Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 1 July, the State Unitary Enterprise National PR Center under the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed an agreement on cooperation with the Chess Federation of Uzbekistan. 

On 14 January 2021, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a resolution “On measures for further development and popularization of chess and improvement of the system of training chess players”.

In accordance with the resolution, within the framework of the agreement between the National PR Center and the Chess Federation of Uzbekistan, a work plan was approved for the implementation of bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation to promote the tourism and sports potential of Uzbekistan through chess at the international level and a plan of tasks for the creation of a 30-35-minute documentary video about chess, its popularization in our country and abroad, as well as the further development of chess.

The film will tell about the amazing history of chess in Uzbekistan, its influence on the development of world chess sport, about the role of the great Uzbek grandmasters in the world chess arena. The history of chess sports has been one and a half thousand years old and to this day a huge number of changes and additions have been made to it. During archaeological excavations carried out in Dalvarzintepe (Surkhandarya) in 1972, chess pieces related to the Kushan period (1-2 centuries) were discovered, and in 1977, during the research carried out in Afrosiab (Samarkand), 7 chess pieces were found, relating to the 7-8 centuries.

From this it can be understood that the history of chess in our country has very deep roots. Our country can be proud of its oldest chess school. For the first time in 1984, Georgiy Agzamov became the 1st international grandmaster of Uzbekistan. In 1992, the men's national team of Uzbekistan took 2nd place at the World Chess Olympiad, and in 1999 won the Asian Championship. In 1998, Ibragim Khamrokulov won the world junior championship. Rustam Kasimjonov became the first Asian champion in 1998 and the 17th world champion in 2004.