Chess Dot Com asked for a new name for the Bishop. The reactions were swift and brutal.

Mister Retrops

Mar 17, 2025

It's always amusing when people can't read the temperature of the room, and never more so than the mood that fueled the last election. People are tired of all the woke garbage.

Consider Chess.com's recent blunder by scouting for new names for the Bishop piece:

And it went viral for all the wrong reasons:

To be fair, Chess.com does this sort of thing regularly.

Here they are asking for a new name for the rook:

But the damage was already done, so Chess.com did the only thing one can do when you've triggered internet rage, they poured some gasoline on that fire.

One thing is for sure, the vitriol shows how sick and tired everyone is of all the "destroy the West" nonsense still being pushed out there.

Still, it's worth lowering the temp just a little; there were actually some funny suggestions in the pot that you'll miss if all you're see is red:

Bishop 2: The Reckoning! 😂


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