Rank based threats

[stockfish] / src / evaluate.cpp

diff --git a/src/evaluate.cpp b/src/evaluate.cpp
index 434ebd6241249f21869fe6b6b58211a61febe325..8987b0ecd0a72cc7337404f604ecb951b254e889 100644 (file)
--- a/src/evaluate.cpp
+++ b/src/evaluate.cpp
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ namespace {
   const Score Unstoppable         = S( 0, 20);
   const Score PawnlessFlank       = S(20, 80);
   const Score HinderPassedPawn    = S( 7,  0);
+  const Score ThreatByRank        = S(16,  3);
 
   // Penalty for a bishop on a1/h1 (a8/h8 for black) which is trapped by
   // a friendly pawn on b2/g2 (b7/g7 for black). This can obviously only
@@ -561,11 +562,21 @@ namespace {
     {
         b = (defended | weak) & (ei.attackedBy[Us][KNIGHT] | ei.attackedBy[Us][BISHOP]);
         while (b)
-            score += Threat[Minor][type_of(pos.piece_on(pop_lsb(&b)))];
+        {
+            Square s = pop_lsb(&b);
+            score += Threat[Minor][type_of(pos.piece_on(s))];
+            if (type_of(pos.piece_on(s)) != PAWN)
+                score += ThreatByRank * (int)relative_rank(Them, s);
+        }
 
         b = (pos.pieces(Them, QUEEN) | weak) & ei.attackedBy[Us][ROOK];
         while (b)
-            score += Threat[Rook ][type_of(pos.piece_on(pop_lsb(&b)))];
+        {
+            Square s = pop_lsb(&b);
+            score += Threat[Rook][type_of(pos.piece_on(s))];
+            if (type_of(pos.piece_on(s)) != PAWN)
+                score += ThreatByRank * (int)relative_rank(Them, s);
+        }
 
         score += Hanging * popcount(weak & ~ei.attackedBy[Them][ALL_PIECES]);