Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1
Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tord Romstad (Glaurung author)
Copyright (C) 2008-2015 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Tord Romstad
- Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Gary Linscott, Tord Romstad
+ Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Gary Linscott, Tord Romstad
Stockfish is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#include "movepick.h"
#include "position.h"
#include "search.h"
-#include "timeman.h"
#include "thread.h"
+#include "timeman.h"
#include "tt.h"
#include "uci.h"
#include "syzygy/tbprobe.h"
bool RootInTB;
bool UseRule50;
Depth ProbeDepth;
- Value Score;
}
namespace TB = Tablebases;
enum NodeType { NonPV, PV };
// Sizes and phases of the skip-blocks, used for distributing search depths across the threads
- const int skipSize[] = { 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 };
- const int skipPhase[] = { 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 };
+ constexpr int SkipSize[] = { 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 };
+ constexpr int SkipPhase[] = { 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 };
- // Razoring and futility margin based on depth
- // razor_margin[0] is unused as long as depth >= ONE_PLY in search
- const int razor_margin[] = { 0, 570, 603, 554 };
- Value futility_margin(Depth d) { return Value(150 * d / ONE_PLY); }
+ // Razor and futility margins
+ constexpr int RazorMargin[] = {0, 590, 604};
+ 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]
// History and stats update bonus, based on depth
int stat_bonus(Depth depth) {
int d = depth / ONE_PLY;
- return d > 17 ? 0 : d * d + 2 * d - 2;
+ return d > 17 ? 0 : 32 * d * d + 64 * d - 64;
}
// Skill structure is used to implement strength limit
struct Skill {
- Skill(int l) : level(l) {}
+ explicit Skill(int l) : level(l) {}
bool enabled() const { return level < 20; }
bool time_to_pick(Depth depth) const { return depth / ONE_PLY == 1 + level; }
- Move best_move(size_t multiPV) { return best ? best : pick_best(multiPV); }
Move pick_best(size_t multiPV);
int level;
Move best = MOVE_NONE;
};
- // EasyMoveManager structure is used to detect an 'easy move'. When the PV is stable
- // across multiple search iterations, we can quickly return the best move.
- struct EasyMoveManager {
-
- void clear() {
- stableCnt = 0;
- expectedPosKey = 0;
- pv[0] = pv[1] = pv[2] = MOVE_NONE;
- }
-
- Move get(Key key) const {
- return expectedPosKey == key ? pv[2] : MOVE_NONE;
- }
-
- void update(Position& pos, const std::vector<Move>& newPv) {
-
- assert(newPv.size() >= 3);
-
- // Keep track of how many times in a row the 3rd ply remains stable
- stableCnt = (newPv[2] == pv[2]) ? stableCnt + 1 : 0;
-
- if (!std::equal(newPv.begin(), newPv.begin() + 3, pv))
- {
- std::copy(newPv.begin(), newPv.begin() + 3, pv);
-
- StateInfo st[2];
- pos.do_move(newPv[0], st[0]);
- pos.do_move(newPv[1], st[1]);
- expectedPosKey = pos.key();
- pos.undo_move(newPv[1]);
- pos.undo_move(newPv[0]);
- }
- }
-
- Key expectedPosKey;
- int stableCnt;
- Move pv[3];
- };
-
- EasyMoveManager EasyMove;
- Value DrawValue[COLOR_NB];
-
template <NodeType NT>
- Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode, bool skipEarlyPruning);
+ Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode);
- template <NodeType NT, bool InCheck>
+ template <NodeType NT>
Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth = DEPTH_ZERO);
Value value_to_tt(Value v, int ply);
Value value_from_tt(Value v, int ply);
void update_pv(Move* pv, Move move, Move* childPv);
void update_continuation_histories(Stack* ss, Piece pc, Square to, int bonus);
- void update_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move, Move* quiets, int quietsCnt, int bonus);
+ void update_quiet_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move, Move* quiets, int quietsCnt, int bonus);
+ void update_capture_stats(const Position& pos, Move move, Move* captures, int captureCnt, int bonus);
+
+ inline bool gives_check(const Position& pos, Move move) {
+ Color us = pos.side_to_move();
+ return type_of(move) == NORMAL && !(pos.blockers_for_king(~us) & pos.pieces(us))
+ ? pos.check_squares(type_of(pos.moved_piece(move))) & to_sq(move)
+ : pos.gives_check(move);
+ }
// perft() is our utility to verify move generation. All the leaf nodes up
// to the given depth are generated and counted, and the sum is returned.
} // namespace
-/// Search::init() is called during startup to initialize various lookup tables
+/// Search::init() is called at startup to initialize various lookup tables
void Search::init() {
Reductions[PV][imp][d][mc] = std::max(Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc] - 1, 0);
// Increase reduction for non-PV nodes when eval is not improving
- if (!imp && Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc] >= 2)
+ if (!imp && r > 1.0)
Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc]++;
}
Time.availableNodes = 0;
TT.clear();
-
- for (Thread* th : Threads)
- th->clear();
-
- Threads.main()->callsCnt = 0;
- Threads.main()->previousScore = VALUE_INFINITE;
+ Threads.clear();
}
Time.init(Limits, us, rootPos.game_ply());
TT.new_search();
- int contempt = Options["Contempt"] * PawnValueEg / 100; // From centipawns
- DrawValue[ us] = VALUE_DRAW - Value(contempt);
- DrawValue[~us] = VALUE_DRAW + Value(contempt);
-
if (rootMoves.empty())
{
rootMoves.emplace_back(MOVE_NONE);
// Check if there are threads with a better score than main thread
Thread* bestThread = this;
- if ( !this->easyMovePlayed
- && Options["MultiPV"] == 1
+ if ( Options["MultiPV"] == 1
&& !Limits.depth
&& !Skill(Options["Skill Level"]).enabled()
&& rootMoves[0].pv[0] != MOVE_NONE)
previousScore = bestThread->rootMoves[0].score;
- // Send new PV when needed
+ // Send again PV info if we have a new best thread
if (bestThread != this)
sync_cout << UCI::pv(bestThread->rootPos, bestThread->completedDepth, -VALUE_INFINITE, VALUE_INFINITE) << sync_endl;
Stack stack[MAX_PLY+7], *ss = stack+4; // To reference from (ss-4) to (ss+2)
Value bestValue, alpha, beta, delta;
- Move easyMove = MOVE_NONE;
+ Move lastBestMove = MOVE_NONE;
+ Depth lastBestMoveDepth = DEPTH_ZERO;
