Stack ss[MAX_PLY_PLUS_2];
int depth, prevBestMoveChanges;
Value bestValue, alpha, beta, delta;
- bool triedEasyMove = false;
memset(ss, 0, 4 * sizeof(Stack));
depth = BestMoveChanges = 0;
// Stop search early if one move seems to be much better than others
if ( depth >= 12
&& !stop
- && !triedEasyMove
&& PVSize == 1
+ && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY
&& ( RootMoves.size() == 1
|| Time::now() - SearchTime > (TimeMgr.available_time() * 20) / 100))
{
- triedEasyMove = true;
Value rBeta = bestValue - 2 * PawnValueMg;
(ss+1)->excludedMove = RootMoves[0].pv[0];
(ss+1)->skipNullMove = true;
if (nullValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
nullValue = beta;
- if (depth < 6 * ONE_PLY)
+ if (depth < 12 * ONE_PLY)
return nullValue;
// Do verification search at high depths
&& ttMove == MOVE_NONE
&& (PvNode || (!inCheck && ss->staticEval + Value(256) >= beta)))
{
- Depth d = (PvNode ? depth - 2 * ONE_PLY : depth / 2);
+ Depth d = depth - 2 * ONE_PLY - (PvNode ? DEPTH_ZERO : depth / 4);
ss->skipNullMove = true;
search<PvNode ? PV : NonPV>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, d);
&& !captureOrPromotion
&& !inCheck
&& !dangerous
- && move != ttMove)
+ && move != ttMove
+ && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY)
{
// Move count based pruning
if ( depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
if (futilityValue < beta)
{
+ bestValue = std::max(bestValue, futilityValue);
+
if (SpNode)
+ {
splitPoint->mutex.lock();
-
+ if (bestValue > splitPoint->bestValue)
+ splitPoint->bestValue = bestValue;
+ }
continue;
}
// Prune moves with negative SEE at low depths
- if ( predictedDepth < 3 * ONE_PLY
+ if ( predictedDepth < 4 * ONE_PLY
&& pos.see_sign(move) < 0)
{
if (SpNode)
ss->ply = (ss-1)->ply + 1;
// Check for an instant draw or maximum ply reached
- if (pos.is_draw<true>() || ss->ply > MAX_PLY)
+ if (pos.is_draw<false>() || ss->ply > MAX_PLY)
return DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];
+ // 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
+ : DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS;
+
// Transposition table lookup. At PV nodes, we don't use the TT for
// pruning, but only for move ordering.
posKey = pos.key();
ttMove = tte ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
ttValue = tte ? value_from_tt(tte->value(),ss->ply) : VALUE_NONE;
- // 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
- : DEPTH_QS_NO_CHECKS;
if ( tte
&& tte->depth() >= ttDepth
&& ttValue != VALUE_NONE // Only in case of TT access race
continue;
}
- // Prune moves with negative or equal SEE
+ // Prune moves with negative or equal SEE and also moves with positive
+ // SEE where capturing piece loses a tempo and SEE < beta - futilityBase.
if ( futilityBase < beta
&& depth < DEPTH_ZERO
- && pos.see(move) <= 0)
+ && pos.see(move, beta - futilityBase) <= 0)
{
bestValue = std::max(bestValue, futilityBase);
continue;