Store moves sent with "position" UCI command

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

/*
  Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1
  Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tord Romstad (Glaurung author)
  Copyright (C) 2008-2013 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Tord Romstad

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*/

#include <algorithm>
#include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>

#include "book.h"
#include "evaluate.h"
#include "movegen.h"
#include "movepick.h"
#include "notation.h"
#include "search.h"
#include "timeman.h"
#include "thread.h"
#include "tt.h"
#include "ucioption.h"

namespace Search {

  volatile SignalsType Signals;
  LimitsType Limits;
  std::vector<RootMove> RootMoves;
  Position RootPos;
  Color RootColor;
  Time::point SearchTime;
  StateStackPtr SetupStates;
  MovesVectPtr SetupMoves;
}

using std::string;
using Eval::evaluate;
using namespace Search;

namespace {

  // Set to true to force running with one thread. Used for debugging
  const bool FakeSplit = false;

  // This is the minimum interval in msec between two check_time() calls
  const int TimerResolution = 5;

  // Different node types, used as template parameter
  enum NodeType { Root, PV, NonPV, SplitPointRoot, SplitPointPV, SplitPointNonPV };

  // Dynamic razoring margin based on depth
  inline Value razor_margin(Depth d) { return Value(512 + 16 * int(d)); }

  // Futility lookup tables (initialized at startup) and their access functions
  Value FutilityMargins[16][64]; // [depth][moveNumber]
  int FutilityMoveCounts[32];    // [depth]

  inline Value futility_margin(Depth d, int mn) {

    return d < 7 * ONE_PLY ? FutilityMargins[std::max(int(d), 1)][std::min(mn, 63)]
                           : 2 * VALUE_INFINITE;
  }

  // Reduction lookup tables (initialized at startup) and their access function
  int8_t Reductions[2][64][64]; // [pv][depth][moveNumber]

  template <bool PvNode> inline Depth reduction(Depth d, int mn) {

    return (Depth) Reductions[PvNode][std::min(int(d) / ONE_PLY, 63)][std::min(mn, 63)];
  }

  size_t PVSize, PVIdx;
  TimeManager TimeMgr;
  int BestMoveChanges;
  Value DrawValue[COLOR_NB];
  History Hist;
  Gains Gain;

  template <NodeType NT>
  Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth);

  template <NodeType NT, bool InCheck>
  Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth);

  void id_loop(Position& pos);
  Value value_to_tt(Value v, int ply);
  Value value_from_tt(Value v, int ply);
  bool check_is_dangerous(const Position& pos, Move move, Value futilityBase, Value beta);
  bool allows(const Position& pos, Move first, Move second);
  bool refutes(const Position& pos, Move first, Move second);
  string uci_pv(const Position& pos, int depth, Value alpha, Value beta);

  struct Skill {
    Skill(int l) : level(l), best(MOVE_NONE) {}
   ~Skill() {
      if (enabled()) // Swap best PV line with the sub-optimal one
          std::swap(RootMoves[0], *std::find(RootMoves.begin(),
                    RootMoves.end(), best ? best : pick_move()));
    }

    bool enabled() const { return level < 20; }
    bool time_to_pick(int depth) const { return depth == 1 + level; }
    Move pick_move();

    int level;
    Move best;
  };

} // namespace


/// Search::init() is called during startup to initialize various lookup tables

void Search::init() {

  int d;  // depth (ONE_PLY == 2)
  int hd; // half depth (ONE_PLY == 1)
  int mc; // moveCount

  // Init reductions array
  for (hd = 1; hd < 64; hd++) for (mc = 1; mc < 64; mc++)
  {
      double    pvRed = log(double(hd)) * log(double(mc)) / 3.0;
      double nonPVRed = 0.33 + log(double(hd)) * log(double(mc)) / 2.25;
      Reductions[1][hd][mc] = (int8_t) (   pvRed >= 1.0 ? floor(   pvRed * int(ONE_PLY)) : 0);
      Reductions[0][hd][mc] = (int8_t) (nonPVRed >= 1.0 ? floor(nonPVRed * int(ONE_PLY)) : 0);
  }

  // Init futility margins array
  for (d = 1; d < 16; d++) for (mc = 0; mc < 64; mc++)
      FutilityMargins[d][mc] = Value(112 * int(log(double(d * d) / 2) / log(2.0) + 1.001) - 8 * mc + 45);

  // Init futility move count array
  for (d = 0; d < 32; d++)
      FutilityMoveCounts[d] = int(3.001 + 0.25 * pow(double(d), 2.0));
}


/// Search::perft() is our utility to verify move generation. All the leaf nodes
/// up to the given depth are generated and counted and the sum returned.

size_t Search::perft(Position& pos, Depth depth) {

  // At the last ply just return the number of legal moves (leaf nodes)
  if (depth == ONE_PLY)
      return MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).size();

  StateInfo st;
  size_t cnt = 0;
  CheckInfo ci(pos);

  for (MoveList<LEGAL> ml(pos); !ml.end(); ++ml)
  {
      pos.do_move(ml.move(), st, ci, pos.move_gives_check(ml.move(), ci));
      cnt += perft(pos, depth - ONE_PLY);
      pos.undo_move(ml.move());
  }

  return cnt;
}


/// Search::think() is the external interface to Stockfish's search, and is
/// called by the main thread when the program receives the UCI 'go' command. It
/// searches from RootPos and at the end prints the "bestmove" to output.

void Search::think() {

  static PolyglotBook book; // Defined static to initialize the PRNG only once

  RootColor = RootPos.side_to_move();
  TimeMgr.init(Limits, RootPos.game_ply(), RootColor);

  if (RootMoves.empty())
  {
      RootMoves.push_back(MOVE_NONE);
      sync_cout << "info depth 0 score "
                << score_to_uci(RootPos.checkers() ? -VALUE_MATE : VALUE_DRAW)
                << sync_endl;

      goto finalize;
  }

  if (Options["OwnBook"] && !Limits.infinite && !Limits.mate)
  {
      Move bookMove = book.probe(RootPos, Options["Book File"], Options["Best Book Move"]);

      if (bookMove && std::count(RootMoves.begin(), RootMoves.end(), bookMove))
      {
          std::swap(RootMoves[0], *std::find(RootMoves.begin(), RootMoves.end(), bookMove));
          goto finalize;
      }
  }

  if (Options["Contempt Factor"] && !Options["UCI_AnalyseMode"])
  {
      int cf = Options["Contempt Factor"] * PawnValueMg / 100; // From centipawns
      cf = cf * Material::game_phase(RootPos) / PHASE_MIDGAME; // Scale down with phase
      DrawValue[ RootColor] = VALUE_DRAW - Value(cf);
      DrawValue[~RootColor] = VALUE_DRAW + Value(cf);
  }
  else
      DrawValue[WHITE] = DrawValue[BLACK] = VALUE_DRAW;

  if (Options["Use Search Log"])
  {
      Log log(Options["Search Log Filename"]);
      log << "\nSearching: "  << RootPos.fen()
          << "\ninfinite: "   << Limits.infinite
          << " ponder: "      << Limits.ponder
          << " time: "        << Limits.time[RootColor]
          << " increment: "   << Limits.inc[RootColor]
          << " moves to go: " << Limits.movestogo
          << std::endl;
  }

  // Reset the threads, still sleeping: will be wake up at split time
  for (size_t i = 0; i < Threads.size(); i++)
      Threads[i]->maxPly = 0;

  Threads.sleepWhileIdle = Options["Use Sleeping Threads"];

  // Set best timer interval to avoid lagging under time pressure. Timer is
  // used to check for remaining available thinking time.
  Threads.timer->msec =
  Limits.use_time_management() ? std::min(100, std::max(TimeMgr.available_time() / 16, TimerResolution)) :
                  Limits.nodes ? 2 * TimerResolution
                               : 100;

  Threads.timer->notify_one(); // Wake up the recurring timer

  id_loop(RootPos); // Let's start searching !

