Providence Oatlhotse
CountryBotswana
Born1985 (age 3839)
Serowe, Botswana
TitleInternational Master (2012)
Peak rating2326 (April 2019)

Providence Oatlhotse is a Botswana chess player. He is the highest-rated player of his country.[1]

Chess career

Oatlhotse has won the Botswana Chess Championship several times; in 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2018.

In 2012, Oatlhotse got his IM title after winning the African Individual Chess Championships.[2]

In July 2015, Oatlhotse won the Millionaire Chess Satellite tournament ahead of Chitumbo Mwali and Johannes Mabusela.[3][4] In July 2019, he won the 2019 Gaborone International Open Chess Championship.[2]

Oatlhotse won the right to play in the Chess World Cup 2023 by defeating Gomolemo Rongwane in the qualifiers event.[5][6] At the 2023 World Cup, he was defeated by S. L. Narayanan in the first round.[7]

References

  1. "Oatlhotse seeks Holy Grail as Botswana International Chess Open commences". September 28, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "IM Providence Oatlhotse and WGM Tuduetso Sabure Wins the 2019 Gaborone International Open Chess Championship". July 29, 2019.
  3. Shabazz, Daaim (July 20, 2015). "Oatlhotse wins Millionaire Satellite in S. Africa!".
  4. "OATLHOTSE EYES $1 MILLION". August 4, 2015.
  5. "OATLHOTSE PROCEEDS TO FIDE WORLD CUP". January 25, 2023.
  6. "FIDE World Cup 2023: Preliminary lists of eligible players announced".
  7. "FIDE World Cup 2023". chess24.com. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
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