Improve move order near the root

[stockfish] / src / position.cpp

diff --git a/src/position.cpp b/src/position.cpp
index 5efd9c42a5eb351df1c043ea0b1e25a84b28f935..0ac450570b91b28ac468373995b42033ef0f3164 100644 (file)
--- a/src/position.cpp
+++ b/src/position.cpp
@@ -375,11 +375,13 @@ void Position::set_state(StateInfo* si) const {
 
 Position& Position::set(const string& code, Color c, StateInfo* si) {
 
-  assert(code.length() > 0 && code.length() < 8);
   assert(code[0] == 'K');
 
   string sides[] = { code.substr(code.find('K', 1)),      // Weak
-                     code.substr(0, code.find('K', 1)) }; // Strong
+                     code.substr(0, std::min(code.find('v'), code.find('K', 1))) }; // Strong
+
+  assert(sides[0].length() > 0 && sides[0].length() < 8);
+  assert(sides[1].length() > 0 && sides[1].length() < 8);
 
   std::transform(sides[c].begin(), sides[c].end(), sides[c].begin(), tolower);