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Paul Truong (born June 2, 1965) is an American chess player, trainer, promoter, and organizer.〔Chessgames (2009). The chess games of Paul Truong. Retrieved on 2009-06-11 from http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=85820.〕 He was born Hoainhan Truong in Saigon, South Vietnam.〔 A promoter, organizer and chess coach, he is married to former Women's World Chess Champion Susan Polgar.〔(Susan Polgar Chess and Information Blog: A special thank you to all! )〕 He is also Polgar's business manager, and Vice-President of the Susan Polgar Foundation. He organized and/or promoted most of the events in which Polgar has been involved since she relocated to the United States. In May 2007, Truong become the Director of Marketing and PR of Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) and assistant coach of the Texas Tech University chess team, with Polgar as the Executive Director of SPICE and head coach.〔(12 May 2007 news release from Texas Tech University titled ''Texas Tech Hires Chess World Champion, Establishes Excellence Institute'' )〕 The SPICE Program relocated to Webster University〔http://blogs.webster.edu/webstertoday/2012/02/03/checkmate-susan-polgar-institute-champion-chess-team-moving-to-webster-university/〕 in June 2012, and Truong has served as the coach of the Webster University Chess Team and Director of Marketing for the SPICE Program〔http://www.webster.edu/spice/〕 since that time. In 2004, Truong served as the captain and business manager of the U.S. Women's Team for the 36th Chess Olympiad,〔(2004 United States Women's Olympiad Team ), USCF web site〕 which won a Silver Medal after defeating Vietnam in the last round.〔(OlimpBase :: 36th Chess Olympiad (women), Calvia 2004, final A, round 14 )〕 While Truong served as coach, the Texas Tech University chess team was U.S. National Collegiate Champion in 2011 and 2012 and the Webster University team won in 2013 and 2014. In December, 2013, the Webster University chess team won the Pan American Intercollegiate Championship,〔http://www.twchesssafari.blogspot.com/2013/12/webster-sweeps-umbc-illinois-and-texas.html〕 which qualified them for the 2014 President's Cup in New York City on April 4–6 where they defeated teams from University of Maryland-Baltimore County, University of Illinois and Texas Tech for the 2014 title.〔http://www.susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2014/04/oooops-we-did-it-again.html〕 As a chess player, he holds the USCF titles of National Master and Life Master, and the FIDE title of FIDE Master.〔(Hoainhan Truong FIDE rating card ) shows the FIDE Master title and a rating sufficient for the USCF titles〕 Truong played for the "Collins Kids" founded by John W. Collins. He was on the team that went to Iceland in 1980 (pictured on the John W. Collins Wiki page). He also played when the U.S. hosted Iceland in a return match in New York City in 1981. In 2001, he won the U.S. Open Blitz Championship in Framingham, MA, ahead of GM Hikaru Nakamura. ==Early life== Truong's father, Tien, was an important South Vietnamese official working at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon during the Vietnam War. Truong learned the rules of chess along with his father at the age of five and played at the National Sports Center (CSS) in Saigon, a center for the chess life of the country. From an early age, he won the annual tournaments organized by the National Sport Center, which were informally recognized as the National Championships of South Vietnam. In all, he won the annual under-21 event four times, starting when he was five years old, and the annual adult event five times, starting when he was eight.〔References for this include (Paul Truong: Happy to be a USCF Member, Chess Life, September 1986, p.26 ) and (Interview of Paul Truong by Susan Polgar, 4 Aug 2003 ). Independent verification is difficult, due to the lack of sources from South Vietnam following the Fall of Saigon in 1975.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Truong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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