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.