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) 2015-2016 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
};
EasyMoveManager EasyMove;
- double BestMoveChanges;
Value DrawValue[COLOR_NB];
CounterMovesHistoryStats CounterMovesHistory;
template uint64_t Search::perft<true>(Position&, Depth);
-/// MainThread::think() is called by the main thread when the program receives
+/// MainThread::search() is called by the main thread when the program receives
/// the UCI 'go' command. It searches from root position and at the end prints
/// the "bestmove" to output.
-void MainThread::think() {
+void MainThread::search() {
Color us = rootPos.side_to_move();
Time.init(Limits, us, rootPos.game_ply());
{
th->maxPly = 0;
th->rootDepth = DEPTH_ZERO;
- th->searching = true;
if (th != this)
{
th->rootPos = Position(rootPos, th);
th->rootMoves = rootMoves;
- th->notify_one(); // Wake up the thread and start searching
+ th->start_searching();
}
}
- search(true); // Let's start searching!
+ Thread::search(); // Let's start searching!
}
// When playing in 'nodes as time' mode, subtract the searched nodes from
// Wait until all threads have finished
for (Thread* th : Threads)
if (th != this)
- th->wait_while(th->searching);
+ th->wait_for_search_finished();
- // Check if there are threads with a better score than main thread.
+ // Check if there are threads with a better score than main thread
Thread* bestThread = this;
- for (Thread* th : Threads)
- if ( th->completedDepth > bestThread->completedDepth
- && th->rootMoves[0].score > bestThread->rootMoves[0].score)
- bestThread = th;
+ if ( !this->easyMovePlayed
+ && Options["MultiPV"] == 1
+ && !Skill(Options["Skill Level"]).enabled())
+ {
+ for (Thread* th : Threads)
+ if ( th->completedDepth > bestThread->completedDepth
+ && th->rootMoves[0].score > bestThread->rootMoves[0].score)
+ bestThread = th;
+ }
- // Send new PV when needed.
- // FIXME: Breaks multiPV, and skill levels
+ // Send new PV when needed
if (bestThread != this)
sync_cout << UCI::pv(bestThread->rootPos, bestThread->completedDepth, -VALUE_INFINITE, VALUE_INFINITE) << sync_endl;
// repeatedly with increasing depth until the allocated thinking time has been
// consumed, user stops the search, or the maximum search depth is reached.
-void Thread::search(bool isMainThread) {
+void Thread::search() {
Stack stack[MAX_PLY+4], *ss = stack+2; // To allow referencing (ss-2) and (ss+2)
Value bestValue, alpha, beta, delta;
Move easyMove = MOVE_NONE;
+ MainThread* mainThread = (this == Threads.main() ? Threads.main() : nullptr);
std::memset(ss-2, 0, 5 * sizeof(Stack));
beta = VALUE_INFINITE;
completedDepth = DEPTH_ZERO;
- if (isMainThread)
+ if (mainThread)
{
easyMove = EasyMove.get(rootPos.key());
EasyMove.clear();
- BestMoveChanges = 0;
+ mainThread->easyMovePlayed = mainThread->failedLow = false;
+ mainThread->bestMoveChanges = 0;
TT.new_search();
}
// Iterative deepening loop until requested to stop or target depth reached
while (++rootDepth < DEPTH_MAX && !Signals.stop && (!Limits.depth || rootDepth <= Limits.depth))
{
- // Set up the new depth for the helper threads
- if (!isMainThread)
- rootDepth = std::min(DEPTH_MAX - ONE_PLY, Threads.main()->rootDepth + Depth(int(2.2 * log(1 + this->idx))));
+ // Set up the new depth for the helper threads skipping in average each
+ // 2nd ply (using a half density map similar to a Hadamard matrix).
