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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
4901 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Augusto Cesar Campos Jimenez Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 68 Open
4902 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 61 Open
4903 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Guannan Terry Song Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 64 Open
4904 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Petro Golubka Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 60 Open
4905 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Boris Rozhin Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 30 Open
4906 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Pavel Anisimov Won: 1-0 94 Open
4907 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Boris Abrashkin Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
4908 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Guillermo Vazquez Lost: 0-1 81 Open
4909 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Nafisa Muminova Won: 1-0 52 Open
4910 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Yuri Solodovnichenko Won: 1-0 80 Open
4911 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Sergei Zhigalko Lost: 0-1 55 Open
4912 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
4913 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Robert Piliposyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 63 Open
4914 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik M. Amin Tabatabaei Lost: 0-1 48 Open
4915 2021-03-06 Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 lichess.org INT - Denis Lazavik Alan Pichot Won: 1-0 43 Open
4916 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Samuel Sevian Won: 1-0 40 Open
4917 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 8 Tuan Minh Le Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 59 Open
4918 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 7 Leandro Krysa Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 81 Open
4919 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Gahan M G Won: 1-0 47 Open
4920 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 5 Nameer Issani Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 44 Open
4921 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 4 Matthew J Wadsworth Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 78 Open
4922 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Gianmarco Leiva Lost: 0-1 75 Open
4923 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 2 Rodwell Makoto Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 41 Open
4924 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Ward Al-Tarboush Won: 1-0 76 Open
4925 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 11 Peter Svidler Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 40 Open
4926 2021-03-02 Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar chess.com INT 10 Denis Lazavik Ivan Ivanisevic Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
4927 2021-02-28 17th Moscow Open A 2020 Moscow RUS 9.9 Alexei Gubajdullin Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
4928 2021-02-27 17th Moscow Open A 2020 Moscow RUS 8.14 Denis Lazavik Artem Babakekhyan Won: 1-0 37 Open
4929 2021-02-26 17th Moscow Open A 2020 Moscow RUS 7.5 Sergei Lobanov Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 54 Open
4930 2021-02-25 17th Moscow Open A 2020 Moscow RUS 6.8 Denis Lazavik Evgeny Kardashevskiy Draw: 1/2-1/2 40 Open
4931 2021-02-24 17th Moscow Open A 2020 Moscow RUS 5.9 4101715 Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 54 Open
4932 2021-02-23 17th Moscow Open A 2020 Moscow RUS 4.11 Denis Lazavik Bibek Thing Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
4933 2021-02-22 17th Moscow Open A 2020 Moscow RUS 3.1 Anton Zhukov Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
4934 2021-02-21 17th Moscow Open A 2020 Moscow RUS 2.14 Denis Lazavik Darya Shevchenko Won: 1-0 100 Open
4935 2021-02-20 17th Moscow Open A 2020 Moscow RUS 1.14 Anton Kalambetov Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 53 Open
4936 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 9 Denis Lazavik Mikhail Golubev Won: 1-0 43 Open
4937 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 8 Pavel Shkapenko Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 48 Open
4938 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 7 Denis Lazavik Dmitry Andreikin Lost: 0-1 30 Open
4939 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 6 Denis Lazavik Leonid Nozdrachev Won: 1-0 45 Open
4940 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 5 Narayanan S L Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 81 Open
4941 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 4 Denis Lazavik David Paravyan Won: 1-0 41 Open
4942 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 3 Denis Lazavik Zurab Javakhadze Won: 1-0 63 Open
4943 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 2 Bernardo Vainzoff Sztokbant Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 59 Open
4944 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 1 Denis Lazavik Roshan Idnani Won: 1-0 67 Open
4945 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 11 Rasmus Svane Denis Lazavik Lost: 1-0 51 Open
4946 2021-02-16 Titled Tuesday 16th Feb chess.com INT 10 Olexandr Bortnyk Denis Lazavik Won: 0-1 32 Open
4947 2021-02-13 Bogdanovich Mem Final lichess.org INT 9 Denis Lazavik Denis Kovalev Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
