minKingPawnDistance is used only as local variable in one place so we don't need it to be part of "Pawns::Entry" structure.
No functional change.
Resolves#277
It is up to material (and pawn) table look up
code to know where the per-thread tables are,
so change API to reflect this.
Also some comment fixing while there
No functional change.
ShelterWeakness and Stormdanger array are now indexed additionally by
file pair (a/h,b/g,c/f,d/e). The special case of king blocking a pawn
is incorporated in the StormDanger array. Finally the 93 parameters
are tuned by SPSA on LTC.
STC
ELO: 3.46 +-2.2 (95%) LOS: 99.9%
Total: 40000 W: 8275 L: 7877 D: 23848
LTC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,6.00]
Total: 10311 W: 1876 L: 1721 D: 6714
Bench: 9498821
Resolves#163
When evaluating double pawns we use always
lsb() to extract the frontmost square.
This breaks evaluation color symmetry as is
possible to verify with an instrumented evaluate()
Value evaluate(const Position& pos) {
Value v = do_evaluate<false>(pos);
Position p = pos;
p.flip();
assert(v == do_evaluate<false>(p));
return v;
}
Passed no regression test:
STC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 21035 W: 4244 L: 4122 D: 12669
LTC
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 39839 W: 6662 L: 6572 D: 26605
bench: 8255966
Instead of hard-code the weights in a big table,
we prefer to calculate them out of few parameters
at startup. This allows to keep low the number of
independent parameters and hence is good for tuning
and for a better insight in the meaning of the numbers.
No functional change.
Make even more clear what are the terms that
contribute to evaluate connected pawns, and
completely separate them from the weights
that are now fully looked up in a table.
For future tuning makes sense to init the table with
a formula instead of hard-code it. This allows to
reduce problem space cardinality and makes tuning
easier.
And fix a MSVC warning while there:
warning C4804: '>>' : unsafe use of type 'bool' in operation
No functional change.
These two notions are very correlated. Since connected has the most
generality, it makes sense to generalize it to encompass what is
covered by candidate.
STC:
LLR: 4.03 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 11970 W: 2577 L: 2379 D: 7014
LTC:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 13194 W: 2389 L: 2255 D: 8550
bench 7328585
Idea from Lyudmil Tsvetkov.
The value seems to be raised a bit abruptly, but as
Gary said, a blocked pawn on the sixth rank has been
instrumental in limiting king mobility in multiple
losses that I've seen from SF. A blocked pawn on fifth
rank is much less serious on the king safety impact.
Passed both STC
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) [-1.50,4.50]
Total: 14551 W: 2750 L: 2607 D: 9194
and LTC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,6.00]
Total: 43595 W: 6917 L: 6618 D: 30060
And even a retest at 60" fixed games 40K
ELO: 1.79 +-1.9 (95%) LOS: 97.0%
Total: 39889 W: 6018 L: 5813 D: 28058
bench: 7154916
Prefer
file_of(s) < file_of(ksq)
to the inidrect
file_of(ksq) < FILE_E
To evaluate if semiopen side to check is the left side.
Also other small touches while there.
No functional change.
We add a penalty for each pawn which is not protected by another pawn
of the same color.
Passed both short TC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [-1.50,4.50]
Total: 12107 W: 2411 L: 2272 D: 7424
And long TC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,6.00]
Total: 9204 W: 1605 L: 1458 D: 6141
bench: 7682173
This hacky rule allows to get an about right eval out of this position:
r2qk2r/ppp2p2/2npbn2/2b1p3/2P1P1P1/2NB1PPp/PPNP3K/R1BQ1R2 b kq - 0 13
And, more importantly, passed both short TC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [-1.50,4.50]
Total: 6239 W: 1249 L: 1127 D: 3863
And long TC:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,6.00]
Total: 38371 W: 6165 L: 5888 D: 26318
bench: 8183238
The flag raises also in case of a pawn duo, i.e.
when we have two adjacent pawns on the same rank,
and not only in case of a chain, i.e. when the two
pawns are on a diagonal line.
See this for a reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connected_pawns
Renaming suggested by Ralph.
No functional change.
Passed short TC
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [-1.50,4.50]
Total: 18331 W: 3608 L: 3453 D: 11270
And scored above 50% on a very long test in long TC
LLR: -2.97 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,6.00]
Total: 51533 W: 8181 L: 8047 D: 35305
bench: 7335588
In endgame it's better to have pawns on both wings.
So give a bonus according to file distance between left
and right outermost pawns.
Passed both short TC
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) [-1.50,4.50]
Total: 39073 W: 7749 L: 7536 D: 23788
And long TC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,6.00]
Total: 6149 W: 1040 L: 910 D: 4199
bench: 7665034
