Thread based reduction tweak.

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index ff8764d8a808313da7d5650845c13496f45556f7..99c2b09f9ef42b4032c95864e7f4e0e497147ec5 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace {
   uint64_t perft(Position& pos, Depth depth) {
 
     StateInfo st;
-    ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::kCacheLineSize);
+    ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::CacheLineSize);
 
     uint64_t cnt, nodes = 0;
     const bool leaf = (depth == 2);
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ namespace {
 
     Move pv[MAX_PLY+1], capturesSearched[32], quietsSearched[64];
     StateInfo st;
-    ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::kCacheLineSize);
+    ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::CacheLineSize);
 
     TTEntry* tte;
     Key posKey;
@@ -618,7 +618,6 @@ namespace {
     moveCount          = captureCount = quietCount = ss->moveCount = 0;
     bestValue          = -VALUE_INFINITE;
     maxValue           = VALUE_INFINITE;
-    ss->distanceFromPv = (PvNode ? 0 : ss->distanceFromPv);
 
     // Check for the available remaining time
     if (thisThread == Threads.main())
@@ -1159,11 +1158,6 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
                && (pos.is_discovered_check_on_king(~us, move) || pos.see_ge(move)))
           extension = 1;
 
-      // Last captures extension
-      else if (   PieceValue[EG][pos.captured_piece()] > PawnValueEg
-               && pos.non_pawn_material() <= 2 * RookValueMg)
-          extension = 1;
-
       // Add extension to new depth
       newDepth += extension;
 
@@ -1180,8 +1174,6 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
       // Step 15. Make the move
       pos.do_move(move, st, givesCheck);
 
-      (ss+1)->distanceFromPv = ss->distanceFromPv + moveCount - 1;
-
       // Step 16. Late moves reduction / extension (LMR, ~200 Elo)
       // We use various heuristics for the sons of a node after the first son has
       // been searched. In general we would like to reduce them, but there are many
@@ -1193,7 +1185,8 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
               || ss->staticEval + PieceValue[EG][pos.captured_piece()] <= alpha
               || cutNode
               || (!PvNode && !formerPv && captureHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)][type_of(pos.captured_piece())] < 3678)
-              || thisThread->ttHitAverage < 432 * TtHitAverageResolution * TtHitAverageWindow / 1024))
+              || thisThread->ttHitAverage < 432 * TtHitAverageResolution * TtHitAverageWindow / 1024)
+          && (!PvNode || ss->ply > 1 || thisThread->id() % 4 != 3))
       {
           Depth r = reduction(improving, depth, moveCount);
 
@@ -1280,10 +1273,10 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
                   r -= ss->statScore / 14790;
           }
 
-          // In general we want to cap the LMR depth search at newDepth. But for nodes
-          // close to the principal variation the cap is at (newDepth + 1), which will
-          // allow these nodes to be searched deeper than the pv (up to 4 plies deeper).
-          Depth d = std::clamp(newDepth - r, 1, newDepth + ((ss+1)->distanceFromPv <= 4));
+          // In general we want to cap the LMR depth search at newDepth. But if
+          // reductions are really negative and movecount is low, we allow this move
+          // to be searched deeper than the first move.
+          Depth d = std::clamp(newDepth - r, 1, newDepth + (r < -1 && moveCount <= 5));
 
           value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true);
 
@@ -1466,7 +1459,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
 
     Move pv[MAX_PLY+1];
     StateInfo st;
-    ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::kCacheLineSize);
+    ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::CacheLineSize);
 
     TTEntry* tte;
     Key posKey;
@@ -1972,7 +1965,7 @@ string UCI::pv(const Position& pos, Depth depth, Value alpha, Value beta) {
 bool RootMove::extract_ponder_from_tt(Position& pos) {
 
     StateInfo st;
-    ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::kCacheLineSize);
+    ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::CacheLineSize);
 
     bool ttHit;