John-Paul Wallace (born 19 November 1976 in
Liverpool, New South Wales) is a professional
chess player awarded the title of
International Master
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in 1996 by
FIDE
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(World Chess Federation).
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player profile
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He has represented Australia
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in two Chess Olympiads in Moscow, Russia in 1994 and Yerevan, Armenia in 1996.
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](_blank)
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/ref> He won the Pratt Foundation Australian Open chess tournament in 2003 before moving to Europe and currently resides in London.
In February 2023 John-Paul won the Kragero Open in Norway ahead of 12 Grandmasters -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.
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References
External links
John-Paul Wallace's Personal Website
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1976 births
Living people
Australian chess players
Australian chess writers
Chess International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Sportspeople from Sydney
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