while (Iteration < PLY_MAX)
{
// Initialize iteration
- rml.sort();
Iteration++;
BestMoveChangesByIteration[Iteration] = 0;
if (Iteration <= 5)
beta = Min(ValueByIteration[Iteration - 1] + AspirationDelta, VALUE_INFINITE);
}
- // Search to the current depth
+ // Search to the current depth, rml is updated and sorted
value = root_search(p, ss, rml, alpha, beta);
// Write PV to transposition table, in case the relevant entries have
break;
}
- rml.sort();
-
// If we are pondering or in infinite search, we shouldn't print the
// best move before we are told to do so.
if (!AbortSearch && (PonderSearch || InfiniteSearch))
alpha = oldAlpha;
isCheck = pos.is_check();
- // Evaluate the position statically
- ss[0].eval = !isCheck ? evaluate(pos, ei, 0) : VALUE_NONE;
+ // Step 1. Initialize node and poll (omitted at root, but I can see no good reason for this, FIXME)
+ // Step 2. Check for aborted search (omitted at root, because we do not initialize root node)
+ // Step 3. Mate distance pruning (omitted at root)
+ // Step 4. Transposition table lookup (omitted at root)
+
+ // Step 5. Evaluate the position statically
+ // At root we do this only to get reference value for child nodes
+ if (!isCheck)
+ ss[0].eval = evaluate(pos, ei, 0);
+ else
+ ss[0].eval = VALUE_NONE; // HACK because we do not initialize root node
- while (1) // Fail low loop
+ // Step 6. Razoring (omitted at root)
+ // Step 7. Static null move pruning (omitted at root)
+ // Step 8. Null move search with verification search (omitted at root)
+ // Step 9. Internal iterative deepening (omitted at root)
+
+ // Step extra. Fail low loop
+ // We start with small aspiration window and in case of fail low, we research
+ // with bigger window until we are not failing low anymore.
+ while (1)
{
- // Loop through all the moves in the root move list
+ // Sort the moves before to (re)search
+ rml.sort();
+
+ // Step 10. Loop through all moves in the root move list
for (int i = 0; i < rml.move_count() && !AbortSearch; i++)
{
- if (alpha >= beta)
- {
- // We failed high, invalidate and skip next moves, leave node-counters
- // and beta-counters as they are and quickly return, we will try to do
- // a research at the next iteration with a bigger aspiration window.
- rml.set_move_score(i, -VALUE_INFINITE);
- continue;
- }
-
// This is used by time management and starts from 1
RootMoveNumber = i + 1;
cout << "info currmove " << move
<< " currmovenumber " << RootMoveNumber << endl;
- // Decide search depth for this move
moveIsCheck = pos.move_is_check(move);
captureOrPromotion = pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move);
+
+ // Step 11. Decide the new search depth
depth = (Iteration - 2) * OnePly + InitialDepth;
ext = extension(pos, move, true, captureOrPromotion, moveIsCheck, false, false, &dangerous);
newDepth = depth + ext;
- // Reset value before the search
+ // Step 12. Futility pruning (omitted at root)
+
+ // Step extra. Fail high loop
+ // If move fails high, we research with bigger window until we are not failing
+ // high anymore.
value = - VALUE_INFINITE;
- while (1) // Fail high loop
+ while (1)
{
- // Make the move, and search it
+ // Step 13. Make the move
pos.do_move(move, st, ci, moveIsCheck);
+ // Step extra. pv search
+ // We do pv search for first moves (i < MultiPV)
+ // and for fail high research (value > alpha)
if (i < MultiPV || value > alpha)
{
// Aspiration window is disabled in multi-pv case
}
else
{
- // Try to reduce non-pv search depth by one ply if move seems not problematic,
- // if the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth.
+ // Step 14. Reduced search
+ // if the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth
bool doFullDepthSearch = true;
- if ( depth >= 3 * OnePly // FIXME was newDepth
+ if ( depth >= 3 * OnePly
&& !dangerous
&& !captureOrPromotion
&& !move_is_castle(move))
}
}
+ // Step 15. Full depth search
if (doFullDepthSearch)
{
// Full depth non-pv search using alpha as upperbound
}
}
+ // Step 16. Undo move
pos.undo_move(move);
// Can we exit fail high loop ?
break;
// Remember beta-cutoff and searched nodes counts for this move. The
- // info is used to sort the root moves at the next iteration.
+ // info is used to sort the root moves for the next iteration.
int64_t our, their;
TM.get_beta_counters(pos.side_to_move(), our, their);
rml.set_beta_counters(i, our, their);
assert(value >= -VALUE_INFINITE && value <= VALUE_INFINITE);
+ // Step 17. Check for new best move
if (value <= alpha && i >= MultiPV)
rml.set_move_score(i, -VALUE_INFINITE);
else
} // Fail low loop
+ // Sort the moves before to return
+ rml.sort();
+
return alpha;
}
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