How should we react when the opponent offers a draw after making a mouseslip?

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I completely understand how frustrating it can be when we make a mouseslip in online chess games, and it’s not wrong at all to offer a draw to the opponent. But I hope you all understand that nobody has ever accepted my draw offer when i mouseslipped. And that makes me feel unfairly treated, making me feel really uncomfortable to accept a draw request when the opponent makes a mouseslip.

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Same

My draw offers are never accepted

So I don't accept too

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Depends. If my opponent was losing before the mouse slip, I would decline. Drawn position 50/50, but if my opponent had an advantage before I would take a draw

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GeckoSoloYT wrote:

Depends. If my opponent was losing before the mouse slip, I would decline. Drawn position 50/50, but if my opponent had an advantage before I would take a draw

This seems fair.

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im never giving the draw

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Send them this.

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I completely understand how frustrating it can be when we make a mouseslip in online chess games, and it’s not wrong at all to offer a draw to the opponent. But I hope you all understand that nobody has ever accepted my draw offer when i mouseslipped. And that makes me feel unfairly treated, making me feel really uncomfortable to accept a draw request when the opponent makes a mouseslip.

I used to accept the draw, but it didn’t feel great that others wouldn’t offer it to me. I stopped accepting draw offers when they mouseslip in rated games, but unrated I’ll usually let them undo it.

In rated games, I’ll sometimes offer a rematch. Give them a chance to redeem themselves, or I may even type about the mouseslip and how it happens to us all. I’ll only type if in the mood for it though. Usually people don’t like mid-game chatting anyway.

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Chuckle and make your move.

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Feel bad, decline the draw, and say your sorry.

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Destroy them with the certain advantage on your side?
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Accepting a draw is sporting but most won't. I think we accept mouseslips as a certain amount of "breakage". You gain some rating when your opponent mouseslips, you lose some when you mouseslip. It should balance out. Hopefully this is rare.

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I just say:

"I miss the part where that's my problem...."

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I generally sort of act as I feel at the time. I certainly would not accept were I well ahead, and if I were well behind before, I might accept, but otherwise, I could do one, both or none of these, or some other choice if any is availble.

The Mouseslip is always a little painful, and sometimes extremely so.

For both sides.

Never a source of merriment.