diff --git a/include/Client.hpp b/include/Client.hpp
index 9eea538..f1c9a04 100644
--- a/include/Client.hpp
+++ b/include/Client.hpp
@@ -3,12 +3,26 @@
 
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 
+#include <sstream>
+#include "Move.h"
 
 class Client {
-
+  int socketfd;
+  char msgbuf[512];
+  
+  const static std::string user13;
+  const static std::string user14;
+  const static std::string password13;
+  const static std::string password14;
+ 
+  std::stringstream s;
   int StringToSockaddr(char *name, struct sockaddr_in *address);
+  std::string getMsg();
+  int sendMsg(std::string cmd);
+  Move getMove();
+  int sendMove(Move m);
 public:
-  Client();
+  Client(int userID, int oppID);
 
 };
 
diff --git a/src/Client.cpp b/src/Client.cpp
index d8df51f..6536625 100644
--- a/src/Client.cpp
+++ b/src/Client.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include "Client.hpp"
-#define BUFSIZE 256
+#define BUFSIZE 512
+
+const std::string Client::user13 = "13";
+const std::string Client::user14 = "14";
+const std::string Client::password13 = "525871";
+const std::string Client::password14 = "306173";
 
 int Client::StringToSockaddr(char *name, struct sockaddr_in *address)
 {
@@ -48,8 +53,34 @@ int Client::StringToSockaddr(char *name, struct sockaddr_in *address)
 }
 
 
-Client::Client(){
-  int mySocket;
+std::string Client::getMsg() {
+  bzero(msgbuf, BUFSIZE);
+  recv(socketfd,  msgbuf, BUFSIZE, 0);
+  return msgbuf;
+}
+
+int Client::sendMsg(std::string cmd){
+  bzero(msgbuf, BUFSIZE);
+  int sz = cmd.size();
+  cmd.copy(msgbuf, sz, 0);
+  msgbuf[sz] = '\r';
+  msgbuf[sz+1] = '\n';
+  msgbuf[sz+2] = 0;
+
+  send(socketfd, msgbuf, sz+2, 0); 
+  return 0;
+}
+
+Move Client::getMove(){
+  Move m;
+  return m;
+}
+
+int Client::sendMove(Move m){
+  return 0;
+}
+
+Client::Client(int userID, int oppID){
   struct sockaddr_in icarus_addr;
 
   gethostbyname("icarus.engr.uconn.edu");
@@ -58,27 +89,43 @@ Client::Client(){
   char server[] = "icarus.engr.uconn.edu-3499";
   StringToSockaddr(server, &icarus_addr);
 
-  char msgbuf[BUFSIZE];
-
   // create socket 
-  if ((mySocket = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0)) < 0)
+  if ((socketfd = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0)) < 0)
     {
       std::cout << "couldn't allocate socket";
       exit(-1);
     }
   
   //connect
-  if (connect(mySocket,(struct sockaddr *) &icarus_addr,sizeof(icarus_addr)) < 0)
+  if (connect(socketfd,(struct sockaddr *) &icarus_addr,sizeof(icarus_addr)) < 0)
     {
       std::cout << "failed to connect to server" << std::endl;
       exit(-1);
     }
 
+  std::cout << getMsg();
+  std::cout << getMsg();
+  
+  if(userID == 13)
+    sendMsg(user13);
+  else
+    sendMsg(user14);
+  
+  std::cout << getMsg();
+
+  if(userID == 13)
+    sendMsg(password13);
+  else
+    sendMsg(password14);
+
+  std::cout << getMsg();
+  //  std::cout << getMsg();
+  sendMsg(std::to_string(oppID));
+
 
-  recv(mySocket, msgbuf, BUFSIZE, 0);
-  std::stringstream s;
-  recv(mySocket, msgbuf, BUFSIZE, 0);
-  s.write(msgbuf, BUFSIZE);
-  std::cout << s.str() << std::endl;
+  std::cout << getMsg();
+  std::cout << getMsg();
+  std::cout << getMsg();
+  std::cout << getMsg();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 4fd4246..3cff5d9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
  
-  Client c;
+  Client c(13, 0);
   
   /*
     std::unique_ptr<BitBoard> board (new BitBoard);