NULP
(Number of Unique Legal Positions in chess endgames)
Number of endgames in Chess with any starting position
These numbers are computed using exact set of Chess pieces, but without assuming any fixed starting position.
Pieces | Endgames | Endgames Cumulative | ESMs | ESMs Cumulative |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
4 | 30 | 36 | 55 | 66 |
5 | 110 | 146 | 220 | 286 |
6 | 365 | 511 | 715 | 1,001 |
7 | 1,001 | 1,512 | 2,002 | 3,003 |
8 | 2,520 | 4,032 | 5,005 | 8,008 |
9 | 5,720 | 9,752 | 11,440 | 19,448 |
10 | 12,190 | 21,942 | 24,310 | 43,758 |
11 | 24,309 | 46,251 | 48,618 | 92,376 |
12 | 46,233 | 92,484 | 92,340 | 184,716 |
13 | 83,817 | 176,301 | 167,634 | 352,350 |
14 | 146,094 | 322,395 | 291,978 | 644,328 |
15 | 244,350 | 566,745 | 488,700 | 1,133,028 |
16 | 393,114 | 959,859 | 785,898 | 1,918,926 |
17 | 606,777 | 1,566,636 | 1,213,554 | 3,132,480 |
18 | 899,592 | 2,466,228 | 1,798,689 | 4,931,169 |
19 | 1,279,689 | 3,745,917 | 2,559,378 | 7,490,547 |
20 | 1,749,075 | 5,494,992 | 3,497,436 | 10,987,983 |
21 | 2,294,793 | 7,789,785 | 4,589,586 | 15,577,569 |
22 | 2,889,021 | 10,678,806 | 5,777,055 | 21,354,624 |
23 | 3,477,150 | 14,155,956 | 6,954,300 | 28,308,924 |
24 | 3,980,871 | 18,136,827 | 7,960,455 | 36,269,379 |
25 | 4,291,443 | 22,428,270 | 8,582,886 | 44,852,265 |
26 | 4,297,605 | 26,725,875 | 8,593,731 | 53,445,996 |
27 | 3,914,640 | 30,640,515 | 7,829,280 | 61,275,276 |
28 | 3,160,515 | 33,801,030 | 6,319,575 | 67,594,851 |
29 | 2,172,555 | 35,973,585 | 4,345,110 | 71,939,961 |
30 | 1,210,770 | 37,184,355 | 2,420,550 | 74,360,511 |
31 | 490,050 | 37,674,405 | 980,100 | 75,340,611 |
32 | 122,760 | 37,797,165 | 245,025 | 75,585,636 |
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