Autofollow next game when watching live chess

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ngavalas

I like to watch my friend play in live chess. When I click `Watch` and his game ends, it doesn't automatically jump to the next game if/when he starts one in this play session, so I need to stop what I'm doing and remember to click his name and then click `Watch` on the little popup.

Is there some setting that makes this happen or does this feature simply not exist on chess.com?

To make my life easier, I built a Chrome extension that injects a small content script into the live chess page that does this for me (i.e., if I come into a live chess game by Watching a certain player, it will follow them into the next game if it happens in a certain time window). Is it a problem if I make it available freely in the Chrome extension store? It's pretty polite with how it handles the XHR requests and does roughly what I would do as a human.

Martin_Stahl

If you use ymthe Follow option after clicking their name and the down arrow it will

 


Martin_Stahl

You can also use the Console and /follow USERNAME (replacing with their username) and it will follow the games during the session.

ngavalas

I see that button and I'm already "following" my friend; it's not quite what I had in mind. Specifically, I want chess.com to automatically navigate me into my friend's next live game if I started by watching one of their live games.

Like:

1) I go to my friend's page and I click Watch.

2) They play their game and it completes.

3) They queue for another game.

4) When they find the game, my browser automatically navigates to that live game.

Martin_Stahl

I just used that first option on a titled player's game, from within Play, and it automatically started following the games.

ngavalas

Oh that's so interesting, that also worked for me. I'll try that on my friend next time and see if actually works. Maybe I don't need this extension after all. happy.png