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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Stanislav Kriventsov
- Stanislav "Stas" Kriventsov or Stan Kriventsov (Russian: ????????? ?????????; born November 2, 1973 in Moscow, Russia) is a chess International Master and a chess coach who currently resides in Canada 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.
- Kriventsov has played in four US Chess Championships. 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 is also an aspiring poker player.
- He has played and cashed in several World Series of Poker circuit events.
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