Touching A Chess Peice
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Touch a piece take a pice. Unless it was an illegal move it is part of the rules.
Of course if you really wanna follow rules you should also be using a clock
DesterRobin wrote:
I was playing chess with my brother when I touched my queen. I had to move it so I moved it forward and kept on holding the piece. I did not move onto the tile or his horse. My brother was super fast to react and immediately took it away when I was still holding the queen. I am unclear if I can still move my queen back? This was for fun but we do like to follow the rules.
Casual games are different than tournament games. In a tournament, you would be compelled to take the knight.
However, in a casual game, as long as you didn't take your finger off the queen, you should be able to change your mind and move a different piece.
Takebacks are sometimes allowed in casual games, and suggestions such as "are you sure you want to do that?" are allowable when one side is teaching the other side to play.
Eventually, as you get more serious, you can agree before-hand if takebacks and such will be allowed. As you get better, you will start looking around more carefully before you move, so that they won't be necessary.
I didn’t know there was an accepted set of rules to govern casual games.
but i did not touch his piece, so should I be able to move my queen somewhere else
It seems weird he would move before you completed your move. I recommend getting a clock (or using a clock app) and looking over some of the more technical rules on he FIDE website.
666Buffchix wrote:
notmtwain wrote:
suggestions such as "are you sure you want to do that?" are allowable when one side is teaching the other side to play.
Is this true? To extrapolate your reasoning means in my unrated games I could say that every time to my butthurt opponents!
Takebacks are easier in real life.
Let's cut this kid a break. He sounds like he is 10 and he is trying to learn how to play. It also sounds like his brother isn't trying to teach him and just wants to win. Let's help him and not try to confuse him.
He will soon enough learn the hard lessons many people will offer him here on Chess.com.
In my view, it's never to early to learn the simple idea that if you touch your piece, you must move it, and if you touch your opponent's piece, you must take it. Learn it, use it, insist upon it. A very young person requires reminders, but if they stick with it, they will be much less likely to make that mistake later on. On the other hand, your opponent has no business making a move before you take your hand off the piece you moved.
I was playing chess with my brother when I touched my queen. I had to move it so I moved it forward and kept on holding the piece. I did not move onto the tile or his horse. My brother was super fast to react and immediately took it away when I was still holding the queen. I am unclear if I can still move my queen back? This was for fun but we do like to follow the rules.