Ladies Playing #Chaupar (forerunner of #Chess which was invented in #India around 300 BC)

c1800 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting in #Basohli #Jammu style from #Chamba #HimachalPradesh now at British Museum, London.

On #InternationalChessDay (20th July)

#IndianHistory #Mastodons #Art #Heritage #IndianHeritage #Paintings #Recreation #MastoArt #Himalayas #ArtOfTheDay #History

I didn't know it was International Chess Day

#InternationalChessDay #chess

West Midlands Railway hosts UK’s first chess tournament on a train

READ HERE:👉 https://bvoices.uk/44RM95f

#InternationalChessDay
#Chess
#chesscafebrum
#ChessOnATrain
#ChessTrain
#Trains
@chesscafebrum
#BirminghamNewStreet
#LichfieldTrentValley
#Birmingham
#BirminghamUK
#Bromsgrove
#B31Voices #BVoices
West Midlands Railway

Happy #InternationalChessDay! 🥳

Celebrate with us today and join our FIDE World Record Attempt arena for most chess games played in one day and be part of the record: https://lichess.org/tournament/100FIDE1

#chess #lichess

Today is 20th of July.

Today is International Chess Day, International Moon Day, National Fortune Cookie Day, National Lollipop Day.
#InternationalChessDay #InternationalMoonDay #NationalFortuneCookieDay #NationalLollipopDay

Today is International Chess Day. 20th July 1924 was when FIDE, (Federation International d'Echecs) our governing body, was founded at the 1924 Paris Olympics. So FIDE is celebrating it's centenary today.

While initially a good thing with noble aspirations, FIDE has, like many other governing organisations, become corrupted and hampered by its own bureaucracy and large body of rules.

FIDE has been run by self enriching and self aggrandising individuals for too long while minorities and fringe groups are excluded and/or discouraged from involvement. The fact that the current FIDE President is Russian with ties to Putin, and that no action has been even suggested regarding the participation of Israel in FIDE events is typical of what FIDE has become. Meanwhile, trans players are banned and gender segregation still exists.

So Happy International Chess Day!!

#chess #InternationalChessDay #SocialHistory #inequality