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A Setting Combination to Avoid

TL;DR: Don't set both "Click two squares" or "Either" to move, and "Move king onto rook" to castle at the same time.

Botched a clearly winning position after a ridiculous misclick that wasn't even a misclick. The move didn't even cost me the game in and of itself, but it tilted me because it ruined my plan, and I blundered a few moves later.

The game:


On White's move 22, I was considereing two things: Moving my king forward to connect the rooks and to have him in a better position for the endgame, or immediately playing Rb1 to put it on the half-open file. I had touched the king, so the piece was highlighted, and decided I wanted to move the rook instead. The game interpreted this as 22. O-O-O as soon as I touched the Rook to slide it over one square, which was not even a remote candidate for me. A few moves later, I blundered a Rook and it was over, but mentally it was over as soon as I castled.

So, I immediately changed my settings to "Drag a piece" to move and "Move king two squares" to castle. NEVER have your settings on "Click two squares" or "Either" to move and "Move king onto rook" to castle simultaneously, and this can never happen to you.

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