Paul van der Sterren (born 17 March 1956) is a Dutch chess grandmaster and author.
Van der Sterren won the Dutch Chess Championship twice, in 1985 and 1993. In 1993 he qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996, but was eliminated in the first round (+1 âÂÂ3 =3) by Gata Kamsky.
He represented the Netherlands in 11 consecutive Chess Olympiads between 1982 and 2000.