2 Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1
3 Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tord Romstad (Glaurung author)
4 Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Marco Costalba
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42 #include "ucioption.h"
46 //// Local definitions
53 // IterationInfoType stores search results for each iteration
55 // Because we use relatively small (dynamic) aspiration window,
56 // there happens many fail highs and fail lows in root. And
57 // because we don't do researches in those cases, "value" stored
58 // here is not necessarily exact. Instead in case of fail high/low
59 // we guess what the right value might be and store our guess
60 // as a "speculated value" and then move on. Speculated values are
61 // used just to calculate aspiration window width, so also if are
62 // not exact is not big a problem.
64 struct IterationInfoType {
66 IterationInfoType(Value v = Value(0), Value sv = Value(0))
67 : value(v), speculatedValue(sv) {}
69 Value value, speculatedValue;
73 // The BetaCounterType class is used to order moves at ply one.
74 // Apart for the first one that has its score, following moves
75 // normally have score -VALUE_INFINITE, so are ordered according
76 // to the number of beta cutoffs occurred under their subtree during
77 // the last iteration. The counters are per thread variables to avoid
78 // concurrent accessing under SMP case.
80 struct BetaCounterType {
84 void add(Color us, Depth d, int threadID);
85 void read(Color us, int64_t& our, int64_t& their);
89 // The RootMove class is used for moves at the root at the tree. For each
90 // root move, we store a score, a node count, and a PV (really a refutation
91 // in the case of moves which fail low).
96 bool operator<(const RootMove&); // used to sort
100 int64_t nodes, cumulativeNodes;
101 Move pv[PLY_MAX_PLUS_2];
102 int64_t ourBeta, theirBeta;
106 // The RootMoveList class is essentially an array of RootMove objects, with
107 // a handful of methods for accessing the data in the individual moves.
112 RootMoveList(Position& pos, Move searchMoves[]);
113 inline Move get_move(int moveNum) const;
114 inline Value get_move_score(int moveNum) const;
115 inline void set_move_score(int moveNum, Value score);
116 inline void set_move_nodes(int moveNum, int64_t nodes);
117 inline void set_beta_counters(int moveNum, int64_t our, int64_t their);
118 void set_move_pv(int moveNum, const Move pv[]);
119 inline Move get_move_pv(int moveNum, int i) const;
120 inline int64_t get_move_cumulative_nodes(int moveNum) const;
121 inline int move_count() const;
123 void sort_multipv(int n);
126 static const int MaxRootMoves = 500;
127 RootMove moves[MaxRootMoves];
134 // Search depth at iteration 1
135 const Depth InitialDepth = OnePly /*+ OnePly/2*/;
137 // Depth limit for selective search
138 const Depth SelectiveDepth = 7 * OnePly;
140 // Use internal iterative deepening?
141 const bool UseIIDAtPVNodes = true;
142 const bool UseIIDAtNonPVNodes = false;
144 // Internal iterative deepening margin. At Non-PV moves, when
145 // UseIIDAtNonPVNodes is true, we do an internal iterative deepening
146 // search when the static evaluation is at most IIDMargin below beta.
147 const Value IIDMargin = Value(0x100);
149 // Easy move margin. An easy move candidate must be at least this much
150 // better than the second best move.
151 const Value EasyMoveMargin = Value(0x200);
153 // Problem margin. If the score of the first move at iteration N+1 has
154 // dropped by more than this since iteration N, the boolean variable
155 // "Problem" is set to true, which will make the program spend some extra
156 // time looking for a better move.
157 const Value ProblemMargin = Value(0x28);
159 // No problem margin. If the boolean "Problem" is true, and a new move
160 // is found at the root which is less than NoProblemMargin worse than the
161 // best move from the previous iteration, Problem is set back to false.
162 const Value NoProblemMargin = Value(0x14);
164 // Null move margin. A null move search will not be done if the approximate
165 // evaluation of the position is more than NullMoveMargin below beta.
166 const Value NullMoveMargin = Value(0x300);
168 // Pruning criterions. See the code and comments in ok_to_prune() to
169 // understand their precise meaning.
170 const bool PruneEscapeMoves = false;
171 const bool PruneDefendingMoves = false;
172 const bool PruneBlockingMoves = false;
174 // If the TT move is at least SingleReplyMargin better then the
175 // remaining ones we will extend it.
176 const Value SingleReplyMargin = Value(0x64);
178 // Margins for futility pruning in the quiescence search, and at frontier
179 // and near frontier nodes.
180 const Value FutilityMarginQS = Value(0x80);
182 // Each move futility margin is decreased
183 const Value IncrementalFutilityMargin = Value(0x4);
186 const Depth RazorDepth = 4*OnePly;
188 // Remaining depth: 1 ply 1.5 ply 2 ply 2.5 ply 3 ply 3.5 ply
189 const Value RazorMargins[6] = { Value(0x180), Value(0x300), Value(0x300), Value(0x3C0), Value(0x3C0), Value(0x3C0) };
191 // Remaining depth: 1 ply 1.5 ply 2 ply 2.5 ply 3 ply 3.5 ply
192 const Value RazorApprMargins[6] = { Value(0x520), Value(0x300), Value(0x300), Value(0x300), Value(0x300), Value(0x300) };
195 /// Variables initialized by UCI options
197 // Minimum number of full depth (i.e. non-reduced) moves at PV and non-PV nodes
198 int LMRPVMoves, LMRNonPVMoves; // heavy SMP read access for the latter
200 // Depth limit for use of dynamic threat detection
201 Depth ThreatDepth; // heavy SMP read access
203 // Last seconds noise filtering (LSN)
204 const bool UseLSNFiltering = true;
205 const int LSNTime = 4000; // In milliseconds
206 const Value LSNValue = value_from_centipawns(200);
207 bool loseOnTime = false;
209 // Extensions. Array index 0 is used at non-PV nodes, index 1 at PV nodes.
210 // There is heavy SMP read access on these arrays
211 Depth CheckExtension[2], SingleReplyExtension[2], PawnPushTo7thExtension[2];
212 Depth PassedPawnExtension[2], PawnEndgameExtension[2], MateThreatExtension[2];
214 // Iteration counters
216 BetaCounterType BetaCounter; // has per-thread internal data
218 // Scores and number of times the best move changed for each iteration
219 IterationInfoType IterationInfo[PLY_MAX_PLUS_2];
220 int BestMoveChangesByIteration[PLY_MAX_PLUS_2];
225 // Time managment variables
227 int MaxNodes, MaxDepth;
228 int MaxSearchTime, AbsoluteMaxSearchTime, ExtraSearchTime, ExactMaxTime;
232 bool StopOnPonderhit;
233 bool AbortSearch; // heavy SMP read access
239 // Show current line?
240 bool ShowCurrentLine;
244 std::ofstream LogFile;
246 // MP related variables
247 int ActiveThreads = 1;
248 Depth MinimumSplitDepth;
249 int MaxThreadsPerSplitPoint;
250 Thread Threads[THREAD_MAX];
253 bool AllThreadsShouldExit = false;
254 const int MaxActiveSplitPoints = 8;
255 SplitPoint SplitPointStack[THREAD_MAX][MaxActiveSplitPoints];
258 #if !defined(_MSC_VER)
259 pthread_cond_t WaitCond;
260 pthread_mutex_t WaitLock;
262 HANDLE SitIdleEvent[THREAD_MAX];
265 // Node counters, used only by thread[0] but try to keep in different
266 // cache lines (64 bytes each) from the heavy SMP read accessed variables.
268 int NodesBetweenPolls = 30000;
276 Value id_loop(const Position& pos, Move searchMoves[]);
277 Value root_search(Position& pos, SearchStack ss[], RootMoveList& rml, Value alpha, Value beta);
278 Value search_pv(Position& pos, SearchStack ss[], Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, int ply, int threadID);
279 Value search(Position& pos, SearchStack ss[], Value beta, Depth depth, int ply, bool allowNullmove, int threadID, Move excludedMove = MOVE_NONE);
280 Value qsearch(Position& pos, SearchStack ss[], Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, int ply, int threadID);
281 void sp_search(SplitPoint* sp, int threadID);
282 void sp_search_pv(SplitPoint* sp, int threadID);
283 void init_node(SearchStack ss[], int ply, int threadID);
284 void update_pv(SearchStack ss[], int ply);
285 void sp_update_pv(SearchStack* pss, SearchStack ss[], int ply);
286 bool connected_moves(const Position& pos, Move m1, Move m2);
287 bool value_is_mate(Value value);
288 bool move_is_killer(Move m, const SearchStack& ss);
289 Depth extension(const Position& pos, Move m, bool pvNode, bool capture, bool check, bool singleReply, bool mateThreat, bool* dangerous);
290 bool ok_to_do_nullmove(const Position& pos);
291 bool ok_to_prune(const Position& pos, Move m, Move threat, Depth d);
292 bool ok_to_use_TT(const TTEntry* tte, Depth depth, Value beta, int ply);
293 void update_history(const Position& pos, Move m, Depth depth, Move movesSearched[], int moveCount);
294 void update_killers(Move m, SearchStack& ss);
296 bool fail_high_ply_1();
297 int current_search_time();
301 void print_current_line(SearchStack ss[], int ply, int threadID);
302 void wait_for_stop_or_ponderhit();
303 void init_ss_array(SearchStack ss[]);
305 void idle_loop(int threadID, SplitPoint* waitSp);
306 void init_split_point_stack();
307 void destroy_split_point_stack();
308 bool thread_should_stop(int threadID);
309 bool thread_is_available(int slave, int master);
310 bool idle_thread_exists(int master);
311 bool split(const Position& pos, SearchStack* ss, int ply,
312 Value *alpha, Value *beta, Value *bestValue,
313 const Value futilityValue, const Value approximateValue,
314 Depth depth, int *moves,
315 MovePicker *mp, int master, bool pvNode);
316 void wake_sleeping_threads();
318 #if !defined(_MSC_VER)
319 void *init_thread(void *threadID);
321 DWORD WINAPI init_thread(LPVOID threadID);
332 /// perft() is our utility to verify move generation is bug free. All the
333 /// legal moves up to given depth are generated and counted and the sum returned.
335 int perft(Position& pos, Depth depth)
339 MovePicker mp = MovePicker(pos, MOVE_NONE, depth, H);
341 // If we are at the last ply we don't need to do and undo
342 // the moves, just to count them.
343 if (depth <= OnePly) // Replace with '<' to test also qsearch
345 while (mp.get_next_move()) sum++;
349 // Loop through all legal moves
351 while ((move = mp.get_next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
354 pos.do_move(move, st, ci, pos.move_is_check(move, ci));
355 sum += perft(pos, depth - OnePly);
362 /// think() is the external interface to Stockfish's search, and is called when
363 /// the program receives the UCI 'go' command. It initializes various
364 /// search-related global variables, and calls root_search(). It returns false
365 /// when a quit command is received during the search.
