Have you had a mouse-slip decide your game?

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PatientMineField

A general question for everyone and a story to go along with it.

I bought this gaming mouse a few months ago, and it seems the sensitivity of it can be random. Sometimes it drags, but a lot of the times it is very sensitive. Today it was fluctuating and in my last game, I believe I had 2-3 mouse slips. One was a knight move I was thinking of making anyways, but the last one was a critical moment in the game. My opponent took forever on his move thinking of a way to stop my pawn promotion, and I was calculating 3 variations of moves he could make, all of them ended with me either making a queen or being up around a rook/piece, so I was pretty confident I had it. I clicked the pawn and the move I wanted/needed was fxe7, and the pawn moved forward. F7. My opponent took my piece and now had the new queening square guarded by two pieces. I knew there was nothing else I could do. I sent a message in the chat, but simply resigned. 

Feels pretty devastating having a mouse-slip control the outcome of a game. From winning to losing. First time something like this has happened in around 850 games or something with online chess. 

Has this happened to you? And can I get some F's in the chat. 

Huttermandan

Sorry man. I have had two games in the bag that I lost from mouse-slips.

MyNameIsNotBuddy

I've never had a mouse-slip, but I have clicked the wrong square when playing on my phone.

Marcyful
MyNameIsNotBuddy wrote:

I've never had a mouse-slip, but I have clicked the wrong square when playing on my phone.

Kind of the opposite for me. Never really had very bad misclicks on my phone. But on my laptop... eh...

1c6O-1

Lot's of times

ninjaswat

Many times in bullet.

Kinngis

I moved my king one step to the right instead of a castling. That kind of ruined getting the king to safety in that game

TheSteelman

Happened a few times to me.

Andrewtopia

In rapid, I had a guy mouse-slip and not finish the queen trade. That being said, I had a decisive positional edge in that game.

Terminator-T800

Iv'e had it happen to me a few time so far. I just try & take the anger out on my next victim bullet.png

PatientMineField

There are a few chess moments that are already burned into memory, some good, some bad. That terrible little pawn moving forward instead of killing his opponent...F7...I will remember for at least a while. Stay strong my brothers.

HumanBeing314

me 2. i once blundered a Q by accidentally clicking d1 and my 555 rating opponent did nothing about it!!! ROFL ROFL

 

 

HNHNHNHNHNHNHN

Someone was rushing me to finish my game and I was winning with 2 pawns promoting on the next move, my opponent put his king in front of my king to try and mate with his rook, obviously I saw that but I slid my rook 1 square over to the only square to save the game and I resigned immediately after

jpaul_lyons

It happens to me so much that I think my fingers and mouse are conspiring against me. But I suck at blitz anyways, so I don't take it as serious chess. 

vamsim7

I've never had a mouse slip as I use a trackpad to play chess. I just feel like it's more convenient.

Woollensock2
I’ve never had a problem with mouse-slip , it’s never gonna be a problem for me cos I know how to deal with it ! ✌️😾
ShamusMcFlannigan

Trakpad slips.  Worst one on the black side of a Scotch... or was it a brilliant queen sac!

 

pandacap

i find i lose time and games when the mouse starts getting wobbly will not move properly. this can happen during a move. and the piece drops immediately. i always immediately resign.

Fr3nchToastCrunch

My mouse can be a little janky if I don't replace the batteries often enough, so sometimes it will randomly let go of a piece when I'm trying to drag it, which is why I don't drag. I've had a few mouse slips before, but usually it only results in me moving my king instead of castling. In fact, I'm much more prone to "finger slips" when I play on mobile, because my fat fingers sometimes have trouble pressing the right square.

I think I had one game where I mouse-slipped and accidentally played a brilliant move with my knight, but that could just be my imagination. I don't know at this point. I do know that I've had a few games where I won because my opponent slipped at the worst possible time, but I don't really remember any off the top of my head.

hapless_fool
Yup.