Accidentally dropping a piece on the wrong square and missed win

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snoozyman

Terrible feeling

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💩 happens
eric0022

Plot twist: The "accidental dropping a piece on the wrong square" turns out to the the best move (better than the planned move).

anya9299

Is there any way to correct it if you drop piece on wrong square by mistake?

 

Caesar49bc

It happens. But statistically speaking, it sort of averages out, so you opponents are doing that about as much as yourself.

blueemu
eric0022 wrote:

Plot twist: The "accidental dropping a piece on the wrong square" turns out to the the best move (better than the planned move).

In a critical over-the-board Tournament game (last round, must-win situation) I blundered away one of the Pawns in front of my castled King. Just totally overlooked that my opponent could take it.

It turned out to be an awesome Pawn sacrifice. I won.

ScottCarn
If a player make a obvious mistake like a mouse drop I will offer a draw and hopefully a rematch
anya9299

Eureka!  Just found if you click on the piece you want to move and then just click on the square you want to move it too, you won't have to worry about dragging and dropping the piece on the wrong square by mistake! 

Shoveller762
I tried winning a free bishop with my queen, once, slipped and put her en prise.
Oops!
Then I realised it was an epic sac, and checkmate in 3!
eric0022

Well, you could even have situations like this...

 

 

Slip it to win it. You could win a piece! (There's a mate coming as well!)