Those currently are:
- Never
- Always
- Only in casual games
I used to have it on "always" so I could judge it myself as a mouseslip or an inappropriate request. I just wouldn't accept mouseslip takeback in fast chess, because precision in your moves is a part of the whole thing.
But I switched to "only casual" after this opponent used a takeback request to hit my bad connection in time trouble. Then I also realized it could be tricky if I'm willing to accept a draw offer in time trouble and they misleadingly request takeback so I don't have time to read and end up flagging soon after hitting accept.
But now I feel bad if I'm playing a long game and have to "throw it away" due to an obvious mouseslip by either side. Or, even more often, I'm playing someone new at chess960 and they move their king instead of castling (or they premove castles when trying to premove king retakes) and I cannot offer takeback anymore.
So each option has a big downside, it seems. So I was considering what if there was a fourth option. Is it a decent idea and what could it be?
- Only casual and long games? (with "long" referring to rapid and longer, or classical and correspondence only)
- Only when my clock is over x? (seconds or a minute)
- Only when my opponent's clock is over x?
- Only when both clocks are over x?
Sorry in advance if you think this is a stupid idea.
- Never
- Always
- Only in casual games
I used to have it on "always" so I could judge it myself as a mouseslip or an inappropriate request. I just wouldn't accept mouseslip takeback in fast chess, because precision in your moves is a part of the whole thing.
But I switched to "only casual" after this opponent used a takeback request to hit my bad connection in time trouble. Then I also realized it could be tricky if I'm willing to accept a draw offer in time trouble and they misleadingly request takeback so I don't have time to read and end up flagging soon after hitting accept.
But now I feel bad if I'm playing a long game and have to "throw it away" due to an obvious mouseslip by either side. Or, even more often, I'm playing someone new at chess960 and they move their king instead of castling (or they premove castles when trying to premove king retakes) and I cannot offer takeback anymore.
So each option has a big downside, it seems. So I was considering what if there was a fourth option. Is it a decent idea and what could it be?
- Only casual and long games? (with "long" referring to rapid and longer, or classical and correspondence only)
- Only when my clock is over x? (seconds or a minute)
- Only when my opponent's clock is over x?
- Only when both clocks are over x?
Sorry in advance if you think this is a stupid idea.