  Threads.timer->msec = 0; // Stop the timer
  Threads.sleepWhileIdle = true; // Send idle threads to sleep

  if (Options["Use Search Log"])
  {
      Time::point elapsed = Time::now() - SearchTime + 1;

      Log log(Options["Search Log Filename"]);
      log << "Nodes: "          << RootPos.nodes_searched()
          << "\nNodes/second: " << RootPos.nodes_searched() * 1000 / elapsed
          << "\nBest move: "    << move_to_san(RootPos, RootMoves[0].pv[0]);

      StateInfo st;
      RootPos.do_move(RootMoves[0].pv[0], st);
      log << "\nPonder move: " << move_to_san(RootPos, RootMoves[0].pv[1]) << std::endl;
      RootPos.undo_move(RootMoves[0].pv[0]);
  }

finalize:

  // When we reach max depth we arrive here even without Signals.stop is raised,
  // but if we are pondering or in infinite search, according to UCI protocol,
  // we shouldn't print the best move before the GUI sends a "stop" or "ponderhit"
  // command. We simply wait here until GUI sends one of those commands (that
  // raise Signals.stop).
  if (!Signals.stop && (Limits.ponder || Limits.infinite))
  {
      Signals.stopOnPonderhit = true;
      RootPos.this_thread()->wait_for(Signals.stop);
  }

  // Best move could be MOVE_NONE when searching on a stalemate position
  sync_cout << "bestmove " << move_to_uci(RootMoves[0].pv[0], RootPos.is_chess960())
            << " ponder "  << move_to_uci(RootMoves[0].pv[1], RootPos.is_chess960())
            << sync_endl;
}


namespace {

  // id_loop() is the main iterative deepening loop. It calls search() repeatedly
  // with increasing depth until the allocated thinking time has been consumed,
  // user stops the search, or the maximum search depth is reached.

  void id_loop(Position& pos) {

    Stack ss[MAX_PLY_PLUS_2];
    int depth, prevBestMoveChanges;
    Value bestValue, alpha, beta, delta;
    bool bestMoveNeverChanged = true;

    memset(ss, 0, 4 * sizeof(Stack));
    depth = BestMoveChanges = 0;
    bestValue = delta = -VALUE_INFINITE;
    ss->currentMove = MOVE_NULL; // Hack to skip update gains
    TT.new_search();
    Hist.clear();
    Gain.clear();

    PVSize = Options["MultiPV"];
    Skill skill(Options["Skill Level"]);

    // Do we have to play with skill handicap? In this case enable MultiPV search
    // that we will use behind the scenes to retrieve a set of possible moves.
    if (skill.enabled() && PVSize < 4)
        PVSize = 4;

    PVSize = std::min(PVSize, RootMoves.size());

    // Iterative deepening loop until requested to stop or target depth reached
    while (++depth <= MAX_PLY && !Signals.stop && (!Limits.depth || depth <= Limits.depth))
    {
        // Save last iteration's scores before first PV line is searched and all
        // the move scores but the (new) PV are set to -VALUE_INFINITE.
        for (size_t i = 0; i < RootMoves.size(); i++)
            RootMoves[i].prevScore = RootMoves[i].score;

        prevBestMoveChanges = BestMoveChanges; // Only sensible when PVSize == 1
        BestMoveChanges = 0;

        // MultiPV loop. We perform a full root search for each PV line
        for (PVIdx = 0; PVIdx < PVSize; PVIdx++)
        {
            // Set aspiration window default width
            if (depth >= 5 && abs(RootMoves[PVIdx].prevScore) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN)
            {
                delta = Value(16);
                alpha = RootMoves[PVIdx].prevScore - delta;
                beta  = RootMoves[PVIdx].prevScore + delta;
            }
            else
            {
                alpha = -VALUE_INFINITE;
                beta  =  VALUE_INFINITE;
            }

            // Start with a small aspiration window and, in case of fail high/low,
            // research with bigger window until not failing high/low anymore.
            while (true)
            {
                // Search starts from ss+1 to allow referencing (ss-1). This is
                // needed by update gains and ss copy when splitting at Root.
                bestValue = search<Root>(pos, ss+1, alpha, beta, depth * ONE_PLY);

                // Bring to front the best move. It is critical that sorting is
                // done with a stable algorithm because all the values but the first
                // and eventually the new best one are set to -VALUE_INFINITE and
                // we want to keep the same order for all the moves but the new
                // PV that goes to the front. Note that in case of MultiPV search
                // the already searched PV lines are preserved.
                std::stable_sort(RootMoves.begin() + PVIdx, RootMoves.end());

                // Write PV back to transposition table in case the relevant
                // entries have been overwritten during the search.
                for (size_t i = 0; i <= PVIdx; i++)
                    RootMoves[i].insert_pv_in_tt(pos);

                // If search has been stopped return immediately. Sorting and
                // writing PV back to TT is safe becuase RootMoves is still
                // valid, although refers to previous iteration.
                if (Signals.stop)
                    return;

                // In case of failing high/low increase aspiration window and
                // research, otherwise exit the loop.
                if (bestValue > alpha && bestValue < beta)
                    break;

                // Give some update (without cluttering the UI) before to research
                if (Time::now() - SearchTime > 3000)
                    sync_cout << uci_pv(pos, depth, alpha, beta) << sync_endl;

                if (abs(bestValue) >= VALUE_KNOWN_WIN)
                {
                    alpha = -VALUE_INFINITE;
                    beta  =  VALUE_INFINITE;
                }
                else if (bestValue >= beta)
                {
                    beta += delta;
                    delta += delta / 2;
                }
                else
                {
                    Signals.failedLowAtRoot = true;
                    Signals.stopOnPonderhit = false;

                    alpha -= delta;
                    delta += delta / 2;
                }

                assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
            }

            // Sort the PV lines searched so far and update the GUI
            std::stable_sort(RootMoves.begin(), RootMoves.begin() + PVIdx + 1);

            if (PVIdx + 1 == PVSize || Time::now() - SearchTime > 3000)
                sync_cout << uci_pv(pos, depth, alpha, beta) << sync_endl;
        }

        // Do we need to pick now the sub-optimal best move ?
        if (skill.enabled() && skill.time_to_pick(depth))
            skill.pick_move();

        if (Options["Use Search Log"])
        {
            Log log(Options["Search Log Filename"]);
            log << pretty_pv(pos, depth, bestValue, Time::now() - SearchTime, &RootMoves[0].pv[0])
                << std::endl;
        }

        // Filter out startup noise when monitoring best move stability
        if (depth > 2 && BestMoveChanges)
            bestMoveNeverChanged = false;

