Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1
Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tord Romstad (Glaurung author)
Copyright (C) 2008-2015 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Tord Romstad
- Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Gary Linscott, Tord Romstad
+ Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Gary Linscott, Tord Romstad
Stockfish is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#include "movepick.h"
#include "position.h"
#include "search.h"
-#include "timeman.h"
#include "thread.h"
+#include "timeman.h"
#include "tt.h"
#include "uci.h"
#include "syzygy/tbprobe.h"
bool RootInTB;
bool UseRule50;
Depth ProbeDepth;
- Value Score;
}
namespace TB = Tablebases;
// Different node types, used as a template parameter
enum NodeType { NonPV, PV };
- // Sizes and phases of the skip-blocks, used for distributing search depths across the threads
- const int SkipSize[] = { 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 };
- const int SkipPhase[] = { 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 };
+ // Razor and futility margins
+ constexpr int RazorMargin = 600;
+ Value futility_margin(Depth d, bool improving) {
+ return Value((175 - 50 * improving) * d / ONE_PLY);
+ }
- // Razoring and futility margins
- const int RazorMargin = 590;
- Value futility_margin(Depth d) { return Value(150 * d / ONE_PLY); }
+ // Reductions lookup table, initialized at startup
+ int Reductions[MAX_MOVES]; // [depth or moveNumber]
- // Futility and reductions lookup tables, initialized at startup
- int FutilityMoveCounts[2][16]; // [improving][depth]
- int Reductions[2][2][64][64]; // [pv][improving][depth][moveNumber]
+ Depth reduction(bool i, Depth d, int mn) {
+ int r = Reductions[d / ONE_PLY] * Reductions[mn];
+ return ((r + 512) / 1024 + (!i && r > 1024)) * ONE_PLY;
+ }
- template <bool PvNode> Depth reduction(bool i, Depth d, int mn) {
- return Reductions[PvNode][i][std::min(d / ONE_PLY, 63)][std::min(mn, 63)] * ONE_PLY;
+ constexpr int futility_move_count(bool improving, int depth) {
+ return (5 + depth * depth) * (1 + improving) / 2;
}
// History and stats update bonus, based on depth
int stat_bonus(Depth depth) {
int d = depth / ONE_PLY;
- return d > 17 ? 0 : d * d + 2 * d - 2;
+ return d > 17 ? 0 : 29 * d * d + 138 * d - 134;
+ }
+
+ // Add a small random component to draw evaluations to avoid 3fold-blindness
+ Value value_draw(Depth depth, Thread* thisThread) {
+ return depth < 4 * ONE_PLY ? VALUE_DRAW
+ : VALUE_DRAW + Value(2 * (thisThread->nodes & 1) - 1);
}
// Skill structure is used to implement strength limit
Move best = MOVE_NONE;
};
+ // Breadcrumbs are used to mark nodes as being searched by a given thread.
+ struct Breadcrumb {
+ std::atomic<Thread*> thread;
+ std::atomic<Key> key;
+ };
+ std::array<Breadcrumb, 1024> breadcrumbs;
+
+ // ThreadHolding keeps track of which thread left breadcrumbs at the given node for potential reductions.
+ // A free node will be marked upon entering the moves loop, and unmarked upon leaving that loop, by the ctor/dtor of this struct.
+ struct ThreadHolding {
+ explicit ThreadHolding(Thread* thisThread, Key posKey, int ply) {
+ location = ply < 8 ? &breadcrumbs[posKey & (breadcrumbs.size() - 1)] : nullptr;
+ otherThread = false;
+ owning = false;
+ if (location)
+ {
+ // see if another already marked this location, if not, mark it ourselves.
+ Thread* tmp = (*location).thread.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+ if (tmp == nullptr)
+ {
+ (*location).thread.store(thisThread, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+ (*location).key.store(posKey, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+ owning = true;
+ }
+ else if ( tmp != thisThread
+ && (*location).key.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) == posKey)
+ otherThread = true;
+ }
+ }
+
+ ~ThreadHolding() {
+ if (owning) // free the marked location.
+ (*location).thread.store(nullptr, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+ }
+
+ bool marked() { return otherThread; }
+
+ private:
+ Breadcrumb* location;
+ bool otherThread, owning;
+ };
+
template <NodeType NT>
- Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode, bool skipEarlyPruning);
+ Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode);
- template <NodeType NT, bool InCheck>
+ template <NodeType NT>
Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth = DEPTH_ZERO);
Value value_to_tt(Value v, int ply);
Value value_from_tt(Value v, int ply);
void update_pv(Move* pv, Move move, Move* childPv);
void update_continuation_histories(Stack* ss, Piece pc, Square to, int bonus);
- void update_quiet_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move, Move* quiets, int quietsCnt, int bonus);
- void update_capture_stats(const Position& pos, Move move, Move* captures, int captureCnt, int bonus);
+ void update_quiet_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move, Move* quiets, int quietCount, int bonus);
+ void update_capture_stats(const Position& pos, Move move, Move* captures, int captureCount, int bonus);
// perft() is our utility to verify move generation. All the leaf nodes up
// to the given depth are generated and counted, and the sum is returned.
void Search::init() {
- for (int imp = 0; imp <= 1; ++imp)
- for (int d = 1; d < 64; ++d)
- for (int mc = 1; mc < 64; ++mc)
- {
- double r = log(d) * log(mc) / 1.95;
-
- Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc] = int(std::round(r));
- Reductions[PV][imp][d][mc] = std::max(Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc] - 1, 0);
-
- // Increase reduction for non-PV nodes when eval is not improving
- if (!imp && Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc] >= 2)
- Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc]++;
- }
-
- for (int d = 0; d < 16; ++d)
- {
- FutilityMoveCounts[0][d] = int(2.4 + 0.74 * pow(d, 1.78));
- FutilityMoveCounts[1][d] = int(5.0 + 1.00 * pow(d, 2.00));
- }
+ for (int i = 1; i < MAX_MOVES; ++i)
+ Reductions[i] = int(22.9 * std::log(i));
}
Time.availableNodes = 0;
TT.clear();
Threads.clear();
+ Tablebases::init(Options["SyzygyPath"]); // Free mapped files
}
-/// MainThread::search() is called by the main thread when the program receives
-/// the UCI 'go' command. It searches from the root position and outputs the "bestmove".
+/// MainThread::search() is started when the program receives the UCI 'go'
+/// command. It searches from the root position and outputs the "bestmove".
void MainThread::search() {
else
{
for (Thread* th : Threads)
+ {
+ th->bestMoveChanges = 0;
if (th != this)
th->start_searching();
+ }
Thread::search(); // Let's start searching!
}
// Threads.stop. However, if we are pondering or in an infinite search,
// the UCI protocol states that we shouldn't print the best move before the
// GUI sends a "stop" or "ponderhit" command. We therefore simply wait here
- // until the GUI sends one of those commands (which also raises Threads.stop).
- Threads.stopOnPonderhit = true;
+ // until the GUI sends one of those commands.
- while (!Threads.stop && (Threads.ponder || Limits.infinite))
+ while (!Threads.stop && (ponder || Limits.infinite))
{} // Busy wait for a stop or a ponder reset
// Stop the threads if not already stopped (also raise the stop if
if (Limits.npmsec)
Time.availableNodes += Limits.inc[us] - Threads.nodes_searched();
- // Check if there are threads with a better score than main thread
Thread* bestThread = this;
+
+ // Check if there are threads with a better score than main thread
if ( Options["MultiPV"] == 1
&& !Limits.depth
- && !Skill(Options["Skill Level"]).enabled()
+ && !(Skill(Options["Skill Level"]).enabled() || Options["UCI_LimitStrength"])
&& rootMoves[0].pv[0] != MOVE_NONE)
{
+ std::map<Move, int64_t> votes;
+ Value minScore = this->rootMoves[0].score;
+
+ // Find out minimum score and reset votes for moves which can be voted
+ for (Thread* th: Threads)
+ minScore = std::min(minScore, th->rootMoves[0].score);
+
+ // Vote according to score and depth, and select the best thread
for (Thread* th : Threads)
{
- Depth depthDiff = th->completedDepth - bestThread->completedDepth;
- Value scoreDiff = th->rootMoves[0].score - bestThread->rootMoves[0].score;
+ votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] +=
+ (th->rootMoves[0].score - minScore + 14) * int(th->completedDepth);
- // Select the thread with the best score, always if it is a mate
- if ( scoreDiff > 0
- && (depthDiff >= 0 || th->rootMoves[0].score >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY))
+ if (votes[th->rootMoves[0].pv[0]] > votes[bestThread->rootMoves[0].pv[0]])
bestThread = th;
}
}
void Thread::search() {
- Stack stack[MAX_PLY+7], *ss = stack+4; // To reference from (ss-4) to (ss+2)
+ // To allow access to (ss-7) up to (ss+2), the stack must be oversized.
