/*
Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1
- Copyright (C) 2004-2020 The Stockfish developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ Copyright (C) 2004-2021 The Stockfish developers (see AUTHORS file)
Stockfish is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
constexpr uint64_t TtHitAverageWindow = 4096;
constexpr uint64_t TtHitAverageResolution = 1024;
- // Razor and futility margins
- constexpr int RazorMargin = 527;
+ // Futility margin
Value futility_margin(Depth d, bool improving) {
- return Value(227 * (d - improving));
+ return Value(234 * (d - improving));
}
// Reductions lookup table, initialized at startup
Depth reduction(bool i, Depth d, int mn) {
int r = Reductions[d] * Reductions[mn];
- return (r + 570) / 1024 + (!i && r > 1018);
+ return (r + 503) / 1024 + (!i && r > 915);
}
constexpr int futility_move_count(bool improving, Depth depth) {
// History and stats update bonus, based on depth
int stat_bonus(Depth d) {
- return d > 15 ? 27 : 17 * d * d + 133 * d - 134;
+ return d > 14 ? 29 : 8 * d * d + 224 * d - 215;
}
// Add a small random component to draw evaluations to avoid 3fold-blindness
uint64_t perft(Position& pos, Depth depth) {
StateInfo st;
+ ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::kCacheLineSize);
+
uint64_t cnt, nodes = 0;
const bool leaf = (depth == 2);
void Search::init() {
for (int i = 1; i < MAX_MOVES; ++i)
- Reductions[i] = int((24.8 + std::log(Threads.size())) * std::log(i));
+ Reductions[i] = int((21.3 + 2 * std::log(Threads.size())) * std::log(i + 0.25 * std::log(i)));
}
Time.init(Limits, us, rootPos.game_ply());
TT.new_search();
- Eval::verify_NNUE();
+ Eval::NNUE::verify();
if (rootMoves.empty())
{
// for match (TC 60+0.6) results spanning a wide range of k values.
PRNG rng(now());
double floatLevel = Options["UCI_LimitStrength"] ?
- Utility::clamp(std::pow((Options["UCI_Elo"] - 1346.6) / 143.4, 1 / 0.806), 0.0, 20.0) :
+ std::clamp(std::pow((Options["UCI_Elo"] - 1346.6) / 143.4, 1 / 0.806), 0.0, 20.0) :
double(Options["Skill Level"]);
int intLevel = int(floatLevel) +
((floatLevel - int(floatLevel)) * 1024 > rng.rand<unsigned>() % 1024 ? 1 : 0);
if (rootDepth >= 4)
{
Value prev = rootMoves[pvIdx].previousScore;
- delta = Value(19);
+ delta = Value(17);
alpha = std::max(prev - delta,-VALUE_INFINITE);
beta = std::min(prev + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
// Adjust contempt based on root move's previousScore (dynamic contempt)
- int dct = ct + (110 - ct / 2) * prev / (abs(prev) + 140);
+ int dct = ct + (113 - ct / 2) * prev / (abs(prev) + 147);
contempt = (us == WHITE ? make_score(dct, dct / 2)
: -make_score(dct, dct / 2));
// Start with a small aspiration window and, in the case of a fail
// high/low, re-search with a bigger window until we don't fail
// high/low anymore.
- int failedHighCnt = 0;
+ failedHighCnt = 0;
while (true)
{
Depth adjustedDepth = std::max(1, rootDepth - failedHighCnt - searchAgainCounter);
++failedHighCnt;
}
else
- {
- ++rootMoves[pvIdx].bestMoveCount;
break;
- }
delta += delta / 4 + 5;
&& !Threads.stop
&& !mainThread->stopOnPonderhit)
{
- double fallingEval = (296 + 6 * (mainThread->bestPreviousScore - bestValue)
- + 6 * (mainThread->iterValue[iterIdx] - bestValue)) / 725.0;
- fallingEval = Utility::clamp(fallingEval, 0.5, 1.5);
+ double fallingEval = (318 + 6 * (mainThread->bestPreviousScore - bestValue)
+ + 6 * (mainThread->iterValue[iterIdx] - bestValue)) / 825.0;
+ fallingEval = std::clamp(fallingEval, 0.5, 1.5);
// If the bestMove is stable over several iterations, reduce time accordingly
- timeReduction = lastBestMoveDepth + 10 < completedDepth ? 1.92 : 0.95;
- double reduction = (1.47 + mainThread->previousTimeReduction) / (2.22 * timeReduction);
+ timeReduction = lastBestMoveDepth + 9 < completedDepth ? 1.92 : 0.95;
+ double reduction = (1.47 + mainThread->previousTimeReduction) / (2.32 * timeReduction);
// Use part of the gained time from a previous stable move for the current move
for (Thread* th : Threads)
totBestMoveChanges += th->bestMoveChanges;
th->bestMoveChanges = 0;
}
- double bestMoveInstability = 1 + totBestMoveChanges / Threads.size();
+ double bestMoveInstability = 1 + 2 * totBestMoveChanges / Threads.size();
- double totalTime = rootMoves.size() == 1 ? 0 :
- Time.optimum() * fallingEval * reduction * bestMoveInstability;
+ double totalTime = Time.optimum() * fallingEval * reduction * bestMoveInstability;
- // Stop the search if we have exceeded the totalTime, at least 1ms search
+ // Cap used time in case of a single legal move for a better viewer experience in tournaments
+ // yielding correct scores and sufficiently fast moves.
