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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
4251 2022-03-31 Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz Chelyabinsk RUS 5 Denis Lazavik Sergei Lobanov Won: 1-0 37 Open
4252 2022-03-31 Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz Chelyabinsk RUS 4 Alexander Cherniaev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 33 Open
4253 2022-03-31 Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz Chelyabinsk RUS 13 Alexander Gutenev Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 10 Open
4254 2022-03-31 Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz Chelyabinsk RUS 12 Denis Lazavik Ivan Yeletsky Won: 1-0 40 Open
4255 2022-03-31 Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz Chelyabinsk RUS 11 Denis Lazavik Murtas Kazhgaleyev Draw: 1/2-1/2 56 Open
4256 2022-03-31 Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz Chelyabinsk RUS 10 Alexey Khruschiov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 45 Open
4257 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 9 Alexandros Papasimakopoulos Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 32 Open
4258 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 9 Artur Gabrielian Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 30 Open
4259 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 8 Anastasia Bodnaruk Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
4260 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Aram Hakobyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 80 Open
4261 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 7 Christophe Sochacki Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 61 Open
4262 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Manuel Petrosyan Lost: 0-1 29 Open
4263 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 6 Kyron Griffith Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 30 Open
4264 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Oskar Wieczorek Won: 1-0 38 Open
4265 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 5 Marek Karas Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 38 Open
4266 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Mikhail Bryakin Draw: 1/2-1/2 61 Open
4267 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 4 Uurtsaikh Agibileg Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 30 Open
4268 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Aman Hambleton Lost: 0-1 50 Open
4269 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 3 Mahel Boyer Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 70 Open
4270 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Iung Alicio de O. Pinheiro Won: 1-0 40 Open
4271 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 2 Oleksandr Prokhorov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 33 Open
4272 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Tigran Nazaretyan Won: 1-0 34 Open
4273 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Bernardo Vainzoff Sztokbant Lost: 0-1 60 Open
4274 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 1 Wojciech Przybylski Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 42 Open
4275 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 11 Aleksandar Indjic Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 41 Open
4276 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 11 Vladimir Mikhailovsky Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 31 Open
4277 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Viacheslav Mikhailov Lost: 0-1 35 Open
4278 2022-03-22 Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Matias Perez Gormaz Won: 1-0 33 Open
4279 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Evgeny Postny Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
4280 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 9 Mihnea Costachi Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 32 Open
4281 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 8 Gata Kamsky Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 55 Open
4282 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Sergei Zhigalko Draw: 1/2-1/2 60 Open
4283 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 7 Pranav Anand Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 90 Open
4284 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 7 Aleksandr Shimanov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
4285 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Kaan Kucuksari Won: 1-0 39 Open
4286 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Nikita Matinian Won: 1-0 33 Open
4287 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 5 Maxim Matlakov Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 48 Open
4288 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 5 Georgi Orlov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
4289 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Srihari L R Won: 1-0 30 Open
4290 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Nurgazy Zheenbekov Won: 1-0 53 Open
4291 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 3 Conrad Holt Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 69 Open
4292 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 3 Oleg Gubanov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 39 Open
4293 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Aleksandra Maltsevskaya Won: 1-0 30 Open
4294 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 1 Kadam Om Manish Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 19 Open
4295 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Srihari L R Won: 1-0 40 Open
4296 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Alan Pichot Won: 1-0 42 Open
4297 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Early chess.com INT 10 Martin Horcajuelo Rocamora Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 42 Open
4298 2022-03-15 Titled Tue 15th Mar Late chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Arystanbek Urazayev Won: 1-0 36 Open
4299 2022-03-08 Titled Tue 8th Mar Early chess.com INT 9 Volodar Murzin Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
4300 2022-03-08 Titled Tue 8th Mar Early chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Mikhail Bryakin Won: 1-0 20 Open
  1. vs Sergei LobanovWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-31 · Round 5Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz
  2. vs Alexander CherniaevWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-31 · Round 4Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz
  3. vs Alexander GutenevDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-03-31 · Round 13Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz
  4. vs Ivan YeletskyWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-31 · Round 12Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz
  5. vs Murtas KazhgaleyevDraw · ½–½White · 2022-03-31 · Round 11Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz
  6. vs Alexey KhruschiovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-31 · Round 10Chelyabinskiy Var Blitz
  7. vs Alexandros PapasimakopoulosWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 9Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  8. vs Artur GabrielianLost · 1-0Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 9Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  9. vs Anastasia BodnarukWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 8Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  10. vs Aram HakobyanDraw · ½–½White · 2022-03-22 · Round 8Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  11. vs Christophe SochackiWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 7Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  12. vs Manuel PetrosyanLost · 0-1White · 2022-03-22 · Round 7Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  13. vs Kyron GriffithWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 6Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  14. vs Oskar WieczorekWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-22 · Round 6Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  15. vs Marek KarasWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 5Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  16. vs Mikhail BryakinDraw · ½–½White · 2022-03-22 · Round 5Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  17. vs Uurtsaikh AgibilegWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 4Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  18. vs Aman HambletonLost · 0-1White · 2022-03-22 · Round 4Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  19. vs Mahel BoyerLost · 1-0Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 3Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  20. vs Iung Alicio de O. PinheiroWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-22 · Round 3Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  21. vs Oleksandr ProkhorovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 2Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  22. vs Tigran NazaretyanWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-22 · Round 2Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  23. vs Bernardo Vainzoff SztokbantLost · 0-1White · 2022-03-22 · Round 1Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  24. vs Wojciech PrzybylskiWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 1Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  25. vs Aleksandar IndjicLost · 1-0Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 11Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  26. vs Vladimir MikhailovskyWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-22 · Round 11Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  27. vs Viacheslav MikhailovLost · 0-1White · 2022-03-22 · Round 10Titled Tue 22nd Mar Late
  28. vs Matias Perez GormazWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-22 · Round 10Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early
  29. vs Evgeny PostnyDraw · ½–½White · 2022-03-15 · Round 9Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  30. vs Mihnea CostachiWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 9Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  31. vs Gata KamskyLost · 1-0Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 8Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  32. vs Sergei ZhigalkoDraw · ½–½White · 2022-03-15 · Round 8Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  33. vs Pranav AnandWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 7Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  34. vs Aleksandr ShimanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 7Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  35. vs Kaan KucuksariWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 6Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  36. vs Nikita MatinianWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 6Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  37. vs Maxim MatlakovLost · 1-0Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 5Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  38. vs Georgi OrlovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 5Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  39. vs Srihari L RWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 4Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  40. vs Nurgazy ZheenbekovWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 4Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  41. vs Conrad HoltDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 3Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  42. vs Oleg GubanovWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 3Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  43. vs Aleksandra MaltsevskayaWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 2Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  44. vs Kadam Om ManishWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 1Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  45. vs Srihari L RWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 11Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  46. vs Alan PichotWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 11Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  47. vs Martin Horcajuelo RocamoraWon · 0-1Black · 2022-03-15 · Round 10Titled Tue 15th Mar Early
  48. vs Arystanbek UrazayevWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-15 · Round 10Titled Tue 15th Mar Late
  49. vs Volodar MurzinDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-03-08 · Round 9Titled Tue 8th Mar Early
  50. vs Mikhail BryakinWon · 1-0White · 2022-03-08 · Round 8Titled Tue 8th Mar Early

FIDE tournaments

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

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