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Mate-in-N problems where N scales indefinitely with board size
Motivation - Long range mating patterns
This question is inspired by my recent interest in infinite chess and the post on MathOverflow Checkmate in ω moves?. Since my chess endgame skills are quite ...
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Is there a mathematical theorem that you can use to win a chess endgame?
Have mathematicians created any theorem that determines the outcome of a endgame? If so, how could it be used to win a specific endgame?
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How to mathematically determine if king and pawn versus king endgame is a draw or a win?
I am aware of questions such as this one which discussed a method of determining if a king pawn vs king endgame is a draw or not. The accepted answer gave detailed guidelines but is not mathematically ...
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Endgames: How was "maximum moves required" determined before tablebases?
To use a simple example, tablebases show that KQ vs. K is won in at most ten moves. But chess books going back many decades, well before tablebases, say the same thing. How was this calculated?
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How many positions are there in n-pieces endgame tablebases for different values of n? [duplicate]
Note that I don't want the exact values, I only need approximations. And I am only interested in small values of n (not more than 12).
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