Having the same issue! Please fix this!
Inviting a friend to live chess
Hi there,
Just to add my name to the players who want to play live chess with their friends on chess.com and can't.
It is really annoying. Could the staff do something please?
Thanks


So to invite a friend he or she must be in the live chess website. To get there from the home page just select the play button in the menu bar. Have your friend do the same. Find play a friend option. Select it and choose said friend from the friends list. An invite should appear on friend's screen.

And if so, do we BOTH need to do this ridiculous woodoo?
And if so, do I need to do this every single time I want to play with them or is the setting one time per a friend?
Just adding my voice to the chorus of inquiries into why it is so difficult to play a friend a live game on Chess.com... Surely you can add a tab to click on to challenge a friend. Every time I try to play a live game against a friend here it always tells me they are not online... when in fact I they ARE and I am chatting with them trying to figure this out!