International Chess Day 20th July

Asian Chess Federation joins the international chess community in celebrating International Chess Day today, 20th July 2022. Visit FIDE site.

The International Chess Day is celebrated annually on July 20, the day the International Chess Federation was founded in 1924. The idea to celebrate this day as the international chess day was proposed by UNESCO, and it has been celebrated as such since 1966, after it was established by FIDE.