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protonspring cb4bda0f49 Simplify the backward pawns code
The two lines of code in the patch seem to be just as good as master.

1. We now only look at the current square to see if it is currently backward,
whereas master looks there AND further ahead in the current file (master would
declare a pawn "backward" even though it could still safely advance a little).
This simplification allows us to avoid the use of the difficult logic with
`backmost_sq(Us, neighbours | stoppers)`.

2. The condition `relative_rank(Us,s) < RANK_5` is simplified away.

Passed STC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 68132 W: 14025 L: 13992 D: 40115
http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5aedc97a0ebc5902a4099fd6

Passed LTC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 23789 W: 3643 L: 3527 D: 16619
http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5aee4f970ebc5902a409a03a

Ideas for further work:

• The new code flags some pawns on the 5th rank as backward, which was not the
case in the old master. So maybe we should test a version with that included?

• Further tweaks of the backward condition with [0..5] bounds?

Closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/1583

Bench: 5122789
2018-05-06 09:44:14 +02:00

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/*
Stockfish, a UCI chess playing engine derived from Glaurung 2.1
Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Tord Romstad (Glaurung author)
Copyright (C) 2008-2015 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Tord Romstad
Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Gary Linscott, Tord Romstad
Stockfish is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
Stockfish is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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*/
#include <algorithm>
#include <cassert>
#include "bitboard.h"
#include "pawns.h"
#include "position.h"
#include "thread.h"
namespace {
#define V Value
#define S(mg, eg) make_score(mg, eg)
// Isolated pawn penalty
constexpr Score Isolated = S(13, 18);
// Backward pawn penalty
constexpr Score Backward = S(24, 12);
// Connected pawn bonus by opposed, phalanx, #support and rank
Score Connected[2][2][3][RANK_NB];
// Doubled pawn penalty
constexpr Score Doubled = S(18, 38);
// Strength of pawn shelter for our king by [distance from edge][rank].
// RANK_1 = 0 is used for files where we have no pawn, or pawn is behind our king.
constexpr Value ShelterStrength[int(FILE_NB) / 2][RANK_NB] = {
{ V( -9), V(64), V(77), V( 44), V( 4), V( -1), V(-11) },
{ V(-15), V(83), V(51), V(-10), V( 1), V(-10), V(-28) },
{ V(-18), V(84), V(27), V(-12), V(21), V( -7), V(-36) },
{ V( 12), V(79), V(25), V( 19), V( 9), V( -6), V(-33) }
};
// Danger of enemy pawns moving toward our king by [type][distance from edge][rank].
// For the unopposed and unblocked cases, RANK_1 = 0 is used when opponent has
// no pawn on the given file, or their pawn is behind our king.
constexpr Value StormDanger[][4][RANK_NB] = {
{ { V( 4), V( 73), V( 132), V(46), V(31) }, // Unopposed
{ V( 1), V( 64), V( 143), V(26), V(13) },
{ V( 1), V( 47), V( 110), V(44), V(24) },
{ V( 0), V( 72), V( 127), V(50), V(31) } },
{ { V( 0), V( 0), V( 19), V(23), V( 1) }, // BlockedByPawn
{ V( 0), V( 0), V( 88), V(27), V( 2) },
{ V( 0), V( 0), V( 101), V(16), V( 1) },