        // Do we have found a "mate in x"?
        if (   Limits.mate
            && bestValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
            && VALUE_MATE - bestValue <= 2 * Limits.mate)
            Signals.stop = true;

        // Do we have time for the next iteration? Can we stop searching now?
        if (Limits.use_time_management() && !Signals.stopOnPonderhit)
        {
            bool stop = false; // Local variable, not the volatile Signals.stop

            // Take in account some extra time if the best move has changed
            if (depth > 4 && depth < 50 &&  PVSize == 1)
                TimeMgr.pv_instability(BestMoveChanges, prevBestMoveChanges);

            // Stop search if most of available time is already consumed. We
            // probably don't have enough time to search the first move at the
            // next iteration anyway.
            if (Time::now() - SearchTime > (TimeMgr.available_time() * 62) / 100)
                stop = true;

            // Stop search early if one move seems to be much better than others
            if (    depth >= 12
                && !stop
                &&  PVSize == 1
                && (   (bestMoveNeverChanged &&  pos.captured_piece_type())
                    || Time::now() - SearchTime > (TimeMgr.available_time() * 40) / 100))
            {
                Value rBeta = bestValue - 2 * PawnValueMg;
                (ss+1)->excludedMove = RootMoves[0].pv[0];
                (ss+1)->skipNullMove = true;
                Value v = search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, rBeta - 1, rBeta, (depth - 3) * ONE_PLY);
                (ss+1)->skipNullMove = false;
                (ss+1)->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;

                if (v < rBeta)
                    stop = true;
            }

            if (stop)
            {
                // If we are allowed to ponder do not stop the search now but
                // keep pondering until GUI sends "ponderhit" or "stop".
                if (Limits.ponder)
                    Signals.stopOnPonderhit = true;
                else
                    Signals.stop = true;
            }
        }
    }
  }


  // search<>() is the main search function for both PV and non-PV nodes and for
  // normal and SplitPoint nodes. When called just after a split point the search
  // is simpler because we have already probed the hash table, done a null move
  // search, and searched the first move before splitting, we don't have to repeat
  // all this work again. We also don't need to store anything to the hash table
  // here: This is taken care of after we return from the split point.

  template <NodeType NT>
  Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth) {

    const bool PvNode   = (NT == PV || NT == Root || NT == SplitPointPV || NT == SplitPointRoot);
    const bool SpNode   = (NT == SplitPointPV || NT == SplitPointNonPV || NT == SplitPointRoot);
    const bool RootNode = (NT == Root || NT == SplitPointRoot);

    assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
    assert(PvNode || (alpha == beta - 1));
    assert(depth > DEPTH_ZERO);

    Move movesSearched[64];
    StateInfo st;
    const TTEntry *tte;
    SplitPoint* splitPoint;
    Key posKey;
    Move ttMove, move, excludedMove, bestMove, threatMove;
    Depth ext, newDepth;
    Value bestValue, value, ttValue;
    Value eval, nullValue, futilityValue;
    bool inCheck, givesCheck, pvMove, singularExtensionNode;
    bool captureOrPromotion, dangerous, doFullDepthSearch;
    int moveCount, playedMoveCount;

    // Step 1. Initialize node
    Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
    moveCount = playedMoveCount = 0;
    inCheck = pos.checkers();

    if (SpNode)
    {
        splitPoint = ss->splitPoint;
        bestMove   = splitPoint->bestMove;
        threatMove = splitPoint->threatMove;
        bestValue  = splitPoint->bestValue;
        tte = NULL;
        ttMove = excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
        ttValue = VALUE_NONE;

        assert(splitPoint->bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && splitPoint->moveCount > 0);

        goto split_point_start;
    }

    bestValue = -VALUE_INFINITE;
    ss->currentMove = threatMove = (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
    ss->ply = (ss-1)->ply + 1;
    (ss+1)->skipNullMove = false; (ss+1)->reduction = DEPTH_ZERO;
    (ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;

    // Used to send selDepth info to GUI
    if (PvNode && thisThread->maxPly < ss->ply)
        thisThread->maxPly = ss->ply;

    if (!RootNode)
    {
        // Step 2. Check for aborted search and immediate draw
        if (Signals.stop || pos.is_draw<false>() || ss->ply > MAX_PLY)
            return DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];

        // Step 3. Mate distance pruning. Even if we mate at the next move our score
        // would be at best mate_in(ss->ply+1), but if alpha is already bigger because
        // a shorter mate was found upward in the tree then there is no need to search
        // further, we will never beat current alpha. Same logic but with reversed signs
        // applies also in the opposite condition of being mated instead of giving mate,
        // in this case return a fail-high score.
        alpha = std::max(mated_in(ss->ply), alpha);
        beta = std::min(mate_in(ss->ply+1), beta);
        if (alpha >= beta)
            return alpha;
    }

    // Step 4. Transposition table lookup
    // We don't want the score of a partial search to overwrite a previous full search
    // TT value, so we use a different position key in case of an excluded move.
    excludedMove = ss->excludedMove;
    posKey = excludedMove ? pos.exclusion_key() : pos.key();
    tte = TT.probe(posKey);
    ttMove = RootNode ? RootMoves[PVIdx].pv[0] : tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
    ttValue = tte ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;

    // At PV nodes we check for exact scores, while at non-PV nodes we check for
    // a fail high/low. Biggest advantage at probing at PV nodes is to have a
    // smooth experience in analysis mode. We don't probe at Root nodes otherwise
    // we should also update RootMoveList to avoid bogus output.
    if (   !RootNode
        && tte
        && tte->depth() >= depth
        && ttValue != VALUE_NONE // Only in case of TT access race
        && (           PvNode ?  tte->type() == BOUND_EXACT
            : ttValue >= beta ? (tte->type() & BOUND_LOWER)
                              : (tte->type() & BOUND_UPPER)))
    {
        TT.refresh(tte);
        ss->currentMove = ttMove; // Can be MOVE_NONE

        if (    ttValue >= beta
            &&  ttMove
            && !pos.is_capture_or_promotion(ttMove)
            &&  ttMove != ss->killers[0])
        {
            ss->killers[1] = ss->killers[0];
            ss->killers[0] = ttMove;
        }
        return ttValue;
    }

    // Step 5. Evaluate the position statically and update parent's gain statistics
    if (inCheck)
        ss->staticEval = ss->evalMargin = eval = VALUE_NONE;

    else if (tte)
    {
        // Never assume anything on values stored in TT
        if (  (ss->staticEval = eval = tte->eval_value()) == VALUE_NONE
            ||(ss->evalMargin = tte->eval_margin()) == VALUE_NONE)
            eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);

        // Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
        if (ttValue != VALUE_NONE)
            if (   ((tte->type() & BOUND_LOWER) && ttValue > eval)
                || ((tte->type() & BOUND_UPPER) && ttValue < eval))
                eval = ttValue;
    }
    else
    {
        eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);
        TT.store(posKey, VALUE_NONE, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE,
                 ss->staticEval, ss->evalMargin);
    }

    // Update gain for the parent non-capture move given the static position
    // evaluation before and after the move.
    if (   (move = (ss-1)->currentMove) != MOVE_NULL
        && (ss-1)->staticEval != VALUE_NONE
        &&  ss->staticEval != VALUE_NONE
        && !pos.captured_piece_type()
        &&  type_of(move) == NORMAL)
    {
        Square to = to_sq(move);
        Gain.update(pos.piece_on(to), to, -(ss-1)->staticEval - ss->staticEval);
    }

