Simplify reduction for consecutive fails

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index e03016b61d9c2edd6bb7167b9a5999e3efb5c6c5..f8f956fa9375241536e3a61eadc23eff83e1b467 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace {
 
   // Futility margin
   Value futility_margin(Depth d, bool improving) {
-    return Value(234 * (d - improving));
+    return Value(231 * (d - improving));
   }
 
   // Reductions lookup table, initialized at startup
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ void Thread::search() {
           // 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.
-          failedHighCnt = 0;
+          int failedHighCnt = 0;
           while (true)
           {
               Depth adjustedDepth = std::max(1, rootDepth - failedHighCnt - searchAgainCounter);
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ namespace {
         if ((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL)
             ss->staticEval = eval = evaluate(pos);
         else
-            ss->staticEval = eval = -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Tempo;
+            ss->staticEval = eval = -(ss-1)->staticEval;
 
         // Save static evaluation into transposition table
         tte->save(posKey, VALUE_NONE, ss->ttPv, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, eval);
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ namespace {
     // Use static evaluation difference to improve quiet move ordering
     if (is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove) && !(ss-1)->inCheck && !priorCapture)
     {
-        int bonus = std::clamp(-depth * 4 * int((ss-1)->staticEval + ss->staticEval - 2 * Tempo), -1000, 1000);
+        int bonus = std::clamp(-depth * 4 * int((ss-1)->staticEval + ss->staticEval), -1000, 1000);
         thisThread->mainHistory[~us][from_to((ss-1)->currentMove)] << bonus;
     }
 
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ namespace {
         && (ss-1)->statScore < 24185
         &&  eval >= beta
         &&  eval >= ss->staticEval
-        &&  ss->staticEval >= beta - 24 * depth - 34 * improving + 162 * ss->ttPv + 159
+        &&  ss->staticEval >= beta - 22 * depth - 34 * improving + 162 * ss->ttPv + 159
         && !excludedMove
         &&  pos.non_pawn_material(us)
         && (ss->ply >= thisThread->nmpMinPly || us != thisThread->nmpColor))
@@ -862,7 +862,6 @@ namespace {
              && ttValue != VALUE_NONE
              && ttValue < probCutBeta))
     {
-
         assert(probCutBeta < VALUE_INFINITE);
 
         MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, probCutBeta - ss->staticEval, &captureHistory);
@@ -1025,8 +1024,8 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
           }
           else
           {
-              // Countermoves based pruning (~20 Elo)
-              if (   lmrDepth < 4 + ((ss-1)->statScore > 0 || (ss-1)->moveCount == 1)
+              // Continuation history based pruning (~20 Elo)
+              if (   lmrDepth < 5
                   && (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold
                   && (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold)
                   continue;
@@ -1122,11 +1121,8 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
       if (    depth >= 3
           &&  moveCount > 1 + 2 * rootNode
           && (  !captureOrPromotion
-              || moveCountPruning
-              || ss->staticEval + PieceValue[EG][pos.captured_piece()] <= alpha
               || cutNode
-              || (!PvNode && !formerPv && captureHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)][type_of(pos.captured_piece())] < 3678)
-              || thisThread->ttHitAverage < 432 * TtHitAverageResolution * TtHitAverageWindow / 1024)
+              || (!PvNode && !formerPv))
           && (!PvNode || ss->ply > 1 || thisThread->id() % 4 != 3))
       {
           Depth r = reduction(improving, depth, moveCount);
@@ -1161,10 +1157,6 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
               if (ttCapture)
                   r++;
 
-              // Increase reduction at root if failing high
-              if (rootNode)
-                  r += thisThread->failedHighCnt * thisThread->failedHighCnt * moveCount / 512;
-
               // Increase reduction for cut nodes (~3 Elo)
               if (cutNode)
                   r += 2;
@@ -1173,7 +1165,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
                              + (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
                              + (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
                              + (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
-                             - 4741;
+                             - 4791;
 
               // Decrease/increase reduction for moves with a good/bad history (~30 Elo)
               if (!ss->inCheck)
@@ -1440,7 +1432,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
             // and addition of two tempos
             ss->staticEval = bestValue =
             (ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL ? evaluate(pos)
-                                             : -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Tempo;
+                                             : -(ss-1)->staticEval;
 
         // Stand pat. Return immediately if static value is at least beta
         if (bestValue >= beta)
@@ -1528,7 +1520,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
                                                                 [pos.moved_piece(move)]
                                                                 [to_sq(move)];
 
-      // CounterMove based pruning
+      // Continuation history based pruning
       if (  !captureOrPromotion
           && bestValue > VALUE_TB_LOSS_IN_MAX_PLY
           && (*contHist[0])[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold