Originally Posted by
G15 Hibs
I'm currently going through one of my sporadic attempts to become slightly less than absolutely hopeless at chess. I have a go every so often. I find everything about the game pretty fascinating and the idea of strategy and all that appeals to me, but unfortunately my concentration and patience are dreadful which I can see are fairly fatal problems.
I've been using the chess.com app on my phone to play 3 days games (to give me time to think, I tell myself) and while I feel fairly confident in openings and the first few moves, any further than that I struggle. I don't seem to be able to plan ahead or know exactly why I play the moves I do, other than reacting to what the other player is doing, then I completely fail to notice something really simple and my opponent has me stitched up.
I do still find it quite a fun way to pass the time, but I figure I really need to stick in at it a bit longer than I usually do to get anywhere. Losing's the best way to learn, right? Right?