28 Entrants so far this year. Average rating excluding unrated players is 1356, with the top quarter all being rated over 1800.
The draw for round 1 is as follows:
| White | Black |
| Sean Gordon | Alex Stewart |
| Malcolm MacMillan | Hamish Olson |
| Bob Lothian | Pranav Arcot |
| Adi Hegde | Richard Jennings |
| Mike Cavanagh | Ramesh Kante |
| Senthil Ragupathy | Stefan Wagner |
| Jeremy Mitchell | Pranav Saravanan |
| Anish Subramaniam | Alan Smith |
| John Ewen | Ananth Subramaniam |
| Jonathan Turner | Charles Oppenheim |
| Chris Rose | Anjishnu Bhaduri |
| Steven Inkster | Connor Sibbald |
| Duncan McClymont | Lovemore Madzinga |
| Raghav Praveen | Kalyan Kante |
All games should be played on Tuesday 6 November 2017.
The absolute deadline for the round is Tuesday 27 November 2017.
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