| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 October 1979 [1] |
| Chess career | |
| Country | |
| Title | FIDE Master |
| FIDE rating | 2362 (January 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2366 (October 2013) |
Nicholas van der Nat is a South African chess player.
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.