Stanislav Kriventsov
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Stanislav (AKA Stas or Stan) Kriventsov (born November 02, 1973 in Moscow, Russia) is an international chess master and a chess coach who currently resides in Russia after spending ten years in the United States between 1997 and 2007. He was a regular participant of American chess tournaments and has won over 60 United States Chess Federation Grand Prix tournaments, including four Pennsylvania state championships. In 2005, he placed 6th in the U.S. in the annual Grand Prix competition. Kriventsov has played in four US Chess Championships. His coach in Russia (between 1989 and 1994) was Vladimir Vulfson, a member of the world-famous Dvoretsky Chess School.
Aside from chess, Kriventsov has a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering (with specialization in power electronics) from Penn State University, which he obtained in 2004. He worked as an adjunct faculty member at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana between 2004 and 2007, where he also received an M.S. degree in Computer Science in 2007. Kriventsov's B.S. degree, obtained in 1996, is in solid state physics from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.
Kriventsov is also an aspiring poker player. He has played and cashed in several World Series of Poker circuit events.
