The European Senior Rapid Championships for men and women took place on 20-21st March 2013 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria after the European Senior Individual Championships finished one day earlier.
This time, the hosts of Bulgaria took both gold medals. GM Ivan Radulov and WGM Ruzhka Genova were the winners of the men’s and women’s section, respectively.
Radulov edged GM Evgeny Sveshnikov, who also finished second in the main tournament. Both players scored 7/9 points leaving four players half a point behind.
On the other hand, Genova’s 7/9 was enough to get sole first place in the women’s section. GM Nona Gaprindashvili finished second thanks to her tiebreak score.
The playing hall in Plovdiv
Final Standings – Men:
| 1 | GM | Radulov Ivan | BUL | 2291 | 7.0 |
| 2 | GM | Sveshnikov Evgeny | LAT | 2538 | 7.0 |
| 3 | GM | Okhotnik Vladimir | FRA | 2458 | 6.5 |
| 4 | IM | Shvedchikov Anatoli I. | RUS | 2422 | 6.5 |
| 5 | IM | Lederman Leon | ISR | 2243 | 6.5 |
| 6 | GM | Abramovic Bosko | SRB | 2471 | 6.5 |
| 7 | FM | Vujacic Borivoje | SRB | 2293 | 6.0 |
| 8 | IM | Pritchett Craig W | SCO | 2352 | 6.0 |
| 9 | GM | Ermenkov Evgenij | BUL | 2423 | 6.0 |
| 10 | GM | Pushkov Nikolai | RUS | 2350 | 5.5 |
| 11 | Gasik Piotr | POL | 2080 | 5.5 | |
| 12 | GM | Vasiukov Evgeni | RUS | 2438 | 5.5 |
| 13 | IM | Karasev Vladimir I | RUS | 2391 | 5.0 |
| 14 | IM | Angelov Kosta | BUL | 2199 | 5.0 |
| 15 | GM | Butnorius Algimantas | LTU | 2361 | 5.0 |
| 16 | FM | Iliushkin Evgeny | RUS | 2274 | 5.0 |
| 17 | IM | Cvetkovic Srdjan | SRB | 2399 | 5.0 |
| 18 | FM | Gruzmann Boris | RUS | 2193 | 5.0 |
| 19 | FM | Zhelesny Stanislav | RUS | 2164 | 5.0 |
| 20 | IM | Nevednichy Boris M | MDA | 2218 | 5.0 |
| 21 | FM | Giulian Philip M | SCO | 2264 | 5.0 |
| 22 | GM | Velikov Petar | BUL | 2417 | 5.0 |
| 23 | Bojarinov Victor A | RUS | 2373 | 5.0 | |
| 24 | Ilchev Plamen | BUL | 2112 | 5.0 | |
| 25 | Khazankin Moisei | UKR | 2100 | 5.0 | |
| 26 | Grabow Pouelsten Holm | DEN | 2170 | 4.5 | |
| 27 | Grinberg Iosif P. | RUS | 2175 | 4.5 | |
| 28 | IM | Archangelsky Mikhail | RUS | 2177 | 4.5 |
| 29 | Patola Eero | FIN | 1920 | 4.5 | |
| 30 | Kaminik Aleksandar | ISR | 2164 | 4.0 | |
| 31 | Ljangov Petar | BUL | 2109 | 4.0 | |
| 32 | Dumitrascu Cornel | ROU | 2145 | 4.0 | |
| 33 | Dolmadjan Arshak | BUL | 2198 | 4.0 | |
| 34 | Socolov Victor | MDA | 0 | 4.0 | |
| 35 | Gerchikov Pavel | ISR | 2035 | 4.0 | |
| 36 | Auvinen Esa | FIN | 1981 | 4.0 | |
| 37 | Pelitov Dimitar | BUL | 2074 | 3.5 | |
| 38 | IM | Romcovici Victor | MDA | 2086 | 3.5 |
| 39 | Cernea Radu-Gheorghe | ROU | 1969 | 3.5 | |
| 40 | Yakovlev Yuri S. | RUS | 2012 | 3.5 | |
| 41 | Degtiarev Viktor | RUS | 1827 | 3.5 | |
| 42 | Atanasov Borislav | BUL | 0 | 3.0 | |
| 43 | Keze Arnis | RUS | 1736 | 3.0 | |
| 44 | Urbanc Vinko | SLO | 1894 | 2.5 | |
| 45 | FM | Vagner Grigorij | RUS | 2036 | 2.5 |
| 46 | Kovachev Radoslav | BUL | 1592 | 2.0 | |
| 47 | Zilbershtein Victor | ISR | 1857 | 2.0 | |
| 48 | IM | Maryasin Boris | ISR | 2338 | 1.5 |
| 49 | Nenchev Georgi | BUL | 1526 | 1.5 | |
| 50 | Golcman Evgeny | RUS | 2248 | 0.0 | |
| Egorov Valentin | RUS | 2060 | 0.0 | ||
| Pavlov Igor | RUS | 2033 | 0.0 | ||
Final Standings – Women:
| 1 | WIM | Genova Ruzhka | BUL | 2211 | 7.0 |
| 2 | GM | Gaprindashvili Nona | GEO | 2256 | 6.5 |
| 3 | WGM | Strutinskaya Galina N | RUS | 2254 | 6.5 |
| 4 | WGM | Voiska Margarita | BUL | 2289 | 6.5 |
| 5 | WIM | Miednikova Swietlana | RUS | 2145 | 5.0 |
| 6 | WIM | Fomina Tatyana | EST | 2233 | 5.0 |
| 7 | Tandashvili Margalita | GEO | 2025 | 5.0 | |
| 8 | Baliuniene Margarita | LTU | 2012 | 5.0 | |
| 9 | WGM | Khmiadashvili Tamar | GEO | 2095 | 5.0 |
| 10 | WIM | Tsifanskaya Ludmila A | ISR | 2095 | 4.5 |
| 11 | WFM | Khropova Larisa | RUS | 1976 | 4.5 |
| 12 | Draganova Petranka | BUL | 1999 | 3.5 | |
| 13 | WFM | Kuznetsova Luba | RUS | 2038 | 3.5 |
| 14 | WIM | Sorokina Tamara | RUS | 2104 | 3.5 |
| 15 | Milashevskaja Valentina | RUS | 1787 | 1.0 | |
| 16 | Sapareva Magdalena | BUL | 1637 | 0.0 | |
