Time control: 1h 15mins + 30 sec/per move
List of players (sorted by highest classical ranking)
- Aken – 1868 – 2025/26 Champion
- Ildar – 1712
- Krzysztof – 1693
- Anthony – 1606 – 2024/25 Champion
- Victor – 1605
- Hugh – 1501
- Stephen – 1353
- Hansaja – 1297
- Timur – 1287
- Sean – 1249
- Daniel – 1158
- Tanush – 1096
- Oshan – 1062
- Janiru – 990
- Shauna (rapid 1536) ???
- Nicolas – unrated ???
- Shane – unrated
- Ken – unrated
- Noah – unrated
- Matthew – unrated
- Tony – unrated
- Raymond – unrated
*Unrated players list order may change to even out the groups after all players have confirmed their entries. Still there might be some new rapid ratings with 1st of Sept update, so it is not the final list yet.
Qualifiers (start 10.09.2026)
Group A
1. Aken – 1868
5. Victor – 1605
9. Timur – 1287
13. Oshan – 1062
17. Shane
21. Tony
Group B
2. Ildar – 1712
6. Hugh – 1501
10. Sean – 1249
14. Janiru – 990
18. Ken
22. Raymond
Group C
3. Krzysztof – 1693
7. Stephen – 1353
11. Daniel – 1158
15. Shauna
19. Noah
Group D
4. Anthony – 1606
8. Hansaja – 1297
12. Tanush – 1096
16. Nicolas
20. Matthew
Pairings (coming soon)