MainThread* mainThread = (this == Threads.main() ? Threads.main() : nullptr);
+ double timeReduction = 1.0;
+ Color us = rootPos.side_to_move();
+ bool failedLow;
std::memset(ss-4, 0, 7 * sizeof(Stack));
for (int i = 4; i > 0; i--)
- (ss-i)->contHistory = &this->contHistory[NO_PIECE][0]; // Use as sentinel
+ (ss-i)->contHistory = this->contHistory[NO_PIECE][0].get(); // Use as sentinel
bestValue = delta = alpha = -VALUE_INFINITE;
beta = VALUE_INFINITE;
if (mainThread)
- {
- easyMove = EasyMove.get(rootPos.key());
- EasyMove.clear();
- mainThread->easyMovePlayed = mainThread->failedLow = false;
- mainThread->bestMoveChanges = 0;
- }
+ mainThread->bestMoveChanges = 0, failedLow = false;
size_t multiPV = Options["MultiPV"];
Skill skill(Options["Skill Level"]);
multiPV = std::min(multiPV, rootMoves.size());
+ int ct = int(Options["Contempt"]) * PawnValueEg / 100; // From centipawns
+
+ // In analysis mode, adjust contempt in accordance with user preference
+ if (Limits.infinite || Options["UCI_AnalyseMode"])
+ ct = Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "Off" ? 0
+ : Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "Both" ? ct
+ : Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "White" && us == BLACK ? -ct
+ : Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "Black" && us == WHITE ? -ct
+ : ct;
+
+ // In evaluate.cpp the evaluation is from the white point of view
+ contempt = (us == WHITE ? make_score(ct, ct / 2)
+ : -make_score(ct, ct / 2));
+
// Iterative deepening loop until requested to stop or the target depth is reached
while ( (rootDepth += ONE_PLY) < DEPTH_MAX
&& !Threads.stop
&& !(Limits.depth && mainThread && rootDepth / ONE_PLY > Limits.depth))
{
- // Distribute search depths across the threads
- if (idx)
+ // Distribute search depths across the helper threads
+ if (idx > 0)
{
int i = (idx - 1) % 20;
- if (((rootDepth / ONE_PLY + rootPos.game_ply() + skipPhase[i]) / skipSize[i]) % 2)
- continue;
+ if (((rootDepth / ONE_PLY + rootPos.game_ply() + SkipPhase[i]) / SkipSize[i]) % 2)
+ continue; // Retry with an incremented rootDepth
}
// Age out PV variability metric
if (mainThread)
- mainThread->bestMoveChanges *= 0.505, mainThread->failedLow = false;
+ mainThread->bestMoveChanges *= 0.517, failedLow = false;
// Save the last iteration's scores before first PV line is searched and
// all the move scores except the (new) PV are set to -VALUE_INFINITE.
for (RootMove& rm : rootMoves)
rm.previousScore = rm.score;
+ size_t pvFirst = 0;
+ pvLast = 0;
+
// MultiPV loop. We perform a full root search for each PV line
- for (PVIdx = 0; PVIdx < multiPV && !Threads.stop; ++PVIdx)
+ for (pvIdx = 0; pvIdx < multiPV && !Threads.stop; ++pvIdx)
{
+ if (pvIdx == pvLast)
+ {
+ pvFirst = pvLast;
+ for (pvLast++; pvLast < rootMoves.size(); pvLast++)
+ if (rootMoves[pvLast].tbRank != rootMoves[pvFirst].tbRank)
+ break;
+ }
+
// Reset UCI info selDepth for each depth and each PV line
selDepth = 0;
// Reset aspiration window starting size
if (rootDepth >= 5 * ONE_PLY)
{
+ Value previousScore = rootMoves[pvIdx].previousScore;
delta = Value(18);
- alpha = std::max(rootMoves[PVIdx].previousScore - delta,-VALUE_INFINITE);
- beta = std::min(rootMoves[PVIdx].previousScore + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
+ alpha = std::max(previousScore - delta,-VALUE_INFINITE);
+ beta = std::min(previousScore + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
+
+ // Adjust contempt based on root move's previousScore (dynamic contempt)
+ int dct = ct + 88 * previousScore / (abs(previousScore) + 200);
+
+ contempt = (us == WHITE ? make_score(dct, dct / 2)
+ : -make_score(dct, dct / 2));
}
// Start with a small aspiration window and, in the case of a fail
- // high/low, re-search with a bigger window until we're not failing
+ // high/low, re-search with a bigger window until we don't fail
// high/low anymore.
while (true)
{
- bestValue = ::search<PV>(rootPos, ss, alpha, beta, rootDepth, false, false);
+ bestValue = ::search<PV>(rootPos, ss, alpha, beta, rootDepth, false);
// Bring the best move to the front. It is critical that sorting
// is done with a stable algorithm because all the values but the
// and we want to keep the same order for all the moves except the
// new PV that goes to the front. Note that in case of MultiPV
// search the already searched PV lines are preserved.
- std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin() + PVIdx, rootMoves.end());
+ std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin() + pvIdx, rootMoves.begin() + pvLast);
- // If search has been stopped, we break immediately. Sorting and
- // writing PV back to TT is safe because RootMoves is still
- // valid, although it refers to the previous iteration.
+ // If search has been stopped, we break immediately. Sorting is
+ // safe because RootMoves is still valid, although it refers to
+ // the previous iteration.
if (Threads.stop)
break;
if (mainThread)
{
- mainThread->failedLow = true;
+ failedLow = true;
Threads.stopOnPonderhit = false;
}
}
}
// Sort the PV lines searched so far and update the GUI
- std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin(), rootMoves.begin() + PVIdx + 1);
+ std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin() + pvFirst, rootMoves.begin() + pvIdx + 1);
if ( mainThread
- && (Threads.stop || PVIdx + 1 == multiPV || Time.elapsed() > 3000))
+ && (Threads.stop || pvIdx + 1 == multiPV || Time.elapsed() > 3000))
sync_cout << UCI::pv(rootPos, rootDepth, alpha, beta) << sync_endl;
}
if (!Threads.stop)
completedDepth = rootDepth;
+ if (rootMoves[0].pv[0] != lastBestMove) {
+ lastBestMove = rootMoves[0].pv[0];
+ lastBestMoveDepth = rootDepth;
+ }
+
// Have we found a "mate in x"?
if ( Limits.mate
&& bestValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
skill.pick_best(multiPV);
// Do we have time for the next iteration? Can we stop searching now?
- if (Limits.use_time_management())
- {
- if (!Threads.stop && !Threads.stopOnPonderhit)
+ if ( Limits.use_time_management()
+ && !Threads.stop
+ && !Threads.stopOnPonderhit)
{
- // Stop the search if only one legal move is available, or if all
- // of the available time has been used, or if we matched an easyMove
- // from the previous search and just did a fast verification.
