How to learn chess by playing your phone against your computer (with Arena and Stockfish)

I have discovered a new addiction (oy vey — just what I needed 🙂 ): playing chess against my phone. But since I have no chance at all on a new game against my phone (I believe even phones play grandmaster level these days — yikes), what I do is start a game between the phone and the computer, taking it (mostly) until the end, back-track to the decisive moves to where the computer starts getting an advantage, and then taking over on the phone to win. A 3 point advantage is usually enough for me to win. The computer does always win of course, as it has stronger hardware and the best free chess engine, which is Stockfish.

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