Country: | Belarus |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Birth Place: | Minsk, Belarus |
Grandmaster (2022)[2] | |
Peakrating: | 2578 (June 2024) |
Fideid: | 13515110 |
Denis Lazavik (born 17 November 2006) is a Belarusian chess grandmaster.
In December 2018, Lazavik was part of the Belarus team (alongside Vyacheslav Zarubitsky, Olga Badelko, Maksim Tsaruk and Artyom Sinyavsky) in the World Youth Chess Olympiad.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
In July 2023, Lazavik won Division II of the Aimchess Rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2023 by defeating Sam Sevian.[6]
Lazavik competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023.[7] 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).
Lazavik has been referred to as a chess prodigy, due to his youth and rapid rise, particularly in Rapid and Blitz online events.[8]