Adjust null move pruning constants

Idea is that division by fraction of 2 is slightly faster than by other numbers so parameters are adjusted in a way that division in null move pruning depth reduction features dividing by 256 instead of dividing by 213.
Other than this patch is almost non-functional - difference starts to exist by depth 133.

passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5f70dd943b22d6afa50693c5
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.25,1.25}
Total: 57048 W: 6616 L: 6392 D: 44040
Ptnml(0-2): 304, 4583, 18531, 4797, 309

passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5f7180db3b22d6afa506941f
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.25}
Total: 45960 W: 2419 L: 2229 D: 41312
Ptnml(0-2): 43, 1779, 19137, 1987, 34

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3159

bench 3789924

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 4650b1579bf0e11dafd78722151ab5d54f0370d5..e5f286e459721321d63e67e437e3b96d8a5e9120 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ namespace {
         assert(eval - beta >= 0);
 
         // Null move dynamic reduction based on depth and value
-        Depth R = (817 + 71 * depth) / 213 + std::min(int(eval - beta) / 192, 3);
+        Depth R = (982 + 85 * depth) / 256 + std::min(int(eval - beta) / 192, 3);
 
         ss->currentMove = MOVE_NULL;
         ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[0][0][NO_PIECE][0];