 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Nataf akamiririra France paEuropean Team Chess Championship muna 1999 uye paOlympiads muna 2000 na2004. Mumakwikwi e2000 FIDE World Championship, akakunda Emil Sutovsky naNigel Short vasati vakundwa nemukuru weBrazil Rafael Leitão munharaunda yechitatu. Haana kubudirira zvakanyanya mu2001-02 World Championship, vachikunda Viktor Bologan mumutambo wokutanga asi vachirasikirwa naKonstantin Sakaev mumutambo wechipiri. 