18 Facts About Paul Truong

Paul Truong was born on June 2,1965 and is an American and Cambodian chess player, trainer, and organizer.

Paul Truong was born Truong Hoai Nhan in Saigon, South Vietnam.

Paul Truong is married to former Women's World Chess Champion Susan Polgar.

Paul Truong is Polgar's business manager, and vice-president of the Susan Polgar Foundation.

In 2007, Paul Truong become the director of marketing and PR of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence and coach and chief strategist of the Texas Tech University chess team, with Polgar as the executive director of SPICE and head coach.

Paul 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.

In 2004, Paul Truong was the captain and business manager of the US women's team for the 36th Chess Olympiad, which won a silver medal.

Paul Truong was on the team that went to Iceland in 1980.

Paul Truong played when the US hosted Iceland in a return match in New York City in 1981.

Paul Truong's father, Tien, was a South Vietnamese official working at the US embassy in Saigon during the Vietnam War.

Paul Truong learned the rules of chess along with his father at the age of five and played at the National Sports Center in Saigon, a center for chess in the country.

Paul Truong has been inactive as a competitive chess player since 1986.

Paul Truong has collaborated with Polgar on most of her books and videos, and he has co-authored with her numerous chess columns and articles.

In 2003, Polgar and Paul Truong won the Cramer Award for Best Chess Column and three Chess Journalist of America Awards for Best Magazine Column, Best Endgame Analysis Column, and Best Chess Promotion column.

Paul Truong is a prolific photographer who has taken as many as 30,000 pictures per year at chess-related events in several countries.

Paul Truong's photos have appeared on multiple book and magazine covers.

In 2007, Paul Truong ran for the USCF Executive Board and won, along with his wife, Susan.

The lawsuits eventually were all dismissed or settled, and Paul Truong severed his affiliation with the USCF, with none of the parties admitting to any wrongdoing.