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Chitumbo Mwali

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Chitumbo Mwali
CountryZambia
Born (1986-04-11) April 11, 1986 (age 38)
TitleInternational Master (2007)
Peak rating2356 (July 2017)

Chitumbo Mwali (born 1986) is a Zambian chess player. He was awarded the tile of International Master in 2007.

Chess career

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He won the African Junior Chess Championship in 2006, and earned the silver medal on board four in the 2007 All-Africa Games.[1]

After winning the Zambian Chess World Cup Qualifier in 2021, he qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021. Pre-tournament favourite Andrew Kayonde, trailing by 1.5 points with two rounds to go and a game in hand against IM Chitumbo Mwali, pulled out after accusing the other 5 players of colluding to deliberately lose against Mwali.[2][3]

In the first round at the World Cup, Chitumbo lost the first game against the much higher-rated Haik M. Martirosyan before winning the second game to take the encounter to tiebreaks, where he was defeated 2-0 in the rapid games.

Mwali won the Zambian qualifiers[4] to compete in the 2023 Chess World Cup, where he was defeated by Mustafa Yılmaz in the first round.

He is also an accountant and chess coach.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: 9th All-Africa Games (chess - men), Algiers 2007, individual results". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  2. ^ "IM Andrew Kayonde Pulls Out – IM Chitumbo Mwali Goes to World Cup – Zone 4.5 Chess". Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  3. ^ "Top Six 2021 World Cup Qualifier". Chess-Results Server. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  4. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - FIDE World Cup Slot (Team Zambia)". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  5. ^ Mubayiwa, Tendai (2014-12-03). "Chess interview with Zambia's International Master Chitumbo Mwali". Africa Chess. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
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