Education
Chumfwa studied mathematics at the University of Zambia.
Chumfwa studied mathematics at the University of Zambia.
He is an international master (IM). November 2005 in Lusaka (Zambia) the African Chess Championship was played. Thereby he qualified himself to enter the FIDE Chess World Cup 2005 tournament.
In this knockout tournament, 128 participants, Chumfwa was in the first round beaten by Etienne Bacrot, who would later on finish at the third place.
In 2010 he was captain of the Zambian team at the Chess Olympiad, in which 148 countries participated. Zambia ended 47. At the Chess Olympiad 2012, held in Istanbul, Zambia finished as 63rd.
The Zambian team had as members Daniel Jere, Stanley Chumfwa, Gillian Bwalya, Andrew Kayonde and Nase Lungu. In January 2014, Chumfwa participated in the Liyoca Open tournament in Lusaka, finishing 3rd with 6 pts from 7 games.
July 2015 Chumfwa ended 15th at the South African Open chess tournament, held in Cape Town.
Also Kelvin Chumfwa (1986), brother of Stanley, is a strong chess player (IM).