Magnus mouse-slipped against Hikaru : https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/magnus-blunders-his-queen-in-a-match-against-hikaru
Mouse Slip - how to react?
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Sep 17, 2023
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#163
Bleu84 wrote:
I play on, obviously resign if the situation turns out to be bad. As an opponent I feel understandable and say that's happened to me as well (I recall moving king one step when planning to castle)
I too play on and was winning in a game but mouse slipped and lost
Sep 18, 2023
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#164
ive had many mouse slips let it go and move on to the next game. not your fault that your opponent was careless lol
Sep 18, 2023
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#165
Mouse slips can occur for many reasons, including software conflicts. Because of the difference between how pieces are moved online and OTB, if my opponent makes an obvious mouse slip, I will ask him if that was indeed the case and offer a draw. The only time I don't do this is when my opponent has already made it clear that he is a jerk.
I do it. And today the touch screen froze when I had a mate in 1. It's only 5 mins blitz and it has no importance.
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
There's no "proper etiquette". Do what you want. I resign if the mouse slip costs me significantly and play on if it doesn't cost me. I recently had a mouse slip in a game that I chose to play on in and won.
hey chess.com i made a mouse slip i was completely winning i dirty flagged though in a 3 minute blitz game i was up a knight and 2 pawns and i mouseliped and they took my queen for a pawn i won the game though
Mar 21, 2024
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#169
A few weeks ago, I mouse slipped in this position. Worse than the mouse slip is that my opponent failed to find the mate in three and drove my king to the a-file before finding mate. I intended Rxg1, but instead played Rg2+.
White to move
slammoco wrote:
I guess I'm just different, starting with who the frick cares if it's an old thread? why does that ever bother people - is it THAT important that you tell everyone that you were "there first"? Were you born first and so why do I care?
There are at least 20 reasons why my mouse might slip. Sometimes it happens right when I'm in a far superior position. I don't make excuses BUT I think it's very important to let my opponent have the information in order to do what they think is right. In almost every case the opponent thinks it right to just ignore it. I have no problem with that. However, there are a great many games when I'd really like to know what happened. If I'm getting destroyed and my opponent does exactly what someone here described: moved the rook to a spot one square short when it's obvious they meant to take a piece ... no way to I continue. I'll draw or just resign if they don't say anything.
Again, so many ways a mouse slip can occur that is completely unrelated to touch move, etiquette, or any of the other "gentlemanly rules" that don't involve electronic equipment.
hey uh don't resign when they mouse slip it's only detrimental to you if they don't say nothing so be it
Mar 21, 2024
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#171
The best reaction is obviously to trash the keyboard, rage quit and watch funny cat videos instead. Try it. It works every time.
Mar 21, 2024
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#173
Eigenartigkeit wrote:
The best reaction is obviously to trash the keyboard, rage quit and watch funny cat videos instead. Try it. It works every time.
I buy keyboards in bulk for this very reason.
Mar 21, 2024
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#174
i just ask my opponent for draw or smth and if they mouseslip in an equal position i just draw
Mar 22, 2024
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#176
Take his Queen.
Chess is not intended as a test of manual dexterity and coordination.
Sometimes I mouseslip and the mouseslip was actually better than what I had in mind... accidental brilliance sometimes lol
May 26, 2024
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#180
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.
Ask Magnus.