Denis Raisovich Khismatullin is a Russian chess Grandmaster hailing from Neftekamsk, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Born on December 28, 1984, Khismatullin was granted the title of Grandmaster by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) in 2004.
Khismatullin has played for the Russian national team in several tournaments, with significant accomplishments including winning the European Team Chess Championship in 2007, and both the World Team Chess Championship and the European Team Chess Championship again in 2013. Additionally, in 2005, he won the Chigorin Memorial tournament.
At the 37th Chess Olympiad in 2006, Denis Khismatullin scored 6½/9 on the reserve board for the silver medal-winning Russian team. His victories as an individual player includes winning the 68th Russian Chess Championship Higher League in 2015.