John-Paul Wallace

John-Paul Wallace (born 19 November 1976 in Liverpool, New South Wales) is a professional chess player awarded the title of International Master in 1996 by FIDE (World Chess Federation).[2]

John-Paul Wallace
John-Paul Wallace, Groningen 2012
Country Australia (until 2023)
 Norway (since 2023)
Born (1976-11-19) 19 November 1976[1]
Liverpool, Australia
TitleInternational Master (1996)
Peak rating2419 (July 2006)

He has represented Australia in two Chess Olympiads in Moscow, Russia in 1994 and Yerevan, Armenia in 1996.[3]

He holds the record for the youngest Australian chess champion to date. He achieved this in the 1993/94 Australian Chess Championship at the age of 17.[4] He won the Pratt Foundation Australian Open chess tournament in 2003[5] before moving to Europe and currently resides in London.

In February 2023, after many years without strong tournament performances,John-Paul won the Kragero Open in Norway ahead of 12 Grandmasters and scored a GM norm -http://turneringsservice.sjakklubb.no/standings.aspx?TID=KrageroResortChessInternationa2023-KrageroSjakklubbUngdom

John-Paul works as a professional chess coach and is a contributor to various magazines and websites including chesspublishing.com and chesslecture.com.[4] John-Paul is a Co-Director of Wallace Chess Ltd.[6]

References
  1. John-Paul Wallace player profile and games at Chessgames.com
  2. John-Paul Wallace player profile, www.fide.com
  3. John-Paul Wallace player statistics from www.olimpbase.org
  4. Meet The Masters Archived 19 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, www.chesslecture.com
  5. John-Paul Wins!, 2003 Australian Open
  6. Wallace Chess homepage


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