I think this site might be a bit biased against Microsoft. They still don't have the chess.com app for windows mobile 8. That would have prevented the problem you had altogether.
Can't capture piece using touch on Surface
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We just bought a surface for my son so that he can play chess games. But it is very frustrated that the piece can't be captured using toucn. From what I heard from Microsoft, it is very to solve this issue, by following the directions on . to update your website.
Could you please solve this issue as soon as possible? Your notification of this fix would be hightly appreciated.