how do you send msg to player

I am new here and would like to answer or send a msg to the player.  How do you do that? thanks

From the forum: hover over their name & click Send a Message from the mouseover (pop-up) that appears.

Also, MY HOME, Messages, New message.

Or, click on a player's name - which takes you to their home page - then Send a Message (under Actions).

thank you - have a great day

hey I accidentally disabled the chat- how do i get it back?

You can't.

You may wish to send a message to your opponent so he doesn't draw the wrong conclusion.

That seems a rather unfortunate functional oversight.  The disabling player should be able to re-enable chat.

Perhaps it's so that your opponent can't harass you into restarting it.

I wonder if there's a confirmation pop-up for it?

How would your opponent harass you into restarting it if they can't chat?  By sending you messages?  I'd think a user with the wherewithal to disable chat against an annoying or abusive opponent would also be able to figure out how to simply block that user if the harassment bled into messages or profile notes.  Besides, the easy fix for accidentaly re-enabling chat is to re-disable it.

There's a risk it could lead to sniping: reenabling just to land a comeback remark - then disabling again. The other party would try to seize control on the chatbox by disabling themselves during a reenabled phase. TV-remote wars all over again.

Yes, this is certainly a possibility, but I think that the benefit (the ability to re-enable chat when it's been inadvertently disabled) far outweighs the risk.  In the few cases it's a problem the report abuse link can always be used.

Your suggestion of a confirmation pop-up before disabling chat would also serve to mitigate any inadvertent disables, but might prove problematic in quick live chess games because of the time required to disable chat.  Again, the benefit likley outweighs the risk.

You're probably right.

But how many many people disable chat accidentally twice under the current mechanism?

So status-quo then?  I'm OK with that.