| Commenced | 13th September, 2018 |
| Ended | 13th September, 2018 |
| Number of Rounds | Eight (all played on one night) |
| Format | Round Robin |
| Rate of Play | 5 minutes |
| Increment | 2 seconds |
| ACF Rated Tournament Type |
No Major |
Reza Daneshvar won the 2018 Club Lightning Championship with a score of 7/8 – closely followed by Mio Ristic and Alistair Anderson on 6/8.
Note that for 2018, a 2 second increment per move was introduced. Formerly the time limit was a 5-minute “guillotine”.
Final Standings
NAME | Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | Buc1 BucT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Reza Daneshvar | 7.0 | +B8 +W7 +W2 +B6 +B5 +W4 -W3 +B9 | 28.5 29.0 2 Mio Ristic | 6.0 | +B3 +W5 -B1 -W4 +W6 +B9 +W8 +BYE | 32.5 33.0 3 Alistair Anderson | 6.0 | -W2 -B4 +B7 +W9 +BYE +W5 +B1 +B6 | 32.0 32.5 4 Jack Smith | 5.5 | =B6 +W3 -B5 +B2 +W7 -B1 +BYE +W8 | 33.0 34.5 5 Zoran Babic | 5.0 | +BYE -B2 +W4 +B8 -W1 -B3 +W9 +B7 | 30.5 31.0 6 Rod Hessing | 4.5 | =W4 +B9 +W8 -W1 -B2 +BYE +B7 -W3 | 30.5 31.0 7 Paul Brown | 3.0 | +W9 -B1 -W3 +BYE -B4 +B8 -W6 -W5 | 30.5 31.0 8 Daniel Slade | 2.0 | -W1 +BYE -B6 -W5 +B9 -W7 -B2 -B4 | 31.5 32.0 9 Anakin Kotus | 1.0 | -B7 -W6 +BYE -B3 -W8 -W2 -B5 -W1 | 31.5 33.0
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