Do you offer or accept a draw when your opponent has a mouse slip and gives you a free peice ?

Sometimes I offered, sometimes I did not. Depends on the mood, position, game status (friendly, regular, tournament etc). In general, my opinion is that my mouse issues or possible Parkinson is not my opponent's problem so I cant count on their draw offer

Of course My health issues or mouse slip mistake is not my opponent's problem, but basic human decency requires us to do the right thing and show sportsman spirit. it's just like if someone is involved in an accident and is lying down and we happen to pass by, we don't think the other person's accident is not my problem and walk on, we do our best to help him, because we know if we were to be involved in such an accident we would want someone to help us , in the same manner the mouse slip could happen to anyone and most people would not want to lose that way and would at least expect a draw.

Nice post, I fully understand such situations. In this game you were winning, so draw offer makes sense and in a losing position the opponent could have been sportive enough to accept it.

If you may recall, in one of our own games there was a mouse slip by you. But that was right out of the opening and we accepted the draw in 5 moves, you didn't ask for it either. Finally what you want is a good fighting game and not bonus points.

Yeah I do remember the good sportsman spirit shown by you , kudos to you bro. likewise I myself have offered a draw to many of my opponents, even without waiting for them to ask for a draw or explain it was a mouse slip.

To quote The current world champion Gukesh , " I want to be a good chess player, but more than that I want to be a Good person ", that's the essence of it all, do you just want to blindly collect rating points and win matches at all cost or when the situation calls for it , you rise above "winning anyhow " mentality and show basic human decency and sportsmanship.

So in the game posted above , I had a mouse slip (recently my hands have started shaking a lot , maybe i have parkinsons early stages, my dad has it too) and gave my queen for free, I was totally winning the game with a full rook up and my oponents king out in open , stripped off pawns, ( a bit weak), then the mouse slip happened , i wanted to first check the king and then pick up his rook with my knight, but unfortunately instead of the checking square i dropped the queen 1 square before and ended up losing it, at that point i offered my opponent a draw, he refused it....i always offer draw in such situations, even without my opponent asking for it, your thoughts ? do u think it's poor sportsmanship to not offer or accept a draw when ur opponent has made an obvious mouse slip? Btw, you can check out the game from my game history too, its a recent game between me, tal01vs SNUSKTANT ( SWEDEN), BLITZ 3/2, PLAYED TODAY.

Most of the time I will. Especially when it is obvious.