There is now a daily chess probelm on this site. Each day you will find 3 new problems. Some are far too easy even for beginners but a few can be a bit tricky.

If you like playing chess it is good to know about the Free Internet Chess Server. There are other really good chess servers but you often have to pay to play on them. The Free Internet Chess Server (called FICS) is at freechess.org. Even better you don't need to play; you can watch Grandmasters and others play. You can either play online in your browser with a Java tool or download any of several different free pieces of software. At the moment my favourite 'graphical chess interface' is BabasChess available through either BabasChess or  the homepage of freechess.org. Logging on and playing a game against someone of your own strength is easy!