Photographs from our special correspondent, Dim Parcio
1. Venue Cymru, Llandudno – ready and waiting
2. Sieges Perilous – where the top players sit in the public gaze
3. Start – handshake time
4. Play in progress
5. Conor Murphy v GM Gawain Jones
6. GM David Howell v Graham Moore
7. GM Gawain Jones v FM Alex Longson
8. GM Gawain Jones v GM Danny Gormally
9. GM Jonathan Hawkins v IM Dietmar Kolbus
10. GM Luke McShane v Roger Coathup
11. IM David Egglestone v IM James Adair
12. IM James Adair
13. IM Jovanka Houska
14. IM Richard Palliser
15. James Moreby v GM Jonathan Hawkins
16. The Weekender tournament
