The 2012 edition of the Women Grandmaster tournament in Erfurt is taking place 25-30 December. Ten players participate in the round robin event in Germany. Top seeded are IM Iweta Rajlich and IM Ina Gaponnenko. The other competitors are WGM Marta Michna, WGM Cemre Yildiz Betul, IM Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska, WGM Melanie Ohme, WIM Kristyna Havlikova, WGM Elena Levushkina, Hanna-Marie Klek, and WFM Filiz Osmanodja.