/// Position::see() is a static exchange evaluator: It tries to estimate the
-/// material gain or loss resulting from a move. There are three versions of
-/// this function: One which takes a destination square as input, one takes a
-/// move, and one which takes a 'from' and a 'to' square. The function does
-/// not yet understand promotions captures.
+/// material gain or loss resulting from a move. Parameter 'asymmThreshold' takes
+/// tempi into account. If the side who initiated the capturing sequence does the
+/// last capture, he loses a tempo and if the result is below 'asymmThreshold'
+/// the capturing sequence is considered bad.
int Position::see_sign(Move m) const {
return see(m);
}
-int Position::see(Move m) const {
- return do_see<false>(m, 0);
-}
-
-int Position::see_asymm(Move m, int asymmThreshold) const
-{
- return do_see<true>(m, asymmThreshold);
-}
-
-template <bool Asymmetric>
-int Position::do_see(Move m, int asymmThreshold) const {
+int Position::see(Move m, int asymmThreshold) const {
Square from, to;
Bitboard occupied, attackers, stmAttackers;
} while (stmAttackers);
- // FIXME: Document
- if (Asymmetric)
- {
- for (int i = 0; i < slIndex ; i += 2)
- {
+ // If we are doing asymmetric SEE evaluation and the same side does the first
+ // and the last capture, he loses a tempo and gain must be at least worth
+ // 'asymmThreshold', otherwise we replace the score with a very low value,
+ // before negamaxing.
+ if (asymmThreshold)
+ for (int i = 0; i < slIndex; i += 2)
if (swapList[i] < asymmThreshold)
- swapList[i] = - QueenValueMg * 16;
- }
- }
+ swapList[i] = - QueenValueMg * 16;
// Having built the swap list, we negamax through it to find the best
// achievable score from the point of view of the side to move.