Andrew Kayonde is a

Zambian Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are th ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player. He was awarded the title of

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

in 2016.

Chess career

Kayonde won the

Zambian Chess Championship The Zambian Closed Chess Championship is the national chess championship of Zambia, organized by the Chess Federation of Zambia. Zambia's only grandmaster Amon Simutowe Amon Simutowe (born January 6, 1982) is a Zambian chess grandmaster. He ...

six times in 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. He competed for Zambia in the

2018 Chess Olympiad The 43rd Chess Olympiad ( ka, 43-ე საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა, ''43-e sach’adrak’o olimp’iada''; also known as the Batumi Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and ...

, where he managed to draw against Vasyl Ivanchuk in the first round, who was rated over 300 points higher.

Personal life

Outside of chess, Kayonde obtained a master's degree in business administration from

Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...

and works as an accountant.

References

External links

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Andrew Kayonde
chess games at 365Chess.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kayonde, Andrew 1988 births Living people Zambian chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors Zambian accountants Alumni of Heriot-Watt University