Zaw Win Lay Explained

Zaw Win Lay
Country: Myanmar
Birth Date:22 October 1963[1]
Tuesday, 6th waxing of Tazaungmon 1325 ME
Birth Place:Pakkoku, Myanmar
Death Date:
Friday, 10th waxing of Thadingyut 1376 ME
Death Place:Mandalay, Myanmar
Grandmaster (2000)
Peakrating:2633 (January 2000)[2]
Fideid:13000098
Peakranking: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.[3] One of his most notable matches was a draw against the former World champion Anatoly Karpov in 2000.[4]

Death and legacy

Zaw Win Lay died on 3 October 2014, leaving behind a wife and two daughters.[1] In his memory, the Myanmar Chess Federation has held the GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial International Chess Tournament in Myanmar annually since 2014.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zaw Win Lay . 2020-04-04.
  2. Web site: Zaw Win Lay . Chess DB . 2020-04-04 . 2016-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160910212009/http://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=13000098 . dead .
  3. Web site: 41st Myanmar National Championships, 25 June – 5 July 2015, Yangon . 2015-07-06 . 2020-04-04 . Chess Asia Pacific.
  4. Web site: Anatoly Karpov vs Zaw Win Lay, Japfa Classic (2000), Bali, rd 8, 22-April-2000. 2020-04-04.
  5. Web site: GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial . . 2020-04-04.