/// move_to_uci() converts a move to a string in coordinate notation
/// (g1f3, a7a8q, etc.). The only special case is castling moves, where we print
/// in the e1g1 notation in normal chess mode, and in e1h1 notation in chess960
/// mode. Internally castling moves are always encoded as "king captures rook".
public static string move_to_uci(Move m, bool chess960)
{
Square from = Types.from_sq(m);
Square to = Types.to_sq(m);
if (m == MoveS.MOVE_NONE)
{
return("(none)");
}
if (m == MoveS.MOVE_NULL)
{
return("0000");
}
if (Types.type_of_move(m) == MoveTypeS.CASTLING && !chess960)
{
to = Types.make_square((to > from ? FileS.FILE_G : FileS.FILE_C), Types.rank_of(from));
}
string move = Types.square_to_string(from) + Types.square_to_string(to);
if (Types.type_of_move(m) == MoveTypeS.PROMOTION)
{
move += PieceToChar[ColorS.BLACK][Types.promotion_type(m)]; // Lower case
}
return(move);
}
/// score() assign a numerical value to each move in a move list. The moves with
/// highest values will be picked first.
public void score_captures()
{
// Winning and equal captures in the main search are ordered by MVV/LVA.
// Suprisingly, this appears to perform slightly better than SEE based
// move ordering. The reason is probably that in a position with a winning
// capture, capturing a more valuable (but sufficiently defended) piece
// first usually doesn't hurt. The opponent will have to recapture, and
// the hanging piece will still be hanging (except in the unusual cases
// where it is possible to recapture with the hanging piece). Exchanging
// big pieces before capturing a hanging piece probably helps to reduce
// the subtree size.
// In main search we want to push captures with negative SEE values to the
// badCaptures[] array, but instead of doing it now we delay until the move
// has been picked up in pick_move_from_list(). This way we save some SEE
// calls in case we get a cutoff.
Move m;
for (int it = 0; it != end; ++it)
{
m = moves[it].move;
moves[it].value = Position.PieceValue[PhaseS.MG][pos.piece_on(Types.to_sq(m))]
- Types.type_of_piece(pos.moved_piece(m));
if (Types.type_of_move(m) == MoveTypeS.ENPASSANT)
{
moves[it].value += Position.PieceValue[PhaseS.MG][PieceTypeS.PAWN];
}
else if (Types.type_of_move(m) == MoveTypeS.PROMOTION)
{
moves[it].value += Position.PieceValue[PhaseS.MG][Types.promotion_type(m)] - Position.PieceValue[PhaseS.MG][PieceTypeS.PAWN];
}
}
}
/// move_to_san() takes a position and a legal Move as input and returns its
/// short algebraic notation representation.
public static string move_to_san(Position pos, Move m)
{
if (m == MoveS.MOVE_NONE)
{
return("(none)");
}
if (m == MoveS.MOVE_NULL)
{
return("(null)");
}
Debug.Assert((new MoveList(pos, GenTypeS.LEGAL).contains(m)));
Bitboard others, b;
string san = "";
Color us = pos.side_to_move();
Square from = Types.from_sq(m);
Square to = Types.to_sq(m);
Piece pc = pos.piece_on(from);
PieceType pt = Types.type_of_piece(pc);
if (Types.type_of_move(m) == MoveTypeS.CASTLING)
{
san = to > from ? "O-O" : "O-O-O";
}
else
{
if (pt != PieceTypeS.PAWN)
{
san = "" + PieceToChar[ColorS.WHITE][pt]; // Upper case
// A disambiguation occurs if we have more then one piece of type 'pt'
// that can reach 'to' with a legal move.
others = b = (pos.attacks_from_piece_square(pc, to) & pos.pieces_color_piecetype(us, pt)) ^ BitBoard.SquareBB[from];
while (b != 0)
{
Square s = BitBoard.pop_lsb(ref b);
if (!pos.legal(Types.make_move(s, to), pos.pinned_pieces(us)))
{
others ^= BitBoard.SquareBB[s];
}
}
if (0 == others)
{ /* Disambiguation is not needed */
}
else if (0 == (others & BitBoard.file_bb_square(from)))
{
san += Types.file_to_char(Types.file_of(from));
}
else if (0 == (others & BitBoard.rank_bb_square(from)))
{
san += Types.rank_to_char(Types.rank_of(from));
}
else
{
san += Types.square_to_string(from);
}
}
else if (pos.capture(m))
{
san = "" + Types.file_to_char(Types.file_of(from));
}
if (pos.capture(m))
{
san += 'x';
}
san += Types.square_to_string(to);
if (Types.type_of_move(m) == MoveTypeS.PROMOTION)
{
san += "=" + PieceToChar[ColorS.WHITE][Types.promotion_type(m)];
}
}
if (pos.gives_check(m, new CheckInfo(pos)))
{
StateInfo st = new StateInfo();
pos.do_move(m, st);
san += (new MoveList(pos, GenTypeS.LEGAL)).size() > 0 ? "+" : "#";
pos.undo_move(m);
}
return(san);
}
