- // Singular extension search. We extend the TT move if its value is much better than
- // its siblings. To verify this we do a reduced search on all the other moves but the
- // ttMove, if result is lower then ttValue minus a margin then we extend ttMove.
- if ( depth >= SingularExtensionDepthAtPVNodes
- && tte
- && move == tte->move()
- && ext < OnePly
- && is_lower_bound(tte->type())
- && tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * OnePly)
- {
- Value ttValue = value_from_tt(tte->value(), ply);
-
- if (abs(ttValue) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN)
- {
- Value excValue = search(pos, ss, ttValue - SingularExtensionMargin, depth / 2, ply, false, threadID, move);
-
- if (excValue < ttValue - SingularExtensionMargin)
- ext = OnePly;
- }
- }
-
- newDepth = depth - OnePly + ext;
-
- // Update current move (this must be done after singular extension search)
- movesSearched[moveCount++] = ss[ply].currentMove = move;
-
- // Step 12. Futility pruning (is omitted in PV nodes)
-
- // Step 13. Make the move
- pos.do_move(move, st, ci, moveIsCheck);
-
- // Step extra. pv search (only in PV nodes)
- // The first move in list is the expected PV
- if (moveCount == 1)
- value = -search_pv(pos, ss, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, ply+1, threadID);
- else
- {
- // Step 14. Reduced search
- // if the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth.
- bool doFullDepthSearch = true;
-
- if ( depth >= 3 * OnePly
- && !dangerous
- && !captureOrPromotion
- && !move_is_castle(move)
- && !move_is_killer(move, ss[ply]))
- {
- ss[ply].reduction = pv_reduction(depth, moveCount);
- if (ss[ply].reduction)
- {
- value = -search(pos, ss, -alpha, newDepth-ss[ply].reduction, ply+1, true, threadID);
- doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha);
- }
- }
-
- // Step 15. Full depth search
- if (doFullDepthSearch)
- {
- ss[ply].reduction = Depth(0);
- value = -search(pos, ss, -alpha, newDepth, ply+1, true, threadID);
-
- // Step extra. pv search (only in PV nodes)
- if (value > alpha && value < beta)
- value = -search_pv(pos, ss, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, ply+1, threadID);
- }
- }
-
- // Step 16. Undo move
- pos.undo_move(move);
-
- assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
-
- // Step 17. Check for new best move
- if (value > bestValue)
- {
- bestValue = value;
- if (value > alpha)
- {
- alpha = value;
- update_pv(ss, ply);
- if (value == value_mate_in(ply + 1))
- ss[ply].mateKiller = move;
- }
- }
-
- // Step 18. Check for split
- if ( TM.active_threads() > 1
- && bestValue < beta
- && depth >= MinimumSplitDepth
- && Iteration <= 99
- && TM.available_thread_exists(threadID)
- && !AbortSearch
- && !TM.thread_should_stop(threadID)
- && TM.split(pos, ss, ply, &alpha, beta, &bestValue,
- depth, mateThreat, &moveCount, &mp, threadID, true))
- break;
- }
-
- // Step 19. Check for mate and stalemate
- // All legal moves have been searched and if there were
- // no legal moves, it must be mate or stalemate.
- if (moveCount == 0)
- return (isCheck ? value_mated_in(ply) : VALUE_DRAW);
-
- // Step 20. Update tables
- // If the search is not aborted, update the transposition table,
- // history counters, and killer moves.
- if (AbortSearch || TM.thread_should_stop(threadID))
- return bestValue;
-
- if (bestValue <= oldAlpha)
- TT.store(pos.get_key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), VALUE_TYPE_UPPER, depth, MOVE_NONE);
-
- else if (bestValue >= beta)
- {
- TM.incrementBetaCounter(pos.side_to_move(), depth, threadID);
- move = ss[ply].pv[ply];
- if (!pos.move_is_capture_or_promotion(move))
- {
- update_history(pos, move, depth, movesSearched, moveCount);
- update_killers(move, ss[ply]);
- }
- TT.store(pos.get_key(), value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), VALUE_TYPE_LOWER, depth, move);