Chitumbo Mwali

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

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

Chess career

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
  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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.