{{short description|Burmese chess grandmaster (1963–2014)}} {{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|Zaw Win Lay}} {{Infobox chess player |name = Zaw Win Lay |image = ကိုဇော်ဝင်းလေး.jpg |caption = |country = 25px Myanmar |birth_date = {{birth date|1963|10|22|df=y}}<ref name=cg>{{cite web | title=Zaw Win Lay | url=https://www.chessgames.com/player/zaw_win_lay.html | access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> <br/> Tuesday, 6th waxing of Tazaungmon 1325 ME |birth_place = Pakkoku, Myanmar |death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|10|03|1963|10|22|df=y}}<ref name=cg/> <br/> Friday, 10th waxing of Thadingyut 1376 ME |death_place = Mandalay, Myanmar |title = Grandmaster (2000) |peakrating = 2633 (January 2000)<ref name=cdb>{{cite web | url=https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=13000098 | title=Zaw Win Lay | publisher=Chess DB | access-date=2020-04-04 | archive-date=2016-09-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910212009/http://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=13000098 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |FideID = 13000098 |peakranking = No. 43 (January 2000) }}
'''Zaw Win Lay''' ({{langx|my|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.<ref name=cap>{{cite web | title=41st Myanmar National Championships, 25 June – 5 July 2015, Yangon | url=http://www.chessasiapacific.com/41st-myanmar-national-championships-25-june-5-july-2015-yangon/ | date=2015-07-06 | access-date=2020-04-04 | publisher=Chess Asia Pacific | archive-date=2020-11-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127095503/http://www.chessasiapacific.com/41st-myanmar-national-championships-25-june-5-july-2015-yangon/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> One of his most notable matches was a draw against the former World champion Anatoly Karpov in 2000.<ref>{{cite web | title=Anatoly Karpov vs Zaw Win Lay, Japfa Classic (2000), Bali, rd 8, 22-April-2000| url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1294729 | access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref>
{{Chess diagram | floatright | Karpov vs. Zaw Win Lay, Bali 2000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |kl | | | | | nd | | |pl | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kd | | | nl | | | | | |qd | | | | | | |reverse=true | Final position }}
==Death and legacy== Zaw Win Lay died on 3 October 2014, leaving behind a wife and two daughters.<ref name=cg/> In his memory, the Myanmar Chess Federation has held the GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial International Chess Tournament in Myanmar annually since 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/Gm-Zaw-Win-Lay-Memorial-156915034884619/ | title=GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial | website=Facebook | access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
Category:Chess Grandmasters Category:Burmese chess players Category:1963 births Category:2014 deaths Category:People from Magway Division Category:20th-century chess players