Knights aims to be the ultimate chess resource on your computer. Written for the K Desktop Environment, it's designed to be both friendly to new chess players and functional for Grand Masters. It supports play against many opponents, including yourself, computer opponents, live Internet players, and against friends via email. It also sports highly customizable graphics and sound.
| Tags | Games/Entertainment Turn Based Strategy Desktop Environment KDE |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C++ |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This version brings a port to the new KDEGames library, compatible with KDE Platform 4.9.


Release Notes: This release has support for the UCI protocol, setting the difficulty level of chess engines, game history display, loading and saving PGN files, and a handful of usability fixes.


Release Notes: This version brings voice support, the possibility of external control by D-Bus, and a couple of bugfixes.


Release Notes: Some bugs in piece movement were fixed.


Release Notes: This version introduced chess via email, experimental support for Crazyhouse and Suicide variants, and a refined GUI and tab management system, and fixed several critical bugs. This beta version is untranslated.