2 Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1
3 Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tord Romstad (Glaurung author)
4 Copyright (C) 2008-2013 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Tord Romstad
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37 #include "ucioption.h"
41 volatile SignalsType Signals;
43 std::vector<RootMove> RootMoves;
46 Time::point SearchTime;
47 StateStackPtr SetupStates;
52 using namespace Search;
56 // Set to true to force running with one thread. Used for debugging
57 const bool FakeSplit = false;
59 // Different node types, used as template parameter
60 enum NodeType { Root, PV, NonPV, SplitPointRoot, SplitPointPV, SplitPointNonPV };
62 // Dynamic razoring margin based on depth
63 inline Value razor_margin(Depth d) { return Value(512 + 16 * int(d)); }
65 // Futility lookup tables (initialized at startup) and their access functions
66 int FutilityMoveCounts[2][32]; // [improving][depth]
68 inline Value futility_margin(Depth d) {
69 return Value(100 * int(d));
72 // Reduction lookup tables (initialized at startup) and their access function
73 int8_t Reductions[2][2][64][64]; // [pv][improving][depth][moveNumber]
75 template <bool PvNode> inline Depth reduction(bool i, Depth d, int mn) {
77 return (Depth) Reductions[PvNode][i][std::min(int(d) / ONE_PLY, 63)][std::min(mn, 63)];
82 double BestMoveChanges;
83 Value DrawValue[COLOR_NB];
86 CountermovesStats Countermoves;
88 template <NodeType NT>
89 Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode);
91 template <NodeType NT, bool InCheck>
92 Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth);
94 void id_loop(Position& pos);
95 Value value_to_tt(Value v, int ply);
96 Value value_from_tt(Value v, int ply);
97 bool allows(const Position& pos, Move first, Move second);
98 bool refutes(const Position& pos, Move first, Move second);
99 string uci_pv(const Position& pos, int depth, Value alpha, Value beta);
102 Skill(int l) : level(l), best(MOVE_NONE) {}
104 if (enabled()) // Swap best PV line with the sub-optimal one
105 std::swap(RootMoves[0], *std::find(RootMoves.begin(),
106 RootMoves.end(), best ? best : pick_move()));
109 bool enabled() const { return level < 20; }
110 bool time_to_pick(int depth) const { return depth == 1 + level; }
120 /// Search::init() is called during startup to initialize various lookup tables
122 void Search::init() {
124 int d; // depth (ONE_PLY == 2)
125 int hd; // half depth (ONE_PLY == 1)
128 // Init reductions array
129 for (hd = 1; hd < 64; ++hd) for (mc = 1; mc < 64; ++mc)
131 double pvRed = log(double(hd)) * log(double(mc)) / 3.0;
132 double nonPVRed = 0.33 + log(double(hd)) * log(double(mc)) / 2.25;
133 Reductions[1][1][hd][mc] = (int8_t) ( pvRed >= 1.0 ? floor( pvRed * int(ONE_PLY)) : 0);
134 Reductions[0][1][hd][mc] = (int8_t) (nonPVRed >= 1.0 ? floor(nonPVRed * int(ONE_PLY)) : 0);
136 Reductions[1][0][hd][mc] = Reductions[1][1][hd][mc];
137 Reductions[0][0][hd][mc] = Reductions[0][1][hd][mc];
139 if (Reductions[0][0][hd][mc] > 2 * ONE_PLY)
140 Reductions[0][0][hd][mc] += ONE_PLY;
142 else if (Reductions[0][0][hd][mc] > 1 * ONE_PLY)
143 Reductions[0][0][hd][mc] += ONE_PLY / 2;
146 // Init futility move count array
147 for (d = 0; d < 32; ++d)
149 FutilityMoveCounts[0][d] = int(2.4 + 0.222 * pow(d + 0.0, 1.8));
150 FutilityMoveCounts[1][d] = int(3.0 + 0.3 * pow(d + 0.98, 1.8));
155 /// Search::perft() is our utility to verify move generation. All the leaf nodes
156 /// up to the given depth are generated and counted and the sum returned.
158 static size_t perft(Position& pos, Depth depth) {
163 const bool leaf = depth == 2 * ONE_PLY;
165 for (MoveList<LEGAL> it(pos); *it; ++it)
167 pos.do_move(*it, st, ci, pos.gives_check(*it, ci));
168 cnt += leaf ? MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).size() : ::perft(pos, depth - ONE_PLY);
174 size_t Search::perft(Position& pos, Depth depth) {
175 return depth > ONE_PLY ? ::perft(pos, depth) : MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).size();
178 /// Search::think() is the external interface to Stockfish's search, and is
179 /// called by the main thread when the program receives the UCI 'go' command. It
180 /// searches from RootPos and at the end prints the "bestmove" to output.
182 void Search::think() {
184 static PolyglotBook book; // Defined static to initialize the PRNG only once
186 RootColor = RootPos.side_to_move();
187 TimeMgr.init(Limits, RootPos.game_ply(), RootColor);
189 if (RootMoves.empty())
191 RootMoves.push_back(MOVE_NONE);
192 sync_cout << "info depth 0 score "
193 << score_to_uci(RootPos.checkers() ? -VALUE_MATE : VALUE_DRAW)
199 if (Options["OwnBook"] && !Limits.infinite && !Limits.mate)
201 Move bookMove = book.probe(RootPos, Options["Book File"], Options["Best Book Move"]);
203 if (bookMove && std::count(RootMoves.begin(), RootMoves.end(), bookMove))
205 std::swap(RootMoves[0], *std::find(RootMoves.begin(), RootMoves.end(), bookMove));
210 if (Options["Contempt Factor"] && !Options["UCI_AnalyseMode"])
212 int cf = Options["Contempt Factor"] * PawnValueMg / 100; // From centipawns
213 cf = cf * Material::game_phase(RootPos) / PHASE_MIDGAME; // Scale down with phase
214 DrawValue[ RootColor] = VALUE_DRAW - Value(cf);
215 DrawValue[~RootColor] = VALUE_DRAW + Value(cf);
218 DrawValue[WHITE] = DrawValue[BLACK] = VALUE_DRAW;
220 if (Options["Write Search Log"])
222 Log log(Options["Search Log Filename"]);
223 log << "\nSearching: " << RootPos.fen()
224 << "\ninfinite: " << Limits.infinite
225 << " ponder: " << Limits.ponder
226 << " time: " << Limits.time[RootColor]
227 << " increment: " << Limits.inc[RootColor]
228 << " moves to go: " << Limits.movestogo
232 // Reset the threads, still sleeping: will be wake up at split time
233 for (size_t i = 0; i < Threads.size(); ++i)
234 Threads[i]->maxPly = 0;
236 Threads.sleepWhileIdle = Options["Idle Threads Sleep"];
237 Threads.timer->run = true;
238 Threads.timer->notify_one(); // Wake up the recurring timer
240 id_loop(RootPos); // Let's start searching !
