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]

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