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
825

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
601 2018-08-24 ch-FRA Accession 2018 Nimes FRA 7.4 Paul Velten Sebastien Joie Won: 1-0 39 Open
602 2018-08-23 ch-FRA Accession 2018 Nimes FRA 6.2 Jean-Noel Riff Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
603 2018-08-22 ch-FRA Accession 2018 Nimes FRA 5.3 Paul Velten Clement Meunier Won: 1-0 78 Open
604 2018-08-21 ch-FRA Accession 2018 Nimes FRA 4.4 Cyrille Fruchard Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 57 Open
605 2018-08-20 ch-FRA Accession 2018 Nimes FRA 3.4 Paul Velten Jean-Baptiste Mullon Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
606 2018-08-19 ch-FRA Accession 2018 Nimes FRA 2.4 Llewellyn Vidal Paul Velten Won: 0-1 32 Open
607 2018-06-09 Mitropa Cup 2018 Le Castella ITA 9.1 Valentin Dragnev Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 49 Open
608 2018-06-08 Mitropa Cup 2018 Le Castella ITA 8.2 Dmitrij Kollars Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 48 Open
609 2018-06-07 Mitropa Cup 2018 Le Castella ITA 7.1 Christopher Repka Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 37 Open
610 2018-06-06 Mitropa Cup 2018 Le Castella ITA 6.1 Paul Velten Zbynek Hracek Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
611 2018-06-03 Mitropa Cup 2018 Le Castella ITA 4.2 Noel Studer Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 39 Open
612 2018-06-02 Mitropa Cup 2018 Le Castella ITA 3.2 Paul Velten Gal Drnovsek Won: 1-0 68 Open
613 2018-06-01 Mitropa Cup 2018 Le Castella ITA 2.2 Jadranko Plenca Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 23 Open
614 2018-05-31 Mitropa Cup 2018 Le Castella ITA 1.2 Gergely Kantor Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
615 2018-05-11 ch-FRA Rapid 2018 Orsay FRA 9.2 Jonathan Dourerassou Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 8 Open
616 2018-03-06 34th Cappelle Open 2018 Cappelle la Grande FRA 5.12 Roel Goossens Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 46 Open
617 2018-03-04 34th Cappelle Open 2018 Cappelle la Grande FRA 2.11 Paul Velten Clement Rabineau Draw: 1/2-1/2 61 Open
618 2018-03-03 34th Cappelle Open 2018 Cappelle la Grande FRA 1.11 Frederic Peigney Paul Velten Won: 0-1 44 Open
619 2018-02-25 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18 Germany GER 10.1 Paul Velten Peter Acs Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
620 2018-02-04 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18 Germany GER 8.2 Paul Velten Igors Rausis Draw: 1/2-1/2 25 Open
621 2018-02-03 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18 Germany GER 7.2 Bilel Bellahcene Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 16 Open
622 2018-01-03 14th Vandoeuvre Open 2018 Vandoeuvre les Nancy FRA 4.1 Sergey A. Fedorchuk Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 23 Open
623 2017-12-10 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18 Germany GER 6.2 Marin Bosiocic Paul Velten Won: 0-1 65 Open
624 2017-12-09 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18 Germany GER 5.2 Paul Velten Valentin Kuklin Won: 1-0 77 Open
625 2017-11-12 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18 Germany GER 4.2 Paul Velten Marcin Tazbir Draw: 1/2-1/2 14 Open
626 2017-11-11 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18 Germany GER 3.2 Oskar Wieczorek Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 66 Open
627 2017-10-22 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18 Germany GER 2.2 Ilia Smirin Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
628 2017-10-21 2nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18 Germany GER 1.2 Paul Velten Sergey Galdunts Won: 1-0 50 Open
629 2017-09-18 2nd Fischer GM 2017 Anogia GRE 8.3 Ioannis Nikolaidis Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 40 Open
630 2017-09-17 2nd Fischer GM 2017 Anogia GRE 7.4 Paul Velten Spyridon Kapnisis Lost: 0-1 28 Open
