As of December 1, 2000, I will be leaving Bell Labs
to pursue flight instructing full time.
I do not know what will happen to this site after that.
In particular, the chess endgames could disappear at
any time.
c -- maximal starting position, play to capture or mate
m -- maximal starting position, play to mate
o -- opposite colored bishops (w-b, b-w // wb-w, wb-b // w-wb, b-wb // wwb wbb)
s -- same colored bishops (w-w, b-b // ww-b, bb-w // w-bb, b-ww)
a -- all bishops same color (ww-w, bb-b // w-ww, b-bb // www, bbb)