- const int F[] = { mainThread->failedLow,
+ const int F[] = { failedLow,
bestValue - mainThread->previousScore };
- int improvingFactor = std::max(229, std::min(715, 357 + 119 * F[0] - 6 * F[1]));
- double unstablePvFactor = 1 + mainThread->bestMoveChanges;
+ int improvingFactor = std::max(246, std::min(832, 306 + 119 * F[0] - 6 * F[1]));
- bool doEasyMove = rootMoves[0].pv[0] == easyMove
- && mainThread->bestMoveChanges < 0.03
- && Time.elapsed() > Time.optimum() * 5 / 44;
+ // If the bestMove is stable over several iterations, reduce time accordingly
+ timeReduction = 1.0;
+ for (int i : {3, 4, 5})
+ if (lastBestMoveDepth * i < completedDepth)
+ timeReduction *= 1.25;
+ // Use part of the gained time from a previous stable move for the current move
+ double bestMoveInstability = 1.0 + mainThread->bestMoveChanges;
+ bestMoveInstability *= std::pow(mainThread->previousTimeReduction, 0.528) / timeReduction;
+
+ // Stop the search if we have only one legal move, or if available time elapsed
if ( rootMoves.size() == 1
- || Time.elapsed() > Time.optimum() * unstablePvFactor * improvingFactor / 628
- || (mainThread->easyMovePlayed = doEasyMove, doEasyMove))
+ || Time.elapsed() > Time.optimum() * bestMoveInstability * improvingFactor / 581)
{
// If we are allowed to ponder do not stop the search now but
// keep pondering until the GUI sends "ponderhit" or "stop".
Threads.stop = true;
}
}
-
- if (rootMoves[0].pv.size() >= 3)
- EasyMove.update(rootPos, rootMoves[0].pv);
- else
- EasyMove.clear();
- }
}
if (!mainThread)
return;
- // Clear any candidate easy move that wasn't stable for the last search
- // iterations; the second condition prevents consecutive fast moves.
- if (EasyMove.stableCnt < 6 || mainThread->easyMovePlayed)
- EasyMove.clear();
+ mainThread->previousTimeReduction = timeReduction;
// If skill level is enabled, swap best PV line with the sub-optimal one
if (skill.enabled())
- std::swap(rootMoves[0], *std::find(rootMoves.begin(),
- rootMoves.end(), skill.best_move(multiPV)));
+ std::swap(rootMoves[0], *std::find(rootMoves.begin(), rootMoves.end(),
+ skill.best ? skill.best : skill.pick_best(multiPV)));
}
// search<>() is the main search function for both PV and non-PV nodes
template <NodeType NT>
- Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode, bool skipEarlyPruning) {
+ Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode) {
- const bool PvNode = NT == PV;
+ constexpr bool PvNode = NT == PV;
const bool rootNode = PvNode && ss->ply == 0;
+ // Check if we have an upcoming move which draws by repetition, or
+ // if the opponent had an alternative move earlier to this position.
+ if ( pos.rule50_count() >= 3
+ && alpha < VALUE_DRAW
+ && !rootNode
+ && pos.has_game_cycle(ss->ply))
+ {
+ alpha = VALUE_DRAW;
+ if (alpha >= beta)
+ return alpha;
+ }
+
+ // Dive into quiescence search when the depth reaches zero
+ if (depth < ONE_PLY)
+ return qsearch<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta);
+
assert(-VALUE_INFINITE <= alpha && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
assert(PvNode || (alpha == beta - 1));
assert(DEPTH_ZERO < depth && depth < DEPTH_MAX);
assert(!(PvNode && cutNode));
assert(depth / ONE_PLY * ONE_PLY == depth);
- Move pv[MAX_PLY+1], quietsSearched[64];
+ Move pv[MAX_PLY+1], capturesSearched[32], quietsSearched[64];
StateInfo st;
TTEntry* tte;
Key posKey;
Move ttMove, move, excludedMove, bestMove;
Depth extension, newDepth;
- Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval;
- bool ttHit, inCheck, givesCheck, singularExtensionNode, improving;
+ Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval, maxValue;
+ bool ttHit, inCheck, givesCheck, improving;
bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning, skipQuiets, ttCapture, pvExact;
Piece movedPiece;
- int moveCount, quietCount;
+ int moveCount, captureCount, quietCount;
// Step 1. Initialize node
Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
inCheck = pos.checkers();
- moveCount = quietCount = ss->moveCount = 0;
- ss->statScore = 0;
+ Color us = pos.side_to_move();
+ moveCount = captureCount = quietCount = ss->moveCount = 0;
bestValue = -VALUE_INFINITE;
+ maxValue = VALUE_INFINITE;
// Check for the available remaining time
if (thisThread == Threads.main())
if (!rootNode)
{
// Step 2. Check for aborted search and immediate draw
- if (Threads.stop.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) || pos.is_draw(ss->ply) || ss->ply >= MAX_PLY)
- return ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck ? evaluate(pos)
- : DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];
+ if ( Threads.stop.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)
+ || pos.is_draw(ss->ply)
+ || ss->ply >= MAX_PLY)
+ return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck) ? evaluate(pos) : VALUE_DRAW;
// Step 3. Mate distance pruning. Even if we mate at the next move our score
// would be at best mate_in(ss->ply+1), but if alpha is already bigger because
(ss+1)->ply = ss->ply + 1;
ss->currentMove = (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
- ss->contHistory = &thisThread->contHistory[NO_PIECE][0];
+ ss->contHistory = thisThread->contHistory[NO_PIECE][0].get();
(ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
Square prevSq = to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove);
+ // Initialize statScore to zero for the grandchildren of the current position.
+ // So statScore is shared between all grandchildren and only the first grandchild
+ // starts with statScore = 0. Later grandchildren start with the last calculated
+ // statScore of the previous grandchild. This influences the reduction rules in
+ // LMR which are based on the statScore of parent position.
+ (ss+2)->statScore = 0;
+
// Step 4. Transposition table lookup. We don't want the score of a partial
// search to overwrite a previous full search TT value, so we use a different
// position key in case of an excluded move.
