Silver Rook Qualifying Rounds
The dates of the Silver Rook Qualifiers are:
- Qualifier 1 - Monday, 28 September 2026 - pairings & results qualifier 1
- Qualifier 2 - Monday, 19 October 2026 - pairings & results qualifier 2
- Qualifier 3 - Monday, 21 December 2026
Each qualifier comprises four rounds of rapid-play.
Rate of play is 15 min +3 sec/move.
After Qualifier 2, the top 8 players (based on rating performance) provisionally qualified are shown below.
The list of qualifying players are updated after each round:
The "Perf" column (rating performance) is the key one, not the score.
A highlight (shown *) in the rating column represents a provisional or estimated rating.
| Ranking | Name | Rating | Total pts | Perf | Score | Event | |
| 1 | Watson, Tim | 2005 | 8683 | 2171 | 3 | Q2 | |
| 2 | Fraser-Mitchell, Jeremy | 1978 | 8427 | 2107 | 3 | Q1 | |
| 3 | Smith, Ryan | 1917 | 8276 | 2069 | 2.5 | Q2 | |
| 4 | Sommerbauer, Ben | 1985 | 8191 | 2048 | 2.5 | Q2 | |
| 5 | Willmott, Neil | 1934 | 8006 | 2002 | 3 | Q1 | |
| 6 | Ellis, Aidan | 2070 | 7833 | 1958 | 2 | Q2 | |
| 7 | Grant, Steve | 1841 | 7752 | 1938 | 3 | Q1 | |
| 8 | Lexton, Mike | 1814 | 7717 | 1929 | 3 | Q2 | |
| Kortekaas, Matt | 1658 | 7628 | 1907 | 2 | Q1 | ||
| Bodnar, Ovidiu | 1933 | 7291 | 1823 | 1.5 | Q2 | ||
| Mosley, Noah | 1572 | 7091 | 1773 | 2.5 | Q1 | ||
| Deland, Stephen | 1480 | 7077 | 1769 | 3 | Q1 | ||
| Baguley, John | 1550 | 7060 | 1765 | 3 | Q1 | ||
| Gray, Edward | 1961 | 7032 | 1758 | 1 | Q2 | ||
| Michael, Flatt | 1703 | 6888 | 1722 | 2 | Q1 | ||
| Gemmell, John | 1947 | 6391 | 1598 | 1.5 | Q1 | ||
| Pines, Chris | 1514 | 6192 | 1548 | 2 | Q1 | ||
| Calvia, Luca | 1454 | 6073 | 1518 | 2 | Q1 | ||
| McWilliams, Olly | 1576 | 6054 | 1514 | 1 | Q1 | ||
| Giles, Taylor | 1500 | 5912 | 1478 | 2 | Q1 | ||
| Nagy, Gyula | 1300 | 5864 | 1466 | 2 | Q2 | ||
| Cuzick-Leigh, Oliver | 1555 | 5783 | 1446 | 2 | Q1 | ||
| Claret, Ray | 1540 | 5577 | 1394 | 2 | Q1 | ||
| Lestyan, Gyula | 1300 | 5479 | 1370 | 1 | Q2 | ||
| Pankhurst, Kate | 1323 | 5441 | 1360 | 2 | Q1 | ||
| Perlo, Owen | 1300 | 5424 | 1356 | 1 | Q2 | ||
| Brown, Harvey | 1487 | 5103 | 1276 | 1 | Q1 | ||
| Moore, Maurice | 1205 | 4850 | 1213 | 1 | Q1 | ||
| Douse, Terry | 1472 | 4776 | 1194 | 1 | Q1 | ||
| Jennings, Roger | 1150 | 4104 | 1026 | 0 | Q1 |