Retire 'mate in x' hack

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 3ba0dbc905b9f6a75c4da3be45dca9b23a2d17f2..744d84f442e682808839cf5b1195b1555f821e2b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void Search::think() {
       goto finalize;
   }
 
-  if (Options["OwnBook"] && !Limits.infinite)
+  if (Options["OwnBook"] && !Limits.infinite && !Limits.mate)
   {
       Move bookMove = book.probe(RootPos, Options["Book File"], Options["Best Book Move"]);
 
@@ -410,6 +410,12 @@ namespace {
         if (depth > 2 && BestMoveChanges)
             bestMoveNeverChanged = false;
 
+        // Do we have found a "mate in x"?
+        if (   Limits.mate
+            && bestValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
+            && VALUE_MATE - bestValue <= 2 * Limits.mate)
+            Signals.stop = true;
+
         // Do we have time for the next iteration? Can we stop searching now?
         if (Limits.use_time_management() && !Signals.stopOnPonderhit)
         {
@@ -578,15 +584,9 @@ namespace {
 
     else if (tte)
     {
-        // Following asserts are valid only in single thread condition because
-        // TT access is always racy and its contents cannot be trusted.
-        assert(tte->static_value() != VALUE_NONE || Threads.size() > 1);
-        assert(ttValue != VALUE_NONE || tte->type() == BOUND_NONE || Threads.size() > 1);
-
-        ss->staticEval = eval = tte->static_value();
-        ss->evalMargin = tte->static_value_margin();
-
-        if (eval == VALUE_NONE || ss->evalMargin == VALUE_NONE) // Due to a race
+        // Never assume anything on values stored in TT
+        if (  (ss->staticEval = eval = tte->static_value()) == VALUE_NONE
+            ||(ss->evalMargin = tte->static_value_margin()) == VALUE_NONE)
             eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);
 
         // Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
@@ -1164,12 +1164,9 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
         }
         else if (tte)
         {
-            assert(tte->static_value() != VALUE_NONE || Threads.size() > 1);
-
-            ss->staticEval = bestValue = tte->static_value();
-            ss->evalMargin = tte->static_value_margin();
-
-            if (ss->staticEval == VALUE_NONE || ss->evalMargin == VALUE_NONE) // Due to a race
+            // Never assume anything on values stored in TT
+            if (  (ss->staticEval = bestValue = tte->static_value()) == VALUE_NONE
+                ||(ss->evalMargin = tte->static_value_margin()) == VALUE_NONE)
                 ss->staticEval = bestValue = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);
         }
         else