+ // The former is needed to allow update_continuation_histories(ss-1, ...),
+ // which accesses its argument at ss-6, also near the root.
+ // The latter is needed for statScores and killer initialization.
+ Stack stack[MAX_PLY+10], *ss = stack+7;
+ Move pv[MAX_PLY+1];
Value bestValue, alpha, beta, delta;
Move lastBestMove = MOVE_NONE;
Depth lastBestMoveDepth = DEPTH_ZERO;
MainThread* mainThread = (this == Threads.main() ? Threads.main() : nullptr);
- double timeReduction = 1.0;
+ double timeReduction = 1, totBestMoveChanges = 0;
Color us = rootPos.side_to_move();
- std::memset(ss-4, 0, 7 * sizeof(Stack));
- for (int i = 4; i > 0; i--)
- (ss-i)->contHistory = &this->contHistory[NO_PIECE][0]; // Use as sentinel
+ std::memset(ss-7, 0, 10 * sizeof(Stack));
+ for (int i = 7; i > 0; i--)
+ (ss-i)->continuationHistory = &this->continuationHistory[NO_PIECE][0]; // Use as sentinel
+ ss->pv = pv;
bestValue = delta = alpha = -VALUE_INFINITE;
beta = VALUE_INFINITE;
- if (mainThread)
- mainThread->bestMoveChanges = 0, mainThread->failedLow = false;
-
- size_t multiPV = Options["MultiPV"];
- Skill skill(Options["Skill Level"]);
+ multiPV = Options["MultiPV"];
+
+ // Pick integer skill levels, but non-deterministically round up or down
+ // such that the average integer skill corresponds to the input floating point one.
+ // UCI_Elo is converted to a suitable fractional skill level, using anchoring
+ // to CCRL Elo (goldfish 1.13 = 2000) and a fit through Ordo derived Elo
+ // for match (TC 60+0.6) results spanning a wide range of k values.
+ PRNG rng(now());
+ double floatLevel = Options["UCI_LimitStrength"] ?
+ clamp(std::pow((Options["UCI_Elo"] - 1346.6) / 143.4, 1 / 0.806), 0.0, 20.0) :
+ double(Options["Skill Level"]);
+ int intLevel = int(floatLevel) +
+ ((floatLevel - int(floatLevel)) * 1024 > rng.rand<unsigned>() % 1024 ? 1 : 0);
+ Skill skill(intLevel);
// When playing with strength handicap enable MultiPV search that we will
// use behind the scenes to retrieve a set of possible moves.
multiPV = std::min(multiPV, rootMoves.size());
- int ct = Options["Contempt"] * PawnValueEg / 100; // From centipawns
- Eval::Contempt = (us == WHITE ? make_score(ct, ct / 2)
- : -make_score(ct, ct / 2));
+ int ct = int(Options["Contempt"]) * PawnValueEg / 100; // From centipawns
+
+ // In analysis mode, adjust contempt in accordance with user preference
+ if (Limits.infinite || Options["UCI_AnalyseMode"])
+ ct = Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "Off" ? 0
+ : Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "Both" ? ct
+ : Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "White" && us == BLACK ? -ct
+ : Options["Analysis Contempt"] == "Black" && us == WHITE ? -ct
+ : ct;
+
+ // Evaluation score is from the white point of view
+ contempt = (us == WHITE ? make_score(ct, ct / 2)
+ : -make_score(ct, ct / 2));
// Iterative deepening loop until requested to stop or the target depth is reached
while ( (rootDepth += ONE_PLY) < DEPTH_MAX
&& !Threads.stop
&& !(Limits.depth && mainThread && rootDepth / ONE_PLY > Limits.depth))
{
- // Distribute search depths across the helper threads
- if (idx > 0)
- {
- int i = (idx - 1) % 20;
- if (((rootDepth / ONE_PLY + rootPos.game_ply() + SkipPhase[i]) / SkipSize[i]) % 2)
- continue; // Retry with an incremented rootDepth
- }
-
// Age out PV variability metric
if (mainThread)
- mainThread->bestMoveChanges *= 0.505, mainThread->failedLow = false;
+ totBestMoveChanges /= 2;
// Save the last iteration's scores before first PV line is searched and
// all the move scores except the (new) PV are set to -VALUE_INFINITE.
for (RootMove& rm : rootMoves)
rm.previousScore = rm.score;
+ size_t pvFirst = 0;
+ pvLast = 0;
+
// MultiPV loop. We perform a full root search for each PV line
- for (PVIdx = 0; PVIdx < multiPV && !Threads.stop; ++PVIdx)
+ for (pvIdx = 0; pvIdx < multiPV && !Threads.stop; ++pvIdx)
{
+ if (pvIdx == pvLast)
+ {
+ pvFirst = pvLast;
+ for (pvLast++; pvLast < rootMoves.size(); pvLast++)
+ if (rootMoves[pvLast].tbRank != rootMoves[pvFirst].tbRank)
+ break;
+ }
+
// Reset UCI info selDepth for each depth and each PV line
selDepth = 0;
// Reset aspiration window starting size
if (rootDepth >= 5 * ONE_PLY)
{
- delta = Value(18);
- alpha = std::max(rootMoves[PVIdx].previousScore - delta,-VALUE_INFINITE);
- beta = std::min(rootMoves[PVIdx].previousScore + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
-
- // Adjust contempt based on current bestValue
- ct = Options["Contempt"] * PawnValueEg / 100 // From centipawns
- + (bestValue > 500 ? 50: // Dynamic contempt
- bestValue < -500 ? -50:
- bestValue / 10);
-
- Eval::Contempt = (us == WHITE ? make_score(ct, ct / 2)
- : -make_score(ct, ct / 2));
+ Value previousScore = rootMoves[pvIdx].previousScore;
+ delta = Value(20);
+ alpha = std::max(previousScore - delta,-VALUE_INFINITE);
+ beta = std::min(previousScore + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
+
+ // Adjust contempt based on root move's previousScore (dynamic contempt)
+ int dct = ct + 88 * previousScore / (abs(previousScore) + 200);
+
+ contempt = (us == WHITE ? make_score(dct, dct / 2)
+ : -make_score(dct, dct / 2));
}
// Start with a small aspiration window and, in the case of a fail
// high/low, re-search with a bigger window until we don't fail
// high/low anymore.
+ int failedHighCnt = 0;
while (true)
{
- bestValue = ::search<PV>(rootPos, ss, alpha, beta, rootDepth, false, false);
+ Depth adjustedDepth = std::max(ONE_PLY, rootDepth - failedHighCnt * ONE_PLY);
+ bestValue = ::search<PV>(rootPos, ss, alpha, beta, adjustedDepth, false);
// Bring the best move to the front. It is critical that sorting
// is done with a stable algorithm because all the values but the
// and we want to keep the same order for all the moves except the
// new PV that goes to the front. Note that in case of MultiPV
// search the already searched PV lines are preserved.
