GMPaul Velten

FRA Born 1993 Male
FIDE ID
681091

About Paul Velten

Paul Velten was born in France in 1993 and became a GM in 2018. His norms came in the French team championships of 2015 and 2016 and the German southern Bundesliga in 2018. He also worked as a coach, including with Antoine Bournel. At the 2025 World Cup he faced Vladislav Kovalev in the first round.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2482

Published FIDE

Rapid

2563

Published FIDE

Blitz

2413

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#713
National rank · FRA
#25

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2542 May 2025
Recorded years
2006–2026
Archived games
726

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
151 2024-08-09 Riga Tech Open A 2024 Riga LAT 7.3 Paul Velten Tomas Laurusas Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
152 2024-08-08 Riga Tech Open A 2024 Riga LAT 6.1 Shahil Dey Paul Velten Won: 0-1 51 Open
153 2024-08-08 Riga Tech Open A 2024 Riga LAT 5.7 Paul Velten Edvin Trost Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
154 2024-08-07 Riga Tech Open A 2024 Riga LAT 4.5 Vyom Vidyarthi Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
155 2024-08-06 Riga Tech Open A 2024 Riga LAT 3.11 Paul Velten Avinash Ramesh Won: 1-0 99 Open
156 2024-08-06 Riga Tech Open A 2024 Riga LAT 2.13 Can Dolgun Paul Velten Won: 0-1 40 Open
157 2024-08-05 Riga Tech Open A 2024 Riga LAT 1.16 Paul Velten Anda Safranska Won: 1-0 27 Open
158 2024-07-25 2nd Dole Open 2024 Aix-en-Provence FRA 6.11 Paul Velten Murali Karthikeyan Lost: 0-1 43 Open
159 2024-07-24 2nd Dole Open 2024 Aix-en-Provence FRA 5.14 Paul Velten Nino Batsiashvili Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
160 2024-07-23 2nd Dole Open 2024 Aix-en-Provence FRA 4.3 Nils Grandelius Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
161 2024-07-22 2nd Dole Open 2024 Aix-en-Provence FRA 3.1 Paul Velten Abhimanyu Puranik Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
162 2024-06-16 French Open Blitz 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 7.6 Marco Materia Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 76 Open
163 2024-06-16 French Open Blitz 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 6.1 Paul Velten Jules Moussard Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
164 2024-06-16 French Open Blitz 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 5.8 Paul Velten Tristan Calistri Won: 1-0 27 Open
165 2024-06-16 French Open Blitz 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 4.8 Pierre Carpentier Paul Velten Won: 0-1 30 Open
166 2024-06-16 French Open Blitz 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 11.4 Paul Velten Loic Travadon Lost: 0-1 54 Open
167 2024-06-15 French Open Rapid 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 9.5 Paul Velten Eloi Relange Won: 1-0 46 Open
168 2024-06-15 French Open Rapid 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 8.7 Alexandre Zienkiewicz Paul Velten Won: 0-1 51 Open
169 2024-06-15 French Open Rapid 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 7.2 Paul Velten Maxime Lagarde Lost: 0-1 39 Open
170 2024-06-15 French Open Rapid 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 6.4 Ewen Pichon Paul Velten Won: 0-1 69 Open
171 2024-06-15 French Open Rapid 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 5.7 Paul Velten Elliot Papadiamandis Won: 1-0 47 Open
172 2024-06-15 French Open Rapid 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 4.5 Anatole Vlachos Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
173 2024-06-15 French Open Rapid 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 3.5 Paul Velten Jean-Baptiste Mullon Won: 1-0 33 Open
174 2024-06-15 French Open Rapid 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 2.5 Jean-Olivier Leconte Paul Velten Won: 0-1 35 Open
175 2024-06-15 French Open Rapid 2024 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses FRA 1.6 Paul Velten Solal Samouelian Won: 1-0 32 Open
176 2024-06-09 TCh-FRA Top 16 Basse 2024 Chartres FRA 4.12 Harutyun Barseghyan Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 71 Open
