From: Henri Wiechers <hwiechers@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 05:46:46 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Faster handling of king captures in Position::see
X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=commitdiff_plain;h=ddeb01612b122bbeeb59a26ba6f8c6f1e4283199

Faster handling of king captures in Position::see

Another SEE speed up that passed the SPRT short TC test!

LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [-1.50,4.50]
Total: 81337 W: 15060 L: 14745 D: 51532

No functional change.
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diff --git a/src/position.cpp b/src/position.cpp
index 8f384930..6f874763 100644
--- a/src/position.cpp
+++ b/src/position.cpp
@@ -1080,13 +1080,18 @@ int Position::see(Move m) const {
 
       // Locate and remove the next least valuable attacker
       captured = min_attacker<PAWN>(byTypeBB, to, stmAttackers, occupied, attackers);
-      stm = ~stm;
-      stmAttackers = attackers & pieces(stm);
 
       // Stop before processing a king capture
-      if (captured == KING && stmAttackers)
+      if (captured == KING)
+      {
+          if (stmAttackers == attackers)
+              ++slIndex;
+
           break;
+      }
 
+      stm = ~stm;
+      stmAttackers = attackers & pieces(stm);
       ++slIndex;
 
   } while (stmAttackers);