Someone asked how to improve his chess skills.

"I would like to learn chess at a more in depth level. I'm 26 and I started to play on a free chess app. I know how to move the pieces and also know how to play a game at an elementary level. But being a complete beginner at 26 yo I'm afraid that it might be a waste of time to take chess a little more seriously. I've heard it's best to start learning chess at a young age because the brain is more pliable. With that, would it even be worth my time and energy to learn chess theory; opening, middle and end game strategy, etc. considering I'm starting later than usual? Thank you in advance. I've really enjoyed playing chess so far. It's a lot of fun!"
-- Daniel

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It's never too late to play chess.

I found out this is the easiest way to improve your skills.

You want to use the best chess website and that would be https://lichess.org/ which is totally free with zero ads.

Play a rated chess game then find out what you did right and what you did wrong. The easiest way to do this is to get a free https://lichess.org/ computer analysis of your games, which takes only one minute. Study every move while looking at what the computer analysis recommends.

The idea is to have fun instead of trying to memorize stuff.

By having a rating you can watch how much your rating goes up to see what progress you have made.

Also, you can watch chess games at https://lichess.org/ to understand how the masters win their games.

My Lichess.org profile: My lichess profile