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Rajaram R Laxman

Number of games in database: 335
Years covered: 1994 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2322 (2208 rapid, 2367 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2474
Overall record: +114 -92 =121 (53.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 8 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (37) 
    D02 E10 A46 E00 A40
 Slav (21) 
    D12 D11 D10 D13 D15
 Reti System (16) 
    A04 A06 A05
 English (12) 
    A15 A14 A17 A13 A10
 King's Indian (12) 
    E60 E94 E91 E80 E90
 Grunfeld (11) 
    D85 D90 D91 D86
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (34) 
    C67 C77 C65 C92 C84
 Nimzo Indian (24) 
    E32 E40 E20 E34 E54
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (18) 
    C95 C84 C92 C91 C97
 Petrov (11) 
    C42
 Queen's Indian (10) 
    E15 E12 E14 E17
 Queen's Gambit Declined (10) 
    D38 D31 D39 D30
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Nakamura vs R R Laxman, 2006 0-1
   C Londt vs R R Laxman, 2011 0-1
   S Williams vs R R Laxman, 1998 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   2nd Maharashtra GM Open (2023)
   Dubai Open (2008)
   Commonwealth Championship (2008)
   Indian Championship (2017)
   Commonwealth and South African Open (2011)
   Indian Premier National A Championship (2009)
   World Junior Championship (1998)
   14th Sants Open-A (2012)
   Sharjah Masters (2019)
   35th Barbera Open A (2012)
   Aeroflot Open-B (2006)
   Asian Chess Championship (2005)
   Abu Dhabi Masters (2019)
   Dubai Open (2019)
   9th HDBank Masters (2019)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Chennai Open
   R R Laxman vs Majumder Mayukh (Jan-09-25) 1/2-1/2
   S Mitusov vs R R Laxman (Dec-29-24) 1-0
   R R Laxman vs A Palchuk (Dec-28-24) 1/2-1/2
   K Dolzhykova vs R R Laxman (Dec-27-24) 0-1
   R R Laxman vs L Slagboom (Dec-26-24) 1/2-1/2

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RAJARAM R LAXMAN
(born Feb-05-1983, 42 years old) India

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GM Rajaram Laxman. IM in 2004, GM in 2009. Rated 2521 in April 2009. Commonwealth champion in 2010. ICC: INDIAN-ELEPHANT.

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 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 372  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Bunzmann vs R R Laxman  1-0591994Wch U12A10 English
2. P Soln vs R R Laxman  0-1361998World Junior ChampionshipA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
3. R R Laxman vs S Halkias  0-1261998World Junior ChampionshipE41 Nimzo-Indian
4. P Blehm vs R R Laxman  1-0361998World Junior ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
5. R R Laxman vs B Beenish  1-0411998World Junior ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
6. S Williams vs R R Laxman  0-1521998World Junior ChampionshipA84 Dutch
7. R R Laxman vs N Das  1-0831998World Junior ChampionshipD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
8. A Al-Rakib vs R R Laxman  0-1361998World Junior ChampionshipA80 Dutch
9. R R Laxman vs F Jenni  1-0411998World Junior ChampionshipE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
10. H Banikas vs R R Laxman  1-0271998World Junior ChampionshipA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
11. R R Laxman vs Z Zhang  0-1311998World Junior ChampionshipA81 Dutch
12. B Socko vs R R Laxman  1-0441998World Junior ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
13. R R Laxman vs R Kalod  0-1411998World Junior ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
14. A Das vs R R Laxman  ½-½711999Goodricke OpenB42 Sicilian, Kan
15. R R Laxman vs Das Soham  1-0301999Goodricke OpenA05 Reti Opening
16. M Ulybin vs R R Laxman  1-0251999Goodricke OpenB06 Robatsch
17. R R Laxman vs S Chanda  1-0661999Goodricke OpenD00 Queen's Pawn Game
18. Shankar Roy vs R R Laxman  1-0231999Goodricke OpenB06 Robatsch
19. R R Laxman vs P Mithrakanth  0-1341999Goodricke OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
20. R Szuhanek vs R R Laxman  0-1681999Goodricke OpenA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
21. R R Laxman vs Ganguly  1-0331999Goodricke OpenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
22. G Singh vs R R Laxman  0-1551999Goodricke OpenB06 Robatsch
23. R R Laxman vs T Bakre  0-1361999Goodricke OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
24. L Ravi vs R R Laxman  1-0371999Goodricke OpenA28 English
25. Ganguly vs R R Laxman  1-0262004Commonwealth-chB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-08-06  Whitehat1963: This guy might be a better player if he weren't so lax, man!
Jul-26-06  SNiraj: Laxman won a tournament in Sri Lanka recently by scoring 9/9 ...http://indianchessfed.org/News/2006...
Sep-25-06  SNiraj: Laxman qualifies for the first time in his career for the National 'A'. Congrats!
Dec-23-08  patzer of patzers: http://www.chathurangam.com/chennai... I don't think it's up-to-date, but it has some interesting info

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

http://www.newinchess.com/NICBase/D... If you're interested, this has a lot of his games.

Apr-21-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Rajaram Laxman, India, born 25 February 1983. Now rated 2485, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 2004, GM in 2009. Rated 2521 in April 2009. ICC: INDIAN-ELEPHANT. Gives chess lessons for 30 USD per hour. Said to have been able to perform huge mathematical calculations in seconds, when he was a child.

Played for India II in the Asian Team Ch 2009 (board 3).

Home page: http://www.laxmanchess.com/

Pictures:
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/...
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2006/...

Placed 7th in Dubai Open 2008 (1st GM norm), 3rd in Gurgaon Open (India) Jan. 2009 (2nd GM norm), 22nd in Kolkata Open Sept. 2009 (3rd GM norm).

May-18-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Second place today and Commonwealth Champion 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr338..., congratulations!

Feb-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Did he ever play lacrosse?
Jun-09-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Congrats to 26th seed Rajaram R Laxman (2417) for his performance at the Mumbai Open. He scored 7/10 (+5,-1,=4), with the highlight being his win over 2nd seed Levan Pantsulaia (2616). Overall, he gained 18.9 points.
Feb-05-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, GM Rajaram Laxman.

I wonder if his friends call him Roger Ramjet?

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