// Different node types, used as a template parameter
enum NodeType { NonPV, PV };
- constexpr uint64_t ttHitAverageWindow = 4096;
- constexpr uint64_t ttHitAverageResolution = 1024;
+ constexpr uint64_t TtHitAverageWindow = 4096;
+ constexpr uint64_t TtHitAverageResolution = 1024;
// Razor and futility margins
constexpr int RazorMargin = 531;
void Search::init() {
for (int i = 1; i < MAX_MOVES; ++i)
- Reductions[i] = int((24.8 + std::log(Threads.size()) / 2) * std::log(i));
+ Reductions[i] = int((24.8 + std::log(Threads.size())) * std::log(i));
}
Thread* bestThread = this;
// Check if there are threads with a better score than main thread
- if ( Options["MultiPV"] == 1
+ if ( int(Options["MultiPV"]) == 1
&& !Limits.depth
- && !(Skill(Options["Skill Level"]).enabled() || Options["UCI_LimitStrength"])
+ && !(Skill(Options["Skill Level"]).enabled() || int(Options["UCI_LimitStrength"]))
&& rootMoves[0].pv[0] != MOVE_NONE)
{
std::map<Move, int64_t> votes;
Value minScore = this->rootMoves[0].score;
- // Find out minimum score
+ // Find minimum score
for (Thread* th: Threads)
minScore = std::min(minScore, th->rootMoves[0].score);
votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] +=
(th->rootMoves[0].score - minScore + 14) * int(th->completedDepth);
- if (bestThread->rootMoves[0].score >= VALUE_TB_WIN_IN_MAX_PLY)
+ if (abs(bestThread->rootMoves[0].score) >= VALUE_TB_WIN_IN_MAX_PLY)
{
- // Make sure we pick the shortest mate
+ // Make sure we pick the shortest mate / TB conversion or stave off mate the longest
if (th->rootMoves[0].score > bestThread->rootMoves[0].score)
bestThread = th;
}
else if ( th->rootMoves[0].score >= VALUE_TB_WIN_IN_MAX_PLY
- || votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] > votes[bestThread->rootMoves[0].pv[0]])
+ || ( th->rootMoves[0].score > VALUE_TB_LOSS_IN_MAX_PLY
+ && votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] > votes[bestThread->rootMoves[0].pv[0]]))
bestThread = th;
}
}
- previousScore = bestThread->rootMoves[0].score;
+ bestPreviousScore = bestThread->rootMoves[0].score;
// Send again PV info if we have a new best thread
if (bestThread != this)
if (mainThread)
{
- if (mainThread->previousScore == VALUE_INFINITE)
- for (int i=0; i<4; ++i)
+ if (mainThread->bestPreviousScore == VALUE_INFINITE)
+ for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
mainThread->iterValue[i] = VALUE_ZERO;
else
- for (int i=0; i<4; ++i)
- mainThread->iterValue[i] = mainThread->previousScore;
+ for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
+ mainThread->iterValue[i] = mainThread->bestPreviousScore;
}
- size_t multiPV = Options["MultiPV"];
+ std::copy(&lowPlyHistory[2][0], &lowPlyHistory.back().back() + 1, &lowPlyHistory[0][0]);
+ std::fill(&lowPlyHistory[MAX_LPH - 2][0], &lowPlyHistory.back().back() + 1, 0);
+
+ size_t multiPV = size_t(Options["MultiPV"]);
// Pick integer skill levels, but non-deterministically round up or down
// such that the average integer skill corresponds to the input floating point one.