+ if (rootMoves.size() == 1)
+ totalTime = std::min(500.0, totalTime);
+
+ // Stop the search if we have exceeded the totalTime
if (Time.elapsed() > totalTime)
{
// If we are allowed to ponder do not stop the search now but
}
else if ( Threads.increaseDepth
&& !mainThread->ponder
- && Time.elapsed() > totalTime * 0.56)
+ && Time.elapsed() > totalTime * 0.58)
Threads.increaseDepth = false;
else
Threads.increaseDepth = true;
constexpr bool PvNode = NT == PV;
const bool rootNode = PvNode && ss->ply == 0;
+ const Depth maxNextDepth = rootNode ? depth : depth + 1;
// Check if we have an upcoming move which draws by repetition, or
// if the opponent had an alternative move earlier to this position.
Move pv[MAX_PLY+1], capturesSearched[32], quietsSearched[64];
StateInfo st;
+ ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::kCacheLineSize);
+
TTEntry* tte;
Key posKey;
Move ttMove, move, excludedMove, bestMove;
Depth extension, newDepth;
- Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval, maxValue, probcutBeta;
- bool ttHit, ttPv, formerPv, givesCheck, improving, didLMR, priorCapture;
+ Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval, maxValue, probCutBeta;
+ bool formerPv, givesCheck, improving, didLMR, priorCapture;
bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning,
ttCapture, singularQuietLMR;
Piece movedPiece;
assert(0 <= ss->ply && ss->ply < MAX_PLY);
(ss+1)->ply = ss->ply + 1;
+ (ss+1)->ttPv = false;
(ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
(ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
Square prevSq = to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove);
// starts with statScore = 0. Later grandchildren start with the last calculated
// statScore of the previous grandchild. This influences the reduction rules in
// LMR which are based on the statScore of parent position.
- if (rootNode)
- (ss+4)->statScore = 0;
- else
+ if (!rootNode)
(ss+2)->statScore = 0;
// Step 4. Transposition table lookup. We don't want the score of a partial
// position key in case of an excluded move.
excludedMove = ss->excludedMove;
posKey = excludedMove == MOVE_NONE ? pos.key() : pos.key() ^ make_key(excludedMove);
- tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
- ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply, pos.rule50_count()) : VALUE_NONE;
+ tte = TT.probe(posKey, ss->ttHit);
+ ttValue = ss->ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply, pos.rule50_count()) : VALUE_NONE;
ttMove = rootNode ? thisThread->rootMoves[thisThread->pvIdx].pv[0]
- : ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
- ttPv = PvNode || (ttHit && tte->is_pv());
- formerPv = ttPv && !PvNode;
+ : ss->ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
+ if (!excludedMove)
+ ss->ttPv = PvNode || (ss->ttHit && tte->is_pv());
+ formerPv = ss->ttPv && !PvNode;
- if ( ttPv
+ // Update low ply history for previous move if we are near root and position is or has been in PV
+ if ( ss->ttPv
&& depth > 12
&& ss->ply - 1 < MAX_LPH
&& !priorCapture
// thisThread->ttHitAverage can be used to approximate the running average of ttHit
thisThread->ttHitAverage = (TtHitAverageWindow - 1) * thisThread->ttHitAverage / TtHitAverageWindow
- + TtHitAverageResolution * ttHit;
+ + TtHitAverageResolution * ss->ttHit;
// At non-PV nodes we check for an early TT cutoff
if ( !PvNode
- && ttHit
+ && ss->ttHit
&& tte->depth() >= depth
&& ttValue != VALUE_NONE // Possible in case of TT access race
&& (ttValue >= beta ? (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
{
if (ttValue >= beta)
{
+ // Bonus for a quiet ttMove that fails high
if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))
update_quiet_stats(pos, ss, ttMove, stat_bonus(depth), depth);
}
}
+ // Partial workaround for the graph history interaction problem
+ // For high rule50 counts don't produce transposition table cutoffs.