- std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin() + PVIdx, rootMoves.end());
+ std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin() + pvIdx, rootMoves.begin() + pvLast);
// If search has been stopped, we break immediately. Sorting is
// safe because RootMoves is still valid, although it refers to
beta = (alpha + beta) / 2;
alpha = std::max(bestValue - delta, -VALUE_INFINITE);
+ failedHighCnt = 0;
if (mainThread)
- {
- mainThread->failedLow = true;
- Threads.stopOnPonderhit = false;
- }
+ mainThread->stopOnPonderhit = false;
}
else if (bestValue >= beta)
+ {
beta = std::min(bestValue + delta, VALUE_INFINITE);
+ ++failedHighCnt;
+ }
else
break;
}
// Sort the PV lines searched so far and update the GUI
- std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin(), rootMoves.begin() + PVIdx + 1);
+ std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin() + pvFirst, rootMoves.begin() + pvIdx + 1);
if ( mainThread
- && (Threads.stop || PVIdx + 1 == multiPV || Time.elapsed() > 3000))
+ && (Threads.stop || pvIdx + 1 == multiPV || Time.elapsed() > 3000))
sync_cout << UCI::pv(rootPos, rootDepth, alpha, beta) << sync_endl;
}
// Do we have time for the next iteration? Can we stop searching now?
if ( Limits.use_time_management()
&& !Threads.stop
- && !Threads.stopOnPonderhit)
- {
- const int F[] = { mainThread->failedLow,
- bestValue - mainThread->previousScore };
-
- int improvingFactor = std::max(229, std::min(715, 357 + 119 * F[0] - 6 * F[1]));
+ && !mainThread->stopOnPonderhit)
+ {
+ double fallingEval = (314 + 9 * (mainThread->previousScore - bestValue)) / 581.0;
+ fallingEval = clamp(fallingEval, 0.5, 1.5);
- // If the bestMove is stable over several iterations, reduce time accordingly
- timeReduction = 1.0;
- for (int i : {3, 4, 5})
- if (lastBestMoveDepth * i < completedDepth)
- timeReduction *= 1.3;
+ // If the bestMove is stable over several iterations, reduce time accordingly
+ timeReduction = lastBestMoveDepth + 10 * ONE_PLY < completedDepth ? 1.95 : 1.0;
+ double reduction = (1.25 + mainThread->previousTimeReduction) / (2.25 * timeReduction);
- // Use part of the gained time from a previous stable move for the current move
- double unstablePvFactor = 1.0 + mainThread->bestMoveChanges;
- unstablePvFactor *= std::pow(mainThread->previousTimeReduction, 0.51) / timeReduction;
+ // Use part of the gained time from a previous stable move for the current move
+ for (Thread* th : Threads)
+ {
+ totBestMoveChanges += th->bestMoveChanges;
+ th->bestMoveChanges = 0;
+ }
+ double bestMoveInstability = 1 + totBestMoveChanges / Threads.size();
- // Stop the search if we have only one legal move, or if available time elapsed
- if ( rootMoves.size() == 1
- || Time.elapsed() > Time.optimum() * unstablePvFactor * improvingFactor / 605)
- {
- // If we are allowed to ponder do not stop the search now but
- // keep pondering until the GUI sends "ponderhit" or "stop".
- if (Threads.ponder)
- Threads.stopOnPonderhit = true;
- else
- Threads.stop = true;
- }
+ // Stop the search if we have only one legal move, or if available time elapsed
+ if ( rootMoves.size() == 1
+ || Time.elapsed() > Time.optimum() * fallingEval * reduction * bestMoveInstability)
+ {
+ // If we are allowed to ponder do not stop the search now but
+ // keep pondering until the GUI sends "ponderhit" or "stop".
+ if (mainThread->ponder)
+ mainThread->stopOnPonderhit = true;
+ else
+ Threads.stop = true;
}
+ }
}
if (!mainThread)
// search<>() is the main search function for both PV and non-PV nodes
template <NodeType NT>
- Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode, bool skipEarlyPruning) {
+ Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, bool cutNode) {
- const bool PvNode = NT == PV;
+ constexpr bool PvNode = NT == PV;
const bool rootNode = PvNode && ss->ply == 0;
+ // Check if we have an upcoming move which draws by repetition, or
+ // if the opponent had an alternative move earlier to this position.
+ if ( pos.rule50_count() >= 3
+ && alpha < VALUE_DRAW
+ && !rootNode
+ && pos.has_game_cycle(ss->ply))
+ {
+ alpha = value_draw(depth, pos.this_thread());
+ if (alpha >= beta)
+ return alpha;
+ }
+
+ // Dive into quiescence search when the depth reaches zero
+ if (depth < ONE_PLY)
+ return qsearch<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta);
+
assert(-VALUE_INFINITE <= alpha && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
assert(PvNode || (alpha == beta - 1));
assert(DEPTH_ZERO < depth && depth < DEPTH_MAX);
Move ttMove, move, excludedMove, bestMove;
Depth extension, newDepth;
Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval, maxValue;
- bool ttHit, inCheck, givesCheck, singularExtensionNode, improving;
- bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning, skipQuiets, ttCapture, pvExact;
+ bool ttHit, ttPv, inCheck, givesCheck, improving, doLMR;
+ bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning, ttCapture;
Piece movedPiece;
- int moveCount, captureCount, quietCount;
+ int moveCount, captureCount, quietCount, singularLMR;
// Step 1. Initialize node
Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
inCheck = pos.checkers();
- moveCount = captureCount = quietCount = ss->moveCount = 0;
- ss->statScore = 0;
+ Color us = pos.side_to_move();
+ moveCount = captureCount = quietCount = singularLMR = ss->moveCount = 0;
bestValue = -VALUE_INFINITE;
maxValue = VALUE_INFINITE;
if ( Threads.stop.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)
|| pos.is_draw(ss->ply)
|| ss->ply >= MAX_PLY)
- return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck) ? evaluate(pos) : VALUE_DRAW;
+ return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck) ? evaluate(pos)
+ : value_draw(depth, pos.this_thread());
// Step 3. Mate distance pruning. Even if we mate at the next move our score
// would be at best mate_in(ss->ply+1), but if alpha is already bigger because
assert(0 <= ss->ply && ss->ply < MAX_PLY);
(ss+1)->ply = ss->ply + 1;
- ss->currentMove = (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
- ss->contHistory = &thisThread->contHistory[NO_PIECE][0];
+ (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
(ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
Square prevSq = to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove);
+ // Initialize statScore to zero for the grandchildren of the current position.
+ // So statScore is shared between all grandchildren and only the first grandchild
+ // starts with statScore = 0. Later grandchildren start with the last calculated
+ // statScore of the previous grandchild. This influences the reduction rules in
+ // LMR which are based on the statScore of parent position.
+ if (rootNode)
+ (ss + 4)->statScore = 0;
+ else
+ (ss + 2)->statScore = 0;
+
// Step 4. Transposition table lookup. We don't want the score of a partial
// search to overwrite a previous full search TT value, so we use a different
// position key in case of an excluded move.
