From: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:25:59 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Introduce scale factor in pawn evaluation
X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6b7efa0cd14b73416c9030462f79a02bbfc7ad2c;hp=c23cd4d90aa91504a5a3ec3ce896d1e35e34c494

Introduce scale factor in pawn evaluation

The idea is to reduce the score if we have many
pawns opposing an enemy pawn so that the draw
possibility increases.

Just introduced the logic, but no functional change.

Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
---

diff --git a/src/evaluate.cpp b/src/evaluate.cpp
index 9bb6c1c0..5f86227c 100644
--- a/src/evaluate.cpp
+++ b/src/evaluate.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,13 @@ Value do_evaluate(const Position& pos, EvalInfo& ei, int threadID) {
           factor[BLACK] = sf;
   }
 
+  // If we don't already have an unusual scale factor, use pawn
+  // evaluation ones.
+  if (factor[WHITE] == SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL)
+      factor[WHITE] = ei.pi->scale_factor(WHITE);
+  if (factor[BLACK] == SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL)
+      factor[BLACK] = ei.pi->scale_factor(BLACK);
+
   // Interpolate between the middle game and the endgame score
   Color stm = pos.side_to_move();
 
diff --git a/src/material.cpp b/src/material.cpp
index 65c8c862..f0ee5f68 100644
--- a/src/material.cpp
+++ b/src/material.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ MaterialInfo* MaterialInfoTable::get_material_info(const Position& pos) {
     {
         if (   pos.non_pawn_material(c) == pos.non_pawn_material(opposite_color(c))
             || pos.non_pawn_material(c) < RookValueMidgame)
-            mi->factor[c] = 0;
+            mi->factor[c] = SCALE_FACTOR_ZERO;
         else
         {
             switch (pos.piece_count(c, BISHOP)) {
diff --git a/src/pawns.cpp b/src/pawns.cpp
index df7a0a2d..b381b5c4 100644
--- a/src/pawns.cpp
+++ b/src/pawns.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ namespace {
     S(34,68), S(83,166), S(0, 0), S( 0, 0)
   };
 
+  // UnpairedPawnsTable[] gives a score according to the number
+  // of panws that do not have an enemy pawn in front of them.
+  const int UnpairedPawnsTable[8] = {
+    SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL, SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL, SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL, SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL,
+    SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL, SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL, SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL, SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL
+  };
+
   // Pawn storm tables for positions with opposite castling
   const int QStormTable[64] = {
     0,  0,  0,  0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -187,6 +194,7 @@ Score PawnInfoTable::evaluate_pawns(const Position& pos, Bitboard ourPawns,
   int bonus;
   Score value = make_score(0, 0);
   const Square* ptr = pos.piece_list_begin(Us, PAWN);
+  int unpairedPawnsNum = pos.piece_count(Us, PAWN);
 
   // Initialize pawn storm scores by giving bonuses for open files
   for (f = FILE_A; f <= FILE_H; f++)
@@ -211,6 +219,10 @@ Score PawnInfoTable::evaluate_pawns(const Position& pos, Bitboard ourPawns,
       doubled  = ourPawns & squares_behind(Us, s);
       opposed  = theirPawns & squares_in_front_of(Us, s);
 
+      // Decrease number of unpaired pawns
+      if (opposed)
+          unpairedPawnsNum--;
+
       // We calculate kingside and queenside pawn storm
       // scores for both colors. These are used when evaluating
       // middle game positions with opposite side castling.
@@ -337,6 +349,9 @@ Score PawnInfoTable::evaluate_pawns(const Position& pos, Bitboard ourPawns,
           value += CandidateBonus[relative_rank(Us, s)];
   }
 
+  // Calculate a scale factor to be used to evaluate if position is drawish
+  pi->factor[Us] = UnpairedPawnsTable[unpairedPawnsNum];
+
   return value;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pawns.h b/src/pawns.h
index 2dc86684..5939253b 100644
--- a/src/pawns.h
+++ b/src/pawns.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 ////
 
 #include "bitboard.h"
+#include "scale.h"
 #include "value.h"
 
 ////
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public:
   Value queenside_storm_value(Color c) const;
   Bitboard pawn_attacks(Color c) const;
   Bitboard passed_pawns() const;
+  ScaleFactor scale_factor(Color c) const;
   int file_is_half_open(Color c, File f) const;
   int has_open_file_to_left(Color c, File f) const;
   int has_open_file_to_right(Color c, File f) const;
@@ -67,8 +69,7 @@ private:
   Square kingSquares[2];
   Score value;
   int16_t ksStormValue[2], qsStormValue[2];
-  uint8_t halfOpenFiles[2];
-  uint8_t kingShelters[2];
+  uint8_t halfOpenFiles[2], kingShelters[2], factor[2];
 };
 
 /// The PawnInfoTable class represents a pawn hash table.  It is basically
@@ -116,6 +117,10 @@ inline Value PawnInfo::queenside_storm_value(Color c) const {
   return Value(qsStormValue[c]);
 }
 
+inline ScaleFactor PawnInfo::scale_factor(Color c) const {
+  return ScaleFactor(factor[c]);
+}
+
 inline int PawnInfo::file_is_half_open(Color c, File f) const {
   return (halfOpenFiles[c] & (1 << int(f)));
 }
diff --git a/src/scale.h b/src/scale.h
index a02cc764..bcf37dd4 100644
--- a/src/scale.h
+++ b/src/scale.h
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
 ////
 
 enum ScaleFactor {
-  SCALE_FACTOR_ZERO = 0,
+  SCALE_FACTOR_ZERO   = 0,
   SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL = 64,
-  SCALE_FACTOR_MAX = 128,
-  SCALE_FACTOR_NONE = 255
+  SCALE_FACTOR_MAX    = 128,
+  SCALE_FACTOR_NONE   = 255
 };