Stanislav Kriventsov

{{Short description|Canadian chess player and coach (born 1973)}} {{Unreliable sources|date=December 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox chess biography | name = Stan Kriventsov | image = | caption = | country = Canada | birth_name = Stanislav Germanovich Kriventsov | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|02|df=y}} | birth_place = Moscow, Russia | death_date =  | death_place = | title = International Master (2002) |peakrating = 2449 (October 2005) }} '''Stanislav Germanovich Kriventsov''' ({{langx|ru|Станислав Кривенцов}}; born 2 November 1973, in Moscow, Russia) is a Canadian chess International Master and chess coach who resides in the United States. Between 1997 and 2007, he was a regular participant in 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlTnmtHst.php?12739627|title = Stanislav Kriventsov's chess tournament history|website = uschess.org|access-date = 8 June 2023}}</ref>

Kriventsov has a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering with a specialization in power electronics from Penn State University, which he obtained in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stanislav Kriventsov's Ph.D. thesis |url=https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/6227 |access-date=8 June 2023 |website=PSU.edu}}</ref> 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. Since 2021, he has worked at Google as a software engineer.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.linkedin.com/in/stan-kriventsov/|title = Stan Kriventsov's LinkedIn page|website = linkedin.com|access-date = 8 June 2023}}</ref>

Between 2007 and 2018, Kriventsov was a professional online poker player specializing in mid-stakes cash games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stanislav Kriventsov's biography on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=b&n=64073 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref> He has played and cashed in several live poker tournaments, with total live winnings of $88,882.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stanislav Kriventsov's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=64073 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.kriventsov.com Stan Kriventsov's personal blog] * {{FIDE|2016257|Stanislav G. Kriventsov}} * {{Chessgames.com player|50496|Stanislav G. Kriventsov}} * {{365Chess.com player|Stanislav_G_Kriventsov|Stanislav G. Kriventsov}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kriventsov, Stanislav}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Russian chess players Category:21st-century Canadian chess players Category:Canadian chess players Category:Chess International Masters Category:Russian poker players Category:Penn State College of Engineering alumni Category:Tulane University alumni Category:Chess coaches Category:Chess players from Moscow Category:Tulane University faculty Category:20th-century Russian chess players