if (pos.rule50_count() < 90)
return ttValue;
}
if ( b == BOUND_EXACT
|| (b == BOUND_LOWER ? value >= beta : value <= alpha))
{
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), ttPv, b,
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), ss->ttPv, b,
std::min(MAX_PLY - 1, depth + 6),
MOVE_NONE, VALUE_NONE);
improving = false;
goto moves_loop;
}
- else if (ttHit)
+ else if (ss->ttHit)
{
// Never assume anything about values stored in TT
ss->staticEval = eval = tte->eval();
if (eval == VALUE_NONE)
ss->staticEval = eval = evaluate(pos);
+ // Randomize draw evaluation
if (eval == VALUE_DRAW)
eval = value_draw(thisThread);
}
else
{
+ // In case of null move search use previous static eval with a different sign
+ // and addition of two tempos
if ((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL)
- {
- int bonus = -(ss-1)->statScore / 512;
-
- ss->staticEval = eval = evaluate(pos) + bonus;
- }
+ ss->staticEval = eval = evaluate(pos);
else
ss->staticEval = eval = -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Tempo;
- tte->save(posKey, VALUE_NONE, ttPv, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, eval);
+ // Save static evaluation into transposition table
+ tte->save(posKey, VALUE_NONE, ss->ttPv, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, eval);
}
- // Step 7. Razoring (~1 Elo)
- if ( !rootNode // The required rootNode PV handling is not available in qsearch
- && depth == 1
- && eval <= alpha - RazorMargin)
- return qsearch<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta);
+ // Use static evaluation difference to improve quiet move ordering
+ if (is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove) && !(ss-1)->inCheck && !priorCapture)
+ {
+ int bonus = std::clamp(-depth * 4 * int((ss-1)->staticEval + ss->staticEval - 2 * Tempo), -1000, 1000);
+ thisThread->mainHistory[~us][from_to((ss-1)->currentMove)] << bonus;
+ }
- improving = (ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE ? (ss->staticEval > (ss-4)->staticEval
- || (ss-4)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE) : ss->staticEval > (ss-2)->staticEval;
+ // Set up improving flag that is used in various pruning heuristics
+ // We define position as improving if static evaluation of position is better
+ // Than the previous static evaluation at our turn
+ // In case of us being in check at our previous move we look at move prior to it
+ improving = (ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE
+ ? ss->staticEval > (ss-4)->staticEval || (ss-4)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE
+ : ss->staticEval > (ss-2)->staticEval;
- // Step 8. Futility pruning: child node (~50 Elo)
+ // Step 7. Futility pruning: child node (~50 Elo)
if ( !PvNode
- && depth < 8
+ && depth < 9
&& eval - futility_margin(depth, improving) >= beta
&& eval < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN) // Do not return unproven wins
return eval;
- // Step 9. Null move search with verification search (~40 Elo)
+ // Step 8. Null move search with verification search (~40 Elo)
if ( !PvNode
&& (ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL
- && (ss-1)->statScore < 23824
+ && (ss-1)->statScore < 22977
&& eval >= beta
&& eval >= ss->staticEval
- && ss->staticEval >= beta - 33 * depth - 33 * improving + 112 * ttPv + 311
+ && ss->staticEval >= beta - 30 * depth - 28 * improving + 84 * ss->ttPv + 168
&& !excludedMove
&& pos.non_pawn_material(us)
&& (ss->ply >= thisThread->nmpMinPly || us != thisThread->nmpColor))
assert(eval - beta >= 0);
// Null move dynamic reduction based on depth and value
- Depth R = (737 + 77 * depth) / 246 + std::min(int(eval - beta) / 192, 3);
+ Depth R = (1015 + 85 * depth) / 256 + std::min(int(eval - beta) / 191, 3);
ss->currentMove = MOVE_NULL;
ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[0][0][NO_PIECE][0];
if (nullValue >= VALUE_TB_WIN_IN_MAX_PLY)
nullValue = beta;
- if (thisThread->nmpMinPly || (abs(beta) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN && depth < 13))
+ if (thisThread->nmpMinPly || (abs(beta) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN && depth < 14))
return nullValue;
assert(!thisThread->nmpMinPly); // Recursive verification is not allowed
}
}
- probcutBeta = beta + 176 - 49 * improving;
+ probCutBeta = beta + 194 - 49 * improving;
- // Step 10. ProbCut (~10 Elo)
+ // Step 9. ProbCut (~10 Elo)
// If we have a good enough capture and a reduced search returns a value
// much above beta, we can (almost) safely prune the previous move.
