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
251 2023-12-01 4th elllobregat Open 2023 Sant Boi ESP 2.25 Paul Velten Siem Van Dael Won: 1-0 38 Open
252 2023-11-30 4th elllobregat Open 2023 Sant Boi ESP 1.37 Raem Sherman Paul Velten Won: 0-1 43 Open
253 2023-06-11 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 4.3 Pavel V. Tregubov Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
254 2023-06-10 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 3.3 Matheo Zachary Paul Velten Won: 0-1 25 Open
255 2023-06-09 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 2.3 Paul Velten Adrien Demuth Lost: 0-1 28 Open
256 2023-06-08 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023 Chartres FRA 1.3 Paul Velten Pentala Harikrishna Lost: 0-1 41 Open
257 2023-06-07 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023 Chartres FRA 7.2 Vladimir Hamitevici Paul Velten Won: 0-1 28 Open
258 2023-06-06 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023 Chartres FRA 6.3 Mehrshad Sharif Paul Velten Won: 0-1 67 Open
259 2023-06-05 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023 Chartres FRA 5.3 Paul Velten Arkadij Naiditsch Lost: 0-1 39 Open
260 2023-06-04 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023 Chartres FRA 4.2 Paul Velten Adam Mekhane Won: 1-0 29 Open
261 2023-06-03 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023 Chartres FRA 3.4 Alexis Tahay Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 65 Open
262 2023-06-02 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023 Chartres FRA 2.1 Namig Guliyev Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 70 Open
263 2023-06-01 TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023 Chartres FRA 1.4 Daniel Dardha Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 73 Open
264 2023-04-15 ECAM Lyon GM 2023 Lyon FRA 8.1 Bobby Cheng Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 40 Open
265 2023-04-14 ECAM Lyon GM 2023 Lyon FRA 7.2 Amirreza Pourramezanali Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
266 2023-04-13 ECAM Lyon GM 2023 Lyon FRA 5.1 Sergey A. Fedorchuk Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
267 2023-04-12 ECAM Lyon GM 2023 Lyon FRA 4.4 Paul Velten Antoine Bournel Won: 1-0 48 Open
268 2023-04-11 ECAM Lyon GM 2023 Lyon FRA 3.1 Pierre Barbot Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 53 Open
269 2023-04-11 ECAM Lyon GM 2023 Lyon FRA 2.3 Paul Velten Hugo de Melo Lux Won: 1-0 23 Open
270 2023-04-10 ECAM Lyon GM 2023 Lyon FRA 1.3 Phileas Mathieu Paul Velten Won: 0-1 50 Open
271 2023-03-13 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 11.42 Paul Velten Sergey Grigoriants Draw: 1/2-1/2 8 Open
272 2023-03-12 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 10.36 Dimitrios Mastrovasilis Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 81 Open
273 2023-03-11 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 9.48 Paul Velten Vahap Sanal Won: 1-0 69 Open
274 2023-03-10 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 8.3 Ante Brkic Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 43 Open
275 2023-03-09 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 7.32 Paul Velten Maksim Chigaev Won: 1-0 58 Open
276 2023-03-08 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 6.89 Marc Carbonell Sancho Paul Velten Won: 0-1 26 Open
277 2023-03-07 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 5.108 Paul Velten Melih Yurtseven Won: 1-0 26 Open
278 2023-03-06 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 4.155 Laurin Perkampus Paul Velten Won: 0-1 23 Open
279 2023-03-05 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 3.99 Paul Velten Ataberk Eren Lost: 0-1 56 Open
280 2023-03-04 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2.5 Jules Moussard Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 33 Open
281 2023-03-03 23rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023 Vrnjacka Banja SRB 1.134 Paul Velten Konstantinos Nikolaidis Won: 1-0 35 Open
