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Subject: Re: are there chess servers that support touch-move rule?

Author: Peter Fendrich

Date: 11:45:01 10/03/04

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On October 03, 2004 at 00:52:13, Uri Blass wrote:

>In chess there is a rule that if you touch a piece you must move with it.
>
>When people play in chess servers that rule does not exist.
>I think that it is easy to change it by having a rule that in order to make a
>move you need first to click only at some piece that you like to move and press
>enter and after it to click at another square and click enter.
>
>Are there chess servers that use that idea?
>
>Uri

I can't see why that would be interesting.
The intention with this rule, I think, is to prevent people from disturbing its
opponent by thouching and almost moving pieces. That isn't an issue with chess
servers.
/Peter



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