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July 20- International Chess Day, 2022
Since 1966, July 20 has been celebrated as International Chess Day by chess players across the world...

by Pragti Sharma / 20 Jul 2022 20:00 PM IST / 0 Comment(s) / 513

Sports and games have always been humans' best friends. Playing a sport or a game has always helped people decrease their anxieties, depression, and loneliness and has successfully improved mental health. During the difficult times of covid-19, everyone was at home because of the lockdown and the only fun at that time was games. Chess has been the best time pass for all during the pandemic. The popularity of chess has been massive, especially during the pandemic. Because of the covid, there is an impressively increased number of chess players who also participated in the various online-based chess events.



Chess is one of the most popular archaic, cultural, and intellectual games that comes with a combination of scientific thinking, elements of art, and sports. Chess is not only popular, but one of the most affordable activities, and people of any age can play it anytime, anywhere. The plurality of people loves to play Chess because it has no barriers of age, social status, language, gender, and physical ability. People play chess across the globe because it is a game that helps in promoting justice and the sharpness of your mind. It also constructs a positive atmosphere of patience, understanding, and tolerance among the nation and the people who play.





More about Chess



Chess is one of the board games played between two players. The game aims to move types of chess pieces, and each piece has a fixed set of possible moves. All the player has to do is try to capture the opponent's king piece. Nowadays, there are more than 2,000 indescribable variants of the game. During the Gupta Period (319 -543 CE), chess was called Chaturanga which means four divisions, and originated in Northern Indian Subcontinent and spread along the Silk Roads west to Persia.



Modern chess is derived from Chaturanga (four divisions), directing the playing pieces into cavalry, chariotry, elephantry, and infantry. These pieces today are called knight, rook, and bishop. Then, the game was all about these four players. Around 600 CE, when Chaturanga arrived in Sassanid Persia, the game was renamed and given the title Shatranj. Around that time, the Indian Subcontinent visited King Khosrow I (531-579) and presented him with Chaturanga as a gift. After this, the game spread along the Silk Roads to other territories, including Byzantium and the Arabian Peninsula.



Later in 900 CE, Al-Suli and Al- Lajlaj were the Abbasid chess masters. They two worked dedicatedly on the strategy and techniques of the game. By 1000 CE, chess became a popular board game in Russia and Europe and was introduced to the Eurasian Steppe. The Alfonso manuscripts were also known as the Libro de Los Juegos, which means the Book of Games. This book was a collection of texts regarding three different types of widespread games during the 13th century CE and described chess like Persian Shatranj in gameplay and rules.



In the year 2019, on December 12 the General assembly demonstrated 20 July as World Chess Day to remember the date of the inauguration of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris, 1924. Since 1966, July 20 has been celebrated as International Chess Day by chess players across the world.



Conclusion



Chess offers major possibilities in the enactment of the Sustainable Development Goals and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It aims at empowering women and girls, mutual understanding, realizing gender equality, strengthening education, respect, and fostering inclusion.


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