4948 2021-02-13 Bogdanovich Mem Final lichess.org INT 8 Dmitry Kryakvin Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
4949 2021-02-13 Bogdanovich Mem Final lichess.org INT 7 Denis Lazavik Ihor Vypkhaniuk Won: 1-0 73 Open
4950 2021-02-13 Bogdanovich Mem Final lichess.org INT 6 Vitali Koziak Denis Lazavik Draw: 1/2-1/2 117 Open
  1. vs Augusto Cesar Campos JimenezWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  2. vs Juan Carlos Obregon RiveroWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  3. vs Guannan Terry SongWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  4. vs Petro GolubkaLost · 1-0Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  5. vs Boris RozhinWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  6. vs Pavel AnisimovWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  7. vs Boris AbrashkinDraw · ½–½White · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  8. vs Guillermo VazquezLost · 0-1White · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  9. vs Nafisa MuminovaWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  10. vs Yuri SolodovnichenkoWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  11. vs Sergei ZhigalkoLost · 0-1White · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  12. vs Shakhriyar MamedyarovDraw · ½–½White · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  13. vs Robert PiliposyanDraw · ½–½White · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  14. vs M. Amin TabatabaeiLost · 0-1White · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  15. vs Alan PichotWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-06Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021
  16. vs Samuel SevianWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-02 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  17. vs Tuan Minh LeWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-02 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  18. vs Leandro KrysaWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-02 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  19. vs Gahan M GWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-02 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  20. vs Nameer IssaniWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-02 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  21. vs Matthew J WadsworthWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-02 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  22. vs Gianmarco LeivaLost · 0-1White · 2021-03-02 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  23. vs Rodwell MakotoWon · 0-1Black · 2021-03-02 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  24. vs Ward Al-TarboushWon · 1-0White · 2021-03-02 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  25. vs Peter SvidlerLost · 1-0Black · 2021-03-02 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  26. vs Ivan IvanisevicDraw · ½–½White · 2021-03-02 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar
  27. vs Alexei GubajdullinDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-02-28 · Round 9.917th Moscow Open A 2020
  28. vs Artem BabakekhyanWon · 1-0White · 2021-02-27 · Round 8.1417th Moscow Open A 2020
  29. vs Sergei LobanovLost · 1-0Black · 2021-02-26 · Round 7.517th Moscow Open A 2020
  30. vs Evgeny KardashevskiyDraw · ½–½White · 2021-02-25 · Round 6.817th Moscow Open A 2020
  31. vs 4101715Won · 0-1Black · 2021-02-24 · Round 5.917th Moscow Open A 2020
  32. vs Bibek ThingDraw · ½–½White · 2021-02-23 · Round 4.1117th Moscow Open A 2020
  33. vs Anton ZhukovDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-02-22 · Round 3.117th Moscow Open A 2020
  34. vs Darya ShevchenkoWon · 1-0White · 2021-02-21 · Round 2.1417th Moscow Open A 2020
  35. vs Anton KalambetovWon · 0-1Black · 2021-02-20 · Round 1.1417th Moscow Open A 2020
  36. vs Mikhail GolubevWon · 1-0White · 2021-02-16 · Round 9Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  37. vs Pavel ShkapenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2021-02-16 · Round 8Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  38. vs Dmitry AndreikinLost · 0-1White · 2021-02-16 · Round 7Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  39. vs Leonid NozdrachevWon · 1-0White · 2021-02-16 · Round 6Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  40. vs Narayanan S LLost · 1-0Black · 2021-02-16 · Round 5Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  41. vs David ParavyanWon · 1-0White · 2021-02-16 · Round 4Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  42. vs Zurab JavakhadzeWon · 1-0White · 2021-02-16 · Round 3Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  43. vs Bernardo Vainzoff SztokbantWon · 0-1Black · 2021-02-16 · Round 2Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  44. vs Roshan IdnaniWon · 1-0White · 2021-02-16 · Round 1Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  45. vs Rasmus SvaneLost · 1-0Black · 2021-02-16 · Round 11Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  46. vs Olexandr BortnykWon · 0-1Black · 2021-02-16 · Round 10Titled Tuesday 16th Feb
  47. vs Denis KovalevDraw · ½–½White · 2021-02-13 · Round 9Bogdanovich Mem Final
  48. vs Dmitry KryakvinDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-02-13 · Round 8Bogdanovich Mem Final
  49. vs Ihor VypkhaniukWon · 1-0White · 2021-02-13 · Round 7Bogdanovich Mem Final
  50. vs Vitali KoziakDraw · ½–½Black · 2021-02-13 · Round 6Bogdanovich Mem Final

FIDE tournaments

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

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