Why Is International Chess Day Celebrated. The idea to celebrate this. On 12 december 2019, the united nations general assembly proclaimed 20 july as world chess day to mark the date of the establishment of the international.
We celebrate international chess day on july 20, a day that was born from an idea the united nations educational, scientific, and cultural organization (unesco). On 20 july 1924 the fide was founded in paris, and in 1966 the unesco proposed to celebrate this date as international chess day.