The Chess.com Rename the Bishop Controversy refers to backlash over a joke posted by the chess.com X / Twitter account in mid ...

The Chess.com official X account posted a photo of the bishop piece and captioned the post, “Accepting new name ideas for this piece.” What seemed an innocent joke poll immediately took on an ...

The sheer number of accounts (often boosted by blue checks) taking the post seriously is staggering. The furious replies ...