if ( !PvNode
&& depth > 4
&& abs(beta) < VALUE_TB_WIN_IN_MAX_PLY
- && !( ttHit
+ // if value from transposition table is lower than probCutBeta, don't attempt probCut
+ // there and in further interactions with transposition table cutoff depth is set to depth - 3
+ // because probCut search has depth set to depth - 4 but we also do a move before it
+ // so effective depth is equal to depth - 3
+ && !( ss->ttHit
&& tte->depth() >= depth - 3
&& ttValue != VALUE_NONE
- && ttValue < probcutBeta))
+ && ttValue < probCutBeta))
{
- if ( ttHit
+ // if ttMove is a capture and value from transposition table is good enough produce probCut
+ // cutoff without digging into actual probCut search
+ if ( ss->ttHit
&& tte->depth() >= depth - 3
&& ttValue != VALUE_NONE
- && ttValue >= probcutBeta
+ && ttValue >= probCutBeta
&& ttMove
&& pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))
- return probcutBeta;
+ return probCutBeta;
- assert(probcutBeta < VALUE_INFINITE);
- MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, probcutBeta - ss->staticEval, &captureHistory);
+ assert(probCutBeta < VALUE_INFINITE);
+ MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, probCutBeta - ss->staticEval, &captureHistory);
int probCutCount = 0;
+ bool ttPv = ss->ttPv;
+ ss->ttPv = false;
while ( (move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
&& probCutCount < 2 + 2 * cutNode)
pos.do_move(move, st);
// Perform a preliminary qsearch to verify that the move holds
- value = -qsearch<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -probcutBeta, -probcutBeta+1);
+ value = -qsearch<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -probCutBeta, -probCutBeta+1);
// If the qsearch held, perform the regular search
- if (value >= probcutBeta)
- value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -probcutBeta, -probcutBeta+1, depth - 4, !cutNode);
+ if (value >= probCutBeta)
+ value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -probCutBeta, -probCutBeta+1, depth - 4, !cutNode);
pos.undo_move(move);
- if (value >= probcutBeta)
+ if (value >= probCutBeta)
{
- if ( !(ttHit
+ // if transposition table doesn't have equal or more deep info write probCut data into it
+ if ( !(ss->ttHit
&& tte->depth() >= depth - 3
&& ttValue != VALUE_NONE))
tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), ttPv,
return value;
}
}
+ ss->ttPv = ttPv;
}
- // Step 11. Internal iterative deepening (~1 Elo)
- if (depth >= 7 && !ttMove)
- {
- search<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, depth - 7, cutNode);
-
- tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
- ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply, pos.rule50_count()) : VALUE_NONE;
- ttMove = ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
- }
+ // Step 10. If the position is not in TT, decrease depth by 2
+ if ( PvNode
+ && depth >= 6
+ && !ttMove)
+ depth -= 2;
moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
// Mark this node as being searched
ThreadHolding th(thisThread, posKey, ss->ply);
- // Step 12. Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain
+ // Step 11. Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain
// or a beta cutoff occurs.
