Fix incorrect pruning in qsearch

Only do countermove based pruning in qsearch if we already have a move with a better score than a TB loss.

This patch fixes a bug (started as 843a961) that incorrectly prunes moves if in check,
and adds an assert to make sure no wrong mate scores are given in the future.
It replaces a no-op moveCount check with a check for bestValue.

Initially discussed in #3171 and later in #3199, #3198 and #3210.
This PR effectively closes #3171
It also likely fixes #3196 where this causes user visible incorrect TB scores,
which probably result from these incorrect mate scores.

Passed STC and LTC non-regression tests.
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5f9ef8dabca9bf35bae7f648
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.25,0.25}
Total: 21672 W: 2339 L: 2230 D: 17103
Ptnml(0-2): 126, 1689, 7083, 1826, 112

https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5f9f0caebca9bf35bae7f666
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.75,0.25}
Total: 33152 W: 1551 L: 1485 D: 30116
Ptnml(0-2): 27, 1308, 13832, 1390, 19

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3214

Bench: 3625915

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 65ed9b73ffb0886e8e049a329587021c1965e466..743449fa39c5b7e13cd81dc68cd44f90d53fdf41 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
 
       // CounterMove based pruning
       if (  !captureOrPromotion
-          && moveCount
+          && bestValue > VALUE_TB_LOSS_IN_MAX_PLY
           && (*contHist[0])[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold
           && (*contHist[1])[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold)
           continue;
@@ -1600,7 +1600,11 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
     // All legal moves have been searched. A special case: if we're in check
     // and no legal moves were found, it is checkmate.
     if (ss->inCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
+    {
+        assert(!MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).size());
+
         return mated_in(ss->ply); // Plies to mate from the root
+    }
 
     tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), pvHit,
               bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :