John-Paul Wallace | |
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John-Paul Wallace, Groningen 2012 | |
Country | ![]() ![]() |
Born | [1] Liverpool, Australia | 19 November 1976
Title | International Master (1996) |
Peak rating | 2419 (July 2006) |
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]
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]
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