return d > 17 ? 0 : 29 * d * d + 138 * d - 134;
}
+ // Add a small random component to draw evaluations to keep search dynamic
+ // and to avoid 3fold-blindness.
+ Value value_draw(Depth depth, Thread* thisThread) {
+ return depth < 4 ? VALUE_DRAW
+ : VALUE_DRAW + Value(2 * (thisThread->nodes.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) % 2) - 1);
+ }
+
// Skill structure is used to implement strength limit
struct Skill {
explicit Skill(int l) : level(l) {}
if (rootDepth >= 5 * ONE_PLY)
{
Value previousScore = rootMoves[pvIdx].previousScore;
- delta = Value(18);
+ delta = Value(20);
alpha = std::max(previousScore - delta,-VALUE_INFINITE);
beta = std::min(previousScore + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
// Start with a small aspiration window and, in the case of a fail
// high/low, re-search with a bigger window until we don't fail
// high/low anymore.
+ int failedHighCnt = 0;
while (true)
{
- bestValue = ::search<PV>(rootPos, ss, alpha, beta, rootDepth, false);
+ Depth adjustedDepth = std::max(ONE_PLY, rootDepth - failedHighCnt * ONE_PLY);
+ bestValue = ::search<PV>(rootPos, ss, alpha, beta, adjustedDepth, 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
if (mainThread)
{
+ failedHighCnt = 0;
failedLow = true;
Threads.stopOnPonderhit = false;
}
}
else if (bestValue >= beta)
+ {
beta = std::min(bestValue + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
+ if (mainThread)
+ ++failedHighCnt;
+ }
else
break;
&& !rootNode
&& pos.has_game_cycle(ss->ply))
{
- alpha = VALUE_DRAW;
+ alpha = value_draw(depth, pos.this_thread());
if (alpha >= beta)
return alpha;
}
Key posKey;
Move ttMove, move, excludedMove, bestMove;
Depth extension, newDepth;
- Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval, maxValue;
+ Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval, maxValue, pureStaticEval;
bool ttHit, inCheck, givesCheck, improving;
bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning, skipQuiets, ttCapture, pvExact;
Piece movedPiece;
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) - 10 * ((ss-1)->statScore > 0)
- : VALUE_DRAW;
+ return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck) ? evaluate(pos)
+ : value_draw(depth, pos.this_thread());
// 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
// Step 6. Static evaluation of the position
if (inCheck)
{
- ss->staticEval = eval = VALUE_NONE;
+ ss->staticEval = eval = pureStaticEval = VALUE_NONE;
improving = false;
goto moves_loop; // Skip early pruning when in check
}
else if (ttHit)
{
// Never assume anything on values stored in TT
- if ((ss->staticEval = eval = tte->eval()) == VALUE_NONE)
- eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos) - 10 * ((ss-1)->statScore > 0);
+ ss->staticEval = eval = pureStaticEval = tte->eval();
+ if (eval == VALUE_NONE)
+ ss->staticEval = eval = pureStaticEval = evaluate(pos);
// Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
if ( ttValue != VALUE_NONE
}
else
{
- int p = (ss-1)->statScore;
- int malus = p > 0 ? (p + 5000) / 1024 :
- p < 0 ? (p - 5000) / 1024 : 0;
+ if ((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL)
+ {
+ int p = (ss-1)->statScore;
+ int bonus = p > 0 ? (-p - 2500) / 512 :
+ p < 0 ? (-p + 2500) / 512 : 0;
- ss->staticEval = eval = (ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL ? evaluate(pos) - malus
- : -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Eval::Tempo;
+ 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, ss->staticEval);
+ tte->save(posKey, VALUE_NONE, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, pureStaticEval);
}
// Step 7. Razoring (~2 Elo)
&& (ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL
&& (ss-1)->statScore < 23200
&& eval >= beta
- && ss->staticEval >= beta - 36 * depth / ONE_PLY + 225
+ && pureStaticEval >= 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;
+ Depth R = ((823 + 67 * depth / ONE_PLY) / 256 + std::min(int(eval - beta) / 200, 3)) * ONE_PLY;
ss->currentMove = MOVE_NULL;
ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[NO_PIECE][0];
while ( (move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
&& probCutCount < 3)
- if (pos.legal(move))
+ if (move != excludedMove && pos.legal(move))
{
probCutCount++;
value = bestValue; // Workaround a bogus 'uninitialized' warning under gcc
skipQuiets = false;
- ttCapture = 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
// 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
+ // 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 ( depth >= 8 * ONE_PLY
&& move == ttMove
extension = ONE_PLY;
}
else if ( givesCheck // Check extension (~2 Elo)
- && !moveCountPruning
&& pos.see_ge(move))
extension = ONE_PLY;
+ // Extension for king moves that change castling rights
+ if ( pos.can_castle(us)
+ && type_of(movedPiece) == KING
+ && depth < 12 * ONE_PLY)
+ extension = ONE_PLY;
+
// Calculate new depth for this move
newDepth = depth - ONE_PLY + extension;
continue;
}
- if (move == ttMove && captureOrPromotion)
- ttCapture = true;
-
// Update the current move (this must be done after singular extension search)
ss->currentMove = move;
ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)];
tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
PvNode && bestMove ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
- depth, bestMove, ss->staticEval);
+ depth, bestMove, pureStaticEval);
assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);
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