Gillan Bwalya

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Gillan Bwalya
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Bwalya in 2022
CountryFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Born (1988-03-29) March 29, 1988 (age 36)
Title International Master (2014)
Peak rating 2411 (September 2022)

Gillan Bwalya is a Zambian chess player and International Master. He won the Zambian Chess Championship in 2010 [1] and 2013. [2]

Bwalya scored an impressive 7/9 at the 2012 Chess Olympiad, and followed this up by winning the 4.3 Zonal with 8/9, earning him the International Master title and the right to play in the Chess World Cup 2013. [3] He became the third Zambian to qualify for the World Cup after GM Amon Simutowe and IM Stanley Chumfwa, losing to eventual winner Vladimir Kramnik in the first round.

References

  1. ↑ Kosteniuk, Alexandra (27 October 2011). "Zambia chess interview with national champions" . Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "2013 National Individual Chess Championship". Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Gillian Bwalya at World Cup". Chess Drum. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
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