I'd like a little more sportsmanship to be displayed

nope. If someone offers me a rematch I ask them if their feelings are hurt. I also type "loser" everytime I win. I only play bullet. 

Yes I like to play with a mouse on my keyboard. Keep hold of its tail and it won't slip. When the mouse tires, down the hatch.

yes

I've given draws after being asked after an obvious mouseslip(Kf1/Kf8, etc).    

Cats are also good for online chess, no mouse slips any more...

        The cat was there because the game was important and the arbiter was the infamous Topo Gigio 

LOLL

Being English, shouldn't that have been, "Abso... bloody... lutely?"

English?? You should apologize, hurry!

Mr. k.night. is Spanish.

Jed_Leland wrote:

I feel that a mouse slip is like a fingerfehler -- it's part of the game, and there's no reason to offer a draw because of it.

But I don't think there's any reason to call someone crazy because you don't agree with them. Courtesy costs nothing.

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Chess is a board game, and I've literally never had a mouse when playing on a board.

If I slip with the mouse, the mistake is obviously my own, not my opponent's.

So why on earth would he want to accept a draw after I made a mistake ?

Interesting contrast of opinions, I'm following people's standpoint. The point of "how should we know if it really is a mouse slip or a blunder" is pertinent.

I, myself, would consider giving a draw if the opponent moved his king one square less during castling or something. In these situations it is very unlikely that he blundered.

A opponent of mines recently moved his knight where it could be taken, foolishly, he immediately realised his mistake and resigned. If he had said it was a mouse slip and asked for a draw maybe I would have believed him, who knows!

Interesting discussion so far! :D I'm following.

I really dont care.  Have a mouse slip at your own peril & that includes me.  BTW, i have had problems with mouse slips before because of a faulty mouse but i just solve the problem that time by click the piece & the square where i want it to be.  So i will never take a mouse slip excuse...NEVER...but there are exceptions & i dont need to tell you all.  Call me unfair all you want. ;)

There should be a "take back your move button".

Hi, welcome to the internet! I can tell this is your first visit.

"Take back your move button?"
 
I am teaching my 5 yr old daughter to play.

She is doing pretty well, knows how each peice moves, how to put another piece into danger, how to wriggle out of a spot and to protect squares.

Sometimes when she makes a bad move,  I let her take it back, or I will suggest she look for a different move.  But we discuss the options to see why she made an error.

But she is almost 6, and I always remind her if she plays a friend in school, they will NOT allow such latitude! 

In online blitz, handling of the mouse is arguably part of the skillset. That suggests that mouse-fumbles should not be accommodated in any way. I often give the draw if asked, but only if the game is just a few moves in. Once I've invested analysis time, I do not accommodate.

For me, it would seem too much like 'begging' and would embarrass me more than resigning the game would.  (To ask for a draw)  If I were asked for a draw by someone else and the draw would provide me the same or more points I would most likely agree.  But I would be less lkely to play that person again. 

It saves a lot of stress just to go with the flow on here.  I've had people play on in dead drawn blitz games to win on time.  It annoyed me the first time, but it's in the rules even if it is a bit petty.  Mouse slips I win about as many as I lose.  Basically I hit the resign button when things go badly wrong and just kick off a new game.  Who really cares?  In a way people going on about sportsmanship when they make mistakes must be as desperate for the rating points as the people who annoy them.  We're all just woodpushers here.

I love this story and it gives me more respect/admiration for both Alekhine and Euwe !  Ofcourse , I am a cat lover myself and would have done the same . Pets become like family members over the years , be they dogs, cats , or other .....