How to play online chess?

Nowadays there are a lot of people who play chess online. It turned out that this is a very popular game, especially among people at young age. Online chess appeared some time ago, because of the great interest that so many children showed in it. Unfortunately, there did not have enough friends with whom to play, or they were not good enough and playing with them was not challenging. And so the online chess was created. As everything else, at first it was very popular among many people, no matter whether they were playing professionally or just for fun. So many people started playing chess online, that there were even monthly competitions with monetary prices. But as times passed people got tired of that and now the only users that play online chess are those, who want to become really good professionals.  They like it so much because the algorithms are made in such a way that it is very difficult to beat the computer and so the sportsmen can really practice. For this very reason it is so unlikely the online chess to disappear in the near future.  As long as chess exists as a sport there will be people who will want to practice online. Especially because they save a lot of time compared to a real person. Moreover, they can easily follow the game and learn a lot of new things and different strategies from the computer. This is one of the reasons why kids who play chess online are much better with those who practice only with their friends.