KNights

Chess game

by KDEVerified

GameBoard & Cards

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About

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

Additional information

Project

Developer: KDE
License: GPL-2.0+ (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage: apps.kde.org/knights
From the project: Report a bug Donate Documentation
Latest release: October 8, 2026 (10 days ago)Actively maintained · 4+ releases in the last year
Release history: Last 4 releases
2.6.26080August 20, 2026
2.6.26043July 2, 2026
2.6.26042June 4, 2026
2.6.26041May 7, 2026
Languages: 50 languages

Install

Size: 81.2 MB
Installs: 34,327 on Flathub185 in the last 7 days
Available via: Flatpak · Snap (2) · Arch Linux · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Slackware · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 13 packagings
Flathub (Flatpak), Snap Store, Snap Store (Beta build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Slackware, Gentoo (Candidate build)
Flatpak sandbox: Limited access
Runs in a sandbox with no access to your personal files or devices beyond what's listed.
What it can access
Uses the internet
Plays and records audio

About this data

Sources: Sources disagree on the license
Catalog data as of: October 12, 2026

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How each source lists it (13)

Source	Name	Version	Built by	License	Description
Flathub (Flatpak)	KNights	2.6.26080	Official build	GPL-2.0+	Chess game
Snap Store	KNights	2.6.26043	—	GPL-2.0+	Chess game
Snap Store (Beta build)	KNights	2.6.26043	—	GPL-2.0+	Chess game
Debian	knights	25.04.2-1	Distribution build	—	chess interface for the KDE Platform
Ubuntu	knights	25.12.3-0ubuntu1	Distribution build	—	chess interface for the KDE Platform
Fedora	knights	26.08.1	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only	A chess board for KDE
Arch Linux	knights	26.08.2-1	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later	Chess board by KDE with XBoard protocol support
Nixpkgs	knights	26.08.2	Distribution build	BSD-3-Clause AND CC0-1.0 AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-only AND GPL-3.0-or-later	Chess board program.
openSUSE	knights	26.08.2	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	A simple chess board
Alpine Linux	knights	26.04.2-r0	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	Chess board by KDE with XBoard protocol support
Void Linux	knights	26.08.1_1	Distribution build	LGPL-2.1-or-later	Chess board program for KDE
Slackware	knights	26.08.2-1	Distribution build	—	knights (Chess board with XBoard protocol support)
Gentoo (Candidate build)	knights	26.08.2	Distribution build	GPL-2.0-or-later	Simple chess board based on KDE Frameworks