Daniel Ludwig (chess player)

Daniel J. Ludwig is an American chess player.

Chess career

In March 2006, he won the U.S. Masters Chess Championship alongside Giorgi Margvelashvili, Andrey Chumachenko, Bryan Smith, and Ronald Burnett.
In February 2009, he achieved his first GM norm at the First Saturday GM tournament in Budapest.
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.
In December 2012, he won the Eastern Open in Washington, D.C. with a score of 6.5/8.