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Allow to prune also first move
authorMarco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Thu, 8 Dec 2011 18:25:52 +0000 (19:25 +0100)
committerMarco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:35:37 +0000 (17:35 +0100)
Tested togheter with previous patch; shows no regression and
is a semplification.

After 5817 games:
Mod vs Orig 939 - 892 - 3986 ELO +2 (+- 5.1)

Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
src/search.cpp

index 4c69a0522f90310e2eeb4fcf1d70197cab8954a9..ba31bd0221bc3a811a861c99c56d7c1df0025b2b 100644 (file)
@@ -1045,12 +1045,12 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
           && !inCheck
           && !dangerous
           &&  move != ttMove
-          && !is_castle(move))
+          && !is_castle(move)
+          && (bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_PLY_MAX || bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE))
       {
           // Move count based pruning
           if (   moveCount >= futility_move_count(depth)
-              && (!threatMove || !connected_threat(pos, move, threatMove))
-              && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_PLY_MAX) // FIXME bestValue is racy
+              && (!threatMove || !connected_threat(pos, move, threatMove)))
           {
               if (SpNode)
                   lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
@@ -1075,7 +1075,6 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
 
           // Prune moves with negative SEE at low depths
           if (   predictedDepth < 2 * ONE_PLY
-              && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_PLY_MAX
               && pos.see_sign(move) < 0)
           {
               if (SpNode)