Tournament director:
Adrian Elwin
Time control:
Time control is game in 80 minutes with a 10 secs/move increment from move 1.
Tournament rules:
Toss for colour. If the first game is drawn, play a second game with colours reversed at the same time control.
If that game is also drawn, play a pair of games, one with white, one with black, with 20 minutes plus 10 seconds increment each per game.
If the score is 1-all, play a pair of games with 7 minutes plus 3 seconds increment each per game.
If those are also 1-all. repeat the 7+3 pairs of games until a winner emerges.
Results reporting:
Report your results to [email protected] stating the date of the match, tournament name, pairing, colours and result.

Main event

See details for the "main event" below and for the "Plate" sub-event for those who are knocked out in the first round further below.

Pending results

The following results are pending for First round draw. Please arrange your games as soon as possible.

Player 1 vs Player 2
Giacomo Lorenzini vs Dominic Bartram

First round draw (active)

White vs Black
Matthew Jacques 0 - 1 George Ward
James Alexander 0 - 1 Adrian Elwin
Michael Page 1 - def Florin Hristea
Giacomo Lorenzini - Dominic Bartram
Dave Wells 0 - 1 Robert Whiteside
John McNamara 0 - 1 Rikin Burse
Giuseppe Spigapiena ½ - ½ John McKeon
Colin Solloway 1 - 0 Vincent Edwards
Alan Heath 0 - 1 Steven Wayne
Andrew Bowler 1 - 0 Graham Smith
Guilherme Rezende 1 - 0 Richard Keane
John McKeon 0 - 1 Giuseppe Spigapiena

Second round draw (active)

White vs Black
Michael Page - Adrian Elwin
Giacomo Lorenzini or Dominic Bartram - Robert Whiteside
Rikin Burse - Guilherme Rezende

Third round draw (active)

White vs Black
Colin Solloway - Giuseppe Spigapiena
Michael Page or Adrian Elwin - Rikin Burse or Guilherme Rezende
George Ward - Steven Wayne
Giacomo Lorenzini or Dominic Bartram or Robert Whiteside - Andrew Bowler

Plate

The knockout plate is a knockout tournament for those players knocked out of the first round of the main event.

Pending results

The following results are pending for First round plate. Please arrange your games as soon as possible.

Player 1 vs Player 2
Graham Smith vs Vincent Edwards
John McKeon vs Richard Keane

First round plate (active)

White vs Black
Graham Smith - Vincent Edwards
John McKeon - Richard Keane

Second round plate (active)

White vs Black
Graham Smith or Vincent Edwards - James Alexander
Dave Wells - Giacomo Lorenzini or Dominic Bartram
Alan Heath - Matthew Jacques
John McKeon or Richard Keane - John McNamara