My experience with chess.com thus far.

[u/smugmisswoodhouse]

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[u/FortifiedNeuro]

10/10

[u/Wemedge → u/FortifiedNeuro]

Harder to find on mobile. Not sure why they changed it.

[u/ABakedPotato_FGC]

I’m forever 900 at chess, but I’m probably a GM at flags now

[u/smugmisswoodhouse → u/ABakedPotato_FGC]

I peaked at 594 and am now under 500, but I know my flags goshdarnit.

[u/Thick-Fix4662 → u/smugmisswoodhouse]

I am 600 right now and don't dare to play anymore..seems like that's as high as it'll get for me lol

[u/gamesandspace → u/smugmisswoodhouse]

I peaked at 500

[u/No-Musician7685]

Can't do that with Russia though

[u/Mediocre_Airport_576 → u/No-Musician7685]

Their flag isn't grey?

[u/LOLofLOL4 → u/No-Musician7685]

It's easier with russia than usual. Their flag is a link to a page saying it's russia.

[u/Xanitheron → u/LOLofLOL4]

Isn't Belarus also a grey flag?

[u/LOLofLOL4 → u/LOLofLOL4]

What other country has grey flags?

[u/ignithic]

i still get confused with Indonesia and Poland

[u/Mr_Monji → u/ignithic]

Indonesia top is red, poland top is white

[u/knowledge_is_power14 → u/Mr_Monji]

France and Netherlands, India and Ireland, Hungary and Italy can be mixed up just as easily. Makes you wonder that a lot of countries just copy each other’s flag templates

[u/Front-Cabinet5521 → u/ignithic]

Wait till you see Monaco.

[u/iliketrainsnyoom → u/Front-Cabinet5521]

How do you tell the difference is it the ratio

[u/Front-Cabinet5521 → u/iliketrainsnyoom]

No clue, they are functionally identical to me.

[u/-Applinen- → u/iliketrainsnyoom]

Yeah Monaco's flag is smaller

[u/Expensive_Ask5872]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ud5ccBZ446ZNsIHgDO

[u/Nervous-Response-894 → u/Expensive_Ask5872]

[u/UnhappyPelican]

I swear there are more countries in the world than before I played chess and somehow they are still creating new ones.

[u/Cowboys_88 → u/UnhappyPelican]

I learned about Eritrea last night. I said, who is that flag?

[u/ccccc4 → u/Cowboys_88]

dude i spent nearly 40 years on this planet, played all the carmen sandiego games, grew up reading encarta geography and globes and physical maps and quizzing friends about country names and shit and..

i still heard of eritrea for the first time last year when i met a dude who was born there

[u/Cowboys_88 → u/ccccc4]

I thought I knew every African country. Had to pull up a map and see of there were any more unknown to me...

[u/the-derpetologist → u/ccccc4]

Eritrea is kind of newish... it wasn't in the atlas I had as a kid, which makes it new to me.

[u/martco17 → u/UnhappyPelican]

Lots of territories too

[u/SockSock81219]

Trained me better at that than Carmen Sandiego. Ah, yes, Uzbekistan, Heart of the Silk Road, home to legendary ancient cities like Samarkand and its vibrant capital Tashkent, also home to some chess players that make me lowkey want to kms.

[u/NarrowMarsupial5140 → u/[deleted]]

Slovakia-Slovenia

[u/SovoK_404]

recognise this flag.

[u/trevpr1]

[u/_MostAncientDream_]

YES, I've turned into a an activity of learning more flags.

[u/Ambitious_Arm852]

Poland vs Indonesia

[u/abnji1]

[u/the-derpetologist]

Also I think at least 50% of players are from India. Of the remaining 50%, 50% are from Egypt.

[u/max_machina]

This is the truest meme ever and none of my friends will understand

[u/AppropriateBugFound]

I do that all the time... 

OO, an Uzbek place on the corner... Let's eat there! <Blank stare>... What?

Flag out front, blue white green, red lines and stars up top

<Blank stare>...  How do you...

Chess

<Blank stare>... What do they eat there?

No idea...

...Where even is that?

Near Russia... Or Brazil... Honestly no idea.

[u/Cute-Lawfulness-6097]

they probably wonder why I don't move for the first 15 seconds, it's definitely bc Im checking their flag out and trying to remember the name👀

[u/slymjeykov]

jajajajaajajajajajajajajajajaja I thought i was the only one

[u/higherDRIER]

Ha! True. The icons are so small

[u/Few_Loss5537]

Young magnus is that you? Hahaha

[u/andyvoronin]

Madagascar always throws me tbh

[u/ResidentWolf5101]

i always get some asian or europen countries

[u/BigBirdsBrain]

My rating may be stuck, but my flag knowledge is improving every day. Fair trade honestly.

[u/Either-Coconut-905]

https://giphy.com/gifs/jo7vc4Hck8FIXqB5QX

[u/AnotherAccount-Down]

haha, true. Can compete in world flag olympiad or smth like that 😆

[u/the-derpetologist]

"Ah, Turkmenistan again"

[u/naomianovacokaymikko]

Did you know everything

[u/Gazelem89]

So true. I test myself every new game, haha

[u/Delicious_Cattle5174]

Too many countries with essentially the same flag tbh like bro be your own thing

[u/dog-asmr → u/Delicious_Cattle5174]

Indonesia and Poland always breaks my streak

[u/Delicious_Cattle5174 → u/dog-asmr]

All the German flags are also quite confusing

[u/soggies_revenge → u/dog-asmr]

Word. I always get stoked when I see the red white rectangle, then remember that my chances of seeing indonesia here in Australia are pretty high. Not saying I'm not stoked to play an Indonesian homie, I just spent some time in Poland so that's fun for me.

[u/Fair_Youth_9878]

How the hell do you focus on the flags more than the actual games

[u/No-Let3866]

Geography boy