Gennady Kuzmin

Who is Gennady Kuzmin?

Gennady Pavlovich Kuzmin is a Soviet-Ukrainian chess master and trainer. He should not be confused with Russian Grandmaster, Alexey Kuzmin.

As a player, he reached his peak strength in the early to mid-1970s and in 1973, was awarded the International Grandmaster title by FIDE, the governing body.

Kuzmin competed in the Soviet Chess Championship eleven times between 1965 and 1991. His best results occurred in 1972 in Baku and 1973 in Moscow. The Baku final was also a qualifier for the 1973 Leningrad Interzonal, in which he placed seventh of eighteen players.

He was invited to compete at the Biel Interzonal in 1976, but withdrew. A second Interzonal appearance occurred at Riga 1979, when he again finished in the top half of the table.

In other competition, he achieved outright or shared first place at Hastings 1973/74, Baku 1977, Tallinn 1979, Kladovo 1980, Dortmund 1981 and Bangalore 1981. Other notable results included Lvov 1978 and Tallinn 1985. In 1990, he was the Moscow Blitz Champion.