On Jan 25, 12:13 am, "marika" wrote:
*Boris Baczynskyj ***

*Visitation:*
Saturday, January 26, 2008
1:00 PM until 2:00 PM
St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church

Jenkintown, Pa 19046

*Service:*
Saturday, January 26, 2008
2:00 PM
St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church

Jenkintown, Pa 19046

Boris Baczynskyj, an internationally known FIDE Chess Master, popular
local
chess instructor and journalist died suddenly on January 16, 2008.
He was 62. Mr. Baczynskyj was born in Vienna, Austria to the late Dr.
Wolodymyr and Maria Sodomora Baczynskyj. He was a long time resident of
Philadelphia, attending grammer school and graduating from St. Joseph's
Preparatory School. He went on to earn a B.A. in Political Science from
Yale
University.

After graduation, Mr. Baczynskyj served with the Peace Corps in Thailand
and
later remained in Cambodia, Southeast Asia, working as a freelance
journalist for UPI, *Far Eastern Economic Review* and other publications.

After Cambodia was overrun by the Khmer Rouge, Mr. Baczynskyj returned to
the U.S. and immersed himself in the world of chess, competing actively in
national and international tournaments.
At one point, he was the third ranked chess player in the US. He also
served
as editor of one of the major national chess publications, *Chess Life*
and
was Chess Advisor for the world's largest manufacturer of computer chess
products, Fidelity International. He became a well-known chess tutor,
instructor, and commentator. He co-authored *Computer Chess II* with
Charles
Welsh, (Dubuque, IA; WM. C. Brown, 1985), annotated the games of various
Chess Masters, including Bobby Fischer, and worked on the the 3rd *Sargon
Manual* (Hayden Software Company, Lowell, MA). In addition, he wrote
theoretical and instructional articles on chess and computerized chess.

As a chess instructor, he tirelessly taught and promoted chess, especially
to young children in private and public schools. Boris provided many
simultaneous chess exhibitions in venues such as schools, shopping malls
and
public fairs. He deeply cared about his young students and celebrated
their
achievements, such as during the Philadelphia Schools (Benjamin Franklin
High and Vaux Junior High) chess teams' chess trip to Yugoslavia.

During the early years of Ukrainian independence, Mr. Baczynskyj again
worked as a journalist for a few years in Kyiv, Ukraine and his articles
were published by Intelnews, Cox Publishers and The Ukrainian Weekly. He
returned to Philadelphia and continued teaching, writing, lecturing and
chess promotion. In Philadelphia, he was an active member of the Franklin
Mercantile Chess Club.

In his youth, Mr. Baczynskyj belonged to the Ukrainian Scouting
Organization
"Plast" and was a member of its "Burlaky" fraternity. He was active in
Ukrainian-American Chess life, belonging to the USCAK Chess Club and
participated in Ukrainian-American tournaments, winning championships
several times.

His personal values were reflected in his life-long promotion of civil
rights. During his college days, he participated in several protests
supporting racial integration and was once even caught up in a mass arrest
during a protest march in St. Petersburg, Florida. He promated the concept
of "Equal rights for all" to his community by translating "We Shall
Overcome" into Ukrainian. Surprisingly, it became the theme song at the
Scout's East Chatham "Plast" camp that summer. His anti-war convictions
during the Vietnam era led him to organize a march on the American Embassy
in Thailand to protest Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia.

He will be sorely missed.

May he rest in Peace!

Funeral services will be held on Saturday (January 26) at 2:00 PM with
family greeting friends at 1:00 PM at St. Michael's Ukr. Catholic Church,
Jenkintown, Pa. Services to be followed by burial at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Elkins Park, Pa
In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be sent to:
USCAK-CHESS (Ukrainian Sports Federation of USA & Canada) \

Very sad. Thanks for the news. A young man that had a full life.
I am afraid I don't quite understand the title of 'best fracture';
what's that about?

On Jan 25, 2:51 am, Offramp wrote:
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Very sad. Thanks for the news. A young man that had a full life.
I am afraid I don't quite understand the title of 'best fracture';
what's that about?- Hide quoted text -



Thank you for the thoughts. He was my cousin. I was proud of him.

