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


Features:
<ul><li>Local play between two players on the same computer</li><li>Play against any computer program that supports the XBoard protocol</li><li>Play on the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS)</li><li>Watching two computer engines play against each other</li><li>Support for legal move checking</li><li>Markers for possible moves, opponent’s last move and sources of check</li><li>Board borders and site notations</li><li>Complete time control, with Plasma-styled clocks</li><li>Several themes, with the possibility of downloading new ones from within the program</li><li>Animated moves (configurable)</li><li>Views for playing on a chess server, including a seek graph, text console, and chat widget</li><li>Option to undo and redo moves</li><li>Graphic interface for making and receiving offers from remote players</li><li>Support for the UCI protocol (used by Stockfish, Chessbase, and many others)</li><li>Support for saving and loading Portable game notation (PGN) files</li><li>Speak opponent’s moves</li><li>Ability to control the program via a D-Bus interface</li></ul>