    // Step 6. Razoring (is omitted in PV nodes)
    if (   !PvNode
        &&  depth < 4 * ONE_PLY
        && !inCheck
        &&  eval + razor_margin(depth) < beta
        &&  ttMove == MOVE_NONE
        &&  abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
        && !pos.pawn_on_7th(pos.side_to_move()))
    {
        Value rbeta = beta - razor_margin(depth);
        Value v = qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss, rbeta-1, rbeta, DEPTH_ZERO);
        if (v < rbeta)
            // Logically we should return (v + razor_margin(depth)), but
            // surprisingly this did slightly weaker in tests.
            return v;
    }

    // Step 7. Static null move pruning (is omitted in PV nodes)
    // We're betting that the opponent doesn't have a move that will reduce
    // the score by more than futility_margin(depth) if we do a null move.
    if (   !PvNode
        && !ss->skipNullMove
        &&  depth < 4 * ONE_PLY
        && !inCheck
        &&  eval - FutilityMargins[depth][0] >= beta
        &&  abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
        &&  pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
        return eval - FutilityMargins[depth][0];

    // Step 8. Null move search with verification search (is omitted in PV nodes)
    if (   !PvNode
        && !ss->skipNullMove
        &&  depth > ONE_PLY
        && !inCheck
        &&  eval >= beta
        &&  abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
        &&  pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
    {
        ss->currentMove = MOVE_NULL;

        // Null move dynamic reduction based on depth
        Depth R = 3 * ONE_PLY + depth / 4;

        // Null move dynamic reduction based on value
        if (eval - PawnValueMg > beta)
            R += ONE_PLY;

        pos.do_null_move(st);
        (ss+1)->skipNullMove = true;
        nullValue = depth-R < ONE_PLY ? -qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
                                      : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth-R);
        (ss+1)->skipNullMove = false;
        pos.undo_null_move();

        if (nullValue >= beta)
        {
            // Do not return unproven mate scores
            if (nullValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
                nullValue = beta;

            if (depth < 6 * ONE_PLY)
                return nullValue;

            // Do verification search at high depths
            ss->skipNullMove = true;
            Value v = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, depth-R);
            ss->skipNullMove = false;

            if (v >= beta)
                return nullValue;
        }
        else
        {
            // The null move failed low, which means that we may be faced with
            // some kind of threat. If the previous move was reduced, check if
            // the move that refuted the null move was somehow connected to the
            // move which was reduced. If a connection is found, return a fail
            // low score (which will cause the reduced move to fail high in the
            // parent node, which will trigger a re-search with full depth).
            threatMove = (ss+1)->currentMove;

            if (   depth < 5 * ONE_PLY
                && (ss-1)->reduction
                && threatMove != MOVE_NONE
                && allows(pos, (ss-1)->currentMove, threatMove))
                return beta - 1;
        }
    }

    // Step 9. ProbCut (is omitted in PV nodes)
    // If we have a very good capture (i.e. SEE > seeValues[captured_piece_type])
    // and a reduced search returns a value much above beta, we can (almost) safely
    // prune the previous move.
    if (   !PvNode
        &&  depth >= 5 * ONE_PLY
        && !inCheck
        && !ss->skipNullMove
        &&  excludedMove == MOVE_NONE
        &&  abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
    {
        Value rbeta = beta + 200;
        Depth rdepth = depth - ONE_PLY - 3 * ONE_PLY;

        assert(rdepth >= ONE_PLY);
        assert((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NONE);
        assert((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL);

        MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, Hist, pos.captured_piece_type());
        CheckInfo ci(pos);

        while ((move = mp.next_move<false>()) != MOVE_NONE)
            if (pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, ci.pinned))
            {
                ss->currentMove = move;
                pos.do_move(move, st, ci, pos.move_gives_check(move, ci));
                value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1, rdepth);
                pos.undo_move(move);
                if (value >= rbeta)
                    return value;
            }
    }

    // Step 10. Internal iterative deepening
    if (   depth >= (PvNode ? 5 * ONE_PLY : 8 * ONE_PLY)
        && ttMove == MOVE_NONE
        && (PvNode || (!inCheck && ss->staticEval + Value(256) >= beta)))
    {
        Depth d = (PvNode ? depth - 2 * ONE_PLY : depth / 2);

        ss->skipNullMove = true;
        search<PvNode ? PV : NonPV>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, d);
        ss->skipNullMove = false;

        tte = TT.probe(posKey);
        ttMove = tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
    }

split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here

    MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, Hist, ss, PvNode ? -VALUE_INFINITE : beta);
    CheckInfo ci(pos);
    value = bestValue; // Workaround a bogus 'uninitialized' warning under gcc
    singularExtensionNode =   !RootNode
                           && !SpNode
                           &&  depth >= (PvNode ? 6 * ONE_PLY : 8 * ONE_PLY)
                           &&  ttMove != MOVE_NONE
                           && !excludedMove // Recursive singular search is not allowed
                           && (tte->type() & BOUND_LOWER)
                           &&  tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * ONE_PLY;

    // Step 11. Loop through moves
    // Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
    while ((move = mp.next_move<SpNode>()) != MOVE_NONE)
    {
      assert(is_ok(move));

      if (move == excludedMove)
          continue;

      // At root obey the "searchmoves" option and skip moves not listed in Root
      // Move List, as a consequence any illegal move is also skipped. In MultiPV
      // mode we also skip PV moves which have been already searched.
      if (RootNode && !std::count(RootMoves.begin() + PVIdx, RootMoves.end(), move))
          continue;

      if (SpNode)
      {
          // Shared counter cannot be decremented later if move turns out to be illegal
          if (!pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, ci.pinned))
              continue;

          moveCount = ++splitPoint->moveCount;
          splitPoint->mutex.unlock();
      }
      else
          moveCount++;

      if (RootNode)
      {
          Signals.firstRootMove = (moveCount == 1);

          if (thisThread == Threads.main_thread() && Time::now() - SearchTime > 3000)
              sync_cout << "info depth " << depth / ONE_PLY
                        << " currmove " << move_to_uci(move, pos.is_chess960())
                        << " currmovenumber " << moveCount + PVIdx << sync_endl;
      }

      ext = DEPTH_ZERO;
      captureOrPromotion = pos.is_capture_or_promotion(move);
      givesCheck = pos.move_gives_check(move, ci);
      dangerous =   givesCheck
                 || pos.is_passed_pawn_push(move)
                 || type_of(move) == CASTLE
                 || (   captureOrPromotion // Entering a pawn endgame?
                     && type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))) != PAWN
                     && type_of(move) == NORMAL
                     && (  pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE) + pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK)
                         - PieceValue[MG][pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))] == VALUE_ZERO));

      // Step 12. Extend checks and, in PV nodes, also dangerous moves
      if (PvNode && dangerous)
          ext = ONE_PLY;

      else if (givesCheck && pos.see_sign(move) >= 0)
          ext = ONE_PLY / 2;

