Zaw Win Lay

Zaw Win Lay
Country Myanmar
Born(1963-10-22)22 October 1963[1]
Tuesday, 6th waxing of Tazaungmon 1325 ME
Pakkoku, Myanmar
Died3 October 2014(2014-10-03) (aged 50)[1]
Friday, 10th waxing of Thadingyut 1376 ME
Mandalay, Myanmar
TitleGrandmaster (2000)
Peak rating2633 (January 2000)[2]
Peak rankingNo. 43 (January 2000)

Zaw Win Lay (Burmese: ဇော်ဝင်းလေး; 22 October 1963 – 3 October 2014) was the first Burmese chess grandmaster.

Biography

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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]

Karpov vs. Zaw Win Lay, Bali 2000
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b1 black queen
d2 white knight
a2 black king
h6 white pawn
e6 black knight
h7 white king
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22
33
44
55
66
77
88
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Final position

Death and legacy

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Zaw Win Lay". Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. ^ "Zaw Win Lay". Chess DB. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. ^ "41st Myanmar National Championships, 25 June – 5 July 2015, Yangon". Chess Asia Pacific. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  4. ^ "Anatoly Karpov vs Zaw Win Lay, Japfa Classic (2000), Bali, rd 8, 22-April-2000". Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  5. ^ "GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial". Facebook. Retrieved 2020-04-04.