177 2024-06-08 TCh-FRA Top 16 Basse 2024 Chartres FRA 3.3 Francesco Sonis Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
178 2024-06-07 TCh-FRA Top 16 Basse 2024 Chartres FRA 2.2 Niels Willems Paul Velten Won: 0-1 62 Open
179 2024-06-06 TCh-FRA Top 16 Basse 2024 Chartres FRA 1.27 Julien Sohier Paul Velten Won: 0-1 36 Open
180 2024-06-05 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024 Chartres FRA 7.21 Paul Velten Thal Abergel Lost: 0-1 27 Open
181 2024-06-04 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024 Chartres FRA 6.13 Maxime Lagarde Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 42 Open
182 2024-06-03 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024 Chartres FRA 5.28 Laurent Fressinet Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
183 2024-06-02 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024 Chartres FRA 4.5 Pablo Ollier Paul Velten Won: 0-1 35 Open
184 2024-06-01 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024 Chartres FRA 3.29 Thomas Dionisi Paul Velten Won: 0-1 81 Open
185 2024-05-31 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024 Chartres FRA 2.12 Gary Giroyan Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 45 Open
186 2024-05-30 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024 Chartres FRA 1.21 Romain Edouard Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
187 2024-05-04 Sardinia World Open A Orosei ITA 9.17 Paul Velten Savitha Shri B Won: 1-0 49 Open
188 2024-05-03 Sardinia World Open A Orosei ITA 8.12 Diego Vergara Anton Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 28 Open
189 2024-05-02 Sardinia World Open A Orosei ITA 7.9 Paul Velten Lorenzo Lodici Lost: 0-1 55 Open
190 2024-05-01 Sardinia World Open A Orosei ITA 6.9 Maxime Lagarde Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
191 2024-04-30 Sardinia World Open A Orosei ITA 5.5 Paul Velten Jules Moussard Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
192 2024-04-30 Sardinia World Open A Orosei ITA 4.6 Sanan Sjugirov Paul Velten Won: 0-1 59 Open
193 2024-04-29 Sardinia World Open A Orosei ITA 3.3 Paul Velten Daniel Dardha Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
194 2024-04-28 Sardinia World Open A Orosei ITA 2.23 Sohum Lohia Paul Velten Won: 0-1 44 Open
195 2024-04-27 Sardinia World Open A Orosei ITA 1.25 Paul Velten Cristian Gagliardi Won: 1-0 44 Open
196 2024-03-30 44th San Sebastian Open Donostia ESP 9.2 Lan Yao Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 12 Open
197 2024-03-29 44th San Sebastian Open Donostia ESP 8.1 Paul Velten Daniel Alsina Leal Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
198 2024-03-28 44th San Sebastian Open Donostia ESP 7.1 Oleksii Bilych Paul Velten Won: 0-1 45 Open
199 2024-03-27 44th San Sebastian Open Donostia ESP 6.1 Paul Velten Yevgeniy Roshka Draw: 1/2-1/2 19 Open
200 2024-03-26 44th San Sebastian Open Donostia ESP 5.2 Misa Pap Paul Velten Won: 0-1 32 Open
  1. vs Tomas LaurusasDraw · ½–½White · 2024-08-09 · Round 7.3Riga Tech Open A 2024
  2. vs Shahil DeyWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-08 · Round 6.1Riga Tech Open A 2024
  3. vs Edvin TrostDraw · ½–½White · 2024-08-08 · Round 5.7Riga Tech Open A 2024
  4. vs Vyom VidyarthiDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-08-07 · Round 4.5Riga Tech Open A 2024
  5. vs Avinash RameshWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-06 · Round 3.11Riga Tech Open A 2024
  6. vs Can DolgunWon · 0-1Black · 2024-08-06 · Round 2.13Riga Tech Open A 2024
  7. vs Anda SafranskaWon · 1-0White · 2024-08-05 · Round 1.16Riga Tech Open A 2024
  8. vs Murali KarthikeyanLost · 0-1White · 2024-07-25 · Round 6.112nd Dole Open 2024
  9. vs Nino BatsiashviliDraw · ½–½White · 2024-07-24 · Round 5.142nd Dole Open 2024
  10. vs Nils GrandeliusDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 4.32nd Dole Open 2024
  11. vs Abhimanyu PuranikDraw · ½–½White · 2024-07-22 · Round 3.12nd Dole Open 2024
  12. vs Marco MateriaLost · 1-0Black · 2024-06-16 · Round 7.6French Open Blitz 2024
  13. vs Jules MoussardDraw · ½–½White · 2024-06-16 · Round 6.1French Open Blitz 2024
