if (depth < OnePly)
return qsearch(pos, ss, beta-1, beta, Depth(0), ply, threadID);
- // Initialize, and make an early exit in case of an aborted search,
- // an instant draw, maximum ply reached, etc.
+ // Step 1. Initialize node and poll
+ // Polling can abort search.
init_node(ss, ply, threadID);
- // After init_node() that calls poll()
+ // Step 2. Check for aborted search and immediate draw
if (AbortSearch || TM.thread_should_stop(threadID))
return Value(0);
if (pos.is_draw() || ply >= PLY_MAX - 1)
return VALUE_DRAW;
- // Mate distance pruning
+ // Step 3. Mate distance pruning
if (value_mated_in(ply) >= beta)
return beta;
if (value_mate_in(ply + 1) < beta)
return beta - 1;
+ // Step 4. Transposition table lookup
+
// We don't want the score of a partial search to overwrite a previous full search
// TT value, so we use a different position key in case of an excluded move exsists.
Key posKey = excludedMove ? pos.get_exclusion_key() : pos.get_key();
- // Transposition table lookup
tte = TT.retrieve(posKey);
ttMove = (tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE);
return value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
}
+ // Step 5. Evaluate the position statically
isCheck = pos.is_check();
- // Evaluate the position statically
if (!isCheck)
{
if (tte && (tte->type() & VALUE_TYPE_EVAL))
if (ss[sp->ply].reduction)
{
value = -search(pos, ss, -(sp->beta-1), newDepth-ss[sp->ply].reduction, sp->ply+1, true, threadID);
- doFullDepthSearch = (value >= sp->beta);
+ doFullDepthSearch = (value >= sp->beta && !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID));
}
}
{
Value localAlpha = sp->alpha;
value = -search(pos, ss, -localAlpha, newDepth-ss[sp->ply].reduction, sp->ply+1, true, threadID);
- doFullDepthSearch = (value > localAlpha);
+ doFullDepthSearch = (value > localAlpha && !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID));
}
}
ss[sp->ply].reduction = Depth(0);
value = -search(pos, ss, -localAlpha, newDepth, sp->ply+1, true, threadID);
- if (value > localAlpha && value < sp->beta)
+ if (value > localAlpha && value < sp->beta && !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID))
{
// If another thread has failed high then sp->alpha has been increased
// to be higher or equal then beta, if so, avoid to start a PV search.
localAlpha = sp->alpha;
if (localAlpha < sp->beta)
value = -search_pv(pos, ss, -sp->beta, -localAlpha, newDepth, sp->ply+1, threadID);
- else
- assert(TM.thread_should_stop(threadID));
- }
+ }
}
pos.undo_move(move);
// instead of wasting CPU time polling for work.
while (AllThreadsShouldSleep || threadID >= ActiveThreads)
{
+ assert(!waitSp);
assert(threadID != 0);
threads[threadID].state = THREAD_SLEEPING;