Set threads number always to 1 at startup and let the
user explicitly to chose the number of threads.
Also preserve the useful behavior of automatically set
"Min Split Depth" according to the requested threads,
indeed this parameter is too technical for a casual user,
so, when left to zero, we set it on a sensible value.
No functional change
The new Position methods add_piece, move_piece, and remove_piece
now manage the member variables pieceList, pieceCount, and index,
and 9 blocks of code in Position that used to manipulate those
data structures by hand now call the new methods.
There is a slightly slowdown (< 1%) on Clang and on perft,
but the cleanup compensates the little speed loss.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Introduce ThreadBase struct that is search
agnostic and just handles low level stuff,
and derive all the other specialized classes
form here.
In particular TimerThread does not hinerits
anymore all the search related stuff from Thread.
Also some renaming while there.
Suggested by Steven Edwards
No functional change.
At thread creation start_routine() is called
and from there the virtual function idle_loop()
because we do this inside Thread c'tor, where the
virtual mechanism is disabled, it could happen that
the base class idle_loop() is called instead.
The issue happens with TimerThread and MainThread
where, at launch, start_routine calls
Thread::idle_loop instead of the derived ones.
Normally this bug is hidden because c'tor finishes
before start_routine() is actually called in the
just created execution thread, but on some platforms
and in some cases this is not guaranteed and the
engine hangs.
Reported by Ted Wong on talkchess
No functional change.
The endgame king + minor vs king is erroneusly
detected as king + minor vs king + minor
Here the fix is to detect king + minor earlier,
in particular to add these trivial cases to
endgame evaluation functions.
Spotted by Reuven Peleg
bench: 4727133
And #ifdef instead of #if defined
This is more standard form (see for example iostream file).
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
A big simplification and removing of useless code.
Finished at 50% both at short TC (with SPRT) than
at long TC at fixed number of games:
ELO: -0.14 +-3.4 (95%) LOS: 46.8%
Total: 15206 W: 2836 L: 2842 D: 9528
bench: 5059948
This reverts commit 4b3a0fdab0.
As Gary says: " It failed when I tried it at long TC previously, and only
barely passed this time. Some anecdotal evidence is that it hurts vs other
engines as well (the Lightspeed rating list showed a 16 elo drop from previous
best version - still +- 5 error bars on both, but that's still significant)"
I also agree that if we have some doubts (like in this case) it is better to
be safe than sorry.
bench: 4615572
Reduces the influence of PSQT for entries such as
the extended center and the h-file.
Passed both short TC test:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94)
Total: 23919 W: 5207 L: 5029 D: 13683
And long TC one:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94)
Total: 5762 W: 1108 L: 974 D: 3680
Bench: 4617880
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
This very speed critical code was full of clever (!)
tricks and subtle details.
So I have rewritten it in a more straithforward way
and, as very often happens, result is even faster
than original.
No functional change.
This reverts commit 3e95800814
For some reason it fails the short TC test:
LLR: -2.96 (-2.94,2.94)
Total: 20033 W: 4214 L: 4265 D: 11554
bench: 4769737
It is somewhat unbilievable but our SEE is broken !
If the first SEE move is a king capture and square is
defended then SEE continues instead of breaking.
The bug shows only on normal SEE, not see_sign() so
probing with a:
dbg_hit_on_c(slIndex==1, captured == KING);
reports just a tiny:
Total 3465656 Hits 6646 hit rate (%) 0
Bug was there since Retire seeValues[] and move PieceValue[] out of Position of 26/6/2011 (!)
although for some reason didn't show immediately, indeed the
bougous patch was a "No functional change" (!!)
bench: 4699504
It is somewhat unbilievable but our SEE is broken !
If the first SEE move is a king capture and square is
defended then SEE continues instead of breaking.
The bug shows only on normal SEE, not see_sign() so
probing with a:
dbg_hit_on_c(slIndex==1, captured == KING);
reports just a tiny:
Total 3465656 Hits 6646 hit rate (%) 0
Bug was there since 351ef5c85b of 26/6/2011 (!)
although for some reason didn't show immediately, indeed the
bougous patch was a "No functional change" (!!)
bench: 4793754
Without patch we have 333198 nps, with patch 334249.
A very small +0.3%, not a lot manily becuase this is a
side path that is taken very few times.
Anyhow idea is correct becuase first 'quick' condition
has an hit rate of about 95%.
No functional change.
But still keep the same original
margin for score.
Passed both short TC test
LR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94)
Total: 3710 W: 845 L: 726 D: 2139
And long TC
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94)
Total: 57859 W: 10939 L: 10532 D: 36388
bench: 4769737
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Partially revert previous patch and use
unlikey() just as code annotation.
Actually it is better to rely on a profiler for branch prediction:
http://blog.man7.org/2012/10/how-much-do-builtinexpect-likely-and.html
"In fact, even when only one in ten thousand values is nonzero,
we're still at only roughly the break-even point"
No functional change,
It is somewhat redundant and could make SF
name too long, so use just Version, in case
of a signature build Version will be set to
'sig-xxx' otherwise, if left empty, we fall
back on usual date stamp.
No functional change.
When compiling with:
make signature-build ARCH=xxx COMP=xxx
After binary has been roduced, it will be run to
get the signature 'stockfish bench' and this
number will be used as Version, so that it
will be easy to track the original sources
from a binary.
No functinal change.
Due to a strange issue (bug?) the ternary
operator does not return a BitCountType for
icc, so revert to the expression used
before bcbc9bfd1f
No functional change.
Here speed up is the name of the game.
Speed up is gained:
- Removing the useless enoughMaterial code
- Limiting trapped rook evaluation to where it counts
Tested at long TC:
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94)
Total: 10061 W: 1948 L: 1790 D: 6323
bench: 4558173
