A total of 23 pairs from took part in the 13th European Pair Go Championships. It was in the water-side venue of the Hotel Saint-Petersburg. Unfortunately travel restrictions caused by volcanic ash meant only five foreign teams could take part.
Winners for a remarkable the fourth year Russians Natalia Kovaleva (5d) and Dmitrij Surin (6d).
Second, also on 5/6, were Elvina Kalsberg (4d) and Alex Dinerstein (3p), who only lost to the winners.
Third were eight-year old Rada Kamysheva (6k) and Oleg Mezhov (6d), who beat the winners in the last round
but had lost earlier to Romania.
Romania was the best foreign team with 4 wins; Turkey, Poland, Belarus and Finland all won 3.
Alexandr Dinerstein (3p) gave a teaching workshop for participants.
Pl Names Gr Cy 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pt SOS SODOS 1 Kovaleva-Surin 5d RU 9+ 7+ 6+ 4+ 2+ 3- 5 25 20 2 Kalsberg-Dinerstein 5d RU 12+ 10+ 8+ 11+ 1- 4+ 5 22 17 3 Kamysheva-Mezhov 2k RU 22+ 5+ 4- 9+ 6+ 1+ 5 21 17 4 Avram-Corlan 2d RO 20+ 11+ 3+ 1- 7+ 2- 4 24 14 5 Fokina-Zabiyakin 6k RU .. 3- 14+ 7- 8+ 13+ 4 22 13 6 Protsenko-Trubitsin 1k RU 17+ 15+ 1- 13+ 3- 9+ 4 22 12 7 Oreshkina-Simonov 2k RU 19+ 1- 16+ 5+ 4- 12+ 4 21 12 8 Koshkina-Matveev 1k RU 18+ 13+ 2- 15+ 5- 10+ 4 20 11 9 Khlepetina-Shklyar 6k RU 1- 19+ 10+ 3- 11+ 6- 3 22 8 10 Erlyimaz-Albayrak 2k TR 14+ 2- 9- 19+ 17+ 8- 3 20 8 11 Kleczkowska-Dziolak 3k PL 16+ 4- 17+ 2- 9- 18+ 3 20 8 12 Siivola-Siivola 6k FI 2- 14- 23+ 16+ 15+ 7- 3 19 7 13 Chakur-Chakur 6k BY 21+ 8- 22+ 6- 18+ 5- 3 17 5 14 Alexeev-Kulikova 9k RU 10- 12+ 5- 18- .. 20+ 3 16 7 15 Ishimbaeva-Kirakosyan 4k RU 23+ 6- 18+ 8- 12- 19+ 3 16 5 16 Yeliseev-Tyan 11k RU 11- 20+ 7- 12- 22+ .. 3 15 5 17 Balakireva-Vinokurov 8k RU 6- 23+ 11- 21+ 10- 22+ 3 14 4 18 Maximova-Kalinin 8k RU 8- 21+ 15- 14+ 13- 11- 2 18 5 19 Scchipitsyna-Nemchenko 8k RU 7- 9- 20+ 10- 23+ 15- 2 16 3 20 Kalinina-Linev 7k RU 4- 16- 19- 22+ 21+ 14- 2 15 3 21 Vdovenko-Vdovenko 12k RU 13- 18- .. 17- 20- 23+ 2 12 2 22 Saakyan-Danilov 8k RU 3- .. 13- 20- 16- 17- 1 16 0 23 Delegoidina-Vosinsky 11k RU 15- 17- 12- .. 19- 21- 1 13 0