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The European Blitz Championship is a 11 double rounds Swiss, with a time control of 3 minutes plus 2-second increments per move.
| Name | Country | Elo | B. | ||
| 1. | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | MKS MOS Wieliczka | 2792 | 1998 |
| 2. | GM | Balog, Imre | Hungary | 2678 | 1991 |
| 3. | GM | Kovalenko, Igor | Latvia | 2638 | 1988 |
| 4. | GM | Sumets, Andrey | SF Wirtzfeld | 2619 | 1980 |
| 5. | GM | Durarbayli, Vasif | Azerbaijan | 2599 | 1992 |
| 6. | GM | Czarnota, Paweł | UKS Czarny Koń Olkusz | 2540 | 1988 |
| 7. | GM | Motylev, Alexander | Russia | 2540 | 1979 |
| 8. | GM | Stefansson, Hannes | Chess Club of Gardabaer | 2532 | 1972 |
| 9. | GM | Demchenko, Anton | Novorossiysk | 2531 | 1987 |
| 10. | IM | Laurusas, Tomas | Kaunas GAJA | 2528 | 1996 |
