mstembera [Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:59:27 +0000 (16:59 -0700)]
Support VNNI on 256bit vectors
due to downclocking on current chips (tested up to cascade lake)
supporting avx512 and vnni512, it is better to use avx2 or vnni256
in multithreaded (in particular hyperthreaded) engine use.
In single threaded use, the picture is different.
gcc compilation for vnni256 requires a toolchain for gcc >= 9.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3038
No functional change
George Sobala [Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:37:42 +0000 (06:37 +0100)]
armv8 AArch64 does not require -mfpu=neon
-mpfu is not required on AArch64 / armv8 architecture on Linux and throws an error if present.
This PR has been tested on gcc and clang on Gentoo-64 and Raspian-64 on a Raspberry Pi 4,
as well as with a cross from Ubuntu
(`make clean && make -j build ARCH=armv8 COMP=gcc COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-g++`)
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/3056
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3059
No functional change
Vizvezdenec [Sun, 23 Aug 2020 11:22:32 +0000 (14:22 +0300)]
Introduce movecount pruning for qsearch()
If in quiescence search, we assume that me can prune late moves when:
a) the move ordering count of the move is : moveCount > abs(depth) + 2
b) we are not in check
c) the late move does not give check
d) the late move is not an advanced pawn push
Modification of an original idea by @VoyagerOne.
STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f40581787a5c3c63d8f535f
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.25,1.25}
Total: 132848 W: 14999 L: 14661 D: 103188
Ptnml(0-2): 684, 11242, 42309, 11430, 759
LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f4226da87a5c3c63d8f5412
LLR: 2.98 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.25}
Total: 12008 W: 678 L: 551 D: 10779
Ptnml(0-2): 8, 485, 4899, 596, 16
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3053
Bench:
3749974
syzygy1 [Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:36:34 +0000 (13:36 +0200)]
Skip the alignment bug workaround for Clang
Clang-10.0.0 poses as gcc-4.2:
$ clang++ -E -dM - </dev/null | grep GNUC
This means that Clang is using the workaround for the alignment bug of gcc-8
even though it does not have the bug (as far as I know).
This patch should speed up AVX2 and AVX512 compiles on Windows (when using Clang),
because it disables (for Clang) the gcc workaround we had introduced in this commit:
https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/commit/
875183b310a8249922c2155e82cb4cecfae2097e
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3050
No functional change.
Joost VandeVondele [Sat, 11 Jul 2020 14:59:33 +0000 (16:59 +0200)]
Small trivial cleanups
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2801
No functional change
Stéphane Nicolet [Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:37:53 +0000 (11:37 +0200)]
Instructions to build on older Macintosh
In recent Macs, it is possible to use the Clang compiler provided by Apple
to compile Stockfish out of the box, and this is the method used by default
in our Makefile (the Makefile sets the macosx-version-min=10.14 flag to select
the right libc++ library for the Clang compiler with recent c++17 support).
But it is quite possible to compile and run Stockfish on older Macs! Below
we describe a method to install a recent GNU compiler on these Macs, to get
the c++17 support. We have tested the following procedure to install gcc10 on
machines running Mac OS 10.7, Mac OS 10.9 and Mac OS 10.13:
1) install XCode for your machine.
2) install Apple command-line developer tools for XCode, by typing the following
command in a Terminal:
```
sudo xcode-select --install
```
3) go to the Stockfish "src" directory, then try a default build and run Stockfish:
```
make clean
make build
make net
./stockfish
```
4) if step 3 worked, congrats! You have a compiler recent enough on your Mac
to compile Stockfish. If not, continue with step 5 to install GNU gcc10 :-)
5) install the MacPorts package manager (https://www.macports.org/install.php),
for instance using the fast method in the "macOS Package (.pkg) Installer"
section of the page.
6) use the "port" command to install the gcc10 package of MacPorts by typing the
following command:
```
sudo port install gcc10
```
With this step, MacPorts will install the gcc10 compiler under the name "g++-mp-10"
in the /opt/local/bin directory:
```
which g++-mp-10
/opt/local/bin/g++-mp-10 <--- answer
```
7) You can now go back to the "src" directory of Stockfish, and try to build
Stockfish by pointing at the right compiler:
```
make clean
make build COMP=gcc COMPCXX=/opt/local/bin/g++-mp-10
make net
./stockfish
```
8) Enjoy Stockfish on Macintosh!
See this pull request for further discussion:
https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3049
No functional change
Joost VandeVondele [Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:10:55 +0000 (22:10 +0200)]
Explicitly rely on pthreads if possible
allows us to set the needed stacksize on thread creation.
Useful for environments with too small a default stack size (e.g. Alpine Linux with musl).
Passed STC, no regression:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.25,0.25}
Total: 17816 W: 1344 L: 1275 D: 15197
Ptnml(0-2): 30, 1057, 6682, 1092, 47
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f402b5587a5c3c63d8f534d
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3047
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/3041
No functional change.
MJZ1977 [Fri, 21 Aug 2020 08:57:34 +0000 (10:57 +0200)]
Display classic and NNUE evaluation in trace mode
show both the classical and NNUE evaluation,
as well as the Final evaluation.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3042
No functional change.
Unai Corzo [Fri, 21 Aug 2020 07:24:25 +0000 (09:24 +0200)]
Simplify away internal iterative deepening
Remove the iterative deepening step.
Instead, employ a depth reduction if the position is not in TT and on the PV.
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3ce6eaa95672ddd56c637e
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 41096 W: 4421 L: 4257 D: 32418
Ptnml(0-2): 207, 3259, 13460, 3407, 215
LTC (old) https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3d7d4fa95672ddd56c640b
LLR: 2.92 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 26032 W: 1320 L: 1309 D: 23403
Ptnml(0-2): 22, 1152, 10654, 1169, 19
LTC (new) https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3e31e0a95672ddd56c6464
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.75,0.25}
Total: 34160 W: 1844 L: 1766 D: 30550
Ptnml(0-2): 33, 1533, 13876, 1599, 39
bench:
3849173
gsobala [Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:28:53 +0000 (11:28 +0100)]
Update Makefile for macOS
Changes to deal with compilation (particularly profile-build) on macOS.
(1) The default toolchain has gcc masquerading as clang,
the previous Makefile was not picking up the required changes
to the different profiling tools.
(2) The previous Makefile test for gccisclang occurred before
a potential overwrite of CXX by COMPCXX
(3) llvm-profdata no longer runs as a command on macOS and
instead is invoked by ``xcrun llvm-profdata``
(4) Needs to support use of true gcc using e.g.
``make build ... COMPCXX=g++-10``
(5) enable profile-build in travis for macOS
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3043
No functional change
Joost VandeVondele [Fri, 21 Aug 2020 05:42:19 +0000 (07:42 +0200)]
Deal with very old linux kernels
MADV_HUGEPAGE might not be available, for kernels before 2.6.38 (released 2011). Just skip the madvise.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3039
No functional change
Joost VandeVondele [Thu, 20 Aug 2020 12:24:49 +0000 (14:24 +0200)]
Set Use NNUE by default to true
Since the initial stages of the merge, progress has been made so that
this seems the best option now:
* NNUE is clearly stronger on most relevant hardware and time controls
* All of our CI and testing infrastructure has been adjusted
* The default net is easy to get (further ideas #3030)
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2861
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3033
No functional change.
Joost VandeVondele [Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:21:41 +0000 (19:21 +0200)]
Send error message as an UCI info string
some GUIs do not show the error message when the engine terminates in the no-net case, as it is send to cerr.
