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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
4851 2021-04-03 Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Margarita Potapova Won: 1-0 34 Open
4852 2021-04-03 Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Abdulla Gadimbayli Lost: 0-1 53 Open
4853 2021-04-03 Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Jonasz Baum Won: 1-0 61 Open
4854 2021-04-03 Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021 lichess.org INT - Abdulla Gadimbayli Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 90 Open
4855 2021-03-30 Titled Tuesday 30th Mar chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Leonardo Tristan Won: 1-0 38 Open
4856 2021-03-30 Titled Tuesday 30th Mar chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Balazs Csonka Won: 1-0 28 Open
4857 2021-03-30 Titled Tuesday 30th Mar chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Nikolay Noritsyn Won: 1-0 26 Open
4858 2021-03-30 Titled Tuesday 30th Mar chess.com INT 5 Maksim Tsaruk Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 43 Open
4859 2021-03-30 Titled Tuesday 30th Mar chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Ivajlo Enchev Won: 1-0 32 Open
4860 2021-03-30 Titled Tuesday 30th Mar chess.com INT 3 Daniel Taboas Rodriguez Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 58 Open
4861 2021-03-30 Titled Tuesday 30th Mar chess.com INT 2 Volkan Yirik Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 22 Open
4862 2021-03-30 Titled Tuesday 30th Mar chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Krishnan P. Saravana Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
4863 2021-03-30 Titled Tuesday 30th Mar chess.com INT 11 Igor Kovalenko Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 62 Open
4864 2021-03-30 Titled Tuesday 30th Mar chess.com INT 10 Evgeny Postny Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 27 Open
4865 2021-03-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Marko Nenezic Lost: 0-1 73 Open
4866 2021-03-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar chess.com INT 8 Lance Henderson de La Fuente Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 53 Open
4867 2021-03-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Alexander Motylev Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
4868 2021-03-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar chess.com INT 6 S. Nitin Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 45 Open
4869 2021-03-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar chess.com INT 5 Denis Lazavik David Kalashian Won: 1-0 49 Open
4870 2021-03-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar chess.com INT 4 Qingyu Yuan Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 46 Open
4871 2021-03-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Artem Sadovsky Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
4872 2021-03-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar chess.com INT 2 Ivajlo Enchev Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 62 Open
4873 2021-03-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Alexander Gelman Won: 1-0 26 Open
4874 2021-03-23 Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar chess.com INT 10 Vasiliy Korchmar Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 30 Open
4875 2021-03-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Mar chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Draw: 1/2-1/2 76 Open
4876 2021-03-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Mar chess.com INT 8 Denis Lazavik Dmitry Andreikin Won: 1-0 39 Open
4877 2021-03-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Mar chess.com INT 7 Andres Carlos Obregon Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 26 Open
4878 2021-03-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Mar chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Volodar Murzin Won: 1-0 38 Open
4879 2021-03-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Mar chess.com INT 5 Evgeny Postny Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 45 Open
4880 2021-03-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Mar chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Valery Kazakouski Won: 1-0 54 Open
4881 2021-03-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Mar chess.com INT 3 Aleksandra Maltsevskaya Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 36 Open
4882 2021-03-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Mar chess.com INT 2 Denis Lazavik Kadam Om Manish Won: 1-0 36 Open
4883 2021-03-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Mar chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Vugar Rasulov Won: 1-0 1 Open
4884 2021-03-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Mar chess.com INT 10 Samuel Sevian Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 21 Open
4885 2021-03-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Mar chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Sergei Zhigalko Lost: 0-1 55 Open
4886 2021-03-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Mar chess.com INT 8 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 85 Open
4887 2021-03-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Mar chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Alexandros Papasimakopoulos Won: 1-0 75 Open
4888 2021-03-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Mar chess.com INT 5 Artyom Manukyan Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 63 Open
4889 2021-03-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Mar chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik Eldiyar Orozbaev Lost: 0-1 34 Open
4890 2021-03-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Mar chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik George Stoleriu Draw: 1/2-1/2 134 Open
4891 2021-03-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Mar chess.com INT 2 Aaravamudhan Balaji Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 85 Open
4892 2021-03-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Mar chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Lile Koridze Won: 1-0 112 Open
4893 2021-03-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Mar chess.com INT 11 Denis Lazavik Ismayil Shahaliyev Won: 1-0 34 Open
4894 2021-03-09 Titled Tuesday 9th Mar chess.com INT 10 Milan S Popovic Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 41 Open
4895 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Mihailo Djokic Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
4896 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Armin Musovic Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 23 Open
4897 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Deniz Arman Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 50 Open
