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 6664742e5641c47386e6b6dff7d67995987340ce..6623ab71b80b9db18c59a9cbdfba11c62a3c89cd 100644 (file)
--- a/src/pawns.cpp
+++ b/src/pawns.cpp
@@ -179,7 +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)
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ Value Entry::evaluate_shelter(const Position& pos, Square ksq) {
 
   enum { Unopposed, BlockedByPawn, Unblocked };
   constexpr Color     Them = (Us == WHITE ? BLACK : WHITE);
-  constexpr Direction Up   = (Us == WHITE ? NORTH : SOUTH);
-  constexpr Bitboard  BlockRanks = (Us == WHITE ? Rank2BB | Rank3BB : Rank7BB | Rank6BB);
+  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);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Value Entry::evaluate_shelter(const Position& pos, Square ksq) {
 
   Value safety = (ourPawns & file_bb(ksq)) ? Value(5) : Value(-5);
 
-  if ((theirPawns & (FileABB | FileHBB) & BlockRanks) & (ksq + Up))
+  if ((shift<Down>(theirPawns) & (FileABB | FileHBB) & BlockRanks) & ksq)
       safety += 374;
 
   File center = std::max(FILE_B, std::min(FILE_G, file_of(ksq)));