Instead send it as an info string, which the GUI will more likely display.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3031
No functional change.
SFisGOD [Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:54:28 +0000 (18:54 +0800)]
Reintroduce last captures extension
STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 34840 W: 3834 L: 3682 D: 27324
Ptnml(0-2): 153, 2767, 11455, 2865, 180
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3bb380b38d442594aabefc
LTC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 15832 W: 890 L: 776 D: 14166
Ptnml(0-2): 17, 669, 6429, 785, 16
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3c46a0a95672ddd56c632a
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3028
see also https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3020
Bench:
4348811
syzygy1 [Mon, 17 Aug 2020 23:56:12 +0000 (01:56 +0200)]
Expanded support for x86-32 architectures.
add new ARCH targets
x86-32-sse41-popcnt > x86 32-bit with sse41 and popcnt support
x86-32-sse2 > x86 32-bit with sse2 support
x86-32 > x86 32-bit generic (with mmx and sse support)
retire x86-32-old (use general-32)
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3022
No functional change.
Joost VandeVondele [Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:06:28 +0000 (18:06 +0200)]
Better error message on missing curl/wget
provide clean error/warning message for missing curl/wget, sha256sum/shasum
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/3025
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3026
No functional change
Joost VandeVondele [Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:49:06 +0000 (08:49 +0200)]
Fix Makefile typo
remove stray quote, shown with `make help`
No functional change
mstembera [Sun, 16 Aug 2020 22:23:50 +0000 (15:23 -0700)]
Fallback to NNUE
If the classical eval ends up much smaller than estimated fall back to NNUE.
Also use multiply instead of divide for the threshold comparison for smoother transitions without rounding.
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3a5011b38d442594aabdfe
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 57352 W: 6325 L: 6135 D: 44892
Ptnml(0-2): 277, 4748, 18482, 4846, 323
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3aee9db38d442594aabe82
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 16232 W: 897 L: 781 D: 14554
Ptnml(0-2): 19, 679, 6616, 771, 31
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3023
bench:
4026216
-----
Recommended net: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/api/nn/nn-
82215d0fd0df.nnue
Unai Corzo [Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:22:32 +0000 (18:22 +0200)]
Remove last captures extension
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f395657e98b6c64b3df41dd
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 144664 W: 15426 L: 15537 D: 113701
Ptnml(0-2): 612, 11341, 48537, 11230, 612
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3a2ec7b38d442594aabdd7
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 22728 W: 1161 L: 1146 D: 20421
Ptnml(0-2): 21, 960, 9388, 973, 22
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3020
bench:
3832662
VoyagerOne [Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:58:03 +0000 (08:58 -0400)]
Remove history bonus from Eval
STC:
LLR: 2.92 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 26776 W: 2787 L: 2725 D: 21264
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f39d6beb38d442594aabd9b
LTC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 12968 W: 635 L: 608 D: 11725
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f39decfb38d442594aabda7
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3019
Bench:
4335100
notruck [Sun, 16 Aug 2020 15:59:13 +0000 (08:59 -0700)]
Support building for Android using NDK
The easiest way to use the NDK in conjunction with this Makefile (tested on linux-x86_64):
1. Download the latest NDK (r21d) from Google from https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads
2. Place and unzip the NDK in $HOME/ndk folder
3. Export the path variable e.g., `export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/ndk/android-ndk-r21d/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin`
4. cd to your Stockfish/src dir
5. Issue `make -j ARCH=armv8 COMP=ndk build` (use `ARCH=armv7` or `ARCH=armv7-neon` for older CPUs)
6. Optionally `make -j ARCH=armv8 COMP=ndk strip`
7. That's all. Enjoy!
Improves support from Raspberry Pi (incomplete?) and compiling on arm in general
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3015
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2860
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2641
Support is still fragile as we're missing CI on these targets. Nevertheless tested with:
```bash
# build crosses from ubuntu 20.04 on x86 to various arch/OS combos
# tested with suitable packages installed
# (build-essentials, mingw-w64, g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf, NDK (r21d) from google)
# cross to Android
export PATH=$HOME/ndk/android-ndk-r21d/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
make clean && make -j build ARCH=armv7 COMP=ndk && make -j build ARCH=armv7 COMP=ndk strip
make clean && make -j build ARCH=armv7-neon COMP=ndk && make -j build ARCH=armv7-neon COMP=ndk strip
make clean && make -j build ARCH=armv8 COMP=ndk && make -j build ARCH=armv8 COMP=ndk strip
# cross to Raspberry Pi
make clean && make -j build ARCH=armv7 COMP=gcc COMPILER=arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++
make clean && make -j build ARCH=armv7-neon COMP=gcc COMPILER=arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++
# cross to Windows
make clean && make -j build ARCH=x86-64-modern COMP=mingw
```
No functional change
Unai Corzo [Mon, 17 Aug 2020 07:22:15 +0000 (09:22 +0200)]
Simplify away the passed pawn extension
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3955f0e98b6c64b3df41d7
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 31992 W: 3611 L: 3548 D: 24833
Ptnml(0-2): 174, 2658, 10273, 2713, 178
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f399e41e98b6c64b3df4210
LLR: 3.01 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 29568 W: 1488 L: 1480 D: 26600
Ptnml(0-2): 40, 1272, 12142, 1300, 30
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3017
bench:
3844671
-----
Recommended net: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/api/nn/nn-
82215d0fd0df.nnue
Stéphane Nicolet [Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:46:54 +0000 (21:46 +0200)]
Reformat code in little-endian patch
Reformat code and rename the function to "read_little_endian()" in the recent
commit by Ronald de Man for support of big endian systems.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3016
No functional change
-----
Recommended net: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/api/nn/nn-
82215d0fd0df.nnue
Joost VandeVondele [Sun, 16 Aug 2020 11:21:07 +0000 (13:21 +0200)]
Add further targets to travis testing
general-32, general-64 and help
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3014
No functional change
syzygy1 [Sat, 15 Aug 2020 14:50:39 +0000 (16:50 +0200)]
Assume network file is in little-endian byte order
This patch fixes the byte order when reading 16- and 32-bit values from the network file on a big-endian machine.
Bytes are ordered in read_le() using unsigned arithmetic, which doesn't need tricks to determine the endianness of the machine. Unfortunately the compiler doesn't seem to be able to optimise the ordering operation, but reading in the weights is not a time-critical operation and the extra time it takes should not be noticeable.
Big endian systems are still untested with NNUE.
fixes #3007
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3009
No functional change.
Daylen Yang [Sat, 15 Aug 2020 02:53:46 +0000 (19:53 -0700)]
Display NEON in compiler string
if NEON intrinsics are being used and USE_NEON is defined.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3008
No functional change
Joost VandeVondele [Fri, 14 Aug 2020 20:18:12 +0000 (22:18 +0200)]
Use NNUE more for fortresses
Increases the use of NNUE evaluation in positions without captures/pawn moves,
by increasing the NNUEThreshold threshold with rule50_count.
This patch will force Stockfish to use NNUE eval more and more in materially
unbalanced positions, when it seems that the classical eval is struggling to
win and only manages to shuffle. This will ask the (slower) NNUE eval to
double-check the potential fortress branches of the search tree, but only
when necessary.
passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f36f1bf11a9b1a1dbf192d8
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 51824 W: 5836 L: 5653 D: 40335
Ptnml(0-2): 264, 4356, 16512, 4493, 287
passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f37836111a9b1a1dbf1936d
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 29768 W: 1747 L: 1590 D: 26431
Ptnml(0-2): 33, 1347, 11977, 1484, 43
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3011
Bench:
4173967
mstembera [Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:49:33 +0000 (04:49 -0700)]
Try to match relative magnitude of NNUE eval to classical
The idea is that since we are mixing NNUE and classical evals matching their magnitudes closer allows for better comparisons.
