Denis Lazavik
 Lazavik in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 November 2006[1] Minsk, Belarus |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Title | Grandmaster (2022)[2][3] |
| FIDE rating | 2621 (August 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2621 (May 2026) |
Denis Vyacheslavovich Lazavik[a] (born 17 November 2006) is a Belarusian chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In December 2018, Lazavik was part of the Belarus team (alongside Vyacheslav Zarubitsky, Olga Badelka, Maksim Tsaruk and Artyom Sinyavsky) in the World Youth Chess Olympiad.[4]
In November 2019, Lazavik again represented Belarus (alongside Maksim Tsaruk, Ivan Runets, Artsiom Siniauski, and Aliaksandra Tarasenka) in the World Youth Chess Olympiad. The team finished 3rd, behind Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.[5]
Lazavik earned his IM title in 2021 and his GM title in 2022.[3]
In December 2022, Lazavik competed in the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. He finished 16th in the Blitz tournament and 42nd in the Rapid tournament.
In January 2023, Lazavik won a Chess.com-hosted Titled Tuesday tournament by defeating Jeffery Xiong in the tiebreaks.[6]
In July 2023, Lazavik won Division II of the Aimchess Rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2023 by defeating Sam Sevian.[7]
Lazavik competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023.[8] He got his only win of the event in the final round against Sandro Mareco. He finished 80th out of 114 players, with a score of 5/11 (+1-2=8).
In August 2025, Lazavik won the Masters tournament at the 31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival with a score of 7/9 (+5-0=4).[9]
In February 2026, Lazavik came third in the Speed Chess Championship after losing to Magnus Carlsen in the semifinals and beating Hikaru Nakamura in the consolation match. While it was the 2025 edition of the tournament, the semifinals and finals were held in 2026. This result qualified him for the 2026 Esports World Cup.[10]
In April 2026, Lazavik won the Karpov International Chess Tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk, with a score of 6/9 (+3-0=6).[11]
References
- ↑ "Denis Lazavik". chess.com.
- ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF). ratings.fide.com.
- 1 2 "Lazavik, Denis FIDE Profile". ratings.fide.com.
- ↑ "Belarus 4th at FIDE World Youth Chess Olympiad 2018". BelTA. 3 December 2018.
- ↑ "Belarus 3rd at World Youth Chess Olympiad in Turkey". BelTA. 6 November 2019.
- ↑ Doggers, Peter (27 January 2023). "15-Year-Old Denis Lazavik Stuns At Titled Tuesday". chess.com.
- ↑ "Carlsen Prevails vs. So, Winning Streak Grows With Aimchess Rapid". chess.com. 15 July 2023.
- ↑ "Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss 2023: preliminary lineups and World Cup passes". www.fide.com. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ↑ "Denis Lazavik wins Abu Dhabi Masters".
- ↑ "Speed Chess Championship 2025 - All the Information". chess.com.
- ↑ "Denis Lazavik Wins XXIII Karpov International Chess Tournament". ruchess.ru.