Once again Richard blitzed the field scoring 7.5 out of a possible 8, with the nearest rivals being Sivaram and Daniel on 5.5. Continuing a now well established theme Richards’s club rating continues to rise, now 1668 after 109 games. The good news is that at these lofty heights, he can only gain a very few club rating points for every win, while a loss costs him dearly. The cumulative points table across the two weeks of lightning and this week’s crosstable are below. Club rating points have been updated.
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Cumm. | |||
| 1 | Richard Dare | 6.5 | 8 | 14.5 | 1 |
| 2 | Stefan Wagner | 5.5 | 5 | 10.5 | 2= |
| 3 | Sivaram Manoharan | 5 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 2= |
| 4 | Fuatai Fuatai | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 5 | Richard Jackson | 4.5 | 5 | 9.5 | 5= |
| 6 | Daniel Davis | 4 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 5= |
| 7 | Matt Crombie | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 8 | Murray Tuatini | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 9 | Ian Kennedy | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 10 | Suriya Srinivasan | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 11 | Joel Crombie | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 12 | Graham Nolan | 6.5 | 0 | 6.5 | |
| 13 | Dhusar Chatterjee | 3.5 | 3 | 6.5 | |
| 14 | Eddie Tan | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 15 | Sean Clark | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 16 | Elijah Dewit | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 17 | Nithin Perumal | 2.5 | 2 | 4.5 | |
| 18 | Craig Scott | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 19 | Joel Kaumoana | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 1 | Richard Dare | 8.0 | +W11 | +B10 | +W5 | +B2 | +W3 | +B6 | +W4 | +B8 |
| 2 | Sivaram Manoharan | 5.5 | +B9 | +W4 | =B3 | -W1 | -W6 | +B10 | +W5 | +B7 |
| 3 | Daniel Davis | 5.5 | +W15 | +B7 | =W2 | +B10 | -B1 | +W4 | +W6 | -B5 |
| 4 | Fuatai Fuatai | 5.0 | +W6 | -B2 | +W7 | +B5 | +W11 | -B3 | -B1 | +W12 |
| 5 | Stefan Wagner | 5.0 | +W8 | +B11 | -B1 | -W4 | +B15 | +W7 | -B2 | +W3 |
| 6 | Richard Jackson | 5.0 | -B4 | +W9 | +B12 | +W13 | +B2 | -W1 | -B3 | +W14 |
| 7 | Murray Tuatini | 4.0 | +W14 | -W3 | -B4 | +W9 | +B13 | -B5 | +W10 | -W2 |
| 8 | Matt Crombie | 4.0 | -B5 | +W12 | -B13 | +W14 | -W10 | +BYE | +B11 | -W1 |
| 9 | Joel Crombie | 4.0 | -W2 | -B6 | -W11 | -B7 | +BYE | +W15 | +W12 | +B13 |
| 10 | Ian Kennedy | 3.0 | +B12 | -W1 | +B14 | -W3 | +B8 | -W2 | -B7 | -B15 |
| 11 | Elijah Dewit | 3.0 | -B1 | -W5 | +B9 | +W15 | -B4 | -W14 | -W8 | +BYE |
| 12 | Sean Clark | 3.0 | -W10 | -B8 | -W6 | +BYE | +B14 | +W13 | -B9 | -B4 |
| 13 | Dhusar Chattergee | 3.0 | — | +B15 | +W8 | -B6 | -W7 | -B12 | +BYE | -W9 |
| 14 | Suriya Srinivasta | 3.0 | -B7 | +BYE | -W10 | -B8 | -W12 | +B11 | +W15 | -B6 |
| 15 | Nithin Perumal | 2.0 | -B3 | -W13 | +BYE | -B11 | -W5 | -B9 | -B14 | +W10 |
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