// Set to true to force running with one thread. Used for debugging
const bool FakeSplit = false;
+ // This is the minimum interval in msec between two check_time() calls
+ const int TimerResolution = 5;
+
// Different node types, used as template parameter
enum NodeType { Root, PV, NonPV, SplitPointRoot, SplitPointPV, SplitPointNonPV };
: 2 * VALUE_INFINITE;
}
- inline int futility_move_count(Depth d) {
-
- return d < 16 * ONE_PLY ? FutilityMoveCounts[d] : MAX_MOVES;
- }
-
// Reduction lookup tables (initialized at startup) and their access function
int8_t Reductions[2][64][64]; // [pv][depth][moveNumber]
return (Depth) Reductions[PvNode][std::min(int(d) / ONE_PLY, 63)][std::min(mn, 63)];
}
- // This is the minimum interval in msec between two check_time() calls
- const int TimerResolution = 5;
-
-
size_t MultiPV, UCIMultiPV, PVIdx;
TimeManager TimeMgr;
int BestMoveChanges;
bool SkillLevelEnabled, Chess960;
History H;
-
template <NodeType NT>
Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth);
Key posKey;
Move ttMove, move, excludedMove, bestMove, threatMove;
Depth ext, newDepth;
- Value bestValue, value, oldAlpha, ttValue;
+ Value bestValue, value, ttValue;
Value refinedValue, nullValue, futilityValue;
bool pvMove, inCheck, singularExtensionNode, givesCheck;
bool captureOrPromotion, dangerous, doFullDepthSearch;
// Step 1. Initialize node
Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
moveCount = playedMoveCount = 0;
- oldAlpha = alpha;
inCheck = pos.in_check();
if (SpNode)
&& !ss->skipNullMove
&& depth < 4 * ONE_PLY
&& !inCheck
- && refinedValue - futility_margin(depth, 0) >= beta
+ && refinedValue - FutilityMargins[depth][0] >= beta
&& abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
&& pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
- return refinedValue - futility_margin(depth, 0);
+ return refinedValue - FutilityMargins[depth][0];
// Step 8. Null move search with verification search (is omitted in PV nodes)
if ( !PvNode
// Step 11. Loop through moves
// Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
- while ( bestValue < beta
- && (move = mp.next_move<SpNode>()) != MOVE_NONE
- && !thisThread->cutoff_occurred()
- && !Signals.stop)
+ while ((move = mp.next_move<SpNode>()) != MOVE_NONE)
{
assert(is_ok(move));
&& (bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY || bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE))
{
// Move count based pruning
- if ( moveCount >= futility_move_count(depth)
+ if ( depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
+ && moveCount >= FutilityMoveCounts[depth]
&& (!threatMove || !connected_threat(pos, move, threatMove)))
{
if (SpNode)
// was aborted because the user interrupted the search or because we
// ran out of time. In this case, the return value of the search cannot
// be trusted, and we don't update the best move and/or PV.
- if (RootNode && !Signals.stop)
+ if (Signals.stop || thisThread->cutoff_occurred())
+ return bestValue;
+
+ if (RootNode)
{
RootMove& rm = *std::find(RootMoves.begin(), RootMoves.end(), move);
if (value > bestValue)
{
bestValue = value;
- bestMove = move;
+ if (SpNode) sp->bestValue = value;
- if ( PvNode
- && value > alpha
- && value < beta) // We want always alpha < beta
+ if (value > alpha)
{
- alpha = bestValue; // Update alpha here!
- }
+ bestMove = move;
+ if (SpNode) sp->bestMove = move;
- if (SpNode && !thisThread->cutoff_occurred())
- {
- sp->bestValue = bestValue;
- sp->bestMove = bestMove;
- sp->alpha = alpha;
-
- if (bestValue >= beta)
- sp->cutoff = true;
+ if (PvNode && value < beta)
+ {
+ alpha = value; // Update alpha here! Always alpha < beta
+ if (SpNode) sp->alpha = alpha;
+ }
+ else // Fail high
+ {
+ if (SpNode) sp->cutoff = true;
+ break;
+ }
}
}
- // Step 19. Check for split
+ // Step 19. Check for splitting the search
if ( !SpNode
&& depth >= Threads.min_split_depth()
&& bestValue < beta
- && Threads.available_slave_exists(thisThread)
- && !Signals.stop
- && !thisThread->cutoff_occurred())
+ && Threads.available_slave_exists(thisThread))
+ {
bestValue = Threads.split<FakeSplit>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, bestValue, &bestMove,
depth, threatMove, moveCount, mp, NT);
+ break;
+ }
}
+ if (SpNode)
+ return bestValue;
+
// Step 20. Check for mate and stalemate
// All legal moves have been searched and if there are no legal moves, it
// must be mate or stalemate. Note that we can have a false positive in
// harmless because return value is discarded anyhow in the parent nodes.
// If we are in a singular extension search then return a fail low score.
// A split node has at least one move, the one tried before to be splitted.
- if (!SpNode && !moveCount)
+ if (!moveCount)
return excludedMove ? alpha : inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : VALUE_DRAW;
// If we have pruned all the moves without searching return a fail-low score
bestValue = alpha;
}
- // Step 21. Update tables
- // Update transposition table entry, killers and history
- if (!SpNode && !Signals.stop && !thisThread->cutoff_occurred())
+ if (bestValue >= beta) // Failed high
{
- Move ttm = bestValue <= oldAlpha ? MOVE_NONE : bestMove;
- Bound bt = bestValue <= oldAlpha ? BOUND_UPPER
- : bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER : BOUND_EXACT;
-
- TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), bt, depth, ttm, ss->eval, ss->evalMargin);
+ TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER, depth,
+ bestMove, ss->eval, ss->evalMargin);
- // Update killers and history for non capture cut-off moves
- if ( bestValue >= beta
- && !pos.is_capture_or_promotion(bestMove)
- && !inCheck)
+ if (!pos.is_capture_or_promotion(bestMove) && !inCheck)
{
if (bestMove != ss->killers[0])
{
}
}
}
+ else // Failed low or PV search
+ TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
+ PvNode && bestMove != MOVE_NONE ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
+ depth, bestMove, ss->eval, ss->evalMargin);
assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);