// Different node types, used as a template parameter
enum NodeType { NonPV, PV };
- // Sizes and phases of the skip-blocks, used for distributing search depths across the threads
- 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 };
-
// Razor and futility margins
constexpr int RazorMargin = 600;
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]
- int Reductions[2][2][64][64]; // [pv][improving][depth][moveNumber]
+ // Reductions lookup table, initialized at startup
+ int Reductions[64]; // [depth or moveNumber]
template <bool PvNode> Depth reduction(bool i, Depth d, int mn) {
- return Reductions[PvNode][i][std::min(d / ONE_PLY, 63)][std::min(mn, 63)] * ONE_PLY;
+ int r = Reductions[std::min(d / ONE_PLY, 63)] * Reductions[std::min(mn, 63)] / 1024;
+ return ((r + 512) / 1024 + (!i && r > 1024) - PvNode) * ONE_PLY;
+ }
+
+ constexpr int futility_move_count(bool improving, int depth) {
+ return (5 + depth * depth) * (1 + improving) / 2;
}
// History and stats update bonus, based on depth
void Search::init() {
- for (int imp = 0; imp <= 1; ++imp)
- for (int d = 1; d < 64; ++d)
- for (int mc = 1; mc < 64; ++mc)
- {
- double r = log(d) * log(mc) / 1.95;
-
- Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc] = int(std::round(r));
- 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 && r > 1.0)
- Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc]++;
- }
-
- for (int d = 0; d < 16; ++d)
- {
- FutilityMoveCounts[0][d] = int(2.4 + 0.74 * pow(d, 1.78));
- FutilityMoveCounts[1][d] = int(5.0 + 1.00 * pow(d, 2.00));
- }
+ for (int i = 1; i < 64; ++i)
+ Reductions[i] = int(1024 * std::log(i) / std::sqrt(1.95));
}
// Threads.stop. However, if we are pondering or in an infinite search,
// the UCI protocol states that we shouldn't print the best move before the
// GUI sends a "stop" or "ponderhit" command. We therefore simply wait here
- // until the GUI sends one of those commands (which also raises Threads.stop).
- Threads.stopOnPonderhit = true;
+ // until the GUI sends one of those commands.
- while (!Threads.stop && (Threads.ponder || Limits.infinite))
+ while (!Threads.stop && (ponder || Limits.infinite))
{} // Busy wait for a stop or a ponder reset
// Stop the threads if not already stopped (also raise the stop if
// Find out minimum score and reset votes for moves which can be voted
for (Thread* th: Threads)
- {
minScore = std::min(minScore, th->rootMoves[0].score);
- votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] = 0;
- }
// Vote according to score and depth
- auto square = [](int64_t x) { return x * x; };
for (Thread* th : Threads)
- votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] += 200 + (square(th->rootMoves[0].score - minScore + 1)
- * int64_t(th->completedDepth));
+ {
+ int64_t s = th->rootMoves[0].score - minScore + 1;
+ votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] += 200 + s * s * int(th->completedDepth);
+ }
// Select best thread
- int64_t bestVote = votes[this->rootMoves[0].pv[0]];
+ auto bestVote = votes[this->rootMoves[0].pv[0]];
for (Thread* th : Threads)
- {
if (votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] > bestVote)
{
bestVote = votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]];
bestThread = th;
}
- }
}
previousScore = bestThread->rootMoves[0].score;
// The former is needed to allow update_continuation_histories(ss-1, ...),
// which accesses its argument at ss-4, also near the root.
// The latter is needed for statScores and killer initialization.
- Stack stack[MAX_PLY+8], *ss = stack+5;
+ Stack stack[MAX_PLY+10], *ss = stack+7;
Move pv[MAX_PLY+1];
Value bestValue, alpha, beta, delta;
Move lastBestMove = MOVE_NONE;
MainThread* mainThread = (this == Threads.main() ? Threads.main() : nullptr);
double timeReduction = 1.0;
Color us = rootPos.side_to_move();
- bool failedLow;
- std::memset(ss-5, 0, 8 * sizeof(Stack));
- for (int i = 5; i > 0; i--)
+ std::memset(ss-7, 0, 10 * sizeof(Stack));
+ for (int i = 7; i > 0; i--)
(ss-i)->continuationHistory = &this->continuationHistory[NO_PIECE][0]; // Use as sentinel
ss->pv = pv;
beta = VALUE_INFINITE;
if (mainThread)
- mainThread->bestMoveChanges = 0, failedLow = false;
+ mainThread->bestMoveChanges = 0;
size_t multiPV = Options["MultiPV"];
Skill skill(Options["Skill Level"]);
&& !Threads.stop
&& !(Limits.depth && mainThread && rootDepth / ONE_PLY > Limits.depth))
{
- // Distribute search depths across the helper threads
- if (idx > 0)
- {
- int i = (idx - 1) % 20;
- if (((rootDepth / ONE_PLY + SkipPhase[i]) / SkipSize[i]) % 2)
- continue; // Retry with an incremented rootDepth
- }
-
// Age out PV variability metric
if (mainThread)
- mainThread->bestMoveChanges *= 0.517, failedLow = false;
+ mainThread->bestMoveChanges *= 0.517;
// 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.
