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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
4751 2021-05-25 Titled Tuesday 25th May chess.com INT 8 Roberto Junio Brito Molina Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 45 Open
4752 2021-05-25 Titled Tuesday 25th May chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Alexander Gelman Won: 1-0 28 Open
4753 2021-05-25 Titled Tuesday 25th May chess.com INT 6 Pierre Villegas Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 34 Open
4754 2021-05-25 Titled Tuesday 25th May chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Anastasia Bodnaruk Lost: 0-1 57 Open
4755 2021-05-25 Titled Tuesday 25th May chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Marat Denishev Won: 1-0 26 Open
4756 2021-05-25 Titled Tuesday 25th May chess.com INT 3 Matias Perez Gormaz Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 88 Open
4757 2021-05-25 Titled Tuesday 25th May chess.com INT 1 Nino Batsiashvili Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 33 Open
4758 2021-05-25 Titled Tuesday 25th May chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Enrique Tejedor Fuente Won: 1-0 34 Open
4759 2021-05-25 Titled Tuesday 25th May chess.com INT 10 Dang Hoang Son Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 81 Open
4760 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 9 Sanan Sjugirov Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 52 Open
4761 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 8 Mohamed Ezat Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 34 Open
4762 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Alexandra Kosteniuk Won: 1-0 51 Open
4763 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 6 A.R. Saleh Salem Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 36 Open
4764 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Jason P Morefield Won: 1-0 38 Open
4765 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 4 Andrei Matsenko Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 66 Open
4766 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Mahel Boyer Won: 1-0 36 Open
4767 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 2 Das Neelotpal Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 25 Open
4768 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Frederico Gazel Won: 1-0 51 Open
4769 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 11 Evgeny Postny Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
4770 2021-05-18 Titled Tuesday 18th May chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Burak Firat Won: 1-0 77 Open
4771 2021-05-15 87th ch-BLR 2021 Minsk BLR 8.3 Denis Lazavik Gleb Galkin Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
4772 2021-05-14 87th ch-BLR 2021 Minsk BLR 7.2 Alexei Fedorov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
4773 2021-05-13 87th ch-BLR 2021 Minsk BLR 6.2 Denis Lazavik Igor Liutsko Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
4774 2021-05-12 87th ch-BLR 2021 Minsk BLR 5.2 Mihail Nikitenko Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 87 Open
4775 2021-05-11 87th ch-BLR 2021 Minsk BLR 4.2 Denis Lazavik Maksim Tsaruk Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
4776 2021-05-10 87th ch-BLR 2021 Minsk BLR 3.2 Viachaslau Zarubitski Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 64 Open
4777 2021-05-04 Titled Tuesday 4th May chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Prithu Gupta Won: 1-0 37 Open
4778 2021-05-04 Titled Tuesday 4th May chess.com INT 8 Read Samadov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 48 Open
4779 2021-05-04 Titled Tuesday 4th May chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Matias Perez Gormaz Won: 1-0 42 Open
4780 2021-05-04 Titled Tuesday 4th May chess.com INT 6 Ivan Ivanisevic Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
4781 2021-05-04 Titled Tuesday 4th May chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Vincent Keymer Lost: 0-1 39 Open
4782 2021-05-04 Titled Tuesday 4th May chess.com INT 4 Milton Pantzar Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 30 Open
4783 2021-05-04 Titled Tuesday 4th May chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Sam Schmakel Won: 1-0 22 Open
4784 2021-05-04 Titled Tuesday 4th May chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Emerson de Sousa Veiga Won: 1-0 47 Open
4785 2021-05-04 Titled Tuesday 4th May chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Baadur Jobava Draw: 1/2-1/2 95 Open
4786 2021-05-04 Titled Tuesday 4th May chess.com INT 10 Peter Svidler Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 21 Open
4787 2021-04-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Apr chess.com INT 9 Aziz Mert Erdogdu Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 42 Open
4788 2021-04-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Apr chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Adnan Nadimifar Lost: 0-1 49 Open
4789 2021-04-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Apr chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik L M S T De Silva Won: 1-0 53 Open
4790 2021-04-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Apr chess.com INT 6 Tanraj Sohal Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
4791 2021-04-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Apr chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik Facundo Vazquez Won: 1-0 35 Open
4792 2021-04-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Apr chess.com INT 4 Ernesto Real De Azua Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
4793 2021-04-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Apr chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Stelios Halkias Lost: 0-1 86 Open
4794 2021-04-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Apr chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Michael Buscar Won: 1-0 43 Open
4795 2021-04-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Apr chess.com INT 11 Vladimir Fedoseev Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 35 Open
4796 2021-04-27 Titled Tuesday 27th Apr chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis Won: 1-0 69 Open
4797 2021-04-22 ch-BLR U20 2021 Minsk BLR 7.2 Maksim Tsaruk Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
4798 2021-04-21 ch-BLR U20 2021 Minsk BLR 6.4 Denis Lazavik Artsiom Siniauski Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
4799 2021-04-20 ch-BLR U20 2021 Minsk BLR 5.1 Denis Lazavik Viachaslau Zarubitski Won: 1-0 40 Open
