Maximize usage of transposition table in probcut

[stockfish] / src / pawns.cpp

diff --git a/src/pawns.cpp b/src/pawns.cpp
index 3023021d408a853a93c2294c73f4bec74b01aa50..7f8d451a6d47202ba0be9a814d0656ea90282bb4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/pawns.cpp
+++ b/src/pawns.cpp
@@ -33,12 +33,18 @@ namespace {
 
   // Pawn penalties
   constexpr Score Backward      = S( 9, 24);
-  constexpr Score BlockedStorm  = S(82, 82);
   constexpr Score Doubled       = S(11, 56);
   constexpr Score Isolated      = S( 5, 15);
   constexpr Score WeakLever     = S( 0, 56);
   constexpr Score WeakUnopposed = S(13, 27);
 
+  // Bonus for blocked pawns at 5th or 6th rank
+  constexpr Score BlockedPawn[2] = { S(-11, -4), S(-3, 4) };
+
+  constexpr Score BlockedStorm[RANK_NB] = {
+    S(0, 0), S(0, 0), S(76, 78), S(-10, 15), S(-7, 10), S(-4, 6), S(-1, 2)
+  };
+
   // Connected pawn bonus
   constexpr int Connected[RANK_NB] = { 0, 7, 8, 12, 29, 48, 86 };
 
@@ -65,10 +71,16 @@ namespace {
   #undef S
   #undef V
 
+
+  /// evaluate() calculates a score for the static pawn structure of the given position.
+  /// We cannot use the location of pieces or king in this function, as the evaluation
+  /// of the pawn structure will be stored in a small cache for speed reasons, and will
+  /// be re-used even when the pieces have moved.
+
   template<Color Us>
   Score evaluate(const Position& pos, Pawns::Entry* e) {
 
-    constexpr Color     Them = (Us == WHITE ? BLACK : WHITE);
+    constexpr Color     Them = ~Us;
     constexpr Direction Up   = pawn_push(Us);
 
     Bitboard neighbours, stoppers, support, phalanx, opposed;
@@ -86,6 +98,7 @@ namespace {
     e->passedPawns[Us] = 0;
     e->kingSquares[Us] = SQ_NONE;
     e->pawnAttacks[Us] = e->pawnAttacksSpan[Us] = pawn_attacks_bb<Us>(ourPawns);
+    e->blockedCount += popcount(shift<Up>(ourPawns) & (theirPawns | doubleAttackThem));
 
     // Loop through all pawns of the current color and score each pawn
     while ((s = *pl++) != SQ_NONE)
@@ -98,8 +111,8 @@ namespace {
         opposed    = theirPawns & forward_file_bb(Us, s);
         blocked    = theirPawns & (s + Up);
         stoppers   = theirPawns & passed_pawn_span(Us, s);
-        lever      = theirPawns & PawnAttacks[Us][s];
-        leverPush  = theirPawns & PawnAttacks[Us][s + Up];
+        lever      = theirPawns & pawn_attacks_bb(Us, s);
+        leverPush  = theirPawns & pawn_attacks_bb(Us, s + Up);
         doubled    = ourPawns   & (s - Up);
         neighbours = ourPawns   & adjacent_files_bb(s);
         phalanx    = neighbours & rank_bb(s);
@@ -118,6 +131,7 @@ namespace {
         // (a) there is no stoppers except some levers
         // (b) the only stoppers are the leverPush, but we outnumber them
         // (c) there is only one front stopper which can be levered.
+        //     (Refined in Evaluation::passed)
         passed =   !(stoppers ^ lever)
                 || (   !(stoppers ^ leverPush)
                     && popcount(phalanx) >= popcount(leverPush))
@@ -141,16 +155,26 @@ namespace {
         }
 
         else if (!neighbours)
-            score -=   Isolated
-                     + WeakUnopposed * !opposed;
+        {
+            if (     opposed
+                &&  (ourPawns & forward_file_bb(Them, s))
+                && !(theirPawns & adjacent_files_bb(s)))
+                score -= Doubled;
+            else
+                score -=  Isolated
+                        + WeakUnopposed * !opposed;
+        }
 
         else if (backward)
-            score -=   Backward
-                     + WeakUnopposed * !opposed;
+            score -=  Backward
+                    + WeakUnopposed * !opposed;
 
         if (!support)
-            score -=   Doubled * doubled
-                     + WeakLever * more_than_one(lever);
+            score -=  Doubled * doubled
+                    + WeakLever * more_than_one(lever);
+
+        if (blocked && r > RANK_4)
+            score += BlockedPawn[r-4];
     }
 
     return score;
@@ -160,6 +184,7 @@ namespace {
 
 namespace Pawns {
 
+
 /// Pawns::probe() looks up the current position's pawns configuration in
 /// the pawns hash table. It returns a pointer to the Entry if the position
 /// is found. Otherwise a new Entry is computed and stored there, so we don't
@@ -174,6 +199,7 @@ Entry* probe(const Position& pos) {
       return e;
 
   e->key = key;
+  e->blockedCount = 0;
   e->scores[WHITE] = evaluate<WHITE>(pos, e);
   e->scores[BLACK] = evaluate<BLACK>(pos, e);
 
@@ -185,12 +211,12 @@ Entry* probe(const Position& pos) {
 /// penalty for a king, looking at the king file and the two closest files.
 
 template<Color Us>
-Score Entry::evaluate_shelter(const Position& pos, Square ksq) {
+Score Entry::evaluate_shelter(const Position& pos, Square ksq) const {
 
-  constexpr Color Them = (Us == WHITE ? BLACK : WHITE);
+  constexpr Color Them = ~Us;
 
   Bitboard b = pos.pieces(PAWN) & ~forward_ranks_bb(Them, ksq);
-  Bitboard ourPawns = b & pos.pieces(Us);
+  Bitboard ourPawns = b & pos.pieces(Us) & ~pawnAttacks[Them];
   Bitboard theirPawns = b & pos.pieces(Them);
 
   Score bonus = make_score(5, 5);
@@ -204,11 +230,11 @@ Score Entry::evaluate_shelter(const Position& pos, Square ksq) {
       b = theirPawns & file_bb(f);
       int theirRank = b ? relative_rank(Us, frontmost_sq(Them, b)) : 0;
 
-      File d = edge_distance(f);
+      int d = edge_distance(f);
       bonus += make_score(ShelterStrength[d][ourRank], 0);
 
       if (ourRank && (ourRank == theirRank - 1))
-          bonus -= BlockedStorm * int(theirRank == RANK_3);
+          bonus -= BlockedStorm[theirRank];
       else
           bonus -= make_score(UnblockedStorm[d][theirRank], 0);
   }
@@ -240,9 +266,9 @@ Score Entry::do_king_safety(const Position& pos) {
 
   // In endgame we like to bring our king near our closest pawn
   Bitboard pawns = pos.pieces(Us, PAWN);
-  int minPawnDist = pawns ? 8 : 0;
+  int minPawnDist = 6;
 
-  if (pawns & PseudoAttacks[KING][ksq])
+  if (pawns & attacks_bb<KING>(ksq))
       minPawnDist = 1;
   else while (pawns)
       minPawnDist = std::min(minPawnDist, distance(ksq, pop_lsb(&pawns)));