      // Singular extension search. If all moves but one fail low on a search of
      // (alpha-s, beta-s), and just one fails high on (alpha, beta), then that move
      // is singular and should be extended. To verify this we do a reduced search
      // on all the other moves but the ttMove, if result is lower than ttValue minus
      // a margin then we extend ttMove.
      if (    singularExtensionNode
          &&  move == ttMove
          && !ext
          &&  pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, ci.pinned)
          &&  abs(ttValue) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN)
      {
          assert(ttValue != VALUE_NONE);

          Value rBeta = ttValue - int(depth);
          ss->excludedMove = move;
          ss->skipNullMove = true;
          value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, rBeta - 1, rBeta, depth / 2);
          ss->skipNullMove = false;
          ss->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;

          if (value < rBeta)
              ext = ONE_PLY;
      }

      // Update current move (this must be done after singular extension search)
      newDepth = depth - ONE_PLY + ext;

      // Step 13. Futility pruning (is omitted in PV nodes)
      if (   !captureOrPromotion
          && !inCheck
          && !dangerous
          &&  move != ttMove)
      {
          // Move count based pruning
          if (   !PvNode
              && depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
              && moveCount >= FutilityMoveCounts[depth]
              && (!threatMove || !refutes(pos, move, threatMove)))
          {
              if (SpNode)
                  splitPoint->mutex.lock();

              continue;
          }

          // Value based pruning
          // We illogically ignore reduction condition depth >= 3*ONE_PLY for predicted depth,
          // but fixing this made program slightly weaker.
          Depth predictedDepth = newDepth - reduction<PvNode>(depth, moveCount);
          futilityValue =  ss->staticEval + ss->evalMargin + futility_margin(predictedDepth, moveCount)
                         + Gain[pos.piece_moved(move)][to_sq(move)];

          if (!PvNode && futilityValue < beta)
          {
              if (SpNode)
                  splitPoint->mutex.lock();

              continue;
          }

          // Prune moves with negative SEE at low depths
          if (   predictedDepth < 2 * ONE_PLY
              && pos.see_sign(move) < 0)
          {
              if (SpNode)
                  splitPoint->mutex.lock();

              continue;
          }
      }

      // Check for legality only before to do the move
      if (!RootNode && !SpNode && !pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, ci.pinned))
      {
          moveCount--;
          continue;
      }

      pvMove = PvNode && moveCount == 1;
      ss->currentMove = move;
      if (!SpNode && !captureOrPromotion && playedMoveCount < 64)
          movesSearched[playedMoveCount++] = move;

      // Step 14. Make the move
      pos.do_move(move, st, ci, givesCheck);

      // Step 15. Reduced depth search (LMR). If the move fails high will be
      // re-searched at full depth.
      if (    depth > 3 * ONE_PLY
          && !pvMove
          && !captureOrPromotion
          && !dangerous
          &&  move != ttMove
          &&  move != ss->killers[0]
          &&  move != ss->killers[1])
      {
          ss->reduction = reduction<PvNode>(depth, moveCount);
          Depth d = std::max(newDepth - ss->reduction, ONE_PLY);
          if (SpNode)
              alpha = splitPoint->alpha;

          value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d);

          doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha && ss->reduction != DEPTH_ZERO);
          ss->reduction = DEPTH_ZERO;
      }
      else
          doFullDepthSearch = !pvMove;

      // Step 16. Full depth search, when LMR is skipped or fails high
      if (doFullDepthSearch)
      {
          if (SpNode)
              alpha = splitPoint->alpha;

          value = newDepth < ONE_PLY ?
                          givesCheck ? -qsearch<NonPV,  true>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
                                     : -qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
                                     : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth);
      }

      // Only for PV nodes do a full PV search on the first move or after a fail
      // high, in the latter case search only if value < beta, otherwise let the
      // parent node to fail low with value <= alpha and to try another move.
      if (PvNode && (pvMove || (value > alpha && (RootNode || value < beta))))
          value = newDepth < ONE_PLY ?
                          givesCheck ? -qsearch<PV,  true>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
                                     : -qsearch<PV, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
                                     : - search<PV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, newDepth);
      // Step 17. Undo move
      pos.undo_move(move);

      assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);

      // Step 18. Check for new best move
      if (SpNode)
      {
          splitPoint->mutex.lock();
          bestValue = splitPoint->bestValue;
          alpha = splitPoint->alpha;
      }

      // Finished searching the move. If Signals.stop is true, the search
      // was aborted because the user interrupted the search or because we
      // ran out of time. In this case, the return value of the search cannot
      // be trusted, and we don't update the best move and/or PV.
      if (Signals.stop || thisThread->cutoff_occurred())
          return value; // To avoid returning VALUE_INFINITE

      if (RootNode)
      {
          RootMove& rm = *std::find(RootMoves.begin(), RootMoves.end(), move);

          // PV move or new best move ?
          if (pvMove || value > alpha)
          {
              rm.score = value;
              rm.extract_pv_from_tt(pos);

              // We record how often the best move has been changed in each
              // iteration. This information is used for time management: When
              // the best move changes frequently, we allocate some more time.
              if (!pvMove)
                  BestMoveChanges++;
          }
          else
              // All other moves but the PV are set to the lowest value, this
              // is not a problem when sorting becuase sort is stable and move
              // position in the list is preserved, just the PV is pushed up.
              rm.score = -VALUE_INFINITE;
      }

      if (value > bestValue)
      {
          bestValue = SpNode ? splitPoint->bestValue = value : value;

          if (value > alpha)
          {
              bestMove = SpNode ? splitPoint->bestMove = move : move;

              if (PvNode && value < beta) // Update alpha! Always alpha < beta
                  alpha = SpNode ? splitPoint->alpha = value : value;
              else
              {
                  assert(value >= beta); // Fail high

                  if (SpNode)
                      splitPoint->cutoff = true;

                  break;
              }
          }
      }

      // Step 19. Check for splitting the search
      if (   !SpNode
          &&  depth >= Threads.minimumSplitDepth
          &&  Threads.available_slave(thisThread)
          &&  thisThread->splitPointsSize < MAX_SPLITPOINTS_PER_THREAD)
      {
          assert(bestValue < beta);

          thisThread->split<FakeSplit>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, &bestValue, &bestMove,
                                       depth, threatMove, moveCount, &mp, NT);
          if (bestValue >= beta)
              break;
      }
    }

    if (SpNode)
        return bestValue;

    // Step 20. Check for mate and stalemate
    // All legal moves have been searched and if there are no legal moves, it
    // must be mate or stalemate. Note that we can have a false positive in
    // case of Signals.stop or thread.cutoff_occurred() are set, but this is
    // harmless because return value is discarded anyhow in the parent nodes.
    // If we are in a singular extension search then return a fail low score.
    // A split node has at least one move, the one tried before to be splitted.
    if (!moveCount)
        return  excludedMove ? alpha
              : inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];

    // If we have pruned all the moves without searching return a fail-low score
    if (bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
    {
        assert(!playedMoveCount);

        bestValue = alpha;
    }

    if (bestValue >= beta) // Failed high
    {
        TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER, depth,
                 bestMove, ss->staticEval, ss->evalMargin);

        if (!pos.is_capture_or_promotion(bestMove) && !inCheck)
        {
            if (bestMove != ss->killers[0])
            {
                ss->killers[1] = ss->killers[0];
                ss->killers[0] = bestMove;
            }

