/// Types
+ // The BetaCounterType class is used to order moves at ply one.
+ // Apart for the first one that has its score, following moves
+ // normally have score -VALUE_INFINITE, so are ordered according
+ // to the number of beta cutoffs occurred under their subtree during
+ // the last iteration.
+
+ struct BetaCounterType {
+
+ BetaCounterType();
+ void clear();
+ void add(Color us, Depth d, int threadID);
+ void read(Color us, int64_t& our, int64_t& their);
+
+ int64_t hits[THREAD_MAX][2];
+ };
+
+
// The RootMove class is used for moves at the root at the tree. For each
// root move, we store a score, a node count, and a PV (really a refutation
// in the case of moves which fail low).
Value score;
int64_t nodes, cumulativeNodes;
Move pv[PLY_MAX_PLUS_2];
+ int64_t ourBeta, theirBeta;
};
inline Value get_move_score(int moveNum) const;
inline void set_move_score(int moveNum, Value score);
inline void set_move_nodes(int moveNum, int64_t nodes);
+ inline void set_beta_counters(int moveNum, int64_t our, int64_t their);
void set_move_pv(int moveNum, const Move pv[]);
inline Move get_move_pv(int moveNum, int i) const;
inline int64_t get_move_cumulative_nodes(int moveNum) const;
const bool UseIIDAtPVNodes = true;
const bool UseIIDAtNonPVNodes = false;
+ // Use null move driven internal iterative deepening?
+ bool UseNullDrivenIID = false;
+
// Internal iterative deepening margin. At Non-PV moves, when
// UseIIDAtNonPVNodes is true, we do an internal iterative deepening search
// when the static evaluation is at most IIDMargin below beta.
int NodesSincePoll;
int NodesBetweenPolls = 30000;
- // Iteration counter
+ // Iteration counters
int Iteration;
bool LastIterations;
+ BetaCounterType BetaCounter;
// Scores and number of times the best move changed for each iteration:
Value ValueByIteration[PLY_MAX_PLUS_2];
if (UseLogFile)
LogFile.open(get_option_value_string("Search Log Filename").c_str(), std::ios::out | std::ios::app);
+ UseNullDrivenIID = get_option_value_bool("Null driven IID");
UseQSearchFutilityPruning = get_option_value_bool("Futility Pruning (Quiescence Search)");
UseFutilityPruning = get_option_value_bool("Futility Pruning (Main Search)");
if (UseLogFile)
{
+ if (dbg_show_mean)
+ dbg_print_mean(LogFile);
+
+ if (dbg_show_hit_rate)
+ dbg_print_hit_rate(LogFile);
+
UndoInfo u;
LogFile << "Nodes: " << nodes_searched() << std::endl
<< "Nodes/second: " << nps() << std::endl
// are used to sort the root moves at the next iteration.
nodes = nodes_searched();
+ // Reset beta cut-off counters
+ BetaCounter.clear();
+
// Pick the next root move, and print the move and the move number to
// the standard output.
move = ss[0].currentMove = rml.get_move(i);
// sort the root moves at the next iteration.
rml.set_move_nodes(i, nodes_searched() - nodes);
+ // Remember the beta-cutoff statistics
+ int64_t our, their;
+ BetaCounter.read(pos.side_to_move(), our, their);
+ rml.set_beta_counters(i, our, their);
+
assert(value >= -VALUE_INFINITE && value <= VALUE_INFINITE);
if (value <= alpha && i >= MultiPV)
else if (bestValue >= beta)
{
+ BetaCounter.add(pos.side_to_move(), depth, threadID);
Move m = ss[ply].pv[ply];
if (ok_to_history(pos, m)) // Only non capture moves are considered
{
if (tte && ok_to_use_TT(tte, depth, beta, ply))
{
- ss[ply].currentMove = ttMove; // can be MOVE_NONE ?
+ ss[ply].currentMove = ttMove; // can be MOVE_NONE
return value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
}
Value approximateEval = quick_evaluate(pos);
bool mateThreat = false;
+ bool nullDrivenIID = false;
bool isCheck = pos.is_check();
// Null move search
if ( allowNullmove
+ && depth > OnePly
&& !isCheck
&& ok_to_do_nullmove(pos)
&& approximateEval >= beta - NullMoveMargin)
UndoInfo u;
pos.do_null_move(u);
- int R = (depth > 7 ? 4 : 3);
+ int R = (depth >= 4 * OnePly ? 4 : 3); // Null move dynamic reduction
+
Value nullValue = -search(pos, ss, -(beta-1), depth-R*OnePly, ply+1, false, threadID);
+
+ // Check for a null capture artifact, if the value without the null capture
+ // is above beta then there is a good possibility that this is a cut-node.
+ // We will do an IID later to find a ttMove.
