GM Paul Velten Full name Paul Velten Born 1993 (age 33) Place of birth Federation France Profiles #353 World Ranking 2487 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 Paul Velten (2500) Filip Kulich (2171) 1-0 38 2026 Paul Velten (2500) Gustas Morkunas (2350) 1-0 44 2026 Paul Velten (2487) Cristian Gagliardi (2121) 1-0 84 2026 Paul Velten (2487) Nikita Rychagov (2304) 1-0 48 2026 Paul Velten (2487) Marc Llari (2273) 1-0 46 2026 Paul Velten (2487) Aamuktha Guntaka (2152) 1-0 60 2026 Paul Velten (2500) Jakub Kusa (2406) 0-1 104 2026 Paul Velten (2487) Haik Martirosyan (2636) 0-1 70 2026 Paul Velten (2500) Frank Bracker (2332) ½-½ 48 2026 Paul Velten (2500) Igor Kovalenko (2685) ½-½ 155 2026 Show All Games