How the Soviets made a GIANT chess board on the Palace Square (PHOTOS) Alexander Bulla In 1924, the main landmark of Leningrad turned in the huge chess board and gathered thousands of locals to observe the legendary performance. Alexander Bulla
In Russia, chess has always been a very popular game dating back to the times of Catherine the Great (here’s why), and in the Soviet Union, every schoolkid played it. One of the most unusual versions of the game took place on July 20, 1924, on the Palace Square (then - Uritsky Square) in St. Petersburg (then - Leningrad). It was the day the FIDE World Chess Federation was officially established (and from 1966, International Chess Day also began to be celebrated on this day).
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