            // Increase history value of the cut-off move
            Value bonus = Value(int(depth) * int(depth));
            Hist.update(pos.piece_moved(bestMove), to_sq(bestMove), bonus);

            // Decrease history of all the other played non-capture moves
            for (int i = 0; i < playedMoveCount - 1; i++)
            {
                Move m = movesSearched[i];
                Hist.update(pos.piece_moved(m), to_sq(m), -bonus);
            }
        }
    }
    else // Failed low or PV search
        TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
                 PvNode && bestMove != MOVE_NONE ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
                 depth, bestMove, ss->staticEval, ss->evalMargin);

    assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);

    return bestValue;
  }


  // qsearch() is the quiescence search function, which is called by the main
  // search function when the remaining depth is zero (or, to be more precise,
  // less than ONE_PLY).

  template <NodeType NT, bool InCheck>
  Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth) {

    const bool PvNode = (NT == PV);

    assert(NT == PV || NT == NonPV);
    assert(InCheck == !!pos.checkers());
    assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
    assert(PvNode || (alpha == beta - 1));
    assert(depth <= DEPTH_ZERO);

    StateInfo st;
    const TTEntry* tte;
    Key posKey;
    Move ttMove, move, bestMove;
    Value bestValue, value, ttValue, futilityValue, futilityBase, oldAlpha;
    bool givesCheck, enoughMaterial, evasionPrunable;
    Depth ttDepth;

    // To flag BOUND_EXACT a node with eval above alpha and no available moves
    if (PvNode)
        oldAlpha = alpha;

    ss->currentMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
    ss->ply = (ss-1)->ply + 1;

    // Check for an instant draw or maximum ply reached
    if (pos.is_draw<true>() || ss->ply > MAX_PLY)
        return DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];

    // Transposition table lookup. At PV nodes, we don't use the TT for
    // pruning, but only for move ordering.
    posKey = pos.key();
    tte = TT.probe(posKey);
    ttMove = tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
    ttValue = tte ? value_from_tt(tte->value(),ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;

    // Decide whether or not to include checks, this fixes also the type of
    // TT entry depth that we are going to use. Note that in qsearch we use
    // only two types of depth in TT: DEPTH_QS_CHECKS or DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS.
    ttDepth = InCheck || depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS ? DEPTH_QS_CHECKS
                                                  : DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS;
    if (   tte
        && tte->depth() >= ttDepth
        && ttValue != VALUE_NONE // Only in case of TT access race
        && (           PvNode ?  tte->type() == BOUND_EXACT
            : ttValue >= beta ? (tte->type() & BOUND_LOWER)
                              : (tte->type() & BOUND_UPPER)))
    {
        ss->currentMove = ttMove; // Can be MOVE_NONE
        return ttValue;
    }

    // Evaluate the position statically
    if (InCheck)
    {
        ss->staticEval = ss->evalMargin = VALUE_NONE;
        bestValue = futilityBase = -VALUE_INFINITE;
        enoughMaterial = false;
    }
    else
    {
        if (tte)
        {
            // Never assume anything on values stored in TT
            if (  (ss->staticEval = bestValue = tte->eval_value()) == VALUE_NONE
                ||(ss->evalMargin = tte->eval_margin()) == VALUE_NONE)
                ss->staticEval = bestValue = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);
        }
        else
            ss->staticEval = bestValue = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);

        // Stand pat. Return immediately if static value is at least beta
        if (bestValue >= beta)
        {
            if (!tte)
                TT.store(pos.key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
                         DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, ss->staticEval, ss->evalMargin);

            return bestValue;
        }

        if (PvNode && bestValue > alpha)
            alpha = bestValue;

        futilityBase = ss->staticEval + ss->evalMargin + Value(128);
        enoughMaterial = pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()) > RookValueMg;
    }

    // Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position, and prepare
    // to search the moves. Because the depth is <= 0 here, only captures,
    // queen promotions and checks (only if depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS) will
    // be generated.
    MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, Hist, to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove));
    CheckInfo ci(pos);

    // Loop through the moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
    while ((move = mp.next_move<false>()) != MOVE_NONE)
    {
      assert(is_ok(move));

      givesCheck = pos.move_gives_check(move, ci);

      // Futility pruning
      if (   !PvNode
          && !InCheck
          && !givesCheck
          &&  move != ttMove
          &&  enoughMaterial
          &&  type_of(move) != PROMOTION
          && !pos.is_passed_pawn_push(move))
      {
          futilityValue =  futilityBase
                         + PieceValue[EG][pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))]
                         + (type_of(move) == ENPASSANT ? PawnValueEg : VALUE_ZERO);

          if (futilityValue < beta)
          {
              bestValue = std::max(bestValue, futilityValue);
              continue;
          }

          // Prune moves with negative or equal SEE
          if (   futilityBase < beta
              && depth < DEPTH_ZERO
              && pos.see(move) <= 0)
          {
              bestValue = std::max(bestValue, futilityBase);
              continue;
          }
      }

      // Detect non-capture evasions that are candidate to be pruned
      evasionPrunable =   !PvNode
                       &&  InCheck
                       &&  bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY
                       && !pos.is_capture(move)
                       && !pos.can_castle(pos.side_to_move());

      // Don't search moves with negative SEE values
      if (   !PvNode
          && (!InCheck || evasionPrunable)
          &&  move != ttMove
          &&  type_of(move) != PROMOTION
          &&  pos.see_sign(move) < 0)
          continue;

      // Don't search useless checks
      if (   !PvNode
          && !InCheck
          &&  givesCheck
          &&  move != ttMove
          && !pos.is_capture_or_promotion(move)
          &&  ss->staticEval + PawnValueMg / 4 < beta
          && !check_is_dangerous(pos, move, futilityBase, beta))
          continue;

      // Check for legality only before to do the move
      if (!pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, ci.pinned))
          continue;

      ss->currentMove = move;

      // Make and search the move
      pos.do_move(move, st, ci, givesCheck);
      value = givesCheck ? -qsearch<NT,  true>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY)
                         : -qsearch<NT, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY);
      pos.undo_move(move);

      assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);

      // Check for new best move
      if (value > bestValue)
      {
          bestValue = value;

          if (value > alpha)
          {
              if (PvNode && value < beta) // Update alpha here! Always alpha < beta
              {
                  alpha = value;
                  bestMove = move;
              }
              else // Fail high
              {
                  TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
                           ttDepth, move, ss->staticEval, ss->evalMargin);

                  return value;
              }
          }
       }
    }

    // All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If we're in check
    // and no legal moves were found, it is checkmate.
    if (InCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
        return mated_in(ss->ply); // Plies to mate from the root

    TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
             PvNode && bestValue > oldAlpha ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
             ttDepth, bestMove, ss->staticEval, ss->evalMargin);

    assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);

    return bestValue;
  }


  // value_to_tt() adjusts a mate score from "plies to mate from the root" to
  // "plies to mate from the current position". Non-mate scores are unchanged.
  // The function is called before storing a value to the transposition table.

  Value value_to_tt(Value v, int ply) {

    assert(v != VALUE_NONE);

    return  v >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY  ? v + ply
          : v <= VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY ? v - ply : v;
  }


  // value_from_tt() is the inverse of value_to_tt(): It adjusts a mate score
  // from the transposition table (where refers to the plies to mate/be mated
  // from current position) to "plies to mate/be mated from the root".

