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Lower SingularExtensionDepth to 7 plies for non-pv

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To compensate for the extra work skip singular
searches deemed to fail because excluded node
failed high already in the past.

After 1200 games at 1+0
Mod vs Orig +387 =1274 -339  (+8 ELO)

Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
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Marco Costalba
2010-07-28 09:39:28 +02:00
parent 935fc09fd4
commit 9645e8e4e7
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src/search.cpp
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@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ namespace {
Depth PassedPawnExtension[2], PawnEndgameExtension[2], MateThreatExtension[2]; Depth PassedPawnExtension[2], PawnEndgameExtension[2], MateThreatExtension[2];
// Minimum depth for use of singular extension // Minimum depth for use of singular extension
const Depth SingularExtensionDepth[2] = { 8 * OnePly /* non-PV */, 6 * OnePly /* PV */}; const Depth SingularExtensionDepth[2] = { 7 * OnePly /* non-PV */, 6 * OnePly /* PV */};
// If the TT move is at least SingularExtensionMargin better then the // If the TT move is at least SingularExtensionMargin better then the
// remaining ones we will extend it. // remaining ones we will extend it.
@@ -1213,6 +1213,17 @@ namespace {
&& is_lower_bound(tte->type()) && is_lower_bound(tte->type())
&& tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * OnePly; && tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * OnePly;
// Avoid to do an expensive singular extension search on nodes where
// such search had already failed in the past.
if ( !PvNode
&& singularExtensionNode
&& depth < SingularExtensionDepth[PvNode] + 5 * OnePly)
{
TTEntry* ttx = TT.retrieve(pos.get_exclusion_key());
if (ttx && is_lower_bound(ttx->type()))
singularExtensionNode = false;
}
// Step 10. Loop through moves // Step 10. Loop through moves
// Loop through all legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs // Loop through all legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
while ( bestValue < beta while ( bestValue < beta