multiPV = std::max(multiPV, (size_t)4);
multiPV = std::min(multiPV, rootMoves.size());
- ttHitAverage = ttHitAverageWindow * ttHitAverageResolution / 2;
+ ttHitAverage = TtHitAverageWindow * TtHitAverageResolution / 2;
int ct = int(Options["Contempt"]) * PawnValueEg / 100; // From centipawns
// Reset aspiration window starting size
if (rootDepth >= 4)
{
- Value previousScore = rootMoves[pvIdx].previousScore;
- delta = Value(21 + abs(previousScore) / 256);
- alpha = std::max(previousScore - delta,-VALUE_INFINITE);
- beta = std::min(previousScore + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
+ Value prev = rootMoves[pvIdx].previousScore;
+ delta = Value(21);
+ alpha = std::max(prev - delta,-VALUE_INFINITE);
+ beta = std::min(prev + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
// Adjust contempt based on root move's previousScore (dynamic contempt)
- int dct = ct + (102 - ct / 2) * previousScore / (abs(previousScore) + 157);
+ int dct = ct + (102 - ct / 2) * prev / (abs(prev) + 157);
contempt = (us == WHITE ? make_score(dct, dct / 2)
: -make_score(dct, dct / 2));
&& !Threads.stop
&& !mainThread->stopOnPonderhit)
{
- double fallingEval = (332 + 6 * (mainThread->previousScore - bestValue)
- + 6 * (mainThread->iterValue[iterIdx] - bestValue)) / 704.0;
+ double fallingEval = (332 + 6 * (mainThread->bestPreviousScore - bestValue)
+ + 6 * (mainThread->iterValue[iterIdx] - bestValue)) / 704.0;
fallingEval = Utility::clamp(fallingEval, 0.5, 1.5);
// If the bestMove is stable over several iterations, reduce time accordingly
Move ttMove, move, excludedMove, bestMove;
Depth extension, newDepth;
Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval, maxValue;
- bool ttHit, ttPv, inCheck, givesCheck, improving, didLMR, priorCapture;
- bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning, ttCapture, singularLMR;
+ bool ttHit, ttPv, formerPv, givesCheck, improving, didLMR, priorCapture;
+ bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning,
+ ttCapture, singularQuietLMR;
Piece movedPiece;
int moveCount, captureCount, quietCount;
// Step 1. Initialize node
Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
- inCheck = pos.checkers();
+ ss->inCheck = pos.checkers();
priorCapture = pos.captured_piece();
Color us = pos.side_to_move();
moveCount = captureCount = quietCount = ss->moveCount = 0;
if ( Threads.stop.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)
|| pos.is_draw(ss->ply)
|| ss->ply >= MAX_PLY)
- return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck) ? evaluate(pos)
+ return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !ss->inCheck) ? evaluate(pos)
: value_draw(pos.this_thread());
// Step 3. Mate distance pruning. Even if we mate at the next move our score
ttMove = rootNode ? thisThread->rootMoves[thisThread->pvIdx].pv[0]
: ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
ttPv = PvNode || (ttHit && tte->is_pv());
+ formerPv = ttPv && !PvNode;
if (ttPv && depth > 12 && ss->ply - 1 < MAX_LPH && !pos.captured_piece() && is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove))
thisThread->lowPlyHistory[ss->ply - 1][from_to((ss-1)->currentMove)] << stat_bonus(depth - 5);
// thisThread->ttHitAverage can be used to approximate the running average of ttHit
- thisThread->ttHitAverage = (ttHitAverageWindow - 1) * thisThread->ttHitAverage / ttHitAverageWindow
- + ttHitAverageResolution * ttHit;
+ thisThread->ttHitAverage = (TtHitAverageWindow - 1) * thisThread->ttHitAverage / TtHitAverageWindow
+ + TtHitAverageResolution * ttHit;
// At non-PV nodes we check for an early TT cutoff
if ( !PvNode
}
}
+ CapturePieceToHistory& captureHistory = thisThread->captureHistory;
+
// Step 6. Static evaluation of the position
- if (inCheck)
+ if (ss->inCheck)
{
ss->staticEval = eval = VALUE_NONE;
improving = false;
if (nullValue >= beta)
{
- // Do not return unproven mate scores
+ // Do not return unproven mate or TB scores
if (nullValue >= VALUE_TB_WIN_IN_MAX_PLY)
nullValue = beta;
&& depth >= 5
&& abs(beta) < VALUE_TB_WIN_IN_MAX_PLY)
{
- Value raisedBeta = std::min(beta + 189 - 45 * improving, VALUE_INFINITE);
- MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, raisedBeta - ss->staticEval, &thisThread->captureHistory);
+ Value raisedBeta = beta + 189 - 45 * improving;
+ assert(raisedBeta < VALUE_INFINITE);
+ MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, raisedBeta - ss->staticEval, &captureHistory);
int probCutCount = 0;
- while ( (move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
- && probCutCount < 2 + 2 * cutNode)
+ while ( (move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
+ && probCutCount < 2 + 2 * cutNode
+ && !( move == ttMove
+ && tte->depth() >= depth - 4
+ && ttValue < raisedBeta))
if (move != excludedMove && pos.legal(move))
{
assert(pos.capture_or_promotion(move));
