@Qveen_Sacrifice Hello. I want to give a few analogies on this matter concerning the debate going on. Please understand none of this is intended to strike at personal notions, or "right and wrongs" but more towards the standing rules and the nature of the game itself. I'm hoping you might agree on some points.
Fair play is to follow the rules of the game. We've all heard that saying: "don't hate the player, hate the game". Accidentally placing a piece on an unintended square can happen two ways when playing otb, 1: the player moves his piece one square shy of where he wanted but didn't notice until he let go. It is now against the rules to fix it and he must work with the consequences of his mistake. 2: a player is working out a line from the position and on his turn he accidentally grabs the piece he was going to move in the second step of his line, but by the rules of the game he must now move that piece. Mistakes are part of the game, everybody makes them even the masters, and there is no take back in otb rated tournaments. Now if you are playing otb with a friend casually, or un-official, than take backs can be quite normal.
You mentioned Esserman! (High five) I love his stream. Marc plays a lot of games with his students/friends rated and casual, I believe he doesn't mind giving occasional take backs because he is usually very comfortable with his game, and if it helps his students there is no harm done.
Concerning online chess, when playing rated games we should consider mistakes such as a mouse slip to be paralleled with the otb mistakes mentioned above. Playing rated games makes chess a competing sport, all competing sports have to play by the rules without exception.
In light of all this, it simply isn't fair to think ill of our opponents for denying a take back in a rated competition. We should respect are opponents and their commitment to their own improvement. : ) Thank you for joining us on lichess. Feel free to join the Marc Esserman fan club the link is on my profile page. Good games!
Fair play is to follow the rules of the game. We've all heard that saying: "don't hate the player, hate the game". Accidentally placing a piece on an unintended square can happen two ways when playing otb, 1: the player moves his piece one square shy of where he wanted but didn't notice until he let go. It is now against the rules to fix it and he must work with the consequences of his mistake. 2: a player is working out a line from the position and on his turn he accidentally grabs the piece he was going to move in the second step of his line, but by the rules of the game he must now move that piece. Mistakes are part of the game, everybody makes them even the masters, and there is no take back in otb rated tournaments. Now if you are playing otb with a friend casually, or un-official, than take backs can be quite normal.
You mentioned Esserman! (High five) I love his stream. Marc plays a lot of games with his students/friends rated and casual, I believe he doesn't mind giving occasional take backs because he is usually very comfortable with his game, and if it helps his students there is no harm done.
Concerning online chess, when playing rated games we should consider mistakes such as a mouse slip to be paralleled with the otb mistakes mentioned above. Playing rated games makes chess a competing sport, all competing sports have to play by the rules without exception.
In light of all this, it simply isn't fair to think ill of our opponents for denying a take back in a rated competition. We should respect are opponents and their commitment to their own improvement. : ) Thank you for joining us on lichess. Feel free to join the Marc Esserman fan club the link is on my profile page. Good games!