Entries are now closed / ratings shown are FIDE.
- Li Wu ECF Gold♚ 2298 – open zone.
- Keith Allen ECF Gold 2156 – open zone.
- Silvester Sipos ECF Gold 1950 – open zone.
- Henrik Fabri ECF Gold 1897 – open zone.
- Sanjay Gumirreddy ECF Gold 1857 – open zone.
- Zahed Miah ECF Gold 1826 – open zone.
- Francis Thoday ECF Gold 1807 – candidates zone. (bye round 4)
- Neil Davies ECF Gold 1763 – candidates zone. (bye round 4)
- Glenn Cross ECF Gold 1759 – candidates zone.
- Alan Ormsby ECF Gold 1748 – candidates zone.
- John Costello ECF Gold 1733 – candidates zone.
- Paul Smith ECF Gold 1676 – candidates zone.
- Howard Dobson ECF Gold 1631 – challengers zone. (bye round 4)
- Brian Woodard ECF Gold 1620 – challengers zone.
- Vince Hodgson ECF Gold 1482 – challengers zone. (bye round 3)
- Antony Jackson ECF Gold 1352 – challengers zone.
- Kyle Cross ECF Gold 👀 0000 – challengers zone.
- Ben Bosworth ECF Gold 0000 – challengers zone.
👀 In the process of ECF Membership.