From 9050eac59564fe96b3f24d2889bbef7336b28100 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miguel Lahoz Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:26:03 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Extend discovered checks regardless of SEE A simple idea, but it makes sense: in current master the search is extended for checks that are considered somewhat safe, and for for this we use the static exchange evaluation which only considers the `to_sq` of a move. This is not reliable for discovered checks, where another piece is giving the check and is arguably a more dangerous type of check. Thus, if the check is a discovered check, the result of SEE is not relevant and can be ignored. STC: LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [0.50,4.50] Total: 29370 W: 6583 L: 6274 D: 16513 http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5c5062950ebc593af5d4d9b5 LTC: LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,3.50] Total: 227341 W: 37972 L: 37165 D: 152204 http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5c5094fb0ebc593af5d4dc2c Bench: 3611854 --- src/search.cpp | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp index de67560a..651bd95b 100644 --- a/src/search.cpp +++ b/src/search.cpp @@ -953,11 +953,13 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here else if (cutNode && singularBeta > beta) return beta; } - else if ( givesCheck // Check extension (~2 Elo) - && pos.see_ge(move)) + + // Check extension (~2 Elo) + else if ( givesCheck + && (pos.blockers_for_king(~us) & from_sq(move) || pos.see_ge(move))) extension = ONE_PLY; - // Extension if castling + // Castling extension else if (type_of(move) == CASTLING) extension = ONE_PLY; -- 2.39.2