Even if SEE is negative there is always a good possibility
that TT move is a cut move anyway. For instance a lot of
BXN exchanges that have negative SEE can very easily be
good exchanges.
A nice side effect is a bit reduced frequency of
see_sign() calls.
After 643 games at 1+0
Mod vs Orig +174 =327 -142 52.49% 337.5/643 +17 ELO
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
// Don't search captures and checks with negative SEE values
if ( !isCheck
+ && move != ttMove
&& !move_is_promotion(move)
&& pos.see_sign(move) < 0)
continue;
// All legal moves have been searched. A special case: If we're in check
// and no legal moves were found, it is checkmate.
- if (pos.is_check() && moveCount == 0) // Mate!
+ if (!moveCount && pos.is_check()) // Mate!
return value_mated_in(ply);
assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);