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f35a65411a9b1a1dbf18e2b
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 9840 W: 1150 L: 1027 D: 7663
Ptnml(0-2): 49, 772, 3175, 855, 69
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f35bcbe11a9b1a1dbf18e47
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 44424 W: 2492 L: 2294 D: 39638
Ptnml(0-2): 42, 2015, 17915, 2183, 57
also corrects the location to clamp the evaluation (non-function on bench).
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3003
bench:
3905447
Miguel Lahoz [Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:57:11 +0000 (22:57 +0800)]
Also dampen NNUE eval with 50 move rule
Move the existing dampening function last so that NNUE evaluations are
also handled as we approach the 50 move rule.
STC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 4792 W: 695 L: 561 D: 3536
Ptnml(0-2): 19, 420, 1422, 478, 57
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3164179081672066537534
LTC:
LLR: 8.62 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 286744 W: 18494 L: 17430 D: 250820
Ptnml(0-2): 418, 14886, 111745, 15860, 463
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f316b039081672066537541
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3004
Bench:
4001800
Joost VandeVondele [Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:54:13 +0000 (22:54 +0200)]
Verify SHA of downloaded net file
check SHA of the available and downloaded file.
Document the format requirement on the default net.
Also allow curl to make possibly insecure connections, as needed for old curl.
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2998
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3000
No functional change.
Stéphane Nicolet [Thu, 13 Aug 2020 11:40:06 +0000 (13:40 +0200)]
Clean-up Makefile help
Do not show the details of the default architecture for a simple "make help"
invocation, as the details are most likely to confuse beginners. Instead we
make it clear which architecture is the default and put an example at the end
of the Makefile as an incentative to use "make help ARCH=blah" to discover
the flags used by the different architectures.
```
make help
make help ARCH=x86-64-ssse3
```
Also clean-up and modernize a bit the Makefile examples while at it.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2996
No functional change
Sergio Vieri [Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:21:21 +0000 (23:21 +0800)]
Update default net to nn-
82215d0fd0df.nnue
Net created at:
20200812-2257
passed STC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f340ca99e5f2effc089da17
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 5744 W: 756 L: 627 D: 4361
Ptnml(0-2): 28, 485, 1731, 586, 42
passed LTC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f341eba9e5f2effc089da23
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 17136 W: 1041 L: 917 D: 15178
Ptnml(0-2): 13, 813, 6807, 907, 28
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2992
Bench:
3935117
Joost VandeVondele [Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:21:12 +0000 (17:21 +0200)]
Output the SSE2 flag in compiler_info
was missing in the list of outputs, slightly reorder flags.
explicitly add -msse2 if USE_SSE2 (is implicit already, -msse -m64).
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2990
No functional change.
mstembera [Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:59:39 +0000 (12:59 -0700)]
Add support for VNNI
Adds support for Vector Neural Network Instructions (avx512), as available on Intel Cascade Lake
The _mm512_dpbusd_epi32() intrinsic (vpdpbusd instruction) is taylor made for NNUE.
on a cascade lake CPU (AWS C5.24x.large, gcc 10) NNUE eval is at roughly 78% nps of classical
(single core test)
bench 1024 1 24 default depth:
target classical NNUE ratio
vnni
2207232 1725987 78.20
avx512
2216789 1671734 75.41
avx2
2194006 1611263 73.44
modern
2185001 1352469 61.90
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2987
No functional change
Daylen Yang [Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:02:48 +0000 (12:02 -0700)]
Use posix_memalign for Apple Silicon instead of _mm_malloc
fails to build on that target, because of missing Intel Intrinsics.
macOS has posix_memalign() since ~2014 so we can simplify the code and just use that for all Apple platforms.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2985
No functional change.
Joost VandeVondele [Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:11:17 +0000 (21:11 +0200)]
Restrict avx2 hack to windows target
this workaround is possibly rather a windows & gcc specific problem. See e.g.
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54412#c25
on Linux with gcc 8 this patch brings roughly a 8% speedup.
However, probably needs some testing in the wild.
includes a workaround for an old msys make (3.81) installation (fixes #2984)
No functional change
SFisGOD [Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:13:56 +0000 (21:13 +0800)]
Tweak castling extension
Change condition from three friendly pieces to two. This now means that we only extend castling on the king side if there are no other friendly pieces aside from king and rook. For the queen side, we only extend if there is only a rook and another friendly piece or if there is only a single rook and no other friendly piece but this is very rare.
STC:
LLR: 3.20 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 31144 W: 4086 L: 3903 D: 23155
Ptnml(0-2): 227, 2843, 9278, 2968, 256
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f31487f9081672066537516
LTC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 57816 W: 3786 L: 3538 D: 50492
Ptnml(0-2): 92, 2991, 22488, 3251, 86
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3167c3908167206653753d
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2980
Bench:
4244812
Guy Vreuls [Fri, 7 Aug 2020 15:07:46 +0000 (17:07 +0200)]
This commit enables a mixed bench, to improve CI and allow for PGO (profile-build) of the NNUE part of the code.
Joint work gvreuls / vondele
* Download the default NNUE net in AppVeyor
* Download net in travis CI `make net`
* Adjust tests to cover more archs, speedup instrumented testing
* Introduce 'mixed' bench as default, with further options:
classical, NNUE, mixed.
mixed (default) and NNUE require the default net to be present,
which can be obtained with
```
make net
```
Further examples (first is equivalent to `./stockfish bench`):
```
./stockfish bench 16 1 13 default depth mixed
./stockfish bench 16 1 13 default depth classical
./stockfish bench 16 1 13 default depth NNUE
```
The net is now downloaded automatically if needed for `profile-build`
(usual `build` works fine without net present)
PGO gives a nice speedup on fishtest:
passed STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 3360 W: 469 L: 343 D: 2548
Ptnml(0-2): 20, 246, 1030, 356, 28
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f31b5499081672066537569
passed LTC:
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 8824 W: 609 L: 502 D: 7713
Ptnml(0-2): 8, 430, 3438, 519, 17
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f31c87b908167206653757c
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2931
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2907
requires fishtest updates before commit
Bench:
4290577
mstembera [Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:52:46 +0000 (12:52 -0700)]
Fix AVX512 build with older compilers
avoids an intrinsic that is missing in gcc < 10.
For this target, might trigger another gcc bug on windows that
requires up-to-date gcc 8, 9, or 10, or usage of clang.
Fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2975
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2976
No functional change
Joost VandeVondele [Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:14:17 +0000 (16:14 +0200)]
More aligned_alloc changes to support Android
Move to posix_memalign for those platforms, in particular android,
that do not fully support c++17 std::aligned_alloc() (and are not windows)
see https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2860
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2973
No functional change
Guy Vreuls [Tue, 11 Aug 2020 02:38:38 +0000 (04:38 +0200)]
Fix parallel LTO issues on Windows
This adds -save-temps to the linker flags when parallel LTO is used on
MinGW/MSYS.
fixes #2977
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2978
No functional change.
