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FM Nicholas van der Nat

Full name

Nicholas Van der Nat

Born

1979 (age 45)‎

Place of birth

Federation

South Africa

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Belezky Line (3 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates, Bogoljubov Variation (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (3 games)

French Defense: Classical, MacCutcheon, Advance, Lasker Variation (2 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov Variations (6 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Pelikán and Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Variation (4 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (3 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Yugoslav, Kaválek-Bronstein, Kaválek Defense (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Nicholas van der Nat (2362) Tashika Arora (1896)	½-½	21	2022
Nicholas van der Nat (2362) vladoboch (2453)	1-0	57	2022
Nicholas van der Nat (2362) Dilshad Mohammed (2103)	1-0	41	2022
Nicholas van der Nat (2362) googlegoom (2581)	½-½	36	2022
Nicholas van der Nat (2362) Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (2551)	½-½	99	2022
Nicholas van der Nat (2348) Abhijit Kunte (2483)	0-1	45	2015
Nicholas van der Nat (2366) Niaz Murshed (2464)	½-½	34	2014
Nicholas van der Nat (2366) Dejan Antic (2474)	½-½	55	2014
Nicholas van der Nat (2366) Sergey Kasparov (2480)	0-1	25	2014
Nicholas van der Nat (2366) Kenny Solomon (2353)	1-0	29	2014

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