// when the static evaluation is at most IIDMargin below beta.
const Value IIDMargin = Value(0x100);
- // Use easy moves?
- const bool UseEasyMove = true;
-
// Easy move margin. An easy move candidate must be at least this much
// better than the second best move.
const Value EasyMoveMargin = Value(0x200);
assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
- // Initialize, and make an early exit in case of an aborted search,
- // an instant draw, maximum ply reached, etc.
- if (AbortSearch || thread_should_stop(threadID))
- return Value(0);
-
if (depth < OnePly)
return qsearch(pos, ss, alpha, beta, Depth(0), ply, threadID);
+ // Initialize, and make an early exit in case of an aborted search,
+ // an instant draw, maximum ply reached, etc.
init_node(pos, ss, ply, threadID);
+ // After init_node() that calls poll()
+ if (AbortSearch || thread_should_stop(threadID))
+ return Value(0);
+
if (pos.is_draw())
return VALUE_DRAW;
// If we are at ply 1, and we are searching the first root move at
// ply 0, set the 'Problem' variable if the score has dropped a lot
// (from the computer's point of view) since the previous iteration:
- if (Iteration >= 2 && -value <= ValueByIteration[Iteration-1] - ProblemMargin)
+ if ( ply == 1
+ && Iteration >= 2
+ && -value <= ValueByIteration[Iteration-1] - ProblemMargin)
Problem = true;
}
assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
- EvalInfo ei;
+ if (depth < OnePly)
+ return qsearch(pos, ss, beta-1, beta, Depth(0), ply, threadID);
// Initialize, and make an early exit in case of an aborted search,
// an instant draw, maximum ply reached, etc.
+ init_node(pos, ss, ply, threadID);
+
+ // After init_node() that calls poll()
if (AbortSearch || thread_should_stop(threadID))
return Value(0);
- if (depth < OnePly)
- return qsearch(pos, ss, beta-1, beta, Depth(0), ply, threadID);
-
- init_node(pos, ss, ply, threadID);
-
if (pos.is_draw())
return VALUE_DRAW;
+ EvalInfo ei;
+
if (ply >= PLY_MAX - 1)
return evaluate(pos, ei, threadID);
Value nullValue = -search(pos, ss, -(beta-1), depth-R*OnePly, ply+1, false, threadID);
// Check for a null capture artifact, if the value without the null capture
- // is above beta then there is a good possibility that this is a cut-node.
- // We will do an IID later to find a ttMove.
+ // is above beta then mark the node as a suspicious failed low. We will verify
+ // later if we are really under threat.
if ( UseNullDrivenIID
&& nullValue < beta
&& depth > 6 * OnePly
{
// The null move failed low due to a suspicious capture. Perhaps we
// are facing a null capture artifact due to the side to move change
- // and this is a cut-node. So it's a good time to search for a ttMove.
+ // and this position should fail high. So do a normal search with a
+ // reduced depth to get a good ttMove to use in the following full
+ // depth search.
Move tm = ss[ply].threatMove;
assert(tm != MOVE_NONE);
assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
- EvalInfo ei;
-
// Initialize, and make an early exit in case of an aborted search,
// an instant draw, maximum ply reached, etc.
+ init_node(pos, ss, ply, threadID);
+
+ // After init_node() that calls poll()
if (AbortSearch || thread_should_stop(threadID))
return Value(0);
- init_node(pos, ss, ply, threadID);
-
if (pos.is_draw())
return VALUE_DRAW;
return value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
// Evaluate the position statically
+ EvalInfo ei;
bool isCheck = pos.is_check();
Value staticValue = (isCheck ? -VALUE_INFINITE : evaluate(pos, ei, threadID));
}
// If we are at ply 1, and we are searching the first root move at
// ply 0, set the 'Problem' variable if the score has dropped a lot
- // (from the computer's point of view) since the previous iteration:
- if (Iteration >= 2 && -value <= ValueByIteration[Iteration-1] - ProblemMargin)
+ // (from the computer's point of view) since the previous iteration.
+ if ( sp->ply == 1
+ && Iteration >= 2
+ && -value <= ValueByIteration[Iteration-1] - ProblemMargin)
Problem = true;
}
lock_release(&(sp->lock));
lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
// If this is the master thread and we have been asked to stop because of
- // a beta cutoff higher up in the tree, stop all slave threads:
+ // a beta cutoff higher up in the tree, stop all slave threads.
if (sp->master == threadID && thread_should_stop(threadID))
for (int i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
if (sp->slaves[i])
if ( !PruneBlockingMoves
&& threat != MOVE_NONE
&& piece_is_slider(pos.piece_on(tfrom))
- && bit_is_set(squares_between(tfrom, tto), mto) && pos.see(m) >= 0)
+ && bit_is_set(squares_between(tfrom, tto), mto)
+ && pos.see(m) >= 0)
return false;
return true;