knights

Descrizione

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 * Use of Jovie, the KDE text-to-speak program, to speak opponent’s moves * Ability to control the program via a D-Bus interface