bool UseFutilityPruning = true;
// Margins for futility pruning in the quiescence search, at frontier
- // nodes, and at pre-frontier nodes:
+ // nodes, and at pre-frontier nodes
Value FutilityMargin0 = Value(0x80);
Value FutilityMargin1 = Value(0x100);
Value FutilityMargin2 = Value(0x300);
Depth PawnEndgameExtension[2] = {OnePly, OnePly};
Depth MateThreatExtension[2] = {Depth(0), Depth(0)};
- // Search depth at iteration 1:
+ // Search depth at iteration 1
const Depth InitialDepth = OnePly /*+ OnePly/2*/;
// Node counters
int NodesSincePoll;
int NodesBetweenPolls = 30000;
- // Iteration counter:
+ // Iteration counter
int Iteration;
+ bool LastIterations;
// Scores and number of times the best move changed for each iteration:
Value ValueByIteration[PLY_MAX_PLUS_2];
int BestMoveChangesByIteration[PLY_MAX_PLUS_2];
- // MultiPV mode:
+ // MultiPV mode
int MultiPV = 1;
// Time managment variables
ValueByIteration[0] = Value(0);
ValueByIteration[1] = rml.get_move_score(0);
Iteration = 1;
+ LastIterations = false;
EasyMove = rml.scan_for_easy_move();
if (ExtraSearchTime > 0 && TimeAdvantage > 2 * MaxSearchTime)
ExtraSearchTime += MaxSearchTime / 2;
+ // Try to guess if the current iteration is the last one or the last two
+ LastIterations = (current_search_time() > ((MaxSearchTime + ExtraSearchTime)*58) / 128);
+
// Stop search if most of MaxSearchTime is consumed at the end of the
// iteration. We probably don't have enough time to search the first
// move at the next iteration anyway.
UndoInfo u;
pos.do_null_move(u);
- Value nullValue = -search(pos, ss, -(beta-1), depth-4*OnePly, ply+1, false, threadID);
+ int R = (depth > 7 ? 4 : 3);
+ Value nullValue = -search(pos, ss, -(beta-1), depth-R*OnePly, ply+1, false, threadID);
pos.undo_null_move(u);
if (nullValue >= beta)
// to search the moves. Because the depth is <= 0 here, only captures,
// queen promotions and checks (only if depth == 0) will be generated.
MovePicker mp = MovePicker(pos, false, MOVE_NONE, MOVE_NONE, MOVE_NONE,
- MOVE_NONE, depth);
+ MOVE_NONE, depth, &ei);
Move move;
int moveCount = 0;
Bitboard dcCandidates = mp.discovered_check_candidates();
// Update transposition table
TT.store(pos, value_to_tt(bestValue, ply), depth, MOVE_NONE, VALUE_TYPE_EXACT);
+ // Update killers only for good check moves
+ Move m = ss[ply].currentMove;
+ if (alpha >= beta && ok_to_history(pos, m)) // Only non capture moves are considered
+ {
+ // Wrong to update history when depth is <= 0
+
+ if (m != ss[ply].killer1)
+ {
+ ss[ply].killer2 = ss[ply].killer1;
+ ss[ply].killer1 = m;
+ }
+ }
return bestValue;
}
// ok_to_history() returns true if a move m can be stored
- // in history. Should be a non capturing move.
+ // in history. Should be a non capturing move nor a promotion.
bool ok_to_history(const Position& pos, Move m) {
- return pos.square_is_empty(move_to(m))
- && !move_promotion(m)
- && !move_is_ep(m);
+ return !pos.move_is_capture(m) && !move_promotion(m);
}
H.success(pos.piece_on(move_from(m)), m, depth);
for (int i = 0; i < moveCount - 1; i++)
- if (ok_to_history(pos, movesSearched[i]) && m != movesSearched[i])
+ {
+ assert(m != movesSearched[i]);
+ if (ok_to_history(pos, movesSearched[i]))
H.failure(pos.piece_on(move_from(movesSearched[i])), movesSearched[i]);
+ }
}
// fail_high_ply_1() checks if some thread is currently resolving a fail