syzygy-tables.info

User interface and public API for probing Syzygy endgame tablebases.

Running

Dependencies (Python 3.5):

pip install aiohttp
pip install jinja2
pip install python-chess
pip install htmlmin  # recommended

Node.js:

npm install -g grunt-cli
npm install

Create combined JavaScript and CSS files using Grunt:

grunt

Start the server on port 5000:

python server.py

You can optionally copy config.default.ini to config.ini and adjust configuration variables. etc contains configuration examples for nginx and a systemd service.

Syzygy tablebase files

Only the small four-men tablebases are in this Git repository. Optionally generate or download five-men and six-men tablebases and configure the directories.

Gaviota tablebases

Optionally build and install libgtb and download Gaviota tablebase files. Put them into the gaviota directory or a configured path.

API

See https://syzygy-tables.info/apidoc for information about the JSON API.

Hacking

Have a look at server.py for server side code. The client side code is in static/js/client.js.

License

This project is licensed under the AGPLv3 with the following dependencies:

• python-chess (GPL3)
• chessboard.js (MIT)
• chess.js (MIT)
• Gaviota tablebases (MIT)
• aiohttp (Apache 2)
• Jinja (BSD)
• htmlmin (BSD)
• Bootstrap (MIT)
• jQuery (MIT)

Thanks to all of them and special thanks to Ronald de Man for his endgame tablebases!