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Stop asking for takebacks

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@kifaru. It's allowed on lichess. If you don't like it then disable the chat. Take-backs. And the option for your opponent to give you more time
Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle. By disabling takebacks, we help those who struggle to understand the laws of chess.
You can turn off takeback requests in preferences, that's what I do.

I do think it's unfortunate when someone clearly intended to castle but moved their king instead, sometimes if I'm in a good mood I'll"slip" back and move my king as well.
I give or ask for takebacks when it is a mouse slip.
If and only if it is a mistake I do not give or ask back
If you don't allow takebacks it shows that you care more about the win than the game of chess. This could indicate you have low self esteem, emotional immaturity, are dissatisfied with your chess ability or bigger psychological issues. Because other than those reasons I really don't get why seeing a "1-0" on your screen is so important to some people, more important than the mental stimulation that a good game of chess can provide. Perhaps it speaks to the laziness of many people looking for shortcuts to their goal rather than getting there by hard work and earning it. To me it's another demonstration of the poor values and upbringing of this generation.
I disabled takebacks after I was faced a very annoying dude that used takeback option as a form of mindgame. He'd propose a takeback on a lot of moves at random, which would make me thing "why is he asking for a takeback ? this wasn't a mouse slip". "is there something wrong with this move ?"
And it was like a solid move.

The. Entire. Game.

I realized what he was doing and pissed me off so hard that I disabled takebacks and didn't look back
I disabled take-backs because I found too many people couldn't be trusted. The only reason a take-back should be asked for, or granted, in a rated game, is for a mouse-slip. Too many times I would accept a take-back, expecting the opponent to fix a mouse-slip, only to have the opponent move a completely different piece.

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