excludedMove = ss->excludedMove;
- posKey = pos.key() ^ Key(excludedMove);
+ posKey = pos.key() ^ Key(excludedMove << 16); // Isn't a very good hash
tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
- ttMove = rootNode ? thisThread->rootMoves[thisThread->PVIdx].pv[0]
+ ttMove = rootNode ? thisThread->rootMoves[thisThread->pvIdx].pv[0]
: ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
// At non-PV nodes we check for an early TT cutoff
if (ttValue >= beta)
{
if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))
- update_stats(pos, ss, ttMove, nullptr, 0, stat_bonus(depth));
+ update_quiet_stats(pos, ss, ttMove, nullptr, 0, stat_bonus(depth));
// Extra penalty for a quiet TT move in previous ply when it gets refuted
if ((ss-1)->moveCount == 1 && !pos.captured_piece())
else if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))
{
int penalty = -stat_bonus(depth);
- thisThread->mainHistory.update(pos.side_to_move(), ttMove, penalty);
+ thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(ttMove)] << penalty;
update_continuation_histories(ss, pos.moved_piece(ttMove), to_sq(ttMove), penalty);
}
}
return ttValue;
}
- // Step 4a. Tablebase probe
+ // Step 5. Tablebases probe
if (!rootNode && TB::Cardinality)
{
int piecesCount = pos.count<ALL_PIECES>();
&& !pos.can_castle(ANY_CASTLING))
{
TB::ProbeState err;
- TB::WDLScore v = Tablebases::probe_wdl(pos, &err);
+ TB::WDLScore wdl = Tablebases::probe_wdl(pos, &err);
if (err != TB::ProbeState::FAIL)
{
int drawScore = TB::UseRule50 ? 1 : 0;
- value = v < -drawScore ? -VALUE_MATE + MAX_PLY + ss->ply + 1
- : v > drawScore ? VALUE_MATE - MAX_PLY - ss->ply - 1
- : VALUE_DRAW + 2 * v * drawScore;
+ value = wdl < -drawScore ? -VALUE_MATE + MAX_PLY + ss->ply + 1
+ : wdl > drawScore ? VALUE_MATE - MAX_PLY - ss->ply - 1
+ : VALUE_DRAW + 2 * wdl * drawScore;
+
+ Bound b = wdl < -drawScore ? BOUND_UPPER
+ : wdl > drawScore ? BOUND_LOWER : BOUND_EXACT;
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), BOUND_EXACT,
- std::min(DEPTH_MAX - ONE_PLY, depth + 6 * ONE_PLY),
- MOVE_NONE, VALUE_NONE, TT.generation());
+ if ( b == BOUND_EXACT
+ || (b == BOUND_LOWER ? value >= beta : value <= alpha))
+ {
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), b,
+ std::min(DEPTH_MAX - ONE_PLY, depth + 6 * ONE_PLY),
+ MOVE_NONE, VALUE_NONE, TT.generation());
- return value;
+ return value;
+ }
+
+ if (PvNode)
+ {
+ if (b == BOUND_LOWER)
+ bestValue = value, alpha = std::max(alpha, bestValue);
+ else
+ maxValue = value;
+ }
}
}
}
- // Step 5. Evaluate the position statically
+ // Step 6. Static evaluation of the position
if (inCheck)
{
ss->staticEval = eval = VALUE_NONE;
- goto moves_loop;
+ improving = false;
+ goto moves_loop; // Skip early pruning when in check
}
-
else if (ttHit)
{
// Never assume anything on values stored in TT
eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos);
// Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
- if ( ttValue != VALUE_NONE
+ if ( ttValue != VALUE_NONE
&& (tte->bound() & (ttValue > eval ? BOUND_LOWER : BOUND_UPPER)))
eval = ttValue;
}
else
{
- eval = ss->staticEval =
+ ss->staticEval = eval =
(ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL ? evaluate(pos)
: -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Eval::Tempo;
ss->staticEval, TT.generation());
}
- if (skipEarlyPruning)
- goto moves_loop;
-
- // Step 6. Razoring (skipped when in check)
- if ( !PvNode
- && depth < 4 * ONE_PLY
- && eval + razor_margin[depth / ONE_PLY] <= alpha)
+ // Step 7. Razoring (~2 Elo)
+ if ( !PvNode
+ && depth < 3 * ONE_PLY
+ && eval <= alpha - RazorMargin[depth / ONE_PLY])
{
- if (depth <= ONE_PLY)
- return qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss, alpha, alpha+1);
-
- Value ralpha = alpha - razor_margin[depth / ONE_PLY];
- Value v = qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss, ralpha, ralpha+1);
- if (v <= ralpha)
+ Value ralpha = alpha - (depth >= 2 * ONE_PLY) * RazorMargin[depth / ONE_PLY];
+ Value v = qsearch<NonPV>(pos, ss, ralpha, ralpha+1);
+ if (depth < 2 * ONE_PLY || v <= ralpha)
return v;
}
- // Step 7. Futility pruning: child node (skipped when in check)
+ improving = ss->staticEval >= (ss-2)->staticEval
+ || (ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE;
+
+ // Step 8. Futility pruning: child node (~30 Elo)
if ( !rootNode
&& depth < 7 * ONE_PLY
- && eval - futility_margin(depth) >= beta
- && eval < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN // Do not return unproven wins
- && pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
+ && eval - futility_margin(depth, improving) >= beta
+ && eval < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN) // Do not return unproven wins
return eval;
- // Step 8. Null move search with verification search (is omitted in PV nodes)
+ // Step 9. Null move search with verification search (~40 Elo)
if ( !PvNode
+ && (ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL
+ && (ss-1)->statScore < 22500
&& eval >= beta
- && (ss->staticEval >= beta - 35 * (depth / ONE_PLY - 6) || depth >= 13 * ONE_PLY)
- && pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
+ && ss->staticEval >= beta - 36 * depth / ONE_PLY + 225
+ && !excludedMove
+ && pos.non_pawn_material(us)
+ && (ss->ply >= thisThread->nmpMinPly || us != thisThread->nmpColor))
{
-
assert(eval - beta >= 0);
// Null move dynamic reduction based on depth and value
Depth R = ((823 + 67 * depth / ONE_PLY) / 256 + std::min((eval - beta) / PawnValueMg, 3)) * ONE_PLY;
ss->currentMove = MOVE_NULL;
- ss->contHistory = &thisThread->contHistory[NO_PIECE][0];
+ ss->contHistory = thisThread->contHistory[NO_PIECE][0].get();
pos.do_null_move(st);
- Value nullValue = depth-R < ONE_PLY ? -qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -beta+1)
- : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -beta+1, depth-R, !cutNode, true);
+
+ Value nullValue = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -beta+1, depth-R, !cutNode);
+
pos.undo_null_move();
if (nullValue >= beta)
if (nullValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
nullValue = beta;
- if (depth < 12 * ONE_PLY && abs(beta) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN)
+ if (thisThread->nmpMinPly || (abs(beta) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN && depth < 12 * ONE_PLY))
return nullValue;
- // Do verification search at high depths
- Value v = depth-R < ONE_PLY ? qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss, beta-1, beta)
- : search<NonPV>(pos, ss, beta-1, beta, depth-R, false, true);
+ assert(!thisThread->nmpMinPly); // Recursive verification is not allowed
+
+ // Do verification search at high depths, with null move pruning disabled
+ // for us, until ply exceeds nmpMinPly.
