Daniel Ludwig (chess player)

In March 2006, he won the U.S. Masters Chess Championship alongside Giorgi Margvelashvili, Andrey Chumachenko, Bryan Smith, and Ronald Burnett.^[1][2]

In February 2009, he achieved his first GM norm at the First Saturday GM tournament in Budapest.^[3]

In May 2012, he tied for second place with six other players in the Chicago Open. He scored a GM norm at the event and defeated grandmaster Michael Adams.^[4]

In December 2012, he won the Eastern Open in Washington, D.C. with a score of 6.5/8.^[5]