Denis Lazavik

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Denis Lazavik
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Denis Lazavik at FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023
Country Belarus
Born (2006-11-17) November 17, 2006 (age 17) [1]
Minsk, Belarus
Title Grandmaster (2022) [2]
FIDE   rating 2572 (May 2024)
Peak rating 2578 (June 2024)

Denis Lazavik (born 17 November 2006) is a Belarusian chess grandmaster.

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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 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.

Playing style

Lazavik has been referred to as a chess prodigy, due to his youth and rapid rise, particularly in Rapid and Blitz online events. [8]

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References

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  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.
  8. "Magnus v Prodigy Sensation Denis!". February 4, 2024.