+ thisThread->nmpMinPly = ss->ply + 3 * (depth-R) / 4;
+ thisThread->nmpColor = us;
+
+ Value v = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, beta-1, beta, depth-R, false);
+
+ thisThread->nmpMinPly = 0;
if (v >= beta)
return nullValue;
}
}
- // Step 9. ProbCut (skipped when in check)
+ // Step 10. ProbCut (~10 Elo)
// If we have a good enough capture and a reduced search returns a value
// much above beta, we can (almost) safely prune the previous move.
if ( !PvNode
&& depth >= 5 * ONE_PLY
&& abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
{
- Value rbeta = std::min(beta + 200, VALUE_INFINITE);
-
- assert(is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove));
+ Value rbeta = std::min(beta + 216 - 48 * improving, VALUE_INFINITE);
+ MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, rbeta - ss->staticEval, &thisThread->captureHistory);
+ int probCutCount = 0;
- MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, rbeta - ss->staticEval);
-
- while ((move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
+ while ( (move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
+ && probCutCount < 3)
if (pos.legal(move))
{
+ probCutCount++;
+
ss->currentMove = move;
- ss->contHistory = &thisThread->contHistory[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)];
+ ss->contHistory = thisThread->contHistory[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)].get();
assert(depth >= 5 * ONE_PLY);
+
pos.do_move(move, st);
- value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1, depth - 4 * ONE_PLY, !cutNode, false);
+
+ // Perform a preliminary qsearch to verify that the move holds
+ value = -qsearch<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1);
+
+ // If the qsearch held perform the regular search
+ if (value >= rbeta)
+ value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1, depth - 4 * ONE_PLY, !cutNode);
+
pos.undo_move(move);
+
if (value >= rbeta)
return value;
}
}
- // Step 10. Internal iterative deepening (skipped when in check)
- if ( depth >= 6 * ONE_PLY
- && !ttMove
- && (PvNode || ss->staticEval + 256 >= beta))
+ // Step 11. Internal iterative deepening (~2 Elo)
+ if ( depth >= 8 * ONE_PLY
+ && !ttMove)
{
- Depth d = (3 * depth / (4 * ONE_PLY) - 2) * ONE_PLY;
- search<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, d, cutNode, true);
+ search<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, depth - 7 * ONE_PLY, cutNode);
tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
+ ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
ttMove = ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
}
-moves_loop: // When in check search starts from here
+moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->contHistory, (ss-2)->contHistory, nullptr, (ss-4)->contHistory };
Move countermove = thisThread->counterMoves[pos.piece_on(prevSq)][prevSq];
- MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &thisThread->mainHistory, contHist, countermove, ss->killers);
+ 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
- && ttMove != MOVE_NONE
- && ttValue != VALUE_NONE
- && !excludedMove // Recursive singular search is not allowed
- && (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
- && tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * ONE_PLY;
+
skipQuiets = false;
ttCapture = false;
pvExact = PvNode && ttHit && tte->bound() == BOUND_EXACT;
- // Step 11. Loop through moves
- // Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
+ // Step 12. Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain
+ // or a beta cutoff occurs.
while ((move = mp.next_move(skipQuiets)) != MOVE_NONE)
{
assert(is_ok(move));
// At root obey the "searchmoves" option and skip moves not listed in Root
// Move List. As a consequence any illegal move is also skipped. In MultiPV
- // mode we also skip PV moves which have been already searched.
- if (rootNode && !std::count(thisThread->rootMoves.begin() + thisThread->PVIdx,
- thisThread->rootMoves.end(), move))
+ // mode we also skip PV moves which have been already searched and those
+ // of lower "TB rank" if we are in a TB root position.
+ if (rootNode && !std::count(thisThread->rootMoves.begin() + thisThread->pvIdx,
+ thisThread->rootMoves.begin() + thisThread->pvLast, move))
continue;
ss->moveCount = ++moveCount;
if (rootNode && thisThread == Threads.main() && Time.elapsed() > 3000)
sync_cout << "info depth " << depth / ONE_PLY
<< " currmove " << UCI::move(move, pos.is_chess960())
- << " currmovenumber " << moveCount + thisThread->PVIdx << sync_endl;
-
+ << " currmovenumber " << moveCount + thisThread->pvIdx << sync_endl;
if (PvNode)
(ss+1)->pv = nullptr;
extension = DEPTH_ZERO;
captureOrPromotion = pos.capture_or_promotion(move);
movedPiece = pos.moved_piece(move);
-
- givesCheck = type_of(move) == NORMAL && !pos.discovered_check_candidates()
- ? pos.check_squares(type_of(pos.piece_on(from_sq(move)))) & to_sq(move)
- : pos.gives_check(move);
+ givesCheck = gives_check(pos, move);
moveCountPruning = depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
&& moveCount >= FutilityMoveCounts[improving][depth / ONE_PLY];
- // Step 12. Singular and Gives Check Extensions
+ // Step 13. Extensions (~70 Elo)
- // Singular extension search. If all moves but one fail low on a search of
- // (alpha-s, beta-s), and just one fails high on (alpha, beta), then that move
- // is singular and should be extended. To verify this we do a reduced search
- // on all the other moves but the ttMove and if the result is lower than
- // ttValue minus a margin then we will extend the ttMove.
- if ( singularExtensionNode
+ // Singular extension search (~60 Elo). If all moves but one fail low on a
+ // search of (alpha-s, beta-s), and just one fails high on (alpha, beta),
+ // then that move is singular and should be extended. To verify this we do
+ // a reduced search on on all the other moves but the ttMove and if the
+ // result is lower than ttValue minus a margin then we will extend the ttMove.
+ if ( depth >= 8 * ONE_PLY
&& move == ttMove
+ && !rootNode
+ && !excludedMove // Recursive singular search is not allowed
+ && ttValue != VALUE_NONE
+ && (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
+ && tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * ONE_PLY
&& pos.legal(move))
{
Value rBeta = std::max(ttValue - 2 * depth / ONE_PLY, -VALUE_MATE);
- Depth d = (depth / (2 * ONE_PLY)) * ONE_PLY;
ss->excludedMove = move;
- value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, rBeta - 1, rBeta, d, cutNode, true);
+ value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, rBeta - 1, rBeta, depth / 2, cutNode);
ss->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
if (value < rBeta)
extension = ONE_PLY;
}
- else if ( givesCheck
+ else if ( givesCheck // Check extension (~2 Elo)
&& !moveCountPruning
&& pos.see_ge(move))
extension = ONE_PLY;
// Calculate new depth for this move
newDepth = depth - ONE_PLY + extension;
- // Step 13. Pruning at shallow depth
+ // Step 14. Pruning at shallow depth (~170 Elo)
if ( !rootNode
- && pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move())
+ && pos.non_pawn_material(us)
&& bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY)
{
if ( !captureOrPromotion
&& !givesCheck
&& (!pos.advanced_pawn_push(move) || pos.non_pawn_material() >= Value(5000)))
{
- // Move count based pruning
+ // Move count based pruning (~30 Elo)
if (moveCountPruning)
{
skipQuiets = true;
// Reduced depth of the next LMR search
int lmrDepth = std::max(newDepth - reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount), DEPTH_ZERO) / ONE_PLY;
- // Countermoves based pruning
+ // Countermoves based pruning (~20 Elo)
if ( lmrDepth < 3
&& (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold
&& (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold)
continue;
- // Futility pruning: parent node
+ // Futility pruning: parent node (~2 Elo)
if ( lmrDepth < 7
&& !inCheck
&& ss->staticEval + 256 + 200 * lmrDepth <= alpha)
continue;
- // Prune moves with negative SEE
- if ( lmrDepth < 8
- && !pos.see_ge(move, Value(-35 * lmrDepth * lmrDepth)))
+ // Prune moves with negative SEE (~10 Elo)
+ if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-29 * lmrDepth * lmrDepth)))
continue;
}
- else if ( depth < 7 * ONE_PLY
- && !extension
+ else if ( !extension // (~20 Elo)
&& !pos.see_ge(move, -PawnValueEg * (depth / ONE_PLY)))
continue;
}
// Update the current move (this must be done after singular extension search)
ss->currentMove = move;
- ss->contHistory = &thisThread->contHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)];
+ ss->contHistory = thisThread->contHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)].get();
- // Step 14. Make the move
+ // Step 15. Make the move
pos.do_move(move, st, givesCheck);
- // Step 15. Reduced depth search (LMR). If the move fails high it will be
+ // Step 16. Reduced depth search (LMR). If the move fails high it will be
// re-searched at full depth.
