NIKOLA Documentation

Welcome to the official NIKOLA Chess Engine documentation. NIKOLA is a supercomputer-class chess engine built for modern data-center GPUs, written entirely in MIND Language with native tensor operations for NNUE evaluation.

Getting Started

Install NIKOLA and run your first analysis in minutes.

UCI Configuration

Fine-tune engine parameters for optimal performance.

Building from Source

Compile NIKOLA with the MIND toolchain.

Neural Network

Understand the NNUE architecture and GPU acceleration.

MIND Language

Learn about the language powering NIKOLA.

Quick Install

Get NIKOLA running on your system with a single command:

Linux / macOS

curl -fsSL https://nikolachess.com/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://nikolachess.com/install.ps1 | iex