Since when Isle of Man, Canary Islands, Catalonia, etc. are countries? What the heck is that, chess.com staff? Then, why not the option for players of choosing the Texas or the Corsica flags too, for instance? (And make no mistake, guys: I'm a Catalan myself.)
This has been answered repeatedly in the forum.
Chess.com decided to do it that way a long time ago.
Search the forum.
https://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=catalonia
There are many old posts which explain it. 10 years ago, CEO Erik explained:
we aren't an official repository for defining countries or nations.
we allow people to choose their identity and offer as many options as reasonable. sometimes this causes problems when there are disputed countries. but we aren't picking sides - we're a chess site trying to make people happy. we encourage people to resolve their differences in the appropriate political venues, not on our site.
enjoy!
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/countries-and-profile?page=2
/ They didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
Since when Isle of Man, Canary Islands, Catalonia, etc. are countries? What the heck is that, chess.com staff? Then, why not the option for players of choosing the Texas or the Corsica flags too, for instance? (And make no mistake, guys: I'm a Catalan myself.)