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KnightX, a Chess Engine Communication Protocol compliant chess engine by Christophe Jolly, written in C, and alias and successor of the native Windows program Techno Chess. KnightX, supporting WinBoard, was first published in December 1999, and since 2004, KnightX 1.86 runs under Linux via XBoard. KnightX played the Massy 2003 French Programmers Tournament, and the FCCC 2003 French Computer Chess Championship. After a long break from 2005 with KnightX 1.92, Christophe Jolly had his comeback in February 2019, when he released Knightx 1.93, continuing with subsequent versions.

=Selected Features=

Search

 * Iterative Deepening
 * Aspiration Windows
 * Alpha-Beta
 * Transposition Table
 * Null Move Pruning
 * Quiescence Search

Evaluation

 * Bishop Pair
 * Mobility
 * Pawn Structure
 * Passed Pawns
 * King Safety
 * Tarrasch Rule

Misc

 * Opening Book
 * Book Learning
 * Nalimov Tablebases

=Selected Games= Massy 2003, round 5, KnightX - Chinito [Event "Massy 2003"] [Site "Massy, FRA"] [Date "2003.06.15"] [Round "5"] [White "KnightX 1.78"] [Black "Chinito"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 a6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 Ne4 5.Bh4 Bg4 6.Be2 Nd6 7.Nc3 Nf5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bf4 e6 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Bb4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Rab1 b5 15.Qf3 Nd7 16.Nc6 Qe8 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxc7 Nf6 19.Ba5 Nh4 20.Qg3 Nf5 21.Qf3 Nh4 22.Qg3 Nf5 23.Qf3 1/2-1/2

=See also=
 * BB
 * Techno Chess
 * Knight
 * Black Knight
 * White Knight

=Forum Posts=

1999

 * New Knightx (Techno Chess) version ! by Frank Quisinsky, Winboard Forum, December 08, 1999

2000 ...
2001 2002 2003 2004
 * Knightx 1.51 (Techno Chess) by Christophe Jolly is available ! by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, January 15, 2000
 * Knightx 1.52 (aka Techno Chess) by Christophe Jolly is available ! by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, February 16, 2000
 * Knightx 1.53 by Christophe Jolly is available ! by Frank Quisinsky, CCC, March 15, 2000
 * Knightx 1.55 by Christophe Jolly is available ! by Frank Quisinsky, Winboard Forum, September 01, 2000
 * Knightx book v2 is out by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, November 07, 2001
 * Knightx 1.8x book generator by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, November 11, 2001
 * KnightX 1.72 is out by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, November 18, 2001
 * KnightX 1.73 is out by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, November 30, 2001
 * KnightX 1.74 is out by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, December 20, 2001
 * KnightX 1.75 is downloadable by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, February 11, 2002
 * Knightx 1.75A update by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, February 12, 2002
 * Knightx 1.76 is available by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, June 02, 2002
 * Knightx 1.76 removed, use Knightx 1.75a by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, June 05, 2002
 * Knightx 1.76a is downloadable by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, October 16, 2002
 * KnightX 1.77 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, December 21, 2002
 * Knightx 1.78 winboard engine is available by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, June 15, 2003
 * Knightx 1.78a (update) is available by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, June 22, 2003
 * Knightx 1.78B (update) is available by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, July 19, 2003
 * KnightX 1.79 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, September 07, 2003
 * KnightX 1.80 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, October 19, 2003
 * KnightX 1.80A released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, October 28, 2003
 * KnightX 1.81 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, December 21, 2003
 * KnightX 1.84 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, July 15, 2004
 * KnightX 1.85 is released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, October 09, 2004
 * KnightX 1.86 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, November 03, 2004
 * KnightX 1.90 is released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, December 06, 2004
 * An update of KnightX 1.90 will come soon by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, December 10, 2004
 * KnightX 1.90A released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, December 12, 2004

2005

 * KnightX 1.91 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, January 02, 2005
 * KnightX 1.91A update by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, March 01, 2005
 * KnightX 1.92 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, March 17, 2005
 * Knightx 1.92 bug by George Lyapko, Winboard Forum, July 14, 2005

2019

 * Knightx 1.93 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, February 23, 2019
 * Knightx 1.94 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, May 30, 2019
 * Knightx 1.94 Bug fixes (for Arena) by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, June 11, 2019
 * Knightx 1.95 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, July 14, 2019
 * KnightX 1.96 winboard engine has been released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, September 19, 2019
 * KnightX 1.97 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, October 23, 2019

2020 ...
2021
 * KnightX 1.98 released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, February 01, 2020
 * KnightX 1.99 Winboard engine released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, May 10, 2020
 * KnightX 2.0 Winboard engine released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, May 31, 2020
 * KnightX 2.2 Winboard engine released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, June 14, 2020
 * KnightX 2.3 Winboard engine released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, June 28, 2020
 * KnightX v2.1b, June 2020 by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, July 07, 2020
 * KnightX 2.4 Winboard engine released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, September 26, 2020
 * KnightX 2.5 Winboard engine released by Christophe Jolly, Winboard Forum, December 14, 2020
 * KnightX 2.61 Winboard engine released by Christophe Jolly, CCC, February 16, 2021
 * KnightX 2.7 engine released by Christophe Jolly, CCC, April 05, 2021
 * KnightX engine released by Christophe Jolly, CCC, May 23, 2021

=External Links=

Chess Engine

 * Computer chess, the KnightX chess program
 * KnightX aka Techno Chess engine for Winboard - readme.txt
 * KnightX in CCRL 40/15

Misc

 * knight - Wiktionary
 * Knight from Wikipedia
 * Knight (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
 * Knight (chess) from Wikipedia
 * Knight (DC Comics) from Wikipedia
 * Moon Knight from Wikipedia
 * The Knight (novel) from Wikipedia
 * The Wizard Knight from Wikipedia
 * Knight Moves (novel) from Wikipedia
 * Knight Moves (film) from Wikipedia

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