367 bool think(const Position& pos, bool infinite, bool ponder, int side_to_move,
368 int time[], int increment[], int movesToGo, int maxDepth,
369 int maxNodes, int maxTime, Move searchMoves[]) {
371 // Look for a book move
372 if (!infinite && !ponder && get_option_value_bool("OwnBook"))
375 if (get_option_value_string("Book File") != OpeningBook.file_name())
376 OpeningBook.open("book.bin");
378 bookMove = OpeningBook.get_move(pos);
379 if (bookMove != MOVE_NONE)
381 std::cout << "bestmove " << bookMove << std::endl;
386 // Initialize global search variables
388 SearchStartTime = get_system_time();
389 for (int i = 0; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
391 Threads[i].nodes = 0ULL;
392 Threads[i].failHighPly1 = false;
395 InfiniteSearch = infinite;
396 PonderSearch = ponder;
397 StopOnPonderhit = false;
403 ExactMaxTime = maxTime;
405 // Read UCI option values
406 TT.set_size(get_option_value_int("Hash"));
407 if (button_was_pressed("Clear Hash"))
410 loseOnTime = false; // reset at the beginning of a new game
413 bool PonderingEnabled = get_option_value_bool("Ponder");
414 MultiPV = get_option_value_int("MultiPV");
416 CheckExtension[1] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Check Extension (PV nodes)"));
417 CheckExtension[0] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Check Extension (non-PV nodes)"));
419 SingleReplyExtension[1] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Single Reply Extension (PV nodes)"));
420 SingleReplyExtension[0] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Single Reply Extension (non-PV nodes)"));
422 PawnPushTo7thExtension[1] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Pawn Push to 7th Extension (PV nodes)"));
423 PawnPushTo7thExtension[0] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Pawn Push to 7th Extension (non-PV nodes)"));
425 PassedPawnExtension[1] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Passed Pawn Extension (PV nodes)"));
426 PassedPawnExtension[0] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Passed Pawn Extension (non-PV nodes)"));
428 PawnEndgameExtension[1] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Pawn Endgame Extension (PV nodes)"));
429 PawnEndgameExtension[0] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Pawn Endgame Extension (non-PV nodes)"));
431 MateThreatExtension[1] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Mate Threat Extension (PV nodes)"));
432 MateThreatExtension[0] = Depth(get_option_value_int("Mate Threat Extension (non-PV nodes)"));
434 LMRPVMoves = get_option_value_int("Full Depth Moves (PV nodes)") + 1;
435 LMRNonPVMoves = get_option_value_int("Full Depth Moves (non-PV nodes)") + 1;
436 ThreatDepth = get_option_value_int("Threat Depth") * OnePly;
438 Chess960 = get_option_value_bool("UCI_Chess960");
439 ShowCurrentLine = get_option_value_bool("UCI_ShowCurrLine");
440 UseLogFile = get_option_value_bool("Use Search Log");
442 LogFile.open(get_option_value_string("Search Log Filename").c_str(), std::ios::out | std::ios::app);
444 MinimumSplitDepth = get_option_value_int("Minimum Split Depth") * OnePly;
445 MaxThreadsPerSplitPoint = get_option_value_int("Maximum Number of Threads per Split Point");
447 read_weights(pos.side_to_move());
449 // Set the number of active threads
450 int newActiveThreads = get_option_value_int("Threads");
451 if (newActiveThreads != ActiveThreads)
453 ActiveThreads = newActiveThreads;
454 init_eval(ActiveThreads);
457 // Wake up sleeping threads
458 wake_sleeping_threads();
460 for (int i = 1; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
461 assert(thread_is_available(i, 0));
464 int myTime = time[side_to_move];
465 int myIncrement = increment[side_to_move];
467 if (!movesToGo) // Sudden death time control
471 MaxSearchTime = myTime / 30 + myIncrement;
472 AbsoluteMaxSearchTime = Max(myTime / 4, myIncrement - 100);
473 } else { // Blitz game without increment
474 MaxSearchTime = myTime / 30;
475 AbsoluteMaxSearchTime = myTime / 8;
478 else // (x moves) / (y minutes)
482 MaxSearchTime = myTime / 2;
483 AbsoluteMaxSearchTime =
484 (myTime > 3000)? (myTime - 500) : ((myTime * 3) / 4);
486 MaxSearchTime = myTime / Min(movesToGo, 20);
487 AbsoluteMaxSearchTime = Min((4 * myTime) / movesToGo, myTime / 3);
491 if (PonderingEnabled)
493 MaxSearchTime += MaxSearchTime / 4;
494 MaxSearchTime = Min(MaxSearchTime, AbsoluteMaxSearchTime);
497 // Fixed depth or fixed number of nodes?
500 InfiniteSearch = true; // HACK
505 NodesBetweenPolls = Min(MaxNodes, 30000);
506 InfiniteSearch = true; // HACK
508 else if (myTime && myTime < 1000)
509 NodesBetweenPolls = 1000;
510 else if (myTime && myTime < 5000)
511 NodesBetweenPolls = 5000;
513 NodesBetweenPolls = 30000;
515 // Write information to search log file
517 LogFile << "Searching: " << pos.to_fen() << std::endl
518 << "infinite: " << infinite
519 << " ponder: " << ponder
520 << " time: " << myTime
521 << " increment: " << myIncrement
522 << " moves to go: " << movesToGo << std::endl;
525 // LSN filtering. Used only for developing purpose. Disabled by default.
529 // Step 2. If after last move we decided to lose on time, do it now!
530 while (SearchStartTime + myTime + 1000 > get_system_time())
534 // We're ready to start thinking. Call the iterative deepening loop function
535 Value v = id_loop(pos, searchMoves);
537 // LSN filtering. Used only for developing purpose. Disabled by default.
540 // Step 1. If this is sudden death game and our position is hopeless,
541 // decide to lose on time.
542 if ( !loseOnTime // If we already lost on time, go to step 3.
552 // Step 3. Now after stepping over the time limit, reset flag for next match.
565 /// init_threads() is called during startup. It launches all helper threads,
566 /// and initializes the split point stack and the global locks and condition
569 void init_threads() {
573 #if !defined(_MSC_VER)
574 pthread_t pthread[1];
577 for (i = 0; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
578 Threads[i].activeSplitPoints = 0;
580 // Initialize global locks
581 lock_init(&MPLock, NULL);
582 lock_init(&IOLock, NULL);
584 init_split_point_stack();
586 #if !defined(_MSC_VER)
587 pthread_mutex_init(&WaitLock, NULL);
588 pthread_cond_init(&WaitCond, NULL);
590 for (i = 0; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
591 SitIdleEvent[i] = CreateEvent(0, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
594 // All threads except the main thread should be initialized to idle state
595 for (i = 1; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
597 Threads[i].stop = false;
598 Threads[i].workIsWaiting = false;
599 Threads[i].idle = true;
600 Threads[i].running = false;
603 // Launch the helper threads
604 for(i = 1; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
606 #if !defined(_MSC_VER)
607 pthread_create(pthread, NULL, init_thread, (void*)(&i));
610 CreateThread(NULL, 0, init_thread, (LPVOID)(&i), 0, iID);
613 // Wait until the thread has finished launching
614 while (!Threads[i].running);
619 /// stop_threads() is called when the program exits. It makes all the
620 /// helper threads exit cleanly.
622 void stop_threads() {
624 ActiveThreads = THREAD_MAX; // HACK
625 Idle = false; // HACK
626 wake_sleeping_threads();
627 AllThreadsShouldExit = true;
628 for (int i = 1; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
630 Threads[i].stop = true;
631 while(Threads[i].running);
633 destroy_split_point_stack();
637 /// nodes_searched() returns the total number of nodes searched so far in
638 /// the current search.
640 int64_t nodes_searched() {
642 int64_t result = 0ULL;
643 for (int i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
644 result += Threads[i].nodes;
649 // SearchStack::init() initializes a search stack. Used at the beginning of a
650 // new search from the root.
651 void SearchStack::init(int ply) {
653 pv[ply] = pv[ply + 1] = MOVE_NONE;
654 currentMove = threatMove = MOVE_NONE;
655 reduction = Depth(0);
658 void SearchStack::initKillers() {
660 mateKiller = MOVE_NONE;
661 for (int i = 0; i < KILLER_MAX; i++)
662 killers[i] = MOVE_NONE;
667 // id_loop() is the main iterative deepening loop. It calls root_search
668 // repeatedly with increasing depth until the allocated thinking time has
669 // been consumed, the user stops the search, or the maximum search depth is
672 Value id_loop(const Position& pos, Move searchMoves[]) {
675 SearchStack ss[PLY_MAX_PLUS_2];
677 // searchMoves are verified, copied, scored and sorted
678 RootMoveList rml(p, searchMoves);
680 // Print RootMoveList c'tor startup scoring to the standard output,
681 // so that we print information also for iteration 1.
682 std::cout << "info depth " << 1 << "\ninfo depth " << 1
683 << " score " << value_to_string(rml.get_move_score(0))
684 << " time " << current_search_time()
685 << " nodes " << nodes_searched()
687 << " pv " << rml.get_move(0) << "\n";
693 IterationInfo[1] = IterationInfoType(rml.get_move_score(0), rml.get_move_score(0));
696 // Is one move significantly better than others after initial scoring ?
697 Move EasyMove = MOVE_NONE;
698 if ( rml.move_count() == 1
699 || rml.get_move_score(0) > rml.get_move_score(1) + EasyMoveMargin)
700 EasyMove = rml.get_move(0);
702 // Iterative deepening loop
703 while (Iteration < PLY_MAX)
705 // Initialize iteration
708 BestMoveChangesByIteration[Iteration] = 0;
712 std::cout << "info depth " << Iteration << std::endl;
714 // Calculate dynamic search window based on previous iterations
717 if (MultiPV == 1 && Iteration >= 6 && abs(IterationInfo[Iteration - 1].value) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN)
719 int prevDelta1 = IterationInfo[Iteration - 1].speculatedValue - IterationInfo[Iteration - 2].speculatedValue;
720 int prevDelta2 = IterationInfo[Iteration - 2].speculatedValue - IterationInfo[Iteration - 3].speculatedValue;
722 int delta = Max(2 * abs(prevDelta1) + abs(prevDelta2), ProblemMargin);
724 alpha = Max(IterationInfo[Iteration - 1].value - delta, -VALUE_INFINITE);
725 beta = Min(IterationInfo[Iteration - 1].value + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
729 alpha = - VALUE_INFINITE;
730 beta = VALUE_INFINITE;
733 // Search to the current depth
734 Value value = root_search(p, ss, rml, alpha, beta);
736 // Write PV to transposition table, in case the relevant entries have
737 // been overwritten during the search.
738 TT.insert_pv(p, ss[0].pv);
741 break; // Value cannot be trusted. Break out immediately!
