Mouse behavior - is it just me

I'm seeing something happen again and again.  I'm playing a game in Live Chess.  I think about moving a piece, so I click on it, drag it to a square, hover, and, moments later, I hear a click and the piece drops.  My finger is still on the mouse button.  I haven't released it.

Is this a bug or a feature?  Is it the online equivalent of a "touch move rule", or is there some quirky behavior of my mouse and/or laptop?

Ok.  That was my first guess, or that I had accidentally hit the laptop touchpad, but after experimenting a bit, I wanted to make sure it wasn't doing something on purpose before I tried more drastic measures, like replacing the mouse.

I play blitz, and I frequently pre-move.  What I was finding was that I would hover over a square, andticipating one move and ready with a response.  If it didn't happen, I would drag away from the square, and suddenly I would hear the click and my piece would be where I did not want it,.  I lost a lot of queens that way.  I'm sure my opponents did a double take sometimes.  I'm a bad player, but not that bad.

I have had exactly the same problem. I Left click on the piece and am about to drag and the computer clicks and the piece stays put.

Opponents move.

I've just lost a move and inevitably the game

Definitely the mouse. It happens. I know of one dedicated speed chess player who tilted 200 points in bullet to misclicks that they didn't click - only to find a random hair got caught between the mouse sensor and the mouse pad. 

So...yeah. This is obviously an online chess issue that OTB doesn't have to deal with. In an OTB game, I want to tell my opponent I mis-clicked after a blunder lol.

Everybody's insisting that it's your mouse.

Is it wireless? If so, it just might be a problem with your Bluetooth. Before you go replacing the little fella, try connecting it to a different device and see if the issue persists. Also, if it's one of those with a universal transceiver, try using a different one. For all we know it could be a faulty driver.

No I am having same problem.  It's like I pick up the piece, and then the computer decides where to place it. Like a ghost that reads my mind.  But it's usually correct

Sounds a little troublesome.

You could always tap the piece rather than pick it up. Tap source and tap destination.

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