Vizvezdenec [Sat, 18 Jul 2020 13:30:00 +0000 (16:30 +0300)]
Add comments to probCut code
and rename a variable
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2819
No functional change
Unai Corzo [Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:38:44 +0000 (15:38 +0200)]
Assorted search parameter tune
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f31219090816720665374ec
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 3376 W: 487 L: 359 D: 2530
Ptnml(0-2): 17, 253, 1042, 337, 39
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3127f79081672066537502
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 8360 W: 581 L: 475 D: 7304
Ptnml(0-2): 11, 407, 3238, 513, 11
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2971
bench:
4733874
Fanael Linithien [Sun, 9 Aug 2020 14:20:45 +0000 (16:20 +0200)]
Provide vectorized NNUE code for SSE2 and MMX targets
This patch allows old x86 CPUs, from AMD K8 (which the x86-64 baseline
targets) all the way down to the Pentium MMX, to benefit from NNUE with
comparable performance hit versus hand-written eval as on more modern
processors.
NPS of the bench with NNUE enabled on a Pentium III 1.13 GHz (using the
MMX code):
master: 38951
this patch: 80586
NPS of the bench with NNUE enabled using baseline x86-64 arch, which is
how linux distros are likely to package stockfish, on a modern CPU
(using the SSE2 code):
master: 882584
this patch:
1203945
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2956
No functional change.
mstembera [Sun, 9 Aug 2020 23:23:33 +0000 (16:23 -0700)]
Cleanup and optimize SSE/AVX code
AVX512 +4% faster
AVX2 +1% faster
SSSE3 +5% faster
passed non-regression STC:
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f31249f90816720665374f6
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 17576 W: 2344 L: 2245 D: 12987
Ptnml(0-2): 127, 1570, 5292, 1675, 124
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2962
No functional change
sf-x [Sun, 9 Aug 2020 15:01:18 +0000 (18:01 +0300)]
Makefile rework/cleanup
Makefile targets x86-64-sse42, x86-sse3 are removed; x86-64-sse41
is renamed to x86-64-sse41-popcnt (it did enable popcnt).
Makefile variables sse3, sse42, their associated compilation flags
and code in misc.cpp are removed.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2922
No functional change
SFisGOD [Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:39:22 +0000 (15:39 +0800)]
Modify castling extension
Extend castling only if there are few friendly pieces on the castling side.
Inspired by silversolver1's (Rahul Dsilva) test
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f0fef560640035f9d2978cf
STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 7096 W: 947 L: 818 D: 5331
Ptnml(0-2): 32, 604, 2181, 665, 66
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f309f729081672066537426
LTC:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 4712 W: 300 L: 215 D: 4197
Ptnml(0-2): 2, 190, 1895, 259, 10
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f30a2039081672066537430
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2970
Bench:
4094850
mstembera [Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:50:59 +0000 (23:50 -0700)]
Workaround using unaligned loads for gcc < 9
despite usage of alignas, the generated (avx2/avx512) code with older compilers needs to use
unaligned loads with older gcc (e.g. confirmed crash with gcc 7.3/mingw on abrok).
Better performance thus requires gcc >= 9 on hardware supporting avx2/avx512
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2969
No functional change
jjoshua2 [Sun, 9 Aug 2020 20:16:04 +0000 (16:16 -0400)]
simplying hybrid condition
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3059d1908167206653736b:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 12520 W: 766 L: 727 D: 11027
Ptnml(0-2): 13, 624, 4949, 659, 15
LTC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f30863a90816720665373d1
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 12520 W: 766 L: 727 D: 11027
Ptnml(0-2): 13, 624, 4949, 659, 15
closes: https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2965
Bench:
4084753
Sergio Vieri [Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:47:52 +0000 (08:47 +0800)]
Update default net to nn-
112bb1c8cdb5.nnue
First trained net using search eval instead of pv leaf static eval.
Net created at:
20200810-0744
passed STC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f30995d90816720665373f8
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 15416 W: 2071 L: 1920 D: 11425
Ptnml(0-2): 123, 1376, 4563, 1519, 127
passed LTC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f30a104908167206653742b
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 29792 W: 2003 L: 1834 D: 25955
Ptnml(0-2): 50, 1541, 11550, 1700, 55
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2966
Bench:
4084753
Joost VandeVondele [Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:18:15 +0000 (07:18 +0200)]
Revert "Avoid special casing for MinGW"
This reverts commit
a6e89293df5af35931b61d86b6de3872a981c100.
The offending setup has been found as gcc/mingw 7.3 (on Ubuntu 18.04).
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2963
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2968
No functional change.
Joost VandeVondele [Sun, 9 Aug 2020 16:11:38 +0000 (18:11 +0200)]
Fix a data race for NNUE
the stateInfo at the rootPos is no longer read-only, as the NNUE accumulator is part of it.
Threads can thus not share this object and need their own copy.
tested for no regression
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f3022239081672066536bce
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 52800 W: 6843 L: 6802 D: 39155
Ptnml(0-2): 336, 4646, 16399, 4679, 340
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2957
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2933
No functional change
Dariusz Orzechowski [Sun, 9 Aug 2020 21:32:24 +0000 (14:32 -0700)]
Avoid special casing for MinGW
after some testing, no version of MinGW/gcc has been found where this code is still necessary.
Probably older code (pre-c++17?)
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2891
No functional change
Vizvezdenec [Sun, 9 Aug 2020 18:39:46 +0000 (21:39 +0300)]
Adjust NNUE usage based on number of pawns in position
The idea of this patch is that positions are usually more complex and hard to evaluate even if there are more pawns.
This patch adjusts NNUE threshold usage depending on number of pawns in position, if pawn count is <3 we use the
classical evaluation more often, for pawn count = 3 patch the is non-functional,
with pawn count > 3 NNUE evaluation is used more often.
passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2f02d09081672066536b1f
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 36520 W: 5011 L: 4823 D: 26686
Ptnml(0-2): 299, 3482, 10548, 3594, 337
passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2f4c329081672066536b5c
LLR: 2.98 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 39272 W: 2630 L: 2433 D: 34209
Ptnml(0-2): 53, 2066, 15218, 2229, 70
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2960
bench
4084753
Joost VandeVondele [Sun, 9 Aug 2020 17:08:47 +0000 (19:08 +0200)]
Fix aligned_alloc on MinGW
introduced with
d7a26899a973536ab9d3ce4771d8276d1a4dc55c
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2959
No functional change.
Joost VandeVondele [Sun, 9 Aug 2020 09:05:07 +0000 (11:05 +0200)]
Improve error message on missing net.
small rewording, but also print the download url for the default net.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2954
No functional change
Daniel Dugovic [Sat, 8 Aug 2020 20:39:29 +0000 (15:39 -0500)]
Use fallback implementation for C++ aligned_alloc
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2921
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2927
No functional change
Unai Corzo [Sat, 8 Aug 2020 20:08:40 +0000 (22:08 +0200)]
LMR search tweak
All credit to Vizvezdenec, the original author of the idea.
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2d606a61e3b6af64881f88
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 8440 W: 1191 L: 1048 D: 6201
Ptnml(0-2): 59, 754, 2467, 865, 75
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2d84ad61e3b6af64881fbd
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 21896 W: 1557 L: 1406 D: 18933
Ptnml(0-2): 33, 1185, 8378, 1302, 50
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2951
bench:
4084753
Unai Corzo [Sat, 8 Aug 2020 20:03:37 +0000 (22:03 +0200)]
Singular extension search tweak
Tweak depth.
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2d22ec61e3b6af64881f40
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 17984 W: 2603 L: 2441 D: 12940
Ptnml(0-2): 133, 1751, 5094, 1849, 165
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2d5a6a61e3b6af64881f7f
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 85808 W: 5956 L: 5621 D: 74231
Ptnml(0-2): 149, 4748, 32785, 5063, 159
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2950
fixes two README.md typos:
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2932
bench:
4022669
Guy Vreuls [Sat, 8 Aug 2020 10:45:10 +0000 (12:45 +0200)]
Parallelize Link Time Optimization for GCC, CLANG and MINGW
This patch tries to run multiple LTO threads in parallel, speeding up
the build process of optimized builds if the -j make parameter is used.
