Sergei Nikolayevich Azarov (Russian: ?????´? ?????????? ??????; Belarusian: ?????? ?????????? ??????, Siarhiej Mikalajevic Azarau; born 19 May 1983) is a Belarusian chess player.
He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2003.
He won the Belarusian championship in 2001 and 2002, both times in Minsk, his native city.
In 2002, he shared first place in the Challengers tournament at the Hastings Chess Congress.At the 2003 World Junior Chess Championship in Nakhchivan, he finished in second place, behind Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
In the 2011 FIDE World Cup he won against Artyom Timofeev in the first round, then in the second round he lost to Vugar Gashimov.
In 2012, Azarov tied for second place and finished tenth on tiebreak at the European Individual Championship with a score of 8/11 points.
Thanks to this result he qualified to play in the FIDE World Cup 2013.
Also in 2012, Azarov won the 3rd Annual Continental Class Championships in Arlington, Virginia, US edging out Sergey Erenburg on tiebreaks.
The following year, he participated in the World Cup; he was eliminated in the first round after losing to Alexey Dreev in the tiebreaks.
In March 2014, Azarov tied for first place with Axel Bachmann in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open, finishing second on tiebreak.