Sean Miller interviews Shabazz (The Chess Drum)
New Jersey native Sean Miller has been a fixture in New York for some time now. He has been active as a chess promoter and now has taken the lead in documenting chess through the lens of various personalities and events. One of his most recent projects was his “State of Chess in America” that featured a number of personalities in the form of a panel discussion. He has also launched a successful video segment called “Chess Scene in New York”. Recently, The Chess Drum’s Daaim Shabazz was featured on the segment. The first of two segments were recently made available.
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Great interview Daaim. Your comfort with the topic and passion were on full display. It always helps when one is articulate and/or eloquent and you demonstrated this at such a high level. Continue to fan the flames of passion. We in Jamaica (and I am certain all “Chess Drummers”!) wish for you and the Chess Drum even greater things going forward. Sean Miller also deserves commendation for the initiative. Keep them coming!
Very nice video.
I have a question for you.
What is your vision to take “The Chess Drum” to the next ten, twenty years? Are you grooming some one to take over?
Daaim,
“Time and space”- arguably the two most precious commodities. Practically everything else revolves around those two. I understand the difficulty re the “grooming” but, respectfully, I think that you should start, sooner than later, the process of finding someone (or persons) to help you in a meaningful way. I know it won’t be easy, especially based on the high standards you have set, but you need an apprentice (Sorcerer’s?) or as we say in Jamaica a “PRENTO”!
In addition to guaranteeing the longevity of this great website, this would free up more time for you to pursue other things you have spoken about such as writing books etc.
I am going to discuss this some more with you privately, via email and otherwise. Will you be in Tromso ? That will provide a great opportunity for us to hang out. I still have fond memories of our dinner at the Calvia Olympiad, 2004 and comparing notes after witnessing, at the same event, the “attack” on GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili at the closing ceremony.
Daaim,
I noticed you mentioned time. Why don’t you have a woman to take up all the time you are spending on this website? 🙂