touch move rule

hey got a question about the touch move rule.

can my opponent pick up my piece to take it? or should he touch the piece he is going to take with first then take it?

i,m asking because today my opponent picked my knight up and intended to take it   with his rook which means i could of got a check and won a pawn.

so then he realised, thought for a while then took it with his queen.

so my point is am i correct  if it is a touch a move should he touch the piece he is going to take it with? or can he just touch my piece first take then ??

Once your opponent touches your piece, he or she MUST take it.  If they pick up your piece and don't touch the rook, then it is fine for them to take with the queen.  But if they do touch the rook at any time, then the rook must be used.  Probably safer to ask the TD during the tournament.

my opponent clicked on his piece and then didnt move it

thanks guys =)

Just out of curiosity, how did you know he intended to take it with his rook when he didn't touch it?

cause he only had a rook left!

and the queen...well, was cheering in black's dungeon

I'm very confused! Are you talking face-to-face chess here or chess.com chess? I believe what others have said is true about face-to-face, but I didn't think you could know what your opponent is doing in internet chess UNTIL THEY COMPLETE a legal move.

It's interesting how certain rules of chess can be broken and some traditional chess etiquette is being lost through internet chess. People who have come to chess through computers can be a bit shocked in face-to-face when they learn that they can't drag their pieces around to see how they look on new squares before replacing them to play another piece; and are shocked to be told "Touch and move!" On internet chess it's also rather sad that people no longer have the dignity to say "Hello, I'm Jon, have a good game", and stick around on a screen long enough to say - or read - "Good game! Well played!" A bit more humanity is being lost.

As I never see my opponents "trying things out" on my screen board I can only assume kruddy123 is referring to face-to-face chess - please enlighten me if I'm wrong! - , and of course the rule THERE is - If you touch anything on the board - yours or theirs - you have to move it if legally possible. I would add that etiquette says that you don't pick pieces up and wave them around while you decide what square to drop them on, either. Your opponent can't do their own private thinking while pieces are floating before their eyes! Which makes it bad gamesmanship.

On the internet I assume the rule is: you can do whatever you can get away with!