743 //Save info about search result
744 Value speculatedValue;
747 Value delta = value - IterationInfo[Iteration - 1].value;
754 speculatedValue = value + delta;
755 BestMoveChangesByIteration[Iteration] += 2; // Allocate more time
757 else if (value <= alpha)
759 assert(value == alpha);
763 speculatedValue = value + delta;
764 BestMoveChangesByIteration[Iteration] += 3; // Allocate more time
766 speculatedValue = value;
768 speculatedValue = Min(Max(speculatedValue, -VALUE_INFINITE), VALUE_INFINITE);
769 IterationInfo[Iteration] = IterationInfoType(value, speculatedValue);
771 // Erase the easy move if it differs from the new best move
772 if (ss[0].pv[0] != EasyMove)
773 EasyMove = MOVE_NONE;
780 bool stopSearch = false;
782 // Stop search early if there is only a single legal move
783 if (Iteration >= 6 && rml.move_count() == 1)
786 // Stop search early when the last two iterations returned a mate score
788 && abs(IterationInfo[Iteration].value) >= abs(VALUE_MATE) - 100
789 && abs(IterationInfo[Iteration-1].value) >= abs(VALUE_MATE) - 100)
792 // Stop search early if one move seems to be much better than the rest
793 int64_t nodes = nodes_searched();
797 && EasyMove == ss[0].pv[0]
798 && ( ( rml.get_move_cumulative_nodes(0) > (nodes * 85) / 100
799 && current_search_time() > MaxSearchTime / 16)
800 ||( rml.get_move_cumulative_nodes(0) > (nodes * 98) / 100
801 && current_search_time() > MaxSearchTime / 32)))
804 // Add some extra time if the best move has changed during the last two iterations
805 if (Iteration > 5 && Iteration <= 50)
806 ExtraSearchTime = BestMoveChangesByIteration[Iteration] * (MaxSearchTime / 2)
807 + BestMoveChangesByIteration[Iteration-1] * (MaxSearchTime / 3);
809 // Stop search if most of MaxSearchTime is consumed at the end of the
810 // iteration. We probably don't have enough time to search the first
811 // move at the next iteration anyway.
812 if (current_search_time() > ((MaxSearchTime + ExtraSearchTime)*80) / 128)
820 StopOnPonderhit = true;
824 if (MaxDepth && Iteration >= MaxDepth)
830 // If we are pondering, we shouldn't print the best move before we
833 wait_for_stop_or_ponderhit();
835 // Print final search statistics
836 std::cout << "info nodes " << nodes_searched()
838 << " time " << current_search_time()
839 << " hashfull " << TT.full() << std::endl;
841 // Print the best move and the ponder move to the standard output
842 if (ss[0].pv[0] == MOVE_NONE)
844 ss[0].pv[0] = rml.get_move(0);
845 ss[0].pv[1] = MOVE_NONE;
847 std::cout << "bestmove " << ss[0].pv[0];
848 if (ss[0].pv[1] != MOVE_NONE)
849 std::cout << " ponder " << ss[0].pv[1];
851 std::cout << std::endl;
856 dbg_print_mean(LogFile);
858 if (dbg_show_hit_rate)
859 dbg_print_hit_rate(LogFile);
862 LogFile << "Nodes: " << nodes_searched() << std::endl
863 << "Nodes/second: " << nps() << std::endl
864 << "Best move: " << move_to_san(p, ss[0].pv[0]) << std::endl;
866 p.do_move(ss[0].pv[0], st);
867 LogFile << "Ponder move: " << move_to_san(p, ss[0].pv[1])
868 << std::endl << std::endl;
870 return rml.get_move_score(0);
874 // root_search() is the function which searches the root node. It is
875 // similar to search_pv except that it uses a different move ordering
876 // scheme (perhaps we should try to use this at internal PV nodes, too?)
877 // and prints some information to the standard output.
879 Value root_search(Position& pos, SearchStack ss[], RootMoveList &rml, Value alpha, Value beta) {
881 Value oldAlpha = alpha;
885 // Loop through all the moves in the root move list
886 for (int i = 0; i < rml.move_count() && !AbortSearch; i++)
890 // We failed high, invalidate and skip next moves, leave node-counters
891 // and beta-counters as they are and quickly return, we will try to do
892 // a research at the next iteration with a bigger aspiration window.
893 rml.set_move_score(i, -VALUE_INFINITE);
901 RootMoveNumber = i + 1;
904 // Remember the node count before the move is searched. The node counts
905 // are used to sort the root moves at the next iteration.
906 nodes = nodes_searched();
908 // Reset beta cut-off counters
911 // Pick the next root move, and print the move and the move number to
912 // the standard output.
913 move = ss[0].currentMove = rml.get_move(i);
914 if (current_search_time() >= 1000)
915 std::cout << "info currmove " << move
916 << " currmovenumber " << i + 1 << std::endl;
918 // Decide search depth for this move
919 bool moveIsCheck = pos.move_is_check(move);
920 bool captureOrPromotion = pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move);
922 ext = extension(pos, move, true, captureOrPromotion, moveIsCheck, false, false, &dangerous);
923 newDepth = (Iteration - 2) * OnePly + ext + InitialDepth;
925 // Make the move, and search it
926 pos.do_move(move, st, ci, moveIsCheck);
930 // Aspiration window is disabled in multi-pv case
932 alpha = -VALUE_INFINITE;
934 value = -search_pv(pos, ss, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, 1, 0);
935 // If the value has dropped a lot compared to the last iteration,
936 // set the boolean variable Problem to true. This variable is used
937 // for time managment: When Problem is true, we try to complete the
938 // current iteration before playing a move.
939 Problem = (Iteration >= 2 && value <= IterationInfo[Iteration-1].value - ProblemMargin);
941 if (Problem && StopOnPonderhit)
942 StopOnPonderhit = false;
946 if ( newDepth >= 3*OnePly
947 && i >= MultiPV + LMRPVMoves
949 && !captureOrPromotion
950 && !move_is_castle(move))
952 ss[0].reduction = OnePly;
953 value = -search(pos, ss, -alpha, newDepth-OnePly, 1, true, 0);
955 value = alpha + 1; // Just to trigger next condition
959 value = -search(pos, ss, -alpha, newDepth, 1, true, 0);
962 // Fail high! Set the boolean variable FailHigh to true, and
963 // re-search the move with a big window. The variable FailHigh is
964 // used for time managment: We try to avoid aborting the search
965 // prematurely during a fail high research.
967 value = -search_pv(pos, ss, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, 1, 0);
974 // Finished searching the move. If AbortSearch is true, the search
975 // was aborted because the user interrupted the search or because we
976 // ran out of time. In this case, the return value of the search cannot
977 // be trusted, and we break out of the loop without updating the best
982 // Remember the node count for this move. The node counts are used to
983 // sort the root moves at the next iteration.
984 rml.set_move_nodes(i, nodes_searched() - nodes);
986 // Remember the beta-cutoff statistics
988 BetaCounter.read(pos.side_to_move(), our, their);
989 rml.set_beta_counters(i, our, their);
991 assert(value >= -VALUE_INFINITE && value <= VALUE_INFINITE);
993 if (value <= alpha && i >= MultiPV)
994 rml.set_move_score(i, -VALUE_INFINITE);
997 // PV move or new best move!
1000 rml.set_move_score(i, value);
1002 TT.extract_pv(pos, ss[0].pv, PLY_MAX);
1003 rml.set_move_pv(i, ss[0].pv);
1007 // We record how often the best move has been changed in each
1008 // iteration. This information is used for time managment: When
1009 // the best move changes frequently, we allocate some more time.
1011 BestMoveChangesByIteration[Iteration]++;
1013 // Print search information to the standard output
1014 std::cout << "info depth " << Iteration
1015 << " score " << value_to_string(value)
1016 << ((value >= beta)?
1017 " lowerbound" : ((value <= alpha)? " upperbound" : ""))
1018 << " time " << current_search_time()
1019 << " nodes " << nodes_searched()
1023 for (int j = 0; ss[0].pv[j] != MOVE_NONE && j < PLY_MAX; j++)
1024 std::cout << ss[0].pv[j] << " ";
1026 std::cout << std::endl;
1029 LogFile << pretty_pv(pos, current_search_time(), Iteration, nodes_searched(), value,
1030 ((value >= beta)? VALUE_TYPE_LOWER
1031 : ((value <= alpha)? VALUE_TYPE_UPPER : VALUE_TYPE_EXACT)),
1038 // Reset the global variable Problem to false if the value isn't too
1039 // far below the final value from the last iteration.
1040 if (value > IterationInfo[Iteration - 1].value - NoProblemMargin)
1045 rml.sort_multipv(i);
1046 for (int j = 0; j < Min(MultiPV, rml.move_count()); j++)
1049 std::cout << "info multipv " << j + 1
1050 << " score " << value_to_string(rml.get_move_score(j))
1051 << " depth " << ((j <= i)? Iteration : Iteration - 1)
1052 << " time " << current_search_time()
1053 << " nodes " << nodes_searched()
1057 for (k = 0; rml.get_move_pv(j, k) != MOVE_NONE && k < PLY_MAX; k++)
1058 std::cout << rml.get_move_pv(j, k) << " ";
1060 std::cout << std::endl;
1062 alpha = rml.get_move_score(Min(i, MultiPV-1));
1064 } // New best move case
1066 assert(alpha >= oldAlpha);
1068 FailLow = (alpha == oldAlpha);
1074 // search_pv() is the main search function for PV nodes.
1076 Value search_pv(Position& pos, SearchStack ss[], Value alpha, Value beta,
1077 Depth depth, int ply, int threadID) {
1079 assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && alpha <= VALUE_INFINITE);
1080 assert(beta > alpha && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
1081 assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
1082 assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
1084 Move movesSearched[256];
1089 Depth ext, newDepth;
1090 Value oldAlpha, value;
1091 bool isCheck, mateThreat, singleReply, moveIsCheck, captureOrPromotion, dangerous;
1093 Value bestValue = -VALUE_INFINITE;
1096 return qsearch(pos, ss, alpha, beta, Depth(0), ply, threadID);
1098 // Initialize, and make an early exit in case of an aborted search,
1099 // an instant draw, maximum ply reached, etc.
1100 init_node(ss, ply, threadID);
1102 // After init_node() that calls poll()
1103 if (AbortSearch || thread_should_stop(threadID))
1109 if (ply >= PLY_MAX - 1)
1110 return pos.is_check() ? quick_evaluate(pos) : evaluate(pos, ei, threadID);
1112 // Mate distance pruning
1114 alpha = Max(value_mated_in(ply), alpha);
1115 beta = Min(value_mate_in(ply+1), beta);
1119 // Transposition table lookup. At PV nodes, we don't use the TT for
1120 // pruning, but only for move ordering. This is to avoid problems in
1121 // the following areas:
1123 // * Repetition draw detection
1124 // * Fifty move rule detection
1125 // * Searching for a mate
1126 // * Printing of full PV line
1128 tte = TT.retrieve(pos.get_key());
1129 ttMove = (tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE);
1131 // Go with internal iterative deepening if we don't have a TT move
1132 if (UseIIDAtPVNodes && ttMove == MOVE_NONE && depth >= 5*OnePly)
1134 search_pv(pos, ss, alpha, beta, depth-2*OnePly, ply, threadID);
1135 ttMove = ss[ply].pv[ply];
1136 tte = TT.retrieve(pos.get_key());
1138 // If tte->move() != MOVE_NONE then it equals ttMove
1139 assert(!(tte && tte->move()) || tte->move() == ttMove);
1142 // Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position, and prepare
1143 // to search all moves
1144 isCheck = pos.is_check();
1145 mateThreat = pos.has_mate_threat(opposite_color(pos.side_to_move()));
1147 MovePicker mp = MovePicker(pos, ttMove, depth, H, &ss[ply]);
1149 // Loop through all legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff
1151 while ( alpha < beta
1152 && (move = mp.get_next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
1153 && !thread_should_stop(threadID))
1155 assert(move_is_ok(move));
1157 singleReply = (isCheck && mp.number_of_evasions() == 1);
1158 moveIsCheck = pos.move_is_check(move, ci);
1159 captureOrPromotion = pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move);
1161 // Decide the new search depth
1162 ext = extension(pos, move, true, captureOrPromotion, moveIsCheck, singleReply, mateThreat, &dangerous);
1164 // We want to extend the TT move if it is much better then remaining ones.
