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and perhaps also:
b???d5xN
wP??d5x?
Suggested move window settings: 5–50, length 20.
C. Bishop sa c rific e on f7 follow e d by knight c he c k on g5
wB??f7xP
bK??f7xB
wN??g5
Suggested move window settings: 5–40, length 3.
2.1.4.1.6 Search mask – Material
Se a rc h m a sk, M a t e ria l.
How to define material distribution
The search for material distribution is usually used to look for specific endgame
types. You can specify what material should be on the board. For each white or black
piece you can set the minimum and maximum numbers that must appear on the board.
"Any pieces” and “No pieces” are used to switch on or off all pieces without
having to do this manually for each.
If the range for white pawns is set at “0–8” it does not matter how many white
pawns are on the board. If it is set at “3–4” only positions with at least three and at
most four white pawns are retrieved. "1–1" pieces means that exactly one piece of
that kind must be present.
“Ignore colors“ allows you to search for material distributions with the colours
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