GM Paul Velten Full name Paul Velten Born 1993 (age 32) Place of birth Federation France Profiles #423 World Ranking 2532 Classical 2572 Rapid 2451 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 (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 (2515) Gabriel Sargissian (2628) 0-1 72 2025 Paul Velten (2505) Bjorn Thorfinnsson (2377) ½-½ 25 2025 Paul Velten (2505) Mohamed Ali Boudriga (2323) ½-½ 25 2025 Paul Velten (2515) Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2692) ½-½ 50 2025 Paul Velten (2515) Maxime Lagarde (2615) ½-½ 29 2025 Paul Velten (2515) Rasmus Svane (2627) ½-½ 12 2025 Markus Loeffler (2232) Paul Velten (2505) 0-1 30 2025 Show All Games