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.
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