Assign improving only once

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 30f77bd9af80c10155af469acf9afce9ff86304e..98e3e945d5537ac777d19ab4c608c63b74929c9e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ namespace {
   // Razor and futility margins
   const int RazorMargin1 = 590;
   const int RazorMargin2 = 604;
-  Value futility_margin(Depth d) { return Value(150 * d / ONE_PLY); }
+  Value futility_margin(Depth d, bool improving) {
+    return Value((175 - 50 * improving) * d / ONE_PLY);
+  }
 
   // Futility and reductions lookup tables, initialized at startup
   int FutilityMoveCounts[2][16]; // [improving][depth]
@@ -349,10 +351,7 @@ void Thread::search() {
               ct =  Options["Contempt"] * PawnValueEg / 100; // From centipawns
 
               // Adjust contempt based on current bestValue (dynamic contempt)
-              int sign = (bestValue > 0) - (bestValue < 0);
-              ct +=  bestValue >  500 ?  70 :
-                     bestValue < -500 ? -70 :
-                     bestValue / 10 + sign * int(std::round(3.22 * log(1 + abs(bestValue))));
+              ct += int(std::round(48 * atan(float(bestValue) / 128)));
 
               Eval::Contempt = (us == WHITE ?  make_score(ct, ct / 2)
                                             : -make_score(ct, ct / 2));
@@ -655,6 +654,7 @@ namespace {
     if (inCheck)
     {
         ss->staticEval = eval = VALUE_NONE;
+        improving = true;
         goto moves_loop;
     }
     else if (ttHit)
@@ -678,6 +678,9 @@ namespace {
                   ss->staticEval, TT.generation());
     }
 
+    improving =   ss->staticEval >= (ss-2)->staticEval
+               ||(ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE;
+
     if (skipEarlyPruning || !pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
         goto moves_loop;
 
@@ -702,7 +705,7 @@ namespace {
     // Step 8. Futility pruning: child node (skipped when in check)
     if (   !rootNode
         &&  depth < 7 * ONE_PLY
-        &&  eval - futility_margin(depth) >= beta
+        &&  eval - futility_margin(depth, improving) >= beta
         &&  eval < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN) // Do not return unproven wins
         return eval;
 
@@ -813,9 +816,6 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
 
     MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &thisThread->mainHistory, &thisThread->captureHistory, contHist, countermove, ss->killers);
     value = bestValue; // Workaround a bogus 'uninitialized' warning under gcc
-    improving =   ss->staticEval >= (ss-2)->staticEval
-            /* || ss->staticEval == VALUE_NONE Already implicit in the previous condition */
-               ||(ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE;
 
     singularExtensionNode =   !rootNode
                            &&  depth >= 8 * ONE_PLY