282 2023-02-22 39th Cappelle Open 2023 Cappelle la Grande FRA 7.3 Harsha Bharathakoti Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 73 Open
283 2023-02-22 39th Cappelle Open 2023 Cappelle la Grande FRA 6.1 Paul Velten S.P. Sethuraman Draw: 1/2-1/2 44 Open
284 2023-02-21 39th Cappelle Open 2023 Cappelle la Grande FRA 5.5 Floryan Eugene Paul Velten Won: 0-1 29 Open
285 2023-02-20 39th Cappelle Open 2023 Cappelle la Grande FRA 4.3 Paul Velten Antoine Bournel Draw: 1/2-1/2 21 Open
286 2023-02-20 39th Cappelle Open 2023 Cappelle la Grande FRA 3.5 Bruno Dieu Paul Velten Won: 0-1 56 Open
287 2023-02-18 39th Cappelle Open 2023 Cappelle la Grande FRA 1.11 Gabriel Lesueur Paul Velten Won: 0-1 47 Open
288 2022-12-21 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 9.47 Paul Velten Lara Schulze Won: 1-0 48 Open
289 2022-12-20 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 8.47 Ruslan Pogorelov Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
290 2022-12-19 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 7.33 Paul Velten Dorian Dalaud Lost: 0-1 52 Open
291 2022-12-17 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 6.42 Anastasiya Rakhmangulova Paul Velten Won: 0-1 53 Open
292 2022-12-16 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 5.3 Paul Velten Mohapatra Sidhant Lost: 0-1 62 Open
293 2022-12-15 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 4.5 Murali Karthikeyan Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 28 Open
294 2022-12-14 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 3.25 Paul Velten Bobir Sattarov Won: 1-0 62 Open
295 2022-12-13 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 2.35 Altan-Ulzii Enkhtuul Paul Velten Won: 0-1 44 Open
296 2022-12-12 9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP 1.41 Paul Velten Ruben Coles Won: 1-0 35 Open
297 2022-12-07 3rd elllobregat Open 2022 Sant Boi ESP 8.15 Paul Velten Kirill Shevchenko Lost: 0-1 43 Open
298 2022-12-05 3rd elllobregat Open 2022 Sant Boi ESP 6.16 Paul Velten Marcin Krzyzanowski Lost: 0-1 32 Open
299 2022-12-04 3rd elllobregat Open 2022 Sant Boi ESP 5.15 Maxime Lagarde Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
300 2022-12-02 3rd elllobregat Open 2022 Sant Boi ESP 3.15 Jaime Santos Latasa Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 30 Open
  1. vs Siem Van DaelWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-01 · Round 2.254th elllobregat Open 2023
  2. vs Raem ShermanWon · 0-1Black · 2023-11-30 · Round 1.374th elllobregat Open 2023
  3. vs Pavel V. TregubovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-06-11 · Round 4.3TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023
  4. vs Matheo ZacharyWon · 0-1Black · 2023-06-10 · Round 3.3TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023
  5. vs Adrien DemuthLost · 0-1White · 2023-06-09 · Round 2.3TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023
  6. vs Pentala HarikrishnaLost · 0-1White · 2023-06-08 · Round 1.3TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute 2023
  7. vs Vladimir HamiteviciWon · 0-1Black · 2023-06-07 · Round 7.2TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023
  8. vs Mehrshad SharifWon · 0-1Black · 2023-06-06 · Round 6.3TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023
  9. vs Arkadij NaiditschLost · 0-1White · 2023-06-05 · Round 5.3TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023
  10. vs Adam MekhaneWon · 1-0White · 2023-06-04 · Round 4.2TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023
  11. vs Alexis TahayLost · 1-0Black · 2023-06-03 · Round 3.4TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023
  12. vs Namig GuliyevLost · 1-0Black · 2023-06-02 · Round 2.1TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023
  13. vs Daniel DardhaDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-06-01 · Round 1.4TCh-FRA Top 16 GpA 2023
  14. vs Bobby ChengLost · 1-0Black · 2023-04-15 · Round 8.1ECAM Lyon GM 2023