{ V( 0), V( 0), V( 111), V(22), V(15) } },
{ { V(22), V( 45), V( 104), V(62), V( 6) }, // Unblocked
{ V(31), V( 30), V( 99), V(39), V(19) },
{ V(23), V( 29), V( 96), V(41), V(15) },
{ V(21), V( 23), V( 116), V(41), V(15) } }
};
#undef S
#undef V
template<Color Us>
Score evaluate(const Position& pos, Pawns::Entry* e) {
constexpr Color Them = (Us == WHITE ? BLACK : WHITE);
constexpr Direction Up = (Us == WHITE ? NORTH : SOUTH);
Bitboard b, neighbours, stoppers, doubled, supported, phalanx;
Bitboard lever, leverPush;
Square s;
bool opposed, backward;
Score score = SCORE_ZERO;
const Square* pl = pos.squares<PAWN>(Us);
Bitboard ourPawns = pos.pieces( Us, PAWN);
Bitboard theirPawns = pos.pieces(Them, PAWN);
e->passedPawns[Us] = e->pawnAttacksSpan[Us] = e->weakUnopposed[Us] = 0;
e->semiopenFiles[Us] = 0xFF;
e->kingSquares[Us] = SQ_NONE;
e->pawnAttacks[Us] = pawn_attacks_bb<Us>(ourPawns);
e->pawnsOnSquares[Us][BLACK] = popcount(ourPawns & DarkSquares);
e->pawnsOnSquares[Us][WHITE] = pos.count<PAWN>(Us) - e->pawnsOnSquares[Us][BLACK];
// Loop through all pawns of the current color and score each pawn
while ((s = *pl++) != SQ_NONE)
{
assert(pos.piece_on(s) == make_piece(Us, PAWN));
File f = file_of(s);
e->semiopenFiles[Us] &= ~(1 << f);
e->pawnAttacksSpan[Us] |= pawn_attack_span(Us, s);
// Flag the pawn
opposed = theirPawns & forward_file_bb(Us, s);
stoppers = theirPawns & passed_pawn_mask(Us, s);
lever = theirPawns & PawnAttacks[Us][s];
leverPush = theirPawns & PawnAttacks[Us][s + Up];
doubled = ourPawns & (s - Up);
neighbours = ourPawns & adjacent_files_bb(f);
phalanx = neighbours & rank_bb(s);
supported = neighbours & rank_bb(s - Up);
// A pawn is backward when it is behind all pawns of the same color
// on the adjacent files and cannot be safely advanced.
backward = !lever && !(ourPawns & pawn_attack_span(Them, s + Up))
&& (stoppers & (leverPush | (s + Up)));
// Passed pawns will be properly scored in evaluation because we need
// full attack info to evaluate them. Include also not passed pawns
// which could become passed after one or two pawn pushes when are
// not attacked more times than defended.
if ( !(stoppers ^ lever ^ leverPush)
&& !(ourPawns & forward_file_bb(Us, s))
&& popcount(supported) >= popcount(lever) - 1
&& popcount(phalanx) >= popcount(leverPush))
e->passedPawns[Us] |= s;
else if ( stoppers == SquareBB[s + Up]
&& relative_rank(Us, s) >= RANK_5)
{
b = shift<Up>(supported) & ~theirPawns;
while (b)
if (!more_than_one(theirPawns & PawnAttacks[Us][pop_lsb(&b)]))
e->passedPawns[Us] |= s;
}
// Score this pawn
if (supported | phalanx)
score += Connected[opposed][bool(phalanx)][popcount(supported)][relative_rank(Us, s)];
else if (!neighbours)
score -= Isolated, e->weakUnopposed[Us] += !opposed;
else if (backward)
score -= Backward, e->weakUnopposed[Us] += !opposed;
if (doubled && !supported)
score -= Doubled;
}
return score;
}
} // namespace
namespace Pawns {
/// Pawns::init() initializes some tables needed by evaluation. Instead of using
/// hard-coded tables, when makes sense, we prefer to calculate them with a formula
/// to reduce independent parameters and to allow easier tuning and better insight.
void init() {
static constexpr int Seed[RANK_NB] = { 0, 13, 24, 18, 65, 100, 175, 330 };
for (int opposed = 0; opposed <= 1; ++opposed)
for (int phalanx = 0; phalanx <= 1; ++phalanx)
for (int support = 0; support <= 2; ++support)
