Remove piece lists

This patch removes the incrementally updated piece lists from the Position object.

This has been tried before but always failed. My reasons for trying again are:

* 32-bit systems (including phones) are now much less important than they were some years ago (and are absent from fishtest);
* NNUE may have made SF less finely tuned to the order in which moves were generated.

STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.25,0.25}
Total: 55272 W: 5260 L: 5216 D: 44796
Ptnml(0-2): 208, 4147, 18898, 4159, 224
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5fc2986a42a050a89f02c926

LTC:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.75,0.25}
Total: 16600 W: 673 L: 608 D: 15319
Ptnml(0-2): 14, 533, 7138, 604, 11
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5fc2f98342a050a89f02c95c

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3247

Bench: 3940967

src/endgame.cpp

@@ -553,8 +553,8 @@ ScaleFactor Endgame<KRPPKRP>::operator()(const Position& pos) const {
   assert(verify_material(pos, strongSide, RookValueMg, 2));
   assert(verify_material(pos, weakSide,   RookValueMg, 1));
 
-  Square strongPawn1 = pos.squares<PAWN>(strongSide)[0];
+  Square strongPawn1 = lsb(pos.pieces(strongSide, PAWN));
-  Square strongPawn2 = pos.squares<PAWN>(strongSide)[1];
+  Square strongPawn2 = msb(pos.pieces(strongSide, PAWN));
   Square weakKing = pos.square<KING>(weakSide);
 
   // Does the stronger side have a passed pawn?
@@ -638,8 +638,8 @@ ScaleFactor Endgame<KBPPKB>::operator()(const Position& pos) const {
       return SCALE_FACTOR_NONE;
 
   Square weakKing = pos.square<KING>(weakSide);
-  Square strongPawn1 = pos.squares<PAWN>(strongSide)[0];
+  Square strongPawn1 = lsb(pos.pieces(strongSide, PAWN));
-  Square strongPawn2 = pos.squares<PAWN>(strongSide)[1];
+  Square strongPawn2 = msb(pos.pieces(strongSide, PAWN));
   Square blockSq1, blockSq2;
 
   if (relative_rank(strongSide, strongPawn1) > relative_rank(strongSide, strongPawn2))

src/evaluate.cpp

@@ -387,15 +387,15 @@ namespace {
     constexpr Direction Down = -pawn_push(Us);
     constexpr Bitboard OutpostRanks = (Us == WHITE ? Rank4BB | Rank5BB | Rank6BB
                                                    : Rank5BB | Rank4BB | Rank3BB);
-    const Square* pl = pos.squares<Pt>(Us);
+    Bitboard b1 = pos.pieces(Us, Pt);
-
     Bitboard b, bb;
     Score score = SCORE_ZERO;
 
     attackedBy[Us][Pt] = 0;
 
-    for (Square s = *pl; s != SQ_NONE; s = *++pl)
+    while (b1) {
-    {
+        Square s = pop_lsb(&b1);
+
         // Find attacked squares, including x-ray attacks for bishops and rooks
         b = Pt == BISHOP ? attacks_bb<BISHOP>(s, pos.pieces() ^ pos.pieces(QUEEN))
           : Pt ==   ROOK ? attacks_bb<  ROOK>(s, pos.pieces() ^ pos.pieces(QUEEN) ^ pos.pieces(Us, ROOK))

src/movegen.cpp

@@ -180,10 +180,11 @@ namespace {
 
     static_assert(Pt != KING && Pt != PAWN, "Unsupported piece type in generate_moves()");
 
-    const Square* pl = pos.squares<Pt>(Us);
+    Bitboard bb = pos.pieces(Us, Pt);
+
+    while (bb) {
+        Square from = pop_lsb(&bb);
 
-    for (Square from = *pl; from != SQ_NONE; from = *++pl)
-    {
         if (Checks)
         {
             if (    (Pt == BISHOP || Pt == ROOK || Pt == QUEEN)

src/pawns.cpp

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace {
     Square s;
     bool backward, passed, doubled;
     Score score = SCORE_ZERO;
-    const Square* pl = pos.squares<PAWN>(Us);
+    Bitboard b = pos.pieces(Us, PAWN);
 
     Bitboard ourPawns   = pos.pieces(  Us, PAWN);
     Bitboard theirPawns = pos.pieces(Them, PAWN);
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ namespace {
     e->blockedCount += popcount(shift<Up>(ourPawns) & (theirPawns | doubleAttackThem));
 
     // Loop through all pawns of the current color and score each pawn
-    while ((s = *pl++) != SQ_NONE)
+    while (b) {
-    {
+        s = pop_lsb(&b);
+
         assert(pos.piece_on(s) == make_piece(Us, PAWN));
 
