Susan Polgar retires later this month after nine years coaching Webster University s chess team.
For nine years, Susan Polgar led Webster University’s chess team and for that entire time, the team was a force. Polgar and her husband, assistant coach Paul Truong, led Webster to seven consecutive wins in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championships, with an eighth first-place finish for good measure. Webster also won five straight Final Four national chess championships during Polgar’s time at the helm.
Polgar will retire on May 31. She explained on Monday’s
St. Louis on the Air that she fell down a flight of stairs last fall and found the injuries distracting enough for her to seek out a replacement.