242 Threads.timer->run = false; // Stop the timer
243 Threads.sleepWhileIdle = true; // Send idle threads to sleep
245 if (Options["Write Search Log"])
247 Time::point elapsed = Time::now() - SearchTime + 1;
249 Log log(Options["Search Log Filename"]);
250 log << "Nodes: " << RootPos.nodes_searched()
251 << "\nNodes/second: " << RootPos.nodes_searched() * 1000 / elapsed
252 << "\nBest move: " << move_to_san(RootPos, RootMoves[0].pv[0]);
255 RootPos.do_move(RootMoves[0].pv[0], st);
256 log << "\nPonder move: " << move_to_san(RootPos, RootMoves[0].pv[1]) << std::endl;
257 RootPos.undo_move(RootMoves[0].pv[0]);
262 // When search is stopped this info is not printed
263 sync_cout << "info nodes " << RootPos.nodes_searched()
264 << " time " << Time::now() - SearchTime + 1 << sync_endl;
266 // When we reach the maximum depth, we can arrive here without a raise of
267 // Signals.stop. However, if we are pondering or in an infinite search,
268 // the UCI protocol states that we shouldn't print the best move before the
269 // GUI sends a "stop" or "ponderhit" command. We therefore simply wait here
270 // until the GUI sends one of those commands (which also raises Signals.stop).
271 if (!Signals.stop && (Limits.ponder || Limits.infinite))
273 Signals.stopOnPonderhit = true;
274 RootPos.this_thread()->wait_for(Signals.stop);
277 // Best move could be MOVE_NONE when searching on a stalemate position
278 sync_cout << "bestmove " << move_to_uci(RootMoves[0].pv[0], RootPos.is_chess960())
279 << " ponder " << move_to_uci(RootMoves[0].pv[1], RootPos.is_chess960())
286 // id_loop() is the main iterative deepening loop. It calls search() repeatedly
287 // with increasing depth until the allocated thinking time has been consumed,
288 // user stops the search, or the maximum search depth is reached.
290 void id_loop(Position& pos) {
292 Stack stack[MAX_PLY_PLUS_6], *ss = stack+2; // To allow referencing (ss-2)
294 Value bestValue, alpha, beta, delta;
296 std::memset(ss-2, 0, 5 * sizeof(Stack));
297 (ss-1)->currentMove = MOVE_NULL; // Hack to skip update gains
301 bestValue = delta = alpha = -VALUE_INFINITE;
302 beta = VALUE_INFINITE;
307 Countermoves.clear();
309 PVSize = Options["MultiPV"];
310 Skill skill(Options["Skill Level"]);
312 // Do we have to play with skill handicap? In this case enable MultiPV search
313 // that we will use behind the scenes to retrieve a set of possible moves.
314 if (skill.enabled() && PVSize < 4)
317 PVSize = std::min(PVSize, RootMoves.size());
319 // Iterative deepening loop until requested to stop or target depth reached
320 while (++depth <= MAX_PLY && !Signals.stop && (!Limits.depth || depth <= Limits.depth))
322 // Age out PV variability metric
323 BestMoveChanges *= 0.8;
325 // Save the last iteration's scores before first PV line is searched and
326 // all the move scores except the (new) PV are set to -VALUE_INFINITE.
327 for (size_t i = 0; i < RootMoves.size(); ++i)
328 RootMoves[i].prevScore = RootMoves[i].score;
330 // MultiPV loop. We perform a full root search for each PV line
331 for (PVIdx = 0; PVIdx < PVSize && !Signals.stop; ++PVIdx)
333 // Reset aspiration window starting size
337 alpha = std::max(RootMoves[PVIdx].prevScore - delta,-VALUE_INFINITE);
338 beta = std::min(RootMoves[PVIdx].prevScore + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
341 // Start with a small aspiration window and, in the case of a fail
342 // high/low, re-search with a bigger window until we're not failing
346 bestValue = search<Root>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, depth * ONE_PLY, false);
348 // Bring the best move to the front. It is critical that sorting
349 // is done with a stable algorithm because all the values but the
350 // first and eventually the new best one are set to -VALUE_INFINITE
351 // and we want to keep the same order for all the moves but the new
352 // PV that goes to the front. Note that in case of MultiPV search
353 // the already searched PV lines are preserved.
354 std::stable_sort(RootMoves.begin() + PVIdx, RootMoves.end());
356 // Write PV back to transposition table in case the relevant
357 // entries have been overwritten during the search.
358 for (size_t i = 0; i <= PVIdx; ++i)
359 RootMoves[i].insert_pv_in_tt(pos);
361 // If search has been stopped break immediately. Sorting and
362 // writing PV back to TT is safe because RootMoves is still
363 // valid, although it refers to previous iteration.
367 // When failing high/low give some update (without cluttering
368 // the UI) before a re-search.
369 if ( (bestValue <= alpha || bestValue >= beta)
370 && Time::now() - SearchTime > 3000)
371 sync_cout << uci_pv(pos, depth, alpha, beta) << sync_endl;
373 // In case of failing low/high increase aspiration window and
374 // re-search, otherwise exit the loop.
375 if (bestValue <= alpha)
377 alpha = std::max(bestValue - delta, -VALUE_INFINITE);
379 Signals.failedLowAtRoot = true;
380 Signals.stopOnPonderhit = false;
382 else if (bestValue >= beta)
383 beta = std::min(bestValue + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
390 assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
393 // Sort the PV lines searched so far and update the GUI
394 std::stable_sort(RootMoves.begin(), RootMoves.begin() + PVIdx + 1);
396 if (PVIdx + 1 == PVSize || Time::now() - SearchTime > 3000)
397 sync_cout << uci_pv(pos, depth, alpha, beta) << sync_endl;
400 // If skill levels are enabled and time is up, pick a sub-optimal best move
401 if (skill.enabled() && skill.time_to_pick(depth))
404 if (Options["Write Search Log"])
406 RootMove& rm = RootMoves[0];
407 if (skill.best != MOVE_NONE)
408 rm = *std::find(RootMoves.begin(), RootMoves.end(), skill.best);
410 Log log(Options["Search Log Filename"]);
411 log << pretty_pv(pos, depth, rm.score, Time::now() - SearchTime, &rm.pv[0])
415 // Have we found a "mate in x"?
