Amon Simutowe
Amon Simutowe | |
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Amon Simutowe, Warsaw 2013 | |
| Country | Zambia |
| Born | January 6, 1982 Mbala, Zambia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009) |
| FIDE rating | 2449 (June 2025) |
| 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 and the third black chess grandmaster in history, after Maurice Ashley and Pontus Carlsson. 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.