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A second Interzonal appearance occurred at Riga 1979, when he again finished in the top half of the table.
A second Interzonal appearance occurred at Riga 1979, when he again finished in the top half of the table.
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 (3rd= behind Tal and Tukmakov) and 1973 in Moscow (2nd= behind Spassky).
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.
Other notable results included Lvov 1978 (third equal after Balashov and Vaganian) and Tallinn 1985 (second after Dolmatov). Gennady Kuzmin is a renowned chess trainer in Ukraine and along with Yuri Kruppa, has helped rising star Kateryna Lahno become the world"s youngest Woman Grandmaster.
He runs a chess school on the official website of the Ukraine Chess Federation, where players are invited to join group and individual study sessions.
Kuzmin - Sveshnikov, Moscow Church 1973, Sicilian Kan, 1-0 Echoes of the famous Lasker - Bauer double bishop sacrifice, performed against a strong grandmaster, with a deadly outcome. Kuzmin - Alburt, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1971, Benko Gambit, 1-0 White bravely crashes on with his kingside pawnstorm while his Queenside crumbles.