Providence Oatlhotse

Providence Oatlhotse is a Botswana chess player. He is the highest-rated player of his country.

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.

In July 2015, Oatlhotse won the Millionaire Chess Satellite tournament ahead of Chitumbo Mwali and Johannes Mabusela. In July 2019, he won the 2019 Gaborone International Open Chess Championship.

Oatlhotse won the right to play in the Chess World Cup 2023 by defeating Gomolemo Rongwane in the qualifiers event. At the 2023 World Cup, he was defeated by S. L. Narayanan in the first round.