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=License=
In the late 90s Nalimov Tablebases became defacto standard and were used in many [[:Category:Commercial Engines|commercial]], [[:Category:Private Engines|private]] and free chess engines and [[GUI|GUI's]]. A reference implementation by Eugene Nalimov and [[Robert Hyatt]] was realized in [[Crafty]], with Tablebases and probing code previously available from Bob Hyatt's site <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131102025806/http://www.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/crafty/TB/ Index of /hyatt/crafty/TB] hosted by [[Robert Hyatt]]([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])</ref>. Probing could easily incorporated into own chess engines, however the license policy requires explicit permission by Eugene Nalimov<ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=442822 To sumarize this] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], August 17, 2005</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Eugene Nalimov]], [[Guy Haworth]], [[Ernst A. Heinz]] ('''2001'''). ''[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4563/ Space-efficient Indexing of Endgame Tables for Chess]''. [[Advances in Computer Games 9]]
* [[Guy Haworth]], [[Peter Karrer]], [[John Tamplin]], [[Christoph Wirth]] ('''2001'''). ''[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4581/ 3-5-man chess: Maximals and mzugs]''. [[ICGA Journal#24_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 4]]
* [[Eugene Nalimov|Eugène Nalimov]] ('''2002'''). ''Chess Endgame Tablebases''. [[Eugène Eugene Nalimov#Lecture|Invited Lecture]], [[7th Computer Olympiad#Workshop|7th Computer Olympiad Workshop]]
* [[Guy Haworth]] ('''2005'''). ''[http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/4522/ 6-Man Chess Solved]''. [[ICGA Journal#28_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3]]
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=90672 Nalimov-EGTBs in ANSI-C?] by [[Heiner Marxen]], [[CCC]], January 21, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=142991 Usage of egtb.cpp in GPL software (Amy, ExChess, ...)] by [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]], [[CCC]], December 05, 2000 » [[Amy]], [[EXchess]]
: [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=143013 Re: Usage of egtb.cpp in GPL software (Amy, ExChess, ...)] by [[Eugene Nalimov]], [[CCC]], December 05, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=155187 Nalimov endgames] by [[Jean-Christophe Weill]], [[CCC]], February 20, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=192968 Nalimov's EGTBs (long post with code)] by [[Heiner Marxen]], [[CCC]], October 13, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=270531 Questions about the new Nalimov tablebase files...] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], December 12, 2002
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/dc2f8a69e0deaded# Compressed Nalimov EGTBs] by Leonardo Ljubicic, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 18, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=364329 Bug/glitch in Nalimov Code (and in Wilhelm)?] by [[Dieter BürssnerBürßner]], [[CCC]], May 09, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=369041 To Eugene Nalimov: Copyright of Tablebase files] by [[Karl-Heinz Milaster]], [[CCC]], June 05, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=369294 Are nalimov EGTB's a copyright from chessbase?] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], June 07, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=393219 Enpassant in Nalimov] by Henry Hongdoyo, [[CCC]], October 25, 2004
==2005 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=407134 Subject: Problem (small bug?) with Nalimov TBs] by [[Dieter BürssnerBürßner]], [[CCC]], January 23, 2005* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=442822 To sumarize this] by [[Thomas Mayer]], [[CCC]], August 17, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=470947 For Eugene Nalimov: EGTB Request] by [[Vasik Rajlich]], [[CCC]], December 16, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=488972 smp and nalimov egtb, how to make it work?] by [[Volker Böhm]], [[CCC]], February 23, 2006
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59237&start=7 Re: Nalimov EGTB problem related to DTM?] by [[Ronald de Man]], [[CCC]], February 14, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60195 Nalimov egtb probing code] by [[Fabio Gobbato]], [[CCC]], May 16, 2016
==2020 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=77091 Nalimov errors] by Jonathan Colledge, [[CCC]], April 15, 2021
=External Links=
==General==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141116144151/http://www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/int/Products/engines/tb/ Tablebases] by [[Eugene Nalimov]]([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131015101139/http://www.playwitharena.com/?User_Files%2C_Engines:Axon%2C_EloStat%2C_Nalimov:Nalimov_Tablebases Nalimov Tablebases] from [[Arena|Arena Chess GUI]]([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])
* [http://archive.today/HFYs Eugene Nalimov: Winner of the ChessBase Award and Guest of Honor in Maastricht] by [[Eric van Reem]], [[ChessBase]] events, July 9, 2002 (archived)
* [httphttps://wwwulthiel.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.decom/~thielmath/miscother/endgames/ Theoretical statistics for chess endgames with up to five pieces] by [[Mathematician#UlrichThiel|Ulrich Thiel]]
* [http://en.chessbase.com/post/engines-and-endgame-tablebases Engines and endgame tablebases] by [[Albert Silver]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], December 12, 2013
==Online Lookup==
* [http://www.k4it.de/index.php?lang=en&topic=egtb Web Query for Nalimov Endgame Tablebases] from [http://www.k4it.de/index.php?topic=impressum&lang=en Knowledge4IT] by [[Eiko Bleicher]]
==Download==
* [http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/tablebases-online/ Endgame Tablebases Online - 6-men endgame analysis free for everyone] by [[Kirill Kryukov]] (3,4,5,6 pieces - via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMule emule])
* [http://tablebase.sesse.net/ tablebase.sesse.net] by [[Steinar H. Gunderson|Sesse]]
