New to chess

I have during a long time wondered if chess is a hard game to learn and how long time it takes to learn the basic rules. I have saved some websites about how to learn chess and saved them as bookmarks in my browser and I have found two good chess sites, chess.com and lichess.org. I also have seen some books about chess on swedish Amazon.se I am thinking of buying.

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

It's not hard to learn the moves and some basic principles, but to be good at it you need develop the ability to see the game as your opponent as well as you see it, to analyse the play as it goes along, to plan several moves ahead; and a lot of practice to do so.

I never managed it!

Mathias · 51-55, M

@ArishMell Maybe its nothing for me then

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Mathias Oh, please don't be put off! You might become very good at it but it's like any skill, you do need practice.

Mathias · 51-55, M

@ArishMell I can practice on chess.com first and see if its a game for me.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Mathias Good idea! I learnt first at school, but later bought a book that starts at the basics and goes onto the strategy at a higher level. That was all long before the Internet!

I don't know if any still do but some newspapers used to publish chess "puzzles" that show a high-level game in its end stage and invite you to work out how it was won in the quoted number of moves. They give the solution, perhaps in the next edition, so you can reproduce it on your own chess-board to see what was happening.

Mathias · 51-55, M

@ArishMell I am thinking of buying these box with 50 chess cards or this chess bible. I have not seen any chess magazine yet, nowadays you can find almost everything on the Net.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Mathias Go for it!