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.

[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.