Pawnless Chess Endgame - Tables

Tables

This a table listing several pawnless endings, the number of moves in the longest win, and the winning percentage for the first player. The winning percentage can be misleading – it is the percentage of wins out of all possible positions, even if a piece can immediately be captured or won by a skewer, pin, or fork. The largest number of moves to a win is the number of moves until either checkmate or transformation to a simpler position due to winning a piece. Also, the fifty-move rule is not taken into account (Speelman, Tisdall & Wade 1993:7–8).

Common pawnless endgames
Attacking pieces Defending pieces Longest win Winning %
10 100
16 100
10 42
31 99
18 35
27 48
19 99.97
33 99.5
30 94
67 92.1
33 53.4
41 48.4
71 92.1
42 93.1
63 89.7
59 40.1
33 35.9
66 91.8

This table shows six-piece endgames with some positions requiring more than 100 moves to win (Stiller 1996).

Endgames requiring more than 100 moves to win
Attacking pieces Defending pieces Longest win Winning %
243 78
223 96
190 72
153 86
140 77
101 94

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