if ( depth >= 12
&& !stop
&& PVSize == 1
+ && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY
&& ( RootMoves.size() == 1
|| Time::now() - SearchTime > (TimeMgr.available_time() * 20) / 100))
{
bestValue = -VALUE_INFINITE;
ss->currentMove = threatMove = (ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
ss->ply = (ss-1)->ply + 1;
+ ss->futilityMoveCount = 0;
(ss+1)->skipNullMove = false; (ss+1)->reduction = DEPTH_ZERO;
(ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
if (!RootNode)
{
// Step 2. Check for aborted search and immediate draw
- if (Signals.stop || pos.is_draw<false>() || ss->ply > MAX_PLY)
+ if (Signals.stop || pos.is_draw() || ss->ply > MAX_PLY)
return DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];
// Step 3. Mate distance pruning. Even if we mate at the next move our score
&& !ss->skipNullMove
&& depth < 4 * ONE_PLY
&& !inCheck
- && eval - FutilityMargins[depth][0] >= beta
+ && eval - futility_margin(depth, (ss-1)->futilityMoveCount) >= beta
&& abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY
+ && abs(eval) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN
&& pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
- return eval - FutilityMargins[depth][0];
+ return eval - futility_margin(depth, (ss-1)->futilityMoveCount);
// Step 8. Null move search with verification search (is omitted in PV nodes)
if ( !PvNode
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);
newDepth = depth - ONE_PLY + ext;
// Step 13. Futility pruning (is omitted in PV nodes)
- if ( !captureOrPromotion
+ if ( !PvNode
+ && !captureOrPromotion
&& !inCheck
&& !dangerous
- && move != ttMove)
+ /* && move != ttMove Already implicit in the next condition */
+ && bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY)
{
// Move count based pruning
- if ( !PvNode
- && depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
+ if ( depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
&& moveCount >= FutilityMoveCounts[depth]
&& (!threatMove || !refutes(pos, move, threatMove)))
{
futilityValue = ss->staticEval + ss->evalMargin + futility_margin(predictedDepth, moveCount)
+ Gain[pos.piece_moved(move)][to_sq(move)];
- if (!PvNode && futilityValue < beta)
+ 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 < 2 * ONE_PLY
+ if ( predictedDepth < 4 * ONE_PLY
&& pos.see_sign(move) < 0)
{
if (SpNode)
continue;
}
+
+ // We have not pruned the move that will be searched, but remember how
+ // far in the move list we are to be more aggressive in the child node.
+ ss->futilityMoveCount = moveCount;
}
+ else
+ ss->futilityMoveCount = 0;
// Check for legality only before to do the move
if (!RootNode && !SpNode && !pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, ci.pinned))
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() || 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;
&& pos.is_pseudo_legal(m = tte->move()) // Local copy, TT could change
&& pos.pl_move_is_legal(m, pos.pinned_pieces())
&& ply < MAX_PLY
- && (!pos.is_draw<false>() || ply < 2));
+ && (!pos.is_draw() || ply < 2));
pv.push_back(MOVE_NONE); // Must be zero-terminating