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title: Install KNights on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of KNights for Linux - Chess game
url: https://snapcraft.io/knights
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# KNights

[KDE](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kde "View all snaps from KDE")

* [KDE](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kde "View all snaps from KDE")

latest/stable 2.6.26043

Install latest/stable of KNights

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install knights
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* knights

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### License

* GPL-2.0+

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### Last updated

* 4 July 2026 - latest/stable
* 2 July 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [apps.kde.org](https://apps.kde.org/knights "https://apps.kde.org/knights")

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### Donations

* [www.kde.org](https://www.kde.org/community/donations/?app=knights&source=appdata "https://www.kde.org/community/donations/?app=knights&source=appdata")

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### Report a bug

* [bugs.kde.org](https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&product=knights "https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&product=knights")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/knights#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/knights#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/knights#tab-security)

#### Chess game

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

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## Install KNights on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/knights/raspbian)

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