posKey = pos.key() ^ Key(excludedMove << 16); // Isn't a very good hash
tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
- ttMove = rootNode ? thisThread->rootMoves[thisThread->PVIdx].pv[0]
+ ttMove = rootNode ? thisThread->rootMoves[thisThread->pvIdx].pv[0]
: ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
+ ttPv = PvNode || (ttHit && tte->is_pv());
// At non-PV nodes we check for an early TT cutoff
if ( !PvNode
if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))
update_quiet_stats(pos, ss, ttMove, nullptr, 0, stat_bonus(depth));
- // Extra penalty for a quiet TT move in previous ply when it gets refuted
- if ((ss-1)->moveCount == 1 && !pos.captured_piece())
- update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
+ // Extra penalty for early quiet moves of the previous ply
+ if ((ss-1)->moveCount <= 2 && !pos.captured_piece())
+ update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
}
// Penalty for a quiet ttMove that fails low
else if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove))
{
int penalty = -stat_bonus(depth);
- thisThread->mainHistory.update(pos.side_to_move(), ttMove, penalty);
+ thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(ttMove)] << penalty;
update_continuation_histories(ss, pos.moved_piece(ttMove), to_sq(ttMove), penalty);
}
}
TB::ProbeState err;
TB::WDLScore wdl = Tablebases::probe_wdl(pos, &err);
+ // Force check of time on the next occasion
+ if (thisThread == Threads.main())
+ static_cast<MainThread*>(thisThread)->callsCnt = 0;
+
if (err != TB::ProbeState::FAIL)
{
thisThread->tbHits.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
if ( b == BOUND_EXACT
|| (b == BOUND_LOWER ? value >= beta : value <= alpha))
{
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), b,
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), ttPv, b,
std::min(DEPTH_MAX - ONE_PLY, depth + 6 * ONE_PLY),
- MOVE_NONE, VALUE_NONE, TT.generation());
+ MOVE_NONE, VALUE_NONE);
return value;
}
}
}
- // Step 6. Evaluate the position statically
+ // Step 6. Static evaluation of the position
if (inCheck)
{
ss->staticEval = eval = VALUE_NONE;
- goto moves_loop;
+ improving = false;
+ goto moves_loop; // Skip early pruning when in check
}
else if (ttHit)
{
- // Never assume anything on values stored in TT
- if ((ss->staticEval = eval = tte->eval()) == VALUE_NONE)
- eval = ss->staticEval = evaluate(pos);
+ // Never assume anything about values stored in TT
+ ss->staticEval = eval = tte->eval();
+ if (eval == VALUE_NONE)
+ ss->staticEval = eval = evaluate(pos);
// Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
if ( ttValue != VALUE_NONE
}
else
{
- ss->staticEval = eval =
- (ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL ? evaluate(pos)
- : -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Eval::Tempo;
+ if ((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL)
+ {
+ int bonus = -(ss-1)->statScore / 512;
+
+ ss->staticEval = eval = evaluate(pos) + bonus;
+ }
+ else
+ ss->staticEval = eval = -(ss-1)->staticEval + 2 * Eval::Tempo;
- tte->save(posKey, VALUE_NONE, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE,
- ss->staticEval, TT.generation());
+ tte->save(posKey, VALUE_NONE, ttPv, BOUND_NONE, DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, eval);
}
- if (skipEarlyPruning || !pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
- goto moves_loop;
+ // Step 7. Razoring (~2 Elo)
+ if ( !rootNode // The required rootNode PV handling is not available in qsearch
+ && depth < 2 * ONE_PLY
+ && eval <= alpha - RazorMargin)
+ return qsearch<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta);
- // Step 7. Razoring (skipped when in check)
- if ( !PvNode
- && depth <= ONE_PLY
- && eval + RazorMargin <= alpha)
- return qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss, alpha, alpha+1);
+ improving = ss->staticEval >= (ss-2)->staticEval
+ || (ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE;
- // Step 8. Futility pruning: child node (skipped when in check)
- if ( !rootNode
+ // Step 8. Futility pruning: child node (~30 Elo)
+ if ( !PvNode
&& depth < 7 * ONE_PLY
- && eval - futility_margin(depth) >= beta
+ && eval - futility_margin(depth, improving) >= beta
&& eval < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN) // Do not return unproven wins
return eval;
- // Step 9. Null move search with verification search
+ // Step 9. Null move search with verification search (~40 Elo)
if ( !PvNode
+ && (ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL
+ && (ss-1)->statScore < 23200
&& eval >= beta
&& ss->staticEval >= beta - 36 * depth / ONE_PLY + 225
- && (ss->ply >= thisThread->nmp_ply || ss->ply % 2 != thisThread->nmp_odd))
+ && !excludedMove
+ && pos.non_pawn_material(us)
+ && (ss->ply >= thisThread->nmpMinPly || us != thisThread->nmpColor))
{
assert(eval - beta >= 0);
// Null move dynamic reduction based on depth and value
- Depth R = ((823 + 67 * depth / ONE_PLY) / 256 + std::min((eval - beta) / PawnValueMg, 3)) * ONE_PLY;
+ Depth R = ((823 + 67 * depth / ONE_PLY) / 256 + std::min(int(eval - beta) / 200, 3)) * ONE_PLY;
ss->currentMove = MOVE_NULL;
- ss->contHistory = &thisThread->contHistory[NO_PIECE][0];
+ ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[NO_PIECE][0];
pos.do_null_move(st);
- Value nullValue = depth-R < ONE_PLY ? -qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -beta+1)
- : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -beta+1, depth-R, !cutNode, true);
+
+ Value nullValue = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -beta+1, depth-R, !cutNode);
+
pos.undo_null_move();
if (nullValue >= beta)
if (nullValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
nullValue = beta;
- if (abs(beta) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN && (depth < 12 * ONE_PLY || thisThread->nmp_ply))
+ if (thisThread->nmpMinPly || (abs(beta) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN && depth < 12 * ONE_PLY))
return nullValue;
- // Do verification search at high depths. Disable null move pruning
- // for side to move for the first part of the remaining search tree.
- thisThread->nmp_ply = ss->ply + 3 * (depth-R) / 4;
- thisThread->nmp_odd = ss->ply % 2;
+ assert(!thisThread->nmpMinPly); // Recursive verification is not allowed
+
+ // Do verification search at high depths, with null move pruning disabled
+ // for us, until ply exceeds nmpMinPly.
+ thisThread->nmpMinPly = ss->ply + 3 * (depth-R) / (4 * ONE_PLY);
+ thisThread->nmpColor = us;
- Value v = depth-R < ONE_PLY ? qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss, beta-1, beta)
- : search<NonPV>(pos, ss, beta-1, beta, depth-R, false, true);
+ Value v = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, beta-1, beta, depth-R, false);
- thisThread->nmp_odd = thisThread->nmp_ply = 0;
+ thisThread->nmpMinPly = 0;
if (v >= beta)
return nullValue;
}
}
- // Step 10. ProbCut (skipped when in check)
+ // Step 10. ProbCut (~10 Elo)
// If we have a good enough capture and a reduced search returns a value
// much above beta, we can (almost) safely prune the previous move.
if ( !PvNode
&& depth >= 5 * ONE_PLY
&& abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
{
- assert(is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove));
-
- Value rbeta = std::min(beta + 200, VALUE_INFINITE);
- MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, rbeta - ss->staticEval, &thisThread->captureHistory);
+ Value raisedBeta = std::min(beta + 216 - 48 * improving, VALUE_INFINITE);
+ MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, raisedBeta - ss->staticEval, &thisThread->captureHistory);
+ int probCutCount = 0;
- while ((move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
- if (pos.legal(move))
+ while ( (move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE
+ && probCutCount < 2 + 2 * cutNode)
+ if (move != excludedMove && pos.legal(move))
{
+ probCutCount++;
+
ss->currentMove = move;
- ss->contHistory = &thisThread->contHistory[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)];
+ ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)];
assert(depth >= 5 * ONE_PLY);
pos.do_move(move, st);
- // Perform a preliminary search at depth 1 to verify that the move holds.
- // We will only do this search if the depth is not 5, thus avoiding two
- // searches at depth 1 in a row.
- if (depth != 5 * ONE_PLY)
- value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1, ONE_PLY, !cutNode, true);
+ // Perform a preliminary qsearch to verify that the move holds
+ value = -qsearch<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -raisedBeta, -raisedBeta+1);
- // If the first search was skipped or was performed and held, perform
- // the regular search.
