KNights

KNights is a chess game. As a player, your goal is to defeat your opponent by checkmating their king.

Features:

Local play between two players on the same computer

Play against any computer program that supports the XBoard protocol

Play on the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS)

Watching two computer engines play against each other

Support for legal move checking

Markers for possible moves, opponent’s last move and sources of check

Board borders and site notations

Complete time control, with Plasma-styled clocks

Several themes, with the possibility of downloading new ones from within the program

Animated moves (configurable)

Views for playing on a chess server, including a seek graph, text console, and chat widget

Option to undo and redo moves

Graphic interface for making and receiving offers from remote players

Support for the UCI protocol (used by Stockfish, Chessbase, and many others)

Support for saving and loading Portable game notation (PGN) files

Speak opponent’s moves

Ability to control the program via a D-Bus interface