2 Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1
3 Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tord Romstad (Glaurung author)
4 Copyright (C) 2008 Marco Costalba
6 Stockfish is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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33 //// Local definitions
38 const Value BishopPairMidgameBonus = Value(100);
39 const Value BishopPairEndgameBonus = Value(100);
41 Key KNNKMaterialKey, KKNNMaterialKey;
50 /// See header for a class description. It is declared here to avoid
51 /// to include <map> in the header file.
53 class EndgameFunctions {
57 EndgameEvaluationFunction* getEEF(Key key) const;
58 ScalingFunction* getESF(Key key, Color* c) const;
61 void add(Key k, EndgameEvaluationFunction* f);
62 void add(Key k, Color c, ScalingFunction* f);
70 std::map<Key, EndgameEvaluationFunction*> EEFmap;
71 std::map<Key, ScalingInfo> ESFmap;
80 /// Constructor for the MaterialInfoTable class
82 MaterialInfoTable::MaterialInfoTable(unsigned int numOfEntries) {
85 entries = new MaterialInfo[size];
86 funcs = new EndgameFunctions();
87 if (!entries || !funcs)
89 std::cerr << "Failed to allocate " << (numOfEntries * sizeof(MaterialInfo))
90 << " bytes for material hash table." << std::endl;
97 /// Destructor for the MaterialInfoTable class
99 MaterialInfoTable::~MaterialInfoTable() {
106 /// MaterialInfoTable::clear() clears a material hash table by setting
107 /// all entries to 0.
109 void MaterialInfoTable::clear() {
111 memset(entries, 0, size * sizeof(MaterialInfo));
115 /// MaterialInfoTable::get_material_info() takes a position object as input,
116 /// computes or looks up a MaterialInfo object, and returns a pointer to it.
117 /// If the material configuration is not already present in the table, it
118 /// is stored there, so we don't have to recompute everything when the
119 /// same material configuration occurs again.
121 MaterialInfo* MaterialInfoTable::get_material_info(const Position& pos) {
123 Key key = pos.get_material_key();
124 int index = key & (size - 1);
125 MaterialInfo* mi = entries + index;
127 // If mi->key matches the position's material hash key, it means that we
128 // have analysed this material configuration before, and we can simply
129 // return the information we found the last time instead of recomputing it.
133 // Clear the MaterialInfo object, and set its key
137 // A special case before looking for a specialized evaluation function
138 // KNN vs K is a draw.
139 if (key == KNNKMaterialKey || key == KKNNMaterialKey)
141 mi->factor[WHITE] = mi->factor[BLACK] = 0;
145 // Let's look if we have a specialized evaluation function for this
146 // particular material configuration.
147 if ((mi->evaluationFunction = funcs->getEEF(key)) != NULL)
150 else if ( pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK) == Value(0)
151 && pos.piece_count(BLACK, PAWN) == 0
152 && pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE) >= RookValueEndgame)
154 mi->evaluationFunction = &EvaluateKXK;
157 else if ( pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE) == Value(0)
158 && pos.piece_count(WHITE, PAWN) == 0
159 && pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK) >= RookValueEndgame)
161 mi->evaluationFunction = &EvaluateKKX;
164 else if ( pos.pawns() == EmptyBoardBB
165 && pos.rooks() == EmptyBoardBB
166 && pos.queens() == EmptyBoardBB)
168 // Minor piece endgame with at least one minor piece per side,
170 assert(pos.knights(WHITE) | pos.bishops(WHITE));
171 assert(pos.knights(BLACK) | pos.bishops(BLACK));
173 if ( pos.piece_count(WHITE, BISHOP) + pos.piece_count(WHITE, KNIGHT) <= 2
174 && pos.piece_count(BLACK, BISHOP) + pos.piece_count(BLACK, KNIGHT) <= 2)
176 mi->evaluationFunction = &EvaluateKmmKm;
181 // OK, we didn't find any special evaluation function for the current
182 // material configuration. Is there a suitable scaling function?
184 // The code below is rather messy, and it could easily get worse later,
185 // if we decide to add more special cases. We face problems when there
186 // are several conflicting applicable scaling functions and we need to
187 // decide which one to use.
