Idea from Lyudmil Tsvetkov.
The value seems to be raised a bit abruptly, but as
Gary said, a blocked pawn on the sixth rank has been
instrumental in limiting king mobility in multiple
losses that I've seen from SF. A blocked pawn on fifth
rank is much less serious on the king safety impact.
Passed both STC
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) [-1.50,4.50]
Total: 14551 W: 2750 L: 2607 D: 9194
and LTC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,6.00]
Total: 43595 W: 6917 L: 6618 D: 30060
And even a retest at 60" fixed games 40K
ELO: 1.79 +-1.9 (95%) LOS: 97.0%
Total: 39889 W: 6018 L: 5813 D: 28058
bench:
7154916
const Value StormDanger[3][RANK_NB] = {
{ V( 0), V(64), V(128), V(51), V(26) },
{ V(26), V(32), V( 96), V(38), V(20) },
- { V( 0), V( 0), V( 64), V(25), V(13) } };
+ { V( 0), V( 0), V(160), V(25), V(13) } };
// Max bonus for king safety. Corresponds to start position with all the pawns
// in front of the king and no enemy pawn on the horizon.