  Value value_from_tt(Value v, int ply) {

    return  v == VALUE_NONE             ? VALUE_NONE
          : v >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY  ? v - ply
          : v <= VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY ? v + ply : v;
  }


  // check_is_dangerous() tests if a checking move can be pruned in qsearch()

  bool check_is_dangerous(const Position& pos, Move move, Value futilityBase, Value beta)
  {
    Piece pc = pos.piece_moved(move);
    Square from = from_sq(move);
    Square to = to_sq(move);
    Color them = ~pos.side_to_move();
    Square ksq = pos.king_square(them);
    Bitboard enemies = pos.pieces(them);
    Bitboard kingAtt = pos.attacks_from<KING>(ksq);
    Bitboard occ = pos.pieces() ^ from ^ ksq;
    Bitboard oldAtt = pos.attacks_from(pc, from, occ);
    Bitboard newAtt = pos.attacks_from(pc, to, occ);

    // Checks which give opponent's king at most one escape square are dangerous
    if (!more_than_one(kingAtt & ~(enemies | newAtt | to)))
        return true;

    // Queen contact check is very dangerous
    if (type_of(pc) == QUEEN && (kingAtt & to))
        return true;

    // Creating new double threats with checks is dangerous
    Bitboard b = (enemies ^ ksq) & newAtt & ~oldAtt;
    while (b)
    {
        // Note that here we generate illegal "double move"!
        if (futilityBase + PieceValue[EG][pos.piece_on(pop_lsb(&b))] >= beta)
            return true;
    }

    return false;
  }


  // allows() tests whether the 'first' move at previous ply somehow makes the
  // 'second' move possible, for instance if the moving piece is the same in
  // both moves. Normally the second move is the threat (the best move returned
  // from a null search that fails low).

  bool allows(const Position& pos, Move first, Move second) {

    assert(is_ok(first));
    assert(is_ok(second));
    assert(color_of(pos.piece_on(from_sq(second))) == ~pos.side_to_move());
    assert(color_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(first))) == ~pos.side_to_move());

    Square m1from = from_sq(first);
    Square m2from = from_sq(second);
    Square m1to = to_sq(first);
    Square m2to = to_sq(second);

    // The piece is the same or second's destination was vacated by the first move
    if (m1to == m2from || m2to == m1from)
        return true;

    // Second one moves through the square vacated by first one
    if (between_bb(m2from, m2to) & m1from)
      return true;

    // Second's destination is defended by the first move's piece
    Bitboard m1att = pos.attacks_from(pos.piece_on(m1to), m1to, pos.pieces() ^ m2from);
    if (m1att & m2to)
        return true;

    // Second move gives a discovered check through the first's checking piece
    if (m1att & pos.king_square(pos.side_to_move()))
    {
        assert(between_bb(m1to, pos.king_square(pos.side_to_move())) & m2from);
        return true;
    }

    return false;
  }


  // refutes() tests whether a 'first' move is able to defend against a 'second'
  // opponent's move. In this case will not be pruned. Normally the second move
  // is the threat (the best move returned from a null search that fails low).

  bool refutes(const Position& pos, Move first, Move second) {

    assert(is_ok(first));
    assert(is_ok(second));

    Square m1from = from_sq(first);
    Square m2from = from_sq(second);
    Square m1to = to_sq(first);
    Square m2to = to_sq(second);

    // Don't prune moves of the threatened piece
    if (m1from == m2to)
        return true;

    // If the threatened piece has value less than or equal to the value of the
    // threat piece, don't prune moves which defend it.
    if (    pos.is_capture(second)
        && (   PieceValue[MG][pos.piece_on(m2from)] >= PieceValue[MG][pos.piece_on(m2to)]
            || type_of(pos.piece_on(m2from)) == KING))
    {
        // Update occupancy as if the piece and the threat are moving
        Bitboard occ = pos.pieces() ^ m1from ^ m1to ^ m2from;
        Piece piece = pos.piece_on(m1from);

        // The moved piece attacks the square 'tto' ?
        if (pos.attacks_from(piece, m1to, occ) & m2to)
            return true;

        // Scan for possible X-ray attackers behind the moved piece
        Bitboard xray =  (attacks_bb<  ROOK>(m2to, occ) & pos.pieces(color_of(piece), QUEEN, ROOK))
                       | (attacks_bb<BISHOP>(m2to, occ) & pos.pieces(color_of(piece), QUEEN, BISHOP));

        // Verify attackers are triggered by our move and not already existing
        if (xray && (xray ^ (xray & pos.attacks_from<QUEEN>(m2to))))
            return true;
    }

    // Don't prune safe moves which block the threat path
    if ((between_bb(m2from, m2to) & m1to) && pos.see_sign(first) >= 0)
        return true;

    return false;
  }


  // When playing with strength handicap choose best move among the MultiPV set
  // using a statistical rule dependent on 'level'. Idea by Heinz van Saanen.

  Move Skill::pick_move() {

    static RKISS rk;

    // PRNG sequence should be not deterministic
    for (int i = Time::now() % 50; i > 0; i--)
        rk.rand<unsigned>();

    // RootMoves are already sorted by score in descending order
    int variance = std::min(RootMoves[0].score - RootMoves[PVSize - 1].score, PawnValueMg);
    int weakness = 120 - 2 * level;
    int max_s = -VALUE_INFINITE;
    best = MOVE_NONE;

    // Choose best move. For each move score we add two terms both dependent on
    // weakness, one deterministic and bigger for weaker moves, and one random,
    // then we choose the move with the resulting highest score.
    for (size_t i = 0; i < PVSize; i++)
    {
        int s = RootMoves[i].score;

        // Don't allow crazy blunders even at very low skills
        if (i > 0 && RootMoves[i-1].score > s + 2 * PawnValueMg)
            break;

        // This is our magic formula
        s += (  weakness * int(RootMoves[0].score - s)
              + variance * (rk.rand<unsigned>() % weakness)) / 128;

        if (s > max_s)
        {
            max_s = s;
            best = RootMoves[i].pv[0];
        }
    }
    return best;
  }


  // uci_pv() formats PV information according to UCI protocol. UCI requires
  // to send all the PV lines also if are still to be searched and so refer to
  // the previous search score.

  string uci_pv(const Position& pos, int depth, Value alpha, Value beta) {

    std::stringstream s;
    Time::point elaspsed = Time::now() - SearchTime + 1;
    size_t uciPVSize = std::min((size_t)Options["MultiPV"], RootMoves.size());
    int selDepth = 0;

    for (size_t i = 0; i < Threads.size(); i++)
        if (Threads[i]->maxPly > selDepth)
            selDepth = Threads[i]->maxPly;

    for (size_t i = 0; i < uciPVSize; i++)
    {
        bool updated = (i <= PVIdx);

        if (depth == 1 && !updated)
            continue;

        int d   = updated ? depth : depth - 1;
        Value v = updated ? RootMoves[i].score : RootMoves[i].prevScore;

        if (s.rdbuf()->in_avail()) // Not at first line
            s << "\n";

        s << "info depth " << d
          << " seldepth "  << selDepth
          << " score "     << (i == PVIdx ? score_to_uci(v, alpha, beta) : score_to_uci(v))
          << " nodes "     << pos.nodes_searched()
          << " nps "       << pos.nodes_searched() * 1000 / elaspsed
          << " time "      << elaspsed
          << " multipv "   << i + 1
          << " pv";

        for (size_t j = 0; RootMoves[i].pv[j] != MOVE_NONE; j++)
            s <<  " " << move_to_uci(RootMoves[i].pv[j], pos.is_chess960());
    }

    return s.str();
  }

} // namespace


/// RootMove::extract_pv_from_tt() builds a PV by adding moves from the TT table.
/// We consider also failing high nodes and not only BOUND_EXACT nodes so to
/// allow to always have a ponder move even when we fail high at root, and a
/// long PV to print that is important for position analysis.