191 if ((sf = funcs->getESF(key, &c)) != NULL)
193 mi->scalingFunction[c] = sf;
197 if ( pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE) == BishopValueMidgame
198 && pos.piece_count(WHITE, BISHOP) == 1
199 && pos.piece_count(WHITE, PAWN) >= 1)
200 mi->scalingFunction[WHITE] = &ScaleKBPK;
202 if ( pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK) == BishopValueMidgame
203 && pos.piece_count(BLACK, BISHOP) == 1
204 && pos.piece_count(BLACK, PAWN) >= 1)
205 mi->scalingFunction[BLACK] = &ScaleKKBP;
207 if ( pos.piece_count(WHITE, PAWN) == 0
208 && pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE) == QueenValueMidgame
209 && pos.piece_count(WHITE, QUEEN) == 1
210 && pos.piece_count(BLACK, ROOK) == 1
211 && pos.piece_count(BLACK, PAWN) >= 1)
212 mi->scalingFunction[WHITE] = &ScaleKQKRP;
214 else if ( pos.piece_count(BLACK, PAWN) == 0
215 && pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK) == QueenValueMidgame
216 && pos.piece_count(BLACK, QUEEN) == 1
217 && pos.piece_count(WHITE, ROOK) == 1
218 && pos.piece_count(WHITE, PAWN) >= 1)
219 mi->scalingFunction[BLACK] = &ScaleKRPKQ;
221 if (pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE) + pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK) == Value(0))
223 if (pos.piece_count(BLACK, PAWN) == 0)
225 assert(pos.piece_count(WHITE, PAWN) >= 2);
226 mi->scalingFunction[WHITE] = &ScaleKPsK;
228 else if (pos.piece_count(WHITE, PAWN) == 0)
230 assert(pos.piece_count(BLACK, PAWN) >= 2);
231 mi->scalingFunction[BLACK] = &ScaleKKPs;
233 else if (pos.piece_count(WHITE, PAWN) == 1 && pos.piece_count(BLACK, PAWN) == 1)
235 mi->scalingFunction[WHITE] = &ScaleKPKPw;
236 mi->scalingFunction[BLACK] = &ScaleKPKPb;
240 // Compute the space weight
241 if (pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE) + pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK) >=
242 2*QueenValueMidgame + 4*RookValueMidgame + 2*KnightValueMidgame)
244 int minorPieceCount = pos.piece_count(WHITE, KNIGHT)
245 + pos.piece_count(BLACK, KNIGHT)
246 + pos.piece_count(WHITE, BISHOP)
247 + pos.piece_count(BLACK, BISHOP);
249 mi->spaceWeight = minorPieceCount * minorPieceCount;
252 // Evaluate the material balance
255 Value egValue = Value(0);
256 Value mgValue = Value(0);
258 for (c = WHITE, sign = 1; c <= BLACK; c++, sign = -sign)
260 // No pawns makes it difficult to win, even with a material advantage
261 if ( pos.piece_count(c, PAWN) == 0
262 && pos.non_pawn_material(c) - pos.non_pawn_material(opposite_color(c)) <= BishopValueMidgame)
264 if ( pos.non_pawn_material(c) == pos.non_pawn_material(opposite_color(c))
265 || pos.non_pawn_material(c) < RookValueMidgame)
269 switch (pos.piece_count(c, BISHOP)) {
284 if (pos.piece_count(c, BISHOP) >= 2)
286 mgValue += sign * BishopPairMidgameBonus;
287 egValue += sign * BishopPairEndgameBonus;
290 // Knights are stronger when there are many pawns on the board. The
291 // formula is taken from Larry Kaufman's paper "The Evaluation of Material
292 // Imbalances in Chess":
293 // http://mywebpages.comcast.net/danheisman/Articles/evaluation_of_material_imbalance.htm
294 mgValue += sign * Value(pos.piece_count(c, KNIGHT)*(pos.piece_count(c, PAWN)-5)*16);
295 egValue += sign * Value(pos.piece_count(c, KNIGHT)*(pos.piece_count(c, PAWN)-5)*16);
297 // Redundancy of major pieces, again based on Kaufman's paper:
298 if (pos.piece_count(c, ROOK) >= 1)
300 Value v = Value((pos.piece_count(c, ROOK) - 1) * 32 + pos.piece_count(c, QUEEN) * 16);
305 mi->mgValue = int16_t(mgValue);
306 mi->egValue = int16_t(egValue);
311 /// EndgameFunctions member definitions. This class is used to store the maps
312 /// of end game and scaling functions that MaterialInfoTable will query for
313 /// each key. The maps are constant and are populated only at construction,
314 /// but are per-thread instead of globals to avoid expensive locks.
