Verified SEE pruning for capturing and checking moves.

[stockfish] / src / position.cpp

diff --git a/src/position.cpp b/src/position.cpp
index 171193ec1315af1173e176496b06a74ba1a26234..ba6888eb9489662cc4746726e9c04f2a6de0414e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/position.cpp
+++ b/src/position.cpp
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ Key Position::key_after(Move m) const {
 /// SEE value of move is greater or equal to the given threshold. We'll use an
 /// algorithm similar to alpha-beta pruning with a null window.
 
-bool Position::see_ge(Move m, Value threshold) const {
+bool Position::see_ge(Move m, Bitboard& occupied, Value threshold) const {
 
   assert(is_ok(m));
 
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ bool Position::see_ge(Move m, Value threshold) const {
       return true;
 
   assert(color_of(piece_on(from)) == sideToMove);
-  Bitboard occupied = pieces() ^ from ^ to;
+  occupied = pieces() ^ from ^ to; // xoring to is important for pinned piece logic
   Color stm = sideToMove;
   Bitboard attackers = attackers_to(to, occupied);
   Bitboard stmAttackers, bb;
@@ -1112,45 +1112,44 @@ bool Position::see_ge(Move m, Value threshold) const {
       // the bitboard 'attackers' any X-ray attackers behind it.
       if ((bb = stmAttackers & pieces(PAWN)))
       {
+          occupied ^= least_significant_square_bb(bb);
           if ((swap = PawnValueMg - swap) < res)
               break;
 
-          occupied ^= least_significant_square_bb(bb);
           attackers |= attacks_bb<BISHOP>(to, occupied) & pieces(BISHOP, QUEEN);
       }
 
       else if ((bb = stmAttackers & pieces(KNIGHT)))
       {
+          occupied ^= least_significant_square_bb(bb);
           if ((swap = KnightValueMg - swap) < res)
               break;
-
-          occupied ^= least_significant_square_bb(bb);
       }
 
       else if ((bb = stmAttackers & pieces(BISHOP)))
       {
+          occupied ^= least_significant_square_bb(bb);
           if ((swap = BishopValueMg - swap) < res)
               break;
 
-          occupied ^= least_significant_square_bb(bb);
           attackers |= attacks_bb<BISHOP>(to, occupied) & pieces(BISHOP, QUEEN);
       }
 
       else if ((bb = stmAttackers & pieces(ROOK)))
       {
+          occupied ^= least_significant_square_bb(bb);
           if ((swap = RookValueMg - swap) < res)
               break;
 
-          occupied ^= least_significant_square_bb(bb);
           attackers |= attacks_bb<ROOK>(to, occupied) & pieces(ROOK, QUEEN);
       }
 
       else if ((bb = stmAttackers & pieces(QUEEN)))
       {
+          occupied ^= least_significant_square_bb(bb);
           if ((swap = QueenValueMg - swap) < res)
               break;
 
-          occupied ^= least_significant_square_bb(bb);
           attackers |=  (attacks_bb<BISHOP>(to, occupied) & pieces(BISHOP, QUEEN))
                       | (attacks_bb<ROOK  >(to, occupied) & pieces(ROOK  , QUEEN));
       }