How can I play without chat messages?

In the upper right of the chat window is a small icon looks like a chat bubble with an x in it. Clicking this icon will ensure that there is no more chat allowed in the game, and will remove the previous chat from the screen. There is no way to undo this for this game, and chat will be disable for the rest of the game. 

If you want to disable chat for ALL of your games, you can go into your Live Chess and Daily Chess settings and set the 'Game Chat' option to 'friends only' or 'nobody' to limit who can chat with you in your games. 

Be sure to click 'save' to put the new setting into effect! And remember there is a separate setting for Live chess and Daily chess!

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