I want to chat with the opponent.

I am a newcomer in this site and have a question. Can I chat with the opponent during the game?

I have tried to send my messages, but I have not be able to recieve any reply from him or her.

I want to enjoy chatting during the game.

I appreciate if anyone comments on my opinion.

An opponent can choose to turn OFF the chat function at the start of a game and quite a few choose to do so.

If this is the case then you will see " Opponent turned off chat" when you start a game.

If you are playing a fast game ..under 10 minutes for the game for example .. a lot of players will not reply to you during the game..depends on the opponent but in general they prefer to think rather than chat.

If you like to chat during a game then i advise playing slow time controls, 15 10 for example and only chat During your OWN time.

EDIT: You have been a member since Jan 2011..Hmm

he may have made an account, forgot about it,and just resumed playing on it.

It may be the case. Cheersfor being so lucid in your way of thinking DaBigOne. It is something i struggle to do:)

To be honest with you, I admit that I have been a member since 2011. But I have not logged in this site for a long time, then I reagrd me as a newcomer.

Thank your for your advice. I will try to play slow time controls.

Chess is a social sport - with the exeption of a few people...

For me, I would like my online playing to be more like going down to the local club.  " Hey nice to see you... lets have a game"... then after the game, it would be nice to talk and have a post mortum over the game... I just don't think that it is the culture of any online chess community... and I started playing on the ICC in the mid 80s....

I would like to play my nine-year-old son.  Is it possible for him to hear me or is it just text chatting?

I think you might need to activate your account through your email? If you haven't already

Unfortunately, voice calls are not a feature on Chess.com (yet?). Text chat is the only way to communicate during a game right now.

Thanks.

Wow, that’s a smart business move.  Can I ask, how do you monetize the relationship?

This irresistible urge to want to do lots of other things while playing chess.

To your desires

So, how exactly DO you use chat during a game (to talk with your opponent)

Use the chat box, type your message, and hit enter

Iwhen I play with a close friend who lives the other side of the world I would like to talk during the game as it's a friendly and we both want to catch up. Is there a way to set up my chess.com account so that I can video chat as we play? playing strangers with time controls I would never want to talk unless it was to negotiate a draw or something relevant .

There's no way with site provided tools to do that while playing. You could use the Classroom feature and do video though. https://support.chess.com/article/3829-how-do-i-use-classroom