if ( depth >= 3 * ONE_PLY
&& moveCount > 1
{
Depth r = reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount);
- if (captureOrPromotion)
+ if (captureOrPromotion) // (~5 Elo)
+ {
+ // Increase reduction by comparing opponent's stat score
+ if ((ss-1)->statScore >= 0)
+ r += ONE_PLY;
+
r -= r ? ONE_PLY : DEPTH_ZERO;
+ }
else
{
- // Decrease reduction if opponent's move count is high
+ // Decrease reduction if opponent's move count is high (~5 Elo)
if ((ss-1)->moveCount > 15)
r -= ONE_PLY;
- // Decrease reduction for exact PV nodes
+ // Decrease reduction for exact PV nodes (~0 Elo)
if (pvExact)
r -= ONE_PLY;
- // Increase reduction if ttMove is a capture
+ // Increase reduction if ttMove is a capture (~0 Elo)
if (ttCapture)
r += ONE_PLY;
- // Increase reduction for cut nodes
+ // Increase reduction for cut nodes (~5 Elo)
if (cutNode)
r += 2 * ONE_PLY;
// Decrease reduction for moves that escape a capture. Filter out
// castling moves, because they are coded as "king captures rook" and
- // hence break make_move().
+ // hence break make_move(). (~5 Elo)
else if ( type_of(move) == NORMAL
&& !pos.see_ge(make_move(to_sq(move), from_sq(move))))
r -= 2 * ONE_PLY;
- ss->statScore = thisThread->mainHistory[~pos.side_to_move()][from_to(move)]
+ ss->statScore = thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)]
+ (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+ (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+ (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
- 4000;
- // Decrease/increase reduction by comparing opponent's stat score
+ // Decrease/increase reduction by comparing opponent's stat score (~10 Elo)
if (ss->statScore >= 0 && (ss-1)->statScore < 0)
r -= ONE_PLY;
else if ((ss-1)->statScore >= 0 && ss->statScore < 0)
r += ONE_PLY;
- // Decrease/increase reduction for moves with a good/bad history
+ // Decrease/increase reduction for moves with a good/bad history (~30 Elo)
r = std::max(DEPTH_ZERO, (r / ONE_PLY - ss->statScore / 20000) * ONE_PLY);
}
Depth d = std::max(newDepth - r, ONE_PLY);
- value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true, false);
+ value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true);
doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha && d != newDepth);
}
else
doFullDepthSearch = !PvNode || moveCount > 1;
- // Step 16. Full depth search when LMR is skipped or fails high
+ // Step 17. Full depth search when LMR is skipped or fails high
if (doFullDepthSearch)
- value = newDepth < ONE_PLY ?
- givesCheck ? -qsearch<NonPV, true>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha)
- : -qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha)
- : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth, !cutNode, false);
+ value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth, !cutNode);
// For PV nodes only, do a full PV search on the first move or after a fail
// high (in the latter case search only if value < beta), otherwise let the
(ss+1)->pv = pv;
(ss+1)->pv[0] = MOVE_NONE;
- value = newDepth < ONE_PLY ?
- givesCheck ? -qsearch<PV, true>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha)
- : -qsearch<PV, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha)
- : - search<PV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, false, false);
+ value = -search<PV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, false);
}
- // Step 17. Undo move
+ // Step 18. Undo move
pos.undo_move(move);
assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
- // Step 18. Check for a new best move
+ // Step 19. Check for a new best move
// Finished searching the move. If a stop occurred, the return value of
// the search cannot be trusted, and we return immediately without
// updating best move, PV and TT.
RootMove& rm = *std::find(thisThread->rootMoves.begin(),
thisThread->rootMoves.end(), move);
- // PV move or new best move ?
+ // PV move or new best move?
if (moveCount == 1 || value > alpha)
{
rm.score = value;
else
{
assert(value >= beta); // Fail high
+ ss->statScore = 0;
break;
}
}
}
- if (!captureOrPromotion && move != bestMove && quietCount < 64)
- quietsSearched[quietCount++] = move;
+ if (move != bestMove)
+ {
+ if (captureOrPromotion && captureCount < 32)
+ capturesSearched[captureCount++] = move;
+
+ else if (!captureOrPromotion && quietCount < 64)
+ quietsSearched[quietCount++] = move;
+ }
}
// The following condition would detect a stop only after move loop has been
if (!moveCount)
bestValue = excludedMove ? alpha
- : inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];
+ : inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : VALUE_DRAW;
else if (bestMove)
{
// Quiet best move: update move sorting heuristics
if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(bestMove))
- update_stats(pos, ss, bestMove, quietsSearched, quietCount, stat_bonus(depth));
+ update_quiet_stats(pos, ss, bestMove, quietsSearched, quietCount,
+ stat_bonus(depth + (bestValue > beta + PawnValueMg ? ONE_PLY : DEPTH_ZERO)));
+ else
+ update_capture_stats(pos, bestMove, capturesSearched, captureCount, stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
// Extra penalty for a quiet TT move in previous ply when it gets refuted
if ((ss-1)->moveCount == 1 && !pos.captured_piece())
update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
}
// Bonus for prior countermove that caused the fail low
- else if ( depth >= 3 * ONE_PLY
+ else if ( (depth >= 3 * ONE_PLY || PvNode)
&& !pos.captured_piece()
&& is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove))
update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, stat_bonus(depth));
+ if (PvNode)
+ bestValue = std::min(bestValue, maxValue);
+
if (!excludedMove)
tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
// qsearch() is the quiescence search function, which is called by the main
// search function with depth zero, or recursively with depth less than ONE_PLY.
