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.
Do you have any particular books you would recommend?
I don’t, sadly… I actually looked to try to find the book I used for it, but it’s been so long that I couldn’t properly remember what it was. Maybe go to the bookstore and pick up a few and see if they have the right structure (a series of games and then annotations of what’s going on in them, and also if the author’s text seems like something you vibe with).
Sorry if this is unhelpful lol… I looked over some books online but I’m not sure what is good and I don’t want to give you some recommendation and then it not be worthwhile.
No that’s cool, thanks for the advice! A couple I’ve seen recommended online are Chernev: “Logical Chess Move by Move” and Sierawan: “Winning Chess Brilliances”, so I’ll keep my eyes out for a used copy of one of those.