[FM Discuss] Go and chess books for Sugar

[adam hyde]

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 15:47 -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:40 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> > 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
> 
> Adam, I think Seth is asking a different question. Assuming that all
> of the chess software we use can read and write standard chess
> notation files, there should be no difficulty in setting up our book
> to work with any of the available programs. If any of them don't use
> standard files, that would be a bug we can file against the offenders.

okedoke, thanks ed for that clarification...

so shall we set up the empty manuals or wait until we hear more from the
US Chess Foundation and the AGF?

adam



> 
> >> 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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