if (mainThread)
{
failedHighCnt = 0;
- failedLow = true;
- Threads.stopOnPonderhit = false;
+ mainThread->stopOnPonderhit = false;
}
}
else if (bestValue >= beta)
// Do we have time for the next iteration? Can we stop searching now?
if ( Limits.use_time_management()
&& !Threads.stop
- && !Threads.stopOnPonderhit)
+ && !mainThread->stopOnPonderhit)
{
- double fallingEval = (306 + 119 * failedLow + 6 * (mainThread->previousScore - bestValue)) / 581.0;
+ double fallingEval = (306 + 9 * (mainThread->previousScore - bestValue)) / 581.0;
fallingEval = std::max(0.5, std::min(1.5, fallingEval));
// 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;
+ timeReduction = lastBestMoveDepth + 10 * ONE_PLY < completedDepth ? 1.95 : 1.0;
+ double reduction = std::pow(mainThread->previousTimeReduction, 0.528) / timeReduction;
// 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() * bestMoveInstability * fallingEval)
+ || Time.elapsed() > Time.optimum() * fallingEval * reduction * bestMoveInstability)
{
// If we are allowed to ponder do not stop the search now but
// keep pondering until the GUI sends "ponderhit" or "stop".
- if (Threads.ponder)
- Threads.stopOnPonderhit = true;
+ if (mainThread->ponder)
+ mainThread->stopOnPonderhit = true;
else
Threads.stop = true;
}
Move ttMove, move, excludedMove, bestMove;
Depth extension, newDepth;
Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval, maxValue, pureStaticEval;
- bool ttHit, inCheck, givesCheck, improving;
- bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning, skipQuiets, ttCapture, pvExact;
+ bool ttHit, ttPv, inCheck, givesCheck, improving;
+ bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning, ttCapture;
Piece movedPiece;
int moveCount, captureCount, quietCount;
ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
ttMove = rootNode ? thisThread->rootMoves[thisThread->pvIdx].pv[0]
: ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
+ ttPv = (ttHit && tte->is_pv()) || (PvNode && depth > 4 * ONE_PLY);
// At non-PV nodes we check for an early TT cutoff
if ( !PvNode
if ( b == BOUND_EXACT
|| (b == BOUND_LOWER ? value >= beta : value <= alpha))
{
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), b,
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), ttPv, b,
std::min(DEPTH_MAX - ONE_PLY, depth + 6 * ONE_PLY),
MOVE_NONE, VALUE_NONE);
{
if ((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL)
{
- int p = (ss-1)->statScore;
- int bonus = p > 0 ? (-p - 2500) / 512 :
- p < 0 ? (-p + 2500) / 512 : 0;
+ int bonus = -(ss-1)->statScore / 512;
pureStaticEval = evaluate(pos);
ss->staticEval = eval = pureStaticEval + bonus;
else
ss->staticEval = eval = pureStaticEval = -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Eval::Tempo;
- tte->save(posKey, VALUE_NONE, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, pureStaticEval);
+ tte->save(posKey, VALUE_NONE, ttPv, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, pureStaticEval);
}
// Step 7. Razoring (~2 Elo)
int probCutCount = 0;
while ( (move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
- && probCutCount < 3)
+ && probCutCount < 2 + 2 * cutNode)
if (move != excludedMove && pos.legal(move))
{
probCutCount++;
// Perform a preliminary qsearch to verify that the move holds
value = -qsearch<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -raisedBeta, -raisedBeta+1);
- // If the qsearch held perform the regular search
+ // If the qsearch held, perform the regular search
if (value >= raisedBeta)
value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -raisedBeta, -raisedBeta+1, depth - 4 * ONE_PLY, !cutNode);
moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
- const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->continuationHistory, (ss-2)->continuationHistory, nullptr, (ss-4)->continuationHistory };
+ const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->continuationHistory, (ss-2)->continuationHistory,
+ nullptr, (ss-4)->continuationHistory,
+ nullptr, (ss-6)->continuationHistory };
Move countermove = thisThread->counterMoves[pos.piece_on(prevSq)][prevSq];
MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &thisThread->mainHistory,
ss->killers);
value = bestValue; // Workaround a bogus 'uninitialized' warning under gcc
- skipQuiets = false;
+ moveCountPruning = false;
ttCapture = ttMove && pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove);
- pvExact = PvNode && ttHit && tte->bound() == BOUND_EXACT;
// 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)
+ while ((move = mp.next_move(moveCountPruning)) != MOVE_NONE)
{
assert(is_ok(move));
movedPiece = pos.moved_piece(move);
givesCheck = gives_check(pos, move);
- moveCountPruning = depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
