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@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ - -Knights - A chess interface (GUI) for the Trinity Desktop Environment - - - -Knights is a graphical chess interface designed to work with TDE. -It's designed to be both friendly to new chess players and -functional for Grand Masters. Knights is called a chess "interface" -because it does not come with it's own computer players. There are -several 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. - - -- What Chess Engines can work with Knights? - -Knights should support any engine which uses the XBoard protocol -developed by Tim Mann. Knights will also offer it's own protocol for -future use. To date, the following chess engines have been confirmed -to work with. If you know of another, please let we know so we can -update this list. - - - GNUChess v4.0 patchlevel 80 - - GNUChess v5.02 - - Crafty v18.09 - - Crafty v18.10 - - KnightCap v3.3 - - Sjeng v10.0 - - BabyChess - - -- List of Knights' key features: - - * Play against yourself, against computer opponents, - or against others over the Internet. - * Customize your board and pieces with over 30 different themes, - or make your own! - * Audio cues help alert you to important events. - * Novice players can preview potential moves. - * Save your unfinished matches and play them again later. - - - - CONTRIBUTING -============== - -If you wish to contribute to knights (TDE), you might do so: - -- TDE Gitea Workspace (TGW) collaboration tool. - https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea - -- TDE Weblate Translation Workspace (TWTW) collaboration tool. - https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..07692d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ + +Knights - A chess interface (GUI) for the Trinity Desktop Environment + + + +Knights is a graphical chess interface designed to work with TDE. +It's designed to be both friendly to new chess players and +functional for Grand Masters. Knights is called a chess "interface" +because it does not come with it's own computer players. There are +several 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. + + +## What Chess Engines can work with Knights? + +Knights should support any engine which uses the XBoard protocol +developed by Tim Mann. Knights will also offer it's own protocol for +future use. To date, the following chess engines have been confirmed +to work with. If you know of another, please let we know so we can +update this list. + +- GNUChess v4.0 patchlevel 80 +- GNUChess v5.02 +- Crafty v18.09 +- Crafty v18.10 +- KnightCap v3.3 +- Sjeng v10.0 +- BabyChess + + +## List of Knights' key features: + +* Play against yourself, against computer opponents, + or against others over the Internet. +* Customize your board and pieces with over 30 different themes, + or make your own! +* Audio cues help alert you to important events. +* Novice players can preview potential moves. +* Save your unfinished matches and play them again later. + +. + +Contributing +-------------- + +If you wish to contribute to knights (TDE), you might do so: + +- TDE Gitea Workspace (TGW) collaboration tool. + https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea + +- TDE Weblate Translation Workspace (TWTW) collaboration tool. + https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate + + +Translations status +--------------------- + +### messages +[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/applications/-/knights/multi-auto.svg +"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/knights/) + +### desktop files +[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/applications/-/knights-knightsdesktop/multi-auto.svg +"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/knights-knightsdesktop/) + +### mime-types +[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/applications/-/knights-pgn-mimetype/multi-auto.svg +"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/knights-pgn-mimetype/) |