417 && bestValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
418 && VALUE_MATE - bestValue <= 2 * Limits.mate)
421 // Do we have time for the next iteration? Can we stop searching now?
422 if (Limits.use_time_management() && !Signals.stop && !Signals.stopOnPonderhit)
424 bool stop = false; // Local variable, not the volatile Signals.stop
426 // Take some extra time if the best move has changed
427 if (depth > 4 && depth < 50 && PVSize == 1)
428 TimeMgr.pv_instability(BestMoveChanges);
430 // Stop the search if most of the available time has been used. We
431 // probably don't have enough time to search the first move at the
432 // next iteration anyway.
433 if (Time::now() - SearchTime > (TimeMgr.available_time() * 62) / 100)
436 // Stop the search early if one move seems to be much better than others
438 && BestMoveChanges <= DBL_EPSILON
441 && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY
442 && ( RootMoves.size() == 1
443 || Time::now() - SearchTime > (TimeMgr.available_time() * 20) / 100))
445 Value rBeta = bestValue - 2 * PawnValueMg;
446 ss->excludedMove = RootMoves[0].pv[0];
447 ss->skipNullMove = true;
448 Value v = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, rBeta - 1, rBeta, (depth - 3) * ONE_PLY, true);
449 ss->skipNullMove = false;
450 ss->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
458 // If we are allowed to ponder do not stop the search now but
459 // keep pondering until the GUI sends "ponderhit" or "stop".
461 Signals.stopOnPonderhit = true;
470 // search<>() is the main search function for both PV and non-PV nodes and for
471 // normal and SplitPoint nodes. When called just after a split point the search
472 // is simpler because we have already probed the hash table, done a null move
473 // search, and searched the first move before splitting, so we don't have to
474 // repeat all this work again. We also don't need to store anything to the hash
475 // table here: This is taken care of after we return from the split point.
477 template <NodeType NT>
478 Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode) {
480 const bool PvNode = (NT == PV || NT == Root || NT == SplitPointPV || NT == SplitPointRoot);
481 const bool SpNode = (NT == SplitPointPV || NT == SplitPointNonPV || NT == SplitPointRoot);
482 const bool RootNode = (NT == Root || NT == SplitPointRoot);
484 assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
485 assert(PvNode || (alpha == beta - 1));
486 assert(depth > DEPTH_ZERO);
488 Move quietsSearched[64];
491 SplitPoint* splitPoint;
493 Move ttMove, move, excludedMove, bestMove, threatMove;
494 Depth ext, newDepth, predictedDepth;
495 Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval, nullValue, futilityValue;
496 bool inCheck, givesCheck, pvMove, singularExtensionNode, improving;
497 bool captureOrPromotion, dangerous, doFullDepthSearch;
498 int moveCount, quietCount;
500 // Step 1. Initialize node
501 Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
502 inCheck = pos.checkers();
506 splitPoint = ss->splitPoint;
507 bestMove = splitPoint->bestMove;
508 threatMove = splitPoint->threatMove;
509 bestValue = splitPoint->bestValue;
511 ttMove = excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
512 ttValue = VALUE_NONE;
514 assert(splitPoint->bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && splitPoint->moveCount > 0);
519 moveCount = quietCount = 0;
520 bestValue = -VALUE_INFINITE;
521 ss->currentMove = threatMove = (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
522 ss->ply = (ss-1)->ply + 1;
523 (ss+1)->skipNullMove = false; (ss+1)->reduction = DEPTH_ZERO;
524 (ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
526 // Used to send selDepth info to GUI
527 if (PvNode && thisThread->maxPly < ss->ply)
528 thisThread->maxPly = ss->ply;
532 // Step 2. Check for aborted search and immediate draw
533 if (Signals.stop || pos.is_draw() || ss->ply > MAX_PLY)
534 return DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];
536 // Step 3. Mate distance pruning. Even if we mate at the next move our score
537 // would be at best mate_in(ss->ply+1), but if alpha is already bigger because
538 // a shorter mate was found upward in the tree then there is no need to search
539 // because we will never beat the current alpha. Same logic but with reversed
540 // signs applies also in the opposite condition of being mated instead of giving
541 // mate. In this case return a fail-high score.
542 alpha = std::max(mated_in(ss->ply), alpha);
543 beta = std::min(mate_in(ss->ply+1), beta);
548 // Step 4. Transposition table lookup
549 // We don't want the score of a partial search to overwrite a previous full search
550 // TT value, so we use a different position key in case of an excluded move.
551 excludedMove = ss->excludedMove;
552 posKey = excludedMove ? pos.exclusion_key() : pos.key();
553 tte = TT.probe(posKey);
554 ttMove = RootNode ? RootMoves[PVIdx].pv[0] : tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
555 ttValue = tte ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
557 // At PV nodes we check for exact scores, whilst at non-PV nodes we check for
558 // a fail high/low. The biggest advantage to probing at PV nodes is to have a
559 // smooth experience in analysis mode. We don't probe at Root nodes otherwise
560 // we should also update RootMoveList to avoid bogus output.
563 && tte->depth() >= depth
564 && ttValue != VALUE_NONE // Only in case of TT access race
565 && ( PvNode ? tte->bound() == BOUND_EXACT
566 : ttValue >= beta ? (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
567 : (tte->bound() & BOUND_UPPER)))
570 ss->currentMove = ttMove; // Can be MOVE_NONE
574 && !pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove)
575 && ttMove != ss->killers[0])
577 ss->killers[1] = ss->killers[0];
578 ss->killers[0] = ttMove;
583 // Step 5. Evaluate the position statically and update parent's gain statistics
586 ss->staticEval = eval = VALUE_NONE;
592 // Never assume anything on values stored in TT
593 if ((ss->staticEval = eval = tte->eval_value()) == VALUE_NONE)
594 eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos);
596 // Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
597 if (ttValue != VALUE_NONE)
598 if (tte->bound() & (ttValue > eval ? BOUND_LOWER : BOUND_UPPER))
603 eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos);
604 TT.store(posKey, VALUE_NONE, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, ss->staticEval);
607 if ( !pos.captured_piece_type()
608 && ss->staticEval != VALUE_NONE
609 && (ss-1)->staticEval != VALUE_NONE
610 && (move = (ss-1)->currentMove) != MOVE_NULL
611 && type_of(move) == NORMAL)
613 Square to = to_sq(move);
614 Gains.update(pos.piece_on(to), to, -(ss-1)->staticEval - ss->staticEval);
617 // Step 6. Razoring (skipped when in check)
619 && depth < 4 * ONE_PLY
620 && eval + razor_margin(depth) < beta
621 && ttMove == MOVE_NONE
622 && abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
623 && !pos.pawn_on_7th(pos.side_to_move()))
625 Value rbeta = beta - razor_margin(depth);
626 Value v = qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss, rbeta-1, rbeta, DEPTH_ZERO);
628 // Logically we should return (v + razor_margin(depth)), but
629 // surprisingly this performed slightly weaker in tests.
