X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fmovepick.cpp;h=793a90da39e5efee50922257ebda0fa3860a112b;hb=013dc43d5d297ee78526f8d03651915673cf2d49;hp=6a4b26eef6e92bae6d1efd5cb774ab712be108cd;hpb=45ce92b89c9191f1606d82611620587157956e1b;p=stockfish

diff --git a/src/movepick.cpp b/src/movepick.cpp
index 6a4b26ee..793a90da 100644
--- a/src/movepick.cpp
+++ b/src/movepick.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ namespace {
 
 bool MovePicker::isBadCapture() const { return phase == PH_BAD_CAPTURES; }
 
-/// Constructor for the MovePicker class. Apart from the position for which
-/// it is asked to pick legal moves, MovePicker also wants some information
+/// Constructor for the MovePicker class. As arguments we pass information
 /// to help it to return the presumably good moves first, to decide which
 /// moves to return (in the quiescence search, for instance, we only want to
 /// search captures, promotions and some checks) and about how important good
@@ -64,8 +63,6 @@ MovePicker::MovePicker(const Position& p, Move ttm, Depth d, const History& h,
 
   assert(d > DEPTH_ZERO);
 
-  pinned = p.pinned_pieces(pos.side_to_move());
-
   if (p.in_check())
   {
       ttMoves[1].move = killers[0].move = killers[1].move = MOVE_NONE;
@@ -98,8 +95,6 @@ MovePicker::MovePicker(const Position& p, Move ttm, Depth d, const History& h)
 
   assert(d <= DEPTH_ZERO);
 
-  pinned = p.pinned_pieces(pos.side_to_move());
-
   if (p.in_check())
       phasePtr = EvasionTable;
   else if (d >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS)
@@ -255,7 +250,7 @@ void MovePicker::score_evasions() {
 }
 
 /// MovePicker::get_next_move() is the most important method of the MovePicker
-/// class. It returns a new legal move every time it is called, until there
+/// class. It returns a new pseudo legal move every time it is called, until there
 /// are no more moves left. It picks the move with the biggest score from a list
 /// of generated moves taking care not to return the tt move if has already been
 /// searched previously. Note that this function is not thread safe so should be
@@ -275,16 +270,14 @@ Move MovePicker::get_next_move() {
       case PH_TT_MOVES:
           move = (curMove++)->move;
           if (   move != MOVE_NONE
-              && pos.move_is_pl(move)
-              && pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, pinned))
+              && pos.move_is_pl(move))
               return move;
           break;
 
       case PH_GOOD_CAPTURES:
           move = pick_best(curMove++, lastMove).move;
           if (   move != ttMoves[0].move
-              && move != ttMoves[1].move
-              && pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, pinned))
+              && move != ttMoves[1].move)
           {
               // Check for a non negative SEE now
               int seeValue = pos.see_sign(move);
@@ -292,7 +285,7 @@ Move MovePicker::get_next_move() {
                   return move;
 
               // Losing capture, move it to the tail of the array, note
-              // that move has now been already checked for legality.
+              // that move has now been already checked for pseudo legality.
               (--badCaptures)->move = move;
               badCaptures->score = seeValue;
           }
@@ -302,7 +295,6 @@ Move MovePicker::get_next_move() {
           move = (curMove++)->move;
           if (   move != MOVE_NONE
               && pos.move_is_pl(move)
-              && pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, pinned)
               && move != ttMoves[0].move
               && move != ttMoves[1].move
               && !pos.move_is_capture(move))
@@ -318,8 +310,7 @@ Move MovePicker::get_next_move() {
           if (   move != ttMoves[0].move
               && move != ttMoves[1].move
               && move != killers[0].move
-              && move != killers[1].move
-              && pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, pinned))
+              && move != killers[1].move)
               return move;
           break;
 
@@ -330,15 +321,13 @@ Move MovePicker::get_next_move() {
       case PH_EVASIONS:
       case PH_QCAPTURES:
           move = pick_best(curMove++, lastMove).move;
-          if (   move != ttMoves[0].move
-              && pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, pinned))
+          if (move != ttMoves[0].move)
               return move;
           break;
 
       case PH_QCHECKS:
           move = (curMove++)->move;
-          if (   move != ttMoves[0].move
-              && pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, pinned))
+          if (move != ttMoves[0].move)
               return move;
           break;