631 2017-09-16 2nd Fischer GM 2017 Anogia GRE 6.2 Leopold Le Ruyet Paul Velten Won: 0-1 22 Open
632 2017-09-15 2nd Fischer GM 2017 Anogia GRE 5.5 Paul Velten Pierre Bailet Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
633 2017-09-14 2nd Fischer GM 2017 Anogia GRE 4.1 Joseph McPhillips Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 91 Open
634 2017-09-13 2nd Fischer GM 2017 Anogia GRE 3.5 Konstantinos Anagnostopoulos Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 51 Open
635 2017-09-12 2nd Fischer GM 2017 Anogia GRE 2.2 Paul Velten Aleksandr Karpatchev Draw: 1/2-1/2 12 Open
636 2017-09-11 2nd Fischer GM 2017 Anogia GRE 1.4 Nikolaos Georgakopoulos Paul Velten Won: 0-1 60 Open
637 2017-08-20 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017 Linares ESP 7.4 Paul Velten Yuriy Kuzubov Lost: 0-1 60 Open
638 2017-08-19 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017 Linares ESP 6.2 Paul Velten Ivan Salgado Lopez Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
639 2017-08-18 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017 Linares ESP 5.3 Sergei Movsesian Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 37 Open
640 2017-08-17 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017 Linares ESP 4.3 Sandro Mareco Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 36 Open
641 2017-08-16 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017 Linares ESP 3.2 Paul Velten Fernando Peralta Won: 1-0 40 Open
642 2017-08-15 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017 Linares ESP 2.3 Ivan Saric Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 56 Open
643 2017-08-14 TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017 Linares ESP 1.1 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones Paul Velten Lost: 1-0 43 Open
644 2017-06-30 27th Gros Open 2017 Donostia ESP 9.4 Paul Velten Juan L Alfaro Garcia del Cerro Won: 1-0 61 Open
645 2017-06-29 27th Gros Open 2017 Donostia ESP 8.5 Eric Sos Andreu Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
646 2017-06-28 27th Gros Open 2017 Donostia ESP 7.2 Alberto Andres Gonzalez Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
647 2017-06-27 27th Gros Open 2017 Donostia ESP 6.1 Paul Velten Mhamal Anurag Lost: 0-1 50 Open
648 2017-06-26 27th Gros Open 2017 Donostia ESP 5.3 Paul Velten Patrice Etchegaray Won: 1-0 26 Open
649 2017-06-25 27th Gros Open 2017 Donostia ESP 4.3 Michael Oratovsky Paul Velten Draw: 1/2-1/2 21 Open
650 2017-06-25 27th Gros Open 2017 Donostia ESP 3.7 Paul Velten Keti Tsatsalashvili Won: 1-0 47 Open
  1. vs Sebastien JoieWon · 1-0White · 2018-08-24 · Round 7.4ch-FRA Accession 2018
  2. vs Jean-Noel RiffDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-23 · Round 6.2ch-FRA Accession 2018
  3. vs Clement MeunierWon · 1-0White · 2018-08-22 · Round 5.3ch-FRA Accession 2018
  4. vs Cyrille FruchardDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-21 · Round 4.4ch-FRA Accession 2018
  5. vs Jean-Baptiste MullonDraw · ½–½White · 2018-08-20 · Round 3.4ch-FRA Accession 2018
  6. vs Llewellyn VidalWon · 0-1Black · 2018-08-19 · Round 2.4ch-FRA Accession 2018
  7. vs Valentin DragnevLost · 1-0Black · 2018-06-09 · Round 9.1Mitropa Cup 2018
  8. vs Dmitrij KollarsLost · 1-0Black · 2018-06-08 · Round 8.2Mitropa Cup 2018
  9. vs Christopher RepkaDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-06-07 · Round 7.1Mitropa Cup 2018
  10. vs Zbynek HracekDraw · ½–½White · 2018-06-06 · Round 6.1Mitropa Cup 2018
  11. vs Noel StuderLost · 1-0Black · 2018-06-03 · Round 4.2Mitropa Cup 2018
  12. vs Gal DrnovsekWon · 1-0White · 2018-06-02 · Round 3.2Mitropa Cup 2018
  13. vs Jadranko PlencaDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-06-01 · Round 2.2Mitropa Cup 2018
  14. vs Gergely KantorDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-05-31 · Round 1.2Mitropa Cup 2018
  15. vs Jonathan DourerassouDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-05-11 · Round 9.2ch-FRA Rapid 2018
