Another unedited excerpt of my upcoming autobiography (March 11, 2025 release): Paul and I were scheduled to meet with a major potential sponsor at the World Trade Center area that September. We thought nothing of it when our contact...
How to Successfully Market & Promote Chess, and Obtain Sponsorship
Some quick and easy tips for help in promoting and marketing chess Lubbock Avalanche-Journal I received a number of questions about marketing and promotion of chess. I have asked my husband Paul Truong, director of marketing and PR for...
It could have been my last day on earth!
It could have been my last day on earth! On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 hijackers took control of 4 commercial airliners en route to San Francisco and Los Angeles from Boston, Newark, and Washington, D.C. (Washington...
A Man with a Noble Cause
Here is an article that Mr. Randy Hough (a USCF board member) wrote about Paul almost 30 years ago (there are a few minor factual errors but in general it was well written). Sept 1986 Chess Life, page 26...
Webster University’s SPICE Chess Coaches Invited to Present at prestigious MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
February 21, 2017 Contact: Judy Goodman Lents & Associates For Immediate Release Webster University’s SPICE Chess Coaches Invited to Present at prestigious MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference ST. LOUIS – Webster University is pleased to announce that Susan Polgar,...
The Faces of Final Four Champions in the Past 6 Years
SPICE Final Four Records (2011 – 2016) 15 W – 3 T – 0 L) 2011 Final Four Champions – TTU: GM Anatoly Bykhovsky (Israel) – GM Davorin Kuljasevic (Croatia) – IM Itsvan Sipos (Hungary) – GM Andre Diamant...
The good news and bad news on Election Day – The view from a non-political person
The good news and bad news on Election Day – The view from a non-political person By Paul Truong The good news is Election Day is finally here. No more disgusting commercials with full of lies and innuendos, not...
Baku Chess Olympiad From Behind The Lens
Baku Chess Olympiad From Behind The Lens by Paul Truong I love to take pictures. It is a huge passion for me. But I am not a technical photographer. I never went to school for it. I do not...
The Secret of Success Revealed!
Candid interview with Coach & Chief Strategist of Webster University #1 ranked Collegiate Chess program By Chris Torres President of Chess & Music Academy in Northern California http://www.chessdom.com/paul-truong-interview-by-chris-torres/ Chris Torres: Congratulations on winning the Final Four for the 6th...
Coming to America! The Journey Started on April 30, 1979!
Paul (at 14) and his father as Vietnamese boat people back in 1979 Here is an article that Mr. Randy Hough (a USCF board member) wrote about Paul almost 30 years ago (there are a few minor factual errors but...