[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Boris Baczynskyj, 1945-2008

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Boris Baczynskyj, 1945-2008
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1201573076.shtml


   Baczynskyj was "only" an FM, but I remember that his games were among
   those I watched with admiration when I was a young teenager playing in
   the occasional big California open. So although I never knew him
   personally, his presence (both as a chess player and physically, too:
   he was 6'6" [that's 1.98m, for those of you in countries that traded
   the simplicity of feet and inches for the complexity of metric
   measures] and quite large) in my chess childhood make me especially
   sorry to read of his passing.
   More [1]here. [HT: [2]USCL]

References

   1. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/obituaries/20080127_Boris_Baczynskyj__62__chess_master.html
   2. http://www.uschessleague.com/