while ((move = mp.next_move(moveCountPruning)) != MOVE_NONE)
{
// Calculate new depth for this move
newDepth = depth - 1;
- // Step 13. Pruning at shallow depth (~200 Elo)
+ // Step 12. Pruning at shallow depth (~200 Elo)
if ( !rootNode
&& pos.non_pawn_material(us)
&& bestValue > VALUE_TB_LOSS_IN_MAX_PLY)
// Reduced depth of the next LMR search
int lmrDepth = std::max(newDepth - reduction(improving, depth, moveCount), 0);
- if ( !captureOrPromotion
- && !givesCheck)
+ if ( captureOrPromotion
+ || givesCheck)
+ {
+ // Capture history based pruning when the move doesn't give check
+ if ( !givesCheck
+ && lmrDepth < 1
+ && captureHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)][type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)))] < 0)
+ continue;
+
+ // SEE based pruning
+ if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-218) * depth)) // (~25 Elo)
+ continue;
+ }
+ else
{
// Countermoves based pruning (~20 Elo)
if ( lmrDepth < 4 + ((ss-1)->statScore > 0 || (ss-1)->moveCount == 1)
continue;
// Futility pruning: parent node (~5 Elo)
- if ( lmrDepth < 8
+ if ( lmrDepth < 7
&& !ss->inCheck
- && ss->staticEval + 284 + 188 * lmrDepth <= alpha
+ && ss->staticEval + 254 + 159 * lmrDepth <= alpha
&& (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+ (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+ (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
- + (*contHist[5])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] / 2 < 28388)
+ + (*contHist[5])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] / 2 < 26394)
continue;
// Prune moves with negative SEE (~20 Elo)
- if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-(29 - std::min(lmrDepth, 17)) * lmrDepth * lmrDepth)))
- continue;
- }
- else
- {
- // Capture history based pruning when the move doesn't give check
- if ( !givesCheck
- && lmrDepth < 1
- && captureHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)][type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)))] < 0)
- continue;
-
- // Futility pruning for captures
- if ( !givesCheck
- && lmrDepth < 6
- && !(PvNode && abs(bestValue) < 2)
- && PieceValue[MG][type_of(movedPiece)] >= PieceValue[MG][type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)))]
- && !ss->inCheck
- && ss->staticEval + 267 + 391 * lmrDepth
- + PieceValue[MG][type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)))] <= alpha)
- continue;
-
- // See based pruning
- if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-202) * depth)) // (~25 Elo)
+ if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-(30 - std::min(lmrDepth, 18)) * lmrDepth * lmrDepth)))
continue;
}
}
- // Step 14. Extensions (~75 Elo)
+ // Step 13. Extensions (~75 Elo)
// Singular extension search (~70 Elo). If all moves but one fail low on a
// search of (alpha-s, beta-s), and just one fails high on (alpha, beta),
// then that move is singular and should be extended. To verify this we do
// a reduced search on all the other moves but the ttMove and if the
// result is lower than ttValue minus a margin, then we will extend the ttMove.
- if ( depth >= 6
+ if ( depth >= 7
&& move == ttMove
&& !rootNode
&& !excludedMove // Avoid recursive singular search
/* && ttValue != VALUE_NONE Already implicit in the next condition */
&& abs(ttValue) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
&& (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
- && tte->depth() >= depth - 3
- && pos.legal(move))
+ && tte->depth() >= depth - 3)
{
Value singularBeta = ttValue - ((formerPv + 4) * depth) / 2;
Depth singularDepth = (depth - 1 + 3 * formerPv) / 2;
&& (pos.is_discovery_check_on_king(~us, move) || pos.see_ge(move)))
extension = 1;
- // Passed pawn extension
- else if ( move == ss->killers[0]
- && pos.advanced_pawn_push(move)
- && pos.pawn_passed(us, to_sq(move)))
- extension = 1;
-
// Last captures extension
else if ( PieceValue[EG][pos.captured_piece()] > PawnValueEg
&& pos.non_pawn_material() <= 2 * RookValueMg)
extension = 1;
- // Castling extension
- if (type_of(move) == CASTLING)
- extension = 1;
-
- // Late irreversible move extension
- if ( move == ttMove
- && pos.rule50_count() > 80
- && (captureOrPromotion || type_of(movedPiece) == PAWN))
- extension = 2;
-
// Add extension to new depth
newDepth += extension;
[movedPiece]
[to_sq(move)];
- // Step 15. Make the move
+ // Step 14. Make the move
pos.do_move(move, st, givesCheck);
- // Step 16. Reduced depth search (LMR, ~200 Elo). If the move fails high it will be
+ // Step 15. Reduced depth search (LMR, ~200 Elo). If the move fails high it will be
// re-searched at full depth.
