{"id":40585,"date":"2023-07-20T12:05:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T12:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day"},"modified":"2023-07-20T12:21:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T12:21:31","slug":"liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day","title":{"rendered":"Liberia Chess Federation Celebrates International Chess Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>The Liberia Chess Federation (LFC) will on today, 20 July 2023 join the global celebration of International Chess Day with an exciting outdoor program in Monrovia and its environs.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists Wednesday, 19 July 2023 from Ghana, LCF president Mr. Thomas Karyah said, chess players will spend the day evangelizing and encouraging young people, especially females, to see chess as a tool that molds their minds and prepares them for the plethora of challenges in life.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that it is important for Liberians to know on this day that chess is a professional sport that offers young people educational and career opportunities that go beyond some of the traditional sports.<\/p>\n<p>He said, as part of the celebration, it will involve a public display and teaching session from midday to 6 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1966, International Chess Day has been celebrated around the world by member federations following a proposal by UNESCO.<\/p>\n<p>The International Chess Federation (FIDE) was founded during the interwar period on July 20, 1924, in Paris, France.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberia Chess Federation is the governing body of chess in Liberia. The LCF was founded in 2014 and became an accredited federation of FIDE that same year.<\/p>\n<p>It succeeded and replaced the Liberia Chess Association which, unofficially, spearheaded the growth and development of chess in Liberia for many years.<\/p>\n<p>As International Chess Day is observed around the world annually on July 20, the local federation will be leading the commemoration of the day by conducting public chess training for chess players and those wanting to learn the sports across Montserrado County.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s International Chess Day celebration will be observed globally under the theme \u201cEach one teaching one\u201d while the national theme is \u201cSpreading the word chess through opening teaching.<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. The Liberia Chess Federation (LFC) will on today, 20 July 2023 join the global celebration of International Chess Day with an exciting outdoor program in Monrovia and its environs. Speaking with journalists Wednesday, 19 July 2023 from Ghana, LCF president Mr. Thomas Karyah said, chess players will spend the day evangelizing and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":40584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-40585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-liberia","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liberia Chess Federation Celebrates International Chess Day - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Liberia Chess Federation (LFC) will on today, 20 July 2023 join the global celebration of International Chess Day wi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liberia Chess Federation Celebrates International Chess Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Liberia Chess Federation (LFC) will on today, 20 July 2023 join the global celebration of International Chess Day wi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Liberia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-20T12:05:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-20T12:21:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/sm_1689843010.506056.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"478\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Liberia Chess Federation Celebrates International Chess Day\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-20T12:05:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-20T12:21:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day\"},\"wordCount\":302,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/sm_1689843010.506056.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Liberia\",\"Liberia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/liberia-chess-federation-celebrates-international-chess-day\",\"name\":\"Liberia Chess Federation Celebrates International Chess Day - 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