-/// MovePicker is a class which is used to pick one pseudo legal move at a time
-/// from the current position. It is initialized with a Position object and a few
-/// moves we have reason to believe are good. The most important method is
-/// MovePicker::get_next_move(), which returns a new pseudo legal move each time
-/// it is called, until there are no moves left, when MOVE_NONE is returned.
-/// In order to improve the efficiency of the alpha beta algorithm, MovePicker
-/// attempts to return the moves which are most likely to get a cut-off first.
+/// The Stats struct stores moves statistics. According to the template parameter
+/// the class can store History, Gains and Countermoves. History records how often
+/// different moves have been successful or unsuccessful during the current search
+/// and is used for reduction and move ordering decisions. Gains records the move's
+/// best evaluation gain from one ply to the next and is used for pruning decisions.
+/// Countermoves store the move that refute a previous one. Entries are stored
+/// using only the moving piece and destination square, hence two moves with
+/// different origin but same destination and piece will be considered identical.
+template<bool Gain, typename T>
+struct Stats {
+
+ static const Value Max = Value(2000);
+
+ const T* operator[](Piece p) const { return table[p]; }
+ void clear() { std::memset(table, 0, sizeof(table)); }
+
+ void update(Piece p, Square to, Move m) {
+
+ if (m == table[p][to].first)
+ return;
+
+ table[p][to].second = table[p][to].first;
+ table[p][to].first = m;
+ }
+
+ void update(Piece p, Square to, Value v) {
+
+ if (Gain)
+ table[p][to] = std::max(v, table[p][to] - 1);
+
+ else if (abs(table[p][to] + v) < Max)
+ table[p][to] += v;
+ }
+
+private:
+ T table[PIECE_NB][SQUARE_NB];
+};
+
+typedef Stats< true, Value> GainsStats;
+typedef Stats<false, Value> HistoryStats;
+typedef Stats<false, std::pair<Move, Move> > MovesStats;
+
+
+/// MovePicker class is used to pick one pseudo legal move at a time from the
+/// current position. The most important method is next_move(), which returns a
+/// new pseudo legal move each time it is called, until there are no moves left,
+/// when MOVE_NONE is returned. In order to improve the efficiency of the alpha
+/// beta algorithm, MovePicker attempts to return the moves which are most likely
+/// to get a cut-off first.