What's wrong with this picture?!

Best post ever.  Sorry,  had to emphasize 

Good luck with that! 

magnus and anish look wierd as always

"What's wrong with this picture?!"  

Not a damn thing.

Cool pictures!

Well, it looks like at least this year the US players didn't forget about the flag. 🇺🇸

Unfortunately for them they came in second so probably no mention in the media.

And by the way, I don't consider myself to be a such a big American Patriot of sorts. I wasn't even born in the country but I have seen some profound disrespect to the country (which is one of the best places to live) by those who were born here. That includes a disrespect towards the flag, which I always found bizzare. I hope that what happened to the US team two years ago was an honest mistake (embarrassing however it was) and that the US players proudly display the flag of the country moving forward. Even if the whole thing is not too big of a deal for some people, it's an international, and, I must add, a common sense tradition to display the flag of the country that you represent and I hope that this will stay as the normal, healthy display of national pride. I guess that's all I have to say about the matter. Cheers! ☺️

It's probably difficult to say "always". Usually national pride is healthy. When people compete in chess tournaments as a national team, or maybe even individually, it's healthy to have pride in what they are doing. Everyone likes to root for the home team. It's good for competition, it makes people play better or at least try harder. It gives chess players, and probably other people, a sense of purpose. It gives them something to play for that's greater than themselves. When a chess players plays on a national  team he represents his country. He wants to say he is better, his team is better, and his country is better. Better is better. Plus it teaches that life isn't about participation awards and you have to actually win to be better.

Probably not too many people have died of the Spanish flu and bubonic plaque playing in national or international chess tournaments. Competitions are not for everyone. Some people just dont like competition and the (national) pride that comes with them. I think the comment Spirit made was about a chess tournament, and the usual pride that comes with representing a country, team, and flag. Lets try to not get too far off topic.

At the Zurich International Tournament 1959 the individual players all played with a little national flag on the table. Most europeans do not get pride in the flag especially with americans.

There's nothing wrong with the picture. You don't have to wave a flag around all the time. You love your country - we get it. Btw why is this in the Chess Players forum. It's nothing to to with players. It's about flag waving.

Yeah, I think the American players did good to display respect for the country's flag this time around. Perhaps that was just an honest mistake back in 2016. It did look kind of ridiculous, and the good thing was that they were holding the trophy, but it does seem that it was not as a result of some sort of stupid protest, disrespect, or disregard. And good for them. I hope that the Team USA will win the Gold Medal again and proudly displays the US flag at the center stage. It is good to effort of popularizing chess in the US.

And popularizing chess in the US is good for the game itself. That's my long-term thinking on the issues. For chess to be a respected sport, its popularity will need to grow in the US. That's because the US has all the money in the World and that can help to make chess a well-paid profession as well. It's good to see that the Chinese players are doing well too and since China is becoming a wealthier nation, they can pour more money into the game too. That's the endgame. Events like these are, in my mind, a means to an end. Hopefully my elaboration was not too long.