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Denis Lazavik (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 Badelko, Maksim Tsaruk and Artyom Sinyavsky) in the World Youth Chess Olympiad.
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.
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.
In July 2023, Lazavik won Division II of the Aimchess Rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2023 by defeating Sam Sevian.
Lazavik competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023. 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).
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.
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