- if (depth == 5 * ONE_PLY || value >= rbeta)
- value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1, depth - 4 * ONE_PLY, !cutNode, false);
+ // If the qsearch held, perform the regular search
+ if (value >= raisedBeta)
+ value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -raisedBeta, -raisedBeta+1, depth - 4 * ONE_PLY, !cutNode);
pos.undo_move(move);
- if (value >= rbeta)
+
+ if (value >= raisedBeta)
return value;
}
}
- // Step 11. Internal iterative deepening (skipped when in check)
- if ( depth >= 6 * ONE_PLY
- && !ttMove
- && (PvNode || ss->staticEval + 256 >= beta))
+ // Step 11. Internal iterative deepening (~2 Elo)
+ if (depth >= 8 * ONE_PLY && !ttMove)
{
- Depth d = 3 * depth / 4 - 2 * ONE_PLY;
- search<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, d, cutNode, true);
+ search<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, depth - 7 * ONE_PLY, cutNode);
tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
- const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->contHistory, (ss-2)->contHistory, nullptr, (ss-4)->contHistory };
+ const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->continuationHistory, (ss-2)->continuationHistory,
+ nullptr, (ss-4)->continuationHistory,
+ nullptr, (ss-6)->continuationHistory };
+
Move countermove = thisThread->counterMoves[pos.piece_on(prevSq)][prevSq];
- MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &thisThread->mainHistory, &thisThread->captureHistory, contHist, countermove, ss->killers);
+ MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &thisThread->mainHistory,
+ &thisThread->captureHistory,
+ contHist,
+ countermove,
+ ss->killers);
+
value = bestValue; // Workaround a bogus 'uninitialized' warning under gcc
- improving = ss->staticEval >= (ss-2)->staticEval
- /* || ss->staticEval == VALUE_NONE Already implicit in the previous condition */
- ||(ss-2)->staticEval == VALUE_NONE;
-
- singularExtensionNode = !rootNode
- && depth >= 8 * ONE_PLY
- && ttMove != MOVE_NONE
- && ttValue != VALUE_NONE
- && !excludedMove // Recursive singular search is not allowed
- && (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
- && tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * ONE_PLY;
- skipQuiets = false;
- ttCapture = false;
- pvExact = PvNode && ttHit && tte->bound() == BOUND_EXACT;
+ moveCountPruning = false;
+ ttCapture = ttMove && pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove);
+
+ // Mark this node as being searched.
+ ThreadHolding th(thisThread, posKey, ss->ply);
// Step 12. Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain
// or a beta cutoff occurs.
- while ((move = mp.next_move(skipQuiets)) != MOVE_NONE)
+ while ((move = mp.next_move(moveCountPruning)) != MOVE_NONE)
{
assert(is_ok(move));
// At root obey the "searchmoves" option and skip moves not listed in Root
// Move List. As a consequence any illegal move is also skipped. In MultiPV
- // mode we also skip PV moves which have been already searched.
- if (rootNode && !std::count(thisThread->rootMoves.begin() + thisThread->PVIdx,
- thisThread->rootMoves.end(), move))
+ // mode we also skip PV moves which have been already searched and those
+ // of lower "TB rank" if we are in a TB root position.
+ if (rootNode && !std::count(thisThread->rootMoves.begin() + thisThread->pvIdx,
+ thisThread->rootMoves.begin() + thisThread->pvLast, move))
continue;
ss->moveCount = ++moveCount;
if (rootNode && thisThread == Threads.main() && Time.elapsed() > 3000)
sync_cout << "info depth " << depth / ONE_PLY
<< " currmove " << UCI::move(move, pos.is_chess960())
- << " currmovenumber " << moveCount + thisThread->PVIdx << sync_endl;
+ << " currmovenumber " << moveCount + thisThread->pvIdx << sync_endl;
+
+ // In MultiPV mode also skip moves which will be searched later as PV moves
+ if (rootNode && std::count(thisThread->rootMoves.begin() + thisThread->pvIdx + 1,
+ thisThread->rootMoves.begin() + thisThread->multiPV, move))
+ continue;
+
if (PvNode)
(ss+1)->pv = nullptr;
extension = DEPTH_ZERO;
captureOrPromotion = pos.capture_or_promotion(move);
movedPiece = pos.moved_piece(move);
+ givesCheck = pos.gives_check(move);
- givesCheck = type_of(move) == NORMAL && !pos.discovered_check_candidates()
- ? pos.check_squares(type_of(movedPiece)) & to_sq(move)
- : pos.gives_check(move);
-
- moveCountPruning = depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
- && moveCount >= FutilityMoveCounts[improving][depth / ONE_PLY];
+ // Step 13. Extensions (~70 Elo)
- // Step 13. Extensions
-
- // Singular extension search. If all moves but one fail low on a search
- // of (alpha-s, beta-s), and just one fails high on (alpha, beta), then
- // that move is singular and should be extended. To verify this we do a
- // reduced search on on all the other moves but the ttMove and if the
+ // Singular extension search (~60 Elo). If all moves but one fail low on a
+ // search of (alpha-s, beta-s), and just one fails high on (alpha, beta),
+ // then that move is singular and should be extended. To verify this we do
+ // a reduced search on all the other moves but the ttMove and if the
// result is lower than ttValue minus a margin then we will extend the ttMove.
- if ( singularExtensionNode
+ if ( depth >= 8 * ONE_PLY
&& move == ttMove
+ && !rootNode
+ && !excludedMove // Avoid recursive singular search
+ /* && ttValue != VALUE_NONE Already implicit in the next condition */
+ && abs(ttValue) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
+ && (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
+ && tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * ONE_PLY
&& pos.legal(move))
{
- Value rBeta = std::max(ttValue - 2 * depth / ONE_PLY, -VALUE_MATE);
+ Value singularBeta = ttValue - 2 * depth / ONE_PLY;
+ Depth halfDepth = depth / (2 * ONE_PLY) * ONE_PLY; // ONE_PLY invariant
ss->excludedMove = move;
- value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, rBeta - 1, rBeta, depth / 2, cutNode, true);
+ value = search<NonPV>(pos, ss, singularBeta - 1, singularBeta, halfDepth, cutNode);
ss->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
- if (value < rBeta)
+ if (value < singularBeta)
+ {
extension = ONE_PLY;
+ singularLMR++;
+
+ if (value < singularBeta - std::min(3 * depth / ONE_PLY, 39))
+ singularLMR++;
+ }
+
+ // Multi-cut pruning
+ // Our ttMove is assumed to fail high, and now we failed high also on a reduced
+ // search without the ttMove. So we assume this expected Cut-node is not singular,
+ // that multiple moves fail high, and we can prune the whole subtree by returning
+ // a soft bound.
