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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
4401 2021-11-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Konstantin Bazarov Won: 1-0 66 Open
4402 2021-11-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov chess.com INT 4 Ettore Stromboli Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 52 Open
4403 2021-11-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Anna M. Sargsyan Lost: 0-1 32 Open
4404 2021-11-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov chess.com INT 2 Tsvetan Stoyanov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
4405 2021-11-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Kaua Marques Silva Won: 1-0 18 Open
4406 2021-11-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Rout Padmini Won: 1-0 37 Open
4407 2021-11-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov chess.com INT 10 Dominik Horvath Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 20 Open
4408 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Aryan Tari Lost: 0-1 46 Open
4409 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Siva Mahadevan Draw: 1/2-1/2 74 Open
4410 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 7 Hikaru Nakamura Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
4411 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 6 Olexandr Bortnyk Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 81 Open
4412 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Denis Makhnev Won: 1-0 48 Open
4413 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Sayed Javad Alavi Won: 1-0 63 Open
4414 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 3 Anatoliy Polivanov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 35 Open
4415 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Mikhail Golubev Won: 1-0 37 Open
4416 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 1 Michal Redzisz Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
4417 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Baadur Jobava Lost: 0-1 80 Open
4418 2021-11-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Nov chess.com INT 10 Eric Hansen Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 33 Open
4419 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Semetei Tologon tegin Won: 1-0 44 Open
4420 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 8 Alexandros Papasimakopoulos Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 107 Open
4421 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Sergey Kim Won: 1-0 42 Open
4422 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Sayed Javad Alavi Draw: 1/2-1/2 69 Open
4423 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 5 Paris Prestia Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 26 Open
4424 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Johnatan Bakalchuk Lost: 0-1 63 Open
4425 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 3 Pavel-Alexandru Nastore Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 28 Open
4426 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 2 Dragan Popadic Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 27 Open
4427 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Nicolas Brunner Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
4428 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 11 Alexander Gelman Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 51 Open
4429 2021-11-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Nikita Khoroshev Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
4430 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Razvan Preotu Won: 1-0 41 Open
4431 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Vuk Djordjevic Lost: 0-1 38 Open
4432 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 7 Alexandra Kosteniuk Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
4433 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Igor L. Vakhlamov Won: 1-0 76 Open
4434 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 5 Sam Schmakel Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 48 Open
4435 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Krzysztof Budrewicz Won: 1-0 36 Open
4436 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Tigran Nazaretyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
4437 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 2 Przemyslaw Koc Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 40 Open
4438 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Le Thao Nguyen Pham Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
4439 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 11 Piotr Piesik Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 19 Open
4440 2021-10-26 Titled Tuesday 26th Oct chess.com INT 10 Nicholas Paltrinieri Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 70 Open
4441 2021-10-22 Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem lichess.org INT 9 Vladislav Lymar Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 84 Open
4442 2021-10-22 Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem lichess.org INT 8 Denis Lazavik Vladimir Fedoseev Won: 1-0 58 Open
4443 2021-10-22 Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem lichess.org INT 7 Denis Lazavik Vladyslav Sydoryka Won: 1-0 88 Open
4444 2021-10-22 Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem lichess.org INT 6 Leonid Starozhilov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 56 Open
4445 2021-10-22 Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem lichess.org INT 5 Denis Lazavik Gustav Hestholm Won: 1-0 25 Open
4446 2021-10-22 Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem lichess.org INT 4 Kiryl Parkhimchyk Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 37 Open
4447 2021-10-22 Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem lichess.org INT 3 Denis Lazavik Mykhail Alieksieienko Won: 1-0 35 Open
4448 2021-10-22 Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem lichess.org INT 2 Aytaj Mammadova Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 19 Open
4449 2021-10-22 Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem lichess.org INT 1 Denis Lazavik Marija Kuznecova Won: 1-0 33 Open
4450 2021-10-22 Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem lichess.org INT 11 Denis Lazavik Evgeni Somkin Won: 1-0 31 Open
  1. vs Konstantin BazarovWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-23 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov
  2. vs Ettore StromboliWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-23 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov
  3. vs Anna M. SargsyanLost · 0-1White · 2021-11-23 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov
  4. vs Tsvetan StoyanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-11-23 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov
  5. vs Kaua Marques SilvaWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-23 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov
  6. vs Rout PadminiWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-23 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov
  7. vs Dominik HorvathLost · 1-0Black · 2021-11-23 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 23rd Nov
  8. vs Aryan TariLost · 0-1White · 2021-11-09 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  9. vs Siva MahadevanDraw · ½–½White · 2021-11-09 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  10. vs Hikaru NakamuraDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-11-09 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  11. vs Olexandr BortnykWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-09 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  12. vs Denis MakhnevWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-09 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  13. vs Sayed Javad AlaviWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-09 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  14. vs Anatoliy PolivanovWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-09 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  15. vs Mikhail GolubevWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-09 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  16. vs Michal RedziszWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-09 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  17. vs Baadur JobavaLost · 0-1White · 2021-11-09 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  18. vs Eric HansenWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-09 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 9th Nov
  19. vs Semetei Tologon teginWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-02 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  20. vs Alexandros PapasimakopoulosLost · 1-0Black · 2021-11-02 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  21. vs Sergey KimWon · 1-0White · 2021-11-02 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  22. vs Sayed Javad AlaviDraw · ½–½White · 2021-11-02 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  23. vs Paris PrestiaWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-02 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  24. vs Johnatan BakalchukLost · 0-1White · 2021-11-02 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  25. vs Pavel-Alexandru NastoreWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-02 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  26. vs Dragan PopadicWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-02 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  27. vs Nicolas BrunnerDraw · ½–½White · 2021-11-02 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  28. vs Alexander GelmanWon · 0-1Black · 2021-11-02 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  29. vs Nikita KhoroshevDraw · ½–½White · 2021-11-02 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 2nd Nov
  30. vs Razvan PreotuWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-26 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  31. vs Vuk DjordjevicLost · 0-1White · 2021-10-26 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  32. vs Alexandra KosteniukDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-26 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  33. vs Igor L. VakhlamovWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-26 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  34. vs Sam SchmakelWon · 0-1Black · 2021-10-26 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  35. vs Krzysztof BudrewiczWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-26 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  36. vs Tigran NazaretyanDraw · ½–½White · 2021-10-26 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  37. vs Przemyslaw KocWon · 0-1Black · 2021-10-26 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  38. vs Le Thao Nguyen PhamDraw · ½–½White · 2021-10-26 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  39. vs Piotr PiesikLost · 1-0Black · 2021-10-26 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  40. vs Nicholas PaltrinieriDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-10-26 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 26th Oct
  41. vs Vladislav LymarWon · 0-1Black · 2021-10-22 · Round 9Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem
  42. vs Vladimir FedoseevWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-22 · Round 8Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem
  43. vs Vladyslav SydorykaWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-22 · Round 7Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem
  44. vs Leonid StarozhilovWon · 0-1Black · 2021-10-22 · Round 6Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem
  45. vs Gustav HestholmWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-22 · Round 5Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem
  46. vs Kiryl ParkhimchykLost · 1-0Black · 2021-10-22 · Round 4Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem
  47. vs Mykhail AlieksieienkoWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-22 · Round 3Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem
  48. vs Aytaj MammadovaWon · 0-1Black · 2021-10-22 · Round 2Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem
  49. vs Marija KuznecovaWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-22 · Round 1Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem
  50. vs Evgeni SomkinWon · 1-0White · 2021-10-22 · Round 11Evgeny Sveshnikov Mem

FIDE tournaments

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

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