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Celebrating International Chess Day 2025: Every Move Counts

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Steven Bellens     28.06.2025

Each year on July 20, the global chess community unites to celebrate International Chess Day, commemorating the founding of FIDE in 1924. Last year marked a historic milestone – FIDE’s centennial anniversary, which celebrated a century of chess while laying the foundation for the next hundred years. Among the key legacies of that celebration is FIDE’s renewed commitment to long-term goals: from global expansion and accessibility to deepening chess’s social impact.

Celebrating International Chess Day 2025: Every Move Counts

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