2 Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1
3 Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tord Romstad (Glaurung author)
4 Copyright (C) 2008-2015 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Tord Romstad
5 Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Gary Linscott, Tord Romstad
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24 #include <cstring> // For std::memset
38 #include "syzygy/tbprobe.h"
45 namespace Tablebases {
53 namespace TB = Tablebases;
57 using namespace Search;
61 // Different node types, used as a template parameter
62 enum NodeType { NonPV, PV };
64 // Sizes and phases of the skip-blocks, used for distributing search depths across the threads
65 constexpr int SkipSize[] = { 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 };
66 constexpr int SkipPhase[] = { 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 };
68 // Razor and futility margins
69 constexpr int RazorMargin = 600;
70 Value futility_margin(Depth d, bool improving) {
71 return Value((175 - 50 * improving) * d / ONE_PLY);
74 // Futility and reductions lookup tables, initialized at startup
75 int FutilityMoveCounts[2][16]; // [improving][depth]
76 int Reductions[2][2][64][64]; // [pv][improving][depth][moveNumber]
78 template <bool PvNode> Depth reduction(bool i, Depth d, int mn) {
79 return Reductions[PvNode][i][std::min(d / ONE_PLY, 63)][std::min(mn, 63)] * ONE_PLY;
82 // History and stats update bonus, based on depth
83 int stat_bonus(Depth depth) {
84 int d = depth / ONE_PLY;
85 return d > 17 ? 0 : 29 * d * d + 138 * d - 134;
88 // Skill structure is used to implement strength limit
90 explicit Skill(int l) : level(l) {}
91 bool enabled() const { return level < 20; }
92 bool time_to_pick(Depth depth) const { return depth / ONE_PLY == 1 + level; }
93 Move pick_best(size_t multiPV);
96 Move best = MOVE_NONE;
99 template <NodeType NT>
100 Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode);
102 template <NodeType NT>
103 Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth = DEPTH_ZERO);
105 Value value_to_tt(Value v, int ply);
106 Value value_from_tt(Value v, int ply);
107 void update_pv(Move* pv, Move move, Move* childPv);
108 void update_continuation_histories(Stack* ss, Piece pc, Square to, int bonus);
109 void update_quiet_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move, Move* quiets, int quietsCnt, int bonus);
110 void update_capture_stats(const Position& pos, Move move, Move* captures, int captureCnt, int bonus);
112 inline bool gives_check(const Position& pos, Move move) {
113 Color us = pos.side_to_move();
114 return type_of(move) == NORMAL && !(pos.blockers_for_king(~us) & pos.pieces(us))
115 ? pos.check_squares(type_of(pos.moved_piece(move))) & to_sq(move)
116 : pos.gives_check(move);
119 // perft() is our utility to verify move generation. All the leaf nodes up
120 // to the given depth are generated and counted, and the sum is returned.
122 uint64_t perft(Position& pos, Depth depth) {
125 uint64_t cnt, nodes = 0;
126 const bool leaf = (depth == 2 * ONE_PLY);
128 for (const auto& m : MoveList<LEGAL>(pos))
130 if (Root && depth <= ONE_PLY)
135 cnt = leaf ? MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).size() : perft<false>(pos, depth - ONE_PLY);
140 sync_cout << UCI::move(m, pos.is_chess960()) << ": " << cnt << sync_endl;
148 /// Search::init() is called at startup to initialize various lookup tables
150 void Search::init() {
152 for (int imp = 0; imp <= 1; ++imp)
153 for (int d = 1; d < 64; ++d)
154 for (int mc = 1; mc < 64; ++mc)
156 double r = log(d) * log(mc) / 1.95;
158 Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc] = int(std::round(r));
159 Reductions[PV][imp][d][mc] = std::max(Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc] - 1, 0);
161 // Increase reduction for non-PV nodes when eval is not improving
163 Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc]++;
166 for (int d = 0; d < 16; ++d)
168 FutilityMoveCounts[0][d] = int(2.4 + 0.74 * pow(d, 1.78));
169 FutilityMoveCounts[1][d] = int(5.0 + 1.00 * pow(d, 2.00));
174 /// Search::clear() resets search state to its initial value
176 void Search::clear() {
178 Threads.main()->wait_for_search_finished();
180 Time.availableNodes = 0;
186 /// MainThread::search() is called by the main thread when the program receives
187 /// the UCI 'go' command. It searches from the root position and outputs the "bestmove".
189 void MainThread::search() {
193 nodes = perft<true>(rootPos, Limits.perft * ONE_PLY);
194 sync_cout << "\nNodes searched: " << nodes << "\n" << sync_endl;
198 Color us = rootPos.side_to_move();
199 Time.init(Limits, us, rootPos.game_ply());
202 if (rootMoves.empty())
204 rootMoves.emplace_back(MOVE_NONE);
205 sync_cout << "info depth 0 score "
206 << UCI::value(rootPos.checkers() ? -VALUE_MATE : VALUE_DRAW)
211 for (Thread* th : Threads)
213 th->start_searching();
215 Thread::search(); // Let's start searching!
218 // When we reach the maximum depth, we can arrive here without a raise of
219 // Threads.stop. However, if we are pondering or in an infinite search,
220 // the UCI protocol states that we shouldn't print the best move before the
221 // GUI sends a "stop" or "ponderhit" command. We therefore simply wait here
222 // until the GUI sends one of those commands (which also raises Threads.stop).
223 Threads.stopOnPonderhit = true;
225 while (!Threads.stop && (Threads.ponder || Limits.infinite))
226 {} // Busy wait for a stop or a ponder reset
228 // Stop the threads if not already stopped (also raise the stop if
229 // "ponderhit" just reset Threads.ponder).
232 // Wait until all threads have finished
233 for (Thread* th : Threads)
235 th->wait_for_search_finished();
237 // When playing in 'nodes as time' mode, subtract the searched nodes from
238 // the available ones before exiting.
