Don't read eval from TT anymore

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index da20f15e3352964a596137a7f581e2e885b9e6ed..79046ad2007aedbc13ab8315b1805adc65a67ef9 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -574,31 +574,21 @@ namespace {
     // Step 5. Evaluate the position statically and update parent's gain statistics
     if (inCheck)
         ss->staticEval = ss->evalMargin = eval = VALUE_NONE;
-
-    else if (tte)
+    else
     {
-        // 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
-            eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);
+        eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);
 
         // Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
-        if (ttValue != VALUE_NONE)
+        if (tte && ttValue != VALUE_NONE)
+        {
             if (   ((tte->type() & BOUND_LOWER) && ttValue > eval)
                 || ((tte->type() & BOUND_UPPER) && ttValue < eval))
                 eval = ttValue;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);
-        TT.store(posKey, VALUE_NONE, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE,
-                 ss->staticEval, ss->evalMargin);
+        }
+
+        if (!tte)
+            TT.store(posKey, VALUE_NONE, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE,
+                     ss->staticEval, ss->evalMargin);
     }
 
     // Update gain for the parent non-capture move given the static position
@@ -1105,7 +1095,7 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
     Key posKey;
     Move ttMove, move, bestMove;
     Value bestValue, value, ttValue, futilityValue, futilityBase, oldAlpha;
-    bool givesCheck, enoughMaterial, evasionPrunable, fromNull;
+    bool givesCheck, enoughMaterial, evasionPrunable;
     Depth ttDepth;
 
     // To flag BOUND_EXACT a node with eval above alpha and no available moves
@@ -1114,7 +1104,6 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
 
     ss->currentMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
     ss->ply = (ss-1)->ply + 1;
-    fromNull = (ss-1)->currentMove == MOVE_NULL;
 
     // Check for an instant draw or maximum ply reached
     if (pos.is_draw<false, false>() || ss->ply > MAX_PLY)
@@ -1152,23 +1141,7 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
     }
     else
     {
-        if (fromNull)
-        {
-            ss->staticEval = bestValue = -(ss-1)->staticEval;
-            ss->evalMargin = VALUE_ZERO;
-        }
-        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
-                ss->staticEval = bestValue = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);
-        }
-        else
-            ss->staticEval = bestValue = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);
+        ss->staticEval = bestValue = evaluate(pos, ss->evalMargin);
 
         // Stand pat. Return immediately if static value is at least beta
         if (bestValue >= beta)
@@ -1205,7 +1178,6 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
       if (   !PvNode
           && !InCheck
           && !givesCheck
-          && !fromNull
           &&  move != ttMove
           &&  enoughMaterial
           &&  type_of(move) != PROMOTION