Frequently asked questions
A community (previously called 'group') in Chessity can be used as an online social environment. As a user, you can start a community and invite friends or students to join. As community manager, you can indicate whether the community is public or members only.
Members only community
A members only community is a closed environment on Chessity. All messages, blogs and other notifications are invisible to non-members. As such, communities are an ideal meeting place for your class, school or chess club.
Community-forum
All groups have their own forum. Users outside the group have no access to that forum, so you can use the forum for intergroup communication.
Community-blogs
When you publish a blog, you can indicate that you only want members of your group to be able to read it.
Chessity has two types of communities: public communities, where anyone can join, and private communities, where you can only join with the administrator's permission. (See also: What are communities on Chessity?).
You can find communities here:
When you click there, you'll see all the communities available. Private communities are marked with a padlock in the top right corner of the image:
Joining a public community:
- Click on the community you want to join
- Click on Join group in the top right. You are now a member of the community.
Joining a private community:
- Click on the community you want to join
- Click on Request to join group in the top right
- You must now wait for the community owner to approve your request. Once this is done, you are a member of the community. You will receive a notification about this.
At (1), click the icon to expand the menu, then click on (2) View all friends.
Go the Friends block on the right side of your screen.
Click on the Add button. Use the search field to look up the username of the person you want to befriend. Once you have found them, click on the + button.
The other person will receive an e-mail informing them that you are now their friend.
At (1), click the icon to expand the menu, then click on (2) View all friends.
Go the Friends block on the right side of your screen.
Then click on the view button to see a list with all of your friends. That's all.
Yes, you can. At (1), click the icon to expand the menu, then click on (2) View all friends.
Go the Friends block on the right side of your screen. Then click on the view button to see a list with all of your friends.
Click on the icon with the business card to see your friend’s profile.
Note: you can only send a message to users who are on your Friends list.
At (1), click the icon to expand the menu, then click on (2) View all friends.
Go the Friends block on the right side of your screen. Then click on the view button to see a list with all of your friends.
Click on the envelope icon next to the name of person you want to send a message to.
At (1), click the icon to expand the menu, then click on (2) View all friends.
Go the Friends block on the right side of your screen. Then click on the view button to see a list with all of your friends.
Click on the recyble bin icon next to the name of the person you wish to remove from the list.
A user with a student account at a school or chess club is often not shown when you want to add him/her as a friend. This is due to the settings chosen by his/her teacher or chess trainer. The coach can have their students work in a protected environment, making it impossible to contact or become friends with someone outside the school or club.
It is no longer possible to post a blog on Chessity yourself. Do you have an interesting article or topic for a blog? Then contact us via the contact page. Who knows, your blog might appear on Chessity soon!
We'd love that! Chessity is a learning and chess community where users help each other. You can help in various ways:
- Answer questions from others in one of the Communities.
- Recommend Chessity to schools, chess clubs, and chess players you know.
- Let us know if you see opportunities to make Chessity even better.
Thank you so much for your help, we really appreciate it!
