John-Paul Wallace
| John-Paul Wallace | |
|---|---|
 John-Paul Wallace, Groningen 2012 | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Born | 19 November 1976[1] Liverpool, Australia |
| Title | International Master |
| 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 ever Australian chess champion. 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 is currently residing 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]
References
- ^ 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, www.chesslecture.com
- ^ John-Paul Wins!, 2003 Australian Open
- ^ Wallace Chess homepage
External links
- John-Paul Wallace's Personal Website
- John Paul Wallace rating card at FIDE
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