round 1Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
  8. vs Harshavardhan G BWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-16 · Round 11Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
  9. vs Arad NazariWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-16 · Round 10Titled Tue 16th Aug Early
  10. vs Ekaterina SmirnovaWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-11 · Round 9.2Minsk-2022
  11. vs Mikhail BryakinDraw · ½–½White · 2022-08-10 · Round 8.1Minsk-2022
  12. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-09 · Round 7.1Minsk-2022
  13. vs Andrey GorovetsDraw · ½–½White · 2022-08-08 · Round 6.2Minsk-2022
  14. vs Mihail NikitenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-08-07 · Round 5.1Minsk-2022
  15. vs Artiom StribukWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-06 · Round 4.1Minsk-2022
  16. vs Denis TrifonovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-05 · Round 3.1Minsk-2022
  17. vs Aliaksandr HvozdzWon · 1-0White · 2022-08-04 · Round 2.2Minsk-2022
  18. vs Makar NavumenkaWon · 0-1Black · 2022-08-03 · Round 1.2Minsk-2022
  19. vs Harsh SureshWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-26 · Round 9Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  20. vs Alexey SaranaLost · 1-0Black · 2022-07-26 · Round 8Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  21. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½White · 2022-07-26 · Round 7Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  22. vs Gata KamskyWon · 0-1Black · 2022-07-26 · Round 6Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  23. vs Aleksandr ShimanovDraw · ½–½White · 2022-07-26 · Round 5Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  24. vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhWon · 0-1Black · 2022-07-26 · Round 4Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  25. vs Dmitry GoltsevWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-26 · Round 3Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  26. vs Ori TaichmanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-07-26 · Round 2Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  27. vs Evgenij ShuvalovWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-26 · Round 1Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  28. vs Dimitar MardovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-07-26 · Round 11Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  29. vs Sergei ZhigalkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-07-26 · Round 10Titled Tue 26th Jul Early
  30. vs Igor L. VakhlamovWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-05 · Round 9Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  31. vs Alejandro RamirezWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-05 · Round 8Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  32. vs Sergei ZhigalkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-07-05 · Round 7Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  33. vs Alexandra KosteniukDraw · ½–½White · 2022-07-05 · Round 6Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  34. vs Levy RozmanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-07-05 · Round 5Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  35. vs Nikolaos AggelisWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-05 · Round 4Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  36. vs Dmitry MaximovLost · 1-0Black · 2022-07-05 · Round 3Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  37. vs Artem ChernobayWon · 1-0White · 2022-07-05 · Round 2Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  38. vs Anton IsajevskyWon · 0-1Black · 2022-07-05 · Round 1Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  39. vs Dmitry AndreikinLost · 1-0Black · 2022-07-05 · Round 11Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  40. vs Vladislav KovalevWon · 0-1Black · 2022-07-05 · Round 10Titled Tue 5th Jul Early
  41. vs Tykhon CherniaievWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-21 · Round 9Titled Tue 21st Jun Early
  42. vs David ParavyanLost · 1-0Black · 2022-06-21 · Round 8Titled Tue 21st Jun Early
  43. vs Bharath Subramaniyam HWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-21 · Round 7Titled Tue 21st Jun Early
  44. vs Matthias BluebaumLost · 1-0Black · 2022-06-21 · Round 6Titled Tue 21st Jun Early
  45. vs Artiom StribukWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-21 · Round 5Titled Tue 21st Jun Early
  46. vs Marco RiehleDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-06-21 · Round 4Titled Tue 21st Jun Early
  47. vs Nikita MatinianWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-21 · Round 3Titled Tue 21st Jun Early
  48. vs Uurtsaikh AgibilegWon · 0-1Black · 2022-06-21 · Round 2Titled Tue 21st Jun Early
  49. vs Terry LuoWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-21 · Round 1Titled Tue 21st Jun Early
  50. vs Nitzan SteinbergWon · 1-0White · 2022-06-21 · Round 11Titled Tue 21st Jun Early

FIDE tournaments

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

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