Merge mobility area tweak

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 055ee8778be9ac8bfb8beaed1b727b54784bdbbf..dfd2d3ba05bbcf580f7c521afabedf253ba15e2f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ namespace {
     bestValue = -VALUE_INFINITE;
     ss->currentMove = threatMove = (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
     ss->ply = (ss-1)->ply + 1;
+    ss->futilityMoveCount = 0;
     (ss+1)->skipNullMove = false; (ss+1)->reduction = DEPTH_ZERO;
     (ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
 
@@ -643,10 +644,11 @@ namespace {
         && !ss->skipNullMove
         &&  depth < 4 * ONE_PLY
         && !inCheck
-        &&  eval - FutilityMargins[depth][0] >= beta
+        &&  eval - futility_margin(depth, (ss-1)->futilityMoveCount) >= beta
         &&  abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
+        &&  abs(eval) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
         &&  pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
-        return eval - FutilityMargins[depth][0];
+        return eval - futility_margin(depth, (ss-1)->futilityMoveCount);
 
     // Step 8. Null move search with verification search (is omitted in PV nodes)
     if (   !PvNode
@@ -857,7 +859,7 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
           && !captureOrPromotion
           && !inCheck
           && !dangerous
-          &&  move != ttMove
+       /* &&  move != ttMove Already implicit in the next condition */
           &&  bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY)
       {
           // Move count based pruning
@@ -900,7 +902,13 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
 
               continue;
           }
+
+          // We have not pruned the move that will be searched, but remember how
+          // far in the move list we are to be more aggressive in the child node.
+          ss->futilityMoveCount = moveCount;
       }
+      else
+          ss->futilityMoveCount = 0;
 
       // Check for legality only before to do the move
       if (!RootNode && !SpNode && !pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, ci.pinned))