Qualifiers 2017

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Start Date Event Why Country Qualifiers
1st July North Wales Open FIDE Swiss: 27 Players Wales Dineley, Richard DP
2nd July Irish Championships FIDE Swiss: 16 Players Ireland (Not enough entrants)
8th July Irish Championships: Weekend Open FIDE Swiss: 45 Players Ireland Gelip, Ioana
7th July South Wales International FIDE Swiss: 58 Players Wales Byron, Alan M; Wallace, Paul
8th July 9th 4NCL Congress Open FIDE Swiss: 25 Players England Celinski, Kamel M; Okhai, Shabir
9th July Scottish Championship FIDE Swiss: 62 Players Scotland MacQueen, Calum; Shafi, Declan; Grant, Alan G; Abdulla, Murad; Buchanan, Walter F
23rd July British Championships: Rapidplay Open FIDE Rapid: 39 Players England Merriman, John
25th July British Championships: Championship FIDE Swiss: 86 Players England Osborne, Marcus E; Willmoth, Robert F
25th July British Championships: Major Open FIDE Swiss: 38 Players England Peters, Alexander John
25th July British Championships: Week 1 AM Open FIDE Swiss: 24 Players England Bullen, Alex; Gaudeau, Valentin; Villiers, Thomas; Turner, Max N
25th July British Championships: Week 1 PM Open FIDE Swiss: 37 Players England Harman, Kenneth B; Pafura, P Godfrey
29th July British Championships: Weekend Open FIDE Swiss: 50 Players England Taylor, William J; Hickman, John E; Wright, Jonathan
1st August British Championships: Week 2 AM Open FIDE Swiss: 31 Players England Horspool, Philip J
1st August British Championships: Week 2 PM Open FIDE Swiss: 44 Players England Keane, Graham DJ
13th August MCCU Congress MCCU Championship England Carleton, John J; Barnes, Michael H
19th August Thanet Open SCCU Nomination England Botley, Gordon
26th August e2e4 Crawley Open FIDE Swiss: 47 Players England Moore, Geoffrey R
27th August Leyland Open FIDE Swiss: 24 Players England Doran, Chris
26th August Steve Boniface Memorial Open FIDE Swiss: 17 Players England (Not enough entrants)
27th August Berks & Bucks Championship FIDE Swiss: 20 Players England Finn, Simon P; Girdlestone, Paul C
27th August South Wales Summer Congress FIDE Swiss: 14 Players Wales (Not enough entrants)
2nd September Inverness Open FIDE Swiss: 17 Players Scotland (Not enough entrants)
3rd September Coulsdon Late Summer Open FIDE Swiss: 29 Players England Graham, David B
4th September Devon CCA Congress Premier FIDE Swiss: 18 Players England (Not enough entrants)
9th September 10th 4NCL Congress Open FIDE Swiss: 38 Players England Horton, Jamie A
9th September Largs Viking Open FIDE Swiss: 28 Players Scotland Bremner, Adam; Gillies, Alex
9th September City of Dublin Masters FIDE Swiss: 20 Players Ireland Li, Henry
16th September Munster Championships FIDE Swiss: 16 Players Ireland (Not enough entrants)
23rd September Northumberland Open FIDE Swiss: 35 Players England Jaunooby, Ali Reza
1st October Chess.com Isle of Man Masters FIDE Swiss: 133 Players Isle of Man Allen, Keith; Player, Edmund C; Scott, Gordon W
7th October South Wales Autumn Open FIDE Swiss: 14 Players Wales (Not enough entrants)
16th October Guernsey Open FIDE Swiss: 50 Players Guernsey Thurlow, Kevin J; Hewson, Brian WR
21st October Scarborough Open Top 6 ECF Tournament England Burrows, Martin P; Nelson, Jonathan P
22nd October Bury St. Edmunds Open Top 6 ECF Tournament England Roe, Simon J
26th October e2e4 London Gatwick International Masters FIDE Swiss: 20 Players England (Every eligible player already qualified)
29th October Limerick Open FIDE Swiss: 57 Players Ireland Melaugh, Shane; Leichart, Piotr; Delaney, Rory
4th November 11th 4NCL Congress Open FIDE Swiss: 37 Players England Hill, Alistair
4th November Central London Congress Open FIDE Swiss: 27 Players England Cannon, Richard J; Johansson, Toni
11th November Torbay Open WECU Nomination England McDougall, William M
12th November British Rapidplay Championship FIDE Rapid: 45 Players England Talbot, Mark A
12th November Hertfordshire Open SCCU Nomination
