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Manage expectations about tablebase safety
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‎docs/gaviota.rst‎

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information for all endgame positions with up to 5 pieces. Positions with
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castling rights are not included.
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:warning: Ensure tablebase files match the known checksums. Maliciously crafted
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tablebase files may cause denial of service with
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:class:`~chess.gaviota.PythonTablebase` and memory unsafety with
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:class:`~chess.gaviota.NativeTablebase`.
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.. autofunction:: chess.gaviota.open_tablebase
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‎docs/syzygy.rst‎

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zero) information for all endgame positions with up to 6 (and experimentally 7)
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