Micro-optimize SEE

[stockfish] / src / position.cpp

diff --git a/src/position.cpp b/src/position.cpp
index c0c26f038d5c5b4de7caa59d0a9e2f6a4041ce2c..8d4b9f4f3c53de66f382dee30529aa46986ae91e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/position.cpp
+++ b/src/position.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Zobrist {
   Key exclusion;
 }
 
-Key Position::exclusion_key() const { return st->key ^ Zobrist::exclusion;}
+Key Position::exclusion_key() const { return st->key ^ Zobrist::exclusion; }
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -1060,8 +1060,8 @@ Value Position::see(Move m) const {
   stm = color_of(piece_on(from));
   occupied = pieces() ^ from;
 
-  // Castling moves are implemented as king capturing the rook so cannot be
-  // handled correctly. Simply return 0 that is always the correct value
+  // Castling moves are implemented as king capturing the rook so cannot
+  // be handled correctly. Simply return VALUE_ZERO that is always correct
   // unless in the rare case the rook ends up under attack.
   if (type_of(m) == CASTLING)
       return VALUE_ZERO;
@@ -1098,21 +1098,11 @@ Value Position::see(Move m) const {
 
       // Locate and remove the next least valuable attacker
       captured = min_attacker<PAWN>(byTypeBB, to, stmAttackers, occupied, attackers);
-
-      // Stop before processing a king capture
-      if (captured == KING)
-      {
-          if (stmAttackers == attackers)
-              ++slIndex;
-
-          break;
-      }
-
       stm = ~stm;
       stmAttackers = attackers & pieces(stm);
       ++slIndex;
 
-  } while (stmAttackers);
+  } while (stmAttackers && (captured != KING || (--slIndex, false))); // Stop before a king capture
 
   // 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.