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How do you resist takebacks?

I disable these. If you yourself find the server making a mistake and putting a piece where you didn't put it, and it ruins your position - just leave the screen and let your clock run out.
> If you yourself find the server making a mistake and putting a piece where you didn't put it, and it ruins your position - just leave the screen and let your clock run out.

Thanks for posting this to warn me that I should block you before you do this in a game.
It's totally okay to refuse takebacks.
I only accept takebacks when they're obvious misclick and only ask for one when i misclick.
for mouse slip it is ok accept takeback, at the end, we want fight instead a easy win, right? but sometimes a mouse slip break the game atimosphere, it is like the game is not the same more... alll tension, emotions, desires are lost after takback... That is because many players who accept takeback (in better postion too) tend to lose the game after that! It is like a marathon runner who cannot lose concentration, if he stops for a few seconds, even in front, he tends to lose pace and not come first!
It depends on how much I like my opponent and how well the game is going. For example if i play a weaker player and he is already at a disadvantage and slips up I usually don't grant takebacks because the game is done anyway. However if I see an obvious mouseslip in the beginning like king move instead of castling or the game is shaping to be a great one I tend to grant them/ offer them or request if I slip up.
Its not against the spirit of chess in my opinion, but just a tool to correct mouseslips.
I disabled them since I always accepted them but my opponents never accepted mine...

By the way, too many of them ask takeback for mistakes instead of mouse slip. Like that guy, I took his queen after taking many risks, an the guy wanted me to give it back. I declined, of course, and the guy started complaining, saying I was rude.
Those guys think you are supposed to accept all takeback until they win...

So, before disabling it, I started not to answer their asking, just to let their time run out while they think I was considering the takeback.

sorry for english
I still can't understand why there's even the question. Blunders are there to be made, someone said. If your opponent makes a blunder, never give takeback. It is not only about winning the game or not, but takebacks aften spoil players by teaching "Hey, you made a blunder take your move back." This is not the way tournament chess works.

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