Chess is likely one of the oldest games of our era. Chess is a popular game and has been played a…
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Chess is likely one of the oldest games of our era. Chess is a popular game and has been played around the world. Chess helps develop such skills as tactics, strategy, and visual memory. It is one of the oldest strategy games in the world.
International Chess Day: History On July 20, 1924, at the eighth summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, FIDE (World Chess Federation) was founded. International Chess Day began as the founding day of the FIDE on the same day July 20 in 1966.
The day got a further stamp of approval on December 12, 2019, when the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted resolution 74/22 designating July 20 as World Chess Day.
