From: Vizvezdenec <Vizvezdenec@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 11:55:52 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Do less futility pruning for captures.
X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=commitdiff_plain;h=bbe98576846ad44ca531cdb6f42bf3eefa7d47c5

Do less futility pruning for captures.

The idea of this patch is that if capture can be described as
"less valuable piece takes more valuable piece" it's not really correct
to add only piece value of captured piece to static evaluation
since there can be more threats in other places and opponent can't really
do much but recapture our capturing piece which leaves us space for
more captures thus winning more material and increasing static eval.

passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ef0167b122d6514328d760f
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 24736 W: 4838 L: 4607 D: 15291
Ptnml(0-2): 438, 2812, 5648, 3021, 449

passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ef073bc122d6514328d7693
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 46152 W: 5865 L: 5567 D: 34720
Ptnml(0-2): 312, 4160, 13886, 4354, 364

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2761

bench 4789930
---

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 563d1aab..671ac489 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
               if (   !givesCheck
                   && lmrDepth < 6
                   && !(PvNode && abs(bestValue) < 2)
+                  && PieceValue[MG][type_of(movedPiece)] >= PieceValue[MG][type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)))]
                   && !ss->inCheck
                   && ss->staticEval + 267 + 391 * lmrDepth + PieceValue[MG][type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)))] <= alpha)
                   continue;