Cambodia (after 2014[1]) United States (before 2014[1])
Born
(1965-06-02) June 2, 1965 (age 58) Saigon, South Vietnam
Title
FIDE Master
Peak rating
2395 (July 1986)
Paul Truong (born June 2, 1965) is an American and Cambodian chess player, trainer, and organizer. He was born Trương Hoài Nhân in Saigon, South Vietnam.[2] Truong holds the USCF title of National Master[3] and the FIDE title of FIDE Master.
He is married to former Women's World Chess Champion Susan Polgár.[4] He is also Polgár's business manager, and vice-president of the Susan Polgar Foundation. He organized and/or promoted most of the events in which Polgár has been involved since she relocated to the United States. In 2007, Truong become the director of marketing and PR of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) and coach and chief strategist of the Texas Tech University chess team, with Polgár as the executive director of SPICE and head coach.[5] The SPICE Program relocated to Webster University[6] in 2012. Truong has served as the coach and chief strategist of the Webster University chess team and director of marketing for the SPICE Program since then.[7]
In 2004, Truong was the captain and business manager of the U.S. women's team for the 36th Chess Olympiad,[6] which won a silver medal.[7] While Truong served as coach and chief strategist, the Texas Tech University chess team was U.S. National Collegiate Champion in 2011 and 2012 and the Webster University team won in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The Webster University chess team also won (or tied for first) in the Pan American Intercollegiate Championships every year from 2012 to 2018.[8]
Truong played for the "Collins Kids" founded by John W. Collins.[citation needed] He was on the team that went to Iceland in 1980.[citation needed] He also played when the U.S. hosted Iceland in[citation needed] a return match in New York City in 1981.[citation needed] In 2001, he won the U.S. Open Blitz Championship in Framingham, Massachusetts, ahead of Hikaru Nakamura.[citation needed]
^ abFIDE
^Di Felice, Gino (2017-11-22). Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016. McFarland. ISBN 9781476671321.
^Paul Hoainhan M Truong USCF profile
^"A special thank you to all!". susanpolgar.blogspot.com. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^12 May 2007 news release from Texas Tech University titled Texas Tech Hires Chess World Champion, Establishes Excellence Institute
^"Checkmate! Susan Polgar Institute, Champion Chess Team Moving to Webster : Webster Today Archives". webster.edu. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^"Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence - Webster University". webster.edu. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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