-
- template <NodeType NT, bool InCheck>
+ template <NodeType NT>
Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth) {
- const bool PvNode = NT == PV;
+ constexpr bool PvNode = NT == PV;
- assert(InCheck == !!pos.checkers());
assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
assert(PvNode || (alpha == beta - 1));
assert(depth <= DEPTH_ZERO);
TTEntry* tte;
Key posKey;
Move ttMove, move, bestMove;
- Value bestValue, value, ttValue, futilityValue, futilityBase, oldAlpha;
- bool ttHit, givesCheck, evasionPrunable;
Depth ttDepth;
+ Value bestValue, value, ttValue, futilityValue, futilityBase, oldAlpha;
+ bool ttHit, inCheck, givesCheck, evasionPrunable;
int moveCount;
if (PvNode)
ss->pv[0] = MOVE_NONE;
}
- ss->currentMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
(ss+1)->ply = ss->ply + 1;
+ ss->currentMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
+ inCheck = pos.checkers();
moveCount = 0;
- // Check for an instant draw or if the maximum ply has been reached
- if (pos.is_draw(ss->ply) || ss->ply >= MAX_PLY)
- return ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !InCheck ? evaluate(pos)
- : DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];
+ // Check for an immediate draw or maximum ply reached
+ if ( pos.is_draw(ss->ply)
+ || ss->ply >= MAX_PLY)
+ return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck) ? evaluate(pos) : VALUE_DRAW;
assert(0 <= ss->ply && ss->ply < MAX_PLY);
// Decide whether or not to include checks: this fixes also the type of
// TT entry depth that we are going to use. Note that in qsearch we use
// only two types of depth in TT: DEPTH_QS_CHECKS or DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS.
- ttDepth = InCheck || depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS ? DEPTH_QS_CHECKS
+ ttDepth = inCheck || depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS ? DEPTH_QS_CHECKS
: DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS;
// Transposition table lookup
posKey = pos.key();
tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
- ttMove = ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
+ ttMove = ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
if ( !PvNode
&& ttHit
return ttValue;
// Evaluate the position statically
- if (InCheck)
+ if (inCheck)
{
ss->staticEval = VALUE_NONE;
bestValue = futilityBase = -VALUE_INFINITE;
if (bestValue >= beta)
{
if (!ttHit)
- tte->save(pos.key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, ss->staticEval, TT.generation());
return bestValue;
// to search the moves. Because the depth is <= 0 here, only captures,
// queen promotions and checks (only if depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS) will
// be generated.
- MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &pos.this_thread()->mainHistory, to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove));
+ MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &pos.this_thread()->mainHistory,
+ &pos.this_thread()->captureHistory,
+ to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove));
// Loop through the moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
while ((move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
{
assert(is_ok(move));
- givesCheck = type_of(move) == NORMAL && !pos.discovered_check_candidates()
- ? pos.check_squares(type_of(pos.piece_on(from_sq(move)))) & to_sq(move)
- : pos.gives_check(move);
+ givesCheck = gives_check(pos, move);
moveCount++;
// Futility pruning
- if ( !InCheck
+ if ( !inCheck
&& !givesCheck
&& futilityBase > -VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
&& !pos.advanced_pawn_push(move))
}
// Detect non-capture evasions that are candidates to be pruned
- evasionPrunable = InCheck
+ evasionPrunable = inCheck
&& (depth != DEPTH_ZERO || moveCount > 2)
&& bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY
&& !pos.capture(move);
// Don't search moves with negative SEE values
- if ( (!InCheck || evasionPrunable)
- && type_of(move) != PROMOTION
- && !pos.see_ge(move))
+ if ( (!inCheck || evasionPrunable)
+ && !pos.see_ge(move))
continue;
// Speculative prefetch as early as possible
// Make and search the move
pos.do_move(move, st, givesCheck);
- value = givesCheck ? -qsearch<NT, true>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY)
- : -qsearch<NT, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY);
+ value = -qsearch<NT>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY);
pos.undo_move(move);
assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
// All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If we're in check
// and no legal moves were found, it is checkmate.
- if (InCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
+ if (inCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
return mated_in(ss->ply); // Plies to mate from the root
tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
for (int i : {1, 2, 4})
if (is_ok((ss-i)->currentMove))
- (ss-i)->contHistory->update(pc, to, bonus);
+ (*(ss-i)->contHistory)[pc][to] << bonus;
+ }
+
+
+ // update_capture_stats() updates move sorting heuristics when a new capture best move is found
+
+ void update_capture_stats(const Position& pos, Move move,
+ Move* captures, int captureCnt, int bonus) {
+
+ CapturePieceToHistory& captureHistory = pos.this_thread()->captureHistory;
+ Piece moved_piece = pos.moved_piece(move);
+ PieceType captured = type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)));
+ captureHistory[moved_piece][to_sq(move)][captured] << bonus;
+
+ // Decrease all the other played capture moves
+ for (int i = 0; i < captureCnt; ++i)
+ {
+ moved_piece = pos.moved_piece(captures[i]);
+ captured = type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(captures[i])));
+ captureHistory[moved_piece][to_sq(captures[i])][captured] << -bonus;
+ }
}
- // update_stats() updates move sorting heuristics when a new quiet best move is found
+ // update_quiet_stats() updates move sorting heuristics when a new quiet best move is found
- void update_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move,
- Move* quiets, int quietsCnt, int bonus) {
+ void update_quiet_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move,
+ Move* quiets, int quietsCnt, int bonus) {
if (ss->killers[0] != move)
{
ss->killers[0] = move;
}
- Color c = pos.side_to_move();
+ Color us = pos.side_to_move();
Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
- thisThread->mainHistory.update(c, move, bonus);
+ thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)] << bonus;
update_continuation_histories(ss, pos.moved_piece(move), to_sq(move), bonus);
if (is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove))
// Decrease all the other played quiet moves
for (int i = 0; i < quietsCnt; ++i)
{
- thisThread->mainHistory.update(c, quiets[i], -bonus);
+ thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(quiets[i])] << -bonus;
update_continuation_histories(ss, pos.moved_piece(quiets[i]), to_sq(quiets[i]), -bonus);
}
}
-
// When playing with strength handicap, choose best move among a set of RootMoves
// using a statistical rule dependent on 'level'. Idea by Heinz van Saanen.
int push = ( weakness * int(topScore - rootMoves[i].score)
+ delta * (rng.rand<unsigned>() % weakness)) / 128;
- if (rootMoves[i].score + push > maxScore)
+ if (rootMoves[i].score + push >= maxScore)
{
maxScore = rootMoves[i].score + push;
best = rootMoves[i].pv[0];
} // namespace
- // check_time() is used to print debug info and, more importantly, to detect
- // when we are out of available time and thus stop the search.
