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LiveChess: one-click re-selection of pieces

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hnishy

I'm using LiveChess from a PC and Chrome browser.  Here on chess.com, premove is allowed and you can select a piece for premove before the opponent moves.  And to change selection of pieces, you need TWO clicks; first to de-select the premove piece, and second to select another piece.  This gives shameless flaggers undue advantage.  They can always make the premove without any positional considerations -- with totally lost positions, they never need to change selections.

Other major chess sites do it in ONE click; clicking on a new piece automatically de-select the premove piece.  Chess.com should adopt this one-click way to re-select, or at least provide it as an option in 'Settings'.  This will have a good side-effect of discouraging flaggers and attracting more good players from other sites.

Martin_Stahl

You can cancel premoves with a right click. Since multiple moves can be stacked, clicking another piece just allows you to add another premove.

Martin_Stahl

https://support.chess.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1444864-what-are-premoves-and-how-do-they-work-