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Tweak main killer penalty
authorGuenther Demetz <guenther.demetz@wuerth-phoenix.com>
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 07:05:09 +0000 (08:05 +0100)
committerStéphane Nicolet <cassio@free.fr>
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 08:38:06 +0000 (09:38 +0100)
Apply refuted main killer penalty also on early TT cut-offs. This
makes penalty logic more consistent with the logic at normal search.

Failed STC:
http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5c121e730ebc5902ba11aad8
LLR: -2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,5.00]
Total: 72193 W: 15848 L: 15625 D: 40720 Elo +1.07

Passed LTC:
http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5c17b1b10ebc5902ba123c24
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,5.00]
Total: 35073 W: 5886 L: 5625 D: 23562 Elo +2.59

Closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/1878

bench: 3393939

src/search.cpp

index 02f40199938810008ac2618bdd94e0ed15353861..756b2d5769fb6f44b854cad829f9e1b1242746ef 100644 (file)
@@ -656,9 +656,11 @@ namespace {
                 if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))
                     update_quiet_stats(pos, ss, ttMove, nullptr, 0, stat_bonus(depth));
 
-                // Extra penalty for a quiet TT move in previous ply when it gets refuted
-                if ((ss-1)->moveCount == 1 && !pos.captured_piece())
-                    update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
+                // Extra penalty for a quiet TT or main killer move in previous ply when it gets refuted
+                if (   (ss-1)->moveCount == 1
+                    || ((ss-1)->currentMove == (ss-1)->killers[0] && (ss-1)->killers[0]))
+                    if (!pos.captured_piece())
+                        update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
             }
             // Penalty for a quiet ttMove that fails low
             else if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))