The resulta for round 1 were as follows:
1 Gavin Orchin ½-½ Alistair Maxwell
2 Rosie Giulian 1-0 Donald McGregor
3 Hassan Rafiq 0-1 Malcolm Tyre
4 Mike Harkins 1-0 Harry McKay
5 Alex Waddell 1-0 Allen Taylor
6 Andrew MacQueen ½-½ Neil Corrigan
7 John Topping ½-½ Martin Myant
8 Stuart Callison 1-0 Michael Picken
9 Abhinav Datta 0-1 Peter Watson
10 Alan Stewart 1-0 Aleem Azam
11 Aatish Venkatasan 0-1 Rupert Birch
12 Ryan McQuat 1-0 Andrew McCulloch
13 Astitvaa Aggarwal 0-1 Peter Knak-Watt
14 Aidan McFadden 1-0 Ashish Aggarwal
15 Ross Campbell 0-1 Mangesh Hasabnis
16 Haren Rameshbabu 0-1 Martin McGowan