+ if (!mainThread)
+ {
+ int d = rootDepth + rootPos.game_ply();
+
+ if (idx <= 6 || idx > 24)
+ {
+ if (((d + idx) >> (msb(idx + 1) - 1)) % 2)
+ continue;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ // Table of values of 6 bits with 3 of them set
+ static const int HalfDensityMap[] = {
+ 0x07, 0x0b, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x13, 0x16, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1c,
+ 0x23, 0x25, 0x26, 0x29, 0x2c, 0x31, 0x32, 0x34, 0x38
+ };
+
+ if ((HalfDensityMap[idx - 7] >> (d % 6)) & 1)
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
// Age out PV variability metric
- if (isMainThread)
- BestMoveChanges *= 0.5;
+ if (mainThread)
+ mainThread->bestMoveChanges *= 0.505, mainThread->failedLow = false;
// 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.
// When failing high/low give some update (without cluttering
// the UI) before a re-search.
- if ( isMainThread
+ if ( mainThread
&& multiPV == 1
&& (bestValue <= alpha || bestValue >= beta)
&& Time.elapsed() > 3000)
beta = (alpha + beta) / 2;
alpha = std::max(bestValue - delta, -VALUE_INFINITE);
- if (isMainThread)
+ if (mainThread)
{
- Signals.failedLowAtRoot = true;
+ mainThread->failedLow = true;
Signals.stopOnPonderhit = false;
}
}
// Sort the PV lines searched so far and update the GUI
std::stable_sort(rootMoves.begin(), rootMoves.begin() + PVIdx + 1);
- if (!isMainThread)
+ if (!mainThread)
break;
if (Signals.stop)
if (!Signals.stop)
completedDepth = rootDepth;
- if (!isMainThread)
+ if (!mainThread)
continue;
// If skill level is enabled and time is up, pick a sub-optimal best move
{
// Take some extra time if the best move has changed
if (rootDepth > 4 * ONE_PLY && multiPV == 1)
- Time.pv_instability(BestMoveChanges);
+ Time.pv_instability(mainThread->bestMoveChanges);
// Stop the search if only one legal move is available or all
// of the available time has been used or we matched an easyMove
// from the previous search and just did a fast verification.
if ( rootMoves.size() == 1
- || Time.elapsed() > Time.available()
- || ( rootMoves[0].pv[0] == easyMove
- && BestMoveChanges < 0.03
- && Time.elapsed() > Time.available() / 10))
+ || Time.elapsed() > Time.available() * (mainThread->failedLow ? 641 : 315) / 640
+ || (mainThread->easyMovePlayed = ( rootMoves[0].pv[0] == easyMove
+ && mainThread->bestMoveChanges < 0.03
+ && Time.elapsed() > Time.available() / 8)))
{
// If we are allowed to ponder do not stop the search now but
// keep pondering until the GUI sends "ponderhit" or "stop".
}
}
- searching = false;
- notify_one(); // Wake up main thread if is sleeping waiting for us
-
- if (!isMainThread)
+ if (!mainThread)
return;
// Clear any candidate easy move that wasn't stable for the last search
// iterations; the second condition prevents consecutive fast moves.
- if (EasyMove.stableCnt < 6 || Time.elapsed() < Time.available())
+ if (EasyMove.stableCnt < 6 || mainThread->easyMovePlayed)
EasyMove.clear();
// If skill level is enabled, swap best PV line with the sub-optimal one
ss->ply = (ss-1)->ply + 1;
// Check for available remaining time
- if (thisThread->resetCallsCnt.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))
+ if (thisThread->resetCalls.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))
{
- thisThread->resetCallsCnt = false;
+ thisThread->resetCalls = false;
thisThread->callsCnt = 0;
}
if (++thisThread->callsCnt > 4096)
{
for (Thread* th : Threads)
- th->resetCallsCnt = true;
+ th->resetCalls = true;
check_time();
}
assert(0 <= ss->ply && ss->ply < MAX_PLY);
- ss->currentMove = ss->ttMove = (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
- (ss+1)->skipEarlyPruning = false; (ss+1)->reduction = DEPTH_ZERO;
+ ss->currentMove = (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
+ (ss+1)->skipEarlyPruning = false;
(ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
// Step 4. Transposition table lookup. We don't want the score of a partial
posKey = excludedMove ? pos.exclusion_key() : pos.key();
tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
- ss->ttMove = ttMove = RootNode ? thisThread->rootMoves[thisThread->PVIdx].pv[0]
- : ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
+ ttMove = RootNode ? thisThread->rootMoves[thisThread->PVIdx].pv[0]
+ : ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
// At non-PV nodes we check for an early TT cutoff
if ( !PvNode
ss->moveCount = ++moveCount;
- if (RootNode && thisThread == Threads.main())
- {
- Signals.firstRootMove = (moveCount == 1);
-
- if (Time.elapsed() > 3000)
- sync_cout << "info depth " << depth / ONE_PLY
- << " currmove " << UCI::move(move, pos.is_chess960())
- << " currmovenumber " << moveCount + thisThread->PVIdx << sync_endl;
- }
+ 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;
if (PvNode)
(ss+1)->pv = nullptr;
continue;
// History based pruning
- if ( depth <= 3 * ONE_PLY
+ if ( depth <= 4 * ONE_PLY
+ && move != ss->killers[0]
&& thisThread->history[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < VALUE_ZERO
&& cmh[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < VALUE_ZERO)
continue;
// re-searched at full depth.
