Tweak the connected[] array value for pawns on rank 5

[stockfish] / src / pawns.cpp

diff --git a/src/pawns.cpp b/src/pawns.cpp
index 5e56a1c215bfb86e4fbfbc9a3810acd587be10ed..6623ab71b80b9db18c59a9cbdfba11c62a3c89cd 100644 (file)
--- a/src/pawns.cpp
+++ b/src/pawns.cpp
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ namespace {
   // For the unopposed and unblocked cases, RANK_1 = 0 is used when opponent has
   // no pawn on the given file, or their pawn is behind our king.
   constexpr Value StormDanger[][4][RANK_NB] = {
-    { { V( 0),  V(-290), V(-274), V(57), V(41) },  // BlockedByKing
-      { V( 0),  V(  60), V( 144), V(39), V(13) },
-      { V( 0),  V(  65), V( 141), V(41), V(34) },
-      { V( 0),  V(  53), V( 127), V(56), V(14) } },
     { { V( 4),  V(  73), V( 132), V(46), V(31) },  // Unopposed
       { V( 1),  V(  64), V( 143), V(26), V(13) },
       { V( 1),  V(  47), V( 110), V(44), V(24) },
@@ -183,7 +179,7 @@ namespace Pawns {
 
 void init() {
 
-  static constexpr int Seed[RANK_NB] = { 0, 13, 24, 18, 76, 100, 175, 330 };
+  static constexpr int Seed[RANK_NB] = { 0, 13, 24, 18, 65, 100, 175, 330 };
 
   for (int opposed = 0; opposed <= 1; ++opposed)
       for (int phalanx = 0; phalanx <= 1; ++phalanx)
@@ -228,9 +224,10 @@ Entry* probe(const Position& pos) {
 template<Color Us>
 Value Entry::evaluate_shelter(const Position& pos, Square ksq) {
 
-  enum { BlockedByKing, Unopposed, BlockedByPawn, Unblocked };
+  enum { Unopposed, BlockedByPawn, Unblocked };
   constexpr Color     Them = (Us == WHITE ? BLACK : WHITE);
   constexpr Direction Down = (Us == WHITE ? SOUTH : NORTH);
+  constexpr Bitboard  BlockRanks = (Us == WHITE ? Rank1BB | Rank2BB : Rank8BB | Rank7BB);
 
   Bitboard b = pos.pieces(PAWN) & (forward_ranks_bb(Us, ksq) | rank_bb(ksq));
   Bitboard ourPawns = b & pos.pieces(Us);
@@ -238,6 +235,9 @@ Value Entry::evaluate_shelter(const Position& pos, Square ksq) {
 
   Value safety = (ourPawns & file_bb(ksq)) ? Value(5) : Value(-5);
 
+  if ((shift<Down>(theirPawns) & (FileABB | FileHBB) & BlockRanks) & ksq)
+      safety += 374;
+
   File center = std::max(FILE_B, std::min(FILE_G, file_of(ksq)));
   for (File f = File(center - 1); f <= File(center + 1); ++f)
   {
@@ -249,11 +249,9 @@ Value Entry::evaluate_shelter(const Position& pos, Square ksq) {
 
       int d = std::min(f, ~f);
       safety +=  ShelterStrength[d][rkUs]
-               - StormDanger
-                 [(shift<Down>(b) & ksq) ? BlockedByKing :
-                  rkUs   == RANK_1       ? Unopposed     :
-                  rkThem == (rkUs + 1)   ? BlockedByPawn : Unblocked]
-                 [d][rkThem];
+               - StormDanger[rkUs == RANK_1     ? Unopposed     :
+                             rkUs == rkThem - 1 ? BlockedByPawn : Unblocked]
+                            [d][rkThem];
   }
 
   return safety;