Top seed Matin Friebe (using his FIDE rating this time) was too good for everyone, taking out the Tasmanian Lightning Championship with a perfect score of 10/10. With a smaller than anticipated field, competitors unanimously voted to play 2 extra rounds (though only 1 extra game) and turn the event from the advertised 9 round Swiss into an 11 round, round robin.

Martin's crushing display earned him the prize money, but as the title of Tasmanian Lightning Champion must be awarded to a Tasmanian resident (living in Tassie for at least 12 months), that honour fell to defending champion, number 3 seed Denis McMahon. However, Martin's studies will keep him here for the next 3-4 years putting Denis on notice for next year.

Round 1

BONHAM,Kevin (1853) - WADDINGHAM,Thomas [B52]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (1.1), 12.03.2016

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.0–0 Ngf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 0–0 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Qd3 f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Ng5 Rh6 17.Nxe6 Rxe6 18.Rxe6 Nf6 19.Rae1 Ne4 20.f3 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 Rc7 22.Qe3 Kf7 23.Qf4+ Bf6 24.g4 g5 25.Qf5 Kg7 26.Qd3 Re7 27.Rxe7+ Bxe7 28.Qb5 b6 29.Qc6 Bf6 30.Qb7+ Kg6 31.Re6 Qg8 32.Qc6 Qf7 33.Qxd5 Kg7 34.Qe4 Qd7 35.d5 a5 36.Qf5 h6 37.Qxf6+ Kg8 38.Qg6+ Qg7 39.Re8#

1–0

Round 2

ROLPH,Charlie (1720) - McMAHON,Denis (1928) [B02]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (2.1), 12.03.2016

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5 4.Nxd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.d3 0–0–0 8.Bf4 e5 9.Bg3 f5 10.h3 Bh5 11.0–0 f4 12.Bh4 Be7 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Nd2 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 g5 16.Qe4 h5 17.Qxd5 Nxd5 18.Rfe1 Rde8 19.Nc4 Nb4 20.Rxe5 Rxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxc2 22.Rc1 Nd4 23.Nf7 Rf8 24.Rc4 Rxf7 25.Rxd4 Re7 26.Re4 Kd7 27.g4 fxg3 28.fxg3 Rxe4 29.dxe4 Ke6 30.Kf2 Ke5 31.Ke3 c6 32.g4 h4 33.a3 a6 34.a4 b6 35.b3 c5 36.a5 bxa5 37.Kd3 Kf4 38.Kc4 Kxe4 39.Kxc5 Kf4 40.Kb6 Kg3 41.Kxa6 Kxh3 42.Kxa5 Kxg4 43.b4 h3 44.b5 h2 45.b6 h1Q

0–1

Round 3

COX,Aidan - BERRYMAN,Mitchell [D06]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (3.1), 12.03.2016

1.d4 d5 [with the clock only now being started] 2.c4 [with 2...Nb6 being played and not claimed by white!] 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Ndf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 0–0–0 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Bb4+ 12.Ke2 Ng5 13.Ne3 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.a3 Bc5 16.b4 Bxe3 17.Bxe3 Rhe8 18.Rad1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Ne6 20.Kf1 Rd8 21.Bxa7 Rxd1+ 22.Bxd1 Ne4 23.Be3 Nc3 24.Bg4 Kd7 25.Bxe6+ Kxe6 26.Bd4 Nb5 27.Bxg7 Nxa3 28.Bd4 Nc2 29.Bc5 b6 30.Bf8 h5 31.Ke2 Nd4+ 32.Kd3 Nf5 33.g3 Kf7 34.Ke4 Nxg3+ 35.fxg3 Kxf8 36.Kd5 Ke7 37.Kc6 Kd8 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 b5 40.g5 Ke7 41.Kxc7 Kf7 42.Kc6 Kg6 43.Kxb5 Kxg5 44.Kc6 Kf6 45.b5 Ke7 46.Kc7 Ke6 47.b6 Kd5 48.b7 Ke6 49.b8Q Ke7 50.Qb4+ Ke6 51.Qd4 Kf5 52.Qe3 Kf6 53.Qe4 Kg5 54.Qf3 Kg6 55.Qf4 Kg7 56.Qf5 Kg8 57.Qd7 Kf8 58.Kd6 Kg8 59.Qe7 Kh8 60.Ke6 Kg8 61.Kf6 Kh8 62.Qg7#

1–0

Round 4

RUMLEY,Rebecca (468) - ROLPH,David (1775) [B55]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (4.1), 12.03.2016

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bc4 g6 6.0–0 Bg7 7.Bf4 Nxe4 8.f3 Nf6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Qe2 e5 11.Be3 exd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.Qe3 Re8 14.Qd3 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Ng4 16.fxg4 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bxg4 19.Rf4 Be6 20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.c4 Qe7 22.Raf1 Re8 23.h3 Re1 24.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25.Kh2 Qe5 26.g3 Qe2+ 27.Kg1 Qe1+ 28.Rf1 Qxg3+ 29.Kh1 Re2 30.Rf2 Qxf2 31.h4 Qh2#

0–1

Round 5

FRIEBE,Martin (2071) - BONHAM,Kevin (1853) [C00]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (5.1), 12.03.2016