240 Time.availableNodes += Limits.inc[us] - Threads.nodes_searched();
242 // Check if there are threads with a better score than main thread
243 Thread* bestThread = this;
244 if ( Options["MultiPV"] == 1
246 && !Skill(Options["Skill Level"]).enabled()
247 && rootMoves[0].pv[0] != MOVE_NONE)
249 std::map<Move, int> votes;
250 Value minScore = this->rootMoves[0].score;
252 // Find out minimum score and reset votes for moves which can be voted
253 for (Thread* th: Threads)
255 minScore = std::min(minScore, th->rootMoves[0].score);
256 votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] = 0;
259 // Vote according to score and depth
260 for (Thread* th : Threads)
261 votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] += int(th->rootMoves[0].score - minScore)
262 + int(th->completedDepth);
264 // Select best thread
265 int bestVote = votes[this->rootMoves[0].pv[0]];
266 for (Thread* th : Threads)
268 if (votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] > bestVote)
270 bestVote = votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]];
276 previousScore = bestThread->rootMoves[0].score;
278 // Send again PV info if we have a new best thread
279 if (bestThread != this)
280 sync_cout << UCI::pv(bestThread->rootPos, bestThread->completedDepth, -VALUE_INFINITE, VALUE_INFINITE) << sync_endl;
282 sync_cout << "bestmove " << UCI::move(bestThread->rootMoves[0].pv[0], rootPos.is_chess960());
284 if (bestThread->rootMoves[0].pv.size() > 1 || bestThread->rootMoves[0].extract_ponder_from_tt(rootPos))
285 std::cout << " ponder " << UCI::move(bestThread->rootMoves[0].pv[1], rootPos.is_chess960());
287 std::cout << sync_endl;
291 /// Thread::search() is the main iterative deepening loop. It calls search()
292 /// repeatedly with increasing depth until the allocated thinking time has been
293 /// consumed, the user stops the search, or the maximum search depth is reached.
295 void Thread::search() {
297 Stack stack[MAX_PLY+7], *ss = stack+4; // To reference from (ss-4) to (ss+2)
298 Value bestValue, alpha, beta, delta;
299 Move lastBestMove = MOVE_NONE;
300 Depth lastBestMoveDepth = DEPTH_ZERO;
301 MainThread* mainThread = (this == Threads.main() ? Threads.main() : nullptr);
302 double timeReduction = 1.0;
303 Color us = rootPos.side_to_move();
306 std::memset(ss-4, 0, 7 * sizeof(Stack));
307 for (int i = 4; i > 0; i--)
308 (ss-i)->continuationHistory = &this->continuationHistory[NO_PIECE][0]; // Use as sentinel
310 bestValue = delta = alpha = -VALUE_INFINITE;
311 beta = VALUE_INFINITE;
314 mainThread->bestMoveChanges = 0, failedLow = false;
316 size_t multiPV = Options["MultiPV"];
317 Skill skill(Options["Skill Level"]);
319 // When playing with strength handicap enable MultiPV search that we will
320 // use behind the scenes to retrieve a set of possible moves.
322 multiPV = std::max(multiPV, (size_t)4);
324 multiPV = std::min(multiPV, rootMoves.size());
326 int ct = int(Options["Contempt"]) * PawnValueEg / 100; // From centipawns
328 // In analysis mode, adjust contempt in accordance with user preference
329 if (Limits.infinite || Options["UCI_AnalyseMode"])
330 ct = Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "Off" ? 0
331 : Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "Both" ? ct
332 : Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "White" && us == BLACK ? -ct
333 : Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "Black" && us == WHITE ? -ct
336 // In evaluate.cpp the evaluation is from the white point of view
337 contempt = (us == WHITE ? make_score(ct, ct / 2)
338 : -make_score(ct, ct / 2));
340 // Iterative deepening loop until requested to stop or the target depth is reached
341 while ( (rootDepth += ONE_PLY) < DEPTH_MAX
343 && !(Limits.depth && mainThread && rootDepth / ONE_PLY > Limits.depth))
345 // Distribute search depths across the helper threads
348 int i = (idx - 1) % 20;
349 if (((rootDepth / ONE_PLY + SkipPhase[i]) / SkipSize[i]) % 2)
350 continue; // Retry with an incremented rootDepth
353 // Age out PV variability metric
355 mainThread->bestMoveChanges *= 0.517, failedLow = false;
357 // Save the last iteration's scores before first PV line is searched and
358 // all the move scores except the (new) PV are set to -VALUE_INFINITE.
359 for (RootMove& rm : rootMoves)
360 rm.previousScore = rm.score;
365 // MultiPV loop. We perform a full root search for each PV line
366 for (pvIdx = 0; pvIdx < multiPV && !Threads.stop; ++pvIdx)
371 for (pvLast++; pvLast < rootMoves.size(); pvLast++)
372 if (rootMoves[pvLast].tbRank != rootMoves[pvFirst].tbRank)
376 // Reset UCI info selDepth for each depth and each PV line
379 // Reset aspiration window starting size
380 if (rootDepth >= 5 * ONE_PLY)
382 Value previousScore = rootMoves[pvIdx].previousScore;
384 alpha = std::max(previousScore - delta,-VALUE_INFINITE);
385 beta = std::min(previousScore + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
387 // Adjust contempt based on root move's previousScore (dynamic contempt)
388 int dct = ct + 88 * previousScore / (abs(previousScore) + 200);
390 contempt = (us == WHITE ? make_score(dct, dct / 2)
391 : -make_score(dct, dct / 2));
394 // Start with a small aspiration window and, in the case of a fail
395 // high/low, re-search with a bigger window until we don't fail
399 bestValue = ::search<PV>(rootPos, ss, alpha, beta, rootDepth, false);
401 // Bring the best move to the front. It is critical that sorting
402 // is done with a stable algorithm because all the values but the
403 // first and eventually the new best one are set to -VALUE_INFINITE
404 // and we want to keep the same order for all the moves except the
405 // new PV that goes to the front. Note that in case of MultiPV
406 // search the already searched PV lines are preserved.
407 std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin() + pvIdx, rootMoves.begin() + pvLast);
409 // If search has been stopped, we break immediately. Sorting is
410 // safe because RootMoves is still valid, although it refers to
411 // the previous iteration.
415 // When failing high/low give some update (without cluttering
416 // the UI) before a re-search.
419 && (bestValue <= alpha || bestValue >= beta)
420 && Time.elapsed() > 3000)
421 sync_cout << UCI::pv(rootPos, rootDepth, alpha, beta) << sync_endl;
423 // In case of failing low/high increase aspiration window and
424 // re-search, otherwise exit the loop.
