Remove rook passers eval completely

[stockfish] / src / evaluate.cpp

diff --git a/src/evaluate.cpp b/src/evaluate.cpp
index f7a59de69319c9bff7192b739e544e2ba5e76b65..ea65ab3862a57627559c97db1f754feb14aac9ed 100644 (file)
--- a/src/evaluate.cpp
+++ b/src/evaluate.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ namespace {
   #undef S
 
   const Score Tempo            = make_score(24, 11);
-  const Score RookOn7th        = make_score(11, 20);
   const Score RookOnPawn       = make_score(10, 28);
   const Score RookOpenFile     = make_score(43, 21);
   const Score RookSemiopenFile = make_score(19, 10);
@@ -360,11 +359,6 @@ namespace {
 
         if (Pt == ROOK)
         {
-            // Rook on 7th rank and enemy king trapped on 8th
-            if (   relative_rank(Us, s) == RANK_7
-                && relative_rank(Us, pos.king_square(Them)) == RANK_8)
-                score += RookOn7th;
-
             // Rook piece attacking enemy pawns on the same rank/file
             if (relative_rank(Us, s) >= RANK_5)
             {
@@ -644,21 +638,6 @@ namespace {
             }
         } // rr != 0
 
-        // Rook pawns are a special case: They are sometimes worse, and
-        // sometimes better than other passed pawns. It is difficult to find
-        // good rules for determining whether they are good or bad. For now,
-        // we try the following: Increase the value for rook pawns if the
-        // other side has no pieces apart from a knight, and decrease the
-        // value if the other side has a rook or queen.
-        if (file_of(s) == FILE_A || file_of(s) == FILE_H)
-        {
-            if (pos.non_pawn_material(Them) <= KnightValueMg)
-                ebonus += ebonus / 4;
-
-            else if (pos.pieces(Them, ROOK, QUEEN))
-                ebonus -= ebonus / 4;
-        }
-
         if (pos.count<PAWN>(Us) < pos.count<PAWN>(Them))
             ebonus += ebonus / 4;