Chitumbo Mwali (born 1986) is a

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player. He was awarded the tile of

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in 2007.

Chess career

He won the African Junior Chess Championship in 2006, and earned the silver medal on board four in the

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. After winning the Zambian Chess World Cup Qualifier in 2021, he qualified to play in the

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. 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. In the first round at the World Cup, Chitumbo lost the first game against the much higher-rated

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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 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.

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