| Tournament Name | Begonia 2018 |
| Place | Ballarat |
| Federation | AUS |
| Date Begin | 10/03/2018 |
| Date End | 12/03/2018 |
| Arbiter(s) | IA Dr Peter Tsai |
| Play System | swiss FIDE Dutch (JaVaFo) |
| Rounds | 7 |
| Score game | 0-0.5-1 |
| Tie break | Buc1 BucT |
| Registered Players | 138 |
| Number of Federations | 7 |
| Average Rating (all) | 1516 |
| Average Rating (only FIDE rated) | 1708 |
| Players from AUS Federation | 10 |
| Players NOT from AUS Federation | 128 |
| FIDE rated players | 110 |
| unrated players | 28 |
| unrated players from AUS Federation | 2 |
| unrated players NOT from AUS Federation | 26 |
| unrated Federations | 3 |
| FIDE titled players | 15 |
| GM players | 4 |
| WGM players | 0 |
| IM players | 3 |
| WIM players | 0 |
| FM players | 3 |
| WFM players | 0 |
| CM players | 4 |
| WCM players | 1 |
| FIDE titled player from AUS Federation | 0 |
| FIDE titled player NOT from AUS Federation | 15 |