This article explores the variety and depth of chess' sub-8-man minor piece endgame. These endgames feature no queens or rooks but at least one bishop or knight, and no more than one per side. Demis Hassabis, now CEO of Deep Mind, has talked of 'the exquisite balance of Bishop and Knight'. The investigation uses the framework of 'Understanding Minor Piece Endgames' by Karsten Mueller and Yakov Konoval. Some twenty-five examples taken from games, studies, computer analysis and teaching material, show a variety of ideas. We compliment the book and provide ancillary files which provide more detailed endgame-structure lists, 103 maxDTC positions for all the constituent endgame sides and DTC-minimaxing lines from them.

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国际象棋残局新闻：了解小棋子残局

本文探讨了国际象棋 8 人以下小棋子残局的多样性和深度。这些残局没有皇后或车，但至少有一个主教或骑士，而且每边不超过一个。Deep Mind 现任 CEO Demis Hassabis 曾谈到“Bishop 和 Knight 的完美平衡”。该调查使用了 Karsten Mueller 和 Yakov Konoval 的“理解小部分残局”框架。从游戏、研究、计算机分析和教材中选取的大约 25 个例子展示了各种想法。我们赞美这本书并提供辅助文件，这些文件提供了更详细的残局结构列表、所有组成残局方的 103 个 maxDTC 位置以及来自它们的 DTC 最小化线。