Zaw Win Lay
{{short description|Burmese chess grandmaster (1963–2014)}}
{{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|Zaw Win Lay}}
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Tuesday, 6th waxing of Tazaungmon 1325 ME
|birth_place = Pakkoku, Myanmar
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Friday, 10th waxing of Thadingyut 1376 ME
|death_place = Mandalay, Myanmar
|title = Grandmaster (2000)
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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.{{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}} One of his most notable matches was a draw against the former World champion Anatoly Karpov in 2000.{{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}}
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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. In his memory, the Myanmar Chess Federation has held the GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial International Chess Tournament in Myanmar annually since 2014.{{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}}