/// The Stats struct stores moves statistics. According to the template parameter
-/// the class can store History and Countermoves. History records how often
+/// 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.
+/// 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
-/// according only to moving piece and destination square, hence two moves with
+/// using only the moving piece and destination square, hence two moves with
/// different origin but same destination and piece will be considered identical.
-template<typename T>
+template<bool Gain, typename T>
struct Stats {
static const Value Max = Value(2000);
void update(Piece p, Square to, Value v) {
- if (abs(table[p][to] + v) < Max)
+ if (Gain)
+ table[p][to] = std::max(v, table[p][to] - 1);
+
+ else if (abs(table[p][to] + v) < Max)
table[p][to] += v;
}
T table[PIECE_NB][SQUARE_NB];
};
-typedef Stats<Value> HistoryStats;
-typedef Stats<std::pair<Move, Move> > CountermovesStats;
+typedef Stats< true, Value> GainsStats;
+typedef Stats<false, Value> HistoryStats;
+typedef Stats<false, std::pair<Move, Move> > CountermovesStats;
/// MovePicker class is used to pick one pseudo legal move at a time from the