633 // Step 7. Futility pruning: child node (skipped when in check)
636 && depth < 7 * ONE_PLY
637 && eval - futility_margin(depth) >= beta
638 && abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
639 && abs(eval) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
640 && pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
641 return eval - futility_margin(depth);
643 // Step 8. Null move search with verification search (is omitted in PV nodes)
646 && depth >= 2 * ONE_PLY
648 && abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
649 && pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
651 ss->currentMove = MOVE_NULL;
653 // Null move dynamic reduction based on depth
654 Depth R = 3 * ONE_PLY + depth / 4;
656 // Null move dynamic reduction based on value
657 if (eval - PawnValueMg > beta)
660 pos.do_null_move(st);
661 (ss+1)->skipNullMove = true;
662 nullValue = depth-R < ONE_PLY ? -qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
663 : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth-R, !cutNode);
664 (ss+1)->skipNullMove = false;
665 pos.undo_null_move();
667 if (nullValue >= beta)
669 // Do not return unproven mate scores
670 if (nullValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
673 if (depth < 12 * ONE_PLY)
676 // Do verification search at high depths
677 ss->skipNullMove = true;
678 Value v = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, depth-R, false);
679 ss->skipNullMove = false;
686 // The null move failed low, which means that we may be faced with
687 // some kind of threat. If the previous move was reduced, check if
688 // the move that refuted the null move was somehow connected to the
689 // move which was reduced. If a connection is found, return a fail
690 // low score (which will cause the reduced move to fail high in the
691 // parent node, which will trigger a re-search with full depth).
692 threatMove = (ss+1)->currentMove;
694 if ( depth < 5 * ONE_PLY
696 && threatMove != MOVE_NONE
697 && allows(pos, (ss-1)->currentMove, threatMove))
702 // Step 9. ProbCut (skipped when in check)
703 // If we have a very good capture (i.e. SEE > seeValues[captured_piece_type])
704 // and a reduced search returns a value much above beta, we can (almost) safely
705 // prune the previous move.
707 && depth >= 5 * ONE_PLY
709 && abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
711 Value rbeta = beta + 200;
712 Depth rdepth = depth - ONE_PLY - 3 * ONE_PLY;
714 assert(rdepth >= ONE_PLY);
715 assert((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NONE);
716 assert((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL);
718 MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, History, pos.captured_piece_type());
721 while ((move = mp.next_move<false>()) != MOVE_NONE)
722 if (pos.legal(move, ci.pinned))
724 ss->currentMove = move;
725 pos.do_move(move, st, ci, pos.gives_check(move, ci));
726 value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1, rdepth, !cutNode);
733 // Step 10. Internal iterative deepening (skipped when in check)
734 if ( depth >= (PvNode ? 5 * ONE_PLY : 8 * ONE_PLY)
735 && ttMove == MOVE_NONE
736 && (PvNode || ss->staticEval + Value(256) >= beta))
738 Depth d = depth - 2 * ONE_PLY - (PvNode ? DEPTH_ZERO : depth / 4);
740 ss->skipNullMove = true;
741 search<PvNode ? PV : NonPV>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, d, true);
742 ss->skipNullMove = false;
744 tte = TT.probe(posKey);
745 ttMove = tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
748 moves_loop: // When in check and at SpNode search starts from here
750 Square prevMoveSq = to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove);
751 Move countermoves[] = { Countermoves[pos.piece_on(prevMoveSq)][prevMoveSq].first,
752 Countermoves[pos.piece_on(prevMoveSq)][prevMoveSq].second };
754 MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, History, countermoves, ss);
756 value = bestValue; // Workaround a bogus 'uninitialized' warning under gcc
757 improving = ss->staticEval >= (ss-2)->staticEval
758 || ss->staticEval == VALUE_NONE
759 ||(ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE;
761 singularExtensionNode = !RootNode
763 && depth >= 8 * ONE_PLY
764 && ttMove != MOVE_NONE
765 && !excludedMove // Recursive singular search is not allowed
766 && (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
767 && tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * ONE_PLY;
769 // Step 11. Loop through moves
770 // Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
771 while ((move = mp.next_move<SpNode>()) != MOVE_NONE)
775 if (move == excludedMove)
778 // At root obey the "searchmoves" option and skip moves not listed in Root
779 // Move List, as a consequence any illegal move is also skipped. In MultiPV
780 // mode we also skip PV moves which have been already searched.
781 if (RootNode && !std::count(RootMoves.begin() + PVIdx, RootMoves.end(), move))
786 // Shared counter cannot be decremented later if the move turns out to be illegal
787 if (!pos.legal(move, ci.pinned))
790 moveCount = ++splitPoint->moveCount;
791 splitPoint->mutex.unlock();
798 Signals.firstRootMove = (moveCount == 1);
800 if (thisThread == Threads.main() && Time::now() - SearchTime > 3000)
801 sync_cout << "info depth " << depth / ONE_PLY
802 << " currmove " << move_to_uci(move, pos.is_chess960())
803 << " currmovenumber " << moveCount + PVIdx << sync_endl;
807 captureOrPromotion = pos.capture_or_promotion(move);
808 givesCheck = pos.gives_check(move, ci);
809 dangerous = givesCheck
810 || type_of(move) != NORMAL
811 || pos.advanced_pawn_push(move);
813 // Step 12. Extend checks
814 if (givesCheck && pos.see_sign(move) >= 0)
817 // Singular extension search. If all moves but one fail low on a search of
818 // (alpha-s, beta-s), and just one fails high on (alpha, beta), then that move
819 // is singular and should be extended. To verify this we do a reduced search
820 // on all the other moves but the ttMove and if the result is lower than
821 // ttValue minus a margin then we extend the ttMove.
