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.
+ // Step 1. Initialize node and poll
+ // Polling can abort search.
init_node(ss, ply, threadID);
- // After init_node() that calls poll()
+ // Step 2. Check for aborted search and immediate draw
if (AbortSearch || TM.thread_should_stop(threadID))
return Value(0);
if (pos.is_draw() || ply >= PLY_MAX - 1)
return VALUE_DRAW;
- // Mate distance pruning
+ // Step 3. Mate distance pruning
if (value_mated_in(ply) >= beta)
return beta;
if (value_mate_in(ply + 1) < beta)
return beta - 1;
+ // Step 4. Transposition table lookup
+
// We don't want the score of a partial search to overwrite a previous full search
// TT value, so we use a different position key in case of an excluded move exsists.
Key posKey = excludedMove ? pos.get_exclusion_key() : pos.get_key();
- // Transposition table lookup
tte = TT.retrieve(posKey);
ttMove = (tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE);
return value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
}
+ // Step 5. Evaluate the position statically
isCheck = pos.is_check();
- // Evaluate the position statically
if (!isCheck)
{
if (tte && (tte->type() & VALUE_TYPE_EVAL))
update_gains(pos, ss[ply - 1].currentMove, ss[ply - 1].eval, ss[ply].eval);
}
- // Static null move pruning. We're betting that the opponent doesn't have
- // a move that will reduce the score by more than FutilityMargins[int(depth)]
- // if we do a null move.
+ // Step 6. Razoring
+ if ( !value_is_mate(beta)
+ && !isCheck
+ && depth < RazorDepth
+ && staticValue < beta - (0x200 + 16 * depth)
+ && ss[ply - 1].currentMove != MOVE_NULL
+ && ttMove == MOVE_NONE
+ && !pos.has_pawn_on_7th(pos.side_to_move()))
+ {
+ Value rbeta = beta - (0x200 + 16 * depth);
+ Value v = qsearch(pos, ss, rbeta-1, rbeta, Depth(0), ply, threadID);
+ if (v < rbeta)
+ return v; //FIXME: Logically should be: return (v + 0x200 + 16 * depth);
+ }
+
+ // Step 7. Static null move pruning
+ // We're betting that the opponent doesn't have a move that will reduce
+ // the score by more than fuility_margin(depth) if we do a null move.
if ( !isCheck
&& allowNullmove
&& depth < RazorDepth
&& staticValue - futility_margin(depth, 0) >= beta)
return staticValue - futility_margin(depth, 0);
- // Null move search
+ // Step 8. Null move search with verification search
+ // When we jump directly to qsearch() we do a null move only if static value is
+ // at least beta. Otherwise we do a null move if static value is not more than
+ // NullMoveMargin under beta.
if ( allowNullmove
&& depth > OnePly
&& !isCheck
return beta - 1;
}
}
- // Null move search not allowed, try razoring
- else if ( !value_is_mate(beta)
- && !isCheck
- && depth < RazorDepth
- && staticValue < beta - (NullMoveMargin + 16 * depth)
- && ss[ply - 1].currentMove != MOVE_NULL
- && ttMove == MOVE_NONE
- && !pos.has_pawn_on_7th(pos.side_to_move()))
- {
- Value rbeta = beta - (NullMoveMargin + 16 * depth);
- Value v = qsearch(pos, ss, rbeta-1, rbeta, Depth(0), ply, threadID);
- if (v < rbeta)
- return v;
- }
- // Go with internal iterative deepening if we don't have a TT move
+ // Step 9. Internal iterative deepening
if (UseIIDAtNonPVNodes && ttMove == MOVE_NONE && depth >= 8*OnePly &&
!isCheck && ss[ply].eval >= beta - IIDMargin)
{
- search(pos, ss, beta, Min(depth/2, depth-2*OnePly), ply, false, threadID);
+ search(pos, ss, beta, depth/2, ply, false, threadID);
ttMove = ss[ply].pv[ply];
tte = TT.retrieve(posKey);
}
- // Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position, and prepare
- // to search all moves.
+ // Step 10. Loop through moves
+ // Loop through all legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
+
+ // Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position
MovePicker mp = MovePicker(pos, ttMove, depth, H, &ss[ply]);
CheckInfo ci(pos);
- // Loop through all legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
while ( bestValue < beta
&& (move = mp.get_next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
&& !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID))
singleEvasion = (isCheck && mp.number_of_evasions() == 1);
captureOrPromotion = pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move);
- // Decide the new search depth
+ // Step 11. Decide the new search depth
ext = extension(pos, move, false, captureOrPromotion, moveIsCheck, singleEvasion, mateThreat, &dangerous);
// Singular extension search. We extend the TT move if its value is much better than
newDepth = depth - OnePly + ext;
- // Update current move
+ // Update current move (this must be done after singular extension search)
movesSearched[moveCount++] = ss[ply].currentMove = move;
- // Futility pruning
+ // Step 12. Futility pruning
if ( !isCheck
&& !dangerous
&& !captureOrPromotion
}
}
- // Make and search the move
+ // Step 13. Make the move
pos.do_move(move, st, ci, moveIsCheck);
- // Try to reduce non-pv search depth by one ply if move seems not problematic,
+ // Step 14. Reduced search
// if the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth.
bool doFullDepthSearch = true;
}
}
- if (doFullDepthSearch) // Go with full depth non-pv search
+ // Step 15. Full depth search
+ if (doFullDepthSearch)
{
ss[ply].reduction = Depth(0);
value = -search(pos, ss, -(beta-1), newDepth, ply+1, true, threadID);
}
+
+ // Step 16. Undo move
pos.undo_move(move);
assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
- // New best move?
+ // Step 17. Check for new best move
if (value > bestValue)
{
bestValue = value;
ss[ply].mateKiller = move;
}
- // Split?
+ // Step 18. Check for split
if ( TM.active_threads() > 1
&& bestValue < beta
&& depth >= MinimumSplitDepth
break;
}
- // All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If there were
+ // Step 19. Check for mate and stalemate
+ // All legal moves have been searched and if there were
// no legal moves, it must be mate or stalemate.
+ // If one move was excluded return fail low.
if (!moveCount)
return excludedMove ? beta - 1 : (pos.is_check() ? value_mated_in(ply) : VALUE_DRAW);
+ // Step 20. Update tables
// If the search is not aborted, update the transposition table,
// history counters, and killer moves.
if (AbortSearch || TM.thread_should_stop(threadID))
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