| Gillan Bwalya | |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1988 |
| International Master (2014) | |
| Peakrating: | 2411 (September 2022) |
| Fideid: | 8700257 |
Gillan Bwalya is a Zambian chess player and International Master. He won the Zambian Chess Championship in 2010[1] and 2013.[2]
Bwalya scored an impressive 7/9 at the 2012 Chess Olympiad, and followed this up by winning the 4.3 Zonal with 8/9, earning him the International Master title and the right to play in the Chess World Cup 2013.[3] He became the third Zambian to qualify for the World Cup after GM Amon Simutowe and IM Stanley Chumfwa, losing to eventual winner Vladimir Kramnik in the first round.