7th Global Chess Festival Highlighting Power of the Game Underway The Global Chess Festival founded and organized by chess legend Judit Polgár, will be held for the seventh time on October 9, 2021. This year, the festival sponsored by Morgan Stanley, is set out to be a hybrid event: visitors will be able to join the wide variety of large-scale programs in Budapest or even online from their homes. The mission of Judit Polgár’s Global Chess Festival is to promote the 1,000 faces of chess all around the world, share the beauty of chess with 5 million people by 2025, and to connect and enjoy chess-related activities on the day of the festival.