4898 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Vahap Sanal Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 36 Open
4899 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Chithambaram VR. Aravindh Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 46 Open
4900 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Alexander Gelman Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 36 Open
  1. vs Margarita PotapovaWon · 1-0White · 2021-04-03Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021
  2. vs Abdulla GadimbayliLost · 0-1White · 2021-04-03Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021
  3. vs Jonasz BaumWon · 1-0White · 2021-04-03Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021
  4. vs Abdulla GadimbayliDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-04-03Titled Arena Apr 3rd 2021
  5. vs Leonardo TristanWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-30 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 30th Mar
  6. vs Balazs CsonkaWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-30 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 30th Mar
  7. vs Nikolay NoritsynWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-30 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 30th Mar
  8. vs Maksim TsarukWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-30 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 30th Mar
  9. vs Ivajlo EnchevWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-30 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 30th Mar
  10. vs Daniel Taboas RodriguezDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-03-30 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 30th Mar
  11. vs Volkan YirikWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-30 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 30th Mar
  12. vs Krishnan P. SaravanaDraw · ½–½White · 2021-03-30 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 30th Mar
  13. vs Igor KovalenkoLost · 1-0Black · 2021-03-30 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 30th Mar
  14. vs Evgeny PostnyWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-30 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 30th Mar
  15. vs Marko NenezicLost · 0-1White · 2021-03-23 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar
  16. vs Lance Henderson de La FuenteWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-23 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar
  17. vs Alexander MotylevDraw · ½–½White · 2021-03-23 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar
  18. vs S. NitinWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-23 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar
  19. vs David KalashianWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-23 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar
  20. vs Qingyu YuanLost · 1-0Black · 2021-03-23 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar
  21. vs Artem SadovskyDraw · ½–½White · 2021-03-23 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar
  22. vs Ivajlo EnchevWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-23 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar
  23. vs Alexander GelmanWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-23 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar
  24. vs Vasiliy KorchmarWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-23 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar
  25. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraDraw · ½–½White · 2021-03-16 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 16th Mar
  26. vs Dmitry AndreikinWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-16 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 16th Mar
  27. vs Andres Carlos ObregonWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-16 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 16th Mar
  28. vs Volodar MurzinWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-16 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 16th Mar
  29. vs Evgeny PostnyLost · 1-0Black · 2021-03-16 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 16th Mar
  30. vs Valery KazakouskiWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-16 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 16th Mar
  31. vs Aleksandra MaltsevskayaWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-16 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 16th Mar
  32. vs Kadam Om ManishWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-16 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 16th Mar
  33. vs Vugar RasulovWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-16 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 16th Mar
  34. vs Samuel SevianWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-16 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 16th Mar
  35. vs Sergei ZhigalkoLost · 0-1White · 2021-03-09 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 9th Mar
  36. vs Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-09 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 9th Mar
  37. vs Alexandros PapasimakopoulosWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-09 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 9th Mar
  38. vs Artyom ManukyanWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-09 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 9th Mar
  39. vs Eldiyar OrozbaevLost · 0-1White · 2021-03-09 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 9th Mar
  40. vs George StoleriuDraw · ½–½White · 2021-03-09 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 9th Mar
  41. vs Aaravamudhan BalajiWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-09 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 9th Mar
  42. vs Lile KoridzeWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-09 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 9th Mar
  43. vs Ismayil ShahaliyevWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-09 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 9th Mar
  44. vs Milan S PopovicLost · 1-0Black · 2021-03-09 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 9th Mar
  45. vs Mihailo DjokicWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  46. vs Armin MusovicWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  47. vs Deniz ArmanWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  48. vs Vahap SanalWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  49. vs Chithambaram VR. AravindhLost · 1-0Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  50. vs Alexander GelmanWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021

FIDE tournaments

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

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