find PEOPLE (preferably real life) to play against. Playing chess vs the computer is one of the least satisfying ways possible to spend your time, cause unless you're damn good you'll never beat it with any consistency.
Seconded. I have had a lot of fun playing chess against people, but
never against computers. With the computer, the inevitability of defeat is too discouraging; in that sense I can relate to the OP. As you watch your opponent's piece move, you
know that it's the strongest move on the board, because they've already considered every possible move that you and they can make from then till the end of the game. Who would want to spend time that way? It's hard even to learn anything from it, since you'll rarely get positive feedback for gradually improving your moves or strategy (i.e., you will still lose, quickly).
With a human opponent, on the other hand, it's possible that they've missed something several moves ahead, or even one or two moves ahead. If they missed it because you planned it that way, because you carefully laid and sprung a subtle trap, that can be incredibly satisfying, but that will never happen against a computer. Likewise if
you manage to notice and foil one of
their traps. That's when you'll start feeling like a chess player.