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 | 19 November 1976[1] Liverpool, Australia |
| Title | International Master (1996) |
| Peak rating | 2419 (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
edit- ^ John-Paul Wallace player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- ^ John-Paul Wallace player profile, www.fide.com
- ^ John-Paul Wallace player statistics from www.olimpbase.org
- ^ a b Meet The Masters Archived 19 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, www.chesslecture.com
- ^ John-Paul Wins!, 2003 Australian Open
- ^ Wallace Chess homepage
External links
edit- John-Paul Wallace's Personal Website
- John Paul Wallace rating card at FIDE
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