S( 9, 10), S( 2, 10), S( 1, -8), S(-20,-12),
S(-20,-12), S( 1, -8), S( 2, 10), S( 9, 10)
};
+
+ // Protector[PieceType][distance] contains a protecting bonus for our king,
+ // indexed by piece type and distance between the piece and the king.
+ const Score Protector[PIECE_TYPE_NB][8] = {
+ {}, {},
+ { S(0, 0), S( 7, 9), S( 7, 1), S( 1, 5), S(-10,-4), S( -1,-4), S( -7,-3), S(-16,-10) }, // Knight
+ { S(0, 0), S(11, 8), S(-7,-1), S(-1,-2), S( -1,-7), S(-11,-3), S( -9,-1), S(-16, -1) }, // Bishop
+ { S(0, 0), S(10, 0), S(-2, 2), S(-5, 4), S( -6, 2), S(-14,-3), S( -2,-9), S(-12, -7) }, // Rook
+ { S(0, 0), S( 3,-5), S( 2,-5), S(-4, 0), S( -9,-6), S(-4, 7), S(-13,-7), S(-10, -7) } // Queen
+ };
// Assorted bonuses and penalties used by evaluation
const Score MinorBehindPawn = S(16, 0);
int mob = popcount(b & ei.mobilityArea[Us]);
mobility[Us] += MobilityBonus[Pt][mob];
+
+ // Bonus for this piece as a king protector
+ score += Protector[Pt][distance(s, pos.square<KING>(Us))];
if (Pt == BISHOP || Pt == KNIGHT)
{
const Bitboard TRank2BB = (Us == WHITE ? Rank2BB : Rank7BB);
const Bitboard TRank7BB = (Us == WHITE ? Rank7BB : Rank2BB);
- Bitboard b, weak, defended, safeThreats;
+ Bitboard b, weak, defended, stronglyProtected, safeThreats;
Score score = SCORE_ZERO;
// Non-pawn enemies attacked by a pawn
score += ThreatBySafePawn[type_of(pos.piece_on(pop_lsb(&safeThreats)))];
}
- // Non-pawn enemies defended by a pawn
- defended = (pos.pieces(Them) ^ pos.pieces(Them, PAWN)) & ei.attackedBy[Them][PAWN];
+ // Squares strongly protected by the opponent, either because they attack the
+ // square with a pawn, or because they attack the square twice and we don't.
+ stronglyProtected = ei.attackedBy[Them][PAWN]
+ | (ei.attackedBy2[Them] & ~ei.attackedBy2[Us]);
+
+ // Non-pawn enemies, strongly protected
+ defended = (pos.pieces(Them) ^ pos.pieces(Them, PAWN))
+ & stronglyProtected;
- // Enemies not defended by a pawn and under our attack
+ // Enemies not strongly protected and under our attack
weak = pos.pieces(Them)
- & ~ei.attackedBy[Them][PAWN]
+ & ~stronglyProtected
& ei.attackedBy[Us][ALL_PIECES];
// Add a bonus according to the kind of attacking pieces
mbonus += rr + r * 2, ebonus += rr + r * 2;
} // rr != 0
- // Scale down bonus for candidate passers which need more than one pawn
- // push to become passed.
+ // Scale down bonus for candidate passers which need more than one
+ // pawn push to become passed.
if (!pos.pawn_passed(Us, s + pawn_push(Us)))
mbonus /= 2, ebonus /= 2;
if (DoTrace)
Trace::add(PASSED, Us, score);
- // Add the scores to the middlegame and endgame eval
return score;
}