From: Stefano80 <stefano.cardanobile@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 17:18:38 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Improve ordering of good captures using rank term
X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=commitdiff_plain;h=59f64fda4fffe595d53183caae94b1d9a2062f32

Improve ordering of good captures using rank term

Rank based term improved approximation of pos.see() for scoring good
captures.

STC
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [-1.50,4.50]
Total: 4632 W: 945 L: 827 D: 2860

LTC
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,6.00]
Total: 25770 W: 4184 L: 3964 D: 17622

Bench: 7593704

Resolves #342
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diff --git a/src/movepick.cpp b/src/movepick.cpp
index 9656e5e6..3fe09bb7 100644
--- a/src/movepick.cpp
+++ b/src/movepick.cpp
@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ void MovePicker::score<CAPTURES>() {
   // badCaptures[] array, but instead of doing it now we delay until the move
   // has been picked up in pick_move_from_list(). This way we save some SEE
   // calls in case we get a cutoff.
-  for (auto& m : *this)
-      m.value =  Value(int(pos.piece_on(to_sq(m))));
+  for (auto& m : *this){
+      m.value = PieceValue[MG][pos.piece_on(to_sq(m))] - 200*relative_rank(pos.side_to_move(), to_sq(m));
+  }
 }
 
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