CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
International Chess Day – Observed on July 20
- The International Chess Day is celebrated annually on July 20, the day the International Chess Federation was founded, in 1924.
- This year FIDE’s motto is, “Teach someone how to play chess.”
- 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.