+ if ( UseNullDrivenIID
+ && nullValue < beta
+ && depth > 6 * OnePly
+ && ttMove == MOVE_NONE
+ && ss[ply + 1].currentMove != MOVE_NONE
+ && pos.move_is_capture(ss[ply + 1].currentMove)
+ && pos.see(ss[ply + 1].currentMove) + nullValue >= beta)
+ nullDrivenIID = true;
+
pos.undo_null_move(u);
if (nullValue >= beta)
return beta;
} else {
// The null move failed low, which means that we may be faced with
- // some kind of threat. If the previous move was reduced, check if
+ // some kind of threat. If the previous move was reduced, check if
// the move that refuted the null move was somehow connected to the
- // move which was reduced. If a connection is found, return a fail
+ // move which was reduced. If a connection is found, return a fail
// low score (which will cause the reduced move to fail high in the
// parent node, which will trigger a re-search with full depth).
if (nullValue == value_mated_in(ply + 2))
+ {
mateThreat = true;
-
+ nullDrivenIID = false;
+ }
ss[ply].threatMove = ss[ply + 1].currentMove;
if ( depth < ThreatDepth
&& ss[ply - 1].reduction
search(pos, ss, beta, Min(depth/2, depth-2*OnePly), ply, false, threadID);
ttMove = ss[ply].pv[ply];
}
+ else if (nullDrivenIID)
+ {
+ // The null move failed low due to a suspicious capture. Perhaps we
+ // are facing a null capture artifact due to the side to move change
+ // and this is a cut-node. So it's a good time to search for a ttMove.
+ Move tm = ss[ply].threatMove;
+
+ assert(tm != MOVE_NONE);
+ assert(ttMove == MOVE_NONE);
+
+ search(pos, ss, beta, depth/2, ply, false, threadID);
+ ttMove = ss[ply].pv[ply];
+ ss[ply].threatMove = tm;
+ }
// Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position, and prepare
// to search all moves:
TT.store(pos, value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), depth, MOVE_NONE, VALUE_TYPE_UPPER);
else
{
+ BetaCounter.add(pos.side_to_move(), depth, threadID);
Move m = ss[ply].pv[ply];
if (ok_to_history(pos, m)) // Only non capture moves are considered
{
lock_release(&(sp->lock));
}
+ /// The BetaCounterType class
+
+ BetaCounterType::BetaCounterType() { clear(); }
+
+ void BetaCounterType::clear() {
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
+ hits[i][WHITE] = hits[i][BLACK] = 0ULL;
+ }
+
+ void BetaCounterType::add(Color us, Depth d, int threadID) {
+
+ // Weighted count based on depth
+ hits[threadID][us] += int(d);
+ }
+
+ void BetaCounterType::read(Color us, int64_t& our, int64_t& their) {
+
+ our = their = 0UL;
+ for (int i = 0; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
+ {
+ our += hits[i][us];
+ their += hits[i][opposite_color(us)];
+ }
+ }
+
/// The RootMove class
if (score != m.score)
return (score < m.score);
- return nodes <= m.nodes;
+ return theirBeta <= m.theirBeta;
}
/// The RootMoveList class
moves[moveNum].cumulativeNodes += nodes;
}
+ inline void RootMoveList::set_beta_counters(int moveNum, int64_t our, int64_t their) {
+ moves[moveNum].ourBeta = our;
+ moves[moveNum].theirBeta = their;
+ }
+
void RootMoveList::set_move_pv(int moveNum, const Move pv[]) {
int j;
for(j = 0; pv[j] != MOVE_NONE; j++)
tto = move_to(threat);
// Case 1: Castling moves are never pruned.
- if(move_is_castle(m))
- return false;
+ if (move_is_castle(m))
+ return false;
// Case 2: Don't prune moves which move the threatened piece
- if(!PruneEscapeMoves && threat != MOVE_NONE && mfrom == tto)
- return false;
+ if (!PruneEscapeMoves && threat != MOVE_NONE && mfrom == tto)
+ return false;
// Case 3: If the threatened piece has value less than or equal to the
// value of the threatening piece, don't prune move which defend it.
- if(!PruneDefendingMoves && threat != MOVE_NONE
- && (piece_value_midgame(pos.piece_on(tfrom))
- >= piece_value_midgame(pos.piece_on(tto)))
- && pos.move_attacks_square(m, tto))
+ if ( !PruneDefendingMoves
+ && threat != MOVE_NONE
+ && pos.type_of_piece_on(tto) != NO_PIECE_TYPE
+ && ( pos.midgame_value_of_piece_on(tfrom) >= pos.midgame_value_of_piece_on(tto)
+ || pos.type_of_piece_on(tfrom) == KING)
+ && pos.move_attacks_square(m, tto))
return false;
// Case 4: Don't prune moves with good history.
- if(!H.ok_to_prune(pos.piece_on(move_from(m)), m, d))
- return false;
+ if (!H.ok_to_prune(pos.piece_on(move_from(m)), m, d))
+ return false;
// Case 5: If the moving piece in the threatened move is a slider, don't
// prune safe moves which block its ray.
- if(!PruneBlockingMoves && threat != MOVE_NONE
- && piece_is_slider(pos.piece_on(tfrom))
- && bit_is_set(squares_between(tfrom, tto), mto) && pos.see(m) >= 0)
- return false;
+ if ( !PruneBlockingMoves
+ && threat != MOVE_NONE
+ && piece_is_slider(pos.piece_on(tfrom))
+ && bit_is_set(squares_between(tfrom, tto), mto) && pos.see(m) >= 0)
+ return false;
return true;
}
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