1165 // To verify this we do a reduced search on all the other moves but the ttMove,
1166 // if result is lower then TT value minus a margin then we assume ttMove is the
1167 // only one playable. It is a kind of relaxed single reply extension.
1168 if ( depth >= 6 * OnePly
1170 && move == tte->move()
1172 && is_lower_bound(tte->type())
1173 && tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * OnePly)
1175 Value ttValue = value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
1177 if (abs(ttValue) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN)
1179 Value excValue = search(pos, ss, ttValue - SingleReplyMargin, depth / 2, ply, false, threadID, move);
1181 // If search result is well below the foreseen score of the ttMove then we
1182 // assume ttMove is the only one realistically playable and we extend it.
1183 if (excValue < ttValue - SingleReplyMargin)
1188 newDepth = depth - OnePly + ext;
1190 // Update current move
1191 movesSearched[moveCount++] = ss[ply].currentMove = move;
1193 // Make and search the move
1194 pos.do_move(move, st, ci, moveIsCheck);
1196 if (moveCount == 1) // The first move in list is the PV
1197 value = -search_pv(pos, ss, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, ply+1, threadID);
1200 // Try to reduce non-pv search depth by one ply if move seems not problematic,
1201 // if the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth.
1202 if ( depth >= 3*OnePly
1203 && moveCount >= LMRPVMoves
1205 && !captureOrPromotion
1206 && !move_is_castle(move)
1207 && !move_is_killer(move, ss[ply]))
1209 ss[ply].reduction = OnePly;
1210 value = -search(pos, ss, -alpha, newDepth-OnePly, ply+1, true, threadID);
1213 value = alpha + 1; // Just to trigger next condition
1215 if (value > alpha) // Go with full depth non-pv search
1217 ss[ply].reduction = Depth(0);
1218 value = -search(pos, ss, -alpha, newDepth, ply+1, true, threadID);
1219 if (value > alpha && value < beta)
1221 // When the search fails high at ply 1 while searching the first
1222 // move at the root, set the flag failHighPly1. This is used for
1223 // time managment: We don't want to stop the search early in
1224 // such cases, because resolving the fail high at ply 1 could
1225 // result in a big drop in score at the root.
1226 if (ply == 1 && RootMoveNumber == 1)
1227 Threads[threadID].failHighPly1 = true;
1229 // A fail high occurred. Re-search at full window (pv search)
1230 value = -search_pv(pos, ss, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, ply+1, threadID);
1231 Threads[threadID].failHighPly1 = false;
1235 pos.undo_move(move);
1237 assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
1240 if (value > bestValue)
1247 if (value == value_mate_in(ply + 1))
1248 ss[ply].mateKiller = move;
1250 // If we are at ply 1, and we are searching the first root move at
1251 // ply 0, set the 'Problem' variable if the score has dropped a lot
1252 // (from the computer's point of view) since the previous iteration.
1255 && -value <= IterationInfo[Iteration-1].value - ProblemMargin)
1260 if ( ActiveThreads > 1
1262 && depth >= MinimumSplitDepth
1264 && idle_thread_exists(threadID)
1266 && !thread_should_stop(threadID)
1267 && split(pos, ss, ply, &alpha, &beta, &bestValue, VALUE_NONE, VALUE_NONE,
1268 depth, &moveCount, &mp, threadID, true))
1272 // All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If there were
1273 // no legal moves, it must be mate or stalemate.
1275 return (isCheck ? value_mated_in(ply) : VALUE_DRAW);
1277 // If the search is not aborted, update the transposition table,
1278 // history counters, and killer moves.
1279 if (AbortSearch || thread_should_stop(threadID))
1282 if (bestValue <= oldAlpha)
1283 TT.store(pos.get_key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), VALUE_TYPE_UPPER, depth, MOVE_NONE);
1285 else if (bestValue >= beta)
1287 BetaCounter.add(pos.side_to_move(), depth, threadID);
1288 move = ss[ply].pv[ply];
1289 if (!pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move))
1291 update_history(pos, move, depth, movesSearched, moveCount);
1292 update_killers(move, ss[ply]);
1294 TT.store(pos.get_key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), VALUE_TYPE_LOWER, depth, move);
1297 TT.store(pos.get_key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), VALUE_TYPE_EXACT, depth, ss[ply].pv[ply]);
1303 // search() is the search function for zero-width nodes.
1305 Value search(Position& pos, SearchStack ss[], Value beta, Depth depth,
1306 int ply, bool allowNullmove, int threadID, Move excludedMove) {
1308 assert(beta >= -VALUE_INFINITE && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
1309 assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
1310 assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
1312 Move movesSearched[256];
1317 Depth ext, newDepth;
1318 Value approximateEval, nullValue, value, futilityValue, futilityValueScaled;
1319 bool isCheck, useFutilityPruning, singleReply, moveIsCheck, captureOrPromotion, dangerous;
1320 bool mateThreat = false;
1322 Value bestValue = -VALUE_INFINITE;
1325 return qsearch(pos, ss, beta-1, beta, Depth(0), ply, threadID);
1327 // Initialize, and make an early exit in case of an aborted search,
1328 // an instant draw, maximum ply reached, etc.
1329 init_node(ss, ply, threadID);
1331 // After init_node() that calls poll()
1332 if (AbortSearch || thread_should_stop(threadID))
1338 if (ply >= PLY_MAX - 1)
1339 return pos.is_check() ? quick_evaluate(pos) : evaluate(pos, ei, threadID);
1341 // Mate distance pruning
1342 if (value_mated_in(ply) >= beta)
1345 if (value_mate_in(ply + 1) < beta)
1348 // We don't want the score of a partial search to overwrite a previous full search
1349 // TT value, so we use a different position key in case of an excluded move exsists.
1350 Key posKey = excludedMove ? pos.get_exclusion_key() : pos.get_key();
1352 // Transposition table lookup
1353 tte = TT.retrieve(posKey);
1354 ttMove = (tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE);
1356 if (tte && ok_to_use_TT(tte, depth, beta, ply))
1358 ss[ply].currentMove = ttMove; // Can be MOVE_NONE
1359 return value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
1362 approximateEval = quick_evaluate(pos);
1363 isCheck = pos.is_check();
1369 && !value_is_mate(beta)
1370 && ok_to_do_nullmove(pos)
1371 && approximateEval >= beta - NullMoveMargin)
1373 ss[ply].currentMove = MOVE_NULL;
1375 pos.do_null_move(st);
1377 // Null move dynamic reduction based on depth
1378 int R = (depth >= 5 * OnePly ? 4 : 3);
1380 // Null move dynamic reduction based on value
1381 if (approximateEval - beta > PawnValueMidgame)
1384 nullValue = -search(pos, ss, -(beta-1), depth-R*OnePly, ply+1, false, threadID);
1386 pos.undo_null_move();
1388 if (nullValue >= beta)
1390 if (depth < 6 * OnePly)
1393 // Do zugzwang verification search
1394 Value v = search(pos, ss, beta, depth-5*OnePly, ply, false, threadID);
1398 // The null move failed low, which means that we may be faced with
1399 // some kind of threat. If the previous move was reduced, check if
1400 // the move that refuted the null move was somehow connected to the
1401 // move which was reduced. If a connection is found, return a fail
1402 // low score (which will cause the reduced move to fail high in the
1403 // parent node, which will trigger a re-search with full depth).
1404 if (nullValue == value_mated_in(ply + 2))
1407 ss[ply].threatMove = ss[ply + 1].currentMove;
1408 if ( depth < ThreatDepth
1409 && ss[ply - 1].reduction
1410 && connected_moves(pos, ss[ply - 1].currentMove, ss[ply].threatMove))
1414 // Null move search not allowed, try razoring
1415 else if ( !value_is_mate(beta)
1416 && depth < RazorDepth
1417 && approximateEval < beta - RazorApprMargins[int(depth) - 2]
1418 && ss[ply - 1].currentMove != MOVE_NULL
1419 && ttMove == MOVE_NONE
1420 && !pos.has_pawn_on_7th(pos.side_to_move()))
1422 Value rbeta = beta - RazorMargins[int(depth) - 2];
1423 Value v = qsearch(pos, ss, rbeta-1, rbeta, Depth(0), ply, threadID);
1428 // Go with internal iterative deepening if we don't have a TT move
1429 if (UseIIDAtNonPVNodes && ttMove == MOVE_NONE && depth >= 8*OnePly &&
1430 evaluate(pos, ei, threadID) >= beta - IIDMargin)
1432 search(pos, ss, beta, Min(depth/2, depth-2*OnePly), ply, false, threadID);
1433 ttMove = ss[ply].pv[ply];
1434 tte = TT.retrieve(pos.get_key());
1437 // Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position, and prepare
1438 // to search all moves.
1439 MovePicker mp = MovePicker(pos, ttMove, depth, H, &ss[ply]);
1441 futilityValue = VALUE_NONE;
1442 useFutilityPruning = depth < SelectiveDepth && !isCheck;
1444 // Calculate depth dependant futility pruning parameters
1445 const int FutilityMoveCountMargin = 3 + (1 << (3 * int(depth) / 8));
1446 const int FutilityValueMargin = 112 * bitScanReverse32(int(depth) * int(depth) / 2);
1448 // Avoid calling evaluate() if we already have the score in TT
1449 if (tte && (tte->type() & VALUE_TYPE_EVAL))
1450 futilityValue = value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply) + FutilityValueMargin;
1452 // Loop through all legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
1453 while ( bestValue < beta
1454 && (move = mp.get_next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
1455 && !thread_should_stop(threadID))
1457 assert(move_is_ok(move));
1459 if (move == excludedMove)
1462 singleReply = (isCheck && mp.number_of_evasions() == 1);
1463 moveIsCheck = pos.move_is_check(move, ci);
1464 captureOrPromotion = pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move);
1466 // Decide the new search depth
1467 ext = extension(pos, move, false, captureOrPromotion, moveIsCheck, singleReply, mateThreat, &dangerous);
1469 // We want to extend the TT move if it is much better then remaining ones.
1470 // To verify this we do a reduced search on all the other moves but the ttMove,
1471 // if result is lower then TT value minus a margin then we assume ttMove is the
1472 // only one playable. It is a kind of relaxed single reply extension.
1473 if ( depth >= 8 * OnePly
1475 && move == tte->move()
1476 && !excludedMove // Do not allow recursive single-reply search
1478 && is_lower_bound(tte->type())
1479 && tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * OnePly)
1481 Value ttValue = value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
1483 if (abs(ttValue) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN)
1485 Value excValue = search(pos, ss, ttValue - SingleReplyMargin, depth / 2, ply, false, threadID, move);
1487 // If search result is well below the foreseen score of the ttMove then we
1488 // assume ttMove is the only one realistically playable and we extend it.
