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That part makes the comment even better, IMO. It paints the speaker as someone ignorant enough not only to go after the black/white convention in chess but also as not knowing the origins or details of the issue at hand(which is usually the case when people are virtue signalling).

That's a bit of a misconception. Modern chess is European. Shatranj was a much less dynamic and interesting game.

Well, it seems it was culturally appropriated by Europeans.