Marc Bourzutschky

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Marc Stephen Bourzutschky,

an American physicist and researcher in the field of Retrograde Analysis and Endgame Tablebases. He is creator of the six piece EGTBs for Johan de Koning’s compact Chessmaster format. Since 2005, Marc Bourzutschky collaborated with Yakov Konoval on 7-man EGTB. Yakov wrote the generator and Marc the verification program and some utilities for extracting data [1] [2].

Selected Publications#

• Marc Bourzutschky (1992). Complex dynamics in systems with many degrees of freedom. Dissertation abstract
• Marc Bourzutschky, John Tamplin, Guy Haworth (2005). Chess endgames: 6-man data and strategy. Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 349, No. 2

Forum Posts#

• Subject: KRRNKRR win in 290: a new record by Marc Bourzutschky, CCC, October 16, 2005
• pre-chess by Marc Bourzutschky, CCC, May 16, 2004

External Links#

• Endgame databases by Emil Vlasák
• Open Chess Diary 311. 31 March 2006: White plays and wins in 330 moves by Tim Krabbé
• Open Chess Diary 316. 26 May 2006: A 517-move win by Tim Krabbé

References#

1. ↑ Endgame databases by Emil Vlasák
2. ↑ Current status of 7-men tablebases? by ZeroOne, CCRL Discussion Board Endgame Tablebases, May 07, 2007
3. ↑ Subject: KRRNKRR win in 290: a new record by Marc Bourzutschky, CCC, October 16, 2005
4. ↑ Chess endgame from Wikipedia
5. ↑ Open Chess Diary 311. 31 March 2006: White plays and wins in 330 moves by Tim Krabbé
6. ↑ Open Chess Diary 316. 26 May 2006: A 517-move win by Tim Krabbé
7. ↑ Bernard W. Kobes (2008). The Apriori in Chess. pdf (draft)

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