All the rating favorites won in Round 1, except for Myron Kernetsky who spent too much time deciding how to convert his advantage, eventually losing on time. You can join the action next week, with a half-point bye for Round 1.
| Bd | Res | White | Black | Res | |
| 1 | 0 | Brock Beach (1727) | Samuel Lipnowski (2220) | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | Gustavo Melamedoff (2076) | Ken Einarsson (1724) | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | Isaac Wiebe (1654) | Myron Kernetsky (2028) | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | Blair Rutter (2019) | John Remillard (1652) | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | Bruce Leaden (1576) | Leor Wasserman (2015) | 1 | |
| 6 | 1 | Anthony Boron (2009) | Peter Magyar (1565) | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | Rayan Roy (1543) | Rolando Bince (2000) | 1 | |
| 8 | 1 | Theo Wolchock (1938) | Jason Evans (1522) | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | Francis Trueman (1489) | James Atem (1932) | 1 | |
| 10 | 1 | Mick Liebzeit (1833) | Joshua Huston-Earle (1383) | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | Dean Kraus (1164) | John Klokow (1804) | 1 |