Daniel Fridman

His biggest junior success occurred at Duisburg in 1992, when he took home a bronze medal in the Under-16 category of the World Youth Chess Championship.

[1] In 2019 Fridman won the Grenke Open in Karlsruhe edging out Anton Korobov, Andreas Heimann, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Gukesh D, Matthias Blübaum, Alexander Donchenko and Tamás Bánusz on tiebreak score, after all the mentioned players finished with score of 7½/9 points.

In 2018, Fridman won an individual gold medal as the best player on board four at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi.

Having been based mainly in the U.S. since 2006, the couple now plan to reduce their need to travel frequently by spending more time in Germany.

[7] Fridman's younger brother Rafael (born 1979) also plays chess and he holds the title of International Master.