Simplify Tweak late move reductions at root.

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 7804119febe3f613aeb76a89da3966ac62d43d46..9562bf8640d4e8b04772d0e915281107e6218f97 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -825,8 +825,8 @@ namespace {
         &&  eval <= alpha - RazorMargin)
         return qsearch<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta);
 
-    improving =  (ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE ? (ss->staticEval >= (ss-4)->staticEval
-              || (ss-4)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE) : ss->staticEval >= (ss-2)->staticEval;
+    improving =  (ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE ? (ss->staticEval > (ss-4)->staticEval
+              || (ss-4)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE) : ss->staticEval > (ss-2)->staticEval;
 
     // Step 8. Futility pruning: child node (~50 Elo)
     if (   !PvNode
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ namespace {
         && (ss-1)->statScore < 23397
         &&  eval >= beta
         &&  eval >= ss->staticEval
-        &&  ss->staticEval >= beta - 32 * depth + 292 - improving * 30
+        &&  ss->staticEval >= beta - 32 * depth - 30 * improving + 120 * ttPv + 292
         && !excludedMove
         &&  pos.non_pawn_material(us)
         && (ss->ply >= thisThread->nmpMinPly || us != thisThread->nmpColor))
@@ -1016,11 +1016,11 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
               // Futility pruning: parent node (~5 Elo)
               if (   lmrDepth < 6
                   && !inCheck
-                  && ss->staticEval + 255 + 182 * lmrDepth <= alpha
+                  && ss->staticEval + 235 + 172 * lmrDepth <= alpha
                   &&  thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)]
                     + (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
                     + (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
-                    + (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < 30000)
+                    + (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < 25000)
                   continue;
 
               // Prune moves with negative SEE (~20 Elo)
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
                   continue;
           }
           else if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-194) * depth)) // (~25 Elo)
-                  continue;
+              continue;
       }
 
       // Step 14. Extensions (~75 Elo)
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
               // hence break make_move(). (~2 Elo)
               else if (    type_of(move) == NORMAL
                        && !pos.see_ge(reverse_move(move)))
-                  r -= 2;
+                  r -= 2 + ttPv;
 
               ss->statScore =  thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)]
                              + (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
@@ -1186,6 +1186,10 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
               r -= ss->statScore / 16384;
           }
 
+          // Increase reduction for captures/promotions if late move and at low depth
+          else if (depth < 8 && moveCount > 2)
+              r++;
+
           Depth d = clamp(newDepth - r, 1, newDepth);
 
           value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true);