Providence Oatlhotse | |
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Country | Botswana |
Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Serowe, Botswana |
Title | International Master (2012) |
Peak rating | 2326 (April 2019) |
Providence Oatlhotse is a Botswana chess player. He is the highest-rated player of his country.[1]
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]