1489 if (excValue < ttValue - SingleReplyMargin)
1494 newDepth = depth - OnePly + ext;
1496 // Update current move
1497 movesSearched[moveCount++] = ss[ply].currentMove = move;
1500 if ( useFutilityPruning
1502 && !captureOrPromotion
1505 // History pruning. See ok_to_prune() definition
1506 if ( moveCount >= FutilityMoveCountMargin
1507 && ok_to_prune(pos, move, ss[ply].threatMove, depth)
1508 && bestValue > value_mated_in(PLY_MAX))
1511 // Value based pruning
1512 if (approximateEval < beta)
1514 if (futilityValue == VALUE_NONE)
1515 futilityValue = evaluate(pos, ei, threadID) + FutilityValueMargin;
1517 futilityValueScaled = futilityValue - moveCount * IncrementalFutilityMargin;
1519 if (futilityValueScaled < beta)
1521 if (futilityValueScaled > bestValue)
1522 bestValue = futilityValueScaled;
1528 // Make and search the move
1529 pos.do_move(move, st, ci, moveIsCheck);
1531 // Try to reduce non-pv search depth by one ply if move seems not problematic,
1532 // if the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth.
1533 if ( depth >= 3*OnePly
1534 && moveCount >= LMRNonPVMoves
1536 && !captureOrPromotion
1537 && !move_is_castle(move)
1538 && !move_is_killer(move, ss[ply]))
1540 ss[ply].reduction = OnePly;
1541 value = -search(pos, ss, -(beta-1), newDepth-OnePly, ply+1, true, threadID);
1544 value = beta; // Just to trigger next condition
1546 if (value >= beta) // Go with full depth non-pv search
1548 ss[ply].reduction = Depth(0);
1549 value = -search(pos, ss, -(beta-1), newDepth, ply+1, true, threadID);
1551 pos.undo_move(move);
1553 assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
1556 if (value > bestValue)
1562 if (value == value_mate_in(ply + 1))
1563 ss[ply].mateKiller = move;
1567 if ( ActiveThreads > 1
1569 && depth >= MinimumSplitDepth
1571 && idle_thread_exists(threadID)
1573 && !thread_should_stop(threadID)
1574 && split(pos, ss, ply, &beta, &beta, &bestValue, futilityValue, approximateEval,
1575 depth, &moveCount, &mp, threadID, false))
1579 // All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If there were
1580 // no legal moves, it must be mate or stalemate.
1582 return excludedMove ? beta - 1 : (pos.is_check() ? value_mated_in(ply) : VALUE_DRAW);
1584 // If the search is not aborted, update the transposition table,
1585 // history counters, and killer moves.
1586 if (AbortSearch || thread_should_stop(threadID))
1589 if (bestValue < beta)
1590 TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), VALUE_TYPE_UPPER, depth, MOVE_NONE);
1593 BetaCounter.add(pos.side_to_move(), depth, threadID);
1594 move = ss[ply].pv[ply];
1595 if (!pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move))
1597 update_history(pos, move, depth, movesSearched, moveCount);
1598 update_killers(move, ss[ply]);
1600 TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), VALUE_TYPE_LOWER, depth, move);
1603 assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);
1609 // qsearch() is the quiescence search function, which is called by the main
1610 // search function when the remaining depth is zero (or, to be more precise,
1611 // less than OnePly).
1613 Value qsearch(Position& pos, SearchStack ss[], Value alpha, Value beta,
1614 Depth depth, int ply, int threadID) {
1616 assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && alpha <= VALUE_INFINITE);
1617 assert(beta >= -VALUE_INFINITE && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
1619 assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
1620 assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
1625 Value staticValue, bestValue, value, futilityValue;
1626 bool isCheck, enoughMaterial, moveIsCheck;
1627 const TTEntry* tte = NULL;
1629 bool pvNode = (beta - alpha != 1);
1631 // Initialize, and make an early exit in case of an aborted search,
1632 // an instant draw, maximum ply reached, etc.
1633 init_node(ss, ply, threadID);
1635 // After init_node() that calls poll()
1636 if (AbortSearch || thread_should_stop(threadID))
1642 // Transposition table lookup, only when not in PV
1645 tte = TT.retrieve(pos.get_key());
1646 if (tte && ok_to_use_TT(tte, depth, beta, ply))
1648 assert(tte->type() != VALUE_TYPE_EVAL);
1650 return value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
1653 ttMove = (tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE);
1655 isCheck = pos.is_check();
1656 ei.futilityMargin = Value(0); // Manually initialize futilityMargin
1658 // Evaluate the position statically
1660 staticValue = -VALUE_INFINITE;
1662 else if (tte && (tte->type() & VALUE_TYPE_EVAL))
1664 // Use the cached evaluation score if possible
1665 assert(ei.futilityMargin == Value(0));
1667 staticValue = value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
1670 staticValue = evaluate(pos, ei, threadID);
1672 if (ply >= PLY_MAX - 1)
1673 return pos.is_check() ? quick_evaluate(pos) : evaluate(pos, ei, threadID);
1675 // Initialize "stand pat score", and return it immediately if it is
1677 bestValue = staticValue;
1679 if (bestValue >= beta)
1681 // Store the score to avoid a future costly evaluation() call
1682 if (!isCheck && !tte && ei.futilityMargin == 0)
1683 TT.store(pos.get_key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), VALUE_TYPE_EV_LO, Depth(-127*OnePly), MOVE_NONE);
1688 if (bestValue > alpha)
1691 // Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position, and prepare
1692 // to search the moves. Because the depth is <= 0 here, only captures,
1693 // queen promotions and checks (only if depth == 0) will be generated.
1694 MovePicker mp = MovePicker(pos, ttMove, depth, H);
1696 enoughMaterial = pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()) > RookValueMidgame;
1698 // Loop through the moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff
1700 while ( alpha < beta
1701 && (move = mp.get_next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
1703 assert(move_is_ok(move));
1706 ss[ply].currentMove = move;
1708 moveIsCheck = pos.move_is_check(move, ci);
1716 && !move_is_promotion(move)
1717 && !pos.move_is_passed_pawn_push(move))
1719 futilityValue = staticValue
1720 + Max(pos.midgame_value_of_piece_on(move_to(move)),
1721 pos.endgame_value_of_piece_on(move_to(move)))
1722 + (move_is_ep(move) ? PawnValueEndgame : Value(0))
1724 + ei.futilityMargin;
1726 if (futilityValue < alpha)
1728 if (futilityValue > bestValue)
1729 bestValue = futilityValue;
1734 // Don't search captures and checks with negative SEE values
1737 && !move_is_promotion(move)
1738 && pos.see_sign(move) < 0)
1741 // Make and search the move
1742 pos.do_move(move, st, ci, moveIsCheck);
1743 value = -qsearch(pos, ss, -beta, -alpha, depth-OnePly, ply+1, threadID);
1744 pos.undo_move(move);
1746 assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
1749 if (value > bestValue)
1760 // All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If we're in check
1761 // and no legal moves were found, it is checkmate.
1762 if (!moveCount && pos.is_check()) // Mate!
1763 return value_mated_in(ply);
1765 assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);
1767 // Update transposition table
1768 move = ss[ply].pv[ply];
1771 // If bestValue isn't changed it means it is still the static evaluation of
1772 // the node, so keep this info to avoid a future costly evaluation() call.
1773 ValueType type = (bestValue == staticValue && !ei.futilityMargin ? VALUE_TYPE_EV_UP : VALUE_TYPE_UPPER);
1774 Depth d = (depth == Depth(0) ? Depth(0) : Depth(-1));
1776 if (bestValue < beta)
1777 TT.store(pos.get_key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), type, d, MOVE_NONE);
1779 TT.store(pos.get_key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), VALUE_TYPE_LOWER, d, move);
1782 // Update killers only for good check moves
1783 if (alpha >= beta && !pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move))
1784 update_killers(move, ss[ply]);
1790 // sp_search() is used to search from a split point. This function is called
1791 // by each thread working at the split point. It is similar to the normal
1792 // search() function, but simpler. Because we have already probed the hash
1793 // table, done a null move search, and searched the first move before
1794 // splitting, we don't have to repeat all this work in sp_search(). We
1795 // also don't need to store anything to the hash table here: This is taken
1796 // care of after we return from the split point.
1798 void sp_search(SplitPoint* sp, int threadID) {
1800 assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
1801 assert(ActiveThreads > 1);
1803 Position pos = Position(sp->pos);
1805 SearchStack* ss = sp->sstack[threadID];
1808 bool isCheck = pos.is_check();
1809 bool useFutilityPruning = sp->depth < SelectiveDepth
1812 const int FutilityValueMargin = 112 * bitScanReverse32(int(sp->depth) * int(sp->depth) / 2);
1814 while ( sp->bestValue < sp->beta
1815 && !thread_should_stop(threadID)
1816 && (move = sp->mp->get_next_move(sp->lock)) != MOVE_NONE)
1818 assert(move_is_ok(move));
1820 bool moveIsCheck = pos.move_is_check(move, ci);
1821 bool captureOrPromotion = pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move);
1823 lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
1824 int moveCount = ++sp->moves;
1825 lock_release(&(sp->lock));
1827 ss[sp->ply].currentMove = move;
1829 // Decide the new search depth.
1831 Depth ext = extension(pos, move, false, captureOrPromotion, moveIsCheck, false, false, &dangerous);
1832 Depth newDepth = sp->depth - OnePly + ext;
1835 if ( useFutilityPruning
1837 && !captureOrPromotion)
1839 // History pruning. See ok_to_prune() definition
1840 if ( moveCount >= 2 + int(sp->depth)
1841 && ok_to_prune(pos, move, ss[sp->ply].threatMove, sp->depth)
1842 && sp->bestValue > value_mated_in(PLY_MAX))
1845 // Value based pruning
1846 if (sp->approximateEval < sp->beta)
1848 if (sp->futilityValue == VALUE_NONE)
1851 sp->futilityValue = evaluate(pos, ei, threadID) + FutilityValueMargin;
1854 if (sp->futilityValue < sp->beta)
1856 if (sp->futilityValue > sp->bestValue) // Less then 1% of cases
1858 lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
1859 if (sp->futilityValue > sp->bestValue)
1860 sp->bestValue = sp->futilityValue;
1861 lock_release(&(sp->lock));
1868 // Make and search the move.
1870 pos.do_move(move, st, ci, moveIsCheck);
1872 // Try to reduce non-pv search depth by one ply if move seems not problematic,
1873 // if the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth.
1875 && moveCount >= LMRNonPVMoves
1876 && !captureOrPromotion
1877 && !move_is_castle(move)
1878 && !move_is_killer(move, ss[sp->ply]))
1880 ss[sp->ply].reduction = OnePly;
1881 value = -search(pos, ss, -(sp->beta-1), newDepth - OnePly, sp->ply+1, true, threadID);
1884 value = sp->beta; // Just to trigger next condition
1886 if (value >= sp->beta) // Go with full depth non-pv search
1888 ss[sp->ply].reduction = Depth(0);
1889 value = -search(pos, ss, -(sp->beta - 1), newDepth, sp->ply+1, true, threadID);
1891 pos.undo_move(move);
1893 assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
1895 if (thread_should_stop(threadID))
1899 if (value > sp->bestValue) // Less then 2% of cases
1901 lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
1902 if (value > sp->bestValue && !thread_should_stop(threadID))
1904 sp->bestValue = value;
1905 if (sp->bestValue >= sp->beta)
1907 sp_update_pv(sp->parentSstack, ss, sp->ply);
1908 for (int i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
1909 if (i != threadID && (i == sp->master || sp->slaves[i]))
1910 Threads[i].stop = true;
1912 sp->finished = true;
1915 lock_release(&(sp->lock));
1919 lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
1921 // If this is the master thread and we have been asked to stop because of
1922 // a beta cutoff higher up in the tree, stop all slave threads.
