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Mouse Slip - how to react?
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Mouse slips have never been a problem for me ! Meh ✌️😹
I play ona touchpad and I don't know how it happens but I mean to put a queen on one square but it slips n I put my queen literally in front of a pawn to be taken it's not about me trying to move fast to save time and ur principle that says that's y it happened is completely erroneous
A few games ago, I dropped my queen right in front of a piece instead of capturing it. I chatted "mouse slip" and asked for a draw. He declined. Since it was a game changing error I resigned a few moves later. I'm trying to get in the habit of click/click to move my piece instead of click/drag.
Dec 13, 2021
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#127
I mouse slipped my Bishop to 2: b5 in the London earlier today. I might play with it a little as, so far so good.
If my opponent clearly mouseslips, such as when my opponent's rook comes one step short of capturing my rook where it can just be taken for free, I usually decline the mouseslip by playing a random move. Otherwise, I usually just wait for a few seconds to see if my opponent offers a draw/types "Mouseslip" in the chat. If this doesn't happen, I accept the piece as my opponent probably just hung a piece
Of course, this could backfire: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/livechess/what-should-i-do-when-my-opponent-mouseslips
There could be cases where opponents genuinely blunder a tactic but say "mOuSeSlIp" in the chat. In these cases, the winning move should be played without second thought.
Dec 14, 2021
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#129
Do pilots get a second chance if they make a joystick error and crash the plane? Just be careful with the mouse.
a mouse slip can sometimes be god
a_total_dork wrote:
Do pilots get a second chance if they make a joystick error and crash the plane? Just be careful with the mouse.
the more careful you are, the more chance you will mouse slip
Dec 14, 2021
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#132
Well, then be less careful with the mouse then!!!! Jeez what is the IQ of people around here????
a_total_dork wrote:
Well, then be less careful with the mouse then!!!! Jeez what is the IQ of people around here????
chill, it's a joke
take it easy
Dec 20, 2021
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#134
If it's blitz I'll usually play on. Rapid I'll desperately offer a draw, but probably just resign.
Jul 17, 2022
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#135
This is quite funny. This just happened to me for the first time and I was furious with my opponent's lack of etiquette for not offering nor accepting a draw! Had no idea the etiquette was apparently I should just accept it and move on...
I think if it's 100% obvious (as in my case - the Bishop didn't move to block attack on Queen) the opponent should have the good grace to accept, or rather, offer a draw. I think that's fair given its clearly a tech issue rather than something you would have done over the board.
In my case, the opponent turned down the draw and I asked in the chat if they were happy to take the points from an obvious slip, and if so I'd resign. Rather than being honest enough to just say so, they left me hanging.
Again I considered this bad etiquette and reported them, although it now appears the prevailing etiquette is that I am showing poor form and should just have played on!
Jul 17, 2022
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#136
When your mouse slips you can either coddle it and kiss the booboo away, or you could wait for it to get up, dust it off and carry on. Don't spoil you mouse, teach it real life skills.
Jul 17, 2022
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#137
Proper mouse-management is part of the game. If you make a daft move because of a mouse slip it's your fault.
Jul 17, 2022
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#138
I’m trying to do better in this area - I play on a tablet so I refer to it as the dreaded “finger slip.” I see that I have much less restraint as the other commentators here. I’m definitely NOT endorsing what I do but a creatively stringed together collection of expletives uttered between clenched teeth 😬is generally how I react. 🤬🤬🤬
Jul 17, 2022
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#139
And it NEVER even occurred to me to ask for a draw if I DO slip! Us♟ players are generally NOT warm, cuddly or particularly generous individuals when it comes to our beloved points.
Jul 17, 2022
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#140
Optimissed wrote:
You reported them for not answering you in chat? You're barmy!
You were harrassing your opponent.
In speed chess, mouse slips happen because a player is trying to move fast. They aren't taking care and are trying to save time. Speed chess is very much against the clock. You can be careful and play slower or play faster and win more on time. That's your choice and you obviously have to accept losses cause by trying to play too fast.
Also, if players accepted draws then that would be taken advantage of and everyone would be claiming a mouse slip if they made a bad move. I don't play bullet because it isn't chess. It's just a competition in moving faster than your opponent. Imagine if someone claimed a mouse slip in bullet. Compounded insanity.
I was playing on my phone. Not so much a case of trying to move fast as an accidental brush along the line.
I agree re people shouldn't be taken advantage of when someone has made a bad move but I think in the case I mentioned, i.e. checking someone with the Queen and then if they subsequently block with a Bishop and your Bishop then lands up short on the line - on the very next move - it's pretty obvious that wasn't your intention and not what you would have done over the board. My view of human etiquette in that position is obviously different from the prevailing chess community view.
My reporting was more around the stalling aspect more than anything else. I was very clear I would resign, so I don't really see that as harassment, but subsequently just leaving me hanging I consider bad form. Again I appreciate this is just my personally ethical view rather than what would seem to be the prevailing chess attitude...
Resign and cry in a corner (if you do it)