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 won the championship in 1996 at the age of 14.

Winners since 2001

YearChampion
2001Nase Lungu
2002Gershom Musende
2003Nase Lungu
2004
2005Stanley Chumfwa
2006?
2007?
2008Richmond Phiri
2009?
2010Gillan Bwalya
2011Daniel Jere
2012Daniel Jere
2013Gillan Bwalya
2014Richmond Phiri
2015
2016Andrew Kayonde
2017Andrew Kayonde
2018Andrew Kayonde
2019Richmond Phiri