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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]] <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=479 KnightX 1.86 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 03, 2004</ref>.
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''' <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54309 Knightx 1.93 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 23, 2019</ref>, continueing continuing with subsequent versions. =Selected Features=<ref>as mentioned in [http://technochess.free.fr/readme.txt KnightX aka Techno Chess engine for Winboard - readme.txt]</ref>==[[Search]]==* [[Iterative Deepening]]* [[Aspiration Windows]]* [[Alpha-Beta]]* [[Transposition Table]]* [[Null Move Pruning]]* [[Quiescence Search]]==[[Evaluation]]==* [[Bishop Pair]]* [[Mobility]]* [[Pawn Structure]]* [[Passed Pawn|Passed Pawns]]* [[King Safety]]* [[Tarrasch Rule]]==Misc==* [[Opening Book]]* [[Book Learning]]* [[Nalimov Tablebases]]
=Selected Games=
==1999==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30618 New Knightx (Techno Chess) version !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 08, 1999
==2000...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=88993 Knightx 1.51 (Techno Chess) by Christophe Jolly is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], January 15, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=97672 Knightx 1.52 (aka Techno Chess) by Christophe Jolly is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], February 16, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=101978 Knightx 1.53 by Christophe Jolly is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], March 15, 2000
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32334 Knightx 1.55 by Christophe Jolly is available !] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 01, 2000
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34990 Knightx book v2 is out] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 07, 2001
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35029 Knightx 1.8x book generator] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 11, 2001
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35197 KnightX 1.73 is out] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 30, 2001
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35386 KnightX 1.74 is out] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 20, 2001
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36114 KnightX 1.75 is downloadable] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 11, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36161 Knightx 1.75A update] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 12, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=39566 Knightx 1.76a is downloadable] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 16, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=40418 KnightX 1.77 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 21, 2002
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=43007 Knightx 1.78 winboard engine is available] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 15, 2003
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=43100 Knightx 1.78a (update) is available] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 22, 2003
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=44871 KnightX 1.80A released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 28, 2003
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45702 KnightX 1.81 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 21, 2003
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=48213 KnightX 1.84 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 15, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=218 KnightX 1.85 is released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 09, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54416 Knightx 1.94 Bug fixes (for Arena)] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 11, 2019
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54444 Knightx 1.95 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day July 14], 2019
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54485 KnightX 1.96 winboard engine has been released],by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 19, 2019* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54502 KnightX 1.97 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 23, 2019==2020 ...==* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54579 KnightX 1.98 released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], February 01, 2020* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54654 KnightX 1.99 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 10, 2020* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54665 KnightX 2.0 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 31, 2020* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54676 KnightX 2.2 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 14, 2020* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54688 KnightX 2.3 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 28, 2020* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=74401 KnightX v2.1b, June 2020] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], July 07, 2020* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54738 KnightX 2.4 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 26, 2020* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54793 KnightX 2.5 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 14, 2020'''2021'''* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76613 KnightX 2.61 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], February 16, 2021* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=77010 KnightX 2.7 engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], April 05, 2021* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=77362 KnightX engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], May 23, 2021* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78052 KnightX 2.9 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], August 29, 2021* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78172 KnightX 2.91 Winboard engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], September 14, 2021* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78663 KnightX 3.1 engine released] by [[Christophe Jolly]], [[CCC]], November 14, 2021
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://technochess.free.fr/ Computer chess, the KnightX chess program]
* [http://technochess.free.fr/readme.txt KnightX 1.92 aka Techno Chess engine for Winboard - readme.txt]* [http://computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=KnightX&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Comopp+gamenum+table&print=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents KnightX] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4015]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knight knight - Wiktionary]
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