page_title: Touch-move rule
hierarchical_section_title: Touch-move rule
caption_attribution_description: English: Aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Colton Sheehy-Perry takes on the fundamentals of moving a giant knight chess piece during the grand opening of the multipurpose room in building 375 Feb. 10.
context_page_description: The touch-move rule in chess specifies that, if a player deliberately touches a piece on the board when it is their turn to move, then they must move or capture that piece if it is legal to do so. If it is the player's piece that was touched, it must be moved if they have a legal move. If the opponent's piece was touched, it must be captured if it can be captured with a legal move. This is a rule of chess that is enforced in all formal, over-the-board competitions. A player claiming a touch-move violation must do so before touching a piece.
  A player who wants to adjust a piece on its square without being required to move it can announce the French j’adoube before touching the piece. While j'adoube is internationally understood, a local language equivalent such as "adjusting" is usually acceptable. A player may not touch the pieces on the board during the opponent's turn.
  There is a separate rule that a player who lets go of a piece after making a legal move cannot retract the move.
context_section_description: The touch-move rule in chess specifies that, if a player deliberately touches a piece on the board when it is their turn to move, then they must move or capture that piece if it is legal to do so.  If it is the player's piece that was touched, it must be moved if they have a legal move.  If the opponent's piece was touched, it must be captured if it can be captured with a legal move.  This is a rule of chess that is enforced in all formal, over-the-board competitions. A player claiming a touch-move violation must do so before touching a piece.
  A player who wants to adjust a piece on its square without being required to move it can announce the French j’adoube ("I adjust") before touching the piece (Hooper & Whyld 1992:425). While j'adoube is internationally understood, a local language equivalent such as "adjusting" is usually acceptable. A player may not touch the pieces on the board during the opponent's turn.
  There is a separate rule that a player who lets go of a piece after making a legal move cannot retract the move.
caption: Touching a piece can incur consequences in competitive chess, but typically not in informal play.
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