  15. vs Amirreza PourramezanaliDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-04-14 · Round 7.2ECAM Lyon GM 2023
  16. vs Sergey A. FedorchukDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-04-13 · Round 5.1ECAM Lyon GM 2023
  17. vs Antoine BournelWon · 1-0White · 2023-04-12 · Round 4.4ECAM Lyon GM 2023
  18. vs Pierre BarbotLost · 1-0Black · 2023-04-11 · Round 3.1ECAM Lyon GM 2023
  19. vs Hugo de Melo LuxWon · 1-0White · 2023-04-11 · Round 2.3ECAM Lyon GM 2023
  20. vs Phileas MathieuWon · 0-1Black · 2023-04-10 · Round 1.3ECAM Lyon GM 2023
  21. vs Sergey GrigoriantsDraw · ½–½White · 2023-03-13 · Round 11.4223rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  22. vs Dimitrios MastrovasilisDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-03-12 · Round 10.3623rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  23. vs Vahap SanalWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-11 · Round 9.4823rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  24. vs Ante BrkicLost · 1-0Black · 2023-03-10 · Round 8.323rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  25. vs Maksim ChigaevWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-09 · Round 7.3223rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  26. vs Marc Carbonell SanchoWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-08 · Round 6.8923rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  27. vs Melih YurtsevenWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-07 · Round 5.10823rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  28. vs Laurin PerkampusWon · 0-1Black · 2023-03-06 · Round 4.15523rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  29. vs Ataberk ErenLost · 0-1White · 2023-03-05 · Round 3.9923rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  30. vs Jules MoussardLost · 1-0Black · 2023-03-04 · Round 2.523rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  31. vs Konstantinos NikolaidisWon · 1-0White · 2023-03-03 · Round 1.13423rd ch-EUR Indiv 2023
  32. vs Harsha BharathakotiLost · 1-0Black · 2023-02-22 · Round 7.339th Cappelle Open 2023
  33. vs S.P. SethuramanDraw · ½–½White · 2023-02-22 · Round 6.139th Cappelle Open 2023
  34. vs Floryan EugeneWon · 0-1Black · 2023-02-21 · Round 5.539th Cappelle Open 2023
  35. vs Antoine BournelDraw · ½–½White · 2023-02-20 · Round 4.339th Cappelle Open 2023
  36. vs Bruno DieuWon · 0-1Black · 2023-02-20 · Round 3.539th Cappelle Open 2023
  37. vs Gabriel LesueurWon · 0-1Black · 2023-02-18 · Round 1.1139th Cappelle Open 2023
  38. vs Lara SchulzeWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-21 · Round 9.479th Sunway Sitges 2022
  39. vs Ruslan PogorelovDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-20 · Round 8.479th Sunway Sitges 2022
  40. vs Dorian DalaudLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-19 · Round 7.339th Sunway Sitges 2022
  41. vs Anastasiya RakhmangulovaWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-17 · Round 6.429th Sunway Sitges 2022
  42. vs Mohapatra SidhantLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-16 · Round 5.39th Sunway Sitges 2022
  43. vs Murali KarthikeyanLost · 1-0Black · 2022-12-15 · Round 4.59th Sunway Sitges 2022
  44. vs Bobir SattarovWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-14 · Round 3.259th Sunway Sitges 2022
  45. vs Altan-Ulzii EnkhtuulWon · 0-1Black · 2022-12-13 · Round 2.359th Sunway Sitges 2022
  46. vs Ruben ColesWon · 1-0White · 2022-12-12 · Round 1.419th Sunway Sitges 2022
  47. vs Kirill ShevchenkoLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-07 · Round 8.153rd elllobregat Open 2022
  48. vs Marcin KrzyzanowskiLost · 0-1White · 2022-12-05 · Round 6.163rd elllobregat Open 2022
  49. vs Maxime LagardeDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-04 · Round 5.153rd elllobregat Open 2022
  50. vs Jaime Santos LatasaDraw · ½–½Black · 2022-12-02 · Round 3.153rd elllobregat Open 2022

FIDE tournaments

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

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