Daniel Fridman Wins German Championship
The 2012 German Chess Championships took place from 2-10 March in Osterberg.
The format was a 9-round Swiss Open with a total of 42 players competing. Daniel Fridman scored 7½ points to win by half a point from his nearest rival Igor Khenkin.
Fridman was born in Riga, Latvia and became the Latvian champion in 1996 before moving to Germany in 1999.
Fridman is also a previous winner of the German championship in 2008.
The time control for the 2012 championships was 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment from the start.
The top standings:
| Name | Elo | Pts | |
| 1 | Fridman, Daniel | 2653 | 7½ |
| 2 | Khenkin, Igor | 2632 | 7 |
| 3 |
Siebrecht, Sebastian | 2463 | 6 |
| 4 | Stern, Rene | 2502 | 6 |
| 5 | Kotainy, Jens | 2392 | 6 |
| 6 | Wagner, Dennis | 2379 | 6 |
| 7 | Huschenbeth, Niclas | 2509 | 5½ |
| 8 | Bluebaum, Matthias | 2407 | 5½ |
| 9 | Buhmann, Rainer | 2614 | 5½ |
| 10 | Svane, Rasmus | 2401 | 5½ |
| 11 | Donchenko, Alexander | 2309 | 5½ |
| 12 | Becker, Michael | 2301 | 5½ |
| 13 | Degtiarev, Evgeny | 2342 | 5½ |
| 14 | Reddmann, Hauke | 2297 | 5 |
| 15 | Dranischnikov, Egor | 2327 | 5 |
| 16 | Jorczik, Julian | 2391 | 5 |
| 17 | Schulz, Karsten | 2289 | 5 |
| 18 | Feuerstack, Aljoscha | 2438 | 4½ |
| 19 | Lubbe, Nikolas | 2429 | 4½ |
| 20 | Scheider, Julian | 2275 | 4½ |