probCutCount++;
ss->currentMove = move;
- ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[inCheck]
+ ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[ss->inCheck]
[captureOrPromotion]
[pos.moved_piece(move)]
[to_sq(move)];
MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &thisThread->mainHistory,
&thisThread->lowPlyHistory,
- &thisThread->captureHistory,
+ &captureHistory,
contHist,
countermove,
ss->killers,
depth > 12 ? ss->ply : MAX_PLY);
value = bestValue;
- singularLMR = moveCountPruning = false;
+ singularQuietLMR = moveCountPruning = false;
ttCapture = ttMove && pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove);
// Mark this node as being searched
// Skip quiet moves if movecount exceeds our FutilityMoveCount threshold
moveCountPruning = moveCount >= futility_move_count(improving, depth);
+ // Reduced depth of the next LMR search
+ int lmrDepth = std::max(newDepth - reduction(improving, depth, moveCount), 0);
+
if ( !captureOrPromotion
&& !givesCheck)
{
- // Reduced depth of the next LMR search
- int lmrDepth = std::max(newDepth - reduction(improving, depth, moveCount), 0);
-
// Countermoves based pruning (~20 Elo)
if ( lmrDepth < 4 + ((ss-1)->statScore > 0 || (ss-1)->moveCount == 1)
&& (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold
// Futility pruning: parent node (~5 Elo)
if ( lmrDepth < 6
- && !inCheck
+ && !ss->inCheck
&& ss->staticEval + 235 + 172 * lmrDepth <= alpha
&& (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+ (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-(32 - std::min(lmrDepth, 18)) * lmrDepth * lmrDepth)))
continue;
}
- else if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-194) * depth)) // (~25 Elo)
- continue;
+ else
+ {
+ // Capture history based pruning when the move doesn't give check
+ if ( !givesCheck
+ && lmrDepth < 1
+ && captureHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)][type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)))] < 0)
+ continue;
+
+ // Futility pruning for captures
+ if ( !givesCheck
+ && lmrDepth < 6
+ && !(PvNode && abs(bestValue) < 2)
+ && !ss->inCheck
+ && ss->staticEval + 270 + 384 * lmrDepth + PieceValue[MG][type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)))] <= alpha)
+ continue;
+
+ // See based pruning
+ if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-194) * depth)) // (~25 Elo)
+ continue;
+ }
}
// Step 14. Extensions (~75 Elo)
&& tte->depth() >= depth - 3
&& pos.legal(move))
{
- Value singularBeta = ttValue - (((ttPv && !PvNode) + 4) * depth) / 2;
- Depth halfDepth = depth / 2;
+ Value singularBeta = ttValue - ((formerPv + 4) * depth) / 2;
+ Depth singularDepth = (depth - 1 + 3 * formerPv) / 2;
ss->excludedMove = move;
- value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, singularBeta - 1, singularBeta, halfDepth, cutNode);
+ value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, singularBeta - 1, singularBeta, singularDepth, cutNode);
ss->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
if (value < singularBeta)
{
extension = 1;
- singularLMR = true;
+ singularQuietLMR = !ttCapture;
}
// Multi-cut pruning
// a soft bound.
else if (singularBeta >= beta)
return singularBeta;
+
+ // If the eval of ttMove is greater than beta we try also if there is an other move that
+ // pushes it over beta, if so also produce a cutoff
+ else if (ttValue >= beta)
+ {
+ ss->excludedMove = move;
+ value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, beta - 1, beta, (depth + 3) / 2, cutNode);
+ ss->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
+
+ if (value >= beta)
+ return beta;
+ }
}
// Check extension (~2 Elo)
if (type_of(move) == CASTLING)
extension = 1;
+ // Late irreversible move extension
+ if ( move == ttMove
+ && pos.rule50_count() > 80
+ && (captureOrPromotion || type_of(movedPiece) == PAWN))
+ extension = 2;
+
// Add extension to new depth
newDepth += extension;
// Update the current move (this must be done after singular extension search)
ss->currentMove = move;
- ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[inCheck]
+ ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[ss->inCheck]
[captureOrPromotion]
[movedPiece]
[to_sq(move)];
|| moveCountPruning
|| ss->staticEval + PieceValue[EG][pos.captured_piece()] <= alpha
|| cutNode
- || thisThread->ttHitAverage < 375 * ttHitAverageResolution * ttHitAverageWindow / 1024))
+ || thisThread->ttHitAverage < 375 * TtHitAverageResolution * TtHitAverageWindow / 1024))
{
Depth r = reduction(improving, depth, moveCount);
// Decrease reduction if the ttHit running average is large
- if (thisThread->ttHitAverage > 500 * ttHitAverageResolution * ttHitAverageWindow / 1024)
+ if (thisThread->ttHitAverage > 500 * TtHitAverageResolution * TtHitAverageWindow / 1024)
r--;
// Reduction if other threads are searching this position.
