should chess.com show the opening in live chess?

when you play live chess it shows the opening played. the problem with this is that at lower ratings (800-1000) it can influence moves. (i'll explain soon) and at ratings significantly higher than this, it is largely unnecessary.

I play the queens gambit and from starting off at chess.com playing rapid at 800-1000 i didn't see the queens gambit once (now i'm >1300 in rapid) however in blitz (where my rating is significantly lower) people don't take the pawn on c4, despite it being unlikely they know about it. 

actually it's clear they don't know about it because of what they play instead. 99% of the time when they don't take the pawn on c4. they move a knight which isn't the best move; they should know that if they revised it.

i'm fine with them not taking it's just the chess.com opening shower thing is influencing moves and i'm sure it's in the fair play policy that you shouldn't get any help from a third party. it's a shame that chess.com breaks their own fair play policy.

short conclusion: weak players: breaks experience.  strong players: unnecessary.

i love chess.com but this bugs me.

This is a non-issue. 

At the beginner level, knowing the specific opening will influence 0 games played. A simple tactical blunder is going to impact the game 100% of the time.

chess.com is still influencing peoples moves. doesn't matter if it's a non-issue.

and i think it is an issue.

i'm not upset about being more likely to lose i don't care about blitz. it's the result of the game changing based on third party influence. 

If a beginner would do what you wrote above without knowing the name of the opening, then how will knowing the name of the opening change that?? 

After all, it's a gambit, so shouldn't black be keeping the pawn?

(before i comment i know the queens gambit isn't really a gambit but it being called the queens gambit is important.)

beginners know that a gambit is where someone sacs a piece for an advantage. knowing the name of the opening means an opponent wont take the pawn and the result will be decided later while when they don't know the name of the opening they will and try to protect the pawn and if they do that i'll probably win.

chess.com is influencing peoples moves which is changing the results of games.

PS: i'm not 100% sure i understood what your point was but i'm pretty sure i know.

what's your reason or is it the same as mine?

your comment is very vague. who are you saying it to? 

that's my point  it's ridicules and I've directly complained to chess.com  

I don't see the advantage of know what the opening is - especially when there are so many transpositions possible early on. Here's a game recently I played offline:

1 e4 e5 2 Bc4  Bishop's Opening

2 ...Nf6  Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defense

3 d3 Bc5 4 Nc3 Possibly a Bishop's Opening or a Vienna Game

4...d6 5 Nf3 Giuoco Piano (Italian Game)

5...Nc6 Giuoco Pianissimo

I don't think it matters. It hasn't helped me and I don't see how it would help anyone to know what a named line is. It does ease my curiosity during a game, though, and I appreciate it.

i've explained it. words like gambit and trap can influence people when these words are in the opening title.

Having my curiosity eased is a benefit, but it doesn't help my game. I get dis-eased enough by checkmates and flags.

judging by your rating you've never played an opening gambit where the word gambit is in the title of the opening otherwise because I've explained why it matters earlier on in the forum.

is this the place to ask him. message him if you want to know.

There are some lines where the opening name might impact move choices, such as one with Gambit or Poisoned Pawn variation

Last I recall, it wasn't something they were looking at removing.

edited