2025 Resolution: NEVER ADJUST PIECES

I had the pleasure and honor to participate in a tourney at a library 10 minutes from my house run by my state on 12/7/2024. I have been drawing a lot of games lately especially at the Marshall Chess Club and I mainly end up with 2.5/4 points at the G50 events. Well this time I was looking forward to winning something at least at the library tournament and scoring at least 3/4 with no losses. Well, I co-won my section with my friend who is also a strong experienced expert level player. It was my best tournament of the year no doubt with my final score of 3.5/4. For my efforts, I won a cool medal, a trophy, and split the first place prize money with my friend.

And... something very interesting happened in the 3rd round of the tourney. This is a parody I wrote on my channel on Christmas day after a huge touch move drama (The parody is from the TD's perspective who sided with Touch Move Caller). Apologies that I'm sharing it a bit late on this platform. The drama lasted for about 45 minutes and it was one of the most interesting disputes ever surprisingly. I will be releasing a blog in detail on my chess.com covering the incident and what I learned after witnessing it.

O You better move the piece
Because you touched it
Better not complain
I’m telling you why
King Knepptune is watching your back

He knows if you’re lying
And that you touched the piece
Gonna find out who’s honest and right
King Knepptune is watching your back

He knows that you didn’t say adjust
He knows that you meant to move it
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
So just play fair for goodness sake!

O You better move the piece
Because you touched it
Better not complain
I’m telling you why
King Knepptune is watching your back

Notice in the thumbnail pic that if touch move kid is playing white, he will be forced to move the king if he didn't say adjust before he touched the piece.
Lmao rippp, moving the king leads to Qe4#. Checkmate Pastor! What is the simplest solution to avoid such drama? DON'T ADJUST PIECES. PERIOD!

LMK what you think about it and what your resolutions for 2025 are.
Best wishes!