Laxman Rajaram

Laxman Rajaram R. is an Indian chess 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.