         Rank r = relative_rank(Us, s);

src/position.cpp

@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ Position& Position::set(const string& fenStr, bool isChess960, StateInfo* si, Th
 
   std::memset(this, 0, sizeof(Position));
   std::memset(si, 0, sizeof(StateInfo));
-  std::fill_n(&pieceList[0][0], sizeof(pieceList) / sizeof(Square), SQ_NONE);
   st = si;
 
   ss >> std::noskipws;
@@ -1327,16 +1326,10 @@ bool Position::pos_is_ok() const {
       assert(0 && "pos_is_ok: State");
 
   for (Piece pc : Pieces)
-  {
       if (   pieceCount[pc] != popcount(pieces(color_of(pc), type_of(pc)))
           || pieceCount[pc] != std::count(board, board + SQUARE_NB, pc))
           assert(0 && "pos_is_ok: Pieces");
 
-      for (int i = 0; i < pieceCount[pc]; ++i)
-          if (board[pieceList[pc][i]] != pc || index[pieceList[pc][i]] != i)
-              assert(0 && "pos_is_ok: Index");
-  }
-
   for (Color c : { WHITE, BLACK })
       for (CastlingRights cr : {c & KING_SIDE, c & QUEEN_SIDE})
       {

src/position.h

@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ public:
   bool empty(Square s) const;
   template<PieceType Pt> int count(Color c) const;
   template<PieceType Pt> int count() const;
-  template<PieceType Pt> const Square* squares(Color c) const;
   template<PieceType Pt> Square square(Color c) const;
   bool is_on_semiopen_file(Color c, Square s) const;
 
@@ -190,8 +189,6 @@ private:
   Bitboard byTypeBB[PIECE_TYPE_NB];
   Bitboard byColorBB[COLOR_NB];
   int pieceCount[PIECE_NB];
-  Square pieceList[PIECE_NB][16];
-  int index[SQUARE_NB];
   int castlingRightsMask[SQUARE_NB];
   Square castlingRookSquare[CASTLING_RIGHT_NB];
   Bitboard castlingPath[CASTLING_RIGHT_NB];
@@ -254,13 +251,9 @@ template<PieceType Pt> inline int Position::count() const {
   return count<Pt>(WHITE) + count<Pt>(BLACK);
 }
 
-template<PieceType Pt> inline const Square* Position::squares(Color c) const {
-  return pieceList[make_piece(c, Pt)];
-}
-
 template<PieceType Pt> inline Square Position::square(Color c) const {
-  assert(pieceCount[make_piece(c, Pt)] == 1);
+  assert(count<Pt>(c) == 1);
-  return squares<Pt>(c)[0];
+  return lsb(pieces(c, Pt));
 }
 
 inline Square Position::ep_square() const {
@@ -394,35 +387,25 @@ inline void Position::put_piece(Piece pc, Square s) {
   board[s] = pc;
   byTypeBB[ALL_PIECES] |= byTypeBB[type_of(pc)] |= s;
   byColorBB[color_of(pc)] |= s;
-  index[s] = pieceCount[pc]++;
+  pieceCount[pc]++;
-  pieceList[pc][index[s]] = s;
   pieceCount[make_piece(color_of(pc), ALL_PIECES)]++;
   psq += PSQT::psq[pc][s];
 }
 
 inline void Position::remove_piece(Square s) {
 
-  // WARNING: This is not a reversible operation. If we remove a piece in
-  // do_move() and then replace it in undo_move() we will put it at the end of
-  // the list and not in its original place, it means index[] and pieceList[]
-  // are not invariant to a do_move() + undo_move() sequence.
   Piece pc = board[s];
   byTypeBB[ALL_PIECES] ^= s;
   byTypeBB[type_of(pc)] ^= s;
   byColorBB[color_of(pc)] ^= s;
   /* board[s] = NO_PIECE;  Not needed, overwritten by the capturing one */
-  Square lastSquare = pieceList[pc][--pieceCount[pc]];
+  pieceCount[pc]--;
-  index[lastSquare] = index[s];
-  pieceList[pc][index[lastSquare]] = lastSquare;
-  pieceList[pc][pieceCount[pc]] = SQ_NONE;
   pieceCount[make_piece(color_of(pc), ALL_PIECES)]--;
   psq -= PSQT::psq[pc][s];
 }
 
 inline void Position::move_piece(Square from, Square to) {
 
-  // index[from] is not updated and becomes stale. This works as long as index[]
-  // is accessed just by known occupied squares.
   Piece pc = board[from];
   Bitboard fromTo = from | to;
   byTypeBB[ALL_PIECES] ^= fromTo;
@@ -430,8 +413,6 @@ inline void Position::move_piece(Square from, Square to) {
   byColorBB[color_of(pc)] ^= fromTo;
   board[from] = NO_PIECE;
   board[to] = pc;
-  index[to] = index[from];
-  pieceList[pc][index[to]] = to;
   psq += PSQT::psq[pc][to] - PSQT::psq[pc][from];
 }