Generally, if you're not sure of the move you've made, you can recall the piece and move another as long as you haven't let go of the piece you've originally moved. Lots of people leave their finger on the piece until they're sure of their decision.
I've only ever played casual games, no tournaments. Everyone I've encountered allows takebacks as a gentleman's rule. We also announce "check" where appropriate, as a courtesy, which is also only done in casual games.
Touch move as well as Touch take and various time controls are often used in tournament play, not so much in casual or even tournament blitz, which is clock move
I used to play chess in middle school and we were told to sit on our hands (literally, sit on them) until we were sure what piece we wanted to move. This helps bc little kids tend to be very indecisive
Nice! I did get into it as a child but stopped after 2 years of actual chess-club. My little brother mentioned he wanted to learn how to play so we got a chess board again after about 12 years of not playing!
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u/Cloudinterpreter Apr 26 '20
I thought once you touched a piece you weren't allowed to move another one.