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).John-Paul Wallace player profile, www.fide.com
He has represented Australia in two Chess Olympiads in Moscow, Russia in 1994 and Yerevan, Armenia in 1996.John-Paul Wallace player statistics from www.olimpbase.org
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.Meet The Masters , www.chesslecture.com He won the Pratt Foundation Australian Open chess tournament in 2003John-Paul Wins!, 2003 Australian Open 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. John-Paul is a co-director of Wallace Chess Ltd.Wallace Chess homepage
References
External links John-Paul Wallace's Personal Website