#Endgame tablebase search or explorer windows

The Syzygy Endgame Tablebases pay attention to the 50 move stalemate rule. The 6-man Syzygy tablebases need 150 GB disc space, whereas the Nalimov tablebases need more than 1 TB.

A big advantage of the Syzygy Endgame Tablebases is that they are much smaller. In this example you can see entries 'tb= xxx', which show how often the Houdini chess engine is accessing the endgame tablebases. You can check whether the access is working by looking at the output of a chess engine. Click OK to confirm the settings, and the program will now use the information in the tablebases.

#Endgame tablebase search or explorer windows

Clicking on the button with the three dots activates the standard Windows dialog to select the folder. You can activate the Syzygy Endgame Tablebases in the program settings, in the menu File – Options – TableBases – More.Įnter the path of the folder where the Syzygy tablebases are stored in the ' GUI' and ' Engine' tabs. Most new chess engines already support this format. The new format was designed by Ronald de Man from Holland. Older versions only supported the Nalimov Endgame Tablebases, which are still supported in this version. ChessBase supports a relatively new endgame database format, the Syzygy Endgame Tablebases.