Baczynskyj was born in Vienna, Austria and was a long time resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In his youth, Baczynskyj was a member of 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.
After graduating from high school he earn a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University.
After graduation from Yale he served with the Peace Corps in Thailand and later remained in Cambodia where he worked as a freelance journalist for UPI, Far Eastern Economic Review and other publications.
After Cambodia was overrun by the Khmer Rouge in April of 1975, Baczynskyj returned to the US and became a chess professional and popular instructor.
At one time he was the third ranked chess player in the US. He also served as an advisor for Fidelity International. the world's largest manufacturer of computer chess products. He co-authored Computer Chess II, a book describing advances in computer chess programming techniques with over one 150 games. He also wrote theoretical and instructional articles on chess and computer chess.
As a chess instructor, he taught especially young children in private and public schools. He also gave many simultaneous chess exhibitions in schools, shopping malls and public fairs.
During the early years of Ukrainian independence (starting in 1991) Baczynskyj worked as a journalist for a few years in Kyiv, Ukraine and his articles were published there.
After returning to to Philadelphia he continued teaching, writing, lecturing and promoting chess and was a member of the Franklin Mercantile Chess Club.
Baczynskyj had a life-long desire to promote 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 promoted the concept of equal rights for all by translating the song We Shall Overcome into Ukrainian and it became the theme song at the Scout's East Chatham Plast camp that summer.
His anti-Vietnam war convictions led him to organize a march on the American Embassy in Thailand to protest President Richard Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia.
In the following game he scored a powerful win over Weinberger in the 1976 Lone Pine tournament. Tibor Weinberger was born in Hungary in 1932 and in the mid-1950s he played in five Hungarian championships. He came to the US in 1957 and eventually settled in California; he is a USCF Senior Mater.
The 7 round Swiss 1976 Lone Pine event (the 6th) had 57 players and was won by Tigran Petrosian with 5.5 points. There was a massive tie foe second a half point behind: Larry Christiansen, Vasily Smyslov, Oscar Panno, Miguel Najdorf, Miguel Quinteros, Anthony Miles, Kenneth Rogoff, Walter Browne and Gyozo Forintos.
Baczynskyj tied for places 42-47 with a +2 -4 =1 score. Weinberger finished tied for places 52-54 with +0 -4 =2. Neither player had a good result due to the fact that the rating requirements for this tournament had been lowered to a USCF rating of 2300 and so both players were among the lower rated.
Tibor Weinberger–Boris Baczynskyj0–1B30Lone PineLone Pine, CA USA10.03.1976Stockfish 16
B30: Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 This is the Rossolimo Variation
which can also be played against 2...d6. Here white looks to take the N and
double black's c-Pawns and then solidify his P-chain with d3 and then continue
his development. It's a good alternative to the usual 3.d4 f6 4.c3 White has tried both 5.
d3 and 5.e5, but mostly the game is now in uncharted waters. 4.xc6 is the thematic move. After dxc6 5.d3 5.e5 d5 5.d4 xe4 5...g4 6.bd2 with equal chances, but the pin is annoying. 4...d4
This is rarely seen. Usual is either 4.Qc7 or 4...g6 5.c4 5.xd4 favors
black after cxd4 6.e2 a6 7.c4 xe4 8.xd4 d5 5...e6 6.e5 A more
solid move was 6.d3. After the text black gets an active position. d5 7.exd6 xd6 8.d3 a6 9.a4 d7 10.g5 This is a reasonable looking move, but it
turns out poorly 10.xd4 eliminates the well placed N and it is quite
satisfactory. cxd4 11.e4 xe4 12.dxe4 b4+ 13.d2 a5 is eual and the
game Padurariu,I (2188)-Levushkina,E (2327) Dresden 2007 was eventually drawn. 10...c6 11.e4 e7 12.xf6 12.xd4 is a better defense. xd4 13.c3 d7 14.xf6+ gxf6 15.e3 and black is only very slightly better 12...gxf6 Well played! He avoids the simplification that takes place after 13.
..Bxf6 13.xd4 xd4 14.c3 e5 15.0-0 There was really nothing better.
White's position is very passive and now Baczynskyj launces a strong attack.
Weinberger defends stoutly, but his position is probablt already strategically
lost. f5 16.h5 g7 17.g3 f4 18.e4 g8 The attack is
building up and there is not much white can do except wait and hope his
defense will hold. 19.g3 0-0-0 20.fe1 b8 21.b4 It's
understandable that white wants to try and counterattack, but this feeble
attempt falls way short. Instead a defensive move like 12.Kf1 preparing to f;
lee would have offered better chances of survival. cxb4 22.ab1 f5 23.xe6 fxe4 24.xg8 Winning the exchange is meaningless because black's pieces are
so well coordinated, but there was nothing better. xg8 25.cxb4 e3 Tearing
the K's position apart. 26.fxe3 fxg3 27.h3 c3 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 g5 30.xh7 This allows a mate in 9 30.f7 c2! 31.f4+ c8 32.bxc6 h2+ 33.f1 g2+ 34.e2 g1+ 35.xh2 xh2+ wins 30.e2-+ is his best defense.
xb5 31.ed1 e5 32.g2 e6 33.e4 d7 34.h1 f5 35.bf1 a5 White is
strategically lost. Black scored 5 -0 in Shootouts. Here is an example of the
play... 36.c1 d6 37.c2 a3 38.e3 h6 39.h4 e5 40.f1 c3 41.b2 h3+ 42.g1 d6 43.fb1 c6 44.d2 g2 45.xg2 c5+ 46.f2 xd3 47.e1 c2 48.ef1 xe4 49.xe4 xe4 50.h2 xf2 with an easy win. 30...c2! 31.h8+ c7 32.b2 32.b6 would have held out a couple of moves longer. h2+
White resigned 32...h2+ 33.xh2 gxh2+ 34.f1 34.xh2 d6+ 35.e5 xe5# 34...h1+ 35.e2 g2+ 36.d1 f3+ 37.c1 xe1# 0–1
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