Chess is cruel, you have to lose to learn how to win. If you would be always the winner, it doesn't mean that you are unbeatable, but you have to increase the level of your opposition.
plus, don't play with a computer.. if you set it on an easy level, it makes mistakes intentionally, many times no human player would play those moves and on the other side, sometimes it can find moves much better than "easy" human opponent.
I am rather new at chess and like plying the computer at the moment. One thing that really puts me off this site it the jump from the beginner game to the easy game. I have well and truly mastered the beginner game - but find the easy game too much of a jump in difficulty. Does anyone else find this. I am looking for other sites whcich will ease me in a little gentler