Biggest advantage is be able to analize positions
without "loss of memory" when goind back/forth in
a position.
Patch has proven to fix analysys problems and is even
worths some elo points.
After 5811 games Mod- Orig:
1037 - 902 - 3872 +8 ELO (+- 3.6) LOS 97%
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
This let us get rid of number_of_evasions()
After 5487 games
Mod- Orig: 851 - 852 - 3784 +0 ELO (+- 3.7)
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Move qsearch scoring functionality out of RootMoveList
initialization. Will be needed by future patches.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
This is used for secondary scoring so it does not
changes the fact that Rml[0].pv[0] is always tried
as first anyhow.
It happens this is even a no functional change patch
becuase we reinsert PV in TT after a search so that
TT move is actually Rml[0].pv[0].
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
So to better spot where the differences really
count. Also add some more additional cleanup.
Harmless functional change and no regression.
After 5780 games
Mod- Orig: 931 - 955 - 3894 ELO -1 (+- 3.6)
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
In case of a Root node we can leave with bestValue set
to -VALUE_INFINITE if search is stopped by the GUI and
stopReques flag is raised.
This patch fixes the issue.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
A bit of template magic to restore a proper and readable moves
'while' loop that now is again 'similar' to the one that used
to be in search().
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Teach search() to behave as a root node if requested.
Just added code, but still no functional change.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
And sync root_search() with search()
After 9384 games Mod - Orig:
1532 - 1433 - 6419 ELO +3 (+- 2.8)
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Also let do_setup_move() don't reuse same StateInfo so that
we can remove the check about different StateInfo objects
before memcpy() in do_move.
Functional change due to harmless additionals
do_move() / undo_move() steps.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Actually it is san.cpp renamed. Because now has the move
conversions functions and doesn't have any more the bulky
move_from_san(), it is better to call it move.cpp
Remove san.h while there.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
This partially reverts 1e7aaed8bc keeping the conversion
functions from/to move to uci string in the same file.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Added checking of (stdin->_cnt > 0) from Greko.
This seems to greatly improve responsivness when running
under console. Now while running a 'stockfish bench', any key
press immediately is detected by SF while before there was a
delay of some fraction of a second.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Functional change due only to moves reorder. Anyhow after
5242 games at 15"+0.1 TC verified we have no regression.
Mod vs Orig 994 - 958 - 3290 +2 ELO
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Now first move has moveCount == 1 also in root_search()
Also added small readibility touches.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Introduced by me in before 1.9 and found by Tord that says:
The 'isChess960' slot in the 'Position' class is currently
set depending on the initial files of the rooks, and not on the value
of the UCI_Chess960 parameter. This is incorrect, as there are lots of
Chess960 positions where the rooks start on the usual files. As a
consequence (unless I am missing something), Stockfish will occasionally
output castling moves as e1g1/e1c1 rather than the correct e1h1/e1a1 format
in Chess960 games. It is possible that some or even most GUIs are robust
enough to accept both notations, but I wouldn't bet on it. And in any case,
Stockfish's behavior clearly violates the protocol.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
When we log best and ponder move to a file before to
return from think we change the position. If position is
then not resended by GUI, as for manual user input we got
an error:
justinb@malibu:~$ stockfish
Stockfish 2.0 JA 64bit by Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski
setoption name Use Search Log value true
go depth 1
info depth 1
info depth 1 seldepth 1 multipv 1 score cp 72 time 59 nodes 20 nps 338 pv g1f3
info depth 2
info depth 2 seldepth 2 multipv 1 score cp 12 time 59 nodes 44 nps 745 pv g1f3 g8f6
info nodes 84 nps 1423 time 59
bestmove g1f3 ponder g8f6
go depth 1
info depth 1 score mate 0
info nodes 87 nps 0 time 0
bestmove (none) ponder (none)
Bug spotted and fixed by UncombedCoconut.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Second parameter of insertion_sort() is a pointer to the
element _after_ the last of the list, e.g. end() when sorting
all items.
If we want to sort say the first 2 moves we should write:
sort_multipv(2);
So, becuase in root moves loop move counter 'i' starts
from 0, we need to pass:
sort_multipv(i+1);
To sort up to move 'i' included.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
It doesn't seem to have any meaning.
Also add a FIXME on the MaxNodes condition that now is broken
in SMP case due to known issue with pos.nodes_searched()
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
We were not quitting the engine after a "quit" command
while still in the book and pondering.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
If flag StopOnPonderhit is set it means that we UseTimeManagement
and also we are at Iteration >= 3.
So we can safely simplify the formula.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
It is called only from one place, so move code there.
Add a bit of renaming and documentation while at there.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
This is the "selective search depth in plies" and we set
equal to PV line length.
Tested that works under FritzGUI.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