if ( depth >= 3
&& moveCount > 1 + 2 * rootNode
- && (!rootNode || thisThread->best_move_count(move) == 0)
&& ( !captureOrPromotion
|| moveCountPruning
|| ss->staticEval + PieceValue[EG][pos.captured_piece()] <= alpha
|| cutNode
- || thisThread->ttHitAverage < 415 * TtHitAverageResolution * TtHitAverageWindow / 1024))
+ || (!PvNode && !formerPv && thisThread->captureHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)][type_of(pos.captured_piece())] < 4506)
+ || thisThread->ttHitAverage < 432 * TtHitAverageResolution * TtHitAverageWindow / 1024))
{
Depth r = reduction(improving, depth, moveCount);
- // Decrease reduction at non-check cut nodes for second move at low depths
- if ( cutNode
- && depth <= 10
- && moveCount <= 2
- && !ss->inCheck)
- r--;
-
// Decrease reduction if the ttHit running average is large
- if (thisThread->ttHitAverage > 473 * TtHitAverageResolution * TtHitAverageWindow / 1024)
+ if (thisThread->ttHitAverage > 537 * TtHitAverageResolution * TtHitAverageWindow / 1024)
r--;
- // Reduction if other threads are searching this position
+ // Increase reduction if other threads are searching this position
if (th.marked())
r++;
// Decrease reduction if position is or has been on the PV (~10 Elo)
- if (ttPv)
+ if (ss->ttPv)
r -= 2;
+ // Increase reduction at root and non-PV nodes when the best move does not change frequently
+ if ((rootNode || !PvNode) && thisThread->rootDepth > 10 && thisThread->bestMoveChanges <= 2)
+ r++;
+
+ // More reductions for late moves if position was not in previous PV
if (moveCountPruning && !formerPv)
r++;
// Decrease reduction if ttMove has been singularly extended (~3 Elo)
if (singularQuietLMR)
- r -= 1 + formerPv;
+ r--;
- if (!captureOrPromotion)
+ if (captureOrPromotion)
+ {
+ // Unless giving check, this capture is likely bad
+ if ( !givesCheck
+ && ss->staticEval + PieceValue[EG][pos.captured_piece()] + 210 * depth <= alpha)
+ r++;
+ }
+ else
{
// Increase reduction if ttMove is a capture (~5 Elo)
if (ttCapture)
r++;
+ // Increase reduction at root if failing high
+ r += rootNode ? thisThread->failedHighCnt * thisThread->failedHighCnt * moveCount / 512 : 0;
+
// Increase reduction for cut nodes (~10 Elo)
if (cutNode)
r += 2;
// hence break make_move(). (~2 Elo)
else if ( type_of(move) == NORMAL
&& !pos.see_ge(reverse_move(move)))
- r -= 2 + ttPv - (type_of(movedPiece) == PAWN);
+ r -= 2 + ss->ttPv - (type_of(movedPiece) == PAWN);
ss->statScore = thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)]
+ (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+ (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+ (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
- - 4826;
+ - 5287;
// Decrease/increase reduction by comparing opponent's stat score (~10 Elo)
- if (ss->statScore >= -100 && (ss-1)->statScore < -112)
+ if (ss->statScore >= -105 && (ss-1)->statScore < -103)
r--;
- else if ((ss-1)->statScore >= -125 && ss->statScore < -138)
+ else if ((ss-1)->statScore >= -122 && ss->statScore < -129)
r++;
// Decrease/increase reduction for moves with a good/bad history (~30 Elo)
- r -= ss->statScore / 14615;
- }
- else
- {
- // Increase reduction for captures/promotions if late move and at low depth
- if (depth < 8 && moveCount > 2)
- r++;
-
- // Unless giving check, this capture is likely bad
- if ( !givesCheck
- && ss->staticEval + PieceValue[EG][pos.captured_piece()] + 211 * depth <= alpha)
- r++;
+ r -= ss->statScore / 14884;
}
- Depth d = Utility::clamp(newDepth - r, 1, newDepth);
+ Depth d = std::clamp(newDepth - r, 1, newDepth);
value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true);
didLMR = false;
}
- // Step 17. Full depth search when LMR is skipped or fails high
+ // Step 16. Full depth search when LMR is skipped or fails high
if (doFullDepthSearch)
{
value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth, !cutNode);
+ // If the move passed LMR update its stats
if (didLMR && !captureOrPromotion)
{
int bonus = value > alpha ? stat_bonus(newDepth)
: -stat_bonus(newDepth);
- if (move == ss->killers[0])
- bonus += bonus / 4;
-
update_continuation_histories(ss, movedPiece, to_sq(move), bonus);
}
}
(ss+1)->pv = pv;
(ss+1)->pv[0] = MOVE_NONE;
- value = -search<PV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, false);
+ value = -search<PV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha,
+ std::min(maxNextDepth, newDepth), false);
}
- // Step 18. Undo move
+ // Step 17. Undo move
pos.undo_move(move);
assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
- // Step 19. Check for a new best move
+ // Step 18. Check for a new best move
// Finished searching the move. If a stop occurred, the return value of
// the search cannot be trusted, and we return immediately without
// updating best move, PV and TT.
rm.pv.push_back(*m);
// We record how often the best move has been changed in each
- // iteration. This information is used for time management: when
- // the best move changes frequently, we allocate some more time.
