stage += (ttMove == MOVE_NONE);
}
+/// score() assigns a numerical value to each move in a list, used for sorting.
+/// Captures are ordered by Most Valuable Victim (MVV), preferring captures
+/// near our home rank. Quiets are ordered using the histories.
+template<GenType T>
+void MovePicker::score() {
-/// score() assigns a numerical value to each move in a move list. The moves with
-/// highest values will be picked first.
-template<>
-void MovePicker::score<CAPTURES>() {
- // Winning and equal captures in the main search are ordered by MVV, preferring
- // captures near our home rank. Surprisingly, this appears to perform slightly
- // better than SEE-based move ordering: exchanging big pieces before capturing
- // a hanging piece probably helps to reduce the subtree size.
- // In the main search we want to push captures with negative SEE values to the
- // badCaptures[] array, but instead of doing it now we delay until the move
- // has been picked up, saving some SEE calls in case we get a cutoff.
for (auto& m : *this)
- m.value = PieceValue[MG][pos.piece_on(to_sq(m))]
- - Value(200 * relative_rank(pos.side_to_move(), to_sq(m)));
+ if (T == CAPTURES || (T == EVASIONS && pos.capture(m)))
+ m.value = PieceValue[MG][pos.piece_on(to_sq(m))]
+ - (T == EVASIONS ? Value(type_of(pos.moved_piece(m)))
+ : Value(200 * relative_rank(pos.side_to_move(), to_sq(m))));
+ else if (T == QUIETS)
+ m.value = (*mainHistory)[pos.side_to_move()][from_to(m)]
+ + (*contHistory[0])[pos.moved_piece(m)][to_sq(m)]
+ + (*contHistory[1])[pos.moved_piece(m)][to_sq(m)]
+ + (*contHistory[3])[pos.moved_piece(m)][to_sq(m)];
+
+ else // Quiet evasions
+ m.value = (*mainHistory)[pos.side_to_move()][from_to(m)] - (1 << 28);
}
-template<>
-void MovePicker::score<QUIETS>() {
-
- for (auto& m : *this)
- m.value = (*mainHistory)[pos.side_to_move()][from_to(m)]
- + (*contHistory[0])[pos.moved_piece(m)][to_sq(m)]
- + (*contHistory[1])[pos.moved_piece(m)][to_sq(m)]
- + (*contHistory[3])[pos.moved_piece(m)][to_sq(m)];
-}
-
-template<>
-void MovePicker::score<EVASIONS>() {
- // Try captures ordered by MVV/LVA, then non-captures ordered by stats heuristics
- for (auto& m : *this)
- if (pos.capture(m))
- m.value = PieceValue[MG][pos.piece_on(to_sq(m))]
- - Value(type_of(pos.moved_piece(m))) + (1 << 28);
- else
- m.value = (*mainHistory)[pos.side_to_move()][from_to(m)];
-}
-
-
/// next_move() is the most important method of the MovePicker class. It returns
/// a new pseudo legal move every time it is called, until there are no more moves
/// left. It picks the move with the biggest value from a list of generated moves