-/// Piece values, middle game and endgame
-
-/// Important: If the material values are changed, one must also
-/// adjust the piece square tables, and the method game_phase() in the
-/// Position class!
-///
-/// Values modified by Joona Kiiski
-
-const Value PawnValueMidgame = Value(0x0C6);
-const Value PawnValueEndgame = Value(0x102);
-const Value KnightValueMidgame = Value(0x331);
-const Value KnightValueEndgame = Value(0x34E);
-const Value BishopValueMidgame = Value(0x344);
-const Value BishopValueEndgame = Value(0x359);
-const Value RookValueMidgame = Value(0x4F6);
-const Value RookValueEndgame = Value(0x4FE);
-const Value QueenValueMidgame = Value(0x9D9);
-const Value QueenValueEndgame = Value(0x9FE);
-
-const Value PieceValueMidgame[17] = {
- Value(0),
- PawnValueMidgame, KnightValueMidgame, BishopValueMidgame,
- RookValueMidgame, QueenValueMidgame,
- Value(0), Value(0), Value(0),
- PawnValueMidgame, KnightValueMidgame, BishopValueMidgame,
- RookValueMidgame, QueenValueMidgame,
- Value(0), Value(0), Value(0)
-};
+// Unfortunatly on Intel 64 bit we have a small speed regression, so use a faster code in
+// this case, although not 100% standard compliant it seems to work for Intel and MSVC.
+#if defined(IS_64BIT) && (!defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER))
+inline Value eg_value(Score s) { return Value(int16_t(s & 0xffff)); }
+#else
+inline Value eg_value(Score s) { return Value((int)(unsigned(s) & 0x7fffu) - (int)(unsigned(s) & 0x8000u)); }
+#endif