Bedford (players bolded below) is well-represented in the tournament this year. The first round took place at Milton Keynes.
| Board | White |
Black |
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| 1 | Paul Habershon | 191 | 1 | v | 0 | Adrian Matthews | 166 | ||
| 2 | Brian Valentine | 161 | 0 | v | 1 | Steve Ledger | 188 | ||
| 3 | Richard Freeman | 187 | 1 | v | 0 | Rob Whiteside | 160 | ||
| 4 | Ray Holland | 152 | 0 | v | 1 | Ravi Arulnandhy | 183 | ||
| 5 | Rajan Ganger | 183 | 1 | v | 0 | Michael Joseph | 152 (played 16/1) | ||
| 6 | Tim Puleston | 139 | 0 | v | 1 | Graham Smith | 182 | ||
| 7 | Graham Borrowdale | 180 | 1 | v | 0 | Colin Solloway | 129 | ||
| 8 | Sajan Ganger | 123 | 0 | v | 1 | Steve Pike | 170 (played 13/1) | ||
| 9 | Kevin Williamson | 170 | 1 | v | 0 | Dave Phillips | 114 | ||
| 10 | Bryan Leggett | 88 | 0 | v | 1 | Adrian Elwin | 169 | ||
| 11 | Peter Hunt | 166 | 1 | v | 0 | Ben Pike | 80 |