Paul Velten

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Paul Velten
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Velten in 2020
Personal information
Born (1993-08-10) August 10, 1993 (age 32)
Hanoi, Vietnam
Chess career
Country France
Title Grandmaster (2018) [1]
FIDE   rating 2530 (October 2025)
Peak rating 2542 (May 2025)

Paul Velten is a French chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In June 2015, he scored his first GM norm at the French Team Championships, where he notably played with the black pieces in each game. [2] His next norms were at the Top 12 French Team Championships in June 2016 and the Bundesliga Sued in February 2018. [1]

In August 2018, Velten, Antoine Favarel, and their student Antoine Bournel competed in the Wine Open in Hourtin, near Bordeaux. They helped Bournel achieve the win in the tournament. [3]

In June 2020, he tied for 5th place at the online Lichess Quarantine Charity Tournament. [4]

In February 2023, he represented the Chalonnais Exchequer chess club at the Cappelle-la-Grande Open tournament, where he finished 9th out of a field of 30. [5]

He played in the Chess World Cup 2025, where he was defeated by Vladislav Kovalev in the first round.

References

  1. 1 2 "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Doggers, Peter (June 10, 2015). "Bischwiller Convincing Winner Of French Team Championship".
  3. ↑ Zickelbein, Evi (August 5, 2018). "Light-weight wins Wine Open".
  4. ↑ Luarca, Roy (June 16, 2020). "Paragua strikes back, tops Lichess Quarantine Charity chess tourney".
  5. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (February 25, 2023). "Sethuraman wins 39th Cappelle la Grande Open 2023 on his 30th birthday, Harsha Bharathakoti second".
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