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Syzygy Tablebase for Stockfish Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About Syzygy Tablebase for Stockfish

Syzygy Tablebase for Stockfish is a file management app for chess endgame tablebase. It is designed to work with the Stockfish chess engine, you can use it to import your tablebase chess files into SmallFish iOS app which runs on the latest Stockfish AI. You can also use it to query individual endgame positions. Do you want to know if your endgame position is a win or a draw? This app can help you.

Download this app to import the pre-installed 5-men tablebase files. You can also import your own tablebase files. The app has the instructions that you can follow.

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SYZYGY BUNDLE
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This app bundles all 5-men Syzygy tablebase piece configurations. You may also want to download 6-men tablebase files .

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REQUIREMENTS
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This app is a 1GB download. You will need the following if you want to run tablebase with Stockfish on your iOS device:

- 1GB disk space for this app
- The SmallFish chess app - running the Stockfish engine
- Another 1GB disk space to process the tablebase files

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DESCRIPTION
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Syzygy endgame tablebase is a massive database that contains pre-calculated exhaustive analysis of chess endgame positions. The tablebase is able to tell you whether your position is a win, loss or draw instantly, without running lengthly analysis.

The Stockfish chess engine provides support of the Syzygy tablebase format. You should use this app if you would like to improve your Stockfish analytical performance. The tablebase bundled with this app should bring about 50 ELO improvement to the Stockfish engine and is recommended for all serious players.

What's New in the Latest Version 13.5.11

Last updated on Feb 27, 2024

Old Versions

Fixed spellings

Version History

13.5.11

Feb 27, 2024

Fixed spellings

13.5.10

Feb 15, 2024

Minor fixes

13.5.8

Feb 13, 2024

Minor updates to the help page

13.5.6

Jul 20, 2023

Minor fixes

13.5.5

Jul 20, 2023

Fixed a spelling

13.5.4

Jul 19, 2023

Included a downloadable link for the 6-men endgame tablebase files

13.4.0

Mar 24, 2023

Fixed a bug in clicking a pawn for tablebase probing.

13.3.0

Dec 19, 2022

Added dark mode support. Simply select your theme preference in your device's general settings. The app will automatically adjust itself based on your selection. For any issues or suggestions, please email tedwong@smallchess.com.

13.2.0

Dec 15, 2022

Rebuilt and optimized for the all iOS versions and devices.

12.10.1

Nov 18, 2018

Added support for latest devices

10.6.4

Oct 1, 2018

Updated for recent iOS devices.

10.6.3

Sep 26, 2018

Fixed for iPhone X and iPad Pros.