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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
4151 2022-05-17 Titled Tue 17th May Early chess.com INT 4 Sergei Shipov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 79 Open
4152 2022-05-17 Titled Tue 17th May Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Artur Gabrielian Won: 1-0 56 Open
4153 2022-05-17 Titled Tue 17th May Early chess.com INT 2 Oleg Artemenko Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 56 Open
4154 2022-05-17 Titled Tue 17th May Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Fabian Fiorito Won: 1-0 30 Open
4155 2022-05-17 Titled Tue 17th May Early chess.com INT 11 Yi Xu Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 73 Open
4156 2022-05-17 Titled Tue 17th May Early chess.com INT 10 Khazar Babazada Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 77 Open
4157 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 9 Gabor Nagy Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 26 Open
4158 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Kadric Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 55 Open
4159 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Adam Kozak Lost: 0-1 49 Open
4160 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 6 Dmitry Maximov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 55 Open
4161 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Thomas Beerdsen Won: 1-0 22 Open
4162 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 4 Alexander Rustemov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
4163 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Adelard Bai Won: 1-0 28 Open
4164 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Lucas Di Nicolantonio Won: 1-0 28 Open
4165 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 1 Aaditya Dhingra Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
4166 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 11 Leonardo Tristan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 69 Open
4167 2022-05-10 Titled Tue 10th May Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Jeffery Xiong Lost: 0-1 40 Open
4168 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 9 Dmitry Andreikin Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 35 Open
4169 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Khazar Babazada Won: 1-0 38 Open
4170 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 7 Tuan Minh Le Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 39 Open
4171 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Benjamin Bok Draw: 1/2-1/2 104 Open
4172 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 5 Hikaru Nakamura Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 49 Open
4173 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Etienne Bacrot Won: 1-0 59 Open
4174 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 3 Pouria Darini Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 45 Open
4175 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Lucas Aguiar Cunha Won: 1-0 45 Open
4176 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 1 Volodymyr Vusatiuk Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
4177 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Visakh N R Draw: 1/2-1/2 73 Open
4178 2022-05-03 Titled Tue 3rd May Early chess.com INT 10 Aleksandr Shimanov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 52 Open
4179 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 9 Gata Kamsky Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 51 Open
4180 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Murad Ibrahimli Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
4181 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Sam Shankland Lost: 0-1 37 Open
4182 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 6 Hikaru Nakamura Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 69 Open
4183 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 5 Daniil Dubov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 72 Open
4184 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Alexander Moiseenko Won: 1-0 44 Open
4185 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Vadym Petrovskiy Won: 1-0 52 Open
4186 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 2 Anna M. Sargsyan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 70 Open
4187 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Iung Alicio de O. Pinheiro Won: 1-0 41 Open
4188 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 11 Nicolas Abarca Gonzalez Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 30 Open
4189 2022-04-26 Titled Tue 26th Apr Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Bardiya Daneshvar Lost: 0-1 44 Open
4190 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.39 Erigaisi Arjun Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 53 Open
4191 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.38 Denis Lazavik Erigaisi Arjun Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
4192 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.37 Erigaisi Arjun Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 33 Open
4193 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.36 Denis Lazavik Erigaisi Arjun Lost: 0-1 40 Open
4194 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.35 Erigaisi Arjun Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 63 Open
4195 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.34 Denis Lazavik Erigaisi Arjun Lost: 0-1 47 Open
4196 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.33 Erigaisi Arjun Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 30 Open
4197 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.32 Denis Lazavik Erigaisi Arjun Lost: 0-1 33 Open
4198 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.31 Erigaisi Arjun Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 67 Open
4199 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.31 Denis Lazavik Erigaisi Arjun Draw: 1/2-1/2 76 Open