4800 2021-04-19 ch-BLR U20 2021 Minsk BLR 4.4 Artsiom Bialiauski Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 67 Open
  1. vs Roberto Junio Brito MolinaWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-25 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 25th May
  2. vs Alexander GelmanWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-25 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 25th May
  3. vs Pierre VillegasWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-25 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 25th May
  4. vs Anastasia BodnarukLost · 0-1White · 2021-05-25 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 25th May
  5. vs Marat DenishevWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-25 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 25th May
  6. vs Matias Perez GormazLost · 1-0Black · 2021-05-25 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 25th May
  7. vs Nino BatsiashviliWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-25 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 25th May
  8. vs Enrique Tejedor FuenteWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-25 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 25th May
  9. vs Dang Hoang SonLost · 1-0Black · 2021-05-25 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 25th May
  10. vs Sanan SjugirovLost · 1-0Black · 2021-05-18 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 18th May
  11. vs Mohamed EzatWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-18 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 18th May
  12. vs Alexandra KosteniukWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-18 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 18th May
  13. vs A.R. Saleh SalemLost · 1-0Black · 2021-05-18 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 18th May
  14. vs Jason P MorefieldWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-18 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 18th May
  15. vs Andrei MatsenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-05-18 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 18th May
  16. vs Mahel BoyerWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-18 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 18th May
  17. vs Das NeelotpalWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-18 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 18th May
  18. vs Frederico GazelWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-18 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 18th May
  19. vs Evgeny PostnyDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-05-18 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 18th May
  20. vs Burak FiratWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-18 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 18th May
  21. vs Gleb GalkinDraw · ½–½White · 2021-05-15 · Round 8.387th ch-BLR 2021
  22. vs Alexei FedorovDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-05-14 · Round 7.287th ch-BLR 2021
  23. vs Igor LiutskoDraw · ½–½White · 2021-05-13 · Round 6.287th ch-BLR 2021
  24. vs Mihail NikitenkoDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-05-12 · Round 5.287th ch-BLR 2021
  25. vs Maksim TsarukDraw · ½–½White · 2021-05-11 · Round 4.287th ch-BLR 2021
  26. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-10 · Round 3.287th ch-BLR 2021
  27. vs Prithu GuptaWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-04 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 4th May
  28. vs Read SamadovWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-04 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 4th May
  29. vs Matias Perez GormazWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-04 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 4th May
  30. vs Ivan IvanisevicDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-05-04 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 4th May
  31. vs Vincent KeymerLost · 0-1White · 2021-05-04 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 4th May
  32. vs Milton PantzarWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-04 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 4th May
  33. vs Sam SchmakelWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-04 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 4th May
  34. vs Emerson de Sousa VeigaWon · 1-0White · 2021-05-04 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 4th May
  35. vs Baadur JobavaDraw · ½–½White · 2021-05-04 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 4th May
  36. vs Peter SvidlerWon · 0-1Black · 2021-05-04 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 4th May
  37. vs Aziz Mert ErdogduWon · 0-1Black · 2021-04-27 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 27th Apr
  38. vs Adnan NadimifarLost · 0-1White · 2021-04-27 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 27th Apr
  39. vs L M S T De SilvaWon · 1-0White · 2021-04-27 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 27th Apr
  40. vs Tanraj SohalWon · 0-1Black · 2021-04-27 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 27th Apr
  41. vs Facundo VazquezWon · 1-0White · 2021-04-27 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 27th Apr
  42. vs Ernesto Real De AzuaDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-04-27 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 27th Apr
  43. vs Stelios HalkiasLost · 0-1White · 2021-04-27 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 27th Apr
  44. vs Michael BuscarWon · 1-0White · 2021-04-27 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 27th Apr
  45. vs Vladimir FedoseevLost · 1-0Black · 2021-04-27 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 27th Apr
  46. vs Stamatis Kourkoulos-ArditisWon · 1-0White · 2021-04-27 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 27th Apr
  47. vs Maksim TsarukDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-04-22 · Round 7.2ch-BLR U20 2021
  48. vs Artsiom SiniauskiDraw · ½–½White · 2021-04-21 · Round 6.4ch-BLR U20 2021
  49. vs Viachaslau ZarubitskiWon · 1-0White · 2021-04-20 · Round 5.1ch-BLR U20 2021
  50. vs Artsiom BialiauskiWon · 0-1Black · 2021-04-19 · Round 4.4ch-BLR U20 2021

FIDE tournaments

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

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