I like to play Chess very much but I do not like the fact, that this game is today also too focused on tournaments instead of fun and strategy. Don't worry about your losses. Professional Chess players do nothing, except playing Chess all the time in their life. Maybe they have a stable job beside this, but in their freetime they do nothing else than playing Chess. My country Germany has many strong Chess players as well, from what I know. Don't be too much focused into games. At all they are games and the most important thing is, that they shall make fun and not make a pressure on you. There are many other things beside Chess also. But if you are really interested, all I can say about it that you shall rethink a turn a few times before doing it, due to the fact in normal Chess games there is no time limit. And I heard that the professional players think forward. Do not think turn by turn but try to already think about, what countermove the opponent would do against your turn and what can you do against that later. It is very complex so far. :)