+ // iteration. This information is used for time management and LMR
if (moveCount > 1)
++thisThread->bestMoveChanges;
}
}
}
+ // If the move is worse than some previously searched move, remember it to update its stats later
if (move != bestMove)
{
if (captureOrPromotion && captureCount < 32)
return VALUE_DRAW;
*/
- // Step 20. Check for mate and stalemate
+ // Step 19. Check for mate and stalemate
// All legal moves have been searched and if there are no legal moves, it
// must be a mate or a stalemate. If we are in a singular extension search then
// return a fail low score.
bestValue = excludedMove ? alpha
: ss->inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : VALUE_DRAW;
+ // If there is a move which produces search value greater than alpha we update stats of searched moves
else if (bestMove)
update_all_stats(pos, ss, bestMove, bestValue, beta, prevSq,
quietsSearched, quietCount, capturesSearched, captureCount, depth);
if (PvNode)
bestValue = std::min(bestValue, maxValue);
+ // If no good move is found and the previous position was ttPv, then the previous
+ // opponent move is probably good and the new position is added to the search tree.
+ if (bestValue <= alpha)
+ ss->ttPv = ss->ttPv || ((ss-1)->ttPv && depth > 3);
+ // Otherwise, a counter move has been found and if the position is the last leaf
+ // in the search tree, remove the position from the search tree.
+ else if (depth > 3)
+ ss->ttPv = ss->ttPv && (ss+1)->ttPv;
+
+ // Write gathered information in transposition table
if (!excludedMove && !(rootNode && thisThread->pvIdx))
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), ttPv,
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), ss->ttPv,
bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
PvNode && bestMove ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
depth, bestMove, ss->staticEval);
Move pv[MAX_PLY+1];
StateInfo st;
+ ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::kCacheLineSize);
+
TTEntry* tte;
Key posKey;
Move ttMove, move, bestMove;
Depth ttDepth;
Value bestValue, value, ttValue, futilityValue, futilityBase, oldAlpha;
- bool ttHit, pvHit, givesCheck, captureOrPromotion;
+ bool pvHit, givesCheck, captureOrPromotion;
int moveCount;
if (PvNode)
: DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS;
// Transposition table lookup
posKey = pos.key();
- tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
- ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply, pos.rule50_count()) : VALUE_NONE;
- ttMove = ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
- pvHit = ttHit && tte->is_pv();
+ tte = TT.probe(posKey, ss->ttHit);
+ ttValue = ss->ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply, pos.rule50_count()) : VALUE_NONE;
+ ttMove = ss->ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
+ pvHit = ss->ttHit && tte->is_pv();
if ( !PvNode
- && ttHit
+ && ss->ttHit
&& tte->depth() >= ttDepth
&& ttValue != VALUE_NONE // Only in case of TT access race
&& (ttValue >= beta ? (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
}
else
{
- if (ttHit)
+ if (ss->ttHit)
{
// Never assume anything about values stored in TT
if ((ss->staticEval = bestValue = tte->eval()) == VALUE_NONE)
bestValue = ttValue;
}
else
+ // In case of null move search use previous static eval with a different sign
+ // and addition of two tempos
ss->staticEval = bestValue =
(ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL ? evaluate(pos)
: -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Tempo;
// Stand pat. Return immediately if static value is at least beta
if (bestValue >= beta)
{
- if (!ttHit)
+ // Save gathered info in transposition table
+ if (!ss->ttHit)
tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), false, BOUND_LOWER,
DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, ss->staticEval);
if (PvNode && bestValue > alpha)
alpha = bestValue;
- futilityBase = bestValue + 141;
+ futilityBase = bestValue + 155;
}
const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->continuationHistory, (ss-2)->continuationHistory,
moveCount++;
// Futility pruning
- if ( !ss->inCheck
+ if ( bestValue > VALUE_TB_LOSS_IN_MAX_PLY
&& !givesCheck
&& futilityBase > -VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
&& !pos.advanced_pawn_push(move))
{
assert(type_of(move) != ENPASSANT); // Due to !pos.advanced_pawn_push
+ // moveCount pruning
+ if (moveCount > 2)
+ continue;
+
futilityValue = futilityBase + PieceValue[EG][pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))];
if (futilityValue <= alpha)
}
// Do not search moves with negative SEE values
- if ( !ss->inCheck && !pos.see_ge(move))
+ if ( bestValue > VALUE_TB_LOSS_IN_MAX_PLY
+ && !pos.see_ge(move))
continue;
// Speculative prefetch as early as possible
[pos.moved_piece(move)]
[to_sq(move)];
+ // CounterMove based pruning
+ if ( !captureOrPromotion
+ && bestValue > VALUE_TB_LOSS_IN_MAX_PLY
+ && (*contHist[0])[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold
+ && (*contHist[1])[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold)
+ continue;
+
// Make and search the move
pos.do_move(move, st, givesCheck);
value = -qsearch<NT>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - 1);
// All legal moves have been searched. A special case: if we're in check
// and no legal moves were found, it is checkmate.
