OK. You are wondering about WHY such a rule. How about explaining why a baseball base runner has to "tag up" and wait for a fly ball to be caught before trying to advance to another base. Or why do they have "offsides" rules in ice hockey and soccer (international football) and perhaps other sports? Some fans of these sports think those rules should be eliminated--perhaps someday they will. I guess my main point is that one should just live with most rules in games. Some rule changes are done for safety; take a look at baseball and especially football. Some changes are done to make spectator friendly games more exciting to the observers. Imagine if there was no touch move rule in tournament Chess. This is simply a good common sense rule which should be promoted even in offhand games.
Well I am not the one wondering about it, I kind of understand and protect the rule. Still why it is there is a valid question, and I can see how it can be a annoying for new players who have problems vizualasing how the board will look after their move. When playing my brother for excample, I have to play a "once you drop the piece it stays" kind of game. Since he have no way of seeing if his piece is attacked on a square before its actualy there. Also he keeps lifting the white bishop to preforme a check, only to discover my king is on a black field. Playing a touch-move game with him would be pointless, and not fun for any of us
hahahahaha. I REFUSE to have the last word. Get Trysts over here. She'll make DAM sure I don't have the last word. hahaha "he puts his mind into it". That's when he HAS a mind, on odd numbered days. I use to put my BACK into these threads but after 2 back operations.