As far as the title, it was pretty nonlinear and perfectly random.
Much of the rest of the stuff I choose as titles.

BTW, have caught some of your other enjoyable posts in crosswords
puzzle groups as well as alt.boomerang.

mk5000

'Deep peace of the running wave to you,
deep peace of the flowing air to you,
deep peace of the quiet earth to you,
deep peace of the shining stars to you,
deep peace of the Son of peace to you.'

On Jan 25, 3:51*am, Offramp wrote:
On Jan 25, 12:13 am, "marika" wrote:





*Boris Baczynskyj ***

*Visitation:*
Saturday, January 26, 2008
1:00 PM until 2:00 PM
St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church

Jenkintown, Pa 19046

*Service:*
Saturday, January 26, 2008
2:00 PM
St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church

Jenkintown, Pa 19046

Boris Baczynskyj, an internationally known FIDE Chess Master, popular
local
chess instructor and journalist died suddenly on January 16, 2008.
He was 62. Mr. Baczynskyj was born in Vienna, Austria to the late Dr.
Wolodymyr and Maria Sodomora Baczynskyj. He was a long time resident of
Philadelphia, attending grammer school and graduating from St. Joseph's
Preparatory School. He went on to earn a B.A. in Political Science from
Yale
University.

After graduation, Mr. Baczynskyj served with the Peace Corps in Thailand
and
later remained in Cambodia, Southeast Asia, working as a freelance
journalist for UPI, *Far Eastern Economic Review* and other publications.

After Cambodia was overrun by the Khmer Rouge, Mr. Baczynskyj returned to
the U.S. and immersed himself in the world of chess, competing actively in
national and international tournaments.
At one point, he was the third ranked chess player in the US. He also
served
as editor of one of the major national chess publications, *Chess Life*
and
was Chess Advisor for the world's largest manufacturer of computer chess
products, Fidelity International. He became a well-known chess tutor,
instructor, and commentator. He co-authored *Computer Chess II* with
Charles
Welsh, (Dubuque, IA; WM. C. Brown, 1985), annotated the games of various
Chess Masters, including Bobby Fischer, and worked on the the 3rd *Sargon
Manual* (Hayden Software Company, Lowell, MA). In addition, he wrote
theoretical and instructional articles on chess and computerized chess..

As a chess instructor, he tirelessly taught and promoted chess, especially
to young children in private and public schools. Boris provided many
simultaneous chess exhibitions in venues such as schools, shopping malls
and
public fairs. He deeply cared about his young students and celebrated
their
achievements, such as during the Philadelphia Schools (Benjamin Franklin
High and Vaux Junior High) chess teams' chess trip to Yugoslavia.

During the early years of Ukrainian independence, Mr. Baczynskyj again
worked as a journalist for a few years in Kyiv, Ukraine and his articles
were published by Intelnews, Cox Publishers and The Ukrainian Weekly. He
returned to Philadelphia and continued teaching, writing, lecturing and
chess promotion. In Philadelphia, he was an active member of the Franklin
Mercantile Chess Club.

In his youth, Mr. Baczynskyj belonged to the Ukrainian Scouting
Organization
"Plast" and was a member of its "Burlaky" fraternity. He was active in
Ukrainian-American Chess life, belonging to the USCAK Chess Club and
participated in Ukrainian-American tournaments, winning championships
several times.

His personal values were reflected in his life-long promotion of civil
rights. During his college days, he participated in several protests
supporting racial integration and was once even caught up in a mass arrest
during a protest march in St. Petersburg, Florida. He promated the concept
of "Equal rights for all" to his community by translating "We Shall
Overcome" into Ukrainian. Surprisingly, it became the theme song at the
Scout's East Chatham "Plast" camp that summer. His anti-war convictions
during the Vietnam era led him to organize a march on the American Embassy
in Thailand to protest Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia.

He will be sorely missed.

May he rest in Peace!

