Hi,
I've just been reading about endgame tablebases, and doing a few experiments with syzygy 7 piece endings.
I enjoyed looking at these online articles, and forum topics...
https://www.chessprogramming.org/Endgame_Tablebases
https://www.chessprogramming.org/Syzygy_Bases
ftp://ftp.chessdb.cn/pub/syzygy/7men/
http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69309
http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?t=68117
I've noticed a few people coming to the conclusion that it's perhaps efficient to use a subset of the syzygy 7 piece tables, in conjunction with complete syzygy 6 piece tables. And that it's valuable if you know which are most commonly required syzygy 7 piece tables.
I've seen the terms 'occurrence ranking' and 'endgame frequency' used to describe this idea.
One author suggested the most occuring 7 piece endings to be:
- KRPPvKRP
- KBPPvKBP
- KPPPvKPP
With KRPPvKRP occuring 30%, and the others around 5% each.
There was also a suggestion made that there is a difference between human and engine games.
My question is… does anyone know a good reference or study of 'occurrence ranking' for endgames, in particular 7 piece endgames?
My apologies if this is commonly known, and I didn't find it.
Thanks for help.
Hi,
I've just been reading about endgame tablebases, and doing a few experiments with syzygy 7 piece endings.
I enjoyed looking at these online articles, and forum topics...
https://www.chessprogramming.org/Endgame_Tablebases
https://www.chessprogramming.org/Syzygy_Bases
ftp://ftp.chessdb.cn/pub/syzygy/7men/
http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69309
http://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?t=68117
I've noticed a few people coming to the conclusion that it's perhaps efficient to use a subset of the syzygy 7 piece tables, in conjunction with complete syzygy 6 piece tables. And that it's valuable if you know which are most commonly required syzygy 7 piece tables.
I've seen the terms 'occurrence ranking' and 'endgame frequency' used to describe this idea.
One author suggested the most occuring 7 piece endings to be:
1) KRPPvKRP
2) KBPPvKBP
3) KPPPvKPP
With KRPPvKRP occuring 30%, and the others around 5% each.
There was also a suggestion made that there is a difference between human and engine games.
My question is… does anyone know a good reference or study of 'occurrence ranking' for endgames, in particular 7 piece endgames?
My apologies if this is commonly known, and I didn't find it.
Thanks for help.