822 if ( singularExtensionNode
825 && pos.legal(move, ci.pinned)
826 && abs(ttValue) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN)
828 assert(ttValue != VALUE_NONE);
830 Value rBeta = ttValue - int(depth);
831 ss->excludedMove = move;
832 ss->skipNullMove = true;
833 value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, rBeta - 1, rBeta, depth / 2, cutNode);
834 ss->skipNullMove = false;
835 ss->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
841 // Update the current move (this must be done after singular extension search)
842 newDepth = depth - ONE_PLY + ext;
844 // Step 13. Pruning at shallow depth (exclude PV nodes)
846 && !captureOrPromotion
849 /* && move != ttMove Already implicit in the next condition */
850 && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY)
852 // Move count based pruning
853 if ( depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
854 && moveCount >= FutilityMoveCounts[improving][depth]
855 && (!threatMove || !refutes(pos, move, threatMove)))
858 splitPoint->mutex.lock();
863 predictedDepth = newDepth - reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount);
865 // Futility pruning: parent node
866 if (predictedDepth < 7 * ONE_PLY)
868 futilityValue = ss->staticEval + futility_margin(predictedDepth)
869 + Value(128) + Gains[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)];
871 if (futilityValue <= alpha)
873 bestValue = std::max(bestValue, futilityValue);
877 splitPoint->mutex.lock();
878 if (bestValue > splitPoint->bestValue)
879 splitPoint->bestValue = bestValue;
885 // Prune moves with negative SEE at low depths
886 if (predictedDepth < 4 * ONE_PLY && pos.see_sign(move) < 0)
889 splitPoint->mutex.lock();
895 // Check for legality just before making the move
896 if (!RootNode && !SpNode && !pos.legal(move, ci.pinned))
902 pvMove = PvNode && moveCount == 1;
903 ss->currentMove = move;
904 if (!SpNode && !captureOrPromotion && quietCount < 64)
905 quietsSearched[quietCount++] = move;
907 // Step 14. Make the move
908 pos.do_move(move, st, ci, givesCheck);
910 // Step 15. Reduced depth search (LMR). If the move fails high will be
911 // re-searched at full depth.
912 if ( depth >= 3 * ONE_PLY
914 && !captureOrPromotion
916 && move != ss->killers[0]
917 && move != ss->killers[1])
919 ss->reduction = reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount);
921 if (!PvNode && cutNode)
922 ss->reduction += ONE_PLY;
924 else if (History[pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))][to_sq(move)] < 0)
925 ss->reduction += ONE_PLY / 2;
927 if (move == countermoves[0] || move == countermoves[1])
928 ss->reduction = std::max(DEPTH_ZERO, ss->reduction - ONE_PLY);
930 Depth d = std::max(newDepth - ss->reduction, ONE_PLY);
932 alpha = splitPoint->alpha;
934 value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true);
936 doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha && ss->reduction != DEPTH_ZERO);
937 ss->reduction = DEPTH_ZERO;
940 doFullDepthSearch = !pvMove;
942 // Step 16. Full depth search, when LMR is skipped or fails high
943 if (doFullDepthSearch)
946 alpha = splitPoint->alpha;
948 value = newDepth < ONE_PLY ?
949 givesCheck ? -qsearch<NonPV, true>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
950 : -qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
951 : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth, !cutNode);
954 // For PV nodes only, do a full PV search on the first move or after a fail
955 // high (in the latter case search only if value < beta), otherwise let the
956 // parent node fail low with value <= alpha and to try another move.
957 if (PvNode && (pvMove || (value > alpha && (RootNode || value < beta))))
958 value = newDepth < ONE_PLY ?
959 givesCheck ? -qsearch<PV, true>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
960 : -qsearch<PV, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, DEPTH_ZERO)
961 : - search<PV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, false);
962 // Step 17. Undo move
965 assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
967 // Step 18. Check for new best move
970 splitPoint->mutex.lock();
971 bestValue = splitPoint->bestValue;
972 alpha = splitPoint->alpha;
975 // Finished searching the move. If Signals.stop is true, the search
976 // was aborted because the user interrupted the search or because we
977 // ran out of time. In this case, the return value of the search cannot
978 // be trusted, and we don't update the best move and/or PV.
979 if (Signals.stop || thisThread->cutoff_occurred())
980 return value; // To avoid returning VALUE_INFINITE
984 RootMove& rm = *std::find(RootMoves.begin(), RootMoves.end(), move);
986 // PV move or new best move ?
987 if (pvMove || value > alpha)
990 rm.extract_pv_from_tt(pos);
992 // We record how often the best move has been changed in each
993 // iteration. This information is used for time management: When
994 // the best move changes frequently, we allocate some more time.
999 // All other moves but the PV are set to the lowest value: this is
1000 // not a problem when sorting because the sort is stable and the
1001 // move position in the list is preserved - just the PV is pushed up.
1002 rm.score = -VALUE_INFINITE;
1005 if (value > bestValue)
1007 bestValue = SpNode ? splitPoint->bestValue = value : value;
1011 bestMove = SpNode ? splitPoint->bestMove = move : move;
1013 if (PvNode && value < beta) // Update alpha! Always alpha < beta
1014 alpha = SpNode ? splitPoint->alpha = value : value;
1017 assert(value >= beta); // Fail high
1020 splitPoint->cutoff = true;
1027 // Step 19. Check for splitting the search
1029 && depth >= Threads.minimumSplitDepth
1030 && Threads.available_slave(thisThread)
1031 && thisThread->splitPointsSize < MAX_SPLITPOINTS_PER_THREAD)
1033 assert(bestValue < beta);
1035 thisThread->split<FakeSplit>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, &bestValue, &bestMove,
1036 depth, threatMove, moveCount, &mp, NT, cutNode);
1037 if (bestValue >= beta)
1045 // Step 20. Check for mate and stalemate
1046 // All legal moves have been searched and if there are no legal moves, it
1047 // must be mate or stalemate. Note that we can have a false positive in
1048 // case of Signals.stop or thread.cutoff_occurred() are set, but this is
1049 // harmless because return value is discarded anyhow in the parent nodes.
1050 // If we are in a singular extension search then return a fail low score.
1051 // A split node has at least one move - the one tried before to be splitted.
1053 return excludedMove ? alpha
1054 : inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];
1056 // If we have pruned all the moves without searching return a fail-low score
1057 if (bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
1060 TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
1061 bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
1062 PvNode && bestMove ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
1063 depth, bestMove, ss->staticEval);
1065 // Quiet best move: update killers, history and countermoves
1066 if ( bestValue >= beta
1067 && !pos.capture_or_promotion(bestMove)
1070 if (ss->killers[0] != bestMove)
1072 ss->killers[1] = ss->killers[0];
1073 ss->killers[0] = bestMove;
1076 // Increase history value of the cut-off move and decrease all the other
1077 // played non-capture moves.
