Knights

Knights is a simple chess board for KDE 4 and it is a rewrite of the KDE3 Knights.

You can play againts computer engines that support the XBoard protocol (like GnuChess), against anouther player at the same computer, or on the Free Internet Chess Server. It has automatic rule checking and some nice animations.

For compiling, you need KDE as well as libkdegames headers, which are usually found in libkdegames-dev or libkdegames-devel packages.

What is new in this release:

• A handful of usability fixes

What is new in version 2.4.1:

• Version 2.4.1 introduces support for the UCI protocol, setting the difficulty level of chess engines, game history display, and loading and saving PGN files.

What is new in version 2.4.0:

• Version 2.4.0 brings voice support, possibility of external control by dbus, and a couple of bug fixes.

What is new in version 2.3.2:

• Fixes drag-coused freezes, dropping pieces outside of the board, and a theme appearing twice in the selection dialog.

What is new in version 2.3.0:

• Watching two engines play
• Improved time control support for chess engines
• Better support for the XBoard protocol means Knights can play with more engines, including Crafty, Sloppy, Sjeng and Phalanx.
• Players can now make and receive offer for draw, pause, undo, adjourn and abort. All except Draw are only used when playing on the chess server.
• Players can now undo their moves. Improved game dialog, with more game options.
• Improved server dialog, with a seek graph.
• Ability to interact with a chess server or a computer engine via a text console.
• Simple chat widget for talking to your remote opponent.
• Selecting and moving pieces by clicking, without dragging.

What is new in version 2.2.0:

• First release from Extragear, improved FICS support, nicer look and feel.

What is new in version 2.1.1:

• Pawn promotion, theme download from kde-look.org

What is new in version 2.1.0:

• Internet play, additional markers, graphical clock.

What is new in version 2.0:

• Fixed win condition checking, added check for stalemate.
• Fixed bad scaling of SVG files, added Tux theme.