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Takeback should not exist

I notice that too many people use the "takeback" option. I think it's not educational.
I understand in friendly matches, but in classified ones it doesn't make sense. Chess, besides being a school of life, is the simulation of a war between armies, where every energy is spent to achieve victory .
I can't imagine the soldier engaged in battle slipping on the wet ground and pleading with the enemy ready to kill him "please don't kill me, I slipped. Let me get back on my feet so I can kill you".
It's there for misclicks not because you made a tactical error. And it's not like it's forced you can just hit no.
Disable takebacks in your account settings screen and you are done.
In rated games, I disable them... and I only play rated games.
If you play your grandfather/grandson in your favourite eays chair - yes to takebacks.

Unfortunately this is not the case here against anonymous users.
Außerdem kann man das generell für seine Partien deaktivieren.
"I can't imagine the soldier engaged in battle slipping on the wet ground and pleading with the enemy ready to kill him "please don't kill me, I slipped. Let me get back on my feet so I can kill you"."

Then you might find this story about Uesugi Kenshin interesting: english.stackexchange.com/questions/117493/
I think the use of a takeback can be very educational. If you want to win by exploiting your opponent's blunder (mouseslip) that's fine. I play for the "solving the puzzle" experience, so it doesn't bother me if I solve puzzle 1 or 1a.

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