+/// ButterflyBoards are 2 tables (one for each color) indexed by the move's from
+/// and to squares, see chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Butterfly+Boards
+typedef StatBoards<COLOR_NB, int(SQUARE_NB) * int(SQUARE_NB)> ButterflyBoards;
+
+/// PieceToBoards are addressed by a move's [piece][to] information
+typedef StatBoards<PIECE_NB, SQUARE_NB> PieceToBoards;
+
+/// CapturePieceToBoards are addressed by a move's [piece][to][captured piece type] information
+typedef StatCubes<PIECE_NB, SQUARE_NB, PIECE_TYPE_NB> CapturePieceToBoards;
+
+/// ButterflyHistory records how often quiet moves have been successful or
+/// unsuccessful during the current search, and is used for reduction and move
+/// ordering decisions. It uses ButterflyBoards as backing store.
+struct ButterflyHistory : public ButterflyBoards {
+
+ void update(Color c, Move m, int bonus) {
+ StatBoards::update((*this)[c][from_to(m)], bonus, 324);
+ }
+};
+
+/// PieceToHistory is like ButterflyHistory, but is based on PieceToBoards
+struct PieceToHistory : public PieceToBoards {
+
+ void update(Piece pc, Square to, int bonus) {
+ StatBoards::update((*this)[pc][to], bonus, 936);
+ }
+};
+
+/// CapturePieceToHistory is like PieceToHistory, but is based on CapturePieceToBoards
+struct CapturePieceToHistory : public CapturePieceToBoards {
+
+ void update(Piece pc, Square to, PieceType captured, int bonus) {
+ StatCubes::update((*this)[pc][to][captured], bonus, 324, 2);
+ }
+};
+
+/// CounterMoveHistory stores counter moves indexed by [piece][to] of the previous
+/// move, see chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Countermove+Heuristic
+typedef StatBoards<PIECE_NB, SQUARE_NB, Move> CounterMoveHistory;
+
+/// ContinuationHistory is the history of a given pair of moves, usually the
+/// current one given a previous one. History table is based on PieceToBoards
+/// instead of ButterflyBoards.
+typedef StatBoards<PIECE_NB, SQUARE_NB, PieceToHistory> ContinuationHistory;