Would you need a chess engine though? Obviously you would if you wanted an activity where a player could play against the XO. But a chess engine would be heavy work for the XO wouldn't it? Wouldn't a simple on-screen chess board with collaboration enabled be a good fit for the XOs?
Kevin Kirton Australia On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree, this would make a great Activity in particular using > collaboration. There are chess clubs everywhere including many schools > (I had the privilege of being on the winning team of a citywide school > championship in NYC when I was 12). There is abundant literature > linking chess activity with school performance [1,2]. > > Perhaps we could interest a chess federation in sponsoring > development? I believe the Gcompris engine is gnuchess. _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
