Maybe some day it will be added as an option for unrated games or even for rated games if both players agree, but for now I guess we just have to take the time to make sure of what we're doing.
I know there have been several times when I wanted to 'unclick' that darned move button. LOL But it's not always the end of the world, and there is that next game just waiting to be started...
regards, Marc
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Originally posted by GarnetNBlackRecently my Dad, who also plays on ICC, began taking lessons from a Master there. You "follow" the teacher's moves in an example game on ICC, while the teacher asks you questions, via telephone, about the position. It's pretty cool, since the teacher can draw lines or circle squares while he talks.
Is it possible to take back a move?
If I made an error in the piece I wanted to move?
Thanks.
Then he assigns you homework, including a certain number of games where you try to employ a particular opening you are meant to learn.
At ICC they have takebacks, but at the end of the first lesson the teacher suggested that my Dad should not grant such requests.
Soon after, an opponent asked my Dad for a takeback. Since the opponent's move was a really bad one, but the same piece moved one square further was equal, my Dad gave it to him. After all, a computer mouse can get old, and moves on ICC are fast.
The opponent moved a different piece.
Where we come from, Chess has a touch-move rule. You touch a piece or pawn, you move that one, not some other.
Here on RHP, we don't rely on mouse accuracy. You highlight the piece you want to move. You click the destination square, and the piece is redrawn there. You have days or weeks to get it right before you hit move.
There are no do-overs in Chess.
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