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Always scale using pawn contribution 

This is a further step in the long quest for a simple way of determining
scale factors for the endgame.

Here we remove the artificial restriction in evaluate_scale_factor()
based on endgame score. Also SCALE_FACTOR_ONEPAWN can be simplified
away. The latter is a small non functional simplification with respect
to the version that was testedin the framework, verified on bench with
depth 22 for good measure.

Passed STC
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 49438 W: 9999 L: 9930 D: 29509
http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ae20c8b0ebc5963175205c8

Passed LTC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 101445 W: 15113 L: 15110 D: 71222
http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5ae2a0560ebc5902a1998986

How to continue from there?

Maybe the general case could be scaled with pawns from both colors
without losing Elo. If that is the case, then this could be merged
somehow with the scaling in evaluate_initiative(), which also uses
a additive malus down when the number of pawns in the position goes
down.

Closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/1570

Bench: 5254862
pull/1571/head
Stefano80 2018-04-29 07:23:32 +02:00 committed by Stéphane Nicolet
parent d6252ef202
commit 213166ba22
3 changed files with 4 additions and 16 deletions
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src/evaluate.cpp
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@ -794,9 +794,8 @@ namespace {
Color strongSide = eg > VALUE_DRAW ? WHITE : BLACK;
int sf = me->scale_factor(pos, strongSide);
// If we don't already have an unusual scale factor, check for certain
// types of endgames, and use a lower scale for those.
if (sf == SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL || sf == SCALE_FACTOR_ONEPAWN)
// If scale is not already specific, scale down the endgame via general heuristics
if (sf == SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL)
{
if (pos.opposite_bishops())
{
@ -810,12 +809,8 @@ namespace {
else
sf = 46;
}
// Endings where weaker side can place his king in front of the enemy's
// pawns are drawish.
else if ( abs(eg) <= BishopValueEg
&& pos.count<PAWN>(strongSide) <= 2
&& !pos.pawn_passed(~strongSide, pos.square<KING>(~strongSide)))
sf = 37 + 7 * pos.count<PAWN>(strongSide);
else
sf = std::min(40 + 7 * pos.count<PAWN>(strongSide), sf);
}
return ScaleFactor(sf);

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src/material.cpp
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@ -206,12 +206,6 @@ Entry* probe(const Position& pos) {
e->factor[BLACK] = uint8_t(npm_b < RookValueMg ? SCALE_FACTOR_DRAW :
npm_w <= BishopValueMg ? 4 : 14);
if (pos.count<PAWN>(WHITE) == 1 && npm_w - npm_b <= BishopValueMg)
e->factor[WHITE] = (uint8_t) SCALE_FACTOR_ONEPAWN;
if (pos.count<PAWN>(BLACK) == 1 && npm_b - npm_w <= BishopValueMg)
e->factor[BLACK] = (uint8_t) SCALE_FACTOR_ONEPAWN;
// Evaluate the material imbalance. We use PIECE_TYPE_NONE as a place holder
// for the bishop pair "extended piece", which allows us to be more flexible
// in defining bishop pair bonuses.

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src/types.h
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@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ enum Phase {
enum ScaleFactor {
SCALE_FACTOR_DRAW = 0,
SCALE_FACTOR_ONEPAWN = 48,
SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL = 64,
SCALE_FACTOR_MAX = 128,
SCALE_FACTOR_NONE = 255