if (ss->inCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
+ {
+ assert(!MoveList<LEGAL>(pos).size());
+
return mated_in(ss->ply); // Plies to mate from the root
+ }
+ // Save gathered info in transposition table
tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), pvHit,
bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
PvNode && bestValue > oldAlpha ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(bestMove))
{
+ // Increase stats for the best move in case it was a quiet move
update_quiet_stats(pos, ss, bestMove, bonus2, depth);
- // Decrease all the non-best quiet moves
+ // Decrease stats for all non-best quiet moves
for (int i = 0; i < quietCount; ++i)
{
thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(quietsSearched[i])] << -bonus2;
}
}
else
+ // Increase stats for the best move in case it was a capture move
captureHistory[moved_piece][to_sq(bestMove)][captured] << bonus1;
- // Extra penalty for a quiet TT or main killer move in previous ply when it gets refuted
- if ( ((ss-1)->moveCount == 1 || ((ss-1)->currentMove == (ss-1)->killers[0]))
+ // Extra penalty for a quiet early move that was not a TT move or
+ // main killer move in previous ply when it gets refuted.
+ if ( ((ss-1)->moveCount == 1 + (ss-1)->ttHit || ((ss-1)->currentMove == (ss-1)->killers[0]))
&& !pos.captured_piece())
update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -bonus1);
- // Decrease all the non-best capture moves
+ // Decrease stats for all non-best capture moves
for (int i = 0; i < captureCount; ++i)
{
moved_piece = pos.moved_piece(capturesSearched[i]);
for (int i : {1, 2, 4, 6})
{
+ // Only update first 2 continuation histories if we are in check
if (ss->inCheck && i > 2)
break;
if (is_ok((ss-i)->currentMove))
void update_quiet_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move, int bonus, int depth) {
+ // Update killers
if (ss->killers[0] != move)
{
ss->killers[1] = ss->killers[0];
thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)] << bonus;
update_continuation_histories(ss, pos.moved_piece(move), to_sq(move), bonus);
+ // Penalty for reversed move in case of moved piece not being a pawn
if (type_of(pos.moved_piece(move)) != PAWN)
thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(reverse_move(move))] << -bonus;
+ // Update countermove history
if (is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove))
{
Square prevSq = to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove);
thisThread->counterMoves[pos.piece_on(prevSq)][prevSq] = move;
}
+ // Update low ply history
if (depth > 11 && ss->ply < MAX_LPH)
- thisThread->lowPlyHistory[ss->ply][from_to(move)] << stat_bonus(depth - 6);
+ thisThread->lowPlyHistory[ss->ply][from_to(move)] << stat_bonus(depth - 7);
}
// When playing with strength handicap, choose best move among a set of RootMoves
{
bool updated = rootMoves[i].score != -VALUE_INFINITE;
- if (depth == 1 && !updated)
+ if (depth == 1 && !updated && i > 0)
continue;
- Depth d = updated ? depth : depth - 1;
+ Depth d = updated ? depth : std::max(1, depth - 1);
Value v = updated ? rootMoves[i].score : rootMoves[i].previousScore;
+ if (v == -VALUE_INFINITE)
+ v = VALUE_ZERO;
+
bool tb = TB::RootInTB && abs(v) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY;
v = tb ? rootMoves[i].tbScore : v;
bool RootMove::extract_ponder_from_tt(Position& pos) {
StateInfo st;
+ ASSERT_ALIGNED(&st, Eval::NNUE::kCacheLineSize);
+
bool ttHit;
assert(pv.size() == 1);
if (RootInTB)
{
// Sort moves according to TB rank
- std::sort(rootMoves.begin(), rootMoves.end(),
+ std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin(), rootMoves.end(),
[](const RootMove &a, const RootMove &b) { return a.tbRank > b.tbRank; } );
// Probe during search only if DTZ is not available and we are winning