A pawnless chess endgame is a chess endgame in which only a few pieces remain, and no pawns. The basic checkmates are types of pawnless endgames. Endgames...

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In chess, the endgame tablebase, or simply tablebase, is a computerised database containing precalculated evaluations of endgame positions. Tablebases...

rook endgames or pawnless endgames. Most books are one volume (of varying size), but there are large multi-volume works. Most books cover endgames in which...

(see Pawnless chess endgame § Minor pieces only and Chess endgame § Effect of tablebases on endgame theory). Several important works on the endgame have...

versus rook endgame, when the rule for more moves was in effect. (See pawnless chess endgame and rook and bishop versus rook endgame.) Chess endgame § Longest...

this is a curiosity of little practical value (see two knights endgame). Pawnless endgames are a rarity, and if the stronger side has even a single pawn...

the pawn, resulting in a winning queen versus rook position (see Pawnless chess endgame § Queen versus rook). A rule of thumb (with exceptions) is: if the...

covers computer chess from the early days through the first match between Deep Blue and Garry Kasparov.) Nunn, John (2002), Secrets of Pawnless Endings, Gambit...

a rook. This combination of material is one of the most common pawnless chess endgames. It is generally a theoretical draw, but the rook and bishop have...

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versus knight endgame is a theoretical draw (see pawnless chess endgame). In the actual game, mistakes were made in the rook versus knight endgame, and White...

or more pawns. In an endgame without pawns, the advantage of the exchange is normally not enough to win (see pawnless chess endgame). The most common exceptions...

or capture is made; examples include some endgames with two knights against a pawn and some pawnless endgames such as queen against two bishops. Historically...

has just a king and rook. As no pawns are on the board, it is a pawnless chess endgame. The side with the queen wins with best play, except for a few rare...

position. book draw An endgame position known to be a draw with perfect play. Historically this was established by reference to chess endgame literature, but...

Losing Chess endgame material published up to the end of 1999" (PDF). The John and Sue Beasley WebSite. Beasley, John (1999). "Three-man pawnless endings...

Minor-Piece Endings and Secrets of Pawnless Endings), John Nunn uses these symbols in a more specific way in the context of endgames where the optimal line of...

A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one...

Kxd6 2.Rd4# Pawnless chess endgame Botvinnik vs. Minev Botvinnik vs. Ravinsky Bibliography Burgess, Graham (2000), The Mammoth Book of Chess (2nd ed.),...

(with generalizations). Pawnless chess endgame – Endgames without pawns. Queen and pawn versus queen endgame – difficult endgame with a queen and pawn versus...

In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a composed position—that is, one that has been made up rather than played in an actual game—presented...

limited; there are tablebases of perfect endgame play with a small number of pieces (up to seven), and some chess variants have been solved at least weakly...

promotion, xiangqi endgames instead focus more directly on forcing checkmate or stalemate, and in this regard resemble pawnless chess endgames. Since stalemate...

The Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 c6 The Caro–Kann is a common defence against 1.e4. It is classified as a Semi-Open...

Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played...

Computer chess Glossary of computer chess terms Ken Thompson (computer programmer) Joseph Henry Condon Endgame tablebase Bell Labs Pawnless chess endgame § Browne...

the progress of significant human–computer chess matches. Chess computers were first able to beat strong chess players in the late 1980s. Their most famous...

Lucena position The Lucena position is a position in chess endgame theory where one side has a rook and a pawn and the defender has a rook. Karsten Müller...

making use of chess endgame tablebases, Secrets Of Rook Endings, was later followed by Secrets of Minor-Piece Endings, and Secrets Of Pawnless Endings. These...