England Anderson, John; Moore, Graham; Gayson, Peter
25th November Bristol Winter Open FIDE Swiss: 18 Players England (Not enough entrants)
25th November West Wales Open FIDE Swiss: 16 Players Wales (Not enough entrants)
9th December London Chess Classic: Weekend Open FIDE Swiss: 46 Players England Healey, Michael W
9th December London Chess Classic: FIDE Open FIDE Swiss: 242 Players; SCCU Nomination England Peiris, T Gayan; Stewart, Ashley; Cole, James L
17th December London Chess Classic: Super Rapidplay FIDE Rapid: 456 Players England Walker, Nicholas P; Lam, Paul GM; Grigoryan, Meri; Rocco, Federico; Iyengar, Ilya; Porter, Sam J
17th December Coulsdon Christmas Open FIDE Swiss: 14 Players England (Not enough entrants)
17th December Northwick Park Open FIDE Swiss: 9 Players England (Not enough entrants)
28th December London Junior: U18/U21/FIDE Open FIDE Swiss: 23 Players; Top 6 ECF Tournament England Warman, Simon E; Burnett, Jim
28th December Hastings: Masters FIDE Swiss: 99 Players England Howell, Oliver W; White, Stuart A
6th January 12th 4NCL Congress Open FIDE Swiss: 33 Players England Wall, Tim P; Prior, Stephen CV; Jarmany, John
6th January Shropshire Congress Open FIDE Swiss: 36 Players England Richardson, Alex; Hynes, Anthony M; Maciol, Ryszard
6th January South Wales New Year Open FIDE Swiss: 35 Players Wales Ralphs, Nigel
24th January Tradewise Gibraltar Masters FIDE Swiss: 255 Players England Smith, Andrew P; Hamer, Martyn
27th January Gonzaga Classic Masters FIDE Swiss: 56 Players Ireland Delaney, Killian; O’Gorman, Tom
3rd February Frodsham Open FIDE Swiss: 30 Players England Surtees, Mike J
4th February Kidlington Open Top 6 ECF Tournament England Coleman, David J; Ogunshola, Olugbemiga (Ben)
17th February Doncaster Open Top 6 ECF Tournament England Arkell, Nicholas D
17th February Perth Open FIDE Swiss: 36 Players Scotland Abrahams, Daniel
18th February Wilts & West of England Junior Open WECU Nomination England Ahluwalia, Amardip
24th February Dyfed Open FIDE Swiss: 44 Players Wales Jones, Iolo C; Kett, Timothy
24th February Bristol Spring Open FIDE Swiss: 25 Players England Bicknell, Carl
25th February Warwickshire Open MCCU Nomination England Stepanyan, Henrik; Mason, Donald J; Garnett, John S; Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa; Paul, Nathanael
10th March Blackpool Open Top 6 ECF Tournament England Wareing, John P; Wells, Jonathan C
31st March Edinburgh Open FIDE Swiss: 62 players Scotland Coffey, Patrick; Green, Michael L; Will, Douglas; Jennings, Richard; Sanger, Jake M
1st April Polar Capital Jersey Open FIDE Swiss: 29 Players Jersey Heppell, Ian N
1st April St Albans Open ECF Congress of the Year England Georghiou, Paul T
1st April Nottingham Open MCCU Nomination England Munshi, Aditya
7th April 13th 4NCL Congress Open FIDE Swiss: 39 Players England Shaw, Peter
14th April WECU Easter Open WECU Championship England McMichael, Richard J; Waddington, Mike A
14th April Coulsdon Easter Open FIDE Swiss: 12 Players England (Not enough entrants)
14th April Southend Easter Open FIDE Swiss: 67 Players England Spence, David J; Anderson, John; Amato, Giampiero
14th April Bolton Easter Open FIDE Swiss: 22 Players England Mitchell, Martin
14th April Tyneside Easter Open FIDE Swiss: 12 Players England (Not enough entrants)
22nd April Great Yarmouth Open EACU Nomination England Gregory, Stephen J; Hall, David E
29th April Malahide Millennium Tournament

FIDE Swiss: 20 Players

Ireland O’Cinneide, Mel
12th May Frome Open FIDE Swiss: 32 Players, WECU Nomination England Pleasants, Allan J; Holt, Philip J; Gregory, Andrew M
26th May Ayr Open FIDE Swiss: 33 Players Scotland Smith, Peter R; Malkin, Jamie; Gray, Euan
3rd June EACU Congress Open EACU Championship England Munson, Shaun
9th June Bristol Summer Congress FIDE Swiss: 40 Players England Krzyzanowski, Patryk
17th June Heywood Open NCCU Nomination England Kee, Stephen; Hilton, Tim
15th July Weald Open SCCU Championship England Payne, Matthew J; Jamroz, Krzyzstof