425 if (bestValue <= alpha)
427 beta = (alpha + beta) / 2;
428 alpha = std::max(bestValue - delta, -VALUE_INFINITE);
433 Threads.stopOnPonderhit = false;
436 else if (bestValue >= beta)
437 beta = std::min(bestValue + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
441 delta += delta / 4 + 5;
443 assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
446 // Sort the PV lines searched so far and update the GUI
447 std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin() + pvFirst, rootMoves.begin() + pvIdx + 1);
450 && (Threads.stop || pvIdx + 1 == multiPV || Time.elapsed() > 3000))
451 sync_cout << UCI::pv(rootPos, rootDepth, alpha, beta) << sync_endl;
455 completedDepth = rootDepth;
457 if (rootMoves[0].pv[0] != lastBestMove) {
458 lastBestMove = rootMoves[0].pv[0];
459 lastBestMoveDepth = rootDepth;
462 // Have we found a "mate in x"?
464 && bestValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
465 && VALUE_MATE - bestValue <= 2 * Limits.mate)
471 // If skill level is enabled and time is up, pick a sub-optimal best move
472 if (skill.enabled() && skill.time_to_pick(rootDepth))
473 skill.pick_best(multiPV);
475 // Do we have time for the next iteration? Can we stop searching now?
476 if ( Limits.use_time_management()
478 && !Threads.stopOnPonderhit)
480 const int F[] = { failedLow,
481 bestValue - mainThread->previousScore };
483 int improvingFactor = std::max(246, std::min(832, 306 + 119 * F[0] - 6 * F[1]));
485 // If the bestMove is stable over several iterations, reduce time accordingly
487 for (int i : {3, 4, 5})
488 if (lastBestMoveDepth * i < completedDepth)
489 timeReduction *= 1.25;
491 // Use part of the gained time from a previous stable move for the current move
492 double bestMoveInstability = 1.0 + mainThread->bestMoveChanges;
493 bestMoveInstability *= std::pow(mainThread->previousTimeReduction, 0.528) / timeReduction;
495 // Stop the search if we have only one legal move, or if available time elapsed
496 if ( rootMoves.size() == 1
497 || Time.elapsed() > Time.optimum() * bestMoveInstability * improvingFactor / 581)
499 // If we are allowed to ponder do not stop the search now but
500 // keep pondering until the GUI sends "ponderhit" or "stop".
502 Threads.stopOnPonderhit = true;
512 mainThread->previousTimeReduction = timeReduction;
514 // If skill level is enabled, swap best PV line with the sub-optimal one
516 std::swap(rootMoves[0], *std::find(rootMoves.begin(), rootMoves.end(),
517 skill.best ? skill.best : skill.pick_best(multiPV)));
523 // search<>() is the main search function for both PV and non-PV nodes
525 template <NodeType NT>
526 Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode) {
528 constexpr bool PvNode = NT == PV;
529 const bool rootNode = PvNode && ss->ply == 0;
531 // Check if we have an upcoming move which draws by repetition, or
532 // if the opponent had an alternative move earlier to this position.
533 if ( pos.rule50_count() >= 3
534 && alpha < VALUE_DRAW
536 && pos.has_game_cycle(ss->ply))
543 // Dive into quiescence search when the depth reaches zero
545 return qsearch<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta);
547 assert(-VALUE_INFINITE <= alpha && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
548 assert(PvNode || (alpha == beta - 1));
549 assert(DEPTH_ZERO < depth && depth < DEPTH_MAX);
550 assert(!(PvNode && cutNode));
551 assert(depth / ONE_PLY * ONE_PLY == depth);
553 Move pv[MAX_PLY+1], capturesSearched[32], quietsSearched[64];
557 Move ttMove, move, excludedMove, bestMove;
558 Depth extension, newDepth;
559 Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval, maxValue, pureStaticEval;
560 bool ttHit, inCheck, givesCheck, improving;
561 bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning, skipQuiets, ttCapture, pvExact;
563 int moveCount, captureCount, quietCount;
565 // Step 1. Initialize node
566 Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
567 inCheck = pos.checkers();
568 Color us = pos.side_to_move();
569 moveCount = captureCount = quietCount = ss->moveCount = 0;
570 bestValue = -VALUE_INFINITE;
571 maxValue = VALUE_INFINITE;
573 // Check for the available remaining time
574 if (thisThread == Threads.main())
575 static_cast<MainThread*>(thisThread)->check_time();
577 // Used to send selDepth info to GUI (selDepth counts from 1, ply from 0)
578 if (PvNode && thisThread->selDepth < ss->ply + 1)
579 thisThread->selDepth = ss->ply + 1;
583 // Step 2. Check for aborted search and immediate draw
584 if ( Threads.stop.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)
585 || pos.is_draw(ss->ply)
586 || ss->ply >= MAX_PLY)
587 return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck) ? evaluate(pos) - 10 * ((ss-1)->statScore > 0)
590 // Step 3. Mate distance pruning. Even if we mate at the next move our score
591 // would be at best mate_in(ss->ply+1), but if alpha is already bigger because
592 // a shorter mate was found upward in the tree then there is no need to search
593 // because we will never beat the current alpha. Same logic but with reversed
594 // signs applies also in the opposite condition of being mated instead of giving
595 // mate. In this case return a fail-high score.
596 alpha = std::max(mated_in(ss->ply), alpha);
597 beta = std::min(mate_in(ss->ply+1), beta);
602 assert(0 <= ss->ply && ss->ply < MAX_PLY);
604 (ss+1)->ply = ss->ply + 1;
605 ss->currentMove = (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
606 ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[NO_PIECE][0];
607 (ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
608 Square prevSq = to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove);
610 // Initialize statScore to zero for the grandchildren of the current position.
611 // So statScore is shared between all grandchildren and only the first grandchild
612 // starts with statScore = 0. Later grandchildren start with the last calculated
613 // statScore of the previous grandchild. This influences the reduction rules in
614 // LMR which are based on the statScore of parent position.
615 (ss+2)->statScore = 0;
617 // Step 4. Transposition table lookup. We don't want the score of a partial
618 // search to overwrite a previous full search TT value, so we use a different
619 // position key in case of an excluded move.
