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

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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 Chess World Cup 2021. Pre-tournament favourite

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, 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

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, where he was defeated by

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in the first round. He is also an accountant and chess coach.

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Chitumbo Mwali
chess games at 365Chess.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mwali, Chitumbo 1986 births Living people Zambian chess players Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games African Games silver medalists for Zambia African Games medalists in chess Zambian accountants Chess coaches