phalanx = neighbours & rank_bb(s);
support = neighbours & rank_bb(s - Up);
+ e->blockedCount += blocked || more_than_one(leverPush);
+
// A pawn is backward when it is behind all pawns of the same color on
// the adjacent files and cannot safely advance.
backward = !(neighbours & forward_ranks_bb(Them, s + Up))
// Score this pawn
if (support | phalanx)
{
- int v = Connected[r] * (2 + bool(phalanx) - bool(opposed))
+ int v = Connected[r] * (4 + 2 * bool(phalanx) - 2 * bool(opposed) - bool(blocked)) / 2
+ 21 * popcount(support);
score += make_score(v, v * (r - 2) / 4);
return e;
e->key = key;
+ e->blockedCount = 0;
e->scores[WHITE] = evaluate<WHITE>(pos, e);
e->scores[BLACK] = evaluate<BLACK>(pos, e);
// In endgame we like to bring our king near our closest pawn
Bitboard pawns = pos.pieces(Us, PAWN);
- int minPawnDist = pawns ? 8 : 0;
+ int minPawnDist = 6;
if (pawns & PseudoAttacks[KING][ksq])
minPawnDist = 1;