Knights - A chess interface for the K Desktop Environment
FOR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS, SEE THE "INSTALL" FILE
- What Is Knights?
Knights is a graphical chess interface designed to work with KDE. Knights is called a chess 'interface' because it does not come with it's own computer players. There are several very good computer players ( Chess Engines ) already. Unfortunatly, most chess engines do not include fully featured GUIs. Instead, they rely on other programs ( like Knights ) to fill the gap.
- How can I learn more about Knights?
If you're interested in learning more, you should visit our project's website at http://www.knights-chess.com
- What Chess Engines work with Knights?
Knights should support any engine which uses the XBoard or UCI protocols. A list of engines that we've tested include:
BabyChess
Cilian
Crafty
Deep Sjeng
Faile
GNUChess
KnightCap
Pepito
Phalanx
Sjeng
Yace
- What can I do to help Knights?
Knights can always use help in a number of areas. The best way to get started would be to express your interests on the knights-devel mailing list. You can sign up from here:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31461
Currently, we're very interested in talking to a graphics artist about designing some new themes, and we would like to talk to some advanced chess players about helping to develop the tutorials.