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Tablebases are databases that contain complete, exhaustively calculated moves and variations for a given collection of chess positions. E.g. the Nalimov tablebases contain full solutions for all endgames involving 6 pieces or less.

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What is the status for seven man end game table bases?

The threads related saw a bit of activity and died off: the "metric thread" the "file format thread" In short, I don't think we have any working 7-piece tablebases (complete ones, anyway), yet. …
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Computer endgame strength without tablebases

Win against who? I've seen KQ/KR draw between computers before, in 1 or 5 minutes (without egtb). They can drill pretty deep when there aren't many pieces on the board, but if the time control is fa …
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