From: Alain SAVARD <support@multicim.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 18:30:17 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Retire PawnSafePush bonus
X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=commitdiff_plain;h=69a1a808c8ed02332914afbb503f3d96fa8bb093;hp=600234f2e23d1244fd38a31ac08a77f00b85a087

Retire PawnSafePush bonus

PawnSafePush, with the value S(5,5) proved not "necessary"
possibly due to recent changes to MobilityArea and other changes to Connected bonus.

STC:
LLR: 3.22 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 98528 W: 18757 L: 18759 D: 61012

LTC:
LLR: 5.30 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 204194 W: 31698 L: 31734 D: 140762

Bench: 7620871

Resolves #396
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diff --git a/src/evaluate.cpp b/src/evaluate.cpp
index 5c9bc86a..3e8dcc26 100644
--- a/src/evaluate.cpp
+++ b/src/evaluate.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ namespace {
   const Score Unstoppable        = S( 0, 20);
   const Score Hanging            = S(31, 26);
   const Score PawnAttackThreat   = S(20, 20);
-  const Score PawnSafePush       = S( 5,  5);
 
   // Penalty for a bishop on a1/h1 (a8/h8 for black) which is trapped by
   // a friendly pawn on b2/g2 (b7/g7 for black). This can obviously only
@@ -527,7 +526,7 @@ namespace {
             score += more_than_one(b) ? KingOnMany : KingOnOne;
     }
 
-    // Add a small bonus for safe pawn pushes
+    // Bonus if some pawns can safely push and attack an enemy piece
     b = pos.pieces(Us, PAWN) & ~TRank7BB;
     b = shift_bb<Up>(b | (shift_bb<Up>(b & TRank2BB) & ~pos.pieces()));
 
@@ -535,10 +534,6 @@ namespace {
         & ~ei.attackedBy[Them][PAWN]
         & (ei.attackedBy[Us][ALL_PIECES] | ~ei.attackedBy[Them][ALL_PIECES]);
 
-    if (b)
-        score += popcount<Full>(b) * PawnSafePush;
-
-    // Add another bonus if the pawn push attacks an enemy piece
     b =  (shift_bb<Left>(b) | shift_bb<Right>(b))
        &  pos.pieces(Them)
        & ~ei.attackedBy[Us][PAWN];