i moused slipped in a winning position
Mouse Slip - how to react?
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Jun 9, 2024
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#183
Attempting to play the Dutch a week or two ago, I mouse slipped and played 1…f6. To make the best of it, I then played 2…Kf7 and worked my king around to d8 via the sixth rank after transferring the queen to e8.
I was losing until my opponent walked into a mate in one. I could hear him cursing although half a world away.
Hardboiledeggs wrote:
My question to the greater chess community is, what is the proper etiquette if your opponent has a "mouse slip". I recently played a game where my opponent made a bad move and claimed he had a mouse slip. I would have let it pass but he accused me of taking advantage of him. I considered his behavior petty and ungentlemanly but it begged a bigger question. What is the proper thing to do? There must be a rule in regular chess if a player drops his piece, etc.
Yours truely, Hardboiledeggs
At any level, if you touch one of your own pieces, you must move it. I believe the same applies to a mouse slip. If the guy's mouse slips, it's his own bad coordination that is to blame. My mouse is pretty bad itself, so don't think I'm a blame everybody but myself kinda guy.
If I had a mouse slip, don't be surprised if y'all see a PC go flying out the window of a 9 story building.
Oct 30, 2024
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#186
if someone says in chat " fckk mouse slip sry " i just send the green sick face emote lol .
When I mouselip I just say it in the chat so they don't think I'm dumb but I don't ask for a draw lol
Mar 10, 2025
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#188
I have a disability that effects my hands and fingers - which means I'm always mouse slipping - is it therefore my fault when my coordination fails me?
I don't know
Mar 10, 2025
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#191
I had a bad mouse slip in a game, blundering my queen. It was CLEARLY a mouse slip. I asked him for a draw. If he had immediately refused it, I wouldn't have been offended, but he took a long time before deciding, which came across as petty (it's tough to put the situation into words, you had to be there to understand it). It felt really offensive in the moment--which it probably wasn't--but I understand it now. I would probably have done the same thing.
I feel like I am almost obligated*** to tell my opponent about my mouse-slips during the game or straight after (via the chess.com email/message system).
Because if I don't, I get too many messages that are like "...wtf, you were winning, how did you mess that up...".
***: Except in a tournament, as my opponent usually doesn't have time to query me, before the next round (at least, IMO).
Note: I have a condition that causes me to have shaky hands / spasms (especially when too anxious or excited).
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A bit off topic to this thread, but the reason I am here is because I searched, "svidler's mouse slip" , as I had never heard of that opening^^^ before (I am fairly easily distracted, so I kept scrolling down the search results, and found this thread).
^^^: Either myself, or my opponent did this during a recent game.