Chess

Making & Challenging a Friend (Online Chess)

The first step is to get the member onto your Chess.com Friends list.  (If you've already done that part, great!)

As long as you know your friend's username, you can find his/her profile using the member search page.  Enter the username and hit the Search button.

You can quickly request to be friends with the member AND challenge them - both from the right-hand side of the search result:

(Alternatively, you can click on "View Profile" and do the same things using the "Actions" section to the right of your friend's Profile page.)

The member will get a message, for your friend request AND for the game challenge - and may accept or decline either one.

Once another member is on your Friends list, challenging them is even easier:  

Method 1:  Use your Home menu to jump to your Friends List; then simply find your friend in the list and click "Challenge"

Method 2:  Specify your friend as the opponent when you create a new game:

• Select "an opponent I choose" from the "against" menu
• Then you can simply enter a username, OR click "Or challenge a friend on Chess.com" to select directly from your Friend List

Challenging a Friend (Live Chess)

In Live Chess, you can see your friends on the "Friends" tab.  (They have to be connected to Live Chess; you won't see them here if they are using Tactics Trainer or other Chess.com features.)

On the Friends tab, you can click "Play" on the Actions menu to challenge them (if it says "Watch" instead of "Play" it means they are already playing a game, which you can observe).

You can also click on the friend's name - both on the tab and in chatrooms - to get a menu that includes "Challenge."

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