Requesting a take back - what is the common approach?

Hello,

I just recently started to play on lichess and I encountered a couple of games in which my oponent requested a take back due to a mistake or blunder. I did not want to present myself negatively so sofar I have agreed but somehow it does not feel right to me.

Although I have made some mistakes / blunders myself I do not think asking for a take back is the right thing to do...

I just wonder what is the common approach? Should I in general be social and kind to agree on a take back request or is it acceptable to decline the request since making mistakes is obviously part of the game..?

@safanth making mistakes is obviously part of the game, no takeback should be allowed in rated games, you can deactivate it and your opponent will not have the option to ask for a takeback. I do the same.

In casual games I will honor a takeback request, but never in a rated game. In rated games the players should take responsibility for their mistakes, blunders, and 'mouseslips'. IMO.

Up to you.

In games (rated or otherwise) when there is a clear mouse slip, I always allow the take back because personally there's no fun in winning that way. The whole point of chess is the mental challenge... so winning because they clicked by mistake doesn't feel fun.

What is a take back?

Lichess does not sell take backs.

In Inuit culture, Qalupaliks are human-like creatures with long hair, green skin, and long finger nails that live in the sea. They carry away people who break the rules of society in a unforgivable way, for examples by asking for a take back in a game of chess. Qalupaliks will get out of the sea at night, capture the offender and drag him underwater into the sea, where he will become one of them.

Most users here are opposed to take-backs in rated games.

If you want to allow a take-back, that's up to you.

If the game is not rated, then, it doesn't matter (again, do what you like).

If you allow a take-back in a rated game, no whining or complaining later.

They are designed specifically for cases when mouse slipped. Other than that they require pre-game agreement.