Observe correspondence games (suggestion)

[Vsotvep]

I believe something like this is already on the list of things to eventually add to the site. Similar ideas have been suggested before:

Follow games by others

I don’t know if this function existed in the previous site, but I would like to be able to follow games. This is how I picture it: Games in which I’m not playing would have a follow button. After I select a game to follow, it would… 2a. Show up in the main page, after my own games, with something like “games you are following”. If this is not possible, then… 2b. Show up in the sidebar, under “following”. When a followed game ends, it is removed from the list and a notification would pop-u…

Following Players

I enjoy kibitzing, especially games of certain players whose games tend to become sharp. In order to see whether these players are online, I have to search for them manually. It would be nice to be able to follow a player, so that they appear on a list which shows who is online. I know that you can befriend someone, to see exactly that. But friend-requests have to be accepted, and I don’t know most of the players I am interested in watching. I also doubt that they have any interest in acceptin…