International Chess Day 2025

• Every year on July 20, people around the world celebrate International Chess Day.

• The day celebrates chess players like Viswanathan Anand, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhan and Magnus Carlsen and their positive impact on society.

• UNESCO proposed to celebrate July 20 as International Chess Day.

• The day has been celebrated since 1966 to commemorate the founding of the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

• The date July 20 was chosen because the International Chess Federation (FIDE) was founded on this day in 1924 in Paris.

• On December 12, 2019, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared International Chess Day an international event.