1078 Value bonus = Value(int(depth) * int(depth));
1079 History.update(pos.moved_piece(bestMove), to_sq(bestMove), bonus);
1080 for (int i = 0; i < quietCount - 1; ++i)
1082 Move m = quietsSearched[i];
1083 History.update(pos.moved_piece(m), to_sq(m), -bonus);
1086 if (is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove))
1087 Countermoves.update(pos.piece_on(prevMoveSq), prevMoveSq, bestMove);
1090 assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);
1096 // qsearch() is the quiescence search function, which is called by the main
1097 // search function when the remaining depth is zero (or, to be more precise,
1098 // less than ONE_PLY).
1100 template <NodeType NT, bool InCheck>
1101 Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth) {
1103 const bool PvNode = (NT == PV);
1105 assert(NT == PV || NT == NonPV);
1106 assert(InCheck == !!pos.checkers());
1107 assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
1108 assert(PvNode || (alpha == beta - 1));
1109 assert(depth <= DEPTH_ZERO);
1114 Move ttMove, move, bestMove;
1115 Value bestValue, value, ttValue, futilityValue, futilityBase, oldAlpha;
1116 bool givesCheck, evasionPrunable;
1119 // To flag BOUND_EXACT a node with eval above alpha and no available moves
1123 ss->currentMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
1124 ss->ply = (ss-1)->ply + 1;
1126 // Check for an instant draw or if the maximum ply has been reached
1127 if (pos.is_draw() || ss->ply > MAX_PLY)
1128 return DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];
1130 // Decide whether or not to include checks: this fixes also the type of
1131 // TT entry depth that we are going to use. Note that in qsearch we use
1132 // only two types of depth in TT: DEPTH_QS_CHECKS or DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS.
1133 ttDepth = InCheck || depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS ? DEPTH_QS_CHECKS
1134 : DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS;
1136 // Transposition table lookup
1138 tte = TT.probe(posKey);
1139 ttMove = tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
1140 ttValue = tte ? value_from_tt(tte->value(),ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
1143 && tte->depth() >= ttDepth
1144 && ttValue != VALUE_NONE // Only in case of TT access race
1145 && ( PvNode ? tte->bound() == BOUND_EXACT
1146 : ttValue >= beta ? (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
1147 : (tte->bound() & BOUND_UPPER)))
1149 ss->currentMove = ttMove; // Can be MOVE_NONE
1153 // Evaluate the position statically
1156 ss->staticEval = VALUE_NONE;
1157 bestValue = futilityBase = -VALUE_INFINITE;
1163 // Never assume anything on values stored in TT
1164 if ((ss->staticEval = bestValue = tte->eval_value()) == VALUE_NONE)
1165 ss->staticEval = bestValue = evaluate(pos);
1167 // Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
1168 if (ttValue != VALUE_NONE)
1169 if (tte->bound() & (ttValue > bestValue ? BOUND_LOWER : BOUND_UPPER))
1170 bestValue = ttValue;
1173 ss->staticEval = bestValue = evaluate(pos);
1175 // Stand pat. Return immediately if static value is at least beta
1176 if (bestValue >= beta)
1179 TT.store(pos.key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
1180 DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, ss->staticEval);
1185 if (PvNode && bestValue > alpha)
1188 futilityBase = bestValue + Value(128);
1191 // Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position, and prepare
1192 // to search the moves. Because the depth is <= 0 here, only captures,
1193 // queen promotions and checks (only if depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS) will
1195 MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, History, to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove));
1198 // Loop through the moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
1199 while ((move = mp.next_move<false>()) != MOVE_NONE)
1201 assert(is_ok(move));
1203 givesCheck = pos.gives_check(move, ci);
1210 && futilityBase > -VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
1211 && !pos.advanced_pawn_push(move))
1213 assert(type_of(move) != ENPASSANT); // Due to !pos.advanced_pawn_push
1215 futilityValue = futilityBase + PieceValue[EG][pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))];
1217 if (futilityValue < beta)
1219 bestValue = std::max(bestValue, futilityValue);
1223 // Prune moves with negative or equal SEE and also moves with positive
1224 // SEE where capturing piece loses a tempo and SEE < beta - futilityBase.
1225 if ( futilityBase < beta
1226 && pos.see(move, beta - futilityBase) <= 0)
1228 bestValue = std::max(bestValue, futilityBase);
1233 // Detect non-capture evasions that are candidates to be pruned
1234 evasionPrunable = InCheck
1235 && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY
1236 && !pos.capture(move)
1237 && !pos.can_castle(pos.side_to_move());
1239 // Don't search moves with negative SEE values
1241 && (!InCheck || evasionPrunable)
1243 && type_of(move) != PROMOTION
1244 && pos.see_sign(move) < 0)
1247 // Check for legality just before making the move
1248 if (!pos.legal(move, ci.pinned))
1251 ss->currentMove = move;
1253 // Make and search the move
1254 pos.do_move(move, st, ci, givesCheck);
1255 value = givesCheck ? -qsearch<NT, true>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY)
1256 : -qsearch<NT, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY);
1257 pos.undo_move(move);
1259 assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
1261 // Check for new best move
1262 if (value > bestValue)
1268 if (PvNode && value < beta) // Update alpha here! Always alpha < beta
1275 TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
1276 ttDepth, move, ss->staticEval);
1284 // All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If we're in check
1285 // and no legal moves were found, it is checkmate.
1286 if (InCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
1287 return mated_in(ss->ply); // Plies to mate from the root
1289 TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
1290 PvNode && bestValue > oldAlpha ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
1291 ttDepth, bestMove, ss->staticEval);
1293 assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);
1299 // value_to_tt() adjusts a mate score from "plies to mate from the root" to
1300 // "plies to mate from the current position". Non-mate scores are unchanged.
1301 // The function is called before storing a value in the transposition table.
1303 Value value_to_tt(Value v, int ply) {
1305 assert(v != VALUE_NONE);
1307 return v >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY ? v + ply
1308 : v <= VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY ? v - ply : v;
1312 // value_from_tt() is the inverse of value_to_tt(): It adjusts a mate score
1313 // from the transposition table (which refers to the plies to mate/be mated
1314 // from current position) to "plies to mate/be mated from the root".