4200 2022-04-25 chess.com Junior Speed chess.com INT 1.28 Denis Lazavik Erigaisi Arjun Lost: 0-1 58 Open
  1. vs Sergei ShipovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th May Early
  2. vs Artur GabrielianWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th May Early
  3. vs Oleg ArtemenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th May Early
  4. vs Fabian FioritoWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-17 · Round 1Titled Tue 17th May Early
  5. vs Yi XuWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-17 · Round 11Titled Tue 17th May Early
  6. vs Khazar BabazadaDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-17 · Round 10Titled Tue 17th May Early
  7. vs Gabor NagyWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-10 · Round 9Titled Tue 10th May Early
  8. vs Denis KadricWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-10 · Round 8Titled Tue 10th May Early
  9. vs Adam KozakLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-10 · Round 7Titled Tue 10th May Early
  10. vs Dmitry MaximovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-10 · Round 6Titled Tue 10th May Early
  11. vs Thomas BeerdsenWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-10 · Round 5Titled Tue 10th May Early
  12. vs Alexander RustemovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-10 · Round 4Titled Tue 10th May Early
  13. vs Adelard BaiWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-10 · Round 3Titled Tue 10th May Early
  14. vs Lucas Di NicolantonioWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-10 · Round 2Titled Tue 10th May Early
  15. vs Aaditya DhingraDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-05-10 · Round 1Titled Tue 10th May Early
  16. vs Leonardo TristanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-10 · Round 11Titled Tue 10th May Early
  17. vs Jeffery XiongLost · 0-1White · 2022-05-10 · Round 10Titled Tue 10th May Early
  18. vs Dmitry AndreikinLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 9Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  19. vs Khazar BabazadaWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-03 · Round 8Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  20. vs Tuan Minh LeLost · 1-0Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 7Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  21. vs Benjamin BokDraw · ½–½White · 2022-05-03 · Round 6Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  22. vs Hikaru NakamuraWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 5Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  23. vs Etienne BacrotWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-03 · Round 4Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  24. vs Pouria DariniWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 3Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  25. vs Lucas Aguiar CunhaWon · 1-0White · 2022-05-03 · Round 2Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  26. vs Volodymyr VusatiukWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 1Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  27. vs Visakh N RDraw · ½–½White · 2022-05-03 · Round 11Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  28. vs Aleksandr ShimanovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-05-03 · Round 10Titled Tue 3rd May Early
  29. vs Gata KamskyWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-26 · Round 9Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  30. vs Murad IbrahimliDraw · ½–½White · 2022-04-26 · Round 8Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  31. vs Sam ShanklandLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-26 · Round 7Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  32. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-04-26 · Round 6Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  33. vs Daniil DubovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-26 · Round 5Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  34. vs Alexander MoiseenkoWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-26 · Round 4Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  35. vs Vadym PetrovskiyWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-26 · Round 3Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  36. vs Anna M. SargsyanWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-26 · Round 2Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  37. vs Iung Alicio de O. PinheiroWon · 1-0White · 2022-04-26 · Round 1Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  38. vs Nicolas Abarca GonzalezLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-26 · Round 11Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  39. vs Bardiya DaneshvarLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-26 · Round 10Titled Tue 26th Apr Early
  40. vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.39chess.com Junior Speed
  41. vs Erigaisi ArjunDraw · ½–½White · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.38chess.com Junior Speed
  42. vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.37chess.com Junior Speed
  43. vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.36chess.com Junior Speed
  44. vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 1-0Black · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.35chess.com Junior Speed
  45. vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.34chess.com Junior Speed
  46. vs Erigaisi ArjunWon · 0-1Black · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.33chess.com Junior Speed
  47. vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.32chess.com Junior Speed
  48. vs Erigaisi ArjunDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.31chess.com Junior Speed
  49. vs Erigaisi ArjunDraw · ½–½White · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.31chess.com Junior Speed
  50. vs Erigaisi ArjunLost · 0-1White · 2022-04-25 · Round 1.28chess.com Junior Speed

FIDE tournaments

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

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