I learned the basics as a kid, just like how the pieces move and what is legal. I don’t feel like I have ever managed to develop a sense of strategy, and I both think that I need to think for too long about each move, but also still make obvious mistakes like not noticing a threat and losing a piece for no gain.
What would be the best way for a player of my level to improve? Read a book about openings? Follow through games by great players? Obviously part of it will be play lots of chess, is there a particularly good website/app for this? Is playing against humans better than bots?
I’m not likely to have access to much in person games like a club or anything, this would be something in looking to do in my spare time, as and when possible.


chescom is corporate garbage, all of the paid features on there are free on lichess
and people cheat on there CONSTANTLY