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was an [|Ukrainian American] journalist, [|FIDE Master], [|Philadelphia] chess legend, chess coach and writer. He earned a [|bachelor's degree] in [|political science] from [|Yale University] in 1967. While in college, he was active in the [|civil-rights movement] and was arrested during a protest march in [|Florida]. Before he became a full time chess coach, he served in the [|Peace Corps] in [|Thailand] and was working as [|stringer] in [|Cambodia] in 1975 when the [|Khmer Rouge] overthrew the government.
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 * [[image:BorisBaczynskyj.jpg link="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/the-fabulous-70s-boris-baczynskyj/"]] ||~ || **Boris Baczynskyj**, (1945 - 2008)

Along with David E. Welsh, Boris Baczynskyj co-authored //Computer Chess II//, and further anatomized some games of the ACM 1984, as published in the ICCA Journal. He served as editor of [|Chess Life], worked for Hayden Software on the Sargon III manual, and was affiliated with Fidelity International as chess advisor, also responsible for Fidelity's opening book. toc =Book Issues= On Fidelity X's 3...e5 in round 1 of the ACM 1984 versus Cray Blitz, its book author elaborates in the ICCA Journal : code [Event "ACM 1984"] [Site "San Francisco USA"] [Date "1984.10.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Cray Blitz"] [Black "Fidelity X"] [Result "1-0"]
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1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e5 4.c3 Qa5 5.Qb3 f6 6.Bc4 Nh6 7.Bxh6 gxh6 8.Bg8 Kd8 9.Qf7 Rxg8 10.Qxg8 Ke8 11.Qxh7 Qb5 12.b3 Qc6 13.O-O dxc3 14.Nxc3 b6 15.Nd5 Qd6 16.Nh4 Ba6 17.Nf5 Qa3 18.Qg6+ Kd8 19.Qxf6+ Kc8 20.Rfc1+ Bc4 21.Rxc4+ Qc5 22.Qxf8+ Kb7 23.Rxc5 bxc5 24.Qxc5 Nc6 25.Nd6+ Kb8 26.Qb5# 1-0 code

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=Selected Publications=
 * David E. Welsh, Boris Baczynskyj (**1985**). //[|Computer Chess II]//. William C Brown Publications, ISBN-13: 978-0697099112
 * Boris Baczynskyj (**1985**). //The 15th ACM NACCC Anatomized//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3 » ACM 1984

=External Links=
 * [|The chess games of Boris Baczynskyj] from [|chessgames.com]
 * [|Boris Baczynskyj chess games - 365Chess.com]
 * [|The United States Chess Federation - Philly Chess Legend, Boris Baczynskyj Dies], By [|Jennifer Shahade], January 24, 2008
 * [|Boris Baczynskyj, 62, chess master], By [|Sally A. Downey], January 27, 2008, [|Philly.com]
 * [|The Fabulous 70s: Boris Baczynskyj!] [|IM Mark Ginsburg] [|Presents A Personal Chess History]
 * [|BELLE, Baczynskyj, and Bisguier] by [|Bruce Till], August 06, 2009, [|Chess.com] » Belle
 * [|Boris Baczynskij: Peace Corps Thai 27]

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