It causes a serious regression hanging a simple fixed
depth search. Reproducible with:
position fen q1B5/1P1q4/8/8/8/6R1/8/1K1k4 w - - 0 1
go depth 13
The reason is a search tree explosion due to:
if (... && depth < 3 * ONE_PLY)
extension = ONE_PLY;
This is very dangerous code by itself because triggers **at the leafs**
and in the above position keeps extending endlessly. In normal games
time deadline makes the search to stop sooner or later, but in fixed
seacrch we just hang possibly for a very long time. This is not acceptable
because 'go depth 13' shall not be a surprise for any position.
This patch reverts commit
76f1807baa90eb69f66001d25df2a28533f9406f.
and fixes the issue https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2091
Bench:
3243738
: ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
ttPv = (ttHit && tte->is_pv()) || (PvNode && depth > 4 * ONE_PLY);
- // if position has been searched at higher depths and we are shuffling, return value_draw
- if (pos.rule50_count() > 36
- && ss->ply > 36
- && depth < 3 * ONE_PLY
- && ttHit
- && tte->depth() > depth
- && pos.count<PAWN>() > 0)
- return VALUE_DRAW;
-
// At non-PV nodes we check for an early TT cutoff
if ( !PvNode
&& ttHit
&& (pos.blockers_for_king(~us) & from_sq(move) || pos.see_ge(move)))
extension = ONE_PLY;
- // Shuffle extension
- else if(pos.rule50_count() > 14 && ss->ply > 14 && depth < 3 * ONE_PLY && PvNode)
- extension = ONE_PLY;
-
// Castling extension
else if (type_of(move) == CASTLING)
extension = ONE_PLY;