  14. vs Tristan CalistriWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-16 · Round 5.8French Open Blitz 2024
  15. vs Pierre CarpentierWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-16 · Round 4.8French Open Blitz 2024
  16. vs Loic TravadonLost · 0-1White · 2024-06-16 · Round 11.4French Open Blitz 2024
  17. vs Eloi RelangeWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-15 · Round 9.5French Open Rapid 2024
  18. vs Alexandre ZienkiewiczWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-15 · Round 8.7French Open Rapid 2024
  19. vs Maxime LagardeLost · 0-1White · 2024-06-15 · Round 7.2French Open Rapid 2024
  20. vs Ewen PichonWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-15 · Round 6.4French Open Rapid 2024
  21. vs Elliot PapadiamandisWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-15 · Round 5.7French Open Rapid 2024
  22. vs Anatole VlachosDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-15 · Round 4.5French Open Rapid 2024
  23. vs Jean-Baptiste MullonWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-15 · Round 3.5French Open Rapid 2024
  24. vs Jean-Olivier LeconteWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-15 · Round 2.5French Open Rapid 2024
  25. vs Solal SamouelianWon · 1-0White · 2024-06-15 · Round 1.6French Open Rapid 2024
  26. vs Harutyun BarseghyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-09 · Round 4.12TCh-FRA Top 16 Basse 2024
  27. vs Francesco SonisDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-08 · Round 3.3TCh-FRA Top 16 Basse 2024
  28. vs Niels WillemsWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-07 · Round 2.2TCh-FRA Top 16 Basse 2024
  29. vs Julien SohierWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-06 · Round 1.27TCh-FRA Top 16 Basse 2024
  30. vs Thal AbergelLost · 0-1White · 2024-06-05 · Round 7.21TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024
  31. vs Maxime LagardeLost · 1-0Black · 2024-06-04 · Round 6.13TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024
  32. vs Laurent FressinetDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-06-03 · Round 5.28TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024
  33. vs Pablo OllierWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-02 · Round 4.5TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024
  34. vs Thomas DionisiWon · 0-1Black · 2024-06-01 · Round 3.29TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024
  35. vs Gary GiroyanLost · 1-0Black · 2024-05-31 · Round 2.12TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024
  36. vs Romain EdouardDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-30 · Round 1.21TCh-FRA Top 16 GpB 2024
  37. vs Savitha Shri BWon · 1-0White · 2024-05-04 · Round 9.17Sardinia World Open A
  38. vs Diego Vergara AntonDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-03 · Round 8.12Sardinia World Open A
  39. vs Lorenzo LodiciLost · 0-1White · 2024-05-02 · Round 7.9Sardinia World Open A
  40. vs Maxime LagardeDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-05-01 · Round 6.9Sardinia World Open A
  41. vs Jules MoussardDraw · ½–½White · 2024-04-30 · Round 5.5Sardinia World Open A
  42. vs Sanan SjugirovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-04-30 · Round 4.6Sardinia World Open A
  43. vs Daniel DardhaDraw · ½–½White · 2024-04-29 · Round 3.3Sardinia World Open A
  44. vs Sohum LohiaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-04-28 · Round 2.23Sardinia World Open A
  45. vs Cristian GagliardiWon · 1-0White · 2024-04-27 · Round 1.25Sardinia World Open A
  46. vs Lan YaoDraw · ½–½Black · 2024-03-30 · Round 9.244th San Sebastian Open
  47. vs Daniel Alsina LealDraw · ½–½White · 2024-03-29 · Round 8.144th San Sebastian Open
  48. vs Oleksii BilychWon · 0-1Black · 2024-03-28 · Round 7.144th San Sebastian Open
  49. vs Yevgeniy RoshkaDraw · ½–½White · 2024-03-27 · Round 6.144th San Sebastian Open
  50. vs Misa PapWon · 0-1Black · 2024-03-26 · Round 5.244th San Sebastian Open

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-09-20Les Internationaux de France Blitz 2026Blitz8½
2026-09-19Les Internationaux de France Rapide 2026Rapid7

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