Learn How to Play Chess
It used to be if you wanted to become good at the game of chess you had to study boring books written in obtuse code. We live in the modern age, and in this age the computer has risen above its creator and is now the master of the game of chess. You will learn something from playing the game against humans, but you will learn more playing against computers.
There are numerous computer programs available that you can download for free that will play decent games of chess. A simple Internet search will lead you to any number of possibilities. Find and download the best program you can get, then run the game.
The first thing you will notice when playing chess against a computer is that the machine is ruthless. It will hunt you down and kill you as soon as it possibly can. You make any error in your play and the computer will exploit your faults to its fullest advantage. You can not trick the machine by using any psychological tactics in an attempt to weird out the computer. The computer does not care how long you wait to make your next move. The longer you take, the more time the computer has to think of ways to kill you.
Unless you are already a grandmaster the machine will beat you. The machine will win every single game. This does not matter. In playing against the machine you are learning tactics and ploys the machine uses against you. You are gaining valuable experience for your future bouts against humans. Do not be discouraged because you are losing so much. The computer uses logic to make its moves. The computer thinks ahead several levels and weighs all the possible moves you might make in its attempt to destroy you. You will be destroyed a lot, but as I said, you are becoming more like the machine by playing like the machine. Once you see the kinds of devious moves a computer thinks up in defeating you, you will be able to use these moves to defeat other people.
If you ever become good enough to consistently beat a computer program at chess, look for the settings of your chess program. You can usually set the program to think a certain number of steps ahead. Increase this setting. It will take more time for the program to think up its moves, and it will be harder to beat the machine.
Once you have practiced playing chess against a computer you might find that nobody wants to play you in this game. That is because you have gotten too good. Nobody wants to play a game they are certain to lose, unless they are thinking like an expert and desire to learn more about the game than they ever thought possible.
