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 | |
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John-Paul Wallace, Groningen 2012 | |
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Born | (1976-11-19) 19 November 1976 (age 45)[1] Liverpool, Australia |
Title | International Master |
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.
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 and his wife Astrid Wallace are the co-directors of Wallace Chess Ltd.[6]
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