This mitigates the longer linking times of optimized builds since the
integration of the NNUE code. Roughly 2x build speedup.
I've tried a similar patch some two years ago but it ran into trouble
with old compiler versions then. Since we're on the C++17 standard now
these old compilers should be obsolete.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2943
No functional change.
Vizvezdenec [Sat, 8 Aug 2020 14:43:41 +0000 (17:43 +0300)]
Do more aggressive futility pruning for captures
This patch lines up with other patches which use better eval to produce more aggressive cutoffs based on static evaluation of position, it allows more aggressive futility pruning for captures - so now we will be producing them with bigger evaluation of position, so more often.
passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2da79e61e3b6af64881fd2
LLR: 3.87 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 27256 W: 3809 L: 3593 D: 19854
Ptnml(0-2): 221, 2578, 7830, 2762, 237
passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2df92061e3b6af64882012
LLR: 4.97 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 43624 W: 3095 L: 2820 D: 37709
Ptnml(0-2): 66, 2410, 16608, 2639, 89
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2946
Bench:
4272280
Moez Jellouli [Sat, 8 Aug 2020 10:35:34 +0000 (12:35 +0200)]
update Null Move Pruning parameters
STC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2dc38561e3b6af64881fec
LLR: 2.99 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 6120 W: 903 L: 758 D: 4459
Ptnml(0-2): 44, 535, 1775, 644, 62
LTC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2dd55f61e3b6af64882003
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 7424 W: 577 L: 463 D: 6384
Ptnml(0-2): 16, 375, 2824, 473, 24
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2942
bench
4107833
mckx00 [Sat, 8 Aug 2020 10:07:07 +0000 (03:07 -0700)]
Remove unnecessay legality check
Possible after the recent reording pos.legal(move) check
https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2941
No functional change.
U-DESKTOP-3900\Mark [Fri, 7 Aug 2020 23:53:18 +0000 (19:53 -0400)]
simplified and increased threshold to switch between NNUE and classical
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2deb1661e3b6af6488200f
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 10376 W: 1481 L: 1359 D: 7536
Ptnml(0-2): 91, 953, 2981, 1069, 94
LTC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/html/live_elo.html?
5f2e0a0461e3b6af64882019
LLR: 2.99 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 5040 W: 375 L: 315 D: 4350
Ptnml(0-2): 7, 263, 1926, 311, 13
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2934
Bench:
4067325
Vizvezdenec [Sat, 8 Aug 2020 02:51:26 +0000 (05:51 +0300)]
Do more futility pruning for parent nodes.
This patch increases LMRdepth threshold for futility pruning at parent nodes so it can apply more often.
With radical change to evaluation approach it seems that search is really far from optimal state, especially it parts that use static evaluation of position.
passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2da75661e3b6af64881fd0
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 8744 W: 1305 L: 1156 D: 6283
Ptnml(0-2): 75, 789, 2500, 928, 80
passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2dcb2a61e3b6af64881ff3
LLR: 2.98 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 17728 W: 1256 L: 1117 D: 15355
Ptnml(0-2): 22, 961, 6774, 1070, 37
Bench:
4067325
SFisGOD [Fri, 7 Aug 2020 19:45:08 +0000 (03:45 +0800)]
Reintroduce late irreversible move extension
Reintroduce vondele's late irreversible move extension for fortress keeping.
This was removed when we only had classical eval.
Now that we have the NNUE net, it seems that this is useful again.
STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 5352 W: 787 L: 653 D: 3912
Ptnml(0-2): 34, 451, 1579, 571, 41
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2dc8ad61e3b6af64881ff0
LTC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 14416 W: 1013 L: 891 D: 12512
Ptnml(0-2): 15, 722, 5623, 822, 26
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2e0e3661e3b6af6488201e
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2936
Bench:
4154696
Lolligerhans [Fri, 7 Aug 2020 09:24:37 +0000 (11:24 +0200)]
Expand outposts to minors shielded by pawns
Allow any pawn in front of a minor piece to replace the pawn protection
requirement for outposts.
+-------+ +-------+
| . . o | | o . . | o Their pawns
| . o x | | o . . | x Our pawns
| o N . | | x o B | N,B New (reachable) outpost
| . . . | | . _ . | _ Reachable square behind a pawn
+-------+ +-------+
N outpost B reaches
outpost
We want outposts to be secured by pawns against major pieces. If
a minor is shielded by any pawn from above, it is rarely at the same
time protected by our pawn attacks from below. However, the pawn shield
in itself offers some degree of protection.
A pawn shield will now suffice to replace the pawn protection for the
outpost (and reachable outpost) bonus.
This effect stacks with the existing "minor behind pawn" bonus.
STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2bcd14b3ebe5cbfee85b2c
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 27248 W: 5353 L: 5119 D: 16776
Ptnml(0-2): 462, 3174, 6185, 3274, 529
LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2bfef5b3ebe5cbfee85b5a
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 99432 W: 12580 L: 12130 D: 74722
Ptnml(0-2): 696, 8903, 30049, 9391, 677
Closes #2935
Bench:
4143673
Unai Corzo [Sat, 8 Aug 2020 06:24:20 +0000 (08:24 +0200)]
Tweak futility pruning depth.
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2d237161e3b6af64881f43
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 12712 W: 1823 L: 1664 D: 9225
Ptnml(0-2): 122, 1166, 3627, 1313, 128
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2d473061e3b6af64881f6f
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 12104 W: 912 L: 788 D: 10404
Ptnml(0-2): 13, 665, 4582, 769, 23
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2930
bench:
4271421
Sergio Vieri [Fri, 7 Aug 2020 07:15:04 +0000 (15:15 +0800)]
Update default net to nn-
9931db908a9b.nnue
Net created at
20200806-1802
passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2d00b461e3b6af64881f21
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 6672 W: 1052 L: 898 D: 4722
Ptnml(0-2): 63, 600, 1868, 730, 75
passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2d052a61e3b6af64881f29
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 7576 W: 573 L: 463 D: 6540
Ptnml(0-2): 8, 392, 2889, 480, 19
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2923
Bench:
4390086
Stefan Geschwentner [Wed, 5 Aug 2020 07:29:27 +0000 (09:29 +0200)]
Do move legality check before pruning.
This alllows to simplify the code because the move counter haven't to be
decremented later if a move isn't legal. As a side effect now illegal
pruned moves doesn't included anymore in move counter. So slightly less
pruning and reductions are done.
STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 111016 W: 21106 L: 21077 D: 68833
Ptnml(0-2): 1830, 13083, 25736, 12946, 1913
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f28816fa5abc164f05e4c26
LTC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 39264 W: 4909 L: 4843 D: 29512
Ptnml(0-2): 263, 3601, 11854, 3635, 279
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f297902a5abc164f05e4c8e
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2906
Bench:
4390086
UnaiCorzo [Tue, 4 Aug 2020 12:32:52 +0000 (14:32 +0200)]
Remove QueenInfiltration
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2955b1a5abc164f05e4c85
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 29216 W: 5560 L: 5416 D: 18240
Ptnml(0-2): 466, 3329, 6902, 3417, 494
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f299154a5abc164f05e4ca1
LLR: 2.92 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 54144 W: 6635 L: 6594 D: 40915
Ptnml(0-2): 372, 4859, 16536, 4966, 339
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2910
Bench:
4609008
FauziAkram [Fri, 7 Aug 2020 00:37:54 +0000 (17:37 -0700)]
Tuned pawn values
Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2aa49fa5abc164f05e4d1b
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 40888 W: 7977 L: 7726 D: 25185
Ptnml(0-2): 665, 4806, 9333, 4893, 747
Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2b1059b3ebe5cbfee85ae7
LLR: 2.98 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 51264 W: 6445 L: 6134 D: 38685
Ptnml(0-2): 328, 4564, 15580, 4789, 371
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2920
bench:
4314943
Stefan Geschwentner [Thu, 6 Aug 2020 23:08:15 +0000 (01:08 +0200)]
Add tempo also to NNUE eval.
STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 10608 W: 1507 L: 1358 D: 7743
Ptnml(0-2): 94, 945, 3074, 1100, 91
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2c5921b3ebe5cbfee85b8b
LTC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 7536 W: 556 L: 448 D: 6532
Ptnml(0-2): 9, 383, 2881, 481, 14
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2c6f4461e3b6af64881e95
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2919
Bench:
4746616
MJZ1977 [Thu, 6 Aug 2020 15:39:10 +0000 (17:39 +0200)]
NNUE evaluation threshold
The idea is to use NNUE only on quite balanced material positions. This bring a big speedup on research since NNUE eval is slower than classical eval for most of the hardwares and specially on unbalanced positions with LazyEval.
STC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2c2680b3ebe5cbfee85b61
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 3168 W: 560 L: 400 D: 2208
Ptnml(0-2): 21, 294, 819, 404, 46
LTC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2c2ca6b3ebe5cbfee85b69
LLR: 2.98 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 3200 W: 287 L: 183 D: 2730
Ptnml(0-2): 4, 149, 1191, 251, 5
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2916
Bench
4746616
nodchip [Wed, 5 Aug 2020 15:11:15 +0000 (17:11 +0200)]
Add NNUE evaluation
This patch ports the efficiently updatable neural network (NNUE) evaluation to Stockfish.
Both the NNUE and the classical evaluations are available, and can be used to
assign a value to a position that is later used in alpha-beta (PVS) search to find the
best move. The classical evaluation computes this value as a function of various chess
concepts, handcrafted by experts, tested and tuned using fishtest. The NNUE evaluation
computes this value with a neural network based on basic inputs. The network is optimized
and trained on the evalutions of millions of positions at moderate search depth.
The NNUE evaluation was first introduced in shogi, and ported to Stockfish afterward.
It can be evaluated efficiently on CPUs, and exploits the fact that only parts
of the neural network need to be updated after a typical chess move.
[The nodchip repository](https://github.com/nodchip/Stockfish) provides additional
tools to train and develop the NNUE networks.
This patch is the result of contributions of various authors, from various communities,
including: nodchip, ynasu87, yaneurao (initial port and NNUE authors), domschl, FireFather,
rqs, xXH4CKST3RXx, tttak, zz4032, joergoster, mstembera, nguyenpham, erbsenzaehler,
dorzechowski, and vondele.
This new evaluation needed various changes to fishtest and the corresponding infrastructure,
for which tomtor, ppigazzini, noobpwnftw, daylen, and vondele are gratefully acknowledged.
The first networks have been provided by gekkehenker and sergiovieri, with the latter
net (nn-
97f742aaefcd.nnue) being the current default.
The evaluation function can be selected at run time with the `Use NNUE` (true/false) UCI option,
provided the `EvalFile` option points the the network file (depending on the GUI, with full path).
The performance of the NNUE evaluation relative to the classical evaluation depends somewhat on
the hardware, and is expected to improve quickly, but is currently on > 80 Elo on fishtest:
60000 @ 10+0.1 th 1
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f28fe6ea5abc164f05e4c4c
ELO: 92.77 +-2.1 (95%) LOS: 100.0%
Total: 60000 W: 24193 L: 8543 D: 27264
Ptnml(0-2): 609, 3850, 9708, 10948, 4885
40000 @ 20+0.2 th 8
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f290229a5abc164f05e4c58
ELO: 89.47 +-2.0 (95%) LOS: 100.0%
Total: 40000 W: 12756 L: 2677 D: 24567
Ptnml(0-2): 74, 1583, 8550, 7776, 2017
At the same time, the impact on the classical evaluation remains minimal, causing no significant
regression:
sprt @ 10+0.1 th 1
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2906a2a5abc164f05e4c5b
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-6.00,-4.00}
Total: 34936 W: 6502 L: 6825 D: 21609
Ptnml(0-2): 571, 4082, 8434, 3861, 520
sprt @ 60+0.6 th 1
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2906cfa5abc164f05e4c5d
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-6.00,-4.00}
Total: 10088 W: 1232 L: 1265 D: 7591
Ptnml(0-2): 49, 914, 3170, 843, 68
The needed networks can be found at https://tests.stockfishchess.org/nns
It is recommended to use the default one as indicated by the `EvalFile` UCI option.
Guidelines for testing new nets can be found at
https://github.com/glinscott/fishtest/wiki/Creating-my-first-test#nnue-net-tests
Integration has been discussed in various issues:
https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2823
https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2728
The integration branch will be closed after the merge:
https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2825
https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/tree/nnue-player-wip
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2912
This will be an exciting time for computer chess, looking forward to seeing the evolution of
this approach.
Bench:
4746616
Stefan Geschwentner [Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:56:11 +0000 (18:56 +0200)]
Tweak cutnode reduction
Less reduction for second move at non-check CUT node with depth <= 10.
STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 38680 W: 7490 L: 7245 D: 23945
Ptnml(0-2): 643, 4441, 8967, 4606, 683
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f21e1782f7e63962b99f451
LTC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 71976 W: 9003 L: 8636 D: 54337
Ptnml(0-2): 440, 6414, 21972, 6663, 499
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f2245762f7e63962b99f4bd
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2868
Bench:
4746616
Stéphane Nicolet [Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:08:09 +0000 (10:08 +0200)]
Improve handling of queen imbalance
We double the bonus for potential threats by minors and rooks against
our queen, in case of "queen vs pieces imbalance". Hopefully this will
improve a little bit the evaluation for this well-known Stockfish weakness.
passed STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 72976 W: 14003 L: 13710 D: 45263
Ptnml(0-2): 1218, 8370, 17094, 8513, 1293
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5efa50eb020eec13834a977d
passed LTC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 22232 W: 2779 L: 2560 D: 16893
Ptnml(0-2): 129, 1885, 6896, 2050, 156
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f1fdd2dc09435d870cb9f13
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2864
Bench:
4367349
UnaiCorzo [Sat, 25 Jul 2020 20:30:05 +0000 (22:30 +0200)]
Remove late irreversible move extension
We simplify away the late irreversible move extension, which
does not seem to be necessary in the current master.
STC
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 38584 W: 7464 L: 7342 D: 23778
Ptnml(0-2): 581, 4328, 9365, 4424, 594
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f1c9669c09435d870cb9de9
LTC
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 27840 W: 3417 L: 3353 D: 21070
Ptnml(0-2): 120, 2315, 8994, 2363, 128
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f1d2e22c09435d870cb9e21
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2836
bench:
4829420
protonspring [Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:32:19 +0000 (07:32 -0600)]
Remove conditional_more_than_two().
This is a functional simplification that removes the conditional_more_than_two()
function, which was quite strange and kooky. Note the very minor change to the bench
value.