+/// MainThread::check_time() is used to print debug info and, more importantly,
+/// to detect when we are out of available time and thus stop the search.
- void MainThread::check_time() {
+void MainThread::check_time() {
- if (--callsCnt > 0)
- return;
+ if (--callsCnt > 0)
+ return;
- // At low node count increase the checking rate to about 0.1% of nodes
- // otherwise use a default value.
- callsCnt = Limits.nodes ? std::min(4096, int(Limits.nodes / 1024)) : 4096;
+ // When using nodes, ensure checking rate is not lower than 0.1% of nodes
+ callsCnt = Limits.nodes ? std::min(1024, int(Limits.nodes / 1024)) : 1024;
- static TimePoint lastInfoTime = now();
+ static TimePoint lastInfoTime = now();
- int elapsed = Time.elapsed();
- TimePoint tick = Limits.startTime + elapsed;
+ TimePoint elapsed = Time.elapsed();
+ TimePoint tick = Limits.startTime + elapsed;
- if (tick - lastInfoTime >= 1000)
- {
- lastInfoTime = tick;
- dbg_print();
- }
+ if (tick - lastInfoTime >= 1000)
+ {
+ lastInfoTime = tick;
+ dbg_print();
+ }
- // An engine may not stop pondering until told so by the GUI
- if (Threads.ponder)
- return;
+ // We should not stop pondering until told so by the GUI
+ if (Threads.ponder)
+ return;
- if ( (Limits.use_time_management() && elapsed > Time.maximum())
- || (Limits.movetime && elapsed >= Limits.movetime)
- || (Limits.nodes && Threads.nodes_searched() >= (uint64_t)Limits.nodes))
- Threads.stop = true;
- }
+ if ( (Limits.use_time_management() && elapsed > Time.maximum() - 10)
+ || (Limits.movetime && elapsed >= Limits.movetime)
+ || (Limits.nodes && Threads.nodes_searched() >= (uint64_t)Limits.nodes))
+ Threads.stop = true;
+}
/// UCI::pv() formats PV information according to the UCI protocol. UCI requires
string UCI::pv(const Position& pos, Depth depth, Value alpha, Value beta) {
std::stringstream ss;
- int elapsed = Time.elapsed() + 1;
+ TimePoint elapsed = Time.elapsed() + 1;
const RootMoves& rootMoves = pos.this_thread()->rootMoves;
- size_t PVIdx = pos.this_thread()->PVIdx;
+ size_t pvIdx = pos.this_thread()->pvIdx;
size_t multiPV = std::min((size_t)Options["MultiPV"], rootMoves.size());
uint64_t nodesSearched = Threads.nodes_searched();
uint64_t tbHits = Threads.tb_hits() + (TB::RootInTB ? rootMoves.size() : 0);
for (size_t i = 0; i < multiPV; ++i)
{
- bool updated = (i <= PVIdx && rootMoves[i].score != -VALUE_INFINITE);
+ bool updated = (i <= pvIdx && rootMoves[i].score != -VALUE_INFINITE);
if (depth == ONE_PLY && !updated)
continue;
Value v = updated ? rootMoves[i].score : rootMoves[i].previousScore;
bool tb = TB::RootInTB && abs(v) < VALUE_MATE - MAX_PLY;
- v = tb ? TB::Score : v;
+ v = tb ? rootMoves[i].tbScore : v;
if (ss.rdbuf()->in_avail()) // Not at first line
ss << "\n";
<< " multipv " << i + 1
<< " score " << UCI::value(v);
- if (!tb && i == PVIdx)
+ if (!tb && i == pvIdx)
ss << (v >= beta ? " lowerbound" : v <= alpha ? " upperbound" : "");
ss << " nodes " << nodesSearched
return pv.size() > 1;
}
-void Tablebases::filter_root_moves(Position& pos, Search::RootMoves& rootMoves) {
+void Tablebases::rank_root_moves(Position& pos, Search::RootMoves& rootMoves) {
RootInTB = false;
- UseRule50 = Options["Syzygy50MoveRule"];
- ProbeDepth = Options["SyzygyProbeDepth"] * ONE_PLY;
- Cardinality = Options["SyzygyProbeLimit"];
+ UseRule50 = bool(Options["Syzygy50MoveRule"]);
+ ProbeDepth = int(Options["SyzygyProbeDepth"]) * ONE_PLY;
+ Cardinality = int(Options["SyzygyProbeLimit"]);
+ bool dtz_available = true;
- // Skip TB probing when no TB found: !TBLargest -> !TB::Cardinality
+ // Tables with fewer pieces than SyzygyProbeLimit are searched with
+ // ProbeDepth == DEPTH_ZERO
if (Cardinality > MaxCardinality)
{
Cardinality = MaxCardinality;
ProbeDepth = DEPTH_ZERO;
}
- if (Cardinality < popcount(pos.pieces()) || pos.can_castle(ANY_CASTLING))
- return;
+ if (Cardinality >= popcount(pos.pieces()) && !pos.can_castle(ANY_CASTLING))
+ {
+ // Rank moves using DTZ tables
+ RootInTB = root_probe(pos, rootMoves);
- // If the current root position is in the tablebases, then RootMoves
- // contains only moves that preserve the draw or the win.
- RootInTB = root_probe(pos, rootMoves, TB::Score);
+ if (!RootInTB)
+ {
+ // DTZ tables are missing; try to rank moves using WDL tables
+ dtz_available = false;
+ RootInTB = root_probe_wdl(pos, rootMoves);
+ }
+ }
if (RootInTB)
- Cardinality = 0; // Do not probe tablebases during the search
-
- else // If DTZ tables are missing, use WDL tables as a fallback
{
- // Filter out moves that do not preserve the draw or the win.
- RootInTB = root_probe_wdl(pos, rootMoves, TB::Score);
+ // Sort moves according to TB rank
+ std::sort(rootMoves.begin(), rootMoves.end(),
+ [](const RootMove &a, const RootMove &b) { return a.tbRank > b.tbRank; } );
- // Only probe during search if winning
- if (RootInTB && TB::Score <= VALUE_DRAW)
+ // Probe during search only if DTZ is not available and we are winning
+ if (dtz_available || rootMoves[0].tbScore <= VALUE_DRAW)
Cardinality = 0;
}
-
- if (RootInTB && !UseRule50)
- TB::Score = TB::Score > VALUE_DRAW ? VALUE_MATE - MAX_PLY - 1
- : TB::Score < VALUE_DRAW ? -VALUE_MATE + MAX_PLY + 1
- : VALUE_DRAW;
+ else
+ {
+ // Assign the same rank to all moves
+ for (auto& m : rootMoves)
+ m.tbRank = 0;
+ }
}
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