1923 if (sp->master == threadID && thread_should_stop(threadID))
1924 for (int i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
1926 Threads[i].stop = true;
1929 sp->slaves[threadID] = 0;
1931 lock_release(&(sp->lock));
1935 // sp_search_pv() is used to search from a PV split point. This function
1936 // is called by each thread working at the split point. It is similar to
1937 // the normal search_pv() function, but simpler. Because we have already
1938 // probed the hash table and searched the first move before splitting, we
1939 // don't have to repeat all this work in sp_search_pv(). We also don't
1940 // need to store anything to the hash table here: This is taken care of
1941 // after we return from the split point.
1943 void sp_search_pv(SplitPoint* sp, int threadID) {
1945 assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
1946 assert(ActiveThreads > 1);
1948 Position pos = Position(sp->pos);
1950 SearchStack* ss = sp->sstack[threadID];
1954 while ( sp->alpha < sp->beta
1955 && !thread_should_stop(threadID)
1956 && (move = sp->mp->get_next_move(sp->lock)) != MOVE_NONE)
1958 bool moveIsCheck = pos.move_is_check(move, ci);
1959 bool captureOrPromotion = pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move);
1961 assert(move_is_ok(move));
1963 lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
1964 int moveCount = ++sp->moves;
1965 lock_release(&(sp->lock));
1967 ss[sp->ply].currentMove = move;
1969 // Decide the new search depth.
1971 Depth ext = extension(pos, move, true, captureOrPromotion, moveIsCheck, false, false, &dangerous);
1972 Depth newDepth = sp->depth - OnePly + ext;
1974 // Make and search the move.
1976 pos.do_move(move, st, ci, moveIsCheck);
1978 // Try to reduce non-pv search depth by one ply if move seems not problematic,
1979 // if the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth.
1981 && moveCount >= LMRPVMoves
1982 && !captureOrPromotion
1983 && !move_is_castle(move)
1984 && !move_is_killer(move, ss[sp->ply]))
1986 ss[sp->ply].reduction = OnePly;
1987 value = -search(pos, ss, -sp->alpha, newDepth - OnePly, sp->ply+1, true, threadID);
1990 value = sp->alpha + 1; // Just to trigger next condition
1992 if (value > sp->alpha) // Go with full depth non-pv search
1994 ss[sp->ply].reduction = Depth(0);
1995 value = -search(pos, ss, -sp->alpha, newDepth, sp->ply+1, true, threadID);
1997 if (value > sp->alpha && value < sp->beta)
1999 // When the search fails high at ply 1 while searching the first
2000 // move at the root, set the flag failHighPly1. This is used for
2001 // time managment: We don't want to stop the search early in
2002 // such cases, because resolving the fail high at ply 1 could
2003 // result in a big drop in score at the root.
2004 if (sp->ply == 1 && RootMoveNumber == 1)
2005 Threads[threadID].failHighPly1 = true;
2007 value = -search_pv(pos, ss, -sp->beta, -sp->alpha, newDepth, sp->ply+1, threadID);
2008 Threads[threadID].failHighPly1 = false;
2011 pos.undo_move(move);
2013 assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
2015 if (thread_should_stop(threadID))
2019 lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
2020 if (value > sp->bestValue && !thread_should_stop(threadID))
2022 sp->bestValue = value;
2023 if (value > sp->alpha)
2026 sp_update_pv(sp->parentSstack, ss, sp->ply);
2027 if (value == value_mate_in(sp->ply + 1))
2028 ss[sp->ply].mateKiller = move;
2030 if (value >= sp->beta)
2032 for (int i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
2033 if (i != threadID && (i == sp->master || sp->slaves[i]))
2034 Threads[i].stop = true;
2036 sp->finished = true;
2039 // If we are at ply 1, and we are searching the first root move at
2040 // ply 0, set the 'Problem' variable if the score has dropped a lot
2041 // (from the computer's point of view) since the previous iteration.
2044 && -value <= IterationInfo[Iteration-1].value - ProblemMargin)
2047 lock_release(&(sp->lock));
2050 lock_grab(&(sp->lock));
2052 // If this is the master thread and we have been asked to stop because of
2053 // a beta cutoff higher up in the tree, stop all slave threads.
2054 if (sp->master == threadID && thread_should_stop(threadID))
2055 for (int i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
2057 Threads[i].stop = true;
2060 sp->slaves[threadID] = 0;
2062 lock_release(&(sp->lock));
2065 /// The BetaCounterType class
2067 BetaCounterType::BetaCounterType() { clear(); }
2069 void BetaCounterType::clear() {
2071 for (int i = 0; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
2072 Threads[i].betaCutOffs[WHITE] = Threads[i].betaCutOffs[BLACK] = 0ULL;
2075 void BetaCounterType::add(Color us, Depth d, int threadID) {
2077 // Weighted count based on depth
2078 Threads[threadID].betaCutOffs[us] += unsigned(d);
2081 void BetaCounterType::read(Color us, int64_t& our, int64_t& their) {
2084 for (int i = 0; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
2086 our += Threads[i].betaCutOffs[us];
2087 their += Threads[i].betaCutOffs[opposite_color(us)];
2092 /// The RootMove class
2096 RootMove::RootMove() {
2097 nodes = cumulativeNodes = ourBeta = theirBeta = 0ULL;
2100 // RootMove::operator<() is the comparison function used when
2101 // sorting the moves. A move m1 is considered to be better
2102 // than a move m2 if it has a higher score, or if the moves
2103 // have equal score but m1 has the higher node count.
2105 bool RootMove::operator<(const RootMove& m) {
2107 if (score != m.score)
2108 return (score < m.score);
2110 return theirBeta <= m.theirBeta;
2113 /// The RootMoveList class
2117 RootMoveList::RootMoveList(Position& pos, Move searchMoves[]) : count(0) {
2119 MoveStack mlist[MaxRootMoves];
2120 bool includeAllMoves = (searchMoves[0] == MOVE_NONE);
2122 // Generate all legal moves
2123 MoveStack* last = generate_moves(pos, mlist);
2125 // Add each move to the moves[] array
2126 for (MoveStack* cur = mlist; cur != last; cur++)
2128 bool includeMove = includeAllMoves;
2130 for (int k = 0; !includeMove && searchMoves[k] != MOVE_NONE; k++)
2131 includeMove = (searchMoves[k] == cur->move);
2136 // Find a quick score for the move
2138 SearchStack ss[PLY_MAX_PLUS_2];
2141 moves[count].move = cur->move;
2142 pos.do_move(moves[count].move, st);
2143 moves[count].score = -qsearch(pos, ss, -VALUE_INFINITE, VALUE_INFINITE, Depth(0), 1, 0);
2144 pos.undo_move(moves[count].move);
2145 moves[count].pv[0] = moves[count].move;
2146 moves[count].pv[1] = MOVE_NONE;
2153 // Simple accessor methods for the RootMoveList class
2155 inline Move RootMoveList::get_move(int moveNum) const {
2156 return moves[moveNum].move;
2159 inline Value RootMoveList::get_move_score(int moveNum) const {
2160 return moves[moveNum].score;
2163 inline void RootMoveList::set_move_score(int moveNum, Value score) {
2164 moves[moveNum].score = score;
2167 inline void RootMoveList::set_move_nodes(int moveNum, int64_t nodes) {
2168 moves[moveNum].nodes = nodes;
2169 moves[moveNum].cumulativeNodes += nodes;
2172 inline void RootMoveList::set_beta_counters(int moveNum, int64_t our, int64_t their) {
2173 moves[moveNum].ourBeta = our;
2174 moves[moveNum].theirBeta = their;
2177 void RootMoveList::set_move_pv(int moveNum, const Move pv[]) {
2179 for(j = 0; pv[j] != MOVE_NONE; j++)
2180 moves[moveNum].pv[j] = pv[j];
2181 moves[moveNum].pv[j] = MOVE_NONE;
2184 inline Move RootMoveList::get_move_pv(int moveNum, int i) const {
2185 return moves[moveNum].pv[i];
2188 inline int64_t RootMoveList::get_move_cumulative_nodes(int moveNum) const {
2189 return moves[moveNum].cumulativeNodes;
2192 inline int RootMoveList::move_count() const {
2197 // RootMoveList::sort() sorts the root move list at the beginning of a new
2200 inline void RootMoveList::sort() {
2202 sort_multipv(count - 1); // all items
2206 // RootMoveList::sort_multipv() sorts the first few moves in the root move
2207 // list by their scores and depths. It is used to order the different PVs
2208 // correctly in MultiPV mode.
2210 void RootMoveList::sort_multipv(int n) {
2212 for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
2214 RootMove rm = moves[i];
2216 for (j = i; j > 0 && moves[j-1] < rm; j--)
2217 moves[j] = moves[j-1];
2223 // init_node() is called at the beginning of all the search functions
2224 // (search(), search_pv(), qsearch(), and so on) and initializes the search
2225 // stack object corresponding to the current node. Once every
2226 // NodesBetweenPolls nodes, init_node() also calls poll(), which polls
2227 // for user input and checks whether it is time to stop the search.
2229 void init_node(SearchStack ss[], int ply, int threadID) {
2231 assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
2232 assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
2234 Threads[threadID].nodes++;
2239 if (NodesSincePoll >= NodesBetweenPolls)
2246 ss[ply+2].initKillers();
2248 if (Threads[threadID].printCurrentLine)
2249 print_current_line(ss, ply, threadID);
2253 // update_pv() is called whenever a search returns a value > alpha. It
2254 // updates the PV in the SearchStack object corresponding to the current
2257 void update_pv(SearchStack ss[], int ply) {
2258 assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
2260 ss[ply].pv[ply] = ss[ply].currentMove;
2262 for(p = ply + 1; ss[ply+1].pv[p] != MOVE_NONE; p++)
2263 ss[ply].pv[p] = ss[ply+1].pv[p];
2264 ss[ply].pv[p] = MOVE_NONE;
2268 // sp_update_pv() is a variant of update_pv for use at split points. The
2269 // difference between the two functions is that sp_update_pv also updates
2270 // the PV at the parent node.
2272 void sp_update_pv(SearchStack* pss, SearchStack ss[], int ply) {
2273 assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
2275 ss[ply].pv[ply] = pss[ply].pv[ply] = ss[ply].currentMove;
2277 for(p = ply + 1; ss[ply+1].pv[p] != MOVE_NONE; p++)
2278 ss[ply].pv[p] = pss[ply].pv[p] = ss[ply+1].pv[p];
2279 ss[ply].pv[p] = pss[ply].pv[p] = MOVE_NONE;
2283 // connected_moves() tests whether two moves are 'connected' in the sense
2284 // that the first move somehow made the second move possible (for instance
2285 // if the moving piece is the same in both moves). The first move is
2286 // assumed to be the move that was made to reach the current position, while
2287 // the second move is assumed to be a move from the current position.