620 excludedMove = ss->excludedMove;
621 posKey = pos.key() ^ Key(excludedMove << 16); // Isn't a very good hash
622 tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
623 ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
624 ttMove = rootNode ? thisThread->rootMoves[thisThread->pvIdx].pv[0]
625 : ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
627 // At non-PV nodes we check for an early TT cutoff
630 && tte->depth() >= depth
631 && ttValue != VALUE_NONE // Possible in case of TT access race
632 && (ttValue >= beta ? (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
633 : (tte->bound() & BOUND_UPPER)))
635 // If ttMove is quiet, update move sorting heuristics on TT hit
640 if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))
641 update_quiet_stats(pos, ss, ttMove, nullptr, 0, stat_bonus(depth));
643 // Extra penalty for a quiet TT move in previous ply when it gets refuted
644 if ((ss-1)->moveCount == 1 && !pos.captured_piece())
645 update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
647 // Penalty for a quiet ttMove that fails low
648 else if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))
650 int penalty = -stat_bonus(depth);
651 thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(ttMove)] << penalty;
652 update_continuation_histories(ss, pos.moved_piece(ttMove), to_sq(ttMove), penalty);
658 // Step 5. Tablebases probe
659 if (!rootNode && TB::Cardinality)
661 int piecesCount = pos.count<ALL_PIECES>();
663 if ( piecesCount <= TB::Cardinality
664 && (piecesCount < TB::Cardinality || depth >= TB::ProbeDepth)
665 && pos.rule50_count() == 0
666 && !pos.can_castle(ANY_CASTLING))
669 TB::WDLScore wdl = Tablebases::probe_wdl(pos, &err);
671 if (err != TB::ProbeState::FAIL)
673 thisThread->tbHits.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
675 int drawScore = TB::UseRule50 ? 1 : 0;
677 value = wdl < -drawScore ? -VALUE_MATE + MAX_PLY + ss->ply + 1
678 : wdl > drawScore ? VALUE_MATE - MAX_PLY - ss->ply - 1
679 : VALUE_DRAW + 2 * wdl * drawScore;
681 Bound b = wdl < -drawScore ? BOUND_UPPER
682 : wdl > drawScore ? BOUND_LOWER : BOUND_EXACT;
684 if ( b == BOUND_EXACT
685 || (b == BOUND_LOWER ? value >= beta : value <= alpha))
687 tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), b,
688 std::min(DEPTH_MAX - ONE_PLY, depth + 6 * ONE_PLY),
689 MOVE_NONE, VALUE_NONE);
696 if (b == BOUND_LOWER)
697 bestValue = value, alpha = std::max(alpha, bestValue);
705 // Step 6. Static evaluation of the position
708 ss->staticEval = eval = pureStaticEval = VALUE_NONE;
710 goto moves_loop; // Skip early pruning when in check
714 // Never assume anything on values stored in TT
715 ss->staticEval = eval = pureStaticEval = tte->eval();
716 if (eval == VALUE_NONE)
717 ss->staticEval = eval = pureStaticEval = evaluate(pos);
719 // Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
720 if ( ttValue != VALUE_NONE
721 && (tte->bound() & (ttValue > eval ? BOUND_LOWER : BOUND_UPPER)))
726 if ((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL)
728 int p = (ss-1)->statScore;
729 int bonus = p > 0 ? (-p - 2500) / 512 :
730 p < 0 ? (-p + 2500) / 512 : 0;
732 pureStaticEval = evaluate(pos);
733 ss->staticEval = eval = pureStaticEval + bonus;
736 ss->staticEval = eval = pureStaticEval = -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Eval::Tempo;
738 tte->save(posKey, VALUE_NONE, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, pureStaticEval);
741 // Step 7. Razoring (~2 Elo)
742 if ( depth < 2 * ONE_PLY
743 && eval <= alpha - RazorMargin)
744 return qsearch<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta);
746 improving = ss->staticEval >= (ss-2)->staticEval
747 || (ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE;
749 // Step 8. Futility pruning: child node (~30 Elo)
751 && depth < 7 * ONE_PLY
752 && eval - futility_margin(depth, improving) >= beta
753 && eval < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN) // Do not return unproven wins
756 // Step 9. Null move search with verification search (~40 Elo)
758 && (ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL
759 && (ss-1)->statScore < 23200
761 && ss->staticEval >= beta - 36 * depth / ONE_PLY + 225
763 && pos.non_pawn_material(us)
764 && (ss->ply >= thisThread->nmpMinPly || us != thisThread->nmpColor))
766 assert(eval - beta >= 0);
768 // Null move dynamic reduction based on depth and value
769 Depth R = ((823 + 67 * depth / ONE_PLY) / 256 + std::min((eval - beta) / PawnValueMg, 3)) * ONE_PLY;
771 ss->currentMove = MOVE_NULL;
772 ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[NO_PIECE][0];
774 pos.do_null_move(st);
776 Value nullValue = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -beta+1, depth-R, !cutNode);
778 pos.undo_null_move();
780 if (nullValue >= beta)
782 // Do not return unproven mate scores
783 if (nullValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
786 if (thisThread->nmpMinPly || (abs(beta) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN && depth < 12 * ONE_PLY))
789 assert(!thisThread->nmpMinPly); // Recursive verification is not allowed
791 // Do verification search at high depths, with null move pruning disabled
792 // for us, until ply exceeds nmpMinPly.
793 thisThread->nmpMinPly = ss->ply + 3 * (depth-R) / 4;
794 thisThread->nmpColor = us;
796 Value v = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, beta-1, beta, depth-R, false);
798 thisThread->nmpMinPly = 0;
805 // Step 10. ProbCut (~10 Elo)
806 // If we have a good enough capture and a reduced search returns a value
807 // much above beta, we can (almost) safely prune the previous move.
