Irrlicht Engine

I am very new to the irrlicht engine and need to develop a 3d draughts(checkers to some). I want the board to be static while the pieces are moveable. could someone give me a pointer to where to start this project?

cheers

yes sorry also the camera would be fixed non movable

you should probably start out with reading and understanding the tutorials that you think contain useful information for your project. Tutorial 1 is a must, and you should also look at Movement, Collision, and Quake 3 Map tutorials. That should give you a basic idea of what to do first.