I bought an AI chess game, too. The first time I played it, it was at the maximum difficulty level and I beat it. But I never beat it on the easy level. There was so much time between responses at the hardest setting, I was forced to study the board. On the easy level, the responses came so quickly, I sped up playing, too, and make mistakes.
I am just not good at chess. I have no idea why as I am very good at checkers. At least I once was.
One of my best friends is president of Mensa for a large area. He is also a chess addict. He has asked me to join but I was just not interested. Now I don’t think I could pass their standards. My friend by the way thinks I am smarter than he is.