The European Pairs Blitz Chess Championship 2023 is a 8-team round-robin tournament with playoffs held on 19th of June in Krakow, Poland. The event is played in the Krakow Opera building.

Eight teams of European Chess Union were invited according to the best combined Pair FIDE Classical rating from March 2023 list. The teams are...

Azerbaijan – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2740) & Gunay Mammadzada (2456)
Poland – Jan Krzysztof Duda (2732) & Oliwia Kiolbasa (2394)
Romania – Kirill Shevchenko (2694) & Irina Bulmaga (2424)
Ukraine – Andrei Volokitin (2674) & Evgeniya Doluhanova (2278)
Spain – Jaime Santos Latasa (2653) & Ana Matnadze (2394)
Armenia – Shant Sargsyan (2640) & Elina Danielian (2416)
Israel – Maxim Rodshtein (2604) & Marsel Efroimski (2448)
Netherlands – Bok Benjamin (2615) & Eline Roebers (2415)

Both Women's and Open events consist of two phases; first an eight-player round-robin tournament, followed by a playoff tournament. Each play-off match will be played in 2 games with reversed colours. In case of a tie (1-1), the Armageddon game will determine the winner of the match.

The three winners of the Open, Women’s and Combine Pair sections will receive gold, silver and bronze medals, the same as European Olympic Games medals. The best European Pair will receive the title of European Pair Chess Blitz Champion 2023.

The time control is 3 minutes with a 2-second increment beginning from move one. The broadcast boards 1-4 show games of the Open event, and boards 5-8 display the games of the Women's event.

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European Pairs Blitz Championship 2023