2289 bool connected_moves(const Position& pos, Move m1, Move m2) {
2291 Square f1, t1, f2, t2;
2294 assert(move_is_ok(m1));
2295 assert(move_is_ok(m2));
2297 if (m2 == MOVE_NONE)
2300 // Case 1: The moving piece is the same in both moves
2306 // Case 2: The destination square for m2 was vacated by m1
2312 // Case 3: Moving through the vacated square
2313 if ( piece_is_slider(pos.piece_on(f2))
2314 && bit_is_set(squares_between(f2, t2), f1))
2317 // Case 4: The destination square for m2 is attacked by the moving piece in m1
2318 p = pos.piece_on(t1);
2319 if (bit_is_set(pos.attacks_from(p, t1), t2))
2322 // Case 5: Discovered check, checking piece is the piece moved in m1
2323 if ( piece_is_slider(p)
2324 && bit_is_set(squares_between(t1, pos.king_square(pos.side_to_move())), f2)
2325 && !bit_is_set(squares_between(t1, pos.king_square(pos.side_to_move())), t2))
2327 Bitboard occ = pos.occupied_squares();
2328 Color us = pos.side_to_move();
2329 Square ksq = pos.king_square(us);
2330 clear_bit(&occ, f2);
2331 if (type_of_piece(p) == BISHOP)
2333 if (bit_is_set(bishop_attacks_bb(ksq, occ), t1))
2336 else if (type_of_piece(p) == ROOK)
2338 if (bit_is_set(rook_attacks_bb(ksq, occ), t1))
2343 assert(type_of_piece(p) == QUEEN);
2344 if (bit_is_set(queen_attacks_bb(ksq, occ), t1))
2352 // value_is_mate() checks if the given value is a mate one
2353 // eventually compensated for the ply.
2355 bool value_is_mate(Value value) {
2357 assert(abs(value) <= VALUE_INFINITE);
2359 return value <= value_mated_in(PLY_MAX)
2360 || value >= value_mate_in(PLY_MAX);
2364 // move_is_killer() checks if the given move is among the
2365 // killer moves of that ply.
2367 bool move_is_killer(Move m, const SearchStack& ss) {
2369 const Move* k = ss.killers;
2370 for (int i = 0; i < KILLER_MAX; i++, k++)
2378 // extension() decides whether a move should be searched with normal depth,
2379 // or with extended depth. Certain classes of moves (checking moves, in
2380 // particular) are searched with bigger depth than ordinary moves and in
2381 // any case are marked as 'dangerous'. Note that also if a move is not
2382 // extended, as example because the corresponding UCI option is set to zero,
2383 // the move is marked as 'dangerous' so, at least, we avoid to prune it.
2385 Depth extension(const Position& pos, Move m, bool pvNode, bool captureOrPromotion,
2386 bool check, bool singleReply, bool mateThreat, bool* dangerous) {
2388 assert(m != MOVE_NONE);
2390 Depth result = Depth(0);
2391 *dangerous = check | singleReply | mateThreat;
2396 result += CheckExtension[pvNode];
2399 result += SingleReplyExtension[pvNode];
2402 result += MateThreatExtension[pvNode];
2405 if (pos.type_of_piece_on(move_from(m)) == PAWN)
2407 Color c = pos.side_to_move();
2408 if (relative_rank(c, move_to(m)) == RANK_7)
2410 result += PawnPushTo7thExtension[pvNode];
2413 if (pos.pawn_is_passed(c, move_to(m)))
2415 result += PassedPawnExtension[pvNode];
2420 if ( captureOrPromotion
2421 && pos.type_of_piece_on(move_to(m)) != PAWN
2422 && ( pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE) + pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK)
2423 - pos.midgame_value_of_piece_on(move_to(m)) == Value(0))
2424 && !move_is_promotion(m)
2427 result += PawnEndgameExtension[pvNode];
2432 && captureOrPromotion
2433 && pos.type_of_piece_on(move_to(m)) != PAWN
2434 && pos.see_sign(m) >= 0)
2440 return Min(result, OnePly);
2444 // ok_to_do_nullmove() looks at the current position and decides whether
2445 // doing a 'null move' should be allowed. In order to avoid zugzwang
2446 // problems, null moves are not allowed when the side to move has very
2447 // little material left. Currently, the test is a bit too simple: Null
2448 // moves are avoided only when the side to move has only pawns left. It's
2449 // probably a good idea to avoid null moves in at least some more
2450 // complicated endgames, e.g. KQ vs KR. FIXME
2452 bool ok_to_do_nullmove(const Position& pos) {
2454 return pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()) != Value(0);
2458 // ok_to_prune() tests whether it is safe to forward prune a move. Only
2459 // non-tactical moves late in the move list close to the leaves are
2460 // candidates for pruning.
2462 bool ok_to_prune(const Position& pos, Move m, Move threat, Depth d) {
2464 assert(move_is_ok(m));
2465 assert(threat == MOVE_NONE || move_is_ok(threat));
2466 assert(!pos.move_is_check(m));
2467 assert(!pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(m));
2468 assert(!pos.move_is_passed_pawn_push(m));
2469 assert(d >= OnePly);
2471 Square mfrom, mto, tfrom, tto;
2473 mfrom = move_from(m);
2475 tfrom = move_from(threat);
2476 tto = move_to(threat);
2478 // Case 1: Castling moves are never pruned
2479 if (move_is_castle(m))
2482 // Case 2: Don't prune moves which move the threatened piece
2483 if (!PruneEscapeMoves && threat != MOVE_NONE && mfrom == tto)
2486 // Case 3: If the threatened piece has value less than or equal to the
2487 // value of the threatening piece, don't prune move which defend it.
2488 if ( !PruneDefendingMoves
2489 && threat != MOVE_NONE
2490 && pos.move_is_capture(threat)
2491 && ( pos.midgame_value_of_piece_on(tfrom) >= pos.midgame_value_of_piece_on(tto)
2492 || pos.type_of_piece_on(tfrom) == KING)
2493 && pos.move_attacks_square(m, tto))
2496 // Case 4: Don't prune moves with good history
2497 if (!H.ok_to_prune(pos.piece_on(mfrom), mto, d))
2500 // Case 5: If the moving piece in the threatened move is a slider, don't
2501 // prune safe moves which block its ray.
2502 if ( !PruneBlockingMoves
2503 && threat != MOVE_NONE
2504 && piece_is_slider(pos.piece_on(tfrom))
2505 && bit_is_set(squares_between(tfrom, tto), mto)
2506 && pos.see_sign(m) >= 0)
2513 // ok_to_use_TT() returns true if a transposition table score
2514 // can be used at a given point in search.
2516 bool ok_to_use_TT(const TTEntry* tte, Depth depth, Value beta, int ply) {
2518 Value v = value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
2520 return ( tte->depth() >= depth
2521 || v >= Max(value_mate_in(100), beta)
2522 || v < Min(value_mated_in(100), beta))
2524 && ( (is_lower_bound(tte->type()) && v >= beta)
2525 || (is_upper_bound(tte->type()) && v < beta));
2529 // update_history() registers a good move that produced a beta-cutoff
2530 // in history and marks as failures all the other moves of that ply.
2532 void update_history(const Position& pos, Move m, Depth depth,
2533 Move movesSearched[], int moveCount) {
2535 H.success(pos.piece_on(move_from(m)), move_to(m), depth);
2537 for (int i = 0; i < moveCount - 1; i++)
2539 assert(m != movesSearched[i]);
2540 if (!pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(movesSearched[i]))
2541 H.failure(pos.piece_on(move_from(movesSearched[i])), move_to(movesSearched[i]));
2546 // update_killers() add a good move that produced a beta-cutoff
2547 // among the killer moves of that ply.
2549 void update_killers(Move m, SearchStack& ss) {
2551 if (m == ss.killers[0])
2554 for (int i = KILLER_MAX - 1; i > 0; i--)
2555 ss.killers[i] = ss.killers[i - 1];
2561 // fail_high_ply_1() checks if some thread is currently resolving a fail
2562 // high at ply 1 at the node below the first root node. This information
2563 // is used for time managment.
2565 bool fail_high_ply_1() {
2567 for(int i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
2568 if (Threads[i].failHighPly1)
2575 // current_search_time() returns the number of milliseconds which have passed
2576 // since the beginning of the current search.
2578 int current_search_time() {
2579 return get_system_time() - SearchStartTime;
2583 // nps() computes the current nodes/second count.
2586 int t = current_search_time();
2587 return (t > 0)? int((nodes_searched() * 1000) / t) : 0;
2591 // poll() performs two different functions: It polls for user input, and it
2592 // looks at the time consumed so far and decides if it's time to abort the
2597 static int lastInfoTime;
2598 int t = current_search_time();
2603 // We are line oriented, don't read single chars
2604 std::string command;
2605 if (!std::getline(std::cin, command))
2608 if (command == "quit")
2611 PonderSearch = false;
2615 else if (command == "stop")
2618 PonderSearch = false;
2620 else if (command == "ponderhit")
2623 // Print search information
2627 else if (lastInfoTime > t)
2628 // HACK: Must be a new search where we searched less than
2629 // NodesBetweenPolls nodes during the first second of search.
2632 else if (t - lastInfoTime >= 1000)
2639 if (dbg_show_hit_rate)
2640 dbg_print_hit_rate();
2642 std::cout << "info nodes " << nodes_searched() << " nps " << nps()
2643 << " time " << t << " hashfull " << TT.full() << std::endl;
2644 lock_release(&IOLock);
2645 if (ShowCurrentLine)
2646 Threads[0].printCurrentLine = true;
2648 // Should we stop the search?
2652 bool overTime = t > AbsoluteMaxSearchTime
2653 || (RootMoveNumber == 1 && t > MaxSearchTime + ExtraSearchTime && !FailLow) //FIXME: We are not checking any problem flags, BUG?
2654 || ( !FailHigh && !FailLow && !fail_high_ply_1() && !Problem
2655 && t > 6*(MaxSearchTime + ExtraSearchTime));
2657 if ( (Iteration >= 3 && (!InfiniteSearch && overTime))
2658 || (ExactMaxTime && t >= ExactMaxTime)
2659 || (Iteration >= 3 && MaxNodes && nodes_searched() >= MaxNodes))
2664 // ponderhit() is called when the program is pondering (i.e. thinking while
2665 // it's the opponent's turn to move) in order to let the engine know that
2666 // it correctly predicted the opponent's move.
2670 int t = current_search_time();
2671 PonderSearch = false;
2672 if (Iteration >= 3 &&
2673 (!InfiniteSearch && (StopOnPonderhit ||
2674 t > AbsoluteMaxSearchTime ||
2675 (RootMoveNumber == 1 &&
2676 t > MaxSearchTime + ExtraSearchTime && !FailLow) ||
2677 (!FailHigh && !FailLow && !fail_high_ply_1() && !Problem &&
2678 t > 6*(MaxSearchTime + ExtraSearchTime)))))
2683 // print_current_line() prints the current line of search for a given
2684 // thread. Called when the UCI option UCI_ShowCurrLine is 'true'.
