GM Paul Velten Full name Paul Velten Born 1993 (age 33) Place of birth Federation France Profiles #303 World Ranking 2500 Classical 2562 Rapid 2437 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Indian Game: Knights Variation, East Indian Defense (12 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: Pseudo-Catalan Variation (11 games) Indian Game: Knights Variation (9 games) Slav Defense (7 games) Modern Defense with 1.d4 (6 games) Black Pieces French Defense: Normal Variation (19 games) Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation (11 games) English Opening: King's English Variation (9 games) French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (7 games) Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation (7 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Zino Veleshnja (2189) Paul Velten (2522) 1-0 58 2026 Klara Szczotka (2205) Paul Velten (2522) 1-0 50 2026 Hugo Bocquenet-Drouode (2169) Paul Velten (2522) ½-½ 42 2026 Paul Velten (2505) Ewen Pichon (2351) 1-0 47 2025 Paul Velten (2505) Zoubaier Amdouni (2229) 1-0 35 2025 Paul Velten (2515) Vasyl Ivanchuk (2604) 1-0 29 2025 Paul Velten (2542) Yohan Benitah (2333) 1-0 63 2025 Paul Velten (2542) Mathias Robert (2270) 1-0 31 2025 Paul Velten (2572) Dorian Dalaud (2313) 1-0 49 2025 Paul Velten (2536) Ryosuke Nanjo (2311) 1-0 61 2025 Show All Games