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John-Paul Wallace

John-Paul Wallace, Groningen 2012
Country Australia
Born 19 November 1976
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).

He has represented Australia in two Chess Olympiads in Moscow, Russia in 1994 and Yerevan, Armenia in 1996.

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. He won the Pratt Foundation Australian Open chess tournament in 2003 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. John-Paul and his wife Astrid Wallace are the co-directors of Wallace Chess Ltd.

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