1316 Value value_from_tt(Value v, int ply) {
1318 return v == VALUE_NONE ? VALUE_NONE
1319 : v >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY ? v - ply
1320 : v <= VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY ? v + ply : v;
1324 // allows() tests whether the 'first' move at previous ply somehow makes the
1325 // 'second' move possible e.g. if the moving piece is the same in both moves.
1326 // Normally the second move is the threat (the best move returned from a null
1327 // search that fails low).
1329 bool allows(const Position& pos, Move first, Move second) {
1331 assert(is_ok(first));
1332 assert(is_ok(second));
1333 assert(color_of(pos.piece_on(from_sq(second))) == ~pos.side_to_move());
1334 assert(type_of(first) == CASTLING || color_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(first))) == ~pos.side_to_move());
1336 Square m1from = from_sq(first);
1337 Square m2from = from_sq(second);
1338 Square m1to = to_sq(first);
1339 Square m2to = to_sq(second);
1341 // The piece is the same or second's destination was vacated by the first move.
1342 // We exclude the trivial case where a sliding piece does in two moves what
1343 // it could do in one move: eg. Ra1a2, Ra2a3.
1345 || (m1to == m2from && !aligned(m1from, m2from, m2to)))
1348 // Second one moves through the square vacated by first one
1349 if (between_bb(m2from, m2to) & m1from)
1352 // Second's destination is defended by the first move's piece
1353 Bitboard m1att = attacks_bb(pos.piece_on(m1to), m1to, pos.pieces() ^ m2from);
1357 // Second move gives a discovered check through the first's checking piece
1358 if (m1att & pos.king_square(pos.side_to_move()))
1360 assert(between_bb(m1to, pos.king_square(pos.side_to_move())) & m2from);
1368 // refutes() tests whether a 'first' move is able to defend against a 'second'
1369 // opponent's move. In this case will not be pruned. Normally the second move
1370 // is the threat (the best move returned from a null search that fails low).
1372 bool refutes(const Position& pos, Move first, Move second) {
1374 assert(is_ok(first));
1375 assert(is_ok(second));
1377 Square m1from = from_sq(first);
1378 Square m2from = from_sq(second);
1379 Square m1to = to_sq(first);
1380 Square m2to = to_sq(second);
1382 // Don't prune moves of the threatened piece
1386 // If the threatened piece has a value less than or equal to the value of
1387 // the threat piece, don't prune moves which defend it.
1388 if ( pos.capture(second)
1389 && ( PieceValue[MG][pos.piece_on(m2from)] >= PieceValue[MG][pos.piece_on(m2to)]
1390 || type_of(pos.piece_on(m2from)) == KING))
1392 // Update occupancy as if the piece and the threat are moving
1393 Bitboard occ = pos.pieces() ^ m1from ^ m1to ^ m2from;
1394 Piece pc = pos.piece_on(m1from);
1396 // Does the moved piece attack the square 'm2to' ?
1397 if (attacks_bb(pc, m1to, occ) & m2to)
1400 // Scan for possible X-ray attackers behind the moved piece
1401 Bitboard xray = (attacks_bb< ROOK>(m2to, occ) & pos.pieces(color_of(pc), QUEEN, ROOK))
1402 | (attacks_bb<BISHOP>(m2to, occ) & pos.pieces(color_of(pc), QUEEN, BISHOP));
1404 // Verify attackers are triggered by our move and not already exist
1405 if (unlikely(xray) && (xray & ~pos.attacks_from<QUEEN>(m2to)))
1409 // Don't prune safe moves which block the threat path
1410 if ((between_bb(m2from, m2to) & m1to) && pos.see_sign(first) >= 0)
1417 // When playing with a strength handicap, choose best move among the MultiPV
1418 // set using a statistical rule dependent on 'level'. Idea by Heinz van Saanen.
1420 Move Skill::pick_move() {
1424 // PRNG sequence should be not deterministic
1425 for (int i = Time::now() % 50; i > 0; --i)
1426 rk.rand<unsigned>();
1428 // RootMoves are already sorted by score in descending order
1429 int variance = std::min(RootMoves[0].score - RootMoves[PVSize - 1].score, PawnValueMg);
1430 int weakness = 120 - 2 * level;
1431 int max_s = -VALUE_INFINITE;
1434 // Choose best move. For each move score we add two terms both dependent on
1435 // weakness. One deterministic and bigger for weaker moves, and one random,
1436 // then we choose the move with the resulting highest score.
1437 for (size_t i = 0; i < PVSize; ++i)
1439 int s = RootMoves[i].score;
1441 // Don't allow crazy blunders even at very low skills
1442 if (i > 0 && RootMoves[i-1].score > s + 2 * PawnValueMg)
1445 // This is our magic formula
1446 s += ( weakness * int(RootMoves[0].score - s)
1447 + variance * (rk.rand<unsigned>() % weakness)) / 128;
1452 best = RootMoves[i].pv[0];
1459 // uci_pv() formats PV information according to the UCI protocol. UCI
1460 // requires that all (if any) unsearched PV lines are sent using a previous
1463 string uci_pv(const Position& pos, int depth, Value alpha, Value beta) {
1465 std::stringstream s;
1466 Time::point elapsed = Time::now() - SearchTime + 1;
1467 size_t uciPVSize = std::min((size_t)Options["MultiPV"], RootMoves.size());
1470 for (size_t i = 0; i < Threads.size(); ++i)
1471 if (Threads[i]->maxPly > selDepth)
1472 selDepth = Threads[i]->maxPly;
1474 for (size_t i = 0; i < uciPVSize; ++i)
1476 bool updated = (i <= PVIdx);
1478 if (depth == 1 && !updated)
1481 int d = updated ? depth : depth - 1;
1482 Value v = updated ? RootMoves[i].score : RootMoves[i].prevScore;
1484 if (s.rdbuf()->in_avail()) // Not at first line
1487 s << "info depth " << d
1488 << " seldepth " << selDepth
1489 << " score " << (i == PVIdx ? score_to_uci(v, alpha, beta) : score_to_uci(v))
1490 << " nodes " << pos.nodes_searched()
1491 << " nps " << pos.nodes_searched() * 1000 / elapsed
1492 << " time " << elapsed
1493 << " multipv " << i + 1
1496 for (size_t j = 0; RootMoves[i].pv[j] != MOVE_NONE; ++j)
1497 s << " " << move_to_uci(RootMoves[i].pv[j], pos.is_chess960());
1506 /// RootMove::extract_pv_from_tt() builds a PV by adding moves from the TT table.
