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=Fathom=
'''Fathom''' is a stand-alone Syzygy based probing tool and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface API] by [[Basil Falcinelli]], introduced in November 2015 along with his [[GullChessGull|Gull 3]] release <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58299 Gull 3 Linux+Syzygy and Fathom released] by [[Basil Falcinelli]], [[CCC]], November 20, 2015</ref> . Unlike the original tbprobe code, Fathom does not necessarily require the callee to provide [[Move Generation|move generation]] functionality. The new modifications and extensions to Ronald de Man's original code which can be "redistributed and/or modified without restrictions", are released under the permissive [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology#License|MIT License]]. The API consists of three functions <ref>[https://github.com/basil00/Fathom GitHub - basil00/Fathom: Syzygy TB probe tool] by [[Basil Falcinelli]]</ref> :
* tb_init initializes the tablebase
* tb_probe_wdl probes the Win-Draw-Loss (WDL) table for a given position
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56289 5 men Syzygy on USB 3.0 Flash Drive] by [[Kai Laskos]], [[CCC]], May 09, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56363&start=3 Re: how to probe egtb from console?] by [[Ronald de Man]], [[CCC]], May 15, 2015 » [[python-chess]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58299 Gull 3 Linux+Syzygy and Fathom released] by [[Basil Falcinelli]], [[CCC]], November 20, 2015 » [[GullChessGull]], [[Syzygy Bases#Fathom|Fathom]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58488 Syzygy probing code: DTZ in some cursed endgames off by one?] by [[Niklas Fiekas]], [[CCC]], December 06, 2015
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