+ else if ( eval >= beta
+ && singularBeta >= beta)
+ return singularBeta;
}
- else if ( givesCheck // Check extension
- && !moveCountPruning
- && pos.see_ge(move))
+
+ // Check extension (~2 Elo)
+ else if ( givesCheck
+ && (pos.is_discovery_check_on_king(~us, move) || pos.see_ge(move)))
+ extension = ONE_PLY;
+
+ // Castling extension
+ else if (type_of(move) == CASTLING)
+ extension = ONE_PLY;
+
+ // Shuffle extension
+ else if ( PvNode
+ && pos.rule50_count() > 18
+ && depth < 3 * ONE_PLY
+ && ++thisThread->shuffleExts < thisThread->nodes.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) / 4) // To avoid too many extensions
+ extension = ONE_PLY;
+
+ // Passed pawn extension
+ else if ( move == ss->killers[0]
+ && pos.advanced_pawn_push(move)
+ && pos.pawn_passed(us, to_sq(move)))
extension = ONE_PLY;
// Calculate new depth for this move
newDepth = depth - ONE_PLY + extension;
- // Step 14. Pruning at shallow depth
+ // Step 14. Pruning at shallow depth (~170 Elo)
if ( !rootNode
- && pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move())
+ && pos.non_pawn_material(us)
&& bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY)
{
+ // Skip quiet moves if movecount exceeds our FutilityMoveCount threshold
+ moveCountPruning = moveCount >= futility_move_count(improving, depth / ONE_PLY);
+
if ( !captureOrPromotion
&& !givesCheck
- && (!pos.advanced_pawn_push(move) || pos.non_pawn_material() >= Value(5000)))
+ && (!pos.advanced_pawn_push(move) || pos.non_pawn_material(~us) > BishopValueMg))
{
// Move count based pruning
if (moveCountPruning)
- {
- skipQuiets = true;
continue;
- }
// Reduced depth of the next LMR search
- int lmrDepth = std::max(newDepth - reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount), DEPTH_ZERO) / ONE_PLY;
+ int lmrDepth = std::max(newDepth - reduction(improving, depth, moveCount), DEPTH_ZERO);
+ lmrDepth /= ONE_PLY;
- // Countermoves based pruning
- if ( lmrDepth < 3
+ // Countermoves based pruning (~20 Elo)
+ if ( lmrDepth < 3 + ((ss-1)->statScore > 0 || (ss-1)->moveCount == 1)
&& (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold
&& (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold)
continue;
- // Futility pruning: parent node
+ // Futility pruning: parent node (~2 Elo)
if ( lmrDepth < 7
&& !inCheck
&& ss->staticEval + 256 + 200 * lmrDepth <= alpha)
continue;
- // Prune moves with negative SEE
- if ( lmrDepth < 8
- && !pos.see_ge(move, Value(-35 * lmrDepth * lmrDepth)))
+ // Prune moves with negative SEE (~10 Elo)
+ if (!pos.see_ge(move, Value(-29 * lmrDepth * lmrDepth)))
continue;
}
- else if ( depth < 7 * ONE_PLY
- && !extension
- && !pos.see_ge(move, -PawnValueEg * (depth / ONE_PLY)))
+ else if ( (!givesCheck || !extension)
+ && !pos.see_ge(move, -PawnValueEg * (depth / ONE_PLY))) // (~20 Elo)
continue;
}
continue;
}
- if (move == ttMove && captureOrPromotion)
- ttCapture = true;
-
// Update the current move (this must be done after singular extension search)
ss->currentMove = move;
- ss->contHistory = &thisThread->contHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)];
+ ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[movedPiece][to_sq(move)];
// Step 15. Make the move
pos.do_move(move, st, givesCheck);
// Step 16. Reduced depth search (LMR). If the move fails high it will be
// re-searched at full depth.
if ( depth >= 3 * ONE_PLY
- && moveCount > 1
- && (!captureOrPromotion || moveCountPruning))
+ && moveCount > 1 + 3 * rootNode
+ && ( !captureOrPromotion
+ || moveCountPruning
+ || ss->staticEval + PieceValue[EG][pos.captured_piece()] <= alpha))
{
- Depth r = reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount);
+ Depth r = reduction(improving, depth, moveCount);
- if (captureOrPromotion)
- r -= r ? ONE_PLY : DEPTH_ZERO;
- else
- {
- // Decrease reduction if opponent's move count is high
- if ((ss-1)->moveCount > 15)
- r -= ONE_PLY;
+ // Reduction if other threads are searching this position.
+ if (th.marked())
+ r += ONE_PLY;
- // Decrease reduction for exact PV nodes
- if (pvExact)
- r -= ONE_PLY;
+ // Decrease reduction if position is or has been on the PV
+ if (ttPv)
+ r -= 2 * ONE_PLY;
- // Increase reduction if ttMove is a capture
+ // Decrease reduction if opponent's move count is high (~10 Elo)
+ if ((ss-1)->moveCount > 15)
+ r -= ONE_PLY;
+
+ // Decrease reduction if move has been singularly extended
+ r -= singularLMR * ONE_PLY;
+
+ if (!captureOrPromotion)
+ {
+ // Increase reduction if ttMove is a capture (~0 Elo)
if (ttCapture)
r += ONE_PLY;
- // Increase reduction for cut nodes
+ // Increase reduction for cut nodes (~5 Elo)
if (cutNode)
r += 2 * ONE_PLY;
// Decrease reduction for moves that escape a capture. Filter out
// castling moves, because they are coded as "king captures rook" and
- // hence break make_move().
+ // hence break make_move(). (~5 Elo)
else if ( type_of(move) == NORMAL
&& !pos.see_ge(make_move(to_sq(move), from_sq(move))))
r -= 2 * ONE_PLY;
- ss->statScore = thisThread->mainHistory[~pos.side_to_move()][from_to(move)]
+ ss->statScore = thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)]
+ (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+ (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+ (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
- 4000;
- // Decrease/increase reduction by comparing opponent's stat score
+ // Decrease/increase reduction by comparing opponent's stat score (~10 Elo)
if (ss->statScore >= 0 && (ss-1)->statScore < 0)
r -= ONE_PLY;
else if ((ss-1)->statScore >= 0 && ss->statScore < 0)
r += ONE_PLY;
- // Decrease/increase reduction for moves with a good/bad history
- r = std::max(DEPTH_ZERO, (r / ONE_PLY - ss->statScore / 20000) * ONE_PLY);
+ // Decrease/increase reduction for moves with a good/bad history (~30 Elo)
+ r -= ss->statScore / 16384 * ONE_PLY;
}
- Depth d = std::max(newDepth - r, ONE_PLY);
+ Depth d = clamp(newDepth - r, ONE_PLY, newDepth);
- value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true, false);
+ value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true);
- doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha && d != newDepth);
+ doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha && d != newDepth), doLMR = true;
}
else
- doFullDepthSearch = !PvNode || moveCount > 1;
+ doFullDepthSearch = !PvNode || moveCount > 1, doLMR = false;
// Step 17. Full depth search when LMR is skipped or fails high
if (doFullDepthSearch)
- value = newDepth < ONE_PLY ?
- givesCheck ? -qsearch<NonPV, true>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha)
- : -qsearch<NonPV, false>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha)
- : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth, !cutNode, false);
+ {
+ value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth, !cutNode);
+
+ if (doLMR && !captureOrPromotion)
+ {
+ int bonus = value > alpha ? stat_bonus(newDepth)
+ : -stat_bonus(newDepth);
+
+ update_continuation_histories(ss, movedPiece, to_sq(move), bonus);
+ }
+ }
// For PV nodes only, do a full PV search on the first move or after a fail
// high (in the latter case search only if value < beta), otherwise let the
(ss+1)->pv = pv;
(ss+1)->pv[0] = MOVE_NONE;
- value = newDepth < ONE_PLY ?
- givesCheck ? -qsearch<PV, true>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha)
- : -qsearch<PV, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha)
- : - search<PV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, false, false);
+ value = -search<PV>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, newDepth, false);
}
// Step 18. Undo move
// We record how often the best move has been changed in each
// iteration. This information is used for time management: When
// the best move changes frequently, we allocate some more time.
- if (moveCount > 1 && thisThread == Threads.main())
- ++static_cast<MainThread*>(thisThread)->bestMoveChanges;
+ if (moveCount > 1)
+ ++thisThread->bestMoveChanges;
}
else
// All other moves but the PV are set to the lowest value: this
else
{
assert(value >= beta); // Fail high
+ ss->statScore = 0;
break;
}
}
{
// Quiet best move: update move sorting heuristics
if (!pos.capture_or_promotion(bestMove))
- update_quiet_stats(pos, ss, bestMove, quietsSearched, quietCount, stat_bonus(depth));
- else
- update_capture_stats(pos, bestMove, capturesSearched, captureCount, stat_bonus(depth));
+ update_quiet_stats(pos, ss, bestMove, quietsSearched, quietCount,
+ stat_bonus(depth + (bestValue > beta + PawnValueMg ? ONE_PLY : DEPTH_ZERO)));
+
+ update_capture_stats(pos, bestMove, capturesSearched, captureCount, stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
+
+ // Extra penalty for a quiet TT or main killer move in previous ply when it gets refuted
+ if ( ((ss-1)->moveCount == 1 || ((ss-1)->currentMove == (ss-1)->killers[0]))
+ && !pos.captured_piece())
+ update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
- // Extra penalty for a quiet TT move in previous ply when it gets refuted
- if ((ss-1)->moveCount == 1 && !pos.captured_piece())
- update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, -stat_bonus(depth + ONE_PLY));
}
// Bonus for prior countermove that caused the fail low
- else if ( depth >= 3 * ONE_PLY
- && !pos.captured_piece()
- && is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove))
+ else if ( (depth >= 3 * ONE_PLY || PvNode)
+ && !pos.captured_piece())
update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, stat_bonus(depth));
if (PvNode)
bestValue = std::min(bestValue, maxValue);
if (!excludedMove)
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), ttPv,
bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
PvNode && bestMove ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
- depth, bestMove, ss->staticEval, TT.generation());
+ depth, bestMove, ss->staticEval);
assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);
}
- // qsearch() is the quiescence search function, which is called by the main
- // search function with depth zero, or recursively with depth less than ONE_PLY.
