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{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1983)}}
{{Indian patronymic|Laxman|Rajaram}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = [[India]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|2|5}}
| birth_place = [[Alandur]], India
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2009)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main219089.JPG|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)|access-date=2024-03-06|archive-date=2019-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001215342/https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main219089.JPG|url-status=live}}</ref>
| peakrating = 2521 (April 2009)
| FideID = 5005361
}}

'''Laxman Rajaram R.''' (born 5 February 1983) is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster.

==Career==
Laxman learned chess from his father Rajaram, and won the Indian Under-12 National Championship in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Laxman_blitz_king|title=The story of how Laxman became the blitz king of Indian chess!|date=21 October 2017|access-date=6 March 2024|archive-date=13 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413030745/https://www.chessbase.in/news/Laxman_blitz_king|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/chennai-open-international-chess-laxman-beats-ukraine-gm-vitaly/articleshow/62581468.cms|title=Chennai Open International Chess: Laxman beats Ukraine GM Vitaly|work=The Times of India |date=20 January 2018|access-date=6 March 2024|archive-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925182022/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/chennai-open-international-chess-laxman-beats-ukraine-gm-vitaly/articleshow/62581468.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2022, he was defeated in an upset by 14-year-old Shivika Rohilla in the
Delhi International Grandmasters Chess tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/teenager-shivika-stuns-gm-laxman-in-delhi-open-chess/articleshow/90381235.cms|title=Teenager Shivika stuns GM Laxman in Delhi Open chess|work=The Times of India |date=22 March 2022|access-date=6 March 2024|archive-date=1 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501204545/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/teenager-shivika-stuns-gm-laxman-in-delhi-open-chess/articleshow/90381235.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2023, he won the Athens of the East Blitz Rating Open 2023 with a score of 9/10, finishing half a point ahead of second and third-place finishers Ram Aravind L N and Aakash G.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Laxman-clinches-2nd-Athens-of-the-East-Blitz-Rating-Open-2023|title=Laxman clinches 2nd Athens of the East Blitz Rating Open 2023|date=5 August 2023|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|access-date=6 March 2024|archive-date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303090556/https://chessbase.in/news/Laxman-clinches-2nd-Athens-of-the-East-Blitz-Rating-Open-2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2023, he won the Liberation Cup Rapid Rating Open 2023 with an undefeated score of 7.5/9 ahead of Sharan Rao, Kartavya Anadkat, Nitish Belurkar, and Sammed Shete due to better tiebreaks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Laxman-R-R-wins-Liberation-Cup-Rapid-Rating-Open-2023|title=Laxman R R wins Liberation Cup Rapid Rating Open 2023|date=5 January 2024|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|access-date=6 March 2024|archive-date=10 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110162255/https://chessbase.in/news/Laxman-R-R-wins-Liberation-Cup-Rapid-Rating-Open-2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegoan.net/sports/%EF%BB%BFgm-laxman-wins-liberation-cup-chess-crown/107431.html|title=GM Laxman wins Liberation Cup chess crown|work=The Goan|date=21 December 2023|accessdate=3 August 2025}}</ref>

In January 2024, he competed in the Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/chennai-open-2023-gms-prasanna-chakkravarthy-and-laxman-headline-strong-competition-roster-news-339732|title=Chennai Open 2023: GMs Prasanna, Chakkravarthy, and Laxman Headline Strong Competition Roster|date=30 December 2023|access-date=6 March 2024|archive-date=16 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316204009/https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/chennai-open-2023-gms-prasanna-chakkravarthy-and-laxman-headline-strong-competition-roster-news-339732|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{FIDE|5005361}}
{{Indian grandmasters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajaram, Laxman}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Chennai]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]

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