- && moveCount >= FutilityMoveCounts[improving][depth / ONE_PLY];
-
// Step 13. Extensions (~70 Elo)
// Singular extension search (~60 Elo). If all moves but one fail low on a
&& move == ttMove
&& !rootNode
&& !excludedMove // Avoid recursive singular search
- && ttValue != VALUE_NONE
+ /* && ttValue != VALUE_NONE Already implicit in the next condition */
+ && abs(ttValue) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
&& (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
&& tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * ONE_PLY
&& pos.legal(move))
{
- Value singularBeta = std::max(ttValue - 2 * depth / ONE_PLY, -VALUE_MATE);
+ Value singularBeta = ttValue - 2 * depth / ONE_PLY;
ss->excludedMove = move;
value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, singularBeta - 1, singularBeta, depth / 2, cutNode);
ss->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
else if (cutNode && singularBeta > beta)
return beta;
}
- else if ( givesCheck // Check extension (~2 Elo)
- && pos.see_ge(move))
+
+ // Check extension (~2 Elo)
+ else if ( givesCheck
+ && (pos.blockers_for_king(~us) & from_sq(move) || pos.see_ge(move)))
extension = ONE_PLY;
- // Extension if castling
+ // Castling extension
else if (type_of(move) == CASTLING)
extension = ONE_PLY;
&& pos.non_pawn_material(us)
&& bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY)
{
+ // Skip quiet moves if movecount exceeds our FutilityMoveCount threshold
+ moveCountPruning = moveCount >= futility_move_count(improving,depth / ONE_PLY);
+
if ( !captureOrPromotion
&& !givesCheck
&& !pos.advanced_pawn_push(move))
{
// Move count based pruning (~30 Elo)
if (moveCountPruning)
- {
- skipQuiets = true;
continue;
- }
// Reduced depth of the next LMR search
int lmrDepth = std::max(newDepth - reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount), DEPTH_ZERO) / ONE_PLY;
{
Depth r = reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount);
+ // Decrease reduction if position is or has been on the PV
+ if (ttPv)
+ r -= ONE_PLY;
+
// Decrease reduction if opponent's move count is high (~10 Elo)
if ((ss-1)->moveCount > 15)
r -= ONE_PLY;
if (!captureOrPromotion)
{
- // Decrease reduction for exact PV nodes (~0 Elo)
- if (pvExact)
- r -= ONE_PLY;
-
// Increase reduction if ttMove is a capture (~0 Elo)
if (ttCapture)
r += ONE_PLY;
bestValue = std::min(bestValue, maxValue);
if (!excludedMove)
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), ttPv,
bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
PvNode && bestMove ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
depth, bestMove, pureStaticEval);
Move ttMove, move, bestMove;
Depth ttDepth;
Value bestValue, value, ttValue, futilityValue, futilityBase, oldAlpha;
- bool ttHit, inCheck, givesCheck, evasionPrunable;
+ bool ttHit, pvHit, inCheck, givesCheck, evasionPrunable;
int moveCount;
if (PvNode)
tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
ttMove = ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
+ pvHit = ttHit && tte->is_pv();
if ( !PvNode
&& ttHit
if (bestValue >= beta)
{
if (!ttHit)
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), pvHit, BOUND_LOWER,
DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, ss->staticEval);
return bestValue;
futilityBase = bestValue + 128;
}
- const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->continuationHistory, (ss-2)->continuationHistory, nullptr, (ss-4)->continuationHistory };
+ const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->continuationHistory, (ss-2)->continuationHistory,
+ nullptr, (ss-4)->continuationHistory,
+ nullptr, (ss-6)->continuationHistory };
// Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position, and prepare
// to search the moves. Because the depth is <= 0 here, only captures,
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),
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), pvHit,
bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
PvNode && bestValue > oldAlpha ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
ttDepth, bestMove, ss->staticEval);
void update_continuation_histories(Stack* ss, Piece pc, Square to, int bonus) {
- for (int i : {1, 2, 4})
+ for (int i : {1, 2, 4, 6})
if (is_ok((ss-i)->currentMove))
(*(ss-i)->continuationHistory)[pc][to] << bonus;
}
}
// We should not stop pondering until told so by the GUI
- if (Threads.ponder)
+ if (ponder)
return;
- if ( (Limits.use_time_management() && elapsed > Time.maximum() - 10)
+ if ( (Limits.use_time_management() && (elapsed > Time.maximum() - 10 || stopOnPonderhit))
|| (Limits.movetime && elapsed >= Limits.movetime)
|| (Limits.nodes && Threads.nodes_searched() >= (uint64_t)Limits.nodes))
Threads.stop = true;
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