The Byron Shire Echo – Issue 34.39 – March 4, 2020

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by Ian Rogers Prague has hosted many important tournaments in the past 150 years but last week’s 2020 Prague Masters was in fact the Czech capital’s first super-tournament in three decades. In 1990 Prague celebrated the fall of communism by holding an elite six player round robin featuring big names of the time such as Timman and Short. The tournament patron was new Czech President Vaclav Havel, who later ensured that chess exhibitions were held regularly in the grounds of Prague Castle. The 2020 Masters was won by 16-year-old Iranian prodigy Alireza Firouzja, although he needed plenty of luck to prevail. Firouzja was not even in the original field but was called up as a last-minute replacement after the world’s top junior Wei Yi was forced to pull out due to coronavirus bans on China. Then Firouzja watched as Santoshi Vidit, who crushed him in the fifth round (see game), moved clear of the field and had the tournament almost wrapped up with two rounds to play. However, Vidit lost his final

Budgeram – always was, always will be

Find the Storylines series of articles online in Echonetdaily at:

www.echo.net.au/storylines

Bronwyn Bancroft I acknowledge the Arakwal people, whose lands I live and work in.

Jannine: 6684 2357 or Claudia: 0421 678 426

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Storylines: Unite and act

two games, enabling Firouzja and two others to catch him. Only the top two made the playoff match for the title and, after some lucky (for him) final round results, Firouzja secured just enough tiebreaking points to qualify. A demoralised Vidit was no match for the Iranian and Firouzja thereby earned his first super-tournament win, at the same age as Garry Kasparov had done in 1979. Firouzja, who moved to France after the Iranian Olympic Committee declared that no Iranians could play in events with Israelis, has taken the recent dislocation of his life in his stride and is now viewed in many quarters as a future World Champion. 2020 Prague Masters White: S Vidit Black: A Firouzja Opening: Queen’s Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Qb6!? A risky attempt to enliven the game. 10.0-0 Qxb2 11.Na4 Qb4 12.a3 Qa5? 12‌.Qxa3 was forced, allowing 13.Nb6 Rd8 14.Bc7. 13.Qb3! b5 14.Rxc6 Qxa4 15.Qc3! e5 Desperation, but Firouzja proves unable to save his king without losing too much material. 16.Nxe5 b4 17.axb4 Ne4 18.Qa1! Qxa1 19.Rxa1 Bxb4 20.Rcxa6 Rxa6 21.Rxa6 0-0 Too late! 22.Nc6! Rc8 23.g4! Nc3 24.Bf1! 1-0

Fall into the cavern of my mind, and together there, we will dine. – Brad Jensen

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14 The Byron Shire Echo lĂŤĹżÄˆIJ ÇŤÇ˝ NJǧNJǧ

I am a Bundjalung woman. I am an artist. Through my journey as an artist, I have spent many hours at my desk in the studio. It does not assist my overactive mind, but it does give me time to think. At this particular point in time, I am troubled – troubled by this country, Australia, that is destroying our lifeline, an essential component of all of our existences – Mother Earth. To witness documentaries that illustrate an escalation of destruction, ripping the world apart, one mine, one forest, one home, one person at a time, is soul destroying. Watching huge machines excavating sacred water lines, rivers being plundered by water thieves, the country burning, the rivers dying, the fish kills and the enormous loss of animal brothers and sisters and ecosystems is terrifying. This is what is troubling me – and what can be done to address the mess?

Time for respect

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What are we looking for in 2020?

Is it possible for all of us to rise and meet the challenges that are now being presented to us all? These challenges are predominantly being delivered by inept governments that continue to ignore the presence of the wailing mother, whose screams pierce the air and whose anger and frustration at the ongoing disrespect is being experienced by all of us. Everyone I speak to has a story to tell about connected environmental calamities, or weather events, but not ‘climate change’ according to the thought leaders running the country at the moment. One of the epic failures of our recent environmental history, where fires ravaged the country, is that they did not receive the forensic planning or attention that they deserved. The result was that the lack of understanding, let alone planning, led to the immense loss of life – of people, wildlife, homes and ecosystems – this is a tragedy that could have been mitigated.

Planning, funding, resources and insightful thinking would have decreased the extent of the damage that these fires brought to a drought beaten country. Planning, thinking, acting on behalf of the land. How hard can that be?

Unite for the future How can we make changes across the country? How do we all unite across our cultural, spiritual, sexual and racial identities and origins to mount a battle of wills? We can, and will, make change by addressing our singular contribution to diminishing our environmental impact. We can introduce change in larger human ecosystems, such as workplaces, schools, universities, big business – just about everything really. We can also demand change. We vote for politicians who are public servants – and I believe should be delivering a contemporary framework for ecological recovery and a plan to tackle climate change right now. These are simple requests from communities, within communities, that are hurting from the increasing impacts of changing climate conditions across the country. We need qualified visionaries to create new paradigms of existence, working with nature – not against it.

What can we do about it all? One of the most powerful vehicles for change that I have witnessed is the movie 2040 by Damon Gameau. The meetings with innovators for climate change delivered expertise that can be adapted by the viewer (I recommend it). We can be innovators of our own design, and

Top: Falling Through Time (2014). Below: Artwork for children’s book Clever Crow. Artwork by Bronwyn Bancroft challenge ourselves daily to minimise waste, recycle, care for country and stand up for our waterways, our trees and our animals – the seen and the unseen – and of course, the victims of climate change. We can also constantly bombard the politicians who represent our electorate, and those holding positions on a federal level, as well as the opposition with emails and letters. We can stop all political donations, and fund elections from our own money so that we influence the direction of our country and it stops being the super wealthy dictating the future, as is currently taking place. We can mobilise for change on the lack of climate action by governments by protesting, by sharing concerns on media platforms and by learning as much as we can, and teaching others. We can help each other. One of the most unifying experiences I was involved in was walking across the

Harbour Bridge in 1988, pregnant with my second child, Ella. Australians walked with us, from all sections of society, and lots of diverse communities, to support Aboriginal sovereignty. There is much to be learnt from Elders in our Aboriginal communities, and sharing knowledge develops respect for that knowledge. Our people know the country they live in. My Uncle Pat, who died in 2015 at age 94, knew every part of the land and the water where he was born – he even knew where the gold was! We should be listening and learning. Time to listen. Time to act. Time to unite. Q Budgeram means story in Bundjalung language. Q Storylines articles are published on Echonetdaily: www.echo.net.au/storylinesunite-and-act and made possble with the support of Ninbella Gallery.

About the Clever Crow author Clever Crow was written by Nina Lawrence and Illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft. It was a finalist for the 2019 International Book Awards (Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction category). This is the first children’s story by Ms Lawrence who is a descendant of the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji mob and

was born on Yidinji Country in Far North Queensland. The story follows the experiences of a hungry and clever crow as he searches for food and attempts to steal a turtle egg he spots as people are preparing for a ceremony. Clever Crow was inspired by Ms Lawrence’s work in the Northern Territory.

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