Stanislav Kriventsov
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Stanislav (Stas) Kriventsov (born November 02, 1973 in Moscow, Russia) is an international chess master and a chess coach who currently resides in the USA. He is a regular participant of American chess tournaments and has won over 60 United States Chess Federation Grand Prix tournaments, including four state championships, since his arrival to the country in 1997. In 2005, he placed 6th in the USA in the annual Grand Prix competition. Kriventsov has played in the last four US Chess Championships. His latest coach in Russia (between 1989 and 1994) was Vladimir Vulfson, a member of the world-famous Dvoretsky Chess School.
Aside from chess, Kriventsov has obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University in 2004. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
