Slippery Pieces

Today I started experiencing this, pieces slip when I want to move them, if I want to move my queen from a1 to a8 for example, it stops on a4... I lost many games today because of this and I don't think it's my mouse... any ideas?

It sounds like classic user error, saed87.  Make sure you only commit a move with the submit move button setting on.  Sounds easy eh? 

How long since you've cleared your browser's cache?   That solves a lot of problems around here, maybe we'll get lucky and it will solve yours too. Here are the instructions for Chrome, but there are articles for Firefox and Explorer as well.  

https://support.chess.com/customer/portal/articles/1731819

Oh I just delete the cached images and files and leave the other stuff unchecked.  Good luck!

It sometimes happens to me too when I'm on my laptop because I use the mouse pad

That will also happen when your mouse's left trigger/button starts wearing out.  You won't notice it anywhere else except in something like a chess game, because your mouse still 'clicks' fine, it's only when you are trying to 'hold something' for a few secs, the mouse will let it go.

At first it'll only happen here and there, but, if it is your mouse, it will get worse, and worse, and become obvious.

Drag&drop is lousy. Point and click is my choice although it's a bit slower.

I have the same problem with slips on my laptop mouse pad. My solution is to click and highlight the square of the piece that i want to move, then click on the square that I want to move it to.

I had that problem a few years ago, too. I had to replace my old mouse.

The best way not to mis-make a move is to use analyse...won't help you make the best move, but it does lessen uncertain ones....stop blaming the buttons.  It's a machine, you input.  

just noticed that this thread is still open, it was the mouse, sounds stupid saying it now doesnt it?

looks like it wasn't clicking in the right way, replaced it and all is good

Doesn't sound stupid at all.  Suggesting it was maybe your cache doesn't seem quite as bright an idea as it did at the time though...  Welcome to chess group therapy folks.    All is good is all that counts.