See this thread for relevant comments on the passing branch:
protonspring/Stockfish@
d89730d...
ff35b50
STC
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 59760 W: 11411 L: 11311 D: 37038
Ptnml(0-2): 992, 6863, 14044, 7015, 966
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f179988c09435d870cb9b9a
LTC
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 45208 W: 5553 L: 5497 D: 34158
Ptnml(0-2): 315, 4081, 13761, 4127, 320
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f184847c09435d870cb9bee
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2826
Bench:
4578290
Vizvezdenec [Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:30:58 +0000 (20:30 +0300)]
Do not overwrite valuable TT data after probcut.
This patch allows an engine to write probcut data only in case
the probcut search depth is greater than transposition table depth.
passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f0b52e959f6f035328949a6
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 52544 W: 10145 L: 9880 D: 32519
Ptnml(0-2): 853, 6097, 12121, 6334, 867
passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f0bd94c59f6f035328949f3
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 49576 W: 6164 L: 5863 D: 37549
Ptnml(0-2): 297, 4371, 15218, 4538, 364
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2815
bench
4578298
mstembera [Sun, 12 Jul 2020 20:58:00 +0000 (13:58 -0700)]
Multiple lazy stages.
An extension of the lazy eval idea: when the score is sufficiently large
we now skip more granular parts of the eval.
Inspired by an original patch by Moez Jellouli
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f03b2a159f6f03532894529
Credit to him!
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f0a862c59f6f03532894924
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 13504 W: 2684 L: 2472 D: 8348
Ptnml(0-2): 229, 1496, 3111, 1666, 250
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f0ac0e159f6f0353289495b
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 31312 W: 3926 L: 3677 D: 23709
Ptnml(0-2): 185, 2773, 9509, 2986, 203
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2814
bench:
4541608
syzygy1 [Sat, 11 Jul 2020 14:25:34 +0000 (16:25 +0200)]
Corrects a functional change in a cleanup patch.
This corrects a functional change in
https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/commit/
ddcbacd04d1c860e808202ce8c1206c8acdca627
changing evaluation of KPPvK. Bench remains unchanged at low depth
With this patch, 8/8/5k1p/8/7p/7K/8/8 b - - 1 11 is again correctly evaluated as a draw.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2807
Bench:
4366686
SFisGOD [Wed, 8 Jul 2020 02:09:32 +0000 (10:09 +0800)]
Introduce bad outpost penalty
In some French games, Stockfish likes to bring the Knight to a bad outpost spot. This is evident in TCEC S18 Superfinal Game 63, where there is a Knight outpost on the queenside but is actually useless. Stockfish is effectively playing a piece down while holding ground against Leela's break on the kingside.
This patch turns the +56 mg bonus for a Knight outpost into a -7 mg penalty if it satisfies the following conditions:
* The outpost square is not on the CenterFiles (i.e. not on files C,D,E and F)
* The knight is not attacking non pawn enemies.
* The side where the outpost is located contains only few enemies, with a particular conditional_more_than_two() implementation
Thank you to apospa...@gmail.com for bringing this to our attention and for providing insights.
See https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/fishcooking/dEXNzSIBgZU
Reference game: https://tcec-chess.com/#div=sf&game=63&season=18
Passed STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 6960 W: 1454 L: 1247 D: 4259
Ptnml(0-2): 115, 739, 1610, 856, 160
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f08221059f6f0353289477e
Passed LTC:
LLR: 2.98 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 21440 W: 2767 L: 2543 D: 16130
Ptnml(0-2): 122, 1904, 6462, 2092, 140
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f0838ed59f6f035328947a2
various related tests show strong test results, but so far no generalizations or simplifications of conditional_more_than_two() are found. See PR for details.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2803
Bench:
4366686
Vizvezdenec [Fri, 10 Jul 2020 21:06:55 +0000 (00:06 +0300)]
Maximize usage of transposition table in probcut
Probcut is a heuristic that wasn't changed a lot in past years,
all attempts to change it using information / writing info to transposition table failed.
This patch has a number of differences that can be summarized as follows:
* For TT write/read we use depth - 3. Because probcut search is depth - 4 but we actually do the move prior to it so effectively we do depth - 3 search;
* In any case of depth of eval from transposition table being >= depth - 3 we either produce cutoff or refuse to even do probcut search, this is allowing us to write info of probcut to transposition table because we know that we wouldn't be overwriting some deeper data with our depth - 3 search - this is an important aspect of this patch;
* For some not really known reason this patch completely ignores tte->bound() - which was the case for previous patch that made probcut interact with TT, maybe 2) is the reason, although it's unproven.
A first version of this patch passed STC and LTC
passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f05908a59f6f03532894613
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 95776 W: 18300 L: 17973 D: 59503
Ptnml(0-2): 1646, 10944, 22377, 11279, 1642
passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f06b54059f6f035328946bb
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 57128 W: 7266 L: 6938 D: 42924
Ptnml(0-2): 372, 5163, 17217, 5389, 423
However, an additional bugfix was needed to avoid checking a condition on ttMove if was not available. This passed non-regression bounds on top of the first version:
at STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f080e5059f6f03532894766
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 14096 W: 2800 L: 2628 D: 8668
Ptnml(0-2): 225, 1620, 3238, 1688, 277
at LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f0836a559f6f0353289479c
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 25352 W: 3228 L: 3139 D: 18985
Ptnml(0-2): 175, 2350, 7549, 2415, 187
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2804
Bench
4540940
Joost VandeVondele [Thu, 9 Jul 2020 20:01:06 +0000 (22:01 +0200)]
Small cleanups
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2772
No functional change
mstembera [Sun, 5 Jul 2020 22:17:04 +0000 (15:17 -0700)]
Simplify make_promotions()
Remove special case handling of QUIET_CHECKS in make_promotions()
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f055dbb59f6f035328945fb
LLR: 2.98 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 42808 W: 8177 L: 8054 D: 26577
Ptnml(0-2): 665, 4890, 10201, 4953, 695
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f06231a59f6f03532894661
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 9616 W: 1214 L: 1111 D: 7291
Ptnml(0-2): 53, 821, 2965, 908, 61
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2800
Bench:
4576410
FauziAkram [Tue, 7 Jul 2020 22:29:03 +0000 (01:29 +0300)]
Connected / blocked pawns simplification
There is no need to score blocked pawns at many places.
The idea originated from: Rocky
Tuning and testing by: Fauzi
Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f04f8fd59f6f035328945d4
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 6352 W: 1299 L: 1118 D: 3935
Ptnml(0-2): 89, 695, 1469, 792, 131
Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f0527bd59f6f035328945e3
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 27648 W: 3517 L: 3433 D: 20698
Ptnml(0-2): 177, 2561, 8301, 2571, 214
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2799
Bench:
4734746
Alain SAVARD [Tue, 7 Jul 2020 02:43:54 +0000 (22:43 -0400)]
Clean-up en passant processing
the goal of this PR is to better document how we process
the ep square (if any) given position fen command, and to
output more meaningful (and consistent) debug fen on the "d"
command. The implementation follows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-FEN#Encoding_en-passant
following x-fen, it is "valid" to record ep even if ep would put king en prise.
fixes #2784
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2797
No functional change
Stefan Geschwentner [Mon, 6 Jul 2020 07:30:23 +0000 (09:30 +0200)]
Add a rank based bonus for blocked pawns.
Fix for overevaluated blocked pawns on the 5th and 6th rank.
This is a rewrite of the original idea that uses only two parameters.
Thanks to rocky640 for pointing this out.
STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 50800 W: 9707 L: 9446 D: 31647
Ptnml(0-2): 831, 5851, 11822, 6018, 878
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f00b4f359f6f03532894304
LTC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 52064 W: 6477 L: 6167 D: 39420
Ptnml(0-2): 331, 4628, 15834, 4878, 361
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f0115fe59f6f03532894345
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2794
Bench:
4882833
protonspring [Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:17:50 +0000 (10:17 -0600)]
denormalize KRKP.
a non-functional code style change that denormalizes the KRKP endgame,
making it somewhat easier to read.
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2786
No functional change
SFisGOD [Wed, 1 Jul 2020 16:11:23 +0000 (00:11 +0800)]
Remove passed pawn condition.
This will help scale down relatively high eval in drawish rook endgames with passed pawn like in TCEC S18 Superfinal Game 90.
Passed STC
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 50456 W: 9644 L: 9540 D: 31272
Ptnml(0-2): 760, 5637, 12332, 5737, 762
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5efcb76e59f6f035328940ed
Passed LTC
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 77264 W: 9518 L: 9518 D: 58228
Ptnml(0-2): 402, 6766, 24321, 6716, 427
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5efd2ad759f6f03532894143
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2792
Bench:
4431626
Joost VandeVondele [Thu, 2 Jul 2020 16:58:37 +0000 (18:58 +0200)]
Set UCI_ShowWDL by default to false
UCI_ShowWDL might not be shown by GUIs that don't know the option,
but crash on the WDL output, effectively making it hard for users to
turn it off and run the engine. This sets it by default to false.
fixes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/2787
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2788
No functional change.
Alain SAVARD [Wed, 1 Jul 2020 06:12:59 +0000 (02:12 -0400)]
Use arrays
for safe checks, outposts and king protectors in evaluate.cpp
Tested for non regression on the safe checks
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef8b75c020eec13834a9596
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 22256 W: 4283 L: 4143 D: 13830
Ptnml(0-2): 291, 2439, 5588, 2459, 351
Tested for non regression on the safe checks, outposts and king protectors
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef8e543020eec13834a95e7
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 28400 W: 5382 L: 5253 D: 17765
Ptnml(0-2): 394, 3078, 7119, 3223, 386
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2785
No functional change
Joost VandeVondele [Sat, 27 Jun 2020 19:29:29 +0000 (21:29 +0200)]
Provide WDL statistics
A number of engines, GUIs and tournaments start to report WDL estimates
along or instead of scores. This patch enables reporting of those stats
in a more or less standard way (http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?t=72140)
The model this reporting uses is based on data derived from a few million fishtest LTC games,
given a score and a game ply, a win rate is provided that matches rather closely,
especially in the intermediate range [0.05, 0.95] that data. Some data is shown at
https://github.com/glinscott/fishtest/wiki/UsefulData#win-loss-draw-statistics-of-ltc-games-on-fishtest
Making the conversion game ply dependent is important for a good fit, and is in line
with experience that a +1 score in the early midgame is more likely a win than in the late endgame.
Even when enabled, the printing of the info causes no significant overhead.
Passed STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 197112 W: 37226 L: 37347 D: 122539
Ptnml(0-2): 2591, 21025, 51464, 20866, 2610
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef79ef4f993893290cc146b
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2778
No functional change
Stefan Geschwentner [Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:35:24 +0000 (19:35 +0200)]
Tweak single queen endgame scaling.
Increase scaling factor for each minor of the opponent side of the queen.
STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 14528 W: 2860 L: 2653 D: 9015
Ptnml(0-2): 217, 1632, 3408, 1741, 266
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef98384020eec13834a96a0
LTC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 34584 W: 4371 L: 4111 D: 26102
Ptnml(0-2): 205, 3080, 10501, 3262, 244
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef99972020eec13834a96c9
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2782
Bench:
4523573
Stéphane Nicolet [Sun, 28 Jun 2020 20:24:57 +0000 (22:24 +0200)]
Scale down eval for queen imbalance
We lower the endgame value of the evaluation when we detect that there
is only one queen left on the board (more precisely, we use a scale
factor of 37/64, or about 0.58, for the endgame part of the evaluation).
Hopefully this helps a little bit for the assessment of positions with
queen imbalance, which are one of the well-known Stockfish weaknesses.
STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 21600 W: 4176 L: 3955 D: 13469
Ptnml(0-2): 351, 2457, 5003, 2598, 391
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef871b6020eec13834a94e8
LTC:
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 248328 W: 30596 L: 29720 D: 188012
Ptnml(0-2): 1544, 22345, 75665, 22911, 1699
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef87aec020eec13834a94fe
Closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2781
Bench:
4441323
Stefan Geschwentner [Sun, 28 Jun 2020 14:28:55 +0000 (16:28 +0200)]
Scale down eval for drawish rook endgames.
STC:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 82136 W: 15694 L: 15407 D: 51035
Ptnml(0-2): 1076, 8960, 20767, 9131, 1134
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef86cf8020eec13834a94dd
LTC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 70200 W: 8787 L: 8440 D: 52973
Ptnml(0-2): 325, 5983, 22170, 6264, 358
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef88225020eec13834a950a
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2780
Bench:
4478869
Stéphane Nicolet [Sun, 28 Jun 2020 04:00:28 +0000 (06:00 +0200)]
Increase value of pawns on fifth rank
This patch increases the endgame value of pawns on the fifth rank.
The increase is very small (+1 evaluation point, about 0.005 pawn)
for the pawns on external columns (a-b-c-f-g-h) and a bit bigger
(+7 evaluation points, about 0.033 pawn) for the pawns on d5/e5.
STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 79864 W: 15331 L: 15027 D: 49506
Ptnml(0-2): 1336, 9284, 18433, 9498, 1381
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef73e2ef993893290cc0c47
LTC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 47240 W: 5927 L: 5630 D: 35683
Ptnml(0-2): 320, 4133, 14440, 4384, 343
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef7c0c4f993893290cc14b7
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2776
Bench:
4794633
mstembera [Fri, 26 Jun 2020 05:08:17 +0000 (22:08 -0700)]
Remove old zobrist trick for castling rights
Removes an 8 year old micro optimization aimed at 32-bit architectures
because back then doing an xor of a Key could not be done in one instruction.
See original commit here
821e1c7
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef5833dde213bf647527d0c
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 162648 W: 31053 L: 31097 D: 100498
Ptnml(0-2): 2841, 18966, 37715, 19000, 2802
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef7b1bbf993893290cc1489
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 62360 W: 7617 L: 7586 D: 47157
Ptnml(0-2): 423, 5662, 18994, 5663, 438
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2775
bench:
4591425
mstembera [Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:26:46 +0000 (17:26 -0700)]
Fix fragile code to use proper random 64 bit keys.
This fixes an old issue where we want to make a position unique but only
change a small number of bits in the key instead of all 64 of them randomly.
This is fragile and can lead to non uniqueness issues in the TT.
Key make_key(uint64_t seed) takes any integer and produces a unique random 64 bit key.
It is computationally efficient and is based on a congruential pseudo random number
generator using well tested constants by Donald Knuth
(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_congruential_generator)
STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef6c78f761b685b4c724bb6
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 154320 W: 29343 L: 29376 D: 95601
Ptnml(0-2): 2543, 18170, 35891, 17889, 2667
LTC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5ef7d1a9020eec13834a940e
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 53488 W: 6629 L: 6584 D: 40275
Ptnml(0-2): 372, 4878, 16183, 4955, 356
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2773
bench:
4626776