When you watch a match, you are a spectator at the match. In FIBS, you can watch any match; you will often find several spectators watching matches by well known players. You can converse with the players and other spectators using the different chat commands. To begin watching a Drag any player who is marked as "Playing" from the Player window to the Board window to watch them play.

You can also peek at a match, which gives you just a current snapshot of a match. You can only watch one match at a time, but you can peek at other matches even if you are playing or watching another match.