What do you want from life?
Are you still dreaming of the illusive larger pay-packet, the bigger house and the faster car?
All these decades in…is it still possible to see those dreams come to fruition?
Or could it possibly be that each and every one of us who is still surviving the extraordinary challenges of these terrible times has an unforeseen opportunity to change in ways which would have seemed impossible one year ago?
Everyone has been forced to change. Some changes have been for the better; some for the worse. Maybe you have felt thoroughly disorganised, or even worthless. Perhaps you have felt anger rising at unexpected moments, or become surprisingly emotional over the smallest of matters. Do you hide your tears? Can you still bring the Black Dog to heel?
Do not underestimate how well you have done. So many people weren’t able to make it this far at all.
What do you want from life?
You can make it anything you would like it to be.
Imagine if you had been away for a year or more. When you return to your usual situation, you will have changed. The people you know will all have changed too. Some former friends will have moved on; others will become more prominent in your life.
This is the situation we are all going to be in if we can eventually emerge at the other side of this emergency.
There is an unexpected blank canvas in front of all of us. Time to assess what is really important; time to let go of a plethora of things which are important no more.
In the words of Paul Cezanne: ‘It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.’
Remove the terror and bring plenty of paint.
The sooner we start, the better it will be. I need to be a better version of me. Much better.
Time is against all of us; tomorrow is never promised.
What do you want from life?
Saturday, 3 April 2021
Project 30: Results Update
The semi-finals of both competitions have now concluded.All four battles were extremely close and ferociously contested.
The results are given below.
The pairings for the respective finals are:
Rapidplay:
(An eight-game match)
Matt Jackman - Dave Baillie
KO:
Andrew Smith - Rayelynn Posadas
Target Date for Completion of the Finals: End of April 2021
Project 30 Rapidplay Match Championship
January - April 2021
Semi-Final Results
(Matches were of six games)
Matt Jackman 3.5-2.5 Andrew Smith (W2, D3, -1 from Matt's point of view)
Dave Baillie 3-3 Richard Harris (+2, =2, -2. Dave won the Blitz play-off)
Project 30 KO Championship 2021
February - April 2021
Semi-Final Results
(Players will decide the colours)
Andrew Smith 1-0 (First game drawn) Dave Baillie
Matt Jackman 0-1 Rayelynn Posadas
All-play-all Capablanca Tournament
Peter Harker 7/10
Royce Parker 6/10
Paul Weightman 3/6
John Garnett 3/6
Mike Pointon 1/4
Kevin Waterman 0/4
Results
Peter Harker 2-0 Mike Pointon
Peter Harker 1-1 Paul Weightman
Peter Harker 2-0 Kevin Waterman
Peter Harker 1.5-0.5 Royce Parker
Peter Harker 0.5-1.5 John Garnett
Royce Parker 1.5-0.5 John Garnett
Royce Parker 1-1 Paul Weightman
Royce Parker 2-0 Kevin Waterman
Royce Parker 1-1 Mike Pointon
Paul Weightman 1-1 John Garnett
All-play-all Alekhine Tournament
Richard Harris 4.5/6
Graham Edwards 1/2
Royce Parker 0.5/2
Kevin Waterman 0/2
Results
Richard Harris 1-1 Graham Edwards
Richard Harris 2-0 Kevin Waterman
Richard Harris 1.5-0.5 Royce Parker
Rules:
In both of the new tournaments, the format will be all-play-all twice. A 1-1 result will stand; there will be no tie-breakers.
The default time-limit will be 30 minutes on each clock, but there is scope for you to decide on another time-limit with your opponents.
Start as soon as you want to, using the rough timetable of one round in February and two rounds per subsequent months, which should enable the tournaments to draw to a close at the end of April 2021.
The pairings for the respective finals are:
Rapidplay:
(An eight-game match)
Matt Jackman - Dave Baillie
KO:
Andrew Smith - Rayelynn Posadas
Target Date for Completion of the Finals: End of April 2021
Project 30 Rapidplay Match Championship
January - April 2021
Semi-Final Results
(Matches were of six games)
Matt Jackman 3.5-2.5 Andrew Smith (W2, D3, -1 from Matt's point of view)
Dave Baillie 3-3 Richard Harris (+2, =2, -2. Dave won the Blitz play-off)
Project 30 KO Championship 2021
February - April 2021
Semi-Final Results
(Players will decide the colours)
Andrew Smith 1-0 (First game drawn) Dave Baillie
Matt Jackman 0-1 Rayelynn Posadas
All-play-all Capablanca Tournament
Peter Harker 7/10
Royce Parker 6/10
Paul Weightman 3/6
John Garnett 3/6
Mike Pointon 1/4
Kevin Waterman 0/4
Results
Peter Harker 2-0 Mike Pointon
Peter Harker 1-1 Paul Weightman
Peter Harker 2-0 Kevin Waterman
Peter Harker 1.5-0.5 Royce Parker
Peter Harker 0.5-1.5 John Garnett
Royce Parker 1.5-0.5 John Garnett
Royce Parker 1-1 Paul Weightman
Royce Parker 2-0 Kevin Waterman
Royce Parker 1-1 Mike Pointon
Paul Weightman 1-1 John Garnett
All-play-all Alekhine Tournament
Richard Harris 4.5/6
Graham Edwards 1/2
Royce Parker 0.5/2
Kevin Waterman 0/2
Results
Richard Harris 1-1 Graham Edwards
Richard Harris 2-0 Kevin Waterman
Richard Harris 1.5-0.5 Royce Parker
Rules:
In both of the new tournaments, the format will be all-play-all twice. A 1-1 result will stand; there will be no tie-breakers.
The default time-limit will be 30 minutes on each clock, but there is scope for you to decide on another time-limit with your opponents.
Start as soon as you want to, using the rough timetable of one round in February and two rounds per subsequent months, which should enable the tournaments to draw to a close at the end of April 2021.