2686 void print_current_line(SearchStack ss[], int ply, int threadID) {
2688 assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
2689 assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
2691 if (!Threads[threadID].idle)
2694 std::cout << "info currline " << (threadID + 1);
2695 for (int p = 0; p < ply; p++)
2696 std::cout << " " << ss[p].currentMove;
2698 std::cout << std::endl;
2699 lock_release(&IOLock);
2701 Threads[threadID].printCurrentLine = false;
2702 if (threadID + 1 < ActiveThreads)
2703 Threads[threadID + 1].printCurrentLine = true;
2707 // init_ss_array() does a fast reset of the first entries of a SearchStack array
2709 void init_ss_array(SearchStack ss[]) {
2711 for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
2714 ss[i].initKillers();
2719 // wait_for_stop_or_ponderhit() is called when the maximum depth is reached
2720 // while the program is pondering. The point is to work around a wrinkle in
2721 // the UCI protocol: When pondering, the engine is not allowed to give a
2722 // "bestmove" before the GUI sends it a "stop" or "ponderhit" command.
2723 // We simply wait here until one of these commands is sent, and return,
2724 // after which the bestmove and pondermove will be printed (in id_loop()).
2726 void wait_for_stop_or_ponderhit() {
2728 std::string command;
2732 if (!std::getline(std::cin, command))
2735 if (command == "quit")
2740 else if (command == "ponderhit" || command == "stop")
2746 // idle_loop() is where the threads are parked when they have no work to do.
2747 // The parameter "waitSp", if non-NULL, is a pointer to an active SplitPoint
2748 // object for which the current thread is the master.
2750 void idle_loop(int threadID, SplitPoint* waitSp) {
2751 assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < THREAD_MAX);
2753 Threads[threadID].running = true;
2756 if(AllThreadsShouldExit && threadID != 0)
2759 // If we are not thinking, wait for a condition to be signaled instead
2760 // of wasting CPU time polling for work:
2761 while(threadID != 0 && (Idle || threadID >= ActiveThreads)) {
2762 #if !defined(_MSC_VER)
2763 pthread_mutex_lock(&WaitLock);
2764 if(Idle || threadID >= ActiveThreads)
2765 pthread_cond_wait(&WaitCond, &WaitLock);
2766 pthread_mutex_unlock(&WaitLock);
2768 WaitForSingleObject(SitIdleEvent[threadID], INFINITE);
2772 // If this thread has been assigned work, launch a search
2773 if(Threads[threadID].workIsWaiting) {
2774 Threads[threadID].workIsWaiting = false;
2775 if(Threads[threadID].splitPoint->pvNode)
2776 sp_search_pv(Threads[threadID].splitPoint, threadID);
2778 sp_search(Threads[threadID].splitPoint, threadID);
2779 Threads[threadID].idle = true;
2782 // If this thread is the master of a split point and all threads have
2783 // finished their work at this split point, return from the idle loop.
2784 if(waitSp != NULL && waitSp->cpus == 0)
2788 Threads[threadID].running = false;
2792 // init_split_point_stack() is called during program initialization, and
2793 // initializes all split point objects.
2795 void init_split_point_stack() {
2796 for(int i = 0; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
2797 for(int j = 0; j < MaxActiveSplitPoints; j++) {
2798 SplitPointStack[i][j].parent = NULL;
2799 lock_init(&(SplitPointStack[i][j].lock), NULL);
2804 // destroy_split_point_stack() is called when the program exits, and
2805 // destroys all locks in the precomputed split point objects.
2807 void destroy_split_point_stack() {
2808 for(int i = 0; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
2809 for(int j = 0; j < MaxActiveSplitPoints; j++)
2810 lock_destroy(&(SplitPointStack[i][j].lock));
2814 // thread_should_stop() checks whether the thread with a given threadID has
2815 // been asked to stop, directly or indirectly. This can happen if a beta
2816 // cutoff has occured in thre thread's currently active split point, or in
2817 // some ancestor of the current split point.
2819 bool thread_should_stop(int threadID) {
2820 assert(threadID >= 0 && threadID < ActiveThreads);
2824 if(Threads[threadID].stop)
2826 if(ActiveThreads <= 2)
2828 for(sp = Threads[threadID].splitPoint; sp != NULL; sp = sp->parent)
2830 Threads[threadID].stop = true;
2837 // thread_is_available() checks whether the thread with threadID "slave" is
2838 // available to help the thread with threadID "master" at a split point. An
2839 // obvious requirement is that "slave" must be idle. With more than two
2840 // threads, this is not by itself sufficient: If "slave" is the master of
2841 // some active split point, it is only available as a slave to the other
2842 // threads which are busy searching the split point at the top of "slave"'s
2843 // split point stack (the "helpful master concept" in YBWC terminology).
2845 bool thread_is_available(int slave, int master) {
2846 assert(slave >= 0 && slave < ActiveThreads);
2847 assert(master >= 0 && master < ActiveThreads);
2848 assert(ActiveThreads > 1);
2850 if(!Threads[slave].idle || slave == master)
2853 if(Threads[slave].activeSplitPoints == 0)
2854 // No active split points means that the thread is available as a slave
2855 // for any other thread.
2858 if(ActiveThreads == 2)
2861 // Apply the "helpful master" concept if possible.
2862 if(SplitPointStack[slave][Threads[slave].activeSplitPoints-1].slaves[master])
2869 // idle_thread_exists() tries to find an idle thread which is available as
2870 // a slave for the thread with threadID "master".
2872 bool idle_thread_exists(int master) {
2873 assert(master >= 0 && master < ActiveThreads);
2874 assert(ActiveThreads > 1);
2876 for(int i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
2877 if(thread_is_available(i, master))
2883 // split() does the actual work of distributing the work at a node between
2884 // several threads at PV nodes. If it does not succeed in splitting the
2885 // node (because no idle threads are available, or because we have no unused
2886 // split point objects), the function immediately returns false. If
2887 // splitting is possible, a SplitPoint object is initialized with all the
2888 // data that must be copied to the helper threads (the current position and
2889 // search stack, alpha, beta, the search depth, etc.), and we tell our
2890 // helper threads that they have been assigned work. This will cause them
2891 // to instantly leave their idle loops and call sp_search_pv(). When all
2892 // threads have returned from sp_search_pv (or, equivalently, when
2893 // splitPoint->cpus becomes 0), split() returns true.
2895 bool split(const Position& p, SearchStack* sstck, int ply,
2896 Value* alpha, Value* beta, Value* bestValue, const Value futilityValue,
2897 const Value approximateEval, Depth depth, int* moves,
2898 MovePicker* mp, int master, bool pvNode) {
2901 assert(sstck != NULL);
2902 assert(ply >= 0 && ply < PLY_MAX);
2903 assert(*bestValue >= -VALUE_INFINITE && *bestValue <= *alpha);
2904 assert(!pvNode || *alpha < *beta);
2905 assert(*beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
2906 assert(depth > Depth(0));
2907 assert(master >= 0 && master < ActiveThreads);
2908 assert(ActiveThreads > 1);
2910 SplitPoint* splitPoint;
2915 // If no other thread is available to help us, or if we have too many
2916 // active split points, don't split.
2917 if(!idle_thread_exists(master) ||
2918 Threads[master].activeSplitPoints >= MaxActiveSplitPoints) {
2919 lock_release(&MPLock);
2923 // Pick the next available split point object from the split point stack
2924 splitPoint = SplitPointStack[master] + Threads[master].activeSplitPoints;
2925 Threads[master].activeSplitPoints++;
2927 // Initialize the split point object
2928 splitPoint->parent = Threads[master].splitPoint;
2929 splitPoint->finished = false;
2930 splitPoint->ply = ply;
2931 splitPoint->depth = depth;
2932 splitPoint->alpha = pvNode? *alpha : (*beta - 1);
2933 splitPoint->beta = *beta;
2934 splitPoint->pvNode = pvNode;
2935 splitPoint->bestValue = *bestValue;
2936 splitPoint->futilityValue = futilityValue;
2937 splitPoint->approximateEval = approximateEval;
2938 splitPoint->master = master;
2939 splitPoint->mp = mp;
2940 splitPoint->moves = *moves;
2941 splitPoint->cpus = 1;
2942 splitPoint->pos.copy(p);
2943 splitPoint->parentSstack = sstck;
2944 for(i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
2945 splitPoint->slaves[i] = 0;
2947 // Copy the current position and the search stack to the master thread
2948 memcpy(splitPoint->sstack[master], sstck, (ply+1)*sizeof(SearchStack));
2949 Threads[master].splitPoint = splitPoint;
2951 // Make copies of the current position and search stack for each thread
2952 for(i = 0; i < ActiveThreads && splitPoint->cpus < MaxThreadsPerSplitPoint;
2954 if(thread_is_available(i, master)) {
2955 memcpy(splitPoint->sstack[i], sstck, (ply+1)*sizeof(SearchStack));
2956 Threads[i].splitPoint = splitPoint;
2957 splitPoint->slaves[i] = 1;
2961 // Tell the threads that they have work to do. This will make them leave
2963 for(i = 0; i < ActiveThreads; i++)
2964 if(i == master || splitPoint->slaves[i]) {
2965 Threads[i].workIsWaiting = true;
2966 Threads[i].idle = false;
2967 Threads[i].stop = false;
2970 lock_release(&MPLock);
2972 // Everything is set up. The master thread enters the idle loop, from
2973 // which it will instantly launch a search, because its workIsWaiting
2974 // slot is 'true'. We send the split point as a second parameter to the
2975 // idle loop, which means that the main thread will return from the idle
2976 // loop when all threads have finished their work at this split point
2977 // (i.e. when // splitPoint->cpus == 0).
2978 idle_loop(master, splitPoint);
2980 // We have returned from the idle loop, which means that all threads are
2981 // finished. Update alpha, beta and bestvalue, and return.
2983 if(pvNode) *alpha = splitPoint->alpha;
2984 *beta = splitPoint->beta;
2985 *bestValue = splitPoint->bestValue;
2986 Threads[master].stop = false;
2987 Threads[master].idle = false;
2988 Threads[master].activeSplitPoints--;
2989 Threads[master].splitPoint = splitPoint->parent;
2990 lock_release(&MPLock);
2996 // wake_sleeping_threads() wakes up all sleeping threads when it is time
2997 // to start a new search from the root.
2999 void wake_sleeping_threads() {
3000 if(ActiveThreads > 1) {
3001 for(int i = 1; i < ActiveThreads; i++) {
3002 Threads[i].idle = true;
3003 Threads[i].workIsWaiting = false;
3005 #if !defined(_MSC_VER)
3006 pthread_mutex_lock(&WaitLock);
3007 pthread_cond_broadcast(&WaitCond);
3008 pthread_mutex_unlock(&WaitLock);
3010 for(int i = 1; i < THREAD_MAX; i++)
3011 SetEvent(SitIdleEvent[i]);
3017 // init_thread() is the function which is called when a new thread is
3018 // launched. It simply calls the idle_loop() function with the supplied
3019 // threadID. There are two versions of this function; one for POSIX threads
3020 // and one for Windows threads.
3022 #if !defined(_MSC_VER)
3024 void *init_thread(void *threadID) {
3025 idle_loop(*(int *)threadID, NULL);
3031 DWORD WINAPI init_thread(LPVOID threadID) {
3032 idle_loop(*(int *)threadID, NULL);