chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

KUPREICEIK. VIKTOR DAVIDOVICH
(1949 ), Soviet player. International Crandrdrr
0980). He.ane lasi in rhree UssR
Chanpionships (1969, 1974, 1976)r ac@rding to
one dtic he showed undoubted olcni and needed
only discioline and caie . Aflcr makins sood this
deliciency he won selera1 inler.alional lournamenh,
wijL aan ze (master, 1977 (+9=1-l)
(not 10 be conlused wiih tbe Nncurrents.andmas
rerevent): Knovakan 1978 (+8=6 1).idewith
vAcAN!^Ni Reytjalik 1980 (+5=7), ahead of
BRowNE and MLEsi }lovdiv 1980 (+6:5); Medina
del canpo 1980 (+4=5)r and Hastinss l98l 2
(+6=6 l), ahead ofANDEBS$N.
KUPRETCHI( VARTATION, 348 in the cENrRr
CAME. played in the eame
(nPreichik-Esttin.
KUZMIN 175
the UssR Championshipof 1972, his besr resuh i.
seven attcnpts from 1965 lo 1980. and be Bon
(+6:11) theFnst Lea8ue louinarcnt Baku 197?.
a qualiiying event tbr thc nalional championship.
His best achicrcmenis in international tourna
ments wcre: Hastiogs 1973-4, Inst equal wilh
szAB6j hL. and n}MN ahead of d.nnrRrar Llov
1978, calegory 13, thnd (+3:10 i) equ.l with
RoNANTSHTN and B*!rc!s( alter BArAsnov and
va.ANt^N: a.d Dortnund 1981.6st (+5=6)
eqnal with SFEELM^N and EiaNrK.
Geller Kuzmin Lvov 1q73 Pnc Delence
1c4d6 2d1Nr6 lNdg6 4NBBg7 5Bc20.0 50.{
Be4 7Be3Nc6 3 Qdzc5 9d5Ne7 loRadl Ndr rl
NelBxc2 12Qxe215 1l 14exl4 14B 4Brd 15 bxc:l
t{c4 l6Qxel Nci 17 Oc4 Od7 l3Ndl Qa4 l9Qxa4
Nxa4 20c,lRae3 2lRdclNt5 22dNc3 23ltxe3Rxe3
KURAJICA. BOJ,4N i1947 L YuAoslav player,
tnlemational O.a.dnaster (i974), World Junior
Cbampion. 1965. He shared 6Et pn2e in tso
tourn.menls ol about calegory 8: sorbor 196ll,
with noRr and rvKovt and Sant Fcliu de Guixols
1971, wirh srcuRroNssoN. In stro.ger events hc
t*ie shared thnd prize: Solingen 1974. with
spAssxv after .oLlG^YEvsn and u!ALE(: and
Wijk aan Zee 19?6. *irh rAr- after uLBorEvd add
ourssoN. Kurajicat bcst achievemenr, hovevcr,
was his rourlh plac€ (+4-6 1) at wijk aan z€e
t9'1',1.
KUZMTN, GENNADY PA\I-OVTCH (194G ),
Sovier player, Inlernaiional Grandnaslct (1973).
Kuzninscored+5=i1 laodsharcdrhirdplacein
21 s4? (Whirc hopcs lo sin a pawn, bur gcG a Io$
cndganc in{ead.) 24. . . Nd,l ?5 crd6 Nde2+ 26 Kh1
Nil4 27N:l,lqd6 23Rf3 Rc3 29ar65 30Kgla5 31
Kll b4 32axb4a4 l3Ne2N65 34Kc1Rxc2:r5Reral
16 Re3+ (lf 37 Ra3 a2 \\'lrile renens.