[FM Discuss] Go and chess books for Sugar

[adam hyde]

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 18:37 -0500, Seth Woodworth wrote:
> How hard would it be for the manuals to be single-sourced somehow?
> GNUchess chapters and XO-Chess specific chapters?

easy....just like the g1g1 manual is a remix....we could break down the
play to an icon set, and then have specific chapters on the software

> 
> Ed, you have the best idea of the content.  I'll install gnuchess on
> my non-sugar XO (DWM on debian) and I'll play a bit.
> 
> --Seth
> 
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have just written to the American Go Federation and the US Chess
> > Federation proposing books on Go and Chess for the OLPC XO, to bring
> > these games to many millions of children in dozens of countries. AGF
> > is excited about the idea, and we have started the discussion about
> > how, what, and when. I am waiting to hear from USCF.
> >
> > We are proposing book sprints on well-understood topics beginning with
> > teaching the rules of the game, and continuing through all of the
> > elementary stages, such as capturing, openings, very elementary
> > strategy and tactics, basic endgame play, and so on. Each game has
> > topics that do not apply to the other, such as handicap play in Go and
> > checkmate and drawing rules in chess. Adam and I are excited about
> > sitting down with experts on teaching these games for a week at a
> > time, and about working out how to integrate Sugar software into
> > interactive tutorials.
> >
> > This is what we call a low floor, high ceiling opportunity, where we
> > can make it extremely easy for schoolchildren to get started, and show
> > them how to continue as far as their talent and desire will take them
> > toward master and grandmaster play.
> >
> >
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