Boris Baczynsky
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Boris Baczynsky (14 October 1945, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 – 2008, United States
United States
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) was a Ukrainian–American chess
Chess
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 master.

Joining the westward exodus in 1944 - because of the Red Army's approach - the Baczynsky family from Ukraine wound up in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. Then they emigrated to the United States. He was an editor of the Chess World Magazine.

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