List of entries as at Thu 31 Jan 2019.
Note roads are clear in Frodsham and no snow is forecast there this weekend.
| Open | 18 entries | |||||
| Name | Club | Fedn | FIDE | ECF | Bye Req. | |
| Moss, Robin BW | FM | Carlisle | ENG | 2289 | 184 | |
| Jackson, Oliver A | FM | none | ENG | 2130 | 194 | |
| Surtees, Mike J | Great Lever | ENG | 2105 | 199 | ||
| Bimpson, Tom | Atticus | ENG | 1968 | 172 | ||
| Doran, Chris | Chester | ENG | 1950 | 176 | ||
| Bennett, Dominic L | none | ENG | 1934 | 172 | ||
| Carroll, Thomas | Hoylake | ENG | 1913 | 197 | Round 1 | |
| McDonagh, Michael | Chester | ENG | 1897 | 186 | ||
| Burns, Martin J | Stockport | ENG | 1889 | 166 | Round 1 | |
| Benson, Paul J | Braille CA | ENG | 1865 | 158 | ||
| Gogia, Armaan | West Nottingham | ENG | 1850 | 171 | Round 1 | |
| Zhu, Yaoyao | 3Cs | ENG | 1839 | 169 | ||
| Hilton, Tim | Blue Club | ENG | 1781 | 168 | ||
| Waterfield, Mark BW | Kettering | ENG | 1772 | 135 | ||
| Doherty, Paul D | Bolton | ENG | 1705 | 145 | ||
| Hughes, Colin J | Wallasey | ENG | 1704 | 144 | ||
| Parry, Samuel A | Cheddleton & Leek | ENG | 1530 | 138 | Round 3 | |
| Schult, Ronald | SG Weissensee 49 | GER | ||||
| Under 160 | 36 entries | |||
| Name | Club | ECF | Bye Req. | |
| Raeburn, Andrew L | Holmes Chapel | 164 | ||
| Clucas, Reg P | Altrincham & Hale | 163 | ||
| Davies, Sam | Tiger Chess | 159 | Round 1 | |
| Barber, Andrew M | Buckley/Mold | 157 | Round 3 | |
| Groves, Barry | St Helens | 157 | ||
| Potter, Steven | St Helens | 157 | ||
| Hughes, Greg M | Wallasey | 156 | ||
| Laurence, Geoff | Macclesfield | 154 | ||
| Connor, Michael I | Great Lever | 151 | ||
| Hall, David G | Perth | 151 | ||
| Williams, Ray | Chester | 151 | Round 4 | |
| Boulden, David | Denton | 150 | Round 1 | |
| Clissold, Richard S | Winwick | 149 | ||
| Lloyd, Stephen M | Chester | 146 | Round 1 | |
| Fisher, Peter S | Wrexham | 145 | ||
| Colville, Philip J | Macclesfield | 144 | ||
| Coward, Neil | none | 144 | Round 1 | |
| Winter, Kevin | Bradford | 144 | ||
| Cromwell, Mark A | Frodsham | 142 | ||
| Brockes, Jeremy P | Hamstead | 140 | ||
| Roberts, Anthony J | Wallasey | 140 | ||
| Lee, Michael A | Holmes Chapel | 137 | Round 1 | |
| Buckell, David J | Clitheroe | 135 | ||
| Parry, Haydn J | Holywell | 134 | Round 1 | |
| Clare, Steve | Wallasey | 133 | ||
| Ashton, David N | Pensby | 132 | ||
| Barooah, Michael | Formby | 132 | ||
| Layhe, Neville | Crewe | 132 | ||
| Barrett, Mike D | Formby | 126 | Round 1 | |
| Farthing, Michael | Morecambe | 126 | ||
| Banerjee, Sanjoy K | Atticus | 123 | ||
| Coles, Martin | Runcorn | 121 | ||
| Grave, John | Penrith | 121 | Round 1 | |
| Reese, Jon D | Runcorn | 121 | ||
| Jiping, Li | Yorkshire Congress | 108 | Round 1 | |
| Jackson, Garry | Northenden | 107 | Round 1 | |
| Under 120 | 37 entries | |||
| Name | Club | ECF | Bye Req. | |
| Hawthorne, Julian N | none | 122 | ||
| Owens, Robert | Formby | 121 | ||
| Jackson, Paul Robert | none | 116 | ||
| Dunning, Stephen | Buckley/Mold | 115 | Round 4 | |
| Price, David P | Crewe | 115 | ||
| Richards, Steve | Wrexham | 113 | Round 1 | |
| Murphy, Martin P | Denton | 112 | Round 1 | |
| Bishop, Lee | Wandering Dragons | 110 | Round 1,3,5 | |
| Sommerville, Gordon BR | Wallasey | 110 | ||
| Stent, Ian | Wallasey | 110 | ||
| Beswick, Andrew | Chorlton | 109 | ||
| Coleman, Patrick N | Lytham St Annes | 109 | ||
| Kelly, Alan | Wallasey | 109 | ||
| Simmons, John A | Colwyn Bay | 109 | ||
| Taylor, Paul A | Holywell | 109 | ||
| Scorer, David M | Clitheroe | 108 | ||
| Greaves, Robert | Formby | 107 | ||
| Holmes, Nick D | Telepost | 105 | ||
| De Santos, Andrew R | Preston | 103 | ||
| Foy, Jeff | Altrincham | 99 | ||
| Saram, Nethuli Dunindee | Chester | 99 | Round 4 | |
| Bonner, Dennis M | Telepost | 97 | ||
| Weir, Angus | Hollywell | 97 | ||
| Wilson, Jeff | Oldham | 97 | ||
| Crompton, Brian E | Pensby | 94 | Round 1 | |
| McCormick, Roy | Frodsham | 93 | Round 1 | |
| Bohm, Richard D | Bolton | 83 | ||
| Buckley, David I | Bushbury | 80 | Round 1 | |
| Hall, Les | Crewe | 80 | ||
| Hynes, Thomas F | Urmston | 76 | ||
| Hamilton, Stuart | Rhyl & Prestatyn | 73 | ||
| Tekniepe, T Klaus | Tattenhall | 73 | Round 2,4 | |
| Parry, Susan F | Holywell | 67 | Round 1 | |
| Ashley, Graham | Tattenhall | 64 | Round 3 | |
| Green, Malcolm | Tattenhall | 61 | Round 3 | |
| Newnham, Ben | Tattenhall | 41 | Round 3 | |
| Houston, David | Rhyl & Prestatyn | |||
Total entries 91.