809 && depth >= 5 * ONE_PLY
810 && abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
812 Value rbeta = std::min(beta + 216 - 48 * improving, VALUE_INFINITE);
813 MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, rbeta - ss->staticEval, &thisThread->captureHistory);
814 int probCutCount = 0;
816 while ( (move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
822 ss->currentMove = move;
823 ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)];
825 assert(depth >= 5 * ONE_PLY);
827 pos.do_move(move, st);
829 // Perform a preliminary qsearch to verify that the move holds
830 value = -qsearch<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1);
832 // If the qsearch held perform the regular search
834 value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1, depth - 4 * ONE_PLY, !cutNode);
843 // Step 11. Internal iterative deepening (~2 Elo)
844 if ( depth >= 8 * ONE_PLY
847 search<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, depth - 7 * ONE_PLY, cutNode);
849 tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
850 ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
851 ttMove = ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
854 moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
856 const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->continuationHistory, (ss-2)->continuationHistory, nullptr, (ss-4)->continuationHistory };
857 Move countermove = thisThread->counterMoves[pos.piece_on(prevSq)][prevSq];
859 MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &thisThread->mainHistory,
860 &thisThread->captureHistory,
864 value = bestValue; // Workaround a bogus 'uninitialized' warning under gcc
868 pvExact = PvNode && ttHit && tte->bound() == BOUND_EXACT;
870 // Step 12. Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain
871 // or a beta cutoff occurs.
872 while ((move = mp.next_move(skipQuiets)) != MOVE_NONE)
876 if (move == excludedMove)
879 // At root obey the "searchmoves" option and skip moves not listed in Root
880 // Move List. As a consequence any illegal move is also skipped. In MultiPV
881 // mode we also skip PV moves which have been already searched and those
882 // of lower "TB rank" if we are in a TB root position.
883 if (rootNode && !std::count(thisThread->rootMoves.begin() + thisThread->pvIdx,
884 thisThread->rootMoves.begin() + thisThread->pvLast, move))
887 ss->moveCount = ++moveCount;
889 if (rootNode && thisThread == Threads.main() && Time.elapsed() > 3000)
890 sync_cout << "info depth " << depth / ONE_PLY
891 << " currmove " << UCI::move(move, pos.is_chess960())
892 << " currmovenumber " << moveCount + thisThread->pvIdx << sync_endl;
894 (ss+1)->pv = nullptr;
896 extension = DEPTH_ZERO;
897 captureOrPromotion = pos.capture_or_promotion(move);
898 movedPiece = pos.moved_piece(move);
899 givesCheck = gives_check(pos, move);
901 moveCountPruning = depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
902 && moveCount >= FutilityMoveCounts[improving][depth / ONE_PLY];
904 // Step 13. Extensions (~70 Elo)
906 // Singular extension search (~60 Elo). If all moves but one fail low on a
907 // search of (alpha-s, beta-s), and just one fails high on (alpha, beta),
908 // then that move is singular and should be extended. To verify this we do
909 // a reduced search on on all the other moves but the ttMove and if the
910 // result is lower than ttValue minus a margin then we will extend the ttMove.
911 if ( depth >= 8 * ONE_PLY
914 && !excludedMove // Recursive singular search is not allowed
915 && ttValue != VALUE_NONE
916 && (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
917 && tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * ONE_PLY
920 Value rBeta = std::max(ttValue - 2 * depth / ONE_PLY, -VALUE_MATE);
921 ss->excludedMove = move;
922 value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, rBeta - 1, rBeta, depth / 2, cutNode);
923 ss->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
928 else if ( givesCheck // Check extension (~2 Elo)
933 // Calculate new depth for this move
934 newDepth = depth - ONE_PLY + extension;
936 // Step 14. Pruning at shallow depth (~170 Elo)
938 && pos.non_pawn_material(us)
939 && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY)
941 if ( !captureOrPromotion
943 && (!pos.advanced_pawn_push(move) || pos.non_pawn_material() >= Value(5000)))
945 // Move count based pruning (~30 Elo)
946 if (moveCountPruning)
952 // Reduced depth of the next LMR search
953 int lmrDepth = std::max(newDepth - reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount), DEPTH_ZERO) / ONE_PLY;
955 // Countermoves based pruning (~20 Elo)
956 if ( lmrDepth < 3 + ((ss-1)->statScore > 0)
957 && (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold
958 && (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold)
961 // Futility pruning: parent node (~2 Elo)
964 && ss->staticEval + 256 + 200 * lmrDepth <= alpha)
967 // Prune moves with negative SEE (~10 Elo)
968 if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-29 * lmrDepth * lmrDepth)))
971 else if ( !extension // (~20 Elo)
972 && !pos.see_ge(move, -PawnValueEg * (depth / ONE_PLY)))
976 // Speculative prefetch as early as possible
977 prefetch(TT.first_entry(pos.key_after(move)));
979 // Check for legality just before making the move
980 if (!rootNode && !pos.legal(move))
982 ss->moveCount = --moveCount;
986 if (move == ttMove && captureOrPromotion)
989 // Update the current move (this must be done after singular extension search)
990 ss->currentMove = move;
991 ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)];
993 // Step 15. Make the move
994 pos.do_move(move, st, givesCheck);
996 // Step 16. Reduced depth search (LMR). If the move fails high it will be
997 // re-searched at full depth.
998 if ( depth >= 3 * ONE_PLY
1000 && (!captureOrPromotion || moveCountPruning))
1002 Depth r = reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount);
1004 // Decrease reduction if opponent's move count is high (~10 Elo)
1005 if ((ss-1)->moveCount > 15)
1008 if (!captureOrPromotion)
1010 // Decrease reduction for exact PV nodes (~0 Elo)
1014 // Increase reduction if ttMove is a capture (~0 Elo)
1018 // Increase reduction for cut nodes (~5 Elo)
1022 // Decrease reduction for moves that escape a capture. Filter out
1023 // castling moves, because they are coded as "king captures rook" and
1024 // hence break make_move(). (~5 Elo)
1025 else if ( type_of(move) == NORMAL
1026 && !pos.see_ge(make_move(to_sq(move), from_sq(move))))
1029 ss->statScore = thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)]
1030 + (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
1031 + (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
1032 + (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
1035 // Decrease/increase reduction by comparing opponent's stat score (~10 Elo)
1036 if (ss->statScore >= 0 && (ss-1)->statScore < 0)
1039 else if ((ss-1)->statScore >= 0 && ss->statScore < 0)
1042 // Decrease/increase reduction for moves with a good/bad history (~30 Elo)
1043 r -= ss->statScore / 20000 * ONE_PLY;
1046 Depth d = std::max(newDepth - std::max(r, DEPTH_ZERO), ONE_PLY);
1048 value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true);
1050 doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha && d != newDepth);
1053 doFullDepthSearch = !PvNode || moveCount > 1;
1055 // Step 17. Full depth search when LMR is skipped or fails high
1056 if (doFullDepthSearch)
1057 value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth, !cutNode);
1059 // For PV nodes only, do a full PV search on the first move or after a fail
1060 // high (in the latter case search only if value < beta), otherwise let the
1061 // parent node fail low with value <= alpha and try another move.
