Paul van der Sterren (born 17 March 1956) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.
In 1993 he qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996, but was eliminated in the first round (+1 −3 =3) by Gata Kamsky.
Van der Sterren represented the Netherlands in 11 consecutive Chess Olympiads from 1982 through 2000.
He is also the author of the book Your First Chess Lessons published in 2016.
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