Retire null search verification

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 93867f0f0b20859f97598d094a54dedbb0d5f171..6d900f7bb7ae673575f2d52b953ed63ca2c2d3ff 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -595,16 +595,14 @@ namespace {
     // Step 6. Razoring (skipped when in check)
     if (   !PvNode
         &&  depth < 4 * ONE_PLY
-        &&  eval + razor_margin(depth) < beta
+        &&  eval + razor_margin(depth) <= alpha
         &&  ttMove == MOVE_NONE
         &&  abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
         && !pos.pawn_on_7th(pos.side_to_move()))
     {
-        Value rbeta = beta - razor_margin(depth);
-        Value v = qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss, rbeta-1, rbeta, DEPTH_ZERO);
-        if (v < rbeta)
-            // Logically we should return (v + razor_margin(depth)), but
-            // surprisingly this performed slightly weaker in tests.
+        Value ralpha = alpha - razor_margin(depth);
+        Value v = qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss, ralpha, ralpha+1, DEPTH_ZERO);
+        if (v <= ralpha)
             return v;
     }
 
@@ -632,34 +630,18 @@ namespace {
 
         // Null move dynamic reduction based on depth and value
         Depth R =  3 * ONE_PLY
-                 + depth / (2 * ONE_PLY)
+                 + depth / 4
                  + int(eval - beta) / PawnValueMg * ONE_PLY;
 
         pos.do_null_move(st);
         (ss+1)->skipNullMove = true;
-        nullValue = depth-R < ONE_PLY ? -qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
-                                      : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth-R, !cutNode);
+        nullValue = depth-R < ONE_PLY ? -qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -beta+1, DEPTH_ZERO)
+                                      : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -beta+1, depth-R, !cutNode);
         (ss+1)->skipNullMove = false;
         pos.undo_null_move();
 
-        if (nullValue >= beta)
-        {
-            // Do not return unproven mate scores
-            if (nullValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
-                nullValue = beta;
-
-            if (depth < 12 * ONE_PLY)
-                return nullValue;
-
-            // Do verification search at high depths
-            ss->skipNullMove = true;
-            Value v = depth-R < ONE_PLY ? qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, DEPTH_ZERO)
-                                        :  search<NonPV>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, depth-R, false);
-            ss->skipNullMove = false;
-
-            if (v >= beta)
-                return nullValue;
-        }
+        if (nullValue >= beta) // Do not return unproven mate scores
+            return nullValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY ? beta : nullValue;
     }
 
     // Step 9. ProbCut (skipped when in check)