Denis Lazavik

Denis Lazavik is a Belarusian chess grandmaster.

Denis Lazavik
CountryBelarus
Born (2006-11-17) November 17, 2006[1]
Minsk, Belarus
TitleGrandmaster (2022)[2]
FIDE rating2560 (October 2023)
Peak rating2560 (August 2023)

Chess career

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 as high as 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 is scheduled to compete in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023.[7]

References
  1. "Denis Lazavik".
  2. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  3. "Belarus 4th at FIDE World Youth Chess Olympiad 2018". December 3, 2018.
  4. "Belarus 3rd at World Youth Chess Olympiad in Turkey". November 6, 2019.
  5. Doggers, Peter (January 27, 2023). "15-Year-Old Denis Lazavik Stuns At Titled Tuesday".
  6. "Carlsen Prevails vs. So, Winning Streak Grows With Aimchess Rapid". July 15, 2023.
  7. "Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss 2023: preliminary lineups and World Cup passes". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
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