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Limits RegistryThe Lomonosov tablebases, computed in 2012 by Vladimir Makhnychev and Victor Zakharov on Moscow State University's Lomonosov supercomputer, solved every chess position with seven pieces, about 140 TB of data, and revealed a forced mate requiring 549 moves. Bojun Guo's more compact Syzygy 7-piece tables (2018) are now widely used by chess engines.
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The Lomonosov tablebases, computed in 2012 by Vladimir Makhnychev and Victor Zakharov on Moscow State University's Lomonosov supercomputer, solved every chess position with seven pieces, about 140 TB of data, and revealed a forced mate requiring 549 moves. Bojun Guo's more compact Syzygy 7-piece tables (2018) are now widely used by chess engines.
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Limits Registry. LR-SEVEN-PIECE-CHESS-TABLEBASE. Largest complete chess endgame tablebase (all 7-piece positions). 2026.