Nicholas van der Nat is a South African chess player.
| Nicholas van der Nat | |
|---|---|
| Country |  South Africa |
| Born | 1 October 1979[1] Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa [citation needed] |
| Title | FIDE Master |
| FIDE rating | 2362 (January 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2366 (October 2013) |
He has the titles of FIDE Master and FIDE Trainer.[2] He has won the South African Closed Chess Championships three times, in 2000,[3] 2005,[4] and 2009,[5] and was the best South African participant in the South African Open in 2009 and 2011. He coaches chess on a full-time basis.[citation needed] He has started and currently runs Chess Excellence, a Chess coaching and competition organisation based in Johannesburg.
References
edit- ^ Chess South Africa, archived from the original on 8 March 2013
- ^ Nicholas van der Nat rating card at FIDE
- ^ Crowther, Mark (1 May 2000), THE WEEK IN CHESS 286, London Chess Center, retrieved 27 August 2010
- ^ Crowther, Mark (25 April 2005), THE WEEK IN CHESS 546, London Chess Center, archived from the original on 7 August 2011, retrieved 27 August 2010
- ^ Crowther, Mark (4 January 2010), THE WEEK IN CHESS 791, London Chess Center, retrieved 27 August 2010