+ // Struct EvalInfo contains various information computed and collected
+ // by the evaluation functions.
+ struct EvalInfo {
+
+ // Pointer to pawn hash table entry
+ PawnInfo* pi;
+
+ // updateKingTables[color] is set to true if we have enough material
+ // to trigger the opponent's king safety calculation. When is false we
+ // skip the time consuming update of the king attackers tables.
+ bool updateKingTables[2];
+
+ // attackedBy[color][piece type] is a bitboard representing all squares
+ // attacked by a given color and piece type, attackedBy[color][0] contains
+ // all squares attacked by the given color.
+ Bitboard attackedBy[2][8];
+
+ // kingZone[color] is the zone around the enemy king which is considered
+ // by the king safety evaluation. This consists of the squares directly
+ // adjacent to the king, and the three (or two, for a king on an edge file)
+ // squares two ranks in front of the king. For instance, if black's king
+ // is on g8, kingZone[WHITE] is a bitboard containing the squares f8, h8,
+ // f7, g7, h7, f6, g6 and h6.
+ Bitboard kingZone[2];
+
+ // kingAttackersCount[color] is the number of pieces of the given color
+ // which attack a square in the kingZone of the enemy king.
+ int kingAttackersCount[2];
+
+ // kingAttackersWeight[color] is the sum of the "weight" of the pieces of the
+ // given color which attack a square in the kingZone of the enemy king. The
+ // weights of the individual piece types are given by the variables
+ // QueenAttackWeight, RookAttackWeight, BishopAttackWeight and
+ // KnightAttackWeight in evaluate.cpp
+ int kingAttackersWeight[2];
+
+ // kingAdjacentZoneAttacksCount[color] is the number of attacks to squares
+ // directly adjacent to the king of the given color. Pieces which attack
+ // more than one square are counted multiple times. For instance, if black's
+ // king is on g8 and there's a white knight on g5, this knight adds
+ // 2 to kingAdjacentZoneAttacksCount[BLACK].
+ int kingAdjacentZoneAttacksCount[2];
+ };