1507 /// We also consider both failing high nodes and BOUND_EXACT nodes here to
1508 /// ensure that we have a ponder move even when we fail high at root. This
1509 /// results in a long PV to print that is important for position analysis.
1511 void RootMove::extract_pv_from_tt(Position& pos) {
1513 StateInfo state[MAX_PLY_PLUS_6], *st = state;
1523 assert(MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).contains(pv[ply]));
1525 pos.do_move(pv[ply++], *st++);
1526 tte = TT.probe(pos.key());
1529 && pos.pseudo_legal(m = tte->move()) // Local copy, TT could change
1530 && pos.legal(m, pos.pinned_pieces(pos.side_to_move()))
1532 && (!pos.is_draw() || ply < 2));
1534 pv.push_back(MOVE_NONE); // Must be zero-terminating
1536 while (ply) pos.undo_move(pv[--ply]);
1540 /// RootMove::insert_pv_in_tt() is called at the end of a search iteration, and
1541 /// inserts the PV back into the TT. This makes sure the old PV moves are searched
1542 /// first, even if the old TT entries have been overwritten.
1544 void RootMove::insert_pv_in_tt(Position& pos) {
1546 StateInfo state[MAX_PLY_PLUS_6], *st = state;
1551 tte = TT.probe(pos.key());
1553 if (!tte || tte->move() != pv[ply]) // Don't overwrite correct entries
1554 TT.store(pos.key(), VALUE_NONE, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, pv[ply], VALUE_NONE);
1556 assert(MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).contains(pv[ply]));
1558 pos.do_move(pv[ply++], *st++);
1560 } while (pv[ply] != MOVE_NONE);
1562 while (ply) pos.undo_move(pv[--ply]);
1566 /// Thread::idle_loop() is where the thread is parked when it has no work to do
1568 void Thread::idle_loop() {
1570 // Pointer 'this_sp' is not null only if we are called from split(), and not
1571 // at the thread creation. This means we are the split point's master.
1572 SplitPoint* this_sp = splitPointsSize ? activeSplitPoint : NULL;
1574 assert(!this_sp || (this_sp->masterThread == this && searching));
1578 // If we are not searching, wait for a condition to be signaled instead of
1579 // wasting CPU time polling for work.
1580 while ((!searching && Threads.sleepWhileIdle) || exit)
1588 // Grab the lock to avoid races with Thread::notify_one()
1591 // If we are master and all slaves have finished then exit idle_loop
1592 if (this_sp && !this_sp->slavesMask)
1598 // Do sleep after retesting sleep conditions under lock protection. In
1599 // particular we need to avoid a deadlock in case a master thread has,
1600 // in the meanwhile, allocated us and sent the notify_one() call before
1601 // we had the chance to grab the lock.
1602 if (!searching && !exit)
1603 sleepCondition.wait(mutex);
1608 // If this thread has been assigned work, launch a search
1613 Threads.mutex.lock();
1616 assert(activeSplitPoint);
1617 SplitPoint* sp = activeSplitPoint;
1619 Threads.mutex.unlock();
1621 Stack stack[MAX_PLY_PLUS_6], *ss = stack+2; // To allow referencing (ss-2)
1622 Position pos(*sp->pos, this);
1624 std::memcpy(ss-2, sp->ss-2, 5 * sizeof(Stack));
1625 ss->splitPoint = sp;
1629 assert(activePosition == NULL);
1631 activePosition = &pos;
1633 switch (sp->nodeType) {
1635 search<SplitPointRoot>(pos, ss, sp->alpha, sp->beta, sp->depth, sp->cutNode);
1638 search<SplitPointPV>(pos, ss, sp->alpha, sp->beta, sp->depth, sp->cutNode);
1641 search<SplitPointNonPV>(pos, ss, sp->alpha, sp->beta, sp->depth, sp->cutNode);
1650 activePosition = NULL;
1651 sp->slavesMask &= ~(1ULL << idx);
1652 sp->nodes += pos.nodes_searched();
1654 // Wake up the master thread so to allow it to return from the idle
1655 // loop in case we are the last slave of the split point.
1656 if ( Threads.sleepWhileIdle
1657 && this != sp->masterThread
1660 assert(!sp->masterThread->searching);
1661 sp->masterThread->notify_one();
1664 // After releasing the lock we can't access any SplitPoint related data
1665 // in a safe way because it could have been released under our feet by
1666 // the sp master. Also accessing other Thread objects is unsafe because
1667 // if we are exiting there is a chance that they are already freed.
1671 // If this thread is the master of a split point and all slaves have finished
1672 // their work at this split point, return from the idle loop.
1673 if (this_sp && !this_sp->slavesMask)
1675 this_sp->mutex.lock();
1676 bool finished = !this_sp->slavesMask; // Retest under lock protection
1677 this_sp->mutex.unlock();
1685 /// check_time() is called by the timer thread when the timer triggers. It is
1686 /// used to print debug info and, more importantly, to detect when we are out of
1687 /// available time and thus stop the search.
1691 static Time::point lastInfoTime = Time::now();
1692 int64_t nodes = 0; // Workaround silly 'uninitialized' gcc warning
1694 if (Time::now() - lastInfoTime >= 1000)
1696 lastInfoTime = Time::now();
1705 Threads.mutex.lock();
1707 nodes = RootPos.nodes_searched();
1709 // Loop across all split points and sum accumulated SplitPoint nodes plus
1710 // all the currently active positions nodes.
1711 for (size_t i = 0; i < Threads.size(); ++i)
1712 for (int j = 0; j < Threads[i]->splitPointsSize; ++j)
1714 SplitPoint& sp = Threads[i]->splitPoints[j];
1719 Bitboard sm = sp.slavesMask;
1722 Position* pos = Threads[pop_lsb(&sm)]->activePosition;
1724 nodes += pos->nodes_searched();
1730 Threads.mutex.unlock();
1733 Time::point elapsed = Time::now() - SearchTime;
1734 bool stillAtFirstMove = Signals.firstRootMove
1735 && !Signals.failedLowAtRoot
1736 && elapsed > TimeMgr.available_time();
1738 bool noMoreTime = elapsed > TimeMgr.maximum_time() - 2 * TimerThread::Resolution
1739 || stillAtFirstMove;
1741 if ( (Limits.use_time_management() && noMoreTime)
1742 || (Limits.movetime && elapsed >= Limits.movetime)
1743 || (Limits.nodes && nodes >= Limits.nodes))
1744 Signals.stop = true;