if ( depth >= 3 * ONE_PLY
&& moveCount > 1
- && !captureOrPromotion
- && move != ss->killers[0]
- && move != ss->killers[1])
+ && !captureOrPromotion)
{
- ss->reduction = reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount);
+ Depth r = reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount);
// Increase reduction for cut nodes and moves with a bad history
if ( (!PvNode && cutNode)
|| ( thisThread->history[pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))][to_sq(move)] < VALUE_ZERO
&& cmh[pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))][to_sq(move)] <= VALUE_ZERO))
- ss->reduction += ONE_PLY;
+ r += ONE_PLY;
// Decrease reduction for moves with a good history
if ( thisThread->history[pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))][to_sq(move)] > VALUE_ZERO
&& cmh[pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))][to_sq(move)] > VALUE_ZERO)
- ss->reduction = std::max(DEPTH_ZERO, ss->reduction - ONE_PLY);
+ r = std::max(DEPTH_ZERO, r - ONE_PLY);
// Decrease reduction for moves that escape a capture
- if ( ss->reduction
+ if ( r
&& type_of(move) == NORMAL
&& type_of(pos.piece_on(to_sq(move))) != PAWN
&& pos.see(make_move(to_sq(move), from_sq(move))) < VALUE_ZERO)
- ss->reduction = std::max(DEPTH_ZERO, ss->reduction - ONE_PLY);
+ r = std::max(DEPTH_ZERO, r - ONE_PLY);
- Depth d = std::max(newDepth - ss->reduction, ONE_PLY);
+ Depth d = std::max(newDepth - r, ONE_PLY);
value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true);
- doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha && ss->reduction != DEPTH_ZERO);
- ss->reduction = DEPTH_ZERO;
+ doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha && r != DEPTH_ZERO);
}
else
doFullDepthSearch = !PvNode || moveCount > 1;
// 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())
- ++BestMoveChanges;
+ ++static_cast<MainThread*>(thisThread)->bestMoveChanges;
}
else
// All other moves but the PV are set to the lowest value: this is
if (Limits.ponder)
return;
- if (Limits.use_time_management())
- {
- bool stillAtFirstMove = Signals.firstRootMove.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)
- && !Signals.failedLowAtRoot.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)
- && elapsed > Time.available() * 3 / 4;
-
- if (stillAtFirstMove || elapsed > Time.maximum() - 10)
- Signals.stop = true;
- }
- else if (Limits.movetime && elapsed >= Limits.movetime)
- Signals.stop = true;
-
- else if (Limits.nodes && Threads.nodes_searched() >= Limits.nodes)
+ if ( (Limits.use_time_management() && elapsed > Time.maximum() - 10)
+ || (Limits.movetime && elapsed >= Limits.movetime)
+ || (Limits.nodes && Threads.nodes_searched() >= Limits.nodes))
Signals.stop = true;
}