for (Rank r = RANK_2; r < RANK_8; ++r)
{
int v = 17 * support;
v += (Seed[r] + (phalanx ? (Seed[r + 1] - Seed[r]) / 2 : 0)) >> opposed;
Connected[opposed][phalanx][support][r] = make_score(v, v * (r - 2) / 4);
}
}
/// Pawns::probe() looks up the current position's pawns configuration in
/// the pawns hash table. It returns a pointer to the Entry if the position
/// is found. Otherwise a new Entry is computed and stored there, so we don't
/// have to recompute all when the same pawns configuration occurs again.
Entry* probe(const Position& pos) {
Key key = pos.pawn_key();
Entry* e = pos.this_thread()->pawnsTable[key];
if (e->key == key)
return e;
e->key = key;
e->scores[WHITE] = evaluate<WHITE>(pos, e);
e->scores[BLACK] = evaluate<BLACK>(pos, e);
e->openFiles = popcount(e->semiopenFiles[WHITE] & e->semiopenFiles[BLACK]);
e->asymmetry = popcount( (e->passedPawns[WHITE] | e->passedPawns[BLACK])
| (e->semiopenFiles[WHITE] ^ e->semiopenFiles[BLACK]));
return e;
}
/// Entry::evaluate_shelter() calculates the shelter bonus and the storm
/// penalty for a king, looking at the king file and the two closest files.
template<Color Us>
Value Entry::evaluate_shelter(const Position& pos, Square ksq) {
enum { Unopposed, BlockedByPawn, Unblocked };
constexpr Color Them = (Us == WHITE ? BLACK : WHITE);
constexpr Direction Down = (Us == WHITE ? SOUTH : NORTH);
constexpr Bitboard BlockRanks = (Us == WHITE ? Rank1BB | Rank2BB : Rank8BB | Rank7BB);
Bitboard b = pos.pieces(PAWN) & (forward_ranks_bb(Us, ksq) | rank_bb(ksq));
Bitboard ourPawns = b & pos.pieces(Us);
Bitboard theirPawns = b & pos.pieces(Them);
Value safety = (ourPawns & file_bb(ksq)) ? Value(5) : Value(-5);
if ((shift<Down>(theirPawns) & (FileABB | FileHBB) & BlockRanks) & ksq)
safety += 374;
File center = std::max(FILE_B, std::min(FILE_G, file_of(ksq)));
for (File f = File(center - 1); f <= File(center + 1); ++f)
{
b = ourPawns & file_bb(f);
Rank rkUs = b ? relative_rank(Us, backmost_sq(Us, b)) : RANK_1;
b = theirPawns & file_bb(f);
Rank rkThem = b ? relative_rank(Us, frontmost_sq(Them, b)) : RANK_1;
int d = std::min(f, ~f);
safety += ShelterStrength[d][rkUs]
- StormDanger[rkUs == RANK_1 ? Unopposed :
rkUs == rkThem - 1 ? BlockedByPawn : Unblocked]
[d][rkThem];
}
return safety;
}
/// Entry::do_king_safety() calculates a bonus for king safety. It is called only
/// when king square changes, which is about 20% of total king_safety() calls.
template<Color Us>
Score Entry::do_king_safety(const Position& pos, Square ksq) {
kingSquares[Us] = ksq;
castlingRights[Us] = pos.can_castle(Us);
int minKingPawnDistance = 0;
Bitboard pawns = pos.pieces(Us, PAWN);
if (pawns)
while (!(DistanceRingBB[ksq][minKingPawnDistance++] & pawns)) {}
Value bonus = evaluate_shelter<Us>(pos, ksq);
// If we can castle use the bonus after the castling if it is bigger
if (pos.can_castle(MakeCastling<Us, KING_SIDE>::right))
bonus = std::max(bonus, evaluate_shelter<Us>(pos, relative_square(Us, SQ_G1)));
if (pos.can_castle(MakeCastling<Us, QUEEN_SIDE>::right))
bonus = std::max(bonus, evaluate_shelter<Us>(pos, relative_square(Us, SQ_C1)));
return make_score(bonus, -16 * minKingPawnDistance);
}
// Explicit template instantiation
template Score Entry::do_king_safety<WHITE>(const Position& pos, Square ksq);
template Score Entry::do_king_safety<BLACK>(const Position& pos, Square ksq);
} // namespace Pawns