-
- template <NodeType NT, bool InCheck>
+ // qsearch() is the quiescence search function, which is called by the main search
+ // function with zero depth, or recursively with further decreasing depth per call.
+ template <NodeType NT>
Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth) {
- const bool PvNode = NT == PV;
+ constexpr bool PvNode = NT == PV;
assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && alpha < beta && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
assert(PvNode || (alpha == beta - 1));
assert(depth <= DEPTH_ZERO);
assert(depth / ONE_PLY * ONE_PLY == depth);
- assert(InCheck == bool(pos.checkers()));
Move pv[MAX_PLY+1];
StateInfo st;
Move ttMove, move, bestMove;
Depth ttDepth;
Value bestValue, value, ttValue, futilityValue, futilityBase, oldAlpha;
- bool ttHit, givesCheck, evasionPrunable;
+ bool ttHit, pvHit, inCheck, givesCheck, evasionPrunable;
int moveCount;
if (PvNode)
ss->pv[0] = MOVE_NONE;
}
+ Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
(ss+1)->ply = ss->ply + 1;
- ss->currentMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
+ bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
+ inCheck = pos.checkers();
moveCount = 0;
// Check for an immediate draw or maximum ply reached
if ( pos.is_draw(ss->ply)
|| ss->ply >= MAX_PLY)
- return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !InCheck) ? evaluate(pos) : VALUE_DRAW;
+ return (ss->ply >= MAX_PLY && !inCheck) ? evaluate(pos) : VALUE_DRAW;
assert(0 <= ss->ply && ss->ply < MAX_PLY);
// Decide whether or not to include checks: this fixes also the type of
// TT entry depth that we are going to use. Note that in qsearch we use
// only two types of depth in TT: DEPTH_QS_CHECKS or DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS.
- ttDepth = InCheck || depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS ? DEPTH_QS_CHECKS
+ ttDepth = inCheck || depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS ? DEPTH_QS_CHECKS
: DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS;
// Transposition table lookup
posKey = pos.key();
tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
ttMove = ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
+ pvHit = ttHit && tte->is_pv();
if ( !PvNode
&& ttHit
&& tte->depth() >= ttDepth
&& ttValue != VALUE_NONE // Only in case of TT access race
- && (ttValue >= beta ? (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
- : (tte->bound() & BOUND_UPPER)))
+ && (ttValue >= beta ? (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
+ : (tte->bound() & BOUND_UPPER)))
return ttValue;
// Evaluate the position statically
- if (InCheck)
+ if (inCheck)
{
ss->staticEval = VALUE_NONE;
bestValue = futilityBase = -VALUE_INFINITE;
{
if (ttHit)
{
- // Never assume anything on values stored in TT
+ // Never assume anything about values stored in TT
if ((ss->staticEval = bestValue = tte->eval()) == VALUE_NONE)
ss->staticEval = bestValue = evaluate(pos);
// Can ttValue be used as a better position evaluation?
- if ( ttValue != VALUE_NONE
+ if ( ttValue != VALUE_NONE
&& (tte->bound() & (ttValue > bestValue ? BOUND_LOWER : BOUND_UPPER)))
bestValue = ttValue;
}
if (bestValue >= beta)
{
if (!ttHit)
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
- DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, ss->staticEval, TT.generation());
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), pvHit, BOUND_LOWER,
+ DEPTH_NONE, MOVE_NONE, ss->staticEval);
return bestValue;
}
futilityBase = bestValue + 128;
}
+ const PieceToHistory* contHist[] = { (ss-1)->continuationHistory, (ss-2)->continuationHistory,
+ nullptr, (ss-4)->continuationHistory,
+ nullptr, (ss-6)->continuationHistory };
+
// Initialize a MovePicker object for the current position, and prepare
// to search the moves. Because the depth is <= 0 here, only captures,
// queen promotions and checks (only if depth >= DEPTH_QS_CHECKS) will
// be generated.
- MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &pos.this_thread()->mainHistory, &pos.this_thread()->captureHistory, to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove));
+ MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &thisThread->mainHistory,
+ &thisThread->captureHistory,
+ contHist,
+ to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove));
// Loop through the moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
while ((move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
{
assert(is_ok(move));
- givesCheck = type_of(move) == NORMAL && !pos.discovered_check_candidates()
- ? pos.check_squares(type_of(pos.moved_piece(move))) & to_sq(move)
- : pos.gives_check(move);
+ givesCheck = pos.gives_check(move);
moveCount++;
// Futility pruning
- if ( !InCheck
+ if ( !inCheck
&& !givesCheck
&& futilityBase > -VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
&& !pos.advanced_pawn_push(move))
}
// Detect non-capture evasions that are candidates to be pruned
- evasionPrunable = InCheck
+ evasionPrunable = inCheck
&& (depth != DEPTH_ZERO || moveCount > 2)
&& bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY
&& !pos.capture(move);
// Don't search moves with negative SEE values
- if ( (!InCheck || evasionPrunable)
+ if ( (!inCheck || evasionPrunable)
+ && (!givesCheck || !(pos.blockers_for_king(~pos.side_to_move()) & from_sq(move)))
&& !pos.see_ge(move))
continue;
}
ss->currentMove = move;
+ ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)];
// Make and search the move
pos.do_move(move, st, givesCheck);
- value = givesCheck ? -qsearch<NT, true>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY)
- : -qsearch<NT, false>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY);
+ value = -qsearch<NT>(pos, ss+1, -beta, -alpha, depth - ONE_PLY);
pos.undo_move(move);
assert(value > -VALUE_INFINITE && value < VALUE_INFINITE);
if (value > alpha)
{
+ bestMove = move;
+
if (PvNode) // Update pv even in fail-high case
update_pv(ss->pv, move, (ss+1)->pv);
if (PvNode && value < beta) // Update alpha here!
- {
alpha = value;
- bestMove = move;
- }
- else // Fail high
- {
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), BOUND_LOWER,
- ttDepth, move, ss->staticEval, TT.generation());
-
- return value;
- }
+ else
+ break; // Fail high
}
}
}
// All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If we're in check
// and no legal moves were found, it is checkmate.
