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==Frequency table== The table below lists the most common endings in actual games by percentage (percentage of games, not percentage of endings; generally pawns go along with the pieces).<ref>{{Harvcol|Müller|Lamprecht|2001|pp=11–12, 304}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+Endgame frequency table ! Percent !! Pieces!! Pieces |- |8.45||rook||rook |- |6.76||rook & bishop||rook & knight |- |3.45||two rooks||two rooks |- |3.37||rook & bishop||rook & bishop (same color) |- |3.29||bishop||knight |- |3.09||rook & knight||rook & knight |- |2.87||king & pawns||king (and pawns) |- |1.92||rook & bishop||rook & bishop (opposite color) |- |1.87||queen||queen |- |1.77||rook & bishop||rook |- |1.65||bishop||bishop (same color) |- |1.56||knight||knight |- |1.51||rook||bishop |- |1.42||rook & knight||rook |- |1.11||bishop||bishop (opposite color) |- |1.01||bishop||pawns |- |0.97||rook||knight |- |0.92||knight||pawns |- |0.90||queen & minor piece||queen |- |0.81||rook||two minor pieces |- |0.75||rook||pawns |- |0.69||queen||rook & minor piece |- |0.67||rook & pawn||rook ( & no pawns) |- |0.56||rook & two pawns||rook ( & no pawns) |- |0.42||queen||pawns |- |0.40||queen||rook |- |0.31||queen||two rooks |- |0.23||king & one pawn||king |- |0.17||queen||minor piece |- |0.09||queen & one pawn||queen |- |0.08||queen||two minor pieces |- |0.02||bishop & knight||king |- |0.01||queen||three minor pieces |}
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