Krivenko, Sergei

Sergei Krivenko, a 35-year-old Serbian FIDE Master, is rated 2311 and sitting in the top 3% of Serbian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 9 years. 44 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Polufinale pojedinacnog prvenstva Srbije 2026 - OPEN, RADNICKICHESS IM 2 Round Robin December 2025, and FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - U2300. Also played 3 rapid (including Pojedinacno prvenstvo Srbije u ubrzanom sahu za 2025. god.) and 1 blitz events (including Ekipno brzopotezno prvenstvo Beograda 2025 SSB) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 17 months (2007–2009), 12 months (2014–2015), 15 months (2018–2019) and 35 months (2021–2024). His peak of 2375 was reached at age 21 (Dec 2012); he also reached Serbian #99 in Nov 2024.

Competes for Serbia since Apr 2025. Awarded FM in 2022 (age 31). Earned IM norms at IM Intl tnmt in V.Dvorkovich chess livingroom 2011 and M.Chigorin Memorial 2012. At junior level, he reached #2, #8 and #5 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.