Group C contains 12 players divided into 4 "teams" of 3 players. Each player plays the 3 players in each of the other teams, but not the other players in his own team. This gives each player 9 games. The teams are
| Team A | Team B | Team C | Team D | ||||||||
| GM Arkell, Keith | ENG | 2521 | Byron, Alan | ENG | 2173 | Eden, Tomer | ISR | 2157 | McKenna, Jason P | ENG | 2146 |
| GM Gormally, Danny | ENG | 2490 | White, David | ENG | 2051 | Bailey, Kevin John | ENG | 2082 | Ackley, Peter | ENG | 2084 |
| IM Rudd, Jack | ENG | 2326 | Jackson, James | ENG | 2050 | Josse, Mark | ENG | 2045 | Brown, Tom | WLS | 2032 |