if (ttPv)
r -= 2;
+ if (moveCountPruning && !formerPv)
+ r++;
+
// Decrease reduction if opponent's move count is high (~5 Elo)
if ((ss-1)->moveCount > 14)
r--;
// Decrease reduction if ttMove has been singularly extended (~3 Elo)
- if (singularLMR)
- r -= 1 + (ttPv && !PvNode);
+ if (singularQuietLMR)
+ r -= 1 + formerPv;
if (!captureOrPromotion)
{
r++;
// Decrease/increase reduction for moves with a good/bad history (~30 Elo)
- r -= ss->statScore / 16384;
+ r -= ss->statScore / 16434;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ // Increase reduction for captures/promotions if late move and at low depth
+ if (depth < 8 && moveCount > 2)
+ r++;
+
+ // Unless giving check, this capture is likely bad
+ if ( !givesCheck
+ && ss->staticEval + PieceValue[EG][pos.captured_piece()] + 200 * depth <= alpha)
+ r++;
}
-
- // Increase reduction for captures/promotions if late move and at low depth
- else if (depth < 8 && moveCount > 2)
- r++;
Depth d = Utility::clamp(newDepth - r, 1, newDepth);
// must be a mate or a stalemate. If we are in a singular extension search then
// return a fail low score.
- assert(moveCount || !inCheck || excludedMove || !MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).size());
+ assert(moveCount || !ss->inCheck || excludedMove || !MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).size());
if (!moveCount)
bestValue = excludedMove ? alpha
- : inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : VALUE_DRAW;
+ : ss->inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : VALUE_DRAW;
else if (bestMove)
update_all_stats(pos, ss, bestMove, bestValue, beta, prevSq,
Move ttMove, move, bestMove;
Depth ttDepth;
Value bestValue, value, ttValue, futilityValue, futilityBase, oldAlpha;
- bool ttHit, pvHit, inCheck, givesCheck, captureOrPromotion, evasionPrunable;
+ bool ttHit, pvHit, givesCheck, captureOrPromotion;
int moveCount;
if (PvNode)
Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
(ss+1)->ply = ss->ply + 1;
bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
- inCheck = pos.checkers();
+ ss->inCheck = pos.checkers();
moveCount = 0;
// Check for an immediate draw or maximum ply reached
if ( pos.is_draw(ss->ply)
|| ss->ply >= MAX_PLY)
- return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck) ? evaluate(pos) : VALUE_DRAW;
+ return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !ss->inCheck) ? evaluate(pos) : VALUE_DRAW;
assert(0 <= ss->ply && ss->ply < MAX_PLY);
// Decide whether or not to include checks: this fixes also the type of
// TT entry depth that we are going to use. Note that in qsearch we use
// only two types of depth in TT: DEPTH_QS_CHECKS or DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS.
- ttDepth = inCheck || depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS ? DEPTH_QS_CHECKS
+ ttDepth = ss->inCheck || depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS ? DEPTH_QS_CHECKS
: DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS;
// Transposition table lookup
posKey = pos.key();
return ttValue;
// Evaluate the position statically
- if (inCheck)
+ if (ss->inCheck)
{
ss->staticEval = VALUE_NONE;
bestValue = futilityBase = -VALUE_INFINITE;
moveCount++;
// Futility pruning
- if ( !inCheck
+ if ( !ss->inCheck
&& !givesCheck
&& futilityBase > -VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
&& !pos.advanced_pawn_push(move))
}
}
- // Detect non-capture evasions that are candidates to be pruned
- evasionPrunable = inCheck
- && (depth != 0 || moveCount > 2)
- && bestValue > VALUE_TB_LOSS_IN_MAX_PLY
- && !pos.capture(move);
-
// Don't search moves with negative SEE values
- if ( (!inCheck || evasionPrunable) && !pos.see_ge(move))
+ if ( !ss->inCheck && !pos.see_ge(move))
continue;
// Speculative prefetch as early as possible
}
ss->currentMove = move;
- ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[inCheck]
+ ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[ss->inCheck]
[captureOrPromotion]
[pos.moved_piece(move)]
[to_sq(move)];
// All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If we're in check
// and no legal moves were found, it is checkmate.
- if (inCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
+ if (ss->inCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
return mated_in(ss->ply); // Plies to mate from the root
tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), pvHit,
void update_continuation_histories(Stack* ss, Piece pc, Square to, int bonus) {
for (int i : {1, 2, 4, 6})
+ {
+ if (ss->inCheck && i > 2)
+ break;
if (is_ok((ss-i)->currentMove))
(*(ss-i)->continuationHistory)[pc][to] << bonus;
+ }
}
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