- if (InCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
+ if (inCheck && bestValue == -VALUE_INFINITE)
return mated_in(ss->ply); // Plies to mate from the root
- tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
- PvNode && bestValue > oldAlpha ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
- ttDepth, bestMove, ss->staticEval, TT.generation());
+ tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply), pvHit,
+ bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
+ PvNode && bestValue > oldAlpha ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
+ ttDepth, bestMove, ss->staticEval);
assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);
void update_continuation_histories(Stack* ss, Piece pc, Square to, int bonus) {
- for (int i : {1, 2, 4})
+ for (int i : {1, 2, 4, 6})
if (is_ok((ss-i)->currentMove))
- (ss-i)->contHistory->update(pc, to, bonus);
+ (*(ss-i)->continuationHistory)[pc][to] << bonus;
}
// update_capture_stats() updates move sorting heuristics when a new capture best move is found
void update_capture_stats(const Position& pos, Move move,
- Move* captures, int captureCnt, int bonus) {
+ Move* captures, int captureCount, int bonus) {
- CapturePieceToHistory& captureHistory = pos.this_thread()->captureHistory;
+ CapturePieceToHistory& captureHistory = pos.this_thread()->captureHistory;
Piece moved_piece = pos.moved_piece(move);
PieceType captured = type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move)));
- captureHistory.update(moved_piece, to_sq(move), captured, bonus);
+
+ if (pos.capture_or_promotion(move))
+ captureHistory[moved_piece][to_sq(move)][captured] << bonus;
// Decrease all the other played capture moves
- for (int i = 0; i < captureCnt; ++i)
+ for (int i = 0; i < captureCount; ++i)
{
moved_piece = pos.moved_piece(captures[i]);
captured = type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(captures[i])));
- captureHistory.update(moved_piece, to_sq(captures[i]), captured, -bonus);
+ captureHistory[moved_piece][to_sq(captures[i])][captured] << -bonus;
}
}
// update_quiet_stats() updates move sorting heuristics when a new quiet best move is found
void update_quiet_stats(const Position& pos, Stack* ss, Move move,
- Move* quiets, int quietsCnt, int bonus) {
+ Move* quiets, int quietCount, int bonus) {
if (ss->killers[0] != move)
{
Color us = pos.side_to_move();
Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
- thisThread->mainHistory.update(us, move, bonus);
+ thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)] << bonus;
update_continuation_histories(ss, pos.moved_piece(move), to_sq(move), bonus);
if (is_ok((ss-1)->currentMove))
}
// Decrease all the other played quiet moves
- for (int i = 0; i < quietsCnt; ++i)
+ for (int i = 0; i < quietCount; ++i)
{
- thisThread->mainHistory.update(us, quiets[i], -bonus);
+ thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(quiets[i])] << -bonus;
update_continuation_histories(ss, pos.moved_piece(quiets[i]), to_sq(quiets[i]), -bonus);
}
}
return;
// When using nodes, ensure checking rate is not lower than 0.1% of nodes
- callsCnt = Limits.nodes ? std::min(4096, int(Limits.nodes / 1024)) : 4096;
+ callsCnt = Limits.nodes ? std::min(1024, int(Limits.nodes / 1024)) : 1024;
static TimePoint lastInfoTime = now();
- int elapsed = Time.elapsed();
+ TimePoint elapsed = Time.elapsed();
TimePoint tick = Limits.startTime + elapsed;
if (tick - lastInfoTime >= 1000)
}
// We should not stop pondering until told so by the GUI
- if (Threads.ponder)
+ if (ponder)
return;
- if ( (Limits.use_time_management() && elapsed > Time.maximum() - 10)
+ if ( (Limits.use_time_management() && (elapsed > Time.maximum() - 10 || stopOnPonderhit))
|| (Limits.movetime && elapsed >= Limits.movetime)
|| (Limits.nodes && Threads.nodes_searched() >= (uint64_t)Limits.nodes))
Threads.stop = true;
string UCI::pv(const Position& pos, Depth depth, Value alpha, Value beta) {
std::stringstream ss;
- int elapsed = Time.elapsed() + 1;
+ TimePoint elapsed = Time.elapsed() + 1;
const RootMoves& rootMoves = pos.this_thread()->rootMoves;
- size_t PVIdx = pos.this_thread()->PVIdx;
+ size_t pvIdx = pos.this_thread()->pvIdx;
size_t multiPV = std::min((size_t)Options["MultiPV"], rootMoves.size());
uint64_t nodesSearched = Threads.nodes_searched();
uint64_t tbHits = Threads.tb_hits() + (TB::RootInTB ? rootMoves.size() : 0);
for (size_t i = 0; i < multiPV; ++i)
{
- bool updated = (i <= PVIdx && rootMoves[i].score != -VALUE_INFINITE);
+ bool updated = (i <= pvIdx && rootMoves[i].score != -VALUE_INFINITE);
if (depth == ONE_PLY && !updated)
continue;
Value v = updated ? rootMoves[i].score : rootMoves[i].previousScore;
bool tb = TB::RootInTB && abs(v) < VALUE_MATE - MAX_PLY;
- v = tb ? TB::Score : v;
+ v = tb ? rootMoves[i].tbScore : v;
if (ss.rdbuf()->in_avail()) // Not at first line
ss << "\n";
<< " multipv " << i + 1
<< " score " << UCI::value(v);
- if (!tb && i == PVIdx)
+ if (!tb && i == pvIdx)
ss << (v >= beta ? " lowerbound" : v <= alpha ? " upperbound" : "");
ss << " nodes " << nodesSearched
assert(pv.size() == 1);
- if (!pv[0])
+ if (pv[0] == MOVE_NONE)
return false;
pos.do_move(pv[0], st);
return pv.size() > 1;
}
-
-void Tablebases::filter_root_moves(Position& pos, Search::RootMoves& rootMoves) {
+void Tablebases::rank_root_moves(Position& pos, Search::RootMoves& rootMoves) {
RootInTB = false;
- UseRule50 = Options["Syzygy50MoveRule"];
- ProbeDepth = Options["SyzygyProbeDepth"] * ONE_PLY;
- Cardinality = Options["SyzygyProbeLimit"];
+ UseRule50 = bool(Options["Syzygy50MoveRule"]);
+ ProbeDepth = int(Options["SyzygyProbeDepth"]) * ONE_PLY;
+ Cardinality = int(Options["SyzygyProbeLimit"]);
+ bool dtz_available = true;
- // Skip TB probing when no TB found: !TBLargest -> !TB::Cardinality
+ // Tables with fewer pieces than SyzygyProbeLimit are searched with
+ // ProbeDepth == DEPTH_ZERO
if (Cardinality > MaxCardinality)
{
Cardinality = MaxCardinality;
ProbeDepth = DEPTH_ZERO;
}
- if (Cardinality < popcount(pos.pieces()) || pos.can_castle(ANY_CASTLING))
- return;
-
- // Don't filter any moves if the user requested analysis on multiple
- if (Options["MultiPV"] != 1)
- return;
+ if (Cardinality >= popcount(pos.pieces()) && !pos.can_castle(ANY_CASTLING))
+ {
+ // Rank moves using DTZ tables
+ RootInTB = root_probe(pos, rootMoves);
- // If the current root position is in the tablebases, then RootMoves
- // contains only moves that preserve the draw or the win.
- RootInTB = root_probe(pos, rootMoves, TB::Score);
+ if (!RootInTB)
+ {
+ // DTZ tables are missing; try to rank moves using WDL tables
+ dtz_available = false;
+ RootInTB = root_probe_wdl(pos, rootMoves);
+ }
+ }
if (RootInTB)
- Cardinality = 0; // Do not probe tablebases during the search
-
- else // If DTZ tables are missing, use WDL tables as a fallback
{
- // Filter out moves that do not preserve the draw or the win.
- RootInTB = root_probe_wdl(pos, rootMoves, TB::Score);
+ // Sort moves according to TB rank
+ std::sort(rootMoves.begin(), rootMoves.end(),
+ [](const RootMove &a, const RootMove &b) { return a.tbRank > b.tbRank; } );
- // Only probe during search if winning
- if (RootInTB && TB::Score <= VALUE_DRAW)
+ // Probe during search only if DTZ is not available and we are winning
+ if (dtz_available || rootMoves[0].tbScore <= VALUE_DRAW)
Cardinality = 0;
}
-
- if (RootInTB && !UseRule50)
- TB::Score = TB::Score > VALUE_DRAW ? VALUE_MATE - MAX_PLY - 1
- : TB::Score < VALUE_DRAW ? -VALUE_MATE + MAX_PLY + 1
- : VALUE_DRAW;
-
- // Since root_probe() and root_probe_wdl() dirty the root move scores,
- // we reset them to -VALUE_INFINITE
- for (RootMove& rm : rootMoves)
- rm.score = -VALUE_INFINITE;
+ else
+ {
+ // Clean up if root_probe() and root_probe_wdl() have failed
+ for (auto& m : rootMoves)
+ m.tbRank = 0;
+ }
}