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.f4 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.c3 f6 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.g3 b6 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Ndf3 0–0 13.Bg2 Nd7 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.0–0 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Qc7 18.Qxd5 Bf5 19.Nf7+

1–0

Round 6

RUMLEY,William (1121) - ROLPH,Charlie (1720) [B02]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (6.1), 12.03.2016

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Rb1 b6 8.g3 Qd5 9.Bg2 Ne5 10.0–0 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 12.Kh1 Nd2+ 13.Kg1 Nxb1 14.c4 Qa5 15.Qf3 Rd8 16.Qc6+ Rd7 17.Qa8+ Rd8 18.Qc6+ Rd7 19.Qa8+ Rd8

½–½

Round 7

LITTLE,Ian (1469) - COX,Aidan [B01]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (7.1), 12.03.2016

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd2 Bf5 6.f3 c6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nge2 h6 9.h4 e6 10.Nf4 Bh7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Bd3 Bd6 13.Bxh7 Rxh7 14.Nd3 Bg3+ 15.Ke2 [with the clock only now being started!]15...Na6 16.Qg1 Bd6 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Rxh1 19.Qxh1 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Rc1 Qa5 22.a3 Rc8 23.Bd2 Qc7 24.Qh7 Bf8 25.Qh8 Qe7 26.Nb4 Nc7 27.Nd3 Kd7 28.Ne5+ Ke8 29.Bb4 f6 30.Bxe7 fxe5 31.Qxf8+ Kd7 32.Qxg7 exd4 33.Bb4+ Kc6 34.Qxd4 e5 35.Qc5+ Kd7 36.Qd6+ Ke8 37.Qe7#

1–0

Round 8

WADDINGHAM,Thomas - RUMLEY,Rebecca (468) [A43]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (8.1), 12.03.2016

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.c4 Bd6 4.dxe6 dxe6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 0–0 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qxd6 Nc6 9.Nf3 e5 10.e3 Bf5 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.e4 Be6 13.Be2 f5 14.0–0–0 Nb4 15.a3 Nc6 16.Bd3 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Nd4 18.Nxe5 Nb3+ 19.Kb1 f6 20.Nf3 Bxc4 21.Bd5+ Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Rfe8 23.Ka2 c4 24.Rd7 b5 25.Nxb5 a5 26.Rhd1 a4 27.Nc7 Re2 28.Nxa8 c3 29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.R1d7+ Kg6 31.Rg8+ Kh6 32.Nd2 cxd2 33.Rxd2 Rxd2 34.Nb6 Rxf2 35.Nxa4 Nc1+ 36.Kb1 Rf1 37.Kc2 Ne2 38.Nc3 Nd4+ 39.Kd3 Nf5 40.a4 Ne7 41.Rb8 Nc6 [the video cut out, but white went on to win.]

1–0

Round 9

McMAHON,Denis (1928) - FRIEBE,Martin (2071) [A08]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (9.1), 12.03.2016

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0–0 Nge7 7.Re1 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.Nbd2 d4 10.c4 a6 11.Nf1 b5 12.b3 b4 13.h4 Bb7 14.N3h2 a5 15.h5 a4 16.Bb2 axb3 17.axb3 Rxa1 18.Bxa1 Qa5 19.Nd2 Qa3 20.Qc1 Ra8 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.f4 e5 23.Bb2 Qa7 24.Ndf3 Qb8 [the camera cut out here, and was then restarted. The next 4 mvoes have been reconstructed based on the starting position of the second clip.] 25.Ng4 Bc8 26.Nf2 Ra2 [next move on camera] 27.Qc2 exf4 28.gxf4 Qxf4 29.Ra1 Rxa1+ 30.Bxa1 Ne5 31.Nxe5 Bxe5 [the camera cut out again from here, Black went on to win.]

0–1

Round 10

BERRYMAN,Mitchell - RUMLEY,William (1121) [B07]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (10.1), 12.03.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Bg4 Bxg4 6.f3 Bd7 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nh5 9.f4 Nc6 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Qd2 Bf5 12.Nge2 Nxc2+ 13.Qxc2 Bxc2 14.0–0 c6 15.Nd4 Qxd4+ [with 16.g4 being claimed as an illegal move]

0–1

Round 11

ROLPH,David (1775) - LITTLE,Ian (1469) [B46]

Tasmanian Lightning Championships 2016 Launceston College, Tasmania (11.1), 12.03.2016

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 Qc7 8.Be2 Be7 9.Qd2 0–0 10.0–0 Ne5 11.f4 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Qxc4 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Rfd1 b5 16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Nf5 exf5 18.Rxd5 Bxd5 19.Rd1 Be6 20.Qf2 Rfc8 21.c3 Rd8 22.Bc5 Bxc5 23.Qxc5 Bxa2 24.Rd6 Be6 25.Qc7 Rac8 26.Qb7 Ra8 27.Rxa6 Rab8 28.Qc7 h5 29.Rb6 Rbc8 30.Qd6 Bc4 31.Rb7 Ra8 32.Rxd7 Ra1+ 33.Kf2 Rf1+ 34.Kg3 Rxd7 35.Qxd7 Rb1 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qxf5+

1–0

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