316 EndgameFunctions::EndgameFunctions() {
318 typedef Key ZM[2][8][16];
319 const ZM& z = Position::zobMaterial;
321 static const Color W = WHITE;
322 static const Color B = BLACK;
324 KNNKMaterialKey = z[W][KNIGHT][1] ^ z[W][KNIGHT][2];
325 KKNNMaterialKey = z[B][KNIGHT][1] ^ z[B][KNIGHT][2];
327 add(z[W][PAWN][1], &EvaluateKPK);
328 add(z[B][PAWN][1], &EvaluateKKP);
330 add(z[W][BISHOP][1] ^ z[W][KNIGHT][1], &EvaluateKBNK);
331 add(z[B][BISHOP][1] ^ z[B][KNIGHT][1], &EvaluateKKBN);
332 add(z[W][ROOK][1] ^ z[B][PAWN][1], &EvaluateKRKP);
333 add(z[W][PAWN][1] ^ z[B][ROOK][1], &EvaluateKPKR);
334 add(z[W][ROOK][1] ^ z[B][BISHOP][1], &EvaluateKRKB);
335 add(z[W][BISHOP][1] ^ z[B][ROOK][1], &EvaluateKBKR);
336 add(z[W][ROOK][1] ^ z[B][KNIGHT][1], &EvaluateKRKN);
337 add(z[W][KNIGHT][1] ^ z[B][ROOK][1], &EvaluateKNKR);
338 add(z[W][QUEEN][1] ^ z[B][ROOK][1], &EvaluateKQKR);
339 add(z[W][ROOK][1] ^ z[B][QUEEN][1], &EvaluateKRKQ);
340 add(z[W][BISHOP][2] ^ z[B][KNIGHT][1], &EvaluateKBBKN);
341 add(z[W][KNIGHT][1] ^ z[B][BISHOP][2], &EvaluateKNKBB);
343 add(z[W][KNIGHT][1] ^ z[W][PAWN][1], W, &ScaleKNPK);
344 add(z[B][KNIGHT][1] ^ z[B][PAWN][1], B, &ScaleKKNP);
346 add(z[W][ROOK][1] ^ z[W][PAWN][1] ^ z[B][ROOK][1] , W, &ScaleKRPKR);
347 add(z[W][ROOK][1] ^ z[B][ROOK][1] ^ z[B][PAWN][1] , B, &ScaleKRKRP);
348 add(z[W][BISHOP][1] ^ z[W][PAWN][1] ^ z[B][BISHOP][1], W, &ScaleKBPKB);
349 add(z[W][BISHOP][1] ^ z[B][BISHOP][1] ^ z[B][PAWN][1] , B, &ScaleKBKBP);
350 add(z[W][BISHOP][1] ^ z[W][PAWN][1] ^ z[B][KNIGHT][1], W, &ScaleKBPKN);
351 add(z[W][KNIGHT][1] ^ z[B][BISHOP][1] ^ z[B][PAWN][1] , B, &ScaleKNKBP);
353 add(z[W][ROOK][1] ^ z[W][PAWN][1] ^ z[W][PAWN][2] ^ z[B][ROOK][1] ^ z[B][PAWN][1], W, &ScaleKRPPKRP);
354 add(z[W][ROOK][1] ^ z[W][PAWN][1] ^ z[B][ROOK][1] ^ z[B][PAWN][1] ^ z[B][PAWN][2], B, &ScaleKRPKRPP);
357 void EndgameFunctions::add(Key k, EndgameEvaluationFunction* f) {
359 EEFmap.insert(std::pair<Key, EndgameEvaluationFunction*>(k, f));
362 void EndgameFunctions::add(Key k, Color c, ScalingFunction* f) {
364 ScalingInfo s = {c, f};
365 ESFmap.insert(std::pair<Key, ScalingInfo>(k, s));
368 EndgameEvaluationFunction* EndgameFunctions::getEEF(Key key) const {
370 std::map<Key, EndgameEvaluationFunction*>::const_iterator it(EEFmap.find(key));
371 return (it != EEFmap.end() ? it->second : NULL);
374 ScalingFunction* EndgameFunctions::getESF(Key key, Color* c) const {
376 std::map<Key, ScalingInfo>::const_iterator it(ESFmap.find(key));
377 if (it == ESFmap.end())
381 return it->second.fun;