ENDGAME TABLES AND CHESS COMPOSITION

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Elkies, N.D.^{; 1}

Affiliations: USA

Note: [1] Dept. of Mathematics, Harvard University, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. email: [email protected]

Abstract: This paper places Ken Thompson’s work on computer-generated endgame tables in a historical progression of “retrograde analysis” of chess endgames, a progression comprising human efforts as well as computer work of greater accuracy and ever-increasing computational power. The paper shows how Thompson’s and others’ endgame tables have made and can continue to make a particularly significant contribution to the art of the chess endgame study.

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2001-24210

Journal: ICGA Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 93-101, 2001