I am going to start a chess like board game. And for that I have reviewed a number of things available.

One is http://www.mapeditor.org/, using which you can create a grid base games.

Another option is geekgameboard for iphone available at http://mooseyard.lighthouseapp.com/projects/23201-geekgameboard

Now I want your expert opinion on what would be better to make a game in cocos2d, using the first option or the second option? Both looks promising to me and give good control over board design.

PS: Sorry for duplicates, I found about the https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/ lately after posting it on stackexchange. So I am just posting it here again as I feel this is a more relevant board.