Paul Velten is a French chess grandmaster.
| Paul Velten | |
|---|---|
 Velten in 2020 | |
| Country | France |
| Born | August 10, 1993 Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2502 (July 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2527 (August 2019) |
Chess career
editIn 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]
References
edit- ^ a b "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ Doggers, Peter (June 10, 2015). "Bischwiller Convincing Winner Of French Team Championship".
- ^ Zickelbein, Evi (August 5, 2018). "Light-weight wins Wine Open".
- ^ Luarca, Roy (June 16, 2020). "Paragua strikes back, tops Lichess Quarantine Charity chess tourney".
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (February 25, 2023). "Sethuraman wins 39th Cappelle la Grande Open 2023 on his 30th birthday, Harsha Bharathakoti second".