Gennady Kuzmin
Gennady Kuzmin Геннадий Кузьмин | |
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| Full name | Gennady Pavlovich Kuzmin |
| Country | Soviet Union → Ukraine |
| Born | January 19, 1946 Mariinsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | February 28, 2020 (aged 74) Luhansk, Ukraine |
| Title | Grandmaster (1973) |
| Peak rating | 2600 (May 1974) |
| Peak ranking | No. 14 (January 1975) |
Gennady Pavlovich Kuzmin (Russian: Геннадий Павлович Кузьмин, Ukrainian: Геннадій Павлович Кузьмін, romanized: Hennadiy Pavlovych Kuzmin; January 19, 1946 – February 28, 2020) was a Ukrainian chess player and trainer. He reached his peak strength in the early to mid-1970s and in 1973, was awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE, the governing body.