Chess.com needs to not show this.

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Avatar of lildasx

In the part of the game screen under what moves have been played it tells you what opening was played. I generally like that, but in this position it tells my opponents that it is the lasker trap, so they seem to know not to take the bishop. 

I want chess.com to not show this. It is pretty stupid.

Avatar of Sammy_Thechessboy

To be honest, almost everyone should know not to take the bishop even when they don't look at the opening. The Lasker trap is easy to spot.

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I agree with you lildasx, at least in live chess they shouldn't tell which opening is played.

Avatar of XOsportyspiceXO

If you play on your phone then it doesnt show you the names of openings, i just started playing on the computer an noticed this. But it also doesnt say "lasker trap, play nf3 instead on e3" lol they still need to know what to do.

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Sammy_Thechessboy wrote:

To be honest, almost everyone should know not to take the bishop even when they don't look at the opening. The Lasker trap is easy to spot.

true, but there are still some people who would fall for it otherwise.

Avatar of DasBurner

same thing with "poisoned pawn variation". the gm's who came up with those variations couldn't have thought of a better name?

Avatar of PerpetualPatzer123

It is stupid. OTB this wouldn’t happen.

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DaBabysSideTing wrote:

same thing with "poisoned pawn variation". the gm's who came up with those variations couldn't have thought of a better name?

What about “free pawn” variation lol?

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AunTheKnight wrote:

It is stupid. OTB this wouldn’t happen.

are you saying this forum is stupid or the feature is stupid?

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lildasx wrote:
AunTheKnight wrote:

It is stupid. OTB this wouldn’t happen.

are you saying this forum is stupid or the feature is stupid?

Feature. How would that refer to the forum?

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To be fair this trap is easy to spot and also very similar to a bunch of other traps like ICBM and Eric Rosen’s trap. A lot of people are familiar with this motif. Generally also people don’t read the opening names super carefully at each move (at least I don’t).
Avatar of ELVITOTO

Easy or not, openings name only have to be shown when analyzing.

Avatar of ThrillerFan

Anyone with half a brain should know 4.e3?? Is a blunder.

While the main line may be 4.Nf3 and to fianchetto the Bishop, the strongest move is the little-kniwn 4.a3 followed only then by 5.e3! With a clear advantage for White!

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Can someone enlighten me as to why e3 is an attractive move in the first place? Even without the trap I don’t understand why it would be an obvious or instinctive move.
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SophusAndreas wrote:
Can someone enlighten me as to why e3 is an attractive move in the first place? Even without the trap I don’t understand why it would be an obvious or instinctive move.

You want to undermine the e4 pawn that is restricting your development. But in this case is a blunder. 

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What's the big advantage of playing 4.a3 5.e3 (us maybe less than half brains wanna know)?

5 moves and not a piece developed.

I was looking at Vanished Center pawn structures just before reading this and now I need to add another to my list.

How often does a 2000+ rated player see this when not playing blitz/bullet?

Edit: It was on the list, but not as an established (often played) line. Is there one?

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This would be a great suggestion. I am a relatively committed Albin player, and I have pulled this trap once in a USCF rated OTB tournament in addition to countless times online. Although yes, good players in general know that e3 is bad (the higher you go the more improbable it becomes) not all white players understand this opening. For these opponents, it gives white an unfair advantage. In fact, I might write to chess.com about this, since it definitely can affect my games.

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KMWS wrote:

If you play on your phone then it doesnt show you the names of openings, i just started playing on the computer an noticed this. But it also doesnt say "lasker trap, play nf3 instead on e3" lol they still need to know what to do.

It does seem unfair to offer in-game information to some players but not others... I play with both app and computer, but I understand that many people only use the app.

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Como disseram aí, no celular não mostra o nome da abertura.

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aanval22 wrote:

This would be a great suggestion. I am a relatively committed Albin player, and I have pulled this trap once in a USCF rated OTB tournament in addition to countless times online. Although yes, good players in general know that e3 is bad (the higher you go the more improbable it becomes) not all white players understand this opening. For these opponents, it gives white an unfair advantage. In fact, I might write to chess.com about this, since it definitely can affect my games.

i like seeing what lines are being played, helps for research and improvement, they can just remove words like "trap"  then if they want.