Watching other people's matches is a common activity on FIBS. It is a good way to improve your game by observing more experienced players.

When you watch a match, you are considered a participant in the match because you can kibitz with the players and other watchers. Participants are notified in the Chat window whenever a new watcher joins or leaves.

MacFIBS provides several ways to start watching a match:

(1) Select a player or a match in the Players window, and choose Watch <player> from the Player menu.

(2) Select a player or match, and choose Watch <player> from the contextual menus (hold the Control key down to activate contextual menus.)

(3) Drag/drop the player or match to the board.

Stop watching

To stop watching a match:

(1) Choose Stop Watching (Cmd-U) from the Game menu.

(2) Choose Stop Watching from the contextual menu on the Board window.

If you start playing a match with another player, you will automatically stop watching as well.

Related topics

	Using drag and drop
	Peeking at a match
	Contextual menus