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Zaw Win Lay
Country	Myanmar
Born	(1963-10-22)22 October 1963 Tuesday, 6th waxing of Tazaungmon 1325 ME Pakkoku, Myanmar
Died	3 October 2014(2014-10-03) (aged 50) Friday, 10th waxing of Thadingyut 1376 ME Mandalay, Myanmar
Title	Grandmaster (2000)
Peak rating	2633 (January 2000)
Peak ranking	No. 43 (January 2000)

Zaw Win Lay (Burmese: ဇော်ဝင်းလေး; 22 October 1963 – 3 October 2014) was the first Burmese chess grandmaster.

Biography

He was also a four-time Myanmar National Chess Championship winner in 1990, 1995–1996 and 2007. One of his most notable matches was a draw against the former World champion Anatoly Karpov in 2000.

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Death and legacy

Zaw Win Lay died on 3 October 2014, leaving behind a wife and two daughters. In his memory, the Myanmar Chess Federation has held the GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial International Chess Tournament in Myanmar annually since 2014.

References

1. ^ "Zaw Win Lay". Retrieved 2020-04-04.
2. "Zaw Win Lay". Chess DB. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
3. "41st Myanmar National Championships, 25 June – 5 July 2015, Yangon". Chess Asia Pacific. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
4. "Anatoly Karpov vs Zaw Win Lay, Japfa Classic (2000), Bali, rd 8, 22-April-2000". Retrieved 2020-04-04.
5. "GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

• Chess Grandmasters
• Burmese chess players
• 1963 births
• 2014 deaths
• People from Magway Division
• 20th-century chess players