namespace {
+ // Values modified by Joona Kiiski
+ const Value MidgameLimit = Value(15581);
+ const Value EndgameLimit = Value(3998);
+
// Polynomial material balance parameters
const Value RedundantQueenPenalty = Value(320);
const Value RedundantRookPenalty = Value(554);
}
+/// MaterialInfoTable::game_phase() calculate the phase given the current
+/// position. Because the phase is strictly a function of the material, it
+/// is stored in MaterialInfo.
+
+Phase MaterialInfoTable::game_phase(const Position& pos) {
+
+ Value npm = pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE) + pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK);
+
+ if (npm >= MidgameLimit)
+ return PHASE_MIDGAME;
+ else if (npm <= EndgameLimit)
+ return PHASE_ENDGAME;
+
+ return Phase(((npm - EndgameLimit) * 128) / (MidgameLimit - EndgameLimit));
+}
+
/// MaterialInfoTable::get_material_info() takes a position object as input,
/// computes or looks up a MaterialInfo object, and returns a pointer to it.
/// If the material configuration is not already present in the table, it
mi->clear();
mi->key = key;
+ // Calculate game phase
+ mi->gamePhase = MaterialInfoTable::game_phase(pos);
+
// Let's look if we have a specialized evaluation function for this
// particular material configuration. First we look for a fixed
// configuration one, then a generic one if previous search failed.
mi->evaluationFunction = &EvaluateKKX;
return mi;
}
- else if ( pos.pawns() == EmptyBoardBB
- && pos.rooks() == EmptyBoardBB
- && pos.queens() == EmptyBoardBB)
+ else if ( pos.pieces(PAWN) == EmptyBoardBB
+ && pos.pieces(ROOK) == EmptyBoardBB
+ && pos.pieces(QUEEN) == EmptyBoardBB)
{
// Minor piece endgame with at least one minor piece per side and
// no pawns. Note that the case KmmK is already handled by KXK.
- assert(pos.knights(WHITE) | pos.bishops(WHITE));
- assert(pos.knights(BLACK) | pos.bishops(BLACK));
+ assert((pos.pieces(KNIGHT, WHITE) | pos.pieces(BISHOP, WHITE)));
+ assert((pos.pieces(KNIGHT, BLACK) | pos.pieces(BISHOP, BLACK)));
if ( pos.piece_count(WHITE, BISHOP) + pos.piece_count(WHITE, KNIGHT) <= 2
&& pos.piece_count(BLACK, BISHOP) + pos.piece_count(BLACK, KNIGHT) <= 2)