1062 if (PvNode && (moveCount == 1 || (value > alpha && (rootNode || value < beta))))
1065 (ss+1)->pv[0] = MOVE_NONE;
1067 value = -search<PV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, false);
1070 // Step 18. Undo move
1071 pos.undo_move(move);
1073 assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
1075 // Step 19. Check for a new best move
1076 // Finished searching the move. If a stop occurred, the return value of
1077 // the search cannot be trusted, and we return immediately without
1078 // updating best move, PV and TT.
1079 if (Threads.stop.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))
1084 RootMove& rm = *std::find(thisThread->rootMoves.begin(),
1085 thisThread->rootMoves.end(), move);
1087 // PV move or new best move?
1088 if (moveCount == 1 || value > alpha)
1091 rm.selDepth = thisThread->selDepth;
1096 for (Move* m = (ss+1)->pv; *m != MOVE_NONE; ++m)
1097 rm.pv.push_back(*m);
1099 // We record how often the best move has been changed in each
1100 // iteration. This information is used for time management: When
1101 // the best move changes frequently, we allocate some more time.
1102 if (moveCount > 1 && thisThread == Threads.main())
1103 ++static_cast<MainThread*>(thisThread)->bestMoveChanges;
1106 // All other moves but the PV are set to the lowest value: this
1107 // is not a problem when sorting because the sort is stable and the
1108 // move position in the list is preserved - just the PV is pushed up.
1109 rm.score = -VALUE_INFINITE;
1112 if (value > bestValue)
1120 if (PvNode && !rootNode) // Update pv even in fail-high case
1121 update_pv(ss->pv, move, (ss+1)->pv);
1123 if (PvNode && value < beta) // Update alpha! Always alpha < beta
1127 assert(value >= beta); // Fail high
1134 if (move != bestMove)
1136 if (captureOrPromotion && captureCount < 32)
1137 capturesSearched[captureCount++] = move;
1139 else if (!captureOrPromotion && quietCount < 64)
1140 quietsSearched[quietCount++] = move;
1144 // The following condition would detect a stop only after move loop has been
1145 // completed. But in this case bestValue is valid because we have fully
1146 // searched our subtree, and we can anyhow save the result in TT.
1152 // Step 20. Check for mate and stalemate
1153 // All legal moves have been searched and if there are no legal moves, it
1154 // must be a mate or a stalemate. If we are in a singular extension search then
1155 // return a fail low score.
1157 assert(moveCount || !inCheck || excludedMove || !MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).size());
1160 bestValue = excludedMove ? alpha
1161 : inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : VALUE_DRAW;
1164 // Quiet best move: update move sorting heuristics
1165 if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(bestMove))
1166 update_quiet_stats(pos, ss, bestMove, quietsSearched, quietCount,
1167 stat_bonus(depth + (bestValue > beta + PawnValueMg ? ONE_PLY : DEPTH_ZERO)));
1169 update_capture_stats(pos, bestMove, capturesSearched, captureCount, stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
1171 // Extra penalty for a quiet TT move in previous ply when it gets refuted
1172 if ((ss-1)->moveCount == 1 && !pos.captured_piece())
1173 update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
1175 // Bonus for prior countermove that caused the fail low
1176 else if ( (depth >= 3 * ONE_PLY || PvNode)
1177 && !pos.captured_piece()
1178 && is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove))
1179 update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, stat_bonus(depth));
1182 bestValue = std::min(bestValue, maxValue);
1185 tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
1186 bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
1187 PvNode && bestMove ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
1188 depth, bestMove, pureStaticEval);
1190 assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);
1196 // qsearch() is the quiescence search function, which is called by the main
1197 // search function with depth zero, or recursively with depth less than ONE_PLY.
1198 template <NodeType NT>
1199 Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth) {
1201 constexpr bool PvNode = NT == PV;
1203 assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
1204 assert(PvNode || (alpha == beta - 1));
1205 assert(depth <= DEPTH_ZERO);
1206 assert(depth / ONE_PLY * ONE_PLY == depth);
1212 Move ttMove, move, bestMove;
1214 Value bestValue, value, ttValue, futilityValue, futilityBase, oldAlpha;
1215 bool ttHit, inCheck, givesCheck, evasionPrunable;
1220 oldAlpha = alpha; // To flag BOUND_EXACT when eval above alpha and no available moves
1222 ss->pv[0] = MOVE_NONE;
1225 Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
1226 (ss+1)->ply = ss->ply + 1;
1227 ss->currentMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
1228 ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[NO_PIECE][0];
1229 inCheck = pos.checkers();
1232 // Check for an immediate draw or maximum ply reached
1233 if ( pos.is_draw(ss->ply)
1234 || ss->ply >= MAX_PLY)
1235 return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck) ? evaluate(pos) : VALUE_DRAW;
1237 assert(0 <= ss->ply && ss->ply < MAX_PLY);
1239 // Decide whether or not to include checks: this fixes also the type of
1240 // TT entry depth that we are going to use. Note that in qsearch we use
1241 // only two types of depth in TT: DEPTH_QS_CHECKS or DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS.
