Sports Federation of U.S.A./Canada holds anniversary chess tournament (12/01/96)

Sports Federation of U.S.A./Canada holds anniversary chess tournament

GLEN SPEY, N.Y. - The 30th anniversary chess championship of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada (USCAK) was contested on October 5-6 here at the Verkhovyna resort of the Ukrainian Fraternal Association. The event was sponsored by Chornomorska Sitch of Newark, N.J.

After defeating 1995 USCAK champion Borys Baczynskyj and drawing with fellow Sitch master Steve Stoyko, Peter Radomskyj took clear first place with a score of 4 1/2:1/2. The winner's prize was $200 and a traveling trophy in memory of Lev Blonarovych, a former Sitch activist and USCAK chess champion.

He was followed by: 2. Mr. Baczynskyj (Tryzub, Philadelphia) at 4 points and a $125 prize; 3. Mr. Stoyko (Sitch) - 3 1/2 points and a $75 prize; 4-6. The Rev. Marian Procyk (S. Popel Chess Club, Buffalo, N. Y.), Bohdan Andrushkiw (Chernyk, Detroit) and Oles Podebriy (S. Popel Chess Club, Buffalo) - each 3 points; 7-9. Sydir Nowakiwsky (Tryzub), Orest Kociuba (Ukrainian Center, Passaic, N.J.) and Lew Markiw (Dovbush, New Haven, Conn.) - each 2 1/2 points and a split of the $100 prize for the top player with a rating under 2,000; 10-11. the Rev. Ihor Stets and Pylyp Procyk (both of the Popel club of Buffalo) - each 2 points; 12. Stepan Procyk (Popel Club) - 1 1/2 points; 13. Oles Procyk (Popel Club) - 1 points.

Oles Podebriy won the top junior prize of $100.

The five-round Swiss-system event, run with a time control of one hour per player per game, was directed by Dr. Orest Popovych of Sitch, who heads the USCAK Chess Section.