  16. vs Roel GoossensDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-03-06 · Round 5.1234th Cappelle Open 2018
  17. vs Clement RabineauDraw · ½–½White · 2018-03-04 · Round 2.1134th Cappelle Open 2018
  18. vs Frederic PeigneyWon · 0-1Black · 2018-03-03 · Round 1.1134th Cappelle Open 2018
  19. vs Peter AcsDraw · ½–½White · 2018-02-25 · Round 10.12nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18
  20. vs Igors RausisDraw · ½–½White · 2018-02-04 · Round 8.22nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18
  21. vs Bilel BellahceneDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-02-03 · Round 7.22nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18
  22. vs Sergey A. FedorchukLost · 1-0Black · 2018-01-03 · Round 4.114th Vandoeuvre Open 2018
  23. vs Marin BosiocicWon · 0-1Black · 2017-12-10 · Round 6.22nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18
  24. vs Valentin KuklinWon · 1-0White · 2017-12-09 · Round 5.22nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18
  25. vs Marcin TazbirDraw · ½–½White · 2017-11-12 · Round 4.22nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18
  26. vs Oskar WieczorekDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-11-11 · Round 3.22nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18
  27. vs Ilia SmirinDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-10-22 · Round 2.22nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18
  28. vs Sergey GalduntsWon · 1-0White · 2017-10-21 · Round 1.22nd Bundesliga Sud 2017-18
  29. vs Ioannis NikolaidisLost · 1-0Black · 2017-09-18 · Round 8.32nd Fischer GM 2017
  30. vs Spyridon KapnisisLost · 0-1White · 2017-09-17 · Round 7.42nd Fischer GM 2017
  31. vs Leopold Le RuyetWon · 0-1Black · 2017-09-16 · Round 6.22nd Fischer GM 2017
  32. vs Pierre BailetDraw · ½–½White · 2017-09-15 · Round 5.52nd Fischer GM 2017
  33. vs Joseph McPhillipsLost · 1-0Black · 2017-09-14 · Round 4.12nd Fischer GM 2017
  34. vs Konstantinos AnagnostopoulosDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-09-13 · Round 3.52nd Fischer GM 2017
  35. vs Aleksandr KarpatchevDraw · ½–½White · 2017-09-12 · Round 2.22nd Fischer GM 2017
  36. vs Nikolaos GeorgakopoulosWon · 0-1Black · 2017-09-11 · Round 1.42nd Fischer GM 2017
  37. vs Yuriy KuzubovLost · 0-1White · 2017-08-20 · Round 7.4TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017
  38. vs Ivan Salgado LopezDraw · ½–½White · 2017-08-19 · Round 6.2TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017
  39. vs Sergei MovsesianLost · 1-0Black · 2017-08-18 · Round 5.3TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017
  40. vs Sandro MarecoLost · 1-0Black · 2017-08-17 · Round 4.3TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017
  41. vs Fernando PeraltaWon · 1-0White · 2017-08-16 · Round 3.2TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017
  42. vs Ivan SaricLost · 1-0Black · 2017-08-15 · Round 2.3TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017
  43. vs Gawain C B Maroroa JonesLost · 1-0Black · 2017-08-14 · Round 1.1TCh-ESP Div Honor 2017
  44. vs Juan L Alfaro Garcia del CerroWon · 1-0White · 2017-06-30 · Round 9.427th Gros Open 2017
  45. vs Eric Sos AndreuDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-06-29 · Round 8.527th Gros Open 2017
  46. vs Alberto Andres GonzalezDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-06-28 · Round 7.227th Gros Open 2017
  47. vs Mhamal AnuragLost · 0-1White · 2017-06-27 · Round 6.127th Gros Open 2017
  48. vs Patrice EtchegarayWon · 1-0White · 2017-06-26 · Round 5.327th Gros Open 2017
  49. vs Michael OratovskyDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-06-25 · Round 4.327th Gros Open 2017
  50. vs Keti TsatsalashviliWon · 1-0White · 2017-06-25 · Round 3.727th Gros Open 2017

FIDE tournaments

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

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