# Zaw Win Lay

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Tazaungmon) 1325 [ME](/source/Burmese_calendar)
|birth_place   = [Pakkoku](/source/Pakkoku), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar)
|death_date    = {{Death date and age|2014|10|03|1963|10|22|df=y}}<ref name=cg/> <br/> Friday, 10th waxing of [Thadingyut](/source/Thadingyut) 1376 ME
|death_place   = [Mandalay](/source/Mandalay), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar)
|title         = [Grandmaster](/source/Grandmaster_(chess)) (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](/source/chess) [grandmaster](/source/grandmaster_(chess)).

==Biography==
He was also a four-time [Myanmar National Chess Championship](/source/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](/source/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>

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| Karpov vs. Zaw Win Lay, Bali 2000
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==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](/source/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](/source/Facebook) | access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Chess Grandmasters
Category:Burmese chess players
Category:1963 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:People from Magway Division
Category:20th-century chess players

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