Awwwwwwwright Yes I know endgame tables exist, however after watching several top engines act like buffoons I am inexorably being drawn to the conclusion that we need not another Rybka or Hiarcs, rather an engine designed strictly for the endgame Yes! Include a 500 man EGTB! Yes include all the chess 'knowledge' that is available! Who can possibly perfect one's openings without great endgame That aside does anyone KNOW which top engine plays the best endgame currently? Thanks for any input in advance.
Probably Stockfish and Ktulu are great at squeezing a win from drawn endgame position just like the great Jose Capablanca. They dont use endgame tables Look for the PET endgame suite or EET suite to compare engines in the endgame.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
Also note that I would like to have my own copy of said endgame engine so that like the proposed Rybka scenario I do not get charged rent everytime I use it! I just looked at freezer .....looks interesting. Anyone have any input on it's effectivenesss?
Nimzovik wrote:Also note that I would like to have my own copy of said endgame engine so that like the proposed Rybka scenario I do not get charged rent everytime I use it! I just looked at freezer .....looks interesting. Anyone have any input on it's effectivenesss?
I thought about buying it but you still need Tablebases. At least that was the way I understood it.
The Shredder GUI has something called the Endgame ORacle but that also needs Tablebases.
Yes I know endgame tables exist, however after watching several top engines act like buffoons I am inexorably being drawn to the conclusion that we need not another Rybka or Hiarcs, rather an engine designed strictly for the endgame 
Look for the PET endgame suite or EET suite to compare engines in the endgame.