Funeral services will be held on Saturday (January 26) at 2:00 PM with
family greeting friends at 1:00 PM at St. Michael's Ukr. Catholic Church,
Jenkintown, Pa. Services to be followed by burial at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Elkins Park, Pa
In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be sent to:
USCAK-CHESS (Ukrainian Sports Federation of USA & Canada) \

Very sad. Thanks for the news. A young man that had a full life.
I am afraid I don't quite understand the title of 'best fracture';
what's that about?- Hide quoted text -

There was also an announcement in the Mechanics' Chess Club (San
Francisco) e-mail newsletter:

Boris Bacynzskyj (1945-2008)

FM Boris Bacynzskyj of Philadelphia passed away on January 16. A
friendly giant who stood 6-foot-6 Boris was an institution at the
Franklin Mercantile Chess Clubin Center City Philadelphia for four
decades. Born in Vienna to Ukrainian parents who had been displaced
during War World II Boris came to the USA in 1948 but he never forgot
his roots. When the land of his birth celebrated its independence
Boris was there to cover the action as a reporter.

Boris led an event filled life. He served for three years in the Peace
Corps in Thailand after graduating from Yale in 1967 and was working
as a free lance journalist in Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge overthrew
the government in 1975.

Boris played a lot of chess in the late 1970s and early 1980s but by
the middle of that decade he had become active in computer chess and
co-authored two early books on the subject. He also found time to
teach chess to thousands of kids including members of the Vaux Junior
High School chess team which won seven national junior high chess
championships.

You can find a picture of Boris at www.uschessleague.com/BorisBaczynskyj.html
.

*** end Mechanics' announcement ***

An interesting bit of trivia about Boris: he may have had the
shortest tenure of any Chess Life editor -- one issue!

On Jan 25, 8:40 pm, marika wrote:

[...] He was my cousin. I was proud of him.

He was a colorful man. It's sad to know that he is gone.

Would you or anybody know if Boris Baczynskyj was related
to wonderful Polish poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski?

The name is not uncommon, but it is not common either.
(The paternal grandfather of K.K.Baczynski lived in the same
part of Eastern Poland-Western Ukraine under Russia... as
Boris' family).

Regards,

Wlod

"Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)" wrote in message
...
On Jan 25, 8:40 pm, marika wrote:

[...] He was my cousin. I was proud of him.

He was a colorful man. It's sad to know that he is gone.

Would you or anybody know if Boris Baczynskyj was related
to wonderful Polish poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski?

The name is not uncommon, but it is not common either.
(The paternal grandfather of K.K.Baczynski lived in the same
part of Eastern Poland-Western Ukraine under Russia... as
Boris' family).

Regards,

Wlod

Hi Wlod

I am a cousin "po mami storoni" or however you spell it.

I don't know anything about his dad's family.

However, in that his mom and dad lived in Poland and Ukraine for their youth
and early adult life, it is certainly possible.

I will shoot an email to their family and if I find a connection, I will
certainly do my bet to find out and let you know.

mk5000

Chad Danforth: All right, so you call that a "little" game?
Ryan Evans: Little League. World Series.
[clears throat]
Ryan Evans: Newport, Rhode Island. Champions. --"High School Musical 2"

On Jan 31, 5:29 pm, "marika" wrote:
"Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)" wrote in ...



On Jan 25, 8:40 pm, marika wrote:

[...] He was my cousin. I was proud of him.

He was a colorful man. It's sad to know that he is gone.

Would you or anybody know if Boris Baczynskyj was related
to wonderful Polish poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski?

The name is not uncommon, but it is not common either.
(The paternal grandfather of K.K.Baczynski lived in the same
part of Eastern Poland-Western Ukraine under Russia... as
Boris' family).

Regards,

Wlod

Hi Wlod

I am a cousin "po mami storoni" or however you spell it.


Sounds good, charming :-)

I don't know anything about his dad's family.

However, in that his mom and dad lived in Poland and Ukraine
for their youth and early adult life, it is certainly possible.

I will shoot an email to their family and if I find a connection, I will
certainly do my bet to find out and let you know.

mk5000

Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski (1921.01.22 - 1944.08.04) was killed
by Germans in Warsaw Uprising. It is not cdomonly known that
his paternal grandfather was an artisan (craftsmen), who was in
charge of a larger group of craftsmen, and he was fighting for the
rights of Jewish artisans. He also organized an Hebrew school and
in general was promoting learning Hebrew.

I have learned all this from a friend (tkg) with a very strong
historical
bend, who was extremely careful about his sources, about balanced
views, etc.

Best regards,

Wlod