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=At the Root=
At the [[Root|root]], since pure DTZ50-optimal play (i.e. minimaxing the number of moves to the next [[Captures|capture]] or [[Pawn Push|pawn move]] by either side) can be very unnatural, it might be desirable to let the engine search on the winning moves until it becomes clear that insufficient progress is being made and only then switch to DTZ-optimal play (e.g. by detecting [[Repetitions|repetitions]] and monitoring the [[Halfmove Clock|halfmove clock]]) <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47681&start=8 Re: New 6-piece tablebases] by [[Ronald de Man]], [[CCC]], April 05, 2013</ref> .
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=Endgame Download=Syzygy bases and its author [[Ronald de Man]] provide only open source code for generators/probers but not endgame files themselves. Users should find and download those files from other sources such as ftp FTP server of [[Bojun Guo]], [[Lichess]] server. =Checksums= Syzygy endgame files may contain 128-bit checksum keys at the end of those files. It also has its own code for checksums (based on Google's cityhash library).
=Probe code Code and toolsTools=
1) Stockfish
