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Subject: Re: Detailed analysis of 6-man frequencies.

Author: Mark Rawlings

Date: 20:10:37 01/10/06

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Would there be much difference in the list if we were looking at the tablebases
_probed_ the most in the search?  Maybe some of those would be more valuable
than ones for positions actually reached.

Mark



On January 10, 2006 at 10:50:28, Peter Kasinski wrote:

>I have completed an exhaustive search for all 6-man positions reached in two
>large databases.  Sources:
>
>- Big Database 2006 with updates until Jan ’06 for 3,216,177 games.
>- SSDF database (Big and New) for 22,949 games.
>
>I have found these sources to be generally consistent in determining the most
>frequently occurring 6-man positions:
>
>a) Top three tablebases are the same (with no. 1 and 2 switching places).
>b) Of the 30 most frequently occurring 6-man positions, 29 are the same in both
>sources.
>
>That said, there are some key differences.  In human games 6-man positions were
>found in only 198,884, or just 6.18 % of games.  In contrast, comp-comp games
>reached 6-man positions in 9,926 of 22,949, representing 43.25% of all games.
>
>Another difference is in the more even distribution of 6-man positions in
>comp-comp games.  To illustrate: one would need only 42 TBs files to cover over
>90% of cases occurring in human games.  To reach the same 90% mark in comp-comp
>games one would need a set of 83 tablebases.
>
>Top 50 TBs from human games:
>
> 1 	krppkr		27,902 14.029%
> 2 	krpkrp		25,779 12.962%
> 3 	kppkpp		19,150  9.629%
> 4 	kpppkp		 8,474 	4.261%
> 5 	kbpkpp		 7,043 	3.541%
> 6 	krpkpp		 6,966 	3.503%
> 7 	knpkpp		 6,487 	3.262%
> 8 	kbpknp		 5,389 	2.710%
> 9 	krpkbp		 4,648 	2.337%
> 10 	kqpkpp		 4,630 	2.328%
> 11 	kbppkb		 3,680 	1.850%
> 12 	krppkp		 3,529 	1.774%
> 13 	knppkn		 3,528 	1.774%
> 14 	kbppkp		 3,499 	1.759%
> 15 	knppkp		 3,098 	1.558%
> 16 	krpknp		 3,095 	1.556%
> 17 	knppkb		 3,083 	1.550%
> 18 	knpknp		 2,910 	1.463%
> 19 	kqpkqp		 2,823 	1.419%
> 20 	kbpkbp		 2,525 	1.270%
> 21 	kbppkn		 2,514 	1.264%
> 22 	kqppkq		 2,302 	1.157%
> 23 	kqppkp		 2,240 	1.126%
> 24 	krbpkr		 2,181 	1.097%
> 25 	kpppkr		 2,168 	1.090%
> 26 	krbkrp		 2,017 	1.014%
> 27 	kqpkrp		 1,909 	0.960%
> 28 	krnpkr		 1,875 	0.943%
> 29 	kbppkr		 1,644 	0.827%
> 30 	krnkrp		 1,555 	0.782%
> 31 	kqrkrp		 1,521 	0.765%
> 32 	kpppkn		 1,243 	0.625%
> 33 	knppkr		 1,208 	0.607%
> 34 	kpppkb		 1,124 	0.565%
> 35 	kpppkq		 1,027 	0.516%
> 36 	krppkb		 805 	0.405%
> 37 	krppkq		 789 	0.397%
> 38 	krpppk		 719 	0.362%
> 39 	kqrpkr		 670 	0.337%
> 40 	krppkn		 651 	0.327%
> 41 	kqpknp		 549 	0.276%
> 42 	kqpkbp		 531 	0.267%
> 43 	kbnpkr		 494 	0.248%
> 44 	kqpppk		 479 	0.241%
> 45 	kppppk		 456 	0.229%
> 46 	kbnpkb		 424 	0.213%
> 47 	kbpppk		 416 	0.209%
> 48 	krrkrp		 400 	0.201%
> 49 	kqbpkp		 396 	0.199%
> 50 	kqrpkp		 381 	0.192%
>
>...and top 50 from comp-comp games:
>
> 1 	krpkrp		 1,148 	11.566%
> 2 	krppkr		 690 	6.951%
> 3 	kppkpp		 460 	4.634%
> 4 	kbpknp		 299 	3.012%
> 5 	kbpkpp		 289 	2.912%
> 6 	krpkpp		 276 	2.781%
> 7 	kqppkp		 265 	2.670%
> 8 	kpppkp		 252 	2.539%
> 9 	kbpkbp		 238 	2.398%
> 10 	krbkrp		 219 	2.206%
> 11 	knpkpp		 207 	2.085%
> 12 	krppkp		 199 	2.005%
> 13 	krpkbp		 199 	2.005%
> 14 	kbppkp		 189 	1.904%
> 15 	kqpkqp		 186 	1.874%
> 16 	kqpkpp		 186 	1.874%
> 17 	krnkrp		 178 	1.793%
> 18 	knpknp		 156 	1.572%
> 19 	krbpkr		 132 	1.330%
> 20 	knppkp		 131 	1.320%
> 21 	krpknp		 120 	1.209%
> 22 	kbppkb		 116 	1.169%
> 23 	kqpkrp		 108 	1.088%
> 24 	krnpkr		 106 	1.068%
> 25 	knppkb		 103 	1.038%
> 26 	kpppkr		 100 	1.007%
> 27 	kqrpkr		 96 	0.967%
> 28 	kqppkq		 91 	0.917%
> 29 	kbppkr		 91 	0.917%
> 30 	knppkn		 84 	0.846%
> 31 	kqrkrp		 84 	0.846%
> 32 	kbppkn		 83 	0.836%
> 33 	kqbpkp		 80 	0.806%
> 34 	kqrpkp		 79 	0.796%
> 35 	krppkb		 77 	0.776%
> 36 	kqqpkp		 70 	0.705%
> 37 	kqpkbp		 65 	0.655%
> 38 	krbpkp		 59 	0.594%
> 39 	kqppkr		 58 	0.584%
> 40 	knppkr		 58 	0.584%
> 41 	krbkrn		 56 	0.564%
> 42 	krppkn		 55 	0.554%
> 43 	krppkq		 53 	0.534%
> 44 	kpppkn		 47 	0.474%
> 45 	kpppkb		 45 	0.453%
> 46 	kqqppk		 44 	0.443%
> 47 	krrkrp		 44 	0.443%
> 48 	kqbppk		 43 	0.433%
> 49 	kqpppk		 43 	0.433%
> 50 	kqnpkp		 42 	0.423%
>
>For those interested in seeing all results, I have posted them in the new CCRL
>Discussion Board Forum organized by Kirill Kryukov.  For those looking to share
>Tablebases online this is a great new place to visit.
>
>Cheers,
>PK



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