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Laxman Rajaram R. (born February 5, 1983) is an Indian
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grandmaster.


Career

Laxman learned chess from his father Rajaram, and won the Indian Under-12 National Championship in 1993. In March 2022, he was defeated in an upset by 14-year-old Shivika Rohilla in the Delhi International Grandmasters Chess tournament. 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. 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. In January 2024, he competed in the Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament.


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