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excerpt: "For those who didn't see the review of BlackKnight v1.01, BlackKnight is a chess-playing program by Francois Lanciault for QDOS and compatibles. V1.01 had 10 levels of play with time to respond to a move averaging from S seconds at Level 1 to 60 minutes at Level 10. To these 10 levels v1.4 adds a…"
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# BlackKnight Version 1.4

For those who didn’t see the review of BlackKnight v1.01, BlackKnight is a chess-playing program by Francois Lanciault for QDOS and compatibles. V1.01 had 10 levels of play with time to respond to a move averaging from S seconds at Level 1 to 60 minutes at Level 10. To these 10 levels v1.4 adds a Level 11, “Infinite.” BlackKnight has an opening library of S000 moves and will play nearly any chess opening.