John van der Wiel (born 9 August 1959) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.

Born in 1959, Van der Wiel won the Daniël Noteboom tournament in Leiden in 1976 and 1977.

He won the European Junior Chess Championship in 1978, and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1982.

He won tournaments in Novi Sad 1982, Århus 1983, Ostend 1983, San Bernardino 1986, Amsterdam OHRA 1987, Baden-Baden II 1992, Elgoibar 1998[4] and Brasschaat 2010.

In 1999 he played with the team Panfox Breda at the European Club Cup in Belgrade.