Unsafe checks

Introducing a new multi-purpose penalty related to King safety, which
includes all kind of potential checks (from unsafe or unavailable
squares currently occupied by some other piece)

This will indirectly detect and reward some pins, discovered checks, and
motifs such as square vacation, or rook behind its pawn and aligned with
King (example Black Rg8, g7 against Kg1),
and penalize some pawn blockers (if they move, it allows a discovered
check by the pawn).

And since it looks also at protected squares, it detects some potential
defense overloading.

Finally, the rook contact checks had been removed some time ago. This
test will give a small bonus for them, as well as for bishop contact
checks.

Passed STC
http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5729ec740ebc59301a354b36
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,5.00]
Total: 13306 W: 2477 L: 2296 D: 8533

and LTC
http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/572a5be00ebc59301a354b65
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,5.00]
Total: 20369 W: 2750 L: 2565 D: 15054

bench: 9298175

diff --git a/src/evaluate.cpp b/src/evaluate.cpp
index 0f2744d9e4ec42abd243b45527d2ff16dff0537a..4a52e62658f0deccce3eea3c1287b9d87b3147fa 100644 (file)
--- a/src/evaluate.cpp
+++ b/src/evaluate.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ namespace {
   const Score BishopPawns         = S( 8, 12);
   const Score RookOnPawn          = S( 8, 24);
   const Score TrappedRook         = S(92,  0);
   const Score BishopPawns         = S( 8, 12);
   const Score RookOnPawn          = S( 8, 24);
   const Score TrappedRook         = S(92,  0);

-  const Score Checked             = S(20, 20);
+  const Score SafeCheck           = S(20, 20);
+  const Score OtherCheck          = S(10, 10);

   const Score ThreatByHangingPawn = S(71, 61);
   const Score LooseEnemies        = S( 0, 25);
   const Score Hanging             = S(48, 27);
   const Score ThreatByHangingPawn = S(71, 61);
   const Score LooseEnemies        = S( 0, 25);
   const Score Hanging             = S(48, 27);


@@ -366,9 +367,10 @@ namespace {
   template<Color Us, bool DoTrace>
   Score evaluate_king(const Position& pos, const EvalInfo& ei) {
 
   template<Color Us, bool DoTrace>
   Score evaluate_king(const Position& pos, const EvalInfo& ei) {
 

-    const Color Them = (Us == WHITE ? BLACK : WHITE);
+    const Color Them = (Us == WHITE ? BLACK   : WHITE);
+    const Square  Up = (Us == WHITE ? DELTA_N : DELTA_S);

 
 

-    Bitboard undefended, b, b1, b2, safe;
+    Bitboard undefended, b, b1, b2, safe, other;

     int attackUnits;
     const Square ksq = pos.square<KING>(Us);
 
     int attackUnits;
     const Square ksq = pos.square<KING>(Us);
 


@@ -414,27 +416,42 @@ namespace {
             attackUnits += QueenContactCheck * popcount(b);
         }
 
             attackUnits += QueenContactCheck * popcount(b);
         }
 

-        // Analyse the enemy's safe distance checks for sliders and knights
-        safe = ~(ei.attackedBy[Us][ALL_PIECES] | pos.pieces(Them));
+        // Analyse the safe enemy's checks which are possible on next move...
+        safe  = ~(ei.attackedBy[Us][ALL_PIECES] | pos.pieces(Them));
+
+        // ... and some other potential checks, only requiring the square to be
+        // safe from pawn-attacks, and not being occupied by a blocked pawn.
+        other = ~(   ei.attackedBy[Us][PAWN]
+                  | (pos.pieces(Them, PAWN) & shift_bb<Up>(pos.pieces(PAWN))));

 
 

-        b1 = pos.attacks_from<ROOK  >(ksq) & safe;
-        b2 = pos.attacks_from<BISHOP>(ksq) & safe;
+        b1 = pos.attacks_from<ROOK  >(ksq);
+        b2 = pos.attacks_from<BISHOP>(ksq);

 
         // Enemy queen safe checks
 
         // Enemy queen safe checks

-        if ((b1 | b2) & ei.attackedBy[Them][QUEEN])
-            attackUnits += QueenCheck, score -= Checked;
+        if ((b1 | b2) & ei.attackedBy[Them][QUEEN] & safe)
+            attackUnits += QueenCheck, score -= SafeCheck;
+
+        // Enemy rooks safe and other checks
+        if (b1 & ei.attackedBy[Them][ROOK] & safe)
+            attackUnits += RookCheck, score -= SafeCheck;
+
+        else if (b1 & ei.attackedBy[Them][ROOK] & other)
+            score -= OtherCheck;
+
+        // Enemy bishops safe and other checks
+        if (b2 & ei.attackedBy[Them][BISHOP] & safe)
+            attackUnits += BishopCheck, score -= SafeCheck;

 
 

-        // Enemy rooks safe checks
-        if (b1 & ei.attackedBy[Them][ROOK])
-            attackUnits += RookCheck, score -= Checked;
+        else if (b2 & ei.attackedBy[Them][BISHOP] & other)
+            score -= OtherCheck;

 
 

-        // Enemy bishops safe checks
-        if (b2 & ei.attackedBy[Them][BISHOP])
-            attackUnits += BishopCheck, score -= Checked;
+        // Enemy knights safe and other checks
+        b = pos.attacks_from<KNIGHT>(ksq) & ei.attackedBy[Them][KNIGHT];
+        if (b & safe)
+            attackUnits += KnightCheck, score -= SafeCheck;

 
 

-        // Enemy knights safe checks
-        if (pos.attacks_from<KNIGHT>(ksq) & ei.attackedBy[Them][KNIGHT] & safe)
-            attackUnits += KnightCheck, score -= Checked;
+        else if (b & other)
+            score -= OtherCheck;

 
         // Finally, extract the king danger score from the KingDanger[]
         // array and subtract the score from the evaluation.
 
         // Finally, extract the king danger score from the KingDanger[]
         // array and subtract the score from the evaluation.