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Endgame Tablebases

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Purpose
The term '''Tablebase''' opposed to endgame database was coined by [[Steven Edwards]] by means of a data vector and a single file access for both sides to move, when he introduced his [[Edwards' Tablebases]], addressing several shortcomings of [[Ken Thompson|Ken Thompson's]] earlier [[Thompson's Databases|database]] of positions with the weaker and hence potentially losing side to move only <ref>[[Ernst A. Heinz]] ('''1999'''). ''Endgame Databases and Efficient Index Schemes for Chess.'' [[ICGA Journal#22_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1]], [http://people.csail.mit.edu/heinz/ps/edb_index.ps.gz ps]</ref> .
=PurposePurposes=
When a playing game goes to the endgame period, it may complete soon by a draw or a win/loss. Both human/chess engines can finish the endgame by searching, applying some endgame rules. The game can finish in this way but it is not in a perfect way: it takes much time to make move, use more moves than necessary. Sometimes the winning side may lose the change since the rule 50 moves.
* Data too large for downloading and storing
* Require complicated code for probing
 
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