Dear friends! Sincerely and with all my heart, I congratulate you all with the main holiday of the chess players around the world - the International Day of Chess! FIDE was created during the VIII Summer Olympics in Paris on July 20, 1924, and this day became the official worldwide celebration since 1966. Incidentally, the Day of Chess was chosen by UNESCO’s initiative out of all sports celebrations.

The very chess is a surprising combination of sport, game, science, and art. This is an effective tool for not only intellectual development but moral education as well. Chess develops self-organization skills, ability to find the way in the rapidly changing environment, instil a sense of responsibility for one’s decision.