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Amon Simutowe
Amon Simutowe, Warsaw 2013
Country
Zambia
Born
(1982-01-06) January 6, 1982 (age 42) Mbala, Zambia
Title
Grandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating
2449 (June 2024)
Peak rating
2486 (April 2009)
Amon Simutowe (born January 6, 1982) is a Zambian chess grandmaster. He is the first grandmaster from sub-Saharan Africa[1] and the third black chess grandmaster in history, after Maurice Ashley[2] and Pontus Carlsson.[3] He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Master of Science in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford.
^Johnson, Scott. "Dreaming of Checkmate". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
^"Maurice Ashley International Grandmaster Official Website". Archived from the original on December 2, 2012.
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