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Thanks for the detailed answer.

Just to be sure I understood everything correctly: All the statistics in the files by Karrer are computed according to Wirth's method, right? By Wirth's method, two pawnless positions which are related by rotation and/or reflection are always counted as one; two pawnful positions which are related b...

What you say is probably true - I just checked and saw that the 32 max KBBKN positions indeed include two positions with the kings on the same long diagonal. So probably these positions appear in Nalimov's database twich each, and that is why in his database there are 34 such positions. I also check...

The sources you gave contradict each other. :shock: From text file: "kbnk wtm: max win 33 ( 138 )" Spreadsheet at ICGA site says (at AT33): 144 from zipped text file you posted here: http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?t=938&sid=765eff79ee571e24a068c880ebb72348...

Thank you very much

Hi, Where can I find a list of 4- and 5-piece positions with maximal DTC, and the same for maximal DTZ? The list must show for each possible 4- and 5-piece combination (for example KRKB, KBBKN, KQPKQ, ...) not only the maximal DTC and/or DTZ, but also a specific position. For example, for KBBKN the ...