Chitumbo Mwali (born 1986) is a Zambian chess player.
He won the African Junior Chess Championship in 2006, and earned the silver medal on board four in the 2007 All-Africa Games.
[1] After winning the Zambian Chess World Cup Qualifier in 2021, he qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021.
Pre-tournament favourite Andrew Kayonde, 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.
Mwali won the Zambian qualifiers[4] to compete in the 2023 Chess World Cup, where he was defeated by Mustafa Yılmaz in the first round.