void RootMove::extract_pv_from_tt(Position& pos) {

  StateInfo state[MAX_PLY_PLUS_2], *st = state;
  TTEntry* tte;
  int ply = 0;
  Move m = pv[0];

  pv.clear();

  do {
      pv.push_back(m);

      assert(MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).contains(pv[ply]));

      pos.do_move(pv[ply++], *st++);
      tte = TT.probe(pos.key());

  } while (   tte
           && pos.is_pseudo_legal(m = tte->move()) // Local copy, TT could change
           && pos.pl_move_is_legal(m, pos.pinned_pieces())
           && ply < MAX_PLY
           && (!pos.is_draw<false>() || ply < 2));

  pv.push_back(MOVE_NONE); // Must be zero-terminating

  while (ply) pos.undo_move(pv[--ply]);
}


/// RootMove::insert_pv_in_tt() is called at the end of a search iteration, and
/// inserts the PV back into the TT. This makes sure the old PV moves are searched
/// first, even if the old TT entries have been overwritten.

void RootMove::insert_pv_in_tt(Position& pos) {

  StateInfo state[MAX_PLY_PLUS_2], *st = state;
  TTEntry* tte;
  int ply = 0;

  do {
      tte = TT.probe(pos.key());

      if (!tte || tte->move() != pv[ply]) // Don't overwrite correct entries
          TT.store(pos.key(), VALUE_NONE, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, pv[ply], VALUE_NONE, VALUE_NONE);

      assert(MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).contains(pv[ply]));

      pos.do_move(pv[ply++], *st++);

  } while (pv[ply] != MOVE_NONE);

  while (ply) pos.undo_move(pv[--ply]);
}


/// Thread::idle_loop() is where the thread is parked when it has no work to do

void Thread::idle_loop() {

  // Pointer 'this_sp' is not null only if we are called from split(), and not
  // at the thread creation. So it means we are the split point's master.
  const SplitPoint* this_sp = splitPointsSize ? activeSplitPoint : NULL;

  assert(!this_sp || (this_sp->masterThread == this && searching));

  // If this thread is the master of a split point and all slaves have finished
  // their work at this split point, return from the idle loop.
  while (!this_sp || this_sp->slavesMask)
  {
      // If we are not searching, wait for a condition to be signaled instead of
      // wasting CPU time polling for work.
      while ((!searching && Threads.sleepWhileIdle) || exit)
      {
          if (exit)
          {
              assert(!this_sp);
              return;
          }

          // Grab the lock to avoid races with Thread::notify_one()
          mutex.lock();

          // If we are master and all slaves have finished then exit idle_loop
          if (this_sp && !this_sp->slavesMask)
          {
              mutex.unlock();
              break;
          }

          // Do sleep after retesting sleep conditions under lock protection, in
          // particular we need to avoid a deadlock in case a master thread has,
          // in the meanwhile, allocated us and sent the notify_one() call before
          // we had the chance to grab the lock.
          if (!searching && !exit)
              sleepCondition.wait(mutex);

          mutex.unlock();
      }

      // If this thread has been assigned work, launch a search
      if (searching)
      {
          assert(!exit);

          Threads.mutex.lock();

          assert(searching);
          SplitPoint* sp = activeSplitPoint;

          Threads.mutex.unlock();

          Stack ss[MAX_PLY_PLUS_2];
          Position pos(*sp->pos, this);

          memcpy(ss, sp->ss - 1, 4 * sizeof(Stack));
          (ss+1)->splitPoint = sp;

          sp->mutex.lock();

          assert(activePosition == NULL);

          activePosition = &pos;

          switch (sp->nodeType) {
          case Root:
              search<SplitPointRoot>(pos, ss+1, sp->alpha, sp->beta, sp->depth);
              break;
          case PV:
              search<SplitPointPV>(pos, ss+1, sp->alpha, sp->beta, sp->depth);
              break;
          case NonPV:
              search<SplitPointNonPV>(pos, ss+1, sp->alpha, sp->beta, sp->depth);
              break;
          default:
              assert(false);
          }

          assert(searching);

          searching = false;
          activePosition = NULL;
          sp->slavesMask &= ~(1ULL << idx);
          sp->nodes += pos.nodes_searched();

          // Wake up master thread so to allow it to return from the idle loop
          // in case we are the last slave of the split point.
          if (    Threads.sleepWhileIdle
              &&  this != sp->masterThread
              && !sp->slavesMask)
          {
              assert(!sp->masterThread->searching);
              sp->masterThread->notify_one();
          }

          // After releasing the lock we cannot access anymore any SplitPoint
          // related data in a safe way becuase it could have been released under
          // our feet by the sp master. Also accessing other Thread objects is
          // unsafe because if we are exiting there is a chance are already freed.
          sp->mutex.unlock();
      }
  }
}


/// check_time() is called by the timer thread when the timer triggers. It is
/// used to print debug info and, more important, to detect when we are out of
/// available time and so stop the search.

void check_time() {

  static Time::point lastInfoTime = Time::now();
  int64_t nodes = 0; // Workaround silly 'uninitialized' gcc warning

  if (Time::now() - lastInfoTime >= 1000)
  {
      lastInfoTime = Time::now();
      dbg_print();
  }

  if (Limits.ponder)
      return;

  if (Limits.nodes)
  {
      Threads.mutex.lock();

      nodes = RootPos.nodes_searched();

      // Loop across all split points and sum accumulated SplitPoint nodes plus
      // all the currently active positions nodes.
      for (size_t i = 0; i < Threads.size(); i++)
          for (int j = 0; j < Threads[i]->splitPointsSize; j++)
          {
              SplitPoint& sp = Threads[i]->splitPoints[j];

              sp.mutex.lock();

              nodes += sp.nodes;
              Bitboard sm = sp.slavesMask;
              while (sm)
              {
                  Position* pos = Threads[pop_lsb(&sm)]->activePosition;
                  if (pos)
                      nodes += pos->nodes_searched();
              }

              sp.mutex.unlock();
          }

      Threads.mutex.unlock();
  }

  Time::point elapsed = Time::now() - SearchTime;
  bool stillAtFirstMove =    Signals.firstRootMove
                         && !Signals.failedLowAtRoot
                         &&  elapsed > TimeMgr.available_time();

  bool noMoreTime =   elapsed > TimeMgr.maximum_time() - 2 * TimerResolution
                   || stillAtFirstMove;

  if (   (Limits.use_time_management() && noMoreTime)
      || (Limits.movetime && elapsed >= Limits.movetime)
      || (Limits.nodes && nodes >= Limits.nodes))
      Signals.stop = true;
}