Become 99th Percentile

If you want to become better than 99% of chess players you will need to be playing against an opponent that is better than 99% of chess players.

You will never get better at chess playing against opponents at your own skill level or below. Winning games against weaker opponents won't make you better at chess but losing games against stronger opponents will improve your game.

A computer player on the hardest difficulty will always choose the best possible moves based on the positions of the pieces. The computer will use complex calculations to create complex variations that you will find very difficult to counter. 

After 6-12 months of playing the hardest possible difficulty every day your knowledge of chess will be significantly greater. 

When you return to playing against human players their level of difficulty will seem weak and you will easily win against them.