1242 ttDepth = inCheck || depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS ? DEPTH_QS_CHECKS
1243 : DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS;
1244 // Transposition table lookup
1246 tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
1247 ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
1248 ttMove = ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
1252 && tte->depth() >= ttDepth
1253 && ttValue != VALUE_NONE // Only in case of TT access race
1254 && (ttValue >= beta ? (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
1255 : (tte->bound() & BOUND_UPPER)))
1258 // Evaluate the position statically
1261 ss->staticEval = VALUE_NONE;
1262 bestValue = futilityBase = -VALUE_INFINITE;
1268 // Never assume anything on values stored in TT
1269 if ((ss->staticEval = bestValue = tte->eval()) == VALUE_NONE)
1270 ss->staticEval = bestValue = evaluate(pos);
1272 // Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
1273 if ( ttValue != VALUE_NONE
1274 && (tte->bound() & (ttValue > bestValue ? BOUND_LOWER : BOUND_UPPER)))
1275 bestValue = ttValue;
1278 ss->staticEval = bestValue =
1279 (ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL ? evaluate(pos)
1280 : -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Eval::Tempo;
1282 // Stand pat. Return immediately if static value is at least beta
1283 if (bestValue >= beta)
1286 tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
1287 DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, ss->staticEval);
1292 if (PvNode && bestValue > alpha)
1295 futilityBase = bestValue + 128;
1298 const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->continuationHistory, (ss-2)->continuationHistory, nullptr, (ss-4)->continuationHistory };
1300 // Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position, and prepare
1301 // to search the moves. Because the depth is <= 0 here, only captures,
1302 // queen promotions and checks (only if depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS) will
1304 MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &thisThread->mainHistory,
1305 &thisThread->captureHistory,
1307 to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove));
1309 // Loop through the moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
1310 while ((move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
1312 assert(is_ok(move));
1314 givesCheck = gives_check(pos, move);
1321 && futilityBase > -VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
1322 && !pos.advanced_pawn_push(move))
1324 assert(type_of(move) != ENPASSANT); // Due to !pos.advanced_pawn_push
1326 futilityValue = futilityBase + PieceValue[EG][pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))];
1328 if (futilityValue <= alpha)
1330 bestValue = std::max(bestValue, futilityValue);
1334 if (futilityBase <= alpha && !pos.see_ge(move, VALUE_ZERO + 1))
1336 bestValue = std::max(bestValue, futilityBase);
1341 // Detect non-capture evasions that are candidates to be pruned
1342 evasionPrunable = inCheck
1343 && (depth != DEPTH_ZERO || moveCount > 2)
1344 && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY
1345 && !pos.capture(move);
1347 // Don't search moves with negative SEE values
1348 if ( (!inCheck || evasionPrunable)
1349 && !pos.see_ge(move))
1352 // Speculative prefetch as early as possible
1353 prefetch(TT.first_entry(pos.key_after(move)));
1355 // Check for legality just before making the move
1356 if (!pos.legal(move))
1362 ss->currentMove = move;
1363 ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)];
1365 // Make and search the move
1366 pos.do_move(move, st, givesCheck);
1367 value = -qsearch<NT>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY);
1368 pos.undo_move(move);
1370 assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
1372 // Check for a new best move
1373 if (value > bestValue)
1379 if (PvNode) // Update pv even in fail-high case
1380 update_pv(ss->pv, move, (ss+1)->pv);
1382 if (PvNode && value < beta) // Update alpha here!
1389 tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
1390 ttDepth, move, ss->staticEval);
1398 // All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If we're in check
1399 // and no legal moves were found, it is checkmate.
1400 if (inCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
1401 return mated_in(ss->ply); // Plies to mate from the root
1403 tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
1404 PvNode && bestValue > oldAlpha ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
1405 ttDepth, bestMove, ss->staticEval);
1407 assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);
1413 // value_to_tt() adjusts a mate score from "plies to mate from the root" to
1414 // "plies to mate from the current position". Non-mate scores are unchanged.
1415 // The function is called before storing a value in the transposition table.
1417 Value value_to_tt(Value v, int ply) {
1419 assert(v != VALUE_NONE);
1421 return v >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY ? v + ply
1422 : v <= VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY ? v - ply : v;
1426 // value_from_tt() is the inverse of value_to_tt(): It adjusts a mate score
1427 // from the transposition table (which refers to the plies to mate/be mated
1428 // from current position) to "plies to mate/be mated from the root".
1430 Value value_from_tt(Value v, int ply) {
1432 return v == VALUE_NONE ? VALUE_NONE
1433 : v >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY ? v - ply
1434 : v <= VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY ? v + ply : v;
1438 // update_pv() adds current move and appends child pv[]
1440 void update_pv(Move* pv, Move move, Move* childPv) {
1442 for (*pv++ = move; childPv && *childPv != MOVE_NONE; )
1448 // update_continuation_histories() updates histories of the move pairs formed
1449 // by moves at ply -1, -2, and -4 with current move.
1451 void update_continuation_histories(Stack* ss, Piece pc, Square to, int bonus) {
1453 for (int i : {1, 2, 4})
1454 if (is_ok((ss-i)->currentMove))
1455 (*(ss-i)->continuationHistory)[pc][to] << bonus;
1459 // update_capture_stats() updates move sorting heuristics when a new capture best move is found
1461 void update_capture_stats(const Position& pos, Move move,
1462 Move* captures, int captureCnt, int bonus) {
1464 CapturePieceToHistory& captureHistory = pos.this_thread()->captureHistory;
1465 Piece moved_piece = pos.moved_piece(move);
1466 PieceType captured = type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)));
1468 if (pos.capture_or_promotion(move))
1469 captureHistory[moved_piece][to_sq(move)][captured] << bonus;
1471 // Decrease all the other played capture moves
1472 for (int i = 0; i < captureCnt; ++i)
1474 moved_piece = pos.moved_piece(captures[i]);
1475 captured = type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(captures[i])));
1476 captureHistory[moved_piece][to_sq(captures[i])][captured] << -bonus;
1481 // update_quiet_stats() updates move sorting heuristics when a new quiet best move is found
1483 void update_quiet_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move,
1484 Move* quiets, int quietsCnt, int bonus) {
1486 if (ss->killers[0] != move)
1488 ss->killers[1] = ss->killers[0];
1489 ss->killers[0] = move;
1492 Color us = pos.side_to_move();
1493 Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
1494 thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)] << bonus;
1495 update_continuation_histories(ss, pos.moved_piece(move), to_sq(move), bonus);
1497 if (is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove))
1499 Square prevSq = to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove);
1500 thisThread->counterMoves[pos.piece_on(prevSq)][prevSq] = move;
1503 // Decrease all the other played quiet moves
1504 for (int i = 0; i < quietsCnt; ++i)
1506 thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(quiets[i])] << -bonus;
1507 update_continuation_histories(ss, pos.moved_piece(quiets[i]), to_sq(quiets[i]), -bonus);
1511 // When playing with strength handicap, choose best move among a set of RootMoves
1512 // using a statistical rule dependent on 'level'. Idea by Heinz van Saanen.
1514 Move Skill::pick_best(size_t multiPV) {
1516 const RootMoves& rootMoves = Threads.main()->rootMoves;
1517 static PRNG rng(now()); // PRNG sequence should be non-deterministic
1519 // RootMoves are already sorted by score in descending order
1520 Value topScore = rootMoves[0].score;
1521 int delta = std::min(topScore - rootMoves[multiPV - 1].score, PawnValueMg);
1522 int weakness = 120 - 2 * level;
1523 int maxScore = -VALUE_INFINITE;
1525 // Choose best move. For each move score we add two terms, both dependent on
1526 // weakness. One is deterministic and bigger for weaker levels, and one is
1527 // random. Then we choose the move with the resulting highest score.
1528 for (size_t i = 0; i < multiPV; ++i)
1530 // This is our magic formula
1531 int push = ( weakness * int(topScore - rootMoves[i].score)
1532 + delta * (rng.rand<unsigned>() % weakness)) / 128;
1534 if (rootMoves[i].score + push >= maxScore)
1536 maxScore = rootMoves[i].score + push;
1537 best = rootMoves[i].pv[0];
1546 /// MainThread::check_time() is used to print debug info and, more importantly,
1547 /// to detect when we are out of available time and thus stop the search.
1549 void MainThread::check_time() {
1554 // When using nodes, ensure checking rate is not lower than 0.1% of nodes
1555 callsCnt = Limits.nodes ? std::min(1024, int(Limits.nodes / 1024)) : 1024;
1557 static TimePoint lastInfoTime = now();
1559 TimePoint elapsed = Time.elapsed();
1560 TimePoint tick = Limits.startTime + elapsed;
1562 if (tick - lastInfoTime >= 1000)
1564 lastInfoTime = tick;
1568 // We should not stop pondering until told so by the GUI
1572 if ( (Limits.use_time_management() && elapsed > Time.maximum() - 10)
1573 || (Limits.movetime && elapsed >= Limits.movetime)
1574 || (Limits.nodes && Threads.nodes_searched() >= (uint64_t)Limits.nodes))
1575 Threads.stop = true;
1579 /// UCI::pv() formats PV information according to the UCI protocol. UCI requires
1580 /// that all (if any) unsearched PV lines are sent using a previous search score.
1582 string UCI::pv(const Position& pos, Depth depth, Value alpha, Value beta) {
1584 std::stringstream ss;
1585 TimePoint elapsed = Time.elapsed() + 1;
1586 const RootMoves& rootMoves = pos.this_thread()->rootMoves;
1587 size_t pvIdx = pos.this_thread()->pvIdx;
1588 size_t multiPV = std::min((size_t)Options["MultiPV"], rootMoves.size());
1589 uint64_t nodesSearched = Threads.nodes_searched();
1590 uint64_t tbHits = Threads.tb_hits() + (TB::RootInTB ? rootMoves.size() : 0);
1592 for (size_t i = 0; i < multiPV; ++i)
1594 bool updated = (i <= pvIdx && rootMoves[i].score != -VALUE_INFINITE);
1596 if (depth == ONE_PLY && !updated)
1599 Depth d = updated ? depth : depth - ONE_PLY;
1600 Value v = updated ? rootMoves[i].score : rootMoves[i].previousScore;
1602 bool tb = TB::RootInTB && abs(v) < VALUE_MATE - MAX_PLY;
1603 v = tb ? rootMoves[i].tbScore : v;
1605 if (ss.rdbuf()->in_avail()) // Not at first line
1609 << " depth " << d / ONE_PLY
1610 << " seldepth " << rootMoves[i].selDepth
1611 << " multipv " << i + 1
1612 << " score " << UCI::value(v);
1614 if (!tb && i == pvIdx)
1615 ss << (v >= beta ? " lowerbound" : v <= alpha ? " upperbound" : "");
1617 ss << " nodes " << nodesSearched
1618 << " nps " << nodesSearched * 1000 / elapsed;
1620 if (elapsed > 1000) // Earlier makes little sense
1621 ss << " hashfull " << TT.hashfull();
1623 ss << " tbhits " << tbHits
1624 << " time " << elapsed
1627 for (Move m : rootMoves[i].pv)
1628 ss << " " << UCI::move(m, pos.is_chess960());
1635 /// RootMove::extract_ponder_from_tt() is called in case we have no ponder move
1636 /// before exiting the search, for instance, in case we stop the search during a
1637 /// fail high at root. We try hard to have a ponder move to return to the GUI,
1638 /// otherwise in case of 'ponder on' we have nothing to think on.
1640 bool RootMove::extract_ponder_from_tt(Position& pos) {
1645 assert(pv.size() == 1);
1650 pos.do_move(pv[0], st);
1651 TTEntry* tte = TT.probe(pos.key(), ttHit);
1655 Move m = tte->move(); // Local copy to be SMP safe
1656 if (MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).contains(m))
1660 pos.undo_move(pv[0]);
1661 return pv.size() > 1;
1664 void Tablebases::rank_root_moves(Position& pos, Search::RootMoves& rootMoves) {
1667 UseRule50 = bool(Options["Syzygy50MoveRule"]);
1668 ProbeDepth = int(Options["SyzygyProbeDepth"]) * ONE_PLY;
1669 Cardinality = int(Options["SyzygyProbeLimit"]);
1670 bool dtz_available = true;
1672 // Tables with fewer pieces than SyzygyProbeLimit are searched with
1673 // ProbeDepth == DEPTH_ZERO
1674 if (Cardinality > MaxCardinality)
1676 Cardinality = MaxCardinality;
1677 ProbeDepth = DEPTH_ZERO;
1680 if (Cardinality >= popcount(pos.pieces()) && !pos.can_castle(ANY_CASTLING))
1682 // Rank moves using DTZ tables
1683 RootInTB = root_probe(pos, rootMoves);
1687 // DTZ tables are missing; try to rank moves using WDL tables
1688 dtz_available = false;
1689 RootInTB = root_probe_wdl(pos, rootMoves);
1695 // Sort moves according to TB rank
1696 std::sort(rootMoves.begin(), rootMoves.end(),
1697 [](const RootMove &a, const RootMove &b) { return a.tbRank > b.tbRank; } );
1699 // Probe during search only if DTZ is not available and we are winning
1700 if (dtz_available || rootMoves[0].tbScore <= VALUE_DRAW)
1705 // Assign the same rank to all moves
1706 for (auto& m : rootMoves)