Nicholas van der Nat
Encyclopedia
Nicholas van der Nat was born on the 1 October 1979 in Johannesburg
.
He has the titles
of FIDE Master and FIDE Trainer.
He has won the South African Closed Chess Championships
on three occasions, namely 2000, 2005, and 2009.
He coaches chess
on a full time basis.
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
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He has the titles
FIDE titles
The World Chess Federation, FIDE , awards several performance-based titles to chess players. Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and norms . Once awarded, FIDE titles are held for life...
of FIDE Master and FIDE Trainer.
He has won the South African Closed Chess Championships
South African Chess Championship
The first South African Chess Championship was organised in 1892 by the Cape Town Chess Club. Nowadays the Championship is organised by Chess South Africa , the governing body of chess in South Africa. The tournament is normally held every two years...
on three occasions, namely 2000, 2005, and 2009.
He coaches chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
on a full time basis.