{"id":1160,"date":"2021-05-09T07:40:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T07:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2021-09-27T07:04:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T07:04:41","slug":"touch-move-rules-for-chess-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/touch-move-rules-for-chess-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Touch Move Rules for Chess Explained: (Friendly or Official)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you’ve just started playing chess, chances are, you would’ve come across the touch-move rule. You’ve been playing a game with a friend, you touched a piece and they explain you have no option but to move that piece now. You almost certainly have questions about whether this is a real rule of chess, or if your opponent was taking advantage of your lack of knowledge. Well, let’s address this and find out if you can touch a chess piece without moving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The touch-move rule in chess dictates once any chess piece is intentionally touched, a player has a commitment to move the piece to an accessible square or capture. The only exception is if no legal move is available. Touch-Move is a strict rule in the FIDE Laws of Chess.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Read on to find out much more about the touch-move rules including history, modern use and exceptions including castling<\/a> rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While there is no exact date of when this chess rule was invented, it first appeared in Luis Ramirez de Lucena’s book Arte de Andres<\/em> in 1497 [One of the very first books on chess theory]. Later, even the former American President, Benjamin Franklin mentioned it in his essay – The morals of chess.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The touch move rule goes back a long way in chess history<\/a> and is not a relatively new concept. It is often regarded as chess etiquette as opposed to a rule, but it is there in the FIDE laws of Chess<\/a> in Article 4: The Act of Moving the Pieces.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen did the touch move rule appear in chess? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n