From: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:22:20 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Try null move before captures
X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=commitdiff_plain;h=ac65b14d30aca87ec7cafa421739f7b9b7325a8f

Try null move before captures

Always after TT move but before captures.

This seems a better setup against version before this
patch.

After 999 games at 1+0

Mod - Orig +252 =527 -220 +11 ELO

Unfortunatly it does not seems to improve on the standard
version, with null move outside of movepicker (595a90df) with
the latest speed-up patches added in.

After 999 games at 1+0

Mod - Standard +244 =506 -249 -2 ELO

Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/src/movepick.cpp b/src/movepick.cpp
index 45d989c9..1cae5ca1 100644
--- a/src/movepick.cpp
+++ b/src/movepick.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace {
   CACHE_LINE_ALIGNMENT
   const MovegenPhaseT MainSearchPhaseTable[] = { PH_NULL_MOVE, PH_TT_MOVES, PH_GOOD_CAPTURES, PH_KILLERS, PH_NONCAPTURES, PH_BAD_CAPTURES, PH_STOP};
   const MovegenPhaseT MainSearchNoNullPhaseTable[] = { PH_TT_MOVES, PH_GOOD_CAPTURES, PH_KILLERS, PH_NONCAPTURES, PH_BAD_CAPTURES, PH_STOP};
-  const MovegenPhaseT LowSearchPhaseTable[]  = { PH_TT_MOVES, PH_GOOD_CAPTURES, PH_NULL_MOVE, PH_KILLERS, PH_NONCAPTURES, PH_BAD_CAPTURES, PH_STOP};
+  const MovegenPhaseT LowSearchPhaseTable[]  = { PH_TT_MOVES, PH_NULL_MOVE, PH_GOOD_CAPTURES, PH_KILLERS, PH_NONCAPTURES, PH_BAD_CAPTURES, PH_STOP};
   const MovegenPhaseT EvasionsPhaseTable[] = { PH_EVASIONS, PH_STOP};
   const MovegenPhaseT QsearchWithChecksPhaseTable[] = { PH_TT_MOVES, PH_QCAPTURES, PH_QCHECKS, PH_STOP};
   const MovegenPhaseT QsearchWithoutChecksPhaseTable[] = { PH_TT_MOVES, PH_QCAPTURES, PH_STOP};