Blocking certain flags. - Chess Forums

SauceBiggyBBQ

May 13, 2025

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Hi, I'm just trying to have fun here but having to see certain flags displayed next to my opponents' names ruins it. I noticed that Russia and Belarus are banned but for some weird reason, not Israel. Is there an option to manually block or hide specific flags from appearing? Thank you.

Martin_Stahl

May 13, 2025

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SauceBiggyBBQ wrote:

Hi, I'm just trying to have fun here but having to see certain flags displayed next to my opponents' names ruins it. I noticed that Russia and Belarus are banned but for some weird reason, not Israel. Is there an option to manually block or hide specific flags from appearing? Thank you.

No, there's no option like that and unlikely to ever be one

ChessMadam

25 days ago

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#3

Flags should not be banned, banning some and not others are political decisions and Chess.com isn’t supposed to be about politics.

Free-Gaza-Free-Palestine

10 days ago

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#4

edited moderator AndrewSmith

Political comments removed

Fetoxo

10 days ago

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#5

Inb4thelock

Kusanali

10 days ago

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#6

ChessMadam wrote:

Flags should not be banned, banning some and not others are political decisions and Chess.com isn’t supposed to be about politics.

agreed

TitledNotTilted

9 days ago

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#7

Interesting that my comment was deleted when I was actually neutral and suggested banning both or neither?

Rudolphus

8 days ago

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#8

I completely agree with Chess Madam. Banning some flags while allowing others is inherently a political act, and I truly hope Chess.com reconsiders this approach. There’s no country in the world whose flag couldn’t be challenged for some reason or another